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SUPPLEMENT TO

JULY 5. 1913

HORTICULTURE

INDKX TO VOLUME XVII

Illustrated articles are marked with *

Page

Advertising talks 373, 425, 463, 510, 562

593, 633, 6C9, 706, 741, 781, 824

Affiliation 706

♦Alexander, J. K 184B

•Alpine garden. View in 281, 289

American enterprise 184A

Amherst revisited 324

Ananassa sativa variegata 501

•Antirrhinum majus grandiflorum, 173, 180

Arboretum notes 707, 855

Are we giving each other the square

deal '1 892

•Aristolochia gigas Hooke"rii 1, 8

•Asparagus Lutzi 783

•Aster, development of the China 256

Awards. Two notable 928

Balm in Gilead 513

Bankruptcy, In 87, 159, 190, 437 473

524, 645. 681, 933

•Basket of decorative foliage plants.. 661

Bedding plant query, A 147

Belgium, Strike in 621

Boskoop rose show 220

Boston Co-operative Flower Market

show 526

Boston's May exhibition ...'. 792

•Boston's new flower market 221, 254

Boston park and recreation appoint-
ments 169

•Boston, Spring dower show at... 417. 426

British horticulture 12, 147, 183

Brussels sprouts. To keep 425

•Bulbs at South Lancaster, Mass.,

Spring-flowering 892

•Buffalo Florists' Club 380

Buffalo growers. Among 430

Buffalo notes 411

Calanthes, New 77

Ca'ifornia no humbug land 373

Cf re Cod Garden. A gog

Carnations, The new 375

•Carnation California Giant '. 707

Carnation culture 378 598

•Carnation Herald, The new .' 112

Ca'rnation deal, A sensational 87

Carnation night at Madison, N. J 328

Carnation Society, American 42, 598

Carnations at Peter Fisher's 2''!

Carpet Bedding 37(5

Catalogues received 14, 46, 60, 118 134

154, 190, 226, 276, 296, 353, 387, 470, 522
642, 6.57, 692. 693, 714. 768, 953

•Cattleya Mossiae Alfred Dimmock 147

•Cattleya X A. Dimmock 513

•Cattleya Harrisoniae 849, 855

•Cattleya Pnwiana 889

•Cattleya X Zephyra.. 733, 741

Chicago Florists' Club 745

Chicago Notes 19, 50, 87, 123, 158, 194

2.'!0, 266. 303. 341. 411. 4.39, 475, 527, 580

611, 646, 683, 719, 759, 799, 834, 866, 900

D?2, 965

C'jrysantheraums in the London parks 377

Chrysanthemum Society of America.. 257

Cincinn.-iti notes... 28. 87, 194, 449, 796, 932

Club and Society notes 10, 12. 42. 98

112, 152, 184C, 220, 260, 291, 329, 381, 464
466. 510, 600, 638, 672, 708, 747, 748, 769
786, 825. 858. 891, 924

•Coelogyne paudurata 501

Connecticut Horticultural Society 111

.„ 290, 381

•Conservatories with a setting 108, 114

Conservatory for Boston parks 183

•Conservatory at Whittle Bros'.

Flower store 453

Convention City, News from the:
• — Birdseye view garden for outdoor

plant exhibit 708

• — Minneapolis Park System 859

Cook County Florists' Association
(111.) 112, 290, 329

Page

Co-operation from a retailer's view

point 86

Co-operative advertising suggestion.. 377

Corn growing in Rhode Island 729

CorLell, Greenhouses for' 470

Cornuses at Locust Valley 743

Correction, A 114

•Cypripedium insigne 317

D

Dahlia Society. New England 184B

Deer. Expensive 242

•Dendrobium, A valuable 76

Detroit notes 1S4D, 683, 899

•Dracaena Massangeana 158

•Donaldson. John 759

Dutch bulb' trade episode 781

Dutch bulb business 8.30

E

Easter at Edgar's 330

Easter plant buyers, Of Interest to... 376

•Edgar. W. P 12

Editorial:

— Excellent appointments. Congratu-
lations. Credit control, Getting

there 8

— The National Show Everybody's
duty. Uplift — its individual appli-
cation 40

— A growing evil. Boosters. The

troubles of the cut flower 74

— McKinley day and other days.
With one voice. The public wait-
ing to be sliown 108

— Minneapolis looms up. Useful dis-
cussion. A summer January.

Growing and gravitating 146

— For a busy Lent. Production and
marketing. A proposed seed in-
spection law'. A year full of

promise 182

— For a "fixed" Easter. An atrocity.

Flowers for everybody 216

— A display of virility. To educate
retailers. To restrict working
hours of women. An encouraging

forecast 252

— A reasonable proposition. "Pool"
advertising. Working out a plan.

Commission house legislation 288

— "Many men of many minds." That

free seed bill. An absurd seed bill 326
— Unbalanced. A request. Rest-
lessness. Think it over 372

— Watch us grow. The critical

public. The Greeks' great loss 424

— "A hot time in the old town."

Flood and fire. Inexcusable now.. 460
- — An editor honored. Aw:iiting tlie
verdict. A wise philanthropy. A

mild winter 502

— A triumph. Popular classes. Be-
tween two fires. Commercial vs.

amateur 552

— Tariff absurdities. An outdoor ex-
hibit. Well-grown, then well-
presented 592

— Views of a commission man.
Nothing but praise. The S. A. F.
boom. A suggestion for the pub-
licity workers 632

— A valuable contribution. The win-
ning combination. Horticulture

commended 668

—Memorial day possibilities. A tariff
free from ambiguities. Retailers
"getting a move on." The Arnold

Arboretum 70i

— Tariff corrections. Publicity run
mad. In the public eye. Seeds

good and bad 740

— Be fair. Credit the supply dealer.

Glory enough 782

— The Florists' great day. Flaws In
parcel post. Convention innova-
tions. Light 820

Page

— On the crest of the wave. Holiday

scare-heads. Rhododendron time.. 858
— Affiliation. Be thankful. The sweet

pea 888

— Well done. The nurserymen. A

warning. Honors well be'stowed... 920
—Close of Volume XVII. The Smith
memorial. The imitation flower

and its place 952

Education for gardeners and florists 515

Educating a gardener 114, 142

Elberon Horticultural Society 42, 184B, 328
Elm, A giant 375

Facts and fancies 179

Fallacies and axioms:
— Greenhouse heating. Land drain-
age 73, 109

—Bleeding of grape vines. Fallacies
concerning book knowledge. Ques-
tions for the live ones 253

•Farr. Bertrand H 923

Faults of the grower... T 433

Ferns. Propagating 514

Fires 60. 170. 206. 242, 277, 304, 343

450, 540. 621. 833

Flood relief in Ohio 656

Florist and his market. The 184D, 240

Florist fined for violating labor law.. 933
Florists' & Gardeners' Club of Rhode

Island Ill

Florists' Club of Philadelphia 42

■■: 1&4B, 328, 509, 857

Florists Club, A new 636

Florists' Club of Washington 76

184B, 464, 509, 857

Florists' Stock, Notes on culture of:

—Coelogyne cristata. Bedding plant

cuttings. Cyclamen. Ferns from

spores. Poinsettias for stock

plants. Spireas 5

— Asparagus.. Bedding geraniums.
Bougainvilleas. Smilax. Marguer-
ites. Salvias 37

^Care of carnations. Tuberous
rooted begonias. Bedding plants.
Easter flowering shrubs. Orchids.

Vincas gg

—Aspidistra. Candytuft and stocks.
Forcing new lily of the valley.
Gloxinia bulbs. Jerusalem cher-
ries. Order seeds now 105

-Care of sweet peas. Cinerarias.
Ficus. Gardenias. Lobelia Kath-
leen Mallard. Pansies I45

— Chrysanthemums. Easter lilies.
Palms. Orchids. Seeds to be sown.

Secure Easter stock now 177

— Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. Care
of Adiantum Farleyense. Dutch
bulbs for Easter. Euphorbia Jac-
quinaeflora. Frames of pansies, etc.

Geranium stock plants 213

— Crotons. Care of violets. Deco-
rative foliage plants. Fancv-leaved

caladiums. Primulas 249

—Aquatics. Care of young carna-
tions. Lemon verbenas. Cycla-
men for Easter. Lily of the valley
in cold storage. Shading palms

and ferns 285

—Acacias. Callas. Easter prep.ira-
tions. Orchids. Potting soils.

Ventilation 321

— Achimines. Care of asters. Chrys-
anthemums. Geraniums. Growing
swainsona. The propagating bench 365
— Boronias. Dendrobiums. Dipla-
denias. Outside sweet peas.

Pricking out seedlin"s 421

—Canterbury bells. Cobaea scandens.
Cyperus alternifolius. Dahlias.
Ramblers for Memorial Day. Pyre-
thrums 457

—Calanthes. Care of cyclamen.
Ground for carnations. Perennial
border. Stock for vases, boxes and
baskets. Spiraeas (astilbe) 497

HORTICULTURE

Page
— Bougainvilleas. Camellias. Flow-
ers for Memorial Day. Hardy
roses. Planting shrubs. Pansies.. 549
— Allamandas. Coelogyne cristata.
Ramblers for next Easter. Poin-

seltias. Peonies 589

— Alocasias. Begonia Gloire de Lor-
raine. Gardenias. Gloxinias.

Phalaenopsis. Shading 629

— Care ot carnations. Die£Eenbach-
ias. Forcing lily of the valley for
June. Growing palms from seed.

Nephrolepis. Sowing annuals 665

— Care of azaleas. Gladioli. Plant-
ing out carnations. Growing ferns
during the summer. Lycastes.

Winter-flowering marguerites 701

— Antirrhinums. Chrysanthemums.

Cinerarias. Increasing begonias.

Cycas stems. Tuberoses 737

— Lilies. Planting dahlias. Plant-
ing violets. Single-stemmed chrys-
anthemums. Tender nympbaeas.

Stock plants for next winter 777

— Asparagus plumosus. Bouvardias.
Care of amaryllises. Ericas. Feed-
ing orchids. Pl.mting asters 817

— Care of Adiantnm. Compost for
bench crops. Gardenias. Resting
callas. Planting smilas. Sweet

peas 853

— Cosmos. Cypripediums. Ficus elas-
tica. Hydrangeas. Mignonette.

Lemon verbenas 885

— Care of cyclamen. Chrysanthe-
mums. Care of poinsettias. Clean-
ing, paiuting and repairing. Palms.

Sclanums 917

— Acacias. Care of pelargoniums.
Young primulas. Decorative plants.
Sowing perennials. Outdoor work.. 949
Flower market reports:

—Baltimore 161, 197. 2.33

—Boston : 21. 53. 89, 125, 161, 197, 233, 269

303. .345, 403, 441, 474, 531, 573, 613, 649

685, 721. 761. 801, S.37, 869, 903, 9:J5, 967

—Buffalo: 21. 5.3, S9, 125, 161, 197, 269

305, 345, 403. 441, 474. 531. 613, 649, 68S

721, 761. 8.37. 869. 903, 935, 967,

—Chicago: 21. ,53, 89, 12.5, 161, 197, 233

269. 305, .345, 403. 441, 474, 531, 573, 613

649, 721, 761, 801, 837, 869, 903, 935, 967

—Cincinnati: 21. 55. 91, 161, 197, 233, 269

305, 405. 441. 531, 573, 615, 685, 721, 761

803. S.39. 871. 905, 937, 967

—Detroit: 96, 199, 235, 651, 687, 763, 839

90.5, 967
—New York: 21, 55. 91, 127, 161, 199, 235
271, .307, .347, 405, 443, 479. 533, 575, 615
651, 687, 723. 763. 803, 839, 871, 905, 9.37
969
-Philadelphia: 23, 5.5, 91. 127. 163, 199
2:!5, 271, .307, 347, 405, 443, 479, 5,33, 575
615, 651, 6S7, 723, 763, 803, 839, 871, 937
907

— Providence 96

—Rochester: 615, 657, 6S7, 723, 769, 803

839, 937, 969
—St. Louis: 23, .55, 96, 127, 163, 204, 235
271, 307, 345, 411, 443, 484, 533, 575, 615
6.57, 687, 723, 769, 809, 839, 871, 905, 937
969
—Washington: 23, 55, 96, 204, 2.35, 271
312, 443, 484, 621, 723, 809, 905, 937

Flower show, Midwinter 184A

Foreign notes 44

Forestry Association, Penn 784

•Formal garden. View in 945

Fruit culture. Small 333

Fruit Growers' Association, Massa-
chusetts 7T

Fruit and vegetables under glass :
—Bottling grapes. Top-dress straw-
berries. Cucumbers. Onions and

leeks 8

— Tying peach and nectarine trees.
•Planting trees and vines. Toma-
toes. Seakale 38

— Moving vines. Pot trees in flower.
Making a melon bed. Making a cu-
cumber bed 70

— Oranges in pots or tubs. Straw-
berries in flower. The orchard
houses. Lettuce. Onions and leeks. 106
— Propagating grape vines. Complete
winter work. Disbudding peach and
nectarine trees growing in pots.

Ventilation. Globe artichokes 144

— Pot vines in flower. iluscat of
Alexandria grape. Thinning straw-
berries. Vines bleeding. Tomatoes. 178
— Thinning peaches and nectarines in
pots. Setting cherries. A red spi-
der digression 215

— Trellis trees in flower. Treatment
of applies and pears in flower. Fig
houses. Thinning put vines. Cu-
cumbers 251

—Propagation of the fig. Some pests
and diseases of melons. Disbud-
ding trellis trees. The tapping
stick. Vegetables 286

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— Peach trees stoning. Pot vines.
Pests of the vine. Greenfly. Red
spider and thrips. Mealy bug.
Mildew. The vine weevil Rose
bugs 323

—Setting melons. Strawberries.
Heeling-in peach trees. Syringing.
Cherries. Early watermelons 366

— Stopping and tying the grape vine.
Apples and pears. Apricots. Late
'louses. Vine cracking 423

— Second swelling of peaches and nec-
tarines. Pot vines. Spacing spurs.
Care of young pot vines 461

— Finishing melons. Stopping and
tying figs. Watering. Broken
laterals. Packing strawberries 498

— Cherries ripening. Muscat ot Alex-
andria in flower. Keeping melons. 550

— Cropping vines. Packing melons.
Non-conductors. Tying. Cucum-
bers 590

— Finishing peaches and nectarines.

• Packing. Finishing grapes. Late
vineries. Apples and pears 738

— Packing grapes. Pot vines finished.
Fig houses. Shading 778

— Midseason melons. Figs. Pot vines.
Strawberry layers. Heavy shoulders
on grapes 818

— Watering melon beds. Mulching... 854

— Thrips on grapes. The hard and
fast rule. Tying young peach
trees S86

— Melons for cold frames. Prepara-
tory work for layering strawberries.
Grapes in the early house. Care
of the early peach house 919

—Grapes cracking. Pears in pots.
Propping apples. The Muscat
house. Cucumbers in frames 9.51

G

Gardener and graduate 183

Gardeners and politics 9o3

Gardeners' & Florists' Club ot Balti-
more 220, 257, 598

Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Boston.

76, 110, 152, 329, 432, 747, 78t, «S25, 923
956.

Gift, A munificent .1;

Ginger jar. Out of the.... 113, 147, 241, oto

Ginger jar man. That 19o

liladioli registered. New lo^

Gladiolus Society. American... 77, 638, Gi2

*Grand Central Palace, New 209

Grape scalding • ■; • . . • • 84o

Grape vines. Bleeding of 287, 322, 3il

Greenhouses building or contemplated.

30, 62, 98, 1:34, 170, 206, 242, 277, 314
352, 412, 450, 485, 541, 581, C21, 658, 604
7.30. 770. 810, 846, 878, 910, 942, 974,
Greenhouse establishments in Minne-
apolis, History of 669

♦Greenhouses, Illinois state 312

Greenhouses, Overvaluation of 412

II

♦Hall, John f^^

"Hnniiinelis vernalls 1*1

Hardiness • ag?,

Hartford. The great object lesson at 950

»Helianthus, Perennial 6

Hitchings & Co. branch out 96

Horticultural Club ot Boston 10, 533

Horticultural exposition at St.

Petersiturg ■ 1^

Horticultural Society ot Chicago. 510, 923
Horticultural Society of New

York 152, 890

♦Hydrangea Mme. Maurice Hamar,24o, 253

♦Hvdrancea Avalanche 292

•Hydrangea Dentelle 826

•Hydrangea Sargentlana 881, 881

I

Illinois State Florists' Association...

Incorporated : 30, 127, 159, 204', 228,

'>65 314. 412, 443. 475, 540, 581, 770, 832,
878. 974.

Indiana meetings Mo

Individuality and specialization 379

Insecticide law. Enforcing the 133

International Flower Show:
— Schedule and prospectus. Lectures,
trade exhibition and other features.

American Rose Society 184

— Ne'R- Grand Central Palace 218

—-American Rose Society 255

— To complete guarantee fund 289

— Preparations and changes 330

— American Rose Society. American

Carnation Society 382

— ^American Rose Society 428

— Program. Additional prizes. Cor-
rections in final schedule. Hotel ac-
commodations 462

— National Association of Gardeners.
Show notes 463

Page
—Program ot proceedings. Bowling.

Schedule ot prizes 504

— American Rose Society. American
Carnation Society. Portraits ot

Flower show officials 505

— American Sweet Pea Society. Amer-
ican Gladiolus Society. A word

about New York 506

— National Bowling tournament 507

— Carnationists please note. What the

show^ means 508

— Society of American Florists 509

— Views in Grand Central Palace 545,

553, 554, 555, 556, 557.

— List ot awards 554, 555, 556

—Trade exhibits 557

— Meetings and lectures. American

Rose Society 558

— American Carnation Society 560

— National Association ot Gardeners. 562

— Notes ot the exhibition 564, 565

— The banquet. Final awards, adjust-
ments and corrections 594

•—Table decorations 595

— Awards to trade exhibitors 596

• — Peter Henderson & Co.'s display.
•First prize hamper ot carnations.. 635

— Impressions of, W. Wells' 743

— Premiums 784

Iris, The 331

Iris next to the orchid 332

Iris, Notes on the 783

•Ixios and anthuriums 950

J

Journalistic changes 769

K

"Keving" advertisements 540

•Killarney Queen, Vase ot 200 625

I,

Ladies' S. A. F Ill

Lancaster Co. (Pa.) Florist Club 10,

111, 219, 290, 575. 638. 825, 956.

Light in greenhouses 823

•Lilac time 913

Lily. To lengthen stems 183

Lompoc, California, notes 466

M

Madbury, N. H.. A visit to 783

Mass. Agricultural College 710

Massachusetts boosters 141

Massachusetts Horticultural Society

creates new office 10

'May, Harry 0 183

•May retires, .fohn N 183

Menace to the florists. A 327

Minneapolis :

— Convention preparations 149

— Park system. *Plan of convention, 742

— Hall and outdoor plant exhibit 744

•—.Views in Minneapolis parks 785

Minneapolis convention. Outdoor plant

exhibit for 620

Minneapolis liorists' Club 891

Moles, To exterminate ground 29

Morris County Gardeners' & Florists'

Society 464, 784

.Motli. Public hearing on the gypsy

and browntail •. 803

N

Nassau County Horticultural Society

76, 464, 023

National Association ot Gardeners...

75, 110, 956

Nebraska Horticultural Society 148

•Nepenthes house at Roval Gardens,
Kew : 137, 141

New Hampshire Agricultural College.
•Pres. E. T. Fairchild 822

New Jersey Floricultural Society....

76, 110, 257, 428, 746

New London County (Ct.l Horticul-
tural Society 110

Newport Horticultural Society 148

Newport Flower and Fruit Show 957

News Notes: 16, 17, 19, 23, 30, 49, 50, 96,
121, 127, 158, 169, 192. 231, 267, 277, 301,
303, 312. 343, 347, 412. 473. .541, 571. 575.
580, 606, 021, 658, 674, 678, 728, 730, 768,
7.S.S. 707. S33. .S45. SOa 910. 924, 928, 974.

New York Florists' Club

75, 219, 381, 600, 745, 890

New York Notes 2S, 265, 292. 905

New York, Spring flower show, 1914.

891, 924

New York State Federation of Floral
clubs 110, 257

Nomenclature tangles 44

Northhampton & Holyoke Gardeners'
& Florists' Club : Ill

North Shore Horticultural Society... 784

Nurseries, State-owned vs. private-
owned 374

Nxirserymen. American Association of. 148

HORTICULTURE

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18-JB, 381, 463, 600, 672, 785, 925

Nurserymen's Association, New Eng-
land 256. 32S

O

Obituary :

— Aherne, Mrs. Wm., 132 ; Arnold,
Mrs. J. W., 581.

— Badgley, Mrs. Anna J., 169; Ban-
ning, Franli, 540; Barbour, C. J.,
384; Barrett, Cbarles H., 231; Blu-
mensclieid. Herman, 728; Bolgiano,
J. A., 3.36; Bombenger, Lorretta,
621; Bourque, Edwin E., 313; Brill,
Francis, 485; Britz, Peter, 186;
Broadfoot, Alex. D., 485; Brookes,
Fredericli William, 953.

—Campbell, H. P., 621; Carter, Jere-
miah. 313; Cliamberlain, Mrs. Mon-
tague. 97; Chapman, Otis, 485; Con-
ard, Lydia C, 169; Cordua, GustaTe
T., 1.S6.

— Diedrich, Bernard F., 186; Don, A.
L.. 768; Doran, Charles L., 846;
Dressel, Mrs. August, 728.

— Eadie. Miss .leanette, 581 ; Eicke,
Henry, 728; Einsman, Philip, 449;
Elicker, Mrs. Jacob, 260; Ellwanger,
Wm. D., 260; Emerson, Frank T.,
693; Evert, Mathew, 313; Ewing,
Wm., Sr., 808.

— Fink, Joseph, 231 ; Fischer, Ernest,
768; Fisher, William S., 62; Fleck,
Adolph G.. 313; Fraser, James, 808;
Frledley, P. A., 169; Furbush, A. J.,
231.

—Grant, G. L., S08; Guillaume, Henry,
933.

— Harbison, Mrs. George, 12; Haynes,
John S., 728; Huss, Mrs., 168;
Kalesh, Wm., 693; Kldd, James B.,
97.

— Letterman, Prof. Geo. W., 867;
Lowe. Hugo, 186.

— Merkel. Mrs. B., 62; Mirring, Mrs.
August, 540; 'Moltz, A., .313; Moore,'
Elbridge G., 808; Mullery, Mrs.
Anna, 867; Munson, Thomas V., 186;
McLaughlin, James, 169; McNary,
Jas. W., 97.

— O'Brien, Mrs. James, 449; Ostertag,
Fred W.. 485.

—Pierce, Nathan D., 384; Pine, Wil-
liam, 933; Pratt, J. W., 5S1.

— Quigley, Patrick, S46; Quinn, Pat-
rick T., 933.

— Eei.sner, Samuel, 97; Rasmussen,
Walter, 186; Remier, E. L., 336;
Ritter. Mrs. E. V. P., 260; 'Robb,
Wm. B.. 768; Robbie, A., 440; Eos-
marin, George, 581; Rubel, B. F.,
656.

— Sands, W. B., 621; Saunders, Mrs.
Martha. 313; Schmeling, Fred C,
231; Schuermann. August, 186;
Schworm. B.. 693; Siebrecht,
Charles, .313: Soltau, Christian, 169;
•Suzuki. Bunzo, 169; Swayne, Mrs.
Edward. 768.

—Talbot, W. A., 2.31; Tassi, Angelo,
97: Temple. John T., 97; Tbielman,
Frederick W., 867; Thompsou, A. J.,
540 ; Tickner, Walter, 231 ; Tricola,
Garibaldi, 1.32; Trimble, W. C, 867;
♦Trumpy. J. R., 840; Twombly,
Mrs. John D., 846.

— Willard, S. D.. 846; Williams,
Frank. .581; Winfleld, H. T. W., 867.

Opportunities, Neglected 41

•Orchids 369

Orchid exhibit. An 114

Orchids for the beginner, some use-
ful 780

Outdoor roses 425, 511

Outdoor vegetables and fruit :

— Early seed sowing. Saving and
caring for manure 179

— The orchard. Pruning young trees.
Old trees and tree surgery. The
making of hot beds 214

— Brussels sprouts. Care of young
seedlings. Spraying the orchard... 287

— Seed sowing. Sprouting potatoes.
Fertilizers for garden and orchard.
Nitrogenous manure. Phosphoric
acid. Potash. Lime 367

— Sowing peas. Hot bed. The as-
paragus bed. Gladioli 458

— Some general thoughts. Working
land in wet weather. Some good
rescilutious 503

— .Terusalcm artichokes. String beans.
.Muskmelons. Care of exhibition
stock. Globe artichokes. Special
mixture for strawberries and rasp-
berries ."iSO, 551

— Making an asparagus bed. Parsnips

for exhibition. Succession crops.. 630
— Onions. Onion grub or maggot.
Exhibition onions. Sowing peas for
succession. Nitro-bacteria cultures

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for peas. Cauliflower, cabbage and
Brussels sprouts. Hardening. Green-
fly and spider 666

— Lettuce. Growing in cold frames.
String and Lima beans. Carrots
for exhibition. Ailsa Craig onions.
Leeks. Globe artichokes. Mulch-
ing strawberries'. Treatment of
potatoes to prevent scab. The cur-
rant worm. Melons. Egg plants.
Peppers. Tomatoes 703

— Spraying the orchard. Borers.
Long beets. Keeping the weeds in
check. Care of stock recently
transplanted. Salsify and scor-
zonera. Rushing the season. .. .778. 779

— Planting out the tender stock. To-
matoes. Egg plants and peppers.
Melons. Summer squash, cucum-
bers and pumpkins. Pests. Nitrate
of soda 821

— Early celery. Late celery. Pithy
stems in celery. Varieties of celery.
Celeriac. Corn. Swiss chard. Okra.
Kohl rabi and Florence fennel.
Chicory. Successive sowing. Rhu-
barb. Sea kale 739

— Mulching the small fruit. The late
cold snap. Watering 855

— Sowing for succession. The orchard.
Bugs. Strawberries. Forcing as-
paragus 918

Oyster Bay Horticultural Society 957

P

Pasture, Restoring a worn-out 425

Patents granted: 30, 206, 277, 353, 412,
450, 541. 021, 770. 878, 910, 942.

•Pennock, Samuel S 633

Peony exhibition. A big 822

Peony and rose show at Philadelphia 860

Peony blooms. Retarding 896

Peony show at Boston 924

Peony Society, American 858, 923, 954

Personal : 28, 55, 87, 123, 163, 184C, 260,
312, 336, 384, 449, 484, 527, 569, 596, 644,
674, 708, 759, 788, 835, 871, 889, 932, 964,
969.
Philadelphia Notes: 18, 60, 96, 132, 159,
195, 231. 267, 303, 379^ 438, 475, 527, 571,
620. 647, 719, 759, 798, 845, 867, 910, 933,
957.

Philadelphia, Spring show at 427

•Phlox amoena as a rockery plant 66

•Phlox paniculata Pantheon 697

•Phloxes, spring-flowering hardy 72

•Phloxes for midsummer and" early

fall. Hardy 702

•Pierson, Wallace R 184D

Pittsburgh Florists' & Gardeners'

Club 75, 219, 380

— Pittsburgh Florists' & Gardeners'

Club competition 57O

•Plants valuable for summer cut flow-

„ers 370

Poetry :

— The blossom 517

— Make a noise 596

—A soldier's grave 783

— Bivouac of the dead 783

— Memorial day 845

•Primroses as rockery plants 514

•Primula auricula 322

Primula malacoldes 710

Primulas, diseases of 953

Problem, A difficult 373

Providerice notes 438

Publications received

28, 61, 132, 159, 190. 241, 276, 332, 347
388, 522, 656, 694, 714. 835, 859, 974.

Publicity, Two kinds of 42

Publicity in Britain 383

Publicity committee. National 463

Publicity propaganda 538

Publicity effective 540

Q

Quarantine law. Federal plant 387

Quarantine decision No. 1, Plant 539

Quarantine decision No. 2, Plant 642

Quarantine notice No. 7, White pine

blister rust 877

Quarantine decision No. 3, Plant 877

R

Re*-ess, During:

— The Rice dinner 60

— Tarrytowii Horticultural Society.
New York and New Jersey Associa-
tion of Plant Growers 96

— Cook County Florist Association

bowling 96, 123,

159, 185, 230, 266, 294, 448, 580, 596, 927

— New York ;ind New Jersey Associa-
tion of Plant Growers 159

— Bar Harbor Horticultural Society.
Morris County Gardeners' & Flor-
ists' Society. Oyster Bay Horticul-
tural Society. Yonkers vs. Glen
Cove. Notes 185

Page

• — Plant Growers' dinner 188

—Notes 294

— Westchester & Fairfleld Horticul-
tural Society 294

— International Flower Show bowling

tournament 329

—Bowling 526, 647, 744, 788, 910

— Bowling tournament at New York.

•Arcade bowling alleys 596

• — Two daring aviators 647

— Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Balt-
imore. Notes 672

— Florists' Club of Washington 744

— N. Y. & N. J. Plant Growers' out-
ing 871

—Florists' Club of Philadelphia an-
nual picnic 964

Red spider 6, 73, 109

Red spider vs. damping down.... 142, 183

Rehder honored, Alfred 932

Retail florists. Of interest to :
— Florists' Telegraph Delivery. Mon-
treal's Christmas experience 51

— Publicity In Mineapolis 85

— Co-operation from a retailer's view

point. The retailer's inning 86

• — A Texas flower store 18

• — Chicago plant basket styles 50

— Gould wedding decorations 156

— McKinley or carnation day 122

^St. Louis retailers 157

— Effective advertising 192

—Detroit windows 228

— Florists' Teleeraph Delivery 266

— Utilizing rubbish 343

— Easter hints. Flowers at funerals. 394

— Overcrowding 438

— Window display. •A profitable

show house 474

— About prohibitive prices 525

—Book-keeping. Plaut talks 526

— Boston retail florists organize 568

—Leakage 610

— Salesmanship. Rhinebeck Easter

violet shipments 646

• — Decorative foliage plants in basket

arrangement 074

—Taking an interest 682

— Memorial day. Retail florists' club 718
— Advertising. Pot roses in Chicago. 758

—Originality. The ideal store 798

— June weddings. A winter window

box 834

— Telegraphing flowers 866

— Graduations 900

— Summer hints 930

—Delivery 962

— Flowers by telegraph: 17, 49, 85, 121,
157, 193, 229, 265, 301, 341, 393, 437, 473,
569, 681, 717, 757, 797. 833, 865, 899, 931,
963.
—New Flower Stores: 17, 49, 84, 121, 157,
193, 229, 265, 300. 340, 393, 437, 473, 524,
569, 609, 645, 081, 717, 757, 797, 832, 865,
899, 931.
—Steamer departures: 16, 48, 84, 120,
156, 192, 228, 264, 302. 342, 392, 436, 472,
524, 568, 608, 644. 680, 716, 756, 796, 832,
864, 898, 930, 962.
Rhode Island Horticultural Society.. 956

Rhododendron planting tables 670, 671

Rhododendron and peony show, Bos-
ton 897

Rochester Florists' Association 77

Rochester (N. Y.) notes 343, 718, 932

•Rose Pink Pearl 921

Rose and strawberry show, Boston... 955

Rose Society, American 184

...290, 858, 923, 956

Rose growing under glass:
—The dark weather. ~" The cuttings.
The pots. The new roses again. A

good investment 7

— Use of lime in winter. Bonemeal.

Red spider 39

— Blackspot. Temperature in dark-
weather. The cuttings 71

^Care of cuttings. Watering. Black-
spot among cuttings. Roses out-
side. Liquid manure. The pots .. 107
— Mildew. The young stock. Pot-
ting. The soil. Ben'ches with deep
soil. Roses on Long Island. Fish

scrap fertilizer 143

— Packing in winter. Paper vs. wooden
boxes. Cutting rope for paper
boxes. Packing young stock for
shipment. Old plants for shipment 181
— Potting cuttings. Watering during
cold weather. Lime. Liquid ma-
nure. Lime and liquid manure.
Manure for the spring mulches.
Making room for the young stock.. 217
— Spider. Mildew. In the propagat-
ing house. Watering. Selection of

wood for propagating 2.50

— The side ventilators. Repotting.
Crocking pots. Charcoal in the soil.
Syringing the young plants. More

wood for propagating 2S!)

— Setting repotted plants on the
benches. Pinching buds on young
Beauty stock. Scraping and clean-

HORTICDLTUBB

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ing. Soil for the final potting.
Greenflv. Liquid manure 325

— That Easter crop. Crowding other
stock into the rose houses. Spot
on the young plants. Mildew on
young stock. Ventilation and night
temperatures 36°

— Planting grafted roses. Grafted vs.
own root stock. Bonemeal. Liqiud
manure. Weeds. Mulching. Pack-
ing. Fumigating *22

—Building the first house. Lime
water for young stock. Cleaning
the voung stock. Repotting »59

—Mulching outside roses. The venti-
lators at night. Letting the fires
out. Cracked ice in boxes. The
young stock. Greenfly. Syringing.
Picking yellow leaves. Sod heaps. 499

— Nitrate of soda. Lime. Houses
that are to be planted early. Among
the young stock. The repotting... 551

—One way out. Houses that are to
be carried over 591

— Watering young plants. The young
Beauty plants. Spot on young
Beauties. Feeding the young plants.
Tellow leaves. The ice box 631

— Sulphur and its uses. Mulching.
Manure for the fall mulching. Ty-
ing. Disbudding 667

—Watering. Tying. Shading the
houses. Early planting. Coarse
bone 705

— Tying the young plants. Shifting
the potted plants. Pinching the
buds. Repotting. Old soil for pot-
ting. Fumigation 741

—Spraying the plants. Syringing.
Scraping the potted plants. Lime
water. Feeding potted plants 7T9

— Order. Crimson clover and roses.
The boilers. Care of the wires.
The pots 819

^The outside roses. Watering pot-
ted stock. Spreading or spacing the
plants. The sod heaps. The re-
quired number of men. The manure
for fall mulching 887

— Syringing and damping down. The
young plants. Spot on the plants.
Lime. Cutting 918

—Plants to be run again. Watering
the old plants. Plants that are not
to be moved. Disbudding. Spray-
ing and fumigating 050, 951

Eoval Horticultural Society Spring
Show, England 893, 922

S

Seed trade:

^A seed trade bomb. Notes 14

— Why the trade packet? Notes 46

— Good resolutions. Beans enough.

Page
An unfounded assertion. A warn-
ing "8

— The rate of postage on seeds.
About half price packets. Alex-
ander Forbes. Notes SO

— A corn contest. The seed dealer

and parcel post 116

— A surplus of peas. Notes 118

— Cheap seed packets, the other side.

Notes 154

— Inspection of seeds 190

— An inconvenient postal ruling. Sur-
pluses and tardy contracts 224

— A new departure. German vs.
Canadian peas. "Free Seeds" and
the surplus. The Canners' conven-
tion 226

— Canners' convention. Seed trade
honored. Cutting contract prices.

Notes 262

— Seed legislation. Notes 296

— Reluctant contracting. "Free Seeds"
doomed? Next Canners' conven-
tion 338

— Some sensible advice. Notes 388

— Counter trade. The canning inter-
ests. Decline in onions and pota-
toes 434

—Notes 470

— Flood damage. Freakish weather.. 520
— New methods. The winter-flower-
ing Spencers 522

— Canners to meet in Baltimore.
Change in Bolgiano firm. Flood
damages. Pea crop injured. Grow-
ing of beans in Ontario 602

— Rochester seed trade 642

— A good man gone. California seed
crop alarm. Biennials here and
abroad. Pea prospects. Retailers
busy. Duty on seeds. A Boston

seedman honored. Notes 676

— A tribute to Frank T. Emerson 714

— A. L. Don. Trade reaction. Suffi-
cient stock on hand. California's
plight. Early planting. Rain need-
ed 752, 753

— Thorburn's new number 797

—Seed trade ethics. Parcel post dis-
crimination. Notes 829

— Department prejudiced. Where it
began. "Free Seed" increased. The
trade partially blamable. Crop
prospects. Effect of inflated prices

861, 862

—Notes 896

— Crop news. Seed laws. Plant trade

in Chicago. Seed stores 960

Seed Trade Association, American... 154

829, 861, 959

Seen with four eyes 889

Shakespeare's garden 513

Shea in rhyme, Jim 169

Sim, A visit to William 953

Society of American Florists & Or-
namental Horticulturists:

Page

—Notes: 10, 42, 149, 184A, 255, 383, 598,

747, 784, 890, 923.
• — Portraits J. K. M. L. Farquhar,
Thomas Roland, August Poehl-

mann 10

— News from the Convention City....

330, 383, 636

* — Sketches of executive officers 330

— Adjourned meeting of directors 635

— National trial ground for roses.

Ladies' S. A. F 636

— Philadelphia-Minneapolis 636

— Preliminary program Minneapolis
convention. Ladies' S. A. F. •Min-
neapolis Park System 824

• — Floor plan, trade exhibition. Min-
neapolis convention 857

Spring, A sign of 329

St. Louis County Plant & Flower

Growers' Association 746

St. Louis Florist Club

75, 290. 428, 600, 746, 923

St. Louis notes 205, 900

•Summer bedding. Minneapolis 512

Summer school of agriculture 658

Sweet Pea Society, American 890. 955

Tariet bill 602, 683

Tariff free from ambiguity. Wanted.. 671

Tariff amendments adopted 702

Tariff amendments 928

Tarrytown Horticultural Society 464

•Thymus serpyllum 458

Tornado's work at Council Bluffs. la. 541

Totty. A card from Mr 924

Training, The value of a practical... 250

Tulips and narcissi in grass 678

Tulips, May-flowering 790

Under the red flag.

830

Vandas, To flower 707

Vermont's wizard 525

•Veronica vlrglnlca alba 33

Vprnnica longlfolla subsessills 38, 39

Viburnums, The 921

•Vincent family group 60

W

Waretown opening 964

Washington notes: 18,51,230,379, 620, 867

Waverlv. Mass., A visit to 380

Weed killing 860

Westchester & Fairfield Horticultural

Society 76, 257, 464, 955

•Window box, A winter 813

•Wistaria time. In : 773

Women's National Garden conference 640
Worcester County Horticultural So-
ciety 110

AlUSTOLOCHIA GIGAS HOOKEEII
Grown by William Kleinbeins, Osontz, Pa.

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FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE GARDENER AND KINDRED INTERESTS

Published Every Saturday at 11 Hamilton Place, Boston. Mass.

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HOBTICULTUKE

January 4, 1913

START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT

SUCCESS is bound to follow if-you give "THE HOUSE OF RICE"

your consideration when you buy Florists' Supplies or Ribbons.

MANY Progressive Florists did this the past year and in return they en-
joyed the most prosperous year in their history.

YOUR case will be no exception — right NOW is the time to start.

WE have planned BIG in the past, but the year of 1913
WILL surpass anything that we have ever attempted.

COME along with us — we assure you that our dealings
WILL prove mutually profitable.

M. RICE & COMPANY

The Leading Florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialists

1220 Race Street .... Philadelphia, Pa.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

^ Fall and Spring Shipments

Valley Pip». Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., h-om Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Plane8,elc., from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and tliree other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ™U^I?''^

' 17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the wholesale tradel
AZALEAS. PALMS, BIIODODBNDRONS,
BAYTBEE8. ROSES, LILACS, HOLLAND
ANn .JAPAN BOLBS, LILT OF THB
VALLEY. ETC.

P.0.Box752 or 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Pahns, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perkins Street Nurseries, Rosllndale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS ^\Z''rooT-

WHITMANI COMPACTA (New), to take the
place of Whitmani. A better commercial fern —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100: $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in; $6 per 100: $50 per
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rales.

H.H.BARROWS&SON.Whitman.Mass.

ARAUCARIA EXGELSli

5 in., 5M] in. and 0 in. pot8, 3, 4, 5. 6
tierH. from 12 to 30 inches hieh, 40c.,
60c.. COr.. 75r.. $1.00. $1.25 carh and
up to SI.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower ami Importrr

1012 W. Ontatio St., PHIIAOELPHIA, PA.

HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at St, Paal, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SHAWYERy the new piolt foicing rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best varieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompons
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Our catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on our mailing list.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

<2roin/i\a/e:i_i_, csoimim.

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SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DiELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.

Telephone Lex. 260.

CYCLAMEN

Best strain in existence.

4 inch

5 inch

G iiieli

S35.00

50.00

75.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Nahant, Mass.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

KOSES, PALMS,

and >«f>\ ('Ili*•^ in l>f<'(iriiti\ f I'lanls.

MARKET and 49tli STREETS, PHILAOEIPHIA, PA.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Putland Road and E. 45th St.
Tel, 2890 Bedford BRO OK L Y N . N . Y.

FERNS FOR DISHES

Best Ah sorted Vnrletles, 2^4 'n. potfl.

$3.S0 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.

BOO at (houRand rates.

Cisfi :vith o?-(ir-r.

Frank Oechslin.wou^cVst Chicago, III

January 4, 1913

n 0 T? T I C U L T U R E

IVIARY \A/ASMIIM

Small floweriag' Pelarg'onium or Pansy Geraniums, flowers resemble small pansies or "Jenny Jump-Ups";
borne in large clusters, completely covering the plants, during the early part of the summer. Strong
plants from 2 in. pots, $4.00 per 100 : $30.00 per 1000. From 5 in. pots, $5.00 per 100 ; $40.00 per 1000.
DOUBLE NEW LIFE, a GERANIUM which has long been a favorite novelty with catalogue houses.
We have an excellent stock ready in 2 in. pots at $3.00 per 100 ; $25 00 per 1000.

BRILLIANCY COLEUS, a fine variety to grow into specimen plants, in 4 and 5 inch pots ; ready
seller. 2 in. plants $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1000.

Oar Full Line of Geraniums and Bedding Plants, in splendid shape, for immediate and future shipment

Rooted Cuttings of Coleus, Heliotrope, Salvia and Cnphea 60 cts. per 100 ; $5.00 per 1000 ;

postage 10 cts. per 100 extra

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

THE SENSATIONAL NEW FORCING ROSE OF STRICTLY AMERICAN
ORIGIN AND ADAPTED TO AMERICAN METHODS OF CULTURE

MDC OUADI rc DliCCCI I strong and vigorous grower
ITino. btlHiiLLo nUoOLLL FREE bloomer large full flowers

Plants Delivered After March 1 St, 1913. Order Early. Orders Filled in Rotation
Own Root : $30.00 per 100, $250.00 per 1000 plants. Grafted Stock, $5.00 per 100 plants extra

WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES,

NATICK, MASS.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 31

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 23

Albert & David-
son 31

Allen, J. K 22

Aphlne Mfg. Co. 29

Ascbmann, G 2

Ay r e s C o., S.

Bryson 15

Badgley, Reidel &

Meyer 22

Barnard, W. W.

Co 15

Barrows & Son. . 2
iiayersdorfer, H.

& Co 18

Bay State Nur-
series 11

Beaulleu 15

Bloomlngrtale's ..16
Bobbink & At-
kins 11

Boddington. A. T.IS
Bolglano & Son,

J 15

Boston Florist

Letter Co 20

B r a s 1 a n Seed

Growers' Co 15

Breck, .T. & Son. 15
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 2

Breitmeyer's. J.

Sons 16

Brown Bag Fill-
ing Machine Co. 15

Brownell Co 4

Budlong, J. A... 20
Bunyard, A. T..1C
Burpee, W. A . &
Co 15

Page
California F 1 o r-

ist 17

Carbone 17

Chicago C a rn a-

tion Co 20

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.20
Child s, John

Lewis 12

Clarke's. D. Sons.lB

Cowee, W. J 22

Craig, Robt. Co.. 2

Dards 16

Dodd, Clias. H..31
Dorner & Sons

Co 4

Drcer, H. A

11-30-31
Dunlop, John H.17

D.vsart, R. J 23

Eastern Cliemical

Co 20

Edwards Folding

Box Co 20

Elliott's, W.Sons.2ii
Eppstein. .Iulius..l7

Ernest, W. H 30

Esler. J. G 31

Ey:(s 16

Farquhar, R. & J.

& Co 15

Ford, M. C 22

Ford, W. P 22

Forrest, Frank H.17
Ever Ready

Flower Pot

Cover Co 19

F o t t 1 er, Fiske,

Rawson Co 15

Framinghain Nur-
series 11

Froment, H. B...22

Page
Galvin, Thos. F..17
Gasser, J. M. Co.. 17
German Kali

Works 29

Goortsell, P. H... 4
Grey, T. J. Co... 15
Gude Bros. Co... 17
Hail Association. .31
Hall & Robinson. 17
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 29

Hart. E. A 28

Hart, Geo. B.. 19-20

Hatcher 17

Haven Seed Co... 15

Heacock, Jos 2

Henderson, A 12

Hews, A. H. & Co.30
Hilflnger Bros... ,30
Ilitchings & Co.. 32
Hoerber Bros.... 20
Hohn & Olson... 10

Horan, E. C 22

Holland Nur-
series 4

Interstate Tobac-
co Co 29

Jacobs & Sons. S.31
Johnston & Co.,

T. J 16

.lohnston Bros... 17
Kasling, W. F.

Co. 23

Keller, J. B.

Sons 17

Kervan Co 22

King Cons Co... 31

Kramer, F. H 17

Kroe.'ichell Bros. .31
Kuebler, W. H...22
Lager & Hurrell.. 4

Page

Lange, A 17

Lange, H. F. A.. 17
Lemon Oil Co...'.W
Leonard Seed Co. 15
Leuthy, A. & Co. 2
Loechuer & Co... 4
Litton, W. H.....32
MacMulkin, E....17
.Maynard. W. E.. 4
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 23

McConnell, Alex.. 10
McCray Refriger-
ator Co 19

McCullough's, J.

M. Sons Co 20

McHutchison &

Co 2

McManus. Jas....22
Michel I's Seed

House 14

Michigan Cut

■"Flower Ex 22

Millang. Chas 22

MlUang, Frank. ..22

Miller. E. S 4

Montreal Floral

Exchange 23

Murray, Samuel. .16
Moore, Hentz &

Nash 22

Nat. Nurseryman.il
Niessen, Leo Co.. 20
Oechslin. Frank.. 2
Oklahoma Seed

Growers' Co.... 15
Ouwerkerk, P.... 4
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 10

Park Floral Co... 16
Parshelsky Bros. 31

Page
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 17

Penn the Florist. 17
Pennock - Meehan

Co 21

Perkins St. Nur-
series 2

Pierson, A. N 2

Pierson, F. R. Co. 4
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century... 29
Poehlmann Bros. .20
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 29

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 31

Reed & Keller... 22
Reinberg, Peter.. 20
Rice, M. & Co.... 2
Robinson, H. M.

& Co 20

Robinson Co., H.

M -22

Rock. Wm. L 16

F.oohrs, J. Co 4

Roland, Thos 2

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 2

Rosery, The 16

Sander & Son 4

Schilder Bros 15

Schulz, Jacob.... 17

Scott, John 2

Sharp, Partridge

Co 31

Sheridan, W. F...22
Siggers & Sig-

gers 30

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 15

Slinn & Co., B. S.22

Page
Smith & Co., E.

D 11

Smith, P. J 22

Smith. W. & T.

Co 11

Smyth, Wm. J... 10
Sprague, J. H.. .. 4
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 31

Stumpp, Geo. M..16
Syracuse Pottery

Co 30

Tailby, . . ; 17

Totty, Chas. H... 4
Thorlurn, J. M.

& Co 15

Traendly &

Schenck 22

Valentine. J. A. ..16
Van Assche, P...30
Vick's, Jas. Sons.l5
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co 3

Waban Rose Con-
servatories 3

Wants, For Sale. 30
Ward, R. M. &

Co 4

Wiiiendorff, A.... 16

Welch Bros 23

Whittier & Co.,

W. B 11

Wilson. Robt G..16

Wood Bros U

W o o d r o w &

Marketos 22

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 15

Young & Nugent.lO

Zangen. O. V 15

Zinn, J. A 17

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 24, 25, 26, 27

HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

THE item of freight on bulbs is well worth considering. lu a year's time, you will tind upon
investigation, that the total is more than you may realize. Besides this, there are sometimes
"advance charges'" on freight bills, which you know nothing about, but pay, nevertheless. Did
you ever investigate this "advance charge" ? Florists who "import direct," as they term it, suffer most
in this respect, though they may -not know it. Count up the actual cost of the bulbs delivered at
your city duty paid and freight paid — that's the way to figure right in comparing prices. In Japan
Lily bulbs, by reason of the fact that we make deliveries at the cities named below, a saving to our
customers is effected amounting to from $3.00 to $10.00 per 1000 bulbs. Isn't this worth your con-
sideration ? Besides this, isn't it better to get deliveries nearer home, where you can store your Cold
Storage bulbs, and have easy access to them at all times of the year? Prices are practically the same.
The Horseshoe Brand Bulbs cost no more per tliousand than others, and usually much less per flower
than any brand known. Prices sent upon application.

The New Bulbology Book will be ready about March 1st--
Get your name on the list now.

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But Bov Good

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ROTTED and AZALEA PEAT

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Potash 10 per eent.

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ORCHIDS

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January 4, 1913

HORTICULTURE

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

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Coelogyne cnstata

As the days begin to get longer it will be well to let
the temperature rise to 55 to 58 degrees which will be
quite high enough for this orchid. Take advantage of
every suitable occasion to give ventilation so as to keep
the atmosphere fresh and sweet. From this out they
will require very careful attention in watering and firing.
When there is a spell of damp and mild weather always
keep on some air and enough of fire heat to insure the
right temperature which should be about 60 degrees.
The changeable and trying weather will demand con-
stant watchfulness with airing and firing. These or-
chids do not like to be forced into flower and should
never be kept any higher than 58 degrees at night.
When over forced they are very apt to hang fire in open-
ing and the flowers are never so good as when grown
cooler. Do not keep them too wet while in flower.

Bedding Plant Cuttings

Bedding stock propagation should start now and con-
tinue up to March. Keep on putting in, as time will
permit, all such plants as roses, lantanas, fuchsias, be-
gonias, antirrhinums, petunias, heliotrope, geraniums,
coleus, etc. These will give good-sized plants that will
bear quite a few cuttings later on. All these cuttings
will need attention and care such as shade, careful water-
ing and airing until they are well-rooted. Do not make
the mistake of leaving them too long in the propagating
bed. Just as soon as they have a nice bunch of roots
they should be potted up. When potting use a rather
light compost for a general run of cuttings — say fibrous
loam four parts, well-rotted manure one part, and enough
of sand to make it porous. See that this young stock is
given a bench well up to the glass, so they will not draw.
Do not stick tliem around in any old place and oxjiect
them to do well. 'Whether they will eventually pay you
in the end depends much on how they are handled and
taken care of now.

Cyclamen

As soon as young stock of cyclamen becomes large
enough to handle nicely they should be moved into small
pots. Use fibrous loam four parts, cow manure that has
been well rotted one part, leaf mold one part and enough
of sand to make it slightly gritty. This should be run
through a coarse sieve. When potting do not place the
little bulb too deep but just even with the surface of the
soil. To keep them in vigor they will require a tem-
perature of about 55 degrees at night with from 10 to 15
degrees higher on all bright days. Take great care in
watering, for while they like an even amount of moisture

at the roots they will not tolerate a saturated condition
and either too dry or too wet will give them a severe
check. WTiere it is possible give these young plants a
place well up to the glass. Keep the house well venti-
lated whenever possible and the atmosphere of the house
in a moist state.

Ferns from Spores

Now is a good time to sow spores for small ferns for
table use. \Miere possible the soil should be sterilized,
to kill all foreign vegetation and fungus. Mix up a
compost of new loam two parts, peat or leaf mold two
parts, and one part of sharp clean sand. See that the
pans are well drained with plenty of crocks. Upon the
crocks spread some sphagnum moss and then fill the
pans to within half an inch of the top, with the com-
post, but the last half-inch should be finely screened.
Press the whole surface firm, absolutely level, water
thoroughly and leave them three or four hours before
sowing the spores. After they have drained out scatter
the spores all over the surface and cover each pan with
a pane of glass. These pans should be placed immedi-
ately in a frame that is covered with sashes. The tem-
perature of the frame should be kept at 70 degrees with
a reasonable amount of humidity. Wlien the spores show
signs of germination they should be given a little air
every day and gradually increase it so that when the
first' fronds are seen they will be sufiiciently hardened
off to stand the full air of the house, \\nien large
enough to be handled they should be transferred in
chimps to other well-ilniined pans and grown on.

Poinscttias for Stock Plants

Do not forget to save a good batch of poinsettias as
stock plants. Select the best and when lifting leave all
the soil that will remain and set closely together in
boxes or flats, covering the intervening bare spaces with
soil from the bench. These can be placed under a bench
in a house that stands anywhere from 55 to 60 degrees
at night. They can stay here until March or even later.
During all that time they should be kept on the drj' side,
as it is their season of rest, but, of course, you should not
let the wood shrivel for the want of a little water. This
will give good stock to increase from when the time
comes. It is better not to cut them back too hard, as the
top canes which are well ripened can be cut into small
pieces and propagated from.

Spiraeas

It is time now to bring in the astilbes, as Easter is
early this year. Give them a cool house until there is a
slight root action when they can be placed in a house
where the temperature is about 50 degrees at night.
Keep them as near the glass as possible and never let
these plants suffer for want of water, as they need
plenty of it all the time. When root action becomes
very active they can be given a temperature of 60 to 65
degrees at night so as to be in on time.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following: Asparagni; Bedding Geraniums: Bougalnvilleas: Suiilax : Marguerites; Salvias.

HOETICULTUKE

January 4, 191S

Perennial Helianthus

To intimate observers of the early spring florescence
of hardy herbaceous gardens the predominance of soft
colors, especially in white, blue and pink shades is plain-
ly evident. During summer we enjoy being regaled with
a lavish abundance of strong tints, fully exhausting the
entire floral color scale. As a distinct feature of the
passing summer and early fall aspect we notice a great
volume of yellow passing before our eyes — the golden
waves of the rudbeckia, solidago, helenium, and helian-
thus varieties, gently swaying in a light breeze; hues
vieing with the coloring golden fruit of field and
orchard, their intensity lending a certain element of
visionary warmth to tlie cooler atmosphere of the season.
It is the rich golden tone of nature, intensified in radi-
ance in our garden. To absorb those beautiful pictures
of billows of floral gold and to study the plant species
producing them with a horticultural eye has been one
of the delights of your writer during his busy years
along the northern part of the New England coast.
Characteristics of the best types of hardy helianthus are
flower forms of a beautiful regularity in build. Espe-
cially the single vaiielies such as Heliaiitlins niultiflorus
maximus, mollis, orgyalis and the popular H. rigidus
Miss Mellish, leave a lasting impression. In stateliness
of growth and in the production of that abundance of
color indispensible for floral mass-eSects, hardy helian-
tini^es ]irovi.i ]iiglily satij^lactmy.

This is perhaps an assertion arousing the scepticism
of some of my readers. (Jranted. Iiardy sunflowers a?
natives of this northern hemisphere certainly do not
need a great amount of care. Nevertheless, if we in-
terpret this in such a way as to plant them anywhere
and in any kind of soil, to simply leave them to their
fate, then we cannot expect more than under the primi-
tive eondirioiis jjrovided by Nature for tlieir wild growth.
To bring about effects as shown in our illustration
means to cultivate Iiardy lielianthus; that is, to provide
improved soil conditions and give the adequate care to
plantations. The first result is likely to be a rapid
spreading and the danger of smothering out nearby
plants of a less rambling rootgrowth. For this reason
I advise leaving helianthus out of the mixed herbaceous
border. I always place them in a separate space, where
they are easily kept in desired limits. Being of tall
growth they require less tieing up when given protec-
tion from violent winds and heavy rain storms. High
woods or buildings, back, in the direction where the
most storms come from are safeguards. In agreeable
contrast with a solid background the effect is infinitely
superior to a plain outline against the sky. In such
positions the golden wave of color gains in volume and

brilliancy in the clear sunlight of the early fall days. We
watch the interesting spectacle of myriads of singular
flowers following with their faces the moving sun, until,
at night, their heads bend in an angle that the petals
may protect the center.

Perennial sunflowers can be most freely propagated
by divisions of the rambling roots and, as a rule, need
little or no winter protection, except along the northern
boundaries.

Riverton, N. J.

-^djtAyCUul-^<t(AAJ

Red Spider

Bed spider (Tetranychus telarius) is one of the most
insidious foes that the gardener or florist has to contend
with, for, be he ever so wary or careful it has frequently
gotten a foothold and done some damage before the
grower is aware of its presence. I think it a very safe
generalization to say that a man's ability as a grower
may be measured by his success or non-success in keep-
ing his plants free of spider.

Ked spider will attack the plants in stove-house tem-
perature and right down the Une of temperatures to the
violets growing at 45-50 degrees, thick leaves or thin,
grapes or peaches, roses or carnations; in fact anything
and everything is acceptable to this pestilential creature.
Nor does it confine its attacks to greenhouse plants, for
the writer has seen large ehn trees (whose foliage has
turned yellow and dropped off early in August) and
coniferous hedges nearly ruined by its attacks.

The above may be, and is, probably well known to all
readers of Horticdltuee, but "Error, sir! damnable
error" is the burden of my story, and this error in com-
mon witli its kind is most long-lived — yes ! even to being
something more than a centenarian — and has been (also
in common with its kind) productive of lots of evil con-
sequences. Who has not heard in the j'ears whilst learn-
ing their trade "damp the floors well," "keep a moist
atmosphere, 'twill keep down spider" ? Well ! it won't;
not a bit of it ! Not any more than if you played them
a tune on a tin-whistle (the said tune to be for the
benefit of either the plants or the spider). This was
proven beyond any shadow of a doubt to me by the fol-
lowing instance. In an aquatic house where nearly all
the floor space was taken up by a tank devoted to the
growing of Victoria Regia and various other aquatics
and where the atmosphere was at all times kept near the
saturation point owing to the heating pipes under water,
spider flourished, and particularly on some Cyperus al-
ternif olius which stood around the edge of the tank with
their pots partly immersed in the water, and some of
the leaves whose stems were bent were half in and half
out of the water, too. Owing to its being an aquatic
house very little syringing was done and the cyperus
above referred to were literally swarming with spider
after being some two or three months over this steaming
tank. Now, is it not as plain as a pikestaff, that if mois-
ture has any virtue in checking or keeping down spider
it should have done so in the case cited where there was
"Water, water everywhere." The writer knows very well
that what is revelation to one man is not such to another,
nor does he wish any of the readers to take the above in-
stance as a final test, but rather would suggest to all
and sundry that they make a fair test for themselves, as
the proof or disproof of any statement which is demon-
strated to us by actual experiment is worth a ton of
theory, and generally will be remembered for life.

Oranfcd then, that the time-worn moisture theory is
forever untenable, to what shall we turn? And the

January 4, 1913

II ORT 1 CULTUHE

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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by Mr. Ruzicka. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HOKlILULiiUKJii.

The Dark Weather

With us so far the weather has been clear and bright,
so that there is little cause for complaint. We only
hope that it shall continue to be so although there are
times when a little colder would be appreciated. This I
suppose is a strange thing to sa}', the price of coal being
where it is. The Cliristmas stonn tied things up a bit
but all is running along nicely once more.

Do not make llio mistake so commonly made and keep
the houses too warm during the dark cloudy weather
when such happens to come. This will lead to weak
wood, weak plants and finally to disease. About 66
degrees F is right for the highest day temperature for
most varieties of roses. This can be varied according to
conditions, varieties grown, and also according to the
way the plants are growing. Plants right after a heavy
crop can be run much cooler and benefit by it, than plants
just about to throw a bumper crop.

Sometimes trouble will be experienced in opening
some of the more double varieties. We have never been
troubled this way although we have heard from growers
who have. We find that the variation of temperature
during the night will help somewhat, but we would not
advise any one to do so unless they first experiment with
it on a small scale. Should you experience trouble of this
sort do not water your plants heavily, thinking that may
help. We find that keeping the plants on the dry side
helps far more than all water will.

The Cuttings

These will take water every day the first few days that
they are in sand, providing of course that the drainage
is good, and this should be if it is not, for poor drainage
does more harm than many other causes put together.
Instead of poking moss into all the holes, put some
broken pots or something similar into the bottom of the
benches and then cover these with moss or anything that
will hold the sand in i)hice and yet allow the surphis
water to pass away unhindered. Keep an eye on the
thermometer, and see to it that the temperature in sand
is not allowed to drop too low as is often the case. Then
the cuttings after a few such chills will not root for
another week or more and we all know what that last
week means to the foliage of the cuttings in sand.

The Pots

Are you sure you have enough pots on hand to meet all

requirements? If not do not delay in getting quotations
from some of the leading manufacturers advertising in
this paper and place your order at once. I wonder how
many readers took our advice last summer and had all
their pots washed during the hot summer days. Those
who did not will no doubt find themselves somewhat hin-
dered in their work having a lot of pots to wash every
time they want to do some potting ; it is no pleasant Job
during the cold weather either. Be sure to have your
pots clean no matter how much it will set you back. You
will fmd it all pays in the long run. Always bear in
mind that you are building for the next season, so be
lan fill and begin with a good foundation.

The New Roses Again

Although we recommend that all give the new ones a
little bench space it would hardly be wise to jump in
and plant the largest part of the place with some new
variety, just because Mr. So-and-So has had wonderful
results with it. Take things a little slow and make sure
you can handle the variety before you attempt to grow
it on any large scale. There are several good ones being
put on the market this season and they appear to be real
promising, so give them a trial.

A Good Investment

This is not going to be what you may have supposed
but it is good just the same. It applies especially to the
growers of moderate means "who are so busy they just
simply cannot get away not even for a day." To these
this is to apply : Arrange to have at least a day off and
go and take a look around and visit some of the men you
do business with. It will do you good and them, too,
beyond all doubt. And not only your customers — visit
your competitors as well. Do away with that hard feel-
ing and look upon business as a game. Surely you would
not be sore if your friend beat you at a game of checkers
or something similar. We make it a point to send con-
gratulations to any one scoring a few points more in any
competition and believe in taking our hat off to any one
who has beaten us in any way.

Therefore go over and see the other growers. They
are much different than you imagined and first thing you
know you will go in with one or two to buy a carload of
bone and save a few hard-earned dollars by doing so.
You can arrange to go out if you try and then see witli
what ambition you will tackle the work when you return.
Trv it !

answer is VIOLENCE. Yes, violence is the only per-
suasion that has any effect on red spider; violence ap-
plied through the hose by water under about fifty to
seventy pounds pressure, and with this in the hands of
the careful and thorough cultivator (coupled with eternal
vigilance) the terrors of red spider disappear like mist
before the morning sun.

Insecticides and fumigating material have been tried
by all of us, but never has it been the good-fortune of

the writer to find any of these effective against this pest,
except where used in sufficient strength to injure or kill
the host plant.

C'U..

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January 4, 191"

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CONTENTS

Page

COVKR ILLUSTRATION— Aristolochia gigas Hookerii.

NOTt;S ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Coe-
log.vne cristata — Bedding Plant Cuttings — Cyclamen —
Ferns from Spores — Poinsettias for Stock Plants —
Spireas — John J. M. Farrell 5

RED SPIDER— Edicin Jenkins 6

PERENNIAL HELIANTHUS— i?Jc?tar(Z ffo(he— Illus-
trated 6

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Dark Weather
— The Cuttings — The Pots — The New Roses Again —
A Good Investment — Arthur C. Ruzicka 7

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Bottling
Grapes — Top-Dress Strawberries — Cucumbers — On-
ions and Leeks — George H. Penson 8

ARISTOLOCHIA GIGAS HOOKERII 8

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

Lancaster Florist Club — Society, ot American Flor-
ists— J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Thomas Roland, August
F. Poehlmann, portraits — Horticultural Club of Bos-
ton— Massachusetts Horticultural Society Creates

New Office 10

W. P. Edgar, portrait 12

Club and Society Notes 10-12

BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. U. Adsctt 12

OBITUARY— Mrs. George Harbison 12

SEED TRADE— A Seed Trade Bomb — G. C. Watson—
Notes — Catalogues Received 14

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 16

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 17

A Texas Flower Store — Illustrated 18

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York.... 21
Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis 23

MISCELLANEOUS:

A Munificent Gift 12

Horticultural Exposition at St. Petersburg 12

News Notes 16-17-19-23-30

Washington Notes — Philadelphia Notes 18

Chicago Notes 19

Publications Received 28

Cincinnati Notes 28

New York Notes — Personal 28

To Exterminate Ground Moles 29

Incorporated 30

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Patents
Granted 30

It will lie universally coneedtHl tluit

Excellent President Farquhar's two appointee.'^

appointments on the Executive Board of the S. A. F.

are eminently well (jualified to (111 the

pof^ition. Both are self-made men who started from the

bottom of the ladder. Each represents trade interests
of no small magnitude, built up by assiduous application
and business ability of a high order. As representatives
of the cut flower and florists' plant industry respectively,
both gentlemen are recognized leaders and personally
they stand high in the respect and esteem of the craft.
The national society is to be congratulated on being able
to draw upon the .services of men like Adolph Poehlmann
:mil 'I'hniiiMs liolaiid.

ill pii'-^ciiliiia our coniiiliiiieiit'^ lo
Congratulations J'residtnt Fiin|uhai' on his accession

to the highest honor which the na-
tiiuiiil society can bestow we must couple with it our sin-
cere congratulations to retiring President A'incent on the
material prosperity which has come to the organization
during his administration and on his earnest work and
fidelity to the trust given into liis keeping by his fellow-
members. Mr. Farquhar, we know, assumes the duties
c r his otiiee with an e(|ually deep and earnest spiiit of
loyalty and a sincere purpose to promote in every way
|)ossible the welfare of the society and, through it, the
best interests of its members, individually and collec-
tively, to the end that every branch of American horti-
culture may be advanced and spurred on to new activity.

After the test of another year the system of
Credit credit control devised and put into operation
control by the wholesale flower dealers in Xew York
city has still further proven its utility and,
we are informed, a somewhat similar ariangement, since
ado]ite(l in Chicago, is also accomplishing its object. It
is worthy of notice that retail dealers in New York who
were at first (lis])osed to be antagonistic to the regulations
ini])osed have now assumed an attitude of cordiality and
approving acquiescence. We do not think that any hon-
estly disposed dealer, either wholesale or retail, would
care to see the old slip-shod conditions of reckless credit-
giving ever again resumed in New York. Other cities
and other departments of the trade might advantage-
ously fall in line.

It is a good omen and most encouraging
Getting sign for the advocates of modern publicity
there methods in Society work when a conserva-
tive body like the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society gives practical evidence of its faith in the
movement by employing a trained publicity agent to
care for its outside interests during the coming year and
arouse a greater public appreciation and support for its
exhibitions and lectures. Let us hope that the day of
flower shows composed of superb examples of cultural
skill and empty aisles has gone never to return. The
appointment of Mr. Edgar to the position o,f publicity
agent is not an untried experiment in Boston. His suc-
cess in a similar capacity in connection with the Na-
tional Flower Show of I'.lll, the ,la]ianese and Italian
gardens, and the last cln'ysanthemum show in Boston,
indicates what we may look for now that he has a per-
manent officijil responsibility.

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

CONDUCTED BY

o

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by Mr. Fenson. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Bottling Grapes

To the great majority of American people this term of
bottling grapes would convey the idea of partly cooking
or preserving them. Some might take it to mean "can-
ning" in some way as other fruits are done, so I take it
this must be an entirely British phrase where canning is
substituted by the making of jam. "Bottling," as the
word is here used, means to remove the bunches from
the vines so that the latter can rest and keep the grapes
in good condition until they are needed for use. At no
other time of the year is the advantage of a properly con-
structed fruit room so brought to our notice, as the at-
mospheric conditions play such an important part in
the keeping of grapes. While in the house the temper-
ature can be regulated, but not so evenly as in a fruit
room because the sun does not have the same eSect on the
two houses. Again there is no need for any water to be
around in a fruit room. The temperature must be
kept even night and day; 40 to 45 should be the ex-
tremes. This will be best regulated by a coil of hot
water pipes in the room, hot water being given a prefer-
ence to steam as it is less erratic.

Ordinai-y three half-pint bottles are suitable so long
as they have a long neck to them. There is a bottle on
the market made for this work but it would not pay to
install them unless a good quantity was needed. What-
ever kind of bottles are used they must be thoroughly
cleaned or sterilized before coming into use. After this
fill them to the bottom of the neck with clean water and
push a couple of pieces of charcoal in also, which will help
keep it sweet. Wlien filled they should be made to take
an oblique position cither by having racks made for them
or by a temporary arrangement. When building a
fruit-room have the racks made at the time.

Cut the bunches and retain all the lateral with them.
The base end is usually long enough to push into the neck
of the bottle and reach the water. If this should be too
short use the other end, which will answer the same
purpose, and see that the berries hang clear of the bottle.
If the space between the lateral and neck of the bottle is
sealed up it will stop evaporation, otherwise if left any
length of time a little water must be added as that in
the bottle recedes below the end of the lateral. When
doing so take care not to wet the berries. With a right
atmosphere very few berries should go wrong, yet it will
be wise to look over them occasionally. Grapes handled
so will keep for a long time ; a little flavor is unavoidably
lost yet they will always be found palatable.

Top-Dress Strawberries

Soon after coming into growth the early batch of
strawberries will be seeking nourishment. Turn out a
plant to make sure the roots are working, and if so, give
them a top dressing of good soil and add some lasting
manure to it. Remove any dead leaves and as much of
the surface soil as you can without injuring the roots
before adding the new soil: make this moderately firm
about the roots. This top dressing plays an important
part with all strawberries, as no more feeding is advis-

able until after the fniit is set, so it needs to be made
of good material. To feed from now on with strong
manures would grow a quantity of soft foliage; some of
the plants would go blind and when they should feel the
effects of good feeding and do the fruit some good they
are already immune to it and you fail to get what you
should. It is like giving the best right from the start
and having no 'persuasives left for the final. Raise the
temperature of the house to 50 to 55F at night. Get
under the foliage well with the hose or red spider will
be there. Any negligence in airing will soon give straw-
berries a dose of mildew. Other batches can be brought
in at intervals of ten days or two weeks, following the
same routine as these have done. Where the plants
have been covered over in any way to prevent freezing
they ought to be looked over periodically, as the crowns
are liable to go rotten. It is not a good practise to cover
them this way yet some still do it. Mice and rats are
also liable to take a liking to them.

Cucumbers
A sowing of cucumbers to substitute those that have
been cropping since fall will be beneficial. If the house
is filled at the present time, half can be discarded to
make room for the younger generation when they need
it. Sow the seeds singly in "threes" the same as with
melons. Improved Telegraph is the best averaged-sized
fruit. Smaller ones and more of them suit some places
better; "Every Day" will fill the bill here. Where a
cucumber with some size is appreciated grow "Satis-

lai-liou.

Onions and Leeks

Exhibition onions and leeks should be sown now to
give them a long growing season. This is especially ap-
plicable to the cooler States. Have a flat well-drained
before filling with fine light soil. Level this off and
press it down only firm enough so that, when watering,
the soil will not move. It will be found easier to water
the soil before sowing the seeds and let it settle down;
then all that is needed is a light covering for the seeds.
Cover the flat with a piece of glass to prevent evaporation
until the seedlings show through. A temperature of 60
degrees will suit them until the seeds germinate when a
little cooler place will have to be found for them.
Onions and leeks are deep-rooting things, therefore must
be potted off early or some roots will be broken. Ailsa
Craig has yet to be beaten as an exhibition onion and
Prizetaker leek still holds its name.

Aristolochia gigas Hookerii

(^ur cover page illustration this week shows an excep-
tionally well-grown specimen of this singular and always
interesting greenhouse climbing subject. It was grown
by William Kleinheins of Ogontz, Pa. The plant had
sixteen buds and every one came out in perfection. The
flowers are 18 inches wide and 24 inches long and the
"tails" or caudal appendages from 28 to 30 inches in
length. These large blooming aristolochias are often
called the "pelican flower.'"'

10

HOfiTICULTUKE

January 4, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

LANCASTER (PA.) FLOR-
IST CLUB.

On Dec. 19tli this club met
and had a very good paper
read by Harry Weaver of
Bird-in-Hand, on the subject
"Should We Grow More of a
Variety for Christmas?" in
which he emphasized the fact
that the grower who is sup-
plying the wholesale market
through a commission house
is better off if he sticks to one
or two things and grows them
well. He also deplored the
fact that in buying seeds for
special crops results were not
nearly so good from bought
seeds as could be procured
later on from seeds of one's
own growing and selection. In
the discussion that followed
it was generally conceded
that, situated as we are, con-
siderable distance from our
market, it is best to stick
to the standard varieties
where growing for cut flowers.

A committee was appointed
to arrange for a banquet after
our next meeting, which will
be a sort of banner affair
starting with a visiting trip
to Strasburg at 1 P. M.,
Thursday, Jan. 16th, and re-
turning to Lancaster for the
meeting and, after the meet-
ing the banquet in the form of a social
Session. Any out-of-town florist wha
happens to be in the city on this date
should meet the crowd at the Tractioi
waiting room and Join us.

ALBERT M. HERR.

John K. M. L. Farquhab

President Society of American Florists and Ornamental Ilor

tifultlil-ists.

HORTICULTURAL CLUB
OF BOSTON.

PYed Dawson of Olmsted
Bros., and W. P. Edgar were
guests of the Horticultural
Club of Boston at its month-
ly meeting, January 1. A
rich centrepiece of azaleas
and ferns by E. Allan Pelrce
graced the dining table. Wil-
liam Sim contributed two
large vases of Zvolanek's
new winter-flowering Spencer
sweet peas, this being the
first time they have been
shown. No word description
can do justice to these lovely
things, the names of which
were published for registra-
tion by the S. A. F., last
week. These names, given
by Mr. Zvolanek, were freely
criticised as being inappro-
priate. R. & J. Farquhar &
Co. presented an arrangement
of poinsettias with the grace-
ful sprays of Buddleia asiat-
ica. producing a brilliant and
really sensational effect. The
delightful perfume of the
Buddleia filled the room.

An invitation to the S. A.
F. to hold its convention in
Boston in connection with an
outdoor summer show in
1914, was advocated and
unanimously favored by the
gentlemen present.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.
New Directors Appointed.

President J. K. M. L. Farquhar has
appointed August F. Poehlmann, Mor-
ton Grove, 111., and Thomas Roland,
Nahant. Mass., as members of the
Board of Directors to serve three
years from Januarv 1, 1913.

JOHN YOUNG. Secretary.

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY CREATES
A NEW OFFICE.

One of the first official acts of Presi-
dent Farquhar of the Massachusetts

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The 27th annual meeting of the Ore-
gon State Horticultural Society was
held December ISth to the 20th. It
was a very successful meeting.

ArOtJST F. I'UEUL.MA.N.N
MenilitT of Board of Ilireclors, S.

A. F.

The meeting of the Oregon-Washing-
ton Association of Nurserymen will be
held on the 13th and 14th of January
at Kennewick, Wash., and immediately
following on the 15th. 16th and 17tb
will be the meeting of the Washington
State Horticultural Society at Nortli
Yakima, Wash.

The Tarrytown Horticultural Society
will hold their Fourteenth Anni.al Din-
ner at the Florence Inn, Broadway,
Tarrytown, N. Y., on Wednesday
evening, January 8, at 7.30 P. M. Long
experience and a set of enthusiastic
officials give assurance that this event
will be one of the gala occa.sions of
the season, well-filled with wisdom,
wit and well-ordered festivity.

Thomas Roland
Member of Bourd of Directors.

S. A. F.

January 4, 1913

nORTICULl URE

11

The Dreer Strain of Double Petunias

For nearly half a century the majority of the growers in the United States
have been depending on the Dreer Strain of Double Petunias which this
season compares favorably with stock we have supplied heretofore.

We offer for immediate delivery, good three inch pots, which will quickly
furnish a good, supply of cuttings, in fifteen variti es, 75 cts. per dozen; $6.00
per 100; or the set of fifteen varieties, one of each for $1 on.

Seed of our SUPERS STRAIN OF FRINGED PETUNIAS. Double, 75c.
per 500 seeds; $1.50 per 1000 seeds. Single, 50c. per trade pkt.; fl.OO per 1-16
oz.; $1.50 per % oz.

Our Quarterly Wholesale Price List, issued January 1st, offers
a full line of seasonable Plants, Seeds and Bulbs.

Tlif above prices are for the Trade only.

IMIRY A. DREER

714 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Pa.

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100.

Oanble Pink KlIImrnaT, Badlanoa, Mrs.
Taft, lira. Wardell. M7 HurUnd,
Harry Kirk, tlO.OO per 100.

Pink KlUarner. White KUImmey,
Kalaerln Aornata TIctorIa, BlcbinoBd,
Perla, Bnnrtsa. Boaset, American
Beaat7, 18.00 par 100.

Bride, Bridaemald, Bon Sllene, La
France, Oroia an Tepllts, Clothllde
Senpert, Banvenlr da Wootton, (7.00
per 100; $60.00 per lOOO.

Grafted, S-lneh pot*.

Ura. Taft, Pink KlIlsraeT, Maryland,
Mrs. Wardell, Kalaerin, Brida, Brides-
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Ciiysanthemums

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The Best Double Red Geranium is
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January delivery from 3 inch
pots, $1.50 per ten; $12. SO
per hundred.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.

ADRIAN, MICH.

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Ofiioial organ of tlie American Aa-
sociation of Nurserymen. Circula-
tion iimong tlie trade only. Pub-
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from those In the trade enclosing
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12

HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

Horticultural Society was the appoint-
ment of W. P. Edgar as publicity
agent. This is a new office and con-
templates a lively and continuous cam-
paign through the newspapers and
other approved methods of attracting
public attention to this society's activ-

W. P. Edqab

Ities. Mr. Edgar is already well-
known to many members of the
florist and associated trades through
his work as advertising man with
Manager Campbell at the National
Flower Show in Boston in 1911.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Florists' Club of Washington will be
held on January 6, when numerous
matters of importance will be dis-
cussed.

The thirty-first annual meeting of
the American Forestry Association
will be held at the Hotel Wlllard,
Washington, D. C, on Wednesday,
January 8, 1913, starting at 12 o'clock
noon. Experts are to make addresses
and lead discussions on important
phases of forestry.

Meetings of the different St. Louis
clul)s and societies this month are:
The St. Louis Florist Club on Thurs-
day, Jan. 9. Feature — "Review of the
Christmas Business." The Retail
Florists' Association on Monday, Jan.
19th. Feature— a paper by Theo. Mil-
ler. The Engelmann Botanical Club,
Monday, Jan. 12.

The inaugural meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society for the
year 1913 will be held at eleven o'clock
A M., on Saturday, January 11, 1913, at
Horticultural Hall, Boston. The busi-
ness of the meeting will be an inaugu-
ral address by the president, the re-
port of the board of trustees, the
report of officers, and the reports of
the chairmen of the various commit-
tees.

A MUNIFICENT GIFT.
As a Christmas gift to the city of
Newport, R. I.. George Gordon King
has offered his entire estate with the
request that the grounds be used as
a public park and the dwelling house
as a library. This estate, which con-
tains about eight acres situated near
the centre of the city, has long been
kept in excellent condition and is well
furnished with shrubs and large hand-
some trees, which should make It an
ideal park.

NIAGARA

One of the wonders of the GLADIOLUS world

In type the variety resembles "America," but the flowers appear
to be somewhat larger, measuring 414 inches across. In color the
flowers are a delightful cream shade with the two lower inside
• petals or segments blending to canary yellow. The flower spike is
very erect and stout and is wrapped with broad, dark green foliage.
The variety is evidently destined to lead in the cream colored va-
rieties.

AwardSm 1911— Certificates of Merit from Mass. Hort. Society,
Boston, and Dutch Bulb Society at Haarlem, Holland. 1912— Amer-
ican Gladiolus Society, open class award for finest yellow.
Fine Bulbs. $3.50 per dozen, 125.00 per 100.

JOHN LEWIS CHILDS

FLOWERflELD, L. h, M. Y.

^^ li" ^^ U I ^^ l^ V^ ^9 Per 100 Per 1000

American, pink $3.50 $30.00

Augusta, white 2.25 18.00

Mrs. Francis Kins, scarlet 2.75 22.50

Taconic, pink 4.50 40.00

Plushtnff Brirlp. white, pirik blotch 75 6 00

fl. HENDERSON & CO., pi-q" nan^oiph 2511 352 N. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

BRITISH HORTICULTURE.
The Christmas Flower Market.
The increased attention now being
given to floral adornment in the
Christmas decoration schemes each
year ptits a greater strain on the Co-
vent Garden market machinery in
London. At this period the many
market florists on the outskirts of the
metropolis contribute their best.
These home supplies are augmented
by the French consignments, which
usually reach the market bright and
fragrant despite their cross-channel
journey. Chrysanthemums, of course,
play a prominent part in the Christmas
stock-in-trade, and generally there are
lavish supplies available from the flor-
ists who specialize in this particular
line. This time, however, these popu-
lar flowers were not so plentiful, and
prices were unusually high. The short-
age was due to the early frosts in Oc-
tober. White blooms were particular-
ly scarce and dear. White Thompson
was to be seen on several of the
stands; Madame Therese Panckoucke
and Niveus are two useful late whites.
Nagoya is the principal yellow; other
late sorts in favor are: Framfield
Pink, Winter Cheer (deep pink), and
Tuxedo (bronze). The larger selection
of perpetual-flowering carnations in
cultivation has caused these attractive
blooms to be more extensively utilized
for Christmas embellishment. The
supplies were not equal to the in-
creased demand. The chief market
varieties include; Britannia, En-
chantress, Mrs. H. Burnett, Mrs. T. W..
Lawson, White Perfection, Winsor,
Beacon, Mayday and British Queen.
The French flowers also showed a
shortage, the blooms on sale compris-
ing violets, mimosa, narcissi, ranun-
culus and anemones.

Awards for Novelties.
At a recent show of the Royal Hor-
ticultural Society in London awards
of merit were made to a number of
floral and fruit exhibits as follows:

Three chrysanthemums, by Wells i&
Co., Mrs. A. Brooker, decorative Jap-
anese, chestnut crimson; Eric Wild,
single-flowered pink; Mrs. Wingfield
Miller, single-flowered rose pink. The
same firm showed carnation Bonfire,
the American variety. A. F. Dutton,
staged his new carnation, Mrs. A. F.
Dutton. This is stated to be a sport
from White Perfection, and is of a
pleasing shade of pink. J. J. Parker
& Co., exhibited Asplenium divarica-
tum elegans, a very useful fern tor the
market grower. W. H. ADSETT.

HORTICULTURAL EXPOSITION AT

ST. PETERSBURG.

(From Consul General John H. Suodgrass,

Moscow.)

This office has been advised by the
Russian Department of Agriculture at
St. Petersburg that an International
Horticultural Exposition will be held
in that city in April, 1913.

The exposition will consist of the
following sections; Flower culture;
decorative horticulture; hothouse
plants and outdoor plants; pomology;
fresh and preserved fruits; vegetables;
preservation and use of fruit and vege-
tables; grains; bee culture; silkworm
culture; house plants; scientific sec-
tion; scholastic section; tools, instru-
ments, and material for horticulture;
floral art; and a commercial section.

There is to be a series of awards for
each exhibit, the most Important of
which are to be presented by His Ma-
jesty the Emperor. This exposition is
being arranged to commemorate the
300th anniversary of the reign of the
Romanoff dynasty.

OBITUARY.
Mrs. George HarDison.
Mrs. George Harbison, wife of
George Harbison, superintendent at W.
H. Elliott's establishment at Brighton,
Mass., died on December 23 after quite
a long illness. Mr. Harbison has the
sympatliy of the trade in this section.

January 4, 1913

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SHAMROCK.

Trade pkt.
(True Irish). Small leaved.
% trade pkt. 25c $0.40 $1.00

S.ALVIA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Clara Bedman (Bonfire). 1¥>
feet :$0.25 $2.00

Splendens (Scarlet Sage) 25 1.50

Splendens, Ball of Fire, Very
dwarf and early 25 3.50

Splendens aucubaefollA (Sil-
ver-spot) 25 2.50

Splendens Carminea (new).
Splendid rose carmine;
dwarf ^ 25

Splendens glgantea 25

Splendens penduia. Droop-
ing spikes 25 2.00

Splendens Zurich . . </, oz. $1.75 .25 6.00

STOCKS.

Boddington's Quality Large-Flowering
German Ten-Weeks Stocks.

Trade pkt.

Brilliant Rose $0.25

Canary Yellow 25

Crimson ". 25

Dark Blood Red 23

Dark Violet Blue 25

Dark Purple 25

Ficsli Color 25

Llglit Blue 25

Snow White 25

Fine Mixed 25

GIANT PERFECTION STOCKS.

White.

Pyramidal long spikes of large double

flowers, splendid for glass culture and

for florists' purposes. Trade pkt. 25c.,

Vi oz. $1.25, Vi oz. $2.00, oz. $3.75.

Boddington's Qnality Cnt-and-Come-

Again.
These splendid Stocks will flower con-
tinuously through the Summer If sown
early. Trade pkt.

Princess Alice, White $0.25

Apple Blossom. Light pink 25

Peach Blossom. Soft pink 25

Chamoise 25

Bridesmaid. Rose 25

Canary. Yellow 25

Flamingo. Blood red 25

Blue .lay. Light blue 25

Violet. Dark blue 25

Carminea. Crimson 25

QUALITY VERBENAS.

Trade pkt. Oz.
Boddington's Mammoth Hy-
brids. A strain of very
vigorous growth, producing
trusses of large flowers of
brilliant and varied colors.

Mixed $0.25 $1.76

Boddington's Mammoth Auri-
cula-flowered. Large flow-
ers with distinct w-lilte eye .26
Boddington's Mammoth Blue .25
Boddington's Mammotii Pink .25
Boddington's Mammoth Scar-
let Defiance. The finest

scarlet sort 25

Boddington's White (Candt-

dissima). Pure white 26

Boddington's Striped. Many

colors 28

Lemon (Aloysla citrlodora).. .28
VINCA.

Trade pkt.

Alba. White $0.15 $0.75

Rosea. Rose 15 .75

Rosea alba. Rose and white. . .15 .75
Mixed 10 .40

1.75
1.76
1.75

1.75
1.75

1.75
1.60

Oz.

Selaginoides. Foliage fine ser
rated 15 50

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(now ready) contains 52 pages of Seeds and Bulbs you need. Write for It today— a postcard will fetch It.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORKICITY

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HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

Seed Trade

A Seed Trade Bomb.

A time honored custom of the
American people has teea to pay five
cents a paclsage for their seeds, flower
or vegetable. Of course, we would
once in a while see the "fire sale"
wagon on the street— ten for a penny!
But five cents has been the standard.
Now then— five cents is too low but
what we want to discuss now is an en-
tirely new phase of the matter— in-
jected into the arena by Burpee. We
have felt for many years that twenty-
five cents ought to be the standard for
packets, instead of five cents, but here
comes Burpee with a school-children's
proposition at half of five cents— In
hundred lots.

The idea is so revolutionary tl at we
hesitate to talk about it— outside of
seed trade circles, where matters Of
that kind would be understood. Nev-
ertheless there are some potentia itiea
about this that appeal to the idealist
and the prophet— things that suggest
future possibilities and HORTICLL-
TURE is so broad and its readers so
catholic that this seems a proper p!ace
to analyze it.

For one thing: There is nothing
more fundamental than the kid. Get
the young idea a-budding and tl row
your manna around. Long after \ou
and I and Burpee are gathered to our
fathers, these notions about interest-
ing the kids will be bearing fruit and to
this new altruistic insi)iration (o give
the school children seeds at one-fourth
their value, I as a business man, ob-
ject. It will demoralize values. Val-
ues are far too low now without mak-
ing them worse. Abroad, they fet a
shilling (twenty-five cents) for what
our seedsmen sell for one-fifth (five
centsjwhich is ridiculous considering
the relative cost of other commodities
here and abroad. Our American tour-
ists expect to purchase goods at Just
about one-half American prices, and
that's pretty near about what they do
pay. But if our American tourist
starts in to buy seeds on the other side
he pays — not half of the American
price but five times the American
price, and this because the people in
Europe have a keener Idea of the value
of the seedsman's business in ss'ect-
ing and reselecting and cleaning and
polishing and charging according to
the labor and brains put on it! We
American seedsmen are doing the
same — if not better and brainier —
work and are not getting a quarter of
what we are entitled to. Orr every
five cent package is twenty-five cents
on the other side— ergo if "a dollar
equals a shilling," for every packet we
now sell for five cents we ought to get
a dollar. Now go ahead and thresh it
out. There's my case!

G. C, WATSON.

Notes.
Mechanicsburg. 0. — The J. E. Wing
& Bros. Seed Co. will hereafter be
known as the Wing Seed Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — The Albert
Dickinson Co., seedsmen, were dam-
aged to the extent of about $75,000 in
a large fire on December 20.

New Crop Florist's Flower Seeds

VERB£NA Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Mammoth Fancy Blae 30 $1.25

Pink 30 1.25

Scarlet 30 1.25

Striped 30 1.25

" Wblt« 30 1.25

" " Mixed 30 1.00

SALVIA

Michell's Scarlet Glow 50 4.00

BonBre 40 2.00

Zurich 50 4.00

Splendens 25 1.25

King of Carpets 50 3.00

BEGONIA

Vernon 25 2.50

Gracilis Laminosa 40

" Prima Donna 50

Kosea 30

.Vlha 30

CENTAUREA

Gymnocarpa 1000 seeds, 15c. .40

Candidissinia 1000 seeds. 30c. .75

LOBELIA _

Crystal Palace Compacta 30 1-25

Barnard's Perpetual $.25 $1.00

Crystal Palace Speciosa 15 .50

PETUNIA ^Jt'/kt.

MicheU's MoDBtrosue $.00 $1.00

California Giants 30 .50

Grandiflora Fringed 30

Dwarf Inimitable.^ 30

Snowball

PHLOX DRUMMOhD II

Tr. Pkt.

Dwarf Crimson with Eye $.40 $1.75

Fireball 40 1.75

Pink ...^ 40 1.75

SnowbaU 40 1.75

Mixed 40 1.25

PYRETHRUM

Aureuni 10

THUNBERGIA

Wtiite with Dark Eye 15

Buff with Dark Eye 15

Orange with Dark Eye 15

Mixed 15

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus (Greenhouse Grown)

100 seeds, .5lic. : $3.75 per 1000 seeds;
5000 seeds, $18.00; $»4.00 per 10,000
seeds.

.50
.50
.30

Oz.

.25

.60
.60
.60
.50

Send for our Flower Seed Order Sheet. It's very handy to order your Flower
Seeds from this order sheet.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa.

porary quarters expects to put up a
building next spring for his own use.

Kcpartnieiit »f Agriiulturo wants to
kiiDW how to produce an odorless skunk,
s .rt of 1 pure food poleiat. Move to
lo:ive it to a rommittee composed of
•Wizard" Hurliank, Dr. Wiley, the man
wlio invpntod attar of rinses and any citi-
zens whose olfactories are not working.—
.New York Telegram.

Firma H. H. Pein, Halstenbek, Ger-
many.— Wholesale Price List of Ever-
greens, Deciduous Trees and Fruit
Tree Stock. August Ilolker & Sons,
New York, are American agents for
this firm.

Edwin Lonsdale, in a letter just re-
ceived, states that while some parts
of California, hoth north and south of
Floradalc. have had rains, that sec-
tion has had less than one-half inch
of rainfall since last March. They
now have an irrigating plant in opera-
tion, however, which, although not so
good as rain, is yet a most excellent
substitute.

Samuel McGredy & Son, Porta-
down, Ireland. — Rose Catalogue. A
very handsome publication with plates
showing beautiful portraits of ten new
introductions in H. T. roses. Cover
in rich purple and gold embossed on
white. Blue ink used throughout the
contents.

In the most disastrous fire that
Newport, R. I., has ever Ifnown, and in
which two lives were lost, on the
morning of December 29, the building
and stock of the George A. Weaver
Co., seed and agricultural supply deal-
ers, were totally destroyed. The fire
is believed to have been caused by
an explosion of gasoline. The heat
also broke the plate glass window of
Stewart Ritchie's florist store.

M. Herb, Naples, Italy. — General
Catalogue of Seeds. Vegetable, flower,
grass, aquatic, conifer, palm and so
forth are all included in this extensive
list, which is given in three languages.
From the same establishment comes a
handsomely illustrated list of novel-
ties for 1913.

The Vermont legislature is trying
Its hand at so-called "pure seed" legis-
lation. In October such a bill was
filed, which, if it passed, would have
made it impossible to sell or move a
pound of seed in Vermont, so utterly
impossible were the regulations. Upon
report of this bill to Vermont seeds-
men by counsel of the American Seed
Trade Association, this bill was quick-
ly killed in the committee. Now the
committee has filed another bill which
is a copy of the Maine law — decidedly
more fair, but yet requiring amend-
ments to make the bill, if enacted,
really workable.

New Carlisle, O.— C. C. Vale, who
is conducting a seed business in tem-

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.
Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland.
— Advance Price List of Vegetable
Flower and Agricultural Seeds, A
very extensive list, wholesale prices
quoted up to cwt. on many items.

Watkins & Simpson, Covent Garden,
London. Eng. — We have received three
publications from this firm — "Special
Offer of Flower Seeds." season 1913,
"Novelties in Vegetable and Flower
Seeds" and "A Souvenir of Our Gold
Medal Exhibit." The latter contains
eight plates photographed in natural
colors showing exhibits at Internation-
al Exhibition and views in the nurser-
ies at Feltham.

Sutton & Sons, Reading, England. —
The annual catalogvie of this well-
known seed firm has just reached us.
It is a big volume of over two hun-
dred pages, bound in niauve and with
silver lettering and profusely illustra-
ted with half-tone cuts of remarkable
beauty which show up at their best
on the heavier paper used as com-
pared with our American catalogues,
.fudging from the evidences in the
higher class Rritish horticultiiral cata-
logues the art of plant and flower por-
traiture has reached a development
rarely attained by our American pho-
tographers. Special equipment and
plenty of experience are required to
secure the best results in this dis-
tinct class of work.

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTURE

15

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 eacli,$l!iHII per doz.

R.&J.Farquliar&Co.

Bo&ton, Mass.

SPIREA GLADSTONE

Ex-fcra S-tror-ig: Slumps

Ptr 100. $10.00; Per 1000. »80.00

0. V. Zangen, ■ Hoboken, N. J.

oMct^uzji^ Seedl

For Early Sowing
Price List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-2J5 \V. M.dnon St.. CHICAGO

:^

WE have for special offer this week,
while unsold, a few hundred Clumps
of Spiraea Gladstone.

$5.50 per 100. Ca*h with order.

Our special florists and market gardeners
catalog — 1913 edition — will be ready early
in January. Is your name on our list ?

J. M. THORBURN & CO.

I/Oy-f irs in i'u.yi'ifis I'l AVrc York City
33 Barclay Str.-t - - N.-w York

SEED PACKETS

Write for Samples
and Prices.

THE BROWN BAG FILLING MACHINE CO.

FITCHBURG, MASS.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Eitabliihed 1818

Writt For Our Lr^v Pr'. n

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

GET IT FROM

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co.

1912 SURPLUS UST OF

Watermelon and Muskmelon Seeds

Enid • - Oklahoma

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fell DelirerT

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

" Rtncr.vned Sweft Fea Sfecialtsts"
■annralepa ladepaad

Roses, Carnation Plants,
Seeds, Bulbs

Send 08 your wnnta. We will take care of

tbem. We BOpply stock nt mnrket price.

Catalogue for the atking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

[FINE
STOCK PLANTS

.^SPARAGIS PLUMOSLS and ASPAK-
AGIS SPKENGEKI.

From 2Vi inch pots, $3.00 per C.
$35.00 per M.

Siniln.x. from 2Vi inch pots, $2.00 per C.
Single Bedding Hyacinths.
White. Ked and Blue, Sl.SO per C. ;
$15.00 per M.

To secure these prices mention this
Paper.

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

THE FLOWER flTY.

GARDEN SEED

RKET. CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH snfl
GARDEN FEA SEED in variety; also other
Items of the short crop of this pa^t season,
ns well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
I lie quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK

and OranKP. Conn.

BEIALJL-IELJ

Importer off Best French Seeds

I have received over 3000 new seeds. Send
for List. No "short crop" about me.

New Store. 4197 University Place. WeodliaveB. N. Y.

Ttlcphonc 1749 Riclaiiond Hill

TOMATO SEED

HKM sT<)( K-. AM. VAKIKTIKS.

Tlie Haven Seed Co.

BI-IE EI.ST or \VHOI-KSAI,E PRICES

MAILEU ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

A useful Holiday Gift for your

friend or employee. A year's

subscription for

HORTICULTURE

(.rouirs for Whoiisalf Trail.- Onl.v.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

TIME TO USE

IVIA

lOA

We ere the Boeton Agents

Joseph Breck & Sons Cot

4r-54 No. Market St.. BOSTOP, MASS.

CHOlOE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1 00

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Bostcn Mass.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH I r.,„„„, ,„, ,„e Trade
and all Garden Seeds (

i.,:,o W. H'^^

SEED CO

Writi- for Prices

Q^llJlf OttU We are large growers of and dealers S HILDER ERO >

ONION SFTS rr. ■;::: :rr;%r r::r cHimcaTHE. o.

Growing ONION, LEHUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, CaUfomia

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HOBTICULTURB

January 4, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=SONS=

Cor. Miami and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Ariistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points mnd sood

•«c4loB8 of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.

Hfmbera FlorlsU* Telegraph Delivery

Association.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th SL

Tel. Mumy Hill

1920

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -|

Tbe Largest Floral Establlsbment in the Metropolis

^Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Trices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. MichitJsn Ave. and 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Mambar rlorlsta' Telerraph Dallverr Atl«.>
W* sblp ta all polnti In IUIboI. and lawB.

Ptaws : Aldlni 880. Aldlne 881. Aktlot 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telpirnipli OelUery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Parle Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

l*re>.

Member Florl»t»* TeleRraph Deli\ery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM La

ROCK

FLOWER

COa

Kansas City* •

- Mo.

will cnrefully exernte orders for KnnHas |

City and any town In

Mi^Houri or 1

Kansas.

1

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The InrResf ctit llower store in .\meriea.
Oriiers for (lie TWIN flTIKS and for all
Nortli western points Kiven prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son]

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N.Y.<

Memiiers Florists' Telegraph Asso.

J

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Portland, Me. — Dyer, florist, 515
Congress street, will soon move to a
new location nearly opposite his pres-
ent store.

Baltimore, Md. — Christmas brought
to the florists of this city a larger
business than they had expected and
gave a satisfactory finish to the year.
Every line has been well patronized
and the large stocks laid in by various
retailers were well cleaned up at good
prices. American Beauty roses brought
from $12.00 to $20.00 per doz., best
White and Pink Killarney, $9.00 per
doz. Long Killarney ran short. Rich-

STEAMER DEPARTURES

Allan.

Numldian. I!cisi>n-<;i;i.sgow.. . Jan. 16

American.

St. Paul, N. Y.-S'lii>mpton.
I'liila., N. Y.S'hampton. . .

Cunard.

Carmanla, N. Y. -Liverpool.
Pannoola, N. Y'.-Medltor'u'n
Lusitania, N. Y'.-I.lvprpool
Fran'onla. N. Y.-Moditer'n

Hamburg-America

r.-ilrlcia, N. Y.-Hainliiirii;. .
Pros, rirant. N. Y.-Ii;unit*;^

Holland-America.

Potsdam, N. Y'.-Rotterdam. .Jan. 7

Leyland.

nohemlnn, Bos. -Liverpool Jan. 11

^Vllllf^edlan, Bos.-Llverp'l. . .Jan. 18

Red Star.

Kroonland, N. Y. -Antwerp. .Jan. 8

White Star.
Arable, Boston-Liverpool Jan

.Jan.
.Jan.

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inond sold for $9.00 per doz. but was
scarce. Other grades in roses brought
$3.00 to $6.00, carnations $2,00 to
$3.00, narcissi, daffodils, lily of the
valley, etc., $1.00 per doz. Violets,
double, $4.00 and single $3.00 per 100
and cleaned up well. Orchids sold for
$1.50 and $2.00 each.

Detroit, Mich. — Again we have passed
through one of those nerve-wrecking
experiences called Christmas with a
financial result far in excess of that of
last year. Everything cleaned up well
with a slight overplus of violets anu
poinsettias. Carnations were some-
what scarce and at price of $3.00 per
dozen, many would-be purchasers
turned toward plants; still none were
left over. Demand for palms and
ferns was not as great as in former
years. Heavy stocks of flowering
plants, though, and plant baskets
cleaned up very well at usual prices.
Many social gaieties scattered around
Christmas and New Year keeps us go-
ing at a very rapid pace with hardly a
c-hance to recoupe from the holiday ef-
fects. Club and hotel orders for New
Year are considerably more liberal
than a year ago and all local florists
have a right to look back upon 1912
as the most prosperous one so far.

ALEX. McCONNELL

571 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegrapliii- ordeis forwarded to any
part of tile luitod State.s. Canada, and
all principal eities of Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by the trade to
our selection for dellver.v on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or caah must accompany alt
orderg from unknown correapondentB.

Cable AddroBB, ALUtCONNELl..

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINU SPEAMERS

Write or tcIoi,'rapli

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1,")o2-1j.j3 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

761 Fifth Alt, Cot. E iStll SI

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tal. 6800 Proap«ct

339-347 Greene Are. Tel. 3908 Proapect

A. WARENDORFF

Invites accounts wilh ilori.sls having Iransler orders
for New York City and Vicinity. Artistic
Work. Personal Attention.

1193 Broadway, New York

YOUNG & NU6ENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

76 MAIDEN LANE
AI-BAIMY, r^. Y.

FtOWEK DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY

AND vicurrv

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

I)FI,H IKKIl 1\ \l.lt\\\ WDVICINITT
ON VV\.\A, H M'll II OHDJH

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.

E8tnl>li8lied 1874

13 A. I^ 13 S

FI.OKIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenae, N. Y. City

(Memt>cr Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Corrcspon
dcnce ID all the large cities of Europe and the Itntish
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable adiiress, l>ard<;flor.

drovidenceTIrnI.

■ and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

Ne> Eiiland Points Ul Weybosset Stitel

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTURE

17

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orderg for delivery in BoMton
and all New EoKland points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when yon transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

191 l5u.vl>ton Street. liOSTON.

CARBONE

Member riori*«ts' Tt-leeraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture. Art Goods and
New Oesi^rns in Tus<:iny Itaskets for
Florists* Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

^lirORCBSTER.

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points In New England.
1*35,000 squnre feet of kIunh.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

er PboDc 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone ttS)

Memberi Floruu Telegraph DeliTCry

UsI

LEADING FLORIST

nstsnlaffl, N. Y. Schenectady, N. Y.

The California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN FRANK M. FORRBST

tU-M< Oearr Street. SAN FRANCISCO,
aad Hotel St. Francli, CAL.

We coTer the entire P«clflc Coait and Weit
of the Borklea. Wire ns your orderi for
all Steameri ■■lllng for Honolulu, Manila
aad the Orient. Becnlar Trade Dlaocnnt

FIX>WVR8 BT TELBORAPH

SAN FRANCISCO

CAI-lrORNIA

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or (••leerapli r)r(ler fpr
any occasion. In any pari of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 V.Mii;.' X

[Olios i(>. OXT.

MONTREAL;^'

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON rrj:;:

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^'°"

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y. — The Rosery, 76 Maiden
Lnue.

Amsterdam, N. Y. — John C. Hatcher.

noston— Tbos. F Galvlu, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, I'.H Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— .lulius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn. N. Y'.- Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. v.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

ChlcaRo — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Clereland, O —J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1043 B'wny.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves.

Detroit, Mich.— Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo.— Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1110 Walnut St.

Louisville, Ky. — Jacob SchuU, 550 South
Fourth Ave

.Montreal. Can —Hall & Robinson, 825 St
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 701 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex McConnell. Cll 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent. 42 W. 28th.

-New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave

New Y'ork — Bloomlngdale's.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Provldpnce. R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weyli.'ssct St.

Rocho.ster. N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 3t4-.'MC Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co.. 123 Kearnv St.

Schenectady, N. Y.- J. C. Hatcher.

St. Paul -Holm & Olson. Inc.

Toronto. Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 90 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— P. H. Kramer, 91.'>
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass— Tailby.

Worcester. Mass. — H. F. A. Lange.

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241 Third avenue.

Vallejo, Cal. — D. Gruettner & Son,
331 Georgia street.

Wilkinsburg. Pa.— Charles C. Wes
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Paris, Texas. — Paris Plant & Flower
Co.. Grand Theatre building.

Chicago, III. — The Jackson Floral
Shop, Max Cohen, proprietor, 121
East Sixty-third street.

NEWS NOTES.

Watertown, Wis. — L. Lotz & Co.
will now be known as the Stuebe Flor-
al Co.

Liberty, Ind. — Edward Culley is now
proprietor of the City Garden, the
florist business of W. N. Thorpe.

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HOKTICULTUEE

January 4, 1913

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STARTING THE NEW YEAR

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from what it was five or ten years ago when once or twice a year was the rule for stocking up. Now-
adays there is business ail the time, and the wide-awake florist must keep constantly abreast and
keep his stocks up to the minute.

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WASHINGTON NOTES.

I. Rosnosky, of Philadelphia, spent
New Year's Eve celebrating in this
city.

O. A. C. Oehmler. secretary of the
Florists' Club of Washington, has been
admitted to membership in the Wash-
ington Chamber of Commerce.

G. C. Shaffer expects to take posses-
sion of his new store, which is located
diagonally across the street from his
present location at 14th and Eye
streets, N. W., early next week.

E. C. Mayberry, ex-president of the
Florists' Club and a member of the
firm of Mayberry & Hoover, has so
far recovered from his recent accident
as to be able to go about his honir
with the aid of crutches. Mr. May
berry shot himself in the foot whili
hunting recently when the ground on
which he was walking gave way be-
neath him causing the gun to dis-
charge.

Gude Bros Co. did the decorative
work on the occasion of the fancy
dress ball given by Mrs. W. F. Draper,
which was considered to have ex-
celled any social event given during
the year. American Beauty roses.
holly and mistletoe were used in pro-
fu^on. Over each of the thirty tables
set in the banqtiet hall was a sun-
shade three feet in diameter in white
and green, from which hung ten old-
fashioned bouquets, later used as
floral favors.

Washington is peculiarly situated
due to the fact that merchants have
to depend largely on the employees of
the Government for patronage. The
change in administration has caused
considerable talk to the effect that
many discharges would be made and
that for this reason money would be
very tight for some months. An inter-
view with several of the large dealers
would show that they have little fear
of any large number of discharges be-
ing made among the flower buying
employees and that politics would have
little effect on the business. They fur-
ther claim that regardless of the fact
that 1912 was a presidential year, they
slightly exceeded 1011 in the amount
of business done and fully expected
to achieve even better results in 1913.

A TEXAS FLOWER STORE.

The illustration shows a view in the
flower store of the Lone Star Floral
Company, Dallas, Texas. Charles
Chollar, manager, tells us that tha
plant, flower and holiday greens trade

boomed tor Christmas and considering
the exuberant display and attractive
setting so well set forth in the pic-
ture, we can't see how the Dallas peo-
ple could well help it.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

Big iircparations arc being made by
the Michell Co. for their annual poul-
try show, which opens on the IGh
inst.

rayersdorfer is out this week with
the latest in auto delivery wagons-
big, handsome, efficient. The first of
its kind among the supply houses.

B. Eschner, head of the firm of M.
Rice & Co., gave a dinner to the em-
ployees of the house at the New Bin^
ham Hotel on the evening of Dec. ;ii th.
This was followed by a thca're party
at Keith's.

season. His oldest boy and the two
girls are down with pneumonia. Sam-
v!el. junior, was stricken on the ;;4th.
Dr. Stauffer says the crisis will cccur
on the eleventh day — .lanuary 4th.
The other two cases are not considered
as so serious.

Stephen Mortensen is sending some
of the finest Richmonds we have ever
seen to this market. This grower is
especially commendable not only for
his fine culture but for careful grad-
ing, counting and packing. Many of
o\ir big growers are very lax in the
latter respects.

Samuel S. Pennock has the symp.i-
thy of the trade during t'is 'estive

Visitors: T. Malhrane, Johnstown,
Pa.; T. A. Higgason, Richmond, Va.

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTURE

19

HART MARES HANDLES for POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats Tfiey Make Baskets. These are the Well-

Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston, westward to San
Francisco — and everywhere else. Once used, always used, because
they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, &2.50 ; No. 2, &3.50; No. 3, S4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00 ; No. 5, S6.00.

GEORGE B. HART,24 Sto„e S,., Rochester, N.Y.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Installation of ofiittrs at the Chica-
go Florists' Club took place Jan. 2nd.

Tho Chicago Carnation Co. is mail-
ing out attractive calendars this wee's.

Ten tuousand visitors were counted
in Garfield Park conservatories Sun-
day, Der. 29.

K. Wienhoeber Co. has Joseph Pa-
quette formerly with Smith & Fetters
of Cleveland, 0., among the store
force.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Olsem have the
sympathy of the trade in the loss of
their four-year-old son, Robert, by
diphtheria, Dec. 30th.

Mrs. Michael Fink is quite ill as the
result of making a mistake and taking
oxalic acid for what she thought was
a dose of simple medicine.

A timely article on the wearing of
artificial flowers by Sarah Bernhardt
appeared in the local papers this week.
She regards them when well done, as
being as worthy productions as pic-
tures.

The retail flower store of Leopold
Koropp, Evanston, Ore., is now in the
hands of an assignee and an effort is
being made to force the business into
the bankruptcy court. A decision is
expected soon.

P. Diiris and P. Papus are preparing
to open a first-class retail store at 3.i
Broadway, Detroit. Mich., early in Jan-
uary. Mr. Duris has lieen with the Al-
pha Floral Co. for some time and will
now act as buyer for the new store
while his brother, Louis, will assist
Mr. Papiis in the Detroit store.

The Foley Manufacturing Co. has re-
ceived a very gratifying letter from Jo-
seph Thomas, Greensburg, Pa., who
has just added a Foley range to his
extensive plant. The letter says: "The
frame is certainly the easiest and most
simple to erect of any house we have
built. The use of drive tools, rat 'ail
files and other devices are eliminated
entirely in the course of erection.
Many florists who have been through
the house pronoimce it the most n:od-
ern, up-to-date house they have ever
seen."

Chicago retailers found the sales of
baskets, filled with anything except

cut flowers, to be more in demand than
ever before.

In one of the large retail stores in
the down-town district was seen a row
of beautiful baskets filled with plants,
each bearing a number. The cus-
tomers' selections w'ere delivered di-
rect from the greenhouses, saving
much time and contusion in the s:ore.

The shortage in azalea plants, owing
to the September frost in Belgium
was not felt so much as was antici-
pated, such a good supply of all other
plants being available. Then there
were really many fine azaleas in the
market grown by those fortunate
enough to receive their stock early.

The holiday exhibit of blooming
plants at the Garfield Park conserva-
tories is being viewed by a large num-
ber of people each day and even'.ng.
The largest attendance naturally is on
Sunday, but the count on Christmas
day proved remarkably large. A spe-
cial feature of this year's exhibit is
the begonia plants— 900 Gloire de Lor-
raines, each plant an almost perfect
specimen, were massed in three divis-
ions and the effect was fine. In one
instance there was a bed of Glory of
Cincinnati just opposite and a splendiJ
opportunity was afforded to crntrast
the French and the Anieriian varittlts.
The color of both flower and foliage
of the Glory of Cincinnati is decprr
and more pleasing and August Ko;h.
head gardener, says its lasting quali-
ties are much superior. The beds of
poinsettias were all single-stemme i
plants and a sloping side benrh was
cleverly broken up by paper-white nar-
cissi and stevia. Mr. Koch came to
Chicago last April from the Shaw Bo-
tanical Gardens. St. Louis, and says
he sees a difference in the c inatie
conditions here not altogether favcr-
able. It is his first winter here, he
having come in April to succeed John
Sell, gardener for many years, who
passed away in February.

Visitors-J. J. Karins of H. A. Dreer,
Philadelphia. Pa.; C. C. Young, St.
Louis, .Mo.; B. H. Flynn, Columbus, O.;
M. Rochlin. Sioux City. la.; F. Gorley,
St. Louis. Mo.; Mr. Langhins of Van
Zannevelt & Phillipo, Sassenheim,
Holland: E. J. Fancourt of S. S. Pen-

nock-.Meehan Co., Philadelphia; Robt.
Karlstrom, South Orange, N. J.

NEWS NOTES.

Modesto, Gal. — Charles Fellows has
opened a nursery yard at Eleventh
and J streets.

Scotch Grove, la. — The Scotch
Grove nursery has been leased by F.
\V. Royden of Lynnville.

Santa Cruz, Cal.— T. B. Butterworth,
nurseryman of Watsonville, is about
to open a nursery sales yard on Lin-
coln street.

North Manchester, Ind. — W. D. and
C. G. Bruner are now owners of the
Riverside greenhouses formerly owned
by J. J. Martin.

Brooklyn, Mich. — E. E. Stewart has
secured 220 acres of land near here
and will use it for his gladiolus busi-
ness. A large storage building will
be erected.

Salt Lake City, Utah — On the pro-
test of Incal florists that it injured
their business, the sale of Christmas
greens, festooning and flowers on the
streets w-as proliibited by the city
commission on and after December 19.

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and instantly ap-
plied. Made In four colors and man.v
sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

Florists' Refrigerators

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require, and for what kind of cut ffowcrs you wish
to use the rcf rigerHtor : also slate whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Pefri^erator Co.,

553 Lake Street Kendallvifle, Ind.

Mention Horticulture wAen you u-rite.

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HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

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PANSIES, 100 bunches, $10.00.

SWEET PEAS, 100, $1.00 to $1.50.

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January 4, 1913

HORTICULTURE

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Flower Market Reports

Trade fell off noticeably
BOSTON for several days after

Christmas and the week
closed quite dull. The present wee'i,
however, has brought a very encour-
aging activity and prices, which had
sagged away down, recovered some-
what on several items, particularly
roses. Of the latter the medium
grades are the best sellers. New Years
Day seems to be slowly gaining
ground in Boston as a day of gifts and
tlie retail florists are all quite happy
over this year's experience so far. We
hope the rest of the year will give the
same sort of satisfaction.

A very satisfactory
BUFFALO Christmas business was

had by all. The buy-
ing of decorating greens and holly be-
gan early and continued to the last
day. Holly was good, also laurel and
pine. There was a good supply of
blooming plants in which Begonia Lo-
ralne shared in the heavier demand,
while there were plenty of all other
blooming and berried plants. The sale
of artificial material was heavy. Great
quantities of ruscus, statice, poin-
settia, etc., was used and it seemed as
if everything was going artificial and it
did hurt the cut flower business to a
great extent. The cut flower line was
a little on the quiet side and up to the
22nd there was little or no business,
but things brightened on the last two
days and a good hustle was on. Early
indications pointed to a scarcity on
all lines the same as every year but
things seemed to turn on the last two
days and everything came in quantity.
Carnations were not too plentiful and
had the best sales. There was enough
to go around, also of roses which were
on the short side a week previous.
More red could have been used. There
was plenty of Killarney, Maryland
and 'Maid, Bride, Ward and other va-
rieties. Beauties were in good sup-
ply but the high price turned the buy-
ers towards other material. All other
seasonable flowers were had in quan-
tity. No orders were left unfilled ex-
cept possibly on carnations and these
were before the 23rd.

Christmas business was
CHICAGO satisfactory along all

lines. The wholesalers,
the retailers, the growers of cut flow-
ers, the growers of plants and those
who handle the prepared products all
unite for once in calling this one of
the best holidays they have ever
known. When all the flowers were cut
there was plenty of everything except
carnations and in some instances
Richmond roses. The usual demand
for short but perfect Beauties had to
be diverted into other channels for a
large proportion of the short Beauties
are imperfect and oft color just now.
Prices in general kept up well. A
weakening on Tuesday was followed
by another rise and it was Christmas
day before prices went down to stay.
Plenty of roses are offered now but
carnations are not much more in evi-
dence than last week. Lilies, lily of
the valley, orchids, gardenias, violets,
paper whites and trumpet narcissus
make up the rest of the cut flower
offerings. Plenty of green of all kinds
is to be had at moderate prices. Al-
together the new year comes in very
auspiciously for the florists.

^n

WHY RIBBONS

■■.: H

ARE THE BEST

W I

It is a well known fact that houses all over
the country attempt to copy the P-M Ribbon
styles and particularly P-M color combir
nations.

Competitors have long recognized the fact
that the P-M Co. are leaders in the onward
march to furnish the newest and best at all
times and are always first to offer the latest
in up-to-date color shades.

K^^Qi^^^fl

Customers desiring Ribbons to match per-
fectly any flower or foliage or combinations
of the same are sure to get the right article
by sending to the

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.

^^V^ i

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

Hi^^

PIUUDELPHIA NEW lORK WASHINGTON
1608 1620 Ladlo» Si. 117 W. 28ih Si. 1216 H St.. N. W.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

R05eS

BOSTON

January 2

TRADE PRICES-Per 100

____^— ____— TO DEALERS ONLY

Chicago i ^sT. louis i phila

December 31 | December 31 | Pecember 31

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

'* Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary...

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" "• Ordinary

Taf t, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

Ordinary

Cattleyai

Lilies, Longiflorum . ...

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

'* Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100). .
'* " & Spren. (100 Bchs.). •

40.00
20.00
10.00

§**°
8jOo

3.00

8.00

2.00

2.00

8.00

2.00

5.00

3.00

1.50

40.00

6.00

8.00

2.00

2.00

3.00

2.00

.50

1. 00

•50

25.00

1. 00

10.00

25.00 to

60.00 ' 40.00

30.00 [ 30.00

15.00 ^ 25.00

8.00 ' 10.00

X2.00 6.00

5.00
12. 00
6.00
6.00

to.oo
6.00
15.00
5-00
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(0.00
xo.oo
12.00
4.00
3.00
3.00

3-00

t.oo

2.00

1. 00

35 oo

1.25

15.00

50.00

350°

4.00
10.00
6.00
3-00
8.00
S-oo
5 00
S.oo
4.00
50.00
10.00
6.00
3.00
3 00
3.00
3.00
.75

50.00
40.00
30.00
30.00
10.00
6.0c
15.00
10.00
6.00
10.00
S.oo
10.00
6.00
5.00
75.00
12.00
10.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
1.00

.75
35.00

12.00
50.00
35.00

1.00
40.00

1. 00
15.00
75.00
50.00

60.00

25.00

10.00

5.00

8.00
3.00
8.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
5.0c
8.00
4.00
2.00
50.00
12.00
10.00
3.00
2.00

.75
1. 00

x.oo
13.00

35.00

20.00

75.00
35.00

xS-oo

8.00
10.00

6.00
10.00

8.0D

5.00

10.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
3.00
7500
X5.00
13.00
4.00
3.00

3.00

2.00
1. 00
1.50

1 .25

15.00
50.00
30.00

50.00
25.00
1500

10.00
10.00
4.00
10.00

5.00

10.00
4.00

12.00

500

2.00

50.00

10.00

12.00

a. 00

2.00

4.00

3.00

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2.db

•50

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1.00

15.00

40.00

3500

75.00
35.00
20.00
15.00
15.00
8.00
X5.00
10.00

15.00
10.00
20.00
6.00
4.00
60.00
X5.00
16.00
4.00
3.00
S.oo
3*00

3.00
X.oo
30.00

1.50

30.00
50.00
50.00

The market held tight
CINCINNATI from before Christ-
mas throughout the
holidays until the last day of the year.
Then on the morning of the 31st re-
ceipts came in unusually strong. A
few of the wholesalers began to un-
load many carnations at a reduced
price. The result w^as a break, and
before noon prices on practically
everything had gone down 33 per cent.
The elegant weather we are having
brought in what appears, in carna-
tions, to be a very large crop of ele-
gant stock. Roses, too, are coming in
nicely. The crop of Killarney espe-
cially deserves mention. The other
offerings are poinsettias. lilies, callas,
violets, orchids, lily of the valley, nar-
cissus, stevia, jonquils and freesia.

After clearing away
NEW YORK the debris from

Christmas, which in-
cluded 100,000 or more violets that
failed to find a sale, the wholes.Ue mar-
Vet started off with a clean sheet but
a very modest demand, "downward re-
vision" being the rule as to prices on
most items. New Year's Day is no
longer a day of much special flower
buying in this city and the ample re-
ceipts from day to day tend to conges-
tion especially on white carnations
and roses and bulbous stock. Double
violets are evidently coming into pub-
lic disfavor as compared with the
single ones, as has been the case else-
where—Boston particularly— for sev-
eral years. We notice many more of

( Cotitinutd OH Page 23)

22

HOHTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone. 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENr

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Ho ran
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madison Square NeW YOfk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD — ,

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tii Street, NEW YORK

I'all and InBpect the Best Bstabllghment
Id the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

Carnations, Rotes, Valley, Orchids

at Growers' MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn,^r.

55 ^ 57 VTest 26th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Frewh Cut K\erc:reciis, ^losNeK,

Southern Siiiilav, (iiilnx and lj4>ncotline,

Preserveil ami Fresh Cut

Cyras and I'alnietlo.

u^ {SISII M.d.iq. 113 W. 28 St., Hew York.
RCED eallELLER

122 West i.ltli S(.. New Vork

Florists' Supplies

We niiinura<'(iir<- all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

illiii lire iif;ll»'r,s ill

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Renuislfps

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremoat and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A FIrat Cla» Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby M.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufrtclured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10.000....»l.7S. 50,(100.... $7.50. Sample free
I''or sale by dealers.

p*. J. sjMio:'!!:

SaecMaer to JOtW I. RAYNOK

Wholesale Commission Florist Va-^HSr^^iSt

A loll llM •! Ctaatea Cut Ploww stack lor all purpMM Tta« HOME OP TMB ULV
ky tiM IM, 1000 or 10,000

TBI. IMS MADISON SQUARE 49 We*t 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 W§tt 2$th Stna*. Htm York
Telenhon*— <»3»-3M3 M«4I— Squaw

•-

E.tabli.bed 1 m^ ^V 1 1 E^ ^J S''" ^o'°(

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cat Flower CoDRlirnnientt Solicited.
A 8QCARK DEAL. PROMPT BETIRNS. MONET AI.WAT8 BEADT.

^

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Open 6 A. M. dally. Telephone, 167 aad 44M Mikd. M.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST %# A I I TV ALWAYS

GR.\DE OF V M L 1. 1 T ON HAND

GARDENIAS. DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS. m-j's^ 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Ust Half of Week

lodiQK Dec. 28

U12

First Half if WhI

begiiuioE Die. 31

IS12

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" " Elxtra

No.i

*' " LowcrGrade*

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary-

Richmond. Maryland, Extra

" Ordinary. .. .

Bride. Maid

Hllllnffdon, Ward, Melody. Extra ....
" " " Ordinary .

Taft, Sunburst

Carnal Ions , Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

40.00
25.00
10.00
4.00
8.00
a. 00
8.00

2. 00

a. 00

6.00

3. 00
6.00
3.00
2.00

60.00

35-00
ao.oo
6.00

I3.00

4.00

I3.00

4.00
6.00

12.00
4.00

15.00
5.00
0.50

40.00

35.00
10.00
4.00
8.00
3. 00
8.00

a.oo
3. 00
6.00
2.00
6.00
3.00
3.00

60.00

35-00

ao.oo

6.00

I3.00

4.00
12.00
4.00
6.00
la.oo
4.00
15.00
5.00
■ .50

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Telepbonoe{|*^ J Maduon Sqaaro CONSIGNMENTS SOUCfTHD

TRAENOLY & SCHENCK '^"H.!!K"'^

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Wholesale Florbts

131 WMt 28th St., N«w Yoric

Tel«phoa«s ; 794 and 799 Maduea Setter*

CoaaiffvaneatA Solicited

CDCTKAliT^ LiOCATWOr TH« HUB OF
THK FIX>WKR HABKKT BKCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 70At Madlaon
T*l«pk**ne 38€0 MAdwon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

8hlpnipnt8, any qiitintity, TTh.ile-
gale Market Rateg.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Coiulgnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BIWADWAY. DETROIT, MltH.

HENRY M.H..1II.NS0.N, Prp« .MArUKK I,.OLASS,Tr«M
CIIAS E. ROBINSON. V-Pro. JOSEPH MA11001.18,9»«>

HEHRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glnaa, Manager
55-57 WEST 26th ST NEW YORK CTTV

Sffcial Atirntit^ te the Shipfi^Q TraJf

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTUBE

23

BUY

BOSTON

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & co.,

112 Arch St.. 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

Flower Market Reports

fCmttinued from fa^ 21^

the orange and yellow polyanthus
narcissi in this market than in former
years. The early tulip with all its un-
attractive features is seen here and
there already, some being sent in at-
tached to the bulb. Rubrum lilies are
now in good supply and for the time
being bring a higher price than the
longiflorum. Of cattloyas there are
plenty for all present needs but many
of them are under-sized, fragile blooms
which cannot be sold at standard quo-
tations. American Beauty shows weak-
ness as do all other roses and the price
has taken a tumble on all grades with
further decline anticipated. Carnations
are back again to old values, excepting
the red varieties, on which there is
still a lively demand.

The day after
PHILADELPHIA Christmas la
generally look-
ed on as a "blue Friday" in the whole-
sale cut flower market. This year was
an exception. Trading opened up with
gratifying briskness, and stocks in
most lines were eagerly called for.
The weather was clear and crisp;
there was snow on the sround, and
people seemed to catch the Christmas
spirit. With this impetus the three
days before Sunday were really beyond
the average in previous years. As we
write (Dec. SO) — of course — the scene
is changed. It is now the new year
everybody is figuring on. Prices have
dropped very nearly to normal and
there is enough of everything for
everybody. White roses are selling
well and American Beauties "fairly"
well. Richmonds go "pretty" good. At
least that's what C. E. Meehan says.
What C. E. M. needs is some poetry in
his soul — he is too matter of fact. They
tell us also that pink roses were in
"fair" demand. There you are again.
"Fair" demand — Arthur Niessen will
be telling us that the word "fair" is
misleading and that we ought to con-
sult somebody who knows. Meaning —
with all our courage we are afraid to
state whom he means, although we
have a shrewd guess. Too many white
carnations. Other colors kept cleaned
up in good shape. There was a drop
in orchids except on extra well colored
cattleyas. The small flowers were
hoping for recognition and they were
numerous. Gardenias sold well up to
Christmas but have been dragging
since.

From what we can
ST. LOUIS learn from the florists

in all parts of the city
Christmas was very trying on them.
The one good thing was the weather

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

76 Maiden'Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SA\ E TIME AND MONEY BY SENDING YOCB ORDER TO CS -

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone G>nnection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAin-y, KILLARNEY, RICHMOND. MARYLAND AND ALL THE

Si;PE3UOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALL£Y. CARNATUNS, ORCHIDS

BEST PRODUCED

226 Devonshir* Street, Boston, Mass.

William F. Hasting Co.

NA/^Holesale F'loris-ts

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

— MONTBEAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.-,

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENKFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CCT FLOWEKS AND FLORISTS' SIHTI.IES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Hamr-rrcvTB StMk ■ Spwiaity. STBJl'TLY WIIOLE8.\LE: NOTHING SOLD
AT BETATU

Ample rpfaresee farmUbwl •■ t« iteaMx and flnaorlml ahlllt.T of Ihr rompnn]'.
123 MANSFIE.LD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100
MISCELLANEOUS

To Dealers Only

Cattleyas

Lillea, Loogiflorum

Callas

Uly of the Valley

Nardasus, Paper White

Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adlantum

5nillax

Aipsragus Plumosus, siriDKs(pcr loo)

" " A Spreo (loo bunches) •

Last Hall of Week

ending Dec. 28

1912

40.00
6.00

10.00
1. 00
1. 00
3.00

a. 00
•50

1.00

20.00

X0.00
35.00
is.oo

60.00
xo.oo
15.00

4.00

3. 00
3.03
3.00
1. 00
2.00
1.50
35.00
1.00

iS-oo
40.00
35.00

First Half of Week

beginning Dee. 30

19)2

40.00
6.00

IQ.OO
1.00
X.OO
3. 00
3. 00
.50

1.00
20.00

10.00

35 oo
15.00

6q.oo

10.00

15.00

4.0a

3.00

3.00

3.00

1,00

3.00

1.50

35.00

1. 00

IS. 00

40.00

25.00

which was delightful in all respects —
more like a .lune day. This helped
out Kreatly when delivery time came
and plants npeded no wrapping. The
leading retailers say that plants sold
much better than out flowers, as the
latter werp too high in iiritc and that
they really pushed the sale of plants.
The great call was for poinsettias,
both plants and cut, azaleas and cycla-
men following in plants. The show
houses of the West End florists were
cleared out of anything that was good
in plants on Tuesday. The wholesalers
who placed great value on cut stoclj
got left and consignments came in
heavier than they expected and the
retailers bought lightly at first and the
drop came Wednesday morning when
the demand was light. Among the
stoc't that sold well were Beauties,
Richmonds. orchids, red carnations
and poinsettias. Killarneys were far
too many, also white carnations, pa-
per whites and Roman hyacinths.
Violets had a big call, also lily of the
valley, of which there was a big sup-
ply. From the retailers' viewpoint
you can say that this Christmas was
the best in years, taking everything
into consideration.

Business as a whole
WASHINGTON during the Christ-
mas holidays was
very satisfactory. There was a good
demand tor all varieties of cut flowers
and prices were good. Many of the
stores soon found themselves entirely

sold out of azaleas and there was quite
a heavy run on cyclamen, lilacs, etc.
Carnations are still somewhat scarce.
Those coming into the market are
very good and are bringing from $6
to $10 per hundred. Roses are bring-
ing about the same price, although
exceptionally fine stock runs consider-
ably higher.

NEWS NOTES.

Wenham, Mass. — H. Hammond Tracy
has purchased another farm near "Ce-
dar Acres" for the extension of his
gladiolus culture facilities.

BrocktDn, Mass. — Jahn & Robinson,
(lorists, have failed. The failure was
announced on the afternoon of Dec.
24. and dealers who sold the firm
Christmas material are incensed.

Framingham, Mass. — The florists of
the town have found the Boston &
Worcester Electric Express a very
handy mode of shipping flowers to
Boston and a special car leaves here
for them at 4.30 every morning. Each
morning the early car is piled full of
flowers for the Boston market.

ROBERT J. DYSART

Pini.ll A((OlNT.VNT AM) .\l DITOK
SInipIp nicdtndN of corrert nrrfMint'n'r
e'.lXMlall.v iidnptecl ftir linrlslN' use.

BOOKS H.\L.lNtKD .\ND AD.lr.STEI>
^l-riliants Bank Itiiildin"

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

T«l«pb«M, lUia M

24

HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this liead, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

Display advertisers In this Issue are also listed under this classlflcatlon without charge. Reference to Ll»t •(
Advertisers will Indicate the regpectlvs pagea.

Buyers falling to find what they want in thla lltt will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put
them in communication with reliable dealer*.

ACcotnrTAjrx

B. J. Djatrt, 40 State St., Boston.
For pace le* Liat of AdTcrtlMra.

APHIKB

Apblna life Co., MadUoa. N. J.
Kor page ■•• LUt of A'flTartUeri.

ABACGABIAS

Godfrej Aacbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For pace se* List of AdTcrtlMri.

A8PABA0U8

Asparagus Sprengeril, 2 Inch, J2.00 per
100; $18.0(1 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros.. Mayweed. 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2>4-in., $1.00 per
100. Cash with order. Mount Pleasant
Greenhouses, Schenectady, N. Y.

AZALKA8

P. Onwerkerk, Boboken, N. J.
For page see List of AdrertlMrs.

A. Leathj & Co Boslladale, Uaai.
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TRKE8

McBatohlsoD & Co., 17 Ifnrray 8t., N. T
For page see LUt of Adrertlsars.

Bobbink & Atkins, Butbrrford, M. J.
For page aea List of AdrerUsers.

Angust Relker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Adrertiaers.

Bay treM and Box treea. all sIxm. Write
for special list. Jnllus Roehrs Co., Bather-
ford, N. J.

BEDDING PI.ANT8

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Cona.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Vincent, Jr., & Some Co., White Uarah
Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BBOONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, in bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

BOXWOOD TRKKS

Bobbink & Atkins, Ratherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Jullos Roehrs Co., Batherford, N. J.
Box Trees, aU slses. Ask for special list.

BOII,EB8

KroeschcU Bros. Co., 468 Brie St., Chleago.
For page see List of Advertigers.

Hltchlngs & Co., U70 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmluim Co., 1188 Broadway, N. T.

BOX BS— CUT FLOWER— FOLJ>INO

Bdwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cnt flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holtoa * Hunkel Co., Mll-
wankee, Wla.

BCI.B8 AND TCBEB8

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS— Continued

J. M. Thorbom ft Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, lU.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottlor, Flske, Bawion Co., Boston, -
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler. Wading Blver, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. H. Goodsell, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

O. T. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of AdvertUers.

R. & J. Farqnbar Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balbs of all deacrlptlong. Write for prioes.
C. Keur & Sons, HlUegom, Holland.
New York Branch. 81-SS Broadway.

CANNA8
THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
You can double your profits by atock-
ing un with the new cannas. Bo sure to
get our list before yon place your order.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

CARNATION 8TAFI.E

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
Pillsbury, Galesburg, 111.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner A. Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cr.rnatious, unrooted cuttings. Enchan-
tress, Ilarlowardcn, $1.2.5 per 100; $7.50
per 1000. White Enchantress, Beacon,
.^l.aO per 100; $10.(X) per 1000. Healthy
stock, puclced carefully. Cash. W. A.
Finger, Hicl;sville, L. I., N. Y.

Cbas. H. Totty, UadlsOB. N. i.
For page see List of Advertisers.

0HRT8ANTHBMUM8

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbas. H. Totty, Uadlson, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemum Stock Plants : Mary Col-
laday (Pink Garza), $5.00 per doz., $35.00
per 100; Overbrook (the earliest hardy
pompon yellow), $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per
hundred. StratTord Flower Farm, Straf-
ford, Pa.

Stock Chrysanthemum plants, Golden
Glow, Pacific Supreme, White and Yellow
Bonnaffon. also other kinds, $3.00 per 100.
Cash with order or will exchange for root-
ed geranium cuttings. Felsch Bros., May-
wood, 111.

CHRTSANTHEMUH8— Continued

CHRYSANTHEMUM. THB. By A. Har-
rington. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforta of those wko
would grow and excel 1b producing per-
fect chrysanthemum flowers, showing that
not In secret arts and practices, but la
plain course of procedure are the dcsTi^
results attained. Illustrated, IW pages.
Price 50 cents.

Orders fllled by HORTICULTUEB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT riBBB 80II.

aotb Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Masa
For page see List of Advertisers.

CTCUAMBM8

Thomas Boland. Nabant, Maas.
For page see List of Advertlsars.

200,000 Giant Flowering Cyclamen, Aagast
seedlings. We received first prlae on our
blooming cyclamen at the show in Clero-
iand, O., and hold other first prizes. Oor
aim is strong growers, a well bailt five
petal flower, with good color and
frangrance. many of them at one time,
well marked foliage and general good
habits. Strong August Seedlings, $2.50
per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

What others say about our blooming
plants: Mr. E. A. Corson, Rochester,
N. H., Nov. 15, 1912: "Cyclamens received
and am more than pleased. They are cer-
tainly fine plants and such a range of
color. Arrived In good condition too."

Plants In bloom for Christmas, 76c.,
$1.00, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Cultural direc-
tions with all orders. Christ. Wlnterlch,
Cyclamen specialist. Defiance, O.

DAHLIAS

East Brldgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date In America.
Over 850,000 fleld clumps to offer at right

? rices. Be sure and send your wants to
. K. Alexander, The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Brldgewater, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sett, Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of beat cut flowor
dahlias. Write for surplus lUt and special
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, WlllUina-
town Junction, N. J., Post Ofllce, Berlin.

N. J. ; '__^

Dahlias— 2600 fleld dumps, latest rarto-
tles, cheap for cash" or wnat have yea t»
exchange? Geo. H.Walker. Dahlia Biport,
Nortb Dighton. Mass.

DECOBATITB PLANTS

A. Leatby & Co., Perkins St. NurserlM,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 4»th 8ts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West SSth St,

New \ ork.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100

or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FERTILIZERS

20th Centory Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advert'rsers See Page 3

January 4, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

25

FEBN8

A. Lejthy & Co., RosUndale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Wbitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Pblladelpbla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

rrank Oechslln, 4911 Quincy St., Cblcago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudaon,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whlt-
manll, Amerpobll, Sprlogaeldll, $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt mnners,
Tery fine, $6.00 per 100, $50.U0 per 1000.
Hoosevelt, 4-lncb, $15 00 per 100, 5-lncb,
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plamosus, 4-
Incb, bandsome stock, $8.00 per 100. SO.OOO
sq. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
•xclnsively to ferns. I have tbe best stock
to be had anywhere. Prices are low, for
cash only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,
O.

mtOBISTS' ENCTCI.OPEDIA FBES

M. Bice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

FI/OBISTS' I.ETTEB8

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Bice & Co., 1220 Race St., Pblla., P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. U. BoblnsoD & Co., 15 Province St and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Pblladelpbla,

Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 220 Devonshire St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWEB POTS.

W. H. Ernest, 28tb and M 8U.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews A Co., Cambridge, Mass.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

Hllflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracase Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLO\»'ER POT COVBB

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FUNGINE
Apblne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, MIcb.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OEBANIITMS

B. Vincent. Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GEB.4NH;MS — Continued

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Geraniums, 2% in. Nutt 2c. each, $18.00
per 100. Rooted cuttings, Nutt, Poitevine,
White Swan, Grant and Ivy, $12.00. Goss
& Goss, Falls Creek, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard, Red Wing, Viaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Alme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, O'oerle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vine, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. DeWitt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis f hllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.

i.naiji.ilus Niagara.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, IIL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Gladioli, fancv mixed, mostly light
shades, in sizes 1 to 1V^ in., $0.00 per 1000;
% in. and less, $3.00 per 1000. Bulblets,
fiOe. per quart. Large pkt. seed, 25c. H.
E. Meader, Dover, N. H.

America and Mrs. King bulblets 7oc. per
lOOO; 1/2-inch and under, $6.00 and $5.00 re-
spectively. Pink Beauty (Van Tol) 10 days
earlier than America; the early flowers
bring the price, bulblets $1.00 per 1000.
Prepaid. C. H. Ketcham, South Haven,
Mich.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lamber

Sts., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertlaerg.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsh foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., OIney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GBEENHOCSE BUILDING UATBBIAI.

A. T. Steams Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bomham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

GREENHOUSE CONSTBUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Steams Lamber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbarlea H. Dodd. Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lntton, Jerse; City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HItchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmbam Co.,
1188 Broadway, New York.

Plersen U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Dealgner and Builder.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. I

GUTTERS

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Iron Gutters.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America

J. G. Esler, Saddle Klver, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart. Rochester, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.

HABDT FEBN8 AND GBEBN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers

The Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H£ATINO APPARATUS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Brie St., Chlcam.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jei-sey City, N. J
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnbam Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HELIOTROPE

Heliotrope. Dark Blue, fine 2 inch in
bud, at $2.50 per luo. Also Rose Gera-
?,U?™'^^^1" '^«»^"J'. -y* inch, at $2.50 per
100 Cash please. W. F. Ewell, Tops-
field, Mass.

HBBBACBOUS FEBENNIAL8

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.'

P Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N J
For page see List of Advertisers. *

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N J
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Ma
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N Y
For page see List of Advertisers.'

Lord & Bnrnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. X.

INSECTICIDES

Eastern Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.

Imp. Soap Spray.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Apblne and Funglne

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page see List of Advertisers

Interstate Tobacco Co., New York, N T.

"Tip Top" Tobacco Powder. '

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ben]amln Hammond, FIsbklll-on-Hodson,

Slug' Shot.
For page see List of Advertisers.

JAPANESE LILIES

Locchner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Ud.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT BULBS

R. & J. Farqnbar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New Llllea.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

26

HORTICULTURE

January -1, 1913

tlI,Y BILBS — Continned
Jafi. VIck'8 Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Waru 4 Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VAXtiEY

(Cold Storage)

P R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

I,ILY OF THE VAII-ET PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHntchlBon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. 1.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Double Marguerite, Mrs. F. Sander, fin-
est spring and all summer bloomers,
strong plants, 2'A inch pots, $3.00 per 100.
H. A. Maxiner, Alexandria, Ind.

MA8TICA

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

NURSERY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers. __

W. B. Whlttler 4 Co., Sooth Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHotcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List ef Advertisers.

Angust Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hannal of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
tor $9.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be bad here In
snch varieties as Splreas, Altheas, Welgelaa
and Phlladelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS
Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
For page see I.lst of Advertisers.

O.

Schilder Bros., Chillicothe,
Onion Seed and Sets.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

Jas. McManns, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

JuUds Roebrs Co., Rntberford, N. J.
Hybrid Orchids.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.

By B. S. Williams, 300 illustrations, 800
pages; descriptions of upwards of 2B00
species and varieties of orcbldaceons
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. PrI.e $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURB, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PATENTS

Slggers & Slggers, Washington, D. C.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Haas.
For page see List of Advertlsera

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send tor list. C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, O.

PETUNIAS

Henry A. Dreer. Inc.. Phila., Pa.

Double Petunias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes snd Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton Special."

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Eroescbell Bros. Co., 466 Brie St., Chlcaco.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doc. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer 4 Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

Amoor River North : The hardiest privet
grown. 12 to 18 Inch. $2.00 100; 18 to 24
inch, $3.00 100. Valdesian Nurseries, Bos-
tic, N. C.

California Privet, well grown, 2-year-oia
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well fin-
ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsls
Veltchii. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHntchlBon 4 Co., 17 Murray Bt, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk 4 Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice & Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass.

New Rose Mrs. Charles Russell.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Geo.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. i.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

, .

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers

SEED GBOWEBS

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co., Enid, Okla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advertise rs.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Jose, OaL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Byerctt B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Ooaa.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck 4 Sons,

61 and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlehell's Seed House. Philadelphia, Pa.

New Crop Fi-irists' Fl-twer Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee 4 Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsetsi

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. 4 J. Farqnhar 4 Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

J. M. Thorbnrn 4 Co., 33 Barclay St., N. I.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. 8. Skidelsky 4 Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List a< Advertisers.

J. Bolglano 4 Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, Call.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Tick's Sons, Rochester. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 3

January 4, 1913

HOETICULTURE

•27

SEEDS — Continued

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. BrysoD Ayrea Co., Indepeodence, Ho.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsere.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Grass Seed.

For page see List of Advertlseri.

S. D. Woodruff & Son, New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Oklaboma Seed Growers' Co., Enid, Okla.

Surplus List of Melon Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulieu, Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importers of Best French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Son, New York, N. Y.
Freshly Imported Flower Seeds.

SEED PACKETS.

Brown Bag FllUng Machine Co., Fltchbnrg,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SI.UO SHOT

B. Hammond, Flsbklll-on-Hadson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIIOI/ESALE rLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on band. Lager &
Harrell, Summit, N. J.

SPIREAS

Breek-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. K. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,
N. Y.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Spirea Gladstoue.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOTE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllus Ruebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

TIP TOP TOBACCO POWDBB

Interstate Tobacco Co., Inc.,

1397-1399 Ave. A, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATINO APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works,

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TINCAS

Fine roofed vlnca cuttings, 2 and 4 eyes,
65c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. Cash, please.
Ready now. Engle Floral Co., Xenla, O.

WIBED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRE WORK

Seed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Bnnkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William E. Hellscher's Wire Works,
18-40 Broadway, Detroit, Uleh.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 229 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. T.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hoerber Bros., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The 3. M. McCuUougb's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 aad 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co.. Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertlsen.

New York

M. C. Ford. 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment. 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
New York — Continued

James McManus, 105 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Euebler, 28 Willougbby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26tb

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association,

162 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St..
For page see List of Advertiser*.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers,

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schneck, New York, N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28tb St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 56-67 West 26tb 8t.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Rledel A Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & MarketoB, 41 West 28tb
For page see List of Advertisers.

St.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PblUdelphiB

Leo. Nlessen Co., 1209 Arch St., Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-13

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bocbeater

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

DEATH TO SLUGS.

William Elliott & Suns, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW YORK TRANSFER DELIVER-
lES.

A. Warendorff, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH.

German Kali Works, New Y^ork, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROTTED AND AZALEA PEAT.

C. SV. BrowDoIl Cii., Wakkn, N. Y.
For page sea List of Advertisers.

SPIREA GLADSTONE.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN.

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VIOLETS, CARNATIONS, ROSES,
ETC.

B. S. Slinn, Jr.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Do You Know 1ft hat
You Want ?

Look in the ' Buyers'
Directory" nf this issue
and you will probably
find represented there
somebody who can
supply you. It's a good
plan to look it over
every week, for the
weekly changes and
additions are many.

See?

in writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

28

HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The latest publication of the Cornell
Reading Courses, under the supervision
of Dr. L. E. Bailey, is a 16-page Illus-
trated pamphlet by A. E. Wilkinson on
"Hotbed Construction and Manage-
ment." A very serviceable document.

Recent publications by the horticul-
tural department of the I'niversity of
Illinois are the following: Papers pre-
sented at the annual meeting of the
Illinois State Florists' Association, re-
vised to date, on the "Work at the Ex-
periment Station," by H. B. Dorner,
and "Carnation Stem Rot," by H. N.
Anderson; an illustrated pamphlet giv-
ing a list of the courses of instruction
and other useful information relative
to the work of the college.

Chrysanthemums; by Thomas
Stevenson, with chapters by C. Har-
man Payne and Charles E. Shea.
Edited by R. Hooper Pearson, Manag-
ing Editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle.
— It §eems almost needless to say
more regarding this book than is con-
veyed in the mere announcement of
the names of the gentlemen who have
made it. Accuracy in data, thorough-
ness and reliability on cultural topics
and, above all, enthusiasm and love
for their subject that permeates every
line, is what the authors have given
us in this attractive and useful little
volume. The ten chapters include
Chrysanthemum History. Raising
Seedlings. Hints on Decorations, Exhi-
bitions. Packing, Pests, and a chapter
each on Border Japanese, Incurved,
Decorative and Anemone and Pompon
Classes, together with some very use-
ful lists. There are eight full-page
portraits of chrysanthemums in natur-
al colors by T. Ernest Waltham. This
book is one of the series of "Garden
Flowers in Color."

Irises— This is another beautiful
book in the same series as the fore-
going and illustrated in colors, by the
same artist. The illustrations include
I. bucharica, I. longipetala, I. Susiana.
I. Jacquiniana, New Giant Xiphium. I.
xiphioides, 1. ochroleuca and I. Kaemp-
feri. There are 110 pages filled with
concise facts and accurate Informa-
tion that will fascinate and instruct
the lovers of this noble race of gard-
en plants. The author is W. Rickat-
son Dykes and preface by Prof. Isaac
Bayley Balfour of Royal Botanic Gar-
den, Edinburgh. Both of the above
books are published in New York by
Frederick A. Stokes Co. We can sup-
ply them by mail for 85 cents each,
prepaid.

CINCINNATI NOTES.

C. E. Critchell was the first on Third
street to offer jonquils and freesia this
season.

The Hill-Heller store put a number
of taxis into service to help deliver
their Christmas orders.

Louis H. Kyrk and Miss Edith Kyrk
have the sympathy of the trade in
their bereavement over the death of
their sister, Stella.

The Christmas rush came on Julius
Baer so fast that on Christmas Eve
his entire stock was cleaned up and
he was compelled to put up a sign
to that effect.

Typewrites your circular letters, fills in a different
name and address, and addresses the envelope,
as well as your facsimile signature in a different
color, at the one operation.
The Writerpress prints from type and your stock
electros in ink, for your catalogue and office forms
Send for catalogue and information to

EDWARD A. HART

294 Washington Street

SALES AGENT
Suite 349

BOSTON, MASS.

NEW YORK NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott sailed
December 28 on the Oruba for a visit
to Bermuda.

The three Dailledouze Bros, have re-
cently returned from a cruise to the
Panama Canal.

President W. H. Siebrecht of the
New York Florists' Club comes to
town frequently now on club business
and is busy forming his committees
foi- the coming year.

At Carl A. Woerner's, on Clark-
son street, Brooklyn, there is always
a display of well-grown plants. Early
astilbes are already coming into bloom
and a continuous cut of lilies from
now until Easter is in sight.

Eugene Dailledouze claims for his
Enchantress Supreme, which is a sport
from Enchantress that it holds its
color better through January and Feb-
ruary and does not carry so heavy a
bud as the original variety which pre-
vents calyx bursting.

Among the strikingly handsome
things noted in the wholesale market
are superbly grown freesias, the gen-
uine old-fashioned pure white. They
were at P. F. Kessler's, who was sell-
ing them at $6.00 per 100, and were
grown by P. J. Schroeder of Pine
Brook, N. J. Mr. Schroeder produces
his own bulbs holding the stock care-
fully up to type.

Louis Schmutz has an excellent lot
of decorative plants at the old Zeller
place on Clarkson street. Also at his
original establishment, which is well
deiileted by the Christmas demand are
promising Easter stocks of cinerarias,
lilies, etc. Young cyclamen for next
Christmas are progressing finely al-
ready. Louis' stock of philosophy and
wit is still exhaustless.

Another fact worth making note of
is that Killarney Queen is by far the
finest of the Killarney roses thus far,
especially if they can be grown by
others as well as those we saw at W.
S. Allen's. One other fine thing which
caught our eye in passing was Sau-
ter's mignonette, which was finding
ready sale at $1.25 per dozen sprays.
The price is as good an index to the
quality as anything we might say.

PERSONAL.

Luther Armstrong and Fred Oster-
tag, both of St. Louis, recently report-
ed sick, are reported much improved.

H. B. Dahlberg, formerly of Min-
neapolis, is now manager of the
Jamestown Floral Co., Jamestown, N.
D.

G. A. Sellenthin, formerly of La
Crosse, Wis., has accepted a position
as gardener for Mrs. Marcus Daly,
Hamilton, Montana.

Jas. F. M. Farquhar of Boston, starts
on January 4 on a cruise to Italy and
Fiance. Mr. Farquhar expects to be
away for two months.

Julius Schnapp, formerly with the
Hollywood Gardens. Seattle, Wash., is
now with the Tonseth Floral Co., 133
Sixth street, Portland, O.

Ray C. Brown, of Ashland, Mass., a
graduate of Cornell school of horti-
culture, has accepted a position on a
large estate in Pomfret, Conn.

Mrs. Ruble Leslie, formerly with the
Miami Floral Co., has taken a posi-
tion with W. G. Mathews as manager
of his Main street store in Dayton, O.

Donald McNaughton, formerly em-
ployed at the Oakley Country Club,
Watertown, Mass.. has accepted the
position of superintendent of the es-
tate of E. S. Moore, Lake Forest, 111.

Many friends will be pleased to
know that N. F. McCarthy, Boston, left
the hospital on January 1 after recov-
ering from his second operation and
is now at home recuperating rapidly.

George Ham'er, the popular assistant
manager at the Boston Flower Ex-
change, was presented with $50 in
gold by the stall holders and salesmen
on Christmas morning. President
Stickel made the presentation.

Boston visitors— G. X. Amrhyn,
New Haven, Conn.: A. E. Thatcher,
Bar Harbor, Me.

Visitor:
R. I.

Wm. Jurgens, Newport,

St. Louis visitors— Robt. Newcomb,
Guy Reyburn. of Henderson's and F.
Lei'npke of Barnard's, all of Chicago.

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTURE

29

TO

GROUND

EXTERMINATE
MOLES.

One of our subscribers — a large nur-
sery firm — states that they are troubled
with ground moles in their open seed
frames and would appreciate some hint
through HORTICULTURE regarding
the best way to exterminate them.

There are a number of mole-traps
on the market with special claims to
superiority and we find that these
traps are the usual means of mole ex-
termination used by nurserymen. One
of our correspondents recommends the
Olmsted mole-trap as very efficacious.
Another from whom we have asked
information advises the scattering of
tobacco dust in the "runs," in addition
to the use of the mole-traps.

It may be interesting to publish the
following extract on this subject which
appeared in the Flores dcs Serves 60
years ago and perhaps some of our
readers may like to try the prescrip-
tion there given:

"Take one pound of be;iu meal, tbree
ouurcs of slaked lime in powder, half an
ounce of powdered verdigris and four
ounfes of essential oil of lavender. After
mixing thoroughly the powdery part of
this composition, incorporate the oil. With
a little water work the mixture into a
dough. With this form balls the size of
hazel nuts: they will harden after having
been exposed to the air for tweuty-four
hours. Introduce them twenty or thirty
feet apart in the mole's runs, or one ball
may be dropped into the hole of each mole-
hill, taking care to cover It up Immediate-
ly. The smell of these ingredients is so
offensive to the mole that he immediately
deserts his ground. The mixture is, at the
same time, a violent poison for moles, rats,
and all such vermin.

The Recognized Standard Inaectlclde.

Not a cure-all but a specific remedy
for all sap sucking Insects Infestlns

Slant life such as green, black, whtt«
y, thrlps, red spider, mealy bug and
soft scales.
(1.00 per Quart. $3.S0 yer Gallon.

An infallible remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fungi. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulphur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses it.

\/'eiRIVIII>iE

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and gruo worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Dsed one
part to 400 parts water. It does not In-
jure plants, but protects your crops
ag.ilnst ravages under the soil.

St.no per Qnart. $3.00 per Gallon.
All are spraying materials and are
eCTective In the greenhouse and In the
garden.

FOR SALE BY SEEDSBffEN.

Aphine Manufacturing Co., "n.t

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chernicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager.

^. iff Pulverized or Shredded '

Cattle Manure

hflNURES

Pulverized

Sheep Manure

Unequ!»lle(i for Vlret-nhovii^e K'-rtlizing.

A-'^k fur Grow^T's llooklet.

TH£ PULVERIZED MANURE CO'

'1 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

100 pounds of an
ordinary Fertilizer

(testioe 2-8-2)

■ iriT ■ iri»

I

FILLER
28 LBS

NITRATE OF SODA
IS LBS

ACID
PHOSPHATB
66 LB&

Both of these are
called ''complete**
fertilizers, but they
are very different.

Well-balanced
Fertilizer

(tenine 2-8-10)

^^'TIlleS^^

/ Ig LBS \

L_

KUMtATg or PfftAJM *1

[

If you prefer ready-mixed fer-
tilizers, insist on having enough
Potash in them to raise the crop
as well as to raise the price. Crops

NTTRArE OF S<)IM
12 LBS

ACID
PHOSPHATE
66 LBSr

MUKIATEOR
POTASH
SO LBS

contain more than three times as much Potash as phosphoric acid.

It was found years aeo that the com position
of the crop is not a sure guide to the most
profitable fertilizer, but it does not take a very
smart man to figure out that a well-balaoced
fertilizer sbonld coataio at least as Ducb Potaib
as Pbosphurlc Acid. Insist on having it so.

If you donotfindthe brand you want, make

one by addin^enouch Potasb to make it right.
To increase the Potash 4M percent, (fcr
cotton and grain), add one bag Muriate of
Potash per ton of fertiliser; to increase it
9 per cent, flruck, potatoes, tobacco, corn,
etc.), add two bags Sulphate or Muriate
per ton.

Talk to your dealer and ask him to carry Potash in
stock or order it for you. It will pay you both, for

Potash Pays

For particulars and prices write to
GERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc.. 42 Broadway. New York

Monadnock Block, Chicago, III.

Bank & Trust BIdg., Saiannah, Ga,
Empire BIdg., ttlanta, Ga.

Whitnay Bank BIdg., New Orleans, la.

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS^
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

S;i\ .-^ CurrnntH, Potatoes, Cnbl»n«e, ^felons. Flowers, Trees
and ^ihrubH trom lii^e^t^. I'ut up in popuhir packages at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Rijirs and Blielits, etc., to

B. H.^n.lIOND, - Fishkill-on-PIudson, >'ew York.

IMPORTED SCOTCH SOOT

100 lb. Bag $3.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

^^kM

Greeo Flies and Black Flies Too are easy
to kHI with

BRAND

Tobacco Powder

For fuml^atiDg or dusting. 93. 00 per

bag, 100 lbs. Write for free eamples.

Money witb order.

Interstate Jobacco Co.,

1397-1399 Av7l! NEW YORK

Money refunded if not satisfied. Beware Of

imitations. Territory open for live "Jobbers.

Write for prices.

lECTICIDl

daratHd lorier tbi Insecllclde Act. 1910. Sirlal No. 321

Save your plants and trees. Jii&t the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use I)estroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

K Pint - . 2Sc: Ptni . - 40c I Oaarl - • 75o

H Gallon. SL25; Gallon. &2.00; 5 Gallon Can, (9

;iO Gallon Can - . (17.50

Dilute iviih ivater 30 to 30 farts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this friMii your supj^ly liuuse
write us direiit

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

420 W. L^rlnston St., Baltimore. Md.

Directions »n every package

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Tdts iiMit( hfd « itii this article will

Krow liirser fruit. I)etter color, and

riiieii more uniformly tli»n by any
other means. We liave proved it,

20tli CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 t 29 OCEMI ST., SEVERIY, MUl.

Imp Soap Spray

Kfre<'tive one tt» tIiirt>"-tH'<».

Single Kallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

lO^-roiM

In ordmring foM plmmmm add "I aaw
it *i " HORTICULTURE."

,30

HORTICULTURE

January 4, 1913

I^OR

HEWS STANDARD POTS

99

us...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

INCORPORATED.

Dover, Del. — Lord & Lord, to do a
general real estate and nursery busi-
ness; capital stock $40,000.

Evans City, Pa. — Harmony Nurser-
ies, capital stock $10,000. Incorpora-
tors, B. W. and C. H. Smith, and H. L.
Blind.

Lynn, Mass. — Pine Grove Floral Co.,
capital stock $10,000. Incorporators:
Reuben G. York, Ellen D. York and
Frederick Southworth.

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. — T. J. Tot-
ten, Inc., florists, capital stock $10,000.
Incorporators. Thomas J. Totten. Wil-
liam J. Totten and Andrew J. Dun
leavey.

Louisville. Ky. — Southern Fertilizer
Co., capital stock $25,000. Incorpora-
tors, E. C. Foltz. W. J. Drulen and
H. C. Nail. This company is associ-
ated with the Southern Seed Oo. and
has operated heretofore as a partner-
ship.

Ridgedale, W. Va. — Jersey Moun-
tain Orchard Co., to do an orchard
and nursery business; capital stock
$30,000. Incorporators, Robert M.
Washington. W. T Washington, S. G.
Sneathen. T. G. Lowndes, Riberdeau
Annan.

Peru. Neb. — Duncan - Hesseltine
Fruit and Nursery Co., capital $22,800.
J. R. Duncan, president and nursery
manager; R. B. Duncan, vice-presi-
dent; R, W. Hesseltine, treasurer; J.
G. Hesseltine, secretary and manager
of the fruit growing and marketing
department. This company is formed
of the Peru Nursery and the Duncan,
Hesseltine & Ogg fruit growing com-
pany.

Fall River, Mass. — One of the em-
ployes of C. Warburton, the New Bos-
ton road florist, had nothing to do yes-
terday afternoon and took unto him-
self the idea that a fine bracing ride
over the country roads would refresh
him considerably. He did not take the
trouble of asking his employer for the
use of the automobile truck which is
used in the daily routine of business
but took it for granted that they want-
ed him to retain his health and vigor
regardless of the expense. He accord-
ingly set out to puncture holes
through the atmosphere and at the
same time burn up the roads in the
vicinity when he lost control of the
truck and ran it up against a fence
and escaped very luckily with his own
neck. The machine is damaged con-
siderably around the body and tonneau
although the engine is in good run-
ning condition and Mr. Warburton
stated that a few hundred dollars
would cover all damages and it is
thought that the matter will be ad-
justed outside of court.- -Fd/? River
Globe.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Milford, Mass. — W. D. Howard, one
house,

Menominee, Mich. — Hans Larson,
addition.

Westbrook, Conn. — William O. Good-
man, one house.

Eugene, Ore. — Eugene Carnation
Farm, two houses.

Oakland, Cal. — Domoto Bros., Eight-
ieth and Olive avenues.

Detroit, Mich. — William Barthel,
Cooper street, one house.

Warren, O,— Adgate & Son, 560-566
South Pine street, six houses each 30x
150 feet on Mason street. The houses
at the present location will be moved
to the new property early next spring.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1.047,202. Weed exterminator. Charles

Matejowitz, Kenosha,

Wis.
1,047,578. Weed Cutter. John Fred

Schurle, Cashmere, Wash.
1,047,764. Timing Mechanism for

Planters. Irving L. Demp-

sey, Galena, Md.

NEWS NOTES.

Pensacola, Fla. — The home of An-
drew Hauge was destroyed by fire on
December 21 and the greenhouse con-
siderably damaged.

Woodfords, Portland, Me. — The
greenhouses of H. J. Davis. 33 Brent-
wood street have been leased by Hans
J. Nielson. formerly with L. C. God-
dard of Woodfords.

iiiiiiiuiiiiiiiHiiuuHiHnNimmiimwnMi
I WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC I

2 Advertisements in this column one E

S cent a word. Initials count as words, g

S Cash with order. All correspondence S

£ addressed "care HORTICUL- i

= TURE" shooH be sent to I J Ham- s

S iiton Place, Boston. £
flltllllliHlillillllHIIIIIilllllllliaiHIIilllitt'

SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED TO REPRESENT

X flrst-chiss nvirsery firm in New EngLiud
states by an energetic, middle-aged man ;
life-long experience in different branches
of horticulture; willing to fill up time in
any department. None liut a good posi-
tion considered. Address A. B.. HORTI-
CULTURE^

SITUATION WANTED by young man
well trained in bedding plant and genera]
retail florist business. Is good designer.
Aged 23. Not married. Prefers New Eng-
land territory. E. W., care HORTICUL-
TURE^

FOR SALE

FOB RALE — Fresh from factory, new ;
10x12, 18x18. 16x24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Pnrghel-
Bky Bros, Inc., 215-217 Havemeycr St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can he shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate :

L'lXK) 1% in. @ $6.00 500 i in. @ .$4.50

1500 -2 " " 4.88 456 4i/> " " 5.24

1500 214 " " 5.25 320 n ' " " 4.51

1.500 2 li " " 6 00 210 5% •' •' .3.78

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

800 3% ■■ " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottery, Fori Edward, N.Y.

August Rolker & Sans. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

out SPECIALTT-lODt DIstanca and exiort trale

I— STANDARD FLOWER— 1

Floors

If your j,^reeuIiouses are within 500 miles
of the Cnpitol, write us, we can save
you uionev.

W. H. ERNEST
■" 28th & M iSts. Wasliingrton, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved machinery, we tmm

supply yonr wants to better advaatas*

than ever.

Special dlscoants on large orders,

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^'J.^^V^^

DREER'S

Florist Specialtiea,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose /RiyERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

The HOSE for the FLORIST

K-inch,

Reel of 5cx> ft
2 Reels, 1000 ft

^4 -inch,
Reels, 500 ft.,

.erft.

15 c,
»4

n c

I2MC

c.

Couplings furnished

HENRf A. DIEER.

714 Chestnut St., -

PHILADELrHlA, Pa.

Send your business direct to Washingtoa.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

Greenhouse Materials .nTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengilis up to 83 fpct.
Milled to nny ditnll fnriilsliMl or will
furnlsli details nnd eiit materials ready for
ereetfon.

FrSnk "311 ASSCllB, "«nd Owt^ht street*""
JEKSKT CITY. N. J.

January 4, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

31

A NEAT SIDE HILL RANGE at Brighton, Mass.

LET US DO AS WELL FOR YOU. WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND
DESIRE TO SATISFY YOU AND THAT MAKES SATISFACTION SURE

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and H^orl^s:
N. TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New England Sales Office:
Na. 7 WATER ST., BOSTON

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, iii.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

CfPiESS

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

ADVANCE VENTILATING
EQUIPMENT

Nuw tlKit the Christ-
mas rush is over, you
will bnve more time to
tliink of any way to Im-
prove your greenhouse.
Is your ventilating equip-
ment satisfactory? If not,
now is the time to place
your order for something
good. Our Advance Line
is something out of the
ordinary and never fails
to give entire satisfaction.
We guarantee it.

Bf s»rr to get one of our new
catahg's. It wilt interest you.

MVANCECO., . mchmniljnij.

CHARLES H. DODD

Oreenboase Builder. General OreenhoQM

Mcrf^hanlc.

Iron Frame and Wsod Bar HooMa.

Idea] Orfenhoase Boilers.

Ifatorlali ForDlBbed or Erected. HeatlBg

and VeDtllatlng Mnterl.ila

578 Ocean Ave., JERSEY CITY. N. J.

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMBRIC.4, iDsarer of 32,500,000 sq. ft. of gUss

For particMlars address

John G. Esler, sk'v Saddle River, N.J.

A\'rit<* for (.irculiir "D" anil Pi

Tlie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

S. JACOBS & SONS

Plains i r ' "^^s^^tihajt

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - - - N. Y.

WROUGHT IRON PIPE FOR SALE

Rethreaded, tboroQKhly oTcrbaaled, In ran.

dom leogtb*. Koarnntred fre. from

•pllti or bolee.

It will pay yon to commanteate with aa.

ALBERT & DAVIDSON

tl7-n I'alea Areane Brooklya, N. T

GLASS

for GKEENHOrSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices <an be Iiad by
mail, aud it will pay you to get tbem.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
ran supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
l{ock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. inc.

■•ir>- M7 11 a \ eiiie> er St.. lirooklyn, N. Y.

)reer'8 Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drive easy and true, because
both bevels are on the same
side. Can't twist and brealc
tlie glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rigtits or left*.

Tbe Peerless Glazing Point
is patented. NootlieTS like
it Order from your deale^
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid, j
Samples free.
HENRY A. DREEE.I
714 Chestnut Btreet^v
FhUadelphla.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow anna.
Sold only with Evans Challeage Machine.

Write for fret Catalogue U>

QUAKER CITT MACUINB CO.

Rlcbmond. Ind.

:32

HORTICULTURE

January 4, 19 IS

NO, we are not "married" to any particular metliod of supporting and
lirucing tbe main members of our iron frame worl;, aside from the
fait that we do insist on using compression trussing as tbe main trus-
sing, wlieu trussing is necessary. Tbe trutb of the matter is, we first
flgure tbe stress and strain on a bouse and then build it accordingly.

Let us send you particulars of our new construction, making it pos-
sible to build a house 40 feet wide with only „ne column.

!l»«tt

§

Hit<*Kirk<^a (S^ f*r»Trvr»f*rfc'V 1170 Broaaway, New York

^

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

Weeing how attractive and practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
^^ CURVED EAVE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producing the same
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and start anew. Just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult with me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON, a.TS.. West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

\ IvKONU'A Vim. INK A ALbA

'evoreato fh^_^_
flORrSTfFUNrJMAN,

l0Map£ Garden £i

eq/To//, Mas J

dudjcr/pt/on, ^/0£}

34

HOBTICULTURB

January 11, 1913

IRIVI

IMENA/ IMA^IVI

On January 6th, 19 13, the firm of M. RICE & CO. was incorporated un-
der the laws of Pennsylvania by B. Eschner, A. Zirkman, R. Q. Shoch,
F. J. Farney, and R. Brunswick. Capital $100,000, full paid, and will be
known as M. RICE CO.

The same unswerving integrity and square deal methods will be
rigidly upheld by the new CORPORATION

. RICE COMPANY

The Leading Florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialists

1220 Race Street - - - - Philadelphia, Pa.

B. Eschner, Pre«. and Treas. A. Zirkman, Vice Pres.

R. Brunswick, Secy.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Soriiur Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Plane8,etc., from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ^^h^^^?"^^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

ImiMirt (or the wholesal* trmdai
AZAUBAS, PA1.M8, BHODODEWDBOXS,
BATTBEB8, B08E8, L,rLACB, BOLIaAND
AND JAPAN BULBS, LILT OF IHK
VAL,L,ET, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Fems, DeoiratJiM and Foliage Plants

Onlers taken uow for IMPORTED AZUEAS

On hand a splendid stock of Fems in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

ftrkifls Street Hgrseries, Roslhdale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS ^^ZTw^^

WHITMANI COMPACTA (New), to take the
place of Whitmani. A better commercial fofn —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in: $6 per 100: $50 per
1000. 250 planU at 1000 rates.

H.H.BARR(rwS&S0N,W1ntinan,Mass.

imimAiwwwMwmwwiMW i«miwmi<w<iwww<mwMiWiWi>>ww<wiw<wwwi>ww^

HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at St. Paal, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SH AWYER, the new pink forcing rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best rarieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompom
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Oar catalog will be mailed about
January Ist. Get your name on our mading list.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

^ivtMyyyt0yyyyyvyyyvi0ytitH0yyt0y»0ytim0tMU¥V»tyyy»M/*/*0yy*/y*ftf*H^

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepH Heacock

■Wyncote, Pa.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

6 In., sy^ In. and 6 in. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inches liigh, 40c.,
60c., 60c., 75c., $1.00, $1.25 each and
up to $1.60.

Godfrey Aschmann

wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Ontario St. PHIUDEIPHIH, Pit

SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.

Telephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

e05E», PALMS

and N<neItieH in I>ec«ra(ive I'lants.

MARKET and 49tli STREETS. PHILADEIPHIA, PA.

CYCLAMEN

Best strain in existence.

4 inch

5 inch

$35.00

60.00

75.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Kaliant, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.
Tel. 2890 BeJford BR O OK L Y N , N . Y .

FERNS FOR DISHES

Best Assorted Varieties, t% In. pots.

93.S0 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.

500 at tboneand rates.

Cash :vith ordfr,

Frank OechslJn.wontacVst .Chicago, Hi.

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

IVIARY \A/^ASHIIMGTOIM

Small floweriagf Pelargonium or Pansy Geraniums, flowers resemble small pansiesor "Jenny Jump-Ups";
borne in large clusters, completely covering- the plants, during the early part of the summer. Strong
plants from 2 in. pots, $4.00 per 100 ; $30.00 per 1000. From 5 in. pots, $5.00 per 100 ; $40.00 per 1000.
DOUBLE NEW LIFE, a GERANIUM which has long been a favorite novelty with catalogue houses.
We have an excellent stock ready in 2 in. pots at $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1000.

BRILLIANCY COLEUS, a fine variety to grow into specimen plants, in 4 and 5 inch pots; ready
seller. 2 in. plants $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

Our Fall Line of Geraniums and Bedding Plantt, in splendid shape, for immediate and future shipment

Rooted Cuttings of Coleui, Heliotrope, Salvia and Cnphea 60 cts. per 100 ; $5.00 per 1000 ;

postage 10 cts. per 100 extra

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

THE NEW FORCING ROSE MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

Owing to the great demand for plants, Own Root stock is all sold out until later in the
season, but grafted plants may still be had in quantity, as we have 12,000 growing in our
houses from which to make stock.

ORDERS WILL BE FILLED STRICTLY IN ROTATION

PRICES:ON GRAFTED STOCK
12 100 2S0 500 1000

$7.50 $35.00 $82.50 $150.00 $300.00

WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES,

2500

$687.50

sooo
$1250.00

NATICK, MASS.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance C» 63

Albany Cut Fl»w-

er Ex 45

Albert * D«Tia-

scn (W

Allen, J. K M

Aphine Mfg. Co. 61

Ascbmann, G St

A y r e 8 Co., S.

Bryson 47

Badgley, Keldel *

Meyer 54

Barnard. W. W.

Co 47

Barrows & Son.. 34
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 50

Bay State Nur-
series 43

Beaulleu 4T

Bloomingdale'3 ..48
Bnbbink & At-
kins 43

Boddington, A. T..45
Bolgiano & Son,

J 47

Boston Florist

Letter Co 5B

Breck, J. & Son. 47
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 34

Breitmeyer'i, J.

Sons 48

Brown Bag Fill-
ing Machine Co.. 47

Brownell C» 36

Budlong, J. A 52

Bunyard, A. T...48
Burpee, Vf. A. &
Co 47

California
1st

Fl o r-

.49

Page
California Seed

Growers ASS0..46

Carbone 49

Chicago C a rn a-

tion Co 52

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso..52
Child s, John

Lewis 43

Clark, Everett B.,

Seed Co 47

Clarke's, D. Sons.. 48

COnee, W. J 54

Craig, Eobt. Co.. 34

Dards 48

Dodd, Chas. H...63
Doiner & Sons

Co 36

Dreer, H. A... 62-63
Dunlop, .John H..49

Dysart, R. J 51

Eastern Chemical

Co 61

Edwards Folding

Box Co 52

Elliott's, W. Sons..61
Eppstcin. Julius. .49

Ernest. W. H 62

Esler, J. G 63

Ever Ready

Flower Pot

Cover Co 51

Eyres 48

Farquhar, R. & J.

& Co 47

Ford. M. C .54

Ford. W. P 54

Forrest. Frank H..49
F o 1 1 1 e r. Fiske,

Rawsnn Co 47

Fraralngliam Nur-
series ....• 43

Page
Froment, H. E...54
Galvin, Thos. F.49
Gasser, J. M. Co.. 49
Qoodseli, P. H...36

Grey, T. J. Co 47

Gude Bros. Co... 49
Hail Association.. 63
Hall & Robinson. 49
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 61

Hart, Geo. B.. 52-60

Hatcher 49

Haven Seed Co... 47

Heacock, Jos 34

Henderson, A 43

Hews, A. H. & Co.62
Hllflnger Bros.... 62

Hoerber Bros 52

Holm & Olson 48

Horan, E. C 54

Holland Nur-
series 43

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 48

Johnston Bros 49

Kasting, W. F.

Co 45

Keller, J. B.

Sons 49

Kervan Co 54

King Cons. Co... 63

Kramer, F. H 49

Kroeschell Bros.. 63
Kuebler. W. H...54
Lager & Hurrell..36

Lange, A 49

Lange, H. F. A.. 49

Lemon Oil Co 61

Leonard Seed Co. 47
Leuthy, A. & Co.. 34

Page
Loechner & Co... 36

Lutton, W. H 64

MacMulkin, E 49

Maynard, W. E..36
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 45

McConnell. Alex.. 48
McCray Refriger-
ator Co 51

McCullough's, J.

M. Sons Co 52

McHutchlson &

Co 34

McManus, Jas . . . .54
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 63

M i c h e 1 1's Seed

House 46

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 54

Millang, Chas 54

Millang, Frank... 54

Miller, E. S 44

Montreal Floral

Exchange 45

Murray, Samuel.. 48
Moore. Hentz &
Nash 54

Nat. Nurseryman.43
Niessen, Leo Co.. 52

Occhslin, Frank.. 34
Oklahoma Seed

Growers' Co .... 47

Ouwerkerk, P 43

Palmer, W. J. &

Son 48

Park Floral C0...4S
Parshelsky Bros.. 63
Pelicano. Rossi &

Co 49

Penn the Florist.. 49

Page
Pennock - Meehan

Co 53

Perkins St. Nur-
series 34

Pierson, A. N 34

Pierson, F. R. Co..44
Pierson U-BarCo.64
Plant Food Co.,

2Dth Century. ...61
Poehlmann Bros. .52
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 61

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 63

Reed & Keller.... 54
Rein berg, Peter . . 52
Rice. M. & Co.... 34
Robinson, H. M.

& Co 52

Robinson Co., H.

M . . .54

Rock. Wm. l!...48

P.oehrs, J. Co 36

Roland, Thos 34

E 0 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 34-62

Rosery, The 48

Sander &. Son 36

Schilder Bros 47

Schulz. Jacob 49

Scott, John 34

Snarp, Partridge

Co 63

Sheridan, W. F...54
Siggers & Sig-

gers 62

Skidelsky. S. S.

& Co 47

Slinn & Co., B. S.54
Smith & Co., E.

D 44

Page

Smith, P. J 54

Smith, W. & T.

Co 43

Smyth. Wm. J... 48
Sprague, J. H....3*
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 63

Stumpp, Geo. M..48
Syracuse Pottery

Co 62

Tailby 49

Totty, Chas. H. ..43
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 47

Traendly &

Schenck 54

Valentine. J. A. ..48
Van Assche, F...62
Vick's. Jas. Sons. 47
Vincent, R., Jr.,
& Sons Co 35

Waban Rose Con-
servatories 30

Wants, For Sale.. 62
Ward, R. M. &

Co J°

Warendortf, A 48

Welch Bros 4S

Whittier & Co.,

W. B 43

Wilson. Bobt. G..48

Wood Bros 36

Woodrow &

Marketos 54

Woodruff & Sons,
S. D 47

Young & Nugent. 48

Zangen, O. V 47

Zinn, J. A 49

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 56, 57, 58, 59

36

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

WHAT Sherman said about war applies to bad lily bulbs as well. Ten years ago when you
wanted a thousand good lily plants for Easter it was customary to buy from 1500 to 2000
bulbs, because the percentage of loss due to bad bulbs was so large. When Horseshoe Brand
Giganteum entered the business arena buyers of this brand experienced a pleasant surprise in
iinding that they could get results averaging about 90% good plants. True, the price was high, but
they were worth the money. Word was passed around that Horseshoe Brand Giganteum were par
excellent, and the businesi^ increased to an extent that enabled the producers to lower the price, and
today the bulbs cost no more than other brands — and they are still par excellent. Now you can
buy this brand from Ralph M. Ward & Company only. If anyone not connected with this firm offers
you Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs do not buy from them as they are misrepresenting their goods to
you, and fraudulently imposing upon us. Furthermore, beware of lily bulbs "just as good" as a cer-
tain brand. When a salesman sells you anything "just as good" as a certain brand, it's an open
acknowledgiuent that that certain brand is the best to buy. In lily bulbs for commercial use there
are none produced today that will surpass Horseshoe Brand Giganteum as profit makers. Prices are
the same to all — no favorites — send for the price-list. Cold storage bulbs for delivery any time.
Write us.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Cheap
But Bov Good

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK.

GOODSELL'S GRASSES SELL GOOD Bulbs for Forcing

For autumn lowing and exceptional re-
sults few equal. Quality and prices be-
yond comparison. Get down to the turf.

BEDDING AND NATDRALIZINO. W«

bare made arraDgements wltb the leading
growers to bare onr bnlbs ■peclally se-
lected.

Write for List and Reserve Your Order

P. H. GOODSELL w. E. maynard

200 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY Manager Sales Department

^^

ROTTED and AZALEA PEAT

Well rotted, finely screened stock with no waste

Aiialysi-s show s :

Nitrosen 3.57 percent.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Grower*
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

Phosphoric Acid. .5 per cent.
Organic Matter.. 37.55 per cent.

Write for prices, stating quantity wanted

Tl1eC.W.BrownellCo.,N^^^^5Sic

NEW YORK CITY

Hybrid Orchids

1 FLOWERED AND

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE IJI.IES

1 UNFLOWERED....

Julius Roehrs Co.

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

tVriie for quotations

ORCMIDS

We are headquarters for orchids. We
have large quantities of established, semi-
establisbed and freshly imported ; also
great variety of hybrids of best kind. In

CARNATIONS^

chid peat, live sphagnum for orchids ; also
bouks on orchids. Write for catalogne and

lTgER & HURRELL *"S'.'5.'^

F. DOHNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

ROSES

From S-laeh pets— stroag< ewa reot.

Lady HlUlngdon, flbe Stock, Grafted,
S2S.0O per 100; Own Boot, flS.OO per
100.

Dooble Pink Klllarner, Radlane*, Mrs.
Taft, Mr*. Wardell, My Maryland,
Harry Kirk, $10.00 per 100.

rink KiUaraey, White Klllamey,
KaUerln Aagnata Victoria, Richmond,
Perle, Sanrlse, Snneet, American
Beaaty, $8.00 per 100.

Bricic, Bridesmaid, Bon Sllene, lok
France, Ornas an Tcpllta, Clothllde
Soapert, Sonvenir de Wootton, 17.00
per 100; $80.00 per 1000.

Grafted, S-lnch pots.

Mr*. Taft, Pink Klllarney, Maryland,
Mr<i. Warden. Kal.erln, Bride, Brides-
maid, IIB.OO per 100.

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

SELECTED TEN ^'""^^

BARREL

NEATLY BALES BURLAPPLO

I hale. each. . .$4,110 10 hulrx. each. $3.50

.^ halcH, each.. :*.*.% 'i'y halcH, each.. 3.'i5

Larger quantities write for prices.

rOTTKl) f E.XT. liOc. per sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnegat, N. J.

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

37

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

^^A^%.pi.^ayi^i^

Questions bj our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promtply answered
by Ur. Farrell. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Asparagus

In order to have fine stock of Asparagus plumosus, A.
Sprengeri, etc., the seed should be sown now in pans that
liave been filled with a mixture of sifted loam and leaf
mold in equal parts, with enough of sand added to keep
the compost open. Fill the pans within an inch of the
top and then press the material moderately firm and on
this sow the seed, covering them about three times the
diameter of the seeds and again press the whole of the
surface over. Place them in a temperature of about 70
degrees at night and keep them shaded until they come
up when they can have all the light agoing. Give a
moderate amount of water so as to keep the surface in a
nice moist state and keep the house in which they are
grown in a moist condition, also. \Anien they have at-
tained a size large enough to handle they should l)e
moved singly into small pots, using a compost of fibrous
loam, leaf mold, and well rotted cow manure in equal
parts, and placed well up to the light. It will pay any
florist to sow quite a batch of asparagus as they make
very valuable plants for a good many uses.

Bedding Geraniums

Do not neglect this stock now in any way if you in-
tend to have good plants when the spring trade starts.
Give crowded plants more room so that the air and light
can circulate around them. All early fall rooted cut-
tings that are now in 3-inch pots can be topped and
these tops put in a propagating bed with a bottom heat
of from 60 to 65 degrees. With one good soaking of
water they should soon make enough of roots so they
can be potted off; in fact they are better to be potted
off before they are too strongly rooted. A suitable com-
post is fibrous loam four parts and well rotted manure
one part, and always pot these plants firm. All gerani-
ums do better if given a little bottom heat and it is
especially helpful to those that are newly potted. When
the plants are well rooted run them a little on the dry
side before giving them water. Stock that was potted
early can be given a cool temperature; 45 to 48 will do,
but those that are newly potted should have 50 to 55
degrees at night.

Bougainvilleas

It is time now to give these plants a good brisk heat
so as to flower them by Easter ; place them on the light-
est bench you have and give them a temperature of from
60 to 65 degrees at night. To make bougainvilleas
break away freely they should be syringed two or three

times a day. When these plants have made advanced
growth they can be given a temperature 70 degrees at
night and up to 80 or 85 degrees with sun heat. Give
a little air often on all bright days so as to keep the at-
mosphere sweet, but be careful not to give them too
much as it miglit seriously affect the young tender
growth. Close down sufficiently early in the afternoon so
as not to allow the temperature to fall too low. As these
plants advance in growth and root action they will re-
quire a copious supply of water and the free use of
the syringe overhead and under the leaves so as to keep
down thrips and red spider. To assist them to finish
up well give manure water twice a week when good root
action is noticed.

Smllax

When a bed of smilax has been cut away quite clean
\ery careful attention will be necessary in the way of
watering. The soil should be allowed to dry out some
by withholding moisture at the roots, but of course
they never should be allowed to become so dry as to
injure them. Just keep rather on the dry side for two
or three weeks or until new growth starts up. Keep the
beds well worked over, which will allow the surface to
dry out and become sweet. Wiien signs of active growth
appear they should be given a good rich mulch for hun-
gry roots to feed upon. A good mulch can be prepared
of equal parts of cow manure and soil with a good
sprinkling of bone meal. This can be spread on about
half an inch deep and in about three weeks another
mulch of half an inch can be given. Before they make
too much growth furnish them with strings. Ventilate
and avoid extremes in temperature, which should be 60
degrees at night.

Marguerites

Marguerites will need a bench in a very light house so
that they will make the proper growth and headway to
be in time for Easter. Give a night temperature of
from 50 to 55 degrees and on all sunny days they can
have as high as 65 to 70^ degrees. To keep them in a
fhie sturdy growth that will produce a fine crop of
flowers they should have ventilation on all good days.
As they become well matted with roots they will want
careful attention in the way of watering. Plants that
are making good growth with plenty of root action can
he fed liberally with liquid manure. Now is a good
time to put in a l)atch of cuttings and as soon as they
are rooted, potted up and grown on these will make fine
stock for ne.xt Christmas. They like a good rich com-
|)ost to grow in ; say three of soil to one of manure.

Salvias

Give salvia stock plants a light bench where they can
have all the sun possible. Keep them well syringed and
they will soon produce a lot of fine cuttings. Seed can
be sown now also. Place in a good strong heat and they
will soon come up when they can be transferred to flats
or pots and grown on.

Mr Fiirrell's next notes wll) be on the fdllowlng :

Carnations; Tulienuig Rooted Reffonlas : Beddinia
Shrubs: Orchids; Vincas.

riiints; Knster Flowering

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Tying Peach and Nectarine Trees

With all the cleaning and renovating done in a peach
and nectarine house the tying of the trees comes as a
climax to the winter work. It is usually a happy job
and I guess there is not one amongst us who has had
companions at the job who cannot recall many a yarn
spun as the ties went in. Lots of the previous work
has to be governed by the weather but when it comes
to tying, it is there for any hail, rain or sunshine-day.
To one accustomed to the work, a clean, symmetrical and
good finished tree, bristling with flower buds, is as pretty
as later on when the flowers open in all their glory.

The tree being entirely cut away from the wires it al-
lows any of tlie stronger growths to be moved if desired.
Use some string of fair strength to keep these in the
required position. The effect of a whole tree can be
spoilt and much time and labor lost by carelessly laying
in this big wood, which is the nucleus of the whole sys-
tem and once tied in with the small i)ieces around cannot
be removed without taking it all down again. See that
the strong wood is laid in right and the rest is easy.
Always see that the bottom of the tree is well furnished
with wood, drawing it down from the center, which
should always be open. It will be found that the center
will fill up itself very quickly. Leave enough room in
the ties to allow the wood to swell and wherever stronger
growths come into contact with the angle-iron or any
metal which the frames of the trellis may be made of,
see that either a piece of wood or disused hosepipe is
put between the metal and the tree to act as a non-
conductor of the heat. In the summer time these frames
get very hot and fairly eat their way into the branches
that come into contact with them. All raffia used should
be at full strength and twisted to make it look neater,
which also increases the strength. Cut the strings close
up to the knot ; there is no need of leaving over an inch
on both sides. Aim to keep all wood straight, never for-
getting how the trees get their name — Fan Trained.
Planting Trees and Vines
The whole of our subjects can be dealt with under
this head as the same method is applicable to all. After
the preparatory work of making the borders the plant-
ing occupies little time, yet it is a very essential point
to ultimate success. Peach trees that have been grown
and trained in the open will have no ball to them and
the roots will all have been cut with the spade or shovel
as they were got up. These should all be gone over
and the broken or jagged ends cut off clean, which will
make them heal quicker and break better. Any roots
having a desire to be always "going down" can be re-
moved. Trees being transferred from pots should have
the soil washed out of the roots ; this is a more practical
way than shaking them out. Done with care the roots are
less liable to get broken and there is no damage to be
feared from dryness. Wlien planting always have the
holes made plenty wide enough so that all the roots can
be spread out to their full length evenly. Surface roots
are to be encouraged as the tree commences to fruit so
do not plant deep now ; the roots should only be nicely
covered. Some gardeners like to prune the top growth
hard back soon after planting ; "to make a foundation to

the tree," is their theory. With our sun we get suf-
ficiently heavy wood without cutting back the trees.

Vines grown in pots for planting out should also be
washed out, and the long roots disentangled so that they
can be spread out also. Give them all the space they
require at a depth of two inches. All other trees can
be similarly dealt with. Soon after planting a watering
will settle the soil around the roots.

Tomatoes

A sowing of tomatoes made now will furnish fruit
until the first crop outside is ripe. Sow seeds in a well-
drained pot or pan, using some fine light soil. Level
it off and water it before putting the seeds on. This will
hold it moist for a considerable time. Spread the seeds
evenly over the surface and cover them with fine soil
about the same thickness as a seed. Keep a piece of
glass over the pot to retain the moisture and keep out
vermin. As the seedlings appear gradually remove the
glass and prick them off into small pots as soon as they
are large enough to handle. Keep them going in a night
temperature of 58 F. to 60 F., advancing by day. Move
on into 4s when ready and from these transfer to the
benches. Lister's Prolific, Sunrise, and Best of All are
good reliable varieties.

Seat ale

Seakale forces easily and makes a very good winter
vegetable. Like rhubarb it is not at all particular
where it grows, so long as it has warmth and moisture.
The only difference is that seakale insists on a dark
chamber to do it right. To force it extensively it will
pay to give it bottom heat. Wliere only a small quan-
tity is grown, however, large pots can be used and placed
underneath a bench in a house having a temperature of
55 to 60. From the time of planting until cutting keep
the plants regularly syringed and watered. Avoid any
sodden state of the soil if grown underneath the benches.

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Use of Lime in Winter

Many of the plants will no doubt show the effect of
the recent dark rainy weather and will need a little lime
to brace them up a little bit and keep them going until
the longer days of the late winter will help them along.
Teas are more apt to show this than Beauties and so it is
sometimes necessary to lime one and let the other go,
should the two be grown in the same house. In apply-
ing lime use only air slaked lime, spreading it over
the surface of the benches very carefully so as to be sure
to have it even. Sometimes it is better to apply it in
the form of liquid, where there are facilities for doing
so. This will greatly help to exterminate worms in the
soil which at times become a nuisance.

After applying the lime it is well to "rub it in," i. e.,
just run over it slightly to incorporate the surface of
the soil with it a little should the plants require a larger
dose at the one time. If not we prefer to apply it to the
benches and allow it to lie a day or two before watering
it. This will make it harden somewhat and the plants
can tlien take it up as they need it.
Bonemeal
Of all the so-called manures and top dressings we find
bonemeal is the best. For an all-around plant food it
can hardly be surpassed. There is a wide difference be-
tween a plant food and fertilizer. We generally look
upon the fertilizer as more or less of a stimulant, and
upon manure, etc., as plant food. Although any plant
food can be used as a stimulant, no stimulant should be
used as plant food.

By all means see that the bonemeal is merely rubbed
in and not dug into the soil as is customary on most
places. The less you scratch around the plants the bet-
ter, for then there will be no broken rootlets whose busi-
ness it is to see that aU the plant is supplied with nour-
ishment. These little roots often form a sort of a mat
in the old decayed mulch that lies on the surface of the
bench. You can see for yourself what it would mean
to rake this mat of fine roots over and tear them all up,
80 that the plant is forced to push out new roots again.
Eub in your bonemeal and do not hinder the plants'
growth.

Plants that are just starting out into new growth will
be greatly helped if they receive a light dose of bonemeal.
A little liquid manure would also be very good. We
would hardly recommend mulch at this time of the year,
although if used in the right way there will be no harm
done. The right way is to be careful not to apply too
much of the manure at one time, otherwise the roses will
never dry out the way they should with proper amount.

Red Spider

Mr. Jenkins has it about right. We have always
recommended a fine stream of water properly applied as
the best cure, and all the damping down in the world
would not do one-fifth as much as a good syringing.
Many throw a lot of water all over the houses every so
often and then claim that spider cannot be gotten rid of.
This is not what we would call syringing. By saying
"syringe" we mean throwing fine spray of water with
great force under the leaves so as to wash off any in-
habitants that may have thought of planting their cozy
little homes there. We prefer one hundred pounds pres-
sure; "the more the merrier" for the spiders dance all
the more. The thing is to syringe as quickly as possi-
ble, syringing thoroughly at the same time. The higher
the pressure the less water will fall on the bench and that
is just what you want. At any rate, no one should wait
until spider makes an appearance, but should syringe
to prevent it during the summer months when a house
can be fairly drowned one day and be dry the next. To
go further we have had an experience very similar to
that which Mr. Jenkins writes about in the issue for
January 4th. This was in a connecting cross-house
where smilax had always been grown. It had always
been the opinion of one of the members of the manage-
ment that that space planted to Eichmonds would yield
far greater returns. Finally this was taken up, and
this certain member had the same argument, i. e., the
cross-house being very damp and warm, spider would not
appear. But wrong was he, for the place proved to be a
regular spiders' nest and it was hard to syringe, for the
plants would not dry off and a dose of spot followed.
Today the place is in smilax again.

Veronica

The present representation of the genus Veronica in
the catalogues of leading hardy-plant firms indicates
close study and good judgment of ornamental merits and
demerits. Gardeners and landscape architects responding
to the invitation to buy will soon become aware of the
various effective uses of the speedwell species. Nowhere
does judicious selection of plant material mean more
than in herbaceous gardens. The skilful arrangement
of successive floral arrays and the artistic combination of
colors offer a wonderfully rich field for the demonstra-
tion of professional mastership. Success means satisfied
customers and subsequent increase in business to the
commercial side, while, in the career of the private gar-
dener, practical accomplishment^ in the given direction
soon attract the attention of the army of small garden

owners who are ever alert and willing to follow the lead-
ership and example of the profession. Looking at the gen-
eral advancement of horticulture as a whole, the present
keen demand for veronicas is, of course, only a minor
incident, but as detail-feature of the times, it is gratify-
ing withal. Of the 160 known species of the genus
Veronica hardly more than one dozen remain of real
interest to us. The low-growing or creeping alpine
speedwells, enhancing the beauty of the spring flor-
escence of rock gardens and prominent by their charac-
teristic sheets of blue blossoms, I am inclined to recom-
mend for a more general consideration than they have
hitherto been given. In this class we find, as one of our
most charming floral mountain darlings, Veronica
rupestris. Arrayed in clouds of bright little amethyst
blue flower spikes literally covering the foliage, it speaks
(Continued on page 41.)

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• signed to popularize, every florists' club and every local

CONTENTS horticultural society should now and in the few remain-

COVER ILLUSTRATIOX-Veronica virginica alba. ^^^^ i°g ^eeks, do its utmost to cooperate and champion the

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK-As- enterprise, and help to push forward the work which

paragus — Bedding Geraniums — Bougalnvilleas — remains to be done. Impress it upon every member, no

Smilax-Marguerites-Salvias-Jo;.« /. M. Farrell.. 37 ^^^^^^^ ^^^, ^^^^^^^^ ^j^^^. ^^^^ -^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^j ^^^^^^ ^^^

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Tying , roncerns us all Whv 'should not everv meetin<T

Peach and Nectarine Trees— Planting Trees and one mat concems us ail. v\ nj siiouia not e\ei\ meeting

Vines — Tomatoes— Seakale 38 of the craft in the month of February, in every section

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS — Use of Lime in of the country, be devoted to a consideration of the Na-

Winter-Bonemeal-Red Bvi^BV-Arthur C. Ruzicka 39 ^.^^^j ^j^^^.^^. gj^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^.^j ^^pj^y Let us have a

VER0NlCA-7?ufta;d i?o«fte-lllustrated 39 ^. a^^kening all along the line and see whether we

NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES— f;di(in Jenkins 41 ,^ ^ ^ ■ , ^ j. .-,. ■ n . .i

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES' '^ ® ^ mighty wave of enthusiasm all together.

Florists' Club of Philadelphia-Elberon Horticultural ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^.^ j^^^.^ ^^^^,^^ -^

Society — Society of American Florists — American

Carnation Society— Club and Society Notes 42 Uplift; its recent issues, HORTICULTURE

TWO KINDS OF PUBLICITY — Altert M. Herr 42 individual application has added a new and illus-

FOREIGN NOTES-C. Harman Payne 44 ^^.-^^^^ ^.^,,^g ^^ j^^ ^^^ff „f

NOMENCLATURE TANGLES 44 j.i i f -nj ■ t i • t t, u e i. ■ n

_,„„_. ^„ , „ „ writers — that of Edwin Jenkins of Belleiontame Uar-

brjED IRAUej. .n »

Why the Trade Packet? — G. C. WaJso«— Notes: 46 dens, Lenox, Mass., noted as one of the most skillful

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: growers and a peerless producer and exhibitor of vege-

Flot'^rs by ^Telegraph— New Flower' Stores !! 49 tables. As the season advances Mr. Jenkins' weekly

Chicago Plant Basket Styles — Illustration 50 contributions will be devoted to the science and practice

Florists' Telegraph Delivery — Albert Pochelon 51 , „ . , ,, ■ • ii rn ■ j

Montreal's Christmas Experience 51 0^ fruit and vegetable growing m the open. The indoor

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: culture of these products will continue to be handled by

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 53 lyj^. pgnson. Mr. Jenkins' article this week on "Ne-

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 55 ,,,.,., i

DURING RECESS— The Rice Dinner 60 gleet ed Opportunities," while written from the stand-

OBITUARY: point of and addressed to the '"private" gardener, applies

Mrs. B. Merkel— William S. Fisher 62 ^^^.j^ j ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^.g j^jg livelihood in

MISCELLANEOUS: • ., .. ■ i i Tt^ i i

„ . J 4C ^r, a similar cai)acity on a commercial place. It has al-

Catalogues Received 46-60 ^ . •^. , . , .^r

News Notes 49-50 "'**.^''' ''*''^" *> p'rniciple with HoRTiCULTrnE to urge upon

Chicago Notes 50 the young men connected with the practical depart-

Washington Notes 51 ments of horticultural industry the e.-;sentiality of edii-

Personal 55 cation in the fundamentals of horticultural practice.

An Interesting Maryland Family Groui^IUustra- ^j^ j^^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ .^^.^^^ ^^ education,

tion *>o

Philadelphia Notes 60 also, in all the gentlemanly attributes. He is right and he

Fires 60 gives reasons that should at once appeal to every young

Publications Received 61 man entering a career in any horticultural field. When

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 62 urging the uplift of our business we might well keep in

^ mind the sentiment of the favorite grange motto : "The

But three months now remain lininer is of more consequence than the farm and should

The National Show until the third National Flower be first improved." This is the truth which inspired

Show, the most ambitious and Mr. Jenkins' advice. It is a very-much-alive topic which

colossal horticultural event ever planned in this conn- should be kept continually in the forefront of all florists'

try, will open its doors to the public of the metropolis club work and there are no exceptions to its application.

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

41

Neglected Opportunities

The immortal Shakespeare says '"There is a tide in
the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune ; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in
shallows and in miseries."' Here is a truth of universal
application and nowhere is it more applicable than in
our chosen profession of horticulture and agriculture,
for do we not daily see gardeners whose life is "Bound
in shallows and in miseries"? The tide of opportunity
for most of us is in those fifteen golden years between
the age of fifteen and thirty; somewhere and sometime
during this period we all have a glorious opportunity of
improving our knowledge which, sad to relate, is inglo-
riously wasted. The general avenue through which the
position of head-gardener or superintendent is reached
is through the gi-eenhouse, it being the ambition of all
young gardeners who start outside to get "in the houses"
as it is said, and having got there he generally goes
through the grades of improver, journeyman, foreman,
superintendent. As this has been the general practice
for the last century or two it is a time-honored practice
and no one can deny that the results have been, on the
whole, very satisfactory, alike to employer and employee.
But to get back to the neglected opportunities; it is
during those fifteen golden years referred to above that
we are mostly guilty of failure to take advantage of the
chances offered everywhere of improving our knowledge.
At that period we are generally moving from place to
place, and here there is a great opportunity to study some
fine example of landscape gardening, at another there is
a fine collection of evergreens, or herbaceous plants or
hardy fruits. Then come the chances of getting an
insight into modern methods of poultry handling, or up-
to-date dairying, or intensive cultivation of the land, or
construction work such as road building, land drainage,
or any of the thousand and one things that an estate
superintendent is expected to know. There is, on nearly
every place, something that is specialized in, something
that is done a little better than the average, which the
aspirant to a superintendent's position may very profit-
ably study and make himself familiar with. Then when-
ever it is our good fortune to be situated where we can
attend a night school, by all means take advantage of it,
because there we can frequently get a little knowledge
of chemistry, geology, physics or natural science, all of
which will be useful in our work as well as making us
fuller men.

Unfortunately there is a disposition on the part of the
greenhouse man to despise the out-door work as beneath
his attention, feeling himself to be a step higher than
the other employees, but surely he would be wise to ac-
quire every scrap of useful information obtainable.

That men have neglected their opportunities in the
past and still got on fairly well I admit, but then they
had the field to themselves and even then it was the
man who least neglected them that got on the best. Now,
however a new aspirant for the plums of our profession
has entered the field, and he has entered it very effec-
tively, too, for he is gobbling up some of the most desir-
able jobs in the country. This is the graduate of the
Horticultural and Agricultural Colleges. Some few of
these there are, who have had a good practical training
in addition to their college course and I can conceive of
no better equipped men for their positions, but unfortu-
nately these are very, very, few.. And the vast majority
with nothing but their college training are usurping the
positions of the men who have (many of them) followed
the profession from boyhood, simply because the latter
refuse stubbornly to take advantage of the chances they
have, of fitting themselves for the positions which tliev

are seeking to occupy. Our employers are almost in-
variably men with a college education and with a vast
fund of general information, and it must lower their
opinion of their superintendent if the latter is unable
to talk with an intelligent use of scientific nomenclature
in regard to the soil, forestry, stock-breeding and kindred
subjects and still more so if there is a lack of that ad-
dress and general good manners which do so much to
lubricate the wheels of all branches of business but in
none more so than in the one under discussion, and there
is no need to go to college to acquire it, for it comes to
all who do not neglect opportunities to practice it.

To sum up. Let the young man beware, so as to take
advantage of every avenue of learning that might come
within his reach ; remembering always, that a strong
competitor is in the field and that unless he bestirs him-
self to meet the competition, he will find the position he
is seeking, occupied by one less able, perhaps, but better
prepared.

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Veronica

(Continued from page 39.)

to us in enchanting sentences of glorious spring days on
distant sunny Alpine slopes. Similar thoughts arise,
when we behold the bright blue of the blossoms of Ver-
onica saxatilis, the speedwell of Scotland, or the similar
color tints of Veronica prostrata of Germany's mountain
regions. As a desirable addition to the aforesaid I men-
tion the genuine Veronica orientalis from Persia and
southern Russia, with small grayish green leafage and
deep blue flowers appearing during May and June. The
best white species in this class is the creeping Veronica
repens from the Island of Corsica, and in pink we have
in Veronica saxatalis rosea a species which promises to
meet the requirements.

The ornamental merit of the taller growing garden
species is so well known that at present it does not need
special emphasis. Our native speedwell Veronica vir-
ginica, characterized by its whorled foliage, is more
adapted for the wild-flower garden. Preferable for effect
is its white form virginica alba, depicted on our frontis-
piece. The speedwell which I treasure most for late
summer garden effects is Veronica longifolia subsessilis
(syn. V. Hendersoni), a native of Japan, producing long
deep-blue flower spikes during August and September.
.As agreeable associates for it I mention Cimicifuga,
white Phlox paniculata, Platycodon grandiflorum and
japonicum and Japanese anemones. The species V.
longifolia appears in white, lavender and soft pink varie-
ties. V. amethystina, amethyst-blue, 2 feet high, flow-
ers in August, while the characteristics of V. incana con-
sist of silvery white foliage while V. gentianoides fol.
var. has attractively variegated leaves.

Veronicas are raised from seed and propagated by
divisions. As a rule they prefer a rather light and well-
drained soil. Some, I have found, do best in open sunny
exposures, while for others the half-shady situations prove
of better advantage. The Alpine classs requires winter
protection of leaves and evergreen boughs as a substi-
tute for the heavy snow cover of their native position,
while the majority of the taller-growing garden varieties
on nature-sheltered grounds, survive the winter without
special protection. (~^ . . . (^--y ^j

Riverton, N. J. <KjOeAyCVUX. </CXnJt4J

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January 11, 1918

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL-
PHIA.
The first regular meeting of the
new year was held on the 7th inst.
and was well attended by the growers
and their agents, the commission men,
and also by the retailers, the attrac-
tion being an address by a retailer,
Charles Henry Fox, entitled "The
Spirit of the Times." We hope to be
able to give this in full to our readers
as soon as space will permit. It will
prove very interesting reading. Mr.
Fox made a strong plea for co-opera-
tion between production and distribu-
tion by all those concerned. He was
followed by Wallace R. Pierson, of
Cromwell, Conn., who gave a spirited
talk on what was being done along
these lines by the New York Florists'
Club and the S. A. F. Among other
speakers were Edward Reid, C. H.
Grakelow, Walker P. Stokes, Mark P.
Mills, Charles E. Meehan, Leo Nies-
sen and Eugene Bernheimer. The
hammers were out all right and every-
body seemed to have a right good
time getting their accumulated
grouches off their chests. President
Thilow had hard work bringing the
meeting to a close an hour beyond
the usual time and had to suggest
having an adjourned session to fur-
ther discuss the matter before he was
finally allowed to let the gavel fall.
Adolph Farenwald gave one of the
best talks we have ever heard him
make and punctured a lot of foolish
notions advanced by the other side.
Charles E. Meehan was also wise co-
gent and to the point as usual. But
the wittiest of all was Leo Niessen,
who in his closing sentence said, "It
seems to me that all this get-together
business refers only to the times when
flowers are scarce." The essayist did
your correspondent the honor of
singling him out by saying that on
the publicity matter he had his pencil
too close to his nose and could not
see the point. This is terrible! First
they wanted to muzzle us and now
they want to indicate we are blind
with pencilitis. More work for the
undertaker; another good job for the
tombstone maker. Might as well be
dead as both dumb and blind!

G. C. W.

ELBERON HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this
society was held in Firemen's Hall, El-
beron, N. J., on Monday, Jan. 6. The
regular roiitine of business was trans-
acted, after which Joseph Manda o(
West Orange, presented the Boddlng-
ton medals for horticulture, which were
won by the following: Gold medal,
Geo. Masson; silver medal, W. R. Sey-
mour; bronze medal, C. O. Duncan.
Mr. Boddington has very kindly con-
sented to offer three more medals for
point competition during the coming
year. Awards on the evening's exhibits
were as follows: W. R. Seymour, for
white seedling carnation, x? points;
George Masson, for antirrhinums, 75;
Chas. O. Duncan, for mushrooms, 65;
Chas. DeWilde, for carnation White
Enchantress, 65. A certificate of cul-
ture was awarded to Mr. Seymour for
a fine vase of carnation Mrs. C. W.
Ward. The meeting was continued with

a veiy interesting paper read by Thos.
Hambleton on the "Comparison of
Methods of Growing Exhibition Chrys-
anthemums Here and Abroad," a lively
and interesting discussion following.
It was decided to hold the annual
euchre and dance on Jan. 31.

W. R. SEYMOUR, Asst. Sec.

and to arrange for the coming annual
exhibition. The meeting is to be at
the oflBce of Vice-President Traendly,
131 W. 28th street, New York city.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.

Officers— President, J. K. M. L. Farqu-
har, Boston, Mass.; vije-president, Theo
dore Wlrth, Minneapolis, Minn.; secretary,
.John Young, 54 W. 28th St., New York;
treasurer, W. F. Kastlng, BuEfalo, N. Y.
Next convention, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug.
19-22, 1918.

For Full Information, Schedules, Space
for Trade Exhibition, etc.. Write to John
Young, Secretary and Manager for Trade
Exhibition, 54 West 28th Street, New York
City.

President Farquhar has appointed
George Asmus, Chicago, a member of
the National Flower Show Committee
for a full term of six years to succeed
J. A. Valentine whose term expired
Dec. 31, 1912. JOHN YOUNG, Sec.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, L. I.,
register new carnation Vivid. Parent-
age, Fisher Seedling X Mrs. C. W.
Ward; color, vivid cerise; size, 3 1/2
inches; good habit, wiry stem; comes
info full crop very early. The color is
of remarkable brilliancy under arti-
ficial light.

Baur & Steinkamp. Indianapolis,
Ind., register Radiance. Parentage,
Beacon X Scarlet seedling; color, deep
brilliant scarlet; size, Sy, inches;
flower perfectly circular in outline,
with deeply serrated petals; just full
enough, and built high in center; plant
strong and healthy; comes very quick-
ly after benching; extremly free In
producing blooms; never comes sleepy
or off color. A. F. J. BAUR, Sec.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Cook County (111.) Florists' As-
sociation will nominate officers Thurs-
day, January 16.

The Alabama State Horticultural So-
ciety will hold its next meeting in Bay
Minette on January 23-25, 1913. A
good program is being prepared. The
secretary is J. C. C. Price.

The Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural
Society will hold its annual ball and
dinner in February. There will be
two flower shows this year, one on
August 20-21 and the other on October
22-23.

The president of the American Rose
Society has called a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee on Thursday, Jan.
17th, 1913, at 2 p. m., to consider va-
ious matters pertaining to the society

A three-days meeting of the fruit
growers and nurserymen of Tennesse*
will be held in Nashville on January
29, 30 and 31, 1913. Reduced railroad
rates will be available for all in at-
tendance. Headquarters will be at th»
Maxwell House. Copies of the pro-
gram may be obtained on application
to the secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knox-
ville. Tenn.

The Pasadena Horticultural Society
has elected officers for the coming year
as follows: President, James MacGll-
livray; vice-president, William Hutch-
inson; secretary, George H. Kennedy,
whose address is 497 Bradford street,
Pasadena, Cal.; treasurer, George P.
Nilsson, Jr.; financial secretary, Victor
M. Clements; sergeant-at-arms, Georgt
Marshall; trustee, Richard Thomns.

TWO KINDS OF PUBLICITY.

"Holiday flowers will be costly,"
was the headline displayed in the New
York Herald for Sunday, Dec. 22d,
1912, with a half-column article, stat-
ing that prices would be raised 50 per
cent, over those of preceding Christ-
mas prices; that the entire stock with
a few minor exceptions of all growers
within easy reach of the metropolitan
wholesale dealers had been exhausted,
and that there was no possibility of
another cutting reaching the market in
time for Christmas. A prominent
wholesaler was given as authority for
this and a lot more, all of which was
detrimental to the flower trade of New
York City.

When "Publicity" was brought up in
Chicago, I with a number of others
expected a real publicity campaign,
headed by the S. A. F. with all the lo-
cal clubs and associations as allies;
a vigorous handling of the press of tht»
United States from a positive point of
view and a strict censorship over all
negative matter such as the above and
other stupid articles.

Our trade is developing In spite of
our lethargy but other business has
developed, one-hundred, two-hundred,
yes, some of them five-thousandfold
through the aid of the press. There is
no other one business in the world
that can adapt itself to press manipu-
lation as well as ours, and an up-to-
date newspaper man, assisted and ad-
vised by the good live wires we have
on our various publicity committees
would earn his salary ten times over.

If the S. A. F. is not able to finance
such a proposition presuming that such
a man could be employed for, say,
$3000 per annum and allowing an addi-
tional $2000 for sundry expenses, I will
be one of 500 to give ten dollars a year
toward maintaining such a campaign
for at least five years and I am sure
there are 499 others in the S. A. F. who
will do the same. This is not decrying
the present publicity methods; it is the
one thing we can not have too much
of and the right kind of a newspaper
man could be a great help toward mak-
ing these local attempts successful.

Local clubs could no doubt be in-
duced to contribute toward such a cam-
paign and I am sure our Lancaster
County Florists' Club would be right
in line with its contribution.

ALBERT Ms HBRR.

January 11, 1913

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January 11, 1913

FOREIGN NOTES.

Paris Chrysanthemum Show.

Those of our readers interested in
foreign ways and means can readily
obtain an idea of the great Paris
Autumn Show by referring to our
French contemporary, "La Vi4 fi, la
Campagne" for December 1st last. A
full-page illustration gives an excel-
lent idea of the general appearance of
the show. In another part of the same
issue is a picture of the Vilmorin ex-
hibit, a typical one in which is plainly
shown some examples of French cul-
ture imitating the Japanese method of
pyramid plants. We do not think the
style in question has yet appealed to
American growers. It would be some-
thing in the way of a contrast to the
trained specimens as shown at the
Boston show. Both demand an in-
finitude of painstaking care and at-
tention, yet both are in the end en-
tirely different from each other — and
the charm of a chrysanthemum show
has always been in the practical ap-
plication of the old adage that "variety
is charming."

Jardinage.
This very artistic monthly journal,
started about a year ago by our old
friend, Georges Truffaut, still main-
tains its high reputation for excellence
of style and get up generally. It has
a circulation of 50,000 copies and the
last number at hand deals very freely
with the Queen of Flowers. The text
and the numerous photographic illus-
trations are almost wholly concerned
with the rose and the rose garden. The
colored cover illustrations of Jardinage
are in themselves quite unique.

Commercial Chrysanthemum Culture
in France.
We think we gave, some five or six
years ago, an article in HORTICULi-
TURE on the above subject. One of
the places we visited for the purpose
of securing details was the establish-
ment of M, Louis Lemaire. We have
long known this gentleman, in whose
family chrysanthemum growing has
been traditional — if we mistake not,
Mme. Lemaire is a lineal descendant
of M. PeI6, a well-known grower sev-
eral generations ago. M. Pel6 was
eminent for the improvement and pro-
gress made in the pompon section im-
mediately following the introduction
of the type from the Island of Chusan
by Robert Fortune about 1S46. In the
last issue of the Journal of the Na-
tional Horticultural Society of France
is a report of a visit to M. Lemaire's
nursery with several illustrations. We
learn that his collection comprises
about 500 varieties, selected from the
best for cut blooms. He grows 100,000
plants, one flower on a plant, in 7-inch
and 8-inch pots.

French Chrysanthemum Society.
It has always been the custom for
this society to hold its annual gather-
ing in a different town in France each
year. The society has never yet gone
beyond the limits of the frontier of
France, but at the Nantes conference,
held last November, a request was re-
ceived from the Belgian members ask-
ing that Ghent might be selected for
the 1913 meeting. In view of the In-
ternational Universal Exposition that
Is being organized there the society ac-
ceded to the request. The Ghent Quin-

quennial takes place in April and with
the Chi-ysanthemum Conference there
in the autumn, a busy time may be
expected for the Ghent people, who are
past masters in the art of hospitality.
Everyone who has been to Ghent
knows what that means.

Ghent Quinquennial.
With the National Flower Show that
is being organized on the American
side of the Atlantic one can hardly ex-
pect that there will be many Ameri-
can visitors to the Ghent Quinquen-
nial, which is announced for the 26th
of April to the 4th of May. 1913. The
schedule has been prepared and circu-
lated and contains 841 classes. It may
be obtained of the Secretary, Royal
Agricultural and Botanical Society,
Ghent, Belgium. At the same time an
International Horticultural Congress
will be held at Ghent. A pamphlet
containing a list of the committees
and the questions to be dealt with has
already been circulated. Particulars
can be obtained of the Secretary, 79
Avenue Chazal, Brussels.

C. HARMAN PAYNE.

NOMENCLATURE TANGLES.

Mr. W. Watson, the eminent cura-
tor of the Royal Gardens at Kew, Eng-
land, has a communication in the Gar-
deners' Chronicle on the nomenclature
question which we here reproduce as
having pertinent interest for many of
our readers.

Formerly the practice was that botanisis
gave names to genera and species, and
gardeners gave names to varieties and
"sorts." When hybrids were raised arti-
ficially, the gardeners gave them names
also. Botanists loolced on unconcernedly.
A hybrid Kose, Rhododendron, Erica, Pel-
argonium, Calceolaria or Hippeastrum was
to them of no more Importance than a new
apple or cabbage. They did not object to
the use of Latin names such as bicolor,
Broughtonii and hybrida. When they al-
tered the names of Kentias, Latanias, Sea-
forthias and Geraniums, gardeners paid no
heed. Orchids came into horticulture very
gradually, and when they were new a bot-
anist, generally Dr. Lindley. named them.
He was succeeded by the autocrat. Reichen-
bacb, who had a keen eye tor differences,
which led him to make tpo many genera
and to see species where he should have
seen varieties. This pleased the growers
and dealers, of course. When the breed-
ers got to work on orchids, they obtained
results which proved that a considerable
number of these genera were so nearly re-
lated as to interbreed, a proof of blood
relationship too close to admit of their
standing as separate genera. The trouble
began when botanists failed to recognize
this. They preferred to look upon such
hybrids as bigeneric, and gave them names
to indicate this, such as Brasso-Cattleya,
Epl-Cattleya, Sophro-Cattleya. The prac-
tical commonsense plan wou4d have been
to give the hybrid the same generic name
as the parent it most resembled, seeing
that names need not be pedigrees nor yet
histories. Now we have such absurd
names as Brasso-Cattleya-Laelia, Sophro-
Cattleya-Laelia. and we may soon have
Epi - Sophro - Brasso-Cattleya-Laelia ! The
same kind of nonsense occurs in the spe-
cific names of hybrids, as. for example,
Cypripedium Leeano- Chamberlalnianum.
Laelio - Cattleya crispo - Rchilleriana, and
Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano-Mossiae. Many
years ago, a Daffodil conference was held
for the purpose of setting the names of
the plants in order. It was then decided
to name all the hybrid and seedling daffo-
dils in the florist's, not the botanist's way.
The late Professor Michael Foster, a gar-
dener-botanist, held that such names
should be easy to write, read and speak.
This should be the one golden rule for all
garden plant names. There Is the very
practical objection to these fearful orchid
names that they are the exact opposite to
what the worthy Professor recommended.
Gardeners are themselves largely to blame
for this, because. Instead of naming their
horae-bred orchids, as breeders of other
kinds of plants do. they asked the botan-
ists to do It for them. I agree with much

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of what Mr O'Brien says, and can also
sympathize with Mr. Rolfe's defence of the
plan adopted in the "Orchid Stud Book,"
notwithstanding his effort to make us
swallow Paphiopedilum and Phragmopedi-
lum. I am heretic enough to say, blow
the conferences and confound the botan-
ists who have helped to make orchid
names what so many of them are. Mr.
O'Brien says we need a simple plan of
naming over which there can be no dis-
pute. 1 would go further by saying we
require something more drastic to make
the names of garden orchids easy to read,
write and speak. This is a matter that
concerns the gardener and fancier, not the
botanist. The leading breeders and grow-
ers should therefore confer and put the
names in order, "mopoing off" the long
and ugly ones anfi substituting better, as
was done in the case of daffodils. Until
this is done we shall continue to get more
of the same objectionable names. Only
last week two new orchids were shown
and certified with the following names;
Sophro-Laelio-Cattleya Carna and Laello-
Cattleya Golden Oriole var. Ruby. I should
have called them Cattleya Carna and Cat-
tleya Ruby.

NEWS NOTES.

Oklahoma City, Okla.— The Texas
Nursery Co., of Sherman, Texas, has
opened a branch salesroom in this
city.

Asheville, N. C. — Grover Mires, for-
merly with the Woolsey Greenhouses,
has leased the West Asheville Green-
houses.

Pasadena, Cal. — M. Home has bought
the greenhouse establishment of the
late John Ross, and will remove the
houses and contents to Whittier. Cal.

Dubuque, Iowa — The Ullman Green-
houses, formerly located at Strawberry
Point and recently purchased by G. A.
Heyne, will be used by the Park de-
partment this season for propagation
of bedding plants.

January 11, 1913

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pkt. 60c, % oz. $1.00. per oz. $7.50.
MYOSOTIS.

Trade pkt. Oz.
Eliza Fonrobert. Excellent for

pots, blue $0.10 $0.50

Palustris Semperflorens. Ever-
blooming 25 2.00

PETUNIAS.
Boddington's Quality Double Fringed.
Our double Petunias have reached the
highest standard of excellence, and
may be confidently relied on to pro-
duce a large proportion of double
Sowers of exquisite beauty and great
size. % trade pkt. 60c., trade pkt.
$1.00.
Boddington's Snowball Double. The
finest double; pure white. M: trade
pkt. 60c.. trade pkt. $1.00.
BODDINGTON'S CENTURY PRIZE.
Gigantic single flower having the
edges deeply ruflled or fluted; fine sub-
stance, with deep white throats. %
trade pkt. 60c., trade pkt. $1.00.

Trade pkt.
Boddiijgton's Bar Harbor Beauty,

Single. Color a beautiful rose.. $0.25
Boddington's Ruffled Giants. A
grand selection of single fringed

Petunias 50

Boddington's Inimitable Dwarf

Compact Hybrids, Single 25

Emperor, Single. Large blossoms,
distinct in form, coloring and

marking 50

Howard's Star. Rich crimson with
a distinct white star in center.. .25

Ros.v Morn. Soft carmine pink 25

Snowstorm. Pure single white 25

Hybrida. Single Mixed Oz. 50c. .15

PYRETHRUM.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Aureum (Golden Feather) $0.10 $0.25

Selaginoides. Foliage fine ser-
rated 15 .50

SHAMROCK.

Trade pkt. Oz.
(True Irish). Small leaved.
Vi trade pkt. 25c $0.40 $1.00

SAL, VIA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Clara Bedman (Bonfire), IV,
feet $0.25 $2.00

Splendens (Scarlet Sage) 25 1.50

Splendens, Ball of Fire. Very
dwarf and early 25 3.50

Splendens aucnbaefolia (Sil-
ver-spot) 25 2.50

Splendens Carminea (new).
Splendid rose carmine;
dwarf ^ 25

Splendens gigantea..' 25

Splendens pendula. Droop-
ing spikes 25 2.00

Splendens Zurich.. % oz. $1.75 .25 6.00

STOCKS.

Boddington's Quality Large-Flowering
German Ten-Weeks Stocks.

Trade pkt.

Brilliant Rose $0.25

Canary Yellow 25

Crimson , 25

Dark Blood Red 25

Dark Violet Blue 25

Dark Purple 25

Flesh Color 25

Light Blue .25

Snow White 25

Fine Mixed 25

GIANT PERFECTION STOCKS.

White.

Pyramidal long spikes of large double

flowers, splendid for glass culture and

for florists' purposes. Trade pkt. ?6^

Vi oz. $1.25, % oz. $2.00, oz. $3.75.

Boddington's Quality Cut-and-Comfr

Again.
These splendid Stocks will flower con-
tinuously through the Summer If Bown
early. Trade pkt.

Princess Alice. White $0-25

Apple Blossom, Light pink 25

Peach Blossom. Soft pink 25

Chamoise 26

Bridesmaid. Rose 25

Canary. Yellow 25

Flamingo. Blood red 25

Blue Jay. Light blue 25

Violet. Dark blue 25

25

Oz.

We are headquarters for SWEET PEAS of every description
(now ready) contains 52 pages of Seeds and Bulbs you need

Carminea. Crimson

QUALITY VERBENAS.

Trade pkt.
Boddington's Mammoth Hy-
brids. A strain of very
vigorous growth, producing
trusses of large flowers of
brilliant and varied colors.

Mixed $0.25 $1.75

Boddington's Mammoth Auri-
cula-flowered. Large flow-
ers with distinct white eye .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Blue .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Pink .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Scar-
let Defiance. The finest

scarlet sort 25 1.75

Boddington's White (Candi-
dissima). Pure white 25

Boddington's Striped. Many

colors 25

Lemon (Aloysla cltrlodora) . . .26
VINCA.

Trade pkt.

Alba. White $0.15 $0.75

Rosea. Rose 15 .75

Rosea alba. Rose and white. . .15 .75
Mixed 10 .40

Our Wholesale Catalogue of Quality Seeds and Bulbs
Write for It today— a postcard will fetch It.

1.75

1.75
1.50

Oz.

SEEDSMAN

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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HORTICULTURE

January 11, ISIS

Seed Trade

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA-
TION.

Officers — President, Cbas. N. Page, Des
Uoines, la.; 1st vice-president, Harry L.
Hoimes, Harrisburg. Pa.; 2nd vice-presi-
dent, Arthur B. Clark, Mllford, Conn.; sec-
retary and treasurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleve-
land, O. ; assistant secretary, J. M. Ford,
Ravenna, O.

Next convention June, 1913.

Why the Trade Packet?

An esteemed correspondent, in reply
to an inquiry as to why our seedsmen
•till continue to use the trade-packet
custom in flower seeds, makes some
pertinent and pointed remarks, which
we pass along for the entertainment
and Instruction of our readers.

"If you ever have the misfortune of be-
ing a flower-seed man in a big firm, you
will soon note the difference in costly^ labor
•f putting HP the so-called trade packet,
ai against the weighing system in frac-
tions of ounces. Like all elastic terms,
the quantity in a trade packet can be
moved up or down as necessity dictates
without having to change the price. For
Instance, if you sell aster seed at twenty -
five cents per trade packet, one dollar per
ounce, you could not afford to give a
quarter-ounce for twenty-five cents, for
the reason that it takes four times as
much labor and four times as much print-
ed matter to put up four quarter-ounces
as It does one ounce — and besides no white
man can get tour quarter-ounces out oi
an ounce of anything."

How about the onion seed that
weighs sixteen ounces to the pound in
California but when weighed in New
York astonishes you by weighing
eighteen ounces to the pound? And
how about Tom Martindales pound
of butter, that weighed 16 ounces in
the morning and eighteen ounces in
the evening — or vice versa sometimes.
And Tom is not a colored man either.
Continuing about the dollar an ounce
proposition, our correspondent says:

"If you were to charge thirty-flve cents
for a quarter-ounce you would be called a
robber."

We demur a little to that last. Why
should you pay more proportionately
for a quarter-bushel of lawn grass than
you do tor a bushel? Nobody protests
on that! The principle is the same.

We quote further:

"The trade packet does away with all
trouble and brings the desired results.
An ounce of practice is worth a couple of
tons of theory, and I would advise the
novice not to meddle with the fine art of
running a fancy flower seed business, but
to stick to grass seed and things that are
not dealt in in less than quart lots."

It's a good argument, and we bow
to superior judgment and thank our
friends for turning a shining light on
an abstruse subject.

G. G. WATSON.

Notes.

Gainesville, Fla. — Geo. E. Evans has
disposed of his seed business here to
H. J. Babers.

The Covington Seed Co. of Coving-
ton, Ky., have opened a retail store on
Madison Ave., Covington. They are
right in the midst of the retail busi-
ness and should do nicely.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Miss Mary C. Cone, West Hartford,
Conn.— Folder price-list of Tulip and
Narcissus Bulbs.

New Crop Florist's Flower Seeds

VERBCNA Tr. Fkt. Oz.

Mammoth Fancy Blae 30 $1.25

Pink 30 1.25

Scarlet 30 1.25

Striped 30 1.25

" " White 30 1.25

" " Mixed 30 1.00

SALVIA

.MlcheU'a Scarlet Glow 50 4.00

Bonfire 40 2.00

Zurich 50 4.00

Splendens 25 1.25

King of Carpets 50 3.00

BEGONIA

Vernon 25 2.50

Gracilis Laminosa 40

" Prima Donna 50

" Rosea 30

Alba 80

CENTAUREA

Gymnocarpa 1000 seeds, 15c. .40

CandidiBsima 1000 seeds. 30c. -75

LOBELIA

Crystal Palace Compacta 30 1.28

Barnard's Perpetual $.25 $1.00

Crystal Palace Speclosa 15 .60

Send for our Flower Seed Order Sheet.
Seeds from this

PETUNIA l^Jt'pkt-.

Michell's Monstroans $.60 $1.00

California Giants 30 ,C0

Grandiflora Fringed 30 .SO

Dwarf Inimitable 30 .60

Snowball .30

PHLOX DRUMMOND II

Tr. Pkt. 0».
Dwarf Crimson with Eye. . . .$.40 $1.75

FirebaU 40 1.75

Pink j_..j 40 1.75

" Snowball j 40 1.75

Mixed 40 1.25

PYRETHRUM

Aoreum 10 .25

THUNBERGIA

White with Dark Bye 15 .60

Buff with Dark Bye IG .60

Orange with Dark E>e IS .60

Mixed 15 .50

ASPARAGUS
Plomoflna Nanus (Greenhoase Grown)
100 seeds. 50c.; $3.76 per 1000 seeds;
5000 seeds, $18.00; $34.00 per 10,000
seeds.

It's very handy to order your Flow«r
order sheet.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa.

Frederick Roemer, Quedlinburg,
Germany. — Wholesale Catalogue of
Choice German Flower Seeds.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.—
Preliminary List of Fresh Flower
Seeds for Early Sowing. Wholesale
florists' specialties and novelties.

flower and vegetable seeds, nursery
stock, roots, etc.; vegetable section on
pale green paper, flower section on
yellow. Covers adorned with pansies,
asters and vegetable specialties in
natural colors.

D. Landreth Seed Co., Bristol, Pa.—
Seed Catalogue for 1913; 129th Annual
Edition. Comprehensive, especially In
the vegetable department. 112 pages.

Oscar H. Will & Co., Bismarck, N.
D. — 30th Annual Seed Catalogue. Veg-
etable and flower seeds, small fruits,
etc. Cover prettily decorated in col-
ors.

Chris Reuter, New Orleans, La. — An-
nual Illustrated Catalogue of "Peerless
Vegetable Seeds" for 1913. This is an
exclusively vegetable and grass seed
catalogue. Mr. Reuter claims that
more than 75 per cent of the New Or-
leans market gardeners grow their
crops from his seed. The excellent
lists of varieties as given would seem
to justify his claim.

Watklns & Simpson, Ltd., London,
Eng. — Foreign and Colonial Wholesale
Catalogue of Garden and Flower Seeds,
118 pages, beautifully illustrated,
heavy cover, extensive novelty list.

L. Daehnfeldt, Odense, Denmark.—
American Catalogue, Wholesale Only.
Vegetables and flower seeds but largely
devoted to root crops, cabbage and cau-
liflower. Excellent typographical work.

Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.
—New Floral Guide for 1913. There
is a fine illustration in natural colors
of the beautiful rose Jonkheer J. L.
Mock on the front cover. In addition
to the rather complete general list of
seeds, bulbs, shrubs, garden perennials
and house plants this firm are devoting
more and more attention to roses and
cannas, both of which are given much
space and many illustrations in this
new catalogue.

Elmer D. Smith & Co. Adrian, Mich.
— Chrysanthemums for 1913. The usual
interesting annual price list of novel-
ties and standard varieties issued by
this well-known house. Well gotten
up and illustrated.

Scranton Florist Supply Company,
Scranton, Pa. — Wholesale Florists'
Supply Catalogue. A large and pro-
fusely illustrated catalogue, giving ex-
tended lists of desirable florists' goods;
Instructive and useful.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York, N.
Y.— General Seed Catalogue for 1913.
In their usual businesslike style, but
better than ever. Cuto well-done.
Novelty and specialty list very useful.
Covers Illustrated in natural colors,
showing handsome lawn flower beds.

Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. —
Dreer's Garden Book for 1913. 75th
Annual Edition. A book of nearly 300
pages bound in pale blue with gold let-
tering in deep blue medalion. Pleases
by its dignified simplicity of design.
The contents well illustrate the broad
scope of this well-known house. If
it's anything appertaining to horticul-
ture that is sought it is sure to bo
found in the pages of this comprehen-
sive catalogue. Illustrations are nu-
merous and effective. Roses, phloxes,
cornflowers, coreopsis and selected veg-
etables are given full color plates.

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick,
Mass. — Illustrated folder of New Rose,
Mrs. Charles Russell.

Wm. Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa.
—The Maule Seed Book for 1913. A
big general catalogue (176 pages) of

I. W. [dnundton. M|r. M. W. Wllliiius, Sic'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA

January Hi 1913

HOBTICULTUHE

47

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price )1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

'^/^ Smis,

\X TE have for special offer this week,
"" while unsold, a few hundred Clumps
•f Spiraea Gladstone.

$5.50 per 100. Cash with order.

Our special florists and market gardeners
catalog — 1913 edition — will be ready early
la January. Is your name on our list ?

J. M. THORBURN & CO.

no years in businas in Nrui York City
XX Barclay Street - . New York

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARBEN SEEDS

Established 1818

Write Far Our Low Pru es

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

GET IT FROM

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co.

1912 SURPLUS UST OF

Watennelon and Muskmelon Seeds

Enid - - Oklahoma

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

**Rtn0wned Siveet Pea Specialists^'
%mmA7%\mp9 lBdep*ii(U«B«, He.

Roses, Carnation Plants,
Seeds, Bulbs

Bend ni your wnntB. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

121S BeU BIdg. Philadelphia.

MY SPECIALTIES !

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Celery —
Golden Self-Blanching and Melsh's
Green — best celery on earth; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beanlleu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to 99 per cent of market
gardeners on this continent ; Romaine,
Endive, etc. Only the very beet French
seed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place. Woodhaven, Borough
of Queen's, N. Y,

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

SPIREA GLADSTONE

Per 100. $10.00; Per 1000. $80.00

0. V. Zangen, - Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Priee List jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W.Msauon St., CHICAGO

SEED PACKETS

Write for Samples
and Prices.

THE BROWN BAG FILLING MACHINE CO.

FITCHBURG, MASS.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA.

BUE LIST OF WHOLES.\I.E PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOB PROFIT.

FINE
STOCK PLANTS

A8PABAGU8 FLUMOSCB and A8PAIU
AOU8 SFBSNOEBI.

From 2%
$26.00 per M.

Inch pots, fS.OO per 0.

Smilax, from 2V4 Inch pots, $3.00 per O,
Sinsle Beddlns Hyacinths.
White, Red and Blue, $1.60 per C;
$1S.00 per H.

To secure these prices mention this
Paper.

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

THE FLOWEB CITY.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PAE8NIP. RADISH amt
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also oUar
Items of the short crop of this past sesM^
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, wlB
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK

and Orange, Conn.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onton, Turnip*
Radish, Beet, Etc.

Branches : Michigan
and Wisconsin

MILFORD, CONN.

TOMATO SEED

BEST STOCKS.

.\LL V.\RIETIES.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers

for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

TIME TO USE

IVI^

xs"riOA

w

5 are the Boston Agents

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.|

4r-54No.

Market St., BOSTON, MASS. |

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Soutli Market Street, Boston, Mass.

In ordering goods please add " I saw it
in HORTICULTURE."

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH !„,„„.„, ,„ j^e Trade

, ' .. 7. . X J i Growers for the Trade ^^ ^^y

and all Garden Seeds ) ^^ ^^ m^ I^ C M

» CONAR"^ .3 chic;. -o onion sets

^C- W ^^^_^^^ ^ ^,^21E STREET. ^_^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^

ONION SEED We u^e larse srower. of »>d d»ler. SCHILDER EROS.

ONION SETS TJL' T.I :rZV Zt ^T chilucothe. o.

48

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=SONS=

Cor. Miami and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and sood

flections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members Flortsts' Telegraph DeUvery

Association.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

Tel. Murray Hill

New York

j- Bloomingdale 's -|

I The Largest Floral Establishment in the Metropolis

I Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
I Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Michigan Are. and 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(M«mb«r FlorUt*' TelcKraph DaUvcry Am,}
We ahlp t* all palnta Ib iUlaola and Iowa.

Pbms : AMlM 880. Aldine 881. Akiiaa 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

^Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pre*.

Member Florists' Telegraph Deliver.v.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in .Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpoiated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

Wa Ja Palmer & Son

;i

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. y.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Memiiers Florists'Telegrapli Asso.

J

Syracuse, N. Y. — There were some
unusual features in the Christmas
trade heie this year; for there has
never been so much holly and greens
used before; wreaths, tco, were entire-
ly sold out and on Christmas morning
one could not buy a pound of holly. A
large number of wreaths made of box-
wood, princess, pine, laurel, etc., In
which ruscus and immortelles had
been freely used, sold remarkably weU
and at good prices. Bas ets filled wiih
statice and ruscus were qui;e a feati^re
with good sales reported. Ruscus is
distined to become very useful for dec-
orative purposes at this time of year.
The market was overdone with Lor-
raine and Cincinnati begonias and a

^, STEAMER DEPARTURES ,

^ Allan. 5.

A Numidiiin, Boston-Glasgow... Jan. 36 >?■
A Pretorian, Boston-Glasgow. . .Jan. 30 A

V American. *

S New York. N. Y.-S'liampton. . Jan. 22 SJ

31 St. Louis, N. Y.-S'bampton. . .Jan. 2.5 M

ft* Atlantic Transport. A

* Minnetonka. N. Y. -London Jan. LS K

^ Mesaba, N. Y. -Loudon Jan. 25 '^

Ji, Cunara. ^

J, Lusitania. N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Jan. 15 A

Ausonla. Montreal-London Jan. 18 >J

Franconia. N. Y'.-Medlter'n. . . Jiin. 18 ^-

-, Ivernia, Boston-Liverp.^ol Jan. 21 ^

^ Mauretania, N. Y'.-Liverpool.. Jan. 22 ^

* Caronia. N. Y.-Mediter'n Jan. 30 ^

$ Hamburg-American. ^

S Pres. Grant. N. Y.-Hamhurg. Jan. 16 S

■^ K.A.Victoria, N. Y.-Ilamb'g.. Jan. 2.'{ R

A Pennsylvania. N. Y.-FLamb'g..Jan. 30 j5.

^ Holland-America. v^

^ New Amsterdam. N. Y.-R'd'm.Jan. 21 ^

^ Noordam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. . .Jan. 2S *

^ Leyland. S

■( Winifredian, Boston-Llverp'l.. Jan. 18 ij
(ii Devonian, Bostim-Llverpool...Jan. 25 »,

Sj North German Lloyd. ^

A Hreslau. N. Y'. -Bremen Jan. 16 ^

* Kr. Wilhelin II, N. Y. -Bremen. Jan. 21 W)

li Red Star. gj

A Zeeland. N. Y'. -.Antwerp Jan. 15 K

Si Finland. X. Y. -Antwerp Jan. 22 ^

S^ Vaderland. X. Y. -Antwerp Jan. 20 Rj

^ White Star. ^'

/6: Arable, Boston-Liverpool Jan. 14 hj_

1^ Cedrir-, X Y, -Mediterranean. .Jan. 22 \

t^annpii-. Ilo.ston-Med't'n Feb. 1 j^)

great many were left over. Poinset-

tias, azaleas, ericas and cyclamen were
by all odds the best sellers and were
all sold. Very little bulb stuff was
seen. Paper whites and Soliel d'Or as
pot plants hung fire.

With regard to cut flowers the de-
mand was not as large as expected,
doubtless owing to the sharp advance
in price florists were compelled to ask.
Violets were in very short supply —
thousands more could have been sold
had they been procurable. The de-
mand for Beauty, Liberty and Killar-
ney roses was fairly good. Red car-
nations sold well — stock very limited.

A very remarkable incident regard-
ing the mild weather was that farmers
were ploughing their fields New Year's
day, a thing the oldest inhabitant can-
not remember ever having been done
before. So some are deluding them-
selves with the idea that we shall not
have any hard winter weather. The
chances are it will come when we least
desire it — about Easter time!

ALEX. McCONNELL

571 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

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

C£>st of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash most accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL..

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the c juntry to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or teleixrapb

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 Fiftli tie., Cor. [ Still St

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prospect

A. WARENDORFF

Invites accounts with florists having transfer orders
for New York City and Vicinity. Artistic
Work. Personal Attention.

1193 Broadway, New York

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

76 MAIDEN LANE
^VL.BAIMY, N. Y.

F1X)WER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICINrrY

AtBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVEREI> IX .\LR.VXV AXD VinxiTT
OX TKLEtilS.Vl'IIlC OKD>;k

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.

Kstablislieil 1874

13 iV I^ I> S

FLORIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Aveiine, N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped nn all Steamers. Special Correspon
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the British
ColoDies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor,

PROVIDENCE, rTT.

" and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

New Eiibnd Points 171 Weybisset Street

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

49

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, G.irden Furniture, Art Goods .ind
New Designs in Tus' any Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wliolesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

VrORCKSTER.

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points in New England.
125,000 square feet of glass.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

RociMtter Phone 506, Long Dist. Bell Phone 1189

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

Ansl

LEADING FLORIST

nsterdam, N. Y. Sebemctady, N. Y.

The^ California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN -

PRANK H. PORRBST

t44 • M« Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
•ad Hotel St. Prsnela, CAI..

We coTer the entire Pacific Coast and Wegt
of the Bockles. Wire ns your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Uanlla
and the Onent. Regnlar Trade Discount.

rr,owi:R8 by teukgbaph

SAN FRANCISCO

CAUFOKmA

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegrapti order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonee St.,

TORONTO, ONT.

MONTREAL

HALL & ROBINSON

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W.

All Transfer
Orders Filled
Under Per-
sonal Supcrvi-

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G Evres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y. — The Rosery, 76 Maiden
Lane.

Amsterdam, N. Y. — John C. Hatcher.

Boston— Thoa. F Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston — Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

BuCfiilo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O —J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Mich. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Louisville, Ky. — Jacob Schulz, 550 South
Fourth Ave

Montreal. Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 701 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York — Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madt-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

New York— A. Warendorff, 1193 Broad-
way.

Providence, R. L — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence. R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybossct St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal. — The California
Florist. 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher.

St. Paul -Holm & Olson, Inc.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass. — Tailby.

Worcester. Mass. — H. F. A. Lange.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Raleigh, N. C— J. L. O'Quinn & Co.

Phoenix, Ariz. — R. Altman. Center
stree!.

Providence, R. I. — Smith Floral Co.,
Westminster St.

Columbus, Ohio — Ohio Floral Co.,
139 South High St.

NEWS NOTES.

Hartford, Conn. — The Quality Flower
Shop has closed its doors.

Wilmington, Del. — G. C. Boyd has
closed his Washington St. branch
store.

Cadillac, Mich. — Charles Carylie is
to have charge of Mr. W. H. Kane's
florist business, which has been recent-
ly opened here.

Sedalia, Mo. — Archias' Seed Store
reports the best Christmas trade they
ever enjoyed. Weather ideal and all
stock sold well. Holly, trees, wreaths
and wreathing were in good demand.
Cut flowers were in good supply and
quality good. Pot plants and made-up
baskets went well. Have not had any
snow so far this season and weather
unusually mild.

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

.Member of Flurists' Telegraph Delivery

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
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WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

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Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELAffl

Euclid AvoniM

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

St>ocli and Work t- Irst Class

I9I-IOE3I

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florists. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

LOUISVILLE, KY.

JACOB SCHULZ,

SSO South Fourth Ave.

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50

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

STARTING THE NEW YEAR

The first thing you must do Is to replenish your stocks. The florists' business Is different today
from what it was five or ten years ago when once or twice a year was the rule for stocking up. Now-
adays there is business all the time, and the wide-awake florist must keep constantly abreast and
keep his stocks up to the minute.

nnU'T WAIT BEGIN NOW. FOR INSTANCr, BE SURE
UUn I 11 111 I YOU HAVE PLENTY OF

OUR STANDARD PREPARED CYCAS; known all
over for their superior quality and finish; wide
and perfect leaves; unsurpassed by anything on
the market.

OUR MAGNOLIA LEAVES are the very best, and
you ought to have a full supply for working up
in spare moments. Brown, green and other shades.

4^ Our Silent Salesman Ib ready to tell you all about the above, and other florists' reqalsites,

H. B A YERSD O RFRR ®. CO.

OUR WHEAT SHEAVES; known everywhere as
the standard In quality and value.

THE BAYERSDORFER LINE OF BASKETS; a

magnificent assortment; all shapes and for all
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Send a postal.

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CHICAGO NOTES.

J. C. Vaughan is quite ill.

A number of the Holland bulb sales-
men are in the city taking orders.

Carnations are nearer to a normal
supply now than at any previous time
this season.

J. Vlk is building a new store at
6118 S. Halsted street, Chicago, which
will be ready for occupancy in two
weeks.

Otto F. Larson, 1604 W. 63rd street.
has been in the West Side Hospital
for a month. Mr. Larson has been ill
for six months but is now gaining.

Albert Cole, American Beauty sales
man for E. C. Amling, has been ill
with scarlet fever since the week be-
fore Christmas. His condition is said
to be improving.

Shipping trade has fallen off till the
market presents the greatest possible
contrast to its appearance just two
weeks ago. After two such strenuous
weeks a breathing spell does not come
amiss.

One of the leading wholesalers put
a shipment of Richmond roses into a
holiday order by mistake and thinks it
worthy of mention that the florist re-
ceiving them wrote at once asking to
"please send bill."

The regular meetings of the Chi-
cago Florists' Club are held on the
first Thursday after the first Monday
of each month and the secretary made
a mistake in dating the announce-
ments, hence our error in last issue.

Chas. L. Washburn commented on
the recent article in a leading Chicago
paper in which some very broad state-
ments were made regarding the flower
business here, by saying that he be-
lieved the leading statement true. In
preparing for a speech which he made
before the State Florists' Associatloa
a short time ago, he went into the
Btudy of statistics pretty thoroughly
and Chicago appeared to be having
twice the wholesale flower business
that New York has, making it, no
doubt, the leading wholesale flower
market of the world. Mr. Washburn
thinks that, owing to its larger popu-

CHICAGO PLANT BASKET STYLES.

CP*^^^

J»''*-*'^%'^\ J.W

A Group of Holid.^y Okders at W. J. Smyth's

lation, New York has far the largei
retail trade, however. Chicago's su-
premacy in the size and number of
its large plants has long been accept-
ed as a fact by florists. Peter Rein-
berg has two million feet of glass and
the Poehlmann Bros." place lacks but
200 feet of having nine miles of green-
houses if placed in line.

Visitors: C. H. Perkins, represent-
ing Jackson & Perkins, Newark, N.
Y.; Frank Smith, of Smith & Fetters,
Cleveland, O.

NEWS NOTES.

North Leominster, Mass. — The hur-
ricane of January 3, wrecked the
greenhouse of Mrs. S. J. Proctor, caus-
ing a damage of more than a thousand
dollars.

Tacoma, Wash. — Frank E. Beal, who
sued the city for damages caused by
the construction of an alleyway
through his place, has secured a ver-
dict in his favor for an award or $1,016.

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

01

Less Ice With Better Results

The McCray System of Refrigeration, which insures a per-
fect circulation of cool, dry air, will not only reduce your ice
bills, but will keep your stock in the best condition— fresh,
fragrant and attractive.

McCray Refrigerators

Are made so as to display your flowers to the best advantage.
They can be lined with white enamel, opal glass, tile, mirrors
or marble to suit your convenience. Write for our beautiful
Free Catalog No. 73, which shows refrigerators for florists,
both stock and built-to-order, in all sizes and styles.

McCray Refrigerator Co.

553 LAKE STREET

KENDALLVILLE, IND.

THE FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH
DELIVERY.

The following letter, which is being
spread broadcast by that live wire,
Albert Pochelon, speaks for itself.

Why can we not add your name on our
membership list? Just give the Florist
Telegraph Delivery one moment of your
time. It certainly must appeal to every
lire Retail Florist as the best thing of its
kind ever offered. Every one of the mem-
bers will tell you that the Telegraph busi-
ness of their firm has Increased since they
Joined the P. T. D.

I know it from my own experience and
can assure you that the more we retailers
combine ourselves the more results we
will get. I can safely say to you now,
that we florists are not getting as yet 10
per cent of the telegraph cable or mail
order business which we will have in a
few years, but no one is to blame but our-
selves. Do we try to educate the public
to this to any great extent or not?

There you have the grente'it chance with
the Florists' Telegraph Delivery to con-
nect yourself link by link with every live
florist's establishment of the country and
be assured of getting good service and
sure pay because there is every member's
guarantee in back of him and his doings.
Look at the publicity and advertisement
you will get for the small annual dues
we are charging. Of course we know some
people will criticise the guarantee fund
question, some the annual dues; some say.
"What do we want to belong to the So-
ciety of American Florists for? They
don't do anything for the retailers."
Have the retailers tried to have the S. A.
F. do anything for them or not? The
field for outgoing and incoming business
Is so large that even the smallest town
will get its share of it.

The amount you pay into the guarantee
fund is returned to vou if you wish to
withdraw from the F. T. D. The only
eipense you really have is your annual
dues, which is only $2 or .$.5. according
to the population of your town. If you
can get as much good clean advertising
as this is for the same amount of money
as you pay annually I would like to know.
You have your name on our list In all the
trades papers aside from all our mem-
bership lists which are constantly sent out
by all of our members, almost with every
order they send out to retailers who are
not yet members. The man in a small
town has got as good a show as the man
in a larger town, in proportion. We want
a representative in every town, no matter
how small because the day will come
when we might be very glad to know that
all we have to do is to look up our list
and tell our customer that we can deliver
this or that order inside of a few hours.
Our customer will not only appreciate
this but he will respect us for our up-to-
date ways and means of d'^ing business.
The argument that the fellows in New
York get it all, is ridiculous. What Is the
matter with your town? Is there no one
that has friends in other towns who wish
to send flowers on some occasion or
other? I tell you right now it Is np to
ns florists to let our customers tnow
what we can do and keep It In front of
their eyes so they may see for them-

selves that the florist business today Is
run on just such mercantile lines as every
other business is. The more retail florists
take up this proposition the more we all
gain by It even if there are several In
one and the same city. Remember the
time will come when you say to yourself,
"Why didn't I join long ago? It would
have helped me a great deal and also
helped perhaps a whole lot of others, be-
sides having done a lot of good for our
florist trade In general."

Enclosed you will find a card, and If
you will fill it out and mail with check
to me I will attend to the rest and see
that your name is added to our list at
once and each one of our members noti-
fied of your membership. If you are not
a member of the S. A, F. it will be neces-
sary for you to mail a separate check of
$.5.00. which I will send to the secretary
of the S. A. F. at once, who will notify
you of your membership. I hope you will
find enough time to give tliis the due con-
sideration and let me hear from you.
Very truly yours.

ALBERT POCHELON,
Sec'y F. T. D.

MONTREAL'S CHRISTMAS EX-
PERIENCE.

All through the early part of Decem-
ber and right up to Christmas cut flow-
ers, and especially carnations, were
very difficult to procure in Montreal.
Shippers and growers, in answer to our
urgent inquiries for carnations, said
that it was impossible to supply them
as crops were off. On the question
being put regarding cut for Christ-
mas we were informed condi-
tions would be the same until late in
January, As storemen there was noth-
ing for us to do but recommend low
plant arrangements for the Christmas
dinner table, which we did with great
success. Of course, we told our ship-
pers to send us all carnations possible
under above conditions. In Montreal
we were charged 15 cents for red split
and mended carnations — Boston prices
were 10 cents for pink and white and
12y, cents for red. Now, at the last
minute, carnations were shipped in
quantity, a great part of which should
have been sold two weeks before. The
packages kept coming in during the
rush and when It was all over we had
quantities of carnations unsold. We
note that in Boston prices were "good"
until the shipping orders were filled.
That's true; the man out of town was
soaked good. Next year we will spe-
cialize on small basket arrangements
for table decoration and leave cut
flowers alone as much as possible.

W. C. HALL.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

George C. Shaffer, on Monday last^
took formal possession of his new
store at 900 14th street, N. W. The
new establishment is bright and pros-
perous looking. The walls are tinted
cream color, the ceiling is covered with
white art metal and the flooring is of
mosaic. The 14th and I street sides are
entirely of glass which give both light
and air. At the rear of the store Is a
mirror stretching clear across. Above
this is a mezzanine floor for storage
purposes and back of the mirrored
space is a small workroom. The base-
ment will also be occupied by Mr. Shaf-
fer as a storeroom.

George Cooke was the recipient of a
wireless order from the officers of the
English warship "Natal" last week
which requested that he prepare and
ship to New York a suitable floral of-
fering in their behalf to be placed on
the casket of the late Whitelaw Reid.
The order came to Mr. Cooke through
the Ambassador from Great Britain.
The floral piece was in the shape of an
anchor of white carnations on a bed of
white roses with black streamers and
the British flag further decorating the
piece. A. F. Faulkner, of New York,
a former Washingtonian, made the de-
livery on board the "Natal."

Visitor.— A. F. Faulkner, New York.

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HORTICULTURE

January 11. 1913

HIGH° GRADE GARDENIAS

$3.00 and $4.00 DOZEN

You can always depend on our supply, and as to
quality, there are none better at any price.

BOUVARDIA, Pink and Red, per 100 $5.00

WHITE LILAC, the best, per bunch 1.25

PANSIES, all cheerful colors, 100 bunches 8.00

The Leo NSessen Co,

PHILADELPHIA

N. 'W. Corner

12th and R««e Sts

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I To Cut Flower Growers and I
I Retail Florists |

IF YOU

want to find a market foi yonc S

product S

want a regulai or special supply S
of the product of the belt

growers

I

Consult the Advertisements on 3

these Wholesale Flower Pages 1

E The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading I
S Concerns in the Wholesale Flower Trade 1

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THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

C6 P£ARL. ST. BOSTON

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Order direct or buy from yonr local
supply dealer. Insiht on havingr the

BOSTON

Inscription s. KnibleniH. etc. Always
in Stock.

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EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

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PETER REINBERG

WHOLESALI

CUT FLOWERS

37 Randolph St., Chicago, III.

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stoek of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

I!LeJ.M.McCullough'sSonsCo!

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Special Attention to shipping ordiTs. .Tol>-
bers of Florists' Supplies, Seeds nud Bulbs.
Price list ou application.
Phone MaiTi r>84. 31G Walnut St., Clnclnliatl.

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale Growers of
Cut Flowers

WE CROW BRIDES

Greenhouses at 162 IM. \A/abash A.->f^.

Des Plaines, HI. r*^ bl I r^ .A. rs f^ ii i

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Gra»nh9uses, Morton Grovo, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^*^"^ "•^"^IS-deWer!

TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary ...

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra- .
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade -.

Ordinary'

Cattleyas -

Lilies, Longiflonim

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinttis ,

Violets

Daises.

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo) ■
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

CINCINNATI

January 7

DETROIT

December 31

40.00
25.00
X5.00
8.00
8.00
2.00
8.00
2.00
2.00

50.00
40.00
J5.00
10.00
10.00
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10.00
6.00
8.00

4.00
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8.00
8.00
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.50

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3500
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1. 00
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40.00
35 -oo

30.00
20.00
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12 00
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4.00
10.00
6.00
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3-00
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40.00

z.oo

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50.00
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8.00

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15.00
4.00
3.00

4.00
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2.00

1. 00
50.00

1.50
12.50
35 -oo
35 -oo

BUFFALO

December 31

I PITTSBURGH

December 31

30.00
20.00

6.00
12.00

6.00

12. 00
6.00
4.00

10.00
6.00
6.00

5-00
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40.00

.50

40.00

25.00

to 50.00

to 40.00

to 25.00

to 8.00

to 15.00

to 8.00

to 15.00

to 8.00

to 8.00

to 15.00

to 8.00

to 15.00

to 6.00

to 4.00

to 75.00

to 12.00

to 15.00

to 4.00

to 3.00

to

to 4. op

to 1.25

to 2.00

to

to 1. 00

to 50.00

to 1.50

to 15.00

to 60.00

to 50.00

30.00

20.00

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to 75 -oo

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4.00

1.25

a. 00

1.00
50.00

1.00
12.50
50.00
35.00

J.a.BDDL©NG

82-84-86 E. Randolph St., Chicago

OOR STOCK IS A-l AND IT IS QOALITY NOT
PRICES THAT TALKS

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ MUioleaale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants '

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS.

CHICAeO

January 11, 1913

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53

Flower Market Reports

The flower market has
BOSTON experienced a consider-
able reaction this week,
demand falling off very noticeably and
prices receding since Monday. The
colder weather which has now set in
may, however, have the effect of stay-
ing any further depression. The drop
In values has been felt most strongly
by the rose and carnation and, of
course, bulbous flowers are coming in
quite freely now, with a downward
tendency in prices. Yellow narcissi
of excellent quality are being received.
Gardenias and cattleyas are selling
well. Violets hold their own some-
what better than was feared after the
Christmas breakdown. Mrs. Charles
Russell rose is still the leading item
in the choice cut flower field.

The last week in the
BUFFALO year 1912 ended satis-
factorily to the mer-
chants— -in fact, no better ending could
be had. It was a long struggle and as
things have quieted down at present it
has given the trade somewhat of a va-
cation, as since the first of the new
year there has been no special rush. A
number of charity balls and social af-
fairs called for a little extra material
though the supply has been normal and
enough to fill orders. Lily of the val-
ley, Bonsilene roses, peas, orchids, gar-
denias and other corsage flowers have
had a demand but violets have not sold
as well as in past years. Roses have
shortened in supply and especially the
short grades, there being a good supply
of specials and fancies in Killarney,
Maryland and Richmond. Lilies sold
well, also mignonette, etc. Paper
whites are plentiful. Beauties and
Richmonds had a fair demand for New
Year's; the supply was good in all
grades. Carnations were not over
plentiful and prices held firm. There
were plenty of greens of all kinds.

Business kept up well
CHICAGO till after New Year's Day,
when orders dropped oft
fast and local trade became quiet also.
Tired out with the days of incessant
work, wholesalers and retailers alike
were glad of a rest. Saturday did not
bring the usual rush of business and
Monday was very quiet. Cloudy
weather has held stock back, so there
has been no great accumulation of
flowers. The one really scarce article
Is the sweet pea, which holds up well
In price and is bought up early. Few,
if any, are seen after 10 o'clock. Car-
nations took a decided drop after the
first of the year and it is not expected
that they will be so scarce again this
season. There is a fine crop of Beau-
ties and every length of stem can be
had. Richmonds, KlUarneys and all
other roses are in, in quantities sufli-
cient to fill any-sized order, and color
is good considering the dark weather.
There are a few gardenias each day — •
just about enough for local demand.
Violets are moving fairly well, the
singles finding special favor for their
rich color and long stems. Paper
whites are not moving very fast. Lily
of the valley has met with exception-
ally good sale so far and quality has
been first class. There is plenty of all
kinds of green.

^ 1 .... 1 1

^ F>.ivi RIBBONS

ARE THE BEST

It is a well known fact that houses all over
the country attempt to copy the P-M Ribbon
styles and particularly P-M color combi-
nations.

Competitors have long recognized the fact
that the P-M Co. are leaders in the onward
march to furnish the newest and best at all
times and are always first to offer the latest
in up-to-date color shades.

Customers desiring Ribbons to match per-
fectly any flower or foliage or combinations
of the same are sure to get the right article

by sending to the

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHIIADELPBIA NEW lORK WASHINGTON
6 08 1620 LoJIow Si. n? W. 28ili Si. 1216 H Si., N. W.

PARCEL POST — Ribbons may be sent by
parcel post, at purchaser's risk, at very reason-
able rates — being light and compact and not
easily damaged. Our customers should avail
themselves freely of this new facility.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^"^'•''"^^S-d^WeIJs only

R05ES

BOSTON

January 9

CHICAGO

January 7

3T. LOUIS

January

PHILA.

Jannary 7

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

" *' Extra ... .

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100). -
'* " & Spren. (100 Bchs.). .

40.00 to

20.00 to

10.00 to

5.00 to

8.00 to

2.00 to

8.00 to

2.00 to

3.00 to

8.00 to

2. 00 to

4.00 to

2.00 to

1.50 to

40.00 to

6.00 to

8.00 to

2. 00 to

Z.OO to

2.00 to

2.00 to

.50 to

1.00 to

4.00 to

.50 to

20.00 to

1.00 to

10.00 to

to

25.00 to

50.00
30.00
15.00

8.00
10.00

5.00

12.00
6.00
6.00

10.00
6.00

12. 00

4.00
2.00
50.00
10.00
12.00
4.00
3.00

3.00
3.00

1. 00

2.00

8.00

1. 00

25.00

15.00

50.00

3500

40.00
30.00

3.00
8.00
4.00
3.00
6.00
4.00
5-00
3.00
2.00
40.00
10.00
12.00
3-00
3.00
3.00
3.00
■75

I.OC

to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to

1.50

25.00
I 00
10.00
40.00
25.00

50.00

40.00

40.00

20.00

30.00

10.00

10.00

5.00

8.00

6.00

5-oc

2.00

12.00

6.00

6.00

2. 00

6.00

4.00

10.00

O.oo

6,00

30c

8.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

3.00

■75

50.00

40.00

12.00

10.00

15.00

10.00

4.00

3-00

4.00

1. 00

4.00

4.00

4.00

1. 00

1.25

.50

1.50

2.00

.50

35.00

i.»5

1. 00

15.00

12.00

fo.oo

35.00

50.00

25 .op

50-00

50.00

to

60.00

30.00

35 -oo

to

40.00

X5JX»

20.00

to

25.00

8.00

12. 00

to

15.00

8.00

10.00

to

12.00

4.00

4.00

to

6.00

S.oo

10.00

to

15.00

4.0D

6.00

to

8.00

5.00

to

8.00

10.00

to

15.00

5.00

0.00

to

8.00

8.00

6.00

to

12.00

3.00

4.00

to

6.00

1.00

2.00

to

3.00

50.00

40.00

to

60.00

12.00

10.00

to

12.50

12.00

12.00

to

15.00

4.00

2. 00

to

4.00

2.00

3.00

to

4.00

5 00

3.00

to

5 00

2.00

2.00

to

3.<»

1. 00

■75

to

. 1.00

2.0D

to

to

3.00

1. 00

•75

to

1.50

IS .00

to

30.00

1.25

1. 00

to

1.50

15.00

12.00

to

15.00

50.00

35.00

to

50.00

35.00

35.00

to

50.00

Weather conditions
CINCINNATI the first part of this

week and the gen-
eral market situation are rather
gloomy to say the least. Stock has
been coming in stronger each day and
the call for the same does not keep
pace with it. Sweet peas are the only
item cleaning up regularly. On other
flowers sacrifices must be made in or-
der to unload. The market, in short,
seems to be approaching a condition
of where the buyers alone dictate the
price. The only thing, at present, that
will stop this Is a protracted spell of

severe cold weather. The weather man
has predicted an extremely cold wave,
but it seems to be very slow in com-
ing. In the meantime we will have to
worry along with an oversupply
of carnations and a rose mar-
ket that Is full of offerings
of the highest quality but that
does not realize what it should. All
other lines, too, are well supplied, from
callas and lilies, which are selling
pretty well, to violets, lily of the valley
and orchids, and including seasonable
bulbous stock and polnsettias.

{Co»tinufd on Pag£ Si)

54

HORTIOULTUBB

January 11, 1913

M. C. FORD

Sncc««Bor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street NEW YORK

:,f

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Teleplionp, 3879 or 3871 Mailison Square.

~ H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

S7 We8t 28th St. NEW YOBK

Telephones: aSM, 8801, Sladlson Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. J4|| Madison Square NcW YOfk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Whfltealt Cmw isaw Flwists

55 and 57 West 26th Street

Telephone No. ;6« m.1 %# ■_

MadUen Square RCW ■ OlK

— rWIVI. P. FORD — i

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 2Stli Street, NEW YORK

Call and inspect tbe Best EstabllgbmeDt
In the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLrE AND DOUBLE

V I o I- cr3

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Gro'wers* MarHet Prices

^. S. Slinn,iJr.

55 ^ 57 'West 26th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Evergreens, Mosse**.

Southern Smila.v, Galax and I^urothoe,

Preserved and Fresh f'ut

Cyoas and Palmetto.

7.. {;gS^| M3d s, 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RCED (Si KELLER

ITl West lath .St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

We nianufartnrc all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and ;ir(.' (ie;ilers in

Decorative Glassware. Growers and

Florists* Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn'5 Foremofit and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market tor all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby it., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manutdctured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000.... J1.75. 50.000.... $7.60. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

SuooMsar t« JOHN I. RAYNOS

Wholesale Commission Florist "i^'it'(:gfT*SSS^''iiRf

A Ml llm ol Choice Cut newer stock lor all purposes The HOMB OP THB ULV
bT the 100, 1000 or I0,0«0

TBL. 1998 MAM90N SQUARE 49 We«t 28th St., New York (

Walter F.Sheridan

WTiol*0mte C<nnm%is6i<»n Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 Wiri 2ath Stnet, Htm Terk

Establitked
1887

J. K. AL-L

N

Still Goiac
StroBi

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAI,.

Open 6 A. M. dally.

Cat Flower CriulKnmeots SoUelted.

PROMPT BKTUBN8. UONKT AL,WAT8 RSAJ>T.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Tdephone, 181 aad *UM Mad. M.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

ALWAYS
ON HAND

THE HIGHEST \# A I I C V ALWAYS

GRADE OF VMLL.C.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, m.V¥,' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" '* Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra . . .*

" Ordinary ■••■

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

' •' Ordinary.. . .

Bride, Maid

Hlllin^don, Ward, Melody, Extra

" " '* Ordinary .

Taft, Sunbu rst

Carnal Ions , Fancy Grade

•* Ordinary

lut Half of Week

First Half el Wtik

ending Ian

. 4

kegiMiiE Ian. (

1912

1912

40.00

to

50.00

40.00

to

50.00

20.00

to

30.00

20.00

to

30.00

10.00

to

15.00

to.oo

to

15.00

4.00

to

6.00

4.00

to

6.00

6.00

to

8.00

6.00

to

8.00

2.00

to

4.00

2.00

to

4.00

8.00

to

to.oo

8.00

to

10.00

2.00

10

4.00

2.00

to

4.00

2.00

to

6.00

2.00

to

6.00

6.00

to

12.00

6.00

to

J2.00

2. 00

to

4.00

2.00

to

4.00

6.00

to

lO.CO

6.0.

to

10.00

2.50

to

4.00

3.50

to

4.00

1.50

to

3.00

1.50

to

2.00

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Telephones { {^ j Madison Square CON8IGNMENT8 80LIC»X^

Frank H. Trmeodly

Char*. SohonA

TRAENOLY & SCHENCK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephofles : 79S and 799 MailiMa Square

Cooiigpaaent. Solicited

cinirrKAi,i.T locatkd, thk HrB or

THE FLOWBB UABKET BECTIOX

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 7002 Marllnon
Telephone 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

FRANK MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Sblpmenis, any quantity, IMiule-
sale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT, MiUH.

HENRY M,hi,iiIN.<liX.l'rc<. .MAI'HICE I,. CI.A.^.'^.Treii
CHAS E. ROBINSON, V-l'res. JOSEl'lI .M AHG01.IS,Sec>

HENRY M. ROBINSON 00.

OF NEW YORK
Maurice L. Glass, Manager

55-57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK OTY

S/rcial Attention to the Shipf^i^ Trade

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

55

BUY

BOSTON

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & go.,

112 Arch St., 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

Flower Market Reports

fC«ntinued from page 53)

Things are quiet enough
NEW YORK in the wholesale mar-
kets, ever since the new
year came in. Conditions have favored
the "bargain counter" element all
along and any one who looked for big
returns from New Year's sales was
slated for the usual disappointment on
such occasions. Carnations have fall-
en from their pinnacle and can be had
at low figures. Roses are also going
down in value and the demand from
other cities which helped out for a
brief period soon petered out and con-
sequently the local market must do its
own consuming as well as its own
producing. Quality runs excellent on
about everything and it can be safely
asserted that never before at this sea-
son of the year has there been so
great a variety of miscellaneous mate-
rial for the ilower buyer to choose
from. After the inevitable reaction of
early January we may expect the usual
lively society season but in this case
it will be a very brief one as Easter
and Lent come in at so early a date.
Tulips and other bulbous stock are
seen in much better quality than at
last report Single violets lead the
double in demand and selling price.
January two to
PHILADELPHIA January seven—
the period under
review In this report — turned out just
about as expected. Trading was in no
way brisk, neither was it any worse
than in former years, tor the same
date. The usual atter-the-holiday lull
was inevitable. And it happened; but
no worse than usual. Stocks of all
kinds were plentiful and good. Of
course, prices ruled much lower, but
there was no glut. The final cleanup
all along the line, at reasonable figures,
proved the healthy tone of tiie market.
An exception may be noted to this gen-
eral statement in the sluggishness of
the long-stem roses, carnations, etc.
These highest grade items suffered
more by the fall from quoted rates
than did the good to medium at moder-
ate prices. Carnations are much raore
plentiful and the prices receded until
they are now very moderate indeed for
mid-winter. The same may he saiil of
gardenias. The demand keeps good for
sweet peas and lily of the valley and
both have improved in quantity s'.r.d
quality. Nothing new to report in or-
chids. The local violets are especiiiUy
good at present. Snapdragon not
enough of the better grades and colors.
Daffodils and pussy-willows are cheer-
ful hints of the coming spring. White

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANCE

16 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY SENDING YOUB ORDER TO CS

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMB^IC^N BEAUTY. KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, M\RYLAND AND ALL THE
SUPERIOR ROSES. ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS

BE^T PRODUCED
226 Devonshire Street,

Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A^Holesal

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

>ris't8

BUFFALO, N. Y.

— MONTHEAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.-

ORGANIZED FOB THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SMTLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Honr-trrawB Stock a BpwlBlty. STBiCTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING BOLD
\t BETAn.,

Ample rcfareaee faraUhad •■ \m slaaABc aad BnanclBl ability of the company.
123 MA.NSFIE.LO STREET, MONTREAL. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas •

Lilies, Longlflorum . . ■

Callas

Uly of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Vlelets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smllax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per zoo)

*• *' & Spren (loo bunches) .

35 -oo
6. CO

lO.OO
I. DO
I.OO
2. CO
2.00

4.CO

x,oo
20.00

zo.oo

35 -oo
15.00

60.00
10.00
15.00
4.00
2.00

3.0D

3.00

•75

2.00

8.00

1.50

35.00

I.OO

15.00
40.00
25.00

First Half of Week

beginaiag lin. (

1913

35.00
6.00
10.00

I.OO

1.00
2.00
2.00

.50
4.00

I.OO

20.00

10.00
35-00
15.00

60.00

10.00

15.00

4.00

2.00

3.00

3.00

•75

2.00

8.00

1.30

35 oa

1..0

IS 00

40.00

25.00

camellias are a novelty in the whole-
sale markets at present, with good
stems and foliage.

New Year's trade was
ST. LOUIS by far better than ex-
pected. It was more
like a spring day and this brought out
the flower buyers, which brought up
this New Year's to what it was some
years ago. There was plenty of stock
for all at very reasonable prices, which
goes to show that they will buy flowers
when reasonable. Prices were entirely
too high for Christmas and this made
the sale of plants so large that all of
the West End show houses were
cleaned out of plants. Today, Monday,
Jan. 6, we are having our first real
winter day, with everything covered
with ice. Roses are coming in in large
quantities in all varieties. Carnations
did not bring much last week; the sup-
ply was greatly in excess of the de-
mand. Lily of the valley and sweet
peas sell well. Violets are down. Lil-
ies are quite abundant and paper
whites a glut. Roman hyacinths, too,
are many.

ly low. American Beauty roses, too,
have dropped in value. The outlook
for big business during the present
month is good.

PERSONAL.

J. D. Robinson of Bloomington, 111.,
and Miss Louise Read were married on
Dec. 23d at Savannah, Ga.

J. McHutchison of New York sails
next week on the "Bermudian" for a
two weeks' stay in Bermuda.

Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Olinger, of Cincin-
nati, have been spending the week
since New Year's in Chicago, Evans-
ton and Aurora, 111., with their rela-
tives.

The Massachusetts State Board of
Horticulture, meeting in Boston this
week, has selected Wilfrid Wheeler,
of Concord Junction, for the position
of Secretary of Agriculture for the
state, and there is no doubt of Mr.
Wheeler's confirmation. The position
carries with it a salary of $4,000 a
year.

Washington. D. C. — Business during
the past week was very good although
prices have been cut nearly in half
since the close of the holidays. Carna-
tions, which were quite scarce during
that period, are being oitered extreme-

Boston visitors. — C. B. Knickman,
representing McHutchison & Co., New
York; M. B. Faxon, New York; A. H.
Wingott, Lenox, Mass.; Frank H.
Traendly, New York City; Robert
Simpson, Clifton, N. J.

56

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOCNTAICT

R. 1. Dyiirt, 40 Stat* St., Boston.
For pace se* LUt of Adrartlaan.

APHINS
Aphla* Mfg. Co., UadUom, N. J.
Fur par* Ma Uat of AaTartlaen.

ARACCABIAS

Qoitrej AactimaDD. PblladelpUa. Pa.
For pas* sea Ust of Adrartlaara.

^______ AS PA BAG US

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Incb, $2.00 per
100; $ls.(Ki per lu<K). Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 214-ln., $1.00 per
100. Cash with order. Mount Pleasant
Greenhouses, Schenectady, N. Y.

AZALEAS

P. Oowerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page ae* Llat of AdT*rtl*«ra.

A. Lcuthy A Co.. Boallndalc, Uaaa.
For pat* a** Llat of Adrertlaara.

Locchnar A Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Adrertiaera.

BAT TBBK8

ifcHntchlaon & Co., 17 Unrray Bt., N. T.
For pa»« ae* Llat of Adfartlsara.

Bobblnk Ic Atklna, Rnthrrford. M. J.
For page aaa Llat of Adrartlaera.

ADgnst Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page aea Llat of Advertlaara.

Bay treaa aad Box traea, aU aliw. Write
tor apeclal llat JoUna Bo«bra Co., Bather-
(or*, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

A. N. Plaraon, Inc., Cromwell, Con>.
For page aee Llat of Adrertlscra.

B. Tlncant, Jr., ft Soaa Co., White Marab,

Md.

For page aee List of Adrartlaera.

BBOGNIAS

Vernon Begonias. 3 Inch, in bloom. Bice
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felscb
Bros., Maywood, III.

BOXWOOD TRKKS

Bobblnk & Atklna, Rntherford, N. J.

For page aee Llat of Advertlsera.

JnUaa Boehra Co., Bntberford, N. J.
Box Trcea, all alxca. Aak for ipMlal llat.

BOILKBS

Kroaschall Broa. Co.. «6« Brie St., Chleafo.
For i>age ae* Llat of AdT*rtis*n.

HltchiDga * Co., Un Broadway, N. T.

iMi A Bnmluun CO., 1188 Broadway, N. T.

BOXES — CUT FLOWEB— FOLDnrO

B<warda Folding Box Co., Pblladelpbla.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Folding cat flower boxes, the beat aaado.
Write tor llat. Holtoa * Bnnkel Co. Ull-
wa«k*e, Wla.

BCTLBS AND TVBEBS

Artbnr T. Boddlngton, New York, N. T.
For page see Llat of AdTertlaera.

J. U. TborbnrB * Co., SS BarcUy St.. M. T.
For page aaa LUt of AdTartlaars.

BULBS AND TUBERS— Continued

Hlchell's Seed Hoase, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page aee List of Advertlsera.

Ralph M. Ward & Co.. 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Jamea Vlck'a Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottlcr, mske, Rawaon Co., Boaton, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. UlUer, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. H. Goodsell, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

O. T. Zangen, Holwken, N. J.
For page ae* List of Advertlaera.

R. & J. Farqnhar Co., Boaton, Uaaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balba of all deacrlptlons. Write for prieaa.
C. Kenr & Sons, Hillafom, Holland.
New York Branch, S1-S8 Broadway.

CANNAS
THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
Yon can double your profits by stock-
ing op with the new cannaa. Be sore to
get our list before you place ypnr order.
The Conard & Jones Company, west Grova,
Penna.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnation
Steple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. 1. L.
PUlsbury, Galeabnrg, III.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sona Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chaa. H. Tottr, Madison, N. J.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Carnations, unrooted cuttings. Enchan-
tress, Harlowarden, $1.25 per 100; $7.50
per 1000. White Enchantress, Beacon,
$1.50 per 100: $10.00 per 1000. Healthy
stock, packed carefully. Cash. W. A.
Finger, HIcksviUe, L. I., N. Y.

OHBTSANTHElflTMS

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cfaas. H. Totty, UaClaon, N. J.
For page see List of Adrartlaera.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Stock Chrysanthemum plants. Golden
Glow, Paciflc Supreme, White and Yellow
Bonnaffon, also other kinds, $3.00 per 100.
Cash with order or will exchange for root-
ed geranium cuttings. Felsch Bros., May-
wood. 111.

CHRYSANTBEMDII, THB. By A. Har-
rington. The author has endeavor*4 t*
aasTst and direct the efferte of tho*« who
would grow and excel In prudncing per-
fect chryaantbemum flowera, ahowlag tkat
not in secret arte and practlcea, but b
plain course of procedure ar* th* dasIiM
result* atteincd. IllDatratod, IM pagaa.
Pric* SO cente.

Order* fliled by HOBTICULTUBB, U
Hamilton Place, Boaton.

COCOANUT riBRB SOIL

aotb Century Plant Food Co., Baverly, Ifaaa.
For page aee List of Advartiaara.

COLEUS

Coleus, rooted cuttings. $4.00 per 1000;
60c. per 100, by mail prepaid. Red, Ver-
schafieltii. Yellow, Golden Redder, and all
other varieties. Largest and best growers
of Coleus cuttings in the world. Over
2,000,000 sold In a season. C. Schuize &
Son, 261-275 Lawrence St., Flushing, L. I.,
N. y.

CTCLAMENB

Tbomaa Roland, Nahant, Masa.
For page see List of Advartiaara.

200,000 Giant Flowering Cyclamen, Augaat
seedlings. We received first prise on our
blooming cyclamen at the show In Clero-
land, O., and hold other first prizes. Oar
aim is strong growers, a well bailt flr*
petal flower, with good color and
frangrance, many of them at one tima,
well marked foliage and general good
habits. Strong August Seedlings, |2.M
per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

What others say about our blooming
plants: Mr. E. A. Corson, Roiheater,
N. H., Nov. 15, 1912: "Cyclamens rccelred
and am more than pleased. They are eor-
tainly fine plants and such a range of
color. Arrived In good condition too."

Plants in bloom for Christmas, 7Bc.
$1.00. $1.50 to $2.00 each. Cultural direc-
tions with ail orders. Christ. WInterlch,
Cvclamen specialist. Defiance, O.

DAHLIAS

East Brldgewater Dahlia Gardens are tha
largest and most up-to-date In America.
Over 850.000 field clumps to oCTer at rIgM

? rices. Be sure and send your wante to
. K. Alexander, The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Brldgewater, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 191S.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Caa-
sett. Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of b«9t cut flewar
dahlias. Write for surplus list asd spoelal
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, WilUaBa-
town Junction, N. J., Poat Office, BcrUa,

Dahllaa— 2500 field clumss, latcat rarte-
tlea, cheap for cash: or what bare yoa t*
exchang*? Geo. H. Walkar, Dahlia Bxport,
North DIghton. Maaa.

DECORATlyE PLANTS

A. Lcnthy A Co., Pcrklna St. Nnraarlaa,

Rosllndala, Mass.

For page see List of Adrertlaara.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 4»th StaZ

Pblladelpbla, Pa.

For page aee Liat of Adv*rtla*ra.

John Scott, Brooklya, N. Y.
For page ae* List of Advartlsera.

Woodrow & MarketOB, 41 Wast 18th tt.

New York.

For page see List of Adrertiaera.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indivisa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felscb
Bros., Maywood, III.

TEBTILIZERS

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Uaaa.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Pulrerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yarda, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Adrertlsers.

For List of Ad¥8ftiM*s See Page 35

January 11, 1913

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57

FEBNS

A. LcJtbr & Co., RosllDdale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlsen.

H. H. Barrowi &. Son, Whitman, Uasa.
For page lee List of AdTcrtlseri.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page aee Llat of Adrertlaera.

Bobert Craig Co., Pbiladelpbla, Pa.
For page aee Llat of Advertiaera.

Frank Oecballn, 4911 Qalncy St., Chicago.

Ferna for Dishes.

For page aee Llat of AdTertlsara.

F. B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndaon,

New York.

For page aee Llat of Advertiaera.

Fern runners. One stock Beaton, Whlt-
manil, Amerpohll, SprlDgSeldll, $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Booserelt rnnners,
Tcry line, IS.OO per 100, $50.00 per 1000.
Uoosevelt, 4-Inch, $15.00 per 100, S-tnch,

? 25.00 per 100. Asparagua Plnmogna, 4-
oeb, handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 66.000
sq. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
exclaslvely to ferns. I have the best stock
to he had anywhere. Prices are low, for
caah only. Schneider, Florist, Sprlnglleld,
O.

FLORISTS' ENCTCLOFEDIA FREE

M. Kice Co., Philadelpbiii, Pa.
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boaton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co.. liiiO Race St.. Phila.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. U. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Pbtiadelpbla,

Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M SU.,

Waahlngton, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Uaas.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

HilUnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Byracnse Pottery Co., Syracnae, N. Y.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Re.ndy Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FUNOIME

Aphine Ufg. Co., UadisoD. N. J.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Utcbigan Cat Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Eerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OEBANTCHS

B. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANICMS— Continued

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

(Jeranlums, 2H in. Nutt 2c. each, $18.00
per 100. Rooted cuttings, Nutt, Poltevlne,
White Swan, Grant and Ivy, $12.00. Goss
& Goss, Falls Creek, Pa.

Geranium S. A. Nutt, strong and well
rooted plants, ready for a shift, $3.00 per
100. $25 per 1000; rooted cuttings, $12.00
per 1000. Elms Greenhouses. Girard, Ohio.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roselenr. Nutt, Dagata,
RIcard, Red Wing, Vlaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Mme. Jaulln. Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, Ol/erle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polte-
vlne, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Lulgl Gran-
dls, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. DeWltt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis f hllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.

Gladiolus Niagara.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Gladioli, fancv mixed, mostly light
shades, in sizes 1 to I14 in., $(i.00 per 1000;
% in. and less, $3.00 per 1000. Bulblets,
."iOc. per quart. Large pkt. seed, 25c. H
E Meader, Dover, N. H.

America and Mrs. King bulblets 75c. per
1000; 14-inch and under, $6.00 and $5.00 re-
spectively. Pink Beauty (Van Tol) 10 days
earlier than America; the early flowers
bring the price, bulblets $1.00 per 1000.
Prepaid. C. H. Ketcham, South Haven,
Mich.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lnmber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Constmctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page aee List of Advertiaera.

A. T. Steama Lnmber Co., Boston, Masa.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lntton, Jerse; City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Prank Tan Asacbe, Jeraey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltchlngs A Co., 1170 Broadway. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord A Bnmham Co.,
1188 Broadway. New York.

GRKEMIOrSE CONSTRICTION—

Continued

Plersen C-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and Bnilder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Uaterlai Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers

GUTTERS

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Constrnctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. X.
King Channel Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDT FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mlcli.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicato
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HELIOTROPE

Heliotrope, Dark Blue, flue 2 inch In
bud, at $2.50 per 100. Also Rose Gera-
nium, extra heavy, 214 inch, at $2.50 per
100. Cash please. W. F. Ewell, Tops-
fleld, Mass.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Ray State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Maas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Hum.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.. 1133 Broadway, N. X.

INSECTICIDES

Eastern Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.

Imp. Soap Spray.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aphine Mannfaetnrlng Co., Madison, N. I.

Aphine and E^nglne.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page aee List of Advertiaera.

Benjamin Hammond, Plahkill-on-Badaoa,

N. Y.

Sing Shot.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

William Elliott & Sons, New York, N. Y.

Deatli to Sings.

For page sea List of Advertisers.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loechner & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
Fer page aee Llat of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

58

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

LFLT BCI.B8

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New LlUe«.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jas. Tick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. M. Ward * Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of AdTertiseri.

MI-T OF THE VALIiET PIPS

Loecbner * Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHotclilson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P K. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

(Cold Storage)

For page see List of Advertisers.

MASTICA

Joseph Breek 4 Sons, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

NCBSEBY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bar State Nurseries North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy. Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHotcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America.
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
(•r $8.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
inch varieties as Splreas, Altheas, Welgelas
and Phlladelphus, and this names only ■
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
•nd ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Fenna.

ONION SETS
Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Schllder Bros., Chllllcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

OBCHID KLOWERS

Jas. McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hnrrell, Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Jnllns Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

Hybrid Orchids.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.
By B. 8. Williams, 300 Illustrations, 800
pages; descriptions of upwards of 2000
species and varieties of orchidaceous

Slanta, etc. The moat complete work on
trrhlds and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. Price $10.00.

Orders fllied by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PATENTS

Slggers & Slggers, Washington, D. C.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page .see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.

Rotted and Azrtiea Peat.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CTPBESB BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BeUcher,
Canal Dover, O.

PETUNIAS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Phila., Pa.
Double Petunias.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BCLB IMPOBTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

llcHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tlelees Plant Stakes and Trel-
llsee. H. D. Seele & Sons. Elkhart Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
ft Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Phtladeliyhia, Pa.
"Riverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS
Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., CUcage.

POTASH

German Kali Works. New York, N. Y.

POT HANGEB8
Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 dos. by ezp..
$1.2S by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons. Cedar
Rapids. Iowa.

privbTt

Amoor River North : The hardiest privet
grown. 12 to 18 inch. $2.00 100: 18 to 24
inch, $3.00 100. Valdesian Nurseries, Bos-
tic. N. C.

California Privet, well grown, 2-year-olo
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well fln-
Ishcd plants, well graded and well packed.
ALIO one and two-year-old Ampelopsls
Veitchil. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, HIghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

MeCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOSES

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass.

New Rose Mrs. Charles Russell.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russeil, Mrs. Geo.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlia., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers,

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers

SEED GROWERS

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co., Enid, Okla.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IIL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cat
For page see List of Advertisers.

■rerett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford. COaa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

61 and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulchell's Seed House. Philadelphia. Pa.

New Crop Florists' Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, FIske, Rawson Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. ft J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Uass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. U. Thorbnrn ft Co., S3 Barclay St, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, lU.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Beads.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Skidelsky ft Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York.
For page see l.lwt of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, Call.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James VIck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

W. W. Barnard Co., Cblcnge, 111.

Seeds tor Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 35

January 11, 1913

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59

SEEDS — Continaed

S. Bryson Ayreg Co., Independence, Ho.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List ot AdTertlaera.

Loecbner & Co., New Tork, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlgerg.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertlsere.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Grass Seed.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

8. D. Woodruff & Son, New York, N. T.

Garden Seed.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co., Enid, Okla.
Surplus List of Melon Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulieu, Woodbaven, N. Y.

Importers of Best French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED PACKETS.

Brown Bag Filling Machine Co., Fltchbarg,
Mas*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Fishklll-on-Hodson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAONCU MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat anii
orchid baskets always on band. Lager &
Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

SPIREAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Znngen, Hoboken, N. J.

Spirea Gladstone.

For page see Li.st of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn /i Co.. New York, N. Y.

Spirea Gladstone.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

THE NATIONAL NCBSERYSIAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works,

Richmond, Ind.

20tb Century Arm.

For page see List of Adrertlaeis.

VINCA8

Fine rooted vlnca cuttings, 2 and 4 eyes,
65c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. Cash, please.
Ready now. Engle Floral Co., Xenla, O.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRBWORK

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for onr catalogue.
Holtoo & Hnnkel Co,, Milwaukee. Wis.

William E. Uellschers Wire Works,
W-iO Broadway, Detroit, Ulch.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cnt Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. ud

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FORISTS

Boston — Continued

Welch Bros. Co., 228 Devonshire St

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman Pi.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bnffalo, N. T.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 Blllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hoerber Bros., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, OIilo

The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cnt Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New Yorli

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 65 W. 28th St., New Tork.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus. 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page eee List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 WlUoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hoore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 28tb

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association,

182 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Millang, 55 and 57 West 28tb St.,
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schneck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Millang, 55-57 West 26th St.
For pnge see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. S. Sllnn, Jr., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketoa, 41 West 28th St.
For page ace List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS— Continned
PhlUdelphla

Leo. Niessen Co., 1209 Arch St., Phils., Pk.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. PennoclTMeehan Co., 1808-12
Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rocbester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

ASTER SEED.

Fottier, Fiske, Rawsun Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEST FRENCH VEGETABLE AN[>
SALAD SEED.

Beaulieu. Woodhaven. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOUVARDIA GARDENIAS, PAN-
SIES, WHITE LILAC.

Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHANGE OF FIRM NAME.

-M. Rice Co., Philudedphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL.

Eluier D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLD STORAGE LILY OF THE VAL-
LEY.

F. R. Pierson Co.. Tarrt.vtown-on-IIudson,

New York.

For pajre see List of Advertisers.

ROSES AND CARNATION NOVEL-
TIES.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page sea List of Advertisers.

POSITION FOR INSTRUCTOR IN
FLORICULTURE.

Penn. School ot Horticulture for Women,

'Ambler, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS.

California Seed Growers' Association.

San Jose, Calif.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Do You Know )K hat
You Want?

Look in the '♦ Buyers'
Directory" of this issue
and you will probably
find represented there
somebody who can
supply you. It's a good
plan to look it over
every week, for the
weekly changes and
additions are many.

See?

In writing fo Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

60

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

DURING RECESS.
The Rice Dinner.

"The best ever." was the concensus
of opinion among the staff of the M.
Rice Co., when asked how they en-
joyed the dinner and theatre party
given them in reward for their faithful
services rendered during the year of
1912. The dinner was served at the
Bingham House in the private banquet
room and was splendidly arranged;
floral decorations by R. Q. Shoch. A
vote of thanks was extended by E. G.
Bowers, advertising manager, on be-
half of the employees to Mr. B.
Eschner, who made the enjoyable
evening possible. Mr. Eschner re-
sponded and in part said that the next
affair would be even better. A. Zirk-
man, R. Q. Shoch, R. Brunswick, F. .T.
Farney and John Willard, superin-
tendent of the Rice factory, all had a
word to say, after which the staff
wended their way to Keith's to hear
Cissie Loftus explain why it is and
isn't.

Among those present were Joseph
Lane, Frank Feinstein, August Stadler,
Wendel Gillich, Frederlch Carbiner,
Anthony Angelo. Harry Bloom, Philip
Bastine, Timothy Callahan, Thomas
Coya, John Henry. Casper Wild, James
Lane, John E. Willard, Jackson Neil,
Robert Glass. David Boyle, Harry
Meis, Raymond Barker, Frank Smith,
Israel Radbill, Samuel Edelman. B.
Eschner, A. Zirkman, R. Brunswick,
R. Shoch, F. J. Farney, E. G. Bowers.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

We are glad to report that the crisis
has been passed in the case of the
eldest son of Samuel S. Pennock
(Charles) and that there are hopes for
his recovery. The illness of the rest of
the children was not so serious, and
they are all on the mend.

John Sculley has severed his con-
nection with M. Rice Co. and has asso-
ciated himself with F. G. Hastings,
florist, of Germantown. His place with
M. Rice Co. as city salesman has been
taken by S. Ettleman, who has been
floor salesman tor same concern for
several years.

They are saying nice things about
the "gray-haired laird"— Edward Reid
— on the way he has started in. to-
gether with his associates on the com-
mittee, running the essay proposition
of the Florists' Club. This position
really means everything. He is the
premier in the cabinet.

David Adam, late of Aberdeen, late
of New York, late of Philadelphia, has
gone back to New York to hold down
an important position with Peter Hen-
derson & Co. During the years he has
been with us here in the Dreer store
he has made many friends and we are
all sorry to see him go, although we
rejoice to see him keeping on ascend-
ing the ladder.

FVed Michell, Jr., is making the Bal-
timore and southern trip tor his firm,
the Henry F. Michell Co. I'sually his
father, Fred Michell, Sr., has made this
trip. We bespeak a condial welcome
from the readers of Horticulture for
young Fred — who is no whit behind his
daddy in geniality and good sense. He
has been raised from boyhood in his
uncle's business and knows it from A
to Z, so you can talk business with a
man' who knows what he is talking
about in every detail, and that's saying
a lot.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

Witli Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the WelURnown HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, 42.50: No. 2, &J.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; N». S, i6.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Visitors: Louis J. Reuter, Westerly,
R. 1.: Ernest Matthews, Buena. N. J.;
James Brown, Coatesville. Pa.; Her-
man Hunkel. of Holton & Hunkel Co.,
Milwaukee. Wis.: George Cruickshank,
rep. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston,
Mass.; C. P. Kimberlin, "1915" Calif.;
W. H. Vance, Wilmington Del.;
Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.;
John R. Andre, Doylestown, Pa.

ties, suggestions regarding the culti-
vation of the gladiolus and other per-
tinent reading matter. There are a
number of 3-calor process plates show-
ing special varieties in natural tints.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

The Advance Company. Richmond.
Ind. — Illustrated Descriptive Price List
of Advance Ventilating Apparatus and
Greenhouse Fittings. A very useful
book tor everyone having one green-
house or fifty.

Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. — Every-
body's Flower, The Modern Gladiolus.
This is a very interes ing publication,
giving in addition to the lists and
prices of Mr. Cowee's selected varie-

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Schedules in bankruptcy of Butler,
Florist. Inc.. 18 East 46th street, New
York City, show liabilities ?19,139 and
assets $1,468. consisting of cash, $47;
fixtures, $262; delivery wagon, $212;
accounts, $939, and fire insurance, $8.
Eugene G. MacCan, president of the
company, is a creditor for $14,650.

FIRES.

Savanna, 111. — A damage of about
$500 was done to the greenhouses of
E. Gabourie on Dec. 23d.

Brookline. Mass. — James F. Quinn's
flower store was damaged by fire and
explosion on December 5.

AN INTERESTING MARYLAND FAMILY GROUP.

Ex-President Richnrrl Vincent. .7r.. and wife, three sons !ind d:iUEliter, nnd slxteon

grnnacbildi-on.

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTURE

61

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The eighth annual report of the Ten-
nessee State Entomologist and Plant
Pathologist Prof, G. M. Bentley, has
been issued. From it we learn that the
annual loss in Tennessee from insects
destroying crops is as follows:

Corn $5,558,300

Wheat 794,900

Barley 7,600

Rye 22,400

Buckwheat 3,800

Oats 307,100

Hay and forage crops.^ l,261,8lXi

Tobacco ^ 530,145

Nursery stock, flowers and plants. 104,200

Strawberries 83,579

Orchards 345.900

Grapes 1,404

Forest and timber products 851,100

19,872,228

Fifteen nurseries were condemned in
1912 and 351 have received state cer-
tificates permitting them to sell nurs-
ery stock until August 1, 1913. Stoc';
from these nurseries is sold chiefly
without the state, less than one-eighth
being retained in Tennessee. Trees and
ornamental shrubs and vines from
Tennessee's nurseries are shipped to
all parts of the United States and Can-
ada, as well as to England, France.
Germany, Spain and Portugal. One
hundred and eight nurseries, mostly
strawberry plant growers, will have
no stock for sale during the season of
1912-'13. The continued cold weather
in the spring caused strawberries to
ripen late in Tennessee. By the time
the heavy picking came the prices were
very low. Consequently some growers
became discouraged and did not con-
tinue cultivation. In West Tennessee
many plant beds were drowned out by
the memorable high water conditions
prevailing there in the early spring.
There is little doubt that this reduc-
tion in numbers of the plant growers
will be permanent.

Copies of this report may be had on
application to Prof. G. M. Bentley,
Knoxville. Tenn.

Horticultural Directory for 1913. —
This annual publication by the Jour-
nal of Horticulture, London, England,
has just been received. It is bigger
and better than ever. The section
devoted to Societies has been recaste
and arranged in strictly alphabetical
order; the section devoted to Park
Superintendents is entirely new; and
the names and addresses of American
Seedsmen and Nurserymen largely in-
creased. Other new features are lists
of Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Trades
Societies and of the National Feder-
ated Association of Fruiterers and
Florists. The contents include County
Staff Instructors in Horticulture; Vic-
toria Medal of Honor in Horticulture;
Garden and Post Town Directory; Gar-
den and Railway Station Directory;
Horticultural Builders, etc.; Fruit.
Flower and Vegetable Trades Socie-
ties; National Federated Association
of Fruiterers and Florists; Parks, Gar-
dens and Open Spaces in London;
Principal Public Parks in Great Brit-

imp Soap Spray

iCffertive one to tliirty-two.

Single gallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

1BC3ST04M

Wizard Brand Manure is especially useful to the florist in
winter when the crude rough manure supply is wet, frozen and
hard to get.

Sheep or Cattle Manure Pulverized or Shredded

A kind for every use and in most convenient, effective form. Saves
labor, is ready for instant use when most needed and can be de-
pended upon.

One hundred pounds in a bag equals a whole wagon
^|Z<QQ^ load of stable manure.

Don't fail to specify Wizard Brand when you order
and you'll get the best. Your supply house can fur-
nish it if you insist, or we ship direct promptly.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY

31 Union Stock Yards, ■ - CHICAQO.

U.SED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Deeders of Americsu

Saves Cnrrants, Potatoes, Cabbase, Melons, Flowers, Trees
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up in popular packages at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on niiss and Blichts, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York.

The BecogmUed Standard Insecticide.
Not a cure-all but a specific remedy
for all sap sucking Insects Infestlnc

Slant life such as green, black, white
y, thrlps, red spider, mealy bug and
soft scales.
$1.00 per Quart. tZ.BO per Gallon.

An inf.tlllble remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fungi. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulphur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses it.

>/^E*3IWIir4E
A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and grub worms,
maggots, root lice and nnts. Used one
part to 400 parts water, it does not In-
jure plants, but protects your crops
against ravages under the soil.

$1.00 per Quart. $3.00 per Gallon.
All are spraying materials and are
effective in the greenhouse and In the
garden.

FOR S.ALE BY SEEDSSTEX.

tdison,
I.J.

Aphine Manufacturing Co., ""n.'

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager.

^«SU;S

(NSECTICIl

0

NDODOR

Soaraoteeit lodcr Ua iDsecUcliti Act. 1910. Serial Ns. 321
Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White *-cale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, eic. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry' Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Elffective where others fail.

H Pint - - 25o; Flnr - -40c; Oaart - - 7So

H Oalloo, &1.25; Gallon. 12.00; 5 Gallon Can, 19

'ID Gallon Can ■ . &17.S0

Dilute with watt-r jo to so Parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

ItO W. Lexinii:ten St.. Baltimore.

Directions on every package

>ld.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trt-f.s inuUlieil with tliis article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly than by any
other mean*;. We have proved it.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 & 29 OCEilN ST.. BEVERLY. MASS.

In ordering good* please add "I Maw
it in "HORTICULTURE."

IMPORTED SCOTCH SOOT

lOO lb. Bag $3.00

Wm. EllioU & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

"62

HORTICULTURE

January 11, 1913

proi«

HEWS STANDARD POTS

us...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

PAarsen Str*et
LONa ISLAND CITY, N.

Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and FactoHas
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

ain and Ireland; Educational Colleges;
Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists
In Great Britain and Ireland; Garden-
ers in Great Britain and Ireland; Prin-
cipal Fruit and Flower Salesmen and
Commission Agents in London; Land-
scape Gardeners; Alphabetical List of
Horticultural Societies, etc., in Great
Britain and Ireland; Florists on the
Continent and in the British Colonies
and United States of America.

The Fourteenth Report of the State
Entomologist of Minnesota, which has
Just been issued is a most valuable
document. No effort or expense has
been spared to make it reliable and
useful to the agricultural and horti-
cultural interests which are so potent
A factor in Minnesota's prosperity.
Grasshoppers and other injurious in-
sects of 1911 and 1912 are the general
topic and all the minute details of in-
sect life, with approved methods for
the extermination or control of these
pests are carefully recorded. The book
Is very fully illustrated. There are
three full-page plates of various grass-
hoppers, crickets, locusts, etc., in
natural colors.

OBITUARY.
Mrs. B. Merkel.
Mrs. B. Merkle, who has been en-
gaged in the florist business in East
Rutherford, N. J., with her sons Carl
And Frank for some years, died at her
home in that town on Dec. 21st, aged
•<S years.

William S. Fisher.
The floral trade of Washington, D.
C, regrets the death of William S.
Fisher, who has been among them for
many years. Mr. Fisher was born In
Virginia 54 years ago. Coming to this
city at about 15 years of age, he en-
tered the employ of the late John R.
Freeman as an apprentice. At about
the time he reached his majority he
opened up for himself on Pennsylvania
avenue, near 14th street, N. W. He
later removed to 717 15th street, N. W.,
where he remained for two years, sell-
ing out to Mr. Bolgiano. He was em-
ployed by J. H. Small & Sons for about
12 years following that time, going then
to the Washington Florists' Company
and managing their uptown branch on
14th street. He later gave up active
work, accepting employment only dur-
ing a few months each winter, spend-
ing his summers traveling about the
seaside resorts. Funeral services were
held on Tuesday morning last from his
late residence, 1135 9th street, N. W.
Mr. Fisher is survived by two sisters.
Misses Hattie V. and Mattie Fisher.

Wichita, Kans.— The Wichita Nur-
sery Company has increased its hold-
ings and will develop its departments
-by the addition of many new employes.

ORCEIR'S ''Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. DUm. Ea.

Doz.

100

10 20 In.

J1.45 tl6.<)0 $130.00

20 18 In.

1.80

14.00

115.00

SO 16 In.

1.00

11.26

ez.uo

40 14 In.

.65

7.00

66.00

50 12 In.

.45

5.00

40.00

60 10 In.

.S«

4.00

82.00

70 8 In.

.30

8.00

28. UU

Manufactured for as eiclnilvely. The b««t tub ever IntrodnceU. The neate«t, lightest
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Pbnts, Baibs. and Supplies. 714 chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON
TEMPLATED.

Louisville, Ky. — Simon Pontrich,
house. 60x112.

Spencertown, N. Y. — Mr. McCoom,
range of houses.

Cleveland, Ohio— C. W. Zuck &
Sons, vegetable house, 75x459.

Lancaster, Ohio — M. M. Miesse, one
house tor tomatoes and lettuce.

Valparaiso, jnd. — A. Londenberg &
Son, three houses, each 34x120.

Providence, R. I. — A. Holscher, house
50x241, by Lord & Burnham Co.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitniiininii^

I WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. I

S Adwrtbemeats in this column oat S

g ceot a word. Initials count as words. >

S Cash with order. Ail corr^ondence Z

5 addressed "care HORTTCUL- S

a TUKE " should be seat to J I H»m-

S Qloa Place. Boston.

mmiiHiUHiniiiHiiUUtiiiHiigiiiNiiittinf
HELP WANTED

WANTED

INSTRUCTOR IN FLORICULTURE

COLLEGE TRAINING PREFERRED

Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for
Women, Ambler, Pa.

WANTED — A competent nurseryman for
manafter and working foreman. Must be
honest and capable of handling men. Mar-
ried man preferred. Permanent position.
State full particular.s and salary wanted in
first letter. Address: Central, care of
HORTICULTURE. Boston. Mass.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED by young man
well trained In bedding plant and general
retail florist business. Is good designer.
Aged 23. Not married. Prefers New Eng-
land territory. E. W., care HORTICUL-
TURE.

WANTED — Position as head gardener on
private estate. Good references. Five
vears in last place. Married. Address:
Mac, care HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 1 12, 16 xl8, 16 X 24. double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parahel-
sky Bros. Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn. N. Y.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate:

2(m 1% in. @ $6.(10 500 4 in. (g $4.50

1500 2 •• " , 4.88 456 4»4 " " 5.24

1500 2y4 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 2H " " 600 210 5% " " 3.7S

ICXK) 3 " " 5.0O 144 6 " " 3.16

SOO 3% " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Potttrr, F»tt Edward, N.T.

lueust Riilker & Sins. 31 Barcby SL, N. Y. City, Agenti

OOR SPECUITT-Lut DistaKi »i mot bWt

r— STANDARD FLOWER'

Floors

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can sav
you monev.

W. H. ERNEST

^- 28th & M Sts. Wasbinston, D. C.

Syracuse Red Pots

With new and Improved machinery, we tmm

finpply yonr wants to better advantar*

than ever.

Special dlscoant§ on lar^e orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^V?"^^

Send your business direct to WasbingtocL.
Save« time and insures better service.
Personal attention guarEuiteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Buildinc
Washington, D. C.

FUIWIUEII
ANB ERECTEI

Greenhouse Materials

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths op to St feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or wlH
furnish details and cut materials ready JFor

erection.

rrsnk V3n AsschB, "^d oXtrht stroet"*"

JRR8ET riTV. N. J.

January 11, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

63

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This EaTe is intended for use on
detached houses with either fixed
glass or ilde sash.
It is practicftllj' all exposed to the
Inside he«t of the greenhouse and
so Is lee clearing.

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHADE

and as you can see

present no surface for icicles to form on.
They have great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION 00.

Home Office and Works

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

^?^t/vW^

New England Sales Office

^ WATER STREET.

BOSTON, MASS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

8XYI>E "L."
This Eave although lighter than
Style "S" is amply strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs little light and is ice
clearing: In the most severe weather.
It is Intended for use with fixed
glass only.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, III.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Have you placed your or-
ier for the Ventilating
Equipment and Greenhouse
fittings for your new range.
If not, it will be to your
advantage to investigate
our line before purchasing.
We are furnishing equip-
ments for all the leading
florists and all are well
plea.sed with our goods.

Write for our catalog

anjway. If you are not

ready for tins material now,

this catalog will be useful

_ for future reference.

ADVANCE CO^ ■ Richmonil, Int

CHARLES H. DODO

Orecnhoase Bmildcr. General Oreenhonse

Mechanic.

Iron Frame and Wood Bar HonM*.

Ideal Greenhoaae BotlcrB.

MatarUli Fnrolsbad or Erected. Htatlac

and Ventilating Matarlals.

578 Ocean Ave.. JERSEY CITY. N. J.

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insurer o( 32,SO0.OOO sq. ft. of flass

For particulars address

iohn G. Esler, stc'v Saddle River, N.J.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

ESS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

TFie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER GO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

ETROPGLITAN
ATER1AL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Fit'tL^f Se-fiJ for Catitiogtif

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

WROUGHT IRON PIPE FOR SALE

Rethreaded, tborooghly orerhaoled, la ran.

dom length!, guaranteed fre. from

■pUta or holea.

It will pay yon to commanlcste with as.

ALBERT & DAVIDSON

tl7-tS UbIob Atcbdc

BrooUra. I* ^

GLASS

for GRKENHOUSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices can be had Iiy
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stork of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New Yerlc and
can supply any Quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Kock liottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

215-217 Ilavemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

}reer'8 Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drive easy and true, because
both bevels are on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will Dot rust. No
lights or lefts.
The Peerless Glazing Poin
is patented. No others like
it Order from your deale^
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Simples free.
HENBT A. DREER..
714 OheBtnnt Street,
PMladelphlft.

Evans 20th Century Ann

Will not twist the shafting pipe. TTiree
times the power of old style elbow arms.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

Write for free Catalogue ta

QUAKER CITT MACHINB CO.

RlchmoBd. Ind.

64

1 1 n |{ T i C U L T U R E

January 11, 1913.

BEFORE talkii.i; .-.iKnit tbe Reason Bociklet itself, let us
tirst ask you a <iiie-:ti>..u or two:
When you buy anytliin^' i f importance involving tbe
expenditure ot sever.il liundred or thousands of dollars, do
you rely entirely on your own individual information, and go
right out and liny it? Of course you don't.

In making y^iur tinal decision, are you not strnngl.v influenced
Ijy the opinion ot some one who has already bought — and is
satisfied V Doesn't the fact that this or that person, company
or institution of prominence has put their stamp of approvijl
on it, by putting their money into it, carry a good deal of
weight with you?

The Importance of
This Reason Book

This lieing so, then naturally enough you will buy a green-
house much the same way.

Suppose, fur instance, you want to know thoroughly about
the l-Har (Jreenhouso. and have been wondering if there are
any houses in your vicinity you could see; wouldn't a booklet
L'iviug you the names of all U-Bar owners and the character
.■in<l extent of the greenhouse they own, be of interest and
assistance to you?

Let us supp ise still further, that you want to confirm your
decision to buy a I'-Bar house by seeing who some of the
others are who arrived 'at the same tlecisiou and built;
wouldn't a booklet grouping such names in a readily get-at-
able way be just the thing you want?

That's why we made just such a booklet.

It's called "Reasons."

The Reasons themselves are told in 93 words, right at the
start — the rest is given over to a uui<iue and interesting ar-
rangement ot the locations and owners ot U-Har houses built
in the last few years. Send for this Booklet. With it we will
mail you our catalogue and a section of the U-Bar itself —
so you can see e-^iactly what the U-Bar is.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIERSON U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE. NEW YORK.

CANADIAN OfflCE. lO PHILLIPS PLACE MONTREAL

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

Weeing how attractive and practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
*^ CURVED ELWE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producing the same
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and start anew. Just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult with me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON, anT^SS West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

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66

HOIITICULTUEE

January 18. 1913

O SCARCITY OF CHIFFO

THE HOUSEOF RICE

Just received three (3) large shipments, including PLAIN and WATERPROOF chiffons in all widths
and colors. The price and quality of our new chiffons demand your serious consideration. Send for sam-
ples and prices today; we know that they will interest you.

You can save the high express rates that you have been paying by instructing us to ship orders
within the weight limit of eleven (11) pounds via the U. S. PARCEL POST. Try out the new system.

Get our "WILLING HELPER" Katalog of Florists' Supplies and Ribbons; it will tell you all about
the old firm with the new name.

IVI. RIOE OOIVIPAIMY

The Leading Florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialists
1220 RACE STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.

B. ESCHNER. Pres. and Treas.

R. BBCNSWICK, Secy.

A. ZIRKJIAN. Vice Pres.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Soriner Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes,etc., (torn Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ^^Hi^^?"^^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import tor tho wholesalo trsdei
AZALEAS. PAXMB. BHODODENDBONS,
BATTBEE8, R08KS. UIxACa, HOU^AKD
AND JAPAN BCL,B8, L.IL.T OF THX
VALLEY, ETC.

P. 0. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Patms, Fams, Decnratiw and Foliasa Plants

Orden taken now for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

ferkins Street Nurseriss, Rosllndale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS "i^a""!^

100.
1000

WHITMANI COMPACTA fNew). to fake the
place of WKitmani. A better commercial fern —
2 1-2 in. $6 oer 100: $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $6 per 100: $50 pec
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rales.

H.H.BARROWS&SON,Wlutman,Mass.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

6 in., 5^ in. and 6 in. pots, 3. 4. 6, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inchex higli, 40c.,
60c., eoc, 75c., $1.00, $1.26 each and
np to $1.60.

Godfrey Aschmann

\S'holesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Ontario SL, PHILAOELPHIA, PA.

HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at St. Paul^ Minnesota.
MRS. CHASa RUSSELLy the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SHAWYERf the new pink forcing rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best vcirielies.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompons
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Our catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on our mailing Hst.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

c:f9oivi>a/ei_i-, ^oimim.

^M»<»ww»mwwvwm<w»vwvwi^w»i«w»

SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.
Telephone Lex. 260.

CYCLAMEN

Best strain in existence.

4 inch $35.00

5 inch 50.00

6 inch 16.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Nahant, Mass.

ROBERT CRAIG GO.

BOSES, PALMS.

and Novelties in Deciirative Plants.

MARKET and 49th STREETS. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

•'utiand Road and E. 45th St.
™. 2890 Bedford BROOKLYN, N. Y.

FERNS FOR DISHES

B«st Assorted Varieties, t% In. poHf

$3.60 per 100; $30.00 p«r 1000.

500 at thousand rates.

Cash ivith order.

Frank Oechsiin,

4911

N.Quticy St.

Chicago, III.

January 18, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

67

RiCV IM I U IVI

We have a splendid lot of 2 and 3-in. stock ready for immediate shipment, and are booking orders for future shipment
to the extent that we would suggest to prospective customers for after Easter orders, that they be placed at an early date, to in
uuv way insure delivery. We can have them ready for you at our regular price of ^2.00 per 100, .$18.50 per 1000, for 2-in., or
.$3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000 for 3-in.

We bave tlie following ready for immediate or futnre shipment, from 3-in. pots:

Per 100

.Vbutilon savitzi .$3.00

-Vcalyplia Maoafeeana , 2.50

Ae-hryantlies Emersoni 2.00

-VKeratuin. Six Varieties.

-Alternantliera. Eight Varieties

.MysKuni. Liouble liiant and Dwarf.
IJef;onia A'ernon, White and Pink...

He;>(tiiia (iracilis X.aminosa

Cupliea, Cij^ar I'laiit

(oieus. Ten \':irieties

Coleils IJrilliuncy

2.00
2.00
2.00
■2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
3.00

Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000

$23.00 Chrvsanthemums, 75 Pompon Varieties 2.00 18.50

20.00 Heliotrope, Mad. Bruant and others 2.00 18.50

18.50 Hardy English Ivy 2.00 18.50

18.50 Eantana, Fifteen Varieties 2.00 18.50

18.50 Lemon Verbena. Aloysla Citriodora 2.00 18.50

18.50 Moonvines, Waite and Blue : 2.00 18.50

18.50 Petunia, Double Mixed Colors 2.00 18.50

18.50 Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00 18.50

18.50 Parlor Ivy 2.00 18..50

18.50 Swainsona, Alba and Rosea 2.00 18.50

25.00

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

THE NEW FORCING ROSE MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

Owing to the great demand for plants, Own Root stock is all sold out until later in the
season, but grafted plants may still be had in quantity, as we have 12,000 growing in our
houses from which to make stock.

ORDERS WILL BE FILLED STRICTLY IN ROTATION

12

100

PRICES.ON GRAFTED STOCK
250 500 1000

$7.50 $35.00 $82.50 $150.00 $300.00

WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES,

2500

$687.50

5000

$1250.00

NATICK, MASS

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 99

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 91

Albert & David-
son 99

Allen, J. K 90

Aphine Mfg. Co.

78-97

Aschmann, G 66

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 82

Badgley, Reidel &

Meyer 90

Barnard, W. W.

Co 82

Barrows & Son.. 66
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 87

Bay State Nur-
series 79

Beaulieu 82

Bloomingdale's ..84
Bobbink & At-
kins 79

Boddington. A. T.83
Eolgiano & Son,

J 80

Boston Florist

Letter Co S8

Breck, J. & Son. 82
Breck - Robinson
Nurseries 66

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 84

Brownell Co 68

Burtlong. J. A R8

Bunyard, A. T...84
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 81

California F 1 o r-
ist 85

Page
California Seed

Growers Asso..82

Carbone 85

Chicago C a rn a-

tion Co 88

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso..88
Child s, John

Lewis 79

Clark, Everett B.,

Seed Co 82

Clarke's, D. Sons.. 84

Cowee, W. J 90

Craig, Eobt. Co.. 66

Dards 84

Dodd, Chas. H...99
Dorner & Sons

Co 68

Dreer. H. A. 77-98-99
Dunlop, .Tohn H..85

Dysart, R. .1 86

Eastern Chemical

Co 97

Edwards Folding

Box Co 88

Elliott's. W. Sons. 80
Eppstein. .Tulius..85

Ernest. W. H 98

Esler, J. G 99

Ever Ready

Flower Pot

Cover Co 87

Eyres 84

Farquhar. R. & J.

& Co .82

Ford. M. C 90

Ford, W. P 90

Forrest, Frank H. 85
1'^ o t t 1 e r, Fiske,

Rawson Co 82

Framingham Nur-
series 79

Page
Froment, H. E...flO
Galvin, Thos. F..85
Gasser, J. M. Co. .85
Goodsell, P. H...68
Grey, T. J. Co... 82
Gude Thos. Co... 85
Hagenburger, Carl

Co 78

Hail Association.. 99
Hall & Roblnson.85
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 97

Hart, Geo. B.. 86-88

Hatcher So

Haven Seed Co... 82

Heacock, Jos 66

Henderson. A 79

Hews, A. H. & Co.98

Hilflnger Bros 98

Hoerber Bros 88

Holm & Olson... 84

Horan. E. C 90

Holland Nur-
series 79

Jacobs, S. & Sons.99
Johnston & Co.,

T. J ,84

Johnston Bros. ...So
Kasting, W. F.

Co. ■; 91

Keller, J. B.

.Sons 85

Kervan Co 90

King Cons. Co... 99

Kramer, F. H 85

Krgeschcll Bro.s..99
Kuebler, W. H..90
Lager & Hurrell..68
Lange, A 85

Page
Lange, H. F. A.. 85
Lemon Oil Co... 97
Leonard Seed Co.82
Leuthy, A. & Co. 66
Loechner & Co... 68
Lord & Burnham.lOO
Lutton, W. H...100

MacMuIkin, E 85

Maynard, W. E..68
McCarthy, N. P.

Co 91

McConnell, Alex.. 84
McCray Refriger-

atoB Co 86

McCuUough's, J.

M. Sons Co.... 88
McHutchison &

Co 66

McMauus, Jas 90

MlcheU's Seed

House SO

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 90

Millang, Chas 90

Millang, Frank... 90

Miller, E. S 78

Montreal Floral

Exchange 91

Murray, Samuel.. 84
Moore. Hentz &

Nash 90

Nat. Nurseryman. 79
Niessen, Leo Co.. 88
Oechslin. Frank.. 66
Oklahoma Seed

Growers' Co 82

Ou werkerk, P 79

Palmer, W. J. &

Son 84

Park Floral Co.. 84
Parshelsky Bros.. 99

Page
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 85

Penn the Florist.. 85
Pennock - Meehan

Co 89

Perkins St. Nur-
series 66

Pierson, A. N....66
Pierson, F. R. Co. 78
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century... 97
Poehlmaun Bros. .88
Pulverizetl Ma-
nure Co 97

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 99

Ramsburg. G. S..78
Reed & Keller... 90
Reinberg. Peter.. 88
Rice, M. & C0....66
Robinson, H. M.

& Co 88

Robinson Co., H.

M 90

Rock, Wm. L 84

Roehrs, J. Co 68

Roland, Thos 66

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 66-98

Rosery, The 84

Sander & Son 6S

Schilder Bros.... 82

Sfhuiz, Jacob 85

Scott, John 06

Sharp, Partridge
Co 90

Sheridan, W. P.. 90
Siggers & Sig-

gers 98

Skidelsky,- S. S.

& Co 82

Page
Slinn & Co., B. S.90
Smith & Co., E.

D 78

Smith, P. J 90

Smith, W. & T.

Co 79

Smyth, Wm. J... 84
Sprague, J. H...68
Stearns. A. T.

Lumber Co 99

Stumpp, Geo. M..84
Syracuse Pottery

Co 98

Tailby 85

Totty, Chas. H..79
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 82

Traendly &

Schenck 90

Valentine, J. A... 84
Van Assche, P...98
Vick's, Jas. Sons. 82
Vincent, R., ,Tr..

& Sons Co 67

Waban Rose Con-
servatories 67

Wants, For Sale.. 98
Ward, R. M. &

Co 68

Warendorff, A 84

Welch Bros 91

Whittier & Co.,

W. B 79

Wilson, Robt. G..84

Wood Bros 68

W o o d r o w &

Marketos 90

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 82

Young & Nugent. 84

Zangen, O. V 82

Zinn, J. A 185

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 92, 93, 94, 95

68

HOBTICULTUEB

January IS, 1913

A NEW AZALEA VARIETY

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"Patrick's Superba" has been originated by our Ghent connec-
tion, Mr. C. Petrick, the well known Azalea expert. Mr. Patrick
says it is a great improvement of Madame Petrick, and is superior
on account of its beautiful color — similar to Vervaeneana. It
forces as early and as easily as Madame Petrick and is the most
desirable of all for Xmas iiowering. Of course, like all new varie-
ties, the quantity is scarce, and only a few are available this year
and then when accompanied with a reasonable order for other
varieties. Buyers who use 250 Azaleas upward, and are in good
financial standing, may buy direct from Mr. Petrick, at the
Ghent wholesale prices. Those using less than the above quan-
tity we shall be glad to supply with Mr. Petriek's stock, at prices
duty paid, f. o. b. New York. The name of Petrick needs no
introduction to growers who are acquainted with Ghent, but for
those who are not familiar with the source of supply we may sav
it is the best in Belgium. The prices are standard — the same to
all. Orders are filled in strict rotation — so early orders are
advised. Write for a catalogue.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Cheap
But Bow Good

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK.

IVIy

1913

SF>IRIIMO

P

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L.IST

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL,

200 Broadway, New York {

SPHAGNUM MOSS

Best quality, tightly baled, size of
bale, 3 ft. by 2 ft. by 2 ft., bur-
lapped f. o. b. Walden, N. Y., @
$2.25 per bale.

TlleC.W.BrownellCo.,Nlr^^^°5Kk

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VAliEY PIPS

PALMS. AZALEAS. &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

iVrite for quotations

CARNATIONS)

F. DORMER & SONS CO.

LA FAYFTTE, IND.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Growers
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

and 'io^ Broadway. Room I'll
NEW YORK CITY

Hybrid Orchids

I

FLOWERED AND
UNPLOWERED...,

Julius Roehrs Co.

I

Rutherford, N. J.

OROMI

Cboice dormaut bulbs of Calanthe Veitchii,
read.v now ' at $75.00 per 100 bulbs ; also
great variety of other orchids and material
in which to grow them.

WRITE FOR C.AT.VLOGCE.

LAGER &HURRELL*^S'.T^

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000
Wodenetlie. $1.00 per doz...$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful; White Winsor 3.50 30.00

Prlnc-ess Cliarmin? 3.00 25.00

Winsor 2.50 20.00

riants from 2-inch pots, $1.00 per 100
advance over aiiove prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

BOOTED CUTTINGS.
Fifty Fine Coninierciai Varieties:
$1.50 to $4.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00
per lUOO.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine A'arieties, Dormant
Tubers: $3.00 to $5.00 per 100; our
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000.

Si^}i<i for Catalogjte

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

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1 hale, each. , . .:SI.25 10 bales, each.. $3.75

5 bales, each .. 4.00 25 hales, each,. 3.60

Larger quantities write for prices.

ROTTED FEAT, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnecat, N. J.

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NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

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Care of Carnations

From now on as the season advances carnations will
need ventilation on all favorable occasions. It pays to
look after the airing very closely. If neglected for any
length of time, they will soon show it. To support and
encourage a vigorous growth with fine flowers, they
should from now on get some extra stimulant in the
way of liquid feeding and light mulches. First give
the beds a good cleaning to remove all foreign matter,
and then apply a nice coat of bone dust, say at the
rate of one peck for every 250 square feet of bench sur-
face. This can be followed by a light mulch of loam
and cow manure in equal parts put on about half an inch
deep which will be plenty. These light mulches every
month with liquid manure about once a week will help
to give a fine crop of flowers of the best quality. Ex-
amine the benches evei7 day for the dry places which can
be watered. Where red spider is present give some vig-
orous syringing early in the morning. Fumigate every
week to keep down green fly.

Tuberous Rooted Begonias

It is time now to make a sowing of tuberous-rooted
begonias. Few plants are better adapted for summer
and fall decoration of the window garden, veranda, or
conservatory. They can be sown in pans that have been
well drained. For a compost use new loam and leaf
mold in equal parts, with a fair dash of sand to make it
porous. Fill the pans to within half an inch of the
top and on this place a little of finely sifted compost and
press moderately firm and water. When they have
drained sow the seed evenly over the surface ; they do not
need to be covered. Place a pane of glass over each
pan. Place these pans in a house where they can have a
high temperature; anywhere around 65 to 70 degrees
will help them to germinate better. When the young
seedlings begin to appear they should be placed up
near the glass and as the sun becomes stronger they wiU
need to be shaded from the noon-day sun. They can be
pricked out when they are large enough to handle and
given good care they will soon grow into a nice size to
pot into 2 or 21^ inch pots.

Bedding Plants

The florist who has to grow a large number of bed-
ding plants should have this department now well under
way. Give your stock plants all attention to keep them
growing well. The proper temperature for most bed-
ding plants is from 55 to 60 degrees at night with about
15 degrees higher during bright weather. Stock plants
that are pot bound should be given a shift using a good
rich soil. The atmosphere should be kept moist by wet-
ting down walks and under the benches twice a day with
a good syringing overhead on good days. When taking
cutttngs off always leave a couple of eyes at the base of
the new wood to produce a new batch of cuttings later
on. Keep all such stock as abutilons, fuchsias, achy-

ranthes, alternantheras, heliotrope, petunias, verbenas,
vincas, salvias, ageratum, coleus, geraniums, etc., grow-
ing along by potting as they may need it, giving them
more room between the plants and never let them lack
for moisture at the roots. Fumigate at least once a
week.

Easter Flowering Shrubs

Bring in all flowering shrubs intended for Easter and
give them a house where the temperature stands about
50 degrees at night. In order to have them break away
freely they should be sprayed well overhead at least
three times a day. This syringing can continue daily
until they show the opening of their heads. The tem-
perature can be raised five degrees every ten days until
you have them at about 65 degrees night temperature.
All shrubs will be better every way if they have all their
hard forcing a week before they open flower buds. When
they start to open their flower buds a temperature of
about 60 degrees at night will be high enough. Keep
them in a house where they can have full sunshine and
give ventilation whenever the outside conditions of the
weather are favorable. When root action becomes more
active they will take a copious supply of water at the
roots. When your shrubs are fairly well in flower they
should be given a house that stands about 50 degrees at
night which will add to their keeping qualities as well as
give substance to their flowers. Good subjects to force
are virburnum, weigela, spiraea, magnolia, forsythia,
judas, almond, peach, cherry, pyrus, rhododendron and
kalmia.

Orchids

Now that we are bound to have our coldest weather
keep all orchids at their minimum temperature in their
several departments, as many plants will now be rest-
ing and should not be excited by too high a temperature.
Particular care should be given in watering. In order
to counteract the drying influence of the strong fire heat
required at this time of the year damp down the floor
between the plants and below the benches thoroughly
two or three times a day. Utilize any spare time in
cleaning or sponging the plants so as to keep them rid
of scale or thrips. Always try to keep a constant
supply of fresh air by careful ventilation. Make it a
point to frequently freshen the atmosphere by allowing
some ventilation for at least an hour at a time.

Vincas

Large vincas in 5 or 6-inch pots can now be divided
up and potted into 3 and 4-inch pots using a rich com-
post. These can be grown on and will make fine plants
by the time they are needed. Where you want to work a
good batch for a year hence put in cuttings now. These
can be potted up and kept until they can be planted out
in the open ground where they will make fine stock by
next fall.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the fnllowlng; Aspidistra; Candytuft and Stocks; Forcing New Crop Lily of the Valley;

Gloxinia Bulbs; Jerusalem Cherries; Order Seeds Now.

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FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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Moving Vines

Vines can be transferred from the house they are grow-
ing in to a neighboring one or shipped a distance if the
work is done properly and at the right time. The only
time to do tliis and be sure of success is when the leaves
commence to fall, so it depends on what house they are
growing in to determine the date. None, however,
should be left later than the present date as the leaves
will be falling in the latest houses now. Wlien moving
voung vines having only the first width of soil to them,
it will be advisable to knock away the temporary wall
keeping the soil in place on the inside. In this way no
risk is taken of cutting off young roots. Older vines
having more soil can have a trench dug down to the
drainage and the remainder of the soil forked away
from between the roots. This is a tedious job and one
that requires a great amount of care. Get all the roots
I'ree and then tie them up in bunches to avoid injury in
transit. It is impossible to get a ball of soil with the
loots of a vine, so all the roots must be carefully got out
and kept moist. To move one from between others
means to loosen some roots of both, as they gi-ow into
each other's territory down in the soil. A division at
the half-way line is all that can be done and the roots
•'cut" away, not chopped off. Often it will be found
necessary to plant deeper than when planting young
vines. Give them a watering to settle the soil about the
roots and spray the vines over in good weather.

Pot Trees in Flower

Peach and nectarine trees growing in pots started De-
cember 1st, or sooner, will now be in flower and atten-
tion must be paid to setting them. With good clear
weather this is easy as they usually readily comply witli
our wishes. Syringing must be discontinued for a time ;
there is no harm, however, in giving the floors or walks
a damp round first thing in the morning. Keep the
heating pipes warm and get a little air on early, increas-
ing this as fast as the weather permits. About noon the
pollen will be dry and ready to take its course. Both
peach and nectarine have a complete flower and are
formed well to make setting easy — stamens and pistil
being in close proximity. There is a vast difference in
the size of the flowers of different varieties. Take Pere-
grine peach and Stanwick Elruge nectarine, the fornier
an elegant flower with broad petals, the latter quite
diminutive and of little beauty; both are equal in pro-
ductiveness. It will be best to go over the flowers with
a soft brush or piece of fur to distribute the pollen.
About the best and easiest-made article for this purpose
is a rabbit's tail mounted on a piece of cane or wire for
a handle. Gently stroke the flowers and if in a right
condition the pollen will be easily seen moving around.
In clear weather a damping of the walks immediately
after will be beneficial. Keep a night temperature of 50
to 55 F.

Making a Melon Bed

The old idea and one that is practised today in some
places, of making a melon bed, is to first make a large

hot-bed of stable manure and leaves on which to place
the soil. Today in the up-to-date establishments with
houses built especially for growing melons in, all this
is eliminated. There is no need of it with the benches
having perforated plates on the bottom, which allows
the heat to penetrate the soil from the heating pipes
below. Another advantage of this arrangement is, there
is no danger of plants "hanging" as the hot-bed settles
down beneath them. It was usually necessary to cut
away a quantity of the ties to let the plant go down with
the bed or take a big chance of having something go
wrong. This all went to make an unsightly appearance
and now we have nothing to fear in this line.

Opinions differ greatly as to what texture of soil
melons thrive best in; some prefer sandy soil while
others go to the other extreme. I have seen both used
in different localities to good effect. If good thick pas-
ture loam, inclined to be heavy, could be procured I
should certainly grow melons in it. On the other hand,
in some places this is out of the question, in which case
I would use what is going. Experience has taught us
melon plants most decidedly relish moderately fresh
loam — stacked about three weeks so that the grass has
had time to decay. If good sod is to be had make your
bed the thickness of two which will be from four to five
inches, scattering a little lime rubble in between. In
using anything short of sod which can be so handled it
will be best to chop up roughly enough soil from the
heap and mix in plenty of lime rubble or plaster and also
a little charcoal.

Melon beds require to be made quite firm at all times.
Loose beds only produce rank growths liable to contract
every disease that is going and as a general rule swell
away only one fruit. The mounds for planting into can
be of the same soil as the lower portion of the bed, a
heaped up six inch pot being quite large enough.

Making a Cucumber Bed

.V cucumber bed differs in many respects from a melon
bed. In the first place the soil differs and is not made
.«o firm ; .secondly, a much less quantity is used ; lastly, a
system of top-dressing at regular intervals must be
adopted. There is a difference in the planting too. To
avoid canker, trouble in a melon, plants should not be
buried any deeper tlian when growing in the seed pot. A
cucumber" can be planted right up to the seed leaf with-
out any fear of trouble.

To commence cover over the bench about 21 inches
wide with a single sod face downwards. Place the
mounds on this at intervals of two feet. Enotigh soil
onlv to cover over the balls nicely should be given them
at first and as the roots show through this top-dress
them with another inch of soil all over the bed. Plants
growing well will need a top dressing once a week. By
this method are the best results obtained. A mixture of
three parts loam, two leaf soil, one fresli horse manure,
with a little sand if the loam is heavy, should grow
good cucumbers. No ramming is needed : press the soil
firm with the liands.

January 18, 1913

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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houses. An experienced man knows just how many
pipes it will take to hold up the houses when the mercury
stands at so much outside.

Do not run your houses too warm; 66 degrees F. is
plenty for these dark, cloudy days. With 60 at nighi
the roses will not grow as much as they would if the day
temperature was raised a little more, but the growth will
be far healthier, and the plants much less subject to
disease. This is important, as we all know what a bad
dose of mildew at this time of the year would mean.
And as soon as the plants become what may be termed
"soft" they will get it as sure as the world.

As advised in these columns before, do not run the
houses too warm the first clear day after several cloudy
ones. This will lielp the plants get used to the sunlight
once more and they will not wilt; 70 to 72 is plenty foi-
these days, as it can be gradually increased until the reg-
ular day temperature is reached again.

The Cuttings

With the propagator full of cuttings it will hardly pa.v
to neglect it in any way. Keep right after the tempera-
ture and try to keep it as steady as possible, both in tin-
sand and in the house itself. See that there are nn
draughts anywhere. It is a good idea to cheesecloth ali
the ventilators, thus making sure that no wind can possi-
bly blow in. In watering be very careful to water a-
early in the morning as is safe so that the plants have
plenty of chance to dry off before night. It is not good
to water too early in the morning, as the cuttings are
liable to get a chill, and this would not be doing thein
any good at all. Wliere it can be done we would advise
watering the plants with lukewarm water. But it must
not be too warm — just warm enough to take the icy chill
off of it. This especially applies to places where the
water comes from a tank on the premises. As can be
expected, this tank will likely have some ice in it and
we are sure the cuttings do not delight in an icy batli.
Spider should not give any trouble in the propagator,
providing the cuttings were taken from clean health\
plants, and no cuttings should be taken from diseased
plants. Should spider appear very bad the only tiling
to do is to rip all the cuttings out and put new ones in.
making sure they are clean. All cuttings can be dipped
into some good insecticide and be greatly helped by it.
They must not, however, be allowed to soak in the mix-
ture for any length 'of time, as tliis would be likely to
take a large number of the leaves off. Just dip them
and make sure that the material reaches all the leave--.
Then rinse them good with clear water and you will
have them pretty nearly clean. Be careful, however, not
to bruise the leaves any, as this would damage the vitalitv

Blackspot

This disease will no doubt prove more or less trouble-
some during the dark, damp, rainy weather which we
have been having for the past week or two. Those who
followed our advice and kept after it early in the fall
when it was easy to pick it off and bum it, will be very
glad indeed. If your plants have had spot before and it
is breaking out anew you will have to be more than care-
ful if you expect to pull your plants through without
checking them much. Keep the plants on the dry side a
little bit, picking off and burning whatever spot you can
find. This, of course, must not be done where all the
leaves on the plant are affected, as this would leave the
plant leafless. The only thing to do in cases like this is
to spray the plants well with ammoniacal copper carbon-
ate or some other good fungicide, and then try to grow
the plants out of it. TMs is no simple task, to say the
least, and growers must use their own judgment as to
the best course to pursue. A light dose of lime will usu-
ally do wonders in helping to dry the plants out. Avoid
all syringing unless the condition of the plants demands
it. Should spider prove a menace, syringe very quickly
on all clear mornings, shaking the plants well to insure
their being perfectly dry by night. Then do not forget
to blow plenty of air-slaked lime underneath the plants
to dry out the air still more. If cold weather prevails,
always leave on a crack of air at night and never mind
the extra coal it takes to keep up the temperature. Of
course if the thermometer drops below 26 it is just as
well to close the ventilators, as enough heat will have to
be used to keep the air in proper condition. After the
plants show signs of improvement, a little liquid manure
can safely be applied. This will give the plants more
vigor and they will soon be on the safe side.

Temperature in Dark Weather

Trying to regulate the temperature in the houses this
changeable weather is not a job for the inexperienced.
Many growers will make the great mistake and stick al-
most anybody on the night firing duty. We are sure
such growers live to regret it for it is a very poor policy.
The weather man must certainly be very unsettled if he
gives us weather according to the mood he happens to
be in. With the high -winds the problem becomes even
more complicated as glass is liable to be blown out. Wo
have been very lucky in this respect, losing only a few
panes of glass out of some hot-bed sash which the wind
seemed to take 'gi'eat pleasure in scattering about. And
they were piled up nicely too with heavy pipes on top,
but that made but little difference to the hurricane.

Keep your eyes on the thermometer outside. That is
the only way you can keep your temperature even in the

of the cuttings considerable.

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Spring Flowering Hardy Phloxes

I am well aware of the climatic
advantages of the north in regard
to midsummer eJiects of flowering
hardv ijereunials. For spring and
fall, "however, conditions are more
favorable in middle Atlantic and
central states. Close observation as
time passes shows a keener realiza-
tion of the splendid opportunities
for the future. The steadily in-
creasing demand for spring-flower-
ing phloxes is one evidence thereof.
Le'ading landscape gardeners, during
recent years, have begun using them
in many instances quite extensively
and illustrations of various planta-
tions, no doubt, have been instru-
mental in creating a general inter-
est. The most convincing demon-
stration of the ornamental value of
this hardy type of phloxes are sheets
of color in snowy white, light and
dark pink, various shades of laven-
der, carmine and magenta red, pro-
duced by the blossoms of Phlox sub-
ulata and Phlox amojna, when we see
them in reality. American visitors
at the International Exliibition in
England, last spring, appeared deeply impressed by the
artistic beauty of rock-garden work abroad. In the
various illustrated descriptions I have read, it did not
appear to what extent phloxes were employed. Indica-
tions at home show that in the floral spring arrays of
present and future rockeries they are to be a prominent
feature.' Phlox subulata, the "moss" or "mountain
pink," on account of the creeping habit of growth, the
dense carpet of blossoms and nearly evergreen, fine foli-
age, is indeed an excellent planting material. Thrivmg
by nature in high locations they quickly commence to
ramble over rocks, fill crevices and establish themselves
on steep and arid slopes. Reliable to endure the hot
midsummer month without harm, they very rarely suffer
if under light cover in winter. This covering is most
essential during March, when the soil under the thick
mass of creeping growth remaining in a frozen state
prevents root action, while the warm sun-rays disastrous-
ly urge vegetation. Of the garden varieties of Phlox
subulata recommendable, I mention alba and Nelsoni, as
the best pure white ; lilacina flowers light lilac ; the blos-
soms of Bridesmaid are white, purplish tinted ; those of
atropurpurea purplish rose, while subulata rosea is cov-
ered in May by a mantle of bright pink hue.

Very closely related to Phlox suhulata are the slightly
hio-her and freer growing varieties of Phlox setacea, svii.
P.°frondosa, distinguished by clear, strong shades m
colors desirable for brilliancy in floral effects. The Bride
is a handsome white with pink eye ;. G. F. Wilson flowers
slate blue, while Goos & Koenemann's new Blueteiitep-
pich appears in clear pink and their latest introduction
Sternteppich, produces charming sheets of star-shaped
blossoms of a beautiful clear lavender blue. Phlox
amcena. one of the older species, 7 to 8 inches tall, can
be used for spring bedding or for edging purposes. Our
frontispiece shows its effect in the writer's rock-garden
built last year. The planting was done April 6th, and
the picture taken May Sr.th. following. The color of tho
flowers is a bright carmine pink of remarkable strengtn.

Phlox subulata alba

Equally well known is Phlox divarieata canadensis, 1
foot high, flowering in loose panicles of a pure pale blue.
Distinguished by a more robust growth and longer peri-
od of flowering is the very striking novelty Phlox divari-
eata Laphami. A great acquisition for rockeries, it will
be found extremely useful as a bedding plant and for
the herbaceous border, its beautiful large pale blue flow-
ers being a choice material for cutting. Closing my
notes, I wish to call attention to Phlox pilosa, one of the
best spring-flowering species for grouping. In bright
sunlight the effect of its masses of clear rosy lavender
flowers on stems from 12 to 16 inches long, is simply
grand.

All the taller growing varieties mentioned should be
cut back after flowering, to insure a strong bushy growth
near the root-stock and a green appearance through the
later part of the season. The species subulata and seta-
cea, being creepers, as a rule are not cut at all. Spring
flowering phloxes prefer a light sandy soil of sufficient
moisture-retaining humus to prevent them from being
burned out. Propagating is done by division or cuttings.
As a rule seeding is not very abundant, and for this
reason seeds are seldom obtainable.

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Riverton, N. J.

Reading notices are the worst possible
kind of advertising, for they are on their
own face deception. The reader is bun-
coed. Naturally he resents it and then the
boomerang swats the fellow who hoped to
gain by it. — Schultz.

January 18, 1913

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73

Fallacies and Axioms

Then gently scan your brother man.
And gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a kennin wrang,
To step aside is human.

Burns.

Bums here beautifully expresses the same thought as
Pope when he said, ''To err is human, to forgive di-
vine.'" The writer must confess that it affords him a
certain amount of pleasure to prick bubbles and to see
them burst when filled only by the wind of error. Ar-
nold Bennet in that splendid little book of his, "How to
Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day,'"' deplores the modern
lack of the contemplative mind, and it is deplorable in-
deed. For how much better we should be in our work,
did we but contemplate a little more, look a trifle deeper,
beyond the surface, and oftener question ourselves of
the reason for doing this and that, or the why and the
wherefore of things. Were this the general habit of us
all there would be less fallacies to write about and per-
haps less mistakes in our work.

It would be easy to write many pages about the falla-
cies connected with the practical side of horticulture and
agriculture, but it will sufBce for our present purpose if
we go over some of the most common.

Atmospheric Moisture, or — in Greenhouse Parlance —
" Damping Down "

In my article of two weeks ago this matter was treated
in regard to its utter inadequacy in keeping red spider
in check, and now we attack it from another angle.
Damping down is a mistake (fallacy) in any houses
other than stove or orchid houses, except occasionally,
as when a grapery is starting into growth, or on an ex-
tremely hot parching day in the summer when the roots
of the roses, chrysanthemums, or carnations are unable
to send up water fast enough to take the place of that
evaporated from the foliage, when the damping of walls,
floors or any part of the house is necessary to prevent
wilting.

That this attack on the damping-down idea will be a
terrible heresy in the eyes of some of my good friends,
I fear, and so I hasten to give the reasons for the faith
that is within me. It is generally conceded that, given
the right crop to suit the soil and temperature there is
nothing better under the sun in the way of quality and
quantity than the crops grown in those hot arid regions
where nothing grows without irrigation and, providing
there is a plentiful supply of water at the root, atmos-
pheric moisture (as affected by our damping down) is
not a factor in the matter. A damp atmosphere certain-
ly appears to favor black spot on Beauties and all the
rust diseases on carnations and chrysanthemums. It
has ever been a matter of personal observation with me
that a relatively dry atmosphere is at all times produc-
tive of fruitfulness and floriferousness. And how many
thousands of cuttings are lost annually by cutting bed
fungus, the growth of which is favored, if not caused,
by too damp an atmosphere?

Plants get all their mineral food in a watery solution
from the soil. Now, if the atmosphere is heavily charged
with moisture less water is transpired by the leaves and
less food of a mineral nature is brought up; therefore,
it is axiomatic that the best condition of atmospheric
moisture is that which causes the most rapid transpira-
tion of water by the foliage without producing wilt.

A Fallacy In Regard to Watering

Under glass there is no one operation of greater im-
portance than watering, and yet we have often heard

this fallacious statement, "Always let the plants get dry
before watering them" (of course the writer uses the
words wet and dry in the relative sense as always under-
stood by gardeners and florists). I would change this
to — never let a growing plant get dry, and it seems to
me that less harm would be done by inexperienced men
than by the same men with the advice given above, for
I have seen men who considered themselves experienced
growers, who thought that it was nothing to see a plant
wilt from getting dry, because, after watering it ap-
peared to pick up and be as good as ever ; but this is a
grave error — in fact another fallacy, as it is very doubt-
ful if a plant ever does just as well after having wilted
once.

Axiom : — A healthy growing plant should never be
allowed to get dry at the root.

Next week I shall deal with fallacies of greenhouse
heating or temperatures, land drainage, and of book-
knowledge, supplying in each case the appropriate axiom.

Lenox, Mass.

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Red Spider

It gave me great pleasure to read Mr. Jenkins' cOm-
monsense article on Tetranychus telarius in your issue
of January 4. As he states, there has been much non-
sensical talk about damping the floors and keeping a
moist atmosphere to keep down this unconquered foe
of the florist. In my experience I have observed that
a humid hot amosphere is an ideal breeding place for
them. I remember reading somewhere recently that
wetting the plants overnight will be a sure cure. I was
rather skeptical of the remedy when I read it ; because I
once made an experiment on a badly affected plant by
dipping it overhead in a tank of water and allowing it
to remain all night. I found in the morning Mr. Spider
seemed as thick on the plant as ever, being observed
moving around, and after being placed in the sun until
the leaves dried he was as lively as ever. As Mr. Jenkins
states, the nozzle with a good pressure of water behind
it is the only safe remedy so far. We have had very
good success keeping crotons clean by using a pint of
kerosene and' a half-cake of Ivory soap to a barrel con-
taining thirty gallons of water, keeping the mixture well
stirred with an agitator attached to the barrel while ap-
plying to the plants. This remedy we use once every
two weeks, selecting a dull day for the operation, and
next morning before the sun gets at the plants we spray
them over with clean water. We have used this remedy
for many years on crotons, eucharis, ixoras, and other
shiny leaved plants, and very seldom see the plants af-
fected by insect pests unless the wind be blowing hard
from some elm trees that are near the greenhouse, and
then we are sure to find our enemy the spider on the
plants under the ventilator.

I think our friends at the experiment stations have
something to work upon to give tis a quick sure remedy,
such as a fumigant that will not injure plant Ufe, and
will rid us of this annoying little insect.

Medford, Mass.

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CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Phlox amoena as a Rockery
Plant.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care
of Carnations — Tuberous Rooted Begonias — Bedding
Plants — Easter Flowering Shrubs — Orchids — ^Vincas
—John J. M. Fan-ell 69

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Mov-
ing Vines — Pot Trees in Flower — Making a Melon
Bed — Making a Cucumber Bed — George H. Penson.. 70

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Black-spot— Tem-
perature in Dark Weather — The Cuttings — Arthur G.
Ruzicka 71

SPRING FLOWERING HARDY PHLOXES— Kicftord
Roi/te- Illustrated 72

FALLACIES AND AXIOMS— Editm Jenkins 73

RED SPIDER— George F. Stewart 73

A VALUABLE DENDROBIUM— Illustrated 76

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

New York Florists' Club — Pittsburgh Florists' and
Gardeners' Club — St. Louis Florist Club — National

Association of Gardeners 75

Florists' Club of Washington — Gardeners' and Flor-
ists' Club of Boston — National Flower Show, New
York — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural So-
ciety— Nassau County Horticultural Society — New

Jersey Floricultural Society 76

Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association — Rochester
Florists' Association — American Gladiolus Society. . 77
Club and Society Notes 98

SEED TRADE — Good Resolutions— Beans Enough—

An Unfounded Assertion — A Warning 78

The Rate of Postage on Seeds — About Half Price
Packets — Alexander Forbes — Notes 80

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 84

Flowers by Telegraph 85

Publicity in Minneapolis — C. N. Ruedlinger 85

Co-operation from a Retailer's View Point — Charles

Henry Foj: 86

The Retailers' Inning — (J. C. Watson 86

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 89

Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia 91

Providence, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington 96

DURING RECESS— Tarrytown Horticultural Society-
New York and New Jersey Association of Plant
Growers — Cook County Florists' Association Bowling 96

OBITUARY'— James B. Kidd— John T. Temple— Sam-
uel Reisner — Mrs. Montague Chamberlain — Angelo
Tassi — James W. McNary 97

MISCELLANEOUS:

New Calanthes 77

Cincinnati Notes — Chicago Notes 87

Personal — In Bankruptcy i 87

A Sensational Carnation Deal 87

Philadelphia Notes — News Notes 96

Hitchings & Co. Branch Out 96

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 98

It is not plea.sing to see the plant registra-

A growing tion department of a society taken advan-

evii tage of by introducers of new varieties, for

free advertising purposes as is frequently
done. Any and all distinct characteristics which would
serve in the identification of a variety should be care-
ftilly recorded ; nothing more. "Non-burster," "strong
constitution," "rapid grower," "will supersede every-
thing in its class," "profuse bloomer," etc., etc., mean
nothing for the legitimate purpose of a registration rec-

ord, as every grower knows. All such boastful claims,
although they may be honestly believed by the owners
who put them forward, should be struck out, without
fear or favor, by the registration official whose duty it
is to make the record and should he feel timorous or
doubtful of his authority to do so, his society should lose
no time in- giving him stringent instructions to that
effect.

The Massachusetts apple growers have
"Boosters" jugt had a rousing convention in Horti-
cultural Hall, Boston, in conjunction
with an interesting exhibition. Many addresses were
made, replete with practical hints and sound busi-
ness advice. A lecture by Samuel Fraser of Geneseo,
N. Y., on "Planting Fruit Trees Propagated from
Strains of Known Worth," under the auspices of
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, attracted an
audience of over six hundred and the discussion was so
animated and long-drawn out that it was with difficulty
that the chairman finally got the session to adjourn. It
is gratifying to see our eastern fruit growers waking up
to this extent. They will have to move pretty lively,
though, to keep up to the pace set for them by their
brethren of the far west. Think of the leading men of
the city acting as waiters and serving apple pie free to
all comers, as we are informed they did at a recent apple
show in Spokane, Wash. ? "That's going some !" We
wonder whether we shall ever see local public enthusi-
a.sm such as that on behalf of the rose, carnation, sweet
pea, gladiolus, or any other floral product. There would
be nothing very unreasonable about such a proposition.
Why should not a community where flower-growing is
an important commercial industry feel jubilant over it
and take a public-spirited interest and pride in its
growth? A "publicity" campaign ably conducted and
supported with unselfish unanimity by all the local hor-
ticultural interests would be a practical means to such
an end. Fall in !

Those of our readers who are inter-
The troubles of ested in the cut flower business will
the cut flower fl^j jq this issue some pertinent
views from several writers on the ever-
lasting controver,~y between the grower and the retail
dealer as to which of the two is most responsible for the
peculiar vicissitudes and trj'ing uncertainties from which
the flower business eontintially suffers. Horticultdek
lias no prejudices eitlier way and our columns are open
for the expression of opinions as to causes and the sttg-
gestion of remedies by any and all who are disposed to
debate seriously and fairly on the problem. That there
is room for very great improvement at both ends of the
business we are fully satisfied and we should lil^e to see
and to help along as much as possible any promising
effort to solve for the benefit of all, this burning ques-
tion of the distribution and sale of the flower growers'
product. We find today in the ranks of the growers,
wholesalers and retail dealers, a nnich higher average of
business ability and liberal education than was the case
a few years back and the advancement is steadily going
on. These men should be able to give us something bet-
ter than the old stock arguments which were nothing
more nor less than "the pot calling the kettle black."
Conditions and theory are very often at variance and we
firmly believe that if a clear-headed, impartial survey of
the situation in all its bearings could be undertaken by
some body in which all interests would be represented by
their best informed and most influential men a good
start would then be made which would soon result in a
Ijetter mutual understanding and great ultimate good to
all concerned.

January 18, 1913

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB.

The January meeting, the first un-
der the new administration of the New
York Florists' Club, was a well at-
tended and notably enthusiastic one.
Nineteen new members were added
and an equal number proposed and
there were other indisputable evi-
dences that the animation of the ap-
proaching great event, the Interna-
tional Flower Show, is taking a firm
hold of the cratt, which this influen-
tial organization so effectively repre-
sents. The secretary's report showed
a total membership of 367 and the
treasurer's report a tjalance of $5,000
to the good at the end of 1912.

The retiring president, Joseph Man-
da, made a few appropriate remarks
at the opening and then the new in-
cumbent, W. H. Siebrecht, was es-
corted to the platform by his two
friendly rivals at the recent election,
H. A. Bunyard and W. H. Duckham.
He made an address outlining a busy
year ahead, pledging his best endeav-
ors and asking for the hearty sympa-
thy and assistance of the members,
especially the younger ones. John
Donaldson, who is the incoming vice-
president, made a nice talk as did the
other newly-elected officers and sev-
eral new members. F. R. Pierson was
elected to replace Mr. Donaldson on
the board of trustees for the unex-
pired term of one year.

Mr. Hendrickson reported for the
publicity committee that the fund for
posters had been about used up and
a small advertisement in the papers
for McKinley Day was the only expen-
diture proposed. Mr. Donaldson made
a report of progress for the Smith
memorial committee. Mr. Weathered
reported for the entertainment com-
mittee and his plea for a worthy en-
tertainment of the visitors at the Na-
tional Flower Show was endorsed by
a number of speakers. The awards
committee reported on their visits to
inspect the carnations "Northport"
and "Matchless," recommending the
club's certificate in each case. Favor-
able action was taken on the annual
dinner and the summer outing propo-
sition.

Mr. Totty made a report on the
progress being made on the National
Flower Show, stating that on the
trade exhibition section and souvenir
program the results already accom-
plished are far greater than in any-
similar enterprise in the club's his-
tory and predicted that the occasion
would be an unprecedented business
boom for all who should take advan-
tage of it.

On the exhibition table were the
following exhibits, all of which re-
ceived a vote of thanks: Carnations
British Triumph, crimson, Wm.
Eccles, scarlet, and Lady Northcliffe,
pink, from Scott Bros-'.; Northport
from J. D. Cockcrott; Enchantress
Supreme from Dailledouze Bros.; Sal-
mon Beauty from Traendly &
Schenck; Improved Enchantress from
Frank Niquet; Matchless from Cot-
tage Gardens.

President Siebrecht appointed the
following committees:

Essav— J. Austin Shaw, Leonard Barron,
M. C. Ebel.

Legislative — Frank E. Pierson, Patricls
O'Mara, Walter F. Sheridan.

Exhibition — John Miesem, Charles
Schenck, Patrick J. Smith, A. Kakuda,
Charles Weber.

House and Entertainment — Frank M.
Duggan, Ale.x J. Guttman, Alfred E.
Wheeler.

Award — Joseph A Mauda, John Donald-
son. Wallace R. Pierson. A. L. Miller,
Frank H. Traendly, Robert Simpson, I. S.
Hendrickson.

Dinner — J. B. Nugent, Jr., Alex. McCon-
nell. W. F. Sheridan. Thomas B. DeForest,
Robert Koehne, Joseph Fenrick. ,

Outing — Philip F. Kessler, Victor Dorval.
Thomas Weston. A. Buckholtz, Louis
Schmutz. Jr.. W. Phillips. Bert Chadwick,
Roman J. Irwin. Anton Schultheis, Jr., A.
Dcmeusy, Jr., H. C. Eeidel, Paul Meeoni.

PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND
GARDENERS' CLUB.

Although Jan. 7 was a bad evening
for our meeting a good many members
came out. Officers were put in nomi-
nation as follows: President, Neil
McCallum; vice-president, E. C.
Reineman; treasurer, T. P. Lang-
hans; secretary, H. P. Joslin;
assistant secretary, W. A. Clark; ex-
ecutive committee, P. S. Randolph, C.
H. Sample and A. Frishkorn.

The matter of a club smoker or club
entertainment of some kind was
brought up, but it was decided to do
nothing until after the election of the
new president.

One of the members is John CostoCf,
a native Bulgarian, who, responding
to requests gave a description of Bul-
garia and Montenegro, and a history of
their relations with Turkey and the
present war. First he spoke of the
great rose fields in Bulgaria, miles in
extent, where the roses are grown sim-
ply for the famous attar of roses, 35
lbs. of rose petals going to the mak-
ing of a single ounce of the attar.'

Mr. Costoff was acting as school
teacher in Macedonia when his con-
nection with the revolutionary society
compelled him to flee the country, and
he came to the United States. By the
time he had finished his account of
Turkish atrocities we were all Bulga-
rians in heart and gave him enthusias-
tic applause for his interesting re-
marks.

Fine specimens of White and Pink
Killarney and Richmond roses were
shown by the Pittsburgh Cut Flower
Co. H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y.

ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB.

The St. Louis Florists' Club held a
verj' interesting meeting last Thursday
afternoon. This being the first meet-
ing in the new year the members came
out in good numbers, including all the
ofl5cers, with President Fred H. Weber
presiding. Mr. Bergestermann of the
publicity committee made a report of
their work since the last meeting, and
announced that the fund had reached
$200. A lengthy discussion followed as
to how this money should be spent to
reach the best possible publicity. It
was decided that a call be made on the
Retail Florists' Association to send a
committee to the next meeting and dis-
cuss with our members as to the best
jjossible way to gain publicity through
these committees. The question box
brought out some interesting discus-
sions. The next meeting takes place
Feb. 13th.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR-
DENERS.

The executive board of the National
Association of Gardeners held its first
meeting for the year on Wednesday
afternoon, January 8th, at the Murray
Hill Hotel, New York City. President
William H. Waite was in the chair.

After disposing of the routine busi-
ness before the meeting the subject
of the association maintaining a de-
partment, along the lines of horticul-
tural societies abroad, to which mem-
bers of the profession may look for
opportunity for advancement, was
brought up for discussion, and resulted
in the secretary being enpowered to
take the necessary steps to bring about
the establishment of such a depart-
ment.

On motion made by ex-President
Logan it was also decided that the
association award a medal for any
new meritorious varieties of flowers,
plants, vegetables or fruits originated
iDy a gardener being a member of the
association and that the president an-
nually appoint a committee of judges
for that purpose. Mr. Waite appointed
Messrs. William Kleinheinz, of Penn-
sylvania; Peter Duff, of New Jersey;
and James Stuart, of New York, to
serve as a committee for 1913.

An appropriation was voted for the
purpose of holding a National Garden-
ers' and Florists' Bowling Tournament
in New York City during the week of
the International Show, to which mem-
bers of the Society of American Flor-
ists are to be invited. The event will
occur at Thumm's Alleys, on Broad-
way, famous for many big bowling
events, and the association will offer
two cups — one for the team and one
for the individual making the highest
score at the tournament. The tourna-
ment will be open to teams of three
men, members of any local florists' or
gardeners' club which they represent,
and members either of the N. A. G.
or S. A. F. The individual tournament
will be open to members of the N. A.
G. and S. A. F. The following commit-
tee was appointed to complete all ar-
rangements:— John Dodds, John W.
Everitt. A. Bauer, James Stuart, and
William Robertson of Jenkintown, Pa.
Many valuable prizes have already
been contributed.

Lester E. Ortiz, superintendent of
the Pratt estate at Glen Cove, N. Y.,
and vice-president of the Farmers'
Congress, of New York, addressed the
meeting stating that in his opinion the
men who serve as superintendents on
the private estates of the future will
have to be informed on every branch
that goes to make up a complete pri-
vate establishment. He urged that the
gardeners co-operate with the farmers
to influence a more liberal appropria-
tion of the millions expended annually,
by the nation and states, to the pur-
pose of educational work in agricul-
ture and horticulture. He said that
some sixteen or seventeen millions
will be appropriated this year and that
the gardeners of the nation should
have some voice in the recommenda-
tions for distributing this vast sum.
A meeting of the Farmers' Congress

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January 18, 1913

will shortly be held in New York City
to which Mr. Ortiz invited his fellow
members and all gardeners.

The directors decided to hold its
next meeting in New York during the
National Show, to which meeting an
invitation will he extended to all mem-
bers of the association to attend.

Reports of the various committees
show that the association is in excel-
lent condition financially and other-
wise, with prospects that its growth
during 1913 will even exceed the phe-
nomenal strides it made during the

past year.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING-
TON.
The Florists' Club of Washington,
at their January meeting, had a con-
siderable discussion on the tariff, hear-
ings on which are now being held by
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House of Representatives. Several of
the members claimed that the rate on
pipe and glass was entirely too high
and that a substantial reduction should
be made. It was suggested that the
secretary get in touch with the secre-
tary of the S. A. F. and inquire as to
the advisability of looking into the
matter and get the ideas of the S. A. F.
regarding the tariff on these lines. As
a number of those present signified
their intention of attending the show
to be held in New York City, the hir-
ing of a special car for the local flor-
ists, their families and friends, was
considered and a committee was
appointed to look into the mat-
ter. This committee will be com-
prised of Fred H. Kramer, chair-
man, Edward Schmid, N. L. Hammer,
George Cooke and Otto Bauer. Prep-
arations were also made for the hold-
ing of the annual election and the in-
stallation of officers. Following the
latter event it was decided that a ban-
quet be held at one of the down-town
hotels and the details for this were
ordered left in the hands of the follow-
ing committee: William F. Gude.
chairman. George Cooke and Otto
Bauer. The balance of the evening
was given over to discussions regard-
ing the growing of stock, methods of
retailing and retail advertising, fol-
lowing which an adjournment was
taken. It was announced that the next
meeting of the club will be held on
February 3, when nominations tor offi-
cers to serve during the ensuing year
will be received.

A VALUABLE DENDROBI UM.

The beautiful white orchid — Dendro-
bium Phalaenopsis var. Schroederi-
anum alba, is the subject of the ac-
companying illustration. It is in the
collection of Julius Roehrs, Ruther-

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB OF BOSTON.

The next regular monthly meeting
of the club will be held at Horticul-
tural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday even-
ing, January 21st, at 7.30 o'clock. The
newly elected officers will be installed
and will make short addresses. The
business session will be shortened con-
siderably in order to allow members
and ladies, who are specially invited
on this occasion, to enjoy a fine enter-
tainment which has been prepared.
Refreshments will be served by a well
known firm of caterers and Hutchins'
orchestra will furnish music for danc-
ing. A cordial invitation is extended
to all interested friends in addition to
regular members to attend on this
occasion. On February 18th a lecture
on "Carnations" will be given by a
well-known expert and another on
"Sweet Peas" on March 18th, by one
of our most noted growers.

W. N. CRAIG. Secretary.

Dendrobiim Ph.\l.\enopsis

SobroedHriMiuun mUi.m.

ford, N. J., and is the largest plant
of the variety in the world. A three-
foot rule standing behind the plant
may be seen in the picture. The plant
is now in its third year of flowering
at the Roehrs' establishment and it
has increased in size and vigor each
year.

NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. NEW
YORK.

There have been so many inquiries
regarding the privilege of selling cut
flowers and plants at the National
Flower Show, at the New Grand Cen-
tral Palace. April 5-12, 1913, that 1
have been authorized to receive bids
for this important privilege, the space
to be provided free. The committee re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids. Proposed space to be allotted is
150 sq. feet, and the lessee to furnish
booth and necessary furnishings. Ad-
ditional space may be secured at the
regular rates. Bids will be opened
February 15, 1913.

JOHN YOUNG,

Sec'y Nat'l Flower Show Committee.

WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this
society was held in Doran's Hall,
Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 10. Judging by
the number of members present and
the excellent financial standing of the
society, we are looking forward to a
very prosperous year. A noticeable
feature of the meeting was the large
number of splendid exhibits staged,
which received the verdict of judges
as follows:

Geo. E. Baldwin Co.. Mamaroneck,
N. Y., special mention for a well-grown
plant of nliite Cattle.va Trianae. and
cultural certificate for a collection of
well-grown plants of Cattleya Trianae of
excellent types. Robt. Williamson, cultu-
ral certificate for Plumbago coccinea, an
old favorite fast dropping out; honorable
ir.ention for Begonia (iloire de Lorraine;
^'ute of thanks for Primula malacoides.
.Tames Aitcbison. bonorable mention for
Primula malacoides. James Stuart, hon-
orable mention for Calauthe Veitchii
.ind Euphorbia jaciiuinaeflora. P. W.
Pnpp, highly commended for Carna-
lion. yellow sport of Mrs. C. W.
W'.ard, a very promising novelty. Thos.
liyan, highly commended for carnations:
vote of thanks for well-grown Lilium
llarrisii in i in. pots. Wm. Sealey, honor-
;ible mention for mignonette. Vote of
thanks to Robt. Allen for carnations;
Wm. Smith, for Primula malacoides: A.
K. Townsend. fi.tr carnations and gar-
denias: E. .Tohnson. for carnations; A. I/.
.Marshall, for carnations; Scott Bros., for
new carnations. Lady Northcliffe and
British Triumph.

We are promised a treat at our next
meeting in an illustrated lecture on
the International Exhibition,' held in
London, 1912, to be delivered by Harry
.\. Bunyard of New York. It is re-
quested that every member make a
special effort to be present. Other Im-
portant business to be taken up is the
location of the summer and fall shows.
Among the visitors present were
.Maurice Fuld of the Henry P. Michell
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., who addressed
the meeting with a few well chosen re-
marks, Joseph Manda, Orange, N. J.,
and Wm. Scott of Elmsford, N. Y.
OWEN A. HUNWICK, Cor. Sec.

NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.

The Nassau County Horticultural
Society held its regular monthly meet-
ing at Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, N.
Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 8th. It was
decided to accept Elmer D. Smith's
offer of a prize ($10.00) for 6 blooms
of chrysanthemum Yonkers, at the
fall show. The dinner committee re-
ported having made satisfactory ar-
rangements with the Oriental Hotel,
Glen Cove, for Jan. 23rd. The special
prizes offered by John Canning for 18
carnations were awarded to Oscar
Bjorkreen, 1st, and Alex. Mackenzie,
2nd. The prizes for tomatoes, violets
and freesias were awarded to J. Mc-
Carthy, R. Marshall and J. MacDonald.
Other awards were honorable mention
to John .lohnston for a Calycanthus
praecox and R. Marshall for carna-
tions. John Canning, Ardsley, N. Y.,
and W. D. Robertson, Roslyn, L. I.,
were elected to membership. Prizes
will be offered at the next meeting,
February 12th, for 3 heads cauliflower,
t; gardenias, and 25 sprays sweet peas.
JAMES MACDONALD, Cor. Sec.

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
The regular January meeting of this
Society was held in Orange, N. J. In
reviewing the development of the gar-
dening profession President Drews

January 18, 1913

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77

The Latest Irish and English Hybrid-Tea
Roses of Prominent Specialists

ALEXANDER DICKSON & SON'S* INTRODUCTIONS.

C. W. Cowan. Large, warm carmine cerise.

Dut'h^ss of Sutherland. A delirate warm rose-pink.

George Dickson. Dickson's Gold Medal crimson.

Verna Mackay. Very free bright lemon.

Mr8. Frank Bray. Rich deep coppery-ecru, au improved

Mme. Ravary.
Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. Large satiny creamy-white.

HUGH DICKSON'S INTRODICTIONS.

King Georgre V. Rich blackish crimson.

Mr8. Sam Ro§s. Pale straw, with chamois shading.

McGREDY & SON'S INTRODUCTIONS.

British Qneen. McGredy's great white Gold Medal va-
riety.

Earl of Gosford. A splendd dark crimson.

Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe. Distinct bright Sweet Pea
mauve.

Mrs. Mulr MacKean. A perfect bright carmine-crimson

W5I. PAFL & SONS' INTRODUCTIONS.
MrH. Charles Hunter. A pleasing large rose color.
Nerissa. An immense creamy-yellow.
Ophelia. Perfect shaped salmon-flesh shaded rose.

For full descriptions see our Garden Book for 191.T.
We will furnish the above varieties to the trade in strong
imported budded plants, at $2.00 each; $20.00 per dozen,
or the collection of 15 varieties, one of each for $2.5.00.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above priceM are intended for the trade only

itfw Hybrid Tea George Dickson ( Dickson's Gold Medal Crimson)

suggested that the Society go on rec-
ord as advocating the appointment of
one professional gardener on every
park and shade tree commission In the
various municipalities and counties In
the state. The Society adopted a res-
olution to that effect. The officers and
members adopted the word "optimism"
as their slogan for the ensuing year.
In the monthly competition for
points awards were made as follows:

Emil Panuaka — Cineraria, 75 points;
Cyprlpedium Dauthierii. 70. William
Reld— Koses, 80; carnations. 85. Frank
Drews — Sweet peas, 45: cyclamen, 90;
stocks. 75. George B. Wilson — Roses. 83.
John Dervan — Roses, 85. Max Schneider —
Carnations, 90; sweet peas, 55; hyacinths,
60. Fritz Ber£rlaiid — C;irn;iti<ins. 7.").

The judges were Charles W. Ash-
mead, Henry Halblg and George W.
Strange.

JOHN DERVAN, Secretary.

MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROW-
ERS' ASSOCIATION.

The Massachusetts Fruit Growers'
Association closed their convention In
Boston with a banquet at the Hotel
Commonwealth on Friday evening,
January 10. Many prominent fruit
men from various sections of New
England were at the dinner, and all
talked in a distinctly hopeful spirit re-
garding the future of New England as
a fruit producing section. Among the
speakers were J. M. Barnes, president
of the Connecticut Pomological So-
ciety, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, president

of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, Geo. H. Ellis, chairman of the
agricultural committee of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce, Vice-president
W. H. Conant of the Maine Pomologi-
cal Society, E. W. Breed, president of
the Worcester County Horticultural
Society, C. W. Barker, president of the
New Hampshire Horticultural Society,
ex-Secretary Ellsworth and Secretary
Wheeler of the Massachusetts State
Board of Agriculture and E. M. Bowen
of the Rhode Island Horticultural
Society. President H. L. Frost of the
Fruit Growers' Association presided.

ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA-
TION.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the Rochester Florists' Association
was held Monday, Jan. 13th. Officers
for the ensuing year were elected as
follows:

President — John Dunbar; vlce-pres. —
George Arnold: secretary — H. B. Stringer:
treasurer — W. L. Keller: trustees — W. H.
Dildine. William Perie and A. H. Salter:
delegates to the N. Y. State Federation of
Florists' Clubs — John Dunbar. George Ar-
nold. F. W. Vick, E. R. Fry: representa-
tives to board of managers of the Roches-
ter Industrial Exposition Association —
John Dunbar. George B. Hart. Charles H.
Viok. F. W. Vick. C. B. Ogston.

Three new members were elected.
Harry C. Bates represen,tating the
Lord & Burnham Co.'s Rochester office,
entertained the members to a buffet
luncheon, which all enjoyed. President
Dunbar made an admirable address,
expressing his thanks for being hon-

ored with a re-election and very san-
guine for the association's future.

Regret was expressed that Charles
H. Vick was unable to attend on ac-
count of a severe cold.

AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY.

The National Flower Show commit-
tee have set aside April 8th as Glad-
iolus Day at the National Flower
Show in New York. Intending exhib-
itors will please take note, and en-
deavor to make a good show of blooms
for that day. Send me a postal card
so that you may receive the splendid
schedule of prizes which will be dis-
tributed in due time.

L. MERTON GAGE, Cor. Sec'y.

South Natick, Mass.

NEW CALANTHES.

On Saturday, January 11, at Horti-
cultural Hall, Boston, George McWil-
liam exhibited, and was awarded a
silver medal for Calanthe Laselliana.
This is the result of a cross between
C. oculata gigantea and C. McWil-
lianiii. The flowers are glistening
white of very large size and form an
enormous spike. Mr. MeWilliam re-
ceived a similar award on December
21st, for Calanthe Whitinae (C.
Sandhurstiana X. C. Whitineana).

Alongside Mr. McWilliam's exhibit
last Saturday was a group of veritable
orchid gems from E. B. Dane which
included the lovely Cypripedium Bol-
tonianum, for which a iirst class cerlfl-
cate of merit was bestowed.

78

HOBTICULTURE

January 18, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers — President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Moines, la. ; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clarlt,
Milford, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna,
O. Next convention June, 1913.

Good Resolutions.

We owe our readers ample apology
for the dearth of general information
regarding trade conditions under this
heading. However, as it is the season
of the year for good resolutions we
will promise, and to the best of our
ability will "make good" in the mat-
ter of more regular news affecting the
Interests of the trade.

Despite the scarcity of news, the
trade has often been entertained in
this column by our genial friend, G.
C. W. who as usual jumps into the
fray regardless of consequences. He
is always more or less instructive, and
always Interesting, and he has the
happy faculty of arguing as well on
one side of a proposition as another,
and cheerfully takes the side the oth-
er fellow doesn't want, all of which Is
respectfully, and affectionately sub-
mitted to the aforesaid G. C. W.

Beans Enough.
It seems a little late to be giving
information about crops, yet it is only
within a few weeks that the growers
have definitely found their bearings as
to the bean crop, and we are glad to
say that from all information we have
received, conditions have not proved
nearly so bad as was feared during
October, and even as late as November
last. A few varieties have proved
failures, others have produced very
light crops, necessitating short deliv-
eries, but with the help of the carry-
over from last year, there will be beans
enough to meet all ordinary demands
of the trade.

An Unfounded Assertion.
Some time since a circular letter was
sent out to the canners of the country,
among other remarkable statements
which it contained being one that peas
canned from seed grown in the far
northwest would turn dark in the can
and had very tough skins. Careful in-
quiry among the canners does not sus-
tain these statements, and it seems
rather surprising that any responsible
concern would make statements of
this kind which they were unable to
prove. So far as the weight of evi-
dence goes in the matter, it is to the
effect that not only do the peas not
turn dark in the can, and that they
do not develop a tougher skin than
peas grown in any other part of the
country, but that the seed does in fact
show a marked strength and vigor
over seed grown in any part of the
east, and we believe it is a ques-
tion of only one or two years more
experiment when not only the can-
ners, but the seedsmen of the country
will insist on having northwestern
grown seed. We believe the fact Is be-
yond question that the seed peas
grown in Michigan and Wisconsin as
well as Canada during the past five
years have deteriorated in vigor and

What More Should You Expect?

The following is from a communication received from Messrs. Valentine
Burgevin's Sons, Kingston, N. Y., January 8, 1913 :

"We wish to say that we find the \'ERMINE an ex-
cellent thing-. We used it on a bench planted with
Smilax to kill root lice, or maggots, which ate the roots,
and after two applications our Smilax is taking on new
life and has started ofif to grow."

The following from Messrs. Newman & Legg, of Manasquan, N. J.,

January 4, 1913 :

"This fall we had occasion to try your FUNGINE on
a large house of sweet peas. They were so badly
affected with mildew that we were going to throw
them out — meaning a total loss of the crop. We had
tried sulphur and all the usual mildew remedies with-
out being able to control it. A caller asked us if we
had tried FUNGINE, saying that he had heard it was
good for mildew. We gave them one good syringing
with FUNGINE, with the result that in forty-eight hours
there was not a particle of live mildew in the house."

For farther particulars see our advertisement, Page 93

APHINE MANUFACTURING CO., Madison, N. J. M. C. EBEL, General Manager

%#^^ll will want Snapdragon indoors and out this
W llll spring, and will be greatly pleased with my
■ *^" famous SILVER PINK. It is a delicate
shade and will make you money inside and give you great
satisfaction outside. It will blossom this year in every
.State in the Union and in many foreign countries. Be
one of us. Pure seed at $i.oo per pkt. of over 500 seed,
?pkts.,$2.50. Plants (ready Feb. 20), with 3 to 5 branches,
$4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1,000. Cash.

C^. ^. f9A.IVISI

SOMERSWORTH,

Poinsettias

Stock Plants

3-YEAR OLD. HEAVY.
$8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000.

The CARL HAGENBURGER CO.

W. MENTOR, OHIO

Please mention Horticulture when writing.

by actual test have shown enfeebled

vitality.

A Warning.

While discussing the matter of grow-
ing pea seed, the great scarcity of the
past few years with the abnormally
high prices has had the usual effect of
causing to spring up a brood of Irre-
sponsible farmers for the most part,
who call themselves seed-growers
without knowing more than the barest
rudiments of the business and these
none too well. They are offering to
grow peas on contract at absurdy low
figures, but anyone who may be tempt-
ed to place orders with them may find
such seed dear as a gift. That they
will find a few who are always tempt-
ed by low prices, goes without saying,
as there is a small part of the people
who can be fooled all of the time. Two
or three good average crops of peas

(Cpftttitufd on page So)

N. H.

SMITH'S CHRYSANTHEMirM MANUAL

(3rd EDITION)

Ready January 10th
Price 50c postpaid

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS

Novelties for 1913 and all the best
Standard Sorts

CATALOGUE READY NOW
ASK FOB IT

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.. MRIAN, MICH.

COLD STORAGE

Lily of the Valley

For January Forcing

New crop should never be used for
January forcing, as it does not force
easily or give tbe requisite amount of
foliage so early in the season. Cold
St >rage Valley should always be used
for .January forcing.

We carry only one grade — the very
highest quality obtainable. Cases con-
taining 250 pips. $5.00 each; 500 pips,
.?n.50 each; and 1000 pips, $18.00 each.

F. R. PIERSON CO.

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, . • N. Y.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Send for price list

E. S. MILLER, WADINii UVEfi, N. Y.

January 18, 1913

HOBTIOULTUBB

79

MMMMMM«WimMMAMMMMMMAMM««WWV«MM«VMWM«MAIMMM>VMM^^

''MRS. GEO. SHAWYER''

We want you to get familiar with this name because you will be familiar enough with it after
another year or so when this Rose is more gfenerally distributed, so why not start now ?

Come and see it growing in mid-winter and you will find it opening just as freely as it did in
the summer.

Milady and Mrs. Geo. Shaw/er, grafted and own root plants, $30.00 per hundred

$250.00 per thousand

" S<J IM BU RST "

Own Root Stock, $20.00 per hundred; $150.00 per thousand
KILLARNEY QUEEN and DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY
Grafted, $20.00 per hundred; $150.00 per thousand

CA.RIM

ION IMOVI

NORTHPORT, the leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE, The freest "Xmas blooming scarlet we haTe.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY, two
fine sports from Enchantress

II

$1-2.00 per 100
$100.00 per 1000

ROSETTE

ST. NICHOLAS

BENORA

GLOKIOSA and

PINK DELIGHT

S6.00 per 100
?50.00 per 1000

\»4.00 per 100
/ $30.00 per 1000

ENCHANTRESS
DOROTHY GORDON
ROSE PINK ENCHANTRESS
WHITE PERFECTION
WHITE WONDER

$3.00 per 100
$26.00 per 1000

CHARLES H. TOTTY

MADISON. N. J.

B. & A. SI^EIOIA

I

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, RHOiOODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes from
New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line ot Erie Railroad.

BOBBINK &

Nurserymen and Florists

KINS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

TIHIE

National Nurseryman

Offlrial org.in of the American As-
sociation of Nurserymen. Circula-
tion aniung the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Subscription price
$1.00 per year. Foreign BUbgcrip-
tions ¥1.60 per year. In advance.
Sample copy free upon application
from those In the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., jnc:

218 Livingston Building

"ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

i:ramin(
rii[URsi

I ^S\soffm/xAMmemM,MAss.

[GHAM
RSERIES

"1 1 1"'

-J>.EoAI^ —

W. B. WHITHER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PUCES BEFORE BRDERINfi EISEWMEK

L.ADIOI-LJS PeriOO

American, pink $3.50

Augusta, white 2.25

Mrs. Francis King, scarlet 2.75

Taconlc, pink 4.50

Blushing Bride, white, pink blotch 75

Per 1000

$30.00

18.00

22.50

40.00

6.00

A. HENDERSON & CO., PKom R>ni>iph 2S7i 352 N. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Tre«8, Shrubs,

Small Fruits. Clematis. Everereens

and Roses.

Write for Tra.le List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva. N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK,

218 lane St. Weehawken Helglits
F. 0. No. I, Voboken. N. J.

' CHILDS' GLADIOLI ^

ate noted the world over lor
SUPEKIOR MERIT

John Lewis Cliilds

FLOWERFIELD, U I^ N. Y.

80

HORTICULTUBE

January 18, 1913

Seed Trade

i,Continited.fro7>t page y8)

Will put an end to the pretentions of
these "growers" as has been the case
in the past, tor history will repeat it-
self with variations. This discussion
of the multiplying of pea seed grow-
ers reminds us that the number of
seed growers in California has greatly
increased during the past two or three
years, though we would not for a mo-
ment imply that these are in the class
with the fellows who are trying to get
into the game of growing peas and
beans. Most of the new California
concerns are off-shoots of older ones,
and as a rule those in control have a
more or less thorough knowledge of
the business and familiarity with its
details. In their case, it is simply
whether they will use their knowledge
conscientiously and for the improve-
ment of their stocks or whether they
will be indifferent as has happened in
other cases within the memory of most
of the present generation.

The Rate of Postage on Seeds.

The following official communica-
tion is self-explanatory:

rnited .States Post Office,
Mailing Division,
Pbiladelpbia, Pa., Jan. 7, 1013.
W. Atlce Burpee, Esq., 475 North Fifth St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir: — KeplyiuR to your communi-
cation of December 21, 1912, in regard to
the decision of the Chief Clerli of the Post
Office Department as to the use of parcel
post stamps, and the rate of postage on
seeds, I have to advise you that from iu-
forratition we have received, the statement
by the Chief Clerk of the" Post Office De-
partment is confirmed. It is claimed that
Section 6, first paragraph of the parcel
post law, approved August 24, 1912, covers
this matter. This section reads as follows:

"Sec. 6. That this act shall not in any
way affect the postage rate on seeds, cut-
tings, bulbs, routs, scions, and plants as
fixed by section 482 of the Postal Laws
and Regulations (edition of 1902)."

This section only covers the rate of
postage on such matter.

The section of the Postal Laws and Reg-
ulations referred is 482, of P. L. and R. for
1902, and reads as follows:

"Sec. 482. The postage on seeds, cut-
tings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants shall
be charged at the rate of one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof, subject in
all other respects to the existing law."

This section of the regulations does not
take seeds, cuttings, bulbs, etc., out of the
fourth-class of mail matter, but only
changes the rate of postage thereon.

You mention books in your letter as
going at the one cent for two ounces rate.
This is correct, as books being printed on
paper are third-class matter and, there-
fore, subject to that rate of postage.

In regard to the use of parcel post
stamps on this matter, this is compulsory
as they are included in the fourth-class,
and the law states that parcel post stamps
must be used on all fourth-class matter.

Please pardon me for the del.iy in reply-
ing to your letter, as I wished to get
further information in regard to the mat-
ter beforei writing you.

Verv respectfullv,
(Signed) E. W. ALEXANDER,
Sup't of Mails.

It would appear from the foregoing
that seeds, etc., which heretofore have
gone with ordinary stamps must
thenceforth have parcel post stamps
instead. This appears to us as an
arbitrary and unjust ruling.

In this connection we would advise
our readers of the introduction in the
House of Representativps of the
United States, by Mr. Towner, of Bill
H. R. 27487 to strike out books and
pamphlets from the third-class of mail
matter and to include them as entitled
to parcel post rates and for other pur-
poses. Also H. R. 27488 for the re-

New Crop Florists' Flower Seeds

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus (Greenhouse Grown),

100 seeds, 50c.; .$3.75 per 1000 seeds:
5000 seeds. .$18.00; .$34.00 per 10.000

sec'il^.

ASTER— Queen of the Market

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

White $.20 $.60

Rose Pink 20 .60

Blush Pink 20 .60

Light Blue 20 .60

Dark Blue 20 .60

Crimson 20 .60

Mixed 20 .60

CENTAUREA

G.vninocarpa 1000 seeds, .15 .40

Candidissinia 1000 seeds, .30 .75

COBAEA SCANDENS

I'urple 10 .40

White 25 .75

DRACAENA

10 .30

20 .50

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA 15 50

In<livisa
Austnilis

LOBELIA Tr. Pkt- Oz.

Crystal Palace Conipacta. . .$.30 $1.25

Barnard's Perpetual., 25 1.00

Crystal Palace Speciosa 15 .50

PETUNIA y^ii: pT-

MichelPs Monstrosus $.60 $1.00

California Giants 30 .50

Ruaied Giants 30 .50

Granrtiflora Fringed 30 .50

Dwarf Inimitable 30 .50

Snowball .30

PHLOX Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Dwarf Crimson with Eye. . .$.40 $1.75

Fireball 40 1.73

Pink 40 1.75

Snowball 40 1.75

Mixed 40 1.25

VERBENA

Mammoth Fancy Blue 30 1.25

Pink 30 1.25

Scarlet .. .30 1.25

Striped .. .30 1.25

White ... .30 1.25

Mixed ... .30 1.00

Our New Wholesale Price List for 1913 is R«ady.
It Is Free Upon Application.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa.

classification of mail matter for the
consolidation of the third and fourth
classes, and for other purposes, both
of which bills have been referred to
the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads.

This looks suspicious from the
seedsman's standpoint and we would
earnestly advise our readers to give
it careful scrutiny and if, as it ap-
pears to us, it should appear to be
detrimental to the seed trade, to use
their influence with their Congress-
men to defeat it.

Forbes will be glad to see and hear
from all his old friends and connec-
tions both socially and in a business
way at that address. We extend our
congratulations and best wishes.

Notes.

L. W. Wheeler of Palo Alto, Cal., is
visiting New York this week.

About Half-Price Packets.
Editor HORTICULTURE:

I cannot see any good reason why
we should sell seeds to children at
half price. I fully agree with Mr.
Watson about that. Does the candy-
man, the grocery man, dentist, doctor,
clothier, butcher or lawyer make half-
price to children? Hasn't the seed
trade stood enough from Uncle Sam
with his free seeds, customs authori-
ties with rats in government stores,
etc.? I say. let the children pay full
prices. When you give them any-
thing for nothing they don't appre-
ciate it. When they pay its full value
they take better c:%3 of it. But give
them the quality — good seed, such as
you give the florist and market gar-
deners and they will soon appreciate
its value and won't grudge the price.
BEAULIEU.

Woodhaven, N. Y.

Alexander Forbes.
After many rumors and counter ru-
mors during the past six months, au-
thentic information reaches us this
week in regard to the plans of Mr.
Forbes, who is well-known in the seed
trade both at home and abroad, he
having been for about twenty-six years
manager for Peter Henderson & Co.,
New York, going to that firm after a
ripe European experience. He in-
forms us that he has acquired a con-
trolling interest in the corporation of
J. F. Noll & Co., Newark, N. J., who
have done an extensive seed business
In that city for many years. Mr.

The Portland Seed Co. of Portland,
Ore., have nearly finished a new five-
story building for their business at a
cost of about $40,000.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Evans have
moved to Jacksonville, where Mr.
Evans will establish a wholesale seed
business. Gainesville regrets the de-
parture of this estimable young couple
but the best wishes of everyone ac-
company them. George was reared in
Gainesville, is steady, reliable and am-
bitious, and will, no doubt, meet
with success in his new venture. —
Gainesville (Fla.) Sun.

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER 100

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Eatablished 1818

IVritf For Our Low Pn. cj

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

January 18, 1913

H 0 irr i C U L T U R E

81

3402 AfterKlow. Per pkt. of eight seeds,

10 ••ts

340fi America Spencer. Red flakes on

white ground

3408 Apple Blossom Spencer (Burpee's),

Rose and pink

3410. .Arthur Green. Maroon shaded violet.
3412 Anta Ohn. A ehanniiij; soft lavender.
3414 Aurora Spencer (Burpee's). Cream

mottled orange

3416 Barbara. A large salmon self

3418 Beatrice Spencer. White ground,

tinted pink and buff

3422 Blanche Ferry Spencer. Rose

standard, white wings

3428 Captivation Spencer (Burpee's).

Rosy wine red

3430 Charles Foster. Combination of

pastel shades 15

3432 Charm (Burpee's). Per pkt. of

twenty seeds, 15 cts 25

3434 Constance Oliver. Delicate pink,

suffused eream 10

34.38 Countess Spencer. A soft rose-pink. .10
3440 Dainty Spencer (Burpee's). White.

edged with rose 10

3442 Decorator (Burpee's), Per pkt. of
ten seeds, 15 cts 25

3443 Duplex Crimson King, Scarlet self.. .10

3444 Duplex Spencer. Beautiful cream-
pink 15

3445 Duplex Mary Garden. Buff-pink 10

3446 Earl Spencer. Brilliant salmon-
oniiige 15

3450 Elfrida Pearson. Light pink. Pkt.

(twenty seeds), 15 cts 25

3454 Ethel Roosevelt (Burpee's). Pink

dakings on cream ground 10

3458 Flora Norton Spencer. A beautiful

shade of lavender 10

3460 Florence Morse Spencer. Beautiful

light pink 10

3162 Florence Nightingale (Burpee's).

Best lavender Spencer 10

3470 Gaiet.v Spencer. White Striped with

rose-crimson 1"

,1472 George Herbert. Bright rosy-carmine. .10

3476 Gladys Burt. Salmon-pink on prim-
rose ground 10

3480 Helen Lewis. Standard orange;

wiii;:s orange-rose 10

348> Helen Pierce Spencer. White mot-
tled blue 15

348fi Irish Belle, or "Dream" (Burpee's).

Lilac flushed pink 15

3487 Isobel Malcolm. A beautiful cream
color 10

3488 King Edward Spencer (Burpee's).
Carmine-scarlet 10

Per
pkt.

Per
oz.

Per Per

H lb. lb.

fO.25

.10 $0..30 $0.85 $3.00

.10
.10
.10

..10
.40

.85 3.00
1.50

.10
.10

.25

.75 2.50

.10

.20

.60 2.25

.10

.40

1.50

.10

.35

THE "SPENCER" TYPE OF SWEET PEAS

Burpee's Unequalled List for 1913 — Arranged Alphabetically.
Choicest Re-selected Stocks Grown on "Floradale Farm."

Spencer Sweet Peas are a great specialty with us ! We were the first to grow the seed in America —
the stock having been entrusted to us before introduction, even in England, of the origiual Countess
Spender. We have grown "the original Beauty" and its many "sportive" children with painstaking care
each season since. There are but few other growers, — either in England or America, — who can supply an
equal assortment of True Re-selected "Spencers" that are uniformly of such choice quality. Seedsmen
and planters generally can see how superior our stocks now are by the trials at Fordhook Farms
next .luue or .July, while those who may be in (California are invited also to inspect the growing crops
:it our Floradale Farm in the beautiful Lompoc Valley. Every planter's garden, however, is really
a trial ground and we shall be quite content if any "Doubting Thomas" will send us only a portion of
liis order and note the tiilTerence in character of flowers produced!

Per Per Per Per
pkt. oz. Vi lb. lb.
3500 Margaret Madison. A beautiful clear

azure-blue If0.15

3503 Marie Corelli (Burpee's). Biilliant

rose-carmine 10 $0.65 $2.25

3,506 Martha Washington. White suffused

light rose 10 .25 .75 $2.75

3510 May Campbell. Per pkt. of eight
seeds, 15 cts 25

3511 Melba. A salmon self 10

3514 .Mercia. Buff-pink on cream ground. .10
3516 Mrs. A. Ireland. Buff ground suf-
fused rose 10 .30 .85 3.00

3518 Mrs. Cuthbertson. A standard rose,

wings pale rose 10

3520 Mrs. C. W. Breadmore. Buff ground,

edged with pink 10 .25 .75 2.50

3.522 .Mrs. Heslington. Lavender, lightly

flushed rose pink 10

3,524 .Mrs. Hngh Dickson. Pink-apricot

on cream ground 10 .30 .85 3.25

3528 Mrs. Routzabn (Burpee's). An apri-
cot pink 10 .35 1.00 3.75

3530 Mrs. Townsend. White with plcotee

edge of blue 10

3632 Mrs. W. J. Fnwin. White flaked

with orange-scarlet 10 .fS5

3.534 Nubian. Beautiful maroon 10 .65

.3539 Orchid (Burpee's. Per pkt. of six

seeds, 15 cts 25

3542 Othello Spencer (Bprpee's). Rich
deep maroon 10 .30 .85 3.00

3543 Pearl Gray Spencer. Dove gray
suffused rose 15

:i,546 Primrose Spencer (Burpee's). Crop

very short 10 .40 1.35 5.00

3551 Purple Prince Spencer (Burpee's)... .10 .30 .85 3.00

3654 Queen Victoria Spencer (Burpee's).

A rosy primrose 10 .40 1.10 4.00

3561 Rainbow Spencer. Ivory white

streaked with rose 15

3570 Scarlet Emperor. A dark shade of
scarlet 15

3571 Scarlet Empress. A beautiful scarlet. .10 .65 2.25

3572 Senator Spencer (Burpee's). Helio-
trope striped with claret 10 .30 .85 3.00

3575 Stirling Stent. Per pkt. of fifteen

seeds, 15 cts 25

.3579 Tennant Spencer. Spencer form of

Dorothy Tennant 10 .50 1.75

3581 Thomas Stevenson. Orange-scarlet.. .15 .65
3587 Vermillion Brilliant (Burpee's). Per

lA oz.. 60 cts 15 1.00

3590 White Spencer (Burpee's). The best

white 10 .40 1.10 4.00

3593 W. T. Hntchins (Burpee's). Light

apricot pink 10 .35 1.00 3.50

3598 Burpee's Special Mixture of Ke-

selected Superb "Spencer" Sweet

Peas for 1913 10 .20 .60 2.00

3i>99 The New "Burpee-Blend" for 1913... .10 .25 .75 2.50

.30 .85 3.00
.20 .60 2.25

.30

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45

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BURPEE'S BLUE LIST FOR 1913

The most complete catalog published for MARKET GARDENERS. TRACKERS and FLORISTS. For the planter who
"knows" it contains complete lists of all that is best in vegetables :n]d flowers, while the grower who is uncertain as to the
best varieties suited for his purpose may be guided by the linH's-eye ® placed after what is known to be best. In addition
full descriptions are given many new and most valuable varieties.

BITRPEE'S BLUE LIST FOB 1913 contains 148 pages with hundreds of half-tone and engraved illustrations. Within the
pages of this catalog we have condensed an experience of thirty five years both in handling and the actual growing of seeds.

If you garden for profit (that is, sell your products in the market) you are entitled to a copy of this complete and
easily understood catalog, but if you are a private planter please do not ask for a copy, as we must protect the Market
flardener. Trucker and Florist.

"Seeds That Grow '

F»mi_ADEL-F»m,

82

HORTICULTURE

JaKuary 18, 1918

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&l.Fan|ul!ar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

HYACINTHS

Wecannot,asyou know, carry
them over, so we offer at con-
siderably reduced prices, the
following Dutch Hyacinths:

Per looo

Single, Named, ist size, mixed $io
Double, Named, ist size, mixed ?io
Single, Mixed to Color . . $8
Double, Mixed to Color . . $S

Spiraea

We also have a special offering
of Spiraea Gladstone, which reg-
ularly sells for Sy.oo, while unsold,

$4.50 per 100

Our 7-e.piitation is your assurance
of quality.

J. M. THORBURN & CO. "N^t'^o^f

' ' The Most Reliable SeeJs " to

Placa Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delrvery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

**Renawfted Sweet Pea Specialist^'

Roses, Carnation Plants,
Seeds, Bulbs

Send as your wants. We will i ikc care of

tbem. We supply stock at m.'in;et price.

Catalogue for the ashing

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1216 Betz Bldg. Phllad«lphla.

MY SPECIALTIES !

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Celery-
Golden Self-Blanching and Meisb's
Green — best celery on earth ; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beaulieu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to 99 per cent of market
gardeners on this continent ; Romalne,
Endive, etc. Only the very best French
seed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place. Woodhaven, Borough
of Queen's, N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

Spiraea Queen Alexandra

EXTRA STRONG CLUMPS

$8.00 PER 100 TO CLOSE OUT

0. V. Zangen, - Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor thi Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. M.diaon St.. CHICAGO

I. W. Edmundson. Mgr.

M. W. Williams, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CAL,IFORNLA

GET IT FROM

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co.

1912 SURPLUS LIST OF

Wat^melon and Muskmelon Seeds

Enid - - Oklahoma

ASTERS

Send for our Aster Book

James Yick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

THE FLOWER CITY.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP. RADISH *aA
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety: also othei
Items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds. wlB
be quoted jou upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW YORK

and Orange, Conn.

The Everett B. cTark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, On!on, Turnip,
Radish, Beet. Etc.

Br

and

TOMATO SEED

.\LL V.VRIETIES.

fnTw'ilcon'f/;"^''" MILFORD, CONN.

BE.ST ST<)( K>

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

NEW CROP SEEDS

rOR FLORISTS

.\sk (or 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47.54 No. Market St., BOSTOR, MASS.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Boston, Mass.

In ordering goods please add "/ saw it
in HORTICULTURE."

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH („ , ., ,, ,

. ,1 ^ . o j„ '^ f.rowers for the Trade
and all Garden Seeds )

1 EONARD

STREET. CHICAGO

CO.

ONION SETS

Write for Prices

ONION SEED'

We are large grower, of and dMlers SCHILDER BROS.
AUIAAI OCTO '" **" *""' varieties and cbolceat nun i innTur n
UnlUll Vb I W "*»'''<■■ ^t <"> ■<^°'* you wanto. UHILLICOTHC, 0^

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HORTICULTURE

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Boddington's Quality Flower Seeds

(NEW CROP) FOR FLORISTS NEW CROP)

SEIECTEO SEEDS SUCCESSFULLY SOWN, SECURE SURE, SAFE AND SERVICEABLE SATISFACTION

REMEMBER YOU MAY DEOJCT 5.PER CENT IF CASH ACCOMPANIES ORDER.

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AOEBATCM.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Mexicannm album $0.10 $0.20

Blue Perfection 15 .50

Imperial Dwarf Blue 10 .25

Imperial Dwarf White 10 .25

Little Dorrit 15 .50

Swanley Blue 10 .25

Little Blue Star, trade pkt., 25c., 3 pkts.
for 60c.

Boddin^on's Mauve Beauty.
Large mauve flowers; dwarf, com-
pact, very free flowering. A unique va-
riety. Trade pkt. lOc, oz. 50c.
ALYSSUM.
White Gem.
A grand Improvement on Little Gem,
being much more compact ; grand for
bedding. Trade pkt. 25c., oz. $1.00.

Trade pkt. Oz. % lb.
Little Gem .Dwarf,

best for pots $0.10 $0.30

Carpet of Snow. For
hanging baskets and

borders 10 .40

Siveet (the old variety) .10 .15
ASTERS.
Boddlngton'8 Asters are Famous.
Write for catalogue of other varieties
■iiid prices.

Trade pkt. Vt oz. Oz.

Early Wonder, White. $0.25 $0.75 $2.00

Early Wonder, Pink.. .25 .75 2.00

((I'EEN OF THE MARKET ASTERS.

Boddington's Extra Early.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Pink $0.20 $0.85

Light Blue 20 .85

Wliite 20 .85

Dark Blue 20 .85

rrimson 20 .85

Rose 20 .85

Flesli Color 20 .85

Light Rose 20 .85

.Scarlet 20 .85

Red Lilac 20 .85

Finest Mixed 20 .85

BRANCHING ASTERS.
Vlck*s Branching.

Trade pkt. % oz.

Crimson $0.25 $0.35

White 25 .35

Purple 25 .35

Violet 25 .35

Rose 25 .35

Carlson's Branching.

Lavender $0.25 $0.35

Semple's Branching.

Shell Pink $0.25 $0.35

Upright White 25 .35

Trade pkt. each of the collection
varieties for $1.75.

Trade pkt. % oz.
Vick's New Early

Branching, White. . .$0.25 $0.75
Vick's New Early

Branching, Pink 25 .75

BODDINGTON'S GIANT
ANTIRBHINCSI.
(Height, 3 Feet)

Trade pkt.
Coral Red. Striking color.. .$0.20

Carmine. Splendid color 20

Daybreak. Light pink 20

Brilliant. Scarlet, golden

yellow and white 20

Cresla. Dark scarlet 20

Queen Victoria. Pure white. .. .25

Lutpum. Yellow 20

Firefly. Scarlet 20

Romeo. Deep rose 20

Lllaclnnm. Beautiful lilac... .20
Mixed 20

Oz.

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$1.00

$1.00
1.00
of 8

Oz.

$2.00

2.00

Oz.

$0.75

.75

.75

.75
.75
1.00
.75
.75
.75
.75
.50

BEGONIA. Trade pkt.

Boddington's Crimson Bedder $0.50

Erfordii. Carmine 25

Semperflorens 25

Vernon grandiflora, ^ ft. A fine
bedding sort, with rich red flow-
ers and glossy bronze-red foliage .25
CINERARIA.
Cineraria maritlma. 1^^ ft. Trade pkt.

10c, oz. 50c.
Cineraria maritlma "Diamond." A vast
improvement over the above. Foliage
very white, leaves much serrated.
Trade pkt. 25c, $1.50 per oz.
CiafTAUREA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Candldissima $0.25 $1.50

Gymnocarpa 15 .50

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

(Silk Oak) $0.10 $0.75

COBAEA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Scandens. H.P.. Blue $0.10 $0.30

Alba. White 20 .75

LOBELIA.

Trade pkt. Oz.
Erinus gracilis. Trailing light

blue $0.15 $0.50

Erinus speciosa. Deep blue;

trailing 15 .75

Crystal Palace compacta 25 2.50

Emperor William compacta... .25 1.00

MIGNONETTE.
Boddington's Majesty. The finest of all
fancy varieties of Mignonette for un-
der glass or pot culture. Seeds saved
from select spikes under glass. Trade
pkt. 60c, % oz. $1.00, per oz. $7.50.

jrvosoTis.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Eliza Fonrobert. Excellent for
pots, blue $0.10 $0.50

Palustrls Semperflorens. Ever-
blooming 25 2.00

PETUNIAS.

Boddington's Quality Double Fringed.
Our double Petunias have reached the
highest standard of excellence, and
may be confidently relied on to pro-
duce a large proportion of double
flowers of exquisite beauty and great
size. % trade pkt. 60c., trade pkt.
$1.00.

Boddington's Snowball Double. The
finest double; pure white. "^ trade
pkt. eOc. trade pkt. $1.00.
BODDINGTON'S CENTCRV PRIZE.
Gigantic single flower having the

edges deeply ruffled or fluted; fine sub-
stance, with deep white throats. %

trade pkt. 60c., trade pkt. $1.00.

Trade pkt.

Boddington's Bar Harbor Beauty,
Single. Color a beautiful rose.. $0.25

Boddington's RufBed Giants. A
grand selection of single fringed
Petunias 50

Boddington's Inimitable Dwarf
Compact Hybrids, Single 25

Emperor, Single. Large blossoms,
distinct in form, coloring and
marking 50

Howard's Star. Rich (ylmson with
a distinct white star In center..

Rosy Morn. Soft carmine pink....

Snowstorm. Pure single white....

Hybrida. Single Mixed Oz. 50c.

PYRETHRUM.

Trade pkt.

Aurenm (Golden Feather) $0.10 $0.25

Selaginoides. Foliage fine ser-
rated 15 .50

.25
.25
.25
.15

Oz.

SHAMROCK.

„ Trade pkt.
(True Irish). Small leaved.
Vs trade pkt. 25c $0.40 $1.00

SALVIA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Clara Bedman (Bonfire). 1>^
feet $0.25 $2.00

Splendens (Scarlet Sage) 25 1.50

Splendens, Ball of Fire. Very
dwarf and early 25 3.50

Splendens ancuboefolia (Sil-
ver-spot) 25 2.50

Splendens Carminea (new).
Splendid rose . carmine;
dwarf J, 25

Splendens glgantea.T 25

Splendens pendula. Droop-
ing spikes 25 2.00

Splendens Zurich..^ oz. $1.75 .25 6.00

STOCKS.

Boddington's Quality Large-FIowerlng

Gerntan Ten-Weeks Stocks.

Trade pkt.

Brilliant Rose... $0.25

Canary Yellow... , 25

Crimson .' 25

Dark Blood Red.... 25

Dark Violet Blue 25

Dark Purple 25

Flesh Color 25

Light Blue 25

Snow White .25

Fine Mixed 25

GIANT PERFECTION STOCKS.

White.

Pyramidal long spikes of large double

flowers, splendid for glass culture and

for florists' purposes. Trade pkt. 95"

U oz. $1.25, % oz. $2.00. oz. $3.75.

Boddington's Quality Cut-and-Com»

Again.
These splendid Stocks will flower con-
tinuously through the Summer If sown
early. Trade pkt.

Princess Alice. White ?...$0.25

Apple Blossom. Light pink 25

Peach Blossom. Soft pink 25

Chamoise 25

Bridesmaid. Rose 25

Canary. Yellow 25

Flamingo. Blood red .25

Blue Jay. Light blue 25

Violet. Dark blue 25

Carminea. Crimson 25

QUALITY VERBENAS.

Trade pkt. Oz.
Boddington's Mammoth Hy-
brids. A strain of very
vigorous growth, producing
trusses of large flowers of
brilliant and varied colors.

Mixed $0.25 $1.75

Boddington's Mammoth Auri-
cula-flowered. Large flow-
ers with distinct white eye .20 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Bine .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Pink .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Scar-
let Defiance. The flnest

scarlet sort 25 1.75

Boddington's White (Candl-
dissima). Pure white 25 1.75

Boddington's Striped. Many

colors 25 1.75

Lemon (Aloysla cltrlodora) . . .25 1.50
VINCA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Alba. White $0.15 $0.75

Rosea. Rose 15 .75

Rosea alba. Rose and white.. .15 .75
»Uxed 10 .40

We are headquarters for SWEET PEAS of every description. Our Wholesale Catalogue of Quality Seeds and Bulbs
(now ready) contains 52 pages of Heeds and Bulbs you need. Write for It today— a postcard will fetch It.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

SEEDSMAN

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HORTICULTURE

January 18, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
^=SONS=

Cor. Miami and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points »Bd good
■•etloiu of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Member* Florists' Telegraph DellTary

Association,

NEW YORK

413

Madison Ave.
at 4Bth SL

FLORIST T'l- "«'"» ""'

1920

New York

Bloomingdale *s

TN Larpst FionJ Establlshineflt in the Metropofts

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

P

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WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cer. Micblitin Atc. and Slat St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

iMamkar FlerUt*' Tcierntph DaUvery Asso.)
\¥9 (hip t* aU paints la lUlaaU and lawa.

mm 810. Mdioe SSI. Miu 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

All Ordtfs Biven Prompt and Careful Attention

Tht Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City,

. Mo.

will carefnlly execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

H

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS

The largest out flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

M4 Main Street,

BuHalo, N. Y.

Iteiiiiiers Florists'Teiegnph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Norfolk, Va. — The Blick Florist Co.
have moved from 51 Granby street to
117 Plume street.

Milwaukee, Wis. — John Verry, who
has been running a store here since
last spring has closed his doors and
will go out of business.

New York, N. Y. — A boy employed
by M. A. Bowe of G East 33d street,
decamped with over $300 in cash which
had been entrusted to him to deposit
in the bank. He was apprehended and
confessed having formed a plan with
two associates to go to California.

I STEAMER DEPARTURES

Allan.
Pretorian. Boston-Glasgow. . .Jan. 30

American.
Majestic. N. Y.-S'hampton. . . Jan. 25
New York. N. Y.-S'hampton. .Feb. 1

Atlantic Transport.
Minneapolis. N. Y. - London. . .Feb. 1

Cunara.
Mauretania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .Jan. 22
Ivernia, Boston-Liverpool. . . ..Tan. 21
Caronia, N. Y.-Mediterranean. Jan. .30

Hamburg-American.

K.Aug. Vi<- , X. V -H.iniliurg.Jan. 2."! "jj
Pennsylvania. X. V.-irinb'rg. Jan. 30 SJ

Holland-America. '^

New Am'daiu, N. Y.-Rot'dain.Jan. 21 »
Nftordam. N. Y.-Kotterdam. . Jan. 2S W

Leyiand. K

I>evonian. Tloston-Liverpool. . Jan. 2."> [^

Canadian. I'.oston LiviTpooL.Feb. 1 S

North German Lloyd. g

K. Willi-mll. X. Y.-Hri'niti]. .Jan. 21 ft'

Pr. l-'r. Wilirin. X. V.-Hr'm'n . Jan. 30 K

^ Red Star. ffl

^ Finl.-md. X. Y.-.\nt\verp .Tan. 22 ft)

Viiderland. X. V.-.\nt werp. . . Jan. 2it rej

White Star. ®

Cedrio. X. Y -Mediterranean. .Jan. 21 ^

ij. Baltic. N Y -Liverpool Jan. 23 ft^

%

Columbus, Ohio — Reginald Gobey of
Detroit said to be one of the trio of
men who paid for a funeral floral de-
sign at Graff Bros', flower store with
a fake money order about two months
ago, is now in the Franklin county
jail. He was brought from Buffalo
by the federal authorities of that city,
where he was arrested last week. He
was bound over to the June term of
the Columbus federal grand jury.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

-Mrs. Graul, 905 North

Reading, Pa.-

9th street.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Meissner & Son,
233 Kingston avenue.

Flushing, N. Y. — August Millang,
Jamaica and Madison avenues.

A cat show is scheduled to be held
in the store of Fred H. Kramer, 916
F street, N. W., Washington. The
conservatory at the rear of the store
will be devoted to this purpose.

The present whereabouts of Mr. A.
Loemel, a florist who has worked in
several cities of the United States, and
for the firm of Gude Bros. Co., 1214 F
street, N. W., Washington, D. C, is
very much desired by that firm. Any-
one knowing his address will confer a
favor by communicating it to them.

ALEX. McGONNELL

571 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by the trade to
our selection ftir delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash mnit accompany all
orders from unknown correspondent..

Cable Address, ALiEXCONNEXI..

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any pan of the country to

New York City
Or GUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or tele^'raph

2139-2H1 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

7tl RfUi In., Cof. [ Silk St

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN

ORK

1^^ BROOKL

I I JJJiJgr Tel. 6800 Pr

339-347 Greene Are. Tel. 3908 Pr<

Greene Ave.
Prospect

A. WARENDORFF

Invites accounts with florists having transfer order»
for New York City and Vicinity. Artistic

Work. Persona! Attention.

1193 Broadway, New York

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

76 MAIDEN LANE
A,l-BiB^IMY, N. Y,

FLOWER DELIVERIES FOR AI3ANY
AND VlCBi*mr

AtBANY, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IN .4iLB,\NY ,4ND VICINITT
ON TELEGR.APBIC OKDEK

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

Established 1874

FLORIST
N. £. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenoe. N. Y. Oty

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspoii
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bnttab
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflof.

PROVIDENCE, R. L

' ii< all T. J. JOHNSTON A CO.,

iiw b|M PiWt

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85

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Itoston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Strwt. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, G,irden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tuscany Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

1VORCCSTER,

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points in >ew Engrland.
125.000 square feet of glass.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue^ N.

[cr Phone 506. Long Diit. Bell Phone atSo

Members Floriits Telegraph Delivery

Ansl

LEADING FLORIST

nsterdam, N. Y. Sckcneetaiy, N. Y.

The California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN -

FRANK H. PORRBST

•44 - M* Geary Street. SAN FRANCISCO,
aad Hotel St. Francis, CAL.

Wc coTer tbe entire Pacific Coait and Weat
of the Eocklea. Wire xxb yoar orders for
all Steamera BalUns for Honolulu, Manila
and the Onent. Regular Trade Dlaconnt

FLOWKB8 BT TEL.EOBAFH

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFOKNIA

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the I>ominio'n,

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 TonBe St..

TORONTO, ONT.

MONTREAL^' ;t:

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON r; s Jl

1 125 ST. CITHERINE ST., W. ^'°°

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G, Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y. — The Rosery, 76 Maiden
Lane.

Amsterdam, N. Y. — John C. Hatcher.

Boston— Thou. F Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O — J. U. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeycr's Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Mich. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Louisville, Ky. — Jacob Schulz, 560 South
Fourth Ave

Montreal. Can.— Hall & Robinson, 828 St
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex. McConncll, 611 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New Y'ork— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York — Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

New Y'ork — A. Warendorff, 1193 Broad-
way.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybossct St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 26
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher.

St. Paul -Holm & Olson, Inc.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge

St.

Washington,
St.

Washington,
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass. — Tallby.

Worcester, Mass. — H. P. A. Lange.

D. C— Gnde Bros., 1214 F
D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915

PUBLICITY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Replying to an article by George C.
Watson on December 14th, I want to
say that here in Minneapolis we have
no trouble at all in having our best
daily paper publish articles furnished
by the Publicity Committee of the
Minneapolis Florist Club.

These articles are not written for
the trade, but for the public in gen-
eral. The points touched upon are his-
tory, varieties, amount of labor and
time required to produce perfect flow-
ers or plants, their uses and how to
take care of them in residences. Up
to the present time the following
papers have appeared in the press:
Peonies, Orchids, Poinsettias, Azaleas
and Violets. The following are ready
for the press: Bouvardia, Narcissus
(including Tulips, Jonquils, Daffodils),
Lily of the Valley, Roses, Carnations
and Lilies. We are asked to supply
articles of the kind the year round.

For special days, like Mothers' Day,
St. Valentine's Day, etc., a brief ar-
ticle is written on the meaning of the
day with suggestions as to the kind

BOSTON, MASS.

"Penn. The TeleRraph Florist"

Member of Florist.s' Telegraph Delivery

37-43 BROMFIEI^D STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

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FLORISTS

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Member Florists*
Telegraph Delivery.

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A. LANGE,

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THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEViELANI

Euclid AveniM

WASHINGTON

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stiock and Work i-irst Class

ISL.yvriiE3

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florists. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street - - PROVIDENCE
LOUISVILLE, KY.

JACOB SCHULZ,

SSO South Fourth Ave. '

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Rockridge Hail

SchoeKi. TAILBY, Wellesley, Mass.

T«L WaBaaUr 44-1 ■■« t. msht «4-S.

of flowers to be used. This, then, ap-
pears in a large advt, paid by sub-
scriptions from the trade. On Mothers'
Day about $125.00 were thus collected
and the results were a large increase
in the sale of the carnation, the flower
recommended for the purpose.

C. N. RUEDLINGER.

•86

HORTICULTUEB

January 18, 1913

COOPERATION; FROM A RETAIL-
ER'S VIEW POINT.

(Extracts from a Taper read before the

Florists' Club of Philadelphia, by

Charles Henry Fox.)

We are a fraternity — and a frater-
nity is strong only as they pull to-
gether. This is something the florists
have never done. We want co-opera-
tion— sympathy with one another.
We want to plan our business inter-
ests together. We want to study the
needs of the grower, the needs of the
commission man, the needs of the re-
tailer; and altogether we want to
study what interests the public. The
pathway to success lies in serving
the public — not in affronting it, and
this can only he done when the grower,
the commission man and the retailer
work hand in hand.

Now, would it not be beneficial for
the grower to visit the retailer, to
come in direct contact with him, get
better acquainted? Not look upon
him as an outsider Just because he
does not deal directly with him. We
could tell him and demonstrate m>/ij/
carnations were "tabooed." At the
same time, could show him how car-
nations would be in demand if they
were grown and packed as they should
be. We could also give him a line on
many little things that we could use
at a profit to him. If he would grow
them for us in the style that the
public demands.

If we could adopt a plan whereby
we could give an order for a certain
number of stock; have it packed by
the grower and shipped direct (with-
out any delay or handling) to the re-
tailer it would eliminate an immense
amount of loss and waste.

Through this close association be-
tween the grower and retailer a more
perfect understanding would naturally
be the outcome and a great many ir-
regularities might be corrected, for
he would then realize how much bet-
ter and how much more advantage-
ous it would be for him to make his
regular shipments daily right up to
Christmas, selling them at a good
price instead of holding them up and,
in the end, not getting as much as
lie would before.

Every year I hear the commission
men say "I told them," "I told them."
"I told them to ship the goods at such
and such a date, but will they do it?
No. As a consequence the commis-
sion man is up in the air. He doesn't
know what to promise the retailer.
He hasn't the vaguest idea as to how
much he will have or what prices to
quote. The retailer is likewise "up
in the air." He doesn't know what he
will have to pay for the stuff nor
how much he can expect to get.

Now, gentlemen, who suffers by
this? To safeguard himself at Christ-
mas the store man sidetracks cut
flowers — stocks up his place with de-
sirable and salable blooming plants,
something he knows the exact price
of. This is something he Is really
forced to do — very much against his
will — for cut flowers are very much
easier to handle than plants.

In my remarks I have spoken of
direct shipment from the grower to
the retailer. Do not misunderstand
me. I do not recommend for one
minute the elimination of the com-
mission man, nor do I want to belittle
his very necessary service. I simply
want to make a plea for a change In

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats TFiey Make Baskets. TKese
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDT HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, &2.50; No. 2, &S.50 ; No. 3, S4.00 ;
No. 4, &S.00; No. 5, »6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

the shipment; that the order shall go
through the hands of the commission
man as of old but the shipment be
direct, thus eliminating the second
handling.

Now, while we are getting this ex-
cellent service it is necessary for us
to keep up the proper balance. By
this I mean to support and encourage
the growers who sell their goods
direct. This always has a wholesome
effect on the commission man and
makes him behave. We do not want
any flower trust. We do want co-op-
eration.

Another clause that might be in-
serted in this Grand Fraternity, and
one which our friends the commission
men might well consider, would be
the living up to their advertisement
to be wholesale men in every sense
of the word and not to sell flowers to
any person or corporation that is not
a florist. I, of course an not alluding
to the fakirs. They are one of the
necessary evils, but I do insist that
it is absolutely wrong to take orders
for funerals, etc. and to deliver flow-
ers to hotels, restaurants, clubs and
colleges, when these orders might be
turned into retail channels. Although
every establishment has the sign
conspicuously displayed "Wholesale
Only." I am told by a wholesaler
himself that every commission man
in the city does the same thing.

There's no doubt in my mind that
once the "Get Together Plan" gets in
action — the true fraternal spirit — that
it will only be a short time when all
these abuses will be done away with.
All we want to do is to understand
each other better. We are all friends
and we are each one of us dependent
on the other.

THAT RETAILERS' INNING.

When the growers got through
with them there was not much left of
the bombs the retailers threw into the
arena at the Philadelphia Club on the
7th inst. The consensus of opinion
seemed to be that if anybody was lax
in taking advantage of his opportunity
it was the retailer. Thousands of ave-
nues for exploiting our products — and
but one in a thousand doing it. When
all things are considered, it seems a
sorry day when the retailer under
these circumstances has the courage
or nerve to throw bricks at the pro-
ducer. And that's all that the much-
heralded talk of Charles Henry Fox
has done.

The producer is keeping his end up
all right— quantity, quality, and va-

'rlety. As for our local market, if it
was not for the splendid country-wide
demand developed by the wholesalers'
advertising it would not have a' chance
to advance at all. The retailers in
this good old burg (with about a dozen
conspicuous exceptions) haven't the
faintest conception of what the grow-
ers have been doing for them; and
they are most conspicuously lacking
in appreciation of the splendid pro-
duction which they have done nothing
to encourage. If they would use the
brains; the enterprise; the aggressive-
ness of the Wanamakers, the Lits, the
Gimbels, the Snellenburgs, in pushing
things, the producers might be will-
ing to listen. But on the contrary,
they simply block the way.

Now then, having realized where the
trouble is, let us apply the broom. Let
us supplant all these old fogy stores
with new and up-to-date propositions.
Leo Niessen had the right idea. .4.
flower store should not look like a
morgue.

Few retailers, as a rule, are taking
advantage of their opportunities. They
are lacking in initiative, in aggressive-
ness, in organization. In advertising,
in everything; in other Words, very
few of them have any idea of business.
And the worst of it Is that when you
call their attention to it they always
want to blame the producer. The pro-
ducer is their angel. Without him they
could not exist one minute; and In
Philadelphia especially the producer
has given quantity and variety unex-
ampled by any other center in these
broad United States. Therefore it
seems clearly a case of the shoe on
the other foot instead of the way
Charles Henry Fox tries to make out
in his talk against the growers and
their agents, the commission men.

G. C. WATSON.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut ffowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co.f

553 Lake Street, Kendallville, Ind.

Mention Horiiculture ivhen you -^frt'tr.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct arcountim;

especially adapt e<l for floriHts' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

Merchants Bank Buildincr

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Til«»hCM. Mala CI

January 18, 1913

HORTICULTURE

87

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Be Ready for St. Valentine

The lovers' festival is only a few weeks away.
ica," is as usual leading the procession.

BAYERSDORFER HAS MORE BASKETS suit-
able for this occasion than all the rest of them
put together.

Dainty Two-Tone Colors: — Delicate pink, blue,
lavender, green, white, etc., and in all sizes from
the small ones at little prices up to elaborate de-
signs.

Dainty Ribbons, in great variety of shades and
from one inch in width up to the largest sizes.

Bayersdorfer, "The Florists' Supply House of Amer-

We recommend especially: —

This splendid and popular BOSTON STRAW
ribbon at Kreatly reduced prices. Write us for
spci'ial quntation-*.

Prepared Ferns, immense assortment; all the
popular varieties in their various sizes. Very use-
ful for decorating.

Sea Moss or Japanese Air Plant. Fine for small
baskets, airy and graceful. One of the best
sellers.

t^" SEND FOR OIR SILENT S.4L,ESMAN

H. BAYERSDORFER ^ CO

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1129 ARCH STREET, - - = -

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PERSONAL.

P. Welch of Boston is in Montreal all
this week.

George Wiegand of Indianapolis, Ind.,
is recuperating in Florida.

Philip Einsmann of Long Island
City, N. Y., is in the hospital seriously
ill.

Morris Stein, late of Pittsburgh, has
left for St. Paul, Minn., where he will
locate.

Fred Vetter has resigned his posi-
tion as manager of the Flower Mart at
Springfield, Mass.

Vivian Marie, daughter of F. E.
Conine, and Frank Melville Goodwin
were married at Stratford, Conn., on
Dec. 31st.

Ed. MacMulkin of Boston, who has
been seriously ill for some time, has
now recovered sufficiently to be about
business again.

William DeGraff of Leyden, Holland,
has accepted the invitation to serve as
one of the judges at the National
Flower Show in New York next April.

Miss M. Smedley, the popular book-
keeper for J. K. Allen, the New York
wholesaler, has resigned her position
and will be married on Feb. 10 to D.
P. Krider of West Orange, N. J.

Detroit visitors — S. S. Skidelsky,
Phila., Pa.; Mr. McGee, Toledo, O.; S.
Seligman, New York City.

Boston visitors. — Paul Berkowitz of
H. Bayersdorfer &. Co., Phila., Pa.;
A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor. Me.; Rob-
ert Miller, Parmington, Utah; Harry
O. May, Summit, N. J.

St. Louis visitors — G. Gabel, repre-
senting the Chicago Carnation Co., of
Chicago, J. F. Ammann. Edwardsville.
111.; Ed. Denker, St. Charles, Mo.; W.
E. Ogle, Belleville, 111.; Frank Veinne-
mann, W. J. Pilcher and W. E. Rowe,
Kirkwood, and Mr. McPheron, Litch-
field, 111.

CINCINNATI NOTES.

R. Witterstaetter left on the 2nd for
a trip to Panama.

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Conger have re-
turned from a recent trip to Chicago.

The Hill-Heller Company on Race
street have had many very attractive
show windows of late.

Al. C. Heckman, Jr., has been con-
fined to his home tor several days past
with a severe attack of neuralgia.

Al. Forder of Hyde Park Is reported
to have bought Miss Shanahan's store
in Avondale. The transaction was
closed on Saturday.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Ernest Farley, Jr., several years em-
ployed in the various wholesale houses
has left for the west. He is now In
Seattle.

At A. Lange's the employees are tak-
ing turns having the grippe, at least
two at a time being away ever since
the holidays.

Peter Reinberg is now president of
the Board of Education of the Chicago
schools. Mr. Reinberg is a self-made
man who has climbed very near the top
of the ladder in the cut flower industry.

Already the apple blossome have ap-
peared In quantity — in the store win-
dows. Each year has seen the artifi-
cial flowers more life-like and this year
is no exception with the masses of
blooms arranged with much grace and
beauty.

P. J. Foley, president of the Foley
Manufacturing Co., is very optimistic
in his outlook for the coming season.
Florists are sending in many inquiries
for prices, etc., on building materials,
indicating that many new ranges will
be erected in the spring.

Fine views of the floral displays of
the park conservatories are given con-
spicuous places in the street cars, no
doubt to catch the carfares, but good
advertisements for the florists' busi-
ness nevertheless. A practical publicity
campaign without cost to the one who
offers flowers for sale and catching the
eye of millions.

Chicago florists generally express
themselves as believing the early com-
ing of Easter will be an advantage to
the trade as prices are apt to be
steadier on account of less danger of
surplus stock. Those having a large
shipping trade think the early date of
decided advantage in making long dis-
tance shipments. It is not likely to be
welcomed by the growers of plants, be-
ing rather early to have blooming
spring stock at its best.

Visitors.— F. S. Miller and son,
Thomas R., of the Columbus Floral
Co., Columbus, O.; Peter Farnof, Co-
lumbus, O.

A SENSATIONAL CARNATION
DEAL.

The sensation of the past week In
Detroit was the sale of Thos.
Browne's beautiful pink novelty car-
nation to S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Breit-
meyer Fl. Co., and Robt. M. Rahaley,
That these three well informed men
should settle down to this variety is
not to be wondered at when we re-
call the great furore this variety
caused when a few blooms were
shown a year ago during the Rose
and Carnation Convention. Some
very prominent carnation growers
visited Mr. Browne's greenhouses and
becoming convinced that this variety
is a sturdy grower and free bloomer
but not a cropper, some very flatter-
ing offers were made at that time.

While the investment is said to run
close to five figures it is nevertheless
a good one and when the blooms ap-
pear at shows and clubs next winter
under the name of "Philadelphia" we
expect to see the fine judgment of
these three gentlemen fully justified.
F. DANZER.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

East Nutley, N. J.— Jacob Kol, lia-
bilities $8000, assets invisible.

Dayton, Ohio— H. H. Ritter, volun-
tary. Liabilities $24,041.02, assets $39,-
164.75. —

"Enclosed please find one dollar for
HORTICULTURE for one year. I
■must have it." D. S.

New Bedford.

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88

HOBTICULTURB

January IS, 1913

HIGH°GRADE GARDENIAS

$3.00 and $4.00 DOZEN

You can always depend on our supply, and as to
quality, there are none better at any price.

BOUVARDIA, Pink and Red, per 100 $5.00

WHITE LILAC, the best, per bunch 1.25

PANSIES, all cheerful colors, 100 bunches 8.00

The Leo Niessen Co,

N. 'Vf, Corner

12th and Rac« Sts.,

PHILADELPHIA

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want to fiod a market for yoni
product

want a regular or special supply 3
of the product of the belt ~
growers

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

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IS Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
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Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists* Greene,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

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WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Speolal attention to sliippine orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
Phone Mni-i !iXt. 31B Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

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33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

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DETROIT

January 13

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special ... .

" " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

'* " Ordinary . . -

Bride, 'Maid

HillingdoD, Ward, Melody, Extra. .
'* ** ** Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, LoDgiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette >

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum ....

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (zoo)--
** " & Spren. (100 bchs.). .

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25.00 to 40.00

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J.A.BUDLONG

82-84-86 E, Randolpli St., Cliicaso

OUR STOCK IS A-l AND IT IS DUALITY NOT
PRICES THAT TALKS

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - CHICAGO. ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants i

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETVVEEN RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS.

CHICAGO

January 18, 1913

HOBTICULTURE

THREE NEW ROSES EVERY GROWER WILL WANT NEXT YEAR

IRISH FIRE FLAME :

The dainty new Single Rose, trimmest and
sweetest little bud ever seen, and well
named :is to its hively unlm-. A Dickson seedling of strong, vigorous
growtb, very free, particularly during the Winter; color Hery crimson,
shading to a rich orange salmon at the base; foliage, a dark green, re-
verse side of leaf deep bronze; a new departure in Roses, a distinct
novelty; beautiful and charming; a favorite wherever shown; nothing to
compare with it.

UDC ftUHDI EC DIICCCI I ■ A new American pedigree seed-
IHnOi UnAnLCd nUOOCLL ■ llng. Of American Beauty size
and fragi'auce: culiir, a ligliter cerise that does not fade to blue, but to
a lighter rose as the flowers age; a strong, vigorous grower; good heavy
stems; flowers carried erect, no weak necks; no i>lind wood like Beauty;
very prolific, remarkably so considering its size. As tested in the various
shows over the country this Fall, it has proven a wonderful keeper and
established itself at once as a rose of unusual merit, creating a sensation
wherever shown and attracting not only the commercial man, but the
public as well.

Good, strong healthy plants of these varieties, guaranteed stock
Deliverv : Cr.iVted, March; Own Root, April or later.

Doz. 23 50 100 250 1000

Own Root .$6.00 $10.00 .$17..50 $30.00 $70.00 $2.50.(10

Gr.iftcd 7.50 12..50 20.00 35.00 .S2..50 300.(10

A stroug, sturdy grower; excellent foliage; flowers large
and double; open perfectly at all seasons; similar to
Ki.hninii,! in color, although richer in cclor in bud form; shape of flower
resembles Cen. .Jacqueminot; verv prolific: good keeper; the coming Red
Rose. (Jrafted or own root: $'iO.(X> per 100; $2.50.(X) per lOIIO.

■IDC PCnDISC CUmifVCD ■ -^ f'^Pe fl>werins pink Rise; very
Mlfdl UCUnUC OnAnlElf ■ IHghly re-ommtndcd by some •(
•cii selling' e.xcepti' nallv well in the New \ork
uv iiwn root: $:i0.0:j per 100: .'5250.0 1 per 101'.

luality of our stock but its safe delivery by
e.vpress.

RIBBONS AND STPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive KM>l>ons.
Write us for patterns on tliese and on Supplies.

MILADY :

market this .seasuu. (Jraftt'il
We guarantee not only the

SMALL SHIPMENTS CAN BE SENT BY PARCEL POST AT PURCHASER'S RISK

S. S. F^EIIMIMOOK- IVIEIEII-IAIM OO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORIST OF PHILADELPHIA

PHII^ADEIvPHIA.
1C08>1620 I^udlow Street

NEAV YORK
117 AVest 28tK Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H Street, N. ^V.

Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^"^ '"'"^^S-d^e'aVe"r"

TO DEALERS ONLY

This market has had lit-
BOSTON tie to remind it that the

season of reaction usually
experienced directly after New Years
has been with us. Taken as a whole,
nobody has any valid reason to com-
plain of January business thus far. The
production has not been excessive — in
fact some lines show a decided falling
off in supply, such as American Beauty,
but the demand has not been insistent
on any one thing or any particular
grade, and so everything has found its
level very nicely. One tendency is
noted — that is, the demand for me-
dium-priced grades of rose and other
flowers that are marketed in a varie-
ty of "grades" and prices to corres-
pond. The high-class blooms, from
special American Beauty down the en-
tire list are not in demand, even in
the high-class stores. Medium prices
and medium grades have the call and
the market cleans up nicely on this
line w'hen at the same time the fancy
selections go a-begging. Gardenias and
cattleyas are plentiful and of excellent
quality, with a rather moderate call.
Violets hang fire, the singles having
the preference, if any. Freesias,
mignonette, sweet peas, etc., are all
doing well as to quality and popular-
ity. Carnations — last but not least —
are showing signs of accumulation. The
quality of the stock coming in never
averaged better but there is a surplus.
The receipts are be-
BUFFALO coming heavier each
day. especially carna-

ROSES

BOSTON

January i6

CHICAaO

January

sT. LOUIS

January 13

PHILA

Jannary 13

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. .

Bride, TMaid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. .
" " '* Ordinary'

Taft, Stmburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflortmi .

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100). -
*' '* & Spren. (100 Bchs.). .

40.00

to

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tions which had been on the short side
for some time past. Varieties such as
ordinary Winsor and red carnations
have sold very low at times. Short
roses are not plentiful but there have
been enough of the selected grades.
The general call is for medium and
shorts. Bonsilenes and yellow roses
have taken well and other corsage
flowers have sold satisfactorily. Lily
of the valley in good supply. Sweet
peas are coming in more plentifully
and are preferred to violets, the latter
having a great falling off in demand.

Tulips and single daffodils are had, also
some fine freesia. mignonette, lilies,
etc. The demand has been light on
Beauties, especially the long grades,
which have been sold much below quo-
tations.

Sales have not been es-
CHICAGO pecially heavy during

the second week in Jan-
uary but there has been a steady de-
mand which has kept the wholesalers
doing something all the time. The de-
mand has been heaviest for short and

(Continued on fage ql)

90

HOBTICULTURB

January 18, 191$

M. C. FORD

Surorssor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street

NEW YORK

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWEIiS.
Telephone. 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 28th St. >KAV YORK

Telephones: 2200, 3201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. JJ62 Madison Square NCW YOrfc

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission FIcrists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

.^WM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tti Street, NEW YORK

CbU and Inspect the Best Establishment
In the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

V I o I- Enr3

CarnatioDSy Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Groovers' MarKet Prices

O. 3. Slinn,Jr.

55 «* 57 ■West 26th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Everjireen^.. Mosges,

Southern Sniilax, Galax and Leucothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cyoas anil I'alnietfo.

h. {Ji;^} M.d.s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RBCD (SL KCLLER

123 West 25th St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

We nianufa<-turc ;tll our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and ar<' (ioalcrs iu

l>eeora(ive Glassware, iirowers and

Florists* RecfUisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HQUS£

A First Class Market «or all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby M.. Broeklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

I*. J. sj^ioth:

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist IVRhi^fx^SIS^/iPs"

A tall line at Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes The HOME OP TtlE LILY
by the 1 00, 1000 or 10,000

TBL. 15)98 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., Ncw York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wliolesafe Commiaaiofi Dealer in

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

133 Wilt 28th Streei, New York
Telephone— i»3a-3M3 Madison Square

Established
1887

J. K. iCVI-l-EIM

Still Going
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAL.

Cut Flower Ccnslirnnients Solicited.

PROMPT RKTURNS. MONEY ALWAYS READY.

Open 6 A. M. daily.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, 167 B>d 44M Mad. 8q.

Manufactured by

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST 1/AI I TV ALWAYS

GR.\DE OF V M L L, t. T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, m.a"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

endJDg Jan. 11

1912

Americao Beauty, Fancy and Special 3o.<

" •' Extra

No. I

*' '* Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary'

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

Ordinary 2.00

Bride, Maid 2.00

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra 6.00

" " " Ordinary 200

Talt. Sunburst 3.00

Carnations, Fancy Grade ; 2.50

" Ordinary - i i .00

20.00 to

10.00 to

1.00 to

5.00 to

2.00 to

8.00 to

40.00

30.00
15.00

8.00

6.00

4.00
10.00

4.00

6.00
10.00

4.00
12.00

4.00

3.00

First Half of Week

beginning Jan. 13

1912

30.00
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10.00
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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

T6i6pbonos{}^j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOUCIXaD

Frank H. Trmendty Cbaret SohanA | IpQ AMI/ BJ 1 M 1~ M ^1 JS

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK f «*nAM'LLANB

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telcphootts : 79S and 799 Ma4i<«B S^arc
Coaaisumenla Solicited

W.JsCOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000.... $1.75. C0,000....«7.S0. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

CKMTKAXXT LOCATED, THE HUB OF
THE FLOWER BIARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 706S HndUon
Teleplkone 3860 Madwon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli StrMt NEW YMK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Shipmeuts, any qaantity, Tlhole-
sale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Coiui^nments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BTOAOWAY, DETROIT, MICH.

HENRY M. h. .i!I.NS< l.V, Pn«, MAURICE L. GLASS. Tremi
'."HAS E.ROBI.NSON.V-1'rc!. .lOSEPH MARCiol.IS, Sec'y

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glaas. MaBAser
55-57 WEST 26Ui ST. - - - NEW YORK OTY
S fecial A tttnf ion *> tkt SM^fittf Trade

January 18, 1913

HOETICULTURE

91

BUY

BOSTOIN

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & co.,

112 Arch St.. 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

Flower Market Reports

(Continued from page Sq)

medium roses and these have cleaned
iip every day with a good prospect of
more selling if they could have been
secured. American Beauties have not
been so active but the cut is not espec-
ially lieavy just now. Carnations are
lagging a little and more are seen on
the counters than at any previous time
this season. Violets, too, are not sell-
ing as they should. There are more
tulips seen each day, some of the red
and yellow ones now coming. Paper
whites are not meeting ready sale.
Freesia is seen in limited quantities
and sells readily.

The market at the
CINCINNATI opening of this week
was easy in all lines
but nice clearances were effected in
many of them. This condition is far
different than the opening was a week
previous. Then practically every line
was crowded somewhat and consider-
able stock went into the discard. If
this week continues as it started very
little, if any, will fare so badly. The
prices realized are really below what
would be a normal price for the quality
of the stock that is offered. Shipping
business is very good. The rose supply
has slackened up considerably and now
easily meets the demand and that is
all. It, however, meets this demand at
only ordinary prices. The pink rosea
are enjoying the strongest call. All
are of a very good quality. The car-
nation supply continues heavy and at
times large sacrifices have had to be
made to clean up the stock. The sup-
ply of white is larger in proportion
than that of the other colors. Lily of
the valley, double violets, orchids and
Ijulbous stock have taken more or less
of a slump since the holidays. The de-
mand for narcissi and Roman hya-
cinths has shifted to the carnations
and roses that are so easily available.
Sweet peas, if choice, sell well: if not
they find only an ordinary request.
This great flower cen-
NEW YORK tre is not the "bar-
ometer" of the flower
markets of the country as it is of the
money, stock and various other "mar-
kets" of the country, as our varying
accounts of conditions elsewhere for
the present week show. It ought to
hold such a position and the only
reason that it does not is the provin-
cialism that prevails in all flower mar-
kets and in this one more than any
other. A co-operative system of ad-
justment of values and distribution of
product is the only remedy for the
irregularities which are so expensive.

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N. Y.

THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY SENDING YOCB OBDEB TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES. LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS

BEST PRODUCED

226 Devonshire. Street, Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/l-iolesale F-|oris-ts

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.-

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TBADE.
CUT FIX>WEB8 AND FI.OBI8T8' SriTLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
llomp-rrawB Stock • Spwlalty. STBICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING BOLD
AT BETAH..

Ample reference fnrmlBb«d »• t« •taadias mad fluinclal ability of the company.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAI,. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longlllonim .
Callas.

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantutn

Smllax .

25.00
4.00
6.00

I.oO

1. 00

I.OO
I.OO

2.00
1.00

.50 to

Asparasrus Plumosus, strings (per 100) 35-oo

" •' & Spren (100 bunches) ..■ I 15.00

50.00
8.00

15.00
4.00
1.50
2.00
1.50
.40
2.00
6.00
1.50

25.00

I.OO

12.00
40.00
25.00

First Half Df Week

beginning ian. 13

1913

4.00
6.00

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•15

I.OO

2.00

I.OO

12.00

■50
8.00

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15.00

50.00
8.00

15.00
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1.50
2.00
1.50
.50
2.00
6.00
1.50

25.00

I.OO

15.00
40.00

25.00

in one way or another, to the men
who invest their capital, brains and
time in flower production and this
must eventually come by mere force
of circumstances if not otherwise. In
a general way the market is well-
supplied — in some directions very
much oversupplied — in no direction
undersupplied, and values are about
as unstable as can well be imagined.
The general tendency to surplus and
consequent temptation for price-
breakers is seen in violets, carnations,
bulbous stock and some varieties of
roses. The latter, however, are not
very badly congested; Beauty and
other roses which run to varyin.?
grades and corresponding prices are
selling most freely in the medium
grades. This, however, may be and
probably is a temporary condition
only, as the society activities now due
to begin in real earnest will, undoubt-
edly, tend to reverse this condition
after they get agoing. They'll have
no trouble to get all they want in any
line.

One of the great-
PHILADELPHIA est fallacies ever
offered: "Good
stuff will sell itself." Iterated and re-
iterated along the byways of my short
sojourn. I have always been a listener
rather than an asserter. The propo-
sition sounded good. I was like the
rest of the crowd: I swallowed it.

There was a basisof truth back of it —
else nobody would have swallowed it —
not even counting yours truly. But
after going through the ruck and the
rough and tumble of the past thirty
years, 1 have come to the conclusion
that good stuff will not sell Itself. Not
only that, but that good material will
sometimes go a-begging — while poor
stuff is eagerly snapped up. Witness
last week's market in Philadelphia.
Nothing doing in the long-stem stock
in carnations and roses. But in short
stock for little money — everything
went at beyond the average prices. We
hear a whole lot from the retailers:
"give us quality;" we can sell it! All
right: the growers strain every nerve;
buy novelties and burn coal; hire ex-
tra night firemen and put in plate
glass instead of double thick; give
them extra quality and all the novel-
ties. What is the result? They (the
retailers) don't want the novelties;
they don't want the extra quality long-
stem stock; they want "the cheaper
grades at two cents — and yet these
same retailers pretend when they come
to a club meeting that the reason of
their failure to do business is lack of
quality, variety and novelty on the part
of the producer. The retailer ought
to get a move on. There was a good
demand last week for early spring sug-
gestions: low-priced stock such as daf-

(Contimied oft Page Qb)

92

HORTICULTURE

January 18, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

B. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For pate af Hat of AdTTti— r».

APUINB

Apbln* Ufe. Co.. MadlaoB, N. J.
K.ir paK« a— Llat «rf AdTartlaera.

ARAUCABIA8

Godfrey Aacbmann. PtilladelpUa. Pa.
For page ae< tJat of AdTertlaera.

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
100; ifis.mi per 1U(H). Cash please.
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FeUch

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2>4-ln., $1.00 per
100. Cash with order. Mount Pleasant
Greenhouses, Schenectady, N. Y.

AZALlKAS
p. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. 3.
For page »e« Llat of AdT«rtt—r».
A. Leathy A Co., Soalladale, Haaa.
For page aea Llat of AdTertlaera.
Loechoei A Co., New York, N. I.
For page see List of AdvertlaerB.

BAT TBKSS

UeHatchisoD & Co., 17 Morray St., N. T.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlaera.
Bobblnk A Atklnar Buthrrford, N. J.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlaera.
Angust Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,
New York.
For pate eee Hat of AdTertlaeri.
Bay treea aad Box treea, all alaea. Write
for special llat Jnllna Boehra Co., Bather-
ford, N. J.

BEDDINO FI/AITTS

A. N. Pleraon, Inc., CromwelL Cona.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlaera.

B. Vincent, Jr., A Boaa Co., White Karsh,

Md.

For page see List of AdyertlBen.

BKOONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, In bloom, nic*
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

BOXWOOD TRKKS

Bobblnk « Atkins, Rntherford, M. J.
For pase aee List of AdTertlsera.

Jnllns Boehrs Co.,
Box Trees, all slaes.

Batherford, N. J.
Ask for ipedal Hat.

BOTLKBS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 4«fl Brie St., (Aleago.

For pare see List of Advertisers.

Lord^ Bumham Co., 1188 Broadway, N. T.

For page see List of Ailvertisers.
Bltchlnga A Co., U7» Broadway, N. Y.

BOXK8 — CUT FI,OWIB— FOtDrNO

Bdwards Folding Box Co., PhlUdelpbla.
For page aee List of AdTertlsers.

Folding cat flower boxes the best made.
Write for list. BoUod A Bnnkel Co., Mll-
waskee, Wla.

BULBS AND TUBBR8

Artbnr T. Boddlngton, New York, N. T.
For page see List of AdTertlaera.

J. M. Thorbura A Co.. 83 Barclay St, K. T.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlaera.

MlcbeU'a Seed Boose, Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of AdTertlaera.

Balph U. Ward A Co., Tl Unrray Bt,

New York.

Borseahoe Brand Lily Bnlba.

For page see List of AdTertlaera,

BULBS AND TUBERS — Continued

James Vick'a Sons, Rochester, N. T.

For page see List of AdTertlaera.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see Llat of AdTertlsers.

Fottler, Flske, Bawaon Co., Boaton, Ifaaa.
For page see List of AdTertlaera.

E. S. Miller, Wading RlTor, N. Y.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

O. V. Zangea, Boboken, N. J.
For page aee List of AdTertlaera.

R. &. 3. Farqnhar Co., Boaton, Uaaa.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

P. B. Goodaell. New York, N. T.

Balba of all deacrlptlons. Write for yrleaa.
C. Kear A Sons, HlUegom. Holland.
New York Branch, 81-38 Broadway.

CANNA8
TBB IMPROVED CANNAS.
You can double year profits by stock-
ing no with the new cannas. Be snr* t«
get our list before yon place yoar order.
The Conard Sl Jones Company, West Grore,
Penna.

CARNATION STAPLiK

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbnry'a Caraatlon
Staple, 2000 for 81.00 post paid. I. L.
PlUsbury, Galeabnrg, in.

OABNATIONB

F. Dorner A Sona Co., Lafayette, lad.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phila.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Uadlsoa. N. 3.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlaera.

Carnations, unrooted cuttings. Enchan-
tress, Harlowarden, $1.25 per 100; $7.50
per 1000. White Enchantress, Beacon,
$1.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Healthy
stock, packed carefully. Cash. W. A.
Finger, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y.

CHRTSANTHKMU1U

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Chas. H. Totty, Ma«l»on, N. J.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlaera.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ready, 5000 extra strong R. C. Unaka.
Smith's Advance. Chrysolora, Mrs. David
Syme. $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Cash.
I. M. R.^^YNER. GREENPORT, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, -THB. By A. Her-
rlngtoB. The author has endeavored ta
aaslst and direct the efferta of those whe
would grow and excel la producing per-
fect chrysanthemum flowers, showlag tkat
not In secret arts and practleea, bnt. bi
plain conrse of procedure are the deaIrM
resnlta atulned. lUostrated, ISO pages.
Price 50 cents.

Orders niled by BOBTICTTLTtrBB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

Chrysanthemum stock plants — last call.
Smith's Advance, Unaka, Glen Cove, Mrs.
C. H. Totty. Donnellan, Desjouis. Glen-
view, Halliday, Pocket's Crimson, 60c. per
doz. ; $4.00 per 100. Ogtober Frost, Polly
Rose, Rosiere. Ivory. Shaw. Yellow and
Pink Ivory, Kalb. Golden Glow, etc., 3c.
Sixty others. 3c to 5c. Pockett's Crimson ;
booking orders for R. C. when you want
them. Stafford Conservatories, Stafford
Springs, Conn.

COCOANUT riBBB SOU.

20tb Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Masa.
For page see List of AdTertlaera.

COLEUS

Coleus, rooted cuttings, $4.00 per 1000;
60c. per 100, by mail prepaid. Red, Ver-
schaffeltii. Yellow, Golden Redder, and all
other varieties. Largest and best growers
of Coleus cuttings in the world. Over
2.000,000 sold in a season. C. Schulze &
Son, 261-275 Lawrence St., Flushing, L. I.,
N. Y.

CTCI.AMMN8

Thomas Boland, Nahant Maas.
For page see List of AdTertlaera.

200,000 Giant Flowering Cyclamen, Angast
seedlings. We received first prize on our
blooming cyclamen at the show in Cleve-
land, O., and hold other first prizes. Our
aim is strong growers, a well ballt flTS
petal flower, with good color and
frangrance. many of them at one time,
well marked foliage and general goo*
habits. Strong August Seedlings, $2.n
per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

What others say about our blooming
plants: Mr. E. A. Corson, Rochester,
N. B., Nov. 15, 1912: "Cyclamens receive*
and am more than pleased. They are cer-
tainly fine plants and such a range of
color. Arrived In good condition too."

Plants In bloom for Christmas, 7Bc,
$1.00, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Cultural direc-
tions with all orders. Christ. WInterlch,
Cyclamen specialist. Defiance, O.

DAHLIAS

East Brldgewater Dahlia Gardens are t*«
largest and most up-to-date In America.
Over 850,000 field clumps to offer at rigkt
prices. Be snr© and send your wants ta
J. K. Alexander, The Eastern Dahlia King,
Bast Brldgewater, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOB UU.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Caa-
aett. Golden Wedding, New Century Dak-
lias, etc. Big stock of beat cut flowar
dahlias. Write for aurplna list and apoelal
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, WlLUaaia-
town Junction, N. J., Poat Office, BcrUa.
N. J.

Dabllaa — 2600 field clampa, latest yarte-
tles, cheap for cash ; or what have yoa ta
exchange? Geo. B.Walker, Dahlia Bxpart.
North DIghton. Masa.

DECOBATITB PI^ANTS

A. Lenthy A Co.. Perklna St Nnnerlaa,

Rosllndala, Maas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 4»th StaZ

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advsrtlasn.

John Scott Brooklya, M. T.
For page see Llat of Advartlaera.

Woodrow A Marketoa, 41 West tStk Ct..

New York.

For page see List of Advartlaera.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FERTFLIZEBS

aoth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For Lisf of Advertisers See Page 67

January 18, 1913

HOETICULTURE

93

FEBNS

A. Leatby & Co., Rosllndale, Mass.
For page gee List of Advertlaerg.

H. B. Barrows & Son, Wbltman, Uass.
For page «ee Llat of Advertlaerg.

Jobn Scott, Brooklyn, N. T.
For page see Llat of AdvertlBerH.

Bobert Craig Co., Pbiladelpbia, Pa.
For page gee Liat of AdTertlserg.

Frank Oechslln, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dlsbes.

For page gee Liat of Advertlaerg.

F. R. Pleraon Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudgon,

New York.

For page gee Liat of Advertlaerg.

Fern runners, fine stock Bogton, Whlt-
manll, Amerpobll, Sprlngfieldll. $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt mnners,
very fine, $6.00 per 100. $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-lnch, $15.00 per 100, 6-lncb,
$26.00 per 100. Asparagua Plumoang 4-
Incb, handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 60.000
■q. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
•xclnglvely to ferns. I have the beat stock
to he had anywhere. Prices are low, for
cagh only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,
O.

FLORISTS' ENCYCLOPEDIA FREE

M. Rice Co., Phiiadelpliia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Bogton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

BostOD, Mass.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see Liat of Advertlaerg.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

H. M. Roblngon St. Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Bogton, Mags.

For page gee List of Advertlserg.

Seed * Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. 9. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia,
Pa.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts.,

Waghlngton, D. C.

For page gee Llgt of Advertlserg.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hllflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FUJfGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page gee Llgt of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 BroaA-

way, Detroit, Mich.

For page gee Llgt of Advertisers.

Eerran Co., New York.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

OEBAirrUMS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page ace List of Advertisers.

Geraniums, 2^ In. Nutt 2c. each, $18.00
per 100. Rooted cuttings, Nutt, Poltevlne,
White Swan, Grant and Ivy, $12.00. Goss
& Goss, Fails Creek. Pa'.

GERANIUMS — Continoed

Geranium S. A. Nutt, strong and well
rooted plants, ready for a shift, $3.00 per
100, $25 per 1000; rooted cuttings, $12.00
per 1000. Elms Greenhouses, Glrard, Ohio.

Single Geraniums are popular. We offer
Burke, fiue rich red — Albion White — Dry-
den Pink — Hill Salmon — and leading
doubles, strong 3-in., S^oC. cash. Roney
Bros., West Grove, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
RIcard, Red Wing, Vlaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisqult, Per-
kins, O'uerle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100: $18.50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polte-
vlne, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Lulgi Gran-
dls, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. DeWltt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis f hiids, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

KunderdI Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natick,
Mass.

Gladioli, fancy mixed, mostly light
shades, in sizes 1 to IVi in., $6.00 per lOOO;
% in. and less, $3.00 per 1000. Bulblets,
50c. per quart. Large pkt. seed, 25c. H
E. Meader, Dover, N. H.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prlceg. Jobn-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page gee List of Advertlgerg.

GOLD FISH

Gold flsh, aqnarlum plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsh foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price llat.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING BIATEBIAI<

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page gee List of Advertlaers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N, Y.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Frank Van Aaache, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertlaers.

A. T. Steams Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lutton, Jersey City, N. 3.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Aaache, Jersey City, N. J.
For page aee Llgt of Advertlserg.

Lord A Bnmham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plersen TJ-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and Builder.

HItchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

GUTTERS
Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Iron Gutters.

King Constrnctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. X.
King Channel Qntters.

HAH. INBCBANCB

Florists' Hall Asao. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GBEEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Eroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., C^lcase.
For page gee List of Advertlaers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HELIOTROPE

Heliotrope, Dark Blue, fine 2 inch. In
bud, at $2.00 per 100. Also Rose Gera-
nium, extra heavy, 2Vi Inch, at $2.50 per
100. Cash please. W. F. Ewell, Tops-
field, Mass.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Maaa.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertlserg.

P Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlaerg.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlgerg.

HOSE
H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearng Lumber Co., Neponget, Ham.
For page gee Llgt of Advertlgerg.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page gee Llgt of Advertlserg.

Lord & Bnrnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Eastern Chemical Co., Boston, Maaa.

Imp. Soap Spray.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphlne and Pnnglne.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Benjamin Hammond, ^Flsbklll-on-HndaoB,

N. Y.

Slag Shot.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

William Elliott & Sons, New York, N. Y.
Death to Slugs.

JAPANESE LILIES
Loechner tc Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see Llgt of Advertleera.

LILT BULBS

K. & J. Farqnhar & Co., Bolton,

New LlUea.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Ja«. Vlck's Sons, Rocheater, N. Y.

For page aee List of Advertlserg.

B. M. Ward * Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

94

HORTICULTURE

January 18, 1913

I.II.T OF THE VAI.I.E'ir PIPS

LoecbDcr & Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aagust Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHntcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. X.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co.,' Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. y.

(Cold Storage)
For page see List of Advertisers.

MA8TICA

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

NURSERY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. * T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

IfcHotcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List ef Advertisers.

Aogast Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for (6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
U Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here to
■nch varieties as Spireas, Altheas, Welgelas
and Phlladelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Fenna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Schllder Bros.. Chillicothe, O.

Onion Seed aud Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS
Jas. UcManus, New York, M. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hnrrell, Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

JuUns Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Hybrid Orchids.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.

By B. S. Williams, 300 Illustrations, 800
pages: descriptions of upwards of 2500
species and varieties of orchidaceous
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pnb-
Ushed. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICCLTUBE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.— Continued

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sun, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden. N. Y.

Rotted and Azalea Peat.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
llses. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton SpeelaL"

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St., Chicago.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York, N. Y.

POT HANOEB8

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 do«. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-ycar-old

filants. from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well flu-
shed plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsls
Veltchil. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, HIghtstown, N. J.

PRIMULAS

Primula obconica, gigantea, fimbrlata
and Arendsii strains, mixed; 3-in. pots,
$4.00 per 100. In bud and bloom. Cash
or C. O. D. Only 500 left. Geo. A. Halla-
day. Bellows Falls, Vt.

RAFFIA

McHntchlson & Co., IT Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass.

New Rose Mrs. Charles Russell.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Geo.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Ps.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nnrseries, North Ablngton,
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklil, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

' SEED GROWERS

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co., Enid, Okla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, CW.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Brerett B. Oark Seed Co., Mllford. Cosm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal,

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

51 and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulcbell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

New Crop Florists* Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Haas.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farguhar & Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see Ust of Advertlgers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore. Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, CalL
Tomato Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester. N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., lodependence. Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisars See Page 67

January 18, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

95-

SEEDS — Continaed
8. D. Woodrnir & Son, New York, N. T.

Garden Seed.
For page see List ot AdvertlserB.

Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co., Enid, Okla.

Surplus List of Melon Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulleu. Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED PACKETS.

Brown Bag Filling Machine Co., Fltchbnrg,

Maaa.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshkill-on-HudBon, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SMIL, AX

Smilax, strong 2% in., twice cut back,
$2.00 per 100. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth,

N. J.

SPHAONCU MOSS

I. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on band. Lager &
Hnrreil, Summit, N. J.

SFIREAS

Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Splrea Queen Alexandra.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

Spirea Gladstone.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock Id the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, flneat collection.
Jnlins Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

Qaaker City Machine Worka,

Blchmond, Ind.

20tb Centary Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed 4 Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
HoltoD & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee. Wis.

William E. Hellscher's Wire Works,
IS-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers,

Welch Bros. Co., 229 Devonshire St
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman Pi.

For page see List of Advertisers,

Bnffalo, N. Y,

William F, Hasting Co,, 383-87 Ellicott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE rORISTS
Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hoerber Bros., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCuUongh's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 aad 40

Broadway.

For page see List of AdTertlBers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment, 67 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. C. Horan, fS5 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sherldsn, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Knebler, 28 WiUonghby St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 2Sth

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association,

162 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang. 65 and 67 West 2Sth St.,
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schneck, New York, N. Y.
For page see LUt of Advertisers.

The S. S. Penuock-Meehan Co., 117 West

2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 55-57 West 26th St.
For pnge see List of Adverttsers.

Badgley, Biedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Slinn, Jr., New York, N, Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West tSth Bt
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 1209 Arch St., Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The S! S^ Pennock-Meehao Co., 1608-12

Lodlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester _^_

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W,

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

ASTER SEED.

James Tick's Sons, Rochester, N, Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANE STAKES FOR LILIES.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS. CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS, CANNAS.

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHIFFON.

M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DORMANT CALANTHE VEITCHII.

Lager cSc Hurrell. Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SNAPDRAGON "SILVER
PINK."

G. S. Ramsburg, Somersworth, N. H.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS.

R. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons, White Marsh, Md.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

HYACINTHS AND SPIRAEA.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IRISH AND ENGLISH HYBRID TEA
ROSES.

Henry A. Dreer. Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW AZALEA VARIETY.

Ralph M. Ward. 71 Murray St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW CROP FLORISTS' FLOWER
SEEDS.

Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW CROP SEEDS.

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POINSETTIAS, STOCK PLANTS.

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.
For page see List of Advertisers.

"SPENCER" TYPE OF SWEET PEA
SEEDS.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS,

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

SPIRAEA QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPRING PRICE LIST, NURSERY
STOCK.

P. Hamilton Goodsell. 200 Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ST.

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THREE

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t Advertisers.

WHAT FUNGINE HAS DONE.

-Vphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing fo Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

96

HORTICULTURE

January 18, 1913

Flower Market Reports

(Continued /rom page qi )

fodils, sweet peas and daisies. We hope
the trade will be out of the doldrums
by next week, and that a more cheer-
ful report will result.

A good marliet, stiff
PROVIDENCE prices and a good
supply in most
cases, has kept the trade fairly active
the first part of the week brought dull
business for the time, but the succeed-
ing cold spell saw a prompt recovery.
Carnations are up just at present.
Best grades of roses are fairly plenti-
ful with a wide range of prices. Acacia
has just made its appearance in the
market and is bringing a high figure.
As usual, the supply is very limited.
The local flower mar-
ST. LOUIS ket was in splendid
condition all during the
past week as far as the supply went
but buyers were scarce and our com-
mission men had their troubles. Carna-
clean up on the great bulk of stock
that came in daily. The retailers claim
they put in a mighty dull week. With
no demand to speak of from them and
shipping trade equally dull the com-
mission had their troubles. Carna-
tions, roses, sweet peas, violets and
bulb stock are coming in in great
quantity: in fact, the wholesalers were
up against it hard the last week. But
the retailer is in his glory for he can
buy cheap when a job comes in.

Detroit — Business was good but not
what it might have been and we put the
blame on the shoulders of the weather
man. The general supply is of excel-
lent quality and prices firm. While
the big rose growers are off crop we
expect an increasing supply of carna-
tions and bulbous flowers by the end
of the week.

Washington, D. C— There has been
enough work to keep everyone busy al-
though on the whole things are not
rushing. There has been little change
in the way of prices and there is a
plenitude of everything e.xcept colored
roses. Richmonds are out of crop and
this applies to nearly all others. Their
place is being taken by carnations of
which there are enough to meet all
demands; in fact, they are in full crop
and it is expected that the price will
drop materially on these within the
next week or ten days. Orchids are
more plentiful than they have been.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

W. Atlee Burpee and Mrs. Burpee left
on the 14th for Mia&ii, Fla., on a vaca-
tion. They expect to leturn to Phila-
delphia about March 1st.

The ready facilities that the M. Rice
Co. have for shipping goods was am-
ply demonstrated on Thursday last
when a well-known Philadelphia florist
placed an order at 9 A. M. for
fifteen cornucopias four feet long.
They were made, finished and reached
their destination the same day.

We regret to report a relapse on
Samuel S. Pennock's oldest boy, Charles
(see our issues of past two weeks.) He
was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital,
West Philadelphia, on the 12th inst,
for another pleurisy operation. Very
serious indeed. "While there's life
there's hope." but our hearts go out
and turn to water, while all we can do
is look on. There is no surcease of sor-
row to loving hearts — no matter though

the whole world sympathize with them
in the grim struggle.

The promoters of the "Retail Flor-
ists' Club of Philadelphia" held a meet-
ing in the library room of the Pennsyl-
vania Horticultural Society on the 15th
inst. We were not invited to attend;
but we are informed that those present
were John C. Gracey, C. H. Grakelow,
James McLane, E. H. Heilmann and
some others. It leaked out that one of
the first snags struck by the promoters
was as to whether they should admit
fakirs into the club. From the amount
of secrecy maintained we look for
some remarkable developments: and
like the rest of the outside world, we
await with "bated breath."

The seed trade here, as elsewhere,
were sorry to get the news about the
sudden death of their old confrere
James B. Kidd. Personally we have
known him for nearly thirty-five years
—and that intimately. He was a man
among men. Wise, witty, big hearted
to a fault, a keen observant seedsman,
who reached eminence in every branch
of that intricate business. He will be
missed. Not the least of the services
he did to the business during his latter
years was his work in the appraisers'
department of the New York customs,
where he always had an eagle eye for
frauds and undervalues. It took a
smart scamp to fool "Jim" Kidd.

(Copy.)
, „ .T.in. i;;. 1913.

!^. S. Pennook-Meelian Co., Phil.ulelphia.

Gentlemen: — I li:ive just returned from
our greenhouses and liave talked with our
foreman re.garding the Fire Flame Rose.
Instead of having one tjench in one of the
long houses, we have decided to plant one
whole house, which will hold 1.275. This
being the 1.3th da.v of the month and the
13th ,vear. I told ray foreman it would be
a good idea for you to book us for 1300.

We do not know as the Irish are super-
stitious of number 13. but we are not.
Yours respectfully.

Messrs. Pennock-Meehan replied to
this that they were not superstitious
either and that they were very glad to
book the order. We understand that
the advance bookings for this unique
new single rose Irish Fire Flame are
already quite heavy.

Our attention has been called to the
fact that Burpee is not the first to offer
seeds at 2iA cents a pkt.; that long ago
there were concerns offering them for
as low as one cent. Quite true. But
no "first class" house has gone below
the standard in a regular way. Bur-
pee's idea of half-packets for the chil-
dren is not really a lowering of the
five-cent standard but a reduction in
the quantity so as to realize his new
idea of "Small Gardens for Small
Folks" — that being the title of a neat
little pamphlet of :32 pages which has
just reached our desk from the Burpee
establishment. The author is Edith
Loring Fullerton, whose "How to Make
a Vegetable Garden," and "The Lure
of the Land," have made her famous.
She says in her dedication:

"This little liook was written at the re-
quest of Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, who has the
courage and kindliness to give to children
good seeds in proper proportions for their
gardens at a modrst price."

We do not know how the idea wrill
work out: but we do know that there
are many in the trade who are wishing
they had thought of it first.

Visitors: C. B. Coe, of D. M. Ferry
& Co., Detroit, Mich.; Eugene and Paul
Dailledouze, Flatbush, N. Y.; B. El-
lott, Pittsburgh. Pa.; Antoine Leuthy,
Roslindale, Mass.

During Recess*

Tarrytown (N. Y.) Horticultural So-
ciety.

This vigorous horticultural organiza-
tion held its fourteenth annual ban-
quet at the Florence Inn on the even-
ing of January Sth. As usual, it was
an altogether glorious and festive oc-
casion, participated in by about 75 of
the leading professional and amateur
horticulturists of the neighborhood,
together with a goodly number of rep-
resentatives of the trade from New
York city and elsewhere. The table
and walls were superbly decorated, all
the new claimants for distinction in
the rose and carnation line being on
dress parade to delight the eye and win
the appreciation of the influential hor-
ticultural dignitaries that are ac-
customed to honor the Tarrytown
banquets with their presence.

There were speeches full of wisdom,
wit and scholarly learning, plenty of
them, and interspersed with them mu-
sic and singing of a high order. Chas.
B. Millard served acceptably as toast-
master.

New York and New Jersey Associa-
tion of Plant Growers.
The fifth annual dinner of the
New York and New Jersey Asso-
ciation of Plant Growers will be
held on Wednesday evening, January
29th, 1913, at Louis Martin's, Broad-
way, between 41st and 42nd streets,
New York, In addition to the best
dinner ever given by the association,
there will be a first-class entertain-
ment for which the best music and
vaudeville acts have been engaged.
Julius Roehrs, Jr., Herman Schoelzel
and Alfred L. Zeller compose the din-
ner committee. Louis Dupuy president,
Wm. H. Siebrecht, Jr., secretary.

Cook County (III.
tion Bowling So
ORCHIDS.

) Florists' Associa-
ores, Jan, 8, 1913.

VIOLET
Krause, 129 154 IS!) A. H'bn'r, 115
Graff, nn 144 154 .T. Jacobs. 210

Kraslr'm, 154 2101.30 W.Wolff, 178
Geo. O., 136 Iflfi 152 E. Sch'ltz, 103
J. Zech, 214 ISG 145 .T. H'bn'r, 125

CARNATION'S.
Lorman, 100 14!) 182
L'b'rm'n, 140 143 158
Armst'g, 132 126 129
Ayer.s, 178 143 100

A. Zech. irsiSS197

ROSES
Goerisch. 127
Yelter, 123
Lazaroff, 118
Price, 1S4

Fischer, 148

S.

150 115
169 157
167 193
134 206
147 126

186 184
164108
144 114
151 175
134 173

HITCHINGS & CO. BRANCH OUT.

As a further indication of the un-
usual activities in the greenhouse field,
our readers will be interested to learn
that Hitchings & Company are open-
ing a branch office in Philadelphia.

Their main sales offices, which, for
the past two years, have been located
at the factory in Elizabeth, N. J., are
being brought back to greatly en-
larged quarters in the Johnson Build-
ing, at 1170 Broadway, New York.

We understand that F. W. Armitage,
secretary and sales-manager of the
company, will have his headquarters
at this office.

NEWS NOTES.

New York, N. Y.— The MacNiff Hor-
ticultural Company has moved into its
new quarters at 56 Vesey street.

Reading, Pa. — F. Frank has acquired
the Brookside Greenhouses and will
conduct them as a plant growing es-
tablishment.

January 18, 1913

HOETICULTURB

Obituary.

James B. Kidd.

James B. Kidd. U. S. Examiner in
the 8th Division, died suddenly on Fri-
day, January 10th, of heart failure. He
left the U. S. Appraisers' Stores about
noon, taking a south-bound elevated
train, and as he stepped off the car at
Franklin street station, dropped dead
on the platform.

James B. Kidd was born in Scotland.
He first affiliated himself with the late
B. K. Bliss in the seed business and
next went to J. M. Thorhurn & Co., and
later to the Sunset Seed Co.. San Fran-
cisco. Returning to New York he was
employed by Wm. Elliott & Sons and
then, having passed an examination for
Examiner in the Appraisers' Stores, he
secured for himself the position which
he has held for five or six years. He
was a great improvement over the un-
informed oflScials who previously had
charge of the horticultural imports
and was well liked by the importing
trade with whom he had to deal, and
his death is regarded as a great loss.
He was in his 62nd year. A large num-
ber of sorrowing friends attended the
funeral on Sunday, Jan. 12.

We gladly give place to the following
eloquent tribute to his memory by his
freind of many years, Winfried Roel-
ker:

"Today, Sunday, we paid him the last
honors, at 10.30 A. M., in the mortuary
chapel of the Stephen Merritt Burial
Co. at 8th avenue and 19th street. A
true, sterling, upright character has
departed from our midst; a man con-
scientiously devoted to his duties,
which he fulfilled even at the risk of
hurting a friend. For all that we sin-
cerely admired him the more. We, in
the trade, mourn his loss, and we, his
friends, shall hold him dear in our
memory. Requiescat in pace."

John T. Temple.

John T. Temple of Davenport. la.,
died suddenly on January 4, while at-
tending the funeral of a friend, the
cause being heart failure. Mr. Tem-
ple was born in New York City in the
year 1844. His ancestors were Scotch
and English, his father and both
grandfathers having been gardeners
and florists. His father started in the
florist business in Davenport, la., in
1859 and the young man worked with
iim, developing the business in which
he was actively engaged until his
death.

INIr. Temple was an enthusiastic sup-
porter of and worker in the Society of
American Florists from the beginning
of that organization and attended
every convention except that at Bal-
timore, from which he was prevented
by sickness. He served from 1889 to
1891 on the executive committee of
that society and for a number of years
as chairman of its canna committee.
He served for two terms as a director
of the Florists' Hail Association and,
at the time of his death, was its vice-
president as well as secretary of the
Tri-City Florists' Association.

Mr. Temple was quiet and unpreten-
tious in temperament but congenial
and companionable withal and a model
of sturdy honesty in every purpose and
act, and his loss will be deeply

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Imp Soap Spray

l-:ffe<-tive one t<i thirty-two.

Single gallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

USED FRO^r OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.
Sold by Seed Dealers of Americeu

Saves Currtints, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Tree*
and Sbrubs from Insects. I'ut up in popul.'ir_ packages at popular
prices. Write for fre** pamphlet on Rues and Blishts, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York.

large circle of loving

mourned by
friends.

Mr. Temple's wife died six years ago.
Two sisters survive him.

last spring. The direct cause of her
death was dropsy of the heart.

Samuel Reisner.

Samuel Reisner, a retail florist with
store at 1249 Lexington Ave.. New
York City, died suddenly at Hamilton,
Bermuda, from the effects of having
been struck by a cyclist when cross-
ing a street. Mr. Reisner had only
arrived in Hamilton four hours before,
having taken the trip for rest after
the fatigues of the holiday business.
He was unmarried. His partner
Philip Schaeffer sailed on the next
steamer from New York to take
charge of the body.

Angelo Tassl.
Angelo Tassl, eighty-one years old,
a retired florist and fruit merchant, of
No. 909 Boulevard, Astoria, Long
Island City, N. Y., died at his home on
January 6, from general debility. He
is survived by two sons and two
daughters.

James W. McNary.
James W. McNary. of the Dayton &
Xenia Nurseries, died at Dayton, Ohio,
Dec. 31st, aged 56 years. He had been
in failing health for several years. He
is survived by a widow and three
children.

Mrs. Montague Chamberlain.
Anna, wife of Montague Chamber-
lain, of the firm of Chamberlain &
Gage, gladiolus growers at South Na-
tick, Mass., died on Tuesday night,
January 7th. at the Homeopathic Hos-
pital. Boston. Mrs. Chamberlain has
been in precarious health ever since

"Silver Pink" antirrhinum is one of
the most salable and continuously use-
ful of the out-of-ordinary florists'
flowers all through the season. Rams-
burg of Somersworth, N. H., is adver-
tising stock of it in this issue. You
make no mistake in devoting a bench
to it.

98

HOETICULTURE

January 18, 191$

iT^OFi

HEWS STANDARD POTS

99

XJS...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTUREie

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

At tne meeting of the Horticultural
Society of Chicago, January 14th,
there was no election of officers as
planned, not enough members being
present to make a quorum.

The next lecture in the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society course at
Horticultural Hall, Boston, will be
"Factors Influencing the Formation of
Fruit Buds in Apple Trees," by Prof.
B. S. Pickett, Urbana, 111.

George W. Gardiner, Collector of the
Port, Providence, was the speaker be-
fore the Rhode Island Horticultural
Society, "Wednesday evening. Mr.
Gardiner spoke on "' Foreign Importa-
tion Under the Plant Quarantine Act."

The St. Louis Ladies' Home Circle
met at the house of Mrs. F. C. Weber.
Sr., Jan. 8th, and all present spent an
enjoyable afternoon. Next month's
meeting will take place in the new
home of Mrs. F. C. Weber, Jr., on Ber-
lin avenue.

The Retail Florists' Association of
St. Louis will meet on Monday night,
Jan. 20, at the Washington Hotel.
Theo. Miller will read a paper on
"Ideal Locations for Retail Flower
Stores." Other interesting features
will come up during this meeting.

The Albany (N. Y.) Florists' Club
installed new oflBcers at its January
meeting, as follows: President, Fred-
erick Henkes; vice-president, Frank
R. Bilson; treasurer. Patrick Hyde;
secretary, Robert Davidson. After the
meeting the members were guests of
the Albany Florists' Exchange.

The Engelmann Botanical Club held
quite an interesting meeting on Jan.
13 at the Missouri Botanical Garden,
St. Louis. Mr. Moses Craig, a mem-
ber of the Garden staff read a paper
on "Plant Improvements By Selection."
The election of officers followed and
the result will be announced in the
next issue.

After the installation of officers at
the Chicago Florists' Club, January
9th, W. F. Kasting of Buffalo gave a
very interesting talk on "Publicity,"
fully convincing his hearers of its
value to the trade if rightly con-
ducted. Local speakers followed. A
committee will be appointed to fur-
ther the work.

The Horticultural Society of New
York will hold an exhibition In the
American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park (West) and 77th street.
New York, on January 25th, 1913. The
exhibition will be held in the West
Assembly Hall and will be open from
1 to 5 P. M. Special premiums for
orchids and carnations, nine classes
each.

Petruro Heights, Cal.— C. S. Ter-
bush is about to start a new nursery
here on If! acres of land recently ac-
quired.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE — Freafi from factory, new:
10x12, I61I8. 16x24. doable thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now 1»
the time to bny and save money. Parghel-
«ky Bros. Inc.. 21.'5-217 Havemeyer St..
Brooklyn. N. T.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Winnetka, III. — Hugh Palmer, one
house.

Norton, Mass. — F. B. Luther, range
of houses.

New Albany, Ind. — Anders Rasmus-
sen, house 25x125.

La Grange, Ky. — Koehnlein & Hoff-
man, house 40x150.

St. Paul, Minn.— Como Park; 60,000
sq. ft., contemplated.

Chicago, III. — William Herberts, 4545
Hilton Place, one house.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith,
two rose houses each 27x300.

Los Angeles, Cal. — J. J. Haggerty,
3330 W. Adams St., store conservatory.

Wyomissing, Pa. — Frank D. Shearer,
one house. Heck Bros, house 20x150.

Montgomery, Ala. — W. B. Patterson, 1
Rosemont Gardens, propagating house,
11x100.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Park Department,
range of conservatories with central
palm house.

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I WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. "

2 Advertisements in this colunui ooe
2 cent a word. Initials count as word*.
S Cash with order. All corr«>ondence
= addressed "care HORTICUL-
S TURE" should be lent to 11 Ham- i
S 3toD Place, Boaten. §

WWIIIiniHWWMIiUllldlltMIMIIIIIMMWly

HELP WANTED

G.iKDENERS WANTED— Single man for
Supt. Country Club, permanent position:
singrle man for bead gardener on grentle-
man's estate: Supt. for Florida Hotel re-
sort. Permanent position. Only those
with actual experience in Florida need
apply for this. All applicants state full
particulars, experience, salary, etc. Carl
Rust Parker, Fidelity Bldg., Portland, Me.

WANTED — A competent nurseryman for
manager and workioer foreman. Must be
honest and capable of handling men. Mar-
ried man preferred. Permanent position.
State full particulars and salary wanted In
first letter. Address: Central, care of
HORTICULTURE. Boston, Mass.

SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED TO REPRESENT

A flrst-class nursery firm in New England
states by an energetic, middle-aged man :
life-long experience in different branches
of horticulture: willing to fill up time In
any department. None but a good posi-
tion considered. Address A. B., HORTI-
CULTURE.

SITI.ATION WANTED as Orchid grower
by Englishman, :iO years experience In
growing and raising Orchids with best
firms in England. Good hybridist. Apply
to .Tulius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

WANTED — Position as head gardener on
private estate. Good references. Five
years in last place. Married. Address:
Mae, care HORTICULTURE.

DREEPL'S

Florist Specialties.

New Brand. New Style,
Hose "RIVERTON'*

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

fh'e HOSE for the FLORIST

X-inch, per ft., 15 c.
Reel of 500 ft., ■' 14MC.
2 Reels, 1000 ft., *' 14 c.
J.2-inch, " 13 c.

Reels, 500 ft., " 1254c.
Couplings furnished

HENRr «. DIEER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphi.a,, Pa.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS

can be .sliippcd at an hour's notice. Price
per crate:

Slion 1% in. (a: $6.00 .jOO t in. (a ?;4..'>0

l.idti 2 •• •• 4.88 4o6 4i.. ■• " ."1.24

l."iOO 214 " •' 5.25 320 't '• •• 4..51

1500 21^ •' " 6 00 210 5V4 ■' ■' ■■5.7S

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " ■' " 3.16

SCO 3% " ■' 5.S0 120 7 •' " 4.20

60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Polt.ry, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Rolker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. V. City, Agents

OH SPECIALTY-Ung Dlstincs nil ufttt Irate

r— STANDARD FLOWER— i

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us. we can save
you nnine\\

W. H. ERNEST
>— 28th & M Sts. Washingrton, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved mAchlnery, we tmm

supply your wants to better adrantar*

than ever.

Special dUcoonts on large orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C,

Greenhouse Materials m"^mm

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all leDiTths np to 82 f««t.
Milled to anj detail furnished cr wtU
famish details and cut materials ready for

erection.

Frank Van Assche, ''"L-d ^ir^^t^J^r

JEB8ET CITT, N. J.

January 18. 1913

HORTICULTUEE

99

CLAMPING
BOLT

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This Eave is intended for use on
detached houses with either fixed
glass or side sash.
It is practically all exposed to the
inside heat of the greenhouse and
so Is ice clearing:.

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHADE

and as you can see

present no surface for Icicles to form on.
They have great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works
NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

X^Vkf^

New England Sales Office
WATER STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "L."
This Eave although lighter than
Style *'S" is amply strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs little light and is ice
clearing in the moBt severe weather.
It is intended for use with fixed
glass only.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, ill.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to inyesti-
sate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment is one
of the essentials of any np-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVtHCECO., ■ HichmonJ, Jnd.

CHARLES H. DODO

Oneoboaie Builder. Oemerml Oraeahoiiu

Heehanle.

Iron Fnun* k>d W*od Bar HeaiM.

Ideal OreenhoBU Boilers.

Uatarlali Furolshod or Erected. HMtlaf

and TentlUtInK Materials.

578 OcBan Ave.. JPgEY CffY. N. J.

TBE FLORISTS' HAIL ASS0CL4T10N OF

AMERICA, insurer of 32,500.000 sq. ft. of filass

For particulars address

John G. Esler, s«-, Saddle River, N.J.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

CHICAGO, ILL.

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

[SS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

Tfie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

S. JACOBS & SONS

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

S.iSHE.s. Our prices can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stocl! of Speciall.v
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
cau supply any quantity from a box to
a ear load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. inc.

''I.j-'il7 llavemeyer St., Brooklyo, X. Y.

WROUGHT IRON PIPE FOR SALE

Rethreaded, thorooghly oTerhaaled, la ran

dom leDgtbi, guaranteed free froB

■pUti er holee.

It will pay yon to eommanleate with ■•.

ALBERT & DAVIDSON

tl7-n Ualae AToaae

BroeUym, K. T

Evans 20tli Century Ann

^yiU not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old stj-le elbow stfma.
Sold oqIt with Evans Challenge MachiDc.

lV7-ite for free Caiali>s*te io

QCAKKB CITT MACHnm CO.

Bichmoad, IndU

100

HORTICULTUEE

January 18, 1913

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One ©f Oiuir Near Chicago Siuibjecihs

IT is located at Oak Park, just outside "The Windy City."
* It is our Ideal range No. 164.

It is a thorouglily practic;il plan — easy to work— easy to
heat — e.xceedingly attraotivp. and the price is just about
right for the man who is willing' to spend over $5,000 to

Lord & Burnham Co.,

scoiire a eliiss enclosed garden.

Send for Tno G's Booklet.

It tells all ;it'Out this plan No. 164. and tbe couple of dozen

other Ideal Plans.

It is fully illustrnted. and beautifully printed.

SALES OFFICES

NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO

St. James BIdg. Tremont BIdg. Franklin Bank Bldg. Rookery B]dg.

ROCHESTER : Granite BIdg.

Factories : IRVINGTON, N. Y. DES PLAINES, ILL.

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

Weeing how attracdve euid practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
*^ CURVED ElAVE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producing the seune
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and start anew. Just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult v^nth me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON,

DESIGNER
AND BUILDER

West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

NEW YO

BOTANIC

QAJtUH

Conservatories with a Setting

The Cromwell Range at Seabrigbt, N. .1.. Elected by Lord & Biiniham Co.

eroreaco tfi%_^

J^fMaPE Garden £.
/(/ndred /ofereJt6

102

HO K'TT CULTURE

January 25, 1913

O***-

-*«*o»*-

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CUPID'S GOLDEN ARROWS

FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
Ye Florists! Here's a Real Noveliy For Youf

Made strong and pliable, painted with bright glistening Gold. They give
the final touch needed to make your X'alentine Flower Boxes fit the occasion.
Splendid tied in clusters of three on handles of Baskets when used in con-
nection with our Butterflies, and in numerous other ways. You know how!

Five Dollars per hundred in assorted sizes. 7 in., 10 in. and 13 in. long.

PARCEL POST WILL BRING THEM TO YOUR DOOR

IVI. RIOE COIVIF=>AINY.

The Leading Florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialists
1220 RACE STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.

0***-

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DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Sorine Shipments

Valley Pip*. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleaa, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., (rom Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes,etc., from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks (rom France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ™&i'SI£'*^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import (or tli* wholesml* trsdai
AZALXAS, FALHS, BHODODENDBONS.
BATTREE8, B08B8. UlACS, HOLX.AMD
AND JAPAN BUlSe, LELT OF THE
VALLEY, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK

Pahits, Ferns, Decoratim and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPOHTED AZUUS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & Oa

PirluK Street Nurseries, RosJImlale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS ^j'S,",^*"-

WHITfWANI COMPACTA (New), to tslce the
place of WKitmani. A better commercial fent —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : SSO per 1000.
ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $6 per 100; $50 par
1000. 250 plants at 1000 ratea.

H.H. BARROWS &SON,Wliitinan.Mass.

fmMmimivyvumitttMk.^i*mnmMt*tmMtnMymitiyti^imnMtivmitiymmmttrj

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

5 in., 6V^ in. and 6 in. pote, 3. 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to SO inches hi^h, 40c.,
50c., 60c.. 7&C.. $1.00, $1.25 eacli and
ap to $1.60.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Oitarl* SL, PHIUDELPHIi PA.

HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at Si. Paal, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO- SHAWYERy the new pink forcing rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best varieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompons
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Oar catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on our mailing Hst.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

<Mft0t/vyyvu*iy*tym0vy»»niyyvyyyvvyvy*nmtuvyy*0yvyv%tyyyvvy¥U¥^

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepK HeacocK

Wyncote, Pa.

CYCLAMEN

Best strain in enstence.

4 inch

5 inch

»S6.00

60.00

6 inch

THOMAS ROLAND,

75.00

Nahant, Mass.

SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.

Telephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

K05ES. PALMS.

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

MARKET and 49th STREETS. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.
Tel. 2890 Bedford BROOKL YN , N . Y.

FERNS FOR DISHES

Best Assorted Varieties, t% Id. pots.

$S.5d per 100 1 fSO.OO p«r lOM.

MO St thoniftnd nilM.

Cash with order,

Frank Oectislin.woAcVst Chicago, III.

January 26, 1913

HORTICULTURE

103

GERANILJIVIS

We have a splendid lot of 2 and 3-ln. stock ready for immediate shipment, and are booking orders for future shipment ••
to the extent that we would suggest to prospective customers for after Easter orders, that they be placed at an early date, to In
any way Insure delivery. We can have them ready for you at our regular price of $2.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1000, for 2-ln., or
$3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000 for 3-ln.

We have the following: ready for immediate or future ahlpment, from 2-in. pots:

Per 100 Per 1000

Abntllon Savitzl $3.00 $25.00

Acalypha Macafeeana 2.50 20.00

Acliryanthes Emerson! 2.00 18.50

Ageratum, Six Varieties 2.00 18.50

Alternanthera, Eight Varieties 2.00 18.50

Alyssnm. Double Giant and Dwarf 2.00 18.50

Begonia Vernon, White and Pink 2.00 18.50

Begonia Gracilis Luminosa 2.00 18.50

Cuphea, Cigar Plant 2.00 18.50

Coleus, Ten Varieties 2.00 18.50

C'oleus Brilliancy 3.00 25.00

Per 100 Per 1000

Chrysanthemums, 75 Pompon Varieties 2.00 18.80

Heliotrope, Mad. Brnant and others 2.00 18.50

Hardy English Ivy 2.00 18.50

Lantana, Fifteen Varieties 2.00 18.50

Lemon Verbena, Aloysia Citriodora 2.00 18.50

Moonvines, Wnite and Blue 2.00 18.50

Petunia, Double Mixed Colors 2.00 18.50

Salvia, BonBre and Zurich 2.00 18.50

Parlor Ivy 2.00 18.50

Swainsona, Alba and Rosea 2.00 18.50

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

THE NEW FORCING ROSE MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

Owing to the great demand for plants, Own Root stock is all sold out until later in the
season, but grafted plants may still be had in quantity, as we have 12,000 growing in our
houses from which to make stock.

ORDERS WILL RE FILLED STRICTLY IN ROTATION

12

$7.50

PRICESLON GRAFTED STOCK
100 2SO 500 lOCO

$35.00 $82.50 $150.00 $300.00

2SOO

$687.50

5000

$1250.00

WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES,

NATICK, MASS

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 135

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex ...127

Albert & David-.

son 135

Allen, J. K 126

Aphine Mfg. Co.. 1.33

Aschmann 102

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 119

Badgiey, Reidei

& Meyer 126

Barnard, W. TC.

Co 119

Barrows & Son.. 102
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 123

Bay State Nur-
series 115

Beauileu 119

Bloomingdale's, 120
Bobbink & At-
kins 115

Boddington, A.T.117
Bolgiano & Son,

J 118

Boston Florist

Letter Co 124

Breek, J. & Son. 119
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 102

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 120

Browneli Co 104

Budiong, J. A... 124
Bunyard, A. T.. .120
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 118

California F i o r-

ist 121

California Seed

Growers Asso. .119
Clarke's, D. Sons.122

Page

Carbone 121

Chicago C a rn a-

tloui Co 113

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso. 124
Child s, John

Lewis 113

Clark, Everett B.,

Seed Co 119

Cowee, W. J 12«

Craig, Robt. Co. 102

Dards 122

Dodd. Chns. H...135
Corner & Sons

Co 113

Dreer, H. A

115-134-135
Duniop, John H.121
Dysart, R. J.... 124
Eastern Chemical

Co 133

Edwards Folding

Box Co 124

Eliiott's.W. Sons. .118
Eppstein. Julius. 121
Ernest, W. H...135

5sler, J. G 135

Ever Ready
Flower Pot

Cover Co 123

Eyres 122

Parquhar, R. &

J. & Co 113

Florists' Tel. De-
livery 120

Ford, M. C 126

Ford, W. P 126

Forrest, Frank.

H 121

Fottier, F i s k e,

Rawson Co 119

Framinghnm Nur-
series 115

Page
Froment, H. E..12G
Galvin, Thos. F.121
Gasser, J. M. Co. 121
German Kali

Works 133

Goodseii, P. H..113
Grey, T. J. Co.. 119
Gude Bros. Co.. 121
Hagenburger, Carl

Co 104

Hall Association. 135
Hall & lJobinson.121
Hammond Paint

and Slug Shot

Works 1.33

Hart, Geo. B. 124-132.

Hatcher 121

Haven Seed Co.. 119

Heacock, Jos 102

Henderson, A 113

Henderson, Peter

& Co 116

Hews, A. H. &

Co 134

Hilfinger Bros... 133
Uitchings & Co. .136
Holm & Olson... 120

Horan, E. C 126

Holland Nur-
series 115

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 122

Johnston Bros. ..121
Kasting, W. F.

Co. 127

Keller, J. B.

Sons 121

Kervan Co 126

King Cons. Co.. 1.35
Kramer, F. H...121
Kroescheli Bros.l.S.T
Kuebler, W. H..126
Lager & Hurreil.104

Page

Lange, A 121

Lange, H. P. A.. 121
Lemon Oil Co... 132
Leonard Seed Co. 119
Leuthy, A. & Co. 102
Loechner & Co.. 104
Lutton, W. H.-.W)
MacMulkin, E...121
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 127

McConnell, Alex. 122
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 122

McCuilough's, J.

M. Sons Co 124

McHutchison &

Co 102

McManus, Jas...l26
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 135

Micbell's Seed

House lis

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 126

Miliang, Chas....l26
Miliang. Frank.. 126

Miller. E. S 113

Montreal Floral

Exchange 127

Murray, Samuel. .122
Moore. Hentz &

Nash 126

National Nursery-
man 115

Niessen, Leo Co. 124
Oechslin, Frank. 102
Oklahoma Seed

Growers' Co... 119
Ouwerkerk, P...115
Park Floral Co.. 120
Palmer, W. J. &

Sen 120

Parsheisky Bros. 135

Page
Penn the Fiorist.121
lelicano, Rossi &

Co 121

Pennock • Meehan

Co 125

Perkins St. Nur-
series 102

Plerson, A. N...102
Pierson, F. R. Co.l04
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 133
Poehimann Bros. 124
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 133

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 135

Ramsburg, G. S.104
Reed & Keller.. 126
Reinberg, Peter. 124
Rice. M. & Co... 102
Robinson, H. M.

& ,Co 124

Robinson Co., H.

M 126

Rock, Wm. L..M20
Roehrs, J. Co... 104

Roland. Thos 102

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 102-135

Rosery, The 122

Sander & Son.. .104
Scbilder Bros. ...119

Schulz, Jacob 121

Scott, John 102

Sharp, Partridge

Co 135

Sheridan, W. P.. 126
Sniggers & Sig-

gers 133

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 119

Slinn & Co., B.
S 126

Page

Smith & Co., E.

D 104

Smith, P. J 126

Smith, W. & T.

Co 115

Smyth, Wm. J.. 121
Sprague, J. H...104
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 135

Stumpp, Geo. M.122
Syracuse Pottery

Co 136

Tallby 121

Totty, Chas. H..114
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 119

Traendly &

Schenck 126

Valentine, J. A.. 120
Van Assche, F...135
Vick's, Jas. Sons.llO
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co 103

Waban Rose Con-

serratories 103

Wants, For Sale. 134
Ward, R. M. &

Co 104

Warendorff, A... 122
Welch Bros. Co. 127
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 115

Wilson, Robt. G.122

Wood Bros 113

Woodrow &

Market OS 126

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 119

Young &Nugent.l22

Zangen. O. V 119

Zinn, J. A .121

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 128, 129, 130, 131

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Aspidistra

It is well to think now about increasing your stock
of this very useful decorative plant. To have a good
batch on hand will never go amiss. You can break up
any large plants and pot them up singly into small pots.
Do not divide plants to the single crown as it takes them
a long time to make a useful plant, but leave them large
enough to insure their growing by next winter into nice
specimens. Wliere you want them to make plants of
good size 4-inch pots will be the best. Give each pot
good drainage to insure the soil against becoming sour.
They like a good rich compost of fibrous loam three
parts and well rotten maniire one part. When potting
up these divided clumps work the material well in
through the roots. They will start off better if given a
temperature of about 60 degrees at night with a rise of
10 to 15 degrees, with sunsliine. Be very careful in
giving them water until they begin to make roots. They
should not be kept too dry or too wet — just nice and
moist and they will soon start off into growth.

Candytuft and Stocks

For Memorial Day use sow seed from now and up to
the 10th of February. They can be sown in flats, using
a mixture of loam, leaf mold and a good dash of sand.
Keep shaded and moist until they begin to come up,
when they should be given a place well up to the glass.
Give attention to watering so they will not be allowed
to dry out. It is always better to transplant them be-
fore they become too large as their fine roots soon make
their way quite deep into the soil. Candytuft and
stock are always considered a side-line but, just the
same, such flowers are always in demand for quite a few
customers so it is well to make several sowings for a suc-
cession. To grow these plants well they like a house
where they can have penty of ventilation and cool tem-
perature at night. They should never be grown any
higher than 48 degrees at night. Keep an outlook for
green fly as these often become troublesome, so fumi-
gate often so they will not get a foothold.

Forcing New Lily of the Valley

It is safe to start to force new imported pips now.
Give them a house where the atmospheric temperature
will run from 55 to 58 degrees at night but be sure to
place them where they can have at least 80 degrees bot-
tom heat and another 5 or 8 degrees would still be bet-
ter. Plant the pips quite close together in deep flats.
The best material to use is clean sand as it retains the
moisture and heat as good as anything else. Keep the
flats heavily shaded, which will draw the flower spikes
up. After they are well up give them a little light

Mr. P'arrell's next notes will be on the following: Care of Sweet

Pans

gradually which will help them to harden up and be of
better substance. Give them plenty of water until the
flowers begin to open when it should be given with great
care or damping of the bells will ensue. When water-
ing give water that is about 8 degrees warmer than the
sand. Give ventilation with care so no cold air will
strike the plants.

Gloxinia Bulbs

Now is a good time to start a batch of these bulbs for
Decoration Day blooming. Get some flats and place
some crocks or rough material in the bottom for drain-
age and fill with half sand and half leaf mold. Bury
the bulbs just so the crowns show aliove tiie mixture.
They can set about half an inch apart. Place these flats
in a warm house as they will take anywhere from 65 to
70 degrees at night. Be very careful in giving water;
the compost should be kept just moist but not overwet.
WTien they have made a bunch of fine roots with a little
top growth they can be potted into 3-inch pots, using a
mixture of fibrous loam three parts, leaf mold and very
old cow manure one part each, and a little sand. Place
them well up to the glass and as the season advances
they will require a light shade during mid-day.

Jerusalem Cherries

Where you intend to grow this stock from- seed, lose
no time in sowing it now and they will produce nice
bushy plants for next Christmas. Fill well-drained
pans with a light mixture of loam, leaf mold and sand
and on this sow the seeds and cover. Press the surface
firmly and place in a temperature of from 60 to 65 de-
grees. Wlien they have attained sufficient size to han-
dle pot into small pots and grow on, and shift as they
may require it. Give them a bench where they can have
plenty of light and a good syringing on all bright days.
Continue this treatment until the end of May when they
can go outside. After they are potted do not keep them
too warm. A temperature of from 50 to 55 degrees at
night will suffice. ^AHiere you have saved some stock
plants you can start and propagate in a couple of weeks
which will make fine plants also.

Order Seeds Now

This is the season of catalogues, so it is up to the
florist to select from them what he thinks best. In
order to get projier attention and give tlie liusy seedsman
a chance, early orders will be appreciated before the
volume of trade becomes almost overwhelming. When
ordering seeds always get the best as they are the cheap-
est in the end. Include a few novelties that appear
worthy so as to keep up to date by having something
nut of the ordinary run.

Peas; Cinerarias; Fi<ns ; Cardenias; Lobelia Katlileen Mallard;
les. . I I .

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by Mr. Penson. Such commnnications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Oranges in Pots or Tubs

One of Horticulture's subscribers asks what is the
best way to handle oranges in pots and tubs ; the soil,
winter temperature and sweet varieties?

The oranges usually grown by florists for decorative
purposes is known as "Otaheite" which can be purchased
from any of the seed stores. These are grown cool
throughout and set their fruit easily, but it must be
remembered that they are grown for decoration more
than their edible qualities. If it is desired to grow
oranges for the table, such varieties as Tangierine, Mc-
Carty, Malta Oval, King and California Navels should
be grown. These take a greater amount of care to
handle them successfully. All will produce flowers in
good quantity but fruit will sometimes be shy. Al-
though these varieties can be grown successfully in pots
and tubs, the better and surer way is to plant the trees
out in a border similar to a peach or vine. The fruit
sets much easier and the trees are better to handle. This
means giving up a house or conservatory to them. Al-
though this may seem a terrible waste to give up a house
to growing oranges the whole year round, there certainly
would be no profit to it; yet there is nothing prettier in
all the houses from the first of November to the end of
February than the golden yellow fruits contrasting so
richly with the dark green foliage of the orange tree.
The pictures figured in Horticulture of December
16th, 1911, were photographs of such a house grown at
Somerville, N. J. ■ The variety is Cal. Navels — trees
sent right from the orange state. This house is kept
cool, 40 to 45 F. at night from the time the fruit is ripe
nntil the middle of March, when the temperature is
raised a few degrees and the trees allowed to flower, fol-
lowed by the usual routine. The trees are given a shake
at noon during the time they are in flower, which is all
that is done to aid setting. Our soil is heavy, so to
counteract this a quantity of sand, charcoal and lime
rubble was mixed in with it before the trees were planted.
This makes the soil very porous. The size of fruit is
equal to any offered for sale in the stores, while the
flavor surpasses anything to be bought. Some are grown
in tubs 21 and 24 inches square but are not nearly as
prolific as the planted-out trees. Citrus Bigaradia is
grown for the flowers alone. ■ I would suggest to try
Otaheite and Tangierine for pot work, using a sandy
loam or otherwise open soil and grow the trees cool
throughout, 45 to 50 at night while they are in flower.
The size of the pot must be determined by the ball of
the tree but on no account over-pot them. Sixes ought
to grow good salable stock. Eights and tens can be used
when larger specimens are wanted.

Strawberries in Flower

As strawberries come into flower give them a night
temperature of 55 F. without excessive fire heat. On
any real cold night drop the temperature five degrees
rather than roast them with fire heat. This is applica-
ble to all fruit houses. Be sure the plants are free from
all aphis or the flowers will be damaged. Mild fumi-
gating will not injure the flowers should any fly be

found. It will pay to fertilize these early flowers sim-
ilarly to peach and nectarine trees, only they should be
done more thoroughly. It is not enough to just touch
the flowers in one place ; they should be done all around,
to set the seeds on all sides. An individual fruit is not
one seed but many and unless they are all fertilized the
fruit will not swell evenly. The result is a curled or
twisted fruit of no use. It is sometimes difficult to
keep the flowers dry when watering, these early batches
having very short stems. This can be remedied by stak-
ing the flowers before they open, which is equivalent to
staking the fruits later. The best stakes to use are wires
bent to a semi-circle a little smaller than the top of the
pot, having a leg at each end to push in the soil, some-
what similar to a carnation wire. Discontinue syring-
ing while the flowers are opening and admit all the air
possible.

The Orchard House

The first of February is a good time to start up the
orchard house. This house usually accommodates ap-
ples, pears, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines,
etc. ; in fact, all that goes to make an orchard under
glass. These will all come along together, but should
not be mixed up. It will be to their advantage to have
them near each other when they are in flower. Cherries
are the most particular and should receive the first con-
sideration. Place them in the coolest part of the house
and near a side ventilator if possible, as they will not
stand much forcing. If the soil has been loosened in
any way since they were repotted ram them over again
and give them a good watering. Syringe the trees twice
daily and do not let the night temperature exceed 45 by
fire heat. Two of the best varieties for this work are
Early Eivers and Empress Eugenie.

Apricots are next on the list of importance, being un-
certain at the best of times. Let these follow on after
tlie cherries and receive the same treatment. Moor Park
and Eivers' New Large Early are said to be the best.

Plums can be handled successfully in pots yielding
crops equal to when they are grown in the open. Their
place should be in the orchard house. Early Trans-
parent, Early Favourite, and M'Laughlin have done
well in pots in the past and can be relied upon.

Lady Sudely and Beauty of Bath apples will force
easily and mature very quickly. Triomphe de Vieime,
Souvenir du Congress and Dr. Jules Guyot are pears of
good quality and reliability for pot work. Pears are
not so sure as apples and until the fruit is swelling away
good they need careful attention.

Of peaches and nectarines there need be no doubt as
any of the varieties mentioned previously in these col-
umns will crop well if properly handled.

Lettuce

A sowing made now will be a paying proposition where
a length of heated frames or pits can be spared for them,
or room may be found in the vegetable house. An ordi-
nary flat will contain about 1000 seedlings which will
occupy little space until ready to be placed in their per-

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Care of Cuttings

One cannot be too careful in the propagating houses
this warm damp weather, and we all should realize what
a little neglect at these times may be responsible for in
the future. Keep right after the temperature and see
to it that it does not change suddenly, maintaining it as
evenly as you would in the houses.

Waterings

The first few days that the cuttings are in sand they
will require water every day, if the weather is at all cool.
Of course it m;iy happen that a cloudy spell may come
just then and but little fire heat can be used, then of
course water will have to be kept away.

I?ight here drainage plays a very important part.
Always make sure that the propagating bench is very
perfectly drained before putting any cuttings into it.
Improperly drained benches are responsible for large
losses in cuttings. And not only that, but there are
many diseases that seem to be lying in wait, and will
spring up at the plants almost any time when favorable
conditions will allow. Therefore prevent spot, damping
off, black root rot, and many other diseases by always
keeping ideal conditions in the propagating houses.
Proper drainage, proper ventilation, careful watering,
are great factors toward success. There is little luck;
hard and careful work is the only "luck" we know of.

Always try to water in the morning, and as suggested
before, try to have the water almost the same tempera-
ture as that in the sand. This will keep the cuttings
from being chilled. It often takes hours to bring the
heat in the sand up to where it should be, after all the
sand has been soaked with ice water. By no means have
the water warmer than the heat in the sand (62 F.), as
this would be likely to turn the leaves yellow.

Blackspot Among Cuttings

It is not wise to take cuttings from plants that have
had a dose of spot and still show some of it here and
there. Take cuttings from plants that are free from it
and you will be likely to have but little trouble. Should
a spot appear here and there, pick them off and burn
them before they have a chance to spread all over the
bench. This can be done if you will watch the cuttings
close enough. Then spray with the ammoniacal copper
carbonate, being very careful to merely fog the leaves,
not drench the whole bench, sand and all, which would
do more harm than good and is very wasteful besides.

Roses Outside

These can be gone over this mild weather and pruned
and cut back as may be necessary. All weeds can also
be pulled out and the plants given a good dose of bone.
Burn all clippings, it being best to have something along
to put them into so that they will not be lying all over
tlie place. Do not for a minute think that they will
decay, for they will be very slow about it and if you have
to handle the soil around them much you will wish many
times that you had burned all the twigs.

Liquid Manure

By the first of February all the plants wUl be used to
the light dose of liquid manure and from then on it can
be increased in strength, according to the requirements
of the plants. Plants that are growing freely and show
signs of a crop will take more than plants that are just
coming into crop, where plants that have just cut a good
crop will not take any until after they have started to
grow again. Where it can be done, boil the liquid ma-
nure with steam, and apply while still warm; — not hot,
mind you, but just warm enough to take the chill off the
water. A little bonemeal can also be added, to make the
mixture a little more spicy. Soot is also nice but should
not be used in any large quantities.

Be very careful not to have the plants too dry when
about to water with liquid manure. This would likely
hurt the roots and you do not want to do that as it is
trouble enough to make these grow, so do not kill any of
them. It is best to water vrith liquid manure after
going over the bench with clear water. Water thorough-
ly with clear water if the plants appear dry at all, and
then apply enough liquid to go through the bench nicely.

The Pots

Are your pots all ready to receive the cuttings that are
now in the sand ? Be sure they are clean. We all want
clean surroundings, so why stick a young healthy plant
into an unclean flower pot ? To say the least it is not a
square deal for the plant, and chances are it wiU soon
show it too. If you are short of any size order at once
to have them on hand when the cuttings are ready to
come out of the sand. There is nothing in keeping cut-
tings in the sand just because there are no pots. With
the present low prices, there is no excuse why a suf-
ficient number should not be on hand. Those that took
our advice and washed all their pots during the hot days
of the summer months will find it very nice now to go
over to the pot storage and get what they want.

manent quarters. Use a mixture of three parts leaf
soil, two of loam and one of sand to sow them on. Do
not cover the seeds with soil ; place a piece of glass
over the flat with paper on the top to retain the moisture.
This must be removed gradually as the seeds germinate,
which will be about two days after sowing, if placed in a
temperature of 50 to 55.

Onions and Leeks

As stated three weeks ago, onions and leeks do not want
to be left long in the seed pans or flats. Being deep

rooting things they grow right away and when left some
roots cannot help being broken off, which can ill be
spared at this young stage. Have the requisite number
of 21/2 size ready washed. There is more in having
these pots clean than the casual observer might imagine.
Besides looking better they admit more air to the roots
and let the pots dry out quicker, which are good advan-
tages at this time of year. Use rich soil, a little heavier
than in which the seeds were sown. Water the seedlings
in soon after potting and keep them sprayed over con-
tinually in good weather.

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HORTICULTURE.

VOL. XVII

JANUARY 25, 1913

RO. 4

PIBLISHEU WEEKLY BV

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CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Conservatories with a
Setting.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— As-
pidistra—Candytuft and Stocks— Forcing New Lily
of the Valley — Gloxinia Bulbs— Jerusalem Cherries
— Order Seeds Now — John J. M. Farrell 105

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Oranges
in Pots or Tubs— Strawberries in Flower — The Or-
chard House — Lettuce — Onions and Leeks— Georgre
H. Penson 106

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Care of Cuttings
Watering — Blackspot Among Cuttings— Roses Out-
side—Liquid Manure — The Pots— Arthur C. Ruziclca 107

FALLACIES AND AXIOMS— Greenhouse Heating-
Land Drainage — Edwin Jenkins 109

THE RED SPIDER QUESTION— G. H. Penson 109

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— New York
State Federation of Floral Clubs — National Associ-
ation of Gardeners— Worcester County Horticultural
Society — New Jersey Floricultural Society— New Lon-
don County Horticultural Society 110

Advance News of the Great Flower Show — Florists'
and Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island— Ladies' Society
of American Florists — Northampton and Holyoke
Gardeners' and Florists' Club — Lancaster County
(Pa.) Florists' Club — Connecticut Horticultural So-
ciety m

Cook County (111.) Florists' Association — Club and

Soci6tv NotGS • IIZ

NEW CARNATION THE HERALD— Illustrated 112

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR— Gt'0(T/c ('. Watson 113

CONSERVATORIES WITH A SETTING — Illustrated.. 114
SEED TRADE — A Corn Contest— The Seed Dealer and

Parcel Post, George C. Watson 116

A Surplus of Peas — Notes 118

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 120

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 121

McKinley Day or Carnation Day 122

DURING RECESS— Cook Co. Florists' Bowling 123

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 125

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 127

OBITUARY — "Garibaldi" Trlcola — Mrs. William

Aherne 1^2

MISCELLANEOUS:

Educating a Gardener — Vernon T. Sherwood 114

An Orchid Exhibit 114

A Correction 114

Catalogues Received 118-134

News Notes 121-127

Philadelphia Notes— St. Louis Personal Notes 123

Personal — Chicago Notes 123

Incorporated 127

Publications Received 132

Enforcing the Insecticide Law 133

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 134

goods ordered for such an occasion; and this advice
applies all down the line from the grower to the last
seller. That's the old way; the discredited way that
has done more perhaps, to impede the natural growth
of the flower business than any other one thing. It is
time to "cut it out" now.

"Publicity" is the accepted slogan of the

With one progressive florist element all over the coun-

voice try judging by the reports that come to us.

Xothing has ever taken a firmer hold on the
trade in so short a period. In its many avenues and far-
reaching possibilities it seems to disclose openings for
the practical revivication of the industry on the lines of
modern business methods. Let us take care that we do
not approach the issues before us in any narrow-minded
or provincial spirit. Even the great question of the
methods of marketing and distribution of the product
of the wholesale flower factories clustered about the big
centers of population is but one side of a many-sided
problem. Calm, impartial deliberation and, above all
an avoidance of controversies, old or new, will tend grad-
ually but surely towards well-matured policies, well-
directed effort and that measure of concord and unanim-
ity without which no great enterprise can ever reach its
fullest success. For we are, in truth, in each and every
line of horticultural art but parts of one great unit.
"Deil tak' the hindmost" is a sentiment wliich is fast
losing its reputation in the business world.

Commenting approvingly upon a
The public waiting recent editorial note in Horti-
to be shown CDLTURE, a distinguished English

gentleman and nursery authority
states that it is his conviction that the extreme slowness
of the dissemination of new and meritorious horticul-
tural introductions in America is not to be blamed so
much on the public as upon the nurserymen of this coun-
try. His criticism is, of course, directed more particu-
larly to the dealers in ornamental garden material, not
the orchard nurserymen. The American public, he ob-
serves, are not lacking in appreciation, but they haven't
known and the nurserymen have not risen to the splen-
did opportunity open before them to educate and lead
the public. The field is unlimited and it only requires
that the trade shall wake up and display some of the
confidence and enterprise of their European brethren
and tlie public response will be prompt and hearty. It
is a pleasure to record this felicitous estimate by a com-
petent representative of a people who are disposed some-
times to measure up the American pulilic somewhat dis-
paragingly and we do not doubt that the genera) compli-
ment and the specific criticism are well placed.

Among the various communica-

McKiniey Day and tions appearing this week in our

other days department devoted to the special

interests of the retail flower trade
is one regarding McKinley Day. This special observ-
ance is only one of a very large number of opportunities
always within reach by which the florist may bring him-
self and his productions closer to the notice and appre-
ciation of the great mass of the people. But, don't
begin your campaign by doubling up your prices on

Fallacies and Axioms

"Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies." — Pope.

Greenhouse Heating

It took the greenhouse builders many years to see the
merits of the two-inch wrought-iron pipe, as against the
three-and-a-half-inch cast-iron of their own make; but
the light having- dawned upon them they are now using
the smaller size to a much greater extent than formerly.
So, as the writer is not over anxious to engage in the
rather tame sport of killing dead men, we will leave the
31/2 inch cast-iron pipe as an expiring fallacy and
proceed to direct our fire at a living one, viz. — the fallacy
of so distributing the heating pipes in a greenhouse that
the temperature varies from five to fifteen degrees from
end to end. so that we have a condition where, if the

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temperature is correct in the middle of the house, it is
too cold at the one end and too hot at the other. This
condition is so well known to gardeners and florists that
it has become habitual to speak of the warm end or the
cool end of the house. We all realize that at times this
condition of varying temperature is a convenience and
enables us to grow several different kinds of plants in the
same house, still there is no reason why the same object
may not be attained at our wish, by the use of a few
extra valves. The writer refuses to believe that it is
beyond the ability of a competent heating engineer to so
lay out the pipes as to produce a practically uniform
temperature throughout any house.
Axiom: — Heating pipes should he so distribuicd as to
give an uniform temperature throughout.

Having dealt with a builders' fallacy we come now to
one we have frequently met among the growers, which
is, the idea of pushing the fires in the evening sufficiently
to raise the temperatures several degrees above the max-
imum so as to allow for the drop which usually comes
through the night. This is decidedly fallacious reason-
ing as a little of that contemplative state of mind previ-
ously referred to would show, for night with its ab-
sence of light and lower temperatures is a period of rest
or partial rest, and if there must be a variation of tem-
perature from the maximum, a degree or two lower is far
less harmful than the same amount higher; and while
on this subject of temperatures I cannot refrain from
trying to impress upon young men learning the business
the importance of correct tenijieraturcs. and it /.«-• impor-
tant, for, given the maximum temperature for any plant,
deviation from this is harmful in some degree, more or
less, as the deviation be greater or smaller.
Axiom : — Maximum temperatures should he maintained.
Land Drainage

As this is work which often comes within the province
of the gardener, in making lawns and vegetable gar-
dens, and still more so where he has charge of the farm,
the writer proposes only to touch upon two of the most
frequent fallacies here and to treat upon this subject in
a special article at some future date, giving it some
measure of that consideration which so important a
subject merits.

The first drainage fallacy is this : Putting drains
only two feet or thirty inches below the surface because
the subsoil is clay and won't drain (?) or because the
■drainer thinks they will act quicker, or because he wants
to do it inexpensively or for any other specious reason.
At any such depths as those mentioned there is danger
■of disturbance from frost in any northerly climate, and
also from tree roots finding their way into the tile and
stopping them up, and as a drain two feet deep will only
drain half the area of a drain four feet deep it is obvious
that just double the amount of ditches must be dug and
twice as many tiles bought, so that instead of a cheap job
shallow drains are expensive, and the argument about
the clay soil has been proven fallacious innumerable
times. Further, it is the consensus of opinion of the
best drainage engineers of the world that universal ex-
perience has shown four feet as an average depth to be
the best under all circumstances.

Axiom : — Shallow draining is expensive and inefficient.

Coming now to our second drainage fallacy, viz. —
That good drainage is promoted by putting porous ma-
terial over the tile with the idea of conducting the water
more quickly to the drain, I am not surprised that the
average man falls into this error when only a few days
ago I heard a professor from our agricultural college
advocating this same mistaken idea ; when asked what he
would cover the upper joints of the pipe with, his reply

was to the effect that he preferred gravel to tar-paper.
No more pernicious advice could come from a man whom
we would expect to be an expert on drainage, for to fol-
low it would endanger the whole system. Water which
percolates downward through any coarse or porous ma-
terial will carry silt with it ; this silt will go into the tile
if it can enter the top joints of the drain and will sooner
or later block it ; hence, every precaution should be taken
to -avoid this. The modern method is to put strips of
tar-paper about two-thirds of the way around the tile,
leaving only one-third at the bottom open.
Axiom: — Water should never enter a drain-tile from
the top.

Lenox, Mass.

The Red Spider Question

Mr. Jenkins' article on Red Spider in issue of Jan-
uary 4th, was a pleasing relief to see. In these columns
red"spider has been warred against times without num-
ber and the writer has not "trod on his corns" unneces-
f^arilv. Now to find such a minute "'reptile" given such
a lashing signifies that there is just cause for continu-
ally jogging up readers' memories that such a ferocious
enemy exists and may make an appearance at any mo-
ment" Few establishments have gone a whole season
without making his acquaintance. It certainly is true
that a man's ability can in some way be gauged on the
pest question, because if the pests are there, first-class
results are impossible.

I do not wish to detract from Mr. Jenkins' article, but
when he says damping is of no use against spider I beg
to differ. Yes sir; even after considering the instance
quoted of red spider on the Cyperus alternifolius leaf
half-submerged in water. I have seen similar instances
Init there was a cause. To quote one : — A show house I
had charge of as an assistant had more than half of the
floor area given up to water space, — tanks arranged for
effect. It was customary to keep this house as bright as
possible at all seasons of the year and batches of plants
were grown expressly for this purpose. The one under
notice was Clerodendron fallax and they came in there
laden with spider. Long before these new comers had
finished flowering we had spider, spider everywhere.
Things that had been in that house for months, not
knowing spider, were now being eaten up. Why? Be-
cause of the importation, and while the house had been
clean previously, after the stock was once given a chance
the moisture was not enough to kill them. Violence was
needed. Water "pressure" we know is the best way of
eradication. Take vines for instance, which cannot be
syringed after a certain period ; what would they be like
without damping? Why is it spider always makes its
first appearance on a peach tree right where the foliage
touches the pipes or hangs over a main ? Take a bench
of beans, the dryest end is sure to secure the lead in a
"spider race."

Yes sir; while admitting that damping will not Wl
red spider once it has a foothold, it is the greatest pre-
ventive we have and prevention is better than cure.

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January 25, 1913

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

This club had another of those gala
nights so much enjoyed by members
and their ladies, on 'Tuesday evening,
January 21st. It was the occasion of
the installation of the officers for 1913
and according to custom the ladies
were invited to see the ceremonial,
partake of salads and ices, listen to
some good music, have a dance, and
incidentally to encouragingly applaud
the young officials who, on assuming
office for the first time, were trotted
out before the company to assay their
maiden speech.

The lecture room in Horticultural
Hall was filled from door to stage on
this occasion. The officers consider-
ately put through the regular routine
business, reports, etc., and it was still
early when the musical talent was an-
nounced.

The new incumbents were neatly in-
ducted into office by Peter Miller and
each made a little speech, promising
to "whoop'er up" good in their re-
spective duties for the coming year.

The secretary's report showed an
average attendance for 1912 of 175 per
meeting. The number of members is
now 446. The treasury showed a bal-
ance of about $2,300. President Ken-
nedy announced his intention of hav-
ing the ladies form an auxiliary so-
ciety; there is plenty of excellent
material for this laudable project. $50
was appropriated for a prize in the
Club's name at the National Flower
Show in New York and a similar
amount for the Sweet Pea Society's
exhibition in Boston next summer.

The piano music and singing was
very enjoyable and one of the singers
whose name is Singer set his audience
In such a furore tliat three encores
hardly satisfied them.

The collation was served in the
large exhibition hall and while this
was being done the seats were re-
moved from the lecture hall and two
hours of "light fantastic" tripping fol-
lowed.

Caterer, musicians and officials all
covered themselves with glory. The
affair was simply perfect from start to
finish.

There was a little exhibition of
flowers and the following awards were
made:

Reports of merit to Duncan Finlay-
son for Cymbidium Wigandianum and
primulas; report of superior merit to
Patten & Co. for carnation Princess
Dagmar; report of thanks to A. A.
Thorndike for Purity freesia.

NEW YORK STATE FEDERATION
OF FLORAL CLUBS.

There will be a meeting of the New
York State Federation of Floral Clubs
during Farmers' Week exercises at N.
Y. State College of Agriculture, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, on Wed-
nesday, February 12, at 12 o'clock. As
several matters of great Importance
will be presented it is earnestly re-
quested that all Florists' Associations
or Floral Clubs in the State be well
represented.

JOHN YOUNG, Secretory.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR-
DENERS.

The National Association of Garden-
ers has selected the Murray Hill Ho-
tel, 41st street and Park avenue. New
York City, as its headquarters during
the International Flower Show week.
The hotel is situated conveniently to
the Grand Central Palace, being only
five short blocks from the hall and
the same distance from Broadway, so
that it is also easy of access to the
city's amusement centre.

The management has set a rate of
$2 per day for single persons, and $3
for two persons in a room, including
privilege of bath. The men's dining
hall will be set aside as the rendez-
vous for members to congregate morn-
ing, noon and night. Breakfast, lunch
and dinner will be served in this hall
at a reasonable price. The hotel man-
agement promises to provide every fa-
cility to make the hotel a hospitable
hostelry for the gardeners during
their stay.

Members can communicate direct
with the hotel for reservations for
rooms. Those who intend to at-
tend the International Show will do
well to reserve their rooms at an early
date, as a big crowd is looked for and,
as the National Association's head-
quarters will be a popular place, those
that apply late may find that they can-
not be accommodated. The officers and
executive members of the association
as at present constituted are:

President. William H. W.iite, Yonkers.
N. Y.; vice-president, A. .T. Smith, Lake
(Geneva. N. Y.; secretary, Martin C. Ebel.
Madison. N. J.; treasurer, James Stuart,
Maniaroneck. X. Y. Trustees for 1913:
I'etcr Duff, Orange. N. J.; William Klein-
lieinz, Osontz, Pa.; William Duckham,
M.-idison, N. .1. ; Alexander MacKenzie,
filen Cove, N. 1'.: John Dodds, Wyncote,
Pa. Directors to serve until 1914: Robert
.\ngus. Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Robert Bot-
tomley. New Canaan. Conn. : Carl Schaef-
fer. Tuxedo Park, N. Y. ; E. Wetterlow,
West Manchester. M.iss. ; T. J. Kempton.
Baychester; N. Y.: E. Trethewey, Tarry-
town, N. y.; Alexander Fraser, Newport,
R. I. To serve until 1915: John Shore,
Harrison. N. Y.; Thomas Proctor, Lenox,
Mass.; William N. Craic, North Easton.
Mass.: Frank E. WitneyT Fishkill, N. Y. ;
Robert Williamson, rireenwich. Conn.: E.
Kirk, Bar Harbor, Me. ; .Tames Bell. New
York, N. Y. To serve until 1916: Thomas
W. Logan, Jenkintown. Pa.; John F.
Huss, Hartford. Conn. ; John W. Everitt,
Glen Cove, N. Y. ; A. Bauer. Deal Beach,
N. J. : John W. Jones, Pittslnirgh, Pa. :
Alexander McPherson. Washington, D. C;
James C. Shield. Monticello. Hi.

M. C. EBEL, Secretary.

WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.

The program of lectures at Worces-
ter, Mass.. for the season of 1913 is as
follows:

Jan. 23. — Illustrated lecture. "Chinese
Plants," E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum.

Jan. 30. — Illustrated lecture. "The Yel-
lowstone," Rev. William J. Taylor.

Feb. 6.— Ladies' Day. Illustrated lec-
ture. "Dalmatia." Miss Margaret C
Bolles. Tufts College.

Feb. 13. — "Recreation as a Municipal
Function," G. A. Parker, Supt. Parks,
Hartford. Conn.

Feb. 20.— "Young Orchards," Fred A
Smith. Ipswich, Mass.

Feb. 27.— "Old Orchards," Everett E
Brown, Pomfret Centre. Conn.

March 6— Spring exhibition.

March 12— Annual reunion and dinner
Prof. Frank H. Hanklns, Clark tTnlverslty

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

The eighteenth annual dinner and'
dance of the New Jersey Floricultural
Society was held at English's banquet
hall, East Orange, N. J., January 10th.

"Something to be proud of," just
about expresses the feelings of every-
one present. There was a large turn-
out of members and their friends, in-
cluding the women folk, an innovation
that greatly pleased J. Austin Shaw,
who acted as toastmaster, and was a
big success.

A letter from M. C. Ebel, secretary
of the National Association of Garden-
ers, advising that at least three of the
park and shade tree commission be
professional gardeners was received
with approval. Mrs. James Neil re-
sponded to the toast, "The Gentle-
men," and gave some excellent advice.
President Drews and Vice-President
Geo. B. Wilson with the aid of Charles
McTaggart and P. H. Cox more than
made good to the toast, "The Ladies."
William Reid and Walter Gray, our
past secretary and treasurer, respec-
tively, will be proud of the watch
cliains which were presented in an
able manner by Vice-President Geo. B.
Wilson as a slight token from the so-
ciety for their able and faithful serv-
ices. H. J. Skern for the "Wild Flow-
ers," W. B. Killingbeck for "The First
Profession," Geo. Hillinger and Fran-
cis Dexter for "Sister Societies," w'ere
all eloquent and pleasing.

The tables were beautifully deco-
rated with asparagus, carnations and
potted plants and good music contrib-
uted to make this a most enjoyable
and educational occasion.

Following are the prize winners in
the monthly contest for points for the
year 1912:

Orchids — 1st. Emil Panuska, 096 points;
2nd. Lager & Hurrell. 000. Roses — 1st,
William Reid. 707: 2ud. Fritz Berglund,
G77. Carnations — 1st. William Reid. 746; 2nd,
Max Schneider. 735; 3rd. Fritz Berglund,
660. Cut flowers— 1st, Frank Drews, 797;
2nd, Max Schneider, 780. Foliage and
flowering plants — 1st, Emil Panuska. 660.
Sweet peas and violets — 1st. Max Schnei-
der. 583: 2nd. Frank Drews, 380.

JOHN DERVAN, Secretary.

NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY.
This society held its first meeting
for 1913 on the 9th inst., which was
largely devoted to the welfare of the
organization and consideration of its
plans for the ensuing year. The semi-
annual report of the treasurer showed
an expenditure of $149 in prizes at the
dahlia and chrysanthemum shows be-
sides special prizes which were given
by A. T. Boddington and Stumpp &
Walter of New York, and Fottler,
Fiske, Rawson Co. of Boston. In addi-
tion a free show was given in Pequot
section and several exhibits were held
in the society rooms to which the pub-
lic were invited. Special attention
was called to the coming National
Flower Show in New York. It Is
hoped to secure a large delegation of
flower lovers to attend from New Lon-
don. The next meeting Is Feb. 13th
when a paper will be given on Palms
and Ferns by the president, John
Maloney. H. L.

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111

ADVANCE NEWS OF THE GREAT
FLOWER SHOW.

Secretary Young informs us that
meetings are held regularly every
Monday in New York by the flower
show committee. Things are moving
satisfactorily and everyone is right "on
the job" and enthusiastic. It is be-
lieved that much of the causes for
fault finding by exhibitors at previous
trade exhibitions have been eliminated,
as a rate of about eight cents per sq.
ft. has been secured for benches. This
and many other details of impor.ance
to exhibitors will be given publicity by
Superintendent John Young well in ad-
vance of the show.

The enthusiasm which is so preva-
lent among the trade here and which
was so manifest at the recent meeting
of the Florists' Club is a mighty good
omen. President W. H. Siebrecht is
made of the right material to inspire
optimistic loyalty not only among the
active younger membe.s of the club
but among the older conservative ele-
element. as was well shown by the
number of the latter fn attendance at
the aforesaid meeting, when the new
president was installed. The interests
of horticulti:re seem to be in good
hands for the coming year.

William Tucker, of Ardsley. N. Y.,
who is sales agent for Sutton & Sons,
grass seeds, in this country, is in Eng-
land and incidentally will take up the
matter of that firm's making an ex-
tensive exhibit at the National Flower
Show. They have not fully decided,
though having the refusal of a large
block of space.

The Flower Show committee is for-
tunate in having Richard HoUamau.
president of the Eden Musee, as a
member of the board of directors of
the International Exposition Co. (also
treasurer of the company), who has
had much experience with flower
shews when they were held at the
Eden Musee some years ago, and is
an enthusiastic flower show man and
a staunch believer in wide publicity.

FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB
OF RHODE ISLAND.

Plans for the coming year were given
a good impetus at the regular meeting
■ f the Florists' and Ga-deners' Club
> 1 Rhode Island held in Providence,
Jail 20. An effort is being made to
havi the society well represented at
the International Flower Show in New
York. \ committee including Presi-
dent Api letcn. Secreta y ChappeH and
Robert Johnston was chosen to inter-
view the nicmbers with a view to se-
cure every one possible to vis t the
show.

President Apjjleton named the fol-
lowing committees: Essays and Dis-
cussions. James Hcc'ey, Cornelius
Hartstra and Owen McManus. Enter-
tainment, Henry C. Neubrand and Al-
exander Macrae; Invesfgation, J. F.
Schillinger. John Marshall and Michael
Sweeney. The questicn of attending
the Intel natioral show was taken up
and discussed at some leng'h.

The club was infcrmed of the illness
of its treasurer, James Hoc ey, who
has been ccnfned to his home for
nearly a month. A letter of sympathy
was ordered communicated to Mr.
Hockey. The club decided to omit the
annual lianquet this year.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

OfBcens— President. J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar, Boston. Mass.; vice-president,
Theodore Wirtb, Minneapolis, Minn.;
secretary. .ToLn Young, 54 \V. 2Stb St.,
New York: treasurer, W. F. Kasting,
Buffalo. N. y. Next convention, Minne-
apolis. Minn., Aug. l!t-22, 1913.

For Full Information. Schedules,
Space for Trade Exhibition, etc., write
to John Young, Secretary and Man-
ager for Trade Exbibition. 54 West
28th Street, New York City.

LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN
FLORISTS.

Mrs. Frank H. Traendly, president
Ladies' S. A. F., has appointed as di- "
rectors to serve two years: Mrs. W.
N. Rudd. 111.; Mrs. C. C. Pollworth,
Wis.; Mrs. Chas. H. Totty, N. J.

Also the following committees to
serve at New York City and Minneap-
olis:

Rer-eption Cniinnittrc— :\Iiss A. M. O'Ma-
ra. N. J., ibainnan; Miss Matilda Mein-
hardt. Mo.; Mr.-. .1. C Vaugban. 111.; Mrs.
James W. Hoone Md. : Mrs. Chas. Critcb-
ell. Ohio.

Theatre ( oniniittee — Mrs. Chas. H. May-
nard. -Mich., cb.iirm.in : Mrs. r. J. Virgin.
La.; Mrs. H. H;'niniond Trac.v. Mass.;
Mrs. ^Valt(■r Sb.-ridan. .V. V.; Mrs. Julius
Uoebrs. .Tr.. .\. J.

Winking Cnnuuittci- -.Mrs. J. Manda, N.
.7.. tbairman; .Mrs. K. .M. Hullork. Ind.;
Mrs. J. S. Wilson. Iowa; Mrs. Geo. Cooke,
n. C. ; Mrs. John Itonaldson. N. .7.

NORTHAMPTON AND HOLYOKE

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'

CLUB.

A regular meeting of the Northamp-
ton and HolyoKe Gardeners' and Flor-
ists' Club was held with the president.
Prof. E. J. Canning of Smith's College
Botanic Gardens. After the order of
business a discussion was had upon the
following subjects: Steam Heating vs.
Hot Water, by Secretary Prof. James
Whiting. The Growing of Asters and
Their Protection from Blight and
Beetle, by George Radcliffe. D. J.
Galvin read a paper giving some good
points on carnation culture.

An extremely well-gi'own plant of
Plaivcerium alcicoine measuring over
six feet across, said to be fifteen years
old, also a beautiful specimen of P.
grande. were awarded a certificate for
cultural merit, also a specimen rubber
plant — Castiloa elastica — considered
the most profitable species and exten-
sively grown in the south.

Our next meeting will be held in
French Hall, Mass. Agri. College, Feb
11. C. H. Totty and Wm. Duckhani are
expected to be present.

THOS. FOULDS.

The newly elected officers of the Bo-
tanical Club of St. Louis are: Geo. T.
Moore, president; G. R. Hill, first vice-
president; A. Janeicke, second vice-
president ; Carl Haltenhof, secretary
and treasurer.

LANCASTER COUNTY (PA.) FLOR-
ISTS' CLUB.

Thursday, Jan. 16th, twenty-seven
of us left the city to visit Strasburg,
the first stop being made at Amos
Rohrer's place where we found very
fine carnations, among them being
Mrs. T. W. Lawson as highly colored
flowers as the writer ever saw. From
there to the greenhouses of Chas. B.
Herr, the cleanest and best kept
greenhouses in the state devoted to
carnations. He had a few of Henry
Rohrer's red seedling on trial and
they certainly outclass anything in
this line grown today in this section.
Getting back to Lancaster a call was
made on Enos Kohr. His Mrs. C. W.
Ward was the best thing on the place
which is saying a good deal for all
of his stock is good, there being a
slight difference in favor of the wood-
en benches over the cement benches,
he having several houses of the latter.

A meeting of the club was held at
7. .30 P. M., and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Albert M. Herr; vice-presi-
dent, Elmer Weaver; secretary. Lem-
on Landis; treasurer, Harry K. Roh-
rer. E. P. Hostetter made a display
of very fine sweet peas with foot-long
stems. After an informal discussion
on Christmas trade the president ap-
pointed M. J. Brinton. H. K. Rohrer
and Frank Kohr. a committee to ar-
range a programme for the balance of
the winter meetings. This committee
reported that Thursday. Feb. 20th. will
be carnation night with a paper by
Elmer Weaver on the novelties of
last season's introduction.

As there are 55 growers in this
section and 51 of them belong to this
club and the average attendance is
about 40. and 45 of the 51 are grow-
ing carnations in a wholesale way. it
stands to reason that a hunch of flow-
ers from the introducers of this sea-
son novelties will find an appreciative
audience and as much likelihood of
there being a good investment as it
is possible to have anywhere, so kind-
ly send along what you want to show,
lo reach here Thursday noon. Feb. 20.
care of H. A. Schroyer, Lancaster. Pa.

.4fter the meeting the first annual
dinner of this club was held at the
Hotel Weatland and as fine a spread
and flow of wit was had as the most
fastidious could ask for.

ALBERT M. HERR.

CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

Our first meeting of the new year
was held on the 10th instant, at the
County Building, Hartford. O. V. Zan-
gen, of Hoboken, N. J., was present,
and assisted by acting as one of the
judges of the evening, and by impart-
ing information on various horticul-
tural topics.

The Department of Parks, Alex.
Gumming, Jr., head gardener, and
President John F. Huss, tabled a su-
perb display of cyclamen and prim-
roses. The judges awarded Mr Gum-
ming a first-class certificate for well-
grown Primula nialacoides hybrids,
and honorable mention for Primula
Forbesii magenta compacta; and Mr.
Huss a flrst-class certificate for Pri-
mula malacoides hybrids, and also one
for cyclamen. The judges reported
that among Mr. Huss's malacoides
they found a particular shape of flower
that they recommended to be classi-

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January 25. 1913

fied under an entirely new type, as
Primula malacoides stellata.

Mr. Huss, who lately attended a
national flower show committee meet-
ing in New York, reported the progress
already made, and also told of his pa-
thetic interview with J. R. Trumpy,
the veteran plant breeder who did so
much in former years to propagate
and introduce the maples. The secre-
tary entertained the members by
reading an article from HORTICUL-
TURE of Nov. 23, 1912, by Richard
Rothe, on "Individuality a Factor in
the Advance of Horticulture."

The next meeting will be held on
the 24th instant.

GEORGE W. SMITH, Sec'y.

Melrose, Conn.

NEW CARNATION THE HERALD.

COOK COUNTY (ILL.) FLORISTS'
ASSOCIATION.

The Cook Co. Florists' Association
held its regular meeting Jan. 16 and
the chief business was the nomination
of officers, with the following result:

President — A. C. Ivolilbrand, N. Miller;
vice-president — Geo. Wienhoeber, AUie
Zecli ; secretary — A. T. Pyfer; treasurer —
John Zech ; sergeant — Michael Finli.

The same trustees were renominated.

The following were elected to mem-
bership:

A. E. Marine, 1134 Byrn Mawr, 111.;
Herbert Craig, 120 S. Wabash Ave. ; James
Novak, 2055 Devon Ave. ; John Evert, 20.">0
Devon Ave. ; Martin George, Schermer-
ville. 111.

Those proposed for membership: Otto
Stroback, E. W. Siebrecht, John Swanson,
Fred J. Rose.

The Chicago Carnation Co., showed
their new scarlet carnation, the Herald.
The large full flowers of a clear even
red, borne on 36 inch stems were held
straight as arrows and contrasted
beautifully with the clean, beautiful
green foliage. It was unanimously
voted a club certificate and the mem-
bers then took possession of the
flowers as souvenirs.

CLUB AlVID SOCIETY NOTES.

Harry A. Bunyard of New York will
deliver a lecture at the meeting of the
Newport Horticultural Society, New-
port, R. I., on January 28th. His topic
will be the "Royal International Hor-
ticultural Exposition at London."

The Omaha Florists' Club held its
annual meeting on January 9. Officers
were elected as follows: President.
Charles Faulkner: vice-president, M.
Stanch; treasurer. George Swanson:
eecretary. Lewis Henderson; trustees.
George Sw-oboda, A. Hooge and Paul
Floth.

The next in the series of lectures
in Horticultural Hall. Boston, will be
on "Factors Influencing the Formation
of Fruit Buds in Apple Trees." by
Prof. B. S. Pickett. Urbana, 111., on
Saturday, Feb. 1. at 2 P. M.

On the following Saturday, Wm. W.
Tracy of Washington. D. C. will talk
on the "Adaptation of Local Grown
Seed to Local Conditions."

The tenth annual meeting of the
Alabama State Horticultural Society
is being held at Bay Minette, Ala., this
week. The program includes many
valuable addresses on the fruit tree in-
dustry of the South, also on vegetable
growing and marketing. Bulb grow-
ing is to be considered in a paper by
L. H. Read of Deer Park. Ala. J. C. C.

The Herald carnation, as seen by
the writer at Joliet, 111., on Jan. 20th.
would make a grower's heart rejoice.
Five thousand clean, strong plants
filled with buds and blooms, when with
most growers, carnations have re-
sponded charily to all efforts to secure
a reasonable crop this winter. The
Herald houses were a blaze of bright
red and the long stiff stems held the
flowers high in the air. The bloom is
large for so free a variety, full, com-
pact and regular in form; not a burst-
ed calyx was to be seen. Peter Olsem.
grower for the Chicago Carnation Co..
said that he cut the first blooms in
quantity from these plants about Sept.
1.5th. and has cut regularly each day
since. At the holidays a very heavy
cut was made, proving its claim to be
a valuable new commercial red.

Benches of two-year-old Pink En-

Price Is acting secretary of the so-
ciety.

The schedule of prizes for the mid-
winter and spring exhibition for 191:!
has been issued by the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society and those in-
leiested may obtain copies on applica-
tion to the secretary. W. P. Rich, Hor-
ticultural Hall, Boston. The dates are
Feb. 1 and 2. and March 14, 15. 16. Pri-
mulas, begonias, azaleas, orchids, bul-
bous plants, roses, carnations, fruits
and vegetables are listed for the first
one and the usual liberal prizes are
offered at the second, for acacias. Ram-
bler roses, cyclamen, azaleas, palms,
ericas, cinerarias, orchids, etc., the full
list of forced bulb stock, carnations,
roses, sweet peas, antirrhinums and ta-
ble decorations. For this latter show

chantress were seen carrying an almost
unbelievable quantity of buds and
blooms. These plants were cut back
last year and left to summer in the
bench, with a top dressing given in
the fall. It was noticeable that they
were producing much more freely than
the one-year bench. White Wonder
fully justified its name. Washington
was producing plenty of blooms but
has to have settled weather to keep a
steady color. The Aviator at this time
leads all the reds in freedom of bloom
and we were told that it has done so
"611 the season. A very bright color.
Among the seedlings were No. 77.
light silvery pink; a large white pen-
ciled with carmine, and No. 246 which
is of a color hard to describe — deep
pink without a trace of purple. A
Lawson placed beside it makes it ap-
pear almost red. It is a beautiful thing
and will be heard from later.

the prizes include three silver and two
bronze medals and J1700 in cash.

The Tri-City Florist Club adopted
the following resolutions on the death
of John T. Temple:

"Whereas, God, in His Infinite wisdom,
has called from our midst our brother
flori.^ts. John Temple; therefore, be it

"Resolved, That our organization has
suffered the loss of a loyal member, eacli
of us a true friend, and the interest of
floriculture and horticulture an energetic
and tireless worker: also, be it

"Resolved. That the members of the as-
sociation attend the funeral of our de-
parted member in a bod.v and extend our
s.vmpathy to the bereaved family; also

"Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to the family, the dally
paners, the trade papers, and spread on
the books of the association."

John Staack, Harry Bills. Henry
•Meyer, Committee.

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113

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.

Dr. Tom Daly leaves Philadelphia
on the 21st for a brief lecture tour
through Ohio, Illinois and New York.
Any of our friends in the trade, who
may have an opportunity of hearing
the genial and witty Tom, in their
neighborhood, will miss a treat if they
fail to hear him.

I take my hat off to Richard Rothe
not only for the splendid articles he
writes for HORTICULTURE but for
his good spelling. 1 also admire Ed-
win Jenkins but I do wish he would
quote his Burns more respectfully.

To get the volume of business re-
ferred to in our flower trade report a
good deal of hustling had to be done
by the producers' salesmen (the whole-
salers). When flowers are scarce they
don't have to hustle; the hustle then
comes from the retailers' end. But
what a difference in the spirit in which
these retailers view it. They get very
peeved to think that they should have
to pay the price when the market is
short. And the names they call! "rob-
bers! pirates! Let's have a meeting of
the Florists' Club about it." On the
other hand, the producers (and their
salesmen, the wholesalers) take things
philosophically and let it go at that!
They never think of doing the kinder-
garten act!

Salaams to your seed trade editor. G.
C. W. wishes to say that he never
rushes into a controversy regardless
of consequences. On the contrary
G. C. W. always weighs most careful-
ly the consequences of what he has to
say — not only to himself but as to how
same might affect others. G. C. W.
has been writing for the press for
thirty-five years and stands on his
record of always standing up for what
he thinks is right and true. He
issues a defy right here and now for
proof to the contrary!

As for his championing the weak at
times: Granted. But there are al-
ways two sides to the simplest story,
and it the story is complicated there
may be four or forty sides to it. All
G. C. W. wants to do is thrash it out
from all sides and get at the truth. G.
C. W. likes pats on the back and bou-
quets as well as the next one Init has
no use for such if they are prefaced
with unwarranted assertions and in-
uendos.

In regard to the material G. C. W.
has sent in to fill the gap left by the
regular editor on the loaf list G. C. W.
would like to be informed as to what
part of same was not both instructive
and entertaining and provocative of
food for thought. Didn't they all sit
up and take notice r G. C. W.

The Gardeners' & Florists' Club of
Baltimore held their regular semi-
monthly meeting at Florists' Exchange
Hall on Monday, January 13, 1913. A
seedling carnation was exhibited by
Wm. Akehurst of Cowenton, Md.,
peach-pink in color; received 85 points
and was awarded a certificate of merit.
The stem and calyx were said to be
perfect. The next club meeting will
be on Monday, January 27th, at the
same place.

NO merchant carries last year styles, and you would
not care for old styles ; therefore, your customers
demand new varieties of Carnations of the "Better
Kind," and it is up to you to furnish them with up-to-
date novelties such as our New Scarlet Carnation

THE HERALD

Besides, this is a money proposition : The Herald will
produce at least one-third more blooms than any other
scarlet ; early, free and continuous bloomer ; stem long
and always stiff ; flowers large, full and of a clear even
shade of scarlet ; calyx absolutely non-bursting, making
it the highest type of a commercial carnation and one of
greatest value to you. All cuttings strong and well rooted.

Order now.

$12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000

Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar.
Yours for the asking.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER,lManager
30 East Randolph Street, - CHICAGO, ILL.

^^ ^B AV. E3 I ^^ Lb \J ^S> Per 100 Per 1000

- American, pink $3.50 $30.00

Augusta, white 2.25 18.00

Mrs. Francis King, scarlet 2.i5 22.o0

Taconlc, pink 4-50 40.00

Blushing Bride, white. Dink blotch 75 b.OU

Ji. HENDERSON & CO., Ph^na Randolph 2571 352 N. Michigan Ave,, CHICAGO

■Vly 1913

3F>RIIMG F^RIOE: L-I

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINOS.

100 lono

Wotlenethe, $1.00 per tloz...$6.00 $50.00

White Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful; White Winsor 3.50 30.00

Princess Cliarniins 3.00 25.00

Winsor 2.50 20.00

Plants from 2-inch pots, Sl.OO per 100

advance over al>ove prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

KOOTED CUTTINGS.

Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 to $4.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant

Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; our

selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000.

Srrii^ for dltnlogjtr

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, I NO.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Sfnd for Priee list

E. S. MILLER. WADING RIVER, N. Y.

r

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world over foi

SUPKR-IOR MERIT

John Lewis Ctiilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. 1., N. Y.

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"WRETCHED ROSE WEATHER"

The Killnruey's lileaclicfl almost white: American Beauty, struck with lilaeli spot: Jlarylaml gone to sleep: Radiance

resembling a brush heap with blind wood: — What is the profitable Rose to grow?

Again, we say— come and sec ".Mrs. Geo. Shawyer," growing. No going to sleep with this variety and the color holds as

true as steel, beautiful Rose pinl^.

We are still in a position ;.. i|uote "Sliawyer" and "Milady." at .$"0.00 per hundred: $2.">0.00 per thousand.

''CARNATIONS"

NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE : The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY: Two fine sports from Enchantress. $12.00 per hundred;

$100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J.

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EDUCATING A GARDENER.

Of course, Ed. Jenkins' article is
O. K. in every way in regard to tlie
young gardeners' opportunities, but tile
necessity of going to college and the
recognition of tlie college graduate as
being a serious opponent is becoming
a fetich and almost an obsession with
some. To my mind the only place to
learn estate management is on an es-
tate, and a moment's reflection will
so obvioirsly convince anyone that this
net only applies to our profession, but
also to railroading, engineering", or any
of the higher callings. The present
demand for college graduates evinced
principally by tiiose who have but re-
cently entered into the possession of
estates is merely a demonstration of
that temporary delusion which so of-
ten afflicts a public who love a gilt-
edged diploma, whether it is horticul-
tural, dental or relating to a gold
mine, either one so often co-kin to a
gold brick. Young man, you are bet-
ter persuaded to learn your profession
under a good gardener who manages
an estate than under a man who but
recently graduated from a college.
Rather a potting-shed lined with cul-
tural certificates than an office with
nicely framed diplomas and a man
who gives tlie analysis of a soil, when
you can tell by the feel and look of a
soil that it is no good or otherwise.
VERNON T. SHERWOOD.

CONSERVATORIES WITH A SETTINR.

AN ORCHID EXHIBIT.

In our last issue we had occasion to
mention an interesting little group of
rare orchids, plants and cut blooms,
exhibited at Horticultural Hall, Boston,
on January 11, by E. B. Dane. gard.
Donald McKenzie. Our orchid-loving
readers may like to know the varieties
comprising the group, so here is the
list:

Lselia Gouldiana, dark pink, with
three spikes, 12 flowers; Lfelia anceps
alba (Bull's variety), pure white;
Odontoglossum Harryano-crispum, a
beautiful pink variety with large
brown blotches on the sepals and
petals; Oncidium Forbesii; Cypripedium
Boltonianum. pure white; Cypripedium
Gaston Bultel, a very fine, dark variety
with flat dorsal; Cypripedium Leeanum
Gratrixae, with three flowers — this Lee-
anum is considered to be the finest
in cultivation; Cypripedium Acteus
Roughwoodiense, a yellow flower with
white dorsal — flowered at Mr. Dane's
for the first time and named after
the place; Cypripedium Carmania, a

Our cover illustration shows the
IJleasing effect of careful exterior plant-
ing in connection with a range of
greenhouses. Instead of being tucked
away to one side as a sort of blemisli
on the landscape, a greenhouse might
just as well be made an attrac-
tion if given the proper placing
and surroundings. As showing what
a suitable background and judi-
cious planting will do, we present on
this page a view of the exterior of this
house taken a couple of years ago, be-
fore any planting was done. The
transformation, we think all will

agree, thoroughly justifies the treat-
ment. The greenhouse itself is simply
a straightway house about 75 feet long,
made architectural by simply the ad-
dition of a gable entrance, and a little
vestibule leading into the centre com-
partment.

There is so strong a feeling among
.gardeners that ornamentalness on a
greenhouse interferes with its grow-
ing adaptability that builders are
usually reluctant to suggest archi-
tectural treatments. In this instance,
which is almost an innovation, that
objection will hardly be made.

beautiful yellow hybrid, dorsal sepal
flat; eight spikes Cattleya Trianse, dif-
ferent types, most of them with a fine
dar'i lip; one spike of the rare Chysis
aurea, very seldom seen at shows in
this country.

A CORRECTION.

Wni. Kleinheinz asks us to state that
the plant figured on HORTICl'L-
TURE'S title page as Aristolochia
gigas Hoo'.'erii. in issue of January 4
was incorrectly named, having been la-
beled wrong at the time he purchased
it. The pioper name is Aristolochia
gigas Sturtevantii.

Prof. J. F. Cowell of Buffalo writes
us on the same topic as follows:

"There has been some confusion in
the nomenclature of the big-flowered
forms of this genus, but so far as I
can learn the varietal name Hookerii is
applied only to the smooth form of
gigas having a very short tail. The
form which is commonly grown in this
country, under the name of .^. gigas
Sturtevantii, has the long tails and so

far as 1 can see your figure is of this
variety.

As usually catalogued, the large-
flowered aristolochia bears the name
of grandiflora var. Sturtevantii. Now
grandiflora is the form common in the
West Indian Islands, and while it re-
sembles gigas in color and markings,
it is very much smaller botti in foliage
and flower. Gigas is not found on the
islands but seems to he a continental
plant. I take it that the name Stiirte-
vantii has no standing, and should be
dropped. 1 believe that there are no
known varieties of grandiflora in culti-
vation."

The United States Civil Service Com-
mission announces that examinations
to fill positions in the Department of
Agriculture will be held on February
5 and G. Among these is an opening
tor an assistant horticulturist at a sal-
ary of about $1500 per annum, exami-
nation covering which will be held on
the former date. Further information
can be had upon application to the
commission at Washington.

January 25, 1913

nORTlCDLTURE

115

The Latest Irish and English Hybrid-Tea
Roses of Prominent Specialists

ALEXANDER DICKSON & SONS" INTRODUCTIONS.

C. W. Cowan. Large, warm carmine cerise.

Durbess of Sutherland. A delioate warm rose-pink.

George Dickson. Dickson's Gold Medal crimson.

Verna Mackay. Very free I:)right lemon.

Mrs. Frank Bray. Rich deep coppery-ecru, an improved

Mme. Ravary.
Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. Large satiny creamy-white.

HUGH DICKSON'S INTRODUCTIONS-

King George V. Rich blackish crimson.

Mrs. Sam Ross. Pale straw, with chamois shading.

McGREDY & SON'S INTRODUCTIONS.

British Queen. McGredy's great white Gold Medal va-
riety.

Earl of Gosford. A splendid dark crimson.

Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe. Distinct bright Sweet Pea
mauve.

Mrs. Muir MacKean. A perfect bright carmine-crimson

WM. PAUL & SONS' INTRODUCTIONS.

Mis. Charles Hunter. A pleasing large rose color.

Nerissa.
Ophelia.

An immense creamy-yellow.

Perfect shaped salmon-flesh shaded rose.

For full descriptions see our Garden Book for 191-i.
We will furnish the above varieties to the trade in strung
imported budded plants, at $2.00 each; $20.00 per dozen,
or tlie collertion of l.'> varieties. . ne of each for .$25.00.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above price* are intended for the trade only

»w Il.>-Iiriil Tea George Dirkson (Pickson's Gold Medal Crimson)

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January 25, 1913

HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES

Those Who Have Grown Them Write:

"Your Butterfly is tbe best
strain of Pansy that I have ever
seen and I have been growing
pansies (or marliet for many
years." W. F. HEATH.

Jatfry, N. H.

"I li.ave tried your mammoth
Buttertly Pansies for three years
and tind them superior to any I
have ever grown."

H. G. THURSTON,
Fall River, Mass.

"I have grown large pansies before, but never saw
the equal of your Giant Butterfly. The plants are 20
inches high, and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches
long, while the blossoms themselves are simply mon-
strous, each one a broad expanse of beauty."

THOMAS C. STARH, Newton, Mass.

Henderson's MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY Pansies

We are very proud of. We have sold them for a num-
ber of years and receive hundreds of letters praising
their superior beauty, size and other merits. When
our trial collections of all the world's best types of
pansies are in bloom \^■e go over them daily and any
plant producing flowers of superlative merit is removed
to our "Mammoth Butterfly" plot. Consequently the
seed is saved from the greatest variety of types, in-
cluding only the best of Giant Cassiers, Bugnots, Tri-
nnirdeau. o-blotched Odier, Giant English, French and
ilerman hybrids, etc., resulting in the greatest variety
of coloring, marking, blotching, veining, etc., which
we offer in mixed colors. Price 25c per pkt. ; 50c per
1000 seeds; $5.00 per oz.

For all other types of pansies and in colors, see

Henderson's Wholesale Catalogue

For 1913

Mailed to Florists and Market^Gardeners

On applicatioD

AVgretable, Flower and Farm Seeds, Plants, Bulbs,
Tools, Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers, Insecti-
cides, etc.

PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35-37 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers — President, Chas. N. Page,
Dee Moines. la. ; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Milford, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention June, 1913.

A Corn Contest.

It may be of interest to the seed
trade, especially those with an agricul-
tural clientage to learn that the town
of Billerica, Mass., has undertaken to
foster the raising of corn in New Eng-
land in an energetic and practical
manner by instituting a "Corn Con-
test." The Board of Trade and the
Grange, of Billerica stand behind the
project and have offered a prize of
$1000 in cash for the man who is able
to raise the most corn for one acre
in excess of what has been produced
per acre up to the present time in New
England. The record figure of the
Bowker contest of 1911 will be ta';en
as the official basis. This record crop
was IGO bushels of shelled corn, har-
vest weight, or 112.68 bushels crib dry
per acre, etc. G. Thommen of Billerica
is the prime mover in bringing about
this interesting competition, and is
chairman of the special joint commit-
tee.

The Seed Dealer and Parcel Post.
One of the best digests of the Zone
parcel post as it affects the seed trade

is contained in the sixty-seventh edi- at present as they have had for many
tion of the Henderson catalogue. We years the eight-cent rate against gen-
quote: eral merchandise at sixteen cents.

REGARDING UNITED STATES PABCEI, POST.
(Effective on and after .January 1st, 1913.)

The rate of postaae on seeds, plants, bulbs and roots mailed within the United
States and possessions T Alaska. Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Porto Eico and the Philip-
pines remains the same as heretofore; viz: one cent (Ic.) for each two ounces or fraction,
though the maximum weight of a mailable package may now be eleven (11) pounds,
and the size seventy-two (72) iuches for combined length aud girth.

OLTR FREE DELIVERY OFFER — as above— also the extra amounts to be added for
postage on certain bulk cjuantity seeds, plants, roots and bulbs, as specified under such
articles in this catalogue, therefore remains unchanged.

THE r. S. P.ARCEL. POST M.\Y ONLY UK OF .ADVANTAGE to some of our Cus-
tomers in the United States and possessions -those distant and those living away from
Express OtHces on Rural Delivery routes will perhaps be the must benefited — who order
from us to go by "Parcel Post" the undernoted merchandise when mailable and within
the packed weight and size limit as above; viz; tools, and accessories, ordorless fertil-
izers, insecticides and fungicides (fluids and poisons excluded i. All such merchandise
mailable by Parcel Post offered in this catalogue we have marked "P.P." and given the
packed weight so that extra for postage may be allowed according to Zone distances
as follows:

Each
U. S. PARCEL POST RATES First additional

Within the U. S. and Possessions. pound pound

(Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, and Books Excluded. or fraction or fraction

Local Rate, Manhattan and the Bronx only 5c. Ic.

First Zone, within 50 miles of New York City 5c. 3c.

Second " " 50 to 150 " 6c. 4c.

Third " " 150 to 300 " " " " 7c. 5c.

Fourth " " 300 to 600 " ' 8c. 6c.

Fifth " " 600 to 1000 " 9c. 7c.

Sixth " " 1000 to 1400 " " " " 10c. 9c.

Seventh •' " 1400 to ISOO " " " " lie. 10c.

Eighth ■• all over 1800 " ' 12c. 12c.

For small packages, weighing 4 ounces or less, a special rate of Ic. per ounce or
fraction, is provided covering all zones. A package weighing over 4 ounces and less
than 16 ounces is charged at the "First Pound" rate.

Of course we have not got a real There will be a big howl from the pub-
parcel post, but it is well to know the lie about the lemon they have been
use to which we can put such a make- handed, of course, but it is not up to
believe as we have been allowed to put the seed trade to get busy. The public
through by the express companies' per- will soon see that the Zone system
mission, and Henderson has it well ex- isn't parcel post at all. When in the
plained from the seedsman's point of natural course of events that happens
view as is possible. In this connec- it will be time enough tor us seedsmen
tion it should not be forgotten that to take an interest. At present our
the seedsmen ought to keep very quiet cue is^forget it. G. C. W.

January 25, 1913

IIORTICUT, TURE

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Boddington's Quality Flower Seeds

(NEW CROP) FOR FLORISTS NEW CROP)

SELECTED SEfDS, SUCCESSFULLY SOWN, SECURE SURE, SAFE AND SERVICEABLE SATISFACTION

AGEBATUM.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Mexicanum album $0.10 $0.20

Blue Perfection 15 .50

Imperial Dwarf Blue 10 .25

Imperial Dwarf White 10 .25

Little Dorrit 15 .50

Swanley Blue 10 .25

Little Blue Star, trade pkt.,
for 60c.

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REMEMBER YOU MAY DEDUCT 5 PER CENT IF CASH ACCOMPANIES ORDER.

25c., 3 pkts.

Boddinglon's Mauve Beauty.

Large mauve flowers; dwarf, com-
pact, very free flowering. A uuique va-
riety. Trade pkt. lOc, oz. 50c.
ALYSSUM.
White Gem.
A grand Improvement on Little Gem.
being much more compact; grand for
bedding. Trade pkt. 25c.. oz. $1.00.

Trade pkt. Oz. 141b.
Little Gem .Dwarf,

best for pots $0.10 $0.30 $1.00

Carpet of Snow. For
hanging baskets and

borders 10 .40 1.25

Sweet (the old variety) .10 .15 .50
ASTERS.
Boddington's Asters are Famous.
Write for catalogue of other varieties
and prices.

Tr.Tde pkt. Vi oz. Oz.

Early Wonder, White. $0.25 $0.75 $2.00

Early Wonder, Pink.. .25 .75 2.00

QUEEN OF THE MARKET ASTERS.

Boddington's Extra Early.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Pink $0.20 $0.85

Light Blue 20 .85

White 20 .85

Dark Blue 20 .85

Crimson 20 .85

Rose 20 .85

Flesh Color 20 .85

Light Rose 20 .85

Scarlet 20 .85

Red Lilac 20 .85

Finest Mixed 20

BRANCHING ASTERS.
Tick's Branching.

Trade pkt. Vi oz.

Crimson $0.25 $0.35

White 25 .35-

Purple 25 .35

Violet 25 .35

Rose 25 .35

Carlson's Branching.

Lavender $0.25 $0.35

Semple's Branching.

Shell Pink $0.25 $0.35

Upright White 25 .35

Trade pkt. each of the collection
varieties for $1.75.

Trade pkt. V* oz.
VIck's New Early

Branching, White. . .$0.25 $0.75
Vick's New Early

Branching, Pink 25 .75

BODDINGTON'S OLANT
ANTIRRHINUM.
(Height. 3 Feet)

Trade pkt.
Coral Red. Striking color.. .$0.20

Carmine. Splendid color 20

Daybreak. Light pink 20

Brilliant. Scarlet, golden

yellow and white 20

Cresia. Dark scarlet 20

Queen Tictorla. Pure white. .. .25

Lutenm. Yellow 20

Firefly. Scarlet 20

Romeo. Deep rose 20

Lllaclnnm. Beautiful lilac... .20
Mixed 20

.85

Oz.

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$1.00

$1.00
1.00
of 8

Oz.

$2.00
2.00

Oz.

$0.75

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.75

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1.00
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.50

BEGONIA. Trade pkt.

Boddington's Crimson Bedder $0.50

Erfordii. Carmine 25

Semperflorens 25

Vernon grandiflora, ^ ft. A fine
bedding sort, with rich red flow-
ers and glossy bronze-red foliage .25
CINERARIA.
Cineraria maritlma. 1^^ ft. Trade pkt.

10c, oz. 50c.
Cineraria marltima "Diamond." A vast
improvement over the above. Foliage
very white, leaves much serrated.
Trade pkt. 25c, $1.50 per oz.
CETNTAUKEA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Candldissima $0.25 $1.50

Gymnocarpa 15 .50

GREVILLEA ROBCSTA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

(Silk Oak) $0.10 $0.75

COBAEA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Scandens. H.P.. Blue $0.10 $0..30

Alba. White 20 .75

LOBELIA.

Trade pkt. Oz.
Erinns gracilis. Trailing light

blue $0.15 $0.50

Erinns speciosa. Deep blue;

trailing 15 .75

Crystal Palace compacta 25 2.50

Emperor William compacta... .25 1.00

MIGNONETTE.
Boddington's JIajesty. The flnest of all
fancy varieties of Mignonette for un-
der glass or pot culture. Seeds saved
from select spikes under glass. Trade
pkt. 60c, % oz. $1.00. per oz. $7.50.
MTOSOTIS.

Trade pkt. Oz.
EUza Fonrobert. Excellent for

pots, blue $0.10 $0.50

Palustrls Semperflorens. Ever-

bloomlng 25 2.00

PETUNIAS.
Boddington's Quality Double Fringed.
Our double Petunias have reached the
highest standard of excellence, and
may be confidently relied on to pro-
duce a large proportion of double
flowers of exnuisite beauty and great
size. "^ trade pkt. 60c., trade pkt.
$1.00.
Boddington's Snowball Double. The
flnest double; pure white. % trade
pkt. 60c.. trade pkt. $1.00.
BODDINGTON'S CENTURY PRIZE.
Gigantic single flower having the
edges deeply rufiled or fluted; fine sub-
stance, with deep white throats. 14
trade pkt. 60c., trade pkt. $1.00.

Trade pkt.
Boddington's Bar Harbor Beauty,

Single. Color a beautiful rose.. $0.25
Boddington's Ruffled Giants. A
grand selection of single fringed

Petunias 50

Boddington's Inimitable Dwarf

Compact Hybrids, Single

Emperor, Single. Large blossoms,
distinct in form, coloring and

marking

Howard's Star. Rich Qrimson with

a distinct white star in center..

Rosy Morn. Soft carmine pink....

Snowstorm. Pure single white

Hybrida. Single Mixed Oz. 50c.

PYRETHRUM.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Aurenm (Golden Feather) $0.10 $0.25

Selaginoides. Foliage fine ser-
rated 15 50

Oz.

.25

SHAMROCK.

,„ Trade pkt.
(True Irish). Small leaved.
Vi trade pkt. 25c $0.40 $1.00

SALVIA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Clara Bedman (Bonflre). 1V4
feet $0.25 $2.00

Splendens (Scarlet Sage) 25 1.50

Splendens, Ball of Fire. Very
dwarf and early 25 3.50

Splendens aucuboefolia (Sil-
ver-spot) 25 2.50

Splendens CarmLnea (new).
Splendid rose carmine;
dwarf 25

Splendens gigantea.T 25

Splendens pendula. Droop-
ing spikes 25 2.00

Splendens Zurich.. 14 oz. $1.75 .25 6.00

STOCKS.

Boddington's Quality Large-Flowering
German Ten- Weeks Stocks.

Trade pkt.

Brilliant Rose $0.25

Canary Yellow... 25

Crimson ., 25

Dark Blood Red ^25

Dark Violet Blue 25

Dark Purple 25

Flesh Color 25

Light Blue '25

Snow White 25

Fine Mixed '. [25

GIANT PERFECTION STOCKS.

White.

Pyramidal long spikes of large double

flowers, splendid for glass culture and

for florists' purposes. Trade pkt. 35^

% oz. $1.25, H oz. $2.00, oz. $3.75.

Boddington's Quality Cut-and-Come'

Again.
These splendid Stocks will flower con-
tinuously through the Summer if Bown
early. Trade pkt.

Princess Alice. White $0.25

Apple Blossom. Light pink 25

Peach Blossom. Soft pink 25

Chamoise 25

Bridesmaid. Rose 25

Canary. Yellow 2C

Flamingo. Blood red 25

Blue Jay. Light blue 25

Violet. Dark blue 25

Carminea, Crimson 25

QUALITY VERBENAS.

Trade pkt. Oz.
Boddington's Mammoth Hy-
brids. A strain of very
vigorousi growth, producing
trusses of large flovv-ers of
brilliant and varied colors.

Mixed $0.25 $1.75

Boddington's Mammoth Auri-
cuia-flowereil. Large flow-
ers with distinct white eye .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Blue .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Pink .25 1.75
Boddington's Mammoth Scar-
let Defiance. The flnest

scarlet sort 25 1.75

Boddington's White (Candl-
dissima). Pure white 25 1.75

Boddington's Striped. Many

colors 25 1.75

Lemon (Aloysla cltrlodora) . . .25 1.50
VINCA.

Trade pkt. Oz.

Alba. White $0.15 $0.75

Rosea. Rose 15 .75

Rosea alba. Rose and white.. .15 .75
Mixed 10 .40

We are headquarters for SWEET PEA S of every description. Our Wholesale Catalogue of Quality Seeds and Bulbs
(now ready) contains 52 pages of S eeds and Bulbs you need. Write for it today— a postcard will fetch It.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

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HORTICULTURE

January 25, 1913

Seed Trade

A Surplus of Peas.

What was bound to come sometime
is an accomplished fact — a surplus of
peas. Repeated short crops culminat-
ing in the practical crop failure of a
year ago have almost unconsciously
spurred seedsmen to order in excess
of their requirements, and this has
crept up little by little until many had
unwittingly doubled their orders,
therefore, when they received full de-
liveries on a large number of items,
and anywhere from tiO to 75 per cent
on most of the others, there was near-
ly as much woe and complaining as
in short, very short delivery years. It
is surprising how conditions can be
reversed in one year in this always
perplexing but more or less fascinat-
ing seed business, and this applies to
other things than peas. It really
would seem, if we may be permitted to
venture the opinion, that the seed
trade failed to rightly gauge the crop
situation the past season. If latest
crop figures of 1912 are correct, yields
were generally underestimated, but
this may have been due to a habit of
looking for low yields, as we all ac-
quire habits very readily and often un-
consciously if nothing more than hab-
its of thought. Following a long pe-
riod of superabundant crops and low
prices, buyers do not readily adjust
themselves to an advance justified by
imexpected shortages, and in reverse
order, producers after a succession of
bad crops and gradually advancing
prices, find it hard to make practical
concessions to meet improved condi-
tions and fairly liberal stocks. How-
ever, it is an old saying that one swal-
low does not make a summer, and
one good crop must not be allowed to
obliterate too quickly the long succes-
sion of bad ones. This seems to be
about the present situation, and if
dealers who are overstocked will order
according to actual requirements, add-
ing their possible carry over, and
growers will make reasonable conces-
sions in prices from those justified by
genuine conditions, they ought readily
get together. "Lest we forget" is re-
spectfully referred to both sides.

Notes.
Albert Dickinson and Mrs. Dickin-
son of Chicago are spending the win-
ter in Florida.

S. F. Willard, Jr., recently in a Chi-
cago house, has taken a position with
Kendel's seed store, Cleveland, Ohio,

South Jacksonville, Fla,— G. E. Ev-
ans is preparing to open a wholesale
and retail seed business at 201 E. Bay
street.

Philadelphia, Pa.— Thomas J. Merry
has taken charge of the poultry sup-
ply department of the Johnson Seed
Company.

Prices of lancifolium album and
magnificum lily bulbs have advanced
abroad 30 to 45 per cent according to
size of bulbs.

George E. Evans has opened a
wholesale seed store in Jacksonville,
Fla. The business which he formerly
conducted in Gainesville has been sold
to H. J. Baebers.

New Crop Florists' Flower Seeds

ASPARAGUS

Flumosus Nanus (Greenhouse Grown),

100 seeds, 50c.; $3.75 per 1000 seeds;
5000 seeds, $18.00; $34.00 per 10,000
seeds.

ASTER— Queen of the Market

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

White $.20 $.60

Rose Pink 20 .60

Blush Pinii 20 .60

Light Blue 20 .60

Dark Blue 20 .60

Crimson 20 .60

Slixed 20 .60

CENTAUR EA

Gyninncarpa 1000 seeds, .15 .40

Candirtissima 1000 seeds, .30 .75

COBAEA SCANDENS

,10

.40

.75

I'uritle

White

DRACAENA

Indivlsii 10 .30

.\ustralis 20 .50

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA 15 .50

LOBELIA Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Crystal Palace Compacta. . .$.30 $1.25

Barnard's Perpetual. 25 1.00

Crystal Palace Speciosa 15 .50

PETUNIA ^Tr. Tr.

Mil-hell's Monstrosus $.60 $1.00

California Giants 30 .50

Ruflled Giants 30 .50

GrandiBora Fringed 30 .50

Dwarf Inimitable 30 .50

Snowball .30

PHLOX Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Dwarf Crimson with Eye... $.40 $1.75

Fireball 40 1.75

" Pink 40 1.75

Snowball 40 1.75

Mixed 40 1.25

VERBENA

Mammoth Fancy Blue 30 1.25

Pink 30 1.25

" " Scarlet . . .30 1.25

" " Striped .. .30 1.25

" " White ... .30 1.25

Mixed ... .30 1.00

Our New Wholesale Price List for 1913 is Ready.
It Is Free Upon Application,

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street ... Philadelphia, Pa.

O. H. Dickinson, of Springfield,
Mass,, has removed from Lyman to
Worthington street, and in connection
with his seed business has added a
high-class stock of fruits and delica-
tessen requisites. Now if you should
want peas and limburger, beans and
fromage de brie, Dick can supply
them. It's a strange combination, but
if anyone is equipped to make it go
it's Dick.

H. E. Brotherton, now in charge of
the growing department of the Penin-
sular Seed Co.. Port, Huron, Mich.,
reports a fairly satisfactory busi-
ness the past year, and is very
hopeful of the future. It may be
remarked that Mr. Brotherton was for
a number of years connected with
Peter Henderson & Co., then he was
for several years agriculturist for the
Michigan Beet Sugar Companies, but
this latter occupation was not con-
genial, and last year he found a con
nection with the Peninsular Seed Co..
acquiring, we are informed, a substan-
tial interest in the business. Already
this almost moribund concern has de-
veloped an activity and vitality that
has surprised many, and Mr. Brother-
ton says he has only just commenced.
Give him a few years more, and he
will show us something. Here's suc-
cess to him.

Mr. Brotherton is a brother of Wil-
bur Brotherton, the expert, who has
for the past fifteen years presided
over the growing department of the
Jerome B. Rice Seed Co,, and to him
is mainly due the credit for the very
high quality of the peas and beans
produced by this company, who, as is
well known, are by far the largest
growers of peas and beans tor seed
purposes in the world.

alogue contains some unique and use-
ful features not usually found in such
publications,

H, F. Mlchell Co., Phlla., Pa.—
Wholesale Price List of Seeds, etc., for
Spring, 1913. for Florists and Market
Gardeners. A very interesting, useful
and complete catalogue of fine special-
ties. Also General Catalogue, 196
pages, unique and handsome. The first
cover page is devoted to a picture of
Buddleia variabilis magniflca, hitherto
known as the Summer Lilac, but in
this instance given the new name of
Butterfly Flower. ' Buddleia by any
other name would smell as sweet. By
the way, this catalogue is "full of
meat."

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER 1000

Wm. Elliolt & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.
Theodosia B. Shepherd Co,, Ven-
tura, Cai.— Wholesale Price List of
Giant Petunia and other Flower Seed
and Plant Specialties, Illustrated.

Samuel Fraser, Geneseo, N. Y. — List
of High Grade Fruit Trees. This cat-

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AKD GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

H'ritf For- Our L.'iu P> i. a

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BH'E LI.ST OF WIIOLE.-^.XI.K PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PL.VNT

FOR PUOFIT.

January 25. 1913

HOBTICULTUEE

11 !l

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Spiraea

\Y/ E are somewhat over-
''^ stocked on Spiraea Glad-
stone, and as we need the
space it occupies tor other
seeds, it will he sold at the
considerahly reduced price of

$4.50 per 100

We also have on our
bands a supply of

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage. Berlin

and Hamburg.
Prices on application.

Our Florists' Catalog will be
ready very shortly and as the
contents is sure to be of greni
interest to you — as regards to
variety and attractive prices
— you should send us your
name for our list now to in-
sure your receiving a copy.

J. M. Thorburn & Go.

33 Barclay St. (^ -o New York

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"RfftoitiKed Sweet Pea Specialists"
SannyaUp* ladepMd.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send ns your wnnts. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 BetzBldg. Philadelphia.

MY SPECIALTIES !

Cabliage. Cauliflower, Carrot, Celery —
Oolden Self-Blancblng and Melsh's
Green — best celery on eartb; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beaulieu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to 99 per cent of market
gardeners on this continent : Romaine.
Endive, etc Only the very best French
seed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place. Woodhaven, Borough
of Queen's, N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

Spiraea Queen Alexandra

EXTRA STRONG CLUMPS

$8.00 PER 100 TO CLOSE OUT

0. V. Zangen, - Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Prict List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Madison St.,

CHICAGO

I. W. [dmundson. Mgr.

M. W. Williams. Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA

GET IT FIVOM

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co.

1912 SURPLUS UST OF

Watermelon and Muskmelon Seeds

Enid - - OklcJioma

ASTERS

Send for our Aster Book

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

THE FLOWER CITY.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also other
Items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK

and Orange, Coon.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip,
Radish, Beet, Etc.

w'teiSii'""" MILFORD, CONN.

TOMATO SEED

BEST STOCKS. ALL V.\RIETIES.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

.\hk for 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Co. p.

Seedsmen

47-54 No Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

OHOIOE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1 00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Boston Mass.

In ordering goods please add " I taw it
in HORTICULTURE."

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH

, ' , _ , ^ . > tjron-ers tor tile IraUe .^^^ ^^v

and all Garden Seeds ( _ —^^ ^^ fTt

.^iviAOD SEED CO.

ETS

Write for Prices

ONION SEED'

We are large growers of and dealerx SCHILDER BROS.
l1p||nN SETS st'X^l'^- I^^t "" knotv your wants. GHILLICOTHEi Oi

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HOKTICULTUBE

January 25, 1913

Florists' Telegraph Delivery

(Retailers* Section — S. A. F. & O. H.)

Mutual Discounts 20 per cent.

Provision for Guaranteed Accounts

IR WIN BERTERMANN. IndienapolU. Ind.. Presiaen
W. F. GUDE. Washington, D. C. - Vice-President
W. L. ROCK. Kansas City - . - - Treasurer

OTHER DIRECTORS

Ernst Wienhoeber Philip Breitmeyer

George Asmus

A. B. Cartledge
Fred H. Meinhardt

J. A. Valentine

Write for particulars to ALBERT POCHELON, Secretary, 153 Bates St., Detroit, Mich.

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Albany, N. Y., 40 Maiden Lane Danker, Fred A.

Atlantic City, N. J., 1505 Pacific Ave Berke, Geo. H.

Bloomington, III., 318 N. Main St Washburn, A. & Sons

Boston, Mass., 842 Boylston St Carbone, Philip L.

Boston, Mass., 43 Bromfield St Penn, Henry

Buffalo, N. Y., 304 Main St Palmer, W. J. & Son

Chicago, 111., 2223 W. Madison St Schiller, The Florist

Chicago, 111., 31st and Michigan Ave Smyth, W. J.

Chicago, III., 22 E. Elm St Wienhoeber Co., Ernst

Cincinnati, Ohio, 138 E. 4th St Baer, Julius

Cincinnati, Ohio, 150 E. 4th St Hardesty, T. W. & Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 5523 Euclid Ave Graham, A. & Son

Cleveland, Ohio, 1284 & 1308 Euclid Ave

The Jones Russell Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 1836 W. 25th St Knoble Bros.

Colorado Springs, Colo Crump, Prank F.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 321 Broadway Wilcox, J. F. & Son

Danville, 111 Smith, F. B. & Sons

Dayton, Ohio, 112 South Main St Heiss Co.

Denver, Colo., 1643 Broadway The Park Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich., 153 Bates St Bemb Floral Co., The L.

Detroit, Mich., Gratoit Ave. and Broadway

Breltmeyer's Sons, John

Galesburg, 111 Pillsbury, I. L.

Payetteville, Ark., 18 W. Center St

The Southwestern Seed Co.

Hartford, Conn Coombs, John F.

Indianapolis, Ind., 241 Massachusetts Ave

Bertermann Bros. Co.

Joliet, 111., Hobbs Bldg Labo, Joseph

Kalamazoo, Mich., 141 S. Burdick St. .Van Bochove & Bros.

Kansas City, Mo., 913 Grand Ave Murray, Samuel

Kansas City, Mo., 1116 Walnut St. . .Rock, W. L. Flower Co.

London, Ont., Canada Gammage & Sons, J.

Louisville, Ky., 550 S. 4th Ave Schulz, Jacob

Louisville, Ky., Masonic Temple Baumer, August R.

Mankato, Minn Windmiller Co., The

500 IVIEIVIBEIRS
NA/IHEIM C^^klM \A/I

Montgomery, Ala., 116 Dexter Ave Rosemont Gardens

Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Columbia Ave Dummett, Arthur

Newark, Ohio Duerr, Chas. A,

New Castle, Pa., North Mercer St Butz Bros.

New London, Conn "Reuters' "

New York, N. Y., Madison Ave. and 44th St., Dards, Chas. A.

New York, N. Y., 1153 Broadway Small, J. H. & Sons

New York, N. Y., 423-427 Fifth Ave Siebrecht & Son

Northampton, Mass Field, H. W.

Norwich, Conn "Reuters' "

Oklahoma City, Okla Stiles Co., The

Parkersburg, W. Va Dudley & Sons, J. W.

Paterson, N. J Screery, Edward

Philadelphia, Pa., 1514 Chestnut St Pennock Bros.

Pittsburgh. Pa., 5936 Penn Ave. . .Randolph & McClements

Portland, Ore., 133 6th St Tonseth Floral Co.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y The Saltford Flower Shop

Rochester, N. Y., 25 Clinton Ave Keller & Sons

Rockford, 111 Buckbee, H. W.

Scranton, Pa Clark, G. R.

Seattle, Wash., 1534 2nd Ave Hollywood Gardens

Sioux City, la., 405 Douglas St Rocklin & Lehman

Spokane, Wash., 11 Post St Hoyt Bros. Co.

Springfield, Mass., 378 Main St Aitken, Mark

St. Joseph, Mo Stuppy Floral Co.

St. Louis, Mo., 7th and Washington Ave. . .Grimm & Gorly
St. Louis, Mo., 7041 Florissant Ave. .. .Meinhardt, Fred A.

St. Paul, Minn., 24 W. 5th St Holm & Olson

Terre Haute, Ind., 139 S. 7th St Heinl, John G. & Son

Topeka, Kans., 112 W. 8th St Mrs. Lord's Flower Room

Toledo, Ohio, 336 Superior St Freeman, Mrs. J. B.

Toledo, Ohio, 2941 Cherry St Suder, Mrs. E.

Washington, D. C, 1214 F St., N. W Gude Bros Co.

Washington, D. C, 14th and G. Sts Small, J. H. & Sons

Wheeling, W. Va Langhans, Arthur

Wichita, Kan., 145 N. Main St Mueller, Chas. P.

Zanesville, Ohio, 54 N. 5th St Imlay, John D.

ihe:l.f» oett -tmeivi
ON -riHis L.I;

IIM 1915. IHE

A.tDO YOOF9 l>IA,IVII

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

Cor. Mieuni and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all Mlehlgran points mmd good

t«etlom« of Ohio, Isdlana and Canada.

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NEW YORK

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at 48tli St.

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Teleffraph Orders Carefully Filled

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M STEAMER DEPARTURES

Allan.

Pretorian, Bostcin-Glasgow. . . J;in. 30

American.

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Atlantic Transport.

Minue.ipolis, N. Y. -London Feb. 1

Cunara.

Carouia, N. Y.-Mediter'n Jan. 30

Saxonia. Boston-LiTerpool.. . .Feb. 4
Lnsitania, N. Y'. -Liverpool. . .Feb. 5

Hamburg-American.

Pennsylvania, N. Y'.-Hamb'g..Jan. 30

Pres. Linroln, N. Y'.-Hamb'g. .Feb. 6

Holland-America.

Noordam, N. Y'. -Rotterdam. . .Jan. 2S
Ryndam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. . .Feb. 4

Leyland.

Canadian, Bo8ton,Liverpool.. .Feb. 1

North German Lloyd.
Pr. F'd'ch Wilh'm, N. Y.-B'u. .Jan. 30
Kr'p'n Cecilie, N. Y'.-B'm'n. . .Feb. 4

Red Star.

Vaderland. N. Y'. -Antwerp. .. .Jan. 29
(y Lapland, N. Y. -.Antwerp Feb. 5

S White Star.

J; Cymric, N. Y'. -Liverpool Feb. 1

Jj New Y'orlj, N. Y'.-S'hampton. .Feb, 1

M Canopic. Boston-Mediter'n....Feb

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE
Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, - - Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

Tlie largest <'iit flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES an<I for all
Northwestern pointN ^iven prompt at-
tentian.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Telegraph Asso.

i

January 25, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

121

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when yon transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

191 Boylhlon Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists* Telefrraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tus^-any P.askets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

WORCESTER,

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points in New England.

125.000 square feet of glass.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone aiSg

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

r

LEADING

Amsterdam, N. Y.

FLORIST

Schenectady, N. 1.

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN FRANK H. FORREST

144 • Me Ocsry Street. SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, GAL.

We coTer the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire uo yonr orders tor
all Steamers sailing for Honolnlu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Dlsconnt

FIX>VirBB8 BT TEI^EOBAPH

SAN FRANCISCO

OAUrOKNIA

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonee St.. - - TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL;;' 7^-

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON ^s J:

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^'°°

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y. — The Rosery, 76 Maiden
Lane.

Amsterdam, N. Y. — John C. Hatcher.

Boston— Tlios. F Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston- Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston— Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Mich. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Louisville, Ky. — Jacob Schulz, 550 South
Fourth Ave

Montreal. Can.— Hall & Bobinson, 826 St
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New Y'ork- Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York — Alfred T. Bunyard. 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

New York— A. Warendorff, 1193 Broad-
way.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence. R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist. 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal.— Pelleano, Rossi ..I-
Co., 123 Kearny St.

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher.

St. Paul -Holm & Olson, Inc.

Toronto, Can.-

St.

Dunlop, 96 Yonge
C— Gude Bros., 1214 F

Washington, D.
St.

Washington, D
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby.

Worcester. Mass. — H. F. A. Lange

-F. H. Kramer, 915

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Medina, N. Y.— Charles White.

Phoenix, Ariz. — Richard Altman.

Milwaukee, Wis. — C. Desebrocl^, 2827
North avenue.

Worcester, Mass. — Harry I. Randall,
9 Pleasant street.

NEWS NOTES.

Toledo, Ohio — Lublinger of Chicago
has closed his branch store here.

Daytona, Fla. — The Daytona Floral
Co. has opened a handsome new store
on Magnolia avenue.

Cleveland, Ohio — Carl Hagenburger
has re-opened his store on Euclid ave-
nue, near 105th street.

Cincinnati, Ohio — Al. Forder has ac-
quired the store formerly conducted
by Miss Shanahan in Avondale.

Couer D'Alene, Idaho — Henry J.
Lubben has sold his florist store in
the Rex theatre building to Donart &
Louis.

L. B. Coddington, Murray Hill, N. X,
has been on a vacation trip to Pan-
ama.

BOSTON. MA.SS.

"I'eiin, The Telegraph Florist"

.Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

37.43 BROMFICLD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

GUDE BROS. CO

FLORISTS

'214 F. ST,N.W.

WA5M.N&TON. O.C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telesraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVELANl

Euclid Avenue

WASHINGTON-

I 915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery ol Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

St'iock and Work First Class

RHIOOI

ISl-ieklME3

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florists. Orders filled
part of the State.

for any

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Micdigan Are. and Slst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

iMtmbar Ftartsti' Tderraph TttUvtrj As«o.>
We (lllp to all points In Illinois and lews.

Pbones : Aldine 680. Aldine B81. Aldine B82.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

JACOB SCHULZ,

550 South Fourth Ave.

Member Florists' Telegraph DeliTery.

WELLESLEY C0LLE8E

Dana Hall, Walnut lUII and Rocfcrtdge Hall

Sdioel*. TAILRY, Wenealey, MaM.
T«L WaDaalax 44-1 aa« t. Iflrht 44-a.

122

HORTICULTURE

January 25, 1913

Wholesale and Retail Florists

You both will profit by using: McCray Refrigferators. Don't cut
down prices because of spoilage. Stop the spoilage. Our patented
refrigeration will keep your stock fresh because of the perfect circu-
lation of cold, dry air.

McCray Refrigerators

Are made not only in stock sizes but are built-to-order to suit your
requirements. Write to-day for our Free Catalog No. 73 which will
give you ideas to help you add to the attractiveness of your es-
tablishment.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

653 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind.

Chicago Office, 55 Wabash Ave.
New York Office. 231 West 42nd St.

ALEX. McGONNELL

S71 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of tile United States. Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere reteive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Fort'ign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash maat accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents-
Cable Address, AI.EXCONNEI.L,.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or GUT-GOINQ STEAMERS

Write or tclt'iirraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone ].j")'-'-13o3 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 Fiftll Avt., Cot. E 5111) St

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prospect

A. WARENDORFF

Invites accounts with florists having transfer orders
(or New York City and Vicinity. Artistic

Work. Personal Attention.

1193 Broadway, New York

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

■^ iiMt all T. I. JOHNSTON & CO.,

Ntw Eiibnl PBkits 171 Weybgsset StrMt

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Mckinley day or carnation

DAY.

This holiday, January 29th, is appro-
priately celebrated by making a spe-
cialty of the carnation. It is a mis-
take to lay stress on any one color, as
all colors are appropriate. Usually
there are plenty of carnations to dra%y
from at this date and store windows
should be decorated a week or so ahead
with appropriate flowers and show
cards. Also, if in line with the policy
of a store, the occasion shonld be fea-
tured in newspaper, street car, and
other outside adyertising.

Like other holidays McKinley day is
a peg to hang a story on and boost
for business. Boutonieres and cor-
sage bouquets are the principal things
that appeal to the many: but a keen
eye ought to be out also for any din-
ner lecture or other public function,
and suggestions should be put forcibly
before the managers of such to appro-
priately blend patriotic sentiment on
account of the martyred president's
day. Baskets, vases and ribbons are in
order for the latter occasions, and a
full supply ought to be on hand for
suggestive purposes. A good idea Is
to have a display of ready-made bou-
tonieres and corsage bouquets, etc., in
the windows at popular prices so as to
catch the passing throng. Small cards
could also be printed and attached to
special items; such as "the McKinley
bunch:" "the McKinley basket:" and
so forth. This would focus attention
on the special day. in advance and set
people thinking, thus leading up to
business when the day arrived.

Detroit, Mich, — The warm weather
is cutting great havoc in counter
sales and flower supplies both. Con-
sidering that Easter is coming so
early it will soon be a question as to
how" the great quantity of bulbous
stock can be disposed of profitably.
We are in that regard a good deal
like the dry goods merchant who must
have cold weather to dispose of his
woolens and every warm day is just
so much lost, still he has one advan-
tage over us and that is he can pack
it away for another season, which we
cannot do.

THE ROSERY

76 MAIDEN LANE
A.L.BAIMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VlCINrrY

ALBANY, N', T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IX .ALB.ANT AND VICINITY
ON TELEGK.AI'HIC ORD£R

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

Ehtahlinhed 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison ATenoe^ N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspon
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor.

S A MUeIl MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

IVIember of the Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Baltimore. Md. — The mild weather
we are having here is forcing the
season with a vengeance, and florists
are dreading the effect. At the writ-
ing of this report the temperature reg-
istered 86 degrees, and .lasminum
nudiflorum is blooming near the Wash-
ington Monument.

George S. Kalb has had on exhibi-
tion at his home on Newberg avenue
a number of dandelion blossoms picked
from his lawn.

The decorations for the Gould wed-
ding at New York this week were the
work of Alex. McConnell and used up
an enormous quantity of flowers but
under the conditions existing in this
wholesale market now this extra call
creates hardly a "ripple." The work
could not tall into better hands so
far as its carrying out is concerned
and, further, nobody can ever envy
any good luck which comes to that
popular and always courteous gentle-
man.

January 25, 1913

HORTICULTURE

123

nu .*v;

Be Ready for St, Valentine I

The lovers' festival is only a few weeks away. Bayersdorfer, "The Florists' Supply House of Amer- jjj^
lea," is as usual leading the procession.

BAYERSDORFER HAS MORE BASKETS suit-
able for this occasion than all the rest of them
put together.

Dainty Two-Tone Colors: — Delicate pink, blue,
lavender, green, white, etc., and in all sizes from
the small ones at little prices up to elaborate de-
signs.

Dainty Ribbons, in great variety of shades and
from one inch in width up to the largest sizes.

We recommend especially:

BOSTON STR.VW— This splenilid anil popular
riblxin at Ereatly reduced prices. Write u§ for
special qutitations.

Prepared Ferns, immense assortment; all the
popular varieties in their various sizes. Very use-
ful for decorating.

Sea Moss or Japanese Air Plant. Fine for small
baskets, airy and graceful. One of the best
sellers.

(^- SEXD FOB OUR SILENT S.4I.ESMAN

H. BAYERSDORFER (Q. CO.

THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

^ 1129 ARCH STREET, - -

- - HHILADEI^PHIA, PA. K

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

The officers of the newly organized
Retail Florists' Club are reported to
be: President, John C. Gracey: vice-
president. Charles H. Fox; treasurer.
E. H. Baisler; secretary. C. H. Grake-
low.

Charles Pennock was reported on the
20th inst to be progressing towards re-
covery very satisfactorily. He is still
at the Presbyterian Hospital and will
remain there for probably a week or
ten days.

R. M. Glass, identified with the
trade for the past twenty years, has
been appointed outside salesman for
local territory for the M. Rice Co. Mr.
Glass is well-known and popular and
we bespeak a kindly reception for him
in his new field.

A charming little valentine novelty
is offered this week by Rice, consist-
ing of golden arrows 8 to 12 inches
long. These cost about five cents and
when tied with ribbon, three in a
bunch, make a fetching accessory to
box or basket for this holiday.

Paul Berkowitz of Bayersdorfer &
Co. has returned from a brief New
England trip and reports healthy con-
ditions and good prospects for a brisk
spring business in the flower trade,
judging from advance orders and the
general optimistic spirit prevailing.

Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell, Conn.,
will be the attraction at the next
monthly meeting of the Florists' Club,
Tuesday. Feb. 4. Subject not yet an-
nounced but we trust it will have to
do with the National Flower Show in
which the trade interest here seems to
be at a low ebb.

Quite a ripple of interest was caused
in local circles by the announcement
in last week's HORTICULTURE that
Skidelsky had purchased the entire "
stock of Mr. Browne's sensational new
pink carnation No. 23. Philadolphiaus
are naturally gratified that the spon-
sors should have done their fair city
the honor of naming this remarkable
flower "Philadelphia." and are looking
forward to next fall's shows when the
new baby is to be exhibited.

Visitors: Timothy O'Connor. Prov-
idence, R. I.; Messrs. Saltl'ord, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.; W. C. Langbridge, Al-

bany, N. Y.: Geo. Smith, Cleveland
Floral Exchange. Cleveland, C: B. E.
Brotherton. Port Huron, Mich.

ST. LOUIS PERSONAL NOTES.

Mrs. C. C. Sanders is visiting her
son Walter, who now lives at Amerillo,
Tex. She will return this week.

Oliver K. Sanders surprised his
friends by getting married on Wednes-
day. January 15th, to Miss Ethel Chad-
se>\ He was congratulated on all
sides.

Mrs. F. J. Fillmore. Sr. had a bad
accident last week when she fell and
broke her arm on the slippery side-
walk. Her place will be hard to fill
in the floral store.

J. .J. Bene'.-e. secretary of the St.
Louis Florists' Club, says it looks good
for a flower show for next fall when
the committees of the club and retail
florists assistant get together to dis-
cuss the matter. "Publicity" is now
the topic at all the florists' club meet-
ings throughout the country and it
will be thoroughly thrashed out at the
February meeting of the St. Louis
Florist Club.

CHICAGO NOTES.

August Jurgens. Jr.. is unable to be
at his work, laid up with a cold and
complications.

Peter Protopapas of the Chicago
Flower Market is suffering from blood
poisoning in his arm.

The new building being completed at
Wabash and Monroe streets bears the
sign, "A first-class flower store will be
opened here." No name is given, but
it is generally understood that Mrs.
Williams of the Atlas will be the pro-
prietor.

The matter of erecting a greenhouse
plant for the growing of cut flowers
was taken up again at a recent meet-
ing of the Chicago Flower Growers'
Association. While nothing decisive
was accomplished the prospect is
blighter than heretofore.

Visitors: J. J. La Bocious, Duluth,
Minn.; C. B. Knicknian. of McHutchi-
son & Co., New York; Martin Reu-
kauf, of Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel-
phia. Pa.

PERSONAL.

Emil Niednagel of Evansville, Ind.,
and Miss Olga Schmidt were married
on January 9th.

Fred E. Palmer and daughter of
Brookline, Mass., have gone on a vaca-
tion to Panama and the West Indies,

Mr. McHugh of Detroit, Mich, who.
about ten weeks ago buried his only
son after a sickness of less than a
week, now mourns the loss of his
wife whose illness was primarily
caused through the shock of their
son's death.

Bcston visitors: W. C. Langbridge.
representing Jerome B. Rice Co., Cam-
bridge. N. Y.; J. Halsey Reock. repre-
senting R. M. Ward & Co., New York.

New York visitois: N. B. Keeney.
Le Roy, N. Y.; W. H. Grennell, Pier-
pout Manor, N. Y.

DURING RECESS.

Cook County Florists' Bowling League,

January 15, 1913.

( .\UX.\TI()NS.

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L'b'rmnn. ].'.:i 1 I.". l."i<i
.^rms'ts. 1(11 14J 114
.\vers. 1110 !():• 142
A. Zecii. isr, v.io is::

VIOLETS.

HOSES.
Onel-isi-h. IJ.'i ll."i -'10
Hvel-s. l.-|i; 1T.'> 171

.Tulinson. 1.1.J lilN l.Vi
Leg'iit'iT. 128 l.l-'i 144
Flsc-ht»r, l.S(J l!il 2-J7

OKt'HinS.
Kranse. WO l.'.l 174
Crnff, isl 14(1 14S

I!r..stl-'ui. 144 IS'.i 171
O..I. E.. I.f2 14!ll8(l
.I.Z.M-h, l.-)7 210 12S

.V. H-I.n'r, i;'.4 122 12.".

.1 .Imi-Iis, 144 V.li; 114

\V. Wi.lf. 14(11(1:; US

E. S'nitz. l(l.'n7)S 14:!

J. H-Im'r. 1(5180 144

.\ttendance keeps up well and play-
ers are as enthusiastic as when the
season opened. A few ladies are in
attendance and bowl each meeting.

EVER READY
POTGOVER

Tbe modern way of
artistically deturat-
iug uusightly clay
flo« er puts. Make*
plauts sell better as
tbey are artistic
aad attractive. In-
expensi%'e, durable
and instantly ap-
plied. Made in four colors and many
sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE.. BUFFALO. N. Y.

124

HOHTICULTUBB

January 25, 1913

HIGH-GRADE GARDENIAS

$3.00 and $4.00 DOZEN

You can always depend on our supply, and as to
quality, there are none better at any price.

BOUVARDIA, Pink and Red, per 100 $5.00

WHITE LILAC, the best, per bunch 1.25

PANSIES, all cheerful colors, 100 bunches 8.00

The Leo Niessen Co,

'nrHOIvE:JALE FV,Ot*.lSTS

i2?l;^dR^ms.. PHILADELPHIA

^^ItnininniiiiiniiininimmimiHuimiiiifiHiiniiitiwiiiiMi

I To Cut Flower Growerm and
I Retail FloHsta

IF YOU

want to find a market Ibi yonr _

product S

want a regular or special supply 3

of the product of tke best S

growers •

Consult tbe Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading 5
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade 1

aBUiiiiMjimmmimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiWiinnMiiuHiMiiiiMMiK

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR ^*^ THOSE

FLORIST'S K^ MADE

USE m

m BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

fi6 PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. xMeCarthy, Mgr.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. Insist on having: the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. F:inhlem>, etc. Always
in Stock.

i

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CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

A

\ >- %

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

IS Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' .Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

IlieJ.MJcCullough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIQKIMENTS SOLICITED

Special attintion to shippins orders. Job-
bers of F\; r:s!s' Supplies. Seeds .-lud Bulbs.
Price list on Miiplic.ilion.
Phone Mni-' '^st. 31(i Walnut St., Cincinnati.

ROBERT J. DYSART

ITBLIC .VCCOFNT.\NT .\ND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct accounting

especially adapted for llorists' use.

BOOKS B.VL.XNCED .-VND .VDJISTED

.MiTchiints Bank Building

4« STATE ST BOSTON

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All tbe Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graenhouses, Morton Grove, ill.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^"^ '"*"=?S-d^\Ve"r"s only

ROSES

CINCINNATI

January 7

DETROIT

January 13

BUFFALO

Januan.' 13

I PITTSBURQH

I January 20

Am . Beauty, Fancy and Special ....

" " Extra

No. I

*' *' Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid ■

Hilliogdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" ** " Ordinary

Taft , Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, L^ngiflorum

Callas ;

Lily of the Valley .

Narcissus, Paper White

*' Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets "...

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias ■

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (100) -.
*' " & Spren. (100 bchs.). .

40.00
25.00
1500
8.00
8.00
2.00
8.00
2.00
2.00

50.00
40.00
25.00
10.00
10.00
6.00
10.00
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to

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3.00

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10.00

10.00

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3.00

300
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20.00
10.00
6.00
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20.00
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10.00

6.00
12.00

8.00

15.00
8.00

5.00
4.00
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12.50

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to

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to

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20.00
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3.00

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10.00

6.00

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50.00
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15.00
6.00
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10.00
7.00
8.00
15.00
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12.00
5.00
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75.00
12.00
15.00
4.00
3.00
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1.50
15.00
60.00
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50.00
25.00
15.00

8.00
4.00
10.00
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lO.O*
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40.00

10.00
6.00
12.00
10.00

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.75

4.00

1.25

40.00 to

1.25

15.00
50.00
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J.H.BDDL0NG

82-84-86 E. Randolph St., Chicago

OUR STOCK IS A-l AND IT IS QUALITY NOT
PRICES THAT TALKS

PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET .... CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE., i^o^'ii^E'^^Ri^" CHICAeO

When Writins; to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICULTURE.

January 25, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

125

Rooted Carnation Cuttings /P

New and Standard Varieties. Ail Stocii Guaranteed v^^Aj

XORTHPORT: Cerise pink, similar to Mrs. Ward, but larger oT^^^W

tlower: wonderfully tree and continuous blomer; practi- '^^.At.l'*

cally non-bursting calyx. $7.50 per 50; .$12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000.
ENCUANTKESS SliPREME: Considered by one of the largest and most success-
ful New England growers as the best introduction in recent years Tbe very
best sport of Enchantress, much better than Enchantress; light salmon pink ■
a non-burster; does not fade out like Eiichantre.ss. $5.00 per 25; .$7 00 per 50-
$12.00 per 100 ; $100.00 per 1000. >■ f .pi

S.ALMOX BE.ilTV: Similar in all respects to Enchantress Supreme, but a trifle
darker in color. $7.00 per 50; $12.00 per 100; $10000 per 1000.

COMMODOKE: Very fine scarlet, exceptionally good keeper, as free as Beacon;
stiff stem, strong calyx, fine grower, easy rooter. $7.00 per 50; $12.00 per 100;

WIELI.4M ECCEES: Probably one of the finest among the red Carnations to-
day—a magniticent all-round Carnation. $7.00 per $50; $12.00 per 100; $100.00
^^^^^^^ per 1000.

"* t,-^- i^^^^^BjHfl EIREK.4: Deep scarlet; stiff, wiry stems; very prolific bloomer; good size

a^^ -^^^^^^^^H flowers. $6.00 per .50; $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000.
^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^H other varieties we are offering; this season:

^ W^^^^^^^^^m Per .50 Per 100 Per lOOO

^ ' ».^^^« Pink Delight $.^..50 .$6.00 ,$.50.00

Oloriosa 4.00 :i5,00

iS-S, S-anHp- ' , ^^M ^^''^- *-'■ '*^- Ward 3.00 25.00

v ^. ■ ■ ' > -^^H Enchantress .3.00 . 25.00

/A ' ^H Rose-pink Enchantress .3.01) 25 00

vjl. ' ^m Dorothy Gordon 3.00 25 00

^J ,^H Rosette :i..50 6.00 50.00

» ^^H Winona 3.00 25.00

J ^^^^M White Wonder 3.0O 2.5.00

White Perfection 3.00 25 00

Alma Ward 3.00 25!oO

Comfort 3.50 30.00

Beacon 3.50 30.00

St. Nicholas .3.50 6.00 50.00

Benora 3.30 6.00 50.00

Pocahontas (crimson) 3.50 6.00 50 00

Herald 7.00 12.00 100.00

2.50 of any variety at the 1000 rate. Ready now.

Wc guarantee not only the quality of our stock but its safe delivery by express.

S. S. F=»E:NIM00K- IVIEIIBMAIM

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA NEAV YORK IVASHINGTON

1608-I620 Ludlow Street 117 AVest 28th Street 121G H ,Vtreet, N. W.

Flower Market Reports

The special features o£
EOSTON this market now are, the
decided fall in value of
all carnations, the unpopularity of
double violets, the increase in receipts
of tulips and other late-forcing bulb
material and the scarcit.v of decent
quality American Beauty roses. The
last mentioned item is a common con-
dition at this time of the year and, per-
haps, the coming years will not both-
er about It if the Mrs. Charles Russell
fulfils its bright promise. Carnations
have taken a great fall. They are all
right as to quality but they are in ex-
cess of the demand and the inevitable
result follows. For the usual run of
roses the supply is ample and demand
normal. Tulips are beginning to make
an impression and will soon be seen in
fine quality. Mann Bros, are running
Fred Moore as a specialty tulip and it
is making a good record among the ar-
tistic people who abhor glaring color.
Violets are too numerous and the
double ones are almost without a
friend. Gardenias abound and locally
are slow, with no market for the dis-
colored ones from distant sources. Or-
chids ditto.

You may enter the
BUFFALO wholesaler's at almost

any time of the day
and pick up a good lot of narcissus,
which is about the only thing that
anyone would call overplentiful. You
may also get what carnations you
want but only of the ordinary quality.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^°^ •^'^|S-d^\Ve"rs only

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum . . . - .

Callas

Lily of the Valley.

Narcissus, Paper White

'* Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette.

Sweet Peas

Gardenias . .

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo).-
** " & Spren. (loo Bchs.). .

BOSTON

January 23

CHiCAao

January 20

ST. LOUIS

January 13

PHILA

January 20

: 40.00

20.00
10.00
3.00

6.00
2.00
6.00
2.00
2.00
6.00
2.00
4.00
2.00
1. 00

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6.00
8.00
2.00
1.50
2.00
1.50
.25
1. 00
4.00
.50
8.00
1. 00

10.00

50.00 40.00
30.00 30,00
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25.00 to

8.00

6.00

8.00

12. 00

5.00

4.00

8.00

12.00

5.00

4.00

6.00

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5.00

4.00

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5.00

2.50

3.00

1.50

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50.00

40.00

10.00

8.00

12.00

10.00

4.00

3.00

2.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.00

3.00

•50

2.00

1,00

8.00

5.00

•75

25.00

20.00

1.25

1 00

15.00

10.00

50.00

40.00

35 -oo

25.00

to 50,00

to 40.00

to 30.00

to 10.00

to 15.00

to 8.0c

to 15.00

to 8.00

to 6.00

to lO.OO

to 6.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 2.00

to 50.00

to 12.00

to 12.00

to 4.00

to 4.00

to 4.00

to 4,00

to .75

to J. 50

to 8.00

to 1.50

to 30.00

to 1.25

to 15.00

to 60.00

25.00 to 35.00 ; 50.00 to

15.00

8.00
3.00

5.00
2.00

5.00

2.00
2.00
6.00

4.0c

2.00

■75
50,00
12.00
10.00
3.00
1. 00
3.00
1. 00
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■25

1. 00

I2.00

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10.00

15.00

6.00
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15.00

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50.00

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40.00
25.00
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12.00
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50.00
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4.00
2.00
4.00
3.00

•75

3.00

6.00

1. 00

25.00

1.50

20.00

50.00

50.00

especially red Winsor and white and
which must be used up quickly as
the spring-like weather has had a
tendency to take the keeping quality
from them. There are good roses to
be had but not too many, possibly
just enough to help you out from day
to day. The short grades on all vari-
eties are scarce. Japan lilies, callas,
and sweet peas are coming in fine.
Violets continue to be plentiful. There
are tulips in white and yellow and a
fine lot of all other seasonable stock.

The market is in a nor-
CHICAGO mal condition for the

season with the excep-
tion of the shortage on roses which is
quite general. Where for so many
weeks carnations could not be had in
sufficient quantity, now the same diffi-
culty is experienced in the rose supply.
One effect of this condition is the mov-
ing of a good supply of tulips which
otherwise might go slowly, as was the
case last year, but the scant supply of

fCovtinufd on Page 12^)

126

HOBTICIJLTFKB

January 25, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

12J West 28th Street NEW YORX

A

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENlT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3300, 3301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. 1^62 Madison Square NeW YOrfc

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Coinitiission Flonsts

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— rWM. P. FORD

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK

Call and Inspect tbe Best Establisbment
In the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLE A.ND DOUBLE

V I O I- ETS

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Growers* MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn, Jr.

55 Si. 57 West 20th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Evert; reen>s, -Mtisr^f"-,

Southern Smilax, Oalax an<l Iv^'urothoe,

Preserve<l an<l Fresh Cut

Cyras and Talnietto.

ui {'^i] «3ds, 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R£ED (SL KCLLER

133 West 3.5th St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

\\f inanufiK'ture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets. Wire Work & Novelties

.il,<I ;iri' .Ir.ilrrs ill

I>f(oratMe tJlassware, (irowers and

Florists' ItpniiisUpx

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremo«t and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby t.. Brooklyn. N. Y

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. GOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10.000. . . .$1.75. 50.(100., . .$7.60. Sample free
For aale by donlers.

I*. J. ®A!i:iaMi

SuocMser t* JOHN L RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist "l^V^^^t^SS^.'S?

A tall Ilm o( Choice Cut Rower stack lor all parvoMs Tbe HOME OP THB ULY
by the 100, 1000 or 10,000

TEL. t»9« MAOiBON SQUARE 49 We«t 28th 5t., New York Ctty

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Coi9tfr%'i« s^i% Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 Wist 28th Street, Mew fork

Telephone— 3II31-3M3 Mxlisnw Sq"ar-

Established
1887

J. K. Al-L

N

Still Going I
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cut Flower CcnHlenniente "'ollelte^l.
A SQUABB DEAL.. PROMPT RETl K.V8. MONEY ALWAYS READY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YOFrK

Open 6 A. M. dally. Telephone, 167 aad 4468 Mad. 8q.

.i. HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

,aHE "'CHEST %#AI I C"V ALWAYS

^*l^«. .GR.\D£OF VML.1^ILT ON HAND

GARDENIAS. DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, Itta'il 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

'* " Extra

No.i

' ' *' Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

** Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

'• " Ordinary

Bride. Maid

Hilling:don, Ward. Melody, Extra

" " ** Ordinary .

Talt, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Ust Half of Week

First Half of Week

ending Ian

IB

beginning Jan. 20

1912

1912

50.00

to

75.00

30,00

to

75.00

20.00

to

40.00

20.00

to

40.00

10.00

to

15.00

10.00

to

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to

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5.00

to

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to

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to

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to

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8.00

to

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8.00

to

10.00

2.00

to

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1. 00

to

3.00

2.00

to

6.00

1. 00

to

6.00

6.00

to

10.00

6.00

to

10.00

2.00

to

4.00

2.00

to

4.00

3.00

to

12.00

3.00

to

12.00

2.00

to

3/»

2.00

to

3.00

J. 00

to

2.00

x.oo

to

1.50

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOUCnXD

T«lephonee{J|^! Madison Square

Frank H. Traendly Char e> SohaMib i pnAMI/ Bill I M M^

TRAENOLY & SCHENCK ™NA™'kLANG

Wholesale Florbts

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephooes : 798 and 799 Madison Square

Conaicnmenta Solicited

CBNTKALLT I.OCATEl>. THK iTtTB OF

THE FLOWSB MABKKT SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 700t MadUon
Teleph^-'ne 3860 Madwon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tli St., NEW YORK

Shipments, any qaantity, Wliule.
gale Market Rates.

IMICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

ConEA^nments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fein Our Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MJUH.

HENRY .M.h._>liINSON.Pre«. MAl'KICE I.. GLASS, Treli
CHAS E. RIIBIN.<(>N-V-Prp.<. JOSEl'H .M ARr.ol.IS, .Sre'j

HENRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Class, Manager

5S-57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

Sffciai Atlention to tke Ship/iut^ I rode

January 26, 1913

HORTICULTURE

127

Flower Market Reports

f Continued front paf;e 125")

roses has turned the trade to tulips
which are now had in all the leading
colors. Jonquils also are selling read-
ily. American Beauties are off crop
with most growers and good stock is
scarce. Carnations are now coming in
freely and orders can be readily filled
for any amount. Some of the retail
flower stores have windows so attrac-
tive with lilacs, jonquils, pansies and
other spring flowers, that one can
hardly believe it is mid-winter. Even
pussy willows have appeared the past
week. There is a good supply of all
other flowers as lily of the valley, vio-
lets, freesia, lilies, etc., arid all kinds
of green.

With the exception
NEW YORK of American Beauty
roses the flower sup-
ply is more than ample for the needs of
this market at the present time and
the tendency of values has been down-
ward. Even orchids are in over-supply
and are sold only at prices that may
reasonably be classed as "mark-down".
When one sees high-grade Cattleya
Trianae offered in the window of a
high-price store at 50 cents each at re-
tail, the rest of the story is obvious.
Cattleyas are much in evidence in all
the wholesale establishments. Bulbous
flowers are increasing in quantity and
variety and improving in quality. The
majority of tulips offered so far, how-
ever, are of little account and make
one feel a sort of pity for the poor
over-forced bulb which was capable of
doing so much better if given a fair
chance. Carnations seem very plenti-
ful everywhere and are again down in
price. Figures quoted on roses in our
tabulated lists are the average prevail-
ing prices for the various grades. There
are, however, some preferred stocks
from certain highly esteemed grow-
ers which find a market at very much
higher prices but these sales are lim-
ited and special and to quote them in
our regular market price-lists would
serve no purpose other than to mislead
and confuse.

There was a good
PHILADELPHIA volume of busi-
ness here last
week and trading on the whole has
been as satisfactory as could be ex-
pected. Of course, we cannot brag
about prices which on the average have
been lower than this time last year.
Roses, carnations, orchids, violets; all
classes of flowers, all along the line,
are too plentiful. There are indica-
tions of a falling off in supply of
Beauty and Richmond roses, especially
in the shorter grades. White roses
have been in good demand, and there

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

ron"'""" ""i 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIMB AND MONEY BY SENDING YODB ORDER TO US •

Prices Right Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE
SUPERIOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS

BEST PRODUCED „

226 Devonshire Street, Boston, m»*%.

William F. Kasting Co.

NA/Holesal'

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

lorl:

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.-|

OIUiANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TSADK.
CIT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' gClTLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Homr-irroHB Stock m, Specialty. BTIUCTL,Y WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference fnralsbad ■• X* ktendtac and Bnsnclal ability of the company.

123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

TEW YuKETWOTATlOl^S^PER lOu. lo Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Catlleyas

Cyprlpediums

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Ul> of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

'• Tiumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette -

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adisntum

5mllax

Asparagus Plumosus, striogs (per loo)

" " & Spren (loo bunches) .

Last Half of Week

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ending Jan. 18

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are very few left over. Killarney is a
little off color, but still it is much pre-
ferred by the buyers at present to
Maryland, which is not a favorite as a
winter rose. The carnation market
cleans up pretty well but still the
prices are not good, although there is
not a very big crop. The orchid mar-
ket is dominated by the cattleya; fine
flowers as a rule but nothing satisfac-
tory about the demand and lots of
offers of surplus stock coming in from
outside at absurd prices. Camellias
are a feature of the market and,
strange to say, the colored go better
than the white. Spring flowers such as
sweet peas, daffodils, Roman hya-
cinths, daisies, etc., go more satisfac-
torily than the staples. Greens slug-
gish.

The market during the
ST. LOUIS last week was greatly

overcrowded with every-
thing in the cut flower line and at
times making things quite unpleasant
for our commission men. In this line
we class carnations, sweet peas and
paper whites. These had to be sold
very cheap in order to make them at-
tractive for the buyer. Roses scarced
up somewhat and some of our heavy
shippers must be off-crop so the price
held up well on these. Violets and
lily of the valley were in plenty. We
have had mild weather, but the
weather man says, look out for cold

and dark weather this week. This
should scare things up and prices may
advance.

NEWS NOTES.

La Manda Park, Cal.— Charles F.
Stone has gone into the greenhouse
business here.

Mt. Clemens, Mich. — The green-
houses formerly owned by James Tay-
lor have been purchased by Arthur
Bevershlag.

Middleport, N. Y.— The greenhouse
of John H. Gould was wrecked Friday
evening, Jan. 10. by the heavy fall of
snow. Loss $3,000. No insurance.

INCORPORATED.

New Britain, Conn. — Voltz Floral
Company. Capital $20,000.

Elmhurst, III. — Wendland & Keimel
Co. have incorporated as florists, with
capital stock of $100,000.

Evans City, Pa. — Harmony Nurser-
ies, capital $10,000. Incorporators: B.
W. Smith, C. H. Smith and H. L. Blind.

Raleigh, N. C— Scholtz, The Florist
Incorporated. Capital $6,000. Incor-
porators, E. P. Scholtz, Mrs. Nellie
Scholtz, J. I. McCallum and others.

Cleveland, Ohio — Standard Pump &
Engine Company has increased its cap-
italization from $25,000 to $100,000 and-
has opened a retail sales headquarters-
at 1406 West Third street.

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HORTICULTURE

January 25, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUirTANT

B. J. Dyiart, 40 State St., Bolton^
Tor pace ««• List ot Adrcrtlaan.

AMPEI-OPSIS

Ampelopsis Veitchli— Strong, 2 to 3 ft.,
2 years, 50 for $3, parcel post; $5 for 100
(express). One ye;ir, 2 to 3 ft., strong, 50
for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel post); $20 per
1000. 18 to 24 Inches, 50 for $1.50, $2 per
100 (parcel post), $13 per 1000. Strong
roots, tops cut to 6 inches for transplant-
ing. $12 per 1000. Samples (except first
grade), 25c. allowed on purchase. Chas.
Black, Hightstonn, N. J.

APHINE
ApblB* Utz- Co.. MidUoa. N. J.
For pac« ■«• List of ASrartlsers.

ARACCARIA8

Qodfrej AschmsBB. PbiUtelpUa. Pa.
For page sm List of AdTartiaars.

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
100; $18.0(1 per lOiKI. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

A7.AT.1CAIT

P. OBwerkerk. Hoboken, N. 3.
For pare sea Lbt ot AdTsrtlsars.

A. Leuthy A Co., BosUadale, Haas.
For pssa as* List of Adrertlaars.

Loacbnar A Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of AdvertlserB.

BAT TRKKS

McHotchUoD A Co.. 17 Murray St., H. T.
For pas* see List of Adrertlscrs.

Bobblnk A Atkins, Bntberford, M. J.
For pace aee List of AdTertlsera.

Angnst Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see Llat of Adrertlacra.

Bay trees and Box traea, all alaes. Write
tor special llat Jnllna Boebn Co., Bntker-
terd, N. J.

BKDDING PLANTS

A.N. PlersoD, Inc., Cromwell, Cona.
iTerUaera.

For page see List of Adrert

B. Vincent, Jr., A Boas Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page aee Llat of Advertlsera.

BBOONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, In bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, III.

BOXWOOD TRKKS

Bobblnk ft Atkins, Rntberford, N. J.
For page s« List of AdrertlRers.

Jnllas Boehrs Co.,
Box Trees, all slses.

Batberford, N. J.
Ask for special list.

BOILERS

KroeecheU Bros. Co., 46S Brie St., Chicago.
For page see Llit of AdYertlsers.

Hltrhlnga ft Co.. 1179 Broadway. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Bnmham Co.. 1188 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXR8 — CCT FLOWKR — FOLDrNQ

Bdwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page aee List of Adrertlaers.

Folding eat flower boxes, the best asada.
WrtW for list. HoltoB ft Hnnkel Co, Mll-
waakoe, Wla.

BULBS AND TUBERS

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. T.
For page see LUt of AdTertlsera.

J. M. Thorbom ft Co., S3 Barclay St, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MlcheU's Seed Honse, Philadelphia, Fa.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward ft Co., 71 Mnrray Bt,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bnlbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James VIek's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Bswson Co., Boston, j
For page see List of Advertisers.

«. S. Miller, Wading Blrer, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

O. T. ZsBgen, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see Ust ot Adrertlsera.

R. & J. Farqnbar Co., Boston,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balbs of all descriptions. Write ter prices.
C. Kenr ft Sobs, HlUesom, Holland.
New York Branch, 81-38 Broadway.

C.\LADIITMS

CALADIUMS FOR PRIVATE GARDENS.
Beautiful New Fancy-leaved Caladiums.
Colors most exquisite from a transparent
white and pink to deep claret and vivid
red. Price from 50c. to $1.00 each ; $5.00
to $10,00 per dozen. The following are the
most brilliant; Marian A. McAdow,
glowing red. narrow green border; Mrs.
Jessie M. Thayer, deep velvety red center
and ribs, interspaces changing from pure
white to light red ; Caro Nome, rosy-red
center and ribs, creamy ground color;
Frances M. Laughlin, transparent rose,
metallic zone, green border; Elizabeth A,
Oehlenschlaeger, violet rose, constantly
changing colors; Minna Hoffmann, creamy
ground, changing to a most beautiful
transparent rose; Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
transparent white, suffused with green;
Picuhy, transparent white, light green
border-ground ; Rio de Janeiro, considered
In Europe the most equlsite ot all cala-
diums : ground-color a transparent rose.
Caladium marmoratum (.ilocasia Roezll),
green with large whitish spots, grows 8
feet high in good soil (1.00 each;
clumps, $2.00 to $5,00). Also the beautiful
Diosi-orea discolor, a strong climber with
velvety heart-shaped leaves, purple under-
neath, striped above with white ($1.00 per
tuber. More beautiful and sati.sfactory
than Cissus discolor.

H. NEHRLING & SON,
Palm Cottage Gardens, Gotha, Florida.

CANE STAKES FOB LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNA8

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
Ton can double your profits by stock-
ing no with the new cannas. Bo sore te
get our list before you place your order.
Tbe Conard ft Jones Company, West Grore,
Penna.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, eaally and
cheaply mended. Plllsbnry'a Ctraatlon
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 poet paid. I. L.
Plllabury, Galesbnrg, lU.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner ft Sons Co., Lafayette, lad.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, MadlMB. M. I.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OHBTSANTHKHCIU

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

Cbas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlscra.

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THB. By A. Bm-
rlngton. The aatbor has endeavored te
assist and direct the eiferts of those whs
would grow and excel in prodnclng per-
fect chrysanthemnm flowers, sbowlag that
not In secret arts and practices, bnty t^
plain course of procednre are tbe deallW
resnlta attained. Illostrated, IM pages.
Price 50 cents.

Orders filled by HOBTICDLTDBB. 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

Chrysanthemum stock plants — last call.
Smith's Advance, Unaka, Glen Cove, Mrs.
C. H. Totty, Donnellan, Desjouis, Glen-
view, Halliday, Pocket's Crimson, COc. per
doz. ; $4.00 per 100. Ogtober Frost, Polly
Rose, Kosiere, Ivory, Shaw, Yellow and
Pink Ivory. Kalb, Golden (jlow, etc., 3c,
Sixty others, 3c to 5c. Pockett's Crimson;
booking orders for R. C. when you want
them. Stafford Conservatories, Stafford
Springs, Conn.

COCOANUT rtBBK SOU.

20th Century Plant Food Co.. Beverly,
For page aee List of Advertisers.

CTCLAMKNS

Thomas Boland, Nabaat, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

200,0(X) Giant Flowering Cyclamen, Asgaat
seedlings. We received first prize on oar
blooming cyclamen at the show In CleT»-
land, O.. and hold other first prizes. Oar
aim is strong growers, a well ballt Its
petal flower, with good color and
frangrance. many of them at one time,
well marked foliage and general goed
habits. Strong August Seedlings, $2.80
per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

What others say about our blooming
plants: Mr. E. A. Corson, Rocbeater,
N. H.. Nov. 15. 1912: "Cyclamens received
and am more than pleased. They are cer-
tainly fine plants and such a range ot
color. Arrived In good condition too."

Plants In bloom for Cnirlstmas, 75c.,
$1.00, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Cultural direc-
tions with all orders. Christ. Wlnterlch,
Cyclamen specialist. Defiance, O.

DAHLIAS

Dahlias, named sorts, «trong divisions,
$1.25 per 100. Send for list. C. W. Hoff-
man. R. 13, Dayton,_0.

Dahlias — 2500 field clamps, latest rarle-
tles, cheap for cash; or what have yes te
exchange? Geo. H.Walker, DabUa Bxpert

North DIghton. Mnss^

TiEW DAHLIAS FOE 1912.

Dorothy Peecock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sett. Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of best cut fl»w»r
dahlias. Write for surplus llat aad SBeeta]
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, Wllllsw-
town Junction, N. J., Poet Ofllce, Berlta.
N. J.

For List of Advertisers Seo Pags 103

January 25, 1913

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129

DAHLIAS — Continued
Ea«t Biidgewater DabUa Oardena are tha
largest aod most up-to-date In Amarlca.
Orer SSO.OUO fleld clumps to offer at rlfHt

? rices. Be sure and send your wants M
. K. Alexander, Ttae Eastern Dablla King,
East Brtdgen-ater, Mass.

DECOBATITB rUklTTM

A. Leath/ & Co., Perkins St. MoTMrlM.

Bosllndala; Mass.

For page see List of AjTertlsers.

Robert Craig Co., Market ant 4»U> Bti.,

Phlladelpbla, Pa.

For page see List of AdTTtl— ra.

John Scott, BrooU7K, N. T.
For page see Llat of AjTertlsera.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West SU tt„

New York.

For page see Llat of Advertlaen.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FERTII.IZBB8

aeth Centnry Plant Food Co., Btrtilj, Ifan.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Pnlrerized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Cblcago, lU.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FEBNS

A. Leathy & Co., RosUndale, Mail.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank OecbsUn, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, flnc stock Boston, Wblt-
manlL Amerpohll, Sprlngfleldll, $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
Tery fine, $8.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-lncb, $15.00 per 100, &-lncb,

f;2fi.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosns, 4-
ncb, handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. S6.000
■q. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
•zcluslvely to ferns. I have the best stock
to be had anywhere. Prices are low, for
cash only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,
O.

FLORISTS' ENCYCLOPEDIA FREE

M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FIXIRISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St..

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Pbila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. U. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Seed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia,

Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 2JB Devonshire St., Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS — Continued

A. B. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Uasa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HUflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracnae, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. y.

For page see List of AdvertlserB.

rUNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madlsoa, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OALAX

Michigan Cnt Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OEBAMIITMS

B. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we arc offering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2H-inch pots
50c. each, $5.00 per doz.; 3-inch pots, $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ills.

Single Geraniums are popular. We offer
Burke, fine rich red — Albion White — Dry-
den Pink — Hill Salmon — and leading
doubles, strong 3-in., SV^c. cash. Roney
Bros., West Grove, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roselenr, Nutt, Dagata,
Rlcard, Red Wing, Viaud, La Favorite, CoL
Thomas, Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, O'uerle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polte-
vlne. Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dls, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. DeWltt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis < hilds, Flowerfleld. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdi Glory, $1.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natick,
Mass.

America in all sizes. Will exchange for
Augusta and Mrs. F. King. Send for
quotations. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co.,
Valley Junction, Iowa.

Gladioli, fancy mixed, mostly light
shades, In sizes 1 to 1V4 In., $6.00 per 1000;
% In. and less, $3.00 per 1000. Bulblets,
50c. per quart. Large pkt. seed, 25c. H
E. Meader, Dover, N. H.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lamber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co.. Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATEBIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL —

Continued
Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. T.

Lord & Bumham Co..
1183 Broadway, New York.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda. M. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lntton. Jersey City. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn. N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord A Bumham Co..
1183 Broadway. New York.

Plerson U-Bar Co.. Madison Ave.. New York.
Designer and Builder.

GUTTERS

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

Iron Gutters.

For page see Li-st of Advertisers.

King Constrnctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. T.
King Channel Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREBIN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Cblcago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chaa. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnbam Co.,
1133 Broadway. New York.

HELIOTROPE

Heliotrope, Dark Blue, fine 2 Inch, in
bud, at $2.50 per 100. Also Rose Gera-
nium, extra heavy, 2Vi inch, at $2.50 per
100. Cash please. W. F. Ewell, Tops-
field, Mass.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

P Ouwerkerk, P. C. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, .
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. X.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Hoiticulture

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n<BECTicn>Ka

Baitern Chemical Co^, Boatan, llMi

Imp. Soap Spray.

For page see Uat of Advertlaen.

ApbUie UanafactorlDg Co., MadUon, R. t.

Aplilne and raDflne.

For page see List of AdvertUara.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, UA.

Standard Insecticide.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Banjamtn Hammond, FlahklH-«n-H««»a«,

N. y.

Slog Shot.
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

JAFAITESE Ul^rSS

Lee<ADer * Co., New Tork, N. T.
For page see List of AdvertlserB.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., BalUmore, Md.
Far page see List of AdTertlsers.

LILT BULBS

R. & J. Farqoliar * Co., Boston, Maas.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jas. Tick's Sons, Eocbester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. M. Ward * Co., New York, N. T.

Horse Skoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

LILT OF THE TALLET PIPS

Loediner * Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Aogast Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHntchlBon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. 1.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

F R Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

(Cold Storage)

For page see List of Advertisers.

NUKSERY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehavrkeu Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nnrserles North AblnRton, Mass.

Uardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., Sonth Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell. New York, N. T.

Spring Price List.
For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHatchlson 4 Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Angast Kolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mannal of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
ttr $6.00 by Horticulture Pnbllshlng Co„
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
anch varieties as Spireas, Altheas, Welgelaa
and Phlladelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price Ust.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chillicothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWEB8

Jas. McManns, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

OBCHID PI<AirT8
Lacer & Harrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veitchll.
Far page aee List of Advertisers.

Jnllus Boahra Co., Rntherford, N. J.

Hybrid Orchids.

For page see List of Adrertiaera.

Sander, SL Albana, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

OBCHID GROWERS' MANUAL^
By B. B. Williams, 300 Ulnstrationa, 80*
pages; descriptions of apwarda of 2800
species and varieties of orchldaceona
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Cnltnre ever pnb-
Ushed. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTUBB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Norserlea,

Roalindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loeehner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brovrncll Co., Walden, N. Y.
Rotted and Azalea Peat.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumher Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The wurlil's greatest collection,
12<XI surts. Send for list. C. BeUcher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IHPOBT8

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHntehlson & Co., 17 Unrray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Aaglar
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Phlladel[Ala, Pa.
"Riverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Eroescbell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chleaga.

POINSETTIAS

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.

Stock Plants.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH

German Kali Works, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's %1 do*, by axp.,
I1.2C by mall. I. N. Kramer & Bona, Cedar
Etaplds, Iowa.

PBIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-7ear«M

fdants, from 13 inches to 8 feet; well fla-
shed pisnts, well graded and well packad.
Also one and two-year-old AmpelopaU
Veitchll. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

UcHDtchUon & Co., 17 Unrray 8t, N, X.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

BBFBIOEBATOBS FOB FLORISTS

McCray Refrlgemtor Co., Kendalrille, iBd.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Boboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rntherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlladelplila, Fk.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Uaaa.
New Rose Mrs. Charles RussdL
For page see List of Advertlsera.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Clias. Russell, Mrs. Gea.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skfdelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. t.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries. North Ablngton, Maaa.
For page see 1. 1st of Advertisers.

S. S. Peunock-M^ehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rntherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Clias. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer. Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Irish and English Hybrid Tea Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.

SEED GROWERS

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co., Enid, Okla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, lU.
For page see List of Advertls■^n.

Braslsn Seed Growers Co., San Jose, GU.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

■rerstt B. Clark Seed Co., Miiford. Oowk

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,
Gl and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Maaa.
New Crop Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulcbell's Seed Honse, Philadelphia. Pa.

New Crop Florists' Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

W. Atlee Burpee A. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see LJst of Advertiscra.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawsoo Co., Boston,
Aster Seed.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

R. & J. Farqnbar & Co., Boston,
For page see List of AdvertisenL

For List of AdYertissrs Sse Page 103

January 25, 1913

HORTICULTURE

131

8BEDS— Contlnned

'■ M. TliorbBrn A Co., 33 Barctar St. N. T.

Far pace aee Llat of AdTcrtlsers.

Laonard 8«cd Co., Cbtcaso, lU.

Paaa, Baana, Badlab aad aU Oardam Sea«a.

Far page aee Uat of Adrertlaen.

a. B. BkldeUky ft Co., PbUadelphla, Pa.
Far page aee Llat of AdTertuera.

Artliar T. BoddlngtoD, New Terk.
Per page aee Llat of AdTerttaeta.

J. BolgliDo & Son, Baltimore, Ifd.
For page aee Llat of AdTerttaara.

Tba Harea Seed Co., Santa Ana, Call.

Tomato Seed.

For page aee Llat of Adrertlaen.

Jamea Tlck'a Sons, Hochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page aee Llat of Adrertlaera.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

8. Bryaon Arrea Co., Independence, M*.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Loecbner * Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Uarket St., Boaton.
For page aee List of Adrertlaera.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

8. D. Woodrnir Sc Son, New York, N. T.

Garden Seed.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co., Enid, Okla.

Surplus List of Melon Seed.

For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Beanlleu, Woodharen, N. Y.

Importer of Hest French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hodaon, N. T.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

SMTLAX

Smilax, strong 2% in., twice cut back,
»2.00 per 100. Chas. Frost, Kenllwortb,
N. J.

SNAPDRAGON

6. S. Ramsburg, Somersworth, N. H.

"Silver Pink."

For page see List of Advertisers.

"SPKNCEB" TYPE SWEET PEA SEEDS

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

8PHAGMUH MOSS

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lire Sphagnum moss, orcbld peat an4
orchid baskets always on band. Lager tc
Hnrrell, Summit, N. J.

8PIBEAS

Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Splrea Queen Alexandra.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn * Co.. New York, N. Y.

Splrea Gladstone.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the conntry.
Store plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllns Roebra Co., Rutherford, N. J.

THE NATIONAL NCBSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TOMATO PLANTS

FORCING TOMATOES.
Now is the time to book your orders
for Forcing Tomatoes for March delivery.
Comet and Lorillard, 2Vi in., at $2.00 per
100. Cash please. J. J. Clayton & Son,
West Grove, Pa.

Tomato plants, 3-in., Lorillard and
Comet, fine stock, 2c. Cash, please.

A. S. Rlne, Ijewisburg, Pa.

▼ENTILATING APPABATC8

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improred Ventilator Arm.
Far page see List of Adrertlaera.

Qaaker City Machine Worka,

Richmond, Ind.

aotb Century Arm.

For page aee List of Adrertlaera.

WIBED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

WIBBWOBK

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 2Stb St., N. Y.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogne.
golton A Hnnkel Co., Milwaukee, Wla.

WlUlam B. Bellacher'a Wire Worka,
tS'lO Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, M. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., U2 Arch St. and

31 Otla St.

For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Deronahlre St
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Prorlnce St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Bnffalo, M. Y.

WUUam F. Eaatlng Co., 383-87 BlUcott St
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Chicago

Peter Beinberg, S7 Randolph St.
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

J. A. Bndlong, 37-39 Randolph St
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Chicago Flower Growers' Asaodatlon,

176 N. Michigan Are.

For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Hoerber Broa., Chicago, lU.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCnUongh'a Bona Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page aee List of Adrertlaers.

Detroit

Michigan Cat Flower Exchange, 38 aad 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St, New York.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

H. B. Froment, S7 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

■. C. Horan, B5 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

James McManus, 106 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see Llat of Adrertlsera.

WHOLESALE FOBIST8

New York — Contlnaed

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St, New York.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 WlUonghby St,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Adrertlaw.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 5S and 57 W. Sltb

St, New York.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Greater New York Florists' AasodatloB,

162 Llrlngston St, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Adrertlsera.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26tb St.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Adrertlsera.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Adrertlseia.

Traendly 4 Schneck, New York, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Adrertlaera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Weat
2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F ra nk~Mlllang, 55-57 WeaF26th St

For page gee Llat of Advertisers.

Badgley, RIedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

B. S. Siinn, Jr., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West X8tb Bt

For page see List of Advertiser*.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

jrKT~Arien, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Philadelphia

Leo. NIessen Co., 1209 Arch St, Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-12

Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Bocbester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Washlngrton

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Adrertlsera.

New Offers in This Issue

CUPID'S GOLDEN DARTS FOR ST.
VALENTINE'S DAY.

.M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.
For p;ige see List of Advertisers.

HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUT-
TERFLY PANSIES.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW CARNATION THE HERALD.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH,

German Kali Works. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SHELF BRACKETS.

King Construction Company,

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SPIRAEA GLADSTONE: LILY OF
THE VALLEY PIPS.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers Jcindly mention Horticulture

132

HORTICULTURE

January 25, 1913

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Book of Grasses, by Mary Evans
Francis. This elaborate volume, just
published by Doubleday, Page & Co.,
merits more than passing notice and —
we must frankly and regretfully ac-
knowledge— a much more intelligent
review than we feel qualified to give
to it. We realize, however, that we
are far from being alone in our very
imperfect knowledge of the grass fam-
ily for the genera] ignorance regard-
ing this, the most common, most mul-
tiform and most widely distributed of
Nature's verdure, embraces horticultur-
ists of all classes and even the great
majority of those who sell the seed. In
the few prominent commercial kinds,
as well as those who buy and plant it
for grain, pasture or lawn purposes.
The very commonness of grass is a
chief reason, undoubtedly, for the prev-
alent indifference to its study, while
even the sight of a mere list of the
species recognized and classified by the
botanist is enough to appall the would-
be student. Yet there are many for
whom the grass in its manifold aspects
has a resistless charm, to whom al-
though "it bears no blazonry of bloom
to charm the senses" — quoting the elo-
quent words of the late John J. Ingalls
— "its homely hue is more enchanting
than the lily or the rose."

The little that has been written about
our common grasses has dealt chiefly
with their value to the agriculturist or
has been so intricate and technical as
to repel anyone but the most patient
scientist This book is the first of any
consequence written for the amateur
which takes up in a simple yet compre-
hensive manner the common and rare
species of grass. The author's popular
descriptions, although accurate, are in
simple terms and fascinating language
which betokens the love which the au-
thor plainly cherishes for her subject
and are followed in each case by tech-
nical descriptions which are the results
of careful observations as well as close
study of the leading scientific works
on the subject of grasses. The Sedge
family and Rushes are fully covered as
well as the true grasses.

The illustrations are very beautiful,
all from original photographs. Sixteen
of these have been reproduced in full-
page color plates and sixty-four are in
black and white. There is an index to
English names and one to Latin
names; a calendar of the common
grasses according to their seasons of
most abundant blooming and a list
of grasses according to the locations
where they flourish, also a complete
analytical key.

The price of this volume, 350 pages,
is $4.00 net, postage 35 cents. It can
be obtained from the publishers,
Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City,
N. Y., or from the office of HORTI-
CULTURE. It should have a place on
the book-shelf of every gardener.

The Annual Proceedings and Bulle-
tin of the American Rose Society
which has just come to hand is a very
creditable publication and will prove
of great interest and value to the rosa-
rian and all who desire to know more
about the culture in America of the
Queen of Flowers. It is handsomely
illustrated with views of the great ex-
hibition at Detroit last spring and oth-
er interesting pictures. By all means
join the American Rose Society and

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They IMake Baskets. These
are the Weil-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. I, &2.S0 ; No. 2. &3.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; N«. 5, S6.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Secretary Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N.
Y., will send you a copy of this book
and in many otherways see that you
get full value for your annual dues.

Sweet Peas Up-to-Date (with appen-
dix). This useful little volume, first
published by W. Atlee Burpee in 1910,
hag, as its name indicates, been fully
revised and witli( the appendix which
gives a complete description list of the
new Spencer varieties, by whoever in-
troduced, here or abroad, becomes an
indispensable handbook for anyone de-
sirous of being "up-to-date" in the
Knowledge of this fascinating flower.

City of Boston, Department of Parks.
37th Annual Report of the Board of
Commissioners. A very interesting
story of a very busy year. The cost of
maintenance and various improve-
ments for the year was $404,974.71. Bos-
ton's park and plavground debt is $7.-
482,347.39.

American Gladiolus Society Bulle-
tin, No. 6, has come to hand. Like its
predecessors it contains some excel-
lent material of interest to the gladio-
lus fancier. Eugene N. Fischer con-
tributes a general cultural article of
much value.

The Annual Report of the Park Com-
missioners for the City of Haverhill.
Mass.. just published, contains a very
interesting narrative of Pentucket
cemetery, over 250 years old, which is
under the care of the park commis-
sion.

New York Agricultural Experiment
Station Bulletin No. 350 is on "Some
New Apples from Known Parents."
Popular edition, summarized by F. H.
Hall from Bulletin by U. D. Hedrick
and Richard Wellington.

Felix & Dykhuis, of Boskoop. Hol-
land, announce that on January 1,
1913, the firm of Van Balen & Co., of
Boskoop, was combined with their
firm. This can undoubtedly be called
a happy combination. Mr. Dykhuis
will now devote all his time to their
American trade. Mr. Alb. van Balen,
who is favorably known all over Eu-
rope, will take care of their European
trade, and Mr. B. B. C. Felix will as
before devote all his time and energy
to the nursery department, which has
been constantly increased and im-
proved, and now considered the best
in Boskoop.

OBITUARY.

"Garibaldi" Tricola.
A familiar face will be missed from
the Chicago flower market for Mr. Tri-
cola. commonly called Garibaldi,
passed away last Sunday. He occupied
but a humble place in the trade, ped-
dling the flowers he bought, but will
be kindly remembered.

Mrs. William Aherne.
Mrs. William Aherne, wife of Wm.
Aherne, the well-known florist of Co-
lumbia, Pa., died on the Gth inst., aged
03. Mrs. Aherne was a lady of most
estimable character, highly educated,
of unusual culture, chaiacter and men-
tal attainment, a forceful writer, and
always at the forefront in the civic du-
ties of her neighborhood. She was
much loved by everybody who knew
her. Her husband, four sons, and four
daughters survive.

The Crowl Fern Co. will move their
headquarters from Millington to
Springfield, Mass.. in the coming
spring. They have several million
ferns in cold storage.

fioirMtetd nttt tbt Insecticide Act. 191B. Serial No. 321
Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black aod Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. U?ed according
to directions our standard In'jecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

NoD-poi<onous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
»nd all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

$4 Ptnt - . 25c; Pint • •40c; Qoart - - 75o

% Gallon. S1.2S, Gallon. 12.00; 5 Gallon Can, (9

'10 Gallon Can - - &17.50

Dilute with watfr jo to $0 pa-rts

Far Sate by Scedsnien and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company D«pt. K

4t« W. Lcxlnirtm St.. B^ltlmor*, Md

Directions en CTtry package

January 25, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

13»

ENFORCING THE INSECTICIDE
LAW.

W. M. Hays, Acting Secretary of
Agriculture, has sent out under date
of December 20, 1912, notices of In-
secticide Act judgments as follows:
Sherwin-Williams Co. — "Strictly Pure
Paris Green"; pound packages, 4 to 13
per cent, short weight in an invoice of
3000 cases seized in Minneapolis. De-
voe & Raynolds Co., Chicago — Paris
Green; adulterated and misbranded.
Sherwin -Williams Co. — Arsenate of
Lead; adulterated. Devoe & Raynolds
Co. — Lead Arsenate; adulterated and
misbranded. "Shoo Fly" Manufactur-
ing Company, Phila., Pa. — "Shoo Fly,"
the Animal's Friend; short measure.
Dr. G. Hess & Clark, Ashland, 0.— "In-
stant Louse Killer"; misbranded and
short measure. F. A. Thompson & Co.,
Detroit, Mich. — "To - Bak - Ine Liquid
Poison"; "labels false and misleading."
F. A. Thompson & Co., Detroit, Mich.—
"Thompson's Rose Nicotine;" state-
ments on wrappers false and mislead-
ing.

The Connecticut River has not been
closed to navigation this year, a con-
dition not before known in its history.
The Elm City Nursery Company re-
port that at the present time there is
no frost whatever in the ground at
New Haven, Conn. Massachusetts is
having an equally remarkable experi-
ence; H. Huebner of Groton reporting
that the ground is entirely free from
frost and that he was planting trees
up to January 21.

Woodhaven, N. Y. — Henri Beaulieu
has an advertisement in "Chat," offer-
ing a reward of five dollars for the
arrest and conviction of persons who
broke his windows and tore down his
fence on December 14th.

The R«rain>l>«d Standard Iiueoticlds.
Not a cure-all but a ipeclflc remedy
for all sap sucking Insects Infestlnc

Slant life such as green, black, whlt»
y, thrlps, red spider, mealy bog «nd
soft scales.
fl.OO per Quart. $<.60 per OalloB.

BJM©3!IE

An Infallible remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fungi. L'nlilie Bordeaux and
lime and sulpbur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

\^EF9IVIIIME

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and grub worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used one
part to 400 parts water, it does not In-
jure plants, but protects your crops
against ravages under the soil.

$1.00 per Quart. $3.00 per OalloB.
All are spraying materials and are
effective In the greenhouse and In the
garden.

FOR SALE BY 8EEDSMEX.

Madison,
N.J.

Manufacturers of AgricukuraJ Chemicals

H. C. EBE1>, General Hanaser.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

Your fruit is not at its best in
yield, flavor, color or shipping
qualities unless the Potash supply
is adequate and available.

A fertilizer for fruit should contain
at least 12% Potash

Many growers use annually 200 lbs. Muriate
of Potash per acre.

Potash also insures strong wood and early and
continuous bearing.

for prices if your dealer doesn't
carry Potash Salts; also for our free books
with formulas and directions.

GERMAN KAU WORKS, Inc.

42 Broadway. New York

Monadnocb Block, Chicago

Whitney Central Bank Bldg.. New Orleans

Bank & Tmst Bldg. , Savannah

Empire Bldg., Atlanta San Francisco. Cal.

^ Jl

YOLJ KNO\A/

nothing will take the place of manure in the green-
house. It is bread and butter and beet steak to the
flowers.

Wizard Brand is the best manure you can use.
Clean, concentrated, convenient, pure manure and
nothing else.

A wagon load of rough manure reduced to a 100
lb. bag.

Better order ahead of the bad weather that is com-
ing and be prepared for emergencies.

Insist on Wizard Brand. Your supply house can
furnish it, or we will ship promptly.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY

31 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEAR&)'
Sold by Seed DeeJers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbn^e, Melons, Flowers, Trees
and Shrubs from Instcts, l*ut up m popular packages at populai
prices. Write for free pamphlet on nues and Bliarhts, etc., to

B. HA3IMONO, - Fislikill-on-Hudson, New York.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guau-anteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

Imp Soap Spray

KflTeoti^e one to thirty-two.

Single gallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

lO^-roiM

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly than by any
other means. We have proved it.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 1 29 OCEM ST.. BEVERLY, NASI.

134

HORTICULTURE

January 25, 1913

I^OI«

HEWS STANDARD

99

POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARQESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONO ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Fac
CAMBRIOGB, MASS.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

E. E. Stewart. Rives Junction
Mich. Wliolesale Trade Price List of
gladioli.

U. S. Radiator Corporation, Boston
— Catalogue of Rumsey Spray Pumps
and Fittings.

James Smalley & Co., McPherson,
Kans.— General Catalogue of Garden
and Field Seeds, 1913.

Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scran-
ton, Pa.— Wholesale Price List of
Florists' Flower Seeds.

Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy-
General Price List of Vegetable,
Flower, Tree Palm and other seeds,
roots, etc. Wholesale.

E. G. Hill Company, Richmond, Ind.
—Wholesale List of Novelties and
Standard Varieties for 1913. Roses,
carnations and chrysanthemums.

Barteldes Seed Co., Denver, Colo.—
Barteldes Western Seeds. A 116-page
catalogue of field and farm and garden
seeds and implements and poultry sup-
plies.

W. E. Marshall & Co., New York.—
1913 Catalogue of Flower and Vegeta-
ble Seeds, Plants and Sundries. Well
gotten up, with an attractive novelty
list and descriptive notes.

S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich.—
Seed Annual, 1913, 112 pages, freely il-
lustrated. Cover shows vegetables and
flowers in colors. Also Wholesale
Price List for Market Gardeners.

W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa.—
Wholesale Price List for Market Gar-
deners, Florists and Farmers' Clubs.
The well-known "Blue List." Indis-
pensable if you want to know what's
what.

Burnett Bros., New York City —
Seeds, Bulbs and Plants, General List
for 1913. Burnett's Scottish Chieftain
pansies in true colors form a very at-
tractive cover illustration. An excel-
lent catalogue throughout.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York-
Trade List for January, 1913. This is
one of the standard trade lists for veg-
etable and garden and tree seeds. A
telegraphic cypher is attached to each
article as listed. A business book all
through.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N.
Y.— Trade Price List of Choice Gladioli
and other Summer Flowering Bulbs
and Plants. The firm issuing this cat-
alogue Is well known as among the
leading gladiolus houses of the world.
Quotations in this wholesale list are
very tempting.

Richard Diener & Co., Mouniain
View, Cal. — Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, for
Spring 1913. This interesting cata-
logue is devoted largely to a list of
new geraniums, with illustrations,
which Mr. Diener states represent the
cream of some 8000 seedlings. Cali-
fornia Giant carnation is another nov-

DRCKR'S <*Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. Dlam. Ea.

Doa.

100

10 20 In.

$1.45 $16.00 $130.00

20 18 In.

i.to

14.00

115.00

30 16 Id.

1.00

1L25

JO. 00

40 14 Id.

.65

7.00

S6.U0

50 12 In.

.45

6.00

40.00

60 10 In.

.SH

4.00

32.00

70 8 In.

.30

8.50

Z8.0U

Manufactnred for ns exelnilvely. The best tub ever Introduced. The neatest, lightest
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, seeiis, Plants, Bulbs, anil Supplies, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

elty offered. Other good things are
promised.

Maloney Bros. & Wells Co., Dans-
ville, N. Y. — List of "Guaranteed
Trees, from Nursery to Planter." This
catalogue is a most creditable produc-
tion— typographically handsome and
on fine paper. The cover illustration
in colors, of a cluster of Elberta
peaches, is particularly good.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York City
—"High Class Seeds, 1913." Always of
refined exterior and showing distinct
individuality in lay-out, this catalogue
holds a valuable place in the season's
catalogue publications. The great num-
ber of varieties of both flower and veg-
etable seeds listed is worthy of note
— more, we should say, than are listed
by any other American house.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Louisville, Ky. — H. G. Walker, one
house.

Lebanon, Pa. — C. C. Yost, range of
houses.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Manke Bros., two
houses.

Hartford, Conn. — John Coombs, car-
nation house.

Jeffersonviile, Ind. — Joseph Molck,
house 30 X 125.

Webster City, Iowa — Curtis Floral
Co., two houses.

Princeton, III. — Trimble Greenhouse
Co., four houses.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Holton & Hunkel
Co., range of houses.

La Grande, Ore. — La Grande Seed &
Floral Co., two houses.

Grosse Point, Mich. — Northwestern
Floral Co., four houses.

Chicago, III. — Wm. Herberts, 4545
Milton place, one house.

Massillon, Ohio — N. E. Peck Floral
Co., two houses, each 25 x 150.

Battle Creek, Mich. — Battle Creek
Sanitarium, four houses, each 34 x 125.

Brampton, Ont. — Dale estate, range
of houses; Walter Calvert, range of
houses.

Indianapolis, Ind. — Plans for a new
greenhouse in Garfield Park to cost
$25,000 were discussed at the recent
meeting of the park commissioners.
It is planned to begin construction
work in the spring.

HELP WANTED

GARDENERS WANTED— Single man tor
Supt. Country Club, perm.nnent position;
single man tor head gardener on gentle-
man's estiite; Supt. for Florida Hotel re-
sort. Permanent position. Only those
with actual experience in Florida need
apply for this. All applicants state full
particulars, experience, salary, etc. Cart
Rust Parker, Fidelity BIdg., Portland, Me.

WANTED — A competent nurseryman for
manager and working foreman. Must be
honest and capable of handling men. Mar-
ried man preferred. Permanent position.
State full particulars and salary wanted In
first letter. Address: Central, care of
HORTICULTURE, Boston, Mass.

WANTED — An experienced rose grower.
State experience, age and wages expected.
Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.

SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED, by single man, 30, perma-
nent position on private estate; 9 years'
practical experience and 2 years' Agricul-
tural College training in general farming
and flower and vegetable gardening, both
outside and under glass. Good references.
Address "A." care of HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED as Orchid grower
by Englishman, 30 years experience In
growing and raising Orchids with best
firms in England. Good hybridist. Apply
to Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. j.

WANTED, by gardener, or general su-
perintendent on private estate; 8 years In
last place. Good references. W. D. Nlck-
crson, 167 Putnam St., Qulncy, Mass.

WANTED — Position as head gardener on
private estate. Good references. Five
years In last place. Married. Address:
Mac, care HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE — Four greenhouses, each
22 X 150, and one S x 150, together with
10 lots of ground at Wyomissing, suburb
of Reading, a city of over 100,000. All
in first class condition, with large stock
of carnations, etc. Excellent opportunity
for active young florist. For full par-
ticulars, address H. F. Kantner, No. 23
N. 6th St., Reading, Pa.

GREENHOUSES FOR SALE.

Two large greenhouses, mostly steel
frame, with over 60,000 ft. of glass. Fine
residence of 10 rooms, barn and garage.
Conveniently situated near Boston market
and will be sold at a sacrifice. Address
"C." care HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, IS xl8, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now la
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer 8t,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

January 25, 1913

HOETICULTURE

145

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, ill.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, jnd.

Greenhouse Materials JT^u

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengtha np to St feet.
Milled to any detail furnished •r wlU
fnmlsh details and cut materials reedy for
erection.

Frank Van Assche, '^"L°d ^iH^fr^J^r

JBB8ET CITT, N. J.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an liour's uoti

per crate:

OWO 1% in. @ $6,110

I'rice

.jOO 4 in. (Si $4.r)0

lofK) 2 " •• '■ 4.88 4.36 4% " " 5.24

KOO 214 ■' " 5.2.5 320 5 " " 4.51

1501) 2i(. •' " 6.00 210 5V» " " -I.TS

11)00 :i " " " 5.00 144 6 •• '■ 3.16

800 3V3 " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

GO s •■ '■ :!.00

HILFINGER BROS., P.Hsry, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Rblker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

QUI SPECIALTV-Uing Olslince and ei»ort Kate

I— STANDARD FLOWER-

If your ^greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the ("npitol, write us, we can sav
yon uHniev.

W. H. ERNEST

» 28th & M StN. Washington. D. C.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and tmproTed machlnfrry, we etta

■apply yoar wants to better Kdvantave

than ever.

Speeial dlseeomte vm Urf* mr4im%,

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^1^^V^=

GLASS

for GREENHOU.se and HOT BED

S.\SHES. Our prices can be had by
mail, aud it will pay you to get them.
We c.Trry the largest stock of Specially
Selected (ilnss in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a ear load on a one day notice, and at
Rocli Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

'^IS-'il"* Havemeyer St.. Brooklyn, N. V.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue
and Prices.

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

CHARLES H. DODD

Orcenhoose BoUder. Oaaeral Oreenhonc*

Ueehanle.

Iroai Frmm* »ad Weed Bkt HesMS.

Ideal Oncnhemaa BoUar*.

Itateiiala Fornlshcd or Erected. HMtlBc

and Tentllatlnc Uatarlals.

578 Ocian Ave.. JO^ CITY. N. J.

KING

GREENHOUSE
Shelf Brackets

NOW IS THE TIME FOR
^l-IEI-F- ^F3A.CKE-r^

WE HAVE THEM AND WANT
TO SELL THEM— THEY ARE
MALLEABLE IRON AND SO
DO NOT BREAK AND CAUSE
DAMAGE AT THE CRITICAL
TIME.

Write for Bulletin and Information.
WE ALSO WANT TO FIGURE
WITH YOU ON YOUR NEW

GRE:Er>di-ioosE:

WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY
AND GIVE YOU WHAT YOU
WANT, A RELIABLE HOUSE
THAT BRINGS

l9ESVJL--rS

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works: N. TONAWANDt, N. Y.
New England Sales Office: 7 Water Street, BOSTON

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GRE.ENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PEGKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

CfiSS

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Cimilur "D" and Prices

Ue A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET. BOSTON, MASS.

WROUGHT IRON PIPE FOR SALE

Betbreaded, tboroasbly OTcrhaaled, 1b na-

dom IcDKtbs, Kaarantoad fre* tnm

■pllta ar holM.

It will pay 70B to eominaaleat* with ma.

ALBERT & DAVIDSON

tl7-l» Pal— At— ■« Br— My. IT. t-

THB FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOGUTION OF

AMERICA. iBsnrer of 32,500.000 sq. ft. o( <U«

For pajtioulan addross

John G. Esler, sk'i Saddle River, N.J.

)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenlionaes

Drive easy and tnie, becaofe
both bevels are on the same
eide. Can't twist and break
the elass in diiving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
liebts or lefu.

The Peerless Glazine Point
is patented. No others Hk«
it Order from your deale^
or direct from us.
1000,75c. imstpaid.
Sample* free.

eehut a. db&er.I

T14 Obeitnnt Btr««t^
PhllMteiphia.

Evans 20th Ceirtury Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Tht^t
times the power of old ttyle elbow anna.
Sold onlT with Evans Qmlence Machine.

W'rile ftr frtt CatmUgmt tr

qCAKKB CITT MAOHimi O*.

BlahaiaBd, lad.

/n arJmring ycoA pimat* aJJ
it *i " HOItTICULTVRE."

13

HOKTICULTrEE

January 25, 1913

Get This Loose Leaf Book

Now —

We Send It Free

FROM these i)u;ies showu you would think it .1 lioul; on boilers: liut it's more than that
— a lot more It's u Florists' Supply Book of irieenhouse materials.
The first halt is devoted to greenhouse heating. Not just boilers, pipes and
fittings, but pages of useful information such as you have wanted time and time
again. There are 108 pages in the book now, but It's made up looseleaf fashion, so more
pages can be added.

It works like this: We send you the boob of 108 pages now; and then every once
in a while (perhaps oftener) we w-ill mail you additional pages all ready for putting right
in the book. All you have to do is, simply turn back a couple of fasteners and in the
pages go.

Every time we get out a new thing of importance we will promptly print up some
pages about it and mail them to you.

You can see that such a book will be Invaluable to you. because it can always be
kept rig:ht ap to date.

Sent for copy right now, while It'a on your mind. Don't put it off till tomorrow,
for day after tomorrow you may need it badly.

Hitchings (Si Co.

New York Of^ces
1 1 70 Broadway

Factory
Elizabeth, N. J.

^

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

SEEING how attractive and practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
CURVED EAVE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producing the Scune
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and stwt anew. Just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult with me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON,

DESIGNER
AND BUILDER

West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

The ^fEPEXTiiEs House at Koyal Gardens. Keav

evoreato t/ie^

Qq/To//, Mas^,

l;i.s

HOKTICULTUKE

February 1, 1913

_,^.
1-Mf'T^"

•-- »"

lion I lor^^oi: ilns uuporr;inr ia<t : — every 'thss; iw is
double angle iron ; every gusset plate at the eaves is
double.

/ \

>'o. 1.

.Tniningr point of donl.ile
auETle cross truss, strut
and ridge rod tie suppcirt.

No. 2.
The rid^e showinpr the
wrought iron joining plate
with the ridge rod cross
tie support bolted to it.

No. 3.

Column gusset plate
(double) rigidly tying to-
gether the angle iron
column, the angle iron
cross tie (double) and the
steel rafter.

No. 4.

Double gusset plate bolt-
in.g together the guaran-
teed wrought iron post
and steel rafters.

Important Construction Points

In the Wm. R. Nicholson New House at South Framingham, Mass.

im^rr's au iron fraiuer 52x200. It was erected right over
MR a smaller wooden house which was not removed
g j until after the Decoration Day stock was sold.
X I It is our two column cumpresslon truss design.
K S The columns are not pipe, but made at our fac-
a_g tory by bolting together two angle irons. You

' can at once see what strength such a column

made such a way, must have.
The supporting and non-buckling strength of columns
made this way is so great that we cau place them about
40 feet apart and still be able to use only an exceedingly
simple form of compression trussing.

When you walk in this house of Nicholsnn's you scarcely
notice the columns, they are so wide apart.
There are two things you do notice, however, and keep
on noticing, they are the convincing rigidity and surpris-
ing lightness of the entire frame: also the particul;ir at-
tention given to each part that every part shall have
abundant strength.

It is evident that the construction has been carefully

thought out and every stress and strain proved up by

greenhouse engineering experts.

It was far from an easy task to sell Mr. Nicholson this

house, because he is the kind of man that has to be

shown and convinced step by step and part by part.

He tried every way possible to shoot holes in the way we

proposed to frame it. In fact he was one of the hardest

men to convince we ever had to deal with.

Bxit ask him or write him about what he thinks of his

house now.

Better yet. go and see it.

See for yourself.

Convince yourself.

Let the house do its own talking.
If you'll do this, we will run the risk of anyone else
getting your order. If you can't go we will gladly send
you an interior photograph 24 inches long and full
pnrticulars.

What Mr. Nicholson Thinks of It.

"It took nio a long while to mike up ray mind to build a Lord & Buruham house.
Although "we had several of this concern's Iron Frame houses on the place, houses that
were satisfactory In every way, still it did seem to me that the price they asked was a
bit high.

"The more, however, that I studied the details of the house that this concern proposed
to build for me and began to realize the carefulness with which the structural strains had
been cared for, the more I became convinced that T could not afford to build any other
house — I could not afford to have a house tliat had a doubt. Now that the house is up I
am thoroughl.v convinced that I made no mistake.

"When I go into the house and see how light it is and how strongly it is supported
by the columns (made of double angle-irons bolted together), and look at those double
angle-iron cross ties going across the house, also the strong way in which the trussing is
treated, and then look at the eave and see that double gusset plate strongly holding to-
gether the steel rafter and wrought iron post. I am convinced beyond all doubt that there
is no doubt about the superiority of Lord & nurnham houses.

"Then, again, after the terrific high winds we had last week, we didn't lose a pane of
glass even from the liouses you erected
for us fourteen yenrs ago. They stood as
hrm as a rock."

Very truly yours.

Lord and Burnham Co.

SALES OFFICES

NewYork, St. James BIdg. Boston. Tremont BIdg. Philadelphia, Fraiklin Bank BIdg.
Chicago, Rookerj BIdg. Rochester, GranKe BIdg.

FACTORIES

Irviigton, N. Y. Des Plaines, III.

February 1, 1913

HOETICULTURE

139

R A IM I U IVI S

We have a splendid lot of 2 and 3-In. stock ready for immediate shipment, and are booking orders for future shipment
to the extent that we would suggest to prospective customers tor after Easter orders, that they be placed at an early date, to In
any way Insure delivery. We can have them ready for you at our regular price of $2.00 per lOO, $18.50 per 1000, for 2-ln., or
$3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000 for 3-in.

We have the following ready for immediate or future shipment, from 2-in. pots:

Per 100 Per 1000

Abutlion Savitzi $3.00 $25.00

Acalypha Macafeeana 2.50 20.00

Aohryanthes Emersoni 2.00 18.50

Ageratnm, Six Varieties 2.00 18.50

Alternanthera, Eight Varieties 2.00 18.60

Alyssum, Double Giant and Dwarf 2.00 18.50

Begonia Vernon, White and Pink 2.00 18..50

Begonia Gracilis Lnminosa 2.00 18.50

Cuphea, Cigar Plant 2.00 18.60

Colens, Ten Varieties 2.00 18.50

Colens Brililanry 3.00 25.00

Per 100 Per 1000

Chrysanthemnms, 75 Pompon Varieties 2.00 18.60

Heliotrope, Mad. Bruant and others 2.00 18.50

Hardy English Ivy 2.00 18.50

Lantana, Fifteen Varieties 2.00 18.60

Lemon Verbena, Aloysla Citriodora 2.00 18.60

Moonvines, White and Blue 2.00 18.50

Petunia, Double Mixed Colors 2.00 18.60

Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00 18.60

Parlor Ivy 2.00 18.60

Swainsona, Alba and Rosea 2.00 18.60

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

THE NEW FORCING ROSE MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

Owing to the great demand for plants. Own Root stock is all sold out until later in the
season, but grafted plants may still be had in quantity, as we have 12,000 growing in our
houses from which to make stock.

ORDERS WILL BE FILLED STRICTLY IN ROTATION

;.i2

$7.50

PRICESION GRAFTED STOCK
100 250 500 1000

$35.00 $82.50 $150.00 $300.00

2500

$687.50

5000
$1250.00

WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES,

NATICK, MASS.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 170

Albany Cut Flow-
er Kx 103

Allen, J. K ICi-J

Aphine iMfg. Co.

152-168

Aschmanu 150

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 155

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer. 162

Barnard, W. W.

Co 155

Barrows & Son.. 140
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 1.57

Bay .Slate Nur-
series! 151

Beaulieu 155

Bloomingdale's,. 150
Bobbink & At-

iiins 151

Boddington, A.T.153
Bolgiano & Son.

J 154

Boston Florist

Letter Co 100

B r a s 1 a n Seed

Growers Co... 1.55
Breek, .T. & Son.lSn
Brcfk - R(^lnnson

Nurseries 140

Breitniever's, .1.

Sons 1.56

Brownell Co 1,50

Eudlong, J. A.. .160
Bun.vMrd. .\. T..156
Burpee. W. A. &

Co 154

California F 1 o r-

ist 137

Calif orn 1.1 Seed

Growers Asso..l55

Page
Clarke's, D. Sons. 130

Carbone 1.57

Chicago C a r n a-

tion Co 14U

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.lGu
Childs, John

Lewis 141)

Clark. Everett B.,

Seed Co 155

Co wee, W. J 162

Craig, Robt. Co. 140

Dards 156

Dodd, Chas. H..170
Dorner & Sons

Co 149

Dreer, H. A

151-160-170
Dunlop, John H.157

Dysart, R. J 100

Eastern Chemical

Co 108

Edwards Folding

Box Co 100

Elliott's,\V.S.ms..l54
Eppstein. .Tulius.lo7
Ernest, W. H...100

Esler, J. G 170

Ever Ready

Flower Pot

Cover Co 159

Eyres 156

Fiirquhar, R. &

J. & Co 153

Ford. M. C 102

Ford. W. P 162

Forrest. Frank

H 157

Fcltler, F i s U e.

R.iwson Co.... 1.55
Framingham Nur-
series 151

Page
Froment. H. E..102
Galvin, Thos. F.1.57
Gasser. J. M. Co. 137
Gcddsell. P. H..150
Grey, T. J. Co. ,1.55
Gude Bros. Co.. 157
Hail Association. 170
Hall & Robinson 157
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works Ion

Hart, Geo. 6.159-100
Haven Seed Co.. 1.55

Heacock, Jos 140

Henderson, A.... 154
Hews, A. H. &

Co 169

Hilfinger Bros. ..109
Holm & Olson.. .150

Horan. E. C 102

Holland Nur-
series 151

Jacobs & Sons, S.170
Johnston & Co.,

T. J 157

Johnston Bros.. 157
Kasting, W. F.

Co 103

K ell e r, J. B.

Sons 156

Kervan Co 162

King Cons. Co.. 172
Kramer, F, H...1.57
Kroesehell Bros. 170
Kuebler. W. H..162
Lager & Hurrell.1.50

Lange. A 1.57

Lange. H. F. A. .157
Lemon Oil <'o. . .10>i
Leonard Seed Co. 155
Leuthy, A. & Co. 140
Loechner & Co. .150

Page
Lord & Burnbam

Co 13S

Lovett. J. T 1.52

Lutton, W. H...172
Lyndhurst

Farms 152

MacMulkin, E 157

McCarthy, N. F.

Co 163

McConnell, Alex. 150
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 159

McCulIough's, J.

M. Sons Co 160

McHutcbison &

Co 140

McManus, Jas...l62
Michell's Seed

Hpuse 154

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 162

Millang, Chas... 102
Millang, Frank.. 102

Miller. E. S 149

Montreal Floral

Exchange 103

Murray, Samuel. 1,56
Moore. Hentz &

Nash 102

National Nursery-
man 151

Niessen, Leo Co. 100
Oechslin, Frank. 140
Oklahoma ,S e ed

Growers' Co... 154
Ouwerkerk, P...151
Park Floral Co.. 1.56
Palmer. W. J. &

Son 156

Parshelsky Bros. 170
Penn the Florist. 157
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 157

Page
Pennock - Meehan

Co 101

Perkins St. Nur-
series 140

Pierson, A. N . . .150
Pierson, F. R.Co.l40
Pierson - C - Bar

Co 171

Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 16h
Poehlmann Btos,160
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 16.S

Cuaker City Ma-
chine Co 170

Ramsburg, G. S.150
Reed & Keller.. 162
Relnberg, Peter.. 160
Ric£. M. & Co.. 157
Robinson, H. M.

& Co 160

Robinson Co., H.

M 162

Rock, Wm. L...156
Roehrs, J. Co... 1.50
Roland, Thos.... 140
R o 1 k e r. A. &

Sons 140-169

Roscry, The 156

Sander & Sou... 150
f-childer Bros... 155

Schulz, Jacob 150

Scott, John 140

Sharp, Partridge

Co 170

Slieiidan, W. P. 102
Sipj^ers & Sig-

eers 170

SUdelsky, S. S.

& Co 155

Slinn & Co., B.
S 162

Page

Smith & Co., E.

D. 150

Smith, P. J 162

Smith, W. & T.

Co 151

Smyth, Wm. J.. 156
Spragne. J. H...150
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 170

Slunipp, Geo. M.156
Syracuse Pottery

Co 169

Tallby 157

Totty, Chas. H..150
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 155

Traendly &

Schenck 162

Valentine, J. A.. 120
Van Assche, F..170
Vlck's, Jas. Sons.155
Vincent, R.. Jr., ^

& Sons Co.... 139

Waban Rose Con-
servatories . . .139
Wants, For Sale.169
Ward, R. M. &

Co 140

Welch Bros. Co. 163
V/hlttier & Co..

W. B 151

Wilson, Robt. G.156

Wood Bros 149

Woodrow &

Marketos 162

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 155

Young & Co., A.

L. 103

Young & Nugent. 1.56

Zangen, O. V 155

Zinn, J. A 157fc

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 164, 165, 166, 167

140

HORTICULTURE

February 1, 1913

IT IS A STRANGE FACT

that a day-old colt can run as fast as its mother. This has been brought about through
evolution ; since the day when horses ran wild and their means of escape from their
enemies was flight. If a colt could not run fast enough it was left behind and eaten, so
only the swiftest lived. Finally the breed improved by elimination of inferior stock
and the colts were born fleet of foot. It is the old story of the survival of the fittest.'
In the hly bulb business a similar process took place not long ago. Formerly fields
"played out" and bulbs deteriorated after a time ; but by careful attention and con-
siderable expense a better grade of seed bulbs was secured, from only the healthiest
plants for new crops, so that today the Horseshoe Brand Giganteum fields in Japan
are by far the finest lily fields anywhere in the World. The seed-bulbs from these fields
are of superior quality to anything ever produced, which is the best kind of assurance
to our customers that our future crops will always be of the highest standard. You
need such lily bulbs in your business, and we need your orders, which means your co-
operation in the proper maintenance of this high standard of quality. Prices reason-
able— sent on request.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET. . NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage bulbs for delivery any time in the year.

Not How Cheap
But Bov Good

IN

IRIMS

followfng''"viu-ietieTvU?''"" '""'" "^ ^^'^'mi^»^My flu.. NKPHROLEHS iu tb^

CYRTOMIIM FALCATDM. Fine speci-
mens. (J-in. pots, 7.5c. each.

SMALL FERN.S FOR FERN PANS.
Assorted varieties. 214-in. pots, $3.50
per 100.

.\SPAR.\GUS PLUMOSUS NANUS.
Extra strong plants. 2H-in. pots,
•$■4.00 per 100.

.4SP.\RAGIIS SPKENGERI. Extra

Lenvy plants. 4-in. pots. ?10.00 per 100.

ELEGANTISSIMA.' 6-in. pots, 50e
each; 8-in., ,fl.00 each.

ELEGANTISSIMA COMIACTA AND

MAGNIFICA. SVi-ln. pots. iSc. each.
HARRISII. An improved fluted form

of Bostonieusis. S-in. pots, $1.00

each ; large specimens, $.3.00 each.
BOSTONIENSIS. 8-in. pots, $1.00 each.
%'IRIDISSIMA. 6-in. pots, 50c. each.

Of s^^Vpry;;;;:..:;";: T^i X.:^}^':^^i^\^%^^s^''''''''''"^- ^-^^'^
F. R. PIERSON CO., ■ Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

*^^ivt/yt0yyvtnfyyyyt0y»0yt0m0ttifi

SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.
Telephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT CRAIG GO.

ROSES, PALMS,

and Xi>\fltte»« in D^(■l^^!lti^ e riants,

MARKET and 49tfi STREEI3. PHILADEIPHIA, PA.

CYCLAMEN

Best strain in exittence.

* inch $36.00

5 inch 50.00

« Inch 75.00

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Sorine Shipments

Valley Pip». Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes.etc, from Oudenboscfi, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ™&i^l?''^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

THOMAS ROLAND,

Nahant, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS ANO

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St

Tcl. 2890 Bedford BROOKLYN N.Y.

FERNS FOR OISHES

Best Assorted Varieties, t^ In. pots.

tS.M per 100; $30.00 per 1000.

800 at thonsand rates.

CasA uilk or,ltr.

Frank OechslJn,»Ql'cVst, Chicago, III.

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the wholesale tradei
AZALEAS, FALM8, BHODODENDBONS
BATTREE8, R08BB, LILArg, HOLLAND
AND JAPAN BCLB8, LILT OF THB
VALLEY, ETC.

P. 0. Box 752 or 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Pahns, Ferns, DecoratJM and Foliage Plants

Ofllers taken uow for IMPORTED «2«IEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

PeflwB Street HiiRefits. eosllnilale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS "jTo-i'So!)'*-

WHITMANI COMPACTA (New, to tiike the
place of Whitmani. A better commercial fern—
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100: $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in; $6 per 100: $50 pec
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rates.

H.H.BARR0WS&S0N,Whitinan,M3SS.

February 1, 1913

HOETICULTUKE

141

Hamamelis vernalis

agrees with the Asiatic species and is in fact another
link between the floras of the two continents.

Hamamelis vernalis is perfectly hardy in the Arnold
Arboretum and has the distinction of being the first
woody plant of the year' to put forth flowers, preceding
its Japanese relatives in the matter by fully ten days.
The dwarf habit, early and free-flowering qualities and
the pleasing fragrance of the blossoms unite in making
this newcomer a welcome and valuable addition to our
list of hardy shrubs.

This new Hamamelis and the species from Japan and
China, (H. japonica, H. japonica var. arborea, and H.
mollis) deserve to l)c much more widely known and ex-
tensively cultivated. They are the first of shrubs to put
forth flowers, free flowering, perfectly hardy, and ex-
cellent subjects not only for planting in parks and gar-
dens generally, but especially for town gardens where
flowers produced in January, February and March are
[)articularly welcome.

Hamamelis vernalis
.V Nt'W ,\inerir:iu >\'itcli-H:izel.

This new and most interesting Ameracan shrub is now
flowering for the first time under cultivation in the
Arnold Arljoretum. The first blossoms were open on
January 15th, the earliness of the date of flowering
being probably due to the phenomenally mild winter
experienced to date in New England. The plants are
only about "^Vo ft. tall, and were received in October,
1908, and cannot be more than six years old. They are
quite bushy and the two-year-old wood is densely cov-
ered with flowers which have a delicate fragrance and are
rather smaller than those of the other species. The
inside of the calyx is wine-colored ; the narrow, strap-
shaped ])etals are erect-spreading, sonunvliat undulate
with the apex inflexed, usually yellow, often golden, and
in some flowers stained with wine color. The leaves re-
semble tliose of the common American Witch-Hazel,
except that they are more hairy and often somewhat
glaucesceut on the under surface.

This new Witch Hazel is native of Southern Missouri,
Arkansas and Louisiana, where, Prof. Sargent tells us,
"it grows in the gravelly beds and margins of streams,
forming great thickets. The habit is stoloniferous, and
the plants rarely exceed six feet in height."' That a
Hamamelis occurs in these regions has been known since
1845, when Engelmann collected specimens. It has been
frequently collected since that date, but it was not until
1911 that its distinctive characters were recognized and
it was described and figured as a new species by Prof.
Sargent in his Trees and Shrubs II, part 3, p. 137, tab.
156. It is distinguished from the common H. virgini-
ana, not only in the season of flowering but also by the '
habit, more persistently hairy branches and leaves, dif-
ferent fragrance of the flowers and the wine-colored
inner surface of the calvx. In this latter character it

-^ W \m JU^>-^

Massachusetts Boosters

Well ! well I It is high time. I was glad to see the
new move spoken of in your last. Massachusetts has
every advantage over California, which I look upon as a
humbug land. They have a fine climate, but who can
live on climate ? It has been boosted beyond reason. It
is the most jutiful and pathetic land I know of — mil-
lions of acres begging for water and can't get it. The
water supply is exhausted. Last spring hundreds of
thousands of oranges lay on the ground knocked off by
frosts. Apples are worth more than oranges. Grand
old ^Massachusetts is an apple state. You get as good
land there for $100 )ier acre as you ])ay one or two
thousand for in California. The good Lord attends to
the irrigation and don't charge a cent. Nebraska
orchardists are netting, cleai' of expense, -$185 per acre —
not a bad showing. They don't have to use smudge
pots ; they can sleep nights ; so with Massachusetts. Get
up a boom and you don't have to lie about it, as the 4000
real estate agents of Los Angeles are inclined to do.

(^SIt€t11vM^

Yod; Neb.

Our Cover Illustration

We present as a cover illustration this week a view of
the interior of the Nepenthes house at the Eoyal Gar-
dens, Kew, England. The genus Nepenthes comprises
upwards of fifty species, hybrids and varieties, most of
which are included in the Kew collection which is the
most complete in existence and the picture shows how
successfully these interesting plants are cultivated there.

The Nepenthes are all grown in baskets suspended
from the rafters and on the ground beneath them is a
miscellaneous collection of stove plants. Directly
behind the well-known Dracsena Godseffiana and pan-
danus which appear in the foreground may be seen two
plants of the curious "'cat's face flower" (Tacca cris-
tata). The conunon name of this plant refers to its
fancied resemblance when in bloom to tlie face of the
domestic cat.

142

HORTICULTUEE

February 1, 1913

Red Spider versus Damping Down

"Lay on, Macduff,
And damn'd be him that first cries 'Hold, enough.' "

Shakespeare.

The expected has happened. Since the publication
of my article on Bed Spider in Horticulture of Jan.
4th each successive copy has been scanned with trepida-
tion, fearing the coming onslaught. And when the
storm broke it came from an unexpected quarter ; my es-
teemed colleague George H. Penson has fallen foul of my
views. However, I trust that the knowledge that I have
entered the lists with such a doughty opponent will so
sharpen my wits as to enable me to refute his (for once),
fallacious reasoning.

It is a grand thing in a controversy if you can take
your opponent's argument and turn it against himself,
"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his
own petar." Let us carefully examine the instance
cited by Mr. Penson to prove that damping down is
efficacious in preventing the attack of red spider upon
plants. Here it is: In a house where more than half
the floor space was open water tanks and where (owing-
to evaporation from these tanks and possibly frequent
damping of walks, etc.) the atmosphere was probably
alwa^vs laden with moisture there was no spider for some
months until some was imported into the house on plants
of Clerodendron fallax, and before these had finished
flowering the- spider had spread to all the other plants in
the house. Mr. Penson here generously concedes that
moisture will not l-ill spider, but he asserts in a most
positive manner that it will prevent it. His theory ap-
pears to be, that, providing there is no spider in a given
house, then, moisture will prevent its appearance there
unless carried in on a plant or otherwise imported. I
will go farther than that for I will positively state that
if a house of plants be absolutely free from spider or
spiders' eggs, and be kept as dry as the sands of the
Sahara Desert there will never be one single spider in
that house, providing none are imported from without;
and every man who does not believe in spontaneous gen-
eration of life must support this statement. This being
conceded, let us ask what possible effect moisture can
have upon red spider. Mr. Penson says moisture will
not kill it. He cannot believe it prevents its breeding.
for did they not breed so rapidly in his house which was
always moist that they covered everything ? It certainly
doesn't seem to produce any disease amongst them, for
did they not thrive admirably? Nor can it be that the
environment was in anyway objectionable because they
multiplied and covered every plant. Moisture then ap-
pears only to have any effect on spider when the spider
is not present, a sort of distant treatment. Why did
they neglect to damp the house where the Clerodendrons
were previously growing? or was this a strain of spider
which had become immune to moisture? Mr. Penson
asks why the spider always starts or makes its first ap-
pearance on a peach tree right where the foliage touches
the pipes or hangs over a main and further says "Take
a bench of beans, the dryest end is sure to secure the lead
in the spider race." The answer is — Spider usually se-
cures a start in a house that has reasonably good care, in
those spots which are the most inaccessible to the hose or
syringe and where there is sufficient heat for its rapid
propagation ; and these conditions are generally found
at the back of a bench and near the heating pipe or in a
vinery or peach house at the bottom of the tree or vine

and near the heating pipes. As heated air has a greater
capacity for moisture, the chances are that there is a
greater amount of atmospheric moisture in these very
spots than in the other parts of the house. Pardon the
reiteration, but heat favoring rapid propagation, and
being out of convenient reach of water applied with
force, and with that correct upper cut, is the cause of
spider making its appearance in quantity, in those places
mentioned by Mr. Penson.

Educating a Gardener

Under the above heading Vernon T. Sherwood attacks
me for saying things in my article on "Neglected Op-
portunities" which I never said. He implies that I said
that it was necessary for a gardener to go to college,
but while I think it would be a splendid thing if every
gardener could take a college course as a part of his
training, I merely urged that the young gardener take
'advantage of every opportunity of improving his knowl-
edge, stating what I thought were some good reasons for
doing so. It is no "obsession or fetich" that the man
drawing the highest salary that I know of, in our pro-
fession, is a college graduate, and there are a lot more
holding some of the most desirable positions, to the credit
of themselves and the satisfaction of their employers.
Quoting Mr. Sherwood he says : — "To my mind the place
to learn estate management is on an estate, and a mo-
ment's reflection will so obviously convince anyone that
this not only applies to our profession, but also to rail-
roading, engineering, or any of the other higher call-
ings." If Mr. Sherwood instead of taking one moment's
reflection will "make it two," he will probably arrive at
the conclusion that he is dead wrong, and will be con-
vinced that the engineer who learns his profession by
working for the local city engineer has not one chance in
ten thousand with a graduate of, say the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, nor the doctor who acquires his
knowledge (were it possible) by working under some
other doctor, have any chance with a graduate of Johns
Hopkins University, or any other good medical college
and, without citing more instances, the same thing holds
good nearly everywhere. And Mr. Sherwood might have
taken two moments reflection on the man (or is it super-
man) who can tell whether a soil is good or otherwise
by "feel and look;" if he had he might not have had
quite so fine a contempt for the man who gives or gets
the analysis of a soil. I do not blame him a bit for his
admiration of the man who can tell the good from the
bad soils by "feel and look." Were it my good fortune
to meet such a man my admiration would be profound,
yea ! almost worship. However, it strikes me that the
touch which could discern a lack of lime in a sample of
soil would be of a most delicate order, and the X-ray
eye that would discover a deficiency of nitrogen in soil
would be a valuable accomplishment to its possessor.
"Look and touch" can only be a guide to a soil's physical
condition and is useless to determine its chemical con-
stituents. For that, we must turn to the man with a
knowledge of chemistry. And he is mostly a college
graduate.

Lenox, J/ass.

/^^<^.

/4*^

A CORRECTION— In Edwin Jenlvins' article on "Green-
house Heating," in our issue of January 25, the word
"maximum" was used instead of "optimum," through no
fault of Mr. Jenkins'. The "axiom" should read as follows:
Opiimum t einperatures should be maintained.

February 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

143

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

, CONDUCTED BY

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promtply aniwered
by Mr. Ruzlcka. Such commnnlcatlons shonld Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTDKE.

Mildew

With the prevailing warm, rainy weather, it requires
great skill and patience on the part of the grower to
keep this dreaded disease out of the greenhouses. Al-
though it can easily be killed, the plants themselves will
be a long time recovering from the attack and should
this happen to be a bad one it is doubtful whether the
plants would recover at all, but will continue to grow on
very feebly. Keep after the ventilators. See that you
do not water on rainy days, unless it is absolutely neces-
sary. Then be careful not to splash the water all over
the house. It is also important not to wet the bottom
foliage any more than is neces.'sary. All these little
tilings will do wonders in preventing mildew if they are
heeded and a little care used. Again we take the liberty
to endorse at least a pipe or two of steam in each house.
We prefer steam heated houses, as we find it much easier
to regulate tlie heat. It is an easy matter to tell the fire-
man to keep on so many pounds of steam, and then with
a good boiler and draught it is simple to keep a certain
amount of steam all the time.

A very little sulphur applied to the steam pipe here
and there will also help to keep this enemy out. Only
be careful not to use too much of it, as sulphur fumos
are a great enemy to plant life. Usually a little sulphui
applied about every twenty feet on the steam pipe (or on
two of th&m, should the house be over twenty feet wide.)
will be sufficient. You can watch the results and should
sulphur applied in this way seem to be too weak you can
easily increase the quantity, doing so a little at a time so
as to make sure not to have tjie fumes too strong.

The Young Stock

This weather, to say the least, is certainly not ideal
for propagating purposes. It is very difficult to keep
the necessary temperature in the sand without raising
the temperature above too high. With the rain and fog
it is not too good for the plants to ha.ve the ventilators
open too much. It is best to have the ventilators in the
propagating house cheese-clothed ; this will help to break
up the air currents a little. It is also a good plan to
stretch a little cheese-cloth across the bench every here
and there. Not over the cuttings, but up and down
from the roof of the house to the level of the bench.

Potting

Some of the earlier-made cuttings will soon be ready
for the pots. Be sure these are clean, and well crocked
as the young cuttings will want good drainage to make
any headway in the first pots. It is poor policy not to
insure good drainage, and then worry yourself half to
death about the plants not drying- out properly. Of
course black rot is likely to set in and once it does the
losses will be heavy. It does not take very many cut-
tings to lose a day's work and we all must realize that
every little waste means some profit gone. After pot-
ting the cuttings shade heavily — say two thicknesses of
paper, the first few days. After a while the shading
can be put on later in the morning and taken off earlier
in the afternoon until finally it can be left off altogether.
This should not be within at least ten or twelve days.

Do not shade the cuttings on cloudy or rainy days, as
this would not do them any good and would be likely to
do them harm.

The Soil

Be sure that the soil is not too wet, and that it is
finely screened and free from all lumps. A little bone-
meal can be added, but not too much, as the object of the
first potting should be to have the plant establish a nice
root system, after which it can be shifted to a larger pot
with more and richer soil. Then it can grow, as it cer-
tainly must if the surrounding conditions are favorable.
It is best to use only fine old compost for the soil, avoid-
ing all newly-made soil which is bound to have a little
fresh manure in it. Use only well-decayed manure if
you have to mix your soil just now. A least bit of soot
can be added without fear of harm. Do not add too
much of it though, or you may soon be wishing you had
not.

Benches With Deep Soil

Eight now. during this cloudy weather is the time that
will prove which is best for the plants — the deep soil or
the shallow. We are sure that those who took our advice
last summer and planted all their stock in shallow soil
will be well pleased now for their plants will dry out
much better than if they had planted in deep soil. We
always claim that more soil can always be added without
very much trouble, should it be necessary, but usually
when manure is always applied when it is needed no
more soil will be required than that which was put into
the benches originally.

Roses on Long Island

No doubt if some one had told me that roses, old
plants, planted on the 16th of December would grow to
perfection, I would have mentioned something about
Missouri, or "show me." Yet that is the case. These
roses — Killarneys and Radiance — have twenty-inch stems
with well formed buds. Melody does very well free from
mildew. We thinlc Long Island is the coming green-
house country and we hope to see other fiowers besides
carnations, growing in quantities. All roses do exceed-
ingly well outside, and one time I had pleasure to see
some extra fine Beauties, right near the sea shore too.

These were in greenhouses, however, where it was
claimed roses positively would not grow. Here at least
•'The Man Behind" got the credit.

Fish Scrap Fertilizer

We do not know as it is anything new, but where it
can be had it is certainly worth trying. There are
several different brands, and we would not advise any-
one to apply much of it to the benches without first ex-
perimenting and carefully noting results. It is best to
know what you are about before using any kind of prep-
aration. We have used it in the greenhouses with good
results, applying it the same as we would apply bone-
meal, and then watering it into the benches. The only
objection to using it is the smell all over the place. But
this is nothing if it brings results, as the ventilators can
be used a little more freely and it soon goes away.

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Propagating Grape Vines

No time is better suited for propagating grape vines
than the present. They have been rooted in January
but it was not advantageous in any way. While rooting
is comparatively easy at all times, February and March
seem to inspire a natural instinct to root and grow. The
grape vine has an ambition to be self-supporting in every
branch, inasmuch as whenever the least iri'eg-ularity oc-
curs from the main feeding source they at once set out
to make roots from all "quarters." These aerial or
adventitious roots as they are known, are formed on the
hard wood on any portion of the main stem or spurs.
If these were left undisturbed, under natural conditions
they would in time reach the soil and assist in support-
ing the vine. This is only an instance of how the vine
seems ever ready to make roots. When growing under
glass any quantity of these should be regarded as a
warning of something wrong down below, for sure it
is a bad sign.

Thinking of the vine in a wild state as being not
strong enough to support itself individually as the
stronger trees do, brings one's mind to picture portions
rent from their accustomed place, — once supported by an
arm of strength or gently swaying branch, now dashed to
the ground, perhaps the greater portion of life's sus-
tenance cut away. What do we find under such circum-
stances of partial support ? A gradual decay ? Xo —
more roots. At the point where the vine comes in eon-
tact with the soil there it will root, which in some degree
is equivalent to layering. Notice, both modes of natural
root production are from the hard wood. It is not an
impossibility to root cuttings from the young growths
but the percentage would be very small indeed.

Vines can be propagated from seeds; new varieties
are raised in this way but othei^ise seeds are not used,
the usual methods adopted being by cuttings, layers or
eyes. Cuttings is the method generally used for propa-
gating outside varieties of grape vines in quantity.
Shoots are taken at pruning time about a foot long with
a "heel" — that is a portion of the preceding year's wood
at the base — and inserted in a bed prepared for them,
allowing the two top eyes only to grow.

Layering in a crude way has been mentioned but it is
very useful in propagating our own vines and also hardy
varieties. The latter are easily brought into rontaet
with the soil, but under glass it is not so easy. Probably
a growth would have to be grown expressly for it or in
the case of an ordinary lateral a pot or pan can be sus-
pended underneath and kept properly moist. Cut away
a little of the underneath wood, preferably near a joint
and peg the growth down into the soil. When rooted
gradually sever it from the parent.

The usual method adopted for propagating vines un-
der glass is from "eyes" taken from last season's laterals.
Select good plump eyes on well ripened wood. Cut them
away singly leaving-three-fourths of an inch of wood on
each side. Make this cut obliquely from the underneath
side of the eye to the top ; this gives more rooting sur-
face than a right-angled cut and is enough in itself to
root from, but a slight abrasion of the bark underneath
the eye will give additional rooting surface. Peg the

eyes down firmly into 4-inch pots filled with nice open
compost. Plunge the pots to the rim in a bottom heat
of 70 degrees, keeping the top temperature 55 to 60.
Water tlie eyes in and spray tlieiu (i\ei- (u-f<isii)nally until
growth commences. Eyes should root in three weeks if
they are right, when they must be taken out of the bot-
tom heat. Give them a little air as the first leaf ex-
pands, increasing it as growth increases. When the 4s
are filled out with roots pot them on into 6s.

Complete Winter Work

Finish up all top dressing, etc., in the late houses with-
out delay. Eoots will soon be moving in the latest
bouses. In addition to this tlie next eight or ten weeks
will be crowded with work of all descriptions which will
not wait, so get all in hand that you can by doing up all
that remains of tlie winter work right away.

Disbudding Peach and Nectarine Trees Growing in Pots

Peach and nectarine, trees growing in puts or tubs
having a bush or pyramid shape require quite as much
attention to disbudding as their companions trained on
the trellis. Little tying is done to these trees to make
them shapely, so it devolves on the selection of suitable
l)uds so situated that when gniwtJi finishes at tlie en(l
of the year the tree will be evenly balanced. The ad-
vantage of this will be readily seen, not only in handling
and staging but the fruit will be more uniform, in shape
and size. A one-sided tree cannot lie turned around
after being once located with others. It is a liig hel]}
to the fruit to turn the trees around occasionally so that
they all get the same amount of sun and air. Keep the
(•enter of the tree open always, leaving only enough buds
SI) tliat all tlie ensuing growths get full Ijenefit from the
light. Let those that remain on the outside have a defi-
nite part in keeping the tree in good shape. Encourage
growths near the base as these are frequently being
broken. The trees should be gone over at least three
times, removing a portion of the superfluous growths
each time.

Ventilation

The present and the two succeeding months are very
erratic, making airing a matter of great importance.
.Ml kinds of weather are liable to be experienced and it
takes a wide-awake eye to detect the sudden changes and
he ready for them before they are upon us. See that the
liouses do not run up in a morning before a little aii- is
put on. Sudden changes in the atmosphere outside and
the direction of the wind must be noted at ouee and the
houses shifted over, reduced or closed down as the tem-
])erature calls for. After a spell of dull weather the
first day's bright stmshine will often "'try'" the tender
foliage of a vine or peach — particularly fhe former, in
which case do not rush a whole lot of air on; the prob-
ability is that this would distress the weak foliage even
more. Rather strike the happy medium and keep the
floor moist. Avoid cold draughts or mildew will be
your Pom])anion for sure.

Stop the hot water boilers with the herald of a bright
day, unless it is freezing sharp. It takes time for hot
water pipes to cool, and if the fire is kept going right up
to the time they ean be dispensed with, they will remain

February 1, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

145

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

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Care of Sweet Peas

Sweet peas will now welcome some liquid mauure as a
stimulant — either l-ow or sheep manure; a bushel of the
former or a peck and half of the latter to about 50 gal-
Ions of water. Start by using once a week and in two
or three weeks you can give them some twice a week as
the roots will become more active. The beds can also
have a light mulch of either cow or sheep manure mixed
with an equal amount of soil and spread on about half
an inch thick of the cow manure and about half that
quantity when using sheep manure, followed with an-
other application in about three or four weeks and so on.
Keep the soil at an uniform degree of moisture at the
roots and preserve a genial moisture in the atmosphere,
but always give plenty of ventilation whenevei- pos-
sible without causing cold draughts. Keep them as
near 50 degrees at night as you can, with a rise of about
15 degrees during bright days.

Cinerarias

To bring these in for Easter they will likely want a
temperature of from 48 to 50 degrees at night with
about 70 degrees on all bright days. During dark or
dtill weather let them run up to 55 degrees. Always
remember never to force these plants as then they will
prove a sure failure. Give them a bench well up to the
glass to keep fhem from drawing. They should be gone
over every week or ten days and spaced so they will have
plenty of room. Cinerarias are air-loving plants so
give them ventilation at every opportunity as the weather
will permit. Keep a watch as to watering as the roots
should never be allowed to become dry. Give them ma-
nure water once or twice a week and keep it up until the
flower trusses begin to show color, which will improve
the plants both in substance and color of foliage and
bloom. To keep them free of aphis they should have
frequent but mild fumigation.

Ficus

Xow is a good time to repot any of these plants that
may need it. When repotting these plants pick away as
much of the old soil as you can get without injury to
the roots. For a suitable compost mix fibrous loam
three parts, well rotten cow manure one part, with a
sprinkle of bone meal, and pot them firm. It is well to
think of increasing stock now as the right conditions of
heat and moisture can be maintained. A very good way
to propagate ficus is to insert two or three joints in a
two-inch pot of sand and loam mixed in equal parts and
tie up the leaves so as to stand them close together.

Mr. FnrrcU's next notes will be on the following::

These pots can be plunged in a warm propagating bed
which can be covered with a frame to keep a humid at-
mosphere, and with a bottom heat of from 80 to 85
degrees they will root very nicely. They can also be
mossed and by keeping the plants rather dry at the roots
and the fop where the moss is constantly moist, they will
make roots into the moss in about five or six weeks, when
they can be cut off and potted up.

Gardenias

Gardenias that were rooted in December and early
January will make the best stock for planting out during
May and June. These plants will need plenty of atten-
tion right along as they never should be allowed to re-
ceive a check in any part of their growth. Keep well np
to the glass where the temperature runs from 65 to 68
degrees at night and in bright weather they can run up
to 80 degrees. Ventilate at every possible chance, but in
such a way as to avoid chilling draughts. The best
compost for this young stock is a very turfy loam that
has the fibrous parts broken into small pieces, with one-
fourth of well rotten cow manure and some sand. Wlien
potting see that you pot each and every plant firm. Keep
the atmosphere moist by damping down the walk two or
three times a day and give them a good syringing on all
bright days.

Lobelia Kathleen Mallard

This lobelia is very serviceable and the most reliable
of all the lobelias to grow. Where you have stock plants
give them every care and attention from this out. Place
them well up to the glass where they can have plenty of
light and they will soon respond. With about 50 degrees
at night they will soon give you plenty of fine cuttings
which will propagate very rapidly. The best way is to
grow them on in flats as they spread over the soil emit-
ting roots from nearly every shoot, and can be divided
up and potted, making fine stock by next May. If you
have none of this lobelia you should procure some imme-
diately as you will find them very useful.
Pansies

Pansies from seed sown aiiout the first of Decem-
Ijer in flats and kept in a cool house will now be ready
to be transplanted into other flats and grown on until
about the first of March when they can be transplanted
again and can be planted out into frames about the mid-
dle of April where they will give a good account of them-
selves. Where you have failed to sow there is plenty of
time yet to make a sowing which will produce nice plants
by late spring.

ChryKMntliemnms: Easter Lilies: Palms: Orchids; Seeds to Be Sown: Secure
E:istcr Stock Now.

hot for some hours longer. Stop the fires early and
allow the pipes to cnol off gradually as the sun increases,
which is far better than stopping the pipes right off in
any one or several of the houses. Likewise open tliem
up at once when a ^torm is sighted.

Globe Artichokes

Make provision for filling any "gaps" that may occur
through the winter months by sowing now. At the time
of writing we are experiencing summer-like weather

which, I am afraid, will be disastrous to globe artichokes

and subjects of a similar constitution. There is time
yet to see the thermometer go away below zero. What
chance have sensitive roots against such conditions? It
is a well-known fact that bees winter much better
through a good cold winter than a mild one. Many
plants are the same way. Give the seedlings a tempera-
ture of 55 F. If potted on into sixes good stock will be
ready for planting out and in some localities small
heads can be gathered from these before fall.

1*6 HORTICULTURE February l, 1913

HC^RTTIC^T J¥ ^T¥ JR IT. ^^^^^ ^ master hand is gTiiding all the manoeuvres and if

" things don't go like well-oiled clock-work next August

VW,. XVII FEBRUARY 1 1913 iwi~5 ^^ ^^^^ °°* ^® *^^ ^^"'*^ °* *^^*^ tireless, broad-gauge

i-Hj hustler, 8. A. F. Vice-President Wirth. His abilities

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY <T'e of a high exccutive order as has been well-proven on

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. many former occasions when they were called into

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. action. He works himself and makes a most inspiring

Telephone, Oxford 293. leader.

WM. J. STEWAKT, Editor and Manager. r\ j- i i •

■ Uur reading columns begin to give evi-

Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office Useful Aenno fliot u-li^r, ^n y^r-r.r>^ia^A ^„- «^„,1„,

at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. w^c.ui cience tnat Wlien we promised OUr readers

COTWrinwrg " discussion some spirited handling of some very live

COVER ILLUSTRATION-The Nepenthes House at^^^^ x , ■ . *°'"'i ^^ ^ ""'"^^ °^ ^^' accession of Mr.

Royal Gardens, Kew. Jenkins to our staff of regular writers we knew whereof

Mi^irc^^^lJr^rB^^rsTini'-c''T^^^^^^ III "^^P«^«- Di--sion by observant and experienced men

OUR COVER ILLUSTRATION 141 ('^ matters of fundamental concern to every grower of

RED SPIDER VERSUS DAMPING DOWN— EDUCA- plants for any purpose is a kind of literature which

RO^SE^^R^otv^lSr^^ND^Et^-^GrAt^^-MiicIew-The ''' LT'of inc'abnS '"t ^ ''h '°"° T^ '^^^1 7'

Young Stock-Potting-The Soil-Benches with ,/ of^'^'^^l'-^l^'jle value to tlie protession and the

Deep Soil— Roses on Long Island— Fish Scrap Fer- trade, bo we welcome these communications from the

tilizer— Ar^ftwr C. Ruzicka 143 bright men who have convictions and are not afraid to

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS-Propa- give expression to them. Controversy for the sake of

lTaL,%T.. V:r^e^tZF:X:::ToZlT^!s eontrovLy we have no room for bul on question: of

— Ventilation— Globe Artichokes— George H. Penson. 144 methods and pertinent practical philosophy our columns

NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— Care are open to all those who are equipped with a practical

of Sweet Peas— Cinerarias- Ficus — Gardenias — Lo- knowledge of what they are talking about

belia Kathleen Mallard— Pansles—/o?in J. M. Farrell 145 ^ '

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR— G. c. Wo^son 147 The weather is a weather-beaten sub-

BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. AfZseii 147 A sum me rv n-r.^f v^^ t j ■ -i. i! x,

CATTLEYA MOSSIAE ALFRED DIMMOCK-iilus- summery ject. Excuse us for dragging it forth,

trated I47 January But with dandelion blossoms spandins

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: „^„„ 1 ,, ■ ,

American Association of Nurserymen-Indiana Meet- „ , , . . , ^^^^"^ ^^"^"^ "^ ^^^ anniversary of

ings— Nebraska Horticultural Society — Newport Hor- Burns trigid and blusterino- l)irthday we may perhaps

^clnn/ptT' f ^ a"^'^- ,;^i • ■•■ V • • ;;■ WA ^"^ '^'^ pardoned for trespassing this once. ' Mr. Wilson gives

Society of American Florists- Minneapolis Conven- ,,0 ;», fi,,-^ ,•„„„ j-i, c 4. j i^, -^^i. »» noun gives

tion Preparations 149 ^^ ^^ ^his issue the first news and the first description

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— Horticul- °^ ^^^ ^^^^ bloomer of the year among our hardy shrubs

tural Society of New York— Club and Society Notes. 152 — blooming now for the first time in cultivation at the

^^^^„T^^^^f--CheKP.Seed Packets the Other Side, Arnold Arboretum. If the present saluluious temner-

C. E. fiTendei- American Seed Trade Association— atnrp<: =l-,n„lrl «^„+,-v,„^ ,>, i, 1 -<^iui iiuus leiiii ei

Notes 154 2ture» sliould continue much longer, there will be other

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORIS'TS: precocious bloomings which will mean serious conse-

The Gould Wedding Decorations— Steamer Depar- quences to the flower garden and the orchard We have

pTowers • by ' Telegraph-llst.- " Louis " Reiailers-New ''' LZhtS'l^Sant^rv^onve^r''"" f '"^^ .5"' '''"

Flower Stores I57 templated a January convention as of yore, this year,

DURING RECESS— New York and New Jersey Plant "^^^*^ would have been no dandelions or budding shrubs.

Growers— Cook County Bowling— Notes 159 As a breeder of zero blizzards the Carnation Convention

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: was a howling success every time!
Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New

York 161 Whenever undertaking to comment

Philadelphia, St. Louis 163 Rmwinn anw -x- ■ ,

OBITUARY-Bunzo Suziki. portraii-Lydia cV Cona^d ^ "P°^ O'' '^"ti"^^ °^e or another of the

—Mrs. Huss— F. A. Friedley— Christian Soltau— Mrs. gravitating various movements now agitatino- the

Anna J. Badgley— James McLaughlin 169 fl^ricf ^„^o„,.„ ;i fi, j ° ^

MISCELLANEOUS: horist, nursery, seed or other depart-

A Bedding Plant Query I47 ments of horticultural activity we should all keep it in

CaTalo^ues ° ReSt"' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! l ' ! J^I T"" '\ Y 17 '^'"^ '" ^°™'°S ""^'^'^^ -'I --^

Chicago Notes— Boston's New Flower Market 158 "^^^ mistake o± basing our estimates of these things in the

Dracaena Massangeana— Illustrated 158 abstract rather than upon their relationship to the gen-

News Notes. . 158-159-169 eral process of horticultural development in this country

fnBl?ru"tcy-\ncorporated-Publications Received ^, e^xSieSs'Sr'^'f "' I^S'"^'^' ^^^^^'^T ''f^'

Personal 163 expedients, experiments and theories— all are but fac-

"Jim" Shea in Rhyme 169 *°rS' small or great, contributing to the gradual devel-

Boston Park and Recreation Appointments 169 opment of American horticulture It is onlv within a

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated-Fires 170 few years that we have come to fully realize our inter-

7~~~~~7T;~. Tr~, 7- dependence and the great advantages of cohesion and

Minneapolis It^V^^e "^^^ f^mg that we pause for unity. Back of all our detached, sometimes narrow,

looms UP t t f"'" "f^.^^^^V^^f ™- <]nd often conflicting or ill-advised efforts, each aimin<^

looms up mg the approaching National Flower for some particular^ideal, a vital force is busy and a^

r. . uT , ^^"^ *"''•' °<?*''^f °* ^^^^ °*''^^ tliese endeavors gradually merge together we shall event

more distant but also important S. A. F. event— the ually see our Americin bortfp,,lW Icl \-

fniX'^l" ^""^^^"fT-- \^*^''1 information regard- highest" o^r trnrthewS^LS^^^^ P^^^th

ng the advance work being down locally, m addition to meantime let us practice patience and fo Sance and

the general story which we present in this issue, shows give evervone a chance to be heard ^°"'^«i^«^^e and

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Out of the Ginger Jar.

The editor of this paper evidently
thinks himself a very superior person.
He suppresses all the finest thought!
we send in to him. Why? We don't
know. Only, we gather from his edi-
torials, that he thinks his cue is: —
the benediction: — "Be quiet, my chil-
dren; God bless you!" But there's
nothing in that.

The Jenkins lad who writes for this
paper has the style about him, all
right! We'd like to meet him. We
guess we'd never get to bed. We'd
convoy each other to the top of tlie
hill — and then back again — half a
dozen times! before the moon sunk
behind Ben Lomond. But, as a starter
to our better acquaintance, let me
ask him what he knows about "tree
vaccination." Is that proposition an
"axiom" or "a fallacy?" And who can
tell us where is the "Royal Nursery
of England? ■ There is a party round
here near Philadelphia who has been
calling Prof. Surface in question and
who writes to the daily papers saying
that vaccination for trees is all right
and signs himself a graduate of "The
Royal Nursery of jEngland." Have
heard of Kew and Chiswick, but the
R. N. E. — let's hear about that. Is
there any such institution of learning?

CATTLEYA MOSSI/E ALFRED DIMMOCK.

Definition of a diplomat: "A man
who belongs to a royal family and
when he's wrong he's right." This is
from Tommy of the Bellevue-Strat-
ford. Tommy meets all the multi-mil-
lionaires and takes care of their crea-
ture comforts — and gathers wisdom,
incidentally, as well as tips. So he
must be right even if he is wrong. Ed.
Lonsdale's idea of a diplomat, as I re-
member it, was "the lad who could be
on both sides of the fence at once."
Gurney Hill's idea of a diplomat would
be, I think: I'm your friend; now tell
me all about it." Modest John Bur-
ton's idea of a diplomat would be, I
fancy: "Well now, I don't know any-
thing about that proposition; of course
you know more about it than I do. '
P. Welch's idea of a diplomat would
probably be: "My dear sir! You've
got to consult the authorities on a
thing like that; this thing is not as
simple as it looks!" But wouldn't it
make an interesting chapter if all the
moguls from Pat O'Mara down were to
honestly, tell us their definition of a
diplomat. I'm going to offer a valuable
prize for the man whose definition I
think is best and I buy the dinner to
the winner. In case any one may
doubt the genuineness of this offer, I
wish to announce now, that I think
Tommy gets it. But we'll see.

GEORGE C. WATSON.

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BRITISH HORTICULTURE.
The National Rose Society.
A satisfactory record of progress was
presented at the annual meeting of
the National Rose Society in London.
The total number of members is 5504,
this being a net increase of 379 over
last year, and of 3020 since 1907. The
financial position is equally encourag-
ing. An excellent programme has
been arranged for 1913. For the first
time a spring show is to be held In
London on May 1st. This will enable
the members to have an opportunity of

Our illustration depicts a very
charming variety of the old favorite
C. Mossiae. The flowers are large and
of remarkable texture and having that
desirable attribute ot a good cattleya
— a broad expanded and distinctively
colored lip. The variety is said to
have originated from a cross of C.
aurea with C. Lawrenceana at the or-
chid conservatories of Clement Moore,
Hackensack, N. J. The flower shows
the influence of C. Lawrenceana in the

form and color of the labellum; the
sepals and petals are golden yellow,
with a beautiful flushing of crimson-
purple. As a hybrid, this cattleya is
extremely interesting and valuable
from the fact that under normal con-
ditions the two parents flower at wide-
ly different periods of the year— one
being a spring bloomer and the other
an autumn bloomer. The group of
plants shown In the picture was ex-
hibited by Sir Geo. Holford at the In-
ternational Horticultural Exhibition.

seeing the best type of roses for forc-
ing. C. E. Shea was elected president
for two years and E. Mawley was
agaii. installed as honorary secretary,
his services being fittingly recognized.
Some Other Societies.

The Perpetual Flowering Carnation
Society has held its annual meeting at
which the following oflBcers were elect-
ed: President, Lord Howard de Wal-
den; chairman ot committee, J. S.
Brunton; vice-chairman, W. B. Wal-
lace; treasurer, L. J. Cook; secretary,
T. A. Weston. Arrangements are be-
ing made for a spring show to be held
in Leamington, Warwickshire.

The members of the National Hardy
Plant Society, at their annual meeting,
decided to co-operate in a primula con-
ference to be held in April. A show
will be held by the society in June.

G. Gordon has been elected presi-
dent, J. Green, treasurer, and J. B.
Riding, secretary, of the National
Dahlia Society. W. H. ADSETT.

Some advertisements are as valu-
able as the best reading matter, full
of sound practical advice. Read "Why
Failures Result" on page 168, and, in-
cidentally, put the advice into practice
and see how it proves.

A BEDDING PLANT QUERY.

Will some ot your readers please in-
form me as to whether or not there
is any definite rule or way to ascer-
tain the number of plants required to
fill flower beds of given sizes and
shapes such as stars, oval, diamond-
shaped beds, etc. SUBSCRIBER.

There can be no hard and fast rule
as to the- number of plants in a bed
as circumstances of size, location, soil,
etc.. all count. A fair spacing for ger-
aniums would be from 9 to 12 Inches
apart each way; Madame Salleroi
would be set closer, of course. Can-
nas. on the other hand, should have,
at least. 15 to 18 inches space each
way and the larger growing ones will
require more. Salvias should have 15
inches, coleus 9 inches, French mari-
golds 9 inches, zinnias and African
marigolds 12 inches, Centaurea candld-
issima and Cineraria maritima 9 to 10
inches, alternantheras. golden feather
lobelias and other small edging materi-
al about 4 Inches and heliotrope 10 or
12 inches according to whether soil is
light or heavy. The foregoing are sim-
ply suggestive. A knowledge of the
probable spread of a plant during a
season's growth will enable the plant-
er to use proper judgment.

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HOETICULTURE

February 1, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR-
SERYMEN.

Nurserymen are beginning to in-
quire regarding the arrangements for
the convention of this Association,
which is to be held in Portland, Ore.,
June 18th, 19th and 20th next.

The selection of date was left to
the Executive Committee by the last
convention, and the National Nursery-
man says they have "exercised good
judgment in deciding upon those
dates, as that will be immediately fol-
lowing the great rose festival" to be
held in Portland. Then, too, there will
be a large gathering of Pacific Coast
nurserymen, which will afford a splen-
did opportunity for a genuine "getting
together" of the members of the craft.

J. B. Pilkington, the generalissimo of
arrangements, and myself have been
in frequent communication for the past
few weeks and matters are shaping
nicely, thanks to the popularity and
enthusiasm of the general. In all
probability the magnificent new Hotel
Oregon will be chosen as headquar-
ters. It possesses a palatial audito-
rium for meetings and ample space
for exhibits, both of which will be
furnished by the management with-
out expense. Hotel rates will be rea-
sonable, varying from $1.50 to $3.00,
one or two persons, without bath; with
bath, from $2.00 to $6.00; numerous
elegant suites composed of private
parlor, private dining-room, and one,
two or three sleeping chambers, with
private bath, at rates furnished by the
management on application.

The famous Oregon cherries will be
ripe at the time of meeting and an
ample supply of this luscious fruit
will be at the disposal of members.
Pilkington says, "there are two bites
to an Oregon cherry," and he knows.

Members of the American Associa-
tion should now decide upon their
plans for attending this notable con-
vention. It is up to all those who
live east of the Rockies to assist in
making the event one never to be for-
gotten; the Pacific Coast men may cer-
tainly be depended on to do their part
to make it so.

The Trans-continental Passenger As-
sociation has published its schedule of
rates and will issue summer tourist
tickets from Chicago to Portland, re-
turning by same or any other direct
route, for $75.00. The Trunk Line
Passenger Association announces "spe-
cial occasion fares" within its terri-
tory, and it will be possible to buy a
ticket in New York City to Portland
and return for $111.30. The rate from
Rochester will be $96.30. The Trans-
continental Association has been asked
to include our members in the "special
excursion" class, and this request has
been referred to interested lines for
their decision. If granted, the rate
from Chicago will be $7.50 less.

President Meehan has appointed
Marsden G. Pox of Rochester, N. Y.,
to rally the eastern men on the sub-
ject of special cars, and that gentle-
man at once inaugurated a vigorous
canvass, the results of which are quite
gratifying up-to-date. He is hoping
that members in the middle, southern
and southwestern states will arrange

to connect at Chicago so that all can
cross the continent together.

Members will do well to send in
their membership fee early to the sec-
retary, and those who use the Badge
Book should get their copy in as soon
as possible. Those who can do so now
are asked to advise the secretary of
their intention to go to Portland.

The secretary will be pleased to an-
swer any questions and furnish such
information as he can if members will
address him 204 Granite Building,
Rochester, N. Y.

JOHN HALL, Secretary.

INDIANA MEETINGS.

Indiana florists have had two meet-
ings close together — one at Columbia
City and the other at Indianapolis. A
committee has been appointed to ar-
range for joint meetings hereafter.

The Northern Indiana Florists' As-
sociation met in regular session at the
New Clugston Hotel, Columbia City,
January 13. The morning was spent
in visiting the greenhouses and ar-
ranging exhibits. Dinner was served
at 12.30, after which the regular
business session was held. President
J. D. Conner, Jr., presiding. A paper
was read by Christ Winterich, Defiance,
O., on cyclamens and it was received
with much favorable comment. There
was a fine exhibition, comprising the
following:

Christ Wintericli, Deflanee, O. — Display
of cyclamens; very fine; also some flve-
inoli primulas.

Harry Wliite, Nortli Manchester. — Four
inch cj'clamens and ferns.

Wagoner Floral Co.. Columbia City.—
Caruutioiis and Kride roses.

W. Frank &: Son. Portland. — Killarney
roses and carnations, also a white and a
darlv red seedling; favoraljle mention as
coming carnations for commercial pur-
poses.

Chicago Carnation Co.. Chicago. — Vase of
their new red carnation. The Herald ;
flowers good and stem very strong.

Johnson Floral Co.. Kendallville. — Glad-
iolus bull>s and Draeena indivisa.

Wm. Terrell & Son, Bloomfleld.— White
Enchantress.

Ml. fiilead Pottery Co., Mt. Gilead, 0.—
Sample pots.

A. L. Randall Co., Chicago. — Florists'
supplies.

A. A. Arnold, Chicago. — Cut flower
boxes.

Simon Hunfeld. Muncie. — New mole trap
which the committee pronounced "very
good."

The Indiana State Florists' Associa-
tion elected the following officers at
their meeting January 14: W. W.
Coles, Kokomo, president; John Hartje,
Indianapolis, first vice-president; J. V.
Vesey, Fort Wayne, second vice-presi-
dent; O. E. Steinkamp, Indianapolis,
secretary; H. L. Wiegand, Indianapo-
lis, treasurer.

There was an extensive display of
new carnations, including Merry-Go-
Round from Stuart & Haugh, Commo-
dore from E. G. Hill Co., St. Nicholas
and Radiance from Baur & Stein-
kamp. Wm. Eccles from Scott Bros.,
The Herald from Chicago Carnation
Co., a set of splendid promising seed-
lings under number from F. Dorner &
Sons, Salmon Beauty from Traendly &
Schenck; also Rose Queen sweet pea
from the last named and standard va-
rieties of carnations from several lo-
cal growers.

NEBRASKA HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.

The forty-fourth annual meeting of
the Nebraska Horticultural Society
has just closed. It was by far the best
meeting ever held. The attendance
was large and there was the greatest
enthusiasm as if they met to celebrate
a great victory. We have attended
many annual state meetings, but never
saw any where such a display of fruit
as was gathered here. There were
1500 bushels on tables in boxes and
barrels. The boxes were packed in
the most artistic style — showing the
rich fruit in the most attractive man-
ner. In color they varied from deep
green up to the darkest red of the
Arkansas Black. Our growers have
stolen the methods of the western
packers and make their fruit as at-
tractive as possible in boxes. The old
style of packing in barrels, with a
layer or two in the bottom and an-
other on top and worthless culls in
the center, has gone out. and the new
style based on strict honesty has tak-
en its place. Every layer in the box
must show the same and so dealers
and purchasers know what they are
getting. The large collection sold
readily to dealers who soon distributed
them to eager purchasers. The Ne-
braska apple is famed for its luscious
flavor, which far transcends that of
the Washington or Oregon apple. The
papers read were mostly on the apple.
They were of high order and the dis-
cussions showed the result of years of
careful experiments. Quite a number
of visitors from neighboring states
were present who added much to the
interest of the meeting.

York. Nebr. C. S. HARRISON.

NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.

A business and social meeting of
this Society was held on the evening
of January 28th and was well attended
by the members and their families.
The business session was mostly de-
voted to accepting offers of prizes for
the show which is to be held under
the auspices of the "Newport Garden
Association," and this Society on June
25th and 26th. This show will be held
on the grounds of "Harbor Court," the
estate of Mrs. John Nicholas Brown
and promises to be a very interesting
event as a very attractive premium
list has already been settled on and is
being printed. A second addition to
the schedule will be necessary for
later offers of premiums.

Following the business part of the
meeting Harry A. Bunyard of New
York gave a very instructive lecture
on the big International Flower Show
which was held at London last year
and which he visited. His talk was il-
lustrated with many stereopticon
views of the -show, which gave a very
clear idea of the high quality of the
exhibits, and made an impression on
some of the members that is likely to
result in some worthy imitations of
the Loudon exhibits being seen at the
coming Newport show. At the close
of the lecture Mr. Bunyard was given
a rising vote of thanks; then songs
and refreshments kept all in good hu-
mor till a late how J. R.

February 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

149

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — President. J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar, Boston, Mass.; vice-president,
Tlieodore Wirth, Minneapolis. Minn. ;
secretary, Jobn Young, 54 W. 2Stli St.,
New York; treasurer, W. F. Kasting,
Buffalo, N. Y. Next convention, Minne-
apolis, Minu.. Aug. 19-22, 1913.

For Full Information, Schedules,
Space for Trade Exhibition, etc., write
to John Young, Secretary and Man-
ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West
28th Street, New York City.

President Parquhar has appointed
on the Tariff and Legislative Commit-
tee: Patrick Welch. Boston. Mass.;
Patrick O'Mara. New York City;
James McHutchison. New York City;
J. Charles McCulIough, Cincinnati, O. ;
Philip Breitmeyer. Detroit, Mich.;
Wm. F. Gude, Washington, D. C.

JOHN YOUNG, Secretary.

MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION PREP-
ARATIONS.

Local affairs of the Society of Amer-
ican Florists and Ornamental Horticul-
turists' convention to be held in August
next, this city, are to be conducted
under the name of the Convention As-
sociation of Minneapolis, acting under
the auspices of the Minneapolis Flor-
ists' Club and The Minnesota State
Florists' Association.

A full list of committees has been
appointed and pamphlet of general
plans adopted by the local Executive
Committee. All arrangements are
made that can be done until the Ex-
ecutive Board of the Society of Ameri-
can Florists and Ornamental Horticul-
turists are here next month. After
their final actions other matters will
be taken in hand.

It is the plan of the trade here to
make this convention one that will
go down in the annals of the Society
of American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists' conventions, as one
beneficial to the exhibitor, overcoming
the financial burden on the local trade
and entertaining the visiting trade in
a creditable way.

Mr. Theodore Wirth, chairman of
the local Executive Committee, and
vice-president of the Society of Ameri-
can Florists and Ornamental Horticul-
turists has been working along these
lines that will give all concerned that
which the convention was intended
for, "Advancement of the trade." with-
out undo expenditure of money.

A hearty welcome is extended to
the trade to be sure and make ar-
rangements early so that presence will
be seen with us at this twenty-ninth
annual convention of the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists.

The local Executive Committee is
composed of Theodore Wirth. chair-
man; W. D. Desmond, Hugh Will, C.
N. Ruedlinger and C. F. Rice, secre-

NO merchant carries last year styles, and you would
not care for old styles ; therefore, your customers
demand new varieties of Carnations of the "Better
Kind," and it is up to you to furnish them with up-to-
date novelties such as our New Scarlet Carnation

THE HERALD

Besides, this is a money proposition : The Herald will
produce at least one-third more blooms than any other
scarlet ; early, free and continuous bloomer ; stem long
and always stiff ; flowers large, full and of a clear even
shade of scarlet ; calyx absolutely non-bursting, making
it the highest type of a commercial carnation and one of
greatest value to you. All cuttings strong and well rooted.

Order now.

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MARCH 1st DELIVERY

Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar.
Yours for the asking.

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CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000
Wodenethe, Jl.OO per iloz...$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; r,ady Bount-
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Princess Charmlns 3.00 25.00

Winsor 3.50 20.00

Plants from 2-inch pots, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

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Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
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CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
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CARNATIONS

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tary. The various sub-committees are
as follows:

Finance; J. S. Mitcliell. chairman, and
.seven members.

Kntertainnient : Hugh Will, chairman,
and forty-two members.

Reception : W. H. Bofferdinsr, chairman,
and nineteen members.

Information : Oust Malmquist, chair-
man, and four members.

Souvenir Album: J. A. Ridgway, chair-
man, and six members.

Press: C. F. Rich, chairman, and
seven members.

Sports: C. N. Ruedlinger, chairman, and
eight members.

Transportation: G. A. Will, chairman,
and eight members.

Hotel and Depot: W. D. Desmond,
chairman, and six members.

Badge and Tickets : Hans Rosacker,
chairman, and five members.

Decoration : R. A. Latham, chairman,
and eleven members.

Ladies' Reception : llrs. Theo. Wirth,
chairman, and twenty-nine members.

St. Paul: O. J. Olson, chairman, and
five members.

University: Prof. Leroy Cady.

The chairmen of all the foregoing
sub-committees have power to add to
their number as desired, from amongst
members of the Minneapolis Florists'
Club and the Minnesota State Florists'
Association and the chairman of the
Executive Committee is a member ex-
offlcio of all.

CAL. F. RICE, Secretary.

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February 1, 191»

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The Killarney's lileaclied almost white; American Beauty, struck with black spot; Maryland gone to sleep; Radiance

resembling a brush heap witti blind wood; — Wliat is the profitable Rose to grow?

Again, we say — come and see "Mrs. Geo. Shawyer," growing. No going to sleep with this variety and the color holds as

true as steel, beautiful Rose pink.

We are still in a position to quote "Shawyer" and "Milady," at J30.00 per hundred; ?250.00 per thousand.

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CARNATIONS

J J NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE : The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY: Two fine sports from Enchantress. $12.00 per hundred;

$100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J.

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February 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

The Latest Irish and English Hybrid-Tea
Roses of Prominent Specialists

ALEXANDER DICKSON & SONS' INTRODUCTIONS.

C. W. Cowan. Large, warm carmine cerise.

Duchess of Sutherland. A delicate warm rose-pink.

George Dickson. Diclison's Gold Medal crimson.

Verna JIackay. Ver.v free bright lemon.

Mrs. Frank Bray. Rich deep coppery-ecru, an improved

Mme. Ravary.
Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. Large satiny creamy-white.

HUGH DICKSON'S INTRODUCTIONS.

King George V. Rich blackish crimson.

Mrs. Sam Ross. Pale straw, with chamois shading.

McGREDY & SON'S INTRODUCTIONS.
British Qaeen, McGfedy's great white Gold Medal va-

riety.
Earl of Oosford.
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mauve.
Mrs. Moir MacKean

A splendid d:irk crimson.
Rowe. Distinct bright Sweet Pea

A perfect bright carmine-crimson

WM. PAUL * SONS' INTRODUCTIONS.
Mrs. Charles Hunter. A pleasing large rose color.
Nerlssa. An immense creamy-yellow.
Ophelia. Perfect shaped salmon-flesh shaded rose.

For full descriptions see our Garden Book for 191:;.
We will furnish the above varieties to the trade in strong
imported budded plants, at ?2.00 each; $20.00 per dozen,
or the collection of 1.5 varieties, one of each for $2.5.00.

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February 1, 1913

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB OF BOSTON.

The following committees for 1913
have been appointed by President Ken-
nedy: Exhibits, William Sim (chair-
man), C. Holbrow, Wm. Patterson, T.
H. Westwood, H. M. Robinson, Alex.
McKay, Eber Holmes, John Campbell,
W. O. Niclterson, A. K. Rogers, Joshua
Lawsen, Chas. Sander, K. Finlayson,
W. H. Elliott, J. Van Leuwen, A. P.
Calder, Sr., Henry Penn, Geo. M. An-
derson and Donald McKenzie; Enter-
tainment, P. J. Turley (chairman),
John Reid, J. W. Hamer, G. W. Butter-
worth, A. G. Sawyer, Geo. H. Noyes,
Peter McManus, J. M. Brickley, Frank
Murray, W. E. Fischer, W. A. Hast-
ings.

February 18 will be "Carnation
Night" at the club, with short papers
by special noted experts. Numerous ex-
hibits of novelties and standard vari-
eties will be staged. It will also be
"Application Night" and a big addition
of new members is promised. Presi-
dent Kennedy will make an address
which will contain many new sugges-
tions. The National Flower Show and
other matters will also come up for
discussion. W. N. CRAIG, Sec.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
NEW YORK.

The fall exhibition of this society
will be held from October 31st to No-
vember 4th, inclusive, at the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History. The
announcement is made thus early so
that other societies may avoid, as far
as possible, conflicting with this date.

A special feature of this exhibition
will be a silver cup, valued at $100.00,
offered by the Society for twelve vases
of chrysanthemums, in twelve vari-
eties, three blooms of each, stems 18
Inches long. It is expected that this
will result in keen competition. An-
nouncement is made at this early date
so that ample time may be given for
preparation. The exhibition commit-
tee is now at work on a schedule
which will be issued early in the
spring. GEORGE V. NASH, Sec.

The Syracuse Rose Society has
elected a delegation of six members to
attend the meeting of the Federation
of Florists' Clubs which is to be held
at Ithaca, New York, on Feb. 12th.

The Western Dahlia & Gladiolus As-
sociation will hold its annual meeting
and bulb show in Chicago on Febru-
ary 7 and 8, at 66 E. Randolph St. The
program includes a number of inter-
esting essays.

The New Bedford (Mass.) Horticul-
tural Society will hold a banquet in
the Parker House on Thursday eve-
ning, Feb. 6. The speakers will be
John K. M. L. Parquhar, president of
the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-
ety, and David F. Roy of Marion.

President E. G. Hill of the Florists'
Hail Association has appointed Mr.
J. F. Ammann of Edwardsville. 111.,
vice-president of the Florists' Hail As-
sociation, to fill the unexpired term
caused by the death of Mr. John T.
Temple.

The schedule of prizes tor the exhi-

Why Failures Result

The following- is an abstract from a communication received :

* ' / would like you to advise me how much Aphine lo use The reason I mal^e

this inquiry of you direct is, I used Aphine In my house {for green aphis) in a mixture of
one teaspoontul* to each quart of water without success .... This is the way Aphine Was
used by party giving me information ....

(*DlRECTlONS. — Si-\ teaspoonsful.)

Had the inquirer followed directions, instead of accepting: advice of the
friend, his results would have been different

In this instance Aphine was not condemned, but information sought of
the manufacturer and advice griven in reply — carefully follow directions
— then your results will be satisfactory.

How many, failing to get satisfactory results from a product after using
according to some one's suggestions not following directions, have con-
demned that product ; whereas, investigation may have turned failure
into success for you ?

*'THE WISE MAN SEEKETH KNOWLEDGE"

For full information see advertisement, page 168.

Special prices on quantity to commercial growers.

bitlon of Forced Gladiolus Blooms to
be held in connection with the Nation-
al Flower Show of the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists at New York has been
issued by the American Gladiolus So-
ciety. Copies can be had on applica-
tion to the secretary, L. Merton Gage,
South Natick, Mass. Gladiolus Day
will be April 8.

Special prizes from members of tlie
Newport summer colony will be a fea-
ture of the joint flower show of the
Newport Horticultural Society and the
Garden Association at Newport in
June.

The Horticultural Society is made up
for the most part of gardeners of the
summer residents, while the Garden
Association is an exclusive summer
colony organization, inaugurated last
year for the purpose of urging the
beautifying of the summer estates.

Those that have already offered
prizes are Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster,
Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman, Mrs. Arnold
Hague, Mrs. William Grosvenor, Mrs.
George L. Rives, Mrs. I. Townsend
Burden, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs.
Frederick Pearson.

The seventh annual banquet of the
Nassau County Horticultural Society
was held at the Oriental Hotel, Glen
Cove, N. Y., January 23. About 100
well-known men were present at the
gathering, including representatives
of various horticultural societies of
New York State and New Jersey as
well as of Long Island. Arthur Her-
rington of Madison, N. J., acted as
toastmaster and introduced the first
speaker, W. H. Siebrecht, president of
the New York Florists' Club. Mr. Sie-
brecht spoke on the National Flower
Show and urged the Glen Cove So-
ciety to use its efforts to aid in the
success of the exhibition. E. J. Brown,
president of the Nassau County Horti-
cultural Society, presented to John F.
Johnson, who has just retired as presi-
dent, a token of esteem from the So-
ciety. Mr. Johnson accepted with a
few words of appreciation.

NEW GLADIOLI REGISTERED.

Public notice Is hereby given that
the following named varieties of glad-
ioli have been registered by the No-

menclature Committee of the Ameri-
can Gladiolus Society for the origina-
tor John Lewis Childs, Plowerfield,
N. Y.:

Fireflare. — Bright, soft salmon-rose, with
Ijeautifully marked and rayed center.
Flowers large, perfect and of great sub-
stance. Spikes stout, compact and perfect
in form.

Fireking. — Long graceful spikes showing
lialf a dozen immense blooms open at the
same time. Color intense Are scarlet.
-More brilliant than Breuchleyensis, Cardi-
nal, Mrs. Francis King or any other
variety. It Is perfectly grand, and will be-
come the leading cut-flower variety of its
color.

Mrs. F. M. Lupton.— A distinct light
rose, equal to Panama or America. Large,
wide-spreading flower and long perfect
spike.

Uareray. — Large, wide-spreading flower
of a rare bright lilac-pink, with carmine
flaked throat. It is a very rare and most
beautiful and desirable shade of color.

Shedowa.— Soft, delicate pink flower, ex-
quisitely marked and mottled in center.
Enormous spike and large, wide-spreading
flower of perfect form.

Southampton. — An immense spike of
large flowers. Color a soft orange-rose,
sometimes slightly flaked. White bars
and light yellow throat. This is quite a
distinct and most pleasing color, and a
splendid flower In every way.

All of the above are of Chlldsll typa

Star or Wonder Blackberry

A wonder indeed! in growth, in ex-
cellence, in productiveness. Berries
large and luscious, l)ear3 in clusters
like a grape for two months. A single
plant has yielded over two bnshels In
a year. Headquarters for St. Regis
Everbearing, the best red Raspberry,
and Caco by far the choicest of all
hardy Grapes. A full assortment of
Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries,
Grapes, Currants and Gooseberries;
Garden Roots, Hardy Per-
ennial Plants, Shrubs and
Vines. Evergreen and Shade
Trees, Roses, Hedge Plants,
'tc. Illustrated descriptive
catalog replete with cul-
tural instrnction.«i. free to
everybody. Established 187.S;
200 acres; quality unsur-
passed ; prices low.

|0\ LT I ,

1 T.LOVETT.Boi 153, Little Silver, R. I.

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STANDARD CUT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box «e.

HAMMONTON, N. J.

February 1, 1913

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Boddington's Quality Cannas

Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give absolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 5% if cash accompanies the order.

RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOUAGE CANNAS

Per 1000
$17.50
15.00
35.00
30.00
25.00
1T.50
25.00
17.50
.35.00
25.00
20.00
17.50
25.00
17.50
25.00

PerlOO

l.oaisiaiia, 7 ft $2.00

A. Bouvier, 5 ft 1.75

Alice Roosevelt, 4 ft 3.75

Beaute Poitevine, 3V4 ft 3.50

Black Prince, 3 to 4 ft.
Charles Henderson, 4 ft.

2.75
2.00
Crimson Bedder, 3 ft 2.75

ft.

2.00
3.75

Dnke of Marlborough, -iV-

J. D. Sisele, 5 ft

Explorateur Crampbel, 5V. ft 2.75

President Cleveland, 3 ft 2.25

President McKinley, 2V2 to 3 ft 2.00

President Meyer, 4 ft 2.75

Pillar of Fire, 6 or 7 ft 2.00

Tarrytown. 3% ft 2.75

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

L. Patry, 4% ft $2.00

Lonise. 5 ft 3.75

Mile. Berat, 4H ft 1.75

Venns, 3V2 ft 5..50

WHITE AND CREAM SHADES

PerlOO
Alsace, 3% ft $1.75

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

Alemannia, 4 to 5 ft $2.25

.Austria, 5 ft 1.75

Indiana. 3 to 4 ft 2.00

Italia, 4% ft 1.75

ORANGE SHADES

Per 100 Per 1000

Wyoming, 7 ft $2.00 $17.50

Pennsylvania, 5 ft 1,75 15.00

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft 1.75 15.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW

CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Per 1000

$17.50

35.00

15.00

50.00

Per 1000
$15.00

Per 1000

$20.00

15.00

17.50

15.00

nuke of York, 4 to 5 ft $5.50

Evolution 2.75

(iladiator. 4 ft 2.75

Gladioflora, 3V, ft 4.25

Golden King. 5 ft 2.75

.Jean Tissot. 5 ft 2.25

Niagara, 3 ft 2.75

Mad. Crozy. 5V2 ft 2.25

Queen Charlotte, 3% ft 3.75

Premier. 2»4 ft 2.75

Sonv. de A. Croiy, 4 ft 2.75

YELLOW SHADES

PerlOO

Florence Vanghan, 5 ft $2.00

Richard Wallace, 4% ft 2.25

BRONZE-LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Brandy wine, 4 to 5 ft $2.75 $25.00

David Ilaruni, 3^. ft 2.25 20.00

Egandale, 4 ft 2.00 17.50

King Humbert, 4 ft 5.00 45.00

Leonard Vaughan, 41,4 ft 4.25 40.00

.Musaefolia. 3 to 5 ft 2.00 17.50

Robusta, 6 to 8 ft 2.00 17.50

Shenandoah, 6 ft 2.00 17.50

$50.00
25.00
25.00
40.00
25.00
20.00
25.00
20.00
35.00
25.00
25.00

Per 1000

$17.50

20.00

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

Doz. 100 1000
One of the most brilliant scarlets, botli
the Individual flowers and the trusses
being of large size; bronze foliage.
4 ft. $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers in heavy, dense splices.
In color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 4% ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

FURST BISMARCK

Rich scarlet crimson ; of large size.
4 ft $0.60 $3.75 $35.00

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused with orange, base and
edge of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house in the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GRAND CHANCELLOR BULOW

Doz. 100

1000

Rich deep crimson scarlet overlaid with
maroon, very large spikes of good
sized flowers of good substance
thrown well above the foliage. 3 ft... $0.75 $5.B0 $50.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson scar-
let, often measuring 5 inches across,
of remarlsable substance, and are
produced In large trusses nearly a
foot across, 3% ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

PAPA NARDY

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4% ft $0.50 $3.75 $33.00

thousand rate; it is cheaper for you to buy a box of
250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here, it may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection Is left to us, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

n SFEDSMAN

m

All the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

Chicago and Western Agent* for Our Cannas ONLY;

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th SL, NEW YORK CITY

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February 1, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers— President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Moines. la. ; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Artliur B. Clarli.
Miltord, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

Cheap Seed Packets; the Other Side.

Before Mr. Watson is so sure that
Burpee's 2c. packages of seeds for
:school children will ruin the seed busi-
ness, he ought to find out whether
they contain 2c. worth or 5c. worth of
seed. And he ought to know also,
that the Home Gardening Association
here In Cleveland has annually sold
■over a half-million packets of seeds at
Ic. each for the last three or four
years, about half of which went to the
school children of this city, and our
business Is by no means ruined but
rather quite to the contrary. It is in-
finitely better for all concerned that
seeds be sold even at Ic. per packet
than that they be given away by the
Government. I take it that children
grow up and when they are old enough
to have a sizeable garden, they will
not be satisfied with penny packets
and will then patronize the seedsmen.
Give them a taste of the possibilities
of a back-yard and their hands will
itch for the hoe and rake with the
first warm days of spring. I say en-
courage and educate the child even
if it is necessary to sell him seeds at
a penny. It isn't necessary to give
him 5c. worth. A small quantity at
first makes him hungry for more later
on. I might add that the department
stores, at least in this city, have for
years sold seeds at a penny a packet.

Cleveland. O. C. E. KENDEL.

American Seed Trade Association.

A meeting of the Executive Commit-
tee was held at Detroit, Jan. 2l8t, at-
tended by President Chas. N. Page,
Secretary C. E. Kendel and Messrs.
Kirby B. White, Charles D. Boyles,
C. N. Keeney, and W. D. Ross of the
committee. A tentative program was
arranged and Cleveland, Ohio, was
chosen for the next convention city
with headquarters at the new Statler
Hotel. The date is set for June 24-26,
1913.

Notes.

Articles of incorporation of the
Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company have
been filed by A. J. and H. M. Pieters
of Hollister and L. W. Wheeler of San
Jose, Cal. The capital stock is placed
at $25,000.

H. Beaulieu of Woodhaven, N. Y.,
has moved his seed business to a
larger and more desirable store with
all improvements, close to the railroad
station, post office, etc.. to accomino-
date his business which is steadily
growing.

We understand that William P. Mac-
Kenzie of Westwood, N. J., has been
elected to fill the position of customs
examiner in the horticultural depart-
ment at the port of New York, made
vacant by the death of James B. Kidd.
The trade look forward to most amic-

HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES

For Staking Plants For Easter

UNPAINTED STAKES OR DOWELS

Length. Diam. 100 1000 Length. Diam. 100 1000

24 in 3-8 in $0.50 $4.00 42 in, 3-16 in. $0.75 $6.00

36 In. 3-16 in. .63 5.25 42 in. J"* jn -Ig g.OO

.36 in. 5-16 in. .65 5.25 42 m. 5-16 m. .75 6.00

36 in. 5-8 in. .85 8.00 42 in. 3-8 in. .75 6.00

36 in. 1-4 in. .85 5.25 42 in. 3-8 in. 1.00 9.00

36 in. 3-8 in. .65 5.23

The above dyed green. 10c. per 100 or 50c. per 1000 additional.

HYACINTH STAKES (Wood) DYED GREEN

100 1000 5000 100 1000 5000

12 in $0.15 $1.00 $4.25 18 in $0.20 $1.35 $6.23

CANE STAKES

100 500 1000 5000

Southern. Very long, selected quality $0.75 $2.73 $5.00 $23.75

Japanese. Very thin, about 6 ft. long 75 2.75 5.00 22.30

Japanese. Dyed green, 3% ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5.30

HEADQUARTERS FOR BlIEBS OF ALL, KINDS. WRITE FOR PRICES.
Our Xew Wholesale Price List for 1913, Free Upon Application.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY^^

518 Market Street,"^ E- W- Zf^.-'^ Philadelphia, Pa.

able relations with the new examiner,
who is already well known.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.
Peacock Dahlia Farms, Berlin, N. J.
—Wholesale Price List of "The
World's Best Dahlias."

F. W. Eberle, Albany, N. Y.— Seed
Annual 1913. A good practical cata-
logue well illustrated. Asters in colors
are used as cover attraction.

Thomas J. Grey Co., Boston, Mass. —
Annual Seed, Plant and Implement
Catalogue for 1913. An up-to-date and
practical publication. Hollyhocks
make an attractive garden picture on
front cover.

W. E. Dalwig, Milwaukee, Wis. — •
Catalogue of Seeds. A very creditable
publication, profusely illustrated and
covering thoroughly the field of seeds
and garden plants. A wholesale price-
list for market gardeners, of seeds in
bulk is also received.

Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.—
Chrysanthemums, Carnations and
Roses. A trade catalogue, including
besides the above specialties, Gladioli,
Hardy Asters, etc. The cover shows a
fine portrait in colors of Totty's ster-
ling rose novelty Mrs. George Shaw-
yer. The Wells-Pockett-Totty novel-
ties for 1913 are represented by some
beautiful half-tone pictures. Seeing
them means the determination to have
them at once.

The Maule Book, W. H. Maule,
Philadelphia.— A cheerful visitor al-
ways and one of the most entertaining
— there is so much Wm. Henry in it.
We have never yet seen a dull edition
during the thirty years it has come to
us. Wm. Henry has the rare gift of
being able to write just as he talks —
sincerity, pith and point in every page
— and there are 176 of them. We fear
however, that he has inherited from
his Scottish ancestors a vein of grim
humor, and that he is liable once In a
while to "put one over" on some of his
distinguished competitors, when he
talks to them down around the Union
League about the season's prospects
and so forth. You never know just
how to take these solemn Jokers.

LILY CANES

7 Jo 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER 1000 II

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St.^ New York

BEGONIAS

single separate colors and choice mixture,
40c per dozen; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture,
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 50c
per dozen; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. • CHICAGO

Phone Randolph 2511^

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Eltabluhed 1818
EB EHBt IVritf For Our Low Pri.es

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MP.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLUE LIST OF WnOLES.Ai:.E PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

GET IT FROM

Okl^oma Seed Growers Co.

1912 SURPLUS UST OF

Watermelon and MusJunelon Seeds

Enid - Oklahoma

February 1, 1913

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LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Fan|uhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

^ MY SPECIALTIES !

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Celery-
Golden Self-Blanching and Melsh's
Green — best celery on earth ; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beaulieu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to 99 per cent of marljet
gardeners on this continent; Romaine,
Endive, etc. Only the very best French
seed sold. I am established here over
20 yeiirs and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place. Woodhaven, Borough
of Queen's, N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing : Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per Oz.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 25c.

iSpeoial Mixture: Per Oz., 75c.; per
Tr. Pkt., 20c.

My new Florist Catalogue is now
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classifleation through Horticul-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Izngin, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

Place Your Order Now Par

AYRES" WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Deliverr

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

** Rtn^wtied Swtet PtA Specialist^'
■aaayslap* l«<MWi*i— ■ li«

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send n* your wanta. We will take care of
tbem. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

12tS Betz BIdg. Phlladelphhi.

BEGONIAS

YY/E have on hand a con-
siderable quantity of
Begonias, of the best qual-
ity. We will be pleased to
quote prices on application
that we are sure will in-
teiest you.

Our quality is standard
— the highest.

GLOXINIAS

If you need any Gloxin-
ias, Red, White, Blue,
Spotted or Mixed, drop us
a postal for quotation.

Have you a copy of our Florists'
Catalog ?

J. M. Thorburn & Co.

33 Barclay St., New York

For Early Sowing

Prue List Jor the Asktn%

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-2J5 W. M.duon St., CHICAGO

i. W. Edmundson. Mgr.

M. W. Willinns, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA

VICK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Indispensable for Commercial
Growers

Send for Copy Today

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH anfl
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also oOi«
Items of the sbort crop of thlB past Beaaon,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, wUl
be quoted yoD npon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YOfiK

and Orange, Conn.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip,
Radish, Beet. Etc.

?.Tte;S'"- MILFORD, CONN.

TOMATO SEED

BEST STOCKS. ALL V.4KIETIES.

The Haven Seed Co.

(irowers for Wholesale Trade Duly.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOB FLORISTS
.4sk for 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Boston, Mass.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH ) o,„„.„, ,„, „., xrade
and all Garden Seeds ) ^^ ^^ p^

LEONARD 33.

ONION SEED
ONION SETS

We are large growers of and dealers
In the best varieties and choicest
stocks. Let ns know your wants.

CO.

ONION SETS
Writ* for Prices

SCHILDER BROS.
CHILLIGOTHE, 0,

Growing ONION, LETTUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, Calif ornia

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February 1, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=SONS=-=

Cor. Miami and Gratiot Ave*.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

-W* cover mU Mlchlgran point* aad «ood

MOtlou o( Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Xmbms Florists' Tologrraph DtU-WTj

Assaclatlon.

NEW

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

m.

--^^^FLORIST

Tel. Murray Hill

1920

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -|

Tbe Largest Floral Establishment in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Michigan Ave. and 31st St.*

CHICAGO, ILL.

(M— li«r riortsts' TelOKraph I>*UT*rr As**.)
tr« ship t* all points la IIUboIs and lawa.

UdlRi B8t. tMbie 111. Mki 112.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Teleerapli Delivery.

All Ordirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, - - Mo.

will carefully exernte orders for Kp.nsas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest exit Hower store in America.
Orderw for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern pointH given prompt at-
teatien.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpcated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Teiegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

THE GOULD WEDDING DECORA-
TIONS.

The general story of the Gould wed-
ding has by this time become familiar
to everybody. However it may interest
our florist readers to learn a little
more about the floral decorative work
—what was used and how used. Alex-
ander McConnell, who, as stated in our
notes at the time, had the contract for
the work, has kindly supplied us with
a few notes on the subject which we
gladly pass along for the benefit of our
readers.

In the parlor, or "South Room,"
groups of tall palms were arranged to
form a bower, under which the cere-
mony was performed. Interspersed
through this bower were longiflorum
lilies in profusion. The effect was very
beautiful — together with the white
satin "priedieu" and rail and the wed-

STEAMER DEPARTURES f
Allan.

,^ Slcilliin, Boston-GLisgow Feb. 13

» American.

St. Louis. N. Y.-S'hiuupton.. .Feb. 8

Philadelp'a, N. Y.-S'hampton.Feb. 1.5

Atlantic Transpor-t.

Minneh.tha. N. Y. -London Feb. 8

Minnewasli.'i, N. Y'. -London.. .Feb. 15
Cunara.

Saxoni.i, Boston-Liverpool Feb. 4

Lusitania. N. Y.-LiverpooL . .Feb. 5

tlltonia, N. Y.-Mediter'n Feb. 12

Mauretania, N. Y.- Liverpool.. Feb. 12

Hamburg-American.
Pres. Lincoln. N. Y.-IIamb'g. .Feb. 6

Amerika, N. Y. -Hamburg Feb. 8

Holland-America.
Ryndam, N. Y. -Rotterdam... .Feb. 4
Potsdam, N. Y.-Rotti'rdam...Feb. 11

Leyland.
Bohemian. Boston-Liverpool. .Feb. 16

North German Lloyd.
Kronp. Cecllle, N. Y.- Bremen. Feb. 4

Barbarossa, N. Y. -Bremen Feb. 6

Seydlitz, N. Y. -Bremen Feb. 13

Red Star. W

Lapland, N. Y. -Antwerp Feb. 5 ft)

Kroonlaud, N, Y'. -Antwerp Feb. 12 SJ

White Star. K

Celtic. N. Y. -Liverpool Feb. 6 tj<

Arabic, Boston-Liverpool Feb. 11 »>

Oceanic, N. Y'. -Southampton.. Feb. 12 iK

ding aisle — which was formed of white
aisle posts (each post decorated with a
bunch of white roses and white ribbon)
and broad white satin ribbon.

Two broad mantels in this room were
banked and filled with lily of the val-
ley. Above these mantels, over mir-
rors there were arranged in loose,
graceful effect, American Beauty roses
in deep vases. The fireplaces were
banked with a fine variety of crotons.
This room was also decorated with
garlands of Asparagus plumosus, inter-
spersed with white roses, suspended in
the garlands.

At the south end of the residence is
the "Sun Parlor." This was deco-
rated with Alabama smilax and groups
of growing orchids, fastened to the
walls. The hall was arranged with
Asparagus plumosus and American
Beauty roses; the library with vases of
white roses and Alabama smilax. The
art gallery was also decorated with
large vases of American Beauty roses
and the music room with pink Killar-
ney roses and Alabama smilax. The
buffet table had high vases of white
roses and garlands of Farleyense fern,
interspersed with white roses.

ALEX. McCONNELL

S71 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telesrapliie orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by tbe trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash most accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, AMiaLCONNEIX.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of tlie country to

New York City
Or OUT-aOlNQ STEAMERS

\Vrile or telegraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

Itl Fiftll «)(., Gor. E SlUl SI

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & S Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prospect

Kftablished 1874

FLORIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Areoae, N. Y. Cilj

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspos
dencc in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntiss
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflot.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 SL, NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

76 MAIDEN LANE
A.I.BAIMY, N. Y.

FLOWEIt DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY

AND vicawrY

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVF.REU IN At.ltANY .\NH VICINITY
ON TKI.KtiUAfilK OKDKR

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Ollnton Avenue, N.

Raehaster Phone 5o«. Loag Dist. Bell Phoae stSi
Memberi Florist« Telegraph Delivery

LOUISVILLErKY^

JACOB SCHULZ,

550 South Fourth Ave.

-Member Flo^i'.(^• Tfle^rapli Delivery.

February 1, 1913

H 0 E T I C TJ L T U R E

157

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
' and all New EDslan<l points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' T«'leuraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tusiany Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

1EVORCBSTER,

MASS.

DeUveries to all Points in New Engrland.
1^35,000 square feet of glass.

WASHINGTON^

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stiock and Work First Class

F9IHC3E3I

ISI_>\IM^

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florigts. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JUUUS BPPSTEIN-

. PRANK H. FORRBST

M4 - M« Geary Street. SAN FKANOI8CO,
aad H*tel St. FranoU, CAI..

W* eoTcr th« entire Paclflc Coa«t and Weat
of the Bocklea. Wire ui Tonr order! for
■U Steamers •alllnt far Honolalu, Uanila
and the Orient, aegolar Trade DUconnt.

rlMWKK* BT TRUDORAPH

SAN FRANCISCO

OAXJrOKKIA

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telesraph order tpr
any occasion, In any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonge St.,

TOKONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL"

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON rj s Jl

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ■™

Of Interest to Retail
Rorists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Evres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosery, 76 Maiden
Lane.

Boston— Thos. F Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston — Julius A. Zlnn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert O. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O —J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1»43 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeycr'g Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves.

Detroit, Mich.— Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Louisville, Ky. — Jacob Schulz, 650 South
Fourth Ave

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 820 St
Catherine St., W.

New Y'ork — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — Y'oung & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Mndisnn Ave.

New York^Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence, R. L— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybcsset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 28
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

Toronto, Can.-

St.

H. Dunlop, 06 Yonge

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
.St.

Washington, D. C— P. H. Kramer, 816
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass. — Tallby.

Worcester. Mass. — H. F. A. Lange.

ST. LOUIS RETAILERS.

The Retail Florists Association of St.
Louis held its regular monthly meet-
ing on Monday night, Jan. 19th, at the
Washington Hotel. A committee was
appointed to confer with the mem-
ber of the Florist Club at its next
meeting, Theo. Miller started a dis-
cussion on Ideal Locations for Retail
Flower Stores which made things very
interesting for a while. The election
of officers resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, C. C. Sandere; vice-president,
Theo. Miller; secretary, Alex. Gera-
nlos; treasurer, Fred H. Weber: ser-
geant-at-arms, Max Herzog. The next
meeting of the association will take
place Feb. 16.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Bryn Mawr, Pa. — Mrs. A. H. Pike.

Chicago, ill. — John Welch, Robey
street and Leland avenue.

The Jamestown Floral Company of
Jamestown, N. D., have secured H, B.
Dahlberg as manager of their store in
that city.

/'*:

VALENTINE DAY NOVELTY

■\

Rice's Golden Arrows |

One week old — Thousands ♦

sold already. Painted in bright T

GOLD, dandy to use singly I

or in clusters of three on your T

Valentine Flower Boxes, Bas- J

kets, etc. y

&5.00 per 100, 7, 10 and 13 Inches lon|!. A

PARCEL POST WILL BRING THEM

TO roOR DOOR. I

M. RICE COMPANY

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LEADERS IN FLORISTS
SUPPLIES and RIBBONS

1220 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

./

BOSTON. MASS.

i'enn. The TeleKraith KloriwI"

.Member of Fbirists' Telej-Taph Delivery

37.43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for ilower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New Eng:land to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

OUDE eROS. CO
FLORISTS
,ai« F ST,N«

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists*
TeleKraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE i. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVELANft

Euclid Av«nii*

WELLESLEY COLLEaE

Daoa Hall, Walant HUI and Raduid^ Hall

School*. TAILBY, WeUMley, NhM*.

TaL WaBaalay 44-1 aad «. in«ht 44-t.

PROVIDENCE,

■ and all T.J. JOHNSTC

R. I.

Nmi Eifbnd Points

STON & ca.,

171 WeylKissat Stmt

158

HORTICULTURE

February 1, 1913

Cherry Sprays for the George Washington Festival

These are dainty green with bright red berries,
bunches. Inexpensive and charming. Add the fi

Bayersdorfer Two-Tone London Baskets

The Hit of the Season. Delicate pinlv. blue, lav-
ender, green, white, etc.; and in all sizes from the
small ones at little prices up to elaborate designs.
Crape Paper. Our green Waterproof, and new
Pleated, especially desirable.

Magnolia Leaves prepared, green, bronze and
red. Selected uniform stock; no culls.

H. BAYERSDORFER ca CO.

just the thing for baskets, boxes, bouquets or
nishing touch to the first-class florists' work.

Special Brive on Boston Straw Ribbon

This splendid and popular Ribbon at greatly re-
duced prices. Write us for special quotations.
We can highly recommend this and are offering
a genuine bargain. Do not miss this opportunity.

w:

H^- SEND FOR OUR SILENT SALESMAN

THE FLORWTs. SUPPLY ^^^^^ ^^ AMERICA

1129 ARCH STRE-ET,

FMII^ADE-LPHIA, PA.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Miss Corinne Pearson of A. L.
Vaughan & Co., is back after a siege
with bronchitis.

N. Wietor and Mrs. Wietor are at
Ocean Springs, Miss., enjoying their
winter vacation.

John Welch, who has greenhouses
at North Hoyne avenue, will open a
store at Robey street and Leland ave-
nue.

Miss Marion Garland, daughter of
Solomon Garland of Desplaines, began
her career as a florist today, selling
her father's stock in the Fairbank
Building.

There seems to be a difference of
opinion about the return of the former
occupants of the Flower Growers' Mar-
ket to their old quarter.s in the Fair-
bank Building.

The Foley Manufacturing Co. has
taken on new office help to handle the
correspondence and resultant orders
coming earlier than usual this year on
account of the open winter.

J. A. Budlong, whose name means
lily of the valley in Chicago, finds the
general lack of roses in short and me-
dium lengths to add favor to that al-
ready favorite flower. No matter how
large the cut, the demand equals it.

Two thousand roses will be among
the Easter stock of potted plants at
Ernest Oechslln's. They will include
several varieties especially adapted for
the season. Mr. Oechslin has entirely
recovered from the gun shot wound of
a few years ago.

A. T. Pyfer reports the sales of The
Herald carnation as very gratifying,
all the stock up to March 1st being
now booked. The Herald can be seen
any day at the salesrooms where It is
keeping up its reputation as a good
commercial variety by being shipped
to all parts of the country.

One of the large orders of the past
week was a decoration for a dance
given by Mrs. Harold McCormick to
the Grand Opera singers at the Con-
gress Hotel. It required 10,000 bul-
bous flowers. Another event at the
same place Is a reception also given
by Mrs. McCormick on the 31st. Both
were in charge of Henry Wittbold and
for the latter he has transformed the
gold room into an Italian garden with

DRAC/ENA MASSANGEANA.

Dracaena Massangiana

One of the most effective and desir-
able of the variegated decorative fo-
liage plants. It is a sport or form of
Dracaena fragrans having a lovely
golden variegation extending through
the center of the leaf. It is regarded as
preferable to its sister variety D. Lin-
deni which has the golden variegation

on the edge of the leaf principally, be-
ing less liable to suffer from exposure
or rough handling, the golden edge of
the latter being more tender than the
tough solid green border of Massan-
geana. Our picture shows one of the
houses full of this popular subject at
the Dreer plant range, Riverton, N. J.

a sky scene completely covering the
ceiling. Blooming plants, palms, wild
smilax and scenery painted for the oc-
casion will be required.

Visitor: Chas. Loechner, New York
City.

BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET.
The opening up of the new and
spacious headquarters of the Boston
Flower Exchange at Winthrop Square,
is scheduled to take place on Febru-
ary 15. There will be a grand recep-
tion, speeches by eminent men, colla-
tion, floral display, etc., all in keeping
with this event which promises to be
an epoch-maker in the development of
Boston's great flower industry.

NEWS NOTES.

Baltimore — J. D. Blackstone have
moved from their old store into a new
building at 421 N. Howard street,
where they have a larger show front.
Their window display is most unique.

Cincinnati, Ohio — Henry Nieporte,
of J. M. McCuUough Sons Co., and
Miss Julia Vogt were united in wed-
lock on Wednesday of this week.

Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Olinger's guest.
Miss Margaret Weiland, Mrs. Olinger's
sister, has returned to her home in
Rvanston, Ind.

Visitor: Julius Dillhof, of Schloss
Bros., New York.

February 1, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

159-

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

A sensational exhibit was brought
over from New York yesterday by S. S.
Pennock. We have seen many white
carnations but this one called "Match-
less" seems to be the real thing. This
is in store for 1914 — not sooner. But
look this up. Call and see it at Pen-
nock-Meehan Co.

A new flower store has been opened
at Bryn Mawr, Pa., by Mrs. A. H. Pike.
It is located at near the center of the
borough (Lancaster and Bryn Mawr
ave.) and is spacious and well-fitted
up. Besides the regular trade of a
populous and well-to-do community,
there is the Bryn Mawr College near-
by, also Rosemont and Villa Nova to
draw from; so that this venture ought
to prove a success. We welcome the
newcomer and wish her every success.
When Commodore Westcott and
John Burton and your scribe fore-
gather for a social chat, the talk is
genial and interesting — covering busi-
ness, the affairs of state, and harmless
personalities. All's well, for half an
hour, when in comes George Anderson.
After the usual compliments and other
persiflage, comes a remark about the
new 1913 gear in a bevel spiral for a
new valve stem in a differential and
what same could do in effecting a sav-
ing of sparks in the carburetter at
ninety miles an hour, etc., etc., — then
the war is on and the meeting is
busted, as far as the Commodore and
yours truly are concerned. Abas! the
auto wagon!

Visitors: Nels Nelsen and wife,
Tamaqua, Pa.; Wm. H. Potter, Wil-
mington, Del.; E. Howard Smith, Haz-
elton, Pa.; James Brown, Coatesville,
Pa.; A. B. Haven, Santa Ana, Cal;
Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; M. A. Pat-
ten, Tewksbury, Mass.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Joseph G. Leikens, a florist of No.
251 East 49th street, has filed a peti-
tion, with liabilities $3,026 and no as-
sets. He has a military uniform, bear-
skin shako, sword and side arms, val-
ued at $150, which are exempt. Among
the creditors are Elsie De Wolfe, who
obtained a judgment against him on
January 4th for $540, on which execu-
tion was issued, but nothing could be
found to levy upon, and Mrs. Elizabeth
W. Ellis, $930, on a note. Of the lia-
bilities $270 were contracted in New-
port, R. I., for storage of plants and
flowers and for water. — Xcic York
Press.

INCORPORATED.

Glenvlew, III. — American Horticul-
tural Company, capital stock increased
from $25,000 to $50,000.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Market Seed
Company; $10,000. J. S. Cannon, J. J.
Gallagher, E. Sldebottom, R. W. Allen,
G. H. Brooks, directors.

New York City — Flushing Rose Gar-
dens, 156 West 95 St.; $50,000 capital
stock. Incorporators, F. C. Kron-
meyer, H. B. MulUken, E. J. Moeller.

Zanesville, Ohio — The Imlay Co.,
capital stock $20,000. Incorporators—
John D. Imlay, Hugh Imlay, William
S. Imlay, Manning Imlay. The new
company will take over the florist busi-
ness of John D. Imlay.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, 112.50; No. 2, SS.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; N.. 5, &6.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

DURING RECESS.

New York and New Jersey Plant
Growers.

The annual banquet of this Associa-
tion was held at Martin's on Wednes-
day evening, January 29th. The sur-
roundings, decorations, etc.. were in
harmony with the occasion and every-
one of the one hundred present en-
Joyed himself — or herself, for about half
the participants belonged to the fair
sex. Speaking was limited to brief re-
marks by F. R. Pierson of Tarrytown;
J. K. M. L. Farquhar, president of the
S. A. F.; W. H. Siebrecht, president
of the New York Florists' Club, and
Thomas Roland of Nahant, Mass. The
keynote for all was the National
Flower Show and the duties and obli-
gations of the Association in connec-
tion with it. After the talking there
was a delightful vaudeville entertain-
ment and concert. The table was lav-
ishly strewn with cattleyas and on-
cidiums.

Scores of Cook Co. Bowling Leag

January 22, 1913.

ROSES. CARNATIONS

Ooeriscb. lit 162 143 Lorman, 1(V, 167

Koehler, 1S2 ms 16-.' I/herm'n, 131 177

Simon, 13.1 169 lis Villpr, 106 172

Byers, 1.^7 133 1S3 Avers. 160 177

Prire, 154 177 144 A. Zecli, 2115 147

ORCHIDS. VIOLETS.

Krans, 1.38 168 168 Huelmer, 100 120

Brostr'm. 203 175 192 .Tarnba, 140 1.54

Graff, 1711.58 168 Wolf, 167 179

Geo. E., 172 1.54 1.34 Scliultz, 151 ISJ

J. Zech, 150 164 164 Huelmer, 144 164

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147
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117
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172

129
153

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157

Notes.

The annual dinner of the Oyster Bay
Horticultural Society took place on
Wednesday evening, Jan. 29th.

The Greek-American Florists' Asso-
ciation will hold their sixth annual
ball at the Terrace Garden. New York
City, on Thursday evening. Feb. 20th.
The usual good time is in prospect.

The annual dinner of the North
Westchester Horticultural & Agricul-
tural Society was held at Mt. Kisco,
New York, on January 16th. C. H.
Totty of Madison. N. J., served as
toastmaster in his usual very accept-
able manner. Among the speakers
were many members of the New York
florist and seed trade.

Wllmette, III. — The Northwestern
Floral Co. Is dissolving partnership,
one partner buying the entire plant
and the other building a new range.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
The program of the Sixth Annual
Farmers' Week to be held at the New
York State College of Agriculture,
Ithaca, N. Y., February 10 to 15, 1913,
has come to hand. We would call at-
tention to the program of the New
York State Federation of Floral Clubs
to be held on Wednesday, February 12.

Friday, February 14, will be home gar-
dening aay. In connection with the
uitetiug of the Federation of Floral
Clubs, an exhibition will be held. It
is desired that all growers of new va-
rieties ol: carnations, roses and other
ttowers will bouu in exUiuits of their
stock for this show. From present in-
uications this will be one of the larg-
est of the mid-winter exhibitions and
it is uopeu mat all growers ot noveliies
will participate. It may be of inter-
est to some 01 our readers to also call
attention to the meeting of the New
York State Vegetable Growers' Associ-
ation, the program of which is also in-
cluded. Special mention should be
made of the horticultural banquet
Wednesday evening, and the address
by Dean L. H. Bailey to the Assembly
Thursday evening. Copies of the pro-
gram can be procured from Prof. A. C.
Beal, Dept. of Horticulture, Ithaca,
N. Y.

NEWS NOTES.

Topeka, Kansas — James Hayes, who
has been in business many years on
West 8th street, has moved to a new
location at 819 Kansas Ave.

Tarrytown, N. Y.— The F. R. Pier-
son Company have commenced the
erection of a new building, which will
be a model in the way of a modern
flower store. It will be completed
about July 1st.

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and Instantly ap-
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sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO. N. Y.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut ffowcrs you wish
to use the refrigerator: also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co.,

553 Lake Street. Kendallville, Ind.

Mention Horticuliure when you write.

160

HORTICULTUHE

February 1, 1913

HIGH°GRADE GARDENIAS

$3.00 and $4.00 DOZEN

You can always depend on our supply, and as to
quality, there are none better at any price.

BOUVARDIA, Pink and Red, per 100 $5.00

WHITE LILAC, the best, per bunch 1.25

PANSIES, all cheerful colors, 100 bunches 8.00

The Leo

Co,

■vmov.iE/sA.v.^ TUOVLlSnCS

N. ^W. Corner
12th and Race Sts.,

PHILADELPHIA

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I To Cut Flower Growers and |
i Retail Florists I

IF YOU

want to 6nd a market for yoar S
product S

want a regular or special supply S

of the product
growers

of the best =

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

= The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leadinc 3
S Concerns in the Wholesale Flower Trade 1

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THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE
BY THE

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Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. Insist on having: the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. Enilileiiis. etc. Always
iu Slock.

J

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CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

• MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B.HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Il!eJ.M.McCullougirsSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Specinl nltpntinn to shippiiiir orders. Job-
bers of Florists' .Suiiplies. Seeds aud Bulbs.
Price list ou applicatluu.
Phone Mill '!«4. SIR Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND ACDITOR
Simple methods of correct accounting
especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJCSTED

Merchants Bank Building

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Telaphm.. Mala H

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graonhouses, Morton GrovOp III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

ROSES

CINCINNATI

January 7

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . • . 40.00 to 50.00 I

'* " Extra 25.00 to 40.00 j

" " No. I 15.00 to 25.00 1

" " Lower Grades 8.00 to 10.00]

Killarney, Extra 8.00 to 10.00

" Ordinary 2.00 to 6.00

Richmond, Maryland, Extra 8.00 to 10.00

" '* Ordinary... 2,00 to 6.00

Bride, 'Maid 2.00 to 8.00

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra.. I to

" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade 3.00 to

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum ' 8.00

Callas , 8.00

Lily of the Valley. 3.00

Narcissus, Paper White 2.00

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths 2.00

Violets 50

Daises to

Mignonette ...- to

Sweet Peas 50 to i.oo

Gardenias to

Adiantum to 1.00

Smilax to 12.50

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (100) ■ 35.00 to 40.00
" " & Spren. (100 bchs.).. 20.00 to 35.00

DKTROIT

January 13

TRADB PRICES -Per 1 00

TO DEALERS ONLY

I pittVburqh

I January 20

BUFFALO

January 27

4.00
2.00 '

I

10.00

10.00

4.00

3.00

3.00
■75

30.00
20.00
10.00
6.00
8.00
4.00
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10.00
4.00

4.00
3-00

50,00

40.00

30.00
20.00
10.00
10.00

6.00
12.00

8.00

15.00
8.00

5.00
4.00

75-00
12.50

4.00
3.00
3.00

.50 to

4.00

1.00

20.00
20.00

3.00

-75
2.00
8.00
2.00
35.00
1.50
12.50
30.00
30.00

40.00

25.00

12.00

3.00

10.00

5-00

8.00

6.00

4.00

10.00

6 ..00

8.00

3.00

2.00

50.00

10.00

la.oo

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

-75

3.00

•75
40.00

•75

40.00
25.C0

50.00
30.00
15.00

6.00
15.00

7.00
10.00

7.00

8.00
15.00

8.00
12.00

4.00

3.00
75.00

I2.00
15.00
4.00
3.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
I.OO

5.00

I.oo

50.00

1.50

15.00
60.00
35-00

50.00
25.00

15.00

8.00
4.00
10.00
6.00

8.00
3.00
2-00

lO.O*

10.00

2.C«

3.00 to

.50 to
to

to

.50 to

1.00
12.00

40.CO to

60.00
40.00
20.00

10.00

6.00
la.oo
10.00

I2.0*
4.00
2.50
50,00
12.00
13. 00
4.00
3.00
4.0*

4.00
1.25

1.25

15.00
50.00
50.00

J.fl.BDOL©NG

82-84-86 E. Randolph St., Chicago

OUR STOCK IS Al AND IT IS QUALITY NOT
PRICES THAT TALKS

PETER REIIIBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET ■ - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■Wiholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants <

176 M. MICHIGAN AVE., i^^ri^El^^^R??}^"

CHICAGO

When Writins: to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICULTURE.

February 1, 1913

HORT 1 CULTU RE

161

Flower Market Reports

Business during the

BALTIMORE past week has been
somewhat dull, owing
to the warm weather. Incoming stock is
extremely heavy. Yellow tulips and
narcissus are good and in demand.
Roses are not holding up very well;
carnations are of good quality and
coming to the front. Harrisii lilies
are in good demand, but the supply is
moderate. Plenty of asparagus and a
fair demand.

Business here is fairly

BOSTON good, considering the
weather conditions which
have favored auto-riding and other
out-door pastimes in preference to
flower-decked indoor diversions. Roses
are not over-plentiful and prices are
holding well up to top-notch. Carna-
tions, on the other hand have weak-
ened decidedly and are still tending
downward. Bulbous flowers of all
kinds are coming in very freely but
are sold fairly well under the circum-
stances. Violets are receding more
and more. The singles are the only
saleable ones, nobody caring for the
doubles, once so popular. The quota-
tions on double run about half of what
is asked for single violets. Sweet peas
are still quite short of stem but are im-
proving. Cattleyas and gardenias are
decidedly weak, bringing quoted figures
with difiicultv. Quality good, general-
ly.

The market the past

BUFFALO week was such that one
day enough stock was
had to supply all, and the following
day everything was short, especially
on the line most needed. No complaint
can be made as to weather conditions
the past week, it being spring-like and
it certainly had a tendency to give
flower lovers spring fever, as daffo-
dils, tulips, freesia and other spring
stock cleaned up well. Good carna-
tions sold, though there was a super-
fluous number of ordinary reds and
Winsor. Roses are still on the short
side, especially beauties. There are
fine lilies and these have also shared
in demand. At the time of mailing
this, the weather is cold and stock on
the scarce side. Weddings are booked
for this week and all white stock will
have a good call. On McKinley's
birthday a little extra carnation busi-
ness is expected.

Mid-winter trade aver-

CHICAGO ages very fair one day
with another, a particu-
larly busy time followed by a day or
two of depression. This condition was
quite marked during the past week
when week-end business was extra
good and Monday and Tuesday were
very quiet. The only thing that marks
conditions as unusual is the continued
shortage of medium and short roses
this week reaching into the longer
grades for those who must have roses
had to pay the price and take the long
ones. Prices nearly or quite as high as
at Christmas prevail on roses. Carna-
tions are decidedly abundant and poor
grades are not selling. All kinds of
bulbous flowers are bringing fair re-
turns to the growers and the rose
shortage is to their advantage. Lily
of the valley is to be had in any quan-
tity but meets ready sale. Orchids are
^ quoted low and violets are not meet-
ing a strong demand. There are plen-

AGACIA

With Us beautiful long
spravs of soft yellow
flowers, and delicate
green foliage; artistic
and beautiful, attract-
ing the buyer looking
for something unusual.
Price $2.50 per bunch.

j^T GARDENIAS: ^^'.-I'lr^'^ii

*^^"^— — ' -^ As a Special, we will offer these in lots of fifty

or more, st^mie medium, some longer stems, all
good quality flowers, at $12.50 per 100.

♦^■^^■li'Sl -X ' OATTI CVAC* E>;tra $6.00 per doz. ; $35.00 per 100

UnilLCTHw. Medium 4.00 per doz. ; 20.00 per 100

UAIICV* Special $4.00 per 100

iflLLuI . Extra 3.00 per 100

n||ir*|>v nriP ■ ^^ I'ite. P'uk and lavender; good to medium stems,
xWrr I rrB\ S*''"- and 75c. per 100: some very choice long stems,

UIILLI I LRU . jioQ ppr joq

f RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Wbbons. Write us for

prices on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments can be sent l>y Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PennocK-Meehan Co.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON

1608-16-30 Ludlow St. Ill W. 28th St. 1216 H St., N. W.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^''^'^"^^-d^e\Ve"r"s«».lv

ROSES

BOSTON

January 30

ChlCAQO

January 27

ST. LOUIS

January 27

t>HlLA.

January 20

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.,..

" " Extra

No. I

*' *' Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Marj-land, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra.-
** " '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

*' Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum . . -

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Pinmosus, Strings (100). .
*' *' & Spren. (100 Bchs.)- •

60.00

40.00

10.00

3.00

6^00

2.00

6.00

2.00

2.00

6.00

2.00

4.00

2.00

1. 00

25.00

6.00

8.00

2.00

1.50

2.00

2.00

1.50

■35

1. 00

4.00

•35

8.00

1. 00

10.00

75-00
50.00
25.00

8.00
15.00

5.00
12.00

500

8.00

Z2.00

5.00

15.00

2.50

1.50

40.00

10.00

12.00

4.00

2.00

300

4.00

2.00

•75
2.00
8.00

•75
25.00
1.25
15.00
50.00
35-00

40.00
25 •oo
15.00
6.00
10.00

4.00

10.00
4.00

4.00
8.00

4.00

5.00

2.50

I -50

25.00
8.00
8.00
3.00
3.00

3.00

3.00

a^oo

.50

5.00

1. 00
20.00

I 00
10.00
40.00
25.00

50.00

40.00 '

25.00

10.00 !

15-00 i

8.0c !

15 -oo

8.00

6.00

10.00

6.00

12.00 .

4.00

2.00

50.00

I2.00
12.00
4.00
4.00

4.00 ;

4.00
4.00 I

•75

8.00

1.50

30.00

i.«S

15.00
60,00
50.00

30.00

20.00

10.00

5.00

8.00

4.00

8.00

4.00

5 00

8.00

5.0c

10.00

2.00

1. 00

40.00

12.00

10.00

2.00

2.00

3,00

1. 00

1. 00

4.00

.40

1. 00
12.00
35 -oo

2* .00

50.00
25.00
15.00

8.00
12.00

6.00
12.00

6.0D

6.00

15.00

6.00

15.00

3-00

1.50

50.00

15.00

12.00

4.00

3^oo

4.00

3,00

300

•75

6.00
•75

1.25
15.00
50.00
25.00

60.00

30.00

20.00

6.00

8.00

3-00

8.00

3-00

4.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

3.00

1.50

30.00

10.00

3.00

2.00
2.50
2.00
2.00

■25

1. 00

300

■50

10.00
1. 00

15.00

35.00 to

75.00
45-<»
25.00
12 .00
12.00
6.00

iS-<»
6.00
8.00

12. 00
6.00
I2.00
4.00
2.00
50.00
12.00
12.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

3-<*>

■75

2.00

5.00

1. 00

25.00

x-SO

20.00

50.00

50.00

ty of callas and an abundance of all
kinds of green.

McKinley Day passed with but little
recognition and no effort apparently
was made to keep alive what started
out to be one of the florists' special
days with plenty of sentiment behind
it. Not a window bore even a card to
remind the passers-by that Jan. 29th
was McKinley Day, and with the re-
tailer and wholesaler alike the observ-
ance of the day is apparently a thing
of the past.

Business is at best
CINCINNATI only fair. The mar-
ket has assumed a
much better appearance owing to a
considerable let-up in the supply,
which, however, has not tightened to
such an extent that there has been
an appreciable increase in prices. Ship-
ping business is very good. Roses of
all kinds clean up nicely. The demand
is especially strong for the colored va-

rieties. The supply of white roses is
relatively larger than the pink and
red. They are, however, taken up nice-
ly. Sweet peas follow right in the
footsteps of roses. All that arrive
sell and more might easily be used.
The call for lily of the valley is very
much better than it was a fortnight
ago and all receipts clean up well.
Carnations are still in heavy supply.
The pinks and red sell nicely while
the white move more slowly. Other
offerings include violets, orchids, gar-
denias, narcissus, jonquils, tulips, poin-
settias and freesia. Narcissus are a
glut while the others named find more
or less good market.

While not exactly
NEW YORK torpid, business in this
market seems to lack
the spirit which one would expect to
see a week preceding the Lenten quie-
tus. Again it is noticeable that the

(Continued on Page 163)

16-2

HORTICHLTUBB

February 1, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

riiE ROSES, ficr mmim

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone, 3gT0 or SS7I Madison Square.

H. E. FROIVIEN-r

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3200, 3801, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. J462 „^j,,„„ 5^^^^^ jyg^ Yqy^

Moore, Henfz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

55 and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

_ WM. P. FORI> —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli SUeet, NEW YORK

Call and inipect tbe Best Bstablisbmest
In tlie Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLE AND DOUBI^E

V I o l.e:ts

Carnations, Rotes, Valley, Orchids

at Gro-wers' MarKet Prices

B. S. 31 inn, Jr.

55 «* 57 AVest 2Gtl» St., New York

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut i:\er;,'r(M'ns, Mosses,

Southei-n Smilax, (iahix and 1.4 ucothoe.

Preserved an»I Fresh f'ut

(yeas and Palmetto.

t.. {'^ID Mad s, 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RSED (SL KELLER

r."2 West 35th St., New York

Florists' Supplies

We niannfactnre all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and :ire ilealers ia

Decorative Glassware. GrowerH and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn'^ Poremoet and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A Flrit Class Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

28 Wilioufhby it.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000.... $1.78. 60,000... $1.80. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

i». J. s:p^ia'n

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist l^'-R'iJ?fT*SI»J»e%"

A full Una of Choice Cut Flower Stocklor all purposes Tbe HOME OP THE ULY
by tlw 100, 1000 or 10,000

TBL. IW8 MADISON SQUARE 49 We«t 28th St., Ncw York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Comtniseion Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

r33 Wait 28th Street. H/ew York
Telephone — 35S7*-3&^ M«diaon Square

•-

Established I Mj^ £\ 1 1 E7* IVI ^'■" ^°'°<
1887 «^ ■ I^X. ■ ^^. m^ m^ ^^ I ^1 Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cat Flower Crnslirninents ^elicited.
A SQUARE DEAI.. PROMPT BBTCBN8. MONET ALWAYS BBABT.

<.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Open 6 A. M. dally. Telephone, 101 amd MSS M»4. 8<. ^

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST %/ A I I f V ALWAYS

If CR.\DE OF VML.I.C.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

S McMANUS, M»d"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

JAMES McMANUS,

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

ending Jan. 25
1912

First Half of WMk

begimikig Jan. 27

1912

American Beauty, Fancy and Special 60.1

" " Extra 40..

No.i

" ** Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

** Ordinary'

Richmond, Maryland. Extra

'■ " Ordinary.....

Bride. Maid

HUllngdon. Ward, Melody, Extra

" " " Ordinary

Talt. Sunburst 3

Carnations, Fancy Grade a.oo

" Ordinary j .00

20.00
4.00
5.00
2.00
8.00
2.00
2.00
6.00
2.00

to 100.00

to 50.00

to 30.00

to 10.00

to 8.00

to 4.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 6.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 12.00

to 3,00

to 2.00

6odOo

40.00

20.00

4.00

5.00
2.00

8.00

2. 00

a.oo
6.00
2.00
300
2.00
1. 00

to

to 100.00
SO/»
30.0a
10.00

8.00
4.00

10.00
4.00
6.00

10.00
4.00

X2.00
3-00
1.50

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Tei6phonee{}2JJMftdiaon Sqaar© CON8IQKMENT8 BOUCfTSD

Frank H. TrmeiMUr Chares SobanA 1 PQ A ^ |# ^ J 1 1 I ■ MK

TRAENOLY k SCHENCK ™E iSK "G

55-57 West 26th St.. NEW YORK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., N*w York

Telephooas : 79I aad 799 Madi^ea S^are

ComignBient* Solicited

OKMTRAIXT LOOATKB. THK MXm OF
THE FIXIWKB MARKKT SBCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 7CMIt Madlwop

T*l«plnne 3860 Madieon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28th Street NEW YORK

Shipments, any quantity, Whole,
sale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consigoiiients Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BHOAPWflY. DETROIT, MIUH.

HENRY M.HuBINSON.Pres. MAURICE L. GLASS. Trau
CHAS E.ROBI.N.SON.V-PrM. JOSEPH .M AR(;ol.I8, 8««'y

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
NA/Kioleaale F'lor-ls«s

Maurice L. Gktfs, M«aas«r
SS-S7 WEST 26U. ST. NEW YORK CTTY

Sfrctai Attention It Ikt SkififiHf TntJr

I

February 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

16a

BUY

ON

[FLOWERS J

% N. F. McCarthy & co., M

^ 112 Arch St., 31 Otis St. g

% BOSTON'S BEST V^
%" HOUSE M

Flower Market Reports

f continued from page ibr^

grade of goods most readily con-
sumed is not the very select
but rather the medium and the long-
stemmed rose drags away behind his
more diminutive brother in popularity.
This does not quite apply to the Ameri-
can Beauty for the so-called medium
grades of this favorite are at present
no good and of the long-stemmed
"specials" there are not enough to go
around and consequently they are
bringing a record price. With the ex-
ception of the Beauty no other flower
is doing any sprinting. Violets are
cheaper than ever before at this date;
carnations are at about half normal
price for the season; cattleyas are a
burden for those who have to carry
them and they can be had very low;
all bulbous stock is plentiful and in-
clined to accumulate. The retail peo-
ple are not complaining, as a rule.
They have little reason to complain
for the season has been on their side
most of the time and they are getting
their goods lower than ever before,
quality being considered. And qual-
ity is uniformly good.

We have pleasure
PHILADELPHIA in reporting a

slightly improved
market here the past week. Some dull-
ness is always expected after the holi-
days, and this year it was worse than
usual. When the old stagers took note
that the period between New Year and
Lent was unusually shorl they said:
"We will have a good brisk trade, as
the period is shorter." The briskness
did not materialize. In fact it was
duller than usual — to the great confu-
sion of the prophets. It is best not to
prophesy until after the event. If there
had been a good brisk demand all flow-
ers would have been scarce. As it was
there was enough of most everything
except American Beauty roses. What
few "specials" there are coming in
bring top quotations and all the grades
below that are not worth having — in
fact, no good. Other roses not special-
ly plentiful. The yellow varieties are
cropping perhaps better than any of
them. The carnation market has im-
proved a little. Prices have stiffened
considerably over last week's doldrum
situation. Pink Delight and the two
Wards have been leading the proces-
sion as to quality. There is nothing
cheering to report regarding orchids.
Supply redundant and demand slug-
gish. Gardenias are moving a little
better. A big volume of violets was
moved but there was no appreciable
Improvement in prices. Lily of the
valley was brisker and sweet peas es-

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

iHOMAS IRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY i

SAVE TIME AND MONET BY SENDING TOUB OBDEB TO US

Prices Right. Consignment Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. ICILLARNEY, RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS

BEST PRODVCED

226 Devonshire Street, Boston, IWee*.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/^Hole8a

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

loris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

OBOANIZBD FOB THB BCNSXTT OF THB CANADIAN TRADK.
CUT n.OWBB« AND rLOBISTS' SCrPLIES OF BVEBY DB8CBIPTION.
H«me-CT»wm Stock a ipwtelty. 8TBKTI.T WHOI.B8AI.E; NOTHINO SOLD
AT BBTAXU

Ample refsrcae* faralihad ma to ■<■■*■!• aad Oaanelal abilltr of the company.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIO^S PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Cypripediums

Uiles. Longlflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus. Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises

MIsrnonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

SmIlax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

" " & Spren (xoo bunches) .

Last Half of Week

ending Ian. 25

1913

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10.00
6.00
6.00
1. 00
1. 00
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1. 00
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.30
1. 00
2. 00
1,00
8.00
•50
8.00

3500
15.00

35-00

12.00

8.00

I5-00

4.00

1.50

3.00

1.50

3-00

■35

2.00

6.00

1.50

25.00

1. 00

12.00

40.00

25.00

First Half of Wetk

beginning Ian. 27

1913

20.00
10.00
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1.00
1. 00
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z.oo

2.00

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.50

6.00

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15.00

50.00

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15.0©
4.00
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a. CO
1.50
300
•35
2.00
6.00

I. JO

25.00
1. 00
12.00
40.00
25.00

pecially so. The chief reason for the
latter was the vast improvement in
quality. Some fine long-stemmed stock
was to be seen around with good flow-
ers, good color, and good substance.
The crop of this will be getting larger
from now on and soon we will have
the Spencers with us. From then the
sweet pea will be a big factor in the
flower market. Daffodils are going
well. Double Von Sion made its ap-
pearance last week. In a week or two
we may look for Emperor and Hors-
fleldi.

Trade was much better
ST. LOUIS last week in both

wholesale and retail
circles. There was quite a lot of stock
coming in but a notable feature was
the big shortage in roses and the
heavy demand for them. There was
not nearly so man.v carnations as a
week ago. but enough to fill all orders,
all grades and varieties being well
represented. Violets are in plenty.
Sweet peas have shortened up a great
deal. All white bulbous stock is still
overplentiful. Quite a few nice orchids
were seen in the market last week.

PERSONAL.

Fritz Bahr and Mr.s. Bahr, of Chica-
go are visiting California.

N. S. Halsted of the St. Clair Floral
Co.. Belleville, is out for the nomina-
tion of mayor of Belleville, III.

L. Merton Gage, secretary of the
American Gladiolus Society, is in Bris-
tol. Vt., for a ten days' vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Byer and
two daughters of Chambersburg, Pa.,
are in Florida for a month's sojourn.

George Hampton, formerly with the
H. F. Michell Company, has taken a
position with J. G. Neidinger of Phila-
delphia.

Robert Halliday, Baltimore, is re-
covering from a very sore hand and
is gain able to attend to business at
his store.

Jos. Millang, manager for the New
York Cut Flower Co. at its salesrooms
on West 26th street, has been obliged
to go away, on his doctor's orders, to
recuperate after sixteen years' unin-
terrupted grind without a vacation. He
sailed on the Majestic for Europe on
January 26. and after a month's ab-
sence expects to return in trim to reel
off sixteen years' more of hustle.

St. Louis visitors — Harry Balsley of
Detroit and Julius Dillhof of Schloss
Bros., New York.

ROSES WANTE D

Will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 28th Street, New York

164

H 0 E T I C TJ L T U E E

February 1, 191S

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOtnCTAUT

K. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boaton.
For pace aec List of Advertlaara.

AMPEI.OPSIS

Ampelopsis Veitchii — Strong, 2 to 3 It.,
2 years, 50 for $3, parcel post; $5 for 100
(express). One year, 2 to 3 ft., strong, 80
for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel post) ; $20 per
1000. 18 to 24 inches, 50 for $1.50, $2 per
100 (parcel post), $15 per 1000. Strong
roots, tops cut to 6 inches for transplant-
ing, $12 per 1000. Samples (except first
grade), 25c. allowed on purchase. Chas.
Black, Hightstown, N. J.

AFHOni

ApblB* UIg. Co., Madlioa, M. J.
For pace M* U«t •( AarartUer*.

ABACCABIA8

Godfrey Aacbmana, Pblladelpkla, Pa.
For page sec List of Adrartiaara.

ASPABAOCB

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
in- $18.0(1 per 10(10. Cash please. Felach

^M 1 11,

100.
Bros.

Maywood, 111.

AZAI.BA8

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see Llat of AdTsrtlMri.

A. Leuthy & Co., Koaliodale, Uaai.
For page aa* Liat of AdTertlaars.

Lo«chn«r & Co., New York. N. T.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

BAT TBKBS
McHntctalaon & Co., IT Murray St., N.
For paca SM Llat of AdToiHaan.

T.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Kntbrrford, N. J.
For pac* aaa Uat of AdTartlacrs.

Angost Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

Nsnr Tork.

ror paga ■«• Uat vt A«T*rtla*n.

Bay tr««s aad Box traea, all alaaa. Writs
(or special llat Jnlloa Boebrs Co., Katbar-
for«, N. J.

BBDDINO TJiAltm

A. N. Plarson, lac, Cromwell. Conm.
for page aee List of Adrertlsers.

B. Ylnceot, Jr., h Boas Co., WblU ICarsb,

Md.

For page aee Llat of AdTortlsera.

BBOONIAa

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, In blooni, nice
plants, $3.00 per ICK). Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

BOXWOOD TBKXa

Bobblnk * Atkins, Rntberford. N. J.
For page see List of AdTertisers^

Jnltaa Roebrs Ca., Bntbarford, N. J.
Box Trees, all alaes. Aak tor special list.

BOI1.KB8

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 4M Brie St., Ckleago.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Lai4 & Bnmluun Co., IISS Broadway, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

UTB Broadway, N. T.

BOXB8 — CUT FIX>WBB— rOLDnfO

■dwards Folding Box Co., PhlUdelphla.
For page see List of Adverttserg.

Folding CDt flower boxes, the best siada.
Write (or Uat. Holton ft Hankel Co., Kll-
waakaa. Wis.

Hitchlngs ft Co.,

BDXBS AND TTTBEB8

Arthnr T. Boddlngton, New York, N.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. U. Tborbnm ft Co., 33 Barclay St., M. T.
For page see List of AdTCrtlsers.

Ulcbell's Seed Honse, PhUadelphla, Pa.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Balph H. Ward ft Co., Tl Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bnlbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck'a Sona, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CIIRyS.\NTHEMl MS— Continued
CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel la producing per-
fect chrysanthemum flowers, showing tkat

Fottler, Flake, Bawaon Co., Boaton,
For page see Llat of Advertlaera.

B. S. Miller, Wading Blver, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

O. T. EaBgea, Hoboken, N. J.
Far page aae List of Advertiaeni.

E. ft J. Farcjubar Co., Boston, Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balba of all deacrlptlona. Writ* tar prleea.
C. Eenr ft Sons, Hlllegom, Holland.
New York Branch. 31-33 Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOB LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
Yon can double your proflta by atoek-
tng up with the new casnaa. Be aura ta

fet our list before you place ypnr order,
be Conard ft Jones Company, Wast Qrova,
Panna.

CABNATIOH SIAPUt

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbnry'a CaraatloD
SUpIe, 2000 for «1.0« poat paid. I. L.
Plllsbnry, Galeabnrg, 111.

CABNATIONB

F. Domar ft Sona Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madlsaa. M. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

OHBTSANTHBMinU

A. N. Plerson. Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbaa. H. Totty, MaClwin, N. J.
For page see Uat of Advertlaera.

Wood Bros.. FIshkill. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrys.TiitlK'iiuinis. Simth's .\dvauce, Unaka
and Chrvsiilorn. strong plants, cool grown,
GOc. per do?,, (free by mail) ; $4.00 per 100.
Chrysolora, 2 in. pots, $8.00 per 100. Cash.
Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J.

not In secret arts and practices, but tp
plain course of procedure are the dealreo
results attained. Illustrated, 160 pages.
Price 60 cents.

Orders filled by HOKTICULTURB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANCT FIBBB BOIL

30th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

rYCLAMBNB

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

200,000 Giant Flowering Cyclamen, Angaat
seedlings. We received first prize on our
blooming cyclamen at the show in Cleve-
land, O., and hold other first prizes. Oar
aim is strong growers, a well built five
petal flower, with good color and
frangrance, many of them at one time,
well marked foliage and general gooft
habits. Strong August Seedlings, $2.50
per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

What others say about our blooming
plants: Mr. E. A. Corson, Rocbeater,
N. H., Nov. 15, 1912: "Cyclamens receive*'
and am more than pleased. Tbey are cer-
tainly fine plants and such a range of*
color. Arrived In good condition too."

Plants in bloom for Christmas, 78c.,
$1.00, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Cultural direc-
tions with all orders. Christ. Wlnterlch,
Cyclamen specialist. Defiance, O.

DAHLIAS

Dahlias, named sorts, strong division*,.
$1.25 per 100. Send for list. C. W, Holt-
man, R. 13, Dayton, O.

Dahlias— 2e<XI field clamps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for caah: or what have yoa to
excbangef Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia azpart.

"V

North DIghton. Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOB 1911.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Oarduar Ca»-
sett. Golden Wedding, New Centory Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of beat cut Bewar
dahlias. Write for surplos llat aad saaolal
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, WllUaBa-
towD Junction, N. J., Paat Ofllce, BarUk.
N. J.

East Brldgewater Dahlia Gardens are tha
largest and most up-to-date In America.
Over 860,000 field clumps to offer at rlgJU

? rices. Be sura and send your wanta !•
. K. Alexander, The Eastern Dahlia King,
Bast Brldgewater, Masa.

DBCOBATITB FUkKTS

A. LcBthy ft Co., Perklna St Naraattea,

Roallndala, Masa.

For page see List of Advartlaan.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 1»tk Mi.

PhlUdelphla. Pa.
For page see List of Advartlaara.

John Scott, Brooklyn. N. T.
For page see List of ABvartlsera.

Woodrow ft Marketoa, 41 Wast 18th St.

New York.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

DBACAENA8

Dracaena Indlvisa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FBBTILIZBBB

aeth Centory Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mali.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Adverfisors See Page 139

Fel)ruary 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

165

1-KRTII.IZER — Cuntinueil

PulTerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Braod Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

FEBNS

A. LeJtb; & Co., RosUndale, Mass.
For page see List of Adrertlsers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank OechsUn, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. PlersoD Co., Tarrytown-on-Hud»on,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, flue stock Boston, Whlt-
manll, Amerpohli, Sprlngfieldll, tl.SO per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
very fine, 16.00 per 100, JJO.OO per 1000.
Koosevelt, 4-Inch, $15.00 per 100, 5-lnch,
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 4-
Inch, handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 50.000
sq. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
exclusively to ferns. I have the best stock
to be had anywhere. Prices are low, for
cash only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,
O.

FliOBIBTS' liETTEBS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 88 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOBISTS' SCPPLIEB

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Keed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia,
Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

U. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co.. 22B Devonshire St., Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWEB POTS.

W. H. Brnest, 28th and M Sts.,

Washington, D. C.

Fcr page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews ft Co., Cambridge, Haas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HllOnger BroSn Ft. Edward. N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syrscnse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
Fcr page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FUNOINE
Aphlne Mfg. Co., MadlsOB, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GAIAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers,

Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OBBANIXTMB

B. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of AdTertlsers.

GERANIUMS — Continued
NEW ASIERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we are ottering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2>4-iuch pots
50c. each, $5.00 per doz.; 3-inch pots, $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ills.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Blcard, Red Wing, Viaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Ume. Jaulin, Mme. BisQUit, Per-
kins, 01<erle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per lUOO. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vlne, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOI.U8

John Lewis < hilds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.

Kunderdi Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natlck,
Mass.

America in all sizes. Will exchange for
Augusta and Mrs. F. King. Send for
quotations. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co.,
Valley Junction, Iowa.

GL,A8S

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., inc., 218-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsh foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder.
4816 D St., OIney, Philadelphia, I'a. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

OBEENHOU8B BUILDING UATEBIAI<

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. Jacobs * Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Bamham Co.,
118S Broadway, New York.

I'or page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.

OBEENHOU8E CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawsnda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Steams Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lutton, Jerse; City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Bombam Co.,
1188 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plersen D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and Builder.

For p;igo sco List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, K. T.
I Hltchlngs ft Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

. GUTTERS
King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. I.
iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart. Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HABDT FEBNS AND QBBBN OOODg

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPABATDS

Kroescheil Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicsf*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jeiaey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For pajre see List I'f Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PEBENNIAI,S

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abiugton, Man.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink ft Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE
H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List i>l Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Aavertlsen.

Lord ft Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, H. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

UrSBCTICIDBS

Eastern Chemical Co., Boston, Haas.

Imp. Soap Spray.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madlsun, N. 1.

Aphlne and Fnnglue.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore. Md.

Stsndard Insecticide.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammood, Flshklll-on-Hndao>,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loechner ft Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON on.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT BULBS

R. ft J. Farquhar ft Co., Boston, Haas.

New LlUea.

For page see List of Advertisers.

JasT Vlck's Sons, Rochester. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. U. Ward ft Co., New York, N. T.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

.riilius Roehrs Co., Rutlierford, N. J.
First class goods, .f 10.00 per 100; $00.00 per
1000.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

166

HORTICULTURE

February 1, 1913

IjTL.X of the TAJJaKY pipb

LoediDer & Co., New Tork, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

▲ngnst Rolker &. Sons, 31 Barclay St^ N. Y.
Far page see List of Advertisers.

McHntchteon & Co^ 17 Murray St., N. X.

Berlin Valley Pips.
For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-cn-Hndson,

N. y.

(Cold Storage)

For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehewken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. * T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Botherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., Sooth Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Angast Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Uannal of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
fsr $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
snch varieties as Spireas, Aitheas, Welgelas
and Pblladelpbus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Scbllder Bros., ChilUcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCBID FLOWERS

Jas. McManus, New York. N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurreil, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veltchli.
For page see List of Acivertlsers.

JnUns Boehrs Co., Rntherford, N. J.

Hybrid Orcbids.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.

By B. S. Williams, 300 Ulnstrations, 800
pages; descriptions of upwards of 2S00
species and varieties of orcbldaceoos
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orcblas and Orchid Culture ever pnb-
Ushed. Price »10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Lentby & Co., Perkins St. Nnrserles,

Rosllndnle, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALiMS, ETC.— Continoed

John Scott, Brooklyn, N.' Y.

For page see List of Advertlieis.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Aognst Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHK8

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BeUcher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPOBT8

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHntchlson & Co., IT Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Asglar
Ic Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Blverton Special."

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Eroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Clilcag*.

King Construction Company,

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POINSETTIA8

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.
Stock Plants.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York, N. Y.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's |1 dos. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer &. Sons, Cedar
Rapids. Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-year^>l«
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well Bn-
Isbed plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsta
Veltchll. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, HIgbtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHutchlaon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refriecrator Co., Kcndalvllle, Ind
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers,

S. S. Pennook-Meelian Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOSBS

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natlck, .

New Rose Mrs. Charles Russell.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chaa. Russell, Mrs. Gaa.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Phlladelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Sc T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nnrserles, North Ablngton, ,
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Irish and English Hybrid Tea Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co., Enid, Okla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advertlsi rs,

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, CU.
For page see List of Advertisers.

•rerett B. Clark Seed Co., MilferdT^M^

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck St Sons,

Bl and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Maas.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Michell's Seed Honse, Philadelphia, Fa.

New Crop Florists' Flower Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsersi

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Fa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston,
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn ft Co., 33 Barclay St^ N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans. Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. 8. Bkidelaky ft Co., Philadelphia, Fa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthnr T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano ft Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana. CaU.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Adrertisera.

W. W. Barnard Co., Clilcneo, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. BrysoB Ayrea Co., ladependence. Ma.

Sweet Peas.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Loechner ft Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Adyertisers See Page 139

February 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

167

SEEDS — Contlnned

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Bolton.

For page see List of Adrertlien.

P. Hamilton Goodaell, New York, N. T.
For page see List of AdTCrtlseri.

S. D. Woodruff & Son, New York, N. T.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

Oklahoma Seed Growere' Co., Enid, Okla.

Snrplus List of Melon Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beanlleu. Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y.
Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansleg.

8I.Da SHOT

B. Hammond, FisbklU-on-Badlon, N. T.

For page see List of AdvertUer*.

SMTLAX

Smilax, strong 2% in., twice cut back,
J2.00 per 100. Chas. Frost, Kenllworth,
N. J.

SNAPDRAGON

G. S. Hamsburg, Somersworth, N. H.

"Silver Pink."

For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM M088

J. U. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Spbagnom moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on band. L«ger 4b
Hnrrell, Summit, N. J.

SFIREAS

Breck-Robinson Nnrsery Co., I/eilngton,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.
Splrea Queen Alexandra.

J. M. Thorburn * Co., New York, N. Y.

Splrea Gladstone.

STOTB PL,ANT8

Orchids— Largest stock In the coaatry.
■tove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JoUds Roebrs Co., Entberford, N. J.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry,
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NUKSEBTMAN

Hstlonal Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TOMATO PLANTS

FORCING TOMATOES.
Now is the time to book your orders
for Forcing Tomatoes for March delivery.
Comet and Lorlllard, 2»4 In., at $2.00 per
100. Cash please. J. J. Clayton & Bon,
West Grove, Pa.

Tomato plants, 3-ln., Lorlllard and
Comet, fine stock, 2c. Cash, please.

A. S. Rine, Lewlsburg, Pa.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Qoaker City Machine Works,

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCA8

50,000 rooted vinca cuttings, strong 2 and
3-eyed. to make room, .^.i.OO per 1000. I
guarantee these rnd will mail sample on
request. D. E. Adsit. Jamestown, O.

WIBED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIBEWORK

Beed tc Keller, 122 W. 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for oar catalogne.
Holton & Hnnkel Co.. Mllwankee, Wis.

William B. Hellscher's Wire Works,
W-(0 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLOBI8T8

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cot Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. sad

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 10 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. T.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-8T BUIcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 87 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, HI.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Bndlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cblcago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cblcago Carnation Co., 30 B. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCnllongh's Sons Co,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detrvit

Michigan Cnt Flower Exchange, 38 sad 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

H. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment. 67 W. 28tb St. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. C. Horan, 8S W. 28tb St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page riee List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. B. Enebler, 28 WlUonghby St,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26th

St, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association.
162 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles MlUang. 55 and 57 West 26tb St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28tb St., N. Y.
For page- see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers. _

Traendly & Schneck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FOBI8TS

New York — Contlnned

The S. S. Pennoclt-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 5S-B7 West 26th St
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Bledel 4 Meyer, Inc., New Tort.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Slinn, Jr., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow ft Marketos, 41 West 18th St
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PbtUdelphlB

Leo. Nlessen Co., 1209 Arch St, Phils.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsws.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-11

Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bocbester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meelian Co., 1216

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

ACACIA.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS— GLOXINIAS.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS— GLOXINIAS.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BODDINGTON'S QUALITY CANNAS,

Arthur T. Boddington, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET STOCK
SEED.

Fottler, Fiske. Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHERRY SPRAYS FOR THE
GEORGE WASHINGTON FESTIVAL,
H. Biiversdorter *; I'o., I'biladelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS.

Lyndhurst Farm. Ilainniduton, N. J.
For page see. List of Advertisers.

FINE FERNS.

F. R. Pierson Co.,

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT STAKES.

H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RELIABLE ASTER SEEDS.

O. \'. Z;in,i.'on. Il"li"k.'n, N. J.
For pago see List i>f .Vilvertisers.

ROSES WANTED.

A. L. Young & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STAR OR WONDER BLACKBERRY.

J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VALENTINE DAY NOVELTIES,
GOLDEN ARROWS.

M. Hire Co., Pbihuivlpliia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing io Advertisers kindly mention Horticuiture

168

HORTICULTURE

February 1, 1913

Obituary.

Bunzo Suzuki.

Bunzo Suzuki, who for many years
was well-known throughout this coun-
try as a member of Suzuki & lida, and
later, when this firm consolidated with
The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., of
Yokohama, Japan, died very suddenly
in Kagoshinia. .Japan, on December

B I :.N /,o S I ; z L K 1

13th. 1912, while on his way to For-
mosa Island. Suzuki & lida estab-
lished their wholesale importing busi-
ness in America in 1893. In 1905 Mr.
Suzuki went to London and established
a branch office under the name of
The Yokohama Nursery Co., where
they have been doing business ever
since.

Bunzo Suzuki was well liked in the
trade, and of a most pleasing person-
ality. By his candor, sincerity and
conciliatory traits he made staunch
friends wherever he went and the
most cordial relations with customers,
for the concern he represented. When,
a few years ago, he retired from the
American field and returned perma-
nently to Japan his departure was re-
gretted by a wide circle of personal
friends in the trade.

Lydia C. Conard.

At her home in West Grove. Pa.,
January 21, Lydia C. widow of Alfred
F. Conard, died in her 74th year. She
had been in good health up to the
28th day of September, but on that
day she suffered a stroke of paralysis,
from which she never recovered. She
was born near West Grove, on the old
homestead farm, a daughter of Sam-
uel and Mary Ann Hughes, and is sur-
vived by a brother, Mark Hughes, of
that town, and a sister, Hannah,
■widow of Edward Savery, West Ches-
ter.

Her husband, who died some years
ago, was for many years a partner
of the late Charles Dingee, these hav-
ing organized the firm of Dingee &
Conard about the year 1860, but later
this was dissolved and Mr. Conard
organized the Conard & Jones Com-

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Black and Green Flyj Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and narmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
•od all Domestic Pests. ExceUent as a wash for
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Effective where others fail.

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Dilute with water ^o to SO Parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

1211 W. l«xlnetmi St., Baltlmcrc, Md.

Directions on e'^ery packagi

imp Soap Spray

Kffertive one to thirty-two.

Single gallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

lOSTOlM

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees in ii I died with this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly than by any
other means. We have proved it.

20tli CENIURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 t 29 OCEItN ST..

BEVERLY. MASS.

The B«c»giilied Standard Inaeetields.

Not a cure-all bnt a apeclflc rvmadj
(or all aap sucking Inaeots Infestlnc
plant life such as green, black, whlta
fly, tbrljps, red spider, mealy bog and
soft scales.

$1.00 per Qnart. f2.S0 per OalloB.

An Infallible remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fungi. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulpbur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses it.

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
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maggots, root lice and ants. Used •&•
part to 400 parts water. It does not In-
jure plants, bnt protects your crop*
against ravages nnder tlic solL

$1.00 per Quart. $3.01) per OalloB.
All are snraying materials and >r*
effective In tne greenhouse and in tkc
garden.

FOR SAXE BT 8EEDSMBN.

Aphine Manufacturing Co., ^t.

idison,
J.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Ciiemicais
U. C. EBEIi, General Manager.

V/hen writing to advertiser* hindfy
mention HORTICULTURE.

WflRby

hflNURES

Pulverized or Shredded *

Cattle Manure

Pulverized

Sheep Manure

Unequalled for Greenhouse Fertlizing.

Ask for Grower's Booklet.
THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO-
it Union Stock Yards. Chicago

^USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS^I
Sold by Seed Deeders of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbaee, J>Ieions, Floorers, Trees
and Shrubs fnun Insects. I'ut up in popular puckaRCS at popular
prices. Write for free pamplilet on Rues and Bliiihts, etc., to

B. HAMiMOND, • Fislikill-on-Hudson, New York.

pany, in which he was active up to the
time of his death.

Mrs. Huss..

J. P. Huss. superintendent of the
Goodwin Estate. Hartford. Conn.,
mourns tlie loss of liis mother wlio
passed away at her home in Lausanne,
Switzerland, as announced by cable-
gram a few days ago. Mrs. Huss
lived to a ripe old age being nearly 93
years old. She was born at Lausanne
on July 20, 1820. Her health was good
until about a month before her death
when she began to fail rapidly. When
her two sons became gardeners she
also had become greatly interested in
horticulture and was a sustaining
member of the Lausanne Horticultural
Society.

on .Ian. 19th was attended by a very
large number of the florists of Cleve-
land and vicinity.

Christian Soltau.
Christian Soltau. a well known flor-
ist of the old school, died at his resi-
dence in Jersey City, N. J., on Janu-
ary 13th, aged 82 years. His son, B.
Soltau, succeeded to his florist busi-
ness on his retirement several years
ago.

Mrs. Anna J. Badgley.
Mrs. Anna J. Badgley, mother of W.
G. Badgley of the wholesale firm of
Badgley, Riedel & Meyer of New York,
died at Murray Hill, N. J., on Jan. 15th,
aged 67 years. Her husband and ten
children survive her.

F. A. Friedley.
P. A. Friedley. well known to the
florist trade of Cleveland, Ohio, and
who was associated with his son, who
is manager for the J. M. Gasser Com-
pany, died on Jan. 16th. The funeral

James McLaughlin.
James McLaughlin, Sr., father of
James McLaughlin of the florist firm
of McLaughlin & Murphy. ISl Clinton
avenue, Newark, N. J., died on Friday,
January 24, aged 63 years.

rebruary 1. 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

109

P^OR

HEWS STANDARD POTS

99

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POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, iMASS.

"JIM" SHEA IN RHYME.

Few department officials at City
Hall enjoy the distinction of having a
song dedicated to thera, and Supt.
"Jim" Shea is one of that few. It is
a parody upon "Rings on Her Fingers
and Bells on Her Toes," written by
Assistant Corporation Counsel Joseph
A. Campbell in recognition of "Jim's"
appointment as superintendent of Bos-
ton's park department. The parody
was first heard at a meeting of the
famous Clover Club. It runs:

"Oh ! Big Jim Sbea, we're glad to say.
Is boss of all the parks;

The Civil Servi<.-e passed ou Iiim

With flattering remarks.
Of all the men they ever knew

They felt constrained to say
That the great arboriculturist

Was Superintendent Shea.

CHORUS.

"For he has —

Swan boats on the duck pond,
Toadstools In the park,

Caruso in the monkey house,
And dogwood trees that bark;

Tigers in the Tigery,
Lions full of nlay,

And the elephants ct ocliee-coochee
dance
At sight of Big Jim Shea.

"The Miocene and Pliocene

Are open books to him,
The Darwinian theory takes the count

When diagnosed by Jim:
The Dinosaur would dine no more

If .Tim could have his way.
For the great zoologist by far

Is Superintendent Shea.

■"The lobsters at the aquarium
All grasp him by the paw,
Saying, 'Jim. now will vou haTe ns
broiled?
Or, do you like us raw?'
The horseshoe crabs turn up their tails

And pointedly do say
That the Oasteropod« uunnlninus are
For Ichthyologist Shea.

^'The cuckoos and the filaloos

All whistle as he rides by.
The rhinoceros follows him

With love-light in her eye;
The camels he has bTnished —

Now, what indeed do you think.
He'll have no animal in the zoo

That's so blamed slow to drink."

— Boston Traveler.

BOSTON PARK AND RECREATION
APPOINTMENTS.

The Boston City Council on Monday,
January 27. unanimously passed the
ordinance consolidating the Park,
Bath, Public Grounds and Music De-
partments into a Department of Parks
and Recreation, under the control of
a commission of three members, the
chairman of which is to receive $7,500
a year and the other two members to
serve without pay.

The ordinance provides that one of
the members shall be a landscape en-
gineer or architect with an experi-
ence of at least three years. Over
each of the two divisions of parks and
recreation shall be placed a deputy
commissioner at a salary of $4,200 a
year.

The Mavor has already announced

DREER^'S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RiyERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. ■without seam or

The HOSE (or the FLORIST

^-inch, per ft., 15 c.
Reel of 500 ft., '* 14J4C.
2 Reels, xoooft., " 14 c.
J4-inch, *' i^ c.

Reels, 500 ft., " izYtC
Couplings furnished

HENRr A. DREER.

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate ;

enOO 1% in. @ .$6.1)0 5(10 t in. @ %i.m

1500 2 " " 4.SS 4.56 41/2 " '' 5.24

1500 2^4 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 211. ■' " 6 00 21051/2 •' •• ,3.7s

1000 .3 " " 5.(K) 144 6 " " 3.18

SOO 3% •• " 5.S0 12it 7 " " 4.20

60 8 " " .3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Potterr, Fort Edward, N.Y.

tngust Roiker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agenti

OBI SPEClUrr-tong Distinct and neort ttale

r-STANDARD FLOWER— i

If your f;reenhoiise.>i are within .500 miles
of the Capitol, write ii.s, we can save
you nione.v.

W. H. ERNEST
— 28th & M Sts. Washington, O. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved machinery, we eaa

supply your wants to better advantase

than ever.

Bpedal dlscoants on large order*.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

that he has selected D. Henry Sullivan
of the Public Grounds Department to
be chairman and Robert S. Peabody
and Daniel H. Coakley of the present
Park Board to be the unpaid members.
Supt. James B. Shea of the park de-
partment will get one of the positions
as deputy at $4,200 a year, the same
salary he receives at the present time.
It is understood that Supt. Hugh C.
McGrath of the bath department will
get the other .$4,200 a year position in
charge of the recreation division.

H. C. Warner of Mitchell, S. D., who
died several months ago, left one of
the largest collections of named varie-
ties of Gladiolus, Peonies and Iris in
the United States or in the world. The
collection consisted of 352 named va-
rieties of Gladiolus, 347 named varie-
ties of Peonies, and 136 named varie-
ties of Iris. This valuable collection
was sold at public auction, January
17, at Mitchell, S. D., and entire lot
was purchased by the Gurney Seed &
Nursery <"o. and they will all be moved
to Yankton in the spring and placed in
trial grounds.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Ailvertir^enients in this column
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cash \\it\i order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTl'RE"' should be sent
to 11 liaiiiiltoii riiii-c, Htison.

HELP WANTED

GARDENERS WANTED— Single man for
Supt. Country Club, permanent position;
single man for head gardener on gentle-
man's estate; Supt. for Florida Hotel re-
sort. Permanent position. Only those
with actual experience in Florida need
apply for this. All applicants state full
particulars, experience, salary, etc. Carl
Rust Parker, Fidelity Bldg., Portland, Me.

WANTED — A competent nurseryman for
manager and working foreman. Must be
honest and capable of handling men. Mar-
ried man preferred. Permanent position.
State full particulars and salary wanted In
first letter. Address : Central, care of
HORTICULTURE, Boston, Mass.

ASSISTANT NURSERYMAN, about
thirty-five years old. Only men of proven
ability will" be considered. Apply in writ-
ing, giving full particulars. American
Forestry Co., 15 Beacon St., Boston.

SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED, by single man, 30, perma-
nent position on private estate; 9 years'
practical experience and 2 years' Agricul-
tural College training in general farming
and flower and vegetable gardening, both
outside and under glass. Good references.
Address "A." care of HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— As Head Gar-
dener on private estate. Twenty years'
experience inside and out. Single and
with references. Address "R. H.," care
HORTICULTURE.

FO*^ SALE

FOR SALE

Medtord: ideal locution tor florist: 30,000
feet land, large 10- room house with Im-
provements, baru, carriage house, hen-
house, large steam heated greenhouse,
fruit and garden; located in center of city;
an exceptioual offer. Price $S500. Boule-
vard Storage Co., .317 Salem St., Medford,
Mass.

FOR SALE— Four greenhouses, each
22 X 150, and one 8 x 150, together with
19 lots of ground at Wyomisslng, suburb
of Reading, a city of over 100,000. All
in first class condition, with large stock
of carnations, etc. Excellent opportunity
tor active young florist. For full par-
ticulars, address H. F. Kantner, No. 23
N. 6th St., Reading, Pa.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
to X 12, 18 xl8, 18 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now la
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
sky Bros , Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn. N. Y.

NEWS NOTES.

Delanco, N. J. — The greenhouses of
the J. F. Irwin Company have been
leased to F. R. Matsinger.

Rockford, III. — The greenhouse for-
merly owned by William S. Heiser,
has been sold to Henry Hendricsen,
and Mr. Heiser has been secured as
manager.

170

HORTICULTURE

February 1, 191S

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

East Haven, Ct. — J. A. Long, addi-
tions.

Waterford, Ct. — A. Leverone, one
house.

Oakland, Cal. — Rosco Savagni, three
houses.

Quincy, III. — G. Gross, range of
houses.

Henderson, Ky. — Morgan Floral Co.,
range of houses.

Columbus, Ind. — W. J. Irwin, range
of conservatories.

Auburn, R. I. — J. A. Budlong & Sons
Co., range of rose houses.

Wllkesbarre, Pa. — Park Dept., range
of conservatories, W. H. Lutton, build-
er.

Providence, R. I. — R. Holscher,
house 50 X 240. Lord & Burnham Co.,
builders.

Hoffmans, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher, as-
paragus house 36 x 200. Hitchings &
Co., builders.

Columbus, O. — Peter Fornot & Son,
range of greenhouses; Cottage Rose
Gardens, range of houses.

FIRES.

Aberdeen, Wash. — The Ellis Green-
houses suffered a loss of about $2,500
by fire on January 7th; fully insured.

Gallena, Mo.— The Gallena Green-
houses were damaged by fire on Janu-
ary 14th to the extent of about |1,000.

The Boston Co-operative Flower
Market, which occupies the basement
of the building 2 Park street, Boston,
suffered some loss and much incon-
venience from a fire which started in
another part of the building early on
the morning of January 24. H. M.
Robinson & Co. lost a quantity of flor-
ists' supplies on which there was no
insurance.

The Massachusetts Committee on
Agriculture has reported to the legis-
lature:

Bills to increase from $10,000 to $50,-
000 the amount available to be expend-
ed by the state forester in reforesta-
tion; to provide an appropriation of
$75,000 for continuing the work of sup-
pressing gypsy and brown tail moths:
to provide that the state shall reim-
burse towns having a valuation of less
than $2,000,000 for one-half of their
expenditures in fighting forest fires,
and to require that local moth superin-
tendents and forest wardens be ap-
pointed in' January, rather than in
March or April. Also a bill authoriz-
ing the city of Boston to pay a sum
not exceeding $3000 to James Thornton
on account of injuries received while
an employee in the park department.

Send your business direct to Washin^oo.
Save« time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, III.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any np-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., • Richmoniijnd.

GLASS

for GBEENHOU.SE and HOT BED

S.\,SHES. Our prices can l)e had liy
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New Yorli and
can supply any qii.intity from a bov to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

•il5-"3I7 IIa\enie>er St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

mw>

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON. MASS.

Greenhouse Materials m'^^a

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

Id all lensths op to St feet.
Milled to any detail furnished «T will
furnlBh details and cut material! ready tor
erection.

Frank Van Assche, ''"L°d" ^:iif ?,?etr-

JKR8ET CITT. N. J.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

CHICAGO, ILL.

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

S. JACOBS & SONS

rva^vTnifio

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - - - N. Y.

Charles h. dodd

Or«enboaae Builder. General Oreenfaoose

Heohanie.

Iron Frame and Wood Bftr Honeev.

Ideal Orfxmhonse Boilers.

Material! FnrDlBhed or Erected. Heattss

and VentllatlDir Materlftls.

578 Ocean Ave., JERSEY CITY. N. J.

Ireer's Peerless^
Glaxing Points

For Greenbooses

Drire ea*T and true, becaoFe
both bereli ar« oa the tamo
■ide. Cao't twist aad break
the c^iSB <° drivine. Galvao*
ized 2od will not rust. No
riehts or left*.
The Peerless Glazine Poin
ic patented. Noolhers like
it Order from your dealer^
oi direct from ns.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
BEHRT A. DBEEB.I
714 CheBtnnt Street^
FhU»dslphla.

"You can no more conduct
business without advertising
than you can farming without
fertilizing." — Uncle Peleg.

Evans 20tli Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Tlu«c
times the power of old style elbow anne.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

IVrite for fret Cataloguf tc

QI'AKRR <JTV MA<IIINB CO.

Ulrhmnnd, Inrt

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insorer o( 32.500.000 sq. (t. of gUes

For particulars aiidress

John G. Esler, sec'y Saddle River, N.l.

February 1, 1913

HOETICULTURB

171

^hS^TT-T

URaR

LOOK at the wheels of a bicycle — see what slender little, wire-like
siDokes they have — yet what strong, sturdy wheels they are. Surely
no one would think of going back to the clumsy, old wooden spoked
wheel.

Did you ever stop to think how like the bicycle wheel, U-Bar green-
houses are?

No heavy wooden roof bars or large iron framing members — but in their
place a complete, all steel frame of U-Bar as light and strong in pro-
portion as are the bicycle spokes.

The cypress core bar is steeped in a chemical preservative before it is
placed in the U-Bar.

The galvanized steel U-Bar completely protects the core bar from the
inside moisture of the house.

The drip does not drip. It follows dcfwn the bottom of the U-Bar, to the
purlin lead-offs, or to the cast iron sill. No drip grooves to get
stopped up.

Then there's the curved eave — everybody knows the U-Bar curved eave
was the original curved eave. It is admitted to be the most practical
and attractive of all the curved eaves.

No reinforcements of the curved parts of the U-Bar are needed — no
heavy iron members to break the view from the inside looking out; or
sliow a heavy line from the outside, looking in.

There's only one U-Bar curved eave, and that's the eave made with the
U-Bar.

Others may look like it, but that's the only way they are like it.
We tell you these things as a matter of protection to yourself.
If you want the finest greenhouse sold today, for private estates, public
institutions or florist show houses — you want the U-Bar.
See to it that you get it.

THE CORE BAR.

It is made of Cypress
steeped iu a chemical
preservative.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIER50N U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE, NEW YORK.
CANADIAN OFFICE. lO PHILLIPS PLACE . MONTREAL

THE r-BAR.

It is made of steel,
heavily galvanized and
then aluminum painted.

172

HOETICULTURE

February 1, 1913

CLAMPING
BOLT

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This Eave Is lotended for use on
detached houses with either fixed
glass or side saah.
It is practically all exposed to the
inside heat of the grreenhouse and
8o Is ice clearing'.

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHADE

and as you can see

present no surface for icicles to form on.
They have great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works
NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New Engrland Sale§ Office

7 WATER STREET,

BOSTON. MASS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "L."
This Eave although lighter than
Style "S" is amply strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs little light and Is Ice
clearing: in the most severe weather.
It is intended for use with fixed
glass only.

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

SEEING how attractive and practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
CURVED EAVE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producmg the same
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and start anew. Just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult with me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON, J^'Se, West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

Vol. XVII.

FEBRUARY 8, 1913

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MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER''

We can still quote March delivery on this sterling Rose but would ask that you do not delay too

longf before investigating its merits.

SHAWYER and MILADY, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Grafted or Own Root.

CARNATIONS

NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE: The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY : Two fine sports from Enchantress.
$12.00 per hundred; $100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J.

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SMITH'S CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL

(3rd EDITION)

Ready January 10th
Price 50c postpaid

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS

Novelties for 1913 and all the best
Standard Sorts

CATALOGUE READY NOW
ASK FOR IT

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., URIAH, MICO.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

S In., SMi In. and 6 in. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inches bigb, 40c.,
Mc., 60c., 75c., *1.00, S1.25 eacli and
QP to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. OMario SL, PHIUDElPHIt, PA.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Grower*
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

and 'iHH Broadway, Room Til
NEW YORK CITY

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherford, N. J.

OROMID3

Choice dorm.int bulbs of Calantbe Veitchii.
ready now at $75.00 per 100 bulbs; also
great variety of other orchids and material
In which to grow them^

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE.

LAGER &HURRELL^'^ff.T^
LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PB>S

PALMS. AZALEAS, &o,

11 Vtfarren Street, New York, N. Y.

WriU for fuotatioiu

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HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at St. Paul, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELLp the sensation of the year and
MRS* GEO. SHAWYERy the new pink forcing rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best varieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS tor commercial growing. Pompons
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Oar catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on oar mading list.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

\t f%MM ^^'>^' want Snapdragon indoors and out this
I II U spring, and will be greatly pleased with my
■ ^^^^ famous SILVER PINK. It' is a delicate
shade and will make you money inside and give you great
satisfaction outside. It will blossom this year in every
Staie in the Union and in many foreign countries. Be
one of us. Pure seed at $i.oo per pkt. of over 500 seed,
1 pkts.,$2.5o. Plants (ready Feb. 20), with 3105 branches,
$4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1,000. Cash.

SOMERSAVORTH,

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Live Sphagnum Moss

Finest stock in the country. Chunky,
well flberert stems with large heads.
Shipped only iu barrels f, o, b, Waldcn
N, Y„ at $2,00 per bbl.

Trade List on .Xppliratinn,

The C. W. Browneil Company

Walden, N. Y.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

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1 bale, each . . . .:?4.25 10 hales, each.. $3.75

5 bales, each .. 4.00 25 bales, each.. 3.50

Larger quantities write for prices.

ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnegat, N. J.

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STAND.\RD CVT
rl/OWEB VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box 66,

HAMMONTON, N. J.

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'CHILDS' GLAdIolP

are noted the world over for
SUPERIOR MERIT

John Leviris CHilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

February 8, 1913

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"WTilIe we are somewhat short on some of the most popular varieties, we still have u large stock of good kinds on hand.
;ind onn furnish good plants and put up an assortment that will meet all the requirements of the most critical trade. We will
send 1000, 50 each of 20 varieties, our selection, for $18.50, cash. We have heen sending out these collections for a number of
years and they have given universal satisfaction.

Acalypha Macaf eana ; Achyranthes Eniersoni ond Moseic;
Ageratum. six varieties; Alternanthera, eight varieties; Alys-
sum. Giant and Dwarf; Het^ouia Vernon, Pink, Begonia Gra-
<-i!is Luniinosa: Cuphea; Coleun, 10 varieties: Chrysanthe-
mums. 75 Pompon variolics; Heliotrope, Mad. Bruant, t'hief-
tain; Hardy English Ivy; Lantana; Lrfnion Verbena; Moon-'
vine; Salvia; Parlor Ivy; Swainsona.

!tt2.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1000.

Variegated Silver Leaf Nott, Mrs. Pollock, Mt. of

Snow $3.00 per 100

Pansy Geraniums. Mary Washington 4.00 " *'

Ivy Leaved Geraniums, good assortment 2.00 " *'

Pelargoniums, Countess of Crew, Lord Mayor Tre-

loar 4.00 **

Scented Geraniums, Xatmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00 " "

Coleus. Salvia and Heliotrope, rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100; So.OO per 1000

Cash Wilh Order

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - -

WHITE MARSH, MD.

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IONS

WM. ECCLES LADY NORTHCLIFFE BRITISH TRIUMPH

WM. ECCLES. The I'irst Prize winner at Detroit last year in the Red or Scarlet class, and the Silver Medal winner of the
New York Horticultural Society for the best undisseminated seedling.

The scarlet everyone was waiting for. Has a strong rigid stem, a perfectly formed S^^^-lnch flower, non-bursting calyx.
highly perfumed, a grand keeper and as free as any scarlet to date.

LADY NORTHCLIFFE <Engelmann>. A beautiful salmon pink in color, much resembling "Pink Delight." Has a well built
up flower, and just enough in it not to burst the calyx. While the flower is not the largest (about 3 inches), it is fully as
free as "May Day," and will surely make a grand bread and butter sort.

BRITISH TRIUMPH (Engelniann). One of the finest things ever raised in England. The color is a striking shade of Crim-
son. The fli'wer is .^"^-i^^^h in size and well built up. It has the >\veetest perfume of any carnation ever raised and its keeping
riualities are the best. Has a fine stem, good constitution, and free.

PRICES: $12.00 PER 100, $100.00 PER lOOO

ELMSFORD NURSERIES

ELMSFORD, N. Y.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 206

AlUanv Cut Flow-
er Ex 197

Allen, J. K 198

Am. Woodenware

Mfer. Co 20t

Apliine Jlfg. Co.. 205
Aschmann, G...17-t
A V r e .s Co., S.

BrysoD 191

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 198

Barnard, W. W.

Co 191

Barrows & Son. 170
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 194

Bay State Nnr-

series l.*^7

Teaulieu 191

Bloomingdale'a .192
Bobbink & At-
kins 187

Boddlngton. A.T,1S9
Bolgiano & Son,

J 190

Boston Florist

Letter Co 196

Boston Flower

Market Ex 185

Breck, .T & Son. 191
Preck - Robinson

Nurseries 176

Breilmever's J.

Sons 192

Brownell Co 174

Budlong, J. A.. .196
Bunyard, A. T..192
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 190

California Flor-
ist 193

Carbone 19."!

Page
California Seed

(Jrowers Asso.191
Cliicajro Carna-

' tion Co 186

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.196
C h i 1 d s, John

LeA\is 174

Clarke's, D. Sons. 192
Clark. Everett B.,

Seed Co 191

Cowee. W. J 198

Craig. Robt. Co. 176

Dards 192

Dodd. Chas. H..206
Dorner & Sons

Co 186

Dreer, H. A

lS7-20t-206
Dunlop, John H.19.3

Dysart, R. J 196

Eastern Chemical

Co 20.5

Edwards Foldinir

Box Co .1!I6

Elliotfs,W. Sons. 190
Eppstein. Julius. 193
Ernest. W. H...204

Esler. J, G 206

Ever Ready

Flower Pot

Cover Co 193

Eyres 192

Farquhar. R. &

J. & Co 191

Ford, M. C 198

Ford. W. P 19R

Forrest. Frank H.193
Foftler. F i s k c.

Ratt'son Co.. ..191
Fr; niingham Nur-
series 187

Froment, 11. E. .198

Page
Galvin. Thos. P. 193
Qasser, J. M. Co. 193
Germ a n Kali

Works 205

Goodsell. P. H..187
Grey, T. J. Co.. 191
Gude Bros, Co.. 193
Hail Association. 206
Hall & Robinson.193
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works '-'05

Hart, Geo. B.W3-19()
Haven Seed Co.. 191
Heacock, Jos.... 176
Hen derson . A .... 190
Henderson & Co..

Peter 188

Hews. A. H. &

Co 204

Hilfinger Bros. ..204
Holm & Olson... 192

Horan. E. C 198

Holland Nur-
series 1S7

Johnston & Co..

T. J 193

.Johnston Bros.. 193
Kasting, W. F.

Co 197

Keller, J. B.

Sons 192

Kervan Co 198

Kins; Cons. Co. .208
Kramer, F. H...193
Kroeschell Bros.20<»
Kuebler. W. H, .V.is
Lasrer & HurrelLm

Lange. A 193

r.ange, H. F. A.. 193
Lemon Oil Co. . .204
Leonard Seed Co, lit!
Leuthy. A. & Co. 176

Page
Lofcliiier & Co.. 174
Lutton. W. H...208
I. y u d h u r s t

Farms 174

MacMulkin, E...193
McCarthy, N. P.

Co 197

McConnell. Alex. 192
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 195

McCullough's, J.

M. Sons Co... 190
.McHutchison &

Co 176

McManus. Jas...l98
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 206

Michell's Seed

House 190

Michigan Cut

Flower Es 19S

Millang, Chas... 198
Millang. Frank.. 198

Miller. E. S 187

Montreal Floral

Exchange 197

Murray. Samuel. 192
Moore. Hentz &

Nash 198

National Nursery-
man 187

Niessen. Leo Co. 196
Oechslin, Frank, 176
Ouwerkerk. P...187
Park Flor.il Co. .192
P.ilmer. W. J. &

Son 192

Parshelskv Bros.20G
Penn the Florist .193
Peiree. E. Allan.185
Pierson. A. N...174

Page
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 193

Pennock - Meehan

Co 199

Perkins St. Nur-
series 176

Pierson. F. R.Co.l76
Pierson - U - Bar

Co 207

Plant I'\"id Co.,

20tli Century.. '205
Poelilniann Bros. 196
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 205

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 206

Ramsliurg. G. S.174
Ravuer, I. M....186
Reed & Keller.. 19s
Rein berg. Peter. 196
Rice. M. & Co... 193
Robinson, H. M.

& Co 196

Robinson Co., H.

M 198

Rock, Wm. L...192
Roehrs. J. Co... 174

Roland. Thos 176

R o 1 k e r. A. &

Sons 176-'201

Rosery. The 19'J

Sander & Son. ..IT-I
Scbilder Bros... 191

Scotf Bros 175

S<-ott. John 176

Sharp. Partridge

Co 206

ShiTidan. W. F.198
Siggers & Sig-

gers 205

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 191

Smith. P. J 19S

Page

Slinn & Co., B.

S 198

Smith & Co., B.

D 174

Smith. W. & T.

Co 187

Smyth, Wm. J.. 192
Sprague. J. H..174
Stearns. A. T.

Lumber Co.... 206
Stumpp. Geo. M.192
Syracuse Pottery

Co 204

Tailby v--J2?

Tottv, Chas. H..174
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co -191

Traendly &

Scbenck 198

Valentine. J. A.. 192
Van .\sscbe, F — lt>
Vick's. Jas. Sons.191
Vincent. R-. 'Tr • __

& Sons Co 1'5

Wants, ForSale.204
Ward. R. M. &

Co 176

Welch Bros. Co.l9i
Whittier & Co.

W. B 187

Wilson. Robt. G.192
Wood Bros. .
^^' o o d r o w

Marketos ..
Woodruff* Sons.

S. D 191

Young & Co., A.

~L 1"'

Young & Nugent.192
Zangen. O. V...191
Zinn, J. A

.186
.198

&

..193

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 200, 201, 202, 203

176

HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

THE minute a compositor begins work on an advertisement, that minute he becomes a salesman, and his
sole thought should be to set an advertisement that will sell goods. This advertisement is set plain
and simple because the facts are plain and simple. We offer you no "big sacrifice," or anything like
that, but simply some real good Cold Storage Giganteum at a price which will net us a fair profit. These
bulbs were packed in Japan for storage purposes, and they are as good as we can get. We have them in
original large cases, but we especially draw your attention to our Baby Cases of 100 bulbs each. Packed
that way in Japan, mind you— not shoveled in a soap box. All from the very best fields in Japan and in
good condition. You can have these bulbs delivered at regular intervals — or at any time you wish. Just
send us your instructions and we will do the rest. Prices include expressage east of the Mississippi River,
as follows:

HORSESHOE BRAND GIGANTEUM

BABY CASES

Size, 7 to 8 inches $8.50 per case of 100

" 7 to 9 " 9.00 " " " "

8 to 10 " 12.00 '

(Expressage will be allowed on any orders booked previous to this advertisement, for deliveries after Feb-
ruary 15th, 1913.

ORIGINAL CASES

Shipped by freight, excepting in February and March; no express or freight allowance.

Size, 7 to 8 inches $21.00 per case of 350

" 7 to 9 " 21.00 " " " 300

" 8 to 10 " 25.00 " " " 250

9 to 11 " 22.00 " " " 180

F. O. B. cars New York City. Write for prices for fall 1913 delivery.

Not How Cb«ap
Bui Bow Oood

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage bulbs for delivery any time in the year.

IN

RIM

We have a magnilicent stock of exceptionally fine NEPHROLEHS In the
following varieties, viz:

pots, 50c.

ELEGANTISSIMA. 6-in.

each ; 8-ln., $1.00 each.
EL,EGANTISSIMA COMI'ACTA AND

MAGNIFICA. 31/2-in. pots. '-'Sc. each.
HARRISII. An improved fluted form

of Bostonieusis. S-in. pots, $1.00

each ; large specimens, $3.00 each.
BOSTONIENSIS. 8-in. pots, $1.00 each.
VIRIDISSIMA. 6-in. pots, 50c. each.

We carr.v onl.v "iie grade, and that the verv highest qualitv obtainable Caso
of 250 pips. .$.-,(111; CISC of .WO pips, $9.50; case of lOiKl pips. $18.00.

F. R. PIERSON CO., - Tarryfown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

CVRTOMIUM FAI,C.4TIM. Fine speci-
mens. 6-in. pots, 75c. each.
SMALL FERNS FOR FERN PANS.

Assorted varieties. 2V4-in. pots, $3.50
per 100.
.4SP.AB.4GUS PLUMOSUS NANl'S.

Extra strong plants. 2^4-ln. pots,
$4.00 per 100.
ASP.ARAGUS SPRENGERI. Extra

heav.v plants. 4-in. pots. $10.00 per 100.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Sorine Shipments

Valley Pip». Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes.elc, from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO.,

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

THE IMPORT
HOUSE

BEST PAUMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepH HeacocK

■Wyncote, Pa.

m<>w<¥wwwww»wv»w»WA<i»mw<'g

SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORaNG STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXI NCTON, Ml^SS.
Telephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT GRAIG CO.

ROSES, PALMS,

and >iO\eIties in Dcmratne I'lantn.

MARKET and 49tli STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

C YC L A MEG^ August Rolker & Sons

Be<t strain in exislence.

* inch $3.i.0fl

5 inc}i 50.00

THOMAS ROLANO.

Vahant, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

'Jutland Road and E, 45th 8t

Tel. 2890 Bedford B ^ DDK L Y N , N . Y.

SIHAIVIROOK True Irish

St3-out' plant.s fr.iu 1% in. pots, $;5.00
per KJO: «i:5.(IO per 1000. Strong plants in
1 in. pots with saucers, $4.00 per 100-
s.5.00 per 1000. ' '

i="ERIMS F-OR I3IS>HE:S

Best .issMi-tcd varieties from 'iv, in
p. its. .•>:;..'-,il per 100: $:i0.00 per WOO; 50<j
at tlumsanfl rates. Casli with order

Frank Oechslin.wQuncVst, Chicago, III.

lintiort for the wholeNale trade:
AZALEAS, PALMS. RIIODODENDaONS,
BAVTKEES. ROSES, LILACS, HOLLAND
AND .JAPAN BILBS, LILT OF TUB
VALLEY. EXr.

P. 0. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, Decorativt and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perkins Street Nurseries, Rosllndale. — Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS ^^-^^oTo^'

WHITMAN! COMPACTA iNew ', to take the
place of Whitmani. A better commercial fern —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in: $6 per 100; $50 per
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rates.

H.H. BARROWS & SON, Whitman, Mass.

February 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

177

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

CONDUCTED BT

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by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICUDiUKi!..

Chrysanthemums

Where you have slow growing varieties or new
varieties that you want to increase as much as jiossible,
start now and work up a good batch. While some of
the growers for exhibition purposes have some of their
stock rooted by this time, for the general run of growers
for exhibition purposes, now is the proper time to be-
gin. Give all stock plants a well-lighted bench where
the temperature runs about 50 degrees at night. When
taking cuttings, only well-shaped, sturdy short-jointed
cuttings should be chosen for propagation. To place a
cutting in proper shape for the sand, all that is neces-
sary is to free it of the lowermost leaves. In the prop-
agation bed they will want frequent sprinkling, also
shading on sunny days. When they have made roots
about half an inch long they should be potted without
delay.

Easter Lilies

Lilies wanted for Easter should be far enough ad-
vanced now to show the flowers well above the foliage
and to be certain that they will be in on time, they
should be turning from green to white by the last week
of this month and not later than the first week in
March. Where not so far advanced as above mentioned,
they should be pushed by a brisk forcing temperature
of about 70 degrees at night with about twenty degrees
higher during the day. From this out lilies will con-
sume great quantities of water. To enlarge the flowers
and give color to the foliage, liquid feeding applied once
or twice a week will prove a great benefit. Just now
when the buds are well exposed to view, look out sharply
for the ever-bothersome Aphis and fumigate once or
twice a week to keep them in check. It is better to do
all hard forcing now than later so as to give the plants
a gradual cooling off. After most of the buds show
white and a bloom or two has opened, is the time for
this cooling process, first allowing the lilies to reach
this stage without retarding their steady growtli. They
can then be held back in good shape for ten days if
finally placed in as low a temperature as 40 or 45
degrees.

Palms

Before we get busier than we already are we should
take time to overhaul our stock in palms. Though a
most patiently suffering plant-family, neglect to do
right by them invariably tells. It will be found that
the appearance of specimen palms is wonderfully im-
proved by good sjwnging — an operation never too often
repeated — with a good insecticide such as Aphinc,
Lemon Oil or Fir Tree Oil. A badly infested plant is
hard to clean and should never be placed back among
others until it is freed of all insects. While any period
in tlie year is a good time for the transpl-inting of root-
bound stock, the repotting now of all palms will be

especiallv good before they start too much root action.
Use a siibstantial heavy soil which has been plentifully
enriched with old manure and bone meal. Keep a con-
uenial atmosphere and temperature, not much below 60
degrees at any period now, as they will be making re-
newed root action from this out.

Now

Orchids

that we will soon be reaching the middle of

February, which means stronger sun, most orchids will
')e better for some shade, but of course that does not
say to darken them up too much. Shading that can be
let up and down at will is the best, because when the
sun is weak up to nine o'clock in the morning and with
hss power from three o'clock in the afternoon, and on
(lark days, they can have the benefit of its moderate in-
fiuences." Keep all orchids that are starting into growth
well syringed every good day and as the season advances
it can be done twice'a day. Wet down paths and walks
two or three times a day so as to have abundance of
moisture in the atmosphere. The different pests will
spread now from this out, so it will be well to give
your orchids a good sponging often witli some good in-
secticide.

Seeds to be Sown

This is the season when many kinds of seeds must
he sown. All such seeds as asparagus, cannas, celosia,
cuphea, gloxinia, grevillea. begonias, dracaena, musa,
smilax, salvia, torenia and vinca can be started in_ a
temperature of about 65 degrees. Such seeds as antir-
rhinums, ageratum, asters, centaurea, hollyhocks, mar-
<,aierites, lobelia, petunias. Phlox Drummondi, stocks,
verbenas and wallflowers can be started in a tempera-
1 lire of about 55 degrees. The following perennials can
also be sown: coreopsis, dianthus, delphiniums, gail-
lardias, gypsophila, iberis, incarvillea, lavandula, lobe-
lias, lychnis, pentstemons, tritoma, etc. These can all
be sown in flats or pans provided with proper drainage
and for a compost there is nothing better than new
loam, leaf mold and sand in equal parts. Fill the flats
and press the surface firm and smooth. On this sow
the seeds. After thev have been thoroughly watered,
l;eep shaded and moist until the young seedlings begin
to appear, when thev should have full light. All these
voung plants will require careful watering, transplant-
ing and other attention. Many of the kinds named
:',hove mav be sown in successive lots up till March.

Secure Easter Stock Now

It is well to look over the stock of Easter plants now
r,nd see if you will be short of anything for that date.
Many a small grower has not room enough to grow the
slock that his trade demands so now is the time to buy
before the best is culled by early buyers. There are
quite a few plan's tliat are better to buy, as they can
lie more cheaply and better grown by the specialist.

Mr, Farrell's next notes will be on the followins : Begonia Gloire fie Lorraine; Care nt Adiautuin Farleyense: P"*'^'' Bulbs for Eas-
ter: Euphorbia .Tacnulnaetlora ; Frames of Pansies, etc.; Geranium Lorraine; Care of Adiantum larleyense: Dutch Bulbs for i^aster,

Stock riants.

178

HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

£'■

CONDUCTED BY

%^tjL^^xy{t

^^O^rs^x

Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the ofiHce of HORTICULTURE.

Pot Vines in Flower

As pot vines come into flower raise the night tempera-
ture to 65 to 70 F. with the usual advance by day. Fine
mornings the house can be damped down in the usual
way first thing, after which no more moisture should be
put down until after the flowers have been fertilized.
This should be done around noontime. The pollen will
be dry by this time and can be seen moving around when
the vines are shaken. Black Hamburgh is the safest
variety to grow for this work on account of its setting
the berries so easily and combining the other essential
good qualities of an early grape. Later in the season a
good shake of the vine is sufBcient to secure a good set
providing other conditions are favorable. With pot
vines coming in at such an early date and often in ad-
verse weather, it is advisable to fertilize the flowers with
a soft fur brush to reduce the percentage of seedless ber-
ries to a minimum. After fertilizing, damp the house
down well. This is one of the most important times of
the whole season that the house should have all the air
that it is possible to give it. In mild weather this is
■simple, but when it is freezing hard all day it is not so
easy. Take advantage of any sunshine that may come to
get just a little on.

Muscat of Alexandria Grape

To Muscat of Alexandra belongs the honor of being
the best-flavored grape in cultivation. This is a great
thing to say, but it is a generally acknowledged fact.
Like most of our exceptionally good things it is harder to
grow than most of the other varieties. This recalls an
instance of a melon tried out two years ago, undoubtedly
the finest thing in cultivation, but one can be excused
for calling a regular demon to grow. Xo plant would
carry more than two fruits : an average would be less than
one-and-a-half; this coupled with all its other troubles
caused us to discard it. Muscat of Alexandra is not
such an outrageous offender, but has some peculiar char-
acteristics, which if catered to will make it one of the
most prolific in addition to its excellent flavor.. The
first of February is a good date to start an early Muscat
house. I said "'Muscat house." using the general phrase
of the gardeners when referring to Muscat of Alexandra
but which is not definite, as there are a number of
Muscats, including several well-known black varieties.
Muscat of Alexandra vines started now will come along
in good shape and ripen their fruit at a good time. Give
them the ordinary routine for the first few weeks.

Thinning Strawberries

Soon after strawberries have gone over flowering they
must be looked through to make a reduction of the
fruits set. With these very early batches the thinning
process is easy, as generally the number of perfect fruits
with a stem of fair length is seldom in excess. A simple
method when thinning is to first remove all the poorly-
set fruits, then take off those with the shortest stems
until the requisite number is reached. This should be
about six until later on in the season. The longest
stemmed fruits are desirable because they will keep up

away from the water and also have a better opportunity
to get sun and air when ripening. After thinning give
the plants all the feeding they can take. A shelf near
the glass is the best location for strawberries to finish
tlieir fruit unless a house is given up to them entirely.

Vines Bleeding

After a vinery has been started for about a week the
sap commences to flow and there is a danger of "bleed-
ing" from cuts or where the outer barks have been taken
away deep enough to cut into the live wood. Every
drop of exuded sap is waste — so much life blood and
energy gone. It is similar in our own bodies; one can
bleed to death. Bleeding of vines is very much to be
regretted as once a cut or fractured part of the stem
commences to bleed the chances of stopping it right
away are very few. Up to the time a few leaves are
expanded it will be advisable to look over the rods peri-
odically to detect any bleeding. It is often a hopeless
task to undertake to stop a wound which has been bleed-
ing for sometime. The continual exuding of the sap
prevents one from obtaining a dry surface to work on.
Could this be brought about for a few minutes it would
be an easy matter to stop the bleeding. This is the time
which reminds anyone of "styptic" and the advantages
of using it at pruning time. Once an application of
this has hardened over a cut, bleeding is impossible. Use
this in preference to all substitutes. A very old remedy
is to push a small potato over the spur; sometimes this
will stop it and sometimes not. Powdered charcoal
applied as a dryer and followed immediately with a
dressing of Styptic has succeeded in some cases. As a last
resort the bleeding wound can be burnt with a hot iron
until it is dry, when tlie cells will often be closed up and
bleeding cease. These are only a few of the many ways
this evil is combated with — none of them are sure; there
is no sure remedy for it once it is started until nature
in her own way stops it after a few leaves are opened.
Late pruning is often the cause and should be avoided.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes can be planted out in the benches from 2i/^
inch pots or potted on into fours. The latter way is
preferable at this season of the year. It must be borne
in mind, that a tomato will not stand being root-
bound. No matter what size pot they are in and being
intended for growing on they must be shifted at the
right time. In some cases they apparently seem to get
over being root-bound but the crop is not so heavy. Im-
mediately the fours are nicely filled with roots transfer
them to the benches. These should not be filled with
soil if only one row is to be grown and trained up the
trellis near the roof. About one foot of soil will be
found sufficient. A board can keep this in its place.

Large houses can be used successfully for growing
tomatoes, in which ease each bench will receive the full
complement of soil and the plants will be planted
through the whole bench and tied up to stakes. Big
crops have been secured this way. Use soil that was
stacked with manure last fall. No other feed will be
needed until the first two trasses of fruit are set.

February 8, 19] 3

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179

Out-door Vegetables and Fruit

Early Seed Sowing

Early in the month of February the above heading
may look a little incongruous, though the past month
has been mostly suggestive of balmy spring, and temiDt-
ing us all the time to sow peas and other early vege-
tables. However, those who have a greenhouse and who
wish to grow some large Ailsa Craig onions or giant
leeks must now have them under way, and as soon as
they are large enough to handle, should be potted into
a light and rather rich soil. If it is practicable, add a
little soil from last year's onion patch, for it seems that
there is something about the onion as about the legumes
which benefits- them by inoculation with soil which has
previously been occupied by their kind. Tliis is stated
as a hypothesis merely and not as a fact, but if a num-
ber of the readers of Horticultuke will co-operate
with the writer and each put this siiggestion into oper-
ation with about half his plants, and besides using a
little of the old onion soil in each successive potting,
will plant this half so treated on the same plot as was
used for onions last year, treating them otherwise the
same as the rest, then by comparing notes next Septem-
ber or October, we shall know if this be a fact or not.
Be just as kind to the leeks as you are to the onions
and never let them get dry, giving a night temperature
of about 55 to 60 F. Globe artichokes should be sown
now or earlier and don't be afraid of growing too many
because only a portion of them will bear this summer.
Even if you can carry the old plants through the winter
it is always wise to raise a lot of seedlings as they will
invariably come in later than the old plants. The
young artichokes should have most liberal treatment
and be encouraged to make good plants in at least six-
inch pots by planting-out time. May first to tenth. Sow
■during this month, lettuce for an early crop in the
frames ; we have always liked May King for this. Soon
after this, sow a batch of Big Boston, as this variety
takes about two weeks longer to mature than the May
King. Egg plants, peppers, cabbage, cauliflower and
tomatoes for earliest crops may now be sown. If celery
is wanted in .June or July it should be started at once ;
the varieties golden self -blanching and white plume are
the best for early work. If you have not already done
so, make a planting plan for the vegetable garden for the
■coming season : it will facilitate the work greatly when
the rush comes.

Saving and Caring iot Manure

If you were not fortunate enough to get all the
manure drawn on the garden last fall, now would be a
good time to get some on while the ground is frozen
and when it is possible to drive nearly anywhere with-
. out doing damage. This matter of manure is a subject
worthy of our most painstaking study and it will be
dealt with from time to time in these notes in its vari-
ous phases affecting crop production.

Most gardeners have charge of some live stock and
consequently have to do with the saving of the manure
from these, and, even if not, he certainly should have a
thorough knowledge of the most approved methods of
conservinsj this important product. Manure should be
kept under cover until drawn out and spread on the
garden, because if exposed to m^ich rain, the most valu-
able fertilizing ingredients are leached away. The
lighter manures, such as horse manure, should be con-
solidated by tramping and sometimes it is advisable to
add a certain amount of water to it. The one great
weakness of most systems of manure saving is the lack
•of any proper means of saving the liquid excrement.

The folly of this will be apparent to everyone when
tiiey realize that of the total nitrogen in the manure,
liquid and solid, two-thirds are in the liquid, and of the
total potash four-fifths are in the liquid; therefore,
when we remember that nitrogen is at once the most
valuable and at the same time the very element that is
most likely to be missing in our soils, it is borne in upon
us that every provision should be made to gather and
to save from waste this extremely valuable source of
■soil fertility — the liquid manure. The best method of
accomplishing this will vary with varying conditions.
On a small scale where there are but few animals to
deal with, the best way would be by tising abundance of
absorbent bedding material, but where there is a greater
number of animals, a large concrete tank would answer
best, the tank to be fitted with a suitable pump to pump
the liquid either into a water cart or through pipes to
where it is wanted. For some reason gypsum or land
plaster (calcium sulphate) has been a favorite material
in most places to use in cow stalls, horse stalls and hen
houses as an absorbent. While this is a little cheaper
than "Floats," or raw ground phosphatic rock, the latter
is far and away the best material as it stiffens up the
manure pile in the very element in which it is weak,
viz, phosphoric acid, and besides this, it prevents to a
large extent the burning or fire-fang of manure and in
this process of burning there is a loss of ammonia,
which is quite serious, as for every seventeen pounds of
ammonia gas that escapes, there is a loss of fourteen
pounds of nitrogen, equal to a loss of one hundred
pounds of nitrate of soda. If, from lack of storage
room, as frequently happens, the manure must be drawn
out and stacked, it should be topped off so as to shed
most of the rain fall. Frequent turning of a manure
pile is always beneficial as, by so doing, the growth of
bacteria is promoted ; this bacteria is the means of
bringinsr about the changes which make manure into
available plant food.

Lenox, Mass.

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Facts and Fancies

Mr. Editor: — Truly we did not know what the New
Year had in store for us, and each week when Horticul-
ture arrives, we look to see what different bottle Friend
Jenkins has uncorked, and try to estimate the amount
of fizz. We were all anxious for the uplift, and hail it
accordingly and trust that a few neighborly comments
by the way will add incentive for the future, for we are
glad to note that the editor has promised that it shall
be continued.

The tirade against the poor little red spider, who by
the way is not a spider in the sense we usually accept
him, and this possibly is the reason he is designated by
his Latin name, has been with us since boyhood and we
l-notv, that a real nice moist growing atmosphere is not
agreeable to him, but very good for the plants. He
should not be admitted; it is not good policy to wait
until he has eaten up the Cyperus because he could not
get at the Victoria. Truly "Violence is the watchword
in a case like this, applied through the hose with great
pressure," but, in the next penful of ink the soft pedal
is put on, and that "with this in the hands of the careful
and thorough cultivator (coupled with eternal vigilance)
the terrors of red sjiider disappear like mist before the
morning sun." Which being interpreted means, the old
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to the whereabouts of the pest, especially to the under
side of the foliage. We thus learn that red spider is "a
terror."

TlieD. Sir, we ai e told in your lecent issue that "Damp-
ing down is a mistake (fallacy) — why the parenthesis?
— in any houses other than stove or orchid houses, ex-
' cept occasionally as when a grapery is starting into
growth, or on an extremely hot parching day in summer
when the roots of the roses, etc., are unable to send up
water fast enough to take the place of that evaporated
from the foliage, when the damping of walls, floors, or
any part of the house is necessary to prevent wilting."
This is a condition often seen even in March and April,
plants wilting after a few dull sunless days; wliy not
damp down, or even spray overhead?

It is hard to understand, too, why it is that orchid
houses are excepted as being susceptible of damping
do^vn at all times. I have often treated houses of or-
chids without water even on the floors for a week at a
time in July and August, and the plants did well.

Some years ago, before the advent of our friend Jen-
kins, an "excellent cultivator stated in the leading horti-
cultural journal at that time, that he would rather trust
to the hygrometer than the thermometer in the culture
of exotic plants under glass, and he knew how. This
was much discussed, even ridiculed at the time, but as
the years go on this question of "atmosphere" resolves
itself into the place at the top, and the stickler for exact
temperatures no matter what the other conditions are,
is in wrong. A high temperature on a cold night with
no moisture present, is a grand birthday night for red
spider.

The phrase "stove house," too, seems to have been re-
juvenated and reads strangely. It had been agreed upon
in American horticultural parlance that it should have
no place; "warm house" or "tropical house," but stove-
house never again ! Possibly it savored of red spider.

We are told, too, that "A damp atmosphere certainly
appears to favor black spots on Beauties. " .lust a year
ago on a zero morning, it was a revelation to see the
grower of Beauties at the great Poehlniaun Bros.' es-
tablishment, spraying Beauties vigorously, and some of
the Beauty houses were getting a bath the same day at
four P. il. Black spot is unknown there, foliage down
to the benches on plants several years old. and the best
growers in Massachusetts tell me they have to send west
to change their stock of Beauties at times. There is
nothing much more certain than that there are things
that "certainly appear to be" that are not.

There is an element of uncertainty in the statement
that the cutting-bed fungus is the result of too much
dampness in the atmosphere. Far better it would seem
to have it in the atmosphere than at the base of the cut-
tings. When wp see half a million carnation cuttings
rooting without a visible loss, all under the same roof
as the flowering plants, with no other provision made
except a cloth hung up to keep the atmosphere more
moist by keeping away draughts of air, it would seem to
be that the changing of sand and other precautions as
to cleanliness are much to be appreciated yet.

Mr. Jenkins tells much that is true under the head of
"Neglected Opportunities." We see very much more
here than in the East, of men who are graduated from
state and other horticultural schools and they make good.
There are plenty of gardeners who are taking instruc-
tions from such all over the country, and so it will con-
tinue to a certain extent. The fifteen years of a gar-
dener's life between fifteen and thirty must be golden
indeed if he can earn a living in his profession, make
good with his employers, and, on the side, get the list
of attainments as quoted, "an insight into landscape gar-

dening, modern methods of poultry handling, up-to-date
dairying, intensive cultivation of the land, construction
work such as road building, land drainage, with a little
knowledge of chemistry, physics, or natural science."

Now Mr. Editor, after being preached at in the same
strain for 35 years and being still young, and coming
some short of these requirements it would seem that
some of that time had been wasted; and yet, the years
were busy ones.

There is one possession the college men cannot take
From the gardener, and they are all envious of him in
that they do not have the knowledge of plants that grow.
In this age, when all outdoors is becoming more and
more man's recreation ground, it is not enough to know
everything from an orchid to an onion. Every growing
tiling that comes from the soil should be familiar, even
the weeds, especially by their common names. It seems
so good to note that Mr. Jenkins did not include botany
among his list of accomplishments. Botanical names
are a continuous exercise and seemingly will be.

Mr. Jenkins' future notes and axioms will be awaited
with interest, and the above friendly comments are
intended only to emphasize the fact that there are
usually at least two opinions about most things, with
perhaps a modicum of truth in each. Gardeners are
better far than they used to be or ever were, and yet,
the axiom for the week is :

"A healthy growing plant should never be allowed to
iret drv at the root."

Lake Forest, Illinois.

Antirrhinum

Elevated by pojiular favor, from tlie plebeian rank of
common garden annual in colors of a certain rustic gau-
diness to the higher level of marketable cut flowers com-
manding remunerative prices. This has been the evolu-
tionary feature of Antirrhinum majus during the last
two decades. The marked change in the general estima-
tion was the direct result of the introduction of a new
tall-growing race producing spikes of larger flowers in
clear shades. Particularly for the pure white, yellow
and rose pink varieties the demand is ever increasing.
The long stems and good lasting qualities in a cut state
make the flowers of the new snapdragons an excellent
material for indoor decoration. For this reason we find
them at present worthy of the more valuable space under
glass; in fact there are few conservatories without some
.Vntirrhinums on the benches.

My personal exjierience in growing Antirrhinums has
been in the main limited to outdoor culture and their
emploMuent for various garden effects. For the latter
purpose not alone the taU-growing giant snapdragons,
.\ntirrhinum majus grandiflorum, but also the large-
flowering half-dwarf type. Antirrhinum majus nanum
grandiflorum, prove highly satisfactory. The varieties
of the last mentioned race will be found particularlv well
adapted for bedding. Aside from the bushy growth and
iiandsome dark green foliage, the long florescence and
the free-flowering habit as a rule decide the issue.
Planted in separate colors the effect in floral color com-
bination is, of course, far superior to the use of mixed
shades. Annuals throughout the north, perennials in
tlie mild warm climate of the south. Antirrhinums rep-
resent a splendid material for herbaceous borders, es-
pecially for midsummer flowering. In New England
siacoast resorts tliey rank among the best paying cut-

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by Mr. Euzicka. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the otilce of HOKTICULTURE.

Packing in Winter

With the cold weather here at last, the packing and
shipping will have to change accordingly. We say '"the
cold at last." No doubt the readers of Horticulture
who have seen winter long ago will think this a little
belated advice, but as for us right here in the East, it
applies well. But to go on with the notes on packing:
Do not be afraid to use plenty of newspaper as it is
much cheaper than frozen roses. It is best to secure
some heavy wrapping paper and wrap all the boxes in
that, putting plenty of newspaper underneath. Do not
crowd the roses too much. It does not pay. If you
have been doing so, try to pack them the right way.
You may not receive more for your stock the first time
you do so. It will take time for the buyers to get wise
but after that they will always look for your stock.
Always aim to have the whole box of roses even ; that
is, have them all open about the same, and not have one
open a good deal and another only a little bit. Careful
cutting will accomplish this, and if this is done all the
time, the buyers will look for the boxes, and will buy
110 other until after they make sure that there are no
more. Pack Beauties with especial care, and see if you
cannot realize the high prices paid for fancy stock at
rliis time of the year. Use plenty of tissue paper; it
is cheap considering the service it renders. No matter
how good your roses are, if they are badly bruised they
will not be worth what roses of a poorer quality, and
not bruised, would be.

Paper vs. Wooden Boxes

This subject has many sides to it and growers must
find out for themselves which answers their particular
purpose better. We find that we can buy new paper
boxes for what we would have to pay the express com-
pany to return the empty wooden ones. And then a
good manv go to out-of-town buyers who certainly in-
tend to return them, but ... At any rate paper
boxes when bought in large quantity can be had real
reasonable, and we are sure that it pays to use them.

Cutting Rope for Paper Boxes

Rope to be used for tying paper boxes should be

cut in advance so as to save not only the time but the
rope itself. The best and simplest way is to find out
the exact number of feet of rope required, and then
lirive two nails or pegs into a piece of wood and then
wind the rope around them a certain number of times,
or better still bore two small holes in the side of the
packing table a certain distance apart, and have two
small wooden pegs which can be driven in when there is
rope to be cut, and removed when not wanted, to do
away with torn clothes, etc. Simple as this little ar-
raugement is, it has proved a great time saver with us
and will do the same elsewhere, we are positive.

Packing Young Stock for Shipment

Tlie other day I was surprised to hear a complaint
made that roses from a good reputable firm had arrived
in a condition that was a disgrace, due to the firm's
careless packing. We should always remember that the
signs, "This Side Up," "Handle' with Care," "Rush,
Live Plants," are not always heeded by the express em-
ployees, and they cannot be always blamed either. In
our opinion a box of plants should be packed so that no-
matter which way it is turned it will not upset the
plants in the least. Never pack in cases that resemble
a large hotel in size. There may be some excuse or
reason for doing so in packing large specimen plants,
but there is no excuse whatever for doing so in packing
potted roses. Again we ?ay do not be too shy in using
paper. It will pay in the long run to use more and have
the plants arrive in good condition.

Old Plants for Shipment

These should be shipped as free from soil as it is
safe to do so. Put plenty of moss' around the roots, and
they will be 0 K. A large number of plants was once
shipped quite some distance by express. Later a letter
stating that this firm had more real estate than they
needed, and that they had no fancy to buy it shipped
by express, was received, which plainly told that the
charges on the plants were as much as the plants were
worth themselves. So let us have consideration for our
In-other florists and Ije careful not to increase their ex-
penses any more than is necessary.

flowers of the seasons. In consequence thereof it is
here where today the greatest care is taken in growing
snapdragons out of doors to perfection.

The sowing of seed begins in January and the best
strain that money will buy is considered just good
enough. Seedlings in pots or shallow seed-pans are
transplanted into flats as soon as they can be handled.
Placed near the glass in houses of a temperature from
50 to 60 degrees, in A|)ril, the stock for cut-flower sale
is potted up in 3 to 3iv>-inch pots. Pinching out of the
tn|:is. although delaying the beginning of flowering from
two to three weeks, forces plants to branch low. One
nf the foremost aims should be now to secure, by careful
ventilating, a sturdy growth and to harden the young
plants. It is essential to plant Antirrhinums in the
open ground as early as possible so that they may become
firmlv rooted and underway Iiefore the hot weather sets

in. The soil should be well prepared and heavily en-
riched with cow manure. Mulching the surface around
young plants proves beneficial as it protects the tender
roots from being burned by the hot sun and prevents
the soil from becoming hard and dry. Staking and
watering must be attended to in time and every precau-
tionary measure taken to prevent any stunt in growth.
Being gross feeders Antirrhinums may need an appli-
cation of fertilizers or sheep manure after the first crop
of flowers is cut.

In order to have the colors absolutely distinct propaga-
tion in sand is often resorted to. Fall cuttings in such
cases should by all means be taken from the old plants
before the frost has touched them.

Tih'crion. N. J.

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yUL. tVll FhBKUARY 8, 1913 ^U 6

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CONTENTS PaTe

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Antirrhinum majus grandi-
florum.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Chrys-
anthemums — Easter Lilies — Palms — Orchids — Seeds
to be Sown — Secure Easter Stock Now — John J. M.
Farrell 177

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Pot
Vines in Flower — Muscat of Alexandria Grape — Thin-
ning Strawberries — Vines Bleeding — Tomatoes —
George H. Penson 178

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Early Seed
Sowing — Saving and Caring for Manure — Edwin Jen-
kins 179

FACTS AND FANCIES— £. 0. Orvet 179

ANTIRRHINUM— i?ir7ia)(? Rothe 180

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Packing in Winter
— Paper vs. Wooden Boxes — Cutting Rope for Paper
Boxes — Packing Young Stock for Shipment — Old
Plants for Shipment — Arthur C. Ruzicka 181

THE RED SPIDER QUESTION— If eHira Harris 183

BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 183

GARDENER AND GRADUATE— Vernon T. Sherioood. 183

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Schedule and
Perspectus — Lectures, Trade Exhibition and Other
Features — American Rose Society 184

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 184a

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

New England Dahlia Society— J. K. Alexander, por-
trait— American Association of Nurserymen — Elberon
Horticultural Society — Florists' Club of Washing-
ton—Florists' Club of Philadelphia 184b

Club and Society Notes 184 c

THE FLORIST AND HIS MARKET— WoHace R. Pier-
son — portrait 184d

DURING RECESS— Bar Harbor Horticultural Society
— Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Society —
Oyster Bay Horticultural Society — Yonkers vs. Glen

Cove — Cook County Bowling — Notes 185

Plant Growers Dinner — Illustrated 188

OBITUARY — Thomas V. Munson — Walter Rasmussen
— Bernard F. Diedrich — Hugo Lowe — Gustave T.
Cordua — Peter Britz — August Schuermann 186

SEED TRADE — Inspection of Seeds 190

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS;

Effective Advertising — Steamer Departures 192

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 193

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 197

Detroit, New York, Philadelphia 199

St. Louis, Washington 204

MISCELLANEOUS:

A Park Conservatory for Boston 183

John N. May Retires — portraits 183

To Lengthen Lily Stems 183

American Enterprise — Mid-Winter Flower Show.... 184a

Personal 184 c

Detroit Notes 184d

Catalogues Received — Publications Received 190

In Bankruptcy 190

News Notes 192

Chicago Notes — Cincinnati Notes 194

Philadelphia Notes— That Ginger Jar Man— E(?Min

Jenkins 195

Incorporated 204

St. Louis Notes 295

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Patents
Granted — Fires -06

Here we are. right into the Lenten sea-

For a .son. Instead of settling down, apathetical

Busy Lent and submis.sive to the ancient bugaboo of

dull business in Lent, why not put every

faculty to work to contrive ways and means for convinc-

ing people that flowers are the best alternative for what-
ever tliey may have relinquished, for tlie time being, in.
the way of social activities ? Properly handled. Lent
niiglit be made the florists" opportunity, with Easter as
the great culmination instead of making the day a soli-
tary floral event. Here is a good opening for the pub-
licity campaign.

Wallace K. I'ierson, in his address at
Producticn and Philadelphia, a part of which appears
marketing jn this issue, made a number of strong
points, as might be expected from
that thoughtful, yet energetic, young hustler. When
he asserts his belief that the selling end of the flower
business has not kept pace with the building and produc-
tion end he knows whereof he speaks. Any observant
man ought to be able to see that the big energy has gone
into the production of the goods, and, that "the product
has been left to take care of itself" is not too strong a
statement. It is but a glimmer of light that has yet
come to the flower industry on the problem of the popu-
larization and distribution of its products. Every one
interested should read and ponder on what Mr. Pierson
lias to say in this most practical and incisive paper. It
touches squarely on the most vital problem which the
florieultural interests are called upon to face at the
present time — that of creating a market.

As we go to press a hearing is in
A proposed progress before the Committee on
seed inspection Agriculture of the Massachusetts
'3^ Legislature on the proposed seed in-

spection act, tlie full text of which
is given in this issue of Hoeticultuke. The bill em-
bodies the views of Dr. George E. Stone of Amherst,
who has handled the subject in a broad-minded manner
and with due consideration for the seed trade, and if
any bill for State in.?pection is to be passed this one has
much in it to be commended. It is opposed_, however,
by local representatives of the trade on the ground that
it is not practicable to get uniform tests and reports by
the many State Experiment Stations and that it would
be better to have a Federal law on which all State In-
spectors and the trade could agree and which would not
be at variance with local legislation. It is questioned,
also, whether the passage of the law would result in the
selling of a better grade of seed than is now offered and
Boston seedsmen are positive tliat it would not.

We are enabled to announce in this issue
A year full the distribution of the final schedule and
of promise prize list for the big International Ex-
hibition which takes place in New York
two months hence; also the issuance of the Annual Ee-
port of the S. A. F. for the year 1912, The completed
list of State Vice-Presidents and other officials as ap-
pointed by President Farqubar and the announcement
of the date for the Executive Board meeting at Minne-
apolis all help to bring national society activities right
up to date. And now, "on with the dance." 1913 is
destined to be a red-letter year in the annals of Ameri-
can horticulture and that the concrete strength and in-
fluence of the S. A. F. with its comprehensive scope and
broad policies is now, after its many years of preparatory
development, to be impressively demonstrated, seems
well assured. Without indulging in either boastful
retrospect or over-colored anticipations we may truly
say that the national organization has "made good" and
will continue to do so with increasing efficiency. It is
a source of satisfaction to feel that one has been identi-
fied with the early struggling days of an organization
which stands for so much today as does the S. A. F.

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THE RED SPIDER QUESTION.
Editor HORTICULTURE:

Dear Sir — Under the heading of
"Red Spider vs. Damping Down" I
would lilie to say that I agree with
George H. Penson that damping down
will to a certain extent keep down the
pest. Edwin Jenkins asks what pos-
sible effect moisture can have upon
red spider. I say it does have an ef-
fect. If not, why do they always go
to a dry spot in the house and breed
there faster than where it is always
damp? I hold that if no dry places
are allowed in a house it will be much
more difficult for them to breed. Two
years ago this month I cut down tho
damping in my cypripedium house and
I got a dose of red spider. 1 fumi-
gated at once but it did not seem to
effect them much, but maybe it beljied.
But I also damped down to such an
extent that not a dry spot was to be
seen on a w'alk or anywhere else all
day and also I gave a heavy damping
when I made my last round at night,
about half .past ten, and I claim that
to have been the chief cause of their
eradication. Last year and this I
have kept up the damping and I have
not seen a sign of the pest. At the
time I did have it so bad I would like
to state that it was not brought into
the house on any other plants as non"
had been taken in there for months
previously. I 'further agree with Mr.
Penson when he says spider always
makes its first appearance on a peach
tree right where the foliage touches
the pipes or hangs over a main. These
places are very difficult to keep moist
on account of the heat. But with a
little special care at these points a lot
of trouble can be saved. Mr. Jenkins
claims that heated air has a greater
capacity for moisture, and I agree
with him there, but when he says that
the chances are that there is a greater
amount of moisture at the above men-
tioned places I beg to differ, as heat
rises and you will find that the mois-
ture settles on the roof when the
walks are quite dry. The above is a
very interesting topic amongst most
gardeners and I would like to see some
more opinions expressed under this
heading.

I notice in the account in your
Feb. 1st issue of the Nepenthes hous?
at Kew that you spell the name of thi-
"Cats Head Flower" wrongly, accord-
ing to what I always understood, ami
I think you will find that instead oi
Tacca cristata it is Ataccia cristata.
Yours sincerely,

MERLIN HARRIS.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Nicholson ;:lves Ataccia cristata as a
synonym of Tacca cristata. tlip latter name
being given the iirefereuce. — ED.

JOHN N. MAY RETIRES.

John N. May. the veteran rose
grower of S'.mmit, N. J., announces
that on February 1 he transferred to
his son Harry 0. May the business

A PARK CONSERVATORY FOR
BOSTON.

A new horticultural building to cost
at least $100,000 will be erected on the
Fenway or some other public grounds
in Boston as soon as Mayor Fitzgerald
can get the City Council to transfer
the necessary money from the Park-
man fund income, according to a re-
cent announcement. At the next meet-
ing of the Council, the mayor will call
upon that body to provide $5,000 for
plans and specifications for a new
structure, and it is hoped to get the
building under way at once.

JOH.N N. Mav
which he has conducted for so many
years on Pine Grove avenue. Harry
O. May is well qualified to take up th^
business and conduct it with success.
He has been trained in rose-growing
from his boyhood and knows it from

Hakry O. Mat
A to Z. As our readers know, he has
for a number of years held the office
of treasurer of the American Rose So-
ciety. A host of staunch friends will
join us in wishing John N. May many
years of health and comfort in his
well-earned leisure.

TO LENGTHEN LILY STEMS.

We noted an experiment at Julius
Roehrs' last week which seems to
promise success. To obviate the
short stalks which are so common to
the Easter lilies of late the stubby
plants were caged over with a shading
of paper about a foot above the pots.
The semi-darkness causes the stems
to draw up raiiidlv before formin,.;
buds, after which they are gradually
exposed to full light.

BRITISH HORTICULTURE.

The Sweet Pea Annual.

The new annual issued by the Na-
tional Sweet Pea Society is filled with
informative matter dealing with this
increasingly popular flower. Growers
will w-elcome the inclusion of the sci-
entific paper by Major Hurst on
"Rogues in Sweet Peas," read at the
society's conference, together with the
instructive discussion which followed.
\V. Cuthbertson (Dobbie and Co.) has
some interesting comments on the rais-
ing of new varieties, a subject on
which he is well qualified to express
opinion. Some American impressions
on last year's show are given by Lester
L. Morse, of San Francisco. The writer
is very enthusiastic on what he de-
scribes as a "marvelous" show. "'I
had heard and read," he writes, "much
about the wonderful results the Eng-
lish sweet pea grower secures in size
of bloom, length of stem, breadth of
leaf, etc., but I was not prepared for
the impressions these giants would
make on me." Mr. Morse comments
on the confusion of names caused by
the placing of synonymous kinds on
the market. "A hundred varieties I
thought I easily recognized were
shown under names I had never heard
of, and frequently one variety bore
four to six names." Some useful hints
on tackling streak disease are given
in an article by J. A. Bull, who ad-
vises special manurial treatment. The
book is well up to the high standard
previously reached.

W. H. ADSETT.

GARDENER AND GRADUATE.

Dear Editor: — If in my letter I im-
plied that Mr. Jenkins thought it was
necessary for gardeners to go to col-
lege, then 1 apologize, but what I
really meant to convey was that gar-
deners have very little reason to fear
the invasion of college graduates into
the field of estate management, and I
am still of the same opinion, lacking
convincing testimony to the contrary.
The mere quoting of the fact that one
or more graduates hold positions as
superintendents is no more convincing
than the fact that I know a man who
is neither a graduate or a gardener,
who is also a superintendent of an
estate; he is a retired sea captain.

I must disclaim that I said the analy-
sis of a soil can be had by "feel and
look." Mr. Jenkins alters the word
feel to touch, a far different word.
There are means of telling whether a
fleM lacks either lime or nitrogen
without analysis as possibly Mr. Jen-
kins is aware. There are places where
the college graduates have woefully
failed, and ether places where the col-
lege graduate superintendent has been
compelled .to recognize the gardener
under him as being a worthy competi-
tor. I wish to thank Mr. Jenkins for
opening the way to a discussion, for
it is thus we learn.

VERNON T. SHERWOOD.

February 3, 1913.
HORTICULTURE:

Enclosed please find $1.00, my sub-
scription for your valuable paper;
should feel lost without it.
Yours very truly,

O. A. H.
Greenwich, Conn.

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HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK, APRIL 5 TO 12, 1913.

The nnal schedule of Prizes for the
Third National Flower Show of the
Society of American Florist and
Ornamental Horticulturists and Con-
tributing Societies in Co-operation with
the International Exposition Company,
has been issued and copies may now
be obtained on application to Secre-
tary John Young, 54W. 28th St., New
York City. ^,. ^ ^-^

We shall not attempt to publish the
entire list of prizes at the present time.
Our readers can have them in more
convenient and preferable form in the
regular official publication, which is a
44-page pamphlet, well-printed in large
type on heavy paper and including all
the rules, scales of points, etc., of the
Flower Show Committee and the vari-
ous contributing societies. There are
563 distinct classes each providing one,
two or three cash prizes, cups or med-
als In addition to the extensive lists
offered by the Society of American
Florists, American Carnation Society,
American Gladiolus Society, American
Rose Society, and American Sweet Pea
Society in their respective sections, sil-
ver cups or gold, silver and bronze
medals are contributed by the follow-
ing named societies:

American Institute of the City
of New York, Chrysanthemum So-
ciety of America, Dutchess County
Horticultural Society, Elberon Horti-
cultural Society, Horticultural Society
of Chicago, Horticultural Club of Bos-
ton, Horticultural Society of New-
York, International Exposition Com-
pany, Lenox Horticultural Society,
Morris County Gardeners' and Florists'
Society, Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, Nassau County Horticultural
Society. National Association of Gar-
deners, New Jersey Floricultural So-
ciety. Newport Horticultural Society.
New York and New Jersey Association
of Plant Growers, New York Florists'
Club, North Westchester Horticultural
Society, Paterson Floricultural Socie-
ty, The Perpetual Flowering Carna-
tion Society of England, Southampton
Horticultural Society, Tarrytown Hor-
ticultural Society, Westchester and
Fairfield Horticultural Society, Gar-
deners' and Florists' Club of Boston,
Missouri Botanical Garden.

Donations and special prizes of cups
or cash are credited to 33 commercial
firms in various parts of this country
and abroad, also from 13 amateur
patrons of horticulture.

Entries must be in the secretary's
hands not later than March 30th. A
charge of $2.00 will be assessed for
every entry made after this date and
the management reserves the right to
reject any and all entries received af-
ter March 30th. All entries other than
for the rose, carnation, sweet pea and
gladiolus societies, should be sent to
John Young secretary, S. A. F. and O.
H., International Flower Show, New
Grand Central Palace, 46tb street and
Lexington avenue, New York.

Entries for all the rose classes
should be forwarded so as to reach
the secretary, Benjamin Hammond,
Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., not later
than March 29th, 1913.

All carnation entries must be in the
hands of the secretary, A. P. J. Baur,
Indianapolis, Ind., not later than March

26th. Exhibitors from a distance will
please note the date and mail accord-
ingly. A charge of $2.00 will be made
for each entry made later than March
26th.

Sweet pea entries will be received up
to 10 o'clock on the day previous to the
exhibition. A great favor will be con-
ferred, however, by earlier notification.
Entries must be made on the forms
supplied by the secretary, Harry A.
Bunyard, 342 W. 14th street, N. Y. C.

All gladiolus entries must be made
to the secretary, L. Merton Gage, South
Natick, Mass., not later than one week
before the first day of the exhibition,
on blanks provided by the secretary for
the purpose.

Intending exhibitors should note
very carefully the days on which the
different classes will be staged.

Copies of the official schedule may
be had by anyone calling at the office
of HORTICULTURE, 11 Hamilton
Place, Boston, where a stock will be
kept constantly on hand, and any in-
formation will be cheerfully given to
intending exhibitors or prospective vis-
itors to the show.

Lectures, Trade Exhibition and Other
Features.
The feature program for the show,
while not yet completed, will include
free lectures to the public every after-
noon and evening. President Farqu-
har of the S. A. F. will speak on
-Gardens of Japan." J. Otto Thilow. of
Philadelphia will lecture on "A trip
through the Canadian Rockies." E. H.
Wilson, of Boston, will speak on
"Chinese Plants." F. W. Brown, of
Buffalo, has kindly consented to give
his ideas on "Floral Arrangement and
Art." R. F. FeUcJi, of London, Eng..
it is also hoped will speak on "Floral
Decorations as used at the British
Court." Other well known lecturers
will be Leonard Barron, of The Gar-
den Magazine: George V. Nash, of the
New York Botanical Garden; J. H. Mc-
Farland. of the McFarland Publicity
Co., Harrisburg. Pa.: and Miss Bea-.
trice Jones, of New York, the well-
known landscape artist. The lecture
room, which is on the third floor of
the Palace, will be used by members
of the different societies for their
meetings in the mornings: definite
dates will be set for each society as
scon as -the program is properly ar-
ranged.

The board of jurors, composed of
about sixty well posted men in Ameri-
can horticulture, will work in con-
junction with about a dozen European
gentlemen, in order that the show may
be judged expeditiously and the jtrizes
all awarded before the building is
opened to the public.

Arrangements are being made to
have the music in i eeying with the
magnitude and importance of the
event.

Some of the commercial firms think
the price of 7.5c., f 1 and $1.50 per ft.
(according to location) for space in
the trade exhibition section is too high,
but it must be remembered that con-
ditions in New York are very different
from those found in small towns. Mr.
Young still has a few good locations
for sale, and, as purely a business
proposition anyone interested who doc-^

not have space in this show will sure-
ly regret the fact, afterward. The
building in which the show will be
held (of which a very fine picture ap-
pears on the back of the Final Sched-
ule of Prizes) rents for $2000 per day;
the lighting and other essentials are
additional items; and while the S. A.
F., & O. H. has an agreement with the
International Exposition Co.. which
relieves the society of much direct re-
sponsibility, still it will have to be
provided for. The cost of space, how-
ever, if any business man will sit down
and conscientiously figure it out, is
really very little considering the fact
that automobile shows in the same
building rented their space for from $:i
to $5 per foot; and also considering
the fact that an exhibitor is putting
his goods before the greatest buying
iniblic in the world. When one con-
siders, too, that more than seventy-
five thousand people passed through
the gates at a local exhibition one
Sunday last fall just to see a chrysan-
themum exhibition, the prospects for
a record breaking attendance at the
International Show looks exception-
ally bright.

the International Exposition Com-
pany, through its arrangements with
the advertising agencies, will have an
announcement of the show in all the
surface, elevated and subway stations,
and in this way it will come to the
direct notice of over two million peo-
ple a day, a great many of whom will
be interested in the show.

It is expected that one day will be
known as "Society Day," on which day
the admission fee will be double that
on ordinary days. This will be the big
display day of the Rose and Carnation
Societies.

J. H. PEPPER.
Chairman Publicity Committee.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

The members of the American Rose
Society are quite in earnest about put-
ting up a fine show at the coming In-
ternational Exhibit in New York City.
There have been special prizes of con-
siderable value offered by the New-
York Cut Flower Company which
have not yet been finally adjusted, the
value being $200. There is also a spe-
cial prize from Moore, Hentz & Nash,
of a silver cup valued at $50 for the
best six roses: six roses in each
entry, no three to be of the
same variety, no stem to be long-
er than twenty inches, the roses
of each variety to be judged on their
own merits and not by comparison
with the other varieties. There is also
a special growers' i)rize, first, second
and third. $15, $10 and $7 in cash.
This prize is for the actual grower of
any exhibit and not for the exhibitor,
excepting in the case where he does
his own growing. The object is
to recognize the man who actually
does the good work. This prize was
first offered by Frank L. Moore of
Chatham. N. J., and has been renewed
by someone almost every year since.
There is also another special prize re-
ported as coming ffom Philadelphia,

for 75 roses of any variety, excepting

American Beauties.

BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec.

February 8, 1913

HOETl CULTUKE

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers— ricsideiit. J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar. Bostmi, Mass.; vice-presirteut,
Theodore \\"irtli. MinnenpoUs, Minn.;
secretary, .loLn Youug, 54 W. 2Stli St.,
New York; trcMsurer, W. F. Kasting,
BuCfnlo. X. Y Next convention, Minne-
apolis. Minn., Aug. Hi-22, i;)13.

For Full Information, Schedules,
Space for Trade Exhil)ition, etc., write
to JoiiD Young, Secretary and Man-
ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West
2Sth Street. New York City.

President Parquhar has made the

following appointments:

State Vice-Presidents.

Ala. — W. li. ratersou. Jr., Montgomery.

Calif. — (North) Daniel MacKone, San
Francisco. (South) Charles Shaw. Los
Angeles.

Colo. — Charles U. Fohn, Colorado
Springs.

Conn. — Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell.

D. of C— F. H. Kramer, Washington.

Fla. — C. D. Mills. Jacksonville.

Oa. — John Wolf. Savannah.

III. — (North) Fred Lautensehlager. Chica-
go. (South) Frank L. Washburn, Blooming-
ton.

Ind.-- (North) J. S. Stuart, Anderson.
(South) Joseph H. Hill, Richmond.

Iowa — .lames S. Wilson. Des Moines.

Kas. — Harrie S. Mueller. Wichita.

Ky. — Fred Louis Schu.tz. Louisville.

Lit. — Harry Fapworth. New- Orleans.

Maine — Charles S. Strout. Biddeford.

Md.— (South) R. E. Graham, Baltimore.
(North) R. A. Vincent. White Marsh.

Mass. — (East) Wm. P. Edgar, Boston.
(West) Prof. E. A. White. Amherst.

Mich.— (East 1 Albert Pochelon, Detroit.
(West) Elmer D. Smith. Adrian.

Minn.— Elot P. Holm. St. Paul.

Mo.— (I^a.stt l''red H Welier. St. Louis.
(West) Miss Marv Ilavden. Kansas City.

Miss.— S. W. Crowell, Rich.

Mont.— T. E. Mills. Helena.

Neb. — Louis Henderson. Omaha.

N. IL— Geo. E. Buxton. Nashua.

N. J. — (North) Joseph Manda, W. Orange.
(South) Geo. A. Strohlein. Riverton.

N. Y.— (East) James McHutchison, N. Y.
City. (West) Geo. B. Hart, Rochester.

N. C— S. Albert Starr, GolAsboro.

Ohio — (North) Chas. Graham, Cleveland
(South) J. Chas. McCuIlough, Cincinnati.

Okla.— Geo. Stiles, Oklahoma City.

Ore. — James Forbes, Portland.

Penn.— (East) David Rust, Philadeliihiii.
(West) Snmncl :M'Cli.me'its. Pittsluirsb.

R. L— D. J. Renter, Westerly.

S. C. — C. A. Moss. Spartanburg.

S. D.— B. C. Newbury. Mitchell.

Tenn. — C. L. Baum, Knoxville.

Texas— Alex. Millar, Dallas.

Vt. — C. E. Cove, Burlington.

Va. — H. Brown. Richmond.

W. Va.— C. P. Diidlcv. Pnrkersburg.

Wash. — Amy L. Lambly. Spokane.

Wis. — William Currie. Milwaukee.

TTtnh— A. .1. ,Mt. S-ilt L:'kP City.

Alberta- A. M. Tirrell. CalgniT.

M.nnitnba — H. E. Philpott. Winnipeg.

Ontario — H. Dillemuth, Toronto.

Quebec — Geo. A. Robinson. Montreal.

BOTANIST— Prof. A. C. Beat. Ithaca.
N. Y

PATnOLn(;iST— Prof. IT. H. Whetzel.
Ithaca, N. Y.

BNTO>'Oi,OC,TST — Piof. Thos. B. Sy-
nions. College Park, Md.

WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE SOCIETY— Wm. F. Gude. Washing-
ton. D. C.

COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL GARDENS—
Beninniin Hnmniond. chairman. Fisbkill-on-
Uniison. N Y'.; C. B. Whitnall. Jlilwaukee.
Wis.; Robert Craig. Philadelphia. Pa.;
Michael Parker. Chicago. 111.: F. K. Pier-
son. Tarrytown, N. Y.

Department of Plant Registration.

Pnblic notice is hereby given that Richard Diener & Co., Mountain View,
Ca!., offers for registration the following new geraniums. Any person object-
ing to the registration or to the use of the proposed names, is requested to
communicate with the secretary at once. Failing to receive objection to the
registration, the same will be made three weeks from this date:

Flowers Single Except Where Otherwise Noted. ^l^'^.l'^f.f ^"o?'lTuss''

Dr. Richard Behrend, cherry crimson 2% inches 7-13 Inches

Jack London, bright shaded led 3 " 7 ^"

Julius Ebcrius, dark cherry scarlet. 3 " I ,,

Ur. Lincoln Cothran, rose pink, semi-double 2% " 6 '

Judge Lindsey, coppery salmon .' 2 " I ..

Fresno, light cherry scarlet '. 2% " 6

H. Plath, flery red 2% •■ 6 ]

Anna Elierius, pale coral 2^i •' 6 '

I'alo Alto, brownish red to ponceau 2 " 0

Fire Ball, bright scarlet .' 2^ " i. [[

Los Altos, dark scarlet 2 " ij .!

Florence Metzner, dark cardinal 2 " 7 ^|

Mrs. Edward Stock, shaded rose pink 2 "^ 6 ^]

La Paloma, snow- white 2 " o ^^

Tamalpais. cherry red 2 " 5 .!

J. Stltt Wilson, orange flame 3 ]' ' ,[

Ramona, salmon pink 2^4 " ° ^

Fire King, fiery orange 2 " b '^

Sacramento, orange tlame 3 "^ 6 ^

Luisa Tetrazzina, pure white 2 " 5 .!

Mt. Shasta, snow white 3 " J _^

Rosea, coral pink 3 '| c ..

Tacoma, deep salmon pink 2% " 6 ^^

Hawaii, fiery orange 2 " 6 ^

Mary Garden, salmon to light rose-pink 2 "^ t ••

Mayor Ralph, cherry scarlet 2 " 7 _

Governor Johns()n. orange scarlet 3 *' 7 ^^

Glfford Pincbot, burnt orange and crimson 2 " c .!

Gertrude Atherton. white and salmon-pink 2% " 5 ,,

Richard Diener, dark rose-pink, single and semi-double. . 3 '* ' ^^

Mt. Hamilton, apple blossom pink 2 '" o ^^

Alviso, white to light pink " " I ■•

Sunnvvale. deep salmon 2% "' 6 ^^

Snow Bird, snow white 2% ]] b

Gilroy, carmine and scarlet 2 " 6 ,,

Tlvoli, white and shaded crimson 2 " S ..

White Beauty, white and light pink 2 " r ..

Blllle Burke, dark shrimp pink 2 " b ^

Frltzl Scheff. shaded rose and salmon 2 " o

Mrs. William S. Kimball, Rochester,
N. Y., offers for registration the follow-
ing described new orchid.

Raisers' Description. — The plant is a
sport from the well-known Cypriped-
ium Harrisianum differing from the
original as follows: The habit of the
growth is short and compact and the
plant is very floriferous. The leaves
are much narrower and have a bright
glossy surface. The flower scape is of

greenish color, six to nine inches in
height. The flower is of medium size,
beautifully formed and of a light
greenish color, slightly shaded, the
staminode being perfectly green.

The name which I wish to give to
the above described Orchid is Cypri-
pediuni Harrisianum "Laura Mitchell
Kimball."

JOHN YOUNG, Secretary.

January 31, 1913.

President Parquhar has called a
meeting of the Bo^ird of Directors for
February 25. at 10 A. M.. at the Hotel
Radisson, Minneapolis.

JOHN YOUNG, Secretary.

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.

From a grower's point of view, per-
haps the most stri' ing exhibit at the
R. H. S. on Tuesday last was the vase
of the new American Rose. Mrs.
Charles Russell, brought over from
the other side by Mr. Manda, of St. Al-
lans. We have all been reading the
descriptions of this new rose in the
press, but little thought we should
see it in the "natural" for some time.
Now who on earth in this little island
would have dared to cut thirty to for-
ty roses, with an idea of exhibiting
them in New York ten to twelve days
hence? Yet this idea occurred to Mr.
Manda, and what is more, it "came
off," for not only did he bring the rose
across, but placed it lefore the Floral
Committee of the R. H. S., and gained
an Award of Merit. If this does not
"lick creation," 1 should like a better
example! — Xurscri/man and Seedsman.
London.

The Connecticut Nurserymen's Asso-
ciation will meet on Feb. 12th at the
Experiment Station in New Haven.

MID-WINTER FLOWER SHOW.

The mid-winter flower show at Hor-
ticultural Hall, Boston, on February 1
and 2 drew an unusually larae attend-
ance. The show compared favorably
with its predecessors in extent and
quality. A remarkably handsome plant
of Chorozema Lowii attracted much
attention as did also a grand display of
pansy blooms by William Sim and am-
aryllis from Mrs. C. G. Weld. William
Whitman was represented by splendid
snecimens of Prinuilas stell'^t" sinen-
sis and obconica and Mrs. Fred Ayer
by fine plants of Primula malacoides
and Erica melanthera. Mrs J. L.
Gardner showed fine groups of hard
wooded greenhouse plants, bulbous
plants, etc.. and E. B. Dane se up an
excellent group of lilacs, acacias and
ericas. There was an unusual show-
ing of carnations from S. J. God-
dard, A. A. Pembroke, Patten &
Co., A. W. Preston, W. D. Howard
and others. H. Huebner showed
his new winter-flowering snapdrag-
ons. John Barr vis a%>arcled a cer-
tificate of merit for carnation Mrs.
P. Cheney, Mrs. Lester Leland, cul-
tural certificate for display of Cyc-
lamen superha. Knight & Struck hon-
orable mention for collection of hard-
wooded plants and Mrs. J. L. Gardner
honorable mention tor Aphelandra
Ro^zli.

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HORTICULTURE

February 8, 191-

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY.

The seventh annual meeting of the
New England Dahlia Society was
called to order by President J. K.
Alexander at Horticultural Hall, Bos-
ton, Jan. 29th. Following the read-
ing' and adoption of the minutes of
last meeting came the election of of-
ficers for 1913. John K. Alexander of
East Bridgewater was unanimously
re-elected to a third term as president,
W. C. Brady of Wollaston, Mass..
was re-elected vice-presideut: J. Her-
bert Alexander of East Bridgewater,
Mass., was elected secretary, and
George L. Stillman of Westerly, R.
I., was elected treasurer. The Execu-
tive Committee resulted as follows:
Edgar \V. Ela, Woburn, Mass.. J. H.
Flint, Salem, Mass., C. N. Bacon, Hol-
liston, Mass., L. B. R. Briggs, Cam-
bridge, Mass.. and Parker A. Mansfield
of Maiden, Mass.

Following the election Maurice Fuld.
the representative of H. F. Michell Co.
of Philadelphia, gave an exceedingly
interesting address, stating facts re-
garding the progress and development
of the society, and making valuable
suggestions.

A communication from the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society, in-
viting the New England Dahlia Society
to hold their Annual Dahlia Exhibi-
tion jointly with them, was referred
to a committee which after an inter-
view with William P. Rich, secretary
of the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety, reported favorably, recommend-
ing that each society should use their
own exhibition rules and regulations,
and offer their own prizes in their own
name. The new England Dahlia So-
ciety then voted to hold its Annual
Dahlia Exhibition the 12th, 13th and
14th of September, aud to help make
this the largest dahlia exhibition ever
held in this country. Secretary Alex-
ander says:

"We ought to have a full thousand
members before the 1913 show is held.
Twenty-eight American states, includ-
ing Porto Rico, and five foreign coun-
tries are already represented in our
list. The New England Dahlia So-
ciety issues quarterly a "Dahlia News"
which deals with all phases of dahlia
life, a paper of great value to our
dahlia loving members.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR-
SERYMEN.

I have recently been appointed
chairman of the Exhibits committee
of the American Association of Nurs-
erymen, also the joint convention of
the Pacific Coast Association, which
meets at the same time. I would be
pleased to have all eastern parties who
desire to make exhibits for this con-
vention send word at as early date as
possible for what they intend to ex-
hibit and about the amount of space
it will require, so we can make am-
ple arrangements to handle all ex-
hibits. We hope to make this con-
vention the largest and best one that
has ever been held by the American
Association and we need the hearty
cooperation of all to insure success.
Intending exhibitors please write
FRANK W. POWER,

Orenco, Oregon.

J. K. AUiVi.VDEB

Re-elected President of New Ensl.ind Dahlia
Society for a Third Term.

By re-electing John K. Alexander of
East Bridgewater, Mass., president of
the New England Dahlia Society the
members have chosen one of the most
able and skilled dahlia specialists.
There are none among the visitors to
the New England Dahlia Society's
show or the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society's annual dahlia exhibi-
tion, who does not hold in pleasant
memory his gigantic displays. His es-
tablishment at East Bridgewater has
been the Mecca to which many pilgrim
dahlia lovers have journeyed for prac-
tical ideas. A large storage plant, con-
taining 11,700 cu. ft. of storage room
and 4680 sq. ft. of floor space has re-
cently been added.

ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Elberon Horticultural Society was held
on Monday, Feb. 3rd. The judges' de-
cisions were as follows: W. R. Sey-
mour, white seedling carnation, 95
poiiris; George Masson, callas, 80;
Chas. O. Duncan, carnations, 70; Chas.
Russell, freesia Purity, 90. In the
competition for points for the past
year for those without greenhouses,
August Grieb was first and Ed.
O'Rourke second. It was decided to
hold a horticultural ball on Easter
Monday and to make it an annual af-
fair. The annual euchre which was
held on Jan. 29th proved the best the
society ever held. The meeting was
continued with an interesting talk by
Anthony Bauer on his trip to Europe
the past summer of what he saw in
the horticultural line. At the next
meeting. March 3rd, Wm. Turner of
Oceanic, N. Y., will read a paper on
the •Culture of Orchids."

W. R. SEYMOUR. Ass't Sec.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON.

The members of the Florists' Club
of Washington were disappointed at
the failure of one of the express com-
panies to make delivery of flowers in
time for exhibition at their February
meeting. S. S. Skidelsky & Co. and the
S S. Pennock-Meehan Company had
each promised a few of the new roses
which were to have included Irish Fire
Flame, Mrs. Charles Russell, Jeannette,
Milady, and others.

Their disappointment, however, was
soon overshadowed by the "excite-
ment" incident to the placing of names
in nomination to be acted upon at the
next meeting to serve in the various
chairs during the ensuing twelve
months. There will be something do-
ing at the March meeting for the rival-
ry for the various positions will be
very keen. The following is a list of
the nominations: For president, David
J. Grilbortzer (present incumbent), 0.
A. C. Oehmler (now secretary), and
Otto Bauer (now first vice-president);
for vice-president, Otto Bauer and
George Cooke; for secretary, E. C.
Mayberry and George Dalglish; for
treasurer, W. F. Gude (present incum-
bent) . Two trustees are to be selected
each to serve for three years, and the
following are the nominees: David Bis-
sett. Peter Bissett, John Gutman, John
Anderson, William H. Ernest and R. S.
Jenkins.

It is expected that the local florists
will occupy an entire car on the occa-
sion of the trip to New York at the
time of the annual rose show, a special
rate having been accorded the club by
one of the railroads.

The attendance was unusually good
and considerable merriment prevailed
while those present gathered around
the long table where a luncheon had
been spread. C. L. L.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL-
PHIA.

The best attended meeting for many
moons. Wallace R. Pierson, of Crom-
well, Conn., was the attraction. As
Robert Craig stated it: This was an
honor to our club, and we all appre-
ciated the fine work Mr. Pierson was
doing in this and other cities. Charles
H. Totty spoke on the arrangements
for the big flower show in April in
New York and warned us that we must
not think that the New York provin-
cialism should sway us in staying out
as the affair was national in its scopf,
aud that it was not a New York but
an S. A. F. affair. John Young, the
secretary of the S. A. F., made one of
the finest speeches we have ever
beard. Along the same lines. M. C.
Ebel of Madison, N. J., gave us much
siood advice about publicity. Robert
Kift spoke; also Alfred M. Campbell.
Then some others:— among them C. H.
Fox, A. Farenwald and Al. Campbell.
On the whole it was a fine meeting.
Lots of them were there that we have
never seen at a meeting before. The
new essay committee has started
something. Let them keep it up.

There were some fine rose and car-
nation exhibits. The report of the
committee— forgive our pungent pen-
it sounded like a "footless stocking

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184c

without a leg. If you wish us to diag-
nose that jiroposition you will put us
in line for the "diplomat" prize; That
committee ought to be wa'.ied up.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of
Baltimore will hold their semi-month-
ly meeting in Florists' Exchange Hall,
on Monday, February 10. at 8 P. M.

The meeting of the New York Flor-
ists' Club next Monday night will be
"Carnation Night." By special request
all growers are invited to send in any
novelties in carnations or other tiowers
for the insiiection of the club.

Officers for 1913 have been elected by
the Spokane, 'Wash., Horticultural So-
ciety are as follows: John W. Dun-
can, president; Denton M. Crow, vice-
president; Alexander Carr, secretary;
A. F. Kelly, treasurer. Executive com-
mittee: 'William J. Burnette, Samuel
■younkln and Adam Noble.

The St. Louis Florist Club will hold
Its "Publicity" meeting. Feb. 13. at 2
o'clock. President "Weber, Secretary
Beneke and Chairman Ossick of the
trustees are lining up the members and
have a promise of a large attendance.
There will also be plenty of good
cigars for the smokers to Ijurn up.

The Nebraska State Florists' Society
met on January 22 at the Lindell hotel,
Lincoln. Officers for the ensuing year
elected were: Ed. 'Williams, Grand
Island, president: J. W. Lawson, York,
vice-president; Louis Henderson, Oma-
ha, secretary, and J. E. Atkinson, Paw-
nee City, treasurer; board of directors
named were: C. H. Prey, Lincoln; W.
E. Davidson, York, and Harry Pence,
Falls City.

At the meeting of the Centr-'l N-in-
York Horticultural Society held in But-
ler Hall, New Hartford, January 24, the
members discussed "The Perennial
Flower Garden," and many interesting
points in raising flowers were sug-
gested. There was a large attendance,
good interest being shown by all pres-
ent. February 14, C. H. Totty of Mad-
ison, N. J., will give a talk upon "The
Culture of Chrysanthemums."

On Saturday afternoon, February 1,
a large and interested audience heard
the third lecture of the regular series
given by the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society at Boston. Prof. B. S.
Pickett of Urbana, III., gave an inter-
esting talk on "The Factors Influenc-
ing the Formation of Fruit Buds in
Apple Trees," an especially timely sub-
ject at this moment owing to general
interest in fruit culture in the East.

The next lecture will be on Saturday,
February 8, by 'W. W. Tracy of 'Wash-
ington, D. C, on "The Adaptation of
Local Grown Seed to Local Condi-
tions."

At a meeting of gladiolus growers
at Cleveland, Feb. 1st, 191:;, in re-
sponse to a previous call. The Gladio-
lus Society of Ohio was organized, a
constitution adopted and officers elect-
ed as follows; President, C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, 0.; vice-president, Mrs.
A. H. Austin, 'Wayland, O.; secretary
and treasurer, 'Wilbur A. Christy, 'War-
ren, O. An executive committee was
also ordered, consisting of Messrs. Al-

ford, Crawford and Hrntington. Other
committees were also • a iied, and the
society is ready for b s ness. The
membership is not to be confined ex-
clusively to Ohio, as the name might
seem to indicate, and the society hopes
to co-operate in a friend. y way with
other organizations of similar purpose,
in testing and exhibiting varieties of
its specialty.

'WILBUR A. CHRISTY, Sec.

Breck's Club, composed of salesmen
connected with Joseph Breck & Sons,
Corp., Boston, held its regular monthly
meeting and dinner on the evening of
February 1 at the Quincy House. The
following officers were re-elected for
the ensuing year: President, James T.
Carroll; vice-president, Henry L.
Haynes; secretary, George H. Sibley;
treasurer, 'William J. Collins; executive
committee, 'William F. Wilson, Harry
L. Stewart and Guy C. Small. The
principal speaker, George D. 'Winches-
ter of the Bradley Fertilizer Company,
spoke on commercial fertilizers and
chemicals. An entertainment by mem-
bers of the club followed. Music was
furnished by Breck's orchestra, Robert
E. Montgomery, leader. Alfred E. Rob-
inson of the Breck-Robinson Nursery
Company will address the club at its
next meeting: subject, "Modern, Up-to-
Date Nursery Methods."

After a contest for the presidency
involving the reorganization of the
Tacoma (Wash.) Dahlia Society into
a model of the English Shropshire
Horticultural Society, the Tacoma so-
ciety has decided to remain as it
is and re-elected the majority of its in-
cumbent olficers for the succeeding
year.

President W. H. Reed took the chair
with a vigorous denunciation of the
plan to change the society, and of the
projectors of the plan, and was then
re-elected president in a three-cornered
contest with George M. Lee, treasurer,
and George A. Hill, superintendent of
parks of Tacoma.

Mrs. Belle Freeman and Mrs. W. S.
Cutler were then by viva voca vote re-
elected first and second vice-presidents
of the society respectively.

For secretary. Miss Marguerite Mc-
Conihe and Mrs. W. D. C. Spike were
nominated. Miss McConihe declined
the nomination and the election was
tendered Mrs. Spike unanimously.

For treasurer, George M. Lee, incum-
bent, was re-elected unanimously, F.
Graham declining a nomination in op-
position.

At Wyoming Park, which is a suburb
of Grand Rapids, Mich., a club of
women has done so much in the way
of landscape gardening, floriculture
and beautifying lawns that a new club-
house is to be built for them in the
spring. This organization, known as
the Wyoming Park Garden club, is the
only club of its kind in the city or vi-
cinity, and its object is to study flow-
ers, shrubs, lawn decoration and land-
scape gardening, and it has been an
important factor in adding to the at-
tractive and home-like appearance of
the flourishing suburb. Although this
club is just rounding out the first year
of its existence, having been organ-
ized last March, the commuters have
appreciated their work to the extent
that the firm H. H. Wilson & Co. is

planning to build a clubhouse which
shall be an ornament to the place. Dur-
ing the year the club has acquired the
nucleus for a library, having a num-
ber of authoritative books on the sub
jects perlainins to everything essential
to gardening and floriculture, also the
leading magazines along that line.
Talks on gardening are given from
time to time by prominent persons in-
terested in gardening, one of the best
having been given by Charles W. Gar-
field. Flower shows, lawn and garden
contests will be held next summer. Be-
sides the regular offices the club has a
board of gardeners, a photographic
committee, committee on admissions
and librarian. Mrs. G. K. Mosher of
Ivenrest is president of the club.

PERSONAL.

Jacob Umlaff will take charge of the
new city greenhouses on Capital Hill,
Seattle, Wash.

J. Canning, of Ardsly. N. Y., sailed
for Europe on the Carmania, on Wed-
nesday, Feb. 4.

William Plumb has taken a position
with the Bound Brook Nurseries,
Bound Brook, N. J.

Carl Becker of Cambridge, Mass.,
was married on January 28th to Miss
Churchill of Plymouth.

Henry Rohrbach of Baden, Mo., and
Miss Anna Schultz of St. Louis were
married on January 24th.

Robert Halliday of Baltimore, who
has been ill for some time, has recov-
ered and is alile to be about again.

Mrs. Adolphus Gude and two daugh-
ters of Washington. D. C, are spend-
ing a few weeks at Saranac Lake, N. Y.

D. J. Dudley, Jr., member of the firmi
of Dudley & Son, Parkersburg, W. Va...
will be married to Miss Julia Savage
on Fel). 12th.

Roy Erb, recently employed at
Wenatchee, has taken charge of the
L. W. McCoy floral establishment at
Madison Park, Seattle, Wash.

L. W. Kervan of The Kervan Com-
pany, West 28th street. New York,
has gone to spend a few weeks at
Miami, Fla.

M. W. Stallings, an employee of the
Nunnally Company, Atlanta, Ga., was
married on Jan. 22nd to Miss Alice
Webster who has also been an em-
ployee of the same company for sev-
eral years.

New York 'Visitors — Wm. Kleinheinz,
Ogontz. Pa.; Arnold Ringier, Chicago.

Boston visitors: W. R. Cobb. Lord &
Burnham Co., New York; F. G. Sealey,
representing Julius Roehrs Co., Ruth-
erford, N. J,; Robert Schoch, represent-
ing M. Rice Co., Phila.; Maurice Fuld,
representing H. P. Miehell Co., Phila.;
J. S. Hay, representing H. A. Dreer.
Phila.; E. J. Fancourt, of S. S. Pen-
nock-Meehan Co., Phila.; A. E. Thatch-
er, Bar Harbor, Me.; Prof. E. A. W^iite,
Amherst. Mass.; Eugene Dailledouze,
Broo'-lyn, N. Y.; C. W. Brownell, Wal-
den, N. Y.

184d

HORTICULTUEE

February 8. 19i:!

THE FLORI&T AND HIS MARKET.

i\ paiier read liefore tUe FUuists" Club nf

riiiladelpMn. Feb. 5, lUlS. by

Wallace R. Pierson.)

In taking a subject for my talk to
you this evening tliat is as broad as
tliis, 1 have a reason lor so doing and
that reason I wish to express in just as
plain Enslish as the law allows. We
are all in the same boat — retailer,
wholesaler, large grower, small grow-
er— whoever is dependent upon the
florist business tor a living. What I
have to say tonight deals with not
one market or another as the term is
commonly understood but largely with
the great market that is everywhere —
"the people." We may raise what we
will, buy and sell among ourselves, but
that is not our market nor our ulti-
mate end. We must reach out and
bring money into our business from
outside just as outside industries are
dependent on us to support them. We
have been considered a luxury in years
past, and we want to be considered a
necessity, and when the flower busi-
ness is once settled on that basis it
will continue to grow in proportion to
the population.
Production Growing IVlost Rapidly.

For some years past it has been
growing out of proportion to the pop-
ulation and anticipated demand has
caused a building boom that has added
much to the glass area and very little
to the organization of the flower indus-
try. The public has caught some of the
spirit and would catch more were we,
as real business men, doing our part
to teach them that our product has
become to them a necessity rather
than a luxury and that, as a necessity,
at almost all times in the year flowers
are within reach of the average pocket-
book.

The statement that I have made and
which will, in my opinion, bear re-
peating although perhaps in different
language is that the selling end of the
greehouse game has not kept up with
the building end and this I firmly be-
lieve. Our energy has gone into pro-
duction leaving the product to take
care of itself or to be taken care of
by those who have a customer in sight,
but no selling organization has been
perfected that aids in moving the out-
put at all times to the best advantage.
We have a business no one can corner.
Our goods are produced from the soil;
our products are perishable. Our qual-
ity is a personal matter. Were all the
glass built in the last ten years con-
structed by a florist trust it would be
no small concern. Do you believe for
one minute that such an organization
would sit idly by and allow the pro-
duct to sell itself? I doubt it. Now,
I'm not here knocking the wholesaler
for he does his best to sell to advant-
age and the retailer no doubt tries in
his way to reach the people, but I
am trying to impress on you the one
fact that we are all in one boat and
that boat is drifting for lack of some
power that is not gasoline.

The Retailer's "Snap."

The retail florist without glass in
any city is perhaps the most indepen-
dent one of our fraternity. All he
has to do is to stop buying and he is
out of business. All his assets — usual-
ly the case should he fail — are an un-
expired lease, some poor accounts and
an ice-box. I wager that nine out of
ten of these men are above realizing
that they are with us in the boat, that

our success is theirs although we all
know how much of their failures is
ours. The retail florist so situated
with relation to what he sells is not
independent, for the source of supply
rules, but he will continue to rule so
long as the producers allow it and no
longer. The retailer who realizes that
he is in the boat and that the welfare
of the one is the welfare of all is
usually the man with the busy store
who is trying to help move stock, and
who by so doing has increased his
business. These men are the salvation
of the grower.

The Lucky Man.
Then there is the retailer who grows
his own product. I could almost defy
you to name one who is not successful.
I can name many that are and some
of them are among our best known
men in the profession, and why are

W.\T.LA(E R. PiF.liSOX

they? Because they grow the goods
and must sell it. There is business in-
stinct there. They cannot sign over
the ice-box and leave the janitor to
wash their name from the window.
The spirit of self-preservation keeps
them at the task and I would be al-
most willing to state that they enjoy
being business men in the modern
sense of the word. You will flnd the
advertisements of these men in the
daily papers of their home towns and
people with moderate means in their
stores buying flowers. Some of these
men were growers first who took up
the retail end. because of the failure
of existing flower stores to move thai-
output at paying prices to them p-
producers, and others are growers to
maintain a supply they must have.
But, however they got into it doesn't
alter the tact that they have invested
capital and brains and are keeping
both working to get to the one market
we all want to reach — "the people."
The small .grower who plices his
product direct is fortunate. He is in
a class by himself and yet in this
paper is considered one of the crowd
in the boat, for his welfare is depen-
dent on us all. Unless the retailers
with whom he deals directly are above
par he is getting below par for his
stock. That is the way I've found it.
When the market drops they drop him
but they stick to him hard and f:?:

v.hen it goes up. This grower ends by
becoming one of the class who ship
their product to the wholesale market
to share the honor of shipping to the
big city with a lot of others to get
less than he got before his product,
and finally he stays out in the suburbs
and advertises his carnations and
roses "at the greenhouse." The next
season he has a new show-house in
front and a delivery car, and so tar
as the market is concerned he becomes
a buyer rather than a shipper, ad-
vertising in the local papers having
brought business to him and made him
independent to a large extent.

Be a Specialist.
The small florist out in the country
is not located so that this is practical.
How can he better himself? By being
a specialist. Grow the one crop that
you can do well — maybe roses, maybe
snapdragons — only grow it well. Keep
up the supply and the business is
vours for the specialist eets to be
known and his goods in demand.
There is no place today in the big
cities for job lots and this the small
florist must realize or be the loser.
The odds-and-ends of stock from a
small grower, although perhaps of
good quality, are in the same class
with a few odd roses of unusual excel-
lence. They don't bring what they
are worth and the competition of the
specialist and of the large concerns is
too strenuous for a mixed lot from the
country. That takes in all of them,
for the large grower specializes in
more than one line but each depart-
ment is capable of holding its own as
a rule, and the big places by holding
1 steady supply can maintain a sale
for their goods and can, as a rule, pro-
duce better goods for the money than
the small places that do not specialize.
The wholesale house is between them
all — a clearing house, a necessary evil
— but a link in the chain that binds
every man dependent on flowers for a
livelihood with a common bond, and
we must realize that this chain is no
stronger than its weakest link.
A Common Bond of Fellowship.
That bond is the cause for which we
should work. To strengthen it should
be our mission; the assimilating of the
idea of common fellowship in the
trade will be the tie that binds. Some
of that spirit has been in the air this
season and that spirit, we may hope,
will be the yeast that will leaven the
whole but the working is slow, though
if successful it will not be in vain. One
of the strong links in the chain is the
S. A. F. and this must be the founda-
iion upon which to build.

( To be ionttntted. /

DETROIT NOTES.

Mr. and .Mrs. E. A. Fetters visited
their old hunting grounds in Toledo,
making the new Stoddard Hotel their
headquarters.

W'm. Barthell, for several years with
Mr. Theo. Michell, has opened a store
at Gratiot and Mt. Elliott streets, a
naturally busy corner, besides being
an important transfer point.

The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange
receives occasionally a nice lot vif
Philadelphia carnations which ar^
quickly bought up and retailed as high
as $2 per dozen.

Visitors — Chas. Schwacke and Jos.
E. Rolker. New York; Martin Reu-
kauf. Philadelphia, Pa.; Adolph Bo-
oh: Inc. r, Bay City, Mich.

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185

'M2-B0ST0N FLOWER EXCHANGE, Inc'^'s

OPEN THEIR

NEW FLOWER MARKET

In the heart of the Wholesale Flower District, Corner Otis Street and Winthrop Square,
Between Summer and Franklin Sts., Boston, Mass., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15,

■WITH A-

RECEPTION AND FLOWER SHOW

Cordial invitation extended to all.

Exhibits or undisseminated varieties of Carnarions, Roses or Plants solicited. If exhibitor is unable to

be present, send to FLOWER SHOW, No. I and 3 Winthrop Sq., Boston, Mass.,

in care of any o( the following Committees:

CARNATIONS

E. ALLAN PEIRCE
WM. NICHOLSON
S. J. GODDARD
PETER FISHER
M. A. PATTEN

ROSES

ALEX. MONTGOMERY
EBER HOLMES
WM. McALPINE

E. ALLAN PEIRCE, Chairman, Waltham, Mass.

PLANTS, ETC.

THOS. ROLAND
A. CHRISTENSEN
LESTER MANN
A PARKER
HERMAN BARTSCH

During Recess*

Bar Harbor Horticultural Society.

The fifth annual ball of the above
society was held on the evening of
January 30th and in every way proved
a great success. The decorations are
always a feature of the event and
this year they surpassed anything pre-
viously seen, many of the gardeners
assisting. The roof and sides of the
hall were decorated with evergreens
to represent a pergola and in tlie cen-
ter of the hall a large fountain was
playing over colored lights. This was
a very attractive feature and was hand-
somely decorated with some fine cal-
las. The decorations on the stage car-
ried out by the Mt. Desert Nurseries
were extensive and beautiful. For-
sythias in full flower, masses of Ro-
man liyacinths, scarlet geraniums,
paper white narcissus and some su-
perb amaryllis all helped to make a
very fine display.

This society is to be congratulated
upon the beautiful decorations, and we
understand that plans are being made
to have next year's display surpass
all its predecessors.

Morris County Gardeners' and Florists'
Society.
The annual dinner of the Morris
County Gardeners' and Florists' So-
ciety took place at Piper's Hotel, Mor-
ristown, N. J,, on the evening of Tues-
day, Jan. 28, about 140 being present,
including many members of the trade
and affiliating societies from a dis-
tance. W. F. Sheridan, made a very ac-

ceptable toastmaster. President Sei-
brecht, of the New York Florists'
Club, A. Herrington, W. H. Duckham
C. B. Weathered, A. T. Boddington, C.
H. Totty, M. C. Ebel, J. H. Sperry, W.
Turner, W, E. Maynard and other
"war horses" were among the oratori-
cal performers. Mr. Duckham pre-
sented, on behalf of the society, a sil-
ver tea service to Secretary Ed. Rea-
gan, who made an appreciative re-
sponce.

Oyster Bay Horticultural Society.

The Oyster Bay, N. Y., Horticultural
Society held its first annual banquet on
the evening of January 29. Organized
only last April this society has made
rapid progress and now has 120 regu-
lar members and 11 life and honorary.

There were 70 present at the ban-
quet. The decorations were very lav-
ish, consisting of flowers and bloom-
ing plants. Among the well-known
members of the craft present were Jas.
T. Scott, P. Hamilton Goodsell, 'Wm.
Plumb, W. A. Sperling, W. E. May-
nard, J. F. Johnston, Jack Everitt,
Alex McKenzie. Andrew Wilson, Wm.
Eccles. John T. Ingram, Jos. Robert-
son and others. J. Austin Shaw of-
ficiated as toastmaster and there was
plenty of singing sandwiched in be-
tween the many speeches.

Cook County League, Chicago Bowling
Score, January 29, 1913.

C.\KXATIO.\'S.
Loi-maii. 121 lU.j 185
r.ib'r'm'n, 14.5 1.52 1.5(1
Lnzaroff, 112 151 IIG
Ayers, 170 182 175

A. Zecli. 16.3 134 l.So

ROSES,
(ineriscli, 178 150 1.37

OKCHIDS,
Krause, 169 140 155

Graft,
Brostrom,
George,E.,
J. Zecli,

136 188 154
148 144 195
18.'i 189 149
174 150 159

VIOLETS.

Kohler.
Byers.
Price.
Fisehor,

143 158 129
147 224 171
139 157 171
14.5 168 184

Cole,

Jacobs,

Wolf,

Schultz,

Hiiebner,

129 165 143
134 133 165
147 183 166
145 162 186
17S 177 196

The bowling team of the Florists'
Club of Washington are about to issue
a challenge to similar clubs with a
view to getting a couple of matched
games at the time of the rose show
soon to be held in New York City.
Captain Ernest is whipping his team
into shape to bring home all the lau-
rels in sight.

The Yonkers Horticultural Society
held its annual dinner last week and
the affair was a glorious and hilarious
success. C. H. Totty of Madison, N, J..
served as toastmaster. All the horti-
cultural organizations of the section
were represented by prominent mem-
bers and oratory was on tap till the
"we sma' " hours.

Yonkers vs. Glen Cove.

YOXKERS

Milliot, 118 109 lOG
Waite, 131 128 111
Mills, 100 1,35 90

Rennison, 109 97 116
Muir. 1.35 123 14K

Total 17.36

CLEN COVE
Brown. 1.59 146 1.55
Trepess. 106 89 113
Fveritt. 129 136134
.Toliiistoii, 128 152 115
Oifiz. 95 141123
Total 1921

Secretary M. C. Ebel states that
tlie National Association of Gardeners
has engaged the entire floor of Thum's
bowling alleys on Broadway, New-
York, for a bowling tournament on
Wednesday, April 9th, at the time of
the National Flower Show, when the
members of the S. A. P. will be invited
to compete against the N. A. G. both
in team work and individual bowling.

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February 8, 1913

Obituary.

Thomas V. Munson.

Thomas Volney Munson, D. Sc, well
known as nurseryman and conspicuous
as viticulturist, died in his seventieth
year Wednet^day morning. January 22.
at Denison, Tex. His father was a na-
tive of Wakefield, N. H., and his child-
hood and youth were spent in Colches-
ter. Vt. Thomas V. was born in As-
toria, 111., and he became a graduate
of Kentucky University in 1870. That
institution employed him one year as
instructor in the natural sciences but
failing health diverted his energies
into the nursery business. He was as-
sistant to his father-in-law for three
years, when he started a market gar-
den and nursery near Lincoln, Neb.
"In 1874, the hot winds of July cooked
his garden and nursery in three days,
and on the fourth day, a blackening
cloud of Rocky Mountain grasshoppers i
settled over the face of the land and
completely devoured his cooked gar-
den."

In 1876 he removed to Denison, Tex.,
where he founded nurseries which
have been prosperous and are widely
known. Outside of his vocation as
nurseryman, his specialty was experi-
mental horticulture. "Among my large
number of seedling grapes," he has
written "many are remarkably fine,
and of entirely new and peculiar hy-
brid strains." His special enthusiasm
was expended in originating new
fruits.

Mr. Munson had membership and
official connection with organizations
too various and too numerous to enu-
merate here. He was president of the
State Horticultural Society of Texas
and vice-president of the American
Pomological Society.

Walter Rasmussen.
Walter, the 2-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Rasmussen of Water-
bury, Conn., died Monday morning,
January 27, the result of falling inio a
pan of scalding water the day before.
After the children had been dressed
.and were all supposed to be at play in
the greenhouses conducted by Mr. Ras-
mussen, Mrs. Rasmussen prepared to
wipe up the kitchen floor. She had set
the pan of water down, leaving it for
a few moments in the course of her
preparations, when suddenly she heard
•crying and returned to the kitchen to
find one of the older children with the
baby in her arms, which she had res-
cued from the hot water. The child
had toddled into the house and fallen
backwards into the scalding water.
His bick and legs were entirely
scalded, and though medical attend-
ance was quickly called and everything
done that could be, he succumbed to
his injuries. He was an unusually
bright little fellow and the deepest
sympathy is felt for his bereaved
parents.

Bernard F. Diedrich.
Bernard F. Diedrich, a florist of
.^Vlexandria. Va., 68 years of age, died
on Saturday, February 1, at his late
home. 709 Wythe street, after being
confined to his home for twelve weeks
with pneumonia. Mr. Diedrich was
born in Hanover, Germany, and lo-
cated in Washington upon coming to

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customers demand new varieties of Carnations
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N"eiv Scarlet Carnation

THE HERALD

Besides, this is a money proposition : The Herald will produce
at least one-third more blooms than any other scarlet; early, free
and continuous bloomer; stem long and always stiff; flowers
large, full and of a clear even shade of scarlet; calyx absolutely
non-bursting, making it the highest type of a commercial carnation
and one of greatest value to you. All cuttings strong and well
rooted. Order now.

$12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000

MARCH 1st DELIVERY

Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar. Yours
for the asking.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

a; T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - CHICAGO, ILL.

this country in 1865, afterward remov-
ing to Alexandria where, since 1875,
he has been a resident. All his lite
he was engaged in the florist business
and was well-known to the trade here-
abouts. He was liked by all and was
looked upon as being one of the ex-
perts of this section. He is survived
by nine children, six boys and thre"
daughters.

August Schuermann.

August Schuermann. of the Schuer-
mann Floral & Dercrating Co.. St.
Louis. Mo., died on Wednesday, Jan'y
29, very suddenly from apoplexy. He
was well known about town as a dec-
orator of large jobs with artificial ma-
terial. He leaves a wife and daugh-
ter. The funeral too'' place on Sat-
urday, Feb. 1, from his late residence,
quite a few in the trade attending.

Hugo Lowe.
Hugo Lowe died at the Cook County
Hospital. Chicago, 111., on Jan. 23d,
aged 55 years. He was interested with
his wife in the fiower business at 1943
North 43d avenue.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CllTTiNGS.

100 1000
Woclenfthe. $].0n per <loz. . iSli.OO $50.00
Wliite Wonder: Ludy Bount-
iful; White Winsor ».50 30.00

Princess C'liarmin; 3.00 23.00

Winsor 2.30 211.00

I*lant8 from ?-ineh pots. $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTKI) flTTINGS.
Fift.v Fine Commercial Varieties:
SI.50 to $4.00 per 100; $15.00 to $;3.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Tliirt.v I'ine \iirieties. Dormant
Tubers: $2.00 to $3.00 |>er 100; our
selection variet.v, $2.00 per 100, $1K.00
per lOOU

Sriid for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FiSHKILL, N. Y.

Gustave T. Cordua.
Mr. Gustave Theodore Cordua, 83
years old, a florist, died January 27, at
his home. No. 46 Hillyer street, Orange,
N. J. His wife and one daughter sur-
vive him.

Peter Britz.

Peter Britz of Danville, 111., died of
pneumonia on January 23rd. aged 63
years.

CARNATIONS

F. OORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

BIG CHSYSANTHEMUM BARGAIN

:ino(> 2Mr inch, extra strong: pot plants,

rniJvsoi.oR.'i. in.vk.v. mrs. d.vvid

SYMK. tiOI.DKN (il.OW; $2.00 per 100,
$IN.OIl |MT IIHM): to nialic room. C.4SH.

I M. RAYNER,Creenpor*, N. Y.

February 8, 1913

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THE NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEAS

Dormant stock stored in cold frames and which can readily be brought into flower for Decoration Day and later.

3-inch Pots 5-lnch Pots
Per Per Per Per

(loz. 100 doz. 100

Avalanche. Splendid large wliitc .$1.00 $7.00 .$2.50 $20.00

Botaniste Peltereau. Enormous pret-
ty mauve-ruse 1.00 7.00 2.50 20.00

Bouquet Rose. Rosy ambler turning

tu bright pink 1.75 12,00 — —

Dentelle. Deeply fringed creamy-
white 1.25 8.00 2.50 20.00

Fraieheur. White, delicately suf-
fused with rose 1.25 8.00 2.50 20.00

General de Vibra.ve. Fayorite bright

rose color 1.75 12.00 — —

La Lorraine. Pale rose changing to

bright pink 1.75 12.00 — —

>Inie. A. Riverain. Superb bright

rose color 1.50 10.00 2.50 20.00

Mine. E. Moulliere. The favorite

white 1.75 12.00 — —

Mnxe. ."Maurice Haninr. Delicate flesh
rose color, but in our soil com-
ing a beautiful deep blue 1..50 10.00 2.50 20.00

Mme. Raymond. Transparent white,

passing to a tender rose 1..50 10.00 2.50 20.00

3-inch Pots
Per Per
doz. 100

Mme. Affnes Bariller. Personally we

consider this the best white 150 10.00

Sllle. Renee Gaillard. Very large,
milky-white, irregularly dentat-
ed showy flowers 150 10.00

MUe. de Tremault. White, produc-
ing flower heads as large as the
popular Otaksa 1.50 10.00

iMoussellne. Beautiful mauve-rose

with cream colored centre 1.50 10.00

3Iont Rose. Very early, clear flesh-
rose in immense panicles 1.75 12.00

Mons. G. Renault. Bright rose with

carmine reflex 1,25 8,00

Ornament. Large mauve-pink 1.25 8.00

Ronsard. Very large rose-pink 1.25 8.00

Railinnt. Distinct rose-carmine 1.50 10 00

.Souvenir de Mme. E. Chautarrt. One

of the best, a bright rose color. 1,50 10,00

Senateur Henri David. On the style
of La Lorraine, but flowers ear-
lier 1,75 12.00

5-lnch Pots

Per Per

doz. 100

2.50 20.00

2.50 20.00

2.50 20.00

3.00 —

2.50 20.00
2 50 20.00

2.50 20.00

We will furnish one three-inch pot plant of each of the 22 varieties for $2.50

HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 7I4 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended for the trade only

O. & A.. S

OIA

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS. BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, hHODODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUtt.N BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PifnES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes from
New York Gty ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Eiie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK &

Nurserymen and Florists

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

HAROY MORihtKN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mats.

rRAMINGHAM
flUURSEMES

— X>EiJLI^ —

W. B. WHITTIER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM

. MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOQK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE

IVIy 1913

SF^RiNO f^irioe: L-I

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

National Nurseryman

Official organ of the American As-
sociation of Nurserymen. Circula-
tion anumg the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Sube«cription price
$1.01) per year. Forelgrn subscrip-
tions $1.50 per year. In advance.
Sample copy free upon application
from those in the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., jnc:

218 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit anil Ornamental Trees. Shrubs,

Small Fruits, Clematis, Evergreens

an<i Roses.

Write for Tr:i<lo List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK,

216 lane St. Wetbawlieii Helgtts
P. 0. No. I. Hoboken. N. I.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growintr

Send for priee list

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

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HOETICULTURB

February 8, 1913

HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES

Those Who Have Grown Them Write:

"Your Butterfly is the best

strain of Pansy tliat I liave ever

seen and I have been growing

pansies for marliet for many

rs." W. F. HEATH.

Jaffry, N. H.

\

"I b.ive tried your mammoth
Butterfly Pnnsies for three years
and find them superior to any I
h;ive ever grown.'*

H. G. THURSTON.
Fall River, Mass.

"I have grown large pansies before, but never saw
the etiual of your Giant Butterfly. The plants are 20
inches high, and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches
long, while the blossoms themselves are simply mon-
strous, each one n broad expanse of beauty."

THOMAS C STARR, Newton. Mass.

Henderson's MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY Pansies

We are very proud of. We have sold them for a num-
ber of years and receive hundreds of letters praising
their .superior beauty, size and other merits. When
our trial collections of all the world's best types of
pansies are in bloom we go over them daily and any
plant producing flowers of superlative merit is removed
to our "Mammoth Butterfly" plot. Consequently the
seed is saved from the greatest variety of types, in-
cluding only the best of Giant Cassiers, Bugnots, Tri-
niardeau. Ti-blotched Odier. Giant English, French and
German hybrids, etc., resulting in the greatest variety
of coloring, marking, blotching, veining. etc.. which
we offer in mixed colors. Price 25c per pkt.; 50c per
1000 seeds; $5.00 per oz.

For all other types of pansies and in colors, see

Henderson's Wholesale Catalogue

For litis

Mailed to Florists and Market Gardeners

On application

Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds, Plants, Bnlbs,
Tools. Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers, Insecti-
cides, etc.

PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35-37 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK

PLANT GROWERS' DINNER.

The accompanying picture sliows the
members of the New York and New
Jersey Association of Plant Growers
and their guests posing to "have their
picture tooli" previous to the onslaught
upon the six-dollar feed that had been
provided by their efficient dinner com-

ijiittee, Messrs. Julius Roehrs, Jr., Al-
fred L. Zeller and Herman Schoelzel.
In the centre foreground Louis Dupuy,
president of the Association, J. K. M.
L. Farquhar, president of the S. A. F.,
and Thomas Roland of Nahant, Mass.,
will be recognized. We presented an
account of this affair in our issue of

last week and have only to add one in-
cident which we there omitted — the
presentation of a watch fob and dia-
mond-studded locket to the secretary
of the Association, Wm. H. Siebrecht,
Jr., by President Dupuy on behalf of
the members. Mr. Siebrecht made an
appreciative response.

February 8, 1913

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Boddington's Quality Cannas

Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give absolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 5% it cash accompanies the order.

RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOUAGE CANNAS

Per lOO Per 1000

ORANGE SHADES

Louisiana, 7 ft $2.00

A. Bouvier, 5 ft 1.75

Alice RooNevelt, 4 ft 3.75

Beaute Poitevine, 3% ft 3.50

Black Prince, 3 to 4 ft.

Charles Henderson, 4 ft

Crimson Bedder, 3 ft

Dulie of Marlborough, 4V2 ft.

J. D. Eisele. 5 ft

Explorateur Crampbel, 5>/. ft 2.75

President Cle\ eland, 3 ft . T 2.25

President McKinley , 2% to 3 ft 2.00

President Me.ver, 4 ft 2.75

Pillar of Fire, 6 or 7 ft 2.00

Tarrytonn, 3^4 ft 2.75

2.75
2.00
2.75
!.00
3.75

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

L. Patr.v. 4% ft $2.00

Louise. 5 ft 3.75

Mile. Berat. 4% ft 1.75

Venus, SVj ft 5.50

WHITE AND CREAM SHADES

Per 100
Alsace, 314 ft $1.75

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

Alemannia, 4 to 5 ft $2.25

Austria, 5 ft 1.75

Indiana. 3 to 4 ft 2.00

Italia, 414 ft 1.75

$17.50
15.00
35.00
30.00
25.00
17.50
25.00
17.50
35.00
25.00
20.00
17.50
25.00
17.50
25.00

Per 1000

$17.50

35.00

15.00

50.00

Per 1000
$15.00

PerlOOO

$20.00

15.00

17.50

15.00

Wyoming, 7 ft

Pennsylvania, 5 ft....
Mrs. Kate Gray, G ft.

Per 100
. $2.00
. 1.75
. 1.75

PerlOOO

$17.50

15.00

15.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED ; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Duke of York, 4 to 5 ft $5.50 $50.00

Evolution 2.75 25.U0

Gladiator, 4 ft 2.75 2.5.00

Oladioflora, 3V, ft 4.25 40.0(1

Golden King, 5 ft 2.75 25.00

.Jean Tissot, 5 ft 2.25 20.00

Xiagara, 3 ft 2.75 2.5.00

Mad. Croiy. 5Vi ft 2.25 20.00

Queen Charlotte, 3>/. ft 3.75 35.00

Premier, 2% ft 2.75 25.00

.Souv. de A. Crozy, 4 ft 2.75 25.00

YELLOW SHADES

Per 100

Florence Vaughan, 5 ft $2.00

Richard Wallace, iV2 ft 2.25

PerlOOO

$17.50
20.00

BRONZE-LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Brandy wine, 4 to 5 ft $2.75 $25.00

David Harum, 3% ft 2.25 20.00

Egandale, 4 ft 2.00 17.50

King Humbert. 4 ft 5.00 45.00

Leonard Vaughan, 4% ft 4.25 40.00

Musaefolia, 3 to 5 ft 2.00 17.,tO

Robusta, 6 to 8 ft 2.00 17..50

Shenandoah, 6 ft 2.00 17.50

100

1000

$5.50 $50.00

.75 $5.50 $50.00

DR. BUDINGEN

Doz.

One of tbe most brilliant siarlets, both
the individual flowers and the trusses
being of large size; bronze foliage.
4 ft $0.75

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers in heavy, dense spikes,
in color the same sliade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. iV^ ft

FURST BISMARCK

Rich scarlet crimson; of large size.
4 ft $0.50 $3.75 $35.00

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused v\ith orange, base and
edge of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house in the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

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NEWER CANNAS

GRAND CHANCELLOR BULOW

Doz. 100 1000
Rich deep crimson scarlet overlaid with
maroon, very large spikes of good
sized flowers of good substance
thrown well above the foliage. 3 ft... $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-lenved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson scar-
let, often measuring 5 inches across,
of remarkable substance, and are
produced in large trusses nearly a
foot across, 3% ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

PAPA NARDY

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4M! ft $0.50 $3.75 $35.00

thousand rate; it Is cheaper for you to buy a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here, it may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection is left to us, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

All the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

Chicago and Western Agents for Our Cannas' ONLY[:

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

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SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

OBicers — I'ltsident, Cbas. N. Page,
Des Aluiues. la.; 1st vice-president,
Uaiiw L. Holmes, Harrisburj;, I'a. ;
liud vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Alilford, Conu. ; secretary and treas-
urer, C E. Kendel, Clevelafld, O. ; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
<J. Next convention at Cleveland, Oliio,
June Ji-io, 19ia.

Inspection of Seeds.

The following is the text of an act
introduced into the Massachusetts
Legislature and referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture. It embodies
the ideas of Prof. Geo. E. Stone, of
Amherst Agricultural Exepriment
Station.

AN ACT TO PKOVIDE FOR THE IN-
SPECTION OF .SEEDS.

Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court as-
sembled, and by tlie authority of the same,
as follows:

Section 1. In this act, unless the ci n-
text otherwise requires: — the term seed.s
shall include those parts of a plant whit h
are the outcome of flowering and whicli
are used for propagating the species and
for such purpose are exposed tor sale.

Section 2. The Director of the Massa-^
chusetts Agricultural Experiment Station
is hereby authorized and directed, either
in person or by deputy, to take sample*
of seeds, which may be in the possession
of any importer, agent or dealer, cause
the same to be examined and tested for
purity, germination capacity and such
other properties as may be desirable, and
cause to be published from time to tim«
in bulletins or reports of said station, the
results of such examinations and tests, to-
gether with the sources of the samples,
and such additional information as cir-
cumstances may advise.

Section 3. Whoever offers or exposes for
sale or delivers to a purchaser any seeds
coming within the provisions of this act.
shall upon application of the director or
his deputy, and upon the tender to him
of the value thereof, furnish a sample suf-
ficient for the examination and test of any
such seeds in his possession.

Section 4. To defray the -cost of collect-
ing samples, making examinations and
tests, and of otherwise carrying out the
provisions of this act, a sum not exceeding
twentv-four hundred dollars shall be al-
lowed aniuially from the treasury of the
commonwealth, payable in quarterly pay-
ments into the treasury of said station.
All moneys received and disbursed under
this act shall be .audited and reported as
are other monevs placed in charge of th«
trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College.

Section 5. This act shall take effect on
the first dnv of .January In the year ni»e-
teen hundred fourteen.

HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES

For Staking Plants For Easter

UNPAINTED STAKES OR DOWELS

Length. Diam. 100 1000 Length. Diam. 100 1000

24 in. 3-8 in. ?0.50 $4.00 42 in. 3-16 in. $0.75 $6.00

36 in. 3-16 in. .63 5.25 42 in. 1-4 in. .75 6.00

36 in. 5-16 in. .63 5.25 42 in. 5-16 in. .75 6.00

36 in. 5-8 in. .85 8.00 42 in. 3-8 In. .75 6.00

36 in. 1-4 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-8 in. 1.00 9.00

PS in. 3-8 in. .65 5.23

The above dyed green. 10c. per 100 or 50c. per 1000 additional.

HYACINTH STAKES (Wood) DYED GREEN

100 lOOO 5000 100 1000 5000

12 in $0.15 $1.00 $4.25 18 in $0.20 $1.35 $6.25

CANE STAKES

100 500 1000 5000

Southern. Very long, selected quality $0.75 $2.75 $3.00 $23.75

Japanese. Very thin, about 6 ft. long 75 2.75 5.00 22.30

Japanese. Dyed green, Sli ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5..30

HEAUQUARTKRS FOB BLLBS OF ALL KINDS. WRITE FOR PRICES.
Our New Wholesale Price List for liH3, Free Upon Application.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

b PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The annual report of the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists has heen received
from Secretary Young. It is a 284-page
volume containing much useful infor-
mation in addition to the proceedings
at the Chicago convention. The list of
members, lite and annual, now runs
close up to 1500.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Twenty-
third Annual Report. This comprises'
the reports of the oIBcers of the board
and seven scientific papers, the result,
for the most part, of work done in the
Graduate Library at the Garcen. Iiik
total amount expended for garden
maintenance and improvement during
the year was $66,072.16. Total dis-
bursements including garden expendi-
tures, $283,544.40. Total receipts from
rentals, interest, sale of real estate,
etc., $254,931.38.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem. Mass.—
Price Sheet of Surplus Hardy Plants.

Southwestern Nursery Co., Okemah.
Okla.— Folder of Surplus Nursery
Stock.

Wagner Park Nursery Co., Sidney,
Ohio. — Illustrated catalogue of Hardy
Planting Material. The book is finelv
illustrated, including views of estates,
planting plans, etc., for landscape
work.

McGregor Bros., Springfield, Ohio.—
General Catalogue of Plants, Hardy
and Tender, Spring 1913. Covers filled
with rose portraits in colors. There
are six very attractive and useful pages
of flowers of different classes in nat-
ural colors, twenty to a page.

The Annual Report of the Nebraska
State Horticultural Society for 1912
has been received from Secretary C.
G. Marshall, Lincoln, Neb. This is the
43d annual report of this useful socie-
ty and contains all the proceedings of
the annual meeting held at Lincoln,
January 16-18, 1912. As in previous
years the Nebraska Horticultural So-
ciety has given a fair share of atten-
tion to ornamental horticulture, forest
and shade tree planting and care,
greenhouse topics and other branches
of horticultural science and art too
often wholly neglected by so-called
state horticultural societies. The re-
ports of officers show the Nebraska or-
ganization to be prospering.

IN BANKRUPTCY.
Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Seed & Prod-
uce Co.; liabilities, $2,483.96; assets,
$697.00.

Representative Dudley M. Hughes,
of Georgia, is called a farmer states-
man and devotes much of his time to
the agricultural interests of his dis-
trict. He has requests for many new
kinds of seeds, and a time ago re-
ceived this letter:

Dear Dud: Sam Yopp's been tellin'
me of a new seedless tomatter the
Guvment is growin'. I'm writing to
you in hopes you will send me some
ot the seeds. — Saturday Evening Post.

The Associated Chambers of Com-
merce of San Bernardino County, Cal-
ifornia, will petition the legislature to
appropriate $1,500,000 for the purpose
of establishing a horticultural experi-
ment station.

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER lOOO

Wm. Elliolt & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mixture,
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture,
60c per dozen: $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colory and choice mixture, 50c
per dozen; $3.50 per 100.

A, Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Plionf Randorph 2571.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

E I^BMti-:'. tVn'tf For Our Low Prr. rt

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, IMP.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

HLIK LI.ST Of WIIOI.ES.\I.E PRICES
M.\II.l;l> ONI.'J TO TIIOSK «IIO l'L.\.VT

rou ritoFiT.

February S, 1913

HORTICULTURE

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LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

BEGONIAS

VY/E have on hand a con-
siderable quantity of
Begonias, of tne best qual-
ity. We will be please J to
quote prices on application
that we are sure will in-
te est you.

Our quality is standard
— the highest.

GLOXINIAS

If you need any Gloxin-
ias, Red, White, Blue,
Spotted or Mixed, drop us
a postal for quotation.

H jve you a cofy of out Florists '
Catalog ?

J. M. Thorburn & Go.

33 Barclay St., New York

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Renfywued Sweet Pea Specialist^'
S«aii7tl*p« lBd^«

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send D8 your wants. We will take core of
tbem. We supply stock nt market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imiiwrled Strain frum Specialist.
The Ijest for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple. White, each color separate, per Oz.,
.$1,110; per Tr. Pkt., 2ne.

Special Mi.vture: Per Oz., 8()c. ; per
Tr. Pkt., \-jC.

My new Florist Catalogue is now-
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classiflcation through Horticul-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a post.al will bring it,

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor tht .-iskm^

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Madison St., CHICAGO

I. W. Edmundson. Mgr.

M. W. Williams. Sec'y

California Sesd Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

S.AN .JOSE C.\LIFOI{NI.\

NEW CROP SEEDS

I OR FLORISTS

A^k fur l!)i:5 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Co p.

Seedsmen

4r-54No MarKct Sl.,B(lSTO^.MASS,

OHOIGE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South VI arket Street, Boston Mass.

ViCK aUAllTY VICK

ASTER

indispensable for Commercial
Growers

Send for Copy Today

James Yick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTIES ! ^

Cabbage. Cauliflower. Carrot. Celery-
Golden Self- Blanching and Meisb's
Green — best celery on earth; Lettuce —
big Boston, B^aulieu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to 99 per cent of market
gardeners on this continent; Komaine,
Endive, etc. Only the very best I-'renoh
seed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place. Woodhaven, Borough
of Queen's, N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CAUROT. rAKSNH'. UAUISIl aoQ
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also other
Items of the short crop of this past seaaon.
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, wlli
be quoted you upon applicatiou to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK

and Orange. Conn.

The EveretrB7ciark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peats, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip,
Radish. Beet, Etc.

^^-J!^'"" MILFORD, CONN.

TOMATO SEED

BEST STOCKS. -ALL V.MilETlES.

The Haven Seed Co.

(JroH-ers for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNtA.

In ordering goods please add '* I saw
it in '* HORTICULTURE.'*

PEAS, BCANS. RADISH

and all Garden Seeds \

(jrowers for the Trade

the Trade ^.^ ^^^

SEED CO

n \V

K1>£1B ST

KEET, CHICAOO

ONION SETS
AVrito for Prices

ONION SEED
ONION SETS

AVe are large growers of and dealers
in the best varieties and choicest
fitockH. Let u« know your wants.

SCHILDER BROS.
CHILLIGOTHE, 0.

192

HORTICULTURE

February 8, 19i:j

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
— =SONS=^

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
Higli Grade Gut Blooms

We cover alt .MirhU'an pniiits ami k<><"1
8erlion> of 4>)ii<i. liuliana aiut C'anaila.
Members Florists' TeleKrapli Delivery
Assoeiation.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48tti St.

Tel. Murray Nlll

1920

New York

— Bloomingdale *s — i

The Largest Floral Establishment In the Metropolis I

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices I
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled I

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Michigan Ave. and 31st St.*

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Teleprapb Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

Phones : Aldine 880. AJdine 881. Aldins 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City,

Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Knnsas
City and any town in Missouri or
KauHus,

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

I

>Iember of (he Florists' Teletjraph Delivery. [

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE
Member Florists' TeleKrapli I>)li\erj.

DENVER, COLORADO

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The larycst rut lh>wer store in .Vnierira.
Orders for the TWIN tITIKS and for all
Northwestern points eiven prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Mem jers Florists'Telegraph Asso.

EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING.

Six leading florists of Washington.
D. C, had a joint advertisement tor
McKinley Day in tlie Washington
Herald. The advertisement, which oc-
cupied a space 12 x 15 inches, had a
portrait of the late President in the
centre, and on each side were the
verses, "Lead Kindly Light." McKin-
ley's favorite hymn, and Cleveland's
eulogy of McKinley. On the left was
a cluster of carnations clasped with a
national shield, and across the top in
large letters was the inscription, "To-
day, January twenty-ninth, is McKin-
ley Bay. Wear a Carnation in Honor
of His Memory." At the bottom were
the names and addresses of the florists
subscribing. Altogether, the adver-
tisement was an excellent example of

STEAMER DEPARTURES ^

Allan. jjj

Sicilian. Hostuii-Clas-.iw Feb. 13 K

American. «i

I'liila.. N. Y.-S"iitli.aiiiiiton... .Fel). 13 V
St. Paul, X. Y.-Sniitliampt"ii..Feli. 22 ^

Atlantic Transport. [fi

Miiiuewaska, N. Y. -London.. .Feb.
:Minnet)nka, N. Y'. -London. . .Feb. :

Cunara.
I\[:inretania, N. \'.-T-,i^■el■pool..Feb.
T'ltonia, N. Y". -Mediterranean. Feb.
La<-t)nia. N. Y*. -Mediterranean. Feb.
(';ii-p;if Ilia. Boston -Liverpool.. Feb.
(■aiiii.iiiia, X. Y". -Liverpool. .. Feb.

Hamburg-American.

I'.itrii i.i. X. v. Ilainliilri; Fi'b.

K. .\. Vbtoiia. X. v. H.iiiib'K.l''eb.

Holland-America.
Potsdam, .X. Y. I! tt.rdam.. .Feb.

Leyland.

Bobeiiiiaii, Boston - 1. i^ erpool.. Feb.
Winifredian. Biiston-Llverp'l.Feb.

North German Lloyd.
Berlin. N. Y. Mediterranean ... Feb.

Sevdlifz. N'. Y. -Bremen Feb.

K. Willielm n. N. Y'. -Bremen. Feb.
li. Wasbinston. M. Y. -Bremen. Feb.

(M Red Star. •'

ftj Kroonland. N. Y.-.\ntwerp. . .Feb. 12 >_

S) Zeeland. .\'. Y.-.\ntwerp Feb. 19 \

K White Star. \.

.„ .\rabic. Boston-Liverpool Feli. U IJ

'8 Oeeanie. N. \'.-SoiUhamptou..Feb. 12 >J

S Pli'delphia. N. Y. S'hampton..Feb. l.-i h(

V .\driatio. N. Y'.-Mediter'n Feb, l.s S

L Baltic. N. Y'. -Liverpool Feb. 2(1 ^

Ma.iostic. N. Y.-S.oitliainpton.Feb. 22 >^

co-operative advertising to good effect
and worthy of imitation generally.

An equal exhibition of enterprise
was the advertisement of Knoble
Bros., florists of Cleveland. O., in the
Sunday Plain Dealer of January 29.
It was a full page presentation of the
florists' sphere of activity, beautifully
set forth in natural colors. Cut roses,
blooming plants, bridal bouquet, cor-
sage, wreath, jardiniere, decorated din-
ing table, etc., were all attractively
illustrated. It takes sand to spread
out to the extent of a full-page adver-
tisement in a metropolitan journal,
but that's what you've got to come to
if you want the business, now.

-, W

NEWS NOTES.

Centre Square, Pa. — H. Unsuth has
gone out of business.

Gary, Ind. — The Gary Floral Com-
pany has sold its business to John
Owens.

Clinton, Me.— C. P. Loder has pur-

ALEX. McCONNELL

S71 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of tbe Lnited State,?, Canada, and
all principal citie.s of Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere reieive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must he Prepaid

Reference or caRh mast accompany all
orders from unknown correspondentH.

Cable Aildress, ALEXCONNGLL..

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders trom any part of the cjuntry to

New York City
Or OUT-GOINU STEAMERS

Write or telcL'raph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone loo2-lo.'io Columbus

George M. Stumpp

7EI Finil «<e., Cot. E SStll St.

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prcipeil

KstalilKlieil IK7)

13 iV»M3S

I I.OKIST

N. E. Cor. 44 l\. & Madison Avenae, N. Y. City

(Member Florists" Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspon
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
>XUBA.IMY, IM. V,

FLO'WER DEUVERIES FOR AlBANY
AND VlaNTTY

ALBANY, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work

DEI.IVEKKI) IX AI.lt.VXY .\N1) ViriNITY

ON Ti:i,i:<:it.\i'iii( oijdkk

11 NORTH PEARL STREET. ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

KocKester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone aiSg

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

chased the greenhouse of Henry New-
nail, and will move it to Main street,
where he will conduct a flower-grow-
ing business.

February 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

19S

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

ShikI flower orders for <lelner>- in Boston
ami all New EiiKland points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when yon transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Teleffraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Gardi'ii Fiiruitnic. Art Gonds am]
New De.sif^ns in Tusiauy Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

tirORC£STER.

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points in >jew Eng^land.

125.000 square feet of slass.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Sf'«ch end Work First Class

F9IHODI

l^l_.AIMO

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

LeadlnK Florists. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN -

FRANK H. FORREST

314 - .346 (ieary Street. SAX FK.VXflSCO,
ami Hotel St. Francis, C.\l>.

We eover the entire Paeific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Hf nolulii. M.inila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TI.EGR.\rH.

SAN FRANCISCO

l'ALIFORXI.\.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivereil on mail or telegraph order fjor
any occasion, in an> |»ar( of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonere St., - - TOROXTO. ONT.

MONTREAL;^' ^-^t:

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON r:!rsj:;

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. '»"

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Alhany, N. Y.— H. G Evres, 11 N. Pearl St.

.\llianv, N. Y.— The Rosarv, 2:( Steuben
St.

Boston— Thos. F Galvin, 121 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulktn. I'.ll Boylston St.

Boston — I'enn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston — Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Cnrbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange. 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1G43 B'veay.

Detroit. Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sous,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Mich. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L, Rock Flower
Co.. lllfi Walnut St.

.Montreal. Can —Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 7G1 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 5Sth St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York- Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence. R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weyhossct St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist. 344-34C Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

Toronto, Can.
St.

Washington,
St.

C— F. H.

H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
Kramer, 915

Washington
F St., N. W.
Wellesley, Mass. — Tallby.
Worcester, Mass. — H. F. A. Lange

NEW FLOWER STORES.
Larciimont, N. Y. — John Moll.
Washington, Pa. — B. W. Spragg.
St. Louis, Mo. — George Dimond,
Sixth street.

Hastings, Neb. — Charles Winlvler,
Third street.

Portland, Ore.— Carl E. Taube, 406i/i
.Morrison street.

Oakland, Cal. — N. Rolleri, Broadway
anil Ninth street.

Indianapolis, Ind. — Alfred Brandt, 5
East Ohio street.

Topeka, Kan. — James Hayes & Son,
81fi Kansas avenue.

Milwaukee, Wis, — C. Desebrock,
28117 North avenue.

Wilkinsburg, Pa. — A. M. Downey
Co., 6oi( Hay street.

Shenandoah, Pa. — E. H. Smith, for-
merly of Hazelton, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Joseph Josephs,
13th and Market streets.

Chicago, III. — John Welsh, Leland
avenue and Robey street.

Detroit, Mich. — ^W. T. Barthel, Mt.
Eliot and Gratiot avenue.

Detroit, Mich. — Papes & Duris,
Broadway Theatre Building.

Baltimore, Md. — Liberty Florists,
Liberty street, near Lexington.

Baskets Baskets!

RICE HAS THEM !

Ferneries, Pot Covers,
Tumbler Baskets,

Table Baskets,

Hanging Baskets,

Bridal Baskets,

Display Baskets,

and Baskets.

New

Easter Folder Sent on Request.

M.

RICE COMPANY

LEADERS IN FLORISTS'
SUPPLIES and RIBBONS

1220 RACE ST., Philadelphia, Pa.

BOSTON. MASS.

•I'enn, The Telegraph Florist"

Mtiiijjer of Fl. rist.s' Telegraph Delivery

37-43 BROMFIELD STRCEX

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

^^^^ GUDE'S

&UDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS
'214 F. ST.,N,W<

WASMIN&TON. D.C

3Ieml>er Florists*
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEflELAM)

Euclid Avenue

WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Djina Hall. Malniit Hill and Rockridge Hall

Schools. TAiUBY, Wellestey, Mass.

Tel. Wellebley 44-1 and 2. Night 14-3,

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

' and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

New En^and Poiits 171 Wefbouet Stmt

194

HORTICULTURE

February 8, TP13

Cherries Are Ripe, We Have Them

Only a short time left for you to display the
cherries to commemorate George Washington's
Anniversary. A little bunch attached to your
boxes, also tied and arranged on the handle of
baskets will attract attention. Try some. They
will prove very fetching.

The dainty two-tone baskets in London tints
are in great demand for Easter work. Send for
sample order; our selection will be a pleasing one.
Combination tints, white and pink, nile and white.

yellow and white, lavender and white and many
other ones it desired. It may appear early to ad-
vertise Easter baskets but these take time to get
ready.

Plenty of Waterproof Crepe Paper in the import-
ed kind, which is the best. All good flower shades.
Pleated Crepe Paper, the accordion effect, is still
in popular demand. Magnolias, Green, Brown and
Red, prepared and selected, of uniform stock.

.nK

For Other Supplies Consult Our Silent Salesman

n. B A YERSD ORFBR ®. CO.

THE

FLORISTS* SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET. >*MII.ADCLPHIA, PA.

>\^v,:wi^»,!v,7w,!vi /•"..*..

CHICAGO NOTES.
Promising New Carnations.

The Chicago Carnation Company re-
ceived two lots of seedling carnations
last week from A. Jablonsky, Olivette,
Mo., and C. Akehurst & Son, White
Marsh, Md. Two variegated varieties,
both white with deep pink pencilings.
were in the first lot coming by parcel
post and arriving in good condition
and looking still better two days later.
One will be named Thos. A. Edison
and the other Variegated Enchantress,
and both will be disseminated in 1915.
Those from C. Akehurst & Son in
eluded No. 45. a large full pink of Rose
Enchantress shade, a very striking
flower with good calyx and stiff stem,
and No. 40, of Lawson shade and type
and not so large a flower, but with
good stiff stem. No. 105 is a yellow,
variegated with cerise. These are in
their second year. They were forty-
eight hours on the way, but revived
and showed up well later and appear
very promising varieties.

Pots and pans of bulbous stock are
now seen extensively in the retail
stores. In tulips Proserpine for light
red, Mon. Tresor for yellow, and for
early light pink La Matelas are the
varieties used, for growers to not use
the same as for cut flowers. The
larger and later varieties for pans
have not put in an appearance yet.
for forcing causes considerable loss.
In spite of the annual cry of "never
again," more bulbs appear to have
been grown for cut flowers this year
than ever before. Many of the novel-
ties advocated by the bulb salesmen
for early forcing are being tried out
here, but not successfully.

Easter and the Lilies.

With Easter so early, March .23, the
lily situation is of more than usual
interest at this time. In Chicago and
vicinity the probabilities are strong
that many growers will fail to get
their lilies in on time while reports
from those who have been through the
Middle West recently would indicate
the same condition outside. In and
about Chicago, Harrlsii has been
grown but little of late years and re-
cently multiflorums have shown so

much disease that they are being
dropped also. Formosums, coming
early, are grown a little more exten-
sively this year but the main depen-
dence of the growers is upon Gigan-
teum, which though later than the oth-
ers, seems more free from disease and
when it can be gotten in on time is
more generally satisfactory. Some of
the largest growers seem to have
timed it about right, if one can tell so
far ahead and the probabilities are
that lovers of the Easter flower will
not be deprived of them in Chicago,
but a lily salesman last week stated
that many growers in the West, with-
out facilities for extreme forcing will
fail to have their stock in on time.

Trade Notes.

Many of the women's clubs of the
city are including in their programs
lectures, etc., along horticultural lines.
The Ridge Club has a regular floricul-
tural department and this week en-
joyed a lecture by Dr. .1. M. Coulter
of the University of Chicago on "Plant
Relations."

J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, had
a plant of the new begonia, "Melior."
which is not yet disseminated, on ex-
hibition at E. C. Amling's. where it
was much admired. It makes a heav-
ier growth and has larger flowers
which are a trifle deeper in shade than
the Glory of Cincinnati.

George Asmus, manager for Schiller,
Florist, has secured a lon.g lease on
the store formerly occupied by L. Ko-
ropp, 4509 Evanston avenue, and will
take possession at once, putting it in
first-class condition. The plan is to
sell or close up the Jackson Boulevard
store and to operate this one and the
Madison street store. The new acqui-
sition is in a very desirable north side
locality near Wilson avenue.

Personal.

Ed. Vilter is no longer seen at the
packing counter at Zeck & Mann's.

Joe Weis is again able to be at his
store at 3445 Southport avenue after
a seige with diphtheria.

Mrs. C. M. Dickinson and son, Don-
ald, left Tuesday for St. Louis. Mo.,
where Donald will enter a military
school.

The Fleischman Floral Co. are using
a third-page advertisement in one of
the local dailies to keep trade stimu-
lated as Lent appears.

Albert Cole says his wife's good
nursing is responsible for his reap-
pearance at the Amling Company's
store again. He married a nurse but
four weeks before a severe attack of
scarlet fever.

The many friends of Wm. J. Smyth
are pleased to learn vhat he is able
to leave St. Luke's Hospital where he
has been since his serious accident,
December 13th. He will be confined
to his home, however, for some time.

T. T. Clark, bookkeeper and assist-
ant manager for E. H. Hunt, and Miss
Helen Soderberg, of Chicago, were
married, Februa'ry 1st, and left for a
short wedding trip. Mr. Clark's new
dignity will make it harder than ever
to walk with bowed head, a thing ne-
cessary in the office owing to his
height, but his smile will not be the
less frequent. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
will live at 47th street and Lawrence
avenue.

Visitors; F. P. Myers, of Chestnut
Hill. Pa.; R. W. Peterson and J. A.
Peterson, Cincinnati; Mr. Sf tippy, of
Stuppy Floral Co.. St. Joseph, Mo.

CINCINNATI NOTES.

E. G. Gillett's birthday anniversary
was on Ground Hog Day. On the
evening before he was surprised by
manv of his friends and neighbors.

Visitors; Lester F. Benson, Indian-
apolis, Ind.; Miss Patten, of the Pat-
ten Flower Store; Wm. Gardner, New
Castle, Ind.

Although the inaugural ball and sim-
ilar festivities have been tabooed by
President-elect Wilson, there are sev-
eial plums to be handed the Washing-
ton florists and landscape gardeners
in the way of decorations. The flrst
contract thus far reported is one au-
thorizing C. H. Merryman to furnish
the 30-foot cedar trees which are to be
banked on either side ot the Presi-
dent's reviewing stand. This contract
will figure in the neighborhood of
$1,000.

February S, 1913

HORTICULTURE

i;95

SUCCESSFUL FLORISTS

all over the country are using McCray Refrigerators.
The circulation of air is so strong and steady that there
can be no stagnation or dampness, so that your stock
will always be fresh and fragrant. Furthermore ttife
saving in ice will more than pay for the cost.

McCray Refrigerators

will lend attractiveness to your shop. Beautifully made
and finished, they are lined with white enamel, opal
glass, tile, mirrors or marble, as you desire. Write
today for our catalog No. T-i which, will give you ideas
how to add to the attractiveness of your establishmeut.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

56 wab^^rA';;. ?53 Lake St., Kendallville. Ind. ^:'\^::\:T:i

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

Charles, son of S. S. Pennock, still
at hospital and liable to be for some
time, but is progressing favorably.

E. J. Fancourt of the Pennock-Mee-
han Co., has returned from a week's
busine.^s trip down East, chipper and
cheerful. Must have done some good
business.

Arnold Ringier of the W. W. Bar-
nard Co. of Chicago honored our fair
city with a call on tlie 4th inst. We
tried to take him to the club meeting
but he had an engagement in New
York.

M. Rice Co. have a very attractive
Easter folder appropriately titled
"Parcel Post Helps." It contains many
good suggestions for the Easter trade.
Mr. Eschner says they will be glad to
mail a copy upon request to any florist.

Flowers of the new rose Mrs.
Charles Russell were exhibited in
London recently and received an
award of merit. This, too, after hav-
ing made tlie long journey across the
Atlantic and being staged two weeks
after cutting, which speaks a lot for
its keeping qualities. The Pennock-
Meehan Co. inform us that the orders
already booked for this rose to date
are very heavy and it loo'.s as if
theie would be a scramble to get some
of it pretty soon.

Patrick Welch of Boston has sent
in as an entry for the gi-eat prize,
Dooley's definition: "A diplomat is
a man who can put a crimp in the
cards that a clothes wringer can't take
out." Edward Dooner defines a diplo-
mat as a man who is "a pusillanimous
liar." Commodore Westcott: A diplo-
mat is a man who knows when to keep
his mouth shut."

Jack Mackillip's idea of a diplomat:
— "Don't bother a man when he's
busy." John H. Dodd's contiibution:
"Ha Ha! That's a twister."

"Sandy McGoon, soldier of tortuns,"
enters the lists with this: "A diplo-
mat is a fine old liar who has spent the
best part of his life in telling lies; but
has convinced his hearers that he is
telling the truth." We get you, Sandy.
It's a good thrust.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican IMats They IMake Baskets. These
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. I, &2.S0 ; No. 2. »3.S0 ; No. 3. &4.00 ;
No. 4, S5.00; No. 5, &6.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Visitors — H. Warendorf, Hotel An-
sonia, N. Y. City; H. E. Smith. Ha-
zelton. Pa.; Thos. Roland. Nahant.
Mass.; Louis Dupuy, Whitestone. N.
Y.; John C. Bodger, Los Angeles,
Calif.; Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell
Conn.; Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.;
C. Bourque, buyer for Dards, New
York; Philip L. Carbone, Boston.
Mass., accompanied by one of his right
bowers — S. Gerald Smith; Martin C.
Ebel, Madison, N. J.; W. F. Fancourt.
Doylestown. Pa.; John Young. New-
York City; R. J. Irwin, New York City.

himself a graduate of such nursery is
well known to me, and, knowing his
love of a joke I take it that he means
it in the sense of the royal nursery (of
mankind) of England.

1 don't propose to enter the compe-
tition for your prize for the best defi-
nition of a diplomat as I agree with
you that Tommy has won it, but why
did you not rope in the classic defini-
tion? which is "A diplomat is a man
who is sent abroad to lie for his coun-
try." EDWIN JENKINS.

THAT GINGER JAR MAN.
"The Jenkins lad" reciprocates the
kindly wishes for a better acquain-
tance with the author of the "Gineer
Jar" notes, who seems to have the
license of the old court fool or jester,
to lay about him where he wills, spar-
ing none, not even the gray hairs of
our distinguished editor. He seems to
have flashes of intelligence and during
one of these, asks me whether I know
anything about "Tree 'Vaccination" and
whether it is an axiom or a fallacy.
This is something of a poser, but as it
is a part of my religion to "never get
stuck," I answer with all due respect
to the upholders of tree vaccination
as a cure for chestnut blight or other
diseases that so far as present scien-
tific knowledge goes the idea must be
relegated to the order of Fallacies. As
to the whereabouts of the Royal Nur-
sery of England, the man who signs

Since 1835 the trustees of Mount Au-
burn Cemetery have paid the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society $302,-
297.27, and have yet to pay about
$125,000 more.

EVER READY
POTCOVER

The modern way of
Mi'i istically <lt-for:it-
iuiz uasiybtly clay
rtowt!!- puts. Makes
Iilaiils sell betier as
tliey are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, durable
and instantly ap-
plied. Made in four colors and many
sizes. Sample will l)e sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

196

H ORT I CULTURE

February 8, 1913

KIGH-6BA0E GARDtNIAS

$3.00 and $4.00 DOZEN

You can always depend on our supply, and as to
quality, there are none better at any price.

BOUVARDIA, Pink and Red, per 100 $5.00

WHITE LILAC, the best, per bunch 1.25

PANSIES, all cheerful colors, 100 bunches 8.00

The Leo Niessen Com

i2?h^dR«ests.. PHILADELPHIA

isiiiiiiiiiiiiii;niiiniiiiiiiiiniHiiniiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMHiii^

I To Cut Flower Growers and |
i Retail Florists I

want to find a market (or your S

product s

want a regular or special supply «

of the product of the best s

growers ;

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower t ages

= The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading S
2 Concerns in the Wholesale Flower Trade s

ailllllll'll"""""""""""""""""""'""""""""""'"!!!'^

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

*;(> I'KAKL ST. BOSTON

>'. F. Mt-rarthy, Mgr.

Order direct or liuy from your local
supply dealer. Insist on having: the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. Emblems, etc. Always
in Stuck.

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

,".■:• MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

HENRf u. mmm & co.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, IMASS.

Everything in Flowers

f'oniplt'te Stociv tii Flori^l".' (ireens.
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B.HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Iliej.lijicOiii!ough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Specinl jiiti'Mtion to sliippiriLr ordors. Job-
bers of I'll r:sf<' Supplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list ou :ipplioati«.n.
Phone !»♦-=- "•>>. 31R Walnut St., rincinn.tl.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PIBLIC ACCOINTANT AND Al DITOR

.Simple nietlioils of eorrect aceountinT

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS B.ILAXCED AND ADJUSTED

Mor<l—nts Bank Buildin"

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

T«Ieph.s., Uala U

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Grasnhouses, IMorton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WdOLBSALE FLOWER MakKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100

TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special ... -

*' " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

*' Urdinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

Hilbngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley.

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

'I'ulips

Koman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises . ■■

Mignonette .

Sweet Peas

(.ardenias .

Adianlum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strirgs (loo) •
'* & Spren. (too bchs.). .

CINCINNATI
January 7

DETROIT

January 13

BUFFALO

February 3

[PITTSBURGH

I February 2

40.00
25.00
15.00
8.00
8.00
2.00
8.00
2.00
2.00

50.00
40.00
25.00
10.00
10.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
8.00

8.00
8.00
3.00
2.00

to .

to

to

.50 to

35.00

20.00

4.00
2.00

10.00
10.00

4.00

3.00

3.00
•75

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1. 00
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40.00
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30.00

to

40.00

40.00

to

50.00

20.00

to

30.00

25.00

to

30.00

10.00

to

20.00

12.00

to

15.00

6.00

to

10.00

3.00

to

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8.0a

to

10.00

10.00

to

15.00

4.00

to

6.00

5.00

to

7.00

Soo

to

12.00

8.00

to

10.00

4.00

to

8.00

6.00

to

7.00

to

4.00

to

8.00

10.00

to

15.00

10.00

to

15.00

4.00

to

8.00

6.00

to

8.00

to

8.00

to

12.00

4.00

to

5. 00

to

3.00

3.00

to

4.00

2.00

to

2.50

50.00

to

75.00

50.CO

to

60.00

to

12.50

10.00

to

12.00

to

12.00

to

15.00

3.00

to

4.00

3.00

to

4.00

to

3.00

2.00

to

3.00

to

3-00

to

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to

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to

3.00

2.00

to

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3.00

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•50

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.75

■75

to

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to

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1. 00

to

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4.00

to

8.00

3.00

to

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1. 00

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•75

to

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40.00

to

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to

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to

12.50

to

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20.00

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40.00

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to

30.00

25.00

to

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40.00

20.00

10.00
3.00

10.00
4.00

10.00
4.00

50.00
30.00
15.00

6.00
15.00

6.00
15.00

6.00

8.00

to

15.00

4.00

to

6.00

6.00

to

15.00

3.00

to

4.00

2.00

to

2.50

3500

to

50.00

to

12.00

to

X2.00

3.00

to

4.00

3.00

to

4.00

to

4-00

4.O.

to
to

5.00

•25

to

•75

3.00

to

4.00

4.00

to

6.00

■50

to

1.50

20.00

to

30.00

1.00

10

1.25

to

15.00

to

50.00

30.00

to

40.00

J.H.BCDLONG

82-84-86 E. Randolph St., Chicago

OUR STOCK IS A-i AND IT IS QUALITY NOT
PRICES THAT TALKS

PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET .... CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE., i^^LT/KrsrR^lf" CHICAGO

When Writlns; to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICULTURE.

February 8, 1913

HOET ICULTUKE

197

Flower Market Reports

Business seems to be
BALTIMORE on the go, right along,

and none have cause
to complain. The flower mostly in de-
mand has been the carnation, especially
so on "Carnation Day." In the whole-
sale exchange tulips, freesia and white
narcissi are mostly seen. Richmond
roses are earning a little faster, while
'Maids and Brides are just about
enough to supply the demand.

riie bottom has fallen
BOSTON out of this market, so to
speak. We hope it will
prove to be only for a brief period and
that a healthy reaction may soon fol-
low the check which the coming of
Ash Wednesday seems to have admin-
istered, according to long-existing cus-
tom. Roses have responded with a
moderate drop in wholesale prices and
this will be appreciated by out-of-town
florists who have not found much
profit in handling roses at the stiff
market values of the past few weeks.
Carnations are decidedly a drug and
there are big accumulations in whole-
salers' hands that sacrifice prices even
seem incapable of moving out. Bulb-
ous material of all descriptions is also
badly overcrowded as usual at this
season. Other things are in good sup-
ply, including sweet peas of excellent
quality.

Market brisk with still
BUFFALO a scarcity of stock, es-
pecially roses, which
seem to be the most needed flower, es-
pecially for design work. There is an
abundance of other stoc'j which can
be used to good advantage, but the
heaviest demand is for short roses.
The longer grades of Killarney have
improved in color and are now finest
of the season, also Maryland is good
though the buds are not large. Bon-
silene is a good seller but not enough
are had. Beauties, such as they are,
are anything but good and sales are
light. Good Richmonds are still
scarce. Carnations continue in fair
suijply, while having a better demand
than in some wee'.is iiast. On McKin-
ley Day the demand was light and al-
though the wholesaler made prepara-
tions for a good trade sales wert
small and a disapiiointment to the
trade and a loss to the wholesaler.
Cold weather was the prime
cause, and as there were none
sold on the street by the mission
as in previous years, the spirit had
fallen away. Spring plants such as
tulips, daffodils, cyclamen, azaleas
and other flowering plants are coming

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

• HCMAS 1R.«CEY,Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY ;

SAVE TIME AND MONET BY SBNDCNO TODB ORDER TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND *LLTHE

SUPERlJR ROSES. LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIuNS, ORCHlDi

BCST PRODUCED

226 Devonshire Street. Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/Holesal

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

<>K(iANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CIT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS" SlrPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Hnmr-irrowii Stock ■ Specialty. STRICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference fnmlefaed ■• t« staH^ar And flnanclml mblllty of the cooapany.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^°^'""'^rol,^E!:L'E''R% only

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

'* " Extra

No. I

'• " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary...

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" '* " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longi6orum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo)..
" " & Spren. (ico Bchs.). -

25.00

in and the plant growers report good
sales.

The last week beloro
CHICAGO Lent found the flower

marlet in very good
condition with i)lenty of flowers of
good quality and a very fair demand.
AJl first-class stock sold out without
less and each day more roses could
lave been ^old had they been obtain-
able. With some wholesalers the fall-
ing off of Mardi Gras order.^ was
noticeable this year and it seems one
mere of the special occasions for flor-
ists is losing out. A few large social
events marV'ed the closing of the pre-
lenten period and bulbous stock has
had an impetus which has made the
fcotings larger than was realized last
year. Carnations are said by some to
be coming less freely but no material
difference is noted. Rather more
American Beauties are being cut but
not enough to affect quotations. Vio-
lets are going slowly and prices do not
hold very rigorously to quotations.
Sweet peas are possibly a little more

in evidence this week but the number
in the mar. et is comparatively small.
All kinds of roses continue scarce, es-
pecially the short and medium lengths.
Advance orders for Valentine's Day
are not coming in very rapidly.

The McKinley Day
CINCINNATI demand this year

showed that observ-
ance of the day by the pubic is gettin,g
to be a thing of the past. The call for
the special flower for that day hardly
caused a ripple in the even course of
the market. There were plenty of car-
nations and the gcod solid stock sold
fairly well at the ruling price but the

(Co'ttintteci ntt I'age iqQ)

ROSES WANTED

Will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 28th Street,

New Ycrk

198

HOET ICULTUHE

February 8, 1913

M. C. FORD

Slircc^>.«(r to

FORD BROTHERS

121 West 28th Street NEW YORK

fi ROSES. HCK CBIIIONS

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Teleplione. 3s:o or 3811 JIailison Square.

H. E, FROMENlT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 38tll St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3200, 3301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madlsod Square NcW YOrli

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

55 «nd 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 75C
MadiNoa Square

— WM. P. FORD^ —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORKJ

Call and inspect the Best Establlsbment
In the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

V I O I- ETS

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Gro%vers" MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn, Jr.

55 &^ 57 'West 26th St.. New York

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Kxer^reens. flosses.

Southei'ti Sntihix, liiihix and I^eucothoe,

I*reser\eil anil I'^resli Cut

C> <a^ iinti rahiietto.

T.. {aS^I wads, 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RilED <a KELLER

l.>3 West ■.•.-.th St., Neu York

Florists' Supplies

W't' ni;innf:irtni-i' all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

:ii:d ;in' <ieili.-l-s ill

Ocforat Jve Glassware, Growers an I

I'lorists' Reo"i's'**'*i

WILLIAVI H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOUSALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First ,:iass Market for ail CUT FLOWERS

28 Wiiloughby t.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. GOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10.000.... $1.76. 50,000.... »7.60. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

I*. J. SJMI^H

Successor to JOHN 1. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist lVn'i?ir''%lZ^i^^

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock lor all purposes The HOMB OP THE LILY
by the 1 00, 1000 or lO.tiOO

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Commifision Dealer in

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

133 West 28th Street. New York
Telephone — 35.^?-.^^.^.^ Madison Square

Established
1887

J. K. yXL.L

IM

Still Going I
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cot Flower Crnslirnnients Solicited.
A SQUARE DEAL.. PROMPT RETURNS. MONET ALWAYS READY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Open 6 A. M. dully. Telephone, I«7 sad 44IMI Msd. Sq.

:^ HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

'^. V liiiHE HIGHEST 1# A I I CV ALWAYS

"S^p. ,GR.\DE OF VML.UELT ON HAND ^

GARDENIAS; DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS ,

JAMES McMANUS. m.'j"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Ust Half of Week

ending Feb. 1

1912

American Beauty, Fancy and Special I 60.1

*' " Extra

No. I

'* " Lower Grades -

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Ricbmond, Maryland, Extra

" Ordinary

Bfide. Maid

Hiltingdun, Ward, Melody. Extra

" ** " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Camatloos, Fancy Grade >

** Ordinary :

I 40.00

; 20.00
1 4.00
5.00
2.00
8.00
2.00
2.00
6.00
2.00

3-00
2.00

I.OO

to 100.00

to 50.00

to 30.00

to 10.00

to 8.00

to 4.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 6.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 12.00

to 3,00

to 2.00

First Half of Week

beginning Feb. 5

1912

60.00
40.00
20.00
4.00
5.00
2.00
8.00

2. 00
2.00

6.00
2.00
300
2. 00
I.OO

to 100.00

to 50.00

to 30.00

to 10.00

to 8. DO

to 4.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 6.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to 12.00

to 3.00

to X.50-

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLK ITEU

Telephones {}g^ j Madison Square

Frank H. Trtkendly Char e. Sohenfk | PnAMI/ Bill I Jl M /^

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK ^ «*?A"''JriANG

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephones : 798 and 799 Madison Square

CcnsigDnients Solicited

CKNTRAIXY LOCATED. THK HITB OF

THE FLOWER UARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

TelephoDF 70(t2 MadUnn
Telephone 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tii St., NEW YORK

i^bipiuputs, any qiiiiiitity, Hh le-
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOUSALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Out Specialty

38-40 BIWADWAY. DETROIT, MIUH-

HENKV i\l.h..uINM>.N,Prcs. MAURR'K I.. GLA.S.S, Trcai
CHAS i;. ROBINSON. V-l'rcs. .lOSEPlI M.VRGOl.IS, Set'j

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
XA/^ l-fe o I ^ s ^ 1^ F~lor-l^-ts

Maurice L. Glass, Manager
55-57 WEST 26th ST, - - - NEW YORK CITV

Sfrciai Atif-ntintt t» tJtr Ship^i^t^ Tmde

February 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

199

Flower Market Reports

f Continued from pa^e IQJ)

demand came through the usual chau-
nels for the usual purposes of the
market. The rose market is very short.
The demand is especially strong lor
good pink. Richmond are very much
off crop. The receipts of good Beau-
ties are cleaned up quickly each day.
Bulbous stock is in a tremendously
large supply. The receipts of tulips
are far greater than the request for
them can possibly utilize. Most are
short-stemmed. The really good are
limited in number and sell. Daffodils,
jonquils and freesias are excellent in
quality and have sold fairly well.
Callas and lilies have been selling very
nicely.

The balmy spring days

DETROIT of the early part of last
week had a depressing
effect on the local market and the
great family of spring flowers and car-
nations competed very fiercely against
one another. Still a change tor cold
combined with hustling wholesalers
cleared the tables quite nicely by Sat-
urday, closing the week with firm
prices prevailing. Roses are still
short which is often embarrassing' to
the store man but is a good omen for
the grower as regards a heavy cut for
Easter.

Business here has

NEW YORK taken a decided drop
and while roses, for
instance, are not over-plentiful de-
mand has slackened up and the situa-
tion is decidedly easy for anyone who
is in the market to buy. American
Beauty is still very shy and the prices
that have prevailed for several weeks
are still maintained on the few that
are coming in. There is no percep-
tible change as regards orchids and
other choice material, there being
enough and to spare for all demands
and no signs of any immediate exi-
gency either way.

Much comment is

PHILADELPHIA being heard in
wholesale circles
about the low prices for flowers — not-
withstanding the abnormal scarcity
this season. It appears from reports
of competent observers that other
parts of the country are also affected —
so the situation seems to be general
and not confined to Philadelphia. The
growers everywhere are complaining
and most of them see no hope of be-
ing able to pay expenses this year. As
for last week in this market business
was pretty fair, and in some lines, no-
tably in American Beauty roses, more
could have been done if the stock had
been in sight to do it with. In white
and pink roses the medium grades sold
best. The beauty scarcity is still as
fierce as ever and will probably re-
main so for two or three weeks yet.
The carnation market was very much
firmer and most everything sold at top
quotations. The bargain hunters were
disappointed for once. Orchids — too
many, little doing and prices "on the
blink." Gardenias and sweet peas —
both improved in quality and moving
off in excellent shape at satisfactory
figures. Lily of the valley and
mignonette have also sold better. Vio-
lets still congested. There is a good
demand for snapdragon but very little
coming in.

(Continued on Page 204)

FOUR NEW ROSES EVERY GROWER
WILL WANT NEXT YEAR

Irish Fire Flame

The dainty new Single Rose,
trimmest and sweetest little
bud ever seen, and well
named as to Its lovely color.
A Dickson seedling of strong,
vigorous growth, very free,
particularly during the Win-
ter; color fiery crimson,
shading to a rich orange
salmon at the base; foliage
a dark green, reverse side of
leaf deep bronze; a new de-
parture in Eoses, a distinct
novelty ; beautiful and charm-
ing; a favorite wherever
shown ; nothiug to compare
with it. March and April
delivery.

OWN ROOT: Doz., $6.00;
■lo. $10.00: 50, S17.50; 100,
$30.00; 250. $70.00; 1000,
$250.00.

GR.iFTED: Doz., $7.50;
25, $12.50; 60, $20.00; 100,
$35.00; 250. $82.60; 1000,
$300.00.

UnO nil 10 nilOOri I -^ "'^■" American pedigree seedling. Of American
Mn\ liHAN KIINNrl I Beauty size and fragrance; color, a lighter cerise
milU. UlinU. llUUtlkkk (|,.|( ^^^g y„( j.,^g j,-, x^\\w but to a lighter rose
as the Howeis age; a si mug, vigorous grower; good, heavy stems; flowers carried
erect, no weak necks; no blind wood like Beauty ;very prolific, remarkably so
considering its size. As tested in the various shows over the country this Fall,
it has proven a wonderful keeper and established itself at once as a Rose of
unusual merit, creating a sensation wherever sh<-iwn and attracting not only the
lommeriial man, but the public as well. Deliverv after March 15th.

Doz. 25 50 ino 2riO 1000

GRAFTED .STO( K ONLY... $7.50 $12.60 $20.00 $35.00 $82.50 $300.00

Ull AnV ^ strong sturdy grower; excellent foliage; flowers large and double;
MILAUT opens perfectly at all seasons; similar to Richmond in color, al-
■llibnv ■ ti.ough richer in lolor in bud form; shape of flower resembles Gen.
.Jacqueminot; very prolific: good keeper; tue coming Red Rose. Grafted or own
r.iot, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000.

lin(> nrn PtlAIIIVm -"^ free-aoweriug pink Rose; very highly recom-
M|f\ iirll NnAWTrK mended bv some of our best rose growers; has
illllU. UkU. Ulinillbll |,pgj, selling exceptionally well in the New York
market tliis season. Grafted or own root, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000.
We guarantee not onl.v the Qualit.v of our stock bnt its safe deliver,v by express.

K1ISI50NS AND SUPPLIES. Many new patterns In exclusive
Kibbons. Write us for prices on these and on Supplies.

.Siiiull Kliipiiieul». can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go.

Tlic M'holesale Tlorists of Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON

VOauI'V"* 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 117 West 28lh St. 1216 H. St., N. W.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

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Lilies, Longlllorum

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Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White .

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Tulips

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Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

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Adiantum

Smilax

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HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNT ANT

ft. J. Dyssrt, 40 State St., Boston.
For pace se* List of AdTartlsers.

APHINE

ApblDe Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
K<ir page see List of AdTcrtlsers.

AMPEIiOPSIS

Ampelopsis \ eitcbii — One year, 2 to 3
ft., strons, 50 tor $2, 100 for .$3.25 (parcel
post); $20 per 100(1. 18 to 24 inches, 50
for $1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Strong niuts. tops cut to C inches
for transplanting. $12 per 1000. Samples
(except first gradet. 25c. allowed on pur-
chase. Chas. Black, Hightstown, N. J.

AltAl CAKI.\S

GodCre.v .Vscliuuinn. Tbiladelphla, P«.
For page see List of AdTertisers.

ASPARAOliS

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
UHJ; $lS.(Ki per luim. '
Bros., ilaywood. 111.

Cash please. Felsch

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bosllndale, Mass.

A. Leuthy & Co .
For page see List of Adyertlsera.
Loecliuet A Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAY TBEE8

.McHntchlson A Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see LUt of Advertisers.

August Kolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay trees and Box trees, all slies. Write

for special list. Julius Roehrs Co., Rather-

tord, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.

For pate see List of Advertisers.

K. Vincent, Jr., & Son's Co.. Whlte~Mar8ir.

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

Vernon Begoni.-is, :; inch, in bloom, nice
plants. $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros.. Maywodd, III.

BOXWOOD TRKE.S

Bobbiiik * Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

For pace see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Hutherford, N. J.

Box Trees, all sizes. Ask for special list.

BOILERS

Kroeacbell Bros. Co., 406 Brie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord A^Buniham Co., 1133 Broadway. N. T.
HItchlngs * Co., 1170 Broadway. N. T.

BOXES— CUT FLOWER— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For pace see List of Advertisers.
Folding rnt flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holtnn A Hnnkel Co., Mil-
waukee. Wis.

BULBS AND TUBERS

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. T.

For pace see List of Advertisers.

t. U. Thorhnm A Co.. M Ran- Li y St., N. T.

Ko<:(niias — Oloxlnias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS— Continued

Mlchell's Seed Hoase, Philadelphia, P«.

For page see List cf Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward A Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading Elver, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. A J. Farqnbar Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balba of all descriptions. Write for prices
C. Keur A Sons, Hlllegom. Holland.
New York Branch. 31-.~i3 Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOR LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANXA.S

Arthur T. Boddington, New Yorlc, N. Y.

Hcddington's *Ju::lity Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishliill. .\. Y.
For p.-ige see List ut Advertisers.

THE IJIPltUVED CANNAS.
Vfin c:in double your prfiOts by stock-
ing no witli tile new c;inii!is. Re sure to
get our list before you place your order.
The Conard A Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

CARNATION STAI'LE

Split carnations tjiilckly. easily and
clipaply mended l'lll..,burv"8 Carnation
Staple, 2IH«I for SI IK) post' p.ild. I. L.
Plllsbury, Galesburg, III.

CARNATIONS

F. Dnrner A Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
F'or [uige see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phila.. Pa.
For p;ige see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Uadlsoa, N. J.
For page see List of .Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishkill. N. Y.
For p.ige see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

A. N. rierson. Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chns. II. Totty. Madison, N. J.
For pagp see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.
For page see I,ist of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith A Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysantliemums. Simth's .\dvanre, Fnaka
and Chrysolora. strong plants, cocl grown.
600. per doz. (free by mail) ; $4.00 per 100.
Clirvsolora. 2 in. pots, $G (10 per 100. Cash.
Wm. Tricker, Arlington. N. J.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Continued

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THB. By A. Har-
rington. The author has endeavored t«
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel la producing per-
fect chrysanthemum flowers, showing that
not In secret arts and practices, bni. ifi
plain course of procedure are the deslrSS
results attained. Illustrated, 160 pages.
Price 50 rents.

Orders filled by HORTICOLTDBB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRB SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

n.\iiLi.\s

Lyndhurst Farm, llammonton, N. J.
For page see I^ist of Advertisers.

Dahlias, named sorts, strong division!,
$1.23 per 100. Send for list. C. W. Hoff-
man, R. 13, Dayton, O.

clumps, latest varle-

what

Dahlias— 250O field
ties, cheap for casii ■ ur wliat have y^u to
excli,.int;e'.' 'ico. H. U'alker, Dahlia Expert,
.\nrtti Dightou. Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dcrotliy Peaccolv. Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sptt. Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias, etc. Rig stock of best cut flower
daliiias. Write for surplus list and special
prices. Peacock Dahlia F;irms. Williams-
town Junction. N. J., Post Office, Berlin,
N. J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over .*<50,000 field clumps to offer at right
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. Alexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

DECORATITB PLANTS

A. Leuthy A Co., Perkins St. Nnrsertoa.

Rosllndal*, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 4Vth Sti.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklya, N. Y.
For page see List of Alvertlsers

Woodrow A MarketOB, 41 Weat 28th St..

New York.

For page see List of AdverUaers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indlvisa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100
or flS.no per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros.. Maywood. 111.

F ERTILIZKBS

20th Century Plant Food Co.. Beverly, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 ITnlon Stock

Yards. Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Lejthy & Co., RosUndale. Maaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows A Son, Whitman, Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For pace see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co . Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 175

Fribruary 8, 1913

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201

I'ERNS — Continaed

Frank Oechslln, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

P. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson.

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, flue stock Boston, Whlt-
manll, Amerpobll, Springfleldil, |1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt rnnners.
very fine, J6.00 per 100, f'MM per 100(1
Roosevelt, 4-Inch, $15.00 per 100, S-ineU,
125.00 per 100. Asparagus I'lumosus, 4
Inch, handsome stock, $*i.00 per 100. 50.000
iQ. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
•xcluslvely to ferns. I have the best stock
to he had anywhere. Prices are low, for
cash only. Schneider, Florist, Sprlngfleld,
O.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SCPPLIE8

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. U. Robiuson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Ad\ertlsers.

S. S. I'ennock-Meeban Co., Philadelphia,

Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,
Philadelphia.
For p:me see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bro.s. Co., 226 Devonshire St., Boston.
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. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HllQnger Bres., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNOINE

Aphtne Mfg. Co., Madlsoa, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For pnge see List of Advertisers.

Kerran Co., New York.
For page see List of Adveifisers.

OER.*NlUMS

R. Vincent. Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

.Mil.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we are oCEering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular In natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2V>-inch pots
COc. each, .$5.00 per doz. ; 3-inch pots. $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER.
Chicago St., Freeport. Ills.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt. Dagata,
Rlcard. Red Wing, Viaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulin, Mme. BiSMUlt. Per-
kins, O'.ierie, Lecadre. Landry, $2 00 per
100: $18.50 per 1(100. Claire Frenot, Hill.
Dryden, Pamela. Mrs. Annie Vincent. Polte-
vlne. Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dls, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis ( hilds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdi Glory, $+.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natick,
Mass.

America in all sizes. Will exchange for
Augusta and Mrs. F. King. Send for
quotations. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co.,
Valley Junction, Iowa.

Gladiolus — Blcoming size, Mrs. Francis
King, Vs to % inches, $4.00 per 1000 pre-
paid. Very choice bulbs. Joe Coleman Co.,
Lexington) Ohio.

ULASS

Sharp, Partridge ic Co.. 2Jd and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co.. Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless (ilaziug Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENUOU8E BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lord & Burubam Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lntton, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Plers»n U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List uf A'dvertisers.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hail Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart. Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Eichange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page sea List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnbam Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers,

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

INSECTICIDES

Eastern Chemical Co., l.oston, Mass.

imp. Soap Spray.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madlsun, N. J.

Aphlne and Fungine.

For page see L?st of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Flshklli-on-Hodaoa,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J^APANESE LILIES
Loechner & Co., .New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY BULBS

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mala.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jas. Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward ft Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner ft Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker&Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. X.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlBon ft Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,^

N. Y.

(Cold Storage)

For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. ft T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertlsem.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

202

HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

NURSERY STOCK— Continned

Bobbtuk & AtklDB, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisen.

W. B. Wblttler & Co., Sontb Framintrham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. HamlltoD Goodsell, New York, N. T.

Spring Price List.
For page see List of Advertisers.

IdcBDtcblsoD & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mannal of the Trees of North America,
by C S. Sargeut. mailed to your address
for »8.(X) by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 HamlltOD Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
such varieties as Spireas, Altbeas, Welgelss
and Pblludelpbus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS
Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Schllder Bros., Chllllcothe, O.

Oulon Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

J as. McMunuB, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertUeiB.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J.

Dormant Culunthe Veltchll.
For page see List of Advertisers.

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

Sunder, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertlsera

ORCHID GROWERS- MANUAL.

By U. S. Williams, 300 Illustrations, SiiO
pages; descriptions of upwards of 2B(K)
species and varieties of orcbldaceous
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS. ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

RosUttdale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisen.

Joseph Beacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Angnst Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PBCKT CTPBES8 BEMCHKB

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BeUcber,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawsnda

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BCLB IMPORTS

August Rollier & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of AdverUsers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For p.ige see List of Advertisers.

Seele's TIelees Plant Stakes and Trel-
Uses. H. D. Seele & Sons. Elkhart, I nd .

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroenchell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St.. Chicago.

King Construction Company,
Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

ROSES — Continneil

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Phiiadeiphla, Pa.

Irish and English Hybrid Tea Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POINSETTIAS

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.
Stock Plants.

POTASH

German Kail Works. New York. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 dox. by eip.,
J1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Kaplds, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-rear-oio
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well fln
Ished plants, well graded and well packed
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsls
Veltchll. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, Hightstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHntchlson t Co., IT Murray BL, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOB FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind
For page see List of Advertisers.

BHOOODENDRON8

P. Onwerkerk, Boboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Kice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meelian Co., Philadelphia, fa
For page see List of Advertisers.

B08ES

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natlck, Mass
New Rose Mrs. Charles Russell.

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Geo

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES W.4NTED

A. L. Young & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advertls< rs.

Brerett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford. Coam.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cai.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braalan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, CsL

Oklahoma Seed Growers Co., Enid, Okla.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

61 and 52 N. Market St.. Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MIchell's Seed House, Pblladelphla. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee A Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston. Mass.

Bciston Flower Market Stock Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farqnbar & Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Tborbnrn & Co., 33 BsrcUy St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. 8. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton,

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.

Fw page see^ List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, CalL

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Tick's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, lU.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. Bryson Ayres Co.. Independence, If*.

Sweet Peas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. D. Woodruff A Son, New York, N. T.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N, J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulieu, Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co.. Enid, Okla.
Surplus List of Melon Seed.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y.

Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansles.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, FIsbklll-on-Hndson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 175

February 8, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

203

SNAPDRAGON

Q. S. Ramsburg, Somersworth, N. H.

"Silver Pink."

For page see List of Advertisers.

8PHA0NUH MOSS

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Spbagnam moss, orcbld peat nod
orchid baskets always on band. Lager &.
Barren, Summit. N. J.

SPIREAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8TOVB P1.ANTS

Orcblds— Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotous, finest collection,
/nllns Roebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

STAR OR WONDER BLACKBERRY

J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawlierry Phints. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry,
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurser.vman Puljlishing Cc. luc..

Rochester. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TOMATO PLANTS

FORCING TOMA'iOES.
Now is tlie time to book your orders
for Forcing Tomatoes for Mai.^'h delivery.
Comet and Lorlllard, 214 in., at $2.00 per
100. Cash please. J. J. Clayton & Son,
West Grove, Pa.

Tomato plants, 3-in., Loriilard and
Comet, fine stock, 2e. Cash, please.

A. S. Rine, Lewisburg, Pa.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

Tbe Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works,

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 26tb St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for onr catalogue.
Holton & Honkel Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

William B. Hellscber's Wire Works,
W-M) Broadway, Detroit, Uleb.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. T.

Albaar Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. asd
31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman Pi.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. T.

WilUam F. Easting Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

WHOLESALE FORI8TS

Cliicago — Continued

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 B. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCuIIough's Song Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Moutreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment. 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see Lbt of Advertisers,

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James .McManus. 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page itee List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Willoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moure, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 20th

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association,

182 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles MiiiaDg, 55 and 57 West 26tb St..
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly * Scbneck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 55-67 West 26tb St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Riedel &. Meyer, Inc., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Sllnn, Jr., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow A Harketos, 41 West 28tb St
For page see List of Advertlseis.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Philadelphia

Leo. Niessen Co., 1209 Arch St, Phils., Pa
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-12

Ludlow St., Pbiisdelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

BASKETS.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Pbilndelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHERRIES FOR WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY.

II. BnTei-sdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Pbiladplphia, Pa.

For p.nge see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUM BARGAIN.

\. M. Raynor. Greenport, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FOUR NEW ROSES.

S. S. Pennock-Meelian Co.. Pbiladelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS.

R Vinipnt. .Tr. & Sons Co.,

White Marsh. Md.

I'or page see List of Advertisers.

LIVE SPHAGNUM MOSS.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW CARNATIONS.

Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEAS.

Henr.v A. lUi'rr. Im-.. Philailelplila, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH.

Ccriuan Ivali Works. New York. N. Y.
For page see lAnt ot Advertisers.

RECEPTION AND FLOWER SHOW.

Boston Flower Exchange. Inc..

Wintbrop Square, Bo.ston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TREE TUBS AND BRASS HOOP
JARDINIERES.

.\mei-ican Woodenware Mfg. Co.. Toledo, O.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TRUE IRISH SHAMROCK.

Frank Oecbslin. Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Do You Know What
You Want ?

Look in the ' Buyers'
Directory" of this issue
and you will probably
find represented there
somebody who can
supply you. It's a good
plan to look it over
every week, for the
weekly changes and
additions are many.

See?

In writing to Advertisers l(indly mention Horticulture

-204

HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

I^OR 44

HEWS STANDARD POTS

99

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

DRKCR'S "Rivertott Special" Plant Tub

No. Dlam. Ea.

Doz.

100

10 M In.

$1.45

;i6.oo $i.w.oo

20 18 In.

1.30

14.00

115.00

30 16 In.

1.00

11.25

92.(0

40 14 In.

.65

7.00

66.00

50 12 In.

.45

BOO

40.00

60 10 In.

.38

4.00

SZOO

70 8 In.

.30

3.50

28.00

Mannfactnred for ns eielnslTely. The best tub evtr lutrodnceU. The neatest, lightest
ond cheapest. Painted ^een, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes havr
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, seeds, Plants. Bulbs, and Supplies. 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertieenients in this colamn
one cent a word. Initials connt
as words. Cash with order. All
correspondenre addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE" should be sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED — Xurser.viiiaii. .-V .v<)Uug man
who understands the Nur.sery business,
partlcuLirly Ornamental and Herbaceous
plants and landscape planting from plans.
Unmarried man preferred. Apply to Chas.
R. I'ish & Co., Worcester, Mass.

ASSISTANT NURSERYMAN, abont
thirty-five years old. Only men of proven
ability will be considered. Apply in writ-
ing, giving full particulars. American
Forestry Co., 15 Beacon St., Boston.

SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED — By gardener. or general
superintendent on private estate; experl-
-enced in all branches of gardening, good
references. Eight years in last pisition.
W. D. Nickerson, 167 Putnam St.. Quincy,
Mass.

SITUATION WANTED— As Head Gar-
dener on private estate. Twenty years'
experience inside and out. Single and
witli references. Address "R. H,." care
HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

HOT BED SASH

KEGI.AZED and painted both sides. N.
C. SKIITON, Burlinston, Mass. Tel. 2-6.

FOR SALE

Medford: ideal location for florist; 30.000
feet land, large 10-room house with im-
provements, barn, carriage house, hen-
house, large steam heated greenhouse,
fruit and garden; located in center of city:
an exception.il offer. Price .$6300. Boule-
vard Storage Co., 317 Salem St., Medford,
Mass.

FOR SALE— Four greenhouses, each
22 X 150. and one S x 150. together with
19 lots of ground at Wvomissing. subnrh
of Reading, a city of over 100.000. All
in first class condition, with larse stock
of carnations, etc. Excellent opportunity
for active young florist. For full par-
ticulars, address H. F. Kantner. No. 23
N. 6th St.. Reading. Pa.

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new:
10x12. 16x18. 11x24. double thick. A
and R qualities Market drojippd. Now l«
tbe rime to buy and save iimue.v. Parahel-
«l;v I'.roR . Inc.. 21."i-21T llavemever St.
I;i-M>kl.vn. N. Y.

Flower Market Reports

(Continued from page IQQ )

The market has been
ST. LOUIS normal during the past
week. Stocks became
quite scarce and the retail business
was reported good in all parts of the
city. Roses are scarce in all grades
and varieties and prices run up.
Beauties extra fine, carnations normal,
sweet peas scarce.

The demand for
WASHINGTON roses is far in ex-
cess of the supply
and very good prices prevail. Carna-
tions were not overplentiful the latter
part of last week and they, too, are
higher priced. On the other hand, bul-
bous stock is coming into the market
in larger quantities and at a low price
and there are plenty of potted plants.
Business as a whole has been quite
good and there is little or no cause for
complaint.

INCORPORATED.

Muskogee, Okla. — Market Seed Co.,
capital stock $10,000. J. S. Cannon, .7.
J. Gallagher, E. E. Sidebottom, R. AV.
Allen, G. H. Brooks.

Dillon, Mont. — Dillon Greenhouse
Co.. capital stock $30,000. Directors.
Chas. Grelner of Butte, A. L. Stone and
Chas. 0. Horn of Dillon.

Charleston, W. Va, — West Virginia
Forestry Association, for the protec-
tion and conservation of forests and
promotion of forestry in general. The
incorporators are: J. C. Watson, of
Keyser. W. Va.. R. Chaffey of Elkius,
W. Va., Merritt Wilson of Wildell, W.
Va., and N. J. Giddings and A. B.
Brooks of Morgantown, W. Va.

Morgantown, W, Va. — West Vir-
ginia Horticultural Society, tor the ad-
vancement of horticultural interests.
The incorporators are: Alexander
Clohan. J. R. Catron. W. B. Seibert, of
Martinsburg. W. Va., W. H. Alderman
and .^. L. Daco of Morgantown, W.
Va.. H. H. Huffman of Keyser, W. Va.,
and M. Schwartzwalder of Pt. Pleas-
ant.

WPODOR II'M J|!j\-i 1 ImIuU NOPOISON
Cinatgtd iidir tti losectlcldi (ct. 1919. Serial ll«. 321

Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
aad all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

K Pint ■ - 25oi Pint - - 40c: Qairl - ■ 75o

% Galloa, 11.23; Gallon, 12.00; 5 G.llon C«n, 19

:10 Gallon Can ■ - il7.S0

Dilute Tvith water ^o to ^o parts

Fei Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company D*pt. K

4M W. LcxInsTton St., Baltimore. Md.

Directions on ez'ery package

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an l-i»ur*s notice. Price
per crate;

t;(K)0 1>4 in. (g $6.00 500 1 in. @ $4.50

1.500 2 •■ " 4.8.S 4.j6 \\I; - '• 5.2l

ir,m 2L4 •' " 5.25 320 5 '■ " 4.51

1500 oii, •■ " 6 00 210 -<V> ■' " 3.78

10(H) 3 " " o.no Hi G " '• 3.16

SOO 3% •• •' 5.S0 120 7 •' " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottary, Fort Edward, N.Y.

Aupst Roiker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

OtB SPECULir— Loie llstance and eiioit trale

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brats
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave foot
prevents the bottom from
■ 'tting No chance for water

■ collect and rot the floor.

The American Wooden-

ware Mfg. Co.

Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.

r— STANDARD FLOWER—;

Floors

If your i;reenhouses are within 500 miles
of the rapifol, write us, we can save
you money.

W. H. ERNEST
^ 28th & AI Sts. Washington, D.C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved machinery, we tmm

supply yoor wants to better advantag'*

than ever.

Special dUconnti on large orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^n*yV^=

in ordering goods please add "/ saw
it in HORTICULTURE "

February 8, 1913

HOETICULTUKE

•205

ST. LOUIS NOTES.
R. J. Windier, florist at Grand and
Shenandoah avenues, has installed a
fine automobile delivery during the
last week.

Mrs. Schoenle of the Schoenle Floral
Co., on Lafayette avenue, will open a
branch store at 2318 South Grand ave-
nue some time this month.

Michalo Dratchuer, who was em-
ployed by Grimm & Gorley, killed
himself on Sunday, Feb. 2nd, by shoot-
ing, the cause being a disappointment
in a love affair.

Fred Vennemann, a gardener at
Kirkwood, and his wife, found a burg-
lar in their bedroom, who shot Mrs.
Vennemann several times, and she is
now at the hospital in a very critical
condition. The burglar escaped.

Visitors: Andrew Washburn, Bloom-
ington. 111.; Chas. Loveridge, Peoria,
111.; J. F. Ammann and H. Blixen,
Edwardsville, 111.

The La Follette Bill now pending in
Congress which looks to limiting the
hours of female labor in all stores,
factories, commercial and other estab-
lishments in the District of Columbia
to eight hours per day anil six days
per week is meeting with considerable
disfavor by local members of the
trade, on account of the needs of the
florist business and the necessity of
women performing extra work some-
times in excess of eight hours. The
law would absolutely prohibit women
from working any time in excess of
the stipulated eight hours and provides
for three inspectors who would have
access to the books of all concerns
to ascertain the rate of wage paid,
hours of labor, etc.

The Recosnixed Htandard Insecticide.

Not a cure-all hnt a gpeclflc remedj
fo- all sap sucking lusecta Infesting
plant life such as (rreen. black, white
Dy, thrlps, red spider, meaty bug and
soft scales.

$1.00 per Quart. SS.fiO per Gallon.

An infallible remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fiinpi. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulpliur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses it.

\/' E F9 ivi I iM e:

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and gvuo worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used one

fart to 400 parts water. It does not In-
are plants, but protects your crops
against ravages under the soil.

$1.00 per Quart. $3.00 per Gallon.
All are spraying materials and are
effective In the greenhouse and In the
garden.

FOR SAT,F BY SEEDSMEN.

Aphjne Manufacturing Co.,

Madison,
N.J.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL. General Manager.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

Fertilize for Fruit,
Not for Foliage

A study of the formulas of fertilizers often
recommended for fruits would give the idea
that foliage and rapid growth is what you seek.
The most of them lack fruit-producing

POTASH

Any fertilizer for fruits should contain at least 12 per cent.
available Potash. The only Potash Salts that are safe for
citrus fruits are Sulfate of Potash and Sulfate of Potash
Magnesia {^double manure salt).

Apnlications of such a fertilizer should bcRin at planting and
continue during tiie life of the tree. It means earlier and loner
bearing, larger yields, better prades and shipping quality, and a
hard. sohd. growth of wood. In all these ways Potash Pays.

If your deali-r do?sn't carry 12 per cent. Potash brands or
Potash Salts, write to us for pric.-s. \Vc will snil any amount from
a 2i)0-lb bag. up. Write now for fertilizer formulas and how to
make them for Fruit Culture, and special free pamphlet. Orange
Culture. GERMAN KAH WORKS. Inc.

42 Broadway. New York Monadnock Block. Chicigro

Whitney Central Bank Bide, New Orleana SanFrancisc , Cai.

Bank &. TruBt Bid;: . Savannah Empire Bldg.. Atlanta

^^U-Bi^

You'll Find WIZARD BRAND MANURE

mighty convenient and va.uaule to you during

the next few months.

Bad weather makes the rough manure pile a nasty

as well as expensive source to depend on.

Wizard Brand Sheep or Cattle Manure, pulveiized

or shredded, in 100 lb. bags, takes but little

room in your store house and you are prepared

for any emergency or need.

Think it over. Get youv order in right away and

be on the safe side. Specify Wizard Brand to

your supply house, or we ship direct promptly.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY

31 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHIDAGO

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29'VEARS.
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves fhirrants, Potatoes, Cabbaee, Melons, Floorers, Trees
and Shrubs frum Insects. Hut up in popular pncka^'es at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Hue's and ISliirhts, etc., to

R. IIA3fI>IOND, - Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York.

imp Soap Spray

KflTective one to thirty-two.

Single gallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

lO^fCSIM

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees niiiUhed with this article will

grow Iar,':;er fruit, better col«>r, and

ripen more nnifornily than by any
other means. We have proved it.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 i 29 OCEAN ST., BEVERLY, M»SS.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

206

HORTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.
Franklin, Pa. — McElhinney Bros.,
one house.

Wilson, Conn. — Axel Hallgren, one
house.

Lewlsburg, Pa.-

addition.

George J. Bender,
Ind.— Carl Glaudke,

Indianapolis,
one house.

Detroit, Mich. — Evergreen Cemetery,
plant house.

Hudson Falls, N. Y.— S. C. Hagen.
house 15 X 65.

Wallingford, Conn. — Rowden &
.Mitchell, one house.

Pride's Crossing, Mass. — Quincy A.
Shaw, conservatory.

Bridgeport, Conn. — G. C. Bouton &
Son, carnation house.

Lynnbrook, N, Y. — Charles Weber,
one house for sweet peas.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Howard & Smith,
sales conservatory, 35 x 75.

Bangor, Pa. — S. S. Stone, two

houses; one 16 x 100. one 22 x 150.

Hitchings & Co. inform us that
Wilfred D. Howard, Milford, Mass.,
has just placed an order with them
for an iron frame greenhouse 65x300
feet.

FIRES.

Phoenixville, Pa. — The boiler shed
and part of the greenhouses of Joseph
Pennypacker were burned on Jan. 21st.

Salina, Kan. — Edward Taterow lost
some buildings and contents by fire,
to the extent of about $2,000 recently.

Galena, Kan. — The Galena Green-
houses sustained a loss of about $1,000
by fire, which destroyed the iDoiler
room and portion of two greenhouses.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,051,390. Plant support. Roger H.

Comstock, Milford, Conn.
1,051,692. Plant protector. William

Greene Cowart, Nocatee,

Fla.
1,051,772. Cultivating machine. Thos.

F. Spires, Central Academy,

Miss.
1,051,836. Motor cultivator. Bruno

G a s t , Baumschulenweg,

Berlin, Germany.

The National Nurseryman learns
that John Dunbar, assistant superin-
dentent of parks at Rochester, N. Y.,
has discovered a new hybrid hickory
in Riverside cemetery, a cross between
the bitternut hickory and the shag-
bark hickory. The nut, which is of
unusual size, measuring one and one-
half inches or more in length, is rich
and sweet. Mr. Dunbar considers the
\ariety will without doubt prove a wel-
come addition to our native American
nut bearing trees. It is understood a
quantity of nuts will be sown this sea-
son and a number of grafts will be
made.

There is a bill before the Michigan
legislature, now meeting at Lansing,
which, if it becomes effective, will
compel every florist using steam to
employ a 3rd or 2nd class engineer at
eight hours a day at $3.50 to $4.50 per
day. A preliminary committee has
been constituted consisting of Messrs.
Breitraeyer, Bears, Sullivan. Asman,
Plouh. Stock, etc., to offset this by al-

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, lii.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Reffire placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
Rate our line of Ventilating
.ippar:itus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we c';in save you money,
:ind furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., - Richinondjnd.

GLASS

for ORKENHOl'SE and HOT BED
.S.^.SHKS. Our priies r.-in be had liy
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
AVo carry the largest stock of Speciall.v
Selected Glass in (ii-eater New York ;ind
I ail supply any qu.intity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Itoi-k I'.ottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

■^1 "i- 'i ; lla\ fiiiej er St.. Brooklyn, X. Y.

Tm

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

>^'rite for C'ircuhir "I)'* and Prices

FURKISHU
AND EKECTEI

Tfie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, IMASS.

Greenhoiise Materials

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lensihs up to 32 feet.
Milled to any detail furnished or will
fiiniisb details and cut materials ready for

Frank Van Assche, "^"17 Dir^fv^r

.JERSEY CITY. N. J.

SHARP,

PARTRIDGE

& CO.

GREENHOUSE

GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL

PROVE THIS.

CHICAGO, ILL.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and
Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

CHARLES H. DODD

(■I f-eiilioiise Builder. lieneriil (ireenlioiise

^lerliiinir.

Iron I'l uiiie and \^'<>o<l Bar Hoiispn.

Iileal (ireenlKnise Boilers.

M.i{('ii;ils Furiiis;lic(l or Krectetl. Heutiuj;
iiiiil Vcnttliiliim Mnterinls.

578 Ocean Ave., JERSEY CITY. N. J.

lowing florists to employ licensed boil-
er operators instead, as tias been done
in the city in recent years. Other
florists throughout this state are being
invited to join in our action.

Greer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive eisy and tme, because
both bevels aie oo the same
■Ide. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rights or lefts.

The Peerless Glazine Point
is patented. Nooihers like^*^
J it Order from your deale^XV/
1 or direct from us. ^-''^O'v^
1 1000,75c. postpaid, ^\ y^

1 HENRTA. DREEE.l ^^T^
■ 714 Chettnnt StreetX . ^
^^ Philadelphia. \J/^

11 FULL
If SIZE
\\ N? 2

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. TTiree
times the power of oUi style elbow amift.
Sold only with Kvans Challenge Machine.

M''rite for fret Catalogue U>

QTAKEK < ITT MA( IIINB CO.

RlrhtnoBtl. Ind.

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insurer of 32,500,000 sq. it. of ijlist

For pariicnhir-v a.Mress

John G. Esler, i^t-^ Saddle River, N.J.

February 8, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

207

Something U-Barish In A Detroit Show House

WHEN the Bemb Floral Company of Detroit built their unique store,
Mr. Pochelon determined he would have one of the finest — if not
the finest— stores between New York and San Francisco.
When it was decided to put the house on top of the main part of the store
— the U-Bar construction was chosen. It was chosen simply because the
clean cut perfection of the construction more consistently harmonized with
the beauty and attractiveness of the general scheme of the store.

Just how advantageously the result is, you saw a few weeks ago in
the beautiful illustrations printed in Horticulture and Florists Exchange.

We will be glad to give you particulars of this and other U-Bar Show
Houses.

Keep your business right up to the minute — build a U-Bar Show
House.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIER50N U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE. NEW YORK.

CANADIAN OFFICE. lO PHILLIPS PLACE. MONTREAL

208

HOKTICULTURE

February 8, 1913

CLAMPING
BOLT

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This Eave is Intended for use on
detached houses wltM either fixed
glass or side sash.
Tt is pra4?tically all exposed to the
inside beat of the greenhouse and
BO is ice clearinfiT. 7

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHAOE

and as you can see

present no surface for icicles to form on.
They have great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New E:ng:Iand Sales Office
WATER STREET, BOSTON. MASS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE *'L."

This Eave although lighter than
Style "S" is amply strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs little light and is Ice
clearing in the most severe weather.
It is intended for use with Hxeil
iflass only.

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

SEEING how attractive and practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
CURVED EAVE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producing the same
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and start anew. Just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult with me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON, k^o^'Sek West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

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Where the International Flower Show for 1913 will be Held

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R A IM I U IVI S

While we are somewhat short on some of the most popular
and can furnish grod plants and put up an assortment that will
send 1000. 50 each of 20 varieties, our selection, for $18.50, cash,
years and they have given universal satisfaction.

Variegated Silver Leaf Nutt, Mrs. Pollock, Mt. of

Snow $3.00 per 100

Pansy Geraniums, >Iary Washington 4.00 '* **

Ivy Leaved Geraniums, good assortment 2.00 " '*

Pelargoniums, Countess of Crew, Lord Mayor Tre-

loar 4.00 "

Scented Geraniums, Xutnieg, Lemon, etc 2.00 *' "

Coleus, Salvia and Heliotrope, rooted cuttings, (JOc. per 100;

Cash Wilh Order

varieties, we still have :i large stock of good kinds on hand,

meet all the requirements of the most critical trade. We will

We have tieen sending out these collections tor a number of

Acalypha Macaf eana ; Achyrantbes Bmersoni and Moseie ;
Ageratum. six varieties; Alternanthera, eight varieties; Alys-
sum. Giant and Dwarf; Begonia Vernon, Pink, Begonia Gra-
<iliB Luminosa; Cuphea; Coleus, 10 varieties; Chrysanthe-
mums, 75 I'ompon varieties: Heliotrope, Mad. Brnant, Chief-
tain; Hardy English Ivy; Lantana; Lemon Verbena; Moon-
vine; Salvia; Parlor Iv.v ; Swainsona.

!1!3.00 per 100, ¥18.50 per 1000.
.$5.00 per 1000.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

IMEINA/ OARIM

ION

WIVI. ECCLES LADY NORTHCLIFFE BRITISH TRIUMPH

WM. ECCLES. The First Prize winner at Detroit last year in the Bed or Scarlet class, and the Silver Medal winner of the
New York Horticultural Society for the best undisseminated seedling.

The scarlet everyone was waiting lor. Has a strong rigid stem, a perfectly formed 3%-inch flower, non-bursting calyx,
highly perfumed, a grand keeper and as free as any scarlet to date.

LADY NORTHCLIFFE (Engelmann). A beautiful salmon pink in color, much resembling "Pinli Delight." Has a well built
up flower, and Just enough in it not to burst the calyx. While the flower is not the largest (about 3 inches), it is fuUy as
free as "May Day," ;ind will surely make a grand bread and butter sort.

BRITISH TRIUMPH (Engelmann). One of the finest things ever raised in England. The color is a striking shade of Crim-
son. The flower is SJ/^-iueh in size and well built up. It has the sweetest perfume of any carnation ever raised and its lieepmg
qualities are the best. Has a fine stem, good constitution, and free.

PRICES: $12.00 PER 100, $100.00 PER 1000

ELMSFORD NURSERIES

ELMSFORD, N. Y.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 243

Albany Cut Flow-
er Kx i!oo

Allen, ,J. K 234

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 242

Aphine Mfg. Co.. 241

Aschmaun, G 222

Atlanta Florist

Co 232

A y r e s Co., S.
Bryson 22V

Badgley, Reidel

A: Meyer 234

Barnard, W. W.

Co 227

Narrows & Son.. 212
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 230

Bay State Nur-
series 223

Beaulieu 227

Bloon)ingdale's. 22S
Bcbbink & At-
kins 223

Bocdington, A.T.22.J
Bolgiano & Son.

J 227

Boston Florist

J.etter Co 232

Breck, J. & Son. 227
Breck - Robinson

Nurseriesi 212

Breilme.ver's. .1.

Sons 228

Brownell Co 222

Endlong, .T. A .. .232
Biinyard. A. T..228
Eurpoe, W. A. &

Co 227

California Flor-
ist 220

Page

Carbone 229

California Seed

Growers' Asso.227
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 224

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.232
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 224

Clarke's, D. Sons.228
Clark, Everett B.,

Seed Co 227

Cowee, W. J 234

Craig, Kobt. Co. 212

Dards 228

Dodd, Chas. H..243
Dorner & Sons

Co 224

Dreer, H. A

223-242-243
Dunlop, John H.229
Eastern Chemical

Co 241

Edwards Folding

Box Co 232

Elliott's. W.Sons.2'26
Eppsteiu, Julius. 229
Errest, W. H....242

Esler. J. G 243

Ever Ready
Flower Pot

Cover Co 231

Eyres' 228

Farquhar. R. &

J. & Co 227

Ford, M. C 234

Ford. W. r 234

Forrest. Frank H.229
F.ottler, Fi s k e,

Rawson Co.... 227
Fraraingham Nur-
series 223

Page
Frojnent, H. B 234
Galvin, Thos. F.229
Gasser, J. M. Co. 229
Goodsell, P. H..223
Grey, T. J. Co.. 227
Gude Bros. Co... 229
H a g e n li ii rger,

Carl Co 212

Hail Association. 243
Hall & Robiuson.2'2y
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 241

Hart. Geo. B. 231-232
Haven Seed Co.. 220
Heacock, Jos.... 212

Her.derson, A 227

Hews, A. H. &

Co 242

ailflnger Bros. ..242
Hitchings & Co.. 244
Holm it 01 son.. 228

Horan, E. C 2:34

H o 1 1 ,^ n d Nur-
series 223

Jacobs. S. &

Sons 243

Johnston & Co..

T. J 229

Johnston Bros... 229
Kasting, W . F.

Co 235

Keller. J. B.

Sons 228

Kervan Co 2:34

King Cons. Co.. 243
Kramer, F. H...229
Kroesehell Bros. 243
Kuebler. W. H..2.34
Lager & Hurrell.222

Lange. A 229

Lar.ge, H. F. A.. 22!)

Page

Lemon Oil Co... 241
Leonard Seed Co. 227
Leutby. A. & Co. 212
Loechuer t!c Co.. 212
Lord ..t Burnham

Co 210

Lovett, J. T 224

Lutton. W. H...244
liVndhurst

Farms 224

MacMulkin, E....229
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 235

McConnell, Alex. 228
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 231

MeCullough's, J.

M. Sons Co.... 232
McHutchison &

Co 212

McManus. Jas...234
Michell's Seed

House 220

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 234

Mlllaiig, Chas. ...234
Millang. Frank.. 234

Miller. E. S 223

Montreal Floral

Exchange '2.35

Murray, Samuel. 22S
Moore, Hentz &

Nash. 234

National Nursery-
man 223

Xiessen. Leo Co. 2.32
Oeehslin. Frank. 212
Ouwerkerk. P...223
Park Floral Co.. 228
Palmer. W. J. &

Son 22S

Parshel.sky Bros. 243

Page
Penn the Florist.229
Pierson, A. N...222
I'elicauo, Rossi &

Co 229

Pennock - Meehan

Co 233

Perkins St. Nur-
series 212

Pierson. F. R. Co.212
Plant Food Co.,

201h Century.. 241
Poehlmann Bros.232
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 241

tjuaker City Ma-
chine Co 243

Ravner, I. M....224
Reed & Keller.. 234
Reinberg, Peter. 232
Rice, M. & Co... '229
Rdnnson, H. M.

& Co 232

Robinson Co., H.

M 234

Rock, Wm. L....228

Roehrs, J. Co 222

Roland, Thos 212

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 212

Rosery. The. 228-242
Sander & Son... 2-22

Schilder Bros 227

Scott Bros 211

Scott. Johu 212

Sharp, Partridge

Co -243

Sieridan, W. F.234
Siggers & Sig-

gers 242

Skldelsky, S. S.

& Co 227

Smith. P. J 234

Page
Slinn & Co., B.

S 234

Smith & Co., E.

D 224

Smith, W. & T.

Co '^-'*

Smyth, Wm. J..228
Sprague, J. '^^■~
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co.... 243
Stumpp. Geo. M.228
Syracuse Pottery

Co "*"

Tailby •• •••ii-?.??
Totty, Chas H- -222
Thcrburn, J. M.

& Co....... ••■221

T r a e u d 1 y &

Scbenck '=''*

Valentine. J. A.. 228
Van Assche. F..243
Vick's, Jas. Sons.22i
Vincent, R-, J""'.,,.

& Sons Co 211

Wants, ForSale.242
Ward. R. M. &

Co ^'■^

Welch Bros. Co.23o
Wl.ittier & Co.,

W B ~~^

Wils.n Kobt. G.228
Wood Bros..... .224

Woodrow &

Marketos 2*i

Wfodruff&Sons.

S. D 227

Young & Co.. A.

L •^"'

Young & Nugent.-22S
Zangen, O. V....227
Zinn, J. A 229

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 236, 237, 238, 239

212

HORTICULTURE

February 15, 1913

A NYBODY can do a part of anything, but only the comjjlete is of actual value. The watch that
lacks one cog may as well be a mass of metal in the ore. We do our part in a very difficult line
by supplying a grade of lily bulbs to growers that is the best that man can produce and money can buy.
The growers must do the rest. In supplying these lily bulbs every effort is used to please you all in
the combination of price and quality — more than that no man can do in this business. If we
could manufacture bulbs we would try and make them even better — then we might even guar-
antee them, but they are made by nature, whom no man can control, and it is for this reason that no
guarantee of flowering results is given under any circumstances whatsoever. If you can find any-
body on earth who pays more attention to lily bulbs than we do, with our connections; if you think
anybody has any better bulbs ; we advise you to buy from them — but don't buy from them as a
price consideration, for price never yet sold an article of merit, and it never will. Horseshoe Brand
Giganteum are the best commercial lily bulbs on the market today — for various reasons — and the
order of every lily grower, no matter how large or small, is respectfully solicited. We need the co-
operation and support of every lily grower in this country. Prices are reasonable — send for the
price-list.

Not TTnw Cheap
But Bov Oood

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - - NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage Giganteum for delivery any time.

Poinsettias

Stock Plants

3-YEAR OLD. HEAVY.
$8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000.

The CARL HAGENBURGER CO.

W. MENTOR, OHIO

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LEXINGTON, MASS.
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I^OSES, PALMS.

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

MARKET and 49lli STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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FLORISTS AND
PLAMSMEN

TARRYTOWN ON HUDSON, - N. Y.
LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE LILIES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

iVriu for quotations

CYCLAMEN

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4 Inch $35.00

5 Inch 60.00

6 Inch 15.00

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PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.
Tel. 2890 B<:dford B R O OKL Y N , N . Y.

^iHAIviROCK True Irish

Strong plants from 1% In. pots, S.3.00
per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Strong plants In
1 In. pots with saucers, $4.00 per 100:
$.3.5.00 per 1000.

Best assorted varieties from 214 in
pots. $3.50 per 100; $:j0.00 per 1000; 500
at thousand rates. Casli with order

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IMPORTATIONS

Fall and SorinGr Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleai, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., (rom Boskoop, HoU.
Maples, Piane8,etc.. (rom Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks (rom France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia, Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ^^i^^**^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the wboleesle trmdei
AZAIaEAS, palms, BIIOnODENDBONS.
BAYTRBE8, R08BB, LILACS. HOLLAND
ANI> JAPAN BUI^BS, LILT OF TII»

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Pahns, Firns, Decoratiw and Foliage Plants

OnJers taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perlms Street Kurseries, Roslmdale.— Boston, Ibss

BOSTON FERNS "jTo'^'^

WHITMAN! COMPACTA (New), to telce Hm
place of WKatmani. A better commercial fern —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in: $6 per 100; $50 pOT
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rato.

H.H. BARROWS &SON,Wliitinan. Mass.

February 15, 1913

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Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

The first two or three lots of leaf cuttings are now in
%y<2, inch pots; those placed in the sand after the New
Year are nearly all ready to be potted. The average tem-
perature for the newly-rooted and potted small plants
should not be below 65 degrees at night, a trifle higher
being better. When established, 5 degrees lower will do
nicely. No manure should be used in the soil in the first
two transplantings ; a very sandy and porous soil, loam,
sod or leaf mould suits rooted cutting the best. In the
soil for later shifts, some old well-rotted manure is inter-
mixed, in greatest quantity at the last transplanting in
August or September. But the one point most impor-
tant of all is care in watering, especially during periods
of prolonged wet, rainy, misty or gloomy weather, while
the plants are still in their infancy. When potting
rooted cuttings or in repotting older plants, great pres-
sure should not be exerted in firming the soil too hard.
To insure plants of symmetrical shape judicious pinch-
ing in is resorted to and begins before the second shift
becomes necessary. Now that there is more sun and light
they will grow very rapidly.

Care of Adiantom Farleyense

Propagation can be done by division of the large speci-
mens. They can be broken up into single crown or clus-
ters of several crowns and these potted into small pots,
using a very sandy and peaty soil, and placed on a bottom
heated bench, kept moderately moist and heavily shaded
until well established. For propagation on a somewhat
larger scale the more proper plan is to divide into single
crowns only ; to insert these into the sand of a propagat-
ing bench with brisk bottom heat and a house tempera-
ture of about Go degrees, to let them there form compact
clumps of new roots and then pot them up carefully and
again place the potted little plants over bottom heat,
later on separating them into several grades according
to difference in growth and corresponding difference in
subsequent treatment. When these are firmly rooted
they should be potted into 2-inch pots. A good sod soil,
to which fine gravel or coarse sand and some peat or leaf
mould is added suits these ferns. Larger specimens are
benefited by a goodly quantity of well-rotted stable ma-
nure in their soil, and when thus grown for cutting pur-
poses their fronds will prove more substantial for use
and longer lived, especially if produced under unre-
stricted light with but a slight shading against bright

sun.

Dutch Bulbs for Easter

It is time to get all Dutch bulbs well under way so as
to be just right for Easter. From now and right to
Easter we are liable to have very whimsical weather so
see that the bulbs have a good start. All such kinds as

hyacinth, narcissi, tulips, etc., can now be subjected to
pretty severe forcing which can be followed by a few
days or a week of hardening off in a much lower tempera-
ture. Tulips come finest when forced in high heat
about 70 degrees and then gradually hardened off in
cooler quarters after the bloom is fully out, but bottom
heat is at all times detrimental to perfect development.
A steady forcing of from three to four weeks will bring
tulips into bloom. Dutch hyacinths, narcissi, and some
other bulbs belonging to this class can be grown m a
temperature of about 60 degrees. They are then made
to look their gayest, when fully out, by being grown
slowly in a light, cool house on a bench affording moder-
ate bottom heat. When they are well expanded they
should be placed in a cool house and shaded from the
strong sun.

Euphorbia Jacquinaeflora

Few other plants under cultivation produce more bril-
liantly colored or longer-lasting flowers than Euphorbia
Jacquinaeflora, probably better known as Euphorbia ful-
gens. At this season, when the wood of the preceding
year has reached the proper degree of maturity and
steady bottom heat can still be depended upon, the prop-
agation of Euphorbia fulgens is least beset by difBculties.
The best ripened part of the youngest canes furnishes the
cuttings, short lengths with two or more eyes to each.
These pieces, with a somewhat slanting cut at the lower
end, are spread on a board, or on paper, for about a day
or until the bleeding has ceased. They can be placed in
a propagating bed, with an atmospheric temperature of
60 or 65 degrees and 10 degrees higlier in the sand. With
a steady and evenly held temperature and a congenially
liumid and somewhat close atmosphere they will soon
root. Wlien potting give a compost of two parts of
turfy sod, or well fibred loam, one part of very sandy
leaf mold and the remaining fourth of thoroughly de-
cayed and composted, spent hotbed manure. The plants
tlirive best under hothouse culture, in a ^zxva. and rather
moist atmosphere, and should have the full light when
breaking into new growth.

Frames of Pansies, etc.

Frames containing pansies, myosotis, hollyhocks,
pinks, daisies, violas, etc., should be held in a frozen
state, if they are that now, as long as it can be done by
a covering of mats or other non-conducting material. It
should be made a point in frame cultures of this kind
not to expose hard frozen stock to excessively warm
weather until the season is far enough advanced. Cover-
ing up pansies too early in the fall, and again uncover-
ing them too early in the spring has ruined many a fine
lot of them. Pansies for late sales can yet be grown.
Sow in boxes, let them grow to sturdy little plants in a
cool, well-lighted and well-aired house, and plant into
frames in April.

Geranium Stock Plants

Every grower should start now and pick out his stock

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plants for the production of his stock for another year.
In order to keep them growing they should be shifted
until they are in a o-inch pot. For a compost use a
good rich mixture, as fibrous soil three parts and well-
decayed manure one part. Pot firmly and give a good

Mr. FnrreU's next notes will be on the (oUowing : Crotons; Care

Primulas ; Shading

thorough watering to penetrate all tlie soil. Give them
plenty of light and all the suu possible with a temper-
ature of about 55 degrees at night, increasing by day to
70 or 75 degrees. Keep all the buds picked off, which
will throw the full strength into growth.

of Violets; Decorative Foliage Plants: Fancv-Leaved Caladiums;
Palms and Ferns.

OUT-DOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

The Orchard

On any days suitable for out-door operations the prun-
ing of the orchard should be attended to, and in doing
so it is well to bear in mind the several objects to be
aimed at in pruning fruit trees generally. These are a
balanced and desirable formation, next a sufficient thin-
ning of growths to let in all the sunlight possible to every
part of the tree, and last pruning to obtain the formation
of fruit spurs, though this last object is undoubtedly bet-
ter obtained by summer pruning than by the same oper-
ation in winter.

Pruning Young Tree*

In pruning young trees a definite object must be kept
in view, viz. : the framework of the future tree. Fotir
to six main branches should be selected and it is impor-
tant that these leave the trunk at different heights and
still be as near the ground as possible. In the second
year these main branches should be pruned back to
twenty or twenty-four inches long and during the second
summer secondary branches, two in number, should be
allowed to form on each of the main branches, taking off
all others. In the third summer two or three .side
branches should be formed on the secondary shoots and
so on till a good fruiting tree is formed.

Old Trees and Tree Surgery

In old trees we often get a lot of what are called sucker
or water growths, and as a general principle these should
be removed at the earliest possible moment, but there are
times when they may he left — or at any rate some of
them — to build up a new frame, at the same time grad-
ually removing the oldest and weakest brandies. By this
means old trees may be renovated and made to do as well
as ever. It is frequently necessary to remove large
branches from full-grown trees for various reasons, some-
times because the wind has broken them and at other
times for the purposes of thinning, but whatever the
cause it is very desirable for the operator to have some
little knowledge of the fundamentals of tree surgery,
upon which here follows a little digression. These are
the days of the most active campaigning ou the part of
the tree experts, of various grades, who are daily solicit-
ing the owners of estates to have their trees attended to at
once, implying frequently that if the trees are not given
expert attention immediately the most dire results are
almost sure to follow. Xow tliis may be very good busi-
ness on the part of the tree experts and it may be expedi-
ent for the gardener in most cases to have these men do
ihe work but I feel sure that all sensible men will agree
with me when I say that the gardener or superintendent
should have sufficient knowledge of the proper care of all
trees, be they fruit or forest, ornamental or useful trees.
to properly supervise the work of the professional tree
pruners. I do not jiropose here and now to write a
treatise on this subject but only to state a few of its ele-
mentary propositions and then to tell the reader where
he might easily obtain fuller knowledge from tlic foun-

tain head. Briefly stated, I would take as of first impor-
tance the removal of decaying or dead limbs or branches.
If the cut is to be made out on the branch and not back
to the trunk be sure to make a rather long sloping cut
toward the tree from a branchlet or a bud, this branchlet
or bud to act as a conveyer of sap out to the extreme end
of the cut so as to promote healthy healing over of the
wound. Should it be necessary to cut right back to the
main trunk, if the branch be a heavy one it should be
first cut off some two or three feet out so that it will not
make a long ugly tear in the bark of the tree trunk as it
is very apt to do in falling. This being accomplished it
should next be cut right back and the wound carefully
trimmed to conform to the shape of the trunk. Do not
be afraid that you will make too big a wound ; this will
not do a quarter the damage that leaving an inch or two
of the limb which you are attempting to remove will do.
It is in this cutting back close to the trunk that most
men fail in this class of work. All wounds should be
painted over with coal tar or with a good paint. The
next matter of importance is the care of holes which we
so frequently find in trees tliat have been neglected. With
a chisel or other suitable tool remove all the decayed mat-
ter and then fill the hole with a good strong mixture of
Portland cement, finishing off in such manner as to shed
the rain. Treat it as a dentist treats a hole in a tooth —
exclude air and moisture. A further development of this
subject would deal with the trimming of trees to get a
proper shajoe or a new head on old trees by the process
known as pollarding, but for these I will refer my read-
ers to the f oun tain head above referred to, viz. : a little
book on tree pruning by A. Des Cars and published by
the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agricul-
ture. A careful perusal of this little book will ground
its readers with sufficient knowledge to properly super-
vise the work of the tree experts or to have it carried out
by his own men.

The Making of Hot-Beds

For those who Iiave no greenhouse and still wish to get
some early vegetables started, it is advisable now to com-
mence to save some litter from the horse stable and to
take care of this under an open shed or in a basement.
Give it frequent turnings and moisten with water if too
dry and add about a third of its bulk of leaves if these
can be gotten handily. The importance of the proper
care and preparation of fermenting material for this
purpose is most frequently overlooked and leads to much
disappointment, for, if not prepared in this way the re-
sult is sudden and intense heat and consequently rapid
cooling, instead of the steady lasting heat secured by the
metliods advocated above. In about ten days to two
weeks this material should be in ideal condition and
that will be about the right time to get the hot-beds in
operation.

Lenox, Masn.

February 15, 1913

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Thinning Peaches and Nectarines in Pots

The thinning of the fruit on pot trees is a process
which requires considerable attention to get the best
results. When comjjleted the crop should be spread
evenly over the whole tree, so aim to this effect from the
start. With an ordinary good set there will be a quan-
tity of clusters of small fruit. These should be reduced
to one the first time over, also remove any having two
pistils. Some varieties, such as Advance nectarine will
have a quantity of fruit apparently set but will not swell
them all. Go easy on these for a time until the good
ones are discernible. It will l)e advisable to go through
these early trees two or three times before stoning and
leave a crop and a half to stone, which will allow for any
failing in the stoning process. A little feeding given
weakly will lielp the trees for a few weeks after setting,
but cease as the stoning period draws near. Be sure to
keep all growing trees clean.

Setting Cherries

Cherries are mean things to set at any time. It seems
the more you coddle them the worse they repay you for
it. When growing outside experiencing all kinds of
weather they set with a freedom that is surprising. Fol-
low nature as much as possible with them inside. Keep
them cool and airy. Not only fertilize the flowers in the
ordinary way but shake the trees as often as you go into
the house. Spray the trees over with a fine spray after
fertilizing.

A Red Spider Digression

The unexpected always happens and so it did with Mr.
Jenkins and his article on red spider. Apparently the
storm hung off for quite a while. l)ut it was inevitable,
coming from an unexpected quarter. Mr. Jenkins very
generously detailed my letter in an endeavor to turn my
argument to my own contradiction, but it is erroneous
to assume the .same can be acceiited in that light entirelv.
There is still some good dry powder left with a never
failing spark so again I open up the fray.

I would like to ask Mr. Jenkins why there was no
i?pider in the house I alluded (d previous to its importa-
tion? Syringing was out of the question; never was
practiced in that house on account of the quantitv of
bloom in there ; the floors were dried off after watering,
the water space alone being more than adequate to coun-
teract the dryness. Why did it develop most quickly in
the dryest places? The '"pun" of moisture having effect
on spider "when spider is not present" can be answered
when we learn where spider comes from in the first in-
stance. Referring to our strain of spider on that place,
T cannot sav it was any different from what is beinj'

continually met with every day. There may be "extra
fine strains" or several varieties. In this I plead ignor-
ance, all are alike to me — just spider. Of the treatment
of the clerodendrons previous to the time I mentioned I
know nothing; sufficient for the present purpose to take
them up at the time they came to me as distributers of
evil.

Taking Mr. Jenkins' answer — "Spider usually secures
a start in a house that has reasonably good care in those
spots which are the most inaccessible to the hose," etc.;
■'at the bottom of a tree or vine and near the heating
pipes"' (note the latter sentence). Now, why should the
bottom of a vine or tree be inaccessible to the hose ? We
read of short hoses not able to reach the bottom of a
tree or end of a bench properly; whose fault is this?
Again, any man who knows his hose is not sutficientlv
long enough to reach where he wants it to is a fool if
he does not get another length coupled on to it and get
it where he wants it. When measuring hose lengths foi
any house I cannot imagine a man who has the interest
of his charge at heart who would "cut" on a few feet
of hose at the expense of spider in corners, etc. Mr.
Jenkins concludes by saying, "Heat favoring rapid 2}rop-
agation is the cause of spider." If so why do we get it
on carnations and violets having a temperature of about
50 and 4.5 respectively? Violets at the temperature
named can get as lovely a lot of spider as anyone wishes
to deal with. Following Mr. Jenkins' theory one would
naturally conclude that violets at 45 would be exempt
and all the spider would be found on melons at 70. Had
he inchided an adjective in his sentence and said "dry"
heat I would have acquiesced with him. To my mind
there is no other artificial heat than dry heat unless
made so by evaporating pans. Some contain more
moisture than others, but all are dry.

Now I'll quote another instance that is in existence
today and has three men of wide experience to back it
up and all are agreed on the point I am about to bring
forward and which is tlie keynote of all this space being
utilized on this subject — the dryer your house, artificial-
ly, so much easier spider increases. A certain rose hotise
of large dimensions lias concrete walks and benches
throughout, about the dryest of all materials used. These
three men are known to say they never had to fight
spider in houses having an ordinary ash walk and
beiu-hes made of other material than concrete, as they do
in this one. Ask them why and they tell you the dry
cement causes it. I do not wish to enter on a rose de-
bate entailing spot and spider; that is not the point but
I will say I have seen the house in question, saw spider
but no spot. The men referred to are rose growers of
wide experience and the temperatures approximately
were the same. Further where the mains go into the
house, which is near the center, they have more trouble
than elsewhere. Wliy ? There is no lack of hose or
pressure. Now these three men having grown roses in
different houses, in the same temperature, say the moist
ash walks are a gi'eat assistance against spider and also
that the dryest part of the house more easily succumbs to
its ravages.

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CONTENTS

Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— New Grand Central Palace,
New York City.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Be-
gonia Gloire de Lorraine — Care of Adiantum Far-
leyense — Dutch Bulbs for Easter — Euphorbia Jacqui-
naeflora — Frames of Pansies, etc. — Geranium Stock
Plants— J'ofen J. M. Farrell 213

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— The Orchard
— Pruning Young Trees — Old Trees and Tree Surgery
— The Making of Hot Beds — Edwin Jenkins 214

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Thin-
ning Peaches and Nectarines in Pots — Setting Cher-
ries— A Red Spider Digression — George H. Penson.. 215

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Potting Cuttings-
Watering During Cold Weather — Lime — Liquid Ma-
nure— Lime and Liquid Manure — Manure for the
Spring Mulches — Making Room for the Young Stock
— Arthur C. Ruzicka 217

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Illustrated 218

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club-
Lancaster County Florists' Club — Pittsburgh Flor-
ists' and Gardeners' Club 219

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Baltimore — Club and
Society Notes 220

THE BOSKOOP ROSE SHOW 220

BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET— Portraits 221

CARNATIONS AT PETER FISHER'S— T. D. Hatfield. 221
SEED TRADE— An Inconvenient Postal Ruling — Sur-
pluses and Tardy Contracts 224

A New Departure — German vs. Canada Peas — "Free
Seeds" and The Surplus — The Canners' Convention 226
OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures — Detroit Windows This Week.. 228

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 229

DURING RECESS— Cook County Bowling 230

OBITUARY— W. A. Talbot— Charles H. Barrett— Fred
C. Schmeling — A. J. Furbush — Joseph Fink — Walter

Tickner 231

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati 233

Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washing-
ton 235

THE FLORIST AND HIS MARKET— IVanace R.

Pierson 240

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR— G. C. Watson 241

MISCELLANEOUS:

Boston Co-operative Flower Market 222

Catalogues Received 226

Incorporated 228

Chicago Notes — Washington Notes 230

Philadelphia Notes — News Notes 231

Publications Received 241

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Fires 242

Expensive Deer 242

The business world generally, and espe-

For a eially the flower growers and dealers,

"fixed" Easter will hail with satisfaction the news

that a practical scheme for rearrang-
ing the calendar so that Easter may be a fixed date, is
under consideration by the Congregation of Eites at the
Vatican. Ecclesiastical changes so radical as are here pro-
posed require long deliberation and we can hardly ex-
pect to see this reform accomplished at once, but it has
been advocated repeatedly by the Swiss and Gemian
governments and it is at least a hopeful sign that it is
receiving attention from the only tribunal that can put
it into practical effect. For the flower and plant indus-
try it would be a great boon to have the Easter celebra-
tion come on a unifomi date each year.

The daily papers give accounts of the

A" destruction of many valuable orchids and

atrocity other plants that can never be duplicated,

at the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, by the

militant sufl'ragettes. It is very difficult to convince

one's self that members of the fair sex, of good breeding

and refined associations, could ever be guilty of such an

atrocious act of savagery.

"O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man; we had been brutes without."

Thus sang the poet over two hundred years ago. Is it
possible that the time is coming when the sentiment will
have to be reversed? We are sorry for Kew, for, in a
way, its loss is the loss of the entire horticultural world.
We are sorry for the misguided marauders who imagine
they can help their cause by venting their fury upon the
flowers !

Sarah Bernhardt's recent comment on

Flowers the average American's indifference to

for everybody flowers amounts almost to a reproach.

In France, she tells us, the desire for
the possession of flowers and growing plants is universal
among all classes — the very poorest as well as the rich.
There is not a street in the big towns where a flower
shop cannot be found. Every householder, even in the
most obscure byways, likes to have growing plants in the
window and a few flowers on the table is the rule in
all homes and not the exception as in this country. The
actress instances also the general use of plants in the cot-
tages, flowers on automobiles and elsewhere, and the
wearing of corsages by the ladies, in England as con-
trasted with the absence of these adornments here. Just
why our people are so dormant in this respect may be
variously explained hut it will be generally admitted that
the criticism is well justified. Horticulture thinks the
florist trade blameworthy in part, and has so stated at
various times. The American public are not naturally
unappreciative of the beautiful things which Nature has
so lavishly given but the condition of commotion and
unrest in a new and rapidly developing country have
diverted their attention to other matters. The time is
now here, wo firmly believe, w-hen they are ready to- listen
and learn from the florist and gardener how to make use
of and enjoy the loveliness which is at their call and
wliich can add so much to the joy of living. And it is
most inspiriting to see the eviclences all about that the
florist trade is really beginning to wake up to its duty
and its opportunily.

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Euzlcka. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Potting Cuttings

The first pottings that the young cuttings receive
should be in very carefully jjrejDared soil. Crock all the
pots well and if it is possible use at least some charcoal
to mix in with the other material which is to be used
for the purpose. We find it pays to nse charcoal where
it can be bought for a reasoualile figure. Considerable
time can be saved by getting charcoal which has already
been ground quite fine and can be used at once without
crushing. Charcoal when used as crock will be a great
help in keeping the soil in a sweet condition, which would
not be so were other materials used all alone. Not that
it has to be used ; there are thousands of plants grown
that have never had charcoal as crock, nor had any char-
coal mixed into the soil. These plants were in the hands
of growers who knew, however, and the soil was kept
sweet by watering very carefully at all times.

Watering During Cold Weather

During this very cold weather when plenty of fire heat
has to be used, the benches should be watched very care-
fully to see that there are no dry spots here and there.
By going over the benches every so often, these spots can
easily be detected and attended to. Although we advise
letting the plants get quite dry before giving them any
more water, we would never recommend this to be car-
ried too far. It does the roses no good to have their
roots in soil that is fairly sogged with water most of the
time. Hence the drying out when properly done will be
a great benefit to the plants. Soils will vary greatly, and
all of us must Judge for ourselves just what the nature
of our soil is and then handle it accordingly.

When you find that you have to water the whole house,
it is best to go over these dry places and water them first
and then follow with the watering proper; for these
spots, if allowed to go unremedied, will cause loss to the
grower. Be sure to see that the bottom of the benches
is not dry when the surface appears to be quite wet.
This will happen in many case? where the heating pipes
are underneath the benches.

Lime

Keep right on blowing air-slaked lime underneath the
plants every evening following a watering or a syring-
ing. It helps wonderfully in drying out the air and
will be a great help in preventing some of the diseases
which a rose plant is subject to.

Liquid Manure

Now that spring is on its way to us, the plants are the
first to feel it. By their own nature they will begin to
grow with far more energv' than they have during the
winter months. Rapidly growing plants will take much
more feed and water, than plants that are just growing
along slowly. The liquid that has been applied before
this was no doubt quite weak as it is best not to use it
too strong during the winter months. This can be
changed now and it can be made very rich, using good
cow manure to make it with. A little bonemeal may
also be dropped into the tank, especially when there are

steam pipes in the tank so that the liquid can be boiled.
A little soot is very nice too and will give the plants and
blooms extra color if it can be added. It is best to throw
a wliole bag of it into the tank, bag and all and then it
will gradually soak through into the water which the
tank contains.

Lime and Liquid Manure

Once in a while some lime can be added, when it is
desired to sweeten the soil in the benches, or to kill a
lot of worms which come in with the manure, and are
hard to get rid of otherwise. It is not advisable to make
the lime water very strong; sooner use it twice. Wliere
electricity is employed in pumping the water it is an
easy matter to ajiply it any time as it takes but a few
minutes to start the pump going. We are surprised that
so many places are without it. It certainly gives one
man a chance to do two men's work. The first cost is
the only time it is more expensive than any other power,
but after that it is cheaper by far.

Manure for the Spring Mulches

This should be brought into the manure shed now, if
it is not yet in place and should be turned over as often
as time will allow. The object of doing this is to have
the manure as well decayed as it is possible to get it, for
manure that is green is not available to the plants, or at
least the largest part of it is not. By having the manure
well prepared, the plants will take hold of it at once
and you can have better results, and what is more the
danger of burning the foliage of the plants is done away
with.

Making Room for the Young Stock

This topic is as old as rose-growing under glass
itself, and we can only advise growers to use their best
benches and their best houses to house their young stock.
It will pay in the long run. You must not expect to
produce extra fine plants, where the old plants have all
they want to do to keep alive. This applies to all other
stock as well as roses. If you have a lot of old leaky
houses on the place, tear them down as soon as you get
a chance and replace them with new and more up-to-
date structures. You are losing good money trying to
grow good stufE in old, tumble-down houses that resemble
a shower bath every rainy day. There is nothing in it.
When you build, build right. The best is none too good
you will find, and the man that builds cheap, will pay
dear in the end. It makes a great difference whether
you keep all the profits, or spend them for repairs. A
greenhouse should receive a coat of paint every other
year. Use very thin paint so as not to have it an inch
thick. It will pay. Always work for the future.
Notice the construction of the new railroads. They are
not only built to last, but also to reduce the cost of up-
keep to the minimum. And we should certainly do the
same. How disajipointing it is when you have a nice
little sum set aside, everything paid for. and if it was
not that you have to rebuild some of the houses, all
would bo well. But . . . Well, let us build well.

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February 15, 1913

THIRD INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

NEW GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12. 1913.

One of the few really grand build-
ings in New York is the new Grand
Central Palace. 46th street and Lex-
ington avenue, close to the magnifi-
cent and newly opened Grand Central
Station of the New York Central Rail-
road, and easily and quickly reached
from any part of the city. The build-
ing is notable for the immense amount
of floor space it provides, and for the
many conveniences presented in its
general arrangement, such as are not
approached by any other public build-
ing in the city. In this building will
be housed the Third International
Flower Show, to open Saturday, April
5. and continue until Saturday even-
ing, April 12.

The main floor, mezzanine floor and
floor above have been engaged, at an
expense in the neighborhood of $12,-
000. and the premiums to be offered
will in all probability exceed twice
that amount in value — an undertaking
which in magnificence, has never be-
fore been attempted in the history of
horticulture in America.

Entering the building by the main
entrance one is confronted by the
grand staircase, large enough to ac-
commodate a big crowd of people at
one time; and at the sides are the
ticket offices, each presenting an easy
approach. The staircase, owing to its
design and surroundings, permits of
lavish floral decoration, and something
wonderful in this direction is in store
for the public. From the staircase one
emerges into the main hall, a triumph
in point of architecture. Massive stone
columns with Corinthian capitals, sup-
port the floor above, and the ceiling is
most ornamental. A stone parapet
surmounted by large vases gives
prominence to the mezzanine floor,
from which a splendid view of the
main floor is obtained. The main floor
is about 275 by 185 feet altogether, in-
cluding a cafe and restaurant, which

X.itioiKil I-'l iwer Sliow (.^llMrters. No. 1

occupies a space about 25 by 122 feet.
Between the columns on the main
floor, running transversely, are a
series of "halls" each about 40 feet
wide, but these halls will not be reck-
oned with separately in the layout of
the show, and the columns will lend
themselves very nicely in the arrange-
ment of exhibits. View No. 1 shows a
section of this floor, looking from the
mezzanine parapet, the views showing
perhaps one-fifth of the floor and a
portion of the mezzanine floor. The
top of the stairway is seen in the rear
and the hall back of the entrance
stairway parapet, shown in View No.

-Xatioii.il Flower Show (JiiarU'rs, N"

2. No. 3 is a view taken from a point
near the south elevators on the main
floor, to the left of the stairway and
looking west from under the mezza-
nine floor. This view gives some idea
of the excellent light available. No. 4
shows one of the side sections of the
main floor, 152 feet long. The third
floor is of about the same dimensions
as the main floor, but there is a much
smaller open area in its center. The
artiflcial lighting arrangements are
superb — not a gloomy spot anywhere.

All who have visited these sections
of the building express themselves as
highly pleased with them as being ex-
cellently adapted to flower show re-
quirements. The freight elevators are
of more than ordinarily large capacity,
as may be imagined when it is stated
that the largest motor trucks were
placed on the main floor at the recent
automobile show without difficulty.
The cafe and restaurant are first class
in every respect and the service of the
finest, at moderate prices. The tele-
graph and telephone service, too, is
most ample.

J. H. PEPPER,
Chairman Publicity Committee.

Amateur Interest.

John Young, as secretary of the In-
ternational Flower Show, has received
a cordial communication from Mrs.
Francis King of Alma. Mich., express-
ing the friendly attitude of the Garden
Club of Michigan of which she is presi-
dent, and asking for a supply of the
exhibition stickers for use on official
stationery. From Mrs. Andrew Squire,
of Cleveland, Ohio, conies also a letter
on behalf of the Garden Club of Cleve-
land, as its president, in similar cor-
dial strain and affording pleasing evi-
dence of the ready co-operative senti-
ment entertained by the amateur hor-
ticultural people as regards the big
exhibition and its objects.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB.

The meeting of this club ou Mon-
day evening, February 10, was a most
enthusiastic one, 128 members being
present. Plenty of able speakers were
there and the present situation with
the big International Show so close at
hand affords ample opportunity and in-
centive to oratory of the kind that en-
thralls and inspires. So the crowd
was there and it was in a mood to
listen, too. The matter of enter-
tainment of the visitois at the time
of the show is, of course, an engross-
ing subject, and it is gratifying to be
able to say that no idea of trying to
outdo other occasions will be allowed
to influence those entrusted with the
responsibilities of this department.
There will be no wild extravagance
and this is in accord with club senti-
ment and the well-known wishes of
the S. A. F. officials and members.

Secretary Young called attention to
the meeting of State Federation of
Floral Clubs at Ithaca, Wednesday,
February 12, and urged as many as
possible to be present. President W.
H. Siebrecht, John Young and Harry
A. Bunyard will represent the club and
Mr. Bunyard will also deliver a lec-
ture. Charles H. Totty spoke enthu-
siastically on National Flower Show
matters and suggested that the florists
take liberally of trade tickets for use
only the first night of the show. C. 0.
Trepel immediately placed an order
for 5,000 tickets for the first day.

Exhibits were made by the follow-
ing: A. S. Burns, Jr., carnation Elec-
tra; H. B. McKnight, three seedling
carnations: Cottage Gardens, carna-
tion Matchless; J. D. Cockeroft, car-
nation Northport. The judges gave a
preliniinery certificate to Electra.

M. C. Ebel of Madison. N. J., read a
pertinent paper on the subject of "Pub-
licity." and was accorded a vote of
thanks. John Bodger of Los Angeles,

Cal., and H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg,
Man., Canada, who were present, also
made brief addresses. Another very
welcome visitor was Adolph Faren-
wald, president of the American Rose
Society. A committee with J. Austin
Shaw as chairman, was appointed on
the recent deaths of the mother of W.
G. Badgley and the mother of Geo. H.

Blake.

LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS'
CLUB.

On January 30th a party of 22 mem-
bers visited the establishment of M. J.
Brinton at Christiana. Mr. Brlnton is
the successor of a very worthy sire,
who knew how and did grow a variety
of plants and flowers to perfection, and
is now living in the original homestead
taking an active interest in the work
and giving his big boy advice. Mr.
Brinton's carnation range is almost
ideal and his Gloriosa altogether
ideal, certainly the best in this part of
the world. A bed of O. P. Bassett was
absolutely without any imperfections.
If this bed could be duplicated every-
where all other reds would be rele-
gated to the rubbish heap. Mrs. Brin-
ton surprised us with a very fine
lunch, and that it was fully appreciated
goes without saying. She made an
ideal hostess and was extended a vote
of thanks by everyone of us.

Comirg back toward Lancaster the
first stop was made at Mr. Ranck's
where the unusual spectacle of the
main crop of tlowers having been cut
over the holidays w-as seen, eveiy
other grower in this section having
bis main crop just coming on. Here
we saw an immense large pure pin':
sport of Gloricsa. The next stop was
at Mr. Denlinger's where a fine lot of
Alma Wai d were in evidence, the dark
weather making them closely resemble
Prosperity. The third stop was at Mr.
Landiss' of Paradise, where we saw
benches of Benora and Lawson En-

chantress, also a few lupins, which
were a curiosity to most of us.

The fourth and last stop was made
at the two adjoining and interlocking
establishments of Chas. B. and Elmer
Weaver, their glass combined making
the largest place in the coimty. Chas.
B. grows sweet peas in his new 400-
foot house exclusively as well as in
some others and calendula and mig-
nonette in the balance. Elmer Is a
carnation and tomato man. Here
Comfort was in strong evidence and is
well liked. He has discarded Enchant-
ress for Pink Delight and has a
fine lot of them, and contemp-
lates making White Wonder his
exclusive white. He uses concrete
benches for propagating and as he Is
building new ones they must be satis-
factory. His boiler cellars are con-
nected with a Chinese puzzle of alley-
ways and our Jacob Flear almost lost
himself in them. A search party found
him inspecting the ash carrier and
other mechanical appliances used
here.

A jolly but tired party reached Lan-
caster at 5 P. M. Outside of the socia-
bility of these trips they are edu-
cators. Sometimes where there are
but one or two houses there are found
ideas that the larger grower overlooks
and that are worth money to him.

Our next meeting is February 20th,
"Carnation Night," the one chance to
show a scattered bunch of carnation
growers your novelties at one point.
Any one sending flowers, have them
addressed to H. A. Schroyer, Lancas-
ter, Pa. ALBERT M. HERR.

PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND
GARDENERS' CLUB.

The club meeting on Feb. 4th was
unusually well attended for it was
both election and carnation night.
There being no opposition the secre-
tary was instructed to cast the ballot
of the club for the following nominees
who were declared the officers of the
club for 1913:

President, Neil McCallum ; vice-president,
E. C. Eeineman ; secretary, H. P. JosUn;
:'-Ssistant secretary, W. A. Clarke: treasurer,
T. P. Langhans; executive committee, E.

National Flower Show Quarters, No. 3.

-Niticnal Flower Show Quarters, No. 4.

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C. Reineman, C. H. Sample, Aug. Frisch-
korn.

The new president made a graceful
little inaugural speech, and the ap-
plause which greeted the new admin-
istration was mingled with praise and
appreciation ot the old. the member-
ship and finances of the club having
shown substantial improvement the
past year, and it was with hearty
goodwill and feeling that the members
rose and gathering around the retir-
ing president, E. C. Ludwig, sang "For
He's a Jolly Good Fellow."

The new president is a native of
Scotland. He spent several years in
Australia and for some time was an
orchid collector in South America.
For the last few years he has been
employed by the Department of Public
Works, Pittsburgh, as superintendent
of West End Park, which under his
supervision has become one of the
most beautiful of the city parks.

The first act of the new president
was to display before the club a fine
pencil drawing on a large scale of the
"Bull Moose" fern, a native of Au-
stralia, the fronds of which are almost
an exact reproduction of the antlers
of the bull moose. What an oppor-
tunity was lost to the "Bull Moose"
party and to the plantsmen in the late
campaign that they did not produce
this fern on a large scale for party
emblems!

The Auditing Committee reported
the books of the club examined and
found correct. Messrs, W, A. Clarke,
T. P. Langhans and E. C. Reineman
were appointed a committee to pro-
vide for a reception at the March
meeting.

Much to the disappointment of the
members, although it was "carnation
night," very few carnations were
shown either by home or distant grow-
ers. This feature of the club meet-
ings, the exhibition of plants and flow-
ers, has always been very interesting
and steps will be taken to insure in
the future an increase rather than
diminution ot the exhibits before the
club.

Jas. Wiseman made an exhibition of
carnations which, considering they
were grown under city conditions,
merited and received a cultural certifi-
cate. To Carl Bichner, gardener at
Dixmont Hospital, was also awarded a
cultural certificate for collection of
cyclamen and primulas. The subject
for the March meeting will be Easter
plants. H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BALTIMORE.
At the February meeting of the Gar-
deners' and Florists' Club of Balti-
more, Mrs. Austin Gallagher of the
Woman's Civic League addressed the
club and asked the co-operation of
members for the third annual flower
market to be held at Washington Mon-
ument. May 7. A committee was ap-
pointed to secure signers to the next
legislature for a state horticultural
building of modern type to be erected
in Baltimore. The building to be
adap'.ed especially for horticultural
and allied exhibitions, and to contain
a museum tor minerals, cereals, for-
estry products, etc. It was new car-
nation night and new carnations were
shown by S. Edw. A' ehurst. who had
hunches of a sport from Enchantress
and a seedling No. 45, which the club
had already awarded a certificate on.

Gustav A. Lutz showed white seedling
"Mrs. Perry"; Boyd Merritt also had
a sport from Enchantress; Scott Bros.,
Elmsford, N. Y., sent a bunch of Wm.
Eccles. The committee scored these
specimens from 85 to 90 points. M.
Thaw and H. J. Quick exhibited some
grand sweet peas. The club will hold
its annual banquet the second Monday
in March.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Engelniann Botanical Club held
its meeting on Monday night, Feb-
ruary l(t, at the Missouri Botanical
Garden.

Among the papers to be read at the
Farmers' Institute at Provo, Utah, on
February 24 to 28, will be one by Dr.
R. J. Evans, on "Better Seed and How
to Get It."

The Cincinnati Florists Club's meet-
ing was a very brief one. It hardly
took a half hour in all. After the meet-
ing the members present went over to
Alt. Heidelberg to hear the cabaret
show there and enjoy refreshments.

Arthur Shurtleff of Boston will de-
liver a lecture, with stereopticon illus-
trations, on "Landscape Arrangement
of Public Parks and Private Grounds,"
at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Sat-
urday afternoon. February 15. On the
following Saturday Dr. Donald Red-
dick of Ithaca, N. Y., will talk on the
"Diseases of the Violet."

At the monthly meeting ot the
Ladies' Florist Association of Roches-
ter, N. Y., Feb. 4. at the home ot Mrs.
John Dunbar, the following officers
were elected: President. Mrs. Charles
Suhr: vice-president, Mrs. Fred Vick;
secretary. Mrs. C. F. Boland: treas-
urer, Mrs. E. Fry. The next meeting
will be held on the afternoon of March
4th at the home of Mrs. R. F. Nagle.
17 Vick Park B.

The Chicago Florists' Club held its
regular monthly meeting February
Gth, 1913. Edgar F. Winterson, Jr.,
was elected chairman of the sports
committee. The coming annual meet-
ing of the Illinois State Florists,
March 4th, at Peoria, 111., was an-
nounced and it was agreed that the
train leaving Chicago at 9 A. M. over
the Rock Island railroad would be the
official train of the Chicago Florisis'
Club, and that this was to be the offi-
cial notice of the club to its members.

The Westchester and Fairfield Horti-
cultural Society will hold its first an-
nual supper at Germania Hall, New
Rochelle, N. Y., on February 18th, to
be preceded by bowling in the after-
noon. As a large number of our mem-
bers are in the "championship' 'class,
some keen matches are expected. We
are hoping for a large gathering of
members and friends on this occasion,
as we want this to go down as one of
the chief events in the society's his-
tory. OWEN A. HUNWICK,

Cor. Sec.

The Yonkers Horticultural Society
held their regular monthly meeting in
Hallywood Inn on Friday, February
7th. The flower show committee re-
ported a balance ot $47 from the Fall
Show. A very enjoyable and instruc-
tive hour followed in discussing the
different methods of growing vege-

tables in cold frames and hot beds, also
the habits of growth of trees and
shrubs. The executive committee have
promised an essay for the next meet-
ing and Robert Cochrane has offered
a prize for the most meritorious ex-
hibit, so it is hoped the members will
turn out strong and bring their best to
fill the exhibition table on Friday,
March 7th. WM. MILLS, Sec.

About 60 members of the New Bed-
ford Horticultural Society enjoyed
their annual banquet at the Parker
House on Feb. 6. Owing to the kind-
ness of James Garthly of Fairhaven,
the dining room was very handsomely
decorated with flowers, ferns and
palms, while Mr. Garthly and vice-
president David F. Roy furnished car-
nations for the guests. It was a cosy
little party and the menu was thor-
oughly enjoyed as was the after din-
ner speaking and the singing. Mr.
Roy gave an interesting talk on chrys-
anthemum culture. The past year
has been the most successful in the
history of the organization. More
members have joined and more inter-
est taken than in years, and the pros-
pects for a successful future are very
bright.

THE BOSKOOP ROSE SHOW.

We have received the following
communication regarding the great
rose show which will be held in Bos-
koop, Holland, July, 1913:

Again the Government has shown
its interest in this enterprise as the
exposition will he held under the pat-
ronage of His Excellency the Minister
of Agriculture, Industry and Com-i
merce.

The committee has been obliged to
greatly extend the grounds of the ex-
position, in order to meet the wishes
of the very large number ot exhibi-
tors. Around the Rosarium, which will
cover about an acre, will be built a
pergola 600 feet long. This pergola
alone will require 3000 climbing roses,
which have already been grown in
pots for this purpose. In the Rosarium
will be placed thousands of roses, bush
and standard form; to keep the dis-
play in good shape during the time of
exposition, there will be a surplus of
50,000 bush roses and 6000 standard
roses in 300 varieties, all grown in
pots. In the background of the Ro-
sarium will be erected an Italian floral
temple with side wings 120 feet bread,
12 feet high.

The program for cut roses is ready
and will be mailed in a few days. The
comijetition in class 1 (new roses
not yet in commerce) will be open
also for growers outside of Boskoop,
and the committee therefore advises
those who have good novelties to ap-
ply for a copy of the program. Several
gold medals will be available for this
class. The best known rose growers
of Holland and other countries will he
invited to act as members of the jury.

E. Y. Teas & Son announce that be-
cause of the advanced age and feeble
health of E. Y. Teas, the senior part-
ner, and of his desire to retire from
an active business life, they have
closed out their entire line of nursery
and florist stock and that F. E. Teas,
the junior partner, will continue in a
similar line, giving especial attention
to growing gladiolus for the wholesale
trade.

February 15, 1913

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BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET.

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Alexander Montgomekt
Rose Coinmittee.

On Saturday, February 15, the Bos-
toa Flower Exchange, Inc., will open
their new Flower Market, as an-
nounced in their advertisement in our
Isue of last week. The new location
is in the centre of the wholesale flower
district, spacious and eligible, facing
on Winthrop Square. On one side of
the square is the wholesale establish-
ment of Welch Bros., and on the other
that of N. F. McCarthy & Co., and
this concentration of interests is re-
garded by all concerned as a most ex-
cellent move, handy for buyers, and
particularly convenient for growers
with wagons or auto-tracks as there
is plenty of space in the square and
tributary streets, while the express
oflBces are also close at hand.

This move has long been contem-
plated by the Exchange and its suc-
cess being now assured the event is
to be celebrated with a reception and
flower show on Saturday. Eminent
gentlemen, among them being Mayor

Fitzgerald, will speak, there will be
music and refresliments and the oc-
casion will be made memorable foi-
those who participate. The latcli
string is out for everybody and all
will Ije welcome.

The street floor and basement of the
new quarters comprise upwards of 22,-
UOO square feet of floor space. The
main salesroom is divided into 200
stalls. It is expected that removal
from the old mariiet on Park street
will have been completed and regular
business opened at the new headquar-
>ters on Monday mornins, February IT.

CARNATIONS AT PETER FISH ER'S.

The writer spent a pleasant hour re-
cently at Peter _Fisher's. He went
there primarily to see his new carna-
tion "Gorgeous." As to the justness
of the bestowal of so fulsome a desig-
nation none can dispute, who have
seen this carnation. Mr. Fisher re-
grets that its parentage has been lost.
The color is hard to describe, and
many unsatisfactory attempts have
been made. If anyone can reniem-

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William Nicholson
Carnation Committee.

E. Allan Peirce
Cliairm.in Flower Sliow Committee.

her seeing Sweet Pea "Vermillion Bril-
liant" at the last Sweet Pea Show, he
may get an idea of its color. There is,
moreover, a touch of orange which
gives a pleasing effect under certain
aspects, with regard to the way light
strikes the flower, and no matter
wliether it be from the back or front.
It Is a good even round flower, large,
but not dense, and does not appear to
be affected by strong light, as many
such shades are.

Off and on, some interesting bits of
information came out in the matter of
seedling raising. The key note of it
all was "you never can tell." It is not
wise to presume because you work on
two flrst-class varieties that you can
expect flrst-class results. Lawson is a
shy seeder. Out of 21 seedlings 18
were buff, yellow, or chocolate; one.
a clear yellow single was the parent of
Beacon. Some of the best seedlings
come from singles. The veteran Tail-
by of Wellesley has given frequent con-
firmation of this, and the famous Grac^

Lester W. Mann , :

Plnnt Committee.

Wilder had a single for a seed parent.

Again some good for one reason may
be no good for others or may be first-
rate one year and valueless another.
Benora amounted to nothing the first
year, and is now one of the best varie-
gated varieties grown. Mr. Fisher has
been fully justified with this va-
riety. Two sports cf it have ap-
peared, one with a tinted instead of
pure white ground, and very effective;
and a scarlet one. While on tlie mat-
ter of sports, some points came out.
The writer has found plants from leaf
eyes are very liable to sport, and Mr.
Fisher, that leafy tops will.

Last season Mr. Fisher had some
grand flowers from an Enchantress
seedling, which this year is no good —
bursts. The rule here is to test seed-
lings three years, and never name one
until it lias been tested thus long.

Other seedlings under test are 174, a

W. .1. Thurston
MaoiiKPr.

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"MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER"

We can still quote March delivery on this sterling Rose but would ask that you do not delay too

long before investigating its merits.

SHAWYER and MILADY, $30.00 per hundred; $250.00 per thousand. Grafted or Own Root.

CARNATIONS

NORTHPORT : The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE: The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY : Two fine sports from Enchantress.

$12.00 per hundred; $100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J,

white, full but not dense flower; will
propagate all possible; 137, a fine light
pink, will be heard from later; 250,
white, full and free, medium size. It
Is no doubt good policy to grow such
varieties; even though they do not
bring as much as larger flowers, they
make up in quantity, and come in use-
ful in many ways where large flowers
would be wasted; besides lots ot peo-
ple will buy medium-sized flowers —
even prefer them aside from the lower
price, while with others, the price is a
consideration; 235, one of the finest,
style of white Enchantress; 252, light
pink, promising; 81, Portia-red, bright,
free, splendid stem, medium size; No.
55, Winsor shade, splendid flower, fine-
ly built, stem and calyx perfect.

Mr. Fisher's treatment ot cuttings is
slightly different from that of most
growers. There is a fair amount of
bottom heat, with abundance of air.
No soft growth or damping is seen. In
the matter ot a propagating material,
a very coarse sand Is used which from
a casual examination would appear
to contain a small proportion of clay,
and this, I think, if not essential, Is a
great help. No pounding is done;
none appears necessary, or would not.
If clay is present. The cuttings are
watered in once and not watered af-
terwards. There is no rust.
Wellesley, Mass. T. D. HATFIELD.

BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER
MARKET.

A meeting of the stockholders and
stallholders of the Boston Co-operative
Flower Market was held at the Quincy
House, Wednesday evening, February
12th, to hear the report of the direc-
tors as to progress made towards con-
solidating wita the Boston Hower Ex-
change, Inc.. and going with that or-
ganization jointly into the new market
in Wlnthrop square. It was a very
earnest meeting, there being about
sixty gentlemen present and the
serious proposition which has been
before the members for a long
time was carefully debated from
all sides. The four-years' lease of
the salesrooms now occupied on
Park street and other drawbacks were
deemed sufficient to make the pro-
posed removal injudicious and it was
finally decided by a unanimous vote
to abandon the idea of consolidation
and to continue business at the old
stand. It is proper to state here that
no ill-feeling towards the rival market
was in evidence and the decision

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HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificales tiom the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at Si. Paul, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SHAWYER, the new pink forcing cose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best varieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompons
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Oar catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on our mading list.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

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ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

5 in., S% In. and 6 In. pots, 3, 4, S, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 Inches blgb, 40c.,
Mc., 60c., 7&C., $1.00, $1.26 each and
op to 11.60.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Oatario SL, PHILAOEirHIA. PA.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Growers
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER. St. Alban's, England

and 258 Broadway. Room 721
NEW YORK CITY

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherford, N. J.

above recorded was made without
prejudice and on business grounds en-
tirely.

Live Sphagnum Moss

Finest stock in the country. Chunky,
well fibered stems with large heads.
Shipped onl.v in barrels f. o. b. Walden,
N. Y., at $2.00 per bbl.

Trade List on Application.

The C. W. Brownell Company

Walden, N. Y.

SraiH A,C»IM«^IVI IVIOSS

10 bi>I. bales: Selected stock; neatly bor-
lupped. "Worth While Quality, "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale ^.2S 10 bales, each. .$3.76

6 bales, each... 4.00 25 bales, each.. 3.50

Larger quantities, write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM. $1.25 per bbl.
ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnegat, N. J.

ORCHIDS

Choice dormant bulbs of Calanthe Veltehll,
ready now at $75.00 per 100 bulbs; also
great variety of other orchids and material
Fn which to grow them.

WRITE FOR CATALOOCE.

LAGER & HURRELL ""S?.*?."'

February 15, 19:3

HORTICULTURE

223

THE NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEAS

Dormant stock stored in cold frames and which can readily be brought into flower for Decoration Day and later.

3-inch Pots 5-inch Pots
Per Per Per Per

doz. 100 doz. 100

Avalanche. Splendid large white $1.00 $7.00 .$2.50 $20.00

Botaniste Peltereau. Enormous pret-
ty mauve-ruse 1.00 7.00 2.50 20.00

Bouquet Rose. Rosy ambler turning

to bright pink 175 12.00 — —

Dentelle. Deeply fringed creamy-
white 1.25 8.00 2.50 20.00

Fraicheur. White, delicately suf-
fused with rose 1.23 8.00 2.50 20.00

General de Vibraye. Favorite bright

rose color 1.75 12.00 — —

La Lorraine. Pale rose changing to

bright pink 1.75 12.00 — —

Mme. A. Riverain. Superb bright

rose color 1.50 10.00 2.50 20.00

Mme. E. Moulliere. The favorite

white 1.73 12.00 — —

Mme. Maurice Hamar. Delicate flesh
rose color, but in our soil can-
Ing a beautiful deep blue 1.50 10.00 2.50 20.00

Mme. Raymond. Transparent white,

passing to a tender rose 1.50 10.00 2.50 20.00

3-lnch

Per

doz.

Mme. Agrnes Bariller. Personally we

consider this the best white 150

Mile. Renee Gaillard. "S'ery large,
milky-white, irregularly dentat-
ed showy flowers 1.50

Mile, de Tremault. White, produc-
ing flower heads as large as the
popular Otaksa 1.50

Mousseline. Beautiful mauve-rose

with cream colored centre 1.50

Mont Rose. Very parly, clear flesh-
rose in immense p.inicles 1.75

Mons. G. Renault. Bright rose with

carmine reflex 1.25

Pots
Per
100

10.00

10.00

10.00
10.00
12.00

8.00

8.00

S.IIO

10 00

Ornament. Large mauve-pink 1.25

Ronsard. Very large ro,«e-pink. . . . 1.25

Radiant. Distinct rose-carmine 1.50

Souvenir de Mnie. E. Chautard. One

of the best, a bright rose color. 1.50 10.00
Senateur Henri David. On the style
of La Lorraine, but flowers ear
lier

5-inch Pots

Per Per

doz. 100

2.50 20.00

2.50 20.00

2.50 20.00

3.(10 —

2.50 20.00
2 50 20.00

2.50 20.00

1.75 12.00 —

We will furnish one three-inch pot plant of each of the 22 varieties for $2.50

HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 7I4 Chestnut street, PhiladsSphia, Pa

The above prices are intended for the trade only

& A. SF^EIOI^A

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, hHOOOOENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIIVIBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florists are always welcome visitors lo our Nurseries. We are only a lew minutes Irom
Now York Gty ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Erie Railroad.

BOBBINK

Nurserymen and Florists

KIIM3

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERVTHIN'G FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUND.^
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the eisking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES. North Abington, Mass.

l|ll|URSI

[GHAM
URSERIES

— ^DJElAl^ —

W. B. WHITTIER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWNEB

Nationnl Nurseryman

Offlfial organ of tlie American As-
sociation o£ Nurserymen. Circula-
tion ;miong tile trade only. Pub-
lislied Moiitbly. Subiiorlptlon price
$1.00 per year. Foreign eabscrip-
tion8 $1.50 per year. In advance.
Sample cv.py tree upon application
from those in the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., inc.

2)8 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit anil Ornamental Trees. .Shrubs,

Small Fruits, Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Write for Traiip List

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

IVIy 1913

SPRIIMO F>IRIOE L-IS~r

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Stirubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

216 lane St. Weeliawlieii Helebts
P. 0. No. 1. Ucboken. N. J.

P. OUWERKERK.

BULBS and-

HAROY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Send for priee list

E. S. MULER, WADING RfVER. H. Y.

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HORTICULTURE

February 15, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers— President. Cbas. N. Page,
Des Moiues. hi.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, H;irrisljurg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Miltord, Conn.; secretar.v and treas-
urer, C E. Kendel. Cleveland. O. ; as-
sistant secretar.v, J. M. Ford. Ravenna,
O Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25. 1013.

An Inconvenient Postal Ruling.

It is an open question wliether the
mail order trade has heeu helped or
hindered by the new parcel post act
but it is not at all to the liking of the
mail order houses that they are unable
to utilize the stamps which are sent
to them for small amounts where the
sender does not want to go to the
trouble of securing a post office or ex-
press money order. Heretofore these
stamps could be utilized to a consider-
able extent on the mail packages sent
out, but. under the ruling of the Post
Office Department that seed packages
must be stamped with the parcel post
stamps the use of ordinary postage
stamps is prevented. No doubt the
principal mail order firms will be able
to figure out the advantages or disad-
vantages of the new plan by the end
of the present season. It looks to us
as if it was another argument in favor
of the fractional currency plan advo-
cated by mail order houses irrespec-
tive of the line of business.

Surpluses and Tardy Contracts.
Reference has been made in these
columns to the rather tardy way in
which dealers are contracting for their
requirements in peas and beans for
another year. Last year there was
feverish haste to get in lest they be
left out altogether. There is a ten-
dency this year to go to the other ex-
treme. No doubt many have more or
less of a surplus of these goods to
carry over and they doubtless want to
know just about what this surplus
will be before placing any orders for
the 1913 crop, and quite possibly their
stand is the right one. We simply
mention it because attention has been
called to it by some of the growers
of peas and beans. — many expressing
the tear that they will not be able to
contract all of their seed stocks. This
will not be surprising as most of them
have reserved very liberal seed stocks
and it would seem to us that they

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Star or Wonder Blackberry

A winder indeed! in growth, In ex-
cellence, in productiveness. Berries
large and luscious, bears in clusters
like a grape for two months. A single
plant has yielded over two bushels in
a year. Head(|uarters for St. Regis
Everbearing, the best red Rasplierry.
and Cneo by far the clioicest of all
hardy Ornpes. A full ass'^rto'ent of
Strawberries. Raspberries. Blaf kberries.
Grapes, Currants and Gooseberries:
Oarden Roots, Hardy Per-
ennial I'lanrs. Slirnbs and
\'ines. Evergreen and Shade
Trees. Roses. Hedge Plants,
■te. Illustrated descriptive
catalog replete with cul-
ttir.-il instrections. free to
ereryhndy. Established 1S7S;
200 acres: quality niisnr-
passed : prices low.

I. T.IOVETT, Box 153. little Silver. N I.

"«

No merchant carries last year styles, and you
would not care for old styles; therefore, your
customers demand new varieties of Carnations
of the ''Better Kind," and it is up to you to fur-
nish them with up-to-date novelties such as our
New Scarlet Carnation

THE HERALD

Besides, this is a money proposition: The Herald will produce
at least one-third more blooms than any other scarlet; early, free
and continuous bloomer; stem long and always stiff; flowers
large, full and of a clear even shade of scarlet; calyx absolutely
non-bursting, making it the highest type of a commercial carnation
and one of greatest value to you. All cuttings strong and well
rooted. Order novt.

$12.00 per 100, $100.00 perllOOO

MARCH tst DELIVERY

Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar. Yours
for the asking.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Raoulolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

SMITH'S CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL

(3rd EDITION)

Ready January 10th
Price 50c postpaid

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS

Novelties for 1913 and all the best
Standard Sorts

CATALOGUE READY NOW
ASK FOR IT

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.. ADRIAN, mz*.

^ CHILDS' GLADIOLI ^

are noted the world over for

SUPE«.IOR MERIT

John Le-wis Chkilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. I.. N. Y.

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND ST.\ND.4RD CUT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARIVI

Box 66, HAMMONTON, N J

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CITTINGS.

100 1000
Wodenfthe. $1.00 per <loz...$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful; White Winsor 3.60 30.00

Princess Charmins 3.00 25.00

Winsor g.50 20.00

Plants from 3-inch pots. $1.00 per 100
advance over al»ove prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CI TTINGS.
Fift.T Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 to $4.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00
per lOOO.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties. Dormant
Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000

Send for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

A definite policy, even if
worked with indifferent copy, is
more apt to succeed when fol-
lowed out. than spasmodic, hit-
or-miss advertising even with
more clever copy. — Koller.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

BIG CHSYSANTKEMUM BARGAIN

anno 2Vi: incli. extra stroni: pot plants.
CHRYSOLORA. tJNAKA. MRS. DAVID
SYME. GOLDEN GLOW: $2.00 per 100-
SIR.OO per 10(M) ; to make room. CASH.

I. M. RAYNER, Creerpor- , N. Y.

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Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give absolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 5% if cash accompanies the order.

RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOUAGE CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Louisiana, 7 ft $2.00 $17..'30

A. Bouvier. 5 ft 1.75 15.00

Alice Koosrvelt, 4 ft 3.75 35.00

Beaute I'oitevine, 3^. ft 3.50 30.00

Black Prime, ;i to 4 ft 2.75 25.00

fliarles Henderson. 4 ft 2.00 17.50

Crimson Beilder, 3 ft 2.75 25.00

nuke of Marlborough, 4V' ft 2.00 17..50

J. D. Eisele, 5 ft 3.75 35.00

Explorateur Crampbel, 5V4 ft 2.75 25.00

President Cle» eland. 3 ft 2.25 20.00

President MeKinley, 2V. to 3 ft 2.00 17..')0

President Me.ver, 4 ft 2.75 25.00

Pillar of Fire, G or 7 ft 2.00 17.50

Tarryto« n, 3% ft 2.75 25.00

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

L. Patry, 4V. ft $2 00 $17.50

Louise. 5 ft 3.75 35.00

Mile. Herat, 4% ft 1.75 15.00

Venns, 3% ft 5.50 50.00

WHITE AND CREAM SHADES

Per 100 Per 1000

Alsace, 3% ft $1.75 $15.00

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Alemannia, 4 to 5 ft $2.25 $20.00

Austria, 5 ft 1.75 I.'i.OO

Indiana, 3 to 4 ft 2.00 17.50

Italia. 4% ft 1.75 15.00

ORANGE SHADES

Wyoming:, 7 ft

Penns.vlvania, 5 ft

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft.

Per 100
. $2.00
. 1.75
. 1.75

Per 1000

$17.50

15.00

15.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Duke of York, 4 to 5 ft $5.50 $50.00

Evolution 2.75 25.(K)

Gladiator, 4 ft 2.75 2.").00

Gladioflora. 3V< ft 4.25 40.00

Golden King, 5 ft 2.75 25.00

Jean Tissot. 5 ft 2.25 20.00

Niagara, 3 ft 2.75 2.-..00

Mad. Croiy. aVo ft 2.25 20(10

Queen Charlotte, 3% ft 3.75 i'l.OO

Premier, 2V2 ft 2.75 25.00

Souv. de A. Croiy , 4 ft 2.75 25.00

YELLOW SHADES

Per 100 Per 1000

Florence Vanshan, 5 ft $2.00 $17.50

Richard Wallace, 4V2 ft 2.25 20.00

BRONZE.LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Brandy wine, 4 to 5 ft $2.75

David Harura, 3^^ ft 2.25

Kgandale, 4 ft 2.00

King Humbert, 4 ft 5.00

Leonard Vanghan, 4^^ ft 4.2.5

Musaefolia. 3 to 5 ft 2.00

Robustn. 6 to S ft 2.00

Shenandoah, 6 ft 2.00

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DR. BUDINGEN

Doz. 100 1000
One of the most brilliant starlets, both
the ludlvldunl flowers and the trusses
being of large size: bronze foliage.
4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers In heavy, dense spikes,
in color the s;inie shade as Scarlet
Sage; Tery bright. 4% ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

FURST BISMARCK

Rich scarlet crimson; of large size.
4 ft $0.50 $3.75 $35.00

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused with or^inge. base and
edsre of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house in the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GRAND CHANCELLOR BULOW

Doz. 100 HXW
Rich deep crimson scarlet overlaid with
maroon, very large splkeg of good
sized flowers of good substance
thrown well above the foliage. 3 ft... $0.75 $5.50 fSO.OO

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson scar-
let, often measuring 5 Inches across,
of remarkable substance, and are
produced In large trusses nearly a
foot across. 314 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

PAPA NARDY

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4% ft

).50 $3.75 $35.00

thousand rate; it is cheaper for you to buy a box of
250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here. It may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection la left to us, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

fAII the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicagol

Chicago and Western Agents for Our Cannas'' OKLY[:^

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

226

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February 15, 1913

Seed Trade

^Continued from page 224.)

should have anticipated a reduced de-
mand this year instead of reserving as
liberal stocks as they did a year ago.
Should there be a full crop the com-
ing year there will be surpluses ga-
lore, but we believe that most of these
surpluses will be in the hands of the
growers themselves, and their dispo-
sition up to them.

A New Departure.
There are reports which we believe
are authentic that Rogers Bros, of Al-
pena, Mich., have bought a ranch in
Montana of several hundred acres. This
is something of a departure from the
general policy of the growers who
have depended on the farmers to raise
their crops so that in the event ot
short crops the losses would tall on
both parties and not wholly on the
seed grower. Doubtless Messrs. Rogers
have discounted all these possibilities
and are acting from well thought out
and clearly defined policies. Should
they be successful in securing uni-
formly good crops, their example may
be followed by others in their line of
business.

German vs. Canada Peas.
To meet the demands for Canada
field peas many thousands ot bushels
of German white peas have been im-
ported this year and sold as Canada
peas. As they are generally grown for
the green fodder when planted, these
peas win doubtless fill the bill fairly
well and where they are used as pig-
eon peas they should be just as ac-
ceptable. It is certainly a fact that
they can be sold at a considerably
lower figure than the genuine Canada
field peas. We note that Baltimore
and Philadelphia dealers are quoting
them at $1.70 to $1.75 f.o.b. while gen-
uine Canada field peas are quoted at
from $2.15 to $2.25. It is a singular
reversal of ordinary conditions to find
these peas selling at such compara-
tively high prices because of the very
short crop, while the fancy large-
bodied varieties are in surplus and are
being offered in many instances down
to contract prices.

"Free Seeds" and the Surplus.
In a statement which we assume
emanates from the Department of Ag-
riculture at Washington, an effort is
being made to prove that because of
the manner under which it is con-
ducted the free seed distribution is
really a boom to the seed trade. The
main reason advanced in support of
this rather remarkable argument is
that the Department by its policy of
buying surplus stock towards the end
of the season removes these from the
market, thereby leaving prices to fol-
low their legitimate course. Doubt-
less there is some basis for this claim
and no doubt it often does aid the
wholesale dealers but we fail to see
where it can benefit the retailer in any
respect. Knowing that this demand
from the Department is coming each
year certain growers delibeiately plan
to produce surpluses to meet it. It
Is well known that a California grower
followed this plan tor several yearB,
growing the varieties which he pro-
duced on the Coast largely in excess

HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES

For Staking Plants For Easter

UNPAINTED STAKES OR DOWELS

Length. Dlam. 100 1000 Length. Di:im. 100 1000

24 in. 3-S in. $0..'.0 $4.00 42 in. S-16 in. $0.75 $6.00

B6 in. 3-lrtin. .67) 5.25 42 in. 1-4 in. .75 6.00

36 in. 5-10 In. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-16 in. .75 6.00

.36 in. 5-S in. .S5 8.00 42 in. 3-S in. .75 6.00

36 in. 1-4 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-8 in. 1.00 9.00

36 in. 3-S in. .65 5.25

The above dyed green, 10c. per 100 or 50c. per 1000 addltion.il.

HYACINTH STAKES (Wood DYED GREEN

100 IIKX) 50(« KKI IIKX) 5000

12 in $0.15 $1.00 $4.25 18 in .$0.20 $1.35 $6.25

CANE STAKES

100 500 1000 5000

.Southern. Very I'ng, selected iiuaiity $0.75 $2.75 $5.00 $23.75

Japanese. Very thin, about 0 ft. long 75 2.75 5.00 22.50

Japanese. Dyed green, ZV-, ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5.50

HEADQUARTERS FOR BULBS OF ALI. KINDS. WRITE FOR PRICES.
Our New Wholesale Price List tor 1013, Free Upon Application.

KENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street, - - - Philadelphia, Pa.

of the requirements of the legitimate
seed trade, anticipating that he would
be favored with a very laige percent-
age of the Government's order, and as
a matter of fact he was. There is no
insinration in this that everything
was not conducted in a perfectly
proper manner but he seemed always
able to underbid most of his competi-
tors and received the lion's share ot
the business. However, this is aside
from the point we wish to make,
which is that knowing the very large
requirements of the Department,
growers frequently create surpluses
purposely to supply this demand and
legitimate or accidental surpluses are
not materially benefited by the De-
partment's purchases.

tion, by the ample size of her exhi-
bition hall and the abundant space
which each exhibitor knows he can
have for the display of his goods. We
are advised that additions have been
made to the very commodious hall
since the convention of last winter,
materially increasing the floor space.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

J. B. Morey Nurseries, Dansville, 111.
— Catalogue of fruit and ornamental
trees.

Thornton Bros., Lawrence, Mass. —
Farm and Garden Seeds, 1913. Hand-
some cover in colors. Motto, "Only
from good seed can good crops be
grown."

The Canners' Convention.

The annual convention of the Na-
tional Canned Goods and Allied Asso-
ciations, which was held at Louisville,
Ky., the present week, was, as usual,
very largely attended and the hotels
of this hospitable town were taxed to
the utmost to care for the crowds at-
tending the convention. Four years
ago the convention was held at Louis-
ville and with a few exceptions those
who attended were well satisfied with
I heir treatment. That is one reason
why Louisville was able so soon to se-
cure the convention again, while other
towns which made strenuous efforts to
secure it weie turned down because of
the nanow short-sighted policy, of the
lotels in charging all canners double
rates.

The display of machinery may have
been a little less complete than at
Rochester last year, for the reason
that there was considerable less floor
space to be apportioned among the ex-
hibitors. Last year the officials ot the
Machinery and Supplies Association
urged exhibitors to take all' the space
they wanted, while this year it has
been necessary to restrict them some-
what. Without wishing to disparage
other towns it really looks as if Roch-
ester had scored one on all of her
competifoi-s who are seeking to secure
the National Canned Gooils Convcn-

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston,
Mass.— Seed Annual, 1913. Attractively
bound in covers of dark red with em-
bossed gold lettering. A well-arranged
book ot 170 pages. Freely illustrated,
and containing much useful cultural
advice.

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER lOOO

Wm. Elliolt & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

TOMATO SEED

BE.ST STO( KS. AI-L VAKIETIF.S.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for \VliolfhaIe Trmlf Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

February 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

227

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

LILY OF THE VALLEY
PIPS

Cold storage, very fine ri"iility, Berlin and
H.imburg.

Per Case of 1,000
Per Case of 3,0t:0

$12.00
$32.00

Our Jurists' catalog is off the press.
Have you received a copy? If uot
write for one today.

J. IV). THORBURN & CO.

33 Barclay Street, , . , i NEW YORK

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

ii'rite For Our Lew Pr ' ei

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

HUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PKOFIT.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES" WI.NTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

**Returwned Stveet Pea Specialists"
9aBnyB|*[M lBdep«ad«aa«, Mo.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send OB your wnntg. We will t;ike care of
them. We supply stock at mnrket price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Fiupst imported Strain troiii Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple, White, eacli color separate, per Oz.,
ifl.ro; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. put.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue Is now
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classiflcatinn through Horticul-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not c;itnlogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman. Hoboken, N.J.

For Early Sowing

/V?(V listjor the Aikiiti^

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Maaison St., CHICAGO

I. W. Edmunilson. Mir.

M. W. Williams, Sec'y

California Send Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN .lOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Co p.

Seedsmen
47-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Boston Nass.

VlCKaUAllTYVICK

ASTER
SEED

Indispensable for Commercial
Growers

Send for Copy Today

James Yick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTIES !

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Celery —
Golden Self-Blancbing and MeisU's
Green — best celery on earth; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beaulieu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to Vf'J per cent of market
gardeners on this continent; Romaine,
Endive, etc. Only tbe very best French
st-ed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place. Woodhaven, Borough
of Quetn'B. N. Y.

L

Telephone 1749 Richinond Hill

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mixture,
4Uc per dozen ; $2.rjO per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture,
60c per dozen: $4.(iO per 100.

GLOXI^jlAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 50c
per dozen ; $3.S0 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N. Michigan Ave. . CHICAGO

Phone Randolph 2571.

GARDEN SEED

r.EET, CARROT. PARSNIP, RADISH «na
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also other
Items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW YORK

and Orange, Conn.

The Everett B7ciark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip.
Radish, Beet, Etc.

Branches : Michigan
and Wisconsin

MILFORD, CONN.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH
and all Garden Seeds

Growers lor the Trade

LEONARD

' '30 W. K..«B SXBKBT,

CHICAGO

CO

ONION SETS

for Prices ll

ONION SEED
ONION SETS

We are large growers tif and ileulerft
in the berit varietleN and cliolceNt
htockH. Let UB know your wantn.

SCHILDER BROS.
CHILLIGOTHE, 0.

22S

HORTICULTURE

February 15, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
—SONS—

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

\\> cover all .Micliigan points and ^oud
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

NEW YORK

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St

FLORIST T'l-""^'""!
1920

New York

r- Bloomingdale 's -]

I Tte Lvgest FlonI EstablUhment in the Metropolis

I Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
I Teleerapli Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. MichitJan Ave. and Slst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

rbaits : JUdiDi 180. Aldioe 881. Aldifle 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the FloristH' Telegraph Delivery.

All Ordirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

I'le^.

Memlier Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L.

ROCK

FLOWER

CO.

Kansas City-,

- Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas |

City and any town in

Missouri or 1

Kansas.

1

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

Tlie largc>.t <ut Houer .store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Memjers Florists'Teiegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Among the ine.\pensive devices for a
Valentine gift we must mention some
violet chip baskets, with hamper cover
and handle, about 4x7 in., at Penn's,
Boston, in which had been inserted a
pretty, blooming heather in 3-in pot,
and a plain tumbler filled with water,
the tumbler and pot held in place with
sphagnum. It became only necessary
to insert a bunch of violets and a lit-
tle asparagus with a knot of ribbon,
to make it an ideal Valentine gift. A
row of these little an-angements stood
ready for the few moments' finishing
touch in the customer's presence.

„, STEAMER DEPARTURES %

X Allan. S;

ij Numldian, Boston-Glasgow. . .B'eb. 27 (j

jjj American. V

S St. Paul, N. Y.-S'hampton....Feb. 22 S)

i^ Atlantic Transport. s<

,'{ Minnetonka, N. Y. -London. . .Feb. 22 'Si

S Cunara. W

'^ Carmania, N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Feb. 19 ?■

V Carpatliia. Boston-Liverpool.. Feb. 18 V
>?• Pannonia. N. Y.-Mediter'n . . .Feb. 27 V
^ Lusitania. X. Y. -Liverpool. . .Feb. 26 V

5, Hamburg-American. ^

t'' Patricia. N. Y.-H.niiburi,' Feb. IS Sj

* K. A. Vict.Tia. N. Y.-lFburg . Feb. 20 S

* Pres. Crant. N. Y.-IIaiiiburg. Feb. 27 ft
■j)^ Holland-America. S-
£ New A'sfril'iii. N. V.-Kt'd'in.Feb. 25 V
'5; Leyland. (*1
K \Vinifreili.in. B. ston Liverp'l . Feb. 22
S North German Lloyd.

V K. VVilhcbii II. .\. Y.P.remen.Feb. IS
y G. Wasljinictou. .\. Y.B'men.Feb. 22

S, Red Star.

^. Zeeland, N. Y. -Antwerp Feb. 19 '^

I* Finland, N. Y.-Aulwcrp Feb. 26 ^

S White Star. g

A Adriatic, N. Y.-Mediter'n Feb. 18 «)

L<C Baltic, N. Y. -Liverpool Feb. 20

Majestic, N. Y.-Southumpton.Feb. 22 K

DETROIT WINDOWS THIS WEEK.

.Mr. Pochelon shows an interesting
window decoration, picturing a large
steamboat and several yachts sailing
along the coast of Algiers, using Japan
maple and five specimens of Cactii
growing amongst the rocky cliffs very
effectively.

B. Schroetor had one window filled
with pots of white azaleas neatly trim-
med with pink crepe paper and bow.

Potted tulips and hyacinths nicely
trimmed made a very effective window
at J. P. Sullivan's, and many of these
plants were disposed of.

Breitmeyer's had a display of white
lilac and double flowering almonds,
both very well done.

FRANK DANZER.

INCORPORATED.
Birmingham, Ala. — The Hugh Seals
Floral Company, capital stock, $2,000;
officers. Hugh Seals, president; John
M. Colmaiit, treasurer; and Oscar Col-
mant, vice-president.

Samuel Redstone, who has charge of
the Traendly & Schenck Greenhouses
at Rowayton, Conn., sailed on Feb-
ruary 5th on the Carmania on a visit
to his former home and relatives in
England.

ALEX. McGONNELL

571 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Tflegrapliie orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
tr.iiisterred or intrusted by tbe trade to
our selection f^ir delivery on steamships
or elsewhere rei eive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash moBt accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.

Cahle Address, ALEXCONNELL,.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Dehver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or GUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

\A'ritf or telotrraph

2139-2141 Broadway. New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

TBI Fifth Ave.. Cor. E SStli St.

NEW YORK CITY

^

BROOKLYN

_^J\S^

NEW tORK

^^

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Pro.pect

339-347 Greere A»e.

Tel. 3908 Preniect

Establisheil 1874

n.OKIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Aveoae. N. Y. Citj

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowery shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspos
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntitli
Colonic?;. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor.

YOUNG S NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
BAIVY, IM.

Y.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICINITY

AiB.4NT, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DKI-IVEKEn IN ALBANY .\\I) VUINITT

ON teli;<;k.\i'iii( <>ki)>:i{

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone aiSg

Members Florists TclcgTaph Delivery

When writing to advertiser* kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

February 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

•229

KEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERiES

ScntI ll<iw»T orders for <leli\ery in ISoston
and all New Eng;Ian<l jxHiits (o

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relieil upon when you trau^ler your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Bovlston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telei^raph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden I'virnitiire, Art <;<'odsand
New Desi^'iis in Tus' any Uaskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

IVORCCSTER,

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points in J«ew England.

125.000 Hqimre feet of slass.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stock and Work Fist Class

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leftdlnff Florlflts. Orders AUmI for KBy
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street • • PROVIDENCE

TiTe California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN ■

•FRANK M. FORREST

344 - 346 Geary Street, S.4N FR.VNCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAl,.

We cover tbe entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
nil Steamers sailing for H' noluln. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TI.EGB.APH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famea Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered ou mail or tele^jraph lUMler for
any oeeasion, in auy part *»f Hie l)(»iiiinion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonee St., - - TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL'' ^^

Orders Pilled

HALL & ROBINSON rj s Jl

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. """

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. T.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St.

Boston— Thos. F Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn. tbe Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Julius A. Zlnn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O —J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons.
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit. Midi. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Gr;ind Ave.

Kansas Cltv. Mo. — Wm. L. Bock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

.Montreal. Can —Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, TBI Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 5Sth St.

New York- David Clarke's Sons, 213fl-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York — Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomlngdale's.

Providence. R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybossct St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

St. Paul— Holm A Olson, Inc.

Toronto. Can.^J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gnde Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— P. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby.

Worcester, Mass. — H. F. A. Lange.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Newark, N. J. — Ernest Radanny.

St. Louis, Mo. — Red Bud Floral Co.,
Sixth street.

Pascoag, R. I. — Tliomas Kennedy,
Main street.

Buffalo, N. Y. — August Doerner, Fill-
more avenue.

Lynchburg, Va. — R. B. Carrutliers,
.52 Law Building.

St. Louis, Mo. — Mrs. Chas. Schoenle,
Grand avenue, near Shenandoah.

Memphis, Tenn. — Albert H a i s c h,
Madison avenue and Main street.

Grand Junction, Colo. — Grand Floral
Co.. D. C. I^latt, manager. Main street.

NEWS NOTES.

St. Louis, Mo. — A. Jablonslvy of Oli-
vette, Mo., was in Chicago recently
where he arranged with the Chicago
Carnation Co. to jointly handle hia
new carnation, which he named Thos.
A. Edison. It is a variegated variety
on the order of Mrs. Patten. Local
florists consider it a good seller.

Visitors: Martin Reukauf. A. Zirk-
man and J. .1. Karins. all of Philadel-
phia; E. J. Hall. New York; and H.
Baer of Peoria, III.

RICES

Easter Chiflons

AT THE RIGHT PRICE

Plain Waterproof, 8 inches wide,
Satin Edge Dotted, Lily of Val-
ley, all widths of chiffons.

New Easter Folder Sent on Request,
Try Our New Mail Order Dept.

M. RICE COMPANY

LEADING FIORISTS' SUPPLY
HOUSE and RIBBON SPECIALISTS

1220 RACE ST., Philadelphia, Pa.

BOSTON. MASS.

"I'enn. Tlie Telecrapll Florist"

-Member of I'l rist.'i' Tclettraph Di'llvery

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orderw for ilower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

GUDE BROS- CO
FLORISTS

»A5"'N&T0M- DC

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists*
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfEL

Euclid Avenu*

WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Dana Hall. ^^■alIUlt Hill an<I Kockridge Hall

Schools. TAILBY, Wellesley, Mass.

Tel. Wellesley 4t-l anil i. Night 44-3.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.
and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

New Uiland Points 171 Wefbosset Straet

•290

HORTICULTURE

February 15, 1913

Cherries Are Ripe, We Have Them

Only a short time left for you to display the
cherries to commemorate George Washington's
Anniversary. A little bunch attached to your
boxes, also tied and arranged on the handle of
baskets will attract attention. Try some. They
will prove very fetching.

The dainty two-tone baskets in London tints
are in great demand for Easter work. Send for
sample order; our selection will be a pleasing one.
Combination tints, white and pink, nile and white.

yellow and white, lavender and white and many
other ones if desired. It may appear early to ad-
vertise Easter baskets but these take time to get
ready.

Plenty of Waterproof Crepe Paper in the import-
ed kind, which is the best. All good flower shades.
Pleated Crepe Paper, the accordion effect, is still
in popular demand. Magnolias, Green, Brown and
Red, prepared and selected, of uniform stock.

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CHICAGO NOTES.
Some New Plants.

Frank Oechslin's range of plant
houses is a thing of beauty now, filled
with blooming and decorative stock.
Thousands of pots and pans of bul-
bous stock are Just in prime condi-
tion, and being sent out for St. Valen-
tine's Day. Among the hyacinths was
noted the new Lady Derby, which was
on trial here last year and is this year
grown extensively. It is a good shade
of light pink and a full, well-built
flower, the individual flowers hanging
like bells, hiding the inside and giv-
ing a general drooping effect. A new
tulip, the La France, is a pretty thing,
large and strong and very delicate
white shaded with pink.

The azalea houses are especially in-
teresting now as many of the new va-
rieties sent over by the Belgian grow-
ers for trial, under number, are now
in bloom. Many of them are very
promising. Among the regular stock
Is a comparatively new one here, Mrs.
Jean Peeters. a deep glowing rose
shade, almost red, and blooms in clus-
ters. Mrs. J. Haerens, new here, is a
deep pink, softer in shade than Vander
Cruysen. Haerensiana has a striking
flower, very light salmon, slightly
deeper in the center and is grown here
in quantity now for the first time.

Valentine Notes.

This day is apparently gaining in
favor with patrons of the flower shops,
though very little is done in the way
of window advertising except the occa-
sional use of the old-time heart-shaped
boxes. This year a new box has ap-
peared with an appropriate cover de-
sign and suitable for long-stemmed
flowers. It is very attractive and was
gotten up by a local retailer who is
noted for original ideas.

One of the department stores of-
fered 2000 pots of tulips, hyacinths and
daffodils and several hundred cycla-
men plants for a St. Valentine's Day
sale an event which will be to the
interest of the florists in the future if
not especially this year.

The interior ot J. Mangel's store pre-
sented a holiday appearance. Large
azaleas and other blooming plants

were artistically decorated and grouped
to appeal to the eye of the valentine
hunter and incidentally to his purse.

Trade Items.

N. J. Wietor is quite enthusiastic
over his trip to the sunny South land
and brought home many good snap
shots of the pecan and orange groves.

Weiland & Risch have given up
their retail store recently opened on
East Washington street. It is very
difficult to get an attractive window
display in a basement store.

Fred Strail is getting things in
shape for the opening of the new Wil-
liams store at the corner of Wabash
and Monroe avenues. The floor space
is nearly 50 x 50 feet, with plenty of
light from the sidewalk. For a base-
ment location there are splendid facili-
ties for handling a large trade and the
equipment will be of the best.

The Herald carnation, the Chicago
Carnation Company's prolific new red,
is proving a wonderfully easy plant
to propagate. Almost no failure to
root in the bench and Manager Pyfer
is more than pleased with results. Du-
plicate orders are now coming from
those who have received their first
stock, the large, strong cuttings ap-
pealing favorably to the growers.

Visitors: Mr. McCarthy, represent-
ing Carbone. Boston; Wm. Dykes, rep-
resenting Ed. Jansen, New York; H.
E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Man., Canada;
E. S. Thompson, Benton Harbor, Mich.;
Wm. Espel, Benton Harbor, Mich.;
August Fredrickson, St. Joseph, Mo.;
Mr. Weike, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr.
Haisch, Memphis. Tenn.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

There seems little doubt but that
the local florists will be on the job for
the New York show. Plans for the
gathering together of a party large
enough to w'arrant securing a special
train have been progressing well.
Some little entertainment will be pro-
vided the travelers enroute but the na-
ture of this has not as yet been made
public. There's going to be some big
surprises sprung especially as regards
those who will make the trip; the stay-
at-homes will be there in a body. The
bowling team is also figuring on mak-
ing the trip and to play games with
star teams from other cities. Wash-
ington has quite a reputation for
bowling so that the local team can be
expected to walk away with some of
the honors. Anyhow, they are look-
ing forward to some good matches.

DURING RECESS.

Cook County (Chicago) Bowling League
Score, February 5, 1913.

VIOLETS.

OltCIIIDS,

Cole,

122 118 141

Kraiise, 148161160

J;ic-ohs,

ISl H'.l 177

Gr.lCf, 21617314S

Wolf.

lH61(3fi2U9

Brostr'm, 157 140 176

.Tolmson.

131 1(i7 1S3

George E., 184 189 153

.1. H'liner.

l.'!5 147 17!)

J. Zech. 1.53 167 185

CARNATIONS.

ROSES.

Ijormnn.

1.55 1.52 172

Goerisch, 132 159149

L'b'rm'n.

inn 1(1.5 1S4

Kochler, 147 142 102

Armst'np:

119 144 130

Schleid'n, 165 141144

A.vers.

141 190 138

Bjers. 172 181141

A. Zeoli.

103 108 1.50

Fischer, 211 177 108

In connection with the automobile
carnival now in progress, a handsome
silver cup is offered to the firm hav-
ing the best decorated store and in at
least one instance this has been prom-
ised to the decorator in the event of
his display winning. Mr. Oehmler's
decoration consists of a garden scene
with the walls and ceiling completely
covered with smilax and other trail-
ing plants. Spruce trees have been
placed here and there throughout the
large store and azaleas, lilacs and
other potted plants give color to the
scene. Lighted Japanese lanterns are
also used. At the rear ot the store is
the garden wall, behind which is lo-
cated the string orchestra, and on
either side are the cement garden set-
tees. At one side is the old well with
the sweep in action.

The Buick display, done by George
Cooke, is one of the handsomest ever
seen in this city. Ten large urn-shaped
baskets have been employed to carry
out one part of the decoration. These
are filled with the choicest of cut
flowers in an artistic manner. Vines
cover the walls and ceiling, with wall
pockets in which are ferns and flow-
ers. Several hundred sweet peas and
carnations are being given away at
the store each evening.

February 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

231

Obituary.

W. A. Talbot.
Warren Allen Talbot, oue of the old-
est citizens of Norwood. Mass., and
for 35 years a well known and high-
ly respected florist, died on Feliruary 7,
after a long illness, aged 83 years. He
leaves a w'idow and one son.

Charles H. Barrett.

Charles H. Barrett, a well-known re-
tail florist of Concord, N. H., died on
Thursday evening, February 6, after a
long illness. He has been in the
flower business in Concord since 1899.
His widow and one son survive him.

Fred C. Schmeling.

Fred C. Schmeling, well known and
popular as a florist in Milwaukee, Wis.,
died at a sanitarium on January 31,
after an illness of four weeks with grip
and pneumonia. Mr. Schmeling was
born in Germany and came to Milwau-
kee at the age of 17 — 35 years ago. He
leaves a wife, three daughters and two

sons.

A. J. Furbush.

Albourne F. Furbush, well-known
florist and gardener of Lynn, Mass.,
died of pneumonia on the evening of
February 3rd after an illness of eight
days. He was born in Lynn August
28, 1864, and has always resided there.
He was well known and very popular
among the people of Nahant, Lynn
and neighborhood. He is survived by
a wife, six daughters and four sons.

Joseph Fink.

In the passing away of Joseph Fink,
Chicago loses one of its early florists
and one who was actively engaged in
the business till the last. Joseph Fink
was born in Austria. March 16, 1836.
and spent his early years in that coun-
try. During the forty years he has
been in this country his home was in
Chicago and for many years he has
been located at 2644 Herndon street.
His death took place February 7th and
the funeral was held at the residence,
February 10th. Mr. Fink is survived
by his wife, three daughters and three

sons.

Walter Tickner.

Walter Tickner, who planned and
superintended the laying out of many
of the parks and grounds in Rochester,
N. Y., died on February Sth, at his
home in that city, at the advanced age
of 77 years. Mr. Tickner was born in
England and learned his trade there
and came to Rochester 23 years ago.
He was well known as a landscape
gardener and architect and laid out
many plots that have become show
places of Rochester. He planned Wil-
low Pond and Kodak Park, the latter
one of the largest industrial parks of
the country. He also laid out the ex-
tensive grounds surrounding the East
avenue home of George Eastman and
the park of the German-American But-
ton Company.

Denver, Colo. — W. C. Reed, an Ohio
shipper of nursery stock, has insti-
tuted a suit against F. L. Rounsevell,
entomologist for the State of Colorado,
for the destruction of 10,000 trees
shipped to an Arapahoe County fruit
grower two years ago. The amount
claimed as damages is $6,500.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices perf dozen— No. 1, S2.50 ; No. 2, tS.SO : No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; No. 5, 46.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

Henry F. Michell is on a trip to Ber-
muda. Expects to return home about
.March 1st.

Among the visitors in Philadelphia
the past week was Henri Beaulieu of
Woodhaven. N. Y., who wanted a va-
cation and wisely chose Philadelphia
as a good place to come to. Incident-
ally he says he picked up a nice batch
of orders.

Our old friend, Chas. L. Seybold,
late of Baltimore, now superintendent
of parks, Wilkesbarre, sends compli-
ments under date of February 7th to
all his old friends around Philadelphia,
and says that he hopes to pay them a
personal visit very soon. We surely
will be glad to see him.

At Dreer's seed store the January
trade has been unprecedented and be-
yond all expe'tations — especially in
the flower seed department. It was
fondly believed that tbe old overtime
proposition had been abolished for
ever; but four nights a week have
been the rule this year, in spite of
every precaution.

R. Brunswick, who is now in charge
of the advertising department of M.
Rice Co., is establishing a mail order
department which will supervise the
filling and shipping of all mail orders,
and wherever possible all mail orders
will be shipped the same day as re-
ceived. This department should be of
great benefit to customers who want
goods in a hurry.

Tom Hogan is no believer in a
mark-down sale. He says nobody will
buy unless you threaten to mark
things up. Evidently Mr. Hogan has
been taking a leaf out of the book of
our esteemed glass magnate, Ed.
Flood. Mr. Flood for ten years back
has been able to convince us all that
rock-bottom had finally been reached
and that it was simply a question of
days, or even hours, when she was
bound to jump. If you ever meet Ed.
Flood you will go up against "some
diplomat" — believe me. Dennis Con-
nor of the Lord & Burnham Co., with
his "boiler a day" and the rest — is a
close second in the same field.

Paul Richter, general manager of
the H. F. Michell Co., is busy superin-
tending alterations to the store. A
sub-fioor has been formed at the rear,
giving much added space for the office
forces. The shipping department has
also been rearranged and enlarged —
allowing for a forwarding and receiv-

ing room separate. In the main build-
ing and the annex the many floors are
heavily stocked at present with grass
and garden seeds, etc., in anticipation
of the spring rush. Mr. Richter pointed
out to your correspondent one little
item of 225,000 pounds of red top in
stock — which is quite some for a retail
store — and is an indication of the ex-
tent of other grasses on hand. Sub-
galleries are on every floor — each
packed to the limit. Since entering
these new stores two years ago over
$35,000 have been spent in alterations
and improvements.

Visitor — Mr. Gorly, of Grimm &
Gorly, St. Louis, Mo.

NEWS NOTES.

New Hamptcn, Iowa — F. R. Robin-
son has leased the greenhouses of the
New Hampton Floral Co.

Augusta, Ga. — P. J. Berckmans Com-
pany report orders coming in freely,
especially for ornamentals. They are
completely cleaned out of many
things, especially of broad-leaved ever-
greens. This section is peculiarly
blessed with a great variety of broad-
leaved evergreens which can be grown
successfully in this latitude.

Harlan P. Kelsey of Salem, Mass.,
left the other day after a very pleas-
ant visit of a few days.

EVER READY
POTCOVER

plied,
sizes.
of 10c

The modern way of
artistically decorat-
ing unsightly clay
flower pi>ts. Make*
plants sell better as
they are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, durable
and instantly ap-
Made In four colors and many
Sample will be sent on receipt

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, statiog size you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also slate whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co. ,

553 Lake Street, KendaHville, M.

Mention Horticulture when you write.

232

HOHTICULTURB

February 15, 1913

ALJ

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Of splendid quality, and fium our ubservation our supply
Is the best in this market.

RDEIINil

$2.00 and $3.00 DOZEN

When you buy nur ilnrdenias y^u have the satisfaction of

setting the best you lan buy. To prore what we say.

try a dozen.

The Leo Niessen COm

WHOV,ESAl^K FLORISTS

N. W. Corner
12th and Rac« Sts.

PHILADELPHIA

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I Retail Florists |

want to find a market for yonr S
product 3

want a regular or special supply S
of the product of the best 9
growers ••

IF YOU

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower l-ages

= The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leadlnc S
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade 1

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THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

Gfi PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. Insist on having: the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. [•;iiil>lcnis. etc. Always
in Stock.

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

< MANUFACTURERS '

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

HENKY M. m)!mm & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists* Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

MM.iyicl'uliough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Special altciition to shipping orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies. Seeds aud Bulbs.
Price list oa application.
Pho-^» V--~ =01 Sifi Wnlnut St., Cineinnnti.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

ConsiKninenta Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA OEOR.GIA

POEHLMANN BROS. GO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Gr33nh3uses, Mirtan Grovo, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MAKKETS — ^'*^'*^''«"-|S-D^\VER"i

LERS ONLY

ROSES

CINCINNATI

February lo

phTkOIT

February lo

BUHHALO

February lo

iPITTj-bURQH

I February lo

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

'* Extra

No. I

** " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra '-

'* Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. -

Bride, 'Maid

Hilbngdoo, Ward, Melody, Extra- .
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Calias

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

40.00
25.00
15.00
4.00
8.00

2. 00
8.00
2.00
2.00

3.00

Mignonette •

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo)--
*' *' & Spren. (loo bchs.)..

8.00
8.00
3.00
1.50
2.00
2.00

50.00

3D-00

25.00

10.00
10.00

6.00
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15.00

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OUR STOCK IS A-l AND IT IS QUALITY NOT
PRICES THAT TALKS

PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET

CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE., i^Y/KrsrRg^xT CHICAGO

When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICULTURE.

February 15. 1913

HORTICULTURE

■23a

Single and Double DAFFODILS

Pine Ij:irj;o GoIJen Spur, Von Ziuu .iiul other good varieties; crisp, well grown

Hnwers; nothing lietter for a wed; end sale. $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.
C.\TTLEY.4S: Special, SC.OO per doz.. $3.5.00 per 100; Extra, $4.00 per doz.,

SL'O.dO per 100.
V.\I.I-EV: Speiial, $4.00 per 100; Kxtrn. .$3.00 per 100.
G.VRDKMAS: Special, $3.00 per doz.. .•fJO.UO per 100; Fancy, $2.00 per doz.

.viTi.dd per 100.
As M Special we will offer them in lots of 50 or over, some medium, some

lunger stems, all giod flowers, nl S12.m per 100.
GRKKX C.^RN.iTION DYE: T.lc. pfr pl;KP. ; .'^7.30 per doz. pkgs ; $12..3a lor 2.5.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

WILD SMILAX: $.1.00 per case.

GREEN or BRONZE G.\LAX: $1..50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000.

I-EIKOTHOE SPR.AYS: Green and bronze, .$1.00 per 100; .$7..50

per 1.(100.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: .'<1..50 per ba.J.
SI'H.VGNUM MOSS: 10 lilil. bales, nitely burlapped, each $4.25; i>

ti.ile lots, @ $4.00; 10 bale lots, @ .$3.75; 25 bale lots, ® $3.50.
MEXICAN IVY; .$1.00 per 100; .$7..")0 per 1.000.
DAGGER and FANCY EEKNS: Sli.flO per 1.000.
BOXWOOD: 50 lb. ca <cs. .fT.-'iil pa.'b.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Mauy new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write
us for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN GO.

The Wliolesale Florists of Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA

1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK

117 West 28th St.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W.

Flower Market Reports

All roses are in de-
BALTIMORE mand, with a good
supply excepting
American Beauties, which are still
scarce. Carnations meet with a good
demand and what are to be seen are
of excellent quality. Jonquils and tu-
lips are selling very rapidly and there
is a good call lor orchids. Single and
double violets move slowly and this
holds true with sweet peas also, but
the red varieties should be in demand
for St. Valentine's Day.

Notwithstanding 1 h e

BOSTON clear, sunny, wintry
weather enjoyed since
the .grcund hog did his annual stunt
the quality of carnations and some va-
rieties of roses seems to have taken
a downward step and the market shows
a certain proportion of low grade ma-
terial. Since Ash Wednesday history
has been repeating itself and business
has eased up quite noticeably and
prices have followed the downward
route; yet there is not much to com-
plain about and the trade from outside
points is sutflciently active to indicate
that the Lenten season will be far from
barren. Tulips vary as to qual-
ity, many being but rags and of no
value to anybody. Yellow narcissi are
plentiful and good— worth more, real-
ly, than the prices prevailing. Beauty
roses are imperfect, as a rule, no mat-
ter what grade they may perform in
as to length of stem, etc. In fact, all
roses are a little off in quality. Vio-
lets are still in the dumps.

The market has been

CHICAGO practically in the same
condition for the past
month, a steady supply meeting a
steady demand with medium roses as
the stock shortest in supply. Long
roses sell well, but there is no short-
age and, therefore, no ditficulty to fill
orders of any size. With short and
medium grades there is a general

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^'^^''«"^r„-D^E!: '""

TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

»0!» I UN

February 13

CHICAGO

Febmary 11

^T LOUIS

February 10

PHILA.

February 3

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

Extra

No.

" " Lower Grades

Killarney , Extra

" Ordinary ...

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " " Ordinary

Taf t. Sunburst - . -

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lihes, Longiflorum

Calla

Lily of the Valley. •■

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias - .

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (roo).-

'* " & Spren. (100 Bchs.). .

40.00

30.00

10.00

300

6.00

2.00

6.00

2.00

2.00

6.00

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4.00

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12.00
2.50

1.50

40.00
10.00
12.00
4.00
2.00

300

3.00
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-50
1.50

6.00

.60

25.00

1-25

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50.00
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4.00

4.00

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5.00

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8.00

8.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

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40.00
25.00

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25.00

10.00

15.00

8.0c

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50.00

12.00

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4.00

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to.oo
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25.00

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10.00
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.75

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8.00

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12.50
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1.50
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50.00
50.00

cleaning up each morning, causing a
running about after stock to fill later
orders. Beauties are only fair in qual-
ity and there are few really first-class
ones offered. Lilies are moving well
and there are many of them on the
counters. AH kinds of bulbous stock
are offered in quantity, and all kinds
are moving to good advantage. Paper
whites are dropping off a little in sup-
ply, while tulips and narcissus are
more abundant. Corone d'Or are seen
now and bring the top price on tulips
— five cents. Something seems to be
the matter with the violet market this
year. Doubles are losing out as favor-
ites and singles go slower than in for-
mer years. Sweet peas, on the con-
trary, are more popular than ever.

Last week gave u&
CINCINNATI tbe first bit of real

winter this year. The
receipts of sto^-k, however, did not di-
minish but on the contrary seems to

increase, "ooth In quantity and quality,
for old Sol was on the job almost con-
tinuously. The average business is
only fair for the prices are very
moderate. Judging from the way
the retailers talk, both local ones
and from out-of-lown, this year's St.
Valentine day will prove a good one.
Theie are very heavy supplies of vio-
lets, both double and single. Both are
very good. Sweet peas are in a larger
supply than at any other time this
year and are selling nicely. Lily of
the valley offerings are excellent iu
quality and large in quantity. For the
past week, however, the demand for
this last has been only ordinary. Or-
chids, and fine ones, too, are coming
in regularly. Richmond roses are in a
better supply than a fortnight ago and
I hey and Red Carnations will undoubt-
edly clean up easily. The rose cut is
about normal. While the demand gen-

f Co 'If in 14 fit on Page sjs"*

234

HOETICULTURE

February 15, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street NEW YORK

flit ROSfS, fiCy CIBNflllONS

A Full Line of ALL CVV I'Ll.lWi: KS.
Telephone. 38<0 or 3871 Madison ^Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 38th St. NEW TORK

Telephones: 2200, 2201. Madison .Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \^ll Madlsoa Square NeW YOrfc

inoore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Gommission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— rWiVI. P. FORD- —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

C«U and inspect the Best Establlshnieni
In the Wholesale Flower District

single: and double

V I O I- ETTS

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Growers' MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn,Jr.

55 ^ 57 •Wfest 20th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresli tut E\erjfreen>, .Mosses,

Southern Smilax, <tolax an«l Leurothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

(yeas ami Talmetto.

I.. {;g'^} M,d.s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R£CD ®. KELLER

122 West 25th St.. Nen York

Florists' Supplies

Wf manufacture all «nr

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

■ iud ;in' (Ie;ili_'rs in

DttoratJve <;ia8Mivare. Growern an I

I'lorists' RequisiteH

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE GOMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby it., brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J.COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000.... $1.75. 50,000.... »7. BO. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

I*. J. s:c^r^n

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist W'-^^^ir^^l^WSi

A toll line of Choice Cut Flower stock lor all purposes The HOME OP THE UL.Y
by the 100, 1000 or lO.HOO

TBL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Comtiission Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 Wttt 28th Street. New York
Telephone— J»3I-3>33 Madison Smisre

EstabUihed | Wj^ ^V | | ^^ ^J Still Goinf
1887 B^ - i^X. . ^^ ^H ha ^^ I ^i Strong

^

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cot Flower Crnalirninents ''elicited.
A 8QDARE DEAI.. PROMPT RETURNS. UONBT ALWATB RKADT.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Open 6 A. M. dally. Telephone. 187 aiU 44«« Mad. M.

^

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

.THE HIGHEST %# A I I C"V ALWAYS

. -^0;..:.; GR.\DE OF VMI-LCT ON HAND

GAR£$lENrAS,- DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS,

105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special ^qa

Extra

No. I

'* " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Rlcbmond, Maryland, Extra

'■ " Ordinary....

Bride, Maid

Hilllngdun, Ward, Melody, Extra ...

" " " Ordinary

Taft. Sunburst

Carnations. Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

last Half of Week

First Half of Week

ending Feb

8

beginning Feb. 10

1912

1912

40.00

to

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to

60.00

20.00

to

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20.00

to

30.00

8.00

to

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8.00

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS
3-«: Weaet aStli Street:, :N^e-vv- ^ITorlz:

Telepbonee I {^j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Frank H. Traendiy Char ei SohenA | ^W% M M^ ^J I M 1 jj|M^

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK ^ESK"'*

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telcphoa«s : 798 and 799 Madiioa Square
Conatcnment* Solicitc<l

C1CNTRALI.T I^CATKD, THE HTB OF
THE FL.OW1CB MARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorlst

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 706t Madlaon

Telepbnne 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 Nest 28tli Street NEW YORK

Shipmeutg, any qnantity, Whijle-
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BBOAOWAY. DETROIT, MICH.

HENRY M.k^.UIN.SON.Pri-s .MAURICE I,.GLA,'<.S. TrtM
CHAS E.ROBI.NSON V-I'rce. .JOSEPH .M ARGOl.IS, SW;

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
'NA^Holeeale F'lorls'te

Maurice L. Claes, Muiaser
55-57 WEST 26lJi ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

February 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

•235

Flower Market Reports

f Continued from page _'iV)

erally takes up all of them still there
are some days when there are quite
a few left over. Carnations, when
good and solid have been finding good
sales. Bulbous stock of all kinds is in
overly large supply. A good bit of the
stock is of a good quality but as long
as people can get good roses and car-
nations at a reasonable price they do
not seem to want auy of this line un-
less they need it to fill out and round
out their supply.

All greenhouse prod-

DETROIT ucts have taken a
slump except roses,
which are coming a little more plenti-
fully, but still hold themselves aloof
of the terrible slaughter going on be-
tween the lower classes consisting
principally of Dutch products and car-
nations. Under these conditions prices
were anything but stable and a few
retailers took a jump at some job
lots and arranged sales of carna-
tions at low prices. During this com-
ing week we expect a little steadier
tone with Valentine's Day coming,
which always brings a good demand
for violets and spring flowers.

The past few days

NEW YORK have demonstrated
that the coming in of
Lent is no serious detriment to the
flower business provided that the
weather man helps out. Had the
weather continued warm and spring-
like the product would have swamped
the wholesale marts and then the bar-
gain-hunter would have got in his bear
tactics with a vengeance. But it so
happens that wintry weather condi-
tions have befriended the flower
grower while at the same time, appear-
ing to load him up with a big coal
bill. It is not so much what the
market is as what it might have been
that we should take to heart. There
are some short-comings and very plain
evidences that the market is weak but
it might be worse. The principal vic-
tim of the present conditions is the
carnation. The "divine flower" is
surely feeling the pinch just now.
There are too many of them, by far,
and the question of enlarging and ex-
tending the market should lie a per-
petual burden on the mind of the car-
nation grower. Perhaps, after this
year's experience, he will get busy.

Flowers have not

PHILADELPHIA been going with
the old vim, but
considering that the last week included
the first days of Lent conditions have
been reasonably satisfactory. The sup-
ply of -\merican Beauty roses has im-

ALBANY GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

""""eo""'"" 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIME AND .MONEY BY SENDING YOCB ORDER TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIDR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS

BEST PRODUCED

226 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/Holesale F'loris-ts

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

OliG.VNIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
(IT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' Sl'rPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
llnm<--Ero»B Stock a Specialty. STRICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference faralabed ■• ta •tmBdlaK and flnanclal ability of the rompany.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIOINS PER 100.

MISCELLANEOUS

CatlleyaA

Cypripedlums

Lilies, LoDgitlorum ^

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper While

'* Tiumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette i--

Sweet Peas

Garden as •

Adiantum

5tnliax

Asparagus Pluino5U5» strings (per xoo)

" " & Spren (loo bunchcE) .

To Dealers Only

Last Half of Week

First Half of Wnk

ending Feb

. 8

beginning Feb. 10

1913

1913

20.00

to

35-0O

20.00

to

50*0

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to

12.00

10.00

to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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6.00

to

12.00

6.00

to

12.00

35.00

to

40.00

3500

to

40.00

15.00

10

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2S.oa

liroved somewhat, al^o the quality — al-
though the shorts are still scarce and
inferior. Good KiUarneys have sold
well, at lather lower quotations. Yel-
low roses are holding their own all
right. There were some especially fine
Melody to be seen. Richmond was in
better supply but the demand did not
keep pace. Quotations on carnations
have receded slightly, but a pleasing
feature of the market was that no flow-
ers of these went to waste. Mrs. Ward
is still the leader and some very fine
White Enchantress are arriving. The
red section does not show up so well —
our old standby. Beacon, having appar-
ently gone back on us, and nothing
better to take its place so far. Among
the promising reds showing up for next
year the Wm. Eccles, a very large well-
formed flower of pure color, will be
largely grown and looks like a money
maker. Orchids are- still too many. Ex-
perienced salesmen state that they
never saw these sell so low in Phila-
delphia before. Sweet -Peas — about the
liveliest item on the. market — quantity
and quality both O. K. Daffodils and
lily of the valley rather sluggish.
Acacia still a feature. More could be
sold if available.

Plenty of stock every
ST. LOUIS i!ay but demand slow

and a lot of the stock
left over after morning sales. Roses

more plentiful than for some time
past and violets a glut almost any day.
Roses and carnations held up fairly
all week in price. Bulb stuff is com-
ing in fine and the supply is large.
Sweet peas are more than enough for
the demand at any time of late. Some
extra good business is looked for on
St. Valentine's Day this week.

Business during
WASHINGTON the past week or
ten days has been
much better than was expected. Lent
seems to have made no great impres-
sion on business. The near approach
of the inaugural events and an early
Easter is going to tax the output of
the growers to quite an extent but
there is little doubt but that they will
be able to hold their own. Roses and
carnations have been quite scarce and
good prices have been prevailing.
Plenty of potted plants such as
azaleas, rhododendrons, lilacs, tulips,
etc., are to be had; sweet peas also are
plentiful.

ROSES WANTED

Will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 28th Street, New York

236

HORTICULTURE

February 15, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page se* List of AdTsrtlscrs.

ASIPELOPSIS

Ampelopsis Veitchii— One year, 2 to 3
ft., stronc. 50 for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel
post); $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 inches, 50
for $1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to 6 inches
for transplanting, $12 per 1000. Samples
25c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Black,
Hightstown, N. J.

APHINE

Aphln* Mfs. Co., MadlsoB. N. J.
tor page SM LUt of AflTartlMn.

ABACCARLAS

Godfrey Aachmann. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of AdTertlserg.

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
100; $l».(Ki per 10(10. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywociil. III.

ASTERS

THE SAWYER ASTERMUM.
Eight years of strict selection places It
on the mountain top of perfection, in color,
size and Profit. Price (cash with order),
$8.00 per oz. ; $4.50 per V4 oz. ; trade packet,
not mixed, $1.00. Colors, white, pink and
lavender. Send for cuts and description.
Albert A. Sawyer, Forest Park, 111.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page

ra, ciu[iuKt:u, ii. u.
List of AdverUaera

A. Leuthy A Co., Roalindale. Mans.
For page »»e List of AdTfrtlaera.
Loecbiici & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of AdTcrtisers.

BAT TRBK8

McHntcblaoD & Co., 17 Murray St., N.
For page ae* LUt of Advert! itera.

Bobbink & Atklnat Battarrford, N. J.

For page «ee Hat of AdTertiaera.

Aagust Rolker & Sona, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For paKe are Ll«t of AdTertlaera.

Bay trf«a and Box treea, aU alaM. Writ*
tor apeclal liat. Jnllua Boehri Co., Batber-
for*. N. J.

BKDDING FLAirra

A. N. Pleraon, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
For page aee Llat of Adrertlaera.

B. Vincent, Jr., A Sona Co., White Ifarab,

Md.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

BEGONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, In bloom, nice
plants. $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywo<id, III.

BOILERS

Kroeachell Bros. Co., «M Brie St., Chleago.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Lord * Biirnham Co.. 113!« Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltrhlnga tt Co., 117»» Broadway. N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BOXE.^ — CUT rl-OWER — FOtniNO

Bdwards Folding Box Co.. Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Folding cot flower boxes, the beat mad*.
Write for Hat. Holton * Flunkel Co., Mll-
wankee, Wla.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobbink 4^ Atkins, Rntberford, N. I.
For page see Llat of Advertlsera.

Jullua Boebrs Co., Batberford, N. J.
Box Trees, all alsea. Aak for special list.

BULBS AND TUBERS

Artbnr T. Boddlngton, New York. ti. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorhnm i. Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. I.

For page aee Llat of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Continned

Cbas. H. Totty, Uadlaon, N. J.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Micbell's Seed Honse. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward A Co., Tl Murray 8t,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jsniea Vick'a Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, lU.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Fottlcr, Fiske, Bawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading Blver, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. A J. Farqnhar Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balbs of sU descriptions. Writ* ter friess.
C. Kenr A Sons, HlUscom, Holland.
New York Branch. S1-3S Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOB LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS

Arthur T. Boddington, New York, N.
Boddington's Quality Cannas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Y.

Wood Bros., FIshkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
Yon can double your profits by stock-
ing nn with the new cnnnas. Be snr* to
get our list before yon place Tpnr order.
The Conard A Jones Company, Wast GrOTS,
Penna.

CARNATION STAPLE ■"

Spilt carnntiona quickly, eaally and
cheaply mended. FllUbnry'a Carnation
.Staple, 2000 f"r $1.00 post paid. I. L.
rillsbury. Oalesbnrg, III.

CARNATIONS

Scott Bros., Elmsford. N. Y.

New Carnatious.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. Dorner A Sona Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishkill. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago. 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRTSANTHEMCMS

A. N. Plerson. Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

I. M. Raynor, Greenport, N. Y.

Chrysanthemum Bargain.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemums. Simth's Advance, Unaka
and Cbrysolora, strong plants, cool grown,
60c. per doz. (free by mall) ; $4.00 per 100.
Cbrysolora, 2 in. pots, $6.00 per 100. Cash.
Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THB. By A. Har-
rington. The author baa endeavored t«
assist and direct the etferta of those who
would grow and excel In producing per-
fect chryaanthemam flowers, showing that
not In secret arts and practices, bat. i/x
plain course of procedure are the deslria
resDits attained. Illnatrated, 160 pages
Price 50 cents.

Ordera flIUd by HOKTICULTDRB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBBS BOIL

20th Ccntnry Plant Food Co., Beverly, Uasa

For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nabant, Maaa.
For page see List of Advsrtlsers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

"a.

W. Hott-

$1.25 per 100. Send for list,
man, R. 13, Dayton, O.

Dahllaa — ZBOO field clamps, Uteat varle-
tlea, cheap for cash; or wnat have yon to
exchange? Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Bxpert,
North Dlgbton. Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sett. Golden Wedding, New Ceutury Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of best cut flower
dahlias. Write tor surplus list and special
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, Williams-
town Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin,
N. J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over 850,000 field clumps to offer at right
priips. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. .ilexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Lenthy A Co.. Perkins St. Narsarlas.

Rnslindale, Moss.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and «th 8«s..

Pbiladelpbia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlaem.

John Scott, Brooklyn. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow A Marketos, 41 West IStli Bt.

New York.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros.. Maywood, III.

For List of Advertisers See Page 211

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237

FEBN8

A. Lejtby & Co., Rosllndale. Maaa.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

H. H. Barrowa & Son, Wbltman, Mass.
For page gee List of AdvertlBera.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. T.
For page gee Llat of AdTertlaerg.

Bobert Craig Co., Phlladelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oecbslln, 4911 Quiocy St., Cblcago.

Ferns for Dlsbes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hndson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners. One stock Boston, Whit-
manll, Amerpobli. Sprliigfleldil. $1.80 per
100, JWOO per lOOO. Roosevelt rnnners,
very fine. $6.0() per 100. tWMO per 1000.
Koosevelt, 4-Inch, $1."; 0<> per 100. 5-lnch,
$26.00 per lOO. AspariigiiB Plumogns, 4-
inch, handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 60.000
sq. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O.. devoted
•icluslvely to ferns. I have the best stock
to be bad anywhere. Prices are low, for
cash only. Schneider, Florist. Springfield,
O.

FERTrLIZEBS

aoth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Maaa

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page gee List of Advertlaers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Pblla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. RoblDSOB & Co., 15 Province St. and

0 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Seed * Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehao Co., Philadelphia,
Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1128 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Uevunshire St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Brnest, 28th and M Sts.,

Washington, U. C.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co.. Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hllflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page etv Llat of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracnse, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo. N. Y.

For page sec List of Advertlsera.

FCNOINE
Aphtne Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OALAX

Michigan Cnt Flower Co., 3S and 40 Broad-
way. Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OBBANIDMS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

M<i.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS— Continned
NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we are offering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular In natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2V4-inch pots
60c. each. $5.00 per doz. ; 3-incb pots. $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ills.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roselenr, Nutt, Dagata,
Rlcard, Red Wing, Viand. La Favorite, CoL
Thomas, Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, OLerle. Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden. Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent. Polte-
vlne. Double Drvden, Atlantis. Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis ( hilds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdi Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natlck,
Mass.

America In all sizes. Will exchange for
Augusta and Mrs. ' F. King. Send for
quotations. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co.,
Valley Junction, Iowa.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 216-217 Havermeyer

St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Llgt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co.. Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsb foods, nets,
elc, wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., OIney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GBBENHOUSB BUELDINO MATEBLAI.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponaet,

Boston.

For page gee List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTBUCTION

Klnc Constmctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lutton, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche. Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bomham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltrhlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plerson D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and Builder.

GUTTERS

Kins Constmctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCB

Florists' Ball Asso. of America.

J. G. Esier, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart. Rochester, N.

Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

HARDY FERNS AND OBSBN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abington, Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

P Oowerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

Boliblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eye, 1 year fleld-grown. No. 1,
$2.00; No. 2, .$1.50; No. 3, $1.00 per 100;
500 lots, 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert
Troth, Cantrll, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnrobam Co.. 1183 Broadway, N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.

New French Hydrangeas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Eastern Chemical Co., Boston, Maaa.

Imp. Soap Spray.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Aphlne Mannfactnring Co., Madison, M, i.

Aphlne and Pnnglne.

For page gee LtBt of Advertlaera.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BcDiamln Hammond, Flshklll-on-HBdaon,

N. Y.

Sing Shot.

For page see List of AdTertlaera.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents in stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Hoiticulture

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HORTICULTURE

February 15, 1913

LfLY BIILBS

B. & 3. Faiqubsr & Co., Boiton, Mais.

New LlUes.

For page sec List of Adrertisen.

Jas. Tick's Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LII.Y OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; ?60.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. 1.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F R. Plerson Co, Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

NCKSERY STOCK

P. Onwcrkerk, Weehawken Qelghts, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Norserles North Ablngton, Mass.
Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BobblDk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., Sonth Framingbam,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell. New York, N. T.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHutchlBon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AugBBt Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
tor $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
such varieties as Splreas, Altheas, Welgelas
and Phlladelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS
Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Scbllder Bros., Chllllcothe, O.

Oulon Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

OBCHID FLOWERS

Jas. McMsDOS, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

Dormant Calantlie Veltcbil.
For page see List of Advertisers.

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

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.
By li. S. Williams, ?.00 Illustrations, *10
pages: descriptions of upwards of 2600
species and varieties of orchidaceous
ilants, etc. The most complete work on
Jrrhlds and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. PrUe $10.00.

Orders ailed by HORTICULTUKB, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

^

PALMS, ETC.

Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Norserles,
Rosilndale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague. Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mais.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BeUcher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiser».

McHutcblson & Co., 1" Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

H. F. Miihell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For pnt;e sea List of Advertisers.

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
llses. H. D. Seele & Sons. Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton Special."

American Woodenwnre Mfs. Co.. Toledo. O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardiniers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St.. Chicago.

King Constru'tlim Company,

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawauda, N. Y.

POINSETTIAS

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.

Stock Plants.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH

German Kali Works, New York, N. Y.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 do«. by eip.,
$1.26 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-year-oio
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well fln
Ishcd plants, well graded and well packed
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsis
Veltchil. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHntchlsnn & Co., 17 Murray St, N. Y.
i For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, InC
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, 1:^.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

Waban Rose Conservatories, Katlck, Mass.
New Rose Mrs. Charles Russell.

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Oca.

Shawyer.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries. North Ablngton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., P».
For page see List of Advertise™.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advertis«-ra.

Brerstt B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford. Coma.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Jose, CaL

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

Bl and 52 N. Market St., Boston, MsM.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsen.

Michell's .Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. Fa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, FIske. Rawnon Co., Boston, Mass.

Bnstim Flower M.irket Stock Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston. Haas.
For page see List of Advertiaeta.

J. M. Thorbnrn & Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Beads.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.
For pane see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Hoddington, New York.
For page see 1, 1st of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Kaltlmore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, Call.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertlseia.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

For List of Advertisers See Page 211

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SEEDS — Contlnaed

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds fir Eiirl.v Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. BrysoD Ajrea Co., Independence, Ifo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New Tork, N. Y.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

T. J. Grey Co.. 32 So. Market St.. Boston.
For page see List of Adrertlsere.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York. N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. D. Woodruff & Son. New Tork, N. T.

Garden Seed.

For pace see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zanpren. Hobnken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For pnpro see List of Advertisers.

Beaulieu. Woodhaven. N. Y.
Importer of Test French Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. T.
Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansles.

SHAMROCKS

Franii Oer-iislin. Cliirapo, 111.

True Irish Shamrock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

StrO SHOT

B. Hammond. FIshklll-on-Hndson. N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SMTLAX

Smllax— Strong 2V4-inch, twice cut back,
$2.00 per 100. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth,
N. J.

SNAPDRAGON

G. S. Bamsburg, Somersworth, N. H.
"Silver Pink."

SPHAQNCM MOSS

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnnm moss, orcbld peat snd
orchid baskets always on band. Lager &
Barren, Summit. N. J.

8PIREAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PL.ANT8

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllns Roebrs Co.. Rntherford, N. J.

STAR OR WONDER BLACKBERRY

.T. T. Lovett, Little Silver. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TOMATO PLANTS

FORCING TOMA'i'^ES.

Now Is the time to book your orders
for Forcing Tomatoes for Mai..^h delivery.
Comet and Lorlllard, 2% in., at $2.00 per
100. Cash please. J. J. Clayton & Son,
West Grove, Pa.

Tomato plants, 3-ln., Lorlllard and
Comet, fine stock. 2c. Cash, please.

A. S. Rlne, Lewlsburg, Pa.

TRADESCANTIA

Wandering Jew. Bicolor and Striped.
Each, 2 in., per 100, $1.50; Bicolor, 21/2 in.,
per 100, $2.00: .500 lots, 10 per cent, off,
cash. Albert Troth, Cantril, Iow;i.

VENTIL.ATINO APPARATUS

The Advance Co., RIcbmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works,

RIcbmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

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prevent washing; for covering graves,
where the blue flowers contrast finely with
the glossy green foliage. Well rooted
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New York — Continued

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Chicago

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Washington

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
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The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co..

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Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

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New York

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LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS.

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POINSETTIAS.

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

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HORTICULTURE

Februaiy 15, 1913

THE FLORIST AND HIS MARKET.

(A paper read lie£ore the Florists' Club of
Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 1913, by
Wallace K. PiersonJJ- -

(Continued /rem page l8^) .

Let US consider briefly what tiiis
society means to the average florist.
It means a picnic and a vacation in
the summer, free lunches and a social
time with a lot of kindred spirits
(and other spirits), and a feeling when
he gets home that the florists are after
all a Jolly bunch and a lot of pretty
good spenders. But that is not all.
There is creeping into that organiza-
tion a feeling that as a National So-
ciety there is a purpose to accomplish
and that purpose is the elevation of
the florist profession from the huck-
ster standard to the dignity of a busi-
ness. The meetings should be to bet-
ter business conditions and not to set-
tle seedsmen's arguments with the rul-
ing that votes are power. That feel-
ing has brought about the National
Flower Shows to teach the people of
the world that we are alive to some of
the opportunities of horticulture as a
profession in America, to instill Into
our minds confidence in ourselves as a
whole as American business men, and
to teach us to respect our calling in
life by showing us public opinion of
horticultural achievements.

The S. A. F. and Its Possibilities.

I look forward to the day when we
shall be in reality not only a Society
of Florists but an organization of flor-
ists with serious intent and business
betterment the sole interest, and with
such a spirit we will have the co-oper-
ation not of one florist out of ten but
of the entire profession. There are, of
course, features in every exhibition
that are wholly trade features but they
all have instructive value and more in-
structive to the public than to the pro-
fession. Any flower show properly ad-
vertised educates the public to the
flower industry and anyone who falls
to support the next National Flower
Show in the Grand Central Palace will
be doing himself and his profession
an injustice, and deserves to lose his
share of the benefits which must result
to the business as a whole. It is up to
the newspapers to make or break this
show financially, but aside from the
financial end they will be doing a great
injustice to the people of the country
as a whole if they do not give an edu-
cational exhibit of this character all
the prominence it deserves. It is one
of the many unexplainable things, that
newspapers crave to give the American
people glowing accounts of insignifi-
cant celebrations and scandal and fall
to give prominence to that which is
not only interesting to many but in-
structive to all.

Ideal "Publicity."

This brings us to the question, Are
we putting the material before them
in such shape that it can be used? We
certainly are not. What then, is the
solution? At the last convention in
Chicago a motion was passed provid-
ing for a Publicity Committee of the
Society of American Florists and there
is reason to believe that at the call of
President Farquhar there will be a
meeting in connection with the Na-
tional Flower Show and that a reso-
lution will be drawn up to present to
the Society in convention at Minneap-
olis to have the Society appropriate

annually for a term of years a sum
large enough to insure a fitting start
for this work. The balance of the
necessary funds must come from the
Florists' Clubs and private individu-
als. No man can head a Publicity
Bureau who does not have his entire
time devoted to it and be successful
and accomplish the purpose. No man
can be obtained to fill this position for
a small salary; it takes money to
make it go. Would not the S. A. F.
with its $3.00 a year membership be
doing the right thing to make it a
business organization if every florist
in this country could become a mem-
ber on the grounds that two-thirds of
his yearly donation would be used to
advance his profession and benefit his
business? I believe so, and that prop-
erly canvassed they could be induced
to join. Then a Publicity Bureau
could have a chance to become a power
and a few of the good things it could
do would be the dissemination to the
papers of proper information relating
to flowers and plants and teach the
public what flowers are used for and
how; bring to public notice special
flower days and make them national;
teach the florist how to properly con-
duct his local advertising; show polit-
ical parties that a flower is an ap-
propriate party emblem; bring pres-
sure to bear on the government to
teach home beautifying, to enhance
value as well as to improve the farm
land; assist magazines of national
scope to obtain articles that relate to
flowers; aid in advertising National
Flower Shows; teach the people that
the parks are their property and their
gardens, and instill in them local pride
in their parks and flowers; make our
big days like Memorial Day — national
in their scope — and teach some sec-
tions of the country that flowers at
Easter are a necessity as they are in
the East. Perhaps I am painting this
too rosy but it is worth the thought.

Co-operation, Not Competition.

We want co-operation rather than
competition and unless we have it
there will be more florists selling their
own product direct to the real market
and that is — "the people." Consider
the possibilities of the parcel post and
the demand that has come from the
people. "Buy from the producer" is
the watchword of modern times and
they are doing it more and more in
every line of business. It is to be re-
gretted that p_lants are not included
under parcel post rates as well as cut
flowers. Consider the possibility of
an organization of growers with a
chain of stores spending the money
they are now paying for commissions
in proper publicity and advertising,
catering to the people direct, bidding
for parcel post shipments to be made
direct from the greenhouses. This
class of business would be a big fea-
ture. The people enjoy buying from
the real source of supply and they like
to buy direct from the greenhouse as
experience has proven. Parcel post
has aided in making such an arrange-
ment possible.

I tell you, gentlemen, we arc all in
the same boat. We do not want com-
petition. We want co-operation but
unless there is co-operation of retail-
ers, wholesalers and growers there will
be competition and plenty of it. Some
of us may then realize that we allowed
the goose that lays the golden eggs to

starve to death for lack of business

sense.

The Mission of the Florists' Club.

A link in the chain that binds us
all together is the local florist club.
It is to be hoped that the Florists'
Club of Philadelphia has proven this
to the local people, — that the florist
business in Philadelphia is on the
level; that it has educated them to the
fact that you are producing for them
the best products of American floricul-
ture; that you have made Philadelphia
and the State of Pennsylvania proud
of its flowers. If not, your mission
has not been accomplished, but you
have the foundation to work with right
here in the Club. Every dollar that
you spend collectively to boom your
business and put it before the public
in its true light will come back to you
individually many times over. You
have a new organization here in Phil-
adelphia, the Retail Florists' organiza-
tion. Let us hope that it will be con-
ducted as an organization of business
men, in sympathy with the grower and
his problems, willing to meet with you,
becoming a part of your organization,
ready to aid in solving the problem
of getting flowers to the real market
— "the people."

I am not under the impression that
this talk to you tonight is going to be
a heal-all, that everything will follow
the course I have mapped out, but if it
gives you the basis tor thought and
aids in strengthening the bond of fel-
lowship and helps to impress on you
the fact that our interests are mutual,
I shall be satisfied.

PERSONAL.

John T. Neville has leased his green-
houses at Chester. W. Va., to J. E. Col-
ton. and has secured a position in
Hartford.

N. F. McCarthy and daughter of Bos-
ton, are planning to sail for Bermuda
on Tuesday of next week, for a stay of
a month or more.

Robert Macdonald, superintendent
of the Johnstone estate, Hamilton,
Mass., has some sensational entries in
the big dog show at the Grand Central
Palace, New York, next week.

Miss Lizzie Dirwanger and Mrs.
George Coyle, daughters of the late
Jos. A. Dirwanger of Portland, Me.,
have been in Boston for the past week
on account of the illness and death of
their little niece, daughter of Joseph
Dirwanger.

New York visitors: John Bodger,
Los Angeles, Cal.; H. E. Philpott. Win-
nipeg, Man., en route to England; Geo.
Wyness, Prides Crossing, Mass.

Boston visitors: George Hendry,
Whitinsville, Mass.; W. W. Tracy,
Washington, D. C; Wni. Jurgens,
Newport, R. I.; F. E. Conine, Strat-
ford. Conn.; R. O. King, North Tona-
wanda, N. Y.; A. F. Faulkner, New
York, N. Y.

Cincinnati visitors: E. E. Stewart,
Rives Junction. Mich.; Mr. Frank,
Portland, Ind.; S. S. Skidelsky,
Philadelphia; Mr. Goudy of Dreer's;
Peter Weiland of New Castle, Ind.;
Myer Heller, New Castle, Ind.; Wm.
Dittman and daughter, of New
Castle; Fred Rupp, of Laurenceburg,
Ind.

February 15, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

241

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.

The classic definition of a diplomat,
which, according to Ed Jenlsins, is "a
man who goes abroad to lie for his
country," appears to us crude and su-
perficial. I have not entered the lists
yet, but I do claim here and now that
a man can be a diplomat without be-
ing a liar. The true definition is really
far wider and broader than Mr. Jen-
kins seems to think.

For instance, if Mr. Jenkins said
nothing about the burnt biscuits
served up to him some morning — out
of consideration for the feelings of an
unfortunate — I'd say he was in a fair
way. It he'd eat the things, and en-
joy them, then I'd say he is really on
the right track, and in line for that
prize.

Disraeli said Salisbury was a diplo-
mat because he was a lath painted to
look like iron. Carnegie said Gary
was a diplomat because Gary was "a
pawky chiel." Which was best?
There's a test for some of you. Dis-
raeli or Carnegie?

And now comes Willis N. Rudd. who
says:

I see George Watson wants a definition
ot a diplomat. That's easy. A diplomat
is what George C. Watson is. If G. C. W.
does not give me the dinner on this, some-
body will hand me the historic whetstone,
so I will win out either coming or going.

I don't know anything about a his-
toric whetstone. If Willis N. Rudd
sits down to a dinner with yours truly
his job will be to convince the afore-
said he's got the best of it. A dish of
diplomacy for two in such case would
mean that you make your guest be-
lieve he ha.s the bargain, and at the
same time (unconsciously) keep
enough for yourself to pay the freight.

But all that aside, there's no man
we'd rather sit down to dinner with
than Willis N. Rudd— no matter who
pays the freight. The great question,
however, the more it is considered,
widens out into John Dodds' defini-
tion: "It's a twister," which isn't a
definition at all.

Mr. Editor, will you kindly ask Mr.
Jenkins tor a definition of the word
"pawky." Some outlanders in Penn-
sylvania don't seem to know. And we
must look to the axiomatic man for
help. G. C. WATSON.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Worcester County Horticultural
Society's schedule ot premiums for 1913
has been sent out.

An interesting and very attractive
prospectus ot the Pennsylvania School
of Horticulture tor Women at Ambler,
Pa., has been issued. The illustrations
are original photographs mounted on
the pages and the text describes the
need tor the existence of the institu-
tion, the history of the movement tor
the training of women in horticulture,
the possibilities tor occupation, the
situation and equipment of the school,
the methods of instruction, courses,
expenses, etc. The address of the sec-
retary is Miss Hilda Justice. West
Clapier street, Germantown, Pa.

The Art Treasures of Washington,
by Helen W. Henderson. An account
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and
of the National Gallery and Museum,
with descriptions and criticisms ot
their contents; including also an ac-
count of the works of art in the Capi-
tol and ot the most important statuary

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Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
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Not a cure-all but a speclflc remed/
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An Infallible remedy tor mildew, rust
and bench fungi, rnlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulphur it does not stain the
foll.nge but cleanses it.

V^Ef^lVIIIME
A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cat, wire and grab worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Dsed one
part to 400 parts water. It does not In-
jure plants, but protects your crops
against ravages under the soli.

$1.00 per Quart. $3.00 per Gallon.
All are spraying materials and an
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Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEli, General Hanager.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.''
Sold by Seed Dealers of Americfu

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, TreM
and Shrubs from liibects. Put up in popular^ packages at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on nucrs and Blights, etc., to

B. HAM.MONI), - Fisbklll-on-Hodson, New York.

Imp Soap Spray

Vrtcf thf line to thlrtv-tw".

Single gallons, $1.50

Eastern Chemical Company

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Ask for Grower's Booklet.
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in the city. Washington has more than
its share of bad and mediocre art and
the author of this book has not hesi-
tated to point it out. The work aims
to cover the seriously conceived works
of art of a public character, but pri-
vate collections are not considered.

The first chapter is devoted to the
development ot Washington as a model
city and will naturally appeal with
particular interest to the horticulturist.
Several diagrams are given, showing
the original scheme as laid out by
George Washington and L'Enfant and
the efforts at adaptation of this ideal
by the commission appointed a few
years ago to consider the beautifying
of the city. There are upwards of 60
full page reproductions of portraits,
views, statuary and architectural sub-
jects. The text contains a vast amount
of valuable historical material gath-
ered together with much patient care
and the book is well worth having.

Published by L. C. Page & Co.,
Boston. Price, $3.50 net.

Alma at Hadley Hall, by Louise M.
Breitenbach, with illustrations by John

Goss, is one of three entertaining
books of fiction recently issued by L.
C. Page & Co. It is a tale of semi-
nary life, just that and nothing more.
No romance with a wedding at the
end or any of that sort of stuff, but
just a nice natural story that will
deeply interest the young girl of
school age. Price, $1.50 net.

The Girls of Friendly Terrace, by
Harriett Lummis Smith. Another
charming story for the girl reader. Its
naturalness and freedom from forced
sentimentality gives its incidents a re-
freshing, true-to-life flavor, and its
characters a reality of existence which
at once wins the reader's undivided in-
terest. $1.50 net. L. C. Page & Co.

Naomi of the Island, by Lucy Thurs-
ton Abbot. Another L. C. Page & Co.
publication. An absorbing little ro-
mance dealing with Maine seacoast
life. Marked by fidelity to conditions,
customs and personalities as they are
found among the lowly folk that find
a home on the rock-bound islands and
headlands of the Pine Tree State.
Price. $1.50 net.

242

HORTICULTURE

February 15, 19i;i

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Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Oneonta, N. Y. — B. Ackley, house 34
X 100.

Lincoln, Mass. — C. S. Smith, one
house.

Wyndmoor, Pa. — George Burton, rose
house.

Birmingham, Ala. — Otto Horst, house
25 X 100.

Evansville, Ind. — Carl Zeidler, range
of houses.

Ottawa, III. — Davis Harrison Co.,
five houses.

Bangor, Me. — Adam Sekinger. rose
house 45 x 300.

Stroudsburg, Pa. — J. Howard Stone,
house 28 X 150.

Blair, Neb. — William .T. Rodgers,
range of houses.

Newport, R. I. — Stuart Duncan, con-
servatory 22 X 122.

Oakland, Cal. — K. Nakashima, one
house, 105th avenue.

Houston, Tex. — Geo. i\. Cosh, two
houses, each 25 x 100.

Gorham, Me. — Roland Barrows, car-
nation house 35 x 100.

Natick, Mass. — A. W. Blackmore,
carnation house 30 x 150.

Racine, Wis. — Northside Green-
houses, one house 34 x 75.

Scranton, Pa.— C. S. Weston, 624
Monroe avenue, one house.

Kearney, Neb. — Green Seed & Plant
Co., five houses, each 80 feet long.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Church of the
Messiah, Broad street and Montgom-
ery avenue, conservatory and sales-
room; Dale & Yost, Heins street,
house 62 x 120.

FIRES.

Canon City, Colo. — Calvert Bros, suf-
fered the loss recently of boiler sheds
and a portion of one of their forcing
houses.

So. Auburn, Neb. — The greenhouses
of C. G. Milan & Sons were seriously
damaged by fire on January 26th; no
insurance.

Oakdale, N. Y. — The greenhouse of
Seymour Burr was burned on the
night of February 5th. Loss includes
large stock of valuable plants.

Madison, N. J. — Twelve thousand
orchids were killed by the cold yester-
day morning following a fire at the
big greenhouse in Madison, owned by
Miss Mercedes de Caycede of 623 136th
street. New York.

Unionville, Ohio — The greenhouse
owned by Winchester Fitch on the
Middle Ridge was destroyed by fire
early on the evening of February 4th,
the cause undoubtedly being an over-
heating of the furnace and a defective
flue. The loss will approximate $600
to $700.

Washington, D. C. — On the morn-

WANTED — Xurserynian. A young man
who understands the Nursery business,
particularly Ornamental and Herbaceous
plants and landscape planting from plans,
rumarried man preferred. Apply to Chas.
R. Fi.sli & Co., Worcester. Mass.

ASSISTANT NURSERYMAN, about
thirty-five years old. Only men of proven
ability will be considered. Apply In writ-
ing, giving full particulars. American
Forestry Co., 15 Beacon St., Boston.

SITUATIONS WANTED

WANTED — By gardener, or general
superintendent on private estate; experi-
enced in all branches of gardening, good
references. Eight years in last position.
W. D. Nickerson, 167 Putnam St., Quincy,
Mass.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Medford: ideal location for florist; 30.000
feet land, large 10-room house with Im-
provements, barn, carriage house, hen-
house, large steam heated greenhouse,
fruit and garden: located in center of city;
an exceptional offer. Price .$6500. Boule-
vard Storage Co., 317 Salem St., Medford,
Mass.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 xl8, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parahel-
8ky Bros, Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St..
Brooklyn. N. Y.

ing of February 8th, fire broke out in
one of the new buildings of the De-
partment of Agriculture. The flames
had gained considerable headway be-
fore they were discovered by a watch-
man. The blaze was confined to a
room in the basement in which were
stored records and supplies belonging
to the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Many of the records were destroyed.
The loss to the Government will not
be fully known until the officials of
the bureau have had opportunity to
investigate, but it will reach into the
thousands of dollars. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a barrel of
alcohol used in preserving plant speci-
mens.

DREEPL'.S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RIVERTON''

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

The HOSE for the FLORIST

^-inch, per (t., 15 C.
Reel pf 500 ft,, " I45^C.
2 Ret Is, 1000 ft., " 14 c.
I^-inch, " n c.

Keels. 500 ft., '* i2}4c.
Couplings furnished

HENRf A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

EXPENSIVE DEER.

M. H. Walsh and Miss Fay of Woods
Hole, Mass., have made a claim on the
County Commissioners for damages
caused by the browsing of the state-
protected deer on their rose planta-
tions last year. The amount of dam-
ages claimed is over $4,000. W. J.
Stewart of Boston and H. V. Law-
rence of Falmouth were called by Mr.
Walsh to testify as experts on the
extent of the injury.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS

lau !»e shipped at an hour's uotirc. I'ri'/e
per crate ;

coon 1% in. @ ?6.(I0 500 1 in. @ ?4.50

lotKi 2 •• " 4.8S 456 4y» '• '• 5.21

I.'jOO 2Vi •' •' 5.25 320 5 '■ • 4.51

1.500 2'i. •' " 6 00 210 5% ■' ■' 3.7S

1000 ;i " " 5.C0 144 6 •• " 3,16

800 3% " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottary, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Roiker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

Om SPECIUTY-tiDe Dlstmce aad eiiort Irate

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave foot
prevents the bottom from
rotting No chai ce It water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American Wooden>
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.

r— STANDARD FLOWER—]

Floors

If your ;.'Jeenli(nises are within 500 mile.s
of the ("ai)itol, write us, we can save
you uionev.

W. H. ERNEST

— 28tb & .VI Sts. Mnshinerton, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

With nen' and ImproTed machlnfry, we caa

supply yoDr wants to better advantaffe

than ever.

Special dl»iroanta on large ordem.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

Send your business direct to Washin^toa.
Saves time aind insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT l.AWYBRS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

Febri:ary 15, 1S13

n 0 R T I C U L T U K E

243

CLAMPING
BOLT

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This Eave is intended for use on
detached bouses witli either fixed
trlass or side sash.
It is practically all exposed to the
inside heat of the g^reenhouse and
so is ice clearing;.

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHADE

and as you can see

present no surface for icicles to form on.
They have great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New England Sales Office
7 WATEK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "L."

This Eave although lighter than
Style "S" is amply strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs little li^ht and is ice
clearing in the most severe weather.
It is intended for use with fixed
glass only.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, III.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

CfiSS

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are .sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmonil, Inl

CHARLES Vi.^m

Greenhouse Builder. fieneral Greenhouse

.Mechanic.

Iron Iranie and Wood Bar Houses,

I<leal Greenhou'^e Boilers.

Matfri;ils Furnished or Kre'tPd. Heating
and Ventilating; Materials.

578 Ocean Ave., JERSEY CITY. NJ.

in ordering goods please add *'i saw
it in HORTICULTURE "

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

s7jAC0BS & SONS

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - ■ - N. Y.

Greenhouse Materials AN^Tcm

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all len;jtlis up to Z'i feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for

Franii'Van Assche, ''"IL^d ^ir^fv^Jtr

.lElisKV CITY, y. .J.

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insarer of 32,500,000 sq. (t. of gUss

For particulars address

iohn G. Esler, sk'i Saddle River, N.J.

GLASS

for GREENHOrSE and HOT BED
S.4SIIES, Our prices can be liad \>y
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largrest stool; of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a ear load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Hnttom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

215-'^ 17 llavemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Peer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Gpcenliouses

Drive easy and true, because
both bevels are on itie same

'il FULL
.If SIZE
f f Ni 2

side. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rights or lefts.

The Peeriess Glazing Point
is patented. Nooihers like^^
J it Order from your dealer^//
I or direct from us. X^V/^v^

■ 1000,75c. postpaid, fl]/^
1 Samples free. "i^^^^
1 HENRTA. DREER.I y^T^

■ 714 Chestnut StreetX • •^
^^ PhUad«lphia. \J/^

l^^C

Evans 20tli Century Ann

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow amns.
Sold only with Evaos Challenge Machine.

IVr^te for fret Caialo^f U

QUAKER CITY MAnilNK CO.

Rlcbmoiid, Ind.

In ordering foods plmase add
it Ai • * HOR TICUL TORE. ' '

244

HORTICULTURE

February 15, 191:J

The Frame of Our Iron Frame

\' know that it takes miirh more strength to
liold a weiLTlit out at arm's Jenytb. straight
from your shoulder, than it does when held
ilosor to your body.

[Tow :iltog:ether reasonable it is to apply the

same principles to framing a greenhouse!

Our method of iron framing is based on that

same principle of placing the supporting members in

such a way that the load is distributed and eased up,

so that tht're are no excessive strains on the columns.

Trussing — unless it is the conipressiou type — we protest
against using.

Look at this .-(."j-foot house above and compare its ex-
treme simplicity nf compression framing with other
houses cf similar widths; and you surely must be
imi>ressed witii the advantages of surh simplicity in
construction.

Do you know all you want to
Cautelever c-i nst riictinu of ours?

know about that new
Better gel posted.

Hitchi

NEW YORK OFFICE
1170 Broadway

PHILADELPHIA OFFICE:
Penna. BIdg.

Factory : Elizabeth, N. J.

ERECTED AT RUMSON, N. J.

Weeing how attractive and practical this arrangement is, do you wonder why THE LUTTON PATENT
'^ CURVED EAVE method has changed Greenhouse Construction during the past few years ? The result
has been the most successful house that can be produced ; the other concerns who had been producing the same
antiquated buildings for years had to simply destroy their patterns as well as their catalogues and start anew, just
ask some of our imitators to show you some of their curved eave houses built before THE LUTTON PATENT
was granted, you will then be convinced that you had better consult with me.

WILLIAM H. LUTTON, ..TS.k West Side Ave. Station, Jersey City, N. J.

Xew Hydrangea .Madame ilAuriiCE Hamai;

DEVOTED TO THE

FLORIST. PLANTSMAN. LANDSCAPE GARDENER AND KINDRED INTERESTS

Published Every Saturday at 11 Hamilton Place. Boston Mass

Subscription 91. OO per Year

246

HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES

Those Who Have Grown Them Write;

"Your Butterfly is the best
strain of Pansy tbat I have ever
seen and I have been growing
pansies for marliet for many
years." W. F. HEATH,

JaCfry, N. H.

"I have tried your mammoth
Butterfly Pansies for three years
and And them superior to any I
have ever grown."

H. G. THURSTON,
Fall River, Mass.

"I have grown large pansies before, but never saw
the equal of your Giant Butterfly. The plants are 20
inches hish, and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches
long, while the blossoms themselves are simply mon-
strous, each one a bro.id expanse of beauty."

THOMAS C STARR, Newton, Mass.

Henderson's MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY Pansies

We are very proud of. We have sold them for a num-
ber of years and receive hundreds of letters praising
their superior beauty, size and other merits. When
our trial collections of all the world's best types of
pansies are in bloom we go over them dally and any
plant producing flowers of superlative merit is removed
to our "Mammoth Butterfly" plot. Consequently the
seed is saved from the greatest variety of types, in-
cluding only the best of Giant Cassiers, Bugnots, Tri-
mardeau. o-blotched Odier, Giant English, French and
German hybrids, etc., resulting in the greatest variety
of coloring, marking, blotching, veining, etc., which
wp offer in mixed colors. Price 26c per pkt. ; 50c per
1000 seeds; S6.00 per oz.

For all other types of pansies and in colors, see

Henderson's Wholesale Catalogue

For 1913

Mailed to Florists and Market Gardeners

On application

Vegetable. Flower and Farm Seeds, Plants, Balbs,
Tools, Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers, Insecti-
cides, etc.

PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35-37 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK

Poinsettias

Stock Plants

3-YEAR OLD. HEAVY.
$8.00 per 100, $75,00 per 1000.

The CARL HAGENBURGER CO.

W. MENTOR, OHIO

Please mention Horticulture when writing.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE LILIES

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS. AZALEAS, &c,

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

WnU for quotai'ans

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND ST.4NDARD CCT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box 66, HAMMONTON, N J

CARNATIONS

F. DORMER & SONS GO.

LA FAYETTE, INO.

FLOWERFIELD IS FAMOUS

AS THE
LARGEST

Flower Farm

IN THE
WORLD

GLADIOLI, CANNAS, IRISES
LILIUMS, HYACINTHS, ETC.

Write For Prices

JOHN LEWIS CHILDS

WHOLESALE DEPT.

FLOWERFIELD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y-

Try our new GERANIUM 8Ci\REET BEDDER for your
(l.irden .and Window boxes. Then procure a copy of
<HRYS.4NTHEMrM MANUAfcSrd edition as a guide for
growing your CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 50c postpaid.
Ask for our 3913 CATALOGUE and place your order with
us for your plants which will have our best attention.

Then procure our FERTILENE. the IDEAL, PL.VNT food for producing Lusty blooms.

Price.— Vo lb., 20c; prepaid by mall, .30c; 1 lb.. 35i, prepaid by mail, 50c; 10 lbs, $3.00;

25 lbs., Iffi.nO; .50 lbs., .$10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO. ADRIAN, MICH.

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers onlv.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

247

m0v»/*/y%niv*/yyvyv»i0^yyvt/vvvyv*0yyyvyy*/*f*f*fy*i*f>ffii*f*f*>*f*i*>*i*>*i*>*f*'*'*'^^

R A N I LJ IVI S

While we are somewhat short on some of the most popular
iind cm furnish good plants and put up an iissortment that will
send 1000. 50 each of 20 varieties, our selection, for $1S.J0, cash,
years and they have given universal satisfaction.

Variegated Silver Leaf Nutt, Mrs. rollock. Jit. of

Snow $3.00 per 100

Pansy Oeraniums. Mary Washington 4.00 *' "

Ivy Leaved Geraniunis, good ass<)rtment 2.U0 *' "

Pelargoniums. Countess of Crew, Lord Mayor Tre-

ioar 4.00 " "

Scented Geraniums, Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00 " "

Coleus. Salvia and Heliotrope, rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100;

varieties, we still have a large stock of good kinds on hand.

meet all the requirements of the most critical trade. We will

We have lieen sending out the.se collections for a number of

Acalypha Marafeana; Achyrantbes Emersoni and Moseic;
.Ageratuni. six varieties; Alternanthera, eight varieties; Aly»-
»um, (iiant and Dwarf; Begonia Vernon, Pink, Begonia Ura-
lilis Lumlnosa: Cuphea; Coleus, 10 varieties; Clirysanthe-
niums, 75 Pompon varieties; Heliotrope. Matl. Bruant, I liief-
tain; Hardy English Ivy; Lantana; Lemon Verbena; Moon-
vine; Salvia: Parlor Ivy; Swainsona.

$5.00 per 1000.

$2.00 per 100, »18.50 per 1000.

Cash Wilh Order

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

NEINA/ OARIM

IONS

WM. ECCLES LADY NORTHCLIFFE BRITISH TRIUMPH

WM. ECCLES. The First Prize winner at Detroit last year In the Red or Saarlet class, and the Silver Medal winner of the
New York Horticultural Society for the best uiidisseminated seedling.

The scarlet everyone was waiting for. Has a strong rigid slem. a perfectly formed 3^-ineh flower, non-bursting calyx,
highly perfumed, a grand keeper and as free as any scarlet to date.

LADY NORTHCLIFFE (Engelmann). A beautiful salmon pink in color, much resembling "Pink Delight." Has a well built
up flower, and just enough in it nut to burst the calyx. While Ihe flower is not the largest (about 3 Inches), it is fnUy as
free as "Ma.v Day," and will surely make a grand bread and butter sort.

BRITISH TRIUMPH (Engelmann). One of the finest things ever raised in England. The color is a striking shade of Crim-
sun. The fl jwer is 3y2-inch in size and well built up. It has the sweetest perfume of any carnation ever raised ana Its Keeping
qualities are the best. Has a fine stem, good constitution, and free.

PRICES: $12.00 PER lOO, $100.00 PER 1000

ELMSFOR'D NURSERIES

ELMSFORD, N. Y.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 2it»

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 271

Allen, J. K 270

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 278

Aphiue Mfg. Co. 277
Aschmann, G....25.S
Atlanta Florist

Co 20S

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 2il3

Badgley, Keidel

& Meyer 270

Barnard. W. W.

Co 2(i:i

Barrows vt Son.. 248
Bayersdorfor, H.

& Co 2(iG

Pay State Nur-
series 2511

Keaulieu 2)53

Bloomingdale's. 2li4
Bobbiuk & At-
kins 2-"i;i

Boddington, A.T,2()1
Polgiauo & Son,

J 2(;3

Boston T-' 1 o r 1 s T

Letter C.> 2(18

Breck. J. & Son.2(i3
Bieck - Koliinson

Nurseries 24S

Ereltmeyer's, J.

Sons 204

Erownell Co. ...2.58
liudiong. .T. A..2(;s
Bunyard, A. T..2(:4
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 203

California Flor-
ist 265

Carbone 265

Page
California Seed

Growers' Asso.263
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 260

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.26S
C h i I d s, John

Lewis 246

Clarke's. D. Sou3.264
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 263

Cowee, W. J 270

Craig, llobt. Co. .248

Dards 264

Dodd, Chas. H..27-)
Dorner & Sons

Co 246

Drake. J. Aug... 262

Dreer, H. A

2511-278-279

Dugan. W. H 279

Dunlop. .Tolin H.2(15

Dysart, 11. .J 278

Edwards Folding

Box Co 268

Elliott's, W.Sons.260
Elm City Nur-

ser.v Co 276

Eppstein, Julius. 265

Ernest. W. H 278

Esler, J. G 279

Ever Ready

Flower Pot

Cover Co 267

Eyres 264

Parquhar, E. &

J. & Co 263

Felix & Dvkhuis.'202

Ford. M. C 270

Ford, W. P 270

Forrest, Frank H.265
Fottler. F i s k e.

Rawson Co 263

Page
Framingbam Nur-
series 259

Froment, H. E..270
Galvin, Thos. F.265
Gasser, J. M. Co.2u5
German Kali

Works 277

Goodsell, P. H..'259
Grey, T. J. Co.. 263
Gude Bros. Co.. '265
H a g e n b urger,

Carl Co 246

Hail Association. 279
Hall & i;obiusou.2(J5
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 277

Hart, Geo. B. 267-268
Haven Seed Co.. 262

Heacock, .los 248

Henderson, A.... 263
Henderson & Co.,

Peter 246

Hews, A. H. &

Co 278

Hilfinger Bros... 278
Holm & Olson.. 264

Koran, E. C 270

Holland Nur-
series 259

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 264

Johnston Bros. ..265
Kasting, W. F.

Co 271

Keller, J. B.

Sons 264

Kervan Co 270

King Cons. Co.. 279
Kramer, P. H...265
Kroeschell Bros. 279
Kuebler, W. H..270
Lager & Hurrell.258

Page

Lange, A 265

Lange. H. F. A.. 265
Lemon Oil Co... 277
Leonard Seed Co. 263
Leuthy, A. & Co. 248
Loechner & Co.. 246
Lord & Burnham

Co 278

Lyudhurst

Farms 246

MacMulkin, E...265
May & Co., L. L.265
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 271

McConuell, Alex.*264
Mc(!:ray Refrig-
erator Co 267

McCullough's. J.

M. Sons Co.... 268
McHutchison &

Co 248

McManus, Jas...27U
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 279

Miehell's Seed

House 262

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 270

Millang, Chas.... 270
Millang, Frank.. 270

Miller. E. S 259

Montreal Floral

Exchange 271

Murray, Samuel. 264
Moore, Hentz &

Nash 270

National Nursery-
man 259

Niessen, Leo Co. 268
Oechslin, Frank. 248

Ouwerkerk, P 259

Park Floral Co. 264

W. J.

Pag
&

Palmer,

Son 264

Parshelsky Bros. 278
Penn the Florist.2(;5
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 265

Penuock - Meehan

Co 269

Perkins St. Nur-

248

A. N...258
P. R. Co.248
U - Bar

280

Food Co., _
Century.

series
Pierson,
Pierson,
Pierson

Co.
Plant

20th

Poehlmann Bros. 268
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 276

Quaker City Ma-
china Co 279

Reed & Keller.. 270
Reinberg, Peter. 268
Rice. M. & Co.. 265
Robinson, H. M.

& Co 268

Robinson Co., H.

M 270

Rock, Wm. L....264
Roehrs, J. Co... 258

Roland. Thos 248

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 248-278

Roserv. The 264

Sander & Son... 258
Schilder Bros... 263

Scott Bros. 247

Scott. John 248

Sharp, Partridge

Co 279

Sheridan, W. P.. 270
Slggers & Slg-
gers 279

Page
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co -263

Smith, P. J 270

Slinn, Jr., B. S..270
Smith & Co., E.

D 246

Smith, W. & T.

Co 259

Smyth, Wm. J.. 264
Sprague, J. H...2.i8
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 279

Stumpp, Geo. M.264
Syracuse Pottery

Co 278

Tailby 265

Totty, Chas. H..2.58
Thcrburn, J. M.

& Co 26:j

Traendly &

Schenck 270

Valentine, J. A.. 264
Van Assche, P..27S
Vlck's, Jas. Sons.'26:}
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co.... 247
Wants. For Sale. 276
Ward, R. M. &

Co 24S

Welch Bros. Co. '271
Whlttier & Co.,

W. B 2.5!>

Wilson Robt. G.264

Wood Bros 260

W o o d r o w &

Marketos 270

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 26:4

young & Co., A.

L 271

Young & Nugent.2(lt

Zangen, O. V 263

Zinn, J. A 265

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 272, 273, 274, 275

248

H ORT I CULTURE

February 22, 1913

Careful Buyers Who Investigate

always secure the best lily bulbs, the best facilities, the best service. They are therefore able to grow
l)etter lilies, give better service and make a greater profit than those whose buying is carelessly done, or
hurriedly, or whose judgment is influenced by what they are told or what they think or what someone
else thinks for them. An experienced salesman can tell a careful buyer usually by the looks of his
establishment. To the balloonist some places must look like something the cat had brought in over
night. Other places have an appearance of order, cleanliness and regularity that sets them apart in a
class by themselves. Usually they are the most prosperous in the business. . The Judicious buyer buys
Horseshoe Brand Lily bulbs — principally because they average better results than any brand known.
Of course, some other bulbs flower well, and perhaps in instances you have seen our brand which were
not so good. Bulbs, a product of the soil, are subject to climatic conditions, and a small percentage
may "go back" any time. But the greenhouse strain is the greatest, where they are subjected to various
treatments which too often are very improper. However, all conditions being equal there is no brand
sold that will equal Horseshoe Brand Giganteum year after year for productiveness and profit to the
grower. Many buyers have learned this by experience. Experience costs money and we can save you
that cost, wliich is sometimes considerable, if you will buy this Brand in the beginning, and the sooner
you begin the better for both of us. Prices are reasonable — sent upon request. Write now.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY

Xot How Cheap
But Bos Good

Cold Storage Giganteum for delivery anytime. Baby Case* of 100 bulbs, sent by express
prepaid, anywhere east of the Mississippi River at $9.00 per case. Order Weekly shipments.

IN

fRN3

We have a m;igniflcent stock
following v;irieties, viz:
ELEGANTISSIMA. 6-in. potS,

each ; 8-in., ?1.50 each

ELEGANTISSIMA COMPACTA AND
.MAGNIFICA. syo-in. puts. U'5o. each.

H.ARRISII. An improved fluted form
of B(tstoiucDsis. S-in. pnts, $1.50
ench ; large specimens, $3.00 each.

BOSTONIENSIS. 8-in. pots, $1.00 each.

VIRIUISSIMA. 6-)n. pots. 50c. each.

01 exccijtion.Tlly
50c.

fine NEPHROL.EHS In the

C5C3l.i3

We rnriv
of 250 pips. .%3.00

S-rOi9A.<5E l_

iil.y one sr;uie. niid tii;if
SQ of 500 pips.

CYRTOMIITM F.A1.CATUM. Fine speci-
mens. 6-in. pots, 75c. each.
SMALL FERNS FOR FERN PANS.

Assorted varieties. 2V4-in. pots, $3.50

per 100.
.*SPAR.4Gl'S PLITMOSCS NANUS.

Extr.i strong plants. 2i4-in. pots,

$4.00 per 100.
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. Extra

l^env.v plants. 4-in. pots. .?10.00 per 100.

I-V OF -rl-IE V^/VI-L.E'V

tlie ver.v highest (lualitv obtainable. Case
,50; case of lOiX) pips, $18.00.

F. R. PIERSON CO., • Tarryfown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

BEST PAUMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepH HeacocK

Wyncote, Pa.

SPIRES GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.
Telephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

COSES, PALMS.

and Novelties in l>«*eiir;iti\e Plants.

MARKET and 49lh STREETS, PHIIADEIPHIA, PA.

CYCLAMEiM

Best strain in enstence.

4 inch $35.00

5 inch 50.00

6 inch 15.00

THOMAS ROLAND. Fahant, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Jutland Road and E. 45th St

Tel. 2890 Bedford B R O OK L Y N . N . Y.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Serine Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes, etc., from Oudenbosch, HolL
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ^^i^^'^^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

SKI AIVIROCKC True Irish

Strong' pl.iuts from 1% In. pots. $r:.00
per 100; .^JS.CK) per 1000. Strong pl.ints in
1 in. pots with saucers, $4.00 per 100:
$.35.00 per 1000.

F"EIRIMS F-0»» E3ISIHE:S

Best assorted varieties from 2Vi in
pots. $;i..On per lOO; .$:;o.00 per KMKI ; 500
:it tlionsanrt rates. Cash wilh order

Frank Oechslin.wQuhcVst. Chicago, III.

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the wholesale trade:
.\ZALEA8. PALMS. Rllni>OnENI>RON8.
B.AYTRRE8. RONES, LILACS, HOLLAND
AND .J.4PAN BULBS, LILI OF THB
VALLEY. ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK

Palms, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALUS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO. "i

Perldns Street Murserias, Roslindale. — Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS ^^^ioTo^"^

WHITMAN! COMPACTA (New), to take the
place of Wliitniani. A better commerciai fern —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in: $6 per 100: $S0 pf
1000. 250 planU at 1000 rates.

H.H.BAI{R0WS&S0N,Whitntan,M2SS.

February 22, 1913

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NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

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Crotons

Young crotons propagated from cuttings during the
winter months will make very nice specimen plants in
5 or 6-inch pots by early fall if they are looked after
carefully. A frequent moving and turning around of
the plants is very beneficial in keeping them uniformly
furnished. A good compost for this potting is turfy
loam three parts, leaf mold two parts, and one part of
well-decomposed cow manure, with a good sprinkling of
sand. With these plants thorough drainage is abso-
lutely necessary. Give them a stove temperature of
from 65 to 70 degrees at night. Keep on shifting as
they may require until 5 or 6-inch pots are reached.
For good-sized specimens larger pots will be needed.
Keep well up to the glass but shade when the sun is pow-
erful so that they may suffer no injury to their leaves.
Wlien they have filled the pots in their last shift, give
manure water once or twice a week for the development
of the foliage. Do not overwater the plants and on the
other hand see that they do not become too dry. Syring-
ing should be given on all bright days for this is the
only way to keep down red spider. Give care to ventilat-
ing so as to ensure a circulation of fresh air without
cooling the temperature of the house too much.

Care ot Violets

Conditions are just right for the propagation of violets
now. In a violet house, where the stock is up to date,
it will not be hard to find good stock for propagation.
It pays to examine them somewhat closely so as not to
let any slip in that show the least trace of mites, weak-
ness or spot disease. Do not allow the cuttings to wilt
at any time either before they are inserted or after they
are placed in the sand. Put them into sand in the cool-
est part of the propagating bench, or in well-drained
boxes filled with sweet sandy soil and keep moist and
shaded. The cuttings with frequent sprinkling will soon
supply themselves with ample, energetic action for a
transplanting into other boxes, when a much richer soil
can be used, and when the roots have taken to the soil
and the plants become firmly established shading will
only be necessary on extremely bright days. To keep
the stock in a sturdy condition you should keep a well-
ventilated house as they do not like a stagnant, muggy
atmosphere. Do not let the temperature go above 45
degrees at night, and 10 to 15 degrees higher with sun
heat will be right.

Decorative Foliage Plants

Now before the hustle and bustle of spring starts every
florist who carries a line of decorative foliage plants
should give them a thorough going over, such as clean-
ing, repotting and resetting. They all will be greatly
benefited by a sponging with some good insecticide such
as Fir Tree Oil, Aphine, or Lemon Oil. This can be
followed by a good syringing which will put them in a
fine clean shape. After they have had this thorough
cleaning each and every plant should be given a repot-

Mr, Farrell'g next notes will lie on the followinsr: Aquntii-s: C:
Lily of the Valley in Cold Storage; Stimula

ting or some new soil, removing as much of the old soil
down to their active roots. This should be done very
carefully with a dull piece of wood, thus removing all
the old soil that is clogged with stagnant moisture and
rotting root fiber. For a compost they will want a well-
enriched soil according to their different likes. Give
pots or tubs plenty of drainage to let the water pass off
freely. Now when the sun has more power to raise the
temperature you will be able to give more air from ten
o'clock in the morning until two in the afternoon. While
all foliage plants should have a full measure of light
they will need some shade from this out.

Fancy-Leaved Caladiums

It is time now to put in a good batch of these gorgeous
foliaged plants. A good way to start the tubers is to
place them in a flat with some moss on the bottom. On
this they can be arranged close together. Fill in and
cover them all over with about an inch of moss. The
flats can be placed in a house where the temperature
runs from 65 to 70 degrees at night and on some bench
where they can have a vigorous bottom heat as they like a
brisk top and bottom heat to start well. Be very careful
in watering until they are well started ; they should only
be kept in a moderately moist state. When they have
made a fair amount of roots they can be potted into
3 or 4-inch pots, using plenty of drainage. For a com-
post mix turfy loam three parts, leaf mold two parts, and
well decomposed cow manure one part, and sand
enough to make it porous. For good-sized plants
keep shifting until they are in 5 or 6-inch pots. Place
them well up to the glass and as the sun gets strong they
will need some shade from nine o'clock in the morning
until three in the afternoon. Give care as to watering
through all their stage of growth.

Primulas

From the middle of this month until the end of April
sowings of primulas should be made at intervals of about
four weeks. It is better to supply the demand, which is
good from early in the fall until spring, with stock reared
in successive batches, than to rely on the outcome of one
or two sowings. The first lot, to be sown now, should
be seeds of such kinds as Kermesina Spendens, rubra,
Chiswick Red and Rosy ilorn; also, at least one flat of
the best strain of Primula obconiea; this latter to be
followed, by another sowing of the same in April. Pre-
pare flats or pans with a mixture of equal parts of new
loam, leaf mold and some sand. For the top, sift finely
and on this sow the seed and cover very lightly and press
firmly. Place in a close moist place at about 60 degrees
at night and cover with a pane of glass and keep shaded
with paper until the seeds start to germinate, which
should be in two or three weeks. Wlien sufficiently large
to handle prick out in flats and keep well up to the
glass in a temperature of about 50 degrees at night.
When they begin to crowd in the flats they should be
potted up into small pots, using a good rich compost.

U'c of Young Carnations; Lemon Verbenas; Cyclamen for Easter;
nts for Plants; Sihading Palms and Ferns.

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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Spider

Be very careful uot to allcjw ili-. Spider to become
acquainted with the under side of the foliage of the roses.
This is likely to happen as soon as syringing is neglected
the least bit. Keep right at it and syringe the houses
thoroughly every week. When syringing, syringe so
that the water does not fall back on the benches. Try
to send as much of it into the walks as possible. There
are several reasons why this should be done and one of
them is that the water after leaving the plants generally
contains a spider or two, and if these are thrown down
into the walk and not back on the bench they will be
where they can hardly get to their comfortable positions
again, and this is just what is wanted. With the many
insecticides on the market, trials can be made with one
or two of the better class and results can be watched.
But we would never advise anyone to rely on these alone
to keep their houses free from this dreaded enemy.

Mildew

Some of our readers who do not know what mildew
really is will no doubt wonder why we allow this sub-
ject to come into these columns so very often. Yet there
are places where it ought to come much oftener to keep
the growers from forgetting to pay proper attention to
their air. Houses properly ventilated will seldom get a
dose of mildew. And mildew is not the only thing good
ventilation will prevent. Quality roses are always pro-
duced in well ventilated houses.

In the Propagating House

Here is where things ought to be quite lively at the
present time. Here, too, care should be used in turning
the wheels of the ventilators, for the cuttings demand as
much care in this respect as the old plants do. We try
to keep the temperature in this house as cool as possible
without being cold. This is froin 52 to 56 degrees F.
The object of this is to keep the young cuttings from
growing before the roots start. If this should happen
the young cuttings will not root so very well, and what
is more, the cuttings should not make any growth in
the sand, as it is not the right kind. The young cut-
ting has plenty of chance to grow after it has been
properly potted anil placed in the rose house proper.

Watering

With perfect drainage there is little fear as to over-
watering, and during this cold weather when plenty of
fire heat has to be used, the sand should be carefully
looked over to see that there are no dry spots anywhere.
Cuttings should never be allowed to wilt and we should
always bear this in mind. Aim to water in the morning
so that the cuttings have a chance to dry off before
night. It does them no good whatever to remain so,
and should they happen to be Beauties, then a dose of
spot is likely to appear. Watch out for this and the
minute one is seen it should be picked off at once. It is
much easier to do this than to wait until the spot spreads
all through the batch.

Selection of Wood for Propagation

If we are in no hurry to have plants real early, we
much prefer to propagate during this month than any

earlier, or later either. The wood now will have the
effect of tiie longer sun, and we find it is much easier to
handle than the earlier-taken cuttings. In selecting
Beauty wood, it is well to use only wood with the live
thorns on it, as the wood with dead thorns is likely to be
a little hard and therefore a little more difficult to root.
Of course that is not saying that this wood should never
be taken as that would not be true, for there are thou-
sands of Beauty plants grown and no attention is paid
to the wood in this respect. Aim to have the wood
about the same quality all the way through. It will
pay to do this, for the cuttings will run much more
even than if the wood is of several different kinds. With
Killarneys it is well to select wood from plants bearing
only the very deep pink flowers. Carefully observing
this rule the pale pink Killarney can in time be weeded
out and most of the good rich color type of plants will
remain. With the whites it is the same way. Take cut-
tings from the strong healthy plants bearing the most
double flowers and you soon will have a strain of Kil-
larney that will be hard to beat.

The Value of a Practical Training

The "fallacy"' of Mr. Jenkins" article on "Xeglected
Opportunities" lies in the fact that human nature is
unchangeable or as the old saying is "It is hard to put
old heads on young shoulders." How many of us can
look back after reaching the age of 30 years and not
regret the opportunities, something useful which we
have neglected of learning? The developing youth can
hardly be expected to change into the serious-minded,
observing man of mature years in a day. In comparing
the college graduate to the engineer who is a graduate of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or a doctor
who is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Mr.
Jenkins loses sight of the fact that the engineer and the
doctor get the practical training as well as the theoretical.
The doctor's college course is supplemented by a hospital
experience where he gets the actual practice in the treat-
ment of different cases under the supervision of doctors
of larger experience. But where is the agricultural
college that can give the practical training sufficient to
"fit a young man to take charge of an estate of some
extent? The only place he can get it is on a private
estate under a competent superintendent and a young
man who would be willing to spend a few years in actual
practice in that way after his college course would prob-
ably be better qualified than the average gardener. Why
is it that the majority of the private places in this coun-
try are filled by men of foreign birth ? Simply because
these men have had the opportunity of a wider experience
gained by working on the large estates on the other side,
and thereby are lietter qualified. The ability of the man
to "produce the goods" is just ^s important in private a.«
in commercial gardening and being a good talker and up
in the use of scientific terms will not carry a man very
far, if the ability to accomplish results is not behind it.
The case of a professor formerly connected with the Agri-
cultural Department is an example. He persuaded a

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Trellis Trees in Flower

Probably by this time quite a number of trees growing
on the trellises will be in flower. With ordinary care
there should be no lack of perfect flowers, some of tlie
larger flowering varieties making the trellis look like a
hanging blanket. These are not more productive than
their less elegantly arrayed sisters. To one of these
belongs the distinction of carrying more pollen than any
other variety that has come under our notice. This is
Victoria nectarine with petals so diminutive that at a
distance they are scarcely discernible. Either large or
small are welcomed in their respective sections, coming
as they do after the critical resting season, yet to the
man who is looking for "eats" flowers do not appeal.
To the grower it is "step lively" and the next develop-
ment is looked for. In good weather these trees will
set their fruit easily but it is advisable to go over the
flowers most likely to be wanted, in the usual way, after
which give the trees a sharp shake and damp the walks,
etc. This damping should only be practiced in good
weather. Advance the air as the sun power increases
and keep it on as late in the afternoon as is permissible
to maintain a temperature of 55 to 60 F.

Treatment of Apples and Pears in Flower

Apples and pears are uncertainty itself until the first
swelling is over. At the time the petals are falling it
is no sure thing to say which are set properly and which
are going to fall, for sure some will fall. Something
seems to possess a tree once in a while and the percentage
of fruit falling will be very small, which to me seems
unaccountable, for the next-door neighbor will not swell
half the number with identically the same treatment.
An excessively dry atmosphere is not good for them;
have it sufficient to dry the pollen only and after fer-
tilizing spray the trees over with a fine spray of water
at the same temperature as the house. Err on the cool
side rather than the hot. Anytime when convenient,
in addition to the mid-day fertilizing, give the trees a
sharp shake to disseminate the pollen.

Fig Houses

Fig houses can be started right away. Should the
border be at all dry give it a soaking and keep the house
good and moist in addition to syringing twice a day.
Let the night temperature be -10 to 45 F at night for
about ten days, when a five degree rise should be given
them. The first crop, now tiny fruits on last year's
wood, will soon swell away as the sap of the fig easily
moves. Some of the largest fruits are secured from the
first crop, the second one often being greater in quantity
than in quality.

Thinning Pot Vines

At this early date the bunches on pot vines are not

ten-pounders yet they will require near the same amount
of skill and care to thin them properly. The crop itself
should first be selected. Probably there are ten or a
dozen bunches to the pot all set well; this being so,
select the best shaped ones, at the same time spreading
the crop over the whole vine. There is no danger of
over-cropping these vines, in the sense we allude to wlien
speaking of the permanent vines; next years crop need
not be considered for tliey will then be "no more." This
being the case, then, leave as many bunches as the vines
are able to finish properly. Six I think should be the
limit ; more can be left but generally they will not color
satisfactorily, making them look unripe. After making
the final selection of the bunches proceed to thin the ber-
ries. See that the scissors are cleaned up previous to
commencing, otherwise the rust will mark the berries.
Make due allowance for these being grown in pots and
leave the berries a little closer than is customary on per-
manent rods. Soon after thinning the berries are very
liable to contract mildew in those localities where it is
prevalent. Air with the utmost care and judgment. I
do not mean be afraid to give them air; that is a mis-
conception, for the coddling idea will prove one of the
biggest mildew breeders that is known. Rather, in mild
weather with the sun shining, keep on raising the lee-
ward vents so long as the thermometer shows 80 degrees.
Be ready to counteract any quick changes of wind or out-
side temperature. Avoid draughts at all cost. After
thinning is through, give the roots all the encourage-
ment you can. A feeding twice a week for a start will
help them ; this can be increased in quantity and quality
as the roots get used to it.

Cucumbers

With the increasing sun power cucumbers will be
growing freely. Continue to top-dress as the roots show
through the previous addition. Wlien in full crop the
soil can be made richer, pressing it down with the hand
when applying it to the bed. Stopping and tying must
be attended to. Every second joint should be "stopped."
Where there is not sufficient room for the young foliage
to develop cut out any old or worn out leaves. The
plants will take more water along now than at any other
period of the year. Cool nights will result in hot pipes
to maintain the requisite temperature, drying out the
bed at the same time, while the plant will absorb con-
siderably more through the day. Occasional applica-
tions of manure water will help the plants, btit do not
give it to them when absolutely dry at the root ; rather
water with clear water first. If the bed is allowed to
become dry enough to cause the plants to wilt at any
time, the probability is the fruit will twist or curl in-
stead of growing straight. Other checks are also the
cause of this.

wealthy gentleman to go into the growing of mushrooms
for market. A large house was built on the gentleman's
estate with tlie professor in charge of the growing. After
two years the business resulted in a failure, the gentle-
man being out $10,000 before he cried "Hold ! Enough."
Nevertheless we should be ready to give due credit to the

man who makes a success of what he undertakes whether
college graduate or of the old school.

Newport, R. I. /

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VOL. XVII

FEBRUARY 22, 1913

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CONTENTS

Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION — New Hydrangea Madame
Maurice Hamar.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Cro-
tons— Care of Violets — Decorative Foliage Plants —
Fancy-Leaved Caladiums — Primulas — John J. M.
Farrell 249

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Spider— Mildew-
In the Propagating House — Watering — Selection o£
Wood for Propagating — Arthur C. Ruzicka 250

THE VALUE OF A PRACTICAL TRAINING — William
Gray 250

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Trellis
Trees in Flower — Treatment of Apples and Pears in
Flower— Fig Houses— Thinning Pot Vines— Cucum-
bers— George H. Penson 251

FALLACIES AND AXIOMS— Bleeding of Grape Vines
Fallacies Concerning Book Knowledge — Questions for
the Wise Ones — Edwin Jenkins 253

A BEAUTIFUL NEW HYDRANGEA 253

BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET— Illustrated 254

SOCIETY OP AMERICAN FLORISTS 255

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW — American Rose
Society 255

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINA ASTER— Illustrated 256

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

New England Nurserymen 256

New York State Federation of Floral Clubs— New
Jersey Floricultural Society — Gardeners' and Flor-
ists' Club of Boston — Chrysanthemum Society of
America — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural

Society 257

Club and Society Notes 260

OBITUARY— Mrs. Jacob Flicker- Mrs. E. V. P. Ritter
— William D. Ellwanger 260

SEED TRADE — Canners' Convention — Seed Trade Hon-
ored—Cutting Contract Prices — Notes 262

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 264

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 265

Florists' Telegraph Delivery 266

DURING RECESS— Cook County Bowling 266

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 269

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 271

MISCELLANEOUS:

Personal 260

New York Notes — Incorporated 265

Chicago Notes 266

Philadelphia Notes 267

News Notes 267-277

Catalogues Received 276

Publications Received 276

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 277

Fires — Patents Granted 277

No one who chanced to look in upon
A display of the stirring jubilation at the opening of
virility Boston's new wholesale flower market

last Saturday would ever tliink that any
cares or anxieties ever troubled the mind of the merry,
merry, fiow^er grower. Light-hearted and sanguine they
thronged around the spacious mart, admired its appoint-
ments and congratulated one another on the grand devel-
opment of their business which it seemed to presage.

The turn-out was a decided surprise to everyone and al-
together was a good proof that there is a great latent
force in the florist industry not half realized by even the
most optimistic.

The proposition to provide instruction
To educate classes in floral decorative art and sales-
retailers manship as presented by President Ken-
nedy for the consideration of the Gar-
deners' and Florists' Club of Boston has the merit of
novelty to say the least. Whether it can be put into
successful operation or not remains to be seen but we
should like to see it tried. That it is much needed will
not be denied although it must ever be remembered that
if artistic perception is not inborn artistic ability will
not be easily acquired. Yet as Browning has so well
put it:

"When the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something."

Perhaps Mr. Kennedy's proposal will solve the prob-
lem of how to get the young retail florist element inter-
ested in the club. If so he will have a big mark to his
credit.

It would look as though the La Fol-

To restrict igtte bill which provides that no

working hours women shall be employed in any

of women business establishment in the District

of Columbia for more than eight
hours in any one day will be enacted into law. Quite a
number of women are employed in the florist business in
some cities and such a law will bear hard on many of
them if passed, as, although the usual hours per day are
not excessive, it sometimes happens that the help in a
flower store must stay for a longer period as well as an
occasional call on Sunday and unless the bill be amended
so as to apply to men, also, the result will be that men
will replace the women in many cases. Our Washington
correspondent in calling our attention to this matter,
says that this bill was introduced upon the request of a
number of ladies formed in an organization called the
Xational Consumers League who desire it passed there
so that it can be passed by the different State legisla-
tures. It would be a serious matter with the florists of
the Capital City as it would preclude Sunday or over-
time work of their female employes and this would be
especially inconvenient during the holidays.

The alleged drift of experience in

An encouraging coinmercial horticulture towards iso-

forecast lated specialization has been duly

bemoaned by many writers in recent
years who have seen in the changed conditions the
passing, never to return, of the broad-gauge culturist
thoroughly equipped in all departments and capable of
growing successfully the plants of all climes. A gloomy
outlook for horticulture it has seemed to many as they
have seen the big flower factories develop and the labor
of producing the roses, carnations and violets for the
great flower marts taken out of the control of the trained
gardener and divided among troupes of employees each
with his one specified duty to perform and with little
prospect of ever learning or caring to learn how to do
anything else. Yet, today, when the flower factory has
reached a magnitude beyond all expectation and is un-
doubtedly pregnant with still greater surprises for the
future it is an indisputable fact that the call for the
fully-equipped highly educated and proficient gardener is
more insistent than ever before. And we look to see the
demand increase. The forecast carries with it every in-
ducement for the young man to put out his best en-
deavors to acquire a wide experience and liberal educa-
tinri.

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Fallacies and Axioms

A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. —
Loirell.

To my gentle critics I wish to say anent the red spider
question, that I am trying to set the wheels in motion for
an authoritative, exhaustive, scientific test of the merits of
moisture in checking red spider, and the result of this test
will be published in this paper and it may show that even
three rose growers of wide experience may fall into error
in reasoning from cause to effect.

Bleeding of Grape Vines

Heru is one of the fallacies that has survived a long
age in the annals of gardening, and many pounds of
styptic as well as many a good potato has been wasted in
vain efforts to stop this harmless flow of water, to say
nothing of valuable space in gardening papers and
books, as well as the ink that has been spilled about the
means of preventing bleeding, so-called. I use the lat-
ter qualification advisedly, for this flow of water is no
more analogous to bleeding in animals than is the drip-
ping of a faucet when it needs a new washer. My gen-
tle critics who know things will say. Why ! what is the
matter with this man ! Does he mean to say that the
loss of so much sap will not injure a vine? And I put
on the soft pedal in anticipation and say that I most
assuredly do. A little thought will convince any fair-
minded man (and how rarely we find a gardener who
is not a fair-minded man) that this is not sap at all
that is los.t, but merely water which is pumped up by root
pressure, or brought up by capillarity, if you will. It
may, and undoubtedly does hold a few salts in solu-
tion, but is in no sense sap. Sap is produced after this
same salt-bearing solution has passed up to the foliage
and there gone through a most complex process of elab-
oration brought about by the light or rather the chem-
ical rays of the sun, coupled with the absorption of air
and the action of that mysterious compound chlorophyll.
This sap having been produced in the manner afore-
said travels to every part of the plant, here forming
flower buds, or fruits, in another place bark, in another
tlie pith in the stem, and so on even to the very extreme
root hairs on the rootlets. Now of course a certain
amount of elaborated sap is stored up at the buds ready
for the next season's growth, but not in a form that it
could be wasted by this process erroneously called
"hleeding." If you will pardon the personal note I
might say that I have had vines which bled (if we must
call it so) from early winter until active growth com-
menced in spring, and these same vines made splendid
growth not only the following summer but in many
subsequent years. Barron in his work on "Vines and
Vine Culture" says "But there need be no fear that a
vine otherwise in good condition will bleed to death."
This of course is a very conservative statement and the
writer is jirepared to go much further than this; how-
ever we will leave that for the Axiom. Again anticipat-
ing my friends who l-now, I would say that the most
competent authorities inform me that it has never been
proven that taking maple syrup from the maple tree
ever injured a tree and, further, for the benefit of my
friends whom I know that, with the sole object of setting
me right, would rake up the case of the turpentine pines
in the South, I would state that this is in no way analo-
gous to the matter here discussed.

Axiom. — Bleeding of grape vines is not injurious.

Fallacies Concerning Book Knowledge

The writer has had the misfortune to meet many
gardeners, young and older, who had the most supreme

contempt for any knowledge which had been acquired
from books, and they usually boasted that they had got-
ten their knowledge of their profession from experience.
1 might add parenthetically that it is said that "experi-
ence is a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
These men who were so proud of their experience forgot
that, even if they had not added to their own knowledge
by the written or printed word, all their lives they had
been learning more or less from other men's experience,
by word of mouth, and by the use of their eyes. For it
is inconceivable that a man could start in any profession
without making use of that vast store of accumulated
knowledge, which comes of other men's past experience.
Before the advent of printing most knowledge had to be
handed down by the spoken word, and while some prog-
ress was made then it was very, very slow. Do not un-
derstand me as saying that a man can become an efBcient
gardener or florist by the aid of books alone; far from
it. But I do state, with all the emphasis of which I am
capable, that, given equal ability the well read man is
far more efficient and capable than his unread brother.
What is such a paper as Horticulture but a book pub-
lished every week and who so bold as to say that its read-
ers have not been greatly benefited by the perusal of, at
any rate, most of its pages. A man cannot learn to be a
carpenter from books but he can learn a great deal per-
taining to his trade from them, and it has come under
my observation that the men that do this are the men
that get the best positions in their business, as I am
sure, is true also of ours. Sometimes I think that a
little of this contempt which we have seen toward book
learning and college training is tainted with envy by
those who do not possess either, and this leads me up to
the axiom in this matter.

Axiom. — Useful knowledge, from whatever source, is
valuable.

Questions for the Wise Ones

Why is the lime from the water used in syringing
only deposited upon plants in the shade, and on the
glass partitions and never on the glass of the roof or tlie
sides of a greenhouse?

Are cement walks or fioors in greenhouses in any
way deleterious to the plants?

To the thousands who will rush to reply to these two
simple questions, I would state that they are asked in
good faith, with the belief that correct replies will add
to the useful stock of knowledge of hundreds besides the
writer, and I would like to add a word or two of advice.
Do not answer until you have thoroughly weighed all
the evidence in the matter as it is only Truth we are
aiming at and not the desire to bolster up some pet
theory.

Lenox, Mass.

A Beautiful New Hydrangea

Our cover illustration shows a plant of Hydrangea
Madame Maurice Hamar, one of a set now being oiiered
to the trade in this country by H. A. Dreer. These are
all French hybrids and are recommended as being much
superior to our well known standard Otaksa — this being
one of the parents in each case. The new comers re-
spond to the same cultural conditions and treatment as
is usually given to Otaksa, and have thus far given great
satisfaction wherever tried. All Easter plant growers
will find them indispensable before long.

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HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

BOSTON'S NEW FLOWER MARKET.

The new quarters of the Boston
Flower Exchange, Inc., were formally
opened on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 15.
The event was signalized by a fine dis-
play of flowers and a great throng of
visitors from all departments of the
florist business. A band of music was
in attendance and a bountiful colla-
tion was served in the basement room
during the whole afternoon. As prom-
ised, Mayor Fitzgerald was on hand to
open the proceedings and received a
most vociferous welcome. He expressed
congratulations on the fine display of
flowers and the splendid quarters that
had been secured and cordial good
wishes for prosperity. He closed by
calling upon the band and the assem-
bly to join him in one stanza of
"America." President W. C. Stickel
of The Market, President J. K. M. L.
Farquhar of the S. A. F. and President
W. J. Kennedy of the Gardeners' and
Florists' Club followed with felicitous
remarks but the hubbub of a thou-
sand voices made their remarks inaudi-
ble beyond their immediate vicinity.
Everybody was delighted with the ac-
commodations for business and the
light, airy surroundings.

The display of flowers was of espe-
cial merit, not a few promising novel-
ties being in evidence, as the follow-
ing list shows, carnations predominat-
ing.

The following exhibits were noted:

Thos. Roland, a splendid group of
acacias, cyclamen, amaryllis, ericas
and orchids. Wm. Nicholson, Poca-
hontas and other carnations. Peter
Fisher, Gorgeous carnation. A. N.
Pierson, rose Milady, carnation Ro-
sette and Adiantum Farleyense. F. R.
Pierson Co. ferns. Patten & Co., carna-
tion Princess Dagmar. Chicago Car-
nation Co., carnation The Herald. J.
D. Cockcroft, carnations. S. J. Reu-
ter, roses and carnations. Pierce Bros.,

Opening of Boston's New Flowei; Market

carnations. A. S. Parker, Princess of
Wales violets. Littlefield & Wyman,
carnations. A. A. Pembroke, carna-
tions. Scott Bros., carnations Wm. Ec-
cles. Lady Northcliffe and British Tri-
umph. John Barr. carnation Mrs. B.
P. Cheney. F. P. Putnam, carnations.
New England Conservatories, roses.
Mann Bros., splendid collection of
narcissi, tulips, iris, lilacs. Azalea
mollis, etc. F. W. Vose, cinerarias.
W. D. Howard, carnations. S. J. God-

dard, carnations. Caroline E. Ball,
carnations. Willow Hill Greenhouses,
genistas. F. Dolansky, gardenias, lily
of the valley and cattleyas. Buxton &
Allard, Economy bracket. Waban
Rose Conservatories, roses Mrs. Chas.
Russell and No. 9C, the latter a glow-
ing soft pink. Geo. E. Buxton, snap-
dragon. Paine Bros., bulb flowers. J.
W. Minot, carnations. C. S. Strout,
carnations. W. W. Edgar Co., flower-
ing plants.

photo by ChainpliH c-^ Inrrar

George Caktwkight

Treasurer Boston Flower Exchange.

With ,1 record o( 3 years as vice-presi-
■dent and 17 years as treasurer. A main-
stay of the institution.

Photo by Champlin <i- Farraf

S. J. GODDABD
Director of Boston Flower Exchange.
Noted carnation grower at Framingham,
Mass. As genial and popular as he is noted.

Photo by CJiafUf'Iin c-" Farrar

W. C. Stickel

President Boston Flower Exchange.

President ever since the founding of

the Market in 1892. One of the best

growers of market carnations in Boston.

Creenhouses at Lexington.

February 22, 1913

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255

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers— Presideut. J. K. M. L. Far-
quliar, Boston, Mass.; vice-presiflent,
Tlieodore Wirtl], Miuneapolis, Jlinn. ;
secretary, .Tolin Young, 54 W. 28th St.,
New York; treasurer, W. F. Kasting,
BuCfalo. N. Y Next convention, Minne-
apolis, Minn., Aug. 19-22, 1913.

For Full Information, Schedules,
Space for Trade Exhibition, etc., write
to John Y'oung, Secretary and Man-
ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West
2Sth Street, New York City.

President Parquhar has appointed
Wm. F. Gude, Wastiington, D. C, chair-
man of the tariff and legislative com-
mittee, in place of Mr. Patrick Welch,
who is unable to serve as chairman,
but will remain on the committee.

Department of Plant Registration.

Public notice is hereby given that
Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, California,
offers for registration the following
sweet peas;

Any person objecting to the regis-
tration of same or to the use of the
proposed names is requested to com-
municate with the secretary. Failing
to receive objection to the registration
the same will be made three weeks
from this date.

RAISER'S DESCRIPTIONS.

OGATA— Color; chocolate self, slifrhtly
wavy stnnd.ird. Plant up to 10 ft. higli
and branching. It sowed August 25th, be-
gin to bloom in 03 to 70 days. Parentage:
white late Spencer X. Zvolanek's crimson,
seedling of first generation.

SKY'AIR — Color: standard lavender blue,
wings light lavender. Plant up to 10 feet
high, of branching habit If sowed August
2.'>th, begin to bloom in 65 days to 70 days.
Parentage: lavender, late Spencer X Zvol-
anek's Blue, seedling of first generation.

Vt;RA— Color: lilac pink standard, wings
l.-xvender. I*lant over 10 feet high, of
branching habit. If sowed August 25th,
begin to bloom in 65 to 70 days. Paren-
tage; lilac late Spencer X Zvolanek's Pink,
first generation seedling.

CARDINAL— Color: Bishop red self.
Plant up to 10 feet, and branching habit.
If planted August 25th, begin to bloom in
115 to 7(1 d.iys. Parentage: white late Spen-
cer -X Zvolanek's Crimson, seedling of Urst
generation.

GOLDEN WEST— Color, light yellow
self, standard, slightly wavy. Plant up to
10 feet high and branching. If sowed
Aug'.ist 25th, begin to bloom in 65 to 70
days. Parentage: white late Spencer X
.lack Hunter, seedling of first generation.

ORANGE NORA— Color: standard orange,
wings salmon pink, wavy flower. Plant up
to 10 feet high, branching habit. It sowed
August 25th. begin to bloom in 60 to 70
days. Parentage: orange late Spencer X
Zvolanek's Orange, out of first generation
seedling.

NO R.M.\— Color: bright, clear pink self,
slightly wavy. Plant up to 10 feet high
and branching. If sowed .\ugust 25th. be-
gin to bloom in 65 to 70 days. Parentage:
Countess Spencer X Zvohinek's Pink ; seed-
ling out nf first generation.

PINK NORA— Color: bright pink self,
slightly wavy Plant up to 10 feet high,
of branching habit It sowed August 25th.
begin to bloom in 60 to 70 days. Paren-
tage. Countess Spencer X Zvolanek's
Pink, first generation seedling. Rem.-irks:
This represents the Gladys rnwiu, of the
winter-tlowering type.

NORA— Color: pure white, slightly wavy,
long stem, bearing over SO per cent, of
four flowers. Plant up to 10 feet high, of
branching habit. If sowed August 20th,
liegiu to bloom in 65 days. Parentage:
white late Spencer X Fl. Denzer, seedling
of first generation. Remarks: This is
the same as Nora Unwin, only winter-
flowering.

MORNING STAR— Color: light clear rose
self, of wavy and crinked habit. Stem
long, liearing usually over 40 per cent,
four or more flowers. Plant strong up to
10 ft. high of branching type. It sowed
August 2.5th, begin to bloom in 60 to 70
days. Parentage; rose-pink late Spencer
X Pink Beauty, seedling of second gen-
oration.

GOLDIANA— Color: light yellow self,
standard and wings large and wavy ; plant
up to 10 ft. high, of branching habit. If
sowed August 25th, it begins to bloom in
60 to 70 days. Parentage: late white
Spencer X Jack Hunter; seedling ot third
generation.
February 15, 1913.

JOHN YOUNG, Sec.

Objections having been filed to some
of the names given the new sweet
peas, handed in for registration by
Anton C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.,
December 20, 1912, Mr. Zvolanek
wishes to substitute as follows:

Azalea instead »i Butterly ; Camellia in-
stead ut White liuttertly; Excelsior instead
of White Curliana; Mona instead of Her-
cules; Claudia instead of Orangine; Vera
instead of Piucus; Eola instead of Apri-
cota; Flora instead of Applehlos.som ; Dora
Instead of Orchid Beauty ; Diana instead of
Cereus; Velma instead of Lilac; Orella in-
stead of Bush Butterfly ; Una instead of
Azurea; Olivia instead of Indian; Laura
instead of Bishop ; Goldiana instead of
Jealousy; Ina instead of Flag; Elvira in-
stead of Blue Flag.

The following names are withdrawn ;
.\iitoinette. Sunset, Lucifer, Evening.
Heaven.

(Mr. Zvolanek in the preceding list gives
V'era and <;oldiana slightly altered and
amplified descriiitii>ns over the descriptiiius
originally given to Piucus and Jealousy,
respectively. — I'.ll.l

Any person objecting to the regis-
tration of these sweet peas, or to the
use ot the proposed names, is re-
quested to communicate with the un-
dersigned at once. Failing to receive
objection to the registration, the same
will be made three weeks from this
date.

As no objection has been filed, pub-
lic notice is hereby given that the reg-
istration of the new sweet peas Why
Not, Dolansky Spencer, Salma,
Smalley Spencer, Mrs. Sim Spencer,
Bohemian, My Darling, Venus, by
Anton Zvolanek. becomes complete.

February 15, 1913.

JOHN YOUNG, Sec.

this fact was inadvertently omitted
from the schedule.

The most noteworthy classes in the
final schedule are Classes 192, 193 and
194, covering $200 for the most valua-
ble economic plant, which may be a
new fruit, new vegetable, or other
plant which has a distinct economic
value; $200 for the most valuable new
foliage plant; and $100 for the most
valuable new flowering plant. These
prizes are to be awarded for plants
not yet in commerce, showing charac-
ters distinctly new and useful. Should
the entries in any one class not be
meritorious enough to secure an award,
the total money assigned to that class
may be divided among the two remain-
ing classes, providing the plants ex-
hibited in the remaining classes are
worthy of such a prize. Should no
plant exhibited be considered worthy
to secure an award under these condi-
tions, the entire prize may be with-
held. These prizes are offered by the
Missouri Botanic Garden of St. Louis,
and, as far as known, no schedule has
ever contained such a liberal provi-
sion. These offers should bring num-
bers of exhibits from the growers of
novelties in Europe.

Anyone desiring a copy of the Final
Schedule of Prizes may have one on
application to John Young, secretary,
54 W. 28th street, New York.

J. H. PEPPER,
Chairman Publicity Committee.

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW,
NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12.

The New York Cut Flower Co., 55
West 26th street, is offering a grand
silver vase, value $200, for the finest
display of cut roses, irrespective of
number of varieties shown. This pre-
mium does not appear in the final
schedule of prizes, just issued. A sup-
plementary schedule will be issued be-
fore the show opens, to take care of
the prizes that will be offered from
now on.

In the final schedule. Class 87, "First
Prize, Silver Cup" should instead read,
"Grand Silver Medal and $15" as a
first prize, and that same is offered by
the Horticultural SocFety of Chicago;
in Class 91 in Section "C" the medal
offered is the grand bronze medal of
the Horticultural Society of Chicago.

Class 524. the M. C. Ebel prize, is
open to members of the National Asso-
ciation of Gardeners only; notice of

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

The executive committee of the
American Rose Society held a meeting
to consider best dates for exhibits and
to arrange special prizes for the Inter-
national Exhibition, April 5 to 12, 1913.
Harry O. May, of Summit, N. J., was
chosen manager ot the Rose Division.

The following dates were decided
upon in connection with the Interna-
tional Flower Show Schedule:

Divisions F and G shall be staged on
Saturdav. April 5th; Divisions B and C
shall be staged on April 7th: the exhibits
r,,r the New York Cut Flower Co. Cup shal
be on Thursday. April 10th. All specia
prizes not included in the International
Flower Show final schedule shall be com-
peted for on Thursday. April lOth, 191*5.

\ll entries must be made with the sec-
retarv of the American Rose Society not
later 'than March 20. The American Rose
Society exhibit shall be governed by Rule
No 2' of the International Flower Show.

Philadelphia rose growers offer a special
prize for 75 ro.ses, any variety or varieties,
excepting American Beauties and undis-
semiuated varieties. „«.„„.

The Toronto Horticultural Society offers
■I silver medal and a bronze medal tor pur-
po'ses to be designated by the American
Rose Society.

The New York Cut Flower Co.— A cup
of .$200 in value. «,= «in ^7

Special Growers Prizes. — ¥15. $10, »i.

The Peter Henderson & Co. Prize.--For
best plant of the rose. "Silver Moon. !• irst
prize. .$15; second prize. .$115. .

The Peter Henderson & Co. Prize--For
the best plant of rose. "Dr. W. Van Fleet,
in K-inch pot or tub or larger. First prize,
:S15; second prize, .$10.

Mrs. Frances Roche, Newport, R. I.,
has filed the following:

"I desire to offer a prize of $50 for a new
rose to he grown under glass, to resemble
•IS nearly as possible in color the .\lare-
ehal Xiei.' but with a stronger stem, to be
competed for at any show the Society se-
lects after June, 191.^."

4 word from California:— The Pan-
ama Canal Committee of San Fran-
cisco offers a prize of $1,000 to be
competed for in 1915.

BENJAMIN HAMMOND,

Secretary.

Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.

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HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

Development of the China Aster

The China Aster after being in culti-
vation about ISO years seems to be
just beginning the era of its greatest
development. The greatest progress
has been made within the last five
years. As introduced from China it

was originally a
foot and one-half
to two feet high,
upright, and with
single flowers in
blue, violet o r
white. The first
development was
the production of
double flower
forms and then
came the varie-
gated, quilled, and
finally (1890-1S95)
long-petalled, com-
mercial forms such
as Comet, Queen
of the Market and
Branching. The
numbers of vari-
eties have been in-
creasing until now
some of the Euro-
pean firms cata-
logue 500 to 650
varieties. These
are largely dwarf
or semi-dwarf, or
of colors or styles
that are not liked
i n America, b e -
cause here the
flowers are grown
for cutting rather
than for garden
decoration.

The foregoing is
a brief summary
of the remarks by
George Arnold in
h i s stereopticon
address on "The
Aster," before the
New York Federa-
t i o n of Floral
Clubs on February 12, 1913. Tlie pic-
tures shown illustrated the develop-
ment from the original single aster to
the latest evolution, including several
photographs in natural colors. Dis-
eased plants and methods of culture

Callistephits chinensis
The Orifrin.il China Aster.

were illustrated and described. Inter-
esting pictures, some of them in colors,
were shown of the Vick Seed Farm,
and the trial grounds. Fields of astera
were shown, with ribbons of various
colors across them. Methods of plant-
ing and cultivating asters, and of har-
vesting and curing the seed were also
illustrated. We present herewith sev-
eral of the pictures reproduced.

NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN.

The annual convention of the New
England Nurserymen's Association
will be held at Horticultural Hall,
Worcester, Mass., Tuesday and
Wednesday, February 25 and 26. A
full program for a two-day meeting
has been arranged by the executive
committee, which will include practi-
cal talks and discussions by prominent
nurserymen and horticulturists from
the several New England states. Dr.
W. E. Britton, State Entomologist of
Connecticut; A. E. Stene, State Nur-
sery Inspector of Rhode Island; Wal-
ter C. O'Kane. State Agent of New
Hampshire, and Dr. W. S. Regan, In-
spector in Massachusetts, are to take
part in the discussion of nursery in-
spection laws, rules and regulations.
Daniel A. Clarke of Fiskville, R. I.,
will speak on "New Plant Introduc-
tions." Stephen Hoyt of New Caanan,
Conn., will give an illustrated talk on
the moving of big trees. Ernest F.
Coe of the Elm City Nurseries, New
Haven, Conn., will speak on Horticul-
ture in Japan, illustrated by stereop-
ticon views. Practical papers on prop-
agation, storage houses, herbaceous
perennials, etc., will be presented by
Mr. Stevens of South Framingham,
Mr. Barnes of Yalesville, Conn., and
others. An important feature of the
occasion will be the annual dinner and
banquet at Hotel Warren on Tuesday
evening the 25th.

White Pehfectiox
A Modern Tyte.

Shokt Petaixed Types
Not Adapted to Commercial Flower Uses.

February 22, 1913

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257

NEW YORK STATE FEDERATION
OF FLORAL CLUBS.

The regular meeting of the Federa-
tion was held in the Agricultural Col-
lege, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.,
Wednesday, Feb. 12. Present: Presi-
dent W. F. Kasting, vice-presidents
Erl A. Bates and E. R. Fry, secretary
John Young, treasurer W. A. Adams,
Prof. J. F. Co well, Buffalo; President
W. H. Siebrecht of N. Y. Florists' Club,
Harry A, Bunyard and H. C. Steinhoff
from New York; George E. Thorp, Dr.
Edmund M. Mills, Syracuse; H. N.
Hoffman, Blmira; Fred W. Vick and
George Arnold, Rochester; Prof. A. C.
Beal, Ithaca, and several florists un-
attached. A very interesting lecture
was given by Dr. Mills on the "Rose
and its Culture," illustrated by lantern
slides. Then followed a lecture by
Harry A. Bunyard on "Twentieth Cen-
tury Horticulture." The slides used
by Mr. Bunyard were very fine but
owing to the very poor condition of
the lantern they did not show up at
all well, which caused the lecturer
considerable annoyance.

A business meeting followed. Presi-
dent Kasting reported as to the prog-
ress made towards securing an appro-
priation of $60,000 from the state for
building greenhouses for experimental
work in floriculture and vegetable cul-
ture. The outlook at present was very
encouraging that the appropriation
would be made. Dr. Erl A. Bates re-
ported progress for the committee ap-
pointed to secure an appropriation
from the state for a horticultural build-
ing at Syracuse. They were having
the support of the vegetable and fruit
growers' associations in the endeavor
to secure same. On the subject of the
greenhouses for experimental work in
floriculture and vegetable culture.
President Kasting explained that 60
per cent would be for experiments in
floriculture and 40 per cent for vegeta-
ble culture.

Prof. Beal reported on the amount
of greenhouses in the state, that is,
area covered exclusive of sash and
frame houses. Prof. Beal was request-
ed to prepare a letter to be sent to all
the clubs, members of the Federation,
giving statistics as far as possible of
the florists' interests in the state, and
to cover in this paper the interesting
points made in his address to the

meeting. A committee was appointed
to get in touch with the new Secretary
of the State Fair Commission to assist
him in strengthening the flower show
and schedules in connection with the
State Fair; also a committee on ex-
tension to assist in organizing floral
clubs in different parts of the state,
so they could join the state organiza-
tion, thereby making that society so
much stronger. President Siebrecht
invited all the delegates and their
ladies to be present at the National
Flower Show in New York City. The
meeting adjourned to meet at the State
Fair in September. In the evening
there was a horticultural banquet
tendered the visitors.

JOHN YOUNG, Sec.

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTU RAL
SOCIETY.

At the February meeting of this so-
ciety, State Senator Austen Colgate
discussed with the members a resolu-
tion recently adopted by this society
favoring the appointment of three pro-
fessional gardeners on all park boards
and shade tree commissions.

The Senator said he would introduce
a bill to that effect and if it should
be defeated the society should sug-
gest names of candidates for appoint-
ment when vacancies occurred and he
would do all in his power to have them
appointed.

In monthly point competition the
following awards were made:

Wm. Reid, carnatious. 90 points, roses S-t :
M.-ix Schneider, carnations, 85, sweet peas
70, freesias 70; Frank Drews, sweet peas
CO: narcissus CO. cyclamen 70: John Der-
van. roses 83; Fritz Berglund, carnations
rS; Emit Panuska, Plat.Tclinis glumacea 75,
Cineraria 82.

Not for Competition — Seedling rose,
Frank Drews, certificate of merit; violets.
Max Schneider, hon. mention; roses, John
Dervan, certificate of merit.

Charles Ashmead was elected vice-
president to fill the unexpired term of
George B. Wilson, who resigns to take
charge of the Taylor estate in Jericho,
L. I.

There were a number of prizes of-
fered, namely: Gold watch by Lord &
Burnham Co. for highest number of
points in monthly competition; silver
cups by Hitchings & Co., Stumpp &
Walter Co., and $20 in gold by Mr.
Wm. Runkle.

Carnation Night will be held on
March 14th.

JOHN DERVAN, Sec.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

The February meeting of this club,
last Tuesday evening, was one of the
best of the season. The attendance
was large, there was a superb exhibi-
tion of carnations, sixteen new mem-
bers were added to the roll and the
discussions were full of vim and time-
ly instruction. President Kennedy
presented his recommendations for
the year, including the appointment of
a legislative committee and a lecture
committee and suggested a change in
the manner of electing executive com-
mittee members so that two shall hold
over in office each year. His most
radical recommendation was that a
class for instruction in the art of
floral decoration and in the business
of buying and selling, providing means
for the advancement of young men in
the retail flower trade on lines simi-
lar to those followed in the landscape
gardening classes which this club has
successfully conducted for several
years, be instituted.

Peter Fisher gave an interesting
talk on "Carnations," his contention
being that growers should aim to pro-
duce the higher grades in fewer num-
bers in preference to the avalanche of
medium and low grade stock, which
has the effect of glutting the market
and lowering prices. A. A. Pembroke
followed with an interesting talk on
ventilating, watering, soil and fertili-
zers. This brought about a lively dis-
cussion on the fertilizing question and
the value of commercial fertilizers,
participated in by W. H. Elliott, Jas.
T. Scott of Elmsford, N. Y., and
others. Mr. Scott intimated that the
boys in England know more about the
use of fertilizers than many of the
growers here. S. J. Renter of Wester-
ly, R. I., gave a resume of his 42
years' experience as a carnation grow-
er, approving of Mr. Fisher's methods,
as did also M. A. Patten. An invita-
tion from the W. W. Edgar Co. to visit
their plant houses on March 8th. was
accepted by the club. Thomas Roland
spoke on the International Flower

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Review of the Work of the Examining Committees for the Season 1912.

Where

Name ol Variety

Shown

Da

te

Ceddle Mason

Madison, N. J.

Oct

31

Mensa White

*'

**

Mrs. Gilbert Drabble

"

"

Elberon

Cincinnati

NOY.

2

Lucille Quinlan

Chicago

"

Yonkers

Cincinnati

"

Mary E. Mever

*'

Mary E. Meyer

Chicago

Nov

16

Mount Kisco

Cincinnati

"

Mount Kisco

»*

Golden Robin

Chicago

"

C. L. Hutchinson

"

Nov

9

Imp. Golden Chadwick

"

Nov

23

Exhibited by

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

W. P. Longland, Lake Geneva. Wis.
C. C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

Color

Deep Red
White

Pink
Yellow

White

Yellow

Flesh Pink

Yellow

Type

Single

Single

Jap.

Jap. Inc.

Inc.

Jap. R'fl'x'd

Jap.

Jap.

Jap. Inc.

Jap. Inc.

Jap. R'fl'x'd

Anem >ne

Jap. Inc.

5 g 2 S -5
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Scores possible under scales used (C. S. A. Oflicial).

CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Secretary.

Single
Single

Ex.

Ex.
Com.
Com.
Com.
Com.
Com.

Ex.
Com.

Com.

Com.

Ex.

Pom.

Single

38 16
38 10

14 12
13 15

19 13

15 13

20 13

19 14
18 12
13 13
18 14
,35 20

16 13

20 15
15 15

40 20
40 20

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4 4
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15 14
15 14
14 14
14 14

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20

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8 85

10 15 15 15 . . 10 100
15 5 5 .. 15 30 100

20 20 100

20 20 100

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HORTICULTUEE

February 22, 1913

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''MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER"

We can still quote March delivery on this sterling Rose but would ask that you do not delay too

long before investigating its merits.

SHAWYER and MILADY, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Grafted or Own Root.

CARNATIONS

NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE: The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY : Two fine sports from Enchantress.
$12.00 per hundred; $100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J.

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Show, urging a creditable representa-
tion of the Boston gardeners and gave
information as to how to ship exhibits,
and State Vice-President Edgar told
of the transportation arrangements for
the Minneapolis convention. The ex-
hibition for the evening was one of
the best ever made by the club. The
number of carnation novelties was
large. Scott Bros, showed Wm.
Eccles, British Triumph and Lady
Northclifte; Patten & Co.. Princess
Dagmar; Jas. Wheeler, three seed-
lings; Peter Fisher, Gorgeous and a
bunch of brilliant seedlings; S. J. God-
dard, seedlings and Lady Northcliffe;
A. A. Pembroke. Benora and others;
W. D. Howard, Eureka; E. G. Hill Co.,
L. C. Midgley, J. D. Cockcroft and
others also showed several varieties;
Miss Amy Lowell showed Coelogyne
cristata, Chatsworth variety; Mrs. J.
L. Gardner, Cypripedium Dicksoniana,
and the W. W. Edgar Co. staged a lot
of fine genistas, oranges and forced
bulb stock.

WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Society was held in Doran's Hall. Feb.
14th. After a lengthy discussion it
was decided to hold the fall show in
Stamford, Conn,, date to be announced
later. Quite a number of splendid ex-
hibits were staged, which were judged
as follows:

Robt. Williamson, cultural certiflcate fnr
Coelogyne cristata: .James Stuart, cultural
certificate for amaryllis; P. W. Popp. hon-
orable menli n lor carnation California Gi-
ant: A. L Marshall, highly commended for
Bryophyllum calyeinum; Louis Whitman,
highly commended for vase of Richmond
roses and lily of the valley; W. .T. Seeley.
highly commended for Primula obconica :
Anton Peter.son, highly commended for
Nephrolepis elegantissima ; C. A. Hakamon,
vote of thanks for Christmas flowering
sweet peas: Edward Frenzell, vote of
thanks for sweet peas and Narcissus
Poetaz Ideal Hybrid ; A. L. Marshall, vote
of thanks for Narcissus Golden Star and
Amaryllis viftata hybrid.

The chief topic of the evening was
the illustrated lecture on the Interna-
tiona! Horticultural Exhibition by H.
A. Bunyard. Mr. Bunyard spoke in
glowing terms on the splendid exhibits
staged at the meeting and also the
large number of members present, also
requesting their support towards the
success of the International Flower
Show to be held in New York in April.
Wm. Scott of Scott Bros., Elmsford,
N. Y., has promised to speak at our
next meeting.

OWEN A. HUNWICK, Cor. Sec.

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HERE INf NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at Si. Paul, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SHAWYER, the new pink (orcbg rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment o( the best varieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pom[x>ns
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Oar catalog will be mailed about
January 1st, Get your name on our mading Hst,

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

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ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

S In., 6V3 In. and 6 In. pots, S, 4, 6, 6
tiers, rriim 12 to 30 Inches hieh, 40c.,
sue., euc ')5c, $1.00, $1.26 eacb and
up to $1.60.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Ontario St., PHILADELFHIA. PA.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Growera
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

an<l -iSS BroiKlwav, Uooni 721
XKW YORK CITY

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHFD PLANTS AND
FkESHLY IIVIPORTED

Julius ^" oehrs Co,

Rutherford. N. J.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

Live Sphagnum Moss

Finest stock in ttie country. Cliunlsy,
well fibered stems witli large heads.
Sliipped only in barrels f. o. b. Walden,
N. Y., at $2.00 per bbl.

Trade List on Application.

The C. W. Brownell Company

Walden, N. Y.

^f=>IHXXC3IM«-IIN/l IVIC3SS

10 bbl. bales : Selected stock ; neatly bur-
lapped. "Worth While Quality, "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale ^.25 10 bales, each. .$3.75

5 bales, each... 4.00 26 bales, each.. S.60

Larger quantities, write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, $1.25 per bbl.
ROTTED PE.*T, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnecat, N. J.

oi=a!Oi-ii

Clinicc dormrint biillis of Calnnthe Veitchll,
rendy now at $75.00 per UK) bulbs; also
Kretit variety of other orchids and material
in which to prow them".

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE.

LAGER & HURRELL *"5'.'5.^^'

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

'259

THE NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEAS

Dormant stock stored in cold frames and which can readily be brought into flower for Decoration Day and later.

3-inch

Per

doz,

Avalanche. Splendid l:irge white $1.00

Botaniste Peltereau. Enormous pret-
ty mnuve-ruse 1.00

BouQuet Rose. Kosy niubler turning

tu Ijright pinli 175

DeDtelle. Deeply fringed creamy -

white 1.25

I'raicheur. White, delicately suf-
fused with rose 1.25

General de Vibraye. Favorite bright

rose color 1.75

La Lorraine. Pale rose changing to

bright pink 1.75

Mme. A. Riverain. Superb bright
rose color 1.50

Mme. E. Moulliere. The favorite

white 1.75

Slme. Maurice Haniar. Delicate flesh
rose color, !iut in our soil om-
ing a beautiful deep blue 1.50

Mme. Kayniond. Transparent white,

passing to a tender rose 1.50

Pots
Per
100
$7.00

5-incb
Per

doz.
$2.50

Pots

Per

100

$20.00

7.00

2.50

20.00

12.00

—

—

S.OO

2.50

20.00

8.00

2.50

20.00

12.00

—

—

12.00

—

—

10.00

2.50

20.00

12.00

-

—

10.00

2.50

20.00

10.00

2.50

20.00

3-inch

Per

doz.

Mme. Agnes Bariller. Personnlly we

consider tliis tlie best white.... 150

>llle. Kenee Guillard. ^'ery Inrge,
milli.v-wbite. irregularly dentat-
ed showy flowers 1.50

Mile, (le Trcmault. White, prortnc-
ing flower heads as large as the
poijular Otaksa 1.50

Mousseline. P.eautifnl manve-rose

with cream colored centre 1.50

Mont Rose. Very early, clear flesh-
rose in immense panicles 1.75

Mens. G. Renault. Bright rose with

carmice reflex 1.25

Ornament. Large mauve-pink 1.25

Ronsard. Very large rose-pink 1.25

Radiant. Distinct rose-carmine 1.50

Souvenir de Mme. E. Chautard. One

of the best, a bright rose color. 1.50

Senateur Henri David. On the style
of La Lorraine, but flowers ear-
lier 175

Pots
I'er
1(10

5-inc
Per
doz.

h Pots
Per
100

10.00

2.50

20.00

10.00

2.50

20.00

10.00

2.50

20.00

10.00

—

—

12.00

3.00

—

8.00

8.00

8.110

10 00

2.50
2 50

20.00
20.00

10.00

2.50

20.00

12.00

We will furnish one three-inch pot plant of each of the 22 varieties for $2.50

HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 7I4 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended for the trade only

B. & A. 3l=ȣOIA

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, B9XWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLXHTS, EVERSREENS, ROSES. hHODOOENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PIMES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes from
New York Gty ; Carlton Hill Station is the second slop on Main Line of Erie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK

Nurserymen and Florists

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVEI,;VrHL\G FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

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flipiRSl

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IRSERIES

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SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FOR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING EISEWHEK

IVIy

1913

SF>RIIMO

F^

frioe:

L.IST

will be ready to mail
Specimen Trees and Shrub

March 1st. Also list of Handsome
s in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL,

200 Broadway, New York |

National Nurseryman

dttiirinl or;^an of the Aiiierlcnn As-
suciation of Nurseryuien. Cirrula-
tiou among the tr:ide unly. I'ub-
1 is lied Muntlily. 8ub»<crii>tion price
$1.00 per year. Foreign bubncTip-
ttoiis $1.50 per year. In Hdvance.
S;iUiple copy free upon applirntlon
from tbose in the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co.,|nc.

2 18 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,

Small Fruits. Cle-natis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Write for Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva. N. Y.

HOLLAND F^URSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK,

216 lane SI. Weeliawken HBlgbts
P. 0. No. I, HobDken. N. J.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Send for priee Hit

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

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HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

PERSONAL.

Fred E. Palmer and daughter of
Brookline, Mass., have returned from
their visit to Panama.

James Lowe has taken the position
of gardener at the estate of Mrs.
Fenno on Ox Pasture Hill, Rowley,
Mass.

Frank L. Hotchkiss, New Haven.
Conn., has sold out his business and
gone to California for several months'
sojourn.

W. Baker, formerly employed by F.
Macrae & Sons of Providence, R. I.,
is now with Joseph Kopelman, Oak-
lawn, R. I.

D. F. Roy of Marion, Mass.. is ac-
companying his employer. Col. Con-
verse, on a few weeks' fishing trip at
Miami, Fla. Happy pair!

James P. M. Farquhar returned last
Sunday from his European trip much
refreshed in body and spirit and
bringing with him a number of plant
novelties. |

President Farquhar and Thomas Ro-
land left Boston on Friday, the 21st
inst, for the Minneapolis meeting of
the S. A. F. executive board. They
will spend a day in Chicago.

We learn with much solicitude and
sincere sorrow of the critical illness of
our old friend, J. Austin Shaw, who is |
dangerously sick with brain fever at |
the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in
Brooklyn, N. Y. All our readers who
know Mr. Shaw — and who does not —
will join with us in earnest wishes
that his life may be spared and In
sympathy to his family in this time of
anxiety and dread.

Boston visitors: James T. Scott, I
Elmsford, N. Y. ; Vernon T. Sherwood,
Charlestown, N. H.; S. J. Reuter, West-
erly, R. I.; A. Kakuda, New York;
Geo. E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H.; Chas.
Schwake, New York; D. J. Coughlin,
Newport, R. I.

Cincinnati visitors. — H. G. Crowell,
representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Martin Reu-
kauf, representing H. Bayersdorfer &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and Milton Alex-
ander, New York.

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No merchant carries last year styles, and you
would not care for old styles; therefore, your
customers demand new varieties of Carnations
of the "Better Kind" and it is up to you to fur-
nish them with up-to-date novelties such as our
Few Scarlet Carnation

THE HERALD

Besides, this is a money proposition: The Herald will produce
at least one-third more blooms than any other scarlet; early, free
and continuous bloomer; stem long and always stiff; flowers
large, full and of a clear even shade of scarlet; calyx absolutely
non-bursting, making it the highest type of a commercial carnation
and one of greatest value to you. All cuttings strong and well
rooted. Order now.

$12.00 per 100, $100.00 perJOOO

MARCH 1st DELIVERY

Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar. Yours
for the asking.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - CHICAGO, ILL

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Chicago Greenhouse Vegetable
Growers' Association held their annual
meeting at Rogers Park, Chicago, on
Sunday, February 16th.

At the next meeting of the Elberon
(N. J.) Horticultural Society, March
3rd, a paper on "Orchids" will be read
by Wm. Turner of Oceanic.

Secretary Young informs us that en-
thusiasm as regards International
Flower Show matters is speeding up
and exhibition space is going more
lively than of late.

At the February meeting of the Los
Angeles County (Cal.) Horticultural
Society, George M. Garland of Des
Plaines, 111., addressed the members
on the History of Greenhouse Con-
struction.

The Jersey Inspection tour of the
New York and New Jersey Association
of Plant Growers took place on Feb-
ruary 21st. The Long Island trip will
be held February 26th and party will
meet the autos at the subway station
at Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, at 9
A. M.

OBITUARY.
Mrs. Jacob Ellcker.

Mrs. Jacob Flicker, who has been
engaged in the florist business at
Homestead, Pa., for many years, died
on February 6th of Bright's Disease,
after a two weeks' illness. She was
aged 47 years. One son and one
daughter survive her.

Mrs. E. V. P. RItter.

Mrs. Ritter, wife of E. V. P. Ritter,
president of the International Exposi-
tion Company, of New York, died
last Saturday morning. The close re-
lationship between Mr. Ritter and our
readers in view of the approaching
International Show, In which he is
jointly interested, will, we know, in-
spire a fellow feeling of sympathy with
that gentleman in his great bereave-
ment.

William D. Ellwanger.

William D. Ellwanger, a son of the
late George Ellwanger, and himself an
active figure for many years in the
business and social life of Rochester,
died after a brief illness on Sunday,
Feb. 16th, at his home No. 510 East
avenue. He had not been in very
good health for some time but his con-
dition had not been considered critical.

Mr. Ellwanger was president of the
Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Company
and also president of the Ellwanger &
Barry Realty Company.

His club connections were numerous
and his name appeared in the director-
ate of several business institutions.
Besides his wife he leaves one daugh-
ter, Evelyn S. Ellwanger.

HORACE J. HEAD.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000
Wodenethe. $1.00 per cloz...$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful; White Winsor 3.50 30.00

Princess Charming 3.00 25.00

Winsor 2.60 20.00

Plants from 2-inch pots. $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.
Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 to $1.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties. Dormant

Tnbers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; our

selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per lOOO

Send for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER lOOO

Wm. Ellioit & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

February 22, 1913

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GLOXINIA ERECTA GRANDIFLORA

This popular flowering: plant is coming- into greater vogfue than ever, not only as a pot plant
for house decoration, but also for cut flower purposes. Our strains of Gloxinias are the true
erect-flowering type, grown by a specialist in Europe.

Doz. 100 1000

Blanche de Vera. White, rose- bordered. .|0.eO $4.25 $40.00

Defiance. Olitteriug crimson 60 4.25 40.00

Kmperor William. Blue, white border... .60 4.25 40.00

Etoile de Feu. Carmine-red 60 4.25 40.00

Kaiser Frederick. Scarlet, white margin. .60 4.25 40.00

King of the Reds. Dark scarlet 60 4.23 40.00

■Madame Helene. White, with viiilet crown. .60 4.25 40.00

-Marquis de Peralto. White, red-bordered. .60 4.25 40.00

Mont Blanc. Snow-white...- 60 4.25 40.00

Doz.

Prince .41liert. Deep purple $0.60

Princess Klizabeth. White, bordered blue, .60
Princess Mathilde. White, with rose crown. .GO

Queen Wilhelmina. Dark rose 60

BoddinRton's Spotted Varieties. These
contain the most distinct and remark-
able colors 60

.VU Colors >Uxed 50

100

$4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25

4.25
3.75

1000
$40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

_40.00
SS.W

GLOXINIA ERECTA SUPERBISSIMA

Having during the past se.ison been requested to secure
some specially fine Gloxinias for exhibition purposes, we
have made arrangements with a noted Gloxinia specialist in
l-iUgland to reserve for us some of the most distinct types.
The bulbs are not so large as the Named Varieties, but this
is a characteristic of most Erecta superbissima varieties.

BODDINGTON'S IDF,.\L PRI^E GI.4NT MIXED. Great
variety of superb colors.

CYCLOPS. Velvety carmine, shading to a broad white bor-
der, throat dotted with dark red.

DUCHESS OP YORK. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each
petal being edged with a broad band of white. A most
striking and lovely variety.

SPOTTED HYBRIDS. \Vhenever exhibited, they create
intense interest. The delicate markings, in an infinite
variety of forms, add a special charm to the flowers.

.SUTTON'S WHITE. A giant white flowered variety

DUKE OF YORK. Large scarlet Gloxinia with deep' white
edge to each petal. A magnificent flower.

HER MA.IESTY. This exquisite Gloxinia is still unsur-
passed by any other white variety. The flowers are as
pure as newly fallen snow, and are borne on short stems
just clear of the elegantly recurved foliage.

READING SCARLET. In color this is the most brilliant
Gloxinia in existence, being an intense glowing scarlet
variety of the true Crassifolia habit. An admirable com-
panion to Her Majesty.

GOLIATH. Violet and white, fine varietv.
Per doz. $1.50, per 100 $10.00

Boddington's Quality Tuberous-Rooted BEGONIAS

Single-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

For planting in beds and where color effect Is desired,
free from mixture.

Our stock of these bulbs will be found true to color and

Rose
White, Pure

Salmon

Scarlet
Yellow

Light

Copper

Orange

Large bulbs measuring ]% Inches and upward, separate colors or all colors mi.xed. 33 cts per doz S' 't ner inn
S20.00 per 1000; extra large bulbs, l',-i inches and up, same colors as above, 40 cts. per doz., $2.75 per 100,' .fss.oo per lOOo'

Double-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

These can be depended upon producing 100 per cent,
double flowers and contain very large and choice varieties.
Crimson White. Pure Yellow

Scarlet Copper Bronze Orange

Rose >)almon Light Pink

Large bulbs measuring l^A inches and upward, separate
colors or all colors mixed, 150 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100,
.^30.00 per 1000; extra large bulbs, IVb inches and up, same
colors as above, 65 cts. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $33.00 per 1000.

Single Crested Begonias

This strain of Begonias ranges in all colors — salmon,
pink, white, yellow, copper and scarlet; petals carry on
the upper side a cre.stert -formed cockscomb. Separate col-
ors, 80 cts. per doz., $6.00 per 100; mixed, 75 cts. per doz.,
$5.50 per 100.

Single Frilled Begonias

se .are of the finest types of the single Begonia the
being heavily frilled on the edges. To col6r, 10 cts

These are of the
prtals

each 65 cts. per doz., $5.00 per 100; all colors mixed' 00 cts
per doz.. $4.50 per 100. $42.50 per 1000.

Single Begonia Bertini

A beautiful bedding Begonia, brilliant vermilion flowers
perXz.,'lgrper^W. '''""'' " ^^'""''^ "-'-■'='^- «« <^^^-

Double Begonias

Duke Zeppelin.

Lafayette. Rich,

T ,. Doz. 100

Intense pure vermilion-scarlet. $1.00 $7.50
brilliant crimson scarlet 125 10 00

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

SEEDSMAN 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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HORT ICULTURE

February 22, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

(JtUi-ers — I'lesiaent. Cbas. N. Piige,
Di'S M(aiies. I.i. : 1st vii'e-president.
H.irry L. Holmes, Hnrrisljurg, Pa.;
2iiii vicepresideut, Arthur B. Clark.
Milford, Conn.: secrt-tar.v and treas-
urer, C E. Keudel, Cleveland. O. ; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna.
O. Next lonvention at Cleveland, Ohio.
.June 24-25, 1913.

Canners' Convention.

Some further information about the
recent Canners' Convention will, no
doubt, prove interesting to our readers,
and about the first item we note Is that
the attendance, according to the regis-
tration figures, fell some 200 short of
last year's at Rochester. From re-
ports we have, however, we infer that
the number of camp followers was
larger this year, making the total at-
tendance nearly the same as last year.
Perhaps one of the reasons why the
registered attendance fell down a little
is due to the fact" that the floor space
was insufficient to meet all demands,
and many had to submit to a cutting
down of their space. Last year at
Rochester nearly all the brokers harl
booths: this year none of them had
any. The difference in floor space ex-
plains the reason, Rochester having
something over SO, 000 sq. ft., while
Louisville had slightly over 54,000. The
seed growers were well represented,
as usual.

Seed Trade Honored.

The seed trade received signal recog-
nition in the election of W. C. Lang-
bridge as president of the Canning Ma-
chinery A: Supplies Association, this
being the second time any one con-
nected with the seed trade has had
the honor to preside over the associa-
tion. The last seedsman-president was
AV. R. Roach, who has been connected
with the JeroP'e B. Rice Seed Co., as is
also the newly-elected president. We
have been advised that the honor came
to Mr. Langbridge entirely unsought,
and in fact, against his wishes, but we
are glad that the seed trade has thus
heen recognized, and we know he will
discharge the duties of the office with
credit to himself and the business he
represents.

Cutting Contract Prices.

As spring approaches what we have
feared, and in fact predicted, seems to
be materializing into a more or less un-
pleasant fact, that is— that a large
number of surplus offers are appearing
and prices are now being cut below
contract figures of last year. This is,
of course, directly due to dealers' or-
dering largely in excess of actual re-
quirements, the result of repeated
short crops and short deliveries. This
year they have received 100 per cent
on a large percentage of their items
and fairly liberal percentages where
deliveries were short. While there
will be some temporary demoraliza-
tion, no doubt matters will eventually
right themselves as in the past.

Notes.

Atlanta, Ga. — The Everett Seed Co.
succeeds the firm of J. H. Everett &
Son as wholesale seedsmen.

Tacoma, Wash.— Carl and F. J. Mor-
risse have organized the Morrisse

HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES

UNPAINTED STAKES OR DOWELS

Length. Diain. 100 1000 Lenstli. Diam. 100 1000

24 in. 3-S in. 9;0..".0 $4.00 42 in. 3-10 in. $0 T.'j .$0 0(1

:;() in. 3-lfiin. .fl.T 5.25 42 in. 1-4 in. .7.1 6 00

3C> in. .1-10 in. .05 5.25 42 In. o-lS in. .75 O.Oii

.30 in. 5-.S in. .S5 8.00 42 in. 3-8 in. .75 0.00

30 in. ]-4 in. .05 5 25 42 in. 5-8 in. 1.00 8.00

30 in. 3-S in. .05 5.25

The aOiive dyed green, lOo. per 100 or 50c. per lOnO additional.

HYACINTH STAKES (Wood DYED GREEN

KIO inoo ,5000 100 1000 .50110

12 in $0.15 $1.00 ,$4.25 IS in .$0.20 $1.35 $0.25

CANE STAKES

100 500 1000 .5000

Soutliern. Very long, selected. (iii.ility $0.75 $2.75 $5.00 $2:;. 75

.lapanese. Very tliin, about 0 ft. lon.«- 75 2.75 5.(X) 22.50

Jaitanese. Dyed green. 314 ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5.50

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

NEW CROP (iKKKMIOI SK <;|;0\VN SKEI). lllOI.) Si'cds. .'?3.75 : 5,000, $18.00;
10.000, .$34.(10; 2.5.000. .$,S0.OO.

Our New Wholesale Price List f"r im3,Tree Upon Application.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street, - - Philadelphia, Pa.

Drake's Satisfactory Tomato Seed

In Which Quality, Superiority of Our Strains, and Very Moderate Prices Are

Leading Features.

A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU

$0.45
.45

Chalk'*. Earl>' Jewel...

.13

,1-3

.45

Matchless

.10

.sa

.15

.10

.35

I..ivillK^ton's Beauty . . .

.1-.;

.45

Livintrston's Favorite. .

.r;

.45

Livinffstim's Paragon. .

.1(1

.:;,->

ALL

BY

MAI

Livingston's

Oz.
IVrfeotion $0.10

I-iivingston's filohe.

Success

Pon<Ier«sa

Bonnie Best

I>\varf >tone

Golden (Jiieen

Fordliook First.. . .

Early Uetroit

Tro|>li>

L POSTPAID

.16
.10
.15
.15
.15
.15
.12
.15
.10

% lb.

$0.33
.00
.35
.60
.53
.53
.60
.43
.60
.35

Other Specialties are: Cauliflower, Cabbage Seed. Onion Seed, Onion
Sets, Sweet Corn, Pepper, Lettuce and Celery.

l^rite fjr CaUiloi^ue and Trade List.

J. AUG. DRAKE, Chester, new jersey

Seed Co.. and opened business at 1131
South C street.

Thomas J. Grey has disposed of all
his interests in the T. J. Grey Com-
pany, Boston, to the gompany. Mr.
Grey retired from active participation
in the business some time ago, but
held his stock in the corporation,
which he has now relinquished at its
par value.

The little touch of winter we have
had since the first of the month seems
to have had the effect of lessening the
volume of mail order business in most
centres, but we assume that it is only
temporary, and with the return of
pleasant weather mall order trade will
boom again.

Two resolutions, one calling on the
postmaster general to furnish the Sen-
ate the cost of distribution of seeds
through the mail under frank and
the other calling on secretary of agri-
culture to inform the Senate of the
cost of the seeds, were passed by the
United States Senate on February IS.

J. Charles McCullough has returned
to his home in Cincinnati after an
absence in California since December.

Mr. McCullough sustained a rather
painful injury, having been accidently-
ly shot in the arm, and that member
has not improved or responded to
treatment as rapidly as could be de-
sired. We understand, that Mr. Mc-
Cullough is still suffering some in-
convenience fiom the injury.

GAROtti LITERATURE ' ,
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aH*r]DBO<y.y..',URSf«Vntn..jFLOBOTlW
THE PAEOtilA

,OU TO FORCE LILACS A"/.
HOW TO FORCE RHODODCnOROMS

) HURSERT-COOE,

FELIX St^DyKHUI^

\p:„ j.:|iJiiitiiiiLUidmiM^i^fc'--

TOMATO SEED

BEST .STOCKS.

.\LI, V.VRIETIKS.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for Wholesale Traile Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

•263

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&l.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

LILY OF THE VALLEY
PIPS

Cold storage, very fine quality, Berlin and
Hamburg.

PER t \SE or 1.0(10 ¥13.00

PER C.\SE OF 3.000 32.00

Our florists' catalog Is off the press.
Have you received a copy? If not
write for one today.

33 Barclay Street. it ,,) NEW YORK

J. BOLGIflNOTsON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

If-'ritf For Our Low FrKcs

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BH'E tl.-^T OF WIIOLES.4I.E PRICES
MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PL.4NX

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES* WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Rfttcnvned Sweet Pea Specialists^'

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send OS your wants. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

121S Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Fiucst iiiipnrteii Strain froiu Specialist.
Tlio best for early uiarketing: Day-
hreali, Crimson, Lavender. Pink, Pur-
ple. White, eiicli colur separate, per Oz.,
$1.('0: per Tr, Pkt., 2ne.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt., 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue is non-
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classiiication through Horticul-
ture an(i contains many varieties,
iienerally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price l.isl Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Madison St.. CHICAGO

I. W. Edmund son. M|r. M. W. Williams, Sec'y

California SeEd Growers
Association, inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

S.VN .lOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1!)13 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

4r.54 No Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1 00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Soutli iiarket Street, Boston Mass.

V.CK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Indispensable for Commercial
Growers

Send for Copy Today

James Yick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTIES !

Ciihbaffe, Cauliflower. Carrot, Celery —
(ioJden Self-Hlauc-bing and Meisb's
Green — best celery on earth; Lettuce —
15ig Buston, Beaulieu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to 99 per cent of market
gardeners on this continent ; Homaine,
Kndive, etc. Only the very best Krench
seed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place Woodhaven, Borough
of Queirn's. N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mixture,
4Uc per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors anil choice mixture,
GOc per dozen : $4.U0 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 50c
per dozen ; $3.uU per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Plione Kanilolph 2571.

GARDiiN SEED

BEET, CAltROT, P.^RSNIP, RADISH una
GARDEN PEA SEED in variety: also other
Items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full Hue of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted you npon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Oey SL, NEW YORK

and Orange, Conn.

The Everett 6. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, P<

eas. Sweet Com. Onion,
Radish. Beet, Etc.

Turnip,

Branches: Michigan
and Wisconsin

MILFORD, CONN.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH
and all Garden Seeds

■ Growers for the Trade

ana an oaraen oeea:> ) ^^ m^

CO.

ONION SETS

Write for Prices

ONION SEED
ONION SETS

We are lar^e growers of and dealers
in the bewt varieties and choicest
»itookN. Let ns know your wants.

SCHILDER BROS.
CHILLICOTHE. 0.

264

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=— SONS—

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all iMicIiigan points and i:oo4l
Bections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

Tei, Murray Hill

1920

New York

— Bloomingdale 's —

Tbe Largest Floral Establishment in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Mndest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Michigan Are. and 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

Ptans : AUhii 880. AMine 881. AMim 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Teleprrapli Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Telegraph Deliver.v.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L.

ROCK

FLOWER

CO.

Kansas Citx» •

- Mo.

will carefull.v execute orders for Kansas |

City and any town in

3Iissouri or 1

Kansas.

1

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut tlower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Kerthwestern points given prompt at-
teation.

HOLM & OLSON, inc<»tKM.ta<i

ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Mentiers Florists'Teiegnpli Asso.

HOKTICULTURE

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Elkhart, Ind. — W. H. Troyer has
sold his greenhouse and store on
South Main street to Samuel Jones
and C. H. Harrold of Knightstown,
Ind.

The decorations of George Cooke

won first prize, the Washington Post
loving cup, during the Auto Carnival
held at Washington, D. C, last week.
Cook & Stoddard won the McReynold's
trophy, a silver loving cup, with a
display done by J. H. Small & Sons.

Chicago — Even the least optimistic
retail florists now frankly admit that
Valentine's Day as a florists' day was
worth while. It was surprising how
the people responded to the little ef-

STEAMER QEPARTURES

Allan.

Kuuiidian, IJostun-Glnsgow. . . Feb. 27

American.
New York. N. Y.-S'bamptor . .Mar. 1

Atlantic Transport.
Minneapolis, N. Y.-London.. -Mar. S

Cunara.
Lusitania, N. Y. -Liverpool .... Feb. 26

Pannonia, N. Y.-Mediter'n Feb. 27

Ivernia, Bo.ston-Liverpool. . . .Mar. 4
Muretania, N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Mar. 5

Hamburg-American.

Pres. Hrant. N. Y. -Hamburg. .Feb

^l

Pretoria, N. Y'. -Hamburg Mar. o ly.

Holland-America. Sj

New Amst'dam. N. Y.-R't'd'm.Feb. 25 g)

Noordam, N. Y.-Kotterdam. . .Mar. 4 tv

Leyland.

Devonian, Boston-Liverpool. .Mar. 1

North German Lloyd.

Prinzess Irene, N. I'.-Medit'u.Mar. 1

Kr'p's'n Cecilie, N. Y.-B'm'n. .Mar. 4

Pr. Fr. Wilhelm, N. Y.-B'm'n. .Mar. 6

Red Star.

Finland, N. Y. -Antwerp Feb. 2G BJ

Vaderland. N. Y. -Antwerp. .. .Mar. 5 ^

White Star. |

New York, N. Y.-S'bamptoii..Mar. 1 V
Cedric, N. Y.-Mediterranean..Mar. 4 (v
Celtic, N. Y. -Liverpool Mar. 6 V

fort that was made to secure the dol-
lars that valentine senders were so
willing to spend. One florist who ad-
ded a few suggestions to his usual
window display reaped a big harvest
in comparison and showed his long
order list to the writer.

Baltimore — Business during the past
week has been good besides showing
quite a progress at this time over last
year. Orders for Valentine's Day
were fair with a supply enough to
meet the demand, while a still larger
business is predicted for Washington's
Day.

Among some of the lovely floral dis-
plays new this year are handsome
baskets (heart-shaped in design),
made of gilded straw and of different
sizes. These hold flowers according
to their size. Bunches of violets, gar-
denias, sweet peas, orchids and roses,
all lend themselves to filling these
truly charming baskets. Floral de-
sign work has not been so very heavy,
but numerous decorations for wed-
dings and balls, have been undertaken.

February 22, 1913

ALEX. McGONNELL

571 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Tolegrapblo orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canad.<i, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by the trade to
our selection for deliver.v on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cflst of Cabling Foreign DeliTerici
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash mn.t aocompanj all
orders from unknown correspendents.

Cable Address, AXEXCONNKIX.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

2I3Q-2141 Broadway, New York

Telepboue 15o2-15oo Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 FiM Avt., Cor. E Stth St

NEW YORK CITY

1^^ BROOKLYN

^yyjj^ NEW YORK
W \rj^ 3 & 5 Greene Ave.

I 1 y'^tr Tel. 6800 Pn>SD«ct

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3808 Prosjtect

Kstablished 1H74

13 A. R^ 13

FLORIST
N. £. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenne, N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers, Special Correspoa
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntifik
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.

FIjOWEK DEUVERIES FOR tXAAtn

AND vic«rrY

ALBANY, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work

DELITERED IN .JVI.B.VNY .\Nn VICINITY
ON TKI.Ktili.VIMlIC ORDER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET. ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Oilnton Aveaue, N.

R«ehM»cr Fboa* jet. Lng Dist. Bell Phoae eiS)
Membera Floriiu Te>aff«pli Delhwry

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

' Md >a T. J. JOHNSTON A C».,

Riw EitfMd PiMs t7t WtfkisMt Stiwt

February 22, 1913

HOETICULTURE

265

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Semi li4)«er orders for delnery in Itoston
:iii<l all New Knglantl points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOST O N ' S ^ESt

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists* Teleprraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tusfuny Basliets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

H. F. A. Lange

tl^ORC£ST£R.

MASS.

Deliveries to all Points in J«ew England.

125.000 square feet of glass.

WASHINGTON^

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stock and Work First Class

F3»HIO^I

ISI_>\r>IC3

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florists. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

TITe California Florist

JUUUS BPPSTEIN FRANK H. FORREST

344 - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAX.

We eover the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FliOWERS BY TLBGRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order tpr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Tonee St.,

TOKONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL^' ;^"

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON T; ^.p.::

1 125 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. -°°

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.
Alhany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St.

Boston— Thos. P Galyln, 124 Tremont St.
Boston— Ed. MacMulkin. 194 Boylston St.

Boston— I'enn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn. N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Aye.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich, — J. Breltmeyer'g Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Mich. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo.- Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Koblnson, 825 St
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York- Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York- Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Wevhossct St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons. 20
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-»46 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Tonge
St.

D. C— Gnde Bros., 1214 F

Washington,
St.

Washington,
P St., N. W.

Wellesley. Mass. — Tallby.

Worcester, Mass. — H. F. A. Lange.

D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915

NEW FLOWER STORES.
Syracuse, N. Y. — Chester Harris,

East Genesee street.

Philadelphia — Harry S. Betz,
street and Lehigh avenue.

11th

INCORPORATED.
Pasadena, Cal. — Clemence Nurser-
ies: Capital stock, $10,000, of which
$300 has been subscribed.

New Britain, Conn. — Voltz Floral
Company, president, Arthur G. Voltz;
secretary, Albert Voltz; treasurer.
Rose Voltz.

NEW YORK NOTES.

A. J. Guttman is said to have leased
the store at 102 W. 28th street for
wholesale flower purposes.

It is rumored that Lecakes & Co.
have bought the building at 117 W.
28th street and will alter it to suit
their business needs.

John Young, H. A. Bunyard and C.
H. Totty will leave New York at 5
P. M. on Sunday, 23rd, on the "Wolver-
ine," bound for the S. A. F. Executive
Board meeting at Minneapolis.

RICES

Easter Cliitfons

AT THE RIGHT PRICE

Plain .Waterproof , Dotted, 8 inch
wide Satin-Edge, Lily of Valley;
all widths of chiffons.

Easter Folder Sent on Request.
Try Our New Mail Order Depl.

M. RICE CO.

LEADING FIORISTS' SUPPLY
HOUSE and RIBBON SPECIALISTS

1220 RACE ST., Philadelphia, Pa.

BOSTON, MASS.

■• I'enn, The Teleffraph Florist"
Meiiilier of Florists' Telegraph Delivery
37-4-3 BROMFIEtD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS
'214 F ST,N.W.

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

ClEfELAHl)

EueiM Av«

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
WELLESLEY COLLEtE

Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Bockrldge HaU

Schools. TMLBY, WaUma»mw, Mass.

Tel. Wellesley 44-1 and 2. Night 44-S.

266

HORTIC CTLTURE

February 22, 1913

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The Great Holiday only a few weeks off

We are constantly receiving big shipments of Plant baskets and finishing them up in our marvellous new

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effects. We can furnish these in any tint desired. Any order entrusted to us for an assortment of say
$10.00 to $100.00 will bring you a selection that will surprise and please — in fact something you have never
seen equalled before.

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We carry the largest stocks in the country; all colors; plain and pleated. Specialty Crepe Pot Covers, to fit
4 to 6-inch pots, in all colors, at $1.00 per 100.

DON'T FORGET ST. PATRICK. We have the miniature GREEN HATS, and pipes. The best selling novel-
ties on the list. Also GREEN CARNATION DYE.

For Other Suppliet Consult Our Silent Salesman

H. B A YBRSD O RF E:R CQ. CO.

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THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET,

fMlEAOEEPillA, PA.

CHICAGO NOTES.
Trade News.

Walter Scott of Lagrange, 111., will
move to a larger store at 19 South
Fifth avenue.

"Daffodils in red, pink and white,"
was the announcement of a down town
department store for Valentine's Day.

Peter Reinberg will hereafter bring
his flowers from the greenhouses to
the salesroom in a motor truck. The
new machine is 21% ft. long and
known as a Mack car.

The Foley Manufacturing Co. is
shipping the material for the new-
range of greenhouses for August
Doemling, Lansdowue, Pa. This firm
is also now erecting a private con-
servatory for E. S. Moore, vice presi-
dent of the Rock Island R. R. at Lake
Forest, 111.

Some of the down-town florists are
planning to devote a portion of their
windows to suggestions of Washing-
ton's birthday. Some fine plants of
"Jerusalem cherries" and doub'.e-flow-
ering cherry will be used in memory
of the episode in the early life of
Washington.

A. T. Pyfer, manager of the Chicago
Carnation Co., received a very gratify-
ing letter and photograph last week
from Guthrie, Okla. A shipment of
100 blooms of The Herald left Chicago.
Jan. 31st, reached Guthrie, Feb. 2nd,
and the flowers were photographed on
the afternoon of Feb. 4th, showing the
blooms erect and apparently as fresh
as when cut. This corroborates the
claim that The Herald is a splendid
commercial variety.

The rigid rules of the Chicago Flor-
ists' Credit Association last week
brought the financial affairs of Harry
C. Rowe, 20 E. Monroe street to a
crisis. Mr. Rowe states that he has
settled with his creditors and also
purchased the interest of his partner.
Phil. Eschling, who has been in the
store for several years and who re-
cently left for other lines, is now back
and Mr. Rowe has the business in bet-
ter shape than before.

Fred Munzing has bought the four
greenhouses, stock, store and fixtures
and leased the land at 6001 Evanston
avenue, formerly operated by the
North Bdgewater Floral Co. He will

take immediate possession retaining
the same name. The place is well
stocked, is in a very desirable loca-
tion and Mr. Munzing will be in good
condition to take care of his full share
of the north shore patronage, having
had several years' experience. Mr.
Munzing has been for the past seven
years with Frank Oechslin and previ-
ously with C. Frauenfelder, and is
well known to the trade.

Personal.

George Gobel is on a brief trip to
New York.

J. C. Vaughan is in Miami. Fla..
where Mrs. Vaughan is spending the
winter.

Mrs. Joseph Fink, whose husband
passed away last week, has gone to
make her home with her daughter in
Milwaukee.

P. J. Foley took a week-end busi-
ness trip visiting points in Illinois and
Indiana, where the Foley Manufactur-
ing Company is erecting greenhouses.

The engagement of Maude E. Loy-
con and George C. Bredesen is an-
nounced and the wedding will take
place March 29. Miss Loyeon is in
the office of E. H. Hunt, which place
seems lately to be a favorite with
cupid.

Visitors: Wm. Hartshorn of the
conservatories of the State Peniten-
tiary, Joliet. 111.; W. P. Craig of Robt.
Craig Co., Philadelphia; Jos. E. Rol-
ker, of A. Rolker & Sons, New York.

DURING RECESS.

Cook County Florists' Bowling League.

Chicago — Score February 12,

1913.

CARNATIONS.

ItOSES.

Ijormnn,

ini IfiT 13.-.

sciircrn.

ll.S 141 143

L'b'rm'u,

]S3 Itm 101

Kocliler,

122 140 115

.\rmst'g,

ICi!) VM 101

Price.

1K3 212 202

Avers,

l.W l!Hi i:!3

Byers

13,T 112 110

A. Zeoh,

l.-)6 149 ISl

Fisclicr,

1S3 207 179

VIOLETS.

ORCHIDS.

A. Cole,

l.W 147 1.53

Kraiise.

ISS 149 1.56

.T.ncobs,

]!13 170 13»

Graff,

14] 18,5182

Wolf.

147 MS 17.5

Brostr'm,

149 200 139

Scbultz,

109 1(1!) 172

Georsre E

, 174 12.5 inc.

J. irbn r.

1(12 203 193

.T. Zecb,

178 137 109

Edgar Winterson, Jr., is endeavor-
ing to get a bowling team in Chicago
to play against the Milwaukee boys.

FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY.

Rocklin & Lehman of Sioux City,
Iowa, have had the following strange
experience, through which their
brother florists may benefit:

Early in December they sent in an
order to the firm of Dobbie & Co.,
Edinburgh, Scotland, stating that they
wished to have flowers sent to a cer-
tain patron in time for Christmas.
The letter head of Dobbie & Co. is
styled as follows: "The Seedsmen and
Florists" and some time later Rocklin
& Lehman received the following let-
ter:

"Gentlemen : — We duly received your let-
ter with inclosure. We are sorry that we
do not grow cut flowers for sale, and have
none to supply at the present time.

We have sent the letter to Mrs. ,

and advised her accordingly.

Ilegrettiuff we are unable to be of serv-
ice to you on this occasion, we are.
Yours faithfully,

DUBBIE & CO."

Investigation by the Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery revealed th~e fact that
it is a common thing for foreign firms
to style themselves "florists" even
though they only grow a few garden
flowers in season. It is well for the
.American firms to be sure that their
European correspondents are prepared
to furnish flowers at this season of
the year.

Mr. Chas. Dards, of New York, has
volunteered to advertise the Florists'
Telegraph Delivery in the Interna-
tional Flower Show program. Mr. A,
Pochelon, secretary, thought very
highly of the results which might be
obtained when approached for an adv.,
and is more than pleased with the
enterprising spirit shown by Mr.
Dards. who is generally found to be a
leader in such matters.

The most instructive paper rendered
by Mr. Wallace Pierson recently is
certainly interesting reading for mem-
bei-s of the Florists' Telegraph Deliv-
ery. There is much in it which ought
to be profitably adopted by an organi-
zation of retailers for the general fur-
therance of the flower business. The
paper is ahead of the times in thought
and gives the many retailers an in-
spiration for making greater strides in
the future.

IRWIN BERTERMANN,

President.

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

267

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

One bad feature of the approach of
spring Is that it gives nearly all the
boys — and some who are old enough to
know better — an idea that they can
whistle. We have noticed also that a
visit to the punch bowl has one bad
feature — it gives many people an idea
that they can sing.

Harry S. Betz will open a retail
flower store at 11th street and Lehigh
avenue on the 26th inst. Mr. Betz is
well known in the trade having tor
many years occupied a responsible
position in the Dreer establishment at
Riverton. In addition to conducting a
general retail flower business Mr. Betz
will also do landscape work.

Stephen Mortensen, one of our most
successful rose growers, says the mild
winter has been peculiarly unfavorable
to the rose crop, making the flowers
(what few have been harvested since
the new year) soft and unsatisfactory.
Conditions are much better now, es-
pecially with Richmonds, which have
greatly improved the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Meehan
left New York on the 15th inst on the
S. S. "Carillo" bound for the West In-
dies and Panama. This is strictly a
vacation trip and business will be for-
gotten. The itinerary includes stops
at Kingston. Port Royal, Costa Rica,
Colon and Panama. The return trip
will he made on the same steamer, due
in New York about March 11th.

John Mclntyre, one of Philadel-
phia's distinguished commission flor-
ists, on being Interrogated held up his
right hand and asserted that he would
not fill a retail order even it offered to
him cash down. To the best of our
knowledge and belief ,Iohn is a truth-
ful man, yet shortly after this episode
he was seen walking up the stieet
with a wire design in his hand. Josh
Billings said: "They say the frog is a
virtuous animal but the incessant
humming he keeps up o' nights causes
me to suspicion the frog."

A frequent question asked by the in-
quiring visitor: Is there much build-
ing going on or contemplated this sea-
son? This has of course to be
answered — Oh, yes: about as usual, you
can't stop the enterprise of our horti-
cultural engineers. Which provokes a
heavy sigh. We console tbem with:
Oh, well; it was just the same twenty-
five years ago; the little fellow with

Less Ice With Better Results

The McOtay System of Refrig-eration, which insures a per-
fect circulation of cool, dry air, will not only reduce your ice
bills, but will keep your stock in the best condition- fresh,
fragrant and attractive.

McCray Refrigerators

Are made so as to display your flowers to the best advantage.
They can be lined with white enamel, opal glass, tile, mirrors
or marble to suit your convenience. Write for our beautiful
Free Catalog- No. 73, which shows refrigerators for florists,
both stock and built-to-order, in all sizes and styles.

McCray Refrigerator Co.

553 LAKE STREET KENDALLVILLE, IND.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

Th

lese

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets,
are the Weil-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. I, 12.50; No. 2. &3.50 ; No. 3, S4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; No. 5, &6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y.

the obsolete found it hard to compete
with the progressive and up-to-date
greenhouses and it is just the same
to-day. Progress or perish is the watch-
word.

Visitors — George Ebeile, Baltimore,
Md.; Charles W. Scott, Yokohama
Nursery Co., New York City; George
Leapley, of Leapley & Meyer, Wash-
ington, D. C. ; C. A. Dards, New York
City; H. L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.;
Stephen Mortensen, Southampton, Pa.;
H. W. Doughten, Moorestown, N. J.

NEWS NOTES.

Marysville, Cal. — Andrews & Alex-
ander have gone out of business.

Tyler, Tex. — The florist business of
the late James Whitten has been sold,
together with the greenhouse prop-
erty, to C. B. Yost, who will conduct
the business.

A civil service examination will be
held in Alexandria, Va., on February
26, for the position of assistant forest
pathologist at a salary of $1400 to
jlSOO per annum.

Charleston, S. C. — John Salmon has
bought out the greenhouses and nur-
series of C. M. Newman and the busi-
ness will be conducted by him here-
after, under the management of P.
Aichele.

Sunbury, Pa. — C. R. Rossiter, a
prominent florist, was fatally shot on
February 12th by Morris, his son, late-
ly returned from an insane asylum,
thought cured. The maniac was flnal-

1) captured after holding a posse at
bay for several hours.

Amherst, Mass.— W. H. Elliott on
February lOth, W. H. Duckham and
C. H. Totty on February 11th, and
Eber Holmes on February 14th were
among the interesting speakers last
week in the floricultural department
of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege.

DON'T FAIL

to look through the Buyers' Directory
in every issue of HORTICULTURE.

Bed rock wholesale prices for just
the things you want are quoted there.
And in ordering the goods please re-
fer to HORTICULTURE.

EVER READY
POTGOVER

Tlie modern way of
artistically decorat-
ing unsigttly clay
li flower puts. Makes
' plants sell better as
tbey are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, duralile
and instantly ap-
plied. Made In four colors and many
sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

268

HOBTIOULTUHE

February 22, 1913

B E.AU nr I ES

Of splendid qnality, and from our observation onr supply
is the best In this market.

RDEIIMI

$2.00 and $3.00 DOZEN

When yo» buj our Gardenias you have the satisfaction of

getting the best you can buy. To prove what we say,

try a dozen.

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want a regular or special supply 5

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these Wholesale Flower Pages

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S Concerns in the Wholesale Flower Trade 3

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BOSTON

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CUT FLOWER BOXES

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MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

33-

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PL,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stork of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B.HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

I!ieJ.M.i^jciiUiiougli'sSonsTo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNIMENTS SOLICITED

Special .Ttt.'ntion to sliippiitK orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Suijplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
■Pb„„„ I--'- -". tin Tir^i^nt St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

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CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^''^'"*'^i|-D^\VE"R"soNuv

ROSES

Am.Bcauty, Fancy and Special....

'* " Extra

No. I

'* *' Lower Grades

Killamey , Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

Hilbngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " " Ordinary

Taft , Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

Ordinary

Cattley as

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo).-
" *' & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

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OUR STOCK IS Al AND IT IS QUALITY NOT
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WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS
37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants'

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS,

CHICAGO

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICULTURE.

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

269

EASTER

An early Easter this year will probably mean a shortage in certain
plants, Lilies particularly. After thoroughly canvassing the situation,
we feel very sure the supply of Easter Plants with our growers will
be in as good shape, if not better than in previous years.

Easter price list now ready, containing a full list of all standard plants
as well as some choice novelties. Write for same.

VALLEY: Special, ?4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.

GARDENIAS: Special, $3.00 per doz., .$20.00 per 100; Fancy, $2.00 per doz,

$15.00 per 100.
C.iTTLEYAS : $0.00 per doz., $40.00 per 100; $4.00 per doz., $25.00 per 100.
VIOLETS: Singles. 40c. and 50c. per 100. Hudson River Doubles, 50c. per 100;

Lady Campbell, 75c. per 10O--$5.OO per 1,000, in lots of a thousand or more.
PUSSY WILLOW: 50c. per buncli; extra heavy, 75c. per bunch.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

WILD SMILAX: $5.00 per case.

LEUCOTIIOE SPRAYS: Green and bronze, $1.00 per 100; $7.50

per 1,000.
GREEN or BRONZE G.4LAX: $1.50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: S1.50 per bag.
SPHAGNUM MOSS: 10 l)bl. bales, nicelv burlapped, each $4.25; 5

bale lots, @ $4.00; 10 bale lots. @ $3.75; 25 bale lots, @ $3.50.
MEXICAN IVY; $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1,000.
DAGGER and FANCY TERNS: $2.00 per 1,000.
BOXWOOD: 50 lb. cases, $7.50 each.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns In exclusive Ribbons. Write
us for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small shipnicutg can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN GO.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK
U7 West 28th St.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W.

Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100

TO DEALERS ONLY

Trade has been decided-
BOSTON ly on the quiet side all
this week and the pros-
pect of some mild weather together
with the holiday Saturday would seem
to favor a still greater drop in values
within the next few days than has yet
taken place. There are plenty of roses,
carnations, violets, bulb stock, etc., — in
fact, everything in flowers and plants.
Quality holds good on most lines ex-
cept that carntions from some sources
run poor, there being many split and
otherwise imperfect blooms. Bulb
stock is accumulating considerably in
wholesalers' hands.

Business has fallen off
BUFFALO considerably, though
there have been days
when it has been brisk. There is
suflicient stock in all lines, although
roses are not too abundant and this
has helped the carnation situation to
some extent. There has again been
an oversupply on paper whites and
short stem tulips, but good colored
La Reine, Yellow Prince and Cottage
Maid have had a good call. Narcissi,
all kinds, have been in good supply.
Lilies are fine, also freesia. mignonette
and sweet peas. Lily of the valley is
on the very quiet side and violets have
had little or no demand except on
Valentine's Day when a little extra
business was had on them.

Last week market con-
CHI CAGO ditions were unchanged
until Friday when rose
stock eased up a little and carnations
suddenly seemed to be hardly equal to
the demand. There has been such a
continued shortage of medium and
short roses that even a slight increase
is welcome, but the chief difference is

ROSES

BOblUN

February 20

CHICAOO

February 17

ST. LOUIS

February 17

PHI LA.

February 17

Am, Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " •* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100)..
" " & Spren. (100 Bchs.). .

40.00 to

30.00 to

10.00 to

2.00 to

6«o to

1 .00 to

6.00 to

1. 00 to

1 .00 to

6.00 to

1. 00 to

3.00 to

1.50 to

.50 to

25.00 to

6.00 to

8.00 to

2.00 to

1.50 to

1.50 to

1.50 to

1.50 to

.35 to

I. 00 to

4.00 to

■35 to

8.00 to

1. 00 to

10.00 to

to

25.00 to

50.00
40.00
20.00

8.00

10.00
4.00
10.00

5.00

6.00

12.00

4.00

12.00

2.00

1. 00

40.00

10.00

12.00

4.00

2.00

3.00

3.00

2.00

•50
1.50

6.00

.60

25.00

1-25

15.00
50.00
35 -oo

I 40.00

; 25.00

I 15.00

I 6.00

I 10.00

I 400

! 10.00

' 4.00

4.00

8.00

4.00

5-00
2.00
1.50
25.00
8.00
8.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
3.00
■50

5.00

•75

20.00

I 00
xo.oo
40.00
25.00

t9

50.00
40.00
25.00
10.00
15.00

8.0c
15.00

6.00

6.00
10.00

6.00
12.00

3.00

2.00
50.00
15.00
12.00

4.00

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
J. 00

8.00

1.50

30.00

i.*5
15.00
60.00
50.00

25.00

15.00
8.00
4.00
8.00
5.00
6.00
4.00
4.00
6.00
4.0c

3.00

1. 00

40.00

10.00

10.00

2.00

2.00

40.00
20.00
12.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
8.00

5.0D

5.00
8.00
5.00

4.00

2.00

50.00

12.00

12.00

3.00
3.00

3.00

to

400

2.00

to
to

3-00

•35

to
to

•75

4.00

to

6.00

•50

to
to

■75

1. 00
12.00
35.00

8.0a

1.25
15.00
50.00
15.00

50.00

35.00

15.00

5.00
8.00

3.00
8.0a
3.00

8.00
4.00

6.00

3.00

2.00
20.00
10.00

lO.CO

1. 00
2.00

I. CO

2.00

•25

2.00

3.00

.40

5.00

•75
15.00
35.00
3500

62.50
50 .oo
25.00
10.00
15.00
6.00

1500

6.00
15.00

4.00

3.00
40.00
12.50
12.50

4.00

3.00
3.00
3.00

.50

3.00

4.00

1. 00
25.00

1.50

20.00
50.00
50.00

In the long-stemmed stock. Not that
there is any surplus nor likely to be in
the near future. Carnations were de-
cidedly in demand Saturday and every
flower cleaned up. Growers say the
splits are nearly all cut and stock
from now on will be mostly of the
higher grades. Lilies are coming in
rather freely but all sell. Violets came
into Chicago in such quantities that
the price went down to anything one
would pay on Valentine's Day and the
day following. This was especially
true of doubles which have been poor
property here all the winter. Some
fine Princess of Wales held up to quo-
tations, a lot of 65,000 selling readily
in one house. Sweet peas, violets and
red roses were the three favorites for

Valentine's Day. Tulips and other
bulbous stock form a very large part
of all the stock seen on the counters.
There is plenty of all kinds of green.

The supply of good
CINCINNATI stock in market Is

easily sufficient to
take care of all calls. It is only the
good stock, too, that realizes the price.
Seconds and inferior grades are yield-
ing a very low average. The call from
out-of-town buyers is very large. Most
all of the good clean Killarney, White
Killarney and Bride roses are selling
up nicely. Richmond receipts clean
up at sight when the stock is in good
condition. There is an active demand
for short and medium Beauties. Th«

(Cotrtittufd on Fage 2yi)

270

HORTICULTURE

IVI. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2J West 28th Street NEW YORX

J

A Full Line of ALL CUT I'LOWEKS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMEN^

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 28tli St. NEW YORK

Telepliones: 2300, 2301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. 5^62 „adigo„ sq„,,g J^g^ Yorfe

hi&mB, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Connnissipn FIcrists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD^—

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK]

Call and Inspect the Beat Bstabllgbment
In the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLC AND DOUBl^E

V I O 1- Enr3

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Groovers' MarKet Prices

.B. S. Slinn, Jr.

55 £i 57 •West 26th St.. New Yofh

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Kier^reens, .Mos^^eN,
Southern Sniilax. Galax and L<'Ucothoe,

Preserved anil Fresh ('nt
(yeas and I'alnictto.

,., {»;^} M,d.s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RKED (SL KCLLER

132 West a,nth St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

\\f in:innf:i<'tlir<' all uiir

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Wprk & Novelties

Decorative Glassware, Growers and
Florists* Keniii«i4<>«

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremo«t and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoufhby t.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. GOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000 $1.75. 60.(]00....»7.50. Sample free

For sale by dealers

February 22, 1913

^«R*'4Bl

p*. J. s:ivi:iTn

Successor to JOHN I. RAVNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist \V-^i?iT''%lZW?i

Afullllneof Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes Tile HOME OP THK LILY
by the lUO, lOOO or I0,<00

TEL. 1998 MADtsoN SQUARE 49 Wcst 28th St., Ncw York City

TT 1 'TT

^M

Walter F.Sheridan

Wltol**nnle Commission Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

f33 West 28th Street, New York

Ettablished
1887

J. K. Al-L

IM

Still Going
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cat Flower Crnslirnoipnts '='olleltecl,
A 8QCARK DEAL. PROMPT RETURNS. MONEY ALWAYS READT.

106 WEST 2STH ST., NEW YOhK

Open B A.M. dally. Telei.hone. 1B7 mud 44<l« Msd. 8«|

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

^ ;^HE HIGHEST 1# A I I TV ALWAYS

/ijl-, .^ GR.\DE OF VALLL-T ON HAND

GARDENIAS. DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS. m.V"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTAIIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

last Half of Week

endins Feb IS

1912

First Half of Week

beginning Feb. 17

1912

15.00

8.00

American Beauty, Fancy and Special ; 30.1

" " Extra '

No.i

** ** LowerGrades - 1 2.00

Klllarney, Extra 6.00

" Ordinary .... , i .00

Ricbmond, Maryland, Extra ' 6.00

*' " Ordinary 1 3.00

Bride. Maid 2.00

HUllnsrdun, Ward, Melody, Extra 3.00

" " •' Ordinary a. 00

TaU, Sunburst , 4.00

Carnations, Fancy Grade 2.00

** Ordinary ■.... | .75

40.00

25.00

10.00

6.00

8.00

5.00

10.00

5.00

8.00

10.00

6.00

15.00

3.00

1.50

30.00
15.00
8.00

3. GO
6.00
1.00
6.00
3.00
2. 00
3.00
3.00
4.00
1.50

■75

40.00
25.00

10.00
6.00
8.00

5.00

8.00
10.00

6.00
15.00

2.00

2.00

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

»* 'WeaH: SStlri Street, JVew -^orixi

Telephones | }^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS 80U( ITia*

Frank H. Trmendly Char e. Sohtauil | ■■ M S » | » UTH I I IkWk fk

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK ™N^ "WNG

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephones : 79S and 799 MadUoB Square

Conaignmenta Solicited

CrKKT1tALt.T LOCATKD. THB irm OP
THE FLOWKB MARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 7062 MadUon

Telephone 3860 Madi»on Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Planismen and Florists

41 West 28th Street NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Sbipniputs, any quantity, ^h le-
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT, WIUH.

HKXRY .M. li..i!INMI.\.Fris. MAUKICE I,. f.I.ASS.Trea.
CII.V.S E.K011I.\.SUX.V-l'rc«. .lOSEl'll M AKGOLIS.SeC'j

HENRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK
NA^Kiolesale F"lor!s*s

Maurice L. Glass, Manager

55-57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

Sprciai Attention tt tJtt Shippitt% I rade

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

271

Flower Market Reports

fContiniteii from ^age 20q)

long ones are not selling any too well,
although they manage at times to clean
up. The sweet pea cut has increased
tremendously. The good long ones sell
easily while their shorter confreres
find difficulty in obtaining a market.
The supply of lilies, too, has increased
until the market in this line is easy.
All the stock offered for the past fort-
night has been the good solid kind that
delights the retailer. The carnation
supply has held up steadily as tar as
blooms are concerned. A large num-
ber of either split carnations or some
that have been held too long are be-
ing dumped into the market, but the
supply of good local stock has been
sufficient to talve care of most of the
wants. At the present time, however,
judging from the appearance of the re-
ceipts, the local growers are going off
crop. Neither violets, orchids or bulb-
ous stock of any kind are finding a
very strong market. As long as there
are roses and carnations in adequate
numbers the local buyers do not seem
to take kindly to the other lines. The
feature in the green goods maricet is
the heavy call for cut ferns.

Business conditions

NEW YORK have not changed ma-
terially from those
reported last week. The volume of
business must, however, show a con-
siderable increase if it is to use up
the augmented supply of roses which
must now be reckoned with. A strong
downward tendency may be looked for.
AH other crops are on full tilt and
with quality generally good, except
that quantities of low grade carnations
and sweet peas are coming in from
growers who lack in skill, attention
or equipment or something of that
sort and who will be candidates for
the poorhouse if they have to depend
upon the returns from the sale of
these outclassed goods.

There was con-

PHILADELPHIA siderably more
vim in the cut
fiower market here last week. This was
especially true towards the end of the
week when trading was very brisk in-
deed. Prices stiffened very materially
all along the line — the leaders in that
respect being carnations, orchids, and
Richmond roses. The general run of
roses were not in large supply and the
clean-up was excellent. No doubt the
St. Valentine episode of the week
helped considerably. Gardenias, vio-
lets and sweet peas, were all plentiful
and good and met with ready sale.
Rather too many daffodils, but there
was a big overturn of these at fair

ALBANY GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THCMAS 7R.ACEY, IWgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

?6 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N. Y.

SA\ B Tl.ME ANI> .MONEY BV SENDING YOUR OKDEK TO r.--

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY, KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND - LL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, OR>.H.Dj

BEST PRODUCED

226 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/Holesale F-|ori:

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORG.ANIZED FOR TlIK BENEFIT OF THK CANADIAN TRADB.
CUT Fl,OWIIR8 AND FLO-RISTS' Nri'PblES OF EVERY DESJRI I'TION.
Homr-KrewB Stock ■ Spcdalty. 8TIUCTL.T WHOL,EBA£.E; MOTHINO SOLD
AT RETAIl..

Ample refcrnec fBraishsd m» t* (teatfaK Bad flasnelBl ability of the ronipan.T.
123 MANSFIELD STREET. MONTREAL, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATiOftS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Cyprlpedlums

Lllicrs. Luntttflorum

Cailas

Ln> ol the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas (per icx> bunches)

Gardenias

Adiantum

5mllax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per xoo)

** •* &. Spren (loo bunches) .

Last Half of Week

ending Feb. 15

1913

20.00

10.00
6.00

10.00
1. 00
1. 00
1. 00
1. 00
1.50
.20
•50

2. 00
3.00
8.00
-50
6.00
3500
15.00

3S-00
12.00

8.00

12.00

4.00

1.50

2,00

1.50

3.00

.50

1.50

6.00

12.00

2r..OO
1. 00
12.00
40.00
25.00

First Half of Week

beginning Feb. 17

1913

20.00
10.00
6.00

35'0»
12.00

1. 00

to

4<»

1. 00

to

i.5»

1. 00

to

a.o*

1.00

to

l.5»

1. 00

to

3.00

•IS

to

•30

.50

to

1.50

2.00

to

6.aa

3.00

to

12. 00

8.00

to

20.ao

•50

6.00

35.00

15.00

ia.o*
40.0*

as°«

prices. Paper whites nearly over, but
the freesias are now abundant and fill
that gap nicely.

The market was equal
ST. LOUIS to the big demand all
during last week and
from reports among the retailers Lent
has cut but very little figure so far —
ot course St. Valentine's Day business
came in during the week and kept us
all very busy. The sale for this day
was mostly for violets and our com-
mission men say over 200,000 vio'ets
were received on Thursday and Fri-
day and all cleaned up nicely. Sweet
peas, too, had a big call and sold as
well as violets only there were not so
many. Roses are coming in better
and are more plentiful. Carnations
are up in price and today bring 4 and
5 cents for extra quality, with supply
large. Bulb stock sells at usual prices
and plenty of them at any time.

Saint Valentine's
WASHINGTON Day and the Auto-
mobile Carnival
brought a large amount of extra busi-
ness to the stores, which, last week,
took on a decided holiday appearance.
Roses continue scarce. Carnations are
retailing at 50 cents per dozen at a
number of the downtown stores al-
though the growers and commission
houses are cleaning out their stock at
from $2.50 to $4.00 per hundred. Sweet

peas are very plentiful. The supply of
snapdragon and lupines is increasing
but the demand exceeds the supply.
There is quite a little call for novel-
ties including magnolias, peach and
other blossoms which cannot be sup-
plied by local firms. Lilies and cailas
are moving well.

"Mnny growers of violets in Pough-
keepsie and Rbinebeck bave given up tlie
growing of tli's flower because tbe.v say
tbey are no longer worn. Tbe turkey trot
and like dances are so rougb tlia't tbe
flnnprs are knocked off after a few min-
utes."

Now we know what happened to
the "Up-the-Hudson" product. We did
think it was something else.

How and where to construct a pub-
lic park or private estate was enter-
tainingly described by Arthur A.
Shurtleff, engineer of the Boston Park
Department, at Horticultural Hall,
Boston, Saturday afternoon, February
15, 1913.

ROSES WANTED

will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 28th Street, New York

278

HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this liead, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNT ANT

B. J. Dygart, 40 State St., Boston.
For paee av* Llat of AdT«itl»«r».

AMPEtOPSIS

Ampelopsis \eitchii— One year, 2 to 3
ft strong, 50 for $2, 100 tor $3.25 (parcel
post); $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 inches, 50
tor $1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to 6 inches
for transplnnting, $12 per 1000. Samples
25c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Black,
Hightstown, N. J.

APUINK

Aphin* Mfg. Co., Madlaon, N. J.
For pa»« — Ll»t of AflT«rtl»«ri.

ARAnCABIAS

OodfrcT Aacbmann. PhlUdelpkU, Pa.
For pat* »t* Hat of AdTortiten.

A8PAKAOC8

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
100; $is.0(i per luou. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

ASTERS

THE SAWYER ASTERMUM.
Eight years of strict selection places It
on the mountain top of perfection, in color,
size and Profit. Price (cash with order),
$8 00 per oz. ; .f4.50 per % oz. ; trade paclset,
not mixed, $1.00. Colors, white, pinls.and
lavender. Send for cuts and description.
Albert A. Sawyer, Forest Parli, 111^

/^TaT.gAH

P. OBwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page »e« Llat of Adv»rti»«ra_

A. l«uthy & Co., Soellndale, Maaa.
For page aee Llat of AdVertiaera.
Loectiuei & Co., New York, N. I.
For page see Ltet of Advertiaera.

BAT TBKB8

McHotchleoB tt C»., 17 Murray Bt., M
For page aee Llat of AdTeroaera.
Bobblck * AtklnaT^Kntherford, N. 3.
For page aee Llat of AdTertleera.

T.

Angnat Rolker & Sona, 31 BarclaT St.,

New York.

For page eee LUt of AdTertlaefa.

Bar treea aad Bex traea, all alaee. Wrlta
tor apecUl llat. JaUna Boahra Co., Batbcr-
teft. N. J.

BEDOrNO PUkNTa

A. N. Pleraon, lac, Cromwell, Coam.
For page aee Llat ef Adrertlaera.

B. TlBCMt, Jr., * Soaa Co., WWt» Ifarah,

Md.

For page aee Llat of AdTTtlaera.

BKOONLAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, In bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

BOHJCBS

KroeacheU Broa. Co., 4M Brie Bt^ Ckleaso.
For page aee Llat of AdTortlaera^

Lord * Bnmkam Co., 11S8 Broadway. W. T.

Hltohtngs Jb Co.. 111% Broadway, N. Y.

Boxiis — CUT FtowBB— Foiamro

B«warda Folding Box Co., PhlUdelphla.

For page aee Llat of Advertlaera.
Folding eat Bower boiea, the beat ^fy-
Wilta for Uat. Holtoa A Honkel Oa, Iffl-
waakee. Wla.

BOXWOOD TrnKca

Bobblnk ft Atklna Rntherford, N. J.
For page ao LUt of AdTertlaera.

Jallaa Boebra Co., Batherford, N. J.
Box Traea, all alaea. Aak for apeelal Bm.

BULB8 AND TUBERS

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. '
For page see List of AdTertlaera.
J. M. TborliDm & Co., 33 Barclay St., N.
For page aee Llat of Adrertlaera.

Mlcbell's Seed House, Pblladelphla, Pa.
For page aee List ef AdTertlaera.

Balpb M. Ward ft Co., 71 Mnrray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page aee List of AdTertlaera.

Jamea Vlck's Sona, Rocbeater, N. Y.
For page aee List of AdTertlaera.

Tbe W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see Llat of AdTertlsera.

Fottlar, Flake, Sawsoa Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

B. S. Miller, Wading Blrer, N. Y.
For page aee List of AdTortlaars.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

B. ft J. Farqnbar Co., Boston, Maaa
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

Balbs of all descrlptlona. Writ* t»r prleea.
C. Kenr ft Bona, Hillacom, Holland.
New York Branch, Sl-SS BroadTray.

CANE STAKES FOR 1,IL,IE8

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., Flsbklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington, New York, N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Cannas.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
Yon can double your proflta by atock-
Ing DP with the new cannaa. Be snrc ta
get our list before yon place yonr order.
The Conard ft Jones Company, Wast GroTe,
Penna.

CAJBNATION BTAPLS

Split camatlona quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Inllabnry'a Caraation
SUple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PlUabnry, Galesbarg, lU.

OABNATIONB

Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y.

New Carnations.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. Dorner ft Sona Co., Lafayette. lad.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

Cbas. H. Tott^, Madisoa, N. 1.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

Wood Bros.. Flsbklll. N. Y.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago. 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHBTBANTHSanrMB

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
Fer page see Llat of AdTertlaera.

Cbaa. H. Totty, Madaon. N. J.
For page aee lAit of AdTertlsera.

Wood Bros.. Flsbklll, N. Y.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

Elmer D. Smith ft Co., Adrian, Mlcb.

Chrysantbemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Continued

1. M. Raynor, Greenport, N. Y.
Chrysanthemum Bargain.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Har-
rington. The author has endeaTorad ta
aaalat and direct the efforta of tbose wk«
would grow and excel in producing per-
fect chryaanthemnm flowers, ahuwlng that
not in secret nrta and practlcea, bat, la
plain conrse of procedure are the deaIrM
results attained. lilnatrated, 180 pagea
Price 60 cents.

Ordera fllUd by HOETICDLTUBB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOAMXTT riBKB BOH.

aoth Century Plant Food Co., BoTorly, Haas
For page see List of AdTortlaers.

CTCUkHKMB

Thomaa Boland, Nahaat, Maaa.
For page sea List of AdTsrtlaers.

DAHI.LA8

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Dahlias, named sorts, strong dlTlslona,
$1.25, per 100. Send for list. C. W. Hoff-
man, R. 13, Dayton, O.

Dahliaa — 2500 fleld clamps, latest rarla-
tlea, cheap for caab: or what baTe yoa ta
exchange? Geo. H.Walker, Dahlia Bx

North Dlghton, Mass.

■xyart.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sett. Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of best cut flower
dahlias. Write for surplus list and special
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms, WllIlamB-
town Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin,
N. J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over 850.000 field clumps to offer at right
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
.1. K. Alexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

DECOKATITB nUANTB

A. Lenthy ft Co., Ferklna St. Naraarlaa.

Rosllndala, Mass.

For page see List of AdTerttaars.

Bobert Craig Co., Market and Mth Mi.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Far page see Llat of AdTortlaara.

John Scott, BroaklTB. M. T.

Far page see Llat of AiTartlaera.

Woodrow ft Marketoa. 41 Weat Sth Bt.

New York.
For page aee Llat of AdTertlsera.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 2 Inch, $2.(30 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash pleaae. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FEBN8

A. Ledthy & Co., Rosllndala. Haaa.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

H. H. Barrows ft Son, Whitman, Masa.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

Bobert Craig Co., Pblladelphla, Pa.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

Frank Oechslln, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of AdTertlsers.

Fw Li^ 0f Adverfeo^s See Page 247

February 22, 1913

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273

FERNS— Contlnned

F. R. Plerson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hndgon.

New York.

For page ace Llat of Advertisers.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whlt-
manlL Amerpobll. SprliiKfleldll, $1.80 per
100, $1500 per 1000. Roosevelt mnners,
very fine, $6.00 per 100. $50.00 per 1000.
Koosevelt, 4-lncli, $15.00 per 100, S-lndi,
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosns, 4-
Inch, baodsome stock, $8.00 per 100. SO.OOO
sq. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O.. devoted
•zclnslvely to ferns. I have the best stock
to be had anywhere. Prices are low, for
emab only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,

7EBTII.IZBR8

aOth Centnry Plant Food Co., Beverly, 1U«

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co.. 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FEVERFEW

Feverfew, large double white R. C, 75c.
per 100, prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenilwortb,
N. J^_

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS" BCPPLIE8

N. P. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. i£. Robinson A Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H«cd A. Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Penuock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia,

Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St., Boston.
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. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hilflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syraeose, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNOINB
Aphln* Mfg. Co., MadlsoB, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

MlcblgaB Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OKBANTCMS

S. TiBccBt, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsfa,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mme. Salleroi, fine rooted cuttings, $1.00
per 100. Carl Baer, Archbold, Ohio.

Single geraniums, 3-ln., for stock. Jac-
querie, 4c Hill, Dryden, Albion, Burke,
also leading double, SV^c. Roney Bros.,
West Grove, Pa.

Special lot 300 3-in. Double Grant Geran-
iums, $10.00. Eoney Bros., West Grove, Pa.

GERANIUMS— Continued
NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we are oCEering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2V4-inch pots
50e. each, $5.00 per doz, ; 3-inch pots. $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St.. Freeport, Ills.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roselear, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard, Red Wing, Viand, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, Olierle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per lUOO. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polte-
vine. Double Dryden, Atlantis, Lulgi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per lOUO. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. DeWltt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis f hllds, Flowertleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdi Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natick,
Mass.

America in all sizes. Will exchange for
Augusta and Mrs. F. King. Send for
quotations. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co.,
Valley Junction, Iowa.

Bulblets of America, Augusta, Independ-
ence, Klondyke, Mrs. F. King, choice $1.50
per qt.; Groff's Hybrids or Silver Trophy,
Sec. 2, light shades, .$1.00 per qt., post-
free; K. in. bulbs of all above, $1.00 per
100; $8.00 per 1000.

Clark Brown, Ashland, Mass.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lamber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Nepooset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Frank Van Asscbe, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacotw t Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lord ft Bnmham Co.,
1183 Broadway, New York.

OBEENHOU8E CON8TBUCTION

Ktaif Constmctton Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertiaers.

A. T. Steams Lumber Co., Boston, Mais.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Asache, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Plersen D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Lntton. Jersey City, N. J.

Lord ft Bnmham Co.,
1188 Broadway, New York.

Hltehings ft Co., U70 Broadway, M. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gntters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FEBNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mlcil.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of AdvtTtlsera.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicane.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Burnbam Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HELIOTROPES

WANTED— To buy 100 Standard Helio-
tropes. State size and price. J. G. Brock,
care E. T Bedford, Greens Farms, Conn.

HERBACEOUS PEBENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mas*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. 8. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk ft Atkins, Rutherford, N. J,
For page see List of Advertlsera.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eye, 1 year fleld-grown, No. 1,
$2.00; No. 2, $1.50; No. 3, $1.00 per 100;
500 lots, 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert
Troth, Cantril, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Maw.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnbam Co., 1138 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

New French Hydrangeas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, M, J.

Aphlne and Fnnglne.

For page see List of Advertiaers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, iriahklll-on-HBdaaB,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Eastern Chemical Co., Boston. Maaa.
Imp. Soap Spray.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents in stampa.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

JAPANESE LILIBB
Loediner ft Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

LEMON OtL

Lemon Oil Co.. Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena R. C, 75c. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

274

HOETICULTURE

February 22, 1913

LII.T BITLBS

R. & J. Farqubiir & Co., Boston, Ham.

New Lille*.

For paK* »«" Lint cif Advertisers.

Jas. Vlek's Suna, Uochester, N. I.
For paKe at^ List of Adrertlserii.

E. M. Ward & Co., New York. N. I.
Hurae Shoe Hraad.
For pane aee Llat uf Advertisers^

1.H.Y OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

.Tulius Ruehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.
First class goods. $10.00 per 100; ?C0.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For pase see List of Advertisers.

Angnst Rolker&Sona. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For pane see List of Advertlaers.

McHatcblsoD & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley I'Ips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plcrson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M.\TS

MATS; — We make not onl.v tlie most
practical hut the cheapest HOTBED and
COLD FRAME ]\I.\T8 on the market. A
large per cent, of our orders come from
gardeners and florists who have tried them
pnd are pleased. Our ma„*s are in use in
Iowa, 111., Ind.. Ohio. Minn., Wis., Mich.,
New York, Maine, Mass., Conn., R. I., N. J.,
Va., W. Va.. and Pa. Also in British Co-
lumbia and Ont.. Canada. Send for circu-
lar. WATTS BROS., Kerrmoor, Pa.

NCRSERY STOCK

P. Oawerkerk, Weebawkeo Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. 4 T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Ba7 State Nnraertes North Ahlngton, Mass.
Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., Sooth Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell. New York, N. T.
Spring Price List.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHntcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertlaers.

Angvst Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, N. T.
For page aee Llat of Advertlaers.

Mannal of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publlshlns Co.,
11 Hamilton Place. Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
soch varieties as Splreas, Altheaa, Welgelaa
and Phlladelphns, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Orove,
Fenna.

ONION SETS
Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Schllder Bros., ChiUicothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS
Jas. McManus, New York. N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veltchll.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Jnllos Roehrs Co., Rntherford. N. J.
For page see I.W of Advertlaers.

Sander. St. Albans. England.

Importer, Exporter. Growers, RybrldUta.

For page see List of Adverttsen.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANDAL.

By U. S. Williams, ::U0 llluatratlona, 8n0
pages; descrlptl'ina of upwards of 2SHK)
apet-les and varieties of orchidaceous
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTDRK, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,
Roslludale, Mass.

For page see Llbt of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atklu8,~Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Asctimann, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page flee Llat of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page Sep List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. V.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote. Pa.
For page see List of Advertlaers.
Loechner & Co.. New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AnguRt Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

.T. H. Sprague. Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BBMCHKS

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mais.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send tor list. C. Betacber,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Constractlon Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BCLB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.
McHutchlson & Co.7 iT Murray St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page sea List of Advertisers.
Seele's TIeless Plant Stakes and Trel-
llses. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart. Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westhoro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"RIverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

American Woodenware Mfg. Co.. Toledo. O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardlnlers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros Co.. 4fl« Erie St., Chicago.

King Construction Company,
Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda. N. T.

POINSETTIA8

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.

Stock Plants.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH

German Kail Works. New York. N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT RANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 do». by eip.,
$1.2S by mall. I. N. Kramer * Sons, Cedar
Rapids. Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-ye«r«i«
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well fln-
l.shed plants, well graded and well packed^
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopols
Veltchll. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlgbtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

UcBntchlson ft Co., 17 Mnrrar St.. M. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Keudalvllle, In
For page see l.Ist of Adverrlsers.

RHOUOI>ENI>KIIN8

P. Ouwerkerk, Huhukeu, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of AdverllHers.

RIBBONS AND CIIIFFIIN8

M. Rice Co., 1220 U.ice St., Phi la.. Pa.

For page see List of Atlvertlwera.

S. S. Pennock-Meehau Co., Philadelphia, I'a.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

ROSES

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Geo.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For p;ige see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
__ For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.
American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton,
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Peunock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III,
For page see List of Advertlsita.

■rerett B. Oark Seed Co., Mllford. OoaB.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., Ban Joaa, OaL

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

61 and B2 N. Market St.. Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsen.

Mlchell's Seed Honse, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

W. Atlee Bnrpee A Co., Philadelphia, FB.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Fottler, Flske, Bawson Co., Boston.

Boston Flower Market Stock Seed.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Maas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, HI.
Peas, Beans, Radish and all (iarden 8ea4s.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. 8. Skidelsky tk Co., ^Iladelphla, Pm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthnr T. Boddlngton, New York.

For page wee List nf Advertisers

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, Call.

Tomato Seed.

For page yee List of Advertiser*.

James Vlek's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see T.l«t of AdvertU

B. Bryaon Ayrea Co.. Independence, M*.

Sweet Peas.

F'or page see List of Advertiser*.

For List of AdverSsors See Page 247

February 22, 1913

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SEEDS — Continued

Loechner & Co.. New York. N. T.
For page see List of AdTertUera.

T. J. Crey Co., 32 So. Market St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamtltnn Ooodsell, New York. N. T.
For page see LUt of AdTCrtlsers.

8. D. Woodrnff & Son, New York, N. T.

Carden Seed.

For page see I.lgt of Advertlserm.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaiilleu. Woodhaven. N. Y.

Importer of P.est French Seeds.

For p;itfe see List of Advertisers.

Peter Ilendersun & Co., New York, N. Y.

Henilerscin''! .M:inimnth Buttprflv Panslea.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGT'S SEEDS— New crop Plumo-
sus Nami.s, greenhouse grown. For qnick
cash orders. $3 50 per 1000; $10.00 per 3000;
$15.00 per 0000: $27.50 per lO.WiO. Special
price on I.i;-ger lots. Joseph E. Stanton,
6755 Musgrove St., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia,
Pa^

SHAMROCKS

Frank Opil'slin. Chicago, 111.

True Irish Shamrock.

For p a ge see List of Advertisers.

Shamrocks, true strong plants, cool
grown seedlings. Iiy mail ready : For 2 or
3 in.. 50e. per 100; from 2 and 3 in. pots,
readv after March 1st, 2 and 4c. A. Van
Benthuysen. R. D. 6, Schenectady, N. Y.

SLl'O 8IIOT

B. Hammond. Flshklll-on-Hudson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SMILAX

Smllax — Strong 2V'-inch, twice cut back,
$2.00 per 100. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth,
N. J.

8PHAONUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For pnee -^ee I.lflt of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Live Sphngnam moss, orrbid peat and
orrbid baskets always on band. Lager &
Hnrrell. Summit. N. J.

8PIREAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons. finest collection.
Jnllas R.iehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

STAR OR WONDER BLACKBERRY

J. T. Lovett, Little Silver. N. J.

STRAWT5ERRT PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Pl.ints. Best
varieties. Catalogue tree. Basil Perry,
Cool Spring. Delaware.

THE N.*TlONAL NURSERYJIAN

National Nurser.vman Publishing Co.. Inc.,

Rochester. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TRADESCANTIA

Wandering Jew, Bicolur and Striped.
Each, 2 in., per 100, $1.50; Bicolor, 2V2 in.,
per 100. $2.00; 500 lota, 10 per cent. o£t,
cash. Albert Troth, Cantril. Iowa.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co.. Richmond, Ind.
improved VeutUator Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

(Quaker City Machine Works,

Richmond. Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25tb St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertiser*.
WIrewurk. Write for our catalogue.
Holtoo * Hunkel Co., Milwaukee. Wis.

Wllllaui U. UelUcber's Wire Works,
18-40 Broadway, Detroit, Uleb.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Bxcbange, Albany. N. T.

For page see List of Advert Isem.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

S F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and
31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire 8t

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bnlfalo, N. T.

William F. Kastlug Co., 383-87 EUlcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cblrago

I'eter Ueluberg, 37 Uaiidolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Puehluiuun Bros. Co., Murtuu lirove. 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, .37-39 Randolph St.

For page see List of Ailvertlsers

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Tbe J. M. McCuUough's Sons Co.,

318 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 3S and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 2«th St., New York.

For page »ee List of Advertisers.
tl. 4;. trouieul. o7 W. 2ftth St., ^ew lolk.

For page see Ll3« of Advertisers.

K. C. UorauV S5 W. 28tb" St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FORI8TS

New York — Continued
Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.

I'or page see List of Advertisers.

j7k. AllenTNew^'ork, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PbllsdelpbiB

James McMauus. 105 W. 2StU St., New York.

For page aee List ot^Advertl»ers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133^ W. 28th St., New York

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 WlUoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. V.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Bentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 28tb

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association.

1«2 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 28th St..

For page see List of Advertisers.

P." J.~Smlth~49~West 28tb St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly «rschne<>k. New York. N. Y.

For page aee I.Ut of Advertisers.

The S. S. Penuock-Meehan Co., 117 West
2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertisers^

^Frank MIllangT 55-57 West 28th St.

For p.igp see List of Advertisers.

Badgley. RIedel & Meyer. Inc.. New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Slinn. Jr.. New York. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood row A" Marketos, 41 West ISth Bt

For page see List of Advertisers.

Leo. NIessen Co., 1209 Arcb St., Phil*., P«.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The 8 S. Pennock-Meehsn Co., HOS-fl

Ludlow St., Pbllsdelpbla, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

%Va8hington

"The S. S. Pennock-Mechan Co., 1218

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS
SEED.

Henrv F. Micliell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

EASTER PLANTS.

S S Peunoek-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

FINE FERNS, COLD STORAGE LILY
OF THE VALLEY.

F I! Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

L. L. May & Co., St. Paul. Minn.
For page' see List of Advertisers.

~~ GARDEN~UTERATURE FREE.

FeU.\- & Pvliliuis. Koslioop, Holland.
For page_see List of_ Advertisers.

GLADIOLI, CANNAS, IRISES, L1L-

lUMS, HYACINTHS, ETC.

John Lewis Childs, FIowerHeld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List^o^Advertisers.

GLOXINIAS AND BEGONIAS.

A T. Boddington. 342 W, 14th St
York City.
For page see List of Advertisers,

New

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA

SHADING.

W. H. Dugan, US Winyah Ave.,

New Rochelle. N. Y.
For page see List of_Advertisers^

KING SEMI-IRON OR PIPE FRAME

GREENHOUSES.

King Construction Co., No. Tonawanda,
N. Y.
For page see List_ot_Advertisers.

LANDSCAPE ASSISTANT WANTED.

Elm Citv Nurserv Co.. New Haven. Conn.
For 'page see List of Advertisers.

ORDER YOUR EASTER SUPPLIES.

11' r.ayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

POTASH.

German Kali Works, Inc., 42 Broadway,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RICE'S EASTER CHIFFONS.

M Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

SMITH'S PRODUCTS.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian. Mich.
Fit page see List of Advertisers.

SPECIAL PRICE ON SASH.

Lord & Burnham Co.. 1133 Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TOMATO SEED.

J. Aug. Drake, Chester, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

276

HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo, Wis.—
Guide to Pansy Culture and Catalogue
of Seeds and Plants, tor 1913.

M. Rice Co., Phila., Pa. — Large
Illustrated Sheet and Price List ol
Easter Baskets and Novelties.

Daniel A. Clarke, Red Oak Nurseries,
Fiskeville, R. I. — A select list of hardy
ornamental plants, in neat, pocket size.
Illustrated.

F. H. DeWitt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

— Geraniums and Pelargoniums, for
1913. An illustrated list of these stand-
ard specialties.

Rumsey & Co., Ltd., Boston. — Illus-
trated Catalog of Spray Pumps and fit-
tings. Apples in natural colors used
as a cover illustration.

Albert A. Sawyer, Poi'est Park, 111.
—Folder Sheet of the Sawyer "Aster-
mum." Illustrated and convincing. A
view of a field of these flowers makes
a gorgeous picture.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.—
Trade Price List of Bulbs and Hardy
Plants, Spring of 1913. A well selected
list in which lilies and gladioli are
especially prominent.

\V. W. Wilmore, Denver. Colo. —
Dahlias, 1913. A very interesting and
complete illustrated catalogue of dah-
lias. Many beautiful novelties are
listed. Special Trade List also.

William Tricker, Arlington, N. J. —
Water Lilies and Hardy Ol 1-Fashioned
Garden Flowers. A list that every one
interested in aquatic gardening will
want. Handsome illustrations.

B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass.

— Cedar Acres Gladioli. A very at-
tractive and fetchy publication, nicely
illustrated and with a very artistic
cover, in colors. Size just right to
slip into the coat pocket.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain,
Mass. Wholesale Trade List. As usual
this catalogue presents in its selec-
tions the best things in hardy shrub-
bery, trees and herbaceous material.
Many desirable sorts of recent intro-
duction are listed.

Chamberlain & Gage. South Natick,
Mass. — Price List of Gladiolus Bulbs,
1913. An enticing list for the glad-
iolus fancier, particularly in the nov-
elty list which is an exceptionally ad-
vanced one. This is a catalogue that
will sell the goods, all right.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
— Vick's Garden and Floral Guide. As
usual one of the "winner" catalogues.
Cover illustrations in color, inserts are
White Perfection and Peach Blossom
asters and Southport Globe onions.
Good material in a vast quantity has
been condensed into this book.

Bertrand H. Farr, Wyoraissing, Pa.
— Farr's Hardy Plants. This is al-
ways one of the most beautiful and
high-class American trade publica-
tions for the year. The principal
changes over the edition of last year
are two handsome new color plates,
an index to the 590 varieties of
peonies described and a set of new iris
seedlings of Mr. Farr's own raising.
A conventionalized treatment of Ger-
man iris in natural colors makes an
appropriate cover illustration.

M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, Mass.—
Handbook of Roses. A thoroughly ar-
tistic production embellished with
numerous beautiful pictures and list-

WIZARD BRAND MANURE

is especially useful to the florist in winter when the
crude rough manure supply is wet, frozen and hard

to get.

Sheep or Cattle Manure Pulverized or Shredded

A kind for every use and in most convenient,
effective form. Saves labor, is ready for instant use
when most needed and can be depended upon.

One hundred pounds in a bag equals a whole
wagon load of stable manure.

Don't fail to specify Wizard Brand when you or-
der and you'll get the best. Your supply house can
furnish it if you insist, or we ship direct promptly.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY

31 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHIGACO

ing all the most desirable roses of the
various classes. Naturally the climb-
ing and rambler sorts are given espe- |
cial attention and several novelties i
of .sterling merit are included. There
are fail pagi half-tone plates of speci-
men pianis of Mrs. M. H. Walsh.
Lucille. Lady Blanche, Arcadia and
others, and on the cover page appears
Winona in colors.

C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery Co.,
Yoi-k, Neb. — This catalogue bears the
inscripiion "Finest Loiiection of Or-
namentals West of Chicago." The
contents give strength to the cla^m.
That this firm, with the climate con-
ditions confronting it in a large sec-
tion of its field has succeeded to the
e.xtent of putting out a catalogue such
as the one before us is a great credit
to them and their enterprise. "Beauty
is wealth" has been the slogan of this
veneiable inoneer for many years and
this publication by his firm is a most
capaljle missionary.

HELP WANTED

PUBLICATION RECEIVED.
Modern Strawberry Growing, by Al-
bert E. Wilkinson. — One more addition
to the useful Garden Library series.
The author is instructor of horticul-
ture and in charge of extension work
at Cornell University. In this book he
has provided a very practical manual
on the strawberry industry, the only
one that has been published in 25
years and hence indispensable to any-
one interested in the culture for home
use or for marketing of this, the most
popular of small fruits. Modern Meth-
ods of Growing, Modern Methods of
Packing and Modern Methods of Sell-
ing, are fully treated in its 16 chapters,
filling over 200 pages. The text is
illumined by 32 illustrations showing
the various operations. The book is
published by Doubleday. Page & Co.,
Garden City, New York, at $1.10 net.
HORTICULTURE can supply copies
at publisher's price. It meets in most
complete and satisfactory manner the
need for information on this important
industry and we do not hesitate to
commend it strongly to our readers.

FOR SALE

GLASS FOR S.\1.10— Clieap for casli ; 250
boxe.s of 10 X 24, double thick. B qu.Tlity.
hand-mnde gl.nss. $2.50 per hos. F. O. 15.
NewtonvlUe or Bemis. H. A. Harris, 77
Wnlnut St., Newtonville Mass.

WANTED r:s

ENERGETIC AND COMPETENT
PARTV OF PLEASING ADDRESS,
FAMILIAR WITH PRINCIPLES
OF GOOD L.-\NDSCAPE PLANT-
ING. ONE WITH NURSERY
TRAINING PREFERRED. PER-
.M.\NENT POSITION WITH OP-
PORTllNITY FOB .ADVANCE-
MENTS TO RIGHT I".4RTY.

The Elm City Nursery Co.

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

Address Landscape Department

WANTI'^D — Xurseryuian. A young man
wbu understands tbe Nursery business,
particularly Ornamental and Herbai cous
plants and Landscape plantlnjj from plans,
t'liniarried man preferred. Apply to Chafl.
T! Fish & C".. Worcester. M.iss.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced
liardener. well up in all branches. Situa-
tion as head gardener on private place, or*
i;eueral work. Twelve months in America.
(;ood references from the Old Country.
Aire 36. Address, stating wages, "G. G.,"
care of Mr. Mcl.ellan, 9 Marshall St., Som-
crviUe, Mass.

WANTED — By gardener, or general
.superintendent on private estate; experi-
enced in all branches of gardening, good
references. Eigiit years in last position.
W. D. Nickerson, ICi Putnam St., Quincy,
]Srass.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Medford : ideal Im-.itidn for florist; 30,000
feet Innd. large lO-ronm house with Im-
provements, barn, carria^ie house, ben-
li"use. l;irce slfiini he^tert jxreenhnuse,
fruit and garden: I'»rated In renter of rity ;
an exoeptiunal offer. Price $r>.'>00. Boule-
vard Storage Co.. 317 SaJem St., Medford.
Mass.

FOR SALE — Freah from factory, new ;
10:il2. lBx]M. Hi X 24. dnuMe thlrk. A
find B cuialltles. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Pnrshel-
8ky Bros, Inc.. 215-217 nnvpmevt^r St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

February 22, 1913

UORTICULTURE

277

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Audubon, N. Y. — Louis Fein, house
32 X 100.

Putnam, Conn. — Clinton S. Andem,
rose house.

Elmira, N. Y.— U. S. Cut Flower Co.,
house 70 X 300.

Milwaukee, Wis. — W. D. Howard,
house 65 x 300.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Gottlieb Bauman,
house 35 X 250.

Gorham, Me. — Roland Barrows,
house 35 X 100.

Doylestown, Pa. — John R. Andre,
one rose house.

Houston. Tex. — Kerr Floral Com-
pany, enlarging.

Hokpinsville, Ky. — Thomas L. Met-
calfe, conservatory.

Roseburg, Ore. — H. B. Church, vege-
table forcing house.

Columbus, Ohio — William Kropp,
four houses, each 28 x 125.

Philadelphia, Pa. — J. Wm. Colflesh's
Sons, two houses, each 18 x 100.

Newport, R. I. — Misses Ellen F. and
Ida M. Mason, Walnut street, conser-
vatories.

St. Louis, Mo. — John Nyflot, 7311
Florissant avenue, two houses, each
25 x 150.

Harbor Springs, Mich. — Bahcock
Floral Co., two houses, one 25 x 100,
one 10 x 100.

Maywood, III. — Weiss & Co., three
houses, each 27 x 375; H. W. Wehr-
mann, two houses, each 21 x 300.

A bill appropriating $60,000 for a
range of greenhouses at Ithaca, N. Y.,
has been introduced at Albany by As-
semblyman Jackson of Buffalo.

FIRES.

Paterson, N. J. — The retail flower
store of Ed. Sceery was burned out
on February 6th.

Monticello, N. Y. — The greenhouse
owned by John O'Neal at Colonial
Park was burned to the ground on
February 10th.

Northampton, Mass. — The green-
house of William Lacey at Pine Grove
was damaged to the extent of $300 by
fire on February 14th; cause, over-
lieated pii)t'S.

Fort Thomas, Ky. — Fire destroyed
Henry Gorkel's home, near his gre?n-
house plant, on Suntlay last. Mrs. Gor-
kel discovered the fire but only in time
for them and their family tn get out
of the building.

NEWS NOTES.

Bloomington, III. — F. W. Glenn, here-
tofore sales manager for the Bloom-
ington and Phoenix Nurseries has re-
signed and will start business on his
own account.

Jamestown, N. D. — E. A. Williams
of the Wheeler Floral Co. has bought
out his partner in the greenhouse
business, A. K. Wheeler, and will con-
duct the business alone hereafter.

Oklahoma City, Okla. — C. Galeener
and L. C. Oliver have dissolved part-
nership and Mr. Galeener will con-
tinue the business of the Great West-
ern Nursery Company, Mr. Oliver re-
tiring.

San Francisco, Cal. — The MacRorie-
McLaren Company have purchased the
stock of the Pacific Nursery, consist-
ing of evergreens, shrubbery, trees
and roses occupying 70 acres of
ground.

lb.- question of the most profitable fertilizer
for potatoes has been the subject of very
extended investigations.

""■ '■■■"'■ '--nifiT

fe#

The conclusion is that 1000 lbs. per acre of 5%
ammonia, 8"o phosphoric acid and lO/o

POTASH

for early potatoes and 800 lbs. of 3-6-8 for the late crop are the
most profitable under average conditions. The Potash should
be in the form of Sulfate.

Many growers use double these amounts.
Such brands can be had if you insist upon them. Do not accept
so-called potato fertilizers of Inw grade.
Write us for Potash prices and for Free books with formulas
and directions.

GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York

Continental Building. Baltimore Bank & Trnat BIJf .. Sirannah

MonadnocU Block, Chicaso Empire BIdg., Atlanta

I Wbitne; Central Bank Bide, New Orleans

r-.t-7rt Sao Frnncisco

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Snves Curimnts, Potatoes, Tabbaee, I>Ieloiiw, Flowers, Trees
nnd Shrubs frum Insects. I'ut up in ixipuliir packages at popular
prices. Write fnr fm-? pamphlet on Hiic-'^ ami lili-hts, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fishkill-oii-nii<lNon, New York.

■^e^ ^^^TgF W^^ ^

iMaODOR l^yljlll^ 1 II^IUCj no poison

lurvteid latfir tfei lirsectlcldi Act. 1916. Srial No. 321

Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White '^cale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

KPlQt - - 25c i Pint - - 40ot Onart - . 7Sc

H Gallon, 11.25; Gallon. &2.00: 5 Gallon Can, 19

'10 Gallon Can - . K17.50

Dilute with water 30 to 30 />arts

For Sale by Seedsmen and FIsrists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

4M W. LexiiiKtail St., Baltimore. 114.

Directions en every package

1,052,545.

]. 052,789.

PATENTS GRANTED.

Bencli for greenhouses.
Michael Winandy, Chica-
go, 111.
Scuffle-hoe and garden trim-
mer. John E. Bergstrom,
Rock Island, 111.

A new greenhouse manufacturing
establishment has been started at
North Tonawanda, N. Y., under the
name of the Parks Construction Com-
pany. An office has been opened in
the Real Estate Exchange Building,

The Beco^nlced Standard Innectlclde.

Not a cure-all but a iipeolflc rem«<l7
for all sap Bucklns Insects Infesting
plant life anch as green, blark, whtta
fly. thrlps, re<l spider, mealy bag ao4
Roft scales.

$1.00 per Qoart. $Z.60 per Gallon.

¥

^miit

An infallible remed.v for mildew, rust
nnd bench fun^i. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulphur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses it.

'VEf^lVIIIME

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and groh worm*,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used one
part to 400 parts water. It does not In-
jure plants, but pmtects your eropi
against ravages under the soli.

$1.00 per Quart. $.1.00 per GalloH.
All are spraying materials and ar«
effective In the greenhouse and In tkt
garden.

FOR SALE BY SEEnSSTEN.

Apliine Manufacturing Co.,

Madis(»i,
N.J.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEI^. General Manasrer.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees niulclied with this article will

prow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly tlian by any
other means. We have proved it.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 % 29 OCEAN ST., BEVERLY, H»S$.

278

HORTICULTURE

February 22, 191S

On the same day In February, Iciiinr was plaiilial in two, two sash frames,
side by side, one havluj- Single Li^ht sash, tlie other Dubble Lite. The
smaller head was grown under the Single Light, the other
under Dubble Lite.

pecaa

Both Single and " Dubble Lite'

EVERY year along about this time we generally make a special offer on our
Sash That Last in quantities of 25. 50 and 100.
Next week we will send out over 1 5,000 letters stating this year's offer on
both our Single and Dubble Lite Sash.

The offer holds good for exactly 30 days — which gives you up to March 24th —
but not a day longer.

if you fail to get the offer by mail, let us know at once. We will send it next mail.
Don't put off buying our Sash That Last— get in on the offer this year— save some money.

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Buarmi

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SALES OFFICES

NEW YORK

St. James Bids.

CHICAGO
Rookery Bldg.

BOSTON
Tremont Bldg.

PHILADELPHIA

Franklin Bank Bldg.

FACTORIES
IRVINGTON, N. Y.
DES PLAINES, ILL.

ROCHESTER TORONTO, CANADA
Granite Bldg. 271 Jarvis St.

DREER'S ♦•Riverton Special" Plant Tub

Nr

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Doz.

100

10

'JO in.

$1.4.5 ?1« <10

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1.30

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1.00

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40

14 In.

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7.110

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40.00

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8 50

28 tW

Manufactured for ns exelnslvely. The heat tub ever Introdured. The neatest, lightest
and cheapfst. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have
drop bandies.

HENRY A. OREER, Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and Supplies, 7i4 chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prii-es can be had l»y
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day uotice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

21.5-317 Havemeyer St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND DULB PANS

ran be shipped nt an h'
per crate:

21100 1^^ in.
1500 2 •■
l.JUO 2Vi ■•
1500 2 1/2 "
1000 .3
SOO 3Vi "

$6.1)0
4.88
5.25
6 00
5.C0
5.80

>ur s U(

50(1 1
4.J6 4V.
320 .5
210 .-.Va
144 0
1211 7
00 S

;. Price

(qi .$4 ..50

'• 5.24

• 4..51

■• 3.7.8

" 3.16

" 4.20

'• 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottery, Fort Edward, N.Y.

Aujust Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

ogs SPECMin— lone DIslagct and eiiort trail

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Bra»
Hoop Jardinieres

The extcnsi.>n stave foot
prevents tiie bottom from
rotting No ctiap ce f' r water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co. ...i^
Toledo. Ohio, U. S. A." j/

r— STANDARD FLOWER'

Floors

If your Kropiiliouse.s are within 500 miles i
of the Capitol, write us, we can save |
vou money.

W. H. ERNEST

l— ■ 3Sth * M .Sts. Wasbington, D. C.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved marhlnery, we eaa

§Dppiy your wants to better advantaff*

tban ever.

Special dlncouDta on Inrge or«Ier*.

Syracuse Pottery Co.,

SYRACUSE
N.Y-

Greenhoi'se Materials

FURNISKED
m ERECTED
IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lenstlis up to 33 feet.

Milled to itny detnil furnislied or will
furnish details and cut m:iteri;tls ready for
(Totti'^n.

Frsnk V3n Asscmb, "«nd oXtght v^^^t^

.n:Ksi;Y <JTY. N. J.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple metlinds of correct accoiintinT

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BAI^.^NCED AND ADJUSTED

i\Inr<'''"»nts l>nnU 3tililflir -

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Telephone. Main M

i^ote

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARQESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LOMG ISLAND CITY, N.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factorla»
CAMmilOGE, MASS.

February 22, 1913

HORTICULTURE

279

ANNOUNCEMENT
King Semi-Iron or Pipe Frame Greenhouses

In addition to our well known line of King Iron Frame Greenhouses, we now offer
a line of Semi-Iron or Pipe Frame Greenhouses fully developed and perfected during
the past four years.

Bulletin No. 40 just off the press contains 24 pages of illustrations and descriptions.
Send for it.

KING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

General Office and Works, NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New England Sales Office, 7 Water Street, BOSTON, MASS. Representatives In New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Denver.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St.. Chicago, III.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilatiug
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any np-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., ■ Richmonil, Inil.

CHARLES H. DODD

Greenhouse Builder. General Greenhouse

Mechanic.

Iron Frame and Wood Bar Houses.

Ideal Greenhouse Boilers.

Materials Furnished or Erected. Heating
and Ventilating Materials.

S78 Ocean Ave.. JERSEY CITY. N. i.
Evans 20th Century Ann

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of oM style elbow aunt.
Sold only with Evans Chalicnge Machine.

Write for fret Catalogue to

QCAHRR CITY MACHnCB CO

Ricbmoad, Ind.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

tsed all over the country by Commercial,
Public anil Private places. These shades can
be rolled on the glass or raised 10 Inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and bring sample and explain how it works.

W. H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

118 Winyah Ave.
Tel 2733

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCHUMBEH

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

ETROPOLITAN
ATER1AL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Pirasr S^nci for CutiUO^iie
and Frl\-.s.

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

TBE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMBRIGA, insurer of 32,500.000 sq. h. oi gUsa

For partic*ilars address

John G. Ester, sk> Saddle River, N.I.

)reer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drive easy and true, becaufe
both bevels are on the same
eide. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
lights or lefts.
The Peerless Glazing Poin
is patented. Noothets like^
it Order from your dealer^
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid. |
Samples free.
HENRY A. DREEB.I
714 Chestnut Street^
FUladelphla.

Send your business direct to Washingrton.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attentton guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

280

HORTICULTURE

February 22, 1913

Five Unansw^erable Questions

RE you one of the ones who says you "can't
see any difference between the U-Bar Curved
Eave house and other Curved Eave houses?"
Come with us inside this house, and let us
ask you some questions.

Tell us now, what other Curved Eave construction
is there that the roof bars do not require reinforcing
at the curved part?

What construction is there that needs nothing but a
narrow little strip of %-inch iron to keep the bars
properly spaced at the bottom of the curve?
What construction is there that combines roof bar
and rafter in one while still not using any larger bar

than any other curved eave constructions require,
built other ways?

4. What construction is there that has the roof bars
and gable bars all metal enclosed and protected
from the destructive moisture of house?

5. What construction is there that has an entire — not
part — but an entire steel frame — a frame galvanized
and aluminum painted throughout?

If you know of any such construction, buy it. Buy it,
because, without a doubt it's every bit as good as the
U-Bar. But if it's not built with the U-Bar, it can't be
as good as the U-Bar. The Pierson U-Bar Co. are the
only U-Bar greenhouse builders.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

P1ER50N U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE. NEW YORK.

CANADIAN OFFICE. lO PHILLIPS PLACE. MONTREAL

View ix Alpixe Gardex

At Goodwin Estate, Hartford, Conn.; J. P. Husa, Gardener.

J^fMCAPE GARDSNEi

^^

Gg/To//, Mass.
dup>5cr/ption, HMI

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HORTICULTURE

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''MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER"

We can stiH quote March delivery on this sterhng Rose but would ask that you do not delay too

long- before investigating its merits.

SHAWYER and MILADY, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Grafted or Own Root.

CARNATIONS

NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE: The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY : Two fine sports from Enchantress.

$12.00 per hundred; $100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J.

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CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100
Wo<len«'the. SI. 00 per <loz.. S6.00
Wliite Wonder: L,a<l.v Bount-
iful: White Winsor 3.50

Princess Cliarmins 3.00

Winsor 2-50

Plants from 3-incli pots. SI. 00 per 100
atlvance over aI:»ove prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CITTINGS.
Fift.T Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 "to Sl.OO per 100; $15.00 to $25.00
per 1000.

CAN N AS

Thirty Fine Varielies. Dormant
Tubers: S'2.00 to $5.00 per 100; our
Helettion variety, $.i.00 per 100, $18.00

per

lOOvt

Send for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO

LA FAYETTE, IND.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSii

S in., SVj in. and 6 in. pots, 3, 4, S, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inches hiBh, 40c.,
80c., 60o,. 75c., $1.00, $1.25 each and
up to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale (_irower and Importer

1012 W. Ontario St., PHIUDELPHIA. PA.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VAIXEY PIPS

PALMS, AZAUEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Write for fuotat'am

DAHLIAS

t;he best new and st.andakd cut

FLOWER V.-^RIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box 66, HAMMONTON, N 3

HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certificates from the best shows in the country.
T'Ae winner in the novelty class at St. Paul, Minnesota.
MRS. CHAS> RUSSELLf the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SH AW YE Rp the new pink forcing rose. The best
of the older varieties to make a complete assortment of the best varieties.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompons

and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Our catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on our mading list.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

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Announcement

Owing to the numerous inquiries we wish to state that our new
crimson carnation

PRINCESS DAGMAR

will be disseminated next season. lfll.'')-1914. We are boolving orders
now at $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. PRINCESS DAGMAR will be
exhibited at the National Show in New York.

PATTEN & CO.,

Tewksbury, Mass.

I

IM^\A/^ Scarle-t Oarria-ti^n

THE HERALD

$12.00 PER 100

$10O.OO PER 1,000

CHICAGO CflRNflTiON CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlv.

When Writlns; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

March 1, 1913

HOBTICULTUBB

283

R A N I U IVI S

Wllle we are somewhat short on some of the most popalar
and can furnish good plants and put up an assortment that will
send 1000. 50 each of 20 varieties, our selection, for $18.50, cash,
years and they have given universal satisfaction.

Varieeated Silver Leaf Mntt, Mrs. Pollock, Sit. of

Snow $3.00 per 100

Pansy Geraniums, Mary Washington 4.00 " *

Ivy Leaved Geraniums, good assortment 2.00 " '

PelargoDiums, Countess of Crew, Lord Mayor Tre-

loar 4.00 " "

Scented Geraniums, Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00 " **

Coleus, Salvia and Heliotrope, rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100;

varieties, we still have! a large stock of good kinds on hand,

meet all the requirements of the most critical trade. We will

We have been sending out these collections for a number of

Acalypha Macafeana; Achyranthea Emersonl and Hoseie;
Ageratum, six varieties; Alternanthera, eight varieties; Aly»-
sum, Giant and Dwarf; Begunia Vernon, Pink, Begonia Gra-
cilis Luminosa: Cnphea; Coleus, 10 varieties; Chryeanthe-
mums, 75 Pompon varieties; Heliotrope, Mad. Brnant, Chief-
tain; Hardy English Ivy; Lantana; Lemon Verbena; Moon-
vine; Salvia: Parlor Ivy; Swainsona.

$2.00 per 100, $18.60 per 1000.
$5.00 per 1000.

Cash With Order

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MP-

IMENA/

IM

ION

WM. ECCLES LADY NORTHCLIFFE BRITISH TRIUMPH

WM. ECCLES. The First Prize winner at Detroit last year in
New York Horticultural Society for the best undisseminated seed

The scarlet everyone was waiting for. Has a strong rigid
highly perfumed, a grand lieeper nnd as free as any scarlet to

LADV NORTHCLIFFE (Engelmann). A beautiful salmon pink
up flower, and just enough in it not to burst the caiyx. While
free as "May Day," and will surely make a grand bread and

BRITISH TRICMPH (Engelmann). One of the finest things
son. The flower is 314-inch in size and well built up. It has the
qualities are the best. Has a flne stem, good constitution, and

the Red or Searlet class, and the SUver Medal winner of the

ling.

stem, a perfectly formed SVo-inch flower, non-bursting calyx,

date.
in color, much resembling "Pink Delight." Has a well buUt

the flower is not the largest (about 3 inches), it is laUy aa
butter sort.
ever raised in England. The color Is a striking shade of Crlm-

sweetest perfume of any carnation ever raised and Its keeping
free.

PRICES: $12.00 PER 100, $100.00 PER 1000

ELMSFORD NURSERIES,

ELMSFORD, N. Y.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

J' dvance Co 315

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 307

Allen, J. K 306

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 314

,\phine Mfg. Co.. 313

Aschmann, G 282

Atlanta Florist

Co 304

A y r es Co., S.

Bryson 297

Badgley, Reidci

& Mever 30C

Bi'inard, W. W.

Co 2!)7

B.-irrows & Son.. 281
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 291-302

Bay State Nur-
series 293

Btaulieu 297

Bloomingdale's, 300
Bol.Mnk & At-

kin.s 293

Bortdington, A.T.290
Bolgiano & Son,

J 297

Boston Florist

Letter Co .301

B r a s 1 a n Seed

Growers' Co...29'j
Breck, J. & Son.. 297
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 2S4

Breilmeyer's, J.

Sons 300

Bruwnell Co 294

Biinyard, A. T..300
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 297

California Flor-
ist 301

Page

Carbone 301

California Seed

Growers' Asso.297
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 282

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.304
Child s, John

Lewis 294

Clarke's, D. Sons.302
Clark, Everett B.

Seed Co 297

Cowee, W. ,1 30fi

Craig, Kobt. Co. 284

Dards 302

Dawson, H. S..292
Dodd, Chas. H..315
Dorner & Sons

Co '282

Drake, J. Aug. ..2ft()
Dreer, H. A.. 293-314
Dugan, W. H....:J15
Dunlop, John H.301

Dysart, R. J 315

Eastern Nurser-
ies 292

Edwards Folding

Box Co .304

Elliott's, W.SODS.296
Epr-stein. Julius. .301

I?rnest, W. H 314

Esler, J. G 315

Ever Ready
Flower Pot

Cover Co 303

Eyres 302

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co ,.297

Florists' Tel. De-
livery 300

Foley Mfg. Co.... "15

Ford, M. C .306

Ford, W. P 3(16

Page
B'orrest, Frank H.301
Fottler, F i s k e,

Rawson Co 297

Frani'ingham Nur-
series 293

Froment, H. E...30I)
Galvin, Thos. F.301
Gasser, J. M. Co. 301
Goodsell, P. H..293
Grey, T. J. Co.. 297
Gude Bros. Co... 301
Hail Association. 315
Hail & Robinson.301
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 313

Hart, Geo. B. 303-304
Haven Seed Co . . 296

Heacock, Jos 284

Henderson, A 297

Hews, A. H. &

Co 314

Hiltinger Br<ts...314
Holm & Olson.. 301

Horan, E. C 300

Holland Nur-
series 293

Jacobs & Sons, S..315
Johnston & (^o.,

T. J 302

Johnston Bros... 301
Kasting, W. F.

Co 307

Keller, J. B.

Sons 302

Kefvan Co 303

King Cons. Co.. 315
Kramer, F. n...301
Kioeschell Bros. 315
Kuebler, W. H...306
Lager & Hurrell.294

Lange, A 301

Lemon Oil Co... 313

Page
Leonard Seed Co.297
Leuthy, A. & Co. 284
loechner & Co.. 282
Lord & Burnham

Co 316

Lovett, J. T 292

Lyndhurst

Farms 282

MacMulkin, E...301
May & Co., L. L.301
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 307

MeConnell, Alex. 302
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 303

McCuliough's, J.

M. Sons Co 304

McHutchisou &

Co 284

McManus, Jas.. 306
Michell's Seed

House 296

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 306

Millang. Chas.... 306
Millang. Frank.. .306

Miller, E. S 293

Montreal Floral

Exchange 307

Murray. Samuel. 303
Moore. Hentz &

Nash .300

National Nursery-
man 293

Niessen, Leo Co. 304
Oechslin, Frank. 284
Orange C h e m-

Ical Co 303

Ouwerkerk, P.... 293
Palisades N n r-

.series 298-299

Park Floral Co.. 303

Page
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 300

Parshelsky Bros.314
Penn the Fiorist.301

Patten & Co 2S2

Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 301

Pennock - Meehan

Co 305

Perkins St. Nur-
series 284

Pierson, A. N...282
Pierson, F. R. Co.284
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 313
Poehlmann Bros. 304
Piiiverized Ma-
nure (^o 313

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 315

Reed & Keller.. 306
Reiuberg, Peter. 304

Bice. M. Co 301

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 304

Robinson Co., H.

M 306

Rock, Wm. L....303
Roehrs, J. Co... 294

Roland, Thos 284

B o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 284

Rosery, The 302

Sicder & Son... 294

Sehilder Bros 297

Scott Bros 283

Scott, John 284

Sharp, Partridge

■ Co 315

Sheridan, W. F..306
Sielirecht, Geo. C.307
Sifegers & Sig-
gers 3i4

Page

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 297

Smith, P. J 306

Slinn, Jr., B. S..306
Snith & Co., B.

D 294

Smith, W. & T.

Co 293

Smyth, Wm. J.. 300
Sprague, J. H...294
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 315

Stumpp, Geo. M.302
Syracuse Pottery

Co 314

Tailby 301

Totty, Chas. H..iS2
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 297

Traendly &

Schenck 306

Valentine, J. A.. 303
Van Assche, F...315
Vick's. Jas. Sons.297
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co.... 283
Wants, For Sale.314
Ward, R. M. &

Co 284

Welch Bros. Co. 307
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 293

Wilson Robt. G.302

Wood Bros 282

Woodrow &

Marketos 306

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 297

Young & Co., A.

L 307

Young & Nugent.302
Zangen, O. V....297
Zinn, J. A 301

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 308, 309, 310, 311

284

HOBTICULTUEB

March 1, 1913

He Laughs Best

who laughs last, is often the case with lily bulb buyers, who make price their sole argument in
buying. The writer knows one of this type — the genuine razor-back variety — who always wanted
something for nothing, and for that reason we could never sell him bulbs. Last fall this man
bought some Multifiorum at a low price, from a two-cylindered salesman, who was silly enough to
guarantee them 85% true. Well, this florist was tickled to death with his bargain — felt just like
the fellow who was wrecked on a desert island with the girl who had refused him the night before.
That was last fall. Now, after the plants are grown, this particular buyer feels about the size
of the nipple-end of a lemon. Swears he won't pay for the bulbs — though he will likely be
obliged to. Now, even if he don't pay for the bulbs, where will he get even on his time, labor,
expense and loss of business profits ? It has been a good dose of business-medicine for him — the
kind that cures ; and he knows it. He admits he was wrong — thank goodness he's man enough to
admit it. Now, he has bought Horseshoe Brand Giganteum for fall, 1913. No strings on the
order, no promises, and at standard prices. Our business is large lily bulbs — we have spent years
to get where we are today in the business, and we endeavor to deliver the goods instead of promises.
Write for prices and the new Horseshoe Bulbology, out in March.

Not How Cheap
But BoT Oood

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - - NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage Bulbs for delivery any time.

IN

RIM

We have a magniflcent stock or e
following varieties, viz :
ELEGANTI9SIMA. 6-in. potS, 50c.

each ; S-in., $1.50 each
£1,EGANTISSIMA COMPACTA AND

MAONIFICA. 3%-in. pots, 'JSc. each.
HARBISII. An improved fluted form

of BostODiensis. S-in. pots, $1.50

each ; large specimens, $.3.00 each.
B08T0NIENSIS. 8-in. pots, $1.00 each.
VIRIDISSISIA. 6-in. pots, 50c. each.

^^1-D S-r0^4V<5E ■_ll_'>r OF- -TI-IE v^^vt-i-ev^

We carry only one grade, and that the very hiehest quality obtainable. Case
of 250 pips, $5.00; case of 500 pips, $9.50; case of lOlX) pips, $18.00,

F. R. PIERSON CO. - Tarrvtown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

xceptionally flne NEriiROLEHS in the

CTRTOMIU.M; FALCATUM. Fine speci-
mens. 6-in. pots, 75c. each.
SMALL. FERNS FOR FERN FANS.

Assorted varieties. 2>4-in. pots, $3.50

per 100.
ASP.4RAGrS PLUMOSIIS NANCS.

Extra strong plants. 2J4-in. pots,

$4.00 per 100.
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERL Extra

heavy plants. 4-in. pots, $10.00 per 100.

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BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepK Heacock

Wyncote, Pa.

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DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck - Robinson Nurseries

LEXINGTON, MASS.

Talephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

R0SE5, PALMS,

and No\eltie«. in I>*'eurative Plants.

MARKET and 49th STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CYCLAIVIEN

Be>t strain in existence.

4 Inch $35.00

5 inch 50.00

8 inch 75.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Kahant, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.
Tel. 2890 Bedford B ROOKL YN . N . Y.

^IH^KIVIROCSK True Irish

Strong plants from 1% in. pots, $3.00
per 100; $25.(X) per lOflO. Strong plants in
1 in. pots with saucers, $4.00 per 100;
$35.00 per 1000.

F-Ef9IM^ l=-^*3 C3ISIHES

Best assorted varieties from 2^ in.
pots, $:i.50 per 100; $:!O.00 per Ifl(K); 500
at thousand rates. Cash with order.

Frank Oechslin,w.ar/st, Chicago, III.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Sorine Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., trom Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes.etc, (rom Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ™^<i^l£'*^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only
AZAI^EAS, PALMS, RIIOI>ODEITDBON8,
BAYTREE8, ROHES. LILACg, IIOLLAXB
AND JAPAN BUI.Ba, L.1LX OF THI
VALLEY, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

. Onlers taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

PerldiTS Street Nuneries, Rosllndale. — Boston, Mm

BOSTON FERNS *Y3o''i'5or*

WHITMAN! COMPACTA (New), to lake ibm
place of Whitmani. A better commercial feiu
2 1-2 in. $6 per 1(X) : $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in: $6 per 100; $S0 pOT
1000. 250 plants at 1000 raleo.

H.H. BARROWS &SON,Wliitin^. Mass.

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Aquatics

There is a growing demand for aquatic plants every
year. Now is a good time to sow seeds of Nymphaeas.
Use shallow pans filled with a mixture of soil and leaf
mold in about equal parts and some sand. For the
last half inch, sift the soil fine and press firmly and on
this sow the seed and cover with about a quarter of an
inch of sand. The pan can be given a good watering
and allowed to drain. Place the pans in tubs where
they can be submerged about two inches under water.
Place the tubs where they can have some bottom heat
and in a temperature of from 65 to 70 degrees. When
the seedlings have made about two leaves pot into 21/2-
inch pots and keep on shifting until June. All this time
they should be kept submerged in a tank or tub. For a
compost use heavy loam three parts, well rotten cow
manure one part.

Care of Young Carnations

After the cuttings are well rooted it does not improve
them to let them remain in the sand ; in fact it is liable
to weaken them because there is little nourishment in
the sand. Before potting, you should ripen them just a
little by giving them more sunlight than they had while
rooting. In fact, this should be begun as soon as they
start to shove out the roots. Gradually give them a
little more sun each day, until by the time they are ready
to pot they will be able to stand the full sun on a bright
day. Use fresh soil that has been exposed to the weather
and, to lighten it, add a little sand and old rotten ma-
nure from the hotbed if you have it. Screen it through
a i/o-inch mesh and see that it is about right in moisture.
When taking the cuttings from the sand give them a
slight shake to shake the sand from the roots and don't
take out more than you can pot in an hour or two.
Press the soil firmly and do not fill the pots too full, but
be sure there is a little loose soil on top to prevent bak-
ing. Water them thoroughly as soon after potting as
practicable. Keep shaded until they take root when
they should be set where they will get full sunlight all
day if possible. The temperature should be about 48
degrees to 50 degrees.

Lemon Verbenas

Old plants of lemon verbenas, rested for a couple of
months, should now be started afresh. The newly made
growth roots readily. Place them in a moderately warm
propagating bed firming well around each cutting. By
keeping them watered and moist with shade they will

Mr. Farrell's next notes win be on the following: Acacias; Callas; Easter Preparations

soon root. Mien well rooted these can be potted up in
2y2-inch pots using any good soil. Keep shaded until
they stand the sun, when they should have full exposure.

Cyclamen for Easter

Plants should now be well studded with buds. To
give their foliage a superb finish and texture they should
be exposed to plenty of light and air. Give manure
water, alternating with pure extract of soot, each to be
given once a week until the flowers are fully expanded.
Keep them in a temperature of about 50 degrees at night
with about 70 degrees during sunny days. They should
be spaced quite often. Give them a light weekly fumi-
gation as the aphis is a very persistent enemy to these
plants. Go over them every day and later on two or
three times a day and give those that are the driest a
good watering. Syringe daily until buds begin to open,
when it should cease.

Lily of the Valley in Cold Storage

After the beginning of March frames cease to be a
safe place for lily of the valley. Pips not used up by
that time, or only temporarily stored in frames for the
winter must go into cold storage proper. The stock to
be forced soon will be all right in from 26 to 28 degrees,
while that to be held longer keeps best in from 23 to 25
degrees. Of more importance than degree is steadiness,
and while the temperature should never be higher than
28 degrees or lower than 23 degrees the mark most easily
maintained between these two extreme points should be
held to right along with unwavering regularity. A re-
packing for cold storage is not absolutely necessary in
the case of valley wintered over until now in cold frames,
but to be on the safe side with that which is to be held
back until late in the season, the bundles, if an any way
dry, should be dipped up to the crowns in water, and
then be stood upright and close together in boxes, and
instead of sand or soil, dampened moss should be used
in repacking.

Shading Palms and Ferns

It is time now to give all palms and ferns some shad-
ing on the glass before they become burnt with the sun.
It is well not to make the shading too heavy at first;
Just enough to break the strong rays of the sun as these
plants like plenty of indirect light. Naphtha and white
lead makes a good shading; is easily applied and effec-
tive. It can be applied with a brush or syringe as de-
sired. Later on as the sun becomes more powerful apply
some more as the occasion may require.

Orchids; Potting Soils; Ventilation.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

hy aihertising yom goods in the

HorticialtMre

Publicity among the kind of readers reached
by this paper is THE SORT OF PUBLI-
CITY THAT PAYS.

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Propagation of the Fig

Through an oversight the propagation of the fig has
been omitted. The space originally intended to be
devoted to it was used for another topic and so we find
it occurring after a few remarks on starting a house.
The method adopted for propagating the better known
varieties is by offsets, which, if not done previously, can
be taken off with a little root and put in suitable sized
pots at once. Scions for grafting will have been laid
by at pruning time. Other recognized methods are from
seeds, layers, cuttings and budding. Seeds have been
the source of origin of new and improved varieties, many
of which have been raised under glass. Brown Turkey
seems to date back further than any other variety, but
just whether it is the same one mentioned in biblical
days is very doubtful, although ever since then the fig
must have been in existence and that was long before
greenhouses were thought of in America or Europe.
Layers and cuttings are made similarly to the vine but
the cut should be near a joint. Budding is not practiced
to any great extent but is a possible method. Seedlings
are often long in showing their true characteristics;
grafting on a good stock will shorten this considerably.

Some Pests and Diseases of Melons

After finishing a crop a melon plant can be discarded
in perfect health. Some will show signs of wearing out
but there are instances where the presence of pests or
diseases are very visible. Neglect is often the cause of
this, especially if "live stock" is the trouble. One of
the worst enemies of a melon is red spider. I wrote on
Jan. 6th, 1913, "An excessively dry atmosphere with
insufficient syringing can usually account for this" which
after all that has been written recently, I still abide by.
Wlien the plants are still in the seed pots moisture and
the syringe must be kept in close attendance and con-
tinued right up to the time of ripening, with the ex-
ception of the time the plants are in flower. Green fly
is constantly appearing, especially through the spring
months. Fumigate on its initial appearance, otherwise
all young growths and flowers will be crippled. Thrips
is somewhat similar to red spider and often takes more
to eradicate. A solution of paris green and sugar can
be applied if pressure fails to dislodge them. Mealy
bug is the outcome of dirty houses. It is iiseless to
syringe these off expecting them to stay off; a sufficient
number are either left or find their way back again to
establish another colony. After cleaning walls, benches,
etc., dress the floor and underneath the heating pipes
with boiling water or insecticide sufficiently strong
enough to kill them. Mildew is caused through bad
ventilating. Sulphur made into a paste and put on the
heating pipes when hot, or blown onto the affected parts
in a dry state will kill it. Be cautious when using it on
the pipes as only an application of a few feet is required
on the hottest pipe. Canker is more prevalent in some
places than others. This is the reason for planting on
the small mounds; it keeps the stems dry and they are
less liable to contract the disease. There is no benefit
to be derived from planting them on the mound. It is
more liable to be a detriment, as it takes time and

patience to water them through. If at any time these
lower roots should suffer from dryness the plant will
lose in consequence. The finest thing we have found
as a preventive is to remove the two lower whorls of
leaves, exposing the stem to sun and air which will keep
it hard and free from disease. On the first signs of a
stem going wrong expose it to all the sunlight possible,
and if this does not dry it up rub in newly slacked lime
until it is dry. Stem-rot is similar to canker but may
be found half way up the plant. Treat this in the same
way, tying the foliage back instead of cutting it away.
Other remedies have been exploited for canker and stem
rot, but to us there are only two — the sun first, and fresh
slacked lime as a last resort.

Disbudding Trellis Trees

Soon after the fruit is set on peach and nectarine
trees growing on the trellis the growths will be pushing
out. These must be reduced considerably and the right
ones retained. It will be advisable to go over them
three times before completion; at the same time the
final reduction is made a few of the fruits can also be
discarded. By leaving the growths on the top side of
the wood pruning is simplified and no gaps should be
made when taking a piece out of any size. The latter
would be V-shaped if growths are left on both sides and
be much harder to fill in. This is intended to apply
as a general rule; occasionally a growth on the
under side if necessary. First remove the "breast-
wood" growths, i. e., those on the face of the wood which
cannot be trained either way to look good, afterwards
the underneath growths and the excessive ones on the
top. This is when the shape of the tree is made and
also next year's fruiting wood prepared.

The Tapping Stick

Here is where I lay myself open to be pounced upon
as an advocate of old-fashioned ideas, — back numbers
and so forth. Well go ahead. At the time I agreed
to write to Horticulture it was understood only that
which is backed up with practical experience should be
included, which has always been adhered to, and this is
no exception. For potted fruit trees the tapping stick
is invaluable through the winter and spring months.
Trees require watering with care ; extremes either way
are not tolerated and it is impossible to always form a
correct opinion of the condition of the roots at a glance.
Quite often one errs on the wet side. The little extra
time used is more than compensated for by the results
obtained. Later on they may be done without if no top-
dressing of manure is used. Where this method is prac-
tised the condition of the soil underneath can only be
gauged by the sound of the pot.

Vegetables

Vegetable seeds being sown under glass from now on
will consist chiefly of stuff being prepared for early
planting in the garden or frames. Locality will deter-
mine if it is necessary to put in more to mature under
glass. Do not be in too much haste with plants for
outside or they will be starved in the pots before the
weather is suitable for them to receive their transfer.

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Out-door Fruit and Vegetables

Brussels Sprouts

For exhibition as well as for ordinary use these should
be sown now. The reason of most failures with this
fine vegetable is because of too late sowing; it requires a
long season ; needless to say it must be sown in a green-
house or hotbed. Brussels sjDrouts has not acquired
that degree of popularity among the American public
that its fine qualities as a winter vegetable deserves, pos-
sibly because of a lack of knowledge of the best methods
of cooking it. Next October or November as they are
coming into season we shall give in these ■ notes what
we consider the best methods.

Care of Young Seedlings

Pot on the onions, leeks and globe artichokes just as
soon as they are rooted through, or if you are growing
them in flats and they have been pricked out rather close,
transplant them into other flats giving more room just
as soon as you observe the least cessation of growth. The
temperature for these will still be about 55 degrees at
night with 60 or 65 degrees in the day. Egg-plants,
tomatoes and peppers will stand five degrees higher and
the cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce and celery will be bet-
ter for a night temperature of 50 degrees and plenty of
air during the day. Green-fly is apt to attack most of
the foregoing plants and should be carefully guarded
against by spraying with some nicotine solution or by
fumigation. Some parsley sown now and brought along
slowly will be found very useful, as the out-door-sown
stock is always late before being ready for use. Assum-
ing that the hot-bed material has been properly prepared
as recommended in these notes of two weeks ago it will
be ready for use and no time should be lost in getting it
made up. Be sure to tramp it thoroughly and see that
it is in the right state of moisture — neither very wet nor
very dry. Put on about six to nine inches of light soil
and cover the whole with frame and sash, leaving it a
few days to warm up before sowing anything.

Spraying the Orchard

After the pruning is done it will be very necessary to
take advantage of the warm still days to spray either the
orchard or any fruit trees planted in the garden or else-
where. We take spraying for granted now. The day
for questioning its manifold advantages belongs to the
past and we must think of spraying as we think of dig-
ging or plowing the garden. The outfit is the first con-
sideration and this is something which the grower will
have to accommodate to his varying conditions. For
very few trees the knapsack or ordinary hand sjnayer
may fill the bill ; next comes the barrel with force pump
attached which will do for any ordinary place. And last
the various engine-operated, high pressure outfits which
will satisfy the largest requirements. Now arises the
question of what to use as material for spraying. We
have used a soluble oil spray for years against both San
Jose and oyster shell scale and have always found it
satisfactory. However, I believe the weight of authority
is in favor of the lime-sulphur spray which is made as
follows, 16 pounds of unslaked lime, 16 pounds of flow-
ers of sulphur and 50 gallons of water. The method of
making this mixture I copy from Waugh's "American
Apple Orchard" and is as follows : "An iron kettle
holding fifty gallons is necessary, then begin slaking the
lime in the kettle, using hot water. In fact the fire
under the kettle should be started at this time. As the
lime slakes add water slowly. When the slaking is well
under way the sulphur should be added. Then the heat
generated by the slaking lime will help to melt it. At

this stage the kettle should only contain ten to fifteen
gallons of water. Vigorous and constant stirring of
the mixture is necessary during this period, which will
occupy about fifteen minutes. When the lime is thor-
oughly slaked and the sulphur dissolved the rest of the
water (preferably hot) may be added. The whole is then
brought to the boiling point and vigorously boiled for
forty minutes to an hour."

After straining it is ready for use and the hotter it
is used the better. A spraying material that the writer
has used and thinks very highly of is the Caustic Alkali
Solution which is made up as follows : One pound of
caustic soda, and three quarters of a pound of crude
carbonate of potash dissolved in about a gallon of water
after which add enough water to make ten gallons; also
add about ten ounces of dissolved soap. Stir thorough-
ly and it is ready for use. Of course to make larger
quantities ingredients are proportionately increased. It
is well to remember that this material is caustic; use
rubber gloves in handling and also be sure to spray on a
still day so as to avoid getting it blown on the face. I
might add that I have used this wash for mealy bug on
grape vines and cleaned the bug right out in one season,
putting the wash on with a brush and being careful not
to rub it in too hard on the buds. The eggs of red spider
are killed by this same caustic alkali solution.

Lenox, Mass.

The Bleeding of Grape Vines

Your correspondent, Mr. Jenkins, is a gifted writer,
and we look forward to his articles every week. They
are instructive, although we may not always agree with
him, because they set us thinking and reasoning. In his
last effusion on the bleeding of grape vines he is entirely
too radical in his views. It seems singular that in one
breath he smashes and condemns all that has been writ-
ten on this subject, cries over the wasted styptic and
printer's ink, and then in the next breath as a balm to
his conscience deplores the man who prefers actual ex-
perience to book learning.

Those conversant with the physiology of plants will
entirely agree with him in his description of the move-
ment of the sap in the plant, but his axiom is entirely
too dangerous and broad to go without qualification.

If a vine be in good health, thoroughly ripened,
pruned at the proper time, all the so-called bleeding that
will occur will not be harmful, but should a vine be
pruned too late and the loss of water be excessive than it
will be injurious. An instance of this has come under
my own observation. A late grapery was pruned too
late, the pruned shoots dripped copiously, the buds
started and developed about two inches and then dried
up, showing that they had used up all the stored-up
material, and the water which should have passed into
them was running in the line of least resistance; con-
sequently the young shoots were starved.

I claim Mr. Jenkins' axiom for the week as absurd
and misleading, especially to younger men who are seek-
ing knowledge through such mediums as yours.

The axiom should be : Excessive hleeding of grape
vines is injurioits and sJiould he avoided.

Greystone,
Yonkers, N. Y.

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^CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— View in Alpine Garden.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK—
Aquatics — Care of Young Carnations — Lemon Ver-
benas— Cyclamen for Easter— Lily of the Valley in
Cold Storage — Shading Palms and Ferns — John J. M.
Farrell 285

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Propa-
gation of the Fig — Some Pests and Diseases of Mel-
ons—Disbudding Trellis Trees— The Tapping Stick
— Vegetables — George H. Penson 286

OUTDOOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES— Brussels
Sprouts — Care of Young Seedlings — Spraying the Or-
chard— Edwin Jenkins 287

THE BLEEDING OF GRAPE VINES— W. H. Waite.. 287

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Side Venti-
lators— Repotting — Crocking Pots — Charcoal in the
Soil — Syringing the Young Plants — More Wood for
Propagating — Arthur C. Ruzicka 289

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

Lancaster County Florists' Club — St. Louis Florist
Club — Cook County Florists' Association — Illinois
State Florists' Association — Connecticut Horticul-
tural Society — American Rose Society 290

Club and Society Notes : 291

DURING RECESS— Westchester and Fairfield Horti-
cultural Society — Cook County Bowling — Notes 294

SEED TRADE— Seed Legislation— Notes 296

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

New Flower Stores 300

Flowers by Telegraph 301

Steamer Departures 302

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 305

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 307

Washington 312

OBITUARY — A. Moltz, portrait — Mrs. Martha Saunders
— Mathew Evert — Edwin E. Bourque — Jeremiah Car-
ter— Charles Siebrecht — Charles H. Barrett — Adolph
G. Fleck 313

MISCELLANEOUS:

An Alpine Garden 289

To Complete Flower Show Guarantee Fund 289

Another New Hydrangea — Illustration 292

New York Notes 292

Catalogues Received 296

News Notes 301-303-312

Chicago Notes — Philadelphia Notes 303

Fires 304

Illinois State Greenhouses — Illustrated 312

Personal 312

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Incorporated 314

The demand that practical landscape
A reasonable gardeners be given a place on all park
proposition boards and shade tree commissions, as
voiced by the New Jersey Floricultural
Society looks to us like a reasonable and very meritorioits
proposition. A thoroughly capable gardener would fill
a place of great usefulness on such a body and in a man-
ner such as no other individual, however clever, could
fill it. Clubs and societies everywhere, should all get
busy and make themselves heard in this matter.

From the number of examples of Val-
"Pool" entine's Day newspaper advertising

advertising wliich have been sent to us we get some
conception of the rapidity with which
the pool advertising idea is taking root among the retail
fiower dealers. In some of these the addresses of the
firms represented are given — in others they are omitted.
We have heard some objection to this sort of advertis-
ing by those who have been asked to contribute, on the

ground that whatever benefit accrues will be shared in
to greater or less extent by those who contribute nothing
and that they do not relish helping to carry a burden
for other people. Fortunately everybody does not take
so selfish a view. As the sun shines equally bright for
the evil and the good, so also will it be ever impossible
to prevent the unworthy from sharing in the results of
any human progressive endeavor. All that can be done
to distribute the cost among the actual beneficiaries in
the present instance should be done but the impossibility
of entirely eliminating the parasite shoitld not be al-
lowed to imj)eril a cause so worthy.

Among the men who have gone heart

Working out and soul into this publicity campaign
a plan for the creation of a larger public de-

mand for the products of the florist,
Wallace E. Pierson is one of the most earnest. Mr.
Pierson certainly is a "live wire" and, as representing
the publicity committee of the New York Florists' Club
has gone to work at the problem in a most practical and
thorough manner. He has plans already outlined for
action through the agency of a central association in
which the leading daily newspapers in all parts of the
country are substantially interested and if the florists'
clubs and other trade organizations will only fall in line
and help carry forward Mr. Pierson's well-matured
scheme we believe a country-wide and decidedly effective
publicity campaign can soon be inaugurated at a min-
imum cost and the very moderate expense will be well
distributed and levied with reasonable fairness upon
those who are to be directly helped. It is not unrea-
sonable to expect that through the operation of some
such plan the annual plant and flower sales in the co-
operating communities can soon be doubled — perhaps
trebled.

We have carefully read the bill now
Commission before the New York Legislature to

liouse legislation regulate and control the sale of farm
produce on commission. As to the
general conditions attending the production, transporta-
tion, sale and accounting for farm produce and the
necessity for the passage of this bill we are not suf-
ficiently well acquainted to make comment other than
that the frantic desire which some periodicals and some
people manifest to protect the poor farmer from all kinds
of gold-brick scliemes and alleged robbers does not strike
us as at all complimentary to the intelligence of the
American farmer. From what we have seen of him
that gentleman is "over seven" and is in no pressing
need of a guardian to take hold of his hand when he
crosses the street or a mammy to put him to bed. But
in so far as this protective legislation may be applied to
the flower commission business its provisions seem all out
of proportion to the situation. The insinuation that the
men who make their livelihood by selling flowers on
commission are any less upright and honorable than
those employed in any other field is intolerable. As to
the mediums or methods which a man may choose to
make use of to market his goods after he has produced
them he has his choice and will presumably select that
which, in his judgment will bring him the greatest
financial advantage. The cut flower commission man
has been a great factor in the development of the flower
business and the future is open to him as to any other
business man if lie progresses with the times and keeps
up with the growth and demands of the industry for
which he acts as middle man. If he falls short of this
the final outcome is self-evident. But there is no call
for the placing on his shoulders of euch an oppressive
load as this legislation implies. It was not primarily in-
tended for him and he should, in all justice, be exempted
from its provisions.

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The Side Ventilators

With the days so nice and warm as they have been
recently some growers were no doubt tempted to touch
the side ventilators and by so doing help keep the tem-
perature down where it ought to be. We would advise
all to be a little careful in this respect. We seldom use
these side ventilators, and then only in the summer time
when there is but little danger of doing any harm. No
doubt many do use these ventilators right along and with
good results but we have always preferred to leave them
absolutely alone.

Repotting

The early-propagated cuttings will no doubt be ready
to be repotted by this time and a line or two on the sub-
ject may meet with approval by the majority. Use only
finely screened soil well enriched with well decayed cow
manure, and a little bonemeal. Be careful to do the
work well and not leave any places in the new pots un-
filled with earth. This will deprive the plants of just so
much root space and where the plants have to make a
certain amount of growth in the smaller pots this means
plants of uneven growth, which means more work, more
care, and the results will not be as good as if every little
part was done properly.

Crocking; Pots

Do not be afraid to use plenty of crock in the bottom
of the pots, especially if your soil does not drain as good
as it should. Where good old compost is used for soil
little trouble will be experienced in this respect. As we
luive often advocated, charcoal makes ideal material, but
as it is rather expensive, it must be used so as to give the
very best,of results. One grower near a railroad "Touys"
a large number of old ties and makes some of the finest
charcoal obtainable. With a supply like that around it
is not very difficult to use as much of it as is necessary.

Charcoal in the Soil

Where the soil is exceedingly heavy it is a good plan
to mix a little charcoal right into the soil. This of

course should be very fine and no lumps should be al-
lowed to mix in. Try to have all the grains about the
size of rice. These will mix in very nicely and be of
the gTcatest advantage to the soil and the plants them-
selves. Do not overdo this, however, as too much char-
coal in the soil is none too good for the plants.

Syringing the Young Plants

Do not neglect to syringe the young plants, or you will
have a chance to regret it. Make it a point to syringe
these regularly, same as you would the old plants in the
greenhouses. In syringing this young stock be careful,
however, to use less pressure, so as not to disturb the
plants any. If the old leaves of the cuttings were not
set all one way then this will be more troublesome as the
water should never go against the lay of these leaves. In
setting the potted cuttings be sure to place all these
leaves one way. It matters but little which. As with
the old plants syringe so as to let most of the water fall
into the walks, and not back on the plants. This you
will find is very important, and should always be heeded
when syringing. Another very important thing is to
have the plants wet enough when syringing. Should
they be dry, the foliage is likely to be scalded, and it
will take considerable time for the plants to recover from
this.

More Wood for Propagating

Instead of robbing the plants that are required to
bloom, it is well to select the house into which the young
plants are to go and then cut nearly all the wood out of
that house. Wliere only a house or two of roses are
grown this can be done with a bench or two, if the plants
are to be housed in the same house. In selecting the
bench to put these on pick out the best in the house, never
minding the roses that have to be taken out. It will pay
in the long run and that is what counts. Then when
the old plants are syringed care must be taken not to
throw any of the water from the plants on to the young
plants, as this is bound to have spider in it.

AN ALPINE GARDEN.

One of the most attractive spots to
be found anywhere in spring time is
the Alpine garden and fern rocl<eries
at the Goodwin estate on Asylum ave-
nue, Hartford, Conn., laid out and
planted by that accomplished gar-
dener, J. P. Huss. The collection of
Alpine gems is one of the best if not
the best in this country and the dis-
play of English primroses is superb
in flowering time. Our cover illustra-
tion shows one of the rock-bordered
walks. We shall give some move de-
tails of this charming spot in future
issues.

E. G. Hill of Richmond, Ind., has
bought out the interest of his partner,
Myer Heller of Newcastle, in the Hill-
Heller Company. It is understood
that the firm name will remain un-
changed until Ai)ril 1.

TO COMPLETE FLOWER SHOW
GUARANTEE FUND.

The Guarantee Fund of the Interna-
tional Flower Show, to be held April
.5 to 12, amounts to some $8500. Our
contract with the International Expo-
sition Co. requires that we have a
guarantee fund of $10,000. By present
indications we will not have to use
any of it, but a contract is a contract
and I would appreciate it very much
if 15 active members of the S. A. P. &
O. H., who have not yet contributed,
will each guarantee $100, or 30 florists
will guarantee $50 each.

I would very much like to get this
matter settled before March 15 and
take this method of doing so publicly
to obviate the necessity of writing so
many personal letters.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Chairman, I. F. S.

Madison, N. J.

WARNING!

Many subscribers are in the habit of
sending currency through the mails in
payment of their subscription. These
remittances, as a rule, have reached
us safely until recently when we have
had several complaints of enclosures
that have apparently gone astray. We
would strongly advise checks or postal
orders when payments are made by
mail. Don't take chances.

Advertising In HORTICULTURE is
a good investment. We have used all
the so-called trade mediums and HOR-
TICULTURE has given us good re-
turns for our advertising. We sold
all our canes through our advertise-
ment in HORTICULTURE and al-
though HORTICULTURE has only
had a minor share of our adv. support;
it has made good.

WM. ELLIOTT & SONS.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS'
CLUB.

The bi-monthly visiting tour was
made February 20th to the florists of
Lancaster, Pa.

Starting with The Wheatland Co..
where carnations are grown for qual-
ity and price, and both obtained un-
der the efficient culture of B. F. Law,
secretary and treasurer of the com-
pany, we then went to his neighbor.
T. F. Friese, who grows well a gen-
eral line of plants for retailing pur-
poses. The next stopping place was
at the Keystone Nurseries, or better
known as B. F. Barr's, who is also an
exclusive retail man, growing roses,
carnations and a general line of plants.
From Barr's to A. M. Herr's exclusive-
ly wholesale place was the next and
here the party found one house of car-
nations as near a failure as it is pos-
sible to get, and the finest house of
coleus they ever saw and perhaps
more geraniums than they ever saw in
one establishment. From there to Ru-
dolph Nagle's place was a short walk
and here again was found geranium in
quality and a big lot of chrysanthe-
mum stock plants and cuttings. Mr.
Nagle keeps his place immaculately
clean. These places are all within
easy walking distance of each other.

From Nagle's we went to Secretary
Lemon Landis' at the East End, who
grows roses, carnations and smilax in
a neatly arranged set of houses. From
there to Henry Rohrer's, and here the
carnation men were at home in the
best houses of carnations in or around
the city. His sweet peas and lettuce
were also near perfection, but the
most attractive thing on the place
was his new red carnation and its
ideal habit and high-class blooms.
Some of the out-of-town growers are
quietly picking up this variety by the
thousand and it is likely to make a
sensation next winter outside of the
city. From there we went to Gold-
bach's where the best thing was sev-
eral houses of callas, and lastly to
Seibold's, a recent addition to the
geranium growers of Lancaster. He
has a nice compact range of glass and
grows geraniums for the wholesale
trade, his strong specialty being
Jeunesse Poitevine, an improvement
on the old Poitevine in color and
habit. Mrs. Siebold served a potting
shed lunch that was more than ap-
preciated and was accepted with a
vote of thanks and many expressions
of good will. At Frank Bachler's, a
retailer who does an immense plant
trade, the houses were inspected by
electric light. From Bachler's to the
meeting and from the meeting to the
Wheatland bowling alleys finished up
a very interesting and profitable day.
ALBERT M. HBRR.

Smith's Wholesale House for the
March meeting. The April meeting
will be held at the Missouri Botanical
Garden. John Steidel showed seedling
carnations which the committee say
are very promising. The publicity re-
port took an hour of time and some
interesting points were brought out.
R. J. Windier, chairman of the com-
mittee, started it off. The talk was
very interesting. S. S. Skidelsky of
Philadelphia was present and also
helped publicity along with a good
talk. The question box discussion
brought the meeting to a close.

ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB.

The St. Louis Florist Club held a
very interesting meeting on Thursday
afternoon, February 13th. The meeting
was known as Publicity Meeting and
brought out the members in full force.
The report of the publicity committee
was laid over until the end of the
meeting for discussion. It was decided
to hold our annual Carnation Show at

COOK COUNTY FLORISTS' ASSO-
CIATION.

At the Cook County Florists' Asso-
ciation, Chicago meeting, February
20th, .50 members and several guests
from out of the city were present.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, A. C. Kohlbrandt;
vice-president, AUie Zech; secretary,
A. T. Pyfer; treasurer, John Zech;
Sergeant- at- arms, Michael Fink.
Trustees, Walter Scott, E. C. Amliug.
A. Henderson, W. J. Keimel. The fol-
lowing were elected to membership:
Otto Strobach, 736 Buckingham Place;
E. W. Siebrecht, 4641 No. Lincoln
street; John Swanson, 736 Bucking-
ham Place; Fred J. Rose, 1322 Nelson
street. The programs of the Illinois
State Florists' Association to be hold
at Peoria. March 4 and 5, were dis-
tributed and a letter from Secretary
Ammann inviting the club to attend
the eighth annual meeting was read.
A letter from Richard Vincent, Jr.. ac-
knowledging courtesies from the club,
was listened to with pleasure. It was
voted to make the New York Central
R. R. the official route to the National
Flower Show. The Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul R. R. was chosen as
the oflicial route to the 3. A. F. at Min-
neapolis in August. The treasurer's
report showed $359.59 on hand.

The next regular meeting will be on
March 27th, instead of the 20th, on ac-
count of Easter.

Messrs. Praefke of Milwaukee, Wis..
King of Butte, Mont., and Skidelsky of
Philadelphia were club visitors.

ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO-
CIATION.

The next annual convention of the
Illinois State Florists' Association will
be held at the Jefferson Hotel, Peoria.
III., March 4, 5. The program includes
an address of welcome by Mayor E.
N. Woodruff of Peoria; response, by
Vice-President C. W. Johnston, Morgan
Park; President's address, Chas. Lov-
eridge, Peoria; report of secretary, J.
F. Ammann, Edwardsville; report ot
treasurer, by F. L. Washburn, Bloom-
ington; report of advisory committee
of the Illinois Florists' Experiment
Station, W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park;
reports of work at the experiment sta-
tion, by H. B. Dorner, F. W. Muncie
and G. L. Peltier, Urbana; reports of
auditing committee and judges; ad-
dress on Landscape Gardening, Per-
manent planting of shrubs, etc., W. N.
Rudd.

The annual banquet will take place
at the Jefferson Hotel, Tuesday even-
ing, March 4.

CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

February 14th was "Carnation
Night," and evoked a superb display
of blooms. The members' usual ex-
hibition was augmented by fine collec-
tions from A. N. Pierson, of Crom-
well; George W. Eraser, assistant
horticulturalist of Storrs Agricultural
College; Scott Brothers, of Elmsford,
N. Y., and Cottage Gardens Company.
Awards were as follows: Cottage
Gardens Company, for Matchless, first-
class certificate; Whiting Green-
houses (Carl Peterson, manager), first-
class certificate; Scott Brothers, for
British Triumph, William Eccles and
Lady Northcliffe (82, S5 and 79 points,
respectively), first-class and cultural
certificates; A, N. Pierson, for Benora,
etc., first-class certificate; Alfred Ce-
belius, certificate of merit; George W.
Fraser, for seedlings, certificate of
merit; J. Alfred Weber, cinerarias,
certificate of merit.

James T. Scott, of Scott Brothers,
was present and gave much pleasure
by his many advices regarding the
merits and the demerits of the leaa-
ing varieties of market carnations.
Mr. Fraser also addressed the society,
as did R. T. Beers, of Cromwell, rep-
resenting Mr. Pierson. Many valuable
facts were elicited by the impromptu
addresses, and by the discussions that
ensued, chiefly concerning modern
commercial carnation culture.

Our society is temporarily deploring
the withholding of the annual state
appropriation, through a new and ap-
parently technical interpretation of
the statute providing the fund. Sev-
eral new bills have consequently been
presented to the present Legislature,
to cure the defect in the phraseology
of the present statute. We hope for
the enactment of the best one of these
bills, retroactive in character, and
hence covering our share of the state
fund for last season.

GEORGE W. SMITH, Sec.

Melrose, Conn.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

A letter received from Coubert,
France, inquires concerning the prize
for the new rose, as offered by Mrs.
Frances Roche, the improvement upon
the Marechal Niel.

There has been discussion regard-
ing the prize offered by Moore, Hentz
& Nash of a .$50 cup for six roses.
Mr. Moore says some small grower
may have just a few flowers, as fine
as grown in the largest establish-
ments, and it is just here that he has
his chance against the big man. A
small bunch spreads the offer far
more widely and that is what we want
to do, if it gets more exhibitors and
gets a medley of varieties and sets
people talking about such a valuable
prize for "only six roses." No stem
longer than 20 inches, not over two
roses ot any one variety, the roses of
each variety to be judged on their
own merits and not by comparison
with the other varieties.

Illinois growers will be heard from
at the show.

BENJAMIN HAMMOND.

March 1, 1913

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CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The annual banquet of the Hamp-
shire-Hampden Florists' & Gardeners'
Club will be held on March 4th at
Northampton, Mass.

A. H. Seeker will read a paper on
"The Growing of Indoor and Outdoor
Sweet Peas" at the March meeting of
the Rochester Florists' Association.

P. H. Weber will read a paper at
this month's meeting of the Retail
Florists' Association of St. Louis on
"The Daily Routine Work in a Retail
Florist Store."

The St. Louis Florist Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting on March
13th. The annual carnation exhibi-
tion will be at Smith's wholesale
store at the same time.

The Gardeners' & Florists' Club of
Toronto, Ont., held its annual Ladies'
Night on Tuesday evening, February
18th, and the occasion was enjoyed
by a large number of the members
and their friends.

At the next meeting of the Ken-
tucky Society of Florists, to be held
at the home of George Sehultz, Jr..
Kenilworth, Joseph Able, manager of
C. B. Thompson's office force, will
give a talk on "Bookkeeping."

On February 9th. the Syracuse (N.
Y.) Florists' and Gardeners' Club was
organized. Officers were elected as
follows: President, M. T. Keenan;
vice-president, W. E. Day; secretary,
T. J. Godvine; treasurer, D. J. Mur-
phy.

It has been rumored around that the
members of the St. Louis Florist Club
will extend an invitation to the Ameri-
can Carnation Society to hold its 1914
meeting in St. Louis. The Business
Men's League is also behind this in-
vitatioa.

A meeting of the Rochester Florists'
Association was held recently and the
following have been elected officers for
the year 19J3: President, John Dun-
bar; vice-president, George Arnold;
secretary, H. B. Stringer; treasurer,
W. L. Keller; trustees, W. H. Dildine,
William Perie and A. H. Salter.

Fine displays of carnations were
made before the Milwaukee (Wis.)
Florists' Club at their meeting on Feb-
ruary 6th. The Herald, shown by the
Chicago Carnation Company was the
leader. C. C. Pollworth Company ex-
hibited some promising white seed-
lings. Nic Zweifel won first prize on
three carnation classes.

The remaining Saturday lectures
and dates in the series at Horticul-
tural Hall, Boston, are as follows:

March 1— The Diseases of the Violet, by
Dr. Donald Reddick, Ithaca, N. Y.

March 8— The Gladiolus aud its Culture,
by B. Hammond Tracy, Weuham, Mass.

March 15 — No lecture on this date.
SpriuK Flower Show.

March 22 — Fertilizer Problems of the
Orchard and Garden, by Dr. H. J. Wheel-
er, Boston.

March 29— The Making of a Country Es-
tate, by Henry Wild, Greenwich, Conn.

At the February meeting of the Al-
bany (N. Y.) Florist Club, the retiring
president, F. A. Danker, was presented
with a silver water service. The pres-
entation speech was made by Fred
Goldring. Louis H. Schaefer gave an

interesting account of his recent visit
to the Buffalo Florists' Club. The
question of trade publicity came up
for discussion and many interesting
points and possibilities were brought
out.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Tarrytown Horticultural Society was
held in the Corporation Building, on
Wednesday evening, February 19th.
A splendid vase of carnations. "The
Herald," staged by the Chicago Car-
nation Co.. was awarded a certificate
of merit. The dates for the fall show,
which is to be held in the Music Hall,
Tarrytown, were fixed for Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, 4th, 5th
and 6th of November.

The Nassau County Horticultural
Society held its monthly meeting at
Glen Cove, L. I., on Feb. 12. The com-
mittee on V. Cleres' seedling carna-
tion recommended certificate of
merit. It was decided to hold the an-
nual euchre and dance at Glen Cove

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goods than any other
importer in America.
You don't have to
take our word — ask
the U. S. customs of-
ficers.

H. BAYERSDORFER
& COMPANY

on April 3rd. In the monthly competi-
tion V. Cleres was first with gardenias,
J. MacDonald first with sweet peas.
J. Robinson was awarded honorable
mention for freesias.

The officers of the New Eng-
land Nurserymen, who held their
annual convention in Worcester on
February 22nd and 26tb, are: Presi-
dent, J. Woodward Manning, No.
Wilmington, Mass.; vice-president, C.
R. Burr, Manchester, Conn.; secretary
A. E. Robinson, Lexington, Mass.;
treasurer, V. A. Vanicek, Newport, R.
I. Executive committee: Chas. R.
Fish, Worcester, Mass.; Stephen Hoyt,
New Caanan, Conn.; Daniel A. Clarke,
Fiskville, R. I.

The meeting of the Indiana State
Florists' Association, which was held
on February 4th at Lafayette, was
well attended and after the regular
routine of business an invitation to
visit the establishment of F. Dorner
& Sons Co. was taken advantage of.
The carnation seedling benches were
particularly interesting to the visitors
and all who were in attendance were
enthusiastic as to the prospect for
some record-breaking varieties from
among the beauties which they found
there.

The Vert Assembly Bill was opposed
as unjust, unworkable and unneces-
sary at the annual meeting of the Na-
tional Association of Retail Nursery-
men, held on February 13th in the
Chamber of Commerce assembly room,
Rochester, N. Y. Besides discussing
the Vert Bill, the association reelected
officers. They are: President, Edward
S. Osborne; vice-president, J. H. Pit-
kin; secretary and treasurer, F. E.
Grover. About 40 retail nurserymen
attended the meeting, representing tor
the most part New York and other
Eastern states.

Much interest is manifested in the
open-air and tent exhibition to be held
on the estate of Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown by the Newport Garden Asso-
ciation, which is made up of the ladies
of the summer colony, and the New-
port Horticultural Society combined.
The ladies are going to try to have
something similar to the shows held in
Paris and other European centres, but
on a smaller scale. The first day will
probably be "Society Day "when the
admission will be $1.00; the second
day admission will be 25c. The dates
are June 25 and 26.

At the convention of the New
York State Fruit Growers' Associa-
tion, held at Poughkeepsie, February
21st, it was voted to petition Gov-
ernor Sulzer to appoint a commission
of "broad-minded men, who shall
promptly examine the whole question
of grading, packing and selling prod-
ucts on commission and recommend
legislation to the end that justice may
be established." The association would
have the commission consist of one
grower, one commission merchant and
a suitable number of others identified
with the handling or sale of farm
products.

Ten new members were added to
the roster of the Rhode Island Horti-
cultural Society at its meeting, Feb-
ruary 19th. The session was of short
duration, to allow the members to at-
tend a hearing at the city hall in the
interests of the establishment of a
public market in Providence. Charles
W. Thompson of Seekonk, Mass., gave
a short address on the advantages of
a public market. Richard M. Bowen
of Warwick, Ashley M. Parmalee of
Norwood and Frank M. Lawton of Au-
burn were named delegates to attend
a meeting of the League of Improve-
ment Societies, to be held in Boston
some time next month. S. A. G.

An exceedingly interesting meeting
of the Central New York Horticultural
Society was held on Feb. 14, at New
Hartford, N. Y., when Charles H.
Totty addressed the organization on
chrysanthemums. The platform was
adorned by flowers, including a bou-
quet of Killarney roses which were
presented to Mr. Totty by Peter
Crowe. Mr. Totty discussed the meth-
ods of fertilizing chrysanthemums and
the system of bud selection. There
was a general discussion and Mr.
Totty answered many questions. A
vote of thanks was given to Mr. Totty
and the band. The next meeting will
take place Feb. 28, when flower show
matters will be taken up.

At the annual meeting of the Con-
necticut Association of Nurserymen,
held at the State Agricultural Ex-

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periment Station in Hartford, Feb-
ruary 12th, the following officers were
elected: President, T. E. Boroughs^
Deep River; vice-president, Stevens'
Hoytt, New Canaan; secretary, F. L.
Thomas, Manchester; treasurer, W.
W. Hunt, Hartford. A banquet fol-
lowed the meeting at Oneco Hotel.
The program included an address on
"Fertilizers," by Prof. E. H. Jenkins
of the Connecticut Agricultural Col-
lege; "The Replacement of Nursery
Stock and Its Evils," by C. R. Burr
of Hartford, and an illustrated lecture
on Japanese gardens, by C. F. Coe
of New Haven.

ANOTHER NEW HYDRANGEA.

The next meeting of the Florists'
Club of Philadelphia, Tuesday even-
ing, March 4th, will be one of the most
important of the season and will equal
if not surpass in interest the two
splendid meetings we have already
had in January and February. This
March meeting will go down in history
as "President's Night," and will be ad-
dressed by President Thilow, who will
give one of his celebrated illustrated
lectures enhanced by stereopticon
views taken by the lecturer during a
recent trip. Maybe there will be some
refreshments on the side. Come one;
come all. Show your appreciation of
one of the best presiding olficers we
have ever had. This is "his night."
Lower hall, instead of the club room.

The Premium List for the June Ex-
hibition at Newport, R. L, has been re-
ceived, together with a Supplementary
List of special prizes offered by par-
ties in the trade. Among the latter
are Lord & Burnham Co., J. M. Thor-
burn & Co., A. N. Pierson, Joseph A.
Manda, H. A. Dreer, C. H. Totty,
Aphine Mfg. Co., Hitchings & Co.,
Weeber & Don. Jos. Breck & Sons and
Bobbink & Atkins. The exhibition is
to be a joint affair of the Newport
Garden Association and the Newport
Horticultural Society at Harbour
Court, the estate of Mrs. John Nicho-
las Brown. The dates are Wednesday
and Thursday, June 25 and 26. Copies
of the complete schedule may be ob-
tained from the secretary of the New-
port Horticultural Society, D. J.
Coughlin.

At the February meeting of the
Cleveland (Ohio) Florists' Club, there
was a superb display of flowers, car-
nations being especially prominent.
Among the exhibitors were the J. M.
Gasser Company, who made a splen-
did display of sweet peas and rare tu-
lips; Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y., car-
nations Wm. Eccles, British Triumph
and Lady Northclifte; G. S. Ramsburg,
Somersworth, N. H., silver-pink snap-
dragon; S. S. Skidelsky & Co., the
sensational new carnation Philadel-
phia; Cleveland Cut Flower Com-
pany, carnations; Charles Bartels,
freesias; G. A. Barber, Beloit, Ohio,
carnations and sweet peas; J. D. Cock-
croft, S. M. Merwarth & Bros.. E. G.
Hill Company and Dailledouze Bros.,
carnations.

The regular scheduled meeting cf
the Florists' Club of Washington has
been postponed one week on account
of Inauguration Day being next Tues-
day. At this meeting will take place
the election of officers. There are sev-
eral nominees for each position and
sides are being good-naturedly taken
by the friends of earh. It will prob-

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ably take the votes of the entire or-
ganization to decide between Messrs.
Bauer, Giilbortzer and Oehmler for
president unless one of them drops
out, which their adherents refuse to
allow.

After the routine of business had
been disposed of President Lee an-
nounced that the evening had been
sec apart for the entertainment of the
ladies. A committee had arranged a
musical pi'ogram which was followed
by dancing, at both of which great
talent was displayed. Refreshments
were served and everyone seemed to
be enjoying themselves. There were
7.5 present. Great credit is due the
committee of arrangements and all
who took part, for it was a success
from start to finish.

E. TRETHEWEY, Cor. Sec.

NEW YORK NOTES.

The store of Mignon, florist, 509
-Madison avenue, which opened last
October, is displaying a "To Rent"
sign.

It is said that both the Wana-
niaker and Lord & Taylor stores are
planning to open roof garden plant
and flower departments.

A rearrangement of office, ice chests,
etc., in the wholesale flower estab-
lishment on W. 2Sth street has been
nride, very much improving it.
■ The old proposition for using Union
Square for an open air flower market
has been revived and the daily papers
generally make favorable comment on
the project.

The New York Cut Flower Company
has acquired the lease of another en-
tire floor in the Coogan Building and
many important changes as to tenants,
etc., are now in order.

Wm. Trumpore, buyer for Small's
New York store, who has been at the
French Hospital in West 34th street
for the past three weeks, is now con-
valescing nicely and has been cheered
by visits of a large number of friends.

We are greatly pleased to be able
to announce ihat J. Austin Shaw has
passed safely through the critical
stage of his sickness and is now rap-
idly recovering. He will soon be able
to go home from the hospital.

Charles Millang's suit against the
City of New York for $25,000 for bod-
ily injuries received one year ago
when his automobile was overturned
by reason of a defect in the highway,
has resulted in a disagreement by the
jury.

John Young, secretary of the S. A.
F., has been suffering for a week with
carbuncles, and on the day on which
he was to start for the executive meet-
ing in Minneapolis was ordered to the
Roosevelt Hospital by his physician,
v.'here he underwent an operation Sun-
day noon.

The Greek ball, one of the most con-
spicuous events of the year in New
York floral circles, was held at Ter-
race Gardens on Thursday night, Feb-
ruary 20th. There was a tremendous
crowd and the 2Sth street contingent,
resplendent in dress suits, did full
justice to the occasion.

As stated in advertisement on an-
other page the wholesale florist firm
of Siebrecht & Siebrecht has dissolved.
The old business will be continued by
George C. Siebrecht at 109 W. 2Sth
street, while Walter R. Siebrecht has
taken a part of the store at 129 W.
28th street with George Saltford.

Harry A. Bunyard and Charles H.
Totty left for Minneapolis at noon on
Sunday. February 23rd, on the "Black
Diamond" express of the Lehigh Val-
ley R. R. Mr. Bunyard took along
with him the papers and records of
Secretary Young who was unable to
attend the S. A. F. executive board
meeting on account of sickness.

Visitors: John Dodds, Philadelphia;
Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.;
Harry Quint, Boston, Mass.

Mobile, Ala. — At a meeting of the
Mobile Floral and Horticultural So-
ciety held in the rooms of the Cham-
ber of Commerce it was decided to
inaugurate the plan of growing plants
in windows, the Mobile Electric Com-
pany's buildings to be the starting
point for this scheme. The members
of the society presented stated that
they were desirous of showing the peo-
ple of Mobile the possibilities of win-
dow decoration.

Star or Wonder Blackberry

A wonder indeed! in growtb. In ex-
cellence, in productiveness. Berries
Lirge and luscious, be.irs in clusters
like a grnpe for two months. A single
plant has yielded over two bushels In
a year. Headquarters for St. Regis
Everbearing, the best red Easpberry,
and Caco by far the choicest of all
hardy Grapes. A full assortment of
Strawberries. Raspberries, Klac kberries,
Grapes, Currants and Gooseberries;
Garden Roots, Hardy Per-
ennial Plants, Shrubs and
Vines. Evergreen and Shade
Trees. Roses, Hedge Plants.
';tc. niu.strated descriptive
catalog repleie with cul-
tural Instrncfions. free to
everybody. Established 1S7S;
200 acres: quality unsur-
passed ; prices low.

I T.LOVEIT, 80X153. Little Silver, N.i.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, $1.80 each.
Also Lady Duncan, Dawson, Daybreak,
Farquhar. Wm. Egau and Minnie Dawson.

EASTERN NURSERIESJamaica Plain, Mass.

HENRY S. DAWSON, Manager.

March 1, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

293

THE NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEAS

Dormant stock stored in cold frames and which can readily be brought into flower for Decoration Day and later.

3-inch Pots
Per Per
doz. 100

Avalanche. Splendid large white $1.00 $7.00

Botaniste Peltereau, Enormous pret-
ty mauve-rose 1.00 7.00

Bouquet Rose. Rosy ambler turning

to bright pink 1.75 12.00

Dentelle. Deeply fringed creamy-
white 1.25 8.00

Fraicheur. White, delicately suf-
fused with rose 1.25 8.00

General de Vibraye. Favorite bright

rose color 1.75 12.00

I^a Lorraine. Pale rose changing to

bright pink 1.75 12.00

Mnie. A. Riverain. Superb bright

rose color 1.50 10.00

Mme. E. Moulliere. The favorite

white 1.75 12.00

Mme. Maurice Hamar. Delicate flesh
rose color, but in our soil com-
ing a beautiful deep blue 1.50 10.00

Mme. Raymond. Transparent white,

passing to a tender rose 1.50 10.00

5-inch Pots
Per Per
doz. 100

$2.50 $20.00

2.50

20.00

2.50

20.00

2.50

20.00

2.50

20.00

2.50

20.00

2.50

20.00

3-inch Pots
Per Per
100

doz

Mme. Agnes Bariller. Personally we

consider this the best white.... 150

Mile. Renee Gaillard. Very large,
milky-white, irregularly dentat-
ed showy flowers 150 10.00

Sllle. de Tremault. White, produc-
ing flower heads as large as the
popular Otaksa 1.50

Mousseline. Beautiful mauve-rose

with cream colored centre 1.50 10.00 —

ftlont Rose. Very early, clear flesh-
rose in Immense panicles 1.75

Mens. G. Renault. Bright rose with
carmine reflex 1.25

Ornament. Large mauve-pink 1.25

Ronsard. Very large rose-pink 1.25

Radiant. Distinct rose-carmine 1.50

Souvenir de Mme. E. Cliautard. One
of the best, a bright rose color. 1.50

Senateur Henri David. On the style
of La Lorraine, but flowers ear-
lier 175

5-inch Pots
Per Per
doz. 100

10.00

10.00

12.00

8.00

8.00

8.00

1000

10.00

12.00

2.50 20.00
2.50 20.00
2.50 20.00

3.00 —

2.50 20.00
2 50 20.00

2.50 20.00

We will furnish one three-inch pot plant of each of the 22 varieties for $2.50

HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 7I4 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above price* are intended for the trade only

. & A.

EOIA

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, hMOOODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PiMES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a lew minutes from
New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line o( Erie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK &

Nurserymen and Ftorists

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

GHAM

ttURSERIES

— JDJEoAJLr- —

W. B. WHITHER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FOR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE

IVIy 1913

SF>FRIIMG F^IRIOE: l-IST

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

National Nurseryman

Official organ of the American As-
sociation of Nurserymen. Clrcula-
tiou among the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Subscription price
$1.01) per year. Foreigrn sabscrlp-
tions $1.50 per year. In advance.
Sample copy free upon application
from those In the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co.,!nC:

2)8 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,

Small Fruits. Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Write fni- Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK,

2IG lane St.- Weeb3wlitD Kelgbts
P. 0. No. 1. Hcboken. N. i.

■BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Send for priee list

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

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HORTICULTURE

March 1, 1913

During Recess*

The Westchester and Fairfield Horti-
cultural Society.

The first annual supper of the West-
chester and Fairfield Horticultural
Society was held in Germania Hall,
New Rochelle, N. Y.. the evening of
February ISth. As was expected,
keen but friendly rivah-y existed
among those taking part in the bowl-
ing matches in the afternoon. Great
excitement prevailed in the games.
Trade versus Private" honors being
about even at the finish. Competitive
games were also arranged among the
members, the "Championship" prize
going to E. McKenzie. In the clash
that took place for county supremacy
Westchester came out on top.

About 7.30 P. M. SO members and in-
vited guests took their seats at the
tables in the spacious hall to partake
of the good things provided. A fine
feature of this supper was the very
artistic manner in which the table
decorations were carried out, Cattle-
yas Trianae finely flowered being
used extensively, these being kindly
lent by the Geo. E. Baldwin Co.. of
Mamaroneck. Boutonieres of lily of
the valley were provided by past pres.
J. Stuart, and miniature "Stars and
Stripes" for the lapels of the coat were
kindly donated by Chas. McTaggart.

Among the invited guests from the
ranks of those in the "trade" were H.

A. Bunyard, W. E. Marshall, Thomas

B. Collie, P. Hamilton Goodsell, W. E.
Maynard, Andrew Wilson, A. Richards,
Chas. McTaggart, Andrew Kennedy all
of New York; Robert Renison, Lewis
F. Milliot of Yonkers. Wm. Scott of
Elmsford, Edward Neubrand of Tarry-
town, N. Y., M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.,
Thomas Wade, New Roclielle.

Pres. Robt. Williamson after extend-
ing a hearty welcome to members and
guests introduced as toastmaster John
M. Brown of Stamford, who handled
the office with his usual ability and
tact. Responding to the toastmaster's
request. M. C. Ebel spoke for the
.National Flower Show, R. Renison for
the Yonkers Horticultural Society, H.
A. Bunyaid for the National Sweet Pea
Society. Speeches were also made by
the following gentlemen: P. H. Good-
sell, F. E. Conine, Chas. McTaggart.
Joseph H. Sperry, Edward Neubrand,
W. E. Maynard. A. Rickards, Geo. E.
Baldwin, Pres. Robt. Williamson. Ex-
Pres. J. Stuart. Sec. J. B. McArdle,
Wm. Scott and W. E. Marshall.

Proceedings were enlivened consid-
erably during the evening with songs
by H. Wild, O. A. Hunwick, J. M. j
Brown and A. Rickards. '

Before applying the closure to a
most successful and pleasant event
cheers were called for Pres. Robt.
Williamson, ex-Pres. J. Stuart, Secy.
J. B. McArdle, and Toastmaster J. M.
Brown, and all joined hands in sing-
ing "Auld Lang Svne"

OWEN A. HUNWICK, Cor. Sec.

The nineteenth annual banquet of
the Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural So-
ciety was held in Curtis Hotel, Feb-
ruary 20th, and about 80 members and
guests sat down at 8 o'clock at a table
which for decorative effects was possi-
bly more beautiful than any Berkshire
company has seen this winter. A com-
bination of pink tulips, narcissus and
geranium blooms was used in the set-

FLOWERFIELD IS FAMOUS

AS THE
LARGEST

Flower Farm

IN THE
WORLD

GLADIOLI, CANNAS, IRISES
LILIUMS, HYACINTHS, ETC.

Write For Prices

JOHN LEWIS CHILDS

WHOLESALE DEPT.

FLOWERFIELD.

LONG ISLAND, N. Y-

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Try our new GERANIUM SCARLET BEDDER for your
(Jardeu and Window hoxe.^. Then procure a copy of
CllRYSANTHE.Ml'M MANl'AL, 3rd edition as a guide for
growing vour CHRYSANTHEMLMS. 50c postpaid.
Ask for our 1913 CATALOGUE and place your order with
us fur vour plants wliich will have our best attention.

Then procure our FERTILENE, the IDEAL, PL.VNT food for producing Lusty blooms.

Price.— % lb., 20e; prepaid by mail, 30c; lib., 35c, prepaid by mail, 50c; 10 lbs, S3.00;

23 lbs.. .$f,.nO; 30 lbs., .$10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO. ADRIAN, MICH.

Live Sp[iagnum Moss

Finest stock in tbe country. Chunky,
well fibered stems with large heads.
Shipped onlv in barrels f. 0. b. Walden.
N. Y., at $2.00 per bbl.

Trade List on Application.

The C. W. Brownell Company

Walden, N. Y.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Growert
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

and ■*58 Broadwav, Room 721
NEW YORK CITY

s^iH.AC5r>ie»i>/i ivioss

10 bbl. bales: Selected stock; neatl.r bur-
Inpped. "Worth While Quality, "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale $1.25 10 bales, each. .$3.76

6 bales, each... 4.00 25 balcN, each.. 3.50

Larger quantities, write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, $1.25 per bbl.
ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnesat, N.J.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherfoid, N. J.

OROMIDS

Choice dormant bulbs of Calantbe Veltchil,
ready now at $75.00 per 100 bulbs; also
great variety of other orchids and material
in which to grow them.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE.

LAGER & HURRELL ^"S'.T^'

ting for ttie tables, and potted flower-
ing plants of many liinds lieightened
tlie effect as they were lianked in the
room. It was literally a dinner served
in a conservatory. George H. Cooper
of Pittsfield, was toastmaster.

and the speakers were Past President
Angelo Rossi, who talked on "The Re-
tailer,;" H. Plath, who spoke on "His-
tory of the Pacific Coast Horticultural
Society," and Charles A. Vogelsang,
who spoke on "Our 1915 Exposition."

One hundred and ten persons at-
tended the fourth annual banquet of
the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society,
held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Fran-
cisco. February 15th. Following the
banquet, there was a dance in the
grand ball room of the hotel, especial-
ly decorated by the society, at which
scores of additional guests besides
the banqueters were present. Presi-
dent William Kentwell of the society
acted as toastmaster at the banquet.

Cook Co. Bowling League Score, Feb.
19, 1913.

ORCHIDS

CARNATIONS.

Krause, 164 121 143
Graft, 142 204 160
Brost'm, 179 152 179
Geo. E., 137 140 118
J. Zech. 203 187 201

Lorman, 181 162 152
Lieb'mn, 172 130188
Armstr'g, 103 126 129
Ayers, ICO 161 154
A. Zech, 177 187 135

ROSES.

VIOLETS.

Goerlsch, 135189 146
Kochler, 127 159 137
Bvers, 168 97169
I'riie. 200 116 144
Fischer, 131 18.-! 213

Cole, 154 147 153
Jacobs, 135 201 153
Wolf. 169 186 179
SchultJ:. 10^< 168 1.34
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Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give absolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 5% if cash accompanies the order.

REO-FLOWERING, GREEN FOUAGE CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

J. D. Eisele. 5 ft $3.75 ^Srj.dO

Presulent Cleveland, 3 ft 2.25 20.00

President McKinley, 2% to 3 ft 2.00 17.50

President Meyer, 4 ft 2.75 25.00

Pillar of Fire, 6 or 7 ft 2.00 17.50

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Louise. 5 ft 13,75 $35.(10

Mile. Berat. *% ft 1.75 15.00

Venus, S% ft 8.50 80.00

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Alemannia, 4 to 5 ft J2.25 $20.00

Austria, 5 ft 175 l\m

Indiana, 3 to 4 ft 2.00 17.50

Italia, 4% ft 1-75 15.00

ORANGE SHADES

Per 100 Per 1000

W.vomlng, 7 ft $2.00 $17..50

Penns.vlvania, 5 ft 1.75 15.00

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft 1.75 15.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

PerlOO
Gladiator, 4 ft
Gladiotlora, 3Vn

ft 4.25

.Jean Tissot. 5 ft 2.25

Niagara, 3 ft 2.78

Mad. Croiy, 5% ft 2.25

Queen Charlotte, 3% ft 3.75

Premier, 2V, ft 2.75

Souv. de A. CroKy, 4 ft 2.75

YELLOW SHADES

PerlOO

Florence Vanglian, 5 ft $2.00

Richard Wallace, 4^! ft 2.25

Per 1000

$i'j.(io

40.00
20.00
2.-I.00
20.00
35.00
25.00
25.00

Per 1000

$17.50

20.00

BRONZE LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

PerlOO

Egandale. 4 ft $2.00

King Humbert. 4 ft 5.00

I,eonard Vauglian, 4% ft 4.25

Musaefolia. 3 to 5 ft 2.00

Shenandoah, 8 ft 2.U0

Per 1000
$1T..'')0
45.00
40.00
17.50
17.50

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

Doz. 100

1000

One of the most brilliant scarlets, both
the individual flowers and tlie trusses
being of large size; bronze foliage.
4 ft. f :.. $0.78 $5.50 $50.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers in heavy, dense spikes,
In color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 4% ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

Rich scarlet
4 ft

FURST BISMARCK

crimson; of large

$0.50 $3.75 $35.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Caanas will bear compari-
son with any house in the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GENERAL IMERKEL

Scarlet sufl'used with orange, base and
ed!;e of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $5.80 $50.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson scar-
let, often measuring 5 inches across,
of remarkable subst«n»*, and are
produced in large trusses nearly a
foot across, 3V4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

PAPA NARDY

currant red with a

4y2 ft $0.50 $3.75 $35.00

thousand rate; It Is cheaper for you to buy a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write tor epeclal prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here, It may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection Is left to us, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

Very large, rich
purplish sheen.

All the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

Chicago and Western Agents for Our Cannas ONLY:

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

SPIRAEAS FROM COLD STORAGE

(For Decoration Day)

Per 100

Gladstone, enormous spikes of pure white flowers $5.50

Astilboides Floribunda 6.00

Queen of Holland. One of the finest; grand florists' variety 6.60

Ciladiolns America. First size ^ 2. "5

Glo.xinias, named varieties 4.25

Gloxinias, named varieties mixed 3.75

BODDINGTON'S QUALITY TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS

Per 1000

$50.00

47.50

50.00

25.00
40.00
35.00

Single, to color, large bulbs. 1% inclies and up $2.25 C;
I>ouble, to color, large bulbs, 1^/4 inches and up 3.50 C;

$20.00 M.
30.00 M.

SFEDSMAN

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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March 1, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers — President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Moiues, la. ; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa. ;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Milford, Conn. ; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, OMo,
June 24-25, 1913.

Seed Legislation.
Editor HORTICULTURE:

Dear Sir; — In one of your recent is-
sues, Mr. Watson refers to the New
York State seed law which he states
requires that every packet of seeds
must state the percentage of purity
and germination.

I think there must be some mistake
about this, for the Act of 1912 affects
only agricultural seeds like the
grasses, clovers, vetches, and rape,
which are hardly put up in small
packet form as suggested by the
writer. The law only requires a label
to he attached to the package con-
taining said seeds when there is an
excess of three per centum by count
of foul or foreign seeds.

Your readers may be interested to
hear of the Gronna seed bill intro-
duced in the U. S. Senate recently
(No. 8382), which is to regulate the
interstate commerce in all seeds. Thfe
absurdity of the bill is marked by such
-equirements as that no seed under 90
per cent germination shall be sold or
transported, and some of the finer
grasses, as is well known, have a very
low germination, 60 per cent being
high for Kentucky Blue Grass. It is
hardly to be expected that this bill
will be enacted in the few days re-
maining of this Congress.
Yours truly,

CURTIS NYE SMITH.

Notes.

Jacksonville, Fla. — G. H. Eyans is
manager of the Florida Seed & Floral
Co., a new establishment.

Fargo, N. D.— Prof. G. W. Randlett
has been elected president of the
North Dakota Improved Seed Associa-
tion.

Des Moines, la. — Frank Howell, for-
merlj-- with Iowa Seed Co., is prepar-
ing to start in the seed business on
Gray street.

It is reported that, owing to recent
crop failures in Michigan, Rogers
Brothers, pea and bean growers of Al-
pena, Mich., have purchased 800 acres
of land in Idaho and will remove
there.

Chicago reports that spring bulbs,
cannas, gladioli, caladlums, tuberoses,
etc., are all in earlier than usual this
year, with a tendency to short supply
of tuberoses. As usual, Augusta glad-
iolus is in great demand. The fact
that European seeds came late is mak-
ing the season different this year.
Standard seeds as salvia, etc., are
short in supply owing to unfavorable
weather. American sweet peas are
also comparatively short. Prices on
onion sets advanced sharply the past
week, especially on white, the warm
winter having caused a larger percen-
tage of loss than usual. Grass seed
is so low that dealers can put up an
extra fine mixture for a moderate
price.

HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES

UNPAINTED STAKES OR DOWELS

Length. Diam. 100 1000 Length. Diam. 100 1000

24 in 3-8 in. $0.50 $4.00 42 in. 3-16 in. $0.75 $6.00

36 in. 3-16 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 1-4 in. .75 6.00

.■?6 in. 5-16 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-16 in. .75 6.00

36 in. 5-8 in. .85 8.00 42 in. 3-8 In. .75 6.00

.•?6 in 1-4 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-8 in. 1.00 9.00

.36 in. 3-8 in. .65 5.2o

The above dyed green. 10c. per 100 or 50c. per 1000 additional.

HYACINTH STAKES (Wood) DYED GREEN

100 1000 5000 100 1000 5000

12 in $0.15 $1.00 $4.23 18 in $0.20 $1.35 $6.25

CANE STAKES

100 500 1000 5000

Southern. Very long, selected quality $0.75 $2.75 $5.00 $23.75

Japanese. Very thin, about 6 ft. long 75 2.75 5.00 22.50

Japanese. Dyed green, 3V2 ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5.50

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

NEW CROP GREENHOUSE GROWN SEED. 1000 Seeds, $3.75; 5,000, $18.00;
10,000. $34.00; 25,000, $80.00.

Our New Wholesale Price List for 1913, Free Upon Application.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street, - - Philadelphia, Pa.

Drake's Satisfactory Tomato Seed

In Which Quality, Superiority of Our Strains, and Very Moderate Prices Are

Leading Features.

A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU

Oz. Vi lb.

Spark's Earliana .f0.12 $0.45

Chalk's Early Jewel 12 .46

Early Acme 12 .45

Matchless 10 .35

Dwarf Champion 15 .55

New Stone 10 .35

Livingston's Beanty 12 .45

Livingston's Favorite 12 .45

Livingston's Paragon 10 .36

Oz. Vi lb.

Livingston's Perfection $0.10 $0.36

Livingston's Globe 15

Success 10

Ponderosa 16

Bonnie Best 16

Dwarf Stone 16

Golden Qneen 16

Fordhook First 12

Early Detroit 15

Trophy 10

.60
.35
.60
.65
.55
.60
.45
.60
.35

ALL BY MAIL POSTPAID

Other Specialties are: Cauliflower, Cabbage Seed, Onion Seed, Onion
Sets, Sweet Corn, Pepper, Lettuce and Celery.

i^'rif^ for Ctitalo^ue and Trade List.

J. AUG. DRAKE,

SEEDSMAN

CHESTER, NEW JERSEY

Growing ONION, LEHUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, CaUfomia

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Watts Bros., Kerrmoor, Pa. — Folder
of "Plant Comfort" Mats.

Pape & Bergman, Quedlinburg, Ger-
many— Colored plate and price-list of
new cactus and decorative dahlias.

Clark W. Brown, Ashland, Mass. —
Catalogue and price-list of "Gladiolus
and Dahlia Bulbs." A pocket-size se-
lected list.

Good & Reese Company. Springfie'.d
O.— 1913 Spring Trade List, for Flor-
ists, Nurserymen and Dealers only
Illustrated.

American Forestry Company, Little
Tree Farms, South Pramingham,
Mass. — Catalogue and Price List,
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in which well-grown young deciduous
and evergreen trees figure should send
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LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER lOOO

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

TOMATO SEED

BKST .STOCKS.

ALL VARIETIES.

The Haven Seed Co.

GrowerN for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

Marcll 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

297

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargeniiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

LILY OF THE VALLEY
PIPS

Cold storage, very fine quality, Berlin and
Hamburg.

PER CASE OF 1.000 $13.00

PER CASE OF 3,000 33.00

Our florists' catalog is off the press.

Have you received a copy? If not

write for one today.

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WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEBS

Establulied 1818

Write For Our Low Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, IMD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA.

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MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWO?INQ

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

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Catalogue for the asking

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Seedsmen

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ROCHESTER, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTIES !

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Golden Self-Blanching and Melsh's
Green — best celery on earth ; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beaulieu's Improved — gives
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Endive, etc. Only the very best French
seed sold. I am established here over
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4197 University Place Woodhaven, Borough
of Queen's. N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mixture,
40c per dozen; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixtnre,
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 50c
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. - CHICAGO

Phone Randolph 2571.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH »na
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also other
Items of the abort crop of thia past aeaaon,
aa well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted yon upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK

and Orange, Cofin.

The Everett B. Clark SeeTCo!

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip.
Radish, Beet, Etc.

MILFORD, CONN.

Branches : Michigan
and Wisconsin

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH
and all Garden Seeds

!°

rowers for the Trade

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.,.6-.30 W. KINXIE

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ONION SETS

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ONION SEED'

We are larce grower* of and dealers SCHILDER BROS.
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PAUSADES POPL

A RARE OPPORTUNITY OF STOCKING UP BEFORE THE SEII

Special surplus offer HARDY PERENNIALS or Old Fashioned Flowers. Pricesi
Orders will be filled in rotation and as soon as the ground opens. Terms cash, f. ci
here listed and descriptions see our regular wholesale catalogje. No less than i :

3 in.
Pots.

250
200

1000

600

1650

1000

500

250

inoo

1000

750

1500

1000
500
300

Field Price :i in.

Roots. Name. per 100. Pots.

500 Achillea Mill. Roseum $3.50

3(10 " Cerise Queen 4.50

500 " The Pearl 3.50

250 " Tonientnsa 4.50

400 Aeonitum aiituni 6.50

500 '■ Nepellus 6.50

350 .^egopoilium Port. Var 6.60

600 Aerostenia eoronaria 4.50

600 A juea Genevensis 3.50

250 Alyssum rostratum 4.60

1000 Anchusa Dropmore Var... 6.50

4.50

300 " Opal (New) LSO

6.50

Anemone Jap. all>a 4.00

" " Alice 6.50

" " Mt. Rose.. 5.50

" " Pr. Heinrich 5.50

" " <J. Cliarlotte 4.00

** " Rosea sup. 4.00

Rubra . . . 4.00

" " Whirlwind.. 4.00

250 " Pensylvanica ... 6.50

600 " Pulsatila 6.50

600 Anthemis Grandiflora 6.50

1000 •' Nohilis 3.60

300 " Kel.va.Tii 4.50

150 '• " alba.. 4.50

300 Aquilegia chr.vsantha 4.50 300

200 " nirea Eranrtfl.. 4.50 400

200 " vulgaris blue... 4.50

250 " " alha... 4.60

1000 " double mixed*. . 3.50

1000 " single mi.xed.. 3 60

250 AraUis albida 6.60

100 Arnieria inarit. splendens. 4.50 500

100 ■• " " alba. 450

250 " Formosa Hybs... 5.60

500 Artemis'a stellariana 3.50

1 ield I'rice

Roots. Name. per 100.

300 .Artemisia purshiana $3.50

300 Asclepias incarnata 3.50

100 Asperula licxapb.vlla 4.50

200 Aster lUy. Colwall (new) . 10.00

300 •' White Queen 6.50

100 " Tartaricus 6.50

200 " F. W. Burbidge 4..iO

I,iO " Gertrude 4.50

150 " I.aevis calliope 4. .50

250 " Novelty 4.50

250 " Nova .-Vnglia 4.50

500 " Perry's Pink 5.50

200 " Polyphyllus 4.50

200 " Mad. Sayneuse 4.50

125 " Miss Wilmot 4.50

200 " Regina 4.30

150 " Serniplenus 4.50

200 " Snowflake 5.50

1000 " Trinervis 4.50

150 " Top Sawyer 4.50

200 " Wm. Bowman 4.50

300 " Alpinus albus 4.50

200 " " Golaitb 10.00

600 '* " BUperbus.... 5.50

150 •* '* sub. coerul. 5.50

300 Astilbe Davidii 7.50

250 " Grandis 7.50

650 " New Hyb.. 3 var. 10.00

Aubrietia deltoides 5.50

150 Auricula Aipina G.50

1000 Raptisia Australis 4.00

500 Bellis Perennis 3.50

500 Bocconia Cordata 4.50

1000 Boltonia Asteroides 3.50

300 '• tatisquama 4.50

750 •' " Nana. 4.50

250 Buphthalmum Salicifolium 4.50

350 Callirhoe Involu 5.50

200 Campanula Alliariaefolia. 4.60

3 in.

lield P

ric?

Pots.

Roo

ts. Name. per 100.

250

Campanula Carpatica

^.50

200

alba.

4.50

250

Grosecki

4.50

275

Latifolia Macran.

5.00

750

'* Media to color

6.50

000

•• " " "

4.00

1000

500

*' Calycanthema "

6.50

300

" Persicifolia

4.60

300

Persicifolia alba.

6.60

300

" Moerhemi

10.00

350

Cassia Mariland

3.50

550

Centaurea Montana 3 col

5.50

300

Cephalaria Tartarlca

4.50

500

.330

Cerastium Tomentosum. . .

4.50

500

4.50

200

Clematis Heradeaefol

6.50

500

Chrysanthemums clumps.
Hard.v Pompons. 15

double and single named.

6.50

1000

" Pompon. 25 sorts....

3.50

200

" Nipponieum

6.00

750

3.60

" ^Maximum (See Daisy)

1000

Convallaxia Magalig (Lily

of the Valle.v clumps) . .

10.00

1000

Coreopsis l.anc. Grand...

3.50

SOO

" Rosea

4.50

500

4.60

350

" Alaska

6.50

400

California...

5.60

300

Daisy, King Edw. VII

6.60

500

Triumph

4.60

7.50

Delphinium Cliinense

4.50

1000

500

Choice Hybrids.

5.50

750

Dianthus Ahbotsford

4.60

200

" Comtesse Knuth..

10.00

300

Delicata (true)..

8.60

750

'* Perpetual Snow..

6.00

300

" Superbus

6.50

March 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

299

AR PERENNIALS

JPENS AT PRICES 50^ LESS THAN WHOLESALE RATES

»r strong stock, field grown for more than one season. Void after March 15th.
arkill, Nc:w Yoric. Packing at cos:. buuject to prior sales. For varieties not
at these prices. When less than 25 of one kind is wanted add 10% to the 100 rate.

8 in.
Pots.

Field
Roots.

Name.

350
400

500
«(M)

300
200

250
350
350
400
600
300
350
600
600
500
500
300
250
200
300

200
300
200

1500
500
250
300
250
500

1500
250
250
500
500
500

1000

1000
200

1500
400
300

5000
500
200

1000
600
600
300
500

3000

5000
500

2000
200
250
750
750
300
800

1000

6000

3000
200
150
260
200
400
500
600
250
500
750
650
700
250
500

1000
500
250
250

Price

per 100.

3 in.
Pots.

Field

Roots.

Name.

Dianthus White Reserve.. ¥6.50

Fettes Mount 6.00

" Alice Lee 5.50

'* Cyclops single... 5.50

" Scoticus 5.00

" Souvenir d' Sales 5.50

" Furst Bismark... 6.50

Digitalis Fo.xglove Rosea 4.50

.Alha 4.50

" (irandiflora 5.50

" Maculata 4.50

" Monstrosa 5.50

Doronicum Excelsnm 6.50

Eryngium Planum 4.50

Erysiniun Pulchellum 5.50

Eupatoreum Coelestinum.. 4.50

*' Ageratordies. 4.60

Euphorbia Corolata 3.50

P>agaria Indica 3.50

Fuchsia Riccartoni, H.vbs. 5.50

Funliia Alho-Marginata.. . 3.00

Coerulea 3.50

" Subcordata Grandifl. 7.60

Galium Molluga 3.50

Geum .-Vtrosanguineum.. . . 4.50

Gnlliga Offlcinalis 4.50

Golden Glow 3.50

Gypsophila Acutifolia 4.50

•' Monstrosa Repens. 4.50

" Paniculata 4.50

Grass Arrhenatherura 3.50

" Arundo Donox 8.50

" Phalaris Variegat.. 2.50

Heleniuni .\ut. Rubrum.. 7.50

*' Aut. Superbium... 4.50

Helianthemum Croceuni.. 4.50

Heliopsis Pitcheriana 3.50

" Semi-plena 4.50

" Scaber major 3.50

Helianti (New Vegetable) 1.00

Helianthus H. S. Moon... 3.60

*' IMaximiliani 3.50

Mollis Grandiflorus 3.50

Miss Melish 3.50

Orgyalis 3.50

" Solid d. Or 4.50

Hesperis Matronalis 3.60

Hemerocallis Flava 4.50

Fulva 3.50

Gold Dust 5.50

Kwanso Fl. PI 4.50

" Orange Man 5.50

*' Sovereign 5.50

" Thunbergi 5.110

Hibiscus Moschentos, C. E. 4.60

Hibiscus Slilitaris 4.50

Hollyhocks, Everblooming 4.50

" Allegheny 4.60

" Double, 8 Colors... 6.00

Single. Mixed 4.50

Hop Tines, green leaf 3..>0

" " Golden Leaf 6.60

Iberis Sempervidans 4.50

" Gibraltariaca 5.60

Iris Gennanica Adonis.... 3.00

Albino 3.00

" " Charlotte Patty 3.0C

Chameleon 3.00

" " Fairy Queen... 3.00

Garriok 3.00

Md. de Brabant

Pauline

White Lady...
Pal. Dalmatica.
Florentina alba
3fad. Chereau . .
Wm. Ill

3.00
300
3.00
7.60
3.00
3.50
3.50

500

300
600

3000
1500

600
200
250

500
600
300

lOOO

600
600
600
500
500

1000
250
200
250
250
150

1000
250
250
300
600
200
650
600
250
250

1000
260
260
250
500
100
600

500O

Price
per 100.

2000
600
250
500
600
200
500

1000
250
300
200
500

1000
3000
1000

600

Lilaoaena 3.50

600

350

250

150

600

250

300

160

6000

500

1500

2600

600

400

1000

1000

600

260

300

250

1000

Iris Germ., mixed all col. $1.60
" Japanese Double and

single sorts, named.. 8.00

" Siberica 4.50

Alba 6.50

Iris Aurea lO.Oa

Lament! uhi \'cra 4.50

Lathy rus Latifolius 5.00

Lathvrus Pink Beauty.... 6.60

White Pearl 10.00

Liliums, Bulbs Natives....
" Candidum, home

grown 7,60

Liliums, Canadense 7,60

" Elegans 7,60

*' Superbum 7.50

" Tigrinum Splendens. 6.60

fl. pi. 6.50

Lobelia Cardinalis 5.50

" S.vpllilitica 4.50

Lychnis Clialcedonica 5.50

" " Carnca. 6.60

" Viscaria Splendens. 5.50

" Vespertina, II. pi.. 5.50

Lysiniachia Nummularia. . 3.50

Lupinus Polyphyilus 7.50

•' *• albus.. 7.50

Lythrum Roseum 3.60

Mint. Spearmint 3.50

'* I'cppennint 3.50

Mertensia Virginica 6.60

Munarda Splendens 4.60

** Cambridge Scarlet. 4.60

" Violacea Superba. . 4.50

" Fistulosa, alba 2.50

Myosotis Palustrts 3.60

Nepeta Glechonia 3.60

Nierembergia Rivularis... 5.50

Oenothera Missouriensis. . 6 50

Pennyro.>al 3.50

I'apaver Nudicaule, 3 Col. 4.50
Paeonies chinensis, 20 best

named sorts 12.00

Poppy orientale 4.50

" Bty. of Livermore. 6.50

" Duke of Teck 6..50

Goliath 6.50

Marie Strutholme,, 6.60

" Prosperine 6.60

•' Prince of Orange.. 6.50

" Prin. Vict. Louise. 6.50

" Psyche 6.60

" Rembranth 6.50

" Salmon Queen 6.50

Trilby 6.60

Pentstemon bar. Tor 4.50

" diffusus 4.50

** pubescens . . . 4.50

Petasites Jap. Gigan 6.50

Physostegia virgin 3.50

Physostegia virgin, alba.. 5.00

" Speciosa 4.60

Pbysalis Bunyardi 6.60

Phlox decussata in 30 sorts. 6.00

" Indian Chief 6.00

** Miss Lingard 6.00

" Sublata Rosea 3.50

" " Lilac 3.00

White ..,, 5,00

" Amoena 4.50

" divar. Canadensis.. 4.50

" divar. Laphamli.... 6.50

Platycodon grandfl 5.60

Plumbago larpenta 5.50

Polemonium Richardsoni.. 6.50

*' Coeruleum... 4.50

Polygonatum majus 4.50

Pol.vgonuni Cuspidat 3.60

3 in. Field Price

Pots. Roots. Name. per 100.

300 Primula Acaulis, var. col. $5.50

300 Primula, elatior 6.60

250 Primula, veris superba.... 7.50

750 " veris superba.... 6.50

500 " vulgaris 6.50

350 Frunnela Webl)iana 3.50

250 Pyrethrum roseum 5.50

450 Ranunculus rep. fl. pi.... 3.50

500 Rosemary 4.50

200 Rudbeckia maxima 5.50

1350 " Newmanii 3.50

250 " Nitida 4.50

400 " purpurea 4.50

500 " subtamentosa.. 3.50

1000 " Golden Glow.. 2.50

100 Salvia agentea 5.50

1500 Salvia azurea grandifl 3.60

500 Sage Holt's Mam 3.50

350 Santolina incana 3.50

300 Saponaira ocy. splend.... 4.50

450 Sedum acre.... 3.50

300 " maxintum album. 3.60

1000 " MaxmoviC7ii 3.50

350 ** spectabilis 4.50

500 " atropurpurea 6.60

300 " spuriuni coccine.. 3.50

250 " scxangulare 3.50

250 Sempervivum, hardy 3.50

500 Scabiosa Jap 4.,50

600 ■■ Giganthea 4.60

100 .Senecio olivornm 7.50

300 Sidalcea .Murryana 6.50

300 '* purpurea 4.50

300 " Candida 4.50

500 Solidago canadensis 2.50

250 Spirea palmata 6.60

250 " palmata elegans... 6.60

500 Stachys lunata 4.50

250 Stokesia c.vanea 4.50

350 Stokesia cyanea 3.60

2000 Sweet William Auricula-
flowered, double white

and double crimson 3.60

150 " Newport pink (new), 7.60

350 " Everblooming 4.60

150 Symphtytum aureum 3.50

350 Tanacetum (costmary) 3.50

500 Tansy 3 50

1000 Tarragon (Estragon) 6.60

350 Thymus lanuginosus 4.50

350 " citroid aureus... 4.50

500 " English Thyme.. 3..50

300 Tradescantia Vr. albo 3.60

1500 Trillum grandfl 3.50

500 Tritoma Express 8.60

1000 " Pfltzeri 7.50

500 " Tocki 6.50

260 Tunica saxifraga 4.60

350 Valeriana coc. & alba 4.50

150 " officinalis 4.60

250 Veronica gent. fol. var... 4.50

500 " incana 4.50

1000 \>ronica long, subsessilis 6..>0

1000 V'eronica long, subsessilis 4,50

500 " Prostosta 4,00

1500 Vinca Minor 4.50

300 " " 4 in. pots 7.60

300 Viola La France 6.50

500 " Double English 6.50

150 " odorta 6.50

500 " cornuta, colors sep, 4.60

500 " cornuta, 4 colors... 3.50

1000 " G. Wermig 6.50

•* G. Wermig, 2 in,

pots 4.60

600 W^allflowers, English dou-
ble and single. 2 yr.... 5.60
260 Wallflowers, Cloth of Gold. 6,60

Palisades Nurseries, Inc., ^T?^^

300

HORTICULTUBE

March 1, 1913

Florists' Telegraph Delivery

(Retailers' Section — S. A. F. & O. H.)

Mutual Discounts 20 per cent.

Provision for Guaranteed Accounts

IRWIN BERTERMANN, Indianapolis, Ind., President
W. F GUDE, Washington. D. C. - Vice-President
W. L. ROCK. Kansas City .... Treasurer

OTHER DIRECTORS
Ernst Wtenhoeber Philip Breitmeyer

A, B. Cartledge George Asmus

Fred H. Meinhardt J. A. Valentine

Write for particulars to ALBERT POCHELON, Secretary, 153 Bates St., Detroit, Mich.

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Albany, N. Y., 40 Maiden Lane Danker, Fred A.

Atlantic City, N. J., 1505 Pacific Ave Berke, Geo. H.

Bloomington, 111., 318 N. Main St Washburn, A. & Sons

Boston, Mass., 342 Boylston St Carbone, Philip L.

Boston, Mass., 43 Bromfleld St Penn, Henry

Buffalo, N. Y., 304 Main St Palmer, W. J. & Son

Chicago, 111., 2223 W. Madison St Schiller, The Florist

Chicago, 111., 31st and Michigan Ave Smyth, W. J.

Chicago, 111., 22 E. Elm St Wlenhoeber Co., Ernst

Cincinnati, Ohio, 138 E. 4th St Baer, Julius

Cincinnati, Ohio, 150 E. 4th St Hardesty, T. W. & Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 5523 Euclid Ave Graham, A. & Son

Cleveland, Ohio, 1284 & 1308 Euclid Ave

The Jones Russell Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 1836 W. 25th St Knoble Bros.

Colorado Springs, Colo Crump, Frank P.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 321 Broadway Wilcox, J. P. & Son

Danville, 111 Smith, P. B. & Sons

Dayton, Ohio, 112 South Main St Heiss Co.

Denver, Colo., 1643 Broadway The Park Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich., 153 Bates St Bemb Floral Co., The L.

Detroit, Mich., Gratoit Ave. and Broadway

Breitmeyer's Sons, John

Evanston, Ills., 602 Davis St Weiland, M.

Payetteville, Ark., 18 W. Center St

The Southwestern Seed Co.

Galesburg, 111 Pillsbury, I. L.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Monroe and Division Aves

Smith, Henry

Hartford, Conn Coombs, John P.

Highland Park, Ills Highland Park Greenhouses

Indianapolis, Ind., 241 Massachusetts Ave

Bertermann Bros. Co.

Joliet, 111., Hobbs Bldg Labo, Joseph

Kalamazoo, Mich., 141 S. Burdlck St. .Van Bochove & Bros.

Kansas City, Mo., 913 Grand Ave Murray, Samuel

Kansas City, Mo., 1116 Walnut St. . .Rock, W. L. Flower Co.

London, Ont., Canada Gammage & Sons, J.

Louisville, Ky., 550 S. 4th Ave Schulz, Jacob

Louisville, Ky., Masonic Temple Baumer, August R.

Mankato, Minn Windmiller Co., The

Montgomery, Ala., 116 Dexter Ave Rosemont Gardens

Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Columbia Ave Dummett, Arthur

Newark, Ohio Duerr, Chas. A.

New Castle, Pa., North Mercer St Butz Bros.

New London, Conn "Reuters' "

New York, N. Y., Madison Ave. ttnd 44th St., Dards Chas. A.

New York, N. Y., 1153 Broadway Small, J. H. & Sons

New York, N. Y., 423-427 Fifth Ave Siebrecht & Son

Northampton, Mass Field, H. W.

Norwich, Conn "Reuters' "

Oklahoma City, Okla Stiles Co., The

Omaha. Neb Hess & Swoboda

Parkersburg, W. Va Dudley & Sons, J. W.

Paterson, N. J Screery, Edward

Philadelphia, Pa., 1514 Chestnut St Pennock Bros.

Pittsburgh, Pa., 5936 Penn Ave. . .Randolph & McClements

Portland, Ore., 133 6th St Tonseth Floral Co.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y The Saltford Flower Shop

Rochester, N. Y., 25 Clinton Ave Keller & Sons

Rockford, 111 Buckbee, H. W.

Scranton, Pa Clark, G. R.

Seattle, Wash., 1534 2nd Ave Hollywood Gardens

Sioux City, la., 405 Douglas St Rocklin & Lehman

Sioux City, Iowa J. C. Rennison Co.

Spokane, Wash., 11 Post St Hoyt Bros. Co.

Springfield, Mass., 378 Main St Altken, Mark

St. Joseph, Mo Stuppy Floral Co.

St. Louis, Mo., 7th and Washington Ave. . .Grimm & Gorly
St. Louis, Mo., 7041 Florissant Ave. .. .Meinhardt, Fred A.

St. Paul, Minn., 24 W. 5th St Holm & Olson

Terre Haute, Ind., 139 S. 7th St Helnl, John G. & Son

Topeka, Kans., 112 W. 8th St Mrs. Lord's Flower Room

Toledo, Ohio, 336 Superior St Freeman, Mrs. J. B.

Toledo, Ohio, 2941 Cherry St Suder, Mrs. E.

Washington, D. C, 1214 P St.. N. W Gude Bros Co.

Washington, D. C, 14th and G. Sts Small, J. H. & Sons

Wheeling, W. Va Langhans, Arthur

Wichita, Kan., 145 N. Main St Mueller, Chas. P.

Zanesville, Ohio, 54 N. 5th St Imlay, John D.

The above members are exchanging approximately $300,000 worth of business annually. Are you receiving your part?
Is it not good business to be one of the firms whi are exchanging approximately $300,000 worth of business annually?
The cost of membership is small wtien the large amount of business exchanged, approximate $300,000 annually, is considered.

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Bloomsl

We cover all Michigan points and good
Bcctions of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery
Association.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo. N. Y.

Memirars Fiorists'Tiiegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

NEW FLOWER STORES.

New London, Ct. — E. W. Clark.
Syracuse, N. Y. — Chester Harris.
Washington, D. C. — Robert Bowdler

& Sons.

Mamaroneck, N. Y. — Thomas S.
Skinner.

Joliet, III.— Albert C. Rott, Jeffer-
son street.

Shenandoah, Pa. — O. E. Smith, 25-27
E. Center street.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Lubliner & Trinz,
Plankinton block.

Edgewood, Pa. — H. P. Campbell,

Independence street.

Raleigh, N. C. — J. L. O'Quinn & Co.,
124 West Martin street.

NEW YORK

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

FLORIST Tel. ">"t>lf Hill

1920

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -]

The Largest Floral Establishnteiit in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Miohliiaii Ave. and 31sl St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Hember Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

PIMM : AMIN lia. AMhi 111. AMIm I».

March 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

301

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Semi Hower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points lo

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when yon transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Bo.vlston .Stre*t. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Meniber Florist n' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture. Art (Joods and
New Designs in Tusiany Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

Tlie largest cut flower store in Anieriea.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

WASHINGTON

" 915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stiock (ipd Work First Class

ISI-^VIM^

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florists. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

TITe California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN-

- FRANK H. PORRB6T

344 - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAL.

We cover the entire Paciflo Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders tor
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Dlacount.

FLOWERS BY TLEGRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

PelicanOy Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on n»ail or telegraph order ^pr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 YonBe St.,

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL^" ^^^^

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON rj sjl

1 125 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. '^o-

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towris for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St.

Boston— Thos. P Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMullcln, 194 BoyUton St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooljlyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Mich.- Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal. Can.— Hall & Robinson, 82S St
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York- David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York- Alex. McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New i'ork — Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York — Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybossct St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 26
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

St. Paul -Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul. Minn.— L .L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Duniop, 96 Yonge

St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F

St

Washington, D.
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass.-

C— P. H. Kramer, 815
-Tailby.

NEWS NOTES.

Fall River. Mass. — Edward J. Reddy,
75 Laurel St., is reported as having
sold his business.

Washington, D. C. — Gude Bros, ■will
do the decorative worl£ at the stand
in front of the Capitol where Mr.
Wilson will talte his oath of ofiBce.
This stand which will seat over 10,000
people will necessitate the use of 500
yards of laurel roping, 300 wreaths, to
say nothing of the cut flowers. Ameri-
can Beauty roses will be used in large
vases at the improvised desk before
which Mr. Wilson will stand.

The decorating of the reproduction
of Monticello, the home of President
Jefferson in front of the White House,
from which the parade will be re-
viewed by Mr. Wilson, will be done
by J. H. Small & Sons. The spruce
trees forming the Ckjurt of Honor
were supplied by C. H. Merryman.

The store at 14th and I streets, N.
W., formerly occupied by George C.
Shaffer, is being redecorated and re-
wired for occupancy by Robert Bowd-
ler. L. L. Bowdler, who now has
charge of one of the two Center Mar-
ket stands, will be the uptown "boss."

RICE'S

WATERPROOF
(JREPE PAPER

Sheds Water.

It's the kind to buy.
It's the best, that's why.
And the cost, not high.

$1.75 per dozen rolls.
Write for quantity price.

EaMter Folder Sent on Request.

M. RICE CO.

LEADING FIORISTS' SUPPLY
HOUSE and RIBBON SPECIALISTS

1220 RACE ST., Philadelphia, Pa.

BOSTON, MASS.

"I'enn. The TeleK:raph Florist"

Member nf Flnrist.s' Telegraph Deliver.v

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Kasstern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St.y Boston

^^

OUDE BROS. CO

FLORISTS

i2l4 F ST.,N.W.

wASh-N&TCM. D.C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph DeliTer,v.

Ghioago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CUVELANI

EudM AvAiMi*

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

IWEUESLEY C0LLE6E

Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Roekrldxe HoU

Schools. TMUBY, WattrntAty, Ha*..

Tel. Wellesley 44-1 and 2. Night ti-*.

302

HORTICULTURE

March 1, 1913

ORDER FOR EASTER

From "THE"

Florists' Supply House

The Great Holiday only a hu) weeks off

of America

PORTO RICO MATS

All the good flower shades. — Moss, Nile, Pink,
White, Baby Blue, Red, Cerise, Lavender,

Purple, Yellow, in Various Weaves and

Meshes.

Plain Weave, Medium Weave,

Chiffon Pattern and Baby Chiffon Weave.

Imported Waterprocf Crepe Paper.

Plenty of all colors. Crepe Paper Pot Covers.
To fit all size pots ready to fit on. All colors.

THE LONDON
TWO TONE BASKETS

Just arrived an immense line of Easter Plant
Baskets in every Good Shape and Style, from
the little ones up the Biggest. Beautiful tints in
delicate Easter Shades. Order them now before
it's too late. We can please and satisfy you.

Special Single Crepe Pot Covers to fit

4 to 6 inch pots. All colors at $1.00 per 100.

The best selling novel-

DON'T FORGET ST. PATRICK. We have the miniature GREEN HATS, and pipes
ties on the list. Also GREEN CARNATION DYE.

For Other SupplicM Consult Our Silent Salesman

H. B A YERSD O RFE:R (^ CO.

-pjj^- FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET. PMILADELPMIA, PA

aK

ALEX. McCONNELL

S71 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegr.iphic orders forwarded to any
part of tbe United States. Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or Intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cahtiytg Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash mDst accompany all
orders from nnknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ALEIXCONNELX.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINO STEAMERS

Write or telei-'rapli

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1532-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

7tl nttll Alt, Cw. E SBtk St

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BROOKLYN
Vy^ NEW..™

1 k l^ifflr 3 & 5 Greene Ave.

I I \^Mlr TsL 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greeoe Ave. TeL 3908 Prospect

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

S STEAMER DEPARTURES

y, Allan.

J Scandinavian, B'ston-Gl'gow.Mar. 13

5J American. ,

J( St. Louis. N. Y.-S'hampton...Mar. 8 ^

}( Philadclp'a, N. Y.-S'hampton.Mar. 15

Atlantic Transport.

Minneapolis, X. Y. -London Mar. 8 vv

Minnehaha, N. Y. -London Mar. 15 5^

Cunara.

Ivernia. Boston-Liverpool Mar. 4

Mauretaniu, N. Y. -Liverpool. .Mar. 5
Franconia, Boston-Liverpool. Mar. 11
Campania, N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Mar. 12
Caronia, N. Y'.-Mediter'n Mar. 15

Established l)tT4

Hamburg-American. v

?toria, N. Y. -Hamburg Mar. 6 *

iHisylvania, N. Y.-Hamb'g.Mar. 12 gj

lerika, X'. Y'. -Hamburg Mar. 15 rv

Pretc
Pom
Amerika, N. Y'. -Hamburg.

Holland-America.

Noordam. N. Y'. -Rotterdam. .Mar. 4
Ryndam, N. Y'. -Rotterdam. . .Mar. 11

Leyland.

Canadian, Boston-Liverpool. .Mar. S

North German Lloyd.
Kronp. Cecilie, N. Y. Bremen. .Mar. 4
Pr. Fr. Wilhelm, N. Y.-B'm'n.Mar. 6

Zieten, N. Y. -Bremen Mar. 13

K'nig Albert, N. Y'.-Mediter'n. Mar. 15

Red Star.

Vaderland. N. Y. -Antwerp Mar. 5

Lapland. N. Y', -Antwerp Mar. 8

Kroonland, N. Y. -Antwerp Mar. 15

White Star.

Cedric. N. Y". -Mediterranean.

Celtic, N. Y*. -Liverpool

St. Louis. N. Y.-S'hampton..
Arabic. Boston-Liverpool...,

Oieanlo, N. Y.-S'hampton Mar. 12

Laurentic. N. Y'. -Liverpool Mar. 13 '

Canopic, Boston-Mediter'n. . . .Mar. 15 W.

.Mar. 4
.Mar. 6
.Mar. 8
.Mar. 11

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & MadisoD Avenue, N. Y. Cit7

{Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Corrcspoa
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Britiftli
Colonies, Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsfior.

YOUNG^ NUOENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE RObERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AI-BiEVIMV', IM. Y.

F1X)WER DEUVERIE5 FOR ALBANY
AND ViaNlTY

AtBANY, N. T.

?«i«8»?-!5s!l2:fei^*»!<2:gaagSggS.i8^ ! Haw Ei^sl Pitnts

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVKRED IN ALBANY AND VICINITY

ON TELIX.K.VPHIf ORDJiB

\\ NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

ReclMKcr Phone ;oi. lADg Disl. Bell Phoae (iBg
Members Florists Teleigraph Delivery

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

■ and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

171 WarkuMt StiMt

March 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

303

CHICAGO NOTES.
Something New for St. Patrick's Day.

The "something new" that will
catch the buyers' attention is found
this year in the sturdy little shamrock,
growing In an aluminum thimble about
one inch in diameter at the largest
part and having a tiny opening for
drainage. Ten thousand of these
plants in their shining receptacles are
developing at Frank Oechslin's and
will be sold at one of the large depart-
ment stores in Chicago, the order hav-
ing been placed months ago. It seems
more than possible that with right
handling, St. Patrick's Day may soon
become a special day for the retail
florist. Some of the leaders here are
recognizing the possibilities of the day
and preparing for it. Five years ago
only an occasional shamrock plant
was seen in the windows, and no one
took the matter seriously at first. But
the department stores led the way
with their special sales and last year
one store sold 25,000 shamrock plants
on March 17th, and immediately
placed an order for more than double
that amount for this year. It is pre-
dicted that the day will very soon
mean a special demand for ferns.
palms and other green plants.
Trade Notes.

Edgar Winterson, Jr., says his bowl-
ing team to play at Milwaukee has not
developed yet.

Creditors of John Edwin Hauswirth.
better known in Chicago as "Eddie,"
have been notified of a hearing to be
held at Fort Wayne, Ind., before the
bankruptcy court. Mr. Hauswirth
was for many years engaged in the
retail flower business on Michigan ave-
nue, giving up his store about three
years ago.

Personal.

Guy Reyburn of A. Henderson Co.,
is recovering from a serious diffi-
culty with his eyes.

Mrs. Louis Winterson is spending a
month in Pensacola, Jacksonville and
other southern cities.

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Schupp have re-
turned from a week at Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Schupp also visited New Orleans,
Fort Worth, Dallas and other southern
cities.

The members of the executive board
of the S. A. F. were calling upon

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' TeleK^raph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Prcs.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

will rarefully execute orders for Knnsas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the WelUKnown HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, H2.50 ; No. 2, &3.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, S5.00 ; No. 5, &6.0O.

GEORGE B. KART, 24 Stone Stjccr.ester, N. Y.

COLORING For Cut Flowers

Order your green for St. Patrick's Day. Price 50c a package, prepaid.
_ Also a Full Line of Other Colors

ORAltGE CHEMICAL CO., dlpartkent Hi East Grange. N. J.

some of their friends here on Monday
last. They were on their way to Min-
neapolis where a meeting is to be held
in preparation for the convention in
that city, August next. John Young
was missed from the party and it was
learned with regret that he is ill.

Visitors: J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Bos-
ton, Mass.; Richard Vincent. Jr.,
Whitemarsh, Md.; E. Allan Peirce,
Waltham, Mass.: Thos. Roland. Na-
hant, Mass.; S. S. Skidelsky. Philadel-
phia, Pa.; J. Praefke, Milwaukee,
Wis.; Mr. King, Butte, Mont.; Harry
Hoffman, Jacksonville, 111.; F. B. Ma-
jcunier. Walla Walla. Wash.; J. J.
Karins, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. A. Jones,
Richmond, Ind.; Harry A. Bunyard,
New York; Chas. H. Totty, Madison,
N. J.

Pittsburgh, Pa.; Henry Penn, Boston,
Mass.; J. P. Klausner, New York City;
Ray Dashbach, Pittsburgh, Pa.

NEWS NOTES.
Albuquerque, N. M. — Judge Raynolds
of the District Court has appointed
Roy S. Ehvood receiver for the Albu-
querque Floral Co.. West Central ave-
nue, upon petition of Arno Huning. It
is understood that the company is not
heavily involved.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

No less than seven steamers, includ-
ing the "Breslau," "Graf Waldersee,"
"Manitou," and others, have each
been discharging cases of goods, b.v
the hundred and two hundred, during
the past week or ten days — for the
Bayersdorfer Co. We are assured by
the president of the company that no
other similar firm in America is doing
anything approaching this business,
and we can well believe it. The books
were opened to your correspondent,
so it is no fairy tale.

The Florists' Retailers' Club of
Philadelphia had a meeting on the
20th inst. in the Florists' Club Room
at Horticultural Hall, to consider the
question of publicity. After ten or
fifteen had spoken the question seem-
ed to simmer down to — put up some
money to advertise. Wholesalers,
growers, seedsmen, nurserymen and
supply men were all asked to come up
and subscribe. Looked to be like a
good proposition — for the retailers.
But why couldn't all this be done in
better taste through the Florists'
Club? What was their committee of
twenty appointed for?

Visitors: C. B. Coe of D. M. Ferry
& Co., Detroit, Mich.; Samuel Mc-
Clements of Randolph & McClements,

The Minneapolis florists pooled their
money and put a stunning advertise-
ment for St. Valentine's Day flowers
in the leading daily paper. It was a
drawing representing several cupids
bringing boxes and bunches of flowers
to a group of overjoyed ladies, old as
well as young. The inscription read:
-For St. Valentine's Day— With Flow-
ers Your Greetings Will be Best Con-
veyed." One forlorn-looking cupid
stands in the corner with a box of
bonbons, unnoticed.

EVER READY
POTCOVER

plied,
sizes.
of 10c,

The modern way of
aitistIc;iUy decorat-
ing unsightly cUiy
flower ptits. Makes
plnnts sell better as
they are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, durable
and instantly ap-
Made In four colors and many
Sample will be sent on receipt

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut ffowers you w ish
to use the refrigerator; also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refripi;erator Co.

553 Lake Street KendaHville. \ni.

Mentwn Horticulture when you write.

304

HORTICULTURB

AtJ

Of splendid qnaUty, and from our observation our supply
is the best In this market.

RDEIMI

$2.00 and $3.00 DOZEN

When yo» boy our liardenias you have the satisfaction of

getting the belt you can buy. To prove what we say,

try a dozen.

The Leo Niessen Co,

•WHOLESALE
N. -W. Corner

12th and Race Sts

FLORISTS

PHILADELPHIA

March 1, 1913

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I To Cut Flower Growers and
I Retail Florlais

IF YOU

want to find a market fof yon
product S

want a regular or special supply S
of the product of the best s
growers "

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading 5
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade s

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THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

GO PEAKL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order direct or buy from yonr local
supply dealer. lui^ist on liavinff tlie

BOSTON

Inscriptions, Knihlenis, e\v. Always
in Stock.

CUTf LOWER BOXES

JEDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS ;^

PHILADELPHIA, PAV

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON. MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stocit of Florists' GreenSt
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

MMjcOufigirsSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
COMSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Speci.-il nttontion to sliipping orders. Job-
bers of Flurists' Supplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on applicatiou.
Phone T-:- "<•' ■»"! Tnl^iit St.. Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Soiicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
[33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Grsanhauses. Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS -^«^°^'"*"^?Si,^Ve°r"s only

ROSES

CINCINNATI

February lo

DKTROIT

February 17

BUFFALO

February 24

I PlTTj-BUROh

February 17

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" •* Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

** Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" Ordinary ...

Bride, 'Maid

HillingdoD, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" '* " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley. ■

Narcissus, Paper White

*' Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias ■

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Phimous, Strings (100) .
" & Spren. (loobchs.)..

40.00

to

50.00

25,00

to

35.00

15.00

to

25.00

4.00

to

10.00

8.00

to

10.00

2.00

to

6.00

8.00

to

10.00

2.00

to

6.00

2. 00

to
to
to
to

I*. 00

30.00 to

20.00 to

15.00 to

6.00 to

7.00 to

4.00 to
7.00

4.00

to

2.00

150

8.00
8.00

3.00

1.50

2.00
2.00

3.00

2.00

50.00 !
12.50 '
10.00 '
4.00
2.00 '
4.00 I
3.00

to

8.00 to

S.OO to

to

2.50 to

X.50 to

. . ... to

12.50 to

12.50 to

3.00 to

40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
10.00

7.00
10.00

7.00

12.00

3.00
2.50

.35 to

4.00

•35

10.00
20.00
20.00

•75 j

6.00 ,

■75 I

1.00

12.50 I .

25.00 1 .

25.00 ' 1

3.00 to
. . . to
.50 to

15.00

15.00
4.00
3.00
3-00
4.00

1.25

.50 to 1. 00

1.50

12.50
50.00
15.00

, 40.00
25.00
12.00

3.00

10.00

500

3.00

5.00
5.00
8.00
6.00
6.00

2.00
50.00
10.00
10.00

3.00

2. 00
2.00
3.00
2.00
-50

3.00

•50

30.00

1. 00
10.00
40.00
25.00

50.00

30.00
15.00

6.00
12.00

7.00
10.00

7.00

6.00
10.00

7.00
10.00

3-00
2.50
60.00
12.00
12.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3-00
.60

5.00
1. 00
40.00
1.50
12.00
60.00
35.00

40.00

20.00
10.00

3.00
10.00

4.00
lo.oo

4.00

8.00

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3.o»

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6.00

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12.00

12.00

4.00

4.00

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1.50
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1.85

15.00
50.00
40.00

PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - . . CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants'

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE

•!

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
A.^D LAKE STREETS.

CHICAGO

FIRES.

Providence, R. I. — The greenhouses
of Stephen Toyer were badly burned
on the evening of February 12th.

St. Paul, Minn. — A. G. Lempke suf-
fered a loss of ?500 to his greenhouse
plant recently. The boiler exploded,
and his spring stock was completely
ruined.

Long Branch, N. J. — Fire in one of
the greenhouses on the W. Campbell
Clark estate at Oakhurst, John Com-

ber, Supt., resulted in a loss of about
$2,000.

St. Louis. Mo. — A. W. May's resi-
dence was burned on Monday morn-
ing, February 24. Mr. May rescued
his family in time, who took refuge in
the greenhouse, the house and furni-
ture being a complete loss. Fully in-
sured.

Pawtucket, R. I. — John Wood has
been appointed park commissioner for
three years by the City Council.

March 1, 1913

H 0 E T I C U L T U K E

305

Flower Market Reports

This week shows up bad-

BOSTON ly at the wholesale mar-
kets, much worse than
last week which was none too good
either. There is a heavy crop on, it
would seem, of everything in the cut
flower line and at the same time sales
have fallen off locally and out-of-town,
so that there is a big accumulation on
hand which cannot be sold at any
price. This applies to about every-
thing, but particularly so to violets
and sweet peas. For double violets
there are absolutely no takers and,
when it comes to sweet peas, the big
special growers of this flower are pro-
ducing it in such superlative quality
that the market is practically ruined
for the grower of the ordinary gi-ade.
Buyers have had their taste educated
up and as there are enough of the fine
flowers to supply all they need the
balance goes a-begging.

Unseasonable weather

BUFFALO has brought on the
stock of cut flowers
and plants too fast and the past 10 days
the trade in general has made com-
plaintsof dullness. Roses, which a short
time previous were on the scarce
side, are now had in quantity, all
grades, all colors, all prices. The same
with carnations and everything along
the line. Spring bulbous stock is
coming on too fast and has not been
active in sales. There is an oversup-
ply of violets and the bargain sign
was conspicuously displayed though
an all-day rain set in on Saturday but
with little or no effect.

A little ripple was

CHICAGO caused in the market
Monday by the orders
that came from all over the country
tor flowers to be sent to the opening
of Henry C. Lytton & Sons' clothing
store, "The Hub," in their new State
street building. Thousands of Ameri-
can Beauties and other roses were used
including some very large vases of
Killarney Queen. Many designs also
helped to use up the shorter flowers.
So many poor pips of lily of the val-
ley seem to have been used this sea-
son, that that popular flower has
hardly been up to normal in demand
this winter. Those who have the first
quality are getting the best of the
trade. Beauties are neither plentiful
nor good just now but sell because
they are Beauties. Other roses are
coming more freely but not enough
to cause any drop in prices at this
time. Violets are still lagging and
sweet peas are reported as not selling
as well as last year. Butterfly sweet
peas have been in now two weeks but
even they do not find enthusiastic
buyers. Bulb stock is coming a little
slower with prices firmer. Carnations
vary frequently in price but good
grades are selling well. Lent appears
not to have affected the market to any
marked degree.

Market condition are

CINCINNATI not all they might
be. The supply of
stock of good quality is very large.
The gross amount of sales at the end
of a week's business reaches a fair
average but prices are lower than they
should be. Most all the stock of qual-
ity finds a market at some price but at
times this is a sacrifice price. The
rose supply has increased very consid-

GARDENIA

SPECIAL

To specalize ia any flower,
pureh;ises must be made at
moderate prices and of good
quality also. Cheapness does
not always mean cheap
flowers, but when offered as
a special by a firm who runs
specials and has a reputation
for honest specials, then the
know they are getting unusual
and eagerly grasp these oppor-

Our growers are cutting freely of GAR-
DEXI.4S. all very good quality, and will
be until the end of the season. We offer
these as a Special in lots of fifty or over,
as they run. some long, some medium
stems, all good flowers, at $12.50 per 100.

C.4RN'.\TION SPECIAr, JJO. 1. lu lots of 500 or over; our selection as to color;

the very best quality, at $3.00 per 100.
C.\BN.4TIOX SPECIA'L NO. 2. In lots of 300 or over; our selection as to color;

medium quality, at $2.00 per 100.
ROSE SPECIAL NO. 1. Best long stemmed stock; all specials; our selection as

to color ; in lots of 200 or over, at ^8.00 per 100.
ROSE SPECIAL NO. 2. c.ood medium stock; our selection as to color; in lots of

200 or over, at $3.00 per 100.
C.4TTI>EY.\S. Special: .$6.00 per doz. ; .$40.00 per 100. Extra: $4.00 per doz. ;

$25.00 per lOO.
VALLEY. Special: $4.00 per 100. Extra: $3.00 per 100
PISSY WILLOW. .50c. per Ijuuch ; extra heavy, 7.5c. per bunch.
RIBBON.S AND SUPPLIES. Slany new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us

for prices on these and on Supplies.

GREEN CARNATION IlYE FOR M-\RCH 17th, 50c. per package.

Small shipments can be made b.v l"arcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA

1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK

117 West 2«th St.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W.

^O^Ll-^"*

WHOLBSALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«*"^'^"=^1,^e!.Ve^* only

ROSES

BOS I ON

February 27

CHICAGO

February 24

»T U»lils

February 17

PHILA

February 24

Am, Beauty, Fancy and Special....

" " Extra

No. I

'* " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary...

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

*' -Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas ,

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo)..
'* ** & Spren. (100 Bchs.). .

40.00

30.00
10.00
2.00
4.«o
1. 00
4.00
1. 00
1. 00
6.00
1. 00
2.00
1.50
•50

6.00
8.00
2.00
1. 00
1.50
1. 00

3.00

•35

1.00
10.00

25.00 to

50.00

40.00

20.00

8.00

8.00

3.00

8.00

3.00

5.00

8.00

4.00

8.00

2.00

1. 00

25.00

10.00

10.00

4.00

2.00

3.00

3.00

2.00

.25

1. 00

'■^

20.00

1-25

15.00
50.00
35-00

40.00
25.00

15-00
6.00

10.00
4.00

10.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
5-00
2.00
1.50

25.00
8.00
8.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
3.00
.50

5.00

•75
20.00
I 00
10.00
40.00
2<;.oo

50.00 ;
40.00 '
25.00
10.00
15.00
8.0c
15.00
8.00
6.00
10.00 I
6.00
12.00
3.00 '
2.00
50.00
15.00
12.00
4.00
4.00
4.00 '
4.00 I
4.00 I
1. 00 j

8.00

1.50 I

30.00 ;

1*5
15.00
€0.00

50.00

25.00
15.00
8.00
4.00
8.00
5.00
6.00
4.00
4.00
6.00
4.0c

3.00
1. 00
40.00
10.00
10.00
2.00
2.00
3.00

2. 00

4.00

■50

1. 00
12.00

35.00
8.00

40.00
20.00
12.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
8.00
5-03

5.00
8.00
5.00

4.00

2.00

50.00

12.00

12.00

3.00
3-00

4 00
3.00

•75

6.00
-75

I. as
15.00
50.00
15.00

50.00 to

30.00 to

15.00 to

4.00 to

8.00 to

2. 00 to

8.00 to

2.00 to

to

8.00 to

3.00 to

4.00 to

2.00

20.00

8.00

6.00
1. 00
2.00

1.50

2.00
2.00

.25

1.50

2.00

.20

4.00

.75

15.00

35.00
35.00

62.50
40.00
25.00

12.50

I3.00
6.00
12.00

6.00

12.00
6.00
12.00

3-00
4.00
40.00
12.50
10.00
4.00
3.00
3-00
4.00
3-00
.75
2.00
4.00
1. 00
25.00
1.50
20.00
50.00
50.00

erably until now the market on every
variety is easy. Many very fine Ameri-
can Beauties are coming into the
wholesale houses. The carnation cut
has not decreased any as yet and the
pink varieties are selling much better
than the white ones. The quality of

the bulbous offerings has shown a tre-
mendous increase in the last week or
so. Now a very considerable part of
the receipts are big, long-stemmed
stock of real quality. The supply of
Easter lilies and callas is very much

( Co^ztinued on Page ^07)

306

HORTICFLTURB

March 1, 1913

M. C. FORD

SucceNKor to

FORD BROTHERS

t2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

fi ROSES, flCy CiNfllliS

A Full Line of ALL CTT FLuWIOUS.
Telephone. 3870 or 3871 Mailison .Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West IStb St. NEW YORK

Telephones: J200. gaOl. Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Ter. \*ll MadlsoD Square NcW YOYK

Moore, Henfz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— rWIVI, P. FORD*^ —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tJi Street, NEW YORK,

Call and Inspect the Best Establighment
In the Wholesale Flower District.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

VIOL ETS

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Gro-wers' M arKet Prices

B. S. Slinn,iJr.

55 £» 57 "West 26tl\ St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Ir'resh Cut E%ersreens, Mo'-^e-..

Southern Sniilax, Galax and Lcucothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cyeas und Talmetto.

Te. {Si;n"^"v113W.28St., NewYork.
REED^^IELLER

1.'." Mi^t '.'oth St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

;nid iiri' ile:ilc'l's in

Dicorative Glassware, (iiowers an I

I'lorlsfs' Requisites

WILLIA\I H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby tU. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J.COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10.000.... »1. 76. 60.000.... »7 .60. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

r». J. SJ^IOTH

SuocosMr to JOHN I. RAYNOK

Wholesale Commission Florist r^ViiSSr^SSS^/^r

A full llm ol Choice Cut Flower Stock for all purpoocs The HOME OP THE LILY
by the 100, 1000 or lO.KOO

TBL. 1*98 MADiaoN SQUARE 49 Weat 28th St., New York City

Walter F, Sheridan

Whol^Mnle C*imfni»Hian J>efl/er in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

t33 W»it 28th Street, Mew York

Telephone 3I^.^T-■^<■^■« "alHiiT 8qii«rr

Established
1887

J. K. al.l.e:im

Still Going I
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAL.

Open 6 A. M. dally.

Cat Flower Crnslfrnnicnto Solicited,

PROMPT RETI:RN8. MONET ALWAYS BEADY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YOKK

Telrphone. 187 mad 4t<UI Iia4. Rq

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

OBPHIDS A SPEGIALTY

'ss^S^BHE HIGHEST 1/A9I TV ALWAYS

gjGRADEOF VML.L.C.T ON HAND

GAiRDlNii^Sr, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONiS .

JAMES McMANUS, mJj"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTA iIo^S PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" •' Extra

No.i

'* " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland. Extra

'• " Ordinary

Bride, Maid

Hillingdun, Ward, Melody, Extra

" *' " Ordinary .

Talt, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Last Half of Week

eniling Feb 22

1912

30.00
15-00
8.00
2.00
5.00
1. 00
500
I. CO
2. 00
3.00
3.00
4.00
1.50

•75

40.00
25.00

10.00
6.00
8.00
300

10.00
4.00
8.00
8.00
6.00

12. 00
2,00
1. 00

First Half ol Week

beginning Feb. 24

1912

30.00 to

15.00 to

8.00 to

3. 00 to

5.00 to

1.00 to

5.00 to

1.00 to

to

3.00
3.00

3.00

4.00 to

1.50

■75

<o.oo
25.00
10.00
6.00
8.00
3.00
8.00
3.00
3.00

to 8.00

to

5.00

zo.oo
2.00
x.oo

BJVlDGIvK'V', m^E^rHEil^ dfc IWI]B"V:B1«, inc.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

3* West a»tt\ Street,

Telephones I }^ j Madison Square

IVe-w "Vorlc

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICrTED

Frank H. Traendly Char «• SoheiMfk | P*nJ|ai|# Bfll I I AM^

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK ™*?1™'LM''»

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St.,

New York

Telephones : 798 and 799 Madison Square

Coniignmenla Solicited

CENTRAI^I^T LOCATED. THK HrB OF

THE FLOWER BIARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telepbooe 1062 MadUon
T*leplkrne 3860 Madt«on Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Shipmputs, any qiiiiutilj, l\h le-
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Constznments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MIUH.

HENRY M.hvBIN.SON.Prc. MAURICE L.OLASS. Tret,
CHAS E.ROBI.NSON.V-Pre«. .lO.SEPll .MiUtGOLIS,S«i>

HENRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. GlaAs, Maaaser
55^7 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

Sfrciiu Attrition m tJu Shitfit^ Tradr

March 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

307

omaimoe: oi

IRIVI

The Wholesale Flower Business heretofore conducted under the name of
Siebrecht & Siebrecht will hereafter be carried on by

GEORGE C. SIEBRECHT

Successor to Siebrecht (St. SiebrecHt

I09

\A/. 28-th 3-bree-t, IMe^A/^ Yorlc Oi-ty

Same old address, but new management, larger supply and improved facilities

T-elepKiono ' ^09 [ '^^<^-

Sc

BUY

BOSTON

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & co.,

112 Arch St., 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

Flower Market Reports

f continued front page J05^

larger than the market requires.
Choice sweet peas Sell well. The short
ones have hardly no marliet at all.
Single violets tind a fair request
while doubles are meeting with a small
demand.

Another listless week

NEW YORK in the wholesale
trade and by no
means brisk in the retail stores. The
supply of stock in nearly all lines,
from candytuft to orchids, is tremen-
dous and far beyond the capacity of
the distributing retail trade, as at
present developed, to digest it. Bul-
t)Ous material, especially tulips, is very
long-stemmed for the date and nearer
to outdoor spring product than we
are accustomed to see at this season.
Roses are in ample supply with the
exception of Beauties which still re-
main on the short side. Violets,
freesia. sweet peas, etc., are bringing
very low prices in quantity. Orchids
lack spirit and sales lag badly, even
at the low prices now prevailing.
Some acacia is seen in the store win-
dows. Gardenias are superb as to
quality but, like everything else, they
move slowly. Of carnations there is
an unwieldly surplus, yet those grow-
ers producing high-class blooms,
properly handled and packed are able
to clean up nicely every day. Many
inferior carnations are in evidence.

Market c o n d i -

PHILADELPHIA tions here last
week were not
quite so good as the week previous.
Not as brisk all through, although the
windup was pretty good. On account
of the longer days and brighter sun-
shine stocks are coming in more free-
ly and that undoubtedly has some-

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

™„o"" E o""' ""'• 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIME AND MONET BY SENDING TODB OBDBR TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND. MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES. LILY OF THE VALLEY, CARNATIONS. ORCHlD:S

BE^ST PRODUCED

226 Devonshire Street, Boston, Ma—.

William F. Kasting Co.

^A/holesell•

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORGANIZED FOB THE BENETIT OF TKE OANADIAK TKADB.
CUT rLOWSBfl AND IXOBISTS' SCTPLIES OF ETERT DB8CBIPTIOM.
Homr-iCTSWB StMk a ■fwilallj. ■TBIL'TI.T WBOI<B8AI.B; NOTHIMO BOI.B
AT BETAII..

AmpU refT— «« faral«h«d ■• to ftamMimm ud ii-»-«i^ abUlty •! th* e^pany.
laS MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOIATIOWS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lflies, Longlflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches)

Gardenias

Adlantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

1^ '* & Spren (loo bunches) .

Last Half of Week

ending Feb. 22

1913

30.00

6. CO
lo.cx>
l.OO
I.OO
l.OO
I.OO
l.OO
.20

•50

2.00

3-00
6.00

.50

6.00

3500

15.00

3500

8.00

I2.00

4.00

1.50

2.00

1.50

3-00

.40

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thing to do with conditions. In addi-
tion, it must not be forgotten that
many out-of-town concerns who do a
local business and have a bit of glass
to grow in had to buy up to last week
— now they have enough and to spare.
American Beauty is still scarce.

There is plenty of good
ST. LOUIS stock and the big sup-
ply has brought about
a large cut in prices. Roses are the
only flowers that held up in price and
these, too, are coming in much better
than they have been for some time.

Carnations are very plentiful. Violets
and sweet peas have been a glut all
the week. In any of the bulb stocks
the market has a full supply daily.

(Continued on page ^12)

ROSES WANTED

Will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 28th Street, New York

308

HORTICULTUBE

Mar(ih 1, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCODNTAJfT

K. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For pagp ax Ll«t of AdT«rtl»er«.

AMPEIiOPSIS

Ampelopsis \ eitcUli— One year, 2 to 3
ft.. stroDS, 50 for $2, 100 tor $3.25 (parcel
post) : $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 inches, 50
for $1.50. $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to 6 inches
for transplanting, $12 per 1000. Samples
25c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Black,
Hightstown, N. J.

APHIMB

AphlB* Utg. Co., MadlBOK, N. J.
Fur »ag« a«« Ltot U AaTertl»er«.

AKAUCABIA8

Oodfr«y AscbmaoB. Pblladelpbla, Pa.
For page aet lAat of Adrertlaera.

ASPARAOCa

Asparagus Sprengerl, 2 Inch, $2.00 per
100; $l».(Hi per lUiKl. Cash please. Felach
Bros., May wood. 111.

ASTERS

THE SAWYER ASTERMUM.
Eight years of strict selection places It
on the mountain top of perfection, in color,
size and Profit. Price (cash with order),
$8.00 per oz. ; $4.50 per Va oz. ; trade packet,
not mixed, $1.1I0. Colors, white, pink and
lavender. Send for cuts and description.
Albert A. Sawyer, Forest Park, 111.

AZA1.EAS

P. Oowerkcrk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page *e» Llat of Advertlaera.

A. Leuthy & Co., BosUsdale, Mass.
For page »e« Llat of A<Tf rtlaOTB.
Uiechnw & Co., New TorkTN. T.
For page aec List of AdTertl«erm.

BAT TRKE8

MeHntchiaon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.

For pas* »— Llat of Adrertl8«r«.

Bobbluk & Atklna. KnUTerford, N. J.

For page ae* Llat of Adrertiayra.

Angaat Rolker It Sona, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page f* Llat of AtrertJum.

Bay trf«a aad B»x treva, all alsM. Writ*

tor apecUl liat. Jallna Bocbn Ca., Kmtker-

fer4. N. J.

BKDDINO FI^AIfTS

A. N. Ptoraon, I»c., Cromwell, Codlb.

For page aee Llat ef AdTertlaera.

m. Tlnccot, Jr., & Snas Co., Whit* Harsh,

Ud.

Tor page eee Llat ef AdT«rtl»«ra.

BKGONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Imh, In bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felach
Bros.. Maywond, 111.

BOrLKKS

Kroeachell Broe. Co., 4fl« Brie St.. Oilcaco.

For pare »ee Llat of Advertlsera.
L»rd^T Bnrnluim C«.. IIM Br««dwa.T. N. I.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hitching* A Co., U7» Broadway, N. T.

BOX1I8 — CUT FLOTTEB— rOLDnfa

■dwarda Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.

For page aee Llat of AdTertJaera.

Folding cot flower boie», the beat Bad*.

Write for Mat BoltoB * Honkel Co., HU-

wankaa^Wla

BOXWOOD TRPTKS

Bobbink * Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page aee Lint of AdTertlwera.

Jollna Boehra Co., Bntherford, N. J.
Box Trees, all alma. Ask for special Hat.

BULiBS iXJ) TUBEB8

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, K. T.

Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page eee Llat of AdTcrtlsera.

J. U. Thorbnra t. Co., 33 Barclay St., H. X.

For page aee List of Adrertlgera.

MIcheU's Seed Honse, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page ee« Llat «f Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward * Co., 71 Murray 8t.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jamea Tick's Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, lU.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Fiske, Sawson Co., Boston, Maas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading Blver, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. db J. Farqnhar Co., Boston, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleld. L. I., N. Y.
Gladioli, Cannas. Irises, Liliums,

Hyacinths, Etc.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Balbs of all descriptions. Write f»r priees.
C. Kenr t Sons, Hlllegom, Holland.
New York Branch. gl-SS Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOK LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., FlshklU, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington, New York, N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
Ton can double your proflta by stock-
ing up with the new cannas. Be sure to
get our list before you place your order.
The Conard & Jones Company, Weet Grore,
Fenna.

CABNATION BTAPI,B

Split carnation* quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Tnllgbury'a (TarHatlon
Staple. 2000 for Sl.CW post paid. I. L.
Flllabnry, Galoaborg, 111.

CARNATIONS

Scott Pros., Elmsford, N. Y.

New Carnations.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. Dorner Sc Sons Co., Lafayette. Ind.
For page eee List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madlsoa. W. 3.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Wood Bros.. Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRTSANTHHariTMl!

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chaa. H. Totty. Ma<1aon, N. J.
For page see Ust of Advcrtleers.

CHRYSANTHEMDMS— Continued

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, -THE. By A. Hop-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the elforta of those wk*
would grow and exc«l in producing per-
fect chrysanthemum flowers, showing that
not In 8e<'ret arts and practleea, but. JB
plain conrse of procedure are the deeliM
results attained. Illustruted, 160 page*.
Price 50 cents.

Orders filled by HOBTICCLTUBB, 111
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT riBRB »OtL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mai
For page see List of Advertisers.

CTCIaAUBKI

Thomas Boland, Nahant, Maas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page sea List of Advertisers^

Dahlias, named sorts, strong divisions,
$1.25 per 100. Send for list. C. W. Hott-
man. R. 13, Dayton. O.

Dahlias — 2600 field clumps, latest varle-
tlos, cheap for cash: or what have yon to
exchangef Geo. H. Walkar, Dahlia Expert,
North DIghton. Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sett. Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias, etc. Big stock of best cut flower
dahlias. Write for surplus list and special
prices. Peacock Dahlia Farms. Williams-
town Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin,
N. J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over 850.000 field clumps to offer at right
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. Alexander, The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

BKCOBATITB PIJkNXS

A. Lenthy t Co., Perkins St. NnranlM.

Roslindala, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

Bobert Craig Co., Market and 4*th Bti.

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advortlaers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. T.
For page see List of Adrertlaera.

Woodrow ft Marketos, 41 Waat Stk BC

New York.

For page see Llat of Advertiser*.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indivisa, 2 Inch, $2.00 per 10*
or $IS.n0 per lOOO. Cash please. Felech
Bros.. Maywood. 111.

FERNS

A. Lejthy & Co.. Roslindale. Us**.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman. Mass.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

John Scott. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Bobert Craig Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Frank Oechslln. 4911 Qnlncy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dlshea.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 283

March 1, 1913

HOKTICULTUBE

309>

FERNS — Continned

F. R. FlersoD Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndgon,

New York.

For page see Llat of AdvertlRera.

Fern rannera, fine atock Beaton, Whlt-
manli, Amerpobll. Sprlugfleldll. $l.SO per
100, Jl.l.UO per 1000. Ruosevelt rannera,
Tery fine, *8.<)0 per 1(X), fM.M per 1000.
Koosevelt, 4-1 Dch, $15.0<) per 100, &-lnch,

f;2S.OO per 100. Asparagua Plumoana, 4-
nch, handsome stock, $H.OO per 100. 60.000
•q. ft. of glass at Clevel.ind, O., devoted
•xelnslTely to ferns. I hiive the beat stock
to he had anywhere. Prices are low, for
cash only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,

FERTILIZEKS

Setb Centnry Plant Food Co., BeTerly, Uasa

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertilene.

For p.ige spe l.isf of Advertisers.

PnlTerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FEVERFEW

Feverfew, large double white K. C, 75c.
per 100, prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth,
N. J.

FIX>RI8T8' LETTERS

Bolton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Maaa.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

FLORIgTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertiaers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boaton, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Keed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia,

Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co.. 22fi Devonshire .St., Boston.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest. 28th and M Sts.,
Washlugtou, U. C.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

HllOnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. T.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Byra<'aae Pottery Co., Syracnae, N. T.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of AdTertlsers.

FCNOINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., MadlsoB, N. J.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

OALAX

MlchlgaD Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Kervaa Co., New York.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

OERANICMS

R. TlBcent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,
Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smifh & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page 3Pe List of Advertisers.

Mme. Sallerol. fine rooted cuttings, Jl.OO
per 100. Carl Baer. Archbold, Ohio.

Special lot 300 3-ln. Double Grant Geran-
iums, .$10.00. Honey Bros., West Grove, Pa.

GERANIUMS — Continned
NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we are offering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2M!-lnch pots
60c. each, $5.00 per doz. ; 3-lnch pots, $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ilia.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Rlcard, Ked Wing, Viaud, La Favorite, CoL
Thomas, Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisiiuit, Per-
kins, Oberle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
lOU; $18.50 per lUOO. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela. Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vlne. Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigl Gran-
dls, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per lOUO. Send for geranium catalogue
F. H. DeWltt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis f hilds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdl Glory, $4.25 per ioor$40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natick,
Mass.

America in all sizes. Will exchange for
Augusta and Mrs. F. King. Send for
quotations. Fletcher Bulb and Floral Co.,
Valle.v Junction, Iowa.

Bulblets of America, Augusta, Independ-
ence, Klond.vke, Mrs. F. King, choice $1.50
per qt.; Grotf's Hybrids or Silver Trophy,
Sec. 2. light shades, $1.00 per qt., post-
free; y. in. bulbs of all above, $1.00 per
100; $8.00 per WOO.

Clark Brown, Ashland, Mass.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lamber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices.
Bton Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

John-

GLAZINO POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, fish foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4816 D St., OIney, Philadelphia, I'a. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan. 118 Wlnyah Ave.,

New Bochelle, N. V.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATEBIAI.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Meponaet,

Boston.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., NTTonawanda, N. Y.

For page aee List of Advertlaers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs A Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmbam Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Coustmction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Kin.ff Semi-Iron or Pipe Frame Green-
houses.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.
A. T. Stearns Lamber Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.
I.,ord & Rnmbam Co.,
11S3 Broadway, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Plerson D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Enllder.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. M. T.

Hltchlngs & Co., 1J70 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Constrnctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. X.

Iron Gutters.

HAIL IN8URANCB

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Baler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HABDT FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Ad vertlsers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chaa. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HELIOTROPES

WANTED— To buy 100 Standard Hello-
tropes. State size and price. J. G. Brock,
care E. T. Bedford, Greens Farms, Conn.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

K. 8. MUler, Wadlug River, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page gee List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eye, 1 year field-grown, No. L
$2.00; No. 2, $1.50; No. 3, $1.00 per 100;
500 lots, 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert
Troth, Cantril, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, .

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Broe., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway. N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

Henry A. Dreer. Inc;. I'lilinrielphla, Pa.

New French Hydrangeas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Aphine Mannfactnrlng Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Fnnglue.

For page see L'nt of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticide.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishklll-on-UBdaoo.

N. Y.

Sing Shot.

For page see List of Adverttsers.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loechner & Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena E. C, 75c. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Hoiticulture

310

HOETICULTUEE

March 1, 1913

K. A J. Farquhar & Co., Boiton.
New LIUn.
For page aee List of Advertlwri.

Jas. Vlck'a Bona, Kocbcater, M. T.
For page aee Llat of Advertlaerg.

B. M. Ward A Co., New York. N. X.

Hone 8boe Braod.

For page gee Llat of AdTTtlg«r>.

tllY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

I,LLT OF THB VALLEY PIPS

Loecbner & Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of AdTcrtlaers.

AngDst Kolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, N. T.
Fer page gee Llat of Advertlaera.

McHatcblBon * Co^ 17 Murray St., N. 1.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page aee Llet of AdvertUera.

F B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. y.

For page see List of AdTertlsers.

J. M. Thorhurn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MATS

MATS: — We make not only the most
practical but the cheapest HOTBED and
COLD FRAME MATS on the market. A
large per cent, of our orders come from
gardeners and florists who have tried them
and are pleased. Our mats are in use In
Iowa, 111., Ind.. Ohio, Minn.. Wis., Mich.,
New York, Maine, Mass., Conn., E. I., N. J.,
Va., W. Va., and Pa. Also in British Co-
lumbia and Ont., Canada. Send for circu-
lar. WATTS BROS., Kerrmoor, Pa.

NUB8EBT STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see LUt of AdTertlger».

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

Bar State Noraerlea North AblngtoD, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

W. B. Whittler & Co., Sooth Framlngbam,

Maas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Ooodsell. New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

KcHBtchlaon * Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List «f Advertisers.

Aagsst Bolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
Fer page gee List of Advertisers.

Ifannal of the Trees of North America,
by C. 8. Sargent, mailed to your addreas
esr_M.0O by Hortlcoltnre Publishing Co.,
II Efsmllton Place. Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
■och varletlea as Splreas, Altheaa, Welgelaa
and PblladelphuB, and this names only s
tew. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard 4 Jones Company, West Grove,
Pmus.

onion sets

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Scbllder Bros., ChllUcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWEBS
Jas. McManns, New York. N. T.
For page see List oif Advertiser*.

OBCHID PLANTS
L«ger t Hnrrell, Sammit, N. Jf.

Dormant Calanthe Veltchll.
m p»ge see List »f Advertisers.

JmUns Roehrs Co., Batherford. N. 3.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Sander, St Albans, England.

Importer, Bxporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For t>8ge see Llat of AdvertUeis.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.

By B. S. Williams, 300 Illustrations, 800
pagea; descriptions of upwards of 2500
gpeclea and varieties of orchidaceous
plants, etc. The moat complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pnb-
Ugbed. Price JIO.OO.

Orders filled by HORTICULTUBB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.
A. Lentby & Co., Perklna St Norserles,

Rosllndale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page gee List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loeohner & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Angnst Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCEBS

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. 0. Betscher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Constrnction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPOBTB

Angnst Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

UcHntchtson & Co., it Morray St, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND 8TAKC8

H. F. Micheil Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Seele's Tlelees Plant Stakes snd Trel-
llsee. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Ca., Westboto, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo. O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardinlers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special."

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeechell Bros. Co.. 466 Brie Bt, Chlesg*.

King Construction Company,

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POINSETTXA8

Carl Hagenburger Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.
Stock Plants.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York, N. Y.

POT HANOEB8

Pot hangers, Kramer's fl doa. by sza.,
$1.2S by maU. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Itaplds, Iowa.

PBIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-jre«r-«W

{ilants, from 12 Inches to 8 feet; well fln-
shed plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsia
Veltchll. For pricea and partlcnlars sd-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

UcHntchlson ft Co., IT Mnrrsy Bt, H. T.
For page see List of Advertlsen.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., KendalvUle, lad.
For page see Llat of Advertlaera.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Rhododendrons, Kalmias. Lilium Gray!,
Stenanthium robustura, Trilliums, Iris
Azaleas, Carolina hemlock. Viola pedata,
Galax clumps, Epigaea repens, Mitchells
repens, and Ferns. Many others. Send
for Catalogue. Appalachian Nursery Com-
pany, Spear, N. C.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Ps.

For page see List of Advertisers.

& a Pennock-Meehan Co., PblladelphU, trm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. 0«*.
Shawyer.
For page see List of Advertisers^

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phila., Pa.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, P*.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Bay State Nnrserles, North Ablngton,
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phils.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, lU.
For page aee List of Advertlsi-n.

■rerstt B. Clark Seed Co., Ullferd.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslsn Seed Growers Co., San Jose, CU.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEBDS

Jogepb Breck & Song,

SI and 52 N. Market St, Bogton, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see Llat at Advertlsen.

Mlchell's Seed Honse. Philadelphia. Fa.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Bnrpee ft Co., Philadelphia, Fa.
For page see Ust ot Advertiser*.

Fottler, Flake, Rawson Co., Boston,

Boston Flower Market Stork Seed.
For page aee List of Advertiser*.

B. ft J. Farquhar ft Co., Boston,
For page see Ust of Advertiser*.

J. M. Thorbnrn ft Co., 33 Barclay St, N. T.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Leonsrd Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
Peas, Beana, Radish and all Gards* Beats.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.
8. S. Skideiaky^ ft Co., PhlUdelphla, Pa.

For page aee Llat of Advertisers.
Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
Fwr page iie» T.lwt nt Advertlaer*.

J. Bolglano ft Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, CalL

Tomato Seed.

For psee see List of Advertlsen.

For List of Advertisors See Page 283

March 1, 1913

HORTICULTURE

311

SEEDS — Continued

James Vlck's Sons, Bocbester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

By>r page see List of AdTertlsera.

W. W. Barnard Co., Cbleag«, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

S. Bryson Arrea Co., ladepeiuleiice, Mto.

Sweet Peas.

For pare see List of AdTerttscnt

I/oechner ft Co.. New York, N. T.
For page see List of Adrertlserk.

T. 3. Qre7 Co., 82 So. Market St., BoatoB.
For pare see List of Adrertlsera.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Adrertlsers.

8. D. Woodraff ft Son, Now York, N. T.

Garden Seed.
For pa?e see List of Advertisers.

0. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BeauUeu, Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Hest French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Aug. Drake, Chester, N. J.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. T,
Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansles.

Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

ASPARAGUS SEEDS— New crop Plumo-
sns Nanus, greenhouse grown. For quick
cash orders, $3. "50 per 1000; $10.00 per 3000;
$15.00 per 5U00; $27.50 per 10,000. Special
price on larger lots. Joseph E. Stanton,
6755 Musgrove St., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia,
Pa.

SHAMROCKS

Frank Oeohslin. Chicago, 111.

True Irish Shamrock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Shamrocks, true strong plants, cool

frown seedlings, hy mail ready : For 2 or
In., 50c. per 100; from 2 and 3 in. pots,
ready after March 1st, 2 and 4c. A. Van
Benthuysen, R. D. 6, Schenectady, N. Y.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, FUhklll-oD-Hodson, N. T.
For page see List of AdTertlaers.

SPHAGNUU H08B
J. H. Spragoe, Barnegat, N. J.
For page nee List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Uts Bpbagnnm moss, orcbld peat »n4
orchid baskets always on hand. Lager ft
Hnrrell. Bammlt, N. J.

8PIREA8

Breck-Roblnson Nnrsery Co., I^zlngton,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOTB PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country,
■tove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Tallaa Roebrs Co., Rntberford, N. J.

STAR OR WONDER BLACKBERRY

J. T. Lovett, Little Sliver, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry,
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSEBTMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TRADESCANTIA

Wandering Jew, Bicolor and Striped.
Bach, 2 in., per 100, $1.50; Bicolor, 2V, In.,
per 100, $2.00; 500 lots, 10 per cent. o£r,
cash. Albert Troth, Cantril, Iowa.

TENTII^TrNO APPABATCS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.

For page see List of Advertlsen.

Qaaker City Machine Works,

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

VInca minor (trailing periwinkle). A
hardy evergreen vine, trailing close to the
surface, forming a dense mat, thriving
under trees where grass will not grow;
useful for binding the soil on slopes to
prevent washing; for covering graves,
where the blue flowers contrast finely with
the glossy green foliage. Well rooted
layers, $1.50, 100; .$10.00, 1000; 5000 for
$40.00. Samples on request. E. Y. Teas,
Centerville, Ind.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertlBers.

WIBEWOBK

Heed & Keller, 122 W. 26tb St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for oar catalogne.
Holton & Hnnkel Co.. Mllwankee, Wis.

WlUlam K Uellscber's Wire Works,
88-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLOBI8TB

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Bzchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advert Isera.

Atlanta, Ga..

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

S. V. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and
31 Otis St.

For page see List of AdTerttsera.

Welch Bros. Co., 220 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., IS Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. T.

William F. Easting Co., 383-87 Blllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 B. Randolph St.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCnllough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page aee Llat of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 4U

Broadway.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
H. B. Fromentr 87 W. 28th 8t^ New^ork.

For page see List of Advertisers.
B. C. Horan, S5 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus. 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Enebler, 28 WlUoughby St,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 2tth

St., New York.

For page see List of AdTertlsers.

WHOLESALE FORIBTS

New York — Continued

Greater New York Florists' AssociaUoa,

162 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles MllUng, IKS and 57 West 26tll 8fe,
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schneck, New York, N. T.
For page aee Llat of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank MlUang, 55-B7 West 2ath St.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Badgley, HIedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Slinn, Jr., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow ft Marketoa, 41 West X8th tt
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

jTKTTAiienrSevr^orkT N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Philadelphia

Leo. NIessen Co., 1209 Arch St., PhlU., Pa.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

The S^ S^ Pennock-Meehan Co^ leOS-IS

Ludlow St., PhlladelpbU, Pa.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

CARNATION PRINCESS DAGMAR.

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLORING FOR FLOWERS.

Orange Chemical Co., Dept. H, East Orange,

N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association,
Albert Poclielon, Sec. 153 Bates St..

Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GARDENIA SPECIAL.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Foley Mfg. Co., i;.jin S. Western Ave.

Cliieago. 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW SARGENT ROSE.

Eastern Nurseries, .Tamaica Plain, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALISADES POPULAR PEREN-
NIALS.

Paii.^ades Nurseries. Inc.. Siiarkiii, N. Y.
For page see i.ist of .\dvertisGrs.

PORTO RICO MATS, WATERPROOF
CREPE PAPER, BASKETS, SIN-
GLE CREPE POT COVERS.

H. Bayersdorfei- & Co.. Pliilailelpbia. Pa.
For page see List tif Advertisers.

RICE'S WATERPROOF CREPE
PAPER,

M. Rice Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORIST— CHANGE
OF FIRM.

George C. Siebrecht. 109 W. 2Sth St.,

New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers icindiy mention Horticulture

812

HORTICULTUR F

March 1, 1913

ILLINOIS STATE GREENHOUSES.

The illustrations here presented
show the new greenhouses recently
erected by the Foley Manufactur-
ing Company at the Illinois State
Experimental Station at Urbana. Pho-
tograph designated as "A" shows
the agronomy greenhouse. The main
building here is 42' by 120', this being
a full iron flat-rafter greenhouse with-
out any interior supports and is a very

experimental work being conducted
out doors. The wire house will be
practically the same as the end sec-
tion of the greenhouses.

Photograph "C" shows in the dis-
tance, first the house which is de-
scribed as being at the extreme east
end of the range. Next to it follows
up two more houses connected, form-
ing the vegetable range. The smoke

Flower Market Reports

(Continued /ro/n page Soy)

Business c o n -
WASHINGTON tinues very sat-
isfactory. There
is plenty of stock in nearly all vari-
eties. The present stock of single
violets seems to be neaiing an end
and locally-grown American Beauty
roses are very scarce. Prom present
indications there will be a plentiful
supply for the Easter trade. "The sup-
ply of bulbous stock will be heavy
and roses are being so timed as to be
in full crop at the appointed time. Al-
ready are orders being placed for
Easter lilies at $12.50 per hundred. It
is expected that good business will
result from the inaugural festivities
regardless of the fact that President-
elect Wilson is opposed to dances,
balls and receptions. Unless his at-
titude changes somewhat, the social
life in the capital will be quiet during
the next four years.

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fine piece of work considering the con-
ditions, namely the fact that it had to
be built on a brick foundation, which
originally supported two old green-
houses.

The photograph marked "B" repre-
sents a type of greenhouse especially
adapted for the Department of Plant
Breeding. This house has large double
doors on both ends, it being the inten-

stack in the distance shows the tem-
porary heating plant. The heating for
this long range when completed will
come from a single plant already in-
stalled from a quarter to half mile
away from the greenhouses. This
photograph "C" was taken during the
process of construction, this range be-
ing now almost finished. There is a
large palmhouse on the foundation

tion of the College to lay rails on the
ground to operate cars handling tubs
or plant boxes with large plants, pushr
ing same in and out of the greenhouse
as necessary in their work. To the
south of this plant breeding house
there is being erected a large wire
house for the purpose of keeping away
birds which would interfere with the

' shown in this picture. This palm-
house is SO' x 408' with curved eave
roof. This range in its present unfin-
ished condition shows to one experi-
enced in greenhouse structures that
the State of Illinois has now prac-
tically what is conceded the finest
range of houses for this purpose built
in the United States.

NEWS NOTES.

Rutherford, N. J A new orchid

house, recently finished by Julius
Roehrs Co., now houses nearly 5000
plants of Cattleya gigas. A storage
shed covering on area of an acre or

more has been added to the nursery
department.

Fairfield, Conn. — The greenhouse of
Henry Newhall has been purchased by
C. P. Loder and is being moved to
another location.

PERSONAL.

A. Zirkman. of M. Rice Co., has re-
turned from an extended trip through
the south, and is at home enjoying a
well-earned rest.

W. H. Collins is now manager of the
floral department of Howard & Smith,
Los Angeles, Cal. He was formerly
with Dieterich &. Turner.

Mr. and Mrs. Luther Collamer of
Rochester, N. Y., who have spent the
winter in San Diego, Calif., are ex-
pected home early in March.

Des Moines, la. — Miss Perle B. Ful-
mer has received the government ap-
pointment as supervisor of music in
Sherman Institute, Riverside, Cal.

Benjamin A. Snyder, salesman for
H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston, and
Miss C. Sigalman, a popular young
lady of Everett, were married on Feb-
ruary 25th.

Robert Shoch, traveling representa-
tive of M. Rice Co., and Miss Malyon
Price Faulkner, were married on Sat-
urday, February 22nd, at the home of
the bride's parents. 4929 Warrington
avenue, Philadelphia. After an ex-
tended wedding tour through the
south, they will reside at 4925 War-
rington avenue.

Boston visitors: Wm. Angus, Buz-
zard's Bay. Mass.; W. R. Cobb, of
Lord & Burnham Co., New York City.
Rudolph L. Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J.;
W. A. Vanicek, Newport, R. I.

NEWS NOTES.

The Panama-Pacific Exposition man-
agement is to offer as a trophy a cup
of the valuation of $1000, to the origi-
nator of the finest new and unnamed
rose exhibited at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition in 1915, the
rose to receive its name from the com-
mittee appointed by the board of di-
rectors.

Auburn, R. I.— The J. A. Budlong &
Sons Company, rose growers, are
cutting ice to take care of their busi-
ness next summer. The crop is not
very desirable, being only six inches
thick, but owing to the late season,
the harvesting is being rushed to
make the best of it.

March 1, 1913

HOETICULTURE

313

Obituary,

A. Moltz.
A. Moltz, a familiar figure in the
New York wholesale flower district,
died suddenly on Thursday, February
20th. "Kaldy," as Moltz was generally
known in and around the cut flower
markets, had a varied career, some-
times on the crest ot fortune and
again at the very bottom of the ladder.
He was a speculator by instinct and
many a time rendered conspicuous
service in seasons of glut by his
cleverness in plunging and distribut-

A. Moltz

ing the surplus stock. His business
ventures of late have not always been
successful but notwithstanding this he
was kindly regarded by the trade gen-
erally and will long be remembered
as a unique and interesting character.

Mrs. Martha Saunders.

Mrs. Martha Saunders, widow of the
late William Saunders, died at her
home on 3rd street, Washington, D.
C, at the age of 90 years. Her late
husband, it will be remembered, was
one of the leading horticulturists of
this country. While in charge of gar-
dens and grounds in the Agricultural
Department he executed many notable
pieces of landscape art including Phil-
adelphia's Fairmount Park and the
National Park at Gettysburg. He was
a noted importer of plants, flowers
and fruits and to him is accredited
the introduction into the United States
of the seedless orange.

Mathew Evert.
Mathew Evert, well-known in Chi-
cago for many years, passed away at
his home, 2059 Devon avenue, Chicago,
February 19th, at the age of 81 years.
He bought a farm haU a century ago
and this has since become a part of
the city. As his family grew up the
land was divided, three of the sons be-
ing vegetable growers like himself and
growing a crop of chrysanthemums in
their season. Mr. Evert was able to
te about till three weeks ago. He
leaves a wife, four sons and five
daughters. The funeral was February
21st and interment at St. Henry's
Cemetery.

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Manufacturers of AgriculturaJ Chemicals
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Sold by Seed Deeders of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Trees
and Shrubs from Insects, Put up in popular packages at popular,
prices. Write f<ir free pamphlet on Riiirs and Blitrhts, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with this article will

grow larg:er fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 & 29 OCEAN ST.. BEVERLY, MASS.

'hflNURES,

X -- X'

Pulverized or Shredded "

Cattle Manure

Pulverized

Sheep Manure

UnequJiIIed for Greenhouse Fertlizing.

Ask for Grower's Booklet.
THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO-
Union Stock Yards, Chicago

Edwin E. Bourque.

"Eddie" Bourque, for the past 33
years an employee of Charles A, Cards'
flower store in New York city, died of
pneumonia on Thursday, February 20.
Deceased was formerly buyer for
Dards, but when his brother suc-
ceeded to that position some years
ago, he became manager of the store.
He was popular among the trade and
his sudden death came as a great
shock to a wide circle of friends. He
leaves a widow and three children.

er in a barn at the rear of his home
on the afternoon of February 14th. He
complained of illness at the noon meal
and shortly after disappeared. When
he failed to respond for supper search
was instituted.

Jeremiah Carter.
Jereraiali Carter, a well known gar-
dener of Newport. R. I., died on Feb.
13th, after a few days' illness, of pneu-
monia. He had been in Newport for
forty-five years, and for many years
was head gardener on the Henry G.
Marquard estate and later for the new
owner, Rev. Henry Roderick Terry,
until his son Benjamin succeeded him.
He is survived by two daughters and
two sons.

Charles H. Barrett.
Charles H. Barrett, who conducted
a flower business at 28 Pleasant St.,
Concord, N. H., died Feb. 6th, after a
long illness. He was 54 years of age.
His wife and one son, Harry C. Bar-
rett, survive him. There were a num-
ber of beautiful floral tributes from
the trade.

Charles Siebrecht.

Charles Siebrecht, 54 years old, for
30 years a leading florist in Winona,
Minn., was found hanging from a raft-

Adolph G. Fleck.
Adolph G. Fleck, florist and seeds-
man of Oakland, Cal., died of pneu-
monia on February 12th. He was a
member of the Oakland Seed & Plant
Company.

Arrangements have been made for
the celebration of Farmers' Days,
March 5, 6 and 7, at Dansville, N. Y.
Sixteen speakers have been engaged,
and a general discussion will follow
each lecture period with a round table,
a leading feature at the afternoon ses-
sions.

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i^oi«

HEWS STANDARD POTS

us...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Str*et
L1NI« ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Offtce and Factorto*
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.
Louisville, Ky. — Henry Kleinstar-
ink, one house.

Portland, Ore. — J. E. Young, Sell-
wood, one house.

Santa Cruz, Cal. — J. P. Parker, or-
chid house 20x100.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Dale & Yost, Oak
Lane, range of houses.

Highland, III. — P. M. Widner, two
rose houses each 35x125.

Butte, Mont.— Butte Floral Com-
pany, range of greenhouses.

Nashville, Tenn. — Mclntyre Bros.,
Nolensville Pike, two houses.

Milwaukee, Wis. — R. Leitz, one
house; Manke Bros., addition; E.
Praefke, one house.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — K. Rodman, 43 Con-
way street, two houses each 18x110
and workroom 17x45.

Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pa. — Geo.
B. Morrell, two houses each 14x36
and new boiler room.

The city of Newark, N. J., has asked
the legislature to appropriate the sum
of $8,000 for the erection of a green-
house in connection with Delaware
College.

The King Construction Company an-
nounce that through their Philadelphia
representative, C. H. Twinn, orders for
the following greenhouse construction
have been recently entered:

Norton, Pa. — King iron-frame green-
house, 20x60. will be erected complete
with heating for John W. White whose
original establishment built two years
ago was also furnished by King Con-
struction Company. Moorestown, N.
J. — King semi-iron or pipe frame
greenhouse, 32x100, for Louis Feun,
recently with Walter P. Stokes, seeds-
man. Colgate, Md. — J. S. Merritt, iron
frame greenhouse, 32x150. Baltimore,
Md. — Lehr Brothers, flat rafter iron
frame greenhouse, 60x225. Fullerton,
Md. — Schroeder Brothers, iron frame
greenhouse, 42x200. Doylestown, Pa.
• — John Andre, semi or pipe frame
house, 35x175. This is to be attached
to a King house built by Mr. Andre
two years ago.

INCORPORATED.

Augusta, Me. — Ariantic Seed Com-
pany, capital stock, $30,000. Promot-
ers, G. J. Lange, Eau Claire, Wis.; L.
J. Coleman, R. S. Buzzell, Augusta.

Chattanooga, Tenn. — Chattanooga
Landscape Co., capital stock $5,000.
Incorporators, L. F. Lewis, J. C. Mc-
Whorter, A. M. Willard, J. N. McCutch-
eon and G. D. Lancaster.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new;
10x12, 18x18, 16x24, doable thick. A
and B qnalltles. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parghel-
■ky BroB., Inc., 215-217 HaTemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

DREER'S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style,
Hose "RIVERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

Th'e HOSE for the FIORIST

^-inch, per ft., 15 c.
Reel of 500 ft., " 14HC.
2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c.
54-inch, '* 13 c.

Reels, 500 ft., *' laj^c.
Couplings furnished

HENRf A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

. 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

Price
500 4 in. @ $4.50

can be shipped at an hour's noti
per crate ;

12(100 1% in. @ $6.00

loOO 2 " " 4.88

1.300 214 " " 5.25

1500 2V2 " '■ 6.00

10(XI X " " 5.110

HM 3% " " 5.80

456 4V,
320 5

210 sy.

144 6

120 7
60 8

5.24
4.51
3.78
3.16
4.20
3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Uiutj, Fort Edward, N.Y.

lueust Roilier & Ssns. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

Oil SCECULTY— liie Dlstanci ad eiport trsO

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved machlaery* we eaa

supply yoor want* to better adrantaKe

thaa ever.

Special dliconnts on lar^e ordem.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

HELP WANTED

WANTED — Nurseryman. A young man
who understands the Nursery business.
particuLirly Ornamental and Herbaceous
plants and landscape planting from plans.
Unmarried man preferred. Apply to Chas.
E. Fish & Co., Worcester. Mass.

WANTED a young man as assistant In
greenhouses on a private place, suburb of
New York City. Wages, $45.00; good board
and room. Give full information and
references, etc. Address "A. H.," care
HORTICULTURE.

SITUATIONS WANTED

Practical Horticulturist

A^'oulil like po^ittun in Massm-Iiu-setts.
Large Experience in Horticulture and Nur-
sery work. Capablr to Manage, and take
full charge of men. First Class Refer-
ences. Write H. P . HORTICULTURE.

GARDENER wants position on gentle-
man's place. Able to take charge. Single,
age 29 years. First class grower of vege-
tables and flowers outside and under
glass; also experienced in palms, planting
and care of sbrubs, shrubbery, fruit trees,
flower beds, lawn, roads, etc. First class
references. Please state salary. Address
"X," care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— By first class
plant grower, to take charge of place. 25
years' experience, 15 years in last place;
liest of reference; married; 40 years of
age. Address "D," care HORTICULTURE.

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

S.4.SHES. Our prices can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any fjuantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. inc.

aiS-SlI Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Iroer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Gre«iilio«iBes

Drive t%Mf aod true, because
both bevels are on the same
•ide. Can't twist and break
the t^2i% in drivine. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
riebts or leftt.
The Peerless Glazine Poin
U patented. No others Iilc«^
it. Order from you
or direct from as.
1000, 7Sc. p05tpai(
Samples free.
KEITBT A. DSEER. I
T14 Ohutnnt Btre«t>

Seiul your business direct to Wathingtg^.
Savcm tkne and insures better service.
Personal attention ffuiu-anteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The extcDsion stave foot
prevents the bottom from
rotting No chance for water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.

r^STANDARD FLOWER— i

O^S

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
you uionev.

W. H. ERNEST

— 2gth & M Sts. Washington, D. C. ^

When writing to advertiser* kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

March 1, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

315

ANNOUNCEMENT

King Semi-Iron or Pipe Frame Greenliouses

In addition to our well known line of King Iron Frame Greenhouses, we now offer
a line of Semi-Iron or Pipe Frame Greenhouses fully developed and perfected during
the past four years.

Bulletin No. 40 just off the press contains 24 pages of illustrations and descriptions.
Send for it.

KING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

General Office and Works, NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New England Sales Office, 7 Water Street, BOSTON, MASS. Representatives in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Denver.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago. III.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., • Richmond, Ind.

Greenhoise Materials .nTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

Id all lengtlis up to 33 feet.
Milled to Jiny detail furnislied or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for
ereftinn.

Franlt Van Assche, ''"a„°d ^ir^fl'LT-

.IKKSKY CITY. N. J.

CHARLES H. DODD

Greenhouse BuiUler. General Greenhouse

Mechanic.

Iron Frame nnil Wood Bar Houses.

Ideal Greenhouse Boilers.

Materials Fnrnislifrt or Fvpcfprt. Heating
iinrl Vcntilatlmr Mnterinls.

578 Ocfian A»e., JERSEY CITY. N. i.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

Used all over the country by Commercial,
Public and Private places. These shades can
be rolled on the glass or raised 10 Inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and bring sample and explain how it works.

W. H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

118 Winyah Ave.
Tel Z733

NEW YORK
ST. JAMES BLDG

^FREEIIMMOLJS

Iron frame, pipe frame or all wood construction.
Tlot bed si^h, knockdown flats or plant boxc-.

The F"oloy IN/lfg- Oo.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

CfiSS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

S. JACOBS & SONS

UPON

!3couc:>T

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

Tlie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elhow unw.
Sold only with Evans Qiallenge Machine.

iVrt'tf for free CaiaJogmt to

QCAKKB CITT MACMiifB CO.

Blehmond, Ind.

1359-138S Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN,

- N. Y.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple luethods of correct accountin'r
especiiilly adapted for florists' use.

BOOK.S BAL.ANCED .IND ADJUSTED
3If'rchants Bank Building

40 STATE ST. B03T0N

T^l^phti^. Main R8

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCLVTION OF
AMERICA, insurer of 32,500,000 sq. ft. of fiias.

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sec'y Saddle River, N.I.

316

HORTICULTUKE

March 1, 1913

$), ^■^r^ii^'J^ ^

'^W. t 'i ,

Group of Ctpripedium insigne

Twenty plants with an aggregrate nf 4S0 flowers, at the conservatories of Mrs. B. B. Tuttle. Naiigatuck. Conn. ; JI. .1. Pope, gard.

J^fMCAPE dUtDENEi

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318

HORTICULTUEE

March 8, 1913

Opening Saie at

AUCTION ™'

M'ch 11 at 1 p. m.

Thirty Cases of Holland Grown Nur-
sery Stock Consisting of Roses, Rho-
dodendrons, Hydrangeas, Azaleas,

Boxwood, Retinosporas, Yews, Pot Grown Lilacs, Bulbs,

Roots, Etc.

w. c. ELLIOTT, Auct. ELLIOTT AUCTION CO.

Consignments Solicited 42 Vesey St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 lOOO
Wodenetbe. Sl.OO per doz...$6.00 S50.00
White Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful; White Winsor 3.50 30.00

Princess Charming 3.00 25.00

Winser «-B0 20.00

Plants from 2-inch pots. $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 to $1.00 per 100; $16.00 to $26.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; our
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000

Send for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

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CARNATIONS

F. DORRER & SORS 60.

LA FAYETTE, IM>.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

S in., 5^ In. and 6 In. pots, 3, 4, 6, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inches high, 40o.,
SOe., eoc.. 76c., $1.00, $1.26 each and
ap to $1.60.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Ottario St.. PHIUOELfHIA, PA.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, $1.50 each.

Also Lady Duncan, Dawson, Daybreak,

Farquhar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawson.

Write for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

HENRY S. DAWSO.X, Maaager.

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add

HERE IN NEW ENGLAND

ROSE STOCK is of guaranteed quality

MILADY has won certiiicales from the best shows in the country.
The winner in the novelty class at St. Paul, Minnesota.
MRSa CHAS> RUSSELLy the sensation of the year and
MRS. GEO. SH AW YERp the new pink forcing rose. The best
of the older varieties to malce a complete assortment of the best variebes.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for commercial growing. Pompons
and Single Chrysanthemums.

BEDDIKG STOCK FOR SPRING

We are booking orders now. Our catalog will be mailed about
January 1st. Get your name on our mading list.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

^F9 0IVI>A/d_l_, CONIM.

Announcement

X

i

A Owing to the numerous inquiries we wish to state that our new

S crimson carnation ^

^

i

PRINCESS DAGMAR

will be disseminated next season, 1913-1914. We are booking orders
now at $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. PRINCESS DAGMAR will be
exhibited at the National Show in New York. A

PATTEN & CO., Tewksbury, Mass. I

I

THE HERALD

$12.00 PER 100

$100.00 PER 1,000

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicai^o

March 8, 1913

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Our Special Line is tlie growing of Geraniums and otlier Bedding Plants in large quantities, taking the place of a sup-
ply house, from which the Florist may draw his raw material, from which he is to manufacture the finished article for his
retail trade. We have a large stock of the following for immediate or future shipment. AVe shall be especially well fixed on
CVNNAS, in 3 in. pots for .Vpril 1st.

Acbryantbes Eraersoni ;\ii(l Besteri; Ageratum 6 Varieties: Alternantliera 8 Varieties, Alyssura Doul^le Giant and Dwarf,
Begonia Vernon Pink (fine sLiape) Cigar Plants, Cineraria Maritima Candidissima, Coleus Golden Bedder and Verscbaffeltii,
Queen Victoria, etc. Hardy Pompon Clirysanthemums, Fuchsias. Hardy Englisli Ivy, Heliotrope. Lantanas, Lemon Verbena,
Lobelia Katbleen Mallard and Crystal Palace Gem, Moonvines, Petunias Double and single Fringed; Salvia Bonfire and Zu-
rich, Parlor Ivy, Swainsona. Hardy PMox, $2.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1000; not less than 250 of a variety at thousand rate.
Write us for special prices on large lots.

G E FR A. IM ll>l IVI S

Variegated — Silver Leaf Nutt, Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, Ivy Leaved Geraniums — Good assortment, $2.00 per 100.

$3.00 per 100. Pelargoniums — Countcss of Crew, Lord Mayor Treloar, etc.,

Standard Varieties— $2.00 per TOO, $18.50 per 1000. $4.00 per 100.

Pansy Geraniums — Marv AVasliington. and Mrs. Laval, .$4.00 scented Geraniums — Lemon. Nutmeg, Mrs. Taylor, etc.. $2.00

per 100. per 100.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO.

WHITE MARSH, MD.

"MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER"

We can still quote March delivery on this sterling Rose but would ask that you do not delay too

long before investigating its merits.

SHAWYER and MILADY, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Grafted or Own Root.

CARNATIONS

NORTHPORT : The leader in the dark pink section.
COMMODORE: The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY : Two fine sports from Enchantress.
$12.00 per hundred; $100.00 per thousand.

CHAS. H. TOTTY,

Madison, N. J.

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LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 355

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 315

Allen, J. K 346

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 354

Apbine Mfg. Co.. 353
Ascbmann, G...-318
Atlanta Florist

Co 344

A y r e s Co., S.
Bryson 339

Badgley, Keidel

& Meyer 346

Barnard, W. W.

Co 33!)

Barrows & Son.. 320
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 342

Bay State Nur-
series 334

Eeaulieu 339

Bloomingdale's, 340
Bobbink & At-
kins 3.34

Boddington, A.T.337
Bolgiano & Son,

J 339

Boston Florist

Letter Co 342

Bieck, J. & Son. 339
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 320

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons .340

Brownell Co 335

Bun yard. A. T...340
Burpee, W. A. &
Co 339

California Flor-
ist 341

Carbone 341

California Seed
Growers' Asso.33n

Page
Cbicago Carna-
tion Co 318-344

Cbicago Flower

Growers' Asso.344
C b i 1 d s, Jobn

Lewis 334

Clarke's, D. Sons.342
Clark, Everett B.

Seed Cn 339

Cowee. W. J.... 346
Ciidg, Kobt. Co.320
Dann, J. H. &

Son 336

Dards 342

Dawson. H. S...318
Dodd. Cbas. H..355
Dorner & Sons

Co 318

Drake, .1. Aug... 338
Dreer, H. A.. 335-354

I>ugan, W. H 352

Duilop. John H.341

Dysart, R. J 353

Eastern Nurser-
ies 318

Edgar Co., Wm.

W 336

Edwards Folding

Box Co 344

Elliott A u c t ion

Co 318

Elliott's. W.Sons.336
Eppstein. .Julius. 341
Ernest. W. H...354

Esler, J. G 354

Ever Ready
Flower Pot

Cover Co .343

Eyres 342

Farqnhar, R. &
.1. & Co .339

Florists' Tel. De-
livery 340

Foley Mfg. Co... 355

Ford. M. C 346

Page

Ford, W. P 346

Forrest, Frank H.341
Fottler, F i s k e,

Rawson Co 339

Framingham Nur-
series 334

Froment, H. E...34G
Galvin, TUos. F.341
Gasser, J. M. Co. 341
German Kali

Works 353

Goodsell, P. H..334
Grey, T. J. Co.. 339
Gude Bros. Co. .341
Hail Association. 354
Hall & Robinson.341
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works -353

Hart, Geo. B. 343-344
Haven Seed Co.. 338

Heacoek, Jos 320

Head's Bergen-
field Nurseries.334

Henderson, A 339

Hews, A. H. &

Co 334

Hilfinger Bros... 354
Hitchings & Co.. 355
Holm & Olson... 341

Horan, E. C 346

Holland Nur-
series 334

Johnston
T. J. .

Johnston

Ka sting,
Co. ..

Keller,

& Co.,

342

Bros.. .341
W. F.

345

J. B.

Sons 342

Kervan Co 346

King Cons. Co.. 354
Kramer, F. H....341
Kioescbell Bros. 355
Kuebler, W. H..346

Page
Lager & Hurren.335

Lange, A 341

Lemon Oil Co... 353
Leonard Seed Co.339
Leuthy, A. & Co.320
I.ccchner & Co.. 335
Lvndhurst

Farms 334

MacMulkin, E...341
May & Co., L. L.341
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 331-345

McConnell, Alex. 342
MeCray Refrig-

arator Co 333

McCullough's, J.

M. Sons Co 344

McHutchison &

Co 320

McKenzie, John. 335
McManus, Jas...346
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 355

Michell's Se,ed

House 338

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 346

Millang, Chas....346
Millang, Frank.. 346

Miller, E. S 334

Montreal Floral

Exchange 345

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 346

Murray, Samuel. 341
National Nursery-
man 334

New Eng. Nur-
series 334

NieLsen, Leo Co., 344
Oechslin, Frank. 320
Orange Chem-
ical Co 343

Ouwerkerk, P.... 334
Park Floral Co.. 341

Page
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 340

Par^helsky Bros.354
Penn the Florist.341

Patten & Co 318

Felicano, Rossi &

Co 341

Pennock - Meehan

Co 347

Perkins St. Nur-
series 320

Pierson, A. N...318
Pierson, F. R.Co.320
Pierson - TJ - Bar

Co 356

Plant Food Co..

20th Century.. 353
Poeblmann Bros. 344
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 353

Putrf m. Prank

P .336

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 355

Kavner. I. M 336

Reed & Keller... 346
Reinberg. Peter.. 344

Rice. M. Co 343

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 333-345

Robinson Co., H.

M 346

Rock, Wm. L....341
Roebrs, J. Co... 335

Roland, Thos 320

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sens 320-354

Rosery, The 342

.Sander & Son... 335

Schilder Bros 339

Scott, John 320

Sharp, Partridge

Co S.'iS

Sheridan, W. F..346
Siebrecht. Geo. C.345

Page

Siggers & Sig-

gers 354

Skidelsky, S S.

& Co 3.38

Smith, P. J 346

Slinn. Jr., B. S..346
Smith & Co., B.

D 335

Smith, W. & T.

Co 334

Smyth, Wm. J. .340
Si:rague, J. H...335
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 353

Stumpp, Geo. M.342
Syracuse Pottery

Co 3oi

Tailby 341

Totty, Cbas. H..319
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 339

Traendly &

Schenck 346

Valentine, J. A.. 341
Van Assche, F..354
Vlck's, ,las. Sons.339
Vincent, R.. 'Tr.,

& Sons Co.... 319
Wants, For Sale.352
Ward, R. M. &

Co. 320

Welch Bros. Co.

332-345
Wtittier & Cc,

W. B 334

Wilson Robt. G.342

Wood Bros 318

Wood row &

Marketos 346

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 339

Young & Co., A.

L. :. 345

Young & Nugent.342
Siingen, O. V....33n
Zinn, J. A 341

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 348, 349, 350, 351

320

HOBTICULTUEB

March 8, 1913

BY DISBUDDING LILY BULBS

in the fields in Japan about July ist, when the buds are only half developed, much of
the strength of the bulb is preserved. Horseshoe Brand Giganteum fields are all dis-
budded at the proper time. This means quite some work, for it not a light job to dis-
bud between two and three million lily plants. However, it is done because it makes
the bulbs more solid and compact, much stronger, and better able to stand the Cold
Storage strain, should it be required. This is likewise one of the reasons why Horse-
shoe Brand Giganteum have such a good flowering capacity, as compared with some
other brands.

COLD STORAGE BULBS ON HAND

Deliveries any time — Order Now

GIGANTEUM AT NEW XOBK.

T X 8 in. Baby Cases $8.50 per case of 100

" X 9 in. " " 9.00 " " 100

8 X 10 in. " " 12.00 " ■' 100

7x8 in. Regular Cases 21.00 " " 340

7x9 in. " •' 21.00 " " 300

8x9 in. ■• " 21.00 " " 280

8x10 in. " " 25.00 " " 260

9 X 11 in. " " 22.00 " " 180

.Also a few boxes of Li]
c.ise of 230 bulbs.

Spec. Album, 7x9, at $21.00 per

GIG.ANTEUM AT CHICAGO.

Size 9x9 in $21.00

" e X 10 in 22.00

GIGANTEUM AT PITTSBURG

Size 6x8 in $30.00

" 8 X 9V4 in 23.00

GIGANTEUM AT MEMPHIS

Size 7x9 in ,?21.00

" 8 x OVi in 23.00

" 9 X 11 in 22.00

At above prices, storage charges are

per case of 300
200

H.

per case of 400
260

per case of 300
260
180

included.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Cheap
But BoT G«od

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY

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NEW CARNATION— ''BENORA

?A"1

last sea- W

This variegated carnation, sent out by Mr. Peter Fisher last
son, is the finest variegated variety, and one of the very best
carnations of any color ever sent out.

It has immediately attained a commanding position among
the very choicest sorts, and will add to Mr. Fisher's already envi-
able list of introductions. It is indispensible. It is a very earl}'
and free bloomer, matures quickly, making very perfect flowers

^ of the largest size on long stems; does not split the calyx.

I Strong rooted cuttings ready for immediate delivery, $6 per 100; $50 per 1000

If. R. P|ERS0II CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York

\

I

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

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SPIREA GLADSTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DIELYTRA SPECTABILE

nNE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXI MCTON, MASS.
Telephone Lex. 260.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

KOSES, PALMS.

and Novfltics in I>ecorative I*lants.

MARKET and 49tlt STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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CYCLAMEN

But strain in ea<t«ce.

4 Inch tSS.OO

6 Inch BO. 00

8 Inch 75.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Kahant, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E, 45th St

Tel. 2890 Bedford B ROOKL Y N . N . Y .

^iH AIVIF90C»< True Irish

Strony pliiuts from 1?4 In. pots, $.3.00
per 100; $L'5.00 per 10(10. Strong phints In
1 in. pots with saucers, $4.00 per 100:
$.3r>.0n per IflOO.

Best assorted v.arietles from 2^4 In
pots, $n,50 per 100; $.'i0.00 per 1000; 500
at thousand rates. Cash with order.

Frank Oechslin,, "'"

Cash with order.

q2V».. Chicago, III.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Soriner Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., (torn Boskoop, Hell.
Maples, Planes.elc, from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISON & CO., ^^ci^l?"^^

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only
AZAI^AS, PALMS, RHOUODEXDBOXfl,
BATTRKE8, ROSES, I.IL,Ar8. HOULAXB
AND JAPAN BU1,BS, IAL.T OF THK

VALliKY ETC

P.O. Box 752 of31 Barclay St, NEW YORK
Pabns, Fsms, DecoratiM and Foiiage Plants

Orders taken now for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Peildns Strset Nwstrits, RosHndale. — Boston, Mats

BOSTON FERNS ^%ZToJo^

WmTMANI COMPACTA (New), to teke the
place of Whitman!. A better commercial fern —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : $50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in; $6 per 100; $30 par
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rata.

H.H. BARROWS &SON,Wlstiiian, Mass.

March 8, 1913

II () i; r I r i i.T U R K

321

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

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Questions by our renders In line with any of tlie topics presented on this page will be cordially refe'^ed ?nd P^eSPP^y answered
by Mr. I-^arrell. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the otBce of HOETICULTUKli.

Acacias

Acacias intended for Easter will want very careful
handling. If they are somewhat backward they should
be moved into a temperature of from 50 to 54 degrees at
night, but where they seem to be coming along all right
a temperature of from 40 to 45 will be more to their
liking. This class of plants always likes the roots kept
in a moist cool state, so see that they never become thor-
oughly dry at the roots. Turn the plants around once
in a while and see that they have plenty of room between.
Give plenty of ventilation whenever the thermometer
will allow. To hold the color of the flowers they should
have some shade when they are fairly well out. Keep
the plants picked clean of any faded flowers.

Callas

During the next couple of months we may expect our
finest crop of flowers. They should now be generously
fed, not only with liquid manure, but good top-dressings
of a rich mulch on all those grown in benches. By this
time the working roots will have used up the best part
of the available food from the soil so an occasional top-
dressing worked over the surface lightly will greatly
benefit. For these mulches sheep manure and fine bone
are ideal. In using sheep manure a good plan is to mix
it with equal parts of screened loam before applying.
Give plenty of water at the roots from this out and keep
up a vigorous syringing every day to keep the plants
clean of thrips and red spider. Give air on all favorable
occasions and keep a temperature of from 58 to 60
degrees at night.

Easter Preparations

Have a good lot of made-up plants in pans, baskets,
etc., to meet the Easter demand. Where you have a show
house, the display should be re-arranged every day dur-
ing the ten days preceding Easter Sunday. Every un-
sightly flower or plant should be removed; so with all
faded flowers. Don't overlook picking the pollen from
the lilies. When a plant is sold remove it to a cool shed,
tag it, and put another in its place. Where any stock
is a little backward a full week of forcing with clear
skies overhead with proper attention as to watering and
sprinkling will do much in opening buds and finishing
up laggard stock in good season. It should be the aim

Mr. Furrell's next notes will he on the following:

to have them far enough in advance to give them a course
of gradual hardening off, if possible.

Orchids

Most orchids will now be starting into growth and root
action, which will necessitate more attention in the way
of watering. Each plant should have daily inspection.
It is a well known fact that orchids thrive best where
the atmosphere is kept in a pure state by proper ventila-
tion. But take care to avoid east winds and chills
through the house. For a cool house a night tempera-
ture of from 50 to 55 degrees and a day temperature of
G5 to 70 degrees with sun will do. For the intermediate
house a night temperature of from 58 to 64 degrees and
a day temperature of from 70 to 75 degrees with sun.
For the warm house a night temperature of from 65 to
70 degrees and a day temperature of from 80 to 85 de-
grees with sun. On cloudy days it is wise to let the tem-
perature rise from 5 to 8 degrees above the night temper-
ature.

Potting Soils

Keep the sheds well filled up with potting soil placed
so that it will have time before being used to reach a
warmth very nearly that of the houses. Good soil is the
foundation of success. While partly decayed cut-down
sod and manure will be fit for nearly all kinds of cut
flower bench cultures and for the transplanting of large
plants of most species, a somewhat more decomposed
compost intermixed just before used with sand and leaf
mold should be reserved and either broken up or sifted
for the starting of seeds or the boxing or potting of
rooted cuttings.

Ventilation

The one thing to be borne in mind is to ventilate on all
possible occasions, but so as not to cause cold draughts to
l:)low over the plants. Ventilation serves the double pur-
pose of keeping down the temperature and supplying a
circulation of fresh air. The thermometer is the grow-
er's infallible guide and authority. When the proper
temperature has been reached ventilation is in line to
hold it there and keep the air pure and sweet. So give
ventilation whenever possible.

JOHN J. M. FAEEELL.

Aohimenes; Asters; Chi-ysnntliemunis
gating Bench.

Swniiis'ina :

Propa-

Annual Spring Trade Number

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COPY SHOULD REACH US BY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

S22

HOBTICULTURE

March 8, 1913

Primula Auricula

plants were few. Still, wherever a garden is expected
to produce variety beyond the conventional, auriculas
will prove very desirable acquisitions. I especially com-
mend them to gardeners who have rockeries in their care.

Biverton, N. J.

SccAxz/UJ^-SSc/t£e/

Primula Auricula
Few botanical names sound so beautiful and even-
balanced as that of Primula Auricula, the handsome
native of the southern slopes of the Alps. Before our
vision emerge pictures of old buxus-lined British or
German gardens void of color schemes but full of fra-
grance. We distinctly recall the auriculas among the
many of our elders' sweetly-scented favorites — here in
rows near the edge of borders ; there planted together on
little beds. The unobtrusive odor of some blossoms of
Primula Auricula in a low vase perfumed the atmos-
phere of the flower-loving ladies' boudoir. Modest and
charming then; old-fashioned and dear to our mem-
ory now. Reflections in this direction led your cor-
respondent to order some seed of the latest improved
large-flowering strain of auricuhi.s offered by seed firm-
abroad. Sowed during January in shallow earthen seed
pans filled with light sandy soil and placed on the shelf
near the glass in a house of 60 degrees average tempera-
ture the tiny seedlings were ready to be pricked over into
wooden flats in March. In June I planted them out-
doors in a cold frame where they were cared for until
late in October. By that time I had strong stocky
plants which were carefully lifted with balls and set close
together in shallow boxes to be wintered over in a light,
airy and cool cellar. Auriculas can well stand light
frost but they should be kept on the dry side while the
growth stops". Removed outdoors again in April my
auriculas began to bud and flower during the latter part
of May. One soon notices the superiority of the im-
proved strain over old varieties of 25 to 30 years ago, but
I also realized from the very start their impracticability
for use in any modern color-scheme planting. Compara-
tively easy is it, however, to find a fitting space in the
rock-garden. Employed in such a situation my auricu-
las soon commenced to flower freely. Our illustration,
showing one of the different plantings made, gives some
idea of the effect gained. With yellow as ground-color
the varying combinations of vivid tints of red, brown,
purple and deep violet reveal charming floral beauty.
Lacking the intensity necessary for distant effects the
flowers of Primula Auricula, deep, rich and velvety in
tone invite intimacy at close range. The present im-
proved strain though apt to revive interest in this old-
time favorite garden inmate will in my opinion hardly
create sufficient demand to make growing in quantities
profitable from the commercial point of view. The flow-
ers find ready admirers but in my experience orders for

A Little More About the Bleeding
of Grape Vines

"To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw perfume upon the violet, . . .
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."

— Shakespeare.

Mr. Waite in disagreeing with me about the bleeding
of gi-ape vines, says "excessive bleeding of grape vines is
injurious and should be avoided." Mr. Waite is right.
For is it not axiomatic that anything excessive is harm-
ful? Eating and drinking are very good and necessary
functions, but carried to excess they are very injurious.
Does not the word excessive suggest something exorbi-
tant, inordinate, extravagant and immoderate? Is Mr.
Waite sure that the shoots which he refers to, dried up
because of the vines having bled? Is it not possible
that there was some other trouble ? Because I have seen
the end slioot on a vine dry up exactly as he describes
when no bleeding had taken place. In such eases the next
bud or sluiot below takes the lead. Mr. Waite and most
other grape growers has seen a similar result when two
shoots have started from one spur; after a little while
one takes tlie lead and the other becomes stunted, if it
does not die outright. If ever grapes were to be injured
by bleeding, they should have been in the instance cited
in my article, for these bled all the winter. Mr. Waite
says that these vines which were injured were pruned
too late. When is the right time to prune vines? I have
just pruned a house of young vines, but they do not
bleed, nor should I worry if they did. Will Mr. Waite
define excessive bleeding? Is it a pint or is it a quart,
and how are we to know, and what shall we do to stop it
when the last drop of styptic lias been used, the potato
bin is empty, and that last resort, the hot iron has
cooled ?

Because, in my salad days, I had worried for a long
winter about the grapes bleeding, and about the probable
subsequent failure, and about what the Boss would say
to me when that failure came, and because that anguish
of soul was useless and uncalled for — because of all these
things I was moved to write that article, setting forth
my honest convictions that the idea of injury following
the bleeding of grape vines was a fallacy, in the hope that
in the future some poor unfortunate mortal may be
spared this unnecessary pain and worry, being fortified
by the knowledge that if all his other cultural details are
of the best, he might ignore the bleeding which in many
cases he is heljjless to prevent.

I sincerely hope that no one will interpret my words as
advocating carelessness or slipshod methods either in
pruning grape vines or any other detail of cultivation;
far from it ! I believe in care and painstaking thor-
oughness, first, last, and all the time.

Lftiox. Mn.^s.

March 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

323

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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CONDUCTED BY

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Questions by our readers in Hue with any of the topirs presented on tins page will be cordially received and promi.ly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to_the office of HORTICULTURE.

Peach Trees Stoning

The early peach and nectarine trees growing in j^ots
will now be forming the stone in the fruit, a process
usually referred to as "stoning." When trees are in good
health there will be no trouble experienced at this stage.
Frequently we see a tree drop a few fruits but these are
not needed with an average good set. Lime is a great
assistant to the trees while stoning and a little should
be mixed into the water daily. Avoid excessive heat for
a time; 55 to 58 ought not to be exceeded during the
night. After stoning is completed the trees can be
forced through the second swelling of the fruit without
taking any chances. A fruit can be taken off occasion-
ally to see how far the stone is advanced. Wait until
the fruits begin to swell again before making a final
thinning.

Pot Vines

After thinning is all through do not spare the feed ;
cramped in the comparatively small pots the roots will
take all that is coming, providing it is given them in a
proper manner. When the pot is thoroughly dried out
water first with clear water, after which the manure can
be applied. A quick eye must be kept on the pots from
now on as they will dry out very rapidly — two and three
times a day in good weather. Keep a sharp lookout for
mildew in any districts that are liable to contract it.
Close the house down early enough to give all inside a
good sweating. Do not shut it down entirely in fine
weather ; a crack of air is beneficial until the outside tem-
perature warrants closing down tight. Rub out all sub-
lateral growths as they appear ; four leaves beyond the
bunch is sufficient.

Pests of the Vine
During the growing season of the vine one must be
continually on the lookout for pests of various kinds.
One or more seem to show up each year and a crop is
easily ruined. Locating them soon after their arrival
is a great thing. Often a thorough examination will
reveal the fact that they have more than a mere footing.
Whatever it is, act promptly after discovering their
presence. The chief of these undesirables are: Green
fly, red spider, thrips, mealy bug, mildew, the vine
weevil and rose bugs. A vine is a tender growth to handle
so when any of the enemies are met with in quantity the
following resting season should be taken full advantage
of. Do not be content with one or two washings of the
rods, but go over them at regular intervals with a prep-
aration likely to annihilate whatever pest was present.

Green Fly

Green fl.y will sometimes make its appearance during
the early stages of growth. This is easily subdued by
fumigating. Take care not to overdo it : rather fumigate
lightly on two consecutive nights.

Red Spider and Thrips

Red spider is usually accounted for by lack of moisture
in the house. When discovered give several good syr-
ingings using a force strong enough to dislodge them.
Pot vines are grown very early, necessitating a quantity
of fire heat, which makes them very susceptible to spider.

Should it be gaining ground as the berries commence to
color and syringing has to cease, the foliage must be
sponged by hand, at the same time keeping the house
well damped down. It will be found a great advantage
to all established vines to give them a thorough syringing
with insecticide soon after the crop is cut and when the
winter cleaning comes on continue to war against them.
Thrips are found under similar conditions. Water is
inimical to them also where it is possilile to get at them.

Mealy Bug

Mealy bug is one of the hardest pests to exterminate
when once established. The vine is no exception, — the
loose bark, small crevices, and holes on the rods being
ideal places for them to hide in. Insecticides sufficiently
strong to kill this intruder without injuring the young
growths or berries have yet to be tried out. Winter
cleaning is the greatest assist, followed by a careful look-
out on the first few bright days after starting the house
in the spring. Should there be any left behind they will
generally be found moving around then. Here is the
advantage of taking off all the loose bark at cleaning
t^me ; their hiding places are reduced considerably.
Mildew

Mildew is usually caused by bad ventilation ; some dis-
tricts, howe%'er are more liable to it than others. Noth-
ing likes air better than a vine, so whenever possible give
them all you can but avoid cold draughts. The most
critical time is immediately after the berries are set and
thinning is in process. When mildew is once on a
berry it will always leave a mark even though it dies in
a few hours, which is particularly annoying on white
grapes. Wherever there is steam heat on an establish-
ment and mildew has to be fought on the grape vines it
will pay to run a single steam pipe through the vineries
for fumigating purposes. A little sulphur paste can
then be put on once or twice a week as a preventive.
Where the steam heat is not possible use a larger quan-
tity on the hot water pipes or blow a little dry sulphur
through tlie house, iiartieularly in the affected parts.
The Vine Weevil

The vine weevil fortunately is not often met with, yet
it is in the possibles. It is one of the many bugs that
feed on the tender roots in their larval state and when
come to maturity devour the tender foliage, the dam-
aging work often being done through the night time.
As day light approaches they make a speedy retreat to
any seclusion that is offered. In this way they can be
caught by laying loose pieces of cloth on the rods. They
will be found ta possess a hard, round, dark-colored
wingless body with six legs.

Rose Bugs

This may be a new one to some readers as it was to
me until some short time ago, but a crowd of these hun-
gry insects will soon make a lasting impression on the
vine as well as one's memory. It w-as assumed they
were brought into the house with the soil used for top
dressing. The plague lasted some three weeks and each
day a few more germinated. • We looked over the vines
twice each day and picked them off,— rather a slow job
hut there was not sufticient to use any other means.

324

HORTICULTUKE

March 8, 1913

Amherst Revisited

During one of my annual peregrinations of a few
weeks past I revisited this beautiful spot where nature
seems to have done her best. Beautiful surroundings
undoubtedly have an effect for good upon all men and
the students as well as the faculty must be inspired to
achieve gi-eat things by the sublime beauty of their en-
vironment. Eeaders of Horticulture will hardly need
to be informed that Amherst is the home of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College and Experiment Station
as well as that ancient seat of learning — Amherst Col-
lege. The Agricultural College, familiarly known as
the "Aggie," was the object of my visit. To see what
was being done and how it was done and to talk with the
men who are doing it. My first call was upon Professor
G. E. Stone, the Botanist, who was kind enough to give
me nearly two hours of his valuable time, wherein I was
enabled "to drink deep of the Pierian spring." It is im-
possible for me to give my readers the whole of the val-
uable suggestions that Professor Stone threw out during
our talk, but will in brief state a few of them.

The rationale of fumigating in the evening is that
the stomata are then closed, and as the stomata are the
breathing pores of plants the liability of injury is
lessened. This suggested to the writer that in fumigat-
ing with hydrocyanic gas our practice of having the
plants and air as dry as possible is along the same lines,
for, given a certain degree of dryness the stomata will
close during the day even, and consequently danger of
absorption of the poisonous gas is lessened. From fumi-
gating we jumpedjo sunlight, and Professor Stone gave
it as his opinion that the value of eastern or morning
light was greater to plants than western or afternoon
light, and further that it is desirable to place rosehouses
so that they face several degrees east of south, thus get-
ting the morning sun earlier and enabling the grower
to syringe his roses earlier, which is very important in
winter when the time for drying after syringing is all too
short.

Next we took up the prevention of the clogging of
drain tiles by roots of trees, and the result of their ex-
periments along these lines have shown that sawdust or
excelsior thoroughly impregnated with creosote and
caulked in the flanges of Akron pipe or bound tightly
around the joints of ordinary land tile will prevent tree
roots entering the drains for a number of years. Just
how long is of course a matter for further investigation.
Professor Stone here took me to his museum and showed
me a single root of a pear tree 6 feet long but the hun-
dreds of branch roots aggregated over two miles in
length, and this same pear root had stopped a twelve-
inch drain tile completely in five years, thus showing
the immense growth roots make when they enter a drain,
and the importance of devising means to keep them out
if possible. The root above referred to was dug up at
Belmont, Mass., in 1909. Testing seeds not only for
germination but grading them so that every plant would
be almost equal in strength and would mature at the

same time seems possible according to Professor Stone.
Were this done we should gradually work up a stronger
strain of plants of all kinds which are raised from seed,
and the matter of getting seeds which would come to
maturity at the same time would be very valuable to
market gardeners who wish to market their crops in
quantity, though this feature would be a detriment to
the private gardener or amateur who would rather have
a crop of, say radishes or lettuces, come gradually to
maturity, thereby giving a longer period of use. Cer-
tainly the elimination of a larger percentage of the
smaller inferior seeds from all the seed stocks would be
a boon to all concerned.

We next took up the subject of burning of the leaves
of Muscat of Alexandria and Madresfield Court grape
vines. Professor Stone had had no direct experience with
this trouble but from what I told him about it he was of
tiie opinion that it was exactly the same as bronzing of
maple trees which is a functional trouble which is caused
by the inability of the plant to get sufficient water to
those spots under conditions of profuse transpiration.
Therefore the only remedy is a light shade, as syringing
is out of the question when the fruit is ripening. Ex-
periments in treating manures and soils with formalde-
hyde for the eradication of weed seeds and fungoid dis-
eases were being conducted but were not finished.
Another experiment was growing plants under varying
degrees of shade and testing their susceptibility to injury
by fumigation. Others were the stimulation of plant
growth by electricity and by irrigation and studies in the
development of the chestnut blight and the white pine
disease, and still others too numerous to mention. Pro-
fessor Stone has a complete collection of spraying nozzles
and some very ingenious ones of his own make.

From Professor Stone's laboratory to the greenhouse
is but a step and here we found Mr. Whiting in the rose
house. Mr. Whiting learned rose growing under the
great master at Waban Conservatories, Natick, and the
roses do him credit; the carnations, violets, cucumbers
and tomatoes all looked well. A certain amount of bed-
ding plants are grown for decorating the college grounds
but the main purpose is with these as well as the other
plants mentioned to show the student how these plants
are grown, propagated and marketed. Incidentally some
few experiments are carried on here but not nearly
enough. There should be at least one or two men en-
gaged in pure research work at all times, but I believe
this is up to the authorities in Boston and not in the
power of the college management. The splendid new
dairy building, the poultry building, the cattle barns,
the bureau of entomology were all visited but to do jus-
tice to them would require another page at least. To
all the citizens of Massachusetts who are interested in
any branch of horticulture or agriculture I would say,
visit the college; you can't help but learn something
(unless you are determined not to) and by your interest
you will help those who are trying to solve your many
perplexing problems, and I can assure you that you will
meet with unfailing kindness and courtesy at every turn.

Another question for the wise ones : Many of our
horticulturists received their early training in Great
Britain. Can any of them tell why gardeners there
tliink it harmful to syringe plants in the greenhouse
while the sun is shining on the plants ?

Lenox, Mass.

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Ruzicka. SUL-h communications should Invariably be addressed to the office of UOUTICULTURE.

Setting Re-potted Plants on the Benches

Now that a large number of the plants are being re-
potted, remember our advice last year as to setting them.
Keep all the taller plants to one side of the bench, giving
preference to the north side, if the houses run east and
west, so that the smaller plants are always to the front
nearest the glass, where they have a better chance to get
more light and dry out more than they would if set any-
where else. Should all the plants be set on the bench
regardless of their size, low plants mixed in among the
taller ones, then the smaller plants will be crowded by
the taller and will have but little chance to develop into
strong healthy stock, so necessary for planting later on.
By setting all these small plants to the front of the
bench, giving them the most light and air, they will dry
out about as fast as their taller neighbors, which take
more water because of their larger growth and more
abundant foliage.

Pinching Buds on Young Beauty Stock

Beauties have a great habit of forming buds as soon
as they start to grow" after their first potting. These
buds should never be allowed to become of any size, but
should be pinched out as soon as they are large enough
to be noticeable; this should be done when the little
rascals are about the size of a grain of wheat. If removed
at this time the plants will hardly feel the loss, and will
continue to grow right on. Should these buds be al-
lowed to develop to any size they will greatly prey on
the vitality of the plants. Go over your plants every
other day, and do all the disbudding. This can also be
done when looking over the plants to see to the watering.
On plants of larger size in larger pots, these buds should
be taken out with one leaf. This will encourage stronger
growth, and the plant will likely grow quite a little
before another bud appears.

Scraping and Cleaning

At times even in spite of the fact that nice clean pots
were used, a green scum forms over the top of the soil of
the potted plants. This should be removed as soon as
it forms. The best way of doing so is to have little
iron scrapers that just fit the different size pots. When
scraping pull out all the weeds that may have appeared
and then remove the scum with a least bit of soil from
the top. Then after dumping out the loose soil and
scum, run the iron scraper around the pot so as to loosen
a little of the soil, and leave the surface a little rough.
This will help to keep the soil from getting green again
for a much longer time than if the soil is left perfectly
smooth.

Soil for the Final Potting

Eight now is the time to think of the soil for the final
potting unless it has been prepared last fall. We like to
have plenty of well-decayed cow manure in this soil,
which like all soil for potting should be screened very
fine. A little bone meal and a little soot can be added,
and this mixture makes ideal soil for the last potting.
If you have any reason to think that the soil is inclined
to be the least bit sour, then secure some blue litmus
paper from the druggist and test it. Then if you find it
necessary, add a little lime to the soil, which will sweeten
it sufficiently. Do not, however, add the lime when you
mix in the bone and soot. The lime should be added
some time prior to using the soil for potting so that it
has a chance to act before the bonemeal and soot are
added. Should the lime be added at the same time as
the soot and bone, the chemical action of the lime will
free a large amount of the ammonia that the bone and
soot contain; this is none too good for the plants and at
times the roots are liable to be burned off, thus destroy-
ing the plants.

Greenfly

This pest, with us, is so scarce that we almost forget
that there is such a pest as greenfly. However, we are
always on the lookout for it, and never give it a chance
to appear in anything like a large number. If one is
found on a bud while cutting, or anywhere else around
the plants a fumigation of gas or some of the various
tobacco papers is given at the very earliest possible
moment.

Liquid Manure

Now that the spring is almost here and the days are
much longer, the plants will naturally begin to grow
more freely than they have during the winter months.
Also it stands to reason that the soil does not contain
the nourishment that it did last fall and that the plants
require to produce the new growth. It is well, therefore,
to help the plants along as much as possible by applying
a good dose of liquid manure every now and then ; twice
a week is none too often, if the plants are healthy and
growing along nicely. Before applying, however, make
sure that the plants are not too dry at the roots. This
would do considerable damage to the roots if not to the
plants themselves. The explanation for this is that the
roots take up the feed too quickly, absorbing large quan-
tities of the liquid, which burns the tender tissues of the
roots. Water with clear water first, as we have advised
again and again through these columns. We have al-
ways advised using good cow manure, for making the
liquid, and we still stick to this. As far as we know
there is no real good substitute for this manure.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

Ay a<hfertising youi goods in the

HorticMltiuire

Publicity among the kind of readers reached
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COVER ILLUSTRATION — Group of Cypripedium

insigne.
NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK—
Acacias — Callas — Easter Preparations — Orchids —

Potting Soils— Ventilation— /oftra J. M. Farrell 321

PRIMULA AURICULA— 7?icfta;d Roffte— Illustrated. . . 322
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE BLEEDING OF

GRAPE VINES— £di(ui Jenkins 322

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Peach
Trees Stoning — Pot Vines — Pests of the Vine — Green-
fly— Red Spider and Thrips — Mealy Bug — Mildew —
The Vine Weevil — Rose Bugs — George H. Penson. . . . 323

AMHERST REVISITED— Edivin Jenkins 324

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Setting Re-potted
Plants on the Benches — Pinching Buds on Young
Beauty Stock — Scraping and Cleaning — Soil for the
Final Potting — Greenfly — Liquid Manure — Arthur C.

Ruzicka 325

A MENACE TO THE FLORIST— Jlf. C. Ehel 327

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New England Nurserymen's
Association — Carnation Night at Madison, N. J. —
Elberon Horticultural Society — Florists' Club of Phil-
adelphia 328

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — Cook Coun-
ty Florists' Association — Club and Society Notes.... 329
DURING RECESS— International Flower Show Bowl-
ing Tournament 329

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— News from the

Convention City — Sketches of Executive Officers 330

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 330

THE IRIS— C. S. Harrison 331

OBITUARY— E. L. Remier— J. A. Bolgiano 336

SEED TRADE — Reluctant Contracting— "Free Seeds"

Doomed? — Next Canners' Convention 338

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

New Flower Stores 340

Flowers by Telegraph 341

Steamer Departures 342

Utilizing Rubbish 343

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis 345

New York, Philadelphia 347

MISCELLANEOUS:

A Sign of Spring 329

Easter at Edgar's 330

The Iris Next to the Orchid 332

Publications Received 332-347

Small Fruit Culture .- 333

Personal 336

Chicago Notes 341

Rochester (N. Y.) Notes 343

Fires 343

News Notes 343-347

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 352

Catalogues Received 353

Patents Granted 353

The discussions on several all-impor-
"Many men tant topics -which have been going
of many minds" on in our Columns of late have cre-
ated widespread interest throughout
the country, for the participants are all men of extensive
practical experience of acknowledged eminence in their
profession. It has been well-said by one thoughtful
reader of these articles that in questions of cultural work
we have the least license of any profession to be positive
in our assertions. That which seems to some to be a
certainty is very easily refuted by others and so long as
this is so there will be room for all to differ and to study
and investigate over again at each change of location and
environment. Thus it may be reasoned that it is not
well for a gardener to stay too long in one place if he
wants to be broad-minded and retain a reputation for
infallibility, a course of reasoning which in itself also
may be successfully attacked as being fallacious.

Our readers may be interested to

That free seed know of U. S. Senate Document 1104,

business being a letter from the Secretary of

Agriculture giving the expense of free
distribution of seeds from 1909 to 1913, showing a total
expense of $1,110,933 for this form of graft. Public
sentiment has never been as strong as it is today in dis-
approval of the employment by public officials of such
perquisites as this seed distribution admits of. The
custom, as followed, has nothing to its credit but very
much to its disrepute. Let us hope it is now nearing its
end. It is worthy of note that several western legisla-
tures have passed resolutions recently asking Congress to
stop it. This fact together with the vote of disapproval
in the U. S. Senate leads us to feel that this foolish
expenditure will soon pass into history never to be res-
urrected. The cost, as given, enormous as it seems, does
not include the expense of transportation of the seeds,
which would probably total a quarter million dollars,
for no credit is given the Post Office Department for
carrying the packages under the Congressman's frank.

President Page of the American Seed

An absurd Trade Association has called attention to a

seed bill somewhat mischievous bill introduced into

the Senate by Senator Gronna. Impossi-
ble standards are arbitrarily established by this bill. For
instance, it forbids inter-state shipment of any field,
garden or flower seeds containing over 5 per cent of
foreign seed — any variety — 3 per cent of weed seeds, and
all seeds must show a germination of not less than 90
per cent. It is hardly necessary to point out the impos-
sibility of complying under all circumstances with the
provisions of this bill, and this fact will doubtless have
an important bearing on the efforts that will V)e made
to prevent its passage. Just why so many legislators, —
both state and national, — are showing such remarkable
zeal in the matter of restrictive legislation affecting the
seed business is liard to explain. Doubtless the primary
motive is to please the farmer, but under the terms of
the bill referred to the farmer would be unable to sell

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any seed grown by him that did not meet the well-nigh
prohibitive conditions it contains. We believe it is not
an exaggeration to say that there is no general demand
for such a measure, and for men with no knowledge of
the subject to undertake to legislate on the seed business,
is as ridiculous as for the same men to lay down rules
and regulations governing the conduct and methods of
astronomers. It seems that eternal vigilance is the price
of being able to transact business without interference of
ill-considered and ignorant legislation.

Knowing tlie fact? regarding New

Unfair to England nursery stock and the extreme

New England care that has been exercised to keep it

free from infestation by insect pests,
and after reading certain recently published articles
emanating from nursery centres that would gain a man-
ifest business advantage from any general distrust of
New England stock for interstate shipping, we cannot
resist the conviction that these articles are not wholly
unprejudiced. One, a communication by Barton W.
Currie in The Country Gentleman for February 22nd
was so clearly unjust in its suggestions and insinuations
as to provoke a vigorous protest at the meeting of the New
England Nurserymen's Association in Worcester last
week, as stated in the account of that meeting on another
page of this paper. After reading the article in question
one might infer that Massachusetts was the original dis-
tributing station for all the pernicious insects that now
harass the country. Indeed, we think it was in a previ-
ous issue of the same periodical that the assertion was
made that the leopard moth made its first appearance in
this country at Cambridge, Mass., whereas it is a matter
of record that this pest was first found at Hoboken, N. J.
New Jersey and Long Island share the honor ( ?) of
first entertaining the San Jose scale and our first ac-
quaintance with the elm leaf beetle began at Baltimore.
Unless we are greatly misinformed, no destructive insect
other than the gj'psy and brown-tail moths are charge-
able to New England and, even with these, it is known
that both of them have been found in New York State
on direct shipments from Europe, their discovery and
eradication being unquestionably due to the wide pub-
licity and warnings given out by Massachusetts author-
ities. Massachusetts has fully realized her responsibili-
ties and has spent vast sums of money, both public and
private, to exterminate these unwelcome visitors on her
own territory and to prevent their spread beyond her
borders. The result of this well-directed activity is, as
was proven at the quarantine hearing in Washington,
last fall, that New England nurseries are the cleanest in
the country. We feel sure that the publishers of the
journal above referred to would not knowingly admit
anything to their columns inspired by a malicious pur-
pose. Yet the statements as published are eitlier that or
they are l)orn of inexcusable ignorance of the facts.
Either way, a reputable industry with an investment of
millions of dollars has been grievously abused and mis-
represented.

A Menace to the Florist

The news from Cincinnati to the effect that one of
the large Catholic parishes in Southern Ohio has an-
nounced that in the future "no funerals to which flowers
are permitted to be sent will be permitted in the church"
places an issue up to the florists' trade, which, if permit-
ted to become generally effective will mean a decided
curtailing of one of its principal sources of revenue.

It is only about a year ago that one of the leading
Jewish charities of this country advocated that the
money usually spent for flowers at funerals be con-
tributed to charity to help the living. This, however,
was merely a suggestion and no adverse effects have thus
far been felt by the florists resultant therefrom ; but this
church order is reported to be mandatory and prohib-
itive, and the statement comes from one of the parish
managers, that this is the beginning of a nation-wide
movement to eliminate flowers from funerals.

This action should certainly arouse the progressive
florists, including those directly and indirectly inter-
ested in floriculture in a commercial way, to the abso-
lute urgency of a concentrated organization within the
florist industry to counteract the adverse influence of
such an order. It is not a condition that can be coped
^\ith by local publicity committees, for it would not be
a local, but, as stated above, a nation-wide movement if
it persisted.

Local publicity committees under a proper head, such
as a national bureau to govern them, could be developed
into strong forces for good in their respective communi-
ties, but no committee constituted of florists, seedsmen,
supplymen. etc., could ever be found sufficiently capable
to stem the effects that a church movement as the one
referred to. would have on the public. It will rquire a
man on the job who has had practical experience and
who knows the publicity game from A to Z to instigate a
country-wide public sentiment against abolishing the
time-honored custom of burying our dead with flowers
and thus making any attempt of church or charity to
abolish it unpopular.

There is no necessity for the florist industry to experi-
ment as to how it can best obtain this publicity essential
to protect its interests and to further develop its busi-
ness. There are established policies now employed by
much larger industries which have been proven produc-
tive of great results. The florist industry can beneflt by
these successes, if it will but investigate and adopt these
tried and tested methods. The time is most opportune
and the publicity most needful. The subject is of such
vast importance to the entire florist industry that a
special session should be given up to it by the S. A. F.
during the week of the International Flower Show with
a view of formulating some definite plans for immediate
action.

My interest in this is not inspired by any philan-
thropic motive. Tlie market for my products is the flor-
ist's trade; an increase in that business means gain to
me, and decrease means loss, so that the interest I mani-
fest in publicity may even be regarded as mercenary.
For the good I expect to derive from it, however, I am
quite ready to come across with my share to make up an
appropriation to set the wheels in motion at once and no
doubt there are many more willing to do likewise if the
opportunity is presented to contribute to a plan which
will give promise of real achievement.

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UOKTICULTURE

March 8. 19:

NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN'S
ASSOCIATION.

The first annual meeting of the New
England Nurserymen's Association
was held at Horticultural Hall, Wor-
cester, Mass., Tuesday and Wednes-
day, February 25th and 26th, 1913.

Promptly at 1.30 o'clock, Tuesday
afternoon. President Manning called
the meeting to order and delivered his
address, which was full of practical
suggestions for the good of the organi-
zation. After the appointment of sev
eral committees the fiist subject on
the program was then taken up, Dr. H.
T. Fernald, State Nursery Inspector in
Massachusetts, giving a vigorous and
pracUcal address on the Laws, Rules
and Regulations governing Interstate-
Shipments and Importations of Nur-
sery Stock as related to the New Eug
land States, and particularly as to
what is known as the "quarantined
district." He was followed by Dr. W.
S Regan, who is in charge of the
inspection work in Massachusetts, who
stated that eighteen new pests had
been received on imported stock so
far this season.

Dr. Fernald gave a very interesting
account of the hearing which was held
before the Federal Horticultural Board,
at Washington. Messrs. Burr and
Hoyt gave an account of the inspec-
tion work in Connecticut. Messrs
Clarke and Greaton spoke tor Rhode
Island and Mr. A. P. Home for New
Hampshire. In the discussion which
followed, it was brought out that New
England seemed to be unduly adver-
tised as a section of the United States
where all kinds of pests originate, and
it was recommended that steps be
taken to counteract this injustice. Dr.
Fernald was asked to assist, and it
was moved that the president appoint
a publicity committee to take up the
matter and endeavor to influence the
agricultural press in our behalf. W.
H Wyman, North Abington, Mass., E.
L Coe, New Haven, Conn., and Daniel
A. Clarke, Fiskeville, R. I., were ap-
pointed such committee.

At 4.00 o'clock, H. P. Kelsey ot
Salem, Mass., spoke on "New Eng-
land Transportation Problems." He
gave a good description of the way
shipments are being handled by rail-
road and steamship lines, both in and
outside New England and showed how
the present system of moving and trac-
ing freight shipments is gradually
breaking down. A spirited and profit-
able discussion followed.

At 6.00 o'clock the annual dinner was
served at Hotel Warren. At 8.00
o'clock, a goodly number assembled at
Horticultural Hall to hear Ernest L.
Coe, of New Haven, Conn., give his
illustrated lecture on Japan, the pub-
lic being invited.

On Wednesday morning the election
of officers for the ensuing year re-
sulted as follows: President, Harlan
P Kelsey, Salem, Mass.; vice-presi-
dent, John R. Barnes, Yalesville,
Conn.; secretary, Charles Adams,

Springfield, Mass.; treasurer, V. A.
Vanicek, Newport, R. I.; executive
committee, the officers above and W.
W. Hunt, Hartford, Conn., C. H. Grea-
ton, Providence, R. I.-, and A. P. Home,
Manchester, N. H.

Invitations to hold next meeting
were received from Worcester, Mass.,
and Hartford, Conn. It was voted
unanimously to hold the next annual
meeting at Hartford, Conn., in Feb-
ruary, 1914.

Daniel A. Clarke, Fiskeville, R. I.,
then gave his paper on "New Introduc-
tions and Plants Nurserymen Should
Grow." Mr. Clarke gave a list and de-
scription of many new trees and
shrubs which have been tested out at
Arnold Arboretum, and of some re-
cently introduced from China by Mr.
Wilson. John R. Barnes, Yalesville,
Conn., spoke on "Winter Storage
Houses." At the afternoon session,
Stephen Hoyt, New Canaan, Conn., pre-
sented the subject of "Moving Large
Trees," with illustrations of his ma-
chines and appliances. V. A. Vanicek,
Newport, R. I., took Mr. Stevens' place
on the program, and spoke on the sub-
ject of "Propagation." Resolutions
were passed thanking the Worcester
Horticultural Society and Mr. Breed,
its president, for courtesies extended;
Mr. Coe, for his entertaining lecture,
and the retiring officers for their serv-
ices.

CARNATION NIGHT AT MADISON,
N. J.

The .Morris County Caideners' and
Florists' Society will hold their An-
nual Carnation Night on the evening
of March 12th at their meeting rooms
in Madison, N. J. This has been a
big night with us for the past ten
years, and we are trying to have this
one better than ever. We expect some
member to read an esfay on Carnation
Cultivation, and all the giowers here
are going to show the standard varie-
ties. We would appeal through Hor-
TicuLTxntE to the introducers of
novelties to send us some. Let our
gardeners and florists as well as the
public see them just as they are; 1913
has a grand list of candidates. Let
us have all of them we can, here. Send
in care ot C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J..
and a dozen ot us will get to work and
put them up to the best advantage.
Edward Reagan, Sec'y.

ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.

At the regular monthly meeting of
this Society held on Monday, March
3rd, the exhibits were very fine and
made quite a large display. A very
interesting paper was read by William
Turner of Oceanic, N. J., on "The Cul-
ture of Orchids," an interesting discus-
sion following. Exhibits and awards
were as follows:

Geo. Masson— tulip Pride of Haarlem, 90;
Wm K Seymour— lily of valley, 87; Chas.
O Duncan— carnation Wbite Encliantress.
75: Clias. Ru.'isell— stocl; Queen Alexandra.
80 Certificates of culture were awarded
to D C. Kelly for gardenias and Franli
Eddineton for Amaryllis; also a certiBoate
of merit to Wm. K. Seymour for wbite seed
ling caruotion.

Wm. R. SEYMOtJR,
Assistant Secretary.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL-
PHIA.

The regular monthly meeting of the
above club was held on the 4th inst.,
and was one ot the most notable of
the season. It was "president's night"
and the president, J. Otto Thilow,
made a stirring and inspiring address
to the members, and also gave them
one of bis stereopticon lectures about
one ot his recent journeys. He also
provided refreshments as a crowning
compliment to the evening's entertain-
ment. The attendance of the mem-
bers, many of them accompanied by
their women folks, was large and a
deserved compliment to one of the
best presiding officers the club has
ever had — and they have had some
very distinguished gentlemen in the
chair during the past twenty-five years.
A committee was appointed to get
up a party tor "Pennsylvania Day" at
the National Flower Show — Adolph
Farenwald, Samuel S. Pennock, John
Bui ton, Dennis T. Connor, John West-
cott and Edward Reid. Committee on
transportation for the Minneai oils
convention was also ordered appointed
at once; but the personnel of same has
not yet been announced.

Among the interestiug exhibits were
a fine vase ot Milady rose f.om A. N.
Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; one flower
of Juliet rose, from S. Mortensen,
Southampton; vase of Mrs, Russell
rose from Alex. Montgomery— all ot
which were shown by the Pennock-
Meehan Co. Vase of Scarlet Wonder
Carnation from H. D. Rohrer, Lancas-
ter, Pa. From Scott & Son came four
fine exhibits: namely— Irish Fire
Flame, Double Pink Killarney,
Double White Killarney and Killar-
ney Brilliant. Mignonette and Easter
lilies were shown by Hoehl and Faust.
Our opinion ot all of the foregoing
has already been published in your
columns with the exception ot the
Juliet rose from Mortensen, the Scarlet
Wonder Carnation from Rohrer, and
Killarney Brilliant from Scott. As to
Juliet, it is a pink with darker center,
rather flat in formation, very full, fo-
liage remarkably distinctive; looks as
if it had rugosa blood in it. Further
than that— who can tell, from one
flower!

Rohrer's Scarlet Wonder certainly
shows up splendidly in artificial light
Well formed flower, pure in color, fair-
ly stiff stem ot good length, medium
as to size. There seems nothing phe-
nomenal about this— yet it may be a
fine market variety— one ot what they
call the "bread and butter" sorts.
There is need of something ot the kind
to help out Beacon which has become
so lazy and unprofitable ot late. Kil-
larney Brilliant I have heard so many
good words about that I think I had
better not commit myself this time—
until I have- seen more ot it. It will
not be sent out until 1914 or 191.5. You
see how careful I am with those dollar-
a-word opinions Horticulture pays
me tor London papers please copy.

G. 0. W.

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COOK COUNTY FLORISTS' ASSO-
CIATION.

At the meeting of the Cook County
(III.) Florists' Association, February
20th, there was a fine exhibition of car-
nations. Among them were the fol-
lowing: William Eccles, from Scott
Bros., although Injured in transit made
a favorable impression. Lady North-
cliffe, from same exhibitor, was greatly
admired and was given a club certifi-
cate. Seedlings, from James Aldous &
Son, Iowa City, la., looked promising.
Seedlings, from A. Anderson, Moline,
111., one fine scarlet receiving a club
certificate and the others being highly
complimented. Seedlings, from Black-
man Floral Co., Bvansvllle, Ind., one
•being given a club certificate. North-
port, from J. D. Cockcroft, awaded
club certificate. Seedling, No. 246, from
Chicago Carnation Co.. Scott shade of
pink 89 points and certificate of merit;
The Herald, by this firm, showed up
very fine. Spencer sweet peas, from
A. F. Amllng & Co., best ever shown
before the club. Rose Mrs. Charles
Russell, from Waban Rose Conserva-
tories, Natick, Mass., and carnation
Philadelphia, arrived one day too late
but were shown at the store of the Chi-
cago Carnation Company and created
quite a sensation.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

The club held a field day with W.
W. Edgar Co., Waverley, on Saturday,
March 8, 1913. Members and friends
took train in Cambridge subway, leav-
ing Park street at 2 P. M.

At the regular club meeting on
March 18, Edwin Jenkins of Lenox will
lecture on "Sweet Peas," and their
culture outdoors. There will be fine
exhibits of sweet peas on this occa-
sion. Matters pertaining to the com-
ing S. A. F. International Show in New
York will come up, as well as other
business of importance.

W. N. Cbaig, Secretary.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Englemann liotanical Club will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
next Monday night, March 10, at the
Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis.

The Retail Florists' Association of
St. Louis will meet on Monday night,
March 17th, when F. H. Weber will
read a paper on "The Daily Routine
Work of a Retail FIov,-er Store."

The spring show of the Pennsylva-
nia Horticultural Society will open
March ISth. continuing during the 19th
and 20th, at Horticultural Hall, Broad
and Locust streets. Prize lists and
other information may be obtained of
David Rust, secretary.

received more entries than ever before
and every promise is given that it will
eclipse those of former years. The en-
tries thus far include practically all
the big private estates as well as the
professional growers. The First Corps
Cadet Orchestra will furnish the mu-
sic.

An excellent paper on "The New
Carnations," was read at the last meet-
ing of Lancaster County (Pa.) Florists'
Club by Elmer Weaver, C. Akehurst &
Son, Cottage Gardens Co., E. G. H'll
Co., and Henry Rohrer all exhibited
seedlings. Among the visitors were
Walter Mott, representing Benj. Ham-
mond, Fishkill, N. Y.; C. U. Liggitt.
representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan
Co., Philadelphia, and L. I. Bolton,
Holtwood, Pa.

The ninth annual convention of the
Canadian Seed Growers' Association
will be held at Ottawa, Ont., Thursday
and Friday, March 6th and 7th. The
programme includes papers on "Thick-
ness of seeding in cereal grains," by
Prof. C. A. Zavitz, O. A, C. Guelph,
Ont,; "Statistics on the Production, Se-
lection and Cleaning of Seed on Cana-
dian Farms," by C. F. Nunnick, Agri-
culturist to Commission of Conserva-
tion, Ottawa; "Results of two years'
work in testing Field Root Seeds of
Commerce to prove genuineness of
stock," by E. D. Eddy, Seed Branch,
Ottawa; "Methods of improving Seed
supply of Field Roots and Vegetable
crops in Canada," by G. H. Clark, Seed
Commissioner, Ottawa, and "The pro-
duction of Garden Vegetable Seeds in
Canada," by W. T. Macoun, C. E. Farm,
Ottawa, Ont.

The Florist Club of St. Louis will
hold its monthly meeting on Thursday
afternoon, March 13, at 2 o'clock. The
Carnation Exhibition will be held the
same day at 1316 Pine street and will
be attended by the members after the
meeting. Growers of new varieties
would do well to send a few blooms.

The annual spring show of the Mas-
sachusetts Horticultural Society, to
be held March 14-16. has up to dale

E. W. McLellan of Burlingame, Cal.,

was a guest at the meeting of the
Horticultural Club of Boston at the
Parker House on Wednesday evening,
March 5. Peter Fisher read a care-
fully prepared paper on "The Carna-
tion: Its History and Development,"
and James F. M. Parquhar gave an ac-
count of his recent trip abroad. Mr.
McLellan entertained the membership
with a pleasing and instructive talk.
Mr. Fisher showed a superb vase of
his great new carnation Gorgeous, also
blooms of a pink novelty which will
be the carnation sensation for next
season. William Sim contributed a
fine show of sweet peas. Mr. Farquhar
showed a plant in bloom of a new hy-
brid azalea — leditolia x Kaempteri. In
the absence of the president of the
club, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Wm. J.
Stewart acted as chairman.

A SIGN OF SPRING.

"Still lie tlie sheltering snows undimmed
and white.
And reigns cold February's silence still;
No sign of spring, save that the catkins
fill.
And willow stems grow daily red and
bright."

— H. H. Jackson.
But —

The annual opening at New York's
plant auction rooms, 42 Vesey street,
fakes place this year on "Tuesday,
March 11. The plant buying contin-
gent will be there in force and the vet-
eran auctioneer, W. J. Elliott, will
swing the hammer at the behest of
the enterprising purchaser. Give
him the wink.

During Recess*

International Flower Show Bowling
Tournament.

A meeting of the bowling committee
of the National Association of Garden-
ers in charge of the National Garden-
ers' and Florists' Bowling Tourna-
ment was held at the Murray Hill Ho-
tel, New York City, on Tuesday after-
noon, February 25th. The following
members were present: John Dodds,
Wyncote, Pa,; William Robertson,
Jenklntown, Pa., James Stuart, Mama-
roneck, N. Y.; John Everitt, Glen
Cove, N. Y.; A. Bauer, Deal, N. J.;
President William H. Waite, Yonkers,
N. Y., of the National Association of
Gardeners, and Secretary M. C. Ebel,
of Madison, N. J., were also present.

All arrangements were completed to
hold the bowling tournament on
Thumm's bowling allevs, Broadway
and 31st street. New York, on Wednes-
day, April 9th. One entire floor, con-
sisting of 12 alleys, has been engaged
and additional alleys reserved on the
next floor if they are required. The
entire day will be given over to the
tournament. As has already been re-
ported, the bowling will be open to
members of the Society of American
Florists and members of the National
Association of Gardeners. Teams of
three men, members of any local flor-
ists' or gardeners' society or club, and
members either of the N. A. G. or S. A
F. will be eligible in the team tourna-
ment. Some of the members of the
committee reported that they have had
advice from several southern and west-
ern cities that local club teams are
practicing to enter and it is the hope
of the association that every local so-
ciety, or club, will be represented by &
team.

President Waite, of the N. A. G., of-
fers a piece of silver, value of $50, as a
sweepstake prize, to be competed for
by the three members of the S. A. F.
and three members of the N. A. G.
making the highest scores of the tour-
nament. Ex-President Logan offers a
silver cup for the greatest number of
strikes made in the tournament in
three games, the sweepstake contest
excluded. Secretary Ebel offers a sli-
ver cup for the highest score made in
the tournament, the sweepstake con-
test excluded. Treasurer James Stuart
offeys three prizes of the value of $30,
for the winning team of three men,
members from a local gardening or
florists' club, and members of either
the N. A. G. or S. A. F. A silver cup
is offered for the highest number of
spares in the tournament in three
games, the sweepstake contest ex-
cluded. A long list of prizes is oTered
for the individual tournament to which
the committee expects to add consider-
able before the event.

Everything indicates that the tour-
nament, which will occur during the
week of the International Flower
Show in New York, will be an Inter-
esting affair. It will probably bring
ers among the gardeners and florists
than were ever before gathered to-
gether in a bowling tournament.

Further information, If desired, can
be obtained by addressing M, C. Ebel,
Secretary of the N. A. G.. Madison,
N. J.

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HOBTICULTURE

March 8, 1913

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — President. J. K. M. L. Far-
guhar, Boston, Mass.; vice-president,
Theodore Wlrth. Minneapolis, Minn.;
secretary, John Young, 54 W. 28th St.,
New York; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng,
ButTalo. N. Y. Next convention, Minne-
apolis, Minn., Aug. 19-22, 1913.

For Full Information, Schedules,
Space for Trade Exlilliition, etc., write
to John Youn.e, Secretary and Man-
ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West
28th Street. New Yorli City.

NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION
CITY.

The officers and board of directors
of the S. A. F. and 0. H. met in execu-
tive session at the Radisson Hotel,
Feb. 25th and 26th. The meeting was
called to order by President Farquhar
promptly at 10 A. M. the first day, and
by adhering, strictly and faithfully to
its work, the board was able to com-
plete its duty by the evening of the
second day. All members of the beard
were present with the exception of Sec-
retary John Young, who was detained
in New York through illness. Mr. Geo.
Asmus of Chicago acting as secretary
protem. Every member seemed to be
well pleased with the facilities offered
through the selected convention ha'l.
grounds, hotel accommodations, otlie ■
local conditions and advantages.

At 7 P. M. of the second day the
Twin City florists tendered their wel-
come visitors a banquet at the Radis-
son Hotel, which was a very enjoyable
affair; short remarks from every one
present, which were full of useful sug-
gestions, fine humor and good fellow-
ship, kept all together until nearly
midnight, when it became necessai-y
for members of the board to leave to
make midnight train connections for
the East.

All participants felt the spirit dis
played at the meeting from beginning
to the end is a sure sign of a success-
ful convention, and everybody is going
to work to bring such results about.
The following were present at the
banquet:

Officers and directors of the S. A. P.
and O. H. — President John K. M. L.
Farquhar, Vice-President Theodore
Wirth, Secretary (John Young), by
Geo. Asmus, protem. Treasurer William
Kasting. Directors — E. Allan Peirce.
Harry A. Bunyard, C. H. Totty, John
A. Evans. August Poehlmann, Thomas
Roland, Richard Vincent, Jr.

Twin City Florists — Wm. N. Steel,
H. Nicholson. C. N. Ruedlinger, C. A.
Bosson, Louis Boeglin, S. D. Dyslnger,
0. J. Olson, E. P. Holm. L. U May,
Hugh Will, A. S. Rice. Henry Will, O.
C. Swanson, G. A. Will. C. F. Rice, Mr.
Fred Busch, A. Klinkenberry, J. A.
Ridgway, T. Commandros, Louis Dan-
cik, L. G. Boughner, L. F. Nordeen,
Mack iviartin, John Rovik, Thomas

S. A. F. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS THEY LOOK TO THE WESTERN EYE.

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Hall, Walter Pier, Hans Rosacker, S.
A. Jamieson, O. N. Carlson, W. D. Des-
mond, R. A. Latham. J. G. Taylor, A.
Lauritzen, C. E. Schaffer, Max Kaiser.
LeRoy Cady. A. F. Longren, Wm. N.
Bofferding.

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW.

Grand Central Palace, New York,

April 5-12.

With the opening of the Internation-
al Flower Show only one month away,
the management and the various com-
mittees are, naturally, most active in
their work of preparation for the big
event.

Wm. Duckham, Madison, N. J., has
been appointed manager of the com-
petitive section of the show, and bis
appointment meets with the hearty ap
proval of the trade. He is a man of
wide acquaintance in all branches of
the florist industry, as well as in pri-
vate circles, and as manager of this
most important section of the exhibi-
tion he is very acceptable to both com-
mercial and private interests. He has
had considerable experience in stagin?
exhibits, his work In this direction
during the past 15 years at the shows
of the Morris Co. (N. J.) Gardeners'
and Florists' Society being particular-
ly commendable.

Some changes have been made in the
dates of staging exhibits in certain
sections of the show. Exhibils in Di-
vision F, which covers retail florists'
rose displays, will be staged on Satur-
day. April 5, instead of Monday, April
7. Division G, covering collections ot
roses and open to private gar.leners
and amateurs only, will also be staged
on April 5. instead of April 7. Division
B, covering cut roses, will be staged
on April 7, instead of April 5. Thes >
divisions form part of the section al-
lotted to the American Rose Society. A
supplementary schedule has been pub-
lished and sent out, in which these
changes are noted, as well as many
new prize offers.

The judging of the exhibits staged on
the opening day will be completed
prior to the formal opening of the
show. Seventy judges will pass on the
exhibits during the afternoon, the j\idg-

ing to commence promptly at 3 o'clock,
and by 6 o'clock, when the doors open,
cards will be found on all the exhibits.
The corps of judges will include repre-
sentative men from all sections of this
country, and 12 or more from England
and Holland.

An enormous attendance is expected
on the opening night, and it can be re-
lied upon that the exhibition will be
entirely in order and in readiness for
the public.

Those in the trade who Intend mak-
ing exhibits in the trade exhibition, a
feature of the show, should lose no
time in arranging for space. Secre-
tary John Young can still provide some
excellent locations and will be pleased
to furnish any information regarding
accommodation on application to him
at 54 West 2Sth street. New York.
J. H. Pepper,
Chairman Publicity Committee.

EASTER AT EDGAR'S.

One of the most attractive plant
Krowing establishments in the Boston
district is the W. W. Edgar Co. place
at Waverley. Herman Bartsch. the
shrewd manager, can point with pride
to the display of Easter stock when
the Gardeners and Florists' Club visits
his domain on Saturday. 8th inst., in
accordance with time-honored annual
custom, for it never looked more
promising for the big holiday. Formosa
lilies nave been blooming ever since
Jan. 10. but the Easter crop is gigan-
teums mainly and they are nice and
healthy. A practice here is worth
noting — that of placing the short-
stemmed lilies in the back instead of
the front of the bench, where they
are induced to stretch up and
lengthen their necks in order to look
over the heads of their long-legged
fellows. There are lots of roses here,
Tausendschon leading in Ramblers
and, among the bush classes, Amer-
ican Beauty makes an ideal 6-in. pot
plant with lots of buds. Two thou-
sand pot-grown hydrangeas for May
sales are in cool quarters ready to
take the place when vacated by the
Easter lilies. Genistas in all small
sizes — neat little plants in short pots
—are high-liners this year.

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THE IRIS.

This is a large family with 170 na-
tive varieties and these have been
crossed and improved until the collec-
tion, taken together, are the most
beautiful of any of the flower family.
They have been overlooked but they
are the coming flower. Why? First —
Their fascinating and alluring loveli-
ness. They are named from the God-
dess Iris, the rainbow personified, who
combined the beauty of heaven and
earth in their matchless robes. It
would seem as it she gathered the
glory of the sunset, the beauty of the
sun mantles, the tinting and coloring
and the shading which plays on moun-
tain and plain and wove them all in
those opaline and irridescent robes
with which she has adorned her chil-
dren. The marvelous veining and
tracery and the delicate intermingling
of colors give them a charm no other
flower possesses. Many of them have
a delicious fragrance. Some have a
charming reflex like the richest silks
which gives them a resistless fascina-
tion. In fact when you take a mass
of them of a hundred kinds and see
them all on dress parade, each vieing
with the other to see which can put on
the most radiant appearance they
seem almost human in their efforts to
dazzle and attract. But they have this
advantage; no gathering of royalty,
no efforts of the select four hundred,
none of the elaborate trousseaus ot
Paris can compare with the skill and
high art of the great florist as He has
adorned the brilliant host to charm
the eyes and feed the soul. All the
rays and tints and colors of the rain-
bow are here. The concentrated beauty

of cloud and earth united and blended
in a harmonious whole.

Second — They are the best drouth
resisters we have. Last season was
very hot and dry. Often the burning
sirocco winds were blowing fiercely
with the mercury soaring above a
hundred, only six inches of rain from
the first of May until the first of Oc-
tober, and yet we did not lose a plant
in 150,000. In digging them in Septem-
ber the ground was as di-y as an ash
heap but the roots seemed to have
gathered and stored the moisture.
They were plump and full of life and
when replanted grew with great vigor.
Beside them the hardy peony drooped
and many of the perennials succumbed
entirely. This trait must make them
the favorites of the semi-arid regions
and even in California, the great
thirst land where it rains one month
and the other eleven months like
thirsty beasts of prey pounce upon the
fields and suck them dry. Though they
repay the best of care they will bear
neglect and survive where othera
would die. Too much water and too
much manure are not good for them.

Third — They seem capable of en-
during any degree of cold. The Pu-
mila, the German and Siberian fami-
lies are very hardy. The Japs, though
of rare beauty if they can have their
own way, are not a success in the West
and Northwest. In California they
sunburn and in Nebraska they must
be kept under a lath screen when
they richly reward you with their
rare beauty. There are about thirty
kinds of the Siberians. The flowers
are somewhat smaller than the Ger-
man but many of them are of winsome
beauty. The blue type has blooms of

deep intense blue, borne on strong
slender stems like ramrods. Pick
them just as they begin to open, and
they can be shipped quite a distance.
The very deep color blends harmoni-
ously with other tints so they are
great favorites with the florists. Snow
Queen belongs to this family. It has
a beautiful flower of snowy white with
golden reflex in the center; it is quite
late.

Fourth — The peony is a slow multi-
plier, and there is no process by which
it can be hurried up. If you have a
new syringa or spirea or most any
kind of expensive ornamental shrub
you can multiply it by cuttings, by bud-
ding or root divisions; so from one
\ ou can soon have a hundred. But
you can't hurry the peony; so when a
new and rare one is produced of very
high price you must wait. No use in
trying to push it. It is bound to take
its time. Some will double every year,
some will take two or three years
and the fame of their beauty is grow-
ing much faster than they do; so the
price mounts higher. We have one
that cost $10, some $5 and there is not
much prospect of their being lower,
for their fame seems to grow faster
than they do. But it is not so with
the Iris. In the first place they are
not as expensive. A fine collection
can be had at about 25c. each or less.
The costliest are about $1. But, re-
member, on the average they increase
from one plant to ten in two years. I
have divided thirty from one in that
time. But that is above the average.
From this rapid increase from ten you
soon have one hundred and so on.
How stingy people are when it comes
to home adornment. Some expect

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two or three little flowers to cheer up
a 160-acre farm. They can't do it. A
man builds a fine house and furnishes
it with costly furniture and carpets.
But the moment he goes out of doors
he must have the cheapest of trees
and shrubs and a dinky little bed of
flowers. The home should be a pic-
ture set in a worthy frame, with all
the embellishments which art and
skill can give it.

Fifth — The Iris is divided into four
great divisions:

The Rhizomatous. — These have rhi-
zomes spreading out from the center,
something like potatoes. These are
separated and planted singly. Some
wish to plant large clumps. This is
not a good plan for the roots prey on
each other and soon exhaust the soil.
This group is the German and those
closely related.

The Tufted are the Siberian and the
Japanese. The roots grow in tufted
masses. If you look closely you will
find that there are individual plants
all tied together. You pull these apart
for planting or selling.

The Bulbous are like tulips. These
are the Spanish, the English and the
Juno varieties. With us they are not
satisfactory. We cannot depend on
them.

Then there are the Fingered Iris.
These include the Hermodactylus, the
Acorus or Jacob's sword and the Gi-
gantea, also the Longipetala. These
are later than the other sorts but are
of a hardy tribe and are good multi-
pliers.

Sixth — Time of blooming. First
come the hardy little Pumilas and the
dainty Verna which blooms with the
tulips. Then the Pumila hybrids. Then

the Germans which vary much In
their time of blooming. Then come
the Acorus and the Gigantea and last-
ly the Japanese, so you have flowers
for about three months.

Seventh — The Iris as cut flowers.
Cut your Iris with the dew on them.
Be careful not to bruise them. If you
wait until they are in full bloom they
are so delicate they do not ship well.
Cut them just as they are opening and
they are all right. Put them in water
and they will open with more delicate
bloom than if left out of doors. They
are usually on hand for Decoration
Day. As in the northern states the
peony is a little tardy at that time you
have a splendid flower to take its
place. Though the individual flower
may last but a few days nature has
arranged for a succession of bloom.
One fades and another is ready to take
its place. I have thrown them on the
packing house floor and watched
them. The top one blooms and fades,
and the one below takes its place.
That goes, to be followed by another.
Vitality seems to be stored in the
stem to keep pushing them. Of course
when placed in water the process will
continue longer.

York. Neb. C. S. Habrison.

very highly to my friends who like flowers;
and of all the flowers that are grown. It
seems to me that the Iris is one that should
stand next to the Orchid. In (act the Iris
is the flower that is trying to be an Orchid.
Perhaps you do not realize as well as a
Viotanist does how near to the Orchids the
Irises have come. Of course an Iris is not
an Orchid, but it is well on its way up the
line of development which eventually cul-
minates in the Orchid. Again congratulat-
ing you upon the publication of this ad-
mirable Ijooklet, I remain,
Verv trulv vours,

Cn.\RLES E. BESSEY.
This is a very strong commendation
for the Iris and for Mr. Harrison's
book, from Dr. Bessey, who, since the
death of Botanist Gray, has been
called the leading botanist of the
United States. Dr. Bessey is now
making a study of the Iris.

THE IRIS NEXT TO THE ORCHID.

Rev. C. S. Harrison of York, Nebr.,
has received the following interesting
letter from Dr. Bessey of the Univers-
ity of Nebraska:

My dear Mr. Harrison : —

What an admirable little book you have
made on the Iris! I have been looking it
over as I have had a little time now and
then, and am wondering at the amount of
instructive matter you have brought to-
gether in it. I am going to commend it

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Final Premium List of the Hor-
ticultural Society of Chicago, lor the
Spring Flower Show of 1913, has been
issued and copies may be obtained
from R. J. Haight, secretary, 440 So.
Dearborn St., Chicago. This is the 21st
annual exhibition and it is scheduled
to take place April 1 to 5.

Henderson's Garden Guide, pub-
lished by Peter Henderson & Co., New
York City. This is a 70-page booklet
of convenient pocket form, In which
are given reliable cultural directions
regarding the most generally planted
vegetables and flowers. A very com-
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ly useful and handy. Blank pages tor
making various pertinent notes are in-
serted in diary form for each day in
each month and there are several val-
uable tables that will be much appre-
ciated especially by the amateur
planter.

March 8, 1913

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TELEPHONES— Main. 2617-2618-5SS. Fort Hill, 25290-25292

Wholesale and Retail Florists

You both will profit by using" McCray Refrigerators. Don't cut
down prices because of spoilag-e. Stop the spoilage. Our patented
refrigeration will keep your stock fresh because of the perfect circu-
lation of cold, dry air.

McCray Refrigerators

Are made not only in stock sizes but are built-to-order to suit your
requirements. Write to-day for our Free Catalog No. 73 which will
give you ideas to help you add to the attractiveness of your es-
tablishment, i

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

553 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind.

Chicago Office. 55 Wabash Ave.
New Yorlt Office, 231 West 42ncl St.

SMALL FRUIT CULTURE.

At the meeting of the North Shore
Horticultural Society Friday. Feb. 21,
Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord, Mass..
spoke on "Small Fruits," with stereop-
ticon illustrations. Mr. Wheeler de-
scribed the tools, preparation of the
land and setting of strawberry plants
by diffeient methods. The hill system
as described was recommended for the
production of first class fruit and by
setting in check rows to wheel hoe two
ways the labor is reduced to a mini-
mum. Mr. Wheeler showed slides of
different varieties of strawberries and
described their characteristics. At
Concord the large coarse growing va-

rieties as Marshall, Brandywine and
Golden Gate are found to be of best
flavor. The smaller symmetrical ber-
ries are not as good quality. The
speaker gave Marshall first place as an
all-round home garden' berry and for
forcing. The Skinner irrigating
system was described and recommend-
ed as the easiest and most economi-
cal for lawns and gardens.

Raspberries, blackberries, gooseber-
ries and currants were also discussed.
The red raspberries should be pruned
to four feet, as the best fruit Is on the
low laterals. Stable manure is best for
small fruits supplemented with bone
meal or ashes. For San Jose scale,
spray in fall with soluble oil and in

spring with lime-sulphur. The oil
goes beneath the surface and gets the
scale that may be covered in cultivat-
ing. Paris green is preferable to ar-
senate of lead as arsenate of lead
sticks to currants and gooseberries
too long. Helebore is also good.

Refreshments were served after the
meeting.

Robert A. Mitchell, Secy.
Manchester, Mass.

"HORTICULTURE I consider one
of the best little text books of the
mdny interesting and valuable gar-<en
papers." — J. T., Illinois.

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HORTICULTURE

March 8, 1913

FLOWERFIELD IS FAMOUS

AS THE
LARGEST

Flower Farm

IN THE
WORLD

GLADIOLI, CANNAS, IRISES
LILIUMS, HYACINTHUS, ETC.

Write For Prices

JOHN LEWIS CHILDS

WHOLESALE DEPT.

FLOWERFIELD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.

. A A. S

OIA.

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Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PAUMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, Htl GOOD END RONS,

VINES AND CUMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a (ew minutes from
New York Gty ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line o( Eiie Railroad.

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

3BIIMK &

Nurserymen and Florists

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

[GHAM
RSERIES

IflllURSI

-JDJELAJLr- —

W. B. WHITHER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING aSEWHERE

IVIy 1913

si^RiiMO f>rioe: list

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

-BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

CoatracU made for Seed Gro'wmff

Sfnd for priee list

L S. MUER, WADING BIVBL N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK.

2IG lane St.. WeEtawkui MgAi
t. 0. No. I. Hoboken. N. I.

M'e are now bookinK orders for

HARDY POMPON
CHRYSANTHEMUMS

In the following \arieties:
Wliite: — Diaua, Queen of Whites. St.

Almo. Baby Margfiret.
Piok: — Eleganta, Little Pet, Dawn, Nel-
lie Blv, Ulioda. Rosy Morn, King
PUilip, Findon, Gladys, St. lUorla.
Yellow: — Excelsior. Simsbine, Baby, Ze-
uiiliia. Triumpb. D'Or, Vallis, Quinola.
Itronze Yellow: — Miss .Julia, Allentown,
.Mrs. Porter. Sir Walter Raleigb,
.Varon. Princess de Tbule. Henrietta.
Ked :— Uufus. Julia Legravere, Lynd-
liurst and Nortbumberland.
K.VRLY FLOWERING OUT-DOOB
VARIETIES.
.\bercorn Beauty. Carrie. Comtesse de
L'ariel, Coral Queen, Crimson Queen,
Eden Nonin. Elstob Yellow, Fleuve
Kciuge. Francis, George Bowners, Har-
rie. Goacbcrs Crimson. Holmes Wbite,
Horace Martin, .limmie. Leslie, Lillie,
King of Whites. Maxim. Medusa. Mig-
non. Nina Blick, Normandie, Pride of
K.'sttin, Perle Cbatillonaise, Polly,
K.ilph Curtis. Robbie Burns. Rosie, T.
Banister. Tmiraine, White Mme. Masse,
Wbite Pitcher.

SINGLE V.YRIETiES.
.Marv Richardson. Ladysmith. Kitty
Bourne, Garza, Mary Collady.
From 2% in. pots, $3.00 per 100.

HEAD'S BERGENFIELD NURSERIES

BERGENFIELD, N. J.

This Catalog contains a vol-
ume of information regarding
Trees and Plants for Rock
Gardens. O'd Fashioned Clar-
dens. Sea Shore Planting and
^^^ V Ground Covering under Rho-

^^,^J^^P' ^ dodendroDS and Shrubbery.

^JP^^^r ^ Y Gives also suggesiive plant-

^^^^ \ \ ing plans and \ lanting lists

for Rose Gardens, Herbac-
eous Gardens and Suburban
Estates. Names and de-
scribes desirable Trees and
Shrubs with Ornamental
Fruits, Hedge Plants, Trees
for Orchard and Forest Planting, new and old varieties
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent FREE upon
request. We grow in quantity every hardy iree or
plant worthy of cultivation. Correspondence invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dept. "F • BEDFORD. MASS.

National Nurseryman

Official organ of the Amerlcitn As-
sociation of Nurserymen. Circula-
tion among the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Subscription price
$1.00 per year. Foreign Bnbscrlp-
tions $1.50 per year. In advance.
Sample copy free upon application
from those In the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co^jnc-

218 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs,

Small Fruits, t'leniatis. Evergreens

and Roses.

Write for Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STANDARD CUT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box «6,

HAMMONTON, N »

March 8, 1913

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TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS

GLOXINIAS

FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS

OUR USUAL SUPERIOR STRAIN. YOU CAN BUY
CHEAPER, BUT NOT BETTER STOCK

BEGONIAS

Single in Separate Colors. Scarlet, crimson, rose, white, yellow

and orange. W<-. per doz., *2,50 per 100, $22.5C per 1000
Slncle in Choicest Mixture. 35c. per doz., $2.25 per 100, $20.00

per 1000.
Doiilile in Separate Colors. Scarlet, rose, white and yellow. 60c.

per doz.. .fl.rjO per 100, .$40.00 per lOOO.
Double in Choicest Mixture. .jUe. per doz., .$4.00 per 100, $35.00

per 1000,
Dwarf Hybrid Lafa.vette. Brilliant crimson scarlet. $1.50 per

d(.z., .$10.00 per 100.
Dwarf Hvhrid Duke Zeppelin. Pure rich scarlet. $1.00 per doz.,

.$7.00 per 100.

CAL4DIUMS, Fancy-Leaved

The finest collection ever offered, and the most extensive
stock in America.
Choice Standard Varieties. $1.75 per doz., $12.00 per 100, $100.00

per 1000.
Choice Kare and New Varieties. $2.25 per doz., $15.00 per 100,

$140.00 per 1000.
Reeent Introductions. $:'...50 per doz.. .$25 per 100.
Choicest Mixture. fil.'M per doz., $10.00 per 100, $95.00 per 1000.

GLOXINIAS

Dreer's Superb in (_ lioU-est Mixture or in Separate Colorw, iis

blue, refl, white, red with white edare and blue with white
edge. GOo. per doz.. :?:;..',o i»er i(X), $:^.0.00 per 10(X).

THE ABOVE PRICES ARE INTENDED FOR THE TRADE ONLY

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA,

DREBR'S

FANCT-LEAVED

CALADIDMS

HERE YOU ARE !

Quality Easter
Plants

Pot - Grown Hybrid Roses,

Magna Charta, Bruuner. etc.

6-in. to 8-in. Pots, Four to Twelve

Buds 75c. to $2.00 each

Fine Assortment of all other Easter
Specialties in Flowering Plants.

WRITE FOR PRICES

JOHN MeKENZIE

North Cambridge, - Mass.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE Ml ITS

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS. AZALEAS, &c.

&1 WtarrMi StTMt, N«w York, N. Y.

ffrilt for fwMtvMtfu

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Tben procure our FEKTH,ENE, the

" Ue.— % lb.. 20c ; pi

llis , ?(i.n(_i; .10 lbs., $10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO

Try our new GEK.\NIUM SCARLET BEDDER for your
Garilen :in(l Window buxes. Tben procure a copy of
CHBYSANTHEMLM MANUAL 3rd edition as a guide for
growing your CHRVSANTHE.MLMS. 50c postpaid
Ask for our 1013 CATALOGUE and place your order with
us for your pj.ints wbicb will bave our best attention.

TII.ENE, the IDEAL PI,.4NT food for producing Lusty blooms.
fj'y.^-^'^JJ'' 20c; prepaid by mail, 30c; lib., .35c, prepaid by mail, 50c; 10 lbs, $3.00;

ADRIAN, MICH.

Live Sp{iagnuin Moss

Finest stock In the country. Chunky,
well fibered stems with large beads.
Shipped only in barrels f. o. b. Walden,
N. 1'., at $2.00 per bbl.

Trade List on Application.

The C. W. Browneil Company

Walden, N. Y.

SF3l-IA.C5IMI.JiVI IVIOSS

10 bbl. bales; Selected stock; neatly bar-
lapped. "Worth While Quality, "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale $4.25 10 bales, each..$3.7S

6 bales, each... 4.00 85 bales, each.. S.60

Larger quantities, write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, $1.26 per bbl.
ROTTED PEAT, 70c. OBck.

I. H. SPRA6UE, Barnvsat, N.J.

When writing to advertiten kindly
mtntion HORTICULTURE.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importara, Exporters, Grower*
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

and 258 Broadwav, Room 721
NKW YORK CITY

OROIHID3

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND

FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherford, N. J.

Choice dormant bulbs of Caianthe Teltchli,
ready now at $75.00 per 100 bulbs; also
(Trent variety of other orchids and material
In which to jrrow them'.

WRITE FOR CATALOOtTR.

LAGER &HURRELL*"i?.T'^

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HOBTJCULTCJRE

March 8, 1913

Obituary.

E. L. Remier.

E. L. Remier, one of the pioneer
residents of California and believed
to be the oldest florist in the state,
died in San Francisco, Cal., on Feb.
13, following an operation several days
previous. He is survived by his sec-
ond wife and two daughters.

J. A. Bolgiano.

Joseph Ault Bolgiano, for many
years head of the seed firm of J. Bol-
giano & Son, of Baltimore, Md., died
on March 1, at the home of his son-in-
law. Dr. J. Burch Joyce, in the 77th
year of his age. Mr. Bolgiano had
been in failing health for a long time,
due to a complication of diseases.

A native of Baltimore and interested
in a number of financial, religious and
philanthropic institutions, Mr. Bolgiano
was widely known. He was the sec-
ond president of the Young Men's
Christian Association, organizer of the
Greenmount Avenue Methodist Episco-
pal Church, a director in the Free
Summer Excursion Society, active in
Sunday School work, and a director
in several financial institutions. About
fifteen years ago he retired from the
seed business, which has been in the
Bolgiano family for 95 years. It was
established by Mr. Bolgiano's grand-
father. His father became the head
of the firm, and he succeeded his
father. The business is now conducted
by two of his sons. Mr. Bolgiano spent
50 years in the business. He was vice-
president of the American Seed Trade
Association at its second and third
conventions.

The funeral took place on Tuesday,
March 4, and burial was at Green-
mount Cemetery.

PERSONAL.

0. A. Kuehn of St. Louis has been
on the sick list all of the past week.

Frank X. Gorly and wife of St.
Louis are spending this week at Hot
Springs, Ark.

Arthur Senn, who has been tree
warden and forester in the employ of
the Board of Park Commissioners, Mil-
waukee, Wis., resigned March 1st to
go into business for himself.

Arlo Hubbard, with the W. W. Bar-
nard Co., Chicago underwent a suc-
cessful operation for appendicitis a
week ago. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Hubbard of Topeka, Kan.,
and Mrs. Hubbard is with him.

Dr. George T. Moore, general direc-
tor of Shaw's Garden, announces that
the Board of Trustees has appointed
Dr. Jesse Moore Greenman as cura-
tor of the herbarium. Dr. Greenman
is a graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania and Harvard and holds a
Ph. D. degree from the University of
Berlin. He also has published several
books on botany.

New York visitor — P. Welch, Bos-
ton,, Mass.

Boston visitors — Wm. Plumb. Bound
Brook Nurseries, Bound Brook, N. J.;
J. R. Fotheringham, representing F. R.
Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y.; A. E.
Thatcher, Bar Harbor, Me.; G. R.
Hampton, representing Niedinger,

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I EASTER PLANTS |

I Of Unsurpassed Quality. In Just Right |

I Condition =

S We are pleased to quote you the following prices: S

= RAMBLER ROSES: $9.00, $12.00, $18.00 and $24.00 per doz. S

E HYBRID ROSES: $6.00, $9,00 and $18.00 per doz. S

r EASTER LILIES: 12y2C. per bud or bloom. S

§ CANDIDUM LILIES: lOc. per bud or bloom. =

1 AZALEAS: Dwarf, 50c. each; Standards, 75c., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 each f

E and up. E

= RHODODENDRONS PINK PEARL: $1.50 to $3.00 each. =

S ACACIAS: $1.00 to $3.00 each. =

E GENISTAS: 25c. to $2.00 each. E

= SPIRAEA (PINK AND WHITE): 50c., 75c. and $1.00 each. =

E HYDRANGEAS: 75c. to $2.50 each. s

E BOTTLE BRUSH: $2.00 to $4.00 each. 5

E LILACS: $1.50 to $3.50 each. 5

E FREESIAS: 8-inch pans, $6.00 per doz. S

E CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ROOTED CUTTINGS: All standard Varieties, E

E $1.50 per 100. 5

S We Will Appreciate Your Early Orders S

I WM. W. EDGAR COMPANY |

I WAVERLEY, MASS. |
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Per 100

Jlack Beautj S3.00

David Haruni 2.00

Austria 1.25

Sclienandoah l.T.i

.America 1.75

Marlborough l.'.i

Ggandale 1.'5

Penn 1.50

English Ivy R. C 1.00

Asp. Sprengeri 2 in 2.00

Geranium si. .A. >'utt 2.00

Geranium Buohner . . .^ 2.00

Hill and Poitevine Mix 2.00

J. H.-DANN & SON

WESTFIELD, N. Y.

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER lOOO

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

Philadelphia; John W. Gibson, of Gib-
son Bros., Newport, R. L; H. C. Neu-
brand. Providence, R. I.; E. W. McLel-
lan, Burlingame, Cal.

Philadelphia visitors — Mrs. Weber,
Bethlehem, Pa.: Mr. Brosch, Lynch-
burg. Virginia; E. C. Brown, Cottage

Rooted
Carnation Cuttings

imi 11100

Kusette sew .fiO.OO

.St. Nieholas 6.00 50.00

ISearon 3.0U 25.00

White Knrh.intre-.s .I 00 25.00

POMPON 'MUMS

2Vi inch pots. $3.00 per 100
Alva (white), Alena (piub), Souvenir
O'or, Mrs. Frank Beu (ornnge and red),
Klondike and Savannah (jellow).

IVverfew. 2Vi inch pots, $2.(10 per 100.

FRANK. P. PUTNAM, LOWELL, MASS.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

BIG PLANT BARGAINS

still a few tliousand strung 2V-i-inch
CHRVSANTHEMUMS, UNAKA. SMITH'S
ADV.ANCE. GOLDEN GLOW. MRS. SYME.
CHRYSOLORA, WELLS LATE PINK.
EARLY SNOW, YELLOW JONES. ROBIN-
SON, H.ALLIDAY. $2 per 100. $12 per 1000;
also strong SVi-inoh HELIOTROPES, SAL-
MAS. M-ARGUERITES. DOt'BLE N.AS-
TTRTirMS. $2 per 100. S18 per 1000: 20,-
000 UNROOTED CARNATION CITTINGS.
C. W. WARD, ALMA WARD. GLORIOSA,
WHITE WONDER. SANGAMO, TOLL-
M.ANN, all ENCH.ANTBESSES. WHITE
PERFECTION. BE.ACON, $1.50 per 100, S12
per lOOO. CASH.

I. M. RAYNER. Greenport, N. Y.

Gardens Co., Long Island, N. Y.; Dr.
John H. Washburn, National Farm
School. Pa.; L. I. Neff, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
H. Quint, Boston, Mass.; G. P. Weakelm,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; E. A. Seidewitz, Balti-
more, Md.; Chas. Schoenbut, Buffalo,
N Y.

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BODDINGTON'S QUALITY GLOXINIAS 5

GLOXINIA ERECTA GRANDIFLORA

This popular flowering- plant is coming into greater vogue than ever, not only as a pot plant
for house decoration, but also for cut flower purposes. Our strains of Gloxinias are the true
erect-flowering type, grown by a specialist in Europe.

Doz. 100 1000

Blanche de Vera. Wbite, rose- bordered. .$0.G0 $4.25 $40.00

■~ " " .00 4.25 4<).00

.00 4.25 40.00

.60 4.25 40.00

.CO 4.25 40.110

.00 4.25 40.00

.GO 4.25 40,(10

.60 4.25 40.00

4.25 40.00

l>€ftance. Guttering crimson.

Ji;mperor William. Blue, white border...

Etoile de Feu. Carmine-red

Kaiser Frederick. Scarlet, wtiite margin.

King of the Reds. Darli scarlet

Madame Helene. White, witll violet crown.
Marquis de Peralto. White, red-ljordered.
Mont Blanc. Snow-white 80

Prime .\lbert. Deep purple $0.60

Princess Klizabetli, White, bordered blue.

Princess Mathilde, White, with rose crown.

Queen Wtllielmina, Darl^ ro.se

Bod<lington*s Spotted Varieties. These
contain the mo.st distinct and remark-
able colors

.\U Colors Mixed

oz.

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GLOXINIA ERECTA SUPERBISSIMA

Having during the past season been requested to secure
some specially tine Gloxinias for exhibition purposes, we
have made arrangements with a noted Gloxinia specialist in
Kngland to reserve for us some of the most distinct types.
The bulbs are not so large as the Named Varieties, but this
is a characteristic of most Erecta superblssima varieties,

BODDINGTON'S IDEAl, PRIZE GI.4NT MIXED. Great
variety of superli colors.

CVCtOPS. Velvety carmine, shading to a broad white bor-
der, throat dotted with dark red.

DUCHESS OF YORK. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each
petal being edged with a broad band of white. A most
striking and lovely variety.

SPOTTED HYBRIDS. Whenever exhibited, they create
intense interest. The delicate m;irkings. In an infinite
variety of forms, add a special charm to the flowers.

SUTTON'S WHITE. A gi.int white flowered variety.

DUKE OF YORK. Large scarlet Gloxinia with deep white
edge to each petal. A magnificent flower.

HER M.4.IESTY. This exciuisite Gloxinia is still unsur-
passed by any othpr white variety. The flowers are as
pure as newl.v fallei, sno^\-. .and are borne on short stems,
just clear of the elegantly recurved foliage.

READING SC.4RLET. In color this is the most brilliant
Gloxinia in existence, being an intense glowing scarlet
variety of the true Crassifolia habit. An admirable com-
panion to Her Majesty.

GOLIATH. Violet and white, fine variety.
Per doz. $1.50. per 100 $10.00

Boddington's Quality Tuberous-Rooted BEGONIAS

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ri>r planting in beds and where color effect la desired. Our stock of these bulbs will be found true to color and
free from mixture.

Crimson

Rose
White, Pare

Scarlet

Yellow

Pink, Ligbt

Copper

Orange

I^arge bulbs measuring: P/4 inches and upward, separate rolors or all colors mixed. 35 cts. per doz., $2.35 per 100.
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Double-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

These can be depended upon producing 100 per cent,
double flowers and contain very large and choice varieties.
Crimflon White, Pure Yellow

Searlet Copper Bronze Orange

Rose Salmon Light Pink

Large bulbs measuring 1^ inches and upward, separate
colors or all colors mixed, 50 cts, per doz.. $;l.50 per 100,
.■^30.00 per 1000; extra large bulbs. IV3 inches and up. same
colors as above, 65 cts. per doz.. $4.00 per 100. $35.00 per 1000.

Single Crested Begonias

This strain of Begonias ranges in all colors — salmon,
pink, white, yellow, copper and scarlet; petals carry on
the upper side a cre.sted -formed cockscomb. Separate col-
ors, 80 cts. per doz., $6.00 per 100; mixed. 75 cts. per doz.,
$.").30 per 100.

Single Frilled Begonias

These are of the finest types of the single Begonia, the
petals being heavily frilled on the edges. To color, 10 cts
each, 65 cts. per doz., $."i.lW per lOO; all colors mixed, 60 cts
per doz.. $4.50 per 100, $42.50 per 1000.

Single Begonia Bertini

A beautiful bedding Begonia, brilliant vermilion flowers
of rare beauty. As a bedder it stands unrivaled. 80 cts.
per doz., $6 00 per 100.

Double Begonias

Doz. ino

Duke Zeppelin. Intense pure vermilion-scarlet. $1.00 $7.50
Lafa.vette. Rich, brilliant crimson scarlet 1.25 10.00

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

SFEDSMAN

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

338

HORTICULTUBE

March 8, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers— President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Moiues. la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.;
2nd rice-president, Arthur B. Clark.
Milford, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-2.'>. 191 S.

Reluctant Contracting.

Attention lias several times been
called to the reluctance of the seed
trade to place contracts for their fu-
ture requirements in seeds. It is all
the more noticeable because it is in
such marked contrast to the nervous
anxiety and haste of a year ago. While
probably this applies more especially
to peas, yet as tar as we can ascertain.
it is quite general. We, of course, have
nothing but an academic interest in
the matter, and simply comment on it
as an interesting contrast to a year
ago. For a number of years the trade
has been looking for a bumper crop
of peas as well as other seeds, but they
have been as unvaryingly disappointed
as those who are looking for the Mes-
siah. No doubt both will come, — but
when? There is one point in favor of
the waiting game at the present time;
that is, the very high contracting
prices which are ruling on nearly all
lines of seeds, and it looks like a much
better gamble to bet on buying Gradus
peas after harvest at a less price than
the contracting figure when that figure
is $6 or more per bushel. If the price
was down $1 per bushel the short end
would not look so attractive. We men-
tion Gradus simply because they repre-
sent more nearly perhaps than any
other variety the trend of prices on ths
entire line.

"Free Seeds" Doonned?

One of the best and most comforting
bits of news which the trade has read
in many moons was the brief paia-
graph in the daily papers announcing
that there would be no more free seeds.
We have no details excepting that the
Senate struck out the appropriation for
the free distribution of garden seeds,
and if it will only stand pat this long
time imposition on the seed trade of
the country will be abolished. All ef-
forts of Individuals connected with the
Department of Agriculture to prove
that the free-seed distribution has been
a boon to the seedsmen of the country
have been lame and futile. It was only
recently that someone, on behalf of
the Department of Agriculture, at-
tempted to prove that by buying up
surplus stocks and removing them
from the market values were left to
take a more legitimate course. We be-
lieve we showed how utterly absurd
this argument was by citing convinc-
ing evidence of the fact that so-called
surpluses were deliberately arranged
for in anticipation of this government
order, and if the iniquitous free-s?ed
distribution has received its quietus,
there will be a general chorus of
amens from the seedsmen of the coun-
try. It is earnestly to be hoped that
the next Secretary of Agriculture will
not, like the present one, foster this
outrage, for as a matter of fact dur-
ing the incumbency of Mr. Wilson the
free-seed distribution has grown from

MIGHELL'S FLOWER SEEDS

New Crop

ASPtRACUS PLUMOSUS NANUS
BREENHOUSE GROWN SEED

and of Distinctive Quality

5IKI

l.llIK)

.5,000

10.000

2.5,000

$-J.0O
0.75
18.00
34.00
SO.OO

lATHHOUSE GROWN SEED

.5*111 Seed

l.OOil ■•

.5.000 "

10,000 "

2.5.000 ■ •

. . .fi.-r.

. . i;..5o

. . 12.00

. . 2.3.00

. . 50.00

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI SEED

ivl.;

1(10 Sci.-d

2.50 " 2.S.5

.500 " 5.2.5

l.OOO •• 10.00

Also all other Seiisonnble Seeds anil Supplies

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI SEED

1,000 Seed
5.000 •'

lO.IMlO "
25,000 "

3,00

5..50

12.50

INVINCIBLE ASTER

Valuable 31idsuininer
Sort.

ASTER SEED

QUEEN OF THE MARKET

EXTRA EARIV

Trade
pkt. 07..

Blue

Crimson
Lavender
Rose Pink.

AVIiite

Mi^ed ...

MICHELL'S IMPROVED SEMPLE'S
BRANCHING ASTER

The Best I.ate Variety.

Trade

Trade

pkt. oz.

.30 $1.50

.30 1.50

..3u 1..50

..30 1..50

.30 1..50

.30 1 .25

White

Blusli Pink.
Rose Pink..
I.iKlit Blue.

Dark Blue 20

Crimson 20

Choice Mixed... .20

.20
.20
.20
.20

.60
.60
.60
.60
.60

Mhite ....
Rose Pink,
Shell Pink.
Lavender
Crimson
Purple ....
3Iixed . . .
Wholesale Price List Free upon Application

pkt.
.30
..30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30

oz.

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

:IMRV I

518 iVIarket

=-. IN/IIOMEL.!-

Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Drake's Satisfactory Tomato Seed

In Which Quality, Superiority of Our Strains, and Very Moderate Prices Are

Leading Features.

A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU

Oz. y, II).

Spark's Earliana $0.13 $0.45

Chalk's Early Jewel 13 .45

Early Aeme 12 -45

Matchless 1* -35

Dwarf Champion 15 .55

New Stone 10 .35

Livingston's Beauty 12 .46

Livingston's Favorite 12 .45

Ldvingston's Paragon 10 .35

Oz.

Livingston's Perfection $0.10

Livingston's Globe 15

Success 10

Ponderosa 15

Bonnie Best 15

Dwarf Stone 15

Golden Queen 15

Fordhook First 13

Early Detroit 15

Trophy 10

y4ib.

$0.35
.60
.35
.60
.65
.55
.60
.45
.60
.35

ALL BY MAIL POSTPAID

Other Specialties are: Cauliflower, Cabbage Seed, Onion Seed, Onion
Sets, Sweet Corn, Pepper, Lettuce and Celery.

Write for Catalogue and Trade List.

J. AUG. DRAKE,

SEEDSMAN

CHESTER, NEW JERSEY

about 11.000,000 to 65,000,000 packages
per year, and let it be understood that
this was not over Mr, Wilson's protest
but with his fostering care and that
ot his subordinates.

Next Canners' Convention.

The presidents of the three associa-
tions,—that of the National Canners,
Machinery and Supplies and the Nat-
ional Brokers, and the secretaries ot
the three associations, are to meet in
New York the second or third week in
March and discuss, and so far as pos-
sible decide on the city where will b?
held the next National Convention.
There are several bidders. Ultimately,
of course, the choice will center on one
after which there will be considerable
work in drawing up contracts covering
the concessions and privileges de-
manded by the allied associations.
When these have been granted and
everything put in writing, signed and
delivered, the place selected will be
made public. We shall endeavor to
furnish such information as may be of
interest to the seed trade along thes3
lines.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Bend ni year wanti. We will take care of
tbera. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the tisking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

121S BetzBldg. Philadelphia.

TOMATO SEED

BEST STOCKS. .ALL V.4RIETIES.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNFA.

One of the most asinine of the
many absurd seed measures intro-
duced of late is a bill before the Ten-
nessee Legislature making it obligat-
ory to state on all package labels the
time when germinating qualities of
the contents would cease! Unfortu-
nately finite humanity has not yet
reached that stage of development
when the tenure of life of man. beast,
plant or seed can be safely predicted.
What is the next stunt?

March 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

339-

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Piice $1.50 each, $15.00 pec doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOCBI.E PEAKL

$I2.00 IRer lOOO

Excellent Quality.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storar^e. Berlin and Hamburg

Per case of 1000 $12.00

Per case of 3000 32.00

Write for a copy of our Florists* Catalog.

0//.^&>.

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St.. (t,,) NEW YORK

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Eltablished 1818

Write For Our Low Pn. ei

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, IMD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA.

BLFE LLST OF AVHOLESALE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE «lIO PL.4NT

FOR PROFIT.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Deltrerr

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Rtrurwuid Sweet Pea Spieialtst^'
■■■■ralap* tmAttmtmam; Mo.

Please excuse delay In sending
money as I consider your paper the
best of its kind printed. — W. F. L.

*■< J
.Boston
Flower Market
Stocks

are having wonderful
Success.

PURE WHITE

Trade Packet 76c.

JlOunce JS.Ooy

OTHER COLORS

Trade Pkt $0.60 ^ ,

. Ounce 4.00^''^ -

BOSTON

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best tor early marketing: Day-
break. Crimeon, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple. White, each color separate, per Oz.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue Is now
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper elasslflcation through Horticul-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Zangefl, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Madison St., CHICAGO

i. W. EAaumdson. Mgr. M. W. Williams, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN .JOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47-54 No. Market St., BOSTOIf, MASS.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Boston, Mass.

VICK QUALITY VICK

ASTER

SEED

Indispensable for Commercial
Growers

Send for Copy Today

James Yick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTIES !

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Celery —
Oolden Self-Blanching and Melsh's
Green — best celery on earth; Lettuce —
Big Boston, Beaulleu's Improved — gives
satisfaction to fl9 per cent of market
gardeners on this continent; Romalne,
Endive, etc. Only the very best French
seed sold. I am established here over
20 years and I have had great success.

BEAULIEU,

4197 University Place Woodhaven. Borough
of Queen's, N. Y.

Telephone 1749 Richmond Hill

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlztnre^
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture,
COc per dozen ; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 60e
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. • CHICAGO

Phone Randolph 2571.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety: also oUier
Items of the short crop of this past aeaaon,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
he quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW YORK

and Orange. Conn.

fhe Everett BTcfark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com. Onion, Turnip.
Radish. Beet. Etc.

Branches : Michigan
and Wisconsin

MILFORD, CONN.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH ). , »k t i

, ,, _ , _ , 1 Growers for the Trade

and all Garden Seeds )

LEONARD

SIMM. €.."«»

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

ONION SEED We are larce srower. of and dMlcrt SCHILDER BROS,

mPHQN SETS ^^o'^*- !'«* »• ^^°^ ">°' wanta. CHILLICOTHE, 0.

340

HORTICULTUEE

March 8, 1913

Florists' Telegraph Delivery

(Retailers' Section — S. A. F. & O. H.)

Mutual Discounts 20 per cent.

Provision for Guaranteed Account*

IRWIN BERTERMANN. Indianapolis. Ind.. President
W. F. GUDE. Washington. D. C. - Vice-President
W. L. ROCK. Kansas City - - - . Treasurer

OTHER DIRECTORS
Ernst Wienhoeber Philip Breitmeyer

A. B. Cartledge George Asmus

Fred H. Meinhardt J. A. Valentine

Write for particulars to ALBERT POCHELON, Secretary, 153 Bates St., Detroit, Mich.

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Albany, N. Y., 40 Maiden Lane Danker, Fred A.

Atlantic City, N. J., 1505 Pacific Ave Berke, Geo. H.

Bloomington, III., 318 N. Main St Washburn, A. & Sons

Boston, Mass., 342 Boylston St Carbone, Philip L.

Boston, Mass., 43 Bromfield St Penn, Henry

Boston, Mass., 143 Tremont St Wax Brothers

Buffalo, N. Y., 304 Main St Palmer, W. J. & Son

Chicago, 111., 2223 W. Madison St Schiller, The Florist

Chicago, 111., 31st and Michigan Ave Smyth, W. J.

Chicago, 111., 22 E. Elm St Wienhoeber Co., Ernst

Cincinnati, Ohio, 138 E. 4th St Baer, Julius

Cincinnati, Ohio, 150 E. 4th St Hardesty, T. W. & Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 5523 Euclid Ave Graham, A. & Son

Cleveland, Ohio, 1284 & 1308 Euclid Ave

The Jones Russell Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 1836 W. 25th St Knoble Bros.

Colorado Springs, Colo Crump, Frank F.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 321 Broadway Wilcox, J. F. & Son

Danville. Ill Smith, F. B. & Sons

Dayton, Ohio, 112 South Main St Heiss Co.

Denver, Colo., 1643 Broadway The Park Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich., 153 Bates St Bemb Floral Co., The L..

Detroit, Mich., Gratoit Ave. and Broadway

Breitmeyer's Sons, John

Evanston, Ills., 602 Davis St Weiland, M.

Fayetteville, Ark., 18 W. Center St .-

The Southwestern Seed Co.

Galesburg, III Pillsbury, I. L.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Monroe and Division Aves

Smith, Henry

Hartford, Conn Coombs, John F.

Highland Park, Ills Highland Park Greenhouses

Indianapolis, Ind., 241 Massachusetts Ave

Bertermann Bros. Co.

Joliet, 111., Hobbs Bldg Labo, Joseph

Kalamazoo, Mich., 141 S. Burdiek St. .Van Bochove & Bros.

Kansas City, Mo., 913 Grand Ave Murray, Samuel

Kansas City, Mo., 1116 Walnut St. . .Rock, W. L. Flower Co.

London. Ont., Canada Gammage & Sons. J.

Louisville, Ky., 550 S. 4th Ave Schulz, Jacob

Louisville, Ky., Masonic Temple Baumer, August R.

Mankato, Minn Windmiller Co., The

Montgomery, Ala., 116 Dexter Ave Rosemont Gardens

Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Columbia Ave Dummett, Arthur

Newark, Ohio Duerr, Chas. A.

New Castle, Pa., North Mercer St Butz Bros.

New London, Conn "Reuters' "

New York, N. Y., Madison Ave. and 44th St., Dards, Chas. A.

New York, N. Y., 1153 Broadway Small, J. H. & Sons

New York, N. Y., 423-427 Fifth Ave Siebrecht & Son

Northampton, Mass Field, H. W.

Norwich, Conn "Reuters' "

Oklahoma City, Okla Stiles Co., The

Omaha. Neb Hess & S woboda

Parkersburg, W. Va Dudley & Sons, J. W.

Paterson, N.J Screery , Edward

Philadelphia, Pa., 1514 Chestnut St Pennock Bros.

Pittsburgh, Pa., 5936 Penn Ave. . .Randolph & McClementa

Portland, Ore., 133 6th St Tonseth Floral Co.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y The Saltford Flower Shop

Rochester, N. Y., 25 Clinton Ave Keller & Bona

Rockford, III Buckbee, H. W.

Scranton, Pa Clark, G. R.

Seattle, Wash., 1534 2nd Ave Hollywood Gardens

Sioux City, la., 405 Douglas St Rocklin & Lehman

Sioux City, Iowa J. C. Rennison Co.

Spokane, Wash., 11 Post St Hoyt Bros. Co.

Springfield, Mass., 378 Main St Aitken, Mark

St. Joseph, Mo Stuppy Floral Co.

St. Louis, Mo., 7th and Washington Ave. . .Grimm & Gorly
St. Louis, Mo., 7041 Florissant Ave. .. .Meinhardt. Fred A.

St. Paul. Minn., 24 W. 5th St Holm & Olson

Terre Haute, Ind., 139 S. 7th St Heinl, John G. & Son

Topeka. Kans., 112 W. 8th St Mrs. Lord's Flower Room

Toledo, Ohio, 336 Superior St Freeman, Mrs. J. B.

Toledo, Ohio. 2941 Cherry St Suder, Mrs. E.

Washington, D. C, 1214 P St., N. W Gude Bros Co.

Washington, D. C. 14th and G. Sts Small. J. H. & Sons

Wheeling, W. Va Langhans, Arthur

Wichita. Kan., 145 N. Main St Mueller, Chas. P.

Zanesville, Ohio, 54 N. 5th St Imlay Company, The

The above members are exchanging approximately $300,000 worth of business annually. Are you receiving your part?
Is it not good business to be one of the firms who are exchanging approximately $300,000 worth of business annually?
The cost of membership Is small when the large amount of business exchanged, approximate $300,000 annually, is considered.

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
==— SONS=^=

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
Higli Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all IVIicliiKan points and good
Kection^ of Ohio, Intliana and Canatla.
.Members Fiorists' Telegraph l>elivery
Association.

W. J. Palmer & Son

:i

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memjers Florists'Telegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Knoxville, Iowa — J. W. Bittenbender.

Rockford, III. — John Bergstrom, 507
Seventh street.

Albany, N. Y.— Whittle & Riggs, 90
Hudson avenue.

Boston, Mass. — Frank Howard,
Bromfield street.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Lorch & Hoffmeis-
ter, Fourth avenue.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Norris & Son, 501
W. Washington street.

Terre Haute, ind.- — Harry Richmond,
1260 Lafayette avenue.

Springfield, Mass. — T. F. Sheehan,
State and Willow streets.

Binghamton, N. Y. — William Moore,
Henry and Chenango streets.

Chicago, III. — The Williams Flower
Shop, 102 South Wabash avenue.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

Tel. Murray M

1920

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -j

Tbe Largest Florai Establishment in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Mtidest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Michigan Ave. and 3Ist St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member FlorlstH* TeleKraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all pnintN in Illinois and Iowa.

PbOBts : AUtJDt 880. Aldine 881. Aldiofl 682.

March 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

341

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower or<lers for delivery in Itoston
uikI all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTOl^'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon «Iien you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Bo.vlslon Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Meniber Florists* Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture. Art (londsand
New Designs in Tus'-any Raskt-ts f<ir
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest rut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

WASHINGTON-

' 9IS F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any aHdress in Washington.

Steck »rd Work First Class

ISI_^VIM^

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading FlorlfitH. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street • • PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JUUUS BPPSTEIN ■

FRANK M. FORREST

344 - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Franeis, CAI..

We cover the entire Paclfle Coast and West
of the Rookies. Wire us your orders for
all Ste.nmers saillnc for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. ReKuhir Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TIEORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-t-amed Mowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

9G Yonire St..

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL z

Orders Filltd

HALL & RORINSON ^JsJ:

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. '""'■

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. T.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. i'.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St.

Boston— Thos. F Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Bostoil— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Julias A. Zlnn, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. r.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st .St.

Chicago— A. Lange. 25 E Madison St.

Cleveland, O — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer'g Sons,
Miami and Gratiot Aves

Detroit, Miih. — Florists' Telegraph De-
livery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. lllfi Walnut St.

Montreal. Can— Hall & Koblnson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex McConnell, 611 Bth Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New i'ork— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomlngdale's.

Providence, B. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrence St.

Providence, R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 26
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal.— The California
Florist, 344-340 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearny St.

St. Paul -Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L .L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, «6 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 815
F St., N. W.

Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Henry Wittbold had a large share
of the decorations at the Clay Prod-
ucts Exposition at the Coliseum this
week.

Fred Manzing has purchased the
business of the North Edgewater
Floral Company and will continue the
business under the old name.

Some of the regular stock of lily
of the valley now being cut by J. A.
Budlong was noted today and it was
fully 16 inches in length with heavy
finely colored foliage and large bells.
Mr. Budlong is an advocate of the use
of only the choicest grade of pips and
the results bear witness to the correct-
ness of his judgment.

Visitors: J. D. Slack of Peters &
Reed Pottery Co., Zanesville, O.; Miss
Kate Harris, Memphis, Tenn. ; J. L.
Pillsbury, Galesburg, 111.; Thomas
Knight of -Knight & Struck Co., New
York; Mrs. C. E. Hubbard, Topeka,
Kansas; Wm. Griesinger, Ghent, Bel-
gium; Mr. Heacock, Jr., Wyncote, Pa.;
E. M. McLellan, Burlingame, Cal.;
Chas. Young, St. Louis, Mo.

BOSTON. MASS.

'■reiin. The Teleijraph Florist"
Member i.f Florists' Telegraph Delivery
37.43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

JULIUS A. ZINN

1 Park St., Boston

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

^^^^GUDE'S

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS
■ 211 F ST..NJW.

Member Florists'
Telesraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANIli

EudM AvMMM

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application'

Ordtr Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

^Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Trc.
Member Florists' Tele;;rapli Ueliiery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas
City and any town In Missouri or
Kansas.

WELLESLEY COLLESE

Dana Hall. Walnut Hill and Rockrldss Hall

Schools. TAILBY, Wellecley, M««*.

Tel. Wellesley 44-1 and 2. MIffbt 44-».

342

HORT I CULTURE

March 8. 1913

GET BUSY WITH THAT EASTER ORDER

ONLY A SHORT TIME LEFT TO GET YOUR EASTER
GOODS from The Wholesale Florists' Supply House of America —

BAYERSDORFER

BASKETS

Of every kind for Plants, Flowers and Ferns.
Our popular tumbler Baskets includf^d.
Our original introduction of the NEW COLOR
LONDON TINTS on baskets is the "sensation
of the day."

IVIATS All colors and weaves.

WATER PROOF CREPE PAPER in all colors

SPECIAL— For a short time. Crepe Paper Pot Covers to fit 4 to 6 in.,
NO DISAPPOINTMENT IN FILLING ORDERS

For Other Supplies Consult Our Silent Salesman

H. B A YERSD ORFCR (Q. CO.

Ii.oo per 100

THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

2a;

1129 ARCH STREET.- ------ PHILADELPHIA. PA

ALEX. McGONNELL

S71 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

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

Cffsi of Cahli7ig Foreign Deliveries
Must be Prepaid

Reference or cash must accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ALEXCONNELX..'

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the c juntry to

New York City
Or OUT-eOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telej^'raph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1502-1533 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

761 mil Hie, Cot. [ S8tli SI

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene A»e. Tel. 3908 Prospect

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

STEAMER DEPARTURES f
Allan.

s.-andinav'n. P.oston-Gl'sg'w. .Mar. 13
American.

riiil,Hlpl|ilii:i, N. Y.-S'li'pton.Mar. 15
St. I'aiil. .\ V. S'lKiLiiptcui. . .Mar. JL'

Atlantic Transport.

Minnehaha, N. Y. -London. . .Mar. 15
Minuewaska, X. Y.-Lundon. . JIar. 1:2

Cunara.

I'runconia, Boston-Liverp'l. .Mar. 11
<'ainpania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .Mar. 12
Caronia. N. Y'.-Mediter'n'n. . .Mar. 15
t'armania, N. Y'. -Liverpool. . .Mar. 22
C.irpathia, N. Y'.-Mediter'n'n.Mar. 22

Hamburg-American.

r;'nnsyiv;iiii.i, .\. \".- iriiil''rir . Mar. 12
.Vnierika, N. Y -llanil)ur}j:. . . . Mar. 15
Pres. Lincoln, X. Y'.-H'mb'rg.Mar. 2(1
K. Aug. Vic, X. Y'.-H'mb'rg.Mar. 27

Holland-America.
Kyndam. -\. Y - lid I cnlaiu . . . Mar. 1 1
Kottcrdani. X. Y- i;..lfi rdam..Mar. Is
Potsdam, X. Y -K>>i tcrdam. .Mar. 25

Leyland.

l!o]totni;ln. Hnsl<..n. Liverpool . Mar. 22
North German Lloyd.

Zictcti, X. Y'. -Bremen .Mar. 13

K's. Albert, X. Y.-Medifr'n.Mar. 15
Ks'r Wil. ir, X. Y. -Bremen. Mar. l.S
*;. Washington. X. Y.-I^r'in'n .Mar. 22

Red Star.
Kroonland, X, Y'.-.\nt\verp. .Mar. 15

Zeeland, N, Y".-.\iit\vcrp Mar. 22

White Star.
Arabic. Bosttin-LiverF)ool. . ,
ttceanic, X, Y'.-.S'haiupton . . .
Laurentic. X.' Y'. -Liverpool.

Established IR74
FLOKIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenae, N. Y. City

{Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspom
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntisk
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address^ Dardsflor.

YOUN^& NUGENT

42 West 28 St„ NEW YORK

••FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
A.I-B/VIMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICINITY

AL,BANT, N. X.

, Mar. 11
.Mar. 12
.Mar. 13
..Mar. 15

< 'a no pie. Boston- Med iter'n'u.
I'biladelpbia. N. Y.-S'h'pt'n..Mar. 15

I'..iltic. X. Y'. -Liverpool Mar. 20

.•st. Panl. X. Y'.-S'haiupton. . .Mar. 22 Mi

Flowers or Design Work

DEI.IVEKEI> IX AI.H.VNY .\Xn TICINITT
OX TKI.KI.H Al-llIC OKI>i;R

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rc»cbeMer Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone sxSv

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

■ 3Bd all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

Nl> EiitamI Points 171 Weybasset Stmt

.March 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

343

UTILIZING RUBBISH.

Wake up Jlr. Retailer! Lent is well
on and this is your opportunity to turn
what your clerks call rubbish, into
money; this can be done with very lit-
tle expense; correctly speaking, more
time and attention than the actual out-
lay of cash.

Nearly every retail florist has a cel-
lar or storeroom, where a stock of
baskets are kept, and from time to
time you are buying new creations
which catch the customer's eye. What
becomes of the stock remaining from
your purchases of last year and two
years ago? Are they resting quietly
in the cellar never to be disturbed
again?

Now here's the point. Let one of
your men who is acquainted with the
stock get them out and select first
those best adapted for the use of
Easter plants. There may be a few
with broken handles; in this case, if
the handles cannot be repaired cut
them off, and an application of bronze
or an attractive shade of green paint
will put the finishing touches to them.
Now see the difference between a
liroken basket and one put in condi-
tion. By doing this you have turned
dead stock into money.

The old stock of baskets having been
put in shape the next thing is to move
them. As your stock arrives from
the greenhouses you will see. maybe,
a poorly shaped genista being uncov-
ered; put it into that gold basket, add
a touch of blue ribbon, and see the re-
sults. The same with the lilies, aza-
leas, ramblers, etc., matching the col-
ors so as to get the best color har-
mony between plant and basket, using
a touch of ribbon if the decorator sees
fit.

Now comes the small basket. Give
this the same attention as the plant
basket, and they will move by being
arranged with a bunch of violets, lily
of the valley or yellow daisies, and by
the time your season is nearly over
you will be looking forward to the
supply house for a new stock, feeling
that you have been well paid for clean-
ing up this so-called rubbish, and
promising yourself another profitable
trip to the rubbish pile before next
Christmas.

Mb. Storemax.

ROCHESTER (N. Y.) NOTES.

An expenditure of $12,000 for park
driveways was authorized and work
will be commenced on as soon as the
weather is suitable.

Whilst we are still in the middle of
Lent the local wholesalers and retail-
ers have been kept quite busy. Stock
is coming very nicely and will be in
good shape for the Easter trade.

Invitations have been received by
the Rochester Florists' Association to
be the guests of the Buffalo Florists'
Club, when the representatives of the
organization from this city will meet
the Buffalonians in a return bowling
match.

There is a brilliant display of flowers
in the Lamberton Consei'vatories at
Highland Park. A large number of
Indian azaleas are now in full bloom.
Some tall standard specimen acacias
are most attractive. Amongst other
plants in bloom are streptosolens.
heaths and cinerarias.

H. J. Head.

ITS RICE

FOR QUALITY, SERVICE, PRICE

Order from ua today your

EASTER SUPPLIES & RIBBONS

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Everything the Florist uses except Flowers

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Mate Baskets. These
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, &2.50 ; No. 2, &J.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; No. 5, S6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rocliester, N.Y

COLORING For Cut Flowers

Order your green for St. Patrick's Day. Price 50c a package, prepaid.
Also a Full Line of Other Colors

ORANGE CHEMICAL CO., department Hi East Orange. N. J.

FIRES.
Teaneck, N. J. — Fire did $5,000
worth of damage to Lucian Dirig's
Easter supply of lilies and sweet peas
on the morning of February 25 and the
greenhouses, which were badly dam-
aged. The blaze started in the boiler
room at 2 o'clock A. M. The Teaneck
firemen responded. Three of them
were cut by broken glass.

NEWS NOTES.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Lanss Bros.,

re-

EVER READY
POTCOVER

cently employed at the Doheny place^
have started business for themselves
at the corner of Ardmore and Pico
streets.

Waltham, Mass. — The greenhouse
establishment of the late F. R. Mathi-
son at Clematis Brook has been leased
by Mrs. Mathison to Cartwright Bros,
from April 1.

George Hildenbrand, .3423 Broadway,
New York, through his counsel, is of-
fering to settle with his creditors at
25 cents on the dollar.

The modern way ut
;ntistic;illy decorat-
iug uusightly clay
flower puts. Make*
[ilants sell better as
tbey are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, durable
and instantly ap-
plied. Made In four colors and many
sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

DON'T FAIL
to look through the Buyers' Directory
in every issue of HORTICULTURE.

Bed rock wholesale prices for just
the things you want are quoted there.
And in ordering the goods please re-
fer to HORTICULTURE.

344

HORTICULTURE

March 8, 1913

SNAPDRAGON

$1.50—2.00 per Dozen

lu pink we have three shades— light pink,
rose pink and bronze pink. Plenty of good
yellow and some white. Can furnish snap-
dragon in large quantity.

The Leo Niessen Co.

N. W. Corner
12th and Race Sts..

FLORIST*

RHILADELPHIA

i^iiiiiiiiiiinnnniminiiiiiiiiiiiinnmKniminniiiiiiiiiui

I To Cut Flower Growers and
I Retail Florists

niMnb
ndl

IF YOU

want to find a market for your S

product 3

want a regular or special supply S

of the product of the best 9

growers S

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

= The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading S
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade 1

amiiimi"»""""""""""H""""i"»"""'"ni»mnmiiiiiig

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

(ifl PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, Mgr.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. Insist on liaving the

BOSTON

Inscriptions, Emblems, etc. Always
in Stock.

J<

-k

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

4

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HENRY M. m\i\mH & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' GreenSf
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B.HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

I!!eJ.M.McCuliough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Spefi:il attfiition to sblpping orders. Job-
bers of I'lcirisis' Supplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list mi applicuticn.
Phone "•.;-. f"i •)in w„|„„t St.. rinrlnnatl.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graanhauses. Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — '^'''^'^^'"*'''?S-d^!:,'e''r"s only

ROSES

CINCINNATI

March :;

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

" " Extra

" " No, 1

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

*' Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

*' " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
'* " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade ■ . .

'* Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias .■..■

Adiantum ....

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo)-.
" •' & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

DKTROIT

February 17

BUFFALO

March 3

|PITI>BURaH

I March 3

25.00
15.00
10.00
4.00
6.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
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1.50

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8.00

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1.00

13.50

50.00

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2.50
1.50

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10.00
10.00

7.00
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7.00

12.00
8.00

3.00
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15.00
15.00
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1. 00

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5.00

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PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE., STd'^I^'^^^^T CHICAGO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Pricee Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlv.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

March 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

345

ALBANY GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

Flower Market Reports

Trade is decidedly dull
BOSTON again this week. Sup-
plies are coming in heav-
ily and wholesale markets are clogged
lip with flowers in all lines, American
Beauty roses alone excepted. Of these
latter there are no good or even pas-
sable flowers to be had here. Short
stemmed and discolored deformed buds
are all that are to be seen. Carnations
are perhaps in better running than
tliey were last week, white selling a
little higher than the colors. The
stock of roses is large and the quality
has fallen off noticeably. White Kil-
larney is the best seller at present.
Bulb stock, of course, is an unwieldy
surplus and sales in job lots are made
at figures far below quotations, al-
though at best the latter are unprece-
dentedly low for so early in the sea-
son. Double violets are practically
dead stock; nobody cares to handle
them and even the singles sell not
any too well. Altogether prices are very
irregular with no standard of value
that can be maintained on anything.

Trade has not been very
BUFFALO brisk the past week; in
fact, another genuine
Lenten week in which there has been
too much stock to feel comfortable.
The receipts have been heavy on all
lines and no scarcity exists. Prices
are reasonable and on some things
very low which does not encourage
the speculators to load up. Carnations
have been in good supply and have not
sold any too well. There are plenty
of fine tulips, daffodils and other bulb-
ous stock,

.^11 kinds of weather,
CHICAGO txcept the kind that
brings out the buyers,
made the last week of Februaiy a poor
one for sales in general and a record-
breaker in the history of violets. Sales
of violets have been rather below nor-
mal all the season and the demand al-
most ceased with the coming of the
snow, sleet and cold and the stoak
piled up to unmovable proportions
towards the end of the week. Very
great concessions were made to move
the accumulation but a large propor-
tion went to waste. Sweet peas were
tending toward the same end, only the
number was much less. Carnations are
now including a great many splits and
weak-stemmed ones which move off at
a big reduction, but the good ones
sell well and prices hold firm on them.
American Beauties are very scarce in

THOMAS TR.ACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLV;

SAVE TIME AND MONET BY SENDLNO YOCB ORDER TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

A«ERIC\N BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND. M \RYLAND AND * LL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. O^RNATIONS, ORCHlDi

c=S£^^: BKST PRODUCED
226 Devonshire Street, Boston, IWa«».

William F. Hasting Co.

\A/hole8al.

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

loris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CUT FLOWERS AND FL.ORlaTB' STPI'LIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Homr-rrvn'n Stock • Spaclmlty. STBtC'TLY WnOLBSALE; NOTHING SOI.D
AT RETAIL..

Ample reference fnrmlehed ae t* steodBs %u6 nnanelal ability of the company,
123 MANSFIELD SXREET, MONXREAU, P. Q.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^"^''«"=^S-d^Ver% only

ROSES

BOSTON

March 6

CHtCAOo

February 24

sT LoUls>

March 3

PHILA.

March 3

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

" *' Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killarney , Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . .-

Bride, 'Maid

HilliDgdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst ■

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White ...

" Trumpet

Tulips

Roman Hyacinths

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Gardenias •

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Ploraosus, Strings (100)..
" " & Spren. (100 Bchs.). .

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anything like a good grade and there
is a steady demand for more than the
market can supply. All kinds of roses
are in good demand for shipping trade
and there has been no special weak-
ening in price. Bulbous stock is not
quite so plentiful. Snapdragons are
coming in and there is a good one of
a Killarney pink shade that brings the
top price. Stocks also are seen. The
usual herald of spring, pussy willows,
afford attractive window display for
the retailers. All kinds of green are
to be had in quantity.

The past week the
ST. LOUIS market was in a satis-
factory condition, so
far as buyers of stock were concerned,
for anything in season one wanted
was to be had in quantities and at
prices very much lower than they
have been for the past month. Sweet
peas are a glut and so are violets and
the wholesaler has to dispose of them
at very low prices. Roses are becom-

ing more plentiful each day and the
price has dropped. The local ship-
pers say they will be in full crop for
Easter. Carnations, too, are away too
many for the demand. Bulb stock is
now in full crop and of fine quality.

(Continued on Page 347)

GEO C. 5IEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
^ to& ^A/ES-r 2s«K ST

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

pbone;^08|madisonsq,. new «Y0RK

ROSES WANTED

will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

S4 W. 28th Street, New York

346

HORTICULTURE

March 8, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor tn

FORD BROTHERS

121 West 28th Street NEW YORX

S[8, «I

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWEKS.
Teleplione. 3X70 nr SITl Jfailison Square.

H. E, FROMENTT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3300, 3201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madison Square NeW YOrfc

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORI> —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK

Cull and Inspect the Best Establlsbment
in the Wholesale Flower Uistrict.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

VIOL. E:nr3

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Groovers' MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn, Jr.

55 ^ 57 -West 26th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut K\ersreen's. IMo'^ses,

Southern Sniilax. <ialax and Leucothoe,

Preserved and Fresh f'ut

C'ycas and Palmetto.

1.1 {;jS°} Had.s, 113 W. 28 St., New York.
REED (Si KELLER

li: Wc-I ■•.">tli SI.. New York

Florists' Supplies

\\r nianiifartnr*' all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Worli & Novelties

and ;uv dealers ia

Decorative Glassware. Growers an'

l'"Iorists' Rpn II <<'*<•«

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Marlcet for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoufhby it.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000.... «l.:s. SO,000....$7.M. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

r». J. sj^iODH

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist lVR*i!?fT*§gS;;e%*

A full line of Choice Cut Flower Stocli for all purposes The HOME OP TME ULY
by the 100, 1000 or 10,000

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

WJiol«Hale Cotnmissiort De<iler in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

t33 Wtst 28th Street, Mew York
"''■-lephone — SKiZ'iUX Madison Sgusre

Established
1887

J. K. A.I-L

IM

Still Going I
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cat Floiver Crnslginnents Solicited.
A SQUARE DEAI.. PROMPT RETOBNS. MONEY AI.WAT8 READY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Open 8 A. M. dally. Telephone, laT uid 44*1 Mmd. 8q.

>^i HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

QfetCHI DS A SPECIALTY

T r^, .^HE HIGHEST !# A I I ^V ALWAYS

1^: GRADEOF VALLtY ONHAND

GARDENIAS. DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES Me MAN US, M.d's^' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YOKK QUOTA IIUINS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

ending Mar. 1

1912

First Half of Week

beginning Mar. 2

1912

American Beau t>. Fancy and Special .

Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Elxtra

" Ordioary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

'■ " Ordinary....

Bhde.Mald

Hilling:don, Ward, Melody, Extra ....

" " " Ordinary .

Talt, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinarj- ....

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS
3-* Wessit S2Stl:& Street, ^fe-w "VoirlKi

Telephones {{^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS 80LICrr«»

Frank H. Traendly Chare« Sch^C^^T^ipM S~k| MM iST|~| M Al #|

TRAENOLY & SCHENCK f K*NK MILLANG

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St.,

New York

Telephones : 798 and 799 Uaditen Square
Consisnnients Solicited

CENTRALLY LOCATED. THK HtJB OF
THB FLOWEB MARKKT SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 706t MadUon
T^cpboBc 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tli St., NEW YORK

Shipmenls, any quantity, TVhoIe-
sale Market Rates.

■MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BTOADWAY. DETROIT, MIl'H.

HENRY M.kuUINSON.Pres. .MAnRICE L. GLASS. Tt«m
CHAS E. ROBINSON, V-Prea. JOSEPH MARGOUS.Set'j

HENRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glass. Manaser
55-57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

Sfeciai AtitMiott Ar tJte Skip^^^ Trade

March 8. 1913

HORTICULTURE

:U7

Flower Market Reports

f Continued from pa^e J^/j)

Things are petty
NEW YORK well demoralized
here as to market
values. It is not possible to maintain
a standard and the wholesale dealers
are too glad to see a good buyer dis-
posed to invest, to be at all fussy
about the rate they charge him. Qual-
ity seems to have retrograded on many
items. Roses, carnations, lilies, lily
of the valley, etc., are all seen in
varying grades of course, but on the
average lower quality goods are in evi-
dence than was the case two weeks
ago. Beauty roses have petered out
all around. Of other roses there is a
surfeit, as also of carnations, violets
and bulbous material. Orchids, too,
are hanging fire although they are
freely offered at what would ordinarily
be considered very low prices. Some
very fine acacia is seen here and there
and this is about the only thing that
holds up to record figure.

Trade fair to
PHILADELPHIA middling. Best
sellers probably
carnations. These have been more
plentiful and average very high in
quality. Another good seller was
American Beauty rose. This item is
still very scarce, contrary to general
expectation for so late in the season.
Other varieties of roses are quite
plentiful especially in the lower
grades. There is no great influx in
the way of fancies and specials. The
best of all just now is the Double-Pink
Klllarney. Sweet peas are running ex-
tra fine and very plentiful. The
Spencer forms are now to be seen in
limited quantity, which is an addition-
al attraction. Cattleyas are reason-
ably plentiful but the quality is rath-
er below standard as a rule. Many
complaints are being received from
buyers who look for the very choicest
all the time. Gardenias continue in
good supply of excellent quality.
Greenhouse-grown daffodils are hold-
ing their own as a spring favorite.
This happy state of affairs will be
short-lived, however, as several small
shipments of southern flowers are al-
ready to be seen around and it won't
be long before these will be in such
quantity as to knock the bottom out
of the market. Reports all around say
violets are selling very poorly.

PUBLICATIONS CONSOLIDATED.

After running for a fifth of a cen-
tury as an independent publication, the
Fern Bulletin has now been merged
with The American Botanist. A copy
of the new magazine which takes its
place has come to us from the pub-
lishers, Willard N. Clute & Co., Joliet.
111. The fact that the Fern Bulletin
was the third oldest botanical publi-
cation in America and the only publica-
tion devoted to ferns for most of its
existence, has led us to experience a
bit of lonesomeness for we confess to
a life-long affection for the ferns. But
a scrutiny of the new magazine con-
vinces us that the special field which
the Fern Bulletin covered so well will
not be neglected and so we extend a
welcome and cordial good wishes to
the old friend in a new dress.

Four New Roses Every Grower

WILL WANT THIS YEAR

IRISH FIRE FLAME

Tbe dainty new single Rrj.se.
trimmest and sweetest little
bud ever seen, and well named
as to its lovely color. A
Dickson seedling of strong,
vigorous growth, very free,
particularly during the Win-
ter; color fiery crimson, shad-
ing to a rich orange salmon
at the base; foliage a d.-irk
green, reverse side of leaf
deep bronze; a new departure
in Roses, a distinct novelty ;
beautiful and charming : a
favorite wherever shown :
nothing to compare witli It.
March and April delivery.

OWN ROOT. Doz., $«.od; 2,i,
$10.00; 50, *17.50; 100, $30.00;
250. $70.00; 1000, $350.00.

GRAFTED, Doz., $7.50; 25,
$13.50; 50. $30.00; 100. $35.00;
230. $S3.60, lOnO, $300.00.

Mrs. Ghas. Russell

A new American pedigree
seedling. Of American Beauty
size and fragrance: color a
lighter cerise that does not
fade to blue, but to a lighter
rose as the flowers age; a
strong, vigorous grower ; good,
heavy stems; tlowers carried
erect ; no weak necks ; no
blind wood like Beauty: very
^_ prolific, renuirkably so con-

sidering its size. As tested
In tbe various shmvs over tbe country this Fall, It hag proven a wonderful keeper
and estalillshcd Itself at once as a Rose of unsual merit, creating a seuiation
wherever shown and attracting not only the commercial man. but the public as
well. Delivery after March 15tb.

Doz. 25 .50 100 2.30 1000

(irafted Stock Onl.v $7,50 $13.50 $30.00 $35.00 $83.50 $300.00

lull Jiny A strong, sturdy grower, excellent foliage: flowers large and double:
nilLIIUI opens perfectly at all seasons: similar to Richmond in color, al-
though ric-her In color in bud form; shape of flower resembles Gen. Jacqueminot:
very prolific; good keeper; the coming Red Rose. Grafted or Own Roots, $30.00
per 100: .$3.50.00 per lOiKi.

A free-flowering pink Rose; very highly

rect-)ui mended b.v some of our best Rose

growers ; has been selling e.Kceptionally well in the New York market this season.
Grafted or Own Root, $30.00 per 100; $350.00 per lOOO.

We guarantee not only the quality of our stock but its safe delivery by express.

Rihhnne and Ciinnliae S'"'^ "^ ^°^ ^rvi<i& on these and on supplies.

niUUUIId dim wUp|Jll69 Many new patterns In exclusive Ribbons.
<iKKKN C.iRNATlON DYE; for March 17th, oOo. per packaffe.
Small sliipnicnts can he sent by I*arcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

PHILAnELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON

1608-1030 Ludlow SI. U7 West 38th St. 1316 H. St.. N. W. ^„

MRS. GEO. SHAWYER

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100.

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lflles, Longlflorum

Callas

Ul> of the Valley

Narcissus, Paper White

Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises , .

Mignonette

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches)

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smllax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

" " & Spren (loo bunches) .

To Dealers Only

last Half of Week

First Half Of IVeek

ending Mar. 1

beginning Mar. 2

1913

1913

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to

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to

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Toronto, Ont., Can. — Grobba & Wan-
drey have dissolved partnership. Carl
Grobba will carry on the business.

York, Neb.— The C. S. Harrison

Select Nursery have just moved into
their new and comfortable office. The

outlook for a big trade Is very bright.
The weather has remained mild and
but little frost is in the ground.

^48

HORTICULTURE

March S, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put theia
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNT ANT

B. J. Dyiut, 40 State St:, Boiton.
For p«»f »f Ll»t of AdTTtI— r«.

AMPEtOPSIS

Ampelopsls Veitchll— One year, 2 to 3
ft., strong, 50 for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel
post); $20 per 1000. IS to 24 inches. 50
for $1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to 6 inches
for transplanting, $12 per 1000. Samples
25c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Black,
Hightstown, N. J.

APUINK

AphlB* UtK- Co., Midlion, N. J.
Kor >««« »— Litot of AflTTtlwg.

AKACCARIAS

Ooifrey Aichnaann, PhlUdelphl*. P».
For p«t« »e« Llat of AdT«rtl»Mg.

100; *lo.uv per xKnm
Bros., Maywood, 111

ASPARAGUS

Sprengerl. 2 Inch, $2.00 per
er 10(H). Cash please. Felsch

Asparagus Sprengerl, 2 incn, ^
■"■ $lb.lHi per 10(H). Cash please.
.. Maywood. 111.

ASTERS

THE SAWYER ASTERMUM.
Eight years of strict selection places It
on the mountain top of perfection, In color,
size and Profit. Price (cash with order),
$8.00 per oz.; $4.50 per Ya oz. ; trade packet,
not mixed, $1.00. Colors, white, piuk and
lavencier. Send for cuts and description.
Albert A. Sawyer, Forest^ark.^ll.

AZALKAS

P. Ooworkerk. Hoboken, N. J.
For page »»o List of Advortlsers.

A. Leutby & Co., Boallndale, Uass.
For pace ••• LUt of AdTertl»«ri.

Loockuai * Co., Now lork, N. I.
For pago see Llat of Advertisers.

BAT TKRK8

McHatctalson & Co., 17 Marrsj Bt., N.
For pMfo seo List of AdTortlaors.
Bobbink & Atkins, Bntherford, N. J,
For p«tt seo LUt of AdTortlsers

AoKost Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay Bt.,

New York.

For page sx List of AdTortUers.

Bay treoe and Box tr»*a. aU alaca. Write
tor specUl lUt. Jnllaa Boehrs Co., Batber-
for*, N. J.

BBTDDTNO FL,ANT8

A. N. Plerson, lac, Cromwell, Conm.

For page see List of AdTertlaers.

B. Tlnoeot, Jr., & Sobs Co., WhiU Marmh,

Ud.

For page see Llat of Adrertlsers.

BKOONIAS

Vernon Begonias. 3 Inch. In bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per 100. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, TU.

BOrLKBS

KroeecheU Bros. Co., 4<S« Brie St., Ckle««o.
For p>ag> see LUt of AdTertlaers.

Bltrhlnrs * Co., 11TB Broadway. N. T.

For pagg^ee List of Advertisers.

Lerd A Bumhara Co., IIM Broadway, M. T.

BOXK8 — CUT rl.OW«»— FOLDrNO

B<warda Folding Box Co., PhlUdrlphU.
For page see LUt of AdTertlwera.
Folding eat flower boiea, the beat Bade.
Write for list. Helton ft Bnnkel Co., MH-

waakee. WU.

BOXWOOD TRESa

Bobbink * Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.

For page aee Llat of Artrertiaers.

Jnllaa Roehra Co., Rattaerford. N. J.

Hox Traaa, all alMa. Ask for special Hat.

BUL,B8 AND TUBERS

Arthnr T. Boddlngton, New York, M. T.

Gloxinias and Begonias.
For page aee List of AdTertlaers.

J. H. Tborhnra & Co., 33 BarcUy St., N. T.
For page see List ef AdTortlaera.

Mlchell's Seed Honae, PblUdelphU, Pa.
For page aee Llat ef Adrertiaers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., Tl Murray 8t.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of AdTertlaers.

James Tick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, FUke, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass

For page see List of AdTertlaera.

B. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farqubar Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield. L. I., N. Y.
Gladioli, Cannas, Irl-ses, Liliums,

Hyacinthus, Etc.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bnlbs of all descriptions. Write for price*.
C. Keur ft Sooa, HlUegom. Holland.
New York Branch, Il-Sl Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOR LILIES

Wm. Klllott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York, N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cannas, fine 2 to 3-eye bulbs. Robusta,
Cinnabar and mixed, $1.00 per 100. Sec.
Chabanne. $1.50 per 100. Paul Mar-
quant, $2.00 per 100. Mile. Herat, Pres.
Cleveland, $2.50 per 100. Pennsylvania,
C. F. Read, $3.00 per 100. Henry George,
Chas. Henderson. $4.00 per 100. Marvel,
David Harum. $5.00 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O.

THH IMPROVED CANNAS.
Yon can double yonr profits by stock-
ing nt> with the new cannas. Be aore t*
get our Hat before you place yonr order.
The Conard ft Jones Company, West Grove,
Peons.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. PllUbnry's C^matloo
Staple, 1000 for 11.00 post paid. 1. L.
PlUabnry, Galeabnrg, lU.

CARNATIONS

F. Domer ft Bona Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page aee Llat of Advertlaera.

S. S. Skldelaky ft Co., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertlaera.

Chas. H. Totty, Madl."e«, N. J.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Wood Bros.. FIshklll. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, IlL

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS — ConUnned

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury, Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS— Selected, strong healthy,
from 2%-in. pots; Beacon, Victory, Mrs.
C. W. Ward, Mav Day, White Perfection,
$3.00 per 100, $27.50 per 1000. .?tpvia, root-
ed cuttings, $1.00 per 100, parcel post paid.
Ship promptly; check with order. ViiTor
Burschel, 1505-1511 Electric St., Duumore,
Pa.

Three Grand New Carnations — Wm. Ec-
cles, first prize winner at Detroit and sil-
ver medal winner of New York Horticul-
tural Society; rigid stem, perfectly formed
3V>-in. flower, non-liursting calyx, highly
perfumed and free. Laily Northcliffe, beau-
tiful salmon pink, well built flower, and
just enough in It not to burst the calyx;
a grand bread and butter sort. British
Triumph, a striking shade of crimson;
flower 3V2-inclj and well built; sweetest
perfume of rny carnation ever raised; keep-
ing qualities are the best; fine stem, good
constitution, and free. $12.00 per 100, $100
per 1,000. Scott Brothers, Elmsford Nur-
series, Elmsford, N. Y.

CU&T8ANTUJUIi;llS

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Cbaa. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mlcb.
Chrysanthemum Manual.
For p:ige aee List of Advertisers.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, TUB. By A. Her-
rington. The author has endeavored t*
aasUt and direct the efforts of thooe wk«
would grow and excel in producing per-
fect chrysantbemnm flowera, showing that
not In secret arte and practlcea, bat ta
plain coora* of proocdare are the deelrH
reenlta atUIned. Illnatrated, 180 pages.

Price 50 centa. _

Ordera filled by HOBTICULTUKB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COLORING FOR FLOWERS

Orange Chemical Co., Dept. H, East Orange,

N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

COCOANUT FIBBB BOIL

aOth Ccntary PUnt Pood Co., Beverly, Haas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CTCLAMBN8

Thomas Boland, Nahant, Han.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. 3.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Dahlias, named sorts, strong divisions,
$1.25 per 100. Send for list. C. W. Ho«-

man, R. 13, Dayton,_0.

"Dahllaa— 2500 field clnmpa, Utest varU-
tles, cheap for caah; or what have yon te
exchange? Geo. H.Walker, DahUa Bxpert,
North Dlghton. Mnaa.

Dahlia surplus, whole roots, as dug. $3.00
per 100- Sylvia I.vndhurst. Red Hussar,
iivoni P. of Yellows, Queen Victoria;
$4(10- C W Bruton, Jack Rose; $7.00: Miss
McCiillough. Hugo Kind, Shady Lawn

Nursery, Hammnnton, N. J.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.

Dorothv Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cas-
sett Golden Wedding, New Century Dah-
lias' etc Big stock of best cut flower
dilVlIas Write for surplus llat and special
n'rices Peacock Dahlia Farms. Wllllams-
town Junction, N. J., Post OflJce, Beriln,
N. J.

For List of Advertisors Soo Page 319

March 8, 1913

HORTICULTURE

U^

DAHLIAS — Continued

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and nii'st up-to-date la America.
Over SSO.OIX) field clumps to oBfer at right
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. Alexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

DECORATITB PIANTS

A. Lentbj ft Co.. Prrklns 8t. NaraarlM.

Boslindale. Maia.

For page »ee Ll»t of Advertlsem.

Bobcrt Cralc Co., Market and i»tb Bti..

Philadelphia, Pa.

Eor page tee Llet of AdrertlMn.

John Scott, BroekljB, V. T.

For page see LUt of AdTertlaer*.

Woodrow ft Marketoe, 41 Weet tSU IC

New Tork.
For page see Llat of AdTertleen.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indirlsa, 2 Inch, {2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FERNS

A. Lejtby ft Co., Rosllndale, Man.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows ft Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn N. Y.
For page see List of Agvertlsers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

rrank Oechslln, 4911 Qulncy St., Cblcftgo.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hodson,

New Tork.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, line stock Boston, Wblt-
nanli, Amerpohll, Sprlngfleldll (1.80 per
100, $].^00 per 1000. Hooscvelt ranners,
Tery fine. $6.00 per 100. $.tO.UO per 1000.
Koosevelt, 4-Inch, $15 00 per 100, &-lDch,
126.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosas, 4-
Incb, handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 60.000
m. ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted
•xcluslvely to ferns. I bnve the best stock
to be had anywhere. Prices are low, for
easb only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield,
O.

FERTrLIZKBB

Wtb Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Maw

For page gee List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertllene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FnlTerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

WUard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FEVERFEW

Feverfew, large double white R. C, 75c.
per 100, prepaid. Cbas. Frost, Kenllwortb,
N. J,

FM>BIST8' liETTKSS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy ft Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co.. 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. II, BoblnsoB ft Co., 15 Province St and

0 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed ft Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New Tork.
For page see List of Advertisers.

t. S. Penuock-Meehan Co., PhUadelptala,
Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER FOTS.

W. H. Ernest, 28tb and M Sts.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of AdvertUers.

A. H. ilews ft Co.. Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

fillflnger Bros., Ft. Edward. N. T.
For page see List of AdvertUem.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. I.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Every Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

Buffalo, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FUNOINE
Apblne Mfg. Co., MadlsoB, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, MIcb.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

KerrsB Co., New Tork.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

8. Vincent. Jr. ft Sons Co., White Uarsb,

Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mlcb.
I''or page see L i st of Advertisers.

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time we are offering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular In natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2V4-inch pots
50c. each, $5.00 per doz. ; 3-inch pots, $1.00
each. $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ills.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
RIcard, Red Wing, Vlaud, La Favorite, CoL
Thomas, Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, Olierle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18.50 per lUOO. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela. Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polte-
vine, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per lUOO. Send for geranium cataiog:ue
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis ( hilds, Flowerfleld, N. T.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Kunderdl Glory, $4.25 per 100: $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Nutlck,
Mass.

GLADIOLI — America, Augusta, Independ-
ence or Mrs. Kinar. y. in. bulbs. $1.00 per
1(10; $8.00 per 1,000. 'Bulbs under V- in.,
$3.1)0 per l.OOO; bulhlets, 50c. per 1,000. or
$1.50 per quart. Grofl's Hybrids or Silver
Trophy Sec. 2 bulbs, same as above; bulb-
lets, $1.00 per quart, postfree. Clark
Brown. Ashland. Mass.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge ft Co., 22d and Lomber
Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Inc., 216-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prli'es.
ston Glass Co.. Hartford City, Ind.

Jobn-

OLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan, 118 Wlnyah Ave.,

New Rocbelle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Asache, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Rrooklyu. N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. Jacobs ft Sons, Brooklyn, N. T.

I.«rd ft Bpmham Co.,

1183 Broadway, New Tork.

GREENHOUSE CONSTBUCTION

King Constmctlou Co., N. Tonawanda, N. I.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Foley Mfg. Co., 2510 S. Western Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Bogtou, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd. Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche. Jersey City, N. 1.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plerson 0-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn. N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltcblngs ft Co., 1170 Broadway. N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Bnmham Co.,

1183 Broadway, New York.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. T.

King Channel Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page gee List of Advertisera.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart. Rochester. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HABDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mlcb.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see Llat of Advertisers

H.AKDY PLANTS

Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Lllium Grayl,
Stenanthium robustum, Triiliums, Iris
Azaleas, Carolina hemlocli, Viola peilata,
Galax clumps, Epigaea repens, Mitchells
repens, and Ferns. Many others. Send
for Catalogue. Appalachian Nursery Com-
pany. Spear, N. C.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeecheli Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Cblcago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New Tork.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mas
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

K. 8. Miller, Wading Klver, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
P Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bobblnk ft Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eye. 1 year fleld-grown. No. 1,
$2 00; No. 2, $1.50; No. 3, $1.00 per 100}
600 lots, 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert
Troth, Cantrli, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A T. Stearns Lomber Co., Neponset, _
For page see List of Advertisers.
Parsbel.sky Broe., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Burnham Co., 1183 Uroadway, N. ».

HY'DRANGEAS

Henry A. Dreer, Inf.. Pliilailelpbla, Pa.
New French Hydrangeas.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Hofticulture

350

HORT ICULTURE

March 8, 1913

IKSECTICIDKB

Apbioe MannfactarlDg Co., Msdlaon, N. J.

Apbine and Fnorlne.

For page gee List of AdvertUeri.

Lemon OU Co., Baltimore. Ud.

Btandard Inaeotlclde.

For page aee List of AdT«rtl«»r».

Benjamin Hammand, Plabklll-on-Uiidaan^

N. T.

Sine Sbot.

For page gee Llat of AdTertlwri.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loe«hner * Co., New York. N. T.
For page see List of Adrertlaers.

L.EMON OIL,

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page gee Llat of AdTertlaera.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena R. C, 75c. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenllwortb. N. J.

LILT BULBS

R. & J. Farqnbar & Co., Bogton, Maia.

New LIUeg.

For page gee LUt of Advertlaen.

Jas. Vlck'a Sons. Rocbeeter, N. T.
For page gee LIgt of Advertlaerg.

R. M. Ward A Co., New York, N. T.

Horse Sboe Brand.

For page see Llat of Advertlgerg.

LILT OF THE VALLET CLUMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100: $60.00 per
1000.

LILT OF THE TALLET PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York. N. T.
For page see List of Advertlaerg.

Angnst Rolker & Song, 31 Barclay SU N. Y.
For page gee Llat of AdTertlgerg.

UcBntcblsoD & Co^ 17 tlamr St., N. 1.

Berlin valley PIpg.

For page see Llat of AdTertlgerg.

F. B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndson,

N. y
For page see List of Advertiserg.

J M. Tborburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiserg.

MATS

MATS: — We make not only the moat
practical but the cheapest HOTBED and
COLD FKA.ME .M.\TS on the market. A
large per cent, of our orders come from
gardeners ninl florists who have tried them
and are pleased. Our m:Us are in use In
Iowa, III., lud.. Ohio. Minn.. Wis.. Mich.,
New York. Maine. Mass.. Conn.. R. I., N. J.,
Va., W. Va., and Pa. Also in British Co-
lumbia and Out., Canada. Send for clrcn-
lar. WATTS BROS., Kerrmoor, Pa.

M'RSERY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk. Weebawken Heights, N. J.
For page see l.lst of Advertlsera.

W. & T. Smith Co., Ueiieva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries North Ablngton, Masa.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Adrertlaera^

^^obbiuk & Atklna, Rutberfordr N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., SoDtb Framtngham,

Mags.

For page see List of Advertlaerg.

P. HamlltoD Ooodsell. New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertiserg.

HcHatcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Ad v ertlsers.
Angust Rolker & Sons, .31 Barclay^ St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Mannal of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed tn your address
for M.OO by Hortlcnltnre Publlsblng Co.,
U Hamilton Place. Boston.

SHRUBBERY^
There are bargains to be had here la
snch varieties as Splreas, Altbeaa. Welgelas
and PblladelpbuB, and this nameg only a
few We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
'Vnna,

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Schllder Bros., Chlllleothe, O.

Onion Seed and Seta.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS
Jaa. McManng, New York, N. T,
For page see List of Advertlgers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veltchil.
For page see List of Advertisers.

jDlIng Roehrs Co., Rntberford. N. I.
For page see List of Advertiserg.

Sander. St. Albans. England.
Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybrldlgtg.
For page see List of Advertlseis.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.
By B. S. Williams, 300 lllnstratlong, 800
pages ; descriptions of upwards of 2800
species and varletleg of orchldaceong

Slants, etc. The most complete work on
irchlds and Orchid Culture ever pab-
llshed. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICTJLTUBE, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALISADES POPl'L.AB PERENNIALS

Palisades Nurseries, Inc., Sparkill, N. T.

PALMS, ETC,

A. I/CDthy & Co., Perkins St. Nnrserlea,

Rosllndale, Masa.

For page see List of Advertiserg.

Bobblnk &. Atklng, Rntberford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page gee LIgt of AdTertlsen,

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Adrertlgers.

Loechner ft Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ADgDgt Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay 8t, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mags.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betacber,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANOERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

Angnst Rolker & Sons, New York, N, T,
For page see List of Advertisers.

McBntcblson ft Co.. 17 Mnrray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertlaerg.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

H. F. MiL-hell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Seele'g TIelexg Plant Stakea and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele ft Sons, Elkbart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakea. P. A. Angler
ft Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

American Woodpuwarp Mfp:. Co., Toledo. O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardlnlers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. A. nreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

FIPB AND FITTIN08

Kroeachell Bros. Co., 466 Brie St., Chlesf*.

King Construction Company,

Sbelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POTASH

German Kail Works. New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANOERS

Pot hangera, Kramer's $1 dos. by sxb.,
|1.2S by maU. I, N. Kramer ft Sons, Ceda*
Baplda, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-7»tT-o>*

f)lants, from 12 lucbes to 3 feet; well Un-
shed plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopstt
Veltchil. For prices and particulars ad-
dress Cbarles Black, HIgbtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

HcHntcblaon ft Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEFRIOERATOBS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk ft Atkins, Rntberford. N. i.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Rhododendrons — 10 car-loads of Rhodo-
dendron ma.-tinmm, 2 to SVa ft. high, nur-
sery grown or transplanted 3 yrs. or more.
$350 a car-load of 200 plants. Lowland
Rhododendron Farm, Kingston, R. I.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONB

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertisers.

8. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Phlladel^dUa, 1^
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell. Mrs. Q«e.

Shawyer.

For page see List of Advertisera.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Pblla. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlgers,

W. ft T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.

American Grown Roaes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nnrgerles, North Ablngton
For page see List of Advertisers.

a. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Pblla., Pa,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk ft Atkins, Rntberford, N. I,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advert]g< ra.

Brerett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford.

For page see List of Advertisera.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cai.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. Ban Jose, CkL

For List of Advertisers See Page 319

March 8, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

351

8EBD8

Joseph Breck & Sons,

61 and S2 N. Market St.. Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlaen.

Klcbell's Seed HoDse. PblUdelpbla. Pa.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed.
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

W. Atlee Barpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see Ust ot AdTertlsen.

Tattler, Flske, Bawson Co., Boston,

Boston Flower Market Stock Seed.
For page see I<lBt of Advertisers.

B. & J. Farqnhar & Co., Boston. Uaaa.
For pace sea List of Advertisers.

J. M. Tborbarn & Co., 33 BarcUj 8t., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Paaa, Beans, Bsdlsh and all Garden Beads.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. 8. BkUleIsk7 & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, Call.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Tick's Sons, Bochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

W

W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8 Bryson Ajres Co., Independence, Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertlseiB.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. D. Woodrnff & Son, New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. ZanKen. Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of .\dvertisers.

BeauUeu, Woodliaven. N. Y.

Importer of P.est French Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Aug. Drake, Cbester, N. J.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & D.vkhuis, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

A limitetl quantity of bigh grade Hen-
derson's Snowball cauliflower seed, Den-
mark grown. $!.«) oz. : $1.5.00 lb. Cash.

Julian T. Duquette. Albion, N. T.

ASPARAGUS SEEDS— New crop Plumo-
sus Nanus, greenhouse grown. For quick
cnsb orders. $3 50 per 1000; $10.00 per 3000;
$15.00 per 5000; $27.50 per 10,000. Special
price on larger lots. Joseph E. Stanton,
6755 Musgrove St., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia,
Pa.

SHAMROCKS

Frank Oechslin. Chioago, 111.

True Irish Shamrock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Shamrocks, true strong plants, cool
grown seedlings, by mail ready: For 2 or
8 In., 50c. per 100; from 2 and 3 in. pots,
ready after March 1st, 2 and 4c. A. Van
Benthuysen, B. D. 6, Schenectady, N. Y.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, FlsbklU-on-Hndson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8FHAGNITH U08B

J. U. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Spbagnnm moss, orcbld peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. Lager &
Bnrrell, Summit, N. J.

SPIRE AS

Breck-Boblnson Nursery Co., Lexington,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers,

STOVE PL.ANT8

Orchids— Largest stock la the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Julius Roehrs Co., Bntherford, N. J.

STAR OR WONDER BLACKBEBBV

J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

STRAWBERBT PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSEBYJIAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.,

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TRADESCANTIA

Wandering Jew, Bieolor and Striped.
Each, 2 In., per 100, $1.50; Bieolor, 2^4 in.,
per 100, $2.00; 500 lots, 10 per cent, off,
cash. Albert Troth, Cantril, Iowa.

WHOI.BBALB FORI8TS

Chicago — Continued

Chicago Flower Growers' Association,

178 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page sec List of Advertiser*.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 aad 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd.. Montreal. P. Q.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

New York

M C Ford, 121 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

VENTI1.ATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Bicbmond, Ind

Improved Ventilator Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works,

Bicbmond, lud.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRE WORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25tb St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William E. Hellscber's Wire Works,
;«-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H B Froment. B7 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see Ll3», of Advertiser*.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

James McManus. 105 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page eee List of Advertisers.

W F Sheridan, 133 W. 2Stb St., New York.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler. 28 Wllloughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. V.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Henti * Nash, 55 and 67 W. »tli

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Greater New York Florists' Association,

162 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

Charles MlUang. 55 and 57 West 26th St..
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Atlanta, Oa.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Boblnson & Co., 15 Province St.

and B Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

Bnffalo, N. T.

William F. Easting Co., 383-87 Blllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Belnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P J. Smith. 49 West 28th St.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

W. P. Ford. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schneck. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

The S S. Penuock-.Meeban Co., 117 West

2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang. 55-67 West 26th St.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Badgley, Rledel & Vleyer. Inc., New York.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

B S. Slinn. Jr., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wi^^ir(i^r& Marketos, «, Y*^« ^^ *•
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

J. K. Allen. New York. N. T.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

George C. Siebrecht, 1(« W. 28th St.,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Pblladelpbia

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Bndlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leo. NIessen Co., 1209 Arch St.. Pblla, Pn.
For page see List of Advertiser*.
8 S Pennock-Meehan Co.. 1G08-U

Ludlow St.. Phlladelphta. Pa.
For page see List of AdvertJaW.

Rochenter

The

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertiser*,

Washington

The S S. Pennork-Meehan Co., 1216

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

In writing fo Advertisers icindiy mention Horticulture

352

HORTICULTU RE

March 8, 1913

New Offers in This Issue

BOILERS FOR SALE.

"Storage," ciro of HOItTICULTURE.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS; ENGLISH IVY; ASPARA-
GUS SPRENGERI; GERANIUMS.

■T. H. Dann & Son. ^Yestfleld. X. Y.
For |ra;;e see List of Advertisers.

CATALOGUE NURSERY STOCK.

New Englaud Nurseries Co.. Bedford. Mass.
For pnge see List of Advertisers.

EASTER FLOWER OFFERINGS.

Henr.v M. Robinson & Co.. Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER LILIES.

Welch Bros.. Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER LILIES AND OTHER
FLOWERS.

N. F. McCartli.v & Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER PLANTS.

Wm. W. Edgar Co.. Waverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FOUR NEW ROSES.

S. S. Pennooii-Meelian Co.. Pbiladelphia, Pa
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS AND OTHER BEDDING
PLANTS.

R. Vincent. .Tr. & Sons Co., White Marsli.

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY POMPON, SINGLES AND
EARLY-FLOWERING CHRYS-
ANTHEMUMS.
Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries. Bergenfleld.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MICHELL'S FLOWER SEEDS.

Henry F. Michell Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW CARNATION BENORA^

F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson.

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NOVELTIES IN PLANT AND

FLOWER BASKETS FOR

EASTER.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AUCTION SALES.

Elliott Auction Co.. 42 Vese.v St.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT BARGAINS.

I. M. Rayner. (ireenport. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsere.

POTASH.

German Kali Works, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

QUALITY EASTER PLANTS.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RICE'S QUALITY SERVICE FOR
EASTER.

M. Rice Co., I'hiladelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Anvertisers.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS,

I'rauk P. Putnam. Lowell. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SNAPDRAGON.

The Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TUBEROSES.

J. M. Thorburn Co.. as Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TUBEROUS - ROOTED BEGONIAS,

FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS,

GLOXINIAS.

H. A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

Used all over tlie country by Commercial,
Public and Private places. These shades can
be rolled on the glass or raised 10 Inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and bring sample and explain how it works.

w.

118 Winyah Av
Tel 2733

H. DUGAN

New Rochelle, N.Y.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Willimantic. Conn. — \V. A. Dawson,
house.

Deep River. Conn. — David Doane,
one house.

Nashville, Tenn. — Mclntyre Bros.,
two houses.

Waterloo, Iowa — Charles Sherwood,
house 20 X 125.

Toronto, Ont., Can. — Carl Grobba,
range of houses.

Rockford, III. — Rockford Seed
Farms, rebuilding.

Oakland, Cal. — K. Korematazu, Edes
avenue, four houses.

Columbus, Ohio — Columbus Floral
Co., twelve plant houses.

Louisville, Ky. — Simon Pontrlch,
28th street, house 16 x 112.

Waverley, Mass. — W. W. Edgar Co.,
additions, by Lord & Burnham Co.

Chicago, III. — Jos. Wilniewicz, 3243
No. Springfield avenue, one house.

Chicago, III. — Joseph Wall, Belmont
and Milwaukee avenues, two houses.

Newton Falls. Ohio — Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.. two houses, each 48 x 400.

DON'T FAIL
to look through the Buyers' Directory
in every issue of HORTICULTURE.

Bed rock wholesale prices for just
the things you want are quoted there.
And in ordering the goods please re-
fer to HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

FOB SALE CHEAP!

Two
200 H. P. Boilers

- ALSO —

One 5ft. Stack

Apply to "Storage" care Horticulture,
Dobson Bldg., 9th and Market Streets,
Philadelphia.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new :
10 1 12, 16x18. 10x24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
sky tiros. Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St..
Hrooklyn. N. Y.

FOR SALE OR RENT— A good cemetery
stand opposite cemetery gates, doing a
good business. Will bear investigation.
For further particulars call or write The
Fairmount Florist, C21-623 Central Ave.,
Newark. N. J.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

AdvertiGements in this column
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICCXTURE" should be sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED — Greenhouse foreman, for a
commercial place of about 12,000 feet of
glass. Man must be a good grower of gen-
eral stock for retail trade. Wages $70.00
and house to the right party. Address X,
care of HORTICULTURE.

WANTED a young man as assistant In
greenhouses on a private place, suburb of
New York City. Wages, $4.j.00; good board
and room. Give full information and
references, etc. Address "A. R.," care
HORTICULTURE.

WANTED — Good all-round man for com-
mercial greenhouse work. Good wages to
right man. JOHN McKENZIE, North Cam-
bridge, Mass.

SITUATIONS WANTED

GARDENER wants position on gentle-
man's place. Able to take charge. Single,
age 29 years. First class grower of vege-
tables and flowers outside and under
glass; also experienced in palms, planting
and care of shrubs, shrubbery; fruit trees,
flower beds, lawn, roads, etc. First class
references. Please state salary. Address
"X," care HORTICULTURK.

SITUATION WANTED— As superintend-
ent or head gardener by Englishman, 34:
married, one child. Abstainer and non-
smoker. Twenty years' extensive experi-
ence: five years in this country: over four
years in present place. At liberty April
ist. Well recommended. .\ddn>ss S. W.
S., care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— By a young
man thoroughly experienced in all depart-
ments of gardening. Single, age 26.
Strictly sober. Would prefer place under
glass. Excellent references. State salary.
Anyone desiring a capable man apply to
J. Pearson, Ansonia, Penn.

SITUATIf)N WANTED — Private garden-
er's position in Miissachusetts preferred.
Married, one cl'.ild. Strictly temperate. Ex-
perienced in all-around greenhouse work.
Best reference. M, care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— By first class
plant grower, to take charge of place. 25
years' experience, 15 years In last place;
best of reference: married; 40 years of
age. Address "D," care HORTICULTURE.

POSITIO.N W.\NTED — In commercial
establishment, east preferred. Experienced
in cut-flower growing, carnations especial-
ly. Can furnish flrst-class Boston refer-
ences^ H. C, care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED — By young man,
34 years of age, would like to set work
at gardening. Gentleman's place preferred.
P. NEYLON. Stonington. Conn.

"You can no more conduct
business without advertising
than you can farming without
fertilizing." — Uncle Peleg.

March 8, 1913

HOETICULTURE

353

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

V. Lemoine & Fils, Nancy, Prance.
— Illustrated Novelty List.

Atlantic Nursery Co., Inc., Berlin,
Md. — Trade Price List of Nursery-
Grown Stock.

Geo. R. Pedrick & Son, Pedrick-
town, N. J. — Monthly Trade Price List
of Vegetable Seeds.

Clinton Falls Nursery Co., Owaton-
na, Minn. — Circular of "Slaughter
Prices" on Fruit, Ornamental and
Forest Trees.

Richland Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y.
— Illustrated Price List of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Plants.
Cover attractively adorned in colors.

Ross Bros. Co., Worcester, Mass. —
Annual Catalogue for 1913. A piece
of good work throughout. Very com-
plete in its lists of seeds and imple-
ments. Covers in glowing colors.
Lawn grass department shows up
well.

Vaughan's Seed Store, New York. —
General Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs,
Plants, etc., for 1913. Front cover
page bears a group of China asters
and the back page a vase of gladiolus
Mrs. Francis King, both in excellent
color effect.

Stumpp & Walter Co., New York
City.— Seed Catalogue, Spring, 1913.
This is a mighty handsome catalogue,
especially in its exterior, bound in
white with color reproductions of
Shirley Poppies on front and Giant
Petunias on back cover pages. These
color pictures are exceedingly well
done. The contents of the book are
on a par with the average publications
of the leading houses.

James Carter & Co., Raynes Park,
London, England. — "Garden and Lawn,
1913." We have on various occasions
commented admiringly on the beauty
of the half-tone Illustrations and ex-
cellent typographical work characteriz-
ing some of the leading English cata-
logues. The one now before us is one
of that sort. It is a book of nearly 300
pages and nothing less than a splendid
floral picture gallery. There are three
full-page pictures in colors.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,053,146. Carnation holder. Joseph
A. Becvar, Tuxedo Park,
N. Y.

1,053,148. Weeder. Garrett A. Bil-
low, Dayton, Ohio.

1,053,221. Agricultural imp 1 e m e n t.
William H. Rice, Roches-
ter, N. Y.

^^ffS^B^^

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicag »

Yield, Flavor and Shipping Quality of
strawberries are improved by the use of a
fertilizer containing 10% of

POTASH

Some of the largest growers of the South use
200 lbs. Sulfate of Potash to the acre and find it
very profitable.

Have your dealer carry brands of fertilizer rich enough in
Potash as well as Potash Sahs.

If he doesn't, we will sell you Potash direct in any
amount from a 200-lb. bag up.
Write to us for prices and for free book of fertilizer
formulas and directions.

GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc.

42 Broadway, New York

Monadoock Block, Cbicago

Whitoey Central Bank BuildlDg.

New Orleans

Bank & Tnut Bnilding. SavaoDab

Empire BaildiDg. Atlanta

San Francisco

•ILUG'

TRADE MA*"*

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS^
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Fotntoes. Cabbage, Dlelons, Flowers, Trees
and Sfarabs from Insects. I'ut up in popular packa^'es at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Bues and Bliehts, etc., to

B. HAMiMOND, - Fisbkill-on-Hndson, New York.

^^kM

INOODOR

INSECflCli

yurm\Ki nriir tli Insftcticldi Ad. I9IB. Serial No. 321
Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Noi>- poisonous and narmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
tnd all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Elective where others fail.

$4 Plat - - 25oi Pint - - 40c; Qnart - - 7&«

H e»n<m, &1.25; Gallon, 12.00 i 5 Galloo G«n, %9

no Gallon Can - . 117.50

Dilute -with -water 30 to ^o parts

For Saht by Seeisinen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil ComfMuiy Dept K

4M W. Laxiasrtni St.. BalUraara. Kd.

Directicfns en tvery packugt

V/hen writing to Advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC .\CCOCNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct accounting

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS B.4L.\XCED .\ND ADJUSTED

^Icrchsints Bank Buildintr

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

The B«r»?nlied Standard Iniaetlelds.

Not a cnre-all bnt a apeclflc r«m»d7

for all sap sncklnc Inaecta InfeatlDg

plant llf« anch as green, black, wtilt*

flj, tbrlpa, r«d spider, mealy bag and

lea.

soft sea

$1.00 per Quart

Ct.M per OaUea.

BJMSfflE

An Infallible remedy for mildew, mat
and bench ftingi. Unlike Bordeaui and
lime and sulphur It does not stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

A soli sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cot, wire and Br«b worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Csed one
part to 400 parts water, it does not In-
jure plants, bnt protects your crops
against ravages nnder the solL

(1.00 per Qnart. fS.OO per Oalloa.
All are spraying materials and are
efTeotlve In the greenbonse and In the
garden.

FOB SALE BT SEEDSMEN.

Madison,
N.J.

Mmnufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals

H. C. EBEI.. General Manaser.

Apiiine Manufacturing Co.,

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more nnlformly than by any
other means.

than
We have proved it.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 t 29 OCUI SI.. KVERLY, MASt.

354

HORTICULTURE

March 8, 1913

CLAMPING
BOLT

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This Eave Is Intended for use on
detached houses wltk either fixed
glass or side sash.
It is practically all exposed to the
inside heat of the ^reenhoose and
so is ice clearing.

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHADE

and as you can see

present no surface for icicles to form on.
They have great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

Xew England Sales Office
WATER STREET. BOSTON, MASS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "L."

This Eave although lighter than
Style "S" is amply strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs little light and Is Ice
clearing in the most severe weather.
It is Intended for use with fixed
glass only.

I^OB^

HEWS STANDARD

99

POTS

XJS...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factorto*
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

DRE:E-R»S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. DIam. Ea.

Doz.

100

10 20 In.

$1.45 $16.00 $130.00

20 18 m.

1.30

14.00

115.00

30 16 In.

1.00

11.25

smiiu

40 14 Id.

.65

7.00

66.00

SO 12 In.

.45

S.OO

40.00

60 10 In.

.38

4.00

82.00

70 8 In.

.30

8. SO

».UU

Mannfactnred for n« exclnslvely. The best tub ever lntrodnce<l. The neateat, llglitest
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The fonr largest sizes have
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Plants. Bulbs, and Supplies, 714 chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AI^D BULB PANS

can be shipped at an Lour"?
per crate:

notice. Price

2000 1% in.
1500 2
1500 2% "
1500 2% "
1000 3
800 3% ••

$6.00
4.88
5.25
6.00
5.00
5.S0

500 t in. @

456 41/, " '■

320 5 " "

210 514 " "

144 G " "

120 7 " "

60 8 " "

$4.50
5.24
4.51
3.78
3.16
4.20
3.00

,N.Y.

Agents

HILFINGER BROS., Pottarr, Fort Edward

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City,
out SPECIALTY— long Distance and emd Uale

r-STANDARD FLOWER

If your greenhouses are withi
of the Capitol, write us, we
you monev.

W. H. ERNEST

— 28tU & M Sts. Washington.

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave loot
prevents the bottom from
rotting No chance for water
to collect and rot tbe floor.
The American Wooden-
wmr* Mfg. Co.
Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.

Seat) TOUT business direct to WaahiotftoB.
Saves time and insures better service,
PersonaJ attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATKNT UAWy»RS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved Enachlnery, we eaa

supply yonr wants to better advantasre

thaa ever.

Special dlscoonta on large ordern.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^y?V^^

TBE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, Insurer of 32,500,000 sq. h. oi ifUn

For panioulATS addrefis

John G. Ester, sac^ Saddle River, N J.

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices can be bad liy
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New Yark and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. inc.

315-317 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. V.

Greer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenliotises

Drive eaay and tnie, becaofe
both bevels are on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the e*"B io driving. Galvan-
ired and will not rust. No
ri£hu or leftt.

The Peerless Glazing Point
is patented. No others like V"^
iU Order from your dealer,//'
or direct from us. /v^/
1000, 75c. postpaid. d\C^
Samples free. vl^^^
EEHBT A. DREEE, 1 fSl -
T14 CheitaiQt BtreetX . X
. Philadelphia, \ /^

|l FULL
If SIZE

f/f N£ 2

FintKISHfll
AND EKtCTH

Greenhouse Materials

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up t» 32 feet.

Milled to an.v detail furnished or will
furnish det.Tli3 and cut materials ready for

erection.

Frank Van Assdie, ''"t? ^aJX^'-

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

March 8, 1913

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255

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, III.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to Investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any np-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO.. - Richmoniijnd.

GREEIIMMOU

Iron frame, pipe frame or all wood construction.
Hot bed sash, knockdown flats or plant boxes.

NEW YORK
ST. JAMES BLDG.

25IO S. \A/es-terr-t ^Vv. ^Kti

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SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue
and Prices.

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

CHARLES H. DODD

GreeDbouse Builder. General Greenhouse

Mecbanic.

Iron Frame and Wood Bar Hoases.

Ideal Greenhonse Boilers.

Materials Furnished or Erected. Heating
find Ventilating Materials.

m

kn^ JERSEY CITY, N. J.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

Evflis 20tirCentiinr Ann

Will cot twist the shafting pipc- 'Hi've
times the power of old style elbow anna.
Sold only with Evaas Challenge Machine.

Writt for fr€€ CaUii^gt^ U

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Vol. XVII

MARCH 15, 1913

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No. 11

SPRING TRADE NUMBER

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358 HORTICULTURE March 15, 1913

FARQUHAR'S

NEW and RARE PLANTS

From CHINA

We have in our Nurseries large stocks of many plants, which
recently have been brought from the Wilds of China, some
of which are offered to the public this year for the first time.
Anyone who contemplates the planting of Shrubs this Spring
should not fail to get a copy of our Garden Annual, which
will be mailed free on application.

R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON, MASS.

L.I1-IE3 ROR YOU

Notwithstanding tlie Early Date of Easter Our Lilies will -be of
The Same High Grade that we tiave Been Furnishing in Years Past

We Pack in Boxes of Twenty-five Pots Each, Nicely Crated over the Top. Our
Packing is Undoubtedly the BEST IN THE UNITED STATES. Average 5
Flowers to the Plant. One Extra Plant, gratis, in each Crate.

Prices in case lots, J 2c. per Flower or Bud. ORDER EARLY so that we may be
able to Ship Them Direct from the Greenhouses Without Rehandling.

We carry a full line of Fresh Flowers, all varieties and
the largest stock of Florists' Supplies in New England

Roses are Our Specialty

The Killarneys, Richmond, Cardinal, Killarney Queen, Maryland and all the popu-
lar Yellow Novelties in all grades and prices.

F'loris'ts' Supply Depar-tmen-t

Easter Baskets, Vases, Novelties in All Lines.

Plant Auction Sales far Spring Season wil) begin early in April if shipments arrive,

and thereafter each Tuesday and Friday until June

N. F. McCarthy & co.

Wholesale Florists and Supply Dealers 112 Arch & 31 Otis Sts., BOSTON

March 15, 1913

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Our Special Line is the Krowing of Geraniums and other Bedding Plants in large quantities, takini: the place of a sup-
ply house, from which the Florist may draw liis raw material, from which he is to manufacture the finished article for his
retail trade. We have a large stock of the following for immediate or future shipment. We shall be especially well flxed on
CANNAS, in 3 in. pots for April 1st.

Achij:intlies Emersoui and Besteri; Ageratum 6 Varieties; Alternanthera 8 Varieties, Alyssura Double Giant and Dwarf,
Begonia Vernon Pink (fine sbnpe) Cigar Plants, Cineraria Maritima Candlilisslma, Coleus Golden Bedder and Verschaffeltli,
Queen Victoria, etc. Hardy Pompon Chrysanthemums, Fuchsias, Hardy English Ivy, Heliotrope, Lantanas, Lemon Verbena,
Lobelia Kathleen Mallard and Crystal Palace Gem. Moonvincs, Petunias Double and single Fringed; Salvia Bonfire and Zu-
rich. Parlor Ivy. Snainsona. Hardy Phlox, $2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000; not less than 250 of a variety at thousand rate.
Write us tor special prices on large lots.

GEIRi^lM I VJ IVIS

4'ariegated — Silver Leaf Nutt, Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, Ivy Leaved Geraniums — Good assortment, $2.00 per 100.

$3.00 per 100. Pelargoniums — Countess of Crew, Lord Mayor Treloar, etc.,

Standard Varieties— $2.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1000. $4.00 per 100.

Pansy Geraniums — Mary Washington, and Mrs. Layal, $4.00 Scented Geraniums — Lemon, Nutmeg, Mrs. Taylor, etc., $2.00

per 100. per 100.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO.

WHITE MARSH, MD.

^AMERICAN NURSERY COMPANY-

SALES DEPARTMENT

SINGER BUILDING, 149 BROADWAY

NEW YORK

GROWING DEPARTMENT

BLOODGOOD NURSERIES, FLUSHING, N. Y.
F. & F. NURSERIES, SPRINGFIELD, N.J.

Our Bloodgood and F. & F.'Nurseries with nearly six hundred acres under cultivation, have a national
reputation. Our collection of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, Conifers, Dwarf and Specimen
Evergreens, Evergreen Shrubs, (including many thousand home grown acclima-
tized Rhododendrons,) Herbaceous Perennials, Vines, etc., is we believe the most coiri-
plete in the East. Our sales staff and headquarters are located in the heart of BUSINESS New
York. We shall at all times be pleased to conduct visitors to the city over our nurseries. All in-
quiries will receive prompt and courteous attention.

Officers : THEO. FOULK, Pres., WM. FLEMER, Vice-Pres., H. E. HOLDEN, Sales Mgr., 149 Broadway, New York

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 414

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 397

Allen, J. K 404

Allen, Wm. Stu-
art 401

American Nur-
sery Co 359

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 413

Aphine Mfg. Co. .412

Aschmann, G 361

Atlanta Florist

Co 402

A y r e s Co., S.

Brvson 389

Badgley, Rledel

& Meyer... 399-404
Barnard, W. W.

Co 389

Barrows & Son.. 364
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 395

Bay State Nur-
series 386

BeauUeu 389

Berger Bros 396

Bloomingdale's, 392
Bohlilnk & At-
kins 386

Boddlngton, A.T.391
Bolgiano & Son,

J 3S9

Boston Florist

Letter Co -.402

Breck, J. & Son. 389
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 364

Breltmeyer's, J.

Sons 392

Brownell Co 363

Budlong. J. A. ..362
Bnnyard, A. T..392
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 389-390

California Flor-
ist 393

Page

Carbone 393

California Seed

Growers' Asso.389
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 361-402

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.402
C h i I d s, John

Lewis 387

Clarke's, D. Sons.392
Clark, Everett B.

Seed Co 389

Cowee, W. J 404

Craig, Robt. Co. 360
Dann, J. H. &

Son 361

Dards 392

Dawson. H. S...361
Dodd, Chas. H..414
Dorner & Sons

Co 361

Drake, J. Aug... 388

Dreer. H. A

363-413-414

Dugan, W. H 413

Dunlop, John H.393
Dysart, R. J..,. 412
Eastern Nurser-
ies 361

Edwards Folding

Box Co 402

BUlott Auction

Co 386

Elliott's, W.Sons.364
Eppstein, Julius. 393
Ernest, W. H...413

Eslcr. J. G 413

Ever Ready-
Flower Pot

Cover Co 395

Eyres 392

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co 358-389

Fisher. Peter 361

Folev Mfg. Co.. 415
Ford, M. C. 398-404
Ford, W. P.. 400-404

Page
Forrest, Frank H.393
Fottler, F i s k e.

Rawson Co. ...389
Framingham Nur-
series 386

Froment, H. E..

399-404
Galvin, Thos. F.394
Gasser, J. M. Co.393
Goodsell, P. H..380
Grey, T. J. Co.. 389
Gude Bros. Co.. 393
Hail Association. 413
Hall & Robinson.393
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works .'...412

Hart. Geo. B. 395-402
Haven Seed Co.. 388

Heacock, Jos 364

Head's Bergen-

field Nurseries.386
Henderson, A... 389
Hews, A. H. &

Co 413

Hllflnger Bros... 413

Hoerber Bros 399

Holm & Olson.. 393

Horan, E. C 404

Holland Nur-
series 386

Jacobs & Sons.

S 414

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 392

Johnston Bros... 393
Kasting. W. F.

Co 405

Keller, J. B.

Sons 392

Kervan Co 404

Kessler, P. F 400

King Cons. Co.. 415
Kramer, F. H. . .393
Kroeschell Bros. 414
Kuebler, W. H..404
Lager & Hurrell.363

Page

Lange, A 393

Lemon Oil Co... 412
Leonard Seed Co.389
Leuthy, A. & Co.364
Loechner & Co.. 363
Lord & Burnham

Co 416

Lyndhurst

Farms 361

MacMulkin, E...393
May & Co., L. L.393
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 358

MeConnell, Alex. 392
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 395

McCuIlough's, J.

M. Suns Co... 402
McHutehlson &

Co 364

McKenzie, John. 363
McManus, Jas...404
Meyer, J. C.& Co.396
Michell's Seed

House 388

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 404

Millang. Chas...

401-404
Millang, Frank.. 404

Miller, E. S 386

Moninger Co., J.

C 415

Montreal Floral

Exchange 405

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 383-404

Murray, Samuel. 392
National Nursery-
man 386

New Eng. Nur-
series 386

Nlessen. Leo Co. 405
N. Y. Cut Flower

Co 396

Oechslin, Frank.364
Ouwerkerk, P...386

Page
Park Floral Co.. 392
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 393

Parshelsky Bros. 414
Penn the Florlst.393

Patten & Co 361

Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 393

Pennock - Meehan

Co 403

Perkins St. Nur-
series 364

Pierson, A. N...301
Plerson, F. R. Co.364
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 412
Poehlmann Bros.

362-402
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 412

Putnam. Prank

P 361

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 414

Reed & Keller.. 404
Reinberg, Peter. 402
Revere Rubber

Co 413

Rice, M. Co 393

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 398-402

Robinson Co.. H.

M 404

Rock, Wm. L...393
Roehrs, J. Co... 303

Roland, Thos 384

R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 364-413

Roserv, The 392

Sander & Son 363

Schilder Bros... 389

Scott, John 364

Sharp, Partridge

Co 414

Sheridan, W. F.404
Slebrecht, Wal-
ter 398

Page
Slebrecht, Geo. C.402
Siggers & Sig-

gers 414

Skidelsky, S. S.

ic Co 388

Smith, P. J.. 400-404
Slinn, Jr., B. S..404
Smith & Co.. E.

D 363

Smith, W. & T.

Co 386

Smyth, Wm. J.. 392
Sprague, J. H..363
Stearns. A. T.

Lumber Co.-. . .414
Stumpp, Geo. M.392
Syracuse Pottery

Co 413

Totty, Chas. H..385
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 389

Traendly &

Schenck 404

Trepel, C. C....362
Valentine, J. A.. 392
Van .issche, F..414
Vlck's. Jas. Sons.389
Vincent. R., Jr.,

& Sons Co 359

Wants, For Sale. 411
Ward, R. M. &

Co 364

Welch Bros. Co. .397
Whittier & Co.,

W. H W^!

Wilson Robt. G.392

Wood Bros 361

W o o il i: o w &

Marketos 404

WoodruCE & Sons,

S. D 389

Young & Co., A.

L ...405

Young & NuKent.392
Young. Jr., Thos. 411

Zangen. O. V 389

Zinn, J. A .•J94

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 406, 407, 408, 409

360

HORTICULTUKE

March 15, 1913

ORDER AT ONCE AND RESERVE QUALITY STOCK

Craig Easter Specialties

Are known all over the country and are In g
are in a position to meet our fast increasing
difference to us as to finishing our stocli. O

Our stocli for the Easter season is sup
have maintained for years. We are now the
paid by inspecting our immense stock at o

To give our customers an idea of just
New French and Otaksa Hydranseas, 3,000 D
variety. Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Bego
Areea. Ficus, Phoenix, Kentias,

If unable to call, you may send us yo
would susreest placing your order as early

LILIES

Our stock of this grand Easter plant Is
exceptionally fine this year, and having
25,001) plants, we can positively please the
most critical buyers.

Plants with from 4 to 10 flowers, 12c. per
bloom.

Made up pans from 15 to 25 flowers, 12c.
per bloom.

Plants with less than 4 flowers, 15c. per
bloom.

Cut Jjillos, medium, $12 per 100 blooms.

Cut Lilies, lonsr. $15 per 100 blooms.

All plants have been grown moderately
cool.

reater demand each year. Having increased our glass area over 100,000 square feet, w-e
business. The fact that Easter falls this year on March 2.3d will make absolutely no
ur entirely new plant at Norwood, Pa., has been of great assistance to us.
erior in tiuality to any we have ever grown, notwithstanding the high standard we
largest growers of Easter stock in America, and any buyer seeking quality will be re-
ur Philadelphia and Norwood plants.

what we intend offering, we enumerate the following: 25,000 Lilies, 8.000 Spirea, 8,000
aiHies, 13,000 RoseH, 7,000 Geait»taN. 2,000 Rhododenilrons, 3,000 .Azaleas. Dracaenas in
nias. Cyclamen, Chrybantheiuunis, Adiantuiu, Ferns iu ^reat \ariety. Fandanus, Crotong,

ur order, large or small, with every confidence that it will have our best attention,
as possible.

We

RHODODENDRONS

Our stock is large, the plants being ex-
ceptionally well budded and shapely, in-
cluding all the best varieties in all colors.

Prices, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50 and $4
each.

Very large plants, .$.j and $6 each.
RHODODENDRON PINK PEARL. Prices,
$2, $2.50, $3 and $4 each.

HYDRANGEAS

We have the largest and finest stock of
Hydrangeas ever offered to the trade at
Easter, having 7500 perfect plants. Our
stock includes over (WOO of the new French
varieties, all of which have proven so val-
uable to the retailer. The plants have all
been grown cool and are well hardened
off. Insuring satisfaction to the buyer.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6-in., $9, $12, $15 and
$18 per doz.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 7-in. and Sin., $2,
$2.50, $3, $3.50 and $4 each.

THE NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEA

All of the varieties here offered have been
tested by us under ordinary conditions as
to their adaptability to forcing for Easter.
All have proven themselves to be valuable
additions.

Bouquet Rose, bright pink.

Gene de Vibraye, bright rose.

La Lorraine, liright pink.

Itlme. A. Uiveram, bright rose.

Mine. E. Mouillere. best white.

Mme. Maurice Haniar, bright pink.

Mnie. Renee Gaillard, large white.

Souv. de Mme. E. Chantard, bright rose.

6-in and 7-in. P'lts, from 3 to 15 flowers,
$9. $12, $15, .$1S, $24, $30 and $3G per doz.

•Vpril delivery, strong stock of the above
varieties, 2iA-in. pots, $10 per 100, $90 per

1000. ■" „ . .

April delivery, Otaksa. 2%-in. pots,
strong plants, $8 per 100, $75 per 1000.

ROSES

We desire to make special mention of
on- large stock of P.oses, growing upwards
of 10,000 plants in the following varieties.
We have no hesitation in saying we are
the largest growers of forcing Roses for
Easter in America. We are positive our

ROSES — Continued

stock will please the most critical buyers,
as the quality was never better. It has
all been grown cool and will prove very
satisfactory.

B.4BY RAMBLERS. Good, Strong stock,
well flowered. $4, $0 and $9 per doz.

HALF ST.\NDARD B.\BY RAMBLERS.

Orleans, Pres. Taft, Phyllis, etc.: excep-
tionally fine plants. 3-ft. stems, $1.25, $1.50
and $2 each.

MBS. CVTBUSH. PINK BABY RAM-
BLER. This variety is one of the popular
ones. 5-in. and 6-in. pots. $6 and $9 per
doz.

PHYLLIS BABY PINK RAMBLER. This
variety we consider the most beautiful of
its class. 5-in. and 6-in. pots, $5. $6 and
$9 per doz.

ORLEANS (New). The best of the Baby
Ramblers. Colors, bright red and pink,
center slightly shaded white, very free
l]owering. 5-in. and 6-in. pots, $G and $9
per doz. 7-in. pots, very heavy, made up.
$12 and $15 per doz.

PINK RAMBLER ROSES. In grand
condition, trained into fan. globular and
pyramidal shapes, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.50,
$3, $3.00 and $4 each

Special Ball Shapes, wire frames, $2.50,
$3, $4 and $5 each.

Standard Ball Shape, $3 and $3.50 each.

CRIMSON R.'AMBLER. These plants are
unusually fine. 7-in. pots, $1.50 each; 8-in.
and 9-in. pots. $2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50 each.

HIAWATHA. The best variety of Its
color, brilliant red with yellow center.
Gin., 7-in. and 8-ln. pots, trained in glo-
bular and fan shapes, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.50
and $3 each.

Special baskets, $7.50 each.

JUNIATA (New Climbing Rose). One
of the very best of the seedlings raised by
Mr. M. H. Walsh, of Woods Hole, Mass.
We purchased the entire stock several years
ago at a large figure, and this is the first
time disseminated. We are offering some
very handsome specimen plants in bloom
for Easter delivery and every one should
have a few of this grand Rose novelty. It
is an unusually strong grower and the
most prolific boomer of any of the climb-
ing Roses. The color is a beautiful rose
pink with tips of petals lightly tinged with
white and a white disc in the center of the
flower. It is the ideal variety for either
forcing or for outside decoration. Speci-
men plants, 5-in., 6-in. and 7-ln. pots, $6.
$9, $12, $15, $18, $24 and $30 per doz.

TAUSENDSCHON (Thousand Beauties).
This was our finest and most popular
Climber last year, and this year our stock
is large and the plants are much finer.
We cannot recommend the Tausendschon
too highly

Strong plants, 6-in. and 7-in. pots. $1,
$1.25 and $1.50 each.

Trained plants, fans, globular and pyra-
midal shapes, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $5 and
$6 each.

Baskets, $7.50 each.

ROSES — Continued

BABY TArSENDSCHON. This is a new-
introduction this year and will be one of
the most popular Roses ever sent out. It
is exactly the same as the popular Rose
"Tausendschon" in coloring, but belonging
to the Baby Class, it is an ever bloomer.
Every one should try this variety: its
great value will be for baskets and for
Spring planting. 4-in.. 4^-in., 5-in. and
6-in. pots, $0, $9 and $12 per doz.

Strong plants for growing on. May de-
livery, 2i4-in. pots, $12 per 100: $100 per
1000.

SUNBURST (New Yellow Rose). Strong
plants, 6-in. pots, $12, $15 and $18 per doz.
21,'3-in. plants, $20 per 100; $150 per 1000.

HYBRID ROSES. We have an excep-
tionally large stock of Hybrids and Teas
which will be just right for Easter.

Killarney. 6-in. and 7-in. pots, $6, $9 and
$12 per doz.

Magna Ciiarta, very fine, 6 to 18 flowers.
.$9, $12, $15 and $18 per doz.

Fran Karl Druschkl, very fine, 6 to IS
flowers, .$9, $12, $15 and $18 per doz.

Richmond, .$6, .$9 and $12 per doz.

Kaiserin. jO, $9 and $12 per doz.

SPIREA GLADSTONE

Our stock is in superb condition.

6-in. pots, very heavy, $6 per doz.

7-in. pots, very heavy, $9 per doz.

8-in. tubs, very heavy, raade up, $12 per
doz.

10-in. and 11-in. tubs, very heavy, made
up. $18 and $24 per doz.

PINK SPIREA, Queen Alexandra, G in.
and 7-in., very heavy. .$9 and $12 per doz.

GENISTAS

Fine stock for basket work in the small-
er sizes.

3-in. pots. $15 per 100.

4-in. and 4ii-in. pots, $3 and $4 per doz.

5'/2-in. and fi-in. pots, $6 and $9 per doz.

7-in. pots, $12 and $15 per doz.

Large plants, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4 and
.$5 each.

DOUBLE DAISY— Mrs. Sander

Well grown and well flowered.
4-in. pots, $3 per doz.
5-in. pots, $3 per doz.
6-in. pots. $6 per doz.
Larger plants, 75c., $1, $1.50 and $2 each.

MARGUERITES

Well flowered plants.
4-in. pots, $2 per doz.
6-in. pots, $4 and $G per doz.
Larger plants, 75c., $1, $1.50,
$2.50 each

$2 and

5-in.
6-in.

LILY OF THE VALLEY

pots, .f7.oO per doz.
pots. $9 per doz.

, of Business: Unknown correspondents desiring to open an account, will please furnish three references to parties in
rith whom they have had credit relations, otherwise cash must accompany order. Cash discounts: To customers of ap-
llt when payment is made within ten days from, the date of invoice, a discount of 2 per cen will be^allowed on plants

Terms

the trade wi'

proved credit when pay — -

or cuttings but this rule does not apply to customers carrying open accounts,
panied by a partial remittance to guarantee acceptance.

C. O. D.: Goods desired C. O. D. must be accom-

ROBERT CRAIG COMPANY *'"" "' ^'

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Branch, NORWOOD, PA.

March 15, 1913

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361

CARNATIONS

BOOTED CUTTINGS.

100 lOfK)

Wodenrthe. $1.00 per doz...$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Boant-

iful; White Winsor 3.60 30.00

Princess Charming 3.00 25.00

Winser 2.50 20.00

Plants from 2-inoh pots, $1.00 per 100
advance over ai>ove prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.
Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 to $1.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties. Dormant
Tubers: $2. no to $5.00 per 100: onr
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000

S/Tftd for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

IM

Per 100

ilacli Beauty $3.00

David Harum 2.00

Austria 1.25

Sclienandoah 1.7.5

America l.'S

Marlborougi» , l.~.">

Egandale 1.75

Penn 1.50

English Ivy R. C 1.00

.Asp. Sprenseri 2 in 2.00

Geranium Si. .A. Nutt 2.00

Geranium Ducliner 2.00

Hill and Poitevine Mix 2.00

J. H. DANN & SON

WESTFIELD, N. Y.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

S In., SVj In. and 6 in. pots, 3, 4, S, 4
tiers, from 12 to 30 Inches hlgb, 40c,
tOc., eoc. 75c.. $1.00, $1.25 each and
up to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale l_irower and Importer

1012 W. Ontario St.. PHIUDELPHIA, PA.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, $1.60 each.

Also Lad.v Dunc.Tn, Dawson, Daybreak,

Farquhar, Wm. Esiin and Minnie Dawson.

AVrite for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES. Jamaica Plain. Mass.

HENRY .S. DAWSON, Manager.

5000

Echeveria Secunda Glauca

$25 and $35 per 1000
Cash with Order

THE CARL HAGENBURGER CO.

W. MENTOR, OHIO

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STANDARD OCT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box «S, HAMMONTON, M i

In onlariMg f ooA piaoMt add " I aow
it im '•HORTICULTURE."

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FARLEYENSE FERNS

FOR

Your Easter Work

SPECIMEN PLANTS OF THE FINEST QUALITY

5-inch pots 75c each, $9.00 per doz.

6-inch pots $1.00 each, $12.00 per doz.

6-inch pots (selected specimens) $1.50 each, $18.00 doz.

CUT FRONDS FOR FINE WORK

From $8.00 to $12.00 per 100 according to quality
These are Trade Prices

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

Announcement

Owing to the numerous Inquiries we wish to state that our new
crimson carnation

PRINCESS DAGMAR

will be disseminated next season, 1913-1914. We are booking orders
now at $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. PRINCESS DAGMAR will be
exhibited at the National Show in New York.

I

PATTEN & CO.,

Tewksbury, Mass.

The New Carnation

"GORGEOUS"

WILL BE EXHIBITED AT THE NATIONAL
FLOWER SHOW. NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12

WATCH FOR IT

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

IMevv/^ S<

rie-t Oarna'tion

THE HERALD

$12.00 PER 100

$100.00 PER 1,000

CHICAGO CflRNflTION CO., 30 E. Randolph St.. Chicago

A a n ai ■ V ■ M Ai A 1 ROOTED

CARNATIONS carnation CUTTINGS^^

Kosette ?0.00 $50.00

St. Nicholas 6.00 50.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

White Enchantress 3.00 25.00

FRANK. P. PUTNAM, LOWELL, MASS

F. dormer & SONS GO.

LA FAYriTE. INO.

362 HOKTICULTUEE March 15. 1913

HEAVY SUPPLY FOR EASTER

Anything and Everything in Seasonable Cut Flowers

Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Easter Lilies, Violets, Sweet Peas, Tulips, Jonquils,
Daffodils, Mignonette and other High Grade Quality Stock.

Also a large supply of our famous BLUE RIBBON VALLEY, which is recog-
nized by city buyers to be the best Valley on the Chicago market. Order
some and be convinced.

Our Motto-HONEST DEALINGS, GOOD VALUES

We aim to please in every respect and out of town customers will be benefited
by sending us their orders; by so doing you will find we can save you money.

We grow our own stock, thereby assuring you of getting absolutely fresh
stock, besides saving you the commission man's profit.

QUALITY

SPEAKS

LOUDER

THAN

PRICES

J.A.BDOLONG

82-8& C RandolpK Street, CHICAGO

CUT FLOWERS

ROSES. VALLEY and WHOLSESALE
CARNATIONS

A Specialty

GROWER of

EASTER

ORDERS

NOW

BEING

BOOKED

POEHLIVIANN BROS. CO.

72-74 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO

Wholesale Growers of

OLJT RI-0\A/E:RSancl F^L-AIMTS

Everything in season and a large stock from which to fill your orders.

Our department of FLORISTS SUPPLIES is complete and will meet all needs in this line.

SEND IN YOUR ORDERS. WE CAN FILL THEM COMPLETE.

NURSERYMEN

Send a List of What You Have to Sell In
Ornamental Shrubbery for Spring Planting

I have a market for all you can supply in good quality and
reasonable price. LET ME KNOW NOW

C. C. TREPEL,

LOESER'S, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BLOOMINGDALE BROS., New York, City
GIMBEL'S, New York City

Largest Retail Plant Dealer In the United States

March 15, 1913

IlOimCULTUlJE

363

TUBEROUS -ROOTED BEGONIAS

GLQXIMIAS

FANCY-LEAVED CALIDIUMS

OUR USUAL SUPERIOR STRAIN. YOU CAN BUY
CHEAPER, BUT NOT BETTER STOCK

BEGONIAS

single in Separate Colors. Scarlet, crimson, rose, white, yellow

and orange. 40c. per doz., $2..50 per 100, ?22.5C per 1000
Single In Choicest Mixtare. 35c. per doz., $2.25 per 100, ?20.00

per 1000.
Double in Separate Colors. Scarlet, rose, white and yellow. 60c.

per doz., *1.50 per 100, $40.00 per 1000.
Double in Choicest Mi.vture. 50c. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00

per 10(m.
Dwarf Hybrid L,afayette. ^ Brilliant crimson scarlet. $1.50 per

doz.. $10.00 per 100.
Dwarf Hybrid Duke Zeppelin. Pure rich scarlet. $1.00 per doz.,

$7.00 per 100.

CALADIUMS, Fancy-Leaved

The finest collection ever offered, and the most extensive
stock in America.
Choke .standard Varieties. $1.75 per doz., $12.00 per 100, $100.00

per 1(100.
Choice Kare and New Varieties. $2.25 per doz., $15.00 per 100,

$140,110 per 1000.
Recent Introductions. $3..50 per doz.. .$25 per ino.
Choicest .Mixture. $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100, $95.00 per 1000.

GLOXINIAS

Dreer'w Supf-rb in Choicest ^lixfure or in Separate Colors, ns

blue, red. white, red with white ed.ffe and blue with white
edge. COc. per doz.. $3.50 per 100, $:JO.UO per 1000.

LTHE^ABOVE PRICES ARE.INTENDED FOR THE TRADE ONLY

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut Strest, PHILADELPHIA,

DREER'S

FANCT-LEAVED

CALADIDMS

HERE YOU ARE!

Quality Easter
Plants

Pot -Grown Hybrid Roses,

Magna Charta, Brunner, etc.

6-in. to 8-in. Pots, Four to Twelve

Buds 75c. to $2.00 each

Fine Assortment of all other Easter
Specialties in Flowering Plants.

WRITE FOR PFICES

JOHN McKENZIE

North Cambridge, - Mass.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE LILIES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

II'' Iff fir guotat* 'tii

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Try our new GER-iNIUM SCARLET BEDDEB for your

Garden and Window Imxe.s. Tlien procure a cony of
CHRYSANTIIEJU .M .MAXlAI, 3rd edition as a guide for
prowiii;; join- ( II KVs.\XTll KM I M.S. .^Oe pustpiiid.
Ask for our lOl.l CAT.\Lii( in-: .ind jiLh-p your order with
us for your pl:ni(« wliii-h will have .,iir Im-sI nttentioQ.

Then pr.KUre our FERTILENE, tbe IDEAl, PL,.ANT food for producing' Lusty blooms.

I'riie.— V> II)., 20c; prepaid by mail, 30c; lib., 35c, prepaid by mail, 50e: 10 lbs, S3 00:

23 His.. $11.(10; ,"iO llis., *1U.OO.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO. - - ADRIAN, MICH.

Live Sphagnum Moss

Finest stock In the country. Chunky,
well fliiered stems with large heads.
Shipped only In barrels f. o. b. Walden.
N. Y., at $2.00 per bbl.

Trade List on Application.

jThe C. W. Browneil Company

r Walden, N. Y.

SP>IH.AC3IM«.JIN/I IVtOSS

10 l,bl. bales; Selected stock; neatl.v bur-
lapped. "Worth While Quality, "Square
Ucal (Quantity."

I bale $4.25 10 bales, each. .$3.76

6 bales, each... 4.00 25 bales, each.. 3.60

Larger )ju;intitie9, write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, $1.25 per bbl.
KOTTKI) I'E.AT. luc. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Bartiesat, N. J.

When writing to advertitera kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Growers
and Hybridists in the World

SANDER, St ASban's, England

anil 358 ISroadwav, Koom l^l
VF^V YORK riTY

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHFD PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherford, N. J.

Choice dormant bulbs of Calantlie Veltchii,
ready now at $75.00 jwr I'lO bnllis; also
ereat variety of other orchids and material
In which to prow them.

WRITE FOR CATALOOrK.

LAGER & HURRELL ^^^Mr

364

HOETICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

LILIUM FORMOSUM

that are imported in boxes marked with the Horseshoe Brand are superior to anything
in the lily line for winter flowering. Size 9/ 1 o from last season's crop are pi educing from
eight to eighteen flowers per bulb. The price of this quality is $20.00 per case of -.^oo
bulbs, and it is the best investment any florist can make in lily bulbs to-day. The order
should be placed now, because the crop promises to be short of demand this year.

the: lily house

A WARNING

Under the new Plant Quarantine law the importation of Azaleas. Palms, Etc., is more difficult
than ever before. Certain conditions must be complied with before the plants can enter this
country. Are you sure the man you buy fiom knows this? Can he and will he comply with
the new law? Furthermoi-e, the importer must have a permit from Washington to im-
port such plants. Have you such a permit? If you don't wish to run the risk and bother with
■all this, you can buy from us, or other reliable American houses. Horseshoe Brand Azaleas
come from Petrick's, the most reliable Azalea firm in existence. Prices are reasonable for
good plants — sent upon application. Order early.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Chtap
But Bov Good

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY

The new oariely Pelrick s Superba is entirely sold out for 1913 delivery.

IN

RIMS

We bave a magniflcent stock ot exLcytlonally fine NEPHBOLEPIS In tlie
following varieties, viz:

pots, 80c.

ELEOANTISSI.MA. 6-ln

cacb; 8-in., $1.50 each
ELEOANTISSIMA COMPACTA AND

MAGNIFICA. 3H-ln. puts. 25c. each.
HARKISII. An improved fluted form

of Bostopiensls. 8-ln. pots, $1.50

each: large specimens, $1^.00 each.
B09T0NIENSIS. 8-ln. pots, $1.00 each.
TIRIDItiSlMA. 6-in. pots, 50c. each.

CVRTOMIl'M FALCATITM. Fine speci-
mens. 6-in. pots, T.'ic. each.
SMALL FERNS FOR FERN PANS.

Assorted varieties. 214-in. pots, $3.50

per 100.
ASP.4RAGCS PLUMOSUS NANUS.

Extra strong plants. 2V4-ln. pots,

$4.(10 per 100.
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. Extra

heavy plants. 4-in. pots. $10.00 per 100.

We carry only one grade, and that the very highest nualitv obtainable. Case
of 250 pips. $3.00; case of .500 pips, $9.50; case of lOlX) pips. $18.00.

F. R. PIERSON GO. - Tarrvtown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

LILY CANES

7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc.

$7.00 PER 1000

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

i^/mnnmyww%tv»/»/yyuy»yv*t*mf^

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Jutland Road and E, 45th 8t

Tet 2890 Be<lford B'»OOKLYN. N.Y.

8PIREA GLAOiiTONE

HELLEBORUS NIGER

DlELYTRA SPECTABILE

FINE FORCING STOCK

Breck- Robinson Nurseries

LEXI iCTON, MASS.
Talephone Lex. 260.

^•-I^KIVI (900K > rue IrHh

siroii^' |i|ini.~ ti-..iii l-i4 In. pots, $.1.00
per l(«i: Jj,',.!!!! per limO. Strong plants In
1 in. puts with saucers, $4.00 per 100;
$.'.."..11(1 per moo.

F'ERIM^ F-OF3 OlSI-gSS

Kol assi.ricil varieties from 2V4 In.
lints. $;.,-,il per 100; $:;(l,no Pit KKKI; 500
ill Ilutusiinil r.itcs. Casli with order.

Frank OechslJn.w.JhcVjt, Chicago, III.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Sorin? Shipments

Valley Pip». Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Hell.
Maples, Plane5,etc., from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manelti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia.' Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHJSON & CO., ^^^'6^''''

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Tr^de only
.\ZALEAS. I'ALMS. RIIODODKNnRONS,
B.\TTnKK8. RUNES. LILACS, HOLLAND
Min JXPAfi Bl'LBS, LILI OF TUB
VALLEY, KTC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, OecoratiM and Foliage Plants

Onlers taken uow for IMPORTED klUUi
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perkins Street Nurseries, Roslindale. — Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS *"iTo''i'5o{)~-

WHITIVIANI COMPACTA (New), to take th*
place of Whitmani. A better commercial feiii —
2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : S50 per 1000.
ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in: $6 per 100; $50 pw
1000. 250 plants at 1000 rute«.

H.H.BARROWS&SON.Wtiitinaii,Mass.

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

365

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDCCTED BT

y^^.

/5^. A*^^i^

Questions hy our readers in line with any of the topi< s presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Achimenes

These tubers stored away from last year can now be
started. You can make two or three plantings which
will give a succession of flowering plants, when a great
number of other plants have done flowering. Place
them quite thickly in pans or flats, well-drained, and
filled up with sand. The tubers should be just covered
with sand and kept moist, but not in a wet state. They
like a good brisk heat so should have anywhere from 62 to
68 degrees night temperature and from 10 to 15 degrees
higher with sun heat. When young growth begins to
show, which should be in about three or four weeks,
they should be placed in 5 or 6-inch pans or pots using
6 to 8 tubers to each pan. Do not overlook giving plenty
of drainage and on this drainage use some sphagnum
moss. They do well in a compost of fibrous loam three
parts, leaf mold two parts, cow manure one part and a
little sand. Keep well up to the glass so they will grow
sturdy.

Care of Asters

The aster grower's busy season has begun. Several
successive sowings of the best strains obtainable should
be made from now until the middle of May and even
later if a crop of flowers for the latter part of October
is desired. In order to cover the entire aster season re-
liance must be placed on the various types, early, mid-
season and late, the time of sowing counting for little
or nothing in the hastening or prolonging of the cut.
The seed can be sown in flats, using a compost of new
soil three parts, leaf mold and well rotten manure one
part each, with enough of sand to make the soil porous.
These flats can be placed in a temperature of 55 to 58
degrees at night. Keep the flats moist and shaded until
the seed begins to germinate, when they should be placed
up near the glass where they can have full sun. These
early sowings can be grown inside where they will come
in three weeks or a month ahead of the regular flower-
ing season. Later in the season a good place for the
raising of asters is a very mild hotbed and cold frames
for the later sowings. The seedlings should be trans-
planted once and allowed to become of sturdy size be-
fore going into the open fleld.

Chrysanthemums
All the varieties that were rooted early and intended
for exhibition will need lots of care and attention from
this out. They will require shifting right along so they
will not become potbound, which always checks their
growth and makes it impossible to produce fine flowers.
As every flower grower knows chrysanthemums are great
feeder? and soon draw all the plant food from the soil. For
a compost there is nothing better than sod that was cut
last fall and piled up. This should have at least one

part of well rotted cow manure to three of chopped sod. Lnj^^uy

Mixed at this rate it will do for shifts up to May. As j^g^ vork
they advance they will take equal parts of sod and cow^
manure with a sprinkling of bone meal. Give them airy *'-

quarters where they can have plenty of sun. Keep on ^'^iN.

propagating right along now. See that all stock is kept
clean by timely fumigations.

Geraniums

Now that the days are becoming longer and the sun
stronger, geraniums will need lots of water at the roots.
Give also plenty of ventilation to keep them stocky and
sturdy. Every two or three weeks give them a spacing
to let the light and air around them and never allow
them to become crowded as they will spindle up very
fast. After Easter when you will have more room and
time all fall rooted cuttings which are in either %y<>, or
3-inch pots should have their final shift. When making
up compost always avoid green manure. A good mix-
ture is fibrous loam four parts, well decayed cow manure
one part, and about a 4-inch pot of bone meal to each
barrow load. Give proper drainage and pot them firm.
Keep the atmosphere rather dry than moist and a night
temperature of from 50 to 55 degrees.

Growing Swainsona

Now is a good time to put in a batch of Swainsona
galegifolia. Plants that have been growing thrifty will
have a lot of material fit for propagation. The best
cuttings are those selected out of the axil formed by the
leaf and main stem. These can just be pulled out side-
ways and will not need any trimming. Place in a mod-
erately warm propagating bench and by keeping them
shaded and watered for about twelve to fifteen days they
root nicely, after which they can be potted into 2i/2-inch
pots, using a compost of fibrous soil three parts, leaf
mold and well rotted cow manure one part each. Keep
shaded for a few days when they should have all the sun
and light possible. Give them a temperature of from 55
to 60 degrees at night with 10 to 15 degrees more with
sunshine. Give ventilation on all good days. These
will make fine plants by Decoration Day as they are
suitable for cemetery planting. They make good sub-
jects for bench culture when planted out from 4r-inch
pots. When handled right they will give a fine crop of
snow-white flowers from the middle of May on.

The Propagating Bench
Keep every inch of the propagating bench filled up so
that you will have plenty of stock when planting out
time arrives. When cuttings are rooted see that tliey are
potted up in time before they go back. Remove the sand
when it shows signs of fungus. Your propagating bench
or house will need attention in the way of watering,
spraying and ventilation as an hour or two of neglect
will spell ruin at this season of the year.

Mr. I'^arrell's next notes will be on the following:

Boronias; Deadrobiuips ; Dipladenias ; Outside Sweet Peas; Pricking
lings; Outdoor Work.

Out Seed-

366

HORTICULTURE

March 15, 1918

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

CONDUCTED BX

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y>Chrs^y

Qnestions bv our renders In line with any of tlie topics presented ou this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such eomniunications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Setting Melons

There appears to be a certain amount of luck attached
to securing large crops of melons — four and five to a
plant. It has been done and there is every possibility of
its occurring again, but who can say he is certain of
averaging that number? Three fruits to a plant, per-
fectly netted and finished, is a good crop. If it were
possible to average up the various crops grown in a year
I think it would not reach even three. The question be-
fore us is, how to increase the number of fruits to a
plant, after which comes the alternative, — does it pay
to carry more than three? After studying the thing out
my conclusion is that where fruits of good size are looked
for, three is enough. One of the freest setters that has
come under our notice is His Eminence (white flesh),
which has carried five and six fruits but invariably one-
half was not finished satisfactorily. Three, or occa-
sionally four, fruits are much better. Then again there
are those that prefer small fruits, so it is the demand
that, to a great extent, must regulate the supply, yet
it must be remembered that there are those varieties that
never attain the size of others when grown one on a plant.
To have the largest number of fruits to a plant an even
set is essential. In the winter it is impossible to open
more than one flower a day but large crops are not to be
considered then. From now on several will open about
the same time and it is these that must be looked to.
Get all you can open in one day and fertilize them. This
is the keynote. A second is, make sure the pollen on the
male fiower is dry before inserting it. After a few days'
swelling one is liable to take a flying start ; this one must
be eliminated in the interest of those remaining ; other-
wise, the probability is that those left behind will turn
yellow and decay. Get them all away together and keep
them "coming." Firm beds will assist in keeping a
crop even and do away with very rank growth. Make a
bed up loose and the probability is you get one large
fruit (perhaps an eight-pounder).

Strawberries

In the south strawberries have been in season for some
time. Further north the greenhouse will have to supply
this, the most popular of berries, equal in size and flavor
to those that will come later from the garden. There is
only one place in a greenliouse to get the right flavor in
the berries and that is near the ventilators. Plenty of
sun and air is what they require. A shelf near the top
ventilators will be an ideal place for them. With the
first color showing in the berries stop feeding, but do not
diminish the clear water supply. This means that twice
a day they ought to be looked over. In mild weather
leave a crack of air on all night. It is useless to assume
that good flavored berries can be grown with the plants
standing down on a bench and the house run to suit
other stuff.

Heeling In Peach Trees

Soon after the final reduction of the growths those
remaining will need attention, to train them in the way

that they should go. This consists of a tie put neatly
around each growth and the wood that it is growing on,
drawing the young and old together; this starts the
youngsters oft' in the right direction and is known as
"heeling in." If this is omitted until later the stronger
growths will not lie so close and thus form a bend in the
wood, giving the tree an appearance of so many young
moons. The greatest advantage is that with a pressure
of other work the growths can be left to take care of
themselves for sometime.

Syringing

Syringing at this time of year must be done thought-
fully, especially the afternoon work. Any house that is
doubtful of drying up before night must be left and
damping alone will supply the moisture. Crops going
into the night wet are liable to contract many and varied
diseases. ^Vhe^e there is any possibility of anything
not drying up after syringing give them a good shake to
dislodge the water. Morning syringing ought to be done
as the house is nicely warming up from the approaching
sun. Be thorough in this work and reach the corners
and ends with all the force the foliage is able to stand.

Cherries

Cherries mature quickly after setting. Seldom is it
necessary to reduce the quantity of fruits. More than
often there is a scarcity when forced early. Frequent
applications of lime water will help them through the
stoning period, after which a little feeding can be given
in the form of quick-acting manures. Cherries will
ripen without any great heat; 55 F. at night with the
usual advance by day will be sufiicient.

Early Watermelons

A New Mexico reader who is going to raise early water
melons sends along an interesting letter and very wisely
gives us his climatic conditions there. The following is
his plan: Plant in an east-and-west house about 18
inches from the glass in strawberry baskets, about four
seeds in each on or about the 15th of March. Grow them
here until 15th of May and then plant in the field, keep-
ing the temperature just above freezing during the night
while ventilating freely during the day.

The questions that arise are these :

Will the water melon plants that have been thinned to
two in a basket be too large to transplant with safety — 1. e.,
without starving them, or too small? Will the probable
bearing period be advanced one month or less? Ought the
glass to be shaded or direct sunlight given?

Your system seems very practical, very similar to
what we have practiced here. Would advise you to
make three sowings until you are sure of an approxi-
mate date,- — say about ten days or two weeks apart. The
bearing period will be advanced about one month. Give
the plants full sunlight all the time. Would not let the
night temperature below 45 or the plants are liable to
get stunted. Greater success would be insured by using
small frames and sash over the plants after plaL^g out;
in 60 doing a little sun heat can be retained.

March 15, 1913

HORTtCULTUEE

367

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answerL-d
by Mr. Jenkins. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Seed SowiQg

Sowings for succession should now be made of lettuce,
cauliflower and cabbage and thope having the room
should sow in frames or on liot-beds, early onions such
as the Barletta, Victoria spinach, forcing radishes, beets
an(i carrots. Growers who are dependent entirely on
the hot-beds will sow as soon as possible, tomatoes, egg
plants and peppers, as well as some early celery, celeriac
and parsley.

Sprouting Potatoes

We are all anxious to get potatoes as early as possible
every season, as the old stock generally begins to lose
flavor if they d^j not give out entirely by about the month
of June, and any method that will give us new potatoes
from two to three weeks earlier than is usual is well
worthy of a trial. Early sprouting is not practiced near-
ly as much as it deserves to be, considering the simplicity
of the operation and the good results obtained. Take a
peck, or bushel, according to your requirements of some
of the early varieties such as Early Eose, Noroton
Beauty, Bovee, or an\, other good kind, and pack them
closely into flats, one layer deep; set them in the full
light where there is no danger of freezing, and where the
temperature does not rise above fifty. Should they show
signs of shriveling, sprinkle lightly with water, but be
sure and not over-do this. Instead of the white, sickly,
weak sprouts which we usually see on potatoes which are
just taken from the cellar and planted, we shall have on
sets treated as above, sturdy dark green or purplish
shoots which are ready as soon as planting out time
arrives to go away strong and do things.

Fertilizers for Garden and Orchard

While the writer considers farm-yard manure by far
and away the best fertilizer for most crops I realize that
in many cases the farm-yard manure is not obtainable
in sufficient quantities and must needs be supplemented
by some of the inorganic or artificial manures, and there
are rare instances where the best results may be obtained
by the use of artificial manures. A brief consideration
of the properties of the several main constituents of
artificial manures may be profitable.

Nitrogenous Manure

We should all know that nitrogenous manures pro-
mote growth — the production of large dark green foli-
age, and while absolutely essential to all plant growth,
too much tends to make plants unproductive of fruit or
flowers. Such vegetables as spinach, lettuce, asparagus,
and cabbage such as are grown for foliage or stem only
are those which will reap the greatest benefits from a
purely nitrogenous feed. Our main sources of inorganic
nitrogen are nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia.
These are two highly concentrated expensive fertilizers
which must hardly ever be used in excess of two hundred
pounds to the acre ; in fact "little and often" is the safe
motto with these. Both are caustic to foliage to some
extent, and so should be kept from the leaves of plants.

Phosphoric Acid

The chief effect of phosphatic manuring is early ma-
turity, and the production of flowers and fruit, and as
farm-yard manure is always deficient in this element it is
absolutely urgent that it should be supplied from some
other source. Bone meal is one of the commonest phos-
phatic manures, and it is a very good one, too. A good
grade of bone meal will average about twenty-five per
cent phosphoric acid and on the garden or orchard it
may be used as heavy as a ton to the acre, although a less
amount may sometimes be just as beneficial. Super-
phosphate is another phosphatic manure and may be
used about the same strength as bone meal, and basic slag
is still another one which may be used at the same rate.
All three of the foregoing should be sown on the garden
or orchard as early as possible after snow has gone and
indeed would be better in some cases sown on in the fall.
They are somewhat slow acting and if something is
wanted for immediate effect use steamed bone meal or
better still phosphate of ammonia.

Potash

Potash is especially valuable inasmuch as it produces
quality in fruits and vegetables. Potatoes and beets are
never of good quality if there is a deficiency of potash
in the soil as the starch and sugar content of these is
dependent on potash. High grade sulphate of potash
containing about eighty per cent actual potash sown at
the rate of two hundred pounds to the acre on garden
and orchard will be very beneficial, but it must be got
on now or some burning may occur. Wood-ashes is an-
other source of potash and where they can be had cheap
may be used at the rate of a ton to the acre with good
effect. Kainit is another useful potash manure having
some ten to twelve per cent of actual potash and this
is another that should be sown as early as possible at the
rate of half a ton to the acre.

Lime

All the manuring above recommended will be of no
avail if your soil is deficient in lime (except that the
wood ashes and bone contain some lime) and if you have
been manuring for several years with animal manure
the chances are that lime is needed and will be very
helpful. A ton to thirty hundredweight per acre about
every three years will be found an excellent practice or
half a ton annually of fine air-slacked lime, spread on as
evenly as possible and thoroughly worked in. Besides
counteracting acidity, lime forms a base for the various
potash, phosphatic and nitrate salts to combine with,
so that these are not so readily washed away, and fur-
ther, it makes the garden soil an uncomfortable home
for the various worms which are often so destructive.
Lime like every other good thing may easily be over-
done, and one of its evil effects is that if it is present
in too great quantity it will, by liberating the various
salts too rapidly, cause a serious loss in plant food. Do
not dump the lime in heaps on the garden and leave it
there for any length of time before spreading, for if you
do these spots will be barren for several years to come.

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Questions by our readers in line with any of tlie topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Ruziclsa. Such communications should invarjably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

That Easter Crop

It is very seldom that we try to bring iu some house
especially for Easter, or for any other holiday for that
matter. We always aim to have roses in good quantity
all the year round. Only once or twice did we grow the
crops especially for the holidays, and we were disap-
pointed with the prices these brought, and since then
we have practically forgotten there is such a thing as
holidays, preferring a steady cut of roses to the holiday
crop. We find there is such a great amount of other
flowers grown for Easter that an extra large cut of roses
for that day is likely to fail when it comes to the price.
Of course with the florist who does a large retail trade
things are different and he must be guided by his trade.

Crowding other Stock into the Rosehouscs

Seeing a house or two of good roses ruined by the
grower crowding a lot of bedding stock in among the
plants and around the edges of the benches, we thought
a line or two on t^ie subject may be of interest. If you
can give both roses and the bedding stock the proper
care then go ahead and move as much of it in as you like.
Our experience shows that neither will get proper care
and therefore neither will amount to the high standard
that is so sought by nearly all of us now-a-days. If you
wish to grow a good many bedding plants, our advice
would be to find a bench or two or a whole house for
that matter, and tear the roses out and then use all the
space for the plants. You will then have plants that
you do not have to be ashamed of, and will not be en-
dangering the roses in the least. There is only one
thing we ever permitted to find its way on the benches
of the rose houses and that was Grand Rapids lettuce.
This was grown to perfection along the front of the
benches and no harm was ever noticed as far as the roses
were concerned. Of course the little benches in the ends
of the old-fashioned houses and in the cross houses can
be well planted to almost anything without any danger,
hut we would not try to crowd any plants whatever
among the growing roses.

Spot on the Young Plants

Be sure to look the plants over very carefully every
few days, to be sure and not let blackspot get into them
unnoticed. This applies to Beauties especially as they
seem to be more subject to it than other varieties. Ee-

member there is no cure and the only thing to do is to
try to prevent it. This can be done by having the air
always fresh and sweet and the plants nice and dry for
the night, never syringing late enough in the day as to
be in doubt in regards to the plants drying off. Leav-
ing them wet over night is certainly like inviting trouble
and surely we get enough of that without bothering with
invitations. It is well to spray the young plants with
the ammoniacal copper carbonate which will help pre-
vent it, but is not a cure. Fungine has also proven very
effective, but that will not cure. The only "cure" is tO'
grow the plants out of it if they get a dose of the spot,
and being on the lookout for the first one or two that
appear, picking these off long before they ever get a
chance to breed mischief.

Mildew on Young Stock

We cannot see why mildew should ever be allowed to
find its way among the young plants, and we can only
think of carelessness as the cause. Proper ventilation
will insure hardy foliage that will resist an attack, and
will live through a sudden change of temperature with-
out getting the much dreaded disease, although many re-
gard it only as a cold and treat it as such. A little sul-
phur applied to the steam pipes will quickly do away
with it, but the marks of it on the foliage will always re-
main to tell the tale. Therefore it is '^"st to be very
careful and never allow any of the plants to get any,
and they will be ever so much more vigorous.

Ventilation these Changeable Days

With the tliermometer changing with the wind, it is
difficult at times to know just how to ventilate so as to
keep the houses right. The only thing to do is to keep
right after the ventilators, even though it takes nearly
all the time to do so. It will pay in the end and anyone
is proud to have all his roses free from mildew.

Night Temperature

This should be increased a little now that the warmer
days are here. Do not allow the temperature to go down
too low on the cold nights that come in between the
warmer nights. A crack of air can also lie left on with
perfect safety now and it will do the plants good, espe-
cially with the wide houses. A crack of air will hardly
be noticed as far as the coal consumption goes, and the
benefits derived make it a very good investment.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

by advertising youi goods in the

Publicity among the kind of readers reached
by this paper is THE SORT OF PUBLI-
CITY THAT PAYS.

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369

ORCHIDS

Cattleya Tbianae alba

Once more Easter, the great "harvest day" for the
florist, is rapidly ajiproaching and everybody along the
line is hustling to get everything ready for this impor-
tant occasion. The gloomy days of Lent with its over-
supply of all staple goods and consequent low prices
will soon be forgotten and once more the great factory
■will be running
full time again
with increased
I avenues. Judg-
ing from the
market reports
of late it would
seem that the or-
chid grower also
is affected by the
oversupply and
low price prob-
lem and one
wonders if the
time has really
come when there
are more orchids,
a n d especially
cattleyas, grown
than the market
is able to absorb.
Complaint
is_ also heard of
the poor quality
of cattleyas and
other orchids
coming in the

Gkoup of Caitleya Tkianae

market. Can it be that orchids are not grown as well
as in former years ? 1, for my part, venture to say that
they are grown just as good if not better today than at
any time before. Of course, the supply is much greater
now than it used to be, but the demand for choice goods
is also much greater. Have orchids become less popu-
lar ? I think not ;
just the reverse.
One thing, how-
ever, is sure :
The buyers or
c 0 n s u mers of
this specialty
have learned to
discriminate be-
tween good and
poor orchids and
consequently the
same conditions
e.xist now in this
branch of the
trade as in all
the others. The
best roses will al-
ways find a buy-
er willing to pay
a good price for
them ; the same
holds good with
any other staple
product market-
ed and why
should orchids

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be an exception ? In the accompanying picture of Cattle-
ya Trianse, one of the most useful and popular of all
orchids, a number of variations can be seen; there are
good ones and poor ones, considering shape, color aiid
substance. Now if there is such a marked difference in
a small group like this, wliat will it be in a lot of 5,000
plants or more ? There must and will be quite a number
among them which are not worth the bench-room they
occupy and if those plants were discarded after their
first flowering and the room and time thus gained given
over to the remainder that are good it would be for the
benefit of all concerned; there would be more satisfied
customers, less kicking and better prices. All cattleyas
vary moie or less, some species more so than others, and
this is true of all other orchids to a considerable extent.
Take Odontoglossum crispum, for instance. What beau-
tiful flowers one finds among an importation and on the
other hand what miserable insignificant little flowers
some of them turn out to be on their first flowering!
Rubbish ; nothing but rubbish, compared to tlie good vari-
eties. What will the grower do with these? He natur-
ally thinks of their first cost and tries to get his money
back; the poor flowers are marketed together with the
good ones, thereby decreasing the value of the latter and
getting little or nothing for the former. Would it not
have been better to throw these poor things away at once
in order to keep up a good price as well as the grower's
good reputation? The grower cannot help it that there
are poor varieties amongst all imported or home-raised

orchids, but he can discard the poor ones and grow only
tliose that come up to the standard and I am sure that
this would pay best in the end. A poor variety of any
orchid will always be a poor one, no matter how skilful
the cultivation may be ; on the other hand a good variety '
will remain good as long as the plant receives proper
treament. Should a plant deteriorate through wrong
or careless treatment, it will soon sliow the effect by pro-
ducing fewer and smaller -flowers of less substance, and,
once a plant has gone back, it will take a long time to
restore it to health again if ever.

Eternal vigilenee should ■ be the watchword here as
with all other flowers. The rose grower who will neglect
a house of roses for one day cannot expect to get the
best results; neither can the orchid grower afford to
neglect his orcliids for a day, for if he does he will surely
have occasion to regret it. Not that orchids are harder
to grow than roses. No indeed; the majority of them
are much easier to grow than roses. But, as in growing
roses, strict attention must be paid to all the little de-
tails, such as watering, ventilating, cleaning, potting,
etc., and wherever this is done orchids will be found to
do well and to be a good paying proposition ; not a drug
on the market but a leader in high grade products of the
American florist.

Naiigatnck, Conn.

Two Plants Valuable for Summer Cut Flowers

Anchusa Italica

The pure bright blue color is one of the most precious
hues in flower gardens. The fact that it is compara-
tively rare naturally strengthens the desire for clear

Anciusa italica Dkopmore

blue. Among annuals tlie flowers of Centaurea cyanus
represent this shade to perfection. Salvia patens, the
blue sage, possesses it too, but I never saw plants bloom

profusely enough for modern mass effects. Turning to
hardy perennials we notice similar conditions. Pale blue
and the dark purple shades we meet frequently with, but
the pure bright blue color remains scarce. We treasure
it at present most in the tall stately spikes of some of
the new large-flowering Delphinium hybridum varieties.
It is that blue, which in combination with the white ol
Lilium candidum and the clear primrose yellow of
Oenothera fruticosa Youngi enables us to produce vivid
and harmonious late spring and early summer effects in
herbaceous gardens. The same intense ultra-marine
blue is the striking attribute of the blossoms of the new
Anchusa italica Dropmore. Anchusas are hardy peren-
nials with strong, fleshy rootstocks, forming large, freely
branching buslies of from 5 to (5 feet in lieight. Their
flowering time begins early in June, to continue for over
a month. The genuine Dropmore variety, from the first
day of its coming into full bloom, has been an object of
keen interest and steadily growing admiration wherever
it was showir to perfection. Its color, free habit and
long florescense, according to my observation, meet with
popular favor. Tlie same may be said of Perry's Variety,
a more vigorous growing type of the Dropnrore form.
Anchusa italica Opal resembles the former in habit, but
its flowers are light blue. In gardens I have been plant-
ing anchusas 3V4 to 4 feet apart, interspersing clumps
of aconitums, Pyrethrum uliginosum or Lilium speci-
osum for succeetling autumn display between. It should
be the constant aim in planning and planting perennial
flower gardens to avoid bareness and unsightly spots at
any time of the season.

For the benefit of those of my readers desiring to grow
their own stock I mention that anchusas can be easily

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raised from Feed sown in Sj)riiig m propagated by root
cutting?. They thrive best in a rich, loamy soil and an
open sunny exposure is a necessity for perfect develop-
ment of plantations. Prolonged excessive moisture
proves detrimental. Protect anehusas with leaves or
straw during winter; thickness of cover according to
latitude and climate of location.

Stokesia

The steadily incnasing inteiest in new introductions
of liardy herbaceous plant species is one of the encourag-
ing signs of a liealtliy horticultural advancement. This
being at present the rule, it is, however, by no means a
rule without exceptions. Closer observation, now and
then, brings to light striking instances where unques-
tionable merits, for a long time seem to escape the watch-
ful eyes of even those, who are readily inclined to take

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the initiative. As a telling example I mention today
the cornflower-aster Stokesia cyanea. Not very many
])crennials can be depended on to bloom in even continu-
ance from July until frost. Stokesias in this respect are
Tellable. For this reason they prove attractive subjects
for plantations on mixed hardy borders. Attaining an
average height of about 2 feet, plants produce desirable

cut flowers on long and stifl stems. The individual flow-
ers are decidedly handsome and appear in sufficient num-
bers to attract attention. Those of Stokesia cyanea pos-
sess a clear lavender-blue, while cyanea alba, resembling
in shape the former, blooms white. Eeaders desirous to
grow their own supply will find that cornflower-asters
can be very easily raised from seed sown in spring. Seed-
lings do not require an extraordinary amount of care,
and, when flowering the following season, come true to
color. For the small garden with limited space at our
disposal a few plants, of necessity, must sutfice. Em-
ploying stokesias on larger ground areas it is essential
to plant in adequate number and close enough to gain
an impressive effect. Whenever the intention is to grow
this perennial for cutting, I advise sowing not less than
at least one-half ounce of seed of each variety. Stokesias
are quickly becoming popular when shown in masses.
Being coarse-seeded the one-package sowing and subse-
quent insufficient stock to commence with is frequently
the cause of the slow headway in the realization of the
opportunities at hand. I am convinced that a fair trial
is likely to bear out the correctness of my statement.
Stokesias, while not new, are offering possibilities which
to further ignore it appears we can hardly afford.

Riverton, N. J.

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Bleeding of Grape Vines

When I was a small boy living in Vermont, one spring
as the sugar season approached I thought I would try a
little sugar making myself, and knowing the propensity
of the grape to bleed, and supposing that all sap would
make sugar if boiled down, I tapped a big Vulpina vine
that was growing near the house, and it ran nearly a
stream. I gathered and boiled all day and the next day
till noon ; then I stopped gathering so that I could sugar
off at night. I kept testing it, but it neither thickened
nor sweetened ; it only boiled away, and at night all that
I had to show for tlie great amount of sap boiled away
was a little froth at the bottom of the kettle ! About
that time there was a disappointed boy in Vermont, but
the disappointment has proved of value to me as it
demonstrated that there is no substance in grape water.
I do most of my pruning in April and let them bleed.
I only prune in fall such ones as I wish to lay down
and cover to save wood from.

hn.tnuMz>

Norwood, Mass.

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CONTENTS S

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK—
Achimenes — Care of Asters — Chrysanthemums —
Geraniums — Growing Swainsona — The Propagating

Bench—John J. M. Farrell 365

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Setting
Melons — Strawberries — Heeling-In Peach Trees —
Syringing — Cherries — Early Watermelons — Oeorge

H. Penson 366

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Seed Sowing
— Sprouting Potatoes — Fertilizers for Garden and Or-
chard— Nitrogenous Manure — Phosphoric Acid — Pot-
ash— Lime — Edwin Jenkins 367

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— That Easter Crop-
Crowding Other Stocli into the Rose Houses — Spot
on the Young Plants — Mildew on Young Stock— Ven-
tilation and Night Temperatures — Arthur C. Ruzicka 368

ORCHIDS— M. J. Pope— Illustrated 369

TWO PLANTS VALUABLE FOR SUMMER CUT

FLOWERS— iJicftojd fioJfte— Illustrated 370

BLEEDING OF GRAPE VINES— 2V. B. White 371

CALIFORNIA NO HUMBUG LAND— £dj/n» Lonsdale. 373

ADVERTISING TALKS— fioZpft M. Ward 373

A DIFFICULT PROBLEM— B. J. Fancourt 373

STATE-OWNED VS. PRIVATE-OWNED NURSERIES. 374

THE NEW CARNATIONS— fiJmer Weaver 375

CARPET BEDDING 376

CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN THE LONDON PARKS— 0.

Barman Payne 377

CARNATION CULTURE— G. Neipp 378

INDIVIDUALITY AND SPECIALIZATION— Gerftord

Bleicken 379

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Pittsburgh Florists' and
Gardeners' Club — A Club Visit to Waverly, Mass. —
Buffalo Florists' Club, Illustrated — Illinois State Flor-
ists' Association 380

Connecticut Horticultural Society — American Associ-
ation of Nurserymen — New York Florists' Club — Club

and Society Notes 381

Society of American Florists 383

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— American Rose

Society — American Carnation Society 382

News from the Convention City 383

OBITUARY— Nathan D. Pierce, portrait— C. J. Barbour 384

SEED TRADE — Some Sensible Advice — Notes 388

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 392

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 393

Easter Hints— Flowers at Funerals 394

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 403

Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia 405

St. Louis 411

MISCELLANEOUS:

A Giant Elm 375

Of Interest to Easter Plant Buyers 376

A Co-operative Advertising Suggestion 377

Philadelphia Notes— Washington Notes 379

"Publicity" in Britain 383

Personal 384

Federal Plant Quarantine Law — Catalogues Received . 387

Publications Received 388

Chicago Notes— Buffalo Notes 411

Overvaluation of Greenhouses 412

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — Patents 412

Incorporated — News Notes 412

Our readers will find in this issue of HoR-
A request ticultuee the Easter and spring trade

announcements and offerings of those en-
terprising dealers who, although passing through a peri-
od of unusual dullness, have the confidence and courage

to reach out and persist in the effort to increase and
extend their business with the readers of this paper. We
hope the response will be most liberal and substantial
for these are the people who are worthy of the encour-
agement and support of all who like to see hustle and
enterprise. Tell them you are giving them your busi-
ness iDecause they support Hoeticultdee and they will
surely treat you well.

We reprint in this issue, from the Secre-
Unbalanced tary's Annual Report of the Society of

American Florists, a portion of the re-
port of the State vice-president for Pennsylvania East,
E. J. Fancourt. This particular document was most
pertinent and timely and is just as true and interesting
for present reading as it was last August. The prob-
lems resultant from the disproportionate increase of
flower production as compared with the facilities for
distribution are becoming more and more formidable
and, unless the situation changes so that a better bal-
ance exists between supply and demand, conditions will
certainly go from bad to worse. A wider retail market
must be created and, as we have repeatedly urged, the
growers should get busy on the question of ways and
means for they are the ones who have the most at stake.
We start in this issue a series of original articles on
Advertising, by R. M. Ward, which we hope will be care-
fully perused by everyone interested in increasing the
sale of floral products.

Changes are the order of nature.
Restlessness Because a situation happens to suit us

we scout the idea of a change. But it
is bound to come and whether it be politics, business or
social we cannot do more than perhaps retard it a bit,
especially if the change be in the nature of development.
Let no one deceive himself that the present restlessness
in the domain of commercial floriculture means nothing
more serious than a passing whim. The situation is being
carefully sized up by men of shrewdness and ability, the
causes analyzed and the possibilities of new allignments
carefully weighed. It is pointed out that the whole
structure of the flower industry is unevenly developed, its
growth not well balanced and that sooner or later, and
the sooner the better, the demand for a remedy will
become irresistible. That this industry which carries
within itself a potentiality greater than its most sanguine
devotees ever dreamt of, is suffering from a sort of mal-
nutrition somewhere is a contention difficult to argue
down after one knows the facts.

Considering the foregoing, the present seems
Think a good time to inquire "What are you going
it over to do about it?" If, as has been repeatedly

asserted, some of our business methods are
already antiquated and totally unequal to present needs
what shall we say as to their applicability to the future
requirements of this rapidly expanding industry? And
if our methods are to be reformed on modern lines he
is surely the wise man who will give heed to the premo-
nition and, at least, make the endeavor to keep in touch
with whatever progresssive movement may materialize
and try to foresee its character and tendency and what
may be its ultimate effect on his own interests. We do
need a better understanding, all around, between the
various departments and a fuller appreciation of one
another's indispensability to the welfare of the whole.
When this has come to pass then reform on permanent
lines will come easy. Hoetictjltdre's ear has been
close to the ground and there is good reason for this
little discourse. So don't cast it aside too hastily, but
just "think it over."

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CALIFORNIA NOT A HUMBUG
LAND.

Under the heading "Massachusetts
Boosters," In a recent issue of Hor-
TicuLTUEE, Rev. C. S. Harrison of
Yorlt, Nebraska, took occasion to refer
to the state of which I am proud to be
a resident, as a humbug land. I have
not a word to say against the state of
Massachusetts nor in fact any other
state, and when anyone goes so far out
of his way as to make so sweeping a
statement about the great state of
California, it is about time to enter
protest. Not that California as a
state needs defence from anyone but
there might be some readers of Hob-
TicuLTUBE who may be inclined to
believe what your correspondent from
Nebraska has written.

It is quite true that weather condi-
tions in California have been unusual-
ly severe during the passing winter,
but it may teach a wholesome lesson;
I verily believe it will. Admitting that
citrus trees have suffered severely
there are yet many horticultural sub-
jects grown here that even the good
old Bay State cannot surpass or, in
many cases, even equal.

I fully believe that in Massachusetts
apple growing is conducted quite sat-
isfactorily. The same may truthfully
be said about many parts of California.
Lompoc, for instance, my home valley,
is one of these. At this season of
the year, and for months past, the
writer has been enjoying and still en-
joys, daily, apples that were gi-own
right here on Burpee's Floradale Seed
Farm, and, in passing, I cannot resist
stating that I never enjoyed the eating
of apples in my life before as I have
done, and am still doing, these "Yel-
low Belleflowers." This variety is
claimed to be a synonym of "Warren's
Pippin" and so, by the way, is a varie-
ty grown sparsely hereabouts called
"Artley;" but we are not on the sub-
ject of the nomenclature of the apple
or I would be inclined to declare there
is much confusion to be found therein.
Our adjoining neighbor immediately to
the south of Floradale said only yes-
terday that he was without apples for
home use during the months of May
and June only, and this without re-
sorting to cold storage. We have yet
on hand for own use, besides a few
Belleflowers: Newtown Pippins, Win-
ter Pearmains and a local apple known
as Ben Cap, which from present indi-
cations will supply us up to and
through the month of April quite sat-
isfactorily. So far we are not troubled
with codling moth, San Jose scale nor
any disease common to the apple back
east. (Every state is back east on the
Pacific Coast.)

California is a great state, as I have
found during my stay here since the
autumn of 1909. It was also the
writer's privilege to live in Califor-
nia from May, 1874, to September,
1875, part of the time in San Francis-
co and the remainder in San Jose,
when I was "called" to my native land,
and going there with the forlorn hope,
as it so proved, of returning forthwith
to California. Circumstances, how-
ever, which no strenuous efforts were
made to control caused us to locate in
Philadelphia, Pa., and although I have
not a word to say against the good old
Quaker City, yet daily almost a tender

yearning for a return to the Golden
State would not down!

No. California is not a humbug
land. Many horticultural subjects may
be grown here superior to that grown
on any other land in this broad uni-
verse. What would the flower-loving
public do without California as the
producer of seeds of that most popu
lar of all flowering annuals— namely,
the Sweet Pea? Where would the
supply come from for the present
year's demand had it not been tor
Lompoc Valley? No. California is
not a humbug land.

Take another popular subject, name-
ly, the Queen of Flowers. No other land

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. I

Advertising began with Adam and
Eve. They were advertised in the
Bible, the greatest advertising me-
dium ever printed. From that time
until today advertising has never
ceased and never will. The man-
ner of advertising changes with the
times but no one in any line of
business can succeed to any great
extent without the aid of advertis-
ing. This is especially so when sell-
ing to the consumer. Even monop-
olies advertise these days. Just
think of the amount of money de-
voted to advertising certain articles
— gum, for instance. The combined
cost for a year, of all the floral ad-
vertisements in the U. S. A. would
not pay a month's publicity bill of
Spearmint Gum. If the florists com'
bined and advertised flowers on the
same scale, the production would
not catch up with the demand in
ten years. The daily newspaper is
the medium the florists should use
first. Advertise in your town papers
every day in the year. Consider
the expense the same as a man's
salary, the only difference being
that the newspaper in the course of
time will bring you more business
than five men at the same salary.
Of course, this is provided you
take good care of the business
when it reaches you, for advertis-
ing must be backed up by good
flowers and good service. Most
newspapers will write good copy for
you if you wish them to. Your
business will grow In proportion to
the advertising you do of the right
kind.

can produce finer roses for the pleas-
ure of the amateur or commercially
than have been grown here on Flora-
dale, and what may be grown success-
fully here without effort may be grown
elsewhere where rose growing systems
prevail. When florists in the cities
and towns back east who have a pot-
plant trade fully realize how much bet-
ter ripened the wood on roses is here,
the demand for outdoor California-
grown roses will for all time more
than equal the supply. Where irriga-
tion is under control the rose plant
crop can be given all the water neces-
sary in its early stages of growth and
then — the most important of all — the

withholding of water towards the end
of summer when growth is finished
and the ripening process is in course
of completion. No; California is not
a humbug land!
Lompoc. Cal. Edwin Lonsdale,

A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

Au extract from the Annual Report of
Vice-President B. J. Fancourt, of Phila-
delphia, to the S. A. V. Convention at
Chicago.

Trade conditions in this part of the
country are, in general, on a very sat-
isfactory basis. There have been very
few business failures and the expan-
sion both in production and distribu-
tion has been quite extensive, espe-
cially in the production. What few
failures we have heard of were mostly
in the distributing end, showing that
this department is by far the most
difficult, or, in other words, that it is
much easier to send the goods to mar-
ket than to sell them to good advan-
tage The most difficult problem that
faces us today, and with the outlook
more serious, if not disastrous, in the
future, is the small increase of retail
flower stores. We have heard of no
failures among the growers; on the
contrary, in the neighborhood of Phila-
delphia alone, and not taking into ac-
count eastern Pennsylvania, which
this report of your State Vice-Presi-
dent is supposed to cover, there has
been an Increase in glass area built
during the last twelve months of any-
where from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 sq.
ft. Can anything be shown of an in-
creased number of retail stores in the
same territory, during the same pe-
riod? No. In fact, what few new
stores have been opened have been
balanced by those who have been
forced out of business. It would ap-
pear, therefore, that if the growers
are to continue to make money as
quickly as they have been doing, in
order to build more glass, and in order
to produce more flowers, it is high
time to begin to think seriously of the
retail end. What is essential is new
methods in the line of selling. Twenty
years ago flowers were grown for the
so-called rich, and classed as a luxury,
while today they are merchandise, and
in a measure, a necessity. Three
classes of stores are necessary: cheap,
medium and high class. With the idea
of serving the masses, low-priced
flower stores are equally as essential
for the distribution of flowers and
plants as the five and ten-cent stores
are to the merchants and manufac-
turers, and unless a marked change in
methods of retailing is soon forthcom-
ing, the slogan will be— too much
glass, too few retailers.

Evanston, Ml.— Florists here com-
plain that the city water, which Is
purified with hypochloride of lime, is
changing yellow chrysanthemums to
an ashen color, white roses to pink
and carnations to almost every shade,
but the one they should be. The com-
missioner of public works, with whom
the florists took up the matter, said
the water had nothing to do with
changing the colors of the flowers. The
florists will make an effort to keep
the city from placing lime in the
water and claim they will have the aid
of the women, who some time ago
complained that the water was bleach-
ing their hair.

374

HORTICULTURE

March 15, 1913

STATE OWNED vs. PRIVATE OWNED NURSERIES^

Report of the special committee of the American Forestry Association, appointed January 9, 1912, for consideration of the

subject of State Owned versus Privately Owned Nurseries.

From the investigations of this com-
mittee under the resolution adopted
at the last meeting, authorizing its ap-
pointment for considering "the advan-
tages of State Nurseries tor the prop-
agation, cultivation and sale of fores-
try material in competition with the
business of private owners," it is our
conviction that the matter of produc-
ing and distributing forestry material
is one of such importance to the peo-
ple of the country, that the subject
should be handled as a matter of mu-
tual interest, on the part of the United
States Forestry Department, the differ-
ent states, this association, and those
owning private nurseries and engaged
in the business, rather than as a sub-
ject which might cause antagonism be-
tween the states and private nurseries.

The committee wishes to emphasize
the fact that the suggestion for inves-
tigating the subject arose more from
a desire on the part of nurserymen to
have the subject investigated than on
the part of the association.

From the various data obtained by
the committee from the leading forest-
ers and representative firms engaged in
the business, the following summary of
opinions is here presented: The opin-
ion of state foresters who are conduct-
ing state nurseries, all other state for-
esters and all foresters in other em-
ployment, is, with two exceptions,
unanimous, that state nurseries should
be permitted to sell stock to private
parties mainly for the following rea-
sons:

(a) Previous to the estalilishment of
State nurseries, private nurseries had not
furnished stoclj at prices which would
permit the planting of large quantities of
trees for forestry purposes.

(b) As a result there was comparatively
small demand for nursery stoclj for forest
planting until certain States Instituted the
policy of supplying such stocli to private
planters.

(c) The demand fnr nursery stock for
forest planting is largely the result of this
policy on the part of the States, and the
claim is made that private nurseries have
in the aggregate been benefitted rather
than injured by it.

(d) The State is Justifled In encouraging
forestry planting by assisting private own-
ers to obtain cheap nursery stock in order
to secure to the community the benefits
of forestry.

Private nurserymen contend and are
generally of the opinion that,

1 — State nurseries wliich sell to private
parties act to deprive privately owned
nurseries of their legitimate business,
causing them tinancial loss and should be
prohiinted from competing witli them.

2 — They also contend tliat 11 is not the
proper function of a State to engage in
this industrial enterprise more than in the
manufacture and sale of any commerlcal
product in which large am^'unts of private
capital are already invested.

Between these opposing opinions de-
cision should rest upon ascertainable
facts bearing on the cost of producing
and distributing nursery stock of the
desired quality and quantity, and the
prices asked for this stock by states
and private nurseries, respectively,
upon the demand for stock for this
specific purpose and the supply of
nursery stock available from states and
from private nurseries.

The commitee is advised by the U.
S. Forestry Service that ten states re-

ported maintaining forest nurseries,
the aggregate acreage of which is 140.5
acres: Connecticut, Kansas, Massa-
chusetts. Michigan, New Hampshire,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ver-
mont and Wisconsin. There were pro-
duced during the past year 19,058,000
plants, including both seedlings and
transplants. The cost of raising this
stock varied for seedlings from 45 cents
to $5.00 per thousand plants, with an
average of $2.50 per thousand; and for
transplants from ?2.00 to $6.00 per
thousand, with an average of $4.50.
This covered all species, both hard-
woods and soft woods. The hardwoods
were in all cases seedling stock and
very much in the minority. The num-
ber of plants distributed by these states
amounted to 14,100,100, for which a
price varying from $1.00 to $7.00 per
1000 was charged, the average being
$4.00 for both seedlings and trans-
plants, as well as hardwoods and soft-
woods. The apparent discrepancy be-
tween the figures of production and
distribution is accounted for by the
fact that several of the states are
themselves large users of the planting
stock which they raise. There are a
few states on the other hand that dis-
tribute considerably more stock than
they produce, the additional amount of
course being stock purchased from
commercial dealers. Only two states
report direct importation, the total of
which amounts to less than 250,000
plants.

The committee has been unable to
ascertain as to the cost of producing
and distributing forestry material by
privately owned nurseries.

The cost of raising forest nursery
stock includes the following items:

(a) Initial cost for plant, as land,
buildings, equipment, waterworks. The
legitimate charge for the Item of Interest
on investment and depreciation of ecjuip-
ment.

(b) Skilled supervision and overhead
charges.

(c) Labor cost.

(d) Selling costs, Including advertising.

(e) Legitimate profits.

These cost items vary according to
the following conditions:

(a) Size of output. Overhead charges
are greatly reduced with large annual out-
pu.t.

(b) Character of labor.
ir) Soil and climate.

(d) Assurance of definite and stable
markets.

The variation in cost of production
from these causes may be as great as
100 per cent.

State nurseries, in computing costs,
are apt to neglect certain elements, es-
pecially depreciation, interest, super-
vision, and, necessarily, profits, and on
a basis of equal efficiency would tend
to undersell private nurseries.

The demand for nursery stock for
forest planting arises:

(a) From large corporations doing ex-
tensive planting. These concerns have
largely pursued the policy of raising their
own stock, and are therefore seldom in
the market.

(b) Smaller owners planting a few
thousand trees per year. This demand Is
uncertain, constantl.v shifting, since the
same persons do not continue as pur-
chasers from year to year, and Is largely

influenced by the educational propaganda
conducted by State foresters. In itself it
forms an unreliable basis for conducting a
commercial business.

It is apparently true that state
nurseries have it in their power, by de-
veloping and increasing in size and
output to supply a very large propor-
tion of the nursery stock required for
private forestry plantations, and at
prices which will make it impossible
for private firms to compete success-
fully with them in this field, in the ab-
sence of an assured market for their
own output.

In European countries, private nurse-
ries have been able to produce stock
more cheaply than states can grow it,
and states therefore purchase their
stock in considerable quantities from
private nurseries, and are their main
customers. Demand is steady and
permanent.

In conclusion the committee presents
the following conclusions and sugges-
tions:

(a) States are at present justified in
raising their own nursery stock for re-
foresting State lands.

(b) Sales of nursery stock at low prices
by State nurseries to private parties nat-
urally tend to encourage forest planting
by individuals.

(e) Low prices for nursery stock sold
by States will have the effect of lowering
the prices of stock sold by private nur-
series for forest planting, but only under
the conditions that State output does not
monopolize the demand. Should the State
output keep pace with the demand, private
nurseries will be forced out of their field
of endeavor.

(d) The value of State nurseries as
regulators of prices for forest stock Is
recognized, but the policy tor the future
should probably be for State nurseries ^o
contintie as regulators, along the lines in-
dicated, rather than to assume permanent
responsibility for the business.

(e) Present prices on 2-year seedling
stock sold by private nurseries, In most
Instances compare favorably with State
prices, while prices for 3-year transplants
are. except in one or two Instances, much
higher than the State prices.

In view of the facts above stated,
the committee recommends a policy of
state purchase of such stock as may be
procured to advantage from private
nurseries and sale or subsequent sale
to private parties, for planting pur-
poses.

In the long run it will probably be
better for both states and private land
owners if states endeavor to encourage
the legitimate development of private
nurseries in the field of supplying trees
for forest planting, while retaining the
right and ability to check extortionate
prices, by supplying stock from state
nurseries at low cost. This policy
would mean careful consideration of
the elements of cost in raising stock,
and of the demand and size of output
required to supplement and regulate
the trade, in order that the states may
act with fairness to the public on the
one hand and the nursery companies
on the other.

The committee doubts the advisa-
bility of free distribution of material
for forest planting by states and con-
sider that better results may obtain if
proper prices are charged for the ma-
terial.

Your committee desires to express
its appreciation of the courtesy ex-

March 15, 1913

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375

tended by state commissioners, forest-
ers and the owners of private nurseries
for the data and information kindly
submitted to it, and hope that the con-
sideration of this subject by the asso-
ciation may result in liarmonious re-
lations between the forestry depart-
ment of the government, each of the
states and those engaged in the busi-
ness, to the mutual advantage of all.
Fredk W. Kelsey,
H. H. Chapman,
H. R. Bristol,

Committee.

THE NEW CARNATIONS

A Paper Read by Elmer Weaver Before The Lancaster County (Pa.)

Florists' Club.

A GIANT ELM.

The Markham elm, near Avon, N. Y.,
of which only a small piece remains,
may have begun to grow six hundred
years ago. John Dunbar, assistant
superintendent of Rochester Parks,
and President of the Rochester Florist
Association, gives this interesting ac-
count of what he has learned about
the tree. "While spending a few hours
one day on the estate of W. G. Mark-
ham, I was much interested in view-
ing the lingering remnant of the large
historic elm known usually a s ihe
Markham elm. A small pi;ce of its
former self remains, and this is mainly
a large limb extending over the north
side of the base, supported by a stout
brace to prevent its breaking down
from its own weight. The immense
size of this giant of the past can read-
ily be judged from the hollowed and
partial shell of the base which re-
mains. To a lover of trees it conveys
impressive lessons on the beauty and
grandeur of some vegetable organisms.

"The Markham family have been ac-
quainted with this elm for four gener-
ations and extends back for 149 years.
This elm was distinctly a pendulous
branched or 'weeping' tree.

"The trunk of the Markham elm was
forty-five feet in circumference three
feet above the ground and at noon the
shade of the branches extended over
an acre.

"In the spring of 1S93 the north side
of the tree which was mainly a shell,
blew down. This was sawed across
and Mr. Markham counted approxi-
mately three hundred and seventy-five
rings. Estimating the portion that
had decayed toward the center of the
tree, he felt confident that the elm was
six hundred years old.

"To have this direct evidence of the
age of this remarkable elm is excep-
tionally interesting and valuable as a
record. It places the maximum age of
the American elm far above the c:m-
mon estimate.

"This tree was old when the Pilgrim
Fathers founded the Plymouth Colony
in 1620. It was in adult age when
Columbus landed in 1492. It will be
six hundred years on June 24th. 1914,
when the Scottish army under King
Robert Bruce, crushed the English
army under King Edward II on the
field of Bannockburn, securing for all
time Scottish independence. About
this time the Markham elm began its
life's history."

Starting with Benora, it looks liU«
an ideal variegated, exceedingly free
bloomer; stem of sufficient length and
strong enough to hold flower erect.
The color is good, although carrying a
slight yellow cast. Growth is healthy
and vigorous and cuttings root about
as easy as Beacon which means you
may get them rooted if you are care-
ful, very careful, not to allow any
chance tor them to get too wet, too
dry, too hot or too cold, don't let any
wind blow over them, and a few other
don'ts. In transplanting from the
field, plants take hold easily and in a
few weeks blooming shoots are form-
ing in abundance. On the whole it is
a variety worthy of trial, though the
color would preclude the growing of it
universally in large quantities.

Delhi is an improved Victory and, as
I personally could never muster much
enthusiasm over Victory, I do not
know whether or not I think much of
Delhi. With us it has somewhat the
habit of a sweet potato vine, the
stems showing a tendency to grow
horizontal instead of vertical. Even
though it has formed such undesirable
habits here it certainly makes enough
flowers and will make as many during
the season as any thing in sight. 1
have seen it growing in Chester Coun-
ty this season and can say it was a fine
sight, away ahead of Beacon in the
same house, having as good a stem,
and better color, is a freer bloomer and
not the cropper Beacon is, though the
(lower looks as though a trip to the
laundry would improve it greatly; Vic-
tory looks like a wilted collar and
Delhi the same.

Comfort has had the advantage of
two seasons' experience on our place
and when you visit us next season you
will find 10.000 plants growing on the
place. I know a number of you gen-
tlemen are afraid of Comfort because
it looks sleepy under certain con-
ditions, but the grower who thinks
Comfort sleepy and discriminatrs
against it on that score is nearer asleep
than the carnation. He had better take
a nap and when he wakes up and feels
fit try Comfort. It is not so high in
quality as our Mr. Rohrer's E-e;dling
but will produce more money per
square toot of bench surface than any
red we now have.

Rosette is the fourth variety of la^t
season's novelties with which we are
experimenting and from the ultimate
doUar-and-cents point of view I feel
sure the best: first, from what it is
showing itself to be, and second be-
cause it is one of Dorner's seedlings,
all of which have made good here ex-
cepting Scarlet Glow. It differs from
their other recent introductions in that
its growth is heavier and that it
ma'es plenty of good cuttings that root
easily. When lifted and planted in-
doors it was ready for business long
before Mrs. Ward, White Perfection
and some others decided whether they
wanted to move or not. The stem is
very stiff and of good length, the
flower larger than either Gloriosa or
Pink Delight, deeply serrated, center
well filled and of unusual depth. In

color it is perfectly clear and very
nearly a Lawson shade, having none
of the streaks or faded edges some-
times found in Mrs. Ward. My com-
mission man pronounces it a very de-
sirable shade and an excellent keeper.
One year's trial is not suflicient to
determine the merits of a variety un-
less it shows characteristics so bad
and so universal that the condemna-
tion is general, as quite frequently, in-
deed too frequently occurs.

Any variety showing many good
points and a few detects, is worthy of
care and further trial, as something in
our treatment individually may accen-
tuate the good points and minimize
the bad, so that in the end we are the
gainers. Even though we unfortunate-
ly are handed many gold bricks, I feel
that it pays to try at least a few of the
new ones as introduced, but not so few
that they do not seem worthy of your
care. Then do not throw them out
until you are sure there is no money
in them for you, or that they are not
better than the variety they are in-
tended to replace.

This constant adding and discarding
of new varieties is expensive but if
you do not do it you will soon, very
soon, be comparing the market reports
in the trade journals with the returns
from your commission firm, with the
result that you will decide that the re-
porter for the trade journals should be
in Teddy's Annanias Club or the com-
mission merchant in jail, while the
cause usually is to be attributed to
your own lack of business acumen in
keeping up with these progressive
times.

Some years back we experienced
something like this. Mrs. Lawson
was given a trial in a small way and
in a careless manner, with the result
that we discarded it the first season as
no good, and you all know that we did
not know anything at that time when
we said Mrs. Lawson was no good,
and that we lost good money by our
hasty action. Later on when everybody
was doing it, well, we bought stock
again, but we lost several seasons
when the flowers were bringing big
money.

A present-day parallel is Gloriosa,
about the grandest we have had up to
the present time.- I have made many
inquiries regarding this variety and
have had a great variety of replies,
never realizing before how ipany peo-
ple are affected by various (Jegiees of
indecision. Several are propagating
and buying all they can get of it; oth-
ers say frankly they are going to dis-
card it, while others are up in the air
and don't know yet what they want
to do.

The chief objections to this variety
are its lack of desire to reproduce it-
self by a cutting and its lack of growth
in the field. These faults should not
deter us from experimenting until we
overcome them. This tendency to run
to a flowering shoot in a short space of
time can be partly overcome by top-
ping iiart of the shoots when bringing
them in from the field. If we can get
thp results Mr. Brinton has we would
certainly be foolish to discard it.

376

HOKTICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

CARPET BEDDING

The editor of "Moener's. Deutsche
Gaertner-Zeitung." Mr. W. Dambardt
recently sent to the leading landscape
gardeners and park superintendents
the following question:

tistic ^esurrecuon .'• published

The answers whicn are uuw f""'
i^thir Germany's first horticultural
JLner are so intlresting to everybody
en^agedin Outdoor gardening that we
^avfhad them translated m Ur«r es^
sential paragraphs by Mi. G. ^'eicKen
and they are here presented for the
benefit of our readers.

*" Theo^Goeeke, Professor of Architecture
«f Rp?iiTi — Tbe carpet bed had become a
Ufelesfrmltltion? a'^toy thing without ar-
tistic merit : therefore it was rejected It

Sij^e%n^i^ror^fantrr7S

I™P Grossmann. Landscape Architect of
Berlln.-The carpet bed correct yued is a

(2) compo^sition of for™. EspeciaUy is the

Kf „^o°'"pl?r ifa"'n^-> laSd^s^^^e! ^
only"n i^ form„l garden. It is the ground
line in a given garden or court, and it
must never have height except where height
be made through plants, vases or st.atuary,
etc The main reason tor failures can be trac-
ed to the habit of drawing out a carpet-bed
design on paper and believing it will look
Uke^the drJwTng in reality "getting that
the perspective shortens all surfaces, i ney
must be'^ drawn so as to ^'^iJ^^^'Xcfm^
'«?^''nlv°msmct';ng 'f^w ?nd nSietl^el
Tre C brrecommended. The composition
of color Is pure individual .art; hut^one
leading color should occur, and pure co^rs
are efsential. Time and tradition will
bring back to us the carpet bed.

G Hannig. Supt. of Cemetery of Stettin.
-The carpet bed as it was a dPCJide or so
ago should not be mourned; it only showed
SI the technical skill of the earaener. In
all ornamentation one must take into ac
?ount the material; this we call style.
There was no style in carpet beds any
more Any figure pnt on paper was aH
right for a carpet bed., and Plants had to
be clipped to fit certain lines of the de-
sign Such things are always wrong and
violate the verv fundamental laws of art
7„ lfin„tinB- designs A short time ago an
Lrti'^t "n f?unUn?e-maklng had exhibited a
flower garden design, which was patterned
aftlr a real carpet. Such things must be
wrong because the weaving of the mate-
Hal for a carpet is a different question
from the planting of live plants, and
phi^ts themselves are different from wool

or cotton or other weaving material. Yet
I would not say that a sort of transformed
carpet design could not give a good carpet-
bed design. The famous beautiful Doges
palace in Venice, one of the most beautiful
buildings on earth, is without doubt built
after the design of an old oneiual rug;
nevertheless the facade of the palace is
not a "carpet of stone," because a master
artist designed the Venetian palace and he
took onlv his motive from an oriental rug.
On the whole. I should say beware of car-
pet bedding, as we have as yet not even
good designs in carpets themselves.

E Hardt. Landscape Architect in Dues-
seldort.— Carpet beds must have in them
low growing flowering plants, and the de-
sign must harmonize with its location. No
objections could be made to it if the col-
ors and the form are chosen correctly;
low tunes in harmony with the light in
our northern skies, instead of the lawn
carpets and the affected flowering greens—
the carpet bed.

A. Lichtwark. Director of Art Museum
in Hamburg.— The carpet bed has had no
place in the modern landscape park. In a
formal garden it may have its place, that
is If the maker of it is an artist. Theory
will be of no avail; all depends on the
designer,

Henry Maas, Lubeck.— The carpet was a
sort of indicator of a gardener's .ability
as a plant grower, but no work of art.
The carpet bed of the gardener was the
stucco ornament of the architect of old
But I see no reason why a carpet bed in
Its proper place will not come back In
some future time.

Liebrest Migge.— The qiiestion Is of
great importance. We wanted flowers In-
stead of rigid leaves, and we nave them
now; and inslc.d of carpets we got walls
of flowers in our big flowering beds. I
am going to make some carpet lirfls at
the next international exhibition nt Lelp-
sig this coming summer. The territory
lies in a low plain there. If one avoids
the rock of ornamentation in carpet bed-
ding I believe one can today summon bsck
to life the old profitable art of carpet bed-
ding.

J F. Muller. Landscape Architect. Geisen-
heim-a-Ehein.— Carpet bedding is an art of
planting in level surfaces, not of plantirig
into space. The distribution of carpet beds
has been done wrongly in many cases also.
Modern ornament shows a certain compact-
ness of forms. I have had success in using
for foundations of designs, the circle, the
plipse and the sniral. Echeveria nietal-
lica and dumeliana are good plants for
such work. Attention to the level char-
acter of carpet beds and to a similarity in
the plants employed, will give better re-
sults.

Franz Wirth. Landscape Architect, Frank-
furt-on-JIain.- Nothing changes more than
does opinion in art. I believe carpet bed-
ding will come back soon. As edging for
flowering beds or in place of small Inwns
it can be used with good taste. All plastic
treatment of carpet bedding is wrong art.
F Zahn. Landscape Gardener. Steglitz.
—The modern tendency for formal gardens
will lead again to carpet bedding, but
plastic carpet bedding is a self-evident con-
tradiction ; a carpet is always only a sur-
face. No copving of old designs, but sim-
ple ornamental divisions, will bring back
new modern carpet beds of taste — as en-
closure for small lawns, for Instance.

Baron W, v. Engelhardt, Supt. of Publ.
Parks Diisseldorf.— As long as there ex-
ists sr, little knowledge of the relations of
garden parts, devoted to some special pur-
pose, to the garden as a whole organism
or to a park; carpet beds had better be
restricted to the formal garden only.

Willv Lange. Landscape Architect, Dah-
\pm. — When the public has become tired
of the glaring masses of salvias and scar-
let pelargoniums, they will call back the
carpet bed. Many people enjoy the fine
pretty workmanship of the small scale in
the carpet beds.

W P Tnckermann. Sharlottenburg.—
Carpet beds should be planted in variation
with solid flower beds of fuchias. cannas.
dahlias, etc. We have not yet had good
results with large masses of flowering
plants, neither in solid colors nor in the
herbaceous garden. This is because masses
of greens, as lawn grass for Instance. look

different from masses of solid red or yel-
low or blue colors; they look often too
small for masses, and then again if very
large they remind us of the commercial
nursery. Certain flower borders and cer-
tain centre pieces will always be neces-
sary, but they must be put in their proper
locations. But we must learn more about
effect of colors: for instance, sunny loca-
tions are more beautiful by different colors
than are shady sites.

OF INTEREST TO EASTER PLANT
BUYERS.

Nineteen hundred and thirteen prom-
ises, from all we can learn, to be an
exception to the run of seasons for
many years past. Heretofore we have
had an abundance of everything sea-
sonable, and buyers could get their
supplies at prices very much in their
own favor. This year it looks as if
there would be quite some scarcity
among the staple plant lines — espe-
cially in lilies and azaleas. In lilies
the trouble seems to come from two
pcints: One being "Junk" bulbs used
to fill orders at the last minute; the
other, the difficulty to get good bulbs
in flower for so early an Easter. As
to the azalea, the large increase in
price in Europe owing to scarcity, and
the small profits to growers here, in
past years — owing to competition and
losses — has curtailed planting to a
considerable extent, and buyers will
find this year, that if they are to get
anything like their quota of good aza-
leas, they will have to get busy very
quick.

On the other hand it seems as if the
supply of some other plants would to
a certain extent make up for this short-
age in these two great Easter staples.
Among these we think the most impor-
tant is the spirea. We have never
seen this fine Easter plant in greater
abundance or better done or in bet-
ter form. Dollar for dollar and in
style and elegance it tops the list. The
favorite varieties are Gladstone and
Queen Alexandra. Next to the spirea
comes the rhododendron. We have
seen some fine blocks of this in re-
markably well done shape for Easter.
Another good old standby which more
than holds its own is the hydrangea —
especially the new French varieties
such as Gaillard, Avalanche and oth-
ers in white, pink and lavender. Some
of them have florets big as a silver
dollar, beautifully fringed and with
trusses of great size and abundance.
The Rambler roses are, of course, a
feature, one of the flnest this year be-
ing "Baby" Tausendschon. Phyllis
and Orleans "Baby" are also in the
running as well as the old form.
Magnas, Kaiserins and Richmonds are
also favorites in the hybrid class. Lily
of the valley in pots and marguerites
are to be had in abundance. In the
latter the Queen Alexandra holds a
conspicuous place.

The foregoing notes have been gath-
ered and digested from our study of
conditions this year in and around
Philadelphia where many growers
make a specialty of Easter plants. Per-
haps the largest and most comprehen-
sive of all these growers, with the big-
gest stocks and the largest variety of
subjects, is the establishment of the
Robert Craig Co., at Market and 49th
streets and at Norwood. We are in-
debted to them for courteous explana-
tion of the general situation this year
to a large extent and commend them
to our readers who may feel like call-
ing on this market tor their supplies.

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

377

The Northern Suburbs.
For many years past those of the
London parks which are under the con-
trol of the London County Council
have provided for the benefit of the
public gratuitous displays of chrysan-
themums lasting from about the mid-
dle of October to the middle of Novem-
ber. What are known as the Royal
parks — that is, St. Jame's, Regent's,
Hyde Park, etc., do not provide this
highly appreciated display.

It may be assumed without further
explanation that the attendance of vis-
itors varies. At some of the parks
there is an enormous crowd, especially
on Sundays when a long line of eager
sightseers has to be regulated for some
hours. The finer the day the more vis-
itors and even on week days — Saturday
afternoons for instance — the number
is very large. If you are a specialist
it is amusing to mingle with the crowd
and listen to the comments. Some-
times a little group of amateurs get
together and in a critical frame, of
mind pass their opinion with a free-
dom that shows a fullness of knowl-
edge of the art of chrysanthemum cul-
ture.

We begin our round at Waterlow
Park, the northernmost of all. It is
situated on the heights above Highgate
Hill, a place of some historic interest
as our readers will remember who
have heard the story of Dick Whitting-
ton and his cat. The underground tube
railway takes us to the foot of the hill
and a tram car does the rest. But a
fine autumn morning encourages us to
wander gently up the hill, and in doing
so we are rewarded by a sight of the
stone that marks the spot where Whit-
tington as a poor boy journeying to the
great city sat and rested, and as the
story goes, heard the bells of Bow
church ringing and heard, or fancied
he heard, in their music the words:

Turn again Whittington,
Thrice Lord Mayor of London.

Every boy, or, at any rate, every
British boy, knows the story. The
stone today is at the edge of the pave-
ment opposite a public house of the
same sign. It is enclosed withip an
iron railing and surmounted with a
gas lamp. On two sides of the stone
is the following inscription:

Whittington Stone.
Sir Richard Whittington
Thrice Lord Mayor of London
1397— Richard 11.
140S— Henry IV.
1420— Henry V.
Sheriff in 1393.

This stone was restored, railings fixed
and lamp erected, A. D. 1S69.

We wander on, slowly up the hill,
and think how different are the sur-
roundings from what they were in
Whittington's day. London has en-
croached upon the country; its never-
ending ugly rows of bricks and mor-

tar push in all directions and absorbs
old-time country villages and hamlets
in its rapacious maw. At length we
reach St. Joseph's church and along-
side is a little lane with an entrance
to the park. London owes this park
to the generosity of Sir Sidney Water-
low, himself a Lord Mayor. It is a
charming old-world place, formerly a
private residence, and of which we
may say more another time.

The greenhouse in which the chrys-
anthemums are staged consists of sev-
eral divisions, the first one, or en-
trance, being the most capacious.
It contains a bank of plants right and
left, tastefully arranged with orna-
mental greenery, and we notice Japan-
ese, singles and a few of the best-
known decoratives help to enliven the
display. The varieties are mainly
older ones than we see at our society's
shows but they are admirable for the
purpose of public display and are
chosen more for variety and brilliancy
of color than for size and prize-win-
ning points.

The next house is rather narrow and
it is evident it is a case of adaptation.
The house was never built for a pub-
lic display, but many rich decorative
effects have been obtained. The nest
house is similar with the exception
that singles are a little more freely
used. Buttercup, a grand yellow in-
curved, strikes us here as being wor-
thy of a note of commendation.

As we approach the exit in front of
us lies an old-fashioned hardy herba-
ceous garden. It is past its best at
this date, but a few little bits of color
remain. Michaelmas daisies, early
chrysanthemums. Anemone japonica,
geunis, sunflowers, hydrangeas, stocks,
evening primrose, etc., are making
their last effort and then farewell. It
is here that can be seen the Shakes-
peare garden. At the corner of the
cross walks there is a tablet notifying
the fact and we may at some future
time have just a few words to say
about this attempt to collect in one
group all the plants and herbs men-
tioned by the great poet.

We have now to make our way to
Finsbury Park, a very different kind of
place, for it is much larger in extent
and on a dead level. Formerly there
were two displays here but the old
wooden chrysanthemum house, near
the manor gate, has been abolished
and the show is now held in the large
conservatory hardby. The grouping is
most tastefully and artistically done
and the plants are finely grown. Big
solid substantial blooms in all sections
are displayed which bear testimony to
the capacity of the grower. There is
a good display of Pteris and other
ferns used as an edging. Altogether
there are about 2.500 plants in pots.
Roughly speaking the visitors average
500 daily, but on Sundays they total
something like SOOO.

Victoria Park is properly North East.
It is situated in a densely crowded
part of the city where the working
class dwell in large numbers. It is a
very large park, well kept, and a
great boon to the denizens of this lo-
cality. The chrysanthemum show here

has always been one of the most at-
tractive, the variety and extent of the
display being the chief factors. The
house is a span 25x100, and as we enter
it we look around and see a long road-
way leading to it, bordered as far as
the eye can reach with groups of
brightly colored pompons and others
showing the outdoor capacity of the
chrysanthemum as a town flower. In-
side the house we find the collection
arranged right and left in two sloping
banks of brilliant color and a serpen-
tine path running from end to end.
We are conscious as soon as we enter
of the skilful decorative talent of the
superintendent. It is beyond all praise
and difficult to describe. Rising high
above the banks of color at intervals
are arranged great bushes of singles
and decoratives. The crossbars of the
glass structure have Glennys and Run-
dies trained to them. The ends and
sides of the house seem to be covered
with a carpet of living blooms of the
most freely flowered varieties. Each
bay of the roof has a different color
trained up under it and beneath, of
course, are the big show blooms. As
an edging dwarf plants of singles are
freely employed.

C. Hakman Payne.

A CO-OPERATIVE ADVERTISING
SUGGESTION.

The Sales Promotion Department of
the Daily Newspaper Association has
sent a copy of the following letter
to the secretary of every Florists'
Club in the country:

Dear Sir: —

Is the magnitude of the florist business
in general what it should be? We think
not.

First of all, the retail florist does not
think it worth while to let the public
know where his place of business is, or
that he is in business at all, or that there
are such things as flowers in existence.
He does know that a certain few of the
well-to-do or we.Tlthy class buy flowers
at all seasons— no matter what the price —
but overlooks the fact that multitudes
might "get the habit" if reminded dally
that flowers are within their reach.

We suggest that in every community
where there are several florists, every day
in the year in the bical newspapers of such
communities an advertisement be inserted
simply advertising "FLOWERS."

This daily reminder would soon have
the effect of educating the public to boy
flower.s, and the dealer would reap the
benefit in manifold sales. His increased
business means more business for the
grower, and this means more business for
the importer, and so on. Thus, you see.
everyone is benefited.

You may have the idea that the cost of
advertising is too much. The average rate
per line for space in the leading news-
papers in twenty of the largest cities Is
but 16 2-3 cents, and In smaller cities It
is much less. Say, there are five florists
in each community to share this expense;
(hat would mean a trifle more than 3 cents
per line each day for each dealer, and he
gets that back several times over in his
profit on the sale of a single rose.

Will you not be good enough to submit
this letter to the members of vour club at
the next meeting? If you are in the least
interested, please let us tell you more
about newspaper advertising and how to do
it economically and effectively: and It
there is any further information any of
your members desire on the subject, please
do not hesitate to write us. Any advice
or co-operation within our power will be
cheerfully given without the slightest ob-
ligation on your part.

378

HORTICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

CARNATION CULTURE.

Paper Read Before the Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Society, by G. Neipp.

No Excuse for Poor Flowers Now.

Within the last fifteen years more
progress has been made in the cul-
ture of the carnation than of any other
flower. Yet when we visit the flower
markets of the large cities we find
alongside of the finest carnations lots
of very poor ones and one cannot help
asking why florists keep on growing
such rubbish that never pays for the
work, not to say expenses. There Is no
excuse whatever, since there is no
longer any secret in carnation culture
and it costs little, if any more to pro-
duce good flowers than poor ones.

Good carnations can even be pro-
duced in small houses, if they receive
the proper treatment, and yet I have
seen produced in good up-to-date
houses the poorest carnations I ever
laid my eyes on. Ignorance is no ex-
cuse, since we can read articles on
carnation culture from the best au-
thors in the country nearly every week
in our trade papers. We can get plenty
of information in our societies and we
don't need to go tar to see good car-
nations grown in an up-to-date estab-
lishment. But the trouble is mostly
that these so-called carnation growers
are too conceited to look for any in-
formation, or, as some fellows I have
met, they would not believe anybody.
Others gather all information they
can get but have not the brains to
work it out. If somebody suggests
that their carnations need feeding
they would overdose it, or if told that
they keep their plants too dry, or too
wet, or the houses too warm or cold,
they would fall into the other extreme.
I once had a neighbor who had four
small greenhouses and always kept
them too warm, never had any success
with carnations, yet he said if he had
the money he would keep the houses
at 90 to 100 degrees for carnations, and
I think he has now only one green-
house instead of four.

Propagation the Foundation.

As in any other plant culture, in
carnation culture propagation is the
foundation upon which to build up the
structure necessary to success. There-
fore the greatest care should be given
to selecting the stock and the produc-
tion of healthy and well-rooted cuttings.
Many cuttings are spoiled by putting
them too deep in the sand, shading too
much, keeping too wet, or too warm,
and also by waiting too long in potting
them up. They should be potted as
soon as all cuttings which are placed
in the sand at the same time are
rooted. Some will have a little longer
roots than others, but this cannot be
helped.

I use 2V.'i inch pots and a good live
soil without any addition of manure
or fertilizer. As soon as the pots are
full of roots, but before getting pot
bound, aid while too early to plant in
the field, we knock out the plants and
plant them in a bunch, or sometimes
in a cold frame, according to season
and weather, using nbout the same
kind of soil as in potting.

As soon as lateral shoots start to
show on the bottom, we pinch out the
main shoot. The young plants should
be kept in a light house with plenty

of ventilation and the temperature
kept cool. It is of much importance
to have the crown of the roots never
covered more than '4 inch as this pre-
vents stem rot and insures a healthy
growth. As I only practice field cul-
ture, I shall not touch pot culture.

Summer Treatment.

It is of much importance what kind
of soil and location is available. The
soil should not be too heavy nor too
light, but almost any kind can be used
if properly treated. I prefer a field
almost level or with a slight slope, to
give water no chance of standing
after rain, but not steep enough to
make washing out possible. The field
should be well manured in August or
September the previous year, and
plowed and harrowed several times. A
late plowing should be done in Novem-
ber and the surface left in a rough
condition. No field should be selected
without good drainage. In the same
manner we prepare our bench soil,
only manure heavier and keep on plow-
ing and harrowing until we bring the
soil inside.

The field to receive the young plants
is plowed again in spring as soon as
the soil is dry enough, and the sur-
face smoothed off with the harrow. As
soon as steady weather can be ex-
pected all hands join in planting out,
planting in rows 15 to IS inches apart.
Again I see to it that the plants are
not planted too deep, just a little bit
deeper than they stood in the pots.

A Bit of Experience.

This reminds me of my first experi-
ence with carnations in this country,
seventeen years ago. It was my first
job in a plant-growing establishment
of sixteen or eighteen rather small
houses. Three of the houses were de-
voted to carnations, but I started in
March and the houses looked more li. e
geranium houses, as most of the car-
nations had died and geraniums in
four-inch pots took their place. We
also had probably 10,000 young carna-
tion stock in a sash house — some in
pots, the others in flats in about two
inches of soil and all looking as yel-
low as a lemon. When planting time
came we brought them out to the field
—pots, flats and all. From the flats
we had to cut them out in squares and
then the boss told us to plant as deep
as possible, showing me, as a green-
horn, how deep, which was about 2
inches soil about the roots. The soil
being very sandy — in fact, all sand —
I did not wonder much about deep
planting, but I found out later on when
many plants rotted off just above the
ground after some heavy rains.

In the latter part of August they
were to be benched, the boss with his
brother doing the planting and I hav-
ing the pleasure of bringing in the
plants. This, of course, gave me a
chance to see how they did it. They
dug a big hole in the soil, nearly to
the bottom, stuck the plants away
down and the ends of the roots, which
were very long and few, stuck up.
Then the hole was filled up and the
ends of the roots frequently stuck out

of the soil. I could not help asking—
"Do you expect these plants to grow?"
The answer was: "They don't need
to grow, they must only flower. The
growing was done in the field." I was
thoroughly speechless, but thought
this must certainly be a great country
if they could make carnations flower
without growing. But one day a friend
asked me how I liked the job and I
said "first rate, I think it's a good
place to learn how things should not
be done." and he laughed. I did not
stay much longer, but had a chance to
c.irry out a good percentage of those
plants to the dump heap; and the
next spring I had a look at the houses
but most of the plants were gone, the
geraniums taking their place again.

Benching.

But to come back to the field— we
start cultivating with the wheel-hoe
as soon as planting is over, going
through once a week. As soon as the
plants have made some growth, top-
ping commences, to form the plant
and also to prevent flowering which
would only stop the growth to some
extent. By July first the plants should
be large enough to be benched, and as
the old plants are usually thrown out
there is no reason why preparation
ought not to be made. After the old
plants and soil are carted out, the
benches ought to receive a thor-
ough cleaning and white-washing
and also all the necessary paint-
ing should be done before the
benches are filled again. As soon
as the soil is on the benches all
hands have to get busy and get the
and bringing in. Care should be taken
to leave some soil on the roots, as
the plants will grow on much quicker.
As soon as a number are planted they
should be watered. But I would not
soak the bench all through at once,
but would rather go over the same
place three or four times until the soil
is all moist, but not real wet, as root
action will be slower in a very wet
soil. The house should always be well
ventilated and the atmosphere kept as
cool as possible.

I put no shade on after benching,
but a light shading in spring which
gradually wears off. Watering for the
first few weeks should be done care-
fully. Some recommend to plant in a
depression and water each plant sepa-
rately, but I would rather plant on
a hill and have the water run away
from the plants. Of course, the plants
should never suffer for want of water.
In one large house I have installed
an irrigation system, which I consider
ideal watering in the summer months
as it leaves the soil always in a loose,
open condition, so that no cultivation
is needi d, except weeding, which
should not be neglected.

Watering and Temperature.

As soon as planting is done, we give
the first support, using the well-known
wire rings with two legs stuck in the
ground. They 1 eep the plants in a
natural round shape. Soon flowering
shoots grow up and we put another
support in place. This time we stretch
wires lengthwise and twine crosswise.

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379

Gradually, we put two more on, mak-
ing four in all, each six inches above
the other. Disbudding should com-
mence as soon as the buds are large
enough to handle.

The plants consume more water now
and should never be without sufficient
moisture, although not be overwatered.
On a dull day, watering should not be
done and while the plants enjoy
syringing in the summer months they
will not do so when the days are get-
ting short and the sun low. As soon
as the nights get so cold as to make it
Impossible to keep the temperature at 48
or 50 degrees with some air on at night,
a little heat should be given to keep
up the temperature and give the de-
sired results. Throughout the winter
months ventilation should be given as
^ much as possible. Even when tlie out-
side temperature goes down to 19 or
20 degrees above zero, a crack of a'r
should be given to keep the air pure
and moving.

Feeding and Mulching.

In October the plants can usually
stand a little feeding and if no bone or
other fertilizer has been mixed in the
soil before bringing the plants into the
house, I usually put either a sprinkling
between the plants and cover with a
light mulch consisting of half soil and
half sheep manure, or mix the fertil-
izer with the mulch, the latter way
being preferred. This fertilizer sliould
not contain more than three per cent.
of nitrogen, but can be rich in phos-
phoric acid and potash I warn
against the use of nitrate of soda,
blocd, ammonia or tankage, at any
time when the plants are in bud or
ilower, as they will come bullheaded
and will not keep. Mulching not only
gives nourishnient, but prevents the
formation of scum and keeps the sur-
face open to admit the air. I usually
put it on half an inch and later on
lepeat it several times. Toward
spring manure watering will be bene-
ficial, but the manure water should
not be too rich and should be made
with cow or sheep manure As long
as the plants make a heavy growth
with dark and broad leaves, feeding is
not needed.

Enemies,

This is all I can say about the cul-
ture of the carnation, but we n^ist not
forget our little enemies. The first
one in the season we usually notice is
the so-called thrips. We cannot see
much of him. but suspect his presence
when some of the shoots come out
twisted and crippled, and when the
buds show color the edges of the petals
on white dowers look burned, while on
colored varieties they look striped. A
few good fumigations or sprayings
with tobacco extract in short succes-
sion will clean out this pest.

Aphis or green fly appear very per-
sistently, but will also be killed by to-
bacco or other insecticides. As a rule
I have carnations sprayed once a
week with tobacco solution during the
whole season. Just after bencliing,
th(- plants are benefited by a spraying
with Bordeaux mixture against both
fungus and insects.

One of the worst enemies is Mr. Red
Spider, as he will not succumb to fu-
migation of any kind, not even to
hydro cyanic gas as has been frequent-
ly recommended. I know by experience
that the plants would have to be killed
first and then the spiders starved to
death. I find Aphine will kill all that

can be reached, but is a little expen-
sive in bad cases. After all, good and
persistent syringing is the best cure.

INDIVIDUALITY AND SPECIALIZA-
TION.

Dear Sir: — In a recent number of
HORTICULTURE Mr. R. Rothe writes
an article on individuality in hor-
ticultural craft and art; this ar-
ticle will not, to my belief, throw
any more light on our horticultural
problems of today, but invites criti-
cism very much, although his warn-
ing against imitating opinions, prac-
tices and methods of others blindly and
witliout own reasoning, is timely. But
he confuses individualism with spe-
cialism, it I may use such a word. This
is plain, when we fol'ow the article to
the lines describing the enthusiastic
business meeting of Mr. Rothe's friend,
where he says "Receivers of divi-
dends, gentlemen of high individuality,
and respectability, on one side; on the
other side young assistants, plant
propagating, budding. hybridizing,
packing, labeling, doing a hundred and
one kind of things, etc., etc."

Just Icok into one of the books on
political economy, etc., of today and
you will find that not more than 5 or
10 per cent of those young men ever
become those receivers of dividends on
the other side. What of the 90 per
cent that never become one of those
gentlemen of "high individuality and
respectability"? Well, they become
specialists who command good living
wages, which they demand rightfully,
and enjoy quite contentedly. Individ-
uality has much to do with the capital
"I" when not checked by -stern social
obligations to and for others; the
originality which Mr. Rothe wishes to
further through individualism of today
is the kind that allows nobody else
besides his own greatness.

We want now in our times strong
individual exertion but only for a com-
mon cause and for a common end; or.
speaking personally of florists and
greatness, I believe, we want no indi-
vidualism either for the end of getting
the best hedge or flower bed, or garden,
or largest cut flower vase at a show
and that sort of thing, but we want in-
dividualism and individual labor and
exertion to the utmost limit in order
to advance one of the great plant cul-
tures in modern gardening, one new
artistic conception in garden making —
call it what you may — or to help bring
about true ideas in decorative floral
designing or to help to discover the
right roads in numerous other horti-
cultural fields.

There are plenty of good leaders to-
day, plenty issues to stand up for,
plenty questions to take sides either
for or against; and that is to me the
most-needed endeavor in our times,
i. e., to be able to choose good stand-
ards. To learn to choose good stand-
ards today rather than originate new
standards, seems to me tlie key to suc-
cess for a young man who should enter
our craft and art.

Finally allow me to remind you, that
Mr. Rothe, when he quotes from Frey-
tag's novel "Shall and Have," he
quotes from an age where the patri-
archic system between employer and
employee existed. Now we are in
many cases employees, or — some of us
— employers (say partners) in soul-
less firms and corporations — we allow
for all due exceptions naturally. So

those quotations of Freytag, the novel-
ist, do not fit our age where we have
seen the old patriarchic individualis-
tic system of society go to pieces. As
they say we are "from Missouri"; we
have to be shown. But if Mr. Rothe
means by more individuality in hor-
ticulture the nursing once more of the
neglected craft of horticulture besides
the overestimated science of horticul-
ture and the art besides the business
of horticulture and if Mr. Rothe sees
more in a yellow dandelion in its
place, say on a workingman's cap in
early springtime, than in the biggest
and best-grown show roses in an ugly
fountain or umbrella-shape design,
sticking in an ugly pressed glass vase,
then I would like to shake hands.

Or if he sees more In a lot of well
cultivated plants, any kind and any-
where on God's green earth, than in
hair-splitting controversies over botan-
ical questions, over correct or incor-
rect names or in novelty chasing, or
in office or lecture-room gardening,
then once more I will call him a fellow
gardener.

Gerhard Bu,ukex.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

We had our friend, P. Welch of Bos-
ton, with us a few days last week.
That is: we thought we had him; but
he suddenly disappeared, which goes
far to prove the old saying that Bos-
ton isn't a place but only "a state of
mind." It developed later that a tele-
gram arrived which chased the visitor
in haste to Montreal. He stayed long
enough, however, as to almost con-
vince Commodore Westcott that via
Boston is the way to go to the Min-
neapolis convention next August! It
is to smile.

Judging from the amount of mail
orders received, M. Rice Co., predicts
that this Easter will be the biggest
ever for the florists, all over the coun-
try. Last month showed the largest
volume of sales for February in the 27
vears this firm has been in business.

Visitors: John Sambrook. Troy, N.
Y.; J. V. Phillips, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ed-
ward Wickersham, Pottstown, Pa.: J.
F. Horn. Allentown, Pa.; D. H. Mish,
Lebanon, Pa.; A. H. Schaeffer, York,
Pa.; M. F. Hayden, Wilmington, Del.;
Mrs. Weber, Fairmount, W. Va.: Chns.
Vorkeller, South Bethlehem, Pa.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

A rose show is to be held in May
next by the Brookland Citizens' Asso-
ciation, in Lord Memorial Hall, Brook-
land, D. C, during which prizes will
be given in the various classes. This
is the second annual show held by the
organization.

The eight-hour law for women failed
to pass the House of Representatives
before that body adjourned and in or-
der to be enacted into law it will again
have to be introduced into Congress.
The bill is not viewed with favor by
those florists and other merchants who
utilize female labor and for the former
Z. D. Blackistone recently appeared be-
fore the Congressional committees pro-
testing against its enactment. The bill
will eventually be passed but possibly
not in its present form.

Visitois.— Mr. Poehlmann, Jr., Chi-
cago; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Grandy, Nor-
folk, Va.: Harry Jones, Philadelphia,
Pa.; J. V. Phillips and wife, Brooklyn,
N. Y., and Charles Dudley, Parkers-
burg, Va.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR-
DENERS' CLUB.

The night of March 4 was very in-
teresting, with an attendance of 80.
The subject of the meeting had been
changed from "Easter Flowers" to
"Carnations." Fred Burki made a
few interesting remarks on his experi-
ences with the various carnations now
commercially prominent. Mrs. Ward,
Beacon, Benora, Pink Delight, White
Enchantress and Winsor were all fa-
vorably spoken of.

Gloriosa, he said, gives occasionally
a very fine flower, and he was delight-
ed with it the first year, but it is not
holding out as good as expected. He
plants more white than any other
color. For Rosette he has never met
with much demand in Pittsburgh.
Being asked to name the three best
whites he gave White Enchantress,
Perfection and White Wonder. For
pinks he named Mrs. Ward, Winsor
and Pink Delight.

The judges, F. Burki, P. S. Ran-
dolph, Jr., and Wm. Falconer, re-
ported the following awards:

To Seott Brothers. Elmsford, N. T. : A
first-class certificate for a splendid, new
scarlet carnation, Wm. Eccles; long and
still stems with magnificent large, scarlet
flowers.

To Chicago Carnation Co.. Joliet, Illinois :
A first-class certificate for Herald, a splen-
did bright scarlet carnation ; fine large
perfect blooms, and big rriff stems.

To James D. Cockcroft : A first-class
certificate for "Northport," a very beauti-
ful, large deep pink fiower, fine calyx, and
long, wiry stems.

To George J. Learzaf, Mt. Washington,
Pittsburgh : A cultural certificate for a
fine group of splendidly grown carnations.

To C. Becherer. Dixmont : A certificate
of merit for very beautiful, perfect, sear-
let blossoms, seedling carnations.

To Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co.: A certifi-
cate of merit for vase of Benora carna-
tions; a most beautiful, finely developed,
striped fiower; a good grower, free bloom-
er and healthv.

To the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co.: A
cnltural certificate for several large bunch-
es of excellently grown standard varieties
of carnations, including White Enchan-
tress. Beacon. Rosette, Winsor, Gloriosa
and Pink Delight.

To Schenley Park, Phipps Conservatorici
(Geo. W. Burke, .Supt.. and .Ino. W. .Tonos.
foreman), for an extensive group of finely
grown hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, ob-
conica primroses and chenille plants; all
finely grown specimens.

About 9 P. M., Prof. Jennings of
Carnegie Institute began his illus-
trated lecture, "A Trip with a Bot-
anist Along the North Shore of Lake
Superior." The pictures were good
and the plant and animal life of that
region vividly described.

After the lecture we all adjourned
to the Dutch Room where on tables
adorned with the flower exhibits of
the evening light refreshments were
served, bringing to a pleasant close a
very full evening.

H. P. JcsLTX, Sec'y.

A CLUB VISIT TO WAVERLEY,

MASS.

The visit of the Gardeners' and
Florists' Club of Boston to the plant
houses of the W. W. Edgar Company
last Saturday was a most pleasant and
profitable occasion, enjoyed by about
75 of the members, including a good
representation of ladies. The tour of
the houses glowing with Easier beauty
was a floral feast in itself. Following
it a nice lunch was served, after which

remarks appreciative and complimen-
tary to the founder of the establish-
ment and the present management and
staff were made by President Ken-
nedy, Thomas J. Grey. A. P. Calder
and others. Mrs. Edgar, Robert Ed-
gar and Mr. Bartsch extended a hearty
welcome and dispensed hospitality
without stint. Calls were afterwards
made at the establishments of Edgar
Bros, and Peirce Bros., at each of
which places prosperous conditions
were found.

BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB.

The annual meeting and election of
officers of the Buffalo Florists' Club
was held on Tuesday evening, March
4th, at the Bismarck Cafe, where also
the annual banquet was held. With
President Greever in the chair, the reg-
ular routine of business was transacted
and a number of new applicants taken
into the club. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: — •
i^resident, Wm. Legg; vice-president,
Fred Brown; secretary, G: D. Savage;
financial secretary, W. H. Eiss; treas-
urer, E. C. Brucker; directors, Charles
Guenther, W. A. Adams and Prof. J.
F. Cowell. The banquet was quite a
success, although a much larger at-
tendance was expected. The able
toastmaster, Louis Neubeck, filled the
position to the entire satisfaction of
all. Brief remarks by the retiring
president and also the new president
were to the point. Wm. F. Kasting
was heard from, also W. A. Adams, F.
C. Brown and the newly elected offi-
cers. Several out-of-town guests were
present; among them were Henry
Weber, F. G. Lewis and C. T. Guenther
who never misses the annual affair.
The banquet room and table was well
decorated and music was furnished by
the Bismarck orchestra. A very enjoy-
able evening was had by all.

B. C. B.

ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO-
CIATION.

The Illinois State Florists Associa-
tion had a good representation at its
eighth annual meeting at Peoria, Mar.
4-6, and all declare it one of the best
meetings ever held, with plenty of
praise for the way they were taken
care of. All the officers were reelected.
President, Charles Loveridge, Peoria;
vice-president, C. W. Johnson, Morgan
Park; treasurer, F. L. Washburn,
Bloomington; secretary, J. F. Am-
raann, Edwardsville. The attention of
the members was called by Thomas B.
Franks, retail florist of Champaign, to
the disposition of the flowers from the
experiment station at Urbana, which
he did not consider fair competition.
A discussion, but no decisive action,
followed. There was a fine exhibition,
of which the following is a list:

Geo. A. Kuhl, Peoria. — Miscellaneous
plants, baskets cut flowers and table deco-
ration.

W. H. Gullett & Sons, Lincoln.— Cycla-
men, ferns, lilies and potted roses, carna-
tions Gloriosa and White Enchantress.

Frank B. Smith's Sons, Danville. — Pan-
sies. cyclamen, violets, carnation seedlings,
etc.

Fred M. Hansen, Peoria.^Cyclamen and
sweet peas.

Frank E. Rue, Peoria. — Table Killarney
roses and pink sweet peas.

E. C. Amling Co., Chicago. — Sweet peas,
Mly of the vallev. etc.

Chas. Loveridge, Peoria. — Baskets of
[lowers, centerpiece orchids and lily of the
^•alley ; roses, lilies, etc.

Wendland & Keimel, Elmhurst — Killar-
ney, White Killarney, Rhea Eeid and An-
I'>ine Revoire roses.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. — Roses
Killarney, White Killurney. dark Pink Kil-
larney. Richmond and Antoine Revoire,
also carnations.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. — Bulbs.
eladioli. iilies, etc.

Muunt Greenwood Cemetery Association,
f'hicago. — Carnation seedlings, etc.

Henry Baer, Peoria. — Carnations.

A. Washburn & Sons, Bloomington. —
Prince of Wales violets.'

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Swan Peterson Floral Co., Gibson City. —
Knchantress carnations.

A. C. Browu, Springfield. — Carnations.

W. C. HIU Floral Co.. Streator.— Carna-
tions.

Arvid Anderson, Mollne. — Seedling carna-
tions.

E. G. Hill Co., Richmond. Ind.— Carna-
tions.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell. Conn. —
Rose Milady.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. — Carnation
Philadelphia.

G. Sweuson, Elmhurst. — Sweet peas.

Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. — Hoses
Rhea Held, Sunburst, Lady Hillingdon,
also seedling carnation.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago. — Carna-
tions Gloriosa, White Wonder, White En-
chantress, The Herald, seedlings No. 86,
and other seedlings.

.John Steldle, Olivette, Mo. — Seedling car-
nation.

Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. T. — Car-
nation Matchless.

H. N. Bruns, Chicago. — Lily of the val-
ley.

Travis Grate Co., Henry, 111. — Rocker
grate.

Raedlein Basket Co., Chicago. — Baskets.

Certificates of merit were awarded to
E. G. Hill Co., for carnation Commodore;
A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell, Conn., for
rose Milad.v; A. Henderson & Co., Chicago,
for carnation Philadelphia; G. Swenson,
for winter-flowering sweet peas; Chicago
Carnation Co.. for carnation The Herald

CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY,

Cineraria Night, February 28th,
brought out a splendid collection of
blooming plants of this favorite flower.
President Huss showed fifteen varie-
ties of hybrid dwarfs. Including some
of the cactus type. Alfred Cebellus ex-
hibited C. stellata. George W. Fraser
of Storrs Agricultural College, Schiz-
anthus Wisestonensis, and a promising
seedling carnation, A. G. Gulley, cerise
pink, a cross of Beacon and a single
seedling. Awards were as follows:
Cultural certificates to Mr. Cebellus
and Mr. Huss; a first-class certificate
to Mr. Fraser for the schizanthus, and
a certificate of merit for the carnation
seedling.

Plans are being made for a banquet
at Harry Bond's, Hartford, on the
evening of the 18th. The committee in
charge are Cuno A. Helfricht, A.
Righenzl, and W. W. Hunt. Promi-
nent speakers are expected to enliven
the occasion by addresses.

Our next meeting will be "Pruning
Night," March 14th, with a practical
demonstration of pruning of orna-
mental stock by President Huss.

George W. Smith, Secretary.

Melrose, Conn., Mar. 11, 1913.

freight classification defined, freight rates
reduced. Tbey have caused the rallr. ads
to give carload rates where uursciy prtd-
ucts were formerly paying less carload
rates in carload lots. The work of this
committee has saved more than the mem-
bership fee to every nurseryman in the
United States.

Xlie legislative committee, under the able
leadership of Wm. Pitkin, has prevented
much unwise and unfair state and federal
legislatiou from becoming law, and now are
testing the constitutionality of several
state laws which are injurious and unfair
to nursery interests. You are today re-
ceiving the benefits of the work of these
lommlttees. but by not being a member of
the association you are not paying your
fair share of the expense.

The committee upon publicity, rootgall,
standard grading, etc., have done and are
doing equally good work. Like the watch-
man on the tower, these committees must
constantly be on the alert, for there Is no
limit to the necessity for eternal vigilance.

All that has been accomplished has cost
the association thousands of dollars in
legal, traveling and other legitimate ex-
lienses. Every nurseryman in the United
States shares in these benefits — he can't
helo it, and we should all be willing to lend
practical help and financial support by be-
coming a member of the organization, the
dues of which are $5 per year.

Each member gets a Badge Book about
.Inne 1st each year, also a badge number
which he wears at conventions so that his
customers recognize him by his number.
The Badge Book Is worth more than the
membership fee to every progressive nur-
seryman. He also gets a copy of the an-
nual report of each convention containing a
stenographic report of all discussions, re
porta of committees, speeches and papers.
The association's telegraphic code will save
\ou many dollars.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR-
SERYMEN.

James McHutchison, chairman of
the membership committee of the
American Association of Nurserymen,
Is sending out a letter from which we
extract the following:

Every live ambitious nurseryman should
become a member. The association was
organized in 1875 for the promotion and
protection of nursery interests throughout
the 48 states, and as a member you will
be entitled to all Its benefits and ad-
Tantages. , ,

The tariff committee has been successful
during the past few years in securing a
tariff equltalile and satisfactory to nursery-
men. Thev have had the duty upon FrenrU
fruit stocks made per 1000. thus doing
away with all the controversies over valu-
ation that previously prevailed. They re-
cently visited Wa.shliigton and expect to
prevent the threatened tariff reduction. The
work of this committee has been of Im-
mense value to all nurserymen.

The transportation committee has had

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB.

The March meeting of the New York
Florists' Club, last Monday evening,
brought out a good attendance. The
main topic was naturally the Inter-
national Flower Show which will have
come and gone before the next regular
meeting of the club. Reports of com-
mittees showed a good progress
towards completion of preparations
for the club's part in the management
of the big affair and the entertain-
ment of the vast throng of visitors
who will come from all sections of the
country. Interest in the club's work
was shown by the large number of ap-
plicants for membership. That there
is plenty of hustling to be done be-
tween now and the opening of the
show is realized but the outlook is
encouraging and everything harmoni-
ous. All are delighted over the rapid
recovery of Secretary Young after his
recent operation.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.
An exhibition of orchids, roses and
miscellaneous flowers Is scheduled by
the Horticultural Society of New
York for Saturday, March 15.

The annual meeting of the Ken-
tucky Society of Florists was held on
March 5 at the home of George E.
Schulz. Joseph Able read a paper on
bookkeeping.

At the next meeting of the Garden-
ers' and Florists' Club of Boston,
Tuesday evening, March 18th, Edwin
Jenkins of Lenox is expected to de-
liver a lecture on sweet peas and their
culture outdoors.

A meeting of the ladies' committee
of the New York Florists' Club was
held on Feb. 28th. Mrs. F. H. Traend-
ly was elected chairman, Mrs. Julius
Roehrs, Jr., secretary and Mrs. Joseph

A. Manda, treasurer. These ladies are
entrusted with the responsibility of
the entertainment of visiting ladies
at the time of the National Flower
Show, and the names as given above
are a suflicient guarantee that the
hospitality of New York will be well
demonstrated on this important occa-
sion.

The Twenty-sixth Annual Dinner of
the New York Florists' Club will be
held at the Hotel Astor, 45th street
and Broadway, Thursday evening,
April 10th, 1913, at 7.30 o'clock sharp.
This annual event will occur during
the week of the International Flower
Show when visitors from distant
points will be entertained as guests of
the club. The dinner committee con-
sists of John B. Nugent, Jr., Robert
Koehue. Thomas Boothe Deforest,
Walter F. Sheridan, Alex. M. McCon-
nell and Joseph S. Fenrlch, Secretary.

The Chicago Florists' Club held Its
regular meeting March 6th. The re-
port of the transportation committee,
regarding the trip to the National
Flower Show was given and dis-
cussed but no action decided upon.
By vote of the club Andrew McAdams
was made an honorary member. The
resignation of D. A. Robertson was
read and accepted. Vaughan's Seed
Store was given a vote of thanks for
an exhibition of seedling red canna
known as No. 15 and the new "baby
rambler" rose Brna Teschendorff. A
communication from the Florists' Tel-
egraph Delivery was read and referred
to the "good-of-the-olub" committee.

The Gardeners' and Florists' Club
of Baltimore celebrated their twenty-
sixth anniversary Monday night by
having a fine banquet. One hundred
or more members were present. Ex-
president Robert L. Graham presided
as toastmaster. At the meeting of the
club before the banquet the annual
election of officers took place as fol-
lows: president, William J. Johnson;
vice president, James L. Towner;
treasurer, Fred G. Burger; correspond-
ing secretary, Noah F. Flitton; finan-
cial secretary, George Talbot; libra-
rian, Charles M. Wagner. Only the
first two named are new officers, all
the others being reelected. Toasts
were responded to by all the officers,
Richard Vincent, Jr., James Hamilton
and several others also contributed
valuable talks. Everyone was out for
a good time and they had it too. The
club is in a very prosperous condition,
with a good nest egg in the treasury,
and new members joining every meet-
ing night. Some of the work the club
is accomplishing will be of great value
to the State. No doubt that through
Its efforts there will be erected In the
near future a magnificant Horticul-
tural or Exposition building.

Northampton, Mass.— The Holyoke
and Northampton Florists and Gar-
deners' Club entertained the families
of members at a banquet Tuesday
evening, March 4. The company num-
bered about 125 and after dinner there
was an informal program of speech-
making and music, presided over by
the president, Edward J. Canning of
Northampton. The membership of the
club numbers 50.

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INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

GRAND CENTRAL PALACE. NEW YORK. APRIL 5-12.

The board of management has made
the following dates for meetings of
the Co-operating Societies:

April 7. Society of American Flor-
ists.

April 8. American Rose Society.

April 9, American Carnation So-
ciety.

April 111. .Xational Association of
Gardeners.

April 11. American Sweet Pea So-
ciety.

April 12, American Gladiolus Socie-
ty.

The meetings will be held at 10.30
A. M. each day.

Each afternoon and evening during
the show the lecture room will be re-
served for public lectures on horticul-
tural subjects. In addition to the lec-
turers already announced. Arthur
Cowee. of Berlin, N. Y., will talk on
"The Gladiolus;" Arthur Herrington.
of .Madison, X. .1., on "The Whys and
Wherefores of Tree Planting." and
L. W. C. Tuthill, of New York, on
"Greenhouses and Frames for Ama-
teurs,"

Members of the Rose, Carnation,
Sweet Pea and Gladiolus Societies and
of the S. A. F. & O. H.. in good stand-
ing, will be furnished with tickets or
badges admitting them to the show
at all timei^.

The show will be opened at 6 P. M.
on Saturday. April 5, with an appro-
priate ceremony, and on other days
will be open from 10 A. M. until 10 P.
M. Posters and hangers, in colors,
are now in course of distribution.

The advertising forms for the Offi-
cial Program will close on March 15.
so that anyone who has not already
taken space in the same and intends
doing so should lose no time in mak-
ing his wants known to John Young,
secretary, 54 West 28th street. New
York, who also is still able to furnish
a few excellent locations for exhibits
'n the trade exhibition.

J. H. Pepper,
Chairman Publicity Committee.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

, revised Dates of Staging and Special

Prizes.

Division A. Pots and tubs to be
staged Saturday, April 5th.

Divisions F. and G. Cut flowers to
be staged Saturday, April 5th.

Divisions B. and D. to be staged
with Division C. on Monday. April
7th.

Division E. New roses not in com-
merce— 50 blooms, to be staged Mon-
day. April 7th.

With Division E. the following spe-
cials:

Hill-Totty Prize — 50 blooms, any
new rose, not in commerce. $25; 25
blooms Sunburst, $50, $30, $20.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company
Prizes — 25 blooms, pink forcing rose,
not yet disseminated, either domestic
or foreign origin, $25; 25 blooms, red
forcing rose, not yet disseminated,
either domestic or foreign origin, $25.

Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company
Prize — 25 blooms, white forcing rose,
not yet disseminated, either domestic
or foreign origin, $25.

Divisions F. and G. to be staged on
Monday, April 7th. Division H. to be
staged on Wednesday, April 9th.

New York Cut Flower Company
offers for 200 cut roses irrespective
of the number of varieties shown, ef-
fect of arrangement as well as qual-
ity to count, American Beauties and
undisseminated varieties excepted, to
be staged on Thursday. April 10th.
Silver cup valued at $200.

Philadelphia Rose Growers' Prizes-
open to all, for 75 roses, any variety

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers— President. J. K. M. L. Far-
qubar, Boston, Mass.; vice-president,
Theodore Wirtb, Minneapolis, Minn. ;
secretary, John Young, 54 W. 28th St..
New York; treasurer. W. F. Kastlng.
Buffalo. N. Y Next convention, Minne-
apolis. Minn.. Aug. l!)-22, 1913.

For Full Information, Schedules.
Space for Trade Exhililtion, etc., write
lo Jiil.n Younc. Secretary and Man-
ai-'pi for Trade Exhibition, 54 West
2>"tb Street. New York City.

or varieties. excepting American
Beauties and undisseminated varie-
ties, to be staged on Thursday. April
10th— first. $75; second. $50; and
third, $25.

Small Groweis' Prize — offered by
Moore. Hentz & Nash. Six roses in
each entry, no three to be of the same
variety, no stem to be longer than 20
inches. The roses of each variety to
be judged on their own merits and
not by comparison with the other va-
rieties. Silver cup, value $50.

The Toronto Horticultural Society
Medals for the best display of hardy
outdoor roses. First prize, sliver
medal; second, bronze medal.

Actual Growers' Prizes, offered by
Benj. Hammond. $15, $10 and $7.
These prizes are meant for the actual
grower of any exhibit and not for the
exhibitor, excepting in the case where
he does his own growing. The
above are to be awarde.1 to such three
exhibits of roses as, in the opinion of
the judges, reveal the best specimens
of the growers' work in rose growing.
The object is to recognize the man
who actually does the good work.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York,
offer the following special prizes:
Rose "Silver Moon" in an eight-inch
pot or tub, or larger — first prize, $15;
second. $10. Rose "Dr. W. Van Fleet"
in an eight-inch pot or tub. or larger —
first prize. $15; second prize. $10.

The Mrs. Gertrude JI. Hubbard Gold
Medal. The same to be given once in
five years to the raiser or originator
of the best rose introduced in the five

years previous to the award — the
rose to be of American origin. The
first five years will be reached in 1914.
Mrs. Hubbard presented to the Ameri-
can Rose Society the sum of $250 to
be kept as a permanent fund, the in-
terest to be used every five years to
provide the gold medal as above.

Mrs. Roche's Prize — $50 for a new
rose to be grown under glass, to re-
semble as nearly as possible in color,
the Marechal Niel. but with a stronger
stem.

Benjamin Hammond,

Secretary.

Fishkill, N. Y.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Addition to the A. C. S. premium
list. Section G. Class 53.— Best six
pot plants carnations in 8-inch pots;
not over 30 inches high; no artificial
supports. Premium offered by Hy.
Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., $10.00 in
gold.

Please note that all entries in the
carnation classes must be in the hands
of Secretary A. F. J. Baur, Indianap-
olis, Ind., not later than March 26th.
A fee of $2.00 will be charged tor each
entry made after that date. Staging
of exhibits must be completed by one
o'clock on the days specified for the
various classes. Write for a schedule
of premiums.

The Hotel Manhattan has been se-
lected as headquarters for the Ameri-
can Carnation Society. Engage your
accommodations ahead, if you want to
be sure of stopping there.

New carnations have been registered
as follows;

By H. D. Rohrer, Lancaster, Pa.
Scarlet Wonder — Parentage unknown.
Color scarlet; size 3 inches; clean,
strong grower; stiff stem, non-bursting
calyx; fragrant.

By A. Jablonsky, Olivette, Mo.
Wizard — Parentage seedling crosses.
Color variegated; size 3% to 3%
inches; sturdy, stocky strong growth;
stiff, long stems; ground color glisten-
ing white, delicately pencilled with
pink; perfectly formed fiower.

By Henry J. Symonds, Decorah,
Iowa. Zoe Symonds — Parentage White
Perfection x Prosperity. Color cerise
pink; size 3^.4 to 3y2 inches; rapid
grower and unusually prolific bloomer;
stems very stiff and long; flower full
in centre.

Decorah — Parentage Cardinal x
White Perfection. Color Harlowarden
shade; size 3% to 4 inches; plants
grow very large; a free bloomer and
not a cropper.

A. F. J. Baur, Secy.

Florists of Washington are discuss-
ing the possibilities of having a law
enacted by Congress which will pre-
scribe a license fee to be assessed on
the itinerant vendors who come here
from other cities at times like the in-
auguration and who do business on the
streets, often directly in front of the
stores of legitimate florists. Indigna-
tion is high at the methods used by
these men to dispose of their wares
and the District Commissioners will
probably be asked to do something to
eliminate this practice.

March 15, 1913

HOETICULTUJiE

383

Minneapolis is busily engaged pre-
paring her gala attire which she will
don on the eventful day, August 19th.
when the American Florists and Or-
namental Horticulturists arrive. Sys-
tematic arrangements are being made
under the directions of efficient local
committees which have been formed
to take charge of the details and the
able co-operation of the Minneapolis
Civic and Commerce Association, the
chief civic and commercial body of
the city.

Minneapolis has long been known
as a great convention city, due to its
unique distinction of being a commer-
cial center and a scenic wonder. Xo
other city in the United States can
boast a volume of wholesale trade
equal to that of Minneapolis and still
possess the abundance of natural
beauties enjoyed by this metropolis
of the great American Northwest.

The old Indian legend has made fa-
mous the laughing waters of Minne-
haha which still glide stealthily away
through fairy glens to wind its way
parallel for a distance of three miles
with a broad continuous boulevard
with an extent of .50 miles. A delightful
drive is promised those persons at-
tending the fiorists' sessions. Tourist
busses, automobiles, etc., are always
available for sightseers who wish to
take the boulevard trip, skirting the
shores of four of the famous in-town
lakes continuing to Jlinnehaha Falls,
thence along the shores of the beauti-
ful Mississippi Gorge to the campus of
the famous University of Minnesota.

Four interurban car lines connect
Minneapolis with St. Paul, which with
Minneapolis forms the Twin Cities
with a population of six hundred
thousand. These car lines take the
visitors to Fort Snelling. the historic
army post, to the State Capitol, to the
famed Como Park and to the Minne-
sota State Fair grounds, home of the
greatest state fair in the world.

Minneapolis also has interurban
car lines which extend to various
points on the shores of Lake Minne-
tonka. which with its one hundred
miles of irregular shore line, islands,
magnificent hotels for the special ac-
commodations of the summer tourists
makes it the most picturesque lake in
America.

A little more than sixty years ago
the site of ilinneapolis was an Indian
reservation. Today, the United States
Census Bureau estimates its popula-
tion at .319.271. The growth of the
city has been one of the marvels of
the age. Its development was due to
its natural advantages. The great
water power furnished by the St. An-
thony Falls of the Mississippi River
made it a manufacturing center. Its
pre-eminence as a wholesale market
was due to its location in the gateway
to the vast agricultuial and forestry
regions tributary to it. It was a grain
and lumber center at the start. Its
extensive dealings in these commodi-

ties naturally made it a convenient
place for other business and it has
grown into a city of diversified manu-
factures with a tremendous jobbing
trade.

Hotels of other years have been
enlarged and improved generally,
while five splendid new hostelries
costing about five million dollars have
been erected in the past five years.
One of these new hotels cost more to
build and equip in proportion to its
size than any other hotel in the
United States.

The grain and flour trade still rep-
resents the chief single business of
Minneapolis. The city receives over
200.000,000 bushels of wheat annually
and her mills produce more than 17,-
000,000 barrels of flour. "Purity" has
always been the motto of the manu-
facturers and wholesalers of Minne-
apolis and due to their strict adher-
ance to the principle of honest qual-
ity, the millers of this city have at-
tained the position they now hold as
first in the whole world in the pro-
duction of flour. So it is small won-
der that Minneapolis is known the
world over as a "Flower-Flour City."
The former will be self-evident when
the visitors view our vacant lot gar-
dens, hanging gardens, parks, etc.,
which will be in splendid condition
when the florists will be the city's
guests.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.

Department of Registration.

As no objection has been filed, pul)
lie notice is hereby given that the
registration of the new geraniums Dr.
Richard Behrend, Jack London, Julius
Eberius, Dr. Lincoln Cothran, Judge
Lindsey, Fresno, H. Plath. Anna Ebe-
rius, Palo Alto. Fire Ball, Los Altos.
Florence Metzner. Mrs. Edward Stock,
La Paloma, Tamalpais, J. Stitt Wilson.
Ramona. Fire King. Sacramento, Luisa
Tetrazzini, Mt. Shasta, Rosea, Taco-
ma, Hawaii, Mary Garden, Mayor
Ralph, Governor Johnson, Gifford
Pinchot, Gertrude Atherton, Richard
Diener, Mt. Hamilton, Alviso, Sunny-
vale, Snow Bird, Gilroy, Tivoli, White
Beauty, Billie Burke, Fritzie Scheff, by
Richard Diener & Co.. Mountain View,
Cal., becomes complete.

As no objection has been filed, pub-
lic notice is hereby given that the reg-
istration of the new orchid Cypripe-
dium Harrisianum Laura Mitchell Kim-
ball by Mrs. William S. Kimball, be-
comes complete.

As no objection has been filed, pub-
lic notice is hereby given that the reg-
istration of the new Sweet Peas,
Ogata, Skyair, Vera, Cardinal, Golden
West, Orange, Nora and Norma, by
Anton Zvoianek becomes complete.
John Young, Sec'y.

March Sth, 1913.

Make your entry of

SIX ROSES

at the next
International Flower

SHOW

to be held in New York
April 5-12

and win the

Fifty Dollar Silver Cap

offered by

MOORE, HENIZ & NASH

For Conditions, see the
Schedule of Prizes.

"PUBLICITY" IN BRITAIN.

"A Glut in the Market" — Not a very-
elegant term, but one frequently used
to indicate an over supply of stock.
Growers are railed at for overloading
the markets, and the surplus goes to
the hawkers. We commend to the no-
tice of every grower, salesman and
florist, the paper which we publish to-
day, "The Florist and His Market,"
by Wallace R. Pierson. Although
penned for the American trade, three-
fourths of it is applicable to British
conditions. Could a publicity scheme
on somewhat similar lines be en-
gineered here? As in America, the
producing end has been going too
quick for the selling end, and a pub-
licity campaign in every town and
county to create a market would sure-
ly prove helpful. Growers What do you
say? — Horticultural Trade Journal,
London.

The Annual Spring Exhibition of
the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety is on this week, opening on Fri-
day, March 14 and closing Sunday
night, March 16. It promises to be a
magnificent display.

384

HOETICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

Obituary

Nathan Dexter Pierce.

Nathan D. Pierce, nurseryman and
florist, died at his home in Norwood,
R. I., March 7, of pulmonary tubercu-
losis, in the 64th year of his age. He
had been seriously ill for over a year
and for the past ten weeks he had
been confined to his bed. He was
born in Providence, on February 2,
1850.

Mr. Pierce was well known through-
out the state as an authority on flow-
ers and small fruits, having served
as judge at many exhibitions. Among
his own introductions were the car-
nations Beau Ideal and Dexter Pierce
some years ago which received med-
als and certificates in New York, Bos-
ton and Providence shows.

At the age of 22 Mr. Pierce began
his career as a nurseryman, starting
on a small lot set aside for him by

Nathan Dexteb Piebce

his father. In 1875 he built a small
greenhouse, growing flowers for his
own use. He gradually branched out
in this line and the care of the nur-
sery was left to his father. When his
father died in 1899, Mr. Pierce also
took over the active management of
the nursery, which is one of the larg-
est in the state.

Mr. Pierce was a member of the
first board of managers of the State
Agricultural School, now the Rhode
Island State College, having been ap-
pointed by Governor John W. Davis
in 1891. He took an active part in
the political affairs of his state, serv-
ing several years in the legislature
and on the Warwick town council.

C. J. Barbour.
C. J. Barbour of Hartford, a lead-
ing member of the Connecticut Horti-
cultural Society, died suddenly, and
was buried a few days ago. He long
occupied the position as lawn care-
taker on the spacious grounds of the
Hartford Retreat, and took many
prizes for dahlias and other flowers at
the Society exhibitions.

Easter Plants

20 HOUSES DEVOTED TO

DOROTHY PERKINS ROSES, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00

aud $6.00 each.
HIAWATHA ROSES, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 and $6.00 each.
CRIMSON RA5IBLER ROSES, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 and

$6.00 each.
AMERICAN PILLAR ROSES, .$2.00 and $2.50 each.

TAUSENDSCHON ROSES, $1.2.5, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 each.
PINK BABY R.\MBLER ROSES, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each.
CRIMSON B.4BY R.4MBLER ROSES, 50 cts., 75 cts. aud $1.00 each.
WHITE BABY RAMBLER ROSES, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each.

ACACIAS, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $5.00 each.
M.^RGUERITES, Single, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each.
BOrGAINVILLEAS, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 each.
BOTTLEBRUSIIES, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 each.
HEATHER MELANTHERA. $1.00 and $1.50 each.

HYDR.4NGEAS, Pink, 75 cts., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $5.00 each.
HYDR.4NGEAS, White, 50 cts., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50 and $3.00 each.
GENISTAS, 35 cts., 75 cts.. $1.00, $2.00 and $3.00 each.

The above will be in the best po&sible condition

for Eaater

Greenhouses 40 minutes from North Station, Boston

Come and see our stock

THOMAS ROLAND

Nahant, Mass.

other deaths which have come to

our notice recently are the following:
Wm. Blacker, florist, Clearfield, Pa.,
who died on Feb. 21st; Peter Mor-
scheister, florist. La Salle, 111., who
died Feb. 24th; James A. Hovey, New-
ton Highlands, Mass., manager of the
seed department of the George A.
Weaver Co. of Newport, R. I.; J. H.
Tilton, seedsman, of Cleveland, Ohio,
who died on March 1st, aged 34 years.

PERSONAL.

Arthur Senn of Milwaukee, Wis. has
opened an office as landscape gardener.

A. Francis succeeds J. Clarkson as
gardener to W. C. Egan at Highland
Park, 111.

Julius Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J.
sailed for the Mediterranean on Tues-
day, March 11th.

A. H. Ruepke, recently of Lake For-
est, 111., will take charge of the Smith
Farm at Terre Haute, Ind.

Karl Zeidler succeeds the late Mr.
Schrader as trustee of Locust Hill
Cemetery at Evansville, Ind.

Emil Bollinger has accepted the
position of manager on the estate of
Byron L. Smith at Lake Forest, 111.

O. G. Koenig, of the Koenig Floral
Co., St. Louis, has been nominated
for the office of city councilman on the
Republican ticket.

A. F. Vlck, recently connected with
the Vick & Hill Co., Rochester, N. Y.,
has accepted a position with the
Robert Craig Company of Philadel-
phia.

Henry Penn and family, who have

been enjoying a vacation at Atlantic
City, N. J. are back in Boston, and Mr.
Penn is very fit to tackle the oncom-
ing Easter trade.

New York visitors — P. Welch, Bos-
ton, Mass.; E. W. McLellan, Burlin-
game, Cal.; W. C. Langbridge, Cam-
bridge, N. Y.

Boston visitors — H. C. Neubrand,
Providence, R. I.; Walter Pedersen,
St. John, N. B.; Wm. Canning, Pride's
Crossing, Mass.

Cincinnati visitors: Sydney Wert-
heimer, Sam Seligman and A. Ford of
New York: C. G. Perkins, Newark, N.
Y.; and G. P. Dietrich, Maysville, Ky.

St. Louis visitors — Ed. Fancourt, of
S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadel-
phia; Frank McCabe, of the Randall
Co., Chicago, and J. Schreiber, of the
Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago.

The British Encyclopedia of Na-
tional Biographies says that Thos.
Bridgeman who settled in New York in
1824 and wrote on horticulture is a
descendant of the Bridgeman who
planned the Kew Gardens and who is
mentioned by Horace Walpole In his
"Memoirs" as the one who revolution-
ized landscape gardening in England
and who was a friend of Alexander
Pope.

Thomas Bridgeman had two sons
both of whom made a name in horti-
culture, Andrew as a plantsman and
Alfred as a seedsman. W. A. Bridge-
man, who is responsible for the ele-
gant window displays in the Thos. F.
Galvin store on Tremont street, Bos-
ton, is a son of Andrew Bridgeman.
■Blood will tell.'-

March 15, 1913 HORTICULTUEE 388

"MRS. GEO. SHAWYER"

We are still in a position to quote March delivery on this splendid
rose which secured Seventeen First-Class Certificates and two
Silver Medals Last Fall. Destined to be the leader in pink.

'SUNBURST"

$20.00 per hundred; $150.00 per thousand.

CARNATIONS

Northport, Enchantress Supreme, Salmon Beauty

and Commodore, $12.00 per hundred;

$100.00 per thousand

CHRYSANTHEMUM
"RAMAPO"

The improved Appleton. A seedling from that variety and a
splendid "early to midseason yellow." Perfect stem and foliage.
Immediate delivery, 2 I -2-inch plants.

$2.00 per dozen; $15.00 hundred

Also six hundred other varieties of 'IVIums if you %vish them,
if you did not receive our catalogue send for it.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

386

HORTICULTURE

March 15, 1913

AUCTION

W. J. ELLIOTT, Auct.
Consignments Solicited

SALE OF THEM ON TUESDAY,
MARCH 18th AT 11.00 A. M.

10,000 off the following choice varieties:

Gloire de Dijon, Frau Karl Druschki, Tesfout, Teplitz,

Kaiserin Augusfa Victoria, La France, Killarney,

J. Laing, Jacq, Magna Gliarfa, Brunner, etc.

JXLSO IMiJFRSEIRV' STOOK

ELLIOTT AUCTION CO.

42 Vesey St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

EIOIA

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Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVEROREENS, ROSES, RHODODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florats are always welconw visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a tew inbutet fiom
New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Erie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK

Nurserymen and Florists

KINS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES. North Abington, Mass.

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IRSERIES

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SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FBR PUCES BEFIRE 08DERINE ELSEWHERE

IVly

1913

SF3RING

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frioe:

L-IST

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAIVIILTON

GOODSELL,

200 Broadway, New York |

Our 1913 Catalogue

Contains a \ oliiine of information regard-
ing Trees and Plants for Rock Gardens.
Old Fashioned Gardens, Sea Shore Plant-
ing and Ground Covering under Rhododen-
drons and Shrubbery. Gives also sugges-
tive planting plans and planting lists for
Rose Gardens. Herbaceous Gardens and
Suburban Estates. Names and describes
desirable Trees and Shrubs with Ornamen-
tal Fruits, He<Ige Plants, Trees for Orchid
and Forest Planting, new and old varieties
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent
FREE upon request. \Ve grow in quan-
tity every hardy tree or plant worthy of
cultivation. Correspondence invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dcpt. "F ■

BEDFORD. MASS,

National Nurseryman

OUuial organ of the American As-
sociation of Nurserymen. Circula-
tion among tlie trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Subscription price
$1.00 per year. Foreign sabscrlp-
tione $1.60 per year. In advance.
Sample copy free upon application
from those in the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., inc.

218 LiTingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

We are now booking orders for

HARDY POMPON
CHRYSANTHEMUMS

In the follon-ing varieties:
White: — Diana, Queen of Whites, St.

Aimo, Baby Margaret.
Pink:— Eieganta, Little Pet, Dawn, Nel-
lie Bly. Rhoda, Rosy Morn, King
Philip, Findon, Gladys, St. lUoria.
Vellow: — Excelsior, Sunshine, Baby, Ze-
nohia. Triumph. D'Or, Vaiiis, Quinoia.
Bronze Yellow: — Sliss Julia, Alientown,
Mrs. Porter, Sir Walter Raleigh,
Aaron. Princess de Thule, Henrietta.
Red: — Kufus, Julia Legravere, Lynd-
hurst and Northuml>erland.
EARLY FLOWERING OUT-DOOR
VARIETIES.
Abercorn Beauty, Carrie. Comtesse de
Cariel, Coral Queen, Crimson Queen,
Eden Nonin, Eistob Yellow, Fleuve
Rouge, Francis. George Bowners, Har-
rie. Goachers Crimson, Holmes White,
Horace Martin, Jimmie, Leslie. Liliie,
King of Whites, Maxim, Medusa. Mig-
non, Nina Blick, Normandie. Pride of
Keston, Perle Chatilionaise, Polly,
Ralph Curtis, Robbie Burns, Rosie, T.
Banister, Touraine, White Mme. Masse,
White Pitcher.

SINGLE V.4RIETIES.
Mary Richardson, Ladysmith, Kitty
Bourne, Garza, Mary Collady.

Per 100

Collection uf 10 varieties $3.50

Collection of -0 varieties 4.00

Not less than 'l~-* of one sort...@ 3.00
These plants are estahiisheil in 3^,4-inch
pots, and all orders fillcil in rotation.

HEAD'S BERGENFIELD NURSERIES

BERGENFIELD, N. J.

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs,

Small Fruits. Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Write f«ir Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Siirubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK.

216 lane St. WEChwktn HglEbtt
P. 0. No 1, Koboken. N. i.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growins

Send for pHee list

L S. MILLER, WADING RKER, N. Y.

Jiarch 15, 1913

HOETICULTURE

387

FEDERAL PLANT QUARANTINE
LAW.
As a result of the experience gained
during the last two or three months,
it has seemed advisable to slightly
amend the rules and regulations for
carrying out the Federal Plant Quar-
antine Act. The object ot this cir-
cular is to point out specifically, for
the information and guidance of im-
porters, the changes made in the reg-
ulations.

No muteiial changes are made la Regu-
lations 1 to 5, inclusive.

Reg. 1. — No change.

Reg. 2. — No material change.

Reg. a. — Definition of port of entry
added.

Reg. 4. — Addition of the explanatory
words "at port of entry ;" bonded period
to obtain permit extended from 10 to 20
days; error corrected in line s — "arrival"
changed to "entry."

Reg. 5. — Addition of explanatory para-
graph relating to shipments in bond.

Reg. 6. — Change to indicate more plainly
the requirements in force after July 1,
1913, in relation to the otEclal inspection
certificate and limiting the impurtation of
nursery stock from countries having no
provision for such official certification,
such as certain Asiatic and Central and
South American countries.

Reg. 7. — Made to indicate more ex-
plicitly the nature of the certificate of
inspection which will be required after
July 1, 1913.

Reg. 8. — Amended at the suggestion ot
Customs Bureau, Treasury Department, to
require the notice of importer or broker
to the Secretary of Agriculture to be
transmitted through the Collector of Cus-
toms at port of entry. This notice is to
be given to the collector with other entry
papers, and will be compared with the
invoice and forwarded by the collector to
the Secretary of Agriculture. This will
accomplish both the notice required from
the Treasury Department to the Secretary
of Agriculture and the notice from the
importer to the Secretary of Agriculture
on one blank in one report, and will save
the importer the labor and cost of mailing
this report.

The notice required of the importer to
the State Inspector must, as is now re-
quired, be sent by him direct to the
proper State official.

Blanks for these two reports — namely,
to the Secretary of Agriculture through
the Collector of Customs and to the State
Inspector — will be furnished by the Col-
lector of Customs.

There is added to this regulation an
explanatory paragraph in relation to the
requirements of the act governing the re-
shipment, interstate, ot imported nursery
stock, which has not been inspected at
the destination reported from the port of
entry.

Reg. 9. — Changed merely to lessen the
requirements by eliminating some of the
information originally provided for. _ A
paragraph is added, making it possible
in the absence of the decl.-iration to de-
liver the goods under bond in the same
manner as provided for a larkiu'.:" permit.
It will be noted that practically all
of these changes are corrections of er-
rors, explanatory, or lessening the re-
quirements. The only exception is the
limitation placed upon the importation
from countries where no inspection
certificate is possible, and this can be
corrected by any of these countries
whenever commercial possibilities In-
dicate the need. This limitation will
not affect ordinary commercial nurs-
ery importations.

Federal Hohticultur.\l Board.

\

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

F. & P. Nurseries, Springfield, X. J.
— Trade List, Spring, 1913. Ornamen-
tal stock mainly.

Philadelphia Lawn Mower Co.,
Phila., Pa. — Illustrated Catalogue and
Price List of Mowers and Fittings.

The Imlay Company, Zanesville, O. —
Catalogue of Seeds, Plants and Flow-
ers for 1913.

J. G. Harrison & Son, Berlin, Md.—
Trade List of Fruit and Ornamental

\a/e:

"FLOWER" IN FLOWERFIELD

The Home of CHILDS' GLADIOLI, noted the world
over for SUPERIOR MERIT

Also GANNAS, DAHLIAS, IRISES, LILIUMS, Etc.

'-SPECiALS—

Gladiolus, America

" Baron Hulot

" Niagara

" Princeps

Canna, Wyoming (a giant among

Cannas)
Hyacinthus Candicans
Lilium, Henryi, the yellow

Speciosum 35.00

i

100

lOOO

$ 3.50

$30.00

7.00

60.00

25.00

8.00

70.00

4.00

35.00

1.25

10.00

i

Wholesale Department

Flowerfield, Long Island,

Hild

Nursery Stock. A very neat pocket
list.

Canadian Seed Growers' Associa-
tion.— Price List of Registered and
Improved Seed Produced in 1912. Ag-
ricultural grains, with name of grow-
er and quantity available.

Clarke Bros., Portland, Oregon. —
Oregon Roses and Other Beautiful
Flowers. A very "meaty" catalogue,
with copious descriptive notes, and
many attractive halftone illustrations.

W. B. Whittier & Co., Framingham,
Mass. — Trade Catalogue of Framing-
ham Nurseries for Spring, 1913. A
valuable publication for landscape
gardeners and large planters of shade
and ornamental trees. Revised prices.

Scott Bros., Elmsford Nurseries,
Elmsford, N. Y. — Price list ot Chrysan-
themums, Roses, Carnations. Etc., for
1913. A pocket size list but very com-
plete in the number of varieties
offered. A number of well attested
new things are included.

David Herbert & Co., Acto, N. .1.—
Descriptive Catalogue of New Dahlias,
Cannas, Gladioli and other Summer
Flowering Bulbs. A portrait in nat-
ural color of Dahlia Delice makes an
attractive cover illustration for this
comprehensive catalogue.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York
City. — "Henderson's Farm JIanual."
An agricultural seed list ot sterling
value. Bound in strikingly effective
covers and containing the information
essential to securing bountiful crops.
Readable and instructive.

J. L. Moore, Northboro Dahlia and
Gladiolus Gardens, Northboro. Mass. —
Catalogue and Price List for 1913.
Cover adorned with dahlia portrait in

crimson. Accompanying it is Mr.
Moore's wholesale price list of dahlias
in the various classes, and gladioli, for
the trade.

J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. —
General Spring Catalogue. Agricul-
tural, garden and flower seeds, plants
and implements are all covered fully
in this up-to-date catalogue of this old-
established seed house. "Prosperity"
Tomato on cover page looks like a
sure winner.

New England Nurseries, Bedford,
Mass. — Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs,
Evergreens, Roses, Vines, and Herba-
ceous Perennials. A good and com-
plete exponent of the best hardy gar-
den material valuable in latitude of
New England. Has some excellent in-
novations in information and instnic-
tion for the public.

Palisades Nurseries. Inc., Sparkill,
N. Y. — "Palisades Popular Perennials."
A luxurious catalogue, splendidly il-
lustrated. A model of catalogue print-
ing art. The covers are novel in de-
sign and richly effective. The con-
tents represent a well-selected stock
and an effort has been made to famil-
iarize the buyer with the accepted
popular name as well as the botanical
name of each variety.

W. Atlee Burpee. Philadelphia, Pa. —
Prize supplement for 1913. This is a
unique supplement to Burpee's annual
spring catalogue and is well-calculated
to awaken interest in Burpee's seeds
and the result and product — that is if
there is anybody left in this land who
had not already been apprised! Bur-
pee says his are the "Best Seeds That
Grow." This publication is intended
as a convincer of this proposition.

388

HOKTICULTUKE

March 15, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION

Officers — President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Molues. la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Artliur B. Claris.
Milford, Conn. ; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

Some Sensible Advice.

C. L., Orme, Maryland. — It will be im-
possible for you to get sufBeient free seed
from the Department of Agriculture at
Washington to plant your one acre of
garden and nine acres of farm land. How-
ever, write the Congressman from your
section of Maryland, addressing him at
Washington, D. C, and he may be able
to assist you in obtaining considerable
free seed. You should remember that the
seed sent out through the government is
as near worthless for commercial purposes
as seed can be. As you own your farm
and expect a remittance from home late
in the summer the local seedsman will,
perhaps, open an account with you for
both seeds and fertilizers if you present
the circumstances to him. Seed from a
reputable firm will give far better results
than government free seed. As to what
varieties of vegetables to plant and the
best farm crops, I would advise you to
write the director of the Maryland Ex-
periment Station, College Park, Md., for
he is familiar with the exact conditions
in your section. He can also tell you
what kind of fertilizer will give the best
results. In writing him state your con-
ditions fully that reliable information can
be given you.

Amateur Gardener, Bloomfleld. — Free
government seed can be secured by writ-
ing the Congressman from your district,
addressing him at Washington, D. C. For
less than $1 seed far more reliable and of
better varieties can be purchased from a
seed Arm and the seed thus purchased will
be more certain of successful results. It
is never advisable to sow government seed,
notwithstanding that they are given away.
One should never look a gift horse in tl^e
face, but government seeds are as thank-
less a gift as any gift well can be.
— Newark (N. J.) Evening News.

Notes.
L. C. Brown of La Grange, 111. plans
to open a branch, at Kankakee, 111.

Frank D. Hunter, recently book-
keeper for J. H. Small & Sons of New
York, and formerly well-known as a
member of the firm of Hammond &
Hunter, wholesale florists, has taken
the position of manager for the seed
house of J. F. Noll & Co. in the Hud-
son Terminal, New York City.

M. J. Tilden, who has been conduct-
ing a seed store at Albion, N. Y. has
closed out the business which he pur-
chased some time ago from J. T. Du-
quette. Mr. Duquette, thus released
from his agreement not to enter the
seed trade so long as his successor
continued the business, has started
again under his own name as nursery-
man, seedsman and florist at 66-78
Clinton Ave. The business thus re-
sumed was established by Mr. Du-
quette's father sixty years ago.

Thomas J. Grey, founder of the T. J.
Grey Co. of Boston, twenty-three years
ago, having sold his interest in
that company, has again asso-
ciated himself with Joseph Breck &
Sons Corporation in whose employ he
was for many years previous to estab-
lishing in business under his own
name. Mr. Grey is one of the best
known men in the New England dls-

MIGHELIS FLOWER SEEDS

New Crop and of Distinctive Quality

ASPARAGUS PLUM-
OSUS NANUS

eREENHOUSE BROWN SEED

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

500 Seed

1,000 "

5.000 "

10.000 "

25,000 "

$2.00
3.75
18.00
34.00
80.00

IATHH8USE BROWN SEED

500 Seed $1.25

1.000 " 2.50

5,000 " 12.00

10,000 " 23.00

25,000 " 50.00

ASPXRABUS NATCHERI SEED

100 Seed
2.50 "
500 "
1,000 "

$1.1:0
2.S5
5.25

10.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI SEED

1,000 Seed

5,000
10,000
25,000

3.00

5.50

12.50

ASTER SEED

QUEEN of the MARKET -EXTRA EARLY

Trade

pkt.
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20

oz.
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60

INVINCIBLE ASTER

A Valuable Midsummer
Sort.

Trade
pkt. oz.

Blue 30 $1.50

Crimson 30 1.50

Lavender 30 1.50

Rose Pink 30 1.50

White 30 1.50

Mixed 30 1.25

MICHELL'S IMPROVED SEMPLE'S
BRANCHING ASTER

The Best Late Variety.

Trade

White

Blash Pink..

Rose Pink

I.leht Blue..

Dark Blue

Crimson ....
Choice Mi.xed
•Mlchell's "Pink Superb"
Aster — Flowers large, pet-
als curled and incurved ;
resembles a large Chrys-
anthemum ; color, shell
pink. Trade pkt., 50c. ;
$5.00 per oz.

Also all other Seasonable Seeds and Supplies. AVhoIesale Price List Free upon Application

White ....
Rose Pink.
Shell Fink.
Lavender
Crimson . .

Purple 30

Mixe<1 .30

pkt.
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

MI^IMRY F-. IVIIOMEl-1-

518 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Drake's Satisfactory Tomato Seed

In Which Quality, Superiority of Our Strains, and Very Moderate Prices Are

Leading Features.

A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU

Oz. Vi II'.

Spark's Earliana $0.12 $0.43

Chalk's Early Jewel 12 .45

Early .4cme 12 .45

Matchless 10 .35

Dwarf Champion 15 .53

New Stone 10 .35

Livingston's Beanty 12 .45

Livingston's Favorite 12 .45

Livingston's Paragon 10 .35

Oz. M lb.

Livingston's Perfection $0.10 $0.35

Livingston's Globe 15 ,60

Success 10 .35

Ponderosa 15 .60

Bonnie Best 15 .55

Dwarf Stone 15 .55

Golden Queen 16 .60

Fordhook First 12 .46

Early Detroit 15 .60

Trophy 10 .35

ALL BY MAIL POSTPAID

Other Specialties are: Cauliflower, Cabbage Seed, Onion Seed, Onion
Sets, Sweet Corn, Pepper, Lettuce and Celery.

Write fi>r Catalogue and Trade List.

J. AUG. DRAKE, Chester, new jersey

TOMATO SEED

ALL V.ARIETIES.

BEST STOCKS.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, EULBS

Bend ns your wants. We will take care of
tbem. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

trict and, with an enviable record as a
courteous personality, will no doubt
find a willing welcome wherever he
may go.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Planting and Care of Trees for
Colorado, by D. M. Andrews, Boulder.
Colo. An instructive "vest-pocket"
manual of cultural notes.

"The Garden Book," by John Kirke-
gaard. — Published by The BuUard
Company. Boston. Net $2.50. Is also
procurable in a beautiful "Garden
Green" binding at $2.00. The sale of
this unusual book has surpassed the
expectation of its publishers, who, by
offering this second binding, can give

our readers the benefit of "quantity
production."

Transactions and Proceedings of the
California Association of Nurserymen;
Second annual Meeting, Oakland. Nov.
7-9, 1912. This interesting volume ed-
ited and compiled by Henry W. Krucke-
berg of Los Angeles, secretary of the
Association, affords convincing evi-
dence of the splendid makeup of this
young society. Few society reports
can show a more comprehensive list of
subjects considered at one meeting or
more pointed and intelligent discus-
sions. The book itself is an excellent
production of the printing art. A por-
trait of the late John Rock, pioneer
pomologist and nurseryman, makes an
appropriate frontispiece.

March 15, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

389

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBLE PEARL

$I2.00 t^&r lOOO

Excellent Quality.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold gtorag:e. Berlin and Hamborg

Per case of 1000 $12.00

Per case of 3000 33.00

Write for a copy of onr Florists' Catalog.
"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St.. (Ti.) NEW YORK

SEEDS SANS RIVALE

DAHLIAS, double cactus mixed, double
dw;\rf mixed, double large-flowering
mixed, double lilliput or pompon mixed ;
KKi seeds, 75 cents. Coccinea, single
stripod mixed, single dwarf striped
mixed, single giant-flowering, true; 100
seeds, 50 cents. All mixed, 100 seeds
60 cents. Tlie above were all raised
on contract for me by a specialist of
Paris. France, and are unrivalled.
other Floiver Seeds — Pansies, Sweet
Peas, Mignonette, Wallflowers, Zinnias.
Verbenas, etc.

N. B. — I don't publish any chromes or
hire poets to sing praises of my seeds.
They are produced by practical grow-
ers. I took several prizes in New York
and other cities for my product. My
seeds now have a national veputation
and I get better prices than cnyone
else in the trade.

There's a Good Reason.
Vegetable Seeds I Suppl.v l»y the Ton.

BEAULIEU, WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWH^INQ

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Rtn<yivtied Sweet Pea Specialist/'

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink. Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per Oz.,
$1.00: per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue Is now
ready. It Is a complete guide with
proper classification through Horticul-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Zangefl, SeedsmaiT, Hoboken, N. ).

For Early Sowing

Pri(c List Jor the Asking

The W. W. B^nard Co.

231-235 W. M.dison St., CBICAGO

I. W. Edmuiiilsoii. Mgf. M. W. Wilfeiss, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN .JOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47-54 No Market St., Bf>STON, MASS.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South «arket Street, Boston Mass.

VICK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Yick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mixture^
40c per dozen; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlxtare,
60c per dozen ; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 60e
per dozen; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.MIchigauAve. - CHICAGO

Phone Randolph 8611.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FiaO AND GARDEN SEEDS

EstabUshed 1818
Writ! For Our Low PrT.n

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT STS>
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH «■«
GARDEN PEA SEED In Tartety; also otkw
Items of the abort crop of thla past aeaaon,
BB well as a fall line of Garden Seeds, irUl
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dty SL, NEW YORK

and Orange, Conn.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS rOR THE TRADE

Beans. Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Tumiv.-
Radish, Beet, Etc.

LTw^S-clJ^in'"'^"" MILFORD, CONN.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH J (j„^„, ,„ t,,e Trade
and all Garden Seeds

LEONARD „.„.«..-

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

ONION SEED
ONION SETS

We are large growers of and dealers SCHILUER BRUS.
In the best varieties and choicest _„.. . innTMC fl
stocks. Let as know your wants. unlLLIuU I nt) Ui

390

HORTICULTURE

March 15, 1913

The '' SPENCER" Type of Sweet Peas

Burpee's Unequaled List for 1913. Arranged AlpHabetically.

CHoicest Re-selected StocKs Grown on " Floradale Farnx."

SPEXCER SWEET PEAS are a great specialty with us! We were the first to grow the seed in
\merieu— the stock having been entrusted to us iiefore introduction, even in England, of the original
Countess Spencer. We have grown "the original Beauty" and its many "sportive" children with
paiustakiug care each seasou since. There are but few other growers — either in England or America
—who cau supplv an equal assortment of True RE-SELECTED "SPENCERS" that are uniformly
of such choice quality. Seedsmen and planters generally can see how superior our stocks now are
bv the trials at FORDHOOK FARMS next June or July, while those who may be in California are
invited also to inspect the growing crops at our FLORADALE FARM in the beautiful Lompoc Val-
ley. Every planter's garden, however, is really a trial ground and we shall be quite content if any
"Diiubtiug Thomas" .will send us only a portion of his order and note the difference in character of
flowers produced!

Per Per Per Per Per

Lb. Pkt. Oz. Vi lb. Lb.

3i>00 .Margaret Madison. A beautiful clear

azure-blue $0.15

;«0> .Marie (orelli (Burpee's). Brilliant

arinine 10 $0.65 $2.25

$0.i

$3.00
3.00

!.50

3.00
2.25
3.00

Per Per Per
Pkt. Oz. Vi lb
340a .\tterglon. Per pkt. of eight S(

1.3c

3406 American Spencer. Red flakes on

white ground 10 $0.30 $0.85 I

3408 .4ppie Blossom .Spencer (Burpee's),

Rose and pink 10 .30 .85

3410 .irtliur Green. Marcon shaded violet. .10

3413 .4sta Ohn. A charming soft lavender. .10 .40 1.50

3414 Aurora Spencer (Burpee's). Cream

mottled orange 10 .25 .75

3416 Barbara. A large salmon self 10

3418 Beatrice Spencer. White ground,

tinted pink and buff 10 .L'O .60

3423 Blanche Ferr.v Spencer. Rose Standard.

white wings 30 .40 1.50

3428 Captivation Spencer (Burpee's). Rosy

wine re<l 10 .35

3430 Charles Foster. Combination of pastel

sha(ies 15

3432 Charm (Burpee's). Per pkt. of twenty

seeds, 15c 25

3434 Constance Oliver. Delicate pink, suf-
fused cream 10 .30 .85

3438 Countess Spencer. A soft rose-
pink 10 .20 .60

3440 Daint.T Spencer (Burpee's). White,

edged with rose 10 .30 .85

3442 Decorator (Burpee's). Per pkt. of

ten seeds. 15c 25

3443 Duplex Crimson King. Scarlet self.. .10 .50

3444 Duple.v Spencer. Beautiful cream-

pink 15 .65

S415 Duplex Mary Garden. Butt-pink 10 .50

3446 Earl Spencer. Brilliant salmon-
orange 15

3450 Elfrida Pearson. Light pink. Pkt.

(twenty seeds), 15c 25

3454 Ethel Roosevelt (Burpee's). Fink

flakings on cream ground 10 .3.j 1.00

3158 Flora Norton Spencer. A beautiful

shade of lavender 10 .40 1.50

3460 Florence Morse Spencer. Beautiful

light pink 10 .XO M

3462 Florence Nightingale (Burpee's). Best

lavender Spencer 10 .40 1.30

3470 Gaiety Spencer. White striped with

rose-crimson 10 .40 1.50

3472 George Herbert. Bright rosy-carmine. .10 .20 .60

34T6 Gladys Burt. Salmon-pink on prim-
rose ground 10 .35 1.00

3480 Helen Lewis. Standard orange;

wings orange-rose 10 .30 .85

3482 Helen Pierce Spencer. White mottled

blue 15

3486 Irish Belle, or "Dream" (Burpee's).

Lilac flushed pink 13 .65

3487 Isobel Malcolm. A beautiful cream

color 10 .45

S488 King Edward Spencer (Burpee's).

Carmine-scarlet 10 .25 .75 2.50

.10

.10
.10

.10

.10

3.50

3.00

3.75
3.50

3.">Wi Martha Washington. White suffused
iiglit rose

3510 .May Campbell. Per pkt. of eight

seeds. 15c

3511 Melba. A salmon self

3514 .Mercia. Buff-pink on cream ground.
3516 -Mrs. A. Ireland. Buff ground suf-
fused rose 10

3518 Mrs. Cuthbertson. Standard rcse,

wings pale rose 10

3520 Mrs. C. W. Breadmore. Buff ground,
edged with pink

3522 Mrs. Heslington. Lavender, lightly
flushed rose pink

3524 Mrs. Hugh Dickson. Pink-apricot

on cream grounl 10

3528 Mrs. Routzahn (Burpee's). An apri-
cot pink 10

3530 Mrs. Tonnsend. White with picotee

edge of blue 10

3532 Mrs. W. .1. Inwln. White flaked

with orange-scarlet 10

3534 Nubian. Beautiful maroon 10

3539 Orchid (Burpee's). Per pkt. of six

seeds, l.^ic 25

3542 Othello Spencer (Burpee's). Rich

deep maroon

3543 Pearl (iray .Spencer. Dove gray suf-

fused rose

3545 Primrose .Spencer (Burpee's). Crop

ver.v short

3551 Purple Prince Silencer (Burpee's)...
3554 (lueen Victoria Spencer (Burpee's).

A rdsy jirimrose

3561 Rainbow Spencer. Ivory white

streaked with rose

3570 Scarlet Emperor. A dark shade of

scarlet

3571 Scarlet Empress. A beautiful Scarlet.

3572 Senator Spencer (Burpee's). Helio-

trope striped with claret

3575 Stirling Stent. Per pkt. of fifteen

seeds. 13c. "

3579 Tennant Spencer. Spencer form of

Dorothy Tennant

3581 Thomas Stevenson. Orange-scarlet...
3587 Vermillion Brilliant (Burpee's). Per

% oz.. 60c

3690 White Spencer (Burpee's). The best

white 10

3593 W. T. Ilutchins (Burpee's). Light

apricot pink 10

3598 Burpee's Special Mixture of ^Re-

selected Superb "Spencer" Sweet
Peas for 1912

3599 The New "Burpee-Blend" for 1913

.25 .75 $2.75

.10
.15

.10
.10

.10
.15

.15
.10

.10

.10

.13

.15

.10
.10

.:!0

.25

.30
.35

.65
.65

.30 .85

.85 3.00

.85
1.00

3.25
3.75

.40
.30

1..35

.85

i.OO

5.00
3.00

.40 1.10 4.00

.65
.30

.50
.65

1.00

.40

.35

.20
.25

2.-25

.85 3.00

1.75

1.10
1.00

.60

4.00
3.30

2.00
2.30

BURPEE'S BLUE LIST FOR 1913

The most complete catalogue published for Market Gardeners, Truckers and Florists. For the planter who
"knows" it contains complete lists of all that is best in vegetables and flowers, while the grower who is uncertain
as to the best varieties suited for his purpose may be guided by the bull's eye O placed after what is known to be
best. In addition full descriptions are given many new and most valuable varieties.

BURPEE'S BLUE LIST FOR 1913 contains 148 p.=iges with hundreds of halftone and engraved illustrations.
Within the pages of this catalogue we have condensed an experience of thirty-five years both in handling and the
actual growing of seeds.

If von "arden for profit (that is. sell vour products in the market) you are entitled to a copy of this complete and easily
understood catalogue, but if yuu are a private planter please do not ask for a copy, as we must protect the Market
Gardener, Trucker and Florist.

\A/. A-tl

ur

& Oo

THAT C3ROV^/"

•Ml

MIA,

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

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n Boddington's Quality Cannas

Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give absolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000. and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 5% if cash accompanies the order.

RBO-FLOWE<RING, GREEN FOLIAGE CANNAS

Per ino Per 1000

J. D. Eisele. 5 ft $3.75 $?,r>.<JO

Presiilent C'le» eland, :! ft 2.25 20.00

President MeKinley, 21/. to 3 ft 2.00 17..")0

President Me.ver. 4 ft 2.73 2.").00

Pillar of Fire. C or 7 ft 2.00 17.50

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

PerlOO

Iconise, 5 ft $3.75

.Mile. Berat. 4V4 ft 1.75

Venns, SVi ft 5.50

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

PerlOO

Alemannia, 4 to 5 ft $2.25

AuNtrta, 5 ft 1.75

Indiana. 3 to 4 ft 2.00

Italia, 4^ ft 1.75

Wyoming, 7 ft

Pennsylvania, 5 ft

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft.

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Perinoo

$35.00
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Per 1000

$20.00

15.no

17.50

15.00

Per 1000

$17.50

15.00

15.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

Per 100

Gladiator. 4 ft $2.75

Gladioflorn, 3% ft 4.25

Jean Tissot, 5 ft 2.23

Niagara, 3 ft 2.75

Mad. Crozy. 5% ft 2.25

Queen Charlotte, 3% ft 3.75

Premier, 21/2 ft 2.75

Sonv. de A. Crozy. 4 ft 2.75

Per 1000
$25.00
40.00
20.00
25.00
20.00
35.00
25.00
25.00

YELLOW SHADES

Per 100 Per 1000

Florence Vaughan, 5 ft $2.00 $17.50

Kichard Wallace, ihi ft 2.25 20.00

BRONZE LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

PerlOO

Egajidale, i ft $2.00

Kins Humbert, 4 ft 5.00

Leonard Vaushan, 414 ft 4.25

Musaefolia. 3 to 5 ft 2.00

Shenandoah, 6 ft 2.00

Per 1000
$17.50
45.00
40.00
17.50
17.80

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

Doz. 100 1000
One of the most brilliant scarlets, both
the Individual flowers and the trusses
being of large size; bronze foliage.
4 ft $0.75 $5.B0 $50.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers in heavy, dense spikes.
In color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 414 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

FURST BISMARCK

Rich scarlet crimson ; of large size.
4 ft $0.60 $3.75 $35.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas In the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house in the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused with orange, base and
edee of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $5.80 $50.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson scar-
let, often measuring 5 Inches across,
of remarkable substance, and are
produced in large trusses nearly a
foot across, 3% ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

PAPA NARDY

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4% ft $0.50 $3.75 $35.00

thousand rate; it is cheaper for you to buy a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here. It may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection is left to us, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

All the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

Chicago and Western Agents for Our Cannas ONLY:

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

SPIRAEAS FROM COLD STORAGE

(For Decoration Day)

PerlOO

Gladstone, enormous spikes of pure white flowers $5.50

Astilboides Floribunda 5.00

Queen of Holland. One of the finest; ffrand florists* variety 6.50

Gladiolus America. First size...

Gloxinias, named varieties

Gloxinias, named varieties mixed

2.76
4.25
3.75

Per 1000

$50.00

47.50

50.00

25.00
40.00
35.00

BODDINGTON'S QUALiTY TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS

single, to color, large bulb^, 1*4 inches and up 92.25 C; $20.00 M.
Double, to color, large bulbs. I14 inches and up 3.50 C; 30.00 M.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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HOKTICULTURE

March 15, 1913

ALEX. MCCONNELL

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Telegraphic orders forwarded to any part of the United States,
Canada, and all principal cities of Europe. Orders transferred by the
trade to us for EASTER DELIVERY will receive special attention.

Telephone Calls: 487 and 488 Murray Hill

Cable Address: ALEXCONNELL

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=— SONS=^

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT. ;MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all Michigran points and good
sections of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association,

New York

— Bloomingdale 's —

The Ureest Floral Establtslrnieot in tlie Metropolis

Best Ser\- ice — Quick Delivery- — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Mlcdigan Are. and 31at St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

^Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

PtaiK : Aldim 888. iUifine 881. AUiw 882.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St

Tel. Murray HM

1920

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

I're...

Member Florists' TeliKrapli Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

PROVIDENCE, R. L

■ and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

Hm EsiiMit Potats 171 Weybosset Street

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Pasadena, Cal. — The Rogers Flower
Shop succeeds the Kempton's Flower
Shop at 190 West Colorado St.

Middletown, O. — Miss Carrie AdamB
has taken over the business of the
Adams Company, Florists, at 111 West
Third St.

^ STEAMER DEPARTURES

)|j Allan.

8! loulan, Boston-Glasgow Mar. 27

W American.

S St. Paul, N. Y.-Shampton...Mar. 22
i& New York, N. Y.-S'hamptOQ.Mar. 29

5, Atlantic Transport.

^ Minnewaska, N. Y. -Loudon. .Mar. 22

Minnetonka

N. Y.-Lundon.
Cunard.

Mar. 29

Carpathia, N. Y.-M't'r'n Mar. £2

Carmaula. N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Mar. 22
Lusitania. N. Y. -Liverpool. .Mar. 26

Pres.

Hamburg-American.
Lincoln. N. Y.-H'burg. .Mar.

W Kals'n Aug. Vic, N.Y.-H'b^g.Mar. 27
'y Holland-America.

S Rotterdam. N. Y.-Uotterdam.Mar. 18
J, Potsdam' N. Y. -Rotterdam.. .Mar. 25

V Leyland.

^ Bohemian, Boston-Liverpool. Mar. 22
^> VVlnifredlan, Bos.-Llverpcol. .Mar. 29

W North German Lloyd.

^ K. Wilbelm II, N. Y.-B'm'u.Mar. 18

^ G. Washington, N. Y.-B'm'n.Mar. 22

y< Barbarossa, N. Y.-B'm'n Mar. 27

■g Berlin, N. Y. -Mediterranean. .Mar. 29

Red Star. SJ

Zeeland, N. Y. -Antwerp Mar. 22 n,

Finland, N. Y. -Antwerp Mar. 29 gj

White Star. 9.

Baltic. N. Y. -Liverpool Mar. 20 S

St. Paul, N. Y.-S'hampton..Mar. 32 S

Majestic. N. Y.-S'hanipton. .Mar. 20 1^

Mecantic. N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Mar. 27 "»

Adriatic. N. Y. -Liverpool Mar. 29 >^

Washington, D. C. — The inaugura-
tion festivities brought to the local
trade considerable additional business
In the way of dinner decorations al-
though the ball and a number of im-
portant events were not held this year.
There were plenty of flowers to meet
all demands with the possible excep-
tion of American Beauties, of which
there is a scarcity. The death of Mrs.
Leiter, a social leader of the city,
called for the supply of a very large
number of pieces made of orchids, gar-
denias, American Beauty roses and
other high-priced stock.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any pan of tiie country to

New York City
Or OUT=QOlNa STEAMERS

Write or telesraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 15.52-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 Fifth he. Cor. E 58tli SI

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene Ave. TeL 3908 Prospect

KbtubliHheil IK74

FLORIST

N. £. Cor. 44 St. & Madisoa Avenoe, N. Y. Ckj

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspoa
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntitk
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address^ Dardsfior.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AL-BAIMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICINfTY

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IN ALH.VNY .4ND VICIXITY
ON TELK(iK.\FHIC OKDKR

n NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Pho»« ttS|

Memberi Florists Telegraph Delivery

March 15, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

393

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied opon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garilfn Furniture, Art Goods aud
New Designs in Tust-any Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

I 915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stock and Work First Class

EI-IOC3I

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JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Florists. Orders filled for any
part of the State.

3B Dorrance Street - - PROVIDENCE

The^ California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN FRANK H. FORREST

J44 - 34G Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAX.

We cover tbe entire Pacific Coast and West
of tbe Rocldes. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TLEGRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominio"n.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

M Yonge St., - - TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL

f

All Transfer
Orders Filled

ALL&RCBINSONr;supe"

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^'°-

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery'
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, - - Mo.

Kill farefull.v execute orders for Kansas
City and any (own in Missouri or
Kansatf.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.
Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St
Boston — Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.
Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 191 Boylston St.
Boston— Penn, tbe Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.
Boston— Zinn. The Florist, 1 Park St.
Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.
Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.
Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.
Cleveland, O. — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.
Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.
Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,
Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit. Mich. — Secretar.v Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas Citv. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal. Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.
New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.
New York— YoUDg ,.% Nugent, 42 W. 28th.
New York- Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.
New York— Bloomingdale's, E. 5flth St.
Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I. — T. J. Johnston & C».,
171 Wevbosset St.

Rochester. N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-.346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.
St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.
St. Paul. Minn.— L. L. May & Co.
Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Ct. — Andrew Bros., Curtiss
T. Vick, 2324

Y.— A.

Bristol
Bldg.

Buffalo, N.
Main St.

Brool<lyn, N. Y.— Joseph Trepel, 809
Broadwa.v.

Battle Creel<, Mich. — Josepti Case,
Ward Bldg.

Cincinnati, O. — F. Ben George, 3706
EastPrn Ave.

Mamaroneck, N. Y. — John Moll,
Maddock. Bldg.

Walnut Hills, O.— Walter Butler,
Madison avenue.

Nashville, Tenn. — Charles O. Green,
1000 32d Ave. North.

Washington, D. C. — Robert Bowdler,
14th and I Sts. N. W.

Reading, Pa. — Moyer Bros., store
and conservatory 245 S. 10th St.

Scranton, Pa. — A. L. Besancom, 320
Adams Ave.; W. H. Davis, 232 Adams
Ave.

Cambridge, Mass. — Harvard Cp-op-
erative Society Flower Shop, Mrs! W.
B. Arnold, manager.

New York City. — A. Papadacos suc-
ceeds the St. Nicholas Florist at 2322
8th Avenue.

MONEY

AKERS

AND SEj^VICE
QUAL I TV

priQe

COURT KlSY

EVERYTHING EX

EPT FLOWERS

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FROM THE FlfjRlSTS' FRIEND

1220 Race Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn. The Telegraph Florist"
Member of Flurist-s' Telegraph Delivery
37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

S:^

GUDE enos. CO

FLORISTS

<21fl F ST,N.W

WASWN&TCW,. O.C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELAffl)

Euclid Avenue

''THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

Tlii^ larfff'^t rut tloiver store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given pronnpt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated

ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Mem'tiers Florists'Teiegraph Asso.

In ordering good* please add "I saw
it in HORTICULTURE "

3 '.14

HORTICULTUKE

March 15, 1913

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PARIS

LONDON

BERLIN

Easter Deliveries in Boston and Vicinity

We are prepared to deliver in good shape, flowers, plants, or made up work
as ordered. Florists at a distance may transfer their orders by mail, tele-
gram or 'phone to us with the certainty of prompt and careful attention.

THOMAS F. GALVIN, Inc. '^'^H^t''"

124 TREMONT ST. BOSTON, MASS. CONSERVATORIES

Telephones: Oxford 1736-1737-1738 copley Plaza Hotel Boylston, cor. Fairfield St. Tel. Back Bay 2023

On OCTOBER 1. this year, our NEW YORK STORE will lip opened at 5I!1 FUTII AVE., idiiur Hit h Mrret.

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS

EASTER HINTS.

You need not to be reminded that this
is your busy week coming and there
are a good many little things to be
done, beside the arrangement ot plants
and decorating of windows: things so
small and yet large enough to cause
trouble, if they are not attended to
while there is time. Let us get to-
gether and think ot the little obstacles
that we can remove now, and not wait
until we are in the midst of our rush
and then realize it should have been
attended to before.

As a reminder we will men-
tion cut flower boxes, handy han-
dles, pot coverings and crepe pa-
per, green predominating as it
matches all plants, and above all
things don't let a dirty or mouldy pot
leave your store; the recipient will
think less of you for delivering such.

Be sure you have an adequate supply
of card-envelopes with brass eyelets,
this kind being less apt to tear away,
saving the trouble of answering calls
as to who ordered the plants; also pre-
pare yourself with a large stock of
newspapers, in case the weather
chooses to blow a cold wave your way.
Have your crates ready for out-of-town
shipments; small wooden boxes and
laths makes excellent plant crates.
Use excelsior or paper to pad the cor-
ners. Have plenty of saucers to set
the plants on as this will keep a large
portion of water from the floor; some
customers desire saucers to accom-
pany plants. Keep your writing tables
well stocked with pens, cards and en-

velopes for the convenience of cus-
tomers, more so than at ordinary
times. Have your clerks request the
purchaser to address all card-envel-
opes, thus relieving you of trouble in
case cards become detached from order
sheets; if they do, it can be easily
traced as the name on card-envelope
and order-sheet will correspond.

Many people are undecided just
when to send a plant as an Easter gift.
I should advise you to instruct your
sales-people to encourage early deliv-
eries; by so doing you are getting
plants out of your way and are better
prepared to handle the cut flower end
which always comes the last of the
week; so move the plants quickly!

A plant or basket when sold, should
be immediately marked "sold," and put
aside, as two or more clerks are apt to
sell the same article over again, and
it may be something that cannot be
easily duplicated; avoid this by put-
ting a "sold" tag on at once with name
and day to be delivered.

Then see that all plants are watered
before leaving the store, as they may
be on the road some time before reach-
ing their destination. Remember a
dry plant going into a warm room will
soon bring a complaint and you will
probably have to replace same or lose
the trade of the purchaser. It might
be well to instruct those doing the
packing to attach small tags request-
ing the receiver to water plants freely.
If you haven't these tags on hand they
can be printed at short notice.

By following a few of the foregoing
pointers it will enable you to sail

through a stormy week and dock the
good ship "Easter" safely in her berth.
Mr. Storeman.

FLOWERS AT FUNERALS.

In noting the recent item in Hokti-
cuLTrRE about the sentiment recently
expressed against the use of flowers at
funerals, to the writer it seems most
fit that the craft carefully consider
first the features of strongest interest
bearing on the matter.

In merchandising what leads to the
final employment of each blossom, so
evidently created and developed to-
serve its purpose and but one purpose,
and that involves a catering to the
finest sentiments the mind can express,
as a trade or profession that of the
florist stands conspicuous. His is
really a "trust," that but too few of the
craft appreciate. The lure of the dol-
lar too often becomes a guide or
motive. Mechanical methods operated
for least resistance to lead the cus-
tomer into indulging in the display
that is made up or produced the easi-
est and will look biggest to the mind
unfamiliar with such products, no
doubt prevails to a deplorable degree,
a blot on the intelligence of customer
and craftsman both. As the latter
should know, and practice better, he is
the more guilty conspirator against
public uplift and welfare.

When employed to lighten grief, the
using of flowers engenders so fine a
sentiment that no argument for, or
either against, seems needed. No
doubt however, but what conduces

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IIMIM

WILL GIVE CAREFUL ATTENTrON to all Transfer Orders for
Easter Delivery of Flowers or Plants in

Boston and All New England Points

IIMIM THE RL-ORI

1 PARK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

395

GET BUSY WITH THAT EASTER ORDER

ONLY A SHORT TIME LEFT TO GET YOUR EASTER
GOODS from The Wholesale Florists' Supply House of America —

BASKETS

BAYERSDORFER

Of every kind for Plants, Flowers and Ftrns.
Our popular tumbler Baskets included.
Our original introduction of the NEW COLOR
LONDON TINTS on baskets is the "sensation
of the day."

MATS All colors and weaves.

WATER PROOF CREPE PAPER in all colors.

SPECIAL — For a short time. Crepe Paper Pot Covers to fit 4 to 6 in., $1.00 per 100
NO DISAPPOINTMENT IN FILLING ORDERS

For Other Supplie* Consult Our Silent Salesman

H. B A YERSD O RFKR (Si CO.

the:

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE or

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA

isfc;

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more than aught else to conditions
against their employment, comes
through the encouragement given big
showy effects, regardless of general
quality.

Illy filled and finished, and strenu-
ous-sized and shaped forms, and such
free using of dried and dyed materials,
not to mention wax flowers, but all
passed out as representative products
of the craft, never can standardize
sensible demand, and such practices
reflect on business acumen.

The using of flowers at funerals
being in no way a necessity, and most
optional, it follows that as free an
option against their employ as well,
may exist. This leaves the florist,
practically an outsider or an onlooker,
merely, and many years of noting
akin conditions leads the writer to be-
lieve that counteracting the condi-
tions in question will be accomplished
the more, by so to speak "saying
nothing," not even allowing being
drawn into worded discussion of the
subject. If nailed to it, aim to treat it
as a passing matter of intermittent
type as related to the business, and
sustain the idea that using of flowers
is an inborn natural trait or sentiment
and its quality so harmless that the
custom must continue to prevail to a
proper degree, never to die out.

Agitating the matter will betoken
weakness, a childish look, so don't!
Keep easy! If you see need to act at
all, let it be in trend of trying to raise
the standard of proper and fitted qual-
ity as commonly dealt out to custom-
ers. If you organize anything, better
such be a campaign for educating

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the Weil-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, 12.50; No. 2, &J.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, SS.OOj No. 5, &6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

EVER READY
POTGOVER

The modern way of
VMfff^ \ artistically decorat-

PSkS \ i°g unsightly clay
•iH: m i \ flower pots. Make*
plants sell better as
they are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, durable
and instantly ap-
plied. Made in four colors and many
sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut ffowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lake Street Kendallvilie, Ind.

Mention Horticulture when you ivrile.

DON'T FAIL

to look through the Buyers' Directory
in every issue of HORTICULTURE.

Bed rock wholesale prices for just
the things you want are quoted there.
And in ordering the goods please re-
fer to HORTICULTURE.

39(5

HORTICULTURE

March 15. 1913

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I A Prosperous Institution Serving a Host |
I of Florists Daily. Best Place to |

I Buy; Best Place to Sell |

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I John Donaldson, Pres. Philip Einsmann, Vice-Pres. Victor Dorval, Secy. I

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those in the business to also at the
same time educate, in turn, their cus-
tomers to better ordering and pur-
chasing ideals. Such means must pro-
mote needed good will, and aid a
properly natural and increasing call
for flowers at funerals.

Publicize and encourage buying
within reason, but after quiet ways,
along rational lines. Any physical
concerted efforts made to counteract
will surely breed deeper antagonism
to the florist trade, in which the self
interests of the craftsman will stand
out so palpably as to directly kill any
possible gain of favor in any form.

History tells us that, years aback,
dire conditions of business following
the panic of 1873 were keenly felt for
some years, and the bishop of Western
New York diocese of the Episcopal
church, inveighed against undue ex-
travagance of flowers at funerals.
The promptings were heeded, as later
on and ever since, in the city of Buf-
falo and immediate vicinity it is quite
common with obituary notices to re-
quest the omission of flowers. This
circumstance has no doubt checked the
indiscriminate sending in of flowers at
funerals, where often such is prompted
only for the influence gained, rather
than for expressing true sentiment.
As railing against such conditions
would but aggravate matters, it be-
hooves us to interpret it as a balance
properly justified by cii'cumstances.

It seems to have been the custom, to
some degree, in the past, for certain
Catholic parishes to refuse the bring-
ing of floral tokens into churches at
funerals. If the affair reported on at
Cincinnati is merely of this character,
its influence must remain limited.

Buffalo, N. Y. L. B. D.

THe MEYER Green

SILRALINE

VseJ I»y Retail Florists for mossing funeral

dcsignt). tying bunches, etc., is

THE ONLY ARTICLE THAT SHOULD BE USED

by Growers for strinsriiiy Sinilax and Asparaijus, as it will not fade or rot in
the greenhouse. The Jleyer silkaline was the first green thread to be introduced
anions l-'lorists and Crowers. It is handled by the best houses everywhere, but
it should be ordered by name — Meyer's Silkaline — to be sure of getting the genuine
article. Do not accept substitutes.

If your Jobber cannot supply you. order direct of the manufacturers. Price
for any size or color, $1.25 per lb. Sizes, "F" fine, "FF" medium, and "FFF"
coarse.

Do not take any fake green thread. Use the Genuine Silkaline and get more
thread and less n.md.

Lowell Thread Mills,
1495 Middlesex St.,

JOHN C. MEYER & CO., V4

LOWELL, MASS.

Silkaline also is made in all leadint: colors, as Violet, for bunching violets, and
also for tyinif fancy boxes.

Flease iiieution Ilortii-ulture when Writing

Cut Flowers for Easter

Centrally located; Best growers; ample supplies of
all staples in cut flowers

LILIES ROSES VIOLETS ORCHIDS

CARNATIONS VALLEY GARDENIAS

Everything in Season. Long Experience.
Careful, Conscientious Service

BERGER BROS.,

140 NORTH

THIHTEENTH ST.

Wholesale

Florists

Philadelphia, Pa.

March 15, 1913 HOETICULTUEE 397

IMTION

New England Trade

EASTER LILIES

LILIUM GIGANTEUM

In Crates of 25 Plants, Ready for Shipment . . Price $12.00 per 100

Cardinal, Killarney Queen, Pink Killarney, and all the other Roses ; All the Best
Carnations in Exceptional Quality; Yellow Daisies, Primroses, Lily of the Valley and
Spring Bulb Flowers; Violets, Sweet Peas, Cattleyas, Gardenias, etc., etc.

PRICE LISTS READY PLACE ORDERS EARLY

WELCH BROS. CO.

226 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

GET YOUR CUT FLOWERS

toivi

The Albany Cut Flower Exchange

special Price Lists on Easter Flowers are ready. Send for a Copy.

BeatitT' Carnations BoxMrood

Killarner ah varieties Smilax

White Killarner Valley Ferns

Richmond Orchids Galax

Taft Yellow Dasies Mag'nolia Leaves

Hilda Violes -Double and Single And AH OtKer Greens

Hillingdon S-weet Peas Fancy Mats

And AH Other Roses. Pansies Crepe Paper

The Albany Cut Flower Exchange

WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES AND CUT FLOWERS
76 MAIDEN LANE Telephone Main 4797 ALBANY, NEW YORK

39« HORTICULTURE March 15, 191J

EASTER! EASTER!! EASTER!!!

<aoAi_i-rv THE BEsnr

mnAilTCim I II ICC $12.00 per 100 blooms, cut or in pots

llluANItUM LILItO No Charge For Packing

Place your order with us for NOW and EASTER. WHY you should buy from us. BECAUSE we handle
the stock of 100 of the very best growers in New England. We sell at reasonable prices, quality always the
best. We continually carry the largest supply of cut flowers, best varieties, and therefore can at all times fill
your order at a moment's notice. By placing your order with us, we relieve you of worry as we do this for you.

VIOLETS Single and Double ROSES in all grades

y „ Golden Sour, Von Slon, American Beauty, Aaron Ward, Cardinal, Mrs.

^'"^y „, 7 , D t, j Charles Russell. Lady HIilinKdon, Richmond,

Sweet Peas Victoria, Poeticus and ^^^^^^ ^^^ p.^^^ Killarney, Killarney Queen!

Corn Flowers Paper White Narcissus Taft

Marguerites Caiias CARNATIONS Best Standard Varieties

Forget-me-nots Dutch and Roman Hya- Smilax Strings, Plumosa Strings, Adiantum

Calendulas cinths Croweanum Ferns, Sprengerl

We have hundreds of pleased customers, and our main effort will be to please you. Try us and be convinced.
We never disappoint. Satisfaction guaranteed. A square deal to all.

Henry M. Robinson & Company

Wholesale Cotnmission^Florists. Manufacturers andjmporters of Florist Supplies. Hardy Cut Evergreens

15 Province Street BOSTON, MASS. 9 & 15 Chapman Place

TELEPHONES-Main, 2617-2618-5SS. Fort Hill. 25290-25292

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O^MIS IS US

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MR. RETAILER
Dear Sir : —

We are equipped to properly fill your
Easter requiremfnts and respectfully so-
licit your orders.

Yours for a Profitable Easter

MR. GROWER

Dear Sir:

We are in particular need of good Cut
Roses and respectfully solicit consignments
of such.

BADGLEY, RIEDEL & MEYER, Inc.

Phone nd. sq. Will 34 YV^egt 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY

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. RROIVIEIIM

WHOLESALE FLORIST

57 West 28th St., New York

TELEPHONE 2200-2201 MADISON SQUARE

For Spring and Easter, 1913

ALL VARIETIES CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

HOERBER BR05.

Can supply you with fresh stock, cut from our I

own greenhouses which are new and up-to-date

and able to produce the best possible stock,

■ Orders can always be promptly filled. Try us •

I and you will be a regular customer |

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Salesroom, 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. \

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P. J. SMITH

(SUCCESSOR TO JOHN I. RAYNOR)

Oldest Wholesale Cut Flower House

in New York

All the popular Roses and Carnations, including Standard
Varieties and Novelties. Headquarters for Lilies, Longiflorum
and Speciosum, quality unsurpassed. Lily of the Valley, Cat-
tleyas, Violets, Gardenias, Adiantum Croweanum, original stock.
The usual line of Holiday Specialties by loo, i.ooo or 10,000.

ORDER NOW AND YOU WILL BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF

49 \A/es-t 23-bH S-t., IMgaa/^

TELEPHONE } \ ^|| { MADISON SQ.

FOR EASTER

My Growers Have a Grand Crop

Coming on. Lilies, Roses, Carnations, Lilacs, Sweet Peas, Violets, Orchids
Stocks, Gardenias, Wallflowers, Callas and all Spring Bulb Stock.

Order here and you'll get Quality, Good Service and Reasonable Prices.

107 W. 28th Street'
■ NEW YORK

Telt-ptiones, tj^OO an<l J'^OI Madison Sqnare.

WM. P. FORD

IL.I

SOLE AGENT FOR

Zvolanek's Sweet Pea Blooms

Home-Grown Asparagus Plumosus a Specialty

PHILIP F. KESSLER, == -■ =„',w-.^^«- s.r.et.

March 15. 1913

HORTICULTUEE

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Wi iam Stuart A en Co.

Commission Merchants in Cut Flowers

53 West 28th St., New York City

Correspondence Solicited

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any Easter order however large.

EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS

That can be found in New York, we can supply at prevailing-
wholesale market prices. Make up for deficiency in plants
this year by securing a liberal stock of flowers.

You Win Need Them

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H 0 E T I C U L T TJ E E

March 15, 1913

GEORGE C. SIEBRECHT

109 >Vest 28tK St.,

>VHOLESAUE FLORIST

Xelephone
60S and 60Q Mad. Sq.

NEW YORK

IHe^KC3Q«_liEVF9-ri

F-^F3

Valley, Acacia, Orchids and Gardenias

Unlimited in Quantity — Unequalled in Quality

AND A FULL LINE. ROSES. CARNATIONS
LILIES, VIOLETS AND BULBOUS STOCK

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

(IG PEARL ST. BOSTON

:N. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order direct or buy from yonr local
supply dealer. Insist on having the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. Emblems, etc. Always
in ^)tock.

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

IS Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists* Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Il!eJ.M.McCullough'sSonsCo.

wh3le:ale commission florists
consignments solicited

Special .Tttcntion to sblpping orders. Job-
bers of Florists" Supplies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list ou applicatii.n.
Ph„«„ i.«=- -IS ■,,,! Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEOR.GIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Grsenhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100

TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

CINCINNATI

March ^

Am. Beauty, Fancy an3 Special. . . .

" " Extra

No. I

" ** Lower Grades

Killamcy, Extra

** Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

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Bride, *Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra- ■
" '* " Ordinary

Taft , Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies. Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Dafiodils ,

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

AVallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum .... -

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (lool-.
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

DETROIT

February 17

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I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET ■ - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Rower Growers' Association

■ Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants '

176 Hi MICHiuAN AVEii l^^^ij^'si^^fs"

CHICAGO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Pricee Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlv.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTURE

403

FLOWERS FOR THE EASTER PARADE

No Easter costume is complete without its corsage of flowers, giving it
just that dainty touch and finish that maizes it perfect. Some want
the very choicest, some medium priced and some cheaper flowers, but
the great majority, the masses, want the moderate priced flowers
ve will have in quantity.

HIDSON RIVER VIOLETS: $1.00 per 100; Specials, $1.25 per 100.

L.\I)Y CAMPBELL VIOLETS: (Locrtl), .<;l.2o per 100.

SINGLE violets: .^1.00 per 100.

V.\LLEV: Extra, $3.00 per 100; Sperial. $4.00 per 100.

G.-VRrtENIA.S: Fanc.v, .frt.OO per doz.'; $20.00 per 100. Special, $4.00

per diiz. : $;;0.00 per 100.

As a .Special, some lung, some medium stems, good medium flow-
ers, in li:ts of fifty or more, at $15.00 per 100.
(ATTLEYAS: Extra, $.-.0.00 per 100; Special, $60.00 per 100.
SWEET PEAS: Firsts, 00c. and 7.5o. per 100; Fancy, $1.00 per 100;
Special, $1..50 per 100.

Also plenty of Roses, Carnations and other seasonable stock.
Write for our Easter Price List on Cut Flowers.

Ribbons anil Supplies: Mauy new pat-
terns in exclusive Rilibons. Write us
for prices un these and on Supplies.

HEACQUAR1ERS FOR GREENS

WILD SMILAX: $.-..00 per case.

GREEN or BRONZE GALAX: $1.,50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10.000.

LElioTllOE SPRAYS: Green and bronze, $1.00 per 100: $7.50

per l.i'On.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: SUM per baj.
sPiiAiiMi.M .MOSS: 10 bid. bales, nicely hurlapped, each $4.00; 5

l):i!e 1 its. Sj $:i.7.'); 10 bale lots, fSi $3.50: 2.t bale lots, @ $3.25.
MEXICAN IVY: $1.00 per 100; $7..50 per 1.000
nAGGER and FANCY FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000
BOXWOOD: 50 lb. cases, $7.50 each.

Small sbipnirDts can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO,

THE WHOl ESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADFLPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W.

Flower Market Reports

We are pleased to report
BOSTON that business this wee'i

shows a decidedly better
front than it did at the time of the Ia?t
report. Prices, while not advanced to
any great extent, are more readily
realized and the sacrifice sales are not
so numerous or so low in price. Theie
are very few American Beauties in
sight yet and those are of indifferent
quality. Crate lilies are being qroted
at 12 cents but cut bloom raiely bring,
over 6 or S. The prices on these will
establish themselves about Monday.
Carnations are also looking up to bet-
ter figures, commencing on next Mon-
day. Orchids and gardenias are selling
poorly and are entirely too p'eatiful
for the call. Roses are plenty and good
and prices are a little more stable. Vio-
lets and bulb stock still very dumpish.
Sweet peas selling for less than they
are really woith. Easter outlook is
fairly encouraging.

Market conditions have
BUFFALO been rather unfavora-
ble for some time and
the past week did not show much im-
provement. Buying has been light;
in fact it has been left to the whole-
saler to carry all the stock, the mer-
chant simply buying what he actually
needed. The supply of carnations has
been heavy and prices low. Roses are
in good supply but with no special de-
mand and the same holds good with
lilies and other stock. Violets have
not taken well, though peas sold con-
siderably better than the week previ-
ous. There was plenty of lily of the
valley and bulbous stock and some

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — "*»^''«"=^-d^';ler* only

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

'* " Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

' ' Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

HiUingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
" *' " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorupi . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wanflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias ,

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumo^ius, Strings (loo)..
" " & Spren. (loo Rch!S.). .

BO!»iUN

March 13

CHICAGO

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March 10

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50.<
30.<
15-00
10.00
6.00

10. OD

6.00

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2.00

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8.00
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1.50

15.00

35,00 to 50.00
35.00 to go.oo

fine Kaiserkroon and LaReine tulips.
Asparagus and all greens in good sup-
ply.

Chicago market ap
CH ICAGO preaches very closely

to the normal at this
time. As the Lenten season draws to
a close, the trade in general agree that
the sales have not decreased as much
as has usually been the case in former
years. The past week has found the
market well supplied with all kinds
of seasonable flowers, and with the
possible exception of lily of the val-
ley and violets the demand has kept
pace with the supply. Bulbous stock
of all kinds is decidedly in evidence

yet apparently all is sold and gener-
ally at quotation prices. There is
every indication now that the supply
of roses at Easter will be good, as
they are coming in more freely now
than at any other time since the holi-
days and Easter quotations on them
differ very little from regular prices.
It may be that "the wish is father to
the thought" but American Beauties
seem a little less difficult to obtain
this week and quality a shade better.
There is now and will be for Easter a
good carnation crop. Fancy sweet
peas are in great demand but the
i^hort ones move slowly. Violets are

(Continued on Page 403)

404

HOETICULTURE

March 15, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

12 J West 28th Street NEW YORK

fINE ROSES, Eflllf ClilllONS

A Full Line of ALL (TT FI.O\Vi:i:s.
Telenlione. 3870 or 3S7I Madison Square.

H. E. FROIVIErfr

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. |^6| MadLon Square NeW YOfk

ttioore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Aladison Square

WM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tb Street, NEW YORK

Call and inspect the Beat EstabllghmenI
In the Wholesale Flower DMtrlct.

SINGLE A.ND DOUBLE

VIOL. EITS

Carnations, Roses, Valley, Orchids

at Growers' MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn,Jr.

55 «» 57 "West 2Gth St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut E^ertrreens, Mo:-se>,

Southern Sniilax, Galax and LfCuoothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

t'y<as and Pnliiietfo.

,., {»;°}Had.s, 113W. 28St.. NewYork.
RKED ®. KELLER

122 West 25th St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

AAV nianiifarturc all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and :)re de:iltrs in

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Re<iiiiNiteN

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremrst and Bes'

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

28 Wiliougfhby t.. t rooklyn, N. Y

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Beriin, N.Y.

10.000... $1.7t. CO,(X)0....f1.IIO. Sample free
For aale by dealers

F». J. sjvuarH

Suoeossor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist Tl'R'i!?fT*8g5i«'af

A full line a! Choice Cut Flower Stock Jor all purposes The HOMB OP TUB LILT
by th* 100, 1000 or lO.UOO

TBL. 1998 MAoeoN SQUARE 49 We*t 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

133 Wiif 28tk atrt»t. Htm York
Tflephowe iHlll.SMi M««sas Sauaro

Establiibeil
1887

J. K. AL.L

IM

OLOEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Still Geiof I
Strong

A 8QCARK DBAL.

Cot FInirer Craslcnments ^elicited.

FBOUPT RETCBNS. MONET AI.WATB RKADT.

Open 6 A. M. dally.

106 WEST 26TH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, ItT mmi «MS Ita4. M-

4 HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCM I DBA SPECIALTY

jIHE HIGHEST' \/ A ■ I CV ALWAYS h-'.-:.

^^fe GRADR OF VMLLtT ON HAND, »:"?:,:
J;.. GARDE><IA^K DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATION? -

JAMES McMANUS, Jud^ 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTAIIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

ending Mar. 8

1912

First Half of Weik

beginning Mar. 10

1912

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" *' Extra ..

No.i

*' " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland. Extra

'* " Ordinary....

Bride. Maid

HllllDffdun, Ward, Melody. Extra ....
•* " " Ordinary .

Taft, Sunburst

Carnat Ions , Fancy Grade

** Ordinary

40.00
20.00
10.00
2.00
5.00
1. 00
5.00
1. 00
2.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
2.00
.50

60.00
30.00
15.00
6.00
8.00
3.00
10.00
3.00
8.00
8.00
6.00
8.00
3.00
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to

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20.00 to

10.00 to

2.00 to

5.00

I.OO

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1.00 to

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2.00 to

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4.00 to

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.50 to

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15.00
6.00
8.00
3.00
10.00
3.00

4.00

9.O0

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
84 Arrest: astln Street:, K^e-w 'Vor^x.

Telephonee { J^ j Madison Square

CONSIGNMENTS SOUCTTBD

Frank H. Trmsndir

Chares SahipA

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., N«w York

Tel«pboa<6 : 79S aad 799 Uadiies Square

CoasiffDaaenta Solicited

CBirntAl.tT 1.0CATET>. TH« WtTB OF
TRB FLOWKB MARKKT SKCTION

CHARLES MIILANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Tnlcphnne 1069 MnUlMin

Teleplk^ ne 3860 Madison Square

W08DR0W & MARKETeS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 Wtst 2Btii Street NEW YBflK

FRANK MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Staipnipnts, any qaaiitity, Wl' le-
gale Market Itates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BTOADWAY. DETROIT, HMW.

HENEY M. h. -HINSOX. Prco MAURICE L. GLA-SS, TWM
ClIAS E.KOltlNSdX V-['rc>i. .lOSKPII .M AKOOIJS, 9e«*7

HENRY M. ROSINSON SO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glass, Maiwiser
55-57 WEST 26th ST. - . - NEW YORK CITY

Sftn'ai Atitniiim » tJu Slli/^^f'^ radt

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

405

Flower Market Reports

f Cortiinufd tram paf^e joj)

not bringing fancy prices but quanti-
ties of them are sold each day. There
is plenty of all kinds of green.

For the past week
CINCINNATI and a half there has

been a better de-
mand than for some time, both locally
and from out-of-town. The rose cuts
are in a splendid condition, quantity
large and quality right. The supply of
American Beauties is limited. Carna-
tions are in an adequate supply. The
call easily takes up all the good offer-
ings. Tulips, jonquils and Dutch hya-
cinths are much improved in quality
and are meeting with a better call.
Lilies and callas are in a large supply.
Choice sweet peas continue to sell
well. Stock from this vicinity is given
a decided preference by the local buy-
ers. Double violets are given a wide
berth by the retailers and as a result
they find a poor market even at low
prices. Singles sell tolerably well.
Neither lily of the valley nor orchids
enjoy a very good call.

All classes in the
NEW YORK flower trade of this

section are emphatic
in stating that the past two weeks
are among the quietest ever experi-
enced at this season of the year. The
market is well supplied with material
of good quality and prices rule low on
everything with few exceptions which
we will note below. American Beauty
roses are still among the rarefies.
There are evidences, however, that
this famine will not last much longer
and when the crop does come on we
predict it will be a landslide. Carna-
tions have been looking up in price for
the past few days and there have been
sales of acceptable grades as high as
four dollars a hundred which is pretty
good for this date. The carnation
market suffers considerably from the
general complaint of poor lasting
quality. The explanation of this un-
fortunate condition is as variant as
ever and the universal remedy is not
yet in sight. The wholesale marts are
well supplied with roses of all the
standard varieties and quality rules
good generally. Violets are as plenti-
ful as ever and very poor sellers. What
little demand there is the singles mo-
nopolize. Of sweet peas there are
many, a large percentage of them be-
ing what are now considered as in-
ferior stock. Spencer varieties are
coming in from the more progressive
growers and some of these are irre-
sistibly beautiful. Lilies are seen in
profusion on all sides. The oft-re-
peated prediction of short supply of
these for Easter seems to lack foun-
dation. Cattlcyas are among the
worst sufff— °rs from the present stag-
nation. Buyers are indifferent to them
although Trianaes of extra size and
finish are obtainable at twenty dollars
a hundred and Schroederaes can be
had in quantity at a much lower fig-
ure even. Schroederae is a beautiful
flower and its failure to win populari-
ty with the flower buyers is something
we can't understand. Bulbous flowers
are, as usual at this season, very
abundant. Tulips and daffodils are ex-
cellent in quality, new and choice va-
rieties being well represented but
sales are very draggy most of the time.

BEAUTIES FOR EASTER

If you should need -any Beauties for Easter, you can be reasonably sure we
can ail your order. We will have a good supply of the Specials, and the quality
could hardly be improved. Place your order early.

SNAPDRAGON

$1.50 Per Dozen

Pink, White and Yellow. This stock is in splendid condition now, long stems
and fine large flowers. Our price is very reasonable, and you can handle it very

profitable.

CARNATIONS

Plenty of the better grades, and quality extra fine. We have never offered a
better grade of stock for Easter and our prices will surely please you.

VAtLEY swt;et peas daisies l,il,ac pansies violets

With a splendid stock to select from, you have the best assurance your orders
will be filled complete.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.

N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts.

PHILADELPHIA, - - - - PA.

William F. Kasting Co.

^A/Klole8al'

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

>ris-t8

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

organized for tub BBmrriT of thk canadiam tbadk.

CDT F1.0WKB8 AND FL«BMT8' aCTI-LIES OF E^'ERT DBSCBIPTION.
Hamr-rr«w> Stock a SpMlalty. STBICn.T WHOUHAU; NOTHtHO SOLD
AT BXTAIU

AmpU refarcac* raralfhad u *• ■»■■*■« ud 1— rial abUltr •' *>>• company.
123 MANSFIEJLD STREET, MONTREAI^. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIPyS PER 100. To Dealers Paly

ki=.-.

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattteyas

Lillts , LoDKifloruin

Callas

Uly o( the Variey

Nard»9U8, Paper White

" Trumpet

Roman Hyacinths

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches)

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plamoaos, strings (per loo)

•• ** & fi|>refi (loo buncV*s) .

Last Half of Week |

ending Mar

. 8

1913

'5-00

to

25.00

5.00

to

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8.00

to

12.00

1.00

to

3^

1. 00

to

I 50

1. 00

to

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1. 00

to

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to

3.00

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to

.40

■50

to

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3.00

to

6.00

3.00

to

8.00

6.00

to

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.50

to

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6.00

to

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to

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to

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Hist m gf «Mt

beemning Mir. 10

1113

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40X

It seems to be generally accepted Lliat
the Easter plant supply is likely to
run short this year. If so, the cut
flower will come in for a good Easter
but we don't hear much shouting yet.
Market last week
PHILADELPHIA very sluggish.
Perhaps the
poorest week we have had this winter.
The weather was very cold for one
thing; but whatever the cause, the
fact remains. There was not so much
stuff left over at the windup but a
good deal had to be cleared at sacri-
fices. One lot of 4000 carnations went
for $G. which will give an idea con-

sidering that quoted rates were iwenty
to forty dollars per thousand. Prob-
ably the worst sufferers in the glut
were sweet peas. The fag end of the
early plantings fared worst — as th&
later plantings are much superior and

(Continued on page 411)

ROSES WANTID

Will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNC^& CO.

S4 W. 2Sth Street, New Yerit

406

HOETICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dvsart. 40 State St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AMPELOPS'S

Ampelopsls Yeitoiiii — One year, 2 to 3
ft., strong, J for .$2, 100 for .f3.25 (parcel
post); $20 per 1000. 18 to 2t inches, 50
for $1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), S15 per
1000. Stronj; roots, toi s cut to in'-l^es
for transplanting, ?12 per 1000, Samples
23c., allowed on purchase. Chas. lUaik,
Hightstown, N. J.

APHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madlscn, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARACCABIAS

Godfrey Aschmann. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGUS

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 2 inch, $2 00 per
100; $18.IX) per lOOO. Cash please. I'elsch
Bros., Maywood, III.

ASTERS

THE SAWYER ASTEBMUM.
Eight years of strict selcctlnn p'.aces it
on the mountain top of perfection, in color,
size and profit. Price (cash wiih order),
S8.00 per oz.: $4.50 per 1/2 oz.: trade packet,
not mixed, $1.00. Colors, white, pink and
lavender. Send for cuts and description.
Albert A. Sawyer, Forest Park, 111.

AUCTION SALES

Elliott Auction Co., 42 Vesey St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hol)oken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindalo, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAY TREES

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

liobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay trees and Box trees, ail sizes. Write
f«r special list. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutlier-
ferd, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

U. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONI.4S

H. A. Dreer. Inc.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Tuberous-Rooted Ee;,'onias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Vernon Begonias, 3 inch, in bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per KXi. Cash please. Feist h
Bros., Maywood, III.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co . 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & BHrnham~Ca7ll33"Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers
Hltchings & Co., 1170 Broadwa.y, N. Y,

BOXES— CUT FLOWER — FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Foldinir cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Uolton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobbink & Atkins. RutherTord. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
Box Trees, all sizes. Ask for special list.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddington. New York, N. Y.

(ll'^xinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Tborburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Michell's Seed House. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St..

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Tlie W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co.. Boston. Masg.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, L. I.. N. Y.
Gladiolii, Cannas, Irises. Liliums,

Hyacinthus, Etc.
For page see List cff Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons. Hillegom, Hr.llar.d.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch. 31-33 Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOR LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS

Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington. New Y'ork, N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Caniias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son. Westfleld, N, Y,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cannas, fine 2 to 3-ero bulbs. Robusta,
Cinnabar and mixed. $1.00 per 100. Sec.
Chabanne, $1.50 per 100. Paul Mar-
quant. $2.00 per 100. Mme Per:t. Pres.
Cleveland, $2.50 per 100. Pennsylvania,
C. F. Read. $3.00 per 100. Henry Georjie,
Chas. Henderson, $4.00 per 100. Marvel,
David Harura, .$5.00 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories. Sidney. O.

THE I.HPROVED C.4NNAS,

Y'ou can double your profits by stocking
up with the new cann.as. Be sure to g 't
our list before you place your order. The
Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

C.ARN.ATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. I'illsbury's Carnation
Staple. 2000 fnr $1.00 post paid. I. L.
Piiisbur.v, Galesburg, 111.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. s7"Skidelsky & CoTTPhilaT Pa^
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros.7 Fishkill, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, 111,

New Carnation The Herald,

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,
N. Y.

New Carnation Benora.

Frank P. Putnam, Lowell, Mass.

Rooted Carn ition Cuttings.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Patten & Co.. Tewksbury. Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Three Grand New Carnations — Wm. Ec-
( les, first prize winner at Detroit and silver
tnedal winner of New Y<rk Hnrli ulfual
Societ.v; rigid stem, perfed'.v formed 3^-In.
fiower. non-bursiing clyx highly perfumed
and free. Lady NorthclifFe. beautiful >al-
con pink, well built tlower. and just erough
In it not to burst the calyx; a grand bread
and butter s >rt. British Triumph, a strik-
ing shade of crimson; tlower 3V{>-inch and
well built; sweetest perfume of any carna-
tion ever raised; keeping qualities are the
best; fine stem, good constitution, and free.
$12.00 per 100. $100 per 1,000. Scott
Brothers, Elmsford Nurseries, Elmsford,
N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.
For p;ige see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madlaon. N. J.
For page see liist of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenfleld,

N. J,
Hardy Pompon, Singles and Elarly Flower-
ing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. Charles
Razor at .$4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.
Golden <Uow, Pacific Supreme. Halliday,
Yellow Bonnaffon. Smith's Advance and
Madam Patti at .$2.00 per 100; $17.50 per
1000. Peine Bros.. Waltham.Mass. _
"CHRYSANTHEMUM, TIIE.~ry A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
in secret arts and practices, but in plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COLORING FOR FLOWERS

Orange Chemical Co., Dept. H,
Orange, N. J.

Bast

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Fo<d Co.. Beverly, Mass,
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland. Nahant, Mnss.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Dahlias, named sorts, strong divisions.
$1.25 per 100. Send for list. C. W. Hoff-
man, R. 13, Dayton, O.

Fta* List of AdYsrfisers Soe Page 359

March 15. 1913

HOETICULTUEE

407

DAHLIAS — Continued

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, clieap for e;ish ; or what have you to
exchangeV Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,
North Dighton, Mass^

Dahlia surplus, whole roots, as dug. $3.0J
per HX); Sylvia Lyndhurst, Red Hussar,
Liuui. 1'. of Yellows, Queen Victoria; $4.0J;
C. W. Brutou, Jack Rose; $7.00; Miss iViC-
Cullough. Hugo Kiud, Shady Lawn Nur-
sery, Hammonton, N. J.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Uarduer Cassett,
Golden Wedding. New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. Wdliamstown Junction, N. J.,
Post OUice, Berlin, N._J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over S5U.WX) (ield clumps to offer at r.ght
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. Alexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkin.^ St. Nurserits,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page ste List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indivisa, 2 inch, $2.00 per lOJ
or $18.00 per 10. lO. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

EASTER FLOWERS

Henry M. Robinson & Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

N. F. McCarthy & Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER PLANTS

Wm. W. Edgar Co., Waverly, Mass.

Mass.

John McKeuzie, North Cambridge,
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List o£ Advertisers^

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oechslin;~4011 Quincy~St~Chicago.
Ferns for Dishes.
For page see List of Advertisers.
P. R. Pierson Co., TariTtowu-on-Hudson,
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Fern runners, fine stock Boston. Whlt-
manli. Ameipohli. Spriiigfleldil, $1.80 per
loo, Jl.'j.CA) per 1000. Ruosevdt runners,
very fine, $(5.00 per lt»0. $.)O.Ori pei' KWO.
Roosevelt, 4-inch, $13.00 per 100; 5-in h,
825.00 per 100. Asparagus Piumosus, 4 inch,
faaudsonie stock, $8.uo per 100. 50,000 sq.
ft. of glass at Cleveliud. C. devoti d exclu-
sively to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, lor cash
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

FERTILIZERS

20th Century Plant Food ' Co., Beverly,

Mass.

For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

Elmer DrSmitlT&^Co., Adrian7Mich~

Fertileue.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PulverizedJIanure Cch^ 31 Union Stock

Yards. Chicago. 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York
P'or page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdoi-fer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,
Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W.

FLOWER POTS

H. Ernest, 2Sth and M Sts.,
Washington, D. C.
For page see List of Advertisers.
A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Hiiflng¥r Bros., Ft~EdwardrNrY.

For page see Listof Advertisers. _

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
For page ree List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

PnfFo.o, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FUNGINE

Aphiue Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time, we are offering th s
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural < oi-
ors and prices on large lots. 2Vi>-inch puts
50c. each, $o.(J0 per doz. ; 3-inch i ots. $1.(X)
each, $10.IX> per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ills.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
KIcard, Red Wing, Viand. La Favorite, lol.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit. Per-
kins, Oberle, Lecadre, Landr.v, $2.0i) poi-
100: $lS.."i<i per 10(10. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vine, Double Dryden. Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $:i.0U per lOU ; $25.00
per lOliO. Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleld. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdi Glor.v, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
low. Chamberlain & Gage, South Nati k.
Mass.

Gladiolus bulbs, Groff's Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size, $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000; 2nrt size, COe. per 100, .$0.0U per 1000.
5011 at 1(100 rate. C. Peirce. Dighton. Mass.

GLADIOLI — America; Augusta, Inrterend-
ence or Mrs. King, i/'-inch bulbs, $1.U0 | er
100; $8.00 per lOOO. Bulbs undT vi inch.
$3.(KJ per 1,000; bulblets, 50c. per l,0:iO, or
.$l.r)0 per quart. Croft's Hybrids or Silver
"Trophv Sec. 2 bulbs, same as above; bulb-
lets, $1.(10 iier quart, postfree. Clark
Brown, Ashland, Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing I'oint.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havcrmeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Liot of Advertisers.

Greenhouse gliiss, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aciuarium, fish foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan, 118 Winyah Ave.,

New Ro-helle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING JMATERIAt

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,
Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Constrnction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
S. Jacobs & Sons. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers._

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see^ List of Advertisers.

~Foiey"lHfg.~Co.. 2510 S. Western Ave.,
Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T~ Stearns" Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.

For page_see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd. Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FranirVairTAss(!he, Jersey City. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pierson U-Bar Co., M¥dison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

MitropolFEan" Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

~Hitchiugs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

Lord & Burnh"in Co,

1133 Broadwa.v, New-Y'ork.

For page see List of Adver'^'.sers.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material (To.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hail Asso. of America.

J. G. ICsler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Ml. h.
For page see List_of Advertisers.
"The Kervan Co.TNew York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PLANTS

Rhododendrons. Kalmias, Lilium Grayl,
Stenauthium robustum, Triliums, Iris
Azaleas, Carolina hemlock. Viola pedata,
Galax clumps, Epigaea repens, Mitche..a
repens, and Ferns. Many othe s. SfOd
for Catalogue. Appalachian Nuiseiy Com-
pany. Spear, N. C.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroescheli Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St., Chlcag*.
For page see List of Advertisers.
(,'has. H7~Dodd,7Terse'y"CityrNrj.
For page .'.ee List of Advertisers^

Lord & Burnham Co.,

11.33 Broadway. New York.

For pa"e see List of AdvetM:isers._

"^to^rage," care^f "HORTICULTURE.

Boilers for Sale.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

408

HOKTICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries. No. Abington. Mass.
For pnge see List of Advertisers^

E. S. Miller. Wading River, N. Y.
For pa ge see List of Advertisers.
P. Oiiwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbiiik & Atkins, Rutberford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eye. 1 year fleld-grown. No. 1.
-S2.00: No. 2, $1.50; No. 3. $1.(J0 per IIX); 5(.;0
lots, 10 per cent. off. cash. Albert Troth.
■Cautrll, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Mas3.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Uros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page_see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham^Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Aphine Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Fungine.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fisbkill-on-Eudson,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 2.5 cents in stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

IVY

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
English Ivy, rooted cuttings, 75c. per 100,
prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

' LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena R. C. T.'ic. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

LILY BULBS

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New Lilies.

For pnge see List of Advertisers.

Jas. Vick's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutberford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New Y'ork. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison^^CoT 17 Murray^t^N7~Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

For pnge see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New~~York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain <if winter flowering yellow.
$S.00 per 100; .'{!2.5.no per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MATS

MATS : — We make not only the most
practical but the cheapest HOTBED and
COLD FRAME MATS on the market. A
large per cent, of our orders come from
gardeners and florists who have tried them
and are pleased. Our mats are in use in
Iowa, III., Ind., Ohio, Minn., Wis., Mich.,
New Y'ork. Maine. Mass., Conn., R. I., N. J.,
Va., W. Va., and Pa. Also in British Co-
lumbia and Ont., Canada. Send for circu-
lar. WATTS BROS., Kerrmoor, Pa.

NUKoiiRY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers. _

W. & T, Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy. Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framingham,

Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place. Boston.

SHRUBBERY.

There are bargains to be had here in
such varieties as Spireas. Altheas, Weigelas
and Philadelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrul)s, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chillicothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus. New Y'ork, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.
Dormant Calanthe Veitchii.

For page see List of Advertiser^.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans. England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers. Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.
By B. S. Williams, 3()0 illustrations, 800
pages; descriptions of upwards of 2500
species and varieties of orchidaceous
plant.s, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

. Leuthy & Co.. Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page .see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins7~RiithertordrNrj\

_ For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Fa.
For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

John Scott. Brooklyn. N. Y'.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph HeacoeU, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New Y'ork. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumlier Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker &- Sons. New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St.. N. T.
For page fee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons. Elkhart. Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo. O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardinlers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa.
"Riverton Special."

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 468 Erie St., Chicago.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York. N. T.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mail. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown. 2-yenr-»ld
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet: well fin-
ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampeloisis
Veitchii. For prices and particulars, ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

MeCray Refrigerator Co.. Kendalville. Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk. Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Rhododendrons — 10 car-loads of Rhodo-
dendron maximum. 2 to 5^: ft. high, nur-
sery grown or transplnnted 3 vrs. or more.
$3.")n a car-load of 200 plants. Lowland
Rhododendron Farm, Kingston. R. I.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Phila.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.

Rose Milady, Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Geo.

Shawyer.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1. Hcboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co.. Phlladel|ihla. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 359

March 15, 1913

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109

ROSES — Continned

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advert isers.

Bay State Nurseries, Nortli Abington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennocli-Meehan Co.. Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bohljink & Atlclns. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Tott.v, Madison, N. J.
For paire see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries. Jamaica Plain, Mass.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of AdvertK-ers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cal.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

51 and 52 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed House. Philadelphia, Pa.
Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Pettier. Flske. Rawson Co.. Boston, Mass.
Boston Flower Market Stock Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.
li'or page see List of Advertisers.

3. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Ban lay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertjjsers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
Peas, Beans. Radish and all Garden Seeds.
For page see Llst_of Advertisers^

S. S. Skldelsky & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haven Seed Co.. Santa Ana, Cal.

Tomato Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons. Roche.ster, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 111.

Seeds for Earl.v Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence. Mo.
Sweet Peas.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Loechuer & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell. New Y'ork, N. Y.

For page see List of AdvertiseiS.

S. D. Woodruff & Son." New Yo.k. N.
Garden Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

~OTV. Zangen. Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reaulieu, Woodhaven. N. Y.

Importer of Best Fremh t^eeda

For page see List of Advertisers.

Drake. Chester,

Tomato Seed

Y.

.1. Aug. Drake. Chester. N.
For page see Ll^t of Adv^ertisers^

Felix & Dykhuis. Bosknop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

A limited quantity of high grade Hender-
son's S]ir>\vbMll caiillHnwer seed, Dcnm.irk
grown, $1.0(1 07,.; $iri.llO lb. Cash.

Julian T. Duquette, Albion, N. Y.

SHA3IR0CKS

Frank Oechslln. Chicago. III.

Tnie Irish Shamrock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Shamrocks, tnie strong plants, cool grown
seedlings, liy mall ready: For 2 or 3 in.,
50c. per 100; from 2 and 3 in. pots, ready
after March 1st. 2 and 4c. A. Van Ben-
thuysen, R. D. 6, Schenectady, N. Y-

SL,CG SHOT

B. Hammond. Flshkill-on-Hudsou, N, Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

.T. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. .1
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. Lager &
Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

SPIRE.\S

Breek-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington.

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

STRAWBERRY PI-ANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc.-

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

TRADESC.ANTLV

Wandering Jew, Blcolor and Striped.
Each, 2 In., per 100, $1.50; Blcolor, 2^4 in.,
per 100, $2.00; 500 lots, 10 per cent. off.
cash. Albert Trotu, Cantril, Iowa.

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VIOUETS

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot,
$1.(X) per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Princess of
Wales. California, Luxonne. JACQUES
GILLMET, Moylan, Del. Co., Penna. Mall
and telegraph orders promptly attended to.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee. Berlin. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, l-.'2 W. 25th St., N. Y.

For page see List of_Advertlsers.

WIrework. Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William"" E.^ Hellscher's Wire Works,
38-40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

.Vtlanta Florist Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and
31 Otis St

For page see List of Advertisers^

Welch BrosV CoTTsSC' Devon shire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HT~m! Robinson~^& Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman Pi.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Buffalo, N. V.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 ElUcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Reinberg. 37 Randolph St.
For page see^Lls^of Advertisers.

Poehlmann" Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chlca~go Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnatv Ohio

The J. M McCuIlough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of .Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan. 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler. 28 Willoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26th

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendlv & Scbenck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 55-57 West 26th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Bledel & Meyer, Inc.. New York.
For page see List of Advertlser3^^__

B. S. Slinu, Jr., New York, N. Y.

li'or page see List of Advertisers.
Woodrow & Marketos. 41 West 28th St.

For page see List of Advertisara.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y.

For iiage^see_Llst_of Advertisers.
J~ K.^AUen, New York. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

"George C. Slebrecht. 100 W. 2Sth St.

For page see List of .A-dvertiseis.

Philadelphia

Leo. Niessen Co.. 1209 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The^^S Sl Pennock^eehan Co.. 1608-12
Ludlow St., Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart. 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co
H St., N. W.
For page see List of Advertisers.

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In wriiing to Idvertissrs kindly mention HoMiculture

410

HORTICULTURE

March 15, 1913

NEW OFFERS IN THIS ISSUE

ASTER SEED.

Fottler, Fiske. R.iwsoq Co., Boston, Mass.
For page .see List of Advertisers.

AUCTION SALE OF ROSES.

Elliott Auction Co., 42 Vesey St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEAUTIES; SNAPDRAGONS; CAR-
NATIONS.

The Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CANNAS, DAHLIAS, IRISES, LIL-
lUMS, ETC.

.Tohn Lewis Childs, KlowerUeld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chas. H. Totty, M.adison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CRAIG EASTER SPECIALTIES.

Robert Craig Co., 4S00 Market St. Phila-
delphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CUT FLOWER COMMISSION DEAL-
ERS.

Badgley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., 34 West

28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CUT FLOWERS FOR EASTER.

Berger Bros.. 140 No. Thirteenth St.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CUT FLOWERS FOR EASTER.

J. A. Budlong, S2-86 E. Randolph St., Chi-
cago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CUT FLOWERS, PLANTS AND
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., 72-74 E. Randolph

St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER DELIVERIES IN BOSTON
AND VICINITY.

Thomas F. Galvin, Inc., Boston, Mail.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER DELIVERY OF FLOWERS
AND PLANTS.

Zlnn, The Florist, 1 Park St., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER CUT FLOWERS.

Welch Bros, 22G Devonshire St., Boston,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER FLOWERS.

George C. Slebrecht. 10!) West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER FLOWERS,

Wm. P. Ford. 107 West 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see I^ist of Advertisers.

EASTER FLOWERS.

Chas. Millang, 55 and 57 West 26th St..

New York.

For page .see List of Advertisers.

EASTER FLOWER DELIVERY.

Alex. MoConnell, fill Fifth Ave., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER FLOWER HEADQUARTERS

P. J. Smith, 49 West 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER PLANTS.

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ECHEVERIA SECUNDA GLAUCA.

Carl Hagenburser & Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EXPERT ORCHID GROWER
WANTED.

Thomas Young, .Jr., 500 Fifth Ave., N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

FARLEYENSE FERNS.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS FOR EASTER.

Walter R. Slebrecht. 129 West 2Sth St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS FOR EASTER.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, 76 Maiden

Lane, Albany, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS FOR EASTER.

M. C. Ford, 121 West 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS FOR THE EASTER
PARADE.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-1620 Lud-
low St., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS, WHOLESALE.

Wm. Stuart Allen Co., 53 West 2Sth St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers,

IRON FRAME GREENHOUSES.

The Foley Mfg. Co., 2.")10 So. Western Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILIES AND OTHER EASTER
FLOWERS.

P. F. Kessler, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New Y'ork.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MONINGER'S METAL KOTE.

John C. Mi.uint'er Co., 910 Blackhawk St.,

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW AND RARE PLANTS FROM
CHINA.

R. & J. Farqubar & Co., Boston, Mass,
For page St,! List of Advertisers.

NEW CARNATION GORGEOUS.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS WANTED.

C. C. Trepel, Bloomiuirdale Bros., New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

REVERO GARDEN HOSE.

Revere Rubber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RICE'S MONEY-MAKERS.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS SANS RIVALE.

Beaulieu, Woodbaven, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SILKALINE.

John C. Mej'er & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

"SPENCER" TYPE OF SWEET
PEAS.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPRING NURSERY STOCK.

American -Nursery Co., Singer Bldg., 149

Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

Advance Co., Richmond, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

H. E. Froment, 57 West 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

New York Cut Flower Ex., v,'oogan Bldg.,
55 and 57 West 20th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLOWER GROWERS.

Hoerber Bros., 162 W. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

$50 ROSE TROPHY.

Moore, Henty & Nash, 55 and 57 West 2yth

St.. New York.

For page see List of Advertiser.-*.

A Word to the Florist Trade Buyers

In the advertising pages of this number you will see the Easter and Spring Trade Offerings
of the Leading Wholesale Dealers in Flowers, Plants and Florists' Requisites. These
firms are in business to supply you and are worthy of the support which they ask for in
these announcements. The special stock they offer is the best ever placed before the
trade. Read what they have to say and then get busy with them as to prices and quantity.

DO NOT DELAY A DAY NOW IN PLACING YOUR ORDERS

March 15, 1913

HOETICULTURE

411

Flower Market Reports

(Continued from page 405)

had first call. Also there were nice
lots of Spencers to be had and these
also got first call. All the growers
around here pull a long face about
American Beauty for Easter week. No
hope of any increased quantity. One
grower who planted an early lot es-
pecially for this gap will have a few
more but nothing to make any im-
pression on the general situation. Car-
nations are magnificent and are bring-
ing very good prices. The experts
seem to think the average returns for
these even a shade better than last
year at this season. Greenhouse daf-
fodils still holding their own. The
cold weather of last week held back
the rush of the southerners which was
a blessing. Plenty of cattleyas and
gardenias. No improvement in the
violet demand.

All the past week the
ST. LOUIS commission men had

plenty of good stock of
anything seasonable. There is an
over supply in sweet peas of fine
quality, and the same may be said
of violets, and cheap prices prevail.
Roses have been coming in fine and
plenty of them, with prices ranging
low. Carnations are quite plentiful
in every variety, too, and the quality
extra good. Lilies are in good de-
mand; also callas. The market has a
good supply in tulips, lily of the
valley and hyacinths, and they sell
well at all times.

CHICAGO NOTES.

A Successful Bulb House.

Chicago bulb growers have now had
two winters when the proper storage
of their stock was a very live question.
Last year in spite of all the protec-
tion they had given them they found
the frost had extended beyond the pots
and pans in which the bulbs were
planted. This year has been too warm
for best results. One of the large
growers in Chicago experimented in a
small way a year ago by having a
cement cellar, under a cottage, fitted
up as a bulb cellar with such success
that during the past summer he built a
cellar over 20 x 100 feet. The walls
are of concrete and a part of the top
is of reinforced concrete, supported by
steel beams, and shelves to accommo-
date a very large number of bulbs. It
has proven a great success.

Lilies and .Azaleas.

As the greatest of the florists' holi-
days draws near, the fate of the lily,
without which Easter would not be
Easter to many, hangs in the balance.
How hard to force them to get them
just right for the early Easter, is the
all-important question. Tall, slender,
frail looking lily plants are not in fa-
vor with Chicago buyers and equally
unacceptable are plants with no open
blooms, so Chicago growers are try-
ing to guide their precious cargo along
the channel that leads to the harbor,
where lilies may be exchanged for
dollars. Most growers are optimistic
in their present outlook and think
both plants and cut lilies will be. at
least, fair in supply and quality.

Azalea growers have had their
troubles the entire season owing to
the condition of all the later importa-

tions which were far below the usual
standard. The Easter supply will be
good in quality but owing to the num-
ber discarded will not be so large as
usual.

Trade Items.

The number of shamrocks sold this
week in Chicago is beyond the wild-
est flights of imagination five years
ago.

Flower boxes, with suitably decorat-
ed covers to appeal to St. Patrick's
Day flower purchasers, are seen in the
flower stores.

April 18th has been appointed Ar-
bor Day. A rivalry between depart-
ment stores a year ago, placed the
price of young trees at one cent each
and the number sold was almost in-
credible.

The Foley Manuf. Co. are receiving
an unusually large number of in-
quiries from those who contemplate
building this spring. Despite the re-
cent cold weather and the snowfall
orders have been placed and an ac-
tive year in greenhouse building is
predicted.

The John C. Moninger Co. are re-
sponsible for a new offering to florists
which will preserve the iron in the
greenhouses. They tell us it has been
the work of years but that they have
succeeded beyond a doubt. This
Metal Kote can be applied either hot
or cold and neither blisters nor
scratches but adds indefinitely to the
life of all metal, in the construction
of the houses. See their advt. in this
issue.

Personal.

Wilder Deamud has resigned as
secretary of the Chicago Florists'
Club and left for Bay City, Mich.,
March 11th, where he will take up a
new enterprise in the retail line.

Visitors — Geo. T. Crabb, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.; John S. Wilson, El Paso,
111.; F. H. Henry, New York; T. C.
Joy, Nashville, Tenn; C. W. Scott, Yo-
kohoma Nursery Co., New York; W.
A. Philippe, Hillegom, Holland.

BUFFALO NOTES.

Another Scott has taken unto him-
self a bride and this time it is Oliver
J., who was married to Miss Flora
Bass.

The well-known flower shop of Ger-
trude Sauer has changed hands and is
now being run by George Clemens
and managed by Miss Lily Burns, re-
cently of the J. H. Rebstock Co.

Another new flower store has been
opened the past week in the Central
Park district by A. T. Vick of Albion,
N. Y. The location is 2324 Main street
and while the store is not a large one,
It is well-fitted out with fixtures mak-
ing a good appearance.

A sign displayed in the window of
R. M. Rebstock Co. a few days ago
read as follows:

Subject — Departure.

Object — Matrimony.

Enough said ; she is Inside.
Miss Hazel Adams who has been
connected for some time with the
above firm has made departure and
the object is matrimony. Miss Adams'
engagement was announced recently,
and she is to be married on April 17.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

AdvertiGements in this colamn
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cash with order. All
correnpondence addressed "Care
HOHTICCLTCRB" should be sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED

EXPERT ORCHID GROWER

by the Beechwood Heights Nur-
series, Bound Brook, N. J., to take
charge of their orchid department.
Only a Strictly Competent Man
Required. Good Salary to Right
Party.

Apply by Mail to

THOMAS YCUNC, Jr.

600 Fifth Ave.,

N. Y. CItv

WANTED — Good all-round man for com-
mercial greenhouse work. Good wages to
right man. JOHN McKENZIE, North Cam-
bridge. Mass.

SHUATI^NS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— As superintend-
ent or head gardener by Euglisliman, 34:
married, one child. Abstainer and non-
smoker. Twenty years' extensive experi-
ence; five years in this countrv; ever four
years in present place. At liberty April
1st. M'ell recommended. .Address S. W
S.. care HOUTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTKD— Energetic man
wants Job in greenhouses. First Cass
grower of pot plants. IJeferencis fmm
two well known firms in En;;land, also one
of six years on this side. Can turn out good
stuff. Address "P. A," care HOUTICUl^-
TUItE.

SITUATION WANTED— Private garden-
er. Can do all kinds of inside and outside
work; married, young, temperate. Excel-
lent references. State wages. At liberty
April 7th. J. S. N., Box 170, Norfolk, Conn

SITUATION WANTED— Private garden-
er's posltKm in Massachusetts preferred
Married, one child. Strictly temperate. Ex-
perienced In ail-.iround greenhouse work
Best reference. M, care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— By first elasa
plant grower, to take charge of place. 25
years' experience, 15 years In last place;
best of reference: married: 40 years of
age. Address "D," care HORTICULTURE.

POSITION WANTED — In commercial
establishment, east preferred. Experienced
in cut-flower growing, carnations especial-
ly. Can furnish first-class Boston rifer-
ences. H. C, care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— By young man,
24 years of age, would like to get work
at gardening. Gentleman's place preferred
P. NEILON. Stonington, Conn.

FOR SALE

FOE SALE — Fresh from factory, new
10 I 12, 18 TlS, 10 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
«ky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St
Brooklyn. N. Y.

FOR SALE OR RENT— A good cemetery
stand opposite cemetery gates, doing a
good business. Will bear investigation.
For further particulars call or write The
Falrmonnt Florist, 621-023 Central Ave.,
Newark. N. J.

MISCELLA^EOOS

BUY OR LEASE 10,000 to 20,000 feet of
glass Address "H." care HORTICDL
TUBE.

412

HOETICULTUEE

March 15, 1913

OVERVALUATION OF GREEN-
HOUSES.

A peculiar condition of affairs exists
among the several greenhouse men
and the board of relief. It was many
years ago that the standard valuation
of greenhouses was placed at $14 per
square foot.

In those days wood and glass were
the principal materials of construction
which made $14 a reasonable figure of
valuation. Modern methods of con-
struction calls for iron piping for
framework which is much cheaper
than wood consenuently lessening the
cost of construction.

The assessors this year dug up the
old $14 per square foot valuation and
used it in making up the grand list.
The result was a boost to the amount
of several thousand dollars of the
town's grand list. It happens that Ole-
son and Lunden, were the only green-
house men who handed in their list to
the assessors last fall. When aggrieved
owners of greenhouses appealed to the
board of relief and showed the mem-
bers of that board the unjust raise in
their tax list, bringing with them fig-
ures to show cost of construction, etc.
That body immediately saw the rea-
sonableness of their appeal, but were
powerless to do anything. The law ia
very plain on the matter. Anyone who
fails to swear in their list has no ap-
peal from the assessors' valuation, to
any source.

If the board of relief should take any
action upon the appeals of the green-
house men, even though they appear to
be unjustly assessed, each member of
the board would be liable to a fine of
$50.

As conditions exist nothing can be
done this year in the way of relief. It
should be a good object lesson not
only to the greenhouse men, but to all
other property owners, to hand in their
lists next fall, as the board of asses-
sors will no doubt do things differently
than in former years and tax lists will
probably be raised all along the line.
— Xeiv Haven Register.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Easton, Pa. — D. B. Nevin, additions.

Glasgow, Ky. — Morgan Brents, one
house.

Omaha, Neb. — Jules Serleth. one
house.

Chatham, N. J. — S. P. Neipp, two
houses.

Rochester, N. Y. — Wm. Galentine,
one house,

Milwaukee, Wis. — August Kellner,
range of houses.

Stony Croft, Ct. — Miss Marie Hotch-
kiss, conservatory.

West Collingswood, N, J. — Charles
Zimmer. additions.

Danlelson, Ct. — Franklin Crosby,
house 100 ft. in length.

Flatbush, N. \. — Dailledouze Bros..
Lord & Burnham house 57 x 200.

Chestnut Hill, Pa. — Myer & Samt-
man. Lord & Burnham house 57x350.

Philadelphia, Pa. — John Stephen-
son's Sons, Lord & Burnham house 75
x500.

The Lord & Burnham Company are
about to remove their office from the
St. James Building, 1133 Broadway, to
the new 42d street building opposite
the Grand Central Terminal, New
York City, where they will have a
very much enlarged and better equip-
ped office facilities.

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ard, Wymore, Nebr.

1,054,742. Grass and Weed Destroyer.
Josiah W. Bodie, Green-
wood, S. C.

1,055,224. Pea-Vine Cutter and Gath-
erer. William M. Proc-
tor, Cheboygan, Mich.

NEWS NOTES.

Berea, O. — Carl Gerdman has leased
the greenhouses of G, Schneider.

Corfu, N. Y. — The greenhouse estab-
lishment of the William Scott Co. will
hereafter be conducted by David Scott
in his own name.

INCORPORATED.

Augusta, Me. — Atlantic Seed Co.,,
capital stork, .$30,000.

Troy, N. Y. — Standard Seed & Soil
Inoculation Co., capital stock, $1,000.

Hemet, Cal. — Howard Rose Co.,
capital, $20,000.

Boskoop, Holland. — The firms of
Felix & Dykhuis and Van Balen & Co.
have merged into one organization.
Mr. J. Dykhuis will be the American
representative of the new concern.

Boonevllle, Mo. — Peyton & Barnes
have dissolved partnership, and Mr.
Barnes will hereafter conduct the
Boonville Nurseries. Mr. Peyton will
do business under the name of Peyton
Nurseries, as representing the firm of
T. R. Peyton & Sons.

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

413

vevero

G AR DEM

HOSE

Light-Strong-Flexible

An indestructible moulded hose for
Lawn, Greenhouse, Stable, Garage.
Of braided construction ; cannot un-
wrap, kink, or burst, like old-style
wrapped duck construction. Made
in continuous lengths up to 500
feet, which gives you any length
you want and avoids leaky coup-
lings.

ASK FOR REVERO HOSE CATALOGUE

Manufactured by

REVERE RUBBER CO., °S.?s°s"'

Branches

NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH

CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS

NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO

KANSAS CITY

I^Ofe 6 6

HEWS

STANDARD

99

POTS

us...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

. 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice.

per crate:

2IKW1 ]% in. @ $6.(10

l."i(«)
l.JdO 214
1,501) 2V.,
100<l :i
SOO 3%

4.88
5.25
6 00
5.00
5.80

500 t
4.56 4V2
320 5
210 0V2
144 6
120 7
60 S

Price

@ $4..'50

'■ 5.24

■• 4.51

" 3.7S

" 3.16

" 4.20

'• 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., P.IU17, Fort Edward, N.Y.

Aupst Rolker & Sans. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Aeenti

out SPECIALTY-lone Distinct and eiiort trade

I— STANDARD FLOWER-

If your fireenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can sav
voii inonev.

W. H. ERNEST

— 28th & 31 Sts. Washin^on, D. C.

Write for Citaloguc.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave foot
prevents ihe bottom from
rotting No chance frr water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo, Ohio, U. S,;A.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

T'sed all over the country by Commercial,
Public and Private places. These shades can
be rolled on the glass or rnlsed 10 inches from
plass. I can punnintee they will Inst 15 years
or more. Will call nt your place on request
and brinp sample and explain how it works.

w.

118 Winyah Ave.
Tel 2733

H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Impreved marblnerr, w« eaa

supply your wnnta to better RdTantaffe

than ever.

Spectnl dlsroDnte on larre orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

TBE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insurer of 32.500,000 aq. ft. o( tfUn

For particulars address

John G. Esler, stc', Saddle River, N.J.

DREER'S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RIVERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or
joint.

The HOSE for the FIORIST

^-inch, per ft., 15 C,
Reel of 500 It., '* M/^c
2 Reds, 1000 ft., " 14 c
^■inch, •• n c

Reels, 500 ft., " laj^c,
Couplings fumish«l

HENRT A. DBEER.

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

When Writine: to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICAILTURE.

414

HOETICULTTJEE

March 15, 1913

Proper
Application

of modern methods is
essential to success.
Wide awake florists
do not neglect proper
ventilation of their
greenhouses. They

use

Advance

Ventilating

Apparatus

Why don't YOU
specify Advance for
YOUR house?

Write for
Catalogue

ADVANCE CO.

RICHMOND, IND.

GLASS

for GREENHOrSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices ran be liad hv
mail, aud it will pay you to get tbeui.
VTe carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and

can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one dav notice, and at

Rock r.uttom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

•215-317 Ilavemeyer St., Brooklj-n, N. Y.

)reer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Gre«iUioiises

Drire easy and true, because
both bevels are on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rights or lefts.

The Peerless Glazing Point
is patented. Noothers like
IL Order from your dealej^
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
HEintTA. DEEER.I
Tli Cbettnnt Street^
?Ul»delphU.

FOR SALE CHEAPj

Two
200 H. P. Boilers

— ALSO —

One 5ft. Stack

Apply to "Storage" care Horticulture,
Dobson Bldg., 9th and Market Streets,
Philadelphia.

S. JACOBS &^ONS

riM,\rr

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - ■ - N. Y.

Greenhojse Materials .nTS,

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up to 32 feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for
erection.

Frank Van Assche, ""'^s ^;:tAf?,^r

.IFKSl:V CITV. N. J.

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, III

CfiSS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

Send TOUT biuinese direct to Washinffton
Saves time and insures better service.
PersoDal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATENT LAWYKKS

Box 9, National Union Buildinc
Washington, D. C

CHARLES H. DODD

Oreenhoase Builder. General Greeoboiue

Mechanic.

Iron Frame and M'ood Bar HonsM.

Ideal Greenliouse Boilers.

Materials Fiirnislied or Ere<'ted. Heatlns

and Ventilating Materials.

578 OcBin Ave.. JERSEY CITY. NJ.
Evans 20tli Century Am

Will not twist the shaftmf ptpe. T^f«a

ttmes the power of oU iivlc elbow i
Sold only with Evans Challenge MacluiM.

QCAKKB OITT MACUIKB ۥ.
Blchmoad, ImC

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GRCENHOUSE GLASS

CHICAGO, ILL.

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

March 15, 1913

HORTICULTTJBE

415

CLAMPING
BOLT

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "S."

This Eave Is Intended for use on
detaclied houses with either fixed
glass or side snsli.
It is practically all exposed to the
Inside heat of the greenhouse and
so is ice clearinff.

KING

GREENHOUSE EAVES

THEY SOLVE THE EAVE PROBLEM
THEY MAKE THE LEAST POSSIBLE SHADE

and as you can see

present no surface for icicles to form on.
They liave great strength with lightness.
They are designed and made for the pur-
pose and not adapted from stock struc-
tural shapes.

WE WANT TO FIGURE WITH YOU.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

Home Office and Works

NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

New England Sales Office

7 W.4TER STREET.

BOSTON. M.4SS.

CURVED IRON EAVE

STYLE "L."
This Eove although lighter than
Style "S" Is aiii|ily strong for all
Eave purposes.

It obstructs llltle light and is ice
clearing In the most severe weather.
It is intended for use with fixed
gl.iss only.

FOLEY IKON FK.\ME HOI .SK EKECTED FOK -lOSEPlI THO.M.\S. GREENSBrRG, PA.

This is one of our Iron Frame Flat Rafter Houses.
34 ft., 6 in. by 300 ft. The testimonial given by IVIr.
Thomas as shown herewith will give you an idea of
how superior our construction is as compared wilh
the houses he had been building of an interior type.

We are now working on an order for an additional
liouse for Mr. Thomas.

"The frame is certainly the easiest and most simple
to erect of auy houses we have built. The many visit-
ing florists who have been through tlie house, join us in
pronouncing it the most modi^ru anil up-to-date house they
have seen."

JUil^^t^^i^

J^^^^^■'a^^^r^Aif .

THE FOLEY MFG. CO.,

2510 So. Western Avenue,
OHHIO/^GO, ll_l-.

MONINGER'S METAL KOTE

A. IMEINA/

>RODU

After several years of testing and making a careful study of Jletal Paints for greenhouse work, we have at
last solved the problem. Moninger's Metal Kote is the Real Thing. Specially prepared — Heating Systems — Can
l)e api)lied at a temperature exceeding ISO degrees. No vapor, no fumes, no odor; does not bubble, blister or
scratch from heat or cold. Not injurious to plant lite. Just what you need for Iron Gutter, Iron Frame
Houses, and all Greenhouse iletal Work. Increases durability of all metals from .50 to 100 per cent. — One Coat
only required — One Gallon covers 500 square feet of surface.

>ei'v^ Y^ui

PRICE. $1.75 PER GALLON

•-y

GET TMI

No. G — Pipe and Fittings No. 10 — I'.oilers in a r.attery
No. 8 — Boiler Handbook No. 11 — Mouiuger Water Supply

JOHN C. MONINGER CO.,

CS A.-rA.I_^<3 V.I ES

Xo. 12— Ventilating Machinery No. 15 — Flat Kafter Houses

No. 14 — Trussed Iron Frame Houses No. 16 — Hot Bed Sash

CHICAGO, ILL.

• lO

1 1. A. C K IH A. \A/^ K;

416

HORTICULTURE

March 15, 1913

Last Chance

On The Special
Sash Offer

The offer was good for 30 days — not a

day longer.

Nine days are left.

If you haven't ordered — better step lively.

It's probably the only special sash offer

we will make this year.

We have tried to mail to every grower in the

country circulars stating directly what the

offer is on both Single and Double Lite.

If your circular never came — write us at

once, and we will reply same day, so you

can surely get your order in before the

time limit expires — on the 24th.

Test No. 1

After you get our sash, test them out.
Try jamming them down on the corners.
If the joists open up — you are stuck and
better send the sash back.

Test No. 2

Glaze one up — give the putty three days to
harden up — then hold up one end and have
your man press down on the centre with all
his might. It shows up the strength and
importance of our steel rod (not wood)
centre bracing.

Test No. 3

You grip one end of the same glazed sash,
and have a couple of your men grip it at the
other end, and try twisting it to break the
glass. After a couple of trys you will give
it up.

Lord & Burnham Co.

SALES OFFICES

New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago

St. James BIdg. Tremont BIdg. Franklin Bank BIdg. Rookery BIdg.

Rochester Toronto, Canada

Granite BIdg. 271 Jarvis Street

FACTORIES

Irvington, N. Y.
Des Plaines, III.

Spkixg Flower Show at Bostox

Central Group by Duncau Finlayson. lucludinis: Palms, Acacias. Lilies, Schizauthus. Rhodddeinlroiis, Ericas. Cyelamen, Primula

malncoides, etc.

^ifMaPE (iURDEN£i

eq/roA/, Mass.
di/l>scr/pNon, ^100

418

HOETICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

Wood's Hole

THE ROSE PARADISE of AMERICA

THE Home of Lady Gay, Evanj^eline, Debutante, Wedding Bells, La
Fiamma, Delight, Hiawatha, Babette and Paradise, all well known
everywhere. Also the newer Ramblers, Winona, Summer Joy, Lady
Blanche, Troubadour, Maid Marion, Excelsa, Lucile, Snowdrift, Cinderella,
Coquina, Milky Way, all raised here, as well as all the best foreign varities.

Besides the foregoing Ramblers I offer a splendid assortment of all the
best Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Tea, Rugosa and Polyantha Roses, Holly-
hocks, Phloxes, Paeonies.

Wo Grow Superior stock In Wood's Hole. These are Things
You Must Have. Send for Illustrated Catalogue Just Out.

H. WALSH,

WOOD'S HOLE,
MASS.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Wodenethe, $1.00 per doz. . .$(>.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Bount-

ifnl; White Winsor 3.60 30.00

PriDcess Charming 3.00 25.00

Wlnser 8.50 20.00

PlantB from 2-Inch pots, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties;
$1.50 to ^.00 per 100; $16.00 to $26.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
Tnbers; $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, flg.OO
per 1000

Sfnd for Catatoi^uc

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

NEW CARNATION-^'BENORA"

This variegated carnation, sent out by Mr. Peter Fisher last sea-
son, is the finest variegated variety, and one of the very best
carnations of any color ever sent out.

It has immediately attained a commanding- position among
the very choicest sorts, and will add to Mr. Fisher's already envi-
able list of introductions. It is indispensible. It is a very early
and free bloomer, matures quickly, making very perfect flowers

- of thelargest size on long- stems; does not split the calyx.

§ Strong rooted cuttings ready for immediate delivery, $6 per 1 00 ; $50 per 1 000

If. R. PIERSOM go., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

I OUR NEW CRIMSON CARNATION g

J PRINCESS DAGMARj

W will be disseminated next season. 1913-1914. We are booking orders J
§ now at $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. PRINCESS DAGMAR will be §
A exhibited at the National Show in New York, A

I PATTEN & CO., - - Tewksbury, Mass. |

e»4

IM

\A/ Scarlo-t Oa

THE HERALD

na-tion

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited. $1.50 each.

Also Lfidy Duncan, Dawson, Dnybreak,

Farquhar, Wm. E^an and Minnie Dawson.

Write for prices.

^'^TEfN M^^^^^ CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago

$12.00 PER 100

$100.00 PER 1,000

March 22, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

419

yifviivvvvtivvOTiiiviMM%>%>%itn)iit)iivvuiit(OT<v>rifinf>ivvi(^^

\A/I

Our Special Line is the growing of Geraniums and other Bedding Plants in large quantities, taking the place of a sup-
ply bouse, from which the Florist may draw his raw material, from which he is to manufacture the finished article for his
retail trade. We have a large stock of the following for immediate or future shipment. We shall be especially well flxed on
CANNAS, In 3 in. pots for April let.

Achryanthes Eraersonl and Besterl; Ageratum 6 Varieties; Alternanthera 8 Varieties, Alyssura Double Giant and Dwarf,
Begonia Vernon Pink (fine shape) Cigar Plants, Cineraria Maritima Candldisslma, Coleus Golden Bedder and VergcnatTeltll,
Queen Victoria, etc. Hardy Pompon Cbrysanthemums, Fuchsias, Hardy English Ivy, Heliotrope, Lantanas, Lemon Verbena,
Lobelia Kathleen Mallard and Crystal Palace Gem, Moonvinos, Petunias Double and single Fringed; Salvi;i Bonfire and ^.u-
rlch, Parlor Ivy, Swalnsona, Hardy Phlox, $2.00 per 100. $18.50 per 1000; not less than 250 of a variety at thousand rate.
Write us for special prices on large lots.

CSEF^iOklMIUIVIS
Variegated— Silver Leaf Nutt, Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock. Ivy Leaved Geraniums— Good assortment, $2.00 per 100.

$3 00 per 100. Pelargoniums— Countess of Crew, Lord Mayor Treloar, etc.,

Standard VarleUw— $2.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1000. $4.00 per 100. „ „ , » ,00..

Pansy Geraniums— Mary Washington, and Mrs. Layal, $1.00 Scented Geraniums— Lemon, Nutmeg, Mrs. Taylor, etc., Ji.OO

per 100. per 100.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

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IVI

*^^r>l^^^ ^inlc'

The coming leader in forcing Roses. Our neighbors are the best customers. They have watched its growth

all winter and know its worth.

IME\A/ CiXRIM^^-riOIMS

NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section. COMMODORE: The freest blooming scarlet we have.
ENCHANTRESS SUPREME AND SALMON BEAUTY. Two fine sports from Enchantress.

.AIM-rHEIVIUIVIS =

5 RAMPO: Immediate delivery; splendid young stock, 2'.i inch pots, $15.00 per hundred. UNAKA, GLORIA, =

= WELL'S LATE PINK AND SMITH'S ADVANCE. =

— We cataloiiue over OOO varieties and our catalogue is yours for tKe asKing. S

I CHAS. H. TOTTY Madison, N. J |

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LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 451

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 443

Allen. J. K 442

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 448

Aphine Mfg. Co. 449

Aschmann, G 432

Atlanta Florist

Co 440

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 435

Badgley, Eeidel

& Meyer 442

Barnard, W. W.

Co. 435

Barrows & Son.. 420
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 439

Bay State Nur-
series 431

Beaulieu 435

Bloomingdale's, 436
Bobbink & At-
kins 431

Boddington, A.T.433
Bolgiano & Son,

J 435

Boston Florist

Letter Co 440

Breck. J. & Son. 435
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 420

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 436

Brownell Co 432

Bunyard. A. T..436
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 435

California Flor-

i.<it 437

California Seed

Growers' Asso.435
Carbone 437

Page
Chicago Carna-
tion Co.... 418-440
Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.440
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 434

Clarke's, D. Sons.436
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 434

Cowee, W. J.... 442
Craig, Robt. Co. 420
Dann, J. H. &

Son 431

Dards 436

Dawson. H. S...418
Dodd, Chas. H..451
Dorner & Sons

Co 418

Dreer, H. A

429-435-448-450

Dugan. \V. H 450

Dunlop, John H.437

Dysart, R. J 449

Eastern Nurser-
ies 418

Edwards Folding

Bos Co 440

Elliott's. W.Sons.449
Eppstein, Julius. 437
Ernest, W. H...448

Esler. J. G 448

Ever Ready
Flower Pot

Cover Co 438

Eyres 436

Farqubar. R. &

J. & Co 435

Felix ,5c Dvkhuis.431
Foley Mfg. Co.. 451

Ford, M, C 442

Ford. W. P 442

Forrest. Frank H.437
Fottler, F i s k e,
Rawson Co 435

Page
Framingham Nur-
series 431

Froment. H. E..442
Galvin, Thos. F.437
Gasser, J. M. Co.437
Goodsell, P. H..431
Grey, T. J. Co.. 434
Gude Bros. Co.. 437
Hail Association. 448
Hall & Robinson.437
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 449

Hart, Geo. B.439-440
Heacock, Jos. ..420
Head's Bergen-

field Nurseries.4.31
Henderson, A... 435
Hews, A. H. &

Co 448

Hilfinger Bros... 448
Holm & Olson... 436

Horan. E. C 442

Holland Nur-
series 431

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 436

Johnston Bros... 437
Kasting, W. F.

Co 443

Keller, J. B.

Sons 436

Kervan Co 442

King Cons. Co.. 450
Kramer. F. H..437
Kroescbell Bros. 451
Kuebler. W. H..442
Lager & Hurrell.4.32

Lanee. A 4.17

Lemon Oil Co... 449
Leonard Seed Co.434
Leuthy, A. & Co.420
Lord & Burnham
Co 451

Page
Loeehner & Co.. 420
Lyndhurst

Farms 431

MacMulkin, E...437
May & Co., L. L.437
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 443

McConnell, Alex. 436
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 438

McCullough's, J.

M. Sons Co... 440
McHutchison &

Co 420

McKenzie, John. 420
McManus, Jas...442
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 451

Meyer, J. C.& Co.439
Mlchell's Seed

House 434

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 442

Millang, Chas... 442
Millang, Frank.. 442

Miller, E. S 431

Montreal Floral

Exchange 443

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 442

Murray, Samuel. 436
National Nursery-
man 431

New Eng. Nur-
series 431

Niessen. Leo Co. 440
N. Y. Cut Flower

Co 396

Oechslin. Frank. 420
Ouwerkerk. P...431
Park Floral Co.. 436
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 436

Parshelsky Bros.450

Page
Penn the Florist.437

Patten & Co 418

Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 437

Pennock - Meehan

Co 441

Perkins St. Nur-

seri'.s 420

Pierson. A. N...432
Plerson, F. R. Co. 418
Pierson - U - Bar

Co 452

Plant Food Co.,

20tb C'eiuury..449
Poehlmann Bros.440
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 449

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 451

Reed & Keller.. 442
Reinberg. Peter. 440

Rice, M. Co 437

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 427-440

Robinson Co., H.

M ."442

Rock. Wm. L. . .4.36
Rnehrs. J. Co... 432
Roland, Thos.... 420
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sous 420-448

Eosery. The 436

Sander & Son... 432

Schilder Bros 434

Scott, John 4-20

Sharp, Partridge

Co 451

Sheridan, W. F 41?
Siebrecht, Geo. C.443
Siggers & Sig-

gers 450

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 434

Page

Smith, P. J----^fH
Slinn, Jr., B. S..442
Smith & Co., E.

D "iSZ

Smith, W. & T.

Co 431

Smyth, Wm. J--*36
Sprague, J. H..4d2
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co. ...451
Stumpp, Geo. M.436
Syracuse Pottery

Co ^''

Totty, Chas. H..419
Tborburn, J. M.

& Co .435

Traendly &

Schenck «.

Trepel, C. C 436

Valentine. J. A.. 436
Van Assche. i> ■ .-Jo"
Vick's, Jas. Sons.43.'J
Vincent, R^, J'-.-o

& Sons Co 419

Walsh, M. H.v't^l
Wants, For Sale.448
Ward, R. M. &

Co *20

Welch Bros. Co. 443
Whittier & Co.,

W. B -i^l

Wilson Robt. <}.436
Wood Bros. ■.•■418
Wood row &

Mavkefos 4«

Woodruff &Sons.

S. D ■135

Toung & Co.. A.

L W3

Young & Nucent.-|36
Young. Jr., Thos.44S
Z.angen. O. V....43o
Zinn, J. A 43.

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 444, 445, 446, 447

420

HOKTICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

LILIUM FORMOSUM

Many lily gi'owers do not favor this variety, owing to the trial they probably gave it when it was
comparatively new and unselected.

But right here let us say that it is impossible to get better lilies from any kind of lily bulbs, for
winter flowering, than you can get from the right stock of Formosiun.

There is more difference in Formosimi than most people realize. The process of assortment is
now going on, in fields where attention is given to quality.

Horseshoe Brand Formosum, size 9/10 which have bloomed this winter, have given from eight to
eighteen flowers. That is, the selected stock. Next fall's delivery is expected to be as good, if not
better.

Any florist who cannot make money on Horseshoe Brand Formosum 9/10 had better put on a
kilt and take in washing for a living.

The price of a single case of this selected stock is $S0, and it is the best investment in lily bulbs
today that any man can make. Order now — don't wait until it's too late.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

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strong phiuts from 1)4 In. pnt.s, $.!.00
per l(«l: $i;5.(K) per lUOO. Stroni; plants in
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liest .-issoi'ted varietie.s from iy^ in.
pots, $:;.riO per 100; $:i(i.OI) por KKKl ; 500
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Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc, from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Planes.etc, from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
English Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

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ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100, $40 per
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250 at 1000 rate«.

March 22, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

421

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

%/^%9h. Pa^A^^

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on tills page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communloatibns should Invariably be addressed to the office of HOETICULTDKIi.

Boronias

Now is a good time to put in some cuttings of
boronias. Cuttings of half ripened wood can be inserted
in three-incli jjots filled with a compost of sifted loam,
peat and sancl in equal parts. Give them a thorough
watering and then plunge in a moderately warm propa-
gating bed where they should be kept shaded and moist.
It takes some little time for them to root. When they
have formed roots they can be gradually brought to the
sunlight. As these pots become filled with roots they
can have a shift into 5-inch pots, using a compost of
fibrous loam three parts, fibrous peat two parts and
enough sand to make it porous. Give ample drainage
so the water will pass off freely. Place in a house that
runs from 50 to 55 degrees at night. When the plants
become well established they will require plenty of ven-
tilation and when hot weather sets in they can be placed
in a frame where they can have plenty of air. They can
be grown here until September. As the older plants go
out of flower they can be repotted in a mixture of fibrous
loam three parts, fibrous peat two parts, cow manure one
part and a little sand.

Dendrobiums

Dendrobium nobile and its various forms, together
with many hybrids will soon be through blooming.
Before the young joseudo-bulbs make too much headway
they should be rebasketed or potted. Do not give them
receptacles too large as many growers err in this. They
will make excellent growths in such, but a large body of
compost holds moisture too long and thus it frequently
happens, when the resting period comes in fall, that
there is just sufficient moisture held in the compost to
start many of the nodes into growths, instead of iiowers.
For compost we find equal parts of sphagnum moss and
fern fiber good. Many plants will probably not require
that anything be done to them; others will be benefited
by a little surface dressing. A good position in the
warm house on the south side, where there is plenty of
light is most suitable at first, watering carefully and
keeping the compost only moderately moist until the
roots show signs of activity, after which water may be
more freely used; careless watering at this stage often
causes a loss of new growth by damping. Those hanging
near the roof should be of a larger size, allowing the
small plants to stand on the benches. Damping down
will now be necessary, morning, noon and night, and
the plants should be examined each day and watered
only if they need it. for even whilst growing they should
not be kept in a saturated condition.
Dipladenias

When well-grown and managed there are but few
plants that equal the dipladenias in the beauty of their
flowers. In the cultivation of dipladenias one point
should not be lost sight of; that is, the necessity of a
brisk temperature. To do well they want a night tem-
perature of from 70 to 75 degrees, while in growth with
a day temperature of from 85 to 90 degrees with sun
heat. Syringe them overhead every morning getting
the water well to the underside of the foliage as they
are subject to red spider as well as to scale and mealy

Pie />
»OTANi^

bug. Care in watering is the most important consider- •*«»&•
ation in growing dipladenias. When in active growth
they will not continue in a thrifty condition unless they
get water abundantly. When done flowering they re-
quire to be rested, but never should be subjected to an
absolute drying off process. Very little water is neces-
sary, however, when they are at rest and it may be safer
to err on the dry side than on the other. A temperature
of about 55 degrees suits them in the winter, while at
rest. Dipladenias are easily propagated from cuttings
of wood with one or two joints. When the roots are
aljout one inch long they should be carefully removed
from the sand and carefully potted into small pots.
The material for the first potting may be composed of ■
peat and sand in equal proportions and for subsequent
potting porous, lumpy peat two parts and sand and
charcoal one part will do.

Outside Sweet Peas

Sweet peas should be sown just as soon as the frost
leaves the ground and it has dried out sufficiently to be
plowed or spaded without being pasty. Give the ground
a good sprinkling of wood ashes and fine ground bone
as they doubtless form the best elements in potash and
phosphoric. Points to remember in sweet pea culture
are : Liberal enrichment of the soil ; burying the seeds
at least three inches deep ; care not to sow thickly, and if
you have done so, thin in good season; give them brush
and other supports before they start to climb ; remove all
seed-pods as soon as formed, give persistent cultivation
and mulching to assist in keeping them cool and moist
at the roots. Watering in dry weather, keeping the
flowers cut as they open and a hosing on warm summer
evenings will all help to make sweet pea culture a suc-
cess. A short time before you begin to pick you should
spread two or three inches of stable litter entirely over
the ground between the rows. This will help keep the
ground moist and be of the greatest benefit when you
water.

Pricking: Out Seedlings

There will be lots of seedlings coming on now and
many of these will require pricking off into flats. As
the days lengthen and the sun increases in power it will
be necessary to watch the many flats and pans of
seedlings closely. Use for all seedlings a compost with
a good proportion of leaf-mold in it. If some well
broken up cow manure or the manure from a spent hot-
bed or mushroom bed is added the seedlings will grow
all the better. Shade all newly pricked off seedlings
for a few days. A neglect to do this may mean a loss of
many of the little plants. Careful and thorough water-
ing and a moderately close and moist atmosphere for the
first few days will reduce losses to a minimum. In
addition to seedlings, there are many small cuttings
which are just as well, or better, in shallow flats than
in pots. Never leave them in the cutting bench to
become hard. When the roots are quite short is the
time to transplant and not when they have matted the
whole bench with roots. See that all seedlings are kept
as near the glass as possible, as it insures a stocky and
robust growth.

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HORTICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

CONDUCTED BY

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Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Huzicka. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Planting Grafted Roses

(Written in Reply to Inquiry.)

When planting grafted rose plants, the question as to
which is the best method naturally arises, and it is but
very seldom that a number of growers will agree on one
certain plan as being the best. Conditions vary and to
lay down one rule for all would be very impractical, and
foolish as well. A good deal depends on the grower
himself, who must be the judge. Grafted plants that
are set with the graft too high above the surface of the
soil are very likely to be broken o£E when syringing even
though they are properly tied to either stakes or wires.
And, not only that, but they will not break from the
bottom as readily as plants that are set lower. How-
ever, the plants should not be set too deep as that would
not be doing them any good either. We would always
recommend setting the plants with the graft about level
with the surface of the soil. In selecting plants take all
those that have been grafted as low as possible — they are
the best. As to the results there is no reason whatever
why plants planted with the graft above the surface of
the soil of the bench should not do equally as well as
those planted otherwise, providing they are properly
handled. However, bear in mind the fact stated above,
about the plants breaking easily when syringing. With
this continually in mind the grower should experience
little trouble in producing strictly high-grade cut blooms.

Grafted vs. Own-Root Stock

Our experience with the two is such that we would
prefer the own-roots, in such varieties as Killarneys and
Eadiance. Except under unusual conditions, the own-
root are as good and in many cases better than the
grafted stock. Where the soil is extremely heavy and
Uable to stay wet for any length of time during the
winter months — then plant the grafted stock. Or if
your help is not of the most experienced kind, and you
are afraid the plants will be overwatered — then plant
grafted stock also ; as it will stand for more moisture at
the roots without any bad effect. Wliere Brides and
Bridesmaids are still grown these should be grafted as
they do much better grafted than own-root, especially in
their second and third years. We have never had any
experience with grafted Beauties and therefore we can
pass no comment on these. We always had grown them
on their own roots.

Bonemcal

From now on we would not advise using much bone-
meal on the benches, except where the plants are to be
run another season. Bonemeal is a fertilizer in class
with cattle manure, therefore it is rather slow in acting,
especially when it is ground a little coarse. Therefore
from bonemeal applied from now on the plants will get
but little and there is a large amount of it wasted, and
if there is anything that we all must keep away from it's
waste.

Liquid Manure

There is nothing that can replace good liquid manure
to supply all the necessary plant food that the plants

require at this time of the year. Where facilities are
such that the liquid can be boiled before applying, so
much to the good. A little bonemeal can be easily
added to the mixture, the best way being to dump the
required amount of fine bone right into the manure side
of the tank and let it mix in and run through the screens
with the other liquids. Make the liquid as thick as is
possible without clogging up all the pipes. It can hard-
ly be made too strong from now on, as the plants are
growing rapidly and will easily take it about as fast as it
can be applied. However, be careful as we have re-
peatedly advised, and do not have the plants too dry
when you apply it. Better go over the benches with
clear water first to make sure.

Weeds

These are a nuisance both in the old benches and in
the pots among the young plants, and should not be
tolerated under any circumstances. Boiled liquid
manure will be quite free from weed seeds and will not
be responsible for any that appear on the benches.
Weeds are great housers of spider, a very smaU but
bothersome enemy of nearly all greenhouse plants, and
therefore every little thing that can be done to prevent
its spread will be of great service to the growers.
Eemove all weeds as fast as they appear, and do not let
then grow a couple of feet high among the rose plants.
There is such a thing as a crop of weeds saving a batch
of cuttings during the dark weather, as weeds will carry
off a large amount of water. But this is only in rare
cases, and as a rule all weeds should be rooted out as
soon as they appear, for manures are too expensive to
be used in supplying plant food to nourish the weeds.

Mulching

As the warmer days approach the roots of the plants
will need a little more mulch to protect them from the
heat and from becoming extremely dry. To do this a
good mulch of cow manure can be applied, a little layer
of soil over the top of it, and the rest left to the plants
themselves. They will take care of the mulch providing
the grower remembers to give them sufficient water. Do
not go to any extremes in drying out the plants at this
time of the year as naturally they should be growing vig-
orously and allowing them to become too dry would hin-
der their growth a good deal, and would tend to deform
the buds. This should be avoided as the market does not
care for anything like poor stuff. "The best is none too
good" is a common saying, and it is getting more and
more popular every day, as it can be applied to nearly
all things, no matter what line they may belong to. In
ease of a "glut" in the market it is the best stuff that
alwaj-s sells first, even at higher prices than may be
ruling for the week.

Packing

With spring come larger crops of roses and the grow-
ers are likely to be tempted to crowd their stock when
shipping to the markets. There is very little in doing
this, as most of us know, as bruised or crushed stock is
not in demand, never was and hardly ever will be. If

March 22, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

413

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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Stopping and Tying the G»ape Vine

Stopping the gi-owths of a grape vine should be sys-
tematized to secure the best results. Young vines mak-
ing the first year's growth do not come under this head-
ing to the extent of the fully developed ones. If the
younger canes are allowed to grow away more natural
it will promote a greater root action which is desirable.
See that the part of the cane which is to form the first
portion of the rod is kept straight and free from lateral
growths, after which two or three "leaders" can be taken
up if desired and allowed to "run."

With the older vines things are difEerent ; the spur sys-
tem will be in vogue and the proper stopping of laterals
must be attended to. If two eyes were left at pruning
time and both break, rub out the weaker one; where
both are of equal strength retain the one likely to make
the most compact spur. When the laterals are from six
to eight inches long the tiny flower trusses can be seen
and soon afterwards the leaves beyond expand. Wait un-
til two are visible and then pinch out or "stop" the
lateral growth. Do not mind how short it all seems at
this time; they will always pull out. In time sub-lateral
growths will push out from the axil of the leaves. Those
between the bunch and the spur should be rubbed out
completely. The two leaves beyond the bunch should be
allowed to develop one sub-lateral leaf each, making four
altogether beyond the bunch. All subsequent growths
should be rubbed out as they appear. In this way aU
the strength possible is thrown into the bunch. Do not
be in a great hurry to tie the laterals down; they are
very brittle in the young stage ; later the growths will be
more pliable. Keeping them away from the glass will
be all that is necessary for quite a while.

Apples and Pears

Apples and pears that were started early will have
made their own natural thinning ere this, so much so in
some instances that any further reduction will not be
needed. Where there is still an excess and the fruits are
swelling nicely reduce them to one to the spur. Do not
be over-anxious about this job or a total loss may be ex-
perienced. There is a growing look to some fruits right
from the start while others are always doubtful until

half matured. The trees will take regular feed from
now on and on no account let them become dry at the
roots.

Apircoti

Apricots are difficult to handle in pots. A set has to
be secured to start with, which at times is not easy.
Keep an even temperature after this and help the trees
along. Any stimulants given must be weak. As the
stone is forming, a little lime should be mixed into the
water. Let it be put in the water and not on the surface
of the soil; by doing so a better solution is given the
roots and the danger of the lime caking on the surface
soil is thus avoided.

Late Houses

In some states the late houses will be swelling their
buds fast at this date. Cooler localities may have to
wait another week or so before noticing any movement.
Where this house is to be kept back as late as possible, a
minimum night temperature of 40 degrees is all the
change that need be made; open up the house as usual
through the day. As the buds show signs of bursting
a more congenial atmosphere must be offered them.
There is a danger of keeping the house too cool after
reaching this stage; laterals will be very short-jointed;
the bunch will be too close to the rod and itself be short
and stubby. A careful watch must be accorded them
and the temperature raised accordingly. If the border
is on the dry side see that it has a thorough watering
without delay.

Vine Cracking

Am sorry I cannot enlighten G. W. W. on his Muscat
of Alexandria vine cracking at intervals for a distance
of four to five feet from the top on the west side only,
especially as the present growths are in good shape.
Had there been any weakness or irregularity on these it
might be accounted for. I presume the same prepara-
tion was used for cleaning the rods throughout the house.
Muscat of Alexandria is one of the most tender grapes
we have but this theory cannot be followed, as only a
section is affected. Should watch them closely through
the growing season to ascertain if it is spreading, as in
all probability it is a disease of some kind. Have any
other readers experienced similar conditions or can they
account for this one?

the growers could only realize how very particular the
people who buy from retailers are, they would no doubt
be a little more careful in handling their cut blooms at
home. The very first thing a lady buyer sees is a crushed
leaf or a bruised petal and of course the roses are not
fresh any more. It is very true that roses that have
been bruised badly will hardly open up as well as those
that have been handled "witlr gloves on."

Fumigation
Never allow this to remain unattended to or you will

no doubt have cause to regret it. Here again the grow-
ers ought to see the shocking expression on the young
lady's face when she discovers the roses she has pur-
chased and prized so highly are "alive." That is a bad
thing for the retailers and in spite of the hours spent
daily in polishing the flowers, once in a while a complaint
comes that "there were T)ugs' on the roses, etc., that your
boy delivered to us this morning, and unless they can get
better flowers they will not buy any." We think the
trade is hurt a good deal this way, as if there is any-
thing the people detest it is "bugs."

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CONTENTS

Page
COVER ILLUSTRATION— Spring Flower Show at

Boston.
NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK—
Boronias — Dendrobiums — Dipladenias — Outside Sweet
Peas — Pricking Out Seedlings — John J. M. Farrell. . . 421
ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Planting Grafted
Roses — Grafted vs. Own Root Stock — Bonemeal —
Liquid Manure — Weeds — Mulching — Packing — Fumi-
gation— Arthur C. Ruzicka 422

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Stop-
ping and Tying the Grape Vine — Apples and Pears
— Apricots — Late Houses — Vine Cracking — George H.

Penson 423

OUTDOOR ROSES— £rfui« Jenkins 425

ADVERTISING TALKS— i?a/p7i M. Ward 425

SPRING EXHIBITION AT BOSTON— Illustrated 426

SPRING SHOW AT PHILADELPH.A.— G. C. Watson.. 427
INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— American Rose

Society 428

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— St. Louis Florist Club-
New Jersey Floricultural Society 428

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 432

NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION CITY 430

SEED TRADE — Counter Trade — The Canning Inter-
ests— Decline in Onions and Potatoes 434

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 436

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 437

Over-crowding 438

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 441

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washmgton 443

DURING RECESS— Cook County Bowling 448

OBITUARY — Philip Elnsmann — Mrs. James O'Brien —

A. Robbie 449

MISCELLANEOUS:

Restoring a Worn-Out Pasture — Henry Wild 425

To Keep Brussels Sprouts 425

Among Buffalo Growers 430

In Bankruptcy 437

Providence Notes — Philadelphia Notes 438

Chicago Notes 439

Incorporated 443

Personal — Cincinnati Notes 449

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 450

Fires — Patents Granted 450

We take pleasure in announcing to our read-
Watch ers and the trade in general that W. P.
us grow Edgar, one of the most widely known and
successful publicity men in New England
will, on March 24, assume a position on Horticulture's

staff. Mr. Edgar is already well known to many of our
readers through his work in connection with the National
Flower Show at Boston two years ago as assistant man-
ager and press agent for Chester I. Campbell, on which
occasion he made many friends among the exliibitors by
his efficiency and courtesy. Excepting for such call as
may be made upon him in his position as publicity pro-
moter for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Mr.
Edgar will henceforth devote his entire time to the in-
terests of HoETicuLTURE. Watch us grow.

Our leaders who are interested in the
The critical out flower industry as growers for the
public wholesale markets will do well to read
carefully Mr. Euzicka's advice in his rose
article this week. It is a good and sensible admonition
from a grower to his brother growers as interesting as
it is unusual in its recognition of the retailers' particu-
lar troubles and dilemmas. Mr. Euzicka's slogan, "The
best is none too good," is well supported by facts, for
the demand for better and better quality becomes in-
creasingly insistent every day. Mark it down as an in-
disputable fact that "the market does not care for any-
thing like poor stuff." The reason back of this is, of
course, the knowledge now possessed by the average
flower buyer as to quality and this is, as Mr. Ruzicka
says, something that the retail dealer is forced to meet.
Even the curbstone fakir must have the right goods to-
day, transient buyers turning up their noses at what
would, a few years ago, have passed muster in the best
stores. Wliether it may seem reasonable or not the fact
as above stated remains and there is no escape from it.
If the goods are to bring a living price — or, indeed, if
they are to sell at all in some markets — the quality must
be there.

Horticulture extends to its readers of
The Greeks' Greek birth sincere sympathy and con-
great loss dolence in the dastardly assassination of

their loved monarch, at a time when
they were rejoicing in the well-won victories of their
countrymen under his leadership, over a desperate foe.
The Greek has in recent years c-ome to be a powerful
factor in the flower trade in this country and this is par-
ticularly true in New York where many hundreds of
their race are engaged in one or another branch of the
floral industry — not as curbstone dealers always, by any
means, but conducting large stores and as leading deal-
ers in greens and other supplies for florists' use. The
readiness of the Greek florists of New York to sacrifice
their business interests and hasten at the call of their
king, to the defence of their country, as so many of them
did, was a fine exhibition of patriotism and won for them
the admiration of many who had hitherto regarded them
lightly. It is said that King George's motto was : "My
strength lies in the love of my people." He seems to
have enjoyed the love of his people in a superlative
degree and the sympathy of all right-thinking men will
now go out to them in this deplorable calamity which
has befallen them.

March 22, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

495

OUTDOOR ROSES.

A paper read before the New York Horti-
cultural Society on March 15 by Edwin
Jenkins.

Introductory.
The rose has ever been a favorite
flower of mankind, perhaps the great-
est favorite of tliem all. Poets of
every land and of every age have
sung its praises, and rightly so, for
truly a plant that yields such delight-
ful fragrance, that comes arrayed in
such diversity and such splendor of
color, is worthy of the homage of all.
Something tells me, however, you
would rather hear from me something
more to the point, what soil and ma-
nures are best suited to its needs, and
how best to combat its insect and
fungoid enemies.

Location of a Rose Garden.
First, an open spot where no large
overhanging trees can cut off the life-
giving sunshine or absorb the neces-
sary light or where the roots (and it
is well to remember that the roots of
some trees travel a long way in search
of food) of trees are likely to enter
the rose beds and rob the roses of
their own rightful food. If you are
fortunate enough to have the choice
of soils, choose a medium heavy loam,
rather than a light, sandy, or black,
peaty soil, and if it is of a yellow or
reddish tinge and has been growing
grass for a number of years, so much
the better. However, let no one de-
spair because their soil is not just
what we could wish, but take heart
from the thought that good roses can
be grown with a little intelligent care
in most any soil that is not absolutely
acid or alkaline. The best aspect is a
gentle slope to south and east as the
rose, in common with most all vege-
tation, thrives and luxuriates the bet-
ter for being kissed by the morning
sun. And if the chill winds which
blow from the north and west are cut
off by some friendly building or belt
of trees, so much the better. The
rose loves a cool, moist medium, for
its roots, but it cannot endure wet
feet. To make sure that our roses
will not suffer from a water-logged
sub-soil, test pits should be dug at
several different points of the pro-
posed location; these test pits should
be at least four and a half feet deep
and if in average weather water
stands more than a few inches deep
in these pits, the ground should be
tile drained. Should you find it neces-
sary to drain be sure to "do a good
job. Put the tile down at least four
feet and cover the top two-thirds of
the joints with tarred paper, and do
not be led into any false notions of
accelerated drainage by putting
gravel or other porous material
on top of the tile; it is a mistake
and leads ultimately to trouble: re-
fill the ditch with the soil excavated
from it and tramp it thoroughly. I
shall not attempt to advise you about
the design of the rose garden as that is
work for the garden architect after
studying all the local conditions. But
whether the belt of trees or building
previously referred to are in exist-
ence or not to shelter the rose garden
from the cold winds, I would build a
pergola along the north and west
sides. This pergola may be as simple
or as elaborate as your taste dictates

or your purse will allow; be that as it
may, the pergola, besides furnishing
some protection to the rose garden
from the wind and to the rosarian
from the hot sun makes a splendid
place for the various climbing or
rambling roses and is a charming fea-
ture in any rose garden. Whoever
designs the rose garden should keep
in mind certain practical features,
such as easy means of access for the
periodical mulchings, and that narrow
beds are to be preferred because they
are easier worked without tramping
the soil in wet weather, when tramp-
ing would make the surface hard and
sticky, which, when dry would bake
and exclude the air.-

Preparation of the Soil.
Dig deep, should be the motto of
every grower of outdoor roses. Noth-
ing less than two feet of well ma-

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

nured, thoroughly broken up soil
should satisfy the earnest rosarian,
and in most cases to get this it will
be necessary to remove entirely about
one foot of the sub-soil and cart in
good loam from elsewhere to take the
place of that removed. That this
sounds like a big undertaking I am
well aware, but for those who can
afford it it is well worth while, for
human nature being what it is. there
is one pleasure in enjoying the ex-
quisite color and delightful fragrance
of the rose and there is another pleas-
ure— more earthly perhaps but none
the less potent— in having better, big-
ger, finer roses than our 'neighbor.
The competitive spirit is strong in
mankind whether it be in the display
of wealth or the display of roses.
What manures shall we use in pre-
paring the soil? If it is to be had use

No. 2

The New York wholesale market
has one cut flower buyer who can
consume more than any twenty i
other buyers combined. At times 1
when the market is glutted he is
the salvation of the growers. Why
can he consume such quantities?
Because his flowers are properly
advertised. After Mr. Gentleman
Florist from the Avenue, and Mr.
Ordinary Florist from the side
street, each take a few boxes, Mr.
Advertiser Florist steps in and
takes the balance, generally at a
price consistent with the volume.
When the New York Florists' Club
suggested that florists take a few
tickets for the National Flower
Show for distribution, most men i
had twenty-five or fifty in their |
minds. Up pops Mr. Advertiser,
saying he will take 5,000. Correct
advertising is the most powerful
trade-getter known. Mr. Advertiser
is known by the trade he has and
it is impossible to down him. And',
besides, people like to buy from
the man who does the largest busi-
ness, because of the reasons why
his business is so large.

cow manure, and use it in large, and
impressive, quantities. If one-sixth to
one-eighth of the bulk of prepared soil
is cow manure it will hardly be too
much; do not put it at the bottom or
in layers, but thoroughly incorporate
it with the whole mass of the soil. '
A generous sprinkling of bone meal
throughout the mixture will be benefi-
cial as it will supply the phosphoric
acid which is deficient in all animal
manure. Naturally, if cow manure is
unobtainable, horse, sheep or pig ma-
nure will make a good substitute,
though there is something about cow
manure that is very palatable to the
rose.

( To be continiiid. )

RESTORING A WORN-OUT PAS-
TURE.

Editor HoRTICULTtJRE.

Dear Sir:

I have a lawn of ten acres which Is
used for hay and pasture. It is all
run out, got weeds and parts bare.
I have top-dressed several times with
rotten barn-yard manure. The ground
hasn't been broken in thirty years
and I don't want to plough or break
it up. As I know that would be the
best thing to do with it, please tell
me the next best thing to do. I am
thinking of harrowing it this spring
and seeding it with permanent pasture
seed and spread some good fertilizer
on. Please let me know through your
paper how much seed to use per
acre, etc. Yours truly,

A SUBSCBIBEB.

I would advise Subscriber to sow
a good fertilizer on his ten-acre plot
as soon as possible. Then to use a
disc harrow both ways, to work the
fertilizer in thoroughly. This would
also loosen the old sod and leave the
ground in good condition for seeding.
Sow 15 lbs. of clean red-top and 28 lbs.
of Rhode Island bent per acre, if used
for lawn. If used for hay and pasture
alone, use 25 lbs. of timothy with the
red-top leaving out Rhode Island bent.
See that the ground is well rolled
after sowing.

Henbt Wiu).

Conyers Manor, Conn.

TO KEEP BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

Editor HoETicuLTtTBE :

Dear Sir — I would like to know how
to keep Brussels Sprouts in the
winter, if you can keep them by hang-
ing them up in the cellar.
Yours truly,

W. H. M.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Brussels Sprouts may be kept in an
ideal root cellar but there are very
few of these and it is safer to heel
them in in a cold frame. Do this when
they are dry and protect from severe
frosts, but open the frame and venti-
late on every favorable occasion. We
have good ones now that have been
kept this way since Nov. 15th.

E. Jenkins.

The first installment of the press
service of the "Nat. Council of Horti-
culture," by J. H. Burdett, of Chicago,
includes notes on making and repair-
ing lawns, indoor seed planting, pre-
paring soil for a garden, substitutes
for manure, points about sowing seed,
and fertilizers.

426

HOETICULTUEE

Marcb 22, 1913

SPRING EXHIBITION AT BOSTON

The advent of spring was very au-
spiciously celebrated by the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society on March
14, 15 and 16, when the three halls
in Horticultural Building, Boston, were
transformed into a great, radiant gar-
den. Boston society turned out in
throngs to admire the wondrous dis-
play of the florists' and gardeners' art.
It certainly was an inspiring scene
and it required only the music of the
Cadet orchestra to complete the il-
lusion of an enchanted land. There
were great plateaus of brilliant tulips
daffodils, cyclamen and cinerarias,
golden groves ot acacias and genistas,
banks of palms, and tropical verdure,
beds of lillies and roses in the main
hall, thousands of splendid carnations
with roses, violets, pansies, and or-
chids in the lecture hall, and the small
hall was redolent with the perfume of
hyacinths, tulips and other sweet-
smelling things. We cannot describe
it all here — only some of the more
notable exhibits.

Prof. C. S. Sargent, showed a most
sensational group of seedling azaleas,
hybrids of Hinodegeri with other
small flowering varieties. These showed
a great variety of colors. Duncan
Finlayson arranged a great central
group of flowering and foliage p'ants
in which effective use was made of
Primula malacoides and other pro-
fuse flowering subjects, including
some fine acacias. Mrs. Fred'k Ayer,
showed an unusually extensive col-
lection of acacias and numerous speci-
mens of Erica melanthera. From W.
W. Edgar Co. came a group of roses,
H. P. and H. T. and Ramblers such as
are rarely seen so early in the season.
A large group of Schizanthus Wise-
tonensis, of the most improved strains.
plants measuring four to five feet
across, was an object of admiration
and the cyclamen of which there were
several large displays were up to the
well-known Boston standard for this
specialty.

The finest specimens of Erica mel-
anthera ever seen here were staged
by Walter Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfielri,
gardener. These were a revelation of
the possibilities with this useful heath-
er. There was a little group of un-
common hard-wooded plants from
Knight & Struck which attracted much
attention. Gnidia pinifolia. several
rare and beautiful ericas and "Cape
plants" were in this collection. Thoa.
T. Watt, gardener at Wellesley Col-
lege had a nice collection of odd
things Including the white Strelitzia,
Veltheimea viridifolia, camellias, etc.
In the large group from Ed. Mc-
Mulkin which filled the stage in the
lecture hall a specimen of the new
Daybreak azalea was a conspicuous
object. A. N. Pierson was represented
by some magnificent specimen Adi-
antum Farleyense and a vase of
Milady rose which contained some
wonderfully full and symmetrical
blooms. An interesting collection of
hard-wooded plants from Mrs. J. L.
Gardner, a group of choice conifers in
tubs from Breck-Robinson Co., and
some perfect diminutive specimens of
genista from W. W. Edgar Co., and

Specimen Phalaenopsis Schillebiana
By W. A. Manda, Winner of First Prize.

Jasminum primulinum from R. & J.
Farquhar & Co. were all worthy of
mention.

The bulb collections in pots and pans
were very extensive and the flowers
have never been finer. This was
particularly the case with the hya-
cinths which were by far the best
we have seen at any exhibition in re-
cent years. One display, that of the
Breck-Robinson Co. contained thirty
new varieties of bulbs, especially at-
tractive being tulips President Taft,
single early, very large crimson and
white petals; Sarah Bernhardt single
early, "crushed strawberry;" Rose ot
Holland, single early, white with
bright pink flushed tips; Wm. Pitt, Dar-
win tulip, vermilion; Narcisscus Lu-
cifer, pale with short bright cup; Van
Waveren's Giant Trumpet and Olym-
pia, trumpet. Mr. McKenzie, gardener
for C. B. Dane showed a very valuable
collection of orchids in bloom. Among

them were sev-
eral superb novel-
ties, among these
being B r a s s o -
Catlealia Rowena
(Brassavola Dig-
byana x L. C.
Doris), Brasso-
Cattleya L e e -
manii (Brassa-
vola Djgbyana x
C. Schroed e r a e
alba), and Cyprl-
pedlum Maudlae
Magniflcum. W.
A. Manda showed
a small group ot
choice new
things including
Nephrolepis t u -
berosa plumrsa
and Begonia Mrs.
W. S. Kimball
and took the
prize for speci-
men orchid with
a fine Phalae-
nopsis S c h i 1 -
leriana.
The carnation display was very ex-
tensive. All the popular varieties of
the day were shown in elegant condi-
tion. Among the most noticeable were
vases of Rosette, Gloriosa, Benora and
White Wonder from A. A. Pembroke,
who proved himself a wonder in his
cultural abilities; Mrs. C. W. Barron
and Princess Dagmar from Patten &
Co.; Wm. Eccles and British Triumph
from Scott Bros.; a seedling of glow-
ing wine red from S. J. Goddard:
Eleanor, a remarkably pure soft pink
seedling from H. A. Stevens; Gorgeous
from Peter Fisher; The Herald (hurt
in transit), from Chicago Carnation
Co.; Pocahontas from W. R. Nichol-
son, and Matchless and Mrs. C. W.
Ward (two days on way), from Cot-
tage Gardens.

The cut flower section was further
enriched by a fine vase of Mrs. Chas.
Russell from Waban Rose Conserva-
tories; extensive displays of pansies,
violets and sweet peas, all of superb
quality, from Wm. Sim; gardenias and
cattleyas from F. J. Dolansky, and
snapdragons from F. W. Fletcher and
G. E. Buxton.

The decorated dinner tables were as
usual a prime attraction. First prize
went to Mrs. Duncan Finlayson for a
very simple decoration of sweet peas
in a slender vase, corsages of Coel-
ogj'ne cristata, bouttoniere a single
flower of Cymbidium. Wax Bros.' de-
sign, which won second, was com-
posed of yellow daisies and blue corn-
flowers. Third went to Henry N. Com-
ley for Sunburst roses, yellow pansies
and Adiantum Farleyense. Other en-
tries were Edw. MacMulkin, with sin-
gle-flowered pink rambler roses; F. H.
Houghton with Taft roses and myoao-
tis; Boston Cut Flower Co., with two
tables — one of Killarney Queen and
lilacs, the other of Sunburst and Far-
leyense, and Harry Quint who used
Sunburst roses and lilacs.

The list of awards was a lengthy
one. and we are obliged to condense It
somewhat. Winners of first prizes

March 22, 1913

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only: For azaleas — A. W. Preston;
palms, Mrs. C. G. Weld; ericas, Mrs.
Frederick Ayer; acacias, Mrs. Freder-
ick Ayer and Mrs. C. G. Weld; hard-
wooded greenhouse plants, Mrs. C. G.
Weld; roses, W. W. Edgar Co.; cycla-
mens, Mrs. C. G. Weld, and Mrs. Les-
ter Leland; cinerarias, Mrs. J. L. Gard-
ner and Wni. Whitman; schizanthus,
Mrs. Lester Leland; hyacinths, Wm.
Whitman, Mrs. C. G. Weld, Francis
Skinner, H. L. Rand; tulips, Wm.
Whitman (four firsts), A. W. Preston
(four), Mrs. J. L. Gardner, H. L. Rand
and F. Skinner (one each) ; narcissi,
Wm. Whitman, A. W. Preston and H.
L. Rand; other bulb classes were dis-

tributed among the same exhibitors;
general display of bulbous plants ar-
ranged with foliage plants, Mrs. J. L.
Gardner; orchids, E. B. Dane and W.
A. Manda; roses. W. H. Elliott (four
firsts), Waban Rose Conservatories,
(two). In the carnation classes, A. A.
Pembroke was first and second for
vases of 100 blooms; in the classes for
50, A. A. Pembroke won four firsts and
two thirds; S. J. Goddard, one first
and three seconds; C. S. Strout, two
seconds; W. R. Nicholson, one first;
violets, Ed. Bingham (two) ; sweet
peas, Wm. Sim (four) ; antirrhiAums,
F. W. Fletcher.
Silver medals were awarded to Peter

Fisher for carnation Gorgeous; Wm.
Sim for display of pansies; Wm. Sim
for artistic display of violets; cultural
certificate to Wm. Sim for sweet peas.
Honorable mention to F. R. Pierson
Co., for display of Nephrolepis varie-
ties.; W. A. Manda for Nephrolepis
tuberosa plumosa, Antherlcum Manda-
iana and Begonia Mrs. W. S. KlmbaJl.

Spring Flower Show at Boston
The Carnations and Dinner Table Entries.

SPRING SHOW AT PHILADELPHIA.

The annual Spring Flower Show of
the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
opened on the evening of the 18th
inst, lasting for three days. The ex-
hibits filled the main hall comfortably
and were of a high order of merit,
both as to culture and variety. Hya-
cinths, tulips, daffodils, spireas, hy-
drangeas, were conspicuously excel-
lent in all classes. Azaleas — usually a
strong feature on this occasion — were
very little in evidence. Easter lilies
were also on the short side, but what
few were shown were of the best and
showed high skill in culture with good
stock back of same. Spireas were
particularly good this year. Queen
Alexandra and another new pink one
called Philadelphia, were a marked
feature of the show. The finest hya-
cinth was a variety called Jacques,
blush, trusses a foot long and perfect-
ly formed. In daffodils the sensation
was King Alfred, a self yellow trum-
pet of gigantic size and magnificent
form. They say these cost a dollar a
bulb, and we can well believe it. They
are worth it. There was a display of
the newer roses but hardly In good
enough form to enthuse over. The
Juliet was one of them and looks en-
tirely different in natural light from
what we saw of it at the Florists'

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March 22, 1&13

Club. This seems to be worth the
watching; quite unique as a color
combination and in other ways. The
principal prize winners were:

Joseph Hurley, gardener for Thos. P.
Hunter : Wm. Robertson, gardener for
Jno. W. Pepper; Samuel Batcbelor, gar-
dener for C. B. Newbold; Cbas. Weyand.
gardener for Mrs. G. McFadden, Jr. ;
Thomas Gaynor, gardener for Countes.s
Santa Eulalia; J. W. Geary; Wm. Com-
fort, gardener for C. H. Clark, Jr.; Wm.
Fowler, gardener for Mrs. Chas. Wheeler;
.Tno. H. Dodds, gardener for Hon. John
Wanamake*.

The prizes for this show were all
donated, the donors being: H. F.
Michell Co.. Phila.; Van Waverin &
Kruijff, Holland; H. Waterer. Phila.;
H. A. Dreer, Phila. The items ca'leci
for by the Dreer schedule, campanulas,
irises, lupines, myosotis, primulas,
wallflowers. French hydrangeas, Adian-
tum Gloriosa, and roses in pots, were
the most educative and interesting
to the general public. They are un-
usual things the public ought to know
about, and that's what horticultural
societies are formed for. But they are
not easily grown and shown like hya-
cinths, etc. Nevertheless, that's what
a good gardener ought to take pride
in. Anybody can grow hyacinths, etc.
A few more of them on the difficult
subjects would raise our opinions.

G. C. W.

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12.

ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB.

The meeting of the Florist Club
held on Thursday afternoon, March 13,
in Odd Fellows Hall, was one of the
largest attended meetings the clul)
has had. The Carnation Show, which
is an annual event, took place at the
W. C. Smith establishment and was
confined to consigners to this market
and they came out in full force.

The Publicity Committee made a
lenghty report as to what they had
accomplished of late and were en-
couraged by the members to continue
their good work. The Trustees also
made a long report. The Trustees
were instructed to report at the next
meeting as to the advisability of
holding for this years outing either
a boat excursion or a picnic. All de-
linquent members were given one more
month's time to pay last year's dues
before being dropped from member-
ship. E. W. Guy spoke of the 111.
State Florists' Association meeting
at Peoria. Alex Geranios spoke on
Publicity from the Retail Florists'
Standpoint. Both talks were quite
interesting. After the close the mem-
bers visited the Carnation Show. The
following exhibitors were represented:
J. F. Ammann Co., Alton Floral Co.,
Vennemann Bros., A. H. Ahner, O. C.
May, A. S. Cerney, W. E. Ogle, F. E.
Hallard. H. J. Weber & Sons, Werner
Bros.. W. A. Rowe, Gus and Hugo
Gross.

All showed carnations, except W. A.
Rowe. who staged lily of the valley
of high class, and the Grosses, sweet
peas and violets. The varieties ex-
hibited were: White Enchantress R. P.
Enchantress, Enchantress, White Won-
der, Beacon, Sangamo and Washing-
ton. No prizes were offered and the
judges made a report giving the ex-
hibitors great credit for the quality
of the stock and the staging of the
exhibition. The W. C. Smith Co.,
served a fine lunch and were given a
vote of thanks for the afternoon's en-
tertainment.

The following is the list of jurors
appointed thus far to pass on the ex-
hibits at the show:

Harry A. Buuyard, chairman; R. E. Bal-
lentyne, Canandaigua. N. Y. ; Philip Breit-
meyer, Detroit, Mich.; H. Brown, Rich-
mond, Va. ; Emil Buettner, Park Ridge,
111.; Louis Burk. Philadelphia, Pa.; Nich-
olas Butterbach, Oceanic, N. J.; Robert
Cameron. Cambridge, Mass.; A. B. Cart-
ledge, Philadelphia, Pa.; R. W. Clucas,
Sparkill, N. Y.; Geo. H. Cooke. Washing-
ton, D. C. ; Lawrence Cotter, Jamestown,
N. Y. ; J. B. Cowell, Buffalo, N. Y. ; W. N.
Craig. North Easton, Mass.; H. W. De-
Graaff, Leiden. Holland ; J. H. Duulop,
Toronto. Can. : Wm. Eccles, Oyster Bay,
N. T.: Carl Engelmann, Saffron-Walden,
England: Harry G. Eyres. Albany, N. Y. ;
Wm. Falconer, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; R. F.
Felton, London, England ; Duncan Finlay-
son, Brookline, Mass.; Peter Fisher, Ellis,
Mass. : Robert Graham. Baltimore. Md. ;
Wm. F. Gude. Washington, D. C. : Arthur
Herrington, Madison, N. J.; Wm. Hertrich,
San Gabriel. Calif.; J. J. Hess, Omaha,
Neb.; J. F. Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Michael
Keller. Rochester, N. Y. ; Chas. Knight,
New York City, N. Y'.j Otto Koenig. St.
Louis, Mo.; Mr. Kruijff, Holland; A. J.
Loveless. Lenox. Mass.; Stuart H. Low,
London, England: Geo. McWilliam. Whit-
insville, Mass.; Fred. H. Meinhardt. St.
Louis, Mo.; A. Miekle, Newport, R. I.; Geo.
T. Moore, St. Louis. Mo.; Samuel Murray,
Kansas City, Mo.; Colin B. Ogston, Roch-
ester. N. Y.; Harry Papwortb. New Or-
leans. La.; H. Philpott, Winnipeg, Can.;
Chas. A. Plumb. Detroit, Mich. ; Edw. Rea-
gan, Morristown. N. J. ; Geo. A. Roljiuson.
Montreal. Can.: Wm. L. Rock, Kansas City.
Mo.: Chas. Sandiford. Buffalo. N. Y.; A. J.
Smith, Lake Geneva. Wis.; Harry Turner,
Yonkers, N. Y • Wm. Turner, Oceanic, N.
J.; F. Gomer Waterer. Bagshot, England:
W. W. Wells, Merstham. Surrey, England;
E. H. Wilson. Boston. Mass. ; J. S. Wilson.
Des Moines. Iowa ; A. H. Wingett. Lenox.
Mass.; Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn.

These do not include the special judges
for the Rose, Carnation and Sweet Pea So-
cieties.

(We are informed that two names, those
of A. E. Thatcher and Edward Kirk, both
of Bar Harbor. Me., were inadvertently
omitted from the above list of judges but
will be included in the official list to be
published later. — Ed.)

Intending exhibitors should bear in
mind that all entries in the general
section must be in the hands of the
secretary. John Young, 54 West 28th
street. New York, not later than
March 30th. Entries in the sections
of the Rose. Carnation, Sweet Pea
and Gladiolus Societies must be in the
hands of the different secretaries on
the dates set forth in the prize sched-
ule.

J. H. Pepper,
Chairman Publicity Committee.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Additional Prizes for International
Show.

For roses from glass devoted to the
growing of stock for the New York
market, offered by Henshaw & Fen-
rich. For the best 25 Richmond. $25;
25 Killarney, $25; 25 Yellow roses.
$25.

This is a fine prize and offered es-
pecially for New York City market
growers.

Harry 0. May prize. — For the best
new rose not on the market, $25.

Entries have already been made for
the Philadelphia Growers' prize. Re-
tail Dealers' exhibit and Divisions B,
C, D.

Registration.

New Rose registered by The Plorex
Gardens, North Wales, Pa.— "The Ma-
vourneen." Sport of Pink Killarney,

very large bud. averaging 30 petals.
Color deep pink, reverse side of petal
almost as dark as the inside of petal.
Very fragrant; good foliage.

Notes.

The judges so far appointed are
Messrs. John N. May, Adam Graham,
Patrick Welsh. Philip Breitmeyer,
Robert Pyle, George Asmus, A. B.
Cartledge, Alexander Gumming, Jr.

An illustrated lecture will be given
on Tuesday evening. April 8th, ou
"Roses as Decorative Plants," by Rob-
ert Pyle, West Grove, Pa.

The membership of the American
Rose Society is sending in the dues
nicely; the more the better.

"A Rose for Every Home, a Bush
for Every Garden." New York City
homes need the roses.

Benjamin Hammond.

Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

"Carnation Night" was observed on
March 14th by the above named so-
ciety. The introducers of noveltie?
were invited to send candidates for
1913. Charles H. Totty staged "Com-
modore," which was awarded a first-
class certificate; also "Northport." A
large number of the standard varieties
were shown, to the delight of visitors
and members. "Carnation Night" was
a decided success.

The members again discussed the
matter of having professional gar-
deners on park boards and shade tree
commissions. It was finally decided to
request Assemblyman John J. Bracken
of Orange to preiJare a bill embodying
the desires of the society and intro-
duce it in the legislature. After the
bill is passed in the house. Senator
Colgate will be requested to work for
its passage in the senate. Communi-
cations were received from the Na-
tional Association of Gardeneis, and
Tuxedo Horticultural Society, approv-
in.g of our stand on the above matter.

The society is leceiving a number of
lu'izes for its summer and fall shows.
Among them are a silver cup from
John Lewis Childs, silver and bronze
medals from Michell's Seed House, $15
in gold from Pierson U-Bar Co., and
$5 from H. A. Dreer.

The awards in the monthly compe-
tition were as follows: Wm. Reid, car-
nations 90, roses 90; .John Dervan,
roses 95; Max Schneider, carnations
SO, freesia 70, violets 75; F. Bergelund,
carnations 60. E. Panuska, Schom-
burgkia undulata 90, Primula mala-
coides 50.

President French announces that
the special order of business for the
next meeting of the Chicago Florist
Club will be the election of a secre-
tary to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Wilder S. Deamud, who
is leaving the city permanently; to
receive the report of the transporta-
tion committee and to decide on the
oflicial route to the S. A. F. conven-
tion at Minneapolis. A full attend-
ance is desired.

Ed. C. Toepel. Sec. Pro Tern.

March 22, 1913

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in a growing condition which will give quick results.
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summer and fall flowering Anemones, which, besides making an attractive display, will
furnish an abundance of useful cut flowers which will be admired by everyone.

Per Per I'cr

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AtBA. A fine large snowy-white 1.00 7.00 60.00

QUEEN CHABIiOTTE. Very large,

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ROSEA SDPERBA. Very delicate, silvery-

rcse 1.00 7.00 60.00

WHIRLWIND. Large semi-double, pure

white flowers 1.00 7.00 60.00

Per Per Per
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KBIEMHILDE (new). Semi-double, rose-
pink 1.50 10.00

LORELEY (new). A semi-double, bright

silverv-pink 1.50 10.00

GEANT BL.4NCHE. Largest single

glistenins white 1.50 10.00

PRINCE HENRY. Large, very double,

deep rich pink 1.00 7.00 60.00

PURPURINE (new). Semi-double, pur-
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HOETICULTURE

March 22, 1913

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The First Club.

Credit for having had the first floral
club in the Twin Cities belongs to St.
Paul. About 25 years ago the County
Florists' and Gardeners' Association
held a flower show and made money.
For some strange reason, which even
the members of the organization can-
not explain, the association dissolved.
Its dissolution could not have been
due to lack of funds because at the
time it disbanded it had a balance of
about $S00.

Some years after the dissolution of
the St. Paul club the Association of
Minnesota Florists was organized
with E. Nagel (now deceased) as pres-
ident. This association had members
in both cities and for a number of
years progressed successfully and ac-
complished a great deal for the benefit
of florists in general. Finally, however,
due to lack of interest, it followed the
St. Paul club Into dissolution.

The State Florists' Association.

Upon the completion of the first
greenhouse built by the Park Board of
Minneapolis in 1907, Theodore Wirth,
superintendent of parks, tendered an
invitation to the florists of the Twin
Cities to inspect the new plant and to
get acquainted. From this informal
meeting there developed in December
of the same year the Twin City Flor-
ists' Club, which is now a vigorous,
healthy organization, growing in num-
bers and influence every year. The
oflicers elected at the initial meeting
were Theodore Wirth, president; O. J.
Olson, St. Paul, vice-president; S. D.
Dysinger, St. Paul, secretary, and R.
A. Latham, Minneapolis, treasurer.

The monthly meetings of this club,
held alternately in the two cities,
were well attended. Exhibits and pa-
pers kept the interest high. An an-
nual winter dance and a summer pic-
nic always drew large crowds and
were helpful in promoting closer
friendship between the florists and
their employees.

To place the association on a busi-
ness basis and to give it prestige, ar-
ticles of incorporation under the Min-
nesota state laws were adopted in
June, 190S, and the organization given
the name Minnesota State Florists'
Association. Mr. Wirth remained as
president until 1911, when he resigned.
Hugh Will was elected to succeed him.
Mr. Dysinger has been secretary from
the beginning with the exception of
about one year.

Among other achievements, the as-
sociation has been insti-umental in ob-
taining an increase of $500 in pre-
miums at the Minnesota State Fair,
which is the largest state fair in the
country. Last year the premiums for
floricultural exhibits amounted to
$1853.

IVlinneapolis' First Flower Show.
In 1910 Minneapolis held its first
fiower show under the auspices of the

Minnesota State Florists' Association.
The judges pronounced it the best ex-
hibition of its kind they had ever at-
tended, both in regard to exhibits and
artistic layout. Same showed many
pretty landscape effects and won the
highest praise. Particular credit for
the success achieved, from a profes-
sional standpoint, was accorded Mr.
Wirth. The show was not a financial
success, but it accomplished an im-
portant result in the interest it en-
gendered and in the influence it gave
for floriculture in the Twin Cities. A
second flower show was held in No-
vember, 1912, in St. Paul. While it
made a better showing in a financial
way, lack of space made it impossible
to give it the setting that was de-
siied.

The present officers of the Minnesota
State Florists' Association are Hugh
Will, Minneapolis, president; O. J. Ol-
son, St. Paul, vice-president; S. D.
Dysinger, St. Paul, secretary; E. p.
Holm. St. Paul, treasurer. Theodore
Wirth, C. N. Ruedlinger, Minneapolis,
and L. L. .May, St. Paul, and LeRoy
Cady, St. Anthony Park, form the ex-
ecutive committee. There are 53 mem-
bers.

Minneapolis Florists' Club and its
Work.
In October, 1911, several Minne-
apolis florists formed the Minneapolis
Florists' Club. W. Desmond was
elected president and has held that of-
fice since. The club is in a prosperous
condition. While floriculture receives
its first attention, evidence of its
strength is found in the fact that it
has a good baseball team as well as a
bowling team. The club has a pub-
licity committee which is vigorously
conducting a propaganda to advance
the business of the florist and has suc-
ceeded in commanding the interest and
the support of the public as no other
movement has. Articles of infoima-
tion with regard to flowers and plants
are written and published in the daily
newspapers. These articles have been
stripped of technical verbiage and
have proved interesting to young and
old alike. One of the committee's first
acts was the preparation of a general
florist advertisement for Mothers' Day,
in May, 1912. On St. Valentine's Day
the committee collected about $130
which it expended for advertising, with
the result that sales of flowers were
increased tremendously. The present
membership of the club is 52. The of-
ficers are: W. D. Desmond, presir'ent;
R. A. Latham, vice-president; C. F.
Rice, secretary; A. E. Rice, treasurer.
W. H. Bofferding, C. N. Ruedlinger
and Chas. Hauk, executive committee.
The Minneapolis Club and the St. Paul
Association are co-operating actively
in every effort which has for its ob-
ject the improvement of conditions re-
garding the business they are interest-
ed in. Every member of both organi-
zations has experienced substantial re-

sults from their propaganda sufficient

to justify every step they have taken.

The Convention Association.

For the purpose of conducting the
arrangements for the coming conven-
tion of the S. A. F. and O. H. a special
Convention Association has been
formed, embracing all the members of
both associations. The conventions
and publicity committee of the Civic
and Commerce Association has pro-
nounced this organization of florists
to be the most complete and most ef-
ficient local convention body ever or-
ganized in Minneapolis. The details
of the convention arrangements have
been divided among 14 committees.
All the sub-organizations have entered
into their various tasks with a spirit
and enthusiasm that promises good
results and a most successful conven-
tion. The chairman of the different
committees form the executive com-
mittee.

Following are the names of the
chairmen of the various sub-divisions
of the general committee:

Executive Committee — Theodore
Wirth, chairman; C. F. Rice, secre-
tary.

Finance — J. S. Mitchell, chairman.

Entertainment — Hugh Will.

Reception — W. H. Bofferding.

Information — Gust Malmquist.

Souvenir Album — J. A. Ridgway.

Press — J. F. Rice.

Sports — C. N. Ruedlinger.

Transportation — J. G. Taylor.

Hotel and Depot — W. S. Desmond.

Badges and Tickets — H. Rosacker.

Decoration — R. A. Latham.

Ladies' Reception — Mrs. Theo. Wirth.

St. Paul Reception — O. J. Olson.

University— Prof. L. R. Cady.

AMONG BUFFALO GROWERS.

A visit to Charles Christensen's
houses found a full crop of carnations,
some mignonette and lilies which are
in Easter form and altogether it was a
beautiful sight. At Weixlman's the
houses are filled with azaleas, primu-
las, cyclamen, ramblers and hybrids.

J. B. Wiese, since the accident hap-
pened to one of his horses, has taken
a fancy to autos. An "Overland" de-
livery wagon is the favored proposi-
tion. The houses of S. A. Anderson
were visited and a more beautiful
sight could not be had. One choice
lot of lilies and the azaleas could not
be better in quality, also ramblers,
genistas and bulbous stock superb.
The retail store consumes most of the
stock produced. Charles Schoenhut
has a fine lot of Easter stock includ-
ing azaleas, hybrid roses, ramblers, tu-
lips, daffodils and lily of the valley.
Sangster made an excellent showing
for St. Patrick's Day. The first Kaiser-
in and Pi'esident Carnot roses were
seen this week and came in from
Charles Guenther at Hamburg. They
are the usual Guenther quality and a
good crop is on for Easter. The finest
lilies for church work are to be had
at Neubeck's Williamsville houses.
Formosum lilies, 5 to 8 feet high, with
S to 12 blooms and the grower is Louis
Hock.

Olympia, Wash. — H. E. Rees, for-
merly employed by Van Slyke & Sea-
mons. Tacoma, has leased the green-
houses of Mrs. J. M. Billings, who is
retiring from the business.

March 22, 1913

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March 22, 1913

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

An excellent attendance of mem-
bers were on hand, Tuesday evening,
March 18, to greet Edwin Jenkins,
who came down from Lenox to give
a little talk on "Sweet Peas." The
way that gentleman gathered in the
prizes at last year's sweet pea show
prepared the members to expect some-
thing good and practical on this occa-
sion and they were not disappointed.
Wm. Sim staged three superb vases of
his long-stemmed beauties in honor of
the occasion and they made a fine ob-
ject lesson to accentuate Mr. Jenkins'
remarks. At the close of his talk,
which was impromptu, mostly, a good
many leading questions were asked
and promptly answered, and then a
standing vote of thanks was extended.

Mr. Jenkins spoke of the distin-
guishing features of the Spencer type
of peas, the principal one being the
open keel and the greater ease with
which natural cross fertilization might
occur as compared with the form of
the keel in the old types which made
crossing, except by artificial means
next to impossible — this explaining in
part the tendency of the Spencer seed
to come untrue. As to the possibility
of the sweet pea "sporting" he was
cautious and not disposed to either
assert or deny. He gave an interest-
ing account of the origin of the Spen-
cer type and as an evidence of the
tremendous size of the sweet pea grow-
ing industry, instanced the fact that
California seed growers devote 17,000
acres to this specialty and ship over
5,000 tons in a good year. He talked
interestingly of the various expedients
adopted to ensure prompt germination
of the seed, such as soaking for a few
hours in warm water, filing or clip-
ping each individual seed, etc. He
favored soaking but admitted that un-
der certain conditions of chill or damp-
ness seed thus treated was liable to
rot sometimes. He emphasized the
importance of early sowing — February
or early March, according to latitude,
etc. — in pots and advocated a tempera-
ture of about 60 degrees for germina-
tion, but after that 45 degrees is as
high as should be permitted. For the
planting outside he advised trenches
not less than two and one-half feet in
depth and two feet wide, filled up with
very rich compost; this should be pre-
pared in the fall. As to insects and
diseases he spoke at length, mention-
ing mildew as one of the most diffi-
cult troubles to combat and giving as
the best remedy a spraying with liver
of sulphur, one ounce to ten gallons
of water. Plenty of soot and wood
ashes in the soil would help to keep
the cut-worm down. As essentials in
sweet pea growing he mentioned shad-
ing, wide spacing of the plants, pinch-
ing, constant picking of the blooms,
etc. Speaking on the subject of ex-
hibiting, he said that judges should
not be expected to count the sprays in
every vase before making their
awards.

W. P. Edgar, who was intrusted with
the duty of looking up railroad and
steamboat rates for the trip to the In-
ternational Flower Show made a re-
port recommending the Colonial Line
of steamers via Providence as giving a
low rate for specified number. The
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ascertain how many would be disposed
to take the trip.

The club will be glad to welcome all
horticulturists who contemplate taking
in the show and extend to them the ad-
vantage of the short rate. All reser-
vations or information may be ob-
tained by dropping a line to W. P.
Edgar, care Horticultural Hall, Bos-
ton.

Communications from W. R. Pierson
and the Sales Promotion Department
of tlie Daily Newspaper Association
on the subject of "Trade Publicity"
were read, also one from the Horticul-
tural Department of the Panama Ex-
position, asking the club to help to
get early action taken by the Massa-
chusetts State Horticultural Commis-
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BOPDINGTON^S QUALITY GLOXINIAS

GLOXINIA ERECTA GRANDIFLORA

This popular flowering plant is coming: into grreater vogue than ever, not only as a pot plant
for house decoration, but also for cut flower purposes. Our strains of Gloxinias are the true
erect-flowering- type, grown by a specialist in Europe.

Blanche de Vera. White,

Doz.

rose-bordered. .$0.60

Ucflance. Glittering crimson .60

Kraperor William. Blue, white border... .60

Etoile de Feu. Carmine-red 60

Kaiser Frederick. Scarlet, white margin. .60

King of the Reds. Dark scarlet 60

Mndanie Helens. White, with violet crown. .60
Marqais de Peralto. White, red-bordered. .60
Mont Blanc. Snow-white 60

100
$4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.23
4.25
4.25
4.25

1000
$40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

Doz.

Prime Albert. Deep purple $0.60

Princess Elizabeth. White, bordered blue, .60
Princess Mathilde. White, with rose crown. .60

Oueen Wilhelmina. Darli rose 60

Roddington's Spotted Varieties. These
contain the most distinct and remark-
able colors 60

.\II Colors Mixed 50

100

1000

$1.25

$40.00

4.i5

40.00

4.25

40.00

4.25

40.00

4.25 4«;.W
3.75 ~3?.00

GLOXINIA ERECTA SUPERBISSIMA

Having during the past season been requested to secure
some specially tine Gloxinias for exhibition purposes, we
have made arrangements with a noted Gloxinia specialist In
England to reserve for us some of the most distinct types.
The bulbs are not so large as the Named A'arieties, but this
is a characteristic of most Erecta superbissima varieties.

BODDINGTON'S IDEAI- PRIZE GIANT MIXED. Great
variety of superb colors.

CYCLOPS. Velvety carmine, shading to a broad white bor-
der, ihroat dotted with dark red.

DtrCHESS OF YORK. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each
petal being edged with a broad band of white. A most
striking and lovely variety.

SPOTTED HYBRIDS. Whenever exhibited, they create
intense interest. The delicate markings, in an infinite
variety of forms, add a special charm to the flowers.

SUTTON'S WHITE. A giant white flowered variety.

DUKE OF YORK. Large scarlet Gloxinia with deep white
edge to each petal. A magnificent flower.

HER MA.IESTY. This exquisite Gloxinia is still unsur-
passed by any other white variety. The flowers are as
pure as newly fallen snow, and are borne on short stems,
just clear of the elegantly recurved foliage.

READING SCARI.CET. In color this is the most brilliant
Gloxinia in existence, being an intense glowing scarlet
variety of the true Crassifolia habit. An admirable com-
panion to Her Majesty.

GOLIATH. Violet and white, fine variety.
Per doz. $1.50, per 100 $10.00

Boddington's Quality Tuberous-Rooted BEGONIAS

Single-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

For planting In beds and where color effect Is desired. Our stock of these bulbs will be found true to color and
free from mixture.

Crimson

Rose
White, Pur*

Salmon

Scarlet
Yellow

Fink, Light

Copper

Orange

Large bulbs measuring 1% inches and upward, separate colors or all colors mixed, 35 cts. per doz., $8.85 per 100,
$20.00 per 1000; extra large bulbs, IVi inches and up, same colors as above, 40 cts. per doz., $2.75 per 100, $25.00 per 1000.

Double-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

These can be depended upon producing 100 per cent,
double flowers and contain very large and choice varieties.
Crimson White, Pure Y'ellow

Scarlet Copper Bronze Orange

Rose Salmon Light Pink

Large bulbs measuring 1^ inches and upward, separate
colors or all colors mixed, 50 cts. per doz., $3f.50 per 100,
.530.00 per lOOO; extra large bnlbs, IVa inches and up. same
colors as above, 65 cts. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000.

Single Crested Begontas

This strain of Begonias ranges in all colors — salmon,
pink, white, yellow, copper and scarlet; petals carry on
the upper side a cre.sted -formed cockscomb. Separate col-
ors, 80 cts. per doz., $6.00 per 100; mixed, 75 cts. per doz.,
$5.60 per 100.

Single Frilled Begonias

These are of the finest types of the single Begonia, the
petals being heavily frilled on the edges. To color, 10 cts.
each, 65 cts. per doz., $5.00 per 100; all colors mixed, 80 cts.
per doz., $4.50 per 100, $42,50 per 1000.

Single Begonia Bertini

A beautiful bedding Begonia, brilliant vermilion flowers
of rare beauty. As a bedder it stands unrivaled. 80 cts.
per doz., $6 00 per 100.

Double Begonias

Doz. 100
Doke Zeppelin. Intense pure vermlllon-scarlet.Jl.OO $7.50
Lafayette. Rich, brilliant crimson scarlet 1.25 10.00

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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HOETICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers — President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Moines, la.; 1st Tlce-presldent,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsborg, Pa.;
2nd ylce-presldent, Arthur B. Clark,
Mllford, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
Jane 24-25, 1913.

Counter Trade.
The generally stormy, rainy weather
of the past week interfered to a con-
siderable extent with seed business
in the east, but with the return of
pleasant weather there will doubtless
be greatly increased activity in all
lines. Counter trade is opening up
earlier than usual and as soon as the
ground is sufficiently dry to be worked
properly gardening operations will be
on in earnest. We believe that there
Is very little frost in the ground this
year except in northern New England
and New York, but in the market
gardening sections the frost did not
penetrate deeply this winter.

The Canning Interests.

As predicted in these columns some
week or two since, a committee repre-
senting the three allied associations
connected with the canning industry,
namely, the National Canners, Ma-
chinery and Supplies and the Brokers,
met in New York, at Hotel Rector, on
the 11th, to consider the clairiis of the
various bidders for the next national
convention. This committee is com-
posed of the three presidents and their
secretaries. It was found that nine
cities had bid for the convention. The
committee finished its preliminary
work early in the afternoon and then
adjourned to meet in Baltimore the
Wednesday following for a conferencs
with the local committee there, repre-
senting the Canners' Exchange. Fol-
lowing the ad.iournment of the com-
mittee on location in the afternoon, a
meeting of the directors of the Can-
ning Machinery and Supplies Associa-
tion was held at the Hotel Rector and
much business of importance -was
transacted. The board finished its
work early in the evening and ad-
journed subject to the call of the pres-
ident should it be thought advisable
to hold a special meeting at any time.
In the ordinary course of things, how-
ever, there probably will not be an-
other meeting of the board before next
fall.

On Wednesday evening the commit-
tee on location met at the Hotel Emer-
son, Baltimore, and were entertained
at a dinner by the local committee.
Many matters affecting the next an-
nual convention were discussed and
after dinner the committee inspected
the facilities of the three leading hO;
tels. Thursday morning they inspected
the Fifth Regiment Armory which has
been tendered by the City of Balti-
more in the event of the convention
being held there. This is a very fine,
large, well-lighted hall, but is not quite
as large as the Machinery and Sup-
plies Association would like. It can
be used by slightly limiting the space
usually allotted to exhibitors, as It
contains several thousand more square
feet than the armory that was used

MIGHELL'S FLOWER SEEDS

New Crop

ASPARAGUS PLUM-
OSUS NANUS

GREENHOUSE GROWN SEED

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

500 Seed $2.00

1,000 " 3.75

5,000 " IS.OO

10.000 " 34.00

25,000 " 80.00

LATHHOUSE GROWN SEED

500 Seed $1.25

1,000 " 2.50

5,000 •' 12.00

10,000 " 23.00

25,000 " 50.00

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI SEED

100 Seed $1.25

250 " 2.85

500 " 5.25

1,000 " 10.00

Also all other Seasonable Seeds

3.00

5.50

12.50

oz.
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60

Valuable Midsummer
Sort.

Trade

Blue

Crimson ..
Lavender .
Rose Pink.

White

Mixed . - . . .

pkt.
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30

oz.
$1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.25

and of Distinctive Quality

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI SEED INVINCIBLE ASTER

1,000 Seed

5,000 "

10,000 "

25.000 "

ASTER SEED

QUEEN olthe MARKET -EXTRA EARLY

Trade
pkt

White 20

Blush Pink 20

Kose Pink 20

LiEht Blue 20

Dark Blue 20

Crimson 20

Choice Mixed... .20
Michell's "Pink Superb"
Aster — Flowers large, pet-
als curled and Incurved;
resembles a large Chrys-
anthemum ; color, shell
pink. Trade pkt., 50e. ;
$5.00 per oz.

and Supplies. Wholesale Price List Free upon Application

MICHELL'S IMPROVED SEMPLE'S

BRANCHING ASTER
The Best Late Variety.
Trade

White

Rose Pink.
Shell Pink.
Lavender
Crimson . .
Purple ....
Mixed . . .

pkt.
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

518 iVIarket

~. IVIIC

street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH Urowers for the Trade

and all Garden Seeds J

LEONABE.--""

CO. I

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

ONION SEED We are large crowers of and dealer. SCHILDER BROS,

QllinN SETS ^*^<>'^^- L«* °" ^^"^ y°" want*. CHILLIGOTHE, 0.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans. Peas, Sweet Corn. Onion, Turnip,
Radish. Beet. Etc.

LTw^-con^^^"'^"-' MILFORD, CONN.

' CHILDS' GLADIOLI '

oled the

.tid

le world ov^r tor

SUPER.IOR MERIT

John Lewis Ctiilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

CHOICE SEEDS

FOR PRESENT PLANTING

SHAMROCK, TRUE IRISH, PER OZ., $1.00.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market Street, Boston, Mass.

ROSES, CARNATToNS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Bend ns your wants. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215BetzBldg. Philadelphia.

at Louisville for the recent conven-
tion.

The committee went to Richmond,
Virginia, and performed the same
service there. We are advised that no
selection has as yet been made, as
there will probably be another meet-
ing and it may be two or three weeks
before it Is definitely decided where
the next convention will be located.
While we have no authority for the
opinion we express, it rather looks as
if it lies between Baltimore and Rich-
mond, as the delegates at the recent
convention were nearly evenly divided
in their preference between these two
cities.

Decline in Onions and Potatoes.
Business with the trade as a whole
does not seem to quite measure up to
last year. There are, of course, ex-
ceptions, but we believe the rule ho'ds
good. There has been a marked de-

cline in the demand for onion seed
and the cause is easily given. Last
year onions were selling at $4 to $5
per bbl.; this year at $1. Onion sets
were also scarce and high in price a
year ago while now they are abun-
dant and moving at low figures,
though somewhat firmer than three
months ago. Potatoes last year sold
at $4 to $5 per bbl. sack. At present
they can be bought in Maine at 90c. to
$1, and far superior stock to that of-
fered a year ago. These declines in
values are characteristic of the gen-
eral line of seeds, though it is only
Just to say that prices last year were
abnormally high. Measured by the
past five years, present values are
above average excepting potatoes and
onions.

A. V. Smith has purchased the busi-
ness of the Cleveland Seed Company.
Avon, N. Y.

March 22, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

435

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiie'

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOrBlE PEARL

$I2.00 ^er lOOO

Excellent Quality.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage, Berlin and Hamburg

Per case of 1000 $12.00

Per case of 3000 38.00

Write tor a copy of our Florists' Catalog.

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St., (Tu) NEW YORK

^ SEEDS SANS RiVALE ^

DAHLIAS, double cactus mixed, double
dwarf mixed, double large-flowering
mixed, double lilliput or pompon mixed ;
lOO seeds, 75 cents. Coccinea, single
striped mixed, single dwarf striped
mixed, single giant-flowering, trne; 100
seeds, 60 cents. All mixed, 100 seeds
CO cents. TUe above were all raised
on contract for me by a specialist of
Paris, France, and are unrivalled.
Other Flower Seeds — Pansies, Sweet
Peas, Mignonette, Wallflowers, Zinnias,
Verbenas, etc.

N. B. — I don't publish any chromos or
hire poets to sing praises of my seeds.
They are produced by practical grow-
ers. I took several prizes In New York
and other cities for my product. My
seeds now have a national reputation
and I get better prices than anyone
else in the trade.

There's a Good Reason.
Vegetable Seeds I Supply by the Ton.

BEAULIEU, WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES" WINTER FUOWERINO

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSCMJ AYRES CX).

"Rtmrwittd Sweet Pea SficiahstJ'

Asparagus Root.

TWO-YEAR-OLD

Asparagus Roots

A flue lot ot strong two-year-
old roots ot Barr's Mammoth,
' ^ Columbian Mammoth White,

Conover's Colossal, Giant Ar-
genteuil and Dreer's Eclipse,
neatly put up in bundles of
twenty -live.

60 cts. per 100; $4.00 per 1000.
Special prices for lots of 5000
or more.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street,
PH1L.%DELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are intended
for the trade only.

Finest
Strains of

SWEET PEAS

SPENCER, UNWIN AND
6RANDIFL0RA TYPES

^ Complete List in Retail Catalog

Boston

A/ALb

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per Oz.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt., 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue Is now
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classification through Horticul-
ture and contains many varietiea.
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. ZangMi, Seedsman; Hoboken, N. 1.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. M.dison St., CHICAGO

J. W. Ednuindson. Mgr. M. W. Wniliams, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN ,JOfiE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1913 Catalognes

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47-54 No. Market St., BOSTO», MASS.

VICK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Floristsand Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlztnre,
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlztare,
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 60e
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Phone Randolph 2671.

jTbOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 181S

tVrite For Our Low Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIIWORE, MP.

Burpee's Seeds

PHII^ADELPHLA.

BLUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES
MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT
FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED in variety; also other
Items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted vou upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St, NEW Wk

and Orange, Cockn.

436

HOETICULTUEE

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1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
— SONS=^

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Otilo, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -

TiK Largast Floral EstablishmMt in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Dcliver>' — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

Tel. Murray Hill

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Michigan Ave. and 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

Ptow : mint 880. Aldine II81. Kliim 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

All Ordtrs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Th» Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists* Telegraph DeliAery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L.

ROCK

FLOWER

CO.

Kansas Caty* •

« Mo.

will earefully execute orders for Kansas |

Cit>' and any town in

Missouri or

Kansas.

1

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in Ameriea.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all

Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Telegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Boston, Mass. — The Co-operative
Flower Market. Park street, will hold
a flower show on April 12th. Much in-
terest is being manifested and two
cups have already been offered as
prizes. The retail men will contribute
prizes and will also compete in special
classes.

Boston — A young man, of genteel
appearance and well dressed, who
gives his name as W. S. Gordon, repre-
senting Bosworth & Kent, dealers in
lubricating oils at 246 Pearl street.
New York, has been appealing to flor-
ists about here for financial assistance.
Claims to be on his honeymoon trip
and that his wife is a sister of Dreyer,
florist, of New York.

STEAMER REPARTURES |

Allan. I

Ionian, Boston-Glasgow Mar. 27 g,

American. ^

New Yorlj, K. Y.-S'hampton.Mar. 2'.i 9.
St. Louis. N. Y.-S'hampton. .Apr. 5 ^

Atlantic Transport.

Minnetonka, X. Y.-London.. .Mar. 29

Cunard.

Lusitania, N. Y. -Liverpool. . .Mar. 26
Lauretania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .Apr. 2

Hamburg-American.

K. Aug. Vic, N. Y'.-Haml)urg.Mar. 27
Patricia. N. Y. -Hamburg .\pr. ,'i

Holland-America.

Potsdam. N. Y. -Rotterdam. . .Mar. 23
New Am'dam, N. Y.-Kot*dam.Apr. 1

Leyland.

Winifrediau. Boston-Liverp"l.Mar. 29
North German Lloyd.

Barbarossa, N. Y'. -Bremen. . .Mar. 27

Berlin, N. i'.-Mediterranean..Mar. 2:i

Kron. Cecilie, N. Y. -Bremen. ..\pr. 1

Red Star.

Finland, N. Y. -Antwerp Mar.

Lapland, N. Y. -Antwerp Apr.

White Star.

Majestic, N. Y.-S'hampton. . .Mar. 2tl
Megantic. N. Y -Liverpool. . .Mar. 27

Adriatic, N. Y. -Liverpool Mar. 2!i

Celtic. N. Y. -Liverpool .4pr. 3

Cretic, Boston-Mediterranean. Apr. 5
Oceanic, N. Y.-S'Uampton. . . . Apr. .5

Washington, D. C. — F. H. Kramer
invites his customers and friends to
visit his houses also special display
in his conservatory at the store, 914
F Street, N. W. The latter is gaily
decorated with Japanese lanterns and
make a very good showing. Mr.
Kramer has secured the services of
F. Boyd August, who was formerly
employed by a Richmond firm but who
for the last six months or more has
been in Winnipeg, Man., at the Rosery.

The issue of March 15, 1913, of the
"Detroit Saturday Night," contained
an excellent example of co-operative
advertising by the florists of that city.
It occupied a full-page space, the cen-
tral feature being a cut of a vase of
lilies and some interesting general
notes about the florists of Detroit and
their profession. About this, on top
and bottom and sides were the Easter
advertisements of nine leading retail
establishments. We do not doubt it
proved a winner for everyone who
was represented in it and a benefit, in-
directly, to others who were not.

I

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the I'nited States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or Intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Drlivi-ries

Must be prepaid

Reference or cash must accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ALEXCON'NELL.

DAVIU CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telcL'rapli

2139-2H1 Broadway, New York

Telephone Io32-loo3 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

761 Filtli tn. Cor. E SStli SI

NEW YORK CITY

1^^ BROOKLYN

I i lASr 3 & S Greene Ave.

I I I 'Jjjflr Tel. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Piospect

Eatablisheil 1X74

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Aveooe, N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special CorrespOB
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the BntiAk
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Daidsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.

tlioWBR DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY

AND vTcwmr

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IN .4LBANY AND VICINITY
ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDKR

II NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.
RocbestOT, N. Y,

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 CUnton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phooe sxAq

Members Florists Tel^raph Delivery

PROVIDENCE, R. I.
and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

Nt* Ei^nd Points 171 Wefbosset Street

March 22, 1913

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437

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Sfiul (lower orders for delixery in Boston
iinil «M New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail onlers to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylsfon Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art iJoods and
New Designs in Tuseany Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

St;ocl( and Work First Class

RIHODI

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Floriets. Orders filled for any
part of the Btate.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JUUUS BPPSTEIN FRANK H. FORREST

344 - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAI..

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TI.EORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Belivered on mail or telegraph order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the DominiffD.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonge St.,

TORONTO, ONT.

MONTREAL^' ^-z

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON ^s Jl

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^">"

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

\lbany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St.

Boston — Thos. F. Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston — Ed. M.icMulkin. 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.
Boston— Zinn, The Florist. 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O. — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col. — Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich.— J. Breitmeyer's Sons,
Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit. Mich. — Secretary Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New Y'ork — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons. 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex. McConnell. 571 5th Ave.

New York— Youag & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. 1. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Wevbosset St.

Rochester. N. Y.— J. B
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal.-
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May &,Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D, C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer. 915
F St., N. W.

. Keller Sons, 25
-The California

&

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Allentown, Pa. — Ernest Ashley.

Evansville, Ind. — Evansville Floral
Co.

Clinton, Mass. — A. P. Mereditti &
Son.

Cliicago, III.— Jolin Aggen, 4134 W.
26tli street.

Sheridan, Wyo.— E. E. Clancy, 40

Main street.

Portland, Ore. — Niklas & Son, New
Oregon Hotel.

La Porte, Ind. — Tlie Kaber Co., 808
Jefferson avenue.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Fred Rigelmeyer,

Carson, near 19th street.

Grand Fori^s, N. D.— Grand Forks
Floral Co., DeMers avenue.

Covington, Ky.— W. R. Miller's
Sons. 8th street and Madison avenue.

Chicago, 111.— Williams' Flower Shop,
102 S. Wabash avenue, Fred Strail,
manager.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Miss Mae B.
Golden, 59 Lafayette avenue, John
Ross, manager.

EASTER
GREETINGS

and

THANKS

for your

PATRONAGE

from

M. RICE CO.

Leading Florists' Supply House
1220 RACE ST., - PHIL A.. PA.

BOSTON. MiVSS.

"Penn. The Telegraph Florist"
Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery
37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Yonr orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

ZINN, The Florist

1 Park St., Boston

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS

12 1« F. ST^NJrt.

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANB

Euclid Avenue

Trenton, N. J. — Chestnut Avenue
Floral Co.. Frank Grovatt and William
H. Hart, proprietors.

New York, N. Y. — Lambros Mulli-
nos, Broadway and 33rd street; E. L.
Lang, 974 Lexington avenue; Morris
De Leeuw, 1902 Seventh avenue.

IN BANKRUPTCY.
Winthrop, Mass. — Enoch E.Fletcher,
formerly a salesman in the Co-opera-
tive Flower Market, is a petitioner in
bankruptcy. Liabilities $2,822; assets,
$993.

438

H 0 E. T I C U L T U E E

March 22, 1913

SUCCESSFUL FLORISTS

all over the country are using McCray' Refrigerators.
The circulation of air is so strong and steady that there
can be no stagnation or dampness, so that your stock
will always be fresh and fragrant. Furthermore the
saving in ice will more than pay for the cost.

McCray Refrigerators

will lend attractiveness to your shop. Beautifully made
and finished, they are lined with white enamel, opal
glass, tile, mirrors or marble, as you desire. Write
today for our catalog No. 73 which will give you ideas
how to add to the attractiveness of your establishment.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

S6 walLh"";. 553 Lake St.. Kendallvllle. Ind. .JrWi.V'i.SJ'^l

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

OVER-CROWDING.

Floral art ofttimes suffers from the
above title. The designer who is sat-
isfied to "leave well enough alone," is
the one who produces the best results
with the least amount of material. In
this article I will attempt to illus-
trate this. For example take the dec-
orating of a galax wreath; because you
are getting ten dollars for it, that is
no reason why you should crowd it
full of roses or any other variety of
flowers the order may call for. Just
use enough of the right kind and
stop; don't spoil your design by tak-
ing the strongest magnifying glass to
look for spaces to fill in, because you
are going to dissatisfy the customer
and waste flowers at the same time.

Over-crowding the window display
is another mistake. The decorator
has attempted to show all his goods
in one day; instead of making a
dainty group of pink, white, red or
yellow, he has a conglomoration of all,
when he might have used one color
each day, displaying an individuality
that commands the attention of the
daily passer-by.

How often has the artistic "shower-
bouquet" been spoiled by too many
showers, the bouquet itself being all
that could be expected, and then in
the anxiety to create something un-
usual, a lot of unnecessary showers
forced upon it, when much less would
; suffice. Then again, appears the over-
crowded corsage. Many seem to
think that if it does not weigh as
much as a good-sized funeral spray
there is something lacking and, to cap
the climax, they burglarize the rib-
bon case and force a couple of bows
in the center of it, whereas a little
touch of ribbon where the stems are
tied is sufficient. True, ribbons are
always essential to dainty corsages,
but there is a limit.

The designers and decorators of to-
day have not been taught the art in
one large school; neither have they
worked in one city, so each one has
his own way of working that he thinks
is right, but none are infallible. As
our apprentices see us work, so will
they take up the art. Let us impress

upon them that the greatest demand
among the retail florists of to-day, is
for the artistic, economical worker,
who can do the right thing at the right
time, with the least amount of mater-
ial. Me. Storeman.

PROVIDENCE, R. I., NOTES.

J. J. Karins of Dreer's, Philadelphia,
was a recent visitor.

Johnston Brothers are exhibiting a
mammoth Bougainvillea plant at their
store, it being one of the best speci-
mens ever seen in this part of the
country and is attracting much atten-
tion.

Edgar L. Nock has made an early
cleaning at his houses near Roger
Williams Park with the intention of
putting them all to orchids. Mr. Nock
has already purchased a considerable
quantity of stock.

Material for the new house that Al-
bert Holscher is about to add to his
range on Hartford avenue, has ar-
rived and operations will begin the
first of the week. Lord & Burnham
Co. has the contract.

The funeral of Nathan D. Pierce
was held from his late home in Nor-
wood. March 10. and there was a large
attendance of friends and former asso-
ciates in the floral trade. There was
a profusion of floral tributes forming
a deep border on three sides of the
room. The bearers were Eugene Ap-
pleton. Edward J. Brookes, Nils G.
Pierson and Edward Mowry.

Professor A. E. Stene, State Ento-
mologist and Nursery Inspector, has Is-
sued a warning throughout the State,
calling attention to the great spread in
the brown tail and gypsy moths. This
state of affairs is due to the failure
of the General Assembly to make
the necessary appropriation to con-
tinue the battle of extermination
which began two years ago and end-
ed as soon as the appropriation was
exhausted. The refusal of the Legis-
lature to provide funds to carry on
the work has resulted in the first sum
expended being actually thrown away.

S. A. G.

Cleveland, Ohio — Henry D. Jones, a
florist, was run down by an automoho-
list while alighting from a street car
in front of the Hotel Statler on the
night of March 13, and was probably
fatally injured.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

With the Easter rush barely over,
M. Rice Co. are already preparing for
Decoration Day. Several very large
shipments of metal wreaths arrived
this week.

Writing from San Jose, Costa Rica,
March 2, C. E. Meehan of the S. S.
Pennock-Meehan Co., says: "Just
landed. Bought six cattleyas today,
2%c. each. The fruit business beats
the flower business down here! They
loaded 35,000 bunches of bananas, and
4000 bags coffee in eight hours. Mrs.
Meehan and self all well — expect to be
back in Philadelphia March 12th.''
Which they did — beating the above
missive by five days!

■Visitors. — S. McClements, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Wm. Duckham, Madison, N. J.;
E. W. McLellan, Burlingame, Cal.; Til-
lie Held, J. Dan. Blackistone, J. A. Rit-
ter, Mrs. George Diederman, George V.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs.Wm. J. Halliday, all
of Baltimore; George H. Cooke, Wash-
ington, D. C; H. Graves and H. Gib-
son of the Zieger Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.;
E. Howard Smith, Hazelton, Pa.; Mr.
Blackman, Blackman Floral Co., Tren-
ton, N. J.; J. H. Huesman, Reading,
Pa.; E. Brenneman and C. Smith of
Harrisburg, Pa.; H. B. Campbell,
Shamokin, Pa.; Geo. Goldback, Lan-
caster, Pa.

Camden, N. J. — Carl W. and Ernest
D. Brown have purchased the green-
houses and business of Harvey B.
Snow. Mr. Snow will hereafter de-
vote his whole attention to his seed
business.

M

EVER READY
POTGOVER

I

The modern way of
artistically decorat-
ing unsightly clay
flower pots. Make*
plants sell better as
they are artistic
and attractive. In-
expensive, durable
and Instantly ap-
plied. Made in four colors and many
sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt
of 10c.

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.

146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y.

March 22, 1913

llORTICULTUEE

439-

CHICAGO NOTES.
Tree Planting.
The ladies of the Municipal Art
League are sending out their an-
nouncements to residents of the vari-
ous city streets regarding the planting
of shade trees this spring. Any one
can place the order with the chairman
and be assured that the work will be
done right. Trees planted last fall
by the committee will be replaced if
not satisfactory. This practical way
of improving an entire street at a
time, promises well and property
owners are responding. The Muni-
cipal Art League has a lecture each
month from October to April, in the
Art Insititute and this month it is
on The Promotion of Tree Planting.
Dr. Frank Johnson of Glen EUyu
and J. H. Prost, city forester, will
give illustrated talks.

Easter Plants.

This year it took an extra amount
of pluck, forethought and energy,
always required in considerable quan-
tity, to bring the Easter plants to
just the right stage of development,
to meet the very early Easter. At
Oechslin's a house of hydrangeas was a
revelation of what the new French
varieties mean when grown properly
and are a most desirable supplement
to the two prime favorites for Easter,
lilies and azaleas. Genistas, this
year, are particularly good and are
masses of golden bloom. The store
windows contained rather less of the
fantastically trained rose plants than
have been ofifered heretofore, the boat
and balloon type being very scarce
while the more graceful basket effects
met with popular approval. Freaks
are being passed by for tasty arrange-
ments. The bulbous stock is offered
In such attractive window boxes, shal-
low baskets, etc., that it forms a
considerable part of the total sales.
When the extra shelving and tables
contain such an array of potted stock
It is no wonder that the sale of cut
flowers is facing hard competition.

Trade Items.

Green carnations were not seen on
the street as frequently as In past
years, the retailers stating that they
were used more as favors and in deco-
rations for social events.

The special shamrock boxes, holding
two potted plants, seemed to meet
with favor. This was a new addition
to the offerings this year. It opened
trunk fashion and had holes in the
tray into which the pots fitted. The
only criticism might be the shade of
green inside the box, which took the
color out of the shamrock.

It affords both surprise and amuse-
ment to see how plants are handled
in the big department stores. The lily
plants a year ago were frequently torn
to shreds by rough handling. This
week the writer watched the sale of
the small shamrock plants and was
shocked to see a clerk fill an order
for a dozen by taking a paper bag and
dropping the plants one by one into
the bag. Each one landed with a
thud, the top of the bag was given
a twist and the mass of jars and
broken foliage turned over to the cus-
tomer. One store sold 45,000 sham-
rock plants and could have used more.

A new "Flower Market" sign blos-
somed out Saturday and it is large,
showy and "different." It is in the

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' WE EXTEND OUR

EASTER GREETINGS

TO OUR OLD AND NEW FRIENDS

i

i.

For their generous and loyal support given us. Our efforts have
been-fully sustained by your liberal patronage. Your appreciation
of our successsul efforts to furnish the connpletest, brightest and
best line of Supplies ever distributed in the United States for an
Easter period, stimulates us to still further efforts for the future.
Watch for our new offerings from time to time as the season ad-
vances. Our aim is always to do better, to deserve your
confidence.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

THE "^^^gg JlE^^r'-'' AMERICA
1 1 29 Arch Street - - Philadelphia, Pa.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else .
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. I, S2.S0 ; No. 2, liJ.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00; N«. 5, i6.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone Stjochester, N.Y.

Do Nol Take An; Fake (
Silkal " "■

JOHN

Silkal

also Is made In all

The MEYKR Oretn

SILRALINE

Used by Retail Florists for mossing funeral
designs, tying bunches, etc., is

THE ONLI ARTICIE THAT SBOCID BE DSED

by Growers for stringing Sniilax and Asparagus, as it
will nof fade or rot in the greenhouse. The Meyer
Silkaline was the first green thread to be introduced
among Florists and Growers. It is handled by the best
houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by name —
Meyer's Silkaline — to be sure of getting the genuine
article. I)o not accept substitutes.

If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of the

manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 per

lb. Sizes, "F"' fine, "FF" medium, and '"FFF" coarse.

Lowell Thread Mills, I AUfCI I 11 II C C

1495 Middlesex St.. LUfffCLLf IflAdOl

teadinfi colors, as Violet, for bnnching Tiolets. and also for tying fancy boxes

MEYER & CO.,

new store rented by J. Muir, who has
also two retail stores on the South
Side, and i* is located in the Goddard
Building, just completed, at the corner
of "Wabash avenue and Monroe street.
The name is The Flower Market, and
a large picture of a greenhouse with
the inscription, "From the grower to
the consumer," is conspicuous in the
window. Mr. Bohannon will have the
use ot the store till after Easter. With

the opening of the new Williams'
Flower Store in the same building,
two weeks ago, and with J. Mangel
and H. Rowe in the same block, that
section is well covered by the retail
trade.

Visitors: John Bergstrom, Rockport,
111.; R. C. Reicher, Michigan City, Ind.;
R. J. Currie. Milwaukee, Wis.; A. L..
Glaser. Dubuque,. la.; J. M. Hoffman.
La Porte, Ind.

440

HORTICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

BEAUTIES

A splendid supply of Special Beauties.
When in the market for a quantity, let us
quote you. Our prices will interest you.

The Leo Niessen Co.

WHOLr&VA.I^E FLOR.ISTS

RHiLADELPHiA

N. Mr. Corner
12th and Rtfee Ste..

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I To Cut Flower Growers and I
I Retail Florists |

IF YOU

want to find a market ior yooi S

product 3

want a regpilai or special supply S

of the product of the belt 3

growers ■

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the LeatUng
5 Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

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THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

t;ii PEAUL ST. BOSTON

X. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. Insist on having the

BOSTON

In script i on !», Emblems, etc. Always
in Stock.

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

IS Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, IMASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens*
Three Floors of Florists' .Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

IlieJ.M.McCuIlougli'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Special .Tttpiition to sUippiiig orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list ou application.
Phone :\Fni" "xl 310 Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Conaignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEOR.GIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Greenhouses, Morton Grove, ill.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ""'^^"^ '"^"^IS-d^'aVe°rs only

rplTTsBUROtl

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" *' Extra

No. 1

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra -

** Ordinaxj-

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary ...

Bride, 'Maid

HilUngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" '* '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daftodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises .

Snapdragon

AVallfloutrr

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Axiiantum ....-

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous^ Strings (loo)-.
*' " & Spren. (too bchs.). .

CINCINNATI

March 3

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I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET ■ ■ - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants n m,

IT6 H. MICHIfiAN AVE., SSS'.SSkV^S^iC CHICAeO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlv.

When Writlne; to Advertisers Pleese Mention

HORTICULTURE.

March 22, 1913

HOETICULTURE

441

For After-Easter Weddings

VALLEY: Extra, $3.00 per 100; Special, $4.00 per 100.

CATTLEVAS: $6.t'0 per doz. ; $40.00 per 100.

SWEET PEAS: 51.00 to $1.50 per 100.

G.ABDENI.4S: F-mcy. ifi.OO per doz.; $12.50 per lOO. Special, $3.00 per

duz.; $17.F.0 per 100. As a Special, for the weeli ending March 29th,

iift.v or more of the two grades, §10.00 per 100.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

WILD SMILAX: $5.00 per case.

GREEN or BRONZE G.*LAX: $1.50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS: Green and bronze, $1.00 per 100; $7.50

per 1.000.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: $1.50 per bag.
SPHAGNUM MOSS: 10 hbl. bales, nicely burlappcd, each $4.00; 5

hale lots, ® $3.75; 10 bale lots, (® $3.50; 25 bale lots, @ $3.25.
MEXICAN IVT; $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1,000.
DAGGER and FANCY- FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000.
BOXWOOD: 50 lb. cases, $7.50 each.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons.
Write us for pri'.'es on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments ean be sent by Parcel Post at parehaser's risk

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN GO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK
117 West 28lh St.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W

Fbw6ir Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS -;'^-'>^'^'^^tS-d^h\V&"3

^ ~' " RONTON i r.Hir.AnA i 5/f i «ii7i« dhu

The middle of the week
BOSTON before Easter saw a
healthy activity in the
market. Nothing is scarceexcept Ameri-
can Beauty roses and the best of those
in sight are poor. Richmonds will sell
out early and lilies are liable to prove
short of the demand by the end of the
week. They are not very good as a
rule, the earliness of Easter having
apparently frightened the growers into
pushing them along too strenuously.
The usual big shipments of lily plants
have been made by the wholesale
dealers, to out-of-town buyers, but
there seems to be more than the usual
complaint of injury in transit. It is
in evidence that the express em-
ployees have shown much carelessness
in handling these goods this year. Bul-
bous stock is very much overcrowded,
sales of fine trumpet daffodils at $10.00
per 1000 being common. Roses and
carnations run very fine as to quality.
Carnations have appreciated in price
until now they sell readily at double
the price obtained one week ago. Vio-
lets move slowly and prces have ruled
lower than ever before at this sea-
son; they are of superb quality. Sweet
peas are seen in all grades from low-
est to highest possible quality and the
selling price is as diverse as the qual-
ity, the best bringing about five times
the price of the worst, and even at
that the latter are more often thrown
away than sold. Cattleyas have stif-
fened up nicely and are bringing nor-
mal prices once more. Gardenias also
have recovered their lost ground.

The first half of the
BUFFALO i>ast week was not a

lively one from a busi-
ness standpoint of view. Receipts
were heavy and there was very little
doing until Thursday morning when
things brightened up and continued so
the balance of the week with Satur-
day a clean-up day. though the sur-
plus carried along from earlier in the
week was too large to dispose of with-

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy amT^pecial.-.-

" " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

HiUingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" '* " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises ■

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Flumosus, Strings (loo)..
" " & Spren. (loo Bchs.j. .

BOSTON

March 20

CtllCAOO

March 17

AT. LOUIS

March 17

ONLY

50.00
30.00
10.00

2. 00

3.00
4.00
1. 00
2.00
5.00
2.00
2.00
3.00
1.00
40.00
8.00
8.00
2.00
1. 00
1.00

■35
3.00

5.00
1. 00

■35

20.00

1. 00

10.00

60.00 j
40.00 I
20.00

8.00 ,
16.00 ,

8.00 ,
16.00

3.00 I

6.00 :
12.00 I

4.00 I

t2.00

S.oo
2.00
50.00
12.00
12.00
4.00
2.00
2.00
t.oo
S-oo
1. 00

8.00
2.00

I.OQ

25.00

1-25

15.00
50.00

45.00

30.00
25.00
12.00
10.00

4.00

12.00

25.00 to 35-00

10.00
5.00
10.00

4.00

40.00
10.00
8.00
3.00

2.00
2.00

•50
4.00
1.50
8.00

1. 00
25.00

I 00
12.00
50.00

3500

50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
12.00

8.00

15.00
10.00

12.00
10.00
15.00
5.00
3.00
50.00
15.00

I2.00

4.00

3.00
4.00
■75
6.00
3.00 '
10.00 :

2.00 I
30.00 '

i-»5 ,
15.00
75.00
50.00 !

40.00

20.00
15.00
S.oo

6.00

4.00

6.00

4.00

5.00

8.00

5.0c

8.00

300

1. 00

40.00

12.00

12.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

■25

3-00

■25

300

.30 to

1. 00
12.00
35 -oo
10.00

6d.oo
30.00
18.00

8.00
10.00

5-00
10.00

5.03

6.00
10.00
6.00
12.00
4.00
2.00
50.00
15-00
15.00
4.00
4.00

4.00

I.OQ
5.00

.75
5.00

1.00

1. 25

15-00
50.00

I2.00

PHILA.

March 17

62.50
40.00
20.00
5.00
8.00
2.00
8.00

2. 00

8.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
2.00

40.00
8.00

10.00
J. 00
1. 00
1. 00
.30
2.00
1. 00
4.00

•25

4.00

-75
15.00
40.00

a5oo

7S-00

35 -co
1500
12.00

6.00
IS -co

6.00

12.00

6.00

15.00

5.00

3-00

50.00

12.50

15 00

4.0a

3.00

3.00

.25

500

2.00

15.00

I.OD
25.00

1.50
20.00
50.00
50.00

out injuring the market to a large ex-
tent. The receipts were heavy on car-
nations, especially colored, and the
white had a demand on Friday and
Saturday and prices held firm. St.
Patrick helped us out. Other stock,
especially ordinary sweet peas, were
too plentiful and lilies have awakened:
only a slight call for lily of the valley
or violets. Tulips were again too plen-
tiful and daffodils shortened up. There
were enough roses, and white had pref-
erence. Now look out for a record-
breaker.

The market can scarce-
CHICAGO ly be said to have been

active the last week
before Easter shipping began, but
there was a very fair demand for most
kinds of stock. St. Patrick's Day usecl
up practically all the white carnations
that were cut in a week, and most of
the retailers report selling out fairly
well. The popularity of green dyed
flowers was considered very doubtful
a month ago but they disappeared
and no one admits losing any. Ameri-

can Beauties are a trifle more plenti-
ful each week but the increase is very
slight. The best varieties of sweet
peas sell quickly and the price holds
up to quotations, but the older and
short-stemmed varieties are not going
to bring a profit to the grower this
season. The violet growers are not
reaping a very large reward, prices
still remaining low and the market
overstocked. All kinds of roses are
coming in freely but not more than
can be sold to advantage. The fiist
two days of Easter week were rather
quiet, as is usual just before a hoMday.
Bulb stock is good in quality and lit-
tle, if any, is lost.

With the approach
CINCINNATI of Easter the supply
has been increasing
steady and keeping apace with the in-
creasing demand. While business was
fairly good at the opening of this
week, it was not quite as good as last
week. The tulips, jonquils, daffodils
and Dutch hyacinths are really in a

(Continued on f age 44J)

U2

HORTICULTUKE

March 22, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

ri K[s, nm umiis

A I'nll Line of ALL CUT p"LOWERS.
Telephone. 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENl^

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3300, 2301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \lll Madison Square NeW YOrk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wtiolesale_Comiiiission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

WM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tii Street, NEW YORK

GUI and Impact tli* Beat KatabUabmeot
In tlia Wboleaala Flower DUtrlct.

SINCI^£ AND DOUBLE

V I O I- ETS

CamatioDSy Rotes, Valley, Orchids

at Groovers* Market Prices

B. S. Slinn,iJr.

55 & 57 MTest 20th St., New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Kvergreens, Mosses,

Sontbei-n Sniilax, <ialav and Leuoothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cycas und I'alnietto.

te> {S^n "'" »' 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R££D (SL KE:LL£R

133 West 35th St., Xew York

Florists' Supplies

We niitnttfitcturc all *>ur

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and :ivv de.ilers in

Decorative Glassware, Growers an<I

Florists* Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willonghby M.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

I«,«00....$1.75. 60,000.... $7.80. Sample free
For sale by dealers-

I*. J. sjwuorH

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist \\'iiUT''%%^ISt

A tail Una el Choice Cut Flower stock for all purpoaes The HOMB OP THE Ln.V
by tlM 100, 1000 or 10,000

TBL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th 5t., New York City

Walter F. Sheridan

W7i4tl0sai€ Cotntn-issifH* Deaifr in

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

733 Wttt 2ath Street, New York
Telephone— 3W2-3M3 Madieoa Square

Eatablisbed
1887

J. K. AL.L

IM

Still Going I
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUABK DEAI..

Open 6 A. H. dally.

Cat Flower Ccnslgromenta ^elicited.

PROMPT RETURNS. UONBY ALWAYS BSADT.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, 167 aad 44M Itm*. 8«.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

ALWAYS

ON HAND

V vTHE HIGHEST A/ A 0 I C" V ALWAYS

• 0#^,. GR.\DEOF VMLLtY ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, M.d7s" 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

List Half of Wwk

ending Mir. 15

1912

American Beauty, Fancy and Special ^o,

" *• Extra

No. I

** " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary ■

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" Ordinary ,

Bride. Maid

Hllllnffdon, Ward, Melody. Extra

'* " " Ordinary

Talt. Sunburst

Caroallons, Fancy Grade

** Ordinary

I, DO
20.00
10.00
2.00
5.00
1. 00

1. 00
1.00
6.00

a. 00

4.00

2.00

.50

60.00
30.00
15.00

6.00

3.00
8.00
3.00
r>.oo
8.00
5.00
8.00

4-00

2.00

First Half of Wilk

betioniiig Mar. U

1S12

40.00 to 6o«QO

30,00
15.00
tjott
8.00
3.00

5.00 to 1O.0D
3.00

6.00

20.00 to

10.00 to

a. 00 to

5.00 tD

1. 00 to

1. 00

1. 00 to

6.00 to

2. 00 to

4.0* to

3.00 to

I. 00 to

t.eo

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
3-* -Weait: astb (Street:, :r«e^vv- '^orte;

Telephones!}^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOUCTTBD

Prank H. TrmeiullT Cfcmre»SahM»A . P*!^ M ^H# ■■ ■ ■ i a K| JK

TRAENOLY & SCHENCK I ™NL'!'J-.y('*^

55-57 West 26tli St., N£W YORK

Shipnipufg, any quautitj, Whole-
sale Market Bates.

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Tel«phoa«s ; 79! aad 799 Madiaee S^are
CoMsianments Solicited

cnrrsAXXT iooatkd, tkk htjb of

THE FZ.OWXB MABKKT SKCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 706Z Madison
Tolcpbonc 3860 Maduoo Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tii Street NEW YORK

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Constgnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fetn Our Specialty

38-40 BROflDWAY. DETROIT, MIUH.

BENKY M. k.jliINS(.)N,Pr(.s. .MAl'HICE L. GLASS, Xreu
CHAS E. ROBINSON, V-Pres. JOSErn M-IRGOUS, a«?y

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glass. Manasc
55.57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK OTY

March 22, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

443

Flower Market Reports

f Ctntinutd front Pa^e J41)

better condition right now than they
have been as Easter approached in
past years. Practically all the stock
that arrives shows that the bloom was
cut at the proper time and sent into
the marltet and not held on the plants
or bulbs or in a refrigerator. Roses
are in an adequate supply, except
American Beauties, which are pretty
well off crop. The carnation cut, at
the time of this writing, is more or
less limited.

As usual the greatest
NEW YORK activity a few days
before Easter has
been with the plantsmen and the plant
buyers, but there has also been an
injection of life into the cut-flower
trade which augurs well for that de-
partment when the end of the week is
reached. The most disturbing feature
of the situation is the very evident dis-
position on the part of some of the
flower people to hold back their prod-
uct instead of sending it in as fast as
it is fit. This assininity would not to-
day be worth the trouble of even men-
tioning it were it not for the fact that
the entire cut-flower industry suffers
untold injury. If the loss could only
be confined to the misguided fools who
follow this worn-out practice nobody
would care, but it is not so. The qual-
ity of most standard crops is excellent.
Lilies have, many of them, been forced
too hard and are soft in texture and
weak of stem. Bulbous material is In
very heavy crop. American Beauties
are still far shy of the demand, but
there are good Brunners in consider-
able quantity to help out. The weather
thus far has been favorable to ship-
ping.

Business during
PHILADELPHIA the past week,
was fairly satisfac-
tory. Stocks cleaned up pretty well
on Saturday. The best sellers were
probably white carnations, these be-
ing in extra demand for St. Patrick's
Day. Other flowers went at normal
pace with the exception of violets,
which were sluggish. Roses of all
kinds were in good demand especi-
ally white roses, but the latter were
on the scarce side and that doubtless
had something to do with the condi-
tion. Nothing new as to Beauty; still
very very scarce. Carnations remain
in the pink of form and condition,
with demand all that could be expect-
ed. Orchid market moderate both as
to quality and sales. Gardenias slow,
for some reason or other not easily
defined. Sweet peas are in rather bet-
ter shape, not so many of the poorer

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

3;^?'""" •""• 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIME AND MONET BY SENDING TOCB ORDER TO US

*rices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connectioii

WELCH BROS. CO

A.MeiUC<N BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE
SUPERIOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS
BE^ST PRODVCED
226 Pevonahlr* Stft, Bo«ton, M«>

William F. Kasting Co.

^A/Holosal•

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

>ris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE LTD.—

OROANIZKD FOR THS HKMMTIT OF THB CAXAOUJI TKADK.
CUT IXOWSBS AMD nOBIBT*' ■CPPL.IES OF BTERT DEBCBIPTION.
Henie-n«ini Stock • t^MtaUy. •TBICTI.T WHOUMAUC) NOTHIKO SOLD
AT BBTaB..

AbvU refarcBM faraUhad ■• to atoaJtec aad ObsbcUI KblUtr •t tb» ewnpanr.
128 MANSriELO STREET^^JHONTREAL,, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIO^S PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lflies, Longlflorum .

Callas

Uly of the Valley ...

DaffodiU

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette.

Snapdra.ion

Waillower

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Qardenlas

Adlantum

3nillax

Asparmgus PI umosus , strings (per loo)

" " & Sprcn (loo bunches) .

Last Half of Wuh

ending Mar. 15

1913

15.00

to

25.00

5.00

to

8.00

8.00

to

12.00

1. 00

to

2.00

1. 00

to

2.00

1. 00

to

3.00

.20

to

.40

■50

to

1. 00

3. 00

to

6.00

4.00

to

6.00

1.00

to

2.00

3-«o

to

8.00

6.00

to

90.00

.50

to

1. 00

0.00

to

Z9.00

35.00

to

40.00

15.00

to

35.00

FInit Half gf Wert

beginning Mar. 17

1913

25.00
6.00
6.00
1. 00

I.OO

1. 00

•15
.50

2.00

4.00

1.00

3.00

6.00

3.00

.50 to
6.00 to
35-00
15.00

to .4«

to x.oo

to 6.aa

to 8.00

to 2.00

to 8.s«
25.00

40.01
25.01

grades arriving and the demand for
the top notchers is very good. Daf-
fodils continue in good supply with
brisk call. The southerners are more
plentiful but so far are selling well
although at very low prices. Dasies
are moving rather better; other stocks
normal.

The local market was
ST. LOUIS ablaze with all kinds

of good quality of
stock. The wholesalers say that busi-
ness was good all of the past week
but stock being so plentiful clean
sales were out of the question on any
thing. Violets and peas glutted the
market daily and sold very cheap and
big lots were disposed of in this way.
There are also plenty of good roses
and carnations. The rose market was
very heavy on Killarneys and Rich-
mond and carnations on Enchantress
in all varieties. Easter demand prom-
ises to be big this year.

Business during
WASHINGTON the early part of

last week was not
so good as it has been. Saturday
found the stores a little busier while
on Monday the first of the Easter
trade was seen. The run on lily of
the valley was quite heavy on that
day and noon found the stores com-
pletely cleaned out. There will be

plenty of stock during the week and
probably of good quality. The only
possible shortages will be American
Beauty roses.

INCORPORATED.

Bozeman, Mont. — William A. Davis
Seed Co., capital stock $7,000. Incor-
porators, W. A. Davis, B. C. Parker
and E. J. Renstrom.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— J. M. Phillips'
Sons, Inc., to deal in florists' tools
and supplies. Capital stock $10,000.
Incorporators, E. Heckman, E. H. Phil-
lips, E. V. Phillips, M. W. Rigdon and
F. J. Tyrrell.

GEO. C. 5IEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
los \A/ES-r 2s«>-> s-r

CONSIGNMENS SOLICITED

PHONE {^«|j MADISON SQ., NEW YORK

ROSES WANTED

will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

S4 W. 28th Street, New York

444

HORTICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this liead, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dysart. 10 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AGERATCMS . .

Ageratum, Gurnev and dwarf wlilte root-
ed cuttings, tiOc. per 1(10. casb. WONSET-
LER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

AMPEIiOPS^S

Ampelopsis Veitchii — One year, 2 to 3
ft., strong. -J for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel
post): $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 inches, 50
for $1.50. $2 per 100 (parcel post), *15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to v. incbcs
for transplanting, $12 per 1000. Samples
25c. allowed on purchase. Chas. Black,
Hightstown, N. J.

APHINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARACCABIAS

Godfrey Aschmann. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGUS

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 2 inch, $2.00 per
100; $18.00 per 1000. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

ASTERS

THE SAWYER ASTERMUM.
Eight years of strict selection places it
on the mountain top of perfection, in color,
size and profit. Price (cash with order).
$8.00 per oz.: $+.50 per V2 oz.: trade packet,
not mixed, $1.00. Colors, white, pink and
lavender. Send for cuts and description
Albert A. Sawyer, Forest Park, 111.

AUCTION SALES
Elliott Auction Co., 42 Vesey St., N. Y.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk. Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers. _

A. Leuthy & Co.. Koslindale, Mass.

For page sec List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co., New Yoik, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TREES

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
for special list. Julius Rochrs Co., Ruther-
ford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

H. A. Dreer. Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Tuberous-Rooted Begonias.

Vernon Begonias, 3 inch, in bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per 1IX>. Cash please. Pelsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page sec List of_ Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham~Ca7ll33~BroadwayrN. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Hltchings & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES— CUT FLOWER— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.
Box Trees, all sizes Ask for special list.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddington. New York, N. Y.

Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Michell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray Stf,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Fiske. Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, III.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co.. Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hlllegom. Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New Y'ork Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANE STAKES FOR LILIES

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., Flshkill, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington, New York. N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.

You can double your profits by stocking
up with the new cannas. Be sure to get
our list before you place your order. The
Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky &~Co., Phila., Pa^
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., F ishkill, nTy"
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

New Carnation Benora.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARN.4TIONS— Continued

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury, Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. '
New Carnation Gorgeous.

CARN.VTION PLANTS AND ROOTED
CITTINGH— SURPLUS STOCK.

Per 100 Per lOOO
Beacon Plants from flats... $3.00 $25.00
M'hite Enchantress Plants

from flats 3.00 25.00

St. Nicholas Plants from

flats 3 50 30 00

St. Nicholas Rooted cuttings. 3.00 25^00
Mrs. C. W. Ward Rooted

cuttings 3.00 25.00

Rosette Rooted cuttings 6.00 50.00

Rosette and St. Nicholas cuttings ready

about April 1st. FR,\NK P. PUTNAM,

P. O. Box 12. Lowell, Mass.

Three Grand New Carnations — Wm. Ec-
cles, first prize winner at Detroit and silver
medal winner of New York Horticultural
Society; rigid stem, perfectly formed 3%-In.
flower, noD-bursling calyx. hij:hly perfumed
and free. Lady Northclitfe. beautiful sal-
con pink, well built flower, and just enough
in it not to burst the calyx; a grand bread
and butter sort. British Triumph, a strlk-
in.g shade of crimson; flower S^A-inch and
well built; sweetest perfume of any carna-
tion ever raised; keeping qualities are the
best; fine stem, good constitution, and free.
$1200 per 100. $100 per 1,000. Scott
Brothers, Blmsford Nurseries, Elmsford,
N. Y.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaplv mended. Pillsbury's Carnation
Staple. 2(100 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
Pillsbur.v. Galesburg, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshkill, N. Y.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

Elmer D Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenfleld,

N. J.
Hardy Pompon, Singles and Early Flower-
ing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. Charles
Razor at $4.00 per 100; $.30.00 per 1000.
Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme, Halliday,
Yellow Bonnaffon, Smith's Advance and
Madam Patti at $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per
1000. Peirce Bros., Waltham, Mass.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rington. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in pi'oducing perfect
chrysanthemum fiowers, showing that not
in secret arts and practices, but in plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated. 100 pages. Price
.50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co.. Beverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLEUS

Coleus, 20 varieties, including new Vln-
ing rooted cuttings. 60c. per 100. $5.00 per
10(10; 2-in.. 2c. Cash. WONSETLEB
GREENHOUSES. Bryan, O.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advorlisers Sea Page 419

March 22, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

445-

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dablia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro ^_MasS;

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have you to
exchaugeV Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,
North Dighton, Mass.

Dahlia surplus, whole roots, as dug, $3.01}
per IW; Sylvia Lyndhurst, Red Hussar,
Lloni, P. of Yellows, Queen Victoria; $4.00;
C. W. Bruton, Jack Rose; $7.00: Miss Me-
Cullough. IIUKO Kind, Shady Lawn Nur-
sery, Hammontou, N.J.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.

Dorothy I'eacock, Mre. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Weddiug, New Ceutury Dahlias, etc.
Big stocU of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. Williamstown Junction, N. J.,
Post Office, Berlin . N. J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over 850.000 tield clumps to offer at right
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. Alexander, The Eastern Dablia King,
Bast Bridgewater, Mass.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries.

Roslindale, Mass.

For page ate List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Sts.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers. _

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St..

New Y'ork.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indivisa, 2 inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per lOiiO. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, IlK

EASTER FLOWERS

Henry M. Robinson & Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER PLANTS

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ECHEVERIA SECUND.\ GLABC*.

Carl Hagenburger & Co., W. Mentor, Ohio.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Oechslin, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.
Ferns for Dishes.
For page see List of Advertisers.
F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytowu-on-Hudsou,
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
Farleyense Ferns.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whit-
manii. Amerpohli, Springfleldil. $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
very fine, $6.00 per 100, $.10.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-inch, $15.00 per 100; 5-in h.
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus PUimosns, 4 inch,
handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 50,000 sq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland. O.. devoted exclu-
sively to terns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, for cash
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

FERTILIZERS

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,
Mass.

For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

Elmer DTSmith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertilene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 06 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass,

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila.. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & K^eller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers^

S. S. Pennock^Ieehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. BayersdolfeFS Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

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. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hilflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
For page ree List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,

ruff a ,0, N. Y.

For page stt; List of Advertisers.

FCNGINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleid, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mme. Salleroi. 2 els., $2.00 per 100, $18
perlOOO^ \Vm. Ddel. Pascoag, R. I.

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM

For the first time, we are offering this
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2i^-inch pots
50c. each. $5.00 per doz.; 3-inch pots. $1.00
each, $10.<X) per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER,
Chicago St., Freeport, Ills.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard, Red Wing, Viand, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisquit. Per-
kins, Oberle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
lOO; $1S..')0 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vine. Double Dryden. Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Daujou, .fii.OO per 100; $25.00
per lOIX). Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chiids, Flowerfield, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kunderdl Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Chamberlain & Gage, South Natlck,
Mass.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

2.000 dark mixed Gladiolus, 1 inch up,
$4.00 per 1000. Dark mixed Gladiolus bulb-
lets. 25 per 1.000. Not prepaid. Cash.

SUNNYSIDE FARM, North Lima, Ohio.

Gladiolus bulbs, Groff's Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size, $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000; 2nd size, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000.
500 at 1000 rate. C. Peirce, Dighton, Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing I'oint.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 HavermeyeP

St., Brook'yn, N. Y.

For page see Llot of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan, 118 Winyah Ave.,

New Rochelle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawandt, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Foley Mfg. Co., 2510 S. Western Ave.,

Chicago, III.

Iron Frame Greenhouse.

For page_see List of _Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles II. Dodd. Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Pierson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page See List of Advertisers.

Hitchings & Co.. 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

Lord & Burnh"in Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitau Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.

Iron Gutters.

For page See List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall As.so. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.
New York.

The Kervan Co..
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PLANTS

Rhododendrons, Kalmias. Lilium Grayl,
Stenanthium robustum. Trilliums, Iris
Azaleas. Carolina hemlock. Viola pedata,
Galax clumps, Epigaea repens. Mitchell*
repens, and Ferns. Many others. Send
for Catalogue. Appalachian Nursery Com-
pany. Spear, N. C.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chas. H. Dodd. .Jersey City, N. J.
For page .^ee List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.
For pa^-e see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

446

HOETICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

HEKBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Miller. Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbi5k~~&rAtkTns,^R.utFerford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eve. 1 vear field-grown. No. 1.
12.00; No. 2. $1.50: No. 3, $1.00 per lOO; 5U0
lots, 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert Troth,
Cantrll, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Revere Rubber Co., Boston, Mass.
Revero Garden Hose.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Fungine.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents in stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

IVY

J. H. Dann & Son, Westaeld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

English Ivy, rooted cuttings, 75c. per 100,
prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

JAPANESE LILIES

Locchner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena R. C 75c. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

LILT BULBS

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT OF THE VALLBT CLUMPS

Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILT OF THE VALLET PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison '& Co~i7"Slufray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MATS

MATS : — We make not only the most
practical but the cheapest HOTBED and
COLD FRAME MATS on the market. A
large per cent, of our orders come from
gardeners and florists who have tried them
and are pleased. Our mats are in use in
Iowa, 111., Ind., Ohio, Minn., Wis., Mich.,
New York, Maine. Mass., Conn., R. I., N. J.,
Va., W. Va., and Pa. Also In British Co-
lumbia and Out., Canada. Send for circu-
lar. WATTS BROS., Kerrmoor, Pa.

MOONVINB8

Moonvines Grandiflora, 2% in. 3V'C. ; 1000,
$30.00. Cash. WONSETLER GREEN-
HOUSES, Bryan, O.

NURsERT STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers^

W. & T. SmitTTCoTTGeneva, N.Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framingham,
Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New~YorkrN. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

American Nursery Co., Singer Bldg., 149

Broadway, N. Y.

Spring Nursery Stocky

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. .S. Sargent, mailed to .vour address
for $fi.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRUBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
such varieties as Spireas. Altheas, Weigelas
and Philadelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chilllcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veitchii.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans. England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers^

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.
By B. S. Williams, 3<X) illustrations, 800
pages: descriptions of upwards of 2500
species and varieties of orchidaceous
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

PAINT

John C. Moninger Co., 910 Blackhawk St.,

Chicago, 111.
Moninger's Metal Kote.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, nTY.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.— Continued

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send tor list. C. Betscber,
Canal Dover, o.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St.," N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons. Elkhart. Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Riverton Special."

For page See List of Advertisers.

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo, O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardinlers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
King Construction Company.
Shelf Braikets.
N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York, N. Y.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 dos. by exp.,
$1.25 by mail. I. N. Kramer & Sons. Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-yeftr*ld
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet: well fin-
ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsia
Veitchii. For prices and particulars, ad-
dress Charles Black, HIghtstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co.. Kendalville, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Rhododendrons — 10 car-loads of Rhodo-
dendron maximtim. 2 to 5^4 ft. high, nur-
serv grown or transplanted 3 .vrs. or more.
$350 a car-load of 2iX> plants. Lowland
Rhododendron Farm, Kingston. R. I.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Fhila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philndelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For Lisf of Advertisers See Page 419

March 22, 1913

H 0 B T I C U L T TJ R E

447

ROSES — Continued

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Iloboken, N.
For page see List of Adveitlsera.

Robert Craig CoT^PhiladelphlarPaT"
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Hoses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass,
For page see List of Advertisers.
S. S. Peunocli-Meehan Co.

S. Peunocli-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Jamaica Plain, Maas.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain
New Sargent Rose.
For page see List of Advertisers.

KOSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SALVIAS

Salvia Zurich rooted cuttings, Jfl.OO 2-in,
$2.00 per 100; Splendens same price. Cash.
WONSETLER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., MUford, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,
San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cal.

SEEDS

Joseph Ereck & Sons,

51 and 52 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlcbells Seed House. Philadelphia, Pa.

FIciwer Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pettier, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston,^ Maaa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 33 Barclay St., NT?.
For ijage see List of Advertisers^

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. SkidelTky & CoTT Philadelphia, Pl7~
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The Haveu~~Seed Co.. Santa Ana, Cal.

Tomato Seed.

James Vlck's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.
Aster Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.
W. W. Barnard Co.,

Chicago. 111.
Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

fi. Bryson Ay res Co., Independence. Mo.
Sweet Peas.

For^page^s^e List ol Advertisers^

Loechner iSTCoTTNew^York^Nr^YT

For page see List of Advertisers.

r. J. Gre.v~Corr32 So. Market St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York. N.

For page see List of Advertisers.

. D. Woodruff & SonT^New ~Yoik, N.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen. Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beanlleu, Woodhaven. N. Y.

Importer of Best Fi'ench Seeds

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhiiis.^Boskoopr Holland.

Send for Catalogue.

page S'^'^ List of Advertisers.

Y.

For

J. Aug. Drake. Chester, N. J.
Tomato Seed.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Ripe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Pla.

SEEDS — Continued

A limited quantity of high grade Hender-
son's Snowball cauliflower seed, Denmark
grown, $1.00 oz. ; $15.00 lb. Cash.
Julian T. Duquette, Albion, N. Y.

SHAMROCKS

Frank OechsIIn, Chicago, HI.

True Irish Shamrock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SIIiKAI.INE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudsou, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

.T. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. .T.

For page ^ce List of Advertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and

orchid baskets always on hand. Lager &

Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

SPIREAS

Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington.

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J-

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

TRADBSCANTIA

Wandering Jew, Bicolor and Striped.
Each, 2 in., per 100, $1.50; Bicolor, 2% in.,
per lOO, $2.00; 500 lots, 10 per cent. ofl".
gash. Albert Trotu, Cantrll, Iowa.

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.
Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VIOLETS

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot,
$1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Princess of
Wales, California, Luxonne. JACQUES
GILLMET, Moylan, Del. Co., Penna. Mall
and telegraph orders promptly attended to.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Wlrework.

Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William E. Hellscher's Wire Works,
38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co.. 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 22(rDevonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Buffalo, N. Y.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 ElUcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Reinberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, lU.
For page see List of Advertisers.
J. A. Endlong, 37-39 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Flower Growers' Association.
176 N. Michigan Ave.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

« ■

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Koran, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Willoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26th

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 55-57 West 26th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Slinn, Jr., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

George C. Siebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 1209 Arch St., Phila., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-U

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers icindly mention Horticulture

448

HORTICULTUEE

March 22, 1913

FTOR

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

! WORLDS LARQESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factortea
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

New Offers in This Issue

AMERICAN BEAUTIES.

Tbe Leo NIessen Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

AN OBJECT LESSON.

King Construction Co.. No. Tonawanda,

N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page sp° List of Advertisers.

"" CYPRESS FRAMES.

Lord & Burnham. 1133 Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER GREETINGS.
H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

__ For page see List of Advertisers.

EASTER GREETINGS.

M. Rice Co.. liliO Race St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of^idvertisers.

FOR AFTER-EASTER WEDDINGS.

3. S. Pennock-JIeehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK.

Felix & Dykhuis. Boskonp. Holland.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SWEET PEA SEED.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass
For page see List of Advertisers.

TANGLEFOOT FOR TREES.

TVm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE ROSE PARADISE OF AMERICA.

M. H. Walsh, Wood's Hole. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

two-yeXr-old^sparagus

ROOTS.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DURING RECESS.

Cook County Florists Association

Bowling Score. March 12, 1913.

ORCHIDS.

VIOLETS.

Kraiis. IGH 170 1.57

Wolf. 213 149 136

Graff. 102 KJl ICO

.Tacolis, 1.52 173 125

Br'str'm, 1C9 1.18 171

Cole. . 125 107 141

Foerster. 146 199 160

Schultz. 176 206194

J. Zech. 164 163 1.35

Huebner. 170 147 175

CARNATIONS

ROSES.

Lormau, 114 157 156

Goeriscb. 136139127

L'b'rm'n, 1.59 123 164

Sehn'der. 132 112 110

Armsfg, 167 138 152

Byers. 147 170 212

Ayers. 212 155 177

Price. 167 21(1 182

A. Zech, 113 150 190

Fischer, 183 163 172

The Bowling League of the Cook
County Florists' Association has com-
pleted arrangements for a game with
the Milwaukee Florists' Club in their
city, March 30th. A special electric
car has been chartered and it will
leave Central Street Station in Evans-
ton at 12 o'clock, making it necessary
for those living in Chicago to start
one hour earlier. Forty names are
now said to be on the list.

HORTICULTURE:

Dear Sir: — I am very thankful for
what you have done: no need of a
repetition for advertisement for a sit-
uation. Yours very truly,

Norfolk, Conn. J. S. N.

DRCCR'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. niam. Ka.

Doz.

100

10 20 In.

$1.45J16.(I0 $130.00

20 IS In.

l.SO

14. IH)

115.00

80 16 In.

LOO

11.28

82.00

40 14 In.

.66

7.00

56.00

.V) 12 In.

.45

BOO

40.00

m 10 In.

.38

4.00

SZOO

70 8 In.

.30

8.S0

28.00

Mannfactured for ns excluBlvely. The best tub ever Introduced. The neatest, lightest
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes havt
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and Supplies. 714 ctiestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertisements in this column
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE" should be sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED

EXPERT ORCHID GROWER

by the Beechwood Heights Nur-
series, Bound Brook, N. J., to take
charge of their orchid department.
Only a Strictly Competent Man
Required. Good Salary to Right
Party.

Apply by Mail to

THOMAS YOUNG, Jr.

600 Fifth Ave.,

N. Y. CItv

WAXTKD — Greenhouse man who under-
stands growing grapes, peaches and Eng-
lish melons, which are the principal crop.
Good wages to right man. Edward Kirli,
Bar Harbor, Me.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— As superintend-
ent or head gardener by Englishman, 34;
married, one child. Abstainer and non-
smoker. Twenty years' extensive experi-
ence; Ave years in this country; over four
years in present place. At liberty April
1st. Well recommended, .\ddrpss S. W.
S., care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATION WANTED— As head gar-
dener on a private place: single, age 28.
Thoroughly e.xperienced in growing fruit
and plants, both under glass and outside.
Twelve years' experience. Best of refer-
ences. Address H. Baxendale, Anna Dean
Farm, Barberton, O.

SITUATION WANTED — By landscape
man ; speaks I-'reucb. Italian ; sober and
reliable; iiractical gardener, nurseryman
and florist, lifetime experience, wishes po-
sition. Full particulars. Address Home,
112 Washington St., Utica, N. Y.

SITUATION WANTED— By young roan,
24 years of age, would like to get work
at gardening. Gentleman's place preferred.
P. NEYLON, Stnnington, Conn.

. 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate:

eiiW 1?4 in. @ $6.00 500 t in. (ai ?4.50

1.500 2 " " 4.88 456 iV, " '• 5.24

a.JOO 214 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 2V2 " " 6 00 210 sy. " " 3.7S

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

800 3% " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pttttry, Fort Edward, N.T.

August Rolker & Stns. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents
out SPECIAin-loiie Distinct ind ex|ort tra<e

I—STANDARD FLOWER— i

If your greenhouses are within .5(X) miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
you monev,

W. H. ERNEST
— ' 38th & M St-s. Washington, D. C. ^

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The extensinn stave foot
prevents the bottom from
rotting No chance f^r water
to collect and rot tte floor.
The American Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo, Ohio. U. S. A.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved marhlnvrT, w* e«a

•npplj joor wants to better advantare

than ever.

Special dlnrooDts en largtt order*.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insurer of 32,500.000 aq. h. o( (jUw

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sk', Saddle River, N.I.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE — Rhododendrons, Kalmlas,
Beech and JIaple Trees, at reasonable
prices. Inijuire. H. V. Deubler, 216 Nor-
mal St^^E. Stroudsburg, Pa.

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 il8, 18 X 24, donhle thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now U
the time to buy and aave money. Parabel-
Bky Bros, Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn. N. Y.

FOR SALE OR RENT— A good cemetery
stand opposite cemetery gates, doing a
good business. Will ijear investigation.
For further particulars call or write The
Fairmount Florist, G21-C23 Central Ave.,
Newark, N. J.

Marcb 22. 1913

HORTICULTURE

449

PERSONAL.

Thomas Roland has been elected
tree warden for the town of Nahant,
Mass.

Alex. McKay of Jamaica Plain.
Mass., has .lust received news of the
sudden demise of his brother, who
dropped dead in Glasgow. Scotland.

James Brown, formerly gardener
at the P. L. Ames estate at North
Easton. Mass., succeeds E. J. Canning
in charge of Smith College Botanical
Gardens, Northampton, Mass.. and will
assume charge, April ISth.

Adolph S. Franco, assistant gar-
dener for August Belmont at his es-
tate in Newport, R. I., is now head
gardener at Mr. Belmont's estate at
Hempstead. L. I., succeeding the late
H. Golmour.

Charles T. Beasley is about to leave
the Peter B. Bradley place at - Hing-
ham, Mass.. to fake charge of the Ford
Estate at Roseland, N. J. Mr. Burke,
recently in the employ of J. H. Bow-
ditch in landscape work, succeeds to
the Bradley position.

Henry Wild, who has been in charge
of Conyers Manor. Greenwich. Conn.,
as head gardener for a number of
years, has resigned his position and
will open an office in Greenwich, a^
landscape architect and consulting
gardener, on April 1.

Washington visitors — Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer D. Smith, of Adrian, Mich.. Mar-
tin C. Ebel, Madison. N. J., and E. W.
McLellan. Burlingame, Cal.

New York Visitors.— J. K. M. L. Fav-
quhar. Boston, Mass.: Edw. Kirk and
A. E. Thatcher. Bar Harbor. Me.;
Stuart H. Low, Enfield, Eng. ; An-
drew Wilson. Madison, N. J.; Paul
Rerkowitz, Sydney Bayersdoyfer and
Martin Reukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer
& Co., Phila.; A. Farenwald. Roslyn,
Pa.; Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell.
Conn.

Boston visitors. — W. H. DeOraaf.
Leyden, Holland; Edwin Jenkins. Len-
ox, Mass.; W. A. Manda, So. Orange,
N. J.; John Gibson, Newport, R. L;
D. F. Roy. Marion. Mass.; A. E.
Thatcher and Fdward Kirk. Bar Har-
bor, Me.; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Knight,
New York city; J. R. Fotheringham.
Tarrytown, N. Y.; R. W. Brown.
Queens, N. Y.

OBITUARY.
Philip Einsmann.

Philip Einsmann, of Astoria, Long
Island City, N. Y., vice-president of
the New York Florists' Club for 1912,
died at his home on Thursday, March

13th.

Mrs. James O'Brien.

Mrs. James O'Brien, widow of the
first treasurer of the Gardeners' and
Florists' Club of Boston, died at her
home in Jamaica Plain, Mass., on the
morning of March 19. aged 83 years. 7
months. She was a hospitable, kindly,
and always gracious lady.

A. Robbie.

A. Robbie, who has been superin-
tendent on the estate of Miss Helen
Gould at Irvington. N. Y., for the past
fourteen years, died on Wednesday,
March 5. after but three days' illness
with pneumonia. Previous to his en-
gagement on the Gould estate. Mr.
Robbie was assistant superintendent of
the Essex County Park. Newark, N. J.

NDOOOR JllkJUU 1 Ivil
lurantHd ntu tki Insectlcldi >el. 19te.

NO POISON

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Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Miles, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
«od all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

^ Plot - - 2Soi PiDt - - 40o) Qaarl • - 75o

H 6«lloD, &L25i Gallon, S2.00: 5 Galton Gn* S9

:iO Gallon Gao - - 117.50

Dilute with water ^o to 50 parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

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Directions en tvery package

tlANlIRES

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

Ths Becornl'cd Standard Inicctlelds,

Not a cure-all bat a apeelflc remedy
fo^ all aap sucking loaecta lafeatluc
plant life anch as green, black, wblt*
fly, tbrlps, red spider, mealy bog and
soft scales.

tl.OO per Quart. f«.M per Oallon.

An Infallible remedy for mildew, rnst
find bencb fungi, t'niike Bordeaux and
limp and sulpbur It does not stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and grub worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used one
part to 400 parts water. It does not In-
jure plants, but pri>tects your crops
against ravages under the soil.

51.00 per Quart. $3.00 per Oallon.
All are spraying materials and are
eftective In tne greenhouse and In the
garden.

FOR S.*I-E RY SEKnSMEN.

Madison,
N.J.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Ciiemicals

M. C. EBEl.. fleneral Manaeer.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

TANGLEFOOT

FOR TREES

Keeps the beggars from going
higher up.

Can 30 Cents

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS^
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbaee, JYIelons, Flowers, Treea
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up ui popul.nr packages at populaf
prices. Write for free pamphlet on r>u£rs and Bliehts, etc., to

B. U AMNION D, • Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Tree§ mulched with this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20tli CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 &29 OCEAN ST.. BEVERLY, MASS.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct aecountin'^
especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED
Merchants Bank Buihlinir

40 STATE 8T. BOSTON

CINCINNATI NOTES.

Nick Weber, the Mohawk florist,
is seriously ill. It is the first very
serious illness he has had in his life-
time.

The Hill-Heller Co.. to induce early
ordering, have advised the public
through advertisements in the daily
press that they will have their Easter
display ready on Wednesday.

Jos. Maunders ot Newport again has
the spring opening decoration at the
fair. When he moved in his plants on
Sunday he had to have practically
every one wrapped because the weath-
er was just cold enough to nip them
if he did not do so.

Visitors: H. D. Crowell, represent-
ing S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.; L. B.
Brogue. Hinsdale, Mass.; and H.
Staley. Vanceburg, Ky.

450

HOETICULTUEE

March 22, 191S

IM

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THI5 DIAGRAM 5M0W5

WHY TME O.XDIMARY FLAT RAFTER IRON FRAME GREEMMOUSE 15 A SHADE TRAP

AS COMPARED WITH TME KING C™"""") IROM FRAME ox KING IMPROVED FLAT RAFTER CREEnHOUse

SMAOE CAiT B-r RAFTEKS WITM sun AT a& OEfcRCCS

^5 IMCHEi or it

WNC IMPROVED FLAT RAFTER

KING IRON FRAME

ORDiriARY FLAT RAFTER

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

1 MM& IMPROVED FV*T RAn£,«

7 WATER STREET
BOSTON, MASS.

North Tonawanda, N. Y.

GENERAL OFFICE
AND WORKS

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.
Reading, Mass. — Frank Emery, one
house.

Louisville, Ky. — Beutel & Frederick,
additions.

Denver, Colo. — City Park, new green-
house to cost $40,000.

Lansdowne, Pa. — August Doemling,
rose house 100 x 300.

Fulton, III.— John Feldt and Still
Bros., vegetable house.

New Ulm, Minn. — Dill & Son, two
houses, each 18 x 100.

Plain view, Tex. — Plainview Floral
Co., addition 10 x 100.

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. — Max
Rothe. house 20 x 150.

Rocky Ford, Colo. — D. D. Wiley,
vegetable house 20 x 70.

Woburn, Mass. — John Shields, prop-
agating house 75 feet long.

Nowata, Okla. — Cass Lanning. one
house, Foley construction.

Indiana, Pa. — Indiana Floral Co.,
two houses, each 34 x 150.

Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. — Dale &
Yost, three houses, 62 x 120.

Pottersville, R. I. — J. Camuel, house
10 X 40, for forcing vegetables.

South Weymouth, Mass. — Oswald
Ralph, one house, King construction.

Chicago, III. — Archbishop J. E. Quig-
ley, palm house, Foley construction.

Biddeford, Me. — Strout's, Inc., Lord
& Burnhani carnation house 49-3 x
183-4.

Princeton, III. — W. E. Trimble Green-
house Co., two houses, one 9 x 53, one
8 X 40.

Davenport, Iowa — Davis Floral Co.,
four Lord & Burnham houses, each
30 X 300.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Theodore Lessig,
Germantown avenue, rebuilding and
enlarging.

Chicago, III. — Joseph Wall, Belmont
and Milwaukee avenues, range of
houses.

Newton Falls, Ohio — Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.. two houses 48 x 400, King
construction.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

Used all over the country by Commercial.
Public and Private places. These shades can
be rolled on the glass or raised 10 Inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and, bring sample and explain bow it works.

w.

1 18 Winynh Av
Tel 2733

H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

Ireer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drive easy and true, because
both bevels are on the same
ilde. Can't twist and break
the class in driviDg. Galvao-
ized and vill not rust,
righta or lefts.
The Peerless Glazing Poid
Is patented. No others like
It Order from yout dealer^
or direct from as.
l(H>0,75c. postpaid, j
Samples free.
HEITBT A. SBEER.I
T14 Ohestsnt Street^
fhUftdelphl*.

No

)IDt

GLASS

f.ir GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

s.\SHES. Our prices ran be had by
mail, and it will pay yuu to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
<an supply any quantity from a box lo
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

215-317 Havemcver St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Cresco, Iowa — W. B. Perry, Garden
City Greenhouses, one house and new
heating plant.

Flourtown, Pa. — Geo. E. Campbell,
rebuilding house 16 x 140, Lord &
Burnham material.

Trenton, N. J. — Chestnut Avenue
Floral Co., two houses, one 30 x 60
and one 30 x 24; Park Avenue Floral
Co., Broad street, rebuilding.

FIRES.
Ansonia, Conn. — The office and work-
room ot H. M. Bradley on New Haven
avenue were almost totally destroyed
by fire March 13th. The damage in-
cluding flowers and building amounted
to $1,000. Fortunately the greenhouses
were not damaged.

Send your business direct to WaAfainston
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

PATENTS GRANTED.
1,055.914. Flower-Support. Peter Hus.
Red Oak, Iowa.

Greenhojse Materials m'Zm

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up (o '.i'i feet.

Milled to !iny dotMil ftirnisheii or will
furnish details and cut niaterl.ila ready for
f re(^'ti'>n.

Frsnk Y3n AsschG, "a^d DXtght s'^e«r*'

JKRSET CITY. N. J.

March 22, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

451

16 for $13

Sixteen all cypress frames in
three different sizes, every
one of them bolted together
with cast iron corner cleats
Made just the best way wc
know how.

10 Single Plant Frames 11 H x 13 in.
2 Single Row Frames 34^ x 13 in.
4 Junior Melon Frames 19/^ x 20H in.

The 16 for $13

Shipped knocked

down

The Melon and Single Row Frames each have movable sash — the

Sing'le Plant, slidable glass set in grooves. Every one has the iron

corner bolted cleats. No nails used. Painted one coat best lead

and oil. Handiest thing ever to boost your garden along. You

have always wanted some melon and cuke frames — -now here's

your chance and at the price that you would have to pay for the

wood and glass alone. Those cast iron corner pieces alone would

cost you ten cents a piece— then there's the wood, the glass, the painting, and the labor. While you

are making two, we would turn out two hundred — that's why we can sell them so surprisingly cheap.

Order one at once — warm weather is here-

Jiiiii.,! M, li.n frame 19% x 20% inches.

5 for **.40 or 10 for $8.50.

Standard size melon frame 33% x 35% inches

Price $1.35 each — 10 for $13.00.

LORD & BURNHAM CO.

FACTORIES : IRVINGTON, N. Y. DES PLAINES, ILL.

SALES OFFICES :
NEW YORK. St. James Bldg. BOSTON. Tremont BIdg.
PHILADELPHIA, Franklin Bank BIdg.

CHICAGO. Rookery BIdg. ROCHESTER, Granite BIdg.
TORONTO. CANADA. 271 Jarris Street

KROESCHELL
BOILER

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

466 W. Erie St., Chicago, III.

3REEN HOUSES

Iron frame, pipe frame or all wood construction.
Hot bed sash, knockdown flats or plant boxes.

The F'oley^ IN/l-fs. Oo.

25IO S. \A/es-ter-r-t .Ave.,

^Kticsago.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE

& CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE

GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

CHICAGO, ILL.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenbouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment ou the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, Ind.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and
Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue
and Prices.

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

'- CfiSS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Cireular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

!,™l?Bi'S.*™. CHARLES H. DODD

Will not twist the shahii^ pipe. Th»e
times the power of old style elbow axms
Sold only with Evans Challenge hfachiov
Writf for fret CaidUo^* U

QDAKEB CITT MACHIH]
RIehmoBd, IbC

Greenlioase Builder. General Greeiiboii««
Meofaanlc.
Iron Frame and Wood Bar ITnnses.
OQ i Ideal Greenlinufie Bolters.

I Materlnls Furnished or Erecrpd. Heatlnfir
nnd Ventllntlntr Mnterlnls.

■^ 578 Ocean Aie.. lERSEY CfTY. N. i.

452

HOKTICULTUKE

March 22, 1913

U-Bar Unusualness

I 'HE unusual things are much sought for by those
*■ who do not care to live a life of so many peas
in a pod— ail alike.

They want the unusual. But they insist on the thorough
practicalness of the unusual things they want. Such
men are leaders - they are ahead of the procession.
For such up to date live-wire-men the U-Bar green-
house construction met a long-sighed-for-event.
Its advent broke down the moss grown traditions and
there blossomed forth a new era in greenhouse building-
Conditions are now met by U-Bar Unusualneis in an
attractive, satisfactory way —never possible before.
The U-Bar Company is not alone greenhouse build-
ers ; but skilled designers, practical planners. Their
organization is one of enthusiasm — that enthusiasm
which surmounts things.

If you want the usual greenhouse, go to the usual
builders. If you want more than a mere house — if
you want the unusual house, then you want the U-Bar.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIERSON U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVt. NEWYOR,>.

CANADIAN 0»lCt lOPHILllPS PliCt MONTRtAl

Conservatory attached to Whittle Bros/ Flower Sto^e, Albany, N. Y.

Eri'c-tecl l.y Liiid \ BiiruliMin Co.

DEVOTED TO THE

iFlorxBt, plantsman, iGaniisrapr (Sariicurr attii Ktttrircii Untprpsta

PuBUSHED Every Saturday at 11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Mass.

Subscription. $1,00

454

IIOETICULTUHE

March 29, 1913

The Orchard and Vineyard
Must Be Fed as
as Sprayed

Money in fruit=
raising comes

from the

production of

steady crops of

first grades

Do not expect either orchard or vineyard to produce its best if you
depend entirely on the natural sources of plant food in the soil.
Especially must you keep up the supply of

POTASH

for on it depend in greatest measure tlie
quantit)', size, color, llavor and shipping
quality that give fruit its marlcet value. In
fruit-raising, as in all farmino-, it is easilv
demonstrated that Potash Pays.

Peaches and small fruits that have received
the right amounts of potash and phosphoric
acid ship better, taste better and are better.
At the time of the first cultivation, broadcast
300 pounds acid phosphate and 100 pounds
muriate of potash per acre in the apple and

On citrus iruits or pineapples use sulfate
of potash or 200 pounds double manure salt.

Some of the finest flavored strawberries
and peaches are poor shippers, especially
when barnyard manure is used as a fertilizer.
Correct mineral fertilization will often make
them firm enough to ship.

The nitrogen needs of the fruit can be
learned by observing the amount of wood or
vine growth. Manure alone is not the best
or cheapest fruit fertilizer.

We sell potash in anv (juantity irom one
200-pound bag up.

pear orchard ( 1 50 poimds muriate in the
peach orchard).

Write for Prices and Free Pamphlets on Fertilizing Fruit
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York

In Answerins This .\ilvertisement riease Mrntion HORTICUI.TIIBE.

March 29, 1913

HOETICULTURE

455

$4.00
3.50
3.00
3.00

Abutilon Savitzi .$3.00

Acal.vpha Macafeeana 2.50

Achryanthes Emersoni, Besteri Mosiaca 2.00

Aseratuin, six varieties 2.00

Alternanthera, six varieties 2.00

Alyssum, Dwarf and Giant Double 2.00

Begonia, VerDoii Pink and Lurainosa 2.00

Cigar Plant. Ciiphea Platycentra 2.00

Cineraria Maritima Candidissimus 2.00

Cannas, Leading varieties. Send for list

Coleus, Golden Bedder, Verscliaffeltii, etc 2.00

Hardy Chrysanthemums, fine assortment 2.00

Fuchsias, five varieties 2.00

Hardy English Ivy 2.00

Heliotrope. Chieftain, Mad. Bruant. etc 2.00

Fuchsias, Rozain Boucharlat, collection, one plant each, one
Sniilax Seedlings, 75 cts. per 100, $6.00 per 1000.

large stock ready in splendid shape for Immediate shipment

2 in. 3 in.
per 100 per 100

3.00
3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00

Geraniums, Standard varieties $2.00

" Ivy Leaved varieties 2.00

Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, etc 3.00

" Scented, Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00

Pansy Geraniums, Mary Washington, Mrs. Layal. 2.00

Laiitanas, 10 varieties 2.00

I^eraon Verbenas, Aloysia Citriodora 2.00

Lobelia, Kathleen Mallard. Crystal Palace Gem.. 2.00

Moonvines. Nootiflora and Leari 2.00

Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00

Parlor Ivy. Senecio Scandens 2.00

Swainsona Alba and Rosea 2.00

Hardy Phlox. 20 varieties 2.00

Smilax 2.00

hundred varieties, $10.00; 2 collections $15.00.

$3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

^Ei^ht ^M^i'tl

^rci<

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO.

WHITE MARSH, MD.

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'TKe Peerless ^ir»lc"

Our neighbors are the best customers. They have watched its growth
all winter and know its worth.

S The coming leader in forcing Roses.

I IME\A/^ OA.RIMA.-riO IMS E

S NORTHPORT : The leader in the dark pink section. COMMODORE : The freest blooming scarlet we have. 2

B EZS: ^.*L ENCHANTRESS SUPREME AND SALMON BEAUTY;.iT wo fine sports from Enchantress.^VJ. "" 5

1 a^^^^V,^! S., OMRYSAIM-riHEIVILJIVIS:^^ 'F^^; |

S ;RAMPO:^Immediate'delivery; splendid young stock, 2'i inch pots, $15.00 per hundred. UNAKA, GLORIA.l ^ S

5 gaiL^' ^^ " BMWELL'S LATE PINK AND SMITH'S ADVANCE.;3ia.4^fflS& ^^iB8^ .- =

2 ■■bES ft^Ve catalog'ue over OOO^varietiesTandrourrcatalogue isryours for.tKe^asKin^*! . &3ii Z

I CHAS. H. TOTTY Madison, N . J |

LIST OF ADVERTISERS ^^"

Page

Advance Co 486

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 479

Allen. J. K 478

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 484

Aphine Mfg. Co. 485
Aschmann, G....468
Atlanta Florist

Co 476

Ay res Co., S.

Brvson 471

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 478

Barnard, W. W.

Co 471

Barrows & Son.. 456
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 474

Bay State Nur-
series 465

Beauiieu 471

Bloomingdale's. 472
Bobbink & At-
kins 465

Boddington. A.T.469
Bolgiano & Son,

J 471

Boston Florist

Letter Co 476

Breck. J. & Son. 471
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 465

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 472

Brownell Co 468

Bunyard, A. T..472
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 471

Burr. C. R. & Co.466
California Flor-
ist 478

California Seed
Growers' Asso.471

Page

Carbone 473

Chicago Carna-
tion Co.... 468-476
Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.476
C h i 1 d s. John

Lewis 470

Clarke's, D. Sons.472
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 470

Cowee. W. J 478

Craig, Robt. Co. 456
Dann, J. H. &

Son 465

Dards 472

Dawson, H. S...456
Dodd, Chas. H..486
Dorner & Sons

Co 468

Dreer, H. A

467-471-484-486

Dugan, W. H 486

Dunlop, John H.473

Dysart, R. J 485

Eastern Nurser-
ies 456

Edwards Folding

Box Co 476

Elliott's, ■W.Sons.485
Eppstein. Julius.473
Ernest, W. H...484

Esler, J. G 484

Eyres 472

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co 471

Foley Mfg. Co.. 486

Ford. M. C 47S

Ford. W. P 478

Forrest, Frank H.473
Fottler, F i s k e,

Rawson Co 471

Fraralngham Nur-
series 465

Page
Froment, H. E..478
Galvin, Thos. F.473
Gasser, J. M. Co.473
German Kali

works 454

Goodsell, P. H..465
Grey, T. J. Co... 470
Gude Bros. Co.. 473
Hail Association. 484
Hall & Robinson.473
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 485

Hart, Geo. B.475-476

Heacock, Jos 456

Head's Bergen-
field Nurseries.46?i

Henderson, A 471

Hews, A. H. &

Co 484

Hilfinger Bros. ..484
Hitchings & Co. 487
Holm & Olson.. 472

Horan, E. C 478

Holland Nurser-
ies 468

Jacobs & Sons,

S 486

Johnston & Co.,

T. J. .

Johnston
Kasting,

Co

Keller,

Bros... 473
W. F.

479

J. B.

Sons .'....'. ....'472

Kervan Co 478

King Cons. Co.. 486
Kramer. F. H..473
Kroeschell Bros. 486
Kuebler. W. H..478
Lager & Hurrell.468
Lange, A 473

Page
Lemon Oil Co.. 485
Leonard Seed Co.470
Le*ithy. A. & Co. 456
Lord & Burnham

Co. 488

Loechner & Co.. 470
Lyndhnrst

Farms 468

MacMulkin, E...473
May & Co., L. L.473
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 479

McConnell. Alex.472
McCray Refrig

erator Co 475

McCuIlough's, J.

M. Sons Co... 476
McHutchison &

Co 456

McManus, Jas. .478
Meyer, J. C.&C0.479
Michell's Seed

House 470

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex. ...478
Millang, Chas. .478
Millang. Frank.. 478

Miller, E. S 470

Montreal Floral

Exchange ....479
Moore. Hentz &

Nash 478

Murray, Samuel. 472
National Nursery-
man 465

New Eng. Nur-
series 465

Niessen, Leo Co.476
Oechslin, Frank. 456
Ouwerkerk, P...468
Park Floral Co.. 472
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 472

Page
Parshelsky Bros.486
Penn the Florist.473

Patten & Co 468

Pelicano. Rossi &

Co 473

Pennock - Meehan

Co 477

Perkins St. Nur-
series 456

Pierson, A. N...468
Pierson, P.R.Co.456
Plant Food Co..

20th Century ..485
Poehlmann Bros.476
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 485

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 486

Ravner, I. M 468

Reed & Keller.. 478
Rein berg, Peter.476

Rice, M. Co 473

Robinson. H. M.

& Co 476

Robinson Co., H.

M 478

Rock, Wm. L...472
Roehrs, J. Co... 468
Roland. Thos. ...456
R o 1 k e r. A. &

Sons 456-484

Rosery. The 472

Sander & Son... 468
Schilder Bros... 470

Scott, John 456

Sharp, Partridge

Co 486

Sheridan. W. F.478
Siebrecht, Geo. C.479
Siggers & Slg-

gers 486

Skidelsky. S. S.
& Co 470

Page
Smith, P. J. ...478
Slinn, Jr., B. S..478
Smith & Co., E.

D 468

Smith, W. & T.

Co 465

Smyth, Wm. J..472
Sprague, J. H...468
Steams, A. T.

Lumber Co. ...480
Stumpp. Geo. M.472
Syracuse Pottery

Co 484

Totty, Chas. H..456
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 471

Traendly &,_„

Schenck 478

Trepel, C. C 472

Valentine, J. A.. 472
Van Assche, F..486
Vick's Jas. Sons.471
Vincent. R., J""-.,,,

& Sons Co 455

Wants, For Sale.484
Ward, R. M. &

Co 456

Welch Bros. Co.479
Whittler & Co.,

W. B 465

Wilson Robt. G.472

Wood Bros 468

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 478

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D 471

Young & Co., A.

L 479

Young & Nugent.472
Zangen O. V....471
Zinn. J. A 473

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 480, 481, 482, 483

456

HOETICULTUEE

March 29, 1913

THAT

THAT
THAT
THAT
THAT
THAT

THAT

THAT

THAT
THAT

THAT

DID YOU KNOW

there's as much difference in fields of lily bulbs as there is in fields of corn, oats, potatoes, or
any other crops?

the Horseshoe Brand Giganteum fields in Japan are the finest lily fields anywhere in the world?
they are owned and operated by the largest and strongest association of lily bulb producers known?
these bulbs are disbudded very carefully in the fields of Japan, before the buds are halt developed?
by this procedure the main strength of the plant is reserved in the bulb?

such bulbs will give larger and better flowers, more of them, with better keeping qualities than

the other kind?

they cost you very little more, if any, than common brands — though they are worth much more than

they cost?

by buying Horseshoe Brand Giganteum you are encouraging the production of better lily bulbs

and helping yourself at the same time?

you can only buy Horseshoe Brand Giganteum from us — no other firm have these bulbs for sale?

if you order early you will have a delivery near home, as we deliver in twelve different cities
throughout the United States? This saving in freight is considerable.

if you will sit right down and mail us your order for lily bulbs, for fall delivery, you will profit
by it?

^^f-i-t^ r%^-s^f

Not How Cheap
Bat Bow Good

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - - NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage Giganteum and Album for immediate delivery

IIM

FRIM

We have a magniflcent stock or exueptlonally fine NEPHBOLEHS In tbe
following varieties, viz ;

pots, BOc.

ELEOANTI8SIMA. e-in.

each; 8-in., $1.50 each
ELEOANTISSIMA COMPACTA AND

MAGNIFICA. 3%-ln. pots. iSc. each.
HABBI8II. An Improved fluted form

of BostoDiensis. S-in. puts, $1.50

each ; large specimens, $.3.00 each.
BOSTONIENSIS. 8-in. pots. $1.00 each.
VIRIDISSIMA. 6-in. pots, 50c. each.

CSOL.C3 S-rORA.OE i-ll-'V OF TIH E \^^Vl_l_e'V

We carry only one grade, and that the very highest quality obtainable. Case
of 250 pips, $5.00; case of .500 pips. $9.50; case of 1000 pips, $18.00.

F. R. PIERSON GO. - Tarrvtown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

CYKTOMICM FAIiCATCM. Fine speci-
mens. 6-in. pots, 75c. each.
SMALL, FEKNS FOR FERN FANS.

Assorted varieties. 2\4-in. pots, $3.50

per 100.
ASP.4RAGrS PLUMOSUS NANCS.

Extra strong plants. 2V4-in. pots,

$4.00 per 100.
ASPARAGUS SPBENGERI. Extra

heavy plants. 4-in. pots, $10.00 per 100.

CYCLAMEN

Bett strain in eaiitence.

4 iBch $36.00

6 Inch 50.00

« Inch 75.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Kahant, Mass.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

R08ES, PALAIS,

and Novelties in Deeoralive T'lixnts.

MARKET anil 49th STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

V- /

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, $1.50 each.

AlBO Lady Duncan. Dawson, Daybrealt,

Farquhar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawson.

Write for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

HENBT 8. DAWSON, ManaKcr.

THE IMPORT
HOUSE

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St
Tcl. 2890 Bedford BROOKL YN . N . Y.

FERNS FOR DISHES

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Canterbury Bells

To have fine large plants of Campanula calycanthema
by next autumn seed should be sown now in pans or
flats. Mix up a compost of loam four parts, leaf mold
two parts, and sand one part. Give good drainage and
fill within half an inch of the top. Make surface smooth
and firm and on this sow the seed, but not too thickly.
Cover with finely sifted compost and press firmly.
These pans or flats can be placed in a temperature of
about 60 degrees at night until they have germinated.
When they are well up they can be placed in about 50
degrees and close to the glass, which will induce a stocky
growth. When large enough to handle conveniently,
they should be pricked off into pans or flats using a
richer mixture. Water very carefully. By the end of
May they can be planted about a foot apart in some rich
ground where with good cultivation they will make fine
plants by th? fall, with fine strong crowns for forcing.

Cobaea scandens

When there is a call for something that will cover a
large space in a short time there is nothing better than
Cobaea scandens. Sow in pans or flats with good drain-
age and a compost of loam three parts, leaf mold one
part and a little sand. The seed should be pressed
down edgewise into the soil about half an inch apart
and just covered lightly. Place where they will have a
temperature of from 60 to 65 degrees at night and some
bottom heat. Keep shaded and water very carefully
and a large per cent will germinate. When they start
to come up place near the glass and when large enough
to handle pot into 2V2-inch pots using rich soil. Grow
along cool and attend to staking as soon as they need it.

They will need a shift into 3 or 4-inch pots in four or
five weeks.

Cyperus alternifolius

Cyperus are readily increased by propagation. Take
the tops with about an inch of the stem and trim the
whorl down some. These can be inserted in a warm
propagating bed and kept shaded and moist until they
become rooted, when they can be put in 3-inch pots,
using a compost of loam three parts, leaf mold and
cow manure one part each, and a little sand. When well
rooted they will want plenty of water as they are almost
aquatic in their nature. To grow them on fast they
will take a temperature of from 60 to 65 degrees at night.
Now that the sun is getting stronger they will require
shade all the time. Wliere you want to retain these
plants in small pots they should be plunged in some
material to keep them moist. To help to retain their
color they can have weak doses of liquid once a week.
By this treatment you can keep in small pots for an in-
definite period.

Dahlias

Dahlias have been much in fashion for several years

and the quantity grown in several establishments is pro-
digious. Those placed on a bench the latter end of
February or early in March will soon be producing a
fine lot of cuttings. When large enough these can be
cut oS three or four joints long and inserted in the prop-
agating bed where they will soon root and should be
potted and grown on. After being once established in
the small pots they should have the fullest light and
plenty of syringing to keep down spider and thrips.
When well-rooted shift into 4-inch pots, using a compost
of fibrous loam three parts, well-rotted manure one part.
These are cool-blooded plants so should be grown in a
house where the temperature is about 50 to 55 degrees at
night. When the weather gets settled they can be
placed in a cold frame to be hardened off and can be kept
here until they are planted in the open ground the last
of May or the first of June. Florists should try some
new ones every year as there are some handsome types
produced each year; so keep up with the times and grow
some of the best.

Ramblers for Memorial Day

Eoses that you have been holding back for this date
should be brought into heat now. When first brought
into the greenhouse, allow a temperature of from 50
to 54 degrees at night ; and every morning if the weather
is at all clear, give a good syringing to thoroughly
dampen the wood. As soon as it is seen that the buds
are breaking, raise the temperature to 58 degrees at
night, and this may be maintained until the flower buds
appear. As these roses make active roots they will want
plenty of water at the roots so give them attention. When
they become covered with plenty of foliage and the buds
just peeking out you can improve them by giving weekly
doses of manure water. It should be borne in mind that
attacks from mildew or green fly are likely to happen
and careful attention to details with regard to fumi-
gating and ventilating, will have to be given in order to
avoid these troubles. Do not allow the plants to stand
too closely. Elevate good specimens on pots. It is a
good plan to force these roses so they will be out four
or five days ahead, which will allow them to be moved
into cooler quarters to harden them up which will make
them better able to stand in good shape for a longer
time. Keep staked and tied as they may require it.

Pyrethrums

The double pyrethrum makes a very desirable plant
for Memorial Day, so all plants that are intended for this
day should be far enough advanced to need 4-inch pots.
To grow and flower well they want a rich compost; say,
to two parts of fibrous loam use one part of cow manure
and pot firm. Give them a place where they can have
plenty of sun and ventilation as they like a cool atmos-
phere. They can be shifted into 5 or 6-inch pots by
the end of April. Keep the plants fumigated so the
green fly will not get a foothold.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the foHowing: dalanthes; Cyclamen; Ground for Carnations; Perennial Border; Stocic for

Vases, Boxes and Baskets; Spiraeas (Astilbe).

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Sowing Peas

Just as soon as the ground is dry enough to work get
in a few rows of early peas. The round peas are better
for early work than the wrinkled kinds as the latter are
more liable to rot in the event of prolonged wet weather.
In sowing make allowance for losses, by sowing a little
thicker than you would want the plants if they all germi-
nated. A quart sows about one hundred feet of drill.
Make a sowing of several different ' sorts just now and
try to choose such kinds as mature a week or ten days
apart. About two inches deep is the right depth and
after the seeds are sown and the soil raked over then it
is a good plan to lay a board over the drill and walk on
it. This will compact the soil to just about the right
degree of firmness. Do not expect abundant crops of
peas unless you sow on well-manured land. A sprinkling
of bone and wood ashes will be very helpful, and lime is
a prime requisite on pea land.

Sow such herbs as thyme, sage, dill, chervil, parsley,
etc.

Beets, carrots, spinach and early turnips should be
sown without delay.

Hot Beds

The various crops which are being brought along in
hot beds will require very careful watching as regards
ventilation as some days at this season the sun shines
with great force and still there is a very cold wind. The

careful grower will meet this condition by tilting the
sash for ventilation in such a manner that the wind will
not blow directly on the plants. Commence to ventilate
early, just as soon as the sun strikes the glass and pro-
ceed gradually, little by little until the maximum heat
of the day is reached. Eeverse this operation during
the sun's waning hours and close up early enough to con-
serve as much of the sun's heat as possible, covering the
glass at night with mats or litter and if possible with
shutters.

The Asparagus Bed

Try this on the asparagus bed : To every forty square
yards, 6 lbs. of superphosphate and 2 to 3 lbs. of high-
grade sulphate of potash. Put these two ingredients on
at once ; then every week one pound of nitrate of soda
to the same area. The nitrate, if at all lumpy, may be
powdered and mixed with a pail of sand or fine soil ; this
will enable the sower to make a more even distribution
than would be possible otherwise.
Gladioli

These are among the finest of all our garden plants
for cutting and the season is never too long so if you
have bulbs enough start some in pots in the greenhouse
(they will start fine under the carnation benches) and
if grown along cool until the end of April before plant-
ing, they will be in bloom a week or two ahead of bulbs
planted outside in the regular way.

Thymus serpyllum

Mountain regions of high altitude
have a distinct flora of their own.
Trees and shrubs assume a dwarfy
character and, nearer to the eternal
ice of the glacier, they disappear en-
tirely. The remaining vegetation,
grasses and herbs, cling fiat and
close to the ground surface. This
creeping growth enables plant life
to withstand the long and heavy
pressure of the weight of deep snow
and ice in winter. The turbulent
force of gales and violent storms in
spring passes over without injurious
effects. During the short summer
the vegetation becomes the moisture
absorbing and retaining factor and
the direct beneficiary of the night
conduction of sunheat by the earth.
To the more contemplative mind
the prostrate growth of Alpine
plants as beautiful miniature de-
sign work testifies to the supreme
wisdom of the Divine architect of
the universe. Our ancestors of
hardly more than a hundred years ago shunned the lofty
solitude of the mountains, believing it to be the haunt
of ill-disposed spirits, hurling down death and destruc-
tion in rolling avalanches. The majesty of the ice-clad

Thymus serpyixum splendens

peaks was awe-inspiring; the silence within their pre-
cincts pregnant with evil. The last century, radically
revolutionizing views, made mountaineering a favorite
sport. It brnuglit about our intimate acquaintance with

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Building the First House

This is far more important than most beginners will
think, and careful consideration should be given to lo-
cating the house, as the future will no doubt want more,
and there is no greater loss of time and money than
moving things around and tearing up the place to
make room for the new-comers. How often we see a
place with the houses all zigzag and running every which
way, all because of a little neglect in the planning of a
range. Take the heating system for instance ; we would
install a boiler that can easily be attached in battery to
another, in case more glass is added to the range. There
is very little saved in putting in boiler pipes and room
just to meet present conditions ; always plan to have the
present met, and the future as well. Any large corpor-
ation in any line of business always moves for the fu-
ture, and you will find that all florists who are real suc-
cessful at the game, work the same way. To illustrate,
I would have some of the readers go over a carnation
growing establishment, and let them see for themselves
whether there is anything in growing carnations. But
"Every little movement has a meaning of its own" on
this place at least, and there is no wasted energy any-
where, but all force is directed toward one single thing — •
the production of high grade carnations. No other
plants of any kind are ever attempted. This hardly is
in keeping with the heading of this page, but a little
example like this will always be given space, I am sure.

Lime Water for Young Stock

Often it will happen that before the young plants
have started well, a dull spell of weather will come and
the plants will not dry out as readily as may be desired,
this of course being responsible for the soil turning sour.
Now, no plant can grow to perfection in soil that is sour,
unless it is a plant that naturally grows in sour soil. It
would hardly do to apply lime to the potted plants as
this would mar their appearance, and a large part of it
would be likely to stick to the pots, thus rendering them
much less serviceable. The only and best method is to
apply the lime in the form of lime water, which is made
by slacking a good pailful of lime in a barrel of water.

After the mixture settles use the clear water to water
the plants with, using a sprinkling can to do so. Water
the plants thoroughly with clear water first and then fol-
low with the lime water. This will give the lime water
a better chance to soak into the soil and all the plants
will receive the same amount of the lime water, where if
they were watered when dry the water would run out of
some of the pots, and of course these would not receive
the amount the others would.

Cleaning the Young Stock
Keep the young stock clean at all times, free from
weeds, and never allow the surface of the soil to become
so green that the water cannot soak through. Good
plants can hardly be expected to turn out of the green-
scummed pots. Plant the plants into clean pots and
keep them clean all the time, then you can look for
results and no other time.

Repotting

Never allow the young plants to become so pot-bound
as to sufl'er from lack of nourishment. We always
thought it was trouble enough to make the plants grow,
without hindering their growth in any way. Keep them
going, as stunted little plants will hardly bring in the
large cut of blooms which we all look forward to so
much. If you are making the final potting the soil can
be well enriched with bone meal, soot, or whatever you
may wish to use. We speak of the soil, meaning well-
decayed compost of cow manure and sod, there being
about two-thirds of the latter; to this the bonemeal can
lie added, and it should be thoroughly mixed so that all
the plants get an even quantity of it. It makes it hard
to water the plants when one is small and another is
large ; therefore aim to treat the plants all alike so they
will grow all at about the same rate. It is surprising
how much easier it is to look after plants of even growth,
than to look after plants that are all mixed as to size.
In potting be careful not to fill the pot too full of soil
for they must all hold water to be wet after watering.
Again be careful not to fill one pot full and another less
so, for then one will hold more water than another, and
trouble will be experienced in watering and trying to
keep the plants all even in moisture.

the flora of those regions divulging the surprising gen-
erosity of Mother Nature in the application of the
brightest tints from her color palette; rich floral gayety
as equivalent for the limited period of vegetation.

Some Alpine plant species are difficult to acclimatise
in gardens ; others respond readily to average cultivation.
Thymus serpyllum is a charming representative belong-
ing in the latter category. Of trailing habit, plantations
soon form dense vivid green mats of vines, which, during
the later parts of June and early in July, appear literally
covered with clouds of little blossoms. In height not
exceeding 2 to 3 inches, mountain thymes are very pretty
subjects for wall and rock-gardens. The variety serpyl-
lum album flowers snow-white, the blossoms of coccinea
are bright red, while those of serpyllum splendens, de-
picted by our illustration, show a carpet of bright deep

magenta red. The species Thymus lanuginosus resem-
bles in its habit of growth the serpyllum type. Its dis-
tinct characteristics consist of a wooly hirsute foliage of
a mouse-gray shade and little flowers of purplish laven-
der coloring.

Mountain thymes require an open sunny exposure
and, as a rule, thrive well in a light sandy loam. It is
advisable to have the ground surface on a slanting grade
to avoid excessive moisture, which, particularly during
hot sultry weather, may cause foliage and flowers to
damp off. Stock can be raised from seed, sown early in
spring. Plants may be also very easily propagated by
divisions early in fall. Plantations should be protected
by leaf covering during winter.

Riverton, N. J.

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MARCH 29, 1913

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CONTENTS

Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION — Conservatory Attached to
Whittle Bros." Flower Store, Albany, N. Y.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Can-
terbury Bells — CobsBa scandens— Cyperus alternifoli-
us — Dahlias — Rambles for Memorial Day — Pyreth-
rums— JoTin J. M. Farrell 457

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Sowing Peas
—Hot Bed— The Asparagus Bed— Gladioli— Btiunn
Jenkins ^^°

THYMUS SERPYLLUM — Richard iJoifte— Illustrated . 458

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Building the First
House — Lime Water for Young Stock — Cleaning the
Young Stock— Repotting— A?tft«)- C. Ruzicka 459

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Second
Swelling of Peaches and Nectarines — Pot Vines —
Spacing Spurs— Care of Young Pot Vines— Georg-e H.
Pensori '*"'•'■

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Program— Addi-
tional Prizes— Corrections in Final Schedule — Hotel

Accommodations 462

National Association of Gardeners — Show Notes 463

ADVERTISING TALKS— Ba!p7i M. Ward 463

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 463

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Westchester and Fairfield
Horticultural Society— Florists' Club of Washington
—Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Society-
Nassau County Horticultural Society — Tarrytown

Horticultural Society 464

Club and Society Notes 464-466

SEED TRADE 470

OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 472

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 473

Window Display— A Profitable Show House, Illus-
trated 474

EASTER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 474

New York, Philadelphia 479

St. Louis, Washington 484

OBITUARY— Francis Brill — Alexander D. Broadfoot —
Fred W. Ostertag — Otis Chapman 485

MISCELLANEOUS:

National Publicity Committee 463

Lompoe, Cal., Notes 466

Catalogues Received 470

Greenhouses for Cornell 470

In Bankruptcy 473

News Notes 473

Chicago Notes — Philadelphia Notes 475

Incorporated 475

Personal 484

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 485

One week more and all will be hustle
"A hot time in a^j bustle in and around the big
the old town" Grand Central Palace in New York,

while from far and near enthusiastic
and expectant horticulturists will be speeding to this, the
Mecca for the time being, of the gardeners and florists of
a continent. Horticulture takes due cognizance of
this important event and will issue in its honor a special
edition which will be well filled with reading matter care-
fully selected with a view to its fitness for this particular
occasion, and interesting to all, including those in at-
tendance at the show and those who are obliged to forego
the pleasure of visiting it. And the alive, up-to-date,
dealers in every line of florists' material will be well
represented in its advertising columns. Watch out for
them and don't fail to see what they have to offer for
this promising spring season.

The whole civilized world stands ap-
Flood and fire palled at the awful disaster which has

brought ruin and death to so many
communities in Ohio and Indiana and, a few days
earlier, to sections still further West. Information that
has reached us thus far does not give details suiScient to
indicate what measure of the suffering has fallen to the
lot of the florists and those of allied industries, but there
are many such in and about the sticken communities and
there is no reason to think they have all escaped. Many
of our readers have acquaintances and social and business
friends in the cities and towns that have been most
severely damaged and all will anxiously await more defi-
nite news and liope that later information may show
that the earlier estimates were overdrawn. Two of the
cities most devastated — Omaha and Dayton — have in the
past entertained S. A. F. conventions and our first solici-
tude is for the kind, hospitable friends we there made
when it was our privilege to thus visit them. It has been
for them a sorrowful Easter at best and we extend to
them our deepest sympathy in their distress.

The Boston Journal for March 22 is

Inexcusable now responsible for this:

"A natural scarcity of violets, due
to the early Easter, makes prices higher than they have

been in years."

*

At the time the foregoing was going the rounds and
serving to dissuade people from any notion that they
might have a bunch of violets for self or friend, the
wholesale houses in Boston were encumbered with violets
by the tens of thousands and one dealer remarked what
a pity it was that there was no way to get these popular
fiowers into the possession of the ladies who thronged
every thoroughfare on that beautiful day. The Boston
Traveler had a New York news note of similar purport
stating that cattleya blooms were selling on P'ifth ave-
nue for from $2.00 to $3.00 each and gardenias $1.50
each. Carnations from $2.50 to $3.00 a dozen ! It is
not to be believed that these statements were born in the
reporters' imagination. Beyond a doubt they originated
with the man behind the counter. But many of the
violet growers and others are so much occupied in de-
nouncing the commission man and in other equally un-
profitable pastimes that they have no clear conception
of the exact situation nor can they, in the majority of
cases thus far, be induced to take a practical interest in
the movements which, if properly supported, would make
impossible the appearance in reputable newspapers of
such injurious and misleading items as above qiioted.

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Second Swelling of Peaches and Nectarines

Immediately the stoning process is completed the final
rush is commenced. There may be some fruits still in
excess of the desired number left on the trees; these
should be taken off at this, the final thinning. An ap-
proximate number should be set for each tree according
to the size of the pot it is growing in. Taking the aver-
age sized tree growing in a twelve-inch pot ; fifteen fruits
ought to be a crop for it. There is little fear of mishap
after this stage is reached. The temperature can be
raised to 65 to 70 at night if the fruits are wanted at
the earliest possible date. The day temperature will be
correspondingly high ; closing down the house in the
afternoon can be done early enough to raise the temper-
ature to 90 or 95. Syringing at this time will cause a
very humid atmosphere to counteract any possibility of
burning. At no time let the pots become dry enough to
cause the trees to wilt. Feed them daily if they dry out
oftener than once a day. Clear water is also beneficial;
feeding every time water is given the trees will demon-
strate one can get too much of a good thing. We find
top dressing with cow manure is not to be commended
for these early trees. Later when it is advisable to re-
strain the trees from drying out this will answer the
purpose.

Pot Vines

Pot vines that are seeking all the nourishment they
can get will have made roots through the bottom of the
pot into the leaves now forming a mulch for them. These
must not be forgotten. Seldom do we find these decay-
ing leaves dry but should such a condition exist soak
them thoroughly. An additional help to the vines will
be a rim of half decayed sod laid round the surface of
the pot leaving sufficient room for water in the center.
It may be necessary to fill this up twice when watering.
The roots will readily penetrate this new and sweet soil,
gathering stimulant as they go ; it also helps to keep the
ball moist. If it has been the habit to water the pots by
sounding them, due allowance must be made for the
soil being there.

Spacing Spurs

Vines will generally break or grow from every eye or
bud, providing nothing has injured it in the dormant
stage. As young vines grow up the "eyes" on the young
cane defermine where the spurs of the future shall be.
It is an easy matter at this stage to retain a spur just
anywhere you please ; after a reduction or thinning out
has taken place it is not so easy. Lost spurs on vines
are often a complete loss, so it behooves every one who is
building up young vines to see that the spurs are proper-

ly placed. The distance between the eyes varies consid-
erably so that it is impossible to say how many should
be taken off; the distance between those remaining is
the only thing to be considered. Overcrowding of spurs
which in turn means overcrowding of laterals results in
poorly developed foliage, which in turn means fruit of
second rate quality. Each leaf must have room to ex-
pand itself without restraint. A knowledge of the va-
riety is very essential, as some attain dimensions double
that of their weaker sisters. Each year as a vine is be-
ing built up so much additional rod is left at pruning
time, which brings so many more laterals into growth
the following season ; these form the fixed station of the
spurs, so it is important that they are placed in the
right position. Where it is possible arrange them so
that they are "angled" — that is, a spur on the one side
of the rod should be in the center of two on the other
side. Approximate distances are, on weaker growing
varieties such as Muscat of Alexandria, eighteen inches ;
the stronger ones such as Princess of Wales, etc., two
feet. Often nothing like an exact job can be made but
get as near to it as is possible and practical. Rub out
all growths not wanted, soon after bursting; where two
are so placed or come from the same bud retain the
stronger.

Care of Yoong Pot Vines

Young vines intended for pot work should be moved
into suitable sized pots soon after filling out the present
ones with roots. It is a bad policy to let them become
rootbound in 4's or 6's. They will grow away after it,
'tis true, but the foliage already formed will become
stunted and hard and will not swell out as it ought to
do, which means a loss to the vine. As the sixes fill out
with roots prepare tens for them. This is quite a jump
but with ordinary care they will make it all right. The
soil should be of the best, enriched with a little coarse
bone meal, with some charcoal and lime-rubble to keep
it open. Have the soil in good condition when potting,
which leaves room for making it firm. A wet soil for
potting is very unsatisfactory. These canes can be
fruited next year and if intended for this should be
stopped at the required length. We have found that it
pays to grow them a second year, potting them on again
in the spring into fourteens. This being the case the
young canes can be run up ten feet or more. After
moving from the sixes it may be advisable to shade them
for a time if they are not receiving any shade from other
vines. Newspaper or cheese cloth will answer the pur-
pose if hung on the stakes as soon as signs of distress are
noticed. This is only intended to help them over the
shock of repotting and should be gradually withheld.

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462

H 0 K T I C U L T U K E

March 29, 1913

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12.

PROGRAM.

Saturday, April 5th.

6 P. M. Show Opens. General Ex-
hibition and Flowering Plant Day.

7.30 P. M. Opening Exercises. Ad-
dress of Welcome. Response.

9 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton of
London, "the King's Florist." "Eng-
lish Floral Art." With practical illus-
trations.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Sunday, April 6th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. General Ex-
hibition and Orchid Day.

4 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton,
London; "The Arrangement of Flow-
ers and Color Schemes." Practically
illustrated.

9 P. M. Lecture by E. H. Wilson of
the Arnold Arboretum, Boston: "China
and Chinese Plants." With stereopti-
con views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Monday, April 7th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Rose Day.
10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Society

of American Florists & Ornamental
Horticulturists.

4 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton,
London: "English Floral Art." With
practical illustrations.

9 P. M. Lecture by J. Horace Mc-
Farland, Harrisburg, Pa.: "The Ar-
nold Arboretum." Illustrated with
stereopticon views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Tuesday, April 8th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Carnation
Day.

10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Ameri-
can Rose Society.

4 P. M. Lecture and Meeting Ameri-
can Rose Society.

9 P. M. Lecture by J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar, Boston, Mass.: "Japan and
Japanese Flora." Illustrated with
streopticon views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Wednesday, April 9th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Gladiolus
Day.

10.30 A. M. Meeting American Car-
nation Society.

4. P. M. Lecture by P. C. W. Brown,
Buffalo, N. Y.: "American Floral Art."
Illustrated with stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton,
London. "How They Arrange Flowers
in England." Illustrated with stere-
opticon views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Thursday, April 10th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Sweet Pea
Day.

10. A. M. Meeting Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association.

11 A. M. Meeting Society of Ameri-
can Florists & Ornamental Horticul-
turists.

3 P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton,
London: "Floral Art in England." Il-
lustrated with practical demonstra-
tions.

4 P. M. Lecture by Arthur Herring-
ton, Madison, N. J.: "Whys and
Wherefore of Tree Planting." Illus-
trated with stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by Otto Thilow,

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR-
ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — President, J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar, Boston, Muss.; vice-president,

i Theodore Wlrth. Minneapolia, Minn.;

1 secretary, Jobn Young, 54 W. 2Stli St.,
New York; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng,
Bulfalo. N. Y. Next convention, Minne-
apolis, Minn., Aug. 19-22, 1913.

For Full Information. Schedules,
Space tor Trade Exhibition, etc., write
to John Young, Secretary and Man-
ager for Trade Exhibition, 54 West
28th Street, New York City.

ran, Editor The Garden Magazine:
"Glimpses of Famous American Gar-
dens." Illustrated with stereopticon
views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Philadelphia, Pa.: "Rocky Mountain
Flora." Illustrated with stereopticon
views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Friday, April 11th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Floral Art
Day.

10.30 A. M. Meeting American
Sweet Pea Society.

4 P. M. Lecture by Geo. V. Nash,
Bronx Botanical Gardens, N. Y. C:
"Water Gardens." Illustrated with
stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by Arthur Cowee,
Berlin, N. Y.: "The Gladiolus." Illus-
trated with stereopticon views.

11 P. M. Show closes.

Saturday, April 12th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. General Ex-
hibition.

10.30 A. "SI. Meeting of the Gladio-
lus Society.

3. P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton.
London: "English Floral Art." Illus-
trated with practical demonstrations.

4 P. M. Lecture by L. W. C. Tut-
hill. New York City: "Frames and
Greenhouses for the Amateur." Illus-
trated with stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by Leonard Bar-

ADDITIONAL PRIZES.

The following additional prizes are
announced:

Philadelphia Rose Growers' prizes for
75 roses, any variety or varieties, except-
ing American Beauty, undisseminated, to
be staged April 10 — First prize, $75; sec-
ond, $50; third. $25.

New York Cut Flower Co.'s prize for 200
cut roses, to be staged April 10, irrespet-
tlve of the number of varieties shown, ef-
fect of arrangement as well as quality to
count, American Beauty and uudisseml-
nated varieties excepted — Silver vase, value
1200.

Toronto Horticultural Society's prizes
for a display of Hardy Outdoor Roses —
First, silver medal; second, bronze medal;
to be staged A^ril 10.

Benjamin Hammond's "Special Grow-
ers'" prize.s — First, $15; second, $10; third,
$7. These prizes are meant for the actual
grower of any exhibit and not for the ex-
hibitor, excepting in the case where he
does his own growing. The awards go to
such three exhibits as, in the opinion of
the Judges, reveal the best specimens of
the growers' work in Rose growing. The
object is to recognize the man who actu-
ally does the good work.

Harry O. May prize — Best pink "novelty"
Rose not in commerce, 25 blooms, $25; to
be staged April 10.

Henshaw & Fenrich's prizes — Vase of 25
Richmond Roses, first $15, second $10; vase
of 25 Pink KiUarney Roses, first $15, sec-
ond $10; vase of 25 blooms, any yellow
Rose, first $15, second $10. To be staged
April 10.

Corrections in Final Schedule.

Omitted from Division C. American Rose
Society's section — Class 331A. 50 White
Killarnev Roses — First prize, $20; second,
$10.

Class 331 of the Final Schedule is to be
known as the Bonnet & Blake prize — solid
silver cup. value $50.

Class 276 is to be knuwn as the Tuxedo
Horticultural Society prize, and the first
prize award is a silver cup.

Section H, Class 249, should be amended
to read "not less than 8 in. pots, not more
than 12 in. pots."

Additional class to Section H — Class
200A, 25 plants Amaryllis vittata hybrids,
first $30, second $20; Julius Roehrs Co.
prize.

Addition to Section F — Miniature model
of estate covering 4 sq. ft including resi-
dence, lawns, roadways and whatever the
ingenuit.v of the exhibitor may suggest —
First. $30: second, $20. Gardeners' and
Florists' Club of Boston's prize.

In Class 87. Section C. the Horticultural
Society of Chicago offers a grand silver
medal in plnce of a silver cup for a first
prize: and Class 91 is the grand bronze
medal of this Society.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Hotel Martinique will be S. A. F. and O. H. He

Single Room
One Person
HOTEL Without With

Bath Bath

Martinique. Broadway and 32d St $2.00-$4.00

Woodstock. W. 43d St., near Broadway. .$2.00 2.50

Astor. Broadway and 4.3d St 2..'iO-$3.00 3.50- 5.00

Mc.Mpln. Greeley Sq. and Broadway... 1.50-2.50 2.00-5.00

($1.00 for each extra person)
Manhattan. 42d St. and Madison Ave.. 2.50 up 3.50 up

Imperial. Broadway and 32d St 2.00 2..50 up

Grand Union. 42d St., Grand Cent. Sta. 1.00- 1.50 2.50

Grand. Broadway and 31st St 1.50 2.00- 2.50

Prince George. 5th Ave. and 28th St... 2.0ft- 3.00

CadiUac. Broadwav and 43d St 1.50 up 2.00 up

Yorli. 7th Ave. and .36th St 1..50- 2.00 2.0ft- 4.00

Wolcott. 31st St. and 5th Ave 2.00 3.0ft

Murray Hill. Park Ave. and 40th St.. 2,00 3.00

Holland. 5th Ave. and 30th St 2.0ft- 3.00 3.00-5.00

Bristol. 122 W. 40th St 1.00 2.00

Earle. 103 Waverly Place 1-50

(10% discount to Florists — American and European plans)
Herald Square. 34th St. and Broadway. 1.50- 2.00 2.00 up

Chelsea. W. 2.3d St 1.50 2.00

Except as stated, all these hotels are conducted on the

adquarters.

Double

Room

Two Persons

Without

With

Bath

Bath

$3.0O-$5.0O

$3.00

3.50- 6.00

3.50-$4.00

4.50- 7.00

4.00 up

5.00 up

3.00- 4.00

4.00 up

2.nft- 3.00

,3..50

2.00

3.0ft- 3.50

3.0O- 4.00

2.50 up
2.50- 3.00

3.50 up

3.00- 5.00

5.00

3.00

4.00

4.00- 8.00

1.50

2.50 up

2.50- 3.00 3.00 up
European plan.

March 29, 1913

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463

In the Carnation Suciety's scbedxile,
Classes 441 and 443, are to lie staged ou
April 8 instead of April 10. In Class 437
no medal will be awarded this year, as
this is only a preliminary competition.

Additions to Section A — Class 54A, for
bed of Pansies, assorted colors, 6 ft. across,
first $10. second $5. Traendly & Schenck's
prize.

Show Notes.

A. E. Thatcher and Edward Kirk, of
Bar Harbor, Me., have been added to
the board of jurors.

The management has been able to
secure for exhibition at the show the
collection of 39 pictures, in oil and
pastel, by Mary Helen Carlisle, cover-
ing famous English gardens. This
very fine collection was recently on
exhibition at one of the leading art
galleries in New York and was greatly
admired. It should prove especially
interesting to the horticultural pro-
fession.

The supplementary prize schedule
is ready for distribution. Copies may
be had on application to John Young,
secretary, 54 W. 28th street. New
York.

It has been decided that the show
shall close at 11 P. M. each day in-
stead of 10 P. M., as previously an-
nounced. J. H. Pepper,
Chairman Publicity Committee.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR-
DENERS.

The National Association of Gar-
deners has completed its program for
the International Flower Show week,
in New York City, April 5th to 12th.

Its headquarters will be the Murray
Hill Hotel, Park avenue and Fortieth
street. The secretary will be at the
headquarters every morning from
eight to ten o'clock from the opening
until the closing of the show, to ar-
range for the admission cards to the
show and other entertainment of the
members of the N. A. G. Season tick-
ets to the show will be issued only on
presentation of the Association's 1913
membership card.

A meeting of the Association will
be held on Monday afternoon, April
9th, at two o'clock, in the lecture hall
of the Grand Central Palace. R. F.
Felton of London, England, will ad-
dress the members at three o'clock
on the practical usages of flowers.

On Tuesday evening at nine o'clock
members of the Association will as-
semble in the men's dining hall of the
Murray Hill Hotel for a "Dutch treat"
and a social evening generally.

On Wednesday the National Garden-
ers' and Florists' Bowling Tourna-
ment will be held under the auspices
of the National Association, in which
the members of the Society of Amer-
ican Florists are invited to partici-
pate, at Thums' Bowling Alleys, Broad-
way and 31st street, beginning at nine
o'clock in the morning and lasting
throughout the day. The tournament
is open to teams of three men, mem-
bers of a local gardeners' or florists'
society or club, and members in good
standing either of the S. A. F. or N. A.
G. The individual turnament is open
to members in good standing of the
N. A. G. or S. A. F. Many valuable
prizes have already been contributed.
The sweepstake prize to be competed
for by the three members of the N. A.
G. making the highest scores, and the
three members of the S. A. F. making
the highest scores, is a piece of silver
of the value of $.^0, donated by Presi-

dent Waite of the National Associa-
tion.

Other entertainment will be provid-
ed during the week which will be an-
nounced during the first days of the
show.

Members of the National Associa-
tion of Gardeners should bear in mind
that their membership card will be
necessary to participate in the va-

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. 3

When the Chain Store idea is ap-
plied to the florist business, some
of you business bunglers will find
yourselves head over heels in debt
and no business. Some say it will
never come — that's just what every-
one has always sard about new
things until they wake up and find
someone has done it. The business
of the average retail cigar store is
$30 per day. The United Cigar
Stores Co., who are advertisers,
average $150 per day. The biggest
business done in any one of these
United Cigar Stores In a single day
was $11,667 by a New York store.
On December 11th, 1912, this com-
pany did a cash business of $410,-
759 in one day in their stores. Done
by advertising, chiefly in the news-
papers. Now is it any more diffi-
cult to do a cigar business than it
is to conduct a florist business?
Cannot anyone get a license, buy
tobacco, roll cigars and sell them?
Does it require any more skill and
capital than the florist business?
Not a bit — but there is more brain
work employed in the cigar busi-
ness, where competition is very
keen. What could prevent a Chain
of Florist Stores, selling flowers at
reasonable prices, advertising the
product, and making it pay good,
rich dividends? The best chance
in the world for a good florist busi-
ness is right here in the heart of
New York City, where the people
are, and where the money is. I
mean a business catering to the
great multitude at popular prices
and advertising extensively. Ad-
vertise your business — make it
known — tell the public what you
have to sell, and what price you
want for your product.

Sell yoar hammer and buy a horn

rious entertainments; so do not leave
your cards at home when starting for
the "Big Show" in New York.

M. C. Ebel, Sec'y.

NATIONAL PUBLICITY COMMIT-
TEE.

There will be a meeting on Monday
afternoon, April 7th, at the Grand Cen-
tral Palace in New York, of the Na-
tional Publicity Committee provided
for at the last convention of the S. A.
F. in Chicago, to consider the proposi-
tion of providing for a permanent sec-
retary of the National Committee to
aid in advancing the publicity move-
ment. All florists' clubs in the coun-

try having a Publicity Committee and
having appointed a representative to
membership in this National Commit-
tee should see that their representa-
tive is notified of this meeting and is
in attendance. If unable to be present
another member should be sent to rep-
resent the club.

W. R. PlEESON,
Representative of the Publicity Committee
of the New York Florists' Club.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF

NURSERYMEN.

The Portland Convention.

Much speculation is rife as to how
many members of the American Asso-
ciation will meet their brethren on
the Pacific Coast in the June conven-
tion. To those who hesitate to decide
on account of the distance we com-
mend this extract from the official or-
gan of the Association:

"Maybe a decision not to attend is fixed
by ne'cessity, but more often we decide
such matters on the spur of the moment,
for such reasons as— It will cost too much;
cannot snare the time; too far away, etc.
It such nurserymen fully realized now
necessary his presence was to the progress
of the nursery business at large, he would
strain a point to go. There he will have
the opportunity to measure himself up
against the best in the land in his par-
ticular line. Even though he does not sell
a dollar's worth of goods at the conven-
tion, there will be something wrong with
him if he does not get full value for his
time and money. The trip to the great
Empire of the West will be an education
that he can get in no other way. He will
get a glimpse of the magnitude of his own
country and begin to see the stupendous
possibilities of the nursery business of the
future."

There Is no need for us to expatiate
on the beauties of nature to be seen
en route, but we can give a hint at
one feature that will both interest and
instruct those who are fortunate
enough to participate — the day "stop-
over" at Toppenish, Washington.
Train will arrive early in the morn-
ing. th« "official car" will be side-
tracked, and, an auto trip of about
forty miles, as the guests of the Wash-
ington Nursery Co., the party will
view the irrigable portion of the
Yakima Indian Reservation, with Its
fine agricultural and fruit lands; vari-
ous nurseries, and the fine orchards
which lie on the bench lands under the
famous Sunnyside Canal. Our hosts
write that "the trip will be of utmost
Interest to those who wish to see the
Yakima Valley in all its phases, in-
cluding the matured bearing or-
chards." Dinner and supper will be
served to the guests and the special
car will be attached to the midnight
train. Those who wish a copy of the
tentative itinerary may write to M.
B. Fox, Rochester Lithographing
Co., Rochester. N. Y.. or to Sec-
retary John Hall of the same
city, to whom those wlio decide
to go to the convention should also re-
port quickly.

There is still a little doubt as to
hotel headquarters, but members will
be advised soon as known. The secre-
tary is rounding-up members by means
of a stirring letter, and J. McHutchi-
son. special committee to create new
memberships, is prosecuting a vigor-
ous campaign with encouraging re-
sults. .

Davenport, la.— Wm. H. Mast and
W. J. Duppert have purchased the
Davenport Nursery, which has been
conducted for over forty years by
Nichols & Lorton.

464

HORTICULTURE

March 29, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Society was held in Doran's Hall,
'Greenwich, Conn., on March 14th. The
attendance and enthusiasm maintained
a.t our meetings is excellent, espe-
cially considering the long journeys
some of the members have to make.
Regret is felt over the resignation of
Vice-President Oscar Addor, who finds
that he cannot maintain that office to
the welfare of the Society. By unani-
mous vote H. Wild was elected vice-
president for the ensuing year.

The best wishes of the Society were
extended to James Aitchison, who is
about to take up his residence else-
where. The speaker for the evening
was Wm. Scott, of Scott Bros., Elms-
ford, N. Y.. who delivered a very
practical address on the "Growing of
Carnations." This meeting being
chosen as Carnation Night brought
out a large number of exhibits. Prizes
were awarded as follows:

First, James Aitchison; second. A. L.
M,arshaU: tbird, E. .Tohnson ; A. L. Mar-
shall, honorable mention for Nepbrolepis
magniflca; James Aitchison, culturnl certi-
ficate for cyclamen and Primula mala-
coides; A. Wynne, honorable mention for
Schizanthus Wisetonensls; Alex. Gedrtes,
honorable mention for carnation seedling:
Thos. Aitchison, cultural certificate for
vase of callas: Geo. E. Baldwin Co., highly
commended for Cattleya Lawrenceana: P.
W. Popp, honorable mention for carnation
California Giant and lily of valley: Thos.
aitcbison. honorable mention for seedling
amaryllis; Louis Wittman. honorable men-
tion for roses Madison and My Maryland ;
Thos. Ryan, vote of thanks for shamrock
(the real goods).

Professor Jarvis of Yale has prom-
ised to deliver an illustrated lecture
at our next meeting on "The Diseases
of Fruit Trees." This lecture should
prove of vital importance to all.

Owen A. Hunwick,

Cor. Sec'y.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON.

' 'At the annua! meeting of the Flor-
ists' Club of Washington, the election
of officers took place. It took two bal-
lots before a selection could be made
to' fill the two vacancies existing in
the board of trustees. The fight for
the presidency was a tight one

David J. Grllbortzer, O. A. C. Oehm-
ler and Otto Bauer were the candi-
dates, but Mr. Grilbortzer, in a short
speech before the balloting be?an,
asked that his name be withdrawn.

This left Messrs. Oehmler and Bauer
the sole contestants, and the latter
won by a single vote. Upon a motion
made by the defeated candidate. Mr.
Oehmler, the election was made unan-
imous. George Coolie was unanimous-
ly elected vice-president, William F.
Gude treasurer, and Elmer C. May-
berry secretary. For the board of
trustees David Bisset and William
Earnest were elected as members each
to sei-ve three years.

Plans were discussed tor a banquet
in April at which time the new of-
ficers will be installed. This will also
be ladles' night and from the fact that
fifty reservations were immediately
made a large assemblage may be ex-
pected. An informal report was made
on the work of the committees in

charge of the New York and Minne-
apolis trips. A special car will be
chartered to carry the members to the
National Flower Show on April 4.

The Ex-Secretary of Agriculture,
Hon. James Wilson, was unanimously
elected an honorary member.

Louis and Joseph Freeman pre-
sented for exhibition a vase of excep-
tionally fine carnations; Rose Pink
and White Enchantress, White Won-
der and Beacon. There were also a
dozen or more amaryllis on display
through the courtesy of Mr. Byrnes of
the Propagating Gardens.

MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS'
AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY.

"Carnation Night" was a most suc-
cessful event. Members came out
strong and the carnations were grand.
Standard varieties as well as novel-
ties were much above the average.
Awards were as follows;

Matchless from Cottage Garden, certifi-
cate of merit: Enchantress Supreme from
Dailledouze. certificate of merit; Northport
from James D. Cockcroft, previously cer-
tificated; Dimple Widener, Wm. lilein-
heinz's pet, certificate of merit ; Wm. Ec-
cles from Scott Bros., with the lighter col-
ors, formerly certificated, holds her place
well as a top-notch red ; Salmon Beauty,
Traendly & Schenck. certificate of merit ;
Seedling" No. 7 from Chas. H. Totty. Judges
asked to see It again before making award :
Mrs. C. W. Ward and Woodenethe. from
W. H. Duckham, certificate of culture;
Woodenethe. from Robt. Tyson. Flurham.
cultural certificate: Mrs. C. W. Ward and
Woodenethe. from Percy D. Witney. Wheat
Sheaf, cultural certificate: Gloriosa and
White Wonder, from G. F. Neipp. Chat-
ham, cultural certificate: Edward Heagan
l)rought mixed carnations, receiving the
Society's award ; Ernest Wild's Schizan-
thus Wisetonensls. in 10-incb pols, re-
ceived a cultural certificate and a .$.t gold
piece.

C. J. W. Ottolander of F. & F. Nur-
series, read an essay on "Rare Shrubs
and Trees," as seen by him at the
Arnold .\rboretum. It was a painstak-
ing, edifying, and entertaining paper.

Altogether, we had a fine evening
of it. Wm. H. Duckham and C. H.
Totty called on everyone to respond
as far as possible to the call of the
International Flower Show. E. R.

NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.

At the regular monthly meeting of
this society, at Glen Cove, N. Y., on
March 12th, the exhibits of plants and
flowers were specially good. Jamei
Duthie exhibited Freesia Tubergini.
The colors of this freesia are very
pleasing and it is sure to become a fa-
forite for conservatory and house
decorations; the varieties were Dainty,
La Phare, and Sweet Lavender. The
society's prizes for cineraria, cauli-
flower and stocks were awarded to A.
MacKenzie, P. Charbnnniad and J.
MacDonald. A certificate of culture
was awarded to J. W. Bverltt for
mushrooms; honorable mention to J.
Ingram for narcissus, and to J. Duthie
for carnations. Andrew Wilson of-
fered a substantial cash prize for the
next fall show. Next meeting. Aprl
16, at 7 P. M., and prizes are offered
for 12 roses, 12 Darwin tulips and onp
calceolai'ia.

J.\MES M.\(D()x.\i.n. Cor. Sec.

TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Tarrytown Horticultural Society was
held on Wednesday evening, March 19.
A fine vase of the new rose. Milady,
was staged by the A. N. Pierson Com-
pany; also a fine vase of the new rose,
Mrs. George Shawyer, staged by C. H.
Totty. Both varieties were awarded a
certificate of merit at the fall show
and were at this time highly recom-
mended. The prize offered by James
W. Smith, for the best twelve roses of
any variety other than American
Beauty, was awarded to John Elliott.
A very interesting discussion on the
culture of roses was opened by Joseph
Mooney and taken up by Messrs.
Bradley. Scott. Angus and Weeks,
which brought out some very interest-
ing remarks.

For the April meeting John Elliott
offers a prize for the best flowering
plant. E. Trethewet,

Corresponding Secretary.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The New London Horticultural So-
ciety had their monthly meeting on
the 13th inst.. when President John
Malona read a most interesting paner
on the Growing and Care of Palms
and Ferns in the Greenhouse and
Home. A good discussion followed.

The Northampton and Holyoke Flor-
ists' and Gardeners' Association held
a meeting on the evening of March 11,
at the greenhouses of H. W. Field, and
an illustrated address was given by
Prof. Waugh of the Massachusetts Ag-
ricultural College on "Ground Im-
provement."

The Chicago Florist Club have se-
lected the Chicago Great Westcn rail-
road as the official route to carry Its
members and their friends to the 2Sth
annual convention of the Society of
American Florists, to be held in Min-
neapolis, August 19-22, 1913. They have
arranged for a superb special train to
leave Grand Central station, Chicago,
at 6.15 P. M.. August 18th, arriving at
Minneapolis the following morning. A
complete Itinerary will be Issued
shortly.

A new organization, the Medford
Horticultural Society, has been formed
at Medford, Mass. The officers are:
Charles M. Hayden president; Mrs.
Lester H. Williams and J. W. Rock-
well, vice-presidents; Miss Kate M.
Buss, secretary; Vernon H. Hall,
treasurer. The directors are: Mrs.
Daniel F. Puffer. William H. Randall,
Archibald L. Jackson, George O. Fos-
ter and Wilton B. Fay. Other direc-
tors will be added from the different
wards of the city.

The Tri-City Florists' Club met at
the home of John Staack. Moline, 111.,
where they were hospitably enter-
tained. After inspecting the houses
there was a business meeting where
the topic for discussion was "Lawns,"
and officers were elected as follows:
President, John Staack; vice-president.
H. Pauli; recording secretary, Wm.

March 29. 1913

HOETICULTUEE

465

BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

■_E:xiiMC5-ror>i, ivia.ss.

^OSTC^IM, IVIA.I

JUST ARRIVED-5,000 BOXWOOD ALL SIZES

Pyramids, Standards and Natural

A Large and Complete Assortment of

EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES. VINES, HERBA-
CEOUS PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

Ours is the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

. & A.. SF^EIOIA.

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, hHOOODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Floiists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few tninutes from
New York Gly ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Eiie Railroad.

BOBBINK &

Nurserymen and Florists

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

ISRAMINGHAM
URSEl

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SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE

■Vly

1913

SF»RIIMO

P

frioe:

l_IST

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL,

200 Broadway, New York |

Our 1913 Catalogue

Contains a volume of information regard-
ins Tree« and Plants for Rock Gardens,
Old Fashioned Gardens. Sea Shore Plant-
ing and Ground Covering under Rhododen-
drons and Shrubbery. Gives also sugges-
tive planting plans and planting lists for
Rose Gardens, Uerbaceons Gardens and
Suburban Estates. Names and describes
desirable Trees and Shrubs with Ornamen-
tal Fruits, Hedge Plants, Trees for Orchid
and Forest Planting, new and old varieties
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent
FREE upon request. We grow in quan-
tity every hardy tree or plant worthy of
cultivation. Correspondence invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dept. "F"

BEDFORD, MASS.

National Nurseryman

Offlcinl organ of the American As-
sociation of Nurserymen. ClrcuU-
tion aiiinng the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Suli^^cription price
$1.00 per year. Foreign subscrip-
tions ¥1.50 per year. In advnnce.
Sample copy free upon applit-atlon
from those in tlie trade encloalug
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., inc.

2l8 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

AVe are now booking orders for

HARDY POMPON
CHRYSANTHEMUMS

In the followins varieties:
White:— Diana, Queeu of Whites, St.

Almo. Baby Margaret.
Pink:— Eleganta, Little Pet, Dawn, Nel-
lie Blv, Rhoda. Rosy Morn, King
PLilip, Findon, Gladys, St. Illoria.
Yellow: — Excelsior, Sunshine, Baby, Ze-
noliia. Triumph, D'Or, Vallis, Qulnola.
Bronze Yellow: — Miss Julia, AUentown,
Mrs. Porter, Sir Walter Raleigh,
Aaron, Princess de Thule. Henrietta.
Red: — Rufus, Julla Legravere, Lynd-
hurst and Northumberland.
EARLY FLOWERING OCT-DOOR
VARIETIES.
Abercorn Beauty, Carrie, Comtesse de
Cariel, Coral Queen, Crimson Queen,
Eden Nonln, Elstob Yellow. Fleuve
Rouge, Francis, George Bowners, Har-
rie, Goachcrs Crimson, Holmes White,
Horace M:irtin, Jimmie, Leslie, Lillie,
King of Whites, Rtaxim, Medusa, Mlg-
non, Nina Blick. Normandie. Pride of
Keston, Perle Chatillonalse. Polly,
Ralph Curtis. Robbie Burns, Rosle, T.
Banister. Touraine, White Mme. Masse,
White Pitcher.

SINGLE VARIETIES.
Mary Richardsbn, Ladysmith, Kitty
Bourne, Garza, Mary Collady.

i Per 100

Collection of 10 varieties . $3.50

Collection of 20 varieties......... 4.00

Not less than 25 of one sort...@ 3.00
These plants are established in 2^-inch
pots, and all orders filled in rotation.

HEAD'S BERGENFIELD NURSERIES

BERGENFIEID, N. J

Per 100

Mack Beauty *2.00

David Harum 2.00

Austria 1.25

Schenandoah l.'^B

America \.1h

MurlborouBh , l.'^S

Eg:andaie l.'^B

Penn l.BO

English Ivy R. C 1.00

Asp. Sprengeri 2 In «.00

Geranium S. A. Nutt 2.00

Geranium Buchner ...^ 2.00

Hill and Poitevine Hlx 2.00

J. H. DANN & SON

WESTFIELD, N. Y.

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,

Small Fruits, Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

r Write for Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

In writii^g td Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

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March 29, 1913

Goos, Bettendorf, la.; financial secre-
tary, C. A. Anderson; treasurer, Julius
Staack. The next meeting will be at
H. M. Bills', Davenport, la.

The regular meeting of the Flor-
ists' & Gardeners' Club of Rhode
Island was held in Swarfs Lodge Hall.
Providence, Monday evening, March 17
with a small attendance. Aside from
several routine matters, nothing of im-
parlance was taken up. Present indi-
cations are that few of the leading
florists of this city and vicinity will
be among those present at the Na-
tional Flower Show which takes place
in New York next month. Those who
are determined to be on hand are Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Johnston, Albert
Holscher, Joseph A. Kopelman and
Olney H. Williams.

At the March meeting of the Roches-
ter (N. Y.) Florists' Association the
following resolutions were adopted:

Whereas, The growth of floriculture and
the production of flowers and vegetables
under glass has been the most notable in
horticulture in this state in recent years
and the large capital and number of people
now employed demand that the increasing
number of problems which threaten the in-
dustry, and with which the individual grow-
er cannot cope because of lack of scientific
knowledge, be given consideration by the
agricultural experiment station; and

Whereas, No provision has hitherto been
made to equip the agricultural college and
experiment station to carry on scientific
Investigations relating to greenhouse crops,
be it

Resolved, That the Rochester Florists'
Association, at its monthly meeting, heart-
ily Indorses the efforts of the New York
State Federation of Florists' Clubs to se-
cure the passage of a bill by the Legisla-
ture making suitable appropriations for
providing equipment for the teaching of
floriculture and vegetable gardening.

The publication In a daily paper of
interviews with clergymen in Roch-
ester in regard to the "high cost
of dying," in which the clergy de-
nounced the use of flowers at funerals
as a sinful extravagance, was the
cause of much discussion at the March
meeting of the Rochester Florists' As-
sociation. A resolution was offered
making it a misdemeanor for any
member of the association to either
give or lend flowers or plants of any
kind to an organization, and that a
card bearing words to that effect be
posted in each store. It was decided
to defer the matter to the next meet-
ing. A. H. Seeker read an admirable
paper on the "Indoor and Outdoor
Growing of Sweet Peas." Mr. Se^^ker
has promised a paper on the "Diseases
of the Sweet Peas," at a later date. At
the next meeting R. G. Salter will en-
tertain the members with a paper en
"The Flower Business of Rochester."

Between 300 and 400 people attended
the annual reunion and banquet of the
Worcester County Horticultural So-
ciety in Horticultural Hall, Worcester,
Mass.. March 12. The program in-
cluded a reception from 6 to 6.30
o'clock, banquet at 6.30 o'clock, fol-
lowed by speeohmaking and dancing
from 9.30 o'clock until midnight.
Guests and speakers were Lieut.-Gov.
David I. Walsh, Mayor George M.
Wright, William P. Rich, Boston, sec-
retary of the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society; Wilfrid Wheeler, secre-
tary of the State Board of Agriculture;
Walter D, Ross, president of the Wor-
cester County Agricultural Soci^tv;
Harold L. Frost, president of the Mas-
sachusetts Fruit Growers' Association;
Joseph K. Greene, C. L. Gold. West

CALIFORNIA PRIVET

A FINE LOT-PERFECT CONDITION
For Immediate SHipment, at RigHt Prices

2i_ A ri $3.00 per 100
in A PI $25.00 per 1,000
*"•*'*• $835.00 per 10,000

18 to 24 In *22 50 ... pe"/ 1,000

lU *W fcT ill. $300.00 per 10,000

C. R. BURR & CO., Manchester, Conn.

Cornwall, Ct., vice-president of the
Connecticut Fruit Growers' Associa-
tion, and R. M. Bowen, vice-president
of the Rhode Island Fruit Growers'
Association. Edward W. Breed, presi-
dent of the Worcester County Horti-
cultural Society presided at the din-
ner.

One of the most interesting meetings
held since the New Orleans Horti-
cultural Society was formed took place
March 19th, and as a result of a gen-
eral discussion on the topic of "Tree
Planting" it was decided to invite Dr.
Joseph Holt, president of the Park-
ing Commission, to make an address
at the next meeting on the various
phases of the ordinance under which
it is conducted.

It was also decided in future to hold
the meetings at the Progressive Union.
In leaving Kolb's Restaurant, a room
on the upper floor for many years be-
ing at the disposal of the society, it
was determined that the generosity of
Conrad Kolb should he formally noted
in a letter of appreciation.

The society plans to have many in-
teresting features in connection with
its future meetings. Including ad-
dresses, not only by members, but
others, on various topics, at which a
round robin discussion will be in or-
der. This will make the organization
a factor in the development of the
city, and it is expected to attract much
favorable attention and build up the
membership. The social features will
not be overlooked, because their value
is recognized. There will be displays
of plants and flowers, and as a whole
the society never had a brighter fu-
ture.

A few things which the Tariff Com-
mittee of the American Association of
Nurserymen has accomplished:

Secured a tariff equitable and satis-
factory to nurserymen. Had the duty
upon French fruit stocks made per
1,000, doing away with the old-time
controversies over valuation. The
committee recently visited Washing-
ton, and expects to prevent the threat-
ened tariff reduction. The work of
this committee has been of Immense
value to nurserymen.

The Transportation Committee of
this Association is also a wide-awake
part of the Association, and has saved
more than the membership fee of ev-
ery individual nurseryman in the land.

It has had classifications defined and
freight rates reduced. It has caused
railroads to give carloads rates for
less than carload lots, etc.. etc.

The Legislative Committees have
prevented much unwise and unfair

legislation, both State and Federal;
and at this time are testing the consti-
tutionality of several state laws which
operate injuriously to nursery busi-
ness interests.

The Committees on Publicity, Root
Gall, Standardization of Grades, etc.,
have done and are still doing equally
good work. Like the watchman on the
tower, these committees must be con-
stantly on the alert, for there is no
limit to the necessity for eternal vigi-
lance.

LOMPOC (CAL.) NOTES.

Anton O. Zvolanek left for the East,
March 20, en route for the great Nat-
ional Flower Show, to be held in New
York, stopping off occasionally on his
way — at St. Louis, for instance, Chi-
cago and other important points. On
same day H. W. Buckbee of Rockford,
111., called at Floradale. This is the
thirty-ninth visit Mr. Buckbee has
made to California and he enjoys his
trips annually. He admires the way
much of the vegetation behaves in the
Golden State. He is enthusiastic about
the 11000 cup offered by the Panama
Pacific International Exposition for a
new rose to be exhibited in San Fran-
cisco, 1915, and he tried his very best
to impart that enthusiasm to the
working force at Burpee's Floradale
Seed Farm. Mr. Buckbee was shown
the stock of rose seedlings on hand
and, while they appeared small and
not at all promising, he said "keep at
it, you'll get there all right."

The Spencerized winter flowering
sweet peas are surely attracting a lot
of attention these times. It is stated
on reliable authority that the winter
flowering types of sweet peas when
Spencerized are much more satisfac-
tory as a cut-flower industry than are
the original. Geo. W. Kerr, the sweet
pea expert at Burpee's Fordhook,
Penna., Seed Farm, has been hard at
work doing his level best to give us
all the color types and shades in the
winter flowering section, and seeds
have been forwarded to Floradale for
seed growing purposes. In addition to
about two acres of mixed Spencerized
winter flowering varieties we have
three of Prince Edward of York, twen-
ty-five Countess Spencer types, and all
through the various color shade sec-
tions, aggregating nearly three hun-
dred, which, as will be understood,
means some detail, and from indica-
tions we had last year from same
source, some startling novelties are in
store for those who are interested in
this branch of sweet pea growing for
cut flowers in winter time. E. L.

March 29. 1913

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467

IF IN NEED OF ANYTHING IN HARDY PERENNIALS

50^000 Anemone Japonica

IVTOT the usual winter killed style, but strong plants, well established in three inch pots,

in a growing condition which will give quick results.
Every florist growing flowers for his retail sales should grow a block of these beautiful late
summer and fall flowering Anemones, which, besides making an attractive display, will
furnish an abundance of useful cut flowers which will be admired by everyone.

Per Per Per

doz. 100 1000

.J.4PON1CA RlBRA. Beautiful rosy-red.. $1.00 $7.00 $60.00

ALBA. A fine large siiowy-wbite 1.00 7.00 60.00

(JL'EEN CHARLOTTE. Very hirge,

silvery-pink 1.00 7.00 60.00

ROSE.4 SUPERBA. Very delicate, silvery-

rcse 1.00 7.00 60.00

WHIRLWIND. I.iirge semi-double, pure

' — 7.00 60.00

Per Per Per

doz. 100 1000

KRIEMHILDE (new). Semi-double, rose-
pink 1.50 10.00

LORELEY (new). A semi-double, bright

sllvery-plnk 1.50 10.00

GEANT BLANCHE. Largest single

glistening white 1.50 10.00

PRINCE HENRY. Large, very double,

deep rich pink 1.00 7.00 60.00

PURPl'RINE (new). Semi-double, pur-

|ilish-rose 1.50 10.00

white flowers 1.00

Our New Wholesale List has just been distributed and besides offering the most com-
plete, up-to-date list of Hardy Perennials of a quality to give the planter quick and satis-
factory results, also offers a most complete list of other seasonable stock in all lines. If
you have not received a copy please write for it.

HENRY A. DREER, INC.,

714 Chestnut Street

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE ABOVE PRICES ARE INTENDED FOR THE TRADE ONLY

468

HOETICULTURE

March 29, 1913

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000
VVodenethe, $1.00 per clol,..$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful: White Winsor 3.50 30.00

Princess Charming 3.00 25.00

WMnser 2.50 20.00

Plants from 2-lnch pots. $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.
Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.60 to $4.00 per 100: $15.00 to $26.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000

Sejui for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

carnations!

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

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B.iRCiAIN .in 2 and •!% iii<-li stock:
10,000 Chrysantliemnms CHRYSOLORA,
UNAK.A, SMITH'S .4DVANCE, MRS.
SYME, GOI-DENGIOW, H.4LLIDAY,

ROBINSON, rOCKETT'S CRIMSON,

WELLS' LATE PINK, E.ARLY SNOW,
GLORIA, CREMO, MRS. HURLEY, PA-
CIFIC SUPREME, BYRON, DEAN, I'EL-
LOW ,IONES, and twenty otbei'S $2.00 per
100, $15.00 per M. UNROOTED carnation
cuttings GLORIOS.A, both W.VRDS, all
ENCHANTRESSES, S.YNGAMO, TOLMAN,
$9.00 per 1000 (nine dollars).

3 inch heliotropes, salvias, marguerites,
double petunias, stocks, verbenas, phlox,
schizantbus, fringed petunias, ageratuni,
pyretbrum, oeutaureas. autirrhinum, $2.00
per 100. CASH.
I. M. RAYNER, GREENPORT, L. I.

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STANDARD CUT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

HAMMONTON, N J

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants,

P. OUWERKERK,

216 lane SU Weehawkn Helgtts
P. 0. No. I. Dobokeii. N. J.

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND

FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius RoehrsXo,

Rutherford, N. J.

ORCHIDS

Largett Import»r», Exporters, Grower*
and Hybridists in the Wo. Id

SANDER, 5t. Alban's, England

and 258 Broadway, Roam 721
NEW YORK CITY

FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT

WHITE STOCKS
AND CANDYTUFT

TO GROW FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

EXCELLENT PLANTS FROM 2-IN. POTS
$1.50 PER lOO $12.00 PER 1000

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

C2froivi>a/e:i_i_, csoimim.

i our new crimson carnation g

I PRINCESS DAGMAR I

" will be disseminated next season, 1913-1914. We are booking orders •
§ now at $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. PRINCESS DAGMAR will be §
A exhibited at the National Show in New York. A

I PATTEN & CO., - - Tewksbury, Mass. I

Oarna'ti^n

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Soarle-t

THE HERALD

$12.00 PER 100

$10O.OO PER 1,000

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago

Try our new GERANICTtt SCARLET REDDER for yonr

Garden nnd Window boxes. Then procure a copy of
CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL 3rd edition as a guide for
growing your CHRVSANTHEMUMS. 50c postpaid.
Asli for our 1913 CATALOGUE and place your order with
u.s for your plants which will have our best attention.

Then procure our FERTILBNE, the IDKAI. PLANT food for producing Lusty blooms.

Price.— % lb., 20c; prepaid by mall, 30c; lib., 36c, prepaid by mail, 50c; 10 lbs, $3.00;

2a lbs., $6.00; 50 Ibg., $10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO. ... ADRIAN, MICH

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Live Spdagnum Moss

Finest stock in the country. Chunky,
well flbered stems with large heads.
Shipped only in barrels f. o. b. Walden,
N. Y., at $2.00 per bbl.

Trade List on Application.

The C. W. Brownell Company

Walden, N. Y.

OROMIDS

Choice dormant bulbs of Calantbe Veltohll.
ready now at $76.00 per 100 bnlbs; also

;reat variety of otber orcblds and material
In which to frrow them.

WRITE FOR CATALOOCK.

LAGER & HURRELL ^"S'.'?."

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

B In., 6\i in. and 6 In. pots, S, 4, 6, •

tiars, from 1% to SO Incheil bigb, 40c.,

Mo., Wo., 75e., $1.00, $I.2S each and
BP t« $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower aod Importer

1012 W. OBtarli) St., PHIUBELPHIA. PA.

SF>IH.A<3IM«_IIVI IVIOSS

10 bbl. bales ; selected stock ; neatly bar-
lapped. "Worth While Quality," "Sqaar«
Deal Quantity."

1 bale $3.80 10 bales, each. .$3.40

5 bales, each... 3.60 36 bales, each.. SJiO

5% off cash with order. Car lots. Write

for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, $1.25 per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE,

Barnsgat, N. J.

March 29, 1913

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Boddington's Quality Cannas

Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give absolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 5% if cash accompanies the order.

RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOLIAGE CANNAS

Per lOO Per UKX)

J. D. Eisele, 5 ft $3.75 $30.(J0

President (le\elan(l, 3 ft 2.25 20.00

President McKinle.v, 2^! to 3 ft 2.00 17 ..'iO

President Me.ver, 4 ft 2.75 25.00

Pillar of Fire, G or 7 ft 2.00 17.50

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

Louise. 5 ft $3.75

Mile. Herat, 4V4 ft 1.75

Venus, RVi ft 5.50

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

.Alemannia, 4 to 5 ft $2.25

Austria, 3 ft 1.75

Indiana. 3 to 4 ft 2.00

Italia, 4% ft 1.75

Gladiator. 4 ft

OladioHorn, 3Vi ft..
Jean Tissot, 5 ft. . .

Niaj^ara. 3 ft

.Mad. Crozy, 51/2 ft.

Per 100

S2.T.T

ORANGE SHADES

Wyoming, 7 ft

Pennsylvania. 5 ft

Mrs. Kate Gray, C ft.

Per 100
. $2.00
. 1.75
. 1.75

Per 1000

$35.00

15.00

50.00

Per 1000

$20.00

15.00

17.50

15.00

Per 1000

$17.50

15.00

15.00

$:i. JO

4.25

2.25

2.75

2.25

Queen Charlotte, 3% ft 3.75

Premier, 2V2 ft 2.75

Souv. de A. Crozy, 4 ft 2.75

YELLOW SHADES

Per 100

rli.renee Vauj;lian, 5 ft $2.00

Kicliard Wallace, 4% ft 2.25

Per 1000
$25.00
40.00
20.00
25.00
20,00
35.00
25.00
25.00

Per 1000

$17.50

20.00

BRONZE-LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

Egandale, 4 ft $2.00

King Humbert. 4 ft 5.00

Leonard Vaughan, i% ft 4.25

Musaefolia, 3 to 5 ft 2.00

Shenandoah, 6 ft 2.00

Per 1000
$17.50
45.00
40.00
17.50
17.50

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

Do*. 100 1000
One of the most brilliant scarlets, both
the Individual flowers and the trusses
being of large size; bronze foliage.
4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers in heavy, dense spikes,
In color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 4^4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

FURST BISMARCK

Rich scarlet crimson; of large size.
4 ft $0.50 $3.75 $35.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house in the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused with orange, base and
edfie of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $5.80 $50.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson sear-
let, often measuring 5 Inches across,
of remarkable substani'e, and are
produced In large trusses nearly a
foot across, 3V4 ft $0.75 $5.50 $50.00

PAPA NARDY

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4^ ft

thousand rate; It Is cheaper for you to buy a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here, it may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection is left to us, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

).50 $3.75 $35.00

All the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

Chicago and Western Agents for Our Cannas ONLY:

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Per 1000
fso.oo

47.50
SO.OO

ts.oo

40.00
S5.00

SPIRAEAS FROM COLD STORAGE

(For Decoration Da^^)

Per 100

GladBtone, enormous spikes of pare white flowers $6.50

Astilboides Floribunda 5.00

Queen of Holland. One of the finest; grand florists' variety 5.50

GladioluB America. First size ^ 2.75

Gloxinias, named varieties 4.25

Gloxinias, named varieties mixed 3.75

BODDINGTON'S QUALITY TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS

Single, to color, large bulbs, 1^ inches and np $2.25 C; $20.00 M.
nonble, to color, large bulbs, 1% inches and up 3.50 C; 30.00 M.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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HORTICULTURE

March 29, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers— President, Chns. N. Page,
Dea "Moines, la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Hurrlsburg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Mllford, Conn. ; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna.
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
.Tune 24-25. 191.'?.

Lilium Formosum will probably be
exceedingly scarce this fall, according
to the present reports, as the crop does
not promise to be nearly as large as
the demands require.

Waterloo, Neb. — The plant of the
Waldron Seed Company here was to-
tally destroyed by fire on the morning
of March IS. Loss about $65,000, In-
surance will cover about two-thiids of
the loss. The fire started at the s'de
of the building next to the railroad
track and is supposed to have origi-
nated from sparks thrown out by a
passing locomotive. The burned
building was valued at $7000 and the
machinery and seeds stored in it made
up the balance of the loss.

GREENHOUSES FOR CORNELL.

New York, March 25, 1913.
Editor Hokticultuke:

Dear Sir: I have just been ad-
vised by Wm. F. Kasting that a bill
authorizing an appropriation of $60,-
000 for greenhouses at Cornell Uni-
versity, to be used in experimental
work in flowers and vegetables, is
very likely to pass the Senate. On
behalf of the legislative committee of
the New York Florists' Club, I would
urge every florist in the state of
New York to write to his Senator
at once urging him to vote for the
bill. I would also urge them to write
to His Excellency, Governor Wm.
Sulzer, Executive Mansion, Albany,
urging that he sign the bill. Stress
should be laid on the fact that the
florists want this appropriation, for
the better development of horticul-
ture in the state of New York, and
that if the Empire State is to hold,
her prestige as a flower producer in
competition with other states, it is es-
sential that this bill be passed and
become a law. Patrick O'Mara.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

American Forestry Co., South Fram-
ingham. Mass. — Catalogue and Price
List of Little Tree Farms.

Ross Brothers. Wichita. Kans. —
"Acorn Brand Seeds." Strong on gar-
den seeds and implements.

Conard & Jones Co., West Grove,
Pa. — Trade Price List of Roses, Can-
nas. Shrubs. Vines, etc. A pocket-size
catalogue.

Wm. H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa. —
1913 Catalogue of "Hardy Trees and
Plants for Every Place and Purpose."
Complete and finely illustrated.

George H. Walker, North Dighton,
Mass. — List of Dahlias. A pocket-size
manual but containing extensive lists
of selected varieties of all types.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York.
— Catalogue of horticultural imple-
ments, 1913. A very extensive list,
bound in attractive covers in colors.

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
—General Catalogue for 1913. A 148-

MICHELL'S BULBS

BEGONIAS—SINGLE

Doz. 100
Separate Colors

Mixed Colors.

1000
40 $2..50 .$22.0(1
"0 2.25

BEGONIAS- DOUBLE

Doz. 100 1000

Separate Colors $0.65 $4.00 $35.00

■ " ... .50 3.75 33.00

:0.00 Mixed Colors

GLOXINIAS

Doz.

100 1000

Mixed Colors $0.50 $3.00 $27.50

SPECIAL OFFER CANNA BULBS

100 1000

BliRBANK. Rich cnuary yellow $1.25 $10.00

AUSTRIA. Deep golden yellow 1.25 10.00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS SEED

GREENIIOrSE GROWN.

1,000 Seeds $3.75

5,000 " 18.00

10,000 " 34.00

25.000 " SO.OO

LATHHOUSE GROWN.

1,000 Seeds $2.50

5,000 " 12.00

10,000 " 23.00

35,000 " 50.00

AI.SO AI<L OTHER SEASONABLE SEEDS. BIXBS AND SUPPLIES FOR THB
FLORIST. C.\T.\LOGUE FREE.

HENRY F. MICHELL CO.

518 MARKET STREET,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH |
and all Garden Seeds )

Growers for the Trade

^26-230 -W.

• ,„.E ="•"■ «""°°

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

ONION SEED'
ONION SETS

We are lara:e crowers of and dealern
In the be6t varieties and cliulcettt
btock§. Let us know your want*.

SCHILDER BROS.
GHILLICOTHE, 0.

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world o\er for

SUPERIOR MERIT

JoHn LeAvis Childs

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts m&de for Seed Growing

Sfnd for priee list

L S. MLLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

page book of much value as a refer-
ence manual, beautifully illustrated
and covering all departments of the
nursery industry.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.—
Annual Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs,
Shrubs for 1913. Cover adorned with
a cluster of poppies in colors. Agri-
cultural and horticultural seeds and
supplies fully listed. Also Wholesale
Price List of Seeds. Bulbs and Sup-
plies for Florists.

Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexing-
ton, Mass. — Trees, Plants, Planting.
This is not only a catalogue of nur-
sery stock but also a reliable hand-
book of the trees and plants that
thrive in the New England climate.
The book is quite distinctive in ar-
rangement, all of the illu.strations be-
ing placed on inserts, on coated paper
and consequently very attractive and
typographically beautiful.

New Zealand Grown
Garden Peas

Surplus offer of

GRADUS-CROP 1912

In origiual sacks of 31-5 bus., net. Price,
$ii.75 per bu. of 60 lbs., f. o. b. New York.

Terms : Net cash.

We are also quoting prices on other New
/Zealand Peas, crop 1913 — which is at
present harvested — and are booking con-
tract orders for 1914.

Write for particulars.

LOECHNER & COMPANY

11 Warren St. New York

Sole -Agents for
F. Cooper. Ltd.. WellinRton, N, Z.

OMOIOE SEIEOS

Oz.
.\sters. American Branching, in

colors $1.0w

Asters. Imperial Midseasoii, in colors. 2.50

Bachelor's Button. Double P.lue 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. .50
Gypsopbila Elesans Granrtiflora Alba. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Soulh Market St., Boston, Mass.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send DD your wants. We will take care ot

them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz Bide. Philadelphia.

Thelverett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip.
Radish, Beet. Etc.

Branches ; Michigan
and Wuconsin

MILFORD, CONN-

March 29, 1913

HORTICULTURE

471

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, {15.00 per iloz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBLE PEAKL

$I2.00 IRer lOOO

Excellent QnalUy.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage, Berlin and Hamburg

Per case of 1000 $12.00

Per case of 3000 32.00

Write for a copy of our Florists' Catalog,

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St., (TiO NEW YORK

^ SEEDS SANS RIVALE ^

DAHLIAS, double cactus mixed, double
dwarf mixed, doubie large-tlowering
mixed, double lilliput or pompon mixed;
100 seeds, 75 cents. Coccinea, single
striped mixed, single dwarf striped
mixed, single giant-flowering, true; 100
seeds. 50 cents. All mixed, 100 seeds
GO cents. The above were all raised
on contract for me by a specialist of
Paris, France, and are unrivalled.
Other Flower Seeds — Pansies, Sweet
Peas, Mignonette, Walltlowers. Zinnias,
Verbenas, etc.

N. B. — I don't publish any chromos or
hire poets to sing praises of my seeds.
They are produced by practical grow-
ers. I took several prizes in New York
and other cities for my product. My
seeds now have a national feputation
and I get better prices than anyone
else in the trade.

There's a Good Rea§on.
Vegetable Seeds I Supply by tlie Ton.

BEAULIEU, WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Place Your Order Now For

AVRE6' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Deliverr

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

" Rencwfitd Siveet Pea Specialist^'
■mnBT*l*P« Ind^piMi «■!■■, Ho

TWO-YEAR-OLD

Roots

Asparagus

cc-

?p

w-a J

Asparagus Root.

A flue lot of strong two-year-
old roots of Barr's Mammoth,
Columbian Mammoth White,
Conover's Colossal, Giant Ar-
genteull and Dreer's Eclipse,
neatly put up In bundles of
twenty-five.

60 cts. per 100; ^.00 per 1000.
Special prices for lots of 5000
or more.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are intended
for the trade only.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender. Pink, Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per Oz.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt., 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue is now
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classification through Hortlcnl-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not catalogued. It*8 free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. ZangM, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor tht Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

23I-22S W. M.dicon St., CHICAGO

I. W. MnumiiMn. Mgr.

M. W. Willisins, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Whole&ale Dealers

SAN .JOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1913 CataloKues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTOIf, MAS*.

VICK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlztnre,
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture.
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 60*
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Phone Randolph SS71.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

EatablUhed 1818

Write For Our Low Prues

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MP.

Burpee's Seeds

PHIE^ADELPHIA,

BLUE LIST OF WHOLES.%LE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PL.4NT

FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP. RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED in variety: also other
items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S, D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORX

) and Orange. Coon.

472

HORTICULTURE

March 29, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=— SONS—

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all Michipan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -^

The Largest Floral Establishment in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegrapfa Orders Carefully Filled

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

Tel. Murray Hill

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. [Vlichigan Ave. and Slst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery As»<o.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and lowu.

Phonn : Aldine B80. Aldine 681. Aiding 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Ail Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

I* res.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Ki^nsas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

''THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Fiorists'Teiegraph Assd.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Los Angeles, Cal. — G. Rossi & Co.,
of San Francisco, expect to open a
wholesale house here in the near
future.

Middletown, N. Y. — J. Meiklejohn,
florist, has sold his business to Mr.
Dienst, on account of poor health. As
soon as his health permits, he will en-
gage in some other business.

Providence, R. I. — Easter was a rec-
ord-breaker for the florists of this city
and nearby sections, the sale of flow-
ers surpassing all previous records,
according to several of the leading
forists. There was an abundant sup-
ply of good stock and finn prices.
Notwithstanding this some of the
stores were cleaned out entirely of

^ STEAMER DEPARTURES ^

Allan. ^

> .Scotian, Boston-Glasgow Apr. 10 *|)

i American. '^

J St. Louis. N. Y.-S'hampton...Apr. .5 S
^ Philadelphia. N. Y.-S'h'mpt'n.Apr. 12 >J

« Atlantic Transport. 3

^ Minuehaba, N. Y. -London, .. ,Apr. 12 \

^ Cunard. S

> Mauretania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .Apr. 2 v
*' Tvernia, N. Y. -Mediterranean. Apr. 5 ^
& Campania, N. Y. -Liverpool. , .Apr. '.) >J
■S Dltonia, N. Y. -Mediterranean, Apr. 12 '
JJj Franconia, BojJton-Liverpool.Apr. 15

S Hamburg-American.

5 Patricia, N. Y. Il.niiliurg Apr. :', S

Jj I'res. Grant. X. Y.-IIaraliurg.Apr. 10 R

ij .\merlka, X. Y.-Uanilmrg, , . , Apr. 12 IS

{q Holland-America. ft

:« Xow .\m'diim, X. Y.-Rot'dam.Apr, 1 jj
JJ Xoordam, X. Y. -Rotterdam. ., Apr. 8 ^

^ Leyland, h

5] Winifredian, r.nston-Liverp'l. Apr. ."> ■■

^ Devonian, Boston-Liverpool. .Apr. 12 ^

^ North German Lloyd. J

5< Kr'n Ceeilie. X. Y. -Bremen, , Apr, 1 ■,

S P. l-"r'd. Wilh'm, X, Y.-Br'm'n,Apr. S -
qj Red Star.

0 Lapland. X. Y'.-.-Vntwerp .\pr. .5

W Kroonlanrt, X. Y.-.\nt«'erp, , , Apr. 12 J

S White Star. 8

■£ Celtic. X. Y'. -Liverpool Apr. 3 h(

^ Oceanic. N, Y. -Southampton. , Apr. ,5 ft

If Cretic. Boston-Mediterranean, .\pr. 5 t^

W Arabic, Boston-Liverpool Apr. 8 [S

.y Cedric. X. Y. -Liverpool Apr. 12 [5^

^ Olympic, X. Y. -Southampton, Apr, 12 jV

certain flowers early in the afternoon
and on the whole about all of the
large dealers were nearly sold out at
the close of business,

Violets were one of the leading
sellers. This flower was plentiful
and of excellent quality, A big de-
mand for American Beauties and
Richmonds made a shortage in these
roses, while there were plenty of the
white and pink Killarney and My
Maryland. Bulbous plants were in
great demand. Many churches adopt-
ed a plan to distribute growing plants
and that tended to drain the supply.
The supply of lilies was insufficient.
Combination baskets and novelty bas-
kets of azaleas and roses were of-
fered by the trade and readily ac-
cepted. The excellent weather con-
ditions are given credit for the espe-
cially goad season, both from a pro-
ducing point of view as well as the
day which made the sale possible.

ALEX. McGONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe, Orders

transferred or intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention,

Cos/ of CabltJtg ForfigH DeUvcrics

Must be prepaid

Reference or cash mu^t accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ALEXCONNEtL,

DAVIU CLAKKt'S SONS

Deliver orders from any purt of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QGINQ STEAMERS

Write or telegraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1503 Columbus

George M. Stuikpp

761 Filtli Are, Cor. E SSth St.

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW \CRK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prospect

339..347 Greene A» e. Tel. 3908 Prospect

Estalilislieil IH7(

13 iV 1^13

FLOKIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenue, N. Y. City

(Member Florists" Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Corxespom
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntiili
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AI-BAIMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICWITY

ALBANY, N. T,

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED 1>- ALBANY AND VICINITY
ON TELEGR.-VPHIC ORD£R

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 C'llnton Avenue, N.

Rocheuer Ptione 506, Leng Di«, Bell Phone .iS*

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

' aii4 |<I T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

Rn EiiM PoMs

171 WeftUMt StfMt

March 29, 1913

HORTICULTURE

473

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' T<Ie^;rapii Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Gardon Furniture, Art Goods and
New Desijrns in Tu.si-nny Flaskets for
Florists' Use, in Wbolc^ale Di'partment.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAIVIER

Auto delivery of Designs and Fl iwers to
any address in Washington.

Stock frd Work First Class

RIHC3DE ISL..^VIMO

JOHNSICN BROTHERS

Leadlne FloriNtn. Orders filled for an t

part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Tlorist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN -

■ FRANK H. FORREST

m - 340 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Franiis, CAL.

We fover tlie entire I'aiifle Co.TSt and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
.all Ste.inier>; sailing for Honolulu. M.inlla
and the Orient. Regular Trnde Discount.

FLOWERS BY TL.EGRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order Ipr
any oeeasion, in any part of the Dominlo'n.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonge St.,

TORONTO, ONT,

MONTREAL;^'

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON ^Js JJ

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ='-

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
ID this section from the

L£ADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

St.

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.
Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y,— Robert 0. Wilgon, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,
Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — Secretary Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Ivansas Citv. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., ma Walnut St.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 5Sth St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York— Alex. McConneil, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Youug & Nugent, 42 W. 2Sth.

New Yorii- Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
aud Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Wevbosset St.

Rochester N. Y. — J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-.346 Geary St.

San Fraucisco. Cal. — Pelicano. Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros.. 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Peoria, III. — Tlie Victoria.

St. Louis, Mo. — Grimm & Gorly.

Albany, N. Y.— Whittle & Rlggs, 93
Hudson Ave.

Scranton, Pa. — W. Baldwin, 526
Spruce street.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Howard & Smith.
Nintli and Olive streets.

Orovllle, Cal. — Mrs. iUlnnie Sum
mers. 503 Meyers street.

La Grange, III. — La Grange Floral &
Seed Co., 9 Soutli Fittli avenue.

Springfield, Mass. — T. F. Slieahan,
corner State and Willow streets.

NEWS NOTES.

Fort Madison, Iowa.- Henry Bend-
lege corner of 8th and Lincoln streets,
suffered a $1,000 loss to greenhouses
by a wind storm.

Syracuse, N. Y. — A cyclone struck
the two new greenhouses of Bannister
Bros, on the Genesee turnpike on the
afternoon of March 15th, completely
demolishing them. One house was 30x
200 and the other 30x100 and both
were filled with Easter stock, and the
loss is estimated at $10,000.

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IN BANKRUPTCY.

C. W. Breadmore, sweet pea special-
ist of England, has been forced into
bankruptcy.

The Sub-Target Gun Co., Boston.
Liabilities $200,000. Builders of Holly-
Castle Circulator under rights of E. P.
Holly's one-half interest in patent.

Wooster, O.— The Wooster Nursery
Company has been forced into bank-
ruptcy by its creditors and is in the
hands of a receiver; assets $18,000,
liabilities about $16,000.

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HORTICULTURE

March 29, 1913

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WINDOW DISPLAY.

Keen competition has forced many
florists to pay more attention to their
windows the past few years, and
those striving for honors in this line
rarely have anything to regret for do-
ing so. By all means this should not
be overlooked if you are in hopes of
Increasing your business, as the pub-
lic is not slow to observe a display
that has become stale. Your compe-
titors see it at once and set to work
immediately to take the glory that
once was yours, and, behold, your
trade goes with it! Therefore see
that your windows have a daily
change, no matter how slight, as this
is one way of advertising. Very often
the general public judge your work
by the appearance of your windows.

When decorating your window use
discretion, bearing in mind the sea-
son and making your display accord-
ingly. People enjoy looking at a
pretty window that has character and
when this lacks, you fail to attract;
whatever you put in, let it be the
best you have. As an example, if
roses be the attraction, let the stems
be a credit to the flowers, not weak
and limp as though they were about
"all in." Let the people see you have
the goods and that you are not afraid
to show them.

When flowers are not coming in as
they should, then as a quick change
for a snappy looking window, get to-
gether a group of your prettiest bas-
kets and the window arrangement has
taken on another aspect, ever keep-
ing the public and your competitors
guessing what you are going to show-
next. Fancy vases and jardinieres
mounted on velvet with a background
of ferns and palms make a pretty
window display. Many interesting
and striking effects can be produced
by using birch-bark, cedar-bark and
seasonable foliage.

Though we see quite a few windows
with large groups of plants artisti-
cally arranged, they lack something,
and that is color. There is nothing
that will draw the attention of the
passer-by quicker than a flash of
color. A green window may be pretty,
but too often tiresome, whereas a
touch of color appeals. In my various
observations I have often noticed what
might have been a pretty window
spoiled by the decorator allowing the
red clay pots to show, and by the use

A PROFITABLE SHOW HOUSE.

Our cover illustration shows the in-
terior of a show house in connection
with the florist store of Whittle Bros.,
Albany, N. Y., erected by Lord & Burn-
ham Company. On this page also ap-
pears a view in the store proper, show-
ing its relationship to the show house.
Messrs Whittle make a statement that
their sales have very materially in-
creased since the conservatory was

added, especially in potted plants, cus-
tomers who come to buy flowers and
who never before were known to pur-
chase plants often selecting plants and
having them sent home. We believe
that Whittle Bros.' experience is iden-
tical with that of all store florists who
have had plant houses erected in con-
nection with their store. Where there
is room for such an addition it is a
sure paying investment.

of cork or laurel branches, etc.; this
can be overcome.

The window always acts as a silent

salesman, and many wide-awake flor-
ists make their windows talk.

Mb. Stoeeman.

March 29, 1913

JIOETICULTURE

475

CHICAGO NOTES.
Storm Wrecks.
That Easter and equinoxial storms
are not desirable companions is tlie
verdict of Chicago florists, both whole-
sale and retail. The unfavorable
weather of the latter part of the week
culminated in a downpour, which
lasted all day Sunday and just after
midnight a storm burst which did
much damage to growers in Chicago
and vicinity. High wind accompanied
rain and in some localities hail. The
storm entered the city from the north-
west and the suburban towns in that
direction suffered most. At Hoerber
Bros.' plant, Desplaines, which is com-
paratively new, the loss is heavy, two
large houses being completely uncov-
ered, the west end of the range broken
and the big smokestack, 122 feet high,
is only a mass of brick. It fell just
as an engine and caboose were pass-
ing and struck the latter, killing two
brakemen. No bricks fell upon the
houses. The other Desplaines florists
suffered little loss except the Des-
plaines Floral Co., where considerable
glass is broken. Poehlmann Bros. Co.
at Morton Grove, was also in the worst
of the storm and Plant A suffered
severely. Several houses are said to
be down. Telephone wires are down
and exact information is meagre. The
Deerfleld Nurseries at Deerfield, 111.,
are badly damaged, some of the houses
being torn to pieces. The gardenias
for the Chicago market come largely
from here and a nice stock to be cut
in June is completely demolished. One
large new greenhouse is entirely de-
stroyed. Frank Schram of Arlington
Heights, August Priebs, Hunt Bros.,
and others of Park Ridge, are all re-
ported to have lost much in the storm.
John Muno, of Rogers Park, lost two
greenhouses as the result of the fall-
ing of the smokestack. At Wellworth
Farms, the new plant erected two
years ago for John F. Kldwell, presi-
dent of the Flower Growers' Associa-
tion, was badly damaged. Within the
city the loss is mostly hi broken glass
and those with such large areas as
Peter and George Reinberg, J. A. Bud-
long, Frank Oechslin and others con-
sider themselves fortunate. More
than one smokestack rocked and
seemed each minute to be on the
verge of toppling over. It was a very
severe strain on nerves that had just
been put to the test of a strenuous
Easter week and one that growers will
not soon forget.

Easter Plants.

A perceptible leaning toward col-
ored flowers was especially noticed In
plant sales. Retailers say they sold
more azaleas, rhododendrons and hy-
drangeas than usual, and these in the
brighter colors. At Fleischman's the
sale of rhododendrons was larger than
ever before, while fancy colored hy-
drangeas did not sell particularly well.
The shortage of American Beauties
was a feature which turned more or-
ders to plants. The floor of the great
rotunda of the Railway Exchange
building was covered each night with
plants, and 18 large trucks were need-
ed for delivery. The system of num-
bering different styles of filled bask-
ets, etc., and selling from number only,
was again adhered to, and as a result
time was saved and confusion avoided.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These
are the Weil-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, i2.50; No. 2, &J.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ;
No. 4, &5.00 ; No. 5, i6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Trade News.

Now is the opportunity for the man-
ufacturers of greenhouse materials to
say. "I told you so," when it is not
their peculiar brand that went to
pieces.

Poehlmann Bros, were still receiving
Easter orders Monday. Telegrams that
failed to reach them, on account of
wires being down, were picked up by
operators and sent on by mail.

Just as the storm from the West
had passed came the report of one
from the South. The Adams Express
could receive no shipments East on
Tuesday and trains from Indiana
bringing in stock were not arriving on
time.

To the telephone most of the re-
tailers owe their Blaster sales, and
they are all willing to give the credit
due to the indispensable adjunct of
modern methods of selling. Without
it the steady downpour would have
kept the flowers in the florists' ice
boxes on Easter Sunday.

The new store for the La Grange
Floral & Seed Co., at 9 South Fifth
avenue, was completed in time for
handling the Easter trade. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Scott have now a well
established business, Mrs. Scott hav-
ing charge of the store while Mr. Scott
looks after the landscape work.

Duncan A. Robertson of the Adams-
Robertson Co., regards the Easter
trade as unusual this year. The warm
weather in the early winter kept many
of the heaviest buyers in the city
during January and February, but they
left when the March storms came on.
Mr. Robertson believes the average
winter sales to the social patrons of
the city will average fully as high
as in former years, though sales cover
a slightly different period and many
who bought heavily for past Easters
were South or West this year.

Minneapolis, Minn. — R. A. Latham
and O. H. Carlson, florists, have effect-
ed a business consolidation and leased
the property at 83 10th street (south)
for 100 years. The deal is one of the
largest that has been negotiated in
down-town property and the firm will
build a handsome fireproof building
this spring. The property has a front-
age on 10th street of 42% feet and a
depth of 110 feet. The new building,
which will be of brick, steel, terra
cotta and glass, will cover the entire
lot. A conservatory will be a special
feature of the building.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

The Easter plant trade in Philadel-
phia was first class in every way and
about everything that was fit to sell
found a buyer, and much that was not
so fit at the final round-up. Good lilies
were scarce and azaleas and hydran-
geas were also on the short side. All
the usual staples and standbys were in
plentiful supply and fairly well done
generally. There was little of any-
thing in the way of novelty. Coronilla
glauca was about the only thing we
noticed. This is a yellow flower some-
thing like a genista but smaller and
not quite so shrubby. Fragrant and
attractive; also, according to A. B.
Cartledge, very lasting.

Visitors; — Mr. Naldrett, represent-
ing Kelway & Son, England; C. B.
Smith, Baltimore, Md.; Joseph A. Man-
da, West Orange, N. J.; W. C. L^ng-
bridge, Albany, N. Y.

INCORPORATED.

Dayton, O. — Advance Floral Co.,
capital stock, $10,000.

Sherman, Tex. — The Texas Nursery
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $100,000 to $250,000.

Aurora, III. — W. B. Davis Co., capi-
tal stock, $43,500. Incorporators W. B.
Davis, Mildred Davis and Otto Fisk.

Detroit, Mich. — -The Wolverine-De-
troit Nurseries, capital stock, $15,000.
Incorporators, Edwin S. Sherrill, Phil-
ip H. Gray, Lester F. Clark.

Salt Lake City, Utah. — Empress
Floral Co., capital stock $1,000. Charles
Van Dyke, president; J. Ralph Whit-
ney, secretary and treasurer.

Boston, Mass. — H. M. Robinson & Co.,

wholesale dealers in flowers, greens
and florists' supplies, have secured the
lease of the entire basement floor be-
low the Flower Exchange on Win-
throp Square. This will give them
nearly 13,000 sq. ft. of floor area. .

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us Tor catalogue and FViccs, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also slate whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lake Street Kendallville, Iml.

Mention Horticulture -iv hen you tufite.

47fi

H 0 R T 1 C U L T U H E

March 29, 1913

BEAUTIES

A splendid supply of Special Beauties.
When in the market for a quantity, let us
quote you. Our prices will interest you.

The Leo Niessen Co.

PHILADELPHIA

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HORTICULTURE.

March 29, 1913

HORTICULTURE

477

Easter Market Reports

Easter in Boston was al-
BOSTON most an ideal day, only
marred by the drizzling
rain which set in towards evening.
The florists were particularly favored
all through, the temperature being
such that uo protection from cold was
needed for plant or flower. Saturday
was simply glorious — like a day in
May — and Friday went even a bit too
far" with its 69 in the shade. The
effect of this warm and sunny spell
was to hasten the blooming of every-
thing that had a bud on it and the re-
sult was, as might be expected, a
rather unwieldly accumulation on Sat-
urday of such things as daffodils, tu-
lips, violets and some varieties of car-
nations. Most things were of excel-
lent quality. Violets have never been
so fine — large, long-stemmed and in-
tense in color and it is a great pity
that so many of them remained in
wholesale hands unsold, because of the
restricted means of getting them into
the hands of the people. Carnations
were of extra good quality and so
were roses. But the most important
flower of all for the Easter trade — the
lily — made a remarkably poor showing,
evidently weakened and crippled by
overforcing in the haste to get them in
bloom for the early Easter. There
were some that were superb, but more
that were not, with flimsy wilted flow-
ers not fit to offer to a customer.
Many more lilies could have been sold,
all the stores being practically cleaned
out by Saturday noon and vainly clam-
oring for more. Plants of all kinds
sold up close to the limit, only a few
azaleas — which by the way were not
up to standard — and rambler roses be-
ing left over in retailers' hands. In
the aggregate it was probably by far
the biggest Easter ever enjoyed by the
Boston florists and we are glad to have
the story to tell.

Easter, 1913, will he re-
BUFFALO membered to be one of
the best if not the very
best in years. Weather conditions the
early part of the week were ideal and
everybody had the Easter spirit.
Plants came in early and the hustle
was began on Wednesday and contin-
ued till Sunday. There was a heavy
supply of plants and it is hard to state
which sold best; it was a general
cleaning for the trade at large. There
were plenty of lilies. Azaleas was also
in good supply and sold out clean;
there were some fine rhododendrons,
hydrangeas, Rambler roses and a fine
lot of bulbous stock, which all shared
in the demand. The delivery of plants
found the weather excellent up to Sat-
un'ay noon when the temperature reg-
istered freezing. In the cut-flower line
there is much to be said and as usual
the wholesaler has his troubles, and
tills time the fault is not laid to late
shipments, but on days when good
stock is expected, especially violets,
and there comes a lot of rotten stuff
which is a disgrace to the flower busi-
ness, it is certainly some disappoint-
ment not alone to the wholesaler but
to the merchant who is in waiting ♦o
purchase. Such was the violet situa-
tion. Sweet peas were the heaviest
in demand and not enough could be
had. Lily of the valley sold excep-
tionally well as did Bonsilene roses,
and corsage flowers had a good call.
Carnations were good and "the last day

IRISH FIRE
FLAME

Will be at the National Flower
Show in all its glnry ; don't fall
to see it there, tben come over to
Philadelphia to see It growing in
its splendor of beauty, charm,
vigor and growth.

OWN BOOT.

Doz., $6.00; 25, $10.00; .'JO, $17.50;
100, $30.00; 250, $70.00; 1000,
$250.00.

GB.4rTED.

Doz., .$7.50; 25, $12.50; 50, $20.00;
100, $35.00; 250, $82.50; 1000,
$300.00.

MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL,.
Crafted stork ouly : $7 ..50 per
doz.; .$12..50 per 25; $20.00 per
.50; .$.35.00 per 100; $82.50 per
250; .$300.00 per 1000.

MILADY. Grafted or own root:
$3.00 per doz.; $10.00 per 25:
$17..50 per .50: $:M.00 per 100;
$70.00 per 25tt; $250.00 per 1000.

MBS. GEORGE SHA^VYER.
Grafted or own root: $0.00 per
doz. ; $10.00 per 25 ; $17.50 per
50; $30.(X> per 100; $70.00 per
250; $250.00 per 1000.
MATCHLESS, the sensational White Carnation for 1914. will also he at the Na-
tional Flower Show. Booking orders now. Deliveries can be made December,
1913, on the early orders. .'?12.00 per 100; $100.01) per lotw.

We guarantee not only the quality of our plants but their safe delivery by ex-
press.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES. Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us
for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small shipments can be sent by parcel poht at purcliaser's risk.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

^o^vx-x-i

PHILADELPHIA NEW TORK

1608-1620 Lndlow St. 117 West 28th St.

WASHINGTON

1216 H. St.. N. W.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per lOO

TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Taney an3 Special....

** *' Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

KiUaniey» Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . ..

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
*• " '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

'* Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias •

Adiantum -

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo).-
'* " & Spren. (loo Bchs.). ■

BOSTON

March 27

CHIC AGO

March 24

i»T. LOUIS

March 24

40.00
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again saw too many. There was an
oversupply of cut lilies and for some
reason the sales were lighter than
other years. Beauties had a good call,
but were on the scarce side and the
quality poor. In many cases Rich-
mond and Red Killarney filled the bill.

Another Easter with a
CH ICAGO few extra experiences

thrown in is passed,
and the florist who thought he had
lived through all possible variat'oas
of the business knows now that he

(Continued on h'age 47Q)

478

HORTICULTUEE

March 29, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street NEW YORK

Fi KES, nm umim

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone. 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROIVIENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. {^62 „,j,g„„ 5q„„^ ^Q^ York

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Cominission Florists

SS and S7 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD —

I Wholesale Florist

I 107 W. 28tt Street, NEW YORK

CUl (Dd Inipcct tb* Beat EatabliabmeDt
in tbe Whole«ale Flower Dlatrlct.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE

V I o I- E:-rs

Carnations, Rotes, Valley, Orchids

at Gro-wera' MarKet Prices

B. S. Slinn, Jr.

55 6» 57 IVest 26th St.. New YorK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Everpreens, Monies,

Southern Smilax. Oalax and I^eucothoe.

Preserved and Fretsh Cut

C'ycas and Palmetto.

T.. {;;;»} H.d.»,. 113 W. 28 St.. New York.
R££D (SL KELLER

I22 West 25th SI.. New York

Florists' Supplies

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and ;iro de:ilers hi

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A Flrat Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoufhby St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10.000... $I.7S. C0.fX>0....»7.BO. Sample fr«e
For tale by dealers.

I*. J. si^iarM

Successor to JOIW I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist lVR'(S?fT''glS^E%"

A fidl Has of Choice Cut Flower stock lor all purposes The HOMB OP THB ULV
by th* 100, 1000 or 10,000

TBL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 We»t 28th 5t., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale CotnntisHon Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 Witt 28th Street. Mew York
Telephone— 3g3?-3M.^ Madison Square

'^'^t' J. K. AL.L-EN n'l7 ^

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SqVARK DEAL.

Open e A. M. dally.

Cot Flower Crnsliirnnii'nts ''elicited.

PROMPT RETURNS. MONET ALtWAYB BBAOT.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, 1«7 aad 44M lfjk4. aq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

QiCHlDS A SPECIALTY

^i-^ 4£"E "JpHEST \/AI I CrV ALWAYS

"%.,», GRADE OF VML.UCT ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, M.d¥<f 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YOKK QUOTAIIOINS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Ust Naif of Wiek

ending Mir 22

1912

First Half of Wook

beginning Mar. 24
1912

American Beauty, Fancy and Special ^o

Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Klllarncy, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Marviand, Extra

*' ' Ordinary

Brid«,Mald

Hllllnffdon, Ward, Melody. Extra

" " " Ordinary

Talt, Sunburst 4

Caraatlons, Fancy Grade j 3.00

•* Ordinary j i.qo

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5000
15.00

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15.00

4.00
3500
10.00

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15.00

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

34 We>«t astl^ Street:, l«^«-w<r ^Vox4k

Telephonee{jJ^JM«di»on Sqaare CONSIGNMENTS BOfJCTTBD

FRANK MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Frank H. Traandly

Char«s SoIi^bA

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Teltphoncs : 798 aad 799 Madisaa 5^u«rc
Consisninenta Solicited

eKSTRAl-LT L^CATKD. TWm HlTB OF
THK FXOITEB MARKKT SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Horist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

TelephoBP 706S Madlnon
Talephnne 3860 Madiaon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

Shipments, any qnantily, Whole-
sale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

ConsSsnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BRgADWAY. DETROIT, MlUti.

HENRY M.KiidlN.'iON, PrM. MAURICE L. GLASS, Trelt
CUAS E.ROBINSON V-Prcs. JOSEPH M ARGOI.IS, -Sec'j

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
^^/ Ho I ^8^ 1^ F'l^r 1^*^^

Maurice L. Glass, Manager
5S-57 WEST 26Ui ST. - - - NEW YORK OTY

Special Atirmtion im tk-f Sfiipph:f 7 radf

March 29, 1913

HOETICULTURB

479

Easter Market Reports

(Continued fratn page 4yj)

had not. Shipping was handicapped
by the storm and orders were held up
on account of fallen wires during the
last three days of Easter week. Early
orders met with no difBculties and
were readily filled with good stock.
Lilies proved that the prediction of
scarcity had been well-founded, though
the extent was not enough to be se-
rious. The scarcity of American
Beauties was an assured fact and other
stock had been provided for to take
their place. All kinds of roses were in
great abundance and still there was no
surplus for prices held pretty closely
to quotations to the last, due largely
to the general good quality of the
stock. Violets were the only flowe:s
that did not sell well and this refers
to doubles only, home-grown singles
finding favor with buyers. Carnations
weakened in price towards the last but
there were great quantities to be
handled. Monday and Tuesday fol-
lowing Easter- have been very dull,
with stormy weather holding back lo-
cal trade and all kinds of obstacles to
shipping.

Business for Easter
NEW YORK was very good in both

plants and cut-flow-
ers. The latter were plentiful except-
ing Beauties, which were a little
scarce, and also too expensive for the
average buyer. Plants were not as
good in quality as in previous years
and were rather soft, but taking every-
thing into consideration they were
pretty fair, inasmuch as Easter was so
early. Everyone seems well pleased
so far as we can learn, this including
both wholesale and retail people.
Roses did not bring as high prices as
at former Easters. There were many
complaints that roses, especially those
of the higher grades, showed the ef-
fects of the weather or else had been
"salted." Lilies moved slowly until
Thursday and Friday and on Saturday
they were rather shy on supply, so
that the price for good blooms ad-
vanced materially. Carnations were
actually scarce on Friday, the growers
preferring to hold them back till Sat-
urday and take chances. In this ven-
ture they had the customary result —
nothing gained. The supply of violets
was prodigious. Those of good quality
found a pretty good sale, but there
were tens of thousands of them too
far gone — in fact, dropped to pieces
when taken from the boxes — and these
went to their proper destination, the
dump, on arrival. With the exception
of violets, stocks and some of the
bulbous things the market was cleaned
out fairly well.

Do Not Take Any Fake Green Thread. Use the Gcnoioe
Silkaline and Get More Thread and Leas Wood

The MEVEB Green

SILRALINE

Used by Retail Florists for mossing funeral
designs, tying bunches, etc., is

THE ONLY ARTICLE THAT SHOCLD BB CSED

y Growers for stringing Smilax and Asparagus, as it
will nof fade or rot in the greenhouse. The Meyer
Silkaline was the first green thread to be introduced
aiimng Florists and Cirowers. It is handled by the best
hnii^es everywhere, but it should be ordered by name-
Meyer's Silkaline — to be sure of getting the genuine
article. Do not accept substitutes.

If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of the
manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 per
lb. Sizes, "F" fine, *'FF" medium, and "t FF" coarse.

JOHN G. MEYER & CO., \;^t^^ut^'t:. LOWELL, MASS.

StlLaline also is niAcle in all Ipadintf rutors, as Violet, for knnchint2 Tlojets, and also for lying fancy tioiea

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

SAVE TIME AND MONET BY 8ENDLNO YOCB ORDER TO CS

'rices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

WELCH BROS. CO.

AVIERICVN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND *LLTHE

SUPE31IOR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. CaRNATIjNS, ORlHIDj

BKST PRODUCED

226 Devons hire Street, Boston, Mas*.

William F. Hasting Co.

\A/^Holesale F'loris-ts

■ - BUFFALO, N. Y.

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORG.4NIZED FOB THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TKADE.
OCT FLOWBKS AND FI.ORI8T8' SWPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Homr-rraH'B Stock ■ SpMialtr. BTUCTLT TrHOLBaALE ; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAU..

Ample refcremc* fnrmlafaad •• t% rtandlag amd llaAnclal ability of the eom-pany.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIOINS PER 100. To Dealers Only
MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lilies. Longinorum

Cailas

LiU of the Valley

Daf fod i Is

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette -

Snapdra on

Wallf ewer

Sweet Peas (per 100 bunches

Garden -as

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per 100) -

" " & Spren (100 bunches) .

Last Half of Week

ending Mar. 22

1913

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6.(

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35-<:
15. <

75.00
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12.00
2.00
2.00
3.00
.75

1.00
6.00

8.00

2.00

8.00

ao.oo
1. 00
12.00
40.00
25,00

First Half of Wnk

beginning Mar. 24

1913

25.cx>
6.00
6.00
i.oo

I.oo
.15

.50

2.00
4.00
I.oo
3.00
6^00

.50

6.00

35.00
15.°°

to
to

50X

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.40

1.00

6.00
8.00
2.00
8.0s
20.00

40X
a5.c

Everyone seems
PHILADELPHIA to be satisfied
with the Easter
trade this year. Prices were moder-
ate all along the line, and an immense
volume of business was done. Wed-
nesday and Thursday were hot and
moist and this was against the keep-
ing quality of stocks generally. Hud-
son River violets were especial suf-
ferers— arriving here in wretched con-
dition. Local stock both in singles
and Lady Campbell were much more
satisfactory. All the Beauty growers
except one were off crop. This condi-
tion we believe was general both east
and west. In pink roses Maryland

(Continued on Page 4S4)

GEO C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
CONSIGNMENS SOLICITED

NEW YORK

PHONE ( ^*| { MADISON SO

ROSES WANTED

will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 28th Street, New Yorii

480

HOETICULTURE

March 29, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this liead, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

Display advertisers in this issue are also listed under this classification without charge. Reference to List of
Advertisers will indicate the respective pages. . ^ ... ^ ■„ , * . ^^.

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

K J. Dvsart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AGEBATCMS . .

Ageratum, Gurney and dwarf white root-
ed cuttings, 60c. per m cash. WONSBT-
LER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

AMPEIX)PS»S

AmDelopsls Veitchii — One year, 2 to 3
ft stionf, J for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel
nostt- $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 inches. 50
for si 56 $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
loSo* Strong%oots tops cnt to > .m^ies
for transplanting, $12 per lOO^: ^^^'II^P'^''
25c., allowed on purchase. Chas. BlacK,

Higntstown, N. J^

APHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ABACCABIAS

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List qf^Advertis^rs^

ASPABAGUS

J H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus SpTengeri. 2 inch, $2.()0 per
100; $18.00 per lOOO. Cash please, ielscb
Bros., Maywood, 111.

2()(rAsparagus sprengeri, 400 Asparagus
piumosus nanus, 2-yr.-old plants from
bench, just ready to make good strings,
must have room. $5.00 per 100. , Cash,
please. H. B. GREENE, Lowell. Mass.
"Asparagus piumosus nanus, Sprengeri,
and smilax seedlings, eight to ten thou-
sand, from flats: in prime condition. VVhat
am I offered— all or part? Franli Adelber-
ger, Wayne, Delaware Co.. Penna.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerlierli. Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A Leuthy & Co., Rosiindale, Mass.

For page see List of .\drei-tisers.
Loechner & Co., New Yoili, N. i".

For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TBBES

McHutchison & Co., 1" Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnls & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Anguit Bolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St.,
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
for special lis-. Julius Roehrs Co., Ruther-
ford ,_N^_J! —^

BEDDING PU^NTS

E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 inch, in bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per lOO. Cash please. Felseh
Bros., Maywood, 111.

BOILBBS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chie.igo.

For page see List of_ Advertisers.

Lord & Burnh'anrCorriiSS'Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers
Hitchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BOXES— CUT rl-OWEB— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Phlladelplila.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best marie.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TBEES

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherfoid. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N, J.
Box Trees, all sizes Ask for special list.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddington. New York, N. Y.

Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Tboiliurn & Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Michens~Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
For pasre see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bullis.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of_Advertisers.
The W7"W ."Barnard Co., Chicago. III.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Fottler, Fiske. Rawson Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.
E. S.' MillerT Wading Siver, N. Y.

J'or page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson^& Co.." Chicago,' III.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Fiowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hillegnm. Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

Wood Bros.. Kishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington. New York. N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son. Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
You can double your profits by stocking
up with the new cannas. Be sure to get
our list before you place your order. The
Conard & Jones Company, West Grove.
Penna.

CABNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & C^T^Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chiis. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FlshkiTirNrY .
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago. 111.

New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

New Carnation Benora.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION PLANTS AND ROOTED
CUTTINGS— SURPLUS STOCK.

Per 100 Per 1000
Beacon Plants from flnts... $3.00 $2.'5.00
White Enchantress Plants

from flats 3.00 25.00

St. Nicholas Plants from

fl.its 3.50 30.00

St. Nicholas Rooted cuttings. 3.00 25.00
Mrs. C. W. Ward Rooted

cuttings 3.00 25.00

Rosette Rooted cuttings 6.00 50.00

Rosette and St. Nicholas cuttings ready

about April 1st. FRANK P. PUTNAM,

P. O, Box 12, Lowell, Mass.

CABN.4TIONS— Continned

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury, Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Three Grand New Carnations — Wm. Ec-
cles, flrst prize winner at Detroit and silver
medal winner of New York Horticultural
Society; rigid stem, perfectly formed 3%-in.
flower, non-bursting calyx, highly perfumed
and free. Lady Northclifl'e. beautiful sal-
con pink, well built flower, and just enough
In It not to burst the calyx; a grand bread
and butter sort. British Triumph, a strik-
ing shade of crimson; flower 314-incli and
well built; sweetest perfume of any carna-
tion ever raised; keeping qualities are the
best; fine stem, good constitution, and free.
$12.00 per 100, $100 per 1,000. Scott
Brothers, Elmsford Nurseries, Elmsford,
N. Y.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations qnlckl.v, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PlUsbury, Galesburg, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishklll, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenfleld,

N. J.
Hardy Pompon, Singles and Early Flower-
ing.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. Charles
Razor at .$4.00 per 100; ,f.30.00 per 1000.
Golden Clow, Pacific Supreme. Halliday,
Yellow Bonnaffon. Smith's Advance and
Madam Patti at $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per
1000. Peirce Bros.. Waltham, Mass.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Hcr-
rington. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowera. showing that not
in secret arts and practices, but in plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
.TO cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLEUS

Colons, 20 varieties, including new Vin-
ing rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per
lOnO; 2-in., 2e. Cash. WONSETLBR
GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro, Mass. ^

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps. latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash: or what have you to
exchange'; Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,
North Dightou, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock. Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding. New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. Williamstown Junction, N. J.,
Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

¥m List of Advertisers See Page 455

March 29, 1913

HORTICULTURE

481

DAHLIAS— Continued

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over 850.000 field clumps to offer at right

5 rices. I3e sure and send your want-s to
. K. Alexander. Tlie Eastern Dahlia King,
Bast Bridgewater, Mass.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indivlsa, 2 inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per 10i«. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, III.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Itoslindale. Mass.
For paye see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelijhia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oechslin. 4011 Quincy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytowu-on-Hudson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
I'^irleyense Ferns.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whit-
manii. Amerpohli, Springfleldii. $1.80 per
100, $1.5.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
very fine, $0.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-inch, $15.00 per 100; 5-in h.
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 4 Inch,
handsome stock, $8.U0 per 100. 50,000 sq.
ft. of gla.ss at Cleveland. O.. devoted exclu-
sively to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, for cash
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

FERTILIZERS

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,
Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertileue.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 12-20 R.ace St., Phila.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For pnge see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdoifer & Co.. 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POT COVER

Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co.,
Buff BIO, N. Y.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts.,

Washington. D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H.
B'or

Hews
page

&

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Co., Cam
List of

bridge, Mass.
Advertisers.

Hilfiuger Bros., Ft.

For page see List

Syracuse i'ottery Co.

For page ree List

Edward, N. Y.
of Advertisers.
Syracuse, N. Y.
of Advertisers.

FUNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

U. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son. Westfield, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mme. Salleroi, 2 ets., $2.00 per 100, $18
per 1000. Wm. Doel, Pascoag, R. I.

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GERANIUM.

For the first time, we are offering this
wonderful new geranium to our mauy cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural col-
ors and prices on large lots. 2V4-inch pots
50c. each. $5.00 per doz. ; 3-inch jjots. $1.00
each, $10.00 per doz. JOHN BAUSCHER.
Chicago St., Freeport. Ills.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata.
Rlcard. Red Wing. Viaud. La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jauliu, Mme. Bisquit. I'er-
kiiis, Oberle, Lecadre, Landrv. $2.0:> pe,-
100; $1S..")0 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela. Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vine. Double Dryden. Atlantis, Luigl Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, SfXm per 100; $25.00
per lOUO. Send tor geranium catalogue.
P. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

2,000 dark mixed Gladiolus. 1 inch up,
$4.00 per 1000. Dark mixed Gladiolus bulb-
lets, 25 per l.OOU. Not prepaid. Cash.

SUNNYSIDE FARM, North Lima, Ohio.

Gl.idiolus bulbs. Groff's Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size. $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000: 2nd size, 60c. per 1(10, $5.00 per 1000.
500 at KlOO rate. C. Peirce. Dighton, Mass.

Kunderdi Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Bulblets America, 75c. qt. ; Inde-
pendence, 30c. qt., $2.00 peck ; Blue Mix-
ture, 60c. qt. ; Meadowvale, 60c. qt. ; Mad.
Moneret. 25c. qt. Chamberlain & Gage,
South Natick. Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia. Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelskv Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
_ For page see Lijt of Advertisers.__

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, atiuarium. fish foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia. Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan, 118 Winyah Ave.,

New Rochelle, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Constrnction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., BrooklynrN. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Foley Mfg. Co., 2510 S. Western Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

Iron Frame Greenhouse.

For_page_see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hitchings & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & BumhfJn Co ,

1133 Broadway, New Y^ork.

For page see List of Adver^'sers.

Pierson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. X.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Floiists' Hail Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler. Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New Y'ork.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H.VKUY PERENNI.\LS

Henry A. Dreer. Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.

For page ^.ee T^ist of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For pa"e see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abington, Mass,

For page see List of Advert isers^

E. S. Miller, Wading Rlver7N.~Y;
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of_ Advertisers.

Bobbink & AtkTns~Rutherford,^N7~J^
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson E.ve, 1 vear field-grown. No. 1.
$2.00; No. 2. $1.50: No. 3, $1.00 per 100; 50O-
lots, 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert Trotll,
Cantril, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page See List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponsett Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

482

HOETICULTURE

March 29, 1913

INSECTICIDES

Aptalne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Kungine.

For page see^JList of Advertisers.

Lemon^il Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond^ Fiibklll-on-Hudson,

Slug Shot.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm Elliott & Sons. 42 Vesey St., New lork.

Tanglefoot for Trees.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of ttie finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents l_u stamps.
C S Harrison's Select Nursery, \ork, NeD.

IVY

J H. Dann & Son, Westfield, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

English Ivy, rooted cuttings, 75c. per 100,
prepaid. Chas. Frost^enilworth, N. J.

JAPANESE LILIES

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena R. C, 73c. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenilwortli, N. J.

LILY BULBS

E. & J. Farqubar & Co., Boston,

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers^

R. M. Ward & Co., New Yorli, N. Y

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $00.00 per
1000. ^_^_^__^___

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New Yorls, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison &~Co., i7~Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
J.S.OO per 100; $2.'5.00 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MATS

MATS: — We make not only the most
practical but the cheapest HOTBED and
COLD FRAME MATS on the market. A
large per cent, of our orders come from
gardeners and florists who have tried tbem
and are pleased. Our mats are in use In
Iowa, 111.. Ind., Ohio. Minn., Wis., Mich.,
New York, Maine, Mass., Conn., R. I., N. J.,
Va., W. Va.. and Pa. Also in British Co-
lumbia and Ont., Canada. Send for circu-
lar. WATTS BROS., Kerrmoor, Pa.

MOONVINES

Moonvines Grandiflora, 2V. in. 3%c.; 1000,
$30.00. Cash. WONSETLER GREEN-
HOUSES, Bryan, O.

NUKaiiRY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers^

W. &^T,^Smith~Co^Geneva7NrY.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK — Continued

W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framingham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison &" Co., 17 Murray St.,' N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felilc~&^Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland._

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for .$6.00 by Horticultiire Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place. lioston.

SHRIBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here in
such varieties as Spireas, Altheas. Weigelas
and Philadelphus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and readv for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., ChilUcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veitchii.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans. England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID GROWERS' MANUAL.
By B. S. Williams, 300 illustrations, 800
pages; descriptions of upwards of 2500
species and varieties of orchidaceous
plants, etc. The most complete work on
Orchids and Orchid Culture ever pub-
lished. Price $10.00.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURB, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobt)lnirit~Atkins," Rutherford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son. 31 Barclay St.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 srirts. Send for list. C. Betseber,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,
N. Y.
For page see List of AjTertlsers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St.rN. Y.

For page fee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seeie's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Riverton Special."

American Woodenware Mfg. Co.. Toledo, O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardinierg.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 406 Erie St.. Chicago.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York. N. Y.
For page See List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mail. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

California Privet, well grown, 2-yeftr-»ld
plants, from 12 inches to 3 feet; well fin-
ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-yearold Ampelopsto
Veitchii. For pri(es and particulars, ad-
dress Charles Black, Hightstown, N. J.

RAFFIA

McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kenjalville, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Holmken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins^TSutheFford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bolibink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers^

M7^~Walsli7Wood's Hole, Mass.
The Rose Paradise of America.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co.. New York, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SALVIAS

Salvia Zurich rooted cuttings, $1.00 2-ln,
$2.00 per 100; Splendens same price. Cash.
WONSETLER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Everett B. Clark Seed Co^, Miiford, Conn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Jose, Cal.

For List of Advertisars See Page 455

March 29, 1913

HOETICULTURE

483

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

51 and 52 N. Market St., Boston, Muss.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchells Seed House, Fhlladelpbla, Pa.

For page see Lis! of Advertisers.

■^ Atlee Burpee & Co., Pliiladelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottier. Kiske, Uawson Co.. Boston, Mass.
Aster Seed.

For page^eej^st^o^^dvertisers^

■ E & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Ma»«.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J M Tliorliurn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

'For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas Beaus. Radish and ail Garden Seeds.

For page see List^f Advertisers.

S S. Skidelsky & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TUBEROSES

J M Thorburn Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington, New York.
For page see Listof Advertisers.

j"~Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W W. Barnard Co., Chicago. III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisera^

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence. Mo.
Sweet Peas.

For page^seeJJst of_Advenisers.

Loechuer~«rCo.. New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

T J Gfev"Cor732 So. Market St.. Boston.

For page see List o!_ Advertisers.

P. Hamllton^Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

For page aep^isj_of^AdYertlser8.

8. D. Woodruff & Son. New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers;

o7~V. Zangen. Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulleu, Wondhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeds

For page seeLlst of Advertisers^

Felix & Dvkhnis, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Blpe in April Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

A limited quantity of high grade Hender-
ton's Snowball cauliflower seed, Denmark
grown, $1.00 oz.; $15.00 lb. Cash.

Julian T. Duquette, Albion, N. Y.

SliKAXINE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

gL,nG SHOT

B Hammond, Flshkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera^^^

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
C W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABI.B PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer. Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Two-vear-old Asparagus Roots.

For pa'ge see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESAI..E FLORISTS
New York — ContlBoed

VIOLETS

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot,
$1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Princess of
Wales, California. Luxonne. JACQUl!.b
GILLMET. Movlan, Del. Co., Penna Mail
and telegraph orders promptly attendedjo.

~ WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W J. Cowee. Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. Lager &
Hurrell, Summit, N. J. _^_^

SFIREIAS

Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington.

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids— Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnlius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE N.4TIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

TKADESCANTIA

Wandering Jew, Bicolor and Striped.
Each 2 in., per 100, $1.50; Bicolor, 2V2 In-,
per 100, $2.00: 500 lots, 10 per cent. off.
cash. Albert Trotu, Cantril, Iowa.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
"Wirework. Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William E. Hellscher'l Wire Works,
38-40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Albany, N. Y.

Wm H. Kuebler. 28 Willoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of^Advertigerg.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26tli

St., New York.

For page see T.ist^f^ Advertisers.

Charles MilhiKiTSs'and 57 West 26th St..

New York.

For na^e^ee List of Advertisers.

W P Ford, New York.

For page see Lls^^^idvertlsers^

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisera.

The S S Pennock-Meehan Co., ll( West
28th St.

For page see Lis^of^Advertisers^

Frank MiUang, 55-57 West 26th St.

jrorpage_seeJ>lsX^f_&dverti3er8^

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St

For papp_Hee_List of Advertisers.

Welch ^Bro'sT'Co., 226 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see Lis^of Advertisers.

"^ Buffalo, N. Y.

Badeley Riedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of AdvertisCTa.__

B. S. Slinn. Jr., New York, N. Y.

For pace see List of Advertisers^

'W35d7?^'&Tn{7kit5i7TT7West 28th St.

For p^ge see^ist_o^ Advertisors.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see T.ijt^of^dvertisers.
J. K. Allen, New York. NY.

For page see Llstof AdverUsers.

"GTorgT C.'Siebrecht, 109 W. 2Sth St,

For page see List of Advertisera.

Philadelphia

'" Leo. Nlessen Co7'l2th and Race Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers^

The S S Pennock-Meehan Co^ 1608-lJ
Ludlow St., Pblladelpbia, Pa^
For p..rg_sep_Llst of Advertisers.

Rochester

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 ElUcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Reinberg. 37 Randolph St.
For page seeJList^of Advertisers

Poehlmann

111.

iimauu Bros. Co., Morton Grove,

For page see List of Advertisers.

J A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q-
For page see List of Advertisers^

New York

M C Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see Lis^ of Advertisers.
H E. FFomentr57 W. 28th St.. New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
"eTc: Horan,^5'"\vr2Sth St., New York.

For page see LLst of ■\dvertlsers.
Ja'SiTMcMSmiinSs^W. 28th St., New lork.

For page see List of Advertisers.
W F SheTldan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers^

p. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St.. N.

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of AdvertiseiB.

Washington

The S S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216
For page see LIstj)f_Advertl8er8.

HewTSirsjOysIissue

ASTER SEED.

Thos. J. Grey Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Y.

boxwoodTnursery stock; her-
baceous PERENNIALS; BED-
DING PLANTS.
Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET.
C R Burr & Cm . Manchester. Conn.
For page see List of Advertiser^.

COLD STORAGE LILIES.

Fottier, Fiske, Rawson Co. Boston, Mass.
For page sep List o^Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

I M Ravner, Greenport. L. I.
For page see List of Advertisers,

^^R~AFTER-EASTER WEDDINGS.

H Bnyersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page_sce List_of_AdverUserB.

MICHELL'S BULBS.

H. F. Michell Co., PH."»'if'P\'''' ^''■
For page seeListof Advertisers,

NEW^ZEALAND-GROWN GARDEN

PEAS,

Loechner & Co., "Warren St NY^ City.
For pa^p',°_j=ep__List of Advertisers.

POTASH.

German Kali Works, /2 Broadway N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES AND CARNATIONS.

« S Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.

SHOW INVITATION.

M Rice Co., Philadelphia. Pa.

^

WHITE STOCKS AND CANDYTUFT.

A N Pierson. Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
For page sei List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

484

HORTICULTURE

March 29, 1913

I^OFi

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT IMAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

ui/rtDi nc 1 At^fSPCTiu AMI im ir^TiiDroc

Pearson Street
UMM ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factortee
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Easter Market Reports

(^Co?itimied from pagi- ^yg)

was the favorite on account of its
bright color. The Killarneys were also
very fine flowers. White roses and
lily of the valley were in exceptional
demand. Good sweet peas went well
but there was an awful lot of low
grade stock which buyers did not care
for and the same may be said of cat-
tleyas. The Schroderae is the only
cattleya at present and it is too light
colored for popular fancy. Mossiae
will be in soon and will take better.
Other stocks were plentiful and nearly
everything sold well.

One of the best East-

ST. LOUIS ers we ever had. Flor-
ists with show houses
say that plants, above all, had the call
and that Easter lilies cleaned up early
as plants quite as well as cut-flowers.
Many sales were lost by not having
enough stock. All blooming plants had
one big sale all through. As to out-
look the market was so well supplied
that orders were filled in full except
in lilies. There was a full crop of
roses, and they came in in fine quality.
Carnations cleaned up well. An im-
mense crop of violets and sweet peas
was consigned to this market on Sat-
urday and Sunday and these cleaned
up early at stiff prices. All bulb stock
sold well so it's safe to say that the
Easter of 1913 was the best the local
florists ever experienced.

Washington flor-

WASHINGTON ists as a whole
are well pleased
with the results of the Easter trade.
Fair weather materially aided the
sale of flowers and there was enough
stock to be had to fill all demands ex-
cept of orchids and American Beauty
roses. The supply of these was short
and they were very much in favor.
Cut flowers, corsage bouquets, potted
plants and made-up baskets all moved
equally well. To meet the heavy in-
crease in the business of the week
end it was necessary that consider-
able extra help be hired both in the
stores and on the delivery service.
Regardless of the inexperienced help
everything ran along smoothly. The
only accident known to have occurred
during the Easter rush in which a
florist was interested was that re-
sulting from the collision between
one of the automobile delivery
wagons of Z. D. Blackistone and a
bicycle boy. The injuries to the lad
were such as to make it necessary
that he receive hospital treatment.

Benjamin Hammond, secretary of
the American Rose Society, has been
elected President of Pishkill Landing,
New York, by a vote of 435 to 378 for
his opponent. Mr. Hammond is a pub-
lic spirited citizen and a man of char-
acter and ability and will fill the office
with zeal and credit.

SITUATIOWS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— As superintend-
ent or head gardener by. Englishman, 34 ;
married, one child. Abstainer and non-
smoker. Twenty years' e.xteusive experi-
ence: five years in this country: (>ver four
years In present place. At liberty April
1st. Well recommended. Address S. W.
S.. care HORTICULTURE.

PERMANENT POSITION on private
place, by e.xrterienced gardener and green-
bouse man, American, age 4.5, strictly tem-
perate, married, one child. Can furnish
best of references as to character and abil-
ity. Address F. care HORTICULTURE.
UNDER MISC.

SITUATION WANTED — By landscape
man : speaks French, Italian ; sober and
reliable; practical gardener, nurseryman
and florist, lifetime experience, wishes po-
sition. Full particulars. Address Home,
112 Washington St., Utica, N. Y.

FOR SALE

>- REENHOUSES.

JIELROSE — Two iiiodprii greenhouses,
small .5-ruom house, -storage house 30x45
and about 6 acres of land: price only $4000.
F. A. NOYES, 714 Old South Bldg., Boston.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10x12, 16x18, 16x24. double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

SPRAYERS FOR SALE— One 12 h. p.
Oldsmobile, 450 gal. tank ; one 7 h. p.
Church, 450 gal. tank; One 3 h. p. Oldsmo-
bile, 200 gal. tank ; two gas sprayers, 100
gal tank; one 55 ft. and one 36 ft. exten-
sion ladder; 950 ft. of one inch hose; 9
sprav nozzles. Wm. F. Leary, 40 Pound
Lane, Chestnut HlII, Mass. Tel., 2886-1
Brookline.

MISCELLANEOUS

BUY OR LEASE, 10,000 to 20,000 feet of
glass. H., HORTICULTURE.

PERSONAL.

William F. Gale, for a long time city
forester of Springfield, Mass., notifies
us that after April 1. 1913, he will be
out of that position, for political reas-
ons.

Bernard Eschner, president of M.
Rice Co., and his wife, sailed for Eu-
rope, Saturday, March 22nd, on the
steamer George Washington for an ex-
tensive purchasing trip.

S. J. Rueter, of Westerly, R. I., who
suffered a severe shock at his home
on March 16. is reported as slightly
improved, although his condition is
still serious. He remained uncon-
scious until the 22nd, inst., when he
became partially conscious. Mr. Rue-
ter is one of the largest rose growers
in New England and a highly es-
teemed member of the craft.

Edward J. Canning for the past 19
years Superintendent of grounds and
head of the Botanic Gardens at Smith
College has resigned his position in
order to devote his whole time to
landscape gardening. Besides his col-
lege work he has drawn plans for and
planted a great number of private
places, and the work has come to him

ORDER'S

Florist Specialties.

New Brand. New Style.
Hose /RIVERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

The" HOSE for the FLORIST

^-inch, per ft., 15 t.
Keel of 500 ft., " 1454c.
2 Ret Is, 1000 ft., " 14 c.
}4-inch, " 13 c.

Reels, 500 ft., " laj^c.
Couplings fumish&d

HENRr *. OREER.

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

» 1000 READY PACK-h-O *^ivAiES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND DULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate :

2000 1% in. @ $6.00 500 1 in. @ $4.50

1500 2 " " 4.8S 456 ly. " '• 5.24

1500 214 " " 5.25 320 5 ' " " 4.51

1500 214 •' " 6.00 210 51/, •' •' 3.78

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 G " " 3.16

SOO 3% " " 5.S0 120 7 " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pott»ry, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

OUB SPECIALTY-long nistance and »|ort Irale

I— STANDARD FLOWER

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Piipitol, write us, we can save
you munev.

W- H. ERNEST

"• 28th & M Sts. Wasliing:ton. D. C.

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brau
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave foot
prevents the bottom from
rotting No chance for water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo. Ohio. U. S. A.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved machinery, \f% 9mm

supply your wants to better advantar*

tbam ever.

Bpeelal dlscoaots on larffe order*.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^"""^^.^^

THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION Of
AMERICA, insurer of 32,500,000 sq. It. o( gUn

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sk'i Saddle River, N.I.

in such volume that he could no longer
take care of it while connected with
the college. At the present time he
has some fifteen private grounds, and
a public park in Easthampton to plant,
plans for which he drew two years
ago. Mr. Canning will continue to re-
side in Northampton, his office and
residence being 361 Prospect street.

New York visitors: H. A. Naldrett,
representing Kelway & Son, Langport,
Eng.

Boston visitors: Andrew Wilson,
Sonierville, N. J.; W. R. Cobb, of Lord
& Burnham Co., New York City; L.
Van Waveren, Hillegom, Holland.

March 29, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

485

Obituary.

Francis Brill.

Francis Brill, widely known as a
grower of choice cabbage seed, died
on Monday, March 24th, at his home
in Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., at an ad-
vanced age. More particulars in our

next.

Alexander D. Broadfoot.

Alexander D. Broadfoot, Washing-
ton, D. C, for thirty-one years a land-
scape gardener in the employ of the
District Government, died on Sunday
last at the Providence Hospital as a
result of a complication of diseases.
He was born in Scotland in about
1852 and came to this country at the
age of eighteen. He worked at the
Botanical Gardens for a number of
years and then secured the position
he held when he died. He had been
ill for about six months. He is sur-
vived by a son.

Fred W. Ostertag.

Fred W. Ostertag, St. Louis, died
Tuesday, March 18th, at the home of
his brother, H. C. Ostertag, after a lin-
gering sickness. For the past few
years he had not been active in the
business of Ostertag Bros., having dis-
posed of his business to his brother.
He was well known as one of the best
floral decorator workers in the city.
He was 42 years of age and leaves a
mother, brother and sister to mourn
his loss. Many in the trade sent floral
pieces and extended sympathy to the
bereaved family. The burial took
place Thursday afternoon, March 20th,
at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Otis Chapman.

Otis Chapman of Westerly, R. I.,
died on March 24th, after a long ill-
ness. For several years he and Mrs.
Chapman have conducted an exten-
sive dahlia business in Westerly, grow-
ing both tubers and flowers for the
trade.

Mr. Chapman was a true dahlia
enthusiast, spending much time and
money in getting together a collection
of varieties which is probably the most
up-to-date in Rhode Island. His sys-
tem of cultivation was also admirable,
producing flowers of first quality and
always keeping the field clean and
well arranged as to color of flowers.
He was a man of very pleasant man-
ners and sound judgment. The busi-
ness will probably be continued by his
widow.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Lansdowne, Pa. — G. Doemling, addi-
tion.

Alton, N. H. — High school, one
house,

Colma, Cal. — H. Kempf, range of
houses.

Davenport, la. — Ludwig Stapp, two
houses.

Fostorla, Ohio — Timothy J. Enright,
one house.

North Wales, Pa. — Florex Gardens,
house 40 X 250.

Sunbury, Pa. — C. E. Rossiter, show
house and office.

Kansas City, Mo. — Harry Smith,
two houses 25 x 150.

Hartford, Ct. — Edward Welch, Asy-
lum street, house 35 x 120.

NDOOOR li'^dClW I

Giuraiitetil tatu Iti listctlclili >ct, 19III.

Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White -^cale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Hy. Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor._ Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non- poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results. •

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
And all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

ii?\nt • - 25o| Pint - - 40o; Oa.rt - - 7Se

% Galloo, &I.25: Gallon, 12.00: 5 Oallon Can, (9

no Gallon Can - - tl7.S0

Dil-uif witk water 30 to so parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florisis' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

4S* W. L.exlneten St., Baltlmara, Hd.

Directions en every package

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

The Bec»ri>l*ed Standard In»ectlclde.
Not a care-all bnt a apeelflo remed/
for all aap snckln» loawts Inteatlnf
plant llf« aneh aa green, black, whltj
fly, thrlpa, red spider, mealy bug and
soft sca^.

fl.OO per Quart. K.SO per OaUea.

An Infallible remerly for mildew, mat
and bencb fuiisl. I'nlike Ilorrieaui and
lime and sulpbiir It does not stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

VERIWIIIME

A soil sterilizer iiiid vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut. wire aud grub worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used •ne
part to 4(lfl parts water. It does not In-
jure plants, but protects your crops
against ravages under the soil.

$1.00 per Quart. $3.00 per GalloB.
All are spraying materials and ars
effective In toe greenbouse and In tke

garden.

FOB SALE BT SXTEDSHKN

Madison,
N.J.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. KBKI-. General Manager.

TANGLEFOOT

FOR TREES

Keeps the beggars from going
higher up.

Can 30 Cents

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbnee, Melons, Flowers, Trees
and Shrubs from Insects, l^ut up in popular packages at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Rues and Bliarhts, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fishkill-on-Hndson, New York.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more anlformiy than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20tli CENTURY PLAMT FOOD CO.

27 &29 OCEAN ST., BEVERLY, MASS.

ROBERT tJ. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple methodB of correct acooiintinT

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOORS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

Jlercliants Bank Build in tr

40 STATE ST. BOBTON

TaUylum*, Maim. N

Enfield, Pa. — Clarence Upton, house
35 X 300, King construction.

Chicago. Ill— Nortli Stiore Floral Co.,
conservatory and greenhouses.

Fort Dodge, la. — Park Floral Co.,
North 15th street, greenhouses.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Palmyra Nur-
sery, propagating house 18 x 60.

Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. — John
Stephenson's Sons, Lord & Burnham
house.

Detroit, Mich. — R. Y. Leslie, Detroit
Greenhouse Co., 76 Sixteenth street,
two houses 30 x 200 for carnations and
chrysanthemums.

Norwood, R. I. — The Norwood Floral
Company and Home Nursery, of
which the late N. D. Pierce was the
agent and general manager, will be
conducted by his widow, Mrs. Ida
Sayles Pierce.

486

HOETICULTUEE

March 29, 1913

You get Up-to-date piping systems and
High Grade boilers, when you deal with
Kroesehell.

We pay no commissions to agents or
dealers — our Boiler Is sold direct from
factory to user, which eliminates an un-
necessary middleman's profit, and you
Mr. Florist, get the benefit.

Send for our Catalogue — Do it Today
I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

\w

KvNGGc>^stxu,c7tw>j» Co.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EDUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

wm

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

CHARLES H. DODD

Greenlioase Bull<ler. General Greenhoose

Mechanic.

Iron Frame and >Vood Bar Houses.

Ideal GreenliouRe BolIerB,

Materials Furnished or Erected. Heating
find Ventllatlnc Materlnls.

!78 Ocnm Ave., JERSEY Cmr. N. J.

DON'T FAIL
to look through the Buyers' Directory
in every issue of HORTICULTURE.

Bed rock wholesale prices for just
the things you want are quoted there.
And in ordering the goods please re-
fer to HORTICULTURE.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

Used all over the country by Commercial,
Public and Private places. These shades can
be rolled on the glass or raised 10 inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and bring sample and explain how it works.

w.

118 Winyah Ave.
Tel 2733

H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

GREIEIMHIOtJSEIS

Iron frame, pipe frame or all wood construction.
Hot bed sash, knockdown flats or plant boxes.

Th© F~ole3r IVI-Fg. Oo.

25iO S. ^A/es-t:em itVve., ^Hicago.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

CHICAGO, ILL.

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
yon will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADYANCE^CO., • Richmond, Ind.
S. JACOBS & SONS

GLASS

for GREENHOrSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stocl; of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

21.5-217 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

UPON

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - - - N. Y.

Greenhouse Materials ^T^mm

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up te 32 feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for
erection.

rrsnk Vsn Asscns, "and DXtiht sbeet"'

JERSEY CITY. N. J.

Evans 20th Century Ann

Will not twigt the shahiog pipe. lltf«e
timet the power of old ityle elbow amn.
SoU) only with Evans Otalleoge Mechinc.

Write for fret Cataloged U

QUAKKB CITT MACHnm 0«.

Bichmoad, Ind.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service,

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

fATHNT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Wcuhington, D. C.

Dreer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive easy and true, becaUFe
bolli bevels are on the same
side. Cao't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan*
ized and will not mst. No
rights or lefts.

The Peerless Glazing Point
Is patented. No others lik
it Order from your dealer,
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
ESNBY A. DBEEK,
T14 CheBtnnt Btr«et^
Fiaiad»Iphlft.

March 29, 1913

nOKTICULTURE

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Fawar Fyrliinii

Are Used

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ALL of which, of course, means more light and
greater freedom in working the lioiise.
•Tiist to give you a rough idea how it works
out, let's take a house 200 feet long and 70 feet
v.iile. In the standard Fhit liafter construction,
you must have 25 rafters, no matter whose con-
struction it is. In the Cantilever construction,
you need Init 17.

16 purlins are required with Flat Eafter, only IS
with the Cantilever. 4 columns with the Flat
Eafter ; 2 only with the Cantilever.

Admittedly the rafter is of necessity deeper, but
it's being open lattice constructed, it casts no more
shade than shallower rafters of solid iron.

As to price — when you get right down to sharpen-
ing your lead pencil, it costs no more than the flat
rafter house.

This being so, you better look into it pretty thor-
oughly, point by point, before putting your money
into anything else.

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NEW YORK OFFICE:
1170 Broadway

■- PHILADELPHIA OFFICE:

Penna. BIdg., 15th and Chestnut Sts.
Factory : Elizabeth, N. J.

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H 0 R T I C U L T U R ]!:

April 5, 1913

The Big Blow

That Did Not Blow Enough

To Blow Down

Any Lord and Burnham

Big Houses

n

HE receut f,-u--re;K-liing destruction
throughout the middle West of :ill
sizes of various constructed green-
li(iii^r< points an ohject lesson we have been
eiiileavoring to impress on growers for years.

Over and over again we have used these pages
t(j show up the wind resisting strength of onr
Iron Frame Construction.

Some of the '"wise ones" have gone so far as
to flatly state that our houses "had too much
iron in them," or that we "were unneces-
sarily fussy about the number of columns we
])laced in a house."

Yes. and we have even been accused of being
"beliind the times" by not adopting some of
I be new f angled framing methods. It now
happens that two of the biggest iron frame
houses in the west, were new fangled con-
struction, and in that blow they went down
like a pack of cards.

Not a single Lord & Burnham house suffered.
Of course, glass was broken, but the frame

work on all sides stands firm and true today
as when erected.

It is apparent, then, that many growers have
liecii k'd to put too much confidence in cer-
tain kinds of frame houses.

The recent destruction of hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars' worth of houses simply backs
u]) what we have l)een continually claiming;
and that is — half the iron frame houses being
put up by firms with but a few years experi-
ence in that type of construction are no-
wliere near as safe and sure as luir Pipe
Frame.

Ifs not a (picstion of how niiicli iron you use
in a house; Init how tltat iron is put to use.
Wind you, we don't claim that our iron frame
houses will never blow down, (although one
never has) but we do claim, tltat if any house
will stand a lAoir. Lord & Biirnliaiii's vill.

Drop in at our show at the International
Flower Siiow and talk over our blow-proof
houses.

If vou ean"t come, let us come to vou.

Lord and Burnham Co.

NEW YORK
Forty-second St. BIdg.

CHICAGO
Rookery BIdg.

SALES OFFICES

BOSTON
Tremont BIdg.

ROCHESTER
Granite BIdg.

PHILADELPHIA
Franklin Bank BIdg.

TORONTO. CANADA
271 Jarvis Street

FACTORIES

Irvington, N. J.
Des Plaines, III.

April 5, 1913

nORTICULTUEE

491

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NAZI

Gernniums nnd other Bedding
Special prices for large lots.

plants in quantities and now have a large stock ready In splendid shape for immediate shipment.

2 Id. 3 In.

per 100 per 100

Abutilon Savltz! $.!.00 $4.00

Acal.vpha Macafeeana 2..'j0 3.50

Ac-ltryanthes Emersoni, Besteri Mosiaca 2.00 3.00

Aseratuni, six varieties 2.00 3.00

Alternanthera, six varieties 2.00

AlyBsum, Dwarf and Giant Double 2.00 3.00

Beiiimia, Vernon Pink and Luminosa / 2.00 3.00

Cigar Plant, Cuphea Platyceutra 2.00 3.00

Cineraria Maritinia Candidissinius 2.00

Cannas. Leading varieties. Send for list 3.00

Colius, Golden Bedder, Verschaffeltii, etc 2.00 3.00

Hardy Chr.vsanthemunis, iine assortment 2.00

Fiiihslas, five varieties 2.00 3.00

Hardy English Ivy 2.00 3.00

Heliotrope. Chieftain, Mad. Bruant, etc 2.00 3.00

Fuchsias, Rozain Boucharlat, collection, one plant each, one
Sniilax Seedlings, 75 cts. per 100, $6.00 per 1000.

2 In. 3 In.

per 100 per 100

Geraniums, Standard varieties $2.00 $3.00

Ivy Leaved varieties 2.00 3.00

Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, etc 3.00

Scented. Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00 3.00

Pansy Geraniums, Mary Washington, Mrs. Layal. 2.00 3.00

Lantanas, 10 varieties 2.(10 3,00

Lemon Verbenas, Aloysia Citriodora 2.00 3.00

Lobelia, Katlileen Mallard, Crystal Palace Gem.. 2.00

Moon\ines, Noctiflora and Leari 2.00 3.00

Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00 3.00

Parlor Ivy, Senecio Sc.indens 2.00 3.00

.Swalnsona Alba and Rosea 2.00 3.00

Hardy Phlox, 20 varieties 2.00 3.00

Smilax 2.00

hundred varieties, $10.00; 2 collections $15.00.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONrCO.'**' T^T WHITE MARSH, MD.

Do Not Tate Any Fate Green Thread. Use the Genaloe

Sillial

nd Get More Thread and Less Wood

The MEYEK Green

SILRALINE

JOHN

Silkaline also Is made Id all

MEYER & CO.,

Used by Retail Florists for mossing funeral
designs, tying bunches, etc, is

THE ONLY ARTICLE THAT SHOOLD BE CSED

by Growers for stringing Smila.v and Asparagus, as it
will nof fade or rot in the greenhouse. The Meyer
Silkaline was the first green thread to be introduced
among Florists and Growers. It is handled by the best
houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by name —
Meyer*s Silkaline— to be sure of getting the genuine
article. Do not accept substitutes.

If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of the

manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 per

lb. Sizes, "F" fine, "FF" medium, and "FFF" coarse.

Lowell Thread Mills. inUfCII II A C C

1495 Middlesex St.. LUfffCLLy IIIAOda

eadioil colori, as Violet, for boDchioti violets, and also for tyini} fancy hoxes

IM

Per 100

Jlack Beanty $2.00

David Harum 2.00

Austria l.Sfi

Sohenandoah 1.75

America LIS

IVIarlboroilgh .,. 1.75

Ggandale 1.76

Penn 1.60

English Ivy B, C 1.00

Asp. Spreneeri 2 In 2.00

Geranium S. A. Nutt 2.00

Geranium Buchner . . .^ 2.00

Hill and Foitevlne Mix 2.00

J. H. DANN & SON

WESTFIELD, N. Y.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 542

Alliauv Cut Flow-
er Ex 5.3.3

Allen, J. K 532

.ijn. Woudenware

Mfg. Co 539

Aphine Mfg. Co.540
Asehmann, G....495
Atlanta Florist

Co 5.30

A .V r e s Co., S.

Bryson 523

BiKlgle.v. Reidel

& Me.ver 5.32

Barnard, W. W.

Co 523

Barrows & Son..4n(i
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 528

Bay State Nur-
series 494

Beaulieu 523

Blooniingdale's, 524
Bnl.liink & At-
kins 494

Boddington, A.T.521
Bidgiano & Son,

J 523

Boston Co - op.

Flower MarketSlG
Boston Florist

Letter Co. ...530
B r a s 1 a n Seed

Growers' Co... 522
Breck, J. & Son.523
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 494

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 524

Bunyard. A. T.524
Burpee. W. A. &

Co 523

Burr. C. R. & C0..517
California Flor-
ist 525

Page
California Seed
Growers' Asso.523

Carljone 525

Chicago Carna-
tion Co 495-530

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.o30
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 520

Clarke's D. Sons.524
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 522

Cowee, Arthur.. .518
Cowee, W. J.... 532
Craig, Robt. Co.496
Dann, .T. H. it-
Son 491

Dards 5"24

Dawson. H. S..49U
Dodd, Chas. H..542
Dorner & Sons

Co 495

Dreer, H. A

519-523-539-541

Dugan. W. H 542

Dunlop, .Tohn H..525

Dysart. R. .T 540

Eastern Nurser-
ies 49G

Edwards Folding

Box- Co .530

Elliott's W.Sons.540
Eppsteiu. Julius. 525
Ernest, W. H...539

Esler. J. G .5.39

Eyres 524

Farquhar. R. &

J. & Co... 492-523
Finger. W. A. ..494

Ford. M. C 532

Ford. W. P 532

Florists' Tel. De-

liver.v 527

Forrest.Frank H.525

Pa'^e
Fottler, F i s k e, "
Rawson Co.... 523
Framiugham Nur-
series 494

Fromeut, H. E..532
Galvin, Thos. F.52o
Gasser, J. M. Co.525
Goodsell, P. H..494
Grey. T. J. Co.. 522
Gude Bros Co.. 525
Hail Association. 539
Hall & Robinson.525
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 540

Hart. Geo. B.529-.5.30

Heacock, Jos 490

Henderson, A... 523
Henderson & Co..

Peter 520

Hews, A. H. &

Co 539

Hilflngen Bros... 539
Holm & Olson.. .524

Horan. E. C 532

Holland Nurser-
ies 494

Johnston & Co..

T. J.
.Johnston
Kasting,

Co. . . .
Keller,

.524
Bros... 525
W. F.

533

J. B.

Sons ,524

Kervan Co 532

Kelsey. Harlan

P 494

King Cons. Co.. ,542
Kramer. F. H...,525
Kroeschell Bros.541
Kuebler. W. H...532
Lager & Hurrell.495

Lange. A .525

Lemon Oil Co.. 540

Leonard Seed Co.522
Leuthy, A. & Co.496
Lord & Burnham

Co 490-543

Loechner & Co.. 522
Lvndhurst Farms494
Mae.Mulkin. E...525
May & Co., L. L..525
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 533

McConnell, Alex.524
JfcCray Refrig-
erator Co 529

McCuUough's J.

M. Son's Co... 530
McHutchison &

Co 496

McManus, Jas...532
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 541

Meyer, J. C.&Co.491
Michell's Seed

House !522

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex. ....532
Millang, Chas.... 532
Millang. Frank.. .532

Miller, E. S .522

Montreal Floral

Exchange 533

Moore. Hentz &

Nash .5.32

Murray, Samuel.524
National Nursery-
man 494

New Eng. Nur-
series 494

Niessen, Leo Co.5.30
Oechslin, Frank.496
Ouwerkerk, P...494
Park Floral Co.. 524
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 524

Parshelsky Bros.541

Page

Patten & Co 495

Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 325

Penn the Florist.52o
Pennock - Meehan

Co 531

Perkins St. Nur-
series 490

Pierce Co.. F. 0.541
Pierson, A. N...495
Pierson, F.R.Co.495
Pierson - U - B a r

Co 544

Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 540
Piiehlmanu Bros.530
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 540

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 542

Reed & ICeller. ..532
Reinberg, Peter.530
Revere Rubber

Co 542

Rice. M. Co 525

Robinson, H. M.

& Co .530

Robinson Co., H.

M 532

Rock. Wm. L...524
Roehrs. J. Co.495-518
Roland, Thomas

496-516
Ro 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 496

Rosery, The 524

Sander & Son...
495-490

Scott, .John 496

Co 542

Sheridan, W. P..532
Siebrecht, Geo. C.532
Siggers & Sig-
gers 541

Page
Sharp, Partridge
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 522

Smith, ,P. J.... 532
Smith & Co., E.

D 495

Smith, W. & T.

Co 494

Smyth, Wm. J. ..524
Sprague, J. H...495
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co. . ..542
Stumpp, Geo. M..524
Syracuse Potterv

Co 539

Totty, Chas. H..493
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 523

Traendly &

Schenck 532

Trepel, C. C 524

Valentine, J. A.. 524
Van Asscbe. F..542
Viek's Jas. Sons. .52.-!
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co 491

Walsh, M. H....493
Wants, For Sale.539
Ward, R. M. &

Co 496

Welch Bros. Co.5.33
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 494

Wilson Robt. G.524

Wood Bros 495

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 532

Woodruff & Sons,

S. D. 523

Young & Co., A.

L .5.33

Young & Nugent..524

Zangen. O. V .523

Zinn. J. A .525

Zvolanek, Ant. C.520

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 534, 535, 536, 537

492 HOETICTJLTURE AP"1 5, 1913

FARQDHAR'S

New Plants and Bulbs
From China

Do not fail to see our Exhibit of

LILIUM MYRIOPHYLLUM

At the International Flower Show

in New York

R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.

BOSTON, MASS.

April 5, 1913 HORTICULTURE 493

"MRS. CEO. SHAWYER" ROSE

We are still in a position to quote March delivery on this splendid rose which secured Seven-
teen First-Class Certificates and two Silver Medels Last Fall. Destined to be the leader
in pink.

"SUIMBURST"

$20.00 per hundred; $150.00 per thousand

CAfRIMATIOIMS

Northport, Enchantress Supreme, Salmon Beauty and
Commodore, $12.00 per hundred; $IO0.0O per thousand

CHRYSANTHEMUM "RAMAPO"

The improved Appleton. A seedling from that variety and a splendid " early to midseason
yellow." Perfect stem and foliage. Immediate delivery, 2i4-inch plants.

$2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per hundred

Also six hundred other varieties of 'IVfunis If you wif h them
If you did not receive our catalogue scrd for it

SEE ME AT THE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

Wood's Hole

THE ROSE PARADISE of AMERICA

THE Home of Lady Gay, Evangeline, Debutante, Wedding Bells, La
Eiamma, Delight, Hiawatha, Habette and Paradise, all well km wn
everywhere. Also the newer Ramblers, Wii ona. Summer Joy, Lady
Blanche, Troubadour, Maid Marion, Excelsa, Lucile, Snowdrift, Cinderella,
Coquina, Milky Way, all raised here, as well as all the best foreign varieties.

Besides the foregoing Ramblers I offer a splendid assortment of all the
best Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Tea, Rugosa and Poljantha Roses, Holly-
hocks, Phloxes, Paeonies.

We Grow Superior Stock in Wood's Hole. These are Things
You Must Have. Send for Illustrated Catalogue Just Ct>t.

H. WALSH,

WOOD'S HOLE,
MASS.

494

HOETICULTUEB

April 5, 1913

BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

::xiiM<5~rc3iM, ivia.ss.

(OSTOrii, IVIA.I

JUST ARRIVED— 5,000 BOXWOOD— ALL SIZES

Pyramids, Standards and Natural

A Large and Complete Assortment of

EVERGRBfIN and DECIDUOUS TREES. SHRUBS, ROSES, VINES, HERBA-
CEOUS PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

Ours is the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

*'Aod to paint these home pictures we need chiefly
American materiaL We mast face this deadly parallel."

Wbat We OnitliC to Plant

70^ American trees and shrubs

i.e., native to Americt.
20 c :hiDe-»e and Japanese,
xc^ European andhoniculiural

Above qtiotfd from. WiUielm Millers: *' IVhat Eftglatid
Can Teach Us About Cardining:"

If ELSEV'S Hardy American Plants, Rare Rhododen-
'^ drons, Azaleas, Aadronaedas Leucothoes, Kalmias.
The largest collection ia existence of the finest native
ornamsntals. The only kind of stock to produce perma-
nent effects.

What We Real!)' Plant

joi Eur 'pean trees and shrubs

and horticultural varieties.
2o9f Chinese and Japanese.
10^ American.

Rhotlodendrnn ratawbiense
True American species

HIGHUNDS NURSERY. 3.B00 (oet ele-
vation In the Carolina Mountains
BOXrORD NURSIRY, Boxtord. Mass.

Cataloguis and I formation of

HARLAN P. KELSEY. Owner

SALEM, MASS.

;. & A. S

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES. BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, R9SES, nHOOODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Flonts are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a tew minutes from
Nfcw York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Ejie Railroad.

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

3BINK

Nurserymen and Florists

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

TBAMINGHAM
|[11|URSERIES

— J^JELAT^ —

W. B. WHITHER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAIMINGHAM . . MASS.

&ROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE 0R0ERIN6 EISEWHERE

IVIy 1913

SF>RiiMO f>frioe: L-IST

will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome
Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

Our 1913 Catalogue

Contains a volume of information reicard-
tog Trees and FlantH for K<K>k Gardens,
Old Fashioned Gardens, Sea shore Plant-
ing and Ground Covering under Rhododen-
drons and Shrubbery. Gives also sukb«8-
tive planting plans and planting lists for
Kose Gardens, Herbaceous Gardens and
Suburban Estates. Names and describes
desirable Trees and Shrubs with Ornamen-
tal Fruits. Hedge Plants. Trees for Orchid
and Forest Planting, new and old varieties
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent
FREE npon request. We grow in quan-
tity every hardy tree or plant worthy of
cultivation. Correspondence invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dept. "F"

BEDFORD. MASS.

National Nurseryman

Offlolal organ of the Anierlinn Ai-
sociatlon of Nurscryinen. Circula-
tion anioDB the tr^de unly. I'lih-
lished Monthly. SuhTrlinlnn prlr*
$1.00 per year. Foreijcn i.uh«crlp-
tiona $1.60 per year. Id ailvnuce.
Sample lopy free upon appMintlon
from those In the trade enclosing
their huslness card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co.,]>!C:

2l8 Livingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STANDABD CUT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box 66. HA.MMONTON. N J

In separate colors, also Fancies, any
color, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per UOO.

In mixture of all colors and types at
75c. per 100. $6,00 per 1000.

Sound divisions of Field-clump stock that
will please.

For prices on named kinds send for
Wholesale Trade List.

W. A. FINGER.. HicKsville. N.Y.

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs,

.Small Fruits, riemntis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Write for Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

When writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture p. ouwerkerk.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

216 lane St. Weehawkin Heltlits
P. 0. No. 1, Kolioliiii, N. I.

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTURE

495

jOUR ROSE STOCK

INVITES YOUR INSPECTION AND
DESERVES YOUR ORDERS

We trust that you will see it nnd our place on your visit to the International Flower Show. We aim to ship the best grade

of plants that can l>e produced and stoclt that can be depended upon for results.

Our grafted stock of Killarney and White Killarney is exceptionally fine. Oar price Is $120.00 per 1000, subject to discount

on 5000 or more plants.

See Milady growing as well as at the show. The Eed Eose for quantity. Excellent plants ready for shipment.

CIH RYS A.IM-riH ElVI U IVIS

Inspect our stock houses or our propagating benches and become convinced that it pays to treat stock well. On standard
varieties for the commercial trade we can supply the best varieties in existence.

Visit Cromwell and learn that we can back up the slogan —

"Grown in Cromwell means Quality in Plants"

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

CROMWELL, CONN.

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CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000
Wodenfthe, $1.00 per doz...$6.00 $60.00
White Wonder; Laily Bount-
iful j White Winsor 3.60 30.00

Prinress Charming 3.00 25.00

Winner 2.50 20.00

Plants from 2-lnch potn, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTED Cl'TTINOS.
Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.60 to $t.00 per 100 i $15.00 to $25.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100: our
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per 1000

Send for Catalogue T .

Wood Brothers

FISH KILL, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

ARAUCARIA EXSELSli

$ In., 5H In- »id e In. pots, S, 4, S. •
tlM-s, from 12 to SO lorhes blxh, 40e.,
•Oc., tfl<-.. 75e., $1.00, $1.2S eaoh and
■ p to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Imponer

1012 W. Ontario St., PHIIUELPHIA, PL

SF3|-I.A.GIMV.#IVI IVIOSS

10 bbl. bales; selected stock; neatl.v bnr-
lappeO. "Worth While Quality," "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale $3.80 10 bales, each. .$3.40

6 bales, each... 3.(!0 2S balex. each.. 3.20

6% off cash with order. Car lots. Write

for prices.

IIVE SPIIAGNl .M. $1.25 per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

I. H. SPRAGUE. Barnegat, N.J.

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs.Co,

Rutherford, N. J.

NEW CARNATION— ''BENORA"

This variegated carnation, sent out by Mr. Peter Fisher last sea-
son, is the finest variegated variety, and one of the very best
carnations of any color ever sent out.

It has immediately attained a commanding position among
the very choicest sorts, and will add to Mr. Fisher's already envi-
able list of introductions. It is indispensible. It is a very early
and free bloomer, matures quickly, making very perfect flowers

J of thelargest size on long stems; does not split the calyx.

i Strong rooted cuttings ready for immediate delivery, $6 per 100; $50 per 1000

If. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York

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OUR NEW CRIMSON CARNATION

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i will be disseminated next season, 1913-1914. We are booking orders 1

i now at $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. PRINCESS DAGMAR will be ■

A exhibited at the National Show in New York. A

I PATTEN & CO^ - - ITewksbury, Mass.

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Oarna-tion

$12.00 PER 100

$100.00 PER 1,000

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago

Try our new GERANIUM SCABLET BEDDEB for yoor
Garden nnd Window boxes. Then procure a copy of
CHRYSANTHEMIM MANUAL 3rd edition a« a itulde for
growing your CHRVSANTHEMUMS. 50e poatpald.
Ask for our Iftl-t CATALOGUE and place your order with

' ■ ' - in '-nrp Mtir hp«f ntt**ntlon.

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Then procure our FEBTILENB. the IDEAI. PIiANT food for producing LuatF blooms.
lTi.c._iA ih., 20c; prepaid by mall, 30c; Ilk., 85c, prepaid by mall, 60c; 10 Ibe, $3.00;

25 lbs., $3.00 ; 60 Ibg., '$10.00.
ELMER D. SMITH & CO

ADRIAN, MICH.

ORCHIDS

Largest Importera, Exporters, Grower*
and Hybridists in the Wo, Id

5ANDER, 5t. Alban's, England

and 258 Broadway, Room 731
NEW YORK CITY

OROMI

Choice dormant bnlba of Calanthe Veltchll,
ready now at $76.00 per UK) bulbs; alao
great variety of other orchlda and material
In which to (trow them.

WRITE FOB CATAIOOUE.

SUMMIT,

N. J.

ILAGER & HURRELL

In Writing Advertisers Kindly IVIention
HORTICULTURE

496

HORTICULTURE

April B, 1918

WHEN" this nation of ours was born nearly everyone was a generalist. The merchant sold a
general line; the doctor was also a farmer and a horse trader and so on. As time passed
some of the wiser men turned specialists and succeeded. The doctor who is a generalist now
cannot excel in any one branch of medicine, or compete with the specialist who devotes his
entire time and study and practice toward one point. The merchant who sells everything cannot
compete with the man who makes one class of goods his specialty. The general florist of today can-
not compete with the specialist who grows one thing and grows it well. It is the same in the bulb busi-
ness. With the keen competition of these days it is necessary for the individual to be a specialist in
business. We are specialists in lily bulbs, and have been for some years. It is a business in itself,
and done right, is not as simple as it looks. We devote more time to lily bulbs than anyone else in the
business. In point of quality and price, which is the combination necessary for ultimate success, no
one can excel us. Horseshoe Brand Lily bulbs already have a reputation, as the very best produced
anywhere. The prices are as reasonable as good business judgment will permit. A catalogue upon
request, with prices.

From the Finest Fields.

GIGAJJTEUM, 7/8 $8.50 per 100, express aUowed .4UK.\T11MS

7/9 fl.OO

7/!) 21.00 " Cfise of 300

8/9 21.00 " " 280

8/10 25.00 " " 250 AI.BUMS, 7/9

9/11 22.00 " " ISO " 8/10

5% for cash with order, or 3% 10 days i 60 d a.vs net. Order now — deliveries when yon want them.

9/10 .$12.00 per case of 130

9/11 12.00 '• " 100

11/13 12.00 " " 70

16.00
16.00

2.30
180

Not How ChMp
But How Oocd

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - - NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage Bulbs for shipment any time

EUCHARIS AMAZONICA m lo inch p.ts

Pancratium fragrans in lO in. pots
Pancratium macrostephanum

The finest of all pancratiums, in 12 in. pots.
Only a few of this variety to offer.

SANDER & SONS, 258 Broadway, New York

CYCLAMEN

Best strain .o eastence.

4 Ineh tSS.OO

6 Inch SO.OO

« inch V 75.00

THOIIAS ROLAND, Kahant, Mass.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

ROSES, PALMS.

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

MARKET and 49th STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, $1.50 each.

Also Lady Duncan, Dawson. Daybreak,

Farqubar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawson,

Write for prices,

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

UENBY 8. DAWSON, UansB'r.

<Mm»wwwwww»>wvi»m<viwww^^

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepK HeacocK

AVyncote, Pa.

DIRECT
IMPORTATIONS

Fall and Sorinc Shipments

Valley Pips. Berlin & Hamburg grades
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium
Begonia, Gloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment
Boxwood, Roses, etc., from Boskoop, Holl.
Maples, Plane8,elc., from Oudenbosch, Holl.
Fruit and Ornamental Stocks from France
^ nglish Manetti. Jap Lilies, etc., etc.
Raffia. Red Star and three other brands

McHUTCHISGN & CO.,

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

THE IMPORT
HOUSE

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E, 4Sth ft

Tel. 2&}o Bedford B>tOOKLYN N V

FERNS FOR D.SHES

Best assorted varieties from 2Vi In. pots,
$3.50 per 100; $30.00 per 1000; 500 at thou-
sand rates. Casb with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W. Quincy St., Chicago, III.

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the T-pde only
AZAI.KA8. PALMS. KHOIKIDnrnmOV^
BX^TKKKH. Kll!<KH. LILAin, MoUl.A.ND
\M> .lAPAN. Bl LBS, LILV Ur TUB
VAI.I.EY. FXr.

P.O. Box 752 or 31 Barclay St. NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns. Decorative and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perldns Street Nurseries, RoslJndale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON PIRNS ly^ in. ^^-^To^

ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in : $5 p«r 100, $40 per
1000.

WHITMAN! COMPACTA 2 1-2 in. $5 per 100.
$40 per 1000.

250 mt 1000 rales.

H. H. BARROWS & SON.WliitiiBn, Mass.

April 5, 1913

HOHTICULTURE

497

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

rONnCCTKD BT

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Questions by our readers in line with any of the toplrs presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Calanthes

Every florist who grows any orchids should have
some of these truly superb orchids in his collection.
Where you have not started them as yet you should not
lose any time in getting them under way. Prepare some
flats by placing plenty of crocks over the bottom and on
this spread a layer of moss, then fill with sharp sand.
The bulbs can be placed in these flats quite close together,
in a house where they can have a temperature of from
65 to 70 degrees at night. These flats should be watered
sparingly with water that has had the chill taken off
until they have established good root action, after which
they can be potted in a mixture of fibrous loam two parts,
that has all finer particles screened out, well decayed
cow manure one part, and some gritty sand. One bulb
to a 5 or 6-inch pan or three bulbs to 8 or 9-inch pan.
Fill pans one-third full of crocks. Give them a bench in
a house where they can have the above mentioned tem-
perature.

Care of Cyclamen

Cyclamen are free-rooting plants, but by no means
want overpotting; yet when the roots have filled the pots
they should not be stunted, but should at once be given
a shift. From the pans they will need a 3-inch pot and
from 3-inch to 4-inch and finish with a 6-inch or 7-inch,
or perhaps from 3-inch to a 5-inch, and the last shift
into an 8-inch depending on size and vigor of plant.
For a compost use fibrous loam two parts, leaf mold two
parts, rotted cow manure one part, and some sand.
Cyclamen should have an average temperature of not
over 55 at night. In order to keep them sturdy they
should have plenty of ventilation, avoiding any cold
drafts. Be very careful when watering not to let them
get in a soaked condition. They do better when allowed
to go on the dry side once in a while. Give an overhead
sprinkling on bright days, now and then a spraying with
tobacco water and a syringing with it from underneath
so as to reach the lower surface of the leaves.

Cround for Carnations

Carnations will grow on almost any soil, but it is all

important when planting them out in the field, that it

is well drained, either naturally or artificially for they

will not do well on soil where the water does not freely

pass off. It is well ever to keep the fact in mind that

it will always be more profitable to fertilize

one piece of ground well than imperfectly. Ground

that was plowed and manured last fall will prove the

best. New soil, particularly when broken up from

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following: Bougalnvineas

Shrabs ;

pasture land that was turned over in the fall makes
excellent land for carnations. Such land, however,
should be well pulverized by the use of the smoothing
harrow or good results may not follow. A proper
amount of plant food can be supplied by well rotted
manure, followed by a good sprinkling of bone dust and
wood ashes which should be thoroughly incorporated
with the soil. Ground in good condition is an impor-
tant factor in carnation growing.

Perennial Border

Now is a good time to make a new border or extend the
old ones. See that the soil is deeply dug or, still better,
trenched, as these plants are left undisturbed for some
years. They require a soil that has been well enriched
with plenty of rotted manure, bone dust, and wood ashes.
The time to plant a perennial border is just as the plants
are emerging into renewed life. Do not plant while the
ground is in a wet condition. Select an open and sunny
situation, far away from the food robbing roots of trees
or large shrubs. See that each plant has enough of room
when they are full grown. Mass your plants instead of
dotting them here and there. Blend the colors through-
out so as to prevent too many of one shade of color com-
ing together.

Stock for Vases, Boxes, and Baskets

See that all climbing and drooping plants have every
attention from this out. As they advance in growth see
that they do not become all tangled up. Climbing plants
should be staked as they may need it and the drooping
plants given a place where they can hang down. They
should never be allowed to become dry at the roots.
Coleus, achyranthes, petunias, ageratums, acalyphas,
centaureas, dwarf nasturtiums, crotons, salvias and Vinca
rosea are all desirable vase plants, while geraniums
should be used in the majority. For trailers use trades-
cantia, Kenilworth ivy, selaginellas and moneywort.
For centers there is nothing to equal Dracaena indivisa
or other grassy-leaved species of the cordyline, which
stand sun and wind well.

Spiraeas (Astilbe)
Plants wanted for Memorial Day will require atten-
tion in the way of watering from this out for if they
are neglected in this line they will soon show bad effects.
To improve them both in flower and foliage they should
have manure water twice a week now. It may take a
little time but it pays in the end. To keep them in per-
fect shape give them plenty of room. When they are
out in full bloom a light shading over them will be found
very beneficial.

; Camellias; Flowers for Memorial Day; Hardy Roses; Plantinc
Fansles.

NEW Y0J?|
eOTANlCAi

498

HORTICULTURE

AprU 5, 19ia

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

CONDrCTEn BY

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by Mr. Penson. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the otJice of HORTICULTIKE.

Finishing Melons

Melons sown December 1st will soon be showing signs
of ripening. Continue the usual routine until a few
fruits assume an additional attractive color and emit
that delicate aroma which is a sure sign of ripening.
With these as a signal gradually accustom the plants to
more air, increasing as more fruits ripen, until the house
can be left almost wide open in mild weather. The
night temperature can be reduced to 65 at this stage, ad-
vancing 5 degrees by day and 10 more with sun heat.
The atmospheric conditions are of the greatest impor-
tance at this stage, temperatures being only secondary.
Discontinue syringing and gradually withhold moisture
from other sources until, as the fruits are ripe, all is
nearly dry. This does not mean the plants should be
allowed to wilt or flag; keep them just off this and all
sections of the vines will be performing the allotted func-
tions and so contribute to the welfare of the fruit. It
is early to talk of shading in some localities where Hor-
ticulture's readers reside, but if a house of ripe melons
is to be extended to the maximum length a shading put
on the glass soon after the first fruits are cut will cause
the others to ripen slowly.

Stopping and Tying Figs

Figs are grown in pots and tubs and also as trained
trees. In whatever form they take, a method of stop-
ping must be adhered to, to obtain the best results. As
each growth extends to four or five leaves the point
should be pinched out of it; this causes a check to the
growi:h and more sap is brought to bear on the fruits
growing in the axils of the leaves. Any parts of the tree
likely to become crowded should have the very small
growths rubbed off at this time. There is nothing gained
by tying two shoots in where one is enough. Trellis
trees must be gone over at regular intervals to secure
the growths in the proper place, and at the same time
stopping can be attended to. Pot trees and tubs making
a natural-shaped tree are generally strong enough to
support themselves until the second stopping takes place,
when strong stakes are necessary.

Watering

Watering is a most important factor in the ultimate
success of all crops, a thing to be studied from the cut-
ting bench until the last flower is cut, or from the time
the fruit house is started until the last leaf has fallen;
yes, even longer — until the house is started up again, an
evergreen subject never to be neglected. No man can
water his borders correctly through the growing season
and after the crop is cut afford to let them go any old
way. I have in my mind at this time properly con-
structed borders with good drainage, borders that need
watching through the growing season just as much as a
bench of chrysanthemums or roses does. There are bor-
ders in existence that make the necessity of watering
a novelty. Bad drainage and also leaky roofs account
for this.

Ascertaining the dryness or otherwise of the soil to a
depth of 18 inches or more may seem a perplexing prob-
lem. It is, until one is accustomed to it, for they are not
raised in any way and the body of soil to be gauged is
considerably more than any bench. The eye is one of
the surest means of determining the texture of a border,
both by observing the border itself and the foliage, for
extremes at the roots will show themselves in the foliage
before any wilting is to be seen. Where this is doubted,
the use of a border tester will be potent. This is made
of half-inch iron rod pointed at one end and having
a handle at the other, made long enough to reach the
bottom of the borders. If this is inserted into the border
and turned around before drawing it out the condition
of the soil can be traced by examining the iron. It must
always be borne in mind that the tester must be inserted
in a spot likely to average for the whole border. Water-
ing itself may look easy; so it is, so long as you keep
your thinking cap on. It is of no use to water one end
thoroughly and the other one only half, or to make a
patchey job of it, — in other words to leave dry spots.
Eemember that part of the border immediately below the
heating pipes will be one of the dryest places to be found
and will take more water to soak it through than the
other parts.

Now about the speed of the water. Is it policy to
open up the faucet and ''let her go" with a spreader on
the end of the hose to cover a greater surface of soil
with the greater pressure of water. Theoretically this
would be all right, but try it. Before sufficient water
has been applied to soak the border through, you will
find a quantity still on the surface and when this does go
down quite a crust is forming. Better results are ob-
tained by letting the water run slowly and see it soak
into the soil as you go on without washing the whole
surface of the border.

Broken Laterals

Broken laterals are very vexing and often cause a fel-
low to go away down deep in his vocabulary to express
his feelings. These things happen all too suddenly;
there is no time to prevent it in any way. The only
solution is to be wary and treat the laterals with a gentle
hand. When the system is followed of allowing the
vines to be suspended until they are nearly in flower the
chances of breaking laterals are decidedly less, for after
that stage is reached they are more pliable. The lateral
breaking half-way is not so injurious to the after-wel-
fare of the vine as when the whole of it breaks out from
the spur. All is to be lost in the latter case. The
former is not so bad, as apart from perhaps losing a
bunch, the sublaterals will fill in the space. These
breakages can sometimes be repaired by wrapping damp
moss around the base of the lateral and the spur after
securing the growth into its normal position, thus
bringing all the various tissues in contact with their
own, which will make a quick union. Keep the growth

April 5, 1913

H 0 E T I C U L T U B E

499

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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by Mr. Ruzicka. Such communications shonld invariably be addressed to the office of HORTI(,U1.iukih.

Mulching Outside Roses

Now is the best time to apply a good mulch to all
outside roses before the buds start. Apply a good coat-
ing of bonemeal to the beds first and follow with a light
mulch of manure. Then any coarse material that will
keep the weeds down and help to hold the moisture
which is so essential to the growth of the plants. Of
course all outside roses will have been pruned by this
time, and if they have not been pruned as yet they should
be pruned at once.

The object of the early mulch is to have all the work
done before the young shoots appear, so as not to break,
or otherwise damage them. Then, too, where water is
bound to be a little scarce this early mulch will help
greatly to keep the soil from drying out as it naturally
would if no protection was given. Mulched beds go
many weeks without showing effect of drought, long after
those not mulched have succumbed to the dry weather.

The Ventilatofs at Night

Now that the warmer weather is here to stay do not
be afraid to leave a crack of air on all night. This will
especially apply to new houses that are almost air tight.
During the heavy March winds it would not be advisable
to carry much air, but any still night should find the
ventilators open a little at least even though a little arti-
ficial heat has to be used to hold up the temperature of
the houses.

Letting the Fires Out

It would hardly be advisable to let any of the fires out
with the first few rays of warm sunshine. Keep the
houses up to the standard as far as temperature is con-
cerned. It will pay in the long run, for letting the
houses go down below normal, mildew will surely fol-
low, and with the foliage spoiled by mildew the cut
blooms never sell so well. We cannot tell what kind of
weather this year will bring; last year we had to have
steam all summer long, with the exception of a week or
two.

Cracked Ice in Boxes

For shipments that have to travel and great distance
cracked ice is the only way to keep the roses from opening
up. Growers should bear in mind that the cut blooms
have to pass through two hands usually before the cus-
tomer who buys from the retail florists gets them, and
such customers expect them to last a while.

The Young Stock

We do not know how other sections of the country
fared in regard to weather the last few days, we having
only rain, fog and wind. This is by no means ideal
weather for promoting plant growth, and to say the
least it is poor weather for young plants. Young

Beauties will take a little air slacked lime almost every
night, if the day has been dull and damp. This should
be applied with a pair of bellows, blowing it well under-
neath the foliage of the plants. Of course do not white-
wash them by any means, and have the lime as dry as
practical, so it would absorb as much of the moisture in
the air as possible.

Greenfly

If the plants are free from this pest a little tobacco
dust scattered over them every now and then will keep
it out almost altogether without use of other insecticides.
If, however, there are traces of fly this tobacco will never
rid the plants of them, although it may keep them from
spreading so fast.

Syringing

Never neglect this important feature in the produc-
tion of roses. There has been enough in these columns
about Mr. Spider lately so that there is little excuse for
anyone to feel unacquainted with the little brute. Be
careful and syringe the young plants with a steady
stream of water, so as not to shake them loose in the
pots. Be careful to syringe out all the corners well, and
examine the plants carefully every now and then to
make sure there is no such thing as a nest of spiders
around. Often we have found what we term a "nest"
in places where we least expected, too. This goes to
show that even the best growers are likely to have a lit-
tle spider here and there, but as long as they know it is
there and do their best to rid the plants of it there is
little cause to worry.

Picking Yellow Leaves

It is no credit to a place or grower to have his benches
strewn with dead leaves, and we are sure every one could
find time to dispose of some of them at least. The best
way is to pick them all up right after syringing, as there
are only a few then, and afterwards keep the benches
clean. Once you allow them to accumulate dirt, they
will be very hard to get into order again. In picking
leaves do not scratch over the surface of soil much, as
this v.'0uld disturb the tiny rootlets and damage the
plants somewhat, although no visible sign of the harm
done would appear.

Sod Heaps

If your sod heaps have not been put up in the fall,
you certainly ought to get busy, and as soon as the soil
is dry enough to handle, have them all put up and
ready. Should you make a practice of plowing land, and
taking the soil direct to the benches, begin plowing at
once, if the soil conditions will allow. Sod heaps put up
in the fall can be cut down now and receive their first
turning. This will greatly help in preparing the soil so
that the young plants can take a hold into it as soon as
they are planted.

shaded and the moss moist all the time until the union
is formed.

Packing Strawberries
It is easy to crate strawberries in the small baskets
when you have them in quantity. Those grown in the
greenhouse are scarcely able to be numbered by the crate.

Every individual berry will be wanted, consequently
greater care must be exercised in packing. Use shallow
wooden boxes deep enough to take one layer only. Line
these with cotton wool and wrap each berry separately in
wax paper, placing more cotton on the top before tacking
on the lid. Berries for shipping should be under-ripe.

500

HORTICULTURE

AprU 6. 1913

Hardiness

The reeeut sym^josiums lu Hokticulture on subjects
abstruse and otherwise and the interest manifested in the
same even to the West, lead me to again ask the ques-
tion, What constitutes hardiness in plants? Many years
ago I asked the same of the late Dr. George Thurber who,
in his day, was one who should know but he shook his
head.

Probably it is a world-old question, for the caravans
that strewed the seeds of dried peaches along the trail
from China through Central Asia to Persia where for
many generations we supposed the peach was indigenous,
must have started people thinking thousands of years
ago, it being even then a question of having to eat to live.

It is safe to say that there is no phase of gardening
that exercises the cultivator from one generation to
another quite as much as that of hardiness. We are
living it over again anew in the introductions of Wilson
from China, only a tithe of which are available to culti-
vators as yet.

The most I have seen from investigations of scientists
is contained in the statement that "When the tempera-
ture goes below certain degrees of cold, the tissues of
some plants burst." This is a purely mechanical action
and we cannot derive much comfort from it.

We will take the instance of the Douglas fir and Abies
coDColor. They occur both in California and Colorado;
seedlings raised from the last named State are hardy, but
those from California are tender even in parts of Britain,
and yet it is the same tree, seemingly, with some ele-
ment left out, and that spells hardiness.

It is often the case that we find one specimen taken,
and the other left after a severe winter. A year ago
.some Diervillas (Wiegelias) were killed to the ground;
others were uninjured and flowered finely. All are
practically of one common origin from the same set of
Chinese species much mixed in gardens. An eminent
horticulturist was here last week and when speaking of
things that will live here and stand the winter, he asked
"Do the Diervillas live here?" and it may be taken for
granted that where they do not thrive, the list of avail-
able shrubs is cut in twain. Sometime since, another
wise man from Philadelphia visited here, and he was
asked to name off-hand ten shrubs of distinct genera, all
to be as good as Spiraea Van Houttei, and, if memory
serves, the task was not completed — he liad no book with
him. There was a distinct pause when the fingers on
one hand were counted off. W. C. Egan of Highland
Park makes the broad statement that we have no broad-
leaved evergreens that will thrive here, and he is right,
for Mahonia aquifolia but ekes out an existence.

Much has been done in the past to render plants
liardier by obtaining seeds from the northern limit,
planting these and selecting those that survive for prop-
agation. This is of necessity a slow process with trees,
for the survivors take a long time to bear seeds in their
turn.

Grafting with a view to hardiness often accentuates
tenderness unless a hardier stock is available. Jackson
Dawson told me years ago that the beautiful flowering
crabs should be grafted on the Siberian crab stock. I
found they would grow well on the common wild apple
seedlings, and in New England had Malus Arnoldiana
12 feet in diameter on a wild apple stock. Two years
ago we grafted 500 of the choicest obtainable flowering
crabs on seedling apple stock, over 20 varieties, and dur-
ing the winter of 1911-13 the whole of them died from
winterkilling at the roots; the tops were alive in the

spring, but the roots dead. It might be added as a post-
script that Siberian crab seedlings were not obtainable
at the time fronf any source, and the apple stocks were
liought in far Minnesota. We have now 500 Siberian
crab seedlings on hand, and hope the end is not yet, but
it was necessary to get out, find the place where the
parent tree was growing, 1000 miles away, beg the seeds
and raise the same.

A few weeks ago, a specimen of what is known there
MS Glyptostrobus sinensis pendula, was seen in a cem-
etery in I_;exington, Kentucky. It is not a Glyptostrobus
and is not Chinese, but a weeping form of our southern
cypress — ^Taxodium distichum, propagated or increased
only by grafting, not found in any American lists but is
listed in Europe. The type can be seen thriving as far
north as Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, but the weeping form,
naturally rare, is probably of southern origin, and Lex-
ington may be its northern limit.

The English walnut, so called, was naturalized on
Long Island, N. Y., by the late Charles A. Dana. It
fruited freely, and I once gathered seeds there while vis-
iting William Falconer. These were raised and planted
■^00 miles north, but the trees, though covered and pro-
tected well the first winters, always killed to the ground.

A method of increasing hardiness is being practiced by
many of the Experiment Stations in the Northwest with
a view to getting fruit trees to stand the climate there.
The hardy Russian apples and other fruit trees are being
crossed with our own best kinds, and this must bring
good results. It is now proven by a very careful series
of experiments made in France, that two really good
varieties of apples crossed, produce in every seedling an
apple as good as the parents. Previous to this we be-
lieved eveiy good apple was an accident, at least as much
so as the Baldwin.

It has been demonstrated time and again that one
severe winter-killing will make ligneous plants tender
for a period afterwards. The cutting down to the
ground induces strong soft shoots that are an easy prey
the next winter, and another factor is a long drouth dur-
ing the growing period in summer. In our soil, after
a drouth, most trees and shrubs start a secondary period
of vigorous growth that goes into the winter poorly
ripened and susceptible to injury.

An old "Axiom" is, plant all doubtful subjects in
poor soil, and in this there is wisdom in that the growth
made is sure to be well matured. A south exposure
often brings the same results, especially if the soil is
well drained by having a gravel sub-soil. With us there
is no choice — nothing but an unmitigated clay without
a single redeeming vice — and the problem of extending
the planting list is eternal in its importance. A clay
soil can be rich in food for certain growths, as witness
the wonderful native oaks and other hardwoods here,
but when it comes to the decorative part of the gardener,
and where 100 car-loads of rhododendrons could be used,
except for the iron, lime, magnesia and a few other ele-
ments found in the water that leaches out of the soil, it is
not at all a question of hardiness, for Rhododendron
maximum is found far north of here growing in profu-
sion, likewise the trailing arbutus, and other ericaceous
plants, but with us a huckleberry would not live. This,
however, is a part of another story,- — The chemistry of
soils.

Lal-e Forest, Illinois.

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTURE

501

Coelogyne pandurata

Here is an ideal flower for St.
Patrick's day. How ridiculous it
seems to go to work and color or
dye white carnations green for St.
Patrick's day ! I have on numerous
occasions been asked what is the
name of these green pinks which
people saw in the florist's store
prior to and on Patrick's day, but
at no other time of the year, and
these people were innocent enough to
believe the fake to be natural.

Now if florists are anxious to
serve the dear people from the Em-
erald Isle with green flowers on St.
Patrick's day, why don't they look
around Nature's storehouse first and
see what they can find in that line
before degrading our honorable
profession by putting a faked
article on the market. Ever seen
Coelogyne pandurata in bloom ? Why
here you have the most lovely
shade of green anybody could possi-
bly ask for, and it usually blooms
about this time. This is no joke; the only part of the
flower that is not green is the pandurate (or fiddle-
shaped) lip which has some jet black blotches bordered
in part with white. Too bad that that lip isn't harp-
shaped instead of fiddle-shaped ! How appropriate it
would be. Perhaps someone of Horticdltdre's es-
teemed readers know of a green flower where the harp
is represented in place of the fiddle. This, like all
Coelogynes, is of the easiest possible culture; a shady

place m a warm greenhouse or stove will suit it. During
the growing season it must have a liberal supply of water,
and it must not be kept dry for any length of time, even
during its resting periods.

Nnu(jnhtcl\ Conn.

Ananassa sativa variegata

Ananassa sativa variegata is one of the handsomest
variegated plants we have, and I have often wondered
that it is not more generally grown by florists. One
quite often sees a few sickly, badly colored pandanus
plants, but here is a plant that can be relied on to always
show its rich variegation. It is very largely neglected
by the trade, on account of an erroneous idea that a
stock of it is hard to obtain. We have fruited a plant
in a seven-inch pot, and after cutting the fruit have pro-
cured twelve young plants from the old stem below
the fruit in less than a year, each cutting forming a nice
plant in a five-inch pot before the year was up. Judging
from the prices asked for Ananassa variegata in the cata-
logues, for five-inch pots, I don't see why there shouldn't
be a dollar in it. One thing also in its favor is that it
makes an excellent house plant, lasting for a long time
if not overwatered. As stated above young plants are
raised from the stem of a plant that has fruited, and
there is not much difficulty in fruiting them, in a tem-
perature from 60 to 70 by night, with a rise of 10 or 15
degrees during the day.

The young shoots start from the base of the leaf very
soon after the fruit has ripened, and may be removed
when large enough to be potted singly in a 2i^-inch pot,
the compost being a sandy peat with some fine charcoal

added. Place the small plants in a bottom heat of not
less than 70 degrees, in which they will root in from
three to four weeks. They may be moved along into
larger pots as they require it. We find the best potting
material is a rough fibrous peat, with enough sand and
charcoal to make it have a gritty feel. At all times place
the plants as near the glass as possible and maintain a
night temperature of not less than 60 degrees. This
treatment will bring out that rich golden tinge to the
variegation which is the delight of the cultivator. Like
all pineapples this plant is very sensitive to overwatering
and may be allowed to become much drier than the ma-
jority of plants before watering. When the plants have
attained the desired size, the night temperature may be
lowered to around 55 degrees, with air freely admitted
during the day. This hardens them nicely for house
decoration or shipping to customers. We have seen
these plants affected by red spider, mealy bug and scale.
The former may be kept in check by the syringe, the
bug and scale by Hydrocyanic gas.

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Medford,Mass.

502. HOKTICULTUEE AprU 5, 1913

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r^T^MTFiMTa ^ Awaiting the the majority of its readers just as the

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK-^^^^ "*''''''=* finishing touches are being given to the

Calanthes — Care of Cyclamen — Ground for Carna- exhibits at the big International Flower

R^°«\':7f%Tipi^Tn'lr;;"p^>'°'r.°'y^'^''^ Show. Enough is already known concerning the ex-

Baskets — Spiraeas (astilbe) — John J. M. Farrell.... 497 a j a

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Finish- tent and character of the displays in both the competi-

ing Melons-Stopping and Tying Figs-Watering- tive and trade sections to assure the success of the under-

Broken Laterals — Packing Strawberries — George H.

Penson 498 taking in all respects excepting only that of public sup-

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS-Mulching Outside p^^. However strong our faith may be yet this must

Roses — The Ventilators at Night — Letting the Fires ^ ° ■ j.

Out — Cracked Ice in Boxes — The Young Stock— remain a tantalizing uncertainty tmtil the receipts of

Greenfly - Syringing - Picking Yellow Leaves - Sod tlie first day or two, at least, have been counted up. The

Heaps — Arthur C. Ruzicka 499 „ ■, ,i,.i i-

HARDINESS — E. 0. Orpet 500 indiiEerence of the public of the metropolis towards

^.^f^^l^^I^^J.^S^^J'?^:::^- ^- -Pope- illustrated. 501 flower shows in the past naturally serves as a curb to

ANANASSA SATIVA VAR I EGAT A— George F. Stew- ^, ^^ , -.,,,,,....

art 501 over-conndence now and perhaps it is better that it is so.

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT-SoineGeneral We hope the expectations of the most sanguine will be

Thoughts— Working Land in Wet Weather— Some . ■,-,,,■, , , , , , , i

Good Resolutions— BdM;i?j Jenkins 603 far exceeded for there has been a vast amount of hard

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Program of Pro- and unselfish work done and the outcome will have a

ceedings — Bowling — Schedule of Prizes 504 „ t ■ ■ a ■ ■^ j. • • j.-u

American Rose Society— American Carnation Society tar-reachmg influence on similar enterprises m the

—Portraits of Flower Show Officials 505 future and on the growth of horticulture generally.

American Sweet Pea Society — American Gladiolus o .,

Society — A Word About New York 506 ttt ^ j.'i- -x x- ^ ii i e

National Bowling Tournament 507 ^^ °^^^ ielicitation to the people of

Carnationists Please Note— What the Show Means... 508 A wise Cleveland, Ohio, on the good fortune

Society of American Florists 509 nhir, „*!,■.«„„ i,- u i, j. ii. • ii,

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Florists' Club of Washing- philanthropy which has come to them in the promise

ton— Florists' Club of Philadelphia 509 of a horticultural edifice which will be

NoTet"""'^.'. .^.*'."''.'; °[ .':''.''^^°r^.'"^. T.. ^.°."'!^ 510 «° ornament to their city and a powerful stimulant to

Horticultural Club of Boston 533 the more general appreciation and use of plants and

ADVERTISING TALKS— RaipA M. Ward 510 a u +i i tit i <- j j-t, j. j-i, u nj-

OUTDOOR ROSES-Edwin Jenkins 511 ^°^"S ^^ *<^ P^^P'^" ^^ understand that the buildmg

SUMMER BEDDING, MINNEAPOLIS— Illustrated 512 is to be erected in Wade Park and will be paid for by a

ciTTLE''YA'x''i''DiMMoS^-niustraied: : ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 5^3 """^^er of the wealthy men of the city who conceived the

SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN— c. Harman Payne 513 idea and will see that it is fully carried out. Of the

pr?mrosesTs^ro^cke1.y : : ll\ --y -«y^ - -^ich men of means can make provision

EDUCATION FOR GARDENERS AND FLORISTS— for the enjoyment and intellectual uplift of their fellow

'ij^^T^'r^T^ A^v^^f^'^'^ '^ ","■,: '^V li * fi^ citizens none can be more directly effectual than this most

bEED TRADE — Flood Damage — Freakish Weather. . . 520 •'

New Methods — The Winter Flowering Spencers 522 commendable project or more free from the possibility

OF INTEREST "TO RETAIL FLORISTS: of misuse. There is reason to hope that we shall soon

steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 524 ^

About Prohibitive Prices 525 see Boston also equipped with a winter garden that will

DURING RECESS-Bot^n'''"* "^^""^ 526 ^^° ^"^'^'^^ *° ^'^^ ^'^^^^^ ^'^'^*® °^ ''^'^ P*'°I'^'^ ^^^ '^"P^^

CARNATION CULTURE — J Dunn. ... 528 supplement the wholesome influence of her splendid sys-

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: tern of public parks.

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 531

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 533 _,, , i j .

THE PUBLICITY PROPAGANDA— ii/. C Bbei 538 ^"6 season has now advanced suf-

PLANT QUARANTINE DECISION No. 1 539 A mild winter ficiently to warrant an expression of

OBITUARY— Frank Banning— Mrs. August Mirring— . . j. .r, a i. j; xv, • x

A. J. Thompson 540 opinion as to the eliect of the winter

MISCELLANEOUS: on various shrubs and other garden occupants that

The Blossom, Poetry 517 i- j. i n .i i • l ■ -rrr

Catalogues Received— Publications Received 522 sometimes get badly scathed m certain exposures. We

In Bankruptcy 524 in New England have been favored with a winter of

Flower Market Show 526 ""Visual mildness but that fact does not invariably suf-

Philadelphia Notes — Personal 527 fice to ensure the broad-leaved evergreens, some of the

•Sng"^Advertisements-Effectlve' PublYcity .■;:.■.■;: 540 ™°^^ susceptible conifers, etc., against injury, for there

Fires — Incorporated 540 are many factors besides Arctic temperatures to be reck-

Se^nlotser^^d^n^rLXplaied: :::::: :::::: III --^ -^'V^"^ ^Ms time they certamly do show up

News Notes — Patents Granted 541 well which is all the more welcome because of the im-

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

503

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

CONDUCTJiU BY

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Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Jenkins. Such communications should inTarIal)ly be addressed to the office of HORTICULTUKE.

Some General Thoughts

There are two ways of treating the vegetable and fruit
garden. First the method which is so dear to the hearts
of most of us; because it is associated with our early
training. This method is generally to treat a piece of
land varying in size to suit the requirements of the es-
tablishment by laying it out in rectangular plots and
dividing it by walks or roads, edged with a strip of turf
or a low growing hedge. Next to the walks are flower
borders and then behind the flower border a row of fruit
trees, such as apples, pears, plums or cherries. Enclosed
by the fruit trees is the place where the vegetables are
grown. This ensemble makes a very pleasing and satis-
factory arrangement especially if the whole is enclosed
by a neat evergreen hedge about five to sis feet high.
But it means a great deal of labor to keep it as it should
be kept and further it means staying there with your
vegetables and flowers year after year. This I consider
the great drawback of the nicely planned and laid-out
vegetable garden.

The other method is what might be called the field
treatment or truck gardeners' style, and this system has
much to commend it. From lialf an acre to five acres
of a field where the soil and aspect are suitable may be
selected and the vegetables planted in long straight
rows ; this will facilitate either horse of manual cultiva-
tion and will generally mean that the gardener can grow
larger quantities of each kind which will enable him to
make a better selection of those samples most suitable for
table use. It means that in the autumn or winter he
can get in with the plow or with the wagon of manure.
If after a few years of cultivation of this spot there are
any good reasons for changing, the land will be in ideal
condition for any farm crops and very little trouble or
expense is involved in the change. Under this system
one man will produce more good vegetables than two or
three would in the more formally laid out vegetable gar-
den.

Working Land in Wet Weather

We are all so anxious to get the seeds sown and the
garden planted in spring that we have no patience to
wait for the soil to dry up and providing it is not actually
pouring rain we are very apt to get to work on the land.

By so doing great harm is done as any soil, excepting
the very sandy, that is tramped while wet sustains an
injury from which it takes a long time to recover. It is
impossible to tell in words just the exact state of dry-
ness that a given soil must reach before it can be worked
without injury, but a little thought and care on the part
of the grower will soon enable him to recognize the right
condition and it will suffice here to utter the warning.

Some Good Resolutions

The new year is not the only time at which good reso-
lutions are in order. They are desirable any day in the
year and just now is a good time for the vegetable gar-
dener to make a few. Resolve not to tramp the soil when
too wet if it is possible to avoid it. Resolve to fight the
potato bug, the currant worm, the caterpillars generally
and all the other insect pests, "from the drop of the
hat," giving them no quarter. Resolve to watch all your
crops carefully for variations; if you see a pea in a row
which flowers and matures its pod a few days earlier
that its fellows mark it and save seed from it; you may
find that you have a valuable sport. The same will ap-
ply to size, quality, or freedom from disease or any other
favorable variation. We gardeners are a great deal more
keen in watching for a variation or sport amongst the
carnations, roses or chrysanthemums than amongst the
vegetables or small fruits and still 'tis thus that our
early and late kinds have originated. Cross-fertiliza-
tion and careful selection are the means of producing
all the varied improvements in every crop, and the gar-
dener is very favorably placed to watch for and select
improved kinds. Resolve to familiarize yourself with
the time that it takes each crop to mature on an average
(always making allowance for local influences of soil,
climate, etc.) so that successions may be kept up. The
following list may help.

String beans, about 50 to 60 days from seed; Lima
beans, 70 to 75; beets, 55 to 65; cabbage (early), 100 to
110; cabbage (late), 145 to 155; corn, 70 to 80; egg
plant, 145 to 160 ; lettuce, 60 to 70 ; onion, 135 to 145 ;
pepper, 140 to 150; radish, 30 to 40; tomatoes, 140 to
150.

pairment of vitality which this class of plants has had
to suffer during several years immediately preceding.
Unless some very unlikely check should ensue, these
things can now start ofE under most favorable auspices,
well prepared to make a growth and establish a sturdi-
ness and restored vigor which will stand them in good
stead when Old Boreas again resumes business at the old
stand. The situation should be particularly fortunate

for the quantities of young new material collected by
Wilson in the mountain regions of China which is now
in the various seedling stages and is certainly entitled
to a fair start in life, for it is destined to play a very
prominent part in garden planting and garden aspect in
the near future and all doubt as to hardiness is often
dispelled when a plant has had a chance to become well
established.

504

HORTICULTURE

April 5, 1913

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW.

Grand Central Palace,

New York, April 542«

PROGRAM OF PROCEEDINGS.

Saturday, April 5th.
6 P. M. Show Opens. General Ex-
hibition and Flowering Plant Day.

7.30 P. M. Opening Exercises. Ad-
dress of Welcome. Response.

9 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton of
London, "the King's Florist." "Eng-
lish Floral Art." With practical illus-
trations.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Sunday, April 6th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. General Ex-
hibition and Orchid Day.

4 P. Jl. Lecture by R. F. Felton,
London; "The Arrangement of Flow-
ers and Color Schemes." Practically
illustrated.

9 P. M. Lecture by B. H. Wilson of
the Arnold Arboretum, Boston: "China
and Chinese Plants." With stereopti-
con views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Monday, April 7th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Rose Day.
10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Society

of American Florists & Ornamental
Horticulturists.

4 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton,
London: "English Floral Art." With
practical illustrations.

9 P. M. Lecture by J. Horace Mc-
Farland, Harrisburg, Pa.: "The Ar-
nold Arboretum." Illustrated with
stereopticon views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Tuesday, April 8th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Carnation
Day.

10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Ameri-
can Rose Society.

4 P. M. Lecture and Meeting Ameri-
can Rose Society.

9 P. iM. Lecture by J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar, Boston, Mass.: "Japan and
Japanese Flora." Illustrated with
streopticon views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Wednesday, April 9th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Gladiolus
Day.

10.30 A. M. Meeting American Car-
nation Society.

4. P. M. Lecture by F. C. W. Brown,
Buffalo, N. Y.: "American Floral Art."
Illustrated with stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton,
London. "How They Arrange Flowers
in England." Illustrated with stere-
opticon views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Thursday, April 10th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Sweet Pea
Day.

10. A. M. Meeting Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association.

11 A. M. Meeting Society of Ameri-
can Florists & Ornamental Horticul-
turists.

3 P. M. Lecture by R. F. Felton,
London: "Floral Art in England." Il-
lustrated with practical demonstra-
tions.

4 P. M. Lecture by Arthur Herring-
ton, Madison, N. J.: "Whys and
Wherefore of Tree Planting." Illus-
trated with stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by Otto Thilow,
Philadelphia, Pa.: "Rocky Mountain
Flora." Illustrated with stereopticon
views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

Friday, April 11th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. Floral Art
Day.

10.30 A. M. Meeting American
Sweet Pea Society.

4 P. M. Lecture by Geo. V. Nash,
Bronx Botanical Gardens, N. Y. C:
"Water Gardens." Illustrated with
stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by Arthur Cowee,
Berlin, N. Y.: "The Gladiolus." Illus-
trated with stereopticon views.

11 P. M. Show closes.

Saturday, April 12th.

10 A. M. Show Opens. General Ex-
hibition.

10.30 A. M. Meeting of the Gladio-
lus Society.

3. P. M. Lecture by R. P. Felton,
London: "English Floral Art." Illus-
trated with practical demonstrations.

4 P. M. Lecture by L. W. C. Tut-
hill. New York City: "Frames and
Greenhouses for the Amateur." Illus-
trated with stereopticon views.

9 P. M. Lecture by Leonard Bar-
ron, Editor The Garden Magazine:
"Glimpses of Famous American Gar-
dens." Illustrated with stereopticon
views.

11 P. M. Show Closes.

A meeting of the National Garden-
ers' Association will be held on Mon-
day afternoon, April 9th. at 2 o'clock,
in the lecture hall of the Grand Central
Palace, R. F. Feltpn of London, Eng-
land, will address the members at
3 o'clock on the practical usages of
flowers.

Bowling Tournament.

On Wednesday the National Garden-
ers' and Florists' Bowling Tournament
will be held under the auspices of the
National Gardeners' Association, in
which the members of the Society of
American Florists are invited to parti-
cipate, at Thums' Bowling Alleys,
Broadway and 31st street, beginning
at 9 o'clock in the morning and lasting
throughout the day. Many valuable
prizes have already been contributed.

The sweepstake prize to be competed
for by the three members of the N. A.
G. making the highest scores, and the
three members of the S. A. F. making
the highest scores, is a piece of silver
of the value of $50, donated by Presi-
dent Waite of the National Associa-
tion.

The Schedule of Prizes.

The prize schedule includes nearly
600 distinct classes. These comprise
medals, certificates and cash premi-
ums offered by the exhibition man-
agement and lay numerous societies
and clubs, as well as cups and cash
prizes contributed by firms and indi-
viduals, commercial and private, all
aggregating a value exceeding any
prize list ever scheduled in America.

The final schedule published several
weeks ago, together with a supple-
mentary list recently issued, cover all
these prizes in detail, giving also full
tables of rules and regulations, etc.,
and copies of these lists will be avail-
able to all who may apply for same
at the manager's desk. We give as
follows only a condensed grouping ot
the classes under their respective sec-
tions and divisions and in this form
they may serve as a handy reference
for those who wish to promptly locate
any particular group.

Section A: Flowering Plants.

Classes 1 to 67 inclusive. — Acacias,
Amaryllises, Anthuriums, Azaleas, Be-
gonias, Bougainvilleas, Calceolarias,
Camellias, Chorizemas, Clerodendrons,
Chrysanthemums, Cinerarias, Cycla-
men, Epiphyllum, Ericas, Forced
Shrubs, Gardenias, Genistas, Gerani-
ums, Bedding Plants, Heliotropes, Hy-
drangeas, Imantophyllum, Lilacs, Mar-
guerites, Pansies, Phyllocactus, Primu-
las, Rhododendrons, Rhyncospermum,
Spiraeas, Wistarias.

Section B: Bulbous Classes.

Classes 68 to 82 inclusive. — Callas,
Lilies, Narcissi, Tulips, Miscellaneous
Bulbs.
Section C: Ferns and Selaginellas.

Classes 83 to 98. — Adiantums. Cibo-
tiums, Davallias, Gleichenas, Nephro-
lepis. Stags Horn Ferns, Lycopodiums,
Tree Ferns, Miscellaneous Groups and
Collections.

Section D: Orchids.

Classes 99 to 126.— Orchid Groups,
Brasso-Cattleyas, Cattleyas, Cypripedi-
ums, Coelogynes, Dendrobiums, Hy-
brid Orchids, L.i^lio-Cattleyas, Milto-
mas, Lselias, Odontoglossums. Oncidi-
ums, Phahvnopses. Vandas.
Section E: Palms and Foliage Plants.

Classes 127 to 165. — Arecas, Bays,
Buxus, Cacti, Cocos, Crotons, Cycads,

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Dracsenas, Alocasias and Ar-
oids, Botanic, Economic and
Medicinal Plants, Ficuses,
Kentias, Marantas, Nepen-
thes, Phoenix, Groups of
Stove and Greenhouse Plants,
Yew Trees.

Section F: Miscellaneous.
Classes 166 to 176A.— As-
paragus, Bamboos, Conifers,
Dieffenbachias, Hollies, Japan
Maples, Miniature Landscape
Gardens.

Section G: New Plants Not
in Commerce.

Classes 177 to 194B.— Medal
of Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society, Horticultural
Society of Chicago and Mis-
souri Botanical Gardens for
Anthuriums, Conifers, Climb-
ing Greenhouse Plants. Cycad
Species, Cypripediums, Dra-
caenas, Hardy Evergreens,
Foliage Plants, Flowering
Plants, Ferns. Herbaceous
Plants, Nephrolepis, Orchids,
Palms, Hardy Shrubs.

Section H: Miscellaneous; for
Private Growers Only.

Classes 195 to 264.— Aca-
cias, Allamandas, Amaryllis,
Annuals in Flower, Antirrhin-
ums, Azaleas, Begonias, Bo-
ronias. Calceolarias, Cam-
panulas, Cinerarias, Cycla-
men, Chorizema, Crotons,
Dracaenas, Dwarf Evergreens,
Ericas, Gardenias, Genistas,
Gloxinias, Hydrangeas, Lilacs,
Nepenthes, Hardy Perennials in
Flower, Primulas, Bulbs, Palms, Rho-
dodendrons, Roses, Schizanthus, San-
severias. Spiraeas, Foliage Plants,
Flowering Plants, Stove Plants, Wis-
tarias, Sweet Corn Grown Under
Glass.

Section I: Ferns, Private Gardeners
Only.

Classes 265 to 273.— Perns, Collec-
tions and Specimens.

J. K. M. L. Farquhar,

Presideot Society of Anioricaa Florists and Ornamental
Hortk'Ultiirists

H. T. and Polyantha, Collec-
tions and Specimens. 319-
320-321 Medals and Certifi-
cates for Novelties. 322-323
Specials.

Div. B: Cut Blooms.
Classes 324 to 327.— 50s to
be staged April 7.

Div. C: Cut Blooms.

Classes 328 to 343.-100
American Beauty and 50s in
other disseminated varieties,
to be staged April 7.

Div. 0: Cut Blooms.

Classes 344 to 368.— 25s to
be staged April 7.

Div. E: Cut Blooms.

Classes 369 to 373.— 50s and
25s, New Roses Not Dissemi-
nated.

Div. F: Cut Blooms.
Classes 374 to 378.— Deco-
rative Work, by Retailers
Only. To be staged April 5.

Div. G: Cut Blooms.

Classes 379 to 397.— 12s, to
be staged April 5.

Div. H: Cut Blooms.

Class 398.— Display. 398A
and 398B.— Display to be
staged April 10. 398C.— Dis-
play of Hardy Outdoor Roses.
398b. — Cup for 6 Roses.
398E, F and G.— Vases of 25.
398H.— Pink Novelty Rose, 25
Blooms. All to be staged
April 9.

Section J: Bulbs in Flower. Private
Gardeners Only.
Classes 274 to 292.— Bulbs in Pots
and Pans. Collections, etc.
Section K: Orchids, Private Garden-
ers Only.
Classes 293 to 300.— Groups and
Specimens.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Section L.
Div. A. Roses in Pots or Tubs.
Classes 301 to 318.— Climbing, H. P.,

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Section M.
Div. A: Cut Blooms.
Classes 399 to 408.— Vases of 100, to
be staged April 8.

Div. B: Cut Blooms.
Classes 409 to 429.— Vases of 50, to
be staged April 8.

Div. C: Cut Blooms.
Classes 430 to 434.— Vases of 50,
varieties disseminated 1911-1912.

Theodore Wirth,
Vice-President Society of American Florists

John Yotjng,

Secretary Society of American Florists and
International Flower Sbow Committee.

W. F. Kasiing,
Treasurer Society of American Florlsti.

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Div. D: Medal Classes.

Class 435. — Vases of 100
blooms. Class 436. — Per-
petual Flowering Carnation
Society of England Medals
for Vases of 100 blooms.
Class 437-438. — Preliminary
Competition for Fred Dor-
ner Memorial Medals. To
be staged April 8.

Div. E: Certificates.

Class 438.— Certificates of
Merit. Class 439.— Prelimi-
nary Certificates.
Div. F: For Artistic Ar-
rangement.

Classes 440 to 446 for
Decorative Work, to be
staged on April 10. except-
ing Classes 441 and 443 for
Table Decorations and
Hampers which are to be
staged April 8.
Div. G: Special Premiums.

Classes 447 to 451, to
be staged April 8.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA

SOCIETY.

Section N.
Classes 452 to 462.— Va-
rieties introduced prior to
1912, Vases of 50, to be
staged April 10. Classes 463
to 483. — Standard Varieties,
Vases of 25. Classes 484 to
490.— Novelties of 1912,
Vases of 25. Classes 491 to
493. — Medals and Special
Prizes. Classes 494 to 497. — Retailers'
Decorative Exhibits. All Sweet Pea
exhibits to be staged April 10.

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AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY.
Section O.

Classes 498 to 506. — Forced blooms;
open to all. Classes 507 to 514. —
Forced blooms; amateurs only. Classes
515 to 523A. — Special prizes.
Sec P: International Flower Show
Prizes.

Classes 524 to 531. — Special prizes
for Decorative Work.

Wtt.t.tam H. Siebeecht
President New York Florists' Club.

Sec. Q: Cut Flowers.

Classes 532 to 542. — Collections and
Single Sprays of Orchids. Classes 543
to 551. — Miscellaneous Cut Flowers.

A WORD ABOUT NEW YORK.

The horticultural gaze of the con-
tinent is focussed on New York this
week. As we write, lively times are
in order in many a big greenhouse.
The pet plants and flowers being fin-
ished and groomed for their journey
to the Grand Central Palace where, in
thp mind of each fond owner, each

and every exhibit is des-
tined to win honor and re-
nown. Many visitors are
speeding on their way to
attend this long-talked-of
event and some of the ad-
vance guard are already on
the spot. Probably many
who had looked forward
with pleasure to this visit
to the Metropolis will now
be among the missing, their
hopes rudely dashed to the
ground in the wild orgie of
flood, fire and tornado which
has within the past few
days swept over so large a
section of the country. To
all such, in their misfortune
we extend sympathy, and In
our succeeding issues shall
endeavor to tell them some-
thing of what happened at
the great exhibition.

Our front cover picture
shows the new Grand Cen-
tral Palace which will be
the great centre of activity
all through the coming
week. We might fill many
pages of this paper with
views of New York City, its
magnificent business blocks,
public edifices and private
mansions, its wonderful har-
bor, its historic spots, its
parks and boulevards. Its
munificent citizens, but in
these days of innumerable
post cards and other illus-
trated mediums delineating every spot
of interest in and around the city,
perhaps our readers will be just as
well pleased that we have not at-
tempted it.

New York's horticultural eminence
is well known to all who read these
lines. Vast ranges of greenhouses
stretching out over Jersey, Long
Island and "up-the-state" pour their
product daily into the capacious whole-
sale markets of 26th and 28th street
and countless flower stores, palatial
in equipment, cater to the demands of

W. C. RiCEABOS

Treasurer New York Florists'

Club.

L. Mebton Gage

Oorreflpondlng Secretary American Gladio-
Ins Society.

Isaac S. Hxndbioksoh

President American Gladiolus Society.

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507

Aethub T. Boddington
Treasurer American Sweet Pea Society.

a society clientage unequalled any-
where on the American continent If in
the world.

Here are centered seed stores, hor-
ticultural manufacturers and dealers
known in every corner of the land
and each year sees their number mul-
tiply and their business expand. New
York, as a center of population and
business, is growing with inconceiv-
able rapidity, but the horticultural in-
dustries of New York are keeping
pace with her other activities and fill
no small part in the sum total of her
progress.

New York has entertained two con-
ventions of the S. A. F. and frequent
gatherings of other influential horti-
cultural organizations. Hospitality is
lavishly bestowed on such occasions
and the event now about to mature
will be no exception. In the front
rank always, in the preparatory work
and its carrying out for the comfort

Haeky a. Bun yard
Secretary American Sweet Pea Society.

and enjoyment of the visitor, will al-
ways be found the New York Florists'
Club, without whose zealous efficiency
such a gigantic affair as is to blossom
forth on April 5, 1913, would be hardly
possible. We present in the accom-
panying pages the portraits of a few
of the public-spirited men who are of-
ficially at the helm, but there are
others, too, who are doing unselfish
work for the common cause and whose
only reward is the consciousness of
self-imposed duty well done and de-
light of having done their best to help
along the common cause.

NATIONAL BOWLING TOURNA-
MENT.

Entries to the bowling tournament
of the National Association of Garden-
ers, which will be held on Thum's al-
leys, Broadway and 31st street. New
York, on Wednesday, April 9th, must

WjLUAM SIM
President American Sweet Pea Society.

be filed with the secretary of the as-
sociation not later than nine o'clock
on the morning of the tournament. To
facilitate completing arrangements,
those intending to participate are earn-
estly requested to file their entries at
once, sending them to M. C. Ebel, sec-
retary, care Murray Hill Hotel, Park
avenue and 40th street. New York,
which will be the headquarters of the
association during the show week. The
secretary will be found at the hotel
daily from S o'clock to 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, during the show week, ex-
cepting Wednesday, on which day he
will be at Thum's alleys. No entries
will be accepted after the tournament
opens, nine o'clock in the forenoon of
April 9th.

Teams of three men, members of a
local gardeners' or florists' club, and
members in good standing either of the
N. A. G. or S. A. F. will be eligible in
the team tournament. One team only

M. C. Ebel
Secretary National Association of Garden-

James Sttjabt
Treasurer National Association of Garden-

W. H. Waite

President National Association of Garden-
ers.

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Benjamin Hammond
Secretary, American Eose Society.

can be entered from any local club or
society.

All members in good standing of the
N. A. G. or S. A. F. are eligible in the
individual bowling tournament. Team
bowlers can enter by waiving their
team scores from counting in the in-
dividual tournament.

Rules governing the tournament will
be posted at the N. A. G. and S. A. F.
headquarters in New York City on the
7th and 8th of April, and on Thum's
alleys during the bowling.

A long list of prizes has been se-
cured in which are included many val-
uable trophies.

CARNATIONISTS PLEASE NOTE.

On account of the flooded condition
of a large territory around Indian-
apolis, which is making mail deliveries
very uncertain and in some directions
impossible, it would be well for all
those who are entering the competition
in the carnation classes at New York,

Adolph Fabenwald
President, American Rose Society.

to bring a list of their entries along
to the show with them.

Your enteries may reach me here,
and if they do I will have your entry
cards made out, but should they not
reach me, it would be a great help if
you have a list with you.

Please also note that Sections A, B,
C, D, G, and classes 43 and 45 will
stage on April 8th. Classes 42, 44, 46,
47 and 48 will stage on April 10th.
Through an error in printing the
schedule for the entire show, classes
43 and 45 were included with the April
10th staging. Our classes 43 and 45
appear as classes 441 and 443 in the
National Flower Show schedule. En-
tries in Section E may stage at any
time during the carnation show.

We are planning to leave Indian-
apolis on Saturday evening, April 5th
and expect to arrive in New York,
Sunday evening at 5 P. M. Any mail
which is not certain to reach here by
Saturday morning should be addressed
in care of Hotel Manhattan, New York.

Harby O. May

Trfiisurer, American Rose Society.

In the Dorner Memorial Medal class,
no medal will be awarded this year.
Only a preliminary competition will be
conducted this year, for which 50
blooms are required.

Bring with you the pink slip, which
was sent you along with the receipt
for your dues. Without it you will be
unable to get your season ticket to
the show.

A. F. J. Baur, Secy.

WHAT THE SHOW MEANS.
There is at once a happy and a use-
ful thought behind the international
flower show to be held in the Grand
Central Palace, New York City, under
the auspices of the Society of Ameri-
can Florists and Ornamental Horti-
culturists. The show will bring to-
gether not only the floral exhibits, but
the florists of many countries, and the
result should be an interchange of
views and expeiiences in floriculture
that must be incalculable value to the
whole industry. Few people have

Philip BuEiTMEVEa
Presldeut, Aujerican Carnation Society.

A. F. J. Baue
Secretary, American Carnation Society.

P. E. DoRNEB
Treasurer, American Carnation Society.

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given thought enough to the subject
to be able to appreciate the tremendous
strides that have been made in flori-
culture during recent years. Garden-
ing in its highest expression, it is true,
has been thoroughly commercialized in
these recent years, but, when judged
by its results, this can hardly be re-
gretted. Flowers that were once the
peculiar and exclusive possession of
people of means have been made of late
years accessible to all, and this may
be said notwithstanding that retail
prices are sometimes far in excess of
what the plain people can afford to pay.
But the plain people are not com-
pelled to buy flowers in the highest
market. As a rule, they have found
means whereby they may purchase the
blooms and plants at first hand. The
street stands of the larger cities, too,
cater to the wants and tastes of the
populace in this particular, and it is
a wholesome sign of the times that

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.
The adjourned meeting of the Soci-
ety will be held in the Lecture Room
in the New Grand Central Palace at
the time of the International Flower
Show, as follows: —

Monday, April 7th. at 10.30 A. M.
Thursday, April 10th, at 10.30 A. M.
John Young, Sec'y.

There will be a meeting on Monday
afternoon, April 7th, at the Grand Cen-
tral Palace in New York, of the Na-
tional Publicity Committee provided
for at the last convention of the S. A.
F. in Chicago, to consider the proposi-
tion of providing for a permanent sec-
retary of the National Committee to
aid in advancing the publicity move-

stated this would be the best of its
kind ever held in this country. He
suggested that the Washingtonians
join those going from Baltimore on
the train leaving this city at 7
o'clock. Monday morning, A special
car is to be provided and an entertain-
ing trip is to be expected. Fred H.
Kramer promised to look after the
transportation facilities and notices
will be sent to all members advising
them of this action.

For the banquet committee, W. F.
Gude reported that this event would
be given the latter part of this month
at one of the down-town hotels.

Following the adjournment of the
business meeting the members par-
took of a buffet luncheon, after which
they discussed matters of interest
The members of the bowling team
got together on certain plans concern-
ing the Minneapolis trip while the
others talked mostly shop.

W. H. DUCKHAM
Superintendent Competitive Exhibition

these stands are increasing in number
and likely soon to contribute to the
formation of flower marts on the Eu-
ropean plan.

The New York show will afford visi-
tors an opportunity of judging between
the skill of the practical florists of
some of the foremost nations of the
world, and this of itself will be a feature
of the exhibition that will be certain to
attract great attention. The United
States, compared with France, Ger-
many and Holland, is rather young in
the art of flower development, but it
has probably made more rapid strides
than any other nation in this respect
during the last twenty-flve years. For
this it is indebted largely to the splen-
did work of the horticultural societies,
to the skill displayed in public gar-
dens and parks, and to the modest yet
effective achievements of the green-
house men, who are themselves repre-
sentative of all the nations. The in-
ternational exhibition should have the
good effect of giving floriculture in the
United States a new impetus. Doubt-
less this country has much to learn in
return for all it may be able to teach
the participants of sister nations in the
Grand Central Palace show.

— Boston Christian Science Monitor.

Chakles H. Totty

Oliairman Local Governing Board and In-
ternational Flower Show Committee.

ment. All florists' clubs in the coun-
try having a Publicity Committee and
having appointed a representative to
membership in this National Commit-
tee should see that a representative
is in attendance.

W. R. PlEKSON,

Representative of tlie Publicity Committee
of the New York Florists' Club.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON.

Richard Vincent, Jr., was a guest of
the Florists' Club at the regular
monthly meeting. Mr. Vincent was
well received and was called upon for
a few remarks regarding the Minne-
apolis Convention. He gave a very
interesting account of what is to be
expected and suggested a trip by water
from this city to Boston and thence
via the Great Lakes with the Boston
aggregation. The expense incident to
the trip according to Mr. Vincent
would not exceed that of the through
rail trip. He expressed a desire to
see ail present at Minneapolis at the
proper time.

Regarding the New York Show he

Thomas Roland
International Flower Show Committee.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL-
PHIA.

A feature of the monthly meeting
held on the 1st inst. was a splendid
vase of the grand white carnation,
Matchless, exhibited by the Pennock-
Meehan Co. In form this is a rather
loose flower like Prosperity, but
charming in outline, and a flower to
send the artistic soul into raptures.
It is claimed that it will produce 20
per cent, more per square foot than
any other variety at present grown.
Mr. Teylinjen gave a talk on Darwin
tulips. Charles E. Meehan .gave an in-
teresting account of his trip to the
West Indies and Panama. The trans-
portation committee to arrange for the
convention trip next August was an-
nounced by President Thilow: John
Westcott, George Watson, Edward
Reid, Dennis T. Connor, and Charles
E. Meehan.

The new retailers' club applied for
accommodations. Mr. Rust told them
that the regular charge for a meeting
was $15. Robert Craig moved that
they be allowed to meet for nothing—
at the convenience of the house com-
mittee.

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April 5, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
. CHICAGO.

The spring exbibition of the Horti-
cultural Society of Chicago opened
very auspiciously, Tuesday, April 1st.
The number and quality of the ex-
hibits were considered satisfactory to
the officers and executive committee
and at this writing the first day of the
five closes with every prospect of a
successful, if not the most successful,
spring fiower show yet given. There
were some disappointments. The space
in the Art Institute is always limited
to do full justice to the exhibitions,
and this year two rooms usually used
are not available, being occupied by
the International exhibit by Cubist and
Futurist artists. This exhibit, by the
way, seemed to offer a rival attraction
and a more hilarious audience was al-
ways found there. The parks did not
respond so generously as heretofore,
Lincoln Park alone sending a group of
plants. The fact that the opening day
was election day and therefore a holi-
day caused the Art Institute to be
open to the public. Wednesday and
Saturdays are always free days, so out
of the five days but two brought ad-
mission fees. Evenings will help out
in this, however. A flower booth in
charge of Miss L. A. Tonner was well
patronized.

The grand marble stairway was dec-
orated just enough with palms and half
way up was a large group of lilies. At
the head of the stairs the orchestra
was stationed and in the rooms beyond
the retailers gave full evidence of ar-
tistic ideas of decorating. A notice-
able one in this group was that done
by the E. Wienhoeber Co. showing a
wedding decoration. Still further to
the south were the groups of bulbous
plants and these exhibits would be
hard to excel. Frank Oechslin had
sixteen entries, fifteen of them consist-
ing of ten-inch pans and one large bed
of single plants of 100 or more. The
finest bulbs in Holland were sent to Mr.
Oechslin for forcing for this show.
August Jurgens and Vaughan's Seed
Store also had fine displays in bulbous
plants. A large group of flowering
shrubs containing lilacs, weigelia, vir-
burnum. spiraeas, prunus, etc., showed
up well on the main floor. A very
conspicuous group of 200 rambler rose
plants, most of them tall and well
trained, occupied one of the main
rooms. These were exhibited by the
Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa-
tion. This firm showed a novelty in
the form of a group of potted sweet
peas trained about wire netting six feet
tall, and some fine specimen plants of
S. A. Nutt geranium, four feet in diam-
eter and well in bloom.

The new varieties of hydrangeas
added much in the way of color, their
beautiful shades of pink and the deep
blues of the French varieties being
very striking and attractive. There
were some unusually good specimens of
rhododendrons, azaleas, lilac and Jap-
anese maple.

The judges were Emil Buettner, Park
Ridge, 111.; August Koch, Chicago; E.
0. Orpet, Lake Forest, 111.

Tuesday was Rose Day and entries
were made by Geo. Wittbold Co., Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Wletor Bros, and
Wendland & Keimel, but at this writ-
ing the awards were not complete. A
vase of Milady rose sent by A. N.
Plerson of Cromwell, Conn., arrived In

April 10 at the Union Restaurant, West
Randolph street.

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. 4

A little newspaper advertising is a
mighty good thing. More of It is
much better. The daily newspaper
goes into thousands of homes and
has a tremendous pulling power.
In the retail business the news-
paper is the advance agent that
goes ahead and creates the desire.
Everyone knows newspaper adver-
tising is one of the greatest forces
in the business world today. Such
advertising Is cumulative and
builds for the future, as well as
produces results for the present.
No man can do a large retail busi-
ness without it. The great trouble
with some men is that they think
newspaper advertising is good for
the other fellow, but would not do
in their particular case. Many ad-
vertisers have lost out because they
got cold feet and quit before the
results could reach them. A little
persistency would have won out.
Women are especially great read-
ers of newspaper ads. Most women
would rather read news of some
good rousing sale, than anything
else in the paper.

The business man who omits his
advertising from the paper for a
week or so because he thinks by
so doing he is saving, is as unwise
as the merchant who would close
his store on certain days because
business was dull.
The man who takes it for granted
that everyone knows him because
he has been established so many
years, and occasionally does a little
advertising, is simply fooling him-
self and giving his competitors the
chance they want. Take nothing
for granted but keep pegging away,
advertising every day in the year.
Persistent advertising is like a
clock — keeps ticking all the time.
Of course, you are not constantly
looking at the clock, but when you
want to know the time, you would
not think of looking anywhere else.
Same with persistent floral adver-
tisements— when you want to buy
flowers you look at the ad. — and
if you can't find it, it's just like
missing the clock.

splendid condition and were much ad-
mired.

Henry Wild of Greenwich, Conn., lec-
tured before the Mass. Horticultural
Society, March 29th, on "The Making
of a Country Estate." This was the
closing lecture of the series of 1912-13
and was one of the most practical and
interesting in the whole list.

The St. Louis Florist Club meets
Thursday afternoon April 10 in Odd
Fellows' Building. The trustees will
see to it that all those who attend will
be well repaid. Secretary Beneke says
he has arranged with F. X. Gorley to
read a paper on his experience with
telegraph delivery orders, which should
be interesting.

The Engelman Botanical Club meets
next week Saturday at 3 P. M. at
Shaw's Garden. This meeting will be
known as the meeting of the Cycads.
Dr. G. R. Hill will lecture on Fossil
Cycads; J. R. Schrann on Relation of
Cycads to other plants and G. H. Pring
on Geographical Distribution, Growing
and Garden Collections of Cycads.

The Retail Florists' Association of
St. Louis held its meeting last week
Wednesday at the Washington Hotel
with a general talk on Easter business.
After the business session the mem-
bers sat down to a fine spread. While
the inner-man was being refreshed a
collection was taken up for the fiood
sufferers and a good sum was realized.

Brock's Club of Salesmen, connected
with Joseph Breck & Sons, Corpora-
tion, held their regular bi-monthly
meeting and dinner at the Quincy
House, Boston, on the evening of March
29. A. E. Robinson, manager of the
Breck-Robinson nurseries of Lexing-
ton, gave an interesting lecture on
nursery work, illustrated by many fine
views. William Downs, superintendent
of the E. S. Webster estate. Chestnut
Hill, gave a talk on "Care of Green-
houses." Thos. J. Grey gave some
pleasant reminiscences. Breck's or-
chestra of six pieces, John Russell,
leader, furnished music. Thirty-five
members were present. James T. Car-
roll presided.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.
The next regular meeting of the Chi-
cago Florists' Club will be held on

The regular monthly meeting of the
Cook County Florists' Association was
held at The Tavern, Chicago, on
Thursday, March 27. After routine
business and installation of officers
A. C. Zvolanek gave a very interesting
talk on "Sweet Peas." Many beautiful
specimens were on exhibition, grown
by Herman Wehrman of Maywood. As
a general subscription, this Associa-
tion turned over to the relief fund for
fiood sufferers in Ohio and Indiana
$101.60. President A. C. Kohlbrand
appointed a number of committees,
the chairman of each respectively be-
ing as follows: Publicity, Peter Pear-
son; Good of the Club. Walter Scott;
Membership. Geo. Wienhoeber; Trans-
portation, A. Miller; Sports and Pas-
times, .\. J. Zech.

April 5, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

511

OUTDOOR ROSES

A PAPER READ BEFORE THE NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ON MARCH 15 BY EDWIN JENKINS.

(Continued /rom page 4^j )

Planting.
I shall assume that you make your
own choice of varieties, consulting
some good nurseryman's catalogue or
some of the later standard works upon
roses, getting the number of plants to
suit your garden and the colors to
suit your taste. But I should like to
make an appeal on behalf of a few of
the old-time favorites such as the
beautiful moss rose, the cabbage or
Provence rose, the Damask rose, and
the old Persian Yellow, the yellowest
of yellow roses. These are but a few
of the roses of another day which are
well worthy of a place in every rose
garden both for the fond remem-
brances they bring back to most of us
and for their intrinsic beauty. Nor
■would the garden be complete without
some of the fine Rugosa hybrids of
which Conrad Ferdinand Meyer is the
prince, and then there is the newer
Irish single roses of Dickson's of
which Irish Elegance is perhaps the
best, but I promised to leave the se-
lection of varieties to the grower and
will do so. When stock is procurable
■ in autumn, roses planted at that time
will thrive better the following sum-
mer than spring-planted stock will, so
if possible plant in the autumn. But
whether planting in spring or autumn
the ground should be moderately dry
and the day to be ideal should be cool,
cloudy and still. If the plants are on
their own roots there will be no trou-
ble from suckers and shallow planting
will be all right, but it is advisable to
plant budded or grafted stock so that
the union is two to three inches below
ground for by so doing we lessen the
trouble from suckers and keep the
graft in better condition. The dis-
tance apart to plant will depend upon
the variety, whether it is a strong or
a weak grower, and upon this the
planter should inform himself before
planting. About three feet would be
the extreme distance for the strong-
est growers and eighteen inches to
two feet for the weaker ones. Prune
back the tops to three or four good
buds and likewise trim out any
bruised or broken roots, and if there
are any large, coarse roots, these
should be shortened, as it will help
to the formation of smaller fibrous
roots. Make the hole for each plant
large enough to lay out the roots all
. around and in replacing the soil do not
be afraid to tramp it till it is firm;
that is, providing it is in the proper

condition for planting, not too wet.
Amateurs are very apt to fail in this
particular matter of thoroughly firm-
ing the soil.

Pruning.
To the unprofessional rosarian
pruning seems the most perplexing
problem, but if the object and princi-
ples of pruning are once thoroughly
grasped, then ordinary common sense
will make its application to suit the
varying conditions a more or less sim-
ple matter. The object of pruning
roses is, first, a rejuvenation of the
plant, getting new wood; next, the
removal of weak or superfluous
branches so as to throw all the plants'
energy into the remaining growths,
and to let in a maximum of air and
light. Personally, I believe that there
is something in mutilation that tends
to produce floriferousness, but this is
merely a hypothesis, and is given for
what it is worth. There are certain
rules, however, which may be laid
down in regard to pruning of outdoor
roses; not hard and fast rules, but
rules susceptible of modification. One
of these rules is that the weaker grow-
ers should be pruned back harder
than the stronger growing ones. A
few good buds of last season's growth
left annually may be taken as a guide
for pruning the weak growers, but if
the very strong ones, such as Mar-
garet Dickson, for Instance, were
treated this way we should get but
few flowers and exceedingly thick,
strong wood. The way to treat these
is to shorten back the longest growths
by a foot or two and then tie or peg
them down, hence the reason for al-
lowing lots of room for these when
planting. Should too many buds on
these long stems start into groyth so
that they look like crowding one an-
other, just practice a little judicious
thinning. Of course, there are inter-
mediate growers between the very
strongest and the very weakest, these
must be treated accordingly. The
climbing and rambling type of roses
require very little pruning, except for
the removal of dead or decaying wood,
and after flowering in summer the old
flower growths may be removed ad-
vantageously; in fact, much may be
done with roses as well as fruit trees
by a little careful summer pruning, es-
pecially in removing old flowering
wood. In pruning, try to cut back to
a bud on the outside of the shoot so
that the coming growth will be out-
ward and not inward, and always try
to make a nice clean cut close to the
bud, so that there will be no ugly spur
sticking up. which can not heal over,
and which will surely die back to the
injury of the plant.

Propagation.
The propagation of roses is fortu-
nately a very easy matter. Budding,
grafting, layering, seeds and cuttings
are the several means employed. Most

of the hardy roses which come from
Europe are budded or grafted on the
dog rose stock or else the Manetti,
while in America a great many are
grown from cuttings, on their own
roots. I shall not attempt any de-
tailed account of the methods of bud-
ding and grafting roses as those who
would learn this, had better consult
some of the standard works on roses
where very plain Illustrations will be
found, which will be far more helpful
than any words from me would be.
Cuttings from growing wood may be
put in sand through the summer in a
cold frame with a northern exposure,
and if kept shaded and well watered
will root freely enough. The best
shading is a piece of cheese-cloth
tacked to a frame of wood to fit
where the sash ordinarily flts. Cut-
tings should be about four or five
inches long and have one or two
leaves on; it is well to make a nice
clean cut near a bud at the bottom.
Cuttings of dormant wood put in flats
of sand and set in a cool greenhouse
will root through the winter and grow
away when spring comes. Layering
consists in taking a shoot and making
a slit in it, cutting it part way through,
then bending it to the ground and
burying it two to three inches deep
at the point where the cut is made.
After a while roots will be emitted at
the cut and when these roots have
made some growth the layer might be
entirely cut from the parent plant and
transplanted. Propagation by seed is
only resorted to for the purposes of
raising new varieties or for raising the
various wild stocks for grafting and
budding.

Insect Enemies.

The competitive spirit has been pre-
viously referred to as one of the prom-
inent characteristics of human nature,
and the rose grower is engaged dur-
ing the growing season in another
kind of competition — a competition to
see whether the various beetles, cater-
pillars, aphis and mites shall have the
lion's share of the roses, or not. How-
ever, it has been said that difficulties
are made to be overcome and the en-
thusiastic rosarian will engage these
enemies as they appear, and with vigi-
lance and care will emerge victorious.
Aphis, or greenfly or green louse is so
well known that a description is un-
necessary. As soon as any of these
are seen on the plant, and they are
generally found on the growing tips,
measures should immediately be taken
for their eradication as they
are extremely prolific. One author-
ity tells us that one aphis may
become in five generations the pro-
genitor of nearly six thousand millions
of descendants. I confess that I have
not verified this statement by actual
count, but my observation of their pos-
sibilities of increase have shown me
that it is wise to lose no time in set-
ting about their destruction. Fumiga-
tion being impracticable outside, our
remedy must be a spray of some soap
and tobacco compound of which there

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are a number in the market. Aphine,
an American remedy and X L All, an
English preparation, are both excel-
lent for this purpose. Thrips are a
great deal more troublesome on the
rambler type of rose than on the other
kind. It is large white thrips which
causes the yellow, sickly appearance
in rambler foliage which is only too
common. The same remedies will de-
stroy thrips as are recommended tor
aphis. Red spiders are sometimes
troublesome on the outdoor roses, but
if the hose is within reach and they
be thoroughly and forcefully syringed
on the underside of the leaves, the
spider will be easily controlled. The
rose bug or beetle is a rather dis-
gusting and a very difficult pest to
control, and if they are not too nu-
merous, handpicking is at once the
simplest and most efficient means of
destroying them, as they easily fall
off. A sheet may be spread on the
ground and the bushes shaken over
it. After gathering the beetles this
way they may be destroyed by burn-
ing or by putting them in kerosene.
Most of the different caterpillars
which prey upon the foliage of the
rose may be killed by spraying with
arsenate of lead, one pound to ten
gallons of water. This is a safe and
effective spray for all the biting in-
sects, and the wise thing to do is to
spray early and spray several times
through the summer on the principle
that prevention is better than cure.
Remember that you are dealing with
two kinds of insects; biting, such as
the beetles and caterpillars, and suck-
ing insects such as aphis and thrips,
for those that eat the leaves use a
poison like arsenate of lead and for
those that suck the juices of the plant
use tobacco and soap sprays. The
larvae of the June bug, a large white
grub that spends three years in the
soil before emerging as the full-fledged
bug, sometimes does serious damage
by feeding upon the roots of roses and
should you find out that they are
working at the roots or that there are

SUMMER BEDDING IN LORING PARK, MINNEAPOLIS.

i-'rnamental Grasses and Subtropical fuliage.

many In the beds, make holes about
a toot apart and four or five inches
deep and pour a spoonful of bisulphide
of carbon into each hole, covering it
up quickly so that the gas will diffuse
all through the soil.

Fungoid Diseases,
Mildew is naturally the first of
these to come to mind and is perhaps
the worst. Sulphur dusted over the
foliage with a bellows is one of the
commonest remedies, but liver of sul-
phur, one ounce dissolved in ten gal-
lons of water and sprayed on the
foliage, is by far away the best, both
as a cure and as a preventive. Black
spot and orange fungus are both very
destructive at times, for which the
liver of sulphur is the best remedy

SUMMER BEDDING IN LORING PARK, MINNEAPOLIS.

Mixed Borders of Cannas, Cladioli. etc.

known to me. But cleanliness and
general good cultivation are among the
best preventives for nearly all dis-
eases.

Winter Protection.

Most of the roses require some de-
gree of winter protection if grown,
say north of Philadelphia. The climb-
ing roses will come through the aver-
age winter if a few evergreen branch-
es are tied over them to keep the sun
from them. But the Teas, hybrid teas,
and hybrid perpetuals must have
something more, especially to protect
them from the ravages of field mice,
which cause great destruction in some
places by gnawing all the bark away
for three or four inches near the base.
The only way to prevent this as far
as I know, is the banking of some
soil or manure suflSciently high, so
that even if the mice eat the plant
above there will be enough wood left
to start again. The protection that
this soil or manure affords is that
freezing hard, the mice are kept away
from so much of the plant as Is cov-
ered. Beyond this, evergreen branches
or any coarse litter will answer for
further covering. But any very tender
roses had better be bent over and en-
tirely covered with soil. You will
note that I have made no special men-
tion of standard roses. The treatment
of these will be the same as the
others, the only difference being that
they will require more elaborate win-
ter protection. Grafted on rugosa
stocks, they may, with great care, be
laid over and buried with soil. If this
is not possible a good covering with
straw bound around them and sup-
ported by a stout stake will do.

The successful grower of roses
must be an optimist, as there is much
to contend with, but the reward is
commensurate with the effort, and as
Dean Hole so beautifully expresses it:
"He who would have beautiful roses
in his garden must have beautiful
roses in his heart. He must love them
well and always."

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BALM IN GILEAD.

Robert Craig is among tiie "silver
locks" now; yet liis smile and his an-
swer is as free and frank as ever. He
sees nothing in the recent decision of
the Supreme Court except the rout
of the lawyers and schemers! The
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
still stands on solid ground. They go
right back now to the William Schaef-
fer will.

All that the building syndicate has
to sell is an unexpired lease of eleven
years. The past nineteen years of the
same lease — debit side. Why should
anyone pay them anything for the
eleven years to run? Nothing to it.
We are told that Rudolph Ellis and
others working with him, are trying
to mix things up and get control of
the property for little or nothing. It
looks as if the Supreme Court deci-
sion has put a quietus on all that. The
only thing that could help them would
be the death of the P. H. S. But Miss
SchaefEer, surviving legatee, took care
of that. Philadelphia Hospital — which
means City of Philadelphia — becomes
then the reversionary.

The proper course for the trustees
under the Schaeffer will to pursue is
to put the society out of the money-
making class. Run the property as a
pure and simple institution for pro-
moting horticulture. The city ought
to endow it. but if it won't, get private
people to do so. At the least the city
should not exact taxation from a non-
mercantile institution.

Frank Miles Day did some most
beautiful things. The Art Club Build-
ing for one. But he never did a finer
thing than Horticultural Hall. Fred-
erick Phillips said to me one day as
we walked down Broad street, "Stop!
I love to gaze on it a while. The
loveliest and most charming structure
in the whole world. Rome, Athens, the
East. Here we have it — the apotheo-
sis; and mighty few Philadelphians
have the sense to see it."

I thoroughly agreed with Mr. Phil-
lips. Not only that, but I appeal to
Mr. Craig to see to it that Horticul-
tural Hall — the Prank Miles Day mas-
terpiece— is held for all time for the
■city — like another Independence Hall.

Ways and means can be found.
Prominent newspaper men 1 have
talked to are thoroughly in sympathy.
Men like them are trained to sense
public opinion. Public opinion is the
thing that makes us do things. When
everyobdy in a community wants a
thing — they get together and its done.

All things considered, the best thing
to do with the Horticultural Society
is to put it on a purely educational
iDasis and demand not a fine In the
shape of taxation from the city, but
an endowment to help it carry on the
good work it has been doing for near-
ly one hundred years.

And I, for one, have faith in the
good sense and good judgment of Rob-
ert Craig to feel that he will use that
wonderful personality of his in per-
suading the trustees to do exactly as
William Schaeffer said they should do
with the property — neither to sell it
nor to mortgage it.

CATTLEYA X A. DIMMOCK.

A few weeks ago we published a pic-
ture of the beautiful Cattleya Mossise
A. Dimmock, but, unfortunately, found
out too late that we had our descrip-
tion of it confused with some notes on
C. X A. Dimmock. Before making the
proper correction we waited until we
could secure a photograph of the lat-
ter. This we have now received through
the kindness of Mr. Clement Moore of

Hackensack, N. J., at whose place this
interesting hybrid was raised, and an
engraving therefrom appears herewith.
Cattleya x Alfred Dimmock is a
cross between C. aurea and a very fine
form of C. Lawrenceana. The color is
intense and in size the fiowers are
midway between Aurea and Lawrence-
ana. The plant is a vigorous, almost
rampant, grower and promises to be a
very free bloomer.

Of course, if another syndicate

comes along and wants to lease the
building under conditions — that's a
different thing. We would much
rather see the city take the matter up.
And don't forget that the "city" means
you and me and Jim and Sue and
every one of us. We get in the habit
of thinking, "Well, the city ought to
do it." and forget that ourselves and
others like us make the city, and the
compelling force must come from us
in the first place.

The interior arrangements of the
hall are just as beautiful, poetical and
artistic as the outside. No change
should be made on them. They are
a dream of beauty in every way.

Geo. C. Watson.

Philadelphia, Pa.

The April meeting of the Indiana
State Florists' Association will be held
with W. Frank & Sons. Portland, in-
stead of at Anderson, Ind., with Stuart
& Haugh, as previously announced.

SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN.

We were wandering around that very
attractive North London park, pre-
sented to the inhabitants by Sir Syd-
ney Waterlow some years ago and
called by his name when we came
across an old-fashioned herbaceous gar-
den, the occupants of which were near-
ly done for, so far as the year 1912
was concerned. It is intersected by
cross-paths and at the corner of the
junction we read a tablet upon which
appears the following:

"This garden contains the herbs and
garden plants mentioned in Shakes-
peare's works."

The reader will observe it does not
say "all" or "some" but simply "the"
herbs and garden plants. Now if we
take Beisley's "Shakespeare's Garden"
we shall find, excluding trees and
shrubs, probably more than fifty herbs
and garden plants. Canon Ellacombe
in "The Plant Lore and Garden Craft
of Shakespeare," gives as many or
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his index, and Leo H. Grindon in "The
Shakespeare's Flora" certainly men-
tions a far greater number, it the total
of vegetable productions referred to by
the great English poet were all taken
into account. In some one way it is a
pity that this Shakespeare garden is
not one by itself, but we must take it
as we found it. Among the numerous
occupants passing into decay there
were many of the ordinary summer
occupants of our modern gardens
struggling in their last effort to make
a show. We did not trouble to ask
ourselves if these were Shakespeare's
flowers for they were tallied with long
white labels that the English gardener
commonly employs.

But what we did notice was another
type of label, a little green-painted
square tablet with the word "Shakes-
peare" painted on the top. Then be-
neath that the common name of the
plant with its Latin equivalent. We
may of course have missed some but
when our search was over we came to
the conclusion that the so-called
Shakespeare garden was Just a little
pretentious if not actually misleading.
This is what we found there:

Heath (Erica carnea).

Hyssop (Hyssopus oflBcinalis).

Rosemary (Rosmarinus offlcinalis).

Pansy (Viola tricolor).

Daisy (Bellis perennis).

Heath (Erica yulgaris).

Anemone (Anemone nemprosa).

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris).

Gillyflower (carnation).

Lark's-heel (Delphinium ajacis).

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis Brewerii).

Cowslip (Primula offlcinalis).

Violet (Viola odorata).

Camomile (Anthemis nobilis).

Oxlip (Primula elatlor).

Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus).

Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris).

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

Poppy (Papaver somniferum).

Parsley (Petroselinum sallvum).

Rue (Ruta sraveolcus).

Mandrake (Mandragora autumnalis).

Mint (Mentha viridis).

This, as far as we could see, was all
there were. There may have been
others but if so they were not distin-
guished by the special label and it oc-
curred to us that there would not have
been much diflBculty in enlarging the
number if there were any necessity for
having a Shakespeare garden at all.
If only intended as a curiosity — well
there it Is.

C. Harman Pa'tne.

PRIMROSES AS ROCKERY PLANTS.

Hfds of Hardy Primroses in the Rock Garden, Goodwin Estate, Hartford. Conu.

PROPAGATING FERNS.

Multiplication of ferns is effected in
several ways, depending principally
upon the types. Propagation by spores
Is the most general. By this method
consideration must be given to the
preparation of the soil. Most soils
contain the lowest forms of plant life,
such as mosses, liverworts, and the
various confervoid growths, which veg-
etate as quickly as the spores of the
ferns and thereby choke the prothallus
In Its early stages, and these must be
eliminated by sterilization. Loam and
leaf mold in equal parts with some
finely broken brick, make an Ideal
mixture. Shallow pans are most con-
venient to use. They should be thor-
oughly drained with either broken pots
or cinders, and these covered with a
layer of sphagnum. The pans are then

filled to within one-half inch of the top
with the mixture and pressed down
firmly and smoothly. A thorough wat-
ering should then be given by Im-
mersing the pans up to their rims in
a vessel of water, allowing them to
drain off for an hour or so before sow-
ing. The spores should then be
sprinkled thinly and evenly on the sur-
face, for, if crowded, the prothallia
are very liable to dampen off. The
pans are then plunged in sand or fine
ashes, in a shaded section of the prop-
agating frame, where the atmospheric
conditions may be controlled to a
great extent. Cover the pans with
panes of glass tilted to one side to
avoid the drip from the condensed
moisture on the glass.

Great care must be taken in moist-
ening the soil in order to insure suc-
cess. If it is allowed to become too
dry it means absolute failure in the
germination of the fern spores; there-
fore, great caution will have to be
used by the grower, especially during
the periods of heavy firing that we
experience at this season. Keeping
the plunging material damp between
the pans will usually supply the neces-
sary moisture, but if the soil in the
pans should show the least signs of
becoming dry, take them out and water
from the bottom by standing them in
a bucket or other vessel containing
three or four inches of water and leav-
ing them there until thoroughly
soaked.

When the prothallia develop into
very minute plants — a stage that var-
ies considerably with different ferns in

the time taken to reach it — the glass
covers may be removed to harden the
seedlings before pricking off. A few
days later, prick off into other pans
filled with similar soil. They may
then be watered with a fine rose. Keep
a close watch for slugs, as they have a
wonderful appetite for young fern
fronds.

Many failures in germinating some
of the rare kinds of ferns may be at-
tributed to harvesting the spores at
the wrong time. The fronds should
be examined at frequent intervals
when they are about to ripen and with
the aid of a hand magnifying glass
when it is seen that the cases are
about to burst or when the sori begin
to turn brown, cut off the frond and
place between two sheets of white pa-
per to dry. In a few days the spores'
will have fallen from the frond; if not,
rub gently between the fingers and
they will become released.

Several species of Pteris are easily
raised from spores; among them are
P. cretica albo-lineata, P. tremula, P.
quadriaurita.

Many species of Adiantum vegetate
very rapidly from spores. Crytomium
falcatum and C. Fortunei, used exten-
sively for decorating purposes, are
raised from spores, as are also Lomar-
ia gibbi and L. ciliata, and many others
too numerous to mention.

Other methods of propagation are
by division of crowns and rhizomes.
The viviparous ferns are increased by
sinking the pots up to their rims in a
suitable mixture of soil, so that the
fronds provided with the bulbils are
easily pegged down and encouraged to
make roots quickly. When a sufficient
supply of roots are made to self-sup-
port the plantlets, they may be sepa-
rated from the frond and potted sep-
arately into small pots.

RICHARD J. HAYDEN.

April 5, 1913

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EDUCATION FOR GARDENERS AND FLORISTS

An address delivered before the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, Nov. 12, 1912, by Prof. E.

Amherst.

A. White,

The American people have now
reached a point where they are de-
manding vocational education for their
children. We hear it along all lines,
and the trend seems to be in the right
direction. Education today is very dif-
ferent from what it was in my boyhood
days and as I hear the young people
preparing their lessons it seems to me
that my own school days would have
been brightened and my interest in-
tensified if I could have been given
similar methods. Education is not now
given in the abstract. It is concrete,
precise and along those definite lines
which touch the pupil's lives closely.
In all of the larger cities technical
high schools and manual training
schools are established to teach boys
and girls those subjects which have a
vital bearing on their lite work. The
day of the American apprentice is rap-
idly passing and the broadly educated
skilled mechanic is the consequence.

The average American farmer of the
last century would be considered to-
day the uneducated man. As a rule he
attended school in his boyhood and

young manhood long enough to obtain
a fair knowledge of the three "R's" but
it was not considered essential that he
become proficient in the higher
branches of learning in order to suc-
cessfully till the soil. Doubtless this
was true and many of our ancestors
were able to derive a good living from
the farm. Times have changed, how-
ever; population has increased, com-
petition has increased and discoveries
have been made in all branches of
science. The farmer of fifty years ago
would find himself incapable of com-
peting with the methods demanded in
scientific agriculture of today. The
farmers of the present have been
quick to appreciate the need of educa-
tion along scientific lines and the agri-
cultural colleges have larger enroll-
ments than ever in their history.

But education along agricultural
lines for the farmers' boys is not now
confined to the curricula of agricul-
tural colleges. Students of education
have come to realize that there is a
demand and a need for instruction
along these lines for the boy and girl
who cannot go to college and who can
spend but the minimum amount of
time in high school. Therefore instead
of teaching the so-called higher

branches of learning in rural high
schools, distinctly agricultural topics
have been inserted in the curricula of
many of these schools which have al-
ready given splendid results.

But what of the need of better edu-
cational facilities for the boys and
young men who are to become the
American florists of the future? Let
us take a brief glance at the history of
the industry. It has been hardly sev-
enty-five years since the business be-
gan to assume any considerable Im-
portance in the United States and it
has been only within very recent years
that the industry has developed along
broad business principles. The day of
the general commercial grower is pass-
ing and the specialist is the prominent
florist of today. The owner of large
enterprises, or manager of the same,
however, must not be limited to a
specialty, but must have a broad gen-
eral knowledge of all branches of the
industry. Competition was never
greater than at the present time, the
margin of profits has decreased and
the business now demands men trained
to the fullest extent of their intellec-
tual ability.

As in general farming the flower
growers are coming slowly to realize
that theirs is a distinct profession, as
definite and important as the profes-

AT THE-

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NEW YORK CITY

Visit Horticulture's Stand, where copies of this issue may be had and where
subscriptions and advertisements will be received during the time of the Inter-
national Flower Show, April 5 to 1 2 inclusive.

i To Exhibitors — A Word of Caution

I Read the Schedule carefully and note specially when and what dates different
f sections and divisions are to be staged. All staging must be concluded by noon of

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sion of medicine or law. The business
world demands "captains of industry"
to conduct large operations. These
men are of necessity broadly educated.
Many of our florist establishments are
passing from the "small mill" stage
Into the huge factory with its many
departments of specialized labor. The
florist of the future must be the pro-
gressive man, the educated man, who
can supervise and direct these large
enterprises.

While it is true that many men de-
velop an aptitude for business without
special training, history has shown
that those most successful are the edu-
cated men. Many times this educa-
tion has been self-acquired and has
come after long years of patient labor,
but it has nevertheless been essential
for the success of the individual.

Frequently it is said that there are
no good American florists. The men
who have been the most successful
have received their preparation
through a period of apprenticeship and
training in England, Germany, or some
other European country. I do not in
the least question the splendid impetus
these men have given the industry and
skill which they have shown, but I
think that the time has come when
the sons of these men and the sons of
American-born florists should have
even better educational facilities and
training in this country than can be
obtained abroad.

America boasts of her splendid edu-
cational systems, and it is true that
along many lines there are no better
methods of teaching in the world than
are found in our public and private
schools and colleges. There has been
an effort to furnish those branches in
the curricula of educational Institu-
tions which meet a demand. That there
are not better schools in which to
train gardeners and florists seems to
be not so much the fault of the institu-
tions as the fault of the people. We
have not made the demand for voca-
tional training for our sons along this
line of work.

Horticulture was formerly consid-
ered to deal principally with the grow-
ing of plants and to Include mostly
those grown for ornamentation or for
table use. As we understand the sub-
ject today it is much broader in its
scope; so broad in fact that few indi-
viduals can expect to acquire a thor-
ough knowledge of all Its many
branches. There are departments of
forestry, landscape gardening, market
gardening, fruit culture and floricul-
ture.

As has already been stated, this has
come to be an age of specialization,
and in order to become a specialist one
must be trained in some deflnite
branch of plant growing so that he
knows more about that particular crop
and can produce better results in its
culture than can anyone else.

However there is a danger and a
real danger that our gardeners and
florists become too narrow in their
knowledge of plant life through In-
tense specialization. There is prob-
ably no position which demands that a
man have a broader knowledge than
in the work of the private gardener.
Tco frequently he must not only be
well equipped in his knowledge of
plants, but he must know all about the
management of the live stock, the
cook, the butler, and even the cham-
bermaid. In the plant world he must
not confine his studies to ornamental
flower growing, but must be well
versed in the principles of fruit cul-
ture, vegetable growing and general
agriculture.

While, as has been said, the special-
ist is the important grower of the pres-
ent period, there is now and probably
always will be a class of men who do
a wholesale and retail business and
whose trade demands that they grow a
miscellaneous collection of plants.
Those doing the largest amount of
business either in a wholesale or retail
capacity will have their work so thor-
oughly organized that there will be a
series of important sections with the
special grower in charge of each sec-
tion. The owner himself, however,
cannot afford to be ignorant of how
the different departments should be
run, or to be dependent upon his grow-
er for his information. His education
and experience must of necessity have
been broad in order to successfully

manage the business. The man who
personally constructs his own range,
arranges the heating system, propa-
gates and grows his miscellaneous
crops and markets the same success-
fully must of necessity be a man with
a well developed intellect in order to
successfully compete in the business
world.

So \\e see that it is not sufficient
therefore, that we have our schools of
general horticulture, although these
are necessary for the training of the
best equipped "all-round" men; it is
not sufficient that we have our divi-
sions of these horticultural schools in-
to departments of floriculture, market
gardening, and the like, although they
are essential for training general grow-
ers. There is a need in America today
for definite and extended courses in
tlie growing of conservatory plant.T for
the young man who is to make the cul-
ture of these his life work; specl'.l
courses in rose growing, carnation
growing, orchid growing and the like,
also courses in the culture of outdoor
trees, shrubs and herbaceous perenni-
als. In other words, we should train
specialists as well as general growers.

In this connection it may be said
that the best training for a specialist
comes through his practical experience
in the range. Much is said in favor of
the apprentice system practised in the
older countries and I do not question
the value of this system for those
countries, but American conditions are
very different. There is no question In
my mind but what the best material
out of which to develop educated plant
growers and specialists comes from
those young men who have been
brought up in the actual work of the
range. However, a better knowledge
of science is developing daily and
these young men must be brought Into

FLOWER MARKET! SHOW^

ON Q APRIL 12th, 19131

The Boston Co-operative Flower Market

will hold an exhibition of all kinds of commercial flowers, plants and
floral designs. We expect this exhibition to exceed ail previous shows
which we have held and the premiums, amounting to over eight hundred
dollars, should induce strong competition. All flowers, plants and designs
should be staged and ready for the judges to pass on not later than 11
A. M., positively. The exhibition will close at 8 P. M.

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April 5, 1913

HORTICULTURE

517

intimate touch not alone with the or-
dinary details of the growing of plants,
but they must know the principles
which underlie the process of plant
breeding; they must know of the
micro-organisms at work in the soil
and the various chemical actions
which are going on in the soil and add
to its fertility and productiveness;
they must know the nature of the vari-
ous insects and diseases which prey on
plant lite, in order that they may suc-
cessfully combat these enemies. There-
fore, while the physical environment
of the plant has much to do with its
growth and development, a knowledge
of these factors alone is not sufficient
if one is to become a specialist.

In the Massachusetts Agricultural
College two years of the four required
are devoted to cultural and fundamen-
tal studies. There are few definitely
agricultural or horticultural studies be-
fore the junior year. The men then
elect their major subject and the in-
structor in charge of the course in
which they elect their major work acts
as an advisor regarding correlated sub-
jects which should be studied. In this
way the student gets a well-balanced
course. As an example, he elects flori-
culture as his major and his advisor
requires that he also take courses in
plant pathology, entomology, plant ma-
terials, soils and fertilizers, or chemis-
try. Each of these courses is given by
a man with special training, which fits
him for his work. In this way the man
graduates with a general knowledge of
all branches of floriculture. If he has
had several years of practical work in
a range of greenhouses before taking
his college course he derives better re-
sults, for he has a clearer insight into
his subject and can get much more out
of it. While this course turns out men
well equipped in fundamental studies
and in general principles of floricul-
tural knowledge, it does not, of course,
turn out specialists. Neither does it
turn out men who have mastered all
the details of the practical work. It
does, however, equip men with a splen-
did foundation on which to build a
strong life of service in the business.
If the men are to become specialists
this specialization must come later by
concentration on some one branch of
the industry and a determination to
master that branch in all its details.
This may be brought about partly by a
period of practical work on the special
branch in some large range where the
specialty is grown to its best perfec-
tion, but it seems to me that the great-
est benefit may be derived if this prac-
tical experience is later supplemented
by a period of graduate work at the
Agricultural College. I might say in
this connection that I am now consid-
ering a project with the head of the
graduate school whereby our gradu-
ates who go out into practical work
may return after a prescribed period
and after a supplementary scientific
study of their specialty be given the
degree of Master of Science in Flori-
culture.

But not everyone can afford to spend
four years or longer in study of funda-
mentals, nor is it for the best interests
of the industry that they should. To
meet the needs of these individuals,
the college now offers a special course
for men of mature years who have had
a high school training and who want
to devote a little time for special train-

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ing. These men come to the college
for one or two years and take special
work in those definite subjects in
which they are especially interested.
For the most part these same subjects
are given to the regular junior and
senior students. These men are given
no diploma or certificate. They come
only for what they can get out of the
courses offered.

Then again the college offers excep-
tional opportunities by a ten weeks"
short course during January, February
and the first of March when men may
come to the college to get in a con-
densed form in this short time much
that is given in the longer courses.
They meet men with kindred interests
and derive much benefit from an inter-
change of ideas. Practical men come
to the college for lectures on special
subjects and these men give to the
students many suggestions which their
experiences have proven to be valu-
able.

Then there are correspondence
courses in floriculture for those who
cannot leave their home duties. To
my mind these courses are of minor
importance, for my experience with
them has seemed to prove that this
subject does not lend itself to those
courses. The lectures, text books and
questions are sent out to the people
taking the courses, but in the majority
of cases these individuals do not take
suflacient time to read over the subject
matter and to transpose it into their
own language. They look up the an-
swers to the questions in the lectures
and text and answer them verbatim in
the words of the lecturer or the writer
of the text. It seems that the Individ-
ual gets little lasting benefit from such
a course.

I believe, however, that there is a
splendid opportunity for extension
work in floriculture along other lines.
Massachusetts is a state where the
industry ranks of major importance
and where the amount of capital in-
volved is considerable. I believe there
is room for one or two extension
schools of floriculture in this state and
I should like to see these started per-
haps in connection with some of the
horticultural societies in Boston or in
Western Massachusetts. The Connec-
ticut Valley is well cared for by the
Smith's Agricultural School and the
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Courses such as these would give the
industry a splendid impetus and they
would be the means of giving many
young men who are already engaged
in the business, on private estates, in
retail establishments and in commer-
cial ranges, a chance to learn much of

beneflt at a minimum expense of time
and money. What the industry needa
today is a higher grade of workman
and this will never come until the
young men have better chances for
learning the business. One of the most
prominent New Jersey growers told
me recently that he was convinced
that it paid him to employ a high qual-
ity of labor even at higher wages, and
I know for a fact that another large
corporation is employing men of this
grade as managers and foremen in the
different departments. Too frequently
men employed in the larger ranges get
training only in one or two branches
and therefore are not well balanced in
their development. They are special-
ists in the narrow sense of the word.
There is then again an unfortunate
opinion among some growers that it is
detrimental to their best interests for
young men to learn the secrets of their
success. As in every industry where
competition is keen, there are certain
methods which any grower may legiti-
mately keep to himself, but there is
much general information which might
be given to the younger generation
without injury in the least to the busi-
ness of any individual.

I believe it is up to the present gen-
eration of florists to expand and to
get out of narrow conservative ruts, it
there be such, and to give the coming
generation such a preparation for their
life work that the business will take
on new value and dignity because of
the increased mental vision of the men
engaged in it.

The gardeners and florists of today
are as a class broad-minded, progres-
sive men, but we who are bound up
heart and soul in the interests of the
Industry want the next generation to
go far ahead of the present in every
phase of the work.

THE BLOSSOM.

Only a little shrivelled seed —
It might be flower or grass or weed ;
Only a box of earth on the edge
Of a narrow, dust.v window ledge;
Only a few scant Summer showers.
Only a few clear, shining hours —
That was all. Yet God could make
Out of these, for a sick child's sake,
A blossom wonder as fair and sweet
As ever broke at an angel's f^eet.

Only a life of barren pain.
Wet with sorrowful tears of rain;
Warmed sometimes by a wandering gleam
Of Joy that seemed but a happy dream;
A life as common and brown and bare
As the box of earth in the window there.
Yet it bore at laast the precious i>loom
Of a perfect soul in a narrow room —
Pure as the snowy leaves that fold
Over the flower's heart of gold.

— Dr. Henry Van Dyke, In

Rural i^ozu Yorker.

518 HOETICULTUEE April 5, 191S

QUESTION

Where in all the world can you find a good commercial
White Gladiolus, from which you can cut a spike of
flowers and buds, measuring from three to four

ft. in length, without appreciable damage to the bulb ?

tk WkM^\tit^TW^ The variety "PEACE." Besides possessing all of the other
^% 1^ ^^ ff^ ^H Im attributes which combined make it the most valuable white

variety yet introduced, it also grows such a tall, stately
and strong plant, that no other white variety and few varieties of other colors will per-
mit the cutting of such long, perfect spikes without injury to the plant and bulb. This
feature alone more than doubles the value of this variety, as will be appreciated by
every grower of Gladioli for the market.

If you are interested in such varieties and wish to know more about them, write me,
or better still, try a few bulbs of "PEACE" and see for yourself. Better also try a few
bulbs of "WAR," companion of "PEACE." A deeper red, more brilliant or a larger
flower you have never seen. I will make no exception to any variety either of Domestic
or Foreign origin.

PEACE, large blooming bulbs, $2.00 per dozen; $100 per thousand
WAR, large blooming bulbs, $1.50 each; $15 per dozen

You should have my illustrated catalog, write for it

ARTHUR COWEE, Gladiolus Specialist

Cable Address, "Coweevale" Meadowvale Farms, BERLIN, N. Y.

I shall be glad t* s«e you at my Exhibit at the International Flower Show

VISIT

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Most extensive and comprehensive commercial
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A visit to New York is not complete without a
Side Trip to Rutherford. Frequent trains on the
Brie R. R., or via trolley from Hoboken.

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Rutherford, N. J.

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

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IF IN NCED OF ANYTHING IN HARDY PERENNIALS

50,000 Anemone Japonica

IVTOT the usual winter killed style, but strong plants, well established in three inch pots,

in a growing condition which will give quick results.
Every florist growing flowers for his retail sales should grow a block of these beautiful late
summer and fall flowering Anemones, which, besides making an attractive display, will
furnish an abundance of useful cut flowers which will be admired by everyone.

Per Per Per

doz. 100 1000

JAPONICA RUBRA. Beautiful rosy-red.. $1.00 ?7.00 $60.00

ALBA. A fine large snowy-white 1.00 7.00 60.00

QUEEN CHARLOTTE. Very I.Trge.

sllvery-plnk 1.00 7.00 60.00

ROSEA SCPEBBA. Very delicate, sUvery-

rcse 1.00 7.00 60.00

WHIRLWIND. Large semi-double, pure

white flowers 1.00 7.00 60.00

Per Per Per
doz. 100 1000

KRIEMHILDE (new). Scml-double, rose-
pink 1,50 10.00

LORELEY (new). A semi-double, bright

silvery-pink 1.50 10.00

GEANT BLANCHE. Largest single

glistening white 1.50 10.00

PRINCE HENRY. Large, very double,

deep rich pink 1.00 7.00 60.00

PCRPURINE (new). Semi-double, pur-
plish-rose 1.50 10.00

Our New Wholesale List has just been distributed and besides offering the most com-
plete, up-to-date list of Hardy Perennials of a quality to give the planter quick and satis-
factory results, also offers a most complete list of other seasonable stock in all lines. If
you have not received a copy please write for it.

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714 Chestnut Street

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H 0 K T I C U L T TJ R E

April 5, 1913

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Spring 1913

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SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION
Officers — President. Chas. N. Page,
Des Moines, la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsbarg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Mllford. Conn.; secretary and trens-
nrer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

Flood Damage,

There are rumors of considerable
damage having been done to the
stoclis of seedsmen in the flooded dis-
tricts of the west and to some extent
in New Yorli state. We are reliably
informed that H. W. Gordinier & Sons
of Troy have suffered a loss of several
thousands of dollars as a result of the
recent flooded condition of the Hudson
river. The loss was not so much in

seeds as in the general miscellaneous
stocks carried by a first-class seed
house, also — in this instance — damage
to feed, hay and grain in which this
firm are very extensive dealers. As
there was no insurance carried by the
house to protect them against loss by
water, whatever this may amount to
will be a dead loss.

Reports from Indiana, Ohio and Ken-
tucky while not as authentic as the
case just cited are doubtless more or
less well-founded. In Dayton and Co-
lumbus, the losses sustained by deal-
ers must have been considerable, to
say nothing of those suffered by
smaller concerns in the less important
towns. As soon as dealers are able 'o
take an inventory of their losses and
what they will require to carry them
through the season the wholesale
houses are likely to be quite heavily
drawn on for supplies. Probably by
another week the situation will have

sufficiently cleared up so that we can
get something like a reliable estimate

of losses.

Freakish Weather.
In the meantime the weather has
not been especially favorable and out-
side of the zone of flood and tornadoes,
there has been snow and wintry weath-
er which has seriously retarded active
operations and. while a few weeks
ago everyone was predicting an early
spring, it does not look quite so prom-
ising at this moment. However, as
there is very little frost in the ground
a few warm days will probably dry it
out sufficiently' to make early plowing
possible and. in fact, w.e have heard
of peas being planted in New England
within the past two weeks; the seeds
of some other hardy vegetables have
gone into the ground and, with favor-
able weather, farmers should be able to
market their early vegetables at an
earlier date than usual. It is all a

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60. See me at the Na-
tional Flower Show in New York.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

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to meet our friends at the International Flower Show.
Our booth will be on second floor. Samples of

GL.A.DIOL.I

and other Summer Flowering Bulbs that come up to the
-L.O\A/^EF9F'IE:i^D STA.IMC3A.F7I

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April 5, 1913

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This popular flowering plant is coming- into greater vogue than ever, not only as a
for house decoration, but also for cut flower purposes. Our strains of Gloxinias are
erect-flowering type, grown by a specialist in Europe.

Doz.
Blanche de Vera. White, rose-bordered. .$0.60

Defiance. Glittering crimson 60

Emperor William. Blue, white border... .60

Etuile de Feu. Carmine-red 60

Kaiser Frederick. Scarlet, white margin. .60

King of the Reds. Dark scarlet .60

Madame Helene. White, with violet crown. .60
Marquis de Feralto. White, red-bordered. .60
Mont Blanc. Snow-white 60

Having during the past season been requested to secure
some specially fine Gloxinias for exhibition purposes, we
have made arrangements with a noted Gloxinia specialist in
England to reserve for us some of the most distinct types.
The bulbs are not so large as the Named Varieties, but this
is a characteristic of most Erecta superbissima varieties.

BODDINGTON'S IDEAl PBIZE GIANT MIXED. Great
variety of superb colors.

CTCI/OPS. Velvety carmine, shading to a broad white bor-
der, throat dotted with dark red.

DUCHESS OF YORK. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each
petal being edged with a broad band of white. A most
striking and lovely variety.

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Princess Elizabeth. White, bordered blu^. .60
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Queen Wilhelmina. Dark rose 60

Boddington*s Spotted Varieties, These
contain the most distinct and remark-
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GLOXINIA ERECTA SUPERBISSIMA

SPOTTED HYBRIDS. Whenever exhibited, they create
intense interest. The delicate markings, in an infinite
variety of forms, add a special charm to the flowers.

SUTTON'S WHITE. A giant white flowered variety.

DUKE OF YORK. Large scarlet Gloxinia with deep white
edge to each petal. A magnificent flower.

HER MA.TESTY. This exquisite Gloxinia is still unsur-
passed by any other white variety. The flowers are as
pure as newly fallen snow, and are borne on short stems,
just clear of the elegantly recurved foliage.

READING SCARLET. In color this is the most brllliani
Gloxinia in existence, being an intense glowing scarlet
variety of the true Crassifolia habit. An admirable com-
panion to Her M.ijssty.

GOLIATH. Violet and white, fine variety.
Per doz. $1.50, per 100 $10.00

Boddington's Quality Tuberous- Rooted

Single-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

For planting In beds and where color effect Is desired. Onr stock of these bulbs will be found true to color and
free from mixture.

Crimson

Rose
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Pink. Light

Copper

Orange

Large bulbs measuring 1^ inches and upward, separate colors or all colors mixed, 35 cts. per doz., $2.25 per 100,
$20.00 per 1000; extra large bulbs, lYs inches and up, same colors as above, 40 cts. per doz., $2.75 per lUO. $25.00 per lOUO.

Doubie-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

These can be depended upon producing 100 per cent,
double flowers and contain very large and choice varieties.
Crimson White, Pure Yellow

Scarlet Copper Bronze Orange

Rose Salmon Light Pink

Large bulbs measuring l'>4 inches and upward, separate
colors or all colors mixed, 50 cts, per doz., $3.50 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000; e.vtra large bulbs, IVs inches and up, same
colors as above, 65 cts. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000.

Single Crested Begontas

This strain of Begonias ranges In all colors — salmon,
pink, white, yellow, copper and scarlet ; petals carry on
the upper side a crested -formed cockscomb. Separate col-
ors. SO cts. per doz., $6.00 per 100; mixed, 75 cts. per doz.,
$5.50 per 100.

Single Frilled Begonias

These are of the finest types of the single Begonia, the
pttals being heavily frilled on the edges. To color, 10 cts
each, 65 cts. per doz., $5.00 per 100: all colors mixed, 60 cts
per doz., $4.50 per 100, $42.50 per 1000.

Single Begonia Bertini

A beautiful bedding Begonia, brilliant vermilion flowers
of rare beauty. As a bedder It stands unrivaled. 80 cts.
per doz., $600 per 100.

Double Begonias

Doi.

100

Dnke Zeppelin. Intense pure vermilion-scarlet. $1.00 $7.50
Lafayette. Rich, brilliant crimson scarlet 1.25 10.00

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matter of weather, however, and we
are rather sceptical about continued
favorable conditions in view of the
freakish season we have passed
through.

New Methods.
We learn that the Jerome B. Rice
Seed Company are erecting a large
spacious warehouse at Bozemau. Mont.,
in which they will do more or less
liand-picking and will be able to ship a
part of their stocks direct from there
to customers. It seems that the mat-
ter of securing help for hand-picking
of peas and beans is troubling all of
the seed growers now operating in the
northwest and doubtless this will be
a factor to be reckoned with for some
time to come and may prevent the
•complete handling of these lines in the
far west. As we understand it up to
the present time, most of the growers
have been shipping the product east in
the rough and doing the hand-picking
and screening at their old plants. This
involves a considerable expense, how-
ever, which they all wish to avoid and
were they able to make direct ship-
ment in all cases, they would be able
to save their customers at least the
local freight from their present plants.
This problem will doubtless be worked
■out in time and especially if the con-
ditions in the northwestern states en-
courage the growers to remain there
permanently.

The Winter Flowering Spencers.
We are all much interested in the
Lonsdale notes from Lompoc promis-
ing us winter-flowering Spencer sweet
peas in abundance in the near future.
It may be of interest to many to report
that when the regular late-flowering
Spencers appeared on this market this
season, about March 1st, the flowers
commanded double the price of the
old winter-flowering types. If they
could be had earlier they would super-
sede entirely and also make a wider
market. G. C. Watson.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. —
Trade List of Nursery Stock.

New Haven Nurseries, New Haven,
Conn. — Sheet of Surplus Peach Trees.

Forbes & Keith, New Bedford, Mass.
— List of "Prize Medal Dahlias" for
1913. A well-selected and convincing
list of choice sorts.

Charles F. Saul, Syracuse, N. Y.—
"Saul's Select Seeds" for 1913. In-
cludes flowers and vegetables. Bound
in covers of wistaria hue.

Wm. H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa. —
"A Picture in Every Landscape." This
is a series of views, showing planta-
tions of ornamental plantings by this
•firm.

J. Woodward Manning, North Wil-
mington, Mass. — 59th Annual Price
List of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Fruits
and Flowers. A thoroughly good and
reliable list, in handy pocket form.

PUBLICATION RECEIVED.
The Report of the Park Commis-
sioners of Wilmington. Del., for 1912,
has been received from Superintend-
ent E. R. Mack. Judging from the
photographic views Wilmington has a
very interesting park system and
judging from the report, it is economi-
cally administered.

MICHELL'S BULBS

BEGONIAS— SINGLE

Doz. 100 1000
Separate Colors $0.40 $2.50 $22.00

Mixed Colors.

.30 2.25 20.00 Mixed Colors.
GLOXINIAS

BEGONIAS— DOUBLE

Doz. 100 1000

Separate Colors $0.65 $4.00 '$35.00

.. .50 3.75 33.00

Mixed Colors

Doz. 100 1000
$0.50 $3.00 $27.50

SPECIAL OFFER CANNA BULBS

100 1000

BUBBANK. Rich canary yellow $1.25 $10.00

AUSTRIA. Deep golden yellow 1.25 10.00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS SEED

GREENHOUSE GROWN. I<ATHHOUSE GROWN.

1,000 Seeds $3.75 1,000 Seeds $2.50

5,000 " 18.00 5,000 " 12.00

10,000 " 34,00 10.000 " 23.00

25,000 " 80.00 25,000 " 60.00

ALSO AXI. OTHER SEASONABLE SEEDS, BULBS AND SUPPLIES FOB THI
FLORIST. CATALOGUE FREE.

HENRY F. MICHELL CO.

518 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH )
and all Garden Seeds ' ]

LEONARD

Growers for the Trade

CO.

1ZC,-1iO W.

STREET,

CHICAGO

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

ASPARAGUS LUTZI

The most striking novelty of Asparagus in Europe. Import orders booked now
for pot grown seedlings, $30.00 per 100; $37.50 per 1000,

fob. New York, Terms: Net Cash.

LO^CHNER & CO , II Warren St.,

New York

Growing ONION, LETTUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, CaUfornfa

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growins

Sfnd far priee list

L S. MB.LER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

iiyonr wants. We wiU take care of
We supply stock at market price.

8«Dd ns
them.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

12 IS Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com. Onion, Turnip.
Radish, Beet. Etc.

LTw^-co^"'^'" MILFORD, CONN.

New Zealand Grown
Garden Peas

Surplus offer of

GRADUS-CROP 1912

In origin.!] s.Tcks of ."1-5 bus., net. Price,
$6.75 per bu. of GO lbs., f. o. b. New York.
Terms : Net casb.

We are also quoting prices on other New
Zealand Peas, crop 1913— which is at
present harvested — and are booking con-
tract orders for 1914.

Write for particulars.

LOECHNER & COMPANY

11 Warren St. New York

Sole Agrents for
F. Cooper, I.td., Wellington, N. Z.

OHOICE S^EDS

Oz.
Asters. American Branching, in

colors $1.08

Asters. Imperial Midseason, in colors. 2.50

Baclielor's Button. Double Blue 1.00

f and.vtuft. Giant White Perfection.. .50
Gypsopliila Blei^ans Grandidura Alba. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 SoDlh Market St., Botton, Mast.

When Writine: to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTIC4ILTURE.

April 5, 1913

HOBTICULTUEE

523

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1J083cli, $19.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBLE PEARL

$I2.00 Per lOOO

Excellent Qnallt.T.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage, Berlin an<l Hanibars

Per case of 1000 $12.00

Per ease of 3000 32.00

Write for a cop.v of our Florists' Catalog.

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St., (Ti,) NEW VORK

SEEDS SANS RIVALE

DAHLIAS, double cactus mixed, double
dwarf mixed, double large-flowering
mixed, double lilliput or pompon mixed;
lOO seeds, 75 cents. Coccinea, single
striped mixed, single dwarf striped
mixed, single giant-flowering, trne; 100
seeds. .50 cents. All mixed, 100 seeds
60 cents. The above were all raised
on contract for me by a specialist of
Paris, France, and are unrivalled.
Other Flower Seeds — Pansies, Sweet
Peas, Mignonette, Wallflowers, Zinnias,
Verbenas, etc.

N. B. — I don't publish any chromes or
hire poets to sing praises of my seeds.
They are produced by practical grow-
ers. I took several prizes in New York
and other cities for my product. My
seeds now have a national reputation
and I get better rrices than anyone
else in the trade.

There's a Good Reason.
Vegetable Seeds I Supply by the Ton.

BEAULIEU, WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRBS* WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"RtruTwntd Siueel Pea SpeciahsU^'
Im4

Asparagus Root.

TWO-YEAR-OLD

Asparagus Roots

A fine lot of strong two-year-
old roots of Barr's Mammoth,
Columbian Mammoth White,
Conover's Colossal, Giant Ar-
genteuil and Dreer's Eclipse,
neatly put up in bundles of
twenty-five.

60 cts. per 100; ^.00 per 1000.
Special prices for lots of 5000
or more.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are Intended
for the trade only.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimjson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per Oz.,
Jl.OO; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue la now
ready. It Is a complete guide with
proper classification through Horticul-
ture and contains many varietleg.
generally not catalogued. It's free «nJ
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Zangni, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. M.aiBon St., CHICAGO

i. W. Ednumilson. Mgr.

M. W. Williams, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale D«alers

SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 1913 Catalocnes

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

■47-54 No. Market St., BOSTOH, MASS.

ViCK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's S«ns

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlitore,
40c per dozen ; $2,50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture.
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, S0«
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. - CHICAGO

Phone Randolph till.

J. BOLGIANO & SON ~

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

EitabUshed 1818

H^ri'tg For Our Low Prt<es

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MO.

Burpee's Seeds

PHII^ADELPHIA

BUTE LIST OF WHOI-ESAI,E PRICES
MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PL.4NT
FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety ; also other
Items of the short crop of this past season,
a.s well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St, NEW YORK

and Orange, Conn.

524

HOETICULTURE

April 5, 191S

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=— SONS=—

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph DeliTery
Association.

New York

P Bloomingdale 's -^

Tk« Lirpst Fkinl EstabUstinieiit In tbe Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
TeUgraph Orders Carefully Filled

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 4Bth St

Tel. Mumy HM

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Miohiijan Ave. and Slst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Telecraph DeliTery Aaea.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

PtMB : miBi 880. AMiiie 881. AWw tii.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Teleffrapli Delivery.

Ail Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Tke Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Prcs.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kjinsas
City and any town in Missouri or

Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIX CITIES and for all

Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memtrars Florists'Telegrapli Assd.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Tompkinsville, N. Y. — August Kohl-
man, son of the former Park Commis-
sioner, John D. Kohlman, has pur-
chased the flower business of Charles
Boehe, on the Richmond turnpike.

"Leave the door open. There is not
much of any value in the store," was
the novel answer received when OflScer
Flynn of the Second Precinct notified
Mulholland Bros., florists, early this
morning, that he found the door open.
The Easter trade almost cleaned out
the store. — Troy, N. Y., Times.

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^ STa^MER DEPARTURES |

Allan.

Scotian. Boston-Glasgow April 10

American.

Philadelphia, N. Y.-S'h'pton. April 12
St. Paul, N. Y.-S'hampton.. April l!i

Atlantic Transport.

Minnehaha, N. Y. -London. . .April 12
Minneapolis, N. Y. -London. .April 19

Cunard.
Campania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .April 9
ritonia, N, Y.-Mediterran'n. April 12
Franconia, Boston-Liverp'l. .April 15
Lusitania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .April 10

Hamburg-American.

Pres. Grant, N, Y.-Hamb'rg. April 10
Amerika, N. Y. -Hamburg. . .April 12
Pretoria, N. Y.-Hamburg, . .April 17

Holland-America.
Noordam, N. Y. -Rotterdam.. April 8
Ryndam, N. 1'. -Rotterdam. ..-iprli 15

Leyland.
Devonian. Boston-Liverpool. April 12
Canadian, Boston-Liverpool. April 19

North German Lloyd.
P. F. Wilh'm, N. Y. -Bremen. April 8
Pr. Irene, N. Y.-Mediter'n'n. April 12
Gr. Kurf'rst, N. Y. -Bremen. .April 15
G. Wash'gton, N. Y.-Brem'n. April 19

Red Star.

Kroonland, N. Y'. -Antwerp. .April 12
Zeeland. N. Y. -Antwerp April 19

White Star.

Arabic. Boston-Liverpool. .. .April 8

Cedric, N. Y. -Liverpool April 12

Olympic, N. Y.-S'hampton. .April 12

Baltic. N. Y. -Liverpool April 17

Majestic, N. Y.-S'hampton.. April 19

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NEW FLOWER STORES.

Fred C. Kesting,

West Bend, Wis-
llian Bldg.

Scranton, Pa. — Baldwin Florist Shop,

526 Spruce street.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Howard & Smith,
9th and Olive street, flower store and
nursery salesroom, 30 by 70 feet.

San Francisco, Cal. — Mayflower Flor-
al Co., 33 Powell street, F. H. Higgins,
manager. Valmar Floral Co., 6 Valen-
sia street.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Des Plaines, III. — George T. Whitney
was appointed receiver for the George
M, Garland Company, petitioners in
bankruptcy in the United States Dis-
trict Court at Chicago. March 20th.
The liabilities are $22,320.47: assets,
$.52,087.00.

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or Intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cesf of Cabling Foreign De-Iiz-erifs

Must be prepaid

Reference or cash must accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address. ATEXCONNELL.

DAVIU CLAKKt'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or teloi-'rnph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

TelephoDe 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

781 Fifth Ate, Cw. E SSth SL

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BROOKLYN

\\\}j^ 3&SGreeneATe.

I t \'^^y T.L 6800 PmtDvct

I 339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Proipect

Established 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Aveaoc, N. Y. Oly

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspoa
deDce in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntuk
ColoDJes. Telegraph and Cable address^ Dard%flor»

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICWITY

ALBANT, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DEI/IVEBED IX .ALBANY .AND VICINITT
ON TELEGR.AI'IIK OROKIS

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rocliesler Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Piiaac »<•

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

PROVIDENCE, R. L

" s«4 3JI T. I. JOHNSTVN A ••..

Niw Eiikffll Paints

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTURE

525

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for <lelivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can b« relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylslon Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Fl<>ri-.ts* Teleijraith Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

VasGS. Garden Furniture. Art Goods and
New Desii^ns in Tus'-any liaskets for
Florists' Dse, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

««oc»> Td Work First Class

r^iHo^i

ISt-;«XIMC3

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

LcadlDK FlorlNtH. Orders filled for mnj
part of tb« Stat«.

38 Dorrance Street - - PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN ■

-FRANK H. FORRBST

Hi - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis. CAL.

We enver the entire Pacifle Coast and West
Qf the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steanier-s sallinc for H ■nolulu. Manlli
and ti'e Orient Regular Trade Discount.

KI.OWKKS BY TLEORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

PelicanOy Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegrapli order for
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

»S Tonge St., - - TORONTO. OXT.

MONTREAL

All Transfer
Orders Filled
Under Per-

HALL & ROBINSON _, Snper.

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. 'i"-

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catal'ygae Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Alhany, N. Y.—H. C. Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben
St.

Boston — Thos. F. Gnlvln, 124 Tremont St.

Koston— Ed. MaeMulkin. 194 Boylston St.

Ifoston — Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Uoston—Zinn. The Florist. 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

- Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wllion, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicas-o— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co.. 1B43 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — .1. Breitmeyer'a Sona,
Broadway and Gr.-itjot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — Secretar.v Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas Citv. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., IIIB Walnut St.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York — David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 .5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 2Sth.

New York — Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomlngdale's, E. 59th St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Wevbosset St.

Rochester N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal.— The California
Florist, 344-.346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — PclIcanQ, Rossi A
Co., 123 Kearnev St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Duulop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— P. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

ABOUT PROHIBITIVE PRICES.

Editor HORTICIJLTTJKE,

Dear Sir:

In your Editorial "Inexcusable Now"
in issue of March 29, you state probably
the facts regarding retail prices on
violets, but just the same, we had to
pay $1.25 per 100 for violets and $6
per 100 for carnations from one of your
commission houses, and could have
moved a lot of these, if the price could
have been reasonable. The week be-
fore 7.5 to 85 cents for violets, $3 for
carnations. Now the class of people
that on special occasions would treat
themselves to a few flowers are obliged
to go without, because these people
shove the price up. I don't mean that
I like to sell cheap, but would like to
be able to sell at a price that people
would buy freely and often.

H. D. Whitney & Son.

New Hampshire.

VERMONT'S "WIZARD."

The Montpelier Journal tells of a
Vermont florist who "is developing
into a horticultural wizard and bids
fair to rival the famous Luther Bur-
bank in the direction of plant life. His
very latest achievement is to place on

ON YOUR WAY

to the

NATIONAL
FLOWER SHOW

make year

HEADOUARTERS

with

M. RICE CO.

Leading Florists' iupp'y House
1220 RACE ST., - PHILA., PA.

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn, The Teleeraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph Didivery

37.43 BROMFIELD STREET

TRANSFER

Your orders for flower or plant de-
livery in Eastern New England to

ZINN, The Florist

1 Park St., Boston

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS

WASM,N&TON. O.C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

H

Euclid Avenue

the market green — yes, green — carna-
tions for St. Patrick's day. No, the
flowers were not dipped in green
paint, or touched up with a brush, but
were simply made to grow that way.
They are white blossoms variegated in
green, are beauties and ought to make
their producers amazingly popular
with the wearers of the green. Some
mysterious treatment of the roots
causes the white carnation to take on
this appearance."

We shall soon need a special direc-
tory of wizards. They're springing up
all around.

526

HORTICULTURE

April 5, 1913

BOOKKEEPING.

Abstract of a Paper read before the Ken-
tucky Society of Florists by J. Able.

A good accountant is a joy to the
business man. Bool£ and record show-
ings are the guide-posts to success.—
Gopd A dvtrtisifig.

In this paper, I dwell chiefly upon
the value of perfection in bookkeeping
and its relation to the florists' trade.
It is naturally understood that each of
us has his own system of bookkeeping.
That alone prevents me from dwelling
upon details and confines me to those
phases of the work, which apply to all
systems. My experience in bookkeep-
ing in the florist business has been en-
tirely with the retailing end but in all
branches of the business the same
fundamental rules will apply.

Bookkeeping, as we all know, is the
operation of keeping accounts in such
a manner as to give a true record of
the transactions of your business. It
does not matter how small it may be,
or whether you are a grower, whole-
Baler or retailer, you will find that the
successful management of your busi-
ness can only be attained by keeping
an accurate record of every transac-
tion. The records enable us to look
ahead and see where improvements
can be made in decreasing losses and
increasing profits of the future. They
help us to economize in many ways
which we could never think of, were
it not for the knowledge we gain by
looking back over our past records and
locating little loopholes for losses
which had escaped our attention at
the time of transaction. It will also
have a tendency to make us hustle,
especially when we find that sales are
not coming up to our standard, or pos-
sibly when the running expenses are
too large in proportion to the profits.
It shows us what we have on hand,
what we have received, what we have
paid out, what we owe, what is owing
to us, what losses we have incurred,
what profits we have made, and much
other information of vital importance
to the business man.

Bookkeeping, consisting mainly of
daily routine, dealing with figures day
after day, is one of the most monoton-
ous parts of the business. I would like
to suggest several ways of simplifying
the work. First of all, the clerks
should realize the importance of the
sale-ticket, especially when it is a
charge. It should be explicit in every
detail, giving particular attention to
the name and address of the party to
■whom the charge is to be made. You
will often find it necessary to refer to
these tickets at some future time, and,
by having them filed away properly,
you are always ready to straighten out
any misunderstanding which might
arise. Another great assistance, which
the bookkeeper now receives from the
majority of the growers, is the ticket
rendered with each delivery. It does
not matter whether the goods are to
be charged or paid for at the time of
delivery, this itemized invoice is a
great help, especially when you are
buying from a number of growers, en-
abling you to determine the amount
of stock you receive each day and the

cost of same. The grower should keep
duplicates of these tickets, by all
means. This alone will assist in cor-
recting any mistake which may have
been made by either party.

Another suggestion would be the use
of the loose-leaf ledger. Owing to the
fact that quite a number of the per-
sonal accounts have so many items,
and, consequently, rapidly fill the
pages, using this system enables you
to transfer these filled pages into an-
other book or binder, and thus having
only the active accounts to handle,
considerable time and labor: are saved.

In conclusion, I would like to im-
press upon you the importance of cor-
rect books no matter whether your
business is large or small. Leading
business men will undoubtedly tell
you that their success is not only due
to their efforts put forth in building up
their trade, but largely to the fact that
they have kept a watchful eye over
their business through their bookkeep-
ing.

PLANT TALK.

"Well, I thank you, but that is not
just what I am looking for." This is
a remark heard daily in the flower
shops after a prospective buyer has
looked over your dirty and dusty
stock of palms, and sometimes you
wonder why they are not selling faster.
Would you go into a haberdashery and
buy a shirt or a half dozen collars that
were soiled or shopworn, even though
you knew they could be laundered?
No, you would not; neither would
the prospective buyer purchase any
plants, that show they lacked attention
at flrst sight.

If the palms, dracaenas or ficus had
been cleaned up and the pot mold re-
moved you possibly would have sold
one or more, as a well-kept, clean plant
needs no recommendation; it speaks
for itself.

There are many large stores employ-
ing plant-men and no doubt they keep
their stock as it should be kept, but
the trouble lies with the store not
having a plant-man; in this case let
the porter spend an hour or two with a
sponge and a pall of water; in this
space of time he can accomplish a
great deal each day under the super-
vision of one of the salesmen who will
be glad to show him how to do it.

Remember, a person may enter your
shop to purchase a birthday or wedding
anniversary gift and may want a plant
and jardiniere so don't let your shop
be condemned by having a dirty plant
placed in a dusty jardiniere that had
been on a shelf for a few months.

When a person leaves your shop
without being satisfied, your compet-
itor has the chance of taking this
customer from you, and if he can sat-
isfy the party it is pretty safe to say
you will not see them again. Don't
get caught by such negligence as Indi-
cated by dirty plants and jardinieres
while you have help. Give this part of
the store work, the same attention as
the arrangement of cut flowers for the
ice chest, or the window and If you
are called upon suddenly to loan out

one dozen or more palms for some
decoration, you will not be obliged to
stop the general routine of work and
get all hands busy washing them.

See that your plants are well
watered and trimmed when brought
back from a decoration, and the soil re-
placed, as handling them is ofttimes
the means of loosening plants from
the pots or tubs and the soil falls out.
These things may be overlooked when
busy and only noticed when the plants
show signs of going back.

Mb. Stoeeman.

DURING RECESS.

Forty-three made up a very congen-
ial party in the special car chartered
to carry the Chicago bowlers and their
lady friends to Milwaukee, Sunday,
March 30th. They were met at the
station by their Milwaukee friends and
the ladies were taken in automobiles
to the bowling place, where the ladies
of the two cities had a game of their
own. Several Chicago bowlers, who
had come over earlier, joined the party
and three teams were formed, playing
three games each with scores as given
below. These annual affairs are looked
forward to and enjoyed by all partici-
pating. The return game will be
played in Chicago, April 13th.

Chicago-Milwaukee Bowling Score
Played at Milwaukee, March 30, 1913.

CHICAGO.

MILWAUKEE.

Fischer,

171 1G7 1S6

Holton,

146 181 149

Price,

158 120 1H6

Pohl,

163 185 142

Lorman,

194 ICO 154

Kellner,

145 155 196

A. Zech,

156 147 1!I2

Rusch,

203 174 135

J. Zech,

185 145 191

Fox,

195 133 168

CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE.

Graff,

190 202 218

Currie

196 175 146

Huebner,

206 ISO 203

Leidiger,

168 134 147

Wolf,

160 200 175

Eg'hre't,

148 141 180

Kraus,

1.50 157 129

Schmitz,

153 106 140

Byers,

178 20,-! 153

Gulburt,

160 175 148

CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE.

Armst'g,

115 155 180

Hare,

160 98130

Wint'rs'n

110 114 1.37

Halliday,

122 169 153

Cole,

154 155 154

Shermils,

123 151 110

Welsh,

163 175 144

Leitz,

126 103 115

Jacobs,

152 181 156

Gene,

101 106 122

Bowling

Score of

Cook County Flor-

ists' League

, March

28.

CARNATIONS.

VIOLETS.

Lorman,

201 159 238

Cole.

144 136 110

L'b'rm'n,

114 128 136

Jacobs,

115 133 144

Armst'g,

172 123 136

Wolf,

181 169 164

Ayers,

199 182 159

Schultz,

148 119 171

A. Zech,

199 157 214

J. H'bn'r

191 162 171

ROSES.

ORCHIDS.

Goeriseb,

158 131 172

Krauss,

157 ISO 154

Hoefld'r,

1.50 115 106

Gralf,

199 1.55 157

A. H'bn'r

142 208 183

Bristr'm,

195 167 153

Price,

164 146 158

George E.

198 164 114

Berg,

130 185 188

J. Zech,

139 184 170

FLOWER MARKET SHOW.
On April 12th, 1913, the Boston Co-
operative Flower Market will hold an
exhibition of all kinds of commercial
flowers, plants and floral designs. We
expect this exhibition to exceed all
previous shows which we have held
and the premiums, amounting to over
eight hundred dollars, should induce
strong competition. All flowers, plants
and designs should be staged and
ready for the judges to pass on not
later than 11 A. M., positively. The
exhibition will close at 8 P. M.

W. W. Tailbt, Sec'y.

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTURE

627

Florists' Telegraph Delivery

(Retailers' Section — S. A. F. & O. H.)

Mutual Discounts 20 per cent.

Provision for Guaranteed Accounts

IRWIN BERTERMANN, Indianapolb, Ind., PraiJm
W. F. GUDE, Washington, D. C. - Vice-President
W. L. ROCK. Kansas City . . - - Treasurw

OTHER DIRECTORS
Ernst Wienhoeber Philip Breitmeyer

A. B. Cartledge George Asmus

Fred H, Meinhardt J. A. Valentine

Write for particulars to ALBERT POCHELON, Secretary, 153 Bates St., Detroit, Mich.

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Akron, Ohio, 26 South Main St H. Heepe's Sons

Albany, N. Y., 40 and 42 Maiden Lane Danker, Fred A.

Anderson, S. C Anderson Floral Company

Atlantic City, N. J., 1505 Pacific Ave Berke, Geo. H.

Atlantic City, N. J Edwards Floral Hall Company

Augusta, Ga Stulb's Nursery

Bloomington, 111., 318 N. Main St Washburn, A. & Sons

Boston, Mass., 342 Boylston St Carbone, Philip L.

Boston, Mass., 43 Bromfleld St Penn, Henry

Boston, Mass., 143 Tremont St Wax Brothers

Buffalo, N. y., 440 Main St S. A. Anderson

Buffalo, N. Y., 304 Main St Palmer, W. J. & Son

Chicago, 111., 2223 W. Madison St Schiller, The Florist

Chicago, 111., 31st and Michigan Ave Smyth, W. J.

Chicago, 111., 22 B. Elm St Wienhoeber Co., Ernst

Cincin-nati, Ohio, 138 B. 4th St Baer, Julius

Cincinnati, Ohio, 150 B. 4th St Hardesty, T. W. & Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 5523 Euclid Ave Graham, A. & Son

Cleveland, Ohio, 1284 & 1308 Euclid Ave

The Jones Russell Co.

Cleveland, Ohio, 1836 W. 25th St Knoble Bros.

Colorado Springs, Colo Crump, Frank P.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 321 Broadway Wilcox, J. P. & Son

Danville, 111 Smith, F. B. & Sons

Dayton, Ohio, 112 South Main St Heiss Co.

Denver, Colo., 1643 Broadway The Park Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich., 158 Bates St Bemb Floral Co., The L.

Detroit, Mich., Gratoit Ave. and Broadway

Breitmeyer's Sons, John

Evanston, Ills., 602 Davis St Weiland, M.

Fayettevllle, Ark., 18 W. Center St

The Southwestern Seed Co.

Oalesburg, III Pillsbury, I. L.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Monroe and Division Aves

Smith, Henry

Hartford, Conn Coombs, John F.

Highland Park, Ills Highland Park Greenhouses

Indianapolis, Ind., 241 Massachusetts Ave

Bertermann Bros. Co.

Joliet, 111., Hobbs Bldg Labo, Joseph

Kalamazoo, Mich., 141 S. Burdick St. .Van Bochove & Bros.

Kansas City, Mo., 913 Grand Ave Murray, Samuel

Kansas City, Mo., 1116 Walnut St. . .Rock, W. L. Flower Co.

London, Ont., Canada Gammage & Sons, J.

Louisville, Ky., 550 S. 4th Ave Schulz, Jacob

Louisville, Ky., Masonic Temple Baumer, August R.

Mankato, Minn WlndmlUer Co., The

Montgomery, Ala., 116 Dexter Ave Rosemont Gardens

Mt. Clemens, Mich August Von Boeselager

Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Columbia Ave Dummett, Arthur

Newark, Ohio Duerr, Ckas. A.

New Castle, Pa., North Mercer St Butz Bros.

New London, Conn "Reuters' "

New York, N. Y., Madison Ave. and 44th St., Dards, Chas. A.

New York, N. Y., 1153 Broadway Small, J. H. & Sons

New York, N. Y., 423-427 Fifth Ave Siebrecht & Son

Northampton, Mass Field, H. W.

Norwich, Conn "Reuters' "

Oklahoma City, Okla Stiles Co., The

Omaha, Neb Hess & Swoboda

Parkersburg, W. Va Dudley & Sons, J. W.

Paterson, N. J Screery, Edward

Philadelphia, Pa., 1514 Chestnut St Pennock Bros.

Pittsburgh, Pa., 5936 Pfenn Ave. . .Randolph & McClements

Portland, Ore., 133 6th St Tonseth Floral Co.

Poughkeepsle, N. Y The Saltford Flower Shop

Rochester, N. Y., 25 Clinton Ave Keller & Sons

Rockford, 111 Buckbee, H. W.

San Francisco, Cal., 123-125 Kearny St. .Pelicano-Rossi & Co.

Scranton, Pa Clark, G. R.

Seattle, Wash., 1534 2nd Ave Hollywood Gardens

Sioux City, la., 405 Douglas St Rocklln & Lehman

Sioux City, Iowa J. C. Rennison Co.

Spokane, Wash., 11 Post St Hoyt Bros. Co.

Springfield, Mass., 378 Main St Aitken, Mark

St. Joseph, Mo Stuppy Floral Co.

St. Louis, Mo., 7th and Washington Ave. . .Grimm & Gorly
St. Louis, Mo., 7041 Florissant Ave. .. .Meinhardt, Fred A.

St. Paul, Minn., 24 W. 5th St Holm & Olson

Terre Haute, Ind., 139 S. 7th St Heinl,'John G. & Son

Topeka, Kans., 112 W. 8th St Mrs. Lord's Flower Room

Toledo, Ohio, 336 Superior St Freeman, Mrs. J. B.

Toledo, Ohio, 2941 Cherry St Suder, Mrs. H.

Washington, D. C, 1214 F St., N. W Qude Bros Co.

Washington, D. C, 14th and G. Sts Small, J. H. & Sons

Wheeling, W. Va Langhans, Arthur

Wichita, Kan., 145 N. Main St Mueller, Chas. P.

Youngstown, Ohio, 41 North Phelps St Geo. W. Kay

Zanesville, Ohio, 54 N. 5th St Imlay Company, The

"A meeting of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery will be held April 9fh at 10 A. M. National Flower Show, to which all Retailers
Interested in Telegraph business, whether members of the Florists Telesrraph Delivery or not, are cordially invited."
"Our list is growing steadily, so is the Telegraph Business. When can we add your name to this list?"

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

Samuel S. Pennock has leased a cot-
tage at Beach Haven, N. J., for the
summer.

The latest recruit to the retail end
is The Pansy Flower Shop, 1022 Arch
street, Herbert Steinmetz, Mgr. Mr.
Steinmetz used to be located at 8th,

near Arch.

•

Arthur Niessen declares that what
we need is a first-class, up-to-date
flower store on Market street. If Tom
Galvin can pay $35,000 rent on Broad-
way, N. Y., the modest figures on Mar-
ket street, Philadelphia, should not
scare an up-to-dater!

A good delegation from this city
will be on hand at the International
Flower Show; but singly and as it
pleases them, and not in a body as was
proposed at last meeting of the club.

More could have been enthused if the
committee had got busy when they
were appointed, instead of at the 11th
hour. It takes a month to do that
kind of thing right.

The Pennock-Meehan Co. report that
their contracts for the Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell rose have now been mostly all de-
livered in satisfactory condition, re-
flecting credit on the growers and all
concerned. Orders are still coming in
from the smaller growers and the pri-
vate conservatories. The same may
be said about their other great rose
novelty, Irish Fire Flame.

Visitors: Jno P. Ratcliffe, Rich-
mond, Va.; Heinrich Mette, Jr., of Hen-
ry Mette. Quedlinburg, Germany; H.
Van Beylingen, Hillegom, Holland;
Frank Clark, Trenton, N. J.

W. Hooper has been appointed head
gardener at the Whitney estate at
Rochester, N. Y.

PERSONAL.

W. P. Edgar, advertising represen-
tative of HoRTicuLTUKE, Sustained pain-
ful injuries to feet and legs by being
pushed from a crowded platform
against a train in one of the subway
stations on Tuesday of this week.

New York visitors — W. Wells, Merst-
ham, England; H. E. Philpott, Winni-
peg, Man.; Thomas Roland, Nahant,
Mass.; Paul Berkowitz, S. Green, and
I. Bayersdorfer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Boston visitors — Paul Berkowitz,
Stephen Green and I. Bayersdorfer,
representing H. Bayersdorfer & Co.,
Philadelphia; R. J. Irwin, New York;
C. B. Knickman, representing Mc-
Hutchittson & Co., New York; A. C.
Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.; J. Horace Mc-
Farland, Harrisburg, Pa.; Wm. Wells,
Merstham, England; H. E. Philpott,
Winipeg, Man., Canada; S. S. Skidel-
sky, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wlnfrled Rol-
ker. New York; Stuart Low and
daughter. Bush Hill Park, Enfield,
England.

628

HORTICULTURE

April 5, 1913

Biggest Thing z Trade Section

Oar Display at the International Flower Show will be a Stunner.

Come and Look It Over

YOU ARE ALL INVITED

to make our Stand your Headquarters in the Grand Central Palace
during show week. All trade visitors will receive a cordial welcome
and every possible courtesy and hospitality. After the show take an hour
in Philadelphia and inspect our mammoth manufactory and warerooms

Stocked with up-t^-date goods
for the Florists' Trade

I H. BAYERSDORFER ®. CO.

I Tti£l rUOKlSTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

^ 1129 ARCH STREET, FHII^ADELPHIA. PA.

"CARNATION CULTURE."

Extracts from a paper read before the
Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' So-
ciety by J. Dunn.

Propagation. I advocate an early
start in December as soon as good
cuttings can be secured, as a strong
plant cannot be expected from an in-
ferior cutting. The best cuttings are
those found near the base of the
flower stem, being more wiry than the
softer growths and not so likely to
damp off.

Prepare the propagation bench in
the usual way, which must be lime-
washed, also good clean sand is neces-
sary. Press the sand down firmly and
turn on the bottom heat to warm the
bed for the reception of the cuttings.
The temperature, however, should not
exceed 55 degrees and have suflicient
air to avoid damping, also to induce
a stocky growth.

Directly they are rooted no delay
should take place, but prepare clean
pots 2 ',2 size, using at this potting
three parts loam and one part half
soil and sufficient sand to keep porous.
After potting see that they are not
checked in any way from draught oi
Bim and during bright parts of the day
shade lightly with paper, removing
when the sun has declined. After
they have commenced to root, place
in the carnation house where they will
get the proper amount of air and light
so essential for a healthy growth, but
they must not experience a check in
any form. Water with care and on
all favorable occasions spray overhead
lightly and see that they are dry be-
fore closing time. This is one of the
secrets of keeping away rust, so much
dreaded by the grower. As time goes

on they will need to be moved into a
size larger pot, using at this stage a
little stronger compost to which may
be added a dash of bone meal to try
to maintain a healthy growth. When
nicely rooted take out the points to in-
duce them to break and form good
bushy plants before their final pot-
ting.

The next shift will be into 4 or iVz
inch pots, using a compost three parts
loam, one part cow manure, bonemeal
and a light sprinkling of soot and
fine lime rubble if procurable; if un-
obtainable sand can be used. Give a
good watering from a rosed can and
try to keep your night temperature
not more than 50 to 55 degrees.

Plants started in December will be
ready for their final quarters about
the first week in May, and a decision
must be made as to their summer
quarters. I recommend indoor cul-
ture. Some prefer outdoor planting
because they object to throwing out
their old plants at this time of the
year when they are blooming freely,
but to my mind they are of inferior
quality and flowers are getting plenti-
ful outdoors to replace them. Given
indoor culture throughout the plants
do not experience the check they
would if planted outdoors because in
the latter case they are lifted from
the field during August, when the
weather is hot, which necessitates the
plants being shaded because of the
loss of roots.

Final planting. On having the
benches ready, which should be well
limewashed and the house thoroughly
cleaned, prepare compost. using
coarse loam three parts and one part
cow manure, a little bone meal, sand

and lime rubble, also a sprinkling of
soot is beneficial. One very important
feature must not be overlooked, name-
ly, the carnation is a lover of potash
and to give this item of food we must
have wood ashes and give a fair
sprinkling throughout the compost.
Having prepared the soil by turning
several times to thoroughly mix the
ingredients and placed same in
benches, water your plants the pre-
vious day so they will be in good con-
dition for planting. Be careful to
avoid deep planting, which is a sure
cause of stem rot. Press firmly
around the ball of the plant and if the
soil is in good condition, no water is
necessary for three or four days, and
then do not water the whole bench,
but water each plant individually, be-
cause the soil becomes sour before
the roots penetrate it and the carna-
tion dislikes stagnant soil. When
planted, lightly spray several times a
day during the hot weather, keeping
the ventilators and doors wide open
day and night, with the exception of
during a thunder storm, when they
must be closed down; as soon as it Is
over, however, they must again be
thrown open. A close atmosphere is
fatal to success. The plants now re-
quire heavier syringing, but avoid get-
ting your soil sodden, examining It
from time to time to ascertain the
condition of the roots.

When well rooted and the plants
show by the paler green in their foli-
age that they have almost exhausted
the food in the soil, we must aid na-
ture by artificial feeding. Begin first
with weak cow manure, but a change
in diet Is very important and two
weeks later give a light top dressing

April 5, 1913

llOETICULTUKE

529

Less Ice With Better Results

The McCray System of Refrigeration, which insures a per-
fect circulation of cool, dry air, will not only reduce your ice
bills, but will keep your stock in the best condition — fresh,
fragrant and attractive.

McCray Refrigerators

Are made so as to display your flowers to the best advantage.
They can be lined with white enamel, opal glass, tile, mirrors
or marble to suit your convenience. Write for our beautiful
Free Catalog No. 73, which shows refrigerators for florists,
both stock and built-to-order, in all sizes and styles.

McCray Refrigerator Co.

553 LAKE STREET KENDALLVILLE, IND.

of Clay's fertilizer, for the old way so
often recommended is the best, viz.,
a change little and often. As an all-
round food for the carnation, I con-
sider bone meal the ideal food.
From now on the surface soil must be
lightly cultivated, but not deep. Con-
tinue stopping the growth when a
fair-sized plant is secured and a safe
date to cease all stopping operations
is around the third week in August.
Each grower should use his own dis-
cretion, as weather conditions some-
times warrant a little earlier or later
date.

When the flower stems push up,
green fly usually makes its appear-
ance and a light fumigating with Nico-
ticide will destroy this and help to
keep away many other insects most
injurious to the carnation. The plants
will now receive great benefit by giv-
ing a little top dressing of wood ashes
and the next time of feeding soot, both
of these being so beneficial to the for-
mation of a vigorous flower stem, and
the latter is a preventive of disease.

When the flower buds begin to ex-
pand be careful to avoid extremes in
temperature in order to prevent split-
ting of the blooms. Syringing must
be discontinued and only done on
bright days and if you have sprayed
and find that the plants have not dried
off before closing time turn on a little
heat.

Daily operations from now on will
be in supporting the plants with wires
and attending to disbudding and also
to see that no dust is "allowed to get
on the blooms. If the foregoing in-
structions have been faithfully car-
ried out, we can hope for a fair mea-
sure of success.

CHICAGO NOTES.

P. L. McKee has the sympathy of
the trade in the loss of his father.

Mrs. Peter Olsen recently submitted
to an operation for appendicitis and
is doing well.

W. J. Neissen had his house dam-
aged by fire when a neighbor's house
was blown over on it.

Fred Lautenschlager left for New
York. April Ist, to take charge of the
exhibit of "The Kroeschell Boiler" at
the International Flower Show.

A. E. Hunt at Evanston expected to
see his houses leveled when five dwell-
ings on the opposite side of the street

blew down, but his loss was but a
few panes of glass.

Just after a shipment of greenhouse
material left Chicago for Dayton, O., a
telegram was received by the J. C.
lloninger Co. to hold it as the place
was destroyed by the floods.

J. F. Kidwell says he thinks the
type of smoke stack built for his range
can stand any storm. It is built with
36-inch flue all the way and has a base
16 feet wide. It is 85 feet high.

John F. Kidwell, president of the
Flower Growers' Association, was
probably the first man to begin re-
pairs after the storm. At 6 A. M., four
hours after the storm broke, he had
Michael Winandy engaged for the
work.

One of the freaks of the first storm
was the falling of two telephone poles
at the Hunt Bros.' place at Park
Ridge, one of them causing some dam-
age and the other falling free of the
house. About forty wires crossed one
of the houses and during the second
storm held the house secure.

Petition was made by Clifford
Pruner and A. F. Longren, former
salesmen for E. H. Hunt, that a re-
ceiver be appointed by the court to
take charge of that company's affairs.
No opposition was made by the com-
pany, which consists of Charles M.
Dickinson and his mother, Katherine
Hunt, and T. T. Clark, their book-
keeper, was appointed receiver on
March 24th. Under date of March

22nd, Albert T. Bacon, certified public
accountant, issued the following
statement of conditions: Liabilities,
$12,065.49; assets, $18,163.15. The firm
is negotiating for a new three-years'
lease and expects now to continue the
business.

E. S. Kurowski of thfi J. C. Monin-
ger Co., returned Sunday from Council
Bluffs, la., where he went to make an
estimate on the loss to the green-
house plant of J. F. Wilcox & Sons.
The two large new houses, each 65 by
1000 feet, he says, are practically de-
molished and the loss will be from
fifty to seventy-five thousand dollars.
When asked his opinion as to the en-
durance of the large greenhouses as
compared to that of the smaller ones,
Mr. Kurowski said: "No house of any
size could stand up under such a cy-
clone, but smaller houses may be
easier to repair." Mr. Kurowski saw
Mr. J. J. Hess of Omaha who said that
city escaped most of the storm.

Jefferson Thomas, vice-president and
manager of The McParland Publicity
Service, from its organization six
years ago, has resigned this position
and in the future will be connected
with the Eugene McGuckin Company,
Philadelphia, as manager of their
sales promotion department. E. Fred
Rowe, who has been Mr. Thomas' con-
fidential assistant for the past two
years succeeds him with the McFar-
land people.

HART MAKES HANDLES EOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Mate Baskets. These
are the Weil-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. I. S2.S0; No. 2, S3.S0 ; No. 3. &4.00 ;

No. 4, S5.00: Na. 5, &6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

530

HOKTICULTURE

AprU 5. 1913

BEAUTIES

A splendid supply of Special Beauties.
When in the market for a quantity, let us
quote you. Our prices will interest you.

The Leo Niessen Co.

i2?h-^^^;"Tt.. PHILADELPHIA

§ To Cut Flower Growers and
i Retail rioHsts

IF YOU

I

want to find a market ioi yoat S
product 3

want a regular or special supply s
of the product of tke belt
groweri

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Page*

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

SMMiUIIIIIIMIIIIIipillllllllllillillllimUJIlllllillllllilHIUIIMIIIIIfc.

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

66 PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. iMcCarthy, Mgr.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. lobist on having: the

BOSTON

Inscriptions, lOinWIfins, etc. Always
in Stock.

-V

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

-^-

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

IS Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists* GreeD8«
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

I!!? J. lOcCullougliTs¥sCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Specinl attention tn sliipplnc orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies. Seeds aud Biilbs.
Price list on appllcatiun.
Phone :»rnii ssi. SIR Wnlnnt St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Grsenhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per lOO

TO DEAI ERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

*' " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

'* " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
*' '* *' Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffndils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smitax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (looj-.
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

cincinnatT

March 25

DHTROIT

March 25

BUFFALO

March 31

iPiTr-BURaH

March 25

25.00

15.00
xo.oo
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6.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
2.00

1-50

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8.00
3.00
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2.00

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10.00
8.00
6.00
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30.00
20.00
15.00
6.00
7.00
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PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants ^^^^^—

176 N. MICHietN AVE., ;r„<'i5SkVi%i&?' GHIGAGO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Oniv.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

April 5, 1913

HOBTICULTUEE

581

I

Again we have with us, in abundance, our old
stand-byes, the Beauties, splendid quality, all lengths
and of good, rich color.

SPECIAI, 54.00 Dozen

FANCY 3.00 "

EXTRA 2.50 "

FIRST 2.00 "

SECOND 1.00 "

CATTI>EYAS: Extra, $4.00 per doz.; $25.00 per 100.
Special, 6.00 per doz.; 40.00 per 100.
VALLEY: Extra, .?3.00 per 100; Special, .$4.00 per 100.
GARDENIAS: First, ?1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Fancy, $2.00 per
doz.; .$12.50 per 100. Special, $3.00 per doz.; $17.50 per 100.
As a Special, we offer them in lots of 60 or over; the very
best quality; all good, long stems, at $10.00 per 100.
SWEET PE.\S: white, pink, lavender; quality extra fine. Fancy, 75c.
per 100. Special, including Spencers, $1.00 per 100.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

WILD SJIIL.AX: SC.W) per case.

BRONZE GALAX: .$1..50 per 1000; .$7.50 per 10,000.

LECCOTHOE SPRAYS (Green and bronze): $1.00 per lOO;

$7.50 per 1,000.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: $3.50 per bag.
SPIIAGNliM MOSS: 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each

$4.00; 5 bale lots, each, $3.75; 10 bale lots, each, $3.50.
AIJXIC.AN IVY: $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1,000.
l>A(iGER .\ND FANCY FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000.
BOXWOOD: 50 lb. eases, $7.50 each.

RIBBONS AND SIPI'LIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons.
Write us for prices on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments can be made by Parcel Post at parchaser's risk,

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W

Flower Market Reports

Business here took a
BOSTON quiet turn directly after
Easter and stiU continues
to be very unsatisfactory and uncer-
tain as to outlook. Prices liave gone
down on everything, but this does not
seem to accelerate the movement of
the stock with which the markets are
burdened. Shipping trade has been
hampered by wash-outs on railroads
and wrecked bridges and thus the out-
lets which usually help the Boston
market are unavailable. The activity
usually experienced for the season fol-
lowing an early Easter appears to be
missing this year, but it may mate-
rialize yet. We have a suspicion that
the automobile is largely responsible
for this. Time will tell.

Easter Monday, opened
BUFFALO up with a drizzling rain
which continued until
Thursday when a snow storm set in.
There was little or no business the
early part of the week and the receipts
were heavy on carnation, roses, peas,
lilies, and everything along the line
and a good portion was carried along
until Saturday. Speculating was light
and stock accumulated heavy. Bar-
gain signs were displayed by the mer-
chants, but this had little effect. This
week, trade is on the upward course,
and the outlook is better. Wm. P.
Keating Co., reports a good Easter
shipping trade in violets, lily of the
valley and roses. The sale of carna-
tions was a little disappointing, the
demand lighter than usual. Bulbous
stock went exceptionally well this year.

WHOLBSALE FLOWER MARKETS — "*°^''«'^^^-d^\Ve*«. only

ROSES

jGn. Beauty, Pancy and SpeclaT77

" " Extra

No.

" " Lower Grades

Killamey t Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary...

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
*' " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tuhps

Violets •

Miznonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Fluiiiosus, Strings (loo)--
** *■ & Sprcn. (loo Bchs.). .

BO!iM

April

CHICAGO

March 31

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arch 31

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2.00

5«

1. 00

4.00

1. 00

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4.00

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Business has been very
CHICAGO quiet since Easter. The

floods of the South and
East have greatly crippled the ship-
ping trade and will continue to do so
for another week. Local trade has
been about up to the average, but
there is more stock than is needed
and prices weakened considerably.
Carnations felt the situation rather
more than roses and any quantity can
be had now. American Beauties are
getting more plentiful, but that favor-
ite flower is still in short supply. All
kinds of roses are to be had in quan-

tity and the supply of bulb stock,
sweet peas and violets seems to be
more than equal to all possible de-
mand. In brief, there is more stock
this week than the market is using
to good advantage.

Ever since Easter
CINCINNATI time the market has

been more or less
upset owing 'to lateness of trains or —
as it is in some instances — the trains
failed to arrive at all. Before mid-
night Monday night all train service
north and west was stopped. About

(Co^ttinued on Page JSS^

532

HORTICULTUBB

AprU 6, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

121 West 28th Street NEW YORK

Fi mil mil uMiis

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWEItS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENY

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 3201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. J^« Madison Square NeW YOFk

Moore, hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Flcrists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— rWM, P. FORD —

jVWholesale Florist

i 107 W. im street, NEW YORK

CkU &Dd Inspei't tfae Best Establlstimeiit
Id the WLoleaule Flower DiRtrlet.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

CONSIGNMt.KS SOLICIIED

PH0NB(^«S; MADISON SO.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut E*erg:reens, Mouses.

Southern Smilax, Galax and Leueothoe.

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cycas an,i Palmetto.

,.. {»;]} M.ds,. 113 W. 28 St., Hew York.
RCED (SL KELLER

123 West 35th St., New York

Florists' Supplies

\\> nianiifnrturc all uxir

Metal Designs, Baskets, V.'irc Wcrk & Ncvelties

;u.d ;ire dealers iu
Decorative Glassware, Grow^ers and

Florist's' Rcouts'tps

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOUSALE COMMISSION HCU8E

A Flrjt :iasB Market for all CUT FLOWEBS

28 Wiiloughby t.. Brooklyn, N. Y,

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

It,*00....(1.7S. BO.dOO $7.80. Sample free

For aale bj dealer*.

SuccMMir to JOHN I. RAYNOK

Wholesale Commission Florist *i:^'R'i:SfT*SS8&«''£f

A lull Una »l Choice Cut Plowr Stock lor all parpiUM Tta« HOME OP TtIB LILY
by tba 100, 1000 or lO.i'OO

TBL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 We^t 28th St., Ncw York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wliolettale Comtniattion Healer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

t33 West 28th Stnet, Mem York

"^i^t' J- K. a.i-i-e:im ^ts^

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A 8QCARK DEAL.

Cut F"lo«er CriiKlamnient. ''•Ilclteil.

PROMPT RKTIIKNS. HUNET ALWAYS READY.

Open « A. M Anliy.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YOlxK

■<l 44M Urn*. ■«

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

ALWAYS
ON HAND

- THEHIGHEST %/ A I I ITV ALWAYS

%, GRADE OF VMLLiEl.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, fe'd's'llOS W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTA I IONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" " Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

*' Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

*■ ** Ordinary

Bride. Maid

Hlllingdun, Ward, Melody, Extra

" " " Ordinary .

Ta»t, Sunburst

Carnaioos, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Last Half of Week

First Half of Wiak

ending Mar

29

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1912

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS
&* West astti street, T'i&'w ^VoxtIk:

Telephones { {**J j Madison Square CON8IGNMKNT8 SOUrmD

FRANK MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Frank H. Trmandly

Charei Sohanefc

TRAENDLY & SGHENCK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telcphonss : 798 aad 799 Vladi*«a Square
OMuisnment* Solicited

CCSTitAi-tT locatfu. thk hfb of

THK FL.OWVB MARKET SBCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Horist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

T^lephoB^ 70At Mttfll«OB
Telaph ne 3860 Madwon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28tli Street NEW YORK

8faipin>iilg, flny quuntlty, TMi' le>
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

ConsAgnmenta Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BTOADWAY, DETROIT, MICH.

HENRY M.koUINSON.Prcs. MAURICE L.OLjl.lS.TTeM
CHAS E. ROBINSON. V-Pres. JOSEPH M AROOL18, S<«>

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
^A^I-<ol^se>i^ P'ior-ls'fca

Matirice L. Glaas, Manaser
55-57 WEST 26th ST. NEW YORK OTY

Sprcttu Attentitm im tin Shi^in^ 7 radf

April 5, 1913

H 0 E T I C U L T U R B

fi33

Flower Market Reports

f CoHtinutd from f«^ J?/)

the same time all east-bound service
except on the C. & O. was stopped.
The raging torrents of the Big and
Little Miamis and the Whitwater have
either taken down the various bridges
or have weakened them so as to ren-
der them unsafe to cross, while the
water is still up as high as it is. On
Tuesday one wholesaler received a
shipment that had been shipped on
the 22nd and should have arrived here
on the 23rd. Another had a shipment
held up twenty-two miles from town.
All trains south are moving regularly.
Business since Easter has been fair.
The supply is adequate and consists
of excellent stock in every line.
(This report delayed on account of floods. i

The market here, di-
NEW YORK rectly after Easter,
took a big tumble.
Many things that had maintained a
standard price up to Saturday night
dropped in quoted value 25 to 50 per
cent, and many others were actually
unquotable. It was probably one of
the most sudden and serious breaks
ever experienced here. It is unneces-
sary to attempt to assign the causes,
in these brief notes. Suffice it to sim-
ply state the fact. No signs of recov-
ery are yet visible. The crop is ex-
ceedingly heavy on all lines and
wholesale dealers are glad to unload
at "job-lot" figures to anyone who will
come along with a proposition for a
good-sized load. Those who buy a
few dozen flowers for Immediate needs
will have to pay an average price, as
a rule, but those who are disposed to
take a speculative chance on a van-
load can pretty nearly dominate the
situation just now.

Monday after
PHILADELPHIA Easter very

good. Balance
of week very bad. Crops seemed to
come in with a rush and business
dropped off amazingly — the conse-
quence being a glut all along the line.
A good demand was expected for after-
Easter weddings, but there was very
little doing apparently in that line. The
overload was gotten rid of somehow at
some price — with some exceptions — no-
tably southern daffodils. The latter
were poor, and a great part went
to waste. American Beauty and other
roses, also carnations, were plentiful
and good. In orchids a few Mossiae
are now to be seen but the bulk is

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

6AVB TIMS AND MONET BT 8RNDINO TOCB ORIIER TO CS -

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

antericvn beauty, kill\rney, r1chm1nd, m \rvland and ' ll the

superior roses. lily of the valley. c*jlnatljns. orchid j

be;st produced

226 Devonshire Street, Bo«ton, Mas*.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/Hole8al<

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

>ri!

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORGANIZED FOR THB BKMKFIT OF THB CANADIAN TRADE.
CUT IXOWKKS AND rl/ORISTS' SCFPLIES OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Bomr-cr*wa BtMk • Sn«lrt«y. tTBICTLT WHOLJESALEg NOTHING SOLD
AT RKTAH..

AspU r«f«r*ae« fBralshad ■• %» ■*■■*■! vaA •aaacUU ahllltr af th* campany.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lille* . LooKif lorum

LU> of the Valley

DaffodiU

Tulips

Violets

Daises ->

Mignonette

Snapdrak^on

Wallf ower

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Oardenias

Adiantum

dinllax

Asparagus Plumostis, sUiQgs (per zoo)

•* *' A Spren (loo bunches) .

Ust Half of Weifc

eoding Mar. 29

1913

1500
3-00
8.00
1. 00
1.00
1. 00
•15
•50
3.00
3.00
Z.00
3.00
6.00
.50
10.00

35 oo
15.00

40.00
6.00

xo.oo
2.00
2.00
2.00

,4c

1.00

5.00

6.00
2.00
6.00
90.00
1. 00
15.00
40.00
35.00

First Hall ifWHl

begionlng Mar. 31

tll3

15.00
3.00
6.00
1. 00
1. 00

i.OO

•'5

•SO

3.00

3.00

I.OO

3.00

6xx>
.50
10.00
35.00
15.00

504

6.<

•4»
i.oa

6.00

3.00

6.oe

ao.oe

t.a»

iS.oa

40.0*

'5.«»

Still the less ])opular Scliroederae.
Easter lilies, callas and lily of tlie val-
ley were in fairly good demand and
suffered less from the glut than most
other things. A great part of the sweet
pea crop was below par. Really good
flowers were the exception. There was
a good demand for spring smilax — with
supply rather limited.

The market has had an
ST. LOUIS abundance of stock all

during the last week.
Retail business somewhat quiet but in
the later part it picked up, but the
stock at the wholesale market was so
large that the demand scarcely made
an impression on it. Prices went
down in a hurry. Violets and sweet
peas have been the special glut since
Easter with prospects for a continu-
ance of this for this week. Bulb stock
too is coming in heavy on all sides.

ROSES WANTED

will Pay Good Prices for Saleable
Blooms Shipped Regularly.

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

54 W. 38th Street, N«w Yeric

HORTICULTURAL CLUB OF BOS-
TON.

The Horticultural Club of Boston
entertained at Its March meeting as
guests, Wm. Wells, Merstham, Eng-
land. A. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.,
and H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Man.
Mr. Wells made a charming ad-
dress on his pet flower — the chrys-
anthemum, asserting that the big flow-
ered varieties are still in the ascend-
ancy and giving some very interesting
facts concerning the hardy sorts. Mr.
Philpott told of the beautiful and at-
tractive homes that are being estab-
lished in the great Northwest. Mr.
Zvolanek presented a paper giving
facts concerning the origin of the
winter-flowering Spencer sweet peas.
In illustration of Mr. Zvolanek's story
Wm. Sim had decorated the table with
a glorious display of the Zvolanek
sweet peas, twenty-five varieties being
represented in the aggregation. Mr.
Sim predicted that within a couple of
years the Spfencer type would be the
only winter sweet peas grown for com-
mercial purposes. Robert Cameron
deprecated the crude way In which
flowers are handled in the markets.

634

HORTICULTURE

AprU 5, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this* head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOCNTANT

R. J. D.T8art, 4U State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AGERATCMS ..

Ageratnm, Gurney and dwarf white root-
ed cuitiugs, liOc. per 100, cash. WONSET-
LER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O^

A.MPELOPS'S

Ampelopsls Veitihli — One year, 2 to 3
ft., strong, -J for ?2, 100 for $3.23 (panel
post); $-'0 per loOO. 18 to 24 luches, 50
for $1.50. $J per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Stroufc' roots, toiis cut to i. iD'liCs
for transplanting, $1:^ per 1000. Samplrg
25c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Ulaili,
Hightstown, N. J.

APHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AKALCAKIAS

Godfrey Aschmann, I'liiladelphla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGUS

J. H. Dann & Sou, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus Si)rengerl 2 inch, $200 per
100; $18.00 per lotJO. Cash please. Felscu
Bros., Maywood, ill.

Aspliragiii ^plumosus nanus. Sprengerl,
and smilax seedlings, eight to ten thou-
sand, from flats; in prime condition. What
am I offered— all or part? l'"ranij Adelber-
ger, Wayne. Delaware Co.. Penna.

ASTERS

Best aster seeillings, Pink, Lavender,
White, 30C. lOO; $3.00 lliOO. Cash.

PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES.

Port Allegany, Pa.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerlierk. Holioken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
A. Leuthy & Co.. Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechiier & Co., New Yoik. N. Y.

For page see List of Adver^isers._

BAY TREES

McHutchlson & Co., 17 .Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bohbink & AtkTnsTRutherford. N. J.
For p.-ige see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St.,
New Y'ork.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
for special lis . Julius Roehrs Co., Ruther-
ford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Brecls-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

Vernon Begonias, 3 Inch, in bloom, nice
plants, $3.00 per loO. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, III.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co . we Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co.. 1133 Broadway, N.~Y\

For page see List of Advertisers
Hltchlngs & Co.. 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES— CrT FLOWER— FOI.niNG

Edwards Folding Box Co, Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
Box Trees, all sizes. Ask for special list.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddington. New York, N. Y.

Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page .see List of Advertisers.

Mlcheirs~Seed HouseTPhlladelphia^Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARN.4TIONS— Contlnaed

Three Grand New Carnations— Wm. E©-
cles, first prize winner at Detroit and silver
medal winner of New York Horiliultutal
Society; rigid stem, perfectly formed 3%-ln.
flower, non-bursting calvx. highly perfumed
and free. Lady Northcliffe. beautiful .-ial-
con pink, well built flower, and just enough
In It not to burst the calyx; a grand bread
and butter sort. British Triumph, a strlk-
ing shade of crimson; flower SMjinch and
well built; sweetest perfume of any carna-
tbm ever raised; keeping qualities are the
best; fine stem, good constitution, and free.
$1200 per 100. $100 per 1,000. Scott
Brothers, Elmstord Nurseries, Elmsford,
N. Y.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, III.
Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons. Hlllegom. H.dland.

Bull>s of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

Wood Bros.. FIshkill. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddington, New Y'ork. N. T.

Boddington's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son. Westfield. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.
You can double your profits by stocking
up with the new cannjis. Be sure to get
our list before you place your order. The
Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.
S. S. Skidelsky"&~CoT"Phlla~Pa^
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.
New Carnation The Herald.
For page^ee List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

New Carnation Benora.

For page see List, of Advertisers.

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury, Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS. SURPLUS STOCK.
500 St. Nicholas plants from flats, $3.50

per 100; $.30.00 per 10(K).
1500 St. Nicholas rooted cuttings, $3.00 per

100: ,$25.00 per KinO.
ISro Rosette rooted cuttings, $6.00 per 100-,

$.tO.OO per 1000.
April delivery for St. Nicholas and Rosette

cuttings. FRANK P. PUTNAM,

P. O. Box 12, Lowell, Mass.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. I'lllsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 tor $1.00 post paid. I. U
I'illsbury, Galesburg, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishklil, N. Y.
I'or page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
Chrysanthemum Manual.

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenlleld,
N. J. 6 -,

Hardy Pompon, Singles and Early Flowe»-
ing.

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. Charles
Razor at $4.00 per 100; $.30.00 per 1000.
Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme. Halllday,
Yellow Bonnaffon, Smith's Advance and
Madam Patti at $2.00 per 101); $17.50 per
1000. Peirce Bros., Waltham, Mass.

CHRYSANTHEMITmTtIIE; By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
in secret arts and practices, but In plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOII,

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Masi.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLEU8

Coleus, 20 varieties, including new Vln-
ing rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per
inno; 2-in., 2c. Cash. WONSETLEB
GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro. Mass.

Dahlias — 25<X> field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash ; or what have you to
exchange? Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,
North Dighton, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.

Dorothy Peacock. Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding. New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. Willlamstown Junction, N. J.,
PostJ5fl3ce,_Berlln, N. J.

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date in America.
Over 850.000 field clumps to otTer at right

S rices. Be sure and send your wants to
K. Alexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
East Bridgewater, Mass.

For List of Advertisers See Page 491

April 5, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

635

DECORATIVE PL,AUTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. NuraerleB.

Rosliudale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Marljet and^9th Sts,,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers,

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28tli St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Indivisa, 2 inch, $2.00 per 100
or $18.00 per lOiiO. Cash please. Felsch
Bros., Maywood, 111.

FERNS

A. Leutby & Co.. Koslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. a. Harrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank OechsUn. 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.
Ferns for Dishes,

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytowu-on-Hudson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whit-
manil. Auierpohli. Sprlnpfieldii. $1-80 per
100. $l."i.llO per HK)0. Roosevelt niimiTs.
very fine, .$6.(K) per 100, $.50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-iuch, $15.00 per 100; 5-in h.
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Pluiuosus. 4 inch,
handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 50,000 sq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted exclu-
sively to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, for casli
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield. O.

FERTILIZERS

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly.

Mass.

^For page see List of Advertisers.

ElmeFD. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich'

Fertilene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized ManuTe Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards. Chicago. III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy c& Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and
9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers-
Reed & 'Kefler,~lS~wr25t"E St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers^

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdoifer^& Co., irSTArch St.,
Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 2Sth and M Sts.,

Washington. D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge. Mass.

B^or page see List of Advertisers^

Ft^

Hilfinger Bros., Ft. Edward. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
For page ree List of Advertisers.

FCNGINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page .see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

U. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mme. Salleroi. 2 in. pots, $2.00 per 100,
.$18 per 1000. Wm. Doel, Pascoag, R. I. _

NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY GER.A.NITM.

For the first time, we are offering th.s
wonderful new geranium to our many cus-
tomers. Write for circular in natural t ol-
ors and prices on large lots. 2iA-iuch pot.4
50c. each, $.j.00 per doz, ; 3-inch lots. $1.()0
each, $10.<X) per doz. JOHN BAUSCHEB,
Chicago St., Freeport, His.

Geraniums, 2-inch, Poiteviue. Hill, $2.50
1(K); $20,110 WOO. Salleroi, Nutt and others,
$18.00 1000. Pelargoniums, $3,00 100. Root-
ed cuttinss. Nutt. Doyle, Grant, Buchner,
)fV2.W IWX), Poitevine, Hill, Ricard, $14.00
1000. fi-in. Pelargoniums, 15c. ; 2-in., 4c.;
R. C, $1.50 100. Cash.

PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES,
Port Allegany, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard. Red Wing. Viuud. La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bisqult. Per-
kins, Oherle, Lecadre, Landry. $2.00 per
10(1: $lS..Tfl per lOiiO. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Panjela. Mrs. Annie Vlmenr, Poite-
vine. Double Dryden. Atlantis, Luigl Gran-
dis, Docteur Daujuu, .$:i.OU per 100; $23.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y.
For pa.ge see List of .Advertisers.

Northlioro Dahlia and Gladiolus G.irdens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

2,uii0 dark mixed Gladiolus, 1 inch up,
$4.00 per lliOO. Dark mi.xed Gladiolus bulb-
lets, 25 per l.OOu. Not prepaid. Cash.

SUNNYSIDE FARM, North Lima, Ohio.

Gladinlus bulbs. Grotf's Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed. 1st size, $1,00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000; 2nd size. 60c, per 100, $5,00 per 1000,
500 at 1(100 rate. C. Peirce. Digbton. Mass,

Kunderdi Glory. $4,25 per 100; $40 per
1000, Bulblets America, 75c, qt.; Inde-
pendence, 30c. qt., $2.00 peck: Blue Mix-
lure. 00c. qt,; Meadowvale, 60c. qt.; Mad.
Moneret, 2,5c. qt. Chamberlain & Gage,
South Natick, Mass,

Independence, Augusta. America. Klon-
dvke. Mrs. King. Groffs Hybrids or Silver
Trophv Sec, 2 bulbs under V- inch, $3,00;
i/j $8.00, s-^ .$12.00, 1 $16.00; IVl up $20.00
per IflOO. Bulblets of all except Augusta
and Klondvke. .$5,00 per peck, prepaid.
CLARK BROWN, Ashland, Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing I'oint.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co.. 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc.. 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brook'yn, N. Y.

For page see Lio( of Advertisers.

Greenhouse gl;iss. lowest prices. Jobn-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City. lud.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan. 118 Winyah Ave.,

New Roihelle, N, Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche. Jersey City. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List o^Advertlsers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brookl.vn. N. Y.
For page see List of Adverti.sers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N, Y,

For page^ see List of Advertisers.

Foley Mfg. Co., 2510 S. Westerii~Ave7;

Chicago, III.

Iron Frame Greenhouse.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd. Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N, J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnh"Jn Co.,

11.33 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pierson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hitchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. X.

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POX HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Ker\'an Co., New Y'ork.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNI.4LS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H^TToddrJersey CI ty, N. J.

For page ..ee List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway. New York.

For pa"-e see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton. Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
E. S. Miller, W.nding^RIver," N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbiuk",&~AtkIns, Rutliertord, Nrj"^

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIBISCUS

Crimson Eye, 1 year field-grown. No. 1,
$2.00; No, 2. $1.50: No. 3. $1.00 per 100; 5(i0
lots. 10 per cent, off, cash. Albert Troth,
Cantril, Iowa.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros,. Brooklyn. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES

Apbine Manufacturing Co.. Madison, N. J.
Aphine and Fungine.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond. Fishklll-ou-Hudson,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Sons. 42 Vesey St., New York.

Tanglefoot for 'Trees.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

5S6

HORTICULTURE

April 5, 1913

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collei-tlons In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nnrsery, York, Neb.

IVY

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

English Ivy, rooted cuttings. 75c. per 100,
prepaid. Chaa. Frost, Kenllworth, N. J.

JAPAI4ESE LILIES

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LEMON VERBENA

Lemon Verbena R. C, 75c. per 100, pre-
paid. Chas. Frost, Kenllworth, N. J.

LILY BCLBS

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius UoeUrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $00.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHutchison & Co., 17 MurTay St., N. T.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
$.^.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MOONVINE8

Moonvines Grandiflora, ly- in. 3%c. ; 1000,
$30.00. Cash. WONSETLER GREEN-
HOUSES, Bryan, O.

MUhsERY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers^

WT~& T.limltb'CoT Geneva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BobbInk~&~Atkins, Rutherford," N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framlngham,
Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
Spring Price List.

For page see List ^f Advertisers.

MeHutchis"on^^Co7^'l7^Murray~StT n7~Y,

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

SHRrBBERY.
There are bargains to be had here In
such varieties as Spireas, Altheas, Welgelas
and Philadelpbus, and this names only a
few. We have acres of shrubs, well grown
and ready for you. Write for price list.
The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, HI.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chilllcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veitchii.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans. England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page .see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & AtkTnsTTJutherfoFdT^N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y'.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

F'or page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Spraguc, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betscber,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page tee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lisea. H. D. Scele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"RIverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo, O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardlniers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POTASH

German Kali Works, New York, N. Y.

PRIVET

C. R. Burr & Co., Manchester, Conn.

California Privet.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Privet, well grown, 2-year*ld
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet: well fin-
ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old AmpelopsU
Veltchll. For prices and particulars, ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown. N. J.

POT HANGERS

Pot bangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by ezp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sous, CedJW
Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N, Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Ken,lalvllle, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advert isers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. 0! No. 1, Hnboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert'Cralg^oTTPhlladelphla. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

&~T. Smfth Co., Geneva, N.

American Grown Roses.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Uass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehali~Co.T Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers,
Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maai.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. H. Walsh, Wood's Hole, Mass.
The Rose Paradise of America.

ROSES WANTED

A. L. Young & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SALVIAS

Salvia Zurich rooted cuttings, $1.00 2-ln,
$2.00 per 100; Splendens same price. Cash.
WONSETLER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chlcaso, III.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Everett B. Clark SeVd~Co7;~Mllford, ConB.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,
San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cal.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

51 and 52 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Michell's Seed Hoiise, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see Lis t of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Fiske, JRawson Co., Boston, Mass.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Man.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. ThorburiT&Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 491

April 5, 1913

HOBTICULTURE

637

SEEDS — Continued
Loechner & Co.. New York, N. Y.
New Zealand-Grown Garden Peas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.

Aster Seed.

For page see List ol Advertisers.

P. Hamllton^GoodseliT^New York^N. Y.

For page see List ot Advertisers.

B. D. Woodruff & Son. New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List ot" Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Holioken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulleu, Wondhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Rest French Seeds

For page .'see List ot Advertisers.

Felix & Dykliuis. Boskoop. Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Elpe in April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SILKALINE

John C. Meyer »& Co.. Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

StnO SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshkill-un-Uudson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNCM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, B.irnegat, N. .T.

For page &ee List of Aovertisers.

C. W. Brownell Co., Walden, N. Y.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and

orchid baskets always on hand. Lager &

HurreU. Summit, N. J^

SPIREAS

Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington.

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stuck in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllus Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. .T

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
rarleties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers

TRADESCANTIA

Wandering Jew. Bicolor and Striped.
Each, 2 in., per 100, $1.50; Bicolor, 2Vi In.,
per 10<». $2.0(1; 500 lots, 10 per cent. off.
cash. Albert Trotu, Cantril, lowa^

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see LLst of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer. inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Two-year-old Asparagus Roots.

For p.-ige see List of Advertisers.

Tomato seedlings. Early Jewel, Match-
less. Earlian.T, Dwarf Stone, Dwarf Cham-
pion, 30o. 100; .$2.00 1000. Cash.

PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES.
Port Allega n y. Pa.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.
Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vlnca minor ftrailing periwinkle). A
bardy evergreen vine, trailing close to the
surface, furniing a dense mat, thriving
under trees where grass will not grow;
useful for binding the soil on slopes to
prevent washing; for covering graves,
where the blue flowers contrast finely with
the glossy green foliage. Well rooted
Ia.ver3, $1..")0. lOU; $10.(K), 1000; 500O for
140.00. Samples on request. E. Y. Teas,
Centerville, Ind.

VIOL.ETS ■

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot,
Jl.OO per 100; $0.00 per 1000. Princess of
Wales. California, Luxonne. JACQI'ES
GILLMET. Moylan, Del. Co., Penna. Mall
and telegraph orders promptly attended to.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.

For page_sce List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
Holtiin & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
Hellscher's

William E. Hellscher's Wire
38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

Works,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and
31 Otis St
For page see List of Advertisers.
Welch Bros. Co.. 226"Devonshire St"^
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Butralo. N. Y.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Reinberg. 37 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co.. 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati. Ohio

The J. M McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40
Broadway.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford. 121 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of .Advertisers.

James McManus. 105 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 2Sth StTTN. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler. 28 Willoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List_of_Advertt8er8;

Moore, Hentz &r~Nashr55~and 57 W. 26th

St., New Y'ork.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Millang. 55^nd~57~West~2Gth St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Traendly & Schenck. New Y

:>rk. N.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan
2.'^th St.

Y.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West
2.'^th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Millang. .55-57 West 2nfh St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Riedel & Meyer, Inc.. New York

For page see List of Advertisers.

New York. N. Y.

of Advertisers.

& Marketos, 41 West 2.'<th St

B. S. Slinn, Jr..
For page see List

Woodrow

For page see List o^ Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WROLESAXE FLORISTS
New York — Continued

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

"George C. Siebrecht, 109 W. 2nth St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FhUadelpbia

Leo. Niessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List ot Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-U

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1218

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

ASPARAGUS LUTZI.

Loechner & Co.. 11 Warren St., N. Y-
For page see List^of Advertisers.

BIGGEST THING IN THE TRADE
SECTION.

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

DAHLIAS.

W. A. Finger, Hicksville. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EUCHARIS AND PANCRATIUMS.

Sander & Sons. 2."i8 Broadway. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Florists' Telegraph Delivery, Albert Poch-
elon. Sec, 153 Bates St., Detroit. Mich.
For page see List of .Advertisers^

FLOWER MARKET SHOW.

Boston Co-operative Flower Market,

I?oston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLADIOLUS.

Arthur Cowee, Meadowvale Farms, Berlin,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLADIOLUS.

John Lewis Childs. Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HENDERSON'S IMPORT BULB
CATALOGUE.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

INVITATION TO RUTHERFORD.

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

MASTICA.

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW PLANTS AND BULBS FROM

CHINA.

H. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT SPECIALIST.

Thomas Roland. Nahant. Mass.

For page see List of .Advertisers.

REVERO GARDEN HOSE.

Revere Rubber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIHODODENDRONS AND NURSERY
STOCK.

Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

.A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

For page -see List of Advertisers.

SWEET PEA SEED.

Ant. C. ZvolMnek. Lonipoe, Cal.

For page See List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Hoiticulture

538

HOKTICULTUBE

AprU 5, 1913

THE PUBLICITY PROPAGANDA

By M. C. Ebel.

No more perplexing problem con-
fronts the business man than what to
do, and how to do it, to get the great-
est return from his expenditures In
creating a selling market for his pro-
ducts. More money is wasted in this
branch of a business than in any
other department because it is next to
impossible to trace returns on all that
es expended, and so we must be con-
tent to strike a happy medium, where-
as cost of production may be accu-
rately figured.

I have, however, been quietly watch-
ing the course of events since I fired
my first shot at publicity in the trade
papers last May, and the interest
■which has been manifested among the
florists generally in this subject since
then must assure anyone, not a pessi-
mist, that the publicity movement will
not be permitted to wane, but that it
will progress until it will finally make
its power and influence felt in the
florist industry just as it is doing
among the younger industries today.

The power of the press, and nothing
else, has built up many industries in
the past quarter of a century so that
where their resources a decade ago
were reckoned in the hundred thou-
sands, they are today counted in the
hundred millions. And let me tell you
some of these industries did not have
the foundation to build on that the old
florist industry has, but which up to
now it has not undertaken to develop.
I say, the old florist industry, for it
is the oldest industry in the world.
What other industry can trace its
ancestry as far back as the Garden of
Eden? And had the first partners in
the business been alive to conditions
as they exist today, they would prob-
ably not have trafficked so unwisely
with the fruit, but would have begun
to create a better market for it, by
which we might all have benefited be-
fore the cost of high living for every-
thing but flowers overtook us.

The consequence of the lack of wis-
dom on the part of the first planters
is that some of the boys have risen
above the old man and our younger
industries have become prosperous
and powerful enterprises, though some
of them have admittedly been founded
on very flimsey superstructures. Now
there is that stability behind the flor-
ist industry which as it develops can-
not be shaken, for it will be builded
differently than, you may say, practi-
cally all other iudustries. in that it
will never be created as a monopoly or
trust; and thus it will remain separ-
ated from that greatest of all evils,
political intrigues which are seriously
affecting the business life of this
country today.

There is no question, however, that
the florist business, and in that I mean
the various branches of horticulture
and floriculture, already unconsciously
following in the evolution through
which other successful industries have

passed from their minor state into
great enterprises. I refer principally
to the large commercial florist estab-
lishments which are producing along
the same lines that the large manufac-
turers produce, studying all the phases
where economies may be practiced
and then taking advantage of the eco-
nomies to reduce the cost of produc-
tion, and so as in other fields of en-
deavor the large grower can make
money at prices at which the small
grower cannot afford to produce.

This feature of the florist business
is never again going to diminish, but
on the contrary will continue to in-
crease, and with this development of
the business the chances of your ever
seeing much higher prices for flowers
than those now prevailing become
more and more remote. It is true that
in food products and in other neces-
saries of life there has been a con-
stant increase in prices due to a large
extent to manipulation but among
manufacturers generally the selling
price if anything has been lessened,
brought about by modern manufactur-
ing systems which have helped the
strong and driven out the weak in va-
rious trades, and this is the situation
which sooner or later is bound to con-
front the florist.

Mr. Wallace R. Pierson in his paper,
"The Florist and His Market," presents
some arguments which should make
grower, wholesaler, and retailer sit up
and take notice. He says they are all
in the same boat. He is right, taking
the florist business collectively and
this he has done, for I am satisfied that
the establishment with which he is
identified is not concerned over the
selling markets. His plant is one I
had in mind where every branch is
carefully watched and where the cost
of production is regarded more essen-
tial than the going market prices. He
urges co-operation between the grower,
wholesaler, and retailer, rather than
competition and warns of the possi-
bility of a chain of stores handling
flowers as they do other commodities.

This is no longer a possibility but
will soon be an announced fact; for a
strong organization is already under
contemplation having associated with
it a man heavily interested in several
similar successful, what might be
termed, endless chain store enterprises.
It will seek direct outlets for its pro-
ductions, and as its retail business
expands, it can continue to increase
its growing capacity, if it chooses, or
exercise the privilege if it finds it more
profitable to do so, of going direct to
growers and contracting for their en-
tire output. The opportunity is a
great one. The mystifying part of it Is
that it has not been taken advantage
of before. It brings to mind an old
saying that it takes an outsider to dis-
cover the inside of one's opportuni-
ties.

No general publicity campaign will
be required by such a concern. It will
do its own advertising and create its
own markets; but this is individual
advertising and will not help its neigh-
bor in the business. Individual adver-

tising only helps the individuals to
whom it is directed.

Then we have our local publicity or
advertising campaigns. They may have
some good features, but I have failed
to discern any in watching what has
so far been undertaken. No doubt
some of them have been productive of
results, but could they be declared a
success when the expenditures are
taken into account. For arguments
sake let us concede that one of the
local publicity committees would hit
on a plan whereby a greater demand
and better prices for flowers could be
established within its region. How
long would it be before the growers
from elsewhere would swamp that
locality with shipments to get some of
those better prices and they would
again be confronted with the problem
how to overcome the gluts.

Curtailment of products can not be
successfullly maintained in the florist
industry although the suggestion was
offered at the Philadelphia meeting,
where Mr. Pierson first read his paper,
that the florists' devote some of their
glass for a time to vegetable growing.
The weak point here is that the vege-
table grower is confronted with the
same problem as the florist— no proper
selling market, — but were this not so
and the experiment tried and proved
successful, and prices of flowers would
advance, Mr. Vegetable Grower would
soon be found giving some attention to
the florist business. It is but human
nature.

Universal publicity, educating the
public to the usages of flowers and
plants, instructing them how to grow
and care for them, how to employ
them, and convince them that they are
not luxuries but comforts which glad-
den the heart and mitigate sorrow
and suffering, that is what is now re-
quired to increase the selling market
for the florists and there is nothing
else left to accomplish this for you.

Some will dispute my idea and say
that we are having lots of education
already and are getting it for nothing,
but let me ask you If you ever ob-
tained anything for nothing that was
worth anything?

I know the Sunday supplements are
furnishing a lot of gardening talk
about this season of the year as an
incentive to get the florists and seeds-
men to advertise in them, but it is
not of the right sort. For Instance, I
picked up a paper yesterday which
told how to care for plants during the
winter to carry them over into the
spring. This information is given in
February and will be useful to some
next fall. How many people do you
imagine that article Interested? Such
matter is not instructive and will not
hold the attenion of readers long.
Tell them something they can do now
and they will be interested. Our gar-
den magazines are already doing much
good instructive work in floriculture
and horticulture, but they reach a very
small percentage of the people. To
get at the public, the dally newspaper
is the great channel.

{To he ConttHueii)

April 5, 1913

HOETICULTUKE

539

F^OR

HEWS STANDARD

99

POTS

XJS...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

PLANT QUARANTINE DECISION
NO. 1.
The Federal Horticultural Board
recommends that Regrulation 6 of the
Rules and Regulations for carrying
out the Plant Quarantine Act, pub-
lished in Circular No. 41, Revised,
Office of the Secretary, be amended by
the addition in the first paragraph of
a proviso reading as follows:

Provided, however, That nursery stock
which can be cleaned by disinfection or
treatment may be delivered to the import-
er, consignee, or agent for the proper care
and treatment thereof, upon the filing of
a voluntary bond, with approved sureties,
double to the invoice value of the property
(the amount of the bond in no case to be
less than $20 or less than $1 per plant in
• case of date palms and date-palm off-
shoots, conditioned upon the delivery
thereof) to the collector of customs 40 days
from the date of arrival, and provided
that the same shall not be removed from
the port of entry until a written notice
is given to the collector of customs by the
Inspector of the Department of Agricul-
ture that the nursery stock in -^luestion
has been properly treated.

Regulation H. as amended, shall be-
come and be effective on and after April
1, lt*13, and the regulation in full shall
read as fcllowR :

Regulation 6. Entry of Nursery Stock.

(Section 1.)

On and after July 1, 1013, entry of nur-
sery stuck will not i)e allowed unless the
invoice is accompanied by the original
certificate and unless each container hears
a copy certificate, issued by a duly author-
ized oflicial of the country from which it
is shipped, stating that the nursery stock
covered by these certificates has been thor-
oughly inspected by him or under his di-
rection and was found, or believed to be,
free from injurious plant diseases and in-
sect pests : Provided. That for stock to
be shipped between October 1 and May 31
such inspection shall be made on or after
the 1st of October and for stock shipped
duriug the growing ;season inspection shall
be made at the time of packing: Provid-
ed further. That on and after July 1. 1013.
nursery stock from countries which do not
maintain otficial nursery stock inspection
win be admitted into the United States
only for experimental purposes and in lim-
ited quantities. For such importations a
special permit will be required. (See Keg.
5.) Applications for such permits should
be addressed, in writing, to the Federal
Horticultural Board, specifying l be amount
and kinds of nursery stock which it is
Intended to import. Any such shipments
will be allowed to enter only through a
port which the Secretary of Agriculture
will designate in the permit. Such nur-
sery stock shall not be delivered to the
importer or consignee until it has been
examined by an inspector of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and found to be free
from plant diseases and insect pests: Pro-
vided, however. That nursery stock which
can be cleaned by disinfection or treat-
ment may he delivered to the importer.
consignee, or agent for the proper care
and treatment thereof, upon the filing of
a voluntary bond, with approved sureties,
double to the invoice value of the prop-
erty (the amount of the bond in no case
to be less than $20 or less than $1 per
plant in case of date palms and date-palm
offshoots) conditioned upon the delivery
thereof to the collector of customs 40 days
from the date of arrival, and provided
that the same shall not be removed from
the port of entry until a written notice
Is given to the collector of customs by the
Inspector of the Department of Agriculture
that the nursery stock in question has
been properly treated.

Prior to July 1, 1913. it will not be re-

DRCELR'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. niam. Ea.

Doz.

100

10 20 In.

};i.«$16()0 Jl.W.OO

20 1«ln.

1..S0

14.1")

11.5.00

SO lein.

1.00

11.26

»2.II0

40 14 Id.

.65

7.00

B6.O0

fi*l V2 IQ.

.45

SIK)

40.00

«) 10 In.

.38

4.00

82.00

70 8 In.

.80

8.B0

28.00

Manofartnred for a» eioluilTely. The best tut) ever liitrodncpd. The neateet, lightest
DDd cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and

Supplies, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Ad vert icemen ts in this column
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cash with order. All
corre§ponden<'e addressed "Care
HORTICCLTCRE" shnald be sent
11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE— Iron G.irden Vase with or-
namental cover, 4 ft. high, about 3 ft. di-
ameter. Cheap. N., care HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12. 10 X 18. IC X 24. double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is
the time to liu.v and s;ive money. Parshel-
sky Uros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St..
Brooklyn, N. Y.

SPRAYERS FOR SALE— One 12 h. p.

Oldsmobile. 450 jral. tank; one 7 h. p.
Cluiroh. 4.50 sal. tank; One 3 h. p. Oldsmo-
bile. 200 jral. tank; two gas sprayers. 100
jral tank ; one .55 ft. and one 36 ft. exten-
sion ladder: 950 ft. of one inch hose; 0
spray nozzles. Wm. F. Leary. 40 Pound
Lane. Chestnut Hill, Mass. Tel., 2S86-1
Bronkline.

MISagLLANEQUS

BUY OR LEASE, 10.000 to 20.000 feet of
glass. H.. HORTICULTURE.

quired that the original certificate of in-
spection accompany the invoice, but each
container of imported nursery stock must
bear a copy of the certificate of inspection
in the form authorized by the responsible
inspection official of the country of origin.

Prior to July 1, l'J13, nursery stock from
countries whirh maintain no official nur-
sery-stock Inspection will be admitted into
the United States only through the ports
of New York. San Francisco, Seattle, Jack-
sonville, New Orleans. Honolulu, and San
Juan after examination by inspectors of
the Department of Agriculture at the
port of entry, if found to be free from
plant diseases and insect pests.

Collectors of customs will be notified
from time to time, through the Secretary
of the Treasury, of the countries which
maintain official nursery stock inspection.

Entry will not be allowed unless the
case. box. or other container or covering
is plainly and correctly marked to show
the number of permit, the general nature
and quantity of the contents, the district
or locality and country where grown, the
name and address of the exporter, and the
name and address of the consignee.

Nursery stock offered for entry without
compliance with these regulations will be
refused admission. Nursery stock, in-
spected as provided herein, which is found
to be carrying dangerous insects or plant
diseases may be treated or destroyed, as
circumstances require.

« 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AKD BULB

can be shipped at an hour's notice,

per crate:

L'coo 1% in. @ $6.00

a.",(io 2

151X1 2hi

1500 21-'.

1000 3

800 3Vi

4.88
5.25
6 00
5 1,0
5.S0

500 t
456 4'/,
320 5
210 ."'/■
144 6
12 1 7

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PANS

Price

$4.50
5.24
4.51
3.7.S
3.16
4.20
3.00

N.Y.
Aeents

HILFINGER BROS., Pottery, Fort Edward,
August Rolker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City,
OUB SPECIALIV— Long DistancB and exiort trade

r-STANDARO FLOWER— i

If ynnr greenhouses are «itliin 500 miles
of the Tapitol, write us, we can save
Ton nionev.

IV. H. ERNEST

-» 38th & M Sis. Wa^liington. D. C. ^

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The exiensiiin stave foot
prevents the bottom from
ro'ting No chance for wator
to collect and rot the floor.
The Americcuk Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo. Ohio. U. S. A.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved marhtnery, \rm eaa

■opply yoar wanr* to better advant»r«

th«H ever.

Special dUrountft on larffe orilera.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, insurer of 32,500.000 sq. h. o( fiUa

For pamculan address

John G. Esler, sk'i Saddle River, N.I.

When a packnsre of imported nursery
stock includes any proUibited species, tbe
entire package will be refused entry and
treated or destroyed as circumstances may
require.

All charges for storage, cartage, .nd la-
bor incident to inspection, other than the
services of inspectors, shall be f-aid by the
owner or consignee.

C. L. MARLATT.
W. A. ORTON.
PETER BISSET.
GEO. B. SI'DWOETH,
W. D. HrNTER,
Federal Horticultural Board.
Approved:

James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C, March 1, 1913.
Issued March 29, 1913.

540

HOETICULTUBE

April 6, 1913

Obituary,

Frank Banning.
Frank Banning, of Kinsman, O., well-
known as a gladiolus specialist and
raiser of several sensational varieties,
died on March 19, aged 55 years.

Mrs. August Mirring.

Mrs. Caroline Mirring, wife of
August Mirring, a well-known florist
of East St. Louis, 111., died on Wednes-
day, March 25th. Mrs. Mirring was 36
years old and was the mother of seven
children — three boys and four girls,
who with the husband mourn her loss.

A. J. Thompson.

Adolphus J. Thompson of 757 Camp-
bell avenue. West Haven, Conn., died
Saturday morning March 29, of pneu-
monia following an illness of two
weeks. Mr. Thompson was a well-
known florist. He was born in New
Haven in 1850 and had been a resident
of New Haven and West Haven ever
since. Left to survive him are two
daughters, Mrs. R. L. Smitley, of Mt.
Vernon, N. Y., and Mrs. E. J. Greene,
with whom he made his home.

We are sorry to learn of the bereave-
ment of R. W. Clucas, of Sparkill, N.
Y., whose son, 17 years of age, died
on March 26. This affliction follows
close after a fire which destroyed the
barn connected with Mr. Clucas' nurs-
ery establishment, with horses, and in
which a hired man lost his life.

"KEYING" ADVERTISEMENTS.

Much has been said and written
about keying advertisements. In many
cases the keying system is advisable.
It is the only means by which the
merits of a paper so far as inquiries
are concerned may be determined. It
doesn't always signify in an exact way
the best method. It is our belief that
inquiries from certain papers are
worth vastly more than others. One
advertiser stated that he would rather
have one inquiry from a leading agri-
cultural paper, which he named, than
ten from a much larger, but a more
general purpose agricultural paper,
which shows us clearly that if we are
to consider inquiries alone the paper
of greatest value would not be first in
favor. The merit of an inquiry is
something for consideration just as
the possibility of that inquiry is of all
importance to the man who buys and
pays for it. — Good Advertising.

EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY.

The Minneapolis Journal, devoted
the greater part of three columns of
its issue of March 27th to Hints on
Flower Culture for Minnesota gardens.
The notes which comprised cultural
directions on snapdragons, marguer-
ites, tulips and peonies and were very
complete, are part of a series writ-
ten by different members of the
local Florists' Club and edited by the
Press Committee. The Minneapolis
Journal has done much to help interest
the public in floriculture and has cor-
dially co-operated with the club in this
movement.

^^m

inSiciil«-

BDarnlesd lotfer tke Insectlcldi Act. 1910. Serial He. 321

Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White "^cale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Nod- poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wondemil results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
ftod all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

M Plot • • 25ci Pint - - 40oi Qaart . . 75s

H 6>lloD, S1.2S; Gallon, S2.00f 5 G.IIob G«d, 19

lOGalloDGan . - &17.50

Dilute iiiitk water ^O to 50 partt

For Sale by Seedsmen and Fliuists' Supply Houses

li you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Depf. K

4t« W. L,«xlBa:tM> St., Bkltlmsr*. Md.

Directicms en tvery packa^

tBMNb:
'HdNQRtS

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing'

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

f'

The R«<'osiilz«d Standard fnnrrttcid*.

Not a cure-all bnt a speclflr remedy
for all sap sucking lD8e<'tB iDfutlDf
plaat life ancb aa Kreen. black, wbit*
fl7, tbrlps, red spider, mealy bag and
soft scales.

VI.OO per Qnart. C.SO per OallOB.

An Infallible remedy for mildew, rnst
and bencb fungi. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and snipbur It does cot stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

A soil sterilizer and Teriniclde. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and gruo worms,
maggots, root lice and nnts. Used VDe
part to 400 parts water, it does not In-
jure plants, bnt protects your eropa
against ravages under the soil.

fl.OO per Quart. $3.00 per Oallom.
All are spraying materials and sr*
effeotlTe In tne greenbuuse and In the
garden.

FOR SALE BY SEEDSMEN.

Apliine Manufacturing Co., "n.t-

Manufacturers of Agriculiurai Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, Oenfral Manaffer.

TANGLEFOOT

FOR TREES

Keeps the beggars from going
higher up.

Can 30 Cents

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS^
Sold by Seed Deeders of Americ£u

S;ives Currants, Potntoes, Cabhnee, Melons, Flowers, Tree*
and Shrubs fnnu Insects. Put up in popuhir packaj^es at populaf
prices. Write for frp« pamphlet on nmrs and Btielits, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fisbkill-on-Uudson, New York.

Trees mulrlied wMh this arllrle will

8;r»w larser fruit, better colur, and

ripen more unirornily than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 &29 OCEAN ST., BEVERLY, MASS.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANX AND .\UDITOB

.Simple methods of correet nrconnt'n -

especiall.v adapted for ftorists' use.

BOOKS B.VL.VXCKD .\Xn ADJUSTED

3!ereliants Bank Bllildin"-

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

T#lepb«iia. Main 5t

FIRE RECORD.

Fall River, Mass. — A greenhouse.
20 X 50, belonging to W. A. Farland,
was burned to the ground on the even-
ing of March 27.

INCORPORATED.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Freyling &
Mendels Wealthy Street Floral Co..
capital stock. $1.5.000.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Fire in the
flower store of the Eldridge Floral
Company at 518 Nicollet avenue caused
a damage of about .$300 on the morn-
ing of March 29.

Birmingham, Ala. — Hugh Seals Flor-
al Co. — Incorporators, Hugh Seals,
president; Oscar Colmant, vice-presi-
dent ; .Tohn M. Colmant, treasurer.

April 5, 1913

HORTICULTURE

541

TORNADO'S WORK AT COUNCIL
BLUFFS.

The most severe property loss In
Council Bluffs as a result of Sunday
night's tornado was that of the new
Wilcox greenhouses at Lake Manawa.
The loss here is enormous.

The immense structure of steel and
glass is almost ruined and with its
destruction came ruin to the hundreds
of thousands of American Beauties, car-
nations and other plants just coming
into bloom and upon which thousands
and thousands of dollars had been ex-
pended. The plants were just begin-
ning to produce. Only a very small
section in the center of the plant will
be saved. The loss is impossible to es-
timate, but Roy Wilcox said Monday
morning that a rough guess would not
put it below $50,000 to |7.5,000. No
tornado insurance can be carried on
this class of structure. Some hail in-
surance is carried, but does not cover
loss from tornado.

Here, as elsewhere, the storm played
some strange freaks. The cottages in
which the superintendent and other
workmen of the plant live are located
within a few rods of the west end of
the greenhouses. Not one was harmed
In any way, though the big steel and
glass structures at the west end were
entirely wrecked. Iron posts imbed-
ded four feet in concrete were pulled
up and twisted about like reeds. Mil-
lions of square feet of glass were
broken. At either end of the green-
houses the destruction was complete,
but a span in the center was compar-
atively unharmed.

Five employees were in the service
building when the storm struck. This
building was entirely destroyed, and
the men had a very narrow escape.
— Council Bluffs Nonpareil.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Elm Grove, Wis,

additions.

— Herman Staeps,
Franklin & Crosby,

Park Floral Co..

Le Roy Ordway,

Danlelson, Ct. —
one house.

Fort Dodge, la.
greenhouses.

Canisteo, N. Y.
house 26 x 80.

West Scranton, Pa. — Baldwin Flor-
ist, house 20 X 160.

Atlantic, la. — Atlantic Greenhouses,
rose house 30 x 135.

Audubon, N. J. — Lewis Feun, Barrett
avenue, greenhouse.

Middletown, Ct. — George C. Van
Slyke, vegetable house."

Milton, Mass. — James Welsh, Blue
Hills Parkway, one house.

Winsted, Conn. — Carl Swensen, Main
street and Cass avenue, one house.

Scranton, Pa. — Baldwin Florist, 526
Spruce street, conservatory 30 x 90,
Lord & Burnham material.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,057,017. Flower-Holder. Casper C.

Trepel, New York, N. Y.
1,057,050. Land Marker. George W.

Garvin, Rising Sun, Md.

NEWS NOTES.

Davenport, la. — The Davenport Nur-
sery is now under the management of
Wm. H. Mast and W. J. Duppert.

Waltham, Mass. — Albert and James
Cartwright have leased the F. R. Math-
ison greenhouses and will do business
under the name of the Mathison Rose
Co.

Toronto, Ont. — The big wind storm
on Friday, March 28th. completely de-
molished W. I. Lawrence's large house
on Richmond Hill, about 16 miles north
of Toronto.

Salt Lake City, la. — The flower busi-
ness of C. S. Martin has been pur-
chased by the Empress Floral Co., con-
sisting of Charles Van Dyke, presi-
dent; G. F. Flashman. vice-president:
J. R. Whitney. Jr., secretary and treas-
urer; J. F. Walk, manager.

New Orleans, La. — Louis Buchner
and Henry Kraak, who have been do-
ing business under the name of the
Nashville Avenue Rose Garden, have
dissolved partnership. Mr. Buchner
will go into business for himself at
Iberia as landscape gardener and flor-
ist.

Fort Dodge, la. — Mr. Demester has
resigned as foreman of the North Flor-
al Company and gone into business
with W. M. Colwell under the name of
the Park Floral Company. As soon as
weather permits they plan to erect
greenhouses on property which they
have leased on North 15th street.

Saginaw, Mich. — In the wind storm
of March 21, the brick chimney at the
J. B. Goetz Sons' greenhouses, 75 feet
high, was blown down and in its fall
it cut one greenhouse in two and
smashed the boiler house and work-
room. The foreman, Mr. Hamilton,
had a close call having passed through
the house just before the stack fell.

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes bard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy ta
•pply.

-UTHAT THE USERS SAY

KROESfHELl, HEAT.S LARGE
OFFICE BUILDING.

En.'Io.sed please find iiaother order
for No. 0 Kroeschell Boiler. This
holler is for ;i new oflnce building. In
refeiHiice to tlip two No. .'J boilers whieb
.vou fui-nislied for tliree builditiiKS last
year, will sa.v tliat we are ffetting ex-
cellent results. Tbe Xo. i:! is doing
iliit.v in a slx-stoi-y building with 208
i-adi;il(jrs and the owner is so welf
pleased with it that be has ordered a
Xo. In Kroeseliell for another building
which he is ereeting, also ordered
anolliei* No, 11 Kroesebell.

LKEK & CO., Vancouver, B. C.

466 W. Erie St.

CHICAGO

GLASS

for GREENHOrSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Onr prices rjin be had l)y
miiil, and it will pay you to get them.
We rnrry the largest stock of Specially
Selected GlaMS in Greater New York and
can supply any qunntity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

'^15-"il7 llavenieyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y,

Send your busineae direct to Wa^unfftoi
Saves thne and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATENT LAWYKRS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

II ■

^^

HJIETROPOLITAN

ITIaterial CO.

PATENTED

G'-eenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Plfasr Srnd /or Calaiogur
and Prices.

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

^^

542

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April 5, 1913

vevero

G ARDEN

HOSE

Light-Strong-Flexible

An indestructible moulded hose for
Lawn, Greenhouse, Stable, Garage.
Of braided construction ; cannot un-
wrap, kink, or burst, like old-style
wrapped duck construction. Made
in continuous lengths up to 500
feet, which gives you any length
you want and avoids leaky coup-
lings.

We cordially invite you to visit us during the Na-
tional Flower Show Convention at the New Grand Cen-
tral Palace Building. 46th Street and Lexington Avenue,
New York, April 5th to 12tb, 1913, and see our beauti-
ful unique exhibit of Revero Hose located at Block H,
Mezzanine Floor, 46th Street side of the building.

ASK FOR REVERO HOSE CATALOGUE

Manufactured by

REVERE RUBBER CO., '^Vs^'

Branches

NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH

CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS

NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO

KANSAS CITY

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating;
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment ou the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send fur Descriptive Cat-
alog and I'rires.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, Ini).

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

vm

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

CHARLES H. DODD

Oreenhonse Builder. General Oreenhoase

Mechanic.

Iron Frame and Wood Bar Hontes.

Ideal Greenhouse Boilers.

Materials Furnished or Erected. Heating
nnd Vpntllntlne Mnterlnla.

578 Ocean Ave., JERSEY CIH. N. J.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

rsed all over the country by Commercial,
Public and Private places. Tbese shades can
be rolled on the glass or raised 10 Inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and bring sample and explain how it works.

W. H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

118 Winyah Ave
Tel 2733

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GRCENHOUSE GLASS

CHICAGO, ILL.

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

Evans 20th Century Ann

Will not twist the shafting pipe. lliflcc
ttniet the pmwer of old ttyle elbow aroxi.
Sold only with Evans Challetige Machine.

^r^'te for fret CaiaU>gU4 U>
QUAKKB CITT MACHnm
BiehmoBd. Ind.

Greenhouse Materials ^^^i,

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all leng^ths up t« 32 feet.

Milled to any detail furnlsbed or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for
orpntlnn.

Frsnk V3n AssciiB, "^^ owtght st^er*"

JEUSF.Y CITY, N. J.

QmXooG^^t

VOU C/\AJ ON

KvN(^ HOUSES

3UL-LET»N No- J-r
KlN^ G&NST(^UOT|o/V Go.

/VoRTH -rS/VA rtANPA ^.^.

April 5, 1913

H 0 1] T I C U L T U R E

543

544

H 0 ]!T [ (■ ULT U EE

April 5. 1913

-^tJiTrH

UBar

IF you want to prove the U-Bar whys up point by
point, come and see our exhibition at the NA-
TIONAL FLOWER SHOW.
We will have a full grown house right there in a
garden plot. You can make comparisons with other
constructions right then and there. There will be
some one of us always on hand to give you the glad
welcome.

If you can't come, then read what follows, carefully.

Look at tilt wliL'uls of a bitYL-le — .-te what sleuder littk-, wire-like spokes
they have — yet what strong, sturdy wheels they are. Surely no one would
think of goins liack to the clumsy, old wooden sjioked wheel.

By the same token did you ever stop to think how like the bicycle wheel,
U-Bar greenhouses are?

Xo heavy wooden roof bars or large iron framing memliers — but in their
place a complete, all steel frame of U-Bar as light and strong in proportion
as are the bicycle spokes.

The cypress core bar is steejied in a chemical preservative before it is
placed in the U-Bar.

The galvanized steel U-Bar riini|iletcly protects the core bar from the
inside moisture of the house.

The drip does not drip. It follows down the bottom of the U-Bar, to the
purlin lead-offs, or to the cast iron sill. No drip grooves to get stopped up.

Then there's the curved eave — everybody knows the U-Bar curved eave
was the original curved eave. It is admitted to be the most practical and
attractive of all curved eaves.

N"o reinforcements of the curved parts of the U-Bar are need(
iron members to break the view frmii tlic inside looking out ; or snow
line from the outside, looking in.

There's onlv one U-Bar curved eave. and that's the eave iixidr irith the
U-Bar.

Others may look like it, but that's ilf only way they are like it. We
tell you these things as a matter of protection to yourself. If you want the
finest greenhouse sold today, for private estates, public institutions or florist
show houses — vou want the U-Bar. See to it that vou act it.

no heavy
a heavy

TIIK (ORE B.\R.

It is made of Cypress
steeped in a ehemical
preservative.

THE r-BAR.

It is made of steel,
heavily galvanized and
then ahiminiini painted.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIER50N U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE. NEW YORK.
Canadian office, io Phillips place Montreal

Intkenational Flower Show

view of One Comer ol the Grand Central Palace.

DEVOTED TO THE

Jlnnat. ^plantaman. 2IaniiBrapp O^arbfitrr anb 2(t«irfb JntrrpBta

PUBUSHED Every Saturday at 11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

Subscription, $i.OO

546

HORTICULTURE

April 12, 1913

Philip li. Carbone, of Boston. UBe§ tlie AUTOCAR.

CONSIDERATION

The Purchase of New Horses or AUTOCAR
Motor Delivery Vehicles

It is no longer a question whetlier you o.in afford to own
a Motor Delivery Vehicle — tbe question is, "Can your business
afford to be without one?" NOW is the time to decide this
matter. By the installation of .AUTOCARS, you will be pre-
pared to handle uninterrupted deliveries at all times — in all
seasons — through all weather conditions to unlimited distances.
We have 900 satisfied merchants using the AUTOCAR. They
made a thorough and critical investigation before finally de-
ciding to purchase .4VTOC.\RS.

We publish a partial list, herewith, of Florists who are
using AUTOCARS. The AUTOCAR will help you secure new-
business.

II. H. Battles, of Philadelphia, uses the AUTOCAR.

FLORISTS AND FLORIST SUPPLY HOUSES WHO OWN
AUTOCARS.

E. Tschupp, Weehawken, N. J.

H. Bayersdorfer & Company, Philadelphia, Pa.

Berger Bros., Philadelphia, Pa.

Max Schling, New York City, N. Y.

Philip L. Carbone, Boston, Mass.

H. H. Battles, Philadelphia, Fa.

Henry Penn, Boston, Mass.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Sidney HofTnian, Boston, 3Iass.

George Craig. Philadelphia, Pa.

Leo Niessen Company, Philndelphia, Pa.

Robert Crawford. .Jr.. Philadelphia, Pa.

.Sydney Hoffman, of Boston, uses the AUTOCAR. Henry IVnii. of Boston, uses the AUTOCAR.

Write for Book "As Indispensable as the Telephone," and Catalogue No. SH will he MaUed

THE AUTOCAR SALES and SERVICE CO.

642 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Factory: Ardmore, Pa.

(EstablUhed 1897)

April 12, 1913

HOBTICULTUEB

547

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\Ay\

Geraniums and otlier Bedding plants In quantities and now have a large stock ready in splendid shape for Immediate Bhlpment.
Special prices for large lots.

2 In. 3 in.
per 100 per 100

Abutilon Savitzi $3.00 $4.00

Acal.vpha Macafeeana 2.50 3.50

.ichryanthes Emersonl, Besterl Moslaca 2.00 3,00

ABeratuni, six varieties 2.00 3.00

Alternanthera, six varieties 2.00

Alyssum, Dwarf and Giant Double 2.00 3.00

Begonia, Vernon Pink and Lumlnosa 2.00 3.00

Cigar Plant, Cuphea Platy centra 2.00 3.00

Cineraria Maritinia Candidissimus 2.0O

Cannas. Leading varieties. Send for list 3.00

Coleus, Golden Bedder, VerschaCfeitil, etc 2.00 3.00

Hardy Chrysanthemums, fine assortment 2.00

Fuchsias, live varieties 2.00 3.00

Hardy English Ivy 2.00 3.00

Heliotrope, Chieftain, Mad. Bruant, etc 2.00 3.00

Geraniums,

2 in. 3 In.
per 100 per 100

Standard varieties $2.00 " $3.00

Ivy Leaved varieties 2.00 3.00

Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, etc 3.00

Scented, Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00 3.00

Pansy Geraniums, Mary Washington, Mrs. Layal. 2.00 3.00

Lantanas, 10 varieties 2.00 3.00

Lemon Verbenas, Aloysia Cltriodora 2.00 3.00

Lobelia, Kathleen Mallard. Crystal Palace Gem.. 2.00

Moonvines, Noetiflora and Leari 2.00 3.00

Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00 3.00

Parlor Ivy, Seneclo Scandens 2.00 3.00

.Swainsona Alba and Rosea 2.00 3.00

Hardy Phlox, 20 varieties 2.00 3.00

Smilax 2.00

Fuchsias, Rozain Boucharlat, collection, one plant each, one hundred varieties, $10.00; 2 collections $15.00.
Smilax Seedlings, 75 cts. per 100, $6.00 per 1000.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS^CO. "^ ^ ''-^ WHITE MARSH, MD.

I

No Damage by High Flood

This is to Notify the Trade that all Springfield came through the flood WITHOUT
ANY DAMAGE WHATEVER. Our greenhouses are full of plants and we are
ready and anxious for business and will ask our patrons to continue their liberal
trade as in the past for which we will be duly thankful.

The Largest Rose Growers
in the World
OHIO J

THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY
\ I

'RINGF*!!

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 583

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 575

Allen, J. K 574

Am. Woodenware..

Mfg. Co 580

Anderson, S. A.. 569
Aphine Mfg. Co. 581
Autocar Sales &

Service Co 546

Aschmann, G....559
Atlanta Florist

Co 572

A y re s Co., S.

Bryson 567

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 574

Barnard, W. W.

Co 567

Barrows & Son.. 548
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 570

Bay State Nur-
series 561

Beaulieu 567

Bloomingdale's. 569
Bobblnk & At-
kins 561

Boddington, A. T.565
Bolglano & Son,

J 567

Boston Florist

Letter Co 572

Breck, J. & Son. 567
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 561

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 5B8

Bunyard. A. T. .568
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 567

Burr, C. R. & Co.560

Page

California Flor-
ist 569

California Seed
Growers' Asso.567

Carbone 569

Chicago Carna-
tion Co 559-572

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.572
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 566

Clarke's D. Sons.508
Clark, Everett B.

Seed Co 566

Coldwell Lawn

Mower Co 564

Cowee, W. J 574

Craig, Robt. Co. 548
Dann, J. H. &

Son 561

Dards 568

Dawson, H. S..548
Dodd. Chas. H..583
Dofner & Sons

Co 559

Dreer, H. A

563-567-582
Dugan, W. H....582
Dunlop, John H.569

Dysart, R. J 581

Eastern Nurser-
ies 548

Edwards Folding

Box Co 572

Elliott's W.Sons.564
B^ppstein. JuUus.569
Ernest, W. H...580

Esler, J. G 583

Eyres 568

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co 567

Finger. W. A... 561
Ford, M. C 574

Page

Ford, W. P 574

Forrest, Frank H.569
Fottler, F i s k e,

Rawson Co 567

Framingham Nur-
series 561

Froment, H. E..574
Galvln, Thos. F.569
Gasser, J. M. Co.569
Good & Reese Co. 547
Goodsell, P. H..5a]
Grej, T. J. Co.. 566
Gude Bros. Co.. 569
Hail Association.5S3
Hall & Robin son .569
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 581

Hart. Geo. B. 571-572

Heacock, Jos 548

Henderson, A. ...567
Hess & Swoboda.568
Hews, A. H. &

Co 580

Hilflnger Bros... 580
Holm & Olson.. 368
Horan. E. C..7..574
Holland Nurser-
ies 561

Jacobs & Sons,S.583
Johnston & Co.,

• T. J 568

Johnston Bros.. 569
Easting, W. F.

Co 575

Keller, J. B.

Sons 568

Kervan Co 574

King Cons. Co.. 583
Kramer, P. H..569
Kroeschell Bros. 583
Kuebler, W. H..574
Lager & Hurrell.S.IS

Page

Lange, A 569

Lemon Oil Co.. 581
Leonard Seed Co.560
Leuthy. A. & Co.54S
Lord & Burnham

Co 584

Loechner & Co.. 566
Lyndh'rst Farms561
MacMulkin, E...569
May & Co., L. L.569
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 575

McConnell, Alex.568
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 570

McCullough's J.

M. Son's Co... 572
McHutcnison &

Co 548

McManus, Jas...574
Meyer, J. C.& Co.54S
Michell's Seed

House 566

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 574

Millang, Chas... 574
Millang, Frank.. 574

Miller, E. S 566

Montreal Floral

Exchange 575

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 374

Mt. Desert Nur-

:series 560

Murray, Samuel. 568
National Nursery-
man 561

New Eng. Nur-
series 561

Niessen, Leo Co. 572
Oecbslin, Frank. 548
Ouwerkerk. P...561
Park Floral Co.. 568

Page
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 568

Parshelsky Bros.582

Patten & Co 559

Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 569

Peun the Florist.569
I'ennock - Meehan

Co 573

Perkins St. Nur-
series .......^.548

Pierce Co., F. 0.582
Plerson, A. N...559
Pierson, F.R.Co.SaJt
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 581
Poehlmann Bros.572
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 581

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 582

Reed & Keller.. 574
Relnberg, Peter. 572
Revere Rubber

Co 582

Rice, M. Co 571

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 572

Robinson Co., H.

M 574

Rock, Wm. L...568
Roehrs, J. Co... 558
Roland. Thomas.54S
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 548-5,80

Rosery. The 568

Sander & Son. 558
Schultheis, Ant.. 539

Scott. John 548

Sheridan, W. P. 574
Siebrecht, Geo. C.574
Siggers & Slg-
gers 583

Page
Sharp, Partridge

& Co 582

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 566

Smith, P. J 574

Smith & Co.. E.

D 561

Smith, W. & T.

Co 561

Smyth, Wm. J.. 568
Sprague, J. H..558
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 583

Stumpp, Geo. M.568
Syracuse Pottery

Co 580

Totty, Chas. H..558
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 567

Traendly &

Schenck 574

Trepel, C. C 568

Valentine. J. A.. 568
Van Assche, F..583
Vick's Jas. Sons. 567
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co 547

Wants, For Sale. 580
Ward, R. M. &

Co 548

Welch Bros. Co. 575
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 561

Wilson Robt. G.568

Wood Bros 559

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 574

Woodruff & Sons,

S, D 567

Young & Nugent.568
Zacgen, O. V...567

Zinn. J. A 569

Zvolanek. Ant. C.564

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 576, 577, 578, 579

Us

flOKtICULTtJRfi

April 12, mi il

T

LILY BULBS

HERE are more men ruined in a day by adventurous trading than in all the
gambling houses in the World in a week.

Why risk your business ? Sit down and figure it out. Suppose you do get an allow-
ance from allowance-makers for poor lily bulbs.

Who is to help you fill orders? Who's to hold your steady trade? Allowance money
won't do it — but your competitors will. Who will pay your normal profits over the
flowering period? Have you ever thought of that?

Any allowance that a poor business man might make you for bad lily bulbs won't begin
to pay for your loss from bad lilies.

Florists in the United States have made more money in the last five years by using
Horseshoe Brand lily bulbs than they made in the previous ten years. They are abso-
lutely the very best that can be obtained.

Send for the Book of Bulbology, out this month.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Cheap
But Bov aa»i

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage Bulbs for shipment any time

Do Not TaLe An; FaLe Green Tbread. Cie tbe Genolne
SllLallne and Get More Tbread and Lcia Wood

The UfVEB Green

SILRALINE

Used by Retail Florists tor mossing funeral
designs, tying bunches, etc., is

TBB ONLY ARTICLE TBAT SBOCLD BE USED

by'Growers for stringing Smilax and Asparagus, as it
will nof fade or rot in the greenhouse. The Meyer
Silkaline was the first green thread to be introduced
among Florists and Growers. It is handled by the best
houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by name —
Meyer's Silkaline — to be sure of getting the genuine
article. Do not accept substitutes.

If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of the
manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 per
lb. Sizes, "F" fine, "FF" medium, and "FFF" coarse.

JOHN C. MEYER & CO., ^»l"M^d!:.t^'l!: LOWELL, MASS.

SllLalln* alto li made lo all l«adlntl colors, ai Violet, (or boDchlDfl TloleU, aad also for t>lntl fancy boxes

|J0HNC.MEYER&C0
% BO.STON,M^SS.

CYCLAMEN

Bet •train e easteacc
4 laeh »«5.00

'MMiniinnfinnnniiAAnnnnfiniiniinr

ii BEST PAI.MS

' 1 All Varieties. All Sizes. \
1 Send for Price List.

JosepH Heacock |

■Wyncote, Pa.

1 laeh SO.eo

a iBch » 78.00

TIOMAS mm. Kalnit, Mass.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.]

ROSES, PAL^S,

and Novelties In Decorative Plants.

MARKET and 49tli STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 48th St.

Ttl. J890 Bedford BROOKLYN. N.Y.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Llmltrd, «1.«) Mch.

▲Uo L»4y Duiicnn, Daw.on, Dajbreak,

r*rqabnr, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawion.

Writ* for price*.

FkSTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

BKMBY a. DAWSON, MaMmf*.

FERNS FOR DISHES

Best assorted varieties from 2^ In. pots.
93.50 per 100; $30.00 per 1000; 600 at thou-
sand rates. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W. Quincy St., Chicago, III.

Natural— Foui Standard Grades.

Colored — Twenty Sinndaid Colors.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales In stock. Can
ship any grade In any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISON & CO. ^IcitJfF"^^

17 Murray St.,

NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only

AZAUtAB. PALM*. mfionoDE!n»««ira.

BATTBKKS, KOBsa, IXUACS, MOIXiAJr*

AiTD jAPAir Bcx.aa, txLr or nu

TALUCT, KTO.

P.O. Box 752 Df31 Barclay St, NEW YORK
Prims, Fvns, Dearitm and Foliaga Plats

■n (Bnltrs tskin ihtw for IMPORTES AZAIEAS

On hand a splendid atock of Fenu in
leadkig sorts. Also Cocos, AapeuraciM
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

PeiHK StrMt Nancfin, lo^tnililt.— Bastn, Mats

BOSTON FERNS I'A in. ♦^^^-SoT'

ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in ; «5 per 100, «40 per
1000.

WHTTMANI COMPACTA 2 1-2 in. >S par 100.
$40 per 1000.

250 at 1000 rales.

ILN.BAUHNfS&SON,WbitiBii.MMS.

April 12, 1913

HOETICULTURE

549

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

jU^,

pi.^a/iAZ^

Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICUtTURE.

Bougainvilleas

Bougainvillea cuttings may be struck in April from
half-ripened wood, cut up into 6-inch lengths, placed in
sand over bottom heat, and in a night temperature of 70
degrees, allowing it to rise 10 degrees with sun heat.
Keep moist and shade from the sun and they will root
in a few weeks. Give them a good watering; afterward
frequent sprinkling or syringing will aSord the necessary
moisture. When rooted they should be taken out of the
sand and placed in small pots filled with good loam con-
taining a liberal sprinkling of clear sand. After the
first potting it will be well not to give them very much
water at the root for a week, but instead to syringe them
twice daily, and protect them from the sun by some shad-
ing. When the young plants get established they will
make roots rapidly, and should tlierefore be shifted fre-
quently until they are in 6 or 7-ineh pots. A good com-
post for their shifts is turfy loam four parts, well-rotted
manure one part, and some .sand; the last shift can be
made richer. AMien the plants are in active growth they
will need every attention.

Camellias

Plants of camellias that have been in their resting
quarters should be brought into a house where the tem-
perature is from 50 to 55 degrees at night. Some will
probably need repotting. For a compost give them a
turfy loam four parts, well-rotted cow manure and leaf
mold one part each. Give plenty of drainage with clean
crocks and pot firm. The soil in the pots should be kept
moist and give good syringing in all bright weather
which will keep mealy bug and red spider in check. They
will require some shade but do not overdo it. During
their summer growth they like plenty of ventilation.
These plants will be benefited by an occasional turning
them around so as to admit every branch to the light.
These plants are good subjects for the holiday trade.

Flowers for Memorial Day

Lilies should now be well above the ground. If six
inches high now they will be in season. Give them a
night temperature of 60 degrees but do not water too
freely until satisfied they are well pot-bound. Hydran-
geas should now have their heads Just peeping. In or-
der not to draw the plants, a night temperature not ex-
ceeding 55 degrees is to be preferred, but in case they
are late give them 10 degrees more for a time. A spray-
ing overhead on clear days will greatly refresh the plants.
They will take water from this out in great abundance
and manure water can be applied two or three times a
week until the flowers show color. Spiraea japonica and
its various forms should be brought along now. A tem-
perature of 55 to 60 degrees at night will suit them bet-
ter than a higher one. Where fine plumes of flowers are
wanted give liquid manure twice a week and an abundant
supply of water. Benches containing ten-weeks' stocks,
gladioli, snapdragons, candytuft and other Memorial Day

crops should be scratched over at least once a week and

have all weeds removed.

Hardy Roses

These can be planted any time from now and up to the
20th of April. A proper site for roses is one with a
southern exposure where they can have all day sun, with
some shelter from the north winds, and clear of all roots
of trees or shrubs. Wliile roses will grow and give good
returns in any fertile soil, the ideal soil for them is a
deep loam that is well-drained. The soil should be
plowed or dug deep and if poor renew with sod from an
old pasture, which should be liberally enriched with
well-rotted manure, cow manure preferred. When plant-
ing Teas and Hybrid Teas give them about 18 inches
apart each way; Hybrid Perpetuals will need at least
two feet apart each way and where lots of space is avail-
able six inches more for both will be better. Dig holes
sufficiently large and work the soil well through the roots
leaving it well firmed. If the weather becomes dry they
will need some water at the roots until they get a start.

Planting Shrubs

EveiT florist who has the ground to spare should make
a planting of shrubs and by a plan of careful selection he
can have flowers from April until September. All that
is necessary is to plow or dig the soil to a depth of 12 or
14 inches and give them a square deal in the way of
plenty of manure incorporated through it. When plant-
ing give each shrub plenty of room to grow and set them
just as deep as they were before; put high shrubs at the
back and the low ones to the front. Cut back the tops
rather severely so as to balance the loss of roots. In
order to hustle them along they should have water at the
roots during summer droughts. When the hot weather
sets in give the surface a covering of two or three inches
of stable manure. This will add tenfold in keeping them
moist at the roots. The choice of varieties is perplexing
because there are hundreds of lovely shrubs, but these
embrace some of the best for April and May flowering :
Forsythia, Cornus florida, spireas, deutzias, flowering
almond, Calycanthus floridus ; for June and July, hale-
sia, lilacs, lonicera, Azalea nudiflora, weigelias, haw-
thorns, syringas, laburnum, viburnum; for August and
September, althaea. Hydrangea paniculata, Desmodium
pendulifolium and Clethra alnifolia.

Pansies

There are many gi'owers who make a large sowing of
pansies either in December or early in January, and
prick them out in flats. These now should be large
enough to be planted out in a frame, where with a little
attention they will grow into fine stock for late sales.
Where you want to push them along there is nothing
better than a mild hot-bed where they will develop in
the shortest time possible. Here they will make fine,
stocky and bushy specimens. Give them plenty of ven-
tilation and water at the roots.

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Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following:

AUamand .ts; Coelogyne cristata ; Ramblers for Next Easter; Poinsettlas:
Peonies; Stevla.

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Cherries Ripening

Cherries, in common wilh all ripening fruit, require
all the air they can get and as the temperature in the
cherry house is not so high as it would be for melons or
grapes in a similar stage a greater amount of air can be
given them. Avoid cold draughts, however, in any cooler
weather opening up the ventilators both top and bot-
tom when it is mild. A crack of air should be left on all
night to keep a gentle circulation. Syringing should
cease when the fruit is half colored ; if this is continued
longer the fruits are liable to crack. It will not be safe
to take the trees outside after the crop has been gathered
without giving them some protection, as a late frost will
easily damage the foliage which has been subjected tc
considerable heat recently. Have them taken out to a
cool house where they will get hardened off and an oc-
casional syringing for a few weeks. Continue to stop
any growths that may be made at four or five leaves
which will help to form flower buds for next season.
Muscat of Alexandria in Flower

As the first flowers open in the Muscat house raise the
temperature five degrees, making it 70 to 75 during the
night, with the usual advance through the day. The
night temperature here is of the greatest importance and
should not be reduced while the vines are in flower. The
usual syringing must stop and the house be kept a little
dryer. I am afraid this dryness is sometimes carried to
excess, to the detriment of the set. Should the weather
be wet or dull very little damping will be needed, but
bright sunshine will necessitate occasional dampings, one
of which should be done after fertilizing. The soft piece
of fur used in earlier houses can again be brought intu
use to gently distribute the pollen. The rods can also

have a good shake. The sun power we experience in
America being so much greater than that of Great Britain
must be taken into consideration by those who had their
early training there and now are growing fruit in Ameri-
ca. More atmospheric moisture and shading are needed
in all the warmer states.

Keeping Melons

Last week I referred to prolonging a house of melons ;
now I will take up the keeping and storing of them. Cut
at the proper time from plants that have been treated
normally, a melon can be kept in good condition for some
considerable time. It must be understood that the flavor
never will be better than a day or two after cutting, yet
if they have to be cut they can be stored for a time with-
out impairing the flavor to any great extent. While
they are hanging, a careful watch must be kept on them
to detect the first signs of the sap oozing out at the top
of the fruit where the stem joins it. A safeguard to this
is to partly cut through the lateral bearing the fruit.
This will diminish the supply of sap and often save a
crack or burst. After cutting,, handle the fruit very
carefully as a bruise is fatal. Have a receptacle in the
form of a flat box or basket already lined with excelsior
and covered over with wax paper ready to receive them.

The storing place is next consideration. Ice boxes
are not to be commended for any length of time. If a
fruit room has a steady, cool temperature, as it ought to
have, this is the place. Failing this, select the coolest
cellar and see that no moisture is made around them.
Even in the hottest weather melons will be found to keep
two weeks in this way. Look over them twice a day to
wipe away any moisture that may show itself around the
stem. Should this be left it will start decay.

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

String Beans

String beans may be sown now in cold frames, but
care must be taken to keep them warm and reasonably
dry while germinating as they very easily rot if cold and
wet. Such varieties as Triumjjh of the Frames or Cana-
dian Wonder are among tiie must suitable for this work.

Musk Melons

For outdoor planting these should be sown now in the
greenhouse or hot-bed. Sow in pots or pans and as soon
as the seeds germinate pot off singly in small pots. As
these are going to be subjected to considerable ranges
of temperature a little later, it is well to grow them
cool and sturdy and in a soil that is not over rich; a
temperature of sixty should be the maximum.

Care of Exibition Stock

The Ailsa Craig onion should be in four-inch pots by
this time, as it is poor policy to let them get the least
bit pot bound, for that means a check to the growth, and
checks must be avoided, both because it affects the ulti-
mate size and perfection of the onion and because it
tends to make the plant run to seed, having the same
effect as if the plant had been grown two years. This is

true of leeks as well and celery — in fact of any biennial.
Allowing plants to get dry is, of course, the commonest
form of check, and sudden changes of temperature such
as taking the plants from a warm greenhouse to a cold
frame without proper hardening off is still another very
common form of check, all of which must be carefully
avoided if the grower is to produce the best of high-grade
exhibition stock.

Globe Artichokes

These plants are very rapid growers and must be treat-
ed liberally in regard to potting and manuring. The very
reverse of what has been said of leeks, onions and celery
is true of these as regards the desirability oi the plants
receiving a check. As we are very anxious for these
plants to flower the first year from seed the best way to
bring it about is by growing them along fast and flourish-
ing; then when they have reached about four-inch pot
size keep the plants cooler and only apply sufficient water
to prevent their wilting too severely. After this process
for a couple of weeks resume the ordinarv' treatment and
most of the plants will be sure to flower during the com-
ing summer. Of course tlic explanation of this is that

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Nitrate of Soda

This fertilizer we always class among the stimulants,
and as far as plant growth can be considered, the very
best for promoting rapid growth with dark green foliage.
If used to excess it will either burn or ruin the plants
by making them grow thin and spindly, therefore its
use in the rose houses should always be limited to very
small doses in the form of liquid and then should only
be trusted to an experienced grower to be applied. We
like to add about a pound to each one hundred gallons
of water. We think it best to add it to the liquid manure
which can be applied quite freely at this time of the
year. However, we would not advise using nitrate with
each watering as it would be bound to make the plants
soft. Once in two weeks is quite sufficient.

Lime

At this time of the season when the plants are receiv-
ing considerable feed, and especially if a little nitrate is
applied as above mentioned, the plants are likely to be
a little soft in spite of the precaution taken by ventil-
ating properly. A little lime applied to the benches
direct or mixed in with the liquid manure will greatly
help in keeping the plants hard and more mildew-re-
sisting than they would be otherwise. Do not apply the
lime in any great quantity, but just dust the benches
over so that the surface appears white. It is much
better to apply a dose quite often and never a heavy dose
all at once. When it has to be a heavy dose it is best
to let the lime lie on the benches for two or three days.
This will cake the lime and it can then be rubbed over
and watered. This way the plants will not get all the
lime at once but will continue to absorb it as fast as
they require it, and no harm whatever can be done.

Houses That are to be Planted Early

In cutting roses in houses that are to be planted early
it is just as well to cut as far down as possible making
no allowances for eyes or joints of any kind. By doing
this, from one to three inches can be added to the stem
of the cut bloom, and you will find that the No. 2's are
nice No. I's, to say nothing of the increase in the re-
turns. All such feed as bonemeal should be discontinued.

for if the soil is not used in the garden a large part of
this would be wasted.

Among the Young Stock

Keep your eyes open for fly and spider, for there is
nothing that will give the plants a more severe set back
than any of the two. Tobacco stems can be burned in
the houses containing young stock, and no harm will be
done to the plants if care is taken while fumigating with
the above. The drier the stems can be used the more
effective the smoke will be. We have used the stems
almost dry with no bad effect on the plants, but of course
we would not trust this to everyone. The main point is
to keep the stems from burning with a flame. This pro-
duces very hot smoke, and it is this that ruins the tender
foliage of the plants. Dry smoke is also much more
effective than steam laden smoke, and therefore it is
well not to fill the houses too full of it. Better smoke
lightly and oftener. With the many real good tobacco
papers on the market, especially made to make fumiga-
tion very simple, we hardly think it pays to bother with
the time-wasting method of using tobacco stems. Make
sure the plants are wet enough. It is well to fumigate
just the night before syringing, as the syringing will
finish many pests that have not succumbed to the smoke.
On bright^ sunny days the potted plants will dry out
quite rapidly and should be carefully watched, as if al-
lowed to become too dry they are likely to get a check
in growth from which it will take them weeks to recover.
The Repotting

Do not neglect to repot the plants as soon as they be-
gin to crowd'the pots in which they are at present. You
do not want to begin the season with sickly stunted
plants. There are enough of troubles as we all know,
therefore let us not invite any more than what come un-
invited. Have the soil well enriched with well decayed
cow manure, and a little bonemeal, as has been advised
time and time again, and the plants simply have to
p-row, although too much bone is likely to destroy the
roots that come into contact with it. The last pottmg
should always be into soil that is especially prepared as
this shift prepares the plants for the bench, where the
season's results will be determined.

by sowing early and giving the check prescribed we ap-
proximate the effect of two seasons' growth, desirable in
the case of the Globe artichoke but very undesirable for
onions, leeks or celery.

Jerusalem Artichokes
This vegetable is not grown very extensively, but is
worthy of a place in most gardens as it is extremely
easy to grow, requiring very little care or attention and
can be kept on the same ground for years. Nearly any
piece of ground will do for this crop. Take medium-
sized tubers and plant them in rows three feet apart
with about eighteen inches between each tuber, covering
with five to six inches of soil. These artichokes will
grow so fast that weeds will not be much trouble. In
the fall the tops are cut down and the tubers are dug

and stored like potatoes, leaving a portion of the small
ones for next season's crop. As a winter vegetable the
.Terusalem artichoke is superior to the turnip. The
white-skinned kind is more delicate than the purple.

Special Mixtures for Raspberries and Strawberries

To be applied now.

Raspberries:— To every square rod apply, 6 lbs. super-
phosphate, 3 lbs. kainit, 1 lb. sulphate of ammonia.

Strawberries: — To every square rod apply, 6 lbs. super-
phosphate, 6 lbs. wood ashes, 1% lbs. sulphate of ammonia.

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CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— International Flower Show.

NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— Bou-
galnvilleas — Camellias — Flowers for Memorial Day —
Hardy Roses — Planting Shrubs — Pansies — John J. M.
Farrell 549

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Cher-
ries Ripening — Muscat of Alexandria in Flower —
Keeping Melons — George H. Penson 550

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Jerusalem
Artichokes — String Beans — Musk Melons — Care of
Exhibition Stock — Globe Artichokes — Special Mixtures
for Raspberries and Strawberries — Edicin Jenkins .550-551

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Nitrate of Soda-
Lime — Houses that are to be Planted Early — Among
the Young Stock — The Repotting — Arthur C. Ruzicka 551

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Illustrated 553

List of Awards 554-555-556

Trade Exhibits 557

Meetings and Lectures — American Rose Society 558

American Carnation Society 560

National Association of Gardeners 562

Notes of the Exhibition 564-565

ADVERTISING TALKS— B. M. Ward 562

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures — Boston Retail Florists Or-
ganize 568

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 569

Competition — Pittsburgh Florists and Gardeners'
Club 570

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati 573

New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 575

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:
Lancaster County Florists' Club 575

OBITUARY— J. W. Pratt- Mrs. J. W. Arnold— Miss
Janette Eadie — George Rosmarin — Frank Williams.. 581

MISCELLANEOUS:

Personal 569

Philadelphia Notes 571

News Notes 571-575-580

Chicago Notes 580

During Recess 580

Incorporated 581

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 581

The first four days of the Third National
A triumph Flower Show, which is as far as we can

go at present writing, appear to have set-
tled beyond any question the complete success of this
stupendous undertaking. The name "International" .•hs
applied to it proves to have been rather a misnomer, but
in all other respects the most sanguine hopes have been
realized. When and where the next in the series will be
located is, of course, a question for the future but wo
should not be surprised to see New York making a most

emphatic bid in due time for that honor. No doubt can
exist now that a similar enterprize in the same hall two
or three years hence would be a success as great as, or
even greater than the present one.

One thing, often demonstrated in the past
Popular and again in evidence at the New York
classes Show, is the partiality of the public for dis-
plays of cut roses and carnations and florists'
decorative work. The interest manifested in the special
cut flower exhibits from day to day was very noticeable
and the throngs that surrounded the sections devoted to
these classes were made up of all degrees of society in-
cluding the most exclusive. The dinner table entries
were especial centres of attraction and might advantage-
ously have been doubled in number even if it became
necessary to increase the number of prizes offered.

Wliile the American Rose Society is said to
Between be slowly forging ahead as to membership
two fires it would seem from the report of Secretary
Baur that the American Carnation Society
has been losing some ground in that respect. Mr. Baur
may be right in his explanation of the cause for this
falling oft' and if he is correct then nobody can con-
sistently blame the Carnation Society if it should return,
as Mr. Baur urges, to its former plan of independent
meetings and exhibitions in mid-winter. It is quite
possible, however, that the root of the trouble lies else-
where and that a withdrawal of the Carnation Society
from its alliance and co-operation with the S. A. F., the
Rose Society, and others, would fail to bring about the
desired result. The proposition strikes us as inopportune
— a retrograde expedient which if adopted might injure
rather than benefit the Society. Certainly no other one
of the affiliated bodies has suffered from the joint ar-
rangement which Mr. Baur from his viewpoint depre-
cates.

President Farenwald's comments on
Commercial the membership question as expressed
versus amateur fn his address to the American Rose
Society at its meeting in New York
this week are worthy of thoughtful perusal by every one
interested in the rose and its position, not only commer-
cially but in the estimation of the public. We are in
full accord with Mr. Farenwald as to the futility of try-
ing to rally the amateur to the active support of an
organization such as the American Rose Society. If the
Society will put all its energy into securing a compact,
loyal following among the trade and the professional
gardeners, it will grow strong and lusty and will then
be in a position to deal liberally as to providing medals
and other inducements to encourage the formation of
local guilds as missionary agencies for the advancement
of rose knowledge among the amateurs through neigh-
borhood competition and in other ways. This is the
position we have held for years on this much-discussed
question and after hearing all the arguments to the con-
trary we see no reason to change our opinion.

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INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

A Pronounced Success — A Triumph of Horticultural Art —
New York Public Enthusiastic — Throngs of Trade
Visitors from all Sections — Extensive Trade
Displays — Prizes of Great Value Dis-
tributed—Meetings of Affiliated
Societies

This is a big week in New York for
the flower-loving public and both par-
ties in the affair appear to have made
good. The florists and gardeners have
nobly fulfilled their obligation to put
up a creditable exhibition and the ex-
position company have done their part
in getting the public to see it. Natur-
ally, the first question one hears is as
to the comparative merits of the pres-
ent show and the one held in Boston
two years ago. The Grand Central
Palace does not lend itself architec-
turally to broad effects and impressive
vistas as does the Mechanics Building,
where the Boston show was staged.
The numerous heavy columns and the
peculiar limitations of a mezzanine
floor interfere as sadly with any at-
tempt to mentally grasp the exhibition
as a whole as they do any attempt to
photograph it in its entirety.

So there are differences of opinion
as to whether the Boston show has
yet been outranked. We believe, how-
ever, that the present show stands
first. We miss the great Dutch gar-
den of Farquhar, the lovely rose gar-
den of Roland and the grand specimen
Ramblers of Walsh, but Roland's group
of acacias and other hard-wooded green-
house plants as shown at the Grand
Central Palace has certainly never
been equalled in this country — if, in-
deed, in any country under like condi-
tions and there were also collections
of ericaceous material of great beauty.

And the Roses — well, Stuart Low, a
veteran in flower show matters abroad,
gazing on these assembled products of
the American rose forcers' art, ex-
claimed, "I have never seen roses un-
til now." And it was the unanimous
verdict of all who saw this superb
array last Monday that nothing to

equal it had ever been seen in this
country. Words cannot adequately
convey an idea of their splendor.

Certain it is, also, that the carna-
tions as shown on Tuesday, although
less in number perhaps than on some
former occasions, made a new high
record for quality. The best displays
of over five years ago would make but
a sorry spectacle if placed in compari-
son. So the American Rose Society
and the American Carnation Society
have won proud laurels and the S. A.
P. is a sharer in the honor thus Joint-
ly achieved. We do not doubt that we
shall be able to record a like superior-
ity in the displays by members of the
Sweet Pea Society, for the majority

of the new winter-flowering Spencers
were practically unknown two years
ago.

The attendance of members of the
florist and gardener fraternity was
very large. Throughout a considerable
section of the Eastern part of the
country it was indeed an obscure com-
munity that was not represented in
the gathering. The West did better
than expected considering the recent
meteorological disturbances. The "in-
ternational" character of the affair
was upheld mainly by a very credit-
able representation of Canadians, the
only special visitors from across the
Atlantic being Messrs. Wm. Wells,
Stuart Low and H. DeGraaff.

General View in Plant Section

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LIST OF AWARDS

IN THE COMPETITIVE SECTION AS REPORTED UP TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10.

In the following list it will be no-
ticed that in the interests of brevity
we have omitted the class numbers,
also the cash amount of the various
awards, as superfluous for present pur-
poses. In classes where second or
third prizes only were awarded we
have omitted same entirely. Awards
made later than Wednesday, April 10,
will be published in our issue of next

week.

OPEN CLASSES.

Flowering Plants.

Acacias, Collection, 100 sq. ft.— Gold
Medal and 1st prize, Thomas Roland,
Nahant, Mass.

Six Acacias— 1st, Thomas Roland; 2nd,
L. Dupuy, Whitestone, L. I.

Three Acacias— 1st, Thomas Roland ; 2nd.
Anton Schulthels, College Point, L. I.

Acacia, Specimen— 1st, Thomas Roland;
2nd, Mrs. F. A. Constable, gard. J. Stuart.
Mamaroneck. N. Y.

Acacia pubescens. Specimen — Thomas
Roland.

Acacia paradoxa. Specimen — Thomas
Roland.

Amaryllis vittata hybrids— Mrs. D. Wil-
lis James, supt. Wm. Duckham, Madison,
N. J., three 1st.

Anthurium- W. A. Manda, So. Orange,

N. J.

Azalea Indica, Specimen — Mrs. H. McK.
Twomhlv, gard. R. Tyson. Convent, N. J.,
one 1st; C. B. Newbold, gard. S. J.
Batchelor, Jenkintown, N. J., two 1st.

Begonias, Flowering — Henry Siegel.
Mamaroneck, N. Y., gard. T. Aitchison.

BougainTlllea, Specimen — Thomas Ro-
land.

Chorizcma — Mrs. F. A. Constable.

Cyclamen, 50 sq. ft. — 1st. Thomas Ro-
land, Nahant, Mass. ; 2nd, Mrs. F. A. Con-
stable.

Cyclamen, twenty-four plants— R. & J.
Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

Cyclamen, twelve plants — C. B. Newbold.

Cyclamen, six plants — 1st, Mrs. D. Wil-
lis James; 2nd, J. H. Ottley, gard. Jas.
McDonald, Glen Cove., N. Y.

Ericas— 1st, Louis Dupuy, Whitestone,
N. Y. ; 2nd, Thomas Roland.

Erica melanthera — Louis Dupuy.

Flowering and Foliage, Stove and Green-
house plants, arranged for effect — Gold
Medal and 1st prize, Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

Forced Shrubs, Herbaceous Plants; ar-
ranged for effect — Gold medal and 1st to
Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.; 2nd,
W. A. Manda, So. Orange, N. J.

Gardenia— 1st, John T. Pratt, gard. J. W.
Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; 2nd, Louis Du-
puy.

Genista- Ist, W. W. Edgar Co., Waverly,
Mass. ; 2nd, Louis Dupuy.

Geraniums — 1st, F. Marquardt, Middle
Village, N. Y.; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Heliotrope, six standard — Mrs. Willis

Heliotrope, Specimen plant— Silver Cup,
J. H. Ottley.

Hydrangeas, ten plants — 1st, Louis Du-
puy; 2nd, Anton Schulthels; 3rd, J. H.
Plesser, North Bergen, N. J.

Hydrangeas, six plants — 1st, Louis Du-
puy: 2nd. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford,
N. J.; 3rd, Anton Schulthels.

Hydrangea, Specimen — 1st, John W. Pep-
per, gard. W. Robertson, Jenkintown, Pa. ;
2nd, Bobbink .& Atkins; 3rd, Anton Schul-
thels.

Imantophyllum — Mrs. H. McK. Twombly.

Marguerite, Specimen plant — 1st, Madsen
& Chrlstensen, Wood Ridge, N. J.; 2nd,
Mrs. Oliver Hoyt, gard. J. Foster, Stam-
ford, Conn.

Pansles — 1st, Wm. Sim, Cliftondale,
Mass.; 2nd, A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Primula Kewensls — Percy Chubb, gard.
A. McKenzlc, Glen Cove, N. Y.

Primula obconlca — 1st, John Wanamaker,
Bupt. J. H. Dodds, Wyncote, Pa.; 2nd,
Adolph Lcwlsohn, gard. J. Canning, Ards-
ley, N. Y. ; 3rd, Charles M. Wernig, York,
Pa.

Primula in variety — Percy Chubb.

Rhododendron group — 1st, Bobbink &

Atkins; 2nd. F. R. Pierson Co., Tarry-
town, .\. Y.

Bulbs in bloom. Collection — Anton Schul-
thels.

Lilies. 50 sq. ft— 1st, H. Mode Flower
Cup and Medal to Anton Schulthels.

Easter Lilies. 100 pots— The Mlchell Lily
Cup and Medal. Anton Schulthels.

Narcissus, twenty 10-inch pans, six or
more varieties. Double and Single, and for
effect, to cover 150 sq. ft— 1st, Anton Schul-
thels.

Tulips — Anton Schulthels, Silver Cup and
three firsts.

Bulbous Plant, Specimen — Warnaar &
Co., Sassenheim, Holland, Narcissus King
Alfred.

Miscellaneous Bulbs, Collection— Antoo
Schulthels.

Ferns.

Adiantum Farleyense — 1st, Mrs. D. Wil-
lis James; 2nd, A. N. Pierson, Cromwell,
Conn.

Adiantum cuneatum — Wm. B. Thomson,
Y'onkers, N. Y.

Cibotium Schiedel — 1st, C. B. Newbold ;
2nd, W. A. Manda.

Davallia— W. A. Manda.

Ferns, Stove and Greenhouse plants, 12
plants — Grand Silver Medal, W. A Manila.

VanVorst, gard. A. Anderson ; 2nd. W. A.
Manda.

Cypripedlums — 1st, Lager & Hurrell;
2nd, W. A. Manda.

Dendrobium, twenty plants — Gold Medal,
W. A. Manda.

Dendrobium nobile — 1st, Sidney M. &
Austin Colgate, gard. Wm. Reld, Orange,
N. J.; 2nd, W. A. Manda; 3rd, Lager &
Hurrell.

Dendrobium Wardianum — W. A. Manda.

Dendrobium, Specimen — 1st, Julius
Roehrs Co.; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Hybrid Orchid, raised in America — Gold
Medal, 1st, James Goodier; Silver Medal
and 2nd, W. A. Manda.

LaelloCattleya— 1st, W. A. Manda; 2nd,
Lager & Hurrell.

Any other Blgeneric Hybrid — 1st. W. A.
Manda; 2nd, Lager & Hurrell.

Odontoglossum— 1st, Julius Roehrs Co.;
2nd, Sir Jere Colman.

Oncldium — W. A. Manda.

Vanda— 1st, Lager & Hurrell; 2nd, W. A.
Manda.

Snecinien, any other Orchid — 1st, Lager
& Hurrell; 2nd, Clement Moore.

Palms and Foliage Plants.

Areca lutescens, two plants — ^Metairie
Ridge Niir-iipry Co., New Orleans, La.

Partial View of Roland .s 1'l.\nt Group

Ferns, Stove and Greenhouse plants, six
plants — Silver Cup and 1st, W. A. Manda.

Nephrolepis Bostonlensls — 1st, Howard
Gould, gard. W. W. Vert, Pt. Washington,
N. Y. ; 2nd, Frank N. Eskesen, Madison,
N. J.

Nephrolepis, any other variety — Grand
Bronze Medal and 1st, F. R. Pierson Co..
2nd, W. A. Manda.

Collection of Nephrolepis— P. R. Pier-
son Co.

Stag's Horn Ferns — W. A. Manda.

Stag's Horn Fern, Specimen — Ist, John
W. Pepper; 2nd, R. Delafleld, gard. Wm.
Brock, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.

Selaglnellas — W. A. Manda.

Selaglnella, Specimen — 1st, Benj. Stern,
gard. W. D. Robertson, Roslyn, N. Y.

"Tree Fern — 1st, Julius Roehrs Co. ; 2nd,
W. A. Manda.

Fern, Specimen — 1st, John W. Pepper;
2nd, E. W. Delafleld.

Orchids.

Orchids In flower, 100 sq. ft— Gold Medal
and 1st, Julius Roehrs Co.; 2nd, James
Goodier, Trenton, N. J.

Orchids, twelve plants — Silver Medal and
1st. Anton Schulthels; 2nd. W. A. Manda.

Orchids, six plants — Clement Moore,
gard. John Mossman, Hackensack, N. J.

Brasso-Cattleya — 1st, Clement Moore;
2nd, Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J.

Orchid, Specimen — Silver Cup, 1st, Sir
Jere Colman, Gallon Park, England ; 2nd.
W. A. Manda.

Cattleya Mosslae — 1st, Lager & Hurrell ;
2nd. W. A. Manda.

Cattleya Schroederae — 1st, Mrs. F. B.

Areca lutescens. Specimen — 1st, Mrs. F.
A. Con.stable; 2nd, Metalrie Ridge Nursery
Co.

Bay Trees, pyramidal — 1st, Bobblnfc &
Atkins; 2nd, Julius Roehrs Co.

Bay Trees, standard— 1st, Mrs. H. McK.
Twombly; 2nd. Julius Roehrs Co.

Bay Trees, columnar — .Tullus Roehrs Co.

Box Trees, pyramidal — 1st, W. A. Man-
da; 2nd, Bobbink & Atkins.

Box Trees, standard — 1st, W. A. Manda;
2nd, Bobbink & Atkins.

Box Trees, bush— 1st, Bobbink & Atkins;
2nd, Julius Roehrs Co.

Box Trees, trained plants — Ist, Bobbink
& Atkins; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Crotons— Robert Craig Co.. Philadelphia,
Pa., two firsts.

Cycad, Specimen — W. A. Manda.

Dracaena, 100 sq. ft — Gold Medal and 1st,
John Wanamaker, supt. J. H. Dodds, Wyn-
cote, Pa.; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Dracaena, twelve plants — ^Ist, Robert
Craig Co.; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Dracaena, Specimen, red — 1st, John
Wanamaker; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Dracaena. Specimen, green — 1st, John
Wanamaker; 2nd, Adolph Lewlsohn, gard.
J. Canning, Ardsley. N. Y.

Dracaena, Specimen, any other color — 1st,
John W. Pepper; 2nd, Adolph Lewlsohn.

Alocaslas and Aroids, 50 sq. ft — 1st, Sil-
ver Cup, W. A. Manda.

Ficus pandurata — 1st, Mrs. F. A. Con-
stable: 2nd, Julius Roehrs Co.

Kentla Belmoreana. two plants — 1st, W.
A. Manda; 2nd, Bobbink & Atkins.

Kentla Belmoreana, Specimen — 1st, Mrs.
H. McK. Twombly: 2nd. W. A. Manda.

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LIST OF AWARDS

Kentia Forsteriana, Specimen — 1st, Mrs.
v. A. Constable; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Phoenix Roebelenii — 1st, John Wana-
maker: 2nd, Wm. B. Thompson.

Phoenix rupieola — W. A. Manda.

Palms and Cycads, 200 sq. ft.— Gold
Medal and 1st, W. A. Manda.

Palms, twelve plants — 1st, W. A. Manda ;
2nd, Bobblnk & Atkins.

Palms, six plants — 1st, John Wanamaker;
2nd, W. A. Manda.

Palm, Specimen — 1st, W. A. Manda ; 2nd,
John Wanamaker.

Stove and Greenhouse Plants — 1st, W. A.
Manda; 2nd, John Wanamaker.

Stove and Greenhouse Plants Climbing —
Silver Medal and 1st, John Wanamaker;
2nd, W. A. Manda.

Asparagus — W. A. Manda.

Bambusa — W. A. Manda.

Conifers, three plants — 1st, F. R. Pier-
son Co.; 2nd, Bobblnk & Atkins.

Conifers, two plants — 1st, F. R. Plerson
Co. ; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Dieffenbachla — John Wanamaker.

Holly— Bobblnk & Atkins.

Rhododendrons — 1st, A. Schultheis; 2nd,
Bobblnk & Atkins.

New Plants Not In Commerce.

Conifer, hardy — Silver Medal, W. A.
Manda.

Cycad, species— Silver Mednl. W. A.
Manda.

Dracaena — Silver Medal, W. A. Manda :
Bronze Medal. Julius Roehrs Co.

Fern, species — Silver Medal, W. A.
Manda.

Fern, variety — Silver Medal, W. A. Man-
da ; Bronze Medal, John W. Pepper.

Palm, Specimen— Silver Medal, W. A.
Manda.

Shrub, tardy- Silver Medal, W. A.
Manda.

New Flowering Plant — Adolph Lewisohii.

PRIVATE GROWERS' CLASSES.

Amaryllis, twenty-five plants — Silver Cup.
Howard (lould.

Amaryllis, six plants — 1st Howard Gould;
2nd, Mrs. D. Willis James.

Anthurium, Specimen — John W. Pepper.

Azalea Indica — Sam'l Untermeyer.

Azalea Indica, Specimen — C. B. Newbold.

Begonias — W. D. Thompson.

Calceolaria — Percy Chubb.

Cineraria stellata- 1st, C. B. Newbold ;
2nd, W. B. Thompson.

Cineraria stellata. Specimen — Bronze
Medal of Excellence, Percy Chubb.

Cyclamen, twenty-flve plants — Silver Cup,
J. J. Albright, gard, Chas. Sandiford, Buf-
falo, N. Y.; 2nd, Percy Chubb.

Cyclamen, twelve plants — C. B. Newbold.

Crotons, twenty-five plants — Mrs. D. Wil-
lis James.

Crotons, eighteen plants — F. V. Burton,
gard. Wm. Cordes, Newburgh, N. Y.

Crotons, six plants — Silver Cup, P. V.
Burton.

Dracaena Sanderiana — 1st Mrs. D. Willis
James; 2nd, John Wanamaker.

Dwarf Evergreens, Collection, American
grown — Silver Cup, Mrs. A. A. Anderson,
gard. Robt. Williamson, Greenwich, Conn.

Gloxinias- W. B. Thompson.

Hydrangeas — Silver Cup, Wm. Ziegler,
Jr., gard. A. Bleschke, Noroton, Ct.

Imantophyllum — 1st, C. B. Newbold; 2nd,
Benj. Stern, gard. W. D. Robertson, Bos-
lyn, L. 1.

Hydrangeas, French — 1st. Wm. Ziegler,
Jr.; 2nd, John Wanamaker.

Lilacs — 1st, Mrs. D. Willis James ; 2nd,
H. Darlington.

Primula Kewensis, twelve plants — Percy
Chubb.

Palms, two plants — Geo. F. Baker, Tux-
edo Park, N. Y.

Palm, Specimen — 1st, Wm. Ziegler, Jr. ;
2nd, Geo. P. Baker.

Palms, twelve plants — Mrs. D. Willis
James.

Roses in pots, display, 100 sq. ft. — Silver
Cup, Sam'l Untermeyer; 2nd, Mrs. D. Wil-
lis James.

Schizanthus— 1st, C. K. G. BllUngs. gard.
J. Bell, New York; 2nd, Percy Chubb,
gard. Alex. Mackenzie, Glen Cove, L. I.

Schizanthus, Specimen — C. K. G. BllUngs.

Sanseveria — 1st, Geo. F. Baker; 2nd, Wm.
Ziegler, Jr.

Spiraea or Astilbe — Ist, C. B. Newbold;
2nd, Sam'l Untermeyer.

Stove and Greenhouse Foliage Plants —
1st, Mrs. D. Willis James; 2nd, John
Wanamaker.

Stove and Greenhouse, three Foliage
Plants — Sam'l Untermeyer.

Stove or Greenhouse, Specimen — Geo. F
Baker.

Flowering Plant, Stove or Greenhouse —
1st, J. T. Pratt; 2nd, Sam'l Untermeyer.

Stove Plants, group — Mrs. D. Willis

Wistaria— C. B. Newbold.

Adiantum Farleyense — Bronze Medal,
Mrs. H. McK. Twombly.

Adiantum Farleyense "Ruhm von Mor-
drecht" — John W. Pepper.

Cyrtomium faleatum Rochfordlanum —
John W. Pepper.

Davallia, Specimen — William. Thatcher,
Brookline, Mass.

Stag's Horn Fern — 1st, Wm. Ziegler, Jr.;
2nd, Jas. Goodler.

Bulbs— Silver Cup, Mrs. A. M. Booth,
gard. E. Fardel, Great Neck, L. I.

Hyacinths, eight bans — 1st, R. Hughes,
gard. J. A. Macdonald, Flushing, L. I.;
2nd, Mrs. A. M. Booth.

Hyacinths, white — 1st, Mrs. A. M. Booth ;
2nd, J. T. Pratt.

Hyacinths, pink or red — 1st, Mrs. A. M.
Booth; 2nd, J. T. Pratt.

Hyacinths, light blue — 1st, R. Hughes;
2nd, J. T. Pratt.

servatories, Natick, Mass. ; 2nd, Jos. Hea-
cock.

50 Double White Killarney — 1st, A. N.
Plerson, Inc.; 2nd, Bedford Floral Co.

.50 Richmond — 1st, Jos. Heaeock; 2nd,
Poehlmann Bros.

50 Sunburst — Myers & Samtman.

1(X) American Beauty — 1st, Poehlmann
Bros.; 2nd, Henry Hentz, Jr.; 3rd, Lonla
A. Noe.

50 American Beauty — let, Poehlmann
Bros.; 2nd, H. Hentz, Jr.; 3rd, Myers &
Samtman.

50 Dark Pink Killarney— 1st, A. N. Pier-
son, Inc.; 2nd, Jos. Stevenson's Sons.

50 Double Pink Killarney— 1st, A. N.
Plerson, Inc.; 2nd, Jos. Stevenson's Sons.

50 White Killarney— 1st, Waban Rose
Conservatories; 2nd, A. N. Plerson Co.

50 Killarney Queen— 1st, A. N. Plerson,
Inc. ; 2nd, F. R. Plerson Co.

50 Radiance— 1st, John Stevenson's Sons;
2nd, Gude Bros.

50 Lady Hillingdon— 1st, A. N. pierson.
Inc.: 2nd, Edward Towell.

50 Mrs. Aaron Ward — Ist, A. N. Pierson;
2nd, Poehlmann Bros.

50 My Maryland— 1st, Edward Towell;
2nd, John Wpl'iti Young.

Pabtiai. View of Roland's Plant Exhibit

Hyacinths, dark blue— 1st, J. T. Pratt;
2nd, Mrs. A. M. Booth.

Lilies— C. K. G. Billings, gard. J. Bell,
New York.

Narcissus, Bicolor — J. T. Pratt.

Narcissus, Emperor — J. T. Pratt.

Narcissus. Double Von Sion— Benj. Stern.

Tulips, Early Single— 1st, Mrs. A. M.
Booth; 2nd, J. T. Pratt.

Tulips, Darwin — E. Hughes.

Miscellaneous Bulbs, Collection — Silver
Cup, Sam'l Untermeyer.

Orchids, twelve plants — Clement Moore.

Orchids, three plants— Mrs. F. B. Van
Vorst. OPEN CLASSES.

Rose Plants.

Display of Roses in pots or tubs, to oc-
cupy 300 sq. ft. arranged for effect — 1st.
Anton Schultheis; 2nd. H. C. Steinhoff Co.

Climbing, Specimen— John W. Pepper.

Hybrid Perpetual— 1st, H. C. Steinhoff;
2nd, Louis Dupuy.

Polyantha, pink— 1st, Louis Dupuy; 2nd,
H. C. Steinhoff.

Polyantha, white — Louis Dupuy.

Collection Hybrid Perpetuals — H. C.
Steinhoff.

Rose, "Silver Moon" — Percy Chubb.

Rose, "Dr. W. Van Fleet" — Percy Chubb.

In Sec. 2 devoted to cut orchid blooms,
one stem to each class, W. A. Manda won
four firsts, S. Untermeyer and W. D. Rob-
ertson one each.

Anthuriums — Manda, one.

Antirrhinums — Percy Chubb, three, and
Geo. E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H., one first.

Violets — Howard Gould, one.
Cut Roses.

50 Killarney — 1st, Waban Rose Con-

50 Melody— 1st, Robert Scott; 2n<I,
Poehlmann Bros.

50 Mrs. Taft (Prince of Bulgaria) — lat,
Poehlmann Bros.; 2nd, Bedford Floral Co.

50 Any other disseminated variety white
—1st, Louis A. Noe; 2nd, F. H. Kramer.

50 Any other disseminated variety pink
—1st, F. H. Kramer; 2nd, W. H. Elliott.

25 American Beauty — Ist, Myers & Samt-
man; 2nd, Louis A. Noe; 3rd, Jefferson
Doremus.

25 Killarney — 1st, A. N. Pierson, Inc.;
2nd, John A. Andre.

25 Double Pink Killarney— let, A. N.
Plerson, Inc.; 2nd, Myers & Samtman.

25 White Killarney — 1st, Joseph Hea-
eock; 2nd, A. N. Pierson, Inc.

25 Killarney Queen — Ist, A. N. Pierson,
Inc.; 2nd, Bedford Floral Co.

25 Richmond — 1st, Poehlmann Bros.;
2nd. L. B. Coddington.

25 Radiance — 1st, Jos. Stevenson's Sons;
2nd. L. B. Coddington.

25 Lady Hillingdon— 1st, F. H. Pierson
Co.; 2nd, L. B. Coddington.

25 Mrs. Aaron Ward — 1st, A. N. Pierson,
Inc. ; 2nd, Poehlmann Bros.

25 My Maryland — 1st, John Welsh
Young; 2nd, Jefferson Doremus.

25 Melody— R. Scott & Son.

25 Mrs. Taft — 1st, Poehlmann Bros.; 2nd,
Bedford Floral Co.

25 Bride— 1st, Louis A. Noe; 2nd, F. H.
Kramer.

25 Bon Silene — Harry O. May.

25 Any other red— Guttman Floral Co.

25 Any other white — Brant-Hentz Floral
Co.

25 Any other pink — ^Ist, Robert Simpson;
2nd. Myers & Samtman.

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HOKTICULTURE

April 12. 1913

LIST OF AWARDS

FOR RETAILERS ONLY.

Most artistic display of Cut Roses,
with such accessories as the exhibitor
may desire.

Corsage Bouquet Roses— 1st, S. A. An-
derson, ButEalo, N. Y.; 2nd, A. T. Bun-
yard, New York.

Bridal Bouquet— 1st, Max Schling, New
York; 2nd, A. T. Bunyard.

Basket Roses— 1st, S. A. Anderson; 2nd,
A. T. Bunyard. „ „

Table Decoration— 1st, A. T. Bunyard;
2nd, Max Schling.

Mantel Decoration— 1st, A. T. Bunyard;
2nd, Max Schling.

PRIVATE GROWERS' CLASSES.

Roses, Killarney, Double Pink Killarney,
My Maryland, White Killarney — 1st in
each, J. Wanamaker.

Vase 25 Roses— 1st, F. W. Vanderbilt;
2nd, J. Wanamaker.

OPEN CLASSES.
Carantions.

100 blooms, white— 1st, Cottage Gardens
Co., Queens, N. Y.; 2nd, E. A. Stroud,
Stratford, Pa.

100 flesh pink— 1st, F. B. Adams, Blue
Point, L. I.; 3rd, E. A. Stroud.

100 light pink— 1st. Cottage Gardens Co.;
2nd, A. A. Pembroke, Beverley, Mass.

100 red or scarlet— 1st, Cottage Gardens
Co.; 2nd. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.; 3rd, A. S. Burns, Jr., Spring
Valley, N. Y.

100 crimson— M. A. Patten, Tewksbury,
Mass., with Princess Dagmar.

100 white variegated — 1st, A. A. Pem-
broke; 2nd, John Barr, South Natick.
Mass.; 3rd, F. R. Pierson Co.

100 mottled or overlaid— M. A. Patten.

100 any other color— Cottage Gardens
Co.

50 White Perfection- 1st. Cottage Gar-
dens Co.; 2nd, S. J. Goddard, Framing-
ham, Mass.

50 White Enchantress — 1st, A. A. Pem-
broke: 2ud, A. S. Burns, Jr.; 3rd, A. N.
Pierson Co.

50 White Wonder— 1st, U. S. Cut Flower
Co., Elmira, N. Y.: 2nd A. A. Pembroke;
3rd, S. J. Goddard.

' 50 Any other White — 1st. Strout's. Bid-
deford, Maine; 2nd, U. S. Cut' Flower Co.

50 Enchantress — 1st, A. S. Burns, Jr.;
2nd, U. S. Cut Flower Co.

50 Any Dark Pink— 1st, A. A. Pembroke;
2nd, A. N. Pierson; 3rd, C. B. Dreyer.

50 Beacon— 1st, Strout's; 2nd, S. J. God-
dard; 3rd, Cottage Gardens Co.

50 Victory — Henry Western, Hempstead,
L. I.

50 Harry Fenn— 1st, S. J. Goddard; 2nd,
W. D. Howard, Mllford. Mass.

50 Any white variegated — 1st, A. A.

Gold Medal for the best vase of 100
blooms of any undissemlnated seedling
Carnation — Peter Fisher, Gorgeous; M. A.
Patten, Princess Dagmar, and Cottage
Gardens Co., Matchless.

Table Decoration — 1st, R. Tyson, Convent,
N. Y.; 2nd, George H. Cooke, Washington,
D. C. ; 3rd, Alfred T. Bunyard, N. Y.

Best hamper of Carnations — ^Alfred T.
Bunyard.

Rambler Rose Grotjp — The Untebmeyee Exhibit

Pembroke; 2nd, A. N. Pierson; 3rd, F. R.
Pierson Co.

50 Any Mottled or Overlaid Variety — M.
A. Patten.

Varieties Disseminated in the Season
of 1911-1912.

50 Benora — 1st, A. A. Pembroke: 2nd,
Mortimer L. Fish, Oyster Bay, N. Y.

50 Rosette — 1st, S. J. Goddard: 2nd, A.
A. Pembroke.

Special Premiums.

Special Premium for 100 blooms of
Comfort — 1st, Elmer Weaver, Ronks, Pa.;
2nd, S. M. Merwarth & Bro.

Special Premiums for 100 blooms of
Glorios.a — A. A. Pembroke.

Special for twelve largest Carnation
blooms — Gold Medal, M. A. Patten.

Sweepstakes — Silver Cup, Cottage Gar-
dens Co. (Variety, Alma Ward.)

Medals offered by The Perpetual Flower-
ing Carnation Society of England.

Gold Medal for the best vase of 10»
blooms of any undissemlnated variety —
Cottage Gardens Co. (Variety, Matchless.)

Silver-Gilt Medal tor second best vase
shown in above class — Peter Fisher, Ellis,
Mass. (Variety, Gorgeous.)

Silver medal for third best vase shown
in above class — M. A. Patten. (Variety,
Princess Dagmar.)

Rambler Rose Groups

50 Pink Delight— 1st, S. J. Goddard; 2nd,
Strout's; 3rd, A. A. Pembroke.

50 Any other Flesh Pink — Strout's.

50 Mrs. C. W. Ward— 1st, Cottage Gar-
dens Co.; 2nd, A. N. Pierson; 3rd, Wm.
Duckham.

50 Glorlosa — 1st, A. A. Pembroke; 2nd.
A. N. Pierson.

50 Any other Light Pink— U. S. Cut
Flower Co.

50 Comfort— S. M. Merwarth & Brother,
Easton, Pa.

50 Wodenethe — 1st, Mortimer L. Fish;
2nd, Wm. Duckham.

Gold Medal for best vase of 100 blooms,
any variety — Cottage Gardens Co.

Sliver Medal for second best vase In
above class — Albert Roper, Tewksbury.

Bronze Medal for third best vase in
above class — M. A. Patten.

SPECIAL AWARDS.

Gold Medal to Peter Henderson & Co.
for Display of Bulbous Plants.

Wm. Sim, Gold Medal for Pansies.

A. L. Miller, Silver Medal for Plant
Group.

Clement Moore, Silver Medals for Gar-
denias and Seedling Orchids.

Mrs. H. McKay Twombly, Silver Medal
for Imantophyllums.

H. F. Michell Co., Silver Medal for Gera-
nium Helen Michell.

S. A. F., Silver Medal to Thomas Roland
for Bougainvilleas and Acacias.

Silver Medals for Excellence In Culture
to winners in Hyacinth classes, viz., Mrs.
A. M. Booth, R. Hughes and J. T. Pratt.

Silver Medal for Educational Value of
exhibit of Hybrid Astilbes, to Mt. Desert
Nurseries.

Cash Gratuities to W. W. Edgar Co. for
Genistas; Madsen & Christensen for Mar-
guerites; H. Darlington for Plant Group;
James Wheeler for Snapdragons.

The Gold Medal Sweepstakes, for the
best new plant in this show, was awarded
to R. & J. Farquhar & Co., for Lllium
myrlophyllum.

Silver Medal to J. P. Huss, Hartford,
Conn., for practical illustration of fern
production from spores to mature plant.

April 12, 1913

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557

THE TRADE EXHIBITS

The "Trade" exhibits were numer-
ous, many of them very extensive and
they were well-located on the mezza-
nine floor mainly where there was
abundant light and plenty of room for
interviewing customers. The New
York seedsmen made particularly
large and elaborately arranged exhib-
its as did also the leading plant grow-
ing establishments, many of whom
were, in addition, represented in vari-
ous competitive classes.

Following is a list of the trade ex-
hibitors :

C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., an at-
tractive booth with new carnations and
rose novelties.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y.,
handsome group of Nephrolepis varie-
ties, carnations, etc.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.,
attractive group of greenhouse plants
In commercial sizes.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, cro-
tons, of course — a choice lot.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York,
group of rhododendrons and other
hardy plants.

H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia,
booth elaborately laid out In parterre
effect.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.,
large displays of trained English ivy,
clipped buxus and other topiary ob-
iccts.

Knight & Struck, New York, a beau-
tiful collection of ericas, epacrises,
boronias, acacias, chorizemas and sim-
ilar material.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.,
palms and ferns.

Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J., made
a very attractive arrangement of
aquatic plants and water side shrub-
berv and grasses.

R. J. Irwin, New York, florists'
young plant stock.

W. E. Marshall & Co., New York,
large display of seeds and bulbs.

Burnett Bros., New York, seeds,
bulbs and implements.

A. N. Pierson. Cromwell, Conn., a
very large space elaborately laid out
and arrayed with great masses of Far-
leyense ferns, vases of new roses and
carnations, plants, etc. A very live
corner and constantly crowded.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York,
made a very extensive display. The
scene was a Holland landscape with a
Dutch cottage as the central feature,
and over the door the inscription
"From Holland to America." The fore-
ground was a garden scene with lawns
and flower beds of tulips, hydrangeas,

6tC.

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N.
J., cedar plant tubs and garden furni-
ture.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Philadelphia,
made a very extensive display of flor-
ists' supplies of every description.
This booth was elaborately decorated
and in fine taste and business was ac-
tive.

Reed & Keller, New York, are al-
ways large exhibitors at these shows.
A great variety in supplies, baskets
and ingenious novelties of wire con-
struction were shown here.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. of Phila-
delphia, New York and Washington,

made the most attractive display of
florists' ribbons. They were shown
against a white background, making a
very tasteful booth.

Max Schling, New York, baskets and
other floral arrangements artistically
displayed.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N.
Y., a booth tastily adorned with calla
EUiottiana and vases of summer bulb
bloom.

Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y., dis-
play of paints, putty, insecticides and
other specialties.

Lion & Co., New York, ribbons.

Russin & Hanfling, New York, bas-
kets, etc.

M. Adler, New York, pearl flower
pins.

Wertheimer Bros., New York, a
large display of ribbons.

Schloss Bros., New York, ribbons.

J. G. Neidlinger, Philadelphia, arti-
ficial flowers, baskets, etc.

Meade, Suydam Co., E. Orange, N.
J., concrete greenhouse benches.

Revere Rubber Co., Boston, showed
Revero hose. A big coil of hose with
the center left open and filled with a
miniature illuminated garden scene at-
tracted a crowd constantly.

Johnston Heating Co., New York,
greenhouse boilers.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, heat-
ing apparatus.

Quaker City Machine Co., Richmond,
Ind., ventilating apparatus.

H. V. Pearce, Detroit, steam traps.

American Auxiliary Heating Co.,
Boston, circulator.

Wm. S. Haines & Co., Philadelphia,
vacuum heater.

N. Y. Stable Manure Co., New York,
pulverized manure.

Plantlife Co.. insecticides.

J. P. Dahlborn. Weehawken Heights,
N. J., Hontsch greenhouse boiler.

Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Paterson,
N. J., plant food.

Consumers' Fertilizer Co., New
York, plant food.

Dunham Co., Berea, O., water-weight
lawn mower.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, a
superb display of Horseshoe Brand
Lily Bulbs.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York,
seed, corn and potatoes, with a bril-
liant garden scene and wicket gate for
a setting.

Lemon Oil Company, Baltimore,
Md., exhibit of their Standard Insecti-
cides.

A. Cowee, Berlin. N. Y., Gladiolus
Bulbs of High Degree.

B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass.,
Gladiolus booth tastefully furnished.

Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., New-
burgh, N. Y., motor mowers.

King Construction Co., North Tona-
wanda, N. Y., section of truss green-
house.

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J., In-
secticides and Fungicides.

Lord & Burnham Co., New York,
section of greenhouse, modern con-
struction, curved eave and improved
ventilating apparatus.

Weathered Co., Jersey City, N. J.,
section of greenhouse with heating ap-
paratus, etc.

Hitchings & Co.. New York, section
of greenhouse construction, ventila-
tion, heating and fittings.

H. G. Dreyer & Son. New York, flor-
ists' sundries, adjustable plant stands,
etc.

Means & Thatcher, Boston, Mass.,
paints.

Pierson U-Bar Company, New York.
Section of greenhouse, with U-Bar con-
struction and special heating and ven-
tilating improvements.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn,
N. Y., section of commercial green-
house and heating apparatus.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston,
seedsmen's sundries.

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April 12, 1913

THE MEETINGS AND LECTURES.

"The King's Florist" who was book-
ed for half a dozen lectures on Floral
Art, did not show up. A telegram re-
ceived by the secretary stated that
sickness in his family prevented his
leaving London. The "Opening Exer-
cises" and addresses of welcome
scheduled for the first evening were
largely of the wireless character. On
Sunday evening E. H. Wilson, of the
Arnold Arboretum, was right on his
job at the hour announced and gave
a very interesting lecture on China
and Chinese Plants, much handicap-
ped, however, by an unsuitable slide
machine and other inconveniences as
well as the uproar of music and ap-
plause in the exhibition hall adjoin-
ing.

The meeting of the S. A. F. set for
Monday forenoon failed to materialize.
On Monday evening J. Horace McFar-
land. of Harrisburg, gave his stereop-
ticon lecture on the Arnold Arboretum
under exasperating difficulties with
the slide operator, but it was greatly
enjoyed by the audience who were
close enough to hear.

On Tuesday afternoon Robert Pyle,
of West Grove. Pa., gave a lecture on
Roses and Decorative Plants and on
Tuesday evening J. K. M. L. Farquhar
held the stage with a fine lecture on
Japan and Japanese Flora, and had
the largest audience thus far. In our
next issue we shall have the story of
the rest of the proceedings for the
balance of the week.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

The American Rose Society held its
meeting according to schedule, in the
lecture room of the Grand Central
Palace on Tuesday, April 9. President
Farenwald read a cheery address.
Reports were made by Secretary
Hammond and Treasurer May. The
election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, Wallace R. Pier-
son; vice-president, Robert Pyle; sec-
retary, Benj. Hammond; treasurer,
Harry O. May; executive committee
members, J. H. Dunlop and S. S. Pen-
nock. Several protests on the judge's
decisions in the exhibition were heard
and the judges were unanimously sus-
tained. Alex. Gumming of Hartford,
Conn., read an interesting paper on
Roses and Rose Gardens. Robert
Pyle presented a communication from
Prof. B. T. Galloway, advocating the
establishment of a rose garden in
Washington and expressing confidence
in the possibility of practical co-oper-
ation and support for the project by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Several members spoke approvingly
and the appointment of a committee
to work in conjunction with Prof. Gal-
loway and the S. A. F. was approved.
Eber Holmes read an instructive
paper, which we hope to publish in
our columns at a later date.

President's Address.

A little over a year ago we met in
Detroit, under raw, chilly conditions.
Although the weather was so much
against us, the American Rose Society
can look back to it with pride only.
The exhibition was never surpassed in
quality and quantity. Our members

showed a loyalty and enthusiasm
which was highly commendable, to
come at such an unfavorable time of
the year, and in severe winter weath-
er. It was a great pity that this splen-
did show was not better patronized by
the public.

Our membership is slowly increas-
ing, but not at the rate it should be tor
such a worthy cause, the advance of
the Queen of Flowers, the main stay
of the business, the bread and butter
of most everybody. Why are so many
standing pat, when we need them so
badly? Do they think we have reached
the high water mark of popularity? I
hardly think so. There is lots of room
for expansion. So we need you, Mr.
Stand Pat. See the hustle and bustle
everywhere in our business today, bet-
ter to unite, to come together, to help
one another; that is the spirit of the
times. Anybody who shuts his eyes
to these conditions and refuses his
help is not worth his salt. That's my
candid opinion.

Regarding our amateur membership
agitation, I want to express myself as
against that movement, for various
reasons. We are a body of commer-
cial men. specialists. We are not in
it for pleasure, though most of us de-
rive pleasure from attending to the
Queen of Flowers, but pleasure does
not pay our coal bills, and others, so
with us the financial side of the ques-
tion is the primary issue. All this does
not interest the amateur, and the his-
tory of our Society will back me up
in what I say. The most of you will
remember our early struggles with
this amateur problem. It was useless
to attract the amateur to a body of
professional men. It was a waste of
effort in every way; it brought our
Society down to its knees; only the
untiring, loyal work of our commercial
members saved it from utter collapse.
Let us take a leaf from this past his-
tory, and give it up. Let our efforts
be directed to the making of a strong
commercial Society, so that we are not
swayed first one way and then the
other, vainly trying to accomplish
something we are not able to do, as
has so long ago been proved. The
public is gradually being educated to
the value of roses in home decorations
and the most enthusiastic amateurs
will finally start their own societies,
with a sprinkling of professional men
among them, like the horticultural so-
cieties are doing today. Those are the
true amateur societies which will grow
and prosper, but in my estimation, no
commercial body of men can interest
the amateur.

Affiliation is the watchword of today.
Some little while ago. the present pres-
ident of the S. A. F. and O. H., Mr.
J. K. M. L. Farquhar, said to me, "How
can the Rose Society and S. A. F. come
into closer touch with each other?" 1
confess. I don't know that we could
get closer. We are an offspring of the
S. A. F., doing the work which the
S. A. F. is not able to do. specialize in
a certain line, the grov.in^ of roses for
cut flowers. I do not think we have a
member who is not a member of the
S. A. F. as well. To give up any of
our privileges would mean to give up

our Society, which would be a detri-
ment to the business. I am sure the
American Rose Society would always
willingly work in conjunction with the
National S. A. F. This vital question
of afliliation I have outlined in another
article in the "Florists' Exchange" a
week ago, urging the merging of the
florists' clubs' membership into a na-
tional society, to increase its member-
ship and its usefulness. But let our
Rose Society keep up its own good
work, nation wide, as we have been
doing, creating and stimulating a love
for the Queen of Flowers.

Secretary's Report.
The American Rose Society during
the past year has tried an experiment
for the purpose of gaining a wider
membership among admirers and
growers of roses than heretofore en-
joyed. This was done by the publica-
tion of a "Rose Journal" which has
been distributed in a limited way, and
sent to societies of one sort or other
all over the country. Much favorable
comment has resulted, but very few
new members of any class have been
secured thereby. On the other hand,
according to observations made, the
publications of the country of the
higher class have been given more
than ordinary attention to rose cul-
ture. When the American Rose So-

CHARLES H. TOTTY

CARNATIONS AND
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LIVE SPIIAGNI'M. $1.26 per bbl.

ROTTED PE.\T, 70c. sack.

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April 12. 1913

HOETICULTUKE

559

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Choice Young Stock For Growing On

Ericas

Cotonoides Veitchii, 1 year old, 4-in. pots, $6 and $8 per 100. 2 year old
$35.00 per 100. Regenninans, 2 year old $50.00 per 100.

1^6 vV n jf Qrflll^wQd lanche, Andre Leroy's Blue and Paradoxa
$5.00 per 100. Bouquet Eose and Moulliere White $10.00 per 100.

ALL VARIETIES OF CLIMBING ROSES

In pots and will be ready for Decoration Day. The same stock as the large group that took
FIRST PRIZE AT THE INTERNATIONAL

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ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Wodenethe, $1.00 per doz...$6.00 $50.00
White Wonder; Lady Boant-

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Princess Charming 3.00 2fi.00

Wtnaer *.60 tO.OO

Plants from 2-inch pots, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

BOOTED CUTTINGS.
Fifty Fine Comjnercial Varieties:
(l.SO to $4.00 per 100; $1S.00 to $26.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
Tobers: $2.00 to $6.00 per 100; onr
■election variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
per lOtO

Send for Catalogve

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5 iu., 'oV^ in. aud 6 in. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 iuclies lilgh, 40e.,
50c., GOc.. 75c., $1.00, ?1.25 eacli and
up to .$1..'J0.

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1812 W. Oataiis St,

PHItUElPHIA. PA.

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At the Great International Show in New York we

were Awarded a Silver Medal and Special

Mention for a superb collection of these

Fine Herbaceous Plants

Absolutely Hardy Astilbes and Spiraeas

Each. Doz.

ASTILBE ARENDSI Ceres, delicate pink 50 $5.00

" " Juno, rosy violet 50 5.00

" " Rose Perle, white flushed pink 50 5.00

" " Silver White, rosy white 50 5.00

" " Venus, delicate rosy pink 50 5.00

" " Vesta, delicate rosy white 50 5.00

" " No. 3, deep rose 50 5.00

No. 4, pink 50 5.00

" " No. 5, rich pink 50 5.00

" chinense, white and rose 25 2.50

" Davidi, rosy violet 25 2.50

" grandis, pure white 25 2.50

" hybrid Queen Alexandra, deep rose 35 3.00

" hybrid Peach Blossom, delicate pink 35 3.00

" Lemolnel Nuee Rose, rose 25 2.50

" Lemoinei Panache, white and rose 25 2.50

SPIRAEA, Geyser, pure white 20 1.50

Gladstone 20 1.50

" McKinley 20 1.50

THE MT. DESERT NURSERIES, - Bar Harbor, Me.

ciety held its first exhibition in the
city of New York, its first support
were largely amateurs. The present
show is made up of specimens from
some of the largest commercial estab-
lishments, small greenhouses and pri-
vate gardeners.

The cost of the Journal was guaran-
teed by five members of the society,
namely, Messrs. McKendrick, Good.
Pierson, Pyle and Elliott; in addition
to this, one of our life members, Sam-
uel Thome, subscribed an equal
amount, which was $50. The adver-
tisements received also increased the
Income, so that the experiment was no
drain otherwise.

The American Rose Society repre-
sents growers in various parts of the
country, but there is one matter that
has seemed of importance for perma-
nent value, and that is the accurate
record of the names ana origin of
roses that have been originated with-
in the United States. Invitations have
been sent through the press, asking
for reports from people who have been
originators; few have responded, but
such as have, have been carefully re-
corded. This matter is an important
one for future use. The use of roses
for outdoor decoration is certainly in-
creasing year after year.

One of our life members has written
me from Boston, especially referring
to bargain sales of roses, and that a
quantity may be furnished at a low
price, but the quality is misleading,
consequently this sort of traffic would
do much harm in public view.

The American Rose Society medals.
If we could come in touch more ex-
tensively with local horticultural socie-

ties, if offered as a prize in the June
shows to some extent, would perhaps
tend largely to interest the amateurs,
and as the Society gave its first exhibi-
tion in the city of New York, this
question of membership may at the
present time be considered with pro-
priety.

The financial and general condition
of the Society is clearly stated in the
president's and treasurer's reports.

Report of the Treasurer.

Iteceipts ?2. 787.117

Disbursements $1,921.16

Balnnce 866.81

Total $2,787.97 $2,787.97

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Report of Secretary in Part.

We are able to report progress in all
departments this year save one. This
one exception being one of the most
important departments, and of vital

interest to the Society, we will ask
you to carefully consider a number of
recommendations which will be sub-
mitted at the end of this report.

At the directors' meeting there was
drafted a schedule of premiums for the
carnation show which is running at
this time. Alterations were made in
the rules governing entries for compe-
tition, eliminating all restrictions in
regard to membership in this Society,
except in the A. C. S. medal class,
which is reserved for our members
only. Including premiums from all
sources, the schedule carries a larger
total than any previous list, which
means that there is offered at this ex-
hibition, more money, medals and plate,
than has ever before been offered for
tarnations at any one exhibition. The
National Flower Show Committee
agreed to pay the first $1,000 cash pre-
miums awarded. A special effort was
made to interest the retail men in the

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April 12, 1913

exhibition by offering liberal pre-
miums in a number of attractive and
practical classes.

Tlie one department in which we are
unable to report progress Is that of
membership. Ever since the meeting
in Boston, two years ago, the member-
ship has decreased in numbers. About
the usual number have run delinquent
each year, but less than the usual
number of new members have been
added. During the past year the delin-
quents were 45, while the accessions
were only 20, making a decrease of 25
for the year. There are now 261 an-
nual members in good standing, and 12
life members.

We can account for this in only one
way and that is the letting down of all
barriers to outsiders coming in and
getting all the benefits which should
rightfully be reserved for our mem-
bers only. This Society cannot endure
for long if this policy is continued,
and we would respectfully submit the
following recommendations for your
careful consideration:

We should hold our coriTeiitions regularly
each year, regardless o( National or other
exhibitions, and we should hold our con-
ventions and exhiliitions alone.

Our regular meeting date (the last Wed-
nesday in January) should be strictly ad-
hered to.

The idea of alternating the meetings be-
tween the East and West is conducive to
a growing membership and should be con-
tinued. . , ^ .

We should allow no admission fee to be
charged the public at the door of the ex-
hibition, as the charging of a fee, be It
ever so small, tends to reduce the number
of visitors.

Only members In good standing should
be aflowed to compete for premiums of
any kind, including certificates of merit.
Nor should anyone, except members of this
society and the local entertaining society
be allowed to attend any of the social func-
tions connected with the convention.

Efforts should be continued to interest
Instead of decreasing, our membership
should at least keep pace with the growth
of the carnation industry.

The thanks of this society are due the
trade press for printing promptly, and
gratuitously, all matter sent to them for
publication.

TREASURER'S REPORT.

Expenses.

Paid by orders on Treasury |1, 132.28

Balance cash on hand 690.84

$1,823.07
Receipts.

Balance Jan. 10th, 1912 $ 416.62

Received cash 1.406.45

$1,823.07
Permanent Fund.

Balance Jan. Wtb, 1912 $2,525.31

J. A. Valentine, life membership.. .50.00
S. J. Goddard, ILfe membership .50.00

$2,625.31
Dorner Memorial Fund.

Balance Jan. 10th, 1912 $ 444.04

Received cash 574.67

$1,018.71

Final Report on Fred Dorner Memo-
rial Fund.

At the time of the last meeting in
Detroit, the canvass among the mem-
bers of this society for small contribu-
tions to the Fred Dorner Memorial
Fund, which had been ordered at the
Boston meeting, was completed. A
total of some $437 had been collected
in contributions of one and two dollar
amounts. Instructions were given to
continue the soliciting of contribu-
tions, and to take advantage of numer-
ous offers of larger amounts which had

been made to the committee. These
additional contributions swelled the
total to $979. We are pleased to state
that the Perpetual Flowering Carna-
tion Society of England generously
sent in a draft for $10. These funds
were deposited by the treasurer to

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. 5

Tlie horticultural trade papers
cover a field in the florist and seed
line better than any other mediums.
The florist who don't take a trade
paper is like a sand burr on a
woolen stocking — merely a business
nuisance. The florist who takes a
trade paper and don't read it, loses
the benefit of the experience of
others, besides all the modern news
connected with his business. The
man who has something to sell to
the trade should avail himself of
these mediums. In September, 1911,
Martial Bremond, the French bulb
house, had a large surplus of Paper
Whites and Romans, unexpectedly
delivered by growers who had con-
tracts for their crops. Without
sufficient notice this surplus was
shipped to Ralph M. Ward & Com-
pany, the American representatives.
They came at a time when prac-
tically all orders had been placed
and delivered, and as French bulbs
cannot be safely shipped in cold
weather, what to do with such a
quantity so late in the year was
considered a problem. After care-
ful consideration a page advertise-
ment was given to each of two
trade papers, and as a result of
these two advertisements, printed
only once, about half a million
French bulbs were sold within two
weeks; and orders came in long
after the goods were disposed of.
Counter-offers were all tabooed and
not answered. At that time of the
year they could have been sold in
no other way.

The advertisements of Horseshoe
Brand products in the trade papers
cost less than 1',; of the business
done. In the beginning this cost
was much higher, and the results
much less, but by continued adver-
tising this has been reduced. Ad-
vertisements must be backed up
with the best merchandise possible
to furnish, and good deliveries —
otherwise your money is wasted.

Of course the very nature of the
bulb, seed and flower line embodies
a certain risk, due to circumstances
which are generally beyond control.
This risk is becoming better under-
stood every day, and is now taken
into consideration by all buyers.
Good, persistent advertising always
pays, in spite of the risks incurred.

Valentine submitted at the directors'
meeting at Chicago, last August, a do-
sign from Mr. Henning Ryden, an ar-
tist in New York City, which the board
approved with instructions that Mr.
Ryden be commissioned to prepare a
set of dies for striking these medals.
The Messrs. Dorner having agreed to
bear the expense of having these dies
made, this matter was turned over to
them for final execution. The dies
have been made and a 10-karat gold
medal delivered to us.

At this same meeting in Detroit, Mr.
Peter Fisher was delegated to devise
a plan for awarding this medal. Mr.
Fisher submitted the following plan to
the board at the Chicago meeting and
it was approved by the board:

"A gold medal will be awarded to the
best 100 blooms of any undisseminated
seedling carnation (sports not admissible).
The variety must have been in cultiva-
tion not less than three years and must
score not less than 85 points, judged by the
American Carnation Society's scale of
points.

The medal to be awarded to the origi-
nator, who need not necessarily be the ex-
hibitor, and can be awarded to the same
variety onl.v once.

To be eligible to compete tor this med-
al, 50 blooms of the variety must have
been shown at a previous exhibitioti of the
American Carnation Society in a prelim-
inary class, and scored not less than 80'
points."

With this report, the work of the
committee is finished. The fund is
deposited with the Lafayette Loan and
Trust Co., where it draws 4 per cent
interest. The committee wishes to
thank each and every contributor for
the ready response with contributions.
A complete list of contributors is on
file in the secretary's office.

draw interest, which up to date
amounts to $39.71, bringing the total
in the fund up to $1,018.71.

The Board of Directors, at its meet-
ing in Detroit, January 12th, 1912,
delegated Mr. J. A. Valentine to secure
designs for a medal, which is to be
bought each year with the interest ac-
cruing from this invested fund. Mr.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR-
DENERS.

A meeting of the National Associa-
tion of Gardeners was held in the Lec-
ture Hall of the Grand Central Palace
on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
Preceding the meeting the Executive
Board of the Association met and
acted on several matters which were
later reported at the general meeting.
President William H. Waite, after wel-
coming the visiting members, intro-
duced President J. K. M. L. Farquhar,
of the Society of American Florists,
who lauded the gardeners and their
splendid exhibits which, he said, made
it possible to produce such a magnifi-
cent show as they were assembled at,
and followed this with a forcible ad-
dress which can aptly be summarized
as a heart-to-heart talk with the men
of the gardening profession and in
which he urged the cultivation of a
closer confidence between the gar-
dener and his employer.

Mr. Farquhar was heartily applauded
at the conclusion of his remarks. W.
J. Kennedy, president of the Boston
Gardeners' and Florists' Club, was
next introduced. Born, as he said, a
gardener, he spoke with authority un-
der development of the profession, en-
dorsing all the previous speaker had
to say on the opportunities which are
presenting themselves for the advance-
ment and elevation of the profession.
Mr. Kennedy spoke of the great inter-
est which has sprung up over the ac-
tivities of the National Association
and pledged his efforts to its further
progress. He was followed by John
Shields, of Monticello. 111., one of the
directors of the Association. Next
came Mr. J. J. MacKey, also of Monti-
cello, who spoke on the development

April 12, 1913

HORTICULTURE

563

ALL SEASONABLE PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS AND SUNDBIES

HARDY PEKENNIAI.S. The most Complete collection of
varieties and tlie largest stock in the country. Our Perennial
plants have a national reputation, we spare no expense to
have them in the b"st possible shape for the planter. Such
varieties that move better when pot grown are prepared in
this shape; this does not mean little seedlings, but in the
majority of cases the plants were field grown, were dug and
potted during the fall and winter months and are of Just the
right size to give immediate results; they are not to be com-
pared with so called field clumps. Try them and be con-
vinced. See Our Current Wholesale List for Varieties and
Trices.

ROSES FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING TO GIVE IMMEDI-
ATE RESULTS. We have three hundred thousand .5 and 6
inch pots, the usual Dreer stock and the style of paints your
retail customers are looking for. These are all two year field
grown plants which have been potted duriug the winter
months and which were stored in cold houses and frames aud
whidi are now in prime condition for out-door planting. The
collection Is the most up-to-date, 'ncluding many uew varieties
not offered by anyone in the trade.

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J New Hybrid-Tea Rose George Dickson.

Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.

HYBRID TEAS, HYBRID PERPETUALS, TEA AND
EVERBLOOMING, RAMBLERS, BABY RAMBLERS,
MOSS ROSES, HYBRID SWEET BRIARS, AUSTRIAN
BRIARS, WICHURAIANA, ETC., ETC. See Our Current
Whcilesal» List for List of Varieties and Prices.

AQUATIC PLANTS— WATER LILIES, NELUMBIUMS,
VICTORIAS. Tender and Hardy Aquatics have been a
special feature with us for nearly a quarter of a century.
Over eight acres of artificial ponds are devoted to their
culture. If we can assist you in making plans, or selecting
varieties, the services of our expert are at your disposal
for the asking. , ^ .,.»,,

OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE LIST also describes the
following all of which are handled as Specialties:

DECORATIVE PLANTS. PALMS, FERNS, PANDANTJS,
BAY TREES. BOXWOODS, DRACAEN.-VS, etc., etc.

HARDY SHRUBS, HARDY VINES, HARDY CLIMBERS,
RHODODENDRONS, .*Z.*LE.4S. etc.

BULBS DAHLIAS, TUBEROUS BOOTED BEGONIAS,
GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS, FANCY LEAVED CALADI-
UMS, CANNA8, etc., etc.

HENRY A. DREER, INC.,

714 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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April 12. 1918

of agriculture in the West. H. H.
Bartsch, vice-president of the Boston
Gardeners' and Florists' Club, was next
introduced. Harry A. Bunyard an-
nounced that owing to sudden sick-
ness in the family of Mr. Pelton of
London, England, who was to lecture
at the meeting, he was prevented from
sailing for this side at the last mo-
ment.

The secretary was called on next to
report on the doings of the Executive
Committee. After briefly reviewing
the financial condition of the Associa-
tion, showing a most substantial bal-
ance in bank, read a communica-
tion received from the New York Hor-
ticultural Society, inviting the Na-
tional Association of Gardeners to
hold its annual convention in New
York City this fall, in connection with
the fall show of the Horticultural So-
ciety. The invitation was accepted.

Mr. Farquhar as president of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
extended an invitation to the Associa-
tion to hold its summer meeting in
July next at Boston, at the time of the
Summer Show of the Horticultural So-
ciety in conjunction with the Sweet
Pea Show of the American Sweet Pea
Society. This was also favorably
acted on by the committee which de-
cided to hold the summer meeting in
Boston.

An invitation was read from Presi-
dent C. C. Moore of the Panama Pa-
cific International Exposition, ad-
dressed to the National Association of
Gardeners to hold its 1915 convention
in the city of San Francisco, during
the time of the Exposition. Resolu-
tions were passed extending thanks to
the Exposition Company, and that the
Association go on record that it was
the sense of the meeting that the 1915
Convention be held at San Francisco.

The ratification by the Board of Di-
r^tors for the establishment of a
Service Bureau to offer an opportunity
to the younger men in the profession
for a source to which they can look
for betterment, was also reported at
the meeting.

Notes.
Chrysanthemum Glory of Seven
Oaks showed up well in several ex-
hibits.

The Ladies' S. A. F. held a meeting
at the Hotel Woodstock on Wednes-
day forenoon.

The New York daily papers, despite
some boastful exaggerations, did pret-
ty well in their notes on the exhibi-
tion.

J. Ausin Shaw made his first ap-
pearance at the show since his severe
illness and was joyously greeted by a
host of friends.

The exhibition was exceptionally
favored as to weather which, at least
up to the time of this writing, has
been just right.

The souvenir program is a record
breaker in amount of advertising and
when the returns are all summed up it
will prove no small factor in the asset
column.

The giant bay trees which adornei
the grand stairway and flanked the
main aisles of the grand hall were the
finest specimens ever seen here. They
came from Julius Roehrs Co.

lt\ One ^

The Coldwell
Imperial" Lawn Mower

with its double cutting edge, has
revolutionized the lawn mower

industry.

The "IMPERIAL" has a bottom
knife that can be instantly reversed.
You don't have to wait to send your
machine to be sharpened — two lawn
mowers in one.

Send for Catalogue

Coldwell Lawn Mower Co.

NEWBURGH, N. Y.

The collection of some twenty-five
varieties of Astilbes of the Arendsi
and Lemoinei types from the Bar Har-
bor Nurseries was greatly admired.
Some of the flower spikes were thres
feet tall.

markable condition after being on the
water nine days. Hybrid odontoglos-
sums, plants and cut blooms, and
cypripediums were the principal items.

A German sectional greenhouse
boiler, exhibited by Mr. Dahlborn,
seemed to attract much attention from
the visitors on account of novel fea-
tures. Several orders were taken for
installation.

Vice-President Theodore Wirth was
making a big hustle among the trade
visitors for advertising in the Minne-
apolis Souvenir Program, In connection
with the S. A. F. convention next Au-
gust, and appeared to be doing a
"landofiice" business. The book prom-
ises to be a beauty.

The white-robed ladies comprising
the orchestra were a potent attraction
for the susceptible young men who
crowded around the music pavilion,
not only to hear the music but to gaze
upon the players.

Helen Keller, the wonderful blind,
deaf and dumb girl, was an enrap-

Fred Lautenschlager, the popular
Kroeschell Bros, representative was
taken sick with grippe and compelled
to go to bed in his hotel under the
care of a physician. At last accounts
he was getting along nicely.

The principal component of the de-
corations of the two winners in the
rose dinner table classes were Irish
Fire Flame, Sunburst and other yellow
roses. Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Shawyer
were centers of attraction in the vase
classes.

A crowd constantly surrounded the
educational exhiliit by J. P. Huss,
showing the different stages of fern
raising from spores under glass up to
fully developed specimens. Adiantum
nebulosum in this exhibit was a much
admired novelty.

A much sought-for exhibit was the
sensational Odontioda Bradshawiae
(Cochlioda Noetzliana x Odontoglos-
sum crispum var., Mary Colman). sent
over by Sir Jere Colman from Eng-
land. The flowers are rich vermilion
and the plant bore two fine spikes.

RUSTIC BASKETS

lO-in. bowl $1.10, doz. $11.00
12-iD. bowl $1.25, doz. $13.00
14-iD. bowl $1.50, doz. $16.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

A late arrival at the show was a
case of orchids from W. A. Manda's
English branch, which came in re-

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

April 12, 1913

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Boddington's Quality Cannas S

Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured. Bound and dormant, and gire abaolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct t% if cash accompanies the order.

:,RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOUAGE CANNAS

Far 100 Per 1000

*. D. Slsele, 5 ft $3.75

President Cleveland, 3 ft

2.25

President McKlnley, 2% to 3 ft 2.00

President Meyer, 4 ft 2.75

PlUar of Fire, 6 or 7 ft 2.00

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

I>»aUe, 5 ft $3.75

Mile. Berat. 4^4 ft 1.75

Venna, 3^4 ft 8.B0

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

Alemannia, 4 to S ft $2.25

Austria, 5 ft 1.75

Indiana, 3 to 4 ft 2.00

Italia, 4H ft 1.76

$35.00
20.00
17.50
25.00
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ORANGE SHADES

WyomInK, 7 ft

Pennsylvania. 5 ft

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft.

Per 100
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. 1.75
. 1.75

PcrlOOO

$35.00
16.00
60.00

Per 1000

$20.00

15.00

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Per 1000

$17.50

16.00

16.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED ; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

OladUtor, 4 ft $2.75 $25.00

Oladioflora, 3% ft 4.26 40.00

Jean Tissot, 5 ft 2.25 20.00

Niagara, 3 ft J.75 25.00

Ma<l. Crosy. 5% ft S.26 20.00

Qneen Charlotte, 3% ft 8.75 (5.00

Premier, 2% ft r76 aB.eO

Sonv. de A. Croiy, 4 ft 3.T5 KM

YELLOW SHADES

Per 100 F«r 1000

Florence VaoKhan, 6 ft $2.00 $17.60

Richard Wallace, iM, ft 3.26 30.00

BRONZE-LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

Egandale. 4 ft $2.00 $17.50

King Unmbert. 4 ft 6.00 46.00

Leonard Vaaghan, 4^ ft 4.26 40.00

Musaefolla. 3 to 6 ft 2.00 17.50

Shenandoah, A ft 3.00 ITJSO

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

Doi. 100 1000
One of the most brilliant ecarlets, both
the Indlvldnal flowers and the trosses
being of large size; bronze toUaK*.
4 ft. $0.76 $5.60 $60.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers In beavj, dense spikes.
In color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 4% ft $0.75 $6.50 $50.00

Rich scarlet
4 ft

FURST BISMARCK

crimson; of large size.

$0.60 $3.76 $35.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house In the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet sutFused with orange, base and
edge of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.76 $6.60 $80.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson scar-
let, often measuring 5 Inches across,
of remarkable substance, and are
produced In large trusses nearly •
foot across, 3M, ft $0.76 $5.60 $00.00

PAPA NARDY

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4% ft $0.50 $3.78 $38.00

thousand rate; It is cheaper for you to buy a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here, It may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection Is left to us, we will snbatltute or
send only the best for all purposes.

All the Ai>ove Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

^Chicago and Western]|Agents for Our Cannas ONLY:

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

SPIRAEAS FROM COLD STORAGE

(For Decoration Day)

Per 100

Gladstone, enormous spikes of pnre white flowers $5.50

AstUboitles Florlbunda 6.00

Qaeen of Holland. One of the finest; grand florists' variety 5*50

Gladiolus America. First size .^ t.75

Gloxinias, named varieties 4.25

Gloxinias, named varieties mixed S.75

BODDINGTON'S QUALITY TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS

Per 1900

$00.00

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Donble, to color, large bulbs, 1^ inches and up S.SO C; 30.00 H.

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342 West 14th St^ NEW YORK CITY

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tured visitor on two successive days.
August Poehlmann presented her with
an armful of American Beauty roses
and was rewarded with an ecstatic
smile. The daily papers made quite a
feature of this incident.

We understand that there were no
less than fifty-two judges in service
on the prize awards in the various
classes. Everything considered, the
worli and the recording were efficient-
ly done — creditable alike to the earn-
estness of the judges individually and
of the ofRcials under whose guidance
they worked.

Stuart Low expressed amazement at
the horticultural advancement here
since his last visit some 25 years ago.
He said he had many friends he
longed to visit but was compelled to
forego the pleasure, having so short a
time at his disposal. He had a royal
good time and expects to come again
soon.

The attendance at the '•Interna-
tional," from the different horticultural
centres was probably equal to that at
any S. A. F. convention. Boston made
a good showing there being at least
100 Bostonians in evidence. Boston
was "high liner," also, in several de-
partments of the show as indicated in
the list of awards.

The roping off of the various areas
occupied by plant and flower exhibits
was a great protection and indeed ab-
solutely necessary, but it had its de-
fects, as many of the exhibits were
BO remote from the aisles that it was
impossible for visitors to read the
names of either exhibitors or exhibits
on the label cards.

The finest exhibition of lily b. lb;i
ever seen in this country was un-
doubtedly that of R. M. Ward *: Co.
The bulbs were of extraordinary size
and uniformity and included all the
Japan commercial sorts. They were
shown in boxes covered witli p'ate
glass and were the object of engrossed
interest on the part of florists and
gardeners. Mr. Ward was in attend-
ance personally, and distributed his
new book, "Bulbology."

As on similar occasions in the past
it proved much easier to assem-
ble the members of the special so-
cieties tor their business session
than to get even a quorum of the S.
A. P. members. The reason is ob-
vious and in this direct personal in-
terest of each member in the pro-
ceedings of the organization devoted
to his specialties it is easy to see why
the autonomy of these intensive or-
ganizations is so jealously guarded.

Lilium myriophyllum which won the
gold medal as the best new plant in
the show, arrived after the trip from
Boston in prime condition. It was a
surprise to see plants from tiny bulbs
in 2% in. pots bearing a full-sized
bloom on an 18 in. stem. One bulb in
a 6-inch pot carried six stems bearing
nine flowers. Other attractive novel-
ties in this Farquhar collection were
Berberis levis with graceful sprays of
glossy evergreen foliage, Syringa Wil-
soni, Deutzia longifolia, Ligustrum
Prattii with foliage like a Cotoneaster,
Deutzia discolor and many others col-
lected by Wilson.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE SEEDS AND BULBS

CINERARIA SEED.

Va Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. Tall Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSIS

Alba Magniflca, White

Cliiswiclt, Red

Kerniesina Splendens, Crim-
son

Rosy Morn. Pink

Dacbess, White, carmine cen-
tre

Holbom Blue

Michell's Prize Mixture

SEED.

.60 $1.00
.60 1.00

.60
.60

.60
.60
.60

1.00
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PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED.

Tr. Pkt.

Lilacina, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina, Crimson 50

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba, White 50

Hibrida, Mixed 50

BEGONIA BULBS.

Doz. 100 1000
Single, Separate colors.. .40 $2.50 $22.00

Single, mixed 30 2.25 20.00

Double, separate colors.. .65 4.00 35.00
Double, mixed colors 50 3.75 33.00

GLOXINIA BULBS.

Mixed Colors 50 3.00 27.50

CALADIUM BULBS.

Manunoth, 11 to 12 in. $1.35 $10.60 $92.50
First Size, 9 to 11 in.. .85 6.00 52.50
Second Size, 7 to 9 in.. .50 3.50 30.00
Third Size, 5 to 7 in... .30 2.00 16.00

Also all otber Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs and Supplies for tbe Florist.

HENRY F. MIGHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street, - - Philadelphia, Pa.

\A/E NAZI

to meet our friends at the International Flower Show.
Our booth will be on second floor. Samples of

GL.iXDIOI-1

and other Summer Flowering Bulbs that come up to the
'l-0\A/EF9F'IEI_C3 S'T.AIM^AFRI

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield,L.I., N.Y.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH
and all Garden Seeds

Growers for the Trade

1 PONARD

W-^- ..,,=.,.0 W. K»^"'

STBK^T. CHICAOO

CO.

ONION SETS
Write tor Prices

ASPARAGUS LUTZI

The most striking novelty of Asparagus in Europe. Import orders booked now
for pot grown seedlings, $30.00 per lOO; $>-5.00 per 1000.

fob. New York, Terms: Net Cash.

LOECHNER & CO., 11 Warren St., New York

Oz.
Asters. American Branching, in

colors $1.00

Asters. Imperial Midseason, In colors. 2.50

Bachelor's Button. Double Blue 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. .50
Gypsophila Elegans Grandiflora Alba. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Sooth Market St., Boston, Masi.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Band niTODr want*. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

12 IS B«tz Bids. Phllad«lphla.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS rOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip.
Raaiih, Beet, Etc.

MILFORD, CONN.

Branches: Michigan
and Wiaconoui

-BULBS and-

HARBY PLANTS

MSend for /W// lilt

L S. MftLEI. WAMB tlVn. N. Y.

April 12, 1913

HORTICULTURE

567

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBLE PEARL

$I2.00 Per lOOO

Excellent Qnalltjr.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold Btorage. Berlin and Hambarg

Per case of 1000 fl2.00

Per ca»e of 3000 32.00

Write for a copy of our Florists' CataloK.

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barcbr St.. (TiO NEW YORK

SEEDS SANS RIVALE

DAHL.IAS. double ciictus mixed, double
dwurf mixed, double large-flowering
mixed, double Ulllput or pompon mixed ;
1(M) seeds, 75 cents. Coccinea, single
Btrlp*^d mixed, single dwarf striped
mixed, single glant-flowerlng, true; 100
seeds. r>0 cents. All mixed, 100 seeds
60 cenls. The above were all raised
on oontrnct for me by a specialist of
Paris, France, and are unrivalled.
Other Flower Seeds — Pansies, Sweet
Pejis, Mignonette, Wallflowers, Zinnias,
Verbenas, etc.

N. B. — I don*t publish any chromes or
hire poets to sing praises of my seeds.
They are produced by practical grow-
ers. I took severil prizes in New York
nnd other cities for my product. My
seeds now have a national reputation
and I get better iirices than unyone
else In the trade.

Tliere's a Good Reason.
Vegetable Seeds I Supply by the Ton.

BEAULIEU, WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

PUce Your Order ^fow For

AYRBS* WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Dalrrarr

S. BRY30N AYRES CO.

Asparagus Root.

TWO-YEAR-OLD

Asparagus Roots

A fine lot of strong two-year-
old roots of Burr's Mauiniotb,
Colnmblan Mammoth White,
Conover's Colossal, Giant Ar-
grenteuil and Dreer's Ellipse,
neatly put up In bundles of
twenty-flve.

60 rts. per 100; $4.00 per 1000.
Special prices for luts of 5000
or more.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are Intended
for the trade only.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest Imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pnr-
ple, Wliite. each color separate, per Oi.,
$1.00: per Tr. Pkt., SOc.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c. ; per
Tr. Pkt., 15c.

My nevr Florist Catalogue li now
ready. It Is a complete guide with
proper classlflcatlon through Horticul-
ture ana contains many varietle*.
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring It.

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Pri<e List jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231 -235 W. Madiion St., CHICAGO

I. W. Ednumkon. Mgr. M. W. Willims, SK'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for I91S CatalasoM

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Svedsmen

•47-54 No. Market St., BOSTOII, MASS.

ViCKaUALITYVICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlxtan^
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlxtnre,
60c per dozen: (4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture^ SO*
per dozen : $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.IMIchlganAve. - CHICAGO

Phone Ranrioipb tS71.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

Write For Our Lcnv Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHII,AD£LPHX,/V

BLUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PBICBS

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET. CARROT. PARSNIP. RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety: also other
Items i)f the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of (:nri1en Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S. B. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW TOM

and Orange, Coon.

568

HORTICULTURE

April 12, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

SONS^

Cor. Broadway and Gr«tiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan potnU and jood
■ectlona of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Members FlorUU' Telegraph DeUvery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and L 1582

1415 Farnum St.,
OIVIAIHA, IMEQ.

NEW YORK

413

Madison Ave.
at 48tli SL

"^ C.^.^^ Tel. HimylHI
FLORIST

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gar. Mlohliian Are. and 2Ut St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

^Menber Florists' Telccraph DatlTcrr Asia.)
We ship to all points In llUnols and Iowa.

«MlM lie. AUiii 111. MiH 112.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telesrraph Delivery.

All Brdirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

n* Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Fres.

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

will carefuli.v execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower 8tore in America.
Orders for tlie TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points e'ven prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

BuHalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Telegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Buffalo, N. Y. — Miss Burns has pur-
chased the flower store of Miss Sauer,
1375 Main street.

A letter from W. G. Matthews of
Dayton, Ohio, says that his business
In that city is completely gone. He
had greenhouses and a retail store.

C. H. Fallstrom and Louis Knice
have purchased the greenhouse estab-
lishment of N. H. Long and will take
charge, June 1, as the Dixon Flower
Shop. Mr. Fallstrom will conduct the
store and Mr. Knice will manage the
greenhouses.

5TBAMER OJEPARTURBS

Allan.

Parisian, Boston-Glasgow. . .April 24

American.
St. Paul, N. Y.-S'hampton.. April 19

Atlantic Transport
Minneapolis, N. Y.-London.. April 19
Mlnnetonlia, N. Y.-London.. April 2()

Cunard.

Franconia, Boston-Llverp'l.. April 15
Lusltanla, N. Y.-Llverpool..Apr lb
Carmanla, N. Y.-Liverpool..Aprl 19
Saxonla, N. Y.-Mediter'n'n.. April 2b

Hamburg-American.

Pretoria, N. Y.-Hamburg. . ..April 17
Cincinnati, N. Y.-Hamburg.. Apri 24
Pennsylvania, N. Y.-H'mb'g. April 26

Holland-America.
Bvndam, N. Y.-Rotterdam.. April 15
Rotterdam, N. Y.-Bot'dam.. April 22

Leyland.
Canadian, Boston-Liverpool. April 19

North German Lloyd.

Gr. Kurfst, N. Y.-Bremen.. April 15

G. Waslilngton, N. Y.-Br'm'n.Apr 19

K's'r W. derO., N. Y.-B'rm'n. April 22

Red Star.

Zeeland, N. Y.-Antwerp 4^'"!! i?

Finland, N. Y.-Antwerp April 2fa

White Star.

Baltic, N. Y.-Liverpool fP'Jl "

Majestic, N. Y.-S'hampton..Apr 1 19

Cymric, Boston-Liverpool... .Apr JJ

H Adriatic, N. Y.-Llverpool....Apr 24

B Canopic. Boston-Mediter'n'n. April 2b

Oceanic, N. Y.-Soutbampton. April 2b ™

sg^siSggS8S»«S§§§3S3S8aK

BOSTON RETAIL FLORISTS FORM
AN ASSOCIATION.
At the City Club April 3rd the first
steps were taken toward the formation
of an association of retail florists.
There were about thirty members of
the trade present, and following a ban-
quet officers were elected. A com-
mittee of five was selected to draw up
a set of by-laws. It was decided that
the organization shall be known as the
"Boston Florists' Club." The officers
elected were: Henry Penn, president;
Julius Zinn, treasurer; Henry Comley,
vice-president, and B. H. Green, secre-
,tary.

Princeton, N. J. — On account of Ill-
health, George Allan has sold his busi-
ness to John Heereman of Morristown,
N. J. The plant includes greenhouses
,on Spruce street and store on Nassau
street.

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or Intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.
Cost of Calhng Foreign Deliveries
Must be prepaid
Reference or cash most accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.
Cable Address, ALEXCONNEL,!..

DAVIU CLAKKbi'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telegraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

lei Rftli Ate, Ch. E SBUi St

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BROOKLYN
^[^ NEW YORK

"^ I I lAar 3*5Gr.«neAT«.

I X^^fi' T«L 6800 PiODMt

I 33»-347 Greene A.e. TeL 3908 PKWpact

Established 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madiion ATenae, N. Y. City

(Memliei Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Coirospoa
deuce in all tiie large cities of Europe and the Britiak
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardtflot.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St, NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AI-BAIMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VlCINrrY

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IX .1LBAXY .4ND VICINITT
ON TELEOR.\FHIC ORDER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET. ALBANY, N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
2S Ollnton Avenue, N.

RsdMMcr Phone js6. Long Dnt. Bel) Hioae ■!••
Memban riontls Tele^mitli DeOn^r

PROVIDENCE, R. L

■ Md iH T. I. JONN8T1

NtwEi^adNRts

. joNNsreM a eo..

April 12, 1913

nORTICULTUEE

56»

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Sfiid flouer orders for <ieli\'er,v in ISo^ton
and all New Kng:Iantl points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 BoyUton Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegrraph DellTery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, G.irden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs In Tuscany Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stiocb rnd Work First Class

ISL.>XI««0

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

LeKdiiic Florlnta. Orders filled for an;
part of the State.

38 Dorranee Street • PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTBIN-

- PRANK H. FORREST

$44 - S46 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAL..

We cover the entire Paclflo Coast and West
«f the Rockies. Wire us yonr orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Dlscoont.

FI^OWGRS BT TIiEORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or teleg:rapli order lor
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

»e Tonee St., - - TOKONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL

All Transfer
Orders Filled

NALL& ROBINSON"'" '"

[825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W.

sonal Supervi-

8t. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogne Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section h-om the

liAOING FLORISTS OF THE NORTRWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. i'.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston — I'enn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston — Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O. — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich, — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit. Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. lllfi Walnut St.

Montreal, Can. — Hall & Robinson, 825 Si.
Catherine St.. W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — .\lex. McConnell. 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New Y'ork — Bloomingdale's. E. 59th St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorranee St.

Providence. R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester. N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal. — The California
Florist. 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Y'onge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C. — F. H. Kramer. 915
F St., N. W.

BOSTON. MASS.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Evansville, Ind. — Evansville Floral
Company.

Texarkana, Tex. — E. L. Kiley, East
Broad street.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — John Mangan, 413

Yates avenue.

Chicago, III.— P. A. Parkmire, 1429
Morse avenue.

Seymour, Ind. — M. A. Barick, 16 N.
Chestnut street.

Stamford, Conn. — Main the Florist,

Arcade Building.

Jersey City, N. J. — May F. Kendall,
5.32 Jersey avenue.

West Chester, Pa. — Thomas McCay,
Imperial Hotel Building.

Bay City, Mich.— Marsh & Reuther,
Midland and Henry streets.

Cleveland, Ohio — Saywell Bros., East
111th street and Superior avenue.

Berkeley, Cal. — California Floral Co.,
Center street, near Shattuck avenue.

"Penn. Tlie Telegraph Florist"

Member of Flurist.s' Telegraph Delivery

37 -43 BROMFIELD STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

7IWW The Florist

£ililil 1 Park St., Boston

OUOE BROS. CO
PL0R15TS

iliA F ST.,»«.*I.

MA3MIN&TON. O-C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists*
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.>

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELAHlD)

Euclid Av«iiii*

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET

Special Deliveries Niagara Fall»
and Lockport

New York

— Bloomingdale 's

Tka Ivnst Fkinl EstabUshment Id tbt Mettopolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery— Modest Prices
Tekerapii Orders Carefully Filled

]

PERSONAL.

E. J. Shaylor's post office address
has been changed from Wellesley
Farms, Mass., to Auburndale, Mass.

W. N. Craig is about to leave the
Ames estate at North Easton, Mass.,
to take charge of the Brandegee pace
in Jamaica Plain which is to be devel-
oped into one of the leading estates
about Boston.

P. H. Kramer and Adolphus Gude of
Washington, representing the staff
officers of the "U. S. Minute Men." will
start for Germany on August 19 to at-
tend the anniversary celebration of
the fall of Sedan, as guests of Em-
peror William.

570

HOBTICULTUBE

April 12, 1918

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Courteous Attention

Always on the Job and a Big Display of the
Best the World Affords

In All Lines of Florists* Supplies

is the secret behind the interested group of florists that were to be
found at all hours of the day and evening at our booth in the Inter-
national Flower Show. We never hesitate to come out with our
goods at such affairs for we know that the more the florists of
America see of Bayerdorfer Quality and Service the more
business we shall do.

Send for List of Decoration Day Specialtiea

H. BAYERSDORFER ®, CO.

THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOVSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STRE-CT. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

m

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

COMPETITION.

The flower show of this week and
those of previous years impressed
many of the competitors for prizes in
the retailers' section that they must
be careful as well as artistic wlien en-
tering these contests, ever bearing in
mind that the judges do not always
look at your exhibit in the same light
that you do.

For instance, one of your entries
called for a table decoration and you
used Farleyense fern and orchids for
centerpiece; corsages consisted of or-
chids or lily of the valley; you feel
you are entitled to the prize because
your choice of flower was more select
than the other contestants; but the
one that used the inferior flower cap-
tured first prize, contrary to your ex-
pectations, and why? Because he was
careful.

The prize winner studied the size of
the table to be decorated and made
his centerpiece accordingly, while
yours was out of proportion, too large,
and too high, leaving little space for
plates, glasses, etc., and the judges
could not give your orchid table the
choice, for this reason mainly.

In the next exhibit beauty prome-
naded in the form of a bridal bouquet.
This artistic creation did not turn out
to be a prize w'inner because it was
too heavy to suit the judges and they
decided on a lighter bouquet. Again
the artist was not careful, owing to
the use of too much wire, which

weighted his bouquet and lost the
prize for this reason alone.

In regard to competitions along this
line. I have a bit of advice to offer for
the benefit of those interested; when
making up work for exhibition pur-
poses, try to work as though you
were doing something for one of your
fussy customers, and not for the pur-
pose for which it is intended. There
is far better work turned out daily in
the flower stores than we usually see
in our exhibition halls.

When flowers in any form leave the
store, they then become an exhibit,
and no matter how few or how many
people may see it they are judges,
even if not officially appointed.

I recall a flower show held in a
large city in the East where one of the
contestants lost a valuable prize, due
to the fact that he overlooked count-
ing the specified number of flowers
to be used in this particular case, and
consequently his entry was disquali-
fied, it, though being by far the hand-
somest arrangement in this class. In
this man's anxiety to carry off honors
he used a few more blooms than were
stipulated and thus carelessness again
defeated art.

When the inspiration to win prizes
strikes you, don't worry about the
artists you will have to compete with,
as they fail more often than they win,
the dark horse usually capturing the
prize with something simple and prac-
tical. Do likewise and you will not
fail to attract the attention of those
awarding prizes.

The public often wonder why a cer-
tain exhibit did not draw first prize.
The card attached announces the

name of the "leading florist" of the
city, while on the next appears the
name of an obscure dealer with the
blue ribbon attached. The public has
not taken into consideration the scale
of points required to win; but we, the
more experienced in our line of work
thoroughly are more likely to under-
stand why the less prominent man
outclassed the "leading florist."

Mb. Stoeeman.

PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR-
DENERS' CLUB.
The club had a good attendance at
its meeting, April 1st, in the Fort Pitt
Hotel. Walter Breitenstein, whose
reputation is high in Western Pennsyl-
vania as an artist in flowers and color
harmonies, entertained and instructed
the club with a demonstration in the
art of combining pleasing colors in
bouquets and flower designs, and also
showed us what to avoid. His pet
aversion is quantity of pink of one
shade. Pink he denominated a heavy
color, and requires some touch of any
light shade to brighten it, while if
combined with yellow some of the
heaviness of carmine pink shades is
absorbed, and the result is more pleas-
ing. Pale pink is helped if combined

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating sixc you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lake Street Kendaliville, lad.

Mfntian Horticulture when yox4 ivrite.

April 12, 1913

HOETICULTUKE

571

Notice to New England Florists

THE HOUSE OF RICE

will have its

Large Display of Memorial Day Goods

at tiie QUINCY HOUSE in BOSTON

From SATURDAY, APRIL 12th to SATURDAY, APRIL 19th

MR. ROBERT SHOCK assisted by MR. S. EDELMAN wHl be there to show you
our extensive, attractive line of METAL GOODS, WAX DESIGNS, PREPARED
WREATHS, ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, MAGNOLIA LEAVES: also COMMENCE-
MENT BASKETS. It win pay you to inspect our line before placing your order.

1220 Race St.

RICE CO. Philadelphia, Pa.

Leading Florists Supply and Ribbon House

with blue or gray, and purple shades
and white look well together. Pinks
and yellows selected with discrimina-
tion are very pleasing; assorted pinks
are better than one shade. American
Beauty rose looks its best combined
-with blue, lilac gray or yellow flowers
and ribbons.

Some of the other pleasing combina-
tions of colors are red, violet and
orange; buff, gray and blue; buff and
yellow or orange with bronze foliage;
•crimson and lilac; crimson and azure;
crimson and orange; in fact, almost
any assortment of colors can be
blended, if the key is used, as easily
as the soft tones, and the ordinary
€ye will detect discord. Some of the
colors to avoid are pink and white.
In high-class work this combination is
overdone. He considers bronze or au-
tumn colors with orchid, violet and
pink very inharmonious. White rib
i)on is cold in effect; use cream-col-
ored ribbon. Really white flowers are
scarce. Blue is a color that is needed,
and he called for more of the deep
blue delphinium and larkspur, and the
"blue gladiolus, or any clear blue.

The gist of his talk was for the
dealers in flowers to get out of the
ruts, especially the pink and white.
The flower buyers want novelty and
are willing to pay for it, but in the
flower shops they are presented with
the same old things season after sea-
son "until the heart is sick and the
"brain benumbed as well as the weary
liand." In other words, the dealers
in flowers standardize their business
on a few kinds. It is less work and
less bookkeeping to handle but a few
kinds, and perhaps it is all right com-
mercially for a time at least, but art
suffers and the real flower lovers are
denied their rights in being presented
with but a tithe of what Nature would
be willing and glad to give if only
asked. There are thousands of other
flowers beside roses, carnations and
chrysanthemums, but if you frequent
the flower shops you would scarcely
think so.

Do not be afraid of using strong
colors; with a little harmony in the
arrangement they can be made very
striking and beautiful, and again in
our Pittsburgh modern house interiors
they are required.

A rising vote of thanks with ap-
plause was given Mr. Breitenstein at
the conclusion of his demonstrations.
Most of the points he made he illus-
trated with the flowers before him, of
which a large collection had been
placed at his disposal by one of our
wholesalers and it is safe to say that
no more inspiring or thoughtful talk
has been given before the club in
years.

It was suggested by the president
that the next meeting be held on the
second Tuesday of the month, instead
of the first, and that it be held in
the Herbarium at Carnegie Institute,
and that after the regular business
was transacted, we should inspect the
treasures of the Herbarium under the
expert guidance of Dr. Jennings in
charge, ladies to be welcome. This
met with approval and the next meet-
ing accordingly will be on May 13th,
Tuesday, 8 P. M. sharp, in the Her-

barium of Carnegie Museum, Schenley
Park.

Fine Dendrobium nobile and cypri-
pediums were on exhibition from the
Pittsburgh Bureau of Parks.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

M. Rice Co. report that the pros-
pects for an enormous sale of metal
goods for Decoration Day are very
promising.

Visitors: Bert E. Brotherton, De-
troit, Mich.; W. C. Langbridge, Cam-
bridge, N. Y. ; Ed. Roehrs, Rutherford,
N. J.; C. B. Coe, Detroit, Mich.; J.
Frank Palmer, Van-Lindley Co., Greens-
boro, N. C. ; J. A. Pennypacker, Phoe-
nixville, Pa.

NEWS NOTES.

St. Peter, Minn. — G. H. Towley has
purchased the greenhouses of S. C.
Smith, who with his family have
moved to Rock Island, 111.

New Iberia, La. — Louis Buchner has
started in business here as a gar-
dener. He was formerly in partner-
ship with Henry Kraak in the Nash-
ville Avenue Rose Garden, New Or-
leans, but this firm recently dissolved.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Mafce Baskets. These
are the Well-Rnown HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being: made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. 1, &2.50 ; No. 2, IJ.50 ; No. 3, 44.00 ;
No. 4, S5.00; N«. 5. 46.00.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y

572

HOBTICULTUEE

April 12, 191S

THe Best, dox. $3.00

Carefully selected stock. Would be pleased to
quote prices on large orders.

VALLEY, 100 $3.00— $4.00 SWEET PEAS, 100 7Sc— $1.00

SNAPDRAGON, 100 $8.00-$10.00

The Leo Niessen Co,

K. 'W. Comer
12th and Hrnc* St»^

PHILADELPHIA

I To

s

Cut flower Growers Biitl
Retail Plorists

IF YOU

want to find a market isf yoar S
product 3

vant a regular or special wpply S
of the product of the belt ■
growers 9

Consult tbe Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

E The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading
§ Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

IMIIMIilMI!U»»WiilMWIiiUIMU»miMU

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORISTS

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

G6 PEAKL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. lusist on having the

BOSTON

Inscriptions, Emblems, etc. Always
in Stock.

A

^f

CUT FLOWER BOXES!

1

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

A

\ ^ ►k

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists* Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, W.Y.

ILeJ.MJcCuHough'sSonsCo!

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNiMENTS SOLICITED

Special attention to stripping orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price Hat on appheatiou.
Phone Main wi. Xlfi ^ralnnt St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Con«iffnmenta Solicited *

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33.35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graenhouses, Motton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADB PRICES — Per 1*0

TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Speaal. . . .

'* " Extra

No. t

" " Lower Grades

Killamcy , Extra

'* Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. -
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

'* Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longi6orum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mi^onette

Dais«s

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum ,.

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (xooV.
" " & Spren. (lOO bchs.;. .

CINCINNATI

March 25

3500
15.00
xo.oo

4.00

6.00
4.00
8.00

4.00

2. 00

1.50 to

8.00
8.00
3.00
X.50
2.00
•50
I.A*

•35
3.00
a. 00

.35

40.00
25.00
15.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
8.00

3.00

2.CX>
50.00
10.00
10.00
4.00
2.00
3.00

-75
2.00

•50
500
5.00

■50

35.00

1.00

I3<50

50-00
35.00

DETROIT

March 25

BUFFALO

April 7

ppPffFBDSQH

I March 25

30.00 to
so.oo to

15.00
6.00

7.00
4.00

7.00

4.00

to

to

8.00
5.00

to
to
to
to

3.50 ft)
1.50 to

to

12.50 to
13.50

3.00

to

to
to

3-00
•so

•50 to

40.00
30.00
30.00
10.00
10.00
7.00
10.00

7.00

12.00
8.00

3.00

2.50

15.00
15.00

4.00
4.00

x.oo

1. 00

1.50

12.50
50.00
15.00

25.00
20.00

10.00

4.00

7.00
3-00

7.00
3.00
500

6.00

4.00

4J>0

2.00

1. 00

30.00

8.00

S.oo

3,00

2.00

2. 00

.40

3.00

1. 00
4.00

.50

15.00
1. 00

40.00
35.00

30.00
25.00
15-00
8.00

XO.OO

6.00
10.00
6.00
6.00

8.00

6.00
10.00
2.50

2.QD

40.00

10.00

10.00

4.00

300

3.00

.60

4.00

1.50

8.00

X.OO

25.0c

1.50

X5.00
50.00
35-00

40.00 to

25.00 to

15.00 to

3.00 to

6.00 to

4.00 to

8. 00 to

4.00 to

. to

8.00
4.00 to
6.00 to
3.oe to

to

to

Soxo-
35.00
30.0a

6.0O-
12.00

6.o»
i2.oe

6.00

I3.00-
6.00

30 00
10.00
6.00
S.OO

3^oo
•35
3.0*
1. 00

I. GO

3.00

.35

10.00

•75

35 oo
35.00

50.00
12.00
io.«*
4.o»

5-«»
.75
5.00
3-00-
3.00
5.00

I.OO-

35.00

I.OO

i5.o»
50.00
50.00

PETER REINBERG

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET ■ - ■ ■ CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicap Flower Growers' Association

• WMiolesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants '

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS,

CHIGABO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Price* Quoted in these Columns are for Deolers Onlv.

When Writing to Advertisers Pleese Mention

HORTrCULTURC.

April 12, 1913

HORTICULTURE

678

FOR A WEEK END SPECIAL

GARDENIAS

Just as tbey come in from "iir j;rowei', in tlie original boxes, the best
grades at $10.00 per 100; 250 for $20.00. A cheaper grade and very
fair quality at $6.00 per 100.

VAtT-EY: Extra, S3.00 por 100; Special. $4.00 per 100.
CATTLEYAS: (mostly Schrociorea) Extra, $4.00 per doz ; $25.00 per
100. Special, $6.00 per doz. ; $40.00 per 100. Cattleya Mossiae, per
doz. .$7.50 and $9.00.

CARNATIONS: A box of 500 or more of our best quality stock, our
selection a^^ to color, a gonrl assortment. $2.00 per 100.

100;

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

WILD SMILAX: $6.00 per case.

BRONZE GALAX: $1.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000.

LECCOTHOE SPRAYS (Green and bronze) : $1.00 per

$7.50 per 1.000.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: $3.50 per bag.
SPHAGNUM MOSS: 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each

$4fX); 5 bale lots, each, $3.75; 10 bale lots, each, $3.50.
n.\GGER .\ND FANCY FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000.
BOX\VOOD: 50 lb. cases. $7,50 each.

RIBBONS AND SlPl'l-lL

new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us tor prices on these and on Supplies.

Small sliipments can l>e made by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHiLADFLPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W.

Flower Market Reports

A slight improvement is
BOSTON discernible in the mar-
ket this week. Carnations
have shortened up quite noticeably
and the result is a better price and
fewer shrinkages. Roses are very
plentiful and, although excellent in
quality, are forced to extreme meas-
ures at times in order to unload.
There is a very light demand, anyway,
and whatever improvement in tone the
market may show is evidently due
to shortened production caused by the
cooler weather rather than to any in-
crease in call. Bulbous flowers are
not coming in so heavily as they were
and that helps the market in a gen-
eral way. Orchids sell for a better
price as do gardenias, also, the supply
of both having diminished. Violets
are about finished, the single ones be-
ing almost completely out of the run-
ning. Sweet peas are abundant and
good and sell pretty freely. Lilies are
a bad proposition just now; over-
stocked and harder to move than at
any time during the past season.

A decidedly oversupply
CHICAGO in practically all kinds

of flowers is the condi-
tion which faces the wholesalers.
Chicago has long produced flow-
ers enough to supply a vast area
of country and with the crippled
condition of the railroads, ship-
ping has diminished to a fraction
of its usual volume in April. Ever
Bince the wind storms delayed
the Easter orders, March 20th,
and the floods following immediately
after, there has been no assurance
that out-of-town orders could be relied

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS -^"^"^"""^^-d^eVe^r"* only

chicaqo

2.00

5-^

I. CO

4.00
1. 00
2.00
4.00

ROSES

^Ain. Beauty, Taney an^Special.... : 20.00

" " Extra 12.00

" " No. 1 8.00

" " Lower Grades

ICiUamey , Extra

" Ordinary - • ■

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" •* Ordinary . . ■

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. .
" " " Ordinar>'

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

■* Ordinso-y

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley.

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises .

BOS I ON

April 10

April 7

sT. LUL1I&

April 7

PHILA

April 7

25.00 I 40.00
15.00 I 25.00
10.00 I 15.00

6.00 I 5.00

8.00

50.00 30.00
30.00 20.00
20.00 10.00

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Phunosus, Strings (100)..
" " & Spren. (too Bchs.).-

1. 00
25.00
3-00
6.00
2.00
1. 00
1. 00
.40
2.00

4.00 to

.50 to

.50 to

12.00 to

1. 00 to

10.00 to

to

25.00 to

3.00 I
8.00 I
3.00 :
5.00
8.00
3.00
8.00
3.00

1.50

50.00

500

8.00
4.00
2.00
3.00

■ so

4.00

1. 00
6.00
1.50

1.00
20.00

1-25

15.00
50.00
35«>

5.00
2.00
5.00
2.00
3.00
6.0Q
4.00
6.00
1.00
■50
40.00
6.00
6.00
3.00

2. 00
1. 00

.20
3.00

•25

S-eo

35.00
8.00

8.00
6.00
3.00
6.00
3.00
4.00
8.00

4.00
6.00
3.00
6.00
3.00
3.00
6.00

35-00 I

30.00 I

20.00 I

6.00 I

10.00 1

5-00 j

10.00 ;

5.0a '

4.00

S.oo I

8.00

4.0c
6.00

to
10

5.00
8. 00

9.00

to

2.00

■75

0.00

8.00

1. 00

40.00

5.00

to
to

to

1.50

50.00
6j»

8.00

5.00

to

6.0P

4.00

2.00

to

3.00

,.oo

to

2. 00

2.00

to

3.00

.50
4.00
1. 00

4.00

to
to
to

•50
5.00

8.00

xo.oo

to
to

£5.00

■50

.50

to
to

•75

1.25

15.00
50.00
10.00

1. 00
12.00
35-00

8.00

1.25
15.00
50.00
£3.00

15.00
10.00
6.00
4.00
6.00
3.00
6.00
3.00
3.00
6.00
4.00
6.oe
2.50
1. 00
^o.oo
6.00
6.o»
2.00
2.00
3.00
■50

2. 00

•75
4.00

•so

10.00

1. 00

20.00

3500

as.oo

25.00
12.00

to 8.(

5.00
8.00
5.00
8.00
500
8.00

10.00
5.00

10 .oe
3.00
1.50

50.00

lO.OD
10.00
4. OB
3.00
4.00
.60
3.00
1.00
10.00

I SO
25.00

1.50

25.00
50.00
50.00

upon to reach their destination. Ex-
press companies are doing their best
but transportation to the South and
East is almost cut off. The glut is not
so great as might be expected because
vast quantities were moved at a low
figure, purchasers dictating the price.
One house reports selling 172,000
sweet peas in one day. Southern bul-
bous stock has managed to arrive, de-
spite the flood. No green is arriving
from Florida which makes greenhouse
greens more in demand and the sup-
ply is getting scarce. Violets are
about through. Some singles from cold
frames were excellent and sold readily.

The market is de-
CINCINNATI cidedly quiet. The

calamities that have
befallen the surrounding cities plus
our own flood seems to have reacted
upon business. There has been no

shipping business to speak of for there
were no regular trains leaving the city
except to southern points. Local busi-
ness is almost as slack for there are
very few social affairs to take up a
supply of flowers. Many of the
suburbs have been isolated by the
flood. The great bulk of the local sup-
ply consists of carnations. The re-
ceipts of these were not affected by
the lack of railroad service for under
normal conditions only a sma'l part of
the carnations used in town come from
other points. The rose supply was,
however, hard hit. The supply, small
as it was, was easily able to take care
of the demand for roses. The sweet
pea and Easter lily cuts were a'most
up to normal, for most of them have
been coming from growers about this
vicinity.

(Coulinurd nn pagt S!5'>

674

HORTICULTURE

April 12, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

»2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

rii iios[s, Ficy niiioNS

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone. 3870 or 3871 MailUon Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

TelephoneH: 2300. 2201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll M«llMn Square NcW YOfk

Ihoore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

5S and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD

I Wholesale Florist

I 107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

'Ckll aod Inspect tli« Beat 8atablishiiiei.i
in tbc WholeaaU Flower Dlatrlct.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
I09 ^A/E^-r as'tit st
CONSIGNMENS SOLICITED

PHONB(*08j MADISON SO.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Evergreens, MosNes,

Southern Smilax. Galax and I.rf-ucothoe,

Preserved anti Fre^h Cut

Cvcas and Palmetto.

I- {»»} i...i.^. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RCED (SL KELLER

122 West 2Bth St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs. Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and are dealers in

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists* Reqnisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Poremoet and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUS£

A FIrat Clau Market for all CUT FLOWERS

» Willoughby St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manutaetured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

n,«X)....fI.7S. 60.000.... «T.M. Sampl* frw
Tot aala by dealera.

SuccMtor ta JOHN I. RAYhWK

Wholesale Commission Florist *i:^'R'^S!^^S8U''£r

A tall llDc el Choice Cut Flower Stock lor all purpaeea.
by tba lOO, 1000 er 10,000

The HOMB OP THE IJL.V

TBI. IMS MADISON SQUARE

49 Weat 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

WKol0»ale 0«««w»4«#i#« I>e<ii«r in

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

t33 Wttt 28th StrtM, Htm York
Teie»be». <»3a-3S«3 Ma«ee» Square

Eatlbliikd
1887

J. K. AL.L

IM

Still Geiaf
SiroDf

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cut Flower Ce'lulKnmenl. ^•Uelted.
A aaCABE DKAI.. PROMPT BKTCBN8. MOXCT A1.WAT8 SKADT.

lOe WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK
Open $ A. M. dally. lelephono, 1« urf U»m M«4. M.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST %# A I I TV ALWAYS

i-|. GR.\DE OF VMLLtT ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS. M.d's^' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

last Half of Week

eniiing Ajit. 5

1912

First Half of Woik

beginning Apr. 7

1912

American Beauty, Fancy and Special 12.00

*' " Extra 8.00

" " No. 1 6.00

" " Lower Grades i.oo

Klllarney, Extra 4.00

" Ordinary .50

Richmond. Maryland, Extra 6.00

'* " Ordinary 1.00

Bride. Maid i.oo

Hllllngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra 4.00

" " " Ordinary i.oo

Taft, Sunburst s.oo

Caraal Ions, Fancy Grade I z.50

** Ordinary .■....■>. [ x.oo

25.00
10.00
8.00
3.00
6.00
2.00
8.00
3.00
4.00
8.00
3.00
8.0a
3.00
1.50

13.00
8.00
6.00
J. 00
4.00
■so
6.00
I.oo
I.oo

4.00

I.oo
a.oe
3.00
I.oo

to 25.<

to
to

3.00
4.00

1.50

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

TatopbonwjiJJJ j Madiaon a«au* OONSiaifMBirT8 BOUCmB

fn^ H. Tme>d^

CkareaSeka

TRAENOLY & SGHENCK

Wholesale Florhts

ISl WMt 2Stli St., N«w Y*rk

TaleyhoaM : j^ •■' 7M Ma^iwa S^aan
C4Huia«HieBta Soliciked

nDrr&AiXT ixjoatkd, ths wxm or

TKK FL^WSK MAKKKT ■KOTIOM

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephoa* 7POT MadlRon

T«l«pkeB* 3860 Madisoa Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 ««t 28tli Street NEW YORK

FRANK MILLANG

WholDMle Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

ShipmMitB, aay qnflntlty, Whole-
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Condgnmenta Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BHOftDWAY. DETROIT, MICH.

HENKYM.lHjBINSON,Pre<. MACRICE L.OL.ASa'IV«a«
CHAS E.ROBINSON. V-Pre». JOSEPH MABOOLI8, Smty

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
>A/Kolesale F-ioi-ls«s

Maurice L. Gteas. Manaccr
5S-57 WEST 26tli ST. - - - NEW YORK OTY

April 12, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

«75-

Flower Market Reports

fCvntinutd fr&m fiage J7i')

The centre of dls-
NEW YORK turbance has moved
up from the whole-
sale flower market district to the
Grand Central Palace for the time be-
ing and the Rialto has a rather de-
serted look this week. Business is,
however in such an inert and chaotic
condition that little is lost by the tem-
porary forsaking of the neighborhood
by its more active denizens. The sit-
uation has not changed from what we
reported last week unless indeed it is
a little worse. There is practically no
standard of value for anything on the
long list of seasonable flowers. As to
quality it runs high as a rule on most
things and no fault can be found in
that respect. The real cause for this
unlooked for lethargy is not easily de-
termined but it is a stern reality which
naturally causes consternation among
the wholesale fraternity.

We are glad to
PHILADELPHIA be able to report
a slight improve-
ment in this market. While stock is
still very plentiful the demand im-
proved, especially towards the end of
the week. On Saturday the weather
was fine and gave the street men an
excellent chance to help in the clean-
up. Prices were nothing extra, but
they might have been worse. The
Beauty market is now redundant, in
sharp contrast to recent conditions.
Prices accordingly. The quality is all
that could be desired. There is a fair
demand for Richmond and no over-
plus. During the past ten days Killar-
ney has brightened up very much in
color and is now really splendid stock.
No change in the carnation market.
Quality and quantity top-notch. There
was a big lot to move off at the wind-
up, but most of them went at some
kind of a price. Lady Campbell is the
most satisfactory in the violet situa-
tion. Singles are over and the Hud-
sons are poor. Greenhouse daffodils
moved better, as the Southerns are all
gone. We think the rest of the mar-
ket was considerably helped also by
this happy demise. Gardenias, callas,
lilies, lily of the valley, and other
staples, normal. Good supply, good
quality, and fair demand.

The market was in a
ST. LOUIS bad condition last week,

stock being too plentiful
and a great deal of it going to waste.
Local growers are all on full crop.
Wild smilax is still scarce, owing to
floods; all other greens are in plenty
at any time.

ALBANY GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THOMAS TRAOEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY I

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N. V.

SAVE TIME AND MONBT BT SENDtNO TOTTB ORnEB TO C8

Prices Right. Gjnsignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICVO BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND. MARYLAND AND ALL THE
SUPBRIOR ROSES. LILY OF THE VALLEY, CARNATIONS. ORCHIDd
BICST PRODVCED
326 P«voif trif Stft, BoatOB,

William F. Kasting Co.

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383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

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BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

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NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

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Lilies, Longinorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Snapdrai£on

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Gardenias

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LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS'
CLUB.

March 20th, at 4.30 P. M., a car of
florists left Lancaster for the green-
house establishment of W. B. Girvin
of Leola, Pa., on a fraternal visit and
after an Inspection of this modern
place and a little time to recover from
the shock of seeing so many chrys-
anthemum cuttings at one place re-
turned to the city for the evening
meeting of the club, at 8 P. M.

Considering the closeness to Easter
the attendance was phenomenal and
after hearing and discussing a paper
by Ira Landis of Paradise on "Soils,"
Frank Kohr of Dillerville told us how
the club had benefited him and how it
could be made of further benefit to us,
in a well-written paper. Co-operative
buying was discussed at some length
and a free discussion was urged on all
subjects. The president urged every
member to attend the National Flower
Show, and some twenty expressed
their intention of going.

At our next meeting on the 17th we
expect to have Mr. S. S. Pennock, of
the Pennock-Meehan Co., tell us of
some of the faults of the consignors In
dealing with the commission houses.

this being a phase of the subject not.
often enough dwelt on.

Albebt M. Hebb.

NEWS NOTES.

The Boston Co-operative Flower-
Market has issued a schedule of prizes-
to be awarded at its exhibition at 2
Park St., Boston, on Saturday, April'
12. The prizes are decidedly liberal
and should bring out a lively competi-
tion.

The meeting of the North Shore-
Horticultural Society, April 4th, was-
pretty well attended. Vice-President
E. H. Wetterlow presided. A very nice
paper on Poultry was presented by H.
A. Moulton. Considerable interest wa&
shown in the discussion which fol-
lowed.

James Salter, Sec'y.

Cantril, Iowa — The great storm that
did so much damage west of here di-
vided and did us no more damage
than painting our greenhouse with red
clay, which is finally washed off after
several rains. This red dust must
have been carried over 500 miles by
the storm. — Albert Troth.

576

HORTICULTURE

April 12, 1918

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under this! head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AGERATUMS ..

Aeeratum, Guroey and dwarf white root-
ed cuttings, tiOc. per 100, cash. WONSET-
LER GKEENHOUSES, Bryan. O.

AMPEIX)PS»8

Ampelopsls Veitihli — Que year, 2 to 3
ft., strong. -J for $2, 100 f<"-f3.2o (parcel
post): $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 Inches, SO
for $1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), «15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to ^ Inches
for transplanting, $12 per 1000 Sampled
Kc., allowed on purchase. Cnas. BlacK,
Hlgntstown, N. J. ^^^^^^^_^_

APHINB

Apblne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AKACCABIAS

Godfrey Aschmann. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGCS

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASTERS

Best aster seedlings, Pink, Lavender,
White, 50C. 100; $3.00 1000. Cash.

PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES,
Port Allegany. Pa.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

' AT~Leuthy~& Co., Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BAY TREES ^

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
tgr special Us-. Julius Boehrs Co., Ruther-
-f»rd, N. J. ^

BEDDING PLANTS

a. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnfiam Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For pace see List of Advertisers
_Hltchlng3 & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES — OCT FLOWER— FOLDING

Bdwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, WIs^

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jallus Boehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.
Boi Trees, all sizes. Ask for special lUt.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthar T. Boddlngton, New York, N. Y.
Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS— Continued

Mlcheirs Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Masi.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, III.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston. Mass.

For page Pee List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y.

Henderson's Import Bulb Catalogue^

'~~C~Keur~&~Sons,' HlllegomT Holland.
Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.
New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. Y.

Roddlngton's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y,
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cannas — Allemanla. Austria, Burbank, $15
per 1000; J. D. Elsele, $20 per 1000; Musae-
folla, Robusta, $15 per 1000. Mixed, fine
lot, $12.50 per 1000.

C. Betscher, Canal Dover. O.

THE IMPROVED CANNAS.

You can double your proflts by stocking
up with the new cannas. Be sure to get
our list before you place your order. The
Conard & Jones Company, West Grove,
Penna.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skideisky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. II. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III,
New Carnation The Herald.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS, SI'RPLUS STOCK!
500 St. Nicholas plants from flats, $3.50

per 100; $30.00 per 1000.
1500 St. Nicholas rooted cuttings, $3.00 per

100; $25.00 per 1000.
1500 Rosette rooted cuttings, $6.00 per 100;

$50.00 per 1000.
April delivery for St. Nicholas and Rosette

cuttings. FRANK P. PUTNAM,

P. O. Box 12. Lowell, Ma^s._

Three Grand~New Carnations — Wm. Ec-
cles, first prize winner at Detroit and sliver
medal winner of New York Horticultural
Society; rigid stem, perfectly formed 3%-lu.
flower, non-bursting calyx, highly pprfumed
and free. Lady Northclltfe. beautiful sal-
con pink, well built flower, and just enough
In It not to burst the calyx; a grand bread
and butter sort. British Triumph, a strik-
ing shade of crimson; flower 3%-inch and
well built; sweetest perfume of any carna-
tion ever raised; keeping qualities are the
best; fine stem, good constitution, and free.
$12.00 per 100, $100 per 1,000. Scott
Brothers, Elmsford Nurseries, Elmsford,
N. Y.

CARN.4TIONS— Continued

F. B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndson,

N. Y.

New Carnation Benora,

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury, Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. Ij.
PlUsbury, Galesburg, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers,

Wood Bros,, Fishkill, N. Y^

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Plerson. Inc.. Cromwell, Conn.

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. Charles
Razor at $4,00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.
Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme, Halllday,
Yellow Bonnaffon, Smith's Advance and
Madam Pattl at $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per
1000. Peirce Bros., Waltham, Mass,

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings Chrys-
olora, $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1,000. Also
the following at $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per
1,000. Cash. (Yellow) Donatello, Appleton,
Golden Wedding, Golden Glow, Yellow Bon-
naffon, (White) October Frost, Touset,
White Eaton, Robinson, Rosery, Polly
Rose, Buckbee, White BonnaCfon. (Pink)
Enguehard. JOY FLORAL COMPANY,
Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
In secret arts and practices, but In plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price ■
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, U
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL.

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLEUS

Coleus, 20 varieties, including new Vln-
Ing rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per
inoO; 2-ln., 2c. Cash. WONSETLEK
GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
Far page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger, Hicksyllle. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lyndbnrst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro. Mass^

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash ; or what have you to
exchange? Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,

North DIghton, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1»13,

Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. WUIlamstown Junction, N. J.,
Post Office, Berlin, N, J,

East Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens are the
largest and most up-to-date In America.
Over 850,000 fleld clumps to offer at right
prices. Be sure and send your wants to
J. K. Alexander. The Eastern Dahlia King,
Bast Bridgewater, Mass.

¥m List of Advertisers See Page 547

April 12, 1913

HOETICULTURE

677

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurserle*,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page ste List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49tli 8ts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

EUCHABIS AND PANCRATIUMS

Sander & Sons, 25S Broadway, N. Y.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. U. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Franls Oechslln, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Fierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whit-
manii. Amerpohli, SpringSeldli, $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
Tery fine, $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 41nch, $15.00 per 100; 5-in; li,
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 4 Inch,
handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. SO.OOO tq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland. O., devoted exclu-
■Ively to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, for cash
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

FERTILIZERS

aoth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,
Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer DTSmlth~& Co., Adrian, Mich!

Fertllene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co^ 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla.. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

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. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hilflnger Bros., Ft. Edward. N. Y.

For page see_List_of Advertiser^

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

rCNGINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

U. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marah,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mme. Sallerol. 2 In. pots, $2.00 per 100,
$18 per 1000. Wm. Doel, Pascoag, R. I.

Geraniums, 2-inch. Poiteviue, Hill, $2.50
100; $20.00 1000. Salleroi, Nutt and others,
$18.00 1000. Pelargoniums, $3.00 100, Root-
ed cuttings. Nutt. Doyle. Grant, Buchner,
$12.00 1000. Poiteviue, Hill, Ricard, $14.00
1000. 5-in. Pelargoniums, 15c.; 2-ln., 4c.;
R. C, .$1.50 100. Cash.

PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES,
Port Allegany, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard, Red Wing, Vlaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulln, Mme. Bisquit, Per-
kins, Oberle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; .$18.50 per 1000. Claire Prenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
viue, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigi Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur Cowee, Meadowvale Farms, Berlin,
N. Y.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

2,000 dark mixed Gladiolus, 1 inch up,
$4.00 per 1000. Dark mixed Gladiolus bulb-
lets, 25 per 1,000. Not prepaid. Cash.

SUNNYSIDE FARM, North Lima, Ohio.

Gladiolus bulbs, Groff's Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size, $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000; 2nd size, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000.

600 at 1000 rate. C.^eirce,_Dighton,JiIass.

~Brenchlevensis, No. 4, V2 to % in., $4.00
per 1000; No. 5, % to V> in., $3..50. Freight
charges allowed on lots of 5000. Bulblets,
50c. per qt., prepaid. Write for prices on
larger quantities.

John H. Umpleby, Lake View, N. Y.

Kunderdi Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Bulblets America, 75c. qt.; Inde-
pendence, 30c. qt., $2.00 peck; Blue Mix-
ture, 60c. qt.; Meadowvale, 60c. qt. ; Mad.
Moneret, 25c. qt. Chamberlain & Gage,

South Natick, Mass.

Gladioli:" America, $22.00 per 1000: seconds.
$18.00 per 1000. Augusta, $15.00 per 1000: sec-
onds, $12.00 per 1000. May. $15.00 per 1000.
Canary Bird. $.50.00 per 1000. I. Buchanan,
$30.00 per 1000. J. Bull. $20.00 per 1000.
Mrs. Beecher, .$50.00 per 1000. Niagara.
$200.00 per 1000. Nezzlnscott, $50.00 per
lOno. Princeps, $70.00 per 1000. Shake-
speare, .$50.00 per 1000. Primulinus, $50.00
per 1000. Sulphur King. $100.00 per 1000.
Wm. Mason, $50.00 per 1000. White and
Light, $12.00 per 1000. Red, $10.00 per
10(10. Bulblets of America, Augusta, Mrs.
King, Brenchleyensls. etc.

C. Betscher, Canal Dover, O.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brook'yn, N. Y.

For page see Liot of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, fish foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan, 118 WInyah Ave.,

New Roohelle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Vanf Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.
S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Foley Mfg. Co., 2510 S. Western Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

Iron Frame Greenhouse.

For page see List of_Advertlsers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mau.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles HTTjodd, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Prank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bumh^m Co. ,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of AdverH.sers.

Pleison U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hitchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. T.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POX HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertiserB._

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mkh.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer. Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chlcaf*.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City. N. J.
For page .-ee List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For pa^e see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abington. Masa.
r'or page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller. Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. 67~No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see_List^f^ Advertisers^

Bobbhik & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Revere Rubber Co., Boston. Mass.

Revero Garden Hose.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers Jcindiy mention Horticulture

578

HORTICULTUEB

April 12, 1913

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Apbine and Funglne.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson.

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Sons. 42 Vesey St., New York.

Tanglefoot for Trees.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps
0. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

ivr

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

English Ivy, rooted cuttings, 75c. per lOO
prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenilworth, N. J.

L,EMON OIL.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LLLT BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

•B. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

]:.1I.T OF THE VALXET CLCMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J
F^t class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per

I.ILT OF THE VAILET PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Angust Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y

For page see List of Advertisers.

HcHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray St^N~^

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York N Y

For gagesee List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow
13.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000 Pelrei
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F. O. Fierce Co., 12 West Broadwav. N Y
For page see List of Advertisers.

MOONVINES

»«5'£?°^'?,^8 Grandlflora, 2% In. 3V4c. ; 1000,
^OOp. Cash. WONSETLER GREEN-
BOUSES, Bryan, O.

NUkaBRY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see Llst_of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva^NrY^

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, nTX

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framlnghim,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y

Spring Price List.

For page^ee^yls^j)f Advertisers.

McHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray StT nTY.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N Y

. For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck- Robinson Nurseries, BostonrMaisT
For page see List of Advertisers-
New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.
Catalogue Nursery Stock.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Felix & bykhuls, Boskoop, Holland^
Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Maii!^

NURSERY STOCK— Continned

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O.

Schllder Bros., Chllllcothe,
Onion Seed and Sets.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veltchii.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans. England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Boslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, NT~J;

For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY PLANTS

Pansy plants, strong transplanted frame
plants, well budded, will give blooms at
once, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash.
RUSSELL BROS., Syracuse, N. Y.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betscber,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda.

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page Eee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
llses. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa.
"Riverton Special.'

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo O

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardiniers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
King Construction Company.
Shelf Brackets.
N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

POTASH

German Kail Works, New York. N. Y.

PRIVET

C. R. Burr & Co.. Manchester, Conn.

California Privet.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Privet, well grown, 2-year-«ld
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet: well fln-
Ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopsti
Veltchii. For prices and particulars, a4-
dresB Charles Black. Hlghtstown, N. J.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. 3,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, n: J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem. Mass.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers^

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Pbtlndelphla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. 6. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert~CralgT:o^

Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass,
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maas,

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisen.

A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

SALVIAS

Salvia Zurich rooted cuttings, $1.00 2-ln,
$2.00 per 100; Splendens same price. Cash.
WONSETLER GREENHOUSES, Bryan, O.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, IlL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Con«.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Jose, Cal.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,
SI and 52 N. Market St, Boston, Mass.
New Crop Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchells Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler. Flske, Rawsoo Co., Boston, Mass.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

K. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston. Masai

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M, Thorburn~&^CoT^33 Barclay St.T'N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds,

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & CoiTPhlladelphla, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertteers See P%e 547

April 12, 1913

HORTICULTURE

579

SEBDS — Continued

James VIck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of AdvertlserB.

J. Bolgiaoo & Son, Baltimore, Md.

For page see List of Adyertlsers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of AdYertisera.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, M*.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlsem.

Loecbuer & Co.. New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. MarkeFstT^Bost^n.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsars.

8. D. Woodruff & Son, New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaulleu, Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeds

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page r-ee List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhnis, Boskoop, Holland.

Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Ripe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SILEAI.INE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SI.DG SHOT

B. Hammond, FIshklll-on-Hudson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.

For page bee List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and

orchid baskets always on hand. Lager &

Hnrrell. Summit. N. J.

8PIBBAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington.

Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllus Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J

STBAWBEBBT PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Beat
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NUBSERTMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co.. Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

TCBEBOSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TEOETABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

Two-year-old Asparagus Roots.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., 11 Warren St., N. Y.

Asparagus Lutzl.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus, Argent and Palmetto, 3 yrs.,
$8.50 per 1000; Dianthus Plumarius Cyclops
and Fl. PI. mixed. Coreopsis Lanceolata,
divided field, 2 yrs., $2.00 per 100. J. S.
MORTLOCK, Coloma, Mich., R. R. No. 1.
Tomato seedlings, Early Jewel, Match-
less, Earliana, Dwarf Stone, Dwarf Cham-
pion, 30c. 100; $2.00 1000. Cash.

PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES.
Port Allegany, Pa.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VIOLETS

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot,
$1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Princess of
Wales, California, Luxonne. JACQUES
GILLMET, Moylan, Del. Co., Penna. Mall
and telegraph orders promptly attended to.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWOBK

Heed & Keller, 122 W. ?5th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
WIrework. Write for our catalogne.
Bolton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

'William E. Hellscher's Wire Works.
88-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Oa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112~Arcli St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo. N. T.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37-39 Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ChicaRo Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of -Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49^ West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Willoughby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26tii

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang. 55-57 West 26th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESAUe FLOBIITB
New Tork — CoBtlaaed

Badgley. Riedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see Llst_of Advertisers.

George C. Siebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PbiladelphlB

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-lS

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hnrt, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertlsef.

Waghlnston

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1316

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

CHOICE YOUNG STOCK FOR
GROWING ON.

Anton Schultheis, College Point, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.. Buffalo, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Farnum St., Omaha,

Neb.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY ASTILBES AND SPIRAEAS.

Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, Me.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW DECORATION DAY SPECIAL-
TIES.

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

MOTOR DELIVERY VEHICLES.

Autocar Sales and Service Co., 642 Beacon

St., Boston, Mass., and Ardmore, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NO DAMAGE BY HIGH FLOOD.

The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, Ohio.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NOTICE TO NEW ENGLAND FLOR-
ISTS.

M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RAFFIA.

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page See List of Advertisers.

RUSTIC BASKETS.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEASONABLE PLANTS; SEEDS;
BULBS AND SUNDRIES.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Pblladelphla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEASONABLE SEEDS AND BULBS.

Henry F. Michell Co., Piiladelpbla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TWO LAWN MOWERS IN ONE.

Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., Newburgh, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS AND
GREENHOUSE FITTINGS.

Advance Co., Richmond, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers icindly mention Horticulture

580

HORTICULTUEE

April 12, 1913

I^OI^

HEWS STANDARD POTS

99

XJS...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factorte*
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Mothers' Day is to be brought into
new prominence this year in Chicago.
A street sale of flowers for a hospital
benefit has been arranged for.

David J. Haskins, John W. Harris
and Frank Amberg have incorporated
under the name of the Haskins Floral
Co., capitalized at $25,000, and pur-
chased the Reid & Chambers place at
Elmhurst, 111.

The large group of handsome lily
plants at the exhibition last week
from the Metairie Ridge Nurseries,
New Orleans, was a distinct novelty,
inasmuch as they were grown from
bulbs produced in our own country.

A new retail store, under the name
of the Lake Shore Greenhouses, was
opened about April 1st, by F. A. Park-
mire, at 1429 Morse avenue. The
north shore has been very popular
lately with those seeking a location
for flower stores.

J. A. Budlong's blue ribbon lily of the
valley was something that constantly
drew a crowd. The great length of
stem and size and number of the bells
easily won it first prize, though there
were other splendid exhibits to com-
pete with it.

Mrs. Anna Kochman has the sym-
pathy of the trade in the death of her
brother, Bruno W. Kreitling. Since
the death of Walter Kreitling. another
brother, Mrs. Kochman has been in
charge of the store at 77 E. Van
Buren street, which is still operated
under his name.

The management of the Spring
Flower Show decided to add another
day to the five as scheduled and Sun-
day found the Art Institute still hous-
ing a very creditable exhibit. In
everything except receipts the show
was a great success, and the fact that
four out of the six days were free to
the public, owing to the established
rule of the Art Institute, the small re-
ceipts reflect no discredit upon the
public. The two days upon which ad-
mission was charged were both rainy
ones, further cutting down the re-
turns. The attendance of the week
footed up about 50,000.

A flower sale for United Charities
and flood sufferers was held at the
store of J. L. Raske, 170 W. .Tackson
Blvd., April 3, netting about $1000.
Among those who contributed the
flowers were Wietor Bros., Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Chicago Flower Growers'
Association, Peter and George Rein-
berg, Zech & Mann and Chicago Car-
nation Co, Frank Oechslin and Henry
Wittbold gave plants. Unsold flowers
were sent to the various hospitals.
Eight delivery cars were also fur-
nished free.

Another «mall park has been added
to Chicago's long list. The new one

consists of 40 acres and is located at
Berteau avenue and 60th avenue, on
the northwest side.

Personal.

A. Lange left on Sunday tor a visit
with relatives in Omaha.

A. L. Vaughan has been ill for two
weeks and this week is not able to be
at his store.

Visitors: E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.;
M. E. -Wyatt, Watseka. 111.; Robert
Lathrop, Oscar Carlson and Emanuel
Doetsch, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and
Mrs. Z. Muhlen, Fort Wayne, Ind.

DURING RECESS.

The Cook Co. Bowling League broke
every record this week scoring 943 in
high team game and SG5 high team
average three games. J. Zech scored
241 for individual single game and
Frank Ayers 207 for high individual
average three games.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Roches-
ter Florists' Association held its
monthly meeting at the Pinnacle Club
April 1, with Mrs, A. Rapalfe as host-
ess. It was voted to contribute $10
to the fund for the flood sufferers in
Ohio. The meeting was followed by
bowling, at which Mrs, W. Keller and
Mrs. John Dunbar won prizes. Mrs.
George Hart, Mrs. E. Pry and Mrs. P.
Vick will entertain the club at the Elm
Bowling Hall on April 29th.

NEWS NOTES.

Bowling Green, Ohio — The Mercer
Floral Co. has been purchased by W.
W. Milner.

Fremont, Neb. — C. H. Green has
added a new seed department to his
greenhouse business.

Stuart Low and daughter sailed on
Tuesday morning for England. A
party of congenial friends desiring to
give him a "bon voyage" send-off
captured Mr. Low on Monday evening
and proceeded to carry out their pur-
pose. President Farquhar, of the S.
A. F., filled the position of master of
ceremonies with characteristic ability
and with Mr. Low on his left and Mr.
DeGraaft, of Leyden, Holland, on his
right, succeeded in working up an en-
thusiasm which must have left no
doubt in Mr. Low's mind of the cor-
dial feelings entertained here toward
our horticultural cousins across the
Atlantic.

Doubleday, Page & Co., A. T. Dela-
mare Pr. & Pub. Co., J. Horace Mc-
Farland, Fred A. Stokes Co., and
Horticulture Publishing Co., all had
stands at the International on which
were displayed their various publica-
tions.

• 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

oan be shipped at au hour's uitticx^. I'rit'e
per crate:

2000 1% in. @ $6.00 500 1 in. (@ $4.."i0

1.500 2 ■' " 4.88 4.56 4'/. " " 5.2i

1500 2% " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 2Vi " " 6.00 210 .51/2 •' ■' 3.78-

1000 3 " " 5.00 114 6 " " 3.16

800 3% " " 5.80 120 T " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00-

HILFINGER BROS., PetUrr, Fort Edward, N.Y.

Xupst Rolker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agenti
OBI SPECItlTY— iMg Distance aod eiioit tnle

r-STANDARD FLOWER

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles I
of the r'apitol, write us, we can save |
vou money.

W. H. ERNEST
^» 28th & M Sts. Washington, D. C.

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brau
Hoop JardiDieres

The extension stave foot
prevents the bottom from
rotting No chance for water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American Wooden-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo. Ohio. U. S. A.

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improved machinery, we «•■

•npplx xonr wante to better advantare

than ever.

Special dlscoDnte on larse orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertisements in this column
one cent a word. Initials connt
as words. Cash with order. Ml
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE" should be sent
to 1] Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED — A single man, experienced In
care of shrubs, plants and lawns, to take
charge of such work on a country estate.
Apply by letter, giving full details, age,
experience, wages required, etc., to M. J.
WHITT.\LL, Worcester. Mass.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE— Iron Garden Vase with or-
namental cover, 4 ft. high, about 3 ft. di-
ameter. Cheap. N., care HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

SPRAYERS FOR SALE— One 12 h. p.
Oldsmoblle, 450 gal, tank ; one 7 h. p.
Church. 450 gal. tank; One 3 h. p. Oldsmo-
bile, 200 gal. tank; two gas sprayers, 100
gal tank ; one 55 ft. and one. 36 ft. exten-
sion ladder; 950 ft. of one inch hose; 9-
I spray nozzles. Wm. P. Leary, 40 Pound
Lane, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Tel., 2886-1
Brookline. ,

April 12. 1913

flOBTICtTLTTJfifi

581

Obituary.

J. W. Pratt.

Joseph W. Pratt of Maiden, Mass.,
gardener, died on March 29, after
three weeks' illness, following a para-
lytic shock. He leaves a widow, two
sons and two daughters.

Mrs. J. W. Arnold.
Mrs. J. W. Arnold, of Omaha, Neb.,
died March 26th in her 66th year. She
was a member of the firm of J. W. &
E. E. Arnold and had been well-known
as a florist. She is survived by one
son and three daughters.

Miss Janette Eadie.
Miss Janette Eadie, daughter of the
late James Eadie, and niece of
Adam Graham, died at the home of
her sister in Cleveland, 0., on March
29, aged 57 years. Miss Eadie assisted
her father in his flower store on Eu-
clid avenue for many years and after
his death took full charge of the same.
She was a good business manager, a
cheery companionable woman, and
highly regarded by everyone who
knew her. She has been in failing
health for about two years.

George Rosmarin.
George Rosmarin, pioneer florist and
one of the best known residents of
Alameda, Cal., died on March 26th.
Death was due to a general break-
down, and was probably hastened by
the sorrow incidental to the death of
his wife, who passed away three
months ago. The deceased florist had
been a resident and business man of
Alameda tor the past 42 years, having
during that time conducted a nursery
and florist business. Mr. Rosmarin
came to Alameda from San Mateo
County, where he settled 45 years ago,
coming to California from Germany,
his birthplace.

Frank Williams.
Frank Williams passed away at a
sanitarium in Kenilworth, 111., a sub-
urb of Chicago, March 30, where he
has been for nearly a year. He was
born in Greece 45 years ago, and with
his adoption into America he also
adopted a new name, under which he
built up a prosperous business, with
the able assistance of Mrs. Williams.
Two years ago Mr. Williams gave evi-
dence of mental trouble and a visit
to his native land was planned in hope
of restoring him. This failed and Mrs.
Williams went after him and there
placed him in a sanitarium, where
everything was done, but without re-
lief. Mrs. Williams has in addition
to the store in the Atlas Block a store
just opened in the basement of the
new Goddart building, Wabash and
Monroe.

INCORPORATED.

Chicago, III. — Hoskins Floral Co.,
capital stock, $25,000. Incorporators,
David J. Hoskins, John W. Harris and
Frank Amberg.

New York, N. Y.— United Growers'
Flower Shops, Inc., capital stock, $25,-
000. Incorporators, J. Schreyer, L.
Wendel, Jr., and F. Doerhoefer.

McMinnville, Tenn. — Forest Nursery
& Seed Co., capital stock, $5,000. In-

^iMkM

lECTICIl

iMDODOR

lunrtMri HiK tN tancicMi let nil. S«1aiRi.3M

Save your plants and trees. Just the tbinc for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

No i>- poisonous and iiannless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wondOTuI results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
And all Domestic Pests, rlxcellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Elective where others fail.

H Plat . - 25oi Plat - - 40«i Qun - - 7S«

H ealloa. 11.25 i Gallon, 12.00 1 5 Galk» On, ft9

.10 Gallon Can . - 117.50

Dilute -with wattr SO to jO parti

Fir Sale by Sietfsnin and Florists* Supply Hones

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Compcoiy Dept. K

4M W. LuaastM St., B«lti»«r«w MA.

Dirtctums #« tvery paeke^gt

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing:

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

The Becvralied Btudmrd IncaeMeld*.

Not ■ care-all bat a apceUc ramtd/
for- all lap ■acklnc laaccta laftatiM
plant Uf* aacb aa cr«^, black, wblM
fly, tbrlpa, red apKer, meal7 bas u4
soft scales.

n.«0 per Qurt. 9t.M per SfOIeK

An Infallible remedy for mildew, mat
and bench fungi. Unlike Bordeanx and
lime and snlpbur it does not stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

^/E:RlWll■ME

A soli sterilizer arid vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cat, wire and grab werma,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used vne
part to 400 parts water, it doea not la-
jare plants, bat protects yoar eropa
against ravages nnder tbe soU.

fl.OO per Qoart. $3.00 pee Q«U*b.
All are spraying materials aad ara
effectlre in tne greenhooaa and In <ka
garden.

FOB 8AL.E BT SEEDSMKN.

Aphine Manufacturing Co., ''rT-

Manufacturers of Agricultural Cheroioals
M. C. BBIX, General M aaaser.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, wnd

ripen more anlformlj' than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20tli CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 129 BCUN ST.. BEVfllT, HMt.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct accounting

espe<'ially adapted for florists* use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

:\Icr(i>Mnts Bank Build in -t^

40 STATE 8T. BOSTON

Taievhaaa, MaUs M

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves CurruntH, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Tree*
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up m popular packages at popular
prices. Write fnr free pamphlet on Riiers and BHshts, etc., to

B. HA.M.tlONO, - Fisbkill-on-Hudson, New York.

corporators, J. H. H. Boyd, G. F. Wag-
ner, F. C. Boyd, P. W. Moffitt, I. H.
Hillis, E. R. Martin, A. P. Hill.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Cedar Falls, Iowa — Bancroft & Mines,
one house.

Farmlngton, Utah — Miller Floral Co.,
six houses.

East Greenwich, R. I. — James Hay,
range of houses.

Mt. Clemens, Mich. — Fred Lewis,
vegetable house.

Plymouth, Mass. — Chas. E. Stevens,
one house 25 x 125.

Sheridan, Wyo. — Best Floral Co.,
two carnation houses.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.
Bridge street, two rose houses, each
26 X 187 feet.

Creston, Iowa — Creston Greenhouses,
Carl Gehrecke, rose house.

Oakland, Cal. — George F. A. Davis,
.567 28th street, one house.

Providence, R. I. — Stephen J. Toher,
58 Concord street, additions.

Shrewsbury, Mass. — A. H. Knight,
one house, King construction.

Tacoma, Wash. — Acme Floral Co.,
three houses, each 35 x 116 feet.

Strasburg, Pa. — A. H. Rohrer, range
of houses, Hitchings & Co., builders.

Houston, Tex. — George M. Cosh,
Main and McGowan streets, additions.

FIRES.
Providence, R. I. — A greenhouse 20 x
50 feet, owned by W. A. Farland, of
Chace street, Fail River, Mass., was
burned to the ground. March 29th. No
insurance.

582

HORTICULTURE

April 12, 1913

i

L

vevero

G AR DET^

HOSE

Light-Strong-Flexible

An indestructible moulded hose for
Lawn, Greenhouse, Stable, Garage.
Of braided construction ; cannot un-
wrap, kink, or burst, like old-style
wrapped duck construction. Made
in continuous lengths up to 500
feet, which gives you any length
you want and avoids leaky coup-
lings.

We cordially invite you to visit us during the Na-
tional Flower Show Convention at the New Grand Cen-
tral Palace Building, 46th Street and Lexington Avenue,
New York. April Slh to 12tb. 1913, and see our beauti-
ful unique exhibit of Revero Hose located at Block H,
Mezzanine Floor. 46th Street side of the building.

ASK FOR REVERO HOSE CATALOGUE

Manufactured by

REVERE RUBBER CO., ''S;!;^'

Branches

NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH

CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS

NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO

KANSAS CITY

GLASS

for GBEENHOrSE and HOT BED
SASHES. Our prices f.in be had by
mall, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

21.")-^17 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

DREER'S

Florist Specialtie*.

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RIVERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or
joint.

Tbe HOSF for the FLORIST

^-inch, per ft., 15 *..
Reel ol 500 ft., " 14HC.
2 Retls, loooft., " 14 c.
54-inch, " H c.

Reels. 500 ft., " I3>4c.
Couplings furnished

HENRT K DIEER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Phii.j\delphia, Pa.

THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA SHADING

Used all over the country by Commercial,
Public and Private places. These shades can
be rolled on tbe glass or raised 10 Inches from
glass. I can guarantee they will last 15 years
or more. Will call at your place on request
and bring sample and explain how it works.

W. H. DUGAN

NewRochelle.N.Y.

118 Winyah Ave
Tel 2733

Evits 20tli Century Ann

Will not twist the shaftinf pipe. Thiet
time* the power of oW ityle elbow am.
Sold only with Evant Cl>allai«« Mackin«.

Writt fer frt< CaiaUfu l»

qVAKCK CITT MACHnni 0«

RlchKcad. laC

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

TICA

^USEJTMOm

F.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BftOMnVAY
HEW YORK

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes hard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

Ireer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

F<»r Greenbouses

Drive ea*y and inie, becaose
both bevels are on the same
■Ide. Can't twist and break
the tlass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rights or lefts.
The Peerless Glazing Poii
il patented. No others like
it Order from your dealer, '
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Sample* free.
HEiniT A.. DBEER,
714 Cheitnat 8tr«et^
fhlladelphlk

In writing to Advertisers Bcindly mention Horticulture

April 12, 1913

HORTICULTURE

583

Advance Ventilating Apparatus
and Greenhouse Fittings

Everyone of our customers is satisfied. Ask any of the thousands
of them and see what they tell you about Advance QuaHty, Design,
Workmanship, and Business methods. We know what the answer
will be.— Won't you find out? " Our prices to each and everyone
of our customers " as follows :

Big Advance Machine complete with post, $12.00
Big Advance Machine complete v^rithout post, 1 1 .00
Arms, twistless or elbow type complete . . .30
Hangers complete screws . . .10

11-4 in. shafting pipe complete with p. couplings, .07

You can't afford to buy inferior goods ; they will cost you too
much. Give us careful consideration, we guarantee that you
will never regret it.

ADVAIMOE

RIOHIVIOIMD, IIMD.

Send 7our business direct to Wajfainstom.
Saves time and insure* better service.
Personal attention guarantead.
Tbirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATE NT LAWYBRS

Box 9, National Union Building
Wa»hington, D. C.

You get Up-to-tlate piping systems and
High Grade boilers, wben you deal with
Kroesehell.

We pay no commissions to agents or
dealers— our Boiler is sold direct from
factory to user, which eliminates an un-
necessary middleman's profit, nnd you
Mr. Florist, get the benefit.

CHSS

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOGL^TION OF

AMERICA, buranr o( 32,500,000 a^ (t. o( «Im

Fof pttftioulan arlflrMi

John O. E«l«r, m^ SmMI« Mvw, NX

HAS THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF
HEATING VAIUBS.

Immense Self-Cleaning Heating Surface
— Longest Fire Travel — Perfect Combus-
tion— Free Circulatiou — Thin Waterways
— Guaranteed Worliing Capacities — Safe-
ty — Durability — Efficiency and Un-
equalled Fuel Economy.

Sene for our Catalogue — Do it Today
I 466 W. Erie St. - ■ CHICAGO |

CHARLES H. DODD

Greenbouee Builder. General Greeahonae

Mechanic

Iron Frame and Wood Bar Hon»e«.

Ideal Greenhouse Boilers.

Materials Furnished or Erected, H«atlng
and Ventilating Materials.

88 Unm IML, JflBET CflT. N. J.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

Tfie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

S. JACOBS & SONS

FtANS i
UPON

!3C0UC5T

1359-1385 Flusliing Ave.

BROOKLYN, • - - N. Y.

Greenhouse Materials «n^£.

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all len^bs ap t« S2 feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for

erection.

Frank Van Assche, ''"IS? ^r?s^'^

JKBSET CITT, V. J.

584

HORTICULTURE

April 12, 1913

The "One Lunger" Against a Six Cylinder

An Automobile Comparison
With A Greenhouse Moral

UPPOSE it were possible to pick out the
six best separate concerns in' the country,
each making the best of each kind of

greenhouse material ; and then move their

factories and entire working force and managers
to either of our factory grounds at Ivington, N. Y.,
or Des Plaines, 111.

Suppose it were possible to bring such to-
gether under our well organized watchful
management ; a cypress mill ; an iron foundry ; a
heating, fitting and boiler foundry; a ventilating
factory ; a paint and putty mill, and lastly a group
of greenhouse construction and heating engin-
eers and mechanical draftsmen, the best the
country afforded.

Suppose, it were possible to do such a stupen-
dous thing: wouldn't you at once recognize the
tremendous advantage it must be, to do business
with such a wonderful concern; who manufac-
tured for themselves everything that goes into
a greenhouse, excepting only the glass ?
Of course you would!

You would at once see the money saving
advantage of being able to buy all your material

from the one highly responsible concern. You
would also be keen to take advantage of putting
the entire responsibility up to them for the
entire house, instead of dividing it among six
different concerns all over the country.

All of which would be highly endorsing Lord
& Burnham, for that's exactly what this con-
cern is —

A combination of six factories, mill? and
foimdries and an engineering concern, all in the
one factory under the one skillful management.
Each one of these six separate "departments,""
as we call them, have their own separate man-
ager or head. Any one of these departments is
larger than any one single concern in the
country. Each of the six departments work
with and for every other department in pro-
ducing the entire materials for your house.

It's just like a fine big well oiled six cylinder
automobile working smoothly, riding easily and
getting you there safely and surely in the short-
est time and by the smoothest roads.

Wouldn't you rather ride in this 6 cylinder car
of ours, than in a "one lunger?"

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Lord and Burnham Co.

NEW YORK
Forty-second St. BIdg.

CHICAGO
Rookery BIdg.

SALES OFFICES

BOSTON
Tremont BIdg.

ROCHESTER
Granite Bldg.

PHILADELPHIA
Franklin Bank Bldg.

TORONTO. CANADA
271 Jarvis Street

FACTORIES

Irvington, N. J.
Des Plaines, III.

NEW V(ti?K

80TAIM1CAL

SARBtiN.

A.\ IMlJIF. (ANXATIDX ])I\NEI!-TaBLE iJEeOliATlU.V.
By fJp(H*se U. Cupkc, mi tin- I iili'i-n.'itiiiliMl Flower Show. Now York.

DEVOTED TO THE

iFInrtHt, piantsnmn, Hanlisrapf ^arlipttpr mih Kixxhvvh MUnata

Published Every Saturday at 11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Mass.
Subscription. SI-OO

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HOETICULTURE -^-p"' i^, 1913

Does This Solve Your

Problem ?

II;i\f Vdur CiiiiilVrs. llanly Slinilis ov Ilcdgei; the aiiiicanincr nf liring stunlx'ir;'

llavi' v(iu Icanii'il wlial ails tliriii?

Is it not an attaik I'l'ian tlic roil spider wliieh has iloiie sii much ha\(ie In the Evergreens the \y.\>{ IVw

seasons?

If so, you ean overeniuc it liy u.Miig SCALINE wliich will rid ynui- jilanis o( this pest and will prniii,,|,/

a healthy growth.

SCALINE i^ an effeetive material that can be used in the growing season for a]iliis. tlirips. red spider,
meah" liug. soft sealc and all sucking insects. It ean be safely a])plied to all hardy plants.

As a winter s])ray for San Jose and all hard scale it has no eipial.

SCALINE i^ com])osed of a high grade of petroleum and ((intains tl'c jiroperties of the well
known fungicide. Fungine, also nuiking it an excellent iircventi\e against various hiiglits alfectiug
trees and shrubs.

It is readily solufile in water, c-ontnins no sediment and can he :tp|ilicd through the finest spray nozzle: hc-
iii"- more economical than the nM-fashioned Kerosene Iviiulsion and I-"i<h Oil Snaps and much iimui-
effective.

Gallon $1.50—10 Gallon Keg $10—50 Gallon Barrel $37.50

FOR GREENHOUSE AND GARDEN SPRAYING USE

FUNGINE i]^i/np^^ VERMINE

For Mildew, Rust, Bench ^T/i^ ^r.^ecUcX^ -i/iaxT F^"" ^oil Worms, Maggots,
Fungi and other bHghts (I Jg^t^ ^°°* ^'"^' ^"*'' ^*^-

Quart 75c, Gallon $2 ^ ^^^^^ Quart $1, Gallon $3

Quart $1, Gallon $2.50

FOR SALE BY ALL UP-TO-DATE DEALERS

TO THE TRADE

WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO QUOTE WHOLESALE PRICES TO COMMERCIAL
GROWERS ON OUR PRODUCTS IN QUANTITIES OF TWENTY-FIVE GALLONS AND
OVER, IN BULK.

OUR ESTABLISHED AGENTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO QUOTE THESE PRICES.

For further particulars address

APHINE MANUFACTURING CO.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals

M. C. EBEL, Gen. Manager MADISON, N. J.

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTDKE

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NAZI

Geraniums and other Bedding plants in quantities and now hare
Special prices for large lots.

2 in. 3 In.
per 100 per 100

a large stock ready in splendid shape for immediate shipment.

Abutilon Savitzi .".$:!.00 $4.00

At-al.vuha Marafeeana 2.50 3.50

Ai'hr.vanthes Emersoni. Besteri Mostaca 2.00 3.00

AK(*ratuiii. six varieties 2.00 3.00

Alternanthera, sis varieties 2.00

Alynsum, Dwarf and Giant Double 2.00 3.00

Betfunia, Vernon Pink and Luniinosa 2.00 3.00

Cigar Plant, Cuphea Platycentra 2.00 3.00

Cineraria Maritima Can(lidi8sitnu» 2.00

Cannas, Leading varieties. Send for list 3.00

(oleuB, Golden Bedder. Verschaffeltll, etc 2.00 3.00

Hardy ChryKanthemuDis, fine assortment 2.00

FiicliHias, live varieties 2.00 3.00

Hardy English Ivy 2.00 3.00

Heliotrope, Chieftain. Mad. Bruant. etc 2.00 3.00

Fuchsias, Rozain Boucharlat, collection, one plant each, one
Hinillax Seedlings, 75 cts. per 100, $6.00 per 1000.

2 in.
per 100

Geranimng, Standard varieties $2.00

Ivy Leaved varieties 2.00

Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, etc 3.00

Scented, Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00

Pansy Geraniums, Mary Washington, Mrs. Layal. 2.0O

Lantanas, 10 varieties 2.00

Lemon Verbenas, Aloysia Citriodora 2.00

Lobelia, Kathleen Mallard, Crystal Palace Gem.. 2.00

Moonvines, Noctiflora and Leari 2.00

Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00

Parlor Ivy, Senecio Scandens 2.00

Swainsona Alba and Rosea 2.00

Hardy Phlox, 20 varieties 2.00

Sniilax 2.00

hundred varieties, $10.00; 2 collections $15.00.

Sin.

per 100

$3.00

3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

^sk^l^ >A^i'tH ^rd^r

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

No Damage by High Flood

This is to Notify the Trade that all Springfield came through the flood WITHOUT
ANY DAMAGE WHATEVER. Our greenhouses are full of plants and we are
■ ready and anxious for business and will ask our patrons to continue their liberal
trade as in the past for which we will be duly thankful.

, THE GOOD & REESE [COMPANY
I f

I

The

Largest Rose Growers
in the World

»RINGF'IEI-D, OMIO

.-J

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 623

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 615

Allen, J. K 614

Am. Woodenware

Mfg. Co 620

Anderson, S. A..6Uy
Aphine Mfg. Co.Sbli

Aschmann, G 59!)

Atlanta Florist

Co 612

A y r e 8 Co., S.

Bryson 60T

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 614

Barnard, W. W.

Co 60"

Barrows & Son.. 588
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 610

Bay State Nur-
series 601

Beaulieu 6(16

Bloomingdale's, 608
Boljlnnk & At-
kins 601

Boddington, A. T.603
Bolgiano & Son,

J 607

Boston Florist

Letter Co 612

Breck, J. & Son.607
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 601

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 608

Bunyard. A. T.608
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 607

Burr, C. R. & Co.600
California Flor-
ist 609

California Seed
Growers' Asso.607

Page

Carbone 609

Chicago Carna-

nation Co. 599-612
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 599

Clarke's D. Sons.608
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 606

Conine Nursery

Co., F. E 600

Cowee, W. J 614

Craig, Robt. Co.588
Dann, J. H. &

Son 601

Dards 608

Dawson. H. S..600
Dodd. Chas. H..622
Dorner & Sons

Co 599

Dreer, H. A

597-607-622
Duulop, .John H.e09

Dysart. R. J 621

Eastern Nurser-
ies 600

Edwards Folding

Bos Co 612

Elliott's W.Sons606
Eppstein. Julius609
Ernest, W. H....022

Esier. J. G 623

Eyres 60S

Farquhar. R. &

J. & Co 607

Felix & Dykhuis.607
Finger, W. A... 601

Ford. M. C 614

Ford, W. P 614

Forrest.Frank H.609
Fottler, Fiske,

Rawson Co 607

Framingham

Nurseries 601

Froment, H. E..014

Page
Galvin, Thos. F.609
Gasser. J. M. Co.60u
Good & Reese Co.5S7
Goodsell, P. H..601
Grey, T. J. Co.. 607
Gude Bros. Co.. 609
Hall Association.623
Hall& Robinson.609
H;:mmond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 621

Hart, Geo. B.611-612

Heacock, Jos 088

Henderson, A 607

Hess& Swoboda.608
Hews, A. H. &

Co 622

Hilfinger Bros... 622
Hitchings & Co..6'23
Holm & Olson.. 608

Horan, E. C 614

Holland Nurser-
ies 601

Johnston & Co..

T. J 609

Johnston Bros.. 609

Kasting,
Co. . .

W. F.

.615

Keller, J. B.

Sons 610

Kervan Co 614

King Cons. Co.. 622
Kramer. F. H...609
Kroeschell Bros.623
Kuebler. W. H..614
Lager & Hurrell.588

Lange, A 609

Lemon Oil Co... 621
Leonard Seed Co.606
Leuthv. A. & C0.58S
Loechner & Co.. 588
Lyndh'rst Farms60]

Page
MacMulkin, E...609
.May & Co., L. L.609
.McCarthy, N. F.

Co 615

McConnell. Ale.x.608
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 611

McCullough's J.

M. Son's Co... 612
McHutchison &

Co 5S8

McManus, Jas...614
Mever, J. C. &

C^o 611

Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 623

Michell's Seed

House 606

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 614

Millang, Chas... 614
Millang, Frank.. 614

Miller, E. S 606

Montreal Floral

Exchange 615

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 614

Murray. Samuel.608
National Nursery-
man 601

New Eng. Nur-
series 601

Nlessen, Leo Co.612
Oechslin. Frank. 588
Ouwerkerk. P...601
Park Floral Co.. 608
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 60S

Parshelsky Bros. 620

Patten & Co 599

Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 609

Penn the Florlst.609

Page
Pennock-Meehan

Co 613

Perkins St. Nur-
series 588

Pierce Co., P. 0.623
Pierson, A. N,..599
Pierson, F. R.

Co 599

Pi er s o n-U-Bar

Co 624

Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 621
Poeblmann Bros.612
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 62)

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 622

Reed & Keller... 614
Kelnberg, Peter. 612
Rhedemeyer, G.

E 600

Rice, M. Co 609

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 612

Robinson Co., H.

M 614

Rock, Wm. L...60S
Roehrs, J. Co... 588
Roland, Thomas. 588
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 588-622

Rosery, The 60S

Sander & Son... 588

Scott. John 588

Schling, Max 610

Scott, John 588

Sheridan, W. F.614
Siebrecht, Geo. C.614
Siggers & Sig-

gers 621

Sharp, Partridge

& Co 622

Smith, P. J 614

Page
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 606

Smith & Co., E.

D 601

Smith, W. & T.

Co 601

Smyth, Wm. J.. 608
Sprague. J. H..588
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co 623

Stumpp, Geo. M.608
Syracuse Pottery

Co 622

Totty, Chas. H..599
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 607

Traendly &

Schenck 614

Trepel, C. C 608

Valentine, J. A.. 608
Van Asscbe, F..b£^
Vick's Jas. Sons.607
Vincent, R., Ji^-- „

& Sons Co 58(

Wants, For Sale.620
Ward, R- M- &„„

Co ^^^

Welch Bros. Co. 615
W'est Main Greeu-

houses ....aiKi

Whittier & Co..

W B ™1

Wilson Robt. G.6flS

Wood Bros 5i9J

Woodrow & Mar- , ,

ketos 61-4

Woodruff & Sons,

s: D 60.

Young & Nugent.608
Zangen. O. V....607
Zinn, J. A..... ••609
Zvolanek, Ant. C.bOe

For Buyers' Directory and Ready

See Pages 616, 617, 618,

Reference Guide

619

588

HOETICULTUEE

April 19, 1913

All Men Are Different

Take two men and a stream of water. One will fish in it, while the other will make it turn a saw
mill. The first is simply a lazy man.

A lazy man isn't any worse than a dead man — but he takes up more room.

The other fellow is the worker, and the successful man. When he locates himself he makes the best
of his circumstances. He works the stream for all it's worth and gets more real joy out of it than
the fellow who fishes for suckers.

The florist who works Horseshoe Brand lily bulbs will get the same joy as the fellow with the
saw mill. He must work— not merely plant the bulbs and let inexperienced help take care of
them— he must watch them himself, or have a reliable man do it for him. Horseshoe Brand Gigan-
teum and Formosurn will satisfy the demands of any grower for 1913 deliveries. Send for the Book
of Bulbology — just out.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

Not How Cheap
But Hov Good

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET,

Cold Storage Bulbs for shipment any time

NEW YORK CITY

ORCHIDS CYCLAMEN

Largest Importers, Exporters, Crowert
and Hybridists in the Wo.ld

SANDER, St. Alban's, England

and 258 Broartwa.v, Room <31
NEW YORK CITY

Best itrain .a exittence.

4 Inch »»S.0O

5 Inc-h SO.OO

6 ini-h 75.00

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roeh^'s Co*

Ruth«rford, N. J.

THOMAS ROLAND,

Cahant, Mass.

OROMI

ROBERT CRAIG GO.

ROSES, PALMS,

and Novelties in Decorative I'lants.

MARKET and 49th STREETS, PHIIADEIPHIA, PA.

Cbolce dormant bolhs of Calanthe VeltcliU,
ready now at $75.00 per liw liuUia; alx)
rreat varletj i>f other orcbldi and material
fn which to erow thpm.

n'RITB FOR CATAiOOUK.

LAGER & HURRELL ^"S^?^

SF»l-IA.CSr«JUIVI IN/IOSS

10 bbl. bates; selected stork; neatly bur-
lapped. "Worth While Quality," "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale J3.80 10 bales, each. .$3.40

6 bales, each... 3.60 25 bales, each.. 3,20

695, off cash with order. Car lots. Write

fur priies.

IIVE SPHAGNCM. $1.25 per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, 'JOc. sack.

I. H. SPRAGUE, Barnegat. N. i.

LOECHNER & CoT

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

1 1 Warren Street, New York, N. ¥•

Write for qaolations

Natural — Four Standard Grades.

Colored — Twenty Stnndard Colors.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 llis.) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

THE IMPORT

HOUSE

McHUTCHiSCN & CO

17 Murray St., NEW YORK

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PUNTS

JOHN SCOTT

Jutland Road and E. 45th 8t
TeL 2890 Bedford B << OOKL YN . N Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Large flowering, Puiiipon. Anemone flow-
ered and sinsle. Best varieties for Hush
form Pot phuits. 2M: in. pot plants. .fS.OO
per 100. t ash witll order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W. Quincy St., Chicago,

III.

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only
AZAUiAB. PALMS, RHODOKiryTtROWa.
BAVTKEK8, BOSBS, LILACS, HOLLiAirB
AND .lAPAK BtIL.BS. LLLI OF THB
VALLEY, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St, NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns. Decorative antj Foliage Plants

f?-' .OnleR; taken uow for IMPORTED »2UEAS

On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, AsparagiM
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perldfis Street Nureeries, Rosllnilale.— Boston. Mtts

BOSTON FIRNS 2>^ in. ^\Z''ro,T-

ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100, $40 per

1000.

WHITMANI COMPACTA 2 1-2 in. $5 per 100.

$40 per 1000.

250 at 1000 rules.

H. H. BARROWS & SON.Wlritman.Mass.

April 19. 1913

HORTICULTURE

589

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

COJTDCCIBD BY

I^A^^.pf.pa^A.a/'

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topl<» preiented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should invarlatily be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

NEW

Allamanadas

Allamanda Williamsii is one of the most vahiable of
summer-flowering pot plants. With the rush of the bed-
ding-out season and Memorial Day they are liable to be
neglected. If they have been somewhat crowded, now
that space is most abundant, spread them out and where
necessary give them one or two short stakes. They will
now need water ahnost every day and liquid manure
two or three times a week. Continue the use of the
syringe. The night temperature may be kept at about
70 degrees with a rise of 10 or 15 degrees in the day. It
is essential to give ventilation so as to keep the temper-
ature at the right mark. Damp down two or three times
a day to keep the atmosphere of the house in a moist
state. If you are short of Allamandas they are easily
propagated from soft-wood cuttings of this season. Place
in sand over a bottom heat of 75 degrees. Probably the
better method is that of putting each cutting into a
thumb pot, first filling the pots with sand and peat, or
sand and leaf mold in equal proportions. Shading will
be necessarj- for a while. In about three weeks the cut-
tings will be rooted.

Coelo8:yne cristata

When these orchids are through flowering give them a
good sponging with some good insecticide. At this period
is a proper time to repot or top dress those that have out-
grown their pans or pots or to give them new compost
where it has become exhausted. They do well in a com-
post of equal parts of fresh sphagnum and fibrous peat,
intemiixed with some broken charcoal. Give the pans
or pots plenty of clean broken potsherds, say about half
full ; this will allow the water to pass away freely. When
potted up place them in a moist house that is kept rather
close and keep quite a heavy shade ; this will induce them
to make new roots. When the roots have started to take
hold of the new compost they can be placed in theio
summer growing quarters. As growth advances they
can be given abundance of water at the roots as these are
a thirsty class of plants when making their growth. They
can be given manure water after they have become thor-
oughly established about once a week but start to use it
in a weak form at first. Give plenty of ventilation
through the sunnner and syringe overhead once or twice
a day.

Ramblers for Next Easter

The best plan to follow in order to have fine Ramblers
by next Easter is to plant one-year-old stock now. Give
them either 6 or 7-inch pots and see that each pot has
good drainage. It is well to prepare your compost with
care as you want tliom to make fine wood by next fall.

For a compost use fibrous sod that was cut last fall three ^ ^K^

parts, well decayed cow manure one part. To a barrow "■

load of the foregoing you can add a 5-inch potful each
of bone meal and wood ashes. When potting work the
soil well in and around the roots so that when finished
they will be good and firm. They should be cut back to
three or four good eyes which will make them break
away into five or sis strong canes. Place them on a
bench in a house that is kept as cool as possible and all
through the summer they should have plenty of ventila-
tion. Give water carefully at first, but when top growth
and root action start ofi: they require plenty of it. Leave
five or six of the strongest canes, removing the rest.
Syringe two or three times a day in bright weather and
keep them under glass until the end of July.

Poinsettias

Stock plants of poinsettia which have been resting
under the benches for the last ten weeks should be over-
hauled some time during the present month. Shake the
soil away from the roots, cut the tops back well and place
in as small a pot as the roots can be comfortably squeezed
into. Place on a sunny bench over steam or hot water
pipes, give a good soaking of water and then keep them
rather on the dry side until the plants start to break into
growth and produce a fine lot of cuttings. These root
inost easily when rubbed off with a heel, care of course
being taken to allow no sun to strike them and to water
well daily. Sand of a moderately coarse nature from
which water passes away at once is preferable to the finer
sort which is more liable to scum over. As soon as the
roots are an inch long pot up. Care must be taken not
to break the roots and it is a great mistake to allow them
to make long roots before removing them from the cut-
ting bench. It always results in a loss of foliage. When
potting them give a good rich soil, say to three parts of
fibrous loam add one of well rotted manure wjiich will
])ush them along in growth.

Peonies

Beds of peonies that received last fall a good applica-
tion of manure can be dug over, but where they did not
liave this they should have about three inches of well-
rotted manure spread on and worked in with an ordinary
Jinrcrincr fork. In about three weeks they should have
some additional plant food that is quickly available such
as dried blood, pulverized sheep manure, or fine bone.
For peonies to do well you want to keep the ground rich
by these yearly mulches of manure as it is hard to overdo
the peony's greedy appetite for plant food. Keep the
ground well cultivated every week as this constant culti-
vation is just what they like. When the buds are big
enough for disbudding give liquid manure once a week
until they show color. This treatment will produce fine

590

HORTICULTURE

April 19, 1913

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

CONDUCTED BT

o

J^t^yx-i

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such communications sbonld Invarlahly be addressed to the office of HORTICDLTUHE.

Cropping Vines

What a blessing it would be if all fniit trees were as
productive as the vine ! With one or two exoeptions
there is always an excess of the number of bunches re-
quired to make a crop, which no doubf originated the old
proverb "to be as fruitful as the vine." It is not uncom-
mon to see two flower trusses on one lateral, one of which
should be taken off as soon as it is large enough to take
hold of. One bunch on each lateral would mean over
two crops and to over-crop a vine is to court disaster.
On the free-setting varieties a reduction can be made
soon after the- bunches show which will throw more
energy into those remaining. With any shy setters it
will be advisable not to reduce to any great extent before
they are set. What shall be a crop to finish is a question
to study on each vine. Excess will spell poor crops to
follow and without a cessation an early death or what
will cause the ultimate removal of the vine. Shanking,
half-colored, small berries soon render a vine worthless.
Do not over-crop young vines as they are growing up
and when come to maturity do not think of quantity
alone. A few good bunches will weigh up equal to
double the number of small ones. One bunch to every
thirty inches of rod will keep the vine above its work so
to speak and the best crops will be produced.

Packing Melons

Melons are easily packed to travel any distance; being
a solid fruit and one which can be cut a few days before
it is ripe enables the packer to make it firm in whatever
box he chooses to ship it in. Wrapped first in a sheet of
wax paper to keep it clean, followed by a thickness of
cotton-wool and then made firm with excelsior they will
travel without being damaged in any way. Wlien plac-
ing the fruit already wrapped in cotton in the box, see
that the cotton does not break away as it is pushed into
the excelsior. For regular shipments special boxes can
be made to hold two or four fruits. If more than four
are packed in one box a division should be made which
will relieve the pressure on the bottom fruits should the
box get turned on its side during transit.

Non-Conductots

It is difficult to find a more suitable name for this
subject, for it is one very little heard of — one of the tiny
grains of sand that go to make the shore. Perhaps the
necessity of it has been brought to our notice in a rather
unpleasant way in the past, so obviate this by the "do it
now" principle. When making a few remarks on the
winter tying of peach and nectarine trees I referred to
the heated trellis during the summer months damaging
the stronger wood when tied closely together. From now
on this will be the result if there is no non-conductor be-
tween. See that the piece of rubber hose or wood is in
its place. When shaking the trellis when the trees were
in flower some may have fallen. Eeplace these without
delay ; as the young growths are being tied into position
these can be looked over.

Tying

About the time the second swelling commences on
peaches it will be found advisable to tie all the newly-
made growths into position — correct position I might
have said — for each one should have a vacant place to
fill. There will be an overcrowding if disbudding was
not carried out to the full degree. In such cases cut
away a growth sooner than overcrowd them. Endeavor
to keep each one straight and do not cross them over
each other, neither should they cross strong wood unless
it is to fill in a bare place which cannot be done other-
wise. A little attention to this now saves a quantity of
time and labor later on and the trees will look so much
better.

Cucumbers

Continue to topdress cucumbers as the roots show
through the surface. Periodical stopping and tying of
the young growths must be attended to. Any old and
worn out foliage can be cut away to make room for the
young growths. Syringe twice daily in good weather
and keep a sharp lookout for greenfly or other pests;
fumigate before they get established. The plants will
require a copious supply of water right along; manure
water occasionally will be beneficial. Although the sun
power is increasing do not be in a hurry to shade; wait
until the plants show signs of distress from it and then
only apply a light one.

flowers. Peonies are gross drinkers as well as gross
feeders, so it is well to make some provision to have the
hose handy when the dry weather comes. Keep the
plants well disbudded as it greatly improves the size of
your flowers.

Stevia

Where you have old plants with an abundance of new
growth do not fail to propagate so you will not have any

deficiencies in this highly valued holiday plant. They
can be inserted in a moderately warm propagating bed.
Keep moist and shaded and they will soon root. They
like to be grown as cool as possible and make the best
plants when grown under constant pot culture. As they
fill their pots with roots keep shifting until an 8 or 9-
inch pot is reached. By the end of May they can be
plunged outside where they can have plenty of water at
the roots.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following:

Alocasias; Begonia Glolre de Lorraine; Gardenias;
Shading.

Gloxinias; Phalaenopses;

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

591

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

CONDCCTBD BY

cSt^^yzA-^

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topic* presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Ruzicka. Such commanlcations shoald Invaetably be addressed to the office of HORlIi-UL.iUKifi.

One Way Out

There has been considerable thought and work ex-
pended upon a very serious question in our line of busi-
ness. That one subject is : How to relieve the so-called
glut in the market ? We know of one way that may not
do away with all the surplus stock but would no doubt
take such large quantities of cut flowers as to be of some
importance to the growers, retailers and commission men
as well. The only way this can be done, however, is for
all to get together at times and work hand in hand. We
cannot see why Mr. So-and-so should not wish to speak
to his neighbor just because he happens to be his com-
petitor. We never have any ill feelings toward any one,
always treating business as a game and applying the rule
"Let the fittest survive." But to proceed : In a little
country town a florist opened a retail store. Suicide !
so many said. However, judging from present appear-
ances the store is prospering and netting good returns
to the owner. At the very beginning it was decided to
try to give as much as possible for the people's money,
and the rule "small profits, quick sales," was to be fol-
lowed as much as possible. As other lines of business
have sales, every now and then to help move a lot of
stock it was decided to have sales also. But for the fact
that a sale in a flower shop would be altogether out of
place, a neat little plan was decided on and the results
were far greater than ever had been expected. There
being a large crop of carnations at the time and the price
ranging less than a cent each for good seconds, the plan
decided on was to have a special sale of carnations for
one week. Instead of advertising a sale, the week during
which these carnations were to be sold at a reduced price
was advertised as "carnation week." Neat little poster?
were printed and tied in a roll with elite pattern red
ribbon. All people asked to be given one, instead of
being annoyed when given an ordinary poster as is the
general custom to hand them out to all the people. Very
few were left unread we are positive. That carnation
week was also advertised in all the local papers, not only
in the home paper but in papers in other towns as well.
Over a thousand carnations were sold during the first
day of the carnation week. This may look like a small

number to florists in larger towns, but as this town had
only a population of three thousand, it was doing very
nicely. And right here is the way out. Why could not
all the retail florists large and small be notified if the
market shows any signs of being overcrowded with flow-
ers? Usually when the country florist sends to the city
for a few roses or something of the kind, he is soaked all
he will stand. This only hurts the trade and should be
abolished. There are thousands of people in the country
towns that would gladly spend money for flowers if they
could only buy flowers. But usually it is much more
trouble to secure a dozen roses in the country than they
are worth. There are many retailers who could no doubt
get up something similar to the carnation week and rose
week which has been on the program since, and was
equally as successful as the carnation week. Do not for
a minute think that no other flowers were sold during
this time. Many people who had never been to the store
came to get a dozen carnations. Little children bought
them for their parents and for their school teachers.
Automobile parties going through town stopped to get a
dozen carnations, as no labor was spared in distributing
the circulars, and all garages, hotels, etc., had some
somewhere. Now we are positive this could be done in
other towns, and would certainly unload some flowers
from the glutted market, besides advertising the use of
flowers far and wide. Needless to say, not a box of cut
flowers left this shop unless it bore the name of the store.
And every box delivered in town was tied around the
center with a narrow ribbon with a flower of some sort
in the bow.

Houses That Are to be Carried Over
It largely depends on when you want to start cutting
in the houses again and so it is rather difficult to say
just when to start drying them ofl! a little bit. Houses
for summer-flowering should be dried off at once or as
soon as the crop is cut off. A little of the coarse material
from the top of the benches may be removed and a good
dressing of bonemeal applied. A little cow manure may
also be applied and the plants gradually allowed to grow
again after their rest of a week or two. Not more than
that, for they might get the habit and do as they did on
one place once — rested nearly all season as the grower
afterward told us. So do not prolong the rest to an ex-
treme, for bench space is valuable.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

hy aJverthing yow good* In the

Horticultusre

Publicity among the kind of readers reached
by this paper is THE SORT OF PUBLI-
CITY THAT PAYS.

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We are well aware of the fact that our
Tariff readers have many divergent views regard-
absurdities ing tariffs in general and the import duty

on horticultural products. But whatever
our opinion may be on the advisability of high or low
tariff or no tariff at all on the goods we use, we can, at
least, agree with Mr. McHutchison in his plea which
appears in another part of this paper as to the essential
requirement that the law, whatever it may be, should be
consistent throughout and stated in such definite terms
that it will be readily understood, mistakes in classifica-
tion eliminated and that the possibilities of misinter-
pretation and incentive to fraud and litigation be re-
duced to a minimum. We strongly advise that all who
may be interested read what Mr. McHutchison sets forth
on this very important subject. His indictment of the
bill as it stands is certainly an eye-opener.

f»QM'Tr'^jtf'pg Page The plan to have an outdoor display of

An outdoor ornamental planting in connection with

COVER ILLUSTRATION — An Unique Carnation Din- „.,,hihif xi, tit- t n j.- a. * i

ner Table Decoration. """^'^'^ the Mmneapohs Convention next August,

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Alia- strikes US as an excellent idea. It has been

EaTer-F-lt^^l^lp^onle^-^o^^^ '^a^re^^ 589 o^en suggested as a desirable convention feature but it

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Crop- happens very rarely that a piece of ground near the

ping Vines— Packing Melons— Non-Conductors—Ty- meeting hall is available. Dayton was an exception, the

ing — Cucumbers — George H. Penson 590 ;• , • i 1 1 ^i t-i • /-i n i ^i x

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS-One Way Out- convention being held on the Fair Grounds, and on that

Houses That Are To Be Carried Over — Arthur C. occasion a moderate but quite attractive display was

Ruzicka • . made. The opportunity offered in Minneapolis is a rare

BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER GROWERS' EX- j , ,j . . i j? ii ^ i a c i/r

HIBITION 593 ^^^ 3°<^ should be taken fullest advantage ot. Mr.

ADVERTISING TALKS — Ralph M. Ward 593 Wirth's position in the park department is an assurance

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW: that the work of preparation and care will be properly

The Banquet— Final Awards, Adjustments and Cor- attended to and the feature if carried out as he proposes

rections ■• ^^jjj ijjai^g a fine setting for the Convention Hall and

Jar-G^C° Wa?^o; "'"^*''^*^'^~°"' °^ ^^^ ^"'^^'' 595 attract much attention among the public. The most

Awards to Tr^de" Exhibitors [.'.[[[ ^. '^]]y^y^'.'.'.'. 5<>G "^gent requirement however, is that the planting of

DURING RECESS-Bowling Tournament at New Yorli If rdy material be done at once Those who intend to

—Cook Co. Bowling— Arcade Bowling Alleys, Illus- show should send the stock at the earliest possible mo-

Iratiou 596 ment.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Society of American Flor-
ists—American Carnation Society — Gardeners' and The experience in the New York
Florists' Club of Boston .598 Well-grown, International Show and in the re-
New York Florists' Club — American Association of ,. ^ , -n n •
Nurserymen-St. Louis Florist Club-Club and So- t"^*" well-presented cent Co-operative Growers Exhl-
ciety Notes 600 bition at Boston furnishes cumula-

SEED TRADI^Canners to Meet in Baltimore- . ^^^^^^^^ ^hat the florist as an artist is beginning to

Change in Bolgiano Firm — Flood Damages — Pea , . ,? t ^

Crop Injured — Growing of Beans in Ontario 602 assert himself and is coming to realize the folly of leav-

THE TARIFF BILL 602 ing all the show honors to the disposal of the growers.

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: rpj^^ sentiment of the growers seems also to be under-

Steamer Departures *>u» o

New Flower Stores 609 going a great change and they are disposed to recognize

Leakage 610 the indispensability of the floral artist as a medium

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: through which to make an effectual and fruitful appeal

anlmAaa^New^ork^^PwiacielphiaVRoche^terVs^ l"i- public interest and patronage. "Leading florists,"

Louis 615 ^()-called, are reluctant to enter the lists in competition

Washington 621 ^,-j^]j vounsj or obscure concerns, but this policy if per-

OUTDO(m ^^PLAN'T^EXHmn^^^POR MINNEAPOLIS ^^^ ,i,ted' in, may cost them dearly for the obscurity is very

OBITUARY— H. P. (Campbell— Lorretta'Bombenger— " iiable to shift around. Let the schedule makers, the

W. B. Sands 621 judging committees, and the competing florists them-

MISCELLANEOUS: Helves, however, watch out and keep this department of

Personal &» ^ j^^ flower show from degenerating into an undertaker's

News No'^e°s'''. .'!:'.'. ! '. '. '. '. '. '. '.:: :: 1 1 1 1 : 1 : : 1 1 : : : :e<^<^^ "'lU'nct. Keep tl,e "casket cover" and all its depressing

Chicago Notes f'H liibe out of sight and help the public to forget, when in

Philadelphia Notes— Washington Notes ,1„. exhibition at least, that neither flowers nor florist

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated..... have anv other mission except to "fill the air around with

Strike in Belgium _^ ,-,

Patents Granted— Fires '■-■ I'canry.

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

593

CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER GROW-
ERS' EXHIBITION.

This show which took place on Sat-
urday. April 12, at the Flower Market
on Parli street, Boston, was a most
remarkable demonstration of the pos-
sibilities in such an enterprise wheu
undertaken with a united front and
will. The skill of Boston growers and
the art of Boston floral artists was
never in better evidence than on this
occasion. Of the latter line, indeed, it
may be said beyond fear of contradic-
tion that it was the finest exhibit of
floral design work ever presented in
Boston, in quality and excellence com-
paring favorably with that seen at the
recent International Exhibition in New
York. The entries comprised table
designs, wreaths, bridal bouquets, bas-
kets, etc., by Zinn, Penn, Comley, The
Rosary, Houghton, Wax, Hoffman and
McFarland. Worthy of especial men-
tion was a bridal bouquet of white
sweet peas by Zinn in which the grace-
ful trailing tufted sprays of Asparagus
pubescens took the place of the usual
baby ribbon in forming the "shower."
It was distinctly unique and lovely.
We have never seen anything more
beautiful in its way than a standing
wreath of pansies and Farleyense fern
by F. H. Houghton, in which the blend-
ing and contrasting of colors and the
posing of the flowers were done with
consummate skill. A wreath of Rich-
mond roses, Coelogyne and erica by
H. Comley was another impressive
piece, and Zinn showed a lovely
wreath combination of blue pansies
and Richmond roses. All the above-
named firms contributed several
pieces each and there was not one
which was not admirably done. Wax
showed the possibilities of yellow
daisies and corn flowers in basket
work, Hoffman the use of Mrs. Charles
Russell rose in high handled basket
with pale blue ribbon. The Rosary a
combination of Ward roses, Spanish
iris, sweet peas and lily of the valley;
J. McFarland a massive wreath of
white lilacs and lily of the valley,
Penn two charming bridal bouquets,
etc.

The carnation exhibits were very ex-
tensive, many of the most able growers
of eastern New England being repre-
sented. Gorgeous, Mrs. C. W. Barron,
Princess Dagmar and all the other re-
cent sensations were seen in fine form.
Among the debutantes were John
Barr's giant white and pink striped
Mrs. B. P. Cheney and A. Roper's
bright pink seedling 1000.

In the rose section the New England
Rose Company with Killarney Queen
and Pink Killarney, Charles Holbrow
and W. R. Morris with White Killar-
ney, Exeter Rose Conservatories, W.
H. Elliott and Neal E. Boyle with
Richmond, R. Montgomery with Mrs.
Ward, were among the leaders, and
Waban Rose Conservatories showed
among others their new rose Rex, a
brilliant crimson, deliciously scented
and for which we predict a proud fu-
ture. Snapdragons in almost count-
less ranks were shown by Jas. Wheel-
er, F. E. Palmer, Paul E. Richwagen,
W. S. Phelps and others. Wm. Sim,
of course, had a fine array of sweet
peas. L. E. Small and N. F. Comley
with cornflowers. Lively & Bond
and Mann Bros, with daffodils, W.
C. Ward with pansies, Ed. Wood
with superb Roman anemones, A.
F. Calder and J. H. Newman

with violets, Edw. Bingham with prim-
roses, J. W. Simpson, N. A. Hudson
and several others with yellow daisies,
Robert McGorum with mignonette,
Mrs. J. F. Flood with callas, D. W.
Duncan with Marechal Niel roses, Ar-
thur Griffin, L. E. Small, J. W. Foote
and many others with carnations, were
among the demonstrators of the versa-
tile abilities of the market growers.

In plants there were extensive
groups of decorative material by A.
Leuthy and W. T. Walke, geraniums
by A. F. Coolidge, miniature pelargoni-

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. 6

The man who doesn't advertise be-
cause he has "all the business he
can attend to" admits he is incapa-
ble of handling a large business.
He is satisfied and to be satisfied
in business means stagnation, for
business must either progress or
decline. The man who realizes his
business should be advertised and
neglects to do it, is a lazy man; a
lazy man is no worse than a dead
man, only he takes up more room.
Sometimes a florist can get an ad-
vantage in advertising for little
money. The recent New York
Flower Show was an instance; and
yet only two or three were smart
enough to grasp the opportunity.
The reflections cast upon some of
the New York retail florists for not
taking part will take some time to
wear off, and it will cost them more
in loss of business than participa-
tion would have cost, aside from
the publicity it would have given
them. The time has come when ad-
vertisers are going to win in the
florist business; and the time will
come when prices will be adver-
tised, too. The Flower Show was
a great advertisement for the busi-
ness; and for a greater Show which
should follow in New York. Sev-
eral of New York's leading retailers
should be thoroughly ashamed of
themselves for not taking part.
They had better look out — times
won't always be the same. It's
time now to let people know who
you are; what you are; where you
are; what you have to sell that will
benefit them to buy; and why they
should buy from you. There is
nothing better for the retailer than
such shows and there's no business
on earth to compare with the
flower business in opportunities to
write beautiful, entertaining and in-
structive advertisements.

ums by E. K. Farr, roses and hydran-
geas by A. M. Davenport, and a new
reservoir window box filled with ivy
geraniums by John D. Twombly.

LIST OF AWARDS.
ROSES — Vases of 25.

1. Kill.Trney, Wax Bros.' cup— New
England Rose Conservatories.

2. Richmond, S. Hoffman prize — Exeter
Rose Conservatories.

3. White Killarney. A. T. Stearns Lum-
ber Co. cup— New England Rose Conserva-
tories. _ . „,

4. Killarney, Dark Pink, J. A. Zinn
watch— Waban Rose Conservatories.

5. American Beauty, Market prize-
New England Rose Conservatories.

6. Mrs. Aarou W ard. D. J. Lamey, cut
glass -W. H. Elliott.

7. Lady Hilliugdon, S. J. Dangel, cut
glass — -New England Rose Conservatories.

8. Killarney, Pettier, Fislie, Rawson
prize — W. H. Morris.

1>. Richmond, T. J. Grey Co. prize —
N. E. Boyle.

10. White Killarney, .1. M. Cohen cup—
W. H. Morris.

11. Dark Pink Killarney, Joseph Breck,
cut ghiss, I'ase ot 50 — No entry.

12. Mrs. Aaron Ward, W. Holden, cut
glass — Robert Muatgomery.

13. Lady Hillingdon. Means & Thatcher,
cut glass — Robert Montgomery.

14. Best new rose of 1913 or undissemi-
natcd, Boston Plate A: Window Glass Co.
prim — Waban Rose Conservatories.

15. Sweepstake prize in jbove classes
for best vase of roses, H. Penn silver cup
— Waban R )se Conservatories.

CARNATIONS— Vases of 50.

Ifl. VVhitp. Pliilip Keinstein, cut glass —
L. E. Small, with White Wonder.

17. Scarlet. Henry R. Comley, cut glass
— C. S. Strjut, wiih Beacon.

IS. Light Pink, H. T. Capers, cut glass
— C. S. Struut, with Pink Delight.

19. Dark Pink, Braman, Dow & Co., cut
glass — Arthur Grithn, with Gioriosa.

20, Crimson. Market, cut glass — W. R.
Nicliolson, with Pocahontas.

21 Variegated, Johnson Knight, cut
glass — James Wheeler, with Benora.

22. Seedling not disseminated, John Mc-
Farland, cut glass — Patten & Co., with
Princess Dagmar.

23. Seedling, White, not disseminated —
Altert Roper, with No. 24.

24. Seedling, Red, not disseminated —
Albert Roper, with No. 302.

25. Seedling, Dark Pink, not dissemi-
nated—Albert Roper, with No. 1000.

20. Seedling, Light Pink, not dissemi-
nated— J. H. Leach & Son.

27. Seedling, Scarlet, not disseminated —
No entries.

28. Seedling, Variegated, not dissemi-
nated— John Barr, with Mrs. B. P. Cheney.

29. Vase ot lOO Carnations, any color,
Robert Montgomery cup — Patten & Co.,
with Princess Dagmar.

30. Vase of 100 mixed Carnations,
limited to G varieties, B. A. McGinty, cut
glass — Patten & Co.

VIOLETS— 100 Blooms.

31. Lady Hume Campbell— 1st, H. F.
Calder; 2nd, Fred Sly.

32. Any other double— H. F. Calder.
:i3. Princess of Wales — J. F. Newman.

SNAPDRAGONS— Vases of 25.
M. Wliite— W, S. Phelps.
Pink— Fred E. Palmer
Red — No entries.
Variegated — James Wheeler.
Yellow — James Wheeler.
Vase 50 spikes, any color, Ruisell
Norton Co., cut glass — James Wheeler.

MISCELLANEOUS.

40. Marguerites, vase lOti yellow — l«t,
J. W. Simpson ; 2ud, James Wheeler.

41. Group of Commercial Foliage and
Flowering Plants, A. H. Hews & Co. cup—
Wm. J. Walke, 5 entries.

42. Floral Wreath, W. H. Elliott prize —
F. H. Houghton, 7 entries.

43. Center Piece for Table, Winter Place
Tavern, cut glass — Sidney Hoffman, 6
entries.

44. Shower Bouquet for Bride, Norris
F. Comley, cut glass — J. A. Zinn.

45. Floral Basket, H. M. Robinson Co.,
(Ut glass— J. A. Zinn.

46. Basket ot Bachelor Buttons and
Yellow Marguerites, L. E. Small prize —
Wax Bros.

47. 100 Pansies, Arthur Griffin prize —
W. C Ward. , ^,

48. Asparagus Sprengeri — V,m. U. El-
liott.

49. Asparagus plumosus — Mrs. J. Flood.

50. 100 Flowers Yellow Primroses — Ed-
ward Bingham.

51. Display of bulbous flowers, S. B.
Hodgens prize — Lively & Bond.

52 Wallflowers — Morris F. Comley.

.53. Lily of the Valley, Geo. W. Ayer
prizes — J. H. Leach & Son.

54. Mignonette — Robert McGorum.

5.5. For the best new or novel exhibit,
Welch Bros. Co. prize — Ed. Wood, with
Roman Anemones.

SWEET PEAS— Vases of 100.

56 Four varieties of Winter Flowering
Sweet Peas, Wm. Rosenthall cup— William
Sim.

57. White— William Sim.

58. Pink— William Sim.

,'^9. Purple or Lavender— William Sim.

60. Any other color— J. K. Chandler.

61. Vase of 200 Blooms, Donald Car-
mlchael prize— William Sim.

Special for Callas— Mrs. J. P. Flood.

35.
30.
37.

38.

m.

594

H 0 E T I C U L T TJ R E

April 19, 1913

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

The Banquet — Final Awards^ Adjustments and Corrections —
Sweet Pea Day — Awards to Trade Exhibitors —

The Bowling

The best news about the show, now
that it is a thing of the past, is that
notwithstanding a very heavy extra
expense account it was an assured
financial success.

On Sunday evening, April 13. Harry
A. Bunyard gave a lecture on The
World's Great Flower Shows, illus-
trated with numerous stereopticon
views. Leonard Barron, editor of the
Garden Magazine, also gave a stereop-
ticon lecture on Famous American
Gardens, and Mrs. Francis King of
Alma. Mich., gave a talk on School
Gardens and Advanced Horticulture.

THE BANQUET.

The social event of the International
Flower Show was the dinner ten-
dered the visiting members of the S.
A. F. and other societies by the New
York Florists' Club in Hotel Astor on
Thursday, and as is characteristic
with this club nothing was wanting
to make the occasion one long to be
remembered. The magnificent ball
room was filled to overflowing with
over 800 guests, and was richly dec-
orated under the supervision of Alex.
McConnell.

Wm. H. Siebrecht, president of the
club, was also the toastmaster as well
as time keeper and much fun was oc-
casioned by his endeavors to limit
speeches. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, pres-
ident of the S. A. F., spoke, compli-
menting the club on the very
beautiful exhibition as well as the
evening's entertainment. Patrick
O'Mara was second speaker and in his
usual jocular way made a few re-
marks and then said he did not ex-
pect to be called on for any talk but to
sing a duet with Jos. A. Manda, ex
president of the club, whom he called
to the head table and then presented
with a silver service — knives, forks,
spoons, etc., and wished Manda, who
is a newlywed, would have "one" for
each fork. Mr. Manda replied appre-
ciatively.

The manager of the Internationa!
Exhibition Co., being next called upon,
complimented all and said that the
florists were the finest men they had
ever done business with. Robert Craig
talked eloquently, as usual, and later
a number demanded that he should tell
the story, "Battle of Waterloo."

Wm. Wells, responding to the toast,
"England," spoke in high tonesof praise
of the show and thought the roses ex-
hibited the most wonderful thing he
ever saw in his life. He was sorry
that his countryman, Stuart Low,
could not have stayed to see them. W.

F. Kasting. in the course of his re-
marks, mentioned there was $27,000 in
the S. A. F. treasury, which created
much applause.

George A. Robinson of Montreal,
responding for Canada, extended
courtesy to all who would go
to Montreal on the way to Minneapolis
next August and said he hoped to get
the convention in Montreal the follow-
ing year. Philip Breitmeyer made a
very interesting speech and Theodore
Wirth followed him, telling what Min-
neapolis was preparing to do for tho;e
who come to the convention. E. G.
Hill spoke for the ladies.

Charles H. Totty was introduced
as "the man who did it all,"
but he turned that honor over
to his committee. Mr. Wells, men-
tioning the visits of the King and
Queen to the British Show, asked why
we did not have "the great guns." Mr.
Totty replied that they had tried first
President Wilson, who was too busy
revising the tariff downward; then
Governor Sulzer, who was too busy
with the gratters, and third. Mayor
Gaynor, who was too busy closing the
restaurants up at 1 o'clock, to come.
Wm. H. Duckham spoke modestly, as
usual, and sprung a surprise boom frr
Mr. Tottv as next president of the S.
A. F.

The dinner was a splendid one in
every respect. After the close of the
speaking there was dancing until 2.30
A. M.

FINAL AWARDS. ADJUSTMENTS
AND CORRECTIONS.

(Other Than What Appeared In Our
Notes In Issue of Last Week.)

200 Cut Roses. American Beauty and un-
disseminated varieties excepted. New York
(_'ut Flower Company's Silver Vase to A.
N. I'ierson, Cromwell. Conn. This was a
most sensational exhibit, declared by all
to have been the finest vase of roses ever
staged in this or any other country. The
variety was Killarne.v Queen. The Phila-
delphia Rose Growers' prize for 75 roses,
similar restrictions, was also won by Mr.
I'ierson.

Silver medal to J. T. Pratt, gard. J. W.
Everitt, for 12 Gardenias in pots.

Silver medal to Chester K. Billings, gard.
.Tames Bell, for collection of Schizantbus
Boddingtonii.

Gold medal to Robert Craig & Co. for
named Crotons, 73 varieties, including
many novelties.

S. A. F. gold medal to Thomas Roland
for Acacia species and wonderful display
of .\cacias. Bougainvilleas, etc.

Silver medal to Mrs. D. Willis James.
supt. Wm. Duckham, for collection of hya-
c-iuths.

Gold medal to Miss Mary Helen Carlisle,
London. Eng., for pictures in oil and pas-
tel of English gardens.

Gold medal to Metairie Ridge Nursery

WlLSOfi'h PUETTY "DuTCH" FlOWEH GiRLS.

April 19, 1913

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595

Co. for group of lilies from American-
grown bulbs, hybrids of Lilium Harrisii
and Multiflorum.

Silver medal to John Wanamaker, supt.
John H. Dodds, for new Pandanus.

Bronze medal to S. M. fioldsniitb, gard.
W. B. Seymour, for callas.

Gold medal to W, A. Manda for collec-
tion of orchids, including hybrid odonto-
glossums, etc., shipped fro[n England.

Silver medal to Metairie Ridge Nurseries
for cut liliums, hybrids of Lilium Harrisii
and multitlnriim.

Gold medal to Charles H. Totty for roses
and carnations and general display of cut
flowers, etc.

Gold medal to Clement Moore for group
of orchid hybrids.

Silver medal to Mrs. W. G. S. Griswold,
supt. A. J. Loveless, Lenox. Mass., for new
antirrhinums.

Silver nudal to David S. Miller, Tuxedo
Park, N. Y.. for model estate.

The Henry F. Micbell Company's gold
medal to Thomas Roland for the most ar-
tis'ically arranged exhibit.

Specimen Laelia — W. A. Manda.

Tulips, 20 pans— Mrs. A. M. Mouth, gard.
E. Farden, (ireat Neck, L. 1.

Sp-?cimen Kentia Forsteriana — Mrs. H.
McK. Twombly, gard. R. Tyson. Convent.
N. J. ; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Specimen Maranta — W. A. Manda.

25 Conifers, 20 varieties— 1st. F. R. Pier-
son Co.; 2nd, Julius Roehrs Co.

25 Conifers, dwarf — l.st, Bobhink & At-
kins : 2nd. \V. A. Manda.

Hi.lly— Bobbink & Atkins.

Miniature Landscape Garden. Horticul-
tural Club of Boston prize — 1st, Frank
Josefko, Glen Cove. L. 1.; 2n(l. .Tulius
Roehrs Co.

iMiniature Model of Estate, Gardeners'
and Florists' Club of Boston prize — Prank
.Tosefko.

Cypripedium hybrid — W. A. Manda.

Flowering Plant Species, Massachusetts
Horticultural Society's silver medal — R. \-
J. Farquhar & Co.. Boston.

Nephrolepis .species — 1st. Robert Craig &
Co.; 2nd, F. R. Pierson Co.

Orchid species — 1st, Clement Moore, gard.
.T. Mnssman ; 2nd, W. A. Manda.

Orchid variety — 1st, Clement Moore; 2nd,
W. A. Manda.

Most valuable Collection of New Plants
or Flowers, Missouri Botanical Garden
medals— 1st, W. A. Manda; 2nd, A. C.
Zvolanek.

Marguerites — 1st, Madsen & Christensen,
Wood Ridge, N. J.; 2nd. Mrs. F. A. Con-
stable, gard J. Stuart.

Specimen Kh.vncospermum — 2nd, H. Dar-
lington, gard. S. W. Popp, Mamaroneck,
N. Y.

12 Spiraea or Astilbe, 3 varieties — Mt.
Desert Nurseries.

Laelio Cattleya, judgment reversed — 1st.
Lager & Hurrell; 2nd. W. A. Manda.

Erica melanthera — 1st, Thomas Roland;
2nd. Louis Dupuy. Whitestone. N. Y'.

Erica specimen — Thomas Roland.

Moore, Hentz & Nash cup for six roses
was won by Robert Simpson, Clifton, N. J.

Table decoration, open to members of
National Gardeners' Association only — 1st.
Henry Siegel. Mamaroneck. N. Y'.. gard.
Thos. Aitchison ; 2nd. S. LTntermever, Yon-
kers. N. Y., gard. W. H. Waite; 3rd, Wm.
Sim. Cliftondale. Mass.

Cut Flower Novelty. Niessen cup, F. W.
Fletcher & Co.. Auburndale, Mass.

Basket Foliage Plants — Max Schling. New-
York City.

Basket Flowering Plants. Max Schling.

Corsage of Orchids — 1st. Max Schling:
2nd. Boston Cut Flower Co.. Boston.

Bridal Bouquet, silver cup. Alfred Katt-
railler, New York City; 2nd. Max Schling.

•INTERNATIONAL" TABLE DECORATIONS.

The sweet pea competition was prac-
tically a walk-over for Wm. Sim. In 45
classes for which he was eligible and
in all of which he exhibited, he won
firft in all but five. He captured the
Burpee Silver Cup for largest display.
Boddington Silver Medal. Lord &
Burnham Gold Medal and Anier. Sweet
Pea Society's Silver Medal. A. C. Zvo-
lonek won the Am. Sweet Pea Socie-
ty's Gold Medal for exhibit of excep-
tional merit, with his new winter
flowering Spencers and Certificate of
Merit for marked improvement over
existing varieties.

John M. Barker. Morristown, N. J., won
two Ists and four 2nds in the classes of
50 sprays and 25 sprays, and one 2nd in
the 100 classes. "Winkler Bros., Hacken-

The accnmpanying illustration shows
the first prize table decoration with
carnations at the International Show.
It was the work of R. Tyson, gardener
to Mrs. H. McK. Twombly. The cen-
tre piece consisted of pink and white
carnations and schizanthus. arranged
in a tall silver vase.

On our cover page we show the sec-
ond prize winner in the same class, a
very unique design by George H. Cooke,
in which Enchantress carnations only
were used. The parasol and ribbon
were of pale blue silk. Both of these
exhibits attracted much admiration.

sack, N. J., one 1st and six 2nds in the
25s and 50s and two 2nds in the ICOs, and
F. Mamitsch, Patcrson, N. J., one 1st and
two 2nds in the classes for 100 sprays and
four 2nds in rhe2nsand 50s. In the class for
private gardeners Thos. Ryan, gardener for
John I. Downev Portchester, N. Y., was
lirst. In the decorative section, 1st for
table decoration was won by Adolph Lewi-
sohn, Ardslev, N. Y., Max Schling 2nd.
Max Schling won 1st for Basket of Sweet
Peas and Bride's Bouquet, Boston Cut
Flower Co. and H. R. Comley, Boston, tak-
ing 2nd respectively. For Corsage, S. A.
Anderson. Buffalo tst. and Henry R. Com-
ley 2nd.
Sweet Pea Society's Special Awards.

A. C. Zvolanek. Bound Brook, N. J., cer-
tificates of merit for Mrs. A. Skach, Mrs.
William Sim Spencer, Bed Orchid, Blush
Orchid. White Orchid. Pink and White Or-
chid, all winter-flowering varieties.

John J. Downey, Portchester, N. Y.,
gard. Thos. Ryan, for vase of summer-
tlowering Spencer Sweet Peas, Society's
Bronze Medal.

W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa., for
collection of winter-flowering Spencer
Sweet rc:is. Society's Silver Medal.

The judges were G. \V. Kerr, Doyles-
town. Pa., chairman; Frank H. Treand-
ly, New York; James Wheeler, Natick,
Mass.; Edwin Jenkins, Lenox, Mass.,
and George T. Schuneman. Baldwins.
L. L

AWARDS TO TRADE EXHIBITORS.

Class A — Henry F. Michell Co., cer-
tificate of merit for Geranium Helen
Michell. Honorable mention for new
hybrid freesias.

Class E— Jos. G. Neidinger, honor-
able mention tor a new device for
keeping and showing violets, pansies,
sweet peas, etc.

Class C — Hontsch & Co., Dresden,
Niedersedlitz, Germany, highly com-
mended for exhibit of Hontsch boilers.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, 111.,
highly commended for exhibit of Kroe-
schell boilers.

Class D — -King Construction Co.,
North Tonawanda, N. Y., honorable
mention for improved flat rafter
greenhouse. Highly commended for
new iron eave plate for greenhouse.
Highly commended for superior ar-
rangement of drip pan and improved
shape of eave, throwing the water
away from the side wall of the house.

Class G — Schloss Bros., New York,
honorable mention for exhibit of chif-
fons, "International" velvet corsage
bows, lace and chiffon bouquet holders,
chiffon and ribbon table decorations,
gold and silver figured chiffons, satin
black velvet and ombre shaded ribbons,
silver and gold figured ribbons.

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.

A good feature of the International
Flower Show was the excellent label-
ing noticed in many displays, notably
in those of Roland and Knight &
Struck. Every plant was not only
well-shown-off individually but it had
a label, which, while small and unob-
trusive, answered every question to
the interested beholder.

We like the way our Philadelphia
growers showed up. Ten firsts and one
second was the record of one of them
out of 12 entries. Robertson, Podds

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April 19, 1913

and Batchelor all surpassed them-
selves and were a credit to our burg
and the show.

Of the many delightful foregather-
ings one of the best was with George
A. Robinson of Hall & Robinson, Mon-
treal. Mr. Robinson is from south of
the Tweed, but good enough to have
had better luck, which is high praise
from "a citizen of the world" who had
better luck. Mr. Robinson has made a
good name for himself as a grower
and shrewd business man, and is now
one of Montreal's substantial citizens.

Another Canadian was C. Papkman,
who is of the same distinguished de-
rivation as the two referred to above.
We met him first in New York some
years ago and now we find he has
blossomed out into successor to an
old business connection of ours — Gra-
ham Bros, of Ottawa. .Mr. Packman
is well pleased with the outlook and
assures us that Ottawa is one of the
best cities for a pushing wide-awake
florist or seedsman.

David S. Miller, gardener for George
Van Mason, Tuxedo, N. Y., proved a
delightful companion and on the qui
Vive to swap history, ethics, philisophy
or gossip, past, present and future.
He seemed delighted to find that al-
though I had never been farther north
than Inverness, yet that 30 years or so
ago, as shipping clerk for Ben Reid's.
I knew all about Wick and Lerwick.

The next time you go to Montreal
do not forget to look up William
O'Brien Cotter, managing director of
the Montreal Floral Exchange, and a
live wire. He was one of the most
distinguished looking six-footers in
the younger set.

Thomas Page, Brookside, Great Bar-
rlngton, Mass., we only had a few
minutes' chat with. But enough to
make us eagerly desire a better ac-
quaintance.

We talked with the redoutable Ed.
Jenkins for some time — quite unaware
until he had walked away who the
gentleman was. Then some kind
friend said, "Don't you know who that
was?" Enlightened, we ran after and
caught him just at the swing door —
with our abject apology.

G. C. Watson.

Chester Jay Hunt invites his friends
to see his collection of spring-flower-
ing bulbs at his trials in Montclair, N.
J. If the season is a normal one. the
daffodils will be at their best during
the last of April and early in May;
the early tulips during the first week
in May; the late tulips about mid-May.
Notice of exact dates will be given up-
on request.

Among the hundred and fifty differ-
ent daffodils may be seen such sorts
as Apricot, Barcarolle, Bedouin, Black-
well, Circlet, Coeur de Lion, Cossack,
Duke of Bedford. Evangeline, Home-
spun, King Alfred, Lady Margaret Bos-
cawen, Masterpiece, Monarch. Red
Beacon, Seagull, Sunrise, Virgil, White
Queen, and many other rare and equal-
ly handsome varieties. Over three
hundred varieties of tulips will be in
flower, two hundred of these being
May-flowering kinds.

PERSONAL. DURING RECESS.

Horace J. Head, of Rochester, N. Y., ^^^ Bowling Tournament at New York.

has just got out of the hospital where The bowling tournament of the Na-

he underwent an operation for appen- tional Association of Gardeners, held

dicitis. at Thum's Alleys, New York, on

Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold Ar- Wednesday, April 9th, brought together

boretum, who has been quite ill for a large gathering of gardeners and

two weeks, is now convalescing satis- florists, members of the N. A. G. and

factorily. S. A. F. While no record scores were

H. Bayersdorfer, Philadelphia, Pa., made, the event was enjoyed by all and

will make his annual trip to Europe voted a success.

in search of the latest novelties on Messrs. Donaldson, Miesem and

April 29. when, with Mrs. Bayers- ^lu^y earned off honors for the Astoria

dorfer. he will sail on the Kaiser Wil- *®^™ which won in the team tourna-

jielm 11 ment. Iquey made high score of the

Mrs Wm W Edgar of Waverlev '®'^°'' ^^^- ^eybold won in the sweep-
A^iio „ f * • ■ ,^°^^'^ °; ^ f Z' stake contest. On the following morn-
Mass., entertained several S. A. P. ,„„ ,.,,„ xt * n i^.rit^/i tv,„ i„.ii„o „f

ladies to tea at the Waldorf-Astoria ^f c?%^- 1^' ?;,.T.*f tl , hlwLJ

Hotel, New York, on April 10th. She '^J.,^^, ^- ^- Auxiliary to a bowling

was assisted in receiving by Mrs. B. '""i'^6° • Scores.

Hammond Tracy of Wenham, Mass. ^ .i^?o?ia,'^'L"'^..'^.^■^'^.^':^.^™^.'^: 1520

Boston visitors — Stephen Green, rep- -■ Pliili>. Horticultural Society 1465

resenting H^Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila- I ^^^^X'sler^and ' vi^i^miW ! ! ! ! ! ! it!

delphia; Robert Shoch and Sam. Edie- 5. New York City 1387

man, representing Rice Co., Philadel- fi. Glen Cove, Ij. 'l 1339

phia; J. Niedinger and Geo. Hampton, I '£"f^'^°' -^t' \ }^l

ov,;i„,i„i«i,- . T?r >.T Ti jj -c J 8. Elberon. N. J 1272

Philadelphia; W. N. Rudd, wife and 9 Oyster Bay, N. Y 1191

daughter, Morgan Park, 111.; Will. Cur- 10. Yonkers, n! y. ................... 1104

rie, Milwaukee, Wis. SWKI5PSTAKE.

1. Seybold 522

MAKEANoisE. | ^n>:ou- :v/^v//^^.:■.■.^.v.■:.■.■:.v. III

A hen is not supposed to liave much 4. Shaffer 508

Common sense or tact, 5. Brown ^ 466

Yet every time she lays an egg 6- Xiquit 440

She cackles for the fact. Some eighty individual scores were

A rooster hasn't got a lot recorded but lack of sufiicient space

Of intellect to show, prevents our giving them here.

"J^^Srh^'^-dl^ns^To' cTo"^^''" '"''' On the evening preceding the bowl-

„. , \u . , . J . ■ . ing event, many of the bowlers at-

Thp mule, the most despised of beasts, 4„„j„j ti,„ -ri-.f^i," *„,,„* „r +v,q m a

Has a persistent way tended the Dutch treat 01 the N. A.

Of iVtting people know he's around G., held at the Murray Hill Hotel.

By his insistent bray. Good music and singing was enjoyed.

The busy little bees they buzz, The assembly was addressed by Messrs.

Bulls bellow and cows moo, j k. M. L. Farquhar, H. E. Philpott,

^ WhTle^dovefanrpigVoL'^cSo."" """■'■ William H. Siebrecht, Edwin Jenkins

,_ , J ,.,»., J , and Charles B. Weathered.

The peacock spreads his tail and squawks.

Pigs squeal and robins sing, _ ,. _ r> , r- * /iii\

And even serpents know enough Bowling Scores, Cook County (III.)

To hiss before they sting. League, April 9.

But man. the greatest masterpiece CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS.

That nature could devise. Lorman, 181 123 131 Krauss, 201 191 177

Will often stop and hesitate L'b'rm'n, ISO 159 138 GraBE, 181 ICl 219

Before he'll advertise. Armst'g, 132 131134 Brostr'no, 1.8.J 154 169

— T. P. A. Maaazine Ayers, 140 191 183 Oeorge E. 178 136 120

A.Zech, 175189 178 .1. Zech, 179178148

_ , ,_ ROSES. VIOLETS.

-American Beauty roses may be O'rnisch, 116157148 Cole. 152 135146

cheaper, but every day old-fashioned Koebier, 185 199137 A. H'bn'r, 140124 150

hog meat remains high.Southern g^."'^' \?:U-U-l f^k • ]-c\'m]^l

,,„ i , Price, Ii51i51<b J. H bn'r, Ii61601i0

Merchant. Fischer, 159169187 Foerster, 147 174 200

ARCADE BOWLING ALLEYS, MINNEAPOLIS.

Where the S. A. F. Bowling Tuurnament will take pla.,. next August. Finest lluwl
iug Alleys in the World.

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

597

m SEASONABLE PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS AND SUNDRIES

HARDY PERENNIALS. The most complete collection of
varieties and tlie largest stock In the country. Our Perennial
plants have a national reputation, we spare no expense to
have them in the b«'st possible shape for the planter. Such
varieties that move better when pot grown are prepared In
this shape; this does not mean little seedlings, but in the
majority of cases the plants were field grown, were dug and
potted during the fall and winter months and are ol just the
right size to give immediate results; they are not to be com-
pared with so called field clumps. Try them and be con-
vinced. See Oar Current Wholesale List for Varieties and
Prices.

ROSES FOB OUTDOOR PLANTING TO GIVE IMMEDI-
ATE RESULTS. We have three hundred thousand 5 and 6
inch pots, the usual Dreer stock and the style of paints your
retail customers are looking for. These are all two year field
grown plants which have been potted during the winter
months and which were stored in cold houses and frames aud
which are now in prime condition for out-door planting. The
collection is the most up-to-date, 'ncludlng many new varieties
not offered by anyone in the trade.

New Hybrid-Tea Rose George Dickson.

Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.

HyBBin TEAS, HYBRID PEBFETCALS, TEA AND
EVERBLOOMING, RAMBLERS, BABY RAMBLERS,
.MOSS ROSES, HYBRID SWEET BRIABS, AUSTBIAN
BRIARS, WICHURAIANA, ETC., ETC. See Our Current
Wholesale List for List of Varieties and Prices.

AQUATIC PLANTS— WATER LILIES, NELUMBIUM8,
VICTORIAS. Tender and Hardy Aquatics have been a
special feature with us for nearly a quarter of a century.
Over eigiit acres of artificial ponds are devoted to their
culture. If we can assist you in making plans, or selecting
varieties, the services of our expert are at your disposal
for the asking. , ,^ ..

OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE LIST also describes the
following all of which are handled as Specialties :

DECORATIVE PLANTS, PALMS, FERNS, PANDANUB,
BAY TREES, BOXWOODS, DRACAENAS, etc., etc.

HARDY SHRUBS, HARDY VINES, HARDY CLIMBERS,
RHODODENDRONS, AZALE.\S, etc.

BULBS. DAHLIAS, TUBEROUS BOOTED BEGONIAS,
GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS, FANCY LEAVED CALADI-
UMS. CANNAS, etc., etc.

HENRY A. DREER, INC.,

714 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA, PA.

598

HORTICULTUEE

April 19, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.

Meeting of the Board of Directors.

The board of directors of the Socie-
ty of American Florists and Ornamen-
tal Horticulturists met on February
25th at the Hotel Radisson, Minneapo-
lis, Minn. There were present Presi-
dent J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Vice-Presi-
dent Theo. Wirth, Treasurer W. F.
Kasting, Directors E. Allan Pierce,
Harry A. Bunyard, Chas. H. Totty, J.
A. Evans. R. Vincent, Jr., Thomas Ro-
land, August F. Poehlmann and, as
secretary pro tem, George Asmus.

The president announced that owing
to the serious Illness of Secretary
John Young, he had appointed secre-
tary pro tem. Mr. George Asmus, which
appointment was endorsed by the board.
A telegram was sent to Mr. Young,
who was an inmate of the Roosevelt
Hospital, New York, expressing with
him sympathy in his illness and the
hope that he would speedily recover.

A sample of the proposed member-
ship badge for 1913 was submitted to
the meeting and the design being fa-
vorable to the board, it was adopted
and the secretary was ordered to pro-
cure a supply of badges for the August
convention. A design for a lite mem-
bership badge was submitted by the
secretary and was adopted. The sec-
retary was ordered to procure a sup-
ply of these badges at a price not to
exceed 7.5c each, and to place them at
the disposal of life member.s at the
cost price.

A resolution was passed to the effect
that the leading florists, or others hav-
ing trade interests, forward any sug-
gestions or demands relating to tariff
legislation which they might wish
considered, as affecting their inter-
ests, to Wm. F. Gude, Washington, D.
C, Chairman of the Tariff and Legis-
lation Committee, which committee
would meet during the National
Flower Show fo be held in New York
City in April.

The following were appointed as a
local advisory committee in connection
with the preparations for the conven-
tion in Minneapolis next August:
Theo. Wirth, Chairman; W. Desmond,
Hugh Will and George Asmus.

Vice-President Wirth submitted a
plan covering the utilization of a large
piece of land adjoining the Armory in
which it was proposed to house the
convention for an outdoor exhibition,
the laying out of the ground, securing
exhibits from the growers and caring
for them, turning the whole over to the
society at the opening of the conven-
tion. The plan meeting with the ap-
proval of the Board, it was decided
that such outdoor exhibition be provid-
ed for. merged with the general trade
exhibit and made a part of the general
expense, and that the secretary and ad-
visory board be ordered to work out a
feasible plan for carrying out the idea,
and give public notice through the pa-
pers. Charles E. Critchell of Cincinnati
was appointed chairman of the sports
committee of the Convention.

In regard to the rates for space in
the trade exhibition at Minneapolis, it

was decided that the rate be 40c. per
sq. ft. with a minimum price of $20.
It was further arranged that the busi-
ness convention occupy four days and
that the trade exhibit should be
opened for the same period and that
all articles exhibited must be left in
place until the close of the business
session of the Convention, which would
be at 10 o'clock P. M., on the fourth
day. A resolution was passed that it
was the sense of the Board of Direc-
tors that some action be taken by the
society at the next Convention where-
by exhibits of artificial flowers at the
society's trade exhibits and flower
shows, be prohibited.

On Wednesday morning. February
26th, the board visited the Armory to
inspect the building and arrange plans
for the Convention and trade exhibi-
tion. Afterwards, a convention pro-
gram was arranged and duly adopted.

The following appropriations were
made:

Entomologist $100

Pathologist 100

Botanist 100

Convention badges 100

-Vsst. to Sec'y at Convention 100

Sports Committee ....._. 75

fresident's messenger. .^ 25

Sctiool Garden Committee 75

The accommodations at the Hotel
Radisson having been found satisfac-
tory, that hotel was appointed head-
quarters for the Convention.

Vice-President Wirth was invested
with authority to make arrangements
for the lease of the Armory.

Charles H. Totty. chairman of the
National Flower Show Committee, re-
ported on the arrangements made for
the show to be held in New York, and
the report was accepted.

The salary of the secretary was
fixed at $1000 per year, with an addi-
tional allowance of $300 per annum for
office rent. It was also decided that
in consideration of the additional work
as superintendent of the trade exhibi-
tion he be paid an additional salary of
$500 per annum, with a further allow-
ance of $200 to cover the expense of
a thirty-day stay in the convention
city which would be required through
his duties.

After a resolution covering thanks
to the local societies and Vice-Presi-
dent Wirth for the hospitalities en-
joyed during the visit of the board in
Minneapolis, the board adjourned to
meet at the National Flower Show in
New York City.

George Asmus,
Secretary, pro tem.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

At the annual meeting, held at New
York on April 9, the election of offi-
cers for the ensuing year resulted as
follows:

President, R. T. Brown, Queens, L.
I., N. Y.

Vice-President, Herman Dorner.

Secretary, A. F. J. Baur, Indianapo-
lis, Ind.

Treasuier, F. B. Dorner. Urbana. 111.

Director, S. J. Goddard, South Pram-
ingham, Mass.

The location of the next meeting
was referred to the Board of Directors
to choose.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

The April meeting of this club was
especially interesting to the gardener
fraternity, the special features being a
paper on musk melons under glass by
W. A. Carswell, of Bar Harbor, Me.,
and a talk by Fred E. Palmer on how
a big crop of potatoes may be grown
on unpromising land. Mr. Carswell's
paper was an intelligent, practical pre-
sentation of the subject, covering all
the operations from start to finish and
the readiness with which he answered
the questions propounded and parried
the efforts to disconcert him placed
him in an excellent light with his audi-
ence. It was brought out during the
debate that the American varieties of
musk melon are much superior to the
English in flavor although not so at-
tractive to the eye. Mr. Downs as-
serted that Sutton's widely adver-
tised varieties are only turnips in taste
when compared with James Garthley's
Mrs. H. H. Rogers. W. N. Craig was
equally positive that the flavor of the
latter is immeasurably superior to that
of any variety Sutton ever sent out.
Another advantage in the favor of the
American varieties was that they can
be started and a crop ripened up in
about nine weeks whereas the English
varieties require fully four months.
One peculiarity, however, of the Amer-
ican is that it cannot be fertilized by
hand successfully, bees being indispen-
sable to the production of a crop.

Robert Cameron, W. J. Stewart and
Herman Bartsch were called upon to
tell something about the International
Flower Show which they had visited.
Mr. Cameron was disposed to be criti-
cal as to the arrangement of the ex-
hibits and the architecture of the hall;
Mr. Stewart said his views were al-
ready in print and Mr. Bartsch said
complimentary things regarding Mas-
sachusetts' participation in the honors
of the exhibition, but declared the best
thing was the dinner. "It certainly was
some dinner," said he. President Ken-
nedy took occasion to differ with those
who had said the New York show was
greatly superior to that held in Boston
two years ago and deprecated the plac-
ing of greenhouse structure exhibits on
the main display floor.

An invitation from W. H. Elliott to
visit his rose houses at Madbury about
middle of May was accepted and it is
hoped that a sufficient number will go,
to fill a special car.

Ladies night will take place in June
and picnic in July, by unanimous vote.

There was a superb exhibition of
sweet peas by Wm. Sim. It was di-
vided in two sections, one containing
only the grandiflora types and the
othei' comprising the cream of Zvo-
lanek's new winter-flowering Spencers.
There were about fifty named varieties
and seedlings under number, a vase of
fifty sprays of each.

T. N. Cook, of Watertown, showed
blooms of the rose Bessie Brown, lovely
blush and full double. An interesting
novelty was Gaillardia Lady Rolliston,
a pure yellow hardy sort, shown by the
Breck Robinson Co., of Lexington,
Mass.

April 19, 1913

HOETICULTURE

'699

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Wodenetbe, $1.00 per doz...$6.00 $60.00
White Wonder; Lady BoDnt-

iful; White Winsor 3.50 SO.OO

Prlnceaa Charming 3.00 2S.00

WInser «.60 *0.00

Plants from 2-inch pots. $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

BOOTED CUTTINGS.
Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
fl.BO to $1.00 per 100; $16.00 to $26.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
nbers: $2.00 to $6.00 per 100; onr
i<ipctlon variety, $2.00 per 100, $1B.OO

Tubers
selection
per 1

Sfnd for Catalog-uf

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

DRACAENAS

These are free from brown tips. A triai
order will convince you of tlieir quality.

6 in., 40 or more leaves, 40 in. bi.sb, ,$30,00
per 100; .'j in., $-JJ.00 per lOO; 4 in., $15.00
per 100; Asparagus Hatcheril, 21/2 in., $5.00
per 100; Asparagus Hatcheril Seedlings,
$12.00 per lOOO ; Asparagus Hatcheril Seed.
G. G., .$6.00 per 1000.

Send for list of Mum and Pompon Cut-
tings. They are sure to please.

WEST MAIN GREENHOUSES

CORFU.

NEW YORK

ARAUCARIA EXSELSA

5 in., i>y-2 in. and G in. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inches high, 40c.,
50c., COc, 75c., $1.00, $1.25 each and
up t" SI. .-,().

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer
1012 W. Ontario St.. PHILADElPHIi PA.

F. R. PIERSON CO.

FLORISTS AND
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>. . BRONZE MEDAL — American Carnation Society.

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HORTICULTURE

April 19, 1913

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB.

The meeting of the New York Flor-
ists' Club on Monday evening, April
14, was fairly well attended but very
little important business was transact-
ed, the close of the big exhibition the
night before having left everybody con-
nected with it pretty well tired out
and all matters appertaining to it were
laid over until the May meeting.
Oscar Boehler, A. L. Miller and John
Birnie were appointed a committee to
work with the committees of the New
York and New Jersey Plant Growers'
Association and the New York Plant
and Flower Market Association in the
matter of the proposed public plant
and flower market in Union Square.
At present there is no covering of any
kind for wagons or stands but it is
expected that proper provision will be
made.

Resolutions were read and adopted
on the death of A. Moltz and Philip
Einsman. Philip Kessler for the out-
ing committee stated that this annual
affair would take place on Tuesday,
July 1, at Wetzel's Point Grove. C. B.
Weathered showed a design that had
been submitted for a permanent button
for club members and a committee was
authorized to consider and report on
this matter at a later meeting. Twelve
new names were proposed for member-
ship. Beigenfield Nurseries showed Lo-
belia Mrs. Clibran and two seedling
carnations.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR-
SERYMEN.

Portland Convention, June 18-20. —
Mr. Marsden B. Fox, special excursion
agent for the association, suggests
that members in the Middle West and
South and Southwest, arrange to join
the Eastern men either at Chicago or
St. Paul. It may consume a little
longer time for some to do this, but
it will not cost any more, and the
larger the party the more enjoyment
will the trip yield. Those who expect
to attend the convention by any route,
and those who wish to join the East-
em party, should communicate at once
with the Secretary.

John Hall, Sec'y,

Rochester, N. Y.

ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB.

The twenty-five members of the Flor-
ist Club who attended its meeting on
last week Thursday, April 10th, spent
a very pleasant afternoon. E. W. Guy
presided in his usual pleasing way.
The publicity committee reported
through Chairman Windier. The com-
mittee is now hard at work for Moth-
er's Day and Decoration Day. In re-
sponse to an invitation from the direc-
tor of the Missouri Botanical Garden
It was decided to hold the June meet-
ing of the club at the Garden. The
next meeting will be held on Thurs-
day, May 8th.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Socie-
ty, held in the Town Hall, April 5th,
there was a fine exhibit of Odontoglos-
sum crispum from Mr. Cooley's place
in Pittsfleld (J. O'Keefe, gardener),
which received an award of merit. H.
O. Daniels of MUlbrook, Conn., gave a
talk on dairying.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock For Sale

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HEMLOCK, 4 to 10 ft., with balls.
AM. ARBORVITAE, 6 to 10 ft., with balls.
CUT LEAF BIRCH, 10 to 16 ft.
CATALPA SPECIOSA, 16 to 20 ft.
SILVER MAPLES, 14 to 18 ft.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET, 5 to 7 ft.

and ail kinds of Nursery Stock.

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hundred and twenty-five dollars per
hundred, F. O. B. Camden. They are
exceptionally fine plants.

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"The faults of the grower in grow-
ing and consigning," was the the title
of a paper read before the Lancaster
Florists' Club on the 17th inst., by
Samuel S. Pennock of Philadelphia. A
quarter of a century's experience in
the small space between the upper and
the nether millstone makes this out-
giving of exceptional interest to every
grower. To whet the appetities of our
readers — we hope to be able to publish
this in full next week. Do not miss
the next number — and be sure your
subscription is paid up. Obey that im-
pulse.

The New Jersey Floricultural Socie-
ty has about concluded the schedule
for its annual dahlia show which will
be held in English Hall, East Orange,
the latter part of September, A large
number of cups, medals and cash prizes
have been donated. The committee has
arranged a schedule that will, we be-
lieve, suit everyone, school children in-
cluded. A feature of this show will be
an exhibit of miniature gardens.

The April competition resulted as
follows:

Wm. Reid, Killarney roses 80 points,
carnations fiO; John Dervan. roses 78; F.
Bergerland, carnations 78; Max Schneider,
carnations 88. sweet peas 65, stoclis 85; E.
Panuslia, coleus 70, Vanda suavis 85. Lord
& Burnham prizes — E. Tanuslja, Anthurlum
70; Wm. Reid, carnations; John Dervan,
roses CO.

Fruit Trees." Quite a large number
of pictures were shown illustrating the
methods of pruning, planting, etc.,
recommended for the reclaiming of old
orchards, so long neglected in this
state. Prof. Jarvis answered many
questions in a very able and practical
manner. On account of the Inter-
national Exhibition being held in New
York, the exhibits at the meeting
were not so much in evidence as
usual. The following awards were
made:

Thos. Ryan — cultural certificate for sweet
peas.

James Forster — cultural certificate for
specimen marguerite.

A. Wynne — cultural certificate for Schlz-
anthus Wisetonensis.

Thos. Ryan — honorable mention for Hy-
drangea liortensis.

P. W. Popn — honorable mention for
chrvsantliemum "Seven Oalis."

0. A. HuNWicK, Cor. Sec.

ADVERTISE.

At the regular monthly meeting ot
the Westchester and Fairfield Horti-
cultural Society on April 11th a lec-
ture was given by Prof. Jarvis of
Storrs College on the "Diseases of

It you wish to sell cotton or copper or
clams.
Or anything under the sklea.
Such as railroads or razors or Jewsliarpa
or hams,
Advertise.

If you wish to appear as the man of the
hour.
Accept this advice and be wise;
'Tls the one royal road to place, honor and
power,
Advertise.

In short. If you wish all your plans to
succeed.
If you yearn to encompass the prize.
Your dreams will come true if this lesson
you heed.
Advertise.

— John E. Dolsen in "Truth."

April 19, 1913

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HORTICULTUBB

April 19, 1913

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers — President. Chas. N. Page,
Des Moines, la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsburg, Pa.;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
MUford, Tonn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

Canners to Meet in Baltimore.

As forecast in these columns, Balti-
more has been selected as the place
for holding the next annual conven-
tion of the Natioiial Canners' Associa-
tion and Allied Industries.

The committee on location held its
final meeting in Baltimore on the 9th,
and decided the matter officially. At
this meeting contracts between the
officers of the three associations con-
nected with the canning industry, and
the Canned Goods Exchange of Balti-
more and the Baltimore hotel Propri-
etors, were signed, which practically
closes the case excepting in the mat-
ter of details.

In this connection it may not be
amiss to remark that the city of Rich-
mond was a very close second to Balti-
more, and had it not been the fact
that Baltimore is the center of a great
canning industry and more accessible
to the men engaged in this business
than Richmond, it would have been
"nip-and-tuck" between the two. We
are informed that already the rush to
secure rooms at the leading hotels has
commenced, and we advise all those
expecting to attend the convention in
February next to make early applica-
tion for rooms or they may be unable
to secure what they want.

Ctiange in Bolgiano Firm.

Information has reached us of an
important change in the firm of J.
Bolgiano & Sons of BaltiUiore, Roland
Bolgiano having sold out to his broth-
er Charles or "Charlie," as he is famil-
iarly known. It is said that this has
been expected for some time by those
close to the members of this firm and
especially since the death of their
father some months ago. As Roland
Bolgiano is comparatively a young
man it is to be assumed that he will
go into some business, but we are ad-
vised that under the terms of sale to
his brother he agrees not to engage in
the seed business again, either direct-
ly or indirectly.

Flood Damage.

Private advices from the flood dis-
tricts of Indiana and Ohio confirm re-
cent newspaper reports that the dam-
age to property was not nearly as
heavy as the early stories indicated,
and that the loss of life was much
smaller than was generally believed.
A circular letter issued by the Living-
ston Seed Co. of Columbus, Ohio,
shows that this firm suffered little di-
rect loss, although it was very serious-
ly hampered for several days because
of the demoralization of mail and
wire service. Probably for a period of
ten days it was impossible to make
shipments, but we believe things are
going now fairly well although still
subject to some delays. It was gen-

erally believed that the canners of
these two states had suffered heavy
losses, but letters received direct from
several of them show that while they
did sustain some losses they were not
in most cases of a crippling character,
and generally such as could be readily
replaced.

Pea Crop Injured.

It is reported that peas which were
planted early in Delaware and Mary-
land have been severely damaged by
winds and hail, while in some sections
the young plants have been buried up
by sand. It is quite generally believed
that the pea crop of the two states
will be short this season. In the
northwest planting has not com-
menced, but those operating in Mon-
tana, Idaho and other northwestern
states are anticipating an early spring.
Let us hope this will be realized.

Growing of Beans in Ontario.
(Con.sul I'red C. Slater. S.irnin. Canada.)

In sections of Ontario bean farming
is conducted extensively. The south-
ern extremity of this consular district
extends down into part of Kent Coun-
ty, bordering on Lake Erie, and this is
one of the best bean sections of the
Province. The crop suffered a partial
failure in 1912, due partly to drought
about planting time and partly to ex-
cessively wet weather later on. The
quality was particularly poor.

The Ontario Bean Growers' Associa-
tion held its annual meeting at Ridge-
town, in Kent County, the 1st of
March. The association deplored the
fact that the yield of beans was on the
wane, and it was brought out that,
whereas Kent County had an acreage
of 33.275 in 1903, with an average yield
of 18.5 bushels per acre, and the Prov-
ince an average of 18.4 bushels, the
acreage in the county in 1912 was
34,325 and the average yield 16.7; the
Province's acreage being 69,703 and
average yield 17 bushels. The associa-
tion emphasized the need of better
seed and the problem of proper fertili-
zation. Much was said with reference
to getting the land back to its former
state of productiveness, when it had
produced as high as 40 bushels an
acre.

Resolutions were passed favoring
the removal of duty on ditching and
tiling machinery, and instructing that
the Agricultural College of Ontario be
requested to aid in working for the
best interests of the bean-raising in-
dustry in fighting pests and in pro-
testing against the duty on acid phos-
phate.

Mr. Robert Sydenham, Birmingham,
is contemplating a trip to the United
States during the summer when the
sweet peas are in bloom. He intends
to visit the trials and the show of the
American Sweet Pea Society. The
versatile and genial "Uncle Robert"
knows sweet peas from A to Z, and
his next edition of "All About Sweet
Peas" will no doubt be enriched by
his American investigations and im-
pressions. Sure we are of this, his
notebook and pencil will have a busy
time across the Atlantic. "Uncle Rob-
ert" is never in a hurry, but all the
same, to use a Yankee term, he is a
hustler. — Horticultural Trade Journal.

THE TARIFF.

Draft of Proposed Bill Now Before
Congress as it Affects Horti-
cultural Products.

Schedule G, Section 219, reads; "Orchids,
palms, azaleas, and all other decorative or
greenhouse plants and cut flowers, pre-
served or fresh, 25 per centum advalorum;
lily of the valley pips, tulips, narcissus, be-
gonia and gloxinia Ijulhs $1 per thousand;
hyacinth, astilbe, dieiytra and lily of the
valley clumps, $2.50 per thousand; lily
bulbs and calla bulbs, $5 per thousand;
paeony. Iris Kaempferi or Germanica, can-
na, dahlia and amaryllis bulbs. $10 per
thousand; all other bulbs, bulbous roots or
i;orms which are cultivated for tlioir flow-
ers or foliage, 50 cents per thousand."

Schedule G, Section 220. reads: "Stocks,
cuttings or seedlings of Myrobolan plum,
Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, Manetti Mul-
tiflora and briar rose, three years old or
less, $1 per thousand plants: storks, cut-
tings or seedlings of pear, apple, quince
and the Saint JuHen plum, three years old
or less, $1 per thousand plants; rose plants,
budded grafted or grown on their own
roots. 4 cents each; stocks, cuttings and
seedlings of all fruit and ornamental trees,
deciduous and evergreen shrubs and vines,
and all trees, shrubs, plants and vines com-
monl.v known as nursery or greenhouse
stock, not especiall.v provided for in this
section, 15 per centum advalorum."

Schedule G, Section 221, reads: "Seeds:
Castor beans or seeds, 20 cents per bushel
nf 50 pounds; flaxseed or linseed and other
ull seeds not specially provided for in this
section, 20 cents per bushel of 56 pounds;
poppy seed. 15 cents per bushel of 47
pounds: mushroom spawn and spinach
seed, 1 cent per pound; canary seed, y^
cent per pound; caraway seed, 1 cent per
pound: anise seed, 2 cents per pound; beet
(except sugar beet), carrot, corn salad,
parsley, parsnip, radish, turnip and ruta-
baga seed, 3 cents per pound; cabbage,
coilard. kale and kohl-rabi seed, 6 cents
per pound; egg plant and pepper seed, 10
cents per pound: seeds of all kinds not
specially provided for in this section. 15
per centum advalorum. Provided. That no
allowance shall be made for dirt or other
impurities in seeds provided for in this
|iara graph."

FREE LIST.

Section 561 reads: "Myrobolans."
Section 602 reads: "Seeds, cardamou,
cauliflower, celery, coriander, cotton, cum-
min, fennel, fenugreek, hemp, hoarhound,
niangehvurzel, mustard, rape. Saint John's
bread or bean, sorghum, sugar beet and
sugar cane for seeds, bulbs and bulbous
roots, not edible and not otherwise pro-
vided for in tills section, all flower and
grass seeds; everygreen seedlings: all the
foregoing not specially provided for in this
section.

Concerning the above and its inac-
curacies. James McHutchison has writ-
ten the following letter to the Chair-
man, which we publish in full:

April 12, 1913.
Hon. Oscar W. Underwood, Chairman of
Ways and Means Committee, Washing-
ton, D. C.

Dear Sir: Sections 219 and 220 of Sched-
ule G in the new tariff bill covers hortl-
cnlfural products as bulbs, plants and
trees. In such articles accuracy of clas-
sification and definition is of vastl.v more
importance than the rate of duty, because
the rate of dut.v depends altogether upon
the definition of the items.

The last tariff contained man.v mistakes,
which involved much expense to the im-
porters In having the Board of Appraisers
pass upon disputed points. Unless some
changes are made in the wording of the
two paragraphs mentioned above, we will
have the same trouble over again as the
new tariff makes exa'fly the same mis-
takes.

In the new tariff the same items carry
different rates of dut.v. other items are
classified incorrectly; we refer in particu-
lar to the following:

Section 219 rates "Orchids, palms,
azaleas and all other decorative or green-
house plants 25 per centum advalorum.
Section 220 rates "all fruit or ornamental
trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and
vines commonly known as nursery or
greenhouse stock 15 per centum adva-
lorum." This makes the same items 15
and 25 per centum advalorum. "greenhouse
plants" and "greenhouse stock" being the
same.

( Coniiaued on pa^e bob)

April 19, 1913

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erect-flowering type, grown by a specialist in Europe.

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Kaiser Frederick. Scarlet, wbite margin.

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GLOXINIA ERECTA SUPERBISSIMA

Having during the past season been requested to secure
some specially fine Gloxinias for exhibition purposes, we
have made arrangements with a noted Gloxinia specialist in
England to reserve for us some of the most distinct types.
The bullis are not so large as the Named Varieties, but this
is a characteristic of most Erecta superblssima varieties.

BODDIXr.TON'S IDEAI. PRIZE CIANT Ml.VED. Great
variety of superb colors.

CVCLOPS. Velvety cnrmlne, shading to a broad white bor-
der, throat dotted with dark red.

UDCHESS OF YORK. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each
petal l>eing edged with a broad band of white. A most
striking and lovely variety.

SPOTTED HYBRIDS. Whenever exhibited, they create
intense interest. The delicate markings, in an inSnite
variety of forms, add a special charm to the flowers.

SUTTON'S WHITE. A giant white flowered variety.

DUKE OF YORK. Large scarlet Gloxinia with deep white
edge to each petal. A magnificent flower.

HER MA.IESTY. This exquisite Gloxinia is still unsur-
passed by any other white variety. The flowers are as
pure as newly fallen snow, and are borne on short stems,
just clear of the elegantly recurved foliage.

RE.4DING SC.4RLET. In color this Is the most brilliant
Gloxinia in existence, being an Intense glowing scarlet
variety of the true Crassifolia habit. An admirable com-
panion to Her Majesty.

r.Ol.IATH. Violet and white, fine variety.
Per doz. $1.50. per 100 $10.00

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Boddington's Quality Tuberous-Rooted BEGONIAS

Single-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

For planling In beds and where color effect Is desired. Our stock of these bullis will be found true to color and
free from mixture.

Pink, I-ight Orangre

Crimson

Rose
White, Pare

Salmon

Scarlet
Yellow

Copper

l^arge bulbs measuring 1*4 inches and upward, separate colors or all colors mixed, 35 cts. per doz., $2.25 per 100,
S30.00 per 1000; e.xlra large bulbs. I'A inches and up, same colors as above, 40 cts. per doz., $2.15 per lUO. $25.00 per lOUO,

Double-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

These can be depended upon producing 100 per cent,
double flowers and contain very large and choice varieties.
Crimson White, Pure Yellow

Scarlet Copper Bronze Orange

Rose bablion Light Pink

Large bulbs measuring IVi inches and upwar<l, separate
colors or all colors mixed, 50 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100.
.^30.00 per 1000; extra large bulbs, IV2 inches and up. same
color!) as above, 65 cts. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000.

Single Crested Begonias

This strain of Begonias ranges In all colors — salmon,
pink, wbite. yellow, copper and scarlet; petals carry on
the upper side a crested -formed cockscomb. Separate col-
ors. SO cts. per doz., $0.00 per 100; mixed, 75 cts. per doz.
$.'5.50 per 100.

Single Frilled Begonias

These are of the finest types of the single Begonia, the
pdals being heavily frilled on the edges. To color. 10 cts
each, 65 cts. per doz., $5.00 per lOO; all colors mixed. 60 cts
per doz.. $4.50 per 100. $42.50 per 1000.

Single Begonia Bertini

A beautiful bedding Begonia, brilliant vermilion flowers
of rare beauty. As a bedder It stands unrivaled. 80 cts.
per doz., $6 00 per 100.

Double Begonias

Dox.

Duke Zeppelin.
Lafayette. Rich.

110

lnten.se pure vermillon-8carlet.$1.00 $7.50
brilliant crimson scarlet 1.25 lO.OO

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

SEEDSMAN

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

604

HORTICULTURE

April If), 1913

INTERNATIONAL FL'

New York Florists' Club Entertains the Visitors

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

605

'ER SHOW BANQUET

Hotel Astor^ Thursday Evening, April 10, J 9 13

606

II 0 1! T I C IT L T U I{ E

April 19, 1913

THE TARIF='F.

{Continui-ii from page 0O2)

The word "Aznleas" is too vagnc. pi-oli-
ahly Azalea Iiidica is meant but it is
f^rn-wii ill j;reeiiliouses in winter ouly. All
iitluM- varieties of AzaJeas arc growu ont-
si(U* in nurseries, and are nursery stoek —
not trrieidiuusf plants.

Tln' terms "greenhouse stork" or "green-
lumse plants" are also too inrietinite. Mauy
shrubs ami jilanis which lirow in the open
air in Soullu'm slates would be known as
■*nurs<-ry st<K'U." Kurt her North — whin'e
the Wi-ather is eoidf'r, the same stoek
wouhl be ;rruwn in jjrreenhonses and would
be known as ■•irn't-iVhousf sto».-k." Thi'se
classitiiarions w.uibl pass if the «luty wi-re
1 he sanu'.

Seetinn L'JO rairs •'Si-cillinjrs nf Myrnb-
(ilan pluui. .>1 pi*r Itino." Sei-tinn r»rd rates
■■-Myrobnlans" free of duty. It shcaild be
spceitieally stated whether Section ."itil re-
fers to .Myrobolan seeds, fruit or secilluigs.

Section :ili<i rates "ETerj^reen shrnlis ami
vines 1.". per cent." Seetion Ot'i; rates
"KvergreeTi seedlings" free, but places
them umler the classitication of "Seeds."
The same mistake was made in the last
tariff and it took three years auil much
expense to j;et a decision from the Board
nf Appraisei-s. If it is your intention to
ruTUiuue everjrreen seollinirs un the free
list, they should not be mentioned in Sec-
rion 22t). and should not be classiHeil as
"seeds," because evergreen seeds and ever-
green seedlings arc* ijnite different arti<'les.

Section 22u rates "Scfdlings of brinr
rose, three years old or less. %\ per lOi^O."
also "R(»se phtnts luuhleii, grafted or own
roots. 4 ci'uts I'^ach." The prim-ipal "Briar
rose" in commerce is Rosa ru;:osa. a shiub.
grown from seed and sidd as two or three-
year-old. The last tarilf was also indeti-
nite ou this puint and only after three
years and mm-h t-xpense to importers was
it ilecided it is not a rose (see T. D. No.
."i:5H't;i. Vour tariff should ije specific in
including Itosa rugosa as a briar rose and
<lutiable at $1 per IfMit); it is sold at %\
per KhX).

Section 210 rates "Hyacinths" as
"clumps" instiad of liull)s. the same mis-
take was made in last tariff and took yeais
to rectify.

In these items tlu> correct cla-ssitieatinu
is vastly more importaid than the rate of
duty. When the rlassiticatiou is not clear
it opens a large avenue for fraud, the le-
sult being that the liishonest firm pays
oidy half the duty the honest firm pays,
ruder the juesent tariff, honest firms are
paying 2-"! pei- cent duty (ui evergreens
gmwn Iiy grafting or cuttings, while other
firms are getting them in free of duty as
•'Kvergreen seedlings." The tariff should
111' specific as to what an evergreen seed-
ling is.

We respectfully request that Sections
211) and 220 be rewritten. We suggest no
changes in the proposed rates of duty, but
they should be sjiecific and read as fol-
lows:

Section 219 should read "Oreliids. Palms,
Azalea Indica and all other decorative or
greenhouse plants and cut fiowers. pre-
.■<erved or fresh. '27* per centum advalorum:
l>ily of the Valley Pips. Tnlii>s. Narcissus.
P.eironia and Ulnxinia Bulbs. %\ per UHld:
llyaeiiith Bulbs. Astilbe. Uielytra and LMv
of the Valley (lumps. $2.r>«i per Kmmi: Lily
Mud ("alia Bulbs. .S.% per Khhi; his. Tauiia
and Dahlia Roots and Amaryllis Bulbs .Silo
[ler HMHi: all (.thcr Bulbs. P.nllious Boots <M'
Torms which are eultivated for their liow-
rrs or foliage, 5U cents per KnHK"

Sei-tion 220 should re id "Stocks, ciittiegs
ru' "^eednntrs of .\Iyi-obolaus and St. .Julian
Plum. Mahaleb ami Mazzaid Cherry. Pear.
Apple and Quinee, .Manelli. MultiHora,
Rosa Rugusa and Briar Rose, three vears
old or less, $1 per liHM> plants. "Roso
plants, budded, grafted or grown on own
roots. 4 cents each. Stocks, cuttings and
seedlings of all fruit and <u-iiamental tree
slirubs and vines comm<uily known as nui'-
sery stoek nut specifically proviilerl for in
this section, l.'i per eentum advahiruni."*

Section liu2 should read "Kvergreen seed-
lings, four years old or less" — free, other-
wise there is nothing to jn-event large ever-
green trees, grown from seed, say six feet
high, coming in as "Kvergreen seedlings"
free of duty.

Section ."iCl should read "Myrobolan
Seeds." scedlin;:s or fruits or whatever
you intend to be free of duty.

The new laritT is fair, equitable ai'd
quite ai-ceplable. If you rlo not see fit to
make the above-noted corrections, then let
MS respectfull.v request that you make the
advalorum duties in Sei-tious 2irt and 220
the same — either l."i per cent or 2.". per cent

as there is practically no dilTerenee in
these items as you have them classified.

MICHEL'S SEASONABLE SEEDS AND BULBS

CINERARIA SEED.

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

l>"arf Grand Prize, mixed CO $1.00

.Meil. Tall (iraiiil Prize, mixed .00 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSiS SEED.

.\ll>a MagniHca, White 60 $1.00 j

Chiswiek. Ked 60 1.00 j

Keriiiesina Splendens, Crim- i

son GO 1.00

Ros.v Morn, Pink 60 1.00

Duclie§s, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Blue 60 1.00

>lirheirs Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED.

Tr. Pkt.

T.,ilacina, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina. Crimson 50

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba, White 50 I

lliliriila. Mixed liO

BEGONIA BULBS.

Doz. 100 1000
Single, Separate colors.. .40 $2.50 $22.00

.Single, mixed 30 2.25 20.00

Double, separate colors.. .63 4.00 35.00
Double, mixed cnl.irs .50 3.75 33.00

GLOXINIA BULBS.

Mixed Colors ."jO 3.00 27.,50

CALADIUM BULBS.

Mamniotb, 11 to 12 in. $1.35 $10.60 $92.50

First Size. 9 to 11 in.. .85 6.00 52.50

Seconil .Size, 7 to 9 in.. ..50 .3.50 30.00

Tliird Size, .5 to 7 in... .30 2.00 16.00

Al^o all other Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs an<l Supplies for the Florist.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH )
and all Garden Seeds

<ir«\vers for the Trade

ana an oaraen oecub ) _ ^^ ^^

LEONARD ^^ SEE

CO.

ONION SETS

Write for Prices

RUSTIC BASKETS

lO-in. bowl $1.10, doz. $11.00
12-iD. bowl $1.25, doz. $13.00
14-in. bowl $1.50, doz. $16.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

BEAULIEU

WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Flower and Vegetable Seeds

Choicest French Strains

NOTHING BETTER

NEWS NOTES.

\V. .\tlee Hur])ee donated a four-acre
tract of land. co.sting $:;000. to tlie
Doylestown, Pa., school board for a
cliildi'en's plaj'groiiud.

The German KaJi Works have re-
moved their offices in Chicago from
44.S Monadnock Block to 19(il McCor-
mick Hiiilding; telephone Harrison
13:;2.

Abilene. Kan. — Hail destroyed about
$.50(1 worth of glass in the two green-
houses here on April 4. Heavy rain
accompanied the storm whicli was
local.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be intro-
duced this season. I have all the
rolorj; — over fiO.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com. Onion, Turnip.
Radish. Beet. Etc.

f.TfcS""" MILFORD, CONN.

BULBS and

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Crowns

■Sefui for pri^e list

E, S. MILLER. WADIK6 RIVER, N. Y.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send as your wants. We will take onre of
tbem. UV supply Htnok nt tnnrket price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.
1215 BetzBldg. Philadelphia.

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

607

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1iO each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOCBLE PEARL

$I2.00 Per lOOO

Excellent Quality.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage, Berlin and Hambarg

Per case of 1000 $13.00

Per case of 3000 S2.00

Write for a copy of onr Florists' Catalog.

"THE .MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St.. ,ti,> NEW YORK

•"'^Sfe?

■ GARDEM LITERATURE "pH'

FREE! gl,-'-'!

CAiAiOGUE Of BosKOor HudstB*- s1oc^ g^

aMAfit>BOOft.t:noRstRyfi£n.,^fLOflr5Ti.j//j C
i ^ rue PAEOMiA

■^.-', HOW TO FOUCE LILACS /'■'.. «■ I uf-i*
^'MOw TO FOflCf nnOOOOEHOROns. .nr.
-FLO nURStO* ■ coot. IhF

Oz.
Asters. American Branching, In

colors $1.00

Asters. Imperial Midseason, In colors. 2.50

Baclielor's Button. Double Blue 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. .50
Gypsoplilla Elegans Grandlflora Alba. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market St., Boston, Mass.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES" WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Reniywned Sivfgt Pea SpeciaUsts"
Sunnyslope Independence, Mo.

Asparagus Root.

TWO-YEAR-OLD

Asparagus Roofs

A fine lot of strong two-year-
old roots of Barr's Mammoth,
Columbian Mammoth White,
Conover*s Colossal, Giant Ar-
genteuil and Dreer's Eclipse,
neatly put up In bundles of
twenty-flvc.

60 cts. per 100; H.OO per 1000.
Special prices for lots of 5000
or more.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are intended
for the trade only.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early tuarketlDg: Day-
break, Crimson, liaTcnder. Pink, Par-
pie, White, each color separate, per Oz.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue is now
ready. It is a complete guide with
proper classification through Horticul-
ture ana contains many varietlea,
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring it.

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Askittf

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Madison St.,

CHICAGO

]. W. Eitnuiiutsoii. Mgr. M. W. WUIians, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE rAI.IFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOB FLORISTS
Ask for 191S Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTOK, MASS.

ViCK QUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlxtan^
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture,
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, SOt
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Phone Randolph till.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

Write For Our Low Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIIWORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHXI^ADELrPHIA.

BLrE LIST OF WHOLES.4LE FBICES

.MAILED ONLY TO THO.SE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET. CARROT. PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED in variety: also other
items of the short crop of this past seasnii,
as well as a full line of Harden Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW YOM

and Oraa«e. Conn.

608

HORTICULTUEB

April 19, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
— SONS=^

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Ave».
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Gut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and »ood
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph DelWery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and I> 1582

1415 Farnum St.,

OIVIAIHA., IMEB.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

MadisBn Ave.
at 48th St

Tel. Mumy HM

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Michigan Ave. «nd 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Hember Florists' Telegraph DeliTerj Aasa.)
We ship to all points In Illinois and Iowa.

Ptww : Aldim 880. *liline Ml. AMIm 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

KanssiS City, • - Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TAVIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpomted
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Teiegraph Asso. |

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Auburn, N. Y.— Harry H. Ramsey
succeeds Herbert M. Hills in business
at 84 Lalie avenue.

The greenhouses of W. G. Mat-
thews, on Lehman street, Day-
ton, Ohio, were completely de-
molished by the flood. His resi-
dence is still standing but all house-
hold goods are destroyed. Mr. Mat-
thews has been critically ill with
pneumonia, but at last reports was im-
proving.

Robert Shoch and Sam Edleman,
representing Rice Co. of Philadelphia,
are at the Quincy House, Boston, with
a big display of specialties for Decora-

I STBAIWER DEPARTURES |

M American. SJ

^ New York, N. Y.-S'hamp(on. April 26 &

aj Allan. K

W (t)

^c Parisian, Boston-Glasgow. . .April 24 ^

w Atlantic Transport. ^

Minnetonka, N. Y. London. .April 26 V

Cunard. ^

Mauretania. N. Y.-Liverpool. April 23 »

Saxonia, X. Y'.-Mediter'n'n. .April 26 *

Hamburg-American. &■

Cincinnati, N. Y'. -Hamburg. April 24 »

Pennsvlvania, N. Y'.-Hamb'g. April 20 W

K. Aug. Vic, N. Y.-IIamb'g. April 30 (^

Holland-America. jjj

Rotterdam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. April 22
Potsdam, N. Y.-Rotterdam. .April 29

North German Lloyd.

K'r W. der G.. N. Y. -Bremen. April 22

K'r Wilh'm 11, N. Y.-Br'm'n. April 29 ,5)

K'g Albert, N. Y'.-Mediter'n. April 29 K

Red Star. ^

Finland, N. Y. -Antwerp April 26

White Star.

Arabic, Boston-Liverpool April 24

Adriatic. N. Y'. -Liverpool April 24 (jv

Oceanic, N. Y'.-S'hampton. . .April 26 *

Canopic. Boston-Mediter'n'n. April 26 It

tlon Day, etc. A very striking novelty
shown is the German "Atlas" wreath
of preserved foliage, cones, seed pods,
etc., in brown or dark green with
frosted or dark green with frosted
effect. Such things as these should
supplant the metal wreaths as the price
is quite reasonable.

We have noticed that many florists,
apparently with the idea of economy,
use a cheap quality of green thread
tor stringing smilax and asparagus
and for various uses where green
thread is required in the flower store.
When compared with Meyer's Silka-
line threads this stuff is far from
economical, as many wise florists have
realized. Meyer's Lowell threads cost
a little more but they are worth It in
every quality of strength, finish, dura-
bility of color and standard length to
the spool.

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or Intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries

Must be prepaid

Reference or cash mast accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, AiEXCONNEL,L.

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -^

Tk« Largtst Floral EstablislimMt In the Metro|iolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
TeleKraph Orders Carefully Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the cjiintry to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telesiraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1532-15o3 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

7SI Film «vt., Coi. E Sltll SL

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BROOKLYN
/yj^ NEWtORK

^ I k lAi^ 3&SGreeneAve.

I I \^J^ Tel. 6800 Prospect

I 339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prospect

Establlsbed 11174

FLO BIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenne. N. Y. Cily

(Member Fiorists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers, Special Corresp^
dcnce in all the large cities of Europe and the BrUiak
Colonics. Telegraph and Cable address^ Dardsflof.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

" FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
A,L.BAIMY, IM. Y.

FUyWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VlCINrrY

ALBAHY, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IN ALBANY AND VlCrNITT
ON TELEGRAPHIC ORD£R

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.

April 19. 1913

HOETICULTUEE

eo*

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Senil flower orders for delivery in lioston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your

retail ortlers to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 BoyUton Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture, Art Hoods and
New Desiijus in Tuscany Kasl<ets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

91S F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stiock ard Work First Class

tiHOcai

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leadinr FiorifitB. Orders filled for ad;
part of the State.

38 Oorrance Street - - PROVIKNCE

The California Florist

AJLUJS BPPSTEIN

■FRANK H. FORREST

844 - 346 Geary Street. SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAX.

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
•f the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FXOWKR8 BY TLEORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

1>eIiTered on mail or telegraph order tpr
may occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonce St..

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL

HALL & ROBINSON

All Transfer
Orders Filled
Under Per-
sonal Supervi-

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ='™

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. P. Galvin. 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Bostofl— Zinn. The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn. N, Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y'. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo, N. Y'.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

.Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., lllf) Walnut St.

Montreal. Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 Si.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York — David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell. 571 5th Ave.

New York — Y'oung & Nugent, 42 W. 2Sth.

New I'ork— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I, — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano. Rossi &
Co.. 123 Kearnev St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. Mav & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F

Washington
St.

Washington
F St., N. W.

D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Sandwich, IVIass. — Hyannis Flower
Shop.

Portland, Ore. — M, Davis, 245 Adler
street.

Rochester, N. Y. — Rochester Floral
Co., Main street.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Mrs. Baumgarten,
Stephenson Building.

Dayton, Ohio — Miss Olive Ritter,
1123 West Third street.

Toledo, Ohio — Art Floral & Deco-
rating Co., next to Keith's.

Philadelphia, Pa. — E. Knapp, Ger-
mantown avenue and Haines street.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Ye Abbey Flower
Shop. Abbey Hotel. Eighth and Figue-
ora streets.

Chicago, 111.— V. Hanner, 2014 W.
Division street; Lister Floral Shop.
1008 W. Belmont avenue.

Thcmpsonville, Conn. — The Brain-
ard Floral & Nursery Co. have discon-
tinued their department of cut flowers
and tloral arrangement in order to give
greater attention to the nursery, seed
and plant branches of their business,
and will hereafter be known as the
Brainard Nursery &' Seed Co.

Supplies for
Decoration
R Day

I Commencements

/% Wedding,

Your Order Q The Best

In Care of Our p to Be

Mail Order Dept.

Had

1220 Race St., ^^

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 0.

BOSTON, MASS.

•I'enn, The Telesraph Florist"
Member of Florists' Telegraph Dellverv
S7-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

7IMM The Florist

£jlllil 1 Park St., Boston

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

*^^^=^ GUDE'S

OuDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS
<ZIA F ST..N.«

Member Florists*
Telegraph Delivery,

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.!

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELAHID)

Euclid Avenue

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET

Special Deliveries Niagara Falls

and Lockport

P^ROVIDENCErRrr.
and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

New England Points 171 Weybosset Street

610

HORTICULTURE

April 19, 1913

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THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA

Our Display at the National Flower Show Was

A NOTABLE SUCCESS

Visitors crowded our booth continually, attracted by the ex-
tent and brilliancy of our display and especially the many
sterling novelties never shown before. Among these were
the Sunshine Baskets which leading retailers ordered in
quantity and which alone make a store most attractive.

Our Silent Salesman Will Help You Out. Write For Him.

BAYERSDORFER <a CO.

1129 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS

LEAKAGE.

There is more truth than poetry in
the old adage, "Wilful waste makes
■woeful want," and this proverb should
fit itself snugly into the heart of the
retail store where the tremendous
waste is going on daily without being
noticed, except by the propiietois
when the bills are to be paid.

To begin with, tte wire used for
funeral and bouquet work is a neces-
sity, and when a number of pieces fall
to the floor, they remain among the
stems and foliage awaiting the brush
to sw-eep it off to its resting place:
and if you should pick up these few
pieces of wire each time they fell and
kept this up for one year, I have a
grave doubt whether you would care
to carry the wire very far, owing to
its weight.

Our next waste appears in green
goods, such as asparagus, ferns, etc.
Your method of keeping these when
received may he excellent; but what
about the few leaves left after work
has been completed? Have they been
put back in the proper place? No.
they have not. A few may be on the
fioor and more lying on the work
table to dry up; still more waste.

It is a custom among most florists
to cover maiden-hair fern with wet
paper when not in use, and this Is
without doubt the best way of keep-
ing it without wilting, but when a
careless worker uses a few sprays and

fails to cover it again, the draiigh;
caused by opening and closing cf the
ice chest door soon finishes the deli-
cate and unprotected adiantum; mor?
waste.

Now come the insignificant fringes
of sphagnum moss so frequently seen
dangling from a design after teing
filled; had these fringes been trimmed
and the fragments gathered it would
startle you to know how many designs
could be mossed with this so-called
"waste" within the time of one
month.

Again we see a fibre flower vase
badly broken at the top; to throw it
away spells "W-A-S-T-E." My ad-
vice is to saw away the broken edge,
and when you are making up a basket
of flowers to be arranged in water, set
the fibre vase in, holding it firm with
paper or moss packed between the bas-
ket and vase.

Sticks, toothpicks and tinfoil cost
money when you want them; you are
throwing away money when you waste
them: frequently a piece of foil too
small is torn from the sheet, then a
larger piece is torn off, the smaller one
being thrown aside and crumpled up
unfit for further use. If you were to
weigh these discarded pieces of foil at
the period of one year you would be
surprised at your loss.

Ribbon is the one big item where
waste can be figured up at once.
Through careless rutting a piece re-
mains at the end of the bolt, too small

to he tied; it remains In the case un-
touched, many bolts following suit,
and in this way a tremendous waste is
carried on annually.

Last, but not least, the dally waste
of cut flowers is overwhelming, such
as heads of roses, carnations, etc., be-
ing snapped from their stems, tram-
pled upon before being picked up and
left in boxes to wilt. This is a bigger
item than any of the above mentioned.
Again the old adage, "One fool can
spend more than 10 wise men can
earn." Mr. Storem.\n.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59tl) Street, adjoining Plaza Hotel

Best Florists in the Stutes as Reference'^

EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Ix)ng Dist. Bell Phone 91

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

April 19, 1913

ilOETICULTURE

611

Wholesale and Retail Florists

You both will profit by using McCray Refrigerators. Don't cut
down prices because of spoilag'e. Stop the spoilage. Our patented
refrigeration will keep your stock fresh because of the perfect circu-
lation of cold, dry air.

P McCray Refrigerators

Are made not only in stock sizes but are built-to-order to suit your
requirements. Write to-day for our Free Catalog No. 73 which will
g-ive you ideas to help you add "to the attractiveness of your es-
tablishment.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR O.

553 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind.

Chicaso Office. 65 Wabash A\e.
New York Office, 231 West 43nd St.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Miss Corinne Pelirson has just re-
turned from two weeks spent in Llnds-
burg, Kansas.

A. L. Vaughan is again at his place
of business, though not quite recovered
from his recent Illness.

Wm. J. Smyth is able to again be
regularly at the store having nearly
recovered from his recent accident.
This store is getting a large share of
the wedding decorations this spring.

Samuel J. Pearce has purchased
seven acres of land just Inside the
city limits, on the Higgins road, in
Jefferson. Mr. Pearce says he has not
decided just what he will do or when.
and that the materials bought, etc.,
for a range of houses, exist only in the
minds of the reporters.

The Hoerber Bros.' greenhouses re-
cently blown down at Desplaines, 111.,
are all cleared away and work is be-
gun on the new ones. The stock,
which consists of My Maryland roses,
was all saved and will furnish the fine
summer roses this firm is noted for.
The broken glass through the rest of
the range is all replaced.

The business of the Kedzie Florists
has been taken over by one of their
creditors who will continue the busi-
ness until a buyer can be found. Leslie
& Rowatz started out very auspiciously
less than a year ago on West Madison
street, but last week the creditors felt
that something should be done and A.
L. Zifferman, a brother-in-law of Les-
lie, who claims to have advanced
money, took possession.

Another benefit of the "early Easter
is apparent now with the lengthened
season for spring weddings. Quite a
number of large affairs have already
taken place and more are announced
for the near future. The only novelty
for the brides, so far noticed, is a bas-
ket said to come from St. Petersburg,
of novel shape and exceedingly high
slender handle. The basket proper is
round, shallow and when the handle
is thrown over the arm or shoulder of
the bride the basket presents the open
part to the front. This is beautiful
when daintily filled and leaves the
brides' hands free.

it

Apply to

The Meyer Green

SILKALINE"

t: LONGEST AND STRONGEST
IN THE WORLD

And for sale by all the leading florists
and supply houses throughout the land.

If yi>ur jobber does not keep it, write
(lirei't to us and we will see that you
nrr' fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

THE JOHN C. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS

With Paper or Porto Rican Mats ITiey Make Baskets. Tliese
are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES.

Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston,
westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else.
Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY.

Prices per dozen— No. I. S2.S0: No. 2, &I.50 ; No. 3, U.OO ;
No. 4. &5.00; Ne. S. &6.0O.

GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone Stjochester, N.Y.

The unusual spectacle of a down
town flower store with locked doors is
seen on Michigan avenue this week.
Ganger & Bergman, who entered into
a partnership several months ago, will
no longer continue that relationship,
but the final disposition of the busi-
ness is not yet determined. Mr.
Ganger successfully operated the
store on State street for many years
known as Ganger & Gormley's. After
the death of Mr. Gormley he leased the
store in the Pine Arts Building and
later took in Victor Bergman as part-
ner. It has been known for some time
that matters were not running smooth-
ly.

Mrs. A. I. Simmons, 242 W. 63rd
street, had an experience which cost

her $9 and will make her less sympa-
thetic in the future. An old man of
respectable appearance ordered flowers
for his little granddaughter, who, he
said, had been burned to death. His
arm was badly burned in his efforts
to save her and his tears flowed freely
as he related the story. His pay check
for $20 was given in exchange for the
flowers ordered and the balance paid
back to him. Investigation before the
flowers were made up proved the
whole story false. He has been seen
at other places, also.

Visitors: Martin Reiikauf, of H.
Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia;
Robert Grove, Hinsdale, Mass.; P. N.
Obertin, Kenosha, Wis.; H. Philpott,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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HORTICULTUBE

April 19, 1913

IMI

The Best, $IO.OO per lOO

;in loUof 250 J8.00 per 100. Good Stock $6.00 per 100

At the above prices we will furnish 3'ou all fine se-
lected flowers, stock that is well worth the money.

BEAUTIES, The Best $3.00 per doz.

SNAPDRAGON. $6.00— $8.00 per 100

The Leo

Co,

'VraOLEUSA.LE FUOR.I«T.S

N. 'W. Corner
12th and Race Sts..

PHiLADELPHtA

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Cut Flower Growers auii
Retail FloHsits

IF YOU

I

want to find a market ten jcmi S
product 3

want a regtUar or spedal supply •
of the product of the beat
grower!

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

5 The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

jjyWIIUUJIIHilMMWiBiUIHillllllllt

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

66 PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, M^r.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. In^itiit on having: the

BOSTON

Inscriptions, i:mltl<'ins. etc. Always
in Stock.

1 / \

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CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PMILADELPHIA. PA.

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HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

IS Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

IlieJ.M.MC(;uflough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Speciiil attention to sliippiiiK orders. Job-
bers of t^lnrists' Supplies, ^ieeds and Bulbs.
Price list un application.
Phon'^ ^'-^i" R'<4. 3lfi Walnut St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignment. Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING
ATLANTA. GEOR.GIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graanhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — "'^"^ •"*«=?!- '^"»"

ROSES

TO DEALERS ONLY

CINCINNATI I T>KTROIT I BUFPALO PITTSBtlROR

March 25 j March 25 J ril 14 _^ApriI 15^

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Speaal....

" " Extra

" •• No. I

" '* Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

HilUngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade . .

" Ordinary

Cattlcyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum ....

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (100) -.
" " & Sprcn. (100 bchs.). .

25.00
15-00
10.00
4.00
6.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
3.00

40.00
25.00
1500
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8.00
6.00
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PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET ■ ■ . - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

Who legale Gro«irers of Cut Flowors and Plant* -i

rT6 N. MICHIGAN AVE., SSSTSSk'^^^K" CHICASO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Pric*« Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onl¥.

When Writing to Advertisers Pleese Mention

HORTICULTURE.

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

613

SNAPDRAGON

In many fboice shades — white, light pinlis, darlj pinks and that wonder-
fully delicate clear pink that has been such a grand seller with us for the
past few years.

Special, $1.00 per doz,; First, .75 per iloz.; Delicate pink, $1.60 and ?2.00
per doz.

BEAUTIES : .Special, -^".00 per doz. ; if20.00 per 100. Fancy, $2.50 per doz. ;
Wi.oO per 100. Extra, ?2.U0 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. First, $1.50 per doz.;
$10.00 per 100. Second, $1.00 per doz.; .'J7.50 per 100.

VALLEY: Special, .$4.00 per 100. Extra, $3.00 per 100.

CATTLEYAS: Schroderae, Special, $6.00 per doz.; .$40.00 per 100; Extra,
$4,00 per doz. ; $35.00 per 100. Mossiae. Special, $7.50 per doz. ; Extra, $6.00
per doz.

GARDENIAS : Special, $2..50 per doz. ; $17.50 per 100. Fancy, $2.00 per doz. ;
$12.50 per 100. First, $1.00 per doz.; .$6.00 per 100.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREE

BatiNZE GALAX: $1.50 per 1000; .$7.50 per 10,000.
LErcOTHOE SPRAYS (green and bronze): $1.00 per 100;

.«7.50 pe.- lf«0.
GREEN SHEET MOSS: $3.50 per bag.
SPHAGNUM MOSS: 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each,

.<4.00: a bale lots, each, $3.75; 10 bale lots, each, $3.50.
D.AGGER AND FANCY FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000.
BOXWOOD: .50 lb. cases. $7..50 each.
GREEN LIMP MOSS: Per bag, $1..50.

BOSTON FERN FRONDS, 27 in. long, extra fine: $1.00 per 100.
ASPAR.AGUS STRINGS: 50c. each; light weight strings for

decoraziag, 25c. each.
ASPARAGUS AND SPRENGEUII: Bunches, each, 50c.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns In exclusive Ribbons.
Write us for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small shipments can be made by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO,

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA

1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK

117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W

Flower Market Renorts WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — '■^'^^"^'"^"^^rD^E'AVET
r lower wiarKei i^^eporis hoston tHiCM6 i :,t. loui^ i — pB

This market is very
BOSTON quiet, considering ttie

season. Ttie activity
expected to follovs' an early Easter
seems to be lacking, for some unex-
plained reason. Tiie rose market is
not at all strong but carnations are
doing fairly well, as are also sweet
peas, of which there are many grades.
Cattleyas are selling quite well but
gardenias are down at the bottom of
the ladder. There are still a few vio-
lets left but they are not in demand.
Lilies and callas are too plentiful.
Tulips are doing all right but daffo-
dils move slowly. Spanish iris is
Tery popular.

The railway strike
BUFFALO which was on from

Monday till Satuiday,
certainly put a damper on bi :s ness
the past week. There was practically
nothing doing until Saturday and the
wholesaler had a heavy load to carry,
especially carnations and roses. Other
stock was plentiful with little or no
demand. The situation was bad,
though at this writing the market has
taken on new life. While the receipts
are still heavy, the buying is quite
brisk, and it is hoped for a continu-
ance of the latter.

A decided change has
CHICAGO come over the market.

The early part of the
second week in April was like the pre-

R03ES

Am . Beauty, Fancy and Special ....

*' " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

tCillaraey, Extra

*' Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. .
*' " '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyai

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of ttie Valley

Daffodils

Tuli ps

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Ptumosus, Strings (loo). .
** ** & Spren. (loo Bchs.)..

April

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more flowers than could be sold even
at a low price, but on Friday stock
suddenly became scarcer and buyers
more plentiful. Saturday stock cleaned
up for the first time in many days.
TTae express companies, though not
assuming any responsibility in the
safe arrival of flowers bound for points
east or south, are daily impioving
their facilities for caring for the ship-
ments through the flooded district.

Prices have advanced along all lines
since shipping began again and carna-
tions were among the first to feel the
change. Roses are shortening up and
the warm weather of two weeks ago
has reduced the cut considerably.
Sweet peas are very much in demand.
A few good violets are coming from
the east and some home-grown ones
also. Prices are low on violets. Beau-
ties are not at all plentiful. Snap-

(Coiitf'nueii on Page bl$)

614

HORTICULTURE

April 19, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

ri mil nm mm\m

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone. 3870 or .SSTl Madison Square.

H- E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

6? West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madison Square NcW YOrk

llfioore, Heniz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

S5 and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. "756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

CkU aad Inauert the Best BstabllahmeKi
in tti« Wholesale Flower District.

V-

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

I09 \A/ES~r 2S«K ^T

CONSIGNMENS SOLICITED

PHONE (t08j MADISON SO.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut E\ertt:reens, Mouses,

Southern Smihtx, Galax and Ijeucothoe,

Preserve<l ancl Fresh (ul

Cyeas and Palmetto.

I.. {»;i} Had.sq. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R£ED <Sl KELLER

122 West 25th S(.. New York

Florists' Supplies

W't^ inaniifiK'turc all luir

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and ;ire de;iU'rs in

Decorative Glassware. Growers and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremo«t and Best

WHOiiSALE COMMISSION H0U8£

A First Clau Marl(et for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby ^t.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manulactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

n.W)0....»l.TS. 60,000... «T.M. Sampl* free
For sale by dealers

F*. J. SJ^IO^H

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist i^A'R'iS?fT''S%8i;/^

A full line of Choice Cut F>lower Stock for all purposes The HOME OP THB LU-V
by the 100, lOOO or lO.dOO

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 Wcst 28th St., Ncw York City

Waiter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Cotnmiasion Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 Witt 28th Street. Mew York
TeleDhone— JK32-3M3 WwHsoii Square

Estsbliibed
1887

J. K. AL-L

IM

Still Goinf
Stroni

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

Cot Flower CcnuilKminents 'Solicited.
A SQUARE DEAL. PROMPT RETURNS. MONET ALWAYS REAXtT.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Open 6 A. M. dally. Telephone, 1«7 aad 44M Ma4. 8^

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

ALWAYS
ON HAND

THE HIGHEST %# A I I TV ALWAYS

'% ; , , GR.\DE OF V M L L. C T on hand
GARIDENiAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS. m^H 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

last Half of Week

ending Apr 12

1912

First Half of Weit

beginning Apr. 14

1912

American Beaut> , Fancy and Special lo.oo

" " Extra 8.00

" " No. 1 4.00

" *' LowcrGradcs 2.00

Killarney, Extra 4.00

" Ordinary .... i .00

Ricbmond, Maryland, Extra 6.00

•• *' Ordinary 2.00

Bride, Maid ;.oo

Hlllingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra 4.00

** " " Ordinary 1,00

Taft, Sunburst 2.0a

Caraat Ions, Fancy Grade 2.00

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Telephones {{^JMaduon Square CONSIGNMENTS 80Ucrr«D

Frank H. Tr««ndl7 Cbar e« Sflli^BiA . ■■■% ■ Kll# Hflll I B Al4%

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK r^FS Wim^NG

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., N«w York

Tel«phoo«£ : 79I uid 799 Ma4ia«a S^arc

Coasiconenta Solicited

g^TRAlXT 1*00 ATTOT THi~iBTaB" OF

THK FLOWVB HABKKT BKCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Horist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

TelaphoB* 7068 MadUon

T«I«pImib« 3860 Madiao* Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 Wut 28tli Strwt NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tli St., NEW YORK

Shipmentg, anj qoantltj, TThole-
gale Market Rates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Conalfcnnients Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH.

HENRY M. huDINSON, Pres. MACRICEL.UL.AS8.Trgw
CBAS E. ROBINSON. V-Pres. JOSEPH MARGOLI8, Sej^

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

of new YORK

Maurice L. GlasA, Manascr
55.57 WEST 26U> ST. - - - NEW YORK OfTY

Sfrciai Anmtion m titt Shij^ittt Trait

April 19, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

615

Flower Market Reports

f C^KtinMtd from pa^ ^/J)

dragons have fine long stems and per-
fect flowers. Daisies are short but sell
readily. There has been nothing ap-
proaching a glut in greens all wint«r.
As the railroad serv-

CINCINNATI ice into town from
the north and west
has improved just so has the market
been getting back to normal as far as
the supply is concerned. Shippers
who up to March 24th were shipping
regularly are again able to get their
stock into the city and business is pick-
ing up considerably. The improve-
ment last week was very marked. Still
the supply although it was short of
the normal supply was easily able to
take care of all requests. The carna-
tion cut is so large that the wholesal-
ers have been unable to maintain the
price and many lots are cleaned up at
sacrifice prices. The lily market last
week, too, was fully adequate. Many
excellent blooms came in from the
local growers. Roses are again in
abundant supply. Last week those that
came in in good condition cleaned up
easily but they brought at the best
only a fair price. Sweet peas have
sold very well. The good long stock
had no trouble finding buyers while
the short, though bringing only an
ordinary price, still managed to clean
up.

The situation in the

NEW YORK wholesale trade has
improved materially.
Carnations have felt the impulse of a
better demand and have responded
with a more steady selling price.
Roses are doing fairly well. Cattleyas
have come once more to normal con-
ditions with market value moving up-
ward in a style very pleasing to those
who have any to sell. Violets are about
finished but the sweet pea more than
fills their place and they can be spared.
Snapdragons are assuming a place of
prominence and worthily so, for
some of the stock is simply grand.
Bulbous material is on the wane as a
forced specialty, the outdoor dalfodils
and early tulips being now in order.
Lilacs from southern points are also
crowding the greenhouse product. Lily
of the valley is good property just now.
Business contin-

PHILADELPHIA ued on a satisfac-
tory basis last
week in this market. There was no
let-up in demand and the wet, cool
weather helped to keep stocks on the
scarce side so that there was a healthy
tone all through. Sweet peas were
perhaps the scarcest item — this crop
seeming to suffer more promptly from
dull weather than most other staples.

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

TKOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLESALE ONLY

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY 8ENDCNO YOCB ORDER TO U8

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WELCH BROS. CO.

AVQ31ICVN BEAUTY, KUXARNEY. RICHMOND, M\RYLAND AND »LL THE

SUI^RIOR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY, CARNATIONS, ORCHlDi

BE^ST PRODUCED

226 Devon»hlre Street, Boston, Maee.

William F. Kasting Co.

^A/Holesal•

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

>ri8-t8

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

OBOANIZBO FOR THE BKinCnT Or THB OAMADIAM TKABK.
CUT >X4>WES« ANP IXOBUTa' SCPPLIEa Or KTERT DKSCRIPTIOIf.
H«nc-Br*wB Stack m »»melmt*r. •TMICTLT WHOI.lMAI.Ki MOTHIMO BOl»
AT KKTAJOL

AmyU I ttmi ■— ■ tmrmtmhmt ■• *• ■•■■Miu sm* awalal afcOHx af tk* eanvaay.
123 M ANSFIEU.D STREET,. MONTREAL,. P. Q.

NEW YORK QU0TATIO>S PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Ullea, LonKlflanim

Callas

Ul> «« the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Vloiets

Daises

Mignonette

Snapdragon

Wallf ower

Sweat Peas (per loo bunches

Qardenlas

Adiantum

5iiil1ax

Asparagus Plamosus, string! (per loo)

" ** & Sprao (loo buDcbes) .

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ending Apr. 12
1913

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beginning Apr. 14
1913

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Carnations also showed a marked de-
crease in receipts and there was a
noticeable hardening in prices towards
the end of the week. While there was
a good demand for American Beauty
roses the supply was more than equal
and prices receded a little in the
higher grades. Other roses are with-
out marked change from our last
week's report. Quality continues fine
and sales satisfactory. High-grade or-
chids meet with ready sale but the
medium quality and less popular va-
rieties are rather draggy. There are
some fine Lady Campbell violets still
arriving. Gardenias have improved
somewhat and are now a much more
lively item than they have been for
some time. Snapdragon quite a
strong feature and splendid quality.
The cool weather has reduced sup-
plies of southern outdoor lilac.

Business for
ROCHESTER, N. Y. the past week

has been fair-
ly good. The improvement in the
weather has done quite a lot to bright-
en up trade, although no particular
slump has been noticed since the busy
season of Easter. A personal canvass
of the principal stores here finds each
one more or less busy, and each satis-
fied for the time of year. Our stock
is arriving in fine shape and handled
so carefully that there is no great

waste. Roses of all kinds are in al-
most perfect condition, whilst sweet
peas, pansies, lily of the valley, etc.',
were never finer. Easter lilies are still
with us, also callas, but there is no
very great sale for either. Some very
fine azaleas and rhododendrons are
seen in most stores, as well as a good
stock of Rambler roses; in fact some
of the stores look as though they
would be glad to have Easter over
again by the amount of stock they are
carrying. Horace J. Head.

The market last week
ST. LOUIS was in the same de-
plorable condition as
the previous one; the glut was on for
good in almost anything in season and
at prices that could hardly be quoted
correctly at any time. Roses of the
best grades held up well, but in the
other grades there were too many com-
ing in to clean them up in any one day.
Carnations were in the same fix as
roses, even the supply was greater.
Violets and peas, too, had to be sacri-
ficed. All other stock ran about the
same. The dark weather all week hurt
the business and no doubt will shorten
up the big supply for this week, as this
Monday morning, April 7, prices have
gone up a little on carnations, roses
and peas.

(Continued on page t>2l)

616

HOKTICULTURE

April 19, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under thisi head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. D.Tsart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AMPEIjOPS^S

Ampelopsls Vettchll — One year, 2 to 3
ft., strons, .J for $2, 100 for $3.25 (parcel
post): $20 per 1000. 18 to 24 Inches, 50
for $1.50. $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 per
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to L Inches
for transplanting, $12 per 1000. Sample!
S5c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Blaclt,
Hlghtstown, N. J.

APHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARAUCARIAS

Godfrey Aschmann. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPABAOCS

J. H. Dnnn & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers^

A. Leuthy & Co., Kosllndale, Ma«s.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Locchner & Co., New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAY TREES

UcHutchlson & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bohblnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
for special lis-. Julius Roehrs Co., Ruther-
ford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

E. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breek-Rotjinson Nurseries. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St.. Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.. 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

Hltchlngs & Co.. 1170 Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOXES— CCT FLOWER— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Jnllus Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.
Box Trees, all sizes. Ask for special list.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, N»w York, N. Y.

(rloxlnlas and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers,

3. M, Thorburn & Co,. 83 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers,

MIchell'B Seed Bouse, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of AdvertUerB.

BULBS AND TUBERS — Continnrd

Ralph M, Ward & Co.. 71 Murray St..

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Adveitflsers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler. Fiske, Rawson Co.. Boston, Mast.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, 111.
Begonias — Gloxinias.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewte Childs. Flowerfleld. L. I.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Kenr & Sons. HlUegom. Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

Wood Bros.. Flshkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. Y.

Boddlngton's Quality Cannes.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son. Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cannas — Robusta, strong divisions, $2.00
per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Pennsylvania and
Duke of Marlboro, $2.00 per 100. The Casey
Florist Co., Melrose. Mass.

Cannas— Allemania, Austria, Burbank. $15
per 1000; J, D, Elsele, $20 per 1000; Musae-
folia, Robusta. $15 per 10(X). lUixed. fine
lot, $12.50 per 1000.

C. Betscher. Canal Dover, O.

IMPROVED CANNAS

True, sound, sizable roots, f. o. b. West

Grove, if not sold.
WINTZER'S NOVELTIES.

Per 100

Hailey's Comet, 3V- ft $15.00

Mrs. Alfred F. Conard, 4 ft 30.00

Mont Blanc Improved, 3% ft. (white). 10.00

Dncle Sam, 7 ft , 15.00

STANDARD KINDS.
Reds.

Geo. Washington, 3i'. ft 3.00

Duke of Marlboro, 3 to 4 ft 3.00

Giant Crimson. 4i^ ft 3.00

Patrie, 4 ft 3.00

Pennsvlvania. 6 ft 4.00

Philadelphia, 3 ft , 3.00

Triumph, 3 ft 3.00

Pinks.

Louise, 5 ft 3.00

Luray, 4 ft 3.00

Mile. Berat, 4 ft 3.00

Wawa, 3 ft 6.00

West Grove. 414 ft 4.00

Yellow and Orange.

California. 3 to 4 ft 3.00

Wyoming, 7 ft 3.00

Variegated.

Burbank. 4% ft 3.00

Comte de Bouchard, 4^4 ft 3.00

Elizabeth Hoss. 3% ft 3.00

Italia. 4 ft 3.00

Bronze-Leaved Red.

Mrs. Geo. A. Strohleln, 6 ft 2.00

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY.

West Grove. Penna.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co.. Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshkill. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Patten & Co.. Tewksbury. Mass.

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbui7'8 Carnation
Staple. 2000 for $1.00 post paid. 1. L.
PlUsbury. Galesburg. III.

CHRTSANTHEMUUS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros.. Flshkill, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian. Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page^ee^ List of Advertisers^

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. Charles
Razor at $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.
Golden Glow. Paciflc Supreme, Halllday.
Yellow Bonnaffon, Smith's Advance and
Madam Patti at $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per
1000. Peirce Bros., Waltham. Mass.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings Chrys-
olora, $3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1,000. Also
the following at $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per
1.000. Cash. (Yellow) Donatello, Appleton,
Golden Wedding, Golden Glow, Yellow Bon-
naffon. (White) October Frost, Touset.
White Eaton, Robinson, Rosery. Polly
Rose, Buckbee, White Bonnaffon, (Piuk)
Enguehard. JOY FLORAL COMPANY,
Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
In secret arts and practices, but In plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated. 100 pages. I'rlce
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston,

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Pood Co,. Beverly. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland. Nahant. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger, Hicksvllle, N. Y,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lyndhurst Farm. Hammonton. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE. Prop.. North-

boro. Mass,

"Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have yon to
exchange? Geo, B. Walker. Dahlia Expert,

North DIghton. Mass^

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothv Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassstt,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. WUIlamstown Jnnctlon, N. J.,
Post Ofllce, Berlin, N. J.

I

For List of Advartisflrs Sea Pago 587

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

617

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. NurBerlei,

Bosllndale, Mass.

For page ste List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Marliet and 49th Sts.,

Philadelpliia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Broolilyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

Woodrow & Marlietos, 41 West 28tti St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

FERNS

A. Leutby & Co., Roallndale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. BarrowB & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Unbert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Oechslln, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.

Ferns for Dishes.

F. B. Pleraon Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudaon,
New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whit-
manli. Anierpohli, Springfleldll. $1.80 per
100, *1.5.00 per 1000. Koosevelt ruuners,
Tery fine, $6.00 per 100, $.")U.OO per lOCX).
Roosevelt, 4-inch, $15.00 per 100; 5-in h,
S25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosns, 4 Inch,
handsome stock, $8.UU per 100. 60,000 aq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland. O.. devoted excln-
•Ively to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices ore low, for cash
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

FERTILIZERS

aoth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,
Mass.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Elmer DrSmlth~& Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertiiene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Mannre.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' STTPPLIE8

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

H. M. RiiliinsoD & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. Fa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sta.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Maas.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Hilfinger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertiser^. _

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FDNGINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cnt Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

U. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfield, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Rlcard, Red Wing. Viaud. La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulln, Mme. Bisqult. Per-
kins, Oberie, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $1S..50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Anale Vincent, Polto-
vine, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigl Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

Gladiolus bulbs, Groffs Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size, $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000; 2nd size, GOc. per 100, $5.00 per 1000.
500 at 1000 rate. C Peirce^I^ighton, Mass.

Kunderdi Glory, $4.25 per 100; $40 per
1000. Bulblets America, 75c. qt. ; Inde-
pendence, 30c. Qt., $2.00 peck; Blue Mix-
ture, 60c. qt. ; Meadowvale, 60c. qt.; Mad.
Moneret, 25c. qt. Chamberlain & Gage,

South Natick, Mass.

Gladioli: America, $22.00 per 1000; seconds,
$18.00 per 1000. Augusta. $15.00 per 1000; sec-
onds. $12.00 per 1000. May, $15.00 per 1000.
Canary Bird, $.50.00 per 1000. I. Buchanan,
$30.00 per 1000. J. Bull. $20.00 per 1000.
Mrs. Beecber. $50.00 per 1000. Niagara,
$200.00 per 1000. Nezzinscott. $50.00 per
1(100. Princeps, $70.00 per 1000. Shake-
speare, $50.00 per 1000. Prlmulinus. $50.00
per 1000. Sulphur King, $100.00 per 1000.
Wm. Mason. $50.00 per 1000. White and
Light, $12.00 per 1000. Red. $10.00 per
1000. Bulblets of Americii, Augusta, Mrs.
King, Brenchleyensis, etc.

C. BETSCHER, Canal Dover, O.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sta., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Ll^t of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE AND VERANDA
SHADING

W. H. Dugan, 118 Wlnyah Ave.,
New Rochelle, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
8. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Foley Mfg. Co., 2510 S. Western Ave.,

Chicago, III.

Iron Frame Greenhouse.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Maas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbarlea H. Dodd. Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & BumhPOi Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

Continued

Plerson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of .Advertisers.'

Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N Y

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List_of_Adverti8erB.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brookiyn^'NT^.

Iron Gutters.

For page see Ll.st of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rocheater, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY ASTILBE .\ND SPIRAEAS

Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, Me.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODa

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.

38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

T:he Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeacbell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chlcag*.
For page see List of Advertlsera.
Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.
For page jee List of Advertlsera.
Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mas*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List oj^ Advertlsera.

Bobbink & Atkins, Butherford,~N7~j;

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Revere Rubber Co., Boston, Mass.
Revero Garden Hose.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Masa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.
Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

HYDRANGEAS

THE NEW FRENCH FORCING HY-
DRANGEAS.

Avalanche — A splendid large white. This
will absolutely supercede Thomas Hogg.
3-inch pots, $6.00 per 100.

La Lorraine — Pale rose changing to
bright cerise pink; claimed by many to be
the best of all. 3-inch pots, $10.00 per 100.

Remember now is is the time to buy
these Hydrangeas and grow them along
for another year. This tall we will offer
all of Lemoine's and Mouillere's Novelties
in Hydrangeas, including E. G. Hill, the
gem of them all. The great blooming
qualities of these Hydrangeas are their
talking points. You may have in a four-
Inch pot three to five immense heads of
bloom. You will never grow the old varie-
ties again after you become acquainted
with these new ones.

Write today for our catalogue of every-
thing you need In the Rose and Plant line.

THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY,

The Largest Rose Growers In the World,

Springfield, Ohio.

In writing to Advertisers l(indly mention Horticulture

618

INSECTICIDES

ADbine Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Fungine.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon OH Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, FishklU-on-Hudson,

Slug Sbot.
For page see List of Advertisers.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stampji.
C S Harrison's Select Nursery, Yorlt, Neb.

IVY

J H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

English Ivy, rooted cuttings, 75c. per 100,
prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenllworth, N. J.

ENGLISH IVY.
Fine plants from 2% inch pots, $3.50 per
hundred, $30.00 thousand. Write today for
our catalogue of .-ill plants and roses.

THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY
The Largest Rose Growers in the World,
Springfield. Ohio.

L,AWN MOWERS

Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., Newburgh, N. Y.
Two in One.

LEMON Oil/

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LHY BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For pagejee^^ls^of^dvertiserS;

B ft J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.

New Lilies.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VAU-EY CLUMPS

Tnliufl Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods. JIO.'OO per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

MLT OF THE VALLEY PIP8

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. T.
For page seej;^ of^A^?ertlsers^__

licHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J M Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MAROUEKITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nlchol-
■on strain of winter flowermg yellow.
$3^ >r 100; $25.00 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F O Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MOTOR DELIVERY VEHICLES

Autocar Sales and Service Co., 642 Beacon
St., Boston, Mass., and Ardmore, Pa.

HORTICULTURE

April 19, 1913

NURSERY STOCK— Continned

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List ofAdvertJserS;

"ireck-Bobinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NUhoJSRY STOCK

P. Onwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see Llst_of Advertiser8^___

W & T.'Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Bay State Nurseries, North^Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.

For page^ee_Llst^of Advertisers.

W. B. WhlttleF& Co., South Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisera.

p Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisera.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List_of^ Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chillicothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

,Tas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Dormant Calanthe Veitchll.
For page see List of Advertisers.

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

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,
Roslindale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisera.

Joseph Heacoek, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY PLANTS

Pansy plants, strong transplanted frame
plants, well budded, will S'^e blooms at
once, $1.25 per lOO; $10.00 per 1000. Cash.
RUSSELL BROS., Syracuse, N. Y.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A T Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, O.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo, O.
Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardinlers.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St.. Chlcagw.
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisera.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons. New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St.. N. Y.
For page 6ee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKBS

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele_& Sons. Elkhart, Ind.
~Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
ft Co., Westboro, Mass.

PRIVET

C R Burr & Co., Manchester, Conn.
California Privet.
For page see List of Advertisers-
California Privet, well grown. 2-ye(tr-jId
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet: well On-
Ished plants, well graded and well packeO.
Also one and two-year-old Ainpelopsto
Veitchll. For prices and partliulaiB, a«-
dresB Charles Black. HIghtstown. N. J.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 Aoi. by e»M
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. ^__

RAFFIA

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co.. Ken.lalvUle. In*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P Ouwerkerk. Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M Rice Co., 1220 Race St., I'hlla.. Pa-

For page see List of Advertisers.

S S Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Fa.

' For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. ft T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Koses.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Bay State Nurseries. North Ablngton. llasA

For page see List of Advertisers.

S S. Pennock Meehan Co.. Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas H. Totty. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisera.

Eastern Nurseries. Jamaica Plain, Maaa.
New Sargent Rose.
For page see List of Advertisers.
ROSES— Strong" Young Planrs, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, inclutl ng Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100.

'""tHe'cONARD & JONES COMPANY.
West Grove, Penna.

RUSTIC BASKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers^

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see^ilst^f Advertisers.

Everett ^.^Hark Seed Co., Mllford, Conm.
For page see List of Advertisera.

CaUfomla Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose. Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Joae, C»L

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

April 19, 1913

HORTICULTURE

619

SEASONABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Pbiladelphla, Pa.
For page see List ot Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

SI and 62 N. Market St, Boston, Uau.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of AdvertiBers.

IV>ttler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mais.
Aster Seed.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

B. & 3. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds,
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. 8. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck'a Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For paKe see List of Advertlsera.

S. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, M*.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Ixiechuer & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.

Aster Seed.

For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New YTirk, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

■. D. Woodruff & Son, New York, N. Y,

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen. Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NT

Beaulleu, Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeds

For page see List of Advertisers

Ant.

C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.
Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Holland.

Fellz & Dykhuls. Boskoop,
Send for Catalogue.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Hlpe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SILKAXINE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

6LCO SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hndson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. .T.
For page f-ee List of Advertisers.
Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. Lager i
Burrell. Summit, N. J.

SPIREAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lexington.

Mass.
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STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllus Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. .T

THE NATIONAX NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

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TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TEGETABLB PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

Two-year-old Asparagus Roots.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., 11 Warren St., N. Y.
Asparagus Lutzl.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
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Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

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VIOLETS

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot.
Jl.OO per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Princess of
Wales. California, Luxonne. JACQUES
GILLMET. Moylan, Del. Co., Penna. Mall
and telegraph orders promptly attended to.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
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WIREWORK

Reed & Keller. 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
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Wlrework. Write for our catalo(rne.
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William E. Hellscher's Wire Works,
88-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESAI^E FLORISTS
Albany, N. T.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St

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Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co.. 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

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Baffalo, N. T.

William P. Kastlng Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Chicago

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. Best
varieties. Catalogue free. Basil Perry.
Cool Spring, Delaware.

Peter Relnberg. 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmnnn Bros. Co., Morton Grove, lU.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers* Association.
176 N. Michigan Ave.
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Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCuUough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
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Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

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Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESAXJB FLORISTS

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.

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H. E. Fromentr57 W. 28th St., New York.

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E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.

_ For page see List of .Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.

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W. P. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Wlllonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

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Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26th

St., New York.

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Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

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W. P. Ford, New York.

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Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Weat

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Mlllang, 55-57~West^26th St.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Badpley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.^

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 2Sth St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera._

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 2.sth St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

PhUadelpbla

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

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The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. 1608-U

Lndlow St., Philadelphia. Pa.

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Rochester

George B. Hart. 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertlseta.

WaahlnBton

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.
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New Offers in This Issue

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Frank Oechslin, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS; ASPARAGUS; CHRYS-
ANTHEMUM CUTTINGS.
West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. Y.
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FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Max Schling. 22 West 59th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LARGE EVERGREENS AND OTHER
STOCK.

F. B. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

~ NORWAY MAPLES.

G. E. Rhedemevcr, Camden. N. J.
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scaline; fungine; vermine.

ApUine Mfg. Co., M. C. Bbel, Gen. Mgr.,

Madison, N. J.

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" SUNSHINE BASKETS.

H. Bnyersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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SUPPLIES FOR DECORATION DAY.

M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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For List of Advortisers Sea Pago 587

620

HOKTIUULTUEE

April 19, 1913

OUTDOOR PLANT EXHIBIT FOR
MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION.
At the executive meeting of the
Board of Directors of the S. A. F. and
O. H., lield in Minneapolis, February
25th and 26th, I submitted a plan for
an outdoor plant exhibit, which met
with the approval of the board, and I
■was authorized to solicit information
as to what growers would be willing
to make use of the opportunities so
offered.

I am of the opinion that the S. A, F.
& 0. H. conventions, in the past,
have not given sufficient opportunity
for such outdoor exhibits, and I am
very anxious to make the Minneapo-
lis convention the best in the history
of the association from a horticultural
point of view. My proposition is as
follows:

Growers of all kinds of hardy and
tender plants are invited to send ex-
hibits of plants in spring planting
time, each exhibit to fill properly an
allotted space. The plants so sent will
be properly planted in the exhibition
garden and properly cultivated and
protected, so that the exhibits are in
good condition at the time of the con-
vention. Each e.xhibitor will be a'-
lowed to display his sign and name
of plants; signs and labels to conform
to a uniform established scale of size
and character. The plants so ex-
hibited shall remain in the garden for
the rest of the season and will be re-
turned to the exhibitor or buver in
the fall.

The Board of Park Commissioners
offer the use of the land free of cha-ge
and will put the grounds in serviceable
condition. Some arrangement wiU be
made whereby the S. A. F. and O. H.
will sell the space to the exhibitors at
a low figure. ,1ust enough to pay ex-
penses of planting, maintenance and
reshipment of plants, the exhibitor
hearing all cost of shipment here and
back.

The location of the proposed garden
is a most excellent one and proper
and efficient care tor all exhibits is
assured. It is especially desirable that
novelties of all kinds of plants be
shown in this garden, and that enou'?h
plants of each novelty be sent to fill
a bed or make a favorable display pos-
sible. It is intended to .cive all grow-
ers an equal show within the limits
of the available space, and in order to
enable us to make a fair distribution
of that space it is necessary that we
should hear from you immeliately.
just what you want to exhibit, the
number of plants and size of same.

Shrubs, evergreens and novelties in
perennials it is intended to use for
the border plantings, while the inside
beds are intended for all kinds of bed-
ding and ornamental plants.

Will you please inform me at your
earliest possible convenience whether
you are willins; to make use of the op-
portunity so offered, and what and how
much you wish to exhibit?

An early reply will be greatly appre-
ciated.

Yours for "Advance in Horticulture,"

Theodore Wirth.
Minneapolis.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co, say that they
did a very nice business at their booth
in the international Flower Show.
They express great satisfaction with
the venture as a direct business get-
ter as well as a pronounced advertis-
ing success.

H. De Vilmorln of Vilmorin-Andrieux
et Cie, of Paris, was the guest of W.
Atlee Burpee on the 14th inst. at the
Union League. The amenities were all
properly attended to, after which our
voyaguer wended his way With many
genaflexions to Washington.

Faith without works is like a genius
without advertising. Lots of them say
"give them the goods — the goods will
advertise themselves." Will they?

"Full many a gem of purest ray serene."
etc.

— You know the rest.

William H. Westcott we are glad to
report on the mend. He has been seri-
ously on the sick list tor the past ten
days. Many inquiries for Commodore
John Westcott at the New York show —
including his old friend Will Currie of
Milwaukee — are accordingly answered.
Nothing could have kept the commo-
dore away except imperative duty.

A. L. Don of New York is still hale
in spirit although frail in body. He is
able to come to the store every day.
Fifteen years ago we allowed him six
months for the wind-up. Same now.
But we would not be a bit surprised if
he has the laugh on us all fifteen years
from now. His two boys, Lee and
David, have now taken much of the
active cares of the business on their
shoulders and are a great comfort. We
spent a delightful halt hour with the
old veteran last Saturday and we were
glad to have found him in.

W. J. Muth of Lansdowne, Pa., has
been appointed representative of King
Construction Company in Philadelphia
and adjacent territory. Mr. Muth has
been connected with the wholesale
florist business for over 20 years in
Philadelphia and is therefore well ac-
quainted with the requirements of the
trade. Growers in the Philadelphia
territory can reach Mr. Muth by mail
at Lansdowne, Pa., or through the
General Office of King Construction
Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

Philadelphia visitors — Mrs. H. S.
Bryan, Charlotte. N. C; Miss G. N.
King, rep. W. H. Turner, Wilkins-
burg. Pa.; F. M. Ruppert, Cumberland,
Md.; E. C. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
L. F. Darnell, Gasser Co.. Cleveland,
0.; Mr. Osgood, Osgood Bros., Everett.
Mass.; G. H. Benedict, Salisbury, Md.;
B. G. Merritt. Grange, Baltimore. Md.;
E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Max Kiser,
Garrettown, Pa.; J. D. Hopper. Rich-
mond, Va.; Chas. Uttly. Harrisbu g,
Pa.; Frank Stuppy, St. Josephs, Mo.;
William Lehr, Lehr Bros., Baltimore,
Md.

GLASS

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mail, and It will pay yuu to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
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can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
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PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

21,5-217 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

C. T. Eldredge, Danville, Va., and
Mr. Petersen, Cincinnati, Ohio, were
visitors here last week.

Regrets are being expressed at the
loss suffered by Charles P. and Brain-
erd J. Dudley who conduct a store at
Parkersburg, W. Va., by reason of the
recent floods which swept over that
city. The former is a member of the

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and BraM
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave fool
prevents the t>otlom from
rotting No chance for water
to collect and rot tlie floor.
The American Wooden-
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Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertieements in thl8 column
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cssli with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE" should b« sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED — Rose grower to work under
foreman. State aee. references and experi-
ence to T. ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE— Iron Garden Vase with or-
namental cover, 4 ft. high, ahovit 3 ft. di-
ameter. Cheap. N., care HORTICULTURH.

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parehel-
sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

SPRAYERS FOR SALE— One 12 h. p.
Oldsmoliile, 450 gal. tank; one 7 h. p.
Church, 450 gal. tank; One 3 h. p. Oldsmo-
bile 200 gal. tank; two gas sprayers, 100
eal tank: one 55 ft. and one 36 ft. exten-
sion ladder; 950 ft. of one inch hose; »
spray nozzles. Wm. F. Leary. 40 Pound
Lane, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Tel., 2886-1
Brookllne.

MISCELLANE JUS

FOR LEASE — Greenhouse in Boston,
now in operation. Include 500(1 ft. land
and small cottage it desired. Low rent.
Small amount money required tjr Pur-
chase stuck on hand. "H," care HOKll-
CULTURE.

\V.\XTEL> — to correspond with someone
having experience as grower of all kinds
of greenhouse and nursery stock that
would take share in a good Inisiuess .and
be alile to manage the growing of the
stock for a company in Minnesota. Ad-
dress. M , care HOKTICILTURE PUB. CO.

local club and both are brothers of
Mrs. Coft'inan, with F. H. Kramer.

The plans for the holding of a ban-
quet by the Florists' Club of Washing-
ton are now being pushed to comple-
tion and this event will probably take
place during the last week of the pres-
ent month. From the number of peo-
ple who have signified their intention
of attending this should be one of the
most successful affairs ever held by the
club.

April 19, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

621

Obituary.

H. P. Campbell.

H. P. Campbell, a well-known and
respected florist ot Shamokin, Pa.,
died on April 1st. The funeral took
place on April 5.

Loretta Bombenger.

Loretta, ten years old, daughter of
J. Bombenger, 6429 Woodlawn avenue,
Chicago, died very suddenly last week
of diphtheria. She was her father's
constant companion, out of school
hours, in the store, and he has the sym-
pathy of the trade in his loss.

W. B. Sands.

W. B. Sands, a well-known florist of
Baltimore. Md., died suddenly on Tues-
day morning, April S, from a stroke of
apoplexy. Mr. Sands was 71 years of
age. He was active in civic affairs and
an ardent agi'iculturist. He was for
some time editor and publisher of the
American Farmer and for 20 years was
secretary of the Maryland Ho.ticul-
tural Society. He leaves five sons and
one daughter.

EFFECT OF STRIKE IN BELGIUM.

Cable advices from Belgium inform
us that the "General Strike" goes into
effect there April 12. The Red Star
Line which brings all Belgium plant
shipments, will not accept perishable
freight even though the Belgium
Government-owned railroads could
carry the stock from Ghent to Ant-
werp. This completely ties up plant
shipments from Belgium and importers
right at the beginning of the spring
shipping season. Only one shipment
has left Belgium — mostly bay trees.
Further spring shipments will be de-
layed as long as the strike lasts —
which is hoped to be not over two or
three weeks.

FIRES.

Minneapolis, Minn. — A fire loss of
$.300 was sustained by the Eldridge
Floral Co. on March 29th.

Kearney, Neb.— The packing and
furnace rooms of H. C. Green's green-
house were totally destroyed by fire
on the evening of April 9. The plants
and flowers in the greenhouses were
also damaged by smoke and are a total
loss.

Fort Wayne, Ind.— The W. J. Vesey,
Jr. greenhouses were damaged by fire
to the extent of $20,000 on March
27th. Cause is believed to have been
an overheated oilstove used to pro-
tect orchids which had been rescued
from the recent floods.

NEWS NOTES.

Salina, Kan.— A. B. Walter has pur-
chased a tract ot ground at 339 East
Prescott street and will start in the
florist business.

Mansfield, Ohio — Paul Kopanka, for
the past two years a florist at the
l.ipman Northside Greenhouses, Co-
lumbia City, Ind., and his son-in-law.
Mr. Lintott of Muncie, Ind.. have
bought the greenhouses of the Berno
Floral Co.

Flower Market Reports

(Continued from page Olj)

The supply of flow-
WASHINGTON ers of all varieties

has been material-
ly lessened by the continued rains in
this vicinity and the dark cold days,
and prices have accordingly risen.
American Beauty roses are very scarce
and are not as good as could be desired.
This general shortage of stock has
lessened the competition put forth by
the street trade. The condition of un-
rest that pervades the city by reason of
the agitation in Congress over various
matters effecting the city has been felt
by the local florists. Trade is very
quiet.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

St. John, N. B. — W. Pederson, range
of houses.

Middle Village, N. Y.— Fred'k Mar-
quardt. additions.

Missoula, Mont. — Frank Cooney,
rose house 20 x 100.

Los Angeles, Gal. — Deitrich & Tur-
ner, one 30O-foat house.

Putnam, Conn. — C. S. Andem, Far-
rows street, house 67 x 203.

Ishpeming, Mich. — Trebilcock Bros.,
Deer Lake, range of houses.

Clinton, Iowa— J. R. Bather, 233V2
Fifth avenue, house 12 x 50.

Winston-Salem, N. C. — Martin Mc-
Nulty, Boulevard and Sunset Drive
additions.

Worcester, Mass. — William W. Es-
tabrook, Holden street and Wood ave-
nue, one house.

Chicago, III. — Sam Pearce. Higgins
avenue, Jefferson Park, range of
houses; Eniil Jehlik, 1825 S. Ashland
avenue, conservatory.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,058,138. Transplanting Implement.
Alonzo C. Ballon. South
Boston, Va.

1,058,249. Process of Making Phos-
phate Fertilizer. Charles
N. Meriwether, Trenton,
Ky.

1,058,370. Cultivating Machine. Wal-
ter Chandler Knapp,
Rochester, N. Y.

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April 19, 1913

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Ideal GreenhoDfie D«llera.

Materials Furnished or Greeted. H^atlDg
and VentllatlDK Mnterlnla.

578 Ocean Are.. JERSEY CITY. N J.
Evans 20th Century Ann

Will not twist the shahinf pipe. T>il«*
time* the power of old ttyie elbow uma.
Sold onK with Evaas Cfaallsa(c Machim.

Write for fre* Cmim20CM4 U

QUAKKR CITT BftAC HIKB OO

Rlahmoad, Im4.

Ireer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

Drire euT and true, becaose
both bevels are on the same
tide. Can't twist and break
the elats in driving. Galva
ized and will oot rust.
ticbts or lefts.
The Peerless Glazlne Poin
Ib patented. No others like
it. Order from your d

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

April 19, 1913

HOETTCULTUEE

623

If Yon Waimt T© PIomA Yoer H©mi

imr mew Cartel
Has Great

""pO plough in a house
*■ filled with columns
is almost impossible.
At least, it is so difficult,
that after one attempt
with the whiffle tree
continually catching in
the columns, preventing ploughing close
— you give it up in disgust.
For vegetables or sweet peas and violet
growing, it is a great saving to plough.
This new Cantelever construction reduces
the number of columns 25% and in some
widths 505/ •
Another thing about it is, you can locate

'&i\iF,&i

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the columns practically
where you want them
to meet your ideas
about walk locations.
It's the least arbitrary
of all the constructions.
F^ewer rafters and fewer
purlins are used. It has no tension trussing.
In spite of all its many advantages, it costs
no more than the regular flat rafter construc-
tion. It's worth looking into carefully.
The growers are taking hold of it better
even than we anticipated.

Send for new descriptive circular.

HiicKitv

NEW YORK OFFICE:
1170 Broadway

PHILADELPHIA OFFICE:
Penna. BIdg., 15th and Chestnut Sts

Factory : Elizabeth, N. J.

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

I'.cforc pLirini;: your order,
you will do well to iuvesti-
gate our line of Ventilatiuy
Ainmnitus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you mouey,
aud furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and I'rioes.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, Ind.

TIC A

feenfiousell'd^

USE IT waw

P.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY
NEW YORK

Mastlca is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes hard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaklnfr of other glass as cccurs with
hard putty. Lasts lonj^er than puttv. Easy to
apply.

I WHAT THE USERS SAY

Get a Kroeschell — You'll Be
Ple£ised

Will say that the boiler has given ]iir
licrfpot satisfaction and have had in'
trnuldc whatever in heating my liousr
during this very c-(dd winter ;in<l it i^
witli very great ple.-isure that I rei-oni-
mend your boiler whenever opportunity
occurs.
-\. H. KXIGHT, Shrewsbury, JI.iss.

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BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for (ir<iil:ir "I*" and Frices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction IMateriai

Please Send for Catalogue
and Prices.

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, insarer of 32.500,000 »q. ft. of glass

For particulart address

John G. Esler, stcy Saddle River, N.J.

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HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Wodenetlip. $1.00 per doi...S6.00 $60.00
White Won iler; Lady Boant-

iful: Wliile Winsor 3.60 30.00

Princess Cliarmins 3.00 25.00

Winder 2.50 20.00

Plants from 2-inch pots, $1.00 per 100
advance oa er above price*.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTK.< CITTINGS.
FiftT Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.50 to $4.00 per 100; $16.00 to $35.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Tliirtj Fine \ arieties, Dormant
Tuber-: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr
selection variety, $2.00 per 100, flS.OO
per lOOS

Send for Caiabfgue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

IMIM

Per 100

Slack Beauty $8.00

David Uarum X.OO

i!l.ugtria l.tS

Selienandoali 1.76

America 1.75

Murlboroiish _ 1.75

Egandale 1.75

Peon 1.60

English Ivy R. C I.OO

Asp. Sprengeri 2 in 2.00

Geranium S. A. Nutt 2.00

Geranium Biichner . . . ^^ 2.00

Hill and Poitevine Mix t.OO

J. H. DANN & SON

WESTFIELO, N. Y.

DRACAENAS

These are free from brown tips. A tri;il
order will coDviuce .voii of the quality.

0 in.. 40 or more leaves. 40 in. high, $.'30.00
per 100; 5 in., $25.00 per 100: 4 in., .$l,->.0O
per 100.

A.SP.\R.\GVS Hatcheri. 2V. in., $5.00 per 100.
.\sP.\R.\Grs Hatcheri Seedlings, .$12.(10 per

lOOO.
ASPAR.-VGIS Hatcheri Seeds, greenhonse

grown. .$0.00 per KlflO.

Send for list of 'Mum :ind Pompon Cut-
tings. Thev are snre lo itl,':isr.

WEST MAIN GREENHOUSES

CORFU,

NEW YORK

AR&UCARIA EXCELSA

5 in., SVi In. and 6 in. pots, 3, 4, 5, G
tiers, from 12 to :i0 inches hi:,'h, 40c.,
!50c., 00c. , 75c., ?l.flO, ?1.25 each and
up to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

AVholoshlp tJr.iwor ;ui(l Imp -rler
1012 W. ODtario St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

F. R. PIERSON CO.

FLORISTS AND
PLANTSMEN

TARRYTOWN ON HUDSON, - N. Y.

{ CHILDS' GLADIOLI '

are noted the world over for

SUPER-IOR MKR.it
Johrv Le-wis Childs

FLOWERFIELX), L. I., N. Y.

Our New Crimson Carnation

PRINCESS DAGMAR

WAS AAVARDED
At the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, November, 1912

sil.ve:f^ iviedal-

At the International Flower Show, New York, April, 1913

GOLD MEDAL FOR 12 LARGEST BLOOMS.

FIRST FOR BEST 100 CRIMSON.

SILVER MEDAL — Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society, England.

BRONZE MEDAL — American Carnation Society.
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE — For Fred Dorner Memorial MedaL

At the Chicago Horticultural Society, April, 1913

BRONZE MEDAL — FIRST — Best Seedling Not Disseminated, Any Other Color.

At the Boston Co-operative Flower Market Show, April, 1913

FIRST — For 50 Best Seedlings Not Disseminated.
FIRST — For 100 Best Carnations, Any Color.

PATTEN & CO. - - Tewksbury, Mass.

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FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT

WHITE STOCKS
AND CANDYTUFT

TO GROW FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

EXCELLENT PLANTS FROM 2-lN. POTS
$1.50 PER 100 $12.00 PER 1000

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

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THE HERALD

$12.00 PER 100

$100.O0 PER 1,000

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAVBTTE, IND.

GERANIUMS

Best Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding: Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

JOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

April 26, 1913

HOETIGULTD RE

627

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Geraniums and other Bedding plants In quantities and now hare
Special prices for large lots.

2 In. 3 in.

per 100 per 100

Abutilon Savitzi $.3.00 $4.00

Acal.vpha Macafeeana 2.30 3.50

.Ichryantbes Emersoni, Besterl Mosiaca 2.00 3.00

Ageratum, six varieties 2.00 3.00

Alternanthera, six varieties 2.00

Alyssom, Dwarf and Giant Double 2.00 3.00

Begonia. Vernon Pink and Lurainosa 2.00 3.00

Cigar Plant, Cuphea Platycentra 2.00 3.00

Cineraria Maritinia Candidissimus 2.00

Cannas, Leading varieties. Send for list 3.00

Colcus, Golden Bedder, Verscliaffeltil, etc 2.00 3.00

Hardy Cbryeantliemunis, fine assortment 2.00

FncljsiaB. five varieties 2.00 3.00

Hardy English Ivy 2.00 3.00

Heliotrope. Chieftain. Mad. Bruant, etc 2.00 3.00

Fuchsias, Rozain Boucharlat, collection, one plant each, one
SmJIax Seedlings, 73 cts. per lOO, $6.00 per 1000.

a large stock ready In splendid shape for Immediate shipment.

2 In.

per 100

Geraniums, Standard varieties $2.00

" Ivy Leaved varieties 2.00

Mt. of Snow, Mrs. Pollock, etc 3.00

'' Scented, Nutmeg, Lemon, etc 2.00

Pansy Geraniums, Mary Washington, Mrs. Layal. 2.00

Lantanas, 10 va rieties 2.00

Lemon Verbenas, Aloysia Citriodora 2.00

Lobelia, Kathleen Mallard. Crystal Palace Gem.. 2.00

Moonvines, Noctitlora and Leari 2.00

Salvia, Bonfire and Zurich 2.00

Parlor Ivy, Senecio Scandens 2.00

.Swainsona Alba and Rosea 2.00

Hardy Phlox, 20 varieties 2.00

Sniilax 2.00

hundred varieties, $10.00; 2 collections $15.00.

3 In.

per 100

$3.00

3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

3.0O
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

^M^iilKi ^r-d^r-

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO.

WHITE MARSH, MD.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock For Sale

NORWAY SPRUCE, 8 to 12 ft., with balls.
HEMLOCK, 4 to 10 ft., with balls.
AM. ARBORVITAE, 6 to 10 ft., with balls.
CUT LEAF BIRCH, 10 to 16 ft.
CATALPA SPECIOSA, 16 to 20 ft.
SILVER MAPLES, 14 to 18 ft.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET, 5 to 7 ft.

and all kinds of Nursery Stock.

The F. E. CONINE NURSERY CO.

CS^IMIM.

Our 1913 Catalogue

Contains a volume of information regard-
ing Trees and Plants for Bock Garden.,
Old Fashioned Gardens, Sea Shore Plant-
ing and Ground Covering under Rhododen-
drons and Shrnbbery. Gives also 80gg«-
tlve planting plans and planting lists for
Rose Gardens, Herbaceous Gardens and
Suburban Estates. Names and describe,
desirable Trees and Shrubs with Ornamen-
tal Fruits, Hedge Plants, Trees for Orchid
and Forest Planting, new and old varletle.
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent
FREE upon request. We grow in quan-
tity every hardy tre« or plant worthy of
enltlvation. Correspondence invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERKS CO.

Dept. "F" BEDFORD, MASS,

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 659

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 651

Allen. J. K 650

Am. Woodenware

"Mfg. Co 658

Anderson. S. A.. 615
Aptine Mfg. Co. 657

Aschmann. G 626

Atlanta Florist

Co &i8

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 643

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 650

Barnard. W. W.

Co «3

Barrows & Son.. 628
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 647

Bay State Nur-
series 639

Beaulieu 643

Bloomingdale's. 644
Bobbink & At-
kins 639

Boddington, A.T.641
Bolgiano & Son,

J 643

Boston Florist

Letter Co 648

Breck, .T. & Son. 643
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 639

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 644

Bunyard. A. T..6J4
Burpee. W. A. &

Co &J3

Burr. C. R. & Co.63»
California Flor-
ist 645

Page
California S e ed
Growers' Asso.C43

Carbone 645

Chicago Carna-
tion Co 626-648

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.648
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 626

Clarke's D. Sons. 644
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 643

Conine Nursery

Co.. F. E 627

Cowee, W. J 650

Craig. Kobt. Co. 628
Dann, J. H. &

Son 626

Dards 644

Dawson, H. S...639
Dorner & Sons

Co 626

Dreer, H. A

637-643-638-659
Dunlop, John H.645

Dysart, R. J 65Y

Eastern Nurser-
ies 639

Edwards Folding

Box Co 648

Elliott's W. Sons.642
Eppstein. Julius. 645

Ernest. W. H 658

Esler. J. G 639

Eyres 644

Farquhar. R. &

J. & Co 643

Finger. W. A 639

Ford. M. C 650

Ford. W. P 6.30

Forrest. Frank H.645
Fottler, F i s k e,
Rawson Co 643

Page
Fram ingham

Nurseries 639

Froment. H. E..650
Galvin, Thos. F.645
Gasser, J. M. Co. 045
Goodsell, P. H..039
Grey, T. J. Co.. 643
Gude Bros. Co... 045
Hail Association. 659
Hall & Rol)inson.645
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 057

Hart, Geo. B 648

Heacock. Jos 6'28

Henderson, A 643

Hess & Swoboda.644
Hews, A. H. &

Co 658

Hilflnger Bros... 658
Holm & Olson... 644

Horan. E. C 650

Holland Nurser-
ies 639

Jacobs & Sons. S.638
Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 642

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 643

.Johnston Bros... 643
Kastlng. W. F.

Co 6,31

Keller. J. B.Sons.040
Kelwav & Son... 640
King Cons. Co.. .659
Kramer, F. H. . .645
Kroeschell Bros. 659
Kuebler, W. H..6.30
Lager & Hurrell.62S

Lange, A 643

Lemon Oil Co... 657
Leonard Seed Co.642
Leuthy, A. & Co.628

Page
Loechner & Co.. 628
Lord & Burnham

Co 600

MacJInlkin, E....645
May & Co., L. L.045
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 631

McConnell. .\le.\.644
MeCray Refrig-
erator Co 646

McCulIough's J.

M. Son's Co... 648
McHutchison &

Co 628

McKenzie, John. .626
McManus, Jas...650
Meyer, J. C. &

Co 651

Michell's Seed

House 642

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 650

Millang, Chas...6.W
Millang. Frank. ..650

Miller, E. S 642

Montreal Floral

Exchange 651

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 6.50

.Murray. Samuel. 644
National Nursery-
man 639

New Eng. Nur-
series 627

Niessen, Leo Co. 648
Oechslin. Frank. 628
Ouwerkerk. P.... 639
P?rk Floral Co.. 644
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 644

Parshelsky Bros. 659
Patten & Co 626

Page
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 645

Peun the Florist. 645
Penuock - Meehan

Co 649

Perkins St. Nur-
series 628

Pierce Co.. F. 0.6.39
Pierson. A. N....62G
Piersou. F. R.

Co 626

Plant Food Co.,

20th Century... 657
Poehlmann Bros.64S
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 637

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 658

Reed & Keller. . .6.50
Rein berg, Peter.. 648

Rice. M. Co 645

Robinson. H. M.

& Co 648

Robinson Co., H.

M 050

Rock. Wm. L 044

Roehrs, J. Co.... 628
Roland, Thomas. 028
R o 1 k e r. A. &

Sons 628-658

Rosery, The 6*4

Sander & Son... 628

Scott, John 628

Schling, Max 646

Schultheis. A 640

Sheridan. W. F..650
Siebrecht. Geo. C.650
Siggers & Slg-

gers 658

Sharp. Partridge

. & Co 659

Smith. P. J 630

Page

Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 642

Smith & Co., E

D 639

Smith. W. & T.

Co 639

Smvth. Wm. J.. 644
Sprague, J. H...628
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co.... 659
Stumpp, Geo. M.644
Syracuse Pottery

Co 658

Totty, Chas. H..638
Thorburn. J. M.

& Co 642

Traendly &

Schenck 650

Trepel, C. 0 644

Valentine. J. A.. 644
Van Assche. F...658
Vlek's Jas. Sons. 643
Vincent. R.. Jr.,

& Sons Co 627

Wants. For Sale. 6.56
Ward. R. M. &

Co 628

Welch Bros. Co. 651
West Main Green-
houses 626

Whittier & Co..

W. B 639

Wilson Robt. G.644

Wood Bros 626

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 650

Woodruff & Sons.

S. D 643

Young & Nugent.644

Zangen. O. y 643

Zinn, J. A 645

Zvolanek, Ant. C.643

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 652, 653, 654, 655

628

HORTICULTUKE

April 26, 1913

INVESTIGATE

IP you were buying Bonds you would either buy from a house you knew was reliable or you would investi-
gate the bonds before buying. There is no reason why you should not take the same precaution when
you buy lily bulbs — in fact you should take more, because the risk is greater. In buying lily bulbs
we will be only too pleased to have you investigate Horseshoe Brand bulbs. Look into our affairs, our
record for deliveries, our source of supply, our manner of doing business, and anything else about us that
interests you. Our business has been built up by hard work here and by good work in Japan. Large growers
know very well we have the quality in lily bulbs and it has been proven time and time again that Horseshoe
Brand Giganteum average better than any other brand known. Cold Storage Giganteum on hand now for
delivery at any time you want them — good sound late dug bulbs, disbudded and properly packed just for
Storage purposes. From the very best fields in Japan. Prices as follows:

r.O.B. NEW YORK OR CHICAGO. F.O.B. CINCINNATI OR MEMPHIS.

GIGANTEUM 7/8 at $21 per case of 340 GIGANTEUM 8/91/2 at $23 per case of 200

7/9 at 21 " " 300 " 9/11 at 22 " " 1,S0

8/io::::::::::::::::::::at h - - So atnewyork.

9/11 at 22 " " 180 LILIUM .\1BUMS (special) $18 per ease of 2.30

BABY CASES.

GIGANTEUM 7/8 at $8.00 per case of 100

7/9 at 8..50 " " 100

At New York Only.

ORDER NOW— TAKE DEUVERY PERIODICALLY— .ANYTIME.

Not How Cheap
But Bov Good

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - - NEW YORK CITY

Cold Storage Bulbs for shipment any time

ORCHIDS

Largest Importers, Exporters, Growen
and Hybridists in the Wo. Id

5ANDER, St. Alban's, England

and 258 Broadway-, Room 12X
NEW YORK CITY

CYCLAMEN

But strain ,a exitteBce.

4 tseh fSS.OO

I iBch 60.00

« Incb ^ 1S.00

THOMAS ROLAND, Kabant, Mass.

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co,

Rutherford, N. J.

OROMIDS

Arrived in Jin.' (.Onilitiun : 1 )ondrobium
thyrsiflorum, D. clirysotoxum, D. crassi-
node.

Due Shortly: Cattleya Gaskelliana, C.
Mossiae. C. I'ercivalliana, G. speciosissima,
C. Trianae, etc.

Write for prices.

LAGER & HURRELL '''^.'?."

S^IH.A^CSIM«-IIVI IVKD^S

10 bbl. bales ; selected stock ; neatly bur-
lapped. "Worth While Quality," "Square
Deal Quantity."

1 bale $3.80 10 bales, each. .fS.4*

S bales, each... 3.60 25 balea, each.. SJM

6% off c»»h with order. Car lots. Write

for price*.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, 9l.it per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, '.»*. sack.

i. H. SRRAGUE, Bamegat, M. i.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE LIUES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS. AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Write for quotations

ROBERT CRAIG GO.

ROSES, PALM^.

:in(l No\elties in Decorative Plants.

HARKfT wd 49tk STREETS, PHILDDELPHIA, PA.

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepK HeacocK

AVyncote, Pa.

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PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Qutland Road and E. 45th St
Tel. i»9o Bedford BROOK L Y N , N . Y.

Natural— Four Standard Grades.

Colored —Twenty Stnndard Colors.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISCN & CO. ™^"«po«t

17 Murray St.,

HOUSE
NEW YORK

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Large Howering-, Pompon, Anemone flow-
ered and single. Best varieties for Bush
form Pot plants. SVu in. pot plants, $3.00
per 100. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W, Quincy St., Chicago, III.

AiffiusT Mm & Sons

Import for the Trade only
AZAL.EA8. PAUHB, RHOII«BKVT>BOXS.
BATTRES8, B08^, UI.AOS, BOIXAKB
AND JAPAK BUI.B8, LXLT OF TKB

V AIaLEY BTC

P. 0. Boi 752 Of 31 Barclay St, NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, DecDratira and FoKage Plants

Bnlei^ talien uow far IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

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in a condition to need it for, even whilst growing, they
should not be kept in a saturated condition. Keep up an
abundance of moisture in the atmosphere as it is well-
nigh impossible to use too much water about for evap-
oration at this season. It is not too late to root a good
batch. Requirements are a warm, stuffy house and lots
of moisture, and a frame to keep them close.

Gloxinias

Gloxinias that were started early and have been kept
growing, should by this time have reached their flower-
ing size with a fine spread of foliage and well-developed
flower trusses. They will require a well-shaded house
to keep the foliage right and to hold the color of the
flowers. Keep them as near the glass as possible and
do not let the temperature drop below 60 degrees at
night. Keep the plants watered, but be careful not to
wet the foliage any more than is absolutely necessary.
Give ventilation when the temperature reaches 70 de-
grees and give enough to keep the house at 75 to 80
degrees. When well in bloom they can be placed where
they can be kept cooler, which will harden them up and
give more substance to their flowers. Seedlings that
were started in January should by this time be large
enough to go into 21/2 or 3-inch pots using a moderately
light and rich compost.

Phalaenopsis

Give these orchids every attention from this out. They
enjoy a warm moist house, where the temperature never
goes below 65 at night and 70 degrees would be better.
Keep the paths, walls and benches damped down three
or four times a day to produce plenty of atmospheric
moisture. Give ventilation in greater or less degree so
as to keep the day temperature with sunshine at from
80 to 85 ; on dull or rainy days about 75 degrees will do.
Keep the shading just sufficiently heavy to moderate the
direct solar influence, for when kept too dark they
will make a soft growth which usually prevents flower-
ing well. Give careful attention in watering looking
them over every day and watering only those that may
need it.

Shading

Shading will be necessary for a good many plants
grown inside during the summer such as palms, ferns,
orchids, etc. Do not wait until the foliage becomes dis-
colored from the effects of the sun. Do not, however,
place a dense shade on any of your houses as it will make
the stock very soft in growth. All plants require as
much light as can be given to them exclusive of scorch-
ing sun rays. There are lots of growers who use only
temporary lath shading which can be removed at will,
Ijut where this cannot be done whiting and kerosene will
be the best.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following: Care of Carnations; Dieffenbachlas ; Lily of the Valley for June; Growing Palms

from Seed : Nephrolepis ; Sowing Annuals.

Alocasias

Alocasias in their tropical luxuriance of growth are
almost indispensable where a large and varied collection
of plants are under cultivation. Alocasias are propa-
gated by suckers or cuttings of the rhizomes. These
may be placed in small pots filled with peat and sand
in equal proportions and the pots plunged in a close
frame over bottom heat in a temperature of 70 degrees.
It is very important to put drainage material in the
pots to at least one-third of the pot room. The soil
should consist of fibrous peat, with a little light fibry
loam, in large lumps; to this add a good proportion of
sphagnum and lumps of charcoal with plenty of silver
sand. Keep the bulbs and soil raised well above the
rim of the pot and finish off with a surfacing of either
sphagnum or eocoanut fibre. Shade at all times when
the sun is bright, but let the plants be kept well up to
the light. Syringe overhead freely once a day, and keep
a temperature from 70 to 75 degrees at night and from
80 to 85 in the day, giving water so as to keep the soil
always moist.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

The early propagated portion of the ensuing season's
stock should now be far enough advanced to require 4-
inch pots. For compost use three parts turfy loam, two
parts sand and one part very old manure. Place in a
temperature of from 55 to 60 degrees at night and venti-
late freely. They will need some shade from this out
to keep the leaves from burning. Thrifty little plants
derived from leaf sets and still in their first pots, should
be transplanted before they become root-bound. Any
sort of cultural encouragement now before the heat of
summer interferes will tell plainly on the stock in the
early autumn and whatever degree of size and vigor is
now imparted by special good treatment is a permanent
gain, while any neglect at this season is a certain loss
which cannot be made good at any time later on. Give
careful watering, avoiding any too much or too little.
Pinch out the points so as to cause them to break back
good.

Gardenias

To attain success with gardenias atmospheric con-
ditions play a most important part. Keep the stock '
growing by giving them a house where they can have
a temperature of 65 io 70 degrees at night with about
10 or 15 degrees higher with sunshine. Stock that was
propagated in January should now have a shift into 4-
incli pots, which will hold them until planting-out time
in June. A good compost is fibrous loam three parts,
very old cow manure and leaf mold one part each and
sand enough to keep it open. Damping down will now
be necessary, morning, noon and night; and the plants
must be examined each day and watered only if they are

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Making an Asparagus Bed

As asparagus is usually left in the same ground for
years it is well to bear this in mind when preparing the
beds and not stint in preparation. Planting in rows is
at once the most convenient method for cultivation and
every other purpose, so we shall consider no other. As
we believe the nest year's crop is dependent upon the
proper growth and development of the foliage and as
this cannot take place without sufficient room for free
circulation of air and sunlight the importance of laying
out the rows a sufficient distance apart will at once be
apparent. Four feet is the minimum distance between
the rows for the best results, as good strong plants will
root out two feet on either side. We are proposing to
fill all the bed with roots therefore every bit of the soil
should be enriched and improved. While believing in
deep cultivation generally, still the asparagus is a com-
paratively shallow rooting plant and if the soil is thor-
oughly broken to a depth of eighteen inches and liberal
amounts of barnyard manure, decaying leaves or any
other decayed vegetable matter be added good results
may be assured.

One-year-old seedlings raised in our own garden are
the kind of stock we prefer to plant, and in planting the
greatest care should be taken to keep the roots from
any lengthy exposure to sun or wind, as they are ex-
tremely sensitive. Unfortunately men are apt to think
that because there is no foliage to wilt or wither that
no harm is likely to follow drying. This is a great mis-
take as the subsequent growth is weaker and the initial
vigor of the plant is sapped away. It is analogous to
starving or checking the growth of a young animal and
all stockmen know that to do so is to throw away all
chances of the animal's reaching its fullest development.
It is because of these possibilities of check that we advo-
cate the growing of seedlings for planting, but if time be
precious and it is necessary to have material for cutting
in the least possible time, then a portion of the bed may
be planted from purchased two-year-old roots exercising
all possible care to prevent drying and ensure a good
start. These rows may be subsequently dug up for
forcing and their place gradually taken by home-grown
stock. As asparagus can be forced nearly any time and
very easily it is well to have this in view and plant out
a larger area than would be necessary for the ordinary

outdoor cutting, and for this reason we advise the sow-
ing of some seed annually to be growing on to take the
place of that dug, for forcing.

. For some reason there is an idea abroad that aspara-
gus should be planted deep. Our own experience has
been that if the crowns are covered by about three inches
of soil it is better than more. As soon as the beds are
planted apply a mulch of stable litter and leaves mixed
about a foot on each side of the rows and keep the rest
of the land cultivated and free from weeds. Should
the grower have a chance to choose between different
soils a sandy loam will be the most suitable as the wild
asparagus is a native of the sandy seashore and hence its
love of an occasional dressing of salt.

Parsnips for Exhibition

The parsnip is a plant requiring a long season of
growth and while for ordinary table use there is yet
plenty of time for sowing, those intended for exhibition
at the fall shows should be sown as soon as possible.
While a good deep friable loam will answer all require-
ments for ordinary crop, those intended for the exhibi-
tion table will call for something more. Our own
method is to make holes about a foot apart in the rows
and two feet between the rows. These holes are made
with a crow bar or other suitable tool to a depth of four
feet or more. They are then filled with a fine soil
passed through a half-inch sieve, this soil being com-
posed of a bushel of loam, half a bushel of leaf soil, a
sprinkling of lime and a three-inch pot-full of fine bone
meal. This mixture is carefully tamped into the holes
till full and a few seed are sown on the top. As soon
as they have germinated all but the strongest plant are
removed and this plant on each hole is encouraged by
watering and occasional feeding to do its very best.

Succession Crops

Sow lettuce, radish, cauliflower, spinach, cabbage,
beets and carrots for succession. Small quantities sown
frequently will give better results in young, tender,
juicy product than large sowings made less frequently.

Our usual chapters on Fruit and Vegetables Under
Glass are missing this week owing to the illness of Mr.
Penson. We hope he will be able to resume his valuable
notes next week.

Order Your Decoration Day Flowers and Supplies Early.

Get Your Young Stock for Growing on For Next Season.
Get J These and Your Choice Seeds and Roots From the

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Watering Young Plants

During these bright, clear, and sometimes very windy
days, the young plants will dry out very rapidly, and if
not watched carefully will dry out to such an extent as
to be harmful to their growth. Plants that have become
very badly stvmted through improper watering will sel-
dom recover altogether, and will always show the check
in growth. It is well to go over the plants several times
a day if need be and water the most outside rows. As
for the plants on inside, i. e., those away from the edge of
the benches, if these are watered with great care, they
will, dry out very evenly and will seldom require touch-
ing up. Never water late in the afternoon, so that all
the foliage has had a chance to become perfectly dry
before the sun sets. After syringing it is well to turn on
a little heat and keep the ventilators more open to
finish drying the plants. Also blow a little air slacked
lime underneath to take up any excess of moisture there.

The Young Beauty Plants

No doubt many of these will be getting qviite tall and
will have to be spread apart to give them a little more
room and a better chance to develop. It does not pay to
crowd the young plants, as many have found out. We
should always remember that our next season's cutting
partly depends on these plants, and if they are not cared
for properly now the results will likely fall below the
level of our expectations.

Spot on Young Beauties

It pays to go over the plants quite often and pick off
the least little leaf that shows any inclination toward
spot. Get it when it is small; do not wait for it to
spread to all the surrounding plants, or through the
whole bench. A spray of copper carbonate is very good
to apply and will do considerable to prevent this dreaded
disease. Plants sprayed with Fungine seem to be more
spot-proof, but as we have had very little trouble with
spot as a whole, we could not give any definite answer
as to the results. This applies to the copper carbonate
as well. It will not cure spot by any means. There is

no spray that really will. But it will go a good ways
toward preventing it.

Feeding the Young Plants

If the plants have been potted into good soil, such as
has been frequently recommended through these col-
umns, it will not be necessary to feed them with liquid
in any form. At times, however, we wish to have an
extra lot of nice plants for a certain house, and it is then
that a little feed applied now and then will do them
worlds of good. Never apply the liquid very strong,
and make sure that the plants are perfectly wet before
applying any at all. Plants in pots are even more par-
ticular than those in the benches, as the roots are con-
fined and the plants have to take what is given to them,
and have no chance to reach out into the surrounding
soil to get what they need.

Yellow Leaves

No matter how well or how carefully roses may be
grown there will always be some yellow leaves. These
should be picked off as fast as they appear and we think
it ought to be a part of the day's work to clean up a bit.
Even the old houses should be swept after each syring-
ing, and the leaves removed from the house and burned,
not swept under the benches as is done on a good many
places. Underneath the bench is no place for the old
leaves as they only help to house the thousand and one
different insects that we greenhouse men have to battle
with, and most of us know what it would mean to lose
this battle.

The Ice Box

Now that the weather is bound to be warm, a supply
of ice should never be wanting on any rose-growing
establishment. Another important and often very sadly
neglected item is fresh water in the jars. All the water
should be fresh and sweet all the time and the jars
themselves kept clean, so that no one would ever hesi-
tate to drink from them. Judging from the condition
of these jars on many places, this is a bold statement,
but nevertheless a true one. Cleanliness is next to god-
liness.

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CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Vase of 200 Killarney
Queens.

NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK—
Alocasias — Begonia Gloire de Lorraine — Gardenias —
Gloxinias — Phalaenopsis — Shading — John J. M. F'ar-
rell 629

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Making an
Asparagus Bed — Parsnips for Exhibition — Succes-
sion Crops — Edwin Jenkins 630

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Watering Young
Plants — The Young Beauty Plants — Spot on Young
Beauties — Feeding the Young Plants — Yellow Leaves
— The Ice Box — Arthtir C. Ruzicka 631

THE FAULTS OF THE GROWER— Samuei S. Pen-
nock. Portrait 633

ADVERTISING TALKS— /?u/p7i M. Ward 633

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— Adjourned

Meeting of Directors 635

National Trial Ground for Roses — Ladies S. A. F. —
News from the Convention City — Philadelphia-Min-
neapolis 636

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Peter Hen-
derson & Co.'s Display — First Prize Hamper of Car-
nations— Illustrations 635

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — Lancaster County Florists'
Club — American Gladiolus Society — Club and Socie-
ty Notes 638

WOMEN'S NATIONAL GARDEN CONFERENCE 640

SEED TRADE — Rochester Seed Trade 642

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 644

New Flower Stores 645

Salesmanship — Rhinebeck Easter Violet Shipments. 646

DURING RECESS— Bowling— Two Daring Aviators,
Illustrated 647

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo. Chicago 649

Detroit, New York, Philadelphia 651

Rochester, St. Louis 657

OBITUARY— B. F. Rubel 656

MISCELLANEOUS:

A New Florists' Club 636

Plant Quarantine Decision No. 2 642

Catalogues Received 642-657

Personal 644

In Bankruptcy 645

Chicago Notes 646

Philadelphia Notes 647

Flood Relief in Ohio 656

Publications Received 656

Summer School of Agriculture 658

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 658

News Notes 658

S. S. Pennock'p talk to the Pitts-
Views of a burgli florists, which we publish this
commission man week, will interest all who have to
do witli the production and shippinji
of flowers to the wholesale marts of the great cities. Th(;
title of the lecture sounds somewhat censorious, but Mr.

Peunock's remarks present very little that can be con-
.strued as captious or reproachful. His talk is a frank
and reasonable exposition of the problems that are at all
times a j)art of this exacting department of commercial
floriculture. Mr. Pennock's views come from experience
gained in a widely varied school and are worthy of some-
thing more than passing attention.

The returning to the guarantors of all

Nothing contributions to the guarantee fund for

but praise the International Flower Show at New

York is a very gratifying sequel to the
splendid work done and notable success achieved in get-
ting together so superb a display of the products of
American floral industry. Every successive time that
this result is attained it makes the undertaking so much
easier for those who are next to follow. Of course, there
will always be doubters, skeptical as to the possibilities
in this or that location, and probably it is as well that
this is so, since over-coniidence is liable to breed indis-
creet action and the pessimist has his legitimate place as
a brake on his more impetuous fellows. But in this
instance he is not needed just at present, any more than
is the man who tries to stir up a controversy as to
whether the New York Show did or did not beat its
predecessor — usually someone who did little or nothing
personally for either affair.

Now that the International Flower
The Show is a thing of the past the next

S. A. F. boom important event of interest to the hor-
ticultural world is the S. A. F. Con-
vention at Minneapolis. That occasion will be a very
important one in many respects and its transactions are
likely to have a far-extending effect on the future of the
Society and its relations with the various sections of the
trade. The S. A. F. is now rapidly sizing up to the
position its founders planned it should fill and a little
realization of its own possibilities for usefulness. Its
membership has been increasing rapidly of late and its
friendly affiliation and practical interest in the work of
the several special societies has added immeasurably to
its prestige. The successful outcome, financially and
otherwise, of the third national flower show — and that
in the city where this was regarded as next to impossible
— now raises the organization to an eminence never be-
fore attained in its history. That the effect of this will
be a tremendous accession of members and activity with-
in the lines of the grand old national organization this
year seems assured.

The development of a bigger mar-

A suggestion ^^t and more stable values for the

for the florists' cut flower product is, we

publicity worl<ers believe, generally recognized as the

most pressing present need in the
floral industry. We would respectfully suggest to those
public-spirited gentlemen who are giving their time and
thought to this problem that they consider, as one part
of the system to be inaugurated, possible ways and means
whereby approximate estimates may be made of the pros-
pective supply in advance of holidays or other occasions
where an augmented demand is expected. The etTect of
such a reporting service, giving some accurate informa-
tion as to the available crops and where located, in the
various large producing centres would be to lessen the
liability to sudden and excessive fluctuations in value.
It would conduce to a much wider distribution of the
product and an assurance of fairness to all concerned —
growers, dealers and the public — which would bring
much added dignity and stability to the cut flower as a
commercial commodity.

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THE FAULTS OF THE GROWER

An Address by Samuel S. Pennock Before the Lancaster County Florists' Club, April 17, 1913.

When your president wrote and
asked me to read a paper before your
club, I felt considerable hesitancy In
accepting the invitation as It Is rather
a delicate thing to do — to point out
the faults of the other man's way of
conducting his business. It Is human
nature to criticize; in fact it is a very
easy habit to fall into and if one
is not careful, it soon becomes chronic.
But you have asked me to tell you of
your faults as we see them, of the
things that help to make or mar the
sales of your stock, and I am going to
pay you the compliment of believing
that you want what you have asked
for, so I will try to give you my hon-
est criticisms and hope you will ac-
cept them as well-meant advice and
not as though they were given in a
spirit of finding fault with your own
individual Ideas and methods.

The Value of Encouragement.
To begin with, I do not think that
we try to help one another enough
with a word of encouragement here
and there as we go along the path of
life, which is of Infinitely more bene-
fit than a word of condemnation, not
only to the one who may justly de-
serve It but to the one giving It as
well. We are all glad to be praised
when we do something which we
think is good. How often do we hear
from a grower when we are able to
make him good returns? but when his
returns are not satisfactory, we hear
from him very quickly and there is
not very much time wasted in telling
us about it. It Is an easy matter to
kick, sometimes too easy; In fact we
get far more kicks than we should
and not enough praise when lots of
times we really deserve it. By this I
don't mean to say that the growers
are the only ones who don't give
praise when praise is due. The re-
tailers and the wholesalers are just as
negligent in this respect as any one;
probably they don't really consider the
other fellow as much even as the
grower does.

On a dull market, often times the
returns are so low that we are dis-
gusted with them and hate to send
them out but we have no alternative.
We have no wish to send out low re-
turns any more than our growers care
to receive them and it is through no
wish of ours that the stock brings low
prices as it is certainly to our advant-
age to get all we possibly can out of it
and get as high prices as possible for
every flower that comes in to us. It
is certainly as hard on us as on the

growers to have to sell at low prices,
especially as we are selling on a com-
mission basis. And we assure you
that when the letters of commendation
or praise do come to us, they are cer-
tainly appreciated and they stimulate
us to even greater efforts on behalf of
our growers, and we know that they

ADVERTISING TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. 6

An educated business man will
never dispute the fact that adver-
tising pays. He may dispute the
methods used, but the fundamental
fact is the same. In a broad sense
every man is an advertiser. His
demeanor is a walking advertise-
ment; his reputation, honesty, po-
liteness, correspondence, methods,
neatness or carelessness, etc., are
all advertisements. The writer
knows a Hollander who grunts like
a pig, and everyone who ever met
him knows him by his grunt. If
he didn't grunt he wouldn't be re-
membered. It is advertising —
whether it pays or not I don't know,
But such advertising is confined to
one's friends and acquaintances —
so it is too limited for big results.
There are many ways for the florist
to advertise. The local telephone
book represents a good list for cir-
cular solicitation — people who have
'phones can afford flowers. Street-
car advertisements are sometimes
used with good results. Billboards
properly located are excellent, and
pay handsome dividends. But above
all. the best is the local newspaper
with a good circulation. In news-
paper advertising never use more
than four words for a headline — the
less the better. Illustrations with
the advertisement are excellent as
they catch the eye quickly. State
facts in as few plain words as pos-
sible. Change the wording fre-
quently— make things interesting.
If you can't afford sufficient space
daily, run the advertisement three
or four times weekly; but don't
stop it — keep pegging away and it
will be sure to pay you, provided
you are honest with the public.

make for a better feeling and under-
standing between us.

The mutual good feeling among the
florists, particularly among the grow-
ers, is improving each year— hardly a
grower but who is willing to live and
learn, to profit by his neighbor's suc-
cesses and mistakes, and meetings
such as these where you get in closer
touch with each other are of splendid
value and benefit, for there is always
something to learn.

Flower Shows Useful.

Then there are our shows. What
schools of learning they are — particu-
larly such shows as the National
Flower Show which has just taken
place in New York! I know that
every florist who attended this show
went home feeling that it was time
and money well spent, and I was very
much pleased to see Lancaster so well
represented. It shows progresslveness.
Not only was it of advantage to see
the exhibits, how stock could be
grown, the newer flowers and plants
(many of them novelties never before
seen), but the greatest advantage of
all was the opportunity the little man
had to get in touch with the big men
of the trade on an equal footing, con-
versing with them, getting their ideas
and helpful suggestions and going
back home with the knowledge of
how to do bigger and better things,
knowledge that he could not acquire
in years of hard grinding.

Not only are these shows valuable
to the growers, retailers and whole-
salers in the way of being a source of
knowledge and information, but they
are among the greatest advertising
mediums we have for the flower busi-
ness. The Publicity Committees that
are working in the different cities are
doing all they can. and mighty good
work, too, to bring the flower business
before the public. But the flower
shows are infinitely more lasting and
far reaching in their effects than or-
dinary advertising. By this I do not
wish to convey the idea that I do not
think advertising pays, as I am a very
firm believer in advertising. But for
that reason, if for no other, these .
shows should have your firm and "
hearty support and your individual at-
tendance whenever it is at all pos-
sible.

Essentials to Success.

This may be digressing from the
subject somewhat, but 1 hardly think
so, as these are points every florist,
whether he is a grower, retailer or
middleman should consider. Don't be
afraid to leave home now and then to
see what the other fellow is doing.
Many a grower finds at the end of his
year that he has come out with little
or no profit, owing sometimes to his
staying at home entirely too much
and not understanding how to prop-
erly market his stock or to get it Into
the best possible shape for marketing.

Then, too, often a grower does not
know just where he is making or
losing money, owing to the fact of his
not keeping accurate records as to
production per plant or per square
foot. Then sometimes a greenhouse
is run in connection with another en-
terprise and not kept separate, except
in a superficial way, a way that is
more harmful than helpful. Accurate
accounting, even if it does take a lit-
tle more time and expense, is bound
to pay in the end.

Care in Handling, Grading and
Shipping.

Every year the competition in the
flower business becomes keener and

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the supply larger, which makes it
necessary to grow the stock and mar-
ket it in the best possible manner.
Having succeeded in growing fin?,
first-class flowers, it is equally, if not
more, important to see that they ar?
not spoiled by poor handling. This
often happens and is due to the grow-
ers not looking after the details and
appreciating that it is just as impor-
tant to market flowers in the very
best up-to-date manner as it is to pro-
duce the best flowers in the first place.
How much quicker and better will a
box of flowers sell that comes into
the market carefully graded and pack-
ed and put up in attractive shape?
That shipment commands a buye",
particularly on a dull market, far
more quickly than the shipment that
Is carelessly graded and packed even
if the stock in this shipment be well-
grown and some of the flowers be of
even better quality than the first ship-
ment. If this condition be allowed to
go on day after day from one year's
end to the other, it means many a dol-
lar out of the grower's pocket. Don't
be afraid to watch the details; the
larger things will then fall into line
naturally and take care of themselves.
Be particular about the grading; keep
the quality up and do not allow poor
stock to creep in. It is very important
that rubbered or wired carnations
should not be put in the same bunches
with the better blooms as a few wired
or rubbered blooms will spoil the sale
of the bunch. Some growers feel that
this is not important but every grower
who does this loses out in the end as
these bunches of carnations will not
sell except on a scarce market and al-
most all the time it is a buyers' and
not the sellers' market. Let the poor-
er blooms come in a lower grade. De-
tails carefully watched spell success
in any line of business.

Better Mutual Understanding Needed.

I believe most growers and whole-
salers do not keep in close enough
touch with each other. Advices from
the wholesaler as to the market con-
ditions, or advices from the grower as
to his future crops, probable quantity
and when these particular crops will
come in, are points that are too often
ignored and too little considered.
Often a crop will come in which could
have been marketed to much better
advantage had the wholesaler known
about it and understood what to ex-
pect, whether this was a new crop
coming on or simply an extra big cut.
The knowledge of this would help the
commission man to plan tor better
sales of the stock, perhaps even give
him an opportunity to advertise it, and
the results would more than offset
the trouble and expense of the grow-
er's writing or 'phoning about it. If it
were possible for the wholesale' s and
growers to visit each other ottener.
it would be a great help to each of
them and would prevent many a mis-
understanding, bring them closer to-
gether, each one helping the other,
pointing out when and where things
could be improve-1 and having many
things considered and talked over
that otherwise would never come up.

Wholesaler's Advice Often Ignored.

Then, again, there are times when
a grower thinks he knows better thaji
the wholesaler when he should send

his stock in. This is a very great
mistake, as the commission man's
business is to know when the goods
should be sent in and when there
should be the best market for them.
Of course, sometimes his judgment is
at fault and things do not work out
just as he has expected, but on the
whole, he is certainly in a better posi-
tion to make the decision than the
grower. And when the grower does
not have confidence enough in his
commission man to be willing to abide
by his decisions in these matters and
persists in sending in his stock as he
thinks best, then he had better send
his stock to some other market, or
else try and get a little confidence
from some of his neighbors who do
back up their commission men, feeling
that that is the only way to do in
sending stock to any wholesaler.
More than once have we instructed
our growers to send in their stock on
a certain day or days and then have
had them disregard these instructions
and send it in when they thought best
and in sucli cases the flowers have

Samuel S. Pennock

probably arrived too late to get the
benefit of the best market.

The wholesale markets are coming
more and more each year to do their
business early in the morning and
this brings us to another important
point. Get your stock in early in the
day for the man who has his ship-
ments in eaily is the man who is going
to have his flowers sold first. There
is no doubt about this. And if you
wish the best results you will have to
conform to these conditions, even if
it does mean starting your day's work
an hour or two earlier. The old say-
ing that- "the early bird catches the
worm" is only too true in this case.

A Discredited Practice.

I would like also to speak of the
tendency which some growers have to
hold back stock hoping for big prices,
particularly at holiday times, although
this is something which has troubled
us more in the past than it has tor
the last year or two. This is a very
bad practice and can never be any-
thing but detrimental to the sale of
the stock. As an illustration of this.

I remember one Memorial Day when a
large shipment of carnations came to
us from one of our growers. Some of
the stock was beautiful — fresh and
well-grown flowers, but a large portion
of it was material which showed that
it had been pickled and this poor stock
condemned the whole shipment. This
particular grower must have lost f200
or $300 by holding his stock, where
if he had sent it in when it was good
and fresh, even on a lower market, he
would have come out far ahead of
the way he did. It was a lesson to
him, one which he never forgot, and
he told us afterwards that he would
never repeat that mistake.

We would very much prefer to have
to notify our customers that we had
sold up clean and were not able to
take care of their orders or were only
able to send them a portion of their
order, rather than to send them goods
that we knew would not hold up for
them, stock that would be bound to
make trouble. Pickling is a thing of
the past and any grower who indulges
in it, does so at his own expense. We
cannot force these goods on the buyer
of today.

Advantage of Well-Grown Stock.

I have said practically nothing
about the growing and it would be a
hard matter for me to give you any
advice on points on which you were
at fault in this respect. 'When the
stock comes in I can tell whether it
has been well or poorly grown, or
whether it has been grown in too high
or too low a temperature or various
points of that kind, but naturally it is
the conditions governing the market-
ing of the stock with which I am most
familiar. But I would say that here
again in the growing is where details
count, and where good results will
not come without proper attention to
details. Well-grown stock always
shows that it has had the attention
and care that are necessary to pro-
duce good flowers and without such
attention and care it is very seldom
that good material is grown. Some-
times it is possible to get good stock
without attention to these details, but
this is more good luck than good man-
agement, and it is very seldom that
a grower is able to repeat such a
chance success.

These are the points which our ex-
perience as wholesalers has brought
most forcibly to my attention, and I
hope you will consider them as they
have been given — hints and sugges-
tions made in a spirit of frankness
and helpfulness and not in the spirit
of fault finding. I believe that every
man wants to improve his business
whenever and wherever he can and is
glad to get pointers even if they are
in the line of criticism and not praise.
We, too, have our faults and are
glad to be told of our mistakes so
that we can seek a remedy for them.
But our interests are identical and
there can be no separation of our mo-
tives, our ambitions and our results.
One hinges on the other and the more
we try to help each other with friend-
ly criticism and deserved praise as
well as blame, the greater efforts we
will both be able to put forth. Give
us of your confidence and support, be-
lieve that we are working for your
best interests as well as our own, and
then there can be no question of our
mutual success and profit.

April 26, 1913

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635

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS

ADJOURNED MEETING OF DIREC-
TORS.

At the adjourned meeting of the
board of directors, held in New York,
Tuesday, April S, 1913, the repo t of
the judges of the trade exhibition hell
at the convention in Chicago, was ap-
proved.

Vice-President Theo. Wirth reported
that he had leased, by order of the
board of directors, the Armory and
Colliseum in Minneapolis, from the
15th to the 23d day of August for use
of the next annual convention. The
vice-president also gave a detailed re-
port of the outdoor plant exhibit, stat-
ing what progress had been made in
this important project.

It was decided to rent this space at
If) cents per square foot for the inside
bedding space and 5 cents for the bor-
ders, intended for perennials, shrubs
etc.

Mr. Wirth stated that the e would
be 13,000 square feet in this garden
available for bedding plants and 17,000
square feet available for shrubbeiy,
making a total available space of 30,-
000 square feet.

Mr. Wirth was empowered to hire
such additional assistance as is neces-
sary and render a bill to the S. A. F.,
who will reimburse him for any outlay
he may make.

Secretary Young, who was unable to
be at the meeting of the board of di-
rectors in February, was insti-ucted to
make a trip to Minneapolis at an early
date so that he might become entirely
familiar with all the possibilities of
the convention.

On Thursday, April 10, the board had
another meeting when Ex-President
Vincent brought up the question of the

I.NTF.RXATIOXAL

First Prize H.imper of Ciiruntions
flood sufferers from the recent flocd In
the Middle West and those sufferers
who had so much stock destroyed
should have as much help as possible
from this society.

The plan outlined was that we co-
operate with them as far as possible
and ask them to make their wants
known and publish the fact that cer-
tain sufferers were in need of different
kinds of stock. Those having surp'us
stock might communicate with a com-
mittee appointed for the purpo"fee and
find out the names of those who are in
need.

It was finally decided that a com-
mittee of three be appointed with
power to act without expense to the
society. This committee is to gather

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Flower Show

and Mignouette li.v A. T. P.iiii,var(l.
information in regard to the sufferers
and to recommend in their judgment
those most in need of it.

John A. Evans, E. G. Hill and Au-
gust Poehlmann were appointed as
such committee.

A Plea to Growers.

One of the principal attractions of
the coming S. A. F. and O. H. conven-
tion, to be held in Minneapolis. Minn.,
August 19 to 23. 1913. will be an out-
door plant exhibit, as shown by p'ans
recently published in the trade papers.
Applications for space should be made
at once to John Young, Secretary. S,
A. F. and O. H., 54 West 28th street.
New York City. The plants should be
shipped the last week in May, ad-
dressed to Theodore Wirth. Superin-
tendent of Parks, Minneapolis. Minn.
(Outdoor Exhibit.) Freight charges
must be prepaid. The plants will be
planted, and properly taken caie of by
expert employees of the Board of Park
Commissioners, and every exhibitor
can feel assured that his exhibit will
be well taken care of at no other ex-
pense than the rental space paid to
the S. A. F. and 0. H., namely. 10
cents per square foot for the inside
bedding space and 5 cents for the bor-
ders, intended for prennials, shrubs,
etc.

Every grower is earnestly requested
to participate in this exhibit. Novel-
ties and superior varieties of any and
all classes of plants are desiied.
Enough plants to fill one bed should be
sent. The plants will be left in gar-
den until fall and the exhibitor will
be permitted to display a sign of his
firm. These signs must be made of
uniform size and will be furnished at

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cost price by the superintendent of the
S. A. F. exhibits.

Please get busy and help us to make
the exhibition garden of the S. A. F. a
great success.

Even at this date several growers
have taken space to assist in making
this outdoor exhibition the succe-ss it
deserves to be.

National Trial Ground for Roses.

President Farquhar has appointed
W. F. Gude, F. R. Pierson and Wal-
lace R. Pierson a committee to repre-
sent the S. A. F. in the proposal to es-
tablish a national trial ground for
roses at Washington, by the United
States Department of Agriculture, and
do what they think best to further the
project either in the name of the S.
A. P. or in conjuncion with any other
societies that may be interested.

Department of Plant Registration.

.John Bauscher, Freeport. 111., offers
for registration the following plant:

Name — American Beauty Geranium.
(Zonal Pelargonium.)

Description — American Beauty Ger-
anium originated in a novelty collec-
tion. It is a vigorous grower. Stocky
in growth; has a more bushy habit
than others. Its foliage is of a green
with a brown zone in leaf, leaf slight-
ly corrugated; it grows about 12 to 1.5
inches high. The form of the flower
is similar to that of S. A. Nutt, differ-
ing in color, which is that of an Amer-
ican Beauty rose.

John Yoltxg. Sec.

March 10, 1913.

LADIES' S. A. F.

The above society gained sixteen
new members at National Flower
Show, from states, as follows: New
York, 7; Massachusetts, 3; Kansas, 2;
Washington, D. C, 1; Connecticut, 1;
Pennsylvania, 1: Maine, 1. Thanks
are given all working S. A. F. ladles.
Mrs. Chas. H. M.^y.n'ARD. Sec.

Omitted from last week's report of
awards in Trade Exhibit Sections; a
certificate of merit to Coldwell Lawn
Mower Co., Newburgh, N. Y., for Im-
proved Lawn Mower.

A NEW FLORISTS' CLUB.

The Kirkwood. Mo., florists got to-
gether the past week, the occasion be-
ing a two days' visit of Ant. Zvo^anek
of Lompoc, Cal., the sweet pea spec-
ialist. H. Gross and .loe Hauser. a
committee of the Kirkwood florists,
took the gentleman in charge and
made all the rounds of interest. On
Saturday a meeting was called at the
Eleven Mile House and hear a lecture
on sweet peas by Mr. Zvolanek and 45
florists responded. Fred Ude, Jr., as
presiding officer, introduced Mr. Zvol-
anek. The lecture took up an hour
and the party was then invited to a
fine lunch, after which Mr. Tide intro-
duced Frank Vennemann to act as
temporary chairman and John Connon
as temporary secretary, and this was
the first step to organize the St. Louii
County Florist Club. A meeting is
called for Thursday, April 24, at the
same hall, to complete organization.

oiw§]Alior<i]y J .

Saturday, April 26, is Arl)or Day in
Massachusetts this year.

Minneapolis, the seat of this year's
convention of the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental Horticultur-
ists, is essentially a manufacturing
city. It ranks fourteenth among all
the industrial centers of the country.
Its manufacturers have an annual pro-
duction representing in value $548 for
every man, woman and child in the
city. The development of manufactur-
ing in Minneapolis, however, has not
been accomplished at the expense of
its natural beauties. On the other
hand, the wealth of scenery with
which nature so generously endowed
the city has been preserved and has
exerted a beneficial effect upon the up-
building of the manufacturing busi-
ness. There are no "sweat shops" or
slums in the city. Its manufacturing
establishments are models of modern
construction, with plenty of light and
air.

The first industry to engage Min-
neapolis was the reduction of the
great pine forest of the State to lum-
ber. The Fall of St. Anthony with
their tremendous energy were har-
nessed and made to turn the saws.
With the settlement of the fertile coun-
try surrounding the city and its plant-
ing to grain the falls were made to
revolve the millstones, which turned
the grain into flour and meal.

Long before the forests had dimin-
ished perceptibly and marked the
waning of the lumber industry Min-
neapolis had provided itself with
other manufacturing plants to take
the place of the saw mills. A variety of
industries began to surround the falls
and to make use of the power gener-
ated by them. The manufacturers
have multiplied and their products
have increased until now nearly every-
thing within the range of necessity
and a large number of so-called luxu-
ries are produced by Minneapolis
manufacturers, and their products find
their way into the remotest parts of
the world. Flour blazed the path for
the other manufactured articles and
it remains the chief product of Min-
neapolis. The brands of its great
milling companies are known iu near-
ly every household in the civilized
world. Linseed products, textiles,
machinery and a long list of other
manufactured wares are sharing the
prominence gained by the city's flour
in the markets of the globe.

Visitors to Minneapolis find St. An-
thony Falls and the grain mills which
line both banks of the river at that
point one of the interesting "Things
to See." The mills have a combined
capacity of 84,000 barrels of flour per
day. "The largest flour mill in the
world stands among this group of
grain producers. Minneapolis has the
largest grain elevators and they give
a distinctiveness to the city's sky line
no matter in what direction the vis-
itor looks.

Only a few blocks from the milling
district are the Chamber of Commerce
and the Flour and Corn Exchange

buildings. It is in the Chamber of
Commerce that the tremendous ton-
nage of grain used in producing the
city's flour is bartered. More cash
wheat is sold in the Chamber of Com-
merce than in any place in the world.
The Falls of St. Anthony have been
affectionately nicknamed "The Cradle
of Minneapolis." It was to them that
this great manufacturing city owed its
existence.

PHILADELPHIA— MINNEAPOLIS.

The second meeting of the transpor-
ation committee of the Florists' Club
of Philadelphia was held in the office
of the secretary on the 22nd inst,
when it was decided to recommend
the following program to the club at
its next meeting, May 6:

Lake Route — Leave Philadelphia
Monday, Aug. 11, 8.25 P. M., Penna.
R. R. to Buffalo. Leave Buffalo 2 P.
M. Tuesday, 12th, first call Erie, 7 P.
M.; leave Erie 11 P. M. Arrive Cleve-
land 7 A. M., 13th; leave 12 noon. Ar-
rive Detroit 8 P. M.; leave 10 A. M.,
14th. Arrive Mackinac Island 8 A. M.,
15th; leave 10 A. M. Arrive Sault. Ste
Marie 5 P. M.; leave 7 P. M. Arrive
MarquetteS A. M., 16th; leave 9 A. M.
Arrive Portage Lake 4 P. M.; leave 6
P. M. Arrive DuUith 7 A. M., Sunday,
17th; leave 1.55 P. M., Northern Pac.
R. R. Arrive Minneapolis 7.30 P. M.
One-way fare, Philadelphia to Minne-
apolis, by the foregoing route, $48,
which includes stateroom and meals
on steamer. Pullman to Buffalo extra;
lower $2, upper $1.60.

All Rail Route— Philadelphia to Chi-
cago, Penna. R. R. Leave Philadel-
phia Sunday, Aug. 17th. 10.35 A. M.
Use mileage or buy straight to Pitts-
burgh, thereby saving $_'. Arrive Chi-
cago Monday, ISth, S A. M. The Chi-
cago contingent will leave at 6.15
P. M., Monday. Chicago & Great
Western, and the general feeling at
this writing is that we ought to go
on the Chicago special — although some
favor the Rock Island route which
leaves at 4 P. M. Pare one way $26.40.
Pullman Philadelphia to Chicago;
$4.50 lower, $3.60 upper. Chicago to
Minneapolis, $2 lower, $1.60 upper.

Members going on either of the fore-
going routes are requested to commu-
nicate at once with the chairman of
the transportation committee, John
Westcott, Horticultural Hall, Broad
and Locust streets, Philadelphia.
Jno. Westcott,
George C. Watso>-,
Edward Rem,

Committee.

FIRE.

Keokuk, Iowa— The fire at the store
of the Gate City Seed Company, Main
street, on April 11, damaged stock to
the extent of $10,000, fully insured.
The loss to the building is estimated
at $2000.

April 26, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

637

ALL SEASONABLE PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS AND SUNDRIES

IIABUY PEKENNIALS. The most complete collection of
varieties and the largest stock in the country. Our Perennial
plonts have a national reputation, we spare no expense to
have them In the h"st possible shape for the planter. Such
varieties that move better when pot grown are prepared in
this shape; this does not mean little seedlings, but in the
niiijority of eases the plants were field grown, were dug and
potted during the fall and winter months and are of just the
right size lo give immediate results; they are not to be com-
pared with so called field clumps. Try them and be con-
vinced. See Our Current Wholesale List for Varieties and
Prices.

ROSES FOB Ol'TDOOR PLANTING TO GIVE IMMEDI-
.4TE RESULTS. We have three hundred thousand 5 and 6
inch pots, the usual Dreer stock and the style of paints your
retail customers are looking for. These are all two year field
grown plants which have been potted during the winter
months and which were stored in cold houses and frames and
which are now in prime condition for out-door planting. The
collection is the most up-to-date, 'nduding many new varieties
not offered by anyone in the trade.

New Hybrid-Tea Rose George Dickson.

HENRY A.

714 Chestnut Street

Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.

HVBRln TEAS, HYBRID PERPETUALS, TEA AND
EVEBBLOOMING, BAMBLEBS, BABY RAMBLEBS,
MOSS ROSES, HYBRID SWEET BBIABS, AUSTRIAN
BBIABS, WICHUBAIANA, ETC., ETC. See Our Current
Wholesale List for List of Varieties and Prices.

AQUATIC PLANTS— WATER LILIES, NELCMBICMS,
VICTOBIAS. Tender and Hardy Aquatics have been a
special feature with us for nearly a quarter of a century.
Over eigiit acres of artificial ponds are devoted to their
culture. If we can assist you In maklug plans, or selecting
varieties, Ihe services of our expert are at your disposal
for the asking. , , .,, »i,

OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE LIST also describes the
following all of which are handled as Specialties:

DECORATIVE PLANTS, PALMS, FERNS, PANDANCS,
BAY TREES, BOXWOODS, DRACAENAS, etc., etc.

HARDY SHRUBS, HARDY VINES, HABDY CLIMBERS,
RHODODENDRONS, AZALE.*S, etc.

BULBS. DAHLIAS, TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS,
, GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS, FANCY LEAVED CALADI-
UMS, CANNA8, etc., etc.

DREER, INC.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

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beautiful color and keeping qualities at the National Show ?

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

We have over four hundred varieties for you to choose from. If you are interested in pot plants, we
would particularly recommend the Cap. Family, of which we have seven sports.

Lilac Cap., Purple Cap., White Cap., Yellow Cap., Butler's Caprice and many others

for Decorative Work, such as Dean's Favorite, Hortus Tolosanus, and Lizzie Adccck. $15.00 per
hundred. These are the kinds that are grown by the million for the European market.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS'
CLUB.

Tliursday, April 17, atiout 2.5 of us
made a visit to the greenhouses and
seed establishment of Geo. W. Park at
La Park, Pa. The greenhouses are in
charge of E. W. Byer and they grow
some 600 varieties of plants in addi-
tion to the immense stock of bulbous
and hard-wooded stock found out on the
grounds, quite an undertaking for one
man.

The seed houses were a genuine hive
of industry with a modern printing es-
tablishment turning out 600,000 of
Park's Floral Magazine evei->- month.

Coming back to Lancaster a meeting
of the club at which nearly every
member who belongs was present, was
held with Mr. S. S. Pennock, of the Pen-
nock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, who
was the essayist and the attraction.
His subject was the faults of the
grower in growing and consigning his
stock, and was exceptionally well
handled, bringing out quite a little
discussion — a discussion that has prac-
tically put an end to the pickling of
any stock from this section and has
determined the grower who grows less
than .5000 carnation plants for blooms
to consign, to stick to from one to not
over three varieties so that he may
have them in reasonable quantity.
Thos. Fries read a paper on Easter
stock which was well received and
discussed. After the meeting a large
delegation escorted Mr. Pennock, Mr.
Brown of Coatsville and Mr. Bernard
from Northbrook safely llirough Lan-
caster's "White Way" to the station.
Albeht M. Herr.

AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY.

Report of the Color Chart Committee.

The Color Chart Committee of the
American Gladiolus Society, after ex-
amining all the available charts, rec-
ommend the adoption of the Reper-
toire de Coleurs as the official color
chart of the Society.

(Signed) A. C. Be.\l,

Arthur Cowee.

Gladiolus Trial Grounds.

As the time for gladiolus planting is
near, the Commitee on Numenclature
again desire to call the attention of
members of the society to the impor-
tance of their support, and especial-
ly in the contribution of bulbs of va-
rieties, the names of which are du-
plicated, as well as varieties which
have been renamed. Three hundred
and eighty-five named varieties and
seedlings have been tested on the
trial grounds. It is known that there
are at least four hundred and fifty
named varieties in the American trade
which we have never tried. In other
words, we have tested less than half
of the varieties grown. It is impossi-
ble for us to determine whether seed-
lings are distinct unless we have all
the varieties. Have you sent bulbs of
all your varieties to the trial grounds?
Your committee feel that this partic-
ular part of their task is even of more
importance than the registration of
new varieties, and unless the requests
of your committee are heeded, the ad-
vancement of this work is delayed,
and results naturally expected by the
members from their committee are
not secured.

(Signed) A. C. Be.m,,

Arthur Cowee,
Leonard Joehd.

Agricultural Society held in the Me-
chanics' Hall Wednesday, April 2nd,
the judges awarded J. W. Gilbert 85
points on a fine seedling calla of his
own originating, a cross of Little Gem
and Flora. The next regular meeting
will be held in Mechanics' Hall Tues-
day, May 20th.

The monthly meeting of the New
London Horticultural Society was
held Thursday, 17th inst., which
brought out a large attendance. Sev-
eral members gave reports on the In-
tenational Flower Show which were
very interesting to those who could
not attend. President John Malona
read a paper on Annuals, Biennials,
and Perennials.

A. LiiK.M.vx. Cor. Sec.

The monthly meeting of the Nassau
County Horticultural Society was held
at Glen Cove, N, Y;, on April IS. Com-
munications were read from a number
of firms offering special prizes for the
fall show. The judges of the evening's
exhibits awarded a certificate of cul-
ture to V. Cleres for Hydrangea Hor-
tensis; first prize to G. Ferguson for
roses; first to H. Gaut for Darwin
tulips var. Clara Butt. The next
meeting will be held May 14 at 7.30
P. M.

James MacDonald, Sec.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

At the regular meeting of the Shel-
ter Island (N. Y.) Horticultural and

President Guy W. French announces
that the Chicago Florists' Club would
be very glad to receive any informa-
tion regarding fellow florists who have
lost all they had from the recent floods
and storms and are worthy of help.

The club has a committee in the field
investigating the needs of such cases,
and will arrange to help with all in
their power. The reporting of the
cases will lead to prompt investigation
and such help as necessary being ex-
tended.

All florists have some surplus stock

April 26, 1913

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A Large and Complete Assortment of

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Ours is the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT lo BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

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A FINE LOT-PERFECT CONDITION
For Immediate Shipment, at Right Prices

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$825.00 per 10,000

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IW KM fc-r III. J200.00 per 10,000

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Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES. NHOOODENDRONS,

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Floriiks are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes frora
New Yort City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line o( Eiie Railroad.

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A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

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GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING USEWHERE

Send l^or IN/ly 1913

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Also list of

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Handsome Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes
suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Try our new OERANirsI SCARLET BEDDEB for your
Garden and Window Imxes. Then procure a copy of
CHRYSANTHEMUM JIANIAI. Srd edition as a gnide for
growing your CHRYSANTllEMtMS. 50c pottpald.
Ask for our 1913 CATALOGUE and place your order with

^^ U8 for your pLints which will have our beat attention.

Then proenre our FEBTILENE, the IDEAL PLANT food for producing Luity blooms.

Price.— % lb., 20c: prepaid by mall, 30c; 1 lb., 35c, prepaid by mall, 60c: 10 Iba, $3.00:

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Official organ of the American As-
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tion among the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. Suburriptlon price
$1.00 per year. Foreifm tubsorlp-
tions $1.50 per year. In adTaace.
Sample copy free upon appllcatioa
from those In the trade enclosing
tlieir business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., jnc:

218 LiTingston Building

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs,

Small Fruits, Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

"Write for Trade List.

W. V T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK,

216 lane St. Weehawhcn Ktlelits
P 0. No. I, Hobaken. N. I.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, $1.S0 each.

Also Lady Duncan, Dawaon, Daybreak,

Farqubar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawaon.

Write for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

HENBY 8. DAWSON, Haaaeer.

DAHLIAS

THE BEST NEW AND STANDARD CUT
FLOWER VARIETIES.

LYNDHURST FARM

Box 6«, HAMMONTON, N i

DAM Lai AS

In separate colors, also Fancies, any
color, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000.

In mixture of all colors and types at
75c. per 100, $600 per 1000.

Sound divisions of Fleld-clump stock that
■n-Ill please.

For prices on named kinds send for
Wholesale Trade List.

Vr. A. FINGER, HicUsvxIIe,N. Y.

When writing to advertiser* hintOy
mention HORTICULTVRE.

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Choice Young Stock for Growing On, in
ERICAS and HYDRANGEAS

Krica Cotonoides Veitohii, white Easter variety from 4-in. pots
ready for o'i and 6-iu. pot, $10.(iO per 100. $.s0.00 per 1000.
2-year-oId plants for growing ou for specimens from 5^^
and 6-in. pots, .$3o.OO per 100.

Erica regermlnans, 2-year-old, for growing on, Xmas variety,
$50.00 per 100.

New Hydrangeas. Boiiqiiet Rose from 4-in. pots, just repotted
from 2i/>-in., $10.00 per 100. Avalanche, white, 2%-in., $10.00
per 100." Andre I^roy's Bine, 21,4-in., $8.00 per 100. Jlme.
Sloulliere, white, $12.00 per 100.

Old large-flowering Otaksa, from 2V2-in., .$8.00 per 100.

Hydrangeas, just coming in bud, fine plants in perfect con-
dition. Varieties — Andre Xeroy's Blue, Otaska all colors.
Avalanche, white. Bouquet Rose, from 5 and 5%-in. pots.

$50.00 per 100: from 6 and 6hi-in. pots. $75.00 per 100; from
7-in. pots, $12.00 to $18.00 per doz.; from 8-in. pots, $24.00
per doz.; 9-in. pots, $36.00 per doz.

Roses in bud, timed for next month and Decora-
tion Day

Varieties — Mrs. Flight, Tausendschoen, Dorothy Perkins,
Wedding Bells, American Pillar, Flower of Fairfield, from
6 to 8-in. pots, from $9.00 to $12.00 to $24.00 per doz.;
'j-in., $2.00 to $4.00 each; Crested Moss, only a few, $2.00
each : Hybrid Perpetuals — Ulrich Brunner, Baroness Roths-
chUd, Magna Charta, Druschki, 6 to 7-in. pots, $6.00, $9.00
and $12.00 per doz. Silver Moon, Dr. W. Van Fleat, $1.50
each.

^asK \A^i'fcKt ^r€ier Please

ANTON SCHULTHEIS, 316 19th St„ College Point, L I., N.Y.

or building material and this, with a
little cash, will, no doubt, help many a
man who has lost all he had to regain
his feet.

Address all communications to E. C.
Toepel, Sec'y, Chicago Florists' Club,
Morton Grove, 111.

The Chicago Florists' Club held its
regular meeting at the Union Restau-
rant, Thursday evening, April 10.

The transportation committee made
a report recommending that the Chi-
cago Great Western R. R. be selected
as the official route to S. A. F. con-
vention at Minneapolis, Minn., next
August. Their recommendation was
adopted by a vote of the club, and the
Great Western R. R. was selected. The
transportation committee will make
all the necessary arrangement for the
pleasure and comfort of those going
with the Chicago Florists' Club. They
have arranged for an all-steel Pull-
man-equipped special train with all
modern conveniences, and a large elec-
tric sign, reading "The Chicago Flor-
ists' Club Special." The Chicago Flor-
ists' Club invites all florists going to
Minneapolis via Chicago to make ar-
rangements to go with them from Chi-
cago on their special train.

F. W. Muncie, physiological chemist
in charge of floricultural fertility in-
vestigations at the experiment station
of the University of Illinois, gave a
very interesting talk about fertilizers,
and answered numerous questions at
the close of his remarks.

Edward C. Toepel, bookkeeper at
Poehlmann Bros Co.'s Morton Grove
office, was unanimously elected secre-
tary to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Wilder S. Deamud, who
has left Chicago and is now located at
Bay City, Mich. Vaughan's Seed Store
showed a bunch of Cannas-cut flowers
— two varieties. Fire Bird, a very
bright red, the only one of its color
having green foliage. Carl Lutz, a pure
bright yellow without any spots.

WOMEN'S NATIONAL GARDEN
CONFERENCE.

Garden-loving women in Philadel-
phia and vicinity have planned a na-
tional conference on Horticulture. It

will take place on the 17th of May at
the Pennsylvania School of Horticul-
ture for Women, at Ambler, Pa. Del-
egates from Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Mary-
land, Michigan and other states will
attend.

The subjects to be studied include
beekeeping, methods of training
abroad, commercial raising of vege-
tables, greenhouse growing, nurserj-
work and rose culture.

The conference will bring together
women from all over the United States
who have achieved success with flower,
vegetable or fruit raising.

Among those who will speak are R.
L. Watts, dean. School of Agriculture,
State College, on Education Value of
HortiniUurc for Women; Mrs. H.B.Ful-
lerton. Long Island Railroad Experi-
mental Farms, on Horticulture in the
Home; Miss Myra L. Dock, member
State Forestry Commission, on For-
estry: 0. P. Bishop. Hummelstown.
Pa., subject not decided upon; Miss
Beatrice Jones, landscape gardener,
New York City, on Landscape Gar-
dening for Women: Miss Anne Dor-
rance, Dorranceton. Pa., on The
Commercial Side of Rose Growing;
Miss Martha Gibbons Lear, Morris
Nursery Co., West Chester, Pa., on
Twenty-Four Years' Experience on
Nursery Work; E. B. Walrous, secre-
tary, American Civic Association,
Washington, D. C, subject not de-
cided upon; Miss Elizabeth Leonaid.
landscape architect, Cambridge, Mass..
on Landscape Work for Women; Miss
Agnes Cunningham, Newtown. Pa , on
Trucking for Women; Miss L. A. Al-
derson, Greenwich. Conn., on Wha'
English Women Are Doing in Hoti-
culture; J. Horace McFarland. presi-
dent American Civic Association, Har-
risburg, subject not decided upon;
Miss E. D. Varley, Home Garden As-
sociation, Baltimore, Md.. on Horticul-
ture in Settlement Work; Dr. Ida A.
Keller, Philadelphia High School for
Girls, on Horticulture for High School
Girls; Miss M. V. Landman, manager,
Sleighton Farm, Darling, Pa., on Hor-
ticulture for Delinquent Girls; Mis?
Elizabeth M. Lee. landscape gardener,
Philadelphia, on Horticulture in Civic
Work.

It is hoped by those interested In
the conference that it will take per-
manent form in an organization simi-
lar to the Woman's Horticultural In-
ternational Union of England. The
committee on arrangements for the
conference includes Miss Jane B.
Haines, president of the Horticultural
School for Women; Mrs. Thomas Wis-
tar, Mrs. H. B. Fullerton, Miss M.
Catherine Straith and Miss Emma
Blakiston.

FOR

High Class Florists'

FLOWER SEEDS

WRITE TO

KELWAY & SON

The Premier English Export Honse
(Actual Raisers)

Also Choice Strains of Gar-
den and Farm Seeds

Special Prices for present
delivery or on contract now
ready.

LANGPORT, ENGLAND

April 26, 1913

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GLOXINIA ERECTA GRANDIFLORA

This popular flowering plant is coming- into greater vogue than ever, not only as a pot plant
for house decoration, but also for cut flower purposes. Our strains of Gloxinias are the true
erect-flowering type, grown by a specialist in Europe.

Doz.
Blanche de Vera. White, rose-bordered. .$0.60

Defiance. Glittering crimson 60

Bmperor WiUlam. Blue, white border... .60

Etolle de Fen. Carmine-red .60

Kaiser Fredericlt. Scarlet, white margin. .60

Kins of the Reds. Dark scarlet 60

Madame Helene. White, with violet crown . .60
Marqnis de Peralto. White, red-bordered. .60
Mont Blanc. Snow-white 60

100

1000

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4.23

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4.25

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4.25

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4.23

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4.25

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Doz.

Prince Albert. Deep purple $0.60

Princess Elizabeth. White, bordered blue. .60
Princess Mathilde. White, with rose crown. .60

Qneen Wilhelmina. Dark rose 60

Boddin^ton's Spotted Varieties. These
contain the most distinct and remark-
able colors 60

AU Colors Mixed .50

100
$1.25
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4.25

1000
$40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

4.26 40. W
8.75 "SS'.OO

GLOXINIA ERECTA SUPERBISSIMA

Having during the past season been requested to secure
some specially fine Gloxinias for exhibition purposes, we
have made arrangements with a noted Gloxinia specialist in
England to reserve for us some of the most distinct types.
The bulbs are not so large as the Named Varieties, but this
Is a characteristic of most Erects superbisslma varieties.

BODDINGTON'S IDEAJL PKIZE GIANT MIXED. Great

variety of superb colors.

CVCI.OPS. Velvety carmine, shading to a broad white bor-
der, throat dotted with dark red.

DCCHESS OF YORK. Flowers of a rich dark blue, each
petal being edged with a broad band of white. A most
striking and lovely variety.

SPOTTED HYBRIDS. Whenever exhibited, they create
intense interest. The delicate markings, in an infinite
variety of forms, add a special charm to the flowers.

SUTTON'S WHITE. A giant white flowered variety.

DCKE OF YORK. Large scarlet Gloxinia with deep white
edge to each petal. A magnificent flower.

HER MA.JESTY. This exquisite Gloxinia is still unsur-
passed by any other white variety. The flowers are as
pure as newly fallen snow, and are borne on short stems,
just clear of the elegantly recurved foliage.

READING SCARL.ET. In color this Is the most brlliiani
Gloxinia In existence, being an Intense glowing scarlet
variety of the true Crasslfolia habit. An admirable com-
panion to Her Majesty.

GOLIATH. Violet and white, fine variety.
Per doz. $1.60, per 100 $10.00

Boddington's Quality Tuberous-Rooted BEGONIAS

Single-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

For planting In beds and where color effect la deilred.
free from mixture.

Our stock of these bulbs will be found true to color and

Crimson

Rose
White, For*

Balmea

Scarlet
Yellow

Fink, Light

Copper

Orange

Large bulbs measuring 1^ inches and upward, separate colors or all colors mixed, 35 cts. per doz., $2.25 per 100,
S20.00 per 1000; extra large bnlbs, IVi inches and np, same colors as above, 40 cts. per doz., $2.76 per 100, $25.00 per 1000.

Double-Flowering Tuberous-Rooted

These can be depended upon producing 100 per cent,
double flowers and contain very large and choice varieties.
Crimson AVhite, Pnre Yellow

Scarlet Copper Bronze Orange

Rose Salmon Light Pink

Large bnlbs measuring 1% inches and upward, separate
colors or all colors mixed, HO cts. per doz,, $3.50 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000; extra large bnlbs, 1V4 Inches and np, same
colors as above, 65 cts. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000.

Single Crested Begonias

This strain of Begonias ranges in all colors— salmon,
pink, white, yellow, copper and scarlet; petals carry on
the upper side a crested-formed cockscomb. Separate col-
ors, 80 cts. per doz., $6.00 per 100; mixed, 75 cts. per doz.,
$5.50 per 100.

Single Frilled Begonias

These are of flie finest types of the single Begonia, the
pdals being heavily frilled on the edges^ To color, 10 cts.
each, 65 cts. per doz., $5.00 per 100: all colors mixed, 60 cts
per doz., $4.50 per 100, $42.50 per 1000.

Single Begonia Bertini

A beautiful bedding Begonia, brilliant vermilion flowers
of rare beauty. As a hedder It stancls unrivaled 80 cts
per doz., $600 per 100.

Double Begonias

Doi.
Dnke Zeppelin. Intense pure vermillon-8carlet.$1.00
Lafayette. Hlch. brilliant crimson scarlet 1.26

100
$7.50
10.00

SEEDSMAN

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Offlcerg— President, ChaB. N. Page,
Des Moines. la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsborg, Pa.;
fnd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
MUford, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
■Istant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

Rochester Seed Trade.

A. W. Gilman reports business as ex-
ceptionally good witlialarge demand for
Golden self-blanching celery seed and
cabbage seed is moying stronger than
usual.

Grossman Brothers say that oiders are
rushing— business is good and that
they are unusually busy at their nur-
series.

.James Vice's Sons are very busy-
but the store trade has been soely hit
on account of bad weather. Their cat-
alogue trade passes all expecta'lons.
Thev have increased their hot-becl
stuff 400 per cent. Asters are coming
and looking well. They are planting
an increased acreage of aste:s,and also
an increased acreage of Phlox Drum-
mondii, Poppy, Sweet William, etc.—
all of which they specialize. They
have also engaged a Cornell specialist
to work on their farm, and if any
trouble occurs amongst the public in
plant disease, etc., if they will ie':er
personally to the firm they may get
the benefit of this specialist free of
charge. Hor.ue J. He.\d.

PLANT QUARANTINE DECISION
NO. 2.

The Federal Horticultural Board rec-
ommends that regulation 5 of the rules
and> regulations tor carrying out the
plant quarantine act, published in Cir-
cular No. 41, Revised, OflRce of the Sec-
retary, be amended by the addition of
the following:

Permits for the entry of nursery
stock or other plants and plant
products of any grower or exporter
may be refused, and existing permits
may be canceled, on proof that such
grower or exporter has knowingly
shipped into the United States any
nursery stock, or other plants and
plant products, the importation of
which is forbidden by the Secretary of
Agriculture under the authority con-
ferred by Section 7 of this Act.

Regulation 5, as amended, shall be-
come and be effective on and after
April 15, 1913, and the regulation In
full shall read as follows:

Regulation 5. Permits for Entry of
Nursery Stock.
On approval by the Secretary of Ag- ,
riculture of an application for the im- :
portation of nursery stock from coun-
tries which maintain nursery stock in-
spection a permit will be issued in
triplicate. One copy of the permit will
be furnished to the applicant, one copy
will be mailed to the collector at the
port of entry, and the third filed with
the application. Permits will expire
on the 30th day of June of the year
following the date of issue.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,059,024. Insect Destroyer. William
T. Beyer, Paducah, Ky.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

CINERARIA SEED

V> Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Priie. mixed 00 $1.00

Med. Tall Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSiS SEED

Alba Magniflca, White 60 $1.00

Chiswirk, Bed 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

Rosy Morn, Pink 60 1.00

Duchess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Blue 60 1.00

Michell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt.

I/ilacina, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina, Crimson 50

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba, White 50

llvl>ri<la, Mix.-il 'lO

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELL.'S GIANT .STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1..50

Giant Pink 20 .CO

Giant Scarlet 20 .CO

<;iant .Striped 20 .00

Giant White 20 .CO

Giant Yellow 20 .60

Giant Jli.veil 1.". AH

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS
NANUS SEED

GREENHOl SK (iKOWN

1,000 Seeds... $3.7.j i 10,000 Seeds.. $34.00

5.000 Seeds... 18.00 I iS.OOO Seeds.. 80.00

L.4THHOUSE GROWN

l.OOn Seeds. . ..$2..jO | 10.000 Seeds. .I?2?..00
.">.OIHI Needs. . .12.0(1 I ''.^.OIMI Seeds.. ."JJ.IIO

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII
SEED

1.000 Seeds... $ .15 I 10.000 Seeds.. .$5.50
5.000 Seeds... 3.00 I 25.000 Seeds.. .12.50
Also all Other Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs and Supplies for the Florist.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH )
and all Garden Seeds )

LEONARD

Ut-^ „„„_,,„ w. BI>ZIE

Growers for the Trade

^26-230 W.

„.M». «■"'■■'•

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaakee Avenue,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBI>E PEARI,

$I2.00 Per lOOO

Excellent Quality.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage, Berlin and Hamburg

Per case of 1000 »12.0«

Per case of 3000 32.00

Write for a copy of our Florists' Catalog.

"THE MOST KELIABI-E SEEDS"

33 Barclay St., (T h) NEW YORK

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

V. Lemoine & Fils, Nancy, France. —
General Catalogue for Spring and
Summer, 1913.

J. C. Tissot, Paris, France. — Illus-
trated Catalogue of Horticultural Im-
plements and Accessories.

RUSTIC BASKETS

lO-in. bowl $1.10, doz. $11.00
12-iD. bowl $1.25, doz. $13.00
14-in. bowl $1.50, doz. $16.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

4ULBS and-

HAROY PLANTS

Cocitracts made for Seed Grownc

t^end foT prife list

L S. MILLER, WAMffi RWia (L t

H. G. Dreyer & Son, Cleveland, O.—
Catalogue of Perfection Decorating
Stand and Attachments for Florists'
Use.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Bend n« yonr wanti. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215BetzBldg. Phllad«lp«ila.

April 26, 1913

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LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magmifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farqiihar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS Mr SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the

colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS rOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip.
Radish, Beet. Etc.

Branches : Michigan
and Wisconmn

MILFORD, CONN.

BEAULIEU

WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Flower and Vegetable Seeds

Choicest French Strains
NOTHING BETTER

OHOIOE SEEDS

Oi.
Asters. American Branching, In

colors Jl.OO

Asters. Imperial Midseason, In colors. 2.50

Bachelor's Button. Double Blue 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. .50
Gypsophila Elegans Grandiflora Alba. .2S

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market St., Boston, Mast.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Rertenvned Sweet Pea Specialists"
Stinn>'slope Independence, Mo.

TWO-YEAR-OLD

Asparagus Roots

A fine lot of strong two-year-
old roots of Barr's Mammoth,
Columbian Mammoth White,
Conover's Colossal, Giant Ar-
geDtenil and Dreer's Eclipse,
neatly put up In bundles of
twenty-flve.

6C cts. per 100; $4.00 per 1000.
Special prices for lots of 5000
or more.

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 Chestnut Street,
PHIL.ADBI>PH1A, PA.

The above prices are Intended
for the trade only.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The beat for early marljetlng: Day-
break. Crimson, Lavender, Pluk, Pur-
ple, WUte, each color separate, per Oi.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue U now
ready. It is a complete gnlde with
proper classification through Hortlcol-
ture and contains many varieties,
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring It.

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Asktn^

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-223 W.M.dison St.,

CHICAGO

I. W. Ednumitson. Mgr.

M. W. WUIbms, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

.«AN .JOSE t AI.IFOKNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS
Ask for 191S Catalocnea

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47-54 No. Market St., BOSTOW, MASS.

VICKouAmVICK

ASTER

SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlxtnrt^
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlztnra,
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 60*
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Phone Randolph tS71.

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818
IVrite For Our Low Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIUBORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILAD£LPHX>V

BLUE LIST OF WHOLES.4LE PRICES

M.4ILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT. PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; aUo other
Items of the short crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW YORK

and Orange, Cotm.

644

HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=— SONS—

Cor. Broadway and GratiotjLves^^^
~[dETROIT. MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

Sr:^rs'"r.oH,°t«'^XeIei.raph D-lv.ry
Association.

HESS^^WOBODA

FLOR-ISTS

Telephones 1501 and L 1582

1415 Farnum St.,
OIVIAMA, IMEB.

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48th St.

Tel. Murray HII

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Miciillian Aye. «nd 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Xmber Floriiti' T«l««r»ph Drilr^ry Am*.)
We ship to all pelnto la nilnoU aad Iowa.

PhMK : AldlM 880. AMtae 881. AldlM 882.

samueiTmurray

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

KanssiS City,

Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Norman Sheain, florist, of Atlantic
City, and Miss Pearl Ford secured a
marriage license in Philadelpliia and
were wed April 15tli.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, iiicofpon**!

ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.

fitemiMrs Florists'

Mr. Wells of Detroit, for several
years with the Michigan Cut Flower
Exchange, will enter in partnership
with Theo. H. Mitchell on May 1.

Peter Bova of the Red Bud Floral
Co., St. Louis, was married April 20
to Miss Marguerite Capone at the
bride's residence, 3049 Glasgow Place.

Bernard Albers, florist, of South St.
Louis Mo., was married on April 16th
to Miss Lillian G. Schlitter. The wed-

STBAIWER D.EPARTURES ^

American. S

St Paul, N. Y.-Southampton.May 2 HS

Philadelphia, N. Y.-S'h'pton..May 9 (Jl

Atlantic Transport. ^

Minnewaska, N. Y. -London... May 3 ^

Cunard. ®

Carmania, N. Y. -Liverpool... May 3 gj

Carpathia, N. Y.-Mediter'n'n.May 10 (KJ

Franconla, Boston-Liverpool. May 13 ^

Hamburg-American. ^

K Aug. Vic, N. Y.-Hamb'rg.Apr. 30

Pres. Lincoln, N. Y.-H'rab'rg.May 3

Holland-America.
Potsdam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. . .Apr. 20
New Am'dam, N. Y.-Rot'dam.May 6

Leyland.
Winifr'd'n, Boston-Liverpool. May Id

North German Lloyd.
K Willi'm 11, N. Y. -Bremen. Apr. »
K'nig Albert, N. Y.-Medit'r'n.Apr. 29

Barbarossa, N. Y. -Bremen May 1

K'pr'z Wilh'm, N. Y.-Br'm'n.May t,

Bremen, N. Y. -Bremen May 8

P Fr'd Wil., N. Y. -Bremen. May 10
Berlin, N. Y.-Mediterran'n. . .May 10

Red Star.

Lapland, N. Y.-Antwerp May 3

Kroonland, N. Y.-Antwerp. ..May 10
White Star.

Celtic, N. Y.-Liverpool May 1

Olympic, N. Y.-S'hampton...May 3 jjm

Arabic, Boston-Liverpool May 7 (S)

Cedric. N. Y.-Liverpool May 8 f5

Majestic. N. Y. -Southampton. May 10 WJ

ding took place at St. Andrew's
Church.

Herman Weiss of 127 W. 28th street
and Miss Marguerite Alexajider were
married on April 15 at the home of the
bride's parents, 1128 7th Boulevard.
Mr. Weiss is well known among the
wholesale trade.

PERSONAL.

F. C. Pellegrenhy has been appointed
landscape gardener in the city parks
of Jackson, Miss., a position just cre-
ated by the new commissioners.

Sir Trevor Lawrence tendered his
resignation as president of the Royal
Horticultural Society, at the meeting
of the Council of that body on April
1st, on account of advancing years
and impaired health. Lord Grenfell
was elected as his successor. Sir
Harry Veitch was elected deputy-
chairman of the Council.

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Teleeraphlc orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
5ll principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or Intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.
Cost of CaUtng Foreign Deliver its
Must be prepaid
Reference or cash must accompany aU
orders from unknown correspondents.
Cable Address, AXEXCONNELL.

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -j

Tlw Largist Floral EsbbUshniMt in tbe Metropolis

B«st Service— Quick Delivery— Modest Prices
TelegraiJi Orders Carefully Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any pan of tlie country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telesrapli

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone lo.VJ-lDo3 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 Fiftli Ave., Cm. I SSth St

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 68O0 PnuRVCI

339.347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3eD« Prosnect

Eatablliihed 1874

FI.OBI8T

N. E. Cor. 44 Si. & Madison Aveone, N.Y. Gtf

(Memlier Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special CotTesp™
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Biuiak
Colonies. Tolegraph and Cable address^ Dardsflol.

YoiniirTniuGlMt

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

29 STEUBEN ST.

BANY, ra. Y.

rUjmSR DEUVEXUES FOR ALBANY

AND viorarY

AZ.BA3tr, N. ¥.

Flower* or Design Work

DEI.ITERED IN ALBANY AND VlOlJrtTT
ON TKLKliR.VI'lUC OUDER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

April 26, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

645

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in l&oston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

member Florists* Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, GardrcTi Furniture, Art (tThtcIs and
New Desi^'us in Tusi-any Haskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

St»ck and Work First Class

tiHOcai

IXI

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

L«adln( Florlsta. Orders Blled for mny
part of the State.

36 Dorrance Street - - PROVIMNCE

The California Florist

JUUUS BPPSTEIN

FRANK H. FORREST

M4 - S46 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAt.

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and We»t
«f the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, • Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Dlgcount.

FLOWBBS BY TtEOBAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order tor
any occasion, in any part of the Dominium.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

98 Tonge St.,

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL z "iz

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON TJ JJ

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. »'°°

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by

Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston — Thos. F. Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston — Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Pul-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Butfalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, 0. — J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal, Can —Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St.. W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarlie's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York- Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. B. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Sehling, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco. Cal. — The California
Florist. 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Reading, Pa. — Moyer Bros., 245 So.
10th street.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — Jobn Delbert,
Portage street.

New York, N. Y. — John S. Nicholas,
Grand Central Terminal.

Chicago, III. — The Woodlawn Floral
Shop, W. L. & T. M. Sullivan, proprie-
tors, 871 East 63d street. Luhliner &
Trinz, 29 West Washington street.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

James M. Petros of Boston and
George P. Arnold, Winchester, Mass.,
doing business as Arnold & Petros,
have filed a petition in bankruptcy.
They owe $5784 to about 70 unsecured
creditors, the principal of whom is
Willoughby Stewart, care of Loring,
Coolidge & Noble, 40 State street, $3000
for rent. Assets, $380. Individually
Mr. Petros has liabilities amounting to
$1144 and $545 assets, and Mr. Arnold
owes $100 and has $300 assets.

Supplies for
Decoration
R Day

I CommencemeDts
^'"•^ Weddings

Your Order C The Best

In Care of Our p to Be

„ , ^ , ^ t Had

Mail Order Dept.

1220 Race St., ^^

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 0.

BOSTON, MASS.

"IVnn. The Telegraph Florist"
Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery
37-43 BROMFIBI^D STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

ZINN "''''* ^'''"'*

1 Park St., Boston

P'BtiABtt^'^

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS

■ 214 F ST^NJW.
wASm.m&ton. O.C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

^=^GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Ghioago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE I. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANl

Eudld Avenue

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET

Special Deliveries Niagara Falls
and Lockport

P" rovidenceT^rTT.
and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.

New England Points 171 Wsylmsset Street *'

616

HOETICULTURE

April 26, 1913

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

SALESMANSHIP.

The seiiing qualities of a good sa'es-
man are soon broiiglit to the surface
when he greets a customer who
"merely stopped in to price your
goods and not to buy." Courtesy is
visible at all times, and even though
they may not buy, they do not fail to
remember the treatment received.

Patience is a virtue and here is
where you make a sale. The customer
is undecided as to just what he or she
wants and in many cases relies on the
salesman for suggestions, feeling that
his ideas and experience are superior
to their own and, by taking an inte:-
est in their order, no matter how
trivial it may be, you have won them
over and they will sooner or later
agree with you.

In buying flowers no matter what
the occasion may be, people do not
always decide on the first suggestion
and the salesman having the patience
to hold his customer until satisfied
will have no trouble handling these
same people the ne.xt time they visit
the store to purchase flowers. He has
gained their confidence and that means
the sale half made.

An artist may be a wonderful
worker but not a good salesman, due
to the fact that he cannot convi«ce
his customers enough to leave their
orders with him; on the other hand,
the less competent man who is a
poorer worker may be much the
better salesman.

Unnecessary talk is never appre-
ciated by a customer and too much
may be as bad as none at all. Custom-
ers feel when entering a store that the
privilege of looking about and asking
prices belongs to them. The wide-
awake salesman will soon observe
after a few moments consideration
whether they mean business or are
out sight-seeing. Courtesy may help
to make a sale, gi-utfness may drive
them out never to return. A shrewd
salesman never forces anything on a
customer: when in doubt as to a
selection give them time to decide for
themselves and if your opinion is
asked give it honestly and you will
not be called to account for it later.

^VTien two or more customers are in
the store at one time the quoting of
prices sliould always be done quietly
so as not to embarass the customer
with the meagre purse in the presence
of the person with the fat pocketbook.

The habit of smoking or drinking
during store hours is a serious detri-
ment and the breath of one addicted
to these habits is always offensive to
a customer. In spite of gum and
breath perfumes the salesman using
either of these habitually is soon con-
demned.

The salesman having the proper
qualities and ability to carry out the
foregoing advice may be well taken
care of when opportunity knocks at
his door provided he is there to
answer.

Mr. Stiremax.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Mrs. Frank Oechslin is visiting in
New York.

The J. A. Budlong Co. is extending
sympathy to many of them in a very
practical way.

A department store reports two car
loads of bay trees and shrubbery from
Belgium as held up by the floods.

Peter Samuelson for several years
with H. N. Bruns, has opened a store
for himself at 5605 W. Chicago avenue.

Arthur Nees at 2419 North avenue
has remodeled his store and put it in
fine condition for an increased busi-
ness.

Stephen and Charles Stebert have
bought the Rhojahn greenhouses at
12th street and Desplaines avenue,
Forest Park.

Another new flower store is that of
C. Herleman at 709 Willow street.
This spring seems to have moved
many to venture into the business.

Attention is called to the announce-
ment of the Chicago Florists' Club,
under the heading of Club and Society
Notes, concerning Relief for Flood Suf-
ferers.

J. Bergstrom of Rockford, 111., who
was a Chicago visitor this week, has
enlarged and remodeled his store at
507 7th street and is having an open-
ing this week.

Again the Fairbank Building will
house the old-time members of the
Flower Growers' Market, though this
time as individuals. The home com-
ing occurs May 1st.

A. Lange found ready sale for pot
plants of Dielyetra spectabilis (bleed-
ing heart) last week. They were
placed in baskets and made very at-
tractive spring offerings.

N. J. Wietor, chairman of the com-
mittee that financed the S. A. F. con-
vention here last August, expects to
see everything cleaned up this week.
The balance will be on the right side.

A special feature of nearly all the
window displays in the flower stores
now is the iris. This beautiful and
graceful flower seems each year to be
more popular and wholesalers report
sales very satisfactory.

Flood conditions are not interfering
so badly with the shipping business
this week though goods are still re-
ceived subject to delay. Most trouble
reported now is from Southern Illinois
and from Cairo to Memphis.

Phil Schupp continues to receive
letters from florists who suffered and
lost in the great flood. The stories of
their experiences are almost beyond
belief and how they escaped w-ith their
lives is little short of a miracle.

Ben F. Rubel, whose death we note
on another page, was a Chicago man,
who had just attained success and was
preparing to take a trip to Europe in
June. His death of pneumonia came
just when he was planning for a time
to rest and enjoy the results of the
business he had built up.

Arbor Day was observed with no ap-
parent lack of enthusiasm and many
schools made the day quite an event.
Trees were again sold for one cent
each and 300,000 sycamore trees were
offered by one store with a free cir-

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59tti Street, adjoining Plaza Hotel

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
2S Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone ii

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us tor catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator: also sUte whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lake Street, KendaHvUh, ImL

Mention Horticulture when you -Ufrite.

cular of instructions for planting and
care given with each sale. The syca-
more has the approval of City Forester
J. H. Prost for city use.

The Horticultural Society of Chica-
go is planning a peony and iris show.
The cultivation of these flowers has
increased wonderfully during the past
five years. Large sums of money are
invested in peony growing in the vi-
cinity of Chicago and with the cold
storage facilities now in use, begin-
ning with the first shipments from the
south and ending with the cold storage
home-grown blooms, there is a long
season, with immense possibilities
which growers, wholesalers and retail-
ers are alike more alert to each sea-
son. A good peony and iris show will
be just the best thing to give the
flower loving public. It will be held
some time in June.

Visitors — J. J. Leborious, Duluth,
Minn.; W. L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo.;
J. Bergstrom, Rockford, 111.; Wm.
Wells, England.

RHINEBECK EASTER VIOLET

SHIPMENTS.

Shipments of violets through the
local American Express ofHce reached
a lar,ge total during the week preced-
ing Easter. There were 3342 boxes
shipped, which was 512 more than last
year.

The shipment by days, in boxes
compared with other years were as
follows:

191?. 1912 1911 1910 1909

Monciay, 172 IGl 170 161 151

Tue.sday 200 177 187 194 170

Wednesdav, .'Ml 207 287 .■Sll 272

Thursdav. fiC,+ .iSl .502 .512 49.3

Friday. 9R5 903 839 709 748

Saturday. 980 776 818 761 968

TocaW, 3,342 2,8.30 2.803 2,648 2,802

Ninety-three boxes were also sent
by the Adams Express Company, and
in addition several small boxes were
sent by parcel post.

April 26, 1913

UORTICULTUEE

647

THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA

Our Display at the National Flower Show Was

A NOTABLE SUCCESS

Visitors crowded our booth continually, attracted by the ex-
tent and brilliancy of our display and especially the many
sterling novelties never shown before. Among these were
the Sunshine Baskets which leading retailers ordered in
quantity and which alone make a store most attractive.

Our Silent Salesman Will Help You Out. Write For Him.

H. BAYERSDORFER ®. CO.

^ 1129 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ^

During Recess*

The sixteenth annual tournament of
the Illinois Bowling Association began
April 19 and members of the Bowling
League of the Cook County Florists'
Association were the first of the ten
teams to participate.

Five Men Game — Scores.

.T. Huebncr 145 15!t im

\V. draft 150 1.52 14.5

W. Wolf 154 liU 11.0

]■'. Price 112 181 l"A

A. Zecb 138 175 is'.i

TWO DARING AVIATORS.

Cook County Bow

ing League Scores,

April

6, 1913.

VIOLETS.
A.H'buer, 2U0 135 147
Jacobs, 183 IGO 180
Wolf. 142 170 2.52
Schultz, 223 1.50 148
J.H'bner, 180 145 200

ORCHIDS.
Krau.ss, 174 170 1'.-
Graft, 1.5S144 1.-T
Bostroin, 174 1.37 -'
George E. 131 133 1 1 1
J. Zecll. 161 157 HI

CARNATIONS.
Lorman, 178 142 125
L'berm'u. 1.50130170
Armsfg, 1.50 165 118
A.vres, 158 240 200
A. Zecll. 225 145 185

ROSES.

Goerisch. 107 122 12:1
Kohler, 1.5:'. 143 100
Bvers, 100 KU 105
Price. 1711 l.'-O 178
Fischer. 177 183 183

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

Mr. Smith of the Joy Floral Co.,
Nashville, Tenn., made us a flying visit
on the 21st inst. on his way North. He
expects to spend a w'eek or two In
New England.

The celebrated aviators. Blakely Graham of Chester, Fa., and George
Cooper Watson of Philadelphia, making a daring flight in a gale at Atlantic
City, April 20, 1913.

The seceders sent a request for
money to the wholesalers. Every one
responded. Now, let us look for some-
thing the seceders are doing in return.
Of course they will buy more — and be
more pleasant in the buying.

at the next meeting of the Florists'
Club. His subject will be "Affiliation."
and w-e expect some clean-cut new
ideas from the growers' standpoint.
The retailers have had it all their own
way of late. So we expect to have a
good audience to hear a live wire from
the other side.

Adolph Farenwald will be the star

Fred Cramer, one of the good boys
in the Niessen outfit, was married this
week. You have to settle down, you
know, and raise a family. We do not

know Mr. Cramer, but take Artliur
Niessen's word for it. Started with
them as a message boy — now one of
their responsible salesmen. Merit
counts. May they live long and
prosper.

Visitors: A. E. Outerbridge, Ber-
muda; Harry Pap worth, New Or-
leans; Jacob B. Wiesse, Buffalo, N. Y.;
J. A. Pennypacker. Phoenixvllle, Pa.;
C. B. Knickman, New York City; Wil-
liam Swayne. Kennett Square, Pa.

648

HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

BEAUTIES

The Best. $3.00 per dozen

There is no larger supply, or Beauties of better quality
than you will find here.

DAISIES, 100: $1.00 -$150

White and Yellow in any quantit>-.
SNAPDRAGON, 100: $6.00-$8.00
Splendid stock in White — Pink — Yellow.

The Leo Niessen Co,

WHOI^KSALE FLORISTS

xz^Zh%Vc^7is.. PHILADELPHIA

giiiiHiiiiiiiiHHMmimimmiiiiiHiBiifliiiawnwui

I To Cut Flower Growers and
I Retail Florists

IF YOU

want to find a market f«f ycmr S
product 3

want a regular or special nipply 3
of the product of tke belt 9
growers m

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

= The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leadlnc
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

uiuiuiitiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuuiiin

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

fiO PEAKL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order direot or bny from your local
supply dealer. Insist on having the

BOSTON

Inscriptions, Emblems, etc. Always
in Stock.

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Three Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N,Y.

I!ieJ.M.iyicCul¥ugh'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Special attention to shipping orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
Phone Main .^Rl. 3I« Walnut St., rinrlnnatl.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Coiuigmments Solicited *

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graanhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^^^^^^'^frD^AVE^Ss only

TfTTsBDiroil

ROSBS

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special...,

** " Extra .*

No. 1

" ** Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Marylaid, Extra

" '* Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Loogiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum ....

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (looV.
'* " & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

CINCiNNAtri DHTROIT
March 25 April 23

25.00
15.00
10.00
4.00
6.00
4.00
8.00
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April 21

April 15

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PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Rower Growers' Association

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants i

176 N. MICHICAN AVE., S^'iS^Vt^^T? CNIOiaO

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Oniv.

When Writins; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

April 26, 1913

HOETICULTURE

649

FOUR NEW ROSES Every Grower Will

Want This Year

9oXvv<^

IRISH FIRE FLAME Si'^rseTI

distinct novelty, beautiful and charming; a favo-
rite wherever shown; nothing to compare with it.
Very free, vigorous grower; color fiery crimson,
shading to a rich orange-salmon at the hase. Own Root; Doz., $6.00;
25, $10.00; 50, $17.50; 100, $30.00; 250, $70.00: 1000, $250.00.
MOC rUAC DIICCCI I Grafted Stock Only: Doz., $7.50; 25, $12.50; 50,
MRS. LHAS. KU^^tLL ^20.00; lOO,. $35.00 ; 250, $82.50; 1000, $300.00.

MM AnV (Jrafled or Own Root: Doe.. $5.00: 25, $10;00;

IWILAUI .„ S17 50; 100, $30.00; 250, $70.00; 1000, $2o0.00.

MRS. GEO. SHAWYER T^^-^^l^^o- W?.°|7oS^V«.' iS\
1914 NE\A/S KILLARNEY BRILLIANT

The sensational new Killarney sport which will be introduced next
vear About twice as double as Single Killarney, much larger
flower and of a darker brilliant shade of pink. Unquestionably
by far the best introduction of a ny Rose of recent years

GK.^FTED..
OWN ROOT

Doz.

.$7.50
6.00

100

$35.00

30.00

500

$150.00

125.00

1000

$300.00

250.00

KIBBONS .iVND SUPPI.IES

Scions for grafting in 1000 to 5000 lots at $200.00 per 1000. Special prices on
larger quantities.

MAT''HIF<;<? The sensational White Carnation for W": B<'<""°S o^'^^fl
lYlAlv,nLLaa ^^^^ Deliveries can be made December, 1913, on the early

orders. 100. $12.00: i(XIO, $100.00.

We guarantee not only the quality of our plants but their safe delivery by

express.
. Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us for prices on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments can he made by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W

Flower Market Reports WHOLBS ALE FLOWER MARKETS —

This market has been
BOSTON good for the past few

days, a great and steady
improvement in demand being supp'e-
mented by a noticeable decrease in
quantity of stock coming in. Carna-
tions are going at a lively pace and
there are scarcely enough to supply
the call, especially for white. In roses
the white varieties are also the most
active, although the crop is slacken-
ing on all sorts and the effect is
healthy. The lower grades are really
scarce as compared with the demand.
American Beauty of all the best
grades is experiencing a big demand.
In all lines of staple flowers a big ad-
vance over last week is in evidence.
Sweet peas are going well as are also
daffodils, but tulips are poor and they
have seen their best for this year.
Violets about finished. Gardenias and
orchids getting scarce and there is an
insistent call for cattleyas which can-
not always be gratified. Lilies and
callas normal in supply and demand.
Lily of the valley is one of the most
desirable items on the whole list at
present.

The market was in
BUFFALO much better condition
the past week and it
looked as if new life had taken ef-
fect, the receipts being much lighter
and the buying was more brisk. Car-
nations were in good supply, as were

ROSES

BOSTON

April 24

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special I 30.00 to

" " Ejctra , 15-00 to

CHfCAQO

April 21

TRADE PRICES — Per 100

TO DEALERS Of<LV
sTTTouTs I PHILA.

ApriUi t April ai

No.

" " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary . . ■

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdtm, Ward, Melody, Extra..
*' " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley.

Daffodils -

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon ■

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias •

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100).-
** '• & Spren. (100 Bchs.)* .

40.00 25.00
25.00 20.00

B.oo
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5*>
2.00
4.00
2.00
2.00
4.00
3.00
4.00

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roses and other stock. Higli prices
were out of the question but the mar-
ket was in good condition tliroughout
the weelc. There is still a good lot of
Victoria daffodils, jonquils, Vonsions,
tulips, etc., coming in and they have
had a fair sale. Callas and lilies have
been plentiful. There is a good quan-
tity of sweet peas. Violets are about
to an end and lily of the valley has
taken well.

Chicago market can be
CHICAGO regarded as about nor-
mal at this writing,
April 22, the demand being a little
slow as compared to that of a week
ago, when all kinds of stock moved
along, bringing fair returns and little
or none went to waste. Roses are
coming in quite freely and first-class
stock brings good prices. Carnations

(Continued ou page bis)

650

HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

M. C. FORD

.Succe<^s<»r to

FORD BROTHERS

12J West 28th Street NEW YORK

Fi ROSES, [iiiy mm\m

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWEP.S.
Telephone. 3870 or 38-1 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENf^

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38tb St. XEW TORK

Telephones: 3200, 3301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

New York

Tel. J^*| Madison Squ

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tti Street, NEW YORK

Ckll and Inspect tlie Best BstabllBbmeul
In tht WholeaaU Flower District.

GEO C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

lOS NA^E^T 2S«K ^-r

CONSIGNMENS SOLICIIED

PeONB(*08j MADISON SQ., NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Everirreen-., Mo.-«ises,

Southern Sniilax, Gainx and lieueothoe.

Preserved ami Fresh Cut

Cycas jtnil Talnietto.

u, {a;5} M,d.s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RKED ®. KELLER

133 We>.t 3."ith St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

\\f nianuf;i<t lire ;ill our

Metal Designs, Basliets, Wire Work & Novelties

.iiiii ;in.' (If tliT-s iu

DeeoratJve Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Bequisttes

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willonghby M.. Brooklyn. N. Y

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. GOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

1*.M0....(1.7S. 60,000.... $7 .SO. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

p». J. s»j:rarn

Successor to JOHN I. RAYINOK

Wholesale Commission Florist 1i'R'<JSfT^ES2»E''£f

A toll line of Choice Cut Flower stock lor all purposes The HOME OF THB LK.T
bj tb* 100, 1000 or 10,000

TBL. i»98 MADISON SQUARE 49 WcAt 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

WJiolesale Comnti«sioi* Dealer in

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

133 Wilt 28th Street. Hew fork
Telephone— ig32-3M3 Madison Square

EstsbUthed I Mj^ ^V I I ^^ IVI St>" Co'Of

1887 M^ - l'^. - ^^ ^^ Khb Em I ^1 Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A 8QCABB DEAL.

Cut Flower Cdulffninents ^ollelted.

PROUPT BETCBN8. MOITBT AI.WAT8 RKAOT.

Open e A. U. dally.

10« WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, 16T %Md Um Mm*. 8«.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

.THE HIGHEST %# A I I CV ALWAYS

i» GR.\DEOF VMLLtl.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS. mU'sI 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

ending Apr. 19

1913

first Half of Wiik

begJOAJng Apr. 21

1913

American Beaut>, Fancy and Special ,

" " Extra ....

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

'■ " Ordinary ,

Bride. Maid i.oo to

Hlllingdon. Ward, Melody, Extra ,

*' '* " Ordinary ,

TaU, Sunburst j.^^

Carnal Ions, Fancy Grade I 3.00 to

" Ordinary [ 1.50 to

15.00
10.00
4.00
a.oo
4.00
x.oo
6.00
2.00

I. CO

6.00
2.00

30.00

15.00

6.00
4.00
6.00
2.00

10.00
3-O0
4.00

10.00
4.00

12.00
4.00
2.00

15.00
10.00
4.00
2.00
4.00
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2.00
1.00
6.00
2.00
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3.00

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15.00

6.00
4.00
6.00
.:.00

10.00
3-00
4.00

10 .oe
4.00

15.00
6.00
2.50

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Telephonee { \^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS 80UC1TBD

Franll H. Tr»endly

Chares Schanch

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK f RANK MILLANG

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

TelcphoDcs : 79S and 799 Madisoa Square
Consignments Solicited

CKlfT«Al«t«T IiOCATKD, THK HtJB OV
THE FLOWXB MARKKT SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

THephone 7068 MftdJgon

Telcpbrne 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 2Btii Street NEW YORK

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th St., NEW YORK

Shipnipnts, any quuntity, Whole-
sale Market Fates.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BROAPWAY, DETROIT. IVimH.

HENRY M. kuHINSON.Pres. MAURICE L. CLASS. Tren
CHAS E. ROBINSON. V-Pres. JOSEPH MARG0LI8, Sfa'y

HENRY M. ROBINSON 00.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glass, Manager
55-57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YOFK CITY

Spfciai Atimttiott i0 th^ Shi^Mf Trade

April 26, 1913

HOKTICULTURB

651

Flower Market Reports

f continued from ptLge O^q)

are maintaining a steady figure and
generally everything sells that is at all
in good condition. American Beauties
are not at their best with some. On
the whole stock is scarcely up to the
average just at this time, especially
In the long and extra lengths. Violets
are practically of the past. All kinds
of bulbous flowers are on the counters
and shipments coming up from the
South. Lilies are more plentiful than
heretofore, many having very short
stems. Lily of the valley is shorten-
ing up in svipply and stock is sold as
soon as it arrives. Iris is coming in
fast and is not selling quite so rapidly
as last spring.

The average weekly
DETROIT business is fair with
no specially great do-
ings and plenty of time for all to do
more. So far we have been spared
the distressing feature of gluts, prin-
cipally because there was not such an
abundance of bulbous stock and we
hope very much that purchasers of
bulbs have been conservative this year
again. Local retailers are consider-
ably agitated over the appearance of
flower-loving burglars who, removing
some panes of glass at a rear window,
enter the stores usually between 12
and 1 A. M., take all the long-stemmed
roses and carnations, sweet peas and
violets, occasionally some ribbons and
silkaline. The first to be honored with
this visit was Wm. B. Brown, next
came Norman Sullivan; then J. F.
Sullivan and B. Schroeter, and the last
victim was Mr. Taepke.

A fairly good market,
NEW YORK with encouraging fig-
ures for the growers
who lead In their specialties has been
the rule for the past week. There is
no surplus of either carnations or
roses of good quality. Medium grades
are more in the running than the
fancy products, but that is because the
price is better adapted to the medium
pocket book. There is a good call
for orchids, especially those adapted
for wedding occasions and this, in
fact, applies to all choice white mate-
rial, particularly lily of the valley.
Gardenias are selling out clean every
day. if of good finish, and at better
prices than at any time of late.

Last week, i t
PHILADELPHIA may truly be
said, was one of
the most remarkable in many years.
Not only because of the scarcity of
stock but from its unexpectedness.
And the condition seemed to be more
than local, as nearby centers, such as

^ The Meyer Green

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IS THE I.ONGEST AND STRONGEST
IN THE WORLD

And for sale by all the leading: florists
and supply houses throughout the land.

If your jobber does not keep it, write
direct to us and we will see that you
are fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

THE JOHN C. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

In writing advertiseis kindly mention HORTICULTURE.

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THOMAS TRAOCY, Mbt.

WHOUBALE ONLY

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N. Y.

8ATK TIHK AKD HONBY BT 8BNDCNG TOUB ORDER TO VS

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone ConnectiDn

WELCH BROS. CO

AMERICAN BEAUTY, KUXARNEY, RICHMOND. MARYLAND AND AIX THE
SUPERIOR ROSES. ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS
BE45T PRODUCED
22B DevopKhlre Street, Boeton,

William F. Kasting Co.

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MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Ulles, Loagfflonim

Callas ,

Ulj of the Valley

Daffodils ,

Tulips

Violets

Daises

JMdgnonette

Snapdragon

Wallf ower

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Qardenlas

Adlffotuin

Smllax

Asinvagus Plumosus, strings (per lao)

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New York, Baltimore, Pittsburgh,
Washingon — all seemed to want the
same things, and had to be turned
down. With it all there was no
marked advances on quoted rates. Of
course, the hardening in prices was
very pronounced. The usual wagon
loads for the street men on Friday
and Saturday were conspicuous by
their absence. And. in the balance
sheets that's what finally counts. The
old timers say they have never seen
anything quite like it at this season of
the year. Richmond roses were about
as short as anything. There seemed
to be a redundance of white roses in

'5-»

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some quarters but as a rule all roses
sold well. Orchids are fairly plenti-
ful. Schroederae on its last legs and
Mossiaj and Skinneri now are fa-
vorites. A few Dendroblum nobile
alba are a welcome novelty and meet
with ready sale. Gardenias have
shortened up in supply and the market
for these is now in live healthy condi-
tion. Sweet peas are very scarce and
only the newly planted are up to par
as to quality. New items are "Baby"
gladioli, such as Bride, Delicatissima,
Blushing Bride, etc., and Spanish iris
in blue and yellow. Both colors meet

(Contiaued on page bsT)

652

HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements under thisi head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want In this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AMPEIX)PS»8

Ampelopsls Veltchil — One year, 2 to 8
ft., strong, „J for $2, 100 for S3.25 (parcel
post): S20 per 1000. 18 to 24 Inches, 60
for ?1.50, $2 per 100 (parcel post), $15 pr
1000. Strong roots, tops cut to i. Inches
for transplanting, $12 per 1000. Samplet
J5c., allowed on purchase. Chas. Black,
Hlgntstown, N. J.

AFHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARACCABIAS

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPABAGVS

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. X.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A Leuthy & Co., RosUndale, Ma»3.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TBEES

UcHutcblgOD & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay SL,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
for special Ust. Julius Roehrs Co., Ruther-
f>rd, N. J.

BEDDING PI.AMTS

B. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh.

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers,

Hltchings & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES — CUT rLOWER— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page sec List of Advertisers.
Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For p.Tge see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
Box Trees, all sizes. Ask for special list.

BCTLBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. N»w York, N. Y.
Gloxinias and Begonlns.

For page see List of Advertisers.
J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 83"BarcIay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS — Continued

Mlcheii's Seed House. Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, FIske, Rawson Co., Boston, Masi.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, III.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hlllegom, Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

Wood Bros., FlshklU, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York, N. Y.

Boddlngton's Quality Cannai.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cannas — Robusta, strong divisions, $2.00
per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Pennsylvania and
Duke of Marlboro, $2.00 per 100. The Casey
Florist Co., Melrose, Mass.

IMPROVED CANNAS.

True, sound, sizable roots, f. o. b. West

Grove, if not sold.

WINTZER'S NOVELTIES.

Per 100

Haliey's Comet, SV- ft $15.00

Mrs. Alfred P. Conard. 4 ft 30.00

Mont Blanc Improved, 3% ft. (white). lO.OO

Uncle Sam, 7 ft 15.00

STANDARD KINDS.
Reds.

Geo. Washington, 3i/. ft 3.00

Duke of Marlboro, 3 to 4 ft 3.00

Giant Crimson, 4y, ft 3.00

Patrie, 4 ft 3.00

Pennsylvania, ti ft 4.00

Philadelphia, 3 ft 3.00

Triumph, 3 ft 3.00

Pinks.

Louise, 5 ft

Luray, 4 ft

.Mile. Berat, 4 ft

Wawa. 3 ft

West Grove, 41.4 ft. 4.00

Yellow and Orange.

California, 3 to 4 ft

Wyoming, 7 ft

Variegated.

Burbank, 4% ft

Comte de Bouchard, iVi ft

Elizabeth Boss, 3% ft

Italia, 4 ft 3.00

Bronze-Leaved Red.

Mrs. Geo. A. Strohlcln. 6 ft 2.00

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Peuna.

3.00
3.00
3.00
6.(10

3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros.. FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Patten & Co., Tewksbury, Mas*

Carnation Princess Dagmar.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
I'lUsbnry, Galesbnrg, III.

CHBT8ANTHEMUUS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Auvertlsers.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mick.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oecbslln. 4911 Quincy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings. CharlM
Razor at $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.
Golden Glow, Paclflc Supreme, Halllday,
Yellow Bonnatfon, Smith's Advance ani
Madam Pattl at $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per
10(X>. Felrce Bros., Waltbam, Mass.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings Chrys-
olora. $3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1,000. Also
the following at $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per
1,000. Cash. (Yellow) Donatello, Appleton,
Golden Wedding, Golden Glow, Yellow Bon-
natfon, (White) October Frost, Touset,
White Eaton, Robinson. Rosery, Polly
Rose. Buckbee, White BonnafCon, (Pink)
Enguehard. JOY FLORAL COMPANY,
Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that net
in secret arts and practices, but In plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 page?. I*rice
60 cents.

Orders tilled by IIORTICULTDRE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Masi.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

Lyndhurst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. A. Finger, Hicksville, N. Y.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-

boro, Mass.

T5ahllas — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash ; or what have yoo to
exchange? Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,
North DIghton, Mass.

For List of Advertisers See Page 627

April 26. 1913

HORTICULTURE

663.

DAHIilAS — Continued

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. WUUamstown JanctloD, N. J.,
Post Olflce, Berlin, N. J.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Nur«erle«,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos. 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Rosllndale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.
^For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Wblt-
manll. Amerpoull. Sprlngfleldll, $1.80 per
lOO, J15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
Tery fine, $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 41nch, $15.00 per 100; S-ln.h,

S5.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 4 Inch,
ndsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 60,000 sq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland. O., devoted exclu-
lively to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, for cash
•nly. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

FEBTIi:,IZER3

SOth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fort lien*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

hiTerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FI.ORISTS' LETTERS

Boeton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS" SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phila., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keilerri22~W. 25th St., New York.

For page see List of Advert Isers.

8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer&~Co., 1120 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For p.Tge see List of Advertl.sers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts.,

Washington. D. C.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

A. n. Hews & Co., Cambridge. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Uilfluger I!ros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see Llstof Advertiser^. _

Syracuse Tottery Co.. Syracuse, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNGINB

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Geraniums, 2-ln. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard, Red Wing. Vlaud. La Favorite, Col.
Thomas. Mme. Jaulln, Mme. Blsqult. Per-
kins, Oberle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; SIS-W per 10(XI. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Poite-
vine. Double Dryden, Atlantis, Lulgl Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass^

Gladiolus bulbs, Groft's Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size, $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
1000; 2nd size, COc. per 100, $5.00 per 1000.
500 at 1000 rate. C. Peiree, Dighton, Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Drcer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Llji of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, fish foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche. Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. i.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnh."»n Co.,

11.33 Broadway. New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.

Pierson TJ-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.
Designer and BuUder.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y
Hitcblngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. X.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall A.sso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HANDY POT HANDLES

George B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., ChlcapL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page jee List of Advertiser!.

Chas. H. Dodd, Jersey City, N. J.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Abington, Man,
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mail.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord A Burnham Co., 1133 Broadwaj. N. Y,

For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

THE NEW FRENCH FORCING HY-
DRANGEAS.

Avalanche — A splendid large white. Thla
will absolutely supercede Thomas Hogsr.
3-lnch pots, $6.00 per 100.

La Lorraine — Pale rose changing to
bright cerise pink; claimed bv many to be
the best of iill. 3-lnch pots. $10.00 per 100.

Remember now is is the time to buy
these Hydrangeas and grow them along
for another year. This fall we will offer
all of Lemolne's and Mouillere's Novelties
In Hydrangeas, Including E. G. Hill, the
gem of them all. The great blooming^
qualities of these H.vdrangeas are their
talking points. You ma.v have In a four-
Incli pot three to five immense heads of
bloom. You will never grow the old varie-
ties again after you become acquainted
with these new ones.

Write today for our catalogue of every-
thing vou need in the Rose and Plant line.

THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY,

The Largest Rose Growers in the World,

Springlield. Ohio.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Funglne.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishklll-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers Icindly mention Horticulture

654

HOETICULTUEE

April 26, 1913

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IBIS!
One of the finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, Tork, Neb,

"NOW IS THE TIME FOR PLANTING."

Iris pallida dalmatica $10.00 per 100

" Madam Chereau 5.00 per 100

" Siberica 3.00 per 100

Strong divisions. Special discount on larg-
er quantities.

J. A. PETERSON & SONS,

Wholesale Plant Growers, McHenry Ave.,

Westwood, Cincinnati, O.

IVY

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisera.

English Ivy, rooted cuttings, 75c. per 100,
prepaid. Chas. Frost, Kenllwortb, N. J.

ENGLISH IVY.
Fine plants from 2i4 inch pots, $3.50 per
hundred, $30.00 thousand. Write today for
our catalogue of all plants and roses.

THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY,

The Largest Rose Growers In the World,

Springfield. Ohio.

LEHOM Oil/

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

l^ILT BITLBS

Loechner & Co., New Tork, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. & 3. Farqnhar & Co., Boston, Man.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LrILT or THE VALLEY CI-CMP8

Jnlius Koehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LELY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHotcbison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbnrn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARGUEBITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

KUKaERY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.
W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford~N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framlngbam,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHatchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Aagust Eolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
^ For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.

NURSERY STOCK— Contlnaed

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford, Conn.
Large Evergreens and Other Stock.
For page see List of Advertisers.

G. E. lihedemeyer, Camden, N. J.

Norway Maples.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chilllcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

Jas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisera.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

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

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybrldlsti.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALUS, ETC.

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY PLANTS

Pansy plants, strong transplanted frame
plants, well budded, will give blooms at
once, $1.25 per lOO; $10.00 per 1000. Cash.
RUSSELL BROS., Syracuse, N. Y.

FEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betseher,
Canal Dover, O.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N, Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES
Seele's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises^ H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TCBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton Special."

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo, O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardlnlers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PRIVET

C. R. Burr & Co.. Manchester, Conn.

California Privet.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Privet, well grown, 2-year-«ld
plants, from 12 Inches to 3 feet; well fin-
ished plants, well graded and well packed.
Also one and two-year-old Ampelopaii
Veltchll. For prices and particulars^ ad-
dress Charles Black, Hlghtstown, N. J.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 do*, by exn.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons. Ceda*
Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. 3.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., PhUa., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. I.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsem.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries. North Ablngton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Pblla., Pa.
For page see Hat of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries. Jamaica Plain, Maai.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES — Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

RUSTIC BASKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., MUford, Cona.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' AssoclattoD,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Jose, Citl.

SEASONABLE PLANTS

Henry A, Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joeeph Brerk & Sons,

61 and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

in writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

April 26. 1913

HOETICULTURE

655

SEEDS — Continued
Mlchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, P».
For page see List of AdTertlaere.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boiton, Macs.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Adyertlaerg.

H. &. J. Farqnhar & Co., Boston, Maaa.
For page see List of AdTertlsera.

J. M. Thorbum & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page »ee List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Qarden Secda.

For page see Llat of Advertlaera.

S. S. Skldeliky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page »ee List of Advertlaerg.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Jamea Tlck'a Sons, Rochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsrs.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

a. Bryson Ayres Co., Independeacet Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Loechner & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertlaera.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

8. D. Woodnitt & Son, New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertlsws.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

BeauUeu, Woodhaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeda

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Felix & Dykhuls, Boekoop, Holland.

Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Ripe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SILKAI.INE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

BI.CO SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hudson, N. X.
For page see List of Advertlsara.

SPHAGNCU UOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. 3.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
•rchld baskets always on hand. Lager Ic
Hnrrell, Summit, N. J.

SPIKEAS

Breck-Roblnson Nursery Co., Lezlneton.

Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PLiANTS

Orchids— Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jallus Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

8TRAWBERBT FI,ANTS

Fall Bearing Strawberry Plants. B«st
Tarletles. Catalogue free. Basil Perry,
Cool Spring, Delaware.

THE NATIONAL NUR8ERYUAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorbnrn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

Two-year-old Asparagus Rodts.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus, Argent and Palmetto, 3 yrs.,
$3.50 per 1000; Dianthus Plumarius Cyclops
and Fl. PI. mixed. Coreopsis L.Tnceolata,
divided field, 2 yrs., $2.00 per 100. J. S.
MORTLOCK, Coloma, Mich., R. R. No. 1,

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

VIOLiETS

Violet Plants. Clean stock, no spot,
»1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Princeia of
Wales, California, Luxonne. JACQDKS
OILLMET, Moyiao, Del. Co., Penna. Mall
and telegraph orders promptly attended to.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. I.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

William E. Hellscher's Wire Works,
38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Albany, N. T.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atla,iita, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman Fl.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Baffalo, N. T.

William F. Easting Co., 383-87 Blllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ChicaKO

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.
176 N. Michigan Ave.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, OlUo

The* J. M. McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Uontreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
H. B. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
New York — Coatlaned

B. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49" West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Willonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26th

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Weat

28th St.

For page see List of Advertlsam.

Frank Mlllang, 55-67 West 26th St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Badgley, Rledel * Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Woodrow * Marketos, 41 West 28tli St.
For page see List of Advertlsars.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Alien, New York, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertlsara.

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 2Sth St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

PhUadelphla

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sta.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

The S. 3. Pennock-Meehan Co., 160S-U

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RoelieBter

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Wastilncton

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

New Offers in This issue

CHOICE YOUNG STOCK FOR GROW-
ING ON.

Anton Scliultheis, College Point. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FOUR NEW ROSES.

S S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS; BEDDING PLANTS.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HIGH-CLASS FLORISTS' FLOWER

SEEDS.

Kelway & Son, Langport. England.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LAWN GRASS SEED.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER

SEEDS.

Henry P. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES; CARNATIONS.

Chas. II. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 627

656

HORTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

FLOOD RELIEF IN OHIO.

The Cleveland Florists' Club Com-
mittee, appointed by President Gra-
ham to investigate the conditions in
this state, and to give relief to those
in need, have made very good prog-
ress but there is still much to be done.

John Evans, who with E. G. Hill
and August Poehlmann were appointed
by President Farquhar of the S. A. F.
as an investigating committee, passed
through Cleveland this week and held
a meeting with the local committee
consisting of A. Graham, H. A. Hart,
Geo. W. Smith and Frank Frledley.
The field was gone over thoroughly
and methods discussed.

The list of donations to date is as
follows:

ArtUur Doeble, Norwalk. Obio, 1000 ger-
aniums, 1000 Siilvias, etc; MacNnir, Florist.
Providence, E. I., cash .|10.00; Louis Epple,
,Tr., Pelliam, N. Y., cash $2.00; Geo. L. Ely,
Clyde, Ohio, 1000 seranlums; Stubbs Nur-
sery, Augusta, Ga., five boxes plants, as-
paragus. Salvia, coleus, etc.; L. G. Barbier,
Dunkirk, Ind., Boston ferns. 500 geraniums.
400 chrysanthemums; Woodbury & Wood-
bury, St. .Johns. Mich.. 1000 carnation cut-
tings, callas. asparagus, daisies, etc. ; R.
"Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md..
10,000 geraniums; Wauseon Floral Co.,
Wauseon. Ohio, 500 salvia: J. F. Sked,
Westerville. Ohio, 500 salvias, geraniums,
pelargoniums, etc.: A. Graham & Sons,
Cleveland. Ohio, geraniums, etc.; .J. M. Gas-
ser Co., Godfrey callas. chrysanthemums,
carnations, etc.; Adam Graham, cash $10.00.

The names of those helped are not
to be mentioned in these columns.
Never was there a more opportune
" time to help a man who has lost all of
his stock, for with Decoration Day
only a few weeks away he can quickly
turn plants into cash.

If you know of any florist in this
«tate who is in need of help — a man to
whom a few hundred or a few thou-
sand plants would be of benefit, to put
him on his feet — let us know.

If you have surplus stock of plants
and want to know whei-e to send them
to do the most good — let us know.

If you are a retailer or a supply
man or if you have no plants to offer,
a small amount of cash will help pay
expressage on a box of plants to some
brother florist who has met with mis-
fortune in the flood.

What is to be done must be done at
once. Reports have been very hard
to get from down state or this should
have been cleaned up sooner.

Address all communication to Cleve-
land Florist Club, Frank A. Friedly,
Secretpry. Rcckv River, Ohio.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The New Gardening, by Walter P.
Wright. Published by Doubleday,
Page & Co., New York. A guide to
the most recent developments in the
culture of fiowei-s. fruits and vege-
tables, with six illustrations in natural
colors and 4S half-tone reproductions
from photographs of plants, views and
garden operations. The 400 pages are
a gold mine of practical information
in all the fundamentals and modern
details of garden science and art. Part
1, devoted to the New Flower Garden-
ing, contains 22 distinct chanters cov-
ering borders, rock-gardening, bed-
ding, roses, tulips, sweet peas, Japan-
2 comprises The New Fruit-Growing,
ese gardening, city gardens, water
gardens, trees, shrubs, etc.. etc. Part
six chapters. Part 3. The Vew Vege-
table-Growing, four chapters. This
useful manual should be in the posses-

sion of everyone, professional gar-
deners as well as amateurs. The au-
thor speaks out boldly on the subject
of garden fads, fallacies and fashions,
and convincingly, too. After an hour's
perusal one is comfortably flushed
with the impression that he has
learned something of use to him and
that his vision is wisely broadened
and his judgment matured. The selec-
tions of varieties of rhododendrons,
conifers and some other things, being
made from the standpoint of English
climate would require revision to
make them reliable north of Philadel-
phia.

The Making of a Country Estate.
With this elegant volume of landscape
pictures and pertinent comment, the
author, Henry Wild, makes his formal
bow to the American estate owner,
present or prospective, as a landscape
architect. As is generally known, Mr.
Wild has been engaged for the past
18 years in laying out and developing
the 2000-acre estate of Mr. E. C. Con-
verse, Conyers Manor in Greenwich,
Conn. The publication before us is
practically an album of views on that
now-famous estate, showing gardens,
lakes, woods and vistas, as produced
under the skillful direction of the
trained gardener. It is handsomely
bound and an appropriate souvenir of
an undertaking well dona as well as a
credential of Mr. Wild's abilities for
future triumphs.

Polly Anna; the Glad Book— By
Eleanor H. Porter. The What Shall I
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Alma's Sophomore Year — By Louise
M. Breifenbach. The Career of Doctor
Weaver — By Mrs. Henry Backus. The
Harbor Master— By Theodore Good-
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For the young woman forced to de-
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gestions and encouragement; the
"Glad Book" fully justifies its name
and Alma's Sophomore Year will de-
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seminary life. liike all of the fiction
issuing from this publishing house,
every line of romance is clean, salu-
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sentimentalism, which permeates so
much of modern novel literature. The
Career of Doctor Weaver is unique
and captivating. It portrays the re-
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the young man in the medical profes-
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ous and engrossing story which is
skillfully written and quite out of the
usual order. The Harbor Master is a
strong portrayal of life on the bleak,
treacherous coast of Newfoundland. It
is full of tragic mystery, strength and
vigorous action, a romance of warm-
hearted devotion to friends and duty
and one that leaves a lasting impres-
sion on the reader. It is one of the
best of this young author's efforts.
The price of Alma's Sophomore Year

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Greenhouse, 53 x 24 ft., large glass, cypress
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and small cottage if desired. Low rent.
Small amount money required for pur-
chase stock on hand. "H," care HORTI-
CULTURE; _^

WANTED — to correspond with someone
having experience as grower of all kinds
of greenhouse and nursery stock that
would take share in a good business and
be able to manage the growing of the
stock for a company in Minnesota. Ad-
dress, M. care HORTICULTURE PUB. CO.

WANTED TO RENT.

Greenhouse property for the purpose of
raising flowers for wholesale. Must be in
first class condition and within easy
shipping distance of Boston. Give full par-
ticulars and rent per year in first letter.
Address B. care HORTICULTURE.

is $1.50. All the others above men-
tioned $1.25 net, $1.40 postpaid.

OBITUARY.

B. F. Rubel.

The sudden death of Ben. F. Rubel
on April 18 was learned with regret
by his many friends in the trade.
Ben F. Rubel was born in Chicago 46
years ago and has spent practically
all his life there and is well known
as the president of the Fleischman
Floral Co., whose store in the Railway
Exchange Building is one of the finest
in the city. He also had a large con-
fectionery store on State street. Mr.
Rubel leaves a mother, Mrs. Frances
Rubel, three brothers and two sisters.
The funeral was at Sinai Temple, Sun-
day, Baron Hirsch officiating, and in-
terment was at Rose Hill.

April 26, 1913

HORTICULTUBE

657

Flower Market Reports

(Continued fro>n page 6>/ )

with ready sale. Outdoor things like
tulips and daffodils not so many. The
queer April weather has affected these
also, and the usual supplies are not
forthcoming as yet.

The last week's
ROCHESTER business has shown
a very marked im-
provement in both wholesale and re-
tail markets. It is an old saying, "A
poor start means a bad end; a good
beginning— a grand finish." It was
pretty much so in our case. Most
florists were very busy on Sunday
with f neral work and each day fol-
lowing bringing its own work and
more of it. The rather unsettled
weather has brought much illness
along with it, and consequently many
cut as well as potted flowers are needed.
The spring days with the warm sun-
shine, have brought many inquiries
for veranda boxes and lawn work,
this, of course, reminding the green-
house men that their busy time is on
and will be until the end of June. The
market has been brisk, and there ba=5
been plenty of all kinds of stock.
Sweet peas are especially good, partic-
ularly in the bright cerise, which just
now is the fashionable shade among
the milliners. American Beautie=i are
with us and are of good color. There
are plenty of Harrisii lilies, of fair
quality, but no callas worth speaking
of. Pansips are being used much for
table decorations also marguerites
Carnations are very good and there
are large quantities. Snapdragons di
not sell quite so readily as one might
expect, but there is a large demand
for jonquils.

The market durin?
ST. LOUIS the past week hal its

ups and downs as to
supply and price. In tbe ea'ly part
of the week prices on carnations and
sweet peas were considerably higher
than later on when stock became over
plentiful and flowe's of all kinds sold
very low. At present their is plenty
of everything and prices reasonable.
A lot of out-door truck is coming in.
Wild smilax is hard to obtain but
there is plenty of other greens.

Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass.—
Catalogue of Boxford Nursery, includ-
ing Hardy Trees and Shrubs, Herbace-
ous Perennials, etc.

Arthur De Meyer, Ghent, Belgium. —
McHutchison & Co., Agents, New York
— General Trade Catalogue of Aran-

^^^M

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

C. Kerkvoorde, Wetteren, Belgium —
Aug. Rolker & Sons, Agents, New
York.— Special Trade List of Nursery
Stock.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abing-
ton, Mass. — Hardy Native and Hybrid
Rhododendrons. A richly illustrated
little catalogue.

INSECTICIl

luratMri utfff tfei Inicflcl^i Act 1SI1 S«lal U. 371
Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys ftlealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and narmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wondemil results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

K Pint - - 25ci Pint - - 40o, Qnarl - - 75.

K GalloD, SL25; Gallon. S2.00) 5 Oalk>B G«n, 19

;iO Gallon Can - - tl7.50

Dilute -with water ^o to ^O parts

For Sale by Scetfsnen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Compemy Dept. K

4M W. LcxlBctan St., BiaUmar*. M«.

Dirtctions *« tvery packap

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing:

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicag >

The RecvcnUed SteaclBrd luaetleld*.

Not a core-all but a (peolflc r«m«ar
foi' all sap locklni loMcta lofeatliic
plant life inch aa creea, black, wbtt*
fly, tbrlpa, red spider, loeaiy bsc and
soft scales.

(1.00 per Qnart. *«.B0 r** SaU»m.

An Infallible remedy for mildew, mat
and bench fungi. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulpbur It does not stain tbe
foliage but cleanses It.

\/ e r9 ivi I iM e:

A soli sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and grab worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Dsed •n«
part to 400 parts water, it does not In-
Jore plants, bnt protects your crops
against ravages under tbe soil.

$1.00 per Quart. $3.00 per OalloB.
All are sprnylng materlais and ar«
etfectlve in tne greenhouse and in tke
garden.

FOR SAT.K nV SKEnSSTEN.

Madison.
N.J.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, Oenersl Manager.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mnlrlied with this article wlU

grow larger frtilt. better color, and

ripen more nnlfornily than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20tli CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 &29 OCE«N ST., BEVERIY. M»SJ.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple itietliods of correct accountin*?

especially adapted for florists* use.

BOOKS B.\L.\NCED AND ADJUSTED

^!<-rcIiants Banii Buiidinir

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Talcpfacne. Mala H

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Deeders of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Trees
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up in popular packajjes at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on IJues and BliEriits, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Flsblilll-on-Hudson, New Tork.

Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. —
Spring Trade List for Florists, Nur-
serymen and Dealers Only. Hardy and
tender plants and bulbs.

carias, Palms, Azaleas, Rhododen-
drons, etc.

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford,
Conn. — Catalogue of Nursery and
Landscape Gardening Material. An
illustrated list of good things in shade
ornamental and fruit trees. An ex-
cellent I'eference book.

P. J. Looymans & Zonen, Ouden-
bosch, Holland. — Catalogue of Holland
Royal Nurseries. Aug. Rolker & Sons,
Agents. New York. — Hardy Ornamen-
tal and Forest Trees, Shrubs and
Grasses.

August Haerens. Somergem, Belgi-
um— August Rolker & Sons, Agents.
New York. — Illustrated Catalogue of
Azaleas, Palms, Bays, etc.

Peter Henderson & Co.. New York.
— Everything for the Lawn and Lawn
Formation and Care. Lawn views
paneled in gold make a very attractive
cover for this useful publication.

J. Woodward Manning. North Wil-
mington, Mass. — 59th Annual Price
List. Hardy shrubs, trees, fruits and
flowers are comprehensively listed in
this condensed and handy little pub'i-
cation.

Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven,
Conn. — Catalogue of Nursery Stock for
1913. — One of the most complete and
attractive catalogues published. The
illustrations are fine, all printed in
brown sepia as is the cover, also,
which is tastefully designed.

Howard <fe Smith, Los Angeles, Cal.
— Roses, Chrysanthemums, Dahlias,
Conifers, Shrubs and Herbaceous Per-
ennials. Tbe catalogue itself is a
beauty. The half-tone illustrations are
superb. A colored plate of Ramona
the "Red Cherokee" rose, is inserted.

658

HOKTICULTURE

April 26, 1913

HEWS STANDARD POTS

us...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LOMG ISLAND CITY, N.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOimTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

SUMMER SCHOOL OF AGRICUL-
TURE.

A bulletin has been issued by the
Extension Service of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College descriptive
of the sixth annual Summer School of
Agriculture and Country Life, July 1-
29. Extended courses will be offered
for the benefit of the many people
who wish a general knowledge of theo-
retical and practical agriculture acd
who can come to the college conven-
iently during the summer season.
Special attention will also be given to
the needs of teachers.

The courses to be offered this sum-
mer will include practical agriculture
and horticulture, elementary sciences,
agricultural education, agricultural
economics, domestic economy and
household science, organized play and
recreation, and a group of courses ar-
ranged especially for rural social
workers.

Another forward step taken by the
Extension Service is shown in the an-
nouncement of a summer camp for
boys, the purposes of which are to
interest boys in agriculture and rural
life, to impress on the boy his respon-
sibility as a member of society and to
teach him clean, wholesome sports and
recreation. The camp will be under
militai-y discipline. During the morn-
ing instruction will be given in agri-
culture, hygiene and citizenship. Af-
ternoons will be given over to organ-
ized play, recreation, games, tramps
through the hills and evening camp
fires, all managed by experts.

Amherst is acknowledged to be one
of the most delightful towns in New
England, noted both for its natural
scenic beauties and berause it is an
educational center. Expenses are very
low.

Write for bulletin to Professor W.
D. Hurd, Amherst, Mass.

NEWS NOTES.

Providence, R. I. — Eric Bonevierhas
purchased the Butcher Greenhouses on
hitman street, where he has been
manager for several years.

Geneseo, III. — George J. Neal suc-
ceeds the Hill Floral Co. of this city.
For the past 16 years Mr. Neal has
been manager of the Beckwith Green-
houses, Mt. Pleasant, la.

Indianapolis, Ind. — A petition to
change its name to the E. G. Hill
Floral Co. has been filed by the Hill-
Heller Co., Myer Heller having sold
his interest to his partner, E. G. Hill
of Richmond.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Lisbon, Ohio — J. W. Scott, one
house.

Kirkwaod, Mo. — G. Deutschmann,
three houses.

Leetonia. Ohio — R. K. Stokesberry,
addition 21x30.

Massillon, Ohio — N. E. Beck Floral
Co., two houses.

Charles City. Iowa — Briscoe & Stow-
ell, house 27x120.

Gardenville, N. Y. — Galley Bros., two
houses each 32x200.

Guilford. Conn. — F. H. Rolf. Boston
street, forcing house.

Denver, Cslo. — City Park, green-
house, to cost $25,000.

Gorham, Me. — Roland Barrows,
Main street., additions.

Portland, Me. — Fred Smith, South
Street Florist, addition.

Cleveland, Ohio — C. Merkel & Son,
four houses each 2Sx300.

Columbia, Pa. — Jacob D o e r r e r.
Cedar street, house 50x105.

Newport, R. I. — Thomas J. Gibson, '
Bliss Road, range of houses.

Lewistown, Mont. — Luther L. War-
den, Lewistown Greenhouses, one
house.

, 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate:

EIKX) 1% in. @ $6.00 .500 1 in. (a) $4..=j0

l.iiK) 2 " " 4.88 4.56 4V2 '■ " 5.24

1.5U0 2Vi " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1501) 2«. " " 6.00 210 oVi " " .3.78

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

SCO 3^1 " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4,20

60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottsry, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Rolker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents
ODB SPECIALn— tone Distance and eiiort tralg

i—stanIdard flower— I

o^s

If your greenhouses are witbin 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
yon money.

W. H. ERNEST

— 28th & M Sts. Washineton, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Improred nuMhlBery, w* •*•

■apply 7«nr wwits to b«tt^ »dT»iitar«

tban sTor.

8pe«lal dlrTOVsts •■ larr* ord«rs,

Syracase Pottery Co., svycusE

Write for Catalogue.

Tree Tubs and Brass
Hoop Jardinieres

The extension stave foot
prevents the bottom from
rotting. No chance frr water
to collect and rot the floor.
The American WoodMi-
ware Mfg. Co.
Toledo, Ohio. U. S. A.

S. JACOBS & SONS

UPON

m^ — * — ' ••«

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - - - N. Y.

DREER'.S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RIVERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to soo ft. without seam or
joint.

The HOSF for the FLORIST

Ji-inch, per ft., 15 t.
Reel of 500 ft., " I45^C.
2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c.
^-inch, '* 13 c.

Keels, 500 ft., '* I2j4c.
Couplings furnished

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better serric*.
Personal attentkon guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATKNT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

Ev»s 20tA Centvy Ann

Will not twist the ihAftlDs p>|i«. Thnv

tlBics the povcr al old icyi* fflbov UBS.

Sold otlhr with Erani QaBaaft MacknM.

Writt frr frt€ CiriaUefut U

qcAKKK ciTT MAciinni 00.

BlcluMBd, 1x4,

When writing to Advertiters kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

Greenhoifse ^teiiais aT^i

IRON er WOOD SASH BARS

In all leneths up t* SZ feet.

Milled to any detail fnrnUhed or will
farnisb details and cut material! raady for

pfertlon.

Frank VmAssebe,

Fulton At*., Bom A*a

JKB8KT CITT. N. t.

April 26, 1913

HORTICULTURE

fi59

Would You
Like to Know

1. Where you can buy spring
bedding plants; good, clean,
reliable stock?

2. Who can supply young roses,
carnations and chrysanthe-
mums well rooted and cool
grown, to fill your houses?

3. Where you can get young
ferns, palms and other
greenhouse decorative stock
for growing on for next sea-
son?

4. What fi-ms carry 'seeds of
finest selected strain, bulbs
and roots — gladioli, cannas,
dahlias, etc., etc.?

5. The best sources of supply
for hardy shrubbery, herba-
ceous perennials, choice con-
ifers and new introductions
in ornamental nursery
stock?

6. The merits of the various
greenhouse constructions, as
to stability, utility and econ-
omy in running?

All necessary enlightenment
on the foregoing may be quickly
found in the advertising pages
of HORTICULTURE by con-
sulting the Buyers' Directory
and Ready Reference Guide,
vjhich in this issue appears on
Pages 652, 653, 654, 655.

Get the Habit. HORTICUL-
TURE is the only trade paper
which thus fully indexes for the
benefit of its readers the offers
of its advertisers each week. In
case there should be any infor-
mation sought along these lines
which is not found here we
shall be glad to supply same on
request.

ii

Get tKe Habit.

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices can be had \>y
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
Wo carry the largest stock of Specially
Selecteil Glass in Greater Xew York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Ruck Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. inc.

2l.")-'^i: Havemeyer St.. Brooklyn, X. Y.

Cam Xoo ^Er

NOU C/^N ON
K\N^ HOUSES

K»N^ G&MSTt^uOTio/v Go.
AoRTHTo/VAKANPA ^.y.

T

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
rSCKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

"Write for Circuliir "D" and Prices

Tlie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

)reer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drire easy and true, becaofe
both bevels are on the &ame
side, Can't twist aod break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rights or lefts.

The Peerless Glazing Point
is patented. No otbeis like
it Order from your dealej^
or direct from as.
1000. 7Sc. postpaid. (
Samples free.
BXntT A. DBEEB,, I
714 Cbwtnut Street^
rbllad«lphl&.

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA. in«fR^r of 32,500,000 sq. ft. of tjUss

For particulars address

John G. Esler, secy Saddle River, N.J.

Vou i;ct Up-to-date piping systems
aTitl Higli Grade boilers, when you deal
wil h Kroeschell.

We pay no commissions to agents or
dealers — our Boiler is sold direct from
factory to user, which eliminates an
unnecessary middleman's profits and
you Mr. Florist, get the benefit.

We make every kind of Boiler
known, from the smallest to the lar^rest.
both steam and hot water. There is
no Boiler in the World today that can
compare with The Kroeschell Green-
hoHse Boiler for Hot Water Heatiui'.

Send for our Catalogue — Do it Today
I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, Ind.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

A STIC A

USE4TII0W.

F.O. PIERCE GO.

I2W.B80AOWAY
NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex*
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes bard
and brittle. Broken ^lass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

CHICAGO, ILL.

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

660

HORTICULTUEE

April 26, 1913

Looking Price
Straight in the Face

When you get a specification estimate on our
Pipe Frame House, the first thing you do is to
take a look at the price. If that price seems at
first glance to be about right — all is satisfactory

If it is some highor tlian you have been paying
for all cypress houses, with heavy wooden plate
and other shade-casting, short-lived wooden mem-
bers, then without any further investigation, you
at once jump to the conclusion that L. & B. are
"high."

Now, isn't that so?

Let's look at this price question straight in the
face. Look at it from all points of view: Sup-
pose you are going to stock a house with carna-
tions— you are pretty careful to compare different
varieties, looking into their free blooming quali-
ties, strength and length of stems, and so on;
then you select the very best ones your money
can buy, because you know
that in the end you will n
get more blooms and more
money by making such a
selection.

Then why allow yourself
to apply any less careful
investigating business
methods when buying a
greenhouse?

Why not be equally as
fair with yourself and
make just as careful com-
parisons, point by point,
between our construction
and others?

If you read carefully
over the list of materials
we furnish for our Pipe
Frame House, and check it
up, item for item, in com-
parison with the specifica-
tions for the other build of
houses, you will find that
in reality you are getting
from us not simply the
usual Pipe Frame house,
but one that is more than
half iron. Other estimates
you may have are for one
thing, while ours is an en-

Viow lookin,u down

A I

.yards. Miliious of feet of cypress, air-drying for
j?reenbouse materials. Not a stick used in our
KfeenUouses tliat has not been air-drying for two
.vears. When milled, all sappy parts are cut out
and burned. Sapp.v parts are not used in our
greenhouses in any way. shape or manner.

tirely different proposition. The other prices are
a little cheaper at the beginning, but if you will
give us half a chance we can show you how our
construction most certainly will cost you less in
the end.

Things are different now than ten or twenty
years ago when men could make good money in
heavy, shade-casting houses. These same men
find themselves up against the stiffest kind of
game, to make satisfactory profits today, in com-
peting against growers without up-to-date, produc-
tive, repair-free houses.

Still, on the other hand, if you want an all-
cypress house rather than our Pipe Frame or all-
Iron Frame, we can sell
you top notch materials as
i reasonable as anyone —

quality of cypress and
smoothness of milling
taken into comparison.
Fact is, there is no green-
house concern in the coun-
try that has as many mil-
lion feet of air-dried ey-
press being turned into
greenhouse materials each
year.

It is exceedingly bad
financing to build in a way
that you know means con-
stant repairs, and in a few
years, makes necessary the
complete tearing down and
replacing of your houses.
Such houses positively can-
n o t produce the highest
paying quality and quan-
tity— a n d such a prop-
erty if put on the mar-
ket practically brings noth-
ing.

Building cheaply is a
losing game any way you
figure it.
Write us.

Uleys in the cypress

im <u©

SALES OFFICES :
New York, 42nd Street BIdg. Boston, Tremont Bldg.

Philadelphia, Franklin Bank BIdg. Chicago, Rookery BIdg.

Rochester, Granite BIdg.

FACTORIES:
Irvington, N. Y. Des Plaines, 111.

NEW YOt
90TANIC.

aAftser

A Basket of Decorative Foliage Plants

In Exbibit of Max Schling, at Intern;! tional Floner Show, New York City.

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662

HOETICULTURE

May 3, 1913

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ROSE ''MRS. GEO. SHAWYER''

Immediate delivery, own root stock, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Did you note its
beautiful color and keeping qualities at the National Show ?

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

We have over four hundred varieties for you to choose from. If you are interested in pot plants, we
would particularly recommend the Cap. Family, of which we have seven sportf.

Lilac Cap., Purple Cap., White Cap., Yellow Cap., Butler's Caprice and many others

for Decorative Work, such as Dean's Favorite, Hortus Tolcsanus, and Lizzie Adcock. $15 00 per
hundred. These are the kinds that are grown by the million for the European market.

IVIA.^ISOni,
IM. J.

iMMMMAMAIMMAMAMWIAAMimMMAAMAAAIIAMWMIWWMMft

CARNATIONS

BOOTED CCTTINQ8.

100 1000

Wodenetbe, $1.00 per doz...t6.00 $00.00
White Wander; Lady Boont-

itol; White Winsor 3.60 30.00

Princess Charmlne 3.00 2B.0O

Wlnser ».S0 tO.OO

Plants from Z-lnch pets. $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTEU CCTTIN08.
Flftj Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.60 to $1.00 per 100; $16.00 to $«B.OO
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormamt
Tnb«r»: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr
■election variety, 92.00 per 100, flS.OO
per 1000

Sfftd for Caiah^e

Wood Brothers

FISH KILL, N. Y.

mtmmiytiyttmMmimMi.'^M*MtmmMmMmtuymnM*n^n^m0mmMttmtmftmn

CARNATIONS

F. DORRER t SOflS 00.

LA FAYKTTE, IMD.

FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT

WHITE STOCKS
AND CANDYTUFT

TO GROW FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

EXCELLENT PLANTS FROM 2-lN. POTS
$1.50 PER 100 $12.00 PER 1000

A. N. PIERSON, Inc.

GERANIUMS

Best Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

JOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

5 in,, 5% In. and 6 iu. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to .30 Inches high, 40e.,
50c., 60c., 75c., .$1.00, $].'i5 each and
up to ifl.SO.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Inipiirter

1012 W. OBtarie SL, PHIUOELfHIA. PA.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA

Grown it Pots and Tubs for JUNE AND JULY FLOWERING

Very large specimens in linlf-linrreN. S.">.00 to $7.50 ea<-li. I'lnntH in 14-inch
tubs, $3.00 to ,113.00 each. SinalUr plants in pots, 35c., 50c.. and 75c. each — ac-
cording: to size. Nice phints in G-inch pots, in bloom, for immediate uee, 36o.
and 50c. each — acrordins; to number of tiowers.

ENGLISH IVY and VINCA VARIEGATA

l.ii>\Mi ill ?.' ; iinil 1-inch puis, 5110.(10 iinil SI,". 00 per 100.

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

IMevk/^

THE*^ HERALD

Carna-tion

$12.00 PER 100

$100.00 PER 1,000

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago

May 3, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

663

MMMMMMMMMWMMMMM

CANNAS AND BEDDING STOCK

We have an extra fine lot of Cannas in 3 inch pots ready for shipment in the following: sorts, at
$3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 250 of one kind at thousand rates.

AI.PHONSE BOUVIER
nOKENCE VAUGHAN
J. D. EISELE

JE.\N TISSOT EGANDALE PATRIA

GLADIATOR HIAWATHA RICHARD WALLACE

MAD. CROZY NIAGARA VENUS

MRS. KATE GRAY SOCV. DE ANTOINE CROZY

PENNSYLVANIA
UNCLE SAM
PRESIDENT MAYERS

BEDDING PLANTS SUCH AS

ACHRYANTHE9, ALTERNANTHERA, COLECS, HARDY CHRYSANTHE.MUMS, HARDY ENGLISH IVY, MOONVINES,

SALVIA, ETC.

2 in., $2.00 per 100, $18.60 per 1,000; 3 in., ?3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1,000.

DAHLIAS

2 in. pot plants in a splendid as-
sortment $2.00 per 100 and up.

GERANIUMS

Same as
Usual.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

Choice Young Stock for Growing On, in
ERICAS and HYDRANGEAS

Erica Cotonoides Veitcliii, white Easter variety from 4-in. pots
ready for SVs and 6-m. pot, $10.00 per 100, $80.00 per 1000.
2-year-oId plants for growing on for specimens from 5V4
and 6-ln. pots, $35.00 per 100.

Erica regerminaiis, 2-year-old, for growing on, Xmas variety,
$50.00 per 100.

New Hydranereas. Bonqnet Rose from 4-in. pots, Jnst repotted
from 2y.-ln., $10.00 per 100. Avalanclie, white, 2y2-in., $10.00
per 100. Andre Leroy's Blue, 2^-ln., $8.00 per 100. Mme.
Moulliere, white, $12.00 per 100.

Old large-flowering Otalisa, from 2J^-ln., $8.00 per 100.

Hydrangeas, just coming in bud, fine plants in perfect con-
dition. Varieties — Andre Leroy's Blue, Otaska all colors.
Avalanche, white. Bouquet Rose, from 5 and SVa-ln. pots,

$50.00 per 100; from 6 and 6Vi-in. pots, $75.00 per 100; from
7-in. pots, $12.00 to $18.00 per doz.; from 8-in. pots, $24.00
per doz.; 9-ln. pots, $36.00 per doz.

Roses in bud, timed for next month and Decora-
tion Day

Varlities — Mrs. Flight, Tausendschoen, Dorothy Perkins,
Wedding Bells, American Pillar, Flower of Fairfield, from
6 to 8-in. pots, from $9.00 to $12.00 to $24.00 per doz.;
9-in., $2.00 to $4.00 each; Crested Moss, only a few, $2.00
each ; Hybrid Perpetuals — CIrich Brunner, Baroness Roths-
child, Magna Charta, Drnschlti, 6 to 7-ln. pots, $6.00, $9.00
and $12.00 per doz. Silver Moon, Dr. W. Van Fleat, $1.50
each.

^asl

XA^i-fcli <3rcl&r F^le:

ANTON SCHULTHEIS, 316 19th St., College Point, L I., N.Y.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 695

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 686

Allen, J. K 686

Anderson. S. A..0.81
Aphine Mfg. Co.C93

Aschmann, G 662

Atlanta Florist

Co 684

Ay res Co., S.

Bryson 679

Badgiey, Reidel

& Meyer 686

Barnard, W. W.

Co 679

Barrows & Son.. 664
Bayersdorter, H.

& Co 682

Bay State Nur-
series 675

Beaulieu 679

Bloomingdale's. 680
Bobbinlt & At-

Icins 675

Boddington, A.T.677
Bolgiano & Sou,

J 679

Boston Florist

Letter Co 684

B r a s 1 a n Seed

Growers' Co... 678
Breck, J. & Son. 679
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 675

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 680

Bunyard, A. T..680
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 679

Page
California Flor-
ist 681

California Seed
Growers' Asso.679

Carbone 681

Chicago Carna-
tion Co 662-684

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.684
C h 1 1 d s, John

Lewis 678

Clarke's D. Sons. 680
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 679

Conine Nursery

Co., F. E 675

Cowee, W. J.... 686
Craig, Eobt. Co. 664

Dards 680

Dorner & Sons

Co 662

Dreer, H. A

673-094-695
Dunlop, ,Tohn H.681
Dysart, R. J.... 693
Eastern Nurser-
ies 675

Edwards Folding

Box Co 684

Elliott's W. Sons.678
Ernest, W. H....694

Esler, J. G 695

Eyres 680

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co 679

Finger, W. A... 675

Ford, M. C 686

Ford, W. P 686

Fottler, F i s k e,
Eawson Co 679

Page
Forrest.Frank H.C81
Framingham

Nurseries 675

Froment. H. E..686
Galvin, Thos. F.6S1
Gasser, J. M. Co. 681
Goodsell, P. H..675
Grey, T. J. Co.. 679
Gude Bros. Co.. 681
Hail Association. 695
Hall & Robinson.681
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 693

Hart, Geo. B 684

Heacock, Jos 664

Henderson, A 679

Hess & Swoboda.680
Hews, A. H. &

Co 694

Hilflnger Bros... 694
Holm & Olson.. 680

Horan, E. C 686

Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 078

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 681

■Johnston Bros. ..681
Easting, W. F.

Co 687

Keller. J. B. Sons. 682
Keiway & Son.. 679

Kervan Co 686

King Cons. Co.. 695
Kramer, F. H..6,81
Itroescheii Bros. 695
Kuebler, W. H..680
Lager & Hurrell.664

Lange, A 681

Lemon Oil Co... 693

Page
Leonard Seed Co.678
Leuthy, A. & Co.604
Loechner & Co.. 664
MacMulkin, E...U81
May & Co., L. L.681
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 687

McConnell. Alex. 680
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 683

McCullough's J.

M. Sons C0...&S4
McH'tchis'n & Co.664
McKenzle, John. 662
McManus. Jas...686
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 694

Meyer, J. C. & Co.683
Michell's Seed

House 678

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 687

Millang, Chas....686

Miller, E. S 678

Montreal Floral

Exchange 687

Moore. Hentz «&

Nash 686

Murray, Samuel. 680
National Nursery-
man 675

N. E. Nurseries. 675
Niessen, Leo Co. 684
Oechslin. Frank. 664
Ouwerkerk. P...675
Park Floral Co.. 680
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 680

Pelicano. Rossi &
Co 681

Page
Parshelskv Bros.694
Penn the Florist.681
Pennock - Meehan

Co 685

Pierce Co., F. 0.695
Pierson, A. N...662
Pierson, F.R.Co.662
Pierson - U - Bar

Co 696

Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 693
Poehlmann Bros. 684
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 693

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 694

Reed & Keller.. 686
Reinberg, Peter. 684

Rice. M. Co 681

Rol)inson. H. M.

& Co 684

Robinson Co., H.

M 686

Rock. Wm. L...6S0
Roehrs, J. Co... 664
Roland, Thomas.664
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 664-694

Rosery, The 680

Sander & Son... 664

Scott. John 664

Schling. Max 682

Schultheis, A.... 663

Shaketano. V 678

Sharp. Partridge

& Co 695

Sheridan, W. P. 686
Siebrecht, Geo. C.686
Siggers & Sig-
ners 694

Page

Smith, P. J 686

Skldelsky, S. S.

& Co 678

Smith & Co., E.D. 675
Smith, W. & T.

Co 675

Smyth, Wm. J.. 680
Sprague, J. H...064
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co.... 695
Stumpp, Geo. M.680
Syracuse Pottery

Co 694

Totty, Chas. H..662
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 678

Traendly &

Schenck 686

Trepel, C. C 680

Valentine, J. A.. 680
Van Assche, F..694
Vick's Jas. Sons.679
Vincent. R., Jr.,

& Sons Co. 063-678
Wants, For Sale. 692
Ward, R.M.& Co.664
Welch Bros. Co.. 687
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 675

Wilson Robt. G.6S0

Wood Bros 662

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 680

Woodruff & Sons,

S, D 679

Woodward. R. W.678
Young & Nugent.680
Zangen. O. V...679

Zinn. J. A 681

Zvolanek, Ant. C.679

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide, See Pages 688, 689, 690, 691

664

HORTICULTUEE

May 3, 1913

COMPETITION

There are two waj's to compete in lily bulbs — price and quality. In competing in price we have come to
the conclusion there is no profit in it, either tor the grower or ourselves. So we are competing in quality.
You know that lily bulbs is a difficult article to handle successfully and barring accidents you cannot buy
good lily bulbs cheap. At the same time you can get them from us very reasonable — we don't make much
per thousand — in fact, a florist wouldn't work on such a small margin that we operate on. Under such
circumstances don't you think you should trade with us? We need your orders because we must have the
volume to make the small margin pay. We haven't any implements, seeds, greenhouse stock, or chicken
i:eed to sell you — we have chiefly Horseshoe Brand Lily bulbs. They are good bulbs and well worth your
consideration. We also carry them in Cold Storage at considerable expense to accommodate you — why not
give us your order for lily bulbs? Try it. Send for Catalog.

COLD STORAGE STOCK ON HAND.

LILIUM GIG.4NTEUM 7-8 $S.0O per 100

7-9 8.50

" 7-8 $21 per case of 340

7-9 21 " 300

8-9 21 " 280

" 8-10 25 " 250

9-11 22 " 180

All the above at New York City,
ing in freight perhaps.

We also have 8-10 at Cincinnati and 9-11 at Memphis — some sav-

Not How Cheap
But Bow Good

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - NEW YORK CITY

ORCHIDS

Largett Importers, Exporters, Growers
and Hybridists in the Wo. Id

5ANDER, 5t. Alban s, England

and 258 Broaiina.v, Roam 721
NEW YORK CITY

OROIHID3

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutli«rford, N. J.

OROMI

Arrived in Fine Condition: Dendrobium
thyrsiflorum, D. chrysotoxum, D. crassi-
node.

Due Shortly: Cattleja Gaskelliana. C.
Mossiae, C. Percivalliana, G. speciosissima,
C. Triiin.Te, etc.

Write for prices.

LAGEJ1&HURRELL^SV5."

SF9IH ACSNVJIVI IVIOSS

10 bbl. baleR; selected stock: neatly bar-
lapped. "Worth While Quality," "Sansre
Deal Quantity." 5% off cash with order.

1 bale $3.80 10 bales, each. .$3.40

t bales, each ... 3.60 26 bales, each . . S,M

Car lots. AVriti' for prices.

I.IVE SPHAGNUM, $1.98 per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

i. H. SPRAGUE, Bameeat, N. J.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Write for qaoiationa

CYCLAMEN

Best strain in exist«nce.

4 Inch (M.OO

f Inch 60.00

« Inch , 78.00

TtflMtS RtlANII, Malt, Miss.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

COSES, PALMS,

and Novelties in Decorative Plunts.

MARKET add 49th STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
V . J

0MAIVIAMV«AmWWimWtAM«W«MMMAA

BEST PAUMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepH Heacock

■Wyncote, Pa.

IWWWWWWIWMWWKWVWWWWWWWWg

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Jutland Road and E. 45th St

Tel. 2890 Bedford BROOKL YN , N . Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Large flonering^, Pompon. Anemone flow-
ere«l and single. Hest varieties for Bush
form Pot plants. SVL- in. pot plants, $3.00
per 100. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W, Quincy St., Chicago, III.

Natural— Four Standard Grades.

Colored —Twenty Stnndard Colocs.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade In any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISCH & CO. ^^^cJiJlE"-^^

17 Murray St., NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only
AZAL£A8. PALMS, KHOI>ODE«mBOm.
BAYTREISS, B08BS, l,rL,AC«, UOIAJLVD
AND .lAPAN BULBS, UX.t OF THB
VA1X,ET, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St, NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, Decorative anil Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cck:o8, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perkins Street Norseries. Roslindale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS ly. in. »^«> T5or^

ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100, $40 per

1000.

WHITMANI COMPACTA 2 i-2 in. $5 per 100.

$40 per 1000.

250 at irmo rates.

H.H.BARROWS&Sf)N,Whitinan,Mass.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

665

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially r/"^*'?!,'' «°^'2!^^*" »18W"«<*
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HOETICDI>iUKl£.

Cafe of Carnations

Houses of carnations which were planted late last year
will give fair returns up to the end of June if given
attention. Give them a top dressing of half loam and
half cow manure; or a coat of all manure may be ap-
plied. Any other fertilizer you are in the habit of using
may be also used. Give all the ventilation now that
the weather will permit so as to keep the air pure and
dry. Every morning syringe thoroughly, or red spider
will be very troublesome; if this pest gets foothold at
this time of the year it will be hard to get rid of it. Keep
fly and thrips down by timely fumigation; never relax
your watchfulness but keep up the fight at all times.
See that the young stock has good care until planted out.
Give plenty of ventilation, so that the plants will be
sufficiently hardened off. Keep them well watered as
they should not be allowed to become dry for any length
of time.

Dieffenbachias

These plants require plenty of heat and moisture.
Now that the warm weather is with us increase the tem-
perature up to 70 degrees during the night with from
10 to 15 degrees more during the day. They cannot be
kept too near the glass, if not absolutely touching it, but
must be protected from the sun with a thin shade, or the
leaves will lose their healthy color. They like a daily
syringing overhead through their growing season.
Young plants that were propagated early in the year and
are in small pots should be shifted, as they will make
roots rapidly. A good mixture is fibrous loam three
parts, leaf mold and peat one part each, and well rotted
cow manure one part. Syringe regularly once or twice
a day and give them abundance of water at the roots.
A high degree of moisture should be maintained from
this out. When the desired size pot is reached they can
be kept in good condition by the use of manure-water
once a week during the summer.

Forcing Lily of the Valley for June

Cold storage pips are now used exclusively for this
purpose. Place them where they can have a brisk bot-
tom heat and keep close and dark until they are half-
drawn up when light should be gradually increased.
Where you want good foliage give them full light from
start to finish ; the stems may be shorter but the foliage
will fully counterbalance this. After the middle of May
lily of the valley can be grown in frames that are built
good and close. For the next couple of weeks bottom
heat will be necessary, but from that out they will do
without it. Place about six inches of sand on the ma-
nure and in this plant the pips the same as one would in
the frame in the greenhouse. It is a good plan to have
the frame partitioned off then one can plant two or more

batches which will be coming on from time to time. It
will be comparatively easy to maintain enough of heat
in the frame. Keep close until they are well up and
then give air so they will not become too leggy. When
the bells are well out give shade with plenty of air
which will help to keep, them longer.

Growing Palms from Seed

To grow palms from seed successfully always make it
a point to get fresh seed. It is better to procure the vari-
ous kinds as they are imported from their different
sources and plant from time to time as received. The
seed can be sown in pans or flats, but pans are to be
preferred as the flats are liable to rot before they are
large enough to pot off. Fill the pans with a mixture of
equal parts of loam, leaf mold and sand, and provide am-
ple drainage for each pan. The seed should be covered
twice their depth and pressed down firm. To help re-
tain the moisture the pans should be covered with moss.
All palm seed will germinate better when kept over bot-
tom heat and under closed sashes. The temperature can
run anywhere from 70 to 80 degrees. Give just enough
of water to keep the compost moist, but never wet or
soggy. From now on an ideal place for palm seed is a
mUd hot-bed where they will germinate good. Do not
become discouraged if they do not appear in four or six
weeks, as the germinating period varies anywhere from
four weeks to six months. Pot off at the first signs of
growth.

Nephrolepis

It is now time again to turn our thoughts to nephro-
lepis, bearing in mind their importance during the win-
ter and spring sales. A side bench will make an ideal
place for these ferns to grow in. When planting allow
them at least 15 inches of space. Give the soil a good
soaking after the ferns are planted out and when they
need water again Just water around the plants imtil
they make roots through the soil after which water all
over the bench. On all bright days they should have
gentle sprayings twice a day and a frequent damping
down of the walks. They will require some shading,
l)ut not too heavy and keep plenty of ventilation.

Sowing Annuals

Now is the time to make outdoor sowings of annuals
such as sweet alyssum, calendula, calliopsis, candytuft,
cosmos, eschscholtzia, marigold, mignonette, nastur-
tiums, poppy, salpiglossis, scabiosa, zinnias, etc. They
can be sown in neat shallow drills, with some fine soil
to cover them and beat down a little with the hoe. Where
it is possible keep them moist until they are above the
ground. When large enough they can be thinned out
to the proper distance apart.

Mr. Farrell's next notes wUl be on the foUowing: Care of Old Azaleas; Gladioli; Growing Ferns During Summer

ing Out Carnations; Wintering Flowering Marguerites.

Lycastes ; Plant-

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OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Jenkins. Such communications should inrarlably be addressed to the office of HORTICULiTCRB.

Onioni

Onions should be sown now as soon as the ground
can be got in nice friable condition for seed sowing. A
prime requisite for a good bed of onions is a well pre-
pared, finely raked bed, and fortunately this crop makes
no objection to being planted on the same ground from
year to year; in fact it seems to thrive the better for it.
Onions are gross feeders and there will be a vast dif-
ference in the weight of crops lifted from a compara-
tively poor soil and those from a soil which has been
well enriched. However, like all good things, manuring
may be overdone, especially if the manure be very rank.
When you see a crop fail to make bulbs and running all
to neck you can be sure that the feeding has been over-
done. Soot, salt and lime are three things that onions
seem to revel in when the ground is lightly dusted over
with these at frequent intervals. In sowing onions do
not cover the seed heavily, nor tamp the soil if it is
the least bit sticky, but if the soil is in just the right con-
dition for seed-sowing, neither too wet nor too dry, then
a light tamping with the back of a rake is advisable.
Sow the seed moderately thick and space the rows about
a foot apart.

Onion Grub or Maggot

This pest is a great scourge if it once obtaiiis a foot-
hold in the garden. The parent fly is like a small house
fly and it lays its eggs on the young seedlings. These
eggs offer hatching out in the grub form eat their way
to the center of the plant and the plant turns yellow
and dies. There appears to be no very successful means
known of preventing the ravages of this pest except
sowing the seed in flats or frames and transplanting
the young plants. For some reason or another they
never seem to bother a transplanted onion. Treating
infected soil during the fall after the crop has been re-
moved may be useful and such things as formalin, gas-
oline, or kerosene would undoubtedly kill off any of the
pupae which came within its reach. However, as long
as transplanting is such a sure and simple remedy it is
hardly worth bothering with other things except where
onions are grown on a large scale for market.

Exhibition Onions

These should now be in cold frames or a very cool airy
greenhouse, and should be gradually hardened off pre-
paratory to planting outside. They should be but rare-
ly syringed, as that tends to make them too soft, but the

greatest care must be exercised in the watering, guard-
ing especially against the plants getting dry. Treat
the leeks just the same as the onions.

Sowing Peas for Succession

It is time now to get in some more peas and sowings
of several kinds at once may be made if such varieties
are chosen as will naturally succeed each other. If you
dig out trenches of one to two feet deep for the peas and
put manure in the bottom you will be able to harvest a
much better crop of better peas than by sowing in the
ordinary manner. But be sure to use only well-rotted
manure for if it is light and full of undecayed straw
more harm than good is likely to come from its use as
it will lie in the trench in a semi-dry state cutting off
the rise of water from below.

Nitfo-Bacteria Coltutes for Peas

The use of nitro-bacterine for legumes generally is
coming more and more into favor with the most pro-
gressive growers and good results may be confidently ex-
pected from its use on many soils, especially the lighter
sandy soils. The Cornell Agricultural College at
Ithaca, N. Y., will send you some for the cost of postage
with full directions for its use.

Cauliflower, Cabbage and Brussels Sprouts

These should be planted out now and the richtest
ground you have will be none too rich. Give a good
watering to each plant as soon as planted, and mulch
tliem with a mixture of half-rotted manure and leaves.
In planting out any of these crops, either choose a cloudy
day or else do the planting as late as possible in the
afternoon.

Hardening

Globe artichokes ought to be exposed to full air now,
day and night, unless it looks like freezing as in the
gradual hardening of crops which are to be moved from
the greenhouse or frames to outdoor planting lies a
great deal of the after success of the plants and this
matter will pay for careful thought and study.

Greenfly and Spider

Make sure that the crops above referred to are thor-
oughly clean as they will be much easier cleaned now
of any insect pests than after being planted out.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

hf) advertising youi gooda in Ibe

HorticuItMre

Publicity among the kind of readers reached
by this paper is THE SORT OF PUBLI-
CITY THAT PAYS.

May 3, 1913

HOETICULTURE

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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Sulphur and Its Usm

At times during this season of tlie year a little mildew
on the plants cannot be avoided, and the iirst thing we
turn to is the old fungicide, sulphur. Now sulphur is
a very good fungicide, and is the main ingredient in
many fungicide preparations. However it must be used
with care, or its application will do much more harm
than good. Where steam is used for heating the sim-
plest way is to apply a little here and there to the
steam pipes. The older houses with the three-quarter-
span and twenty feet wide will take only one pipe, with
the sulphur spread on it or rather painted on every ten
or twelve feet. It is best to apply the sulphur direct to
the hot pipe although too hot a pipe is not wanted.
About eight pounds of steam is plenty when the sulphur
is applied. Many growers will mix a little lime into
the sulphur, claiming it is much safer to use. This may
be well when the sulphur is blown on the plants with a
pair of bellows, as it lessens the danger of burning the
leaves, especially when it is or has to be applied by inex-
perienced help. The lime in the sulphur helps to distri-
bute it so that only a few particles can settle to a leaf,
and more is not wanted.

Mulching

Houses that are to remain for quite some time to come
can still be mulched and this will help wonderfully in
giving extra vigor to the plants also help to keep up the
quality of the cut blooms. Do not use any fresh manure
for this purpose as it will be likely to burn the foliage.
When no other is to be had we would rather use soil and
bonemeal for mulch and then give the plants plenty of
liquid to help keep them in good shape. If it has to be
applied, then apply it only to one bench at a time taking
a good many days to finish the house. Give plenty of
air all the time and do not let the houses run too warm
during the day.

Manure for the Fall Mulching

Hight now is the time to get the manure pile ready
and have it in prime shape when it is wanted in the fall.
It is best to use manure that is a year old and has been
turned over several times, to bring it to a very fine con-
dition and make it available to the plants. A least bit
of soil can be added, preferably sod, as sod absorbs a
large amount of the liquids that would otherwise go to
waste. Many growers will treat the manure pile with
a "it-is-a-nuisance," but when it comes to the facts the
manure well prepared is one of the secrets of growing
good roses, and we think a good manure pile is a great
asset when it comes to rose growing.

Tying

During these busy days of spring, we are very likely
to let things slip a little, but unless this cannot be avoid-
ed it is best to try to keep things in shape. Among the
first that shows neglect are American Beauties. These
feel it more than any other roses, and the loss is consid-
erable more than it would be with any other variety. It
is hard to keep untied plants free from insects; besides
the poor stems and foliage of the twisted shoots of the
plants are a great detriment.

Disbudding

This, too, is bound to be neglected a bit, and, if so,
this will greatly prey upon the vitality of the plants and
bring nothing in return but loss and that is all. There
are too many other good flowers in the market for people
to bother with poor roses. Try to keep up the good
quality for each box and your roses will be sought, and
never have to go begging for a buyer.

We wish to correct a mistake in our notes of last
week in which we referred to S. S. Pennoek's paper on
"The Faults of the Grower" as having been presented
at Pittsburgh. We should have said Lancaster, Pa.

Order Your Decoration Day Flowers and Supplies Early.

Get Your Young Stock for Growing on For Next Season.
Get These and Your Choice Seeds and Roots From the

Advertisers In This Paper

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CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— A Basket of Decorative
Foliage Plants.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care
of Carnations — Dieffenbachias — Forcing Lily of the
Valley for June — Growing Palms from Seed —
Nephrolepis — Sowing Annuals — John J. M. Farrell 665

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Onions-
Onion Grub or Maggot — Exhibition Onions — Sowing
Peas for Succession — Nitro-Bacteria Cultures for
Peas — Cauliflower, Cabbage and Brussels Sprouts —
Hardening — Greenfly and Spider — Edvin Jenkins... 666

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Sulphur and Its
Uses — Mulching — Manure for the Fall Mulching —
Tying — Disbudding — Arthur C. Ruzicka 667

HISTORY OF GREENHOUSE ESTABLISHMENTS IN
MINNEAPOLIS 669

ADVERTISING TAhKS— Ralph M. Ward 669

RHODODENDRON PLANTING TABLES— B. W. Cur-
tis 670-671

WANTED— A TARIFF FREE FROM AMBIGUITY—
James McHutchison 671

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

Nurserymen's Convention Date — American Gladiolus
Society — Club and Society Notes 672

DURING RECESS:
Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Baltimore — Notes.. 672

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Decorative Foliage Plants in Basket Arrangement

—Illustrated 674

Steamer Departures 680

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 681

Taking an Interest 682

SEED TRADE — A Good Man Gone, G. C. Watson —
California Seed Crop Alarm — Biennials Here and
Abroad — Pea Prospects — Retailers Busy — Duty on
Seeds — A Boston Seedsman Honored — Notes 676

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati 685

Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, St.
Louis 687

OBITUARY — Frank T. Emerson — William Kalesh— B.
Schworm 693

MISCELLANEOUS:

Personal 674

Tulips and Narcissi in Grass 678

News Notes 674-678

In Bankruptcy 681

Chicago Notes — Detroit Notes 683

The Tariff Bill 683

Catalogues Received 692-693

Publications Received 694

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 694

In the rhododendron tabulations which

A valuable appear in this issue of Horticulture

contribution Mr. Curtis has rendered a signal service

to the gardening profession and made a

useful contrilnition to the advancement of garden art.

-Many years of observation and recording are required to
make such a compilation really valuable and this being
taken into account together with the fact that these rec-
ords have been gleaned from three of the most extensive
and notable hardy rhododendron collections in America
gives a value to this report which will be at once recog-
nized and cannot be overestimated. We think it pre-
sents more definite and reliable information concerning
the dependable varieties of this noblest of all garden
shrubs than has hitherto been published anywhere.
The theme is, however, an almost inexhaustible one and
we shall be glad to give space to any of our readers who
may have something instructive to impart on this most
interesting subject.

As we jubilate over the gratifying finan-
The winning cjal outcome of the recent big flower
combination show in New York it should be ever kept
in mind that had it not been for the
spirit of enterprise shown by the exhibitors in the trade
section, the projectors and guarantors of the affair
might have had a very different proposition on their
hands and we fear we should have had a much less cheer-
ing story to tell at the close. The trade exhibitors at
the show filled about the same place that the advertisers
do in Horticulture — they supply a good share of the
wherewithal without which its existence would be
mighty precarious, to say the least. We are glad, there-
fore, to know that the trade exhibitors succeeded in
doing such a thriving trade in New York as most of
them report they did. While there may be minor prob-
lems yet to be straightened out, still as a general propo-
sition the fusion of competitive flower show and trade
exhibit as carried into effect at the Boston and New
York National Shows appear to have been a winning
combination.

No one will deny that a little sincere
Horticulture commendation is welcomed by the aver-
commended age mortal. Being constituted like all

others in this respect we must confess
to a touch of pleasant satisfaction over the generous
compliments on Horticulture's editorial policy which
have been coming to this paper from time to time. One
correspondent in the middle west, in the goodness of
his heart is kind enough to say — "By your vigorous
handling of the live topics of the day you have really
established a new standard of horticultural trade jour-
nalism. I get all the trade papers but Horticulture
I invariably read first." Another gentleman, one of
New York's most alert business men, writes, "It has
often occurred to us that your editorials make your
paper a particularly valuable trade journal. To us it
seems almost a reflection on the trade that those trade
papers which receive the most from the florists in adver-
tisements give so little to them in the way of editorial
advice in exchange." Naturally, we are proud to re-
ceive such compliments, but the greater gratification
comes in the assurance they give that Horticulture
has been able to work out a distinctive place for itself
in the esteem of the trade it aims to serve. Indeed, if
it could do nothing better than merely to imitate exist-
ing trade periodicals this paper was no more needed
than a "fifth wheel to a coach." We are deeply grateful
to our friends for their encouraging words.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

669

HISTORY OF GREENHOUSE ESTAB-
LISHMENTS IN MINNE-
APOLIS.

Floriculture in Minneapolis is near-
ly as old as the city itself. In 1857,
Dr. Alfred E. Ames, uncle of the fa-
mous Dr. A. A. Ames, instructed his
brother, then a consul in Hamburg,
Germany, to send him a gardener.
Wm. Buckendorf was engaged and
came to Minneapolis. He, therefore,
was the first florist. A year later they
built two neat greenhouses on Eighth
avenue (South), between Fourth and
Fifth streets. For several years these
greenhouses were kept for private use
only, when Mr. Buckendorf decided to
operate them for commercial pur-
poses. In 1886, Mr. Buckendorf built a
greenhouse on his own property.
Fourth street and Seventh avenue
(South). This ground was sold for
building purposes and in 1890 Mr.
Buckendorf built another house on
Fourth avenue (South) and Seven-
teenth street, which was discontinued
in 1900. In 1862 Wyman Elliot hav-
ing a large nursery on Park avenue,
built two greenhouses where Elliot
Park is today.

In 1865 R. J. Mendenhall decided to
have a few small greenhouses for his
private use. He engaged Henry Buck-
endorf, a brother of William Bucken-
dorf. They began in a small way and
kept enlarging until the plant was one
of the foremost in the country. This
was located on Nicollet avenue and
Eighteenth street (South). First ave-
nue was not opened up at that time.
After this plant covered a city block
and some space across the street, an-
other one was started at Twenty-
eighth avenue (South) and Thirty-
eighth street. In 1903 Mr. Mendenhall
sold out to L. S. Donaldson, and one
year later the greenhouses were torn
down.

About the same year Mr. Menden-
hall started, George Brackett built a
greenhouse where the City Hospital is
now located. This was operated a few
years by Mr. Brackett, with Mr. Boose
as florist, and later Mr. Kilvington. In
1883, Mr. Kilvington built a greenhouse
near Lakewood Cemetery on Henne-
pin and Thirty-sixth street (South),
which has been dismantled for many
years. In 1880, Mr. White started the
establishment on Twenty-second ave-
nue and Garfield street (N. E.), which
now belongs to O. H. Carlson. Mr.
White had a nursery, a dairy, and one
small greenhouse. This was purchased
in 1905 by O. H. Carlson and rebuilt
into a modern plant.

In 1880, C. A. Smith erected a plant
at 3501 Portland avenue, which he
operated until 1899, when it was
bought by L. S. Donaldson. Mr. Don-
aldson has been running this in con-
nection with his department store. W.
D. Desmond is manager at present.

In 1886, Wesling & Hartman, then
two young men, started what is now
Lakewood Cemetery Greenhouse on
Hennepin and Thirty-sixth street.
Two years later they separated, Mr.
Hartman remaining on the old place,
and Mr. Wesling building in his pres-
ent location, 3538 Hennepin avenue.
The same year Fred Bush began the
erection of his present handsome
plant on Lyndale and Fiftieth street
(South), then far out in the country.
In 1888, John Vasatka started on Chi-

cago avenue and Thirty-fourth street
(South), and he is still doing busi-
ness at the same stand.

In 1887, Henry Bartsch opened up
on Twenty-fourth street and Twenty-
ninth avenue (South). Five years
later he moved to Sixth avenue
(North) and Irving, where he stayed
until he discontinued business a few
years ago. In 1888, Mr. E. Nagel com-
menced the greenhouse now owned by
his son, T. Nagel, on 1118 West Lake
street.
About the same time Henry Bucken-

ADVERnsiNQ TALKS

BY

Ralph M. Ward

No. 8

For a long-time advertising invest-
ment of permanent value, the
writer believes that the American
school children should be imme-
diately looked after. Those in the
schools now will be your prospec-
tive customers before you realize
it. What are you doing to educate
them regarding flowers? You can
bring more influence on them right
now than you will ever be able to
after they leave school, and for a
comparatively small amount of
money. Their minds are in a most
receptive state — they will never
forget what is now being taught
them, especially what is made in-
teresting to them. If the florists
of a town or city would co-operate
in supplying the schools with flow-
ers periodically, what a benefit it
would be to them in the long run!
Suppose a school contained 500 pu- I
pils and owing to a glut of flowers
Mr. Gravel-grubber loosened up
and gave each child a good flower.
What would 500 flowers be as com-
pared with 500 tongues wagging
all over town as a result? It would
be the least expensive kind of ad-
vertising, if not overdone. Chil-
dren are the best carriers of good
news among humans. Their In-
fluence upon their parents is great-
ly underestimated. If the National
Society would establish and sup-
port a Publicity Association to edu-
cate the school children florally, it
would be doing something really
worth while for the benefit of
everyone in the florist business as
well as mankind in general. Let
us hope there will be some spark
soon that will kindle the fire that
will burn results into the minds of
young Americans. It will take
some money, but in proportion to
the benefits which are bound to
follow, the amount is infinitesimal.

dorf started in business on Aldrich
avenue (North) and Western avenue.
Mr. Buckendorf stayed there until a
large factory building was erected
which obscured practically all the
light, so he sold out to the factory
and retired.

In 1889, what is now called Mer-
riam Park Greenhouse was started.
Later it was leased to Kaiser & Wel-
ander. In 1890 the Washburn, Des-
mond and Sunnyside greenhouses
were built. Mr. Desmond's house on
Portland and Twenty-fourth streets

was sold in 1893 to R. J. Mendenhall.
Mr. Gust Malmquist directed the
building of Senator Washburn's green-
house located on Stevens avenue and
Twenty-fourth street, and the last few
years he has been running it on his
own account. The Sunnyside green-
house at 817 Fifth avenue (Southeast)
was built by Miss Hilliker and it is
now owned and operated by her hus-
band, Walter Pier.

In 1892, R. Will laid the foundation
of the extensive plant of Will Bros.
Company. In 1898 the Drake green-
house on Fourth avenue (South)
and Lake street was built. In 1900,
John Munson commenced the plant ot
the Minneapolis Floral Company, on
Thirty-sixth street and Calhoun Boule-
vard. This has become the leader in
size. In 1901, Sauer & Rosacker
built the plant of the East Side
Floral Company on 1621 Adam
street (Northeast). The next year
Hans Rosacker started his own plant
on Nineteenth avenue (Northeast) and
Stinson Boulevard. In 1904, Robert
Stern built a greenhouse on Thirty-
eighth avenue (North) and Girard
street. The same year Mr. Drake
erected a building across the street.
Both plants are now operated by Mr.
Stern. Two years later the following
greenhouses were erected: Thos. Hall
on Lyndale avenue and Thirty-sixth
street (South); Julius Rieck on 1318
Washington avenue (North), and Hia-
watha Gardens Company on 3406 Uni-
versity avenue (Southeast). In 1911
the latter company built another plant
on Lyndale avenue and Fifty-seventh
street (South). The same year Hop-
per & Magnusen built the plant of the
Central Floral Company on Central
avenue and Twenty-sixth avenue
(Northeast). In the year of 1907 the
Park Board started to build a green-
house ranch at the Lyndale Farm-
stead, Thirty-eighth street and Bry-
ant avenue (South). Additions have
been made since then. The plant now
consists of five growing houses and
the total amount of glass is 12,000
square feet. This completes the list,
but material is already on the place
of John Vasatka, Chicago avenue and
F'orty-third street, for a new plant.

Up until 1900 every grower was his
own retailer and we had only two re-
tailers, namely. Miss H. B. Whitted,
who began in 1894 and Swanson In
1898. We now have a large number of
stores. Thos. Lynes opened up in
1901, and R. Latham in 1903. In 1906,
Miss H. B. Whitted moved to Fifth
street and opened another store at
Tenth and Nicollet streets in 1910.
In 1912 she opened a store in the
Radisson Hotel Building. O. E.
Amundson began business in 1904 and
Carl Lindskoog in 1907. In 1912, W.
F. Holmes and W. H. Bofferding went
into business. In addition we have
candy and grocery stores which han-
dle flowers as a side-line, too numer-
ous to mention.

In 1900, Brant & Noe of Chicago
opened up a commission house In
Minneapolis, with Cal. Rice in charge.
After a year's experience this was
discontinued as not being profitable.
After this, Cal. Rice and Arthur Rice
continued the business under the
name of Rice Bros. From a very
small beginning, they now have an
establishment which is equal to the
best.

670

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May 3, 1913

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H 0 R T I C TJ L T U E E

671

Soon the rhododendrons will be in
bloom. Although the records here given
are not complete they are published
at this time in order to make a begin-
ning and to call attention to the sub-
ject. We need more definite informa-
tion on the time of bloom, size of
plant and range of successful growth
of hardy, hybrid rhododendrons.

For example, Charles Dickens and
Everestianum are both old reliable
varieties and both early bloomers but
their colors do not harmonize and they
should not be planted together. If
they must be planted near each other
they should be separated by white va-
rieties which bloom at the same time.

Through the courtesy of Mr, Hat-
field of Wellesley and Mr. Dunbar of
Rochester their observations have been
combined in the foregoing tables
with our measurements and records of
thirty-four Arboretum varieties, all of
which are established plants twenty
years old or over. It is from just
such collections as these that this kind
of information can best be gathered.
In these tables the letter A preceding
the name of a variety means that this
variety is recorded from the Arnold
Arboretum at Boston, Mass. In the
same manner H refers to Hunnewell
Gardens at Wellesley, Mass., and R to
Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y.

It will be noticed that the three
records do not always agree but th5s
makes them all the more worth while.
Another season will give a further
check and will lay the emphasis where
it rightly belongs, namely, on the con-
ditions under which the plants are
grown. For example the majority of
the Arboretum plants recorded in these

tables all appear to run smaller in
size than plants of similar varieties in
Hunnewell Gardens or at Rochester.
If this is so, what is the reason?

Again, such varieties as F. L. Ames,
Lady Grey Edgerton, Mrs. H. S. Hun-
newell, Mrs. Harry Ingersoll and Sef-
ton, while perfectly hardy at Roches-
ter and growing both in the Hunne-
well Gardens and at the Arboretum
can not be recommended for general
planting in New England because lo-
cal conditions enter so largely into the
success or failure of rhododendron
plantations.

Among these necessary conditions
should be mentioned an abundance of
water with also good drainage. On
this point it is interesting to note that
while Mr. Gomer Waterer lays special
emphasis on good drainage Mr. Hat-
field writes that some rhododendrons
are doing well in a swamp near
Wellesley. The soil must be in fine
condition with plenty of leaf mould or
well-rotted manure but no traces of
lime. There must also be no indica-
tions of lime in the water used for
watering the plantations in summer.

The general location should face the
north or northwest with a wind-break
if possible and always some shelter
from the early morning sun. Many
plants prove to be tender because
they have to take the early morning
sun. With the beds properly mulched
the roots seldom become frozen in the
winter but the leaves and buds do. In
the early spring with hard frosts at
night and warm sunshine during the
day the alternate rapid thawing and
freezing of the foliage of unsheltered
plants is what does the harm. The
best exposure is towards the north-
west with shade furnished by ever-
greens or a bordering woodland early
in the morning.

In addition to the above the matter
of stock in grafted plants and of
parentage in seedlings is of the ut-
most importance. Formerly we ac-
cepted the tender ponticum stock If
the graft were made low and the plants
set deep so as to completely bury the
stock. But now this should no longer
be tolerated. Ponticum stock is short-
lived at the most and should not be
used for New England plantations.
Plants worked on the hardy native
Catawbiense stocks are much more
satisfactory, and so are those which
have been layered and started on
their own roots. Maximum stock
does not take the graft well and is
little used for this purpose. In seed-
lings those which are crosses between
the best of our hardy hybrids and
either Catawbiense or Maximum as
one parent or which are crosses be-
tween Catawbiense and Maximum
themselves are the most hopeful
sources for successful American types.
This does not always follow, however,
as is shown by Rh. Wellesianum, a
cross between Catawbiense and Maxi-
mum, which is still not reliably hardy.
But we already have some standard
sorts from this kind of parentage,
such as album elegans, album grandi-
florum and delicatissimum and it is
gratifying to know that American
hybridizers are unanimous in believing
that ultimate success will come from
just such hardy, native crosses.

In conclusion let me urge other
readers of HoRTicuLxntE to add any
scrap of information available which
will help to fill out and complete these
rhododendron tables. In publishing
such incomplete notes it is the writer's
desire simply to suggest more observa-
tion on these things which are so es-
sential to good landscape planting.

R. W. GUBTIS.

WANTED— A TARIFF FREE FROM
AMBIGUITY.

McHutchison & Co. are sending- out
to the nursery trade a very important
letter of which the following is a
copy:

Dear Sir:— The Underwood Tariff Bill,
now before Congress, embodies exactly the
same errors In classification as the Payne-
Aldrich Law which took years to rectify
and is still open to much dispute.

There cannot be any good reason why
the new Tariff Bill should go through
filled with errors and ambiguities which
serve to enrich lawyers, puzzle importers
and allow openings for fraudulent entries.
The wording should be clear and specific
and not an Incentive to fraud and litiga-
tion as it at present reads.

Sections 219 and 220, Schedule G, covers
horticultural products, such as bulbs,
plants and trees. On such items accuracy
of classification and definition is of vastly
more importance than the rate of duty, be-
cause the duty depends altogether upon
the definition. Vnless some changes are
made, we will have the same litigation, un-
certainty and fraud over again. Here are
some of the ambiguities:

Section 219 rates "Orchids. Palms, Aza-
leas and all other decorative or greenhouse
plants 2'> per cent ad valorum." Section
220 rates "All fruit and ornamental trees,
deciduous and evergreen shrubs and vines
commonly known as nursery or greenhouse
stock, 15 per cent ad valorum." This makes
the same items 15 per cent and 25 percent
ad valorum, "Greenhouse plants" and
**Greenhouse stock" being the same.

The word "Azaleas" is too vague; proba-

bly Azalea Indica is meant. All other va-
rieties of Azaleas, such as Amoena, Hino-
degeri, etc., are grown outside in nurseries,
and are nursery stock — not greenhouse
plants. It should be clearly stated which
azaleas are 15 per cent and which 25 per
cent.

Section 220 rates "Myrobolan plum seed-
lings $1.00 per 1000." Section 561 rates
"Myrobolans" free of duty. It should be
specifically stated whether Section 561 re-
fers to Myrobolan seedlings, seeds or fruits.

Section 220 rates "Evergreen shrubs and
vines and all trees, shrubs and vines com-
monly known as nursery or greenhouse
stock, 15 per cent ad valorum." Section
602 rates "Evergreen Seedlings" free, but
places them under the classification of
"Seeds" — same as last tariff. This should
be made more definite, an evergreen seed-
ling being defined as an evergreen four
years old or less, grown from seed.

Section 220 rates "Seedlings of Briar
Rose, three years old or less, $1.00 per
1000"; also rose plants, budded, grafted or
on own roots, 4c. each." The principal "Briar
Rose" in commerce is Rosa rugosa, a
shrub, grown from seed and sold as low
as .$4.00 per 1000. The tariff should specifi-
cally include Itosa rugosa as a briar rose
to avoid the duty beinf assessed as roses
at 4c. each. While there are many Treas-
ury decisions on file to prove that Rosa
rugosa is a briar rose — not a rose — these
decisions do not hold on new tariffs, which
means that unless the wording is corrected,
we will have the same delay, expense and
litigation over again.

This might seem a small matter to you.
so we give the following illustration. When
a shipment of. say, 20.000 Rosa rugosa
seedlings arrive, the value being $4.00 per
1000 or a total of $80.00. duty Is paid as

briar roses at $1.00 per 1000 or a total of
$2000. About three to six months after,
the Government makes a peremptory de-
mand for $780.00 more duty because some
employe thinks Rosa rugosa is a rose. The
amount must be paid at once, so the Im-
porter can appeal, then in from six to ten
montiis the case comes to trial. If be has
witnesses and evidence enough he mignt
win, and if lucky he will get part of this
amount back in from two to four years,
the lawyer getting half; so you can see
why the wording should be clear and spe-
cific

Section 219 rates "Hyacinths" as
"clumps" instead of bulbs. The same mis-
take was made in last tariff and took years
of time and much unnecessary expense to
"TPot ix V

Section 219 rates "Seeds of all kinds, not
specially provided for in this Section. 15
per cent ad valorum." This should read
10c. per lb., as on seeds subject to fluctna-
t'on in value, a specific duty is always to
be preferred to an ad valorum rate with
all its attendant inju.stice and disputes.

Mr. Underwood writes us that the matter
is now beyond the jurisdiction of the ways
and Means Committee and is now before
Congress, so we request that you at once
write your Congressman and Senator, ask-
ing them to insist upon these Sections be-
ing corrected before they give their assent
to the Bill. .^. ..

You will probably not agree with the
proposed duty on all items: neither do we;
but on the whole the Bill is fair and equi-
table. Don't suggest changes of duty or
you will cloud the main issue — that ofhav-
Ing tlie tariff made understandable. Write
your Congressman and Senator today.
Respectfully yours,

McHUTCHISON & CO.

e,ii

HOETICULTURE

May 3, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION
DATE.

Allow us to correct a seeming error
which has crept into the eastern jour-
nals regarding the date of the opening
of the joint convention of the Ameri-
can and Pacific Coast Associations of
Nurserymen.

This Convention will open at ten
o'clock on the morning of June 17th
In the IVIultnomah Hotel, Portland.

In several eastern dispatches which
have recently come before us, it has
been noticed that the dates have been
given as the 18, 19 and 20th, when in
fact the correct dates are 17, 18, 19
and 20th.

All nurserymen planning to attend
this convention should reach Portland
not later than the morning of the 18th
and if possible, should be here earlier.
The great Rose Carnival takes place
in Portland during the weelv Just pre-
vious. Nurserymen should make their
plans to see the greatest display of
roses that can be seen anywhere in
America.

The Portland Floral Society have
agreed to furnish decorations and
make a nice exhibit. This is some-
thing new in connection with the an-
nual meetings of the nurserymen's
convention. In the past the exhibits
have consisted principally of a few
lithographs, wooden labels and cata-
logues. This year they are trying to
make a feature of the exhibits, and
know that the decorations at least will
be done up right, as the Portland Flo-
ral Society has such a reputation. In
addition to this, the nurserymen of
California have agreed to bring up ex-
hibits of semi-tropical plants, fruits,
nuts, dried fruits, etc., and the nur-
serymen in the north will make ex-
hibits of fruits.

Frank W. Power is chairman of
Exhibits Committee, and M. McDonald
is chairman of Executive Committee.

AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY.

Preliminary subscriptions to the
prize schedule of the American Glad-
iolus Society's Exhibition at Minne-
apolis, August, 1913:

C. Betscher, O.maX Dover, O.— $10 for best
display of 50 spikes Gladiolus Priimiliines
Hybrids, stems 18 incbes from first l>Iooiu.
blooms over 4. open form ; $.5 for best new
seedlins. 3 spikes, variety must be ready
for market \vithin 3 years, plant must be
4^i ft. high, blooms 5 in. wide, open form,
rlear color.

B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass. — $o
in gold for best vase each of 25 spikes
Dawn. Maize and Mrs. Jas. Lancashire.

Arthur Cowee, Berlin. N. Y.— .$25 for best
vase of 25 spikes of War, by an amateur;
$10 for best vase of 25 spikes of Peace, by
an amateur.

H W. Koerner, Milwaukee. Wis. — ?lO for
best vase of 25 spikes Early Bird, open
class; $5 for best vase of 12 spikes Early
Bird, amateur class.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York — Silver medals for best vase each of
Chicago White. Mrs. Francis King and
Princeps; $10 for best vase of Rainbow
Mixture. „ ,

E. E. Stewart. Brooklyn, Mich. — $5 for
best vase each of 25 Golden Queen, Michi-
gan, Lucille and Purity.

Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.—
Michell's Silver Medul for best vase of six
spikes of white; Michell's Bronze Medal for
best vase of six spikes of yellow.

Peter Henderson & Co., New Y'ork, N. Y.

— $10 for best 12 varieties not now on the
market, 3 spikes each.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
—$10 for best collection 10 varieties, 0
spikes each.

M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio— $u
for best 12 spikes any white variety

Chamberlain & Gage, So. Natick, Mass.—
$0, second prize, best yellow, 6 spikes; .$5,
second prize, best white, C spikes.

L. MERTON GAGE. Cor. Sec'y.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The St. Louis Florist Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting on Thurs-
day, May Sth, in Odd Fellows' Hall.

The American Institute of New
York has removed from 19-21 West
44th street to 322-324 West 23rd street.
New York City.

John Young, secretary of the S. A.
F., is in Minneapolis this week on
ofiicial duties connected with conven-
tion preparations.

At the next meeting of the New
Haven County Horticultural Society,
May 14, John Gerard, of New Britain,
Ct., will lecture on pansy culture.

The Engelmann Botanical Club
meets Saturday, May 10th, at Shaw's
Garden. St. Louis, at 3 P. M., where
Mr. Thompson and Mr. Schiller will
read interesting papers.

The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso-
ciation met at Washington Hotel on
Monday night. April 21st. The meet-
ing was poorly attended and it was
decided not to hold any meeting dur-
ing the summer months.

The Kirkwood (Mo.) florists held
another meeting last Thursday night
at the Eleven-Mile House. Officers
elected were: Henry F. Vennemann,
president; P. W. Ude, Jr., vice-presi-
dent; Albert Schedegger, secretary;
W. J. Pilcher. treasurer. Messrs.
Gross. Pilcher. Ude, Jr., and Winter
were constituted a committee to draw
up by-laws and present same at the
next meeting. Quite a discussion came
up as to the name of the club and on
vote it was decided to call it St. Louis
County Plant and Flower Growers.
They will meet once a month at the
same hall.

satisfied with the results obtained at the
recent show? Are you in favor of holding
a show in 1914 under the auspices of the
New York Florists' Club or all local horti-
cultural societies which may desire to co-
operate? Would you take space in the
trade section if it were decided to hold a
Spring Show in 1014?

A prompt rei>ly with any suggestions
will be greatly appreciated by,
Yours very truly,

JOHN YOUNG, Secretary.

Secretary John Young of the New
York Florists' Club is sending out
copies of the following letter to all
who exhibited in the trade section of
the International Flower Show:

Gentlemen — One of the principal reasons
for holding the Third National Flower
Show in New Y'ork, was to find out if the
public would support a flower show if
such were given on a large scale, and if
same could be made a financial success.

The recent show was a success in every
way; was liberally supported by the pub-
lic and received wide publicity in the dally
press. Very favorable reports have been
received from the exhibitors in the trade
section.

It Is the wish of the local committee to
present at the next meeting of the New
York Florists' Club, a report embracing
the opinions and suggestions of the exhib-
itors as to the advisability of holding a
Spring Show in 1914. The exhibitors in
the trade section were largely responsible
for the financial success of the recent ex-
hibition, and the committee is especially
anxious to have their views on the subject.

I would therefore ask you : Were you

DURING RECESS.

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Balti-
more.
Members of the Gardeners' and
Florists' Club were entertained at last
regular meeting by G. O. Brown of
Baltimore with a stereopticon exhibit
of pictures made from negatives made
by him. The pictures showed many
leading villas and lawns of Maryland,
and scenes in Charleston, S. C, and
Savannah, Ga., New Orleans, Califor-
nia, Salt Lake. etc. It was Ladies'
Night and the attendance was large.
Refreshments followed the pictures,
and the hall was cleared for dancing,
which continued till past midnight.

More than 300 were present at
Junior Pioneer Hall at the annual
dance of the Minnesota Florists' Asso-
ciation, April 17. It is customary for
the association to alternate its annual
dances between Minneapolis and St.
Paul. This year there have been balls
in both cities.

The Rochester Florists' Association
held its fourth annual banquet at the
Hotel Rochester, and about one hun-
dred members and their wives at-
tended. The decorations consisted of
pink carnations. W. T. Logan was
toastmaster, and called upon the fol-
lowing for addresses: President Dun-
bar, who spoke on "The Horticultural
Horizon;" A. E. Crockett, "The Roch-
ester Flower Show;" W. H. Dildine,
"The Successful Florist of the Fu-
ture;" F. B. Messing; R. G. Salter,
"Reminiscences," and H. P. Neun.

The Entertainment Committee was
composed of F. W. Vick, G. B. Hart,
C. B. Ogston, J. M. Keller and T. R.
Schlegel. The association was organ-
ized in January, 1908. and now has a
membership of 161 members. The of-
ficers are: President, John Dunbar;
vice-president, George Arnold; secre-
tary. H. B. Stringer; treasurer, Wil-
liam L. Keller.

Baltimore, Md. — The freeze on Sun-
day night, the 20th, almost com-
pletely destroyed all prospects for
a strawberry crop in the berry-
.growing section of the State. Peas,
in Anne Arundel County in many
fields were also ruined. The peach
prospects in the western part of the
State, it is estimated, also were cut
50 per cent. The school contests for
window box and gardens promises to
be a great feature this season. Many
entries are already made. Prizes up
to $10 are offered. Window boxes
were very prominent in residences
last season, and the delegates to the
Democratic Convention were pleasant-
ly impressed.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

673

ALL SEASONABLE PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS AND SUNDRIES

HARDY PERENNIALS. The most Complete collection of
varieties and tlie largest stock In the country. Our Perennial
plants have a national reputation, we spare no expense to
have them In the b"st possible shape for the planter. Such
varieties that move better when pot grown are prepared in
this shape; this does not mean little seedlings, but in the
miijority of cases the plants were field grown, were dug and
potted during the fall and winter months and are of just the
right size to give immediate results; they are not to be com-
pared with so called field clumps. Try them and be cou-
vinced. See Our Current Wholesale liist for Varieties and
Prices.

ROSES FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING TO GIVE IMMEDI-
ATE RESULTS. We have three hundred thousand 5 and 6
inch pots, the usual Dreer stock and the style of paints your
retail customers are looking for. These are all two year field
grown plants which have been potted during the winter
months and which were stored in cold houses and frames and
which are now in prime condition for out-door planting. The
collection is the most up-to-date, 'ncluding many new varieties
not offered by anyone In the trade.

New Hybrid-Tea Rose George Dickson.

Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.

HYBRin TE.VS. HYBRID PERPETUALS, TEA AND
KVERBI.OOMING, RAMBLERS, BABY RA.MBLERS,
MOSS R08ES. HYBRID SWEET BRIARS, AUSTRIAN
BRIARS, WICHURAIANA, ETC., ETC. See Our Current
Wholesale List for List of Varieties and Prices.

AQUATIC PLANTS— WATER LILIES, NELCMBICM8,
VICTORIAS. Tender and Hardy Aquatics have been a
special feature with us for nearly a quarter of a century.
Over eight acres of artificial ponds are devoted to their
culture. If we can assist you in making plans, or selecting
varieties, the services of our expert are at your disposal
for the asking.

OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE LIST also describes the
following, all of which are handled as Specialties:

DECOR.iTIVE PLANTS, PALMS, FERNS, PANDANC8,
BAY TREES, BOXWOODS, DRACAENAS, etc., etc.

HARDY SHRUBS, HARDY VINES, HARDY CLIMBERS,
RHODODENDRONS, AZALEAS, etc.

BULBS. DAHLIAS, TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS,
GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS, FANCY LEAVED CALADI-
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674

H 0 R T I C U L T U E E

May 3, 1913

Personal*

Mrs. Mulford ot Lebanon, Ohio, was
in Cincinnati last Sunday.

Frank McMahon of Seabright was
married on Wednesday, April 30.

Henry Weston, of Hempstead, N.
Y., is still quite ill. following an opera-
tion for appendicitis.

J. P. Cleary, formerly with the
Fruit Auction Co., has taken a posi-
tion with MacNiff Horticultural Co.,
New York.

Wm. Allen, a former salesman for
P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th street, New
York City, and Helen Weeks, were
married at Little Neck, L. I., on Wed-
nesday, April 16th.

Fred Lautenschlager, Kroeschell
Brothers' hustling salesman, has re-
turned to Chicago after a very suc-
cessful eastern trip, having taken or-
ders for boilers to heat 199,600 square
feet of glass.

J. A. Weber, for the last 12 years
in the employ of James J. Goodwin
and Senator Walter L. Goodwin, Hart-
ford, Conn., and for the last few years
having entire charge of Senator Good-
win's greenhouses and spacious
grounds, has accepted a lucrative po-
sition in Excelsior. Minn., a few miles
outside of Minneapolis, where he will
have charge of an estate of over 200
acres belonging to E. C. Goodrich, a
prominent railroad official. Mr. Weber
came to this country from Switzerland
23 years ago, and worked on the es-
tate of George S. Morgan of Lenox,
Mass., before coming to Hartford.
While in Lenox Mr. Weber married.
and has two daughters and one son.
aged 13. 11 and eight years.

Mr. Weber has been much inter-
ested in the Connecticut Horticultural
Society, serving as its vice-president,
member of the schedule committee
and executive board, and has had
charge of many of the society's ex-
hibits. For the past two yea'S he
has had charge of the horticultural
department of the Connecticut State
Fair Association, and received high
praise for the able manner in which
the exhibits have been arranged.

His right thigh fractured in a fall at
his home at 311 State street, Flushing,
N. Y., Jean R. Trumpy, 83 years old,
formerly a horticulturist of national
reputation, was removed to the Flush-
ing Hospital on April 27 in a serious
condition. Owing to his advanced age
Mr. Trumpy is extremely feeble. Thurs-
day. Anril 23. he was stepping into the
bathtub when he slipped and fell on
the floor his right leg doubling under
him. He called for help and members
of his family went to his assistance
They did not realize that his condi-
tion was serious and did not send tor
a physician until Saturday.

When Dr. MacLeod was called he
saw at once that Mr. Trumpy's thigh
was fractured and he recommended
that he be removed to the hospital.
The family objected at first but finally
realized that such action was im-

DECORATIVE FOLIAGE PLANTS IN BASKET ARRANGEMENTS.

In Exhibit of Max Schling .it Internatioual Flower Sbow, New York City.

The use of small plants, flowering
or decorative foliaged. for holiday or
other gifts has been very general in
New York City for many years — much
more so than in any other city in this
country. The custom has been well
supported by the plant growers who
make New York their centre of ac-
tivity, who have shown remarkable-
enterprise in striving for quality on
the old favorites and in experimenting
with promising new or novel subjects.

Our cover illustration this week
shows how admirably such things as

Begonia Rex, dieffenbachias, anthu-
riums, cissus and selaginella lend
themselves' to arrangement in the
rough brown willow baskets now of-
fered in so many different and artis-
tic shapes. The picture on this page
shows a basket of different model,
larger and with a greater variety of
plants included, such as small palm,.
yellow callas, Japan maple and trail-
ing tradescantia.

As indicated, both of these basket&
were shown in Max Schling's group-
of designs at the International Flower
Show.

perative and permitted his removal.
Owing to Mr. Trumpy's advanced age
it is feared that if he recovers he
will be permanently crippled. He is
a man of large frame and very heavy.
A native of Switzerland he has re-
sided in Flushing more than lialf a
century and he was employed for
many years in the old Parsons nur-
series. He has not been active in
business for 20 years.

NEWS NOTES.

Samuel Parsons & Company, land-
scape architects. New York City, an-
nounce their removal from the St.
James Building, Broadway and 26tb
street, to the Architects' Building, 101
Park avenue, corner ot 40th street.

■Visitors in Boston: D. Lumsden
and John Muth, New Hampshire State
College, Durham, N. H. R. F. Smith
representing Joy Floral Co.. Nashville,
Tenn.

A vase of Henry Weston's new car-
r.ation Majestic in the window of the
Growers' Cut Flower Co., in New
York, has attracted much attention
this week. The flower is glistening
white with very fine pencillings of
carmine pink; large and well built.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

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stock Umlted, (1.50 aach.

Also Lady Duncan, Dawaon, Daybr«ak,

Farqnhar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawaoo.

Write for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

UENRir B. DAWSON. HaBsru'.

D.AM L-I AS

In separate colors, also Fancies, any
color, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000.

In mixture of all colors and typei at
75c. per 100, $600 per 1000.

Sound divisions of Fleld-clnmp stock that
will please.

For prices on named kinds send for
Wholesale Trade List.

W. A. FINGER., HicRsville.N. Y.

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HORTICULTUEE

May 3, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Offlcerg— President, Chas. N. Page,
Dea Moines, la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsburg, Pa.;
Jnd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
MUford, Conn. ; secretary and treas-
nrer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
■iBtant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna,
O Neit convention at Cleveland, Onlo,
June 24-25, 1913.

A Good Man Gone.
W. Atlee Burpee, commenting on the
severe loss the seed trade has suffered
in the death of Franlc T. Emerson, of
Waterloo, Neb., said: "He was a
most remarkable man in many ways.
Keen, farseeing. original, and abso-
lutely unselfish. If Emerson discov-
ered important tacts in seed growing
he did not exploit them for his own
advantage, but was always willing to
give frankly and freely for the public
advantage. If any man ever carried
out the Christ ideal in all walks of
life, Frank Emerson did." So said Mr.
Burpee. From our own personal
knowledge of the man, we fully en-
dorse these heartfelt words. Frank
Emerson was one of the most delight-
ful men it has been our privilege to
meet in the American seed trade.
Humorous, witty, keen, well posted,
and with the inimitable Yankee flavor
to everything he said and did. The
seed trade has many splendid men,
but we never had but one Frank Emer-
son, and we will never have another.
I am proud to have known him.

George C. Watson.

California Seed Crop Alarm.

More or less disquieting reports are
coming from California. The entire
seed-growing district of the state Is
suffering for rain and it is believed
that unless there is an ample rainfall
in the immediate future seed crops on
the Coast this year will be very light
in yield and poor in quality. This
condition, we understand, extends as
far south as the Lima bean districts
and undoubtedly under any conditions
the dwarf or bush varieties will be a
short crop and at a considerable pre-
mium next fall over present contract-
ing prices.

There have been many false reports
about conditions In California, often
simply the old cry of "wolf" when
there is no wolf, but sometime the
wolf will come and the majority of
seedsmen will be caught napping, as
they generally regard all ill reports
respecting crops as the annual Cali-
fornia story. Many compare it with
the annual failure of the peach crop
in Delaware and Maryland and when-
ever the crop is the most complete
failure in the spring it is usually the
heaviest in the fall. The present re-
ports about California seem to have
a more substantial foundation than
many that have gone before, and it is
a fact that several of the largest
wholesale seed houses have cautioned
their representatives on the road not
to accept orders for any large lots of
California-grown seeds without sub-
mitting same to headquarters for ap-
proval. During the past two or three

years when crops in other parts of the
country, as well as Europe, were so
short as to be near the total failure
line, California has given us fairly
abundant crops which have very ma-
terially helped out the shortages in
other parts of the world.

Biennials Here and Abroad.
The latest advices we have had from
Europe are very favorable and with
the large acreage of nearly all bien-
nials and root crops in general, if
there is a fair yield, there should be
an abundance of all of the leading
items required by the trade. Strenu-
ous efforts have been made by grow-
ers in this country to produce crops
of beets, carrots, turnips, and other
biennials, considerably in excess of
any recent years, and coupled with
the excellent European prospects it
seems as if prices would return al-
most to the level of four or five years
ago. Of course, there is "many a slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" and the
present rosy outlook may be less en-
couraging a few months hence. How-
ever, we must be grateful that we
have a good start and trust in Provi-
dence to bring the crops through suc-
cessfully.

Pea Prospects.

While there has been a superabund-
ance of rain in some sections of the
country, it has been quite insufficient
in others. The weather has also been
rather cold up until the present week,
but now that summer is with us agri-
cultural work will progress rapidly.
Peas have been planted for seed pur-
poses in many sections of Michigan.
Wisconsin, and in the far Northwest
and conditions are generally most fa-
vorable. Should there be a full aver-
age crop from the acreage planted,
there will certainly be peas enough to
meet all requirements of both the
seedsmen and canners, a considerable
number of whom are firm believers in
lower prices after harvest than grow-
ers are willing to quote at the present
time. For this reason many are or-
dering very lightly for their future re-
quirements, while not a few are not
ordering at all. It is very much of a
gamble and an even bet either way.
Both seedsmen and canners have
taken this view of conditions before
and been badly left, and it is not at
all impossible for them to have the
same experience the coming season.
They argue that prices are now so
very high that even with a short crop
they are not likely to run very much
higher, while if there is a large crop,
values will certainly be below present
contracting figures. What has been
said about peas will apply with equal
force to many other lines of seeds,
and the wise man is he who gives his
opinion next autumn.

Retailers Busy.

It is needless to say that retailers
in all parts of the country are pushed
to the limit of capacity in keeping ujJ
with their business. Counter trade is
so brisk that the entire force of most
establishments is required to wait on
customers, and orders have to be put
up nights and Sundays. It is becom-
ing increasingly difficult to secure ex-
perienced and competent help in the

retail seed business, as the greater
part of the year's business is trans-
acted during a period of about four
months. The balance of the time trade
is more or less slow and dealers can
very well get along with half the num-
ber of hands required during the
spring rush. This is an old story, and
old complaint, however, and it is
doubtful if any solution can be found.

Duty on Seeds.

It is hoped that the efforts that have
been made to continue seeds under a
specific, instead of an ad valorum,
duty in the new tariff bill now before
Congress will be successful. There is
not a single logical argument in favor
of returning to the ad valorum duties.
They were a source of continual con-
troversy between the appraisers and
the seedsmen, and if our democratic
friends think that the seedsmen are
paying too high a duty they can re-
duce the specific duties to the point
they consider proper.

A Boston Seedsman Honored.

Governor Foss has appointtd Luther
Adams Breok as a delegate from Mas-
sachusetts to the Southern Commer-
cial Congress during its forthcoming
session at the International Institute
of Agriculture in Rome, Italy.

Mr. Breck is a Harvard man and of
the fourth generation of the name in
the old seed house of Joseph Breck &
Sons, Boston. At present he. with his
family, are in the South of France
having reached there in the course of
a somewhat extended tour of Infor-
mation through Europe and the
British Isles in the interest of horti-
culture and agriculture. Mr. Breck
will join the commission, which sailed
Saturday on the Saxonia from New
York, at Rome. His associates from
Massachusetts are J. Lewis Ellsworth
of Worcester, formerly secretary of
the Massachusetts Board of Agricul-
ture, and Mrs. Charlotte B. Ware of
Norwell, who represents the Federal
Government.

The session of the International In-
stitute of Agriculture continuing sev-
eral days includes a reception ten-
dered to the American Commission by
the King and Queen of Italy and
which will be attended by their
Majesties.

At the close of the session the com-
mission will resume its itinerary which
includes Italy, Hungary, Austria. Ger-
many, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Bel-
gium, France, England and Ireland,
extending over about 70 days.

Notes.
Herbert Reich ardt. of the firm of
Reichardt & Schulte, seedsmen of
Houston, Texas, was recently married
to Miss Margarite Dennis.

Harry B. McCuIIough, of Cincinnati,
has gone to the Pacific Coast for his
health. He expects to rough it in the
open until he Is well and strong again.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Atlee Burpee left
Philadelphia on the 25th inst. for In-
diana to visit their boys who are at
college in that State. We look for big
things from David by and by, if we
may judge from the course of inter-
national studies he is pursuing.

May 3, 1913

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Are true to name, have two to three good eyes, are well cured, sound and dormant, and give ahsolute satis-
faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 6% if cash accompanies the order.

RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOLIAGE CANNAS

P«r 100 Per 1000

J. D. Eisele, 5 ft ?3.75 $35.00

■■resident CleTeland, 3 ft 2.25 20.00

President McKinley, 2% to 3 ft 2.00 17.50

President Meyer, 4 ft 2.75 25.00

Pillar of Fire, 6 or 7 ft 2.00 17.50

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

LonUe, 6 ft $3.75

Mile. Berat, 4% ft 1.75

Venns, 3M, ft 6.50

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

4 to 5 ft $2.25

ft 1.75

to 4 ft 2.00

ft 1.75

Alemannia,
Austria, 5
Indians, 3
Italia, 4H

ORANGE SHADES

Wyoming, 7 ft

Pennsy Ivania, 5 ft

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft.

Per 100

. 12.00
. 1.75
. 1.75

Per 1000

$35.00

15.00

60.00

Per 1000

$20.00

15.00

17.60

15.00

Per 1000

$17.50

15.00

15.00

Gladiator, 4 ft

Gladioflora, 3Vi ft

Jean Tissot, 5 ft

Niagara, 3 ft

Mad. Croiy, 5% ft. . .
Queen Charlotte, 3^

PrenUer, 2% ft

SouT. de A. Croiy, 4

ft.

Per 100
. $2.75
.. 4.25
. 2.25
. a.75
. 2.26
. S.T5
. 2.78
. 2.T6

YELLOW SHADES

Florence Vaughan,
Richard Wallace,

5 ft...
4% ft.

Per 100
. $2.00
. 2.25

Per 1000
$25.00
40.00
20.00
25.00
20.00
S5.00
26.00
26.00

Per 1000

$17.60
20.00

BRONZE-LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 1000

$17.50
45.00
40.00
17.60
1T.50

Egandale, 4 ft

King Humbert, 4 ft

Leonard Vaughan, 4V4
Musaefolia. 3 to 5 ft...
Shenandoah, 6 ft

Per 100
. $2.00
. 6.00
. 4.26
. 2.00
. 2.00

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

One of the most brilliant Bcarlets, both
the IndlTldanl flowers and the trnsses
being of large size; bronze foliage.
4 ft

Doi. 100

1000

$0.75 $5.60 $60.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers in heavy, dense Bplkes,
in color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 4% ft

$0.76 tO.60 teo.00

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused with orange, base and
edge of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.75 $6.60 $50.00

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crlmeon sear-
let, often measnrlng 5 inches acrosi,
of remarkable substance, and are
produced In large trusses nearly a
foot across, 3% ft

$0.78 $0.60 $00.00

Rich scarlet
4 ft

FURST BISMARCK

crimson ; of large size

PAPA

$0.60 $3.76 $35.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas in the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house In the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes— are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

All

Very large, rich
purplish sheen.

NARDY

with

currant red with a

4% ft $0.60 $3.76 $35.00

thousand rate; It is cheaper for you to buy a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

It any Cannas are not found here. It may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection Is left to us, we will lubstitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

^Chicago and Western]|Agents for Our Cannas ONLY: j!

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

PerieOO

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47.60
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40.00
15.00

SPIRAEAS FROM COLD STORAGE

(For Decoration Day)

Per 100

Aladstone, enormous spikes of pure white flowers $S.M>

AstUboldes Floribunda 8-<H)

Qneen of Holland. One of the finest; grand florists' variety 8.60

Oladiolns America. First slie j. *.78

Gloxinias, named varieties 4.»6

eioxlnlas, named varieties mixed • • •-l.'JJilli' ■ ■JJlili.'iTi'.V . L"

BODDING TON'S QUALITY TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS

Single, to color, large bulbs, IM Inches and up $2.25 C; $80.00 M.
Double, to color, large bulbs, IH inches and up 3.50 C; 30.00 M.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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678

HORTICULTUKE

May 3, 1913

TULIPS AND NARCISSI IN GRASS.

That tulips and narcissus planted in
the sod can be made a success has
been proved on this place. Five years
ago 27,000 Early Bedding tulips, all
colors, were planted in holes made
with a pointed spade handle, three
inches under the sod, from six to ten
inches apart. Today these tulips are
flowering almost as good as they did
the first year. With the exception of
a few spots (probably destroyed by
grubworms or moles) the tulips come
up in bunches of five to eight flowers
each, long stems and pretty foliage.
The beauty of such a mass in all col-
ors in the green grass is far ahead of
stiff beds which, besides, have to be
replanted every year.

Narcissus, 6000 planted the same
way, is today finer than ever, almost
crowding out the grass. The work
done after the bulbs have been planted
is only a light mulching with rotted
manure each fall. The grass was
never cut before the leaves begun to
dry off, about three weeks after flower-
ing. T. Norman.

Kansas City, Mo.

NEWS NOTES.

Cleveland, Ohio — Carl W. Gerdum
has purchased the greenhouses of the
Ohio Floral Co., Schaff road, and is
moving his stock of cattleyas from his
old place in Lakewood.

Brookline, Mass. — Albert H. Woods,
who killed Thomas Goldrop when he
detected the latter stealing violets
from his place a few months ago, has
been discharged from custody after
paying a fine of $500.

CAPE JASMINE

FROM

Texas Coast Jasmine Farms

Place your orders with us at once.
We will have close to 500,000 buds this
year. Buds packed to ship any dis-
tance. Prices are:

Bs — 3 to 6 in. stems, $5.00 per 1000

As — 6 to 12 in. stems. 8.50 per 1000

Xs — 12 to 18 in. stems, 13.00 per 1000

Less than 500, $1.00 and $1.50 -per 100.

Cash or C. O. D.

R. W.WOODWARD, Mgr.

P. 0. Box 226 ALVIN, TEXAS

' CHILDS' GLADIOLI ]

ate Dote<i the woild over (or

SUPCR-IOR MCR.it

John Lewis Childs

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

-BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

4jr%. Contracts made for Seed Growios

^end for ^riee list

L S. MLIill, WAOfNG BtVOl N. Y.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Sand niTour wants. We will take care of

tkam. we rappl7 etock at market price.

Cataiogue for the ashing

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

CINERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. TaU Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba MagniSca, White 60 $1.00

Chiswick, Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

Rosy Morn, Pinls 60 1.00

DncbesB, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Blue 60 1.00

Michell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA CBCONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt.

Lilacina, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina, Crimson 50

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba, White 50

Hybrida. Mixed 50

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELiyS GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1.50

Giant Pink 20 .60

Giant Scarlet 20 .60

Giant Striped 20 .60

Giant White 20 .60

Giant Yellow 20 .60

Giant Mixed 15 .50

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS
NANUS SEED

GREENHOUSE GROWN

1,000 Seeds... $3.75 l 10.000 Seeds.. $34.00
5,000 Seeds... 18.00 I Z5.000 Seeds.. 80.00

rATHHOCSE GROWN
1.000 Seeds... $2.50 I 10.000 Seeds. .$23.00
6,000 Seeds... 12.00 ' 25,000 Seeds.. 50.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERIi
SEED

1.000 Seeds... $ .75 i 10.000 Seeds.. .$5.50
5.000 Seeds... 3.00 I 25.000 Seeds.. .12.50
Also all other Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs and Supplies for the Florist.

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH 1 ^^„^„^ ,„^ ,^^ ^^^
and all Garden Seeds )

L6-^ «-230 W. KIN'"E

STREET. CHICAGO

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

^ WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee Avenae.
CHICAGO, ILL.

Growing ONION, LEHUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, CaUfornia

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBLE PEARL

$I2.00 Per lOOO

Excellent Quality.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage. Berlin and Hamburg

Per esse •( 1000 fl2.0«

Per ease of SOOO St.O«

Write for a copy of our Florists' Catalog.

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St., (T,>) NEW YBRK

F. BULLERI FLOWER SEEDS

SCAFATI, ITALY

Wholesale Price List to the Seed Trade Only

\/. SI-I.A.KE-ri^lMO
SO West 30th Street, NEW YORK

Agent Representative

RUSTIC BASKETS

lO-in. bowl $1.10, doz. $11.00
12-in. bowl $1.25, doz. $13.00
14-iD. bowl $1.50, doz. $16.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CABBACiK, Wakefield, Sueression, Early
and late Flat Dutch. Surehead. All Head.
Danish Ball Head, etc., at 30 cts. per 100.
500 for 75 cts., iSl.OO per 1,000, 10,000 and
over 85 cts. per 1.000.

LETTUCE, Grand Rapids, Bi? Boston,
Boston 31arket, and Tennis Ball, 20 cts.
per 100. 600 for 75 cts., $1.00 per 1,000.

BEET. Eclipse, Crosby and Esyptian. 25
cts. per 100. 500 for SI .00. SI. 25 per 1. 000.. .

CELERY. Golden Self Blanchine, 40 cts.
per 100, S3.50 per 1.000.

TOMATO PLANTS, will be ready aboot
May 26th. Send for Catalogue.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent. Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md,

May 3, 1913

HO ETI CULTURE

679

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 eatb, $15.00 per diiz.

R.&J.Farqul!ar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Tivnip,
Radish. Beet. Etc.

S-S?a~!£"'" MILFORD, CONK.

BEAULIEU

WOODHAVEN, N. Y.

Flower and Vegetable Seeds

Choicest French Strains

NOTHING BETTER

o%.

Asters. American Brancblnc, la

colors $1.00

Asters. Imperial Mldseascn, In colors. 2.50

Bachelor's Button. Double Bine 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. JSO
Gypsophila Elegans Grandiflora Alb*. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market St.,- Bo«ton, Ma»i.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERINQ

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

** Renovjned Svjeet Pea Specialists"
SiuiDyBlope ladependeiuM, Mo.

ViCK DUALITY VICK

ASTER
SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marlieting: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per Oi.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oi., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogns li now
ready. It Is a complete gnlde with
proper classlflcatlon through Hortlcnl-
ture and contains many yarletie*.
generally not catalogued. It's fr«« and
a postal win bring it.

0. V. ZangHi, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

BEGONIAS

single separate colors and choice mlztnrc^
40c per dozeu ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlxtnr*.
60c per doien; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice miiture, B0«
per dosen; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. - CHICAGO

Phone Randolph ttHl.

For Early Sowing

Prict List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

M1.2J5 W. M«luon St., CHICAGO

FOR

High Class Florists'

FLOWER SEEDS

WRITE TO

KELWAY & SON

The Premier English Export House

(Actual Raisers)

Also Choice Strains of Gar-
den and Farm Seeds

Special Prices for present
delivery or on contract now
ready.

LANGPORT, ENGLAND

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FiaO AND GARDEN SEEK

Established 1618

Write For Our Low Prxcet

LIGHT, PRATT and ELUCOTT ST6.
BALTIMORE, MP.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADEI^PHIA

BUTE IIST OF WHOI.ESAI,E PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

GARDEN SEED

BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP. RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SE2D In variety: also other
Items of the sbjrt crop of this past season,
as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, wlU
be quoted you upon application to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey SL, NEW YOffi

and Orange. Conn.

I. W. Edmmibtn. Mgr.

M. W. WiUians, Sis'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSK CALlrORinA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 191S Catalosnes

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTOIf, MASS,

680

HOETICULTUEE

May 3, 1913:

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
=— SONS—

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Micbigan polnti and good
■ectlona of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLOR.ISTS

Telepbones 1601 and L. 1582

1415 Farnum St.,
OIN/I.AtH^V, IMEB.

NEW YORK

413

Madison Ave.
at 46th SL

FLORIST ^'l- """'"«

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. MlcbitJan Ave. and 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Telecrapb DallTerj Am*.)
We ship to all iralnts In Illinois aad Iowa.
AMlM 880. AWot 881. AU)M 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L.

ROCK

FLOWER

CO.

Kansas City, •

. Mo.

win carefully execute orders for Kansas
Oity and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOIME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, incorporated
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N.Y.

Memiiers Florists'Telegrapti Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Fred Kiel, formerly with Berter-
mann Bros. Co., Indianapolis, Ind., is
now employed with A. Wiegand's Sons
Company.

D. B. Long, publisher, Buffalo, N.
Y., offers a very pretty and effective
Mathers' Day window card in colors
which would look appropriate in any
flower store window and would help
to make business.

One of the most striking floral bas-
kets we have seen this season was at
George Stumpp's, New York, last Sun-

ST8AMER DEPARTURES |

Allan.

Parisiau, BostOQ-Glasgow May 23

American.

PUiladelphla, N. Y.-S'h'mpt'n.May 9

Atlantic Transport. (Jj

Minneapolis. N. Y. -London. . .May IT w^

Cunard. m.

Campania. N. T. -Liverpool. . .May 7 [S
Franeonia, Boston-Liverpool. .May 1.3 B<
Carpatliia, N, Y.-Mediter'n'n.May 15 9,

Hamburg-American. Si

Patricia, N. Y. -Hamburg May 14 ^

Holland-America.

New Am'dam, N. Y.-Rot'dam.May 0
Noordam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. ..May 13

Leyland.

Winifredian. Boston-Liverp'l.May 10
North German Lloyd.

K'p'z Wilh'm. N. Y, -Bremen. .May 6
Bremen. New Yorlj-Bremen. . .May 8
Pr. F. Willi'm. N. Y.-Bremen.May 10
Berlin. N. Y. -Mediterranean. .May 10
Kr. Cecilie, N. Y. -Bremen... .May 13
G. Wash'gton, N. Y.-Bremen.May 17

Red Star.

Kroonland, N. Y.- Antwerp May 10

Zeeland, N. Y.-Antwerp -..May 17

White Star.

Arabic, Boston-Liverpool May 7

Cedric, N. Y.-Liverpool May 8

Majestic. N. Y.-S'hampton. ..May 10

Baltic, N. Y.-Liverpool May 15

Oceanic, N. Y.-S'banipton May 17

Cretic, Boston-Mediterran'n.. .May 17

day. It contained about one hundred
big long-stemmed American Beauty
roses, with masses of purple lilac and
branches of pink-tinged crab apple
blossoms, making an effective combi-
nation.

Max Schling, New York, writes that
on April 24 he had the record for
centre pieces since he has been in
business. The list of these affairs
which he gives, includes centre pieces
for tables with 1192 covers, the larg-
est being at the new Woolworth
Building and requiring 102 centre
pieces, the smallest consisting of 150
roses. All retail florists In New York
have been and still are very busy and
it now looks as if the prediction of
a lively season to succeed an early
Easter would be fully verified.

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or Intrusted by the trade to

cur selection for delivery on steamshlpa

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Foreign Deliveries

Must be prepaid

Reference or cahli must accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address. AI.£XCONNEL,I..

New York

— Blootningdale 's -

Tbe Largest Floral Establishment in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery^ Modest Price*
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-GOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telegraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

781 nfth he. Cor. E SM St

NEW YORK CITY

^^^ BROOKLYN
/yjVa. NEWVORK

llWiflr 3&5Gr«en<>A»..

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I 33d-347 Groene Atc. Tel. 390« Pnxpacl

EstabUahed 1874

FLORIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenue. N. T. Ckf

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspoa
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntiih
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address^ Dardsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

" FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH "

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
A.I-BA.IMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VIONITY

AI.BANT, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DBlrVERED IN ALBANY AND TICINITT
ON TELEGRAPHIC OKDER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET. ALBANY, M. Y.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

681

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when yon transfer your
retail ortlers to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tusr-any Baslsets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

91S F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery o( Designs and Flowers to
any a'^ dress in Washington.

stoch and Work First Class

tlHOISI

isi-yvi

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leadtnr Flortats. Orders flUed for uaj
part of tho State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN-

' FRANK H. FORRBST

344 - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. FranclB, CAT..

We cover the entire Paelflc Coast and Weit
«( the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade D 1 icount.

FtOWERS BY TLEGRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFOKNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order tpr
any oceasion. in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

9« Yonsf St.,

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL^' ^;*;

Orders FiUcd

NALL & ROBINSON ^J s Jl

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ''-

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Horists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. P. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston— Zlnn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Butfaio, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

BuEEalo. N. Y.— Palmer's. 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 68th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New Y'ork — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Schling, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
nura St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal.— Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Xonge
St.

D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F

B. Keller Sons, 25
California

Washington
St.

Washington
F St., N. W.

D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Newport, R. I. — Gibson Bros., 9 Marl-
bone road.

Mankato, Minn. — J. Lynard, 530
Front street.

Brownstown, Ind. — Seymour Green-
houses. 16 N. Cliestnut street.

Terre Haute, Ind.— G. Pandall Cut-
Rate Flower Market, 726 Wabash ave-
nue.

Chicago, III. — Lake Shore Floral Co.,
F. A. Parkmire, proprietor, 1429 Morse
avenue.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Stockton, Cal. — San Joaquin Floral
Co., Moses J. Shaw, proprietor; as-
sets, $6,459.64; liabilities, $1,749.

Baltimore, Md. — Fred'k W. Myer-
dirck, florist, Fayette and Liberty
streets; Edward A. Strauff, receiver.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Samuel J.
Perry, former manager of the Grand
Rapids Greenhouse Company, direct
liabilities, $6,800; indirect liabilities,
$21,750; the amount of his endorse-
ments on notes of the Greenhouse
Company.

Send

Supplies for
Decoration
R Day

I Commencements
^^ Weddings
Your Order C The Best

In Care of Our p to Be

^ Had

Mail Order Dept.

1220 Race St., ^^

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 0.

BOSTON, MA.SS.

• I'enii. The Telegraph Florist"
Meiiiber of FL.rLsts' Telegraph Delivery
37.43 BROMFIELD STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

ZINN

The Florist

1 Park St., Boston

OUOE BROS- CO
FLORISTS
1214 F ST^NJW.

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph DeUverj;..

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVIELANft

Euclid Avenu*

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET

Special Deliveries Niagara FaHs

and Lockport

pROVIDENCETRry.

' and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,,

New Eneland Points 171 Weybosset Street

•682

HOETICULTUEE

May 3, 1913

MEMORIAL DAY PROFITS

Will be big or little according as you offer tempting goods to the public.

FIX UP YOUR STORE NOW

with a selected stock of Memorial Designs, Metal Wreaths, Magnolia and Cycas Leaf arrange-
ments. We supply Magnolia Foliage, and other preserved material in bronze and green and an
extensive variety of Roses, Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Orchids, Dafifodils, etc., indestructible,
and equal to fresh flowers in effect. And you will be surprised to find how cheap they can be
bought. Send for a descriptive price list.

H. BAYERSDORFER ®. CO.

THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET,

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

TAKING AN INTEREST.
The hours of the help in the retail
flower stores located in large cities
are invariably long and strenuous,
and while a few may not mind these
long hours, there are vast numbers
that do; and among those that do,
are usually the element that are al-
ways finding fault and at every op-
portunity; always feeling they are
doing too much and at not being paid
enough for it.

Do just a little more than you are
being paid to do. That Is the way to
attract the attention of your em-
ployer; then when the proper time ar-
rives for you to ask for an advance-
ment, you have established a founda-
tion for an argument, should one take
place. Don't think these little extras
you have accomplished have gone by
unobserved, for they have not. Were
your employer to pat you on the back
every time you made a little special
effort, you would soon have to put
your hat on with a shoe horn.

The proper way to begin attracting
the attention of your superiors would
be, likewise, to assume some sort of
responsibility. There is nothing an
employer enjoys better than to see
one of his help placing himself, taking
on a voluntary responsibility and
showing his capability of taking care
of it; thus unloading some of the bur-
den from his shoulders. Every man
taking a small portion of responsibil-
ity upon himself will soon regulate
and systematize the crudest store.

The class spoken of above, that are
always "kicking" are as a rule the
type of help that do not want to be
held responsible for anything, not
even the orders they have filled; they
. are ever ready to place the fault at
another's door, just to cl^ar them-

selves. Though the employer may be
the loser by such a transaction, they
have freed themselves from any re-
sponsibility.

Again this class appears in the
shirking of work, making every effort
to throw as much work as possible
upon the willing ones, abstaining irom
everything but bluffing it and taking
their salaries; always feeling that the
envelope is not heavy enough and
wondering why that advancement
promised does not appear. We might
also add, the most notable trait of the
shirker is, to be the last one in when
opening and the first out when clos-
ing. Can you advance this man? No,
you cannot; he does not deserve it;
he may be a good artist and knowing
it, he depends on this one feature to
carry him through life, expecting that
some day somebody will do great
things for him.

The qualities admired by most em-
ployers are displayed by the wide-
awake men who are ever on the look-
out for worthy advancement. Some
of these we might mention as cour-
tesy, promptness, an ability to over-
come wastes and leakages, and not
grumbling at an extra hour or so when
business requires it.

To show your employer that you
are taking an interest in his busi-
ness and working as an individual,
regardless of what the others about
you are doing, means success for you.
it may not appear in a month or a
year, but it is coming your way, so
you just keep plugging.

Perseverance and stick-to-itiveness

have never been known to fail. Take

an interest in your employer's welfare

and he will take an interest in yours.

Mr. Stokeman.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

It is rumored that Wra. Henry Mauls
will start tor Europe on his annual
seed inspection journey in the near
future.

Abram L. Pennock, Jupiter, Fla.,
had a painful accident recently. Spilt
some gasolene on his clothing which
took fire causing rather severe burns.

We have not heard that W. C. Lang-
bridge has been in town recently. But
there are other worries. Some of
them we have escaped. For instance,
measuring floor spaces.

Do not forget the Adolph Faren-
wald "Affiliation" at the Florists' Club,
May 6th. We are assured by those
who know that same will be "hot
stuff" and that he will hand them a
few.

Alexander Cumming of the Red
Rose Nurseries, Center Sqi?a'e, Pa.,
who has been in rather indifferent
health for a year past has gone west
on an extended vacation. Mr. Cum-
ming is well known in hoiticultural_^
circles from his early nursery experi-
ence in Great Britain and later In
Canada, New England and Pennsyl-
vania. He is a man of unusual attain-
ments and charm and his hosts of
friends in this section wish him re-
newed health and strength and a
speedy return. The business mean-
time will continue as during the past
year or two under the active manage-
ment of his son, Duncan.

Visitors: Stephen Mortensen, South-
ampton, Pa.; Mr. Evans, of Dards',
New York; M. J. Brinton, Christiana,
Pa.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59th Street, adjoining Plaza Hotel

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone Ji

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

683'

SUCCESSFUL FLORISTS

nil over the country are using McCray Refrigerators.
The circulation of air is so strong and steady that there
can be no stagnation or dampness, so that your stock
will always be fresh and fragrant. Furthermore tbe
saving in ice will more than pay for the cost.

McCray Refrigerators

will lend attractiveness to your shop. Beautifully made *
and finished, they are lined with white enamel, opal
glass, tile, mirrors or marble, as you desire. Write
today for our catalog No. 73 which will give you ideas
how to add to the attractiveness of your establishment.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

58 wX»rA;;. 553 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. ^JrWUV *«;:

4tn<l St.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Jas. G. Hancock is moving his fam-
ily into their new home at 5003 Ber-
teau avenue in West Irving Park, this
week.

Invitations are being received in
Chicago for the annual opening on
May 1st of the Meredith Flower and
Vegetable Co., at Libertyville, 111.

Tearing down of the buildings on
the northeast corner of the Marshall
Field block begins this week and a
good location for a flower store is no
more. For many years Lubliner &
Trinz have occupied a store in this
building.

A. Vanderpoehl, known as the Doug-
las Boulevard Florist, Is now tempo-
rarily at 4013 Colorado avenue, while
his houses are being demolished. He
has purchased a new site and will
build during the summer so as to be
ready for the fall trade.

The new tariff bill, known as the
Underwood Bill, which has passed the
Ways and Means Committee and is
now before Congress is attracting con-
siderable attention among the Chicago
florists and nurserymen, especially
among those who do importing. Let-
ters are being sent to Congressmen in
hopes of rectifying the errors before
the bill is passed.

To be regretted is the action of the
Mothers' Emergency" League, which is
preparing artificial white carnations to
sell upon the streets and elsewhere on
"Mothers' Day." Not a card calling
attention to Mothers' Day, now only a
few days off, has been seen in any of
the florists' windows so far. The or-
ders that come for the day will prob-
ably be in spite of, rather than be-
cause of, the attitude of the trade.

The committee that handled the
financial part of the S. A. F. conven-
tion in Chicago, last August, met on
the 24th inst. and had a final closing
up of all matters pertaining to their
work. Their report showed a balance
of 40 per cent of the guarantee fund
to be returned to the subscribers and
checks have already been sent out for
that amount. The committee, of which
N. J. Wietor is treasurer, has received
many well-deserved compliments for
the way in which the financial affairs
totaling an expense of about $8,000

were handled. A banquet is arranged
for at the Union Hotel, May 1st, when
the committee will celebrate the clos-
ing up of their work and then con-
sider themselves as discharged.

There was a very good attendance
at the regular meeting of the Cook
County Florists' Association, April
17th. and the live topic of publicity to
the florists' business was the main
item. The advisability of regular ad-
vertising in the Chicago street cars
was discussed and prices furnished by
a representative of the company. H.
N. Bruns was on the program for a
talk on his recent trip abroad, but
was absent on account of illness. H.
E. Philpott. who has just returned
from England and the New York
Flower Show gave the club his im-
pressions and drew comparisons be-
tween methods in flower markets in
London and cities of this country;
The transportation committee re-
ported on the special train accommo-
dations to Minneapolis over the St.
Paul Railroad.

A $4,000 collection of orchids, na-
tive to many foreign countries
have been offered to the city of
Omaha, Neb., tree by Mrs. George
A. Joslyn, in addition to $1,0U0 in
money with which to care for Vwm.
The Joslyn residence was badly (..urn-
aged in the tornado and probably
half of the plants in their private
greenhouse were destroyed. Park
Commissioner Hummel has asked the
city commission for $3,000 with which
to build a greenhouse in Hanscom
Park, where the plants could be kept

DETROIT NOTES.

John Breitmeyers' Sons are making
quite a hit with English market bas-
kets filled with pansy plants.

Three little Jewish boys were found
to be the real culprits of recent bur-
glaries of fiower stores. They dis-
posed of flowers so stolen at cheap
dance halls.

A very interesting visitor was Wil-
liam Wells of Merstham, England.
Mr. Wells was so impressed with car-
nation Philadelphia that he pro-
nounced it the best yet seen in his-
travels. A large number of them he
ordered shipped at once in two-inch
pots to be propagated for European
dissemination.

THE TARIFF BILL.

All florists and horticulturists who
have any suggestions to make as to
changes. If any, in the present tariff
bill which is now before Congress
should send in suggestions at once, if
they have not already done so, to the
Chairman of the Tariff Committee of
the S A. F. and O. H., Mr. William P.
Gude 1214 F street, N. W., Washing-
ton b C. Mr. Gude will be pleased
t. do all that he can to further the
interest of the florists and horticul-
turists, and members of the kindred
organizations, hut i?, at a loss to know
■nhat action to take until the parties
interested make complaints or sugges-
tions.

\ cable despatch received from the
Grand International Exhibition at
Ghent. ' Belgium, states that W. A.
Mpiida has won five medals there.

The Meyer Green

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Samples Sent Free

THE JOHN G. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICL^LTURE^

684

HORTICULTURE

May 3, 1913

BEALJTIEIS

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There is no larger supply, or Beauties of better qnality
than you will tlnd here,

DAISIES, 100: $1.00 -$150

White and Yellow in any quantity.
SNAPDRAGON, 100: $6.00 -$8.00
Splendid stock in White — Pink — Yellow.

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WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Speci.Tl attoiiflnn to shipping orders. Job-
bers of Flo-eists' Supplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list ou application.
tphone Moi- eai am ^valnut St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

A.TLANTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.

I Cut Flower a All the Year Round I

33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO

Graanhouses, Morton Grove, III. |

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«*"^''«"=?S-d?aVe"?s only

ROSES

CINCINNATI

April 28

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.... 35.00 to 30.00

" " Extra 15.00 to 25.00

•* '* No. 1 10.00 to 15.00

" " Lower Grades a.oo to 8.00

Killamey, Extra 4.00 to 6.00

" Ordinary 2.00 to 4.00

Richmond, Maryland, Extra 4.00 to 6.00

" " Ordinary . . . 2.00 to 4.00

Bride, 'Maid 1 to

Hillinedon, Ward, Melody, Extra.. | to

" " Ordinary j to

Taft , Sunburst 1 ...... to

Carnations, Fancy Grade to 2 .00

" Ordinary | x.oo to i^go

Cattleyas to 50.00

Lilies, Longiflorum 6.00 to 8.00

Callas 4.00 Co 8.00

Lily of the Valley ; 3.00 to 4.00

DHTRorr

April 21

BUFFALO

April 28

to
to
to

to
to
to
to
to

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignoaette

Daises .

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum ....

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (tool-.
•* " & Spren. (100 bchs.). .

■25 to

to
to ..

4.00

a"
0.00

•50

.20 to

to ..

to 1 .00

to ia.50

to 50.00

15.00 to 25.00

30.00

25.00

15.00

6.00

7.00
4.00
7.00
4.00

4.00 to
8.00 to
5.00 to

to

3.50 to
x.oo to

to

to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
. to

to

■50 to

to

I. 00 to

to

to

35.00 to

35-00
30.00

25.00

I3.00

8.00
6.00
S.oo
6.00
8.00
12.00
8.00

3.00

2.50

12.50
13.50

3.00

x.oo

2. 00
•JO

2.00
1. 00

1500

I5-00

4.00

3.00
3-00
z.oo
4.o«
2.00

1. 00
25.00

1.50
15-00
50.00
50.00

1500
10.00
7.00

3-00
6.00

3.00

6.00

4.00
3.00

8.00 to

3«

4XX>

to

to

to

to

1. 00

40.00 to

8.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

1. 00 to

I. 00 to

to

3.00 to

1. 00 to

4.00 to

to

.40 to

t.oo to

40.00
25.00

25.00

25.00

10.00

500
e,oo
4.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
10.00
6.00

8.00

3.00
s.oo
50.00

12. 00

10.00

4.00
1.50

2.00

4.00

1.50

6.00

Z.OO
1.35

15.00
50.00
3500

prrrsBU

April 2

20.00
5-<

6.00 to

2.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 Co

6.00 to

3.00

to .

6.00 to

3.00 to

3-00 to

a.oo to

to

30.00
x8.oo
to .00

\z

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8.0.

to 4. OS

35.00 to 50.«o

to 8.0*

8.0.
4.0»
a.oo

3.00

6.00
30»

1. 00
6.00

to
ts
to

to .

.50 t»

15.00

1.00

X5.00 to

to

35.00 to

4.M
2.00
8.00

10

•75
S5.00

18.00
So.as

50.00

PETER REINBERC~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wholesale Grower* of Cut Flowera and Plants •

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AMD LAKE STREETS,

GHICAQO

CHIOAGO CARNATION COMPANY

A. T. PYFER, Manager
30 East Randolph Street, - ■ CHICAGO, ILL.

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlw.
When Writlne; to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTICULTURE.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

685

YELLOW ROSES

Never before in tlif history of our business have we been able to.
offer commercially the cut blooms of as many as eight good Yellow
Roses — Irish Fire Flame, a beautiful five petaled flower, a new de-
parture in Roses; then Sunburst, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Lady Hilling-
don, Janet (a new Dickson seedling) Melody and the old standbys,
Perle and Sunrise — which we can supply in quantity at $4.00, $6.00,
$8.00, $10.00 and $12.00 per 100, according to quality and variety.

BE.41TIES: Special. $3.00 doz. ; $20.00 100; F.mcv, $2.50 doz. ; $17.50 100;

Extr.i, .'52.00 doz.; $15.00 100; First, $1.50 doz.; $10.00 100; Second, $1.00 doz.;

$7.50 100.

VAI-LEY: Special. $4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.

C.\TTI,EYAS: $6.C0 and $7.50 per doz.

GARDENI.\S: Special, $2.50 doz.; $17.50 100; Fancy, $2.00 doz.; $12.50 100;

First, .?1.00 doz.; $6.00 100.

CED.VB B-\RK: for window boxes and tubs; $1.00 per bundle.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

BRONZE CALAX, $1.50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000.

LEUtOTHOE SPRAYS (green and bronze), $1.00 per 100; $7.50
per 1,000.

GREEN SHEET MOSS, $3.50 per bag.

GREEN Ll'MP MOSS, $1.50 per bag.

SPH.iGNrM MOSS. 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each $4.00;
5 bale lots, eacli .?3.S5; 10 bale lots, each $3.50.

D.AGGER AND FANCY FERNS (storage stock for immediate de-
livery). .$2.00 per 1,000.

BOSTON FERN FRONDS, 27 in. long, extra fine, $1.00 per 100.

BOXWOOD, $7.50 per case.

.\SP-\R-*GUS STRINGS, 50c. each.

.ASP.AK.VGl's .AND SPRENGERI bunches, OOc. each.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us for prices on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W.

Flower Market Reports WHOLBSALE FLOWER MARKETS

This market has been
BOSTON very quiet for the past
few days and, with a
heavy influx on all lines, prices have
been battered down severely. Carna-
tions are particularly in the doldrums
and sweet peas are a surfeit every-
where. On nothing is there any
stringency — even the cattleyas, lily of
the valley and gardenias which are
apt to strike a bit of scarcity in this
period of weddings and other joyous
affairs being on tap in quantities be-
yond any call. Of violets there are
very few; this week will probably fin-
ish them. Among the more recent ac-
quisitions to the regular stock are the
Spanish irises, baby gladioli and ane-
mones. These bring a fair price as
do also the antirrhinums in the popu-
lar shades. Smilax is scarce as usual
in the month of April.

Warm weather has
BUFFALO brought on the stock a
■• little too fast and busi-
ness has not been as good as might
be expected at this season of the year.
Since the violet season is over sweet
peas have been in good demand and at
times a shortage has existed. On no
other line has there heen any scarcity.
There are plenty of roses, carnations,
snapdragon, lily of the valley, mig-
nonette, lilies and considerable bulbous
stock, indoor grown. There is no out-
door material except a few daffodils.
Weddings are slightly noticeable and
white roses have taken a little better.
Beauties are plentiful hut the quality
is not of the best. It is a puzzling

ROSES

Am . Beauty, Fancy an<3 Special ... .

" " Extra

" No.i

" " Ijower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary ...

Richmond, Mar>'land, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra..
" *' " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Violets

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo)..
" *' & Spren. (loo Bchs.j. .

BOS I

.May

CHICAOO

.April 28

TRADE PRICES — Per 100

TO DEALERS OI<M,Y

ST. LOUIS

April «i

PHfLA

April 28

30.OO

15.00
8.00
300

2.00
4.00
2.00
z.oo
4.00
s.oo
4.00

2.«0

1. 00

40.00

6.00

S-oo
2.00
1. 00
1. 00

.40

9.00

4.00 to

.50 to

.50 to

1 2 .00 to

I. 00 to
10.00 to
to

25.00 to

25.00
20.00
10.00

6.00
10.00

3-00

12. 00

4.00

6.00
10.00

3.00
12.00

2.50
'-50
50.00
8.00
8.00
4.00
2.00
2.00

•50

4.00
1. 00
8.00
1. 00
1.00
15.00

15.00
50.00

35.00

25.00
20.00
15.00

5.00
8.00
3.00

8.00

4.00

8.00
3.00

1.50

40.00
6.00
6.00

3.00

2.00
2.00

.40

4.00

1.50

I 00

12. 00

50,00

35.00

35-00
35.00

20.00

10.00
10.00

5.00

10.00

5-00

10.00
6.00
10.00
4.00
2.00
50.00
12.00
10.00

500
3.00

3.00

•50

6.00 ;
2,00 j

I3.00 I

1.50
1.25

15.00

75.00

50.00

30.00
20.00

15.00
4.00

4.00
2.00

4.00

2.00

3.00

6.00
4.0c
5.00
2.00
-75
40.00

5-00
500

3.00
2.00
2.00

.25

3-00

•^5

4.00

1. 00
12.00

35.00
8.00

40.00

25.00

18.00

6.00
6.00

3.00

6.00

3.0D

4.00
8.00 ,
5.00
8.00

3.00

l.OD

50.00
8.00 I
8.00 I
4.00
3.00
3.00

-50
4.00

1. 00

5.00
■50

I. as

15.00
50.00

X2.00

15.00
10,00
6.00

6.00
2.00
6.00
2.00
:-'.00
500

3-00
3-0®
2.00
i.eo

40.00
8.00

8.03

3.00

2.QO

2.00

■75

4.00

.50
4.00
I «o

15.00
35.00
35 oo

to 25.00

to I2X)0

to 8.0D

to 5.00

to 10.00

to 4.00

to lO.OD

to 5.0*

to 6.00

to 8.00

to 4.0*

to 8.W

to 3.00

to 1.50

to 60.00

to 12.00

to 12.00

to 4.00

to 3.00

4.00
1.50
8.00

X.50

20.00

1.50

20.00
50.00
50.00

problem to the wholesaler how to un-
load the surplus at the end of the

week.

To use the vernacu-
CINCINNATI lar of the day, the

business last week
and the first part of this week was
the "worst ever." A large supply
f ombined with a rather less than or-
dinary demand was not enough. The
sun had to come out with almost such
a mid-summer fury that shirt waists
on the street was the rule for the
fairer sex, while many of the men
wished rather for soft collars and

flannels rather than their business
dress. The next result was a very
large supply with just an ordinary de-
mand. The florists are also having
considerable competition from the
bulbous stock in private gardens and
lilacs and the like. Prices are at ab-
solutely the lowest point this season.
The leaders among the roses are Kil-
larney and Taft. As the weather has
grown brighter and warmer the latter
has come forward splendidly. The
carnation supply is larger than a fort-
night ago, white predominating in

(Cotttinued on page 687)

686

HOETICULTUBE

May 3, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

121 West 28th Street NEW YORK

rilE KES, fliV CiiAliS

A Full Lino of ALL CUT FLnWKns.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H, E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200. 3201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \^ll MadUon Square NeW YOFk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

5S and 57 West 26th Street

Telephone No. 756 IU^«4# V#\l"lr

Madison .Square I^CWT ■ OlK

— WM. P. FORD^

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

Cmil and inapcct tha Best BstablUbmexi
In the Wholesale Flower Dlitrlct.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

I09 NA^EST 2S'tl-> ^T

CONSIGNMtNS SOLICITED

PHONE 1 608 j MADISON SQ.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut E\erM:reeuh, Mo^^se**.

Southern Siiiilax, Gfilax ami Lt'ucothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cyras and Palmetto.

I.I {;gS») Had s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R££D <SL KELLER

123 West 3r.th .St., New York

Florists' Supplies

We nianufarture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

.Mid Ml-'' de;ih'rs iu

Decorative Glassware. Growers and

l-'lorists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremo«t and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSf

A F<r(t Clasa Market for ail CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby it.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. OOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

U,aoo....tl.75. 50.000.... K. so. sample free
For eale b7 dealer.

I*. J. SJ^IOTH

Siicee»er to JOHN I. KAYNOK

Wholesale Commission Florist l^A'-R'^Sfr^SSSJ^.^ST

A lull llae ol Choice Cut Flower Stock lor all purpeees The HOMB Of> TMB LJL.V
by the lOO, lOOO or 10,1)00

TBL, IW8 MAoeoN SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

W7iol«saie Conttn^ssioi* Dealer in

CHOICE GUT FLOWERS

133 Wtti 28th Street, ktm York
Telephoiie— <»31-3S33 Madleeti Square

Eetablisbed
1887

J. kC. AI-.I-.EIM

Still Goiof
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUABB DEAL.

Open 6 A. U. dslly.

Cut Flower CrBalftrnnientB Sellclted.

PKOHPT BETL'RNS. HONKT AXWAYS BKADT.

106 WEST 2STH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, 167 nad 44M BIa«. M.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST %/AI I TV ALWAYS

f GRADE OF VM1^L.C.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

ALWAYS
ON HAND

JAMES McMANUS, mI^'H 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Ust Half of Weeh

ending Apr. 26

1913

First Half of Weik

beginning Apr. 28

1913

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" " Extra

No.i

" •' Lower Grades

Klliarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

'* *' Ordinary

Bride, Maid

Hillingdon, Ward. Melody, Extra ....

" *' " Ordinary .

Taft, Sunburst

Carnal ions, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

15.00 to

IcOO to

4.00 to

2,00 to

4.00 to

J. 00 to

6.00 to

2.00 to

1.00 to

6.00 to

2.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

X .50 to

25-00

15.00

6. DO

4.00
S.oo
2.00
10.00

3.00

4.00
10.00

4.00
15.00

5-«o

z.oo

15.00

10.00
4.00^
2.00
4.00
1.00
4.00
2.00
1. 00
6.00
2.0a

S.09
2. 00

3.00

25 OA

15.0*
6.00

4.00

6.00
2.00
6.00
3-00

4.OT

3^
a.5»

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

TalepbonasU^j Madison Sqaara CON8IQMMENT8 aOUCnVB

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

ISSIL^J^v" •""• T6 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

I AND UONET BT SENDCNO

ConsigTunents Solicited.

WHOLESALE ONLY

8AVB TIME AND MONEY BT SENDCNO YOUB OBDBB TO US

Prices Right.

C'KirrkArx.T I.OOATKD, THK HCB of | Freak H. TmeiuUr
THE FLOWXm HABKBT 8KCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Trfaphoa* 70<g Madtion

Tvlcpboiie 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 26tli Street NEW YORK

Telephone ConnectiDn

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

Wholesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New Y»rk

TeJay luwM ; j^ Aed 799 Madiaea S^ara
C««aisBBienta Solicited

HENRY M. HoBINSON. Freis. MAURICE L.01.ASS, TOKt
OBAS E.ROBINSON. V-Prcs. .lO.SEPlI MARG01.I8. 8(^

HENRY M. ROBINSON 00.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glaas, A4ana£er
S5-57 WEST 26* ST. - - - NEW YOKK dTY

Sfrciat A tUtttimi m Hike 5Ait^*tf Tr^ttr

May 3, 1913

H 0 R T I C U L T TJ E E

687

Flower Market Reports

numbers. The sweet pea cut is much
larger than the conditions require.
Lilies are not selling very well. Bul-
bous stock finds only a limited mar-
ket. The two things, however, that
are enjoying a good call are Spanish
iris and snapdragon.

Business has been rath-

DETROIT er quiet and the only
ones who cannot come
up to the demand are the landscapers.
A couple of warm days last week
seemed to make everybody anxious
to have their flower beds planted.
The pi'esent setback in temperature
gives us a chance to catch up in this
line. Prices in general rule firmly but
low.

After the very ac-

NEW YORK ceptable flurry of last
week it is too bad to
have to record a sudden collapse in
the demand and. consequently, in
prices on all lines of cut flowers. This
week came in with a very dubious air
and by Wednesday the bottom seemed
to drop out of everything. As carna-
tions had been the first item on the
list to respond to the upward move-
ment last week, so they were also the
first to feel the depressing influence
of the present situation and values
have been cut in half or worse. Sweet
peas are among the things most per-
plexingly overstocked, yet in the ex-
treme fancy blooms a good fair price
is maintained. Roses have settled
back to some extent and are liable to
still further decline should a warm
wave come along. Beauties are more
abundant than they have been for a
month, with quality greatly improved.
On lilies a wide range of prices pre-
vails, according to size and character
of bloom. Lily of the valley from
frame culture is superlatively good.
Cattleyas of extra grade are in fair
supply, but demand for them is light.
Outdoor lilacs, apple blossoms and
similar material all have an effect on
market values and there seems no
likelihood of a recovery in prices gen-
erally for some time to come.

Prices generally

PHILADELPHIA kept pretty even
all through last
week. A few items were on the scarce
side — such as lily of the valley and
lilies — but even in these the quoted
rates held — and there was a good
clean-up. For carnations the demand
was so good and the quality so excel-
lent that nothing went a-begging.
There was a slight falling off in the
supply of roses early in the week but
the bright weather changed condi-

WELCH BROS. CO

A.tVffiIUCVN BEAUTY. ICILLARVEY. RICHMOND, MMIYLANO AND ALL THE
SUPE3UOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHiOi
BE^ST PRODUCED
7416 PevoifMra Street, Boeton,

William F. Hasting Co.

\A/^hole8al<

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.--

OBOANIZED FOB THB BKmVTT OF Tin OAXADIAH TKADK.

CUT n<owKBa asv riiOKUTS' bupplies of bvkby DKSCKrmoir.

Hame-crvwB 8tMk a ■>«riiil«y. BTaWTLT WHOUBSA1.K; MOTHIMO SOLA
AT KRAlL.

Ampla refaraae* fmraUkad ■• %» ttMiiiMan »mA tiwl.l sblUtr at th* eampany.

123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTRE>VI«, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIO^S PER 100.

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflonim

Callas

Uly of the Valley

Daf fodiU

Tulips

Violets

Daises

Mignonette

Snap(]ra.:on

Wallf ower

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Gardenias

Adjantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

" " & Spren (loo bunchei) .

To Dealers Only

last Half cf Waik

FIret Half of WMk

ending Ap

. 26

beginning Apr. 28

)913

1S13

35-00

to

50.00

35.00

to

soao

3.00

to

8.00

3«o

to

8.00

to

10.00

6rfao

to

io.a»

z.oo

to

3.00

2.00

to

3-«»

i.oo

to

2.00

I.QO

to

2.0*

I. CO

to

2.00

1.00

to

2.00

.4°

to

.50

.40

to

■5«

.50

to

1.00

■50

to

I.oo

2.00

to

5.00

2. 00

to

5-oa

3-00

to

6.00

3.00

to

6.00

1,00

to

2. 00

I.OO

to

a.oe

300

to

6.00

3.00

to

6^

12.00

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tions materially later. Gardenias
continue of good quality and the de-
mand very fair. Not quite so many
orchids but enough to go around.
Baby gladioli and Spanish iris are
more )iii niifu! ■ excellent quality; good
demand. Outdoor lilac is now at its
best and a general favorite for deco-
rative work. Sweet peas are in active
demand especially the higher grades
which come from the late-planted
crops. The tail-enders of the old crop
are generally under grade and sell for
very little. Greens plentiful except
string smilax which is scarce and
high. Wild smilax is over for the sea-
son. Cold storage dagger ferns need a
lot of picking over now to make them
pass muster. The new crop will be in
soon.

The past week
ROCHESTER started oft very

briskly and main-
tained it throughout. . Everybody
seems busy in some way or other, es-
pecially the greenhouse men, where
so much is being done for the coming
season. The weather has been glori-
ous and if it keeps up this way for
another week, the bedding season will
be in full blast. Most of the growers
who specialize in this kind of work
are well stocked. Lilies and a few
other shrubs are already in leaf and
bud in the parks and a few more
warm days will see them in blossom.
Cut flower stock is fine. Roses are
arriving plentifully. Sweet peas are
especially good and long-stemmed. As
bunched by the local growers they are
made much more salable by a couple
of sprays of maiden-hair fern. This

was adopted last season, and has
proved efficient. Some extra large
pansies of many shades are on the
market and are used frequently for
table centres. Carnations are in their
prime, being good blossoms and
strong lengthy stems. Lily of the val-
ley is good, but a little scarce. Mig-
nonette and snapdragon are in great
shape, also white daisies. White
stocks are a little slow in moving.
Plenty of outdoor jonquils are in now.
Most of the bulbs are in blossom in
the gardens and parks and this nat-
urally makes them a little slow in
selling. Greens of all kinds are plen-
tiful.

The market was in full
ST. LOUIS blast last week. Every-
thing was plentiful and
not enough demand, any one day to
clean up any one of the markets.
Prices took an awful drop. Roses and
carnations are fine in color and stem
and consignments large. Sweet peas
and lilac bunches are coming in in
large quantities daily, and the whole-
sale markets are loaded down with
them at cheap prices. Bulb stock is
about over for the season; still, there
are plenty of lilies, lily of the valley
and callas to be had at any time. The
demand for greens was fine last week.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, inc.

WHOLBMLE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CondiKnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MIGH.

€88

HOETICULTURE

May 3, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements J under this|head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want In this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

E. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisera.

AFHINE

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AKAUCARIAS

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Arauearia Excelsa. fine plants, 4 to 5
tiers, tioc. each ; $7.50 dozen.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,

The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

ASPABAOUS

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. Y.

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75e. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenilworth,
N. J.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2Vi in. pots,
$2.50 per hundred; $20.00 per thousand.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2^ in. pots, $2.50
per hundred; $20.00 thousand.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerterk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Lenthy St, Co., Rosllndale, Ma»s,
For page see List of Advertisera.

Loecbner & Co., New York, N. X.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TBEKS

UcHutcblBon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St,
New York.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Bay trees and Box trees, all sizes. Write
for special llr. Julius Roebrs Co., Ruther-
f»rd, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., Wblte Marsh.

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

. Breck-Koblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List j)f Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOtLEBS

Kroescbell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bornham Co.. 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

Hltchlngs * Co., U70 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES — CUT IXOWEB— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Pblladelphla.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Folding cut flower boxes, tbe best made.
Write for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Mll-
wankee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Jnltus Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
Box Trees, all sizes

N. J.

Ask for special U«t.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. Y.

Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MIchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward 4 Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advealsers.

James VIck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.
E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, III.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Chlids, ITlowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hlllegom. Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

Wood Brce.. Ftshklll, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York, N. Y.

Boddlngton's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.

Cannas in 20 leading kinds, started plants
50c. dozen : $3.50 hundred.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

IMPROVED CANNAS.

True, sound, sizable roots, f. o. b. West

Grove, if not sold.

WINTZER'S NOVELTIES.

Per 100

Halley's Comet, 3% ft $15.00

Mrs. Alfred F. Conard, 4 ft 30.00

Mont Blanc Improved, 3% ft. (white). 10.00

Uncle Sam, 7 ft 15.00

STANDARD KINDS.
Reds.

Geo. Washington, 3". ft 3.00

Duke of Marlboro, 3 to 4 ft 3.00

Giant Crimson, 4^4 ft 3.00

Patrle, 4 ft 3.00

Pennsylvania, 6 ft 4.00

Philadelphia, 3 ft 3.00

Triumph, 3 ft 3.00

Pinks.

Louise, 5 ft 3.00

Luray, 4 ft 3.00

Mile. Berat, 4 ft 3.00

Wawa, 3 ft 6.00

West Grove. iM- ft 4.0O

Vellow and Orange.

California, 3 to 4 ft 3.00

Wyoming, 7 ft 3.00

Variegated.

Burbank, 4% ft 3.00

Comte de Bouchard, 4i^ ft 3.00

Elizabeth Hoss, 3^4 ft 3.00

Italia, 4 ft J 3.00

Bronze-Leaved Red.

Mrs. Geo. A. Strohlein. 6 ft 2.00

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chlrago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Patten & Co., Tewksbury, Mas*.
Carnation Princess Dagmar.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbury's CamatloB
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
Plllsbnry, Galesbnrg, III.

CHBYSANTHEMUUS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mick.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank OechsUn, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. Y.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings Chrya-
olora, $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1,000. Also
the following at $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per
1.000. Cash. (Yellow) Donatello, Appleton,
Golden Wedding, Golden Glow, Y'ellow Bon-
naffon, (White) October Frost, Touset,
White Eaton, Robinson, Rosery, Polly
Rose, Buckbee. White BonnafCon, (Pink)
Enguehard. JOY FLORAL COMPANY,
Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rlogton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that n«t
In secret arts and practices, but In plala
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
50 cents.

Orders fliled by HORTICULTURE!, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOU,

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Has*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mas*.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger, Hlcksvllle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lyndhnrst Farm, Hammonton, N. J.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Garden*.
Catalogne. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro, Mass.

Dahlias— 2500 field clnmps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash ; or what bare yon to
exchange? Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,
North Dlghton, Mass. ^

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt,
Golden Wedding. New Century Dahllaa, etc
Big stock of best cut flower dahlia*. Writ*
for surplus list and special prices. Peacock
Dahlia Farms. WUIlamstown Jnnctton, N. J.,
Post Ofllce, Berlin, N. J.

Fv List of AdyMtism Ssa Page 663

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DAISIES

Marguerites, Mrs. F. Sander, France, the
two best varieties, 21.4 In. pots, fine stock,
$2.00 per hundred; $15.00 thousand.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,

The Largest Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield, Ohio.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. LcDthy & Co., Perlilns St. Nurseries,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Bts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Woodrow A Marketos, 41 West 28tli St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

West Main Greenhouses, Corfu, N. Y.

ERICAS.

Anton Schultheis, College Point, N. Y.

Choice Young Stock for Growing On.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
H. U. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
John Scott, Brooklyn, N.~Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, I'a.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. K. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudgon,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whlt-
manll, Amerpohll, Sprlngfleldll, $1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
Tery fine, $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-lnch, $15.00 per 100; S-imh.
t2S.0O per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 4 Inch,
handsome stock, $8.0U per 100. 50,000 gq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted exclu-
sively to ferns. I have the best stock to
b« had anywhere. Prices are low, for casb
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

DWARF FERNS FOR FERN DISHES.

These dwarf ferns are used by the hun-
dreds of thousands to fill dishes for table
decorations. Our sales each year exceed
50.000 plants. Our stock is in prime con-
dition, ready to use at once. We offer 9
choice varieties; Pteris cretica albo-lineata,
Victoria, Wilsoni, Mayli, Pteris multiceps,
Aspidium Tsussimense, Sieboldii, Wimsetti,
Cyrtomium falcatum or holly fern.

Price, 50c. per dozen ; $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00
per 1000.

Our new catalog, giving prices on ferns,
roses and all other plants, ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield, Ohio.

FERTILIZERS

ZOth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fert liens.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fvlrerlzed Manure Co., 31 Dnlon Stock

Yards, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manaro.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 68 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SCFFLIE8

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., P«.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

Q Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, i^ W. 25th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES— Continued

S. S. Pennock-Mechan Co., Philadelphia, P«.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bro3.~ Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.
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. II. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Ullflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see^lst_of Advertiser^

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y^
For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNGINE

Apblna Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANITTHS

K. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Matsb,
Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.
J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.
Geraniums, 2-ln. Roselenr, Nutt, Da^ata,
RIcard, Red Wing, Vlaud, La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Mme. Jaulln, Mme. Blsqult, Per-
kins, Oberle, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 par
100; $18.50 per 1000. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polts-
vlne. Double Dryden, Atlantis, Lulgl Gran-
dls, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogne.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Nortbboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Nortbboro,
Mass.

Gladiolus bulbs, GroCTs Hybrids, all col-
ors mixed, 1st size, $1.00 per 100, $7.00 per
lOOO: 2nd size, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000.
500 at 1000 rate. C. Pelrce, Dlghton, Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lnmber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Lljt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Steams Lnmber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnbam Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lnmber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION— Cont.
Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. X.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Pierson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bumhpin Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

HItehlngg & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. I.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. I.

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Fa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chlcaf*.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Bumham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Moss.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Hollyhocks, field-grown, will bloom this
summer, finest colors. From pots ready to
plant, $1.00 dozen ; $6.00 hundred.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Steams Lnmber Co., Neponset, UaM.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parahelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlserg.
Lord A Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, W. Y.

HYDRANGEAS

Anton Schultheis, College Point, N. Y.

Choice Young Stock for Growing on.

For page see List of Advertisers.

THE NEW FRENCH FORCING HY-
DRANGEAS.

Avalanche— A splendid large white. This
will absolutely supercede Thomas Hogg.
3-lnch pots, $6.00 per 100.

La Lorraine — Pale rose changing to
bright cerise pink: claimed by many to be
the best of all. 3-inch pots, $10.00 per 100.

Remember now is is the time to buy
these Hydrangeas and grow them along
for another year. This fall we will offer
all of Lemolne's and Mouillere's Novelties
In Hydrangeas, including E. G. Hill, the
gem of them all. The great blooming
qualities of these Hydrangeas are their
talking points. You may have In a fonr-
Inch pot three to five immense heads of
bloom. Y'ou will never grow the old varle-
Mes again after you become acquainted
with these new ones.

Write today for our catalogue of every-
tMng you need In the Rose and Plant line.

THE GOOD & REESE COMPANY,

The Largest Rose Growers In the World,

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

690

HORTICULTURE

May 3, 1913

INSECTICIDES

Aphine Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Apbine and Funglne.

For page see List of AdvertlBera.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Benjamin Hammond, Flsbkill-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

IRIS

THE IBIS! THE IRIS!

One of the finest collections in America.

Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamp*.

C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

"NOW IS THE TIME FOR PLANTING."

Iris pallida dalmatica $10.00 per 100

" Madam Chereau 5.00 per 100

" Siberlca 3.00 per 100

Strong divisions. Special discount on larg-
er quantities.

J. A. PETERSON & SONS,
Wholesale Plant Growers, McHenry Ave.,
Westwood, Cincinnati, O.

IVY

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld.N^

English Ivy, R. C. 75c. 100, prepaid; Ger-
man strong, 2y2 in., $3.00. CHAS. FROST,
Kenilworth, N. J.

LEMON Olli

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. A J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Man.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn &^C6^ New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.IK3 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NUKoiliEY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List^of Adve^lsers^

W. & T.^mith Co^Geneva^N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford," N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framlngbam,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sous. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

"Breck-Roblnson Nurseries. Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford, Conn.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK— Continued

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Schllder Bros., ChiUlcothero^

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORANGES

ORANGE OTAHEITE.
From 21^-jnch pots, $3.00 per 100, $27.50
per 1000.

Our catalog of everything you need

mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,

Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

ORCHID FLOWERS

Jas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybrldlati.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Lentby & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co.. New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY PLANTS

Strong tr.'msplanted frame plants in bud
and bloom. .$1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000.
Cash. RUSSELL BROS.. Syracuse. N. Y.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, O.

"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use. how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered together under the
sun; describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose in
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPOBTB

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHutcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page tee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES
Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons, Elkbart,^n<L

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

American Woodenware Mfg. Co., Toledo, O.

Tree Tubs and Brass Hoop Jardlnlers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Cblcac*-

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PRIVET

C. R. Burr & Co., Manchester, Conn.

California Privet.

POT HANQEBS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exn.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

BAFFIA

McHutcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOB FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, InA,
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see Uet of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. i'euiRK-k-Meeban Co., i'biladelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The following varieties of roses from 4-
inch pots, $1.25 dozen. $10.00 per hundred:
Antoine Rivoire (Mrs. Taft), Blumen-
sobmidt, Crimson Rambler, Etoile de Lyon,
Florence Pemberton, General Jacqueminot,
Helen Good, Helen Gould. Hermosa. Hilda,
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, La Detroit,
Lady Battersea, Madame Lombard, Mile.
Franciska Kruger, Marie Van Houtte, Mrs.
Foley Hobbs, Miss Alice de Rothschild,
Prince Camille de Rohan, President Taft,
Pa"a Gontier, Perle von Godesherg, Paul
Neyron, Pink Cochet, White Cochet, Rhea
Reid, Souv de la Malmaison.

The following varieties from 2^4 inch
pots, tine plants; Climbing American
Beauty. $1.50 dozen, $10.00 per hundred,
$90.00 per thousand; Sunburst. $2,00 dozen,
$15.f)0 per hundred. $135.00 per thousand.
ROSE AFTER-SATISFACTION.

When you buy G. & R. Roses you get
along with them the after-satisfaction —
that sense of realizing all the success that
should come from planting quality roses,
the knowing tliat no better results are
possible to be obtained outside of G. & R.
Roses. It is the after-satisfaction that has
oompelled us to plan to grow for the com-
ing season one million additional roses.
Think of it. the after-satisfaction selling
five million roses, and demanding a million
increase in one year. Going some! you say.
Yes; but are you getting your share of
this Rose after-satisfaction? If not, why
not? Plant G. & R. quality roses. None
better, none so good.

Our new catalog, giving prices on all
roses and other plants, now ready. Write
for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTURE

691

BOSES — Continned

Robert Craig Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see Llat of Advert l«er».

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Koses.
For page see List of AdvertlBen.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, MtU.

For page »ee List of AdTertUere.

8. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of AdvrtlBcrs.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rntherford. N. J.
For page ge« List of Advertise™.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

B)a«tern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain,

New Sargent Roee.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Anton Schultheis. College Point. N. Y.

Choice Young Stock for Growing On.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES — Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, S4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

RUSTIC BASKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SAI-VI.\

Salvia Bonfire, transplanted seedlings 75c.
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenilworth,

SEED OKOWER8

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Joge, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEASONABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, inc.. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Kreck & Sons,

Bl and S2 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulcbell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

fottler," Flske, Rawson Co., Boaton~Ma»s.

Ast'pf* ^ppii

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Maia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbum 4 Co., 33 Barclay St.7N7Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, 111.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

James Vlck'i Sons. Rochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.

For page gee List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds for Early Sowing.

For page see List of Advertisem.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, M*.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

L«ecbuer & Co.. New York, N. Y.

For page see J.lst of Advertlsera.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 SoT^afke^ St.7 Boston.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

8. D. Woodruff 4 Son. New York. N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen. Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS — Continued

Beanlien, Woodbaven, N. Y.

Importer of Best French Seeda

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Kelway & Son, Langport, England.

High-Class Florists' Flower Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix * Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.

Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Blpe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

8IL,KAI.INE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flsbklll-on-Hudson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and

•rehld baskets always on band. Lager Jc

Hnrrell. Summit, N. J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids— Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
Two-year-old Asparagus Roots.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vinca Variegata, 2 inch pots, $2.00 per
hundred; $17.50 per thousand.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thinf; in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write tor it todn.v.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield. Ohio.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for onr catalogue.
Holton & Hnnkel Co., Milwaukee. Wis.

William E. Hellscber's Wire Works,
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange. Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy &~Co., 112 ArclTst. and
31 Otis St

For page see List of Advertisers^

Welch Bros. Co.. 22(nDevonshlre St^

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co.. 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Buffalo, N. T.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 Elltcott Bt.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cbicago

Peter Belnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, IIL
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisen.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolpb St.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M McCullongh's Sons Co,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertlaeri.

Detroit

Michigan Cot Flower Exchange, 38 and 49

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page see List of .Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan. 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler. 28 WUloughby St.,

Brooklyn. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 2atfc

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Millang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Traendly & Schenok, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Wert

2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Frank Millang, 55-57 West 26th St.

Badgley, RIedel & Meyer. Inc., New York.
For page see List of A dvertlsera.

Woodrow * Mnrketos, 4] West 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co.. New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen. New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

George C. Slebrecht. 109 W. asth St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Tbe S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1606-131

Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisen.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

For List of Adverfisei^ See Page 663

«92

HORTICULTUEE

May 3, 1913

New Offers in This Issue

CANNAS AND BEDDING STOCK.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Ma.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CAPE JASMINE FROM TEXAS.

Woodward Floral Co., R. W. Woodward,

Mgr., Alvin, Texas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. BULLERI FLOWER SEEDS.

V. Shnketano, 50 West 30th St.. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND
HOLLYHOCKS.

Breck-Rohinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass'
For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndson.

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MEMORIAL DAY PROFITS.

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

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

B Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HELP WANTED

WANTED

Thoroughly competent rose
grower. Wages $75.00 per
month, etc. Only men of
ability please answer, with
references.

A.A. MACDONALD

Duke's Farm Somerville, N. J.

WANTED AT ONCE— Competent plant

grower to take full charge of pot-plant de-
partment of large retail establishment
where first-class stock is required. One
with some knowledge of orchids preferred.
Address N. T.. care HORTICULTURE.

WANTED — 2 bright young men. Carna-
tion Growers, who have had charge of
growing sections. State wages, etc. Ad-
dress, Box S. care HORTICULTURE.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By gardener.
Highly recommended by prominent New
England family. Age 34; married; one
child. Abstainer. Twenty years' extensive
experience in private families; fruit and
flowers, hardy and under glass; vegetables,
etc. S., car« HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is
the time to buy and save money. Parshcl-
sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE — Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T.
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED TO RENT.

Greenhouse property for the purpose of
raising flowers for wholesale. Must be In
first class condition and within easy
shipping distance of Boston, Give full par-
ticulars and rent per year in first letter.

Address B, care_HOR'nCUL'ruRE^

"WANTED — To Lease, with privilege of
buying, a greenhouse establishment, doing
a good retail business. Give full particu-
lars. Address G. T., care HORTICULTURE.

YOUR Kind of Advertising
Will be Boosted at Baltimore

You may not think that you are much of an advertiser — but
you are — nothing is sold without advertising of some kind. _ Do
you want to learn what is being done in your line of advertising
— trade paper, technical paper, direct-by-mail advertising — what-
ever method of publicity you use ? Do you want to hear
addresses from the men who have made the big American suc-
cesses in advertising and merchandising of all kinds? Do you
want to meet 10,000 live, progressive, thinking men — buyers of
advertising — the men who are responsible for the industrial
progress and supremacy of the United States? If so, go to the
ninth

Annual Convention of the
Associated Advertising Clubs

of America. This great Cnnven-
tion will be held in Baltimore,
June 8th to 13th. Open meetings,
held every day, will be full of in-
spiration, education, and informa-
tion on every branch of merchan-
dising. Delegates from 135 .Ameri-
can and Canadian clubs will be
present, as well as delegations from
Great Britain, Germany and other
foreign countries. Baltimore will

more than sustain her enviable
reputation for bountiful hospitality
in a series of splendid evening en-
tertainments of wide variety and
deliffhtful nossibilities.

You will be welcome whether
you are a member of an advertising
club or not. Afake up your mind
now to go; write to the address
below for information as to the
program, hotel accommodations, etc.

Associated Advertising Clubs of America

Convention Bureau

1 North Calvert Street

Baltimore, Md.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Francesco Bulleri, Italy; V. Shake-
tano. Representative, 50 W. 30th
street. New York City. Wholesale
Price Current of Flower Seeds.

Chester Jay Hunt, Montclalr, N. J.—
"The Blue Book of Bulbs, 1913." This
catalogue is a very refined production
and in it are listed the most select
species and varieties of spring-flower-
ing bulbs, for the use of discriminat-
ing buyers. The cultural notes are
a valuable part of the contents.

Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama,
Japan, and 31 Barclay street. New
York.— 1913-1914 Descriptive Catalogue

of Bulbs, Plants, Seeds, etc. A hand-
somely illustrated catalogue attrac-
tively bound in Japanese style. Cov-
ers show a number of rare hardy gar-
den perennials in natural colors, beau-
tifully tinted. Prices quoted whole-
sale, in U. S. gold.

Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland.
—Wholesale Trade List, 1913-'14, A
splendid catalogue, giving much use-
ful information. Printed in two col-
ors and richly bound. Accompanying
it is "The Preonia," a descriptive list
of 300 varieties of po^onia sinensis;
also folders with instructions for the
forcing of lilacs and rhododendrons
and a complete nursery cable code.

May 3, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

69S

Obituary.

Frank T. Emerson.

Announcement has been received of
the death, at Mercedes, Texas, of
Frank T. Emerson of the Western
Seed & Irrigation Co., of Fremont,
Neb., which tooli place on Wednesday,
April 23. The news of Mr. Emerson's
death was wholly unexpected for, al-
though it was evident that his illness
would eventually prove fatal, recent
letters seemed to indicate some im-
provement, which it now appears was
only temporary.

The body was brought by Mrs.
Emerson and their son. Sam, to Bos-
ton for burial. Mr. Emerson was a
native of Boston where he was en-
gaged in the seed business for a num-
ber of years. His father, Joseph Ho-
mer Emerson, was for some time with
the Ames Plow Company, later going
into the seed business. Leaving Bos-
ton the son went to New York, and
later to Omaha, Neb., eventually get-
ting to Mercedes, where he continued
the seed business first as a retailer,
then as a wholesaler. He is survived
by his wife. Mrs. Fannie W. (Hil-
dreth) Emerson, and three children.
His mother resides in Roxbury, and
there are several brothers.

We refer our readeis to the note on
Mr. Emerson by George C. Watson on
Seed Trade page. We can most sin-
cerely endorse every word by Mr.
Watson and Mr. Burpee, after many
years' acquaintance and friendship
with the noble-hearted man.

William Kalesh.
William Kalesh, founder of the busi-
ness of Kalesh Bros. Floral Co., St.
Louis, Mo., died April 24th at his
home, 4508 Delmar Boulevard. Mr.
Kalesh w?s not actively engaged in
the business for some time. John E.
Edwards, his sons and Mrs. Kalesh,
the mother, compose the firm. The
funeral took place on April 27th and
many beautiful floral designs were
sent by friends in the trade who ex-
tended their sympathy.

B. Schworm.
B. Schworm, who has been in the
florist business in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
for the past thirty years, died on
Tuesday, April 22, at his home adjoin-
ing his store on Court street, aged 56
years. He leaves a widow and several
children.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
— Wholesale Price List of Flowering,
Decorative and Vegetable Plants for
Spring, 1913.

W. A. Manda, Inc., South Orange,
N. J. — Catalogue of Novelties and Spe-
cialties. Adorned with illustrations of
Polypodium Mandaianam, Anthericum
Mandaianum and other sterling new
things.

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md. — 1913 Wholesale Trade
List of Vegetable, Greenhouse and
Bedding Plants. Although a "pocket
size" list, this little catalogue con-

tuimnt laler tki liSKtlcldi >et. 1910. Sirlal la. 321

Save your plants and trees. Just ttic thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects,

Noik-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
«nd all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

K Flat - - 2Sc| Pint - - 40c I Oiurt ■ - 7Scr

K GalloQ, IL2S ! GalloD. 12.00 ! 5 QMom Go, 19
tlOG.IIoDCaD ■ ■ il7.S0

Dilute with water ^o tei SO partt

For Sale by {eedsmen and Florists' Supfiiir Houses

li you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Compemy Dept. K

iM W. LoxInKtm St., B«lUjB*ra. Md.

Directions en every package

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing:

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicag>>

Th* Recvrnlied Studard Ingcctleld*.

Not a cnre-all bot a apeciSc remcdf
fo^ all aap sncklnf tnaacta lBfcattm(
plant life aoch aa crc«i, black, whit*
flr, thrlps, red ipldor, mealj boc aafl
Boft acalea.

>1.00 per QoBrt. fl.M par eaUem.

fwm

An Infallible remedy for mildew, mat
and bench funel. Unlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulphur It does not stain the
foliage but cleanses It.

a/eriviiime:

A soli sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and grab worms,
maggots, root lice and anta. Used •n*
part to 400 parts water. It does not in-
jure plants, but protects your eropc
against rarages under the soil.

$1.00 per Qoart. fS.OO per Oallem.
All are spraying materials and art
effective Id tne greenhouse and In tkc
garden.

FOR SALE BT SEEnSlCEN.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

Madison,
N.J.

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. BBEL. General Manai^r.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulclied with this article will

g^row larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more nnlfornily than by any
other means. We ha%'e proved It.

20tti CENTURY PLANT F(HH) CO.

27 (29 OCEAN ST., BEVEIIY, MASS.

ROBERT J. DYSART

public: accountant AND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct iiccountinT
especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED
.>lt'ril»ants Bank BuildinL'

40 STATE ST. B06T0M

TrmjE MAH'*

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, melons. Flowers, Tree#
and Sbrubt^ frum Insects. J'ut up in popuhir p.7ckages at popular
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Riiers and Blitrhts, etc., to

B. HA.n.MOND, - Fisbkill-on-Hudson, New York.

tains lots of material and covers the
ground fully, including chrysanthe-
mums, geraniums, dahlas, etc.

R. M. Ward & Co., The Lily House,
New York. — "Horseshoe Bulbologj'."
A catalogue of Lilies and French
Bulbs, Azaleas, Palms, etc., which is
more than a catalogue — an interesting
book of information, philosophy and
sound business advice which every
florist will thoroughly enjoy reading
and reap a benefit besides.

Kelway & Son, Langport, England.
— Kelway's Manual. Each year as
this superb trade publication comes to
our desk we think that the perfection
of catalogue making has been reached
and tliat further improvement in any
direction is well-nigh impossible. Yet,
somehow, they always manage to beat

their own record and this year they
have done it again. The book con-
tains over 350 pages. The illustra-
tions are beautiful and include 16 full-
page inserts of illustrations in nat-
ural colors of peonies, delphinums,
pyrethrums, gaillardias, gladioli and
other Kelway flower specialties. The
descriptions are excellent, of course,
and contain much of valuable cultural
suggestion.

Also received Kelway & Sons'
Wholesale Catalogue of Vegetable,
Flower and Root Seeds. This is of
the same high class as the general
catalogue and contains four full-page
colored plates as well as many superb
half-tone illustrations. The prices in
this list, it is stated, are open to the
legitimate seed and nursery trade, but
not to market gardeners, etc.

694

HORTICULTURE

May 3, 1913

HEWS STANDARD POTS

=1 WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

Pear»en Street
UMO KSLMIO CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

main OHIc* and F:

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

American Gladiolus Society; Bul-
letin Number 7, just issued, contains
some very Interesting original com-
munications and other matter of value
to the gladiolus growers. A com-
mendable innovation is the designation
by a letter before each name in the list
of members of the society, whether it
represents a professional grower or an
amateur.

Iowa Horticultural Society; Trans-
actions for 1912. Wesley Greene of
Davenport, who has been a long time
secretary of the Iowa State Society,
knows how to get out a good report
and this is one. It is very compre-
hensive, profusely illustrated with
handsome full-page plates, and all de-
partments of horticulture are well cov-
ered in its 4S2 pages.

Proceedings of the Fourteenth An-
nual Convention of the American As-
sociation of Park Superintendents. —
This is a record of the meeting of
this Association at Boston, Mass., Au-
gust 12-14, 1912. Besides some excel-
lent papers and instructive discus-
sions it includes obituary notes on the
late J. A. Pettigrew, Chas. E. Keith,
James Wilson, W. R. Smith and E. H.
Perry, also portraits of past and pres-
ent officials of the Association.

The German Kail Works have just
issued a neat little illustrated pamph-
let entitled "Fertilizing Peaches."
This is a useful and instructive pro-
duction for tHe culturist. The peach
industry is one of great importance
and exact knowledge as to its plant
food requirements such as this little
book imparts is of great value. Soils,
potash in its relation to peach grow-
ing, nitrogen, phosphoric acid, the ap-
plication of fertilizers and results of
their proper use are topics all fully
covered.

The Carnation Year Book, 1913, —
Published by the Perpetual Flowering
Carnation Society of England. This is
the fourth annual volume of the offi-
cial organ of the society which under
the enthusiastic guidance of J. S.
Brunton, W. B. Wallace. T. A. Weston,
the late Hayward Mathias and others,
has done so much for the popularity of
the carnation in Great Britain. The
book contains much matter of inter-
est even to American carnationists be-
tween whose society and the British
Society there exists a strong bond of
fraternal feeling.

Annual Reports of the Park Board,
Portland, Oregon, from 1908 to 1912,
inclusive. The reports of these five
years are comprised in one volume,
the information given in the 1912 re-
port showing that an enterprising and
progressive policy has been awakened
during the two years incumbency by

DRCEIR'S "Riverton Special" Plant Ttib

No. DUun. Ba.

Do..

100

10 20 to.

ilM $lC.flO 1130.00

20 18 In.

1.80

14.00

1111.00

M Uln.

1.00

11.2S

89.00

«0 14 In.

.aa

7.00

08.00

SO 12 In.

.4S

S.00

40.00

00 10 In.

.«8

4.00

KLQO

70 8 Id.

.80

S.SO

KOU

Manafactnred for ni •xcIoalTely. Tbe bet tab ever lotrodaced. The Bpate«t, Ilgbtcat
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded boope. Tbe fonr largest alae. baTC
drop bandlet.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Pbitt. Balm, atu $»pirii.s. 714 chtstout Street, Philadel{ibia, Pa.

, 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate ;

BOOO 1% In. @ $6.00 500 i in. @ $4..5n

15(m 2 " " 4.88 456 iVi '■ "^ 5.^i

l.'JOO 2Vi " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 2% " " 6.00 210 5% " " 3.78

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

800 3^^ " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Peltar;, Fort Edward, N.Y.

Jhigust Rolker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents
OUR SPECmn-Um Plflanci aid nfort trail

I— STANDARD FLOWER

Floors

If your ^reenbouses are within 500
of the Capitol, write us, we ca
you money.

W. H. ERNEST

■• 38th & M Sts. Washington,

Syracuse Red Pots

with new and Unproved machinery, we en*

•npply 7enr wnnta to bett«r ndnntnye

tttnn OTer.

Speelnl dlieennte en Inrre orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^^*

Emil T. Mische as park superinten-
dent. The views presented show that
Portland is especially favored by na-
ture and her public reservations are
unexcelled in picturesque scenic ad-
vantages.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Glasgow, Ky. — Morgan Brents, range
of houses.

Indianapolis, Ind. — E. E. Temperly,
one house.

Kirl<wood, Mo. — J. Deutschmann,
three houses.

Bergen, N. Y.— W. H. Randolph, ad-
dition 16x36.

Milford, Mass. — W. D. Howard, South
Main street, one house.

Norfolk, Neb.— F. E. Cochran & Son,
S 13th street, one house.

Northampton, Mass. — H. W. Field,
house 40x133, Lord & Burnham con-
struction.

Canton, N. Y. — St. Lawrence School
of Agriculture, show building and
greenhouse.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and
Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue

1392-1414'METROraLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

Send your busineaa direct to Waiiunstom.
SaTcs time and insures better lervice.
PermotMtl attention iniaranteed.
TTiirty youru active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

rATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

EuRS 20tli Centuy Am

Will not nrki tlK >bWt>i>( pipe. ThiMi
tiiau Che povcT al old trrle slfaDW Mia.
Sold onW wiik Etim OuJlm*. Mauc^n.

Writt ftr frn Criml»tut <r

QCAKKB CITT MACMUn O*.

KlahKasal, !■«.

Greenhouse Materials Am oBni

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all Iens:ih8 dp t. S£ feet.

Milled to any detail furnlsbed or will
fuFDlsb details and cot materials ready for
erertlnn.

Frank Van Asscbe, ''"ISd D:u?sS.ir"

JRRRKT riTT. N. J.

Newport, R. I. — Mrs. Harold Brown,
conservatory; Hitchings & Co. con-
tract.

Worcester, Mass. — Wm. W. Esta-
brook. Holden street and Wood ave-
nue, one house.

I

May 3, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

695

Would You
Like to Know

1. Where you can buy spring
bedding plants; good, clean,
reliable stock?

2. Who can supply young roses,
carnations and chrysanthe-
mums well rooted and cool
grown, to fill >our houses?

3. Where you can get young
ferns, palms and other
greenhouse decorative stock
for growing on for next sea-
son?

4. What firms carry seeds of
finest selected strain, bulbs
and roots — gladioli, cannas,
dahlias, etc., etc.?

5. The best sources of supply
for hardy shrubbery, herba-
ceous perennials, choice con-
ifers and new introductions
in ornamental nursery
stock?

6. The merits of the various
greenhouse constructions, as
to statlity, utility and econ-
omy in running?

All necessary enlightenment
on the foregoing may be quickly
found in the advertising pages
of HORTICULTURE by con-
sulting the Buyers' Directory
and Ready Reference Guide,
which in this issue appears on
Pages 652, 653, 654, 655.

Get the Habit. HORTICUL-
TURE is the only trade paper
which thus fully indexes for the
benefit of its readers the offers
of its advertisers each week. In
case there should be any infor-
mation sought along these lines
which is not found here we
shall be glad to supply same on
request.

tt

Get the Habit/'

GLASS

for GRKENHOrSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices can be had liy
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARS H ELS KY BROS. Inc.

315-217 Ilavemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y,

Gah You ^er

OU CAN OA/

KvnCc Houses

K»N^ G&NSTV^UOTlo/V Go.
AoRTH To/yA KANPA A<./.

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SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for (imilsir "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LCMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

Ireer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenlioiiscs

DrlTe e»r and true, becanss
both bevels aie on the samo
tide. Can't twist and break
th« (lass in driving. Galvao-
izfrd and will not rust. No
riehts or lefts.

The Peerless Glazing Point
it patented. No others liko^
it Order from your dealej^
or direct from as.
1000,75c. postpaid, f
Samplei free.
HSBTBT A. DREEB, I
T14 Oheitant BtreeV
rttilftd^phlik.

TBB FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMERIOA, iiMmr of 32,500,000 «]. ft. oi aU»

For putieulers addreu

lohn G. Esler, sic'r Saddle River, NJ.

WHAT THE USERS SAY

Heats Up Entire System in 30 Minutes
— Kroeschell Boilers are Fine.

It only takes 30 minutes from firing
to drive the water entirely through my
system, a distance of 200 ft. When
heavy firing is necessary, I make 180°
in the main returns at the boiler. Your
boilers are fine.

\V. C. SCOVELL, Malta, O.

Send for our Catalogue — Do it Today

I 466 W. Erie St.

CHICAGO I

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before placing your order,
you will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Appara'tus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptive Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, Ind.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

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A STIC A

USE IT NOW.

F.O.PIEReE CO.

tZW. BtOMVAY

NEW VOttK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits ol ex-
pansion and coatractloa. Putty becomes bard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy f

apply.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

696

HOETICULTUEE

May 3, 1913

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698 H 0 R T I C U L T U E E May 10, 1913

We Are Now Located

In our new and spacious wholesale establishment at 2
Winthrop Square, the centre of the wholesale flower
trade of Boston.

FINEST IN THE WORLD

In extent and equipment unequalled. Over a quarter of an
acre of show room, all on one floor. i,ooo square feet of
ice chest space. A complete wire work factory and every
facility and improvement that experience can suggest for a
modern florists' supply and cut flower business.

A SPLENDID NEW STOCK

of great extent and variety. Baskets of all makes, imported
and domestic. Metal Wreaths, Preserved Flowers
and ^Foliage, Memorial Day Designs, Ribbons, Folding
Boxes and everything in the way of Florists' Requisites.

CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS

We handle the stock of the best Rose and Carnation Growers
in New England and can supply the trade with all flowers
the market offers in any quantity. Shipping facilities
unexcelled.

YOU ARE INVITED

to call and inspect this new establishment on which no ex-
pense has been spared to make it a model and up-to-date
in every department.

Place Your Orders With Us and You Will Have
No Cause to Worry,

HENRY M. ROBINSON S CO.

2 WINTHROP SQUARE D j. A/l

and 34 OTIS STREET DOSIOll, iYia.SS.

TELEPHONES : Main 2618 — Main 2617 — Main 2616 - Main 2439 Fort Hill 25 290

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTURE

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CANNAS AND BEDDING STOCK

We have an extra fine lot of Cannas in 3 inch pots ready for shipment in the following sorts, at
5.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 250 of one kind at thousand rates.

ALPHONSE BOL'VIER
FLORENCE VACGHAN
J. U. EISELE

.lEAN TISSOT EGANDALE PATRIA

GLADIATOR HIAWATHA RICHARD WALLACE

MAD. CROZY NIAGARA VENUS

MRS. KATE CR.AY SOIV. DE ANTOINE CROZY

PENNSYLVANIA
INCLE SAM
PRESIDENT MAYERS

BEDDING PLANTS SUCH AS

ACHRYANTHES. ALTERNANTHERA, COLEDS. H.ARDY CHRVSANTUEMCMS, HARDY ENGLISH IVY, MOONVINES,

S.4I.VIA. ETC.

2 in.. $3.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1,000; 3 in., $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1,000.

2 in. pot plants in a splendid as- OCDAMIIIMC Same as

sortment $2.00 per 100 and up. UCII AHIUIllO Usual.

DAHLIAS

CSasI

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R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

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ROSE "MRS. GEO. SHAWYER''

Immediate delivery, own root stock, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Did you note its
beautiful color and keeping qualities at the National Show?

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

We have over four hundred varielies for you to choose from. If you are interested in pot plants, we
would particularly recommend the Cap. Family, of which we have seven spcrt'%

Lilac Cap., Purple Cap., White Cap., Yellow Cap., Butler's Caprice and many others

for Decoralive Work, such as Dean's Favorite, Hortus Tolosanus, and Lizzie Adcock. $1 5 00 per
hundred. These are the kinds that are grown by the million for the European market.

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LIST OF ADVERTISERS

717
72',i

Page

Advance Co 731

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 722

Allen. J. K 722

Aniiersnn. S. A.
Aphine Mfg. Co
Ascbmann, G...-
At Uinta Florist

Co 720

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 7ir>

Badgle.v, Reidel

& Jlever 722

Barnard, \V. W.

Co 71.-1

Barrows *.- Son. .700
Bayersdorfi^r, H.

& Co 71S

Bay State Nur-
series 712

Bloomin^dale's. 710
Bnbbink ^- At-
kins 712

Bodrtingtou, A.T.713
Btilgiano & Son.

J 715

Boston Florist

Letter Co 720

Breck, .1. & Son. 715
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 712

Breitinever's, .T.

Sons 710

Bryan, Alonzo .1.700
Bunyard. A. T..710
Burpee. W. A. &

Co 715

Carbone 717

Page
California Seed

Growers' Asso.71o
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 720

Cbicago Flower

Growers" Asso.720
C b i 1 d s, John

Lewis 714

Clarke's D. Sons. 710
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 715

Conine Nursery

Co.. F. E 712

Cowee. W. .T 722

Craig. Eolit. Co.7U0

Dards 716

Dorner & Sons

Co 701)

Dreor. H. A. . 711-730
Dunliip, .Tohii H.717

Dysart. K. .1 720

Eastern Nurser-
ies 712

Edwards Folding

Box Co 720

Elliott's W. ,Sons.714
Eppstein. Julius. 717

Ernest. \V. H 730

Esler, J. G 7.30

Eyres 716

Farqubar, It. &

.T. & Co 715

Finger. W. A 712

Ford. M. C 7_22

Ford, W. P 722

FotlliT. Fiske,

Ra« s'on Co. . . .715
Forrest. Frank H.717
Fronicnt, II. E..722

Page
F r a ra i n g h a m

Nurseries 712

Galvin, Thos. F.717
Gasser, J. M. Co. 717
Goodsell, P. H...712
Grace, Patrick. . .72S
Grey, T. J. Co... 715
Gude Bros. Co... 717
Hail Association. 730
Hall & Robinson. 717
Hammond Paint
and Slug Sbot

Works 720

Hart, Geo. 1! 7'20

Heacock, Jos.... 700
Henderson, A.... 715
Hess & Swolioda.71(')
Hews, A. H. &

Co 730

Hilflnaer Bros... 730
Hitcliings & Co.. 731
Holm & Olson.. 710

Iloran. E. C 722

Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 714

Johnston & Co..

T. J 717

Johnston Bros... 1 17
Kasting. W. I^^.

Co. 723

Keller, J. B.Sous.'LS
Kelway & Son... 715

Kervan Co 722

Iving Cons. Co.. 731
Kramer, F. H...717
Kroeschell Bros. 731
Kuebler. W. H. .722
Lager & Hurrell.70li
Lange, A 717

Lemon Oil Co
Leonard Seed Co,
Leutby. A. & Co.
Loecbuer & Co. .'
Lord & Burnham

Co

MacMulkin. E...
May & Co., L. L.
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 723-'

McConnell. .\lex.'
McCray Refrig-
erator Co '

McCuUough's J.

M. Sons Co '

.Mi-H u t ebison &

Co

McKenzie, .John..'

McManus. .Tas '

.Meyer. J. C.& Co.
Michell's Seed

House

JI i c h i g a n Cut

Flower Ex

Millang. Cbas....

Miller. E. S

Mniitreal Floral

Exchange

.Moore. Hentz &

Nasb '

Murray. Samuel..'
National Nursery-
man '

N. E. Nurseries..'
Niessen, Leo Co.'
Oechslin. Frank
Ouwerkerk. P. ..
Palmer. W. J. &
Son ■

Page

29
714
700

00

'32
717
717

72S
710

710

"20

roo

lO!)

714

720
722
714

7-23

12
12
20
00
712

Pai
Park Floral Co.. 7
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co

Parsbelsky Bros. 7
Peuu the Florist."
Peuuock - Meehan

Co ■

Pierce Co.. F. 0.7
Pierson. A. N
Pierson. F.R.Co.7
PUinl Food Co.,

20tb Century... 7
Pceblmann Bros."
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co

Reed & Keller. . .7
Reinberg. Peter.. 7

Rice. M. Co 7

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 698-7

Robinson Co., H.

M 7

Rock. Wm. L..
Roehrs, J. Co..
Roland. Thomas.7
R 0 1 k er, A. &

Sons '

Ro?ery. The '

Sander & Son '

Scott. John ■

Schling. Max '

Shaketano. V 7

Sharp. Partridge

& Co •

Sheridan. W. F..7
Siggers & Sig

30

IG
00
00

00
10
00
00
IS
15

30
22

730

Page
Siebrecht, Geo. C.722
Skidelsky. S. S.

& Co 714

Smith. P. J 722

Smith & Co., E.D.712
Smith, W. & T.

Co 712

Smvth. Wm. J. .710
Sprague, J. H...700
Stearns. A. T.

Lumber Co. . . .730
Stumpp. Geo. M.710
Syracu.se Pottery

Co 730

Totty. Cbas. H..li90
Tborburn, J. M.

& Co 714

T r a e n d 1 y &

Scbenck 722

Trepel. C. C 71<;

Valentine. J. A.. 710
Van Asscbe. F..730
Vick's Jas. Sons. 715
Vincent. R.. Jr..

& Sons CO.6H0-714
Wants. For Sale. 728
Ward. R. M.& Co.700
Welch Bros. Co.. 723
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 712

Wilson Robt. G..716

Wood Bros 700

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 72-*

W Iward. R.W.709

Young & Nugent.710

Zangen. O. V 71.5

Zinn. J. A 717

Zvnbiiiek. Ant. C.715

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide, See Pages 724, 725, 726, 727

700

HOKTICULTUEE

May 10, 1913

WHERE DO YOU BUY?

You can buy lily bulbs from many firms the same as you can buy flour from many grocers. But when
you buy flour you always ask for a certain brand — one you know is good, and you don't want any other
brand. Now in the lily business the principle is the same, except that you can't get Horseshoe Brand
bulbs from various Jobbers. Jobbers won't buy irom us because we sell the florists and as we have always
found the florists' money as good as the jobbers, we naturally cater to the florists — the consumer. Under
these circumstances we can afford to give a better value for the same money owing to our most direct
source of supply. Quality has a direct bearing on price and a very great effect on results— in fact the
odds are so much in favor of quality for results that the matter of price is practically buried. The prices
of Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs however, are very reasonable — so much so that price is no excuse for not
buying them. Absolutely the best you can get anywhere. You don't have to pay more and you can't
afford to pay less. Send for Catalog.

COLD STOK.VGE BILBS OX HAND.

LILII.M GlG.4NTEr.\l 7-8 $8.00 per case of 100

7-9 8.50 " 100

7-S 21.00 " 340

7-9 21.00 '■ 300

8-9 -21.00 " 2.S0

.8-10 25.00 " 250

3-11 22.00 " ISO

All the above f. o. b. New York. We also have 8 10 at Cincinnati and 9.11 at Memphis— some
saving in freight.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Cheap
But Bov G«od

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY

ORCHIDS

Largeit Importers, Exporters, Growert
and Hybridists in the Wo. Id

5ANDER, 5t. Alban s, England

and 358 Broadway, Room 731
NEW YORK CITY

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherford, N. J.

CYCLAMEN

Bert strain in ezittence.

4 Inch (SS.OO

5 Inch 80.B0

« Inch ^ 76.«0

THOMAS ROLAND, Kahant, Mass.

OROMI

Arrived in Fine Condition: Dendrobium
tliyrsiflorum, D. cbrysotoxum, D. crassi-
node.

Due Shortly: Cattleja Gaskelliana, C.
Mossiae. C. Percivalliana, G. speciosissima,
C. Trianae. etc.

LAGER &HilRRELL^^y.^."

S^IH>X.<3IMI-IIN/l IVI^SS

10 bbl. bales; selected stock; neatly bur-
lapped. "Worth While Quality." "Square
Deal Quantity." .59c off ca>h with order.

I bale $3.80 10 bales, each.. $3.40

5 bales, each... 3.60 26 bales, each.. S.it

Car lots. Wrilf for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNIM, S1.8S per bbl.

ROTTED I*E.\T, 70c. sack.

i. H. SPRAGUE. Bartiegat. H. i.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Wriit for quo'alions

ROBERT CRAIG GO.

BOSES, PALMS.

and Novelties is Decorative Plants.

MARKET aad 49th STREETS. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Natural— Four Standard Grades.

Colored —Twenty Standard Colors.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) lots or less.

Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISCN & CO ™^ "^"^-^^

17 Murray St.,

HOUSE
NEW YORK

BEST PALMS

Ail Varieties. Ali Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepH HeacocK

"Wyncote, Pa.

PALMSrFERNS^ AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St

Tel. 2890 Bedford BROOKL Y N , N . Y.

AuciusT RiiLKER & Sons

Import for the Trade only
.*Z.4LEAS. I'AI.MS, RHODODICKDBONII
R.^YTRE£8. KUSK8. LILAOfl, HOL.l.AlfD
ASD J.APAN BULBS, tlTT OF THE
VALLEY, ETC.

P.0.Box752 Of 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Perkins Street Nurseries, Roslindale.—Boston. Mass

CHRYSANTHEMUMS boston ferns 2 >^ in. '\ZTor-

Large flowering. Pompon, Anemone flow-
ered and single. Best varieties for Bush
form Pot plants. 2M- in. pot plantit, $3.00
per 100. Cash witii order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W, Quincy St., Chicago, III.

ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100, $40 per

1000.

WHITMANI COMPACTA 2 1-2 in. $5 per 100.

S40 per 1000.

250 al 1000 rates.

H.H. BARROWS &Sr)!<,Whitinan, Mass.

May 10, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

701

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS* STOCK

CONDCCTBD BY

^V

pi.f-a^Az^

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Care of Azaleas

It pays to carry over any unsold plants of azaleas, as
they usually flower earlier and more heavily the follow-
ing season if given rational treatment. If leaf mold
can be had in sufldcient quantity to prepare a bed about
C inches deep plant the stock out. The finer the soil
the better, and a liberal amount of sand should be mixed
with it, as also well-rotted cow manure. If soil is scarce
pot culture for the plants is best, in which case the pots
should be plunged up to the rim in soil, ashes or other
material, for it is almost impossible to keep the soil in
pots moist if they are exposed. Proper attention to
watering is needed for the stock planted out. The least
neglect in this respect will be ruinous to the plants in
the pots, so care should be taken to select a place where
water is handy. Shade is not necessary ; in fact the
plants grow better and set more flower buds when given
the full sun. A dose of liquid cow manure every other
week is of great benefit to the pot plant. They can be
kept well syringed all summer and to prevent drying
out a mulch of old hotbed manure or any other well de-
cayed manure can be given.

Gladioli

The earliest outdoor planting of gladioli is now well
above ground and has had one cultivation. Plantings
are made once a fortnight in order to insure a constant
succession of flowers, this planting being continued until
the end of June. The bulbs are set at an average depth
of six inches. This keeps the stems more rigid when
rain and windstorms prevail; those planted nearer the
surface will in many cases be laid flat. In order to get
the most out of gladioli, plan so that you are able to cut
good flowers over the longest period possible. Make use
of a deeply cultivated soil and avoid shallow planting.
You can plant in double rows about 6 inches apart, and
place the supports to tie the plants to between them.
In this manner you will get flowers from the earliest
date until the season closes and will avoid having an
over supply at one time with a shortage right afterwards.
When the weather l)ecomes dry you can give weekly
waterings and it is always better to plant a batch where
the water is handy as you can force these in ahead of
the others.

Planting Out Carnations

We are now at the time for planting out the carna-
tion stock into the field. Wliat is of as much impor-
tance as anything is to do this work with as little check
to the plants as possible, especially if you have to haul
them a long distance. You can plant twelve inches be-
tween plarrts and fifteen inches between rows and leave
out every sixth row. Be sure to plant in straight rows

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the fnllowing: Antirrhinums;

Tube

both ways; that allows you to turn the cultivator both
ways. When planted out at least one good watering is
of much value, for it will settle the soil firmly around
the roots and the plants will get established quickly.
Usually there are sutficient rains to keep the soil moist
enough but should a dry spell set in following the plant-
ing the grower will make no mistake in using the hose
freely, giving water sufficient to go down in the soil, and
this should always be followed up by cultivating as soon
as the soil is dried off enough and every week until they
are housed.

Growing Ferns During the Summer

Ferns will now require to be kept shaded, but never
too heavily as it tends in a good many cases by pro-
ducing fronds that will be soft and weakly in growth.
Keep a nice circulation of fresh air in the house as ferns
never do so well when kept too close. Now is the sea-
son that all kinds of ferns will want an abundance of
water at the roots. Plants that are fairly well pot
bound will make better fronds if given some stimulant
in the way of weak liquid manure once or twice a week.
Young ferns that are in small pots should be shifted
before" they become too pot-bound. A good compost to
use is equal parts of new loam, leaf mold, peat and some
sand.

Lycastes

Lycaste Skinueri, one of the best, has fine lasting
qualities either on tlie plant or when cut. The flowering
season is now- over and just as soon as they start mak-
ing new growth to any extent they should be repotted.
Wliere the compost is in good condition, however, they
can go over for the second year and do well. They
thrive in equal parts of fern fibre and fibrous loam from
whioli all the fine soil has been screened out and about
one-quarter of very dry cow manure can be added. Fill
the pots or pans half full of clean crocks. The compost
should be rather firmly pressed in and about the roots
leaving the base of the pseudo bulbs on a level with the
rim of the pot. Keep rather close and under quite
heavv shading until they begin to make new roots. After
this "they want plenty of indirect sunlight, moisture and
sufficient water at the roots to ensure active growth.

Winter Flowering Marguerites

Where you want nice large flowering plants by next
winter now is the proper time to propagate. Wlien they
are rooted pot off and keep shaded for a short time when
they should be exposed to full sun and when these pots
are filled with roots either plant out in the field or grow
under pot culture; the latter I think is best. Keep
shifting until you have reached an 8 or 10-inch pot.
using a good rich com]io=t as these daisies are rank
feeders.

LI*KARY
■OTANlCAt

Chr.rsanthemums ; Cine rurijis
roses.

Cyeas Stems, Increasing Begonias;

702

HORTICULTURE

May 10, 1913

Hardy Phloxes for Midsummer and Early Fall

bright scarlet of tlie masses of the large compact pani-
cles of Geo. A. Strohlein, boldly standing out against a
dark green railing as background, blending agreeably
with the glistening white of Fi-au Anton Buchner in
front not only proved satisfactory to the owner but the
combination found ready imitators during the following,
t-easons. Beholding a large well-assoi-ted plantation of
mixed varieties in full bloom we have a veritable color
carnival ; a picture in its brilliancy extremely beautiful.
It deepens our conviction that for transient floral arrays
piilo.ves are indisputable leaders.

A glance through the trade lists of leading growers
shows a firm resolution to offer a limited number of va-
rieties of unquestionable merit. The wisdom of elevating
the standard by timely discarding back numbers and
barring doubtful debutantes is a boon to the purchaser
and in turn is bound to stimulate business. Under such
conditions your correspondent refrains from enumer-
ating and describing phlox varieties. The reader will
find this information in the catalogue of the phlox

Phloxes in Southwest Harbor, Maine.

AVitiiin the precincts of tlie herbaceous garden planted
after a certain color scheme the subject of perennial
l)hlo.ves remains an ever-alive one. Past seasons, as de-
lightful and interesting as they may have been, taught
us lessons. New possibilities present themselves; new
problems arise, new plans are to be carried out. True,
the best time for planting phloxes is September and
October, nevertheless with a little extra care plants can
be easily moved in spring without being seriously stunted
and even entirely new plantations very often make a
good showing the first year. As a matter of fact recent
attempts to use phloxes for the strictly formal flower
parterre by rooting cuttings during At^tH have resulted
in low plants available for bedding purposes producing
at the regular flowering time unifomi panicles of re-
markable size and perfection. For the skilled grower
and enter]3rising garden-architect the phlox question is
today as important in spring as it is in fall. Their i)rin-
cipal client, -the ilower-loving lady, as garden owner,
desires to enjoy beauty in harmoniously blended com-
binations acceptable to an artistic eye. Well arranged
the subsequent success as far as phloxes come in ques-
tion depends largely on well enriched ground, an open
sunny exposure, weeding, hoeing and ample irrigation
during the growing and flowering season. The strong
and clear shades of the present standard varieties, the
size of their panicles and singular flowers and the
long period of the total florescence 'of the paniculata
class — from mid-July until late in September — liave
brought about an ever-increasing demand for plants.
Comparatively easy to lumdle, their showiness appears
literally unsurpassed. I will never forget the picture of
a display of a bed several hundred feet in length, run-
ning parallel with a winding walk in a New England
garden, planted with two double rows of the varieties
Le Mahdi and Fraulein von Lassberg. The wave of
color of the former, on cloudy days and toward evenings
a clear deep blue — again in bright sunlight violet-pur-
])le — contrasting with the snowy white of the latter,
was indeed a wonderful combination for near effect. A
few years ago I was caUed on to plant a border running
along the whole front piazza of an extensive cottage and
selected Geo. A. Strohlein for the rear and the dwarfy
growing Frau Anton Buchner for the outer row. The

advertisers.

Niri'rfon, A'. J.

^^judixvodL-^<t(AAJ

Tariff Amendments Adopted

Editor Horticulture :

We are immensely pleased to be able to advise you that
all of the following amendments to Tariff Bill H. E.
Xo. 3321 have been adopted by United States Congress
in response to our demand for a tariff free from the
errors and ambiguities in former tariffs.

No. ]. Page 53, line 11, Section 215, the words "and
all other decorative or greenhouse plants" are omitted.
This will make orchids, palms, azaleas and cut flowers
dutiable at 25 per cent, advalorem, and all other green-
house or nursery stock not otherwise stated, at 15 per
cent, advalorem under Section 216. It will avoid dis-
2n;tes as to what is greenhouse stock or nursery stock.

No. 2. Page 53, line 14, Section 215, the word
"bulbs" is added after iiyacinths. This changes 'liya-
cinth clumps" to hvacinth bulbs, dutiable at $2.50 per
1000 bulbs.

No. 3. Page 53, line 16, Section 215, the word ''lier-
baceous" is prefixed to paeony. Some paeonies as Pae-
ony iloutan are grafted shrubs and not bulbs and are
dutialile at 15 per cent, advalorem under Section 210
instead of $10.00 per 1000 under Section 215.

No. 4:. Page 53, line 18, Section 215, changed so as
to read "all other roots, rootstocks. corms and tubers."
Tliis will aid ill cxael classification and avoid expensive
disputes.

No. 5. I'age 53, line 22, Secti<m 216. the words
"Rosa Rugdsa" are added after Multiflora. This is a
most important change: it makes Rosa Rugosa seedlings
three years old or less dutiable at $1.00 per 1000 un-
questionably. The Government cannot now collect duty
of $40.00 per 1000 as roses, on Rosa Rugosa seedlings
whicii are sold at $3.00 per 1000, as under former tariffs.
This will save honest importers much expensive litiga-
tion and will largely prevent fraudulent entries of
budded ro.ses as briar roses.

No. 6. Page 122, line 6, Section 600, the word
"coniferous" is prefixed to evergreen seedlings and the
word-; "4 years old or less" are added. Tiiis correc-
tion is of inestimable value to the Government and
honest im]iorters; it should prevent lioxwood. bay trees,

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

703

CONDCCTED BY

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Jenkins. Such communications sbonld Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTUKE.

Ltttuce

A pan or flat of lettuce seed should be sown about
every two weeks so as to keep up a constant supply and
we believe that by sowino; this way and frequent trans-
planting the future crop is better assured than by sowing
in drills outside or in frames.

Growing in Cold Frames

As the cold frames will be of very little service after
tlie end of May until autumn weather sets in, I would
i^uggest to all who are troiibled by their lettuce bolting
in the months of July and August that they grow crops
in the frames all summer. Since we adopted this
method we have never been troubled by the lettuce run-
ning to seed in hot dry weather. First, the soil in the
frames is generally light and rich; further, it is mostly
where the hose is nearby and it seems as if the protec-
tion afforded by the sides of the frames prevents too
rapid drying. Then there is the ease with which a
newly transplanted crop may be shaded for a day or two
until the roots have taken hold of the soil. Finally
while the ordinary methods of culture in the garden
are hazardous in the critical months, frame culture
seems to be certain. Big Boston has been our gi'eat
standby as far as varieties go. We have found May
King very good for early and late work. The Cos va-
rieties thrive equally well under the treatment here
advocated.

String and Lima Beans

Though there is still some danger of cold snaps the
season is sufficiently advanced to risk sowings of string
and Lima beans, especially on soils that are sandy and
light. If the Limas are sown in pots in the greenhouse
or a warm frame and kept going till about May '^0 and
then planted out, a little time will be gained especially
if the usual cold spell which comes about the middle of
the month should materialize.

Carrots for Exhibitions

Prepare the holes for these just the same as recom-
mended for parsnips in a jirevious number of Horti-
culture and sow a few seed of New Eed Intermediate
or Long Red Surrey on each hole, thinning down to the

strongest looking plant as soon as they are large enough
to handle. Holes sliould be spaced about one foot apart
and rows about eighteen inches.

Ailsa Craig Onions; Leeks; Globe Artichokes

These ea^ly-.^o\^u vogutaljles should be planted out uii
the first favorable opportunity, choosing if possible a
cloudy day. The land for these having previously been
prepared, should be in tine mellow condition. The
onions will be planted in rows eightCt'n inches apart and
one foot between each plant. The leeks are lietter plant-
ed in trenches in single lows and also one foot between
each plant. For the globe artichokes four feet apart
each way is non too much. Each and every one of tliese
will be the better for a light mulch of half-decayed
manure as soon as possible after planting.

Mulching Strawberries

Get the mulch on the strawberries early; it will help
to conserve the moisture. As the main purpose of this
mulch is to keep tlie berries clean we use clean straw
or else the long grass raked from the lawn.

Treatment of Potatoes to Prevent Scab

The use of fovmaJdchyde for the prevention of scab
on potatoes is growing in favor yearly. Mix one pint of
formaldehyde with fifteen gallons of water and put the
seed potatoes into soak for about an hour just before
planting.

The Currant Worm

This worm is due just about now and if not care-
fully watched for some of the bushes will be stripped of
their foliage before you are aware of their presence.
Hellebore put on with a powder bellows in the morn-
ing while the dew is on the leaves is the best and safest
remedy.

Melons; Egg Plants; Peppers; Tomatoes

These should all be where they can be exposed to full
air day and night so as to harden them ready for plant-
ing out. Under this treatment the plants will lose a
little of that luxurious appearance which the greenliouse
treatment generally gives them, but will feel the shock
of planting out the less and will ultimately thrive the
lietter for it.

rhododendrons, Koster blue s])ruce, kalmias, etc.. being
brought in free by reason of fraudulent entries as ever-
green seedlings; it will also make large evergreens 5
years old or more dutiable at lo per cent, advalorem un-
der Section 216.

These amendments correct and simplify the tariff im-
mensely as applied to horticultural imports. It will
make it much easier for the customs officials to detect
and correct fraudulent entries, it should avoid expense
to honest importers now that "Evergreen Seedlings,"
"Briar Roses," etc., are defined, and it will largely pre-
vent the confusion and abuses which have arisen under
former tariffs owing to incorrect varying Treasury de-
cisions handed down at different ports of entry on the
one item. These amendments do not change the rates

(if duty on proposed tariff in any way. To have recom-
mended them would have meant the defeat of our impor-
tant demands — a tariff free from errors and ambiguities.
Let us take this opportunity of thanking you, the
Government officials, Congi-essmen and the numerous
friends in the trade who have helped and supported us
in this campaign, the benefits of which are obvious to
every florist, nurseryman and seedsman in the United
States who either directly or indirectly handles imported

'New York.

70't

HORTICULTURE

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTURi:

VOL. XVII

MAY 10, 1913

IfO. 19

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CONTENTS

Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Phlox paniculata Pantheon.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care

of Azaleas — Gladioli— Planting Out Carnations —

Growing Ferns During the Summer — Lycastes — Win-

te'r Flowering Marguerites — John J. M. Farrell 701

HARDY PHLOXES FOR MIDSUMMER AND EARLY

FALL — Richard Rothe — Illustrated 702

TARIFF AMENDMENTS ADOPTED — James Mc-

Hutjhison 702

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Lettuce —
Growing in Cold Frames — String and Lima Beans —
Carrots for Exhibition — Allsa Craig Onions; Leeks;
Globe Artichokes— Mulching Strawberries — Treat-
ment of Potatoes to Prevent Scab — The Currant
Worm — Melons; Egg Plants; Peppers; Tomatoes —

Eduin Jenkins 703

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Watering— Tying
—Shading the Houses— Early Planting— Coarse Bone

— Arthur C. Ruzicka 705

AFFILIATION— ^(/olpft FarcnicaU 706

CARNATION CALIFORNIA GIANT— Illustrated 707

NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION CITY 708

Birdseye View Garden tor Outdoor Plant Exhibit —

Illustration 708

MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 710

PRIMULA MALACOIDES— /fe»rj/ Gibson 710

SEED TRADE — .\ Tribute to Frank J. Emerson— Cat-
alogues Received 714

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 716

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 717

Memorial Day— Retail Florists' Club 718

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 721

Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, St.

Louis, Washington 723

OBITUARY — John S. Haynes — Henry Eicke — Herman

Blumenscheid — Mrs. August Dressel 728

MISCELLANEOUS:

Arboretuin Notes 707

To Flower Vandas — M. J. Pope 707

Personal 708

Club and Society Notes 708

Publications Received 714

Rochester Notes 718

Philadelphia Notes — Chicago Notes 719

News Notes 728-730

Corn Growing in Rhode Island 729

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 730

As the great floral holiday of the

Memorial year in many communities ap-

Day possibilities preaches it becomes necessary to

look ahead and try to discern the

outlook and make some approximate estimate of avail-

able stock. Should the season maintain the pace it is
now keeping tip, a great proportion of the outdoor ma-
terial ordinarily utilized for the Memorial Day demand
will be all gone. If it brings to hand other things to
fill the gap, well and good, but if it does not we can
already see prices soaring and the dealer in artificial
or preserved goods will have the time of his life.

Xot only those of our readers who

A tariff free are interested in horticultural im-

from ambiguities portation but those engaged in any

home nursery industry as well will
hail with much satisfaction the announcement concern-
ing accepted tariff amendments which appears in an-
other column of this paper. All are now fairly assured
of an uniform interpretation of the law by importers
and customs authorities alike. Ambiguities that have
almost worried the life out of honest importers, left
home growers in the dark as to what they had to com-
pete with, and opened the way for all kinds of croaked
scheming are now done away with, let us hope. The
entire nursery and florist trade are under no small obli-
gation to the gentlemen who have so persistently worked
for this reform, in the face of many obstacles and dis-
couraging conditions. Horticulture is pleased to
know that it has contributed even in an infinitessimtl
degree to the success of the movement.

At last — here, there and every-
Retailers where — the retail flower dealers

"getting a move on" are getting together locally, or-
ganizing and laying plans for
mutually helpful co-operation. The wonder, to the out-
sider, is not only why they waited so long but why they
insist in flocking away by themselves rather than under
the wing of the long-existing Florists' Clubs. If the
latter had been tried and proved inefiicient to conserve
the interests of the retail dealers the reason for this new
movement would have been readily apparent, but al-
though the constitutions and by-laws of the Florists'
Clubs are everything that could be asked for in this
respect, yet it has been a matter of common knowledge
that, in nearly every ease, the retail store men have held
aloof. Well, flocking alone is far and away better than
not flocking at all and since that is their preference, we
must wish them all success and we hope they will in-
dividually and as a class find in it progress and profit
of the most substantial sort.

We have at no time seen the Arnold

The Arnold Arboretum looking so attractive and in-

Arboretum teresting for the horticultural eye as it

is just now. The season is remarkably
precocious and the winter has done less injury than
usual, all of which counts for much, but in addition to
tliese favorable conditions extensive plantings have been
going on for the past two or three years of things new
or rare and some of this material is now beginning to
show or at least suggest its character as a landscape or

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

^ CONDUCTED BY

Qnestlom by our readers In line with any of tbe toplci preaentad on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Ruzlcka. Such commnnlcatlons should lnT*4«bly be addressed to the office of HORTICULTDKB.

Watering

Now that the summer weather has arrived, the water-
ing of the houses should receive careful attention. Many
growers will let the old houses go, paying more attention
to the young plants, with the excuse that roses are
bringing low prices. Yes, low prices indeed, but grow-
ers should remember that the expense now is the very
lowest, as all that is necessary is water and tying, with
an occasional dose of liquid manure. Do not let red
spider get the best of the plants at any costs. Good
roses will bring a fair price in spite of the over-crowded
markets. Above all do not allow the plants to become
so dry that they will shrivel up and lose all their foliage.
Keep the water to them and watch out for dry spots in
the benches. If the plants have any growth at all there
is but little danger of over-watering, and the results
will well repay the cost of the care.

Tying

This too is often sadly neglected and is one of the
worst causes to have a dozen diseases which the rose is
subject to. Red spider will always be found in houses
where tying has been neglected. When tying to stakes
be careful not to tie the plants too tight as this would
be as bad, yes even worse than no tying at all. American
Beauties are very apt to go bad if allowed to go untied,
and are among the very first that would receive a dose
of spider or spot as well. At the same time the stems
will not be very good, and we all know what an Ameri-
can Beauty without any stem means. The buds will
also be of a very poor quality if the shoots lay all over,
and then of course it is not a wonder that the roses are
not bringing any kind of a price.

Shading the Houses

Many of the deep colored roses will do much better
if shaded the least little bit. It must not be overdone,
however, or it will be worse than letting the houses go
altogether. We find good stiff clay mixed with water
makes the very best possible shade, that washes off very
easily and will not injure the paint in the least. Lime,
unless applied to the glass just a certain way, will stick

so hard as to be a regular nuisance when it comes to
removing it from the glass, and it is not only that, but
the paint is bound to sufi'er a little no matter how care-
fully the lime may be removed. There is a way of
applying lime to the glass, and it comes ofl! very easily,
but "this is hard to put into words, and can best be
shown in practice.

Early Planting

At times we wish to havt- a house or two come in real
early, and there is no better way than an early planting.
To write a long article on this would 'be quite useless
as all 'Tinow" the best way. However, we will say that
it pays to have all the benches thoroughly cleaned, white-
washed, and all the soil, leaves, etc., that may be under
the bench, cleaned out. Do not forget to add a little
copper sulphate to the lime as it will be a great help in
conquering many of the fungous diseases that at times
appear in the least expected ways, and ruin many plants
before they can be stopped. Of course the plants sel-
dom die outright, but usually they get such a set-back
that it takes a long, long time for them to recover from
it, and even when they do they are never the same as
when the plants are kept perfectly healthy by good care
in the beginning. As to the depth of soil in benches
our experience teaches us to use the least soil possible,
as more can always be added any time it may be re-
quired, whereas if too much soil is iised in the begin-
ning none can lie removed, without raising havoc with
all the plants.

Coarse Bone

This is a very good material to mix into the soil when
planting, and will remain in the soil for practically the
whole season. It is well to mix quite a quantity of it
as it cannot do any harm. By coarse bone we mean bone
about the size of a lima bean, such as is used largely by
fruit growers growing fruit under glass. This should
b}' no means take the place of the regular bonemeal, as
this is too important an item to be left out of the soil
composition. We simply add this coarse bone to help
out in supph'ing the necessary nourishment to the
plants.

garden subject. The Wilson introductions from western
China, some three hundred in number, are for the horti-
culturist, easily the most interesting objects to be seen
here. They run all the way from tiny cotoneasters to
walnuts and ashes that in years to come will attain to
giant size. For the general public who are looking for
spring floral splendor, the pyruses are at present a pic-
ture never to be forgotten and the lilacs will soon be in
their full glory. The strange part is that so few com-
paratively of the Boston people seem to Imow or to

realize this great unique possession of theirs. Visitors
from afar would not think of returning home from
Boston without a sight of the Arnold Arboretum yet
there are tens of thousands within a half-hour's riding
distance who have never passed through its gates. But
it is being planned and planted with broad forethought
for the future and the time will surely come when grate-
ful recognition will be accorded the men whose lives
have been given to the upbuilding of this noble educa-
tional institution.

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May 10, 1913

AFFILIATION

Address by Adolph Farenwald before the Florists' Club of Philadelphia.

Affiliation is the proper word for the
subject on which I am going to talk
to you tonight. I start right off by
giving you the kernel of the nut. Our
National Society, the S. A. F. and
O. H. should adopt all florists' club
members as her legitimate children,
with $1.50 as dues, thereby getting a
membership from ten to fifteen thou-
sand on short order. Why should we
do this? Because the S. A. F. has not
enough members and funds to do its
great mission justice. It is a National
Society without power, and it is up to
us to give it that, so it can help all of
us. Now, what can it do for us?

First, it should have a press bu-
reau; this, to look after our interests
which are jeopardized by false state-
ments in newspapers; to send out edu-
cation articles, such as we have had
lately in Philadelphia papers; and ad-
vertise nation-wide. Second, it should
have means to pay men to look after
our interests regarding tariff, or other
legislation. It should be able to get
into line, either by itself or with other
merchant societies, to fight excessive
freight or express rates. Such mat-
ters as these should be taken care of
by the S. A. F. for the benefit of its
members. The S. A. F. through lack
of funds, is not able at the present
time to give us the necessary assist-
ance in these mattei-s.

For a single business man to at-
tack a corporation is simply useless —
a waste of time and money. For in-
stance, there are the coal-carrying
roads through the East. They are
charging tor the hauling of the coal
as much as the coal itself costs. Other
business corporations have taken this
matter up to fight it, but our National
Society is not able to stand in the fir-
ing line. 'We growers, as an aggre-
gate, are large coal consumers, and to
have our expenses for freight reduced
is only proper economy. The same
way with the express companies. We
are continuously overcharged on those
lines. The redress carried through by
the S. A. F. for us some years ago
against the express companies was a
short-lived victory, as the express
companies, inside of a year were, in
most places, back to their old rates
or nearly so, the S. A. F. not having
the necessary means to follow up our
success against them.

The daily press goes on unchal-
lenged when it comes out and tells the
flower-buying public that prices for

afford them. Such nonsense! There
is where a press bureau should take
hold. Or, the agitation against flow-
Easter or other holidays, on roses and
other flowers, are going to be very

ADVERFISINQ TALKS

BV

Ralph M. Ward
No. 9

The beginner in advertising al-
ways has the bulge on the trailers
and always gets the best of the
business if his methods and goods
are right. Therefore the florist
who has no advertising competitor
had better get busy immediately.
It takes years sometimes to build
up a good trade through advertis-
ing, but when it is once built up
that way, it is an asset no one can
take away from you. You have
heard of "good will" and the enor-
mous price it often brings — well,
good will is nothing but the result
of advertising. There can be no
good will without advertising and
to make the will good the ad-
vertising must be good. The
florist who spends $1,000 Judi-
ciously advertising his business,
immediately adds that amount
to the value of his business. The
returns may not have come in, but
the benefit is there and will even-
tually bear fruit with compound in-
terest. The public is very much
like the soil — if you neglect it you
get poor crops; but if you give it
the necessary attention, if you fer-
tilize it with courtesy and fair play,
it will yield very valuable returns.
As you must treat the soil scientifi-
cally, so must you treat advertis-
ing. A mere jumble of words is
not enough — you must inject hu-
man interest irto your adv. — talk to
the public as if it were yourfriend.
Never neglect, however, to impress
upon your readers one thing — al-
ways that one thing — a brand; your
name, provided it is agreeable,
easily spelled and remembered;
your store, or something pertain-
ing to your business that will stand
out distinct. Don't assume that the
public knows anything about you,
for ten to one it don't — you must
educate it in your business, take
it into your confidence, talk plain,
and it will then understand you and
respond. If you can't write advs.
yourself, your local newspaper staff
can do it and will be willing. Just
try it a year.

high and that only millionaires can
ers at funerals. You all know that
our business is hurt by such wrong
statements, and our central press bu-
reau would be the best and the only

place to flght against it. The educa-
tion when ani how to use flowers is a
problem for this bureau. Skillfully
written articles, such as have been
appearing in some of the Philadelphia
papers, will educate the public and
make them ashamed to wear artlti-
cially-made flowers.

There is the tariff which should be
taken care of by our National Society.
Just a few days ago, I received a com-
munication telling in what shape the
tariff on plants is at the present time.
In many respects it was simply ridi-
culous the way it was worded. This
should have been taken care of by
uur Society. Sometimes it has taken
care of it through some of its most
interested members, who spent their
time and money to work for the in-
terests of our profession. But, we
cannot always ask these men to do
so without the proper recompense.
This time, it seems it has passed over
— nobody has paid any attention to it,
and this ridiculous tariff will go on
for another period. (No, it has been
corrected. — Ed.)

Gentlemen, there are so many im-
portant jobs for the S. A. F. that I
cannot go into them all. I just will
give some of the most important lines
along which it should use its power.
But, fellow members, such a great
task cannot be performed by a few.
Wallace Pierson. a few weeks ago,
told us here one evening that we are
all in the same boat, and he is right.
Or, in other words, we have all the
same interest — floriculture is our boat.
It doesn't matter if a cut flower or a
plant grower, retailer or commission
man, our aim is to advance this boat
with as little friction or damage as
possible, as by this time it has grown
to very large proportions; in fact, so
large are its proportions that it is
often rubbing its sides or running into
the mud. We are today in the same
fix with our boat, floriculture, as the
first great steamboat — the Great East-
ern— was. years ago. I think it was
about eight hundred feet long, but it
lacked powerful engines and steering
gear to make it a success.

Twenty-seven years ago. when this
boat of floriculture was a youngster,
some of our best captains then put a
new and most up-to-date set of engines
and steering gear into it, called the
S. A. F. It then, and for several years
after, did its work well. But as this
boat of floriculture has grown so large,
and steering gear and engines have
not increased in the same propot^ion.
its rudder of twenty-seven years ago is
not able to keep us straight, and we.
get bruised and run into the mud. We
need larger machinery and steering
gearT which means membership and
money. Without larger membership
and increased funds, our National So-
ciety cannot do us much good along
those lines I have mentioned, and
others. In fact, wh.Tt little the S. A.

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F. has done has been done mostly
through the generosity and earnest de-
sire of some of its most loyal mem-
bers, at their own expense and time
and money.

Fellow members, we have a National
Society, which, if properly backed up
by the majority of the men in our pro-
fession, could give us splendid results.
But, we must not stand pat; we must
all be willing to do our little share
in this crusade. The florists' clubs all
over the country are the offspring of
the National Society. They are all
strong and in a healthy financial con-
dition. There should be no objection
whatever to giving back to our Na-
tional Society what is actually her due.
It will strengthen not alone the S. A.
F., but the florists' clubs as well. No-
body who has the least idea of the im-
portance of our business, should have
any objection to paying $1.50 a year
to be a member of the S. A. F. We
should have no trouble whatever in
making it the strongest commercial
horticultural society in the world, able
to take care of its members, and by
so doing solving many conditions
which, at the present time, are very
perplexing.

I know it is uphill work. President
Wilson, in his last week's speech at
Trenton, said: "It takes courage for
a handful of men to start a battle." I
hope that all of you members of the
Florists' Club of Philadelphia will be
with me — will be that handful of loyal
men to do our best to bring about a
larger and more useful National So-
ciety, worthy of the great cause it
stands for.

CARNATION CALIFORNIA GIANT.

ARBORETUM NOTES.

The procession of spring flowers at
the Arnold Arboretum Is passing along
rapidly under the impulse of summer
temperature. Prunuses are already
past and pyruses are in their prime,
while lilacs, dogwoods and honey-
suckles are bursting into bloom about
two weeks ahead of the average date.
The trusses on the lilacs appear to be
smaller than usual, but there are
plenty of them. The dogwoods have
never before been so profusely set
with bloom and will make a rare dis-
play. Japan quinces, although reported
as being winter killed in some places,
have flowered as well as ever and
about every variety is represented.

A long winding border on the top of
the hill contains much of engrossing
interest for the progressive horticul-
turist, for here are all the Wilson col-
lections, some three hundred species
from China, three specimens of each,
undergoing their test as to character
and hardiness. Some of the larger
growers such as walnuts and ashes
have now been planted in their per-
manent locations and are making a
vigorous growth. Early rhododendrons
of several species are now blooming,
among them being one low-growing
pink-flowered beauty which Mr. Jack
got in Korea, and which will be sold
by the million, if it ever gets dissemi-
nated among the nursery trade.

Sir Herbert Maxwell, a distinguished
English horticultural authority, is ex-
pected to visit the Arboretum next
Sunday.

The accompanying picture of this
huge carnation is from a photograph
sent to us by P. W. Popp, gardener for
H. Darlington, Mamaroneck, N. Y.,
who has been testing the variety for
the past season. Mr. Popp says that
the claims of the introducers as to
size, stem and fragrance are fully
borne out, every bloom that he has
cut measuring at least S^A inches and
some as much as 614 inches. He finds
it necessary to split the calyx, other-
wise the bloom is lable to come one-
sided, there being such a mass of
petalage to develop. It throws good,
strong cuttings, is a gross feeder, has
clean, healthy foliage and every shoot
produces a flower. He gives further
details as follrws:

I received my dozen single-stem
plants the first week in July last year,
pinched once, and planted directly in
the bench, August 1st. The plants
were very hard when received. The
house they were planted in has two
benches in the center. The outside
bench room is devoted to miscellane-
ous pot plants, the temperature aver-
aging about 53 degrees at night, 67
to 70 degrees in the day-time. I plant-

ed in well enriched. soil with a mixture
of broken concrete added, fed occa-
sionally with liquid animal manure,
and applied a light dressing of lime
occasionally. The support showing in
the photograph is 36 inches high, and
the blcoms show 12 to 20 inches above
it. The other varieties growing in the
bench are White Enchantress and
Princess Charming. Even with the
poor start the plants made from six
to twelve leads and growing stronger
all the time. I had a vase of it at
the International Show, showing six
blooms, measuring from 5% inches to
6V4, inches, with 30-inch stems, but
they were damaged from handling be-
fore the judges got to them.

My conclusions about this carnation
are as follows: Planted in the field
in rich ground and kept pinched to
induce it to break freely, lifted in
September and n'anted in solid beds
in very j-ich soil with plenty of old
concrete or lime rubble, and given a
higher temperature than the ordinary
varieties of carnations. 56 to 58 de-
grees, I think that the productive
qualities will compare very favorably
with the average varieties of carna-
tions as grown today.

TO FLOWER VANDAS.

Editor Horticulture:

Dear Sir: — I would very much like to be
pn.sted in tlie culture of viiiida.s. Have
two plants, but in six years they have
never produced a flower. Roots seem
healthy and leaves, too, I keep them in a
house with hothouse plants at a tempera-
ture of 60 to 6.5 dosrees at night and
plenty of moisture. Does this plant need
any drying up? — T. N.

Your correspondent does not say
what varieties or rather species of
vandas he has which do not flower un-
der the treatment given them. Most
likely his plants get too much shade,
as under such conditions most any
vanda ought to flower, providing they

get enough light, Vandas should
never be dried up, but during the dull
winter months they should be al'owed
to dry out between each watering.
During summer when the plants are
growing and rooting freely they en-
joy plenty of water at the roots and
a hot, moist atmosphere. Shade only
enough to prevent the leaves from
scorching. Vanda teres can be grown
in full sun all the year around, also
V. Kimballiana and other terete-leaved
varieties. Vanda coerulea likes cooler
treatment, such as is given the gen-
eral run of cattleyas.

M. J. Pope.

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Personal

A meeting of the Advisory Board
was held at which were present all of
the Committee, also C. E. Critchell,
Cincinnati, and John Young, Secretary
of the S. A. F. The general situation
regarding the trade exhibit was re-
viewed and plans laid out whereby the
exhibitors in the trade section would
be given sufficient space by widening
the aisles more than has been done in
past exhibitions of this kind. Both the
Auditorium and the Coliseum are mag-
nificent large light halls and all the
exhibition space will be on the ground
floors.

All materials for structural work
will be placed in the Coliseum. At no
previous convention has there been
such favorable opportunities to make
displays. In view of the fact that the
"outing" day will be the fifth of the
convention, it will give the trade peo-
ple another day for business without
having any event to detract the atten-
tion.

But the most impressive thing was
the wonderful work that had been ac-
complished by Vice-President Theo-
dore Wirth and others in Minneapolis
In conjunction with the outdoor plant
exhibition. Adjacent to the Armory.

where the convention will be held, the
surroundings of the outdoor exhibit
are naturally beautiful, and it be-
hooves the growing interests to give
every support to this laudable under-
taking, this being the first time when
by arrangement the Society is in a
position to guarantee the plantsmen
that their exhibits will be cared for
and grown on under every favorable
condition, having the constant atten-
tion of competent help who will be
under the supervision of Mr. Wirth.

Everything is ready for immediate
planting, but as the space is limited,
application for same should be made
at once to Secretary John Young, who
is Superintendent of the Trade Exhibi-
tion. He will forward applications im-
mediately to Mr. Wirth. This outdoor
plant exhibit will be a success and will
be one of the features of future con-
ventions. The price of space is nomi-
nal— only sufficient to cover the ex-
pense of planting and maintenance of
the plants during the season.

Outdoor plant exhibits must be
shipped, charges prepaid, to Theodore
Wirth, Superintendent of Parks, Min-
neapolis, Minn.

John You.ng. Secretary.

We are sorry to hear that John
Barr of South Natick, Mass., is in the
hospital for an operation.

Michael Mcllveen, a gardener of
Brookline, Mass., was overcome by the
heat on May 3, while working on a
lawn at Mrs. M. S. Blodgett's estate.

Alex. F. Moore, manager for E. G.
Asmus & Son, 55 West 26th street,
New York, and Miss Mabel C. La Pe,
were married April 26th in West Hobo-
ken, N. J.

William C. Rickards is now em-
ployed by S. D. Woodruff & Sons, the
well-known seedsmen of Dey street.
New York, and will immediately start
traveling in their interests.

George H. Penson, who has been
painfully ill with an abscess in his
throat for some weeks, has now near-
ly recovered and hopes to be able to
resume his notes on Fruit and Vege-
tables Under Glass in our next issue.

Boston visitors: J. Rider, represent-
ing J. Blaauw Co., Boskoop, Holland;
Robert Greenlaw, representing S. S.
Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia;
Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; E.
J. Harmon. Portland, Me.; F. R.
Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; C. B.
Weathered, New York; L. J. Endtz.
Boskoop, Holland.

Cincinnati visitors: Mrs. W. H.
Gnadinger, Cynthiana, Ky.; John A.
Evans, Richmond, Ind., and Frank
Famey of M. Rice Co., Philadelphia.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Florists' Club of Philadelphia
held their regular monthly meeting on
the evening of May 6. It was a rather
disappointing meeting with little in it
worth reporting at length.

On May 10th and 11th, the Horti-
cultural Society of New York will give
an exhibition of spring flowers and
plants at the Museum Building in the
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
Park.

The inauguration of Dr. Edward T.
Fairchild as President of the State
College of Agriculture at Durham, N.
H., will take place on Wednesday,
May 21, at the college. The exercises
begin at 11 A. M.

Bird's-eye View, Garden for Outdoor Plant E.\Mblts, Minneapolis Convention, Ready

for Planting May 3.

The Horticultural Club of Boston
held its last session for the season at
the Parker House on Wednesday even-
ing, May 7. During the afternoon the
members enjoyed an auto ride through
the Boston park system and Arnold
Arboretum as guests of Deputy Park
Commissioner J. B. Shea. A lunch
was served at Mr. Shea's residence in
Franklin Park and nothing that hospi-
tality or courtesy could suggest was
overlooked by that prince of good fel-
lows. Among the party were: F. R.
Pierson. of Tarrytown. N. Y.; and
Chas. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J.
.Tackson Dawson, who has just got out
after a serious illness, was taken
aboard at his residence and partici-
pated in the ride. He was the recip-
ient of many hearty congratulations on
his recovery.

May 10, 1913

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CARNATIONS

BOOTED CCTTIN08.

100 1000

Wodenethe, $1.00 per doz...t6.00 $60.00
White Wonder; Lady Boant-

Ifnl; White Wiosor S.50 30.00

Princess Charmins 3.00 26.00

Wlnssr t.60 tO.OO

Plants from 2-lnrh pats, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTiU Cl'TTINOS.
Fifty nne Commercial Varieties:
$1.60 to $4.00 per 100; $16.00 to $26.00
per lOOO.

CANNAS

Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant
Taber»: ¥2.00 to $8.00 per 100; oor
■election variety, $2.00 per 100, $1S.00
per 100$

Send for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISH KILL, N. Y.

CAPE JASMINE

FROM

Texas Coast Jasmine Farms

Place your orders with us at once.
We will have close to 500.000 buds this
year. Buds packed to ship any dis-
tance. Prices are :

Bb — 3 to 6 in. stems, $S.O0 per 1000

As — 6 to 12 in. stems, 8.60 per 1000

Xs — 12 to 18 in. stems, 13.00 per 1000

Less than 500, $1.00 and $1.50 -per 100.

Cash or C. O. D.

R. W. WOODWARD, Mgr.

P. 0. Box 226 ALVIN, TEXAS

ARAUCARIA EXCE \.%\

5 ln„ 5% in. and 6 in. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 inches high, 40c.,
50c., 60c., 75c., $1.00, $1.25 each and
up to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Crower uiid Importer

III12 v. eitnlt Jt,

PHIUlDELPtllA, PL

GERANIUMS

B«st Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

/OHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

Little Ads Bring
Big Returns

Little ads. In our Ciasslfled Calumns bring
big returns to both advertiser and pnr-
cbaser.

Anything that can be sold to Sorists, gar-
deners, park and cemetery superintendenti,
etc., can be sold through this medium In
this department, and at very small cost.
Don't fail to read them each issue, for yoa
wUi find one or more that will prove profit-
able to you.

I They Cost Only One
Cent a Word UncH»p4ayMl

FLOWERING, DECORATIVE and VEGETABLE

ic»e

Liberal Extras for Early Orders. Prompt Shipments

Size of

2%-in.

2«,-iu.

2^i-in.

2U-ln.

2'/.-in.

2y,-m.

2%-in.

4-in.

2i^-in.

4-in.

2i/.-ln.

3-in.

4-In.

2V<.-in.
2^4 -in.
2V.-in.
2V.-in.
.Wa-in.
2V2-ln.
4-in.

4-in.

4-ln.

21^ -in.

4-in.

2V>-iu.

SV'-in.

2y4-in.

6-iu.

4-in.

3-in.

2%-ln.
2M.-in.
2V4-in.

2y2-iu.

3-in.

2%-in.

2V2-in.

2y2-in.

4-in.

Puts 100

ABIITII-ON Savitzii, or 6 varieties mixed $2.2.5

AGERATUMS. Blue and white 2.25

ALTEKXANTHEK.'VS. Red and yellow 2.25

AI.TERNANTHERAS, Brilliantissima, or Our Favorite 2.50

ALYSSIM, Little Gem. Lirge Giant 2.00

.\LYSsrM, Double. Strong plants 2.50

ASPAR.\Gl S Plumosus. Large plants 3.00

.VSPARAGIS Plumosus 8.00

ASP.4R.4Gl'S Sprengeri 2.25

.ASP.VRAGIS Sprengerl 6.50

BEGONIA Vernon. In 3 colors 2.50

BEGONIA Vernon. In 3 colors 5.00

C.AE.VDH MS, Elephant Ears 8.00

50,oi«i :;i . .111(1 4-in. CANNAS. In 28 Varieties 5.00

CEXT.Vl KE.4, Dusty Miller 2.25

COLEIIS, in abundance, Golden Bedder and Verscliaffeltii. . . 2.50

COLEUS. in about 15 mixed fiincv varieties 3.50

CIIPHE.4S, Cigar Plant 2.25

DRACAEN.iS Indivisa 6.00

Fl'CHSIAS. 12 good varieties, mixed 3.00

FIICHSI.4S. 12 good varieties, mixed 7..50

50,000 3V; and 4-in. GER.^NICMS, 20 varieties: S. A. Nutt,

Grant, Ricard, Poitevine, Buclmer, Montmartre, Perkins,

Rosalie, etc

IVY GER.AN'IITJIS. 10 varieties

ROSE GER.4NIIIMS. 7 varieties

MME. SAI.LEROI. Good plants

HELIOTROPES. White, light or darii blue

HELIOTROPES. White, light or lark blue

LANTAN.AS. Bushv plants 6 varieties

LOBELI.\S. Fine, stockv plants

MARGIERITES. Fine plants, in bloom. White and yellow.
MARCiliERITES. Fine plants, in bloom. White and yellow.
MARGIERITES. Fine plants, in bloom. White and yellow.

Mrs. Sander Margruerites. Same price.

PELARGONIUMS, Lady Royal

PETliNI.AS. Single, assorted colors

PHLOX Drummondii. Mixed colors

RITDBECKIAS (Golden Glow)

SWEET WILLI.4MS. Fine assortment, field plants

SALVIAS, Bonfire or Splendens

S.\LVL4S, Bonflre or Spiendens. Extra large plants

STOCKS, Princess Alice or Beauty of Nice

VERBENAS. Fine assortnient of colors

VERBENAS. Separate colors, white, pink, purple, striped,

etc : ....!.:..... 2.50

VINCAS. Variegated and green 7.00

7.00
8.00
7.00
2.25
7.50
2.,50
7.00
2.25
8.50
6.50
4.00

4.00
2 25
2^25
3.00
1.25
2.50
5.00
2.25
2.25

1000
.$20.00

20.no

20.00
22.50
18.00
22.50
25.00
75.00
20.00

nn.oo

2J..-iO
4."..0i)
75.00
45.00
20.00
22.50
30.00
20.00
55.00
25.00
70.00

65.00
75.00
&5.00
20.00
70.00
70.00
65.00
20.00
75.00
60.00
35.00

.35.00
20.00
20.00
25.00
10.00
22..50
45.00
20.00
20.00

22.50
65.00

VEGETABLE PLANTS BY THE MILLION

TOMATO PLANTS, Early Jewel, Earliana, Early Acme, Stone. Beetstealt, Pon-

derosa, etc., .'i;2.25 per 1000: 500O and over, $2.00 per 1000.
CABBAGE PLANTS, Winnigrstadt, Waliefleld, Early Summer, etc., $2.25 per

1000 ; iu lots of 5000 and over. $2.00 per 1000.
EGG PLANTS, PEPPER PLANTS, CACLIFLO^VEB, BRUSSELS SPROUTS,

and all other kinds of vegetable plnnts iu abundance. Correspondence solicited,

ALONZO J. BRYAN, ^^-^--°^- ^^-"^

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA

Grown it Pots and Tubs for JUNE AND JULY FLOWERING

Very larg^e specimens in half-barreln, $5.00 to $7.50 each. Plants In 14-inch
tubs, $3.00 to $3.00 each. Smaller plants in pots, 35c., 50c., and 75c. each — ac-
cording^ to size. Nice plants in 6-inch pots, in bloom, for Immediate use, 35c.
and 50e. each — according: to number of flowers.

ENGLISH IVY and VINCA VARIEGATA

Grown in S'/i and 4-inch pots, $10.00 and $13.00 per 100.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytownon-Hudson, New York

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAWTTE, IHD.

A.N.PiersonJnc,

CROMWELL CONN.

Bedding Plants and Roses

710

HORTICULTURE

May 10, 1913

MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE GROUNDS.
The practical advantages and the
natural beauty of the site occupied by
the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege have been recognized by every-
one from the first foundation of the
institution in Amherst. While the soil
is fertile and unusually well adapted
to farming, it is also rolling and diver-
sified, giving good opportunities for
growing a wide range of crops. More-
over, the beauty of the situation has
always made it seem most appropriate
as a site for college buildings and as
an environment for the college life.
Many generations of graduates now
testify to the inspiring influences of
these surroundings. Amherst, in fact,
enjoys more than a local reputation
for the beauty of its scenery, being
widely accepted as a type of what is
best in the rolling fertile homely land-
scape of New England.

The value of this environment, and
the importance of its wise develop-
ment was recognized at the outset, and
the late Frederick Law Olmsted, the
most eminent landscape gardener of
his day, was brought to Amherst in
1866 to advise upon the location of
buildings and the planning of the cam-
pus. Afterward much was done to
beautify the campus, especially by
the planting of trees and shrubs and
the opening of large lawns. Prom the
start the grounds took on an air of
breadth and openness which is still
their chief character and charm.

When the Agricultural College, a
few years ago, entered on its period
of great expansion, it was seen that a
re-study of the situation was impera-
tively needed to provide for the proper
location and harmonious arrangement
of new buildings, to provide also for
the rapidly growing college population
and for their enormously multiplying
activities, and to provide most of all
for the conservatism of the beauty of
the grounds in all their charm and in-
fluence. A commission was authorized
by the trustees which took the matter
In charge, and which has now for sev-
eral years directed the formation of
new plans to meet the new conditions.
Various studies, some partial and some
comprehensive, were made by Profes-
sor P. A. Waugh of the Department of
Landscape Gardening in the college.
Several architects and engineers were
consulted. Finally Warren H. Man-
ning of Boston was retained by the
trustees, and has now been engaged
for a period of more than four years
In the preparation of plans and in the
practical development of detailed im-
provements upon the grounds. In this
work he has enjoyed the constant co-
operation of the Commission of
Grounds and of the College Depart-
ment of Landscape Gardening.

Mr. Manning is everywhere? acknowl-
edged to be artistically one of the best
representatives now living of the 01m-
stedian style of landscape gardening—
a style which may easily be accepted
as the one best adapated to the charac-
ter of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College Estate. Furthermore. Mr. Man-
ning has already feeen engaged as
principal designer or advisory counsel
In the planning of a large number of
college grounds in all parts of the
country. He has also shown a special
Interest in the public problems of

Massachusetts, the development of her
public parks, reservations, road sys-
tems, and state institutions generally.
Recently, Mr. Manning has submitted
to the trustees a general plan for the
college estate which has been adopted
as the working plan of the college.
Mr. Manning has also been retained as
landscape designer and advisor, work-
ing in connection with the College De-
partment of Landscape Gardening, to
carry the new plans forward.

The first feature of the new plan is
its provision for an orderly grouping
of the college buildings — a matter of
the most fundamental importance, and
yet one sadly neglected in many pub-
lic institutions. The buildings used by
the various agricultural departments
Will be placed in a group on the west
side of the campus, those used by the
horticultural departments will supply
the proper antiphony on the east side
of the campus, buildings like dormi-
tories and dining hall, devoted to the
domestic and social life of the stud-
ents will be grouped at the southwest
side of the campus, and the other
buildings are similarly classified and
grouped.

The plans provide for keeping the
central portions of the campus for-
ever open. The pond is to be pre-
served and eventually extended. Most
of the present trees are to be kept,
with only so much pruning and cut-
ting as may be necessary to the health
of the trees and the opening of at-
tractive vistas. Other plantings will
be made in support of the present
groupings. Some new service roads
are projected, and a belt of pleasure
boulevard is suggested against the
possible seeds of a remote future. It
has been the policy in making this
plan to foresee and provide for all the
possible growth of the college in the
next fifty years.

The new plan is already in opera-
tion; that ie. all current improve-
ments are being carried out in accord-
ance with it. The most important of
these thus far have been the location
of the new entomology, live stock and
dairy buildings and the construction
of new walks. Other equally impor-
tant improvements are fully planned
in detail and await only the necessary
appropriations by the legislature.

Fortunately, Mr. Manning's services
have not been confined to one plan,
with the expectation that his activi-
ties shall end there. It is understood
that he is to become a permanent
member of the college staff, acting as
professional advisor to the trustees in
the further development of the college
estate, and co-operating also with the
other members of the Landscape Gar-
dening Department both in working
out the necessary detailed plans of the
grounds and in developing the highest
possible standard of professional in-
struction for the students in that de-
partment.

With such a splendid campus on
which to work, with such well-matured
plans, with such competent profes-
sional oversight, and with a well-
organized Department of Landscape
Gardening, constantly engaged in the
development of the plans, the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College may
fairly expect to have a physical plant
which is not only highly adapted to
its multifarious business but which Is
also "a thing of beauty and a joy
forever."

PRIMULA MALACOIDES.
By early sowing this charming sub-
ject can be flowere-l for Christmas but
by far the best results are obtained
by Jate sowing and having the plants
at their best around Easter.

With a little care and forethought
P. malacoldes is very easy to grow.
In order to have plants for next
Easter seeds may be sown during the
latter part of May. A light sandy
soil is the best medium in which to
sow. Give the pan or flats, whatever
are used, ample drainage in the form
of crocks and coarse soil, so as to
prevent the seed bed becoming sour.
Place in a temperature of 60 degrees,
cover with glass and a sheet of news-
paper until germination takes place.
The covering should then be removed,
but care should be taken to protect
the young seedlings from bright sun-
light for a few days. When large
enough to handle they should be
pricked out into flats, using a compost
of two parts loam, one part leaf soil
and sand. Place in a cool house and
shade for a day or two until the roots
get active when they should be given
all the light possible.

A cool house is indispensable for this
plant, a night temperature of 40 to 45
degrees suiting it better than 48 de-
grees. The writer well remembers
being pushcl for room, and after pot-
ting some of these plants into 2ys,-
inch. placed them on a shelf in
a Killarney house. Their resentment
of this treatment was, however, soon
apparent by the yellow cast and
wilted condition of the leaves.

As soon as the plants are large
enough for 214-inch, pot them off, and
continue to not them on as they fill
the pots with roots. For these later
shifts a compost similar to that used
for pricking them off into may be
used with the addition of some well-
rotted or pulverized sheep or cattle
manure. The writer has used the lat-
ter with excellent results.

About the end of November the
flower spikes will begin to show. If
first quality plants are required, feed-
ing should be commenced now and
continued right along, for being a ro-
bust grower this primula will stand
twice as much as other members of
its family in the way of stimulants.
Liquid manure is the best all-around
fertilizer. This with an occasional
dose of clear soot water, and an ap-
plication of evergreen manure, will
produce plants carrying spikes with
five and six whorls of flowers.

Some disappointment has been ex-
pressed that this primula damps off
so easily. The remedy for this lies
to a great extent with the grower.
For one thing the plants may have
been sown too early. Careless water-
ing, too, is the cause of many a fail-
ure. Never spray overhead and water
so as to avoid wetting the crown of the
plants for damping oif is invariably
the result of this. Going over the
plants every week or so and picking
off any decaying foliage and moving
the pots around so as to provide a free
circulation of air will do much to mit-
igate the damping off problem.

By following the foregoing sugges-
tions plants which are things of
beauty can be produced.

Henry Gibson.
Staatsburg, N. T.

I

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

711

ALL SEASONABLE PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS AND SUNDRIES

HARDY PERENNIALS. The most complete collection of
varieties and the largest stock in the country. Our Perennial
plants have a national reputation, we spare no expense to
have them In tlie b"st possible shape for the planter. Such
varieties that move better when pot grown are prepared in
this shape: this does not mean little seedlings, but In the
majority of cases the pi.ints were Beld grown, were dug and
potted during the fail and winter months and are of Just the
right size to give immediate results; tliey are not to be com-
pared with so called field clumps. Try them and be con-
vinced. See Oar Current Wholesale List for Varieties and
Trices.

ROSES FOR OITDOOR PLANTING TO GIVE IMMEDI-
ATE RESULTS. We Lave three hundred thousand 5 and 6
inch pots, the usual Dreer stock and the style of paints your
retail customers are looking for. These are all two year field
grown plants which have been potted during the winter
months and which were stored in cold houses and frames and
which are now in prime condition for out-door planting. The
collection is the most up-to-date, **u'-iuding many new varieties
not offered by anyone in the trade.

New Hybrid-Tea Rose George Dickson.

Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.

HVBRin TEAS, HYBRID PERPETUALS, TEA AND
EVERBLOOMING, KA.MBLERS, BABV RA.MBLKBS,
MOSS ROSES, HYBKID SWEET BRIARS, AUSTRIAN
BRIARS, WICHURAIAN.\. ETC., ETC, See Our Current
Wholesale List for List of Varieties and Pri.es.

AQUATIC PLANTS— WATER LILIES, NELUMBICMS,
VICTORIAS. Tender and Hardy Aquatics have been a
special feature with us for nearly a quarter of a century.
Over eight acres of artificial ponds are devoted to their
culture. If we can assist you in making plans, or selecting
varieties, the services of our expert are at your disposal
for the asking.

OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE LIST also describes the
following, all of which are bandied as Specialties:

DECOB.\TIVE PLANTS, PALMS, FERNS, PANDANC8,
B\Y TREES, BOXWOODS, DBACjIENAS, etc., etc.

HARDY SHKUBS, HARDY VINES, HARDY CLIMBERS,
RHODODENDRONS, AZALEAS, etc.

BULBS. DAHLIAS, TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS,
I GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS, FANCY LEAVED CALADI-
' UMS, CANN.iS, etc., etc.

HENRY A. DREER, INC.,

714 Chestnut Street

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

712

HORTICULTUEE

May 10, 1913

BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

l_EXIIMCS-rON, IVIASS.

tOSTON, IVIA.J

A. Large and Complete Assortment of
EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS TREES, SHR.UBS. ROSES. VINES,
CEOUS PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

HERBA-

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Tn-elve Selected Varieties, ^y^-ln. pots.
?5.00 per 100, $40.00 per 1000'.

All colors,

HOLLYHOCKS

Double Red, White, Rose, Pink, Maroon, Yellow and
Single Mixed. $4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000.

Oun U tbe nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock For Sale

NORWAY SPRUCE, 8 to 12 ft., with balls.
HEMLOCK, 4 to 10 ft., with balls.
AM. ARBORVITAE, 6 to 10 ft., with balls.
CUT LEAF BIRCH, 10 to 16 ft.
CATALPA SPECIOSA, 16 to 20 ft.
SILVER MAPLES, 14 to 18 ft.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET, 5 to 7 ft.

and all kinds of Nursery Stock.

The F. E. CONINE NURSERY CO.

. & A. S

OIA

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS. BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES. xHOOODENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Floiitts are always welcome visitors to our Nursenes. We are only a few minutes from
New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is tKe second stop on Main Line of Ejie Railroad.

BOBBINK &

Nurserymen and Florists

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mom.

GHAM

ipmSERIE

Zr-G^T-^A.

— ^Z3L£L<CZ> —

W. B. WHiniER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINQHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HtfiH GRAK NURSERY STOCK

LARCiE ASSORTMENT
WIITE FH PUCES lEFHE eUERINE aSEWUHE

SoT-td F'or IVIy 1913

SPRING i^frioe: L-I

Also list of Handsome Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes
suitable for Immediate Effect.

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Try our new GERANIUM aCABLET BKDDEB for yonr

iJardpn and Window hoxea. Then procure a codt of
CHRYSAJJTHEMIM MANfAI- 3rd edition ■■ I rvlda for
Krowing your CHRVSANTHKMLMs. 50c poatpald.
Ask for our 191.1 CATALOGUE and plae* yonr erder with

_. n» tnr your plants which will h«Te iinr hMt Bttrntien

Than pr"'»re our rKRTILEXK. tb* IDKAL PLANT food for produ.lnit Luaty bloism.

^"n*~^-'^- ^J-: prapald by mall, 30c; 1 Ih.. J5c. prepaid by mall. SOc; 10 Iba, »300;

25 Ina.. Sfl-no; .Vi ina., SIO.OO.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.

ADRIAN, MICH.

Our 1913 Catalogue

Contains a Tolnme of Information recard-
Inv Tre«« and Plants for Rock Gardens,
Old Fashioned Gardens, Sea 8hore Planft-
Inv and Oroand Coverlns under Rbododeo-
drons and Bbrnbbery. Gives also soffffca-
tive planting plans and planting list* for
Rose Gardens, Herbaceous Gardens and
Suburban Estates. Names and describes
desirable Trees and Shrubs with Omameii-
tal Fruits. Hedge Plants. Trees for Orchid
and Forest Planting, new and old varieties
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent
FREE upon request. We grow In quan-
tity every hardy tree or plant worthy off
cultivation. Correspondence Invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERKS CO.

Dept. "F"

BEDFORD, MASS.

THE

National Nurseryman

Official organ of the American Aa-
soclatlon of Nurgerymen. Circula-
tion among the trnile only. P«b-
llshed Monthly. NuhM-rlptlon prlr«
$1.00 per year. Foretffn sabflcrlp-
tions 91.60 per year. In adraBce.
Sample copy free upon appllcatlns
from thoae In the trade endoalBK
their buslnesa card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., inc.

218 LivingBton Building

ROCHESTER. NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 8hrubs»

Small Fruits. Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Write f'.r Trade List.

W. V T. SMITH COMPANY, GiHieva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK.

2lt laM St. WeMiwlHa
P. 8. Na I, IiMn. R. 1.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Umltcd. tl.M aMh.

Alao Lady Dnncan, Dawann, Daybrakk,

farqnbar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawao^

Write for prlcea.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass,

HRNRY a. DAWRON. Maaacv.

D A M L- I A S

In spparate coIotr. also rnnclee, any
color, $1.00 per 100. $8.00 per 1000.

In mixture of all colore and typea at
75c. per 100. $0 00 per looo.

Sound divisions of Field-dump stock that
will please.

For prices on named kinds send for
Wholesale Trade List.

^IV. A. FINGER, HlcKavill*, N.Y,

May 10, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

713

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faction. Our sales last year were nearly 700,000, and not an overgrown kick. The Canna crop this year,
however, is very short, and we advise placing orders early to secure stock. Delivery can be made at pur-
chaser's option. Remember, you may deduct 6% If cash accompanies the order.

RED-FLOWERING, GREEN FOLIAGE CANNAS

Per 100 Per 1000

J. D. Ilsrte, 5 ft ^3.75

President Cleveland, 3 ft

2.25

2H to 3 ft 2.00

ft 2.75

President HcKinley,
President Meyer, 4
PiUar of Fire, 6 or 7 ft 2.00

PINK-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

LonUe. 5 ft $3.75

Mile. Herat. 4% ft 1.75

Venns, 3Mi ft 6.60

ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS

Per 100

Alemannia, 4 to 6 ft $2.25

Austria, 5 ft 1.75

Indiana, 3 to 4 ft 2.00

Italia, 4% ft 1.76

$35.00
20.00
17.50
25.00
17.60

ORANGE SHADES

Wyoming, 7 ft

Pennsylvania, 5 ft

Mrs. Kate Gray, 6 ft.

Per 100
. $2.00
. 1.75
. 1.75

Per 1000

$35.00

15.00

60.00

Per 1000

$20.00

15.00

17.60

15.00

Per 1000

$17.50

15.00

15.00

RED, GOLD-EDGED; SPOTTED AND YELLOW
CANNAS

Per 1000
$25.00
40.00
20.00
25.00
20.00
(5.00
2S.00
36.00

Per 100

Gladiator, 4 ft $2.75

Gladioflora, 3% ft 4.25

Jean Tissot, 5 ft 2.25

Niagara, 3 ft 2.76

Mad. Croiy, 5% ft 2.25

Qneen Charlotte, 3% ft 3.75

Premier, 21^ ft 2.75

Sonv. de A. Croiy, 4 ft 2.76

YELLOW SHADES

Per 100

Florence Vaughan, 6 ft $2.00

Richard Wallace, 4% ft 2.25

Par 1000

$17.60

20.00

BRONZE-LEAVED, RED FLOWERING CANNAS

Egandale, 4 ft

King Humbert. 4 ft

Leonard Vangban, 4Vi ft.

Mnsaefolia, 3 to 5 ft

Shenandoah, 6 ft

Per 100
. $2.00
. 5.00
. 4.25
. 2.00
. 2.00

Per 1000

$17.50
45.00
40.00
17.60
1T.60

NEWER CANNAS

DR. BUDINGEN

Doi. 100 1000
One of the most brilliant scarlets, both
the Individual flowers and the trnssea
being of large size; bronie foliage.
4 ft $0.75 $6.60 $60.00

DR. ROBERT FUNCKE

Large flowers In heavy, dense spikes,
in color the same shade as Scarlet
Sage; very bright. 4^4 ft $0.75 $6.50 $50.00

FURST BISMARCK

Rich scarlet crimson ; of large size.
4 ft $0.60 $8.75 $35.00

We are the largest handlers of Cannas In the
world. Our prices upon Cannas will bear compari-
son with any house In the Canna business.

Our Cannas are true to name — two and three,
sometimes four eyes — -are sound, dormant, and are
packed 250 in a box; two can be "cleated" together
and shipped as one. One box of 250 sold at a

GENERAL MERKEL

Scarlet suffused with orange, base and
edge of flower marbled with golden
yellow. 4 ft $0.78 $6.00 $80.t0

WILLIAM SAUNDERS

A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety. The
flowers are of a bright crimson sear-
let, often measuring 5 Inches across,
of remarkable substance, and are

produced in large trasses nearly a
foot across, 3V4 ft

PAPA NARDY

$0.70 $6.60 $80.00

Very large, rich currant red with a
purplish sheen. 4H ft $0.50 $3.76 $36.00

thousand rate; it is cheaper for yon to bay a box of

250 than 200 at 100 rate. Write for special prices
for quantities.

If any Cannas are not found here, it may be
understood that they are superseded by the forego-
ing. If selection is left to as, we will substitute or
send only the best for all purposes.

All the Above Cannas Sold F. O. B. New York or Chicago

Chlcaeo and Western Agents for Our Cannas ONLY;;j

WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 166 North Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Per 1000

«M.S«

4T.S0

M.00

tS.M

40.M

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SPIRAEAS FROM COLD STORAGE

(For Decoration Day)

Per 100

ttladfttone. enormons opikefl of pnre white flowers $6.B0

Adtilboides Florlbunda 6.00

Qneen of Holland. One of the finest; grand florUts' variety (.60

Oladlolaa America. First size j. t.7»

Oloxinias, named varieties 4.*5

Sloxinlas. named varieties mixed 8.7*

BODDING TON'S QUALITY TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS

Single, to color, large bulbs, lU inches and op $t.tf C; $20.00 M.
Donble, to color, large bulbs, IM inches and np 3.60 C; SO.OO H,

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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HORTICULTURE

May 10, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Officers — President, Chas. N. Page,
De« Uolnes, la.; Ist vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsburg, Pa.;
2nd ylce-presldent, Arthur B. Clark.
Ullford, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; as-
■Istant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
Jane 24-25, 1913.

A Tribute to Frank T. Emerson.

In the death of Frank T. Emerson
there has passed to the great beyond
one who was tor many years a con-
spicuous figure in the seed trade of
this country. Mr. Emerson was an
enthusiast in the work of his chosen
business, and in the broad expansive
meaning of the term. He resembled
in many respects a philantliropic, re-
sourceful physician, a lover of his fel-
low men. who gives them freely of his
experiments and experiences.

The seed trade telegraphic code was
mainly Mr. Emerson's work, and repre-
sents weeks of time and much pains-
taking research, and his compensation
was thanks. In many other move-
ments for the betterment of the seed
trade Mr. Emerson joined most hearti-
ly, and was always a most industrious
worker. He was not a money grub-
ber; acquisition of the dollar was not
his controlling motive. He gave with
a generous hand whenever there was
need — often beyond his means. He
was always optimistic, confident and
hopeful of the future. Keen, witty and
original, he was a delightful compan-
ion and friend.

He had far from lived out the al-
lotted three score years and ten, but
just where the shadows begin to
lengthen the curtain was rung down.
"Will it rise at last upon some fairer,
brighter scene? Reason says 'perhaps,'
and hope still whispers 'yes.' "

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

I. N. Kramer & Son. Cedar Rapids.
Iowa — General List of Novelties and
Leading Standard Seeds. Freely illus-
trated.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Farmers' Bulletin 533, issued by the
Department of Agriculture, treats on
"Good Seed Potatoes and How to Pro-
duce Them." Wm. Stuart. Horticul-
turist in the Bureau of Plant Industry,
is the author. The bulletin contains
some very valuable information and
statistics and shows convincingly how
essential to full success good seed
tubers are.

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world o\«r for

SUPERIOR MERIT

John LeMTis Ctiilds

FLOWERFIELD, U I., N. Y.

-BULBS ani-

HARDY PLANTS

Contract* made for S«ed Grvvrtec
Sent^ for p^iet list

L S. MtLEd WADIMB RMH N. Y.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

CINERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. Tall Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba MasniOca, White 60 $1.00

Cliisivick, Red 60 1.00

Kerniesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

KOS.V Morn, Pink 60 l.OO

Duchess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Blue 60 1.00

Michell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt.

Lilaoina, Pale lll.ic 50

Kerniesina, Crimson 50

Rosea, IMnk 50

Alba, White 50

H.vbrida, Mixed 50

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELL/S GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1.50

Giant Pink 20 .60

Giant Scarlet 20 .60

Giant Striped 20 .60

Giant White 20 .60

Giant Yellow 20 .60

Giant Mixed 15 .50

ASPARAGUS PLUmOSUS
NANUS SEED

GREENHOUSE GROWN

1,000 Seeds... $3. 75 l 10.000 Seeds.. $34.00
6,000 Seeds... 18.00 I ^5,000 Seeds.. 80.00

I-ATHHOCSE GROWN
1.000 Seeds... $2.50 I 10,000 Seeds. .$23.00
6.000 Seeds. ..12.00 ' 25,000 Seeds.. 50.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII
SEED

10,000 Seeds. ..$5.50
25.000 Seeds... 12.50

1,000 Seeds. . .$ .75
5.000 Seeds... 3.00

Also all other Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs and Supplies for the Florist.

HENRY F. MIGHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH ) ^ » ., t .,

, ' ,, ^ . « , > Growers for the Trade

and all Garden Seeds )

LEON ARE .- —

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee Avenae,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Tuberoses

DWARF DOUBLE PEARL,

$I2.00

>r lOOO

Excellent Qnallty.

Lily of the Valley Pips

Cold storage. Berlin and Hamburg

Per case ot 1000 fl2.00

Per case of 3000 St.M

Write for a copy of onr Florists' Catalog.

"THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS"

33 Barclay St., (T,,) NEW Y8RK

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

8«ad oi jour wanti. We wlU take care of
th«a. W* inpply itoek at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Phliad«lphto.

RUSTIC BASKETS

lO-in. bowl $1.10, doz. $11.00
12-in bowl $1.25, doz. $13 00
14-iD. bowl $1.50, doz. $16.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CABBAGE, Wakefield, SurresRion, Early
and late Flat Dutch, Surehead, All Head,
Danish Ball Head, etc., at 30 c(s. per 100,
600 for 75 cts., $1.00 per 1,000, 10,000 and
over 86 cts. per 1.000.

LETTUCE, Grand Rapids, Big Boston,
Boston Market, and Tennis Ball, 30 cts.
per 100, 500 for 75 cts,, $1.00 per 1,000.

BEET, Eclipse, Crosby and Egyptian, 26
cts. per 100, 600 for Sl.OO, $1.26 per 1,000.. .

CELERY. Golden Self Blanching, 40 cts.
per 100, $3.50 per 1,000.

TOMATO PLANTS, will be ready about
May S5th. Send for Catalogue.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsli, Md.

In Writing Advertisers Kindly Mention
HORTICULTURE

-Mar 10. 1913

HOETICULTUKE

715

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Litium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS Mr SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
color.s — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC. CALIFORNIA

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans. Peas. Sweet Com. Onion. Turnip.
Radiih, Beet. Etc.

LTw^£-«il'''""° MILFORD, CONN.
F. BULLERI FLOWER SEEDS

SCAFATI, ITALY

Wliolesale Price List to the Seed Trade Only

\^. Sh-IA.KE~r.AIMO

80 West 30th Street, NEW YORK

Agent Representative

Os.
Asters. American BranchlDg, 1b

colors ♦1.0#

Asters. Imperial Mldseason. In colore. 2.80

Bachelor's Button. Double Bine 1.00

Candytuft. GiaDt White Perfection.. .60
Oypsophila Elegans Grandiflora Albs. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Soath Market St., Boiton, Mau.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

'* Ren<ywned Siueet Pea Specialists"
Smnnyslope Independence, Ho.

ViCK ouAiiTY VICK

ASTER

SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest Imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson. Lavender. Pink, Pur-
ple, White, each color separate, per 0«.,
$1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 2nc.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt.. 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue ii now
ready. It Is a complete guide with
proper claislflcatlon through Horticul-
ture and contains many rarletleii,
generally not catalogued. It's free ana
a postal win bring it.

0. V. ZangMi, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

BEGONIAS

single separate colors and choice mixtnre,
4Uc per dozen ; $2.60 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mixture,
60c per doien; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mixture, 60t
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

3S2 N.Michigan Ave. - CHICAGO
Phone Randolph tS71.

For Early Sowing

Prict [.Ml Jor Ihi Asktn^

The W. W. Barnard Co.

2J1-2J5 W. Maduo. St., GBIGAQO

FOR

High Class Florists'

FLOWER SEEDS

WRITE TO

KELWAY & SON

The Premier English Export House

(Actual Raisers)

Also Choice Strains of Gar-
den and Farm Seeds

Special Prices for present
delivery or on contract now
ready.

LANGPORT, ENGLAND

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1618

Write For Our Lo-w Pruet

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT ST6.
BALTIMORE, MO.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BUTE LIST OF WHOLES.^LE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THO.SE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

I. W. Eilinitulson. Mgr. M. W. Williams, Sw'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CALlrORMIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 191S Catalocaes

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47-54 No. Market St., BOSTM, MASS.

IN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS

KINDLY MENTION

HORTICULTURE

716

HORTICULTUEE

May 10, 1913-

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

SONS=

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
Higli Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan poinU and good
action, of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
U^be« riorl.t*' Telegraph Delivery
ABaoclatloD.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and V 1S82

141S Farnum St.,

OIVIAMA, IMEB.

NEW YORK

FLORIST

413

Madison Ave.
at 48tli SL

Tel. Mom) HM

1920

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. MiGbltfan Ave. ind 31»t St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(MMnber Flori«t»' Telegraph DeUvarr Aaia.)
W« ehlp to aU polnta la Illlnoi* and Iowa.

PkHH : AUlai Sit. Udiu 111- Mim 112.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegrraph nelivery.

Ml Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pre*.

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery,

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, - - Mo.

will carefnlly execute orders for Kansas
Olty and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

Thf lnrRent cut flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Morth western points ^ven prompt at-
teatlon.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpo«»«l
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

904 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Members Florists'Telegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Providence, R. I. — Wm. B. Hazard
and Neils G. Pierson are the new man-
agers ot the flower department ot L.
Dimond & Sons, Westminster and
Union streets.

The window of the store of Gude
Bros., Washington, is making a fine
appearance in honor of Horse Show
week, being decorated with numerous
horses show bouquets and a paddock
scene with a saddle hung up on a rus-
tic fence. In the other window is dis-
played the cups to be given the teams
collecting the largest sums of money
in the campaign to collect $300,000 in
twelve days to be used in the building
of a new Emergency Hospital here.
Mr. Gude is chairman of the commit-
tee ot one hundred business men ap-
pointed to gather in that sum of
money.

STBAiVlER DEPARTURES f

Allan.

Parisian, Boston-Glasgow May 23

American.
New York, N. Y.-S'hampton..May 23

Atlantic Transport.
Minneapolis, N. Y.-London. . .May 17
Minnelialia. N. Y. -Loudon May 24

Cunard.

Fran-onin, Boston-Liverpool, .May 13

Lusitania, N, Y, -Liverpool May 14

Carpatliia, N, Y.-Meditor'n .,. .May 15

Hamburg-American.

ratriiin, N. Y,-Hambnr'.; May 14

Amerilia, N. Y.-Hauibiiri; May 2:^

Holland-America.

Noordam, N. Y, -Rotterdam, . .May 13
Kyndam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. .. .May 20

Leyland.

Boston-Liverpool.,, May 17

Devoniui. _

Canadian, Boston-Liverp

l...May
North German Lloyd.

J

Kronp'z'n Cecilie, N, Y,-B'm'n,May 13
G Washington, N, Y,-Br'm'n.May 17
K W, der Grosse, N. Y.-B'm'n.May 20
P'nz'ss Irene, N, Y,-Medlter'n.May 24

Red Star.

Zeeland, N, Y, -Antwerp '^,'^y H

Finland, N, Y, -Antwerp May 24

White Star.

Baltic, N. Y, -Liverpool May 15

Oceanic, N.Y,-S'hampton May 17

Cretic, Boston-Mediter'n May 1 1 m

Cvmric, Boston-Liverpool May 20 (5)

mi Adriatic, N, Y,-Liverpool May 22 jV

Henry M, Robinson & Co. announce
the opening this week of their new
headquarters at 2 Winthrop square
and 34 Otis street, Boston. This in-
cludes the entire basement floor under
the new Flower Exchange, the centre
of the Boston flower trade.

Horticulture extends cordial con-
gratulations to these enterprising
young men who, beginning at very foot
of thf^ ladder fifteen years ago, have in
this brief period worked themselves up
to the prominence and influential po-
sition they now occupy in the cut
flower and supply trade of New Eng-
land. Their success is a bright ex-
ample ot what brains and persevering
industry well directed can accomplish.

ALEX. McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic ordera forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Ctist of Cabhttg Foreign DcUvrrirs

Must he prepaid

Reference or cash must accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ATEXCONNBXL.

New York

— Blaomingdale 's -^

Tk« Lareist Floral EstatlklimMt in tlic Metropots

Best Service— Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telasraph Orders Carefully Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of tiie country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telesrapli

21 39-214 1 Broadway, New York

Telepbone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 Fifth Alt, Cot. E SStli SI

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BROOKLYN
^l^ NEW YORK

i \^^r T.l. 6800 PrwpKt

339^47 Greene Ave. TeL 3906 ProapacI

Established 1874

rl-ORlST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenne, N. T. Chy

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers siiipped on all Steamers. Special Correspo*
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntisk-
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflof.

YOUNnTNUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

" FLOWERS BY TtLEGRAPH "

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AI.BAIMY, IM. V.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VlCmiTY

AI3ANT, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DELIVERED IN .ALBANY AND ViriNTTT"
ON TELECRAI'HIC ORDKK

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

May 10, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

717

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all Xew Cngland points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

IM Bo.Tlston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telpcniph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art Ooods and
New Designs in Tus'any Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any ar dress in Wasiiington.

Stock and Work First Class

RtHOOi

IS1->XIM^

JOHNSTCN BROTHERS

Lesdlns Floriati. Ord«r« fllled (or aar
part of th* Btata.

% Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

iULIUS BPPSTEIN FRANK M. FORREST

S44 - 346 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
>nd Hotel St. Francis, CAI,.

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
»f the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers saillnR for Honolulu. Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TLEORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order f^r
any occaelon. in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

M Tonge St.,

TORONTO, ONT.

MONTREAL;^' 7;::

Orders Filleo

HALL & ROBINSON r.r,J:

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ''°°

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalngae Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N, Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Zlnn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co., 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal, Can.— Hail & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stnmpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 68th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConneli, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Schling, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave. N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 314-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dnnlop, 96 Yonge
St.

C— Gude Bros., 1214 F

Washington,
St.

Washington,
F St., N. W.

D.

D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Detroit, Mich. — John Klang, Forest
avenue.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Kummer Floral
Co.. Hopkins road.

New Brunswick, N. J. — Edouard C.
Matthes, Jelin Building.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Flower Market, Bush street.

San Diego, Cal. — Miss A. M. Rain-
ford, McFadden & Buxton, Arcade.

Syracuse, N. Y. — University Flower
Shop. 508 E. Genesee street, Frank
Freeman, proprietor.

Bristol, R. I.— Bristol Floral Co.,
Hope and Church streets, F. C. F.
Geisler and J. H. Kemph, proprietors.

South Manchester, Conn. — John
George Pentland, Park Hill Flower
Shop, Main street, near Center street.

Chicago, III.— Wm. Wild, 421 W.
63rd street; Peter Samuelson, 5605 W.
Chicago avenue; C. Herleman. 709
Willow street; Steve Minon, 2065 Mil-
waukee avenue; Gross Park Florist.
2016 Roscoe Boulevard, Fred J. Ditt-
berner. proprietor.

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ATTRACTIVE

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BOSTON. MASS.

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718

HOETICULTUEE

May 10, 1913

MEMORIAL DAY PROFITS

Will be big or little according: as yoti offer tempting goods to the public.

FIX UP YOUR 5TORE NOW

with a selected stock of Memorial Designs, Metal Wreaths, Magnolia and Cycas Leaf arrange-
ments. We supply Magnolia Foliage, and other preserved material in bronze and green and an
extensive variety of Roses, Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Orchids, Daffodils, etc., indestructible,
and equal to fresh flowers in effect. And you will be surprised to find how cheap they can be
bought. Send for a descriptive price list.

H. BAYERSDORFER (Q. CO.

THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET,

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

MEMORIAL DAY.

"In time ot peace prepare for war,"
and prepare you must, though you are
busy; Memorial Day will not waU for
you. Get ready your magnolia and
galax wreaths and whatever other
tributes you are preparing for this day
which is set aside as the appropriate
time to decorate the graves of those
departed.

It Is needless to say that the mak-
ing up of bouquets and sprays must
be put over until the last, but a study
of the past few years has revealed the
increase of set designs to such an ex-
tent that it requires more than a few
days to get ready for the rush.

What to make up for this occasion
should never worry the retailer, as the
grave decorators will buy anything
that appeals to them at first sight,
so long as it is within their means;
the customers with plenty of this
world's goods do not study expense
so much when it goes for decorating
the grave of one beloved.

The experienced florist, having had
occasion to cope with Memorial Day
business, knows that expensive pieces
do not sell as readily as the moderate
priced ones, and therefore works ac-
cordingly, the average sales amount-
ing to a couple of dollars.

The best show for the least money
attracts the public at all times, and
there is no larger attraction than a
flat design made of magnolia or galax
leaves, both of these being profitable,
and always giving satisfaction to the
purchaser. An attractive wreath can
be made with either and decorated
with natural flowers and be sold for
$2.50 or $3.00, leaving a good profit for
the florist.

Then the bouquet and cut flower
problem confronts the dealer. This is
generally overcome by the usual good
supply of outdoor stuff that shows up
this time ot the year. Roses and car-

nations have a tendency to advance,
leaving one alternative for the poor
person with the lean purse, and that
is usually a bunch of some sort of
outdoor stuff to place upon the grave.
The trade who limit themselves to
the fifty and seventy-five-cent bou-
quets must be taken care of as well
as the big buyers, and with stock on
hand to supply their wants, the day
can be made a banner one, especially
for the florist doing business near
cemeteries just outside of large cities.
Shipping flowers out ot town is one
of the things to be studied carefully,
as they must arrive in time for the
occasion they were purchased for.
The timing of trains, boats, etc., mean
a great deal to your customer and
The timing of trains, boats, etc., means
sale or fail to give it the minutest at-
tention; it may be the means of bring-
ing larger ones later.

Mr. Stobeman.

RETAIL FLORISTS' CLUB.

The Retail Florists' Club ot Boston
met on Monday night. May 5, at the
City Club, where after the usual ban-
quet the business of organization was
advanced and discussion was had on
topics of immediate interest. The
president and two directors of each
of the two flower markets were pres-
ent as invited guests. The principal
subject under consideration was the
question of how to eliminate the gluts
that occur in the market from time to
time. It is proposed to ask the grow-
ers to contribute to the cost of special
advertising at such times and to per-
suade all retailers to help by putting
the selling price of the flowers where
the public would be induced to buy
freely. Meetings will be held on the
first Tuesday of each month.

ROCHESTER NOTES.

The Rochester florists have been
somewhat inconvenienced owing to the
ice men going on strike. Up to the
time of writing, men were busy get-
ting their own supplies and drawing
it away in their own wagons.

Mr. and Mrs. Hiram E. Wilson, who
have spent the winter in Florida and
have recently taken a trip to Panama,
have just reached home, having spent
a delightful and instructive vacation.

Harry Merritt, of Irondequoit is
growing some specially good White
Wonder and Delight carnations, with
large blossoms and stems measuring
nearly four feet long.

George T. Boucher is planning to
build two new greenhouses this sea-
son. The library which occupied the
East avenue part of the store, is to
get out in a day or two. He will then
occupy the whole floor space, with en-
trances on East Main street and East
avenue. He has placed large orders
for palms and ferns with the hope ot
making his store "one of the flnest."

The decoration of the big Pogue
store, Cincinnati, was very prettily
decorated by the A. Sunderbruch's
Sons on the occasion of the former's
golden jubilee. In cut flowers yellow
roses and yellow snap-dragons were
used while the principal plank used
were many Boston ferns and vlncas.

Manistee, Mich. — J. Clarkson suc-
ceeds J. Schneider in the florist busi-
ness here.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59tti Street, adjaining Plaza Hotel

Best Florists in the St&tes as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. I^ong Dist. Bell Phone ai

Member* Florists Telegraph Delivery

May 10. 1913

HORTICULTURE

719

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.
Carnations and white roses went up
twenty per cent., overnight, May Srd.

Wm. Henry Maule left for his annu-
al vacation to Europe on the 2nd inst.

Wm. H. Westeott, son of our com-
modore, is recuperating at Atlantic
City after a month in bed. At latest
accounts he is progressing favorably.

Abram L. Pennock of Jupiter, Pla.,
has so far recovered from his accident
that he is expected to start North for
Pennsylvania on the 10th inst., under
special care.

Maurice Fuld addressed the Ridley
Park Civic Club on the 6th inst. on
how to reduce the high cost of living.
His argument, of course, was raise
your own truck. That helps Michell
but is bad for the automobile indus-
try. The auto people are seriously
thinking of putting some kind of tariff
on Fuld.

Emil Lieker, Lansdowne, met with
a serious accident on the 28th inst., by
falling from a loft and striking the
motor car as he fell — breaking his
shoulder blade. No one was near him
at the time but he managed to get to
the house before fainting. The arm
was four inches out of plumb. Pro-
gressing favorably. It's no use talking.
The devil is certainly abroad this
spring.

Mr. Brunswick, of M. Rice Co.,
thought he had a strike on his hands
on Monday. The rattle of footsteps of
fifty or more workers down the back
stairs at 10.30 A. M. sounded that way.
But it turned out on investigation that
they were only taking an hour off to
see the circus parade. Just think of
it! There are some of us so engrossed
in business we'd rather go two blocks
out of our way than meet a circus
parade.

Much commendation is heard on the
Rialto over Samuel S. Pennock's ad-
dress to the Lancaster County Florists'
Club. The more the rank and file
think of those kind, wise, helpful
words, the more they become Im-
pressed. And the thought with it —
that a better and less antagonistic title
might have been used. Co-operative
loyalty was really the keynote, and not
fault finding — as the title "Faults of
the Grower" seemed to indicate.

A Berks County florist writes: "Most

Apply te

The Meyer Green

"SILKALINE'

IS THE LONGEST AND STRONGEST
IN THE WORLD

And for fiale by all the leading florists
and supply bouses throughout the land.

If your Jobber does not keep It, write
direct to us and we will see that you
are fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

THE JOHN C. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICULTURE.

excellent advice to the growers — no
dry bones about it; but full of good
meat! Although I do not live in Lan-
caster County, I can hear the noise
across the mountains, and profit equal-
ly well as if I had been there — thanks
to HoRTicuLTUEE whlch publishes
all the really good things. And many
thanks to Mr. Pennock for having
given us of his ripe and almost unique
experience."

Commenting further the same writer
says, under date of April 29th: "The
recent moist weather followed by a
warm week has hastened the peonies
and they have come forward rapidly.
The officinalis section will be past by
Memorial Day. With us, Festiva Maxi-
ma will be at its height — at least we
hope so, for if it is, that will mean
some prosperity for us. They are
ready now to be disbudded. A sudden
drop to freezing would be harmful.
Let us hope for the best."

Peonies from Indiana and other
southern points are already with us in
the Philadelphia market (May 1) but
nothing extra as to quality and the
time for them is not yet. Too early.
We fear our local crops will be too
early, also, for best financial returns
to the growers. It looks as if our
Berks Co. friend would come in about
right as they are usually two weeks
later back there in the mountains.

Visitors: George H. Berke and G.
A. Klinges, Atlantic City, N. J.; Edwin
A. Seidewitz. Baltimore, Md.; C. B.
Knickman, representing McHutchison
& Co., New York City; Wallace R.
Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Stephen
Mortensen, Southampton, Pa.

CHICAGO NOTES.

The growing of gladioli for early
spring is not a new custom, but the
Mrs. Francis King, grown to very
near perfection, is about the only of-
fering in this flower this year. Past
experience proved it worse than use-
less to grow poor varieties.

The affairs of Canger & Bergman
are getting into shape and the credi-
tors seem likely to get their bills
taken care of soon. Mr. Canger hopes
to dispose of his' lease and says he
will remain with J. Mangel. Victor
Bergman is at Bohannon's and Frank
Pasternick is with A. L. Randall.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion extends an invitation to all clubs
who wish to do so to join with them
in going to the S. A. F. convention in
their special train, the Pioneer Lim-
ited, over the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railroad. Train leaves the
Union Station, August 12, at 6.30 P.
M. Round trip, $16.00.

The active work of the publicity
campaign in the interests of the flor-
ists of Chicago, has begun with a can-
vass of the city to ascertain how
many in the trade are in favor of

street car advertising. Aside from de-
ciding this question it will start the
ball a-rolling and other ideas will, no
doubt, be brought to light also.

Cupid has made A. Lang's store
headquarters recently and there will
be a rush of applicants for various
positions there. Miss Lillian Ytter-
berg, cashier, will be married in June
to Harry Berg and Miss Gertrude Ar-
nold will become Mrs. Robert L.
Renth some time later. Other an-
nouncements are expected soon.

A local grower with a genius for
utilizing apparently worthless things,
grew a crop of buttercups in some old
unheated greenhouses. The old-fash-
ioned flowers were consigned to Erne
& Klingle, who found ready sale for
them. In J. Mangel's window they
were seen later made up in nosegays,
which form of corsage is again popu-
lar, and were so appreciated by the
buyers that many more could have
been sold.

Personal.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oechslin have
returned from the East.

Albert Cole, American Beauty man
at Amling's, has purchased a retail
store at 31st street and Cottage Grove
avenue, which Mrs. Cole will manage.

Mrs. C. M. Dickinson is spending a
few weeks in St. Louis, Mo., where
her son is in school. She is the guest
of Mr. Starbuck, who was formerly in
the E. H. Hunt oflice.

A. L. Vaughan is being congratu-
lated by his friends on his return
from the Milwaukee Sanitarium,
where he has been receiving treat-
ment for rheumatism. Though far
from being a well man he is much im-
proved.

Visitors: Gus Rusch, Milwaukee,
Wis.: Mr. Louden, representing Phoe-
nix Nursery Co., Springfield. 111.

Mrs. C. C. Brawner has purchased
the flower business of the Rex Floral
Co.. at Eugene, Ore.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us Tor catalogue and Prices, stating sixe you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also stale whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lak0 Strut KeAdallrilli. M.

Mentian Horticulture ivhfn y(^ ivr-ite.

7 20

HORTICULTUKE

May 10, 1913

Weddings and Commencements

BEAUTIES, the best, doz. $3.00
PEONIES, 100: $8.00-$10.00
DAISIES, 100: $1.00

CATTLEYAS, doz. $6.00 $7.50
GARDENIAS, doz. $1.50— $2.50

The Leo Niessen Co,

'WHOUE.SAUI. TUOV.ISTS
N. 'W. Corner
12th and Race Sts..

PHiLADELPHiA

gniiiiiHi

fro

Cut flower Growers and
Retail rioHsts

IF YOU

I

want to find a market fof yo«f
product

want a regular or special rapply
of the product of the belt
groweri

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leadinc
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

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FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

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Order direct or buy from yonr local
supply dealer. Insist on having the

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Inscription H. Knihleni(*. etc. Always
in Stock.

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MANUFACTURERS

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15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens.
Tliree Floors of Florists' Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

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WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Speci;il nttHiitioi) to shipping orders. Job-
bers of Florists* Supplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
Phone Mni" RS4. 31« Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

CoiuignmentB Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATI.A.NTA GEORGIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flower a All the Year Round
33^35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Qr»*nh(»uses, Morten Grov*, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWBR MARKETS — ^«*'*^'"*"=IS-de5:lers only

ROSES

CINCINNATI

May 5

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
" " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

'* Ordinary

Cattlcyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Daffodils

Tulips

Mi^onette

Daises

Soapdragon

Wallflower

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (looV-
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

DETROrT"

April 21

BXIPPaLO

May 5

I pnTsBURan

I May 5

15.00
10.00
7.00
3-00
6.00
3.00
6.00
4.00
3.00
8.00
3-eo
4x0
2.50
1-50
40.00
8.00
6.00
3.00
1. 00
1. 00
3.00
1.00
4.00

40.00

25.00

35.00
15.00

10.00
500
8.00
4.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
8.00
3.00
3.00
50.00
12.00
10.00
4.00
1.50
2.00
4.00
1.50
6.00

1.00

1.25
15.03
50.00
35«>

20.00

I3.00
6.00

2.00
6.00
2.00

6 00
3.00

6.00
3.00
4.00
500
3-00
35.00
10.00

3.0* to

3.00
1. 00

4.00

■35
10.00
t.oo
zo.oo
30.00
30.00

35 ■«
15.00
8.00
4.00

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4.00
50 .oe

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4.00
3.00
6.00

■75
35.00
1.25
35.00
50.00
50.0s

PETER REINRERG

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET ■ - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wholaeaig Growf«(« of Cut Honvers and Plafnts <

176 N. MlCHieAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RA^a>OLPH
Afd> LAKE STREETS,

GHICABO

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLfiSALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

ConsAsnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy fern Our Specialty

38-40 BRDftOWAY. DETRMT. MIUH.

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Deeiers Onlv.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

May 10, 1913

H 0 E T I C TJ L T U E E

721

MEMORIAL DAY

Now booking orders on DAGGER FERNS, ne;irby stock— not tbe inferior,
poorly put up Ferus that are shipped into the northern markets m such
quantities, but large, elegant, well selected fronds, put up in uniform pack-
ages of fifty, well worth $1.00 more per thousand than any terns on the
market. S'3.50 per 10(10: in lots of 25,000 or over at $2.00 per 1000; special
prices on larger quautities, particularly to the wholesalers.

BOXWOOD: in splendid shape; cold storage stock that was gathered
before the young growth started. Good clean stock, no surplus
wood. S7.,50 per case.

GARDENIAS: Special, $2,150 doz.; $17.50 100; Fancy, $2.00 doz. ; $12.50 100;

First. $1.00 doz.; $6.00 100.

VALI-EY: Special. .$4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.

CATTLEYAS: .$0.00 and $7.50 per 100.

CEDAR B.*RK: for -.vindow boxes and plant tubs; $1.00 per bundle.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

BRONZE GAEAX. SI ..50 per 1,000; $8.50 per 10,000.

EEICOTHOE SPR-AVS (green and bronze), $1.00 per 100; $7.50
per 1,000.

GREEN SHEET MOSS, $3.50 per bag.

GREEN Ll'MP MOSS, $1.50 per bag. ^ ,, ^

SPHAGNl'M MOSS, 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlappea, each $4.00;
5 hale lots, each $3.75; 10 bale lots, each $3.50.

DAGGER AND FANCY FERNS (Storage stock for immediate de-
livery), $2.00 per 1.000. ^ ., „„ „^

BOSTON FERN FRONDS, 27 in. long, extra fine, $1.00 per 100.

BOXWOOD, $7.50 per case.

ASPAR.4GUS STRINGS, 50c. each.

ASPAK.\GCS AND SFRENGERI bunches, 50c. each.

RIBBONS .4ND SUPP1>IES: Many new patterns In exclusive Ribbons.
Write us for prices on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN GO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON

1608-1620 Ludlow St.

117 West 28th St,

1216 H. St., N. W.

Flower Market Reports

A fair market, all things
BOSTON considered, is the general

verdict here this week.
White carnations are apparently a
short commodity, but how many of
them are in storage for the approach-
ing "Mothers' Day" nobody knows.
Everything else on the list is either
in full supply or overstock. Roses
are very good in quality, but are a bit
slow to move and Beauties are in-
clined to accumulate. Lilies are very
draggy and so is lily of the valley
since the outdoor crop began to ar-
rive. Fortunately, the demand is good,
otherwise it would not take long to
overload the craft and swamp things
on all sides.

With a week of summer-
BUFFALO like weather the market
has taken a change for
the better. The supply has been
lighter, mostly on carnations, which
really were on the short side for a
few days and prices have advanced a
notch. There are plenty of roses,
among which the Killarney snows the
summer effect. Marylands are good,
also Kaiserin, Carnot and Richmond,
the latter having a good call. Wed-
dings are slightly noticeable and
choice white flowers have sold well.
Sweet peas continue good and have
taken well. There is plenty of greens,
except possibly smilax.

A few very warm days
CHICAGO has increased the sup-
ply of flowers and low-
ered its general quality causing the
counters to fill up rapidly and prices to

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^^"^ ^"^'^^-d^eVe^s only

PHIU

ROSES

B0910N

May 8

Axn. Boauty, Fancy uid Special.. •> as.oo

" *' Extra iS'Oo

" '* No. I • I 8.00

" •* Lower Grades "* 3.00

KilUrney, Extra 5*0

** Ordinary 2.00

Richmood, Maryland, Extra 4.00

'* " Ordinary . ■ • 2.00

Bride, 'Maid z.oo

Hillingdon. Ward, Melody, Extra. - 4.00
*' " " Ordinary a. 00

Taft, Sunburst 4 -oo

Carnations, Fancy Grade 3 .•o

" Ordinary i.oo

Cattleyas 40.00

Lilies, Longifiorum . 4.00

Callas 5.00

Lily of the Valley 2.00

Daffodils i -oo

Tulips 1 .00

Mignonette s.oo

Daises

Snapdragon 4.00 to

Wallflower 50 to

Sweet Peas 5^ *<>

Gardenias 6.00 to

Adiantum i .oo to

Smilax 10.00 tg

Asparagus Ptumosus, Strings (100) to

" " &Spren.OooBchsJ.

25.00

to

I.oo
1.00
I5-00

1.35

15.00
50.00
35«>

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Mays

3T LOUIS

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to

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3.00

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60.00
10.00
8.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
5.00
1.50

6.00

.50 to 1.50

50.00
3S.OO

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50.00

25.00

15.00
10.00
4.00
5.00
3.00
5.00
3.00
3.00
6.00
4.00
6.00
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40.00
6.00
5.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
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13,00

35.00
8.00

30.00
20.00
12.50

4.00

6.00 1

4.00

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8.00
5.00
8.00

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50.00
3.0a
8. op
4.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
2.00
5.00

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.40

1.35
15.00
50.00
13.00

20.00

15.00
8.00
3.00
6.00
I.oo
6.00
I.oo

30.00

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13.50
6.00

10.00
5.00

to
to

6.00 to

2.00 to

2.00 to

4.00 to

2.eo to

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8.00 to

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.50
3.00

4.00

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5.0.

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12.50
10.00

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15.00
l.5»

25.00
50.00
50,00

lower. Sweet peas accumulated rap-
idly, the demand not being equal to
the supply and only the timely arrival
of some very large orders saved the
market from a glut. Carnations also
are coming in fast, and it is fortunate
that a special demand, in the form of
Mother's Day, is at hand to move the
stock to advantage. Some wholesalers
say they have had all the orders for
white carnations booked for a week,
that they can take care of, and that the
trade for that day seems on the in-
crease. All kinds of roses are in good
supply and the quality generally is con-

sidered fair. American Beauties are
more in excess of the demand than at
any previous time since last summer,
but the stock contains many that are
of poor grade. Lilacs from the South
and the home-grown ones are coming
together this year with the result that
sales are slow. An unusual amount
of snapdragons of a superior quality
are much in evidence and price has to
be cut to move them. Lily of the val-
ley is offered in three grades, the best
selling first. Peonies are expected by
the 10th.

(Contlnuid on fagr 723)

7J2

HORTICULTUEE

May 10, 191S

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

121 West 28th Street NEW YORK

ri Ks, nm mmui

A Full Line of ALL CTT FLOWEKS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Mailison Square.

H. E. FROMEN-T

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38th St. NEW TORK

Telephones: 2200, 2g01, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*62 naditon Square NcW YOfk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Flerists

S5 and S7 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WM. P. FORD —

¥«holesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

CkU and Inipect tbt Best Bgubllsbmeui
In the Wholesale Flower DUtrlct.

GEO. C. 5IEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
los ^A/E:^-^ s8«i-> st

CONSIGNMENS SOLICIIED

PHONE {408 I MADISON so., NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fre*<h (.ut K\ t'r;ireens, .Mouses,

Southern Smilax. <;alax ami L,«Micothoe.

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cycas and PalnieKo.

T., {'^j] Mads. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RCED tallELLER

li-; West -.'.Ith St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

\Ve miinnfartiirf all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

;iiid iire deah-i's in

I>e(orative Glassware, Growers and

Florists* Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremoet and Best

WHOIiSALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A Flr«t Class Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willonchby St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

M.«00....»|.7S. SO.OOO... .II7.M. Sample free
For sale hy dealer..

Suecasser ta JOHN L KAYNOR

Wholesale Cammlssion Florist '^'ii'^fffT^SU^''^

A tail Hoe sf Cbetce Cut Plower Stock lor all parnaees. Ths HOME OP TUB LM.V
by tha IM, 1000 er I0,0«o

T8U. i*n MAMBON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wh9l0*mle Cow^*t*4s0ion Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

t33 Witt 28th Strte4, Ktm York
TelephiM <wa-3S*3 Ma<Mw Square

Eetabliilnd
1887

J. kC. AL-L

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Still Goinf
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A 8QUARB DBAI..

Open 8 A. M. dally.

Cat Floner Crnslinimeiita ^allelted.

PROMPT BRTCRNS. MONET AI.WAT8 RKABT.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Telephone, 1« aad MM MiU. ■«.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST %# A I I TV ALWAYS

V? GRADE OF VALLtT ON HAND

- GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, mVs=,' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER iOO, To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

ending May 3

1913

First Half of Wuk

beginning May 5

1913

American Beauty, Fancy and Special 13.00

" *• Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinar>- , ,

Richmond. Maryland, Extra

'* *' Ordinary' ,

Bride, Maid

Hlttlnffdon, Ward, Melody. Extra

" " " Ordinary ,

Taft, Sunburst

Carnal Ions , Fancy Grade ,

Ordinary .

10.00
4.00
3.00
4.00
x.oo

4.00

x.oo
1.00
6.00

1. 00

5.00
1.50

25.00
15.00
6.00

4.00

6.00
2.00
6.00
3-00
4.00
8.00
4.00
xo.oo

2.00

1.50

15.00

10.00

4.00

3.00
4.00
1.00

1. 00
6.00
1. 00
5.o»

3.00

a. 00

25 00

15.00

6.<M

4.00

6.00
2.00

6.00

4. GO

S.50

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

»-» We«t astlri Street, Iife-w ^Vo«-te:

Telephones!}^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOUCfTKI'

ALBANY CUT FLOWlOXCHANGE

T|«««TM«Y, M„. .J5 ngjj^ii ^^^^^ ALBANY, N. Y.

8ATB TIMB AND MONBT BY SBNDENG YOCB ORDER TO FS

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

CKirrKAU.T LOCATKD, TBK BUB OF | Freak H. Traeadly CkareiSchaMk

THB PLOWBB MABKST BBCXION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Rorist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

T«i|»phana 70<« Ma^twow

Telcpki. ne 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WH' LEGALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 W«st 28tli Street NEW YORK

TRAENDLY k SCHENCK

Wholesale Florists

131 Wa«t 28th St.. New York

TdvphooM : 79I Bad 799 Ma^iaea S^m-c
CoasigDaaenta Solicitc«l

HENHYM. h..riINSON.Pre.. MAFRlrP I, <)I.iS8 Tr«i
CHAS E ROBI.VSON V-Prcs. JOSEPH MAROOl.l.S S»c>

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
NA/Kolesaie P'loris'ts

Maurice L. Gloaa. Maoaaer
55-57 WEST 26lli ST. - - - NEW Yd K CITY

Sftnai AUKttitt Im Mr Skif^lHt Trxdr

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTURE

723

Flower Market Reports

(Continued front page 7^1)

Last week's market
CINCINNATI affairs proved as dif-
ferent from those of
the week before as day is different
from night. In place of the sluggish
market of the week before there was
a real active one. The call reached
practically every line in the market.
The supply of roses is large. A good
bit of the stock sells at fair prices.
Some, however, must be moved at sac-
rifice prices while a small part hardly
realizes these. The reds are selling
pretty well. Pink moves slightly bet-
ter than white while in Beauties the
cut of each size is easily adequate.
Carnations are now realizing a very
good figuie, where a week or ten days
ago they sold at almost anything the
buyer chose to offer. The higher
prices are due to a very pronounced
shortening of the supply combined
with the general good demand. To the
lily line, which up to this time has
been including callas and Easter lilies,
there is now added rubrum lilies.
Many outdoor lily of the valley are
coming in. Outdoor tulips completes
the bulbous line. Both Spanish iris
and German iris are arriving in fair
quanrities. The former finds a very
ready sale. Miniature gladioli also
sell quickly. Sweet peas are much
more plentiful than they were a week
ago.

The heavy receipts
NEW YORK of material of every
kind, from outdoor
and indoor sources, continues un-
abated and the accumulations are
moved with difficulty and on a "wagon
load" basis of prices as a rule. Sell-
ing prices on small lots of most sta-
ples remain about stationary, but car-
nations have shown considerable fluc-
tuation, values going down to a very
low figure last week and recovering
nicely this week, with a very bullish
tendency as Mothers' Day draws near.
This, of course, is largely confined to
the white varieties, however. There
is no cause to find fault with the qual-
ity of stock as a rule, for it is uni-
formly good. There are some pretty
poor lilies coming in from careless
growers, and American Beauty roses
don't average up as well as they
should.

April 28 to May
PHILADELPHIA 3 proved a good
week in the
wholesale trade here. Prices kept
firm all along the line and there was
very little surplus. On some lines quo-
tations advanced considerably. This

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERIC^^N BEAUTY, KILLARNEY. RICHMOND. MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES. ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHlDi

BEST PRODUCED

326 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/l-ioleseil<

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

loris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

OKOANIZED FOR TUB BENKFIT OF THE CANADIAJI TSADB.
CUT FIX>frKKS AMD FLOItlSTS' aU>FLIE8 OF EVEBT DBSCBIPTION.
Uome-c»H'B Stock a Bpaelal^. ■TEfCTLT WHOLESAIA; MOTHINO 80L.B
AT BKTAU..

AjnpU refaraaca taralahad aa ta ateBAax aad Waaniilal ability af tha campany.

123 MANSriEI^O STREET, MONTREAL,. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

LTlles, Longiflorum

Callas

Lllv ot the Valley

DaffodiU

Tulips

Daises •

IVUgnonette

Snapdra,4on

Wallfower

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Qardealas •

AJtaTTtum

3lllIlBX

A9|Tarag:us Pltimosus, strings (per xoo)

" *' & Spren (loo bunches) .

Last Half of Week

ending May 3

1913

3.00
8.00

I.OV
I.OO
I.OO

•50

a. 00

3.00

X.00

3.00

4.00

.50

13.00

35-00

15.00

to
to

40.00
6.00
10.00

3.00

2.00
3.00

I.OO

5.00

6.00

3. 00
6.00

ao.oo
t.oo
I500
40.CO
25.00

Fint Half of Week

beginning May 5

1913

20.00

3-00
6.00
2.00
l.cx>

X.OO
.50

s.oe
3.00

I.OO

3.00

4-00
■50
12.00
3500
15.00

4A.0S

6. OB

io.Qa
3"»

2.00
x.oo
5-<»
6.00
8.00
6.0*

30.00
1.00

I5«
40.^
a3.oa

was especially the case in white car-
nations— and the colored varieties also
responded in sympathy, although to a
lesser degree. The leaders in carna-
tions at present are Perfection, White
Wonder, and White Enchantress in
whites. In other colors Beacon and
Enchantress are showing the effects of
the warm weather, hut Gloriosa and
Winsor are fine. Victory is very fine,
also, and good judges say this old va-
riety can still be grown at a profit.
Roses were on the scarce side until
the latter part of the week, when the
bright and abnormally warm days
lirought them in with a rush. Nearly
all the growers sent in double cuts
on Saturday after the temperature
went up to 80 and 85 for two or three
days. There seems to be a fair amount
of gardenias and orchids on hand —
enough for all demands. Sweet peas
are of excellent quality and are mov-
ing well. The gladiolus market is
quite lively, the "baby" varieties be-
ing now supplemented by some of the
earlier of the large-flowering sorts,
particularly Crawford's May. Southern
peonies are to be seen in limited quan-
tity. Other good outdoor items are the
blue German iris, bridal wreath (S.
Thunbergi). and Deutzia gracilis.

The past week's busi-
ROCH ESTER ness, both wholesale
and retail, has not
been up to normal. We are now hav-
ing intensely hot weather for the early
part of May, which is bringing on the
stock quicker than we really wish, with
the result that the market is fairly

glutted with tulips and hyacinths —
their quality being poor and blossoms
soft. Counter trade has been slack
until Saturday, when most of the
stores advertised specials and did a
good business. We cannot give any-
thing but praise for the stock, as it ar-
rives in first-class condition. Ameri-
can Beauties bring fair prices and
other roses are all favorites, and are
used constantly tor corsage work.
Sweet peas are good and a larger de-
mand is noticed. Baby gladioli are
here again, as well as a fair supply of
snapdragons. Carnations were never
finer. Daisies, pansies, mignonette,
lily of the valley, callas, cattleyas and
a few gardenias make up our usual
stock of flowers. Asparagus is a little
scarce, but other greens are very plen-
tiful.

The market was very
ST. LOUIS much overcrowded dur-
ing the past week and
the demand was not strong enough to
consume the supply that came in dally.
All stock is of extra fine quality. Out-
door peonies and Cape jessamines are
expected this week.

Stock is not quite
WASHINGTON so plentiful as it

has been and what
is coming in is being cleaned up well.
The Horse Show last week called for
the supply of many table decorations,
corsage bouquets, etc., adding quite a
little to the usual business. Among
the new varieties seen during the past
week are Spencer sweet peas, dahlias,

(Cojitiaued on page ~2S)

724

H 0 K T I C U L T TJ E E

May 10, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements (Under thisijihead, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

Display advertisers in this issue are also listed under this classiflcation without charge. Reference to List ol
Advertisers will indicate the respective pages.

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

B. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For pnge see List of Advertisers.

APHINE

Apblne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARAUCABIAS

Godfrey Ascbmann, Pbiladelphla, Pa.
For p.ige see List of Advertisers.

Arauearia Excelsa, fine plants, 4 to 5
tiers, 65c. each ; $7.50 dozen.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Kose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenilworth,
N. J.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2% in. pots,
$2.50 per hundred; $20.00 per thousand.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2^^ in. pots, $2.50
per hundred; $20.00 thousand.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Bos 10, Springfield, Ohio.

AUCUBA

Aucuba japonica, bushy plants, 35c. to

$2.50 each.

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A^Leuthy"~& Co., Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TREES

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Ratberford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and

prices. List on application.

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PI,ANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mess.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzle, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

Begonia Lorraine .and Glory of Cincin-
nati, 2Vi in. pots, leaf cuttings, immediate
delivery.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BOILEBS

Kroeecbell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., CUcago.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnbam Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BOXB8 — CUT FI<OWER~FOI,DING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Pblladelpbla.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Folding cut flower boxes, tbe best made.
Write for list. Bolton & Hunkel Co., Ull-
wankee. Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthnr T. Boddlngton, Nsw York, N. Y.

Gloxinias and Begonias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Tborburn & Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlcbell's Seed UouseTPhlladelpbla, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Adveatlsers.

James VIck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co.,"~Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Millerr Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, 111.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farqabar Co., Boston, Mas*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hlllegom, Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 31-33 Broadway.

CANNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York. N.
Boddlngton's Quality Cannas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Y.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. .Send for list. The Conard &
Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

J. H. Dann & Son, Westfleld, N. Y.

Cannas in 20 leading kinds, started plants
50c. dozen : $3.50 hundred.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers In tbe World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

C.\PE JASMINE FROM TEXAS

Woodward Floral Co., R. W. Woodward,

Mgr., Alvin, Texas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.
8. S. Skldelsky * Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, "Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. U
Plllsbury, Galesbnrg, HI.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oechslln, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of^ Advertisers.

Breck- Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass.

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings Cbrys-
olora. $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1,000. Also
the following at $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per
1,000. Cash. (Yellow) Donatello. Appleton,
Golden Wedding, Golden Glow, Y'ellow Bon-
naffon, (White) October Frost, Touset,
White Eaton, Robinson, Rosery, Polly
Rose, Buckbee, White Bonnaffon, (Pink)
Enguehard. JOY FLORAL COMPANY,
Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM. THE. By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those whe
would grow and excel In producing perfect
chrysanthemnm flowers, snowing that net
In secret arts and practices, but In plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pngee. Price
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE. 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Uasa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nabant, Mas*.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Cvelamen, .'i in. pots, very finest strain,
.$10.00 per ino.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger, Hlcksvllle, N. Y.
_Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro. Mass.

Dahlias — 2600 Held clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have yon to
exchange? Geo. H. Walker, Dahlia Expert,

North DIghton. Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.

Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cnt flower dahlias. Write
for surplus Hot and special prices. Peacock
Dablla Farms. Wllllamstown Janctlon, N. J.,
Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

DAISIES

Marguerites. Mrs. F. Sander, France, the
two best varieties, 2Vi In. pots, fine stock,
$2.00 per hundred; $15.00 thousand.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO..

Tbe Largest Growers In the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Nnrserlea,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Sta.,

Pbiladelphla, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Adverlisers See Page 699

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

726.

ERICAS.

Anton Sehultheis, College Point, N. Y.
Choice Young Stock for Growing On.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Uoslindale, Miss.

For p.Tge see List of Advert isi-rs.

U. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page see List of Advert Isers^

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kobert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

*■. U. i'lerson Co., Tarrytowu-on-Uud»on,
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, fine stock Boston, Whlt-
manii, Amerpohll, Springfleldil, J1.80 per
100, $15.00 per 1000. Roosevelt runners,
rery fine, $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-Inch, $15.00 per 100; 5-inc h,
$25.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumos.is, 4 Inch,
baDdsome stock, $8.oo per 100. 50,000 sq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted excln-
•Irely to ferns. I have the best stock to
be had anywhere. Prices are low, for cash
only. Schneider, Florist, Springfield, O.

DWARF FERNS FOR FEIJN DISHEST"

These dwarf ferns are used by the hun-
dreds of thousands to fill di.sbes for table
decorations. Our s:iles each year e.\ceed
50,000 plants. Our stock is in prime con-
dition, ready to u.se at once. We offer 9
choice varieties; Pteris cretica albo-lineata,
Victoria, Wilsoni, Mayii. Pteris multiceps,
Aspidium Tsussimense, Sieboldii. Wimsetti,
Cyrtomium falcatuni or holly fern.

Price, 50c. per dozen ; $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00
per 1000.

Our new catalog, giving prices on ferns,
roses and all other plants, ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield, Ohio.

FEBTII.IZERS

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, MIcb.

Fertllena.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PBlvertzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of AdvertlserB.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

a. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, l22^w:^5th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

». S. Pennock-Meehan Co.r Philadelphia, P«.

For page gee List of Advertisers.

e. BayersdorferlTCo., Tl29 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertl.'iers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

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. Hews & Co., Cambridge. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HUflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.

For page pec List of Advertisers.

FUNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., AdrlaiiT Mlch^

For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Geraniums, 2-in. Roseleur, Nutt, Dagata,
Ricard, Red Wing, Viand. La Favorite, Col.
Thomas, Mme. Jaulln, Mme. BIsquit, Per-
kins, Oberie, Lecadre, Landry, $2.00 per
100; $18,50 per lOOO. Claire Frenot, Hill,
Dryden, Pamela, Mrs. Annie Vincent, Polte-
vine, Double Dryden, Atlantis, Luigl Gran-
dis, Docteur Danjou, $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000. Send for geranium catalogue.
F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster, Ohio.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brook'yn, N. Y.

For page see Lijt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. John-
ston Glass Co., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsh foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Coustrnction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn^N. Y,

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. \.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Lord & Bumh/>«n Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltchings & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T

Plerson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. i.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOOD!

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDT PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., ChUac».

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Mas*,
For page see List of Advert Isers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advert isers .

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hobokcn, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkln8,~Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass*
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hollyhocks, field-growii,' will bloom this
summer, finest colors. From pots ready to-
plant, $1.00 dozen : $6.00 hundred.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
tbing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lnmber Co., Neponset, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Lord ft Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

HYDRANGEAS

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

Hydrangea Otaksa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ABton Sehultheis, College Point, N. Y.

Choice Young Stock for Growing on.

Hydrangeas: In pots and tubs, $1.50-$3.5(>
eaih : large specimen, $5.0O-$7.50 each.
JTTLIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madlgon, N. J.

Aphlne and Funglne.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, FIshklll-on-HudsoD,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IRIS

THB IRIS! THE IBIS!
One of the finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamp*.
C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery, York, Neb.

IVY

English Ivy, R. C. 75c. 100, prepaid; Ger-
man strong, 2% in., $3.00. CHAS. FROST,
Kenilworth, N. J.

LACBCS

Laurus Cerasus : Bush, 3oc.-$1.00 each;
Standards, $7..50-$10.00 each; Pyramids,
$5.00-$7.5O each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO.. Rutherford, N. J.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. ft J. Farquhar A Co., Boston, Mall.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward ft Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

726

HOETICULTUEB

May 10, 1913

JLILT OF THE VAIXBI CtlTMPS

Julius Eoehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, JIO.OO per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

ULT OF THE VAXLET PIPS

Loechner & Co.. New York, N. Y.

For page gee List of Advertisers.

ADgiist Kolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of AdTcrtlsers.

McHutchison &^Co^l7 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of AdTertlsera.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
|3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Pelrce
Bros., Waltliam, Mass.

MASTICA

P. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NUlvaiSKy STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers^

W. & T."Smlth Co.7 Geneva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbiuk~&~Atklns^Rutherford, N. J.
P^or page see List of Advertisers. _

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framlngbam,
Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers^

K Hamilton Goodsell, New York^ N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sous. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers. _
Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston. Mags.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford. Conn
Large Evergreens and Other Stock.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address
(or J6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

Felix &^Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
Vor page see List of Advertisers.

Schilder Bros., Chilllcothe, O.

Onion Seed and Sets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORANGES

ORANGE OTAHEITE.
From 214 -inch pots, $3.00 per 100, $27.50
per 1000.

Our catalog of everything you need

mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,

Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see I^ist of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers. Hybridlati.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co.. Perkins St. Nurseries,

Rosllndale. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PAXJttS, ETC.— Continued

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock. Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P.\NSY PLANTS

White and violet Pansies in bud, $4 per
lOUO. C. A. PERLEY. Winthrop. Me.

Strong transplanted frame plants in bud
and bloom. $1.25 per 100: $10.00 per 1000.
Cash. RUSSELL BROS.. Syracuse, N. Y .

PEAT

J. H. Sprague. Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
12U0 surts. Send for list. C. Betscher,
Canal Dover, u.

"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use. how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered toirether under the
sun ; describes the old and new. as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose in
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red. white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies tor fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for It today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO..
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield. Ohio.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canariensis. fine large plants,
.S7..50-$35.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. 3.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,
N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertlBers.

~Vr Sliaketano. 50 West 30th St., N. Y.
F. Bullerl Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB ISIPORTB

August Rolker & Sons. New Y'ork. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
M'cilutchlson & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page tt-e List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. Seele & Sons. Elkhart,_Ind^

~Piant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. Angler
& Co., Westboro. Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special."

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 408 Erie St.. Chicago

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by eip.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. Kramer & Sons, Ced*r
Rapids. Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page se« List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., KendalvUle, In*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Eoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. I'euiiock-Meeh.in Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. OuwerklTrki i". 071^7 i.Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

The following varieties of roses from 4-
inch pots. $1.25 dozen. $10.00 per hundred:
Antoine Uivoire (Mrs. Taft), Blumen-
schmidt. Crimson 'Rambler, Etoile de Lyon,
Florence Pemberton. General Jacqueminot,
Helen Good. Helen Gould. Hermosa, Hilda,
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, La Detroit,
Lady Baltersoa, Madaiue Loml)ard. Mile.
Franclska Kruger, Marie Van Houtte. Mrs.
i'oley Hobbs, Miss .\lice de Rothschild,
Prince Caniille de Rohan President Taft,
Pa'-a Gontier, Perle von Godesberg, Paul
Neyron. Pink Cocbet, White Cochet, Rhea
Reid. Souv de la Malmaison.

The following varieties from 214 inch
pots, fine plants: Climb'ng .\merican
Beautv. $1.50 dozen. $10.00 per hundred.
$90.00 per thotsand : Sunburst. $2.00 dozen,
$15.(X) per hundred. $135.00 per thousand.
ROSE AFTEIt-SATlSFACTlON.

When you buy G & R. Roses you get
along with them the after-satisfaction —
that sense of realizing ail the success that
should come from planting quality roses,
the knowing that no better results are
possible to be obtained outside of G. & R.
Roses. It is the after-satisfaction that has
compelled us to plan to grow for the com-
ing season one million additional roses.
Think of it. the after-satisfaction selling
five million roses, and demanding a million
increase in one year. Going some! you say.
Yes; but are you getting your share of
this Rose after-satisfaction? If not. why
not? Plant G. & R. quality roses. None
better, none so good.

Our new catalog, giving prices on all
roses and other plants, now ready. Write
for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers In the World.

Box 10, Springfield. Ohio.

Robert Craig Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ray State Nurseries. North Abington. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Phlla., Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bohhink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. 3.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty. Madison, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries. Jamaica Plain, Maas,

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers

Anton Schultheis. College Point. N. Y.
Choice Y oung Stock for Growln g On.

For Sale or Exchange — 1500 Killarney
rose bushes. 2 years old, good strong
stock. Can use Geranium and other bed-
ding stock. CHARLES NEWELL, West
Newbury. Mass. _^_

Roses, fine young stock from 2V4-in. pots,
strong, clean, full of visor, sure to please.
Pink and Wliitp Cochet. .$3.00 per 100;
$■'7 .W per 10(10. Cash with order.

C. Akeliurst & Son. White Marsh, Md.
~ROSES— Strong Y'oung Plants, for grow-
ing on Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red D<iro(hv Perkins. $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000,

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove. Penna.

RUSTIC BASKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons. 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SALVIA

Salvia Bonfire, transplanted seedlings 75c.
100. prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenllworth,
N. J.

In writing to Advertisers Jcindiy mention Horticulture

May 10, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

727

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Cblcayo, 111.
For page Bee List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mlltord, Coub.
Kor page 8ee List of Advertlaera.

California
For page

Seed
San
see

Growers' Association,

Jose, Cal.

List of Advertisers.

Braslan

Seed

Growers

Co., Sau Joae, Cal

Henry
For

SEASONABLE PLANTS

A. Dreer. Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
page see List of Advertisers.

SEEOS

.Toseph Hreck & Sons,

Bl and 52 N. Market St, Boston, Mau.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulcheirs Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see Jjjst of Advertisers.

I"ottler, Flske, Kawsou Co., Hoaton, Maaa.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertlierg.

K. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbum & Co., 83 Barclay St.7N7~T.

For page aee List of Advertl.sers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Bean*, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertiaerg.

8. S. Skldelaky & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For page aee List of Advertlaera.

Arthur T. Boddington, New York.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

James VIck'a Sons. Rochester~N. T,

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsrg.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeds tor Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loeohuer & Co.. New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsei-s.

r. J, Grey Co., ,'!2^a MarkeF^StTrBosten.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

P. Hamilton Goodsell." New" Yr7rk7^N. Y,

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. D. Woodruff & Son, New "York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hobokcn. N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beaullen, Woodhaven, N. Y.
Importer of Best French Seeds

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Keiway & Son, Langport, England.

High-Class Florists' Flower Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Oliver .Johnson, 1874-7G Milwaukee Ave..

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Ad^iertisers.

Felix & Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.

Send tor Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Ripe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SILKALINE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RLCG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshkillon-Hndson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J

For page see List of Anvfrtlsera

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
ercbld baskets always on hand. Lager &
Hnrrell, Summit, N, J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
Jnllus Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

STR.VWBKKRY PL.4NTS

Strawberry plants. Brandywine. Glen
Mary, Wilson. 5«lc. 100; ,$2.00 per 1000.
A. A. WINEGARD, Speucerfort, N. Y.
Pan-Aniei-ican. nice strong plants from
field, read.v about April 15 to May 15, be
quick, at .i:j.75 per 100.

J. C. ENGELHORN, Gallon, 0.

THE NATIONAL NCRSERYSLIVN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.
For page aee List of Advertlsera

TCBER08ES

J. M. Thorburn Co.. 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co.. White Marsb,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.
Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page .see List of Advertlsera.

VINCAS

Vinca Variegata ; 4 in., .$10.00 per 100.
Dracaena Indivisa : 5 and 6 in., $3.00 per
doz. Cash. CIIAS. H. GREEN, Spencer,
Mass.

Vinca Variegata, 2 inch pots, $2,00 per
hundred ; ,$17.50 per thousand.

Our new catalog, giving prices on every-
thing in roses, plants, etc., ready now.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWORK

Heed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIrcwork. Write for our catalogue.
Holton & Hunkel Co.. Milwaukee. Wis,

William E^ Hellscher's SVire Works,
38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Albany, N, V.

Albany Cut Flower Exch.inge, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Qa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. P. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

3] Otis St

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 22(1 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., l,5~Provlnce St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. Y.

William P. Kastlng Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ClUcago

Peter Relnberp. 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, IlL

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

17r, N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M McCullongh's Sons Co.,
316 Walnut St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WH01,ESALE FLORISTS
Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York,
For page see List of Advertlsera.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Wlllonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26tk

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New Y'ork.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schenck. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisei-s.

The S. S. I'ennock-Meehan Co., 117 West
2Sth St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, il^West 28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PhUadelphIa

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List or Advcrtlseia.

ThT ~S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co^ 1608-1*

Ludlow St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

George B, Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertlsei-s.

Wanhlngton

The S. S. Pennnck-Meeban Co., 1216

U St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New Offers in This Issue

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES.

Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brighton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERING, DECORATIVE AND
VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Aionzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. .1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HAWLEY CEMETERY VASE.

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston, M.-uss.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MEMORIAL DAY SUPPLIES.

S. S. rciinoik-JIeelian Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List iif .\dvertisers.

NEW WHOLESALE ESTABLISH-
MENT.

Henry M. Robinson & Co., 2 Winthrop Sq.,

Boston. M.-iss.

For page see List of .Advertisers.

WEDDING OUTFITS AND ACCES-
SORIES.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 699

728

HORTICULTURE

May 10, 1913

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Diiiifiisions: Base, loVa in. Ligli; vase, IS in. high;

uutside diameter, 16 in.; Inside diameter, 12 in.; in-

siilp deptli ot bowl, 8V2 in.

^lade from tbe best Crystal Granite combined with

Portland Cement and are guaranteed to last a life

time.

THE BEST I,AWN VASE EVER CONSTRUCTEl).
NOTHING BETTER FOR CEMETERY DECORA-
TION.
WILL. NOT RUST LIKE IRON.

Write for prices to

PATRICK GRACE

55 Union Street, Brighton, Mass.

Flower Market Reports

(Continued en pa^c "/Sj)

indoor peonies and delphinium. The
indoor peonies while very good are
not meeting with the ready sale that
would warrant th^ir taking up space
ii' the greenhouses and hardly bring
back production costs. Callas are
plentiful, but the supply of lilies is
not large. Washington dailies are al-
ready putting forth a plea for the wear-
ing of a carnation on Sunday next in
the honor of mothers, living and dead,
and the local florists are planning to
take advantage of "Mothers' Day." It
Is expected that there will be a heavy
run on this flower but, regardless of a
reported shortage at the present time,
it is believed that all calls will be at-
tended to.

NEWS NOTES.
Washington, D. C. — Considerable In-
terest is being manifested in the an-
nual rose show of the Brookland Citi-
zens' Association to be held in Brook-
land, D. C, late this month and the
tiumber of entries is already large. No
admission will be charged to the pub-
lic to view the display. Miss Belle C.
Saunders, of the Agricultural Depart-
ment, C. Leslie Reynolds, superintend-
ent of the Botanical Gardens, and Dr.
John A. Parker, of the Catholic Uni-
versity, will be the judges.

Washington, N. J, — This town, al-
though of lesser fame than its name-
sake further south, yet enjoys a flori-
cultural distinction of no small magni-
tude and its most distinguished citi-
zen, floriculturally. is Alonzo J. Bryan,
who holds his own in his particular
line just as well as his namesake in
Washington, D. C. does in his. Alonzo
J. doesn't claim relationship to W. J.,
tut he does claim to control an im-
mense plant shipping trade North,
South, East and West, and that is
glory enough for him. He is well lo-
cated for transportation facilities and
"with 130 acres of rich soil, clear coun-
try air, and an inexhaustible water
supply piped all over that area, he
has all the natural requirements for
an unlimited business. There are
eight ample greenhouses, two of
■which are new, 36 x 144 feet each,
Jacobs construction, and long lines ot
frames filled with stock, all of which
will be found listed in his advertise-
ment in this paper. One hundred
thousand sturdy geraniums are ready
this season, but next year he proposes
to handle half a million and we see
no reason why he cannot, if he con-
tinues to advertise in Hortic0ltube,

Obituary.

Herman Blumenscheid.
Herman Blumenscheid, a carnation
grower of Richfield, N. J., died of
pneumonia on April 27th. He was
bom in Germany and was about 40
years of age. His wife and three chil-
dren survive him.

Henry Eicke.
Henry Eicke. formerly with F. E.
McAllister & Co., and Stumpp & Wal-
ter Co., New York, and recently with
O. V. Zangen, died at Christ Hospital,
Jersey City. N. J., on April 10. He
was 47 years of age.

John S. Haynes.

John S. Haynes, a florist of Lowell,
Mass., committed suicide by shooting
himself on the morning of May 3. Des-
pondency due to business troubles is
believed to have been the cause.

IVlrs. August Dressel.
Mrs. August Dressel. widow of the
late August Dressel, whose death we
noted a few- months ago, and mother
of Mrs. Samuel Pearce. with whom
she lived, passed away. April 26th, fol-
lowing a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs.
Dressel was a native of Copenhagen,
Denmark, and came to America when
a child. Her husband, two sons, son-
in-law and daughter all being in the
florists' business, Mrs. Dressel was
for a half a century closely connected
with the trade in Chicago and else-
where and had made many friends
during her long life. She would have
been 75 years old in July and leaves
four children — August, Henry, Lewis
and Mrs. Samuel Pearce. The funeral
took place April 30th, and was largely
attended.

NEWS NOTES.
Glencoe, HI. — The Bell Greenhouses
have been sold to John Hay, of the
North Shore Greenhouses.

Sandusky, Ohio — J. P. Richardson,
successor to Mons Bros., will do busi-
ness under the name ot West End
Greenhouses.

Cleveland, Ohio — The stock and fix-
tures of the Hough Avenue Floral
Shop, which has gone out of business,
have been bought by Mrs. Lincoln
Brown.

Hawley Cemetery Vase

The Hawley Glass
Cemetery V a s e.—

flared top, 5^^ inches
ill diameter, y inches
deep, inside measure
with a 3 inch spike.
Price $2.00 a dozen.
Heavy Tin Lawn or
Cemetery Vase, No.
1, in both green and
white enamel, G%
inches deep and 4
inches in diameter,
with a 4 inch spike.
Price $lu,00 per 100.
No. 2 in green and
white, Tliese are 6^,4
inches deep SVi inch-
es diameter and a 4
inch spike. Price
$12.00 per 100. Made
with heavy sheet tin.
Also Stone Cemetery
Vases in V)lue only.
These are G^a inches
deep. 4V2 incbes in
diameter, with a 4
inch spike. Price
$1.50 per dozen.

N.F McCarthy & CO.

112 Arch St. 31 Otis St.

BOSTON, MASS,

HELP WANTED

WANTED

Thoroughly competent rose
grower. Wages $75.00 per
month, etc. Only men of
ability please answer, with
references.

A.A. MACDONALD

Duke's Farm

Somerville, N. J.

WANTED — Experienced carnatiun grower
for position in Canada. Coed salary to
right man. Address "M, R ,," care HOR-
TICULTURE.

WANTED— A man for a month or six
weeks to overhaul a new estate at Lynn-
fleld, Mass. Wages, $65 a month. Apply to
H. S. Dawson, .33 Woodland Road, Auburn-
dale, Mass. ^__^

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By gardener.
Highly recommended by prominent New
England family. Age 34; married; one
child. Abstainer. Twenty years' extensive
experience in private families; fruit and
flowers, hardy and under glass; vegetables,
etc. S., care HOUTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

Kinsman, Ohio — The business of the
late Frank Banning will be here-

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 X IS, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B <iualitles. Market dropped. Now is
the time to buj' and save money. Parshel-
sky Bros.. Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. V.

FOR SALE — Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage bouse, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T.
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED — To Lease, with privilege ot
buying, a greenhouse establishment, doing
a good retail business. Give full particu-
lars. Address G. T., care HORTICULTURE.

after condncted in two sections, one
under the name of Bidwell & Fobes.
Kinsman, and the other as the Per-
kins-King Co,, of West Mentor, Ohio.

May 10, 1913

HORTICULTURE

729

litrsBtHd iBiIer tbi iKSCtleldi Act 1918. Serial No. 3Z1
Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug. Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonder^I results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
ftnd all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

H Pint • - 2Sot Plot - - 40o| Quart - . 7Sc

H G«lloD, S1.25i Gallon. 12.00 1 5 Gallon G«a. 19

;iOGa)looGaD - - 117.50

Dilute with ivater ^o to 50 parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

li you cannot obtain this from your supply bouse
write us direct

Lemon Oil Compamy Dept K

tM W. L«xiiict*n St.. BaltiiBara. Md.

Directions en ivery packagt

^— ^

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing:

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicag >

Tb« R«c*sillsed Standard Insecticide.

Not a cnre-all but a spedflc remedy
(or all sap gnrklog Insects InfestiDg
plant lif« aacli at L'rcen, black, wblte
fly. tbrlps, red spldur, mealy bag and
soft scaWa.

SI .00 per Qnart. $2.60 per GalUn.

An Infallible remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fungi, llnlike Bordeaux and
lime and sulpCur It does not stain tbe
foliage but cleanses It.

A soil sterilizer iind vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut. wire and grsb werma,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used voe
part to 400 parts water. It doe* not In
Jure plants, but protects your crops
against ravages under the solL

Sl.OO per Qnart. tS.OO per Oallan.
All are spraying materials and are
eCTectlre In the grecnboDse and In the
garden.

FOR 8AI.K BY SEEnSMEN.

Madison.
N.J.

Manufaaurcrs of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEI,. Oenersl Manasrer.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulcbed wltb this article will

grow larger fruit, Iwtter color, and

ripen more anlformly than by any
otber means. We have proved It.

20th CENTURY PLANT FI^OS CO.

27 423 OCE>N ST.. .•. BEVtRlT. MUSI.

ROBERT J. DYSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple niethoils of correct a<'countin-.j

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

IMer<haiits Bank Buildinir

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

T^epbaaa. Mais M

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.
Sold by Seed Deeilers of AmericcU

S:ives Currants, Potatoes, Cabbatre, .Uplons, Flowers, Treea
and ?ibrubs from Insects. Put up in popiil;ir packages at populaf
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Hues and niiiziits, etc.. to

IS. [lA.M.tlOND, - Fislikill-on-Hudson, New York.

CORN GROWING IN RHODE ISLAND.

The Rhode Island State College and
the State Board of Agriculture, in co-
operation with other organizations,
have for the last two years been con-
ducting a corn growing contest, the
purpose of which nas been to Increase
an interest in this important crop.
Classes have been arranged not only
for adult corn growers but also for
boys. In order to bring in the girls,
classes in baking, canning and sewing
have been included. This has resulted
in the formation of a state corn grow-
ing association and the formulation
of plans for holding a much larger
coc'es;t Ti-d exhibit the coming year,
in Providence.

Rhode Island stands in the forefront
of corn growing states in production
per acre, the average being about 41
bushels. The record for Rhode Island,

however, is over 100 bushels and it
would seem readily possible to raise
the average production per acre at
least 10 bushels and add to the in-
ccme of corn growers in the state an
aggregate of from $70,000 to $80,000 a
year. The slogan for the Corn Grow-
ing Association will, therefore, be:
"An average of 50 bushels of corn per
acre in Rhode Island." If the pur-
pose of this association can be accom-
plished, Rhode Island will lead all the
rest of the states in the country in
corn production per acre. In addition
to corn, it is proposed to include in
the contest this year all kinds of
plants of the grass family including
small grains and useful and orna-
mental grasses, and to show the im-
portance of this one family of plants
as a source of food and other neces-
sities. Anybody who grows any of the

Would You
Like to Know

1. Where you can buy spring
bedding plants; good, clean,
reliable stock?

2. Who can supply young roses,
carnations and chrysanthe-
mums well rooted and cool
grown, to fill your houses?

3. Where you can get young
ferns, palms and other
greenhouse decorative stock
for growing on for next sea-
son?

4. What firms carry seeds of
finest selected strain, bulbs
and roots — gladioli, cannas,
dahlias, etc.. etc.?

5. The best sources of supply
for hardy shrubbery, herba-
ceous perennials, choice con-
ifers and new introductions

in ornamental

stock?

nursery

6. The merits of the various
greenhouse constructions, as
to stability, utility and econ-
omy in running?

All necessary enlightenment
on the foregoing may be quickly
found in the advertising pages
of HORTICULTURE by con-
sulting the Buyers' Directory
and Ready Reference Guide,
v/hich in this issue appears on
Pages 724, 725, 726, 727.

Get the Habit. HORTICUL-
TURE is the only trade paper
which thus fully indexes for the
benefit of its readers the offers
of its advertisers each week. In
case there should be any infor-
mation sought along these lines
which is not found here we
shall be glad to supply same on
request.

((

Get tfie Habit."

plants mentioned should take part in
this work.

For further information write to the
Secretary, R. I. Corn Growing Asso-
ciation, Kingston, R. I.

rso

HORTICULTURE

May 10, 1913

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factoirlsa
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

SHARP,

PARTRIDGE

Are Leaders in

& CO.

GREENHOUSE

GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL

PROVE THIS.

CHICAGO, ILL.

DREEIV'S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RIVERTON'*

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or
joint.

The HOSf for the FLORIST

%'iach, per It., 15 ^..
Reel of 500 ft., " 14HC.
2 Reels, 1000ft., " 14 c.
^-inch, " i^ c.

Reels, 500 ft., " i2>6c.
Couplings furnished

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

. 1000 REAX>Y PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BOLD PANS

cau be shipped at an huur's DuHee. Price

per crate:

2000 :% in. @ $6.00

1.500
1.500 2^4
1500 2W,
1000 .-i
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4.88
5.25
6 00
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.500 i
456 4V''
320 .5 '
210 ,5 V,
144 6
120 7
60 8

m $4.50

'■ 5.24

•■ 4.51

■• 3.78

'• 3.16

" 4.20

" 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottary, Fori Edward, N.Y.

August Rolker & Sans. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents

Om SPECIiaTY— Long Distance and eiiort trals

r— STANDARD FLOWER— i

If your greenhouses are within .500 miles
of the Capitol, write us. we can save
von money.

W. H. ERNEST

— 28tb £ ai Sts. Washington, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

with n^w.nnd Improml marhlnerj, wfi ««■

Kopply your nnnta to hotter Bdvantac*

thnn ever.

ffpertal <1l»rniintB on Inrcc onlrr*

Syracuse Pottery Co^ ^^V:Sr"^^

Send your business direct to Wasbinrton,
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

FATBNT LAWYHRS

Box 9, National Union Building
Wa«hington, D. C.

THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, liMirer of 32.S0O.OOO «]. (t. of eU»

For particulsn sddrcu

lohn G. Ester, $»> Saddle River, N.J.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

mm

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LDMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

■F. J. Dolausky & Co..

-Geny Bros., one

Lynn, Mass.-

two houses.

Nashville. Tenn.-
3n0-tool house.

Fairfield, Me. — C. P. Loder, Main
street, range of houses.

Kearney, Neb. — H. C. Green. Rail-
road street, rebuilding.

Brcwn Deer, Wis. — Holton & Hunkel
Co., ranse of six houses.

Indianapolis, Ind. — S. T. Hitz & Son.
two houses, each 30 x 147.

Brampton, Ont. — Dale Estate, six vio-
let houses, each 600 feet long.

M'lford, Mass. — Herbert W. Austin,
Asylum street, one house.

Campello, Mass. — Robert Mclntyre.
114 Gladstone street, addition.

Go: ham. Me. — Roland Barrows,
Lower Main street, carnation house.

Hutchinso.i, Kan. — Kline's Flower

Shop. 14 N. Main street, one house.

Newton Falls, Ohio — Cleveland
Greenhouse Co.. houses 60 x 400 feet.

Daytcn, Ohic — Edgemont Floral Co.,
South Brcadway. house 20 x 175 feet.

Barberton, Ohio — O. C. Barber Es-
tate, large range of new houses to be
erected in the spring of 1914.

NEWS NOTES.
Cleveland. Ohio — E. J. Buyer has
purchased the greenhouses, stock and
residence of Peter J. Probeck.

Bowling Green, Ohio — W. W. Milner,
of Ada. Ohio, has purchased the green-
houses of the Mercer Floral Co.

GLASS

for GREENHOrSE and HOT BED

S.XSHES. Our prices run be had \>y

mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stofk of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any qu.iutity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rook Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

21.^-:;i7 Ilavemeyer St., Broolvlyn, X. Y.

)reer's Peerless^
dazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drive e«T and true, because
both bevels are on tb* same
side. Can't twist and break
the elase in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
lishta or lefts.

The Peerless Glazine Point
ia patented. No others like^
it Order from your dealer/^
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
EEKBT A. DREEU.t
T14 Chestnot Street^s

rtoiMUiphi^

^TiCA

reenhouse^l"^

USE IT nam.

F.ii. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY
SiEW YORK

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putt> beccmes hard
and brittle. Broken giaf^s more easily removed
without breaklnf^of other g'ass as recurs with
hard putty Lasts If^nger than putty. Easy to
apply.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not rwist the shaLfting pipe,
times the power of oW »tyle elbow i
Sold only with Evaiu OiMlcnge Machins.
iVrite for fret CttalcgMt i*

Qt AKKR (ITT MACIJIXB CO.

RirhmaMil. Ind.

Greenhouse Materials

FVRMSNOI
m ERtCTEl

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lenictlln np lo 32 fret.
Nfillert ti> HD.v lietnll furnished or will
fnrnish details iinrt <ut m.iterl.Tli r»ndy for

Frank Van Assclie/«°

Iton Ave., Rote At*.
and Dwight Street
.IFR.*«rV flTT. N. J.

May 10. 1913

HORTICULTURE

731

The Kroeschell
Greenhouse Boiler

Ea««y to set up; no deep boiler pits
re<iuire<i. Is absolutely safe because
it is made of boiler plate — NOT CAST
IRON. There are no sections to crack
or leak. Easiest of all to clean ; in-
sures unequalled fuel economy.

Send for our Catalogue — Do it Today
I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

KING

Send for Bulletin No. 44 on

King Greenhouse

Benches

Your Copy Is Ready

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

28 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N. Y

ADVANCE VENTILATING
APPARATUS

Before phieing your order,
yon will do well to investi-
gate our line of Ventilating
Apparatus and Greenhouse
Fittings. We are sure that
we can save you money,
and furnish you with the
best equipment on the mar-
ket. Our equipment Is one
of the essentials of any up-
to-date greenhouse.

Send for Descriptire Cat-
alog and Prices.

ADVANCE CO., • Richmond, ind.
S. JACOBS & SONS

1359-1385 Flus4ilng Ave.

BROOKLYN, - - - N. Y.

Where We Standi

On Our Wind-Resisting

Iron Frame Construction

JUST after the big western blow
that laid low so many houses,
an adTerti^5ement appeared in
the P^lorist magazines stating
that "All concerns have had
some of their houses blown down
sometime."

Wo ^\■ant to flatly contradict such a
st;i1t"infnt. because never, to our
kiiowliMlKc. in our long years of
greenhouse building has any of our
iron frame houses been blown down.
They have been up against many
big blows too.

For example: one of our representa-
tives has just returned from Omaha,
Nebraska, where the recent wind,
although it blew the glass out of a
range of our houses and broke
some of the wooden roof bars, still
the iron frame-work itself, stood
tliorc unharmed.

Directly attached to it, were several
houses, not our construction, which
the wind tumbled over and made
kindling wood of.

We tell you these things, not in an
attempt to profit by less experienced
Arms' misfortunes, but as a conclu-
sive bit of evidence, that our con-
structions are based on an accurate
knowledge of stress and strain and
the safe way of providing for them.

As staunch and strong as our stan-
dard iron frame house is, we believe
our New Cantilever construction to
be still stronger although fewer col-
umns and rafters are used.
Send for our commercial iron frame
catalog and go carefully Into the de-
tails of our various constructions.
Then and not till then are you in a
position to buy intelligently.

The houses still standing are of Hitchings Iron Frame Construction

Hiictvitv

«LE

atr

New York Office
1170 Broadway

Factory, Elizabeth, N. J.

Philadelphia Office
1505 Chestnut St.

732

HORTICULTUKE

May 10, 1913

l"ied Metcalfe's Iron Iramer at Iron<le<|Uoit. N. Y. Tlit- Hrs-t L. X B. 40 foot Iron Frame house in that sertion.

How the Irondequoit Growers Came
To Build L & B Iron Frame Houses

An Interesting Bit of Development History

D

HE other day several ut" our salesmen were
lum-hinu' t<ij:etbcr with the Sales Manager.
I oame in late, hut just in time to catrh some
most interestinj,' facts nbout how the le-adingr
iri'owers in Irondeijuoit jnmned from our
Pipo Framo to the 40 ft. Iron I-'iame con-
struction. It seems that Del Titus, first started buying
our Pipe Frame houses a good many years ago.

J. H. West and Sons, who had 5 of the same con-
struction started the Iron I''rame ball rolling, when they
jumped from pipe frame houses 28 feet wide to a 72
feet iron framer V2o feet long, divided in three com-
partments.

Fred Metcalfe and P. B. Pengally were the first to
build the 40 foot iron framers.

The inleresting thing about Mr^ Pengally's order
was. that he had already signed up for a Pipe Frame
house, but on visiting with Mr. Metcalfe, the Burt
Olney Canniug Co'.s range at Albion. N. Y., he promptly
changed his mind in favor of the Iron Frame.

A similar case was C. H. Metcalfe, and his brother
Fred. C. H. had ordered a Pipe Frame bouse, but
when the materials for his brother's iron frame began
to arrive, he was so thoroughly convinced of its superi-

ority that he proinpliy cancelled the Pipe Frame order
ami contracted for an Iron Framer 40 by 133 feet.

And then ther-,- is Anderson and Merrill. Tliey were
entirely satisfied with their L. & B. Pipe Frame house
an<l had made up their minds to order a duplicate. But
after seeing J. II. West & Son's, and several others,
they flopped over to the Iron Frame cmstructlon.

The same day that Anderson and Merrill changed
1 heir minds, our friend. C. W. Cole also "saw the great
light." and signed up for one 40 by 141 feet.

After the lunch was over and we were walking back
lo the office, our Boston man said be felt confident "that
in five years time the Market Growers wouldn't think
of building anything but the best Iron Frame con-
struction money could buy." "The ice in the Eastern
section." he said, "was broken when Alexander Porter
put up his big iron franuT .%0 feet by 4Zi) feet for grow-
ing tomatoes."

We have just issued a supijlement to our Iron
Frame Catalog showing half a dozen or more splendid
big double page illustrations of some of these houses.

Send for it. (irt posted on what your brother
grower is doing.

Lord and Burnham Co.

SALES OFFICES:

New York, 42nd Street Bldg.
Philadelphia, Franklin Bank Bldg.
Rochester, Granite Bldg.

Boston, Tremont Bldg.
Chicago, Rookery Bldg.
Toronto, 12 Queen St., E.

FACTORIES :

Irvington, N. Y.

Des Plaines, III.

\'iew of Alex Porter's bi;j house at Wolnirn, Mass. It is an Iron Frftiner. 50 x

l^ — ^3

Cattleta Zephtka

C. Dowiana x C. Schropderse Augusta Vicioria.

^

^ Deyoreafo th^_^

'IMSCAPE GARDm£&

i/f/ndred Iptere^f'S^

1%'

^/fNamiftonT^ace,

SqjTON, Mass.
Jubscrrption, ^100^

^

734

HORTICULTURl

May 17, 1913

^:

:^

HENDERSON'S BULB BARGAINS

Our Import Catalogue of Superior Flower Bulbs, Roots, Etc. for those
who place their orders with us this Spring. For shipment as the bulbs
arrive^during Summer and Fall. Everything to gain and nothing to lose
by orderingrnow !

Orders placed with us early enable us to estimate our requirements more closely and by including
your order with ours, for importation, we can afford to sell you at lower rates than in the Autumn, for
the reason that when importing on a certainty we take less risk in liavins a surplus left. Should we be
able to offer anvthing at a lower rate later in the season we will rrjve you tlio benefit.

HENDERSON'S
SUPERIOR

FLOWER (BULBS

FOR FALL

PLANTING

IT. IS CONCEDED THAT HENDERSON'S BULB DEPARTMENT

handles the largest quantities, the highest quality and the greatest variety of Flower Bulbs of any one fiini
in the world. America, Great Britain, Italy, France, Holland, Japan, China, Asia Minor, Bermuda, etc.,
yield up to us annually millions of their bulbous floral freasures.

sTHERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITYIOF BULBS
Superior bulbs — the pick ot the crops — are largely consumed by critical European buyers, the "seconds" and
"substitutes" being too often palmed off on less critical American dealers. We insist — with a penalty
attached — on being supplied with the same high grade — true to name varieties — that the English, Ger-
mans and Russians get, and
we see that we get this su-
perior grade by personally
conducted trials. Hender-
son's Superior Bulbs there-
fore cost a little more than
inferior grades, but our cus-
tomers appreciate the dif-
ference.

^:

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May 17, 1913

H 0 B T I C TJ L T TI B B

731

TttnnnnnfinivvinfifinrrrytfifinrififVifrifirvifinrif^^ "•••'• ■■■^

CANNAS AND BEDDING STOCK

We have an extra fine lot of Cannas in 3 inch pots ready for shipment in the following sorts, at
$3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 250 of one kind at thousand rates.

ALPHONSE BOOVIER
FLORENCE VACGHAN
J. D. EISELE

JEAN TISSOT EO.VNDALE PATKIA

GLADIATOR HIAWATHA RICHARD WAIiLACE

MAD. CROZY NIAGARA VENUS

MRS. KATE GRAY SOUV. DE ANTOINE CROZT

PENNSYLVANIA
UNCLE SAM
PRESIDENT MAYERS

BEDDING PLANTS SUCH AS

ACHRYANTHES. ALTERNANTHERA, COLEUS, HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS, HARDY ENGLISH IVY, MOONVINKS,

SALVIA, ETC.

3 in., $3.00 per 100, $18.60 per 1,000; S in., $3.00 per 100, f26.00 per 1,000.

2 in. pot plants in a splendid as- PCDAMIIIMQ Same as

sortment $2.00 per 100 and up. UCIIAIllUniO Usual.

DAHLIAS

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

BEDDING PLANTS ROSES IN 2 1-4 INCH POTS

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, Poitevine and Ric-
ard, 3V^ inch. 7c.; Vincas, 10, 12'/^ and 15c.;
Dracaenas Indiviga, 25, 35 and 50c. ; Sal-
via Splendens, 3-3Vi inch, 5, 6c.; Stocks,
mixed colors. 3Vi inch, 6c.; Petunias,
duuhle, "iC, Calif oriiian Giant, 6c., Nana
Compacta, 5c. ; Calendula, 4c. ; Marigolds,
French. 5c., African, 6c. ; Feverfew. 5c.;
Golden Feather, 3c.; .\geratum, 6e.; Helio-
trope, 6e. ; Cannas, 5 varieties, 8c.; Celosia
Cristata, Gc; Fuchsias. 7c.; Lemon Ver-
benas, 7c.; Mme. Salleroi, 3 inch, 5c., 2^,
4c. ; Verbenas, 3c. ; Coleus, Golden Redder,
Verschaflfelti and mixed, 3c. ; Alteman-
theras, red and yellow, 4c.: Lobelia, 3c.;
Asparagus Sprengeri, Baskets, $J.OU and
#1.60, 3M. inch, 7c., 2^4 inch, 3c.

H. HANSEN, FLORIST

106 Avon St., Maiden, Masa.

Well established, rooted last summer and
ready to plant out, strong plants.

AMERICAN PILLAR, HIAWATHA, TAU-
SENDSCHON. BABY RAMBLER. DOROTHY
PERKINS. LADY GAY, A. BARBIER.
$3.00 per 100.

NEW LOBELIA MRS. CLIBRAIN

Dark blue, pure white center, stands any
amount of sun 2]- inch pots at $6.00 per 100.

HEAD'S BERGENFIELD NURSERIES

Thoma* W. Head, Prop,

BERGENFIELD, NEW JERSEY

CAPE JASMINE

FROM

Texas Coast Jasmine Farms

Place vour orders with us at once.
We will have close to 500.000 buds this
year. Buds packed to ship any dis-
tance. Prices are:

Bs — 3 to 6 in. stems, $6.00 per 1000

As — 6 to 13 in. stems, 8.50 per 1000

Xs— 12 to 18 in. stems, 13.00 per 1000

Less than 500, $1.00 and $1.50 -per 100.

Cash or C. O. D.

R. W. WOODWARD, Mgr

P. 0. Box 226 ALVIN, TEXAS

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Ease

Advance Co 771

Albany Cut Flow-
er Kx 7G2

Allen, J. K 762

Anderson. S. A.. 757
Aphine Mfg. Co. 709

Aschmann, G 748

Atlanta Florist

Co 760

A y r es Co., S.__

Bryson 755

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 7b2

Barnard, W. W.

Co 7;m

Barrows & Son.. 736
Bayersdorter, H.

& Co 75S

Bay State Nur-
series 749

Bloomingdale's, 756
Bobbink & At-
kins 749

Boddiugton, A.T.753
Bolglano ..t Son,

J 755

Boston Florist

Letter Co 760

Breck, J. & Son. 755
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 749

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 756

Bryan, Alonzo J. 750

Burnett Bros 752

Burpee, W. A. &

Co 755

Carbone 757

California Seed

Growers' Asso.755
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 760

Page

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.760
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 754

Clarke's D. Sons. 756
Clark, Everett B.

Seed Co 755

Conine Nursery

Co., F. E 748

Cowee, W. J 762

Craig, Robt. Co. 736

Dards 750

Dawson, H. S...749
Dorner & Sons

Co 750

Dreer. H. A

751-770-771
Dunlop, John H.757

Dysart, R. J 769

Eastern Nurser-
ies 749

Edwards Folding

Box Co 760

Elliott's W. Sons.754
Eppstein, Julius. 757

Ernest, W. H 770

Esler, J. G 771

Eyres 756

I''arqubar, R. &

J. & Co 755

Felix & Dykhuis.748

Finger. W. A 749

Ford, M. C 762

Ford. W. P 762

Fottler, F i s k e,

Rawsou Co 755

Forrest, Frank H.757
Freeman Orchid

Co 736

Froment. H. E..762
Framlngham
Nurseries 749

Page
Galvin, Thos. 1*^.757
Gasser, J. M. Co.757
Goodsell, P. H..748
Grace, Patrick. ..770
Grey, T. J. Co... 755
Gude Bros. Co.. 757
Hail Association. 7T1
Hall & Robinson.757
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 769

Hansen, H 735

Hart. Geo. B 76U

Heacock, Jos 750

Head's Bergenfleld
Nurseries, 735-749

Henderson, A 755

Henderson, Peter

& Co 7.34

Hess & Swoboda.756
Hews, A. H. &

Co 770

Hilflnger Bros. ..770
Holland Nurser-
ies 749

Holm & Olson.. 756

Horan, E. C 762

Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 754

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 757

Johnston Bros.. 757
Kasting, W. F.

Co 761

Keller, J.B. Sons. 758
Kelway & Son... 755

Kervan Co 762

King Cons. Co. .771
Kramer, F. H..757
Kroeschell Bros. 771
Kuebler. W. H..762

Page
Lager ,& Hurrell.736

Lange, A 757

Lemon Oil Co... 769
Leonard Seed Co.754
Leuthy, A. & Co. 736
Loechner & Co.. 748
MacMulkin, E...757
May & Co., L. L.757
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 746-761-770

McConnell, Alex. 756
MeCray Refrig-
erator Co 759

McCuUough's J.

M. Sons Co 760

McH u t chison &

Co 736

McKenzie. John. 748
McManus. Jas...762
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 771

Meyer, J. C.& Co.747
Micbell's Seed

House 754

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 700

Millang, Chas....762

Miller, E. S 755

Montreal Floral

Exchange 761

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 762

Murray, Samuel. 756
National Nursery-
man 749

N. E. Nurseries.. 749
Niessen, Leo Co. 700
Oechslin. Frank. 750
Ouwerkerk, P...749
Palmer. W. J. &
Son 756

Page
Park Floral Co.. 750
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 757

Parshelsky Bros.771
Penn the Florist. 757
Pennock - Mcehan

Co 703

Pierce Co., F. 0.771
Pierson, A. N...750
Pierson, P. R.Co.750
Pierson U-B a r

Co 772

Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 769
Poehlmann Bros.760
Pollworth, C. C..756
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 769

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 771

Reed & Keller... 762
Reinberg, Peter. .760

Rice. M. Co 757

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 745-700

Robinson Co., H.

M 762

Bock. Wm. L 756

Roehrs. J. Co.... 736
Roland. Thomas.736
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 736

Itosery, The 756

Sander & Son... 736

Scott. John 750

Schling, Max 7.58

Shaketano, V 755

Sharp. Partridge

& Co 771

Shepard's Garden

Carnation Co.. 750
Sheridan, W. F..762

Page
Shinn. Warren. ..754
Siggers & Sig-

gers 770

Siebrecht. Geo. C.762
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 754

Smith, P. J 762

Smith &Co., E.D.749
Smith. W. & T.

Co 749

Smyth, Wm J... 756
Sprague, J. H...736
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co.... 771
Stumpp, Geo. M.756
Syracuse Pottery

Co 770

Totty. Chas. H..748
Thorburn. J. M.

& Co 754

'r r ji e n d 1 y &

Schenck .......762

Valentine. J. A.. 756
Van Assche. F...771
Vlck's Jas. Sons. 755
Vincent, R.. Jr.,

& Sons Co. 735-754
Wants. For Sale. 768
Ward. R. M,&Co.736
Welch Bros. Co.

747-761
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 749

Wilson Robt. G..750

Wood Bros 750

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 762

Woodward. R.W.735
Young & Nugent. 756

Zangen, O. V 755

Zinn, J. A 757

Zvolanek. Ant. C.755

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pases 764, 765, 766, 767

.73.6

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

ll_Y

U

HORSESHOE BRAND

Lily bulbs from the finest fields In Japan, at the following prices:

COLD STORAGE STOCK, STORED AT NEW YORK.

GIGANTELJI,

7-S inches, at $6.00 per case of 100

8.50 •• 100

FRESH STOCK, FOR FALL DELIVERY.

21.00
21.00
25.00
22.00
16.00

300
2S0
250
180
220

8-9 '

8-10

9 11 ••

SPEC. ALBUM, 7-9 "

COLD STORAGE STOCK, STORED AT MEMPHIS.

GIG.4NTEUM, S- 914 inches, at $23.00 per case of 260

9-11 ■' 22.00 •■ 180

COLD STORAGE STOCK, STORED AT CINCINNATI.
GIG.\NTEUM, 8-9y> inches, at $23.00 per case of 260

LILIUM GIGANTECM,

LILIUM MCLTIFLORUM,

LILICM FORMOSCM,

6-8 $16.00

7-9 18.00

8-10 2.S.00

9-10 22.00

6-8 12.00

7-9 15.00

8-10 18.00

9-10 17.00

6-8 20.00

7-9 21.00

8-10 22.50

9-10 20.00

per case of 400
300
250
200
400
300
250
200
400
300
250
200

Other varieties quoted upon application. Terms, 60 days net, or 3 per cent ten days, or 5 per cent
for cash with order.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs will produce better results on the average than any other brand known.
They are the safest and most economical to buy. Send for the Book of Bulbology.

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE

Not How Cheap
But Bow Good

71 MURRAY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY

ORCHIDS

DENDROBIU.M WARDIANUM GI-
GANTECM— Length of hulb IS to 36
inches. Quantit.v of Ijulbs per plant
6 to 20 as desired.

DENDROBIUM NOBILE — Plants

from 6 to 20 bulbs, as ordered. Speci-
men plants from 35 to 265 bulbs. In
perfect condition.

DENDROBIUM CHRYSOTOXA— 15 to
20 bulb plants at $24 a dozen.; 35 bulb
plants each $5.00; 50 bulb plants each
.');7.50; SO bulb plants each $15.00.

FREEMAN ORCHID COMPANY, Fall River, Mass.

Direct from India. Finest stock ever re-
ceived in America. Ready for immediate
delivery, Extra large strong bulbs.

DENDROBIIM FORMOSUM GIGAN-
TEl'M — In any quantity desired, $1.00
to $5.00, acoordioj;: to size.

VANDA COERULEA— From 8 inches

to 2 feet in length.

CATTLEYAS — Trianae, Schroederae,
3Ios6iae, Percivaliana, GaskelLiana.

Aii the plants arc ready frr pottiog and
should be receh'ed at once.

SEND FOR PRICE LIST

Natural — Four Standard Grades.

Colored — Twenty Stnndaid Colors.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISON & CO, ™" ™''°''^

17 Murray St.,

HOUSE
NEW YORK

ORCHIDS

Largett Importer*, Exporters, Crowert
and Hybridists in thi WoAd

SANDER, St. Alban s, England

and 258 Broadway, Room 7S1
NEW YORK CITY

CYpLAMEIM August Roiker » Sons

Best strain in eiistence.

4 Inch $36.00

6 inch 60.00

0 Inch

THOMAS ROLAND,

15.00

Nahant, Mass.

OROMIDS

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co*

Rutherford, N. J.

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

ROSES, PALMS.

and >ro\ elties in I)*'roriiti\f Plants.

MARKET and 4gtti STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

OROMI

Arrived in Fin« Condition; Dendrobium
thyrsiflorum, D. chrysotoxum, D. crassl-
nodo.

Due Shortly: Cattleya Gaskelliana, C.
Mossiae, C. Percivalliana. G. speciosissima,
C. Trianae. etc.

Write for prices.

LAGER & HURRELL ^"S?.'?."

S^IHiOkCSIMI^IVI IVIC3SS

10 bbl. bales; selected stock; neatly bur-
lapped. "Worth While Quality," "Square
Deal Quantity." 5% off oasli witli order.

1 bale $3.80 10 bales, each.. $3.40

5 bales, each... 3.60 26 bales, each.. S.2t

Car lots. Write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, $1.2fi per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

J. H. SPRAGUE, Barnasat, N.J.

Import for the Trade only
AZALEAS. PALMS. BHOI>ODEn«DRONB
BAYTRRES, ROSES, LFLACB, HOLLAND
AND JAPAN BULBS, LII^T OF THE
VALLEY, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Peililns Street Nurseries. Rosllndale.— Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS 2>^ in. *Y3oT5or'

ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100. $40 per

1000.

WHITMAN! COMPACTA 2 i.2 in. $5 per 100.

$40 per 1000.

250 »t 1000 rales.

U.II. BARROWS &SON,W)iitinM, Mass.

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are large enough to handle prick ofE into flats. In about
five or six weeks they should be potted singly in 8-incli
pots, using a soil a trifle richer and heavier at every
subsequent potting. When they become established a
cold frame is an excellent place to summer them in>
See that the glass is shaded and, as the weather gets
warmer, raise the sashes back in front, for it is coolness
that they want, with plenty of fresh air. By sowing at
intervals from now until Augiist you can have nice
flowering plants from December until spring. Give a
slight fumigation once a week for gTeen fly.
Increasing Begonias

Where there is a demand for flowering or the Rex
begonias now is a good time to increase stock for
another year. Cuttings taken from the new side
growth and those coming directly from the base of
your flowering begonias will make the most satisfactory
plants and those of the Rex class come flne from leai
cuttings. An ideal place to propagate these begonias
is on a bench in some well-shaded house not too near the
ventilators, and where a I'easonable amount of humidity
can be kept up. Ventilate so the air of the house will
not be violently disturbed by sweeping air currents,
When treated this way they will soon root and can be
potted into small pots using a compost of new loam,
leaf mold and sand in equal parts. When they fill these
pots they should be given a good portion of well de-
cayed cow manure, leaf mold and loam in equal parts.
Cycas Stems

At about this season and until mid-summer the dried
stems of cycas will be arriving. All florists who have
use for these palms should secure some and start them
up. Use as small pots as will comfortably hold them.
Give thorough drainage as these plants require an abun-
dance of water when they begin to make roots. For a
compost use equal parts of turfy loam, leaf mold and
well decomposed cow manure, thoroughly mixed. After
potting they should be placed in a temperature of about
70 degrees at night. When accommodated with some
bottom heat they will make much freer and more vig-
orous growth. Water at the roots sparingly at first un-
til growth starts when the supply can be increased.
Keep the stems well moistened by syringing them two
or three times daily. When the whorl of leaves appear
they will require some shade and until they become
hardened up, when they should stand full sun.
Tuberoses

Tuberoses that were started in 4 or 5-inch pots should
be kept growing under glass until after the middle of
June. Where space in the house is available it pays to
shift these into 6-inch pots and grow under glass as they
will produce better flowers. When planted outside they
are very easily damaged by cold rains and the inclement
weather we are liable to have. Give them a bench where
they can have full sun with lots of ventilation. As they
fill their pots with roots they will require a great deal
of water to bring them on to perfection.

Farrell's nest POtes win be on the foUowIng: Lilies; Planting Dahlias; Planting Out Violets; Slngle-Stemed Chrysanthemums;

Tender Nymphaeas; Stock Plants for Next Winter,

Antirrhinums

You will have noticed the popularity and call for the
snajDdragon (Antirrhinum) this spring. It is time now
to put in cuttings to secure nice young stock for bench-
ing in August or September to flower during early win-
ter. The strong growths from which you have been cut-
ting blooms last month, will send outside shoots, which
will root readily, and must then be carried over summer
in pots pluHged in a frame in the full sun. This is a
better preparation to make early-flowering plants than
carrying in the shaded greenliouse. By cuttings you
can also perpetuate the most desirable forms and colors
which from seed you are not sure of doing. Don't let
them become pot-bound before they are planted out, but
ehift even into 4 or 5-inch pots. Wlien put on the
benches in September or October they will soon give a
crop of flowers, and once they begin to bloom you may
expect to cut right along until late spring. Fumigate
moderately and often so that green fly will not get a
foothold. Keep them watered and syringed to promote
good growth and it is better not to pinch until the stem
has reached a medium height, as you then will get better
breaks.

Chrysanthemums
Commercial growers wlio desire to cut flowers by the
end of September should now have their stock in con-
dition to be planted. A good fibrous loam, with one-
fourth well decomposed stable manure and a light
sprinkling of fine bone, make the ideal compost. To pro-
duce good flowers the plants must be set no closer than
9 by 6 inches and with many varieties 9 by 8 would be
even better. This is for single stem plants. Those who
grow chrysanthemums in the house from first to last
can give them better and closer attention at all times.
Do not neglect giving them a good syringing early
every morning; this will allow the foliage time to dry
out nicely before night fall, but during dark or cloudy
weather keep your plants as dry as possible. During
the hot weather damping down will be necessary two or
three times a day on the walks or paths to supply the
proper moisture in the atmosphere. Go over the beds
every day so there will be neither dry spots nor places
showing a saturated condition, for either of these con-
ditions is very detrimental to the chrysanthemum. Ven-
tilate freely both day and night for these plants delight
in a circulation of fresh air at all times.

Cinerarias

If you wish to have nice flowering plants for Decem-
ber, sow now. Sow on light, porous soil — say equal
parts of loam and leaf mold with enough of sand to
make it gritty. Give the pans or flats a good watering
previous to sowing the seed. Press and cover lightly
with some finely sifted soil of the above compost, just
enough so the seeds are out of sight. Keep in a close,
moist house of about 60 degrees and place a pane of
glass over them until the seeds germinate, when they
should be kept in the coolest house you have. When they

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FtQishing Peaches and Nectarines

The earliest trees in the first peach house will now be
ripening their fruit. Duke of York peach and Cardinal
nectarine will probably be in the lead followed by Alex-
ander and Hale's Early peaches and Early Rivers nec-
tarine. The latter is second to none in the early house,
excepting that Cardinal has it beat by about ten days
in coming in. To obtain the maximum of color all
fruits should have been previously exposed to the sun by
placing a piece of lath behind each. This makes them
stand out from the trellis and often places them beyond
the reach of the foliage. Occasionally it is impossible to
use the lath or piece of wood without taking a big risk
of pushing the fruit off altogether; in such a case push
the foliage (which will naturally be covering the fruit
on a cross-trellis) to the back side. While it is never
policy to advocate the removing of any good healthy
foliage from a growing fruit tree, an exception some-
times has to be made when seeking a perfect finish to a
peach or nectarine. A leaf may lie right across a fruit
and remain there after all persuasion to take a back seat
has been brought to bear on it. Such a one is bes^t
pinched off or you will get a study in black and white
on the fruit. Nothing that I know of demonstrates tiio
sun's power and action so plainly as a nectarine so col-
ored. Should there be a bunch of leaves hiding a fruit
as we often find on pot trees, these can very advantage-
ously be tied in a bunch for a week or so until the fruit
is removed.

Immediately on detecting the first signs of ripening—
usually a rich fragrance from the fruit — discontinue
syringing. This should be done gradually by using the
hose in a morning only for a week, in which time prob-
ably all will be "on the turn." Feeding must cease, but
see that the trees do not want for water. Air should be
given more abundantly, but do not lose sight of the fact
that there are other trees coming along in the same
house. Wliat might be termed "a betwixt and between"'
line must be drawn. A crack of air ought to be left on
all night. If an excessive night temperature has been
maintained of late reduce this as the fruit ripens.

A word of warning about suddenly bringing the fruits
into the full sunliglit or what is generally called "prop-
ing." There is a possibility of their burning for a few
days until they are accustomed to it, so a light shading
should be put on the glass, using something that will
remove easily. Whitening mixed with water or separated
milk can be removed with a dry brush or a stream from
the hose. Cardinal nectarines seem to liave a very ten-
der skin.

Packing

To pack peaches and nectarines so that they do not
show any signs of traveling wlicn at their destination

require careful handling in the first instance and also
careful packing. Gather them before they are fully ripe.
Some trouble may be found in getting them off before
they are "willing." Peregrine is an offender in this re-
spect. When removing them do not try to do it all with
one finger and the thumb. Let the pressure be even and
all around. Have a receptacle ready to receive them on
removal. This can be a shallow wooden box having a
sheet of cotton-wool on the bottom with a piece of wax
paper laid over it. The best boxes for packing into are
made of wood and deep enough to take one layer only.
Cardboard boxes are all right if it is intended to send
them by messenger. For shipping by express wooden
boxes are the safest. Have the box lined with paper
first, following with thick cotton wool. Before com-
mencing to pack the fruit, cut up enough wax paper into
squares of a suitable size so that one nicely envelopes a
fruit. The cotton-wool can also be made ready in a like
manner. This makes packing easier and quicker; being
laid in a convenient place they are picked up in rotation.
First the fruit is wrapped in wax paper, then in cotton-
wool and placed in a box. When the box is filled an-
other sheet of wool is laid on the top, which, if tlie boxes
are made for the purpose will nicely fill it so that they
cannot move. Packed thus both peaches and nectarines
sliould travel without any injury whatever.

Finishing: Grapes

Grapes will have been cutting from pot vines since
the last week in April. Keep the house dryer to enable
any still hanging to keep in good condition. Do not,
however, let the roots want for water. The early vinery
will now be coloring and probably (if not already done),
a light shading on the glass will be beneficial. Not only
does it prevent scalding of the berries and a possible
burning of the foliage, but it keeps so much more moist-
ure in the house. Feeding must be of quick-acting man-
ures to push all that can be into the berries.

Late Vineries

Late vineries will be in full flower and should be kept
a little dryer about noon to enable the pollen to move
around. No difficulty will be experienced in setting
tliese. Give the rods a shaking at noon after getting
on all the air the weather will permit. Get busy with
the scissors soon after the berries are set as they swell
with great rapidity. Black Alicante and Gros Colman
and other inmates of this house, set so thickly that a
little swelling makes a tight bunch, which takes double
the time to thin than it would if taken in time.

Apples and Peats

Apples and pears will take all the feeding they can get
prior to finishing. Cramped info small pots tlie roots '
iiave not the chance to seek for it. Keep the trees well "
syringed and look out for a]ihis which at times will
creep in in spite of diligence. Fumigate before they be-
come an established tenant, fnllmving it uji willi a little
extra water pressure.

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OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

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Early Celery

The early celery should be planted out in its jjerma-
nent quarters now. Trenches containing a single or
double row is the method most commonly practiced, but
the writer prefers a well-enriched frame for this crop,
believing that the same arguments as were set forth in
a. previous issue in regard to growing lettuce in frames
applies likewise to the early crop of celery. The plants
will make a better growth with less liability to check in
this way than any other. Convenience of water and ease
for shading when transplanted are great factors.

Late Celery

Sow seed now for the winter crop and sow it in fiats
■or pans with the idea of transplanting once or twice be-
fore the final planting. The celery plant unless trans-
planted early tends to make a long root which is not
•conducive to a good plant later. The transplanting
■causes it to make those numerous small roots or rootlets
which every grower so much likes to see and which cling
to the small soil particles so tenaciously. The best soil
for pricking out celery is one containing an admixture
■of leaves or old mushroom-bed manure.

Pithy Stems in Celery

Pithiness is a cause of great annoyance in celery some-
times and is generally attributed to overfeeding, espe-
•cially overfeeding with nitrogenous manures. My ex-
perience points rather to poor grades of seed as being
i:he cause. Hence the necessity of buying seed from
reliable sources. I have grown two stocks of seed of the
same variety side by side and fed them Just alike and
in one lot found a lot of pithy plants while there were
«carcely any in the other lot.

Varieties of Celery

The self-blanching kinds such as White Plume and
Golden Self-Blanching are the best for summer use, but
for keeping in winter the Boston Market, Winter Queen,
Giant Pascal and Fin de Siecle are among the best ; in
fact we know of no better keeper or variety with finer
flavor than Fin de Siecle.

Celeriac

Celeriac or turnip-rooted celery should be sown at
once if not already sown, as it requires quite a long
season to develop.

Corn

Sweet corn is decidedly a tropical plant that turns
yellow and stunted with the least breath of frost, there-
fore as a general thing it does not pay to sow outside
before the middle of May, but our climate is such a
fickle thing that we can never tell just what is going to
happen, and as we have all got to take chances now and
then it is well to take a chance on the corn and get some
in at once, because should it turn wet and cold enough
to rot this lot we can yet plant some more. Sow some of
the early kinds and some of the mid-season varieties and
be sure your ground is well supplied with phosphate and
potash, bone meal for the former and wood ashes for
the latter if applied at this season.

Swiss Chard, Okra, Kohl Rabi and Florence Fennel

All these may be sown now in drills a foot to eighteen
inches apart, to be thinned out later to their proper dis-
tances apart in the rows.

Chicory

This is a splendid vegetable for a winter salad and
should be sown now in deep rich soil. Later sowings
would make fair plants but it pays to gi'ow good big
crowns as the after product is so much finer. Sow in
drills a foot apart and thin out to six inches in the rows.

Succession Sowing

Carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, (sow also some of the
New Zealand spinach now), peas, radish, cauliflower and
turnips should all be sown again to keep up supplies.

Rhubarb — Sea Kale

Here are two of the finest winter-forcing vegetables
grown and while there are always good roots for sale by
the seed houses for forcing purposes, yet most gardeners
will get better results from stock grown at home and
seed of these two should be sown at once in drills. Of
course it will take at least two years to grow roots to a
size for forcing, but if a start be once made, then by
sowing every year the stock of roots will always be on
hand. Sea kale is something like horse-radish in that
if it once takes possession of a piece of ground it is
rather hard to eradicate, as every little bit of a root will
grow and make a plant. So this should be borne in
mind and a place selected to grow them where they will
not nltimately become a pest.

Order Your Decoration Day Flowers and Supplies Early.

Get Your Young Stock for Growing on For Next Season.
Get These and Your Choice Seeds and Roots From the

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HORTICULTURE

yyt. XVII

MAY 17, 1913

NO. 20

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Telephone, Oxford 202.
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Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Offlc*
at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Cattleya X Zephyra.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— An-
tirrhinums — Clirysanthemums — Cinerarias — Increas-
ing Begonias — Cycas Stems — -Tuberoses — John J. M.
Farrell 737

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Finish-
ing Peaches and Nectarines — Packing — Finishing
Grapes — Late Vineries — Apples and Pears — George
E. Penson 738

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUITS— Early Celery
— Late Celery — Pithy Stems in Celery — Varieties of
Celery — Celeriac — Corn — Swiss Chard, Okra, Kohl
Rabi and Florence Fennel — Chicory — Succession Sow-
ing— Rhubarb — Sea Kale — Edwin Jenkins 739

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Tying the Young
Plants — Shitting the Potted Plants — Pinching the
Buds — Repotting — Old Soil for Potting — Fumigation
— Arthur C. Ruzicka 741

ADVERTISING TALKS— Ralph M. Ward 741

CATTLEYA x ZEPHYRA 741

THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK SYSTEM— Illustrated 742

PLAN OF CONVENTION HALL AND OUTDOOR EX-
HIBITION AT MINNEAPOLIS— Illustrated 744

DURING RECESS— Florists' Club of Washington—
— Bowling 744

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club-
Chicago Florists' Club 745

St. Louis Florist Club — New Jersey Floricultural
Society — St. Louis County Plant and Flower Grow-
ers' Association 746

Gardeners' and Florists' Club o£ Boston — Society of

American Florists 747

Club and Society Notes • 747-748-769

SEED TRADE— A. L. Don— Trade Reaction— Sufficient
Stock on Hand — California's Plight — Early Planting
—Rain Needed 752-753

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 756

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 757

Advertising — Pot Roses in Chicago 758

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 761

Detroit, New York, Philadelphia 763

Rochester, St. Louis 769

OBITUARY— Ernest Fischer— Mrs. Edward Swayne—
A. L. Don— William B. Robb, portrait 768

MISCELLANEOUS:

Cornuses at Locust Valley 743

W. Wells' Impressions of New York Show 743

Personal — John Donaldson, portrait 759

Chicago Notes — Philadelphia Notes 759

News Notes 768

Catalogues Received 768

Journalistic Changes 769

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 770

Patents Granted — Incorporated 770

We find that we were a trifle previous in

Tariff our congratulations last week on the good

corrections results which had been achieved in

straightening out the tariff ambiguities.
Our deductions were based on a letter received by Mr.
McHutchison from Congressman Taylor stating that all
the amendments suggested by the horticultural trade had
been accepted. It appears evident that it was the inten-
tion of Congress to so act, and they undoubtedly thought
they had. A few minor errors, however, appear in tlie

bill as now printed but probably no great difiBculty will
be experienced in liaving these corrected according to
original intention.

How fast the waste basket fills up in these
"Publicity" Jays of printers'-ink publicity! The
run mad amount of money squandered in superflu-
ous circular letters, folders, cards, return
envelopes, blotters and eccentric devices for catching the
eye and exciting curiosity is "something fierce," to use a
street phrase. Wliole towns are industriously circular-
ized from all sorts of directory sources by concerns hun-
dreds or even thousands of miles away. Doubtless many
of our readers have had experiences similar to our own
in which we not infrequently receive catalogue mail ad-
dressed to the street number vacated by us ten years ago
or even the address of twenty-five years ago. The post-
age on all this misdirected energy might well be applied
to a better use. An antiquated mailing list, and that for
random distribution, is a very light-weight asset in any
business.

We believe in advertising the florist and
In the his wares and their uses. As the first
public eye journal to advocate publicity campaigns to
educate and inspire the public to a more
general use of flowers Horticultuke stands ready at all
times to applaud and to assist all well-directed work on
this line. We can see, however, in any pronounced effort
to establish a trade-made special annual floral occasion,
as in the case of "Mothers' Day," enough of the element
of mischief to make it advisable to go slow. The experi-
ence in some places, at least, would seem to show that
zealous advice to the public to honor their respective
mothers by all wearing a carnation on a certain day,
coming as it does from people who have flowers to sell,
however neatly it may be dressed up in sentimental trim-
mings, measures up simply as an appeal for trade — that
and nothing more. Particularly in the case where the
exclusive use of a special flower is advocated, tlie public
are not to be blamed if they connect in their minds the
urging and the doubled-up price and draw conclusions
not all complimentary to the florist trade. It may be
well to stop and think whether money used to create
publicity which carries such a recoil is well-spent, from
a good advertising standpoint.

Circular No. 43 of the U. S. Depart-
Seeds mcnt of Agriculture is concerned with

good and bad the "adulteration and misbranding of
the seeds of Kentucky bluegrass, red
top and orchard grass." It states that, in compliance
with the act of Congress, 1,344 samples of these seeds
were secured from various dealers and on analysis 189
out of 1,344 samples tested were found to be adulterated
or misbranded. This circular gives the names and ad-
dresses of the dealers so charged, together with the per-
centage of true seed, mixture, and dirt and chaff found
in each instance. The percentage of dereliction in some
cases is almost infinitessimal but in certain others, if
these published tests are to be believed, the transgression
is such as to astound us, although we believe that the
seed trade generally are honest. We are pleased to note
the almost entire absence from the list of the names of
seed houses that use the advertising columns of Horti-
culture. One prominent patron of this paper says in
the preamble to his annual seed catalogue, "One method
we practice where quality is required, is to supply relia-
ble well known growers with reselected stocks — that we
know are true to type. It is the business of these spe-
cialists to see that seeds come true. All reliable seeds-
men sell good seeds."

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Tying the Young Plants

The American Beauty plants in 4-in. pots will no
doubt require small stakes to hold them up, and tying
to keep them from lying all over. It is a pity to see so
many young plants that would otherwise become strong
and vigorous, go to waste because of lack of a little time
to tie them. It is almost impossible to syringe the young
plants when they lie over and more impossible still it is
to keep out that dreaded little pest — spider. Make a
point of it to keep the young jDlants clean and you will
not have a large lot of spider to begin the new season
with. With clean houses and clean plants little trouble
will be experienced in keeping the plants free during
the fall of the year when it is impossible to syringe for
a fortnight or longer.

Shifting the Potted Plants

Do not allow the plants to grow of their own accord
without seeing to placing them in their proper places.
Always see that all the taller plants are set to the back
of the bench, spaced if it is necessary to keep them from
crowding. This arrangement will give the little plants
plenty of show to spread out and gr(5w to perfection,
whereas were they allowed to grow among the tall plants
they would hardly amount to anything.
Pinching the Buds

Never neglect to pinch the buds in time. If they are
allowed to grow up and develop into flowers, it means
so much vitality wasted that would otherwise go into the
plant itself. All buds should be pinched when about the
size of a grain of wheat or even smaller. Pinch them
as soon as they are visible, taking one leaf with each bud
so that the new growth will not have a bud again as soon
as it grows up a few inches. Destroy all the buds that
are thus cut off. Underneatli the bench is not a place
for them and only gives all the insects a good place to
play hide-and-seek in. Keep all space underneath the
benches as clean as you would the walks or any other
part of the house.

Repotting

A large number of plants will now be potted from 3-

ineh pots into 4-inch. In doing this care should be taken
to fill up the pot well so as to leave no air spaces, which
would not be of any benefit to the plants. One can hard-
ly expect the plants to do real well if they are not potted
properly, as potting is a very important part in success-
ful plant growing. Have the soil screened as finely as
possible and you will have but little trouble.
Old Soil for Potting

At times when the supply of potting soil runs low we
are tempted to use the old soil all over again. Now,
many may do so with good success but when it comes to
us we would never take any chances, and would prefer
soil taken from the field and mixed to use right before
potting. This would insure soil free from fungus at
least. Well decayed manure can be added quite freely
but must be run through a screen to break it all up very
fine so that it will not be in lumps. Then add your bone
meal and soot and your soil is ready, being much more
valuable than all the old soil ever was. Of course we
would not hesitate to use carnation soil, which would be
a little different, but we always give preference to the
new.

Fumigation

Never neglect this, as you will soon wish you had not.
If you spray instead, this applies just the same. Keep
the plants clean. Do not wait until the plants move
with the quantity of bugs on them, but keep right after
them all the time. Fumigating or spraying regularly
each week, never letting the houses go once. It is much
better to fumigate while it is raining, as all crevices will
then be full of water and the houses almost air-tight.
Never fumigate unless the houses are below 70 degrees
and well watered, as it would endanger the plants to
fumigate with a greater temperature and a dry atmos-
phere with it.

Cattlcya Zcphyra

The beautiful hybrid Cattleya which forms the subject
of our cover page illustration this week, was raised by
Mr. Clement Moore of Hackensack, N. J., and is but
one of many interesting crosses made and raised at the
greenhouses of this enthusiastic orchid lover.

ADVERTISING TALKS-By RALPH M. WARD-No. lO

There are 60,000,000 people in
the United States who live out-
side of towns and cities. How
many of these people do you sup-
pose buy flowers habitually? How
many do you think might buy
flowers if they were properly ad-
vertised? If 5 per cent of this vast
majority were taught to buy $1.00
worth of flowers per month, it would
mean $36,000,000 added to the sales
of florists. The writer estimates
there are about 20,000 florists In
the States and Canada. This num-
ber of florists, or half of them, could
afford by combined advertising to

make flowers one of the most popu-
lar articles to civilization in this
country. Have you ever stopped
to think how few advertisements
you remember? Do you think
other people remember your adver-
tisement any more than you do
their's? Not much. The great pub-
lic is absorbed In its own affairs —
it cares nothing for you or your
goods. It has no reason to be-
lieve you are really trying to render
It a service. You must make the
public pay attention by talking
from its point of view. See your-
self as others see you — then make

yourself as you would have others
see you — make your advertise-
ments the same way — interesting
to others. Keep it up — cater —
cater — catei — that is the secret of
success. Give the public what it
wants — don't try anything else —
but sell the people — the great mass
— sell them. They will pay for
what they want — the price of cut
flowers is not made by the cost of
production — it's made by public
opinion — and if you would succeed
you had better start right now to
mould public opinion before pub-
lic opinion moulds you.

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HOETICULTUEE

May 17, 191S

THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK SYSTEM

Minneapolis has today a park sys-
tem of 3,710 acres. Of this total area
about one-third is made up of lakes,
lagoons and canals. Park history
dates back to 1857, but active acqui-
sition and development commenced
only with the creation of the Board
of Park Commissioners in 1883, and
the existing three small squares were
at that time transferred to the juris-
diction of the Board by the City
Council.

The well distributed and compre-
hensive system of parks and park-
ways bears testimony ot the wisdom
and forethought exercised by early
public-spirited citizens; and the secur-
ing and developing of what is rightly
considered one of the city's chief as-
sets has been in capable hands.

Minneapolitans are justly proud of
the city's park possessions and visi-
tors are agreeably surprised at the
liberal way nature has endowed the
system. Many and varied are its nat-
ural advantages and attractions. Park
authorities agree that it will rival any
in the country. Famed are its system
of urban lakes, the historic falls, the
mighty river and an almost endless
variety of picturesque scenery.

Minneapolis devotes one acre in
every ten of its entire area to public
recreation purposes; a much greater
proportion than in any of the twenty-
eight principal cities in the United
States having a population exceeding
250,000 each. The park system rep-
resents an investment of over $6,000,-
000 for land and improvements, and
the value of donations is estimated at
about $800,000.

A brief description of the system
will give a general idea of the park
possessions. Loring Park, of thirty-
six acres, named in honor of Mr. G.
M. Loring, known as the "Father of

Wilson Park,
A Siiuill Xeig

the Minneapolis Park System, " is ihe
most centrally located and is much
admired for its natural beauty and
the many embellishments provided by
the hand of man. The system of park-
ways starts at this point, and for a
distance of seventeen miles one trav-
els continuously on park lands over
an ever-changing course, connecting
many of the principal parks through
varied and beautiful scenery.

Kenwood Parkway, starting at Lor-
ing Park and going west, skirts nn
our right. The Parade, a large open
space of sixty-eight acres, ideal for a
playground and athletic field, and

LiK.AN Park Pi,ay(ihouxi)
Minneapolis Porli System.

Minneapolis
hborhood Park.

then through a fine residential district
past the wooded and rolling Kenwood
Park of thirty-three acres, and con-
nects us with the chain of magnifi-
cent urban lakes with finely wooded
shores and splendid encircling boule-
vards.

Lake of the Isles, of 200 acres
(water area 107 acres), is the first and
rightly called, the most picturesque,
with its pretty islands and irregular
shore line. Next, in a southerly direc-
tion we come to Lake Calhoun, of 522
acres (water area 460 acres), the,
largest of the system. This lake ia|
much used for sailing, boating, cano6-|
ing and other water sports, and here
is located the commodious Calhoun
Baths, conceded to be the most up-t
date in the country. A little furthef
south is Lake Harriet, of 408 acre^
(water area 353 acres), the favorite
lecreation spot of park visitors. Free
concerts are given here daily during
the summer by the famous Minneas
oils Park Band, and canoeing, boatl
ing, fishing and spacious picnic
a:rounds add to the popularity of this"
resort.

Minnehaha Parkway connects with
' ake Harriet Boulevard and in an
easterly direction follows the winding
course of Minnehaha Creek through
natural scenery of hill and dale the
whole distance of 5V2 miles, past Lake
Nokomis of 409 acres (water area 295
acres), and then bringing us to that
romantic spot called Minnehaha Park,
of 142 acres, and considered by many
the gem of the park system. Here
we have the celebrated Minnehaha
Falls immortalized by the poet Long-
fellow. From here we follow the
course ot the Mississippi River along
the west bank in a northerly direc-
tion. The boulevard is built on tha
bank high above the river, and the
land between the drive and river is

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTURE

743

rolling, irregular of contour and fine-
ly wooded.

For a distance of 3^/4 miles we travel
along the west bank through attrac-
tive natural scenery and get occa-
sional glimpses and again unob-
structed views of the Mississippi
River and gorge. At Franklin avenue
we cross over to the east side and
continue along River road, East,
which connects with grounds of the
University of Minnesota and brings
us within three miles of our starting
point at Loring Park.

There are many other parks, large
and small, embracing a general plan
of large and medium-sized neighbor-
hood parks at convenient distances,
throughout the city, there being 85 in
all, ranging from one acre or less to
584 acres. The largest and most
prominent is Glenwood Park of 584
acres — the great scenic park of the
system. This grand natural park of
hill, meadow, woods and lakes will
soon be linked with the system of
parkways through connection with the
Cedar Lake Boulevard from Lake of
the Isles. The nursery, supplying
practically all the planting material
tor the various park plantings, is lo-
cated at Glenwood Park, also a wild
botanic garden.

The chief attraction at Lyndale
Park is the rose garden, and rose cul-
ture in the Northwest has received a
great stimulus through the successCu!
development of this garden. It is the
Mecca for visitors during the flower-
ing season. Trailing and climbing
roses are planted along the enclosing
fence and arbors, and border plant-
ings of wild roses enhance its setting.
The adjoining grounds are being de-
veloped along the lines of an arbore-
tum.

Among the many attractive and
pleasing features of the park system
that has received hearty popular ap-
proval is the elaborate, appropriate
and well-arranged flora! displays.
There are about 300 flower beds in
the different parks and approximately
200,000 plants are used in their em-

bellishment. All the material for this
purpose is grown at the Park Board
greenhouses.

Splendid opportunities have been
provided for the enjoyment of outdoor
sports of all kinds; particularly is this
true of water sports. At Lake Cal-
houn the recently finished and splen-
didly arranged bathhouse furnishes
accommodations for 1,300 bathers at
one time. The building is of pleasing
design, concrete construction, fire-
proof throughout, and cost about $65,-
000. Admission and use of all the
privileges are free. In connection with
this building the finest inland bathing
beach known, is provided. The beach
is 1,400 feet long and 150 feet wide,
gradually sloping Into the lake. There
are also bathhouses at Glenwood
Lake, Lake Nokomis and Camden
Park. Minneapolis has eight modern,
well-equipped and properly supervised
park playgrounds and several more
are being improved and equipped. In
most parks play apparatus for the
children is provided and there is al-
most unlimited opportunity for tennis,
baseball and kindred sports.

Great strides in park improvements
have been made here during the past
seven years, and the money liberally
and judiciously expended has brought
results, which to be appreciated must
be seen. Minneapolis is justly proud
of her park possessions and is particu-
larly glad of an opportunity to show
so well informed a bod.v on park mat-
ters as the S. A. F. and O. H., her
system of parks and boulevards.

CORNUSES AT LOCUST VALLEY.

Never, in our remembrance, have
the dogwoods (Cornus floiida) made
such a glorious show as in the present
season. This is one of the few native
trees that have been accorded a place
in ornamental gardening and so not
only the woodlands but the residential
plantations are just now radiant with
drifts of dazzling white, interspersed
here and there in the gardens with
masses of the glowing rosy pink form
of this much prized tree.

We took occasion a few days ago
to visit the A. G. Hodenpyl estate at
Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y.,
where the cornuses are a striking fea-
ture of the landscape and enjoyed the
rare opportunity to see them in un-
rivalled beauty, under the escort of
our old hospitable gardener friend, A.
Hans, formerly of Stamford, Conn.,
but now superintendent of this exten-
sive estate, embracing several hun-
dred acres. Under his expert care
and the appreciative encouragement oC
its owner and his gracious lady, this
place is rapidly gaining many very at-
tractive features, despite the draw-
backs of a rather dry. sandy soil. The
locations adapted to Mr. Hans' pet
hobby — the ferns — are not many but
he has made the best of it and the
banks and braes of a favoring brook
in the low-lying section present a
pretty picture. Laurels and callunas,
which seem very much at home, and
many other things, have been planted
freely and in due time will delight the
visitor but for the present the dog-
woods hold full sway and it is hard
to see anything else while they last.

W. WELLS' IMPRESSIONS OF NEW
YORK SHOW.

Thinking it wjuld be interesting to yon,
also to the oarn.ation lovers of thd
"H. T. J.," I am sending you a few ex*
tracts from letters received from W. Well9,
Senr , who was present at the Third In-
ternational Exhibition in America.

Unli'ce the British Horticultural Ex-
hibitions, our friends across the water,
have certain days for certain classes of
flowers. Tuesday, April 8th, was Carna-
tion Day, and the flowers were staged up-
on the floor which had held the roses the
day before, tlie latter being stood around
the room upon tall pedastals. and quite
nobly thev looked, each vase containing
1(K> blooms.

Carnation Day had arrived, and carna-
tions there were, not iiundreds b"t thou-
sands, .all with long stiff stems and color
to perfectio'i ; n entries in the classes for
100 blooms, and how many entries for 50
lilooms I do not know. One great fault
w'th the staging is that they are simply
dumped down in the vases, no attempt at
arrangement: it takes a grower to pro-
duce such blooms, but anyone can put
then in vases as is done here.

A mig'jty big task it is for the judges,
there are the sveet scented, pure white
Matchless; Pink Delight, which is a de-
light; Gloriosa, Reacon, Enchantress, White
Perfection, Kni liantress Supreme, Prlncesi
Dagmnr, S( r'^t Glow, Mrs. B. P. Cheeney,
Mrs. C. . Barron, Electra, sweetly

scented ; v Eccles, Northport, Miss A.
'."ooml^s. Ali'a Ward. Virginia. Salmon
Beauty, Melody, Bonora, Rosette, Majestic,
Gorgeous and a few others, all vieing witll
each other for tue Blue Ribbon (paper
slip) to be stuck upon the card.

In novelties, the beautiful Matchless wins
the American and the British Carnation
Societies' Gold Medals; there are only two
points dividing the first and second prizes,
it is almost a toss for it, but Matchless
secures full number of points for scent,
viz. : 5 against the others •'!.

American Society's Medals — First, Match-
less, white, 90 points. Gold Medal. Second,
Miss A. Coombs, pink, 8S points. Silver
Medal. Third, Princess Dagmar. 86 points,
this is a crimson variety : all flowera
shown w-ere 4 inches across.

The British Perpetual Flowering Carna-
tion Societ.v's Medals — I'^rst, Matchless, 90
points, white. Gold Medal. Second, Gor-
geous, 8S points, dark pink. Silver Gilt
Medal. Third, Princess Dagmar, 86 points,
'jrimson. Silver Medal.

— W. Wells, Junr., in Horticultural
Trade Journal, London, for April SO.

Birch WOODS, Glenwood Pakk
Minneapolis Park System.

Woburn, Mass. — S. E. Spencer, the
gladiolus grower, is building a large
cement bulb building here. He haa
some fine new seedling gladioli that
bid fair to make a good showing
whereever grown.

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HORTICULTUEE

May 17, 1913

PLAN OF CONVENTION HALL AND OUTDOOR
EXHIBITION AT MINNEAPOUS

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The accompanying ground plan
shows the layout of the Convention
Halls and the outdoor exhibition space
in front of the two buildings together
with the names of intending exhibitors
in the outdoor planting section and
the spaces which have been assigned

to them. As will be seen, there is yet
much space available for late-comers
but planting time is now on and ex-
hibits should be sent at once as after
June 10th it will be too late to plant
for effect during convention week. The
opportunity is one that every dealer

in outdoor decorative material should
avail himself of. The charge for
space is merely nominal and this in-
cludes expert care of the beds until
convention time. Send applications to
Theo. Wirth, Dept. Parks, Minneapolis,
Minn.

During Recess

Florists' Club of Washington.

The members of the Florists' Club
of Washington, their ladies and
friends, spent a very enjoyable even-
ing at the Hotel Ebbitt on the occa-
sion of their annual banquet, on Tues-
day, May 6.

The guests were greeted by the in-
coming president. Otto Bauer, who,
after a few words turned the gavel
over to William F. Gude, the toast-
master of the evening. Following the
completion of an elaborate menu, a
song was rendered by Edwin Callow,
accompanied by Mrs. Callow, and
thereafter speeches, songs and recita-
tions were Intermingled. Richard
Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., won
the hearts of the ladies, when referr-
ing to the atrtactiveness of flowers
and music he said "The American
Beauty women sitting about this
board are far more attractive."

In speaking of the growing of
American Beauties, Adolphus Gude
recommended specialization rather
than endeavoring to produce all the
flowers handled in a store at the same
time. "Select your specialty; grow

that specialty a little bit better than
the other fellow does and the store
people will come around and want your
goods and those of nobody else and
thus you will make money. The grow-
ing of American Beauties by our firm
is the best thing it has ever done.

"I want to say one word about
Mother's Day. I believe it is a mis-
take for the retailer or the wholesaler
to raise the price on carnations when
Mothers' Day comes around (ap-
plause). If there is one day in the
year on which you should sell them
reasonably, it is on Mothers' Day. Do
not make it a day especially for the
making of money." In conclusion, Mr.
Gude, with a few well chosen words
presented to David Grillbortzer, the
retiring president, a handsome water
set, consisting of a cut glass pitcher
and six glasses on a tray, the gift of
the members as a token of their es-
teem.

In response to a toast by Mr. Gude.
Mrs. J. A. Phillips responded for the
ladies and Mrs. Rosina Stauff spoke a
few words in answer to the reference
made to "Washington's first wholesale
florist — a woman." N. S. Hammer
asked the aid of those present in mak-
ing the outing to be given in August

at Chesapeake Beach by the bowling
team a success; Mr. Rosnosky, look-
ing ahead two years, spoke on the
prospects of a show in Philadelphia
that would beat all records, and Mr.
Oehmler regretted the fact that com-
petition prohibited the observance ot
Sunday as a day of rest and hoped
that some time a law would be passed
prohibiting Sunday labor.

Cook County Bowl

ing League, May 7,

1913.

CARNATIONS.
Liirman, 179 160 132
L'berm'n, 144 186156
Armst'g, 93 136 130
Ayers, 138 145 170
A. Zech, 193 2(X)13S

VIOLETS.
Jacobs, 176 150 117
Sweeny, 153 139 172
Wolf, 196 154 158
Schultz. 143135 —
J. H'bner, 159 183 —

ORCHIDS.
Krauss, 151 201 189
Craff, 143140160
Itrostr'm, 201 140 1&5
George B. 139 143 154
Sweeney, 175 134 100

ROSES.
Goerlsch, 119135120
Koehler, 146 103 160
Byers, 156 149 145
Price. 160 209 168
Flscberr 269 147 163

Bowling activity has started up a
little once more in New York. On
Monday afternoon last, previous to
the Florists' Club Meeting the fol-
lowing scores were perpetrated at
Thum's Alleys:

Donaldson 195 13S 170 158 171

Miesen 149 189 224 148 158

Scott 96 168 107 129 129

W. H. Slebrecht. Sr. 138 129 115

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

745

W8 will have a full
Supply of
Everythj ng

FORMEMORIALDAY

HENRY M. ROBINSON & GO.

standa

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Imported Oak Leaves,

$2.(M) per basket.
Brilliant Bronze and Green

Galax, $1.00 per 1000; $7.50

per case of 10.000.
Imported Bronze and Green

nolia Leaves, $2.00 per ham

in five-hamper lots.
Green Leucothoe Sprays, $1.00 per 100; $7.50

per 1000.
Immortelles, all colors.

Laurel Wreaths, extra fine, $3.00 to $4.00 per doz.
Laurel Festooning, extra heavy, $6.00 per 100 yds
Branch Laurel, 50c per bundle.
Sphagnum Moss, $2.00 and $2.50 per bale.

We can fill all orders for cut
varieties.

of best growers in New England

CARNATIONS
STOCKS

Peas, i!»napdragoii, Pansies. Eas-
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rengeri, Pluniosus and all seasonable
tiowers.

We carry such a large stock
that we can fill orders at a
A moment's notice.

■~ An order placed with us
^Q will be filled prompt-
^t/^ , ly. properly and to
your entire satis-
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A full line

of
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always on
hand.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB.

The May meeting of this club drew
out a very large attendance as might
be expected directly following the suc-
cessful International Flower Show and
the widespread interest in tlie propo-
sition to follow it up with another
spring exhibition next year at the
same place. Chairman Totty reported
receipts from the show about $32,000
and approximate expenditure $30,000,
leaving a balance approaching $2,000
to be divided between the Exposition
Co. and the S. A. F. and then aslied
"Do you want a show organized on
local lines next year?" This brought
the proposition directly to the front
and it was discussed thoroughly and
at length by many members. Patriclt
O'Mara made the principal speech giv-
ing in detail the experiences, sweet and
bitter, fortunate and unfortunate, of
the Club in its past exhibition enter-
prises. He urged very careful con-
sideration expressing some doubt as
to the outlook for proper enthusiasm
and advising that the chances for suc-
cess would be greatly enhanced by act-
ing jointly with the Horticultural So-
ciety of New Yorli if that body could
be interested in the project.

Max Schling favored the movement
but recommended a date one month ear-
lier than this year's show, before socie-
ty people have begun to go away. F. H.
Traendly expressed great optimism and
confidence in the outlooli. He thought
too much stress was laid upon the

question of financial results and that
the trade should be glad to pay for the
show, as an investment of value to
their business. W. A. Manda tool^ the
same view as Mr. Traendly and urged
that the business men, it every one
will do his part, can well afford to put
up a show and sink the cost. H. A.
Cunyard spoke enthusiastically on
same line and said that the amount
spent would all come back in due time.
J. A. Manda maintained that the show-
can be made a success if run properly
and asserted that it would be both
selfish and foolish for the Club to at-
tempt to get public support for a
club affair. The Horticultural Socie-
ty is strong enough to assume it and
has the ear of the right people and
this, he believed, is the right solution
of the problem. It was stated by Mr.
Traendly that the Madison Sq. Garden
people are in the field with a show
proposition and asked that they be
given consideration.

J. H. Pepper made a motion that a
committee to consist of the local gov-
erning board together with Mr. Manda,
and Mr. Totty as chairman be ap-
pointed with power to confer with the
various parties interested and decide
upon dates, etc., and the motion was
carried by a nearly unanimous vote.
So it looks quite promising for a big
show in New York next year.

C. B. Weathered for the permanent
badge committee submitted a design
for a gold button which was adopted.
H. A. Bunyard, for the transportation

committee, reported progress. Phil.
Kessler for the outing committee,
promised an affair even more enjoyable
than any hitherto. Patrick O'Mara, on
behalf of the legislative committee, re-
ported a very hopeful outlook for the
plan to provide a $60,000 greenhouse
rutfit for Cornell. A communication
from the Cook County Florists' Associ-
ation asking the club to go on their
special train from Chicago to Minne-
apolis next August was turned over
to Chairman Bunyard.

Richard Vincent, Jr., of White
Marsh, Md., was an interested and in-
teresting visitor. He spoke enthusias-
tically on the subject of "afliliation"
and referred briefly to the unsettled
items in tariff classification in the bill
iiow before Congress.

CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB.

The Chicago Florists' Club held its
regular meeting, Thursday, May 8th.
at the Union Restaurant. A number
of appeals from flood and storm suf-
ferers were read, but no definite list
of their requirements accompanied
same. .-Arrangements were made to
take care of them when the necessary
information is received. The club has
also taken up the question of trans-
porting such stock as may be given
tor the victims, with the express com-
pany, free of charge. Everyone is in-
terested in this work and spoke higli-
ly of the practical way the club is
handling this proposition.

The special committee appointed to

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May 17„1913

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We are taking every possible precaution to insure the
sending out of good material. Our new storage vaults are
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delivering flowers as they should be, will be used.

We Stand on the Reputation of Our Roses

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represent the club as to matters of
publicity at the New York show gave
an interesting feport on the benefit de-
rived by retailers through, of course,
the wholesalers and growers, from the
great amount of advertising exhibitors
get at the flower shows, which seems
to be one of the most effective ways
of advertising. The Transportation
Committee reported that arrangements
for a special train had been made with •
the Great Western Railroad Company,
the very best Pullman equipment, to
leave August 18th. A number of let-
ters were received from various clubs,
stating that they would be pleased to
join the Chicago Florists' Club special
train at Chicago. A very interesting
itinerary will soon be sent out. The
Good of the Chib Committee has taken
an active part in publicity. Chairman
Waters promised some interesting
items on publicity at our next meeting.
V. Niemitz, expert on horticulture,
(?f Russia, who has been traveling in
our Western States the past six
months, was present.

vice-president for eastern Missouri was
who was present, was informed that
he w-Quld have charge of the transpor-
tation to the S. A. F. meeting at Min-
neapolis next August.

An invitation from the director of
the Missouri Botanical Garden invit-
ing the club to hold its next meeting
at the garden was accepted with
thanks.

The Chicago Florists" Club and the
Cook County Florists' Association of
Chicago both sent-invitations inviting
the members to travel with them on
their special trains to the S. A. F.
convention.

The question^ box as usual brought
out some very interesting discussions
and the few present enjoyed a very
pleasant afternoon. The next meet-
ing will take place at the Missouri Bo-
tanical Garden on Thursday, June
12th, at 2 P. M.

ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB.

The meeting of the St. Louis Florist
Club which was held on Thursday,
May 8th, was a pleasant one but very
poorly attended. Fifteen regulars In-
cluding three officers were in attend-
ance. The trustees reported on the
annual picnic and were given full
power to act as to place and date. The
publicity committee reported on their
work for "Mothers' Day." A letter
from President Farquhar of the S. A.
F. informing the club that he had ap-
pointed Mr. Edwin Denkcr as state
read by the secretary. Mr. Denker,

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTU RAL
SOCIETY.

At the meeting of this Society on
May 9th. a very interesting report was
received from Prof. Blake of the State
Experiment Station, on experiments in
Rose Culture during the past season.
They found that Killarney is much
more susceptible to injury from lack
of lime than My Maryland and that
some soils need much more lime than
others and different mixtures of the
same soils apparently show the need
of different amounts of lime. In their
tests there appears to be very little
difference between magnesium lime-
stone and the regular calcium lime-
stone. They found that the organic
matter content in the soil is an impor-

tant thing in growing American Beau-
ties. It has also been shown that the
pruning out of the fine growth of My
Maryland roses has a tendency to re-
duce the yield. Fairly uniform results
were attained from nitrate of soda,
cottonseed meal and concentrated
tankage, as a source of nitrogen. The
regular monthly competition for points
resulted as follows:

Will, Keid — ciirnatiiiDs 90. roses SO; John
Dervau — roses 7.5; Max Schneider — carna-
tions 85. sweet peas TO, lilies 8.5; F. Berge-
land — carnations 65; E. I'amiska — Cattleyn
Skiiinori 85. Aglaoneiiui coinmutMtuni 6(1.
For the Lord & Biirnhaiii and Skern
prizes: E. Panuska — Ficiis pandurata 50;
.T. Dervan — roses 68; Wm. Eeid — carna-
tions 90.

The eighth annual Dahlia, Fruit and
\egetable Show will be held at Eng-
lish's Banquet Hall. Main and Walnut
streets, Orange. N. J., on Saturday,
September 27th, and Sunday, Septem-
ber 28th.

John Dervan, Secretary.

433 Centre St.. Orange, N. J.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY PLANT AND
FLOWER GROWERS' ASSOCIA-
TION.
This new organization held a meet-
ing on Wednesday night. May 7th, to
put into effect a permanent organiza-
tion and fifty of the most prominent
florists in the county enrolled their
names as members.

Permanent officers were elected as
follows: Frank Vennemann, presi-
dent: Wm. Winter, vice-president; Joe
Dietchmann, secretary; W. J. Pilcher,
treasurer; F. W. Ude, Jr., Hugo Gross
and H. H. Ahuer, trustees. The com-
mittee on organization and by-laws re-

May 17. 1913

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DECORATION DAY

Your customers will want more flowers and better flowers than ever before, ^ti-f^:^^
You can supply their wants if you _jciu

BUY FROM ^ WELCH BROS. CO.

We shall control the largest and best stock of flowers of any
wholesale dealer in the country

40,000 ASTILBE 100,000 CARNATIONS 75,000 ROSES

Lilies, Stocks, Lilacs, Lily of the Valley, Sweet Peas, Pansies.
UNLIMITED QUANTITY — TOP QUALITY

STOCK UP NOW

On Ferns, Galax, Cycas, Leucothoe, Wire Designs, Immortelles, Sheaves, Wreaths, Boxes,

Ribbons, Doves, and the thousand and one other things you will need for this big

day. We can supply them all and as low as you can buy anywhere.

TELEPHONE MAIN 6367-6268 — 5419

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BOSTON

THE RELIABLE HOUSE

ported and their draft was adopted as
read.

There was some talk of building a
meeting hall and this will be discussed
at the next meeting. The association
will continue to meet on the first
Wednesday of each month until further
notice. All St. Louis county growers
are eligible to membership.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

The next regular meeting of this
club will be held at Horticultural Hall,
Boston, on Tuesday evening. May 20,
at 8 o'clock. Wilfrid Wheeler of Con-
cord, will lecture on "Small Fruits."
A cordial invitation is extended to
any not yet affiliated with the club
to hear Mr. Wheeler's address.

The club will hold a field day with
W. H. Elliott at Madbury. N. H.. on
Wednesday, May 21. Train will leave
the North Union Station, Boston, at
8.55 A. M. The mammoth rose houses
and large stock farm will be special
attractions. The Boston & Maine
Railroad has promised to run a spe-
cial train for seventy-five people at
regular rates, and if one hundred
agree to go the fare will be reduced
to .1!2.30 for the round trip. It seems
probable that over one hundred will
attend. Reservation can be secured
by addressing W. J. Kennedy, Chest-
nut Hill, Mass. All interested in hor-
ticulture and agriculture will be wel-
'comed on this occasion and ladies are
specially invited to make the journey.
W. N. Cbaig, Secretary.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.
Department of Plant Registration.

Public noice is hereby given that Al-
bert A. Sawyer of Forest Park, 111.,
offers for registration the following
aster:

Name, Sawyer Astermum.

Description: "During the summer
of 1904. I caught a "sport" among my
asters, having a beautiful shade of
lavender and from it, by careful se-
lection, I have produced the Sawyer
Astermum in the three colors, laven-
der, pink and white. The blossoms
are in the order of the HohenzoUern
but the petals are much longer and
thicker, bloom making a good shipper.
In contrast, however, to the Hohen-
zoUern the blooms of the Astermum
are produced in a plant of upright
growth, sending straight up long.

strong stems, and is not a branching
variety. For this reason, I claim it is
original with me, owing to its remark-
able resemblance to many varieties of
chrysanthemums."

John Young, Secy.
April 25th, 1913.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The May exhibition of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society will be
held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on
Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18.
It will be free to the public.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Lenox Horticultural Society, held
in the Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., on
Saturday evening. May 3rd, C. H.
Reed of Brookfield, Mass., gave a
very interesting and instructive lec-
ture on the "Benefits of Farmers'
Clubs and Kindred Organizations.

The Meyer Green

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IS THE LONGEST AND STRONGEST
IN THE WORLD

And for 8ale by all the leadlngr florists
and supply bouses throughout the land.

If your Jobber does not keep it, write
direct to us and we will see tliat you
are fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

THE JOHH C. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

In wrltint; advertisers kindly mention HORTICULTURE.

748

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 191S

ROSE ''MRS. GEO. SHAWYER''

Immediate delivery, ovsn root stock, $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand. Did you note its
beautilul color and keepmg qualities at the National Show?

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

We have over four hundred varieties for you to choose from, if you are interested in pot plants, we
would particularly recommend the Cap. Family, of which we have seven sports.

Lilac Cap., Purple Cap., White Cap., Yellow Cap., Butler's Caprice and many others

for Decorative Work, such as Dean's Favorite, Hortus Tol( sanus, and Lizzie Adcock. $15.00 per
hundred. These are the kinds that are grown by the million for the European market.

L

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Large Evergreens and Other Stock For Sale

NORWAY SPRUCE, 8 to 12 ft., with balls.
HEMLOCK, 4 to 10 ft., with balls.
AM. ARBORVITAE, 6 to 10 ft., with balls.
CUT LEAF BIRCH, 10 to 16 ft.
CATALPA SPECIOSA, 16 to 20 ft.
SILVER MAPLES, 14 to 18 ft.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET, 5 to 7 ft.

and all kinds of Nursery Stock.

The F. E. CONINE NURSERY GO.

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MIGM GRADE. BOS^OOP NURSERY- STOCK
B05K00P- HOLLAND.

EVERGREENS FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT JAPANESE MAPLES IN POTS

Potted Strawberries our OWN GROWING Roses from 6-INCH pots

Send ua a list of your wants

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, '^SPewTorkTi^""''

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The tew enthusiasts who attended
the Cincinnati Florists' Society meet-
ing were insufficient in numbers to
malce up a quorum. Tlie reason for
the small attendance was the great in-
convenience to which the florists, most
of whom come from out in the suburbs,
would have been put, in order to reach
the meeting, because of the strike.

Roethke, Saginaw; treasurer, Albert G.
Boehringer. Bay City; secretary,
Henry W. F. Goetz. Saginaw.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Engelmann Botanical Club last
Saturday at the Missouri Botanical
Garden two papers were read — one by
C. H. Thompson on "Amaryllidace^,"
and the other by M. M. Schiller on
"Growing of Succulents and Bulbous
Plants." After the meeting the mem-
bers were taken through the garden
on an inspection tour.

A new society has just been organ-
ized by the florists of Saginaw and
Bay City, Mich., under the name of the
Saginaw-Bay City Floricultural So-
ciety. Monthly meetings will be held
alternately at Bay City and Saginaw.
The officers are: President, John Ir-
vine, Bay City; vice-president, Carl L.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Westchester and Fairfield Horticul-
tural Society was held in Doran's
Hill, Greenwich, Conn., May 9th.
Messrs. Forster and Flaherty were
elected on the Executive Committee
in place of H. Wild, elected vice-presi-
dent, and James Aitchison, resigned.
A fine display of spring flowers was
on view.

Robert Williamson — highly commended
for Howeriug shrubs: James Stiiaft — do.
for Calceolaria Stew.irti: A. L. llarshall —
do. for Miltonia vexillaria and for Gladio-
lus Augusta : Anthon Pederson — honorable
mention for campanulas; Geo. E. Baldwin
Co.— do. for collection of Cattleyas Mos-
sia, inc'liulins a white variety : Adam Pat-
terson— cultural certificate fur sweet peas.
Vote of thanks to the following:
F. Weiss for Darwin tulip : P. W. INipp.
standard Streptosolon : A. Anderson, Tulip
Oesueriana major; John McAllister, Dar-
win lulip; Authcn Pederson, eaQtus ; A. L.
.Marshall, tiee peonies and tulips: Dehn &
Bertolf, Trollins Europoeus. Centaurea
nmnlana and Dielytra.

Owen A. Hunwick,

Cor. Sec'y.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

5 In., 5% in. and 6 In. pots, 3, 4, 5, 8
tiers, from 12 to 30 Inches high, 40c
50c., 60c., 75o., $1.00, $1.25 each and
up to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 V. aititi* n..

raiuoEmiu. PA.

GERANIUMS

Best Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

JOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Write for quotations

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTURE

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BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

L-CX^IIM^TOIM, IVIA.SS.

BOSTOIM, l\/IA.j

A Lar^e and Complete Assortment of

EVERCRCBN and DECIDUOUS TREES. SHRUBS. ROSES. VINES. HERBA.

CEOUS PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Twelve Selected Varieties, 2y2-in. pots.
?5.00 per 100, $40.00 per 1000.

All colors,

HOLLYHOCKS

Double Red, White, Rose, Pink, Maroon, Yellow and
Single Mixed. $4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000.

Ours is the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABUSHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

Our 1913 Catalogue

Contains a volume of infomiatlon resard-
Inff Trees and Plants for Kock Gardens,
Old Fashioned Gardens, Sea Shore Plant-
ing and Oruand Covering under Rhododen-
drons and Shrubbery. Gives also hukv«s-
tlve planting plans and planting lists for
Rose Gardens, Herbaceous Gardens and
Suburban Estates. Names and describe*
desirable Trees and Shrubs with Ornamen-
tal Fruits. Hedge Plants. Trees for Orchid
and Forest Planting, new and old varletle*
of Roses and Climbing Vines. Copy sent
FREE upon request. We grow In qnan-
tlty e-wery hardy tree or plant worthy of
onltlvatlon. Correspondence Invited.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dept. "V

BEDFORD, MASS,

National Nurseryman

Official organ of tbe American As-
sociation of Nnrgerymen. ClrcuU-
tlon among the trade only. Psb-
llsbed Monthly. 8ab>crlptlon prl««
Sl.OO per year, Ferel^n ■absflrlp-
ttons $1.60 per year. In AdTiBce.
Sample copy free upen application
from those In the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurserpan Pub. Co., 1111

218 Lmngstoo BuiUing __^

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. .Shrubs,

.Small Fruits, fleniatis. Evergreens

and KoseN.

Writf.

Trade List.

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

216 lane St. Weehawkin Helgbts
P. 0. No. I. Dobolien. N. I.

PJUWERKERK,

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, (l.SO aach.

Also Lady Duncan, Dawson, Daybrmk

Farquhar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawson

Write for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

nEXBY g. DAWSON. Manarer.

IAS

In sep.'irate colors, also Fancies, any
color, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000.

In mixture of all colors and types at
75c. per 100, $600 per 1000.

Sound divisions of Field -clump stock that
will please.

For prices on named kinds send for
Wholesale Trade List.

■W, A. riNGER, HicKsTille, N.Y.

..IMEIXA/ GEIUPIVI, 1313..

Geum Coccineum Mrs. Bradshaw

This is one of the finest plants of recent introduction.

It will put quite into the background all the Geum*
at present found in gardens

This fine variety produces very large flowers, 2 inches or more
across, semi-double, and with plenty of substance in them, of the
most brilliant scarlet. They are produced on long wiry stems,
and continuous from June to October. For cutting and border
decoration it is very hard to beat, and no doubt it will figure con-
spicuously on the show table in the future.

Strong Plants in 2 1-2 in. pots at $6 per 1 OO

HEAD'S BERGENFIELD NURSERIES, - Bergenfield, N. J.

THOMAS W. HEAD, Proprietor

& A. S^EOIA

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, nHODOOENDRONS,

VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

FloHtts are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes ftom
New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Eliie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK

Nurserymen and Florists

KIIMS

Rutherford, N. J.

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES. North Abington, Mass.

GHAM

¥URSERIES

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W. B. WHITHER & CO.,

SOUTH PRAMINGHAM .

MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE

Try our new GERANIUM SCARLET BBDDBB for yonr
Garden and Window boxes. Then procure « cony of
CHRYSANTHEMDM^iIANUA.1, 3rd edition ai I gBlde for

SMITH'S

DDAnilATC growing your CHRT8ANTHEMUU8. BOc poatpard

rnUIIUll I O ^^^ '"'' °"'' ^^^^ CATALOGUE and place your nrd«r with

_. ■w^ ■ ^r u» for your plants wlilch will have our be«t attention

Then procare our FKBTIUCKB, the IDKAL PLANT food for producing Luitr blooma

VT\<:*.—y, lb., 20c; prepaid by mall, SOc; 1 Ifc., 86c, prepaid by mall, 60e: 10 Iba 13 00-

»6.00; BO lb»., 110.00. ' '

ADRIAN, MICH.

25 Ibg

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.

When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTIC4JLTURE.

750

HOETICULTUEE

May 17, 1913

CUT FLOWERS & PLANTS

FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

AT WHOLESALE

We have a large stock of Carnations,
large and small Gladioli, an immense
stock of Spirea "Gladstone" and "Queen
Alexandra"; also, Stocks, Feverfew, Easter

Liilies and various kinds of flowering
plants. We will sell Spirea both as cut
flowers and potted plants.

Let us know your needs as to quantities
and we will name you a very low price.

We also have a splendid stock of Chrys-
anthemum Eo)ted Cuttings of the follow-
ing varieties :

ALICE BYRON $15.00 per 1000

DOCTOR ENGCEHART 15.00 " 1000

GOLDEX GLOW 15.00 " 1000

JENNIE NONIN 15.00 " 1000

MAJOR BONN.iFFON 15.00 " 1000

MAUD DEAN 20.00 " 1000

VIRGINIA POEHL.M.'VN.... . 20.00 " 1000

SHEPARD'S GARDEN CARNATION
COMPANY

292 Fairmount Street, Lowell, Mass.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Wodenethe, $1.00 per doi...$6.00 $60.00
White Wonder; Lady Bonnl-

Ifnl; White Winsor 3.60 SO.OO

Princess Charming 3.00 26.00

Wlnser «.60 tO.OO

Plants from 2-lncb pets, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

ROOTEn CCTTIN08.

Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties:
$1.60 to $4.00 per 100; $16.00 to $26.00
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirt> Fine Varieties, Dormant
Tnber»: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr
ieleotlon variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00
p«r low

Send for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

BEST PAUMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List,

JosepH Heacock

Wyncote, Pa.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E, 45th St.
Ttl. 1890 Bedford BROOKLYN. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Large flowering, Pompon, Anemone flow-
ered and Bingle. Best varieties for Bush
form Pot plantH. 2M] in. pot plants. $3.00
per 100. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W. Quincy St., Chicago, III.

FLOWERING, DECORATIVE and VEGETABLE

ic:e

Liberal Extras for Early Orders. Prompt Shipments

1000
$20.00
20.00
20.00
22.50
IS.OO
22.50
25.00
75.00
20.(X)
60.00
22.50
45.00
75.00
45.00
20.00
22.50
•SO.OO
20.00
55.00
25.00
70.00

4-in.

4-ln.

2y4-ln.

4-ln.

2%-ln.

.■iy„-in.

2y4-in.

6-iD.

4-in.

3-in.

2^4-In.
2Vi-ln.
2^-in.

2V.-ln.

3-in.

2%-in.

2y,-ln,

2%-in,

4-in.

Size of Pots 100

2y>-in. ABITTII^ON Savitzii, or 6 varieties mixed $2.25

L" -ill. .iGER.iTlMS. Blue and white 2.25

2i'-iu. .\LTERNANTHKK.\S. Red and yellow 2.25

:;i-.in, ALTEKNANTHERAS, Brilliantissima, or Our Favorite 2.50

2^-m. ALYSSIM, Little Gem. Large Giant 2.00

2Vi-in. ALVSSVM, Double. Strong plants , 2.50

2y,-in. ASPAR.Vors Fiuniosus. Large plants 3.0O

4-fn. .\SP.AR.\GUS Piumosus 8.00

2%-ln. ASP.ARAGl S Sprengeri 2.25

4-in. ASPAK.\GLS Sprengeri 6.50

2y.-in. BEGONIA Vernon. In 3 colors 2.50

3-in. BEGONIA Vernon. In 3 colors 5.00

4-in. CALADIliMS, Elephant Ears 8.00

50.000 Sy. and 4-ln. CANNAS. In 28 Varieties 5.00

214-in. CENTAUREA, Dusty Miller 2.25

2if5-ln. COLEUS, in abundance, Golden Bedder and VerscUaffeltil . . . 2.50

2y>-in. COLEl'S, in aboit 15 mixed fancy varieties 3.50

2yi-in. CCPHEAS, Cisar Plant 2.25

3iA-ln. DRACAENAS Indivisa 6.00

214-ln. FTCHSIAS. 12 good varieties, mixed 3.00

4-ln. FrCHSI.AS. 12 good varieties, mixed 7.50

50,000 3V- and 4-in. GER.ANIVMS, 20 varieties: S. A, Nntt,
Grant, Ricard, Poitevine, Buclmer, Montmartre, Perkins,

Rosalie, etc 7.00 85.00

IVV GER.ANHMS. 10 varieties 8.00 75.00

ROSE GER.\NIi;MS. 7 varieties 7.00 65.00

MME. SAI.LEUOI. Rood plants 2.25 20.00

HELIOTROI'ES, White, light or dark blue 7.50 70.00

HELIOTROPES. White, light or dark blue 2.50 70.00

LANTANAS. Bushy plants 6 varieties 7.00 85.00

LOBELIAS. Fine, stocky plants 2.25 20.00

MARGUERITES. Fine plants. In bloom. White and yellow. 8.50 7.5.00
M.4RGUEKITES. Fine plants, In bloom. White and yellow. 6.50 60.00
MARGUERITES. Fine plants, in bloom. White and yellow. 4.00 S5.00
Mrs. Sander Marguerites. Same price.

PELARGONIUMS, Ladv Royal 4.00 S5.00

PETUNIAS. Single, assorted colors 2.23 20.00

PHLOX Drummondii. Mixed colors 2-25 20.00

KUDBECKIAS (Golden Glow) 3.00 25.00

SWEET WILLI.XMS. Fine assortment, field plants 125 10.00

S.ALVI.AS, Bonfire or Splendens 2.50 22.50

S.4LVIAS, BonQre or Splendens. Extra large plants 5.00 45.00

STOCKS, Princess Alice or Beauty of Nice 2.25 20.00

VERBENAS. Fine assortment of colors 2.25 20.00

VERBENAS, Separate colors, white, pink, purple, striped,

etc ! ,,,...!.:.... 2.50 22.50

VINCAS. Variegated and green 7.00 65.00

VEGETABLE PLANTS BY THE MILLION

TOM.ATO PL.ANTS, Early Jewel, Earliana, Early Acme, Stone, Beefsteak, Pon-

derosa, etc.. $2,25 per 1000; 5000 and over. .$2.00 per 1000. ■
CABB.^GE PL.ANTS, Winnigstadt, Wakefield, Early Summer, etc., $2.25 per

1000; in lots of 5()(i0 and over, .?2.00 per 10(K).
EGG PL.ANTS, PEPPER PL.\NTS, CAULIFLOWER, BRUSSELS SPKOCTS,

and all other kinds of vegetable pliints in abundance. Correspondence soUclteo.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, »^''°'"°'- "'""

MMAAIVWWMAMWWWWWM

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA

Grown it Pots and Tubs for JUNE AND JULY FLOWERING

Very largre specimens in half-barrels. $5.00 to $7.50 each. Planta In 14-Inch
tubs, $2.00 to ?13.00 each. Smaller plants In pots, S5c.» 60c., and 76c. each — oc-
oording: to size. Nice plants In 6-inch pots, in bloom, for immediate nse, S5c.

and 60c. each — aftonlingr to number of flowers.

ENGLISH IVY and ViNCA VARIEGATA

Grown in ZVz and 4-lnch pots, $10.00 and $12.00 per 100.

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

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CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IMO.

A.N.PiersonJnc,

CROMWELL CONN.

Bedding Plants and Roses

May 17, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

751

ALL SEASONABLE PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS AND SUNDRIES

HABDY PERENNIALS. The most complete collection of
varieties and the largest stock In the country. Our Perennial
plants have a national reputation, we spare no expense to
have them In the best possible shape for the planter. Such
varieties that move better when pot grown are prepared In
this shape; this does not mean little seedlings, but in the
majority of cases the plants were field grown, were dug and
potted during the fall and winter months and are of just the
right size lo give immediate results; they are not to be com-
pared with so called field clumps. Try them and be con-
vinced. See Our Current Wholesale List for Varieties and
Prices.

ROSES FOR OCTDOOR PLANTING TO GIVE IMMEDI-
ATE RESULTS. We have three hundred thousand 5 and 6
inch pots, the usual Dreer stock and the style of paints your
retail customers are looking for. These are all two year field
grown plants which have been potted during the winter
months and which were stored in cold houses and frames and
which are now in prime condition for out-door planting. The
collection is the most up-to-date, *ncluding many new varieties
not ofifered by anyone in the trade.

New Hybrid-Tea Rose George Dickson.

Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.

HYBRID TEAS, HYBRID PERPETCALS, TEA AND
EVERBLOOMING, R.^.MBLERS, BABY RA.MBLERS,
MOSS RO.SES, HYBRID SWEET BRIARS, AUSTRIAN
BRIARS, WICHCRAIANA, ETC., ETC. See Our Current
Wholesale List for List of Varieties and Prices.

AQUATIC PL.4NTS— WATER LILIES, NELUMBICMS,
VICTORIAS. Tender and Hardy Aquatics have been a
special feature with us for nearly a quarter of a century.
Over eight acres of artificial ponds are devoted to their
culture. If we can assist you in making plans, or selecting
varieties, (he services of our expert are at your disposal
for the asking.

OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE LIST also describes the
following, all of which are handled as Specialties:

DECOR.4TIVE PLANTS, PALMS, FERNS, PANDANTJB,
BAY TREES, BOXWOODS, DRACAENAS, etc., etc.

HARDY' .*.HBI:BS, H.iRDY VINES, HARDY CLIMBERS,
RHODODENDRONS, AZALEAS, etc.

BULBS. DAHLIAS, TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS,
GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS, FANCY LEAVED CALADI-
UMS, CANNAS, etc., etc.

HENRY A. DREER, INC.,

714 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA, PA.

752

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

Burnett's Seeds Are Reliable!

Lawn Grass Seeds
Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants

100,000 Ready Jane l5th

Bulbs for Fall Planting

AND TO FORCE FOR EXHIBITION

Write for Illustrated Mid-summer Catalogue Just Out

BURN

2 Oor-tland-t St., IMe^A/^ York:

TEL.. 2223 "CS^fVTL-A.IVO-r'

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Offlcers— President, Chas. N. Page,
Des Moines, la.; 1st vice-president.
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsburg, Pa.;
Ind vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
MlUord, Conn.; secretary and treas-
tirer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; a»-
■Istant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
Jnne 24-26, 181S.

A. L. Don.

Another prominent seedsman has
crosssd "The Great Divide." A. L.
Don, late head of the firm of Weeber
& Don has been summoned by death.
Like the late Franlv T. Emerson, Mr.
Don has not been in the public eye
for several ve.irs past, and for the
same reason — ill health.

Mr. Don's malady baffled the ablest
specialists, and he consulted many.
Sometimes a change of treatment
would result in temporary improve-
ment, and he always haled such im-
provement with satisfaction, believing
that at last he had found a physician
who had correctly diagnosed his con-
dition. But such gains were only
transitory, and he continued to slowly
lose strength and became more feeble.
Through it all his courage and grit
never abated one jot, and even during
the last two or three years when he
foukl walk but a few steps unassisted,
there were very few fair days that did
not find him at his office for at least
en hour or two. During this time his
two eldest sons, — bright, capable young
men, have been conducting the busi-
ness, aided by his counsel and advice.

To them will go out the sincere sym-
pathy of all who knew their honored
father, and best wishes for their suc-
cess.

Only those who knew Mr. Don in
his prime when he was a vigorous op-
timistic man of affairs, genial and
companionable can appreciate him at
his true worth. He was a man of
honor, of high and unyielding princi-
ple, and was respected by everyone
who knew him. He leaves to his chil-
dren not only a valuable business, but
the legacy of a sterling character,
which should be to them a beacon light
through lite, and which they will do
well to emulate.

year's should neither be surprising or
disappointing.

Trade Reaction.

One might easily believe by reading
the trade journals that the seed trade
had never known such a boom as they
have experienced this season, but in-
quiry among conservative representa-
tive houses does not sustain the claims
for great and extensive growth of busi-
ness as indicated by certain contempo-
raries. As a matter of tact, we are
inclined to think that as a whole trade
has been just a little bit disappoint-
ing, and it is not in the least surpris-
ing that it is so.

The situation for the last two years
has been rare and exceptional, and it
is not to be expected that the condi-
tions which made these two years so
prosperous can continue indefinitely.
Like every other line of business the
seed business has its ups and downs,
and the fact that the volume of busi-
ness durin!? the season just closing and
the profits are not quite equal to last

Sufficient Stock on Hand.
Peas have not sold as freely as was
expected, and there will be a larger
carry-over than for several years past.
On the contrary there will be a pretty
thorough clean-up of beans, notably the
wax-podded varieties. There are two
or three of the green-podded varieties
in surplus, but before the next crop is
available very few of these will be left.
In the line of small seeds, especially
biennials, while the demand has been
good, stocks have been very much
larger than a year ago, and nearly all
of the seedsmen entered the season
much better equipped than In 1912.
This is particularly true of such lines
as beets, mangels, carrots, parsley,
parsnip, etc., and if there are normal
crops on the acreage put out in 1913.
the trade will certainly realize that
they are blessed with a year of plenty.

California's Plight.

During the past two or three years
when seed crops, both in this country
and Europe, were well-nigh failures,
California was the bright spot on the
map, crops from the Golden State
being good in yield and excellent in
quality. At the present writing it
looks very much like a reversal, as the
unfavorable outlook in California to
which attention has several times been
called, has not materially improved
during the past two or three weeks.
Tt is pretty generally conceded that
the sweet pea crop in California will
be a failure, and this following on top
of last year's failure will mean well-

May 17, 1913

HOETICULTURE

753

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SPRING IS HERE so to close out our surplus spring bulbs we make
the following offer till sold, less 5% if cash accompanies the order

jinMnMnMnMnMQMnMnMnMnMnMnHnMnMnMnMnMnMnMn*

Boddington's Quality Gladioli

4 • This lieantiful new (llailiolils lias produced

/ktVipi^lpO as Kreat a sensation as the now famous
******** t\»t4 prineeps. The flowers, whieh are of im-
mense size, are of tile most )>eautiful flesh-pink color, and,
as a florist who saw it said, it is "fine en(»ugh for a bride's
bouquet."

100 imio

Top roots ....%%.15 *J5.00

First size 2.25 30.00

Second size 2.00 17,50

(iEOKGE P.\l"L. L.irge flowers; deep crimson,
slislitlv st.iined yellow, spotted with purple.
Per 10<)0 .<47.."i0

I. S. HENDRIC'KSOX (new). A beiiuliful ,nnd irregu-
lar mottling of white and bright deep pink : in
some the pink and in others the white predomin-
ates. Flowers and spikes very large and fine....

MAD.\M MONNERET. Delicate rose; late bloomer.
Per 1000 ,f 2('i.","i

Doz.

Al'GCSTA. The florists" best white Gladiolus in

e.\istente. 100 1000

First size bulbs. XX, 1% inches and up $1.75 $16.00

Selected bulbs, X 1.25 12.00

URENCHLEYES.SIS ftrne). Fiery scarlet.

Top roots, XXX, 2 and 21/2 inches 2.00 18.00

First size bulbs. XX, 1% inches to 2 inches 1.50 14.00

Second size, X, 1 to 1% inches 1.25 10.00

BODDINGTON'IS WHITE .*>'l) UGHT. Jlxtra-

selected liulbs. XXX, 1% in. and up 1.50 14.00

First size, XX ._.... 1.25 12.00

MRS. rR.\NCIS KING. Color of flower is a light

scarlet of a pleasing shade: selected bulbs, XXX. 2.75 24.00

First size, XX 2.25 20.00

PRINCEPS. Color rich crimson, with broad white
blotches across the lower petals. Flowers can be
grown to nearly 8 inches in diameter under

stimulating culture Doz. $1.25. .10.00

GROFF'S HYBRIDS (Originators strain) XXX.

Extra-selected 1.75 15.00

First size, XX (Originator's strain) 1.25 12.00

First size, X, very fine mixture 1.00 9.00

JOHN BULL, A verv fine white, slightly tinted lav-
ender. A good forcer 1.75 16.00

DE LA.M.ARCK. Cherry red; a grand variety 1.75 16.00

CERES. A good white, tinted lavender 1.25 12.00

AMERICAN HYBRIDS. XX. A mixture of the
choicest varieties of Gladiolus in equal propor-
tion ; very fine 1.00 9.00

A.MERIC.VN HYBRIDS. X. Fine mixture S5 7.50

STRIPED and V.YRIEG.\TED 2.25 21.50

PINK and ROSE SH.\DES 1.75 16.00

ORANGE and YELEO W SH.\DES 3.50 32.00

SCARLET and RED SHADES 1.50 14.00

LEMOINE'S HYBRIDS 1.50 12.00

C'BILDSII. First quality, mixed; dark shades 1.75 16.00

(lOod quality, mixed; light shades 2.25 21.50

Extra -Choice Named Gladioli

.ATTRACTION. Deep, dark, rich crimson, with a Doz. 100

very conspicuous, large, pure white center and
throat. At once a most beautiful and attractive
sort $0.50 $3.50

CANARY BIRD. This, without doubt, is the best
.yellow variety next to Sulphur King. A pure
canary yellow that is very pleasing and attrac-
tive 85 6.00

ELABORATE. Blood scarlet. The finest Childsil of

its color 75 .5.50

100

4.75

100
$4.25
3.25
3.75
2.75

Pink, White,

Boddington's Quality Gloxinias

1000

NAMED V.VRIETIES, Our Selection $40.00

TO COLOR, Our Selection 30.(X>

B'S SPOTTED V.VRIETIES 35.00

MIXED .ALL. COLORS 25.00

Dahlias

N.YMED V.VRIETIES, Our Selection, .$.s;.00 per 100.
MIXED V.VRIETIES and Color. Yellow, Red,
$5.00 per 100.

Miscellaneous Bulbs, Etc.

Lycoris squamigera, or Amaryllis Halli

(THE MAGIC LILY OF .JAPAN)

A perfectly hardy Amaryllis, producing beautiful pink
flowers.

Lycoris squamigera produces in early Spring foliage which
grows until ,Tuly, when it ripens off and disappears, and one not
familiar with its habits would Ihink the bnlli had died, but about
a month l;uer. as if by magic, the flower-stalks spring from the
ground to a height of 2 or 3 feet, developing an umbel of large
and beautiful lily-shaped flowers 3 to 4 inches across and from 8
to 12 in ninnl)er. of a delicate lilac-pink.

Very useful for cut flowers in the Summer.

.Strong blooming bulbs, each 10 cents., per doz. $1.00, per 100
$6.50.

Incarvillea

INCARVILLE.A Delava.vi (Hardy Gloxinia). The foliage re-
sembles that of the Acanthus, while the blossoms appear like
clusters of pink Gloxinias. It is extremely decorative. Strong
roots, each 10 cts., per doz. 75 cts., per WO $6.00.

Oxalis

OXALIS (Summer-FlowerinK) Dcppei. Pure white; very fine.
Lasiandra. Fine rosy pink, beaudful cut foliage.
Shamroi'k. Lovely clover-like foliage, pink blossom.
3Ii-xed Colors. Several cohtrs.
Per doz. 10 cts.. per 100 ?.7> els., per 1000 $2.50.

Spiraea

SPIR.VE.V I'almata rosea. The beautiful deep pink hardy Spiraea.

Per doz. .$1,110. ])er 100 ,f7..'iO.
SPIRAE.\ Aruncus. The grand hardv white Spiraea. 4 to 5 feet
Per doz. $1.00. per 100 $7,."iO.

Kudzu Vine

The quickest climber known in horticulture; grows 1 to 2 feet
per day. Invaluable for quickly covering unsightly objects,
strong roots, each 20 cts.. per doz. $1.50, per 100 $12.00.

Boddington's Quality Roses

Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Tea or Everblooming Roses, Etc.

Strong 2-year old for Planting or Potting
See our Previous Trade Advertisements

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

Seedsman and Importer 342 West I4fh Sfreef, NEW YORK iCITY

754

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

nigh prohibitive prices in 1914. So i
far as we are able to ascertain at this
time, the only California seed product
likely to come through with an aver-
age yield will be onion seed, and not
a few dispute even this.

Early Planting.

The planting of peas for seed pur-
poses is now practically over, the seed
going into the ground from two to
three weeks earlier than last year, and
under much more favorable conditions.
A good start always is desirable, and
some say that a good start is a race
half won, but those who have had ex-
perience in growing peas for seed have
learned by unhappy results that until
the crop is actually in the bag and un-
der cover nothing is certain about a
pea crop. Of course, it may be said
that the same rule would apply to any
crop, but with the exception of beans.
■wo. know of nothing so uncertain as to
actual results as peas.

Rain Needed.

It perhaps is somewhat gratuitous
to comment on the weather, neverthe-
less, it is such a potent factor in the
seed business that one cannot very well
get away from it or fail to discuss it.
We have certainly been having rather
cool weather for this season, and
throughout New York and New Eng-
land very dry during the past three or
four weeks. There have been occa-
sional local showers, but nothing like
a general rain over the territory men-
tioned has occurred since the middle
of April. If we do not have a liberal
supply of moisture soon, crops and veg-
etation in general will suffer more or
less damage.

Notes.

Madison, Wis.— The L. L. Olds Seed
Co. are about to erect a new ware-
house to cost $45,000.

Munroe, La. — The J. F. Latham
Seed Co., 121 North Grand street, has
added a flower seed department to its
business.

Don't forget to make reservations
for rooms at the Hotel Stattler, Cleve-
land, Ohio, for the convention of the
American Seed Trade Association in
June.

Hancock, Mich. — James H. Dale, for
many years employed by the A. M.
York Estate, has entered business for
himself, handling seeds, bulbs, nursery
stock, etc.

Reports from French bulb markets
indicate a decided shortage on Ro-
man hyacinths and Trumpet Major
and Soieil d'Or narcissi. Prices have
already gone up over 20 per cent
above last year's figures.

Sweet Potato Plants Vegetable Plants
Asparagus Roots Peach Tree Seedlings

Headqnnrters for Swoet Po1;il<i, Tonialo.
Pepper nnrt Culilinse pliints. Grand 3 .'ind
5-TP.-ir-ol(l AsparnsiiH roots. Peach tree
seoiilings ready to liud in June or August,
cheap.

WARREN SHINN, Woodbury, N. J.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

CINERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Duarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. Tall Grand PrUe. mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba MagniHca, White 60 $1.00

Chisnick, Red 60 1,00

Kermesina Spleodens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

ROS.V Morn, Pink 60 l.OO

DucliesB, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Blue 60 1.00

Michell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt.

Ijllaclna. Palelilnc 50

Kermesina, Crimson 50

Kosea, Pink 50

Alba. White 50

Hybrida, Mixed 50

Oe.
$1.50
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.SO

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELI/S GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt.

Giant Salmon Pink 30

Giant Pink 20

Giant Scarlet 20

Giant Striped 20

Giant Wbite 20

Giant Yellow 20

Giant Mixed 15

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS
NANUS SEED

GREENHOUSE GROWN

Seeds... $3.75 | 10.000 Seeds.. $34.00
Seeds... 18.00 I W.OOO Seeds.. 80.00
LATHHOCSE GROWN

Seeds... $2.50 I 10.000 Seeds. .$23.00
Seeds... 12.00 I 25,000 Seeds.. 50.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII
SEED

1.000 Seeds... $ .75 i 10.000 Seeds.. .$5.50
5.000 Seeds... 3.00 I 26,000 Seeds.. .12.50
Also all other Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs and Supplies (or the Florist.

1.000
6.000

1.000
5.000

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH )(,,.„„.
and all Garden Seeds )

ers lor the Trade

eonaRD

226-230 W.

KINZIE SXBEET,

CHICAGO

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee Avenue,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamburg, which we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

33 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send usjour wanti. We will take cere of

them. We inpply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz Bids. Phlladelphta.

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are acted the world over (or

SUPERIOR MKRIT

John Le-wis CHilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

RUSTIC BASKETS

lO-in. bowl $1.10, doz. $11.00
12-iD. bowl $1.25, doz. $13.00
14-in. bowl $1.50, doz. $16.00

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CABBAGE, Wakefield, Succession, Early
and late Flat Dutch, Sureliead, All Head,
Danish Ball Head, etc.. at 20 ctg. per 100,
600 for ~,a cts., $1.00 per 1.000, 10,000 and
over 85 cts. per 1,000.

LETTUCE, Grand Rapids, BIb Boston,
Boston Market, and Tennis Ball, 20 cte.
per 100, 500 for 15 cts., $1.00 per 1,000.

BEET, Eclipse. Crosb.T and Efrj-p'ian, 26
cts. per 100, 600 for $1.00, $1.26 per 1,000.. .

CELERY, Golden Self Blanching, 40 cts.
per 100, $2.60 per 1.000.

TOMATO PLANTS, will be ready about
May 25th. Send for CataloKUe.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsli, Md.

When writing to advertitert kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

755-

LILIES

Lilium Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magrnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.S0 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS My SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip,
Radish, Beet, Etc.

Branches : Michigan
and Wisconsin

MILFORD, CONN.

F. BULLERi FLOWERlEEDS

SCAFATI, ITALY
Wholesale Price List to the Seed Trade Only

'V. SI-l>0iKE:-r.AIMO
50 West SOth street, NEW YORK

Agent Representative

cihoioe: seeids

o».

Asters. American Branching, im

colors $1.0»

Asters. Imperial MIdseason, In colors. 2.S0

Bachelor's Button. Double Bloe 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. .BO
Oypsophila Elegans Grandlflora Alba. .2ff

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 SoDth Market St., Boston, Mass.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

"Renmvned Sweet Pea Specialists"
■rnHnyslop* Independence, Ho,

VlCKouAmVICK

ASTER

SEED

Aster Book and Wholesale Cata-
logue of Best Quality Seeds for
Florists and Commercial Growers

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

RELIABLE SEEDS!

ASTER QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Finest Imported Strain from Specialist.
The best for early marketing: Day-
break, Crimson, Lavender, Pink, Pur-
ple. Wblte, -each color separate, per Ob.,
»1.00; per Tr. Pkt., 20c.

Special Mixture: Per Oz., 80c.; per
Tr. Pkt., 15c.

My new Florist Catalogue la now
ready. It la a complete galde with
proper classlflcatlnn through Hortlcnl-
ture and contains many yarietle*.
generally not catalogued. It's free and
a postal will bring It.

0. V. Zangen, Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J.

BEGONIAS

single separate colors and choice mixture,
40c per dozen ; $2.50 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlztnr*,
60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mLxtare, 80«
per dozen ; $3.50 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO

Phone Randolph tS71.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor tki Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

UI-23S W. M«lia4>. St.. ' CHICAGO

FOR

High Class Florists'

FLOWER SEEDS

WRITE TO

KELWAY & SON

The Premier English Export House

(Actual Raisers)

Also Choice Strains of Gar-
den and Farm Seeds

Special Prices for present
delivery or on contract now
ready.

LANGPORT, ENGLAND

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Ertablisfaed 1618

fVrite For Our Loiu Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT STS.
BALTIIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLUE LIST OF WHOLE.S.4I.E PRICES

WAILED ONL,Y TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOB PROFIT.

I. W. Eilimmitson. Mgr.

M. W. WiUisns, S«c'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

8AN JOSE CAUrORMA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS
Ask for 191S Cataloine*

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen
4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

-BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts nMtde for Seed Gnnnnc
Send for ^riee tht

L 1 MULER. WAONE RȣS. H. Y.

756

HORTICULTUKE

May 17, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
—-SONS—

Cor. Broadway and Gr«tiot Ave».
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all MicbiKan polnta and food
•ertton* of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Members FlorlsU" Telegraph Delivery
AsBoclatloD.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLOR.ISTS

Telephones 1601 and L 1582

1415 Farnum St.,

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

m WISCONSIN

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.

Milwaukee

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Miofaiiian Ave. and SIsi St„

CHICAGO, ILL.

(XoBber Flortsts' TaU«raph Dellverr Aaaa.)
We iblp to all polnta In Illinois and Iowa.

Ptww : /Mwi 880. Mdliii 111. AMIm 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER,

COLORADO

WILLIAM L.

ROCK

FLOWER

CO.

Kansas City,

. Mo.

will carefully execute orders for Kansas 1
City and any town in Missouri or 1
Kansas. 1

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The larBest cot flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Blorthwestern point »i given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpo«W
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Telegraph Asso.

J

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Pittsburgh, Pa. — The Philadelphia

Florists, Franks & Gallagher, proprie-
tors, succeed A. E. McCoyd in the
Fifth Avenue Arcade.

Woodhaven, N. Y. — Wakefield &
Donelly, growers, have dissolved part-
nership, and George Donelly is now
proprietor of the business.

Princeton, N. J. — John Heeremans
succeeds George Allan in the retail
flower business at 40 Nassau street,
Mr. Allan retiring on account of ill
health.

STEAMER DEPARTURES ^

Allan.

Parisian, Boston-Glasgow May 2.3

American.
New York, N. Y.-S'hampton. .May liS
St. Paul, N. Y.-S'hampton May 30

Atlantic Transport. ^

Mlnnelialia, N. Y. -London May 24 SJ

Minnewaska, N. Y. -London.. .May 31 ^

Cunard. ffi

Mauretania, N. Y. -Liverpool. May 21 W

Ivernla, N. Y.-Medlter'n May 24 A

I.aconia, Boston-LiverpooL...May 27 &

Campania. N. Y. -Liverpool. . .May 2.S j»

Hamburg-American. g)

Amerika, N. Y.-Hamljiirg May 22

Pretoria, N. \'. -Hamburg May 2S

K. A. Viet., N. Y..-naiuburg.May 'Jit

Holland-America.

Kyndam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. . .May 20

Rotterdam, N. Y.-Rotterdam.May 2.

Leyland.

Canadiai, Boston-Liverpool.. .May 31
North German Lloyd.

K W der(irosse, N. Y.-B'm'n.May 20
K Wilhelm II, N. Y. -Bremen. May 2,
(;. Kurfuerst, N. Y.-Bremen..May 211
rrinzess Irene, N. Y.-Medit'n.May 24
Red Star.

Finland. N. Y. -Antwerp May 24

Lapland. N. Y. -Antwerp May 31

White Star.

Cymric, Boston-Liverpool May :

Adriatic, N. Y. -Liverpool May

Olympic, N. Y.-S'liampton May:

Megantic, Montreal-Liverpool. May

Celtic N. Y. -Liverpool May

Majestic, N. Y.-S'hampton... .May
reutoaic, Montreal-Liverpool. May

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ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States. Canada, and
all principal cities ot Europe. Orders
transferred or intrusted by the trade to
onr selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.
Ct^st of Cabling Ff reign Df liveries
Must be prepaid
Reference or cash must accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.
Cable Address, AXEXCONNEI.L.

New York

— Bloomingdale *s -^

Tlw Lirtest rinnl Establishiiiut in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telegraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

Rochester, N. Y.— George T. Bouch-
er is making extensive alterations in
his store. East avenue side, and after
alterations are completed Rochester
will possess one of the most up-to-date
and modern stores in the florist busi-
ness.

The Rochester Floral Company's
new store at 255 East Main street is
very superior to the old one in which
they were so cramped up for room.

Visitors this last week were J. Sith-
ens of Bowen, Dungen & Co., Phila-
delphia: Mr. Stearns, of Sefton Mfg.
Co.. Chicago, 111.: R- Schoch, of M.
Rice Co.. Philadelphia.

George M. Stumpp

161 Fifth Ate., Cn. E SStli St

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BROOI

BROOKLYN
EW YORK

Ave.
6800 ProspMt

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prospect

EstabUsbed 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenae. N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspoa
deace in all the large cities of Europe and the Bnnsfc
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflo*.

^gg3^gssss>*ssssss^!^^ YOUNG & NUGENT

When writing to Advertiters kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

42 West 28 SL, NEW YORK

" FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH "

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AL.BANY, IM. V.

FLOWER DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICWITY

AtBANT, N. T.

Flowera or Design Work

DELIVERED IN ALBANY AND WCnnWY
OS TELEGRAPHIC ORDER

11 NORTH PEAIL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTURE

757

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New Eng^land points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 BoylstOD Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tusf^'any Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto deHvery of Designs and Flowers to
any a dress in Washington.

fttocb ard Work First Class

*9IHOC3E ISI-.AI

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Lcsdlnr Florlnts. Orders filled (or anr
part of tb« State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN -

■PRANK H. FORRBST

M4 - 348 Geary Street, SAN FBANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAL,.

We cover the entire Paclflo Coast and Weat
•f the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sallInK for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade DUconnt.

FI.OWKRS BY TI^EGRAPIT.

SAN FRANCISCO

r.\LIF<)KMA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARMY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegrrajih order lj»r
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Tonge St., - - TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL z ^^z

Orders Filled

HALL & ROBINSON "^sj:.

125 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^'°"

8t. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers (or delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Horists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. E.vres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Aa>an.v. N, Y.— The Kosary. 23 Steulien St.

Boston— Thos. ¥. G;ilvin. 124 Tremont St.

Boston — Ed. MacMulkin, VJi Boylston St.

Boston — I'enn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn. N Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y'. — S, A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's. 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth. Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago- A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit. Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon. Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 012
Grand Ave.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Montreal, Can —Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 5Sth St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New Y'ork — Alex. McConnell. 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent. 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New Y'ork— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New Y'ork — Bloomlngdale's, E. SOth St.

New York— Max Schling, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave.. N.

San Francisco, Cal.— The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco. Cal, — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St,

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. Mav & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dun lop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Algone, Iowa — Curtis Floral Co.

Paragould, Ark. — Chase Floral Co.

Fowlerville, Mich. — Mrs. August
Klein.

Dallas, Tex.— Mrs. L. Adrian, 4002
Hall street.

Reno, Nev. — Fred J. Fischer, Vir-
ginia street.

Albany, N. Y.— Holmes Bros., 20
Steuben street.

Chicago, III. — George Kaspar. 4005
West 26th street.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Samuel Cape, Penn
avenue and 4iith street.

Waterloo, Iowa — Chas. Sherwood.
Sinnard Bros.' Building.

Providence, R. I, — G. W. Fraser,
Broad, near Pearl street.

South Manchester, Conn. — Park Hill
Flower Shop. Holl Block.

Portland, Ore. — George Betz, Yeon
Building, H. Hefty, manager.

New York, N. Y. — Herman Weiss
(wholesale), has removed to 54 West
28th street.

YOU SHOULD ORDER

Decoration Day
Supplies 8 Ribbons

FROM THE

HOUSE OF RICE

IT DOESN'T PAY TO DELAY

^hall we send you our
"Willing Helper" Catalogue?

M. RICE CO.

Leadin? Florists' Supply House.

1220 RACE ST , PHILA.. PA.

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn, The Telesraph Florist"
Member of Flurists' Telegraph Delivery
37-43 BROMFIEI^D STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

The Florist

1 P<irk St., Boston

ZINN

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS

i2l* F 5T..HJM
«iA3mi>m&to>4. O-C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Chic^o.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVEL

Euclid Avenue

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET
Special Deliveries Niagara Falls
and Lockpo't

PROVIDENCE, R. I.
mi all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

New EiKbnil Ptlnts 171 Weirliotstt Strtit

758

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

MEMORIAL DAY PROFITS

Will be bigf or little according as you offer tempting goods to the public.

FIX UP YOUR 5TORE NOW

with a selected stock of Memorial Designs, Metal Wreaths, Magnolia and Cycas Leaf arrange-
ments. We supply Magnolia Foliage, and other preserved material in bronze and green and an
extensive variety of Roses, Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Orchids, Daffodils, etc., indestructible,
and equal to fresh flowers in effect. And you will be surprised to find how cheap they can be
bought. Send for a descriptive price list.

H. BAYERSDORFER (Si CO.

THE

FLORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET,

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

ADVERTISING.

"Advertising is the life of trade."
When a department store receives a
shipment of goods from the manufac-
turer or jobber, the advertising man-
ager gets busy, and through his ad-
vertising mediums he hastens to let
the public know of the numerous bar-
gains to be had at his establishment.
Why don't the retail florists exert
themselves a little more and look into
the depths of this scheme to move
and handle more stock than they do?
The only answer I have at hand is, the
fear of expense to carry it on when
started. As a comparison, there are
a number of florists scattered through-
out the United States who spend more
money advertising in one year than
many florists' receipts amount to in
the same period. How do we account
for that? The extensive advertiser
did not start so heavily, but kept at
it slowly but surely, choosing the
method that brought the best results,
then trying schemes in another way,
though always sticking to those that
brought sure returns and using these
as a backbone when others failed to
draw.

Advertising must be given a fair
trial before being condemned by re-
tailers. To keep your name and trade-
mark before the public every day is
bound to bring the desired results,
providing you have the patience. The
small returns derived at the first ex-
periment should not discourage you.
If it only pays for the advertisement,
it has shown good results, and assures
you that better ones are coming.

When and what to advertise must
be carefully studied. Articles of an
expensive nature will not go; there-
fore, you must select something with-
in reach of all; some little floral gift
•suitable for all occasions, that can be

easily packed and delivered. Cut
flowers when plentiful always make
a tempting advertisement, and good
judgment after a little experience has
been gained, will soon teach you when
and how to advertise.

The idea that advertising cheapens
the retail flower business may, or may
not, be correct, but the dollars and
cents are worth more when left in your
cash drawer through advertising, than
if a stray customer had dropped In
your place, not knowing where else
to go.

Remember, my dear reader, I do not
say you are going to make a fortune
from the goods you are advertising,
but I do say this will bring the people
into your store and build up your trade
for you : it comes in the form of deco-
rations, funerals, etc., and when these
orders appear you know the arrow has
gone straight to the mark; your adver-
tisements are working for you and
success is assured; but you must keep
at it. A sudden stop means a sudden
drop.

Mr. Storeman.

its success here is assured and the
color in the cut sent out by the in-
troducers is not exaggerated. The
other new one is Louis Walter, com-
monly called Baby Tausendschoen. As
grown here the flowers are about the
same size as those of its namesake
but the color differs somewhat, being
more of the true pink and less of the
yellow or salmon and perhaps fades a
little easier, still growers are regard-
ing it as a valuable addition.

The Jessie and Orleans roses are
romparatively new to the Chicago
market but have become popular in
the two or three years they have been
offered. Mme. Levavasseur, the origi-
nal "Baby Rambler," still has an im-
portant place with the Chicago grow-
ers and great quantities are sold each
year although the color is not quite
so pleasing as that of some of the
newer varieites. The white roses and
the hybrid perpetuals, on the other
hand, are not received with much fa-
vor in Chicago,

POT ROSES IN CHICAGO.

Retailers say their spring trade
calls for an increasing number of pot
grown roses each year and tV'e retail
flower stores are beautiful with these
offerings now. For use in producing
large specimen plants and fancy
shapes, Tausendschoen beauties and
Lady Gay seem to be in the lead here
and very showy plants of these add
much to the attractiveness of the
stores though they may not find quite
so ready sale as the smaller plants.
Many Dorothy Perkins, Hiawatha and
Flower of Fairfield are also seen. Chi-
cago growers find these are the best
of the Rambler type for small speci-
mens and they grow them in quanti-
ties far outnumbering the large plan s.
The great demand for the small and
medium jjlants is comparatively recent
here and growers are on the alert for
new varieties, two of which we have
noticed, deserving of special mention,
grown commercially here for the first
time this year. Erna Teschendorf, of
Holland origin, is so rich a red that

Owatonna, Minn. — L, J. Wesely, a
former salesman for the Mitchell Nur-
sery Co., has started business for him-
self under the name of the Owatonna

Nursery Co.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59th Street, adjoining Plaza Hotel

Best Florists in the ,States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone srSg

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

759

Less Ice With Better Results

The McCray System of Refrigeration, which insures a per-
fect circulation of cool, dry air, will not only reduce your ice
bills, but will keep your stock in the best condition — fresh,
fragrant and attractive.

McCray Refrigerators

Are made so as to display your flowers to the best advantage.
They can be lined with white enamel, opal glass, tile, mirrors
or marble to suit your convenience. Write for our beautiful
Free Catalog No. 73, which shows refrigerators for florists,
both stock and built-to-order, in all sizes and styles.

McCray Refrigerator Co.

553 LAKE SRTEET KENDALLVILLE, IND.

Personal

Henry Young, of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
and Miss Clara Bleeke of Decatur,
Ind., were married on April 28tli.

Charles W. Knight, formerly at
Round Hill, Greenwich. Conn., is now
with A. T. Boddington, New York City.

Mr. and Mis. Albert Knopf of Rich-
mond, Ind., left April 25th for a silver
wedding trip through the California
orange belt.

George Smith of Orange. N. J., has
been appointed by the Governor as a
member on Board of Visitors, to State
Agricultural College at New Bruns-
wick.

Julius Roehrs, Sr.. of Rutherford.
N. J., is at Capri, Italy. Recent in-
formation regarding the state of his
health is not as hopeful as his friends
would wish.

Much anxiety was caused to family
and friends by the sudden disappear
ance of Thomas Pegler from his home
and business at Brunswick, Me., last
Saturday noon. After a widespread
search of woods and ponds a telegram
was received by his wife on Tuesday
stating that he was in Toronto, Can.,
and would return at once. Mr. Pegler
suffered a nervous breakdown last year
In Boston, and it is believed that in
the present case his mind has been
affected by overwork and a relapse.

At the annual meeting of the New
York Cut Flower Exchange on May 3,
officers were elected for the ensuing
year, as follows: President. John
Donaldson; secretary, Victor Dorval;
treasurer, Charles Beekman : directors,
Anton Schultheis, Philip F. Kessler,
Frank Millang, Fred Smith and John
Schneider. John Donaldson is one of
the most successful growers in the
cut flower market, as well as one of
the most popular. He is a good
bowler, a good entertainer, and he will
make a good president.

Cambridge. N. Y. ; Hon. Harley James,
Mayor of St. Georges, Bermuda.

New York visitors: R. Vincent, Jr.,
Whiteniarsh, Md.; W. J. Vesey, Fort
Wayne, Ind.; Ed. Welch, and Jos.
DriscoU, Boston: Alph. Walraet,
Bruges. Belgium; C. C. Pollworth and
H. A. Weil, Milwaukee. Wis.; Einar
Knutsson. Copenhagen. Denmark; G.

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President-?lect N. Y. Cut Flower Exchange.

C. Eldering. Overveen, Haarlem, Hol-
land.

CHICAGO NOTES.

There was quite a severe frost Sun-
cay morning, May 11th, which was
hard on the young carnations planted
just before. Some fear was felt for
the peonies, also, but no adverse re-
ports have come in as yet.

Ernest Roeber and Martin Radke,
growers. Maywood. 111., dissolved part-
nership at the expiration of their
lease, May 1st. and each will go into
business for himself, the former in
Winnetka, and the latter in Glen
EUen, .111.

pectations of even the most sanguine.
The arrival of early orders indicated
that the day had possibilities of a
greater volume of business than its
predecessors, but many wholesalers, a
week previous, had the conviction
firmly in their minds that orders
for white carnations could not be
"switched" to colored ones and when
they were sold out of white, business
would cease. On the contrary, white
carnations were supplanted by col-
ored carnations and then followed
roses and then any kind of a flower.
.\nd this has come about here with
apparently little effort by the whole-
salers and still less by the retailers.
A marked demand for red flowers over
pink ones was noticed.

Boston visitors: W. C. Langbridge,

Mothers' Day was beyond the ex-

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

The Florists' Club of Philadelphia
will have an outing and May-pole
dance in June. John Gracey is chair-
man of the committee.

There are conflicting opinions as to
the effect on the flower trade from
Wanamaker's giving away 25,000 car-
nations for Mothers' Day. Some think
it was bad and hurt legitimate busi-
ness. Others are equally convinced it
was good and stimulated legitimate
business. The latter go so far as to
say that the proposition far eclipsed
anything the campaign of publicity has
accomplished. "You pays your money
and you takes your choice."

To stimulate interest in the work
that is being done in the school-gar-
dens, President Gracey, of the Retail
Florists' Association, has presented
more than 1000 geranium plants to
the pupils of the Robert Morris Ad-
junct School of Practice, offering a
prize to the child whose plant at the
end of the season is in the most flour-
ishing condition. This is said to be
the first step in the movement started
by the association to encourage the
school children of the city to study
and experiment in floriculture. When
the school-gardens close, next fall, the
plants will be inspected and the child
who produces the finest specimen will
receive $20 worth of larger plants and
ferns. The work of sowing seeds has
been started in the ten large school-
gardens and in numerous home gar-
dens.

760

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

NEW CROP

Dagger Ferns for Memorial Day

$2.00 per lOOO

Special price on large quantities. Nearby
stock, equal to anything offered in this market.
Try a shipment now.

The Leo Niessen Co.

N. W. Comer
12th and Raca Sto.,

PHILADELPHiA

illlUIIHWI

To Cut flowor Oroworm mntl
Retail FloHaim

IF YOU

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want to find a market fof yoaf S
product S

want a regular or special rapply ;
of the product of the best
growers

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leadlof
S Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade

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supply dealer. Insist on having the

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GEORGE B.HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

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CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

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Price list ou applioiition.
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Cut Flower a All the Year Round
133-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

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3-00

to

6.00

to

4.00

to

8.00

3.50

to

3.00

2.50

to

3.00

1.00

to

2.50

1.50

to

2.00

to

40.00

to

50.00

12.50

to

15.00

8.00

to

12.00

12.50

to

15.00

6.00

to

10.00

3.00

to

4.00

3.00

to

4.00

to

6.00

to

10.00

to

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to

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to

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to

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to

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. ...

to

4.00

to

6.00

to

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to

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to

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.40

to

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to

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to

1. 00

to

1.50

1. 00

to

1.35

to

15.00

to

15.00

to

50.00

40.00

to

50.00

35.00

to

50.00

25.00

to

3500

25.00 to 30.00
15.00 to 30.00

10.00 to

4. DO to

6.00 to
2.00 to
6.00 to
2.00 to
... to
6.00 to
2.00 to
4.00 to
3.00 to
to

12. 00
6.00

10.00
4.00

8.00
4.00

30.00 to 40.oe

6.00 to lO.OO

to 6.0a

3.0* to 4.00

to 4.C&

to 4.CO-

3.00
4.00

.50 to

1.50-

30.00
50.00

30.00 to 50 ,.00

PETER REINBERG

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Hower Growers' Association

Wholoaale (arowera of Cut Flowers and Plants — ^^^^—

176 N. MICHIUN AVE., %'\5Sk'^i%S&T< CHIMaO

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOUSALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CofuAgDmeDts Solicited
Hardy Fancy F*rn Oar Specialty

3M0 BflOADWAY. DETROIT, MICK.

Pricoo Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Only.

When Writinc; to Advertisers Pleese Mention

HORTICULTURE.

May 17, 1913

HOETICULTUBE

761

Flower Market Reports

The past ten days can
BOSTON show a good, clean, live-
ly record on the right
side for the flower trade. Carnations
were scarce all last week, particularly
the white ones, and they are still
scarce. Wtile there was more or less
activity in connection with the MoUi-
er' Day observance, yet this can hard-
ly be credited with any great share In
the good conditions prevailing which
are due primarily to the continued cold
weather, which has accentuated the
demand and curtailed the production.
Lily of the valley is in active call, but
is so abundant that quotations are
scaled down. Roses are very plenti-
ful, but extra fine as to quality. In
these and all other items except car-
nations values remain about station-
ary, and will probably so continue un-
til the next hot wave strikes us.

Had it not been for
BUFFALO Friday and Saturday of
this week in which a
little extra business is looked for on
account of Mothers' Day." it would
have been the dullest since the week
preceding Easter. Not alone the
flower dealers, but merchants in gen-
eral have complained. The various
strikes are blamed and with the ex-
pressmen's strike beginning on Mon-
day last there has been no end of
inconvenience and injury to business.
The wholesalers suffered the most on
account of not receiving shipments at
time wanted and, as all freight going
out could not be guaranteed to be put
in certain trains, out-of-town buyers
could not rely on shipments getting
through, and in several cases bad dis-
appointments were had by the out-of-
town dealers. Mothers' Day helped
to brace up the market, but stock
was plentiful enough and the retailer
had very little difl^culty to obtain on
short notice material which was car-
ried along from day to day.

The scarcity of white
CHICAGO carnations this week

and the great demand
for them last week is the special fea-
ture of the past two weeks in the
Chicago market. Most orders were
booked at $5.00, but toward the end of
the week many were sold for $6.00 and
on Sunday some brought as high as
$8.00. The market cleaned up on
everything and the old idea of the ex-
clusive use of carnations for Mothers'
Day had a decided set-back. The
opening of the peony season may be

WELCH BROS. CO.

AAmUC<N BEAUTY. KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SlA'aUUR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHID3

BE^ST PRODUCED

aag Pevoiwhire Street, Boeton, M—.

William F. Hasting Co.

NA/Holosal.

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

»rist:s
BUFFALO, N. Y.

--MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD--^

OBOAMIZED FO« THB BOKXKnT OF TIOS CAMADUJT TBABM.

CUT rjMwmms ahb n«Bn*rscppLii;8 of btkbt DcaosimoM

AT ^raifi!'^ **'**' ■ *"^'^- """CTLT WHOLBSAI^i MOTHINO moUt

A_pl* r.f«r«M. faral.k«d m *• ttmrnMrnK luU aaueUl .bUHr •( tk. c»mp»nj.

183 MANSFIELD STREET. MONTREAL. P. Q.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — '"'^"^ '^'^^-p^'J^y

ST. LOUIS r

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

" " Extra

No. I

'* " Lower Grades

ICiUarney, Extra

'* Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

*' " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdcm, Ward, Melody, Extra- ■
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst ■

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyai

Lilies, Longiflorum . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley.

Gladioli

Irfis

Mignonette

Ikues

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Aspara^s Plwnosus, Strings (loo)-.
" " & Spren. Cioo BchsJ. .

A66toi^

May 15

flp.oo
15.00

to

3«o
5*0
2.00
4.00 to
2.00 to
2.00 to

4.00

a. 00
4.00
a.«o

to 23.00

to 20.00

to 10.00

to 6.00

}.oo

to

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4.00 to

5.00 to

1.00 to

2.00 to

1. 00 to

9.00 to

3.00
8.00
4.00

6.00

8.00
to 3.00
to 13.00
to 3.00
to 2.00
to 50.00

6.00

3.00 to

1.00 to

.50 to

6.00 to

1.00 to

10.00 to

to

35.00 to

8.00

3.00

6.00

4.00
4.00

1.00

6.00

a. 00

1. 00

15.00

I. as

15.00

50.00

U-oo

May 12

SOISLY

25.00 to 35.00

iLAr

ay 5

2O.0O

15.00 to

5.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

to

6.00 to

3.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

a. 00 to

50.00 to

8.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

4.00 to

4.00
3.00

l.o.

3.00

.50

to

to

to

to

1 00 to

35.00
20.00
10.00
8.00
5.00
8.00

8.00
5.00

12.00

4.00

3.00
60.00
10.00
8.00
4.00
8.00
6.00
5«o

1.50

6.00

4.00

1.50

1.35

50.00

35.00

75.00

50.00

25.00 to 30.00 20.00
15.00 to 20.00! 15.00

to ]o.ae

10.00
4.00
5.00
3.00
500
3.00
3.00
6.00
4.00
6.00
2.00
•75

40.00
6.00
6.00
3.00

10.00
2.00
3.00

to 12.50

S.QO
4.00

8. 90

4.03
4.00

10.00

5.00

10.00

3.00

l.OD

50.00

8.00

8.0P
4.00
13.50
400
4.00
2.00
5.00

•40

1. 00 00

12.00 to

35.00 to

8.00 to

3.00
15.00
50.00
13.00

3. 00
6.00
1.00
6.00
1.00

6.00
3.00
2.0*
4.OD

2.eo

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8.00

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10.00

5.00

to
to
to

to IO.I
to 5.<

to 5.0*

to la.or

to 5.00

to 3.00

to 60. GO
12.50
10..O
4-«»

to

to

to

■ 50
3.00

4.00

1..0

15.00

to 1.50

to 15.ce

to

to

I.QO
15.00

to x.5a

to 25.00

to 50.00

to 50,00

said to have taken place, though that
favorite flower is not yet very much In
evidence. The first shipments arrived
from Sarcoxie, Mo., the last of April,
and regular shipments are now com-
ing. Prices range from $4.00 to $8.00.
Stock is considered fair in quality.
Daffodils are about gone and outdoor
tulips are all that are left of that
flower which has been in the market
now five months. As the wedding
season comes on the demand for lily
of the valley increases and there are
all grades of that flower to be had.
American Beauties continue to be
rather off-grade and the proportion of
second-class stock is large. All kinds
of roses are plentiful but no approach
to a glut. The cold weather has held
back outdoor stock and lilacs still are
in good supply. Iris is not having the
ready sale of last year; no particular
cause can be detected, however, for the
stock is flrst-class. There is also a
good supply of miscellaneous stock and
of all kinds of green.

What promised to be
CINCINNATI a very active mar-
ket has received an-
other bump. True there is a very con-
siderable amount of work about town,
but the demand is not near what it
should be since the street car strike

began last Saturday. Every line of
retail business down-town Is feeling
the effects and unless the men and the
company get together business will re-
ceive some more hard knocks. The
largest part of the present demand is
coming via the telephone, but while
this is good in its way it is not like
having the customer at hand. The
strike has not and cannot interfere
with shipping business which is very
brisk. Mothers' Day proved to be the
best we have had so far and nearly
everything in the wholesale market
cleaned up. Carnations were the
bloom most sought after by the buy-
ers and as a result prices on some va-
rieties were nearly doubled. The sup-
ply of roses is large and includes good
cuts of every variety. Beauties are
easily sufiicient for requirements. The
average quality of all of them is very
high. Peonies are now in the mar-
ket. Within the next fortnight heavy
shipments of them are anticipated.
The sweet pea cut is adequate. Most
of the receipts are short but of good
quality. German iris is not cleaning
up very well. Gladioli sell nicely.
Snapdragon, too, moves well. Some
excellent outdoor tulips are coming
into the wholesale houses.

( Coniiaued o» page ydj)

762

HOKTICULTUEE

May 17, ISl?-

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street NEW YORK

rilE ROSES, mil CiNillONS

A Full Lille of ALL (TT FLOWEnS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison .Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. J462 „3j„„„ ^^^^^ jyg^ Yofi

taoore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

S5 and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

WM. P. FORD

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

QiU and inspect the Beat K8tabli8bmei.i
in the Wholeeale Flower District.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
I09 ^A/E:^-r 2s«:»-> st

CONSIGNMENS S0LICI1ED

PBONB(*08j MADISON SQ.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Evergreens. .Mo-.ses.

Southern Smilav. (iahix and l>enrothoe,

Preserved and Fresh ( ut

Cycas and Palmetto.

,.. {»;»} Mad.s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RCED (SL KELLER

I.-; West 2.Jtli SI., Xen Yorlj

Florists' Supplies

Wf man ufiu-t lire ill! imr

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and .in- (lp;ilers in

Deeorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremoat and Best

WHOUSALE COMMISSION HOUSf

A First Clasi Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

38 Willonghby M.. ErooJtlyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manulactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

n,tOO....«l.U. B0.000....I7.N. Sample fr«e
For nie h/ dealeri.

I*. J. s»j:iarH[

SuocMMr to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist t3^'R'<iS?T^%8i»«''£r

A loll line «l Choice Cut Flower Stock lor ell parpoace The HOMB Of> TUB ULV
b7 the 100, 1000 or lO.UOo

IBL. t»98 MADISON SQUARE

49 Weat 28th St., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

WJfl*9ale C<»>Nfn4««ioM Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 Witt 28th Street, Mem York
Telethon* 3ll.^^?-3M.^ w»die«ii Square

f J .

K. A 1- 1- e: IM 1

A Full

stock for MEMORIAL DAY

106 WEST 28TH STREET, NEW YORK

ORDER NOW

Telepliones, 187 and 4468 Ma<l. Sq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

' s;*&BiHE HIGHEST A# A I I TV ALWAYS

- ''^Hfe:, GRADE OF VML.LtT ON HAND

GARDEr*lAS; DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS. M.d"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YOKK QUOTA I IONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" Extra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland. Extra

** '* Ordinary

Bride. Maid

Hlllingdon. Ward, Melody, Extra

'* " " Ordinary .

Taft, Sunburst

Caraailons, Fancy Grade

*• Ordinary

Ust Half of Week

rint Half of Wuk

ending May 10

beeinnjne May 12

1913

1913

lO.OO

to

15.00

IO.OO

to

i;oe

6. CO

to

10.00

8.00

to

10.00

4.00

to

5.00

4.00

to

6.00

1.00

to

4.00

1.00

to

axo

4.00

to

6.00

3.00

ID

6.00

1. 00

to

2.00

i.«o

to

2.00

4.00

to

6.00

3.00

to

6.00

1. 00

10

3.00

1. 00

to

2.ae

1. 00

to

4.00

1.00

to

4.00

6.00

to

8.00

4.00

to

8.ao

1. 00

to

4.00

1. 00

to

S-oe

3.00

to

8.00

5.o»

to

4.00

300

to

6.00

3. 00

to

4.00

2.00

to

3.50

1.00

to

9.00

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

&■*: -WeMt aStti street:, Vl^-vv ^Vor4c

Telephones { J^ j Madison Square CONSIQNMSNT8 SOUCrm

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXGHANGl

THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr.

WHOLEEALE ONLY

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIME AND MONET BT 8ENDLNG TOCB ORDER TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

CTENTKArLT I.O0ATSD. THK HTB OF I Frwik H. Timoia^ Ck«r.« SobM*

CHARrETELANG TRAENOLY Jt^SCHENCK

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

T«l«pboBe 3860 Madiaon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 Wtst 28tii Street NEW YORK

Wholesale FloriBts

131 WMt 28th St., New York

Teltphona* : 79S aad 799 MaJi«*B S^arc
■ Co*si«nHi«Bt« Solicit*d

HENRY M. hi^rilNSON.Pres. MAITRICET.. 0LA98. ■]>«■•
CHAS R.ROBINSOX V Pro= .TOSFPII M.\ROOLI8. 9«>

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glaos, Manas^r
55-57 WEST 26tli ST. - - - NEW YOf K CfTY

May 17, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

res

Flower Market Reports

{Continited front page ~bt)

Business was of a rather
DETROIT indifferent nature all

last week. A general
revival, tliough, took place at the end
of the week when Mothers' Day
helped out. That wholesalers as well
as retailers profited by it can be well
understood when we see the price of
carnations up to .$4.00 per 100 and all
the shelves in the wholesale houses
are swept clean of everything called
a flower. Retailers are having a hard
struggle to get enough material to 1511
orders which situation will not be
soon relieved because of the prevail-
ing cold weather. The trade in hang-
ing baskets and porch boxes is start-
ing up very good and the outlook for
this year is splendid.

This market has lit-
NEW YORK tie to boast about for

the past week al-
though Just at present the receipts are
somewhat lightened up and stock
clears out better in consequence. So
much outdoor material is now com-
ing in that it holds the greenhouse
product down tight and prevents any
advance from the low prices prevail-
ing during the late heated term.
American Beauties have been selling
very slowly and most of those disposed
of have been sacrificed at cut figures.
John Wanamaker sent up from Phila-
delphia on Saturday for 30,000 carna-
tions to give away to his customers so
that they might wear them to honor
their mothers. The result was a big
advance in value of carnations. Flow-
ers that might have been bought for
$1.00 on Monday were held at $5.00 on
Saturday. Many were sold at varying
prices but considerable quantities were
in evidence in the wholesale places on
Sunday and Monday saw a tumble in
values. As to "Mothers' Day" itself,
the New York public took absolutely
no notice of it, either on West Side,
East Side, in circles of high or of low
degree. Virginia peonies are coming
in freely and there are lots of splen-
did double stocks all about. Lilies are
badly overstocked. In fact, there is a
surplus of everything and this includes
cattleyas of finest grade.

The early part
PHILADELPHIA of the week was
rather disas-
trous. Stock came very freely and
there was no business to speak of.
On Thursday there was a slight im-
provement and Friday and Saturday
were very good, stimulated largely by
the "Mothers' Day" demand. The re-
tailers are now generally recommend-
ing other fiowers for this occasion in-
stead of the white carnation so that
all lines shared more or less in the
activity. The Beauty situation was
greatly relieved by a good out-of-town
demand, and white roses have been
in especially good demand. From now
on the May trade will be greatly
helped here by the children's proces-
sions which are quite a feature of the
churches, especially those of the
Catholic and Episcopa'l denominations.
The gardenia crop has shortened up
a good deal and orchids are also in
shorter supply. Some very choice
C. gigas are now arriving. Sweet
peas are not so good, the hot weather
having hit this crop pretty hard. Peo-

FOUR NEW ROSES
Every Grower Will Want This Year

Irish Fire Flame

Own root ; .fG.OO per doz ;
$10.00 per 25; $17.50 per 50;
$30.00 per 100; $70.00 per 250;
$250.00 per 1000.

Mrs. Charles Russell

Grafted stock only ; S7.50 per
doz; $12.50 per 25; $20.00 per
5(1: $35.00 per 100; $82.50 per
250; $300.00 per 1000.

Milady

Grafted or own root ; $5.00 per
doz; $10.00 per 25; $17.50 per

50; $30.00 per 100; .$70.00 per
250 ; $250.00 per 1000.

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer

Grafted or own root; .$6.00
per doz; $10.00 per 25; $17.50
per .50; .$.30.00 per 100; $70.00
per 2.jO; $250.00 per 1000.

1914 NEWS

KILLARNEY BRILLIANT

sp.irt whiili will be introduced next
Single Killiiruey. much larger flower
f pink. By far the best introduction

Tile sensational new Killarno.v
year. About twice as double a^
and of a darker brilliant shade
■.if any Rose of recent yeirs

Grafted. $7..'>0 per doz; .■?:S.OO per IOC; $150.00 per 500; $300.00 per lOOO.
uwn root. .$(;,II0 per doz: .$30.00 per 100: $20.(J0 per 500; $200.00 per 1000
Delivery during March.

Also Scions for grafting in 1000 to -5000 lots at $200.00 per 1000. Spe-
cial prices on larger quantities. I)eli\ery in December and January.

iy^_|.-,|,| -i__ The splendid new White Carnation for 1914. Booking or-
•l'****-^****'*** ders now. Deliveries can be made December, 1P13, on the
parly orders. $12.00 per 100; $2<Xi.0<.l per 1000

We guarantee not only the quality of our plants but their sate delivery

by express.

R!l>K<-vno rxnA dmnli<>e .Many Dew pattcms In exclusive Ribbons.

IDDOnS ana ouppiies. write us for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small Shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

9oy^i,,-v-<

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK
117 West 28tliSt.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St.. N. W-

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

CatUeyaA

Lfllea, Longinomm

Cailas

Ul> uf the Valley

Uladloll

Iris

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas (per lao bunches

Garden 'as

Adlantum

Smliax

Asf)aragus PluinosiM, strings (per loo)

** ** & 5pren (loo bunclies) .

List Half of Waet

ending May 10
1913

20.00
3.00
5.00
I.O»
2.00
2.00
2.00
.50

3-00
J. 00
3 00
4.00
.50

I2.00
350O
X5.OO

40.00

5.00

8.00

2. 00

6.00

4.00

4.00

1. 00

6.00

3.00

6.00

30.00

1. 00

15.00

40.00

25.00

First Half if «Mk

beginning May 12

1113

20.00

3-00

5. 00

.50

2.00

2.00

2.oe

•50

3.00

1. 00

3.00

■f«>

•50

12.00

35.00

Z5.00

to

to
to

6.a«
4.00
4.<ie
x.oa
6.0c

1J.O.

40 X*

nies are in larger supply — mostly from
Southern points, helped out by locals
of the officinalis type. Snapdragon is

rather sluggish except in the choicer
grades.

{Continued on page ybq)

764

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

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in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dysart. 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of AdTertisera.

APHINK

Aphlne Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ABACCARIAS

Godfrey Aachmann. Pblladelpbla. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AKXSTONE FLOWER VASES

Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brigbton, Mass.
For p.Tge see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAOCS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FKOST, Kenllworth,
N. J.

AUCUBA

Aucuba japoDica, busby plants, 35c. to
$2.50 each.
JULIDS ROEHRS CO., Rutberford, N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Leutby & Co., Roslindale, MajM.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Loecbnu & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TREES

McHutcbison & Co., 17 Murraj St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Ratherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Angust Rolker & SousTSi Barclay St^

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and

prices. List on application.

JULIDS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

B. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONLiS

Begonia Lorraine and Glory of Cincin-
nati. 2Vi in. pots, leaf cuttings, immediate
delivery.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO.. Rutherford, N. J.

BOILERS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

EfflTd A Bgrnham CoyTllSS Broadway. N. Y.

HItchlngg & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. T.

BOXES — CUT FLOWER— FOLDING

BSdwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, N«w York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 83 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS— Continued

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray Bt.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advegtisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, FIske, Rawson Co., Boston, Masf.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, III.

Begonias — G loxlnias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleid, L. I., N. I.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Pbiladelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hlllegom. Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 10 Bridge St.

CANNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Broa., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. T.

Boddlugton's Quality Canuat.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready (or
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
& JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

CAPE JASMINE FROM TEXAS

Woodward Floral Co., R. W. Woodward,

Mgr., Alvin, Texas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, In4.
For page see List of Advertisers.
S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chlcara, IIL

New Carnation Tha Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cbeaply mended. Pilisbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PlLLSBUBY, Galesburg, 111.

CURXSANTHEHUHS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Ulck.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rington. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the eCTorta of those whe
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemnm flowers, showing that net
In secret arts and practices, but lu plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
BO cents.

Orders filled by HORTICDLiTURB, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Continued

Frank Oechslin, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass.

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CTCLA.MEN8

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Cyclamen, 3
$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO.,

pots, very finest strain.

Rutherford, N. J.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger, Hlcksvllle. N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro, Mass.

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have you to
exchange? GEO. H. WALKER, Dahlia

Expert, North Dighton, Mass.

Up-to-date florists, dahlias, 25 varieties
true to name, strong divided roots such
as I plant; 200 cactus; 200 pompons; to
close. .$6.50 for lot. HOMER F. CHASE,
R. 44, Lawrence, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
COCK DAHLIA FARMS, Wllliamstown
Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Nniserleft

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rebert Craig Co., Market and 49th Bta.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow A Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers,

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Leutby & Co., Roslindale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fern runners, flue stock Boston, Whlt-
manll. Amerpohll Springfleldil, $1.80 per
100, $15,00 per 1000. Roosevelt mnners,
very fine, $6.00 per 100. $50.00 per 1000.
Roosevelt, 4-Inch, $15.00 per 100; S-lnch,
128.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 4 inch,
handsome stock, $8.00 per 100. 50,000 sq.
ft. of glass at Cleveland, O., devoted exclu-
sively to ferns. I have the best stock t*
t>e had anywhere. Prices are low, for cash
onlv. SCHNEIDER, FLORIST, Spring-
field, O.

Advertisers

May 17, 1913

HORTICULTUBE

765

FEBTrLIZEBS

JOth Century Plaot Food Co., Bevtrlj,

Mass.

For page see Ll3t of AdTertlserB.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian. Mich.

FertUene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PvlTerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manurr

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 60 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FL,OBISTS' SVFFIilEB

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sta.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. news & Co., Cambridge, Mait.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Ullflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co.. 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For p.Tge see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertlseri.

GERANIUMS

K. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marab,
Md.

For p.Tge see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adriati7 Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers^

John McKenzie. North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Childs, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisera.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Qardena.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia. Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc.. 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For p.Tge see Lljt of ^dvertjsers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN-
STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL—

Continued
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plerson U-Bar Co.. Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Biimh^'m Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T.

Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOOD!

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisera.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisera.

HARDT PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HAWLEY CEMETEBY VASE

N. P. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPABATUS

Kroeachell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chlcag*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

HEBBACEOUS PEBENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Masa

For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisera.
P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bobblnk & AtkinsTRutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass*
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

HYDBANGEAS

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarr.vtown-on-Hudson,

New York.
Hydrangea Otaksa.
For page see List of Advertisers^

Hydrangeas : In pots and tubs, $1.50-.$3.50
each ; large specimen, $5.00-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madlaon, N. J.

Aphlne and Fungine.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Benjamin Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hndaonj

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of AdvertlserB.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of tlie finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents in stamps.
C. S. HARRISON'S SELECT NURSERY,
York, Neb.

LAUEUS

Laurus Cer.asus: Bush, 35e.-$1.00 each;
Standards, ?7..90-$10.0O each; Pyramids,
$5.00-!f7.50 each. . ^ ^, t

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

E. A J.^Farquhar 4 Co., BoatOD, Haai.

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertlseri.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisera.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per-
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson' *nS^17 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisera.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., "New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. PEIRCB
BROS., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NUfeoiSRY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List_of Advertisera.

W. & T. SmitTTCo^Geneva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Masa.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framingham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.

Spring Price List.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers^

"Brick-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Masa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Maaa.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford, Conn.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,

by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your addresa

for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

It Hamilton Place, Boston^

Felix lit Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

766

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

ONTON SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FI.OWEBS

Jas McManua, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

JoUns Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybrldiiti.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.
A. Lentb7 & Co., Perkins St. Nurierlet,

RosUndale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Qodfrey Ascbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Ps.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY PLANTS

White and violet Pansies In bud, $4 pet
1000. C. A. PERLEY, Winthrop, Me.

Strong trunsplanted frame plants In bud
and bloom. $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000.
Cash. RUSSELL BROS.. Syracuse, N. Y.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stenrns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BBTSCHElt,
Canal Dover, u.

"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives'
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to pliint, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered together under the
sun; describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose In
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for It today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants,
$7.50-$35.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

V. Shaketano, 50 West 30th St., N. Y.

F. Bullerl Flower Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page 6ee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tieles^ Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. SiEELE & SONS, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIER & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 468 Erie St., Cblcag*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANOEBS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. KRAMER & SONS,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

PRIVET

500 ORNAMENTAL PRIVET
2i,4 to 3V, ft. high and 20 inches to 2 ft.
in diameter, price 40c. to $1.00 each. 3000.
good variety. Dahlias put up 10 In a bag,
no two alike, each tageed with the name
(intended for retail trade as they are at
$1.00 per package), wholesale price 50c. per
package, 50 or more packages at 40c.
Rustic Cedar window and stoop boxes
made to order. Rustic tubs, tubs on
stands, chairs, settees, etc. Cedar poles for
arbors or any other work. Send for
prices. All F. O. B., express or freight.

F. A. BOLLES,
East 10th St. and Ave. L, Brooklyn, N. Y.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page sea List of Advertisers.

BEFRIOEBATORB FOB FLOBISTB

McCray Refrigerator Co.. Kendalvllle, In*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk. Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHTFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phna., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Ps.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. * T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers

8. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phils., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk A Atkins, Rutherford. M. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Eaatern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maaa.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Roses, fine young stock from 2V4-ln. pots,
strong, clean, full of vigor, sure to please.
Pink and White Cochet. $3.00 per 100;
$27.50 per 1000. Cash with order.
C. AKEBURST & SON, White Marsh, Md .

ROSES — Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, Including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

RUSTIC BASKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED OBOWEBS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, lU.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Coim.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Assoclatloa,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Joae, Cil.

SEASONABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

61 and 62 N. Market St, Boston, Uass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

lUebeU's Seed House, Philadelphia. Fa.

Seasonable Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee &. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

I^ottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Haw.
For page see List of Advertisers.

' B. & J. Fsrqabar & Co., Baaten. MaM.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. U. Thorbnm & Co., S3 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leoosrd Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Beana, Radish and all Garden Hesist

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James VIck's Sons. Rochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano A Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Adurtlsers.

B. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence; Me.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 82 So. Market St., Bostsn.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page aee List of Advertlsen.

8. D. Woodruir & Son, New York, N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Kelway & Son, Langport, England.
High-Class Florists' Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1S74-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Ripe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SILKALINE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

May 17, 1913

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hudson, N. Y.
For page see List of Adverflsei-«.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. SpragTie, Barnegat, N. J
For page see List o( Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orcbid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HUERELL, Summit,- N. J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JULIUS ROEHKS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

STRAVVBEKRY PLANTS

Strawberry plants, Brandywine, Glen
Mary, Wilson, 50c. 100; $2.00 per 1000.
A. A. WINEGAED, Spencerfort, N. Y.

Pan-American, nice strong plants from
field, ready about April 15 to May 15, be
.quick, at $3.75 per 100.

J. C. ENGELHORN, Gallon. 0.

THE NATIONAL NUB8EBTMAN

National Nurseryman Publlsblng Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertiser*

TUBBBOSB8

J. M. Thorbnrn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

yBOBTABI.E PI.ANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPABATCB

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vinca Variegata; 4 in., $10.00 per 100.
Pracaena Indivisa ; 5 and 6 in., $3.00 per
.doz. Cash. CHAS. H. GREEN, Spencer,
Mass.

WIBED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIBEWOBK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. X.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee.
WU^ ,.Mi

WILLIAM E. HELLSCHER'S WIRE
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Albany, N. V.

Albany Cat Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, 0».

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Oa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. T.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 Elllcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOKTICULTURE

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Chicaffo

Peter Reinberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. (J
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManns, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebier, 28 Willonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W 26tb

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 2nth St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly * Scfienck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Weit

28th St.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Badgley, RIedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.
For page see List o( Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

767

George C. Slebrecht. 109 W. 2.Sth St.
For page see List of Advertlseia.

PbUadelpbla

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race St!.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-fl

Lndlow St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Boehester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Waablncton

The S. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

New Offers in This Issue

BEDDING PLANTS.

II. Hansen, 106 Avon St.. Maiden, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BODDINGTON'S QUALITY BULBS
AND ROSES

Arthur T. Bodaintrton, 342 West 14th St.,

New York City.

i'or page see List of Advertisers.

DECORATION DAY SUPPLIES AND
RIBBONS.

M. Eiee Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DECORATION DAY FLOWERS AND
SUPPLIES.

Welch Bros. Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EVERYTHING FOR DECORATION
DAY.

N F. McCarthy & Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS AND PLANTS FOR ME-
MORIAL DAY.

Shepard's Garden Carnation Co., 292 Fair-
mount St.. Lowell. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

C. C. Pollworth Cii,. Milwaukee. Wis.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FOUR NEW ROSES.

S S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HENDERSON'S BULB BARGAINS.

Peter Henderson & Co.. 3.") :nui 37 Cortlandt

St.. New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LAWN GRASSES; POT GROWN

STRAWBERRY PLANTS;

FALL BULBS.

Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlandt St., New York

City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MEMORIAL DAY STOCK.

J. K. Allen, 106 West 2Sth St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MEMORIAL DAY SUPPLIES.

Henrv .M. Kuhiiison & Co., 2 Winthrop Sq.

■ and 34 Otis St., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK.

P Hamilton Goodscll, lOUD West Farms Rd.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHIDS.

Freeman Orchid Co., I'";ill Kiver, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES; LOBELIAS; NEW GEUM.

Head's Bergenfield Nurseries, Bergenfield,

N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Warren Shinn, Woodbury, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DON'T FAIL

to look through the Buyers' Directory
In every issue of HORTICULTURE.

Bed rock wholesale prices for just
the things you want are quoted there.
And in ordering the goods please re-
fer to HORTICULTURE.

For List of Advertisers See Page 735

768

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

Obituary.

Ernest Fischer.
Ernest Fischer, a member of the
firm of Fischer & Scheick, Sharon,
Pa., died at his home, April 29th, after
a long illness. He is survived by his
wife and two grown children.

Mrs. Edward Swayne.
After being an invalid for a long
time Mrs. Edward Swayne died at
West Chester, Pa., on the 6th inst.
She was the wife of Edward Swayne,
a well-known florist of that city, for-
merly of Kennett Square. Mrs.
Swayne was a lady of high culture
and character and greatly respected
in her community. Her husband and
four children survive; also her
mother, two brothers, and three sis-
ters.

A. L. Don.

A. L. Don, for 35 years a well-known
seedsman of New York City, died on
May 8, aged 58 years. Mr. Don had
been in failing health for the past
fifteen years with stomach trouble and
other complications, but to the last
stuck heroically to his business, in
which his two sons were associated
with him, and his death resulted from
cerebral hemorrhage.

Mr. Don was a native of Brechin.
Scotland. We first knew him at Peter
Henderson & Co.'s, where he was en-
gaged from 1882 until 1887. holding
the position of superintendent during
the latter part of that time. After
leaving this post he took a desk at
A. D. Cowan's seed store on Chambers
street as agent for a foreign seed
house and later he associated himself
with C. G. Weeber, an employee of
Cowan, and they bought the Cowan
fixtures and started in business as
Weeber & Don, under which name
the establishment is still conducted,
although Mr. Weeber retired some
years ago.

Mr. Don was recognized as a seeds-
man of high qualifications and espe-
cially an authority on grass seeds. He
served as secretary and treasurer of
the American Seed Trade Association
from 1891 to 1897 and has always been
held in high esteem by a host of
friends in the trade because of his
personal geniality as well as his busi-
ness ability. He leaves a widow, three
daughters and two sons and the sons
will continue the business.

We have received the following ap-
preciative tribute to Mr. Don's char-
acter:

"Alexander L. Don's distinguishing
characteristic was indomitable cour-
age. The body was frail, but the will
was something marvellous. In addi-
tion to that, he was ever actuated by
a high sense of honor— deep love of
truth and unsubduable courage in its
defense. He was a real seedsman:
trained from the basement up to the
highest pinnacle; and one of the
brightest ornaments of that ancient
and honorable profession.

George C. Watson."

William B. Robb.

We regret to report the death on
the 2nd inst., from cancer, of William
B. Robb, for the past eighteen years
gardener at the City Hospital. Boston.
About a year ago he underwent an
operation and all that surgical skill
could do was done in his behalf but
without avail.

Mr. Robb was born at Arndilly,
Craigellachie. Scotland, 52 years ago.
His boyhood and early manhood were
spent there and under the capable
guidance of his father. Alexander
Robb, one of the most noted authori-
ties on horticultural matters that the
north of Scotland has ever produced,
he and his three brothers received
their early training, all of whom have
since taken prominent places in their
chosen profession,

The deceased came to this country
some 25 years ago and spent the first
six or seven in Milton with G. M. An-
derson, who was then engaged in com-
mercial growing, After considerable

WiLi.iAJi B. Robb

negotiation he entered the employ of
the City of Boston as gardener for the
hospital. His natural talents and abil-
ities (although laboring under many
disadvantages) early became apparent
and the hospital grounds were a
source of admiration to both the sick
and the well. At the convention of
the Medical Association held here
three years ago, the visiting doctors
were unstinted in their praise, not
only did they congratulate Mr. Robb
and the superintendent but they
stated to the trustees that in their
opinion the grounds of the City Hospi-
tal of Boston were the most artistic
and best kept of any they had seen in
all their travels.

Mr. Robb's life mission was to make
a somewhat dreary world beautiful
and those who knew him and his work
best and noted the results, know that
he did it well. Apart from his profes-
sional abilities, his sterling qualities
of head and heart earned for him the
respect of all with whom he came in
contact.

He leaves a wife, two sons and two
daughters to mourn his loss and we

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertisements in ibis colamn
one cent a word. Initials count
as words.- Cash witli order. AiX
correspondence addressed "C»ro
HORTICrLTURE" should be sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED — Experienced carnation grower
for position in C.inada. Good salary to
right man. Address "M. K.," care HOK-
TICULTURE.

W.\NTED — An all-around greenhouse
mau. Good wages to the right man. John
McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

SITUATIONS WANTED

A GARDENER desires a position on a
private place; life-time experience under
glass and outside. Satisfactory reference
froiu former employer. Address "J. M.,"
HORTICULTURE, U Hamilton Place,
Boston.

S I T UATION WANTED— By gardener,
life experience in all branches of garden-
ing in and outdoors in old and this coun-
try, especially of pot plants, vegetables,
fruit growing, etc. Married; age 28; ab-
stainer; good worker. Preferably on
small private place or as helper on larger.
Address "P. M.," care HOTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

Twelve room house, 4 stall barn, cold
^loriij;(. cellars, 3 small greenhouses, good
iliiiiand, 150 front on Maine Street. No
reasonable offer declined. "Horticult-
urist," care Horticulture Pub. Co.

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
10 X 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
sky Bros,, Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE— Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester, Also
a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T.
W, B„ care HORTICULTURE.

beg to extend to them our heartfelt
sympathy in their bereavement.

In conclusion, we say: "Well done
good and faithful servant." the world
is bigger and better for your coming.

NEWS NOTES.
New York, N. Y.— P. Hamilton Good-
sell, nurseryman, has removed from
200 Broadway to 1905 West Farms-
road.

Cambridge, Mass. — On Friday night.
May 9, the storehouse of A. H. Hews
& Co., pottery manufacturers, at North
Cambridge, was destroyed by fire
which caused a damage of between
$40,000 and $50,000. The blaze was
prevented from spreading to the main
factory building only by the absence
of any wind and the strenuous ef-
forts of the firemen. Three alarms
were sounded.

CATALOGUE RECEIVED.

Loechner & Co., 11 Warren street.
New York — List of New Zealand-
Grown Sweet Peas.

New professions fill up pretty fast;
the supply of foresters is overtopping
the demand. — Bostnn Journal.

May 17, 1913

HOBTIOULTURB

769

Flower Market Reports

(ConttHHtii frofn pag^lyb^ )

Recent cold
ROCHESTER, N. Y. biting winds
liave not im-
proved trade and no one seems to liave
been so busy tbis week as previously.
Slight frosts have been noticed two or
three mornings and most of the out-of-
door bulbous stock has been picked,
thus flooding the market with tulips,
jonquils and daffodils which sell for
next to nothing. Good brisk business
finished up the week and thousands
of carnations were disposed of for
"Mothers' Day." Out-door grown li-
lacs are at their best now and bring a
fair price. Carnations are fine, with
long, straight stems. Sweet peas are
of good color and quality and sell
quickly. They are becoming very
popular for corsage work. There has
been a scarcity of lilies, but they are
making an appearance again now. Lily
of the valley is plentiful. Roses of
most kijids are also plentiful. The
white winter stock is good and used
profusely for decorations. Smilax, as-
paragus sprengerii and plumosus are
in fair supply. There is a large de-
mand for bedding plants.

Last week the market
ST. LOUIS was greatly over-
stocked. The demand
was good but not enough to consume
the large consignments, and prices
were very low except on Friday and
Saturday, when "Mother's Day" sent
the price on carnations up to 5 cents
when early in the week 1 cent bought
almost the best stock. Still the trade
had to have the stock and bought quite
heavy in all colors. Sweet peas
came in heavy also roses; the price on
these did not advance as on carnations.
Lily of the valley had a big demand
all week. Peonies and gladioli sold
well. There is a lot of outdoor stock
coming In which is being bought for
window displays.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The 82nd annual exhibition of the
American Institute of the City of New
York will be held in the Engineering
Building, Nos. 2.5 to 33 West 39th
street. New York City. On September
23rd to 25th, 1913. premiums will be
awarded for Dahlias, Orchids. Gladioli,
Roses, Carnations, Ornamental Plants,
etc.. Fruits and Vegetables, on No-
vember 5th to 7th, 1913. Chrysanthe-
mums, Orchids. Roses, Carnations and
other Ornamental Plants, etc.

WM. A. EAGLBSON,

The May meeting of the New Lon-
don Horticultural Society was made
interesting by papers prepared by Mr.
Enoch Evans on the "Seed-Sowing
Question and the Care of the Seed-
lings," followed by a discussion. City
Forester Henry C. Fuller gave a re-
port on work which had been done in
the way of distribution of shrubs and
plants during the "Clean City Week;"
the demand was greater than was an-
ticipated. Attention was also called
to the tent caterpillar, which has not
been so bad and early for a number of
years.

The Medford Horticultural Society
is but an infant among the societies,
yet I venture to say that J. K. M. L.
Farquhar must have been pleased at
the size and intelligence of the audl-

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Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
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M. C. EBEIi. General Manager.

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especially adapted for florists' use.

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B. HA.M.tlOND, - Fisbkill-on-Hudson, New York.

ence that came to hear his informal
and practical talk on "Spring Plant-
ing and Care of Flowers" on the even-
ing of May 7.

Mr. Farquhar began by telling how
great a factor the automobile has be-
come in enlarging the suburbs of great
cities, a corresponding interest in hor-
ticulture being the result of that quick
and pleasant mode of locomotion. He
spoke with no uncertain sound of the
distorting of nature by building stiff
and formal looking walls of masonry
on country estates, thereby robbing
them of their artistic and restful ap-
pearance. Speaking of trees he drew
attention to the many different spe-
cies that are available for planting
and regretted how little they seem to
be known. Care of lawns, and culti-
vation of soil was touched upon, also
different kinds of manures and their
effect upon crops. He spoke of her-

baceous plants and their proper group-
ing, and how a judicious use of bulbs
and annuals can make the border gay
continuously from early spring until
frost. An instructive and enjoyable
evening was spent.

George F. Stewart.

JOURNALISTIC CHANGES.

It is stated that J. H. Pepper, for
several years managing editor of the
Florists' Exchange, is about to sever
his connection with that paper and
will start a new monthly horticultural
trade publication in New York. M.
B. Faxon, advertising representative
of the Florists' Exchange, is also leav-
ing to take a position as advertising
manager of The Field. Mr. Long, late
editor of Recreation, will become edi-
tor of The Field and Casper Whitney
will succeed him as editor of Recrea-
tion.

770

HORTICULTURE

May 17, 1913

I^OI«

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Clinton, Ky. — P. H. Porter, range of
houses.

New Ulm, Minn. — Dill & Son, range
of houses.

Chillicothe, Mo. — R. L. Isherwood,
one vegetable house.

Guilford, Conn. — B. A. Latham,
Graves avenue, one house.

Aqueduct, L. I. — G. Mulhauser, one
house, Jacobs construction.

Ottawa, III. — Davis-Harrison Co., Su-
perior street, house, 65 x 900.

Lafayette, Ind. — F. Dorner & Sons
Co., four houses, each 30 x 300.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Walter P. Stokes,
Floracroft, range of King houses.

Providence, R. I. — Estate of Owen
McCarron, 398 Hope street, one house.

Harrisburg, Pa. — J. D. Brenneman,
12th and Reilly streets, range of
houses.

Worcester, Mass. — Francis Harring-
ton, Bloomingdale, one Lord & Burn-
ham house.

Lansing, Mich. — Alpha Floral Co.,
eight houses, each 30 x 200, Moninger
construction.

Kewanee, 111. — Hamilton & Plum-
raer, new boiler room and smokestack
and addition 50 x 75 feet.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,061,094. Tree-Remover. James H.

MacWilliam, New York,

N. Y., assignor to Sie-

brecht & Son, New York,

N. Y.
1,061,175. Weed Pulling Device. John

F. Guy and John H.

Blom, Everett, Wash.
1,061,237. Garden Weeder. Lane Ged-

ney. Orchards, Wash.

INCORPORATED.
Modesto, Cal. — Modesto Spineless
Cactus Co., capital stock, $25,000. In-
corporators, L. L. Dannett, E. H. Zion
and M. F. Hopkins.

Council Bluffs, Iowa— De Giorgi
Bros. Co., capital stock, $25,000. In-
corporators, Ferdinand De Giorgi, Va-
olay Fuke, Joseph F. Pribyl, F. E. Brlt-
ton and Vaclay Tosor.

Parcel post brought us an apple the
other day. It was sent from Harri-
son's Nurseries, Berlin, Md., as an
evidence of the keeping qualities of
the variety, M. B. Twig. It was
solid, juicy and highly perfumed, and
as beautiful to look at as it was lus-
cious to eat.

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Dimensions : Base, 15% In. high ; vase, 18 In. high ;
outside diameter, 16 in.; inside diameter, 12 In.; In-
side depth of bowl, 8^4 in.

Made from the best Crystal Granite combined with
Portland Cement and are guaranteed to last a life
time.

THE BEST lAWN VASE EVER CONSTRUCTED.
NOTHING BETTER FOR CEMETERY DECORA-
TION.
Win. NOT BUST LIKE IRON.

, Write for prices to

PATRICK GRACE

55 Union Street, Brighton, IMass.

DR£E:R'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. DUm. Ba. Dos. 100

10 20 In. $1.4fi $1<.00 tlSO.Oe
20 18 In. 1.80 14.00 11&.0S

1.00 11.2S moo
.es T.oo 00.00

.4S S.OO 40.00

.38 4.00 noo

.80 S.BO ».«U

Manufactared for nBexclnilTely. The b«st tub ever Introdaeed. The Beatest, ll<kt«at
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. Tbe foor largest siMa bare
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and Sfpiies, 714 chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Hawley Cemetery Vase

The Hawley Glass
Cemetery V a 8 e. —

flared top, SVj inches
in diameter, a inches
deep, inside measure
with a 3 inch spike.
Price $2.00 a dozen.
Heavy Tin Lawn or
Cemetery Vase, No.
1, in both green and
white enamel, 6%
inches deep and 4
inches in diameter,
with a 4 inch spike.
Pri'ce $15.00 per 100.
No. 2 in green and
white. These are 0^4
inches deep 3Vi inch-
es diameter and a 4
inch spike. Price
$12.00 per 100. Made
with heavy sheet tin.
Also Stone Cemetery
Vases in blue only.
These are QM inches
deep, •iV2 inches in
diameter, with a 4
inch spike. Price
$1.50 per dozen.

N. F McCarthy & co.

112 Arch St. 31 Otis St.

BOSTON, MASS.

Syracuse Red Pots

With new and Improved nuwhlnery, we «•■

supply yonr wants to better advantare

tbaa ever.

Special dl§eoants on larffe orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co.,

SYRACUSE

N.Y.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT UAWYBRS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

. 1000 READY PACKLD CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

Price

500 t In. @ $4.50

loOfl 2 " " ■■ 4.S8 4.jG 4V. " " 5.24

1500 2Vi " " 5.25 320 .T " " 4.51

1500 2V, " " 6.00 210 nii " " 3.7S

1000 3 " " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

■SOO 3% •• " 5.S0 120 7 " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

ran be shipped at an hour's notice.

per crate:

200(3 1% in. @ $6.(»

HILFINGER BROS., P.ltiry, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Roiker & Sins, 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents
out SPECItm-loiiE msttnce and ei»ort trait

r— STANDARD FLOWER-i

If your greenhouses are witbiifcSOO miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
Tou uionev.

W. H. ERNEST

k~ 38th & M Sts. AVashinston, D. C. ^

May 17, 191-3

HORTICULTURE

771

WHAT THE USERS SAY :

A Prominent Rose Growar Praises tlie KroesclieJI. I

I tliiiik your boiler is the boss of all
linilers.
JEFF noUEJIT'S. Cieen Village, N. J.

Heats Canadian Range Easily and Saves Fuel

1 liail .1 line l.niler before I got tlic
KiMesrlioll, which could hardly heat the
uiass. althougii it used more fuel than
yours, 1 also have your Generator,
which is giving good satisfaction. I
thing a (Jenerator would pay for itself
111 a few weeks.

.1. L. IIILLBORX. Leamington. Out.

I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

;sa

OF THE IMPROVED FLAT
RAFTER IRON FRAME TYPE

That's what you want to Miy
about your new

GREENHOUSE

Write for Bulletin 46
and see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO

28 Kind's Road, N. Tonansnda, IN. 1'

"All the Sunlight All Day Houses

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? If you do you know
bow good they are and
know where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very important.
In fact, you are buying in-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.

Do It today,

ADVANCE CO.,

Richmond, Ind.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Pha^t Send for Catalo^uf

1392-1414 METROMIITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

\l

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PEGKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

AVrite for (iriiilar "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

GLASS

fnr GREENHOrSE and HOT BED
SASHES. Our prires ran be had hy
mail, uud it will pay yuu to get tbeiii.
We carry the larg:est stock of Specially
Seleeted Glass in Greater New Yerk and
<"iiL supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Kock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

:*l.j-:ii; llavemeyer St., Brooklyn, X. Y.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

CHICAGO, ILL.

Would You
Like to Know

1. Where you can buy spring bed-
ding: plants ; good, clean, re-
liable stock?

'Z. Mini <'an supply young roses,
carnations and clirysantheninnis
well rooted and cool gr««n, to
fill > our houses?

:i. Wliere you can get young ferns,
palms an^l other greenhouse dec-
oratiie sto<'k fiir growing on for
next season ?

i. A\'bat firms carry seeds of finest
sele<'(eil strain, l»ull»s and roots
— u;ladioli, <-annas, dahlias, etc.?

5. The best sources of supply for
hardy shrubljery, herbaceous per-
ennials, choice conifers and new
introdu<-tions in ornamental nurs-
ery stock?

fi. The merits of the various green-
house constru<*tions, as fo stabil-
ity, utility and econoni.v in run-
ning?

All ne<-essar.v enlightenment on
the foregoing may be quickly founil
in the advertising pages of HORTI-
CrLTI'RE by consulting the Buyers'
Directory and Ready Reference
Guide, which in this issue appears
on Pages 764. 705, 766. 767.

Get the Habit. HORTICULTURE
is the only trarle paper wliicii thus
fully indexes for the benefit of its
readers the offers of its advertisers
each week. In case there should be
any information sought along these
lines which Is not found here we
shall be glad to supply same on
request.

"Get the Habit"

)reer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive easy una true, because
both bevels are od the same
tide. Caa't twist and break
the elasb in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
riehts or lefts.

The Peerless Glazing Point
ifi patented. No others like
it Order from your deale^
or direct from us.
10M,75c. postpaid. |
Samples free.
HENKT A. DREEE.I
714 CbeBtnnt Btreet^
PtUUdelphia.

TIC A

reenhous^g^
USEITNOm

F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W.BROADWAY
NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes bard
and brittle. Brol<en grass more easilv removed
witliout brealiing ot otller glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

Evans 20tli Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow arms.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

IVrite for fre< CatalogMe to

QTAKER CITY MACHINE CO

Richmond, Ind.

Greenhouse Materials anTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up te 32 feet.

Milled to any detni! furnished or will
furnish details and cut materlala ready for
pfectlnn,

Frank Van Assche, "^"IL^d fel^i'tiet."

.IKRSEV CITY. N. J.

THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insurer of 32,500,000 sq. ft. of gl'ss

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sie'y Saddle River, N.J.

772

HORTICULTUEE

May 17, 1913

In Wistaria Time.

;1

a

eafo th^^

FioRrszFiMr^SMAJV.
-^Im^scAPE Gardener

<^fTfTfdmrftonT/7ce,
Bq/roA/, Mass.

Ji/bscr/ption, H00_^

HOBTICIJLTUBE

May 24, 1913

a

MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER

99

The growers who are claiming that Mrs. Shawyer cannot be grown without mildew, are
welcome to call at this establishment and see for themselves whether or not this is the case. We
have not seen mildew on Shawyer since Thanksgiving and any grower who has it is simply growing
it too hot. A night temperature of 56 to 58 will suit Shawyer to perfection. We can still quote
Shawyer and Milady first-class own root, 3-inch stock at $30.00 per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand.

Also Pink and White Killamey, Richmond, Taft, My Maryland, and American Beauty, 3-inch
own root stock at $10.00 per hundred.

N. J.

CUTFLOWERS & PLANTS

FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

AT WHOLESALE

We have a large stock of Camatioiw,
large and small Gladioli, an immense
stock of Spirea "Gladstone" and "Queen
Alexandra"; also, Stocks, Feverfew. Easter

LUies and various kinds of flowering
plants. We will sell Spirea both as cnt
flowers and potted plants.

Let us know your needs as to quantities
and we will name yon a very low price.

We also have a splendid stock of Chrys-
anthemum Rooted Cuttings of the follow-
ing varieties:

AI.ICB BYBON $15.00 per 1000

DOCTOR ENGUEHABT 15.00 " 1000

GOLDEN GLOW 16.00 " 1000

JEXNLE NO.VIN 15.00 " 1000

MAJOR BOXSAFFON 16.00 " 1000

MAUD DEAN «0.00 " 1000

VIBGINaA POEHLMAN.... . 20.00 " 1000

SHEPARD'S GARDEN CARNATION

COMPANY

292 Fairmount Strut, Lowell, Mass.

""geraniums

Best Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

lOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

PALMST FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 4Sth St.
T^.-itqe-BcdtoTi BROOKLYN, N.Y.

^Moiiana

Turelt'e percent Nicotine

KRjfAY^AiD

CHeap^s-fc In ^ric^— B^s-t in Qciali-ty
^l.as per Qiaart ^4. OO £»©r Gallon

FOB S.\LE BY SEEDSMEN AND SUPPLY HOUSES.

APHINE MANUFACTURING CO., Madison, N.J.

M. C. El>el, Treas. and Gen'l Mgr.

See our regular advertisement, page 809.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CI.

LA FAYETTE, INO.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

lArye flowering. Pompon. Anemone flow-
ered and sinffle. Best varieties for Bosh
form Pot plants. 2^ In. pot plants, $3.00
per 100. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

491 1 W. Quincy St., Chlcase, Ml

Flowering, Decorative and
Vegetable Plants

In abundance at all times. See our display adv*
in HORTICULTURE. May 17th. page 750.
Correspondence Solicited

ALONZI J. BRYAN. WIOLESALE FLORIST

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY

CARNATIONS

BOOTKD Ci;TTIMOa.

100

IWO
fM.OO

WsdcBCthe, (1.00 per doc... 96.00
Wbltc Wonder; LiMly Bon&t-

IfBl: Whit* Wlnaor I.M M.OO

Prlnemi ChkrnUnr (.00 W.M

Wtuar *M» M.Oe

PlsBt* fr*m t-lDch p«ta, tl.OO per !••
■dTsae* oTer •bare price*.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Boomo cuTTnroi.

Tittj Fine Oommerctal TarleUesi
(1.M t« Vt.OO per !••: «!■.•• Xn fM.OO
p«r lOOO.

CANNAS

Tlilrt> Fine Vkrletlee, Dormaat
Tmbeni $t.00 to IB.OO per 100; oar
erfeettoB rmrlety, ft-OO per 100, flt.OO
p«r lOW

Stnd f»r Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FiSHKILL, N. Y.

In writing to Advertisers Icindly mention Horticulture

May 24. 1918

HOBTICULTUll

77S

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CANNAS AND BEDDING STOCK

We have an extra fine lot of Cannas in 3 inch pots ready for shipment in the following sorts, at
$3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 250 of one kind at thousand rates.

AI'PHONSE BOUTCEK
FLORENCE TAUGHAN
J. D. EI8£Ii£

JE.iJN TIS80T EGAXDAl^E PATBIA

GL.ADIATOB HIAWATHA RICHARD WAIXACK

MAD. CBOZY NIAGARA VENUS

MBS. KATE GRAY SOCT. DE AN'TOIN'E CBOZT

PENUSTIiVAiriA
UNCLE SAM
PRESIDENT MATEBS

BEDDING PLANTS SUCH AS

ACHBTANTHES, ALTEBNANTHEBA, COLECS, HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS, HARDY ENGLISH IVY, MOONVINES,

SALVIA, ETC.
3 in.. $2.00 per 100, $lg.SO per l.OOO; S in., fS.OO p«r IM, n*.M per IMW.

Same as

DAHLIAS

2 in. pot plants in a splendid as-
sortment $2.00 per 100 and up.

GERANIUMS

Usual.

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. - - WHITE MARSH, MD.

BEDDING PLANTS ROSES IN 2 1-4 INCH POTS

Geranlnms* S. A. Xatt, Poitevlne and Bic-
ard. 3h^ inch. 7c.; Vincas, 10. 12^/^ and 15c.;
Dracaenas Indivlsa, 25, 35 and 50c. ; Sal-
via Splendens, 3-3^ inch. 5, 6c.; Stocks,
mixed colors. 3^2 inch, 6c.; Petunias,
doable. «c., Calif ornian Giant. 6c.. Nana
Compacta, 5c. ; Calendula, 4c. ; Marig'olds,
French, 5c.. African. 6c.; Feverfew. 5c.;
Golden Feather, 3c.; Agreratum, 6c.; Helio-
trope, 6c.; Cannas, 5 Tarietles. 8c.: Celosia
Cristata, 6c. ; Fuchsias, 7c. ; Lemon Ver-
benas, 7c.; Mme. Salleroi, 3 inch, 5c., 2^
4c.: Verbenas, 3c.: Coleus, Golden B«dder,
Verschaffeltl and mixed, 3c. ; Alteman-
theras, red and yellow, 4c. ; Lobelia. 3c. ;
Asparagus Sprenseri, Ba«l£ets. $1.00 and
?1.50. 3M: Inch, 7c., 2H Inch, Sc

H. HANSEN, FLORIST

106 Avon St., Maiden, Mats.

Well establisbed. rooted Imwt summer end
reedy to pleat out, strong plents.

AMERICAN PILLAR. HIAWATHA. TAU-
SENDSCHON. BABY RAMBLER. DOROTHY
PERKINS. LADY GAY. A. BARBIER.
$3.00 per 100.

NEW LOBELIA MRS. CLIBRAIN

Dark blue, pure white center, stands any
amount of sun 2,S inch pots at $6.00 p*r 100.

HEAD'S BERGENFIELD NURSERIES

Thomas W. Head, Prop,

BERGENFIELD, NEW JERSEY

CAPE JASMINE

FROM

Tixas Coast Jasmine Farms

Place your orders with ns at once.
We will have close to 500,000 bnds this
year. Bads packed to ship any dis-
tance. Prices are:

B8 — 3 to 6 In. stems, $3.00 per 1000

As — 6 to 19 in. stems. 8.50 per 1000

Xs — 12 to 18 in. stems, 13.00 per 1000

Less than 600. $1.00 and $1.50 -per 100.

Cash or C. O. D.

R. W. WOODWARD, Mgr

P. 0. Box 226 ALVIN, TEXAS

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co Sll

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 802

Allen. J. K 802

Anderson. S. A.. 797
Aphine Mfg. Co.

7T4-S09

Aschmann. G 790

Atlanta Florist

Co SOO

A y r e s Co., S.

Brvson 795

Badgley. Reidel

& Mever 802

Barnard, W. W.

Co 795

Barrows & Son.. 776
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 799

Bay State Nur-
series 789

Eloomingdale's. 7yfi
BoBhink & At-
kins 789

Boddington, A.T.793
Bolgiano & Son.

J 795

Boston Florist

Letter Co SOO

Breck. J. & Son. 795
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 789

Breltmeyer's, J.

Sons 796

Brvan. Alonzo J. 774

Burnett Bros 792

Burpee, W. A. &

Co 795

Carbone 797

California Seed
Growers' Asso.795

Page
Chicago Carna-
tion Co SOO

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.800
C h 1 1 d s, John

Lewis 794

Clarke's D. Sons.796
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 795

Conine Nursery

Co., F. E 748

Cooke, Geo. H...79S
Cowee, W. J.... 802
Craig. Robt. Co. 776

Dards 796

Dawson. H. S...78y
Dorner & Sons Co.774

Dreer, H. A

T'.n-SlO
Dunlop, John H.797
Dysart, R. J. ...809
Eastern Nurser-
ies 789

Edwards Folding

Box Co 80O

Elliott's W. Sons.794
Eppstein. Julius.797
Ernest. W. H...810

Esler. J. G 810

Eyres 796

Farquhar. R. &

J. & Co 7r5

Finger. W. A... 789

Ford. M. C 802

Ford, W. P 802

Fottler. F i s k e.

Rawson Co 795

Forrest.Frank H.797
Froment. H. E..802
Framingham
Nurseries 789

Page
Galvlu, Thos. F.797
Gasser, J. M. Co. 797
Goodsell. P. H..790
Grace, Patrick... 810
Grev, T. J. Co... 795
Gude Bros. Co.. 797
Hail Association.810
Hall & Robinson.797
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 809

Hansen. H 775

Hart. Geo. B 800

Heacock. Jos 790

Head's Bergenfield

Nurseries, 775-7S9
Henderson, A... 795
Hess & Swoboda.796
Hews, A. H. &

Co 810

Hilflnger Bros... 810
Holland Nurser-
ies 789

Holm & Olson... 796

Horan, E. C 802

Jacobs, S. &

Sons 811

Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 794

Johnston & Co..

T. J 797

Johnston Bros... 797
Kastine. W. F.

Co. : 803

Seller. J. B. Sons. 798
Kelway & Son.. 7^

Kervan Co 802

King Cons. Co.. Sll
Kramer. F. H...797
Kroeschell Bros. Sll
Kuebler. W. H..S02

Page
Lager & Hurrell.776

Lange, A 797

Lemon Oil Co... 809
Leonard Seed Co.7»4
Leuthv. A. & Co. 776
Loechner & Co.. 790
Lord & Bnrnham.S12
MacMultin. E...797
May & Co.. L. L.797
McCarthy. N. F.

Co 7S6-S03-810

McConnell. Alex. 796
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 799

McCulloush's, J.

M. Sons Co.... 800
MoHutchison &

Co 776

McKenzie. John. 774
McManus. Jas . . .802
Mever. J. C.& Co.7S7
Michell's Seed

House 794

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex SOO

Mlllang. Chag....802

Miller. E. S 795

Montreal Floral

Exchange 803

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 802

Murray. Samuel. 796
National Nursery-
man 7S9

N. E. Nurseries. 7S9
Niessen. Leo Co. SOO
Oechslin. Frank. <i4
Ouwerkerk. P...7S9
P.<ilmer, W. J. &

Son 796

Park Floral Co.. 796

Page
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 797

Parshelsky Bros.810
Penn the Florist.797
Pennock - Meehan

Co 801

Pierce Co., F. O.SIO
Pierson, A. N...790
Pierson, F. R.Co.776
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. .•<09
Poehlniann Bros. 800
PoUworth. C. C..796
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 809

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 811

Reed & Keller... 802
Reinberg, Peter. 800

Rice. M. Co 797

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 7SS-S00

Robinson Co., H.

M 802

Rock. Wm. L....796
Roehrs. J. Co... 776
Roland. Thomas. 776
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 776

Rosery, The 796

Sander & Son... 776

Scott. John 774

Schling. Max 79S

Shaketano. V 795

Sharp. Partridge

& Co 811

Shepard's Garden

Carnation Co.. 774
Sheridan. W. F.S02
Siggers & Slg-
gers 810

Page
Siebrecht, Geo.C..802
Skldelsky, S. S.

& Co 794

Smith, P. J S02

Smith & Co.. E.D.7S9
Smith, W. & T.

Co 7S9

Smyth, Wm. J.. 796
Sprague, J. H...776
Ste:irr.s. A. T

Lumber Co Sll

Stnmpp. Geo. M.796
Syracuse Pottery

Co 810

Tottv, Chas. H..774
Thorbnm, J. M.

& Co .....794

Traendly &

Schenck 802

Valentine, J. A. .796
Van Assehe. F..S11
Vick's Jas. Sons. 795
Vincent. R., Jr..

& Sons Co.7Td-794
Wants. For Sale. 808
Ward. R. M.& Co.776
Waterer. Hosea..792
Weeber & Don.. 794
Welch Bros. Co.

7S7-803
Whittier & Co.,

W. B... TS9

Wilson Robt. G.796

Wood Bros 774

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 802

Woodward. R.W,7(o
Young & Nugent. 796

Zangen. O. V 795

Zinit, J. A 797

Zvolanek. Ant. C.795

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

PaSM 804, 805, 806, 807

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May 24, 1913

YOUR PROFIT ON LILIES

depends so much upon the quality of the bulbs you plant that it does not pay you
to take a penny risk in the purchase price. The price of Horseshoe Brand bulbs
is based on the quality, and quantity combined and not on the asking price of com-
petitors. Our aim is to get the best there is, and make the price cover the cost
plus a very moderate percentage of profit. You can help us materially by sending
us you orders and in return we can help you by giving you the kind of lily bulbs
you really need in your business, at reasonable prices.

Send for the Book of Bulbology with prices.

COLD storage: stock, stobjed at new tobk.

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7-9
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8-9
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21.00
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25.00
22.00
16.00

100
300
280
250
180
220

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OIUANTEUM, S- 9% incbes, at $23.00 per case of 260

9-11 " 22.00 •• 180

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THE LILY HOUSE

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But Bov eovd

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Grown it Pots and Tubs for JUNE AND JULY FLOWERING

Very lar^e specimens In half-barrels, $0.00 to $7.S0 each. Plants In 14-lBch
tabs, $2.00 to $3.00 each. Smaller plants In pots, SSc., 60c., and 75c. each — ac-
cording to size. Nice plants in 6-lnch pots. In bloom, (or inunedlato use, SSc.
and 60c. each — according: to number of flowers.

ENGLISH IVY and VINCA VARIEGATA

Grown in S>4 and 4-inch pots, $10.00 and $11.00 per 100.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-onHudson, New York

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Natural — Four Standard Grades.

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We are headquarters — alwayg carry
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Write for prices and terms.

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17 Murray St.,

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R0»E», PALMS.

and Novelties in Decorative I'iaiits.

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Arrived in fine condition: Cnttley.1
Trlanae, special fine type. C. GaskelUana,

C. Dowlana. Dendroblhm thyrslflornm, D.
chrysotoxnm, D. formosnm, D. Jamesia-
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D. Falconerll and Vanda ooerulea. Other
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LITB SPHAGNUM, »l.t« per bbl.

ROTTED PEAT, 70c. sack.

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m$3.00 per 100,
$30 1000

BOSTON FERNS 2,

ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100, $40 per

1000.

WHITMANI COMPACTA 2 i-2 in. $5 per 100.

$40 per 1000.

250 Bl 1000 ralet.

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May 24, 1913

HORTICULTURE

777

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

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Questions by our renders in line with anj of tbe topics presented on
by Mr. Farrell. Sucb communications sboold

_ _ _ this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
Invariably be addressed to the office of HOKTICDLTUBB.

Lilies

Liliiim lungifloruiii and various other lilies intended
for summer flowering will need a cool house in order
to keep them back. Lilium speciosum and longifloruni
for summer flowering should have a house without
much shade. Give them an abundance of air at all
times as they resent coddling. As buds show it will be
well to give the stems some support. The stalks may
keep erect now, but it will be otherwise when the flowers
start to open. Do not omit fumigation. Once green
fly gets a good foothold it will deform or run a great
part of the flowers. Strong sunshine and heat will
necessitate constant close attention to watering at the
roots. Keep them well syringed on all bright days un-
til the flowers begin to open. When they are open
enough pick the pollen out and place in a cool and dry
shed or cellar. This will keep them in good condition
longer than if left in the house.

Planting Dahlias

The increasing demand for the dahlia is largely due
to the advent of new forms and the great increase in
the popularity of the cut flowers. Planting can be done
any time from now and up to the middle of June. All
dormant roots if not already done should be planted
now. Those that were grown from cuttings should not
go out until the first of June. Given a well-enriched
soil, well drained and in a sunny position dahlias will
prove a great factor for the cut flower trade. They
should be planted at least two feet apart in the rows and
about five feet between the rows. When planting out
from pots see that they are thoroughly soaked through,
and firm each plant well. Keep the cultivator agoing
every week.

Planting Violets

It is always well to plant out the violet stock early so
that they become established before they get torrid heat,
so if you have not already selected the house for them
do so at once. Clean it out well and if the benches
have been used for some time, they would better be re-
moved ; in fact, if you can use them in other houses,
this would be a good plan, even if you have only used
them for one season, and so have your violet benches of
entirely new material. Clean the paths and ground
under the benches and against walls, etc., and remove
all stray weed or plant growth.. See that all the piping
is in perfect order, the same with ventilators, etc. Clean
all the sash bars and other woodwork and give a good
coat of white paint. You will also want to thoroughly
fumigate the house two or three times. For soil use
cut sod three parts, well-rotted cow manure one part,
with a little of bone meal. Plant the doubles 8 of 9
inclies apart each way and the single one about a foot

Mr. Farrell's next notes will lip on the following :

Asparagus

rianting Astwrs,

each way. Shade the house and keep on plenty of
\intilatiou both day and night.

Single-Stemmed Chrysanthemums

The proper time to propagate single stemmed
chrysanthemums is from now and up until June 10.
They will require every attention, such as several damp-
ings overhead during the day, to keep the cuttings fresh
and plump. The propagating bench should be well
soaked for the first two weeks and then gradually reduce
the amount as the roots begin to form. From now on
they will need more shading and copious waterings and
spraying. When potting use good rich soil. A turf
loam three parts, well-rotted cow manure oue part and
a fair sprinkling of pure ground bone will make a good
compost for the present. Be sure that they have ample
drainage. Great care must be used after potting in re-
gard to watering. The soil, if watered too freely for the
first month is likely to get soured but when they get a
good hold of the soil they should be watered thoroughly,
otherwise the plants will become hard and woody. Give
frequent syringings which will encourage good growth
and also help to keep down red spider which often
becomes troublesome. Give full ventilation both day
and night.

Tender Nymphaeas

All tender nymphaBas that were started late in April
or early in May in 6 or 7 inch pots will make fine stock
to plant out by the first week in June. Wlien started
early and grown this way they do better than when
planted out in the natural way. The best method with
tender nyniphaias is to plant them out in boxes about
3 or \ feet square and place them where they are to
remain. These boxes should be sunk so that the first
leaf floats on the surface of the water and so place them
so they can be gradually lowered until they are covered
with about 10 to 12 inches of water. A good compost
to use is heavy loam three parts, leaf mold one part,
and well decomposed cow manure one part. Do not
place these boxes too close together as they require quite
a little room in order to do well. Each box should be
allowed at least about 60 square feet. All nymphfeas
like full sun.

Stock Plants for Next Winter

Now before you sell, or plant out all your stock, set
aside an ample number of the diiferent kinds to increase
from, such as abutilon, acalypha, achyranthes, ageratum,
alternanthera, begonia, coleus, geranium, fuchsia, helio-
trope, double lobelia, iietiiiiia, pyretlirum, salvia, trade-
scantia, verbena, etc. By making a little timely prepa-
ration now you will advance the sucress of another year
to a big degree.

plumosus; Bouvardias; Amaryllis; Ericas; FcciIinK Orchids;

778

HOETICULTURE

May 24, 1913

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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Questions by our readers In line with any of the toplcg presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such communications shoaM Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICCLTIIKE.

Packing Grapes

Grapes are unlike peaches, melons and most other
fruits when it comes to packing and shipping. No mat-
ter how carefully they are packed they are sure to show
signs of transmission after being removed and placed
on the table. I refer to ordinary shipping; when se-
cured to exhibition boards, which take up considerable
room, nothing comes in contact with the berries to rub
off the "Ijloom" or otherwise damage them. This
wealth of bloom is a first line of defence to the berry
and every grape is endowed with it. Different methods
are employed for packing grapes, conditions being gen-
erally governed by the distance to be traveled. For or-
dinary purposes a good strong basket is preferable. Of
course there is an objection in using them, in that the
express companies charge more for shipping a basket
liaving a handle than they would for the same weight in
a box, accounting for the extra charge by the fact that
boxes can be laid on top of each other while baskets can-
not. This is an advantage to the shipper and consignee
for they do not generally get the rough handling a box
does. Boxes are often thrown carelessly from an ex-
press wagon on to a truck and likewise from the truck
to the cars with a repetition of the same thing at the
other end, irrespective of all the labels of caution that
can be pasted on the box. Baskets will usually receive
a little more consideration. Either box or basket will
necessitate the same procedure when packing. Baskets
should be lined with paper first and a layer of cotton
wool placed around them. Over this place a piece of
wax paper large enough to reach to the bottom, but do
not iise one large piece to cover the whole thing. Two or
three separate pieces should be used, each reaching nice-
ly over tlie bottom ; this prevents anything like a .bag
being formed which the bunch would sit in instead of
hanging on the sides, being suspended by threading a
piece of string through the rim and around the piece of
lateral usually cut with each bunch. The basket being
larger around the top than it is in the bottom makes it
all the more accommodating for the bunch, giving the
shoulders all the room they want.

Pot-Trees, Finished

Early pot fruit trees — peaches, nectarines, apricots,
etc., having ripened their crop will probably seem to be
in the way, but do not rush them outside without first
hardening them off a little. There will be a big change
in the climate from what they have been accustomed to.
Leave them in a cool house for a while keeping them thor-
oughly syringed and watered regularly. When trans-
ferring them outside, plunge the pots to the rim, prefer-
ably in ashes ; failing this place a shovelfull underneath
each pot to facilitate drainage. Keep the hose on the
trees night and morning and remember the pots are
full of roots and will dry out easily. Neglecting water-
ing and syringing for the remainder of the summer will
have a tendency to overripen the wood.
Fig Houses

The first crop will soon be ripening and perforce syr-
inging has to be reduced or left out altogether until the
crop is off. A discontinuance of this great factor at this
time of year is done most reluctantly. If the ripe fruit
is picked "close," i. e., all the fruit that can be taken off,
in the early morning, a syringing afterwards will not
damage them. A plentiful supply of water will be
needed at the roots right along and mulching of cow
manure will answer the double purpose of feeding and
keeping the roots moist. Keep the stopping and tying
attended to regularly.

Shading

All the earlier vineries are shaded already, the late
one and probably young canes alone being exposed to
the full sun. I never advocate shading anything if they
will stand the full sun without injury. The later varie-
ties have tougher skins, which helps them to keep so long
in the fall and winter, yet these will have to be shaded
some time after being thinned. The distance the vines
are growing from the glass will make some difference;
the closer they are the more liable they are to burn.
Gasoline and white lead if applied when first mixed
makes a nice shading and can be adjusted to any thick-
ness when once anyone is accustomed to using it. White-
wash which has been allowed to cool off is easily applied
with a syringe, which is a quicker method but does not
look so iTood.

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Spraying the Orchard

As soon as the flowering season is past it is very im-
portant to spray with some good insect poison and this
can also be combined with Bordeaux as a fungicide.
.\rsenate of lead, 3 lbs. to .50 gallons of water, is a good
mixture and 3 lbs. of the Bordeaux to the same amount
of water. In preparing this spray it will be found to
work more efficiently if care is taken to thoroughly mix
the materials, taking the ingredients and working them
up in paste form in a ]Kiil of water.

Borers

Borers are very injurious to all kinds of fruit trees
in the orchard or garden and their presence should be

carefully watched for. The dust they throw out of their
holes is a good sign of their presence, and the grower
liaving found them should proceed to destroy them by
running a wire in the hole and killing them or, if not
too deep, dig them out with a knife. A friend of mine
tells me he has been very successful in fighting borers by
squirting bisulphide of carbon into the holes with a
common oil-can and stopping the holes quickly with
putty.

Long Beets

The long beet has not found favor generally among
American growers, but it should, as it is very much
superior in flavor and texture as well as color as com-

May 24, 1913

HORTICULTURE

779

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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Spraying the Plants

Many of us will be tempted these warm days to take
the hose and apply water to the plants in form of a
spray. This should not be done as it will do the plants
but little good and will more likely do some harm.
Bather than spray the plants with water in this fashion,
it is much better to give them a good syringing, which
will do a lot more, in freshening them up and reducing
spider, than all the spraying. To us mere spraying
seems to be but a habit of the grower — a habit which
should not be forgotten. When jDlanting, water the
plants well, and let it go at that, not bothering to throw
water over them every few minutes. Wlien properly
planted the plants will never feel the change except to
take hold of the soil and grow much more rapidly.

Syringing

Do not neglect to keep the plants well syringed, so as
to make away with any unwelcome pests, such as spider.
This applies especially to the young stock in pots. Be
very careful to have all the plants well watered, before
syringing, as the foliage will scald fearfully if the plants
are dry in the least. It is best to start the hose early in
the morning, and then follow with the nozzle about 9
o'clock. Should a thunder storm appear in the after-
noon, do not neglect to give the plants a little air-slacked
lime, blowing it well under the bottom leaves. This will
seem quite useless as the plants will dry quickly enough,
but we find it quite practical no matter what time of year.

Scraping the Potted Plants

This, too, is an important factor in producing fine
specimen plants, for planting. Weak over-watered
plants are not in demand, even if cheap, for they are

dear in the end. See to it that the surface of all the
pots is kept free from the green scum that is so apt to
settle over the soil and fairly chokes the plant. The
roots want fresh air and sweet soil, and soil that has a
thick coat of green scum over it can hardly be called
fresh and sw-eet. Therefore remove the scum with an
ample tool, and keep the plants free from it.

Lime Water

This proves invaluable when it comes to sweetening
the soil in the pots. Lime itself cannot be applied to
the potted plants, as it would stick to the pots and to
everything else, often forming a hard scum, thus keeping
the water and air away. It is not practical then to ap-
ply lime. It is much better to apply it in the form of
lime-water which is equally effective and much better to
use. Unless the plants are grown in large numbers, it
does not pay to mis the lime-water in the manure tank
and apply it through the hose. Better put about half
a peck of lime into a barrel, and slake it, then fill the
barrel with water, allowing it to stand awhile to settle,
after which the clear liquid can be used to soak the soil
in the pots.

Feeding Potted Plants

Where only a small number of extra nice plants are
wanted it will pay to go to the trouble and feed them
quite regularly with weak liquid manure, being sure that
they are quite well watered with clean water first. This
is important as the plants are likely to sustain consid-
erable injury if watered with the liquid when they are
dry. Cow manure and water make the best form of
liquid for this purpose, and when evenly applied the
plants certainly show the effect of it.

pared with the round kinds for winter use, and for the
fall shows many schedules have a class for them. To get
extra fine specimens a deep (at least thirty inches) soil
is very necessary and it should lie sandy and moderately
rich with a little lime added to most soils. Sow seed
now and thin to six inches apart. Blood Eed and Pine-
apple are lioth fine varieties.

Keeping the Weeds in Check

It certainly seems superfluous advice to growers to get
after the M'eeds, but a word of warning some time helps
us to do the things which we know ought to be done.
There is no getting away from the fact that it is easier
to fight weeds in the infant stage than later and besides
the hoeing and scuffling which we do to get rid of weeds
is such a help in conserving moisture and otherwise ben-
efiting the plants that perhaps the weeds are not after
all an unmixed evil.

Care of Stock Recently Transplanted

Much of the stock recently transplanted has had a
very hard time, going rapidly from hot scorching
weather to frost and cold winds. Mulching has been re-
peatedly referred to in these columns as one of the ele-
ments of good culture and careful watering whenever
necessary is of course another one. Hoeing, where

mulching with litter is impracticable, is the next best
thing, creating thereby the dust mulch.

Salsify and Scorzonera

Sowings of these two vegetables should be made now
in the lightest soil available. Sow the seed in drills one
foot or more apart, thinning the plants in the rows
later to six inches apart.

Rushing the Season

We are all prone to rush the season and get stuff out
too early. Tomatoes, ^gg plants, peppers, as well as
Lima beans and corn which has been started inside will
be much safer in the frames or in some handy place
where a light covering may easily be spread over them
in case of threatened frost, than if planted out too soon.
June 1st is the earliest date north of New York that
these plants should be set out. Egg plants in particu-
lar seem to loose more ground by one touch of frost at
this season than a month's aftergrowth can make up,
and it is measureabJy true of all the above mentioned
plants.

Lenox, Mass.

780

HOBTICULTUBB

May 24, 1913

SOME USEFUL ORCHIDS FOR THE BEGINNER

It is not necessary to have speeially ounstruoted oreliid
bouses in oi-der to grow a few orchids successfully. Any
kind of a house with a glass roof and ventilators will
do for some species, providing the temperature can he
kept a few degrees above the freezing point in cold
weather, and that the person in charge has made up his
mind to succeed. The collection of orchids here was
started on a very small scale some "35 years ago, with
some plants of Oncidium sphacelatuni and Laelia anceps
and a few other things and they are here today in the
best of health, producing their beautiful flowers each
season.

The beginner, puzzled to know what varieties to grow,
jnust be guided by conditions. Should the house be
intended for cool growing plants, such as earnations.
primulas, cinerarias, azaleas and the like, where the
temperature is apt to be anything from 40 degrees to
50 degrees at night during cold weather, such plants
should be selected as will grow under similar condi-
tions in their native home. And fortunately there is a
great variety to choose from and some of the very best
and at the same time quite inexpensive species are to be
found in this section. I inay mention the ever popular
Cypripedium insigne, the beautiful odontoglossums
from the Central American Alps, the various oncidiums
from the Organ Mountains of Brazil and many species
from Mexico all of which will thrive in a place of this
kind. Amongst the latter I would mention particularly
the beautiful Odoutoglossum Eossii majus. Our plant
here has been in bloom for over a month and will be
good for another month at least. This is best grown in
small wooden baskets, suspended from the roof. It
should never be allowed to get very dry. even in winter
and only a little comjiost (osmunda fibre) is put around
the roots when potted. It will grow a number of years
in the same basket without lieing repotted. Cattleyas as
a rule require a higher temperature, but the lovely Cat-
tleya citrina, will thrive under the same conditions as
the one above, but instead of growing it in a basket,
this plant had better be fastened to a block of wood
or cork, or even a lum]3 of tough fernroot will do ; a
little fibre is first placed between the block and the plant
and all fastened securely together by means of tacks
and copperwire: suspend the plant from the roof witli
the leaves in a downward iiositioii. This is one of the
cheapest orchids to be obtained.

One other inexpensive and very useful orchid which
will grow with the foregoing is Oncidium varicosum
liogersi. ft makes an elegant display in late summer
and early fall with its great panicles of canary yellow
flowers. It is one of the most free-flowering orchids I
know of; indeed, it will virtually flower itself to death
and it will be well to give it a good rest now and then,
by jnnching out the flowerspikes every two years or so.
Oncidium crispum is another one to grow under similar
conditions and which is quite sure to give satisfaction.
Coelogyne eristata, Chatsworth variety, will also to be
found easy to grow and sure to flower in a cool, house
of this kind aild the white flowers are very valuable for

Oncidium sphacelatum

l)i-idal work. The list may be enlarged very much, but
tliis might lead to confusion with the beginner.

Those who have a little house or part of a house at
Iheir disposal where the night temperature can be kept
at from. 54 to 58 degrees in cold weather, may try a
few of the showy cattleyas, such as C. Trianaj, C.
labiata, C. Gaskilliana, etc., also some of the dendro-
biums, as for instance D. nobile. These can be grown
in shallow pots or baskets, suspended from the roof,
where they will get the full benefit of the light and
heat and where they will not interfere with the other
plants that happen to grow in the house. Here too,
the list could be increased indefinitely but my advice
would be to keep to a few good species at first and ex-
tend the list later as experience is gained. In such a
liouse most of the cypripediums could be grown success-
fully. Where bench room is scarce, most of these can be
grown in shallow pans, and suspended from the roof,
but they must be shaded more than the above mentioned
There are many species of orchids which require a still
higher temperature than the foregoing and some very
fine ones amongst them. Such conditions are usually
found in what is called the stove or East Indian house.
Here a place can be found for the beautiful genus
Tlial;eno|3sis, vanda.'*, rerides, the warmer growing
dendrobiums — such as D. Phalgenopsis, D. Dearii, D.
superi)um and a good many others. Indeed, the list
IS almost unlimited and there is no place in any green-
house, whether warm or cool, where one or another of
the thousands of species and hybrids of orchids could
not be successfully grown. Any of the firms advertising
in Horticulture will gladly give information as to
tlicir culture and general adaptability and should they
fail to do so. Horticulture's pages will always be
open for any questions pertaining to this subject.

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HORTICULTURE

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A DUTCH BULB TRADE EPISODE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.

erpicK OP accD dibtribution.

Washington, D, C, May 15, 1913

Messrs. P.. & J. Parquhar !c Company,
6 and 7 South Market Street,
Boeton, llass.

Oentlenen:

Referring to your quotation of April 12 for supplying
the Hyacinth, Tulip ana narcissus bulbs required by this Depart-
ment for delivery next Pall, I regret to advise you that it is'
deemed inadvisable to nurohase Holland bulbs from Acer loan firms.
Our experience last year v/ith bulbs purchased from a reliable Aaer
tean dealer was so unsatisfactory, that it is thought best to
purchase direct from Holland growers whose stooks have been found
satisfactory.

Regretting we are unable to place any business with you,
I remain.

Very • truly yours ,

HoD-F

We reproduce herewith a .somewhat remarkable com-
munication from the office of seed distribution of the
Agricultural Department in Washington to a well-known
seed house. We are informed by Messrs. Farqnhar that
a few weeks ago they received from Washington a form
letter notifying them that tlie Department was in the
market for a quantity of specified liyacinth, tulip and
narcissus bulbs and soliciting bids on supplying same.
Messrs. Farquhar submitted their quotations accordingly,
in good faith. We have no doubt that other seed houses
in various parts of the country were given the same op-
portunity and have received a similar communication in
response to their offers. If the Department's experience
with American dealers has been so unsatisfactory in the
past as this letter would imply, the question arises as to
why they solicited American bids at all, knowing before-

hand that they would rei)udiate them
on such grounds.

The unqualified statement that
the Department "finds it inadvisable
to buy Holland bulbs from Ameri-
can firms" on the ground of unsatis-
factory material, is a challenge
that should bring a prompt re-
sponse from the seed trade and a
demand for more explicit informa-
tion as to the causes leading to the
writing of so unusual a letter, which
carries with it an unmistakable
aspersion on the American bull>
importing industry.

The identity of the offending
house of last year does not appear
but we know that there are a number
of houses who make a specialty of
importing high-grade Dutch bulbs
every year and paying prices accord-
ingly, and if there is anything wrong
witli the quality of the goods they
handle, the fault is not theirs. It
certainly looks as though the Ameri-
can dealers were getting some pretty
shabby treatment abroad if it be true,
as the Department's letter intimates,
that the quality of the material fur-
iiisbed by the Holland bulb houses to
a private customer— which the Department is— is superior
to that supplied to the American dealers, all of whom buy
in much larger volume than the Department's order can
ever amount to. It seems incredible that the better class
of Holland growers would be guilty of such inconsistency.
The American trade generally is fully alive to the fact
that quite a large proportion of the foreign bulb salesmen
who annuallv canvass this country for business represent
concerns which are not growers and have no stock of their
own to sell, simply issuing a catalogue and buying wher-
ever they can to cover sales. It will be interesting to
know what foreign house or houses are bidding against
their American customers in the manner disclosed by
the correspondence in question. If such conditions are
to obtain the facts should certainly be made public so
that the trade may be thoroughly informed as to what
they are getting and we believe we are doing a service
by giving this matter the publicity for which it seems
to call.

Charge.

ADVERTISING TALKS- By RALPH M. WARD-No. 1 1

Suppose there were something
about your busines that you wanted
to keep from the knowledge of the
trade. Suppose that it were printed
in plain, clear words, in this space!
You would consider that the facts
were pretty well spread then,
wouldn't you? Now surely there's
a lot about your merchandise you
would like to have the trade know
about. Well, then, why don't you

use this space for that purpose?
Why don't you advertise? Nothing
could be better for your business
than proper advertising. Don't be
a quitter in advertising. If you be-
gin, buy space for a year so you
can't quit before the time comes,
when you will not want to quit.
At first you will direct attention
mainly from those who are looking
for something — the people con-
cerned. Later you will get the at-
tention of the unconcerned as well
— and this is one of the main de-

signs of all true advertising. Just
think a miuute — you are uncon-
cerned about soap, safety razors,
soda crackers, and many other
things, until you want something
and then it is that you think of
Ivory Soap, Gillette Razors, Uneeda
Biscuits, etc. You become an auto-
matic customer — in fact, you are
afraid to buy an unadvertised ar-
ticle— you are suspicious of it. It's
the same in every business and
with every advertised article. Just
think a little and then act.

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HOKTICULTURE

May 24, 1913

horticulture:

VOL. XVII

MAY 24, 1913

NO. 21

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO.
11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

Telephone. Oxford 893.
WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager.

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CONTENTS Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— In Wistaria Time.
NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Lilies
— Planting Dahlias — Planting Violets — Single-
Stemmed Chrysanthemums — Tender Nymphaeas —
Stock Plants for Next Winter — John J. M. Farrell.. Ill
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Pack-
ing Grapes — Pot-Vines, Finished — Fig Houses — Shad-
ing— George H. Penson 778

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Spraying the
Orchard— Borers — Long Beets — Keeping the Weeds in
Check — Care of Stock Recently Transplanted —
Salsify and Scorzonera— Rushing the Season — Edwin

Jenlcins 778-779

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Spraying the
Plants — Syringing— Scraping the Potted Plants —
Lime Water— Feeding Potted Plants— Ar?ft«r C.

Ruzicka 779

SOME USEFUL ORCHIDS FOR THE BEGINNER—

M. J. Pope— Illustrated 780

A DUTCH BULB TRADE EPISODE 781

ADVERTISING TALKS— 7?a!p/i M. Ward 781

NOTES ON THE IRIS— C. S. Harrison 783

ASPARAGUS LUTZI— Illustrated 783

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Gardeners' and Florists'
Club of Boston — Morris County Gardeners' and Flor-
ists' Society — Society of American Florists — North
Shore Horticultural Society — Pennsylvania Forestry
Association — International Flov/er Show Premiums. 784

Club and Society Notes 786

NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION 785

DURING RECESS— Bowling 788

MAY FLOWERING TULIPS 790

BOSTON'S MAY EXHIBITION 792

SEED TRADE — Thorburn's New Number 797

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 796

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 797

Originality— The Ideal Store 798

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Chicago 801

Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester 803

St. Louis, Washington 809

OBITUARY — Elbridge G. Moore — James Fraser — Wil-
liam Ewing, Sr.— G. L, Grant — William C. Strong,

portrait 808

MISCELLANEOUS:

A Soldier's Grave, poetry 783

A Visit to Madbury, N. H 783

The Bivouac of the Dead, poetry 783

Views in Minneapolis Park — Illustration 785

Personal 788

News Notes 788-797

Cincinnati Personal Notes 796

Philadelphia Notes 798

Chicago Notes -. 799

Public Hearing on the Gypsy Moth and Brown-
Tail Moth 803

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 810

It not infrequently happens that a new plant
Be fair or flower, introduced conscientiously and in

the best of good faith, has to undergo asper-
sions and its sponsor has to suffer loss through ill-
founded criticism, often emanating from inexperienced

or unheeding growers. In the case of a novelty so
widely exhibited and its requirements so generally made
known as the rose Mrs. George Shawyer there seems no
excuse for the complaint regarding this rose, to which
Mr. Totty makes answer in his advertisement this week.
In justice to this beautiful and deserving flower and its
prospects as a bright star in the galaxy of valuable forc-
mg roses we hope Mr. Totty's admonition may receive
due attention and that no one- will allow himself to go
on record as summarily condemning this or any other
good rose novelty for no worse fault than a preventable
attack of mildew.

Of the myriad modern accessories pro-
Credit the vided for use in the florists' art, plant
supply dealer and flower baskets take the premier

place for artistic beauty and practical
utility. As compared with the old-fashioned Swiss chip,
brown willow plateaus and handle baskets, and white-
and-gilt wire constructions which formed the meagre
assortment available for the requirements of the florist
of the past generation, his brother of today has at his
disposal a vast variety, including many hundreds of
forms and sizes, almost endless in their variations of
material, finish and color effects, assembled from every
part of the globe. The florists' stock includes no flower
for which a specially adapted receptacle has not been
prepared and he can cater for no possible occasion for
which the supply dealer has not made provision in the
form of floral baskets of appropriate material and of
fitting form and color. Many a tirade has been directed
against the supply man and his industry because of his
activity in the supplying of artificial flowers and the
assumed interference of such material with the market
for fresh flowers. But if all these objections were valid,
which we do not admit, we claim that the florists' supply
man has more than made good by what he has con-
tributed to the advancement of the florist trade in man-
ifold other ways and particularly in the line of plant
and flower baskets.

It is very comforting to learn of the up-
Glory enough rising in the City of Brotherly Love on

behalf of the hitherto neglected fathers,
that they may be rescued from an tmdeserved oblivion.
As occupying a scat in the fathers' row for "lo, these
many years," we feel the tingle of a new joy as we real-
ize that we, too, as well as the mothers, are now to be
brought into the limelight and are to have, on at least
one day in the year, a special recognition and the pleas-
ure of seeing the people who don't acknowledge to being
fathers wearing a rose (any color permissible) in our
lienor. We have heard it said that the fathers have been
losing their grip on family discipline of late : that never
before was there so little parental control : the boys —
and the girls too — come and go as they please via the
latch key and the time-honored "taws" hang in the gar-
rett, gray with the dust of idle years. Relieved, too, of
the responsibiUties of national and civic government, as
we expect to be, as soon as "Votes for Women" become
a reality, there will be little left for us fathers to worry
over, little to make our hair fall out.

"He rambled, he rambled.

Up and down,
.\round the town.

He rambled till the butcher cut him down."

We'll ramble no more under the new dispensation.
But we will have, as a compensation, tlic recognition of
a Fathers' Day, thanks to dear old Philadelphia, and
who says that isn't glory enough ?

May 24, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

783

NOTES ON THE IRIS.

This has been a very favorable
spring. In our great iris family num-
bering 180 varieties, are many of
dazzling splendor. The wonder is that
more of tliem are not planted. The
plucky little pumilas come first, then
we have their hybrids with the Crime-
an and Alpine crosses and these reach
down to the Germanica. These take
us down to the Giganteas and then
come the Royal Japs — giving us a
succession of blooms for nearly three
months.

The first of the Germans to bloom
are the Black Princess. They are
glorious in their splendor. Three long
rows in the center of an iris field are
really imposing. They are in full
bloom while the others are in bud.
They are of deep velvety purple, beau-
tifully veined and traced with other
colors. The large petals with lustrous
sheen are sometimes two inches
across. They are overwhelmed with
bloom. The next in order are the
very fragrant Florentina Alba. The
flowers are white and of large size.
These stand as sentinels waiting to
introduce us to the great family which
is to follow.

A Singular Freak.
Last spring we noticed among the
Florentinas, flowers one-half white and
the other half Black Princess. The
colors divided the great petals in the
middle and made a singular and
charming combination. This year the
same thing occurred again and we
found two other clumps with the same
markings. The variation seems con-
firmed. We want to save seed from
them if they produce any and we pro-
pose to put those three clumps by
themselves and see if by selection we
cannot secure a new departure.

Hybrid Possibilities.

We are raising iris from seed. Some
from the pumila hybrids gave us three
plants with deep purple flowers. One
we named Royal Purple. The flowers
are immense for the size of the plant
and they are exceedingly floriferous.
Prairie Beauty is another cross of the
Crimean type. It is light gold — a mar-
velous bloomer. It seems, to be a law
that the nearer a plant is to the par-
ent the greater the tendency to revert.
The farther you get from the original
type, the more freedom it has in break-
ing away from its antecedents and the
greater tendency it has for something
original and distinct.

We propose to follow this up in the
hope of securing new creations of
superior worth.

C. S. HARRisorf.

York, Nebr.

A SOLDIER'S GRAVE.

The dust thnt sleeps unthinking and un-
knowing.

That turf lielow
That recks no more of pale December's

snowing.
Or long-da.Ted June amid the meadows

glowing.
That knows not summer's liirth not win-
ter's going

On field or bough,
Was once a soldier's heart. It ceased its
beating

In dut.v's round —
We o'er the heedless sod today are meeting
To learn the lesson Time has been repeat-
ing
And all patriot souls that sleep our greet-
ing

From this poor mound.

—Frank H. Sweet.

ASPARAGUS LUTZI.

A glance at the accompanying illus-
tration of a frond of this new as-
paragus, reproduced from Holler's
Deutsche Gartner-Zeitung, will quick-
ly disclose to the florist its promising
qualities. It has already received high
encomiums and seems destined to
soon take a foremost place in its
class in this country. Messrs. Loech-
ner & Co., of New York, who are
American agents for the sale of the
plants, have sent us the following de-
scription of this novelty:

It is a cross between A. plumosus nanus
and A. deflexus scandens. The thornless
shoots are straight and erect, without the
least tendency to winding, reaching a
length of 4 to 6 feet. Each plant should be
staked once. In order to tie the shoots to-
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by simply pulliuf it out, as they do not
tangle up with each other. This quality
alone wilt be of the greatest advantage
when the asparagus is grown for cutting
purposes.

Asparagus Lutzi is. moreover, a splendid
bloomer, putting forth profusely its snowy
blooms, which are in charming contrast to
the graceful light green and tufty foliage.
The shoots are well-branched from the
bottom. If cut. with or without flowers,
they are exceedingly lasting, even when
not placed in water.

The flowering sprays produce by them-
selves a unique and splendid decorative ef-
fect. Last summer the.v, in connection
with the Chrysanthemum Ada Oven, formed
the only decoration of the table of the
German Emperor during his stay at Wies-
baden.

The cultivation is the simplest. This
Asparagus Lutzi requires simply a cold
and airy house, contrary to most of the
asparagus varieties. 'The heavier and
loamier the soil, the more luxurious the
growth, the finer green the foliage, and
the more profuse the blooms, which created
quite a sensation as the photos of it were
published in the ofBcinI organ of the retail
florists of Germany.

A VISIT TO MADBURY, N. H.

The Gardeners' and Florists' Club
of Boston had a red-letter holiday on
Wednesday, May 21, in a visit to the
rose houses and farm of W. H. Elliott
at Madbury. The trip, which had been
talked about for some time past was
a great success in every particular.
Over one hundred of the craft re-
sponded and there were a dozen or
more ladies in addition. A special
train from Boston had been provided
by the Boston & Maine Railroad and
the 68 mile ride each way was en-
joyed in comfort and agreeable socia-
bility. Arriving at Madbury the ladies
were taken in charge by Mrs. Elliott
and autos were at their disposal at all
times. The party on arrival was con-
ducted through the vast rose houses,
one of which is 1350 feet in length,
and inspected the various busy depart-
ments, including the mammoth cow
bam, manure tanks, soil supplies,
boiler rooms, storage rooms, and other
appurtenances and finally rounded up
at the new cement-walled dairy room
where an appetizing repast was served
under the management of Mrs. Elliott,
assisted by other ladies, and following
which there were addresses by Prof.
White of Amherst, and Messrs. W. E.
Doyle, W. Penn, Wm. Downs, M. H.
Norton, H. Robinson, Wm. Sim, Peter
Fisher, Herman Bartsch, Wm. Nichol-
son, R. Cameron, and lastly by Mrs.
Elliott and Mr. Elliott as hostess and
host.

After dinner the group was photo-
graphed and then the time was di-
vided up between the farm, the green-
houses and a stroll through the woods
until time for the train back to Bos-
ton.

MEMORIAL DAY.
The Bivouac of the Dead.
By Theodore O'Hara.
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat

The soldier's last tattoo ;
Xo more on Life's par.Tde shall meet

That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping-ground

Their silent tents are spread.
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.

No rumor of the foe's advance

Now swells upon the wind ;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts

Of loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow's strife

The warrior's dream alarms;
No braying horn nor screaming fife

At dawn shall call to arms.

Their shivered swords are red with rust.

Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,

Is now their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have washed

The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,

Are free from anguish now.

Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,!

Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footstep here shall trted

The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot

While Fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed spot

Where Valor proudly sleeps.

One of the most coveted prizes at
the Ghent Quinquennial Show, that for
sixty commercial azaleas not more
than eighteen inches in diameter, was
won by F. Sander & Son of Bruges,
Belgium.

784

HORTICULTURE

May 24, 1913

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS-
CLUB OF BOSTON.

The meeting ot this club on Tues-
day evening. May 20. was remarkably
well attended, notwithstanding the
very busv time with everybody. The
promised talk by Wilfrid Wheeler, sec-
retary of the State Board ot Agricul-
ture, on fruit growing, was undoubted-
ly the drawing card and the interest
thus shown was a good index of the
feeling among the gardeners in regard
to this now reviving industry in Mass-
achusetts. Mr. Wheeler's talk was
mostly extempore and exceedingly
practical. He has been a close student
of the fruit industry and knows his
.subject in all its details. His address
was devoted to the growing of fruit
commercially rather than as a home
garden occupation. He declared Mass-
achusetts soil and climate to be well
adapted to fruit culture. The apple is
found to do unexpectedly well in Cape
Cod sands and the supposedly worth-
less gravel of Essex County is produc-
ing apples and other fruits equal m
beauty and much superior in qualit>
to that grown in Oregon. As to climate
New England is especially favored, or-
chard heaters not being needed and
he instanced in support of this, the
great damage suffered in Maryland,
New Jersey and other southerly points
by the recent freeze which scarcely
touched Massachusetts. He advocated
the growing of legumes to build up
the soil and heavy fertilizing every
year while the trees are young in or-
der to induce early bearing. Of the
small fruits, he gave particular atten-
tion to the strawberry, a specialty on
which he has long been a recognized
authoritv. The Marshall he regarded
as still the best garden variety, doing
particularly good near the salt water,
but lacking good shipping qualities. In
the multitude of varieties catalogued
there is a considerable difference in
their susceptibility to injury from frost
—a point that it is well to consider
when planting on a large scale. In
feeding strawberries caution is neces-
sary not to give too much nitrogen
which makes the fruit soft and insipid.
In reference to spraying and its im-
portance in orchard operations he ad-
vised to spray for scale insects in the
coldest weather and said that it was
a common fault to overspray. which is
simply wasteful. After the conclusion
of the lecture many questions were
propounded and promptly answered.

W. H. Elliott outlined, for the bene-
fit of those intending to visit his place
at Madbury on the following day, the
arrangements that had been made re-
garding special train and the program
ot entertainment. A communication
received from the Chicago Florists'
Club regarding special train between
Chicago and Minneapolis next August,
was referred to the executive commit-
tee. .Tames Wheeler announced a
change of date for the .Tune exhibitions
of the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety, the peony show being shifted

from June 21-22 to June 14-15, and the
rhododendron show being set for June

7-8.

A committee was appointed to pre-
pare resolutions on the death of W. B.
Robb and a vote was unanimously
passed instructing the secretary to
send flowers as a cheering gift to John
Barr, who is at the hospital after un-
dergoing a very serious operation.

MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN-
ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY.

We had a full house at the regular
meeting of the 14th Inst., and every
member was well repajd. Arthur
Herrington gave an illustrated lecture
on "Tree Planting." It was a mas-
terly effort throughout and was much
appreciated. The trees shown in the
views were quite large, many of the
deciduous ones having a root-system
diameter of over 20 feet. A round of
applause and a rising vote of thanks
was given to the lecturer.

J. Lindabury. gardener to Robt. D.
Foote, Morristown, brought down a
beautiful specimen of Cattleya gigas
having over 30 blooms. He was
awarded a silver medal.

Vegetables will be made a special
feature of our next Fall Show, which
will be held October 27 and 28. The
"Madison class" 1st prize $75.00, 2nd,
$50.00, 3rd $25.00, ought to bring out
some good stuff. It is to be hoped
that members of our sister societies
will help us to make this exhibit
worthy ot the name of Madison by
coming down here and putting up ex-
hibits, for this is an open class. We
will have the usual vegetable class be-
sides. The citizens of Madison are
getting up the prizes and we want to
give them the worth of their money
by showing them some good vege-
tables. E. R.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.

Department of Plant Registration.

Public notice is hereby given that
Messrs. R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co.,
of Whitemarsh, Md., offer for registra-
tion, the following Geranium (zonal
pelargonium) :

Name: Geranium Maryland.

Description; A semi-double Gerani-
um, the result of a cross of Alphonse
Ricard and La Pilote, showing the
character of growth and habit ot
blooming of La Pilote combined with
the size and substance of the Al-
phonse Ricard. The color is a most
dazzling, fiery red. The florets aver-
age about 2 inches in diameter. The
foliage has a heavy chocolate zone.
John Young, Secretary.

May 10th, 1913.

As no objections have been filed,
public notice is hereby given as to the
registration of the Geranium, "Ameri-
can Beauty," by John Bauscher of
Freeport, 111., becoming complete.

John Yot-ng. Secretary.

May 15th, 1913.

NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

At the regular meeting held at Man-
chester, Mass., Friday evening, May
2nd, the members listened to an ad-
dress on the "Culture of Gladioli," by
B. Hammond Tracy. In the discussion
which followed some good points were
brought out. On the show tables were
a nice display of Antirrhinum and Cal-
ceolaria from A. E. Parsons, and a
superb vase of carnation Princess
Dagmar from Patten & Co. The show
committee awarded to each exhibitor
a certificate of merit. There was a
good attendance.

At the meeting of May 16 we were
treated to a very practical talk on
"Greenhouse Flowering Plants," by
George Stewart of Medford, who haade
a plea for a larger use of many of the
old-time varieties which were more in
evidence in our boyhood days, than at
the present time. Full cultural direc-
tions were given. At the close, a ris-
ing vote of thanks was tendered to
Mr. Stewart.

James Salter, Secretary.

PENNSYLVANIA FORESTRY ASSO-
CIATION.

The Pennsylvania Forestry Associa-
tion held an exhibition and conven-
tion in Horticultural Hall, Philadel-
phia, week of May 19th to 24th.
Among the speakers were H. A. Sur-
face, "Forest Pests"; J. A. Ferguson,
"What Foresty Can Accomplish"; J.
W. Harshberger, "North American
Forests"; N. F. Davis. "Chestnuts on
Waste Lands"; J. C. Williams, "Chest-
nut Blight"; H. S. Graves, "National
Forests"; S. B. Elliott, "Lumber For-
estry"; Witmer Stone, "Bird IJte";
J. T. Rothrock, "Deforested Pennsyl-
vania." The exhibits were mostly of
the photographic order, and were high-
ly instructive and interesting. Out-
side of the pictures, the lumber in-
terests put up elaborate displays of
timber samples in the dried and pol-
ished state. On the whole the gala
week was very successful, of high
educational value to the public, and
reflected great credit on all concerned.

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
PREMIUMS.

The cash premiums have all been
awarded and distributed as have also
the silver cups so generously donated
by different parties.

Checks have been mailed to the
Rose, Carnation, Sweet Pea and Glad-
iolus Societies some two weeks ago.

The committee is making this fact
public at this time so that if any win-
ner has not received his prizes in full
he will kindly communicate at once
with the Secretary. John Young. 54
West 2Sth street. New York.

The medals will be sent out as soon
as they are received from the mint
and a complete report ot the show
will be submitted to the S. A. F. and
O. H.. at the convention in August.

The Flower Show Committee begs
to publicly thank every individual and
society that helped to contribute to-
ward the success of this exhibition.
Chari.es H. Tottt,
Chairman National Flower Show.

May 24, 1913

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785

NURSERYMEN^S CONVENTION,

Program of Sessions of the American Association of Nurserymen and Pacific Coast Association of Nursery-
men to be held at Portland, Oregon, Tuesday to Saturday, June 17 to 21, inclusive, 1913:

Tuesday, June 17th.

Pnfifio Coast Association.

KITSINESS SESSION,
9.30 A. M. Reception for Members and
Visitors.

10.30 A. M. Announcements by Presi-
dent. Minutes of last meeting. Reports of
Vice-Presidents.

Reports of Committees.

Transportation — J. B. Pilkington, Port-
land, Ore.
Membership — S. A. Miller, Milton, Ore.
Exhibits— J. A. Stewart, Christopher, Wn.
Legislation —

Tuesday, 2 P. IV1.

Executive Committee — M. McDonald,
Orenco, Ore.

Secy.-Treas. Report — C. A. Tonneson,
Tacoma, Wash.

Report of Committee of Presidents — M.
McDonald, Orenco, Ore.

Question Box. Election.

Tuesday, 8 P. IVI.

Pacific Coast Protective Association.

.lOlNT SESSIONS.
Wednesday, June 18th, 9 A. M.
Music.
Address of Welcome — Governor West.
Address of Welcome — Mayor Rushlight.
Response — For American Association —
For Pacific Coast Association — P. A, Dix.
President's Address — For American As-
sociation— Thomas Meehan.

President's Address — For Pacific Coast
Assi>ciatioi] — Albert Brownell.

"What Shall the Future of Horticul-
ture Be?"

E. W. I^irkpatrick, Ivinney, Texas.
Discussion — Geo. C. Roeding, Fresno; H.

W. Kruckeberg, Los Angeles, Cal. (Sub-
ject to be selected.)

William P. Stark, Neosho, Mo. (Subject
to be selected.) J. H. Dayton, Painesville,
Ohio.

Discussion — J. B. Morey, Dansville, N. Y. ;
F. W. Watson, Topeka, Kas.

Question Box — Conducted by Secretary
.John Hall.

Wednesday, 1.30 P. M.

Music.

"The Traffic Manager."

F. S. Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa.
Discussion — Henry B. Chase, Chase. Ala. ;
J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore.

"Park Making on the Pacific Coast."

E. T. Mische. Siipf. of Parks. Portland, Ore.
Discussion — J. Horace McFarland, Har-
risburg. Pa.; Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem,
Mass.: 1). Macllorie. San Francisco Cal.

"Care of Small Fruit Plants — ^Duty of
Nurseryman and Planter."

L. J. Farmer, Pulaski, N. Y.
Recess— too P. M.

Wednesday Evening.

Local entertainment. Features to be an-
nounced later.

Thursday, 9.00 A. M.

Music.

"Working and Results of the New Fed-
eral Horticultural Law."

J. McHutchison, New York City.
Discussion — D. S. Lake, Shenandoah,
Iowa : .John S. Armstrong, Ontario, Cal.

"Horticultural Laws."

Geo. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.
Discussion — W. C. Reed, Vinceunes. Ind.:
Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; M. L. I>cnn.
Stale Horticulturist, Missoula, Mont.

"Oregon's New Quarantine Law."
Discussion — W. K. Newell, Gaston; F. A.

Wiggins, Toppenish, Wash. ; John Vallance,

Oakland, Cal.
Question Box.

Thursday, 1.30 P. M.

Music.

"Nurserymen's Problems in Fungus

and Bacterial Diseases."

Prof. H. S. Jackson, O. A. C.

Discussion — A. van Holderbeke, Spokane,

Wash.: A. W. .Morrell, State Entomologist,

Phoenix, Ariz.

"Uniform Horticultural Laws: Their
Enforcement and Benefits."

A. .T. Cook, Sacramento.
D. J. Tighe, Billings, Mont.
Discussion— F. H. Wilson. Fresno, Cal.
(Subject to be selected.) Prof. C. I. Lewis,
(). A. C.

"Between the Nurseryman and Fruit
Grower."

Prof. O. M. Morris, Pullman.
Brief Discussion — L. C. Stark, Louisiana,
Mo.; Cluis. P. Hartley, Emmett, Idaho.

Thursday, 7.45 P. M.

Paper (Subject and speaker to be an-
nounced).

British Columbia.

Meeting of American Nurserymen's Pro-
tfctive Association.

Meeting of State Vice-Presidents (Time
to be announced).

AMICUICAX

ASSOCIATION

SESSION.

M.

BUSINESS

Friday, 9 A.

Report of Secretary — John Hall.
Report of Treasurer — Chas. J.
Itoihester, N. Y.

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We are taking every possible precaution to insure the
sending out of good material. Our new storage vaults are
specially equipped — no gas used — and every facility for
delivering flowers as they should be, will be used.

We Stand on the Reputation of Our Roses

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Full Supply of all Greens and Decorative Requisites of
every kind. Preserved and Artificial Foliage and Flowers

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Executive — Henry B. Chase.

Co-operation with Entomologists — L.. A.
Berckmans.

Lesislation — East of Mississippi River,
Vfm. Pitkin.

Legislation — West of Mis!5lssippi River,
Peter Youngers.

Publicity and Trade Opportunities — W.
P Stark

Root Gall— E. A. Smith.

Tariff — Irving Rouse.

Transportation — Chas. M. Sizemore.

Membership — James McHutchison.

Program — Samuel Miller.

Exhibits— I'. W. Power.

Entertainment — J. B. Pilkington.

Vice- Presidents —

Election of Officers.

Unfinished Business.

Resolutions.

ENTERTAINMENT.

Wednesday Evening.

Features to be announced by cnnimitteo.

Friday, 12.00 Noon.

Attendants are invited to become guests
of the Oregon Nursery Company on a
Trolley Trip to their Nurseries at Orenco,
where lunch will be served at 1.00 P. M.
After inspection of the nurseries and rec-
reation, the return trip will be made, ar-
riving at Portland late in the afternoon.

On Saturday.

Excursion on the famous Columbia
River, given by the Local Nurserymen.
Steamer "Bailey Gatzert," leaving at Alder
Street Docks. Time to be announced.

This is considered one of the linest
scenic trips in the Duited States.

SECRETARY'S BULLETIN.
Important Suggestions.

The Secretary expects to bo in liis office
at the Hotel Multnomah, immediately after
the arrival of the "Rochester Special," at
10.35. Tuesday evening, June 17th.

Each member must register at once on
arrival and receive his Badge. Don't leave
your Badge Book at home.

Those desiring to join the .\merican As-

sociation should see the Secretary or his
assistant. Membership fee is ?5, includ-
ing Badge Book of pages and Souvenir

Badge.

Address letters for the Secretary, be-
tween June 9th and 14th, only, care Hotel
Multnomah.

Before leaving home leave plain instruc-
tions as to how you may be communicated
with.

Members' Badge.

The souvenir Badge is being prepared
by the Pacific Coast brethren, and will be
given to members after they have regis-
tered. Members not at the Convention will
receive their badges by mail later.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

As chainuan of the membership
committee of the American Associa-
tion of Nurserymen, James McHutchi-
son reports that the campaign for new
members has resulted in the addition
of lis to this date.

A peony show is scheduled for
Tuesday, June 3rd, at Horticultural
Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., by the Penn-
sylvania Horticultural Society. Ex-
hibits must be staged by 2 P. M. Ex-
hibition open to public from 3 to 10
P. M.

was organized on May 1st, when the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Geo. Stollery; vice-president, F.
O. Franzen; secretary. Herman Schil-
ler; treasurer, Louis Wittbold. The
club will endeavor to elevate the
prices of cut flowers so that dealers
will make a reasonable profit and will
also try to establish a standard sched-
ule of prices for bedding plants.

The Hampden County Florists' and
Gardeners' Club met at Holyoke,
Mass., May 13, members being pres-
ent from Northampton. Amherst,
South Hadley and Holyoke. The dis-
cussion was largely on landscape gar-
dening and a short talk was given by
Park Keeper Bray on the Holyoke
parks. A committee was appointed to
make arrangements for a flower show
to be given later. The club will not
hold any meetings during the summer,
but instead will get together and visit
the various gardens and parks in Hol-
yoke, Northampton and vicinity, and
will resume their indoor meetings in
the fall.

The Brookland Rose Show which
*as opened on Tuesday last has broken
all records in point of beauty of the
display as well as of attendance. This
is an annual affair at Washington and
the rivalry for the awards is keen. C.
Leslie Reynolds, superintendent of
the Botanical Gardens, Miss Belle C.
Saunders, of the Department of Agri-
culture, and Dr. John B. Raymond, of
the Catholic University, are the judges.

The North Shore Florists' and Nur-
serymen's Association. Chicago, 111..

At the meeting of the Cook County
Florists' Association held May 15th,
the amendment to the by-law was read
for the third time and voted favorably
upon, making it impossible for the
president or vice-president to hold the
same office two consecutive terms.

Allie Zech, chairman of the sports
committee, reported that the bowling
league would play their last games be-
fore the next meeting. The prizes
will be awarded the winners at that
meeting and a little Dutch dinner will
be given. Th? publicity committee re-

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wholesalers are interested to the ex-
tent of making verbal pledges o£ strong
iinancial support to the car advertising
proposition.

The monthly meeting of the Roch-
ester Florists' Association was held
on Monday, May 12th. The principal
speaker was George Arnold, who has
charge of the trial gardens in Ogden,
N. Y., of James Vicks' Sons. His sub-
ject was "The Development of the
Aster." The talk was illustrated with
stereopticon views. Rochester, Mr.
Arnold said, is one o£ the leading
cities in the world in the production
of aster seeds. Acres are devoted to
the raising of plants in this vicinity
in order that the seeds may be ob-
tained. The seeds raised here are sent
all over the world.

At the June meeting there will be a
general discussion on the plans for
the flower show next November. The
association will not meet during July
or August.

gladiolus, H. Gaut; lettuce, J. McCar-
thy. Picotee tulips, V. Cleres honor-
able mention. At the next meeting,
June 11th, prizes will be offered for 12
peonies, 12 T. and H. T. roses and
basket of fruit.

J. Macdonald, Cor. Sec.

At the May meeting of the Pitts-
burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club,
the International Flower Show at New
York was discussed. Some of the dis-
plays were highly commended, but re-
gret was expressed that the show was
not more truly international in its
scope, and that the high standard of
excellence of some of the exhibits was
not more universal. A fine display of
flowers from the blooming shrubs and
plants of the Bureau of Parks was
made and their common and botanical
names and uses of each was given by
President McCallum.

Dr. Jennings, the Curator of the

Museum, then described and illustrat-
ed by example, the manner of pressing
and preserving specimens of flowers
and plants and showed in detail the
structure and organization and uses of
the different parts of the flowers. In-
novations of this sort in the stereo-
typed way of conducting a club meet-
ing are very useful in getting members
out of the rut, giving them new ideas
and keeping alive the interest.

The next meeting will be held at the
usual place, the Fort Pitt Hotel.

H. P. JosuN, Sec'y.

ATTENTION!

To the Secretaries of the Florists'
Clubs of the United States. Please
send a number of members of your
club to the secretary of the S. A. F.,
Mr. John Young, 54 West 28th street,
New York. By doing so you will
greatly oblige.

A. Fareswau).

A well-attended meeting of the Nas-
sau County Horticultural Society was
held at Glen Cove, N. Y.. on Wednes-
day, May 14th. Communications were
read from several trade houses offer-
ing special prizes for the fall show.
There was a fine display of Darwin
and Cottage tulips. F. 0. Johnson
shewed 34 varieties, all of them very
fine. The following varieties were
much admired: Elegans Alba, Mrs.
Moore, Carl Becker, Picotee and Carm-
mea. The judges awarded this col-
lection a certificate of culture. The
winners of the monthly prizes were as
follows: Darwin tulips. A. Mackenzie;

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FORMEMORIALDAY

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Bouquet Green,

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Imported Oak Leaves,

$2.00 per basket.
Brilliant Bronze and Green

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Imported Bronze and Green Maj

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in five-hamper lots.
Green Leucothoe Sprays, $1.00 ]

per 1000.

Immortelles, all colors.
Laurel Wreaths, extra fine, $3.0(
Laurel Festooning, extra heavy, $6.00 per
Branch Laurel, 50c per bundle.
Sphagnum Moss, $2.00 and $2.50 per bale.

Place your orders with us. We can fill all orders for cut
flowers of all standard vcu-ieties.

tock of best growers in New England

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Sweet Peas, Snapdragon, Fansies, Eas-
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Wholesale Florists — Manufacturers and Importers of
Florists' Supplies— Dealers in Hardy Cut Everereens.

i- faction.

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Telephones: Main 2618, 3617,
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Personal

Mr. Gresham, of Atlanta, Ga., where
he is manager of the establishment of
the Dahl Company, was in Washing-
ton during the week.

Ernest Johnson, for six years florist
at the Monson State Hospital, has re-
Bigned and taken a position in charge
of the Beach greenhouses in South
Hadley, Mass.

Win fried Rolker of New York
started on his annual European trip
on May 17 sailing on the S. S. Zeeland
and will look after his Belgium grow-
ers and crops first.

J. A. Weber has resigned his posi-
tion as head gardener on the W. L.
Goodwin estate, Hartford, Conn., and
accepted a position as superintendent
of the C. G. Goodwin estate at Numbra
Heights, near Excelsior, Minn.

Invitations are out for the wedding,
on June 5, of Robert C. Folwell, Jr.,
former captain of the University of
Pennsylvania football team, and Miss
Elizabeth Pennock, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Abraham Liddon Pennock, of
Lansdowne, Pa.

Under date of May 12th, Alexander
Gumming of the Red Rose Nurseries
at Center Square, Pa., reports from
his western vacation, dated at Colo-
rado Springs, Colo.: "Feeling fine and
getting fit rapidly." We are glad to
hear this cheerful report.

Visiting Boston: Prof. E. A. White,
Amherst. Mass.; P. Koster, Boskoop,
Holland.

Visiting New York: P Welch. Bos-
ton.

DURING

RECESS.

Bowling

Score of

Cook Cou

nty (III.)

Florists' Association

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ROSES.

ORCHIDS.

Goerisch,

113 151 1-12

Foerster,

170 184 ISO

Koehler,

145 180 150

Graff,

137 175 185

Byers,

186 ITS v.m

Brostr'm,

154 175 148

Price,

150 109 157

George E.

128 184 144

Fischer,

178 188 150

J. Zech,

127 151 178

VIOLETS.

CARNATIONS.

A.H'bn'r,

109 131 143

Lorman,

119 180 146

Jacobs,

169 198 142

L'h'rm'n.

100 185 145

Wolf,

160 177 190

Sweeney,

179 188 181

Schnltz,

215 130 134

Ayers.

146 182 144

J. H'bn'r,

163 185 100

A. Zech,

160 159 100

NEWS

NOTES.

Belvidere, III. — Frank P. Brigham
has rented the Pairview greenhouses
of the B. Eldredge estate and taken
charge May 15th. Mr. Brigham will
continue the place as a wholesale cut
flower and plant business. He has
been manager here for the last three
years.

Omaha, Neb. — Bids for the removal
of the Joslyn greenhouse and for the
reconstruction of Hanscom Park
greenhouses are called for by the city
council. The bids will include the
following: Reconstruction of two
greenhouses and construction of one
new house, 21 x 100 feet; removal of
the Joslyn greenhouse and its valua-
ble contents of rare plants; changing
of the greenhouse heating system from
hot water to steam.

A civil service examination will be
held in Alexandria, Va., June 4 and 5
for- the position of assistant in plant
histology, male, to which is attached
a salary ranging from ?1,200 to $1,630
per annum.

Do You Know What
You Want ?

Look in the "Buyers'
Directory" of this issue
and you wilt probably
find represented there
somebody who can
supply you. It's a good
plan to look it over
every week, for the
weekly changes and
additions are many.

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ttty every hardy tree or plant worthy of
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For prices on named kinds send for
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This fine variety produces very large flowers, 2 inches or more
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May 24, 1913

MAY FLOWERING TULIPS.

Seedsmen wlio sell spring-blooming
bulbs will tell you that no class of
bulbs has grown in popularity and
demand within the last few years as
the late or May-flowering tulips. The
old-time "breeders" and "cottage"
tulips, stately and impressive, have
now been reinforced by the new races
of "Darwins!" and "Rembrandts" and,
once seen, the subtle infatuation of
the late-May tulip parade becomes ir-
resistible. The weird pastel color
tints, at first regarded with indiffer-
ence by one long familiarized with
the gaudy splendor of the "single
earlies," grow on acquaintance, and
one soon becomes a devotee. These
wonderful flowers are objects to be
admired individually. Poised on tall
stems. 18 to 30 inches, they demand
inspection flower by flower. Then
that which at a distance was but a
misty grey, dull tawny buff or slaty
blue, assumes an irresistible blending
of pure tones and, looking into the
heart of the half-opened flower, the
very atmosphere seems all illumined
with effulgent color. Yet in mixed
mass planting these flowers have a
harmonizing quality rarely found in
any promiscuous tulip planting and
the varieties may be used indiscrimi-
nately without any fear of color dis-
cordance or clash.

We had the pleasure, a few days
ago, of viewing a very choice collec-
tion of these May-flowering tulips in
which are represented all the classes
as well as many of the finer tulip
"species," at the trial gardens of
Chester Jay Hunt at Montclair, N. J.
The plantations are artistically ar-
ranged and have the advantage of a
superb setting and background of
garden trees and ornamental shrub-
bery and a stroll among them in com-
pany of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, both of
whom are evidently infatuated with
their work, is a delightful privilege.
We have noted below a few of the
varieties that impressed us most
strongly among the several hundred
named sorts there shown. Some of
those here mentioned are not yet on
sale, but the majority of them may
be procured from any of the general
seed houses represented in HoRTi-
cuLTtniE's advertising columns and
there are, of course, many other varie-
ties, equally desirable, of which lack
of space prevents mention at this
time:

Velvet King: dark maroon purple, often
carrying an extra petal or two: a fine
forcing flower.

Bronze Queen (Breeder) syn. Biscuit;
Clio; butt, golden tironze Inside; a desir-
able forcer.

Grand Monarcli (Darwin); violet purple,
with white centre.

Alice; mahogany edged with bronzy yel-
low. . ,.,

Whistler (Darwin) ; maroon crimson, witn
blue base. . . , ,

King Harold (Darwin); glowing ox-blood

red

Professor Rauwenhof (Darwin) ; cherry-
rose with salmon glow inside.

Fulgens (Cottage) ; a glorious crimson,
with white eye.

Sunset (Darwin); yellow, recurving
petals; preferable to Golden Crown.

Fawn (Cottage); opalescent pink and
nearlv fawn overlaid; a lovely thing.

Ingleseombe Tellow (Cottage): canary
yellow; known abroad as the Yellow Dar-

^ Miss Willmott (Cottage): primrose petals
pointed and recurving; a distinct form and
good late forcer.

Rosy Gem (Rembrandt); rosy-lilac striped
carmine and feathered white.

Caracalla (Rembrandt)- white, flamed
and feathered carmine.

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In Lots of 25 of a Variety, $50.00 per 100

Prices on smaller lots on application

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C'arinata Rubra (Species); dark crimson,
each petal with a central stripe of apple
green; a very unusual combination.

Avis Kenuicott (Cottage); chrome yellow
with black base; very long petals. This
variety is said to have originated in an old
American garden and after being discov-
ered it was^ taken to Holland and there ex-
ploited.

Zomerschoon (Darwin); apricot rose,
tlaked white; said to be 250 years old, but
yet very scarce.

Marconi; dark violet purple; enormous
flower. „ , ,

Louis XIV (Breeder); dark purple, flushed
bronze with broad margin of golden brown.
■•The aristocrat of the race."' Very scarce
and high.

Jupiter (Bizarre); flamed and feathered
dark maroon.

Pride of Ingleseombe (Cottage); a soft
and dainty misty color.

Massenet: syn.. The Dove (Darwin);
creamy white, flushed pale pink; remark-
able blue centre markings; the whitest of
the Darwins.

Semele (Rembrandt); white feathered
with rosy lilac, reminding one of old
cliintz. .

Rafael (Darwiui; dark plum: rich and
stately.

•Tubilee (Darwin): blue purple: a Krelagc
novelty.

Walter T. Ware (Cottage); the deepest
and richest yellow among late tulips; petals
pointed and reflexing.

Viking (Darwin); lustrous dark purple
with lavender edge.

La Fiancee (Darwin); old rose, petals
paler at edge.

Remembrance (Darwin); pale slaty purple
with silvery margin; unique.

Ilersogin von Hohenberg (Darwin); me-
talic violet, edged pale lavender.

.Tulienne (Rembrandt); white, violet and
dull crimson in fantastic blotching.

Albion (Breeder) ; pale lavender.

Princess Elizabeth (Darwin); soft
pink.

Judas Macaabeus (Rembrandt)
feathered crimson.

Wallv Moes (Darwin): pale pink with
delicate lavender pencilling on edges.

Win. Copelnnd (Darwink lilai'-fwe: enor-

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5 ln„ 51^ in. and 6 In. pots, 3, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 incnes high, 40c.,
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up to $1.50.

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inons call for this variety in England for
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Mr. Hunt has a sport of this strongly
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satiny
violet,

Washington, N. J., May 19, 1913.
Our two advs. have surely paid us
well. We have received several large
orders who have mentioned HORTI-
CULTURE and probably many who
did read our advs. in HORTICUL-
TURE have failed to give credit.

ALONZO J. BRYAN.

May 24, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

791

POTTED ROSES

SELECT 2 -YEAR OLD PLANTS

ALL STRONG FIVE AND SIX INCH POTS AND
PLANTS OF A QUALITY THAT WILL PLEASE
YOUR RETAIL CUSTOMERS.

Hybrid-Tea Roses

Novelties and Recent Introductions

Each

Arthur R. Goodwill $0 50

Cyiitliia Ford 50

Chateau de Clos Vougeot 50

Dorothy Page Roberts 50

Duchess of Sutherland 2 00

Duchess of Westminster 1 00

Earl of Gostord 2 00

Elizabeth Barnes 50

Edward Siawley 1 OO

Eugene Boullet 50

E. W. Cowan 2 00

Ferneihurst 1 00

I ranees Charteris Seton 1 00

Florence Haswell \"eiteh 1 00

<;eorge C. Waud 35

Institateur Sirday 50

Jaiiu-s Coey 50

John Cuff 50

Jouklierr, J. I.. Mock 30

King George 2 00

l^ady Alice Stanley 50

Lady Dowue 1 00

Lady Greenall 1 00

Lady Ursula 50

I^ieutenant Chaure 50

Mable Drew 1 (10

Marj Countess of Ilehester 50

Jlay Kenyon Slaney 75

Mnje. Segond Weber 30

Mile. Marie Masquerand 50

Margaret Molyneux .50

;>Irs. Artliur Munt 50

3Irs. Charles Custis Harrison 75

Mrs. Chas. Hunter 2 00

Jlrs. Frank Bray 2 00

.Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth 2 00

Mrs. Leonard Petrie 75

.Mrs. Muir .MacKean 2 00

.Mrs. Samuel Ross 2 00

Mrs. Wakefield Christie >liller .50

Mrs. Walter Easlea 75

.>Irs. Cornwaliis West 1 00

Nerissa 2 00

Xita Weldon 50

Robert Huey 1 OO

souvenir de Gustave Pratt 50

Verna .^lackay 2 00

Salter Speed 50

Select Standard Sorts

per 100

Betty .f30 00

Caroline Testout 25 00

Countess of Gosford 30 00

Dean Hole .?0 00

Earl of Warwick 30 00

Florence Peniberton 30 00

I'ranz Deegen 30 00

r'arben Konigin 30 00

(iustav Grunerwaia 30 00

Grace Darling .30 00

General Mac.\rthur 30 OO

Grand Duke .Adolphe de Luxem-
burg 30 00

G. Nabonnand .30 00

Grass an Teplitz 25 00

Irish Brightness 35 00

.loseph Hill .f30 00

Killamey 30 00

Konigin Carolia 30 00

Kaiserin .Augusta Victoria 25 00

I..ady Ashtown 30 00

La Detroit 30 00

La France 30 00

Laurent Carle 30 00

Le Progress 30 00

Liberty 30 00

Lyon 30 00

Mme. Philipe Rivoire ._. 30 00

Jenny Gillemot 30 00

.Tules Gravereux 30 00

Heetor Lenlloit 30 00

Hybrid-Tea Roses

Select Standard Sorts — Continued

per 100

Mme. Ravary $30 00

Jules Grolez 30 00

Abel Chatenay 30 00

Leon Pain 30 00

" Maurice de Luze 30 00

" Melanie Soupert 30 00

JMarquise de Ninety 40 00

.Mons. Paul Lede .30 00

Pharisaer : 30 00

Prince de Bulgarie 30 00

Keine Marguerite de Italic 30 00

Richmond .30 00

Simplicity 30 00

Souvenir de President Carnot .... 30 00

Viscountess Folkestone 30 00

W bile Killarney 30 00

Hybrid Perpetual Roses

per 100

.Alfred Colonib $25 00

Anna de Diesbach 25 00

Alfred K. » illianis 25 00

.American Beauty 30 00

Baroness Rothschild 25 00

Baron de Bonstettin 25 00

Camille Beruardin 25 00

Capt. Christy 25 00

Captain Hay ward 25 00

CUo 25 00

Charles Lefebvre 25 00

Duke of Edinburgh 25 00

Earl of Diifferin 25 00

Fisher Holmes 25 00

Francois >Iichelon 2.5 00

Frau Karl Druschki 25 00

General .iac(|ueminot 25 00

George .\rends (New) .35 00

Gloire de Chedanne Guinoisseau. . 35 (W

t^lorie de Margottin 25 00

(ilorie Lyonnaise 25 00

Hvigb Dickson 25 00

Jean Liabaud 25 00

Louis Van Houtte 25 00

Magna Charta 25 00

:Mrs. R. G. Sharnian Crawford... 25 00

Mrs. John Laing 25 00

Mabel .Morrison 25 00

.^Inie. \'ic(or ^ erilier 25 00

:Mnie. (iabriellc Luizet 25 00

-Marie Uauniann 2.5 00

Paul >.e.\ roll 2.5 (X)

President Kruger (New) 35 00

Prince Camille de Rohan 25 00

Queen of Queens 2.5 00

Rodocanachi 25 00

Tom « ood 25 00

I Irich Itrunner 25 00

\iitor \erdier 25 00

Tea and Other Everblooming Roses

per 100

Corallina $30 00

Charlotte Klenun 25 00

Etoile de Lyon 25 00

Hermosa 20 00

Hugo Roller 35 00

Harry Kirk ... ."5 00

Maman Cochet Pink 25 00

•• White 25 00

Marie Van Houtte 25 00

Mme. floseph Schwartz 25 00

>Inlly Sharnian Crawford 50 00

Miss .Mice de RothschUd 75 00

Mrs. Hubert Taylor .50 00

Mrs. B. R. Cant 25 00

Perie des Jardins . . . ^. 30 00

Papa Gontier 25 00

Queen's Scarlet, or Agrippina. . . . 20 00

Souvenir dc Pierre Xotting 30 00

" Catherine Guillot ... 30 00

Safrano 25 0(1

Baby Rambler Roses

per 100

.\nnehen Miiller. Pink Baby $20 00

Catharine Zieniet. White Baby... 20 00

Jessie 25 00

Louis Walter nr Baby Tausends-

chon 35 00

.Mme. Norhert Levavasseur. Crim-
son Baby 20 00

Sirs. Cutbush. Cherry-red Baby. 20 00
Orleans ( New) 25 00

Austrian or Yellow Brier Roses

per 100

Austrian Copper $30 00

.Austrian Yellow . . . .~. 30 00

Harrison Yellow 30 00

Persi.in Yellow 25 00

Pernetiana or Hybrid Austrian Briers

per 100

Juliet f.Vew) $35 00

Soliel d' Or or Golden Sun .3(1 00

Sweet Brier Roses

per 100

Refulgence ( No\\ ) $3.t (HI

Anne of Geierstein .30 00

Brendai 30 00

I-nrd Penzance 30 00

Meg Merillies 30 00

Common Sweet Briar or Eglan-
tine 20 00

Wichuraiana Roses

per 100

M ichuraiana. White 20 0(1

Evergreen Gen 20 00

'• Gardenia 20 00

Pink Roainer 20 00

" South Orange Per-
fection L'O 00

Wichuraiana Triumph 20 00

Fniversal Favorite.. 20 00

Climbing and Rambler Roses

per 100

American Pillar $Z0 00

ISaltimoro Belle 20 00

Crimson Rambler 25 00

Climbing Clothilde Soupert 25 00

Caroline Testout 30 00

, " Belle Siabreeht .30 00

" Kaiserin .Augusta Vic-
toria 30 00

Dorothy Perkins 25 00

F.xcelsa ( New ) 30 00

Flower of Faufleld 25 00

Glorie de Dijnn 30 00

Hiawatha 25 00

Marechal Neil 30.00

Prairie Queen 20 00

Tnusendschon 25 00

Trier 25 00

White Dorothy 25 00

W. .A. Richardson .30 00

White Banksia 25 00

Yellow Banksia 25 00

A ellow Rambler 2.5 C'O

Rugosa Roses

per 100

Rngosa Red $18 00

White ]S ("I

Most Roses

per 100

Blanche Moreau $25 00

Princess Adelaide 25 00

ORDER AT ONCE WHILE THE SELECTION IS GOOD

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714 CHESTNUT STREET,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE ABOVE PRICES ARE INTENDED FOR THE TRADE ONLY

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May 24. 1913

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BOSTON'S MAY EXHIBITION.

Horticultural Hall fairly glowed
and sparkled with color on Saturday
and Sunday, May 17 and 18, the oc-
casion of the annual May Show of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
and thousands of visitors enjoyed the
sight, which was free to the public.
The predominating feature was the
display of Darwin and Cottage tulips,
of which many thousands were staged
and they did make a glorious spec-
tacle. R. & J. Farquhar alone showed
some 2000 blooms, comprising 300 or
more varieties under name and In-
cluding many of the newest and rarest
mentioned in the special article on
these flowers which will be found else-
where in this paper. This exhibit re-
ceived a bronze medal. Wm. Whit-
man showed a splendid collection of
about 80 varieties, Francis Skinner a
suberb lot almost as extensive, and A.
W. Preston about fifty varieties, all
labeled in each instance.

As usual, the calceolarias were
grand. They occupied the centre of
the hall and among them were two
fine varieties of the sensational C.
Stewartii— Bailorii and Medfordli —
the former bronzy orange and the lat-
ter deep bronzy scarlet. These were
exhibited by C. B. Dane, gard. C. W.
Rust, but a first-class certificate was
awarded to George Stewart as the
raiser. Another notable exhibit was a
group of about 200 Lilium myrio-
phyllum by R. & J. Farquhar & Co.
These plants were from tiny bulbs In
3-in. pots but each bore one or more
splendid blooms on strong 2-ft. stems,
showing the wonderful flowering qual-
ities of this striking novelty. Messrs.
Farquhar also showed two other nov-

elties—a plant of Clematis montana
rubens loaded with lovely pink flow-
ers and cut stems of Rehmannla hy-
brida (R. angulata X an unnamed
species) bearing 15 to 20 large pink
blooms on 3-ft. sprays.

Walter Hunnewell, gard. T. D. Hat-
field, showed a group of plants of a
new hardy orange azalea from seed
collected in China by E. H. Wilson,
which was recognized with a first-
class certificate. The new French hy-
drangeas were effectively shown by
Mrs. J. L. Gardner, gard.. Wm.
Thatcher, grown to single stems and
monster heads of bloom. A great col-
lection of named lilacs was staged by
Julius Heurlin, Blue Hill Nurseries,
and F. J. Rea showed a very interest-
ing collection of little-known herba-
ceous flowers.

One of the most impressive exhibits
was a large group filling the end of
the hall, by the Breck-Robinson Co.,
comprising a variety of forced ma-
terial— phloxes and other herbaceous
bloom, hardy azaleas and rhododen-
drons and "Seven Oaks" chrysanthe-
mums, backed with bay trees and con-
ifers and neatly edged with dwarf box
in pots. An unusually extensive ex-
hibit of flowers of fancy pelargoniums
came from Wm. Whitman, gard. Mar-
tin Sullivan. T. T. Watt, gardener at
Wellesley College, made an interest-
ing display of miscellaneous green-
house material including some fine or-
chids. From Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Mrs.
C. G. Weld and E. B. Dane came ele-
gant orchid groups, that from Mr.
Dane being both rich and rare in its
make-up.

Other than the honors above men-
tioned, the following awards were
made:

Calceolarias— 1st, Mrs. C. G. Weld; 2nd,
Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Tulips, Darwin — 1st
Francis Skinner. Late-flowering, other
than Darwin— 1st, Francis Skinner. Late-
flowering, any or all classes — Francis
Skinner; 2n(l, A. W. Preston. Pansies—
1st, WllUam Whitman; 2nd, A. W Pres-
ton; 3rd, William Whitman.

Asparagus— 1st, Oliver Ames; 2nd, Mrs
Frederick Aycr. Beets— 1st, W. Heustls &
Son. Carrots— 1st, W. Heustls & Son
Lettnce— 1st, Oliver Ames. Radishes— 1st,
Oliver Ames; 2nd, W. Heustls & Son.
Tomatoes— 1st, Oliver Ames. Collection of
Vegetables— 1st, Oliver Ames; 2nd, A W
Preston.

Honorable Mention: Breck-Roblnson
Co., collection of flowering shrubs, ever-
greens and herbaceous plants; R. & J.
Farquhar & Co., primulas and violas; R.
& J. Farquhar & Co., Clematis montana
rubens.

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Princeps. The flowers, which are of im-
mense size, are of the most beautiful flesh-pink color, and,
as a florist who saw it said, it is "One enough for a bride's
bouquet."

100 1000

Top roots S2.75 S25.00

First size 2.26 20.00

Second size 2.00 17.50

Doz.

GEOKGE PAUL. Large flowers; deep crimson,
slightly stained yellow, spotted with purple.
Per 1000 $47.50 75

I. S. HENDRICKSON (new). A beautiful and irregu-
lar mottling of white and bright deep pink; in
some the pink and in others the white predomin-
ates. Flowers and spikes very large and fine

MADAM MONNBBET. Deltcate rose; late bloomer.

Per 1000 $26.75 50

.75

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existence. 100 1000

First size bulbs, XX, 1% inches and up $1.75 $16.00

Selected bulbs, X 1.25 12.00

BBENCHLEYENSIS (true). Fiery scarlet.

Top roots, XXX, 2 and 2% Inches 2.00 18.00

First size bulbs, XX, 1% Inches to 2 Inches 1.50 14.00

Second size, X, 1 to 1% inches 1.25 10.00

BODDINGTON'S WHITE AND UGHT. Extra-
selected bulbs, XXX, 1% in. and up '. 1.50 14.00

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scarlet of a pleasing shade; selected bulbs, XXX. 2.75 24.00

First size, XX 2.25 20.00

PRINCEPS. Color rich crimson, with broad white
blotches across the lower petals. Flowers can be
grown to nearly 8 Inches in diameter under

stimulating culture Doz. $1.25. .10.00

GROFF'S HYBRIDS (Originator's strain) XXX.

Extra-selected 1.75 15.00

First size, XX (Originator's strain) 1.25 12.00

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DE LAMARCK. Cherry red; a grand variety 1.75 16.00

CERES. A good white, tinted lavender 1.25 12.00

AMERICAN HYBRIDS. XX. A mixture of the
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AMERICAN HYBRIDS. X. Fine mixture 85 7.50

STRIPED and VARIEGATED 2.25 21.50

PINK and ROSE SHADES 1.75 16.00

ORANGE and YELLOW SHADES 3.50 32.00

SCARLET and RED SHADES 1.50 14.00

LtEMOINE'S HYBRIDS 1.50 12.00

CBILDSII. First quality, mixed; dark shades 1.75 16.00

Good quality, mixed; light shades 2.Z5 21.50

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ATTRACTION. Deep, dark, rich crimson, with a Doz. 100

very conspicuous, large, pure white center and
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sort $0.50 $3.50

CANARY BIRD. This, without doubt, is the best
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B'S SPOTTED VARIETIES 35.00

»nXED ,ALL COLORS 25.00

100

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2.76

100
$4.26
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Dahlias

NAMED VARIETIES,
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$5.00 per 100.

Our Selection, $8.00 per 100.
and Color. Yellow, Red,

Pink, White,

Miscellaneous Bulbs, Etc.

Lycoris squamigera, or Amaryllis Halli

(THE M.VGIC LILY OF JAPAN)

A perfectly hardy Amaryllis, producing beautiful pink
flowers.

Lycoris squamigera produces in early Spring foliage which
grows until July, when it ripens off and disappears, and one not
familiar with its habits would think the bulb had died, but about
a month later, as if by magic, the flower-stalks spring from the
ground to a height of 2 or 3 feet, developing an umbel of large
and beautiful lily-shaped flowers 3 to 4 inches across and from 8
to 12 in number, of a delicate lilac-pink.

Very useful for cut flowers in the Summer.

Strong blooming bulbs, each 10 cents., per doz. $1.00, per 100
$6.50.

Incarvillea

INCABVILLEA Delavayi (Hardy Gloxinia). The foliage re-
sembles that of the Acanthus, while the blossoms appear like
clusters of pink Gloxinias. It is extremely decorative. Strong
roots, each 10 cts., per doz. 75 cts., per 100 $6.()0.

Oxalis

OXALIS (Summer-Flowering) Deppei. Pure white; very fine.
Lasiandra. Fine rosy pink, beautiful cut foliage.
Shamro<-k, Lovely clover-like foliage, pink blossom.
Mixed Colors. Several colors.
Per doz. 10 cts., per 100 35 cts., per 1000 $2.50.

Spiraea

SPIRAEA Palmata rosea. The beautiful deep pink hardy Spiraea.

Per doz. $1.00, per 100 $7.50.
SPIRAEA Amncus. The grand hardy white Spiraea. 4 to 6 feet.

Per doz. $1.00, per 100 $7..50.

Kudzu Vine

The quickest climber known In horticulture; grows 1 to 2 feet
per day. Invaluable for quickly covering unsightly objects.
Strong roots, each 20 cts., per doz. $1.50, per 100 $12.00.

Boddington's Quality Roses

Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Tea or Everblooming Roses, Etc.

Strong 2-ycaLr old for Planting or Potting
See our Previous Trade Advertisements

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May 24, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMHUCAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Offlcera— President, Chas. N. Page,
De» Moines, la.; Ist vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, HarrUbnrg, Pa.;
Ind vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
MlUord, Conn.; secretary and treas-
nrer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as-
sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
Jnne 24-25. 1»1S.

Rochester, N. Y.— The continued
cold weather of the past few days and
the frosts which have visited this sec-
tion, including Mount Morris and
Palmyra, N. Y., for several nights
have worked havoc with the early
crops, and while it is impossible to
ascertain at this time the total amount
of damage, yet it is certain it will run
into thousands of dollars. Previous to
last week the conditions were so fa-
vorable that fruit growers were pre-
dicting a large crop, and it looked as
though the crops this year would be
large enough to make up for the poor
yield last year. Peaches, cherries,
berries, apples and in fact almost every
kind of fi-uit has suffered more or less
from the untimely frosts. \Vm. L.
Gallman, who is a big grower, and has
a large peach orchard in which there
are 10,000 trees, says there is no
doubt about the big damage that the
peach crop received. John Long, a
grower close by,, states that his or-
chard has been practically wiped out
as far as a yield can be expected this
year. Another crop that is now prac-
tically ruined is the tomato crop. The
early floods destroyed hundreds of
thousands of tomato plants, and now
the frosts have wiped out what plants
escaped the high water. Farmers
who have early peas up, have now but
blackened leaves.

HoR.\CE J. Head.

Thorburn's New Street Number.

Through the Woolworth Building,
New York City has been given a sur-
prisingly large amount of publicity.
But J. M. Thorbum & Co. are not
worrying about this half as much as
they are about the fact that they have
to change their Barclay street address
of No. 33 to No. 53, and their Park
place number from 38 to 54 Park
place. Naturally though, mail ad-
dressed to the old number will reach
them, but you will save the post office
authorities a lot of vexation and extra
work by addressing your orders in the
way suggested above.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,061,361. Weed Extractor. Jacob D.
Ellis, Castle Rock, Colo.

1,061,387. Combined Leveler and
Weed Gatherer for Culti-
vators. Lars A. Larson,
Elgin. 111.

CABBAGE CELERY BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CAUUFLOWEJ? RUTA BAGA TURNIP

WEEIER & DON, SEED MERCHANTS

114 Chambers St., New York

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

CINERARIA SEED

Vi Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dirarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. TaU Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba MagniSca, White 60 $1.00

Chiswiok, Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 80 1.00

Rosy Morn, Pink 60 1.00

Dacbess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holbom Bine 60 1.00

Michell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBOONICA GIGAN-
TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt.

Lilacina, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina, Crimson 50

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba, White 50

Hybrids, Mixed 50

ANTIRRHINUM

jnCHELI/S GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1.50

Giant Fink 20 .60

Giant Scarlet 20 .60

Giant Striped 20 .60

Giant Wliite 20 .60

Giant Yellow 20 .60

Giant Jlixed 15 .50

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS
NANUS SEED

GREENHOUSE GROWN

1,000 Seeds... $3.75 i 10.000 Seeds.. $34.00

6,000 Seeds... 18.00 I i5,000 Seeds.. 80.00

I/ATHHOCSE GROWN

1.000 Seeds... $2.50 I 10.000 Seeds.. $23.00
5.000 Seeds... 12.00 ' 25.0(H) Seeds.. 50.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII
SEED

1,000 Seeds... $ .75 i 10.000 Seeds.. .$5.50
5.000 Seeds... 3.00 I 26.000 Seeds.. .12.50
Also all other Seasonable Seeds,
Bulbs and Supplies for the Florist.

HENRY F. MIGHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH )„„.„, ,„, ,^, ^rade
and all Garden Seeds ) ^^ ^^

•jiB-JSO W

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee Avenue,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamburg, which we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

33 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTIKMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

■(■4 ■■ 7«nr want!. W« will take car* of

tk«B>. w* rappl7 stock at market prie«.

Catalogue for the ashing

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215BetzBM8. Philadelphia.

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world avT toi

SUPCR.IOR MEKIT

John Levris Childs

FLOWERFIELD, L. L, N. Y.

SAVE THE TREES

OR MONEY REFUNDED

TANGLEFOOT

will k«ep them below.

3 lb., 85c. 10 lb. $2.65

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CABBAGE, Wakeeeld, Saccesslon, Early
and late Flat Dntch, Sorehead, All Head,
Danish Ball Head, etc.. at 20 rts. per 100,
600 for 76 cts.. $1.00 per 1,000, 10,000 and
over 85 cts. per 1,000.

LETTUCE, Grand Rapids, Bis Boston,
Boston Market, and Tennis Ball, 20 eta.
per 100, 600 for 76 cts., $1.00 per 1,000.

BEET, Eclipse, Crosby and Egyptian, U
cts. per 100, SOO for Sl.OO, $1.26 per 1,000.. .

CELEKT, Golden Self Blanching, 40 eta.
per 100. $2.60 per I.OOO.

TOMATO PLANTS, will be ready about
May 26th. Send for Catalogne.
Cash trlth Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

When writing to advertitere kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

May 24, 1913

HOETICULTURE

795'

LILIES

Lilium Myriophytlum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cjent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS Mr SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
olors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPdC. CALIFORNIA

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas. Sweet Com, Onion, Tivnv,

Radish, Beet. Etc.

Branches: Michigan
and Wis«»>nfiui

MILFORD, CONTt

F. BULLERI FLOWER SEEDS

SCAFATi, ITALY

Wholesale Price List to the Seed Trade Only

SO West 30th Street, NEW YORK

Agent Representative

Oi.
Astera. American BrancblDg, 1b

colors |1.0(

Asters. Imperial Mldseasoc, Id colon. 2.69

Bachelor's Button. Double Blue 1.00

Candytuft. Giant Wbltc Pcrfectloii.. M
OTpsophila Elegans Grandlflor* Alb*. .20

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 South Market St., Bo»ton, Mast.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

" Rtnmvn4d Sweet Pea Specialists"
•vaayalope Indepesid«nc«, Mo.

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE

TUBEROSES

rirst-class ImUts. i-c in. :5c. per hun-
dred; ^7.00 per thousand.

BEDDING PLANTS

Extra lint' sttnk ut rea?»onable prices.

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS

for early planting.
Let us have your order.

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

SOW NOW

My soloctcd .strain of Begoni.T Gracilis
Liimijiosa. extra large flowered scarlet
and Itegonia Bedding Queen, extra
large flowered real pink. These two
varieties wlien sown from now on to
the latter part of June will make excel-
lent 4, .5. or 6 inch pot plants for
Xmas flowering. They are fine sellers
and better keepers than Gloire de
I.r)rraine.
1 Tr. Pkt *0.60 6 Tr. Pkt $8.60

0. V. Zangen,

Seedsman,
Hoboken, N. J.

BEGONIAS

Single separate colors and choice mlxtara,
40c per dozen ; $2.60 per 100.

Double separate colors and choice mlxtar*.
flOc per dozen ; $4.00 per 100.

GLOXINIAS

Separate colors and choice mlxtnra, SOt
per doien ; $3.60 per 100.

A. Henderson & Co.

352 N. Michigan Av*. - CHICAGO

Phone Bandelph tm.

For Early Sewing

Prut Lilt Jtr the Askttif

The W. W. Barnard Co.

UI.23S W. U.JiM.St.. GBIOAfiO

FOR

High Class Florists'

FLOWER SEEDS

WRITE TO

KELWAY & SON

The Premier English Export House

(Actual Raisers)

Also Choice Strains of Gar-
den and Farm Seeds

Special Prices for present
delivery or on contract now
ready.

LANGPORT, ENGLAND

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FiaO AND GARDEN SEHIS

Establiahed 1818

Write For Our Lew Prt.es

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT ST8.
BALTIMORE, MD^

Burpee's Seeds

PHILAOEI^PHIA.

BLUE LIST OF WHOLES.4I,E FBICBS

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOB PROFIT.

I. W. Unnukwu Mgr. M. W. WIHms, te*)

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealors

SAN J08B CALlromMIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOB FLOBI8TS

Ask far 191t Catalecae.

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp-

SoedBinen

'47-54 No. Market $t.» BOSTON, MASS.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

E.S. MILLER, " WADING RIVER, N. t

796

HOBTICULTUBB

May 24, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

$ONS=

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Ave*.
DETROIT, MICH.

Irlistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We ooTer all Mtchlsan polnU and good
Mettoni of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Mamberi FlorUta' Tderraiib DeUTerr
Asioclatlon.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLOR.ISTS

Telephones 1501 and L. 168Z

1415 Farnum St.,

NEB.

• IVIAIH.

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

m WISCONSIN

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.

Milwaukee

WILUAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Mlckliiaii Atc. and Slat St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Itmbar Floriiti' TaUcrapb D«Ut«i7 Aata.)
We ihlp to all point* tn minoU and Iowa.

IMhM IIB. Mdine 181. Aldin 812.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Teleirrapli Delivery.

M Orfirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

ne Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Uember Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER,

COLORADO

WILLIAM L. ROCK
FLOWER CO.

Kansas City, • • Mo.

win carefully execute orders for Kansas
City and any town in Missouri or
Kansas.

"THE HOIHE OF FLOWERS"

The largest out flower store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
North western points given prompt at-
teotlon.

HOLM & OLSON, Inc<wpoia»ed
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Fiorists'Teiegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Rorists

Allentown, Pa. — Marcus De Long,
who about a year ago purchased the
greenhouses of A. B. Ellsworth, has
now bought out the flower store re-
cently opened by C. P. Burkemeyer at
1103 Hamilton street.

Pittsfield, Mass.— The local florists
are now in line relative to closing on
Wednesday afternoons during the
summer months. This move has been
started by L. W. Acheson and F. I.
Drake. It is the intention of Messrs.
Acheson and Drake, if possible, to get
all florists In this city to close on
Wednesday afternoon, affording their
employes one half day of recreation.

* STBAMER DBPARTURES

American.

St. Paul, N. Y.-S'hampton....May 30

Atlantic Transport

Mlnnewaska, N. Y. -London.. May 31

Cunard.

Laconia, Boston-Liverpool... .May 27
Campania, N. Y. -Liverpool. . .May 28

Caronia, N. Y. -Liverpool May 31

Hamburg-American.

Pretoria, N. Y. -Hamburg May 28

K. A. Victoria. N. Y.-Hamb'g..May 29

Holland-America.
Rotterdam, N. Y. -Rotterdam. May 27

Leyland.

Canadian, Boston-Liverpool.. .May 31

North German Lloyd.

K Wllhelm 11, N. Y. -Bremen. May 27
G. Kurfuerst. N. Y'. -Bremen.. May 29

Red Star.

® Lapland, N. Y. -Antwerp May 31

® White Star.

JS Celtic, N. Y. -Liverpool May 29

SJ Majestic, N. Y'.-S'hampton... .May 31
^ Teutonic, Montreal-Liverpool. May 31

CINCINNATI PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs. P. J. dinger have as
their guest Mrs. dinger's mother, Mrs.
Weiland, of Evanston, 111.

Wm. Gardner of New Castle, Ind.,
manager of P. J. dinger's green-
houses, has gone to London, Ontario,
to see his mother who is seriously ill.

Wm. Gear is traveling through the
West on an eight weeks' tour.

Visitors — H. D. Crowell, represent-
ing the S. S. Pennock Meehan Co.,
Phila.; W. D. Sutterfield, West Union,
Ohio: Mrs. Rampert, Xenia, Ohio; H.
J. Vander Horst, St. Marys, Ohio; E.
G. Hill, Jos. Hill, Fred H. Lemon,
Richmond, Ind.; R. Irving Gresham of
Dahl's, Atlanta, Ga.; W. Sutterfield of
West Union, Ohio.

Usually when a man falls short of
success the trouble lies in some speci-
fied direction; it may be bad judgment
In buying; it may be poor selling
methods; it may be improper handling
of the people. Whatever the fault, I
believe men could educate themselves
out of it, if they really resolved to do
so and went about it intelligently. —
Southern Merchant.

ALEX. MeCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or Intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamsblpi
or elsewhere receive special attention.
Cest of Cabling Foreign Deliveries
Must be prepaid
Reference or cash most accompany all
orders from anknown correspondents.
Cable Address, ALEXCOMNEI.L,.

New York

i- Bloomingdale 's -^

Tki iMfist FIsnl EtIiklUigMt Id Uu Mtbiftb

Be.t Ssrvice — Quick Delivery — Modest Price.
TelaEraph Order. Csrehillr Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QGINQ STEAMERS

Write or toIegrapU

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 riU «)e. Cor. E Stdi SI

NEW YORK CITY

I 339-347 Greene Ave. Tel

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

& S Greene At*.
L6800Pn»DMt

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Pnxpwt

Established 1X74

FLORI8T

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Maditon Aveoae, N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Assa.)
Flowers shipped on ftU Steamers. Special Correapos
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Brttiak
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardiflor.

YOUNG JTNUGEHT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

" FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH "

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
A,UBA.IMY, IM. Y.

PUtiWEK DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND V1CH«TY

ALBAKT, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DEtlVEKED IN ALBANY AND VlOimTr
ON TELEGRAPHIC ORI>£R

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

May 24, 1913

HORTICULTURE

797

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied npon when yon transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 BoyUton Street, BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New DeslKns in Tusran.v Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

91S F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Wasiiington.

Stock and Work First Class

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Laadlas FlerlaU. Ordwi SII*d far mmt
rtat of th« ItKt*.

38 Derrance Stmt

PROVIDENCE

The CalHornia Rorist

JULIUS BPPSTEIN FRANK H FORREST

S44 - 348 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Franeis, CAL.

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FI^'nrBBS BT TI.BCIRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CAX.IFOBN1A.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order fpr
any occasion, in any part of the DominlJTtt.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Yonge St.,

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL--

HALL & ROBINSON ^J s J^

125 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ™°

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Ordci Your Flowers (or delivery
in this secttOD from the

LEADING FLmtSTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Oi Interest to Retail
Horists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's. 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. Pollworth Co.

Montreal, Can— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York- George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York- Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 418 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomlngdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Sehtlng, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I.— Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gade Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer. 915
F St., N. W.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Fairfield, Me. — C. P. Loder, Main
street.

Terre Haute, Ind. — G. Pandall, 726
Wabash Ave.

Chicago, III.— Mrs. A. Herleman, 709

Willow street.

San Antonio, Tex. — Mrs. Ed. Green,
2122 Zavala street.

Dayton, O.— W. G. Matthews, Third
street, Phillips House Bldg.

Oelwein, la. — Charles HancoclJ,
Blunt Bldg., South Fredericlc street.

NEWS NOTES.

Elyria, O. — The greenhouses of Earl
Smith have been leased by the L. C.
Hecock Floral Co.

Eugene, Ore. — Mrs. C. C. Brawner
has purchased the business of G. R.
Lawrence, proprietor of the Rex Floral
Co.

New York, N. Y. — The Morris Nur-
sery Company have moved to larger
quarters in the Flatiron Bldg., Broad-
way and 23d street.

RICE'S

COMMENCEMENT
BASKETS

AND

WEDDING OUTFITS

AND

ACCESSORIES

Lead the Procession

Our "Willing Helper'* catalogue tells
about them in detail.

M. RICE CO.

Leading Florists' Supply and Ribbon

House.
1220 RACE ST., PHILA., PA.

BOSTON, MASS.

"Penn. The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

7INW Tke Florist

£jillil 1 Park St., Boston

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS

1214 F ST^N.W
wAShin&ton. D.C

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANl

Euclid Aveiiu*

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET
Special Deliveries Niagara Fails-
and Lockpott

PROVIDENCE, R. I.
and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,,

New England Points I7t Weybosset Stttet

798

HORTICULTTTRE

May 24, 1913

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

ORIGINALITY.

"We lead; let those that can, fol-
low." How many florists can really
use this phrase? Not very many make
attempts at originality, only when they
are driven to do so by flower shows,
etc., otherwise they seem perfectly
satisfied to go on year in and year
out with the same old designs, bou-
quets and baskets as long as their
customers will stand for it.

Hats off to our basket manufactur-
ers, for the changes they have given
us in the past tew years, their intro-
duction of baskets with linings to hold
water, so the flowers can be arranged
to keep for some time; otherwise we
would still be using the old method
of moss, sticks and wire.

Recently an original design was
called for at a florist shop in the East,
the lady asking for something that
would travel a long distance and still
retain its freshness on its arrival. The
■florist seeing a chance to make a fine
sale, was there with the goods; and
here was his suggestion. An empire
•wreaih made of Richmond roses; noth-
ing out of the ordinary, of course; but
the originality was the frame. In
place of the ordinary wire frame he
had a frame made of light zinc in the
form of a trough, thus holding water;
the moss was soaked well and then put
in the frame and tied in the usual
way; the roses used had short stiff
stems and were inserted in the water-
soaked moss which held them firmly
and also supplied the necessary mois-
ture. After si.x days the lady returned
from her funeral trip and congratulat-
ed the florist for his cleverness, say-
ing that the wreath had kept beyond
expectations.

While bridal novelties are never at
an end, we must keep in touch with
the up-to-date weddings, the bride-to-
he ever hunting for originality. Brides
have carried the shower bouquets for
many years, then some genius orig-
inated the bridal prayer-book; an-
other suggested the muff, another the
fan; still another produced the para-
sol, but florists of this hemisphere have
been puzzled of late as to what they
should flttin.gly suggest next for the
bride. A bridal-scarf of chiffon, lace
or net, decorated lightly with lily of
the valley and small sprays of adian-
tum or asparagus caught with tiny
bows of baby ribbon is what will be
seen at many of the foremost June
weddings this season. The scarf can
he worn over the shoulders, hanging
loosely and the decorated ends falling
gracefully, the right hand gripping one
■end of the scarf against the bodice, or
it may be gently thrown over the right
arm with the decorated ends in full
view, this being a matter of choice.

Originality often requires nerve.
If you lack that confidence in your
creation it will never make a hit and
you will find yourself playing second
fiddle to some other originator's Idea.
Mr. Storeman.

FLORIST
WASHINGTON D.C.

the clerks act like they are glad to
see me.

I like to go into a store where I feel
welcome. In some stores I have felt
like an intruder breaking into a pri-
vate home.

I like to enter a store by being in-
vited in by attractive window dis-
plays. I generally choose a store by
the windows and I very seldom find
that they misrepresent the quality of
the store.

I like to deal with a stoi-e where I
know the clerks work together pleas-
antly, where they receive proper credit
for what they do, and the proprietor
treats them well.

When I go into a store. I like to
have the clerk take my complete or-
der, and then collect the articles,
wrapping them in as few parcels as
possible.

I like a store where the clerks know
where to find what I want without un-
necessary delay.

I like to go into a store where there
is plenty of light, both in the daytime
and evening, and where there is good
ventilation.

I like a store where the shelves are
clean and where they do not show
dusty packages and cans. I always
patronize the cleanest store I can find.

I like to go into a store where the
clerks are anxious to wait on me,
where they are desirous of showing
me goods, even though I may not
make a purchase.

I like a store where I always get a
receipt, for it is the only safe way.
and I know I am getting exactly what
I pay for.

When goods are delivered or I send
after them. I always like to have the
store send me a receipt, so I may
know that I get what I ordered.

The ideal store is the one that has
these good qualities and more. —
N. a. R. Weekh/.

THE IDEAL STORE.
I like to go into a warm store — not
steam-heated, particularly, but heart-
heated — a store where the proprietor
is cordial, obliging and cheerful, where

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

The voice of the lawn mower is
heard in the land and the cheerful snip
of the hedge shears. The seed stores
clap their hands with joy and rush
them out with ball-bearing celerity.

0 glory! The rhododendrons are
in bloom. What effulgence of pink
and lavender in a sea of green! Let
"the dogwood trees bark, and the pus-
sywillows purr;" rhododendrons for
mine.

Edward Reid has been entertaining

during the week at his Lansdowne
Villa. Mrs. Jno. L. Radclyffe and
daughter, of Richmond, Va. A feature
of this visit was an auto trip to At-
lantic City.

Apropos of the proposed Fathers'
Day some of the militant element
among the ladies are rather free to
assert that until the "old man" be-
haves himself better than he has been
doing of late there will be no red rose
for him.

Water lilies of the choicer large-
flowering varieties made their appear-
ance in this market on the 21st. The
Pennock-Meehan Co. stated that they
expected regular shipments from now
on. These are very useful in decora-
tions and all very lasting and effective
for summer suggestions.

The past ten days have been quite
cool and have kept back the local peony
crop nicely, so that these will be in
good shape for Memorial Day. On
Sunday, the 18th, many people around
here, were out of coal and had to go
to bed to keep warm! If you don't
believe me, ask Com. Westcott. The
peach crop and tender vegetables suf-
fered considerably.

Visitors: Wm. J. Halliday, Balti-
more, Md.; Mrs. Jno. L. Radclyffe and
daughter, Richmond. Va.; G. R.
Gresham, of C. A. Dahl Co., Atlanta,
Ga.; Stephen Mortensen, Southamp-
ton, Pa. W. C. Langbridge, represent-
ing Jerome B. Rice Co.. Cambridge,
N. Y.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59th Street, adjoining Plaza Hota

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone 2iS<)

Memben Florists Telegraph Delivery

May 24, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

799

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WEDDING OUTFITS

Needed by Every Florist

^ Kneeling- Stools, Wedding- Gates, Aisle Posts and Basket Vases, Adjustable Plant Stands, Bridal jj^
Scarfs of Chiffon and Silk, Real Lace Bouquet Holders, Etc. Most Complete Stock Ever Offered. SR

m

WE CALL THEM SUNSHINE BASKETS |

Bridesmaids' Baskets, Tumbler Baskets for Spring Flowers, Baskets of Every Material, Shape ^
and Color. You Can Sell Sunshine Baskets. iJSi

is not too late to send us your Memorial Day
orders. We can take care of them promptly.

H. BAYERSDORFER ®. CO

THE

FlyORISTS" SUPPLY

HOUSE OF

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET,

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

CHICAGO NOTES.

A Rose Sale, located mostly at the
hotel entrances, is booked for June
4th. If the roses offered are of good
quality the idea is a good one, and
the florists will not be losers but gain-
ers by the event.

A State street -window showing a
properly gowned and be-flowered June
bride and two flower girls attracted
so much attention that the walk was
blockaded. While there was nothing
strikingly new in the arrangement of
the flowers, the work was exquisitely
done. Lily of the valey was used ex-
clusively and no ribbon.

Florists are interested in the an-
nouncement, by the local papers, of
the finding of a bottle on the North
Shore beach. Sunday, containing a
message' from the Christmas tree boat
which was lost last winter. It said:
"Rouse Simmons went to bottom with
cargo and crew, after jamming sunken
Ice, crushing front of boat."

Some have the idea that the use of
quantities of flowers at funerals is not
so popular as heretofore, but Ernst
Wienhoeber does not share this opin-
ion. He had eight auto truck loads
and several delivery wagon loads to
look after at a fimeral Saturday, and
then many of the large pieces were
not sent to the house, but went direct-
ly to the cemetery.

News of the death of G. L. Grant,
editor of the Florists' Review, and for
many years a resident of Chicago, was
learned with deep regret, by his many

friends in the trade here. A telegram
was received saying that he had not
rallied from a second operation per-
formed last Friday for appendicitis,
and his daughter Mrs. Miller left for
Soquel. Cal., on Saturday. The Trib-
une on Monday announced his death
as taking place Sunday. ,

Inventory Is being taken at E. H.
Hunt's this week and the passing of
the business of the oldest florists' sup-
ply house of Chicago into other hands
is inevitable. Since the death of its
founder, tlie business has gone through
various crises and each time with ap-
parently a good chance for success,
started anew. This time the stock
will be sold and while no final arrange-
ments are completed it is pretty well
understood that former employees will
be the purchasers and the proceeds go
toward paying the creditors. C. M.
Dickinson, for many years manager,
and his mother Mrs. E. H. Hunt, are
located in Montana on a ranch near
Butte.

There will be some changes in the
locations of the florists of the Atlas
Block, though no one expects to leave
the building. At present there are
twelve wholesalers on the second floor
and one in the basement. The other
basement room, formerly occupied by
Poehlmann Bros. Co., has been rented
by Zeck & Mann from the second
floor, whose lease has been taken by
Dominick Frerer. now renting a room
from the Chicago Carnation Company,
same floor. John Zech and Mathias
H. Mann bought the Michael -Winandy
business, March 29, 1905, and have oc-

cupied the same room ever since.
Their increased business makes a
large place imperative and as soon as
the new location is re-decorated and
ice boxes in they will take possession.
The Chicago Carnation Company have
also found their quarters too small and
partitions will be removed, doubling
their space.

Personal.
Floren Cipar thinks he will go into
business for himself, having served 16
years with E. H. Hunt.

John Pavelchic, who has had charge
or the wire work for B. H. Hunt for
17 years, and his four associates, are
now with Poehlmann Bros. Company
in the same capacity.

T. T. Clark expects to spend a few
weeks with his parents at Beardstown,
111., famous for its fine fishing and its
annual fishing carnival in August,
when thousands of pounds of fish are
baked and given away to the summer
visitors.

Visitors: B. H. Mann, Richmond,
Ind.; J. J. Karins. representing H. A.
Dreer. Philadelphia; E. E. Sted, Valpa-
raiso. Ind.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us tor catalogue and Pricas, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator; also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co
553 Lake Street. KendaHviUe. M

Mentitn Horticulture tvA^n you luriU.

800

HORTICULTURE

May 24, 1913

NEW^ CROP

Dagger Ferns for Memorial Day

$2.00 per lOOO

Special price on large quantities. Nearby
stock, equal to anything offered in this market.
Try a shipment now.

The Leo NIessen Co.

'VirHOI^Cf A.LE V\A>9.\arTS

la&iSi^^Jirt... PHILADELPHiM

giimiiniiiimiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiMun

I To Cut Flower Growers and
i Retail FloHsta

IF YOU

want to find a muket fof yoar
product

want a regular oi special npplj
of the product of tke beit
groweri

CooAult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

S The Advertisers Represented Mere are the Leadhif
S Concerns la the Wholesale Flower Trade

JIUIUtUllUlUIIIUilUIUIllllllll

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

)Ki PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, Mgrr.

Order (Hrect or !>uy from yoar local
supply dealer. Insist on having the

BOSTON

Inscriptions, Enihlenis, etc. Always
in Stock.

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PL,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens,
Tliree Floors of Florists* Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESAUE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

ILeJ.M.McCullough'slonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Sperinl Mttentinn to shipping orders. Job-
Bers of Florists' Siiii|ilies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
Phon* V-,;-. "-ti. 31B ^Valniit St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

ConaigninenU Solicited
~A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING
ATLA.NTA GEOR.GIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.

I Cut Flowers All the Year Round

33<35-37 RANDOiPH STREET, CHICAGO

Graanhous«s, Morton Grove, III.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^^^'^'^^rD^AVe^R"!

CWClNNAti

May

TNnaTI"] D1

ay 19 I

BTRoir

April 21

TO DEALERS ONLY

6.00
4.00
6.00
4.00
6.00

4.00 I
2.00 1

7.00 to

4.00 to

7.00 to

4.00 to

4.00 to

8.00 to

5.00 to

to

a. 50 to

x.oo to

ROSBS

Am. Beauty, Fancy amd SpeciaT. . . . ^e.oo to 25.00 j 30.00 to

'* " Extra 15.00 to 20.00 ' 25.00 to

" '• No. 1 8.00 to 15.00 15.00 to

" " Lower Grades a.oo to 6.00 6.00 to

Killamey, Extra 5.00

" Ordinary 2.00

Richmond, Marvlaiid, Extra 5.00

*' Ordinary . . . 2.00

Bride, 'Maid i 3.00

Hillinadon, Ward, Melody, Elxtra

" '* '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade 3-O0

" Ordinary x.50

Cattleyas to 1

Lilies, Longiflorum 6.00 to xo.oo 12.50

Callas 6.00 Id 8.001 13.50

Lily of the Valley 3.00 to 4.00 | 3.00

Gladioli 10 . ...

Iris to

Mignonette > to 2.00

Daises 25 to .75 , i.oo

Snapdragon 4.00 to 6.00'

Stocks to '

Sweet Peas 25 to .50 |

Gardenias to

Adtantum to

Smilax to

Asparagus Plumous, Striofs (lOoV . 39.00 to
" " & Spren. (zoobchs.).. 2*.oo to

35 -oo
30.00
35-00

I3.00

8.00
6.00

S.oo
6.00
8.00
12.00
8. 00

3 00
3.50

1500
15.00
4.00

4.o»
2.00

.50 to

1.00 I z.oo
13.50 ,

40-00 j

35.00 i 35.00

1.00
25.00

1.50

15.00
50.00

'gOFFXtCT^WrfsgOK*

May 19

I May xa

1500
10.00
7.00
3,00
6.00
3.00
6.00
4.00
3-00
8.00
3J0O
4.00
2.50
3.00
40.00
8.00
6.00

6.00
2-50
2.00
1.00
4.00
2.00
.40

40.00 to

to 50,00 1 35.00 to

35.00

15.00

10.00

5.00
8.00

4.00

8.00
6.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
8.00
3.00

2.50
50.00
12.00
10.00

4.00

lO-BS

300
4.00
1.50
6.00
4.00
X.OO

X.35

50.00
35.0O

25.00

IS-OO

10.00

4.00

6.00
2.00
6.00
2.00

30,00
20.oe

6.Qe

6.00
2.00
4.00
300

30.00
6.00

3.0* t»

.50

X.S5 to

8.eo
4.00
io.«»
4.W
2.00
40.05
lo.ea
(>.m

4.00

4.«0

4.00

3^

4.00

1.50
30.a»

30.00
30.00

to
to

PETER REINBERG~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET .... CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Associatiofl

Whoteaale Growers of Cut Flowara and PlMvta «

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE., S^<[%'^!^^K." OHlCAaO

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Stnet, CHICAGO, ILL.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Conatgnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38-40 BBOAflWAY. DETROIT, MtCH.

Pric«« Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlw.

When Writinc; to Advertisers Pleese Mention

HORTICULTURE.

May 24, 1913

HOKTICULTUBE

801

PEONIES

WeatlUT conditions liave lieen ideal for I'ecmii's — an early season, tlien
■ool and rainy, wbioli- gives them better color, better size and better
quality. For Memorial Day we will have them in any color and any
iinantity, elegant stock of the newer and better varieties, plenty of
nhites. $6.00 per Iiundred for a good grade: $8.00 and $10.00 for the
■hoicest. Good assortment for Immi-iliate shipment at the same prices.

HARDY DAGGER FERNS. Splendid, large, well selected fronds

in

uniform pacliages of fifty; nearby stocli. $3.50 per 1000; in 1

ots

of 3S,000 »r over at $2.00 per 1000.

Speiial prices on larger quantities. Immediate delivery.

HOXWOOD: In splendid shape; cold storage stock that was gathered
before the young growth started. Good clean stock, no surplus wood.
$7.50 per case.
i;.VRDENIAS: Special. $3.00 per doz ; Fancy, $2.00 per doz.
V.\LLEV: Special, $4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.
C.VTTLEYAS: Mossiae, Special, $7.50 per doz; Extra, $0.00 per doz.
• iigas, first of the season, very choice quality, large handsome flowers,

beautifully co.ored : Special, $9.00 per doz. Extra, $7.60 per doz.
( ED.AR B.ARK: For window boxes and plant tubs, $1.00 per bundle.

M

EADQ

LJAR1-

£

R

S F-C

>FR

GRE

e:

IMS

Bronze Galax; $l..jO per 1.000; .$8.50

per 10,000.

Spbagnum

Moss

: 10 bbl. bales

nicely burlapped,

each

$4.00;

Leueo

lioe S

H":\ys,

green and bronze; .?1.00 per

IIKI

; >?"

.oO

o bale

lots, each, .$13.75; 10

bale

lots, each, $;j.50.

pel

l.CMIO.

Fancy Ferns, $2

.00 per lOOO; cold

storage stock

< ' recn

Sheet

Moss :

$S..50 per bag.

Boxwood,

¥7.50

3er case.

I i reen

Lump

Moss :

.$1.50 per bag.

Asparagus

Strin

gs, 50c. each.

Asparagus

and

$prengeri bunches.

50c. each.

RIBBO^fS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us (or prices on these and on Supplies

S. S. PennocK-Meehan Co.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA.

AL.\"

PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK

1608-1620 Ludlow Street 117 West 28th Street

SMALL SHIPMENTS CAN BE SENT BY PARCEL POST AT PURCHASER'S RISK

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W-

Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS -•'^'^^°^;«'^g|7^'.oo. ^^^

Premouitious of the Me-
BOSTON morial Day rush are in

the air. Retail clerks
are busy in all spare time fixing up
the many arrangements of preserved
material which are so much in de-
mand at that time and growers are
beginning to hold back or hasten for-
ward their special crops as conditions
warrant and we shouldn't be surprised
if some of them already have a good
nest full of cut carnations, lilies and
other things hidden away in the secret
vaults. Continued cool weather keeps
everybody guessing and on the tem-
perature of the days between now and
May 30th depends the outcome of
many a house of astilbe and stocks
as well as lots of other things. Pres-
ent demand is light and wholesale
prices are easy. Quality is very good
on overything, especially the roses,
which seem to enjoy the cool bracing
atmosphere of the past ten days. No
peonies have been seen in this mar-
ket so far and no southern gardenias.
The winter sweet pea houses are about
worn out and flowers from them are
of poor quality but the spring-grown
Spencers are coming in superb form
and there are plenty of them. As a
genera] proposition it is safe to pre-

Roses

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

" " Extra

No.i

" '* Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdoo, Ward, Melody, Extra. -
" " '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Caitleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Gladioli

BOS I ON

Way 22

Mignonette

Daises

Snaodragon

Stock5

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo).
** ** & Spren. (loo Bchs.).

ao.oo to 35.00

15.00 to 20.00

8.00 to 10.00

3.00 to

5JDO to

1 . 50 to

4.00 to

I .50 to

1. 00 to

6.00

6.00

3.00

6.00

4.00
1.50

4.00

2. CO

1. 00

35.00

4.00

5.00

1. 00
2.00
1. 00
1. 00

to

to

3.00

2.00

.50 to

6.00 to

1. 00 to

10.00 to

to

25.00 to

4.00

4.00
6.00

3.00
8.00
3.00
2.00
50.00
8.00
8.00
3.00
6.00
3.00

3.00

1. 00
5.00

3.00

1. 00
15.00

1.25

15.00
50.00
35-00

CHICAQO

May 12

25.00 to 35.00

20.00 to 25.00

15.00 to 20.00

5.00 to 10.00

6.00 to 8.00

3.00 to 5,00

6.00 to 8.00

3.00 to 5.00 ,

i>T. LOUIi»

May 19
to

35.00

15.00 to
lo.oo to

a. 00
6.00
2,00

THrCr

May 19

40.00; iS.oo to 25.00

to
to

0.00

3.00 to

6.00 to

3.00 to

2.00 to

50.00 to

8.00 to

6.00 to

2.00 to

4.00 to

4.00 to

3.00 to

i.oe to

3.00 to

3.00 to

.50 to

to

8.00
5.00
12.00
4.00
3-00
60.00
10.00
8.00
4.00
8.00
6.00
5.0Q
1.50
6.00
4.00
1.50

I 00 to

50.00 to 75.00
35.00 to 50.00

3-00
6.00

4.00 to

6.00 to

1. 00 to

.50 to

40.00 to

5.00 to

5-00 to

3.00 to

8.00 to

2.00 to

3-00 to

1. 00 to

3 00 to

to .

•as to

1. 00 to

1. 00 00

12.00 to

35.00 to

8.00 to

to

15.00

12.50

to

6.00

8.cx>

to

2.00

8.00

6.00

to

8.00

4.00

1. 00

to

4.00

8.00

6.00

to

S.oo

4.03

1. 00

to

400

5.00

2.00

to

0.00

10.00

6.00

to

S.oe

5.00

2.00

to

4.0*

10.00

to

9.09

3.0D

to

4.00

■75

1.00

to

2.00

50.00

30.00

to

50.00

6.00

to

12. CO

8.00

6.oii>

to

10.00

4.00

2.00

to

4.00

10.00

lo.ao

to

12.00

4.00

to

4.00

to

2.00

.60

to

I eo

5.00

3.00

to

8.00

2.00

to

10.00

.60

.60

to

1.00

2.00

8.00

to

20.00

1. 25

■75

to

1.50

15.00

12.00

to

15.00

50.00

3i-»o

to

50.00

20.00

as .00

to

50.00

diet a good and plentiful supply of
flowers from both outdoor and indoor
sources for Memorial Day.

The market has recov-
CHICAGO ered from the demands

of Mothers' Day and
rather more stock is seen on the count-
ers of the wholesalers at this writing

than at any previous week during the
month. Cool weather has kept the
carnations firm and some especially
fine stock, with long stiff stems are
coming in daily. The Spencer
sweet peas are selling particularly
well, the commo'D peas bringing about

(Cotilinued o» page Soj)

802

HORTICULTURE

May 24, 1913

M. C. FORD

Succesgor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2l West 28th Street NEW YORK

,f

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLuWIOKS.
Telephone, 38T0 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3200, 2201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madison Square NeW YOFR

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Conrniission Florists

55 and 57 Wast 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

— WIVI, p. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tii Stmt, NEW YORK

OiU and Impact the Baat ■•UbUshmoit
la th« WlialMaU Flower Dlatrict.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
I09 >A^esT as'th ST

CONSIGNMENS SOLICIIED

rH0NE(««8( MADISON SO.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut E\erg:reens, IMo.^seH,

Southern Sniilax. Galax and L^iicothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cvcas and Palmetto.

,., dig} M.d.:,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
REED (SL KELLER

122 West 25th St., New York

Florists' Supplies

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

;iii(.l jtrt' dealers iu

lieeorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foretnoct and Best

WHOLESALE GOMMI8SI0N HOU»E

A Hrat Claia Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

as Wllloochby St., Brooklyn, N. T.

Wired Toothpicks

Manulactured by

W.J.60WEE, Berlin, N.Y.

W,«00....»1.H. 00,oeo....$1.M. Sample tree
For aele b7 dcslera.

I*. J. S^dl^TH

Suoeeaaor te JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist 'A'i^EfT*SS8^''fiP

A full Una of Choice Cut Flower stack lor all pumaeea. Tb« HOME OP THB ULV
by the ie«, 1000 er |0,0«0

TBL. t99« MADISON SQUARE 49 We«t 28th 5t., New York City

Walter F.Sheridan

Wh^ltal* C»wtmtim»ioit DetUtr in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

f33 W»tt 28th Sift*. Htm York
Teleptwne— *»31-3M3 Me^laoa Squara

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A Full Stock for

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MEMORIAL DAY

ORDER NOW

106 WEST 28TH STREET, NEW YORK

Telephones, 167 and 4468 Mad. Sq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

ALWAYS
ON HAND

, THE HIGHEST %/ A I I C"V ALWAYS

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GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, mI^II 105 W. 28th St., Ne

M»d"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special ...

" •■ Extra

No.i

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Klllarney , Extra

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Richmond, Maryland, Extra

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Telephones {{^ j Madieon Square CONSIOMMENT8 AOUCffiaB

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

THOMAS TRA,CEY, Mgr.

ivilOLBSALE ONLY

76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, NaYa

SATE TIMB AMD MONST BY SKNDENO YODB OBiDEB TO US -

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone ConnectiDn

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THK FL«WSB MABKKT BKOTIOM

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

bHAirESllIGiG TRAENOLY& SCHENCK

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Trtapho— 70<H M»dison

T«l«|kbone 3860 Mad won Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28th Street NEW YORK

'>VKoIesale Florists
131 West 28th St., New York

Telephones: 798 and 799 M.tdlson Square
Consignments Solicited

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THAS E. ROBINSON. V-Pres. .lOSEPH MARGOLIS. S««>

HENRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK
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Maurice L. GUas, Maaager
SS-S7 WEST 26th ST. - - . NEW YORK OTY

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HOETICULTUEE

803

BUY

BOSTON

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & co.,

112 Arch St., 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

Flower Market Reports

{Continued from page Sot)

one-fourth the price of these. All
kinds of roses are plentiful, prices
for good stock holding up well. Lily
of the valley is in great demand as
the wedding season approaches, but
this flower has sold well all the year.
Peonies are beginning to make their
presence felt. Some from Illinois are
arriving this week. Outdoor flowers,
especially snow balls have been held
back by cold weather till they are
likely to play a prominent part in
Memorial Day business.

The street car strike
CINCINNATI in this city is now
over and business lo-
cally will undoubtedly get back to nor-
mal conditions in a big hurry. During
the pendency of the strike all retail
business, including the florist busi-
ness, down town was at a standstill.
The retailers in the suburbs were a
little more fortunate but they also say
that the effects of the strike on trade
in general was plainly felt by them.
During the past week the market has
been over-supplied in almost every line.
The receipts were very large while the
demand locally owing to the various
conditions was correspondingly small.
Shipping business was fairly good but
it coufd not carry everything on its
shoulders. Judging from the present
receipts of flowers and reports from
the growers the market will have an
ample supply for Memorial Day. Peo-
nies are coming in strong and it the
weather continues anyways fair at all
will be coming in much stronger in a
very few days. Besides these, as al-
most a special flower for the day, are
large cuts of double narcissus. There
are roses, carnations, lilies, orchids,
gladioli, snapdragon, sweet peas, etc.
New Kentucky ferns are in.

For the last two or
NEW YORK three days everything

seems to be coming
in more plentifully and business has
slackened considerably. All of the
stores are complaining, saying busi-
ness is very dull. There is not one
bright spot just at present. Sweet
peas seemed to have the call until
Monday, when the demand for them
fell off considerably. There is an
abundant supply of good stocks. Cal-
las, lilies and other large material are
very abundant and with the stocks,
astilbe and a plentiful supply of gar-
den shrub and herbaceous bloom will
fill a good place in the Memorial Day
supply. Roses are still in excellent
quality, due to the cool and bright
weather. They have rarely been so

WELCH BROS. CO.

A<VtEIUC^JS BEAUTY. KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES. ULY OF THE VALLEY, CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS

BKST PRODUCED

%2ft Devonshire Street, Beeton, Maes.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/Holo8al<

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

loris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORGANIZED FOK THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADI.\N TK.VDE.
CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SCPPLIE.S OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Home-srown Stock a Specialty. STRICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RET.4IL.

Ample reference furnished as to standing and financial ability of tbe company.
12S MANSFIKL.O 9TREKT, MONTREA.L. P. Q.

WEW YORK QUOTATIOWS PBR 100. To Dealers Only

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good at this date. Of carnations there
is an ample number coming in — qual-
ity falling off in many cases, but prices
holding up remarkably well.

Trade on the
PHILADELPHIA whole has been

excellent. A good
supply of all the staple stocks, but
no glut. In fact it is surprising in
view of the large receipts to find in
the long run that demand has kept
up with same. This In spite of cold,
cloudy weather. On Saturday it rained
from morning to night and very cold.
That killed it for the street men, and
usually that would have meant no
"clear-off" for the old accumulations.
But strange to say, Saturday was the
briskest day of the week, and every-
thing went. A partial explanation Is
to be found in the church May Day
festivals, which used up a large
amount of medium-priced stock. Then
came an unusual large number of
weddings and other gaieties. And
many good judges think that the im-
petus of Mothers' Day is still work-
ing. One wholesale house said they
did 51 per cent more business for that
occasion than last year. Roses — espe-
cially Beauty — were a little sluggish,
probably caused by so many peonies
around. Sweet peas, on the other hand,
were scarce some days, especially on the
high-grade Spencers. Carnations had
a splendid inning, with even tbe tail
enders coming in with a tally. The
supply of orchids slackened up a lit-
tle. Interest was added to the or-
chid market by the advent of gigas—

splendid large well-colored flowers.
Demand very satisfactory. Gardenias
fewer and demand .also falling off.
Gladioli are going all right; quality
top-notch. Receipts rather less for the
week. Blue centaurea a favorite and
conspicuous item. Nothing to beat
this for boutonnieres. Greens hang
fire, with the exception of smilax and
A. plumosa. Advance bookings for all
lines of cut flowers for Memorial Day
are very satisfactory to date and com-
pare favorably with last year at same
time. Of course a whole lot depends
on the weather for this occasion —
much more so than at Christmas or
Easter — as there is such a large per-
centage of outdoor bloom not under
control.

Business dur-
ROCHESTER, N. Y. ing the first
half of the
week eased up quite noticeably. The
latter part showed signs of improve-
ment and Saturday was one of the
"busy" days. Carnation quality is
poor and the stems are weak and
crooked, and they are scarce. Most
all of the bulbs have gone and sweet
peas are falling off in quality. Ameri-
can Beauty roses are in good condi-
tion and make fairly good prices.
Other kinds of which there is practi-
cally no shortage are good. Baby
gladioli sell very readily, the quality
being good. There is plenty of out-
door lily of the valley. Most flowers
are used up each day and practically
none of them go to waste.

(Cotittnned on f'age Soo)

804

HORTICULTUEE

May 24, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

AdvertisementS'under thig|head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want In this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

B. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For pagf see List of Advertisers.

APHINK

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madlaon. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARAUCARIAS

Godfrey Ascbmann. Pblladelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brighton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenllworth,
N. J.

AUCUBA

Aucuba japonlca, busby plants, 35c. to
$2.50 eacb.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutbertord, N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Onwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Leutby & Co., Rosllndale, Maas.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Loecbner & Co., New York, N. X.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TREES

McHiJtcblBon & Co., 17 Murra.T St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and
prices. List on application.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck- Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Hansen, 106 Avon St., Maiden, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

Begonia Lorraine and Glory of Cincin-
nati, 214 in, pots, leaf cuttings, immediate
delivery.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Evansiana, hardy, pink flower-
ing, profuse and constant bloomer, $1.00
per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. Begonia rex, in
good variety, fine plants, $1.00 per doz.;
$5.00 per .100. 10 Cannas, 20 Scarlet Sage,
50 Florist Asters for $1.00. A. & G.
ROSBACH, Pemberton, N. J.

BOILERS

Kroescbell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Burnbam Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HItchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES— CUT FLOWER— FOLDING

Eldwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk ft Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Iloddlngton, N«w York, N. Y.

l!iiil(Iii].:;liin's Qualily P.ulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbum & Co., S3 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlandt St., New York

Cit.v.

Fall Bullis.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Michell's Seed House, PhiladcliThla, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and 37 Cortlandt

St., New York City.

ilciKlorson's lUilli Bargains.

SaTph M.~Ward ft' Co.77irMurray~R^

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Adveatlsers.

James VIck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mast.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, III.

Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. ft J. Farquhar Co., Boston, Mas*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. i.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Pblladelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. Keur & Sons, Hlllegom. Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

New York Branch, 10 Bridge St.

CANNAS

R. Vincent, .Tr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York, N. Y.

Boddington's Quality Canua*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
& JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

CAPE JASMINE FROM TEXAS

Woodward Floral Co., R. W. Woodward,

Mgr., Alvin, Texas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky ft Co., PhlTa., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Tptty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PILLSBURY, Galesburg, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, MadLson, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith ft Co., Adrian, Mick.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oecbslin, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass.

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings, cool
grown : finest stock of yellow and white
Bonnaffon and Halliday, $1.50 per 100.
Cash with order. A. G. HANNA, Hol-
brook, Mass.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THB. By A. He*-
rington. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of tbos* who
would grow and excel In producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
in secret arts and practices, but In plats
course of procedure are the desired reoulta
attained. Illustrated, 100 page*. Prlc*
BO cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURB, U
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20tb Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Man.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, MaM.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Cyclamen, 3 in. pots, very finest strain,
.$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger. Hicksville. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro, Mass.

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash ; or what have you to
exchange? GEO. H. WALKER, Dablla
Expert, North Dighton, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOB 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
COCK DAHLIA FARMS, Williamstown
Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

DECORATION D.\Y FLOWERS AND
SUPPLIES.

Welch Bros. Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

N. F. McCarthy & Co., Boston, Mass.
I'^or page Sfi^ List of Advertisers.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leutby ft Co., Perkins St. Nunerlea,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th Bts.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow ft Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

,\lonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Adverti^vs Sob Page 775

May 24, 1913

HOETICULTURE

805

FERNS

A. Leutby & Co., Uosllodale, Mais.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

H. H. BarrowB & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of AdTertlaera.

Robert Craig Co., Phlladeliibia, P«.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

F. B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudion,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTLLIZEBS

Kth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,
Mass.
For page aee Llat of Advertlaeri^

BImer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertllen*.

For page see Llat of Advertlaera.

Palrerlzed Mannre Co., 31 Union Stock

Yarda, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Mannre.

For page see List of Advertlaera.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boeton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass,

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

I. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS AND PLANTS FOR MEMO-
RIAL DAY.

Shepard's Garden Carnation Co., 292 Fair-
mount St., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of .\dvertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts.,

Waahlngton, D. C.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bllflnger Bros., Ft. Edward. N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FDNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

lUcblgan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

B. Vincent, Jr., & Snns Co., White Marsh,
Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Northhoro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge Sc Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Farshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Li.<t of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN-
STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsh foods, nets,
etc., wholesale. Franklin Barrett, breeder,
4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. Large
breeding pairs for sale. Send for price list.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Steams Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page se*" List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOrSE BlILDING MATERIAL —

Continued

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnrnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List o£ Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Cc, N. Tonawanda, N. 1.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers. ,

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bumhfm Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Bronklyn, N. T

Plerson D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York
Designer and Builder.

Hltcblngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. V

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOOD*

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mli'b.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Henry A. Drcer. Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

HAWLBV CEMETERY VASE

N. F. McCarthy & Co.. 112 Arch St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H.\Y TAPS.

Hay Caps — Slai'k. implement, wagon and
farm covers. Waterproof or plain canvas.
Plant bed clcitli. wati-i-proof sheeting. Can-
vas goods. H«>nry Derby, 453H St. Pauls
Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., CUcm|lL

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bumham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List o£ Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Hum.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Miller. Wading River, N. Y,

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkcrk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J,

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bobblnk & Atkins," Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass*
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Fur page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponaet, Maa*.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord A Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

i'^or page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

Hydrangea Otaksa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hydrangeas : In pots and tubs, $1.50-$3.50
each ; large specimen, $5.O0-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphlne and Funglne.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IRIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections in America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents in stamps.
C. S. HARRISON'S SELECT NURSERY,
York, Neb.

LAL'RUS

Laurus Cerasus: Bush, 35c.-$1.00 each;
Standards, $7.d0 $10.00 each; Pyramids,
$5.0O-$7.5O each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. A J. Farquhar &. Co., Boston, Mast,

New Lilies.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B. M. Ward & Co., New York. N. Y.

Horae Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THK VALLEY CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILT OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Angust Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. I.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Mc^utchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbnrn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

806

HORTICULTUEE

May 24, 1913

LOBELIAS

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenfield,

N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nlchol-
•on strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per lOOO. PEIRCE
BEOS., Waltham, Mass.

MA8TICA

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW GEUM

Head's Bergenfield Nurseries, Bergenfield,

N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ntjhdKry stock

p. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J
For page see List of Advertisers. _

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Mass

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framlngham.
Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

McHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker&Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Masi.
For page see List of Advertlgerg.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Man.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford, Conn.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,

by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address

for 16.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton ^lace. Boston.

Felix & Dykhuis. Boskoop, Holland.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

B'or page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McSIanus. New York. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

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

Sander. St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers. HybrtdUts.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Freeman Orchid Co., Fall River, Mass.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Lentby & Co., Perkins St. Nurserlei,

Roslindale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co.. New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Aogust Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

PANSY PLANTS

Wblte and violet Pansles in bud, $4 per
1000. C. A. PERLEY, Wlnthrop, Me.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BETSCHEK,
Canal Dover, u.

"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered together under the
sun ; describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose In
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Larijest Rose Growers in the World.

Box l(t Springfield, Ohio.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants,
$7.50-$35.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

PIPE HANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

V. Shaketano. 50 West 30th St., N. Y.

F. BuUerl Flower Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page tee List of Advertisers.

PliANT TRELLISES AND STAKES
Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. CEELE & SONS, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIER & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special.'

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Cblca(*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. KRAMER & SONS,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page sea List of Advertiaera.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, Iii4.
For page see List of Advert laers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hobokon, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice .Co., 1220 Baca St.. Phtla., Pa,
For page sea List of Advertisers.

8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
I For page see List of Advertlaers.

ROBES

Arthur T. Boddincton, 342 West 14th St.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of AdverUsara.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hobokan, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page sea List of Advertiaera.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.
For page ae« List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Ifaaa,
For page sea List of Advertlaers

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Aavertlscrs.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page sea List of Adyertiaera.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

Head's Bergenfield Nurseries, Bergenfleld,

N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eeatern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maaa.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Roses. Mrs. Taft and Kaiserin. 2 In.
pots, $3.50 per 100. Mrs. Taft and Rich-
mond, 3 In. pots, $6.00 per 100. Cash with
order. J. HENRY BAETBAM, Lands-
downe, Pa^

Roses, fine young stock from 2^4 -In. pots,
strong, clean, full of vigor, sure to please.
Pink and White Cochet, $3.00 per 100;
$27.50 per 1000. Cash with order.
C. AKEBURST & SON. White Marsh, Md.

ROSES — Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove. Penna.

RUSTIC B.*SKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chlcajro, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conm.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

California Seed Growers' Asaoclatloa,
San Jose, Cal.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Joae, Cal.

SEASONABLE PLANTS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

SEEDS

Joseph Preck & Sons,
SI and 62 N. Market St., Boaton, Maaa.
New Crop Seeda.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlcbell'a Seed House, PhlladelpbU, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertiaera.

Fottler. Flske, Rawson Co.. Boaton. Uaaa.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

B. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boaton, Maas.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

J. M. Thorbum A Co., S3 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Beed Co., Chicago, III.

Peaa, Beana, Radish and all Garden fStata.

For page see Llat of Advertiaera.

8. S. Bkldelaky & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see Llat of Advertiaera.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page aee Llat of Advertlsera.

Jamea VIck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.

Aster Seeds.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

J. Rolglano Sc Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page aee List of Advertlsera.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Hoiiculture

May 24, 1913

HORTICULTURE

807

SEEDS— Continned
W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

8«eds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Adtertlieni.

B. Brjreon Ayres Co., Independence, M«.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Loecbuer & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisera.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boatan.
Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertleere.

P. namllton Goodsell. New York, N. \.

For page see List of Advertlsei-s.

8. D. Woodruff 4 Son, New York, N. \.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

O. V. Zangen, Hohokenr N.^ J.

Aster Seed

For page see List of AdvertiaerB.

Ant. C. ZvoI.Tnek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Kelway & Son. Langport, England.

High-Class Florists' Flower Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

■ Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlaiidt St., New York

Citr.

Fall Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhnis. Boskoop, Holland.

Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed. $2.25 per 1000.
Ripe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172. Or-
lando. Fla.

SU. RAIDING

John C. Meyer & Co.. Lowell, Masa.
For page see List of Advertlseia.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hudson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisera.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page ^ee List of Advertisers.
Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HURRELL. Summit, N. J.

STOVE PXANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons. finest collection.
JULIUS BOEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlandt St.. New Y'ork

City.

Fall Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN

National Nnrseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorhurn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

B. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Warren Shinn, Woodbury, N. J.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works.

Richmond. Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vinca Variegata, 31/2 and 4 In. stock,
extra heavy. .fll.OO per 100; medium, $10.00
$12.00 per lOO. WILLIAM CAPSTICK,
Auburndale, Mass.

VINCAS — Contlniied

Vlnca Variegata; 4 in., $10.00 per 100.
Dracaena Indivisa; 5 and 6 In., $3.00 per
doz. Cash. CHAS. H. GREEN, Spencer,
Mass.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisera.

WIREWOBK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wirework. Write for our catalogue.
HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee,
Wis^

WILLIAM E. HELLSCHER'S WIRE
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESATE FLORISTS

Albany, N. T.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co.. 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Buffalo, N. T.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 Elllcott St
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Chicago

Peter Relnherg. 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

17ti N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co.. 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M McCuUongh's Sons Co.,

310 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 2Sth St., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManns, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan. 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith. 49 West 28th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Willonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26tb

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS — Continned
New York — Ceatlmosd

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisera.

W. P. Ford, New York.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Traendly * Schenck, New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Weat

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Badgley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Woodrow A Marketos, 41 West 28th St.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertiseira.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Adrertlsera.
George C. Slebrecht

^.^,= V,. ,.,,c„.^v.-., 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisera.

PbUadelphla

Leo. Niessen Co., 12th and Race Sta.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisera.

The~^S^ S^ Pennock-Meehan Co!^ ^1608-11

Ludlow St., Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisera.

WasblnKton

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1118

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertisera.

New Offers in This Issue

BEDDING PLANTS AND ROSES IN
BUD AND BLOOM.

A. N. Picrson. Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIA GRAEILIS LUMINOSA
AND BEDDING QUEEN.

O. V. ZMnffon. lIol.ol;i?n, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COMMENCEMENT BASKETS AND
WEDDING OUTFITS.

M. ilicp Co.. Pliiladelpliia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

George H. Cooke, Washington, D. C.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW CROP, ARECA LUTESCENS
SEED.

Hosoa Waterer, 107-109 So. 7th St., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NIKOTIANA.

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES.

S S Ponnock-Meoh.in Co., Pliiiadelphia, Pa.
B'or page see List of Advertisers.

~ POTTED ROSES.

Henrv A. Dreer, Inc., 714 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS FOR PRESENT PLANTING.

Weeber & Don, 114 Chambers St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TANGLEFOOT.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TUBEROSES; BEDDING PLANTS;
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS.

James Tick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WEDDING OUTFITS AND SUN-
SHINE BASKETS.
n. Baversdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 775

808

HOBTICULTUEE

May 24, 1913

Obituary.

Elbridge G. Moore.
Elbridge G. Moore of Milford, Mass.,
died at his home on May 1st, after an
illness of several months. He was 78
years old and had been in the florist
business for over thirty years. His
wife and a brother survive him.

James Fraser.
James Fraser, superintendent of the
Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo,
Mich., died of heart disease on May
5th. He was born in London, May 19,
1862, and came to this country when
8 years of age. He is survived by a
wife and two children.

Wiliam Ewing, Sr.
1913 has certainly proved so far a
year of sorrow in the seed trade, in
the loss of some of its most promi-
nent and esteemed members. Within
a month we have lost Frank T. Emer-
son and Alexander L. Don, and now
comes the news from across the line
of the passing away of William
Ewing, of William Ewing & Co.. Mon-
treal, who died May 6th. and who was
equally well known in the States as in
his adopted country, where he founded
a great business after receiving his
early training in Glasgow, Scotland.
Mr. Ewing was a most whole-souled,
companionable man and beloved by
everybody.

G. L. Grant.
G. L. Grant, editor of the Florists'
Review, died at Soquel, Cal., following
a second operation for appendicitis, on
Sunday, May 18. G. L. Grant was born
in Jersey City, N. J., on June 15, 1859.
He went to Chicago in 1883. For a
brief time he sailed on the lakes with
Captain Walsh on the Alpena, which
was soon afterwards lost with all on
board. Our recollection is that pre-
viously Mr. Grant had been employe;!
in telegraphic work, but he had not
been long in Chicago before he en-
tered the employ of J. C. Vaughan in
the cut flower commission business,
and at the time of the establishment
of the American Florist, the first flor-
ists' trade paper, at the S. A. F. con-
vention in Cincinnati, 1885. Mr. Grant
was placed in a position of responsi-
bility in the editorial oflice of the new
paper, which he retained until the se-
cession ot a large section of the office
force under his leadership and the
estab'ishnient of the Florists' Review
in the year 1897. Since that time he
has held the position of editor and
manager of that publication, although
about ten years ago he went to Cali-
fornia on account of impaired health
and has resided there ever since, com-
ing East only on such occasions as
the S. A. F. conventions. He was one
of the charter members of the S. A.
F., and has always taken a more or
less active part in its work and its
politics. The telegraphic code which
the Society issued in its early exist-
ence was mainly the work of Mr.
Grant. He was an active participant
in the organization of the Chicago

Florists' Club, 26 years ago, and after-
wards served as its secretary and
president.

William C. Strong.

Again it becomes our sad duty to
record the decease of an old tried-and-
true friend. W. C. Strong of Waban.
Mass., for many years well-known as
a nurseryman, horticulturist and
gifted writer in bygone days, died in
New York, May 14, at the home of his
son where he has been living for the
past year or two, at the advanced age
of eighty years. He was a native of
Hardwick, Vt.

Mr. Strong was an active contempo-
rary ot Hovey, Wilder, Breck, Park-
man, Hunnewell, Barry and other men
who in the middle ot the last century
left their indellible impress on Ameri-
can horticulture and pomology. He
was a frequent contributor to the col-
umns of ihe Horticulturist, Gardeners'
Monthly, and similar periodicals and
having a legal education and a deep
seated love for his chosen profession
of horticulture his writings were at
all times logical and interesting. In

Wii.i.i.\.\i C. SiHONi;

the early fifties he was recognized as
an authority on grapes. In 1851 he
made a record exhibition ot forced
grapes at Horticultural Hall, Boston,
and for a number ot years conducted
extensive graperies at Brighton. Ver-
sailles currant was first exhibited at
Boston by Mr. Strong in 1857 and in
the fall of 1859 the records show that
he was the first to exhibit Tritoma
uvaria before the Massachusetts Hor-
ticultural Society. Fuchsias, glox-
inias and other choice floral products
were frequently sent to the exhibition
tables from his establishment. The
"hillside" greenhouses erected in 1868
at Nonantum Nurseries, Brighton, at-
tracted much attention for a time on
account of their novel construction.
This place has been now for many
vears the establishment of W. H, El-
liott.

W. C. Strong became a member ot
the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety in 1848 and with one exception —
D. S. Kendall, who is recorded as hav-
ing joined in the same year, was the

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

AdvertiBements in thij colomn
one cent a word. Initials connt
as words. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
MORTICCLTCRE" should be tent
to 11 Hani tit on Place, Boson.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By gardener,
life experience in all branches of garden-
ing in and outdoors in old and this coun-
try, especially ot pot plants, vegetables,
fi-uit growing, etc. Married; age 28; ab-
stainer; good worker. Preferably on
small private place or as helper on larger.
Address "P. M.," care HOTICULTDRE.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new;
to I 12, 16x18, 16x24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parsbel-
sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE— Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta-
ble atcommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T.
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

.\ RARE CHANCE TO I^EASE A
I'LORITS BUSINESS in the best location
in Brooklyn. N. V., near Prospect Park,
half «a.v to Coney Issland. No other place
like it for funeral work and cut flowers.
Situated one i>lo<-k from the new Coney
Island avenue (100 feet wide). The prop-
ert.v now contains small ffreenhouse. a new
cement otH<-e and workroom 30 .x 22 feet.
Cellar full size, tltteil to raise niushrooniB.
If you are in want of sucli a business,
in\estis:ate. Reasons for leasing, death of
ni>' wife and poor health. Established
eigliteen years. Best of references. Fall
particulars will he n^iven. F. A. BOLLES,
Cone.v Island .A\enue iuid Avenue 1*.,
Brooklyn, N. V.

oldest member in term of service. He
was recording secretary from 1852 to
1855, vice-president from 1860 to 1870
and president from 1871 to 1874, and
was closely identified with the So-
ciety's activities during those and suc-
ceeding years.

Mr. Strong was a gentleman of the
genuine old school, gentle mannered,
kindly and sympathetic. He lived a
useful life, and died at a ripe old age,
maintaining to the last his love for
horticulture and his interest in the
career of his former business asso-
ciates and friends.

The photograph from which our pic-
ture was made was taken a good
many years ago. yet it is a good like-
ness of Mr. Strong as we remember
him even after he had reached a ven-
erable age.

HORTICULTURE:

Please do not repeat our advertise-
ment for a man. The first insertion
brought us just the right party for the
place. Yours truly,

HENRY S. DAWSON,

33 Woodland Rd., Auburndale, Mass.

HORTICULTURE:

Stop my adv. in your paper. I have
secured a position. Many offers.

J. M.

May 24, 1913

HOBTIOTJLTUBl

809

Flower Market Reports

{Continued from page Soj )

Market overcrowded
ST. LOUIS and prices down on
everything. Roses
especially are plentiful. Carnations
also are too many for the demand. En-
chantress is supreme and this variety
has the call with the buyers at all
times. Sweet peas have sold well but
the supply is excessive. Peonies are
coming in fine now at $5 per 100 for
choice. Cape jessamine buds, outdoor
stocli, sell at $1.00 to $2.00 per 100
with little demand.

The heavy frost
WASHINGTON of May 12 created
havoc with the
outdoor stock with the result that lit-
tle of this is now coming into the
local market from nearby points. The
frost was the most severe experienced
here in years and the growers were
unprepared for it for the reason that
the frost is usually out of the ground
and the farmers start their planting
on May 10. In addition to this, con-
siderable trouble is being experienced
from thrips which Infests the Ameri-
can Beauties and which is damaging
the stock to an alarming extent, and
something has happened to the peony
crop. The latter is likewise effected
liy some disease which prevents the
development of the buds. The
Mothers' Day business this year more
than doubled the volume done in 1912
and it is expected that next year will
break all records. The fact that many
of the stares did not jump carnation
prices on this day has added much to
its popularity. Five cents per bloom
was the prevailing price.

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE GYPSY
MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH.

The Secretary of Agriculture an-
nounces that he deems it necessary,
in order to prevent the distribution of
the gypsy moth and the brown-tail
moth into sections of the United
States outside of the New England
States, to extend the present quaran-
tine lines in New England beyond
those indicated in Notice of Quaran-
tine No. 4, to cover the extension, dur-
ing the year, of the known range of
these two insects.

In compliance with section 8 of the
Plant Quarantine Act of August 20,
1912, a public hearing will be held at
the Department of Agriculture, Wash-
ington, D. C, at 10 o'clock A. M., June
12, 1913, in order that all persons in-
terested in the extension of these
quarantine lines may be heard.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Tennessee State Board of Ento-
mology has just published Vol. 1, No.
4, of the Eighth Annual Report of the
State Entomologist and Plant Patholo-
gist for 1912. It contains much val-
uable information concerning insect
pests and their extermination. Bul-
letin No. 8, Vol. II, No. 1, devoted to
the San Jose Scale and Bulletin No.
10, Vol. II, No. 3, concerning the pre-
paration and use of Spray Formulas,
are also received. Copies may be ob-
tained from Prof. G. M. Bentley,
Knoxville, Tenn.

^^ffi^H

iECTICIl

CiafutHd lodir tbs Insecticide Act. 1910. Serial No. 321
Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants aod without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and narmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Blffectivc where others fail.

K Plat • - 2So| Plot . - 40c t Quart • • 75o

% Galloa, 11.25 1 GalloD. &2.00; 5 Gallon G», ft9

UO Gallon Can . - S17.50

Dilute with water 30 to poparts

For Sals by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

42* W. L«xinKt»n St., BalUmer*. Ud.

Directions on every package

tiflmmiS

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizing:

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

The Recognized Standard Insecticide.

Not a cure-all but a specific remed.v
for all sap sucking insects infesting
IJlaut life such as green, blacls. white
lly. thrips, red spider, mealy bug and
soft scales.

*1.00 per Quart; £J.50 per Gallon.

An infallible remedy for mildew, rust
and bench fungi. Dnlilie Bordeaux and
lime and sulphur it does not stain the
ftiliage but cleanses it.

A/ E: i9 iVI I IM E

A soil sterilizer and vermicide. De-
stroys eel, cut, wire and grub worms,
maggots, root lice and ants. Used one
part to 400 parts water, it does not in-
jure plants, but protects your croiis
against ravages under the soil.

*l.no per Quart. .fS.OO per Gallon.

All are spraying materials and are
effective in the gi'eenhouse and in the
garden.

FOR SALE BY SEKDSMEN.

Apliine Manufacturing Co., "'nT

Manufactureis of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL., General Manager.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with this article will

grow larger fralt. better color, and

Hpen more anlfornily than by any
other means. We have proved It.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 i29 OCEAN ST.. BEVERLY. MASS.

ROBERT J.^YSART

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple methods of correct accounting

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

^lerchants Bank Buildintr

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Tetephane, Mnia Bt

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, 3IeIons, Flowers, Tree*
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up in popuhir p.acliayes at populaf
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Biies and Bliclits, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fishkill-on-IIudson, New York.

notes on the dietetic value of the va-
rious vegetables, is fully covered In
the recent publication compiled by
Rev. Prof. G. Henslow and sent out
by the Royal Horticultural Society,
London, England. The history of the
development of our most prized table
vegetables from the humble original
forms as here given is exceedingly in-
teresting and the text is well supple-
mented by a series of pertinent illus-
trations. The price of the pamphlet
is two shillings.

OF COURSE!

"HoKTicuLTURE has brought me
more orders than any of the other

trade papers. The next. I have

decided to drop the and the

The Origin and History of Our Gar-
den Vegetables — This very interesting
topic to which is added some useful

'New Jersey.

Tours truly,

A new nicotine preparation is, for
the first time, offered in the advertis-
ing columns of this paper. The manu-
facturers tell us that "Nikotiana" is
not unlike the other nicotine prepara-
tions now on the market, excepting its
difference in percentage of strength;
the others being all very similar as to
their concentrated form it seemed de-
sirable that a more diluted form of
nicotine at a popular price, while at
the same time equally as economical
as the higher priced products, would
find an excellent market among the
florists. The several other prepara-
tions put out by The Aphine Manufac-
turing Company have justified the
claims of the manufacturers as to their
efficacy and we look for an equally
gratifying result with this new spe-
cialty.

810

HOBTICULTUBE

May 24, 1913

I^OI«

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURaiS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Dimensions: Base, 15Mi In. high; vase, IS in. high;
outside diameter, 16 In.; Inside diameter, 12 in.; in-
side depth of bowl, 8% in.

Made from the best Crystal Granite combined with
Portland Cement and are guaranteed to last a life
time.

THE BEST LAWN VASE EVER CONSTRUCTED.
NOTHING BETTER FOR CEMETERT DECORA-
TION.
WILL. NOT RUST LIKE IRON.

Write for prices to

PATRICK GRACE

55 Union Street, Brighton, IMass.

Hawley Cemetery Vase

The Hawley Glass
Cemetery V a 8 e,^

flared top, 5% Inches
in diameter, y inches
deep, Inside measure
with a 3 inch spike.
Price $2.00 a dozen.
Heavy Tin Lawn or
Cemetery Vase, No.
1, in both green and
white enamel, 6%
Inches deep and 4
Inches in diameter,
with a 4 inch spike.
Price $15,00 per 100.
No. 2 in green and
white. These are 6>4
Inches deep 3% Inch-
es diameter and a 4
Inch spike. Price
$12.00 per 100. Made
with heavy sheet tin.
Also Stone Cemetery
Vases in blue only.
These are 61^ Inches
deep, 4% Inches in
diameter, with a 4
Inch spike. Price
$1.50 per dozen.

N. F McCarthy & co.

112 Arch St. 31 Otis St

BOSTON, MASS.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Traer, la. — Carl Thomas, house 28x
50 ft.

Clinton, la. — J. R. Bather, house
12x50 ft.

Yankton, S. D. — Gurney Seed Co.,
range of houses.

Fort Dodge, la. — Park Floral Com-
pany, three houses.

Los Angeles, Cat. — Huntington Es-
tate, rose house 20x150 ft.

Brampton, Ont. — Walter Calvert,
two violet houses each 20x200 ft.

Philadelphia, Pa.— Theo. Lessig, 3847
Prankford Ave., rehuilding and enlarg-
ing.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Dailledouze Bros.,
two Lord & Burnham houses 57x200
ft. each.

Southington, Conn. — Purchasers of
the Dooley estate are planning a large
range of gn'eenhouses for wholesale
flower growing business.

DREER'S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.

Hose "RIVERTON"

Furoished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or
joint.

The HOSF for the FLORIST

5i-incb, per ft., 1$ «,.
Reel of 500 It., ** 14MC.
2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c.
J|-inch, *' 13 c.

Reels, 500 ft,, " ia)^c.
Couplings fumishwd

HENRY «. DKEI.

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

«, 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate:

E(100 1% In. @ $6.(tO 500 4 in. @ ^^..^O

l.-.flO 2 " " 4.88 456 4V' " " 5.24

150() 2% " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 21/2 " " 6.00 210 5% " " 3.7S

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

800 3% '• •' 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 S " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pettarj, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Riiiker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agenti
Om SPECIALTY— Line DIstiDce and ei»ort Hale

r—STANDARD FLOWER— i

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
you money.

W. H. EltNEST

— 28th & M Sts. Washington, D. C, mm

Syracuse Red Pots

A\'ith new and improved machinery, we
can supply your wants to Ijetter ad-
vantage than ever.
Spe<'ial discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE

Syracuse Pottery Co.,

N. Y.

THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AIVIBRICA, insarer of 32,S00,000 sq. ft. of (jlasB

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sic'i Saddle River, N.J.

Gude Bros. Company, Washington,
lias started the erection of thr^e green-
houses on their Bladensburg property,
each measuring 55 feet by 240 feet. A
similar improvement will be made on
the Anacostia property at an early
date.

GLASS

for GREENHOrSE and HOT BED

S.\SHES. Our prices can be had liy
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a fcox to
a ear load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

315-217 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

)reer's Peerless^
Glazing Points |^

For Greenlioases

Drive eiay and true, because
both bevels 2re on the same
side. CaD*t twist and break
the gUsi in driving. Galvan-
ized and will Dot rust. No
righta or lefu.

The Peerless Clazlne Point
It patented. No others like ^
1l Order from yout deale^
or direct from as.
1000, 75c. postpaid. ^
Samples free.
HENBT A. DREEK,!
T14 Cbeitnnt Btr«et^
Phll^«lpMfc.

STIC A

r'cenhouscijj^

^USE ITNOW.

F.O.PIERCE CO,

12 W.BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putt> becomes hard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

Send your buainesa <lirect ta WarfKUffloa.
Saves time and insures better senric*.
Persona] attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGCERS & SIGGERS

rATHNT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C

May 24, 1913

HORTICULTURE

SIX

You get Cp-to-date piping systems
and High Grade boilers, wlien you deal
with Kroeschell.

We pay no commissions to agents or
dealers — our Boiler is sold direct from
factory to user, which eliminates an un-
necessary middleman's profit, and you
Mr. Florist, get the benefit.

The Kroeschell Greenhouse Boiler
has the longest fire travel, thin water
ways, vertical circulation. Heats water
quicker and hotter, and no other type
of boiler construction known will do
your work as economically with the
cheapest grades of coal.

Send for our Catalogue — Do if Today
I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? If you do you know
how good they are and
know where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very important.
In fact, you are buying in-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.
Do It today.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmond, Ind.
S. JACOBS & SONS

UPON

1359-1385 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, - - - N. Y.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPEI COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

Tlie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

NIGHT LETTER

THE WESTERN UNION_TELEGRAPH COMPANY

2&,000 OFFICES tN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WOALO

~T

SeNDu.. i.ti».... NrCHT LETTER »wm>m :

North Wales, Pa. Mar. 14th 1913
To Montgomery Company, Inc.,

Hadley, Mau.

We are coniidering erecting a King 40 foot Pipe Rafter
House similar to your even span house. Do you'consider
this house satisfactory and stiff enough to stand very high
winds. Request reply early as possible Saturday before
noon, our expense. FLOREX GARDENS.

It's

a
King

A Night Letter

And An Answer

You may have heard some questions raised as to the strength cf

King Greenhouses

If so, read what the Montgomery Co., Inc. has to say. We
are always glad to refer you to some one near you who is using
a King.

King Iron Frame Construction

permits of great strength without the necessity for shadow casting
support. We have various types of construction suitable for
every size house.

Tell us what you want and we will show you how to

to get it. Don't be afraid to ask questions. We make it our

business to answer promptly and our information costs you nothing.

Write for Bulletin No. 44
and find out about the King Improved Flat Rafter Type.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO., " •^'"f.'oVrxl.'n.wanda, N. v.

All the
Sunlight
All Day
Houses

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

25,000 OFFIceS IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD

Hadley, Mass. March I5th 1913
To Florex Gardens,

North Wales, Pa.

"Your telegram delayed wires down. Our even span
house very strong and entirely satisfactory, adding two
hundred thirty-eight feet to it this spring."

MONTGOMERY COMPANY, INC

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders In

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow arms.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

IVrite for free Cataiogne to

QUAKER CITY MACHINE CO.

Richmond, Ind.

Greenhouse Materials anTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up to ^'i feet.
Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for
erection.

Frank Van Assche, ^"-'^2 ^:!.hf?u.t."-

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''MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER

The growers who are claiming that Mrs. Shawyer cannot be grown without mildew, are
welcome to call at this establishment and see for themselves whether or not this is the case. We
have not seen mildew on Shawyer since Thanksgiving and any grower who has it is s-mply growing
it too hot. A night temperature of 56 to 58 will suit Shawyer to perfection. We can still quote
Shawyer and Milady first-class own root, 3-inch stock at $30.00 per hundred ; 1250.00 per thousand.

Also Pink and White Killarney, Richmond, Taft, My Maryland, and American Beauty, 3-inch
own root stock at $10.00 per hundred.

^"^^■^^ IVIA.I9ISON,

kyyyyy¥y«v¥u*0miimMmi¥y¥yyv¥y¥vyyyyyytiytttt«

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Fine stock friini 'ZYi inch pots.
I'atty Dolly Dimple

Comoleta

Koiiian (jioUi

Unaka

(lein. Touset

Kalb

White Eaton

Yellow Jones

Oct. Frost

Piuk Ivory

Yellow Ivory

$3.00

per

100.

Pompons, Singles, Anemones.

Baby, Late Y'ellow.

Nio. Delicate Pink, Midseason.

Julia La Graverre. Crimson. Midseason.

Orea, Pink, ]>Ii<lseaHon.

Miuta. Pink, MitKeason.

Zennhla. Early Yellow.

Diana, Midseason, \Yhite.

Garza. Midseason, White.

Quinola, Late Yellow.

^Vorden, Miss, White Single

JfiS.OO per 100.
Helen Newberry, Late White.
Marv CoUoday, Lavender Pink.

DAVID J. SCOTT

CORFU, N. Y.

Formerly the Wm. Scott Co. Greenlionses

GERANIUMS

B«st Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

JOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.

Td. 2890 Bedford BROOKU YN , N . Y.

Ttfe/ye percent Nicotine

INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, VERMICIDES, ETC.

Our Coiuijaii.v is now in position to cater to the dem:inds of tloriciiltnrists, horti-
culturists and agriculturists alike with our various products. Our list includes
APHINE, an insecticide intended for general greenhouse and garde'n work against all
sap sucking insects. — SCAtlNE adapted principally to nurseries, orchards and the
Held, for all scale and sap sucking insects — FUNGINE. a fungicide which has already
taken the place of Bordeaux mixture and lime and sulphur among many leading grow-
ers^VEBMIJJE, a soil sterilizer and vermicide for all soil worms and insects, — to which
we now add XIKOTI.\NA and which will prove as efficient as the other nicotine prepa-
rations already established.

For further particulars see our regulir advertisement, page 84.";.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager MADISON, N. J.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

Drao*i«na Ind., 5 and 6 in., $4.00 and .S5.00

per doz.
Vinca Variegata, 4 In. strong, iJS. $10, $15

lier 100.
Asparagus PI. Nanus, 2'/2 in., SM.OO per 100.
Asparagus Sprengerii, 3'/j in.. $3.50. per 100.
Petunias, 8 varieties, *J in., S'i.OO.
Mariruerites. White. 2. J'/... S and 4 in.. $2,

$2.50. .$5.00 and $8.00 per 100.
Geranium. Mme. Salleroi. 2 in., $2.00 per 100.
Vinca, 2% in.. $2.50 per 100.

F. C. RIEBE - WEBSTER, MASS.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Large flowering. Pompon. Anemone flow-
ered and single. Best varieties for Bosh
form Pot plants. 2Mi in. pot plants, $3.00
per 100. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W. Quincy St., Chicago, HI

Flowering, Decorative and
Vegetable Plants

In abundance at all times. See our display adv-
in HORTICULTURE, May 17th, page 750.
Correspondence Solicited

ALONZO J. BRYAN, WHOLESALE FLORIST

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY

CARNATIONS

BOOTKD CDTTINQ8.

100 1000
Wodenethe, $1.00 per dOE...f6.00 $SO.0O
Wtilta Wonder; Lady Bount-
iful: White Winsor S.SO 30.00

Princesa Charming S.OO 2S.M

WInsar ».50 tO.OO

Plants from 2-Inch pets, $1.00 per 100
advance over above prices.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

BOOTEO CCTTINQB.

Fifty F^ne Cominerolal Tarletlee;
(l.SO to $4.00 per lOO; $15.00 to fSS.OO
per 1000.

CANNAS

Thirtj Fine Varietle*. Dormant

Taber>: $2.00 to tS.OO per 100; our

•election variety, $t.00 per 100, flS.OO
per lOOW

Sfnd for Catalogue

Wood Brothers

FISH KILL, N. Y.

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTUBB

815

R A INI I U IVI 3*

Tile rcpiirt icimos from all sections that Geraniums are more in demand this season than ever and that all good
stock will be cleaned up. We have an excellent lot of young stock ready to ship out if you wish to grow
your own stock (or another season, but why bother with it. as we make it our business to provide your
stock for you, to be shipped anytime in the (all or winter, you have the room, after Chrysanthemums or
another crop has been removed. Our stock houses of Standard sorts alone as now planted contains 300,000
plants as pretty as you ever saw. Then we have Novelty stock. Ivy Leaved sorts, Scented and Variegated
varieties to the extent that we are confident we can take care of any order you may place with us. Think
it over. Can you afford to bother with the stock your.^elf for $18 50 per lOOO, for 2-iii. plants?

SCAULET B£DDER. We have bought of Elmer D. Smith & Co., stock of this superior Scarlet Geranium
and offer good strong plants from 3-in. pots for immediate shipment at .$1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100.
SMILAX: 2-in., $2.00 per 100, $17.50 per 1000. C.*SNAS: S-in. pot, good sorts, $3.00 per 100, $25.00

COLEUS, AL,TEKNANTHERAS and other BEDDING per 1000; King Humbert, $5.00 per 100, $40.00 per

PtANTS. lOOO

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO., white marsh, md. .

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If you have not received Premium List, write JOHN N. STOCKWELL, Secy., Room
2i8, City Hall, Cleveland, Ohio.

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 847

Albany Cut Flow- -

er Ex 838

Allen. J. K 838

Am. Peonv So... 815
Aaderson. S. A.. 833
Aphine Mfg. Co.

814-845

Asehmann, G 826

Atlanta Florist

Co 836

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 831

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer S38

Barnard, W. W.

Co 831

Barrows & Son.. 816
3ayersdorfer. H.

& Co 835

Bay State Nur-
series 828

Bloomingdale's. 832
Bobbink & At-

Boddingt'on, A.'t.829
Bolgiano & Son,

J 831

Boston Florist

Letter Co 836

Breck, J. & Son. 8.31
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 828

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 832

Bryan, Alonzo J. 814
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 8.31

Carhone 833

California Seed

Growers' Asso.831
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 836

Page
Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.S36
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 830

Clarke's D. Sons.832
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 831

Cooke, Geo. H...834

Cowee, W. .7 8.38

Craie. Robt. Co. 816

■Dards 832

Dawson, H. S...82S
Dorner & Sons

Co 814

Dreer, H. A..827-.846
Dunlop, John H..833
Dysart, R. J.... 838
Eastern Nurser-
ies 828

Edwards Folding

Box Co 836

Elliott's W. Sons. 830
Eppstein. Julius.833
Ernest. W. H...S46

Esler, J. G 846

Eyres 832

Fairfield Land-
scape & Nur-
sery Co 826

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co 831

Finger. W. A....,S28

Ford. M. C 838

Ford, W. P 838

Fottler, F i s k e,

Rawson Co 831

Forrest. Frank H.833
Froment. H. E..838
Pramingha m

Nurseries 828

Galvin, Thos. F..833
Gasser. J. M. Co. 8.33
Goodsell, P. H..828

Page
Qrace. Patrick.. .846
Grey. T. J. Co... 831
Gude Bros. Co.. 833
Hail Association. 846
Hall& Robinson. 833
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works ...843

Hansen. H 82ii

Hart. Geo. B 836

Heacock. Jos 826

Henderson, A.... 831
Hess & Swoboda.832
Hews, A. H. &

Co 846

Hilflnger Eros... 846
Hitchings & Co.. 847
Holland Nurser-
ies 82S

Holm & Olson. ..832:

Horan, E. C 838

.lohnson. .T. Oli-
ver 830

John.ston & Co.,

T. J 8.33

Johnston Bros. ..833
Kasting, W. P.

Co. 839

Keller, J. B. Sons. 834
Kelway & Son..a31

Kervan Co S3S

King Cons. Co.. 847
JCramer, P. H...8.33
Kroeschell Bros. 847
Kuebler. W. H..8.3S
Lager & Hurrell.Slfi

Lange. A 8.33

Lemon Oil Co... 845
Leonard Seed Co.8.3n
Leuthy. A. & Co. 816
Loechner & Co.. 826
MacMulkin, E...833

Page
May & Co., L. L.833
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 826

McConnell, Alex.

832-83'.!
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 820

McCullough's Sons

Co.. J. M 836

JIcHutchison &

Co 816

McKenzie. John. .814
McManus, Jas...S38
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 847

Mever. J. C. & Co.S.35
Michell's .Seed

House 830

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 836

•Millang. Chas....S38

Miller. E. S 831

Montreal Floral

Exchange 839

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 838

Murray, Samuel. 832
National Nursery-
man 828

N. E. Nurseries. 828
Niessen, Leo Co.. 836
Oechslin. Frank. 814
Ohio Horticult-
ural So 815

Ouwerkerk. P...828
Palmer. W. J. &

Son ...832

Park Floral Co.. 8.32
Parshelsky Bros.846
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co a33

Penn the Florist.S.33

Page
Pennock - Meehan

Co 837

Pierce Co., F. 0.846
Pierson, A. N...826
Pierson, F. R. Co.816
Pierson U-Bar

Co ...848

Pino-Lyptol

Chemical Co... 845
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 845
Poehlmann Bros.836
Pollworth, C. C..832
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 845

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 847

Reed & Keller... 838
Reinberg, Peter.. 836-

Rice, M. Co 833

Riebe, F. C 814

Robinson, H. M.

& Co... 836

Robinson Co., H.

M 838

Rock, Wm. L 832

Roehrs, J. Co... 816
Roland, Thomas.816
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 816

Rose Hill Nur-
series 826

Rosery, The 832

Sander & Son... 816
Scott, David J... 814

Scott, John 814

Scott, Robt. &

Sons 828

Schling. Max 834

Sharp. Partridge

& Co 847

Sheridan, W. F.838

Page

Siggers & Sig-

gers 846

Siebrecht, Geo. C.838
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 830

Smith, P. J 838

Smith & Co.. B.

D 828

Smith. W. & T.

Co 828

Smvth, Wm. J.. 832
Sprague, J. H...816
Stearns, A.. T.

Lumber Co. ...847
Stumpp. Geo. M.832
Syracuse Pottery

Co »46

Totty, Chas. H..814
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 830

Traendly &

Schenck 838

Valentine. J. A. .832
Van Assche. P.. 846
Vick's Jas. Sons. 831
Vincent, R., Jr..

& Sons Co. 815-830
Wants. For Sale..844
Ward. R. M.&C0.8I6
Waterer. Hosea..829
Weeber & Don.. 831
Welch Bros. Co. 839
Wtiittier & Co..

W. B 828

Wilson. Robt. G. 832

Wood Bros 814

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 838

Young & Nugent.832
Zangen. O. V....8.31

Zinn. J. A 833

Zvolanek, Ant. C. 831

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 840, 841, 842, 843

816

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

WHEN GRANDMOTHER MADE BREAD

she always used the same flour, the same yeast, the same method of preparation and the same
stove. She used the best materials and her best efforts, but in spite of everything she could
do, sometimes the bread did not come up to standard. She never knew why, and just considered
it as luck. Now florists have about the same experience with lily bulbs. The same bulbs, and
the same methods, apparently, and still they don't come right. That's according to the law of
general averages. If every bulb flowered right, there would be no profit in the business, for
there is never profit without risk. What florists want in lily bulbs is the very best quality at
reasonable prices. This minimizes the risk and brings up the general average. There is no
brand known that will equal Horseshoe Brand for a general average test — simply because they
come from the very best lily bulb fields in the World. Prices very reasonable — Send for a
catalogue.

COLD STORAGE STOCK, STOKED AT NEW TOBK.
OIGANTECM, 7-8 inches, at $6.00 per case of 100

7-9 " 8.50 " 100

7-9 " 21.00 " 300

8-9 ' 21.00 " 280

8-10 " 25.00 " 280

9 11 " 22.00 " 180

SPEC. AliBCM, 7-9 " 16.00 " 220

COLD STORAGE STOCK, STORED AT MEMPHIS.

GIOANTECM, 8- 9% Inches, at $23.00 per case of 260

9-11 " 22.00 •' 180

Not How Cheflp
But Bow Good

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - NEW YORK CITY

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA

Grown it Pots and Tabs for JUNE AND JULY FLOWERING

Very Isrire specimeDs In half-barrels, $6.00 to $7.50 each. Plants In 14-lDch
tabs, $2.00 to $3.00 each. Smaller plants tn pots, S&c., KOc.. and 7&c. eaob — ae-
cording to size. Nice plants In 6-inch pots, in bloom, for inunedlat* ns*, S6c.
and 50c. each — according to number of flowers.

ENGLISH IVY and VINCA VARIEGATA

Gronn In ZVz and 4-incb pots, flO.OO and flS.OO per 100.

R. PIERSON

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York

ORCHIDS

Largmit Importmrt, Exporter; Groweri

and HybriJists in the WoAd
SANDER, 5t. Alban 5, Engrland

and 258 Broadway, Room 121
NEW YORK CITY

OROI-1ID3

ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND
FRESHLY IMPORTED

Julius Roehrs Co.

Rutherford, N. J.

ORCMI

Arrived in fine condition: Cattleya
Trlanae. special fine type. C. Gaskelllana,

C. Dowlaua. DeDdroblum thyrslflorum, D.
chrysotoxum, D. formosum, D. Jamesia-
num, D. Devonianum, D. Dalhousianum,

D. Falconerll and Vanda coerulea. Other
kinds In transit.

Write for prices.

CYCLAMEN

Best strain In existence.

4 Inch *S5.00

6 Inch 60.00

6 Inch 76.00

THOMAS ROUND, Hahat, Mass.

ROBERT CRAIG GO.

KtSES, PALAIS,

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

lURKET aod 49th STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

UGER & HURRELL

SUMMIT.
N. J.

SIPI-IA.C5IMUIVI IVIOSS

10 bbl. bales; selected stock; neatly bar-
lapped. "Worth While Qnality," "Square
Deal Quantity." 6% off cash with order.

1 bale f3.80 10 bales, each. .(3.40

6 bales, each... 3.60 (6 bales, each.. %.t*

Car lots. Write for prices.

LIVE SPHAGNUM, (l.tC per bbl.

ROTTED PKAT, 70c. sack.

I. H. SRRAGUE, Barnegat, N.

Natural — Four Standard Grades.

Colored —Twenty Stnndard Galors.

We are beadgnarters — always carry
several hundred bales In stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) Iqti or less.
Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISON & CO. ™^ '""^''^

17 Murray St.,

HOUSE
NEW YORK

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only
AZAI.EAS, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS,
BAYTREES, ROSES, LILACS, HOLLAND
AND JAPAN BULBS, LILY OF THE
V.\LLEY, ETC.

P.O. Box 752 0f31 Barclay St. NEW YBHK

Palms, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

Onlers taken uow for IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
(or Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Pttkins Strtet Nunerios, Rosllndale. — Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS 2>4 in. ♦^'^oTSoT'

ROOSEVELT. 2 1-2 in ; $5 per 100, $40 per

1000.

WHITMAN! COMPACTA 2 i-2 in. $S per 100.

$40 per 1000.

250 at 1000 rates.

H.H.BARROWS&SON.Whitman.Mass.

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTUBE

817

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

COMDCCTKD BT

^h^.^p . Ta/i/^^

QaestloDS by our readers In line with any of the topic* presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell. Such communications shonld invarUbly be addressed to the office of HOKTICUI.1UKJS.

Asparagus plumosus

The green question is, with many of us, an important
one during the winter months. Now is the time for
renewing beds or to give those that are to be carried
over a good top-dressing of cow manure and soil with a
sprinkling of bone meal. When making new beds give
plenty of headroom — at least 12 feet. The beds or
benches should be prepared as soon as possible. Above
all things see that they have a generous soil to grow in.
A good compost is fibrous loam two parts, and manure
one part. Before planting see that the balls are moist
for it never pays to plant a dry asparagus. Set them
about fifteen inches apart each way and firm well. It
is well to leave a small depression around each plant to
hold the water. Keep them moist around the plant
until the roots begin to spread out when the whole soil
can be watered. Syringe frequently during favorable
weather.

Bouvardias

Bouvardias should now be planted out. Give the
plants a nice mellow soil ; a sandy loam is ideal. Wlien
planted in such the plants will lift in September with a
lot of fine roots which is what you want to be sure of
for they are very sensitive in this respect. Do not
crowd the plants. They should have at least 15 inches
between the rows and a foot in the rows in order to do
well. Cultivating should be done every week during the
growing season, to keep the soil mellow and especially
during dry weather to keep the moisture in the soil. To
make the plants husky they should be pinched back two
or three times during their stay out in the field. If
wanted in flower for the holidays don't pinch any after
the middle of August and lift by the first week in Sep-
tember. See that they get a good watering after being
planted out. When the hot and dry weather comes
don't allow them to suffer from want of water. There is
certainly an increasing demand for these old favorites.
There was a time when they were to be found in every
greenhouse.

Care of Amaryllises

Now that the flowering season is over these bulbs will
need attention. If a fine crop of spikes is desired next
winter and spring they must have the best of attention
all through the summer. They should be placed in a
cold frame and if plunged to the brims in old manure or
leaves the plants will not require frequent waterings,
even in the hottest weather, and then plunged plants
always produce much bigger bulbs than the unplunged
ones. Give sash protection over them all summer, shad-
ing a little from direct sunlight. Leave the sashes
tilted up, both top and bottom; all the time. A syr-
inging two or three times a day will be appreciated. See
that they are carefully watered as they should be kept
growing all summer; don't dry them ofE until the fall.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following

The young seedlings that were planted early in the
year should be kept potted as they may require it. These
will form quite nice bulbs by fall which should flower
good the third year. They can be increased by offsets
which can be removed from the old bulbs just after the
flowering or when you start the bulbs into active growth.

Ericas

Ericas that were headed back into shape will now
need to be repotted. Those which become pot-bound
should be given larger pots and some new soil to work
through. Care should be taken to provide a suitable
compost. They will not endure a soil that is too re-
tentive of moisture. See that they have clean pots and
plenty of clean crocks to insure good drainage.
A compost to their liking is new turf-like fibery
soil two parts, fibery peat two parts and enough
silver sand so the water will pass through freely.
These newly potted plants can be plunged out in some
place convenient to water and by giving care and atten-
tion they will make good headway by the first week in
September. Water at the roots so they will be kept in
uniform state of moisture, never either dry or over-sat-
urated.

Feeding Orchids

There has been much difference of opinion among
cultivators with regard to the advantages of employing
liquid stimulants to increase the strength and vigor of
orchids. It has now become well known that judicious
feeding applied with care from now on will give these
plants renewed vigor. All such terrestrial orchids as
cyrabidiums, cypripediums, calanthes, pleiones, phaius,
etc., will benefit in foliage and flower from a weak appli-
cation of liquid manure water; that is, where they have
plenty of working roots. For epiphytal orchids the
Cookson fonnula would be better. This can be made
with potassium nitrate three ounces and ammonia
phosphate two ounces. Mix well together and place in
a three-gallon jar of water. When applying use one
ounce of this solution to a gallon of water about every
ten days.

Planting Asters

Those who grow quite a few asters will be planting
them out right along now. Do not fail to give the
ground a little extra preparation, to insure better bloom
and finer stems. Wlien they are planted sow wood
ashes at the rate of about 30 bushels to the acre and
when about half-grown scatter some guano or any good
fertilizer, using about 100 to 200 pounds to the acre.
Keep up cultivation at least once a week. , To keep the
beetle in check spray the plants once they have beconie
established every two weeks with a teaspoonful of paris
green to a pail of water.

Smilax ; Resting

Adiantums; Compost for Bench Crops; Gardenias; Plantin
C.illas; Sweet Peas.

818

HOBTICULTUBE

May 31, 1913

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

CONDCCTED BY

r^t^r^,

Questions by our readers In line with any of the toplcg presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such oomniunications shonld Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICUIiTtlRB.

Mid-Season Melons

The head line of this note could easily be criticised
and with some truth, as the term "mid season" applied
to a fruit which is alwaA's in season is a misnomer, yet,
although it can be grown and fruited the whole year
round not all gardeners have the facilities at their dis-
posal to do so. The spring rush will soon be over ; bed-
ding stock and early vegetables are now in their perma-
nent quarters, which often makes it possible to grow
melons through the summer months or to put in an extra
house or two. Any variety will grow to its best during
the next few months. Seeds sown now will carry ripe
fruits in fourteen weeks or possibly a little less, which
brings us into September. A house can be made to last
for a month or rushed through in a couple of weeks.
This should be borne in mind when sowing. Those who
grow melons regularly have their own particular favor-
ites, together with their own seedlings. With us Super-
lative (one of the best flavored and always reliable mel-
ons). His Eminence, Eoyal Jubilee and Sutton's Per-
fection are grown most extensively. Perfection is fine
during fhe summer months but it is not such a vigorous
grower as the others, consequently is not used for early
spring or late fall work. Sutton's Emerald Gem should
certainly be included if the crop is to cover as long a
period as possible. Ringleader, very similar to Eoyal
Jubilee, we find blisters with the hot sun and does not
surpass the.:latter in flavor, so it loses its place on that
account although it sets very freely. King George, one
of the newer ones has yet to be tested to ascertain its
flavor qualities. It sets very freely.

Figs

Continue to feed trees growing in pots or tubs and
otherwise treat them well and they will repay you. A
mulching of half-decayed cow manure will be of great
assistance to them; the roots will come into it at once,
making feeding so much easier. Pack the fruits when
ripe similarly to peaches. They will be found a diffi-
cult thing to pack satisfactorily owing to the fact that
they require to be quite ripe before- eating. Many a
lover, of fruit has discarded the green fig on account of
having the first one not properly ripe. A fig must be
ripe to taste good. To the writer the fig has a delicacy
and sweetness not to be found in any other fruit.

Pot Vines

, Pot vines for nest year's work must receive good at-
tention to get the very best constitution into them before
fail. Having now filled out the fourten-inch pots with
roots they ought to get a little feed. Give it to them
now, a little weak to commence with and gradually work
it up. It is a mistake to keep them until nearly fall
when the wood is commencing to get hard and then try
to feed, thinking it will make no great difference to
them. ' Do it now while the wood is soft and growing.
Presuming the sub-laterals were stopped at the first leaf
and the vine itself restricted to the required length of
the house they are to be grown in, do not allow any

more growth on the canes ; rub it off before it gets at all
hard. This is making up the eyes and putting the
strength where it is wanted. Keep them in a growing
vinery, providing it is not shaded too heavy by the per-
manent vines. A young vinery growing up the first
year is an ideal place for them. Do not be in a hurr}'
to get them outside for the reason previously mentioned,
of getting the wood to swell. Do not top-dress them, as
it fills up the pot and leaves little room for top-dressing
next spring. Canes rooted this spring and potted into
tens should be encouraged to grow without restriction,
which will fill out the pots with liungry-looking roots by
repotting time next fall.

Strawberry Layers

To obtain the best layers for pot work a section of
last year's young plants ought to be kept from fruit-
ing this time, which will produce layers much earlier
than those carrj-ing a crop ; they will also be in better
shape as no feet will have been running over them from
day to day. Keep them free from weeds. We find
Marshall forces well at all seasons, making up nice
crowns in the fall, and given proper treatment the flavor
is good.

Heavy Shoulders on Graces

Some varieties are noted for having large shoulders
and would not be true specimens unless this character-
istic is prominent. Gros Colman always has one large
shoulder. Lady Hutt in a like manner but more length
is attained by the stem which at times makes them look
like twin bunches. Black Hamburgh invariably car-
ries them, but a clean straight bunch is more desirable
for appearance. If these shoulders are cut away the
bunches lose considerable weight in consequence. One
of the finest examples of a nice straight bunch is to be
found in Muscat of Alexandria. The length of these
bunches is always good and they look longer than they
are, the gentle taper from top to point giving them this
deceiving appearance. Gros Guillaume (Barbarossa) is
a similarly shaped bunch but not near as elegant on ac-
count of the small berries. When penning a few lines
on thinning I mentioned the weight-increasing device
of tying up the shoulders. There always seems to be
two ways of doing a thing and this case is no exception.
The majority of men would make a tie or loop around
the main stem of the shoulder to be tied up and run a
single string up to the wire or lateral. This answers
the purpose all right, but often is very difficult to get
away from the bunch after cutting, concluding the bunch
has filled up. It is a hard proposition to get the point
of the scissors far enough in to reach the loop without
injuring some berries. This is all avoided by passing
the raffia tmderneath the stem of the shoulder and so on
around the support, whatever it happens to be, making
one large loop which looks like two strings. When this
lias to be removed one side is easily cut with scissors or
knife and the whole piece draws out without leaving a
trace of the valuable part it has played in the formation
of tlie bunch.

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Order

With the usual rush around Decoration Day over
we once more take hold of houses and try, with all
the hands at it, to put those that may have been allowed
to recede just a little, back to their standard of order.
If order should prevail anywhere at all, it is certainly
at a florist's place. To see no system, no harmony of
the men, shows poor management and means loss in
the returns of the year. The planting should go on
without a hitch, and the man who sees ahead, will have
all the wheelbarrows fixed and in good order long before
nature shows any signs of spring. With everything kept
in order any job undertaken will be done easily and
quickly, for "well begun is half done." Unhappy is he
who waits with his sod heaps until planting time comes
along. It seems bad enough as it is without stopping
to put up a half dozen sod heaps.

Crimson Cfover and Roses

Now is the time to plough under that patch of crim-
son clover that is busy storing up valuable nitrogen from
the unlimited supply in the earth's atmosphere. Yes,
plough it under as soon as it is in blossom and sprinkle
some lime over it before the plough does its duty. This
will help to decompose it and sweeten whatever acidity
may be brought into the soil through the ploughing
under of a green crop. Some crop could be grown on
this field, but we would prefer to leave the field alone
and seed it down to grass early next fall, which will
assure an extra fine crop of hay the summer following.
and guarantee extra fine sod for fall — sod free from all
weeds, for the field should be harrowed now and then
to remove all noxious growth that may spring up here
and there before the grass seed is put in. Wliat differ-
ence between sod grown to order and the common
natural sod? As much difference as there is between
wild flowers and the improved cultivated varieties.

As to w^hich varieties of grass to use for the sod, let
it be mostly orchai'd grass, which makes A-No.l hay
and excellent turf, for all purposes where such is re-
quired. The coming profitable establishments are those
that will be able to produce a few by-products — same as
the most successful manufacturers — turn all waste into
something useful.

The Boilers

Right here is where many fail — giving but little at-
tention to the boilers, the very minute the fire is allowed
to go out. "Oh, I have had enough trouble all winter,
so forget it." Tliat is just it. The wise man will go
over his boilers as critically as if he were just about to
purchase them, and will mend all faults and put in any
necessary repairs. Then thoroughly clean all the boilers,
oil them up with fish oil, or some other cheap but efli-
(»ient oil, and then they will be there to respond when
he calls them to arms at the beginning of next firing
season. It is a poor policy to wait until frost and then
begin to repair, wiring for extra parts, shipping by ex-
press; more needless expense, and then losing hours of
sleep worrying over the parts that the express company
had unfortunately miscarried to the tropical regions
where boilers are quite out of place. Oh, well, next
year — but then we do the same thing over again.

Care of the Wires

Another thing which runs into a neat little sum —
much larger in fact than many of us would supjjose, is
ihe wires that hold all those valuable roses in place,
'i'ake care of these, and remove all string, raffia, in fact,
anything that may be clinging to them, before finally
coiling them up neatly to put them away until they are
needed again next fall. See that they are free from
snags and other defects, caused by careless handling.
Then do to them same as the boilers, oil the wire coils
l)y dipping them into the oil. You will be surprised
how far a gallon of oil will go, and the oil that is ( ?)
ill the can under the faucet of your barrel of auto oil,
is the very thing. It is surprising how much oil can
be saved by keeping some can under the faucet, a few
drops at a time, but it means a pint or more every now
and then, and there are only eight pints to a gallon.

The Pots

Under the bench is not the proper place for pots,

unless it is the potting bench, and then they should
never be put under the potting bench unless they are
clean, and clean they should be. Better stack them up
where they are to be washed, and make sure they are
under cover from the hot rays of the sun. The sun will
harden the pots too much, and it is not good for the
pots to be too hard and brittle. A good pot should be
porous and absorb water, which is a very important
feature in pots.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

■ hy aihertising'jfoui goods in lie

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VOL. XVII

MAY 31, 1913

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CONTENTS Page,

COVER ILLUSTRATION— A Winter Window Box.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— As-
paragus plumosus — Bouvardias— Care of Amaryl-
lises—Ericas—Feeding Orchids— Planting Asters—
—John J. M. Farrell 817

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Mid-
Season Melons— Figs— Pot Vines— Strawberry Lay-
ers—Heavy Shoulders on Grapes— Gcorfire H. Penson. 818

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Order— Crimson
Clover and Roses— The Boilers— Care of the Wires —
The Pots — Arthur C. Rueicka 819

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Planting
Out the Tender Stock— Tomatoes— Egg Plants and
Peppers— Melons, Summer Squash, Cucumbers and
Pumpkins — Pests — Nitrate of Soda — Edwin Jenkins 821

NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE—
President E. T. Fairchild, portrait 822

LIGHT IN GREENHOUSES— Georj/e E. Stone 823

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— Preliminary
Programme Minneapolis Convention — Ladies' Socie-
ty of American Florists— Minneapolis Park System,
Illustrated 824

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, Illustrated
— Lancaster County Florists' Club — Club and Society
Notes 825

SEED TRADE — American Seed Trade Association —
Seed Trade Ethics, George C. Watson— Parcel Post
Discrimination — Notes 829

THE DUTCH BULB BUSINESS— 0. V. Zangen 830

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

New Flower Stores — Steamer Departures 832

Flowers by Telegraph 833

June Weddings — A Winter Window Box 834

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 837

Cincinnati, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Roches-
ter, St. Louis 839

OBITUARY— J. R. Trumpy, portrait— Patrick Quigley
— S. D. Willard — Charles L. Doran — Mrs. John D.
Twombly 846

MISCELLANEOUS:

A Big Peony Exhibition 822

Hydrangea Dentelle, Illustrated 826

Under the Red Flag 830

Incorporated 832

News Notes 833-845

Fires 833

Chicago Notes 834

New Publications 835

Personal 835

Philadelphia Notes 845

Grape Scalding — Edtcin Jenkins 845

Memorial Day. poetry 845

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 846

It is very lilcely that some of our sub-
The florists' scribers who have been accustomed to
great day receive Horticulture on Saturday may
not get the present issue until Monday.
This is explained by the coming of Memorial Day on
our usual mailing day. Our best wish for all, however,
is that they may 'do so much business on this greatest
of all floral holidays that they will have neither time
nor ambition to read papers until after a day or two of
good substantial rest. As a general proposition the
outlook for Memorial Day business is uncommonly good,,
for the weather is cool, all flower stock is in the best of
condition for use and there is a sufficiency so that the
Ijuying public can get all they want without any in-
crease in price.

The letter published on the seed trade

Flaws page of this issue, in reference to

in parcel post parcel post inconsistencies, is worth

reading and the facts therein brought
to notice are worth knowing. We do not suppose that
the authors of the law as it stands intended it should
M'ork out in this contradictory manner and probably, in
due time, if brought to the attention of the proper par-
ties the incon.sistencies complained of will be elimi-
nated. The matter will, we presume, be taken up for
consideration by the American Seed Trade Association
at its annual convention in June as many of the mem-
bers of that body feel that the present arrangements of
the parcel post system, insofar as they affect the seed
trade, are not as practical as they might be.

The preliminary program for the Minne-
Convention apolis Convention of the Society of
innovations American Florists next August, which
%\e present this week, discloses some
noticeable new departures. The reading of papers, here-
tofore occupying an important place in the proceedings,
is. for the first time in the Society's hostory, omitted.
We presume, however, that the programs of the auxil-
iary societies, which have been allotted a considerable
jiortion of the Convention's time, will contain more or
less of this time-honored feature and that those members
who have a desire to listen to or participate in debates on
cultural or philosophical topics will there find abundant
opportunity. The innovation impresses us as an excel-
lent one for many reasons and well worth trying out.
Another break from old-time customs is the shifting of
all "sporting events" to Saturday, thus officially consti-
tuting a full five days' Convention. We think this ar-
rangement will also meet with general approval. There
are some other things in the program regarding which
we may have something to say later on.

Everyone engaged in the raising of crops
Light under glass should attentively read the very

conclusive contribution on the action of light
in greenhouses, by Dr. George E. Stone, which appears
in this issue of Horticulture. Barely has it been our
privilege to present a paper so practical and instructive
as this which Dr. Stone has written specially for our
readers and which embodies the results and deductions
reached after long continued investigation and care-
fully conducted series of experiments. To the man com-
mercially engaged in the iirorluetiou of flowers or vege-

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Planting Out the Tender Stock

Having observed due caution in liolding back these
several tender subjects until settled wann weather has
aii-ived there is nothing further to do but to get them
out now as expeditiously as possible.

Tomatoes

We plant our tomatoes in rows four feet apart and
three feet between plants in the row. We first drive a
good stake (four to five feet long) firmly into the ground
wliere each is to be set so that a support is res^dy for the
plant to be tied to as quickly as it is planted. To get
early results from tomatoes they should be well hardened
plants with fruit set on them and in five or six-inch
pots. If the soil is not already over-rich dig in a little
spent mushroom bed or other well rotted manure and a
liandful of bonemeal around each plant. See tliat the
jilants are properly soaked with water on the morning
of the day of planting out as there is nothing more
detrimental to the ultimate wellfare of a plant than
planting out a dry root-bound ball and, further, it is
always advisable to break open the ball to some extent
and spread on the roots even at the risk of breaking a
few.

Egg Plants and Peppers

Tliesc two popular vegetables should be planted out
<in a light, rich soil, with a good sprinkling of bonemeal
in it. Select as sheltered a place as possible and where
all tlie sun that shines will reach them; a distance of
about two feet either way will be about right. It is
soinetimes advisable to put a small stake to each plant
if they are fairly large when planted out as in the
frames they have not been buffeted about by the winds
as they are likely to be in the open, and many plants
which are ultimately self-supporting are enabled to get
i'way in root action quicker because of the friendly sup-
iiort of a stake.

Melons, Summer Squash, Cucumbers and Pumpkins

For reasons of cross-pollination it is advisable to keep
these various kinds of plants a little apart. They
are all sun and heat-loving subjects and should be
planted on small mounds of soil with some coarse ma-
nure underneath. The melons will be at this time, nice
plants started in the hot-beds or greenhouses, while the
others can be started now by planting a few seed in each
hill. Plant enough seed to allow for some losses, and
if too many should come it is easy to thin to about three
plants per hill.

Pests

While spider, greenfly (aphis), thrips and whitefly are
not so general outdoors as in the greenhouses, yet they
should not be left entirely out of mind by the vegetable
grower. An occasional turning up of the underside of
leaves and a little careful scrutiny of growing points
where aphis "most do congregate" will either satisfy the
grower that all is well or will enable him by a little
timely application of some insecticide to ward ofE further
trouble. Beside the pests above mentioned, slugs, wire-
worms, mice and even birds must all be provided
against. For the slugs and wireworms dustings of soob
and lime will help as preventive measures ; traps and
poisons for the mice, and birds are often kept away by
stretching a few strings of twine over the objects of
their attack.

Nitrate of Soda

This quick-acting, powerful, nitrogenous manure may-
be used with great advantage by the vegetable and fruit
grower, if, during showery weather he will sprinkle
small quantities of it around any plants which he wishes
to stimulate into greater activity. But remember ! none
on the foliage, and small doses are the order.

tables under glass, the subject on which Dr. Stone treats
is of the greatest importance, for under the strenuous
present-day pressure of business competition, the factor
of light conditions under which he operates may alone
decide for him the fate of his enterprise, whether it is
t(i prove a failure or a success. Dr. Stone's notes answer
in an authoritative manner many of the problems that
often perplex the reflective and studious cultivator and
illumine the way to intelligent action and the avoidance
of former costly mistakes when the serious question of
new equipment presents itself.

Horticulture's pertinent
Wanted — a friendly comment in last week's issue

Agricultural Department on the extraordinary atti-
tude of officials in the office
of seed distribution at Washington towards the seed
merchants of their own country, appears to have at-
tracted much attention in the seed trade and our course

in giving publicity to this unbecoming discrimination
has brought oirt unqualified endorsement on aU sides.
The hostile atmosphere permeating certain circles with-
in the Agricultural Department has long been apparent
to everyone connected with the American seed trade but
an avowal so frank as that to which we have called at-
tention is very unusual. As to the Dutclimen's part in
this particular ease, it is but fair to say that there are
bulb exporting houses in Holland, as elsewhere, whose
methods in dealing with American trade are above criti-
cism but it is nothing new to the readers of this paper
that the business ethics of many of the foreign dealers
has been for years a source of much justifiable resentment
and proper criticism. A partial remedy for existing con-
ditions is perhaps in the power of the American trade
but its application might be much expedited if there
was assurance of the sympathy and co-operation of a
friendly Department at Washington. Unfortunately
that is something which we don't appear to have.

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HOETICULTURE

May 31, 1913

Before a throng of guests and visi-
tors, including the most famous peo-
ple in educational life, in affairs of
government and in social life in New
England and representing many other
parts of the country. New Hampshire
College celebrated, Wednesday noon,
May 21, 1913, the inauguration of
President Edward Thomson Fairchild.

More than one thousand specially
invited guests and visitors witnessed
the ceremonies, which took place in
the big college Armory. Arrangements
for the day were complete, and spe-
cial committees served as escorts for
the guests from the time of their ar-
rival until their departure from Dur-
ham, late in the day. Special train
service brought in hundreds of visi-
tors not only from New Hampshire
and neighboring New England States.
but from more remote parts of the
country.

Just prior to the hour for the begin-
ning of the exercises, one hundred of
the most eminent guests were es-
corted by the student battalion in uni-
form to the Armory. By the time the
hour had arrived for the exercises to
begin, the auditorium was filled to its
capacity, both the main floor and the
galleries.

After a selection by the college or-
chestra, the ceremonies were formally
opened by Hon. Warren Brown, Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees, who in-
troduced the presiding officer, Hon.
George H. Bingham, Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Formal greetings were then offered
by Hon. Samuel D. Felker, Governor
of New Hampshire, on behalf of the
State of New Hampshire. Following
this, greetings were extended from
Dartmouth College, by President Er-
nest F. Nichols; from the West by
President H. J. Waters, of the Kansas
State Agricultural College; from the
educators of Kansas by President Jo-
seph H. Hill, of the Kansas State Nor-
mal Schools; and from the National
Educational Association by President
Charles H. Keyes.

Representing the Board of Trustees,
Hon. H. L. Boutwell then formally pre-
sented the charter of New Hampshire
College to President-elect Fairchild.
Alluding to the opportunities before
and the responsibilities incumbent on
the Land Grant Colleges, the speaker
outlined the supreme qualities that a
president must possess, and paid a de-
served tribute to the President-elect.

The presiding officer then introduced
President William O. Thompson, of
Ohio State University, who delivered
a masterful address. The message
that he brought was scholarly, simple,
direct and forceful.

Abstract of Address of President
Thompson.

The inaugural address of President
Fairchild followed. He spoke In part
as follows:

The colleges of Agriculture and Me-
chanic Arts have at last oome into their
own. Fifty years ago. when they first
came upon the educational stage, these re-
markable institutions gave little promise
of their present usefulness. There was
then no real science of agriculture and but
the beginnings of modern engineering.
The studies that were taught were half
classical and half vagne attempts In an

untried field. The "farmer professors"
had little standing either in science or in
practice.

The years that followed were a period
of develoi>ment. Scientific knowledge in
the field of agriculture and in that of me-
chanic arts grew rapidly. Special train-
ing fur instructors became not only pos-
sible but essential. The more active and
intelligent farmers began to see the po-v
sibilities in the movement. Application of
the principles taught brought marked re-
turns and served to establish the new
science on a sound and firm practical
basis.

Within the last dozen years the growth
of the movement has been phenomenal.
The confidence of the public in tlie ma-
terial and educational value of these in-
stitutions has been definitely established
for all time. The economic returns ren-
dered by these colleges and their gradu-
ates have reached a value representing un-
told millions.

Twenty-five years ago there was added
to the agricultural colleges the Experiment

b^iiW-VRi) TiKor.sox Fairciiit.d

President j\ew Hampshire College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

Station. These agencies, equipped with
thoroughly trained investigators, have been
of enormous service.

Within the last half dozen years still
another marvelous development has come
about; the new extension work. Through
this latest movement a direct connection
has finally been established between the
college and experiment station on the one
hand and the home and farm on the other.
The college has been placed on wheels and
rendered available for all the people.

Here at New Hampshire College the ex-
tension department, although started only
two years ago, has accomplished far-reach-
ing results and has made a place for it-
.self in the hearts and coiufldence of the
citizens of the state. It has issued more
than two score concise informative publi-
cations, dealing with the fundamental fac-
tors concerned with farm life of New
Hampshire: it is conducting farm surveys;
it is carrying on co-operative fertilizer ex-
periments; it is giving demonstration work
of the most practical character and of the
greatest value; it has made available
reading courses on various topics relating
to agricuture.

There is abundant need for this sort of
work. This country is confronted with a
new problem in agriculture. Our struggle
for existence can on longer find relief by
occupation of vast new and unused agri-
cultural land, but must work out its sal-
vation upon an ever-narrowing area — nar-
rowing because it cannot be expanded in
physical terms to accommodate our in-
creasing population. There are 6,000,000
fewer cattle in this country than there
were 10 years ago, but there are 12,000,000
more people wanting to eat beef. Our ex-
ports of agricultural products are dimin-
ishing to the vanishing point. In the next
half century we must double our agricul-
tural production. But we must do it with

the same acres that we now use, combine*
with a skilful elimination of waste in the
marketing and consumption of our prod-
ucts.

All this demands the highest attainments
of scientific knowledge combined with the
highest form of business intelligence. The
vast array of intricate problems must be
solved.

By a singular Providence the study of
the facts upon which these questions rest,
has been pursued for half a century. ' It
is to the agricultural colleges and their
graduates that this country must now turn
for advice and for help. Here and today
the agricultural college is to find the
amplest Justification for its existence.

In past years the activities of our agri-
cultural colleges and experiment stations
have been arranged chiefiy to provide a
college course that would train experts In
agriculture, in arts and in engineering, and
to discover the basic facts in agriculture
:'.nd related science. But we have seen a
newer conception of the function and pos-
sibilities of these magnificent colleges.
Through the initiative of the General Edu-
cation Board, and through the inspiring
example of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, a splen-
did new plan was devised of bringing
home to the farm itself the knowledge ac-
quired in scientific study. First, instituted
in the southern states, this movement is
now about to assume still larger propor-
tions in the fulfillment of the plans of the
new Secretar.v of Agriculture and in co-
operation with the agricultural colleges.
A fully organized rural organization serv-
ice, under the directorship of Dr. T. N.
Carver, will study marketing, rural credit
and co-operative buying and selling, and
will establish demonstrations in each of
these for the purpose of study and illus-
tration. In this state, as in others, the
state Agricultural College can assume a
leadership in the rural lite of the State,
which will help in a remarkable degree to
develop the state's greatest natural source
of wealth, its farms.

But the modern college, however diversi-
fied its activities, must always devote it-
self primarily to the education of the
youth. Its first obligation is to its student
body.

Recognizing this mission. New Hamp-
shire's College offers to the youth of the
Sttte adequate, practical and well-
grounded courses in agriculture and re-
lated subjects.

It should be remembered that this col-
lege is not in competition with any other
educational institution. We are simply co-
workers in the education field. Our appeal
Is to that large body of youth who have
not time, opportunity, or the desire for the
particular training of other colleges.

The students of this college have at all
times commanded my admiration and re-
spect. This, because their social activi-
ties are clean, because they maintain
modest standards of living and of dress,
because the majority are self-supporting
in whole or in part, and because they are
thoroughly democratic.

A college is a public trust. It must be
administered so as to serve the highest in-
terests of all. It is not an institution for
a few of the youth of a few of the people.
Its task is to offer the greatest oppor-
tunity to all the youth of all the people.
This is the call of the twentieth century.

At the conclusion of Dr. Fairchild's
address occurred the conferring of
honorary degrees.

A BIG PEONY EXHIBITION.

The Peony Show, to be held in
Cleveland, Ohio, on June 12, 13 and
14, as announced in our advertising
columns this week, will be the joint
production of the American Peony So-
ciety and the Ohio Horticultural So-
ciety. An alliance of this character is
always productive of good results and
we believe the people of Cleveland
will so appreciate their opportunity
that no peony grower can afford to
stay away. Write to the secretary,
J. N. Stockwell, Room 218, City Hall,
Cleveland, Ohio, and get a copy of the
premium list which, we understand, is
a very liberal one.

May 31, 1913

HOETICULTUKE

823

LIGHT IN GREENHOUSES

The evolution of the modern green-
house from the older types has re-
sulted in a marked change in green-
house management which has brought
about the use of larger glass and
larger houses, and a relative decrease
in the size of the framework, or any-
thing tending to produce shade, made
possible by the introduction of iron.
As a consequence of this improvement
in greenhouse construction crops are
grown better and more cheaply, for in
these large, well-lighted houses they
are less exposed to sudden changes
and are consequently less susceptible
to disease.

There is no factor associated with
the construction and management of
the greenhouse which does not pos-
sess a bearing on crop production.
Heat, light and moisture are especially
important, and the size and direction
of the house, amount of air space, sys-
tem of ventilation, size, quality and
angle of the glass, purloins, posts, etc.,
are also important, as are air and soil
moisture and the physical, chemical
and biological features of the soil.

Practically 95 per cent of the vari-
ous substances which make up the
plant are derived from the atmosphere
through the chemical action of light
on the green coloring matter or chlo-
rophyll bodies, primarily located in the
leaves. This process is termed carbon
assimilation or photosynthesis, and
consists in the taking in of carbonic
acid and the exhalation of oxygen.
Artificial light affects plants in propor-
tion to its intensity and nature of its
rays, and since it differs from sunlight
very materially, it cannot be substi-
tuted for sunlight to good advantage
unless some of the more objectionable
rays are screened out.

Plants make the most growth in the
night or in darkness, and the least in
the daytime. Although light has a
marked inhibitory effect on growth,
it favors the development of mechani-
cal or supportive tissue, which is able
to resist disease. Lack of light in-
duces the formation of weak tissue by
restricting its development, and many
plants are rendered more immune to
attacks from saprophytic and para-
sitic fungi by exposure to proper light
conditions.

For some years we have been mak-
ing investigations on the relative
value of morning and afternoon light,
together with a study of the light in
greenhouses and out-of-doors and its
relation to plants and their diseases.
In these experiments we have used
many methof's for determining light
intensity which it is not necessary to
discuss here. There are several meth-
ods which may be employed to deter-
mine the influence of light on plant
growth and the relative value of morn-
ing and afternoon light. The differ-
ences in light intensity are not uni-
form from day to day. from month to
month or from year to year, the dif-
ference being greater some months
than others. Daily observations in the
greenhouse covering a whole year at
corresponding periods, viz.. from 9 A.
M. to 12 M.. and from 12 M. to 3 P. M.,
showed a difference of 10 per cent in

favor of the morning light, and those
made in the open air from sunrise to
noon and from noon to sunset showed
practically the same difference. The
greatest difference was shown in the
months of November and December,
the former giving a difference of 20
per cent and December a difference of
27 per cent. These records were ob-
tained by the chemical method; i. e.,
by exposing solutions sensitive to light
and carefully determining by titration
the amount of decomposition. The re-
sults obtained by tabulating the yield
of cucumbers in houses running north
and south, where the crops on the
east side shaded those on the west in
the morning, and those on the west
shaded those on the east in the after-
noon—showed a difference of 15 to 30
per cent in favor of the east side
plants, due to the fact that those ob-
tained more light. These percentages
are not too high for short periods,
since very often the light is 30 per
cent more intense in the morning than
in the afternoon. Data obtained from
the measurements of the radii of tree
stumps, some of which were 200 years
old, showed a dilTerence of 17 per
cent, which is undoubtedly the most
reliable average obtainable.

Investigations relating to the amount
of light excluded by glass and shadow-
casting material showed that this may
vary from 13 per cent to 36 per cent
or more, depending on the quality and
condition of the glass, and other fac-
tors. It was found that second-quality
glass transmits 18 per cent less light
than first quality, that third quality
transmits 33 per cent less than first
quality and 15 per cent less than sec-
ond quality.

The deterioration of the glass per
annum is probably considerably less
than 1 per cent. In one test, where
a comparison was made of a house
one year old and of one thirty years
old, there was a difference of 8 per
cent in the light transmitting proper-
ties, and in another instance there
was a difference of 13 per cent be-
tween new and old glass which was
dirty and had been in use many years.

The light transmitting properties of
high roofs were found to be greater
than those of flat roofs, one observa-
tion made February 8th showing a dif-
ference of 18 per cent in the light
transmitting properties of roofs with
angles of 32 degrees and 45 degrees,
respectively.

Of the various reflecting surfaces ex-
perimented with, aluminum bronze was
found to be the best, followed by
white paint and dull black. Aluminum
bronze reflected about 12 per cent
more light than white paint.

Our experiments showed that the
sky is an important factor in the re-
flection of light. Tests made to com-
pare the light from the sky with dif-
fused light, etc., showed considerable
difference in favor of the light from
the sky. The experiments also proved
that considerable light is reflected
from snow, for, where the reflected
light from snow was excluded from
our recording apparatus, the light in-
tensity was materially decreased.

The loss of light from lapping glass
was found to be about 11 per cent.

Numerous tests of the light inten-
sity at different distances from the
roof show that there is hardly any dif-
ference between five or thirty feet from
the roof, although just under the glass,
owing to irregularities of the surface,
the intensity is modified. Tests of a
large number of houses here and
there have shown that as a rule the
older the house, the less light it trans-
mits. The best light is obtained in
houses with large glass and light
frames containing the least possible
amount of shadow-casting material.
The curvilinear type of construction
gives the best results in this respect.

A house glazed with 24 x 24, 20 x 30,
or 16 X 24-inch glass, placed length-
wise, obtains better light than one
having sashbars close together or
smaller glass.

Double glazing, which is still found
in some sections, is impractical from
all points of view, dust and moisture
being collected between the two lay-
ers, often making the light very poor.
In the old, primitive sashbar houses
in which small, inferior glass was
used, so much light was shut out that
it required much longer to mature
crops than it does nowadays. The ten-
dency in modern houses to use better
quality, larger glass, and less shadow-
casting material, has proved most val-
uable. In some sections third quality
glass is used, but we do not consider
it a wise investment, especially in the
North, where the light is inferior to
that in the South.

Since morning light is better than
afternoon, greenhouses running East
and West should be placed from 15 to
30 degrees North of East to obtain the
superior morning light. Less risk is
run also in syringing the plants in
these houses. We believe that East-
and-West houses are better adapted
for growing certain crops than North-
and-South houses. The methods of
trellising certain crops could also be
changed to get better light exposure.
A few days of cloudy weather often
hold a crop back and prevent its ma-
turing when the market is at its best.
Even under good weather conditions
many of our crops do not obtain sufiB-
cient light during the season of short
days, and anything of a practical na-
ture to better the light is worthy of
attention.

Many greenhouse operators do not
realize the full significance of the ef-
fect of light on the development of
crops. There is a close relationship
between light intensity and carbon as-
similation in foliage and also between
carbon assimilation and growth. The
optimum light conditions for carbon
assimilation vary in different crops.
Palms, ferns, etc., require less light
than cucumbers, and in some cases
outdoor crops probably receive more
light in summer than they require, but
most of our economic plants grown
undpr glass do not receive sulflcient
light during the shorter days of the
year to make maximum growth.

George E. Stone.
Amherst, Mass.

824

HOETICULTURE

May 31, 1913

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA-
MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS

The following is the preliminary pro-
gram of the twenty-ninth annual meet-
ing and exhibition to be held in the
National Guards Armory, Minneapolis,
Minn., August 19th, 20th, 21st and
22nd, 1913. The program for the
sports is not yet complete. The list
of events, etc., will be included in the
program when it is mailed to the
members at a later date.

It will be necessary to have the 1913
button for admission to the hall and
meetings. This button has been sent
to all members who are in good stand-
ing. It will save time and confusion
at the convention and facilitate the
work in the Secretary's oifice very
much, if members who are in arrears
will remit their 1913 assessment
promptly to the Secretary, upon re-
ceipt of which the 1913 button will be
sent to them.

The floor plans showing available
spaces in the Trade Exhibition, are
now in the hands of the printer and
will be mailed within a week. Inquir-
ies are arriving at the Secretary's
office from all sections of the country.
which shows the widespread interest
that is being taken in this convention,
which undoubtedly will be one of the
most successful in the history of the
Society. Exhibitors desiring space in
the Outdoor Planting Exhibition should
take the matter up at once and com-
municate with the undersigned, who is
Superintendent of the Trade Exhibi-
tion, or write directly to Theo. Wirth.
Court House, Minneapolis. Minn., the
Vice-President of the Society, who Is
making strenuous efforts to make this
Outdoor Planting Exhibition one of
the great features of the convention.
Tuesday, August 19th.
First Day — Opening Session.

2 P. M. — Opening Exercises: Address (<t
Welcome; President's Address; Reports of
Officers; Selection of Meeting Place for
1914.

Evening Session.

8 P. M.— President's Reception ; Ballot-
ing for Meeting Place for 1914.

Wednesday. August 20th.

Second Day — Morning Session.

9 A. M. — Meeting of the American Rose
Society.

10 A. M. — Meeting of tlie American Sweet
Pea Society ; Morning Session of S. A. F. ;
Report of Tariff and Legislative Com-
mittee; Discussion: Nominations for Of-
ficers for 1914; Reports of State Vice-
Presidents.

Afternoon Session.

. 3 P. M. — Report of tlic National Flower

Show Committee by Chairman Charles H.

Minneapolis Pakk System
Floral Parterre at Loring Parli.

Totty; Discussion; Report of School Gar-
den Committee; Report of Judges of Trade
Exhibit.

Evening Session.

8 P. M. — Stereopticon Lecture by Theo.
Wirth, "Parks and Boulevards of Minne-
apolis."

Thursday, August 21st.
Third Day Morning.

9 A. M. — Meeting of the American Car-
nation Society.

IC.'iO A. M. — Meeting of the American
Gladiolus Society.

10 A. M. to 12 M.— Polls Open tor Elec-
tion of Officers.

Evening.

8 P. M.— Reception of the Ladies' S. A. F.

Friday, August 22nd.

Fourth Day — Morning.

9 A. M. — Meeting of the American Chry-
santhemum Society; Session of S. F. A.;
Report of Chairman of Publicity Com-
mittee; Discussion and Action on the Fol-
lowing Recommendation of the Boa'rd of
Directors: "Resolved, That it is the sense
of the Board of Directors that some action
be talien by the Society whereby exliibits
of artificial flowers at our Trade Exhibits
and Flower Shows, be excluded."

Saturday, August 23rd.

Fifth Day.
The delegates will be talven for an out-
ing at Lake Mlnnetouka as the guests of
the Minneapolis Florists, where all the

other sporting events and games will take
place.

John Young, Secretary.

LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN

FLORISTS' PROGRAM.

Tuesday, August 19th.

First L)ay.

lieceptiftn and Dancing at Hotel Rndissou.

S P. M. -Rrr,.]iti..ii,

Wednesday, August 20th.

Second Day.
Annual Meeting at the Convention Hall:
auto trip around the City of Minneapolis,
with luncheon at Minikahda Club.
Evening — Open.

Thursday, August 21st.

Third Day.

10 A. M.— Ladies' Bowling.

Afternoon— Open.

Evening.

S P. M. — Reception at Hotel Radisson.

9..'!0 P. M.— Dancing.

Friday, August 22nd.
Fourth Day.
Visit to St. Paul as the guests of the
St. Paul Florists.

Evening.
Special Concert at Lake Harriet.

ADVERTISING TALKS-By RALPH M. WARD-No. 12

This is the last of a series of
twelve Advertising Talks. The
writer could go on indefinitely cit-
ing instances, and showing how
advertising is made to pay. The
most useful principle in advertising
is common sense, for that is the
sense which the common people
possess — and always cater to the
common people in advertising. It's
the business with the great mass

that pays best. Advertising elimi-
nates certain competition without
interfering with the Sherman Law,
which compels competition and
then jails the successful competi-
tor. In the florist business today
it is all a question of the survival
of the fittest, and the fittest is the
concern of sufficient capital, whose
management has brains, energy,
honesty, vision and courage — a man-
agement that has the genius of do-
ing things and winning victories.

No management ever was success-
ful to any degree in any business
without the aid of advertising. In
the florist business the writer con-
siders the daily newspaper superior
to any other medium. It is not im-
portant that the advertising rates
be low — the best mediums are usu-
ally the highest in rates quite nat-
urally. It's the results obtained fig-
ured on a percentage basis with the
cost of advertising that counts. It's
the greatest and most successful
game that was ever played — try it.

May 31. 1913

HORTICULTUEE

825

Wholesale and Retail Florists

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give you ideas to help you add to the attractiveness of your es-
tablishment.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

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ChioaRo Office, 55 Wabash Ave.
New York Office. 331 West 4-3nd St.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB FIELD DAY.

A full account of the visit of the
Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos-
ton to W. H. Elliott's rose houses was
given in our issue of May 24. The
photograph of the group was not fin-
ished in time so we present it here-
with. We might mention that the
water for this establishment is pumped
from a well 460 feet deep by a gaso-
line engine and the same engine also
drives a three-cylinder pump for forc-
ing the manure water through the
same pipes. Among other things
which are rather unusual as done here
is the planting out of the young rose
stock in the beds after they have out-
grown the 2V-; in. pots instead of re-
potting in larger pots. The plants are
set 5 in. by 5 in. in the beds and grown
along until ready for planting in the
permanent beds. Many were inter-
ested in the process whereby an old
farm barn has been remodeled, made

tight, sanitary and attractive with
small expense. Strips of 2 in. by 2
in. material were first nailed to the
outside of the barn and metal lathing
attached to this. The whole was then
covered with stucco. The interior of
the cow stables was treated the same
way except that the outside coat was
a smooth, hard finish.

LANCASTER

COUNTY
CLUB.

FLORISTS'

At its regular meeting this club had
a paper by Mr. Beyer of La Paik, Pa.,
on "Bedding Plants and Their Cul-
ture." The paper was well received
and afterward Mr. Nagle gave a very
interesting talk on his experiences in
southern France, which were both hor-
ticultural and poetic. 'with a little of
Monte Carlo mixed between.

Mr. Rosnosky, representing the H.
F Michell Co.. who was with us, ex-
pressed surprise at the number of
members present and told of the good
times that are coming.

The picnic commitee reported hav-

ing made arrangements at Hershey's
where there is a picnic park over two
miles in length with all the requisites
for a good time, and as we will be
partly the guests of Mr. Hershey and
taken through his estate and the choc-
olate works, it will be quite an affair.
Any florist between the Arctic Circle
and the Antarctic snow-capped hills
is welcome to come with us — July 14th
or 15th; date annoimced later.

The president appointed Harry Roh-
rer. Chas. B. Herr, Jacob Flear and
others as a serving committee and re-
freshments were served and a general
social time indulged in for several
hours.

Albert M. Herb.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The Engelmann Botanical Club will
meet on Saturday, June 7th, at 3 P. M.
al Shaw's Garden, St. Louis.

The annual Peony and Rhododen-
dron Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society will be held at
Boston on June 7th and 8th.

The St. Louis County Plant and
Flower Growers' Association holds its
regular monthly meeting at the
Eleven Mile House in Kirkwood next
Wednesday, June 4th, at 8 P. M.

At the New York Florists' Club
meeting, June 9th, there will be an ad-
dress by A. Farenwald, on "Affilia-
tion," and a program of instrumental
music by the Thos. A. Edison Co.

The regular meeting of the Albany
Florists' Club will be held on June 5th
at the Albany Cut Flower Exchange.
Important business is to be brought
up and a good attendance is urged.

i;Mriliii.?i-s' and Flmists' t'liil> of liostiin, Ficlil I>;iy. -.'.t Madhur.v. X. U.

The St. Louis Florist Club meets
on Thursday afternoon, June 12th. at
Shaw's Garden. Secretary Beneke is
out with impressive postals to the

826

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

members urging them to attend and
a large gathering is expected.

Several new members were elected
at the regular meeting of the Gar-
deners' and Florists' Club of Balti-
more last Monday night. Prof. T. B.
Syraons of College Park. Md. was
present and invited the Club to attend
the Farmers' Convention to be held
at College Park under the auspices of
the Maryland Agricultural College and
Experiment Station, May 30. He also
invited the Club to attend the annual
outing of the State Horticultural
Society on July 31st, at Berlin, Md.
The Society is to be entertained by
Mr. Orlando Harrison, who will also
entertain the Peninsula Horticultural
Society of Delaware at same time.
The Club decided to hold their regu-
lar annual outing on August 5, at
Chesapeake Beach. The Washington
florists will hold their annual outing
the same date and place. It is ex-
pected some interesting games and
events will be arranged by the two
clubs.

HYDRANGEA DENTELLE.

We show herewith an illustration
of another of the new French hydran-

By Courtesy of H. A. Dr

geas which have been among the
really sensational introductions of the
past season. Dentelle is a superb
creamy white, deeply fringed flower.
It is a splendid late-forcing variety,
from Decoration Day onward.

BEDDING PLANTS

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. roltevine and Rlc-
ard, iVi inch, 7c.; Vincas, 10, liVi and 16c.;
Dracaenas Indivisa, 2B, 36 and 60c.; Sal-
via !;i>Ienden>i, S-SVi inch, 6, Oc. ; Stocks,
mixed colors, 314 inch, Cc. ; Petunias,
double, 7c.. Californian Giant. 6c.. Nana
Compacta, 6c.; Calendula, 4c.: Marigolds,
French, 5c. , African, 6c.; Feverfew, 5c.;
Golden Feather, 3c.; Ageratum, 6c.; Helio-
trope, 6c.; Cannas, 5 Tarieties, 8c.; Celosia
Cristata, 6c.; Fachsias, 7c.; Lemon Ver-
benas, 7c.; Mme. Salleroi, 3 Inch, 6c., 2^,
4c.; Verbenas, 3c.; Coleus, Golden Bedder,
VerschafTeltl and mixed, 3c. ; Alternan-
therss, red and yellow, 4c. ; Lobelia, 3c. ;
Asparagns Sprengerl, Baskets, $1.00 and
$1.50, 3% Inch, 7e., ZH inch, Sc.

H. HANSEN, FLORIST

106 Avon St., MjJden, Mast.

IN BUD OR BLOOM

For Outside Flowering In Pots and Tubs

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA

From Pots, 50c to $2.50 each In Tubs $3 00 to $4.00 each

BEDDING ROSES

HEAVY 2-YEAR PLANTS FROM S-INCH POTS

Mrs. Aaron Ward, Killarney, White Killarney, Mme. Jules
Grolez, Caroline Testout, Kaiserin, Gruss an Teplitz

In Lots of 25 of a Variety, $30.00 per 100

Killarney Queen and Lady Hillingdon
2-YEAR PLANTS FROM S-INCH POTS

In Lots of 25 of a Variety, $50.00 per 100

Prices on smaller lots on application

A full assortment of the best climbing roses. Get our Bedding Rose Catalog

N. F>IE

CROIVI\A/l

IM, INC.

:l.u, conn.

GARDENIAS

4 and 5 in. Pots

FINE BUSHY PLANTS

For Summer Flowering

WELL SET WITH BUDS

$25 and $35 per 100

CASH WITH ORDER

Rose Hill Nurseries

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.

STOCKS WANTED

Double Stocks have been selling
well tbls season. We can use a
larger quantity than we are receiv-
ing. We pay a better price than
you get from the fakir.

N. F. McCarthy & co.

Wholesale Florists
tl2 ARCH ST., BOSTON, MASS.

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Write for quolalions

A definite policy, even if
worl<ed with indifferent copy, is
more apt to succeed when fol-
lowed out, than spasmodic, hit-
or-miss advertising even with
more clever copy. — Koller.

GEO. I. PEAHSOII. Pres. t, Tteas. WM. I. USrMtNN, V Pres. I Sec)

FAIRFIELD LANDSCAPE & NURSERIES CO.

ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS

P«u-k8, Cemeteries. Golf Courses

Planting, L.^ndscape Construction, Road Build-
ing, i-t.:.

4Ut Street and Park Ave., NEW YORK

ARAUCARIA EXGELSA

5 ln„ 5Vo iu. rind 6 In. pota, ,"!, 4, 5, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 Inches high, 40c.,
60c., 60c., 75c., $1.00, $1.25 each and
up to $1.50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

t»i2 E Matt St, rauMEmiu. Pi

III mr^mrmg f«*A flmm»*
it *i •• HOKTICULTURE."

May 31, 1913

HOBTICULTUBE

827

POTTED ROSES

SELECT 2 -YEAR OLD PLANTS

ALL STRONG FIVE AND SIX INCH POTS AND
PLANTS OF A QUALITY THAT WILL PLEASE
YOUR RETAIL CUSTOMERS.

Hybrid-Tea Roses

Novelties and Recent Introductions

£ach

Arthur R. Goodwill $U 50

Cynthia lord 50

Chateau de CIos V'ougeot 50

Dorothy Page Roberts 50

Duchess of Sutherland 2 00

Duchess of Westminster 1 00

Earl of Gosford 2 00

Elizabeth Barnes 50

Edward Stanley 1 00

Eugene Boullet 50

E. W. Cowan 2 00

Femeihurst 100

T ranees Charteris Seton 1 00

Florence Haswell Veitch 1 00

George C. Waud 35

Institateur SIrday 50

James Coe.v 50

John Cuff 50

Joukherr. J. L. Mock 30

King George 2 00

Eady Alice Stanley 50

Lady Downe 1 00

Lady Greenall 1 00

Lady Ursula 50

Lieutenant Chaure 50

Mable Drew 1 00

Mary Countess of Ilchester 50

May Kenyon Slaney 75

Mme. 8egond Weber 30

Mile. Marie Masquerand 50

Margaret Molyneux 50

Mrs. Arthur JIunt 50

Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison 75

Mrs. Chas. Hunter 2 00

Rtrs. Frank Bray 2 00

Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth 2 00

Mrs. Leonard Petrie 75

Mrs. Muir .MacKean 2 00

Mrs. Samuel Ross 2 00

Mrs. WaUefleld Christie Miller 50

Mrs. Walter Easlea 75

Mrs. Corunallis West 100

Nerissa 2 00

^Mta Weldon 50

Robert Huey 100

Souvenir de Gustave Pratt 50

Verna Mackay 2 00

Walter Speed 50

Select Standard Sorts

per 100

Betty .$30 00

Caroline Testout 25 00

Countess of Gosford .30 00

Dean Hole .30 00

Earl of Warwick 30 00

Florence Pemberton 30 00

Franz Deegen 30 00

Farben Konigin 30 00

Gustav Grunerwald 30 00

Grace Darling 30 00

General MacArthur 30 00

Grand Duke Adolphe de Lnxem-

bnrg 30 00

G. Nabonnand 30 00

Gruss an Teplitz 25 00

Irish Brightqess 35 00

Joseph Hill ". $30 00

Killarney 30 00

Konigin Carolia 30 00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 25 00

Lady Ashtown 30 00

La Detroit 30 00

La France 30 00

Laurent Carle .30 00

Le Progress .30 00

Liberty 30 00

Lyon 30 00

Mme. Philipe Rivoire ."50 00

Jenny Gillemot 30 00

" Jules Graverenx 30 00

Hector Leulloit 30 00

Hybrid-Tea Roses

Select Standard Sorts — Continued

per 100

Mme. Bavary $30 00

Jules Grolez 30 00

Abel Chatenay 30 (H)

" Leon Pain 30 00

" Maurice de Luze 30 00

" Melanie Soupert 30 00

3[arquise de Sinety 40 00

Mens. Paul Lede .30 00

Pharisaer 30 00

Prince de Bulgarie 30 00

Reine Marguerite de Italic 30 00

Richmond .30 00

Simplicity 30 00

Souvenir de President Carnot .... .30 00

Viscountess Folkestone 30 00

White Killarney 30 00

Hybrid Perpetual Roses

per 100

Alfred Culomb $25 00

Anna de Diesbach 25 00

Alfred K. Williams 25 00

American Beauty 30 00

Baroness Rothschild .^ 25 00

Baron de Bonstettin 25 00

Camille Bernardin 25 00

Capt. Christy 25 00

Captain Hay ward 25 00

CUo 25 00

Charles Lefebvre 25 00

Duke of Edinburgh 25 00

Earl of Diiflerin 25 00

Fisher Hohnes 25 00

Francois Michelon 25 00

Frau Karl Druschki 25 00

General Jactiueminot 25 00

George .Arends (New) , 35 00

Gloire de Chedanne Guinoissean . . .35 00

Glorie de Margottin 25 00

Glorie Lyonnaise 25 00

Hugh Dickson 25 00

Jean Liabaud 25 00

Louis Van Houtte 25 00

Magna Charta 25 00

Mrs. R. G. Sharnian Crawford ... 25 00

Mrs. John Laing 25 00

Mabel Morrison 25 00

Mme. Victor A'erdier 25 00

Mnie. Gabrielle Luizet 25 00

Marie Haumann 25 00

Paul Neyron 25 00

President Kruger (New) 35 00

Prince Camille de Rohan 25 00

Queen of Queens 25 00

Rodocanachi 25 00

Tom Wood ; 25 00

rlrich Brunner 25 00

Victor Verdier 25 00

Tea and Other Everblooming Roses

per 100
.$30 00
. 25 00
. 25 00
. 20 00
. 35 00
. 35 00
. 25 00
. 25 00
. 25 00
. 25 00
. 50 00
. 75 00
. 50 00
. 25 00
. 30 00
. 25 00
. 20 00
. 30 00
. 30 00
. 25 00

Corallina

Charlotte Klemm

Etoile de Lyon

Hermosa

Hugo Roller

Harry Kirk

Maman Cochet Pink

White

Marie Van Ilodtte

Mme. Joseph Schwartz

Molly Sharman Crawford . . .
Miss Alice de Rothschild ....

Mrs. Hubert. Taylor

Mrs. B. B. Cant

Perie des Jardins . . . ._

Papa Gontier

Queen's Scarlet, or Agrippina.
Souvenir do Pierre Netting ...

" " Catherine Guillot
Safrano

Baby Rambler Roses

per 100

Annchen Muller. Pink Baby $20 00

Catharine Ziemet. White Baby... 20 00

Jessie 25 00

Louis Walter or Baby Tansends-

chon 35 00

Mme. Norbert Levavasseur. Crim-
son Baby 20 00

Mrs. Cutbush. Cherry-red Baby. 20 00
Orleans (New) 25 00

Austrian or Yellow Brier Roses

per 100

Austrian Copper $30 (X)

Austrian Vellow ... .1 30 00

Harrison Vellow 30 00

Persicin Yellow » 25 00

Pernetiana or Hybrid Austrian Briers

per 100

Juliet (New) $35 00

Soliel d' Or or Golden Sun 30 00

Sweet Brier Roses

per 100

Refulgence (New ) $35 00

Anne of Geierstein 30 00

Brenda 30 00

Lord Penzance 30 00

Meg Merillies 30 00

Comnion Sweet Briar or Eglan-
tine 20 00

Wichuraiana Roses

per 100

Wichnraiana. White 20 00

" Evergreen Gen 20 00

Gardenia 20 00

Pink Roamer 20 00

" South Orange Per-
fection 20 00

Wichuraiana Triumph 20 00

" Universal Favorite. . 20 00

Climbing and Rambler Roses

per 100

.American Pillar $30 00

ISallimore Belle 20 00

Crimson Rambler 25 00

Climbing Clothilde Soupert 25 00

" CaroUne Testout 30 00

Belle Siebrecht 30 00

" Kaiserin Augusta Vic-
toria .30 00

Dorothy Perkins 25 00

J'lxcelsa ( New) 30 00

Flower of Faiifleld 25 00

Glorie de Dijon 30 00

Hiawatha 25 00

Marechal Nell 30.00

I'rairie Queen 20 00

I'ausendsclion 25 00

Trier 25 00

White Dorothy 25 00

W. A, Richardson 30 00

White Banksia 25 00

Yellow Banksia 25 00

A cilow Rambler 25 00

Rugosa Roses

per 100

Kugosa Red $18 00

White 18 00

Moss Roses

per 100

Blanche Morean $25 00

Princess Adelaide 25 00

ORDER AT ONCE WHILE THE SELECTION IS GOOD

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

714 CHESTNUT STREET, - - - JSPHILADELPHIA, ^A.

THE ABOVE PRICES ARE INTENDED FOR THE TRADE ONLY

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BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

l.e:xiimg-t-oim, ivia.:

tOSTOlM, ■N/I.A.SS

A Large and Complete Assortment of
EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS TREES. SHRUBS, ROSES. VINES, HERBA-
CEOUS PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Twelve Selected Varieties, 2y^-'m. pots.
$5.00 per 100, $40.00 per 1000.

All colors,

HOLLYHOCKS

Double Red, White, Rose, F*lnk, Maroon, Yellow and
Single Mixed. $4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000.

Ours is the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABUSHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

BljsKi

Extra Fine. 12 to IS-inch, $15.00 per
100.

Pyramidal Bay Trees and
Box Trees

In various sizes

Pot-Grown Perennials

By the Thousand. Send for Special
List.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dcpt. "F" BEDFORD. MASS,

National Nurseryman

Offlclal organ of the American A«-
Boclation of Norserymen. Circula-
tion among the trade only. P»h-
Ushed Monthly. Subecrlption prl««
$1.00 per year. Foreign labserlp-
tlon» Jl.SO per year. In adT»ac«.
Sample copy free upon application
from those In the trade encloilng
their buglneas card.

Nitmnl Kursitnifflafl Pvii. U., ^]^

218 Lhrngston BuiUing

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs,

Small Fruits, Clematis. Evergreens

and Roses.

Write for Trade JAM,

W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

P. OUWERKERK,

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

216 lane St. Weitawkn HilctU
P. 0. No. 1, loboku, N. I.

The New Sargent Rose

stock Limited, fi.SO each.

Alio Lady Duncan, Dawion. DajbrMik,

rarqnhar. Wm. Egan and Mlnnl* Dawvon.

Write for prlc«a.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

HBNRY g. DAWSON. Ma»»»T.

DAM 1.1 AS

In separate colors, also Fancies, any
color, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000.

In mixture of all colors and type* at
75c. per 100, $6.00 per 1000.

Sound divisions of Field-clump stock that
will please.

For prices on named kinds send for
Wholesale Trade List.

•W. A. FINGER.. HicKsville, N.Y.

& A.

OIA.

OtM- World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXMrOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PI *MTS. rv^seREENS. ROSES, RHOOODENDRONS,

VfrieS AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a tew minutu from
New York G^; Carltoo l-fiU Station is the second stop on Main Line of Erie Railroad.

Nurserymen and Florists

KINS

Rutherford, N. J.

GRAFTED ROSES FOR JUNE PLANTING

Killarney, Waban White Killarney and Lady Hillingdon

Strong Plants from 3 inch and 3 1-2 inch pots,
$12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000

These Roses are grafted on Dickson's Manetti Stock; were shitted from
21^-inch pots the beginning of May. and will be just right for June planting.

A Bargain in Well Grown Rost»

ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Co., Pa.

EVERGREENS FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT JAPANESE MAPLES IN POTS

Potted Strawberries our OWN GROWING Roses from 6INGH pots

Send UB a'^lisi of your uanls

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, ^^SfEwToRKTiW""''

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Man.

GHAM

— ^DJEoAZ^ —

W. B. WHITTIER & CO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAJM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRMX NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PUHS IEF8RE DIOEIINC aSEWHERE

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

I'ly om- new <iKlt.\MIM Sf.VRLET UKDDKK for your
(;ardt'n :m(l Window lioxes. Theu procure a copy of
CHRYSANTHEMi:ivi MANUAL, 3rd edition as a guide for
growing your CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 50c. postpaid.
A.sk for oiii 11)1.3 CATALOGUE and place your order with
u.s for your plants, which will have our best attention.

Then procure our FERTILENE, the IDEAL. PLANT food for producing Lusty blooms.

Price.— !/■ lb., 20c; prepaid by mall, 30e; 1 lb., 35c; prepaid by mall, 50c; 10 lbs., $3.00;

25 lbs., $6.00; 50 lbs., $10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO. ADRIAN, MICH.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTIC4JLTURE.

May 31, 1913

HOKTICULTUEE

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This beautiful new Gladiolus has produced as great a sensation as the now
famous Princeps. The flowers, which are of immense size, are of the most
beautiful flesh-pink color, and. as a florist who saw it said, it is "fine enough
for a bride's bouquet." '

100 1000
rOP ROOTS $2.75 $25.00

100 1000
FIRST SIZE $2.25 $20.00

100 1000
SECOND SIZE $2.00 $17.50

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

Seedsman and Importer 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Ofllc»rg — President. Chas. N. Page,
De» Moines, la.; lat vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsbarg, Pa.;
2nd Wee- president, Arthur B. Clark,
Mllford. ronn.; secretary and treaa-
nrer, C B. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; as-
■Istant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna.
O. Neit convention at Cleveland, Ohio.
Jnne 24-25, 1913.

American Seed Trade Association.

The 31st annual convention will be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, June 24-26,
with headquarters at the new Hotel
Statler, commencing at 10 o'clock A.
M.. Tuesday, June 24th.

As the Statler is Cleveland's new-
est hotel, it is running full most of the
time, so it is urged that rooms be en-
gaged as early as possible. Price of
rooms, $2.00 and upwards.

A cordial invitation has been ex-
tended to the members by the Storrs
& Harrison Co. to be their guests on
Thursday afternoon to inspect their
nurseries and greenhouses.

Cleveland is advantageously sit-
uated to be easy of access to a large
part of the members and the impor-
tance of the work to be considered
should insure a large attendance.

Seed Trade Ethics.

Horticulture has done a courageous
and needful thing in the interest of
the seed trade, in publishing that evi-
dence last week in regard to our na-
tional seed shop and its methods. A
national government of 9(1.000,000 peo-
ple is such a powerful agency that
only one in a million would dare to
niak3 It cheep. The evidence indicates
what has long been known, persistent
hostility to an honorable American
business — the seed trade. It is to be
hoped that the new Secretary of Agri-
culture will give this matter his atten-
tion and make a clean sweep. The
writer was in Providence last fall and
heard a foreign representative of a
grass seed house bragging that he had
sold the Department at Washington
their grass seeds. With the unthink-
ing this had its affect. But as Hor-
TicuLTTRE rightly mentions, the United
States is a private customer and a due
regard for the ethics precludes an en-
deavor in that direction. Those who
"sell to the seed trade only," should
sell to the seed trade only. To boast

of doing otherwise is to condemn
themselves. Of course, those in the
know, will understand all that the
aforesaid anecdote reveals. Taken
with the Farquhar episode, and nu-
merous others that will occur to many,
the leaf reveals the tree. I wish you
would put one honorable Holland con-
cern on record as selling to the seed
trade only: Messrs. Barenbrug. Bur-
gers & Co.. grass seed specialists of
Arnhem. They sell to the trade only,
and consider their customers worthy
of protection. There are many honor-
able houses in Holland, and we must
not judge all by the abominable prac-
tices of a few. The world owes a lot
to the genius of the Netherlands.

George C. Wat.som.

Parcels Post Discrimination.
The Leonard Seed Company call our
attention to the following extract from
a letter received from one of their
customers, to which we gladly give
space:

"Iiioidently it seems to mo the seed and
florist tr.Tde should protest against the
unjust (lisi-rimination of the parcel post
under jpiesrut rulings. For instance, a

lustorner from wrote for seed

sweet potatoes by parcel post. Had he
applied to the grocery across the street
from me, they could have been delivered
by the rural carrier right tf> his door for
29 cents. But they were 'Seeds, roots,
bulbs or tubers for plantiug,' and would
require 71 or 72 cents to go by parcel post.
The express company carried them to

for 2.5 cents. Should one of my

customers require 11 lbs. of alfalfa to
feed to his canary, it could go to any
point reached by our carrier for 1.5 cents
or any poiut within 50 miles tor ?,o cents.
But if this customer intends to plant the
seed instead of feeding his 'bird,' it would
cost him 88 cents to send either to any
one on a routa from this office or to the
remotest corner of the United States. It
certainly is a great system, but who can
call it just, fair or right?"

Notes.

C. W. Scott and A. Kakuda of the
Yokohama Nursery Co., are on a busi-
ness trip in the South.

W. A. Sperling, who has been in
Europe on business for Stumpp & Wal-
ter Co., New York, is on the Atlantic,
homeward bound.

Among the New York visitors this
week are: Wm. Satter. representing
J. Blaauw & Co., John Radder and K.
van Kleef, all of Boskoop, Holland.

Walter J. Barnwell, brother of the
well-known Barnwell Bros., of Worth- j
ing, England, and for many years in

the employ of Peter Henderson & Co.,
has taken a position in the seed store
of Burnett Bros., New York City.

The Horticultural Society of Chicago
will have a Peony and Hardy Peren-
nial Show at the Art Institute, June
12th and 13th. The premium list is
still in the hands of the printer but
the growers have taken a great inter-
est in the show and there is promise
that the affair will be a success. The
admission fee will be 25 cents. Among
the prizes offered will be gold, silver
and oronze medals as well as money
by the society and many individual
prizes.

An inventory of the personal estate
of the late Joseph Ault Bolgiano,
shows that at the time of his death,
on March 1 last, he owned securities
worth $630,803 and $47,452 cash, a total
of $678,255, in addition to over $50,000
worth of real estate. For many years
Mr. Bolgiano was head of the seed
firm of J. Bolgiano & Son. Baltimore,
Md. His will, made February 7, 1890,
gives the bulk of his estate to his
children. The business is now owned
and conducted by his son. Mr. Charles
J. Bolgiano.

Formosa lily bulb crop will be short
this year and prices tend upwards.
Dealers have already accepted orders
for more than they are going to be
able to supply. The crop has been re-

NEW CROP

Areca Lutescens Seed

Arrived May 17th

$6.00 per 1000, $27.50 per 5000

HOSEA WATERER
Seedsman

107-109 So. 7th St., Philadelpliia, Pa.

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HORTICULTUKE

May 31, 1913

duced about 40 per cent, for no other
reason apparently than that the pro-
ducers are not properly organized and
have no comprehensive idea of the
business and its possibilities. Contrary
to general impression, no lilies are
grown in Formosa. The so-called For-
mosa lilies come from Oshima, where
the cycas stems come from.

THE DUTCH BULB BUSINESS.

Editor Horticulture,

Dear Sir: — In reference to your ar-
ticle in Horticulture of May 24th re-
garding importation of Dutch bulbs
by the Department of Agriculture, I
have read the same carefully and I
wish to commend you in this matter.
I fully agree with you that it the De-
partment of Agriculture's experience
In buying from American dealers has
been unsatisfactory they should not
trouble us, and I do not give the De-
partment any credit for making state-
ments of this kind. I know that the
average quality of goods delivered to
the Department of Agriculture is not
better than those supplied by reliable
American houses. I know all reliable
dealers (the same as ourselves) pur-
chase only the best Dutch bulbs the
season produces, and when the Depart-
ment of Agriculture buys from the
Dutch houses direct by taking the low-
est quotation at hand they always re-
ceive a quality according, and the flow-
ering result in the spring will often
show substitutions.

In general, in buying direct, the De-
partment of Agriculture will not gain
any advantages over buying from reli-
able American dealers. They should
not overlook the fact that' in buying
bulbs there are many technical points
mostly unknown to American florists
of which they would receive the benefit
in buying from experienced American
importers. It might be interesting to
hear from the Department of Agricul-
ture, their experiences as to trueness
of flowering, etc., in buying direct from
the foreign grower. The American
dealer is getting very poor treatment
from his Government when they give
the preference to the foreign grower
who does not have American labor and
other high expenses to pay; besides,
the Department brings them here free
of duty while the dealer pays the tariff.

Could it not be so arranged that the
Department would publish to the trade
exclusively copies of all foreign bids
made, together with the names of suc-
cessful bidders?

I hope you will agitate this matter
to a successful finish, and I remain
Yours very truly,

0. V. Zangen.

Hoboken, N. J.

UNDER THE RED FLAG.

We are told of a party in Holland
who bought up and shipped to a New
York auction house 200 cases of mate-
rial in which roses predominated.
The roses brought $25 per 1,000, on
which the auctioneer's commission
was 17% per cent. The duty on roses
is $40 per 1,000 and the freight about
$10 per 1,000, which, of course, had to
be handed over in cash by the con-
signee before the goods could be
touched. Puzzle — who pays the com-
mission, who pays for the roses and
who makes good on the other half of
the duty and freight?

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

CMERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. Tall Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba MagniSca, White 60 $1.00

Chiswiok, Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

Rosy Morn. Pink 60 l.OO

Dncbess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holbom Blue 60 1.00

Michell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-

TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt.

Wlacina, Pale lilac 50

Kernjesina, Crimson 50

Rosea. Pink 50

Alba. White 50

Hybrida. Mixed 50

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELL'S GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1.50

Giant Pink 20 .60

Giant Scarlet 20 .60

Giant Striped 20 .60

Giant ^Vliite 20 .60

Giant -Yellow 20 .60

Giant Mixed 16 .60

MICHELL'S GIANT
PANSY SEED

We are now booking: orders for New
Crop Seed, due to arrive soon.

Michell's Giant Exhibition Mixed. A

truly Giant strain which we have se-
cured from the leading Pansy Special-
ists in Germany and France. Plants
are of strong, sturdy habit; flowers of
immense size, heavy texture and of va-
ried colors and shades. Trade packet
oOc. ; 7oc. per % oz. ; per oz., $5.00.

Also Giant Prize varieties in separate
colors.

HENRY F. MIGHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH i _ , ., x i

, ,, ^ . « . ;■ Growers for tUe Trade

and all Garden Seeds I

I EONARD

^. K1N"E STREET,

CHICAGO

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY - fS"

J. OLIVER JOHNSON/*'''""'"*"''"^™'"

CHICAGO, ILL.

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamburg, which we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

53 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Sand myonr wants. We will tnke care of

them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the ashing

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 BetzBldg. Philadelphia.

TANGLEFOOT

Keeps the Beggars from Ascending

3 lbs. will make a band 6 feet
long, 85c. per lb. 10 lbs. $2.65

Wm. Ellioft & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

f CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world over (or

SUPERIOR M£R.IT

JoKn Le-wis Childs

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CABB.4GE, Wakefield, Snccpsslon, Early
and late Flat Dutch, Sureliead. All Head,
DaniKb Ball Head, etc., at 20 cts. per 100,
800 for 75 cts.. $1.00 per 1,000, 10,000 and
over 8.5 cts. per 1.000.

LETTUCE, Grand Rapids, BIb Boston,
Boston Market, and Tennis Ball. 20 cts,
per 100. 600 for 75 cts.. $1.00 per I.OflO.

BEET. Eclipse. Crosby and EB.vptian, 2S
cts. per 100, 500 for $1.00. J1.25 per 1,000.. .

CELERY. Golden .Self Blandiine, 40 cts.
per 100. $2.50 per 1.000.

TOMATO PLANTS, will be ready aboat
May 25tli. Send for Catalogue.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

When writing to advertisert kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTURE

831

LILIES

Lilium Myriophytlum
Lilium Sargentiae

The bulbs of these magfuifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 each, $15.00 per doz.

R.&J.Fan|uhar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOVI'JC, C\UFORVIA

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

'^GROWBRS FOR THE TRADE

Peas, Sweet Com, Onion. Tiauip,
Radish, Beet, Etc.

MILFORD, CONN.

Bnuhches : Michigan
and Wtaoonan

CABBAGE CELERY BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CAUUFLOWER RUTA BAGA TURNIP

WEEBER & DON, SEED MERCHANTS

114 Chambers St., New York

CHOICE SEEDS

Oi.
Asters. American BranchiDg, ia

colors 11.00

Asters. Imperial MidseasoD, In colors. 2.50

Bachelor's Button. Double Bine 1.00

Candytuft. Giant White Perfection.. .60

Gypsophila £le^ans Grandiflora Alba. .26

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 SoDth Market St., BostoB, Mass.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

" Reno^v7ud Sweet Pea Specialists"

Bmiinj'ftlopa Independence^ Ho.

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE

TUBEROSES

First-class bulbs, 4-6 in. 75c. per hun-
dred; $7.00 per thousand.

BEDDING PLANTS

Kxtra fine stock at reasonable prices.

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS

for early planting.
Let U8 have your order.

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

SOW BEGONIAS NOW

M.v selected strain of BEGONIA GRA-
CILIS LUMINOSA, extra large flowered
scarlet, and BEGONIA BEDDING

QUEEN, extra large flowered real pink.
Tiiese two varieties when sown from
now on to the latter part of June will
make excellent 4, 5, or 6 inch pot plants
for Xmas flowering. They are fine
sellers and better keepers than Gloire
de Lorraine.

1 Tr. Pkt.,

.$0.50 6 Tr. Pkt $2.60

0. V. Z2ng6n, Hoboken,N.J.

POmSETTIAS,

TRUE TYPE.
Shipped in Paper Pots, June De-
livery.

I'A INCH PLANTS, $6.00 PER 100

Write for Prices in Large Quantities

A. Henderson & Co.

369 BIVBR ST., CHICAGO.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jar the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-255 W. M.aison St.. CHICAGO

FOR

High Class Florists'

FLOWER SEEDS

WRITE TO

KELWAY & SON

The Premier English Export House

(Actual Raisers)

Also Choice Strains of Gar-
den and Farm Seeds

Special Prices for present
delivery or on contract now
ready.

LANGPORT, ENGLAND

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEOS

Evtabluhed 1818

fVrite For Our Loiv Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, IMD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOB PROFIT.

I. W. Edimilion. M|f.

M. W. mi&aiiE, S«'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSB CALlrORNLA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FXOBIST8

Ask for 1912 Catalorne*

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen
4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

■BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

832

HORTICULTUBE

May 31, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

SONS=

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and L 1583

1415 Farnum St.,

OIVIAIHA, IMEB.

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

IN WISCONSIN

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.

Milwaukee

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. MlcditJan Ave. and Slst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Mnnbcr Florists' Telvsrapb DeUTcry Aa«».)
Jf» (Up to all points la nilnols and Iowa.

Ptiiw : MdlM 880. AMBe »81. AWtw 8H.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Flori§ts* Telegraph Delivery.

All Onlirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.
Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

WILLIAM

L.

ROCK

FLOWER

CO.

Kansas Citx,

.

. Mo.

will carefully execute ord<
City and any town in
Kansas.

Ts for Kansas
Missouri or

"THE HOIWE OF FLOWERS"

The lar^f^t rut flower ^to^e in America.
Orders for Ihe TWIN CITIE.S and for all
Northwestern points grlven prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpotaled
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

BuHalo,N.Y.

Members Florists'Telegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Waltham, Mass.— M. F. Ruane.

Pocatello, Ida.— W. A. AVorel, 636 N.
Grant Ave.

Albany, N. Y.— Holmes Bros., 20
Steuben St.

Chicago, III.— Mary B. Walsh. 1139
Haj'es avenue.

Denver, Col. — Sandberg & Davis,
110 Broadway.

Olean, N. Y. — Frederick A. Hamm,
North Union St.

Louisville, Ky. — Mrs. M. D. Reim-
ers, Atherton Bldg.

STBAMER DEPARTURES

Allan.
Xumidunn, Bostun-Glasgow. . June 0

American.
Phlladelpbia, N. y.-S'h'pton. June 1.'.

Atlantic Transport.
Minnetonka. N. Y.-I,"ntloii. . . June 7
Minneapolis. N. Y. -London. ..Tune 14

Gun and.

Lusitania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .June 4

Caroni.T, N. Y.-Liverpool June 7

Fianconla, Boston-Liverpool. June 10
Mnuretania, N. Y.-Liverpool. Juno 11
Saxonia. X. Y'.-Mediter'n'n. ..Tune 12
Carmania. X. Y.-Liverpool. ..Tune 14

Hamburg-American.

Pres. Grant. X. Y. -Hamburg. June o
Ciuoinnati, Boston-London.. .J\ine i
Imperator, X. Y. -Hamburg. ..Tune 7
Vio. Luise. X. Y.-IIamt)urg. . June 10
Pres. Line'ln. X. Y.-H'nib'r.?. June 14

Holland-America.
Potsdam. X. y.-R^)tterdam. ..Time o
Xi'W Am'daui, X. Y.-Kot'dam. June 10

Leyland.

Boliemian, Boston-I-iverpool..Tune 7
\Vinifredian, Boston-Liv'rp'l..Tune )4

North German Lloyd.
Iv'pV. Willi'm X. Y. -Bremen. .June .".

F. der (jr.. X. Y. -Bremen . .Jnni- ■"'►
K'nig .\lbert. X. Y. M'diter'n. Juni' 7
Kr. Cecilie, X. Y. -Bremen. . .June In
Barl)arossa. X. Y. -Bremen. . ..Tune tu

G. Washington, X. Y.-Br'm*n. June 14

Red Star,
Kroonlanl, X. Y. -.Antwerp. ..Tune 7
Zeeland, X. Y. -Antwerp June 14

White Star.

Araliie, Boston-Liverpool June '.

Cedric X. Y.-Liverpool June n

Oceanie, X. Y.-S'hampton. . . . June i
Canopic, Boston-Mediter'u. . ..June 1-

Bnltie, X. Y.-Liverpool Tune 1-

Ol.vmpi*-, X. Y.-S'hamptoii . . .Tune 14

INCORPORATED.

Elmhurst, N. Y. — Hoskins Floral
Co., capital stock, $25,000. Incorpora-
tors, D. J. Hoskins, J. F. Harris and
F. Amberg.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Roservie Floral
Co., capital stock, $10,000. Incorpora-
tors. C. J. Muller, J. L. Irwin. W. W.
Robson. C. N. Jansen, T. P. White.

Israel Quint, a well-known florist of
Roxbury, Mass., was arrested and
fined on a charge of violating the Sun-
day laws by selling some carnations
on Sunday, May 25. Mr. Quint ap-
pealed to the Superior Court. We pre-
sume if Mr. Quint had sold his cus-
tomer a box of cigarettes he would
not have been molested. Funny laws
we have.

ALEX. McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or Intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on Bteamshipg

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cffsi of Cabling Foreign Deliveries

Must be prepaid

Reference or casb most accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, ALEXCONNIXI..

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -

lU Ltfgest Fh)ra) Establishmeat in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the cjumry to

New York City
Or GUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or teleizraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 15.ji'-lj.j3 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

761 Fiftll Alt.. Cor. E iStll St

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 ProapKt

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Prospect

EstablUhed 1874

13 A. 1^13

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison ATeoae, N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Corresna
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bndak
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable addrcsSj Dard^of.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 SL, NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY J-ELEGRAPH "

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
AI_BA.IMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY

AND vicBwnr

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Deaign Work

DELrVEBED IN ALBANY AND ViriNITT
ON TELEGR.VrHIC OKDER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. N. Y.

May 31, 1913

HOETICULTUEB

83»

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all Xew England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

191 Boylston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Teleffraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tusf-any Rasl<ets for
Florists' Use, in Wliolesale Department,

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any a dress in Washington.

Stock ard Work First Class

F9IHOC3I

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

LetidlDr Ftori'«t«. Orders filled for any

part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS E'PSTEIN -

FRANK H FORREST

344 - 316 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAL.

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
nil Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FLOWERS BY TLEOBAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or teleKraph order tor
any occasion, in any part of the Dominljm.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Tonge St.,

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL-—

NALL & ROBINSON r; s J^

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ''"-■

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FIOMSTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, H N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. F. Gnlvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston — Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston — Philip L. Carbonc, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. T.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's. 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., I&t3 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association,

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower
Co.. 1116 Walnut St.

Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. Pollworth Co.

Montreal, Can. — Hall & Robinson. 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stnmpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York — Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Schllng, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
nijm St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I.— T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal.— The California
Florist. 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson, Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gnde Bros., 1214 F

St.

Washington, D.
F St., N. W.

Washington. D. C— George H. Conke

-F. H. Kramer, 915

NEWS NOTES.

Shamokin, Pa.— The H. P. Campbell
Estate has removed to 63 East In-
dependence St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Irving Gresham, of
the C. A. Dahl Floral Co. has leased
the store and greenhouses of the
West A'iew Floral Co.

Northampton, Mass. — Geo. H. Mc-
Intyre of Easthampton has purchased
the Bay State Greenhouse, formerly
owned by C. L. Feiker.

Chatham, N. J. — Robert E. Berr>-,
formerly located at Summit, N. J., has
leased the Ryan greenhouses and will
continue growing here. His stock is
shipped to J. K. Allen, the New York
wholesaler.

FIRES.

Toppenish, Wash. — Fire completely
destroyed the packing and shipping
plant of the Washington Nursery Co.,
on May 4th. The loss, estimated be-
tween $7,000 and $10,000 is covered by
insurance to the amount of $4,000.

Early Closing

Commencing Sat. IMay 31

and During June, July

and August

We Close at

5 P.M. on Weekdays
1 P. M. on Saturdays

Kindly send mail and telegraiu
orders to reach ns early in the day

M. RICE CO.

Leading Florists' Supply and Ribbon
House.

1220 RACE ST., PHILA., PA.

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn. Tlie Telesraph Florist"

.Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

37«43 bromfie:i<d street

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

7IWW The Florist

Cjlilll 1 Park St., Boston

GUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS
■ 214 F sy-,njn.

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists*
Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 £. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELAND

Euclid AvMtM*

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET
Special Deliveries Niagara Falls
and LocKport

PROVIDENCE, R. I.
and all T. J. JOHNSTON & CO.,

New Eoglinij Points 171 Weybosset Street

,^34

HOETICULTUEB

May 31, 1913

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

JUNE WEDDINGS.

Memorial Day has made its .exit
and now ranks with the has-beens of
1913. We must represent the drown-
ing man and grasp the last straw,
namely the June wedding. Some of
our more fortunate brothers will
have quite a few of these juicy plums,
while others will have to be content
with less.

When the opportunity presents it-
self to grasp a small wedding, take
it firmly and hold it, because it may
be quite a few months before you
have a chance to get another. Don't
let a few dollars' difference stand in
the way; if you cannot do it for the
price offered, there is somebody who
.can.

A pretty decoration, even though it
may be small, is a very big advertise-
ment for you and therefore you can-
not afford to let this free advertising
get away. The first question asked
after entering the house or church
and admiring the decoration will be:
"I wonder who the florist was?" And
this means a great deal tor you.

The vanishing of southern smilax at
this time of the year naturally makes
us turn our thoughts to the woods,
and it is here we find the new growth
of foliage to help us out of our diffi-
•culties; where arbors are to be put
up, canopies covered and such work
where large sprays of green must be
used effectively; and that priceless
foliage we call kalmia or mountain
laurel, with its heavy clusters of pink
and white blossoms will surely take
the place of anything we have been in
the habit of using, and will give us
effective results. '

Picture in your mind's eye a small
church decorated with this flower of
the woods — (mountain laurel), palms
-for a background, pulpit or altar
festooned with fresh oak foliage and
laurel branches interspersed through
the oak; bunches of laurel on the
pews and aisle-posts and your work
is done; the outlay being very small
and the income large taking into con-
sideration that no cut flowers were
used. For Its simplicity nothing
could be prettier. As for house work,
a mantle banked with laurel in full
bloom is very effective.

From decorations we will now pass
on to bridal work and see how in-
expensively it can be done, and what
to do It with. The bride will possibly
carry lily of the valley, and there
will be plenty of out-door valley to be
had; the bridesmaids may carry sweet
peas, of which there is always an
abundance. The maid-of-honor and
flower girls may carry roses of which
there are always enough to be had
in June. This descriptive June wed-
ding proves how profitable a small
decoration can be done, whereas the
same can not be made at any other
time of the year for the same money;
so take advantage while you may.

Mr. StOREMAN.

FLORIST
WASHINGTON D.C.

public or the attention which the flor-
ist should bestow upon them as a big
item in their business. The arrange-
;nent which we siiow in our cover illu-
tration this week is an excellent exam-
ple of the possibilities of this sort of
decorative plant work in the hands of
a tasteful workman. The material is
such as can be supplied in abundance
by the wholesale plant growers all
through mid-winter and spring up to
April. For summer adornment the
receptacle is adapted to filling with
the usual assortment of trailing and
blooming plants. A great variety of
styles of finish, material, etc., is now
at the disposal of the florist who is en-
terprising enough to push their sale
wiih his customers and a good revenue
may be drawn from the periodical
filling with fresh plants, etc.

A WINTER WINDOW BOX.

Window boxes have not yet come to
•their own in the appreciation of the

CHICAGO NOTES.

E. E. Peiser says he sold 20,000
dozen peonies in 36 hours, this week.

And now comes the Lillian Russell
tulip, existing, at least, in the minds of
the newspaper reporters and said to
be a deep purple.

Another sale of plants at a depart-
ment store is scheduled for the day
before Memorial Day. It is a fact
that at these sales plants are sold for
less than cost.

Magnolia blossoms are seldom seen
here in quantity, but Miss Gunterberg
received a large consignment and the
heavy texture of both blooms and foli-
age proved their shipping qualities ex-
cellent.

Some of the retail florists have their
stores handsomely decorated, display-
ing the Stars and Stripes among the
plants and flowers. It is noticeable
that our foreign-born florists are lead-
ers in this work.

Hoerber Bros.' new smokestack be-
ing built to replace the one blpwn
down in the recent cyclone, is made
of reinforced concrete and the build-
ers guarantee it to stand up under a
wind of one hundred miles velocity.

May has been remarkable for low
temperature and frequent rains, which
have become more extreme as the
month neared its close. Low grounds
are under water, and florists' stock
in the fields are not benefited by it.

Zech & Mann moved to their new

location in the basement of the Atlas
Block, May 26th., working all night to
put things in shape for the busy days
that followed. The more commodious
room has been greatly needed for a
long time.

Bids for the B. H. Hunt stock of
florists' supplies have proved very lim-
ited in number. The books are ready
for a final closing and another week
is expected to see the last of the busi-
ness closed up. T. T. Clark, the re-
ceiver, is the only one left.

Plants for decorative purposes are
now confined to rhododendrons, hy-
drangeas and roses. Bedding plants
have been in good demand all the
month, the season opening up rather
earlier than usual. There does not
seem to be anything new; just the
same old stand-bys.

A. Henderson Co. are now nicely
settled in their new quarters at 369
River street where large, well-Hghted
rooms give better opportunity for
handling their growing trade. Their
spring business has been very good
and preparations for fall trade are al-
ready under way.

Retailers are having new proof of
the old saying, "It's an ill wind that
blows nobody good," for the early
exodus of Chicago people to their sum-
mer homes, that occurred last year,
will not be repeated this season. All
in the florists' business welcome any-

ORDERS!FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO ■ ~^£^

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59tli Street, adjiining Plaza Hote

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone !lSq

Members Florists Tele|?Taph Delivery

May 31, 1913

HOETICULTUEB

835

WEDDING OUTFITS

Needed by Every Florist

Kneeling: Stools, Bridal Baskets, Wedding Gates, Aisle Posts and, Basket Vases, Adjustable Plant
Stands, Bridal Scarfs of Chififon and Silk, Real Lace Bouquet Holders, Etc. Most Complete
Stock Ever Offered.

WE CALL THEM SUNSHINE BASKETS

Bridesmaids' Baskets, Graduation Baskets, Tumbler Baskets for Spring Flowers, Baskets of Every
Material, Shape and Color. You Can Sell Sunshine Baskets.

Write for Splendid Illustrated Catalogue "Our Silent Saleiman".
100 Pages of Helpful Pictures.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

THE

rivORISTS' SUPPLY

HOUSE or

AMERICA

1129 ARCH STREET,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

thing that will shorten the dull sum-
mer season, even a cold, rainy May.

The annual automobile parade oc-
curs on June 3rd, and it is announced
as a tissue paper carnival, which
comes nearer the truth than a floral
automobile parade, as heretofore
stated. This means of decoration is
just as acceptable to the florists, as it
has always been to the disadvantage
of the natural flowers when both were
used.

Personal.

Phil Eichling is now with Fisher
Bros., Evanston, 111.

Miss Clara Burkhart, for five years
in charge of the order department of
E. H. Hunt, is now with Poehlmann
Bros. Co.

Miss Lillian Ytterberg leaves the of-
fice force of A. Lange's, Saturday, af-
ter a service of four and a half years.
It will be hard to find another so capa-
ble and willing, but cupid is an enemy
as well as a friend of florists.

Visitors: W. J. Becker, Logansport,
Ind.; F. Heinl, Terre Haute. Ind.; Ro-
ger Peterson, of J. A. Peterson, Cincin-
nati, Ohio; A. C. Raichert, Michigan
City, Ind.; Arthur Cann, San Jose,
Cal.; A. Peterson, Hoopston, III.; A.
H. Burt, Kankakee, 111.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

L. C. Page & Co., the Boston book
publishers, have just added two more
to their list of juvenile story books,
both of which will meet the approval
of all who believe in providing youth-

ful readers with absolutely clean and
healthy entertainment in the way of
literature. These books will serve to
while away many a leisure vacation
summer hour with pleasure and profit.

Pussy Black-face, by Marshall Saun-
ders, is the story of a kitten and her
friends. Written surely by a lover of
the dumb animals; ingenious, amusing
and appeals to the human and kindly
sentiments in a most winning manner.
Sure to be popular with the young
folks. Handsomely illustrated, with
frontispiece in colors. Price $1.50.

The Sunbridge Girls at Six-Star
Ranch, by Eleanor Stuart. Illustrated
by Frank J. Murch. A sterling story
for girls of about sixteen. Tells of the
visit of a bevy of New England girls
to a Texas ranch. Full of adventure
and innocent frolic. Just the right
kind of a gift to the girl going away
for a summer rest in the country.
Price $1.50.

PERSONAL.

J. Halsey Reock, representing R. M.
Ward & Co., New York, has gone on
a European business trip.

Thomas B. Collie of Burnett Bros.,
New York, sailed May 17th for a few
weeks' vacation in Scotland.

G. A. Dennison has been appointed
chief of the Department of Horticul-
ture of the Panama-Pacific Exposition.

Cincinati visitors — J. T. Heidegen,
Aurora, Ind., and Mr. Donaldson,
Sparta, Ky.

Boston visitors: Mr. Meehan,
Dresher, Pa.; Governeur Morris, Aiken,
S. C; D. Cameron, representing Sau-
cier & Son, St. Albans, England; W. A.
Manda, South Orange, N. J.

it

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IS THE LONGEST AND STRONGEST
IN THE WORLD

And for sale by all the leading florists
and supply houses througrhont the lAncL
If your Jobber does not keep It, write
direct to us and we will see that yon
are fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

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In writing advertisers Islndly mention HORTICULTPBE.

836

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

June Weddings and School
Commencements

iiiimiiiiiiMi

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Beauties,
Valley,
Peonies,
Sweet Peas
Cattleyas

$1.00— $3.00 dozen

$3.00— $4.00 per 100

$5.00— $8.00 per 100

$ .75— $1.00 per 100

$7 50 per dozen

The Leo Nieesen Co,

wlki^^SJTt... PHILADELPHIA

I

I To Cut FlowBr Growers and

a Retail Florlats

IF YOU

want to find a market fsf you _
product 3

wont a regular or special MpplT 3
of the product of tke fa«tt
groweri

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Paces

S The A<lvertlsers Represented Here are the IjtaMag
= Concerns in the Wholesale Flower Trade

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BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

fi6 PEARL ST. BOSTON

K. F. McCarthy, Mgr.

Order direct or \>uy from your local
supply dealer. ln^i^t on having the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. Emblems, etc. Always
in Stock.

i--^-.. ^

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUF^ACTURCRS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists* Greens*
Three Floors of Florists* Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

I!ieJ.M.McCullough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNIMENTS SOLICITED

Speciiil attpiitioii to sbipping orders. J^ob-
bers of Flurists' Siiinilies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on Mpplifutioii.
T'hone M'.i- -X4 Slfi Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEOR.GIA

POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
I 33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Graanhouses, Morton Grova, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS —

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy ^d Special . • • •

Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary

Bride, 'Maid

Hillii^don, Ward, Melody, Extra
'* " " Ordinal

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade
** Ordinary....

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Gladioli

TRAOB prices- P»r 100

TO DEALERS ONLY

-T^bOFPaCO priT^UfiQfi

May 28 May xa

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15.00
8.00
8.00
5.00
2.00
5.00
3.00
a. 00

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15-00
6.00
6.00
4.00
6.00
4.00
6.00

to

to

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dinary

3.oe to
1.50 to

Iris

Mignonette

Daisos •

Snapdragon ■

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias ■

Adiantian ■

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo)
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.).

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3-00

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4.00

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8.00
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6.00

500
4.00

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30.00

PETER REINBERG

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET - - - - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

-Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowara and Plsnta <

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANPOlfH
AMD LAKE STTrETrS.

cNicieo

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Condbgnments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

38^ BHDAOWAY, DETROIT, MIOH

Pric*« Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlv.

When Writine: to Advertisers Pleese Mention

HORTICULTURE.

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTUBB

837

FOR THE
JUNE GIRL

lu beautiful and original effects, there is nothing handsomer or
choicer than a decoration of Pink or Crimson Ramblers with their
lojig graceful sprays and clusters of bloom. First Tausendschou.
then the Crimson Ramblers, followed by Lady Gay and Dorothy
Perkins. We can supply these in quantity both from Washington
and Philadelphia. Well flowered, good rich colored sprays, long,
medium and short. S5.00 to 5!20.OO per hundred, according to length
of sprays.

PEONIES: All colors, $4.00 to .$6.00 per 100.

BEAUTIES: Special, $3.00 doz. ; $22.50 100; Fancy, $2.75 doz. ; $20.00
10(1; Extra, .'f;2..-i0 doz.: $17.50 100; First, $2.00 doz.; $15.00 100.
SWEET PEAS: Long, $0.75; Extra Long, ,$1.00; Spencers, $1.50.
VALLEY: Special, $4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.
CATTLEY.\S: Mossiae; Special, $7.-50 per doz.: Extra, $6.00 per
doz. Gigas. first of the season ; very choice quality, large, hand-
some flowers, beautifully colored, Special, .$9.00 per doz. ; Extra,
$7.50 per doz.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

BRONZE G.\LAX. $1.50 per 1,000: $8.50 per 10,000.

LEUCOTHOE SPRATS (green and bronze), $1.00 per 100; $7.50

per 1,000.
GREEN SHEET MOSS, $3.50 per bag.
SPH.\GNl'M MOSS, 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each $4.00;

5 bale lots, each $3.75; 10 bale lots, each $3.50.
F.VNCY FERNS, .old sf.raKc Mock, .$2.00 per 1000.
.4SPARAGUS STRINGS, 50c. each.
ASPAR.\GUS AND SPRENGERI bunches, 50c. each.

iONS .VNI) .SlPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us for
prices on these and on Supplies.
Small shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO.

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W-

Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

Again we have to re-
BOSTON port the gratifying fact

of a record-breaking Me-
morial Day for the florist trade of Bos-
ton and. in fact, entire New England.
Cool, rainy weather has kept the sup-
ply down to a reasonable limit and the
slump which otherwise might have
developed into a stampede on the last
{■ay before the holiday has been es-
caped. There is an alDundance of all
kinds of material but not an unwieldy
surplus and one good result of
weather conditions is the high quality
of everything offered. Carnations are
the sole item which realized any en-
hanced value in the wholesale market
and these maintained their lead very
well until the close. Red varieties had
the call and, being in short supply,
they brought prices far beyond that
realized for white. American Beauty
roses fell by the wayside with a sur-
prisingly light appreciation even for
The medium grades. Astilbe, candytuft
and stocks were too abundant. A few
peonies from Pennsylvania sold well.

Trade has continued
BUFFALO fairly good the past ten

days. The greenhouse
men and cemetery florists are hustling
to get out their work for Memorial
Day. but aside from this they have a
good cemetery cut-flower business on
Saturdays, The wholesaler still at
this writing has to contend with con-
siderable as the express companies'
strike has not been settled. Ship-
ments are now coming through from
the East and other points, and all
freight has to be sent for and out-

Roses

BOSTON

May 29

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Ejtra

No.i

" " Lower Grades

tCillaraey, Ejrtra

*' Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary...

Bride, "Maid

HUlingden, Ward, Melody, Extra- •
" " " Ordinary

Taft,_ Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyai

Lilies, Loagifioium

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Gladioli

Iris

Mignonette

Danes

Snandragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Ftumosus, Strings (zoo).-
** " & Spren. (too Bcbs.j. .

15.00
8.00
3-«o
5*0
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4.00
1.50
1. 00
4.00
1.50
4.00
4. so
2.00

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1. 00
1.00

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10.00

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10.00
6.00
8.00
3.00
8.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
3.00
8.00
6.00
3.00
50.00
8.00
8.00
3.00
6.00
3.00
3.00
1.00
5.00
4.00
1.00
15.00
1.25
15.00
50.00
35.00

cHKaTO

May 87

TRADE PRICBS — Per 100

TO DEALE^SONLV

^T. LOUIS

May 19

May 19

25 .00 to

30.00 to

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4.00

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4.00
1.50
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.60
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1500
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6.00

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to

50.00

36-00

to

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going freight delivered to depot. Car-
nations have not been over-plentiful,
but all other indoor and outdoor crops
are in heavy supply. The outlook for
Memorial Day looks promising, but a
shortage in the carnation line is antici-
pated.

Peonies have reached
CHICAGO the point where they fig-
ure very largely in the
market conditions. Quantities are
coming up from the South and their
condition after being in cold storage,
even a short time, is hardly good
enough to warrant shipping out again,
and most are sold locally. The Illinois
peonies are also coming now and the

quality, so far, seems to be all that
could be desired and they are in great
demand for shipping trade. To all ap-
pearances. Memorial Day possibilities
will be limited only by the quantity
of stock, which at this writing seems
inadequate in all lines. None but the
florists know how stock springs up
from all sides when a big holiday
comes, and the shortage had seemed
a reality, and this year may be no ex-
ception, but the cold rainy weather
and local demand has kept any from
accumulation till it seems impossible
to see' enough stock to till late orders.'
Some of the largest shippers have

(Continued on page 83Q)

838

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street NEW YORK

FINE Mm, nm mwim

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLi_)WKi;s
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENT^

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

57 West 28th St. NEW TORK

Telephones: 3200, 3201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Ho ran
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. I^ll MadUon Square NeW YOrR

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Flcrists

SS •nd 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

^WM. P. FORD

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 2Btli Street, NEW YORK

GUI (Dd iBipact the Baat aaUblUtimcHt
IB th« WhelMala nowar DIatrlct

GEO. C. 5IEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

I09 \A^EST as'tK s-r

CONSIGNMENS SOtlCIIED

reONB(*«8j MADISON SO.. NEW TORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Everg:reens. Mouses.

Southern Sniilax. <ialax and Leucothoe,

Preserve<l ami Fresh f'lit

t'vcas and I'alniettn.

lei {l!i^} M'ds,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
REED (SL KELLER

133 West 33th St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

\^'e nianvifartlire all 4>ur

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

itiid iire dealt- rs in

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOVS{

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

IB WUlo(i«:hby St.. Brooklyn. N. T.

Wired Toothpicks

MaaHiactured by

W.J. 60WEE, Berlin, N.Y.

IMW.. .VLH. ■0,eW....tT.M. Sampl* (TM
r*r mU* by dealers

I*. J. JSJ^]

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist

A fall line of Choice Cut Flower Stock for all purpeses.
by the lUO, 1000 or 10,000

TBL. 1998 MADlso^ SQUARE 49 West 28th

Eetablisbed
1887

J. K. AL.L

IM

Still Geinf
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAL,. PROMPT RETURNS. MONET ALWAYS BEADY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Opens 6 A. M. daily. Telephone, 167 and 4468 Mad. Sq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST \/ A I I C V ALWAYS

4 GR.VDE OF V A L U C. T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES IVlcMANUS. M.d7s',' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Naif of Wtet

ending May 24

1913

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" " Extra

No.i

** " LowcrGrades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

*' " Ordinary

Bride, Maid

Htllingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra ....
'* '* " Ordinary .

Talt, Sunburst

Carnations , Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

First Half of WoU

bofioiuBi May 26

1913

20.00 to 2$ am
lo.oo to i5.a>

i.oo

■75

iZ

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
&* ^We»t: astlx ^^x-^&tf PTe-vtr -VoitIk:

TelepbonesjJ^j Madison Square CONSIGMMENT8 SOUCfTBB

OANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

wHOLffiALEONLY ' 76 Maided Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

8ATK TIMK AND MONBT BY BKNDINO YODB OBiDBR TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

Walter F. Sheridan

Wliolesale Gommission Dealer In

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 West 28lh Street. New York
Telephone — 3532-3533 Madison Sgaare

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

CBSTTBAI^T I^CATSn, THK HITB OF
THK FLOWKR MAKKKT SECTION

CHARLES MiLLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Tet»pho»» TOO lliadi««n

Telephone 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 Vtest 26tt Strett NEW VOM

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

M^Kolesale Florists

131 W*st 28th St., New York

Telephones : 798 ,ind 799 Madison Square
Consignments Solicited

HENHY M. RoBINSON, PrM. MAURICE I,. GLASS, -Oim
CU \^ E. ROBINSON, V-Pres. JOSEPH M AKfiOl JS, Se*V

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glass, MaBae«r
55-57 WEST 26Ui ST. NEW YORK CaTY

ROBERT J. DYSART

PI BLir ACCOINTANT AM> AIDITOR

Simple methods of correct accounting

especially adapted for florists* use.

BOOKS BALANCKD AND ADJISTED

Merchant 8 Bank Buildint;

40 STATE 8T. BO«TON

Teleph*m<

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTURE

839

Flower Market Reports

(Continued from page S^y )

lieen refusing orders since Sunday.
Carnations are decidedly scarce. A few
cut-ot-door snowballs, spirea, etc.. are
seen.

A few days of cloudy

CINCINNATI and rainy weather,
combined with the go-
ing off crop of some flowers and a
possible holding by some florists for
Memorial Day put a decided crimp in
the receipts of flowers toward the end
of last week and the beginning of this
week. As a result on Saturday the
market for the first day in several
weeks cleaned up in a very satisfac-
tory manner. This week the first few
days showed a very nice business. The
supply of peonies for Memorial Day is
very large. The rose cut is not as
large as a fortnight ago. Beauties are
In good supply. The carnation glut of
a fortnight ago has ended. Other
staple flowers are in good quality and
ample quantity. Business in green
goods is good.

The weather is so that

DETROIT the supply of cut blooms,
especially carnations, is
at low ebb and difficulties to fill orders
arise incessantly. Again the storeman
feels the lack of supply of such plants
as snapdragon, stock, moonvines,
hardy phlox, etc., articles which if
properly handled yield a good profit
and convert many a flower lover into
a steady buyer for next winter. Co-
operative advertising is being tried for
Decoration Day on a smaller scale than
for Mothers' Day and we hope some
day to make this day as important as
it ought to be.

For a large part of

NEW YORK the flower and plant
trade. Memorial Day
occupies attention to the exclusioiTof
everything else this week. Nature, as
usual, is a potent factor in the outlook
as to supply and market value of the
cut-flower product. Until this week
there was some room for speculation
as to the quantity and character of
the available outdoor material, but
now there seems no question that an
enormous supply of really useful
shrub and herbaceous bloom will be
provided, thus checking any general
advance in the value of greenhouse
stock for this occasion. At present
writing stiff prices are in force on
carnations of acceptable quality and
these are maintained in some degree
by the call from the Boston wholesale
shippers and from country districts
remote from the principal centres of
supply, but the quantity of carnations

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEA.UTY. KILLER NEY, RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL TH£

SVJPOUOR ROSES. LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS

•aVJSrt PRODUCED

286 Devonshira Street, Boston, IW«— .

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/hole8eil<

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

>ri8-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.-

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES OF EVERY Dj:SCRIPTION.
Home-srown Stock a Specialty. STBICTiY WHOL,ESAI,E; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference furnished as to Btandtng: and financial ability of the company.
123 MANSFIELD STREET. MONTREAL.. P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIOINS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longlflonini

Cailas

Ul> of the Valley

aiadloli

Iris

IVUgnonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas (per loobuDchcs

Qardenias

Adlantum

Smllax

Aaparmsus Plumoaus, strings (per loo)

** ** & Spren (i(x> bunchec] .

List Half of Wsa

ending May 24
1913

3.00
6.00

I.O»

2.00

2. 00
1. 00

•SO
3.00

i.oo

4.00

12.00

35.00

15.00

40.00
8.00
8.00
2.00
6.00

4.00
300

1.00
6.00

4.00

I3.00

SO.OO

1.00
15-00
40.00
25.00

nnt Half tt Wi*

beginning May 26
1913

20.00
5-00

6j>o
3.00
2.00
3.00
1.00
■V
300

8.0a

4X)o

■75

12.00

35.00

15.00

8xs

z.oo
6.00

to 30«»

to itm

to 15,^

to 40.9

to ajJ>

ir sight is quite large and with a gen-
erous offering of douhle white narcissi
at $10 a thousand and great quantities
of double-flowered stoclis, tlie out-
Icolv for local carnation demand at $40
to $60 per 1000 seems none too bright.
Lilacs are gone, but the precocious sea-
son has replaced them with peonies
and snowballs, philadelphuses and
deutzia. Roses of all varieties are in
full crop, judging from the whole-
saler's counters from day to day.
Outdoor lily of the valley is about fin-
ished and those who want lily of the
valle.v will have to pay full prices from
now on. Cattleyas are superb, hut
they move very slowly. The next few
weeks, however, should develop a live-
ly market for these and other high-
class floral material.

There was a fall-
PHILADELPHIA ing off last week
— business not
being quite so brisk as the week pre-
vious. Three days were quite dull
and while Friday and Saturday were
good -on the lower-grade stocks, there
was not enough to bring up the aver-
age. On top of that condition came
a much larger influx of flowers of all
kinds. The best seller on the list
were probably white roses. Good
sweet peas have also sold well, but
there was little call for anything be-
low first grade. Carnations are more
plentiful, but are beginning to show
the effect of the advancing season.
The supply of American Beauty roses
remains about the same. Demand is
fairly good. Peonies are in excellent
shape for Memorial Day work. The

late varieties seem to have pushed
ahead faster than the early and me-
dium, the latter having suffered more
from the cold spell so that it is likely
all will come in nearer together this
year. Cattleya gigas holds the fort in
the orchid market. Gardenias are not
coming in so freely and what there
are meet with very ready sale. Plenty
of gladioli — especially of the large-
flowering sorts— splendid quality.

Business last week

ROCHESTER was hardly up to the
standard, owing to
the cold weather, but we were glad
to welcome the rains, which were so
badly needed. The planting of out-
door stock is in its full and everybody
is busy. Cut flower stock is of excel-
lent quality. Roses of all kinds are in
fine condition. Carnations are rather
slow in arriving, but their quality is
improving. Peonies, which during the
week made their first appearance,
move rapidly. Sweet peas, lily of the
valley, pansies, etc., sell at fairly good
prices. Greens of all kinds are plen-
tiful.

The market of the past

ST. LOUIS week ended pretty much
as the week previous,
demand good but plenty of stock was
left over every day and, of course,
prices had to suffer. Roses are very
plentiful and quality good; carnation
the same. Sweet peas, too, are away
too many but will soon shorten up.
Gladioli and peonies are coming in
heavy and the prices are down a lit-
tle. Asparagus and smilax have sold
well all week.

840

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements^ under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

Display advertisers in this issue are also listed under this classiflcatlon without charge. Reference to List ot
Advertisers will indicate the respective pages.

Buyers (ailing to find what they want In this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

B. J. Djsart, 40 State St., Boston.
For pagp see List of AdvertUera.

APHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

ABAUCARIA8

Godfrey Aacbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of AdvertUera.

ARTSTONE FLOWEB VASES

Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brighton, Mass.
For page see^ List of Advertisers.

ASPABAOCS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
lOO, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenilworth,
N. J.

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI Is the Aspar-
agus that will get you the most money.
Start right by ordering direct of the in-
troducer. Heavilv rooted. 214-inch, .$6.00 per
100, $50.00 per 1000. JOHN C. HATCHER,
Amsterdam, N. Y.

.VSXEBS

Asters Comet. American Branching and
Queen of the Market, crimson, pink, white,
blue, purple, from pots, $10.00 per 1000;
strong seedlings of the same varieties.
$3.00 per 1000. J. B. SHURTLEFF & SON,
Revere, Mass.

AUCUBA

Aucuba japonlca, bushy plants, 35c. to
S2 50 each
JTJLIPS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford. N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk. Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

A. Leuthy & Co., Rosllndale, Ma«s.

For page see List ot Advertiaera.
Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

BAT TBEES

McHutcblBon & Co., 17 Murraj St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rntherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

August Rolker & Sona, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and

prices. List on application.

JULIUS ROEHRS CO.. Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sona Co., Wlilte Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
H. Hansen, 106 Avon St., Maiden, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
James Vick's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.
Begonia Gracilis Luminosa and Bedding
Queen,
For page see List of Advertisers.

BegonlaLorralne and Glory of Cincin-
nati. 2Vi in. pots, leaf cuttings, immediate
delivery.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rntherford, N. J.

BegonllPEvanslana, hardy, pink flower-
ing, profuse and constant bloomer, $1.00
per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. Begonia rex. In
good variety, fine plants, $1.00 per doz.;
$5.00 per 100. 10 Cannas, 20 Scarlet Sage,
BO Florist Asters for $1.00. A. & G.
EOSBACH, Pemberton, N. J.

BOILEBS

Eroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Brie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Hltchlugs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord A Burnham Co., 1133~5roadwajr7"N. Y.

BOXES— CUT FLOWER— FOLDING

Kdwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TBEES

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

BCLBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, 'N»w York, N.

Boil(liiigton"w Quality Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.
J

Y.

M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page se« List of Advertiaera.

Mlchell'a Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.
Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Ralph M. Ward 4 Co., 71 Murray 8t^

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulba.

For pg ge see List of Adveatlaers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Fottler, FIske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertiaera.
B. S. MUlerrWadlngTllver, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, III.
Begonias — Gloxinias.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston. Mass.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

John LewU Chllds, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlandt St., New York

City.
Fall Bulbs.

C. Keur & Sons. Hlllegom, Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions, write for prices.

New Y'ork Branch, 10 Bridge St.

CANNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marah,
Md^

Wood Bros., FIshklll. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York. N. Y.

Boddlogton's Quality Cannas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cannas. Wyoming. Eastern Beauty. Ve-
nus. Philadelphia Improved. F. Vaughan
and Niagara, strong 3-in. pot plants. $5.00
per 100. Cash, plea.se. J. J. CLAYTON &
SON, West Grove, Pa.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
& JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

CAPE JASMINE FROM TEXAS

Woodward Floral Co., R. W. Woodward,
Mgr., Alvln, Texas.

CARNATIONS

F. Domer & Sons Co., Lafayette, InC

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. 8. Skldelsky A Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CABN.4TI0NS— Continned

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. T.
For page see List of Advertiaera.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnatloa
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. Ii.
PILLSBURY, Galesburg, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chaa. H. Totty, Madtaon, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D, Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertiaera.

Frank Oeehslin, 4911 Qulncy St., Chicago,

111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass.

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Cyclamen gigauteum, best strain in good
assorted colors; good strong plants In
214-ln. pots, ready to shift, .$5.00 per 100;
$40.00 per 1000. J. H. FIESSER. Hamilton
Ave,. Guttenberg, N. J. Cash, please.

CHRYSANTHBMUMTT'HBr^By A. Hei-
rlngton. The author has endearored t*
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
In secret arts and practices, but In plalB
course of procedure are the desired resnlts
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE), 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLEUS

Coleus. Golden Bedder. Verschaffeltii and
mixed. 2V4-in.. 2c. J. J. CLAYTON & SON,
West Grove, Pa.

CrCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.

Fer page see List of Advertisers.

Cyclamen, 3 In. pots, very finest strain,
$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO.. Rutherford, N. J.

DAHLIAS

W. A. Finger. HIcksvllle. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. 3. L. MOORE, Prop., North-
boro. Mass.

Dahlias^2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have yon to
exchange? GEO. H. WALKER, Dahlia
Expert. North Dlghton, Mass.

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
COCK DAHLIA FARMS, WllUamstown
Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

DECORATION D.\Y FLOWERS AND
SUPPLIES.

Welch Bros. Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

N. F, McCarthy & Co,, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A, Lenthy * Co., Perkins St. Nntaerlelb

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Adverfisors Soo Pago 815

May 31, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

841

DECOKATIVE PLANTS— Continued

lUbert Craig Co., Market and 49tb Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page aee List of Advertlsera.

Woodrow & Marketoa, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of AdvertUera.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

DRACAENA INDIVISA — 1-lnch, .$10.00;
5-mob, .fin.OO per 100. Heavily rooted, ready
for immediate shipment. JOHN C. HATCH-
ER, Amsterdam, N. Y.

FERNS

A. Leuthy & Co., Kosllndale, Uaia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Ifasa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarry town-on-Hudaon,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTILIZERS

lOth Century Plant Food Co., Bevarly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertllene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Palrerlzed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boeton Florist Letter Ce., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

9 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sta.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Hllflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

FCNOINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

OALAX

Michigan Cnt newer Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

GERANIUMS

B. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,
Md.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzle, North Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Four thousand B. Poitevine uioe stocky
plants in bud and bloom, 3 in., 7c. Four
thousand S. A. Nutt. 3 in.. 6e, from early
fall cuttings. GEO. P. GRIDLEY, Wolfe-
boro, N. H.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.

Forjpage see List of Advertisers.

Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens.
Catalogue. J. L. MOORE, Prop., Northboro,
Mass.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chlcage.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parsbelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Lijt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, 'owest prices. JOHN-
STON GLASS CO., Sartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL —

Continued
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.

For page see_ List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

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

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plerson D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & BumhMn Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. 1.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y
Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Eisler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

HAWLET CEMETERY VASE

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,
Boston, Mass.

HAY CAPS.

Hay Caps— Stack, implement, wagon and
farm covers. Waterproof or plain canvas.
Plant bed cloth, waterproof sheeting. Can-
vas goods. HENRY DERBY, 4o3H St. Pauls
A. N. Pierson. Cromwell, Conn.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeachell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., ChlcagK.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Onwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbtnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List ot Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Maaa*
Ifor page see List of Advertisers.

B08B

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Hum.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Lord ft Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

HYDRA2;GEAS

P. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New Y'ork.

Hydrangea Otaksa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hydrangeas : In pots and tubs, $l,50-$3.50
each ; large specimen, $5.00-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and Fungine.

For page see List of Advertlsers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hndaon,

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.

Tanglefoot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IBIS

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps.
C. S. HARRISON'S SELECT NURSERY,
York, Neb.

LAURCS

Laurus Cerasus: Bush, 35c.-$1.00 each;
Standards, $7.o0-$10.00 each; Pyramids,
$5.00-$7.5a each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

LEUON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

LILY BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

B. ft J. Farquhar ft Co., Boston, Maaa.

New LUles.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward ft Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
lOOO.

In writing fo Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

842

HORTICULTUEE

May 31, 1913

I/ELT OF THE VAX.tBT PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of AdvertlserB.

AoKUSt Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclaj St., N. T.

For page see List of AdTertlserg.

lIcHDtcblson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. I.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page eee List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LOBELIAS

Head's Bergenfield Nurseries, Bergenfleld,
N. J.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nlehol-
■OD strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; ?25.00 per 1000. PEIECB
BROS., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW GEUM

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenfield,
N. J.

NIKOTIANA.

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.

Nikotiana.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MCKsclRY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of AdvertiserSj

W. & T. "Smith CiTTGeneva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsem.

Bsy State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BobbInir~& Atkins, HuTherford," N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South Framlugham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hatnllton Goodsell, New~^orkrN. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHntchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

"Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mair

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Sto<?k.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford. Conn.

Large Evergreens and Other Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America.

by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address

for $8.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

Felix & Dykbuis, Boskoop, Holland.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID IXOWERS '

Jas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers. Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALHS. ETC.

A. Lenthy A Co.. Perkins St. Nurseries,

Roslindale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rntberford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC. — Continued
Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Burnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

^

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

Peonies. The world's greatest collection.
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BETSCHER,
Canal Hover, u.

"PEONIeS FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered together under the
sun : describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose in
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants,
$7..TO-$S,5.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

PIPE RANGERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,
N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VrShaketanor5(rWesT3ntirst., N. Y.
F. Bullerl Flower Seeds.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's Tleles^ Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H. D. SEELE & SONS, Elkhart. Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIER & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Riverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St.. Chlcag*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

Shelf Brackets.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. KRAMER & SONS,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page ses List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co.. Ken.lalvllle, In*.
For page Be« List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk. Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co.. 1220 Race St.. Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennork-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOSES

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 714 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

Potted Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of AdTerHsera.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1. Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co.TT'hlladelphla, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. ft T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries. North Abington, Ma
For page see List of Advertisers

8. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. I'ierson. Cromwell. Conn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maai.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertlsejs.

Head's Bergenfleld Nurseries, Bergenfleld,
N. J.

Arthur T. Boddinr-ton, 342 West 14th St.,
New York City.

Roses. Mrs. Taft and Kalserin, 2 In.
pots, $3.50 per 100. Mrs. Taft and Rich-
mond, 3 in. pots, $6.00 per 100. Cash with
order. J. HENRY BARTRAM, Lands-
downe. Pa.

ROSES — Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.(10 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

RUSTIC BASKETS

Wm. Elliott & Sons. 42 Vesey St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, ConM.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Assoclatloa,
San Jose, Cal.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Beed Growers Co.. San Jose, ClU.

SEEDS

Joseph Kreck & Sons,
SI and 62 N. Market St. Hostoa,
New Crop Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee A Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler. Fiske. Rawsoo Co.. Boston. Haas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. & 3. Farquhar & Co., Boston
For page see List of AdvertLiers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advenlaers.

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, ill.

Peas, Beans. Radish and all Garden Seste.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Skldelsky t CoTTPhllsdelphla, Pa.

For page see 1. 1st of Ailrcrtlsers.

Arthur T. Boddlugton. New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons. Roobester. N. Z.

FloAver and Vegetable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. BolglftDO & Son. Baltimore. Md.

For psge see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, If*.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Loechner * Co.. New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTUBB

843

SEEDS — Continned

T. J. Grey Co., 82 So. Market St., Bo»t»n.

Aster Seed.

For page see Llgt of Advertltera.

P. HamlltoD Goodaell, New York, N. I.
For page see List of AdvertlsTi.

t. D. Woodruff & Son New York. N. Y.

Garden Seed.

For page see List of AdTertlsMS.

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken. N. 1.
For page see Llat of AdTertisera.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoe, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Kelway & Son, Langport, England.
High-Class Florists' Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlaudt St., New York

Cit.v.
Fall Bulbs.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hosea Waterer, 107-109 So. 7th St., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
New Crop. Areoa Lutescens Seed.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Weeber & Don, 114 Chambers St., New York.

Seeds for Present Planting.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fellz & Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

Asparagus plumosus seed, $2.25 per 1000.
Blpe In April. Peter Mack, Box 172, Or-
lando, Fla.

SrLKAilNE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hudson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page fee List of Advertisers.
Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HTJRRELL, Summit, N. J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Burnett Bros., 72 Cortlandt St., New York

City.

Fall Bulbs.

THE NATIONAL NCB8EBTMAN

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Ibc-

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TEOBTABLE PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATrNO APPABATU8

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Qaaker City Machine Works.

Richmond. Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vlnca Varlegata, 3% and 4 In. stock,
extra heavy, $14.00 per 100; medium, $10.00
112.00 per 100. WILLIAM CAPSTICK,
Anbumdale, Mass.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIBEWOBK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WTrework^ Write for our catalogue.
HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee,
Wis.

WILLIAM E. HELLSCHER'S
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit,

WIRE
Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Albany, V. Y.

Albany Cot Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AtlaJita, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Ga.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bnir Jo, N. T.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 Blllcott at.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Chicago

Peter Relnberg. 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, lU.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph Bt.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, OUo

The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 65 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManns, 105 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan. 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Koebler, 28 Wlllonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hents & Nash, 65 and 57 W. 26tli

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 65 and 57 West 26th Bt.,_

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Wsst

28th St.

For page see List of Advertlseni.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS — Continned
New York — Continned

BadKley, Rledel * Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see T-lst of Advertlseie.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y~
For page see List of Advertiser*^

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 28th Bt.
For page see List of Advertlsere.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsere.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 16(I6-£I

Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Boebeater

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St]
For page see List of Advertlsere.

Wasblnrton

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., HI*

H St.. N. W.

For page see List of Advertlseni.

New Offers in This Issue

BUSH BOX; PYRAMIDAL BOX AND
BAY TREES; HARDY PEREN-
NIALS.

N E. Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

David J. Scott. Corfu. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

EARLY CLOSING.

M. Rioe Co.. I'liilailelpliia, Pa.
For pase see List of Advertisers.

ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE
GARDENERS.

Fairfield Lancls<-ai.e & Nurseries Co..

Terminal Bids., -list St. and Park Ave.,

New York Cit.v.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GARDENIAS.

Rose Hill Nurseries. New Rochelle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GIANT PANSY SEED.

Henrv F. Michell Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GRAFTED ROSES FOR JUNE
PLANTING.

Robt Scott & Son. Sharon Hill. Del. Co., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GRAND PEONY EXHIBITION.

Frank A. Fricdley. Rocky River. Ohio.
For page see List of Advertisers.

INSECTICIDES; FUNGICIDES;
VERMICIDES, ETC.

Aphine Mfg. ^^«.. .Mailisou. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PINO-LYPTOL-WEED KILLER.

Pino-Lyptol Chemical Co., 455-457 West

26th St., New Yoi-U City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POINSETTIAS.

A. Henderson & Co..

369 River St., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RAMBLER ROSES FOR THE JUNE
GIRL.

S S Pennock-Meehan Co.. Phllaflelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEASONABLE PLANTS.

F. C. Rielie. Webster. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STOCKS WANTED.

X. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 815

844

HORTICULTUEB

May 31, 1913

Obituary.

J. R. Trumpy.

News has been received of the death
of this noted horticulturist at Flush-
ing, N. Y., on May 23, following a fall
in his home which resulted in a broken
thigh, as stated in a recent number oi
this paper. Mr. Trumpy was 83 years
of age and for some time had been In
failing health. His funeral on Monday
was attended by a number of old gar-
dening friends, including J. F. Huss,
Samuel Parsons and Aatoine Wintzer.

J. R. Trumpy was in his time the
greatest hardwood propagator this
country has ever had. He was the
first to discover the stock for grafting
maples and magnolias from Japan,
which have become so famous. His
hybrid rhododendrons are still the
standard of hardiness here and abroad,
especially in Holland and Belgium,
where some years ago when their own
stock was ruined by an exceptionally

was a member of the State Fair Com-
mission for many years.

J. R. Trumpy

severe winter, Trumpy's American va-
rieties stood unharmed.

Mr. Trumpy was born in Switzer-
land and came to America in 1856.
For over 40 years he was connected
with the Parsons nurseries at Flush-
ing.

Patrick Quigley.

Patrick Quigley. 93, oldest man in
Slockbridge, Mass., was killed May 25
by an extra freight when crossing the
track on the Housatonic division of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad. Being deaf he did not hear
the train coming. For 60 years Mr.
Quigley had lived in Stockbridge, and
for 43 years he was head gardener tor
the late Charles E. Butler of New

York.

S. D. Willard.

Samuel D. Willard, widely known
in the State as a nurseryman and fruit
grower, died at Geneva. N. Y., May 23,
at the age of 78 years. Mr. Willard
served eight years as postmaster and

Charles L. Doran.

Charles L. Doran, an old-time retail
florist on Sixth Ave., died at his home,
1015 Walton avenue. New York city,
on May 15th. He is survived by his
wife and one son.

Mrs. John D. Twombly.

Mary Maria Twombly, wife of John
D. Twombly, florist, died at Winches-
ter, Mass., on May 26.

GRAPE SCALDING.

Editor Hoeticulture:

Will you please .isk Mr. Jenkins to give
me if possible the reason why the enclosed
grape berries should become diseased.
They are grown in a house at a tempera-
ture of 60 at night and about 100 at high
noon. They have been syringed when the
house is just warming with sunbeat and
again at one in the afternoon. The ber-
ries are well shaded with foliage. The
diseased part is found facing the wall. A
little advice would be helpful.

Yours truly,

R. I. J. P.

The trouble with Mr. P.'s grapes ap-
pears to be due to "scalding" and this
scalding is caused by faulty ventila-
tion, usually in the early morning. The
only safe method, in fact, the only
proper method of treating a vinery, is
to never shut it up at all after April
1st, leaving a crack of air on at all
times and keeping the required night
temperature by fire heat. If this is
done and then the ventilator gradually
raised as the sun heat increases in the
morning, trouble of this kind will
never be encountered.

Lenox, Mass. Edwin Jenkins.

NEWS NOTES.

Ann Arbor, Mich. — Three thousand
students of the University of Michi-
gan on May 28 failed in their efforts
to save the south wing of University
Hall, the oldest building on the
campus, from destruction by flames.
The fire broke out in the historic
building early in the morning and was
not under control until nearly noon.

While the loss from the destruction
of the building itself will not be heavy,
valuable libraries and notes were
burned. Prof. Kaufman of the botany
department lost his collection of Mich-
igan fungi, said to be the most valua-
ble in the world.

Los Angeles, Cal. — The California
Seed Trade Association called a spe-
cial meeting on the evening of May
20, at which an unusually large num-
ber of members were present and con-
siderable interest was aroused for the
benefit of the trade in general.

This Association was formed a cou-
ple of years ago for the benefit and
advancement of the seed trade in this
state, and has steadily grown until
practically all the growers and dealers
have found it to their advantage to
become members.

The officers of the Association are:
A. E. Aggeler, president; Theo. Payne,
vice-president; M. L. Gormain, treas-
urer; D. F. Reichard, secretary.

The last bowling of the season, by
the Cook County Florists' Association
League, will take place on June 4th.
The distribution of prizes will be made
at a dinner of the club at their next
regular meeting.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

AdvertlBements In this colninB
one cent a word. Initials count
as words. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HOBTIOUI^TUBE" shoold b« sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED— A good man for Cemetery
work. Good position and nice home for
married man to live in. Address GEO. C.
WATSON, 9th and Market Sts., Phila., Pa.

WANTED— First-class assistant for out-
side work: young man, 25 or 26 years;
Scotch preferred. Apply, enclosing refer-
ences. J. G. BROCK, care E. T. Bedford,
Greens B'arms, Conn.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By Dutch Gar-
dener. 30 years old, married, English and
American experiences in private place; up-
to-date landscape artist, grower in and out-
doors, and decorator. Best of references.
Address V. H., care of HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

FOR sale:— Freih from factory, new;
10 1 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now U
the time to buy and save money. Parahel-
8ky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE]— Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorongb-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T,
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

IVIEMORIAL DAY.

"Corporal Green!" the orderly cried;
"Here I" was the answer loud and clear.
From the lips of a soldier who stood
near —

And "Here!" was the word the next replied.

The fern on the hillsides was splashed with
blood.
And down in the corn, where the popples

grew.
Were redder stains than the poppies
knew.
And crimson-dyed was the river's flood.

For the foe had crossed from the other
side.
That day. In the face of a murderoHS fire
That swept them down in Its terrible Ire;

And their life-blood went to color the tide.

"Ezra Kerr!" — and a voice answered
"Here!"
"Hiram Kerr!" — but no man replied.
They were brothers, these two; the sad
wind sighed.
And a shudder crept through the cornfield
near.

"Ephraim Deane !" — than a soldier spoke:
"Deane carried our regiment's colors," he

said,
"When our ensign was shot; I left him
dead
Just after the enemy wavered and broke.

"Close to the roadside his body lies;
I paused a moment and gave him to

drink;
He murmured his mother's name. I think,
And Death came with It and closed his
eyes."

'Twas a victory — yes: but it cost us dear:
For that company's roll, when called at

night,
Of a hundred men who went Into the
tight.
Numbered but twenty that answered
"Here!"

May 31, 1913

HORTICULTUBE

845

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

There are some commission men
who are satisfied with their local mar-
ket, and who never advertise for out-
of-town trade. To such this pithy say-
ing from one of our enterprising, wide-
awake advertisers is worth preserv-
ing:

"It's mnch easier to deliver a box of
flowers to the express company than to
send it up to Kensington by boy or auto,
five miles away."

The speaker at the next meeting of
the Florists' Club will be S. S. Skidel-
sky. His subject, "Are We Giving
Each Other a Fair Deal?" Mr. Skldel-
sky is a thinker and a man of experi-
ence and we are looking forward to
an illuminating and interesting dis-
course. "Fair and square" is a tough
subject. It all depends on the point
of view. Mr. Skidelsky as an umpire
may find himself absolutely right, and
yet not popular with the fans. We
trust he will take his courage in his
hands, spit on them, and say: "I'd
rather be right than president."

An interesting and comparatively
new department at the National Farm
School is the nursery under the direc-
tion of Prof. Fancourt, Professor of
Horticulture. It has not been many
months since this department was
started, but it is now quite extensive.
The nursery covers a number of acres
on the side of the railroad opposite
the main building and is laid out very
attractively. Plans for further extend-
ing the nursery are now being worked
by Prof. Fancourt. There is a wide
drive through the plot across which is
built a large concrete arch and just
before this is reached is a large me-
morial circle of conifers.

An old grower says of when he
was a young grower: — "First I sent
my stuff to a commission house for a
couple of years. Then I got dissatis-
fied and sent them to another commis-
sion house for another year or two.
That one was worse. Then I decided
to carry my stuff in myself and do
my own selling. That proved worse
still. So I finally went back to my
original commission house a sadder
and a wiser man, and I have never had
any cause to complain since. I'd
learned my lesson." Good for him!
But we have an awful lot of growers
even older than the grower referred
to that haven't learned their lesson
yet.

Visitors: J. J. Styer, Concordville,
Pa.; E. H. Beers, Reading, Pa.

A large insurance company which is
soon to erect a handsome office build-
ing at Sixth and Walnut streets will
leave on one side a space some 30 feet
wide and 220 feet deep, which will be
laid out as a garden, thus helping fur-
ther to beautify a very attractive
neighborhood, while at the same time
giving light to the building and guard-
ing it from fire. It would be pleasant
to see more large corporations show-
ing such public spirit. Two savings
banks on Walnut street have such gar-
dens, whose grass, trees and flowers
are a most welcome relief from the
surrounding desert of stone, brick and
asphalt. There is a return from beau-
ty as well as from real estate, and it
is gratifying to see that there is a

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TENNIS COl RTS, DK1VEW.4YS. ETC,

This fluid absolutely destroys all weeds and other growth wherever applied,
and its effect on the ground prevents the growth of fresh cues for a year and
thus saves a great deal of time and labor, as no cutting, hoeing or hauling away
of the weeds is required.

We manufactuie the strongest line of DISINFECTANTS ou the market.

PINO-LYPTOL CHEMICAL CO.

455-457 West 26th Street, NEW YORK CITY

CORRESPONDENCE SOUCITED

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARSJ
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves CurraDts, Potatoes, Cabbaee, Melons, Flowers, TreM
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up in popular packages at popu^
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Riitrs and Bliehts, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fisliklll-on-nudson, New York.

lECTICIDB

NO POISON

GiirutHd niv (ba Insecticide Act. 1918. Sirlal No. 321

Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, etc. without in-
jury to plants and without odor. Used according
to directions our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and narmtess to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroy* Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.
Effective where others fail.

. 25o| Pint - - 40c I Quart - - 75o
(1.25 I GalloB. 12.00] 5G«lloaG«n, \9
;iOGaIloBGan . - S17.S0
Dilute with water 30 to 50 parts

Ftr Sale by Stedsnen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply houie
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

it* W. Lextngtsn St., Bchlttmorc, Md.

Directions on ez>ery package

% qS\o

tlflNURES

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizinj:

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

growing appreciation of the fact. —

Philadelphia Record.

Tlie Chicago Carnation Co.'s base-

The Recognized Standard Insecticide.

For green, blact, white fly, red spider,
thrips, mealy bug and soft scale.
$1.00 per quart — $3.50 per gallon.

For mildew, rust and bench fungi.
Does not stain but cleanses the foliage.
75c. per quart — $3.00 per gallon,
\^ERIVIINE
For sterilizing soil and all soil ver-
min.

$1.00 per quart — $3.00 per gallon.

For scale and all sap sucking insects
on trees and nursery stock. Can be
used in growing season as safely as in
dormant season.

75c. per quart — $1.50 per gallon — 10 gal-
lons $10.

NIKOTIANA

$1.25 per qaart — $4.00 per g^allon.

All our products are used diluted
with water at various strengths, as di-
rected on cans.

FOR SALE BY SEEDSMEN.

Let us quote you our prices to com-
mercial growers in quantity.

Aphine Manufacturing Co., ''n't-

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulched with thU artlcl« will

g:row largrer fmlt, better color, and

ripen more nnlformly than by amy
other means. We have proved It.

20th CENTUilY PLANT FOOfi CO.

27 (29 OCEAN ST.. BEVERLY. MASS.

ball team is having a strenuous open-
ing of the season. Of the four games
they have lost two, but like the com-
pany whose name they bear, they
never give up.

846

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

PTOie

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Dimensions: Base, 15M; In. higb ; vase, IS in. high;
outside diameter, 16 in.; inside diameter, 12 In.; in-
side deptli of bowl, 8V4 in.

MaJe from the best Crystal Granite combined with
Portland Cement and are guaranteed to last a life
time.

THE BEST LAWN VASE EVER CONSTRUCTED.
NOTHING BETTER FOR CEMETERY DECORA-
TION.
WILL. NOT Bl'ST LIKE IRON.

Write for prices to

PATRICK GRACE

55 Union Street, Brighton, iVIass.

DRECR'S "Riverton Special" Plant Ttib

\o. Diam. Ea. Doz. 100
10 20 in. ?1.45 $16.00 $130.00
20 18 in. 1.30 14.00 115.00

30 16 in.

1.00

11.25

92.00

40 14 in.

.6.5

7.00

5C.00

50 12 in.

.43

5.00

40.00

60 10 in.

.38

4.00

.32.00

70 S in.

.30

3.50

28.00

Manufactured for us excUisiTely. The best tub ever introduced. The neatest, lightest
and cheai)est. Painted green, with electric welded houps. The four largest sizes have
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds. Plants, Bulbs, anil Supplies. 7u Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

H. Spring, house

I . 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS ANO BULB PANS

-George Anderson,

-E. E. Howard,

-Mrs. G. C. Weld,

E. Boyle,

Berkeley, Cal. — J.
30 X 80.

Philadelphia, Pa.-
one house.

Providence, R. I.
two houses.

Brookline, IVIass.
conservatory.

Maiden, Mass. — Neal
house 50 X 150.

Elmira, N. Y.— U. S. Cut Flower Co.,
house 48 x 250 ft.

Congress Heights, D. C. — John Gut-
man, house 45 x 210.

Ottawa, Ml. — Davis-Harrison Co.,
cucumber house 65 x 900.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Shroeder Floral
Co., Pease St., one house.

Corry, Pa. — Corry Floral
Warren, prop., one house.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A.
propagating house 15 x 60.

Greenville, S. C. — Greenville Floral
Co., Augusta St., addition.

Creve Coeur, Mo. — Henry J. Kall-
mann, one Moninger house.

Wenatchee, Wash. — A. E. Clark and
W. J. Dunger, house 21 x 121.

Waco, Tex.— T. J. Wolfe, Cotton
Palace Park, three 100 ft. houses.

Lakewood, O. — Reinbolt Hoffman,
1423 Victoria Ave., range of houses.

Worcester, Mass. — Benj. P. Har-
rington, Harrington Way, one house.

Kewanee, III. — Jacob Thurwanger,
1003 Lake St.. two houses each
25 X 50.

Springfield, O. — Leedle Floral Co.,
extension 20 x 45, new office 20 x 20
and two houses.

Co., A. W.

Anderson,

can be shipped at an hour's notice.

per crate :

EOOO 1% in. @ $6.00

1500
1500 2V4
1500 2V2
1000 3
SOD 3%

4.8

5.25

6.00

5.0O

5.80

500 i
456 4%
320 5
210 ay,
144 6
120 7
60 S

Price

$4.50
5.24
4.51
3.78
3.16
4.20
3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Pottary, Fort Edward, N.Y.

August Roiker & Sins, 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents
OUR SPECIUTY-Uine Distance and ei|oit Irale

I— STANDARD FLOWER— I

If your sreenhouses are within 5iX) miles
of the ("apitol. write lis, we can save
you monev.

W. H. ERNEST
— 28th & M Sts. Wasbington, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

With new and iniprove<l machinery, we
can supply your wants to better ad-
vantage than ever.
Speciiil discounts on large orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co.,

SYRACUSE
N. Y.

Greenhouse Materials anTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths ap to 3Z feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for
ererti'in.

Fr3nk V3n AsschB, "a^d owtghi street'*

IFRSET riTV N J

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, insarer of 32,500,000 sq. It. of ijlass

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sic'i Saddle River, N.I.

GLASS

for ORKEXIIOl SE and HOT BED

SASHE.S. Our prires can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get ihem.
We carry the largest stork of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Kork Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

ai.i-JlT Haveme.ver St., Brooklyn, X. T.

)reer'8 Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

DHre easy and true, because
both bevels are oa the same
•ide. Can't twist and break
the elase id driviDg. Galvau-
ized and will not rust. No
tiehis or lefti.

The Peerless Glazing Point
is patented. No others like
it= Order from your de
or direct from us.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
EENKY A. DBEERj
.4 CbestDQt Street^
Philadelphia.

A STIC A

''■OR r)^, -^

USE IT WOW.

F.O.PIERCE GO.

12 W.BROADWAY
NEW YORK

MaAtIca Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes bard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs wltb
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

Send your business direct to WaaKington,
Saves time and insures better service.
Persona] attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

May 31, 1913

HOBTICULTUBB

847

One of our best houses — a 40 ft. Iron Frame House with sliding side vent appai ciiub
Erected for V. Zuber & Sons, Whitestone. L. I.

ver rivigc Vent gear.

A Worn Out Argument Knocked Into A Cocked Hat

IT'S a very funny thing that the smaller greenhouse
liuikliug concerns, who awe always shaking: their heads
in warning against the bigger ones, are straining every
nerve possible to get all the business they can. to get as
big as they can. as soon as they can. That's why they
want your order. That's why they knock the bigger,
better concerns.
Isn't that so?

With a concern like ours, whose big force of employees is
diviiled into numerous departments, with an expert at the
beat! of each; it is only reasonable that better results can

be secured than in concerns where a few men try to be
construction engineers, heating engineers, ventilating ex-
perts, manufacturing superintendeUts, and erection fore-
men all in one. ; .- - ^

This is the age of Big Things. ^.An age ' when the little
thinETs have t(j^ be done in a big way. It takes a big con-
cern to do both the little and the big things in the Big
Way this Biff Age demands.

You will agree that we are meeting such demands satis-
factorily. Write or call at any one of our sales offices
and make a noise like an order.

Hiiclvitv

NEW YORK OFFICE
1 170 Broadway

Factory, Elizabeth, N. J.

mga^^

PHILADELPHIA 9FFICE
Penna. Building

You get Up-to-date piping systems
and High Grade boilers, wben you deal
with Kroeschell.

We pay no commissions to agents or
dealers — our Boiler is sold direct from
factory to user, which eliminates an un-
necessary middleman's profit, and yoa
Mr. Florist, get the benefit.

WHICH DO YOU WANT?

CAST IROB BOILERS— EOOL ECONOMI

(false ratings, fuel waste, danger of

breakdowns, dealers' profits).

EROBSGBELl BOILERS— FCBL BCONOMT

(honest ratings, safet.v, quid; iK'at, no
lioiler i)ifs. ilri dfnler-^' pr-dUs'l.

- CHICAGO

I 466 W. Erie St.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow anuB.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

Write for free Catalogue to

QUAKER CITY MACHINE CO.

Rlchiiiond, Ind.

It's a

Kif\G

FRAME GREENHOUSE
Why It Is So Strong and Sunny

Write today for Bulletins
No. 43. No 46, No. 38 describing

KING IRON CHUNNEl BAR
KING IMPROVEO FL«r RAFTER
KING PIPE RAFTER POST OR TRUSS

GREENHOUSES

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

28 Kinii's Road, N. Tonawanda, N. T.

"All the Sunlight AH Day Houses"

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENXED

Greenhouse Boilers and

Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue
and Prices.

1392-1414 METROTOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? If you do you know
bow good they are and
know where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very Important.
In fact, you are buying In-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.
Do It today.

ADVANCE CO., • Richmond, Ind.
SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LCMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders In

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

848

HORTICULTURE

May 31, 1913

Bubbles 07^ Gl

Looking from the inside out, you are impressed with the "cobwebby" lightness of
the U-Bar construction, even more than when looking from the outside in

((

BUBBLES OF GLASS" — that was the nickname given
to U-Bar greenhouses when we first started to
build them over a decade ago.
They were called that, because of their extreme lightness
and graceful glassy airiness.

The more light the construction of a greenhouse allows to
reach the plants, the quicker and stronger will be the
growth.

The U-Bar construction not only introduced the curved
eave for greenhouses, but the houses were so light that
they at once surpassed and continue to surpass any others
in growing results.

Although various attempts have been made to make other
greenhouses constructed other ways, look like the U-Bar,

by adopting the curved eave; U-Bar houses are still the
lightest houses built. It is the only house that has a com-
plete galvanized, aluminum painted steel frame, giving
great endurance and low up-keep cost.

Other houses with their curved eaves may look like
the U-Bar, but looking like it, is the only way they are
like it.

If it is not made with the U-Bar, it is not a U-Bar green-
house.

We tell you these things as a matter of protection.
For further convincement, send for our catalog. It is
rich in illustrative evidence and shows houses from the
smallest up.

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIER50N U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE- NtWYORK.

CANADIAN OFFICE. lO PHILLIPS PLACE. MONTREAL

^

LIBRARY
NEW YO«
BUT AN IC A

QARDEN.

Cattleya Harrisoniae.

Grown and Photngraplied by M- J- Pope.

riORIST/FlANr^SMAN,
^10MCAPE GaRDGN£^

m

.(h

3g/T0A/» Mass.
(JuSscrrption, H00_^

^

850

HORTICULTURE

June 7, 1913

"EVENTUALLY— WHY NOT NOW"

Is the way a certain article is widely advertised.
" Eventually," you will have to grow

"MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER ROSE"

Why not buy a few plants NOW, when we can deliver the same in first-class
condition for immediate planting, 4 inch stock at $30.CK) per hundred ;
$250.00 per thousand.

Milady the new red and Mrs. Chas. Russell. Own root stock. $30.00 per hundred ;

$250.00 per thousand.
Pink and White Killarney, Richmond, Taft, My Maryland, American Beauty and

Hillingdon, 4 inch stock $12.00 per hundred ; 3 inch stock $10.00 per hundred.
Bon Silene, 3 inch stock; $10.00 per hundred.

/^UD VC A IMTHP'll^FllVI^ ^^^ "Cap Family," and other varieties equally
VjniVlO/I.L* inijLTJULTjkJ adapted for pot plants at $10.00 per hundred.

POMPONS. Our selection — $3.00 per hundred; $25.00 per thousand.

STANDARD VARIETIES. Unaka, Gloria, Col. Appleton, Wells' Late Pink, etc.

$25.00 per thousand for 2 '_. inch pot plants.

IVIi

SON,
J.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Fine stock from 2^ inch pots.
Patty Dolly Dimple

Comoleta

Tnaka

Kalb

Yellow Jone§

Pink Ivory

Roman Gold
Clem. Touset
White Eaton
Oct. Frost
Yellow Ivory

$3.00 per 100.

Pompons. Singles, Anemones.

Baby. Late Yellow.

Nio. Delicate Pink, Midseason.

Julia La Graverre, Crimson. Midseason.

Orea, Pink. Midseason.

Minta. Pink, Midseason.

Zenobia. Early Yellow.

Diana, IVUdseason. White.

Garza, Midseason, White.

Qninola, Late Yellow.

Worden, Miss. White Single

93.00 per 100.
Helen Newberry. Late White.
Marv Colloday, Lavender Pink.

DAVID J. SCOTT

CORFU, N. Y.

Formerly tke Wm. Scott Co. Greenhonsu

CARNATIOMS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

GERANIUMS

B««t Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

lOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.

T«L alvo Bedford BROOKL YN , N . Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Large flowering:. Pompon, Anemone flow-
ered and sinffle. Best varieties for Bosh
form Pot plants. SMi Id* Pot plants. $3.00
per 100. Cash with order.

FRANK OECHSLIN

4911 W. Quincy St., Chicago, Ml.

Flowering, Decorative and
Vegetable Plants

In abundance at all times. See our display adv-
in HORTICULTURE. May 17th, page 750.
Correspondence Solicited

ALONZO J. BRYAN, WIOLESALE FLORIST

WASHINGTON. NEW JERSEY

Drarn^na Ind.. 5 ana 6 in.. $4.00 and $5.00

per doz.
Vinia Variegata, 4 in. strong. $8. .$10. .S15

per lOO.
Asparagus PI. Nanus, 2V2 in., W.OO per 100.
.Asparagus Sprengerii. 2M; in.. $3.50 per 100.
Petunias. 8 varieties, 3 in.. $2.00.
Marguerites. Wliite. 2. 2%. 3 and 4 in., .'jij.

$2.50. $5.00 and $8.00 per 100.
Geranium. >Ime. Salleroi. 2 in., $2.00 per 100.
Vinca, 2Vi in., $2.50 per 100.

ROSES

GRAFTED and OWN ROOTS

Killarney Queen, Double White
Killarney, Lady Hillinsdon, Double
Pifik Killarney, Maryland, White
Killarney, Killarney, Richmond,
Kaiserin, Perle, Sunset, Sunrise,
Bride, Bridesmaid, Wootton,
Clothilde Soupert, etc.

Fine Stock from 3 inch pots. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.

Wood Brothers

FISH KILL, N. Y.

F. C. RIEBE

WEBSTER. M«SS.

BEST PALMS

Ail Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

Joseph Heacock

Wyncote, Pa.

POINSETTIAS,

TRUE TYPE.

Shipped in Paper Pots, June De-

iivery.

Zy2 INCH PLANTS, $6.00 PER 100

Write for Prices in Lsrse Quantities

A. Henderson & Co.

369 RIVER ST., CHICAGO.

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTURE

851

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R A INI I U IVI 3

The report comes from all sections that Geraniums are
stock will be cleaned up. We have an excellent lot of
your own stock for another season, but why bother
stock for you, to be shipped anytime In the fall or win
another crop has been removed. Our stock houses of
plants as pretty as you ever saw. Then we have Nov
varieties to the extent that we are confident we can
it over. Can you afford to bother with the stock your

more In demand this season than ever and that all good
young stock ready to ship out if you wish to grow
with it, as we make It our business to provide your
ter, you have the room, after Chrysanthemums or
Standard sorts alone as now planted contains 300,000
elty stock, Ivy Leaved sorts, Scented and Variegated
take care of any order you may place with us. Think
self for $18 50 per 1000, for 2-tn. plants?

SCAU1.ET BEDDER. We have bought of Elmer D. Smith & Co., stock of this superior Scarlet Geranium
and offer good strong plants from 3-in. pots for Immediate shipment at $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100.
SMILAX: 2-ln., $2.00 per 100, $17.50 per 1000. CANNAS: 3-ln. pot, good sorts, $3.00 per 100, $25.00

COLEUS, AI.TEBNANTHEBAS and other BEDDING per 1000; King Hnmbert, $5.00 per 100, $40.00 per

PLANTS. 1000 . -ui* __^

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO., white marsh, lif.

THE OHIO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

>r4i

THE AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY

JOIIM-r EXHIBITIOIM GRAVY'S A.RIVIO

!.

IMD, OMIO
JLJIME: 12-tKi, i3-tKi, 14-bl-i, Idl3

If you have not received Premium List, write JOHN N. STOCKWELL, Secy., Room
2i8, City Hall, Cleveland, Ohio.

>^«

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 879

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 870

Allen, J. K 870

Am. Peony So... 851
Anderson, S. A.. 865
Aphine Mfg. Co.

861-877

Aschmann, G 860

Atlanta Florist

Co 868

Ay res Co., S.

Bryson 863

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 870

Barnard, W. W.

Co 863

Barrows & Son.. 852
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co S67

Bay State Nur-
series 876

Bloomlngdale's. 864
Bobbink & At-
kins 876

Boddington. A.T..861
Bolgiano & Son,

J. 863

Boston Florist

Letter Co 868

B r a s 1 a n Seed

Growers 863

Breck. J. & Son. SO."!
Breek - Robinson

Nurseries 876

Ereitmeyer's. J.

Sons S64

Bryan, .\lonzo J. 850
Burpee, vr. A. &

„Co ...863

California Seed
Growers' Asso.863

Page

Carbone 865

Chicago Carna-
tion Co 868

Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.868
C h i 1 d s, .Tohn

Lewis 862

Clarke's D. Sons. 864
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 863

Cooke. Geo. H...866

Co wee, W. J 870

Craig. Robt. Co. 852

Dards 864

Dawson. H. S...876
Dorner & Sons

Co 850

Dreer, H. A 879

Dunlop, .Tohn H.865

Dysart, R. J 870

Eastern Nurser-
ies 876

Edwards Folding

Box Co 868

ElliotCs W. Sons. 877
Eppstein. Julius. 865
Ernest, W. H... .878

Esler, .T. G 879

Eyres 864

Fairfield Land-
scape & Nur-
sery Co 876

Farqubar, R. &

J. & Co 863

Ford, M. C 870

Ford, W. P 870

Fottler. F i s k e.

Rawson Co 863

Porrest. Prank H.865
Froment. H. E.. .870
F r a m i n ^ h -n m
Nurseries 876

Page
Galvin. Thos. F..865
Gasser, J. M. Co.8(K
Goodsell. P. H..876
Grace, Patrick. ..87'J
Grey, T. J. Co... 863
Gude Bros. Co... 865
Hall Association. 879
Hall & Robinson.WK
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 877

Hansen. H 860

Hart, Geo. B 868

Heacock, Jos... 850
Henderson, A.... 850
Hess & Swoboda.8&l
Hews, A. H. &

Co S7S

Hilfinger Bros... 878
Holland Nurser-
ies 876

Holm & Olson... 864

Horan, E. C 870

Jacobs.S. & Sons.879
Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 862

Johnston & Co.,

T. J 865

Johnston Bros... 865
Kastlng, W. F.

Co 871

Keller, J. B.Sons.864

Kervan Co 870

King Cons. Co... 878
Kramer, F. H...865
Kroeschell Bros. 879
Kuebler, W. H..870
Lager & Hurrell.852

Lange. A 865

Lemon Oil Co... 877
Leonard Seed Co.862
Leuthy. A. & Co. 852

Page
Loechner & Co. .860
Lord & Burnham

Co 880

MacMulkin, E...865
May & Co., L. L.865
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 860-871

McConnell. Alex. 864
McCray Refrig-
erator Co 860

McCuUough's Sons

Co., J. M 868

McHutchison &

Co 852

McKenzie, John. 830
McManus, Jas...870
Meyer, J. C. & Co.867
Michell's Seed

House 862

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex .868

Millang. Cbas....8?o

Miller. E. S 863

Montreal Floral

Exchange 871

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 870

Murray. Samuel. 864
National Nursery-
man 876

N. E. Nurseries. 876
Niessen. Leo Co. 868
Oechslin. Frank. 850
Ohio Horticul-
tural Society.. S-il

Ouwerkerk. P 876

Palmer, W. J. &

Sou 864

Park Floral Co.. 864
Parshelsky Bros. 879
Pelicano. Rossi &
Co 865

Page
Penn the Florist.865
Pennock - Meehan

Co 869

Pierce Co.. F. 0.879
Pierson, A. N....S60
Pierson, F. R. Co.852
Pino-Lyptol

Chemical Co... 877
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 877
Pollwortb, C. C..864
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 877

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 879

Reed & Keller... 870
Reinberg, Peter.. 868

Rice, M. Co 865

Riebe. F. C 850

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 868

Robinson Co., H.

M 870

Roehrs, J. Co. . .852
Roland, Thomas. 852
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sous 852-878

Rose Hill Nur-
series 860

Rosery. The 864

Sander & Son... 852
Scott. David J.. 850

Scott, John 850

Scott. Robt. &

Sons 876

Sehling. Max 866

Sharp, Partridge

& Co 879

Sheridan, W. F.870
Siggers & Sig-

gers 879

Siebrecht, Geo. C.870

Page
Skidelsky. S. S.

& Co 862

Smith, P. J 870

Smith & Co., E.

D 876

Smith, W. & T.

Co 876

Smvth, Wm. J. ..864
Sprague, J. H...852
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co.... 879
Stockwell, John

N 851

Stumpp. Geo. M.864
Syracuse Pottery

Co 878

Totty, Chas. H..850
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 863

Traendly &

Schenck 870

Valentine, J. A.. 864
Van Assche, P...879
Vlck's Jas. Sons. 863
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co. 851 -863
Wants, For Sale. 878
Ward. R. M.&C0.852
Waterer, Hosea..829
Weeber & Don.. 863
Welch Bros. Co.. 868
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 876

Wilson, Robt. G.864

Wood Bros 850

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 870

Young & Nugent.861

Zangen. O. V 863

Zinn. J. A 865

Zvolauek, Ant. C.863

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 872, 873, 874, 875

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HORTICULTURE

853

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

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YOI^S

Care of Adiantum

A house or bench where they can have a temperature
of at least 60 degrees at night, a rich compost made of
new fibrous soil three parts, well-rotted cow manure and
leaf mold one part each and some sand, with ample
drainage, are the first essentials for adiantimi growing.
Plants from 2i/o or 3-ineh pots will make fine stock to
plant. Do not crowd them but give at least 13 inches
between each way. Water rather carefully at first ; just
around the plants will do. Now that the sun is power-
ful they require quite a heavy shade. Keep the soil
between the plants freely cultivated and clear of weeds.

Compost for Bench Crops

Sod that was cut last fall and has had the action of
the frost and snow on it will make the foundation to
mix up any compost needed to fill the houses. This
bench soil should have enough manure mixed through
it to make it rich in available plant food. A satisfac-
tory mixture for most crops cultivated under glass can
be made by using three parts of rotten sods to one of
well-decayed cow manure and a liberal quantity of bone
dust intermixed. This compost should be shoveled
over two or three times so that all the ingredients will
be well intermixed. Now that the planting season is
with us do not lose any time in getting your compost
into the very best shape. It may be some work and
extra expense but it will surely pay in the end.

Gardenias

For next season's gardenias June is undoubtedly the
best month to get the work under way. After removing
all the plants and old soil make sure to wash out every
corner of the benches well, then give a heavy coating of
hot lime. A little straw should then be spread to keep
the soil from going through the drainage. The plants
should be set about 15 or 16 inches apart. With this
space between the plants a 32 to 36-inch bench should
only have three rows of plants. Wliat is essentially
necessary, to be successful with gardenias is to make use
of a good porous soil. A good compost can be made
with three parts of very fibrous soil with one part of
well-rotted cow manure and enough clean sand to make
it porous. Never plant a dry plant. The ball should
always be moist, and do not allow the plants to be out
of the pots too long before planting. Firm the soil
around the ball well. After planting, soak the whole
bench, after which water only the ball of the plant as
necessary. Syringe freely on all good days both over
and under the foliage.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following: Cosmos; Cyprlpediums; Ficus elastica ; Hydrangeas; Mignonette; Lemon Verbenas.

Rest Callas

Callas should now have the water supply reduced
gradually whether grown in pots or on a bench. Those
that are planted out in benches should be done very
gradually at first until the foliage shows signs of ripen-
ing up by turning yellow, when they can be lifted and
the soil well shaken out. These tubers should be stored
in dry sand in a cool dry place until wanted again for
planting. Those that were grown in pots can be placed
on their sides, often they have ripened a little, in some
place where they can bake in full sun. Callas will not
fiower well if they do not have about eight, or nine
weeks of a rest. Those that were grown in benches will
have quite a few offsets which can be broken oS and
planted out in rich ground where they will make good
growth and can be lifted in September and potted up.

Planting Smilaz

If it is possible to spare the room for smilax the first
half of June is not too soon to plant out. At least 8 feet
of head room is required for smilax. If to be grown
without benches use 6 to 7 inches of good rose soil, or
soil of a heavy nature. While many growers prefer to
plant in the center of a house without benches, it is
really safest to use a bench, for only then is the soil
under control. While smilax likes moisture it will not
stand for too much of it, yellow leaves and a sickly
growth resulting. An over-moist condition is likely to
happen when the beds are prepared on the ground.
Twelve inches between the rows and 10 inches in the
rows is about right for the plants. Water first around
the ball until they begin to fill the soil with roots when
the whole bed can be soaked. Give plenty of ventilation
whenever possible. When they begin to show runners
give them Silkaline to take hold of. Do not wait until
they become intergrown with one another, which is sure
to make trouble later on. When growing well give a
mulch of well-rotted cow manure.

Sweet Peas

Now that we are coming into warm weather sweet
peas will need every attention to keep them in a grow-
ing and flowering condition as long as possible. Keep
them well cultivated and hoed with a thorough watering
once or twice a week which should be followed by a cul-
tivation the next day. This will place them in good
condition to receive a mulching between the rows later
on which helps to keep the soil cool and better able to
retain whatever moisture they may get. Keep all the
seed pods picked ofE as fast as they may appear, which
will , help considerably in extending their flowering
season.

854

HOETICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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Watering; Melon Beds

The varying constitutions of the soils used in making
up melon beds makes it difficult to bring them all under
one head when referring to the watering. In the first
instance we will consider only those beds made upon
raised benches with perforated plates for the bottom,
affording, as they do, ample drainage. I might say these
are in use here and give entire satisfaction. A melon
is a plant that enjoys an ample supply of water through
all its growing stages up to the ripening period. To try
to grow them in anything hut a well-drained bench is a
follv, as the soil would soon go sour, a condition resented
by all plants. One very peculiar characteristic about
the roots of a melon is their great liking for firm soil.
The firmest parts of the bed are often the most thickly
netted with roots. In addition to this, after quite a
number of trials, we find the firmer made beds produce
the larger number of fruits, usually of medium size and
well-finished.

Now the question has arisen why make the beds so
firm when the water has so much trouble ta pass through
them and it is absolutely necessary that it should pass
through, or the greater "part of it at least? It is an-
swered in the foregoing, or in a sentence "to produce
quantity."'

Another point I have heard discussed is — which of
two benches would remain wet the longer, one put in
loose or the other which is made firm? I contend the
former would. A melon, we know, requires lots of water
and a firm soil, which shows the necessity of watering
often and thorouglily. The raised bench gives itself
admirably to these conditions for it is easy to look where
the water is draining and thus water on until all is
soaked — no little job if the bed has dried right out.
Water will often stand on the surface of a pot, bed or
border for some time if the said soil is thoroughly dried
out and will give one the idea that the soil is wet
enough ; not so, it is the top soil absorbing the moisture.
A semi-wet soil will pass water through it quicker than
one that is real dry providing both were made equally
firm at the time they were made up. This is more
noticeable in sandy soil than it is in those of a heavy
nature, bearing out the theory that a dry bed is difficult
to soak. The clayey soil would retain more moisture
than the sandy would. After studying the soils there is
no excuse for only half watering a melon bed. Xever
mind if a little stays on the top for a few seconds : after
that has gone down, give it more until the drip is even
from all parts. Wlien growing the plants on into six-
inch pots before planting them in the bed, a mound of

considerable size has to be made to cover the roots, which
is often difficult to water. An inch or more can be taken
oft' this by sinking the ball into the bed. It does not
make any difference to the crop by potting them on.
They may be a week or so earlier — no more, as the trans-
fer from "pot to bench takes a little time to be forgotten.
By planting from threes a much smaller mound is re-
quired ; in fact if the base of the plant is an inch and a
half above the level of the bed that will be sufficient.
Xo trouble with canker or stem rot should be experi-
enced if the method advocated in these columns as a
preventive is used.

It is impossible to make the solid bed with a hot
bed underneath so hard as you can one in a bench
and with the greater rooting space for the plants to roam
in these beds will not dry out so quickly. This brings
us to the point of large or small beds for melon growing.
There is little to be gained and a risk of losing much
with large beds. Growth will be ranker, causing trouble,
which nobody wants. The fruits may be a little larger,
taking longer to develop. A melon bed fifteen inches
wide and four deep is sufficient and will grow first-class
fruit. Give them a light top dressing soon after the
fruit is set and feed well while they are swelling. Ad-
ditions on the front similar to the way a vine border is
made does not repay for the extra work entailed.

Mulching

With the hot weather now close at hand the question
of keeping suificient moisture in peach houses and vine-
ries stands out more prominently than hitherto. Young
vineries will be benefited by a mulching of spent
mushroom manure, put on about two inches thick. , This
can be damped down twice daily without any injury to
the roots and thus a greater amount of moisture is ac-
cumulated. It will also help draw the roots up near the
surface. Some growers I know do not agree with mulch-
ing young vines in this way, yet I have never found any
hann from it. Half decayed leaf-soil has been used for
the same purpose. It is not to be recommended, as there
is a danger of fungus going througli the border. Where
ripe grapes are lianging, if no top dressing was used
previouslv. mushroom manure can be used now or wait
a while until the crop is off and then use half decayed
cow manure, which will give them a slight stimulant.
Swelling grapes sliould have some good cow manure, but
take care to water it in and leave plenty of air on the
house during the first night or the foliage will burn.

Young peach trees are best without any kind of mulch,
as they make rank enough wood the first year. Older
trees can be served similar to the vines.

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OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

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Mulching: the Small Fruits

Cui-rants, raspberries, and jjooseberries (as well as the
strawberries which have already been referred to in these
columns) will all be the better for a good mulch of
straw litter, leaves or lawn grass. This mulch will mean
bigger and better fruit because of its conservation of
moisture, besides keeping all the lower fruit from being
splashed with dirt in the case of heavy rains.

The Late Cold Snap

If the cold spell which visited this section during the
last ten days has been general throughout the East, many
growers will have to replant their Lima beans and some
of the early sweet corn. Do not wait too long expecting
these tender things to come up, but scratch away the
soil and examine the seed in several different places and

if any large percentage appears to be rotting, better lose
no time in getting in more seed.

Watering

Timely watering is a very important matter in the
production of fine vegetables and outdoor fruit and the
time to water is before the plants get very dry. Another
important feature of outdoor watering is to give a good
soaking or else not do it at all as mere driblets are
worse than nothing for it tends to bring the roots to the
surface where they are much more likely to receive a
check. After giving the ground a thorough watering,
and as soon as the surface is fit to walk upon, hoe it or
run through with the cultivator. This will greatly en-
hance tJie value of the watering and prevent the ground
from baking and cracking.

ARNOLD ARBORETUM.

Bulletin of Popular Information.

No. 43.

For the decoration of northern gar-
dens there are no more beautiful or
desirable shrubs than the Azaleas of
eastern North America. There are
seven species of these plants and thsy
are now called Rhododendrons by bot-
anists, and in the ,\rboretum all Aza-
leas are labelled Rhododendrons. The
first species to bloom, R. Vaseyi, be-
gins to flower the beginning of May
and the flowers of the last, R. visco-
sum, can be found here as late as the
middle of July, so that the Azalea sea-
son is a long one. R. Vaseyi is a tall
shrub, with slender stems and an open
irregular habit. In its home in the
sheltered valleys of the Blue Ridge in
South Carolina it sometimes grows to
the height of from fifteen to eighteen
feet. The flowers are produced before
the leaves appear in small compact
clusters and are pure pink in color, but
occasionally plants are found with
nearly white flowers. Although this
plant was not discovered until com-
paratively a few years ago, it has been
much planted in gardens near Boston
and it is fast becoming here one of the
most popular of the early-flowering
spring shrubs. With R. Vasciii the
Rhodora (R. cayxadense) flowers. This
well known dwarf shrub often covers,
especially in the north, large areas of
moist or swampy land with a sheet of
bloom. The small flowers, however,
are of a rather unattractive rose-pur-
ple color, and the fame of the Rhodora
is perhaps due more to Emerson's
poem than to its intrinsic beauty.
Naturally, the Rhodora grows from
Newfoundland to Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.

The next to bloom are the two pink-
flowered species, R. ranesrfns and R.
nudiflorum : the former is a northern
and the latter a more southern plant
and is especially common in the Gulf

States from Florida to eastern Texas.
The flowers of these plants open be-
fore or with the unfolding of the
leaves and in early spring fill the
woods with beauty and fragrance.

The Flame-colored Azalea, R. calen-
dulaceum. is the next species to flower
and is already beginning to open its
orange, yellow, or reddish flowers
which are not fragrant. This shrub
is an inhabitant of the Appalachian
Mountain region from southern New
York to Georgia, and is extremely
abundant on the lower slopes of the
high mountains of North Carolina and
Tennessee. In flower it is the most
showy of our Azaleas and one of the
most beautiful of all flowering shrubs.

The next species to flower, R. arho-
rescens. is also a native of the Appala-
chian Mountains on which it grows
from Pennsylvania to Georgia and
where in sheltered valleys it some-
times attains the height of fifteen
feet or more. The flowers, which ap-
pear after the leaves are nearly fully
grown, are white or faintly tinged with
rose color and are made conspicuous
by the long bright red filaments of the
stamens. The flowers are very fra-
grant and the young leaves have the
odor of new- mown grass. Less showy
in flower than the Flame-colored Aza-
lea it is one of the most beautiful of
all hardy Azaleas.

The last species to flower, the Clam-
my Azalea or Swamp Honeysuckle, is
a common inhabitant of the swamps
of the eastern states, especially of
those in the neighborhood of the coast.
The rather small flowers are pure
white and covered with clamm.v hairs,
and the leaves are often of a pale
bluish color, especially on their lower
surface. This plant is valuable for the
lateness of its flowers which do not
open until the flowers of most hardy
shrubs have passed, and for their fra-
grance.

These shrubs are all perfectly hardy
in eastern Massachusetts and flourish

in all exposures and in good garden
soil, although like all Rhododendrons
they cannot be made to live in soil
strongly impregnated with lime. They
are not often cultivated because it is
not easy to flnd these plants in nur-
series, for few nurserymen, especially
in the United States, care to take the
trouble to raise such plants from
seeds, the only satisfactory way in
which they can be propagated. In
beauty, constitution and hardiness
they are superior to the so-called
Ghent Azaleas which are hybrids be-
tween the species from the Caucasus,
which is not hardy here, and some of
the American species. The Ghent
Azaleas are favorites with European
nurserymen who propagate them by
grafting and they are imported in
large numbers into this country. Here
they grow slowly: many of the varie-
ties are not at all hardy and others
are liable to lose large branches in se-
vere winters. The American species
are better garden plants here, too, than
the yellow-flowered Asiatic species, R.
japunicutn. usually called Azalea mol-
Us in gardens, a common Japanese and
Korean plant, and the Chinese R.
sini'nse or the hybrids of these two
species. Azalea mollis is hardy and
free-flowering but the plant^s are short-
lived in this country. The little known
R. sinense with its beautiful yellow
flowers is hardy, but the flower-buds
have usually been killed in each of
the two or three winters this plant has
been exposed here in the open ground.

CATTLEYA HARRISONIAE.

The flowers of this useful cattleya
are not large but as the illustration on
our cover page shows it is a very free
bloomer and the flowers, borne several
on a stem, are fine for cutting. The
color is a lovely tint of rose with a
tinge of yellow on the lip and they are
excellent keepers. A very desirable
commercial species.

856

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CONTENTS

Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Cattleya Harrisonis.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Care
of Adiantum — Compost for Bench Crops — Gardenias
— Rest Callas — Planting Smilax — Sweet Peas — John
J. M. Farrell 853

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Water-
ing Melon Beds — Mulching — George H. Penson 854

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT— Mulching
the Small Fruit— The Late Cold Snap— Watering —
Edivin Jenkins 855

ARNOLD ARBORETUM— Bulletin of Popular Infor-
mation, No. 43 855

CATTLEYA HARRISONIAE 855

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:

Florists' Club of Washington — Society of American
Florists — Floor Plan, Trade Exhibition, Minneapolis
Convention, Illustrated — Florists' Club of Philadel-
phia 857

American Peony Society — American Rose Society —
Club and Society Notes 858

PEONY AND ROSE SHOW AT PHILADELPHIA 860

SEED TRADE — American Seed Trade Association —
Department Prejudiced — Where It Began — "Free
Seed" Increased — The Trade Partially Blamable —
Crop Prospects— Effect of Inflated Prices 861-862

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 864

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 865

Telegraphing Flowers 866

OBITUARY — Frederick W. Thielman— Prof. George W.
Letterman— H. T. W. Winfield— W. C. Trimble — Mrs.
Anna MuUory 867

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 869

Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 871

NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION CITY— Minneap-
olis Park System — Illustration 859

MISCELLANEOUS:

Publication Received 859

Weed Killing 860

Chicago Notes 866

News Notes 866

Philadelphia Notes 867

Washington Notes 867

During Recess 871

Personal 871

Notice of Quarantine, No. 7, White Pine Blister Rust 877

Plant Quarantine Decision. No. 3 877

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 878

Incorporated 878

Patents Granted 878

Information received thi.s week seems
On the crest to insure beyond any question the in-
of the wave stalling of another flower show in New

York next spring worthy of the name
and worthy of the city. Here i.s one of the direct results
due to the recent successful afTair under the auspices of
the S. A. F. and affiliating societies. Previous efforts in
the Metropolis have often been disheartening in their
outcome, but doubt and misgiving are quickly brushed
away in the light of this year's master-stroke, and cour-
age and self-reliance take their place. This inspiring
sequence to the national society's achievement, while it
would not have been possible had local enthusiasm been
lacking, yet adds distinctly to the lustre of that organiza-
tion and places another mark to its credit as a predom-
inating influence in horticultural progress. We look to
see a widespread revival of exhibition optimism all over
the country and this will be good for the business pro-
vided plans are well considered, chances carefully
weiglied, rash ventures avoided and modern publicity
methods employed in all cases.

"Prices are sky-high on cut flowers." This,
Holiday i]i big, bold letters, fonned the head-lines
scare-heads for a statement in a daily newspaper re-
garding the allegeil flower famine in
Boston a couple of days previous to Memorial Day. Who
can estimate the loss to the florists of this community,
not alone in immediate sales but in a broader and more
general aspect from this stupid announcement ? Whether
it emanated from some inconsiderate member of the
trade or in the reportorial imagination we know not, but
that it worked a most regrettable injury to the floral
industry nobody can dispute. Consider, you growers who
rail against the sale of artificial flowers, how many metal
wreaths were purchased as an explicit result of that one
line flashed in the face of a hundred thousand readers !
Spend money to build up the flower trade and encourage
flower buying on this or that holiday and then allow
your best efforts to be nullified as regularly as the days
come around by these deplorable scare-heads! It is a
question, after all, whether special advertising for holi-
days that naturally call for about all the available ma-
terial, is the best use of monev. If applied to the up-
building of business in the dull times between, might it
not prove a wiser investment ?

We can think of nothing recently pub-
Rhododendron Hshed which is more instructive and
time valuable for the nurseryman or others

interested, in ornamental shrubbery,
than the Bulletins that are issued from time to time,
during the flowering season, by the Arnold Arboretum.
No progressive planter can afford to remain uninformed
as to what is being done at this great institution and if
he does so remain he is no longer progressive. The ex-
tract from Bulletin No. 43, which we publish in this
issue will interest many and we hope the time is not far
distant when the statement that "few nurserymen care
to take the trouble to raise such plants from seed" will
be no longer true.

While on this subject we must mildly protest against
any disparagement of the beauty of Rhodora canadensis.
Bending in patches and irregular masses of sudden color
over the trout ponds and streams in the solitude of the
Maine wilderness, reflected as a purple cloud in the clear
water from which the ice has just departed, this cheery
herald of spring is a feast of glory to the eye of the
nature lover and we cannot agree that either Emerson,
or Th()s. W. Higginson, who also wrote appreciatively of
tills wildling, overdrew its charms in the least.

June 7, 1913

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON.

The extreme heat of Tuesday even-
ing prevented as large a turn-out of
members as is usually the case, but
there was plenty of business trans-
acted at the June meeting of the Flor-
ists' Club of Washington.

Mr. J. L. Towner, of Baltimore, Md.,
was present to extend to the club an
invitation to co-operate with the Balti-
more Club at their outing at Chesa-
peake Beach on August 5. His invi-
tation included a challenge to partici-
pate in the many sports scheduled.
This is also the date set for the an-
nual outing of the club's bowling
team. The invitation was accepted
and a committee will be appointed to
work for the success of the joint affair.

An invitation was also received
from Edward Schmid for the crab
feast which he annually tenders the
club and the members will look for-
ward to this affair.

The closing of all stores on Sundays

at 1 o'clock was discussed, and a com-
mittee comprising Z. D. Blackistone, O.
A. C. Oehmler and Wm. Marche, was
appointed to consider and report. A
committee will also look into the Min-
neapolis convention proposition with a
view to ascertaining the number of
members who will attend. Several
routes are being considered and action
will be taken at the July meeting.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HOR-
TICULTURISTS.

Please note the following correc-
tions in the preliminary program of
the twenty-ninth annual convention to
be held in the National Guard Armory,
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 19-22. 1913. "

Fourth Day, Friday, Aug. 22. — 9 A.
M., meeting of the Florists' Hail As-
sociation. 10.30 A. M., meeting of the
American Chrysanthemum Society. 3
P. M., session of the S. A. F.

John Young, Sec'y.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL-
PHIA.

A well attended meeting assemljled
on the 3rd inst. to hear Mr. Skidelsky
i.n "are we giving each other a square
deal," which proved very interesting,
and which, no doubt, will appear in a
subsequent issue of Hortictjltuke,
Edward Towill exhibited a new rose,
which excited much favorable com-
ment. It is much darker than Mary-
land and has a very long pointed
bud. Alphonse Pericat exhibited a
rarity. Curcuma Roscoeana, and had
the committee on their mettle to
describe it properly. John Gracey re-
ported that the annual summer outing
will be held at Washington Park on
the Delaware, June 19th. Leave Arch
street Wharf 1.30 P. M. Dinner at
the park. Then all kinds of games
and lots of prizes. Pennock-Meehan
Co. give three, Bayersdorfer three,
Nlessen three, Michell three, Dreer
three; the retailers give nine. We

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Exhibition Classes — A. Plants; B. Cut Blooms; C. Boilers and Heating Apparatus; D. Greenhouse Appliances (Including Flower
Pots); E. Florists' Supplies (Including Fancy Earthenware): F. Bulbs, Seeds and Garden Requisites; G. Miscellaneous;

H. Competitive Exhibits,
from all intending exhibitors, indicat-
ing the location they would like to
have and same will be reserved ac-
cording to order in which applications
are received. So if you have a prefer-
ence don't delay in making it known

We present herewith a diagram of
the floor plan of the trade exhibition
to be held in conjunction with the
Annual Convention of the Society of
American Florists at Minneapolis. Sec-
retary Young would like to hear early

to the Secretary, otherwise it may be
assigned to somebody else more
prompt than yourself. Form of con-
tract and all needed information aS
to cost, etc., can be had on application
to John Young, Secretary, 54 West
28th street, New York City.

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HOETICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

modify some of the severe things about
those seceders; nine sounds as if their
hearts are all riglit even if their heads
be wrong. Arthur Niessen is treasurer
and the other members of the commit-
tee are Charles E. Meehan, Adolph
Farenwald, John R. Andre and Fred
Mlchell, Jr. — all live wires, and it is
bound to be one great day. There will
be a potato race, wheelbarrow race,
ladies' race, sack race, fat men's race,
ball game and lots of other things too
numerous to mention. The cost is two
dollars, which includes the river trip
and all et ceteras. We counted 14
items on the dinner menu. Bring your
women folks. All aboard, June 19.

AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY.

The annual meeting and exhibition
of the American Peony Society will
be held in Gray's Armory, Cleveland,
Ohio, on June 12-14, in conjunction
with the Ohio Horticultural Society.
There will be no separate premium list
offered by the Peony Society. Copies
of the Horticultural Society's premium
list have been sent to all members of
the Peony Society. Further copies
may be had by writing to Mr. John N.
.Stockwell, room 218 Citv Hall. Cleve-
land, O.

All entries should be addressed to
Mr. Stockwell as above. Shipments of
blooms should be addressed to the
Chairman of the E.xhibitions Commit-
tee at the Exhibition Hall. Gray's Ar-
mory. Express charges must be pre-
paid. Cut flowers cannot be received
earlier than one day before the open-
ing of the exhibition. Label cards not
10 exceed 2 by 4 inches must be fur-
nished by the exhibitors, but vases
lor cut blooms will, as usual, be pro-
vided at the hall. Entries must be in
the hands of the secretary at least 48
hours before the beginning of the ex-
hibition, and a fee of $1.00 must ac-
company the entry in each class.

See the premium list for further par-
ticulars. All intending exhibitors are
advised to read the regulations care-
fully, as they are not exactly like those
which usually govern the exhibitions
of the Peony Society. The following
is a list of the prizes:
Class
■J9 Collection of fifty herbaceous peonies.

double, in twenty named varietie.'s.

silver cup, 1st; $8.00, 2nd; $.5.00, 3rd.
30 Vase of fifty blooms, white, single, on

long stems, arranged for effect, silver

cup, 1st: $8.00, 2nd; $5.00, 3rd.
"1 Vase of~flfty blooms, light pinlc, single,

on long stems, arranged for effect.

silver cup, 1st: $8.00, 2nd; $5.00, 3rd.
'•'- Vase of fifty blooms, red or crimson.

single, on long stems, arranged for

effect, silver cup, 1st; SS.OO, 2nd:

$5.00. 3rd.
;: 1 Collection of twenty-five named va-
rieties, double, one bloom of each,

$8.00, 1st; $600, 2nd; .$4.00, 3rd.
."1 Collection of ten named varieties,

double, three of each, $10.00, 1st:

.$5.00, 2nd; $3.00, 3rd.
'■"• Best specimen bloom, white, double,

(amateurs only), bronze medal.
";1 Best specimen bloom, light pink,

double, (amateurs only), medal.
::7 Best specimen bloom, red or crimson,

double, (amateurs only), bronze

medal.
'■'■S Collection of twelve named varieties,

single, one bloom of each, $4.00, 1st;

$3.00, 2nd; .$2.00. 3rd.
'■'■'■) Collection of six named varieties,

double, white, one flower of each,

(amateurs only), gold medal, 1st;

silver medal. 2nd ; bronzf medal, 3rd.
40 Collection of six naimd varieties.

doulile, light pink, one flower of

each, (amateurs only), gold medal,

1st; silver medal, 2nd; bronze medal,

3rd.

41 Collection of six named varieties.

double, dark pink, one flower of each,
(amateurs only), gold medal, 1st;
silver medal, 2nd; bronze medal, 3rd

42 Collection of six named varieties,

double, red or crimson, one flower of
.each, (amateurs only), gold medal,
1st; silver medal, 2nd; bronze medal,
3rd.

43 Vase of twenty-five blooms, double,

white or blush, $6.00, 1st; $4.00, 2nd;
.$3.00, 3rd.

44 Vase of twenty-five blooms, double,

pink. $6.00, 1st ; $4.00, 2nd ; $3.00, 3rd.

45 Vase of twenty-five blooms, double,

red or crimson. $6.00, 1st; $4.00, 2nd;
$3.00, 3rd.

46 Vase of twenty-five blooms, double,

any other color, $6.00, 1st; $4.00, 2nd;
$3.00, 3rd.
46a Collection of one hundred named va-
rieties, herbaceous peonies, one of
each. Peony Society's gold medal.

It is hoped that there will be a good
attendance of the members of the
Peony Society. The plants in the
northern section which were for a
time very forward, have been checked
by the cool weather of the past few
weeks, and it looks now as if the dates
of the exhibition would tall about right
for the growers in the latitude of
Cleveland and farther north.

The headquarters for the Peony So-
ciety will be Hotel Statler.

A. P. Saunders, Sec'y.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

The American Rose Society has
been invited to have as full a repre-
sentation as possible of its member-
ship to attend the final exhibition and
judging of the Hartford Rose Garden.
It will be held sometime during the
month of June. The judges named by
President Farenwald for the service
are as follows; Wallace R. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn., Eber Holmes, Mon-
trose, Mass., and John F. Huss, Hart-
ford. Conn.

The Rose Garden at Hartford was
adopted last year and encouraged as
far as it could be by the Executive
Committee, and a summer meeting of
the society. The reports that come
from the Hartford Park Department
are most encouraging for the work
there done. The garden is in Eliz-
abeth Park,

The new officers chosen at the an-
baal meeting held in April assume
their duties on the first of July, and
are as follows: Wallace R. Pierson.
Cromwell, Conn., president; Robert
Pyle, West Grove, Pa., vice-president;
Harry O. May. Summit, N. J., treas-
urer; executive committee, J. H. Dun-
lop, Toronto, Ont.; S. S. Pennock,
Philadelphia, Pa.; August F. Poehl-
mann. Morton Grove, 111.; Eber
Holmes, Montrose, Mass., Frank R.
Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Robert
Simpson, Clifton, N. J., the secretary
holding over.

Bexj.\min Hammond, Sec.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The next meeting of the Gardeners'
& Florists' Club of Boston will beheld
June 24th instead of June 17th and
will be Ladies' Night. President Ken-
nedy intends organizing a' Ladies' Aux-
iliary.

The St. Louis Florist Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting June 12
at 2 o'clock at Shaw's Garden. Mem-
bers are to meet at 1.30 P. M. at the
main entrance of the garden. Tower
Grove and Floral Boulevard.

An exhibition' of peonies, orchids,
irises and miscellaneous hardy her-
baceous flowers will be held on June
7 and 8 at Bronx Park, in the Museum
Building of the New York Botanical
Garden, under the auspices of the Hor-
ticultural Society of New York; $200
in premiums.

The North Shore (Chicago) Florists'
and Nurserymen's Association of
which Fred Stollery is president, Her-
man Schiller, secretary, and Louis
Witbold, treasurer, was organized re-
cently. Its efforts so far have been
mainly to secure uniformity of prices
on the north shore.

The annual Peony and Rhododen-
dron Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society will be held at
Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Satur-
day and Sunday, June 7 and 8. A
special exhibition of peonies, including
schedule classes, 192 to 207, will be
held on June 14 and 15. The Rose
and Strawberry Exhibition will occur
on, June 21 and 22.

The long-promised joint exhibition
of the Newport Garden Association
and the Newport Horticultural Society
will take place on Wednesday and
Thursday, June 25 and 26, at Harbour
Court, the estate of Mrs. John Nicho-
las Brown. The exhibition will be open
to the public at 2 P. M. on Wednesday
and will close at 8 P. M. on Thursday.
Admission on Wednesday, $1.00;
Thursday, 25 cents. The premium list
is very comprehensive and in addi-
tion to the classes usually covered in
a summer show there are prizes for
borders and beds of hardy herbaceous
plants which will undoubtedly bring
out some very showy and unique ef-
fects. The cash prizes amount to
about $1,200.

An exhibition of peonies will be held
at the Art Institute, Chicago, June 12
and 13, 1913, under the auspices of
The Horticultural Society of Chicago.
Silver and bronze medals' and liberal
cash prizes offered in the 39 classes.
Entries may be made by mail, ad-
dressed to the Secretary of The Horti-
cultural Society of Chicago, from whom
copies of the schedule may be ob-
tained. Exhibitors must designate by
title and number the classes they de-
sire to enter and are requested to
make their entries three days in ad-
vance.

To insure uniformity exhibition
cards shall not exceed 10 x 12 inches
in size. They shall be white, with the
words. "Grown by" or "Shown by" in
plain black letters. The name and ad-
dress of the exhibitor and the name of
the private gardener, if desired, shall
appear on the cards. No entry fee
will be charged. Exhibits by express
should be addressed to R. J. Haight.
Secretary, Horticultural Society of
Chicago, Art Institute. Chicago, 111.,
and all charges invariably prepaid. Ex-
hibits cannot be received earlier than
the day preceding the opening of the
exhibition.

The rules governing the 1913 Spring
Flower Show of The Horticultural So-
ciety of Chicago will be observed so
far as they apply.

June 7, 1913

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awaiting the maturity of this novel
exhibit. Large numbers ot entries
have been booked by Secretary John
Young and Mr. Wirth is following di-
rections of the exhibitors in the mat-
ter of planting.

Plans for hotel reservations are be-
ing made which will take care of a
large attendance at the convention of
the Society of American Florists and
Ornamental Horticulturists, in Min-
neapolis. Aug. 19-23, 1913. Both the
Florists' Club and the Minneapolis
Civic and Commerce Association are
formulating plans designed to make
the stay of the visitors pleasant. The
Civic and Commerce Association has
assurances that there will be no in-
flation of hotel rates and that there
■will be comfortable accommodations
for all who come, at reasonable prices.
The committee on hotels of the Min-
neapolis Florists' Club will soon send
out special information regarding ho-
tels, accommodations and rates to
every member of the S. A. F. & O. H.,
and will take pains to make good res-
ervations for all who come to the con-
vention.

The growing attention being given
to private gardens and the extensive
public work is rapidly adding to the
city's prominence as a place of flowers
and Minneapolis sees in the conven-
tion of the Society of American Flor-
ists a renewed impetus which will en-
able it in a brief time to outdistance
all contenders for the "Flower Citv"
title.

The Minneapolis Civic and Com-
merce Association, which has general
charge of the ofiicial convention activ-
ities of the city has written a new
chapter into the history of convention
campaigns. Where the convention bu-
reaus of most cities make the proba-
ble expenditures of delegates the rul-
ing thought of their work, the Minne-
apolis organization devotes serious at-
tention to the value of national gath-
erings as educators for the people of
the city. Its newspapers give gener-
ous and intelligent treatment to the
proceedings of the conventions held in
Minneapolis and the Civic and Com-
merce Association strives to obtain
gatherings whose proceedings will
yield useful information to the com-
munity. This is particularly true of
the convention of florists and Mr. Mac
Martin, chairman of the Association's
Com^iittee on Conventions has public-
ly declared that this meeting will be
of more value to Minneapolis than a
score of other gatherings.

In preparation for the meeting ot
florists, a special committee of the
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce As-
sociation is spurring business men to
display even more generously than in
past years, the window boxes and oth-
er floral decorations in the down-
town section which have won distinc-
tion throughout the country as "The
Hanging Gardens of Minneapolis." The
planting of vacant lot and home gar-
dens under the supervision of the
Garden Club of Minneapolis has ex-
ceeded the record of all previous years
and Minneapolis expects to surprise
the visiting florists with the abundance
of its displays.

Under the supervision of Theodore
Wirth. superintendent of parks, the
outdoor exhibit is being planted at the
National Guard Armory, where the
convention sessions will be held. The
people of Minneapolis are anxiously

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Iowa. A 32-page pamphlet, in neat, at-
tractive form. The author is Wesley
Greene of Davenport, concerning
whose work as Secretary of the Iowa
Horticultural Society we have made
appreciative comment in the past.
Mr. Greene is imparting instruction on
right lines when he disseminates con-
cise and reliable information such as
this pamphlet contains, among the
home garden makers of his State. He
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and those who follow the directions
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HOETICULTURB

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PEONY AND ROSE SHOW AT
PHILADELPHIA.

It wasn't much of a show compared
with previous years. The queer sea-
son and its effects fooled nearly every-
body; and the date, set three or four
weeks ago, should have been a week
later to get results. The Andorra peo-
ple, for instance, who sent such a fine
collection last year, haven't cut a
peony yet; and many others were in
the same fix. The principal prize win-
ners were: W. L. Pilling (R. Schnei-
der, gard.) ; Rudolph Ellis, (Axel Lin-
droth, gard.); Thomas Hunter, (Jo-
seph Hurley, gard.) ; Geo. McFadden,
Jr., (Chas. Weyand, gard.)

In lieu of their peony exhibit An-
dorra sent in forty varieties of rhodo-
dendrons, five varieties of azaleas and
a big vase of kalmia. Among the nota-
ble ones in the rhododendron list the
following impressed us as being extra
fine:

Pink — Parsons' Gloriosum and Eng-
lish Roseum Elegans; white — Mme.
Carvalho; blush — Delicatissima ; ma-
roon, Sefton.

Mr. Skutt, in charge of the exhibit,
gave it as his opinion that this Sefton
variety had a great future. He said
it shows up much better outside than
on the exhibition table. A miniature
rhododendron in this exhibit (puncta-
tum) also attracted much attention.
It is a lovely tint of pink with small
flowers about the size of a weigelia
and is remarkably free-flowering.
Thomas Meehan & Sons were repre-
sented by a nice little showing of
climbing roses, among them being
Paul's Carmine Pillar, Alberic Barbier,
a white one with remarkably distinct
and charming foliage. Mr. Matthews,
who has tfiis department in charge,
stated that the variety was almost
unique as to keeping quality of the
foliage, which keeps beautiful up to
January. A well-formed double flower
of good size; seems to be a Wichu-
raiana hybrid. Another good one in
this class was Rene Andre, double,
carmine with white center. There
was also a good showing of the Pen-
zance sweet briars. One of the finest
among these was the variety Amy
Robsart.

WEED KILLING.

An effectual weed killer is a very
great help and labor saver wherever
there are avenues and paths or other
spaces to be kept free from growths.
Several things have been extensively
advertised from time to time for this
purpose but have not always turned
out to do what was claimed for them.
The preparation, Pino-Lyptol, which is
advertised in this paper seems to fill
the bill, however, and is coming into
wide use. In Newport we find the ma-
jority of the gardeners on the private
estates are using it and speak highly
of its efficiency. John A. Forbes of
"By-the-Sea" says that one application
usually does the work it directions
are carefully carried out. A. McWil-
liams of "The Reef" also has had satis-
factory results in the several years he
has used Pino-Lyptol. It is to be re-
membered when sprinkling the liquid
on the drive, to keep a safe distance
from the borders.

NEW ROSES

The best new Roses of the
year without question are

MILADY MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER

MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

We have an excellent lot of plants
ready to ship. Let us quote you
on the number of plants you require

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Nana compacta, 5c. ; Calendula, 5c. ; Mari-
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Feather, 3c. ; Ageratum. Gc. ; Heliotrope, 6c. ;
Fuchsias, Tc. and 12VjC. ; Mme, Salleroi. 2i?4
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dahlia advertisement. All sold out.
Enclosed please find check.

W. A. FINGER.

GARDENIAS

4 and 5 in. Pots

FINE BUSHY PLANTS

For Summer Flowering

WELL SET WITH BUDS

$25 and $35 per 100

CASH WITH ORDER

Rose Hill iNurseries

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.

ARAUCARIA EXGELSA

S 1d„ 5hi in. and 6 In. pots, 3, 4, S, 6
tiers, from 12 to 30 Inches high, 40c.,
50o., 60c.. 75c., $1.00, J1.25 each and

up to .?L50.

Godfrey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer
1112 IL llltat* SL, PnUOElfDU. Pi

Dear Sir: — Please discontinue my
advertisement. Seed all sold.
Yours,
Orlando, Fla. P. MACK.

June 7, 1913

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America

This beautiful new Gladiolus has produced as great a sensation as the now
famous Princeps. The flowers, which are of immense size, are of the most
beautiful flesh-pink color, and, as a florist who saw it said, it is "fine enough
for a bride's bouquet."

100 1000
rOP ROOTS $2.75 $25.00

100 1000
FIRST SIZE $2.25 $20.00

100 1000
SECOND SIZE $2.00 $17.50

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

Seedsman and Importer 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Offlcer»— President. Cha«. N. Page,
Det Moines, la. ; lit vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsbnrg, Pa.;
tnd Tlce-presldent, Arthur B. Clark,
MlUord, Conn.; secretary and treas-
urer, C. B. KendeU Cleveland, O. ; as-
■litant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-26, 181S.

The thirty-first annual convention of
the American Seed Trade Association
will be held at the Hotel Statler,
Cleveland, Ohio, June 24, 25, 26, 1913.

Opening Session, June 24th, 10 o'clock
A. M.

Executive Sessions.

Are Standards of Purity Practicable
in State Seed Laws? George S. Green
(Illinois Seed Co.), Chicago.

Discussion — Seeds Grown Under Irri-
gation. Led by J. C. Robinson, Water-
loo, Neb.

What the American Seed Trade Has
Accomplished. Albert McCullough (J.
M. McCullough's Sons Co.), Cincinnati,
Ohio.

Cost and Overhead Expense. L. B.
McCausland (Ross Bros.). Wichita,
Kan.

Intensified Farrfing. James J. Hill
(formerly President Great Northern
Railway), St. Paul, Minn.

Wednesday Evening.

Educative and Civic Influence of
School Garden Work. Miss Louise
Klein Miller, Curator Cleveland School
Gardens. (Illustrated with stereoptl-
con.)

Social Features.

Tuesday evening — President's re-
ception.

Wednesday evening — Annual ban-
quet.

Thursday afternoon — Trolley ride to
Storrs, Harrison Co.'s Nurseries,
Painesville, Ohio.

Department Prejudices.

The publication of the letter from J.
E. W. Tracy of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, to R. & J.
Farquhar & Co., of Boston, has occa-
sioned considerable discussion and
called forth some pretty severe criti-
cisms of the way the Department la

and for many years has been con-
ducted.

For a long time — if not from its or-
ganization— this Department has been
more or less of a political machine,
but never more so than under former
Secretary Wilson. His antagonistic at-
titude towards the seed trade of this
country is well known to all members
of this industry. There is no line of
business in the country which natu-
rally is so closely affiliated with the
Department as the seed business, and
with intelligent co-operation on the
part of the Department much good
could have been accomplished and
many important reforms smoothly
worked out that probably will not be
attained so readily even by legisla-
tion.

Reference has been made to the
prejudice shown by the former Secre-
tary towards seedmen. and his subor-
dinates, during the period of his reign,
being well aware of this, frequently
did not hesitate to give expression to
it in very thinly veiled terms.. George
C. Watson voices the hope of every
one, that the new Secretary will see
his way clear to make a clean sweep
of many of the hold-overs who have

been especially offensive. We cannot
however, foretell what the new Secre-
tary will do, and must await the de-
velopment of his policy which prob-
ably will not become clearly defined
for many months to come.

Where It Began.
The first noticeable manifestation
of the former Secretary's antagonism
occurred about the time that he
awarded the Department's seed con-
tract to an absolutely irresponsible
bidder merely because this bidder
could secure a bond from a bonding
and indemnity company. The award-
ing of this contract, quite naturally,
caused more or less adverse criticism
on the part of the seedsmen, and the
farmer Secretary resented it as per-
sonally directed against himself, and
from that time on. has been — to put it
mildly — not friendly to the seed trade
of the country. The wretched failure
which followed the awarding of the
contract, in the instance referred to,
as well as the difficulty in suppressing
a scandal connected therewith, is
known quite generally to members of
the trade. It is feared that, so long as
the present heads of Bureaus or what-

Twe/fe percent Nicotine

INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, VERMICIDES, ETC.

Our Company is now In position to cater to the demands of floriculturists, horti-
culturists and agriculturists alilie with our various products. Our list Includes
APHINE, an insecticide intended for general greenhouse and garden work against all
sap suclsing Insects,— SCALINE adapted principally to nurseries, orchards and the
field, for all scale and sap sucking insects— FUNGINE, a fungicide which has already
taken the place of Bordeaux mixture and lime and sulphur among many leading grow-
ers—VERMINE, a soil sterilizer and vermicide for all soil worms and insects,— to which
we now add NIKOTIANA and which will prove as efficient as the other nicotine prepa-
rations already established.

For further particulars see our regulir advertisement, page 877.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager MADISON, N. J.

862

HORTICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

ever other names they may be known
by, are continued, such a thing as a
"square deal" from the Department
will be in the words of the late Sena-
tor Ingalls: — "An iridescent dream."
If reports are to be believed, some of
these hold-overs from the last adminis-
tration have been given increased
power. It is common rumor that for
several of the last years of his ad-
ministration, Mr. Wilson was little
more than a figurehead, the heads of
Bureaus doing about as they pleased.

"Free Seed" Increase.

Attention has several times been
called to one very significant fact
showing Mr. Wilson's "friendliness"
towards the seedsmen of the country,
by the undisputed statement — that at
the beginning of his administration
the number of packets sent out under
the free seed distribution was less
than eleven millions, while it had ex-
ceeded sixty-five millions before he re-
tired. With a secretary at the head
of the Department wishing to keep
this nuisance down to the lowest limit,
its growth would have been very
slow, if any at all, but Mr. Wilson's de-
sire to please the congressmen and
play politics, led him to readily con-
sent to — if not actually advise — the
increase in the free seed distribution
from year to year until it has reached
its present colossal proportions.

The Trade Partially Blamable.

However, with all deference, we beg
to say that the seedsmen, themselves,
have not been without fault in this
matter. If one will only analyze the
annual bids made by both seed grow-
ers and dealers, they will readily see
what a ridiculous position they place
themselves in. Most standard items
are priced at figures so low that they
could not be produced without loss,
and it all has the inevitable tendency
to create the impression in the minds
of those in the Department that seeds
are about the cheapest and least im-
portant of agricultural products. Few,
if any, members of the Department
have ever had any practical knowl-
edge in the production of garden
seeds, and have no clear idea of the
cost by the time the seeds are ready
to be placed in the hands of the con-
sumer. The prices quoted according
to the figures published in one of the
trade journals not long ago, are about
as follows: — Lettuce 14 to 16c., onion
seed 20 to 22c., radish 8c., garden
beets 8 to 10c. . carrots 14 to 16c., peas
at about half the prices quoted by the
growers to the dealers. Now in this
scramble for a little government pap,
the growers are not wholly at fault, as
many dealers have quoted prices tar
below what they can buy reliable
seeds for, and they have thus placed
themselves in a position where they
cannot criticize the growers as effec-
tively as It they had kept out of the
game themselves. Had they been
quoting weed seeds in many instances
instead of garden seeds, they could not
have quoted them as low.

But what is the use? This is the
seedsman's problem and we apologize
for "butting in," but could not fore-
bear expressing a few of the thoughts
that have been with us these many
days.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

PANSY SEED (New Crop)

MicheU's Giant E.xhibition Mixed. A

truly Giant str.im which we have se-
cured from the leading Pansy Special-
ists in Germany, England and France.
Plants are of strong, sturdy habit;
flowers of immense size, heavy texture
and of varied colors and shades. Trade
pkt., 30c. ; 75c. per '4 oz. ; per oz., $5.00.

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELL.'S GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1.50

Olant Pink 20 .60

Giant Scarlet 20 .60

Giant Striped 20 .60

Giant White 20 .60

Giant Yellow 20 .60

Giant Mixed 15 .60

Also all other Seasonable Seeds and
Supplies for the Florist.

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba MagnlBca, White 60 fLOO

Chiswick, Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

Rosy Morn, Pink 60 1.00

Duchess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holbom Bine 60 1.00

MicheU's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-

TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt

LUacina, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina, Crimson 50

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba. White 50

Hybrida, Mixed 50

CINERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. TaU Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH
and all Garden Seeds

. Growers for the Trade

ana ail uaraen seeas ) ^^ ^g^

LEONARD „fSo

CO.

ONION SETS

Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

/TOLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee Avenne,
CHICAGO, ILL.

CHILDS' GLADIOLI ]

are noted the world over for

SUPKR-IOR MKR-IT

Jotin Le-wis CHilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send nsTour waiiti. We will take ear* ot

thMn. W* nppl7 itock at market priee.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

12 IS Betz BMs. Philadelphia.

Crop Prospects.

In discussing crop prospects, the
weather again seems to be the chief
factor in the situation. In saying that
the month of May was extremely un-
favorable for the growth and develop-
ment, not only of seed crops in gen-
eral— but garden "sass" as well, we
are stating what everybody knows.
Many crops have been seriously
damaged by frost and continued cold
weather, but the extent has not de-
veloped, and quite possibly, with con-
tinuous fair growing weather from
now until harvest, such damage as has
been done will be overcome and the
labors of the seed growers and farm-
ers may result in fairly satisfactory
crops. It is all a weather problem,
however, and within the next thirty
days we shall be able to give a pretty
correct line on the early maturing
seed crops. In the meantime, there is
nothing but generalizing and this is
not very satisfying information.

Effect of Inflated Prices,
The calamity howler is abroad and
he hails from Europe as well as from
this country. Just a "report" of short-
age is a sufficient text for a volumi-
nous outburst on failure of seed crops,
and urgent necessity of advancing
prices. We believe most competent
judges in the trade concede that
prices on the general line of seeds
were, and still are, too high. Those
who believe in the fallacious theory of
"getting all you can whenever you
can" should read John Stuart Mill, and
prepare for the inevitable reaction
that follows inflated prices. The ex-
treme prices asked by growers of peas
for the past two seasons has developed
a brood of would-be seed growers,
fost of them irresponsible, and few
possessing the requisite technical
, Unowledge, justifying any dealer with
a reputation to lose, in declining to
place business with them. And this
is only one line. How about all of the
others?

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTURE

8S3

LILIES

Lilhim Myriophyllum
Lilium Sargeniiae

The bulbs of these magnifi-
cent new Lilies are now ready
for delivery. For the best
results next year, they should
be planted at once.

Price $1.50 tad), $15.00 per du.

R.&J.Farquliar&Co.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

Tlie Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWBRS FOR THE TRADE

Beana, Peas. Sweet Com, Onion, Tumiv.
Radish, Beet, Etc.

B^jncwj^chi^an MILFORD. CONli

F'or ^i-esent ^la r«-ti r»g;

CABBAGE CELERY BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CAULIFLOWER RUTA SAGA TURNIP

WEEBER & DON, SEED MERCHANTS

114 Chambers St., New York

Aatera. American Branching, la

colors

Asters. Imperial Mldseason, In colora.

Bscbelor's Bntton. Double Bine

Cwidytnft. Giant White Perfection..
Orpsopbila Eleeans Grandlflors Alba.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Sonth Market St., Boston,

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Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S, BRYSON AYRES CO.

**Renoivned Sweet Pea Specialists"
ImBBysiopa Independence, Ho.

SOW BEGONIAS NOW

My selected strain of BEGONIA GRA-
CILIS LUIUNOSA, extra large flowered
scarlet, and BEGONIA BEDDING
QUEEN, extra large flowered real pink.
These two varieties when sown from
now on to the latter part of June will
make excellent 4. 5. or 6 inch pot plants
for Xmas flowering. They are fine
sellers and better keepers than Gloire
de Lorraine.

1 Tr. Pkt.

.$0.50 6 Tr. Pkt $2.50

0. V. Zangen,

Seedsman,
Hoboken, N. J.

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamburg, which, we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

53 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CABBAGE, Wakefleld, Succession, Barly
and late Flat Dnt«b, Snrebead, AU Bead,
Danish Ball Head, etc., at 30 cts. per 100,
600 for 75 cts., $1.00 per 1,000, 10,000 and
over 85 cts. per 1,000.

LiETTUCE, Grand Rapids, Big Boston,
Boston Market, and Tennis Ball, 20 cts.
per 100, 600 for 75 cts., $1.00 per 1,000.

BEET, Eclipse. Crosby and Egyptian, 28
cts. per 100, 500 for $1.00, $1.25 per 1,000.. .

CELERY, Golden Self Blanching, 40 cts.
per 100. $2.50 per 1.000.

TOMATO PLANTS, will be ready about
May 26th. Send for Catalogne.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

For Early Sowing

Pritt Lisl Jot the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. Maaison St.. CHICAGO

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE

TOBEROSES

Firet-class bulbs, 4-6 in. 75c. per hun-
dred; $7.00 per thoasand.

BEDDING PLANTS

Bxtra fine eiock at reasonable prices.

FLOWER AND {{VEGETABLE SEEDS j

for early planting:.
Let us have your order.

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

BRASLAN SEED GROWERS CO., InC
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOUSALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEHS

EotabUshed 1818

tVrite For Our Low Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELUCOTT ST5.
BALTIIORE, MP.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHI^V

BLrE LLST OF WHOLES.\LE PKIOB.='

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLAjtT

FOR PROFIT.

i. W. Ednunibai. Mer. M. W. Wm&. S«'y

California Se6d Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For \Mnioleaale Dealers

SAN J08B CALirOKinA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS

Ask for 191$ Catelocoe.

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

•47-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

BULBS and

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growine

Send for price list

E. S. KIILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

864

HORTICULTURE

June 7, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

SONS=

Cor. Broadway and Gretiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan poinU and good
••ctlont of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members FlorisU' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

Telephones 1501 and L 1582

1415 Farnum St.,

OIVIAIHA, IMEB.

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

m WISCONSIN

C. C. POLLWORTH GO.

IWHwaiikee

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Mlchi|2an Ave. and 3Ist Si.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(lumber Florists' Telegraph DeltveiT Am—.}
We ship to all itolnts la Illinois and Iowa.

Ptww : Aldim B80. Mdine Sgl. AWinj lit

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Metuber of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Teiepraiih neH\er,\.

DENVER, COLORADO

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone 2iSq

Memberii Florists Telegraph Delivery

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower ntore in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Xorthnestern points Riven prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpon*«l
ST. PAUL, MINN.

\1

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

MeiQiMrs Florists'Teiegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Allentown, Pa. — Marcus De Long has
purchased the flower store of Charles
F. Berkemyer, 1103 Hamilton street.

Spokane, Wash. — Burglars entered
the flower store of H. E. Reimer last
week and obtained $326.70 in cash, the
door of the safe having been left open.
Detectives are investigating the case.

Another wicked florist has been made
to feel the fist of Boston Sunday law
enforcement. George H. Pieper, of
South Boston, sold a 25-cent plant last
Sunday and was fined $5.00 in the Dis-
trict Court.

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SPBAMER DEPARTURES

Allan.

Parisian, Boston-Glasgow June 20

Annerlcan.

Pbiladelpbia. N. Y.-S'h'pton. June 13
New York, N. Y.-S'hampton. June 20

Atlantic Transport

Jlinueapolis. N. Y. -London. .June 11

Minnehaha, N. Y. -London. . .June 21

Cunard.

Caronia, N. Y. -Liverpool June 7

Franconia, Boston-Liverpool. June 10
Mauretania, N. Y. -Liverpool. .June 11
Saxouia, N. Y.-Mediter'n'n. . . June 12
Carmania, N. V.-Liverpool.. . June 14
Hamburg-American.

Victoria Luise, N. Y.-H'mb'g. June 10
Pres. Liueoln. N. Y,-Hamb'g. June 14
Pennsylvania, N. Y.-Hamb'g. June 17
P.luecher, Hoston-IIamljurg. .June 24

Holland-America.

Now Am'dam, N. Y.-Rot'dam. June 10

Noordam, N. Y.-Rotterdam. . June 17

Leyland.

Winifredian. Boston-I.iv'rp'l. June 14
Devonian, Boston-Liverpool.. June 21

North German Lloyd.

Krou. Cecille, N. Y. -Bremen. .June 10
Barbarossa, N. Y.-Bremen. . .June 12
a. Washington, N. Y.-Br'm'n.June 14
K'r W. der Gr., N. -Y.-Bremen. June 17

Red Star.

Zeeland, N. Y. -Antwerp June 14

Finland. N. Y.-.\ntwerp June 21

White Star.

Baltic, N. Y. -Liverpool June 12

I'anopic, Boston-Mediter'n'n. June 12
Ol.vmpic. N. l'.-S'hampton...Junel4
^^egantlc. MontrealLiverp'l. June 14 I'.'
Cymric, Boston-Liverpool June 17 ft"

Buffalo, N. Y.— The new city market
is now completed and a number of
florists who have had temporary stores
for the past year have moved to their
new quarters, among those being J. B.
Wiese, H. L. Hoffman, Buehler the
Florist, Mrs. Waller, Kumpf Bros., and
others.

Washington, D. C. — The Decoration

Day business was very satisfactory,
being of such amount as to require the
employment of luany extra people.
Flowers of all kinds were fairly plen-
tiful and little difficulty was experi-
enced in getting all goods out on time.
Business continues good, due to the
many school affairs now taking place.

ALEX. McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or Intrusted by the trade to

onr selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabling Forrign Deliver iet

Must be prepaid

Beference or cash mast accompajiy all

orders from ankDown correspondents.

Cable Address, AI.EXCONNKI.I..

New York

p Bloomingdale 's -]

Tbe Urgest Fhual Estabfefamedt in tbe Metropvtts

Best service— Quick Delivery— Modest PricM
Telegraph Orders CarefuUj Filled

DA>fD CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-GOINQ SfEAMERS

Write nr tflf'trrapb

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1533 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

7EI Finil Alt., Cor. E S8th SI

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW VORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
Tel. 6800 Prwpact

339.347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 PkwiwcI

Eatabllsbed 1874

FLORIST
N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Maditon ATeooe, N. Y. City

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspoa
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bmiak
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Daiddor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.

FLOWER DELIVE3UES FOR ALBANY
AtlD VIONITY

ALBANY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DKLIVKKKI) IN ALHAirr AND VICINITT
ON TELEIJK.U'IIIC OIU>£K

11 NORTH PEAIl STREET, ALBiWY. N. Y.

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

865

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New Kngland points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your

retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Bojlston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs In Tuscany Baskets (or
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stock and Work First Class

f9IHODI

ISL.XklMI3

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading Floriate. Orders filled for ftoy
PRrt of the State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN ■

■ FRANK H FORREST

344-346 Geary Street. S.4JJ FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Franeis, CAL,.

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

PXOWERS BT TI.EORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CAXIFOBNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order far
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LIADING FlOfiiSTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Kosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. P. Galvln, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkln, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

BuCfalo, N. y. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's. 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. Pollworth Co.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stnmpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. B8th St.

New York- David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York- Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York — Alfred T. Bunyard, 418 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomlngdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Schllng, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Providence, R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.,
171 Weybosset St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

.San Francisco, Cal. — Pelicano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L, L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dnnlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington. D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 916
F St., N. W.

Wasliington. D. C. — George H. Cooke.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Rockland, Mass. — John Beal.

Providence. R. I. — T. O'Connor, Union

street.

Chicago, III.— I. B. Ttiurman, 436 E.
43rd street.

Newport, R. I. — Ralpli Armstrong,
Bellevue avenue.

Excelsior Springs, Mo. — L. R. Bever,

Royal Hotel Building.

Indianapolis, Ind. — Claypool Florist,
Claypool Hotel Building.

Detroit, Mich. — John Klang, Flower
street and Forest avenue.

St. Louis, Mo. — Strohmeyer Floral
Co., 6341 Michigan avenue.

San Francisco, Cal. — Thorsted Floral
Co., Broadway near 14th street.

New York, N. Y. — The Greek-Ameri-
can Florists' Association's annual out-
ing, July 9th, will he at Witzel's Point
View Grove. Elaborate preparations
are being made for the affair.

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HORTICULTURE

June 7, 1913

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

TELEGRAPHING FLOWERS.

"Flowers telegraphed to all parts of
the world." This very familiar sign
now greets us in every large city and
in very many small cities. The gen-
eral public wonder how it is done and
their curiosity is aroused to such an
extent that the florist rarely passes a
day, without granting some curious
person the satisfaction of knowing
something about the system which the
florist uses in delivering flowers a
great many miles at short notice.

The invention of the telegraph sys-
tem has brought gold into the coffers
of the florist who uses the proper ad-
vertising methods to let the public
know he is prepared to take care of
their orders, and who also makes use
of the advertising pages of Horticul-
ture to let the florists in distant
cities know he is capable of filling
their orders as per telegram.

There is one serious obstacle to be
overcome in telegraphing flowers; I
might add a daily occurrence, and that
is the "shaving down process." This
is being done to such an extent that
by the time the telegram reaches the
correspondent, there is barely enough
left for the recipient to fill the order
properly, as his profit has gone
through the "shaving down process"
and as a result sends something in-
ferior so as not to lose by the transac-
tion; then he must make the usual dis-
count, if the order is not sent net.

The sudden stopping of telegrams
from one of your out-of-town corre-
spondents, goes to show that there is
something wrong in your establish-
ment; either the flowers you sent were
no good or not a sufficient amount for
the money. The understanding that
flowers are being delivered at a dis-
tance and will not be seen is a temp-
tation to send something you wish to
dispose of, thus causing dissatisfac-
tion when the discovery has been
made.

In this article I will attempt to give
an illustration of trouble between
three parties interested in flowers or-
dered by telegraph; first, the cus-
tomer; second, the florist taking the
order; and last, the florist receiving
the telegram to fill the order in an-
other city.

A customer enters a store and asks
to see some long-stem roses. After
looking over the stock, a selection of
four dozen long-stem roses has been
decided upon, to be tied into a spray,
the price to be $2.50 per dozen and
telegraph charges; total, $10.50. The
customer has paid the amount after
being assured that everything will be
taken care of properly and leaves the
store. Immediately the correspondent
is wired to send a spray of four dozen
roses tor $6.00 net. to the funeral of

Mr. . and also to write a card,

Mr. and Mrs. ; so far you are

through with the order.

A few weeks later the customer re-
turns and demands an explanation as
to the quality of the roses your corre-
spondent delivered. You did not see
them, but the purchaser did. Unex-
pectedly, he or she had decided to

board the train and attend the fu-
neral; instead of seeing a spray of
four dozen long-stem roses, there were
four dozen miserable short-stem roses
wired into a spray. Your correspond-
ent could not furnish for $6.00 the
same sort of roses you had shown for
$10.00, thus causing dissatisfaction
and driving one customer from the
field of "flowers ordered by telegraph."
This illustration fully explains how
you may be caught if you do not allow
margin enough for your correspondent
to work on. Don't try to take it all,
let the other fellow get his, too.

Mr. Storeman.

CHICAGO NOTES.

Fred Klingel's little daughters are
on ti>e wav to recovery.

Ernest Farley has returned to take
a position with A. L. Vaughan & Co.

Miss Parker is absent from the of-
fice of the Chicago Carnation Co. on
account of illness.

Miss Ethel Anderson is assistant
cashier at A. Lange's and Miss Agnes
Dockery, assistant bookkeeper.

Secretary Pyfer reports reservations
being taken by eastern florists for the
Minneapolis convention trip, on the
Pioneer Limited, known as the Cook
Co. Florists' Special.

W. E. Lynch, for many years con-
nected with the wholesale trade, is
now located at Hatfield, Mass.. where
he will engage in the growing of to-
bacco. Mrs. Lynch's father has a
tract of land there suitable for this
purpose which Mr. Lynch will use.

A. Lange's large retail store is one
of the sights in the down-town district
these days. He is the only florist who
seems to specialize in all lines; bed-
ding plants, fancy plants, dollar boxes
of cut flowers, large wedding decora-
tions, etc. This month is opening with
an unusual amount of business.

For once all are agreed upon a sub-
ject, and it is a pleasure to hear the
"best Memorial Day sales on record"
discussed by the wholesalers, espe-
cially so when, as in this case it is no
exaggeration. Far from being con-
fined to two days the sales covered
nearly a week, not closing until Sun-
day noon. A quiet Monday was almost
welcome.

Joe Beaver has charge of the ar-
rangements for the peony show at the

Art Institute, June 12th and 13th,
which are not free days. The rules
of the Art Institute provide for free
admission Sundays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays, a fact sometimes over-
looked by flower show committees,
much to their financial loss. Mr.
Reaver says growers have responded
cordially and every indication points
to a fine, first peony show. The ex-
hibit will be staged on the main floor
T>ith additional space on the second
at their disposal if desired. The ex-
hibition is given by The Horticultural
Society of Chicago, founded in 1890,
and which has been keenly alive to
the advantages of fioral exhibits as ed-
ucators of the public.

Visitor — H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg,
Man.

NEWS NOTES.

Kaukauna, Wis. — Peter J. Gerend
ha.s purchased Steve Dietzler's seed
store on Kaukauna street.

New Haven, Conn. — Charles Conti, a
florist in South End road, was awarded
$790 in a suit for damages to his green-
house and contents, due to blasting
done by the New Haven Gas Light
Company,

New York, N. Y.— On May 28th, Gov-
ernor Sulzer vetoed the bill appropri-
ating $60,000 for new experimental
greenhouses at Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y., and of which amount
over 60 per cent was to be devoted to
floricultural purposes.

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NEW YORK

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Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigerator: also state whether you
want it for display or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lake Street KendaltviHe, Iml.

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June 7, 3 913

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PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., has
finished his European tour, and sailed
for home from Southampton on the
5th inst.

Jno. F. Sibson, well-lvnown member
of the Philadelphia Florists' Club, is
now in charge of the Horsh estate
near Reading, Pa.

The early closing movement inaugu-
rated among the supply houses by M.
Rice & Co., is now in effect. During
June, Julv and August they close at
5 P. M.

W. Atlee Burpee is attending the
graduating exercises at Culver, Ind.;
where his two sons are finishing their
college course. He is expected back
in Philadelphia on the 7th inst.

The dainty little pink rosebud of
the polyantha type known locally as
"Sweetheart," keeps up in popularity
and is now seen in various places in
addition to its original godfathers.

Howard M. Earl left on Sunday,
June 1st, on a seed inspection tour in
the west. He expects to arrive at the
Burpee Farms in California June 7th.
Since his illness early in 1912, Mr.
Earl has been taking good care of
himself and is now pretty fit, but his
physician still has a steel-clamp limit
on the hours of work. Sitting on the
safety valve may be heroic but even
a good boiler is liable to burst.

George Cook, well and favorably
known as a salesman in the Pennock-
Meehan forces, has formed a partner-
ship with his brother-in-law, and
opened a retail store in Chester, Pa.,
on Third street, three blocks from the
station; P. R. R. The firm name is
Harris & Cook. A handsome McCray
refrigerator is one of the features of
the store, which is nicely fitted up,
and centrally located. Mr. Cook still
retains his position with the P. M. Co.,
and leaves the active management
with Mr. Harris.

We had the pleasure of meeting on
May 30. our old friend, Patrick Foy,
who is in charge of the landscape de-
partment of the Norfolk & Western R.
R., with headquarters at Roanoke, Vir-
ginia. With his two boys he is going
on a visit to the old country, sailing
on the S. S. Merion from Philadelphia
on the 31st. He stated that he still
had a very lively recollection of the
kind way in which the local trade en-

tertained the R. R. Gardeners' conven-
tion here, six years ago, and was very
glad to greet us once more.

Visitors; R. T. Brown, Cottage Gar-
dens, County Queens, N. Y.; J. A.
Brown, Coatesville, Pa.; L. K. Pea-
cock, Berlin, N. J.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

Mrs. Emma Rice, of M. Rice & Co.,
Philadelphia, a visitor in Washington
last week, was surprised at the city's
beauty and well pleased with her stay
here.

The three new houses of Gude Bros.
Co. in the Northeast section are rapid-
ly Hearing completion and within a
very short time will be utilized for the
growing of gardenias, American Beau-
ty and Killarney roses.

Edward Schmid, his two daughters
and two grandchildren are spending a
couple of weeks visiting Springfield,
Mass.. and Boston and New York. The
trip will wind up with a short stay at
Atlantic City, N. J.

Mrs. Elmer C. Mayberry last week
met with the loss of her father, Mr.
Enos F. Humphrey, of Meadows, Prince
George County, Md. Mr. Humphrey
was 73 years o£ age, a veteran of the
Civil War. He is survived by his
widow, two sons and five daughters.

George W. Fraser has given up busi-
ness in Jericho, R. I., and will devote
himself to his store in Providence
wholly.

H. Y. Ellison, who until recently was
with W. J. Smyth at Chicago, has re-
turned and is again with his parents
who own the Ellison Floral Co., St.
Louis, Mo.

OBITUARY.

Frederick W. Thielmann.

Frederick W. Thielmann died at hia
home, 189 Graham avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y., May 26th. He had been a florist
in Williamsburg for many years.

Prof. George W. Letterman.

Prof. George W. Letterman, a noted
botanist, died at Allentown, Mo. It
is said that he died in poverty and
many rare herbarium specimens were
found in the small hut in which he-
made his home.

H. T. W. Winfleld.

Henry T. W. Winfield, a retail flor-
ist, died at his home, 202 Bedford ave-
nue, Brooklyn, N. Y., May 24th. Mr.
Winfield was born in England 65 years
ago and had been a resident of Brook-
lyn for 26 years. His wife, a daughter
and a son survive him.

W. C. Trimble.
W. C. Trimble, senior member and
vice-president of the W. E. Trimble
Greenhouse Co., Princeton, 111., died of
heart trouble on May 24th, aged 82
years. He was born in Ohio, but
moved to Princeton in 1849. He
leaves a widow and ten children.

Mrs. Anna Mullery.
Mrs. Anna Mullery, mother of Geo.
H. Augermuller and Fred W. Alves,
died at her home in St. Louis, Mo.
The funeral took place on Thursday,
May 29th. All the wholesale florists
sent floral pieces and extended their
sympathy to the bereaved family.

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HORTICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

June Weddings and School
Commencements

Beauties,
Valley,
Peonies,
Sweet Peas
Cattleyas

$1.00— $3.00 dozen

$3.00— $4.00 per 100

$5.00— $8.00 per 100

$ .75— $1.00 per 100

$7.50 per dozen

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HORTICULTURE.

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTURE

SS*

WHEN A FLORIST'S REPUTATION

Is at stake, he cannot be too particular as to tbs quality of the flowers he
uses, and in June, the Wedding and Commencement work probably taxes
his ability more than at any oth?i time of the year. We are getting in a
magniacent supply of VALLEY for this work; qiiality was never better,
owing to our grower's selection of only high grade stock and careful grow-
ing, producing the famous P-M quality eminently satisfying to the most
critical June buyers. Special, iH.OO per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.

KAMBLER .SPRAYS: Dorothy Perkins, Lady Gay aud Crimson Ramblers,
$5.00 to $20.00 per 100, according to length of sprays.

t'.iTTLEYAS: Mossiae, Special, $6.00 per doz; Extra, $5.00 per doz. Gigas,
choice quality, large, handsome flowers, beautifully colored, Special, $7.50
per doz; Extra, $6.00 per doz.

BE.\L'XIES: Special, $3.50 doz.; $25.00 100; Fancy, $3.00 doz.
Extra, $2.50 doz.; $17.50 100; Fi!st, $2.00 doz.; $15.00 100.

I'EOXIES: $1.00 to $6.00 per 100.

$20.00 100;

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

BRONZE GALAX. .$1.50 per 1000; .•>S..-.0 per 10 000.

GREEN SHEET MOSS, ?3.50 per bag.

SPHAGNUM MOSS, 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each ifl.OO; 5 bale

lots, each $3.75; 10 bale lots. .$3.50 each.

ASFAKAGIIS STRINGS. 50c-. each.

ASPARAGrS AND SPBENGERI. bunches, 50c. each.

ADIANTUM, $1.00 and $1..50 per lOO.

SMIL.\X, 25c. per string.

CUT HEMLOCK, $2.50 per bundle.

HARDY DAGGER FERNS, extra long, .$2.00; medium, $1.50 per 1000.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: JIany new patterns in exclusive Ribbons.
Write us for prices on these aud on Supplies.

Small shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO,

THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA

1608-1620 Ludlow Street

NEW YORK
117 West 28th Street

WASHINGTON
1216 H St. N. W.

Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

The market has taken a
BOSTON very sudden and decisive

drop and at present writ-
ing is badly congested with the heavy
accumulations of flowers for which no
buyers can be found even at the very
low prices asked. The glut includes
about everything on the list — the only
item which seems to hold out being
lily of the valley, which maintains its
price fairly well, despite the presence
still of a considerable quantity of the
outdoor product. Stocks and astilbe
originally intended for Memorial Day,
but retarded by cool weather, are now
piling up hopelessly. Carnations have
met proportionately the most serious
reverse — values being approximately
one-fifth of what they were just a
week ago. An early clearing out of
houses is likely if these present con-
ditions should settle down to stay.

Memorial week's busi-
BUFFALO ness exceeded that of

any previous year. Tu-
lips, narcissus, etc., were over with
and there was practically nothing
from outside but iris, and these in lim-
ited supply. The best demand fell on
carnations, and of these the crops
were off, and prices ruled high. Peo-
nies helped out considerably, though
the buds had not been developed large.
There was a fine lot of lilies, also
roses. The latter had a very heavy
demand, and these were not plentiful
on Thursday. There were an excel-
lent lot of sweet peas, daisies, lily of
the valley, etc.. which shared in the
demand. The market was well sup-

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Bjttra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killaraey , Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary...

Bride, Ttlaid

HtlUngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. .
" " '* Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Lonziflorum . . .

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Gladioli

Iris

Mignonette

DaSes

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Flumosus, Strings (too)- .
" " & Spren. (joo Bchs.). .

BOSTON

June 5

cHiCAdO

June 2

TRADB PRICBS — Per 100

TO DEALElU OCjitV

la.oo

S.oo
5.00

2.00

l.OU
3.00
1. 00
1. 00
3.QO
1. 00
3.00

•75
■50
25.00
4.00
4.00
1.00
2.00
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3.00

•75

•35

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1.00

10.00

25.00

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10.00
6.00
3.00
6.00
2.00
6.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
2.00
6.00
1. 00

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40.00

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6.00

3-00

4.00

2.00

2.00

1. 00

4.00

1.00

•75

15.00

1.25

15.00

50.00

35.00

25.00
20.00
15.00
5.00
$•00
4.00
8.00
5.00

35.00
25.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
J. 00
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to 8

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plied with Beauties, though no great
demand was had for them.

Memorial Day business,
CHICAGO both local and shipping,

was excellent from all
standpoints. The demand was good,
the stock was good and prices' were
good. There was a large quantity of
peonies shipped in, but all were
needed and prices ranged from five
cents for the poorest to eight cents
for fancy, with the great bulk selling
for six cents. Every kind of a rose
sold and most of the growers had
heavy cuts each day. The only flower
that did not sell readily was the extra
long American Beauty, which never is

popular for Memorial Day use. There
was no change in the carnation situa-
tion until Monday, June 2nd, when
stock filled the counters, a sight not
seen before in many weeks or even
months. There was very little first-
class outdoor stock brought in, for
the continued cold wind and rain had
reduced the supply to a minimum.
Prospects for a good supply of all
kinds of material for June commence-
ments and weddings are good and or-
ders are being booked rapidly by the
big shipping houses. Peonies are the
most prominent offering just now, but
roses and lily of the valley are June

(CoMttnurd on page 871)

^870

HORTICULTUEE

June 7, 1913"

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

»2l West 28tfa Street NEW YORK

ri ROSES, Ficy ciiiiis

A Full Line of ALL VVT l-'LUWHIIS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madison Square NeW YOfk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

Telephone No. 756 M^«*# Vtf«B*l^

Madison .Square RcW I OlK

— WM. P. FORD

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK

Ckll and inspect tbe Beat BstabUalimekt
1b tbe Wholesale Flower District.

GEO. C. 5IEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

CONSIGNMENS SOLICITED

PHONE ('OSj MADISON SO., NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Ever«reens. Mosses,

Southern Sniilax, Galax and I^ucothoe.

Preserved and Fresh <'ut

Cvoas and I'alnietlt*.

I., {;;;«} M,d.s,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R££D (SX KCLLER

122 West 25th .St., New York

Florists' Supplies

\A p nianiifaotiirc all nnr

Metal Designs, Basliets, Wire Work & Novelties

itiid jirc di.-;ilri's hi

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists* RequiHites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foreino«t and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A Pint Clau Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

18 WUlonsrhby St.. Brooklyn, N. T.

I*. J. s:B^i'rn

Suooeeeor U JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist ^A';^ll§T'^^SS,ISt

A *m Hoe of Choice Cut Flower Stack for all pwrpoees. Tbe HOMB OF TMB ULY
by tbe 100, 1000 or 10,000

■FSL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 We«t 28th 5t., New York City

Eetabliifaed
1887

J. K. /VL.L

IM

Still Goinf |
Stront

OLJ>EST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO^ATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAL,. PROMPT RETURNS, i": a MONET AliWAYS RB^ADT.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Opens 6 A. M. daily. Telephone, 167 and 4468 Mad. Sq.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W. J. 60WEE, Berlin, N. Y.

<M,«W....»1.1(. 00,000.... ^.M. Sample tTM
ror Mle b7 dealere.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST \# A 1 I C" V ALWAYS

? GR.VDEOF VMLLt-T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, Mad"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special ..

" •' Extra

" " No.i

** '* Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinarj'

Rlcfamond. Marylaud, Extra

'• ' Ordinary

Bride, Maid

Hflllngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra

" *' " Ordinary ..

Talt, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

** Ordinary

Last Half of Watt

ending May 31

1913

I2.00

6.00

4.00
1.00

3-00
1. 00
4.00

1.00

.75
300
1. 00
300
3.00
1.00

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5.00
3.00
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befimiing June 1

1913

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

3* X^T-e^t astln. Street, l«e-w- ^Vocrte:

Telepbonee I j*^ j Madiaon Square CONSIGMMENTS SOUCn^

AlTBANY GUT FLOWER EXCHANel

V^^S^^-T'"''- 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N. Yl

8ATK TIMB AJID MONBT BY SKNOnfO TOUB ORIDBB TO VB

Prices Right. Consignments^SolkAed. Telephone CoiuMetfeB

Frank H. Traendly

Walfer F. Sheridan

Wholesale GotniniBsloii Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 West 28th Street, New York
Telephone — 3S32-3533 Madison Square

C«J»TltAM.T I.O0AYKD, THK MUM OT
THK FLOWBB MABKKT aSCTIOM

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telapho— 7<Mtt BUdl—B

T«lcpbone 3860 Madison Square

WOODfiOW & MARKETOS

WHOLESAIX

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 26tii Street NEW YORK

Charles Schenck

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

AVHolesale Florists

131 W«st 28th St., New York

Telephones : 798 and 799 Madison Sqnare
Consignments Solicited

BEI^Y M. HoUINSON, Pres. MAtTRICE L. Ql^SB.'O^
CHAS E. ROBINSON. V-Ptm. ,I0.«EPH MABOOUB.aiiV

HENRY M. ROBINSON 00.

OF NEW YORK

Maurice L. Glass, Manatfer
55-57 WEST 26di ST. - ■ . NEW YOKK OTt

Special AitrHtmn to the Sk^/^^>lt TVun*

ROBERT J. DYSART

!•( nl.lC .VCCOUNTANT AND AlIHTOB

Simjilp nietlio4l8 of correct accounlinir

cwpccirtllj' ivdapted for florists' use.

liOOKS BAI..VNCEI) AND .Vn.H STED

Mcri'linnts Bank Ruildini;

40 STATE ST. BOeTON

TelephvBA MbOa O

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

871

BUY

BOSTON

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & co.,

112 Arch St., 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/^l-iolo8al<

383-387 ELUCOTT ST.

loris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD^

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Home-grown Stock a Specialty. STRICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference famished as to standing and financial ability of the company.

138 MANSFI£I<0 STREET, MOMTREAL. P. Q.

Flower Market Reports ^CT^YOKK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

(Continued from page Sbq)

favorites as usual. Candidum lilies
are in.

The market is again
CINCINNATI crowding up in near-
ly every line. The
call for flowers is pretty fair hut not
nearly sufficient to take up anything
like all the offerings. Peonies are
coming in very strong. The last of
the early varieties and the big fine
later ones are arriving in the whole-
sale houses in profusion. Roses, too,
are coming in nice and the better
quality finds a fair call. Along with
these last may be included a good call
for lily of the valley and small fancy
green. The cut of carnations is ordi-
nary but easily sufficient for require-
ment. Some very fine giganteum lilies
are offered. The few candidum lilies
sell readily. Gladioli meet with a fair
call. Spanish iris of good quality are
not finding a very good market. The
sweet pea cut is very limited.

The Memorial Day
NEW YORK business of this city
was about on a par
with previous years — a demand before-
hand for material for out-of-town
needs, sufficient to put a good clamp
on wholesale values and then a local
condition of "nothin' doing." The
weather had been such, however, as
to prevent any heavy accumulations,
either outdoor or indoor stock and it
was the first of the present week be-
fore the "dull thud" was heard. When
it did come, everybody heard it and
market conditions are pretty "ragged"
at present writing with the certainty
that the advent of a couple of warm
days will do a lot more in the ragged
line. Local peonies are now with us
and that means a couple of weeks of
hard going for roses and other things.
We look for a spell of low vitality in
the wholesale district for the next
week or two, but if it transpires that
we are mistaken and "the unexpected"
should happen, nobody will be better
pleased than the scribe.

The Memorial
PHILADELPHIA week story along
the who 1 e s a 1 e
Rialto is unanimous— the best ever.
Everything salable found a market.
Roses and carnations were in short
supply. Peonies were plentiful, but
many of them too tight and by Thurs-
day night there was some scratching
to fill urgent orders. Carnations a
little oft crop generally and getting
smaller. American Beauty roses were
of excellent quality and went off bet-

MISCELLANEOUS

CotlteyaA

tilies, Longinonnn .

CoIIas

UVy of the Valley ...

aiadloil

iris

Mlenonette.

Snapdragon

Stocks

Srweet Peas (p«r loo bunches

Qutlefllas

Adtantum

3adlR

Aafraragus plumosus, strings (per zoo)

** *' Sl Spren (loo bunchg) .

UBt Half of Week

First Half of Wat

ending May 31

beginning June 1

1913

1SI3

20.00

to

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20.00

to

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3.00

to

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to

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5.00

to

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ter than usual. So did lily of the val-
ley, which usually does not go so well
around Decoration Day. Bright days
have helped the sweet pea crops.
These are now surprisingly beautiful —
especially the Spencers.

Business took a de-
ROCH ESTER cided leap upward
during the past week
and the shadows of a dull, depressing
week previous were all forgotten in
the hustle for Memorial Day. Green-
house men were kept busy filling or-
ders for porch boxes, baskets and
lawn work and most of these were
required for the 30th. Bedding plants
were especially plentiful, as was par-
ticularly noticed in the Decoration Day
parade. Thirty-two express wagons
were filled high with these and taken
to the cemeteries of the city. Cut-
flowers were plentiful in about all
kinds save carnations and prices were
well up. There was quite a call for
purple flowers, and the old-fashioned
lavender lupin which grows wild near
the lake came in very useful. Roses
are good in all grades. American
Beauties are rather small, but other
varieties are all of good quality. Sweet
peas are inclined to be a little off In
color, but their stems are long. Peo-
nies sell readily. Outdoor-grown candy-
tuft is on the market and is very use-
ful for design work. Smilax is some-
what scarce, but other greens are
plentiful.

Stock for Decoration
ST. LOUIS Day was plentiful al-
though the bulk was
second grade and prices advancing at
lot even on this. Gladiolus spikes are
coming in more and prices on fancy
America and Mrs. P. King are down
a little. Augusta sells well also. , Car-
nations are becoming small and soon
will be scarce. Asters afe coming in
now and are selling well at top prices.
Everything else about as usual.

DURING RECESS.

The New York and New Jersey
Plant Growers' outing this year will
take place on June 24 and 25. The
party will leave on the Lackawanna
Limited at 10.15 A. M.. and go to the
Delaware Water Gap, where they will
spend two full days and a night. The
committee in charge which consists
of Julius Roehrs. Jr.. and Anton Schul-
theis, have made full arrangements
for a glorious time for all who attend,
including prize bowling for the ladies
and gentlemen, ride to Stroudsburg,
boat trip on the Delaware River,
through the Water Gap, besides danc-
ing and other recreations. Tickets can
be obtained from the secretary. Wil-
liam H. Siebrecht. Jr., at the Queens
Plaza Court Building. Long Island
City, at a cost of $8.50 per person,
which includes railroad fare, meals and
all expenses.

PERSONAL.

Hugh Chesney, of Hartford, Conn.,
is now in the employ of Mrs. J. C. Ha-
worth, Farmington, Conn.

S. Hanfling, of Russin & Hanfllng,
New York, sailed Saturday on the
steamship Lapland for a two months'
business trip.

Billy Gear is back in Cincinnati
again after his long visit in Idaho.
Mr. Gear has many interesting hap-
penings on his trip to relate.

Cincinnati visitor — Speed S. Kelley
of Lexington, Ky.

Boston visitors: H. A. Bunyard and
A. P. Faulkner, New York; J. J. Ka-
rins. Philadelphia; Rudolph Roehrs,
Rutherford, N. J.

St. Louis visitors— Ed. Denker of St.
Charles, Mo.; E. W. Guy and H.
Emunds of Bellevue, 111., and H. Hib-
bert of DeSoto, Mo.

872

HOETICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisement9i{|under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

Display advertisers In this Issue are also listed under this classification without charge. Reference to List ol
Advertisers will Indicate the respective pages.

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

B. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page aee List of Adyertiserg.

APHINK

ApUne Mtg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertleera.

AJBACCARIAS

Godfrey Aichmann, Pblladelphla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ARTSTONB FI,OWER VASES

Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brigbton, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPABAOCS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenilworth,
N^.^_

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI is the Aspar-
agus that will get you the most money.
Start right by ordering direct of the In-
troducer. Heavilv rooted. 214-inch, §<;.00 per
100, ?50.00 per 1000. JOHN C. HATCHER,
Amsterdam, N. Y.

ASTERS

Asters Comet, American Branching and
Queen of the Market, crimson, pink, white,
blue, purple, from pots, $10.00 per 1000;
strong seedlings of the same varieties.
$3.00 per 1000. J. B. SHURTLEFF & SON,
Revere, Mass.

ACCUBA

Aueuba Japonlca, busby plants, 35c. to
$2.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford. N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertlaeri.

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindale, ilema.

For page see List of Advert Iserg.
Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

BAT TREES

HcHutcblion 4 Co,, 17 Murraj St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertlaera.

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St,

New York.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

N. E, Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and
prices. List on application.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PL.ANTS

R. Tlncent, Jr., & Sons Co., Wblte Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mags.

For page see List of Advertlgerg.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
H. Hansen, 106 Avon St., Maiden, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Begonia Gracilis Luminosa and Bedding

Queen.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Begonia Lorraine and Glory of Cincin-
nati, 2Vi in. pots, leaf cuttings, immediate
delivery.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Evansiana, hardy, pink flower-
ing, profuse and constant bloomer, $1.00
per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. Begonia rex. In
good variety, fine plants, $1.00 per doz.;
$5,00 per lOO. 10 Cannas, 20 Scarlet Sage,
BO Florist Asters for $1.00. A. & Q.
ROSBACH, Pemberton. N. J.

BOILERS

Kroescbell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertlserg,

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hltchlngg A. Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES — OCT FI>0 WEB— FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Pblladelphla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.

BO.VHOOD TREES

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutberfoid, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

N. E. Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Bush and Pyramidal Box.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bl'LBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Uoddlngton, N»w York, N. Y.

KuildinsJton's Quality Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N, Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlcbell's Seed House, Philadelphia. Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advettlserg.

James VIek'g Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The W, W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flake, Rawson Co., Boston, Masa.
For page see List of Advertlserg.
B. sr MUierTWadEg River, N. Y.
For page sec List of Advertlserg^

A. Henderson & Co.. Chicago, III.

Begonlaa — Gloxlniaa.

John L«wU Chllda, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
Boston, Mass.

R. & J, Farqnhar Co..

For page see List of Advertisers.

C. KEUR & SONS, HILLEGOM, Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

NEW YORK Branch, 8-10 Bridge St.

' CANNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,
Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Brca., Ftehklll, N. Y.

Cannas, Wyoming, Eastern Beauty, Ve-
nus, Philadelphia Improved, F. Vaughan
and Niagara, strong 3-in. pot plants. $5.00
per 100. Cash, please. J. J. CLAYTON &
SON, West Grove, Pa.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
..t JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

OAKNATION8

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, InC
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelgky A Co., Pblla., Pa.
For page gee List of Advertlserg.

Chag. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlserg.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page aee List of Advertlgerg.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PILLSBURY, Galesburg, 111.

CURYSANTHEUUMS

Chag. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Wood Bros., Flshklll,!^ Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, MIolL

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Oechslin. 4911 Quincy St., Chicago,

HI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass.

Hardy Chrysanthemums,

For page see List of Advertisers.

David J. Scott, Corfu, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Smith's Advance, 2Vi inch, ,$2.50 per 100;
.<JJ..:,0 per 1000. R. C, $1.50 per 100; $12.50
piT 1000. We can supply 5000 per week
of this variety, also 88 other best Munis.
STAFFORD C0N.SERVAT0R1ES, Stafford
Springs, Conn.

Chrvsanthemum rooted cuttings. Segar's
White, sport of Garza, late; Chrysolora,
In.ika, $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1000, Smith's
.\(lvance. Golden Eagle, W. H. Lincoln,
Pattv, Garza. $2.50 per 100; .$20.(10 per 1000.
A. Bvron, White and Yellow BonnaCfon,
White Ivorv, Estelle, Rosette, Pacific Su-
preme, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Send
for list of other varieties.

WM. SWAYNE, Kennett Square. Pa.

Chrysanthemums in 214-ln. pots, Roslere,
Beryrnann, White Eatim, S2..50 per 100;
Chrysolora, 2Vi-in. pots, .^S.OO per 100.
Well rooted, stocky plants from sand,
Rosiere, iBergmann, Touset, Oct. Frost,
Robinson, White Eaton, Yellow Eaton,
Unaka, Minnie Bailey, Mary Foster, $2.00
per 100, $15.00 per 1000; Chrysolora, from
sand, 2i;,c., $20.00 per 1000. JOY FLORAL
CO., Nashville^enn^

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THB. By A. Her-
rington. The author has endeavored to
assTst and direct the efforts of those wh»
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowem. showing that not
In secret arts and practices, but In plala
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Prico
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOU,

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, IfSM.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLEUS

Coleus. Golden Bedder, VerschaffeltU and
mixed, 2H-in., 2c. J. J. CLAYTON & SON,
West Grove, Pa.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Cyclamen, 3 In. pots, very finest strain,
$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

Cyclamen giganteum, best strain In good
assorted colors; good strong plants In
2Vi-ln. pots, ready to shift, $5.00 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000, J. H. FIESSKK. Hamilton
Ave., Guttenberg, N, J. Cash, please.

DAHLIAS

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Cildcn Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
BU stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
lOCK DAHLIA FARMS, Wllllamstown
Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

For List of Advertisers See Page 851

June 7, 1913

HOETICULTURE

873

DAHLIAS — Continued

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash : or what have you to
exchange? GEO. H. WALKER, Dahlia
Expert, North Dlghton, Mass.

OKOOKATITB PI.AMTS

A. LcDthy &. Co., Perkins St. Narmerlea,

Roillndals, Man.

For page see List of Advertlsert.

Eabert Cnlg Co., Market and 49th SU.,
Fblladelpblm, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Jeba Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Weediow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAXiNAS

DRACAENA INDIVISA— 4-inch, $10.00;
S-lnch, $15.00 per 100. Heavily rooted, ready
for Immediate shipment. JOHN C. HATCH-
ES, Amsterdam, N. Y.

BMGINEEBS AND I,ANDSC.4PE GAR-
DENETRS

Fairfield Landscape & Nurseries Co.,

Terminal Bldg.. 41st St. and Park Ave.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FBBN8

A. Lenthy & Co., Rosllndale, Mara.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertliers.
Bobert Craig Co., Philadelphia, P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

F. B. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FEBTI1.IZBB8

nth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith A. Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertliene.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PBlyerUed Mannre Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wlsard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FI.OBI8TS' I.ETTEB8

Beaton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FIA>RISTS' STTPPLDSB

M. r. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

U. Bice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. U. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

8 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BMd A Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

t. 8. Pennock-Meeban Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page ^ee^ List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1128 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Weleb Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

n.OWEK POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28tb and M Sta.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hllfloger Bros., Ft. BMward. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracnse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

rUNOIITE

Aphlue Mfg. Co., Madison, N. 3.
For page see List of Advertisers.

QAULX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GARDENIAS

Rose Hill Nurseries, New Rochelle, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

B. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Maish,

Md.

For page see List of Advertlseri.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

For page- see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Nutt geraniums out of 3V2-ln. pots, bud
and bloom, strong plants, $5.00 per 100, to
clean out. Cash.

E. W. PEARSON, Newburyport, Mass.

Four thousand B. Poitevine nice stocky
plants in bud and bloom, 3 in., 7c. Four
thousand S. A. Nutt, 3 in., 6c. from early
fall cuttings. GEO. P. GRIDLEY, Wolfe-
boro, N. H.

Geraniums, in bud and bloom, A-1 plants.
Beaute Poitevine, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite
and Elmira. one of the best rose-pinks go-
ing, 4-in., $8.00 per 100; 3y,-iD., $6.00 per
100; 3-in., .?4.00 per 100. Cash or reference.
JOHN B. RUDY, Elmira, N. Y.

GI.ADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlseri.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Bts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Lljt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN-
STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold fish, aquarinm plants, snails, caa-
tles, globes, aquarium, fish foods, nets,
etc.. wholesale FRANKLIN BARRETT,
breeder, 4815 D. St., Olney, Philadelphia,
Pa. Large breeding pairs for sale. Send
for price list.

OBEENBOTTSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Constmctlon Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATEBIAI/—

Continned

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnbam Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropoiitau Material Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

Lord A BumhMn Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. T.

Pierson D-Bar Co.. Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and^BnUder

Hltchlngs &"Co., 1170^Broidway, N. Y.

GDTTBBS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. T.
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. O. Bsler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Elxchange.
88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PEBENNIALS

N. E. Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

HAY CAPS.

Hay Caps — Stack, implement, wagon and
farm covers. Waterproof or plain canvas.
Plant bed cloth, waterproof sheeting. Can-
vas goods. HENRY DERBY, 453H St. Pauls
Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 486 Erie St., CUcs«a.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord ft Bamham Co.,
1183 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton .
For page see List of Advertisers
B. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. 0. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk ft Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck- Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass*
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSK

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED BASH

T. Steams Lumber Co., Neponset, _
For page see List of AdvertlserB.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertUers.

Lord ft Bnmham Co.. U83 Broadway, K. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

Hydrangea Otaksa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hydrangeas : In pots and tubs, $1.60-$3.S0
each; large specimen, $5.00-$7.60 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufactnring Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphine and I^ingine.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, Fishkili-on-Hndsom.

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. T.

Tanglefoot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing fo Advertisers icindly mention Horticulture

874

H 0 R T I C U L T TJ R 1

June 7. 191S

IBIB

THE IRIS! THE IRIS!
One of the finest collections In America.
Complete Iris Manual. 25 cents In stamps.
C. S. HARRISON'S SELECT NURSERY,
York, Neb.

IVIES

English Ivy, i-in. pots, 2 to 4 It., strong,
$10.00 per 100. FRANK J. WEISS, Port
JerTJs, N. Y.

LACBUS

Laurus Cerasus: Bush, 35e.-$1.00 each;
Standards, $7.50-$10.00 each; Pyramids,
$5.00-$7.5O each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

LKMON Olli

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

liELT BITLBS

Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

K. * J. Farqahar & Co., Boston, Ifasa

New LUies.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

B. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

I,£LT OF THK TAIXET CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILT OF THK TALUKT PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

▲■Kiist Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IfcHutchtson & Co., 17 Murray ^t., N. T.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. ThorbDrn~* Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MABOUBBITBS

Marguerites, rooted cattlngs from Nichol-
son strain of winter flowering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. PEIRCB
BROS., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

r. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NIKOTIANA.

Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Nikotian.i.
For page see List of Advertisers.

irUKS£BT STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. tc T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Mass.

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk * Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttier & Co., South Framlngham,
Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodseil, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IfcHutchtson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Angust Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

Catalogue Nursery Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Manual of the Trees of North America,

by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your address

for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,

11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

Felix & Dykbuis, Boskoop, Holland.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWEB8

Jas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

OBOHID PLANTS

Lager ie Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PAI.US, ETC.

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

RoBllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Qodfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
ABgnst Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKT OVFBESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered tojretber under the
sun ; describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose in
beauty, that is practically, known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also Issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield, Ohio.

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BETSCHEIT,
Canal Dover, O.

PEONY EXHIBITION

Frank A. Friedle.v. Rocky River. Ohio.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canariensls, fine large plants,
$7.50-$35.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

FIFE AND FITTINGS

Exoeschell Bros. Co., 468 Erie St., Chlcag*.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Shelf Brackets.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PIPE BANGEBS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda,

N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AMD BULB lUFOBTg

Angust Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.
McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page tee List of Advertisers.

FIANT TBELLISES AND STAKES
Seele's Tleless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises^ H. D. SEELE & SONS, Elkhart, Ind.
Plant "Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIER & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa.
"Rlverton Special."

POINSETTIAS

A. Henderson & Co.,

369 River St., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HAMGEBS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. KRAMER & SONS,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

BAFFIA

McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List of AdvertlsersL

BKFBIOEBATOBB FOB FLOBIBTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvill*. la^
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDBONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hotmken. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BIBBON8 AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Rac* St., PbDa., Fa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., Philadelphia, H*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BOSE8

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. Pa.
Potted Roses.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of AdvernsTS.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1,' Hobokan, H. JL

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see Hat of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay SUte Nnrserles. North Ablngton. Maaa
For page see List of Advertlaera

B. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Cbas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robt. Scott & Son. Sharon Hill. Del. Co., Pa.

Grafted Roses for June Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maaa,
New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Roses.^ Mrs. Taft and Kalserin, 2 ta.
pots, $3.50 per 100. Mrs. Taft and Rich-
mond, 3 In. pots, $6.00 per 100. Cash wltb
order. J. HENRY BARTRAM, Land*-
downe. Pa.

ROSES— Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY.
West Grove, Penna.

SALVIAS

Salvias. 2 inch, 3 inch and 4 inch, 2c.,
.3c. and 5c. WM. DOEL, Pascoag, R. I.

SE.4SON.4BLE PL.4NTS

F. C. Riebe. Webster, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GBOWEBS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford. Cona.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Callfomta Seed Growers' Associatloa,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see Llst^f Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Joae, Cat

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

51 and 62 N. Market St, Boston, Mas*.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticultiire

June 7, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

875

SEEDS — Contlnned

Ulcbeirf Seed Hoqm, Phlladelphlm. Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Adrertlscra.

W. Atle* Bnrpe* ft Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For pace tee Llat of AdTertlaera.

>V>ttler. Flake, Rawioo Co., Boston,
For page see Llat of AdrertlMra.

S. ft J. Fargnbar ft Co., Boat*n,
For page aee Llat of AdTertla«Ti.

J. M. Thorbum & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. T.
For page aee Llat of AdTertIa«ra.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peaa, Beana, Radlah and all Garden Hiala.

For page aee Llat of Adrertlaera.

a. 8. Skldalaky ft Co., Phlladalphla. Pa.
For page aee List of Adrertlaera.

Arthur T. BoddlngtoB, New York.
For i>age aee Llat of AdTertlsera.

Jamea VIck'a Sona, Bocbdater, N. T.

Flower and Vegetable Seeds.
For page aee List of AdrertlBain.

J. Bolglano ft Bon, Baltimore, Md.
For page aee List of Advertlsera.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Seeda for Early Sowing.
For page aee List of Adtertlaen.

S. BryaoD Ayrea Co., Independenca. H*.

Swaet Peas.

For page see List of Advertlaora.

Loechner ft Co., New York, N. Y.
For page gee List of Advertlaera.

T. J. Grey Co., 82 So. Market St., Boatsn.

Aster Seed.

For page see Llat of AdvertlaerB.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. X.
For page see List of Advertlsara.

O. y. Zangen, Hoboken. N. J.
For page see Llat of Advertlaera.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Kelway & Son. Langport, England.
High-Class Florists' Flower Seeds.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hosea Waterer, 107-109 So. 7th St., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
New Crop. Areca Lutescens Seed.

Weeber & Don, 114 Chambers St., New York.

Seeds fop Pre.sent Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix ft Dykbnla, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

8ILKAUNE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

SLUG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flsbklll-on-Hndson, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsara.

SNAPDB.\GON

Snapdragon rooted cuttings, fine strains
of Silver Pink, white and vellow, $2.00 per
100, $15.00 per 1000; pot plants. 1-3 more.
WM. SWAYNE, Kennett Square, Pa.

8PHAGNUU MOSS

J. H. Spragiie, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HDRRELL, Summit, N. J.

STOCKS •WANTED

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

THK NATIONAI, NUBSEBTMAN

National Naraeryman Publishing Co., lac..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera

TUBEBOBBS

J. M. Tborbnrn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page aee List of Advertlaera.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TBGETABLE PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TENTITATINQ APPABATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Quaker City Machine Worka.

Richmond, Ind.

20tb Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

VERMICIDES

Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vlnca Varlegata, 314 and 4 in. stock,
extra heavy, $14.00 per 100; medium, $10.00
$12.00 per 100. WILLIAM CAPSTICK,
Anbumdale, Mass.

WEED KILLER

Pino-Lyptol Chemical Co., 455-457 West

26th St.. New York Cit.v.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIBED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

WIRBWOBK

Heed ft Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
HOLTON ft HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee,
Wl8.

WILLIAM B. HELLSCHER'S WIRE
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESAJ.E FLORISTS

Albany, N. T.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Oa.
For page aee List of Advertlaera.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy ft Co., 112 Arcb St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson ft Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Boffalo, N. T.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 BUlcott St.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

WHOL.ESAI.E FLORISTS
Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, lU.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCnlloagh's Sons Co.,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS— Continued
Detroit

Michigan Cat Flower Exchange, 38 and 4t

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

B. C. Horan, 6S W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page sec List of Advertlsera.

W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Wm. H. Knebler, 28 WUlougbby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlaera.

Moore, Hentz ft Nash, 6S and 57 W. Mtk

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertlaera.

Cbarlea Mlllang, 55 and 57 Weat 26th St..

New York.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertlsara.

Traendly ft Schenck, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Waat

28th St.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

Badgley, Rledel ft Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page aee List of AdvertiaeTa.

Woodrow ft Marketos, 41 West 28th St.
For page aee List of Advertlsam.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertlseira.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see Llat of Advertlsara.

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertlsara.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sta..

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1606-11

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsgra.

Roches tear

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of AdvertJaara.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., U16

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertlsara.

New Offers in This Issue

BEDDING PLANTS.

H. Hansen, 106 Avon St.. Jlaiden, Mass.
For page see List of -Advertisers.

COLD STORAGE LILIUM GIGAN-

TEUM AND LILY OF THE

VALLEY.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co.. Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW ROSES.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn,
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES.

Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Adveifsm See Page 851

876

HORTICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

L.EXIIMC9-rC9IM, IVI

BOSTON, IVIA.J

A Large and Complete Assortment of

EVERCRKBN and DECIDUOUS TREES. SHRUBS. ROSES, VINES. HERBA-

CEOU5 PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Twelve Selected Varieties, 2»4-ln. pots.
$5.00 per 100, $40.00 per 1000.

All colors,

HOLLYHOCKS

Double Red, White, Rose, Pink, Maroon, Yellow and
Single Mixed. $4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000.

Our. u the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all part* of the Metro-
politan District.

iusKi

Extra Fine, 12 to 15-inch, $15.00 per
100.

Pyramidal Bay Trees and
Box Trees

In various sizes

Pot-Grown Perennials

Bv the Thousand. Send tor Special
List.

THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO.

Dept. "F" BEDFORD, MASS.

National Nurseryman

Official organ of the Am»rlo»B A»-
Boclatlon of Narierymea. Clrcuta-
tlon among the trade only. P»b-
lisbed Monthly. SobtcrlytloB »rte«
(1.00 per year. Ferelra ■•baarip-
tlon* HM per year. Im alraao*.
Sample copy tre» upon aprlloatlea
from thoM la the trade eacloelnt
their boilneai card.

Nitisrat NirssiyflMn Pik. Ct.. l!!^

218 Lirkwston Buildins

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Cn. I. PURSOII, Pris. t Ireas. WM. I. ZARTMANN. V Pris. I Sen

FAIRFIELD LANDSCAPE & NURSERIES CO.

ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS
Parks, Cemeteries, Golf Courses

PLinling, Landscape Construction, Road Build-
ing, etc.

41.t Street and Park Ave., NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

Fruit anil Ornamental Trees. Shrnbs,

Small Fruits. Clematis, Evergreens

and Roses.

Writp fur Trade I.i^st

W. I T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK.

21S lane St. WHtiawkin »%Wt
P. 0. No. 1, lobojiio, N. J.

The New Sargent Rose

Btook Limited, tl.M aaoh.

Jilao Lady Duncan. Dawann, Daybreak,

rarqnhar, Wm. Bgan and Minnie Dawaoa.

Write for price*.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

HENRY 1. D,^W80N, MsaB(«r.

A. A.

OtM- World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhous*

Products for Florists

PAUMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

»i Mirs. EVEROREENS, ROSES. imODOOENDRONS,

votes AND CLIMBERS, AUTUINN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florists m alwayi welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes from
New York Gqr; Carkoo Hill Station is the second stop on Main Lne of Erie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK &

Nurverymen and Florists

IN3

Rutherford, N. J.

■^g^g^gggji

GRAFTED ROSES FOR JUNE PLANTING

Killarney, Waban White Killarney and Lady Hillingdon

Strong Plants from 3 inch and 3 1-2 inch pots,
$12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000

These Roses are grafted on Dickson's Manetti Stock; were shifted from
2%-inch pots the beginning of May, and will be just right for June planting.
' A Bargain in Well Crown Ro*€i

ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Co., Pa.

EVERGREENS FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT JAPANESE MAPLES IN POTS

Potted Strawberries our OWN GROWING Roses from 6-INCH pots

S*nd u* a'list of yoar want*

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, '^*?fEw^'o^'i^'^'i^/'**

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive CataJogue for the a«king

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES. North Abington, MaM.

GHAM

URSERIES

— jyJEoAZ^ —

W. B. WHITTIER & GO.,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS.

GROWERS OF HIGH GRAOE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES lEFORE ORDERING USEWHERE

Try our new GERANIUM SC.-VRI.ET BEDDEK for your
Garden .Tnd Window boxes. Then procure .1 cony of
CHRYS.4NTHEMI M M.ANUAL, 3rd edition as a guide for
srowing your CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 50c. postpaid.
Ask for out i;)i:i CATALOGrE and place your order with
us for your plants, wliich will have our best attention.

Then procure our FERTILENE, the IUE.\L, I'L.ANT food for producing Lusty blooms.

Price.— 14 lb.. 20c; prepaid by mall, 30c; 1 lb., 35c; prepaid by mall, 50c; 10 lbs., $.3.00;

25 lbs., $0.00; 50 lbs.. $10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO. ADRIAN, MICH.

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

When Writins; to Advertisers Please Mention
HORTIC4ILTURE.

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTURE

877

NOTICE OF QUARANTINE, NO. 7.
White Pine Blister Rust.

The fact has been determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture that a tree
disease known as White Pine Blister
Rust (Peridermium strohi Kleb.), new
to and not heretofore widely prevalent
or distributed within and throughout
the United States, exists in Europe
and Asia.

Now, therefore, I, David P. Houston,
Secretary of Agriculture, under author-
ity conferred by section 7 of the act
approved August 20, 1912, known as
"The Plant Quarantine Act." do here-
by declare that it is necessary, in or-
der to prevent the introduction into
the United States of the White Pine
Blister Rust, to forbid the importation
into the United States from each and
every country of Europe and Asia of
all five-leafed pines.

Hereafter and until further notice,
by virtue of said section 7 of the act
of Congress, approved August 20, 1912.
the importation for all purposes of all
five-leafed pines from the countries
named is prohibited.

This notice of quarantine amends
and supersedes Notice of Quarantine,
No. 1, promulgated September 16,
1912, and shall be effective until other-
wise ordered.

Done at Washington this 21st day of
May, 1913.

Witness my hand and the seal of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.

D. P. Houston.
Secretary of Agriculture.

The five-leaved or White Pines are:
Pinus strobus, Pinus Lambertiana, Pi-
nus monticola, Pinus flexilis. Pinus al-
bicaulis, Pinus strobiformis, Pinus ex-
celsa, Pinus cembra, Pinus pumila, Pi-
nus parviflora, Pinus pence, Pinus kora-
iensis, and Pinus Armandi. — (Ed.)

PLANT QUARANTINE DECISION
NO. 3.

The Federal Horticultural Board
recommends that Regulation 8 of the
Rules and Regulations for carrying
out the Plant Quarantine Act (37 Stat.,
315). published in Circular No. 41, Re-
vised, Office of the Secretary, Issued
December 20. 1912. be amended, to
take effect as amended on and after
May 1. 1913, so as to read as follows:

Regulation 8. Notice of Shipment by
Permittee.
Immediately upon the entry and be-
fore removal from the port of entry

TANGLEFOOT

Keeps the Beggars from Ascending

3 lbs. will make a band 6 feet
longr, 85c. per lb. 10 lbs. $2.65

Win. Elliotr& Sons

42 Vesey St., N«w York

plNOlYPTOi

THE VERr NEWEST .AND QUICKEST METHOD OF DESTROYING WEEDS,

GRASS AND OTHER GROWTH IN G.ARDEN WALKS, GUTTERS,

TENNIS COURTS, DRIVEWAYS, ETC.

This fluid absolutely destroys all weeds and other growth wherever applied,
aud its effect on the ground prevents the growth of fresh ones for a year and
thus saves a great deal of time and labor, as no cutting, hoeing or hauling away
of the weeds is required.

We manufacture the strongest line of DISINFECTANTS on the market.

PINO-LYPTOL CHEMICAL CO.

455-457 West 26th Street, NEW YORK CITY

CORRESPONDENCE SOUCITED

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARSJ
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Tr^M
and Shrubs from Insects. Put up m popular p:ickages at popuBl
prices. \Vrite for free pamphlet on Rue's and Blierlits, etc.. to

B. HAMMOND, - fishkill-on-Hudson, New York*

(M0ODOR |P|^£a^ 1 ImIUu i^O poison

liarntNtf iidir Oe Inictlcih Act 1910. Serlil N«. 321

Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly. Mites, Ants, Insects on
Rose-bushes, Carnations, etc. without injury to
plants and without odor. Used according to di-
rections our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops bv insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wondemil results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

K hnt - - 25oi Pint - - 40oi Qnart - - 75o

% GuWon, 11.25 I Gallon. 12.00 i 5 Gallon Gn. S9

HO Gallon Can - - S17.50

Dilute with water 30 to ^o Parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

42« W. L«xlnKt»ii St., BalUraor*. Hd.

Directions on every package

^ Jl

hflNimfS

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
Landscape Fertilizingf

THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.

31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

Tht? Recognized Standard Lnsecticide.

For green, black, white fly, red spider,
thrlps, mealy bug and soft scale.
$1.00 per quart — S2.50 per gallon.

For mildew, rust and bencb fungi.
Does not stain but cleanses the foliage.
-3c. per quart — $2.00 per gallon.
'VE*3IVIir4E

For sterilizing soil and all soil ver-
min.

$1.00 per quart — $3.00 per gallon.

For scale and all sap sucking insects
on trees and nursery stock. Can be
used in growing season as safely as in
dormant season.

75c. per quart — $1.50 per gallon — 10 gal-
lons $10.

Ttvalue oercer^t fliicoT/ne

ri/MIGAJ^

$1.'25 per quart — $4.00 per gallon.

All our products are used diluted
with water at various strengths, as di-
rected on cans.

FOR SALE BV SEEDSMEN.
Let us quote you our prices to com-
mercial growers in quautity.

Madison,
N.J.
Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEI4, General Manager.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mnlclied with thU artlcU will

crow larsrer frnit, better color, and

ripen more nnlfonnly than by aay
other means. We have proved It.

20tfi CENTURY PLANT FQOO CO.

27 (29 OCEtN ST.. BEVEIIY. MAM.

When writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

878

HOETICULTUEE

June 7, 1913

I^OHS

HEWS STANDARD POTS

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

3 WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTU1MRS

Pears«n Street
LON« ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOOUE ANB DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Melii Office and Pi
OAMMMDOC, MASS

of nursery stock, for each separate
shipment or consignment thereof, the
permittee shall notify the Secretary of
Agriculture, through the collector of
customs where entry is made, on
forms provided for that purpose, stat-
ing the number of permit, the date of
entry, the general nature and quantity
of the nursery stock, the country and
locality where grown, and the name
and address of the consignee to whom
it is proposed to forward the nursery
stock, together with the probable date
of delivery for transportation.

At the same time a copy of the
notice to the Secretary of Agricul-
ture shall be sent by the permittee to
the duly authorized insiiector or other
officer of the State. Territory, or Dis-
trict to which the nursery stock is
to be shipped. Lists of such inspec-

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

AdTertloemeiits In thU eoloniB
one cent a word. InltlAls conat
.B words. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE" shoald be teat
to 11 Hamilton PIae«, Boson.

HELP WANTED

WANTED — A good man for Cemetery
work. Good position and nice home for
married man to live In. Address GEO. C.
■WATSON, 9th and Market Sts., Phila., Pa.

WANTED — First-class greenbouse as-
sistant on pood private estate near New
York; must have good knowledge of green-
house work, and orchids preferred ; age 23
to 28; English or Scotch. Apply with full
particulars, P. O. Box 144, Madison, New
Jersey.

WANTED— First-class assistant for out-
side work; young man, 25 or 26 years;
Scotch preferred. Apply, enclosing refer-
ences. J. G. BROCK, care E. T. Bedford,
Greens Farms, Conn.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By Dutch Gar-
dener, 36 years old, married, English and
American experiences in private place; up-
to-date landscape artist, grower in and out-
doors, and decorator. Best of references.
Address V. H., care of HORTICCLTCKE.

FOR SALE

FOR sale;— Fresh from factory, new;
10x12, 16x18. 16x24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now li
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
«ky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havcmeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE — Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable borne. Address T.
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

tors and officers may be obtained on
application to the collector of cus-
toms or the Federal Horticultural
Board. Washington. D. C.

Permits may be canceled and fur-
ther permits refused if a permittee
fails to give either of said notices, or
gives a false notice, or knowingly mis-
labels any nursery stock with intent
to evade any provision of the Plant
Quarantine Act or of any regulation
thereunder.

Should a consignee named in such
a notice ship or deliver for shipment
to any other State. Territory, or Dis-
trict such nursery stock before it has
been inspected by a duly authorized
State, Territorial, or District inspector
or officer, he shall prior to such ship-
ment give like notice to the Secretary
of Agriculture and to the duly author-
ized inspector or other officer of the
State. Territory, or District to which
the nursery stock is to be reshipped.

Imported nursery stock which has
been once inspected will be allowed
to move interstate without restrictions
other than those imposed on the inter-
state movement of domestic nursery
stock.

C. L. M.VRL.\TT. Chairman,

W. A. Ortox.

Geo. B. St'DWOBTH.

AV. D. Hunter,

A. V. Stubenravch,
Federal Horticultural Board.
.Approved:

B. T. G.VLLOWAY.

Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
Washington. D. C. April 30. 1913.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
TEMPLATED.

Exeter, N. H. — McAlpine Bros., one
house.

Woburn, Mass. — Carl Everberg. house
40 X 12.5,

Makquoketa. Iowa — H. L. Hill, con-
servatory.

Waveriy, N. Y. — Harvey Tracy, addi-
tion 30 X 'a feet.

Norfolk, Neb. — Cochran Floral Co.,
house 28 x 85.

Milford, Mass.— J. H. Howard, Hitch-
iiigs house. 65 x 300.

St. Joseph, Mo. — Kelsey Nurseries,
Lake and Alabama avenues, storage
building. 140 x 180 feet.

San Diego. Gal. — A. Darnaud. 702
Market street, one house.

Maywood, III. — Weiss & Meyer, three
400 feet American Beauty houses.

Our Rochester correspondent tells
of a dozen Delight carnations shipped
by parcel post to England for "Moth-
ers" Day" and packed in an ordinary
pasteboard box arrived after a lOdays'
trip in good condition and fine color.
This goes to show the lasting quality
of Delight.

INCORPORATED.

Stovall, Va. — Howard Nursery Co.,
capital stock $100,000. Incorporators,
S. C. I. N., C. H., and C. L. Howard.

Louisville, Ky. — William Walker Co.,
capital stock $21,000. Officers, Wm.
Walker, president; Wm. Walker, Jr.,
vice-president; Edith B. Walker, secre-
tary and treasurer.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1,062,660. Sod-Pulverizing Machine.
Francis Albert Nugent,
Sanford. Manitoba, Can.

1,062.679. Transplanting Tool. Wil-
liam H. Wolff, Nestor,
Cal., assignor of one-half
to Clyde R. Olmstead,
Nestor, Cal.

Chicago, III. — The Auburndale Gold-
fish Co. have moved into larger quar-
ters at 1449 Madison street.

KING

GREENHOUSES

Ar-' snpi.lie'l in '■'• different Iron
I'riiiie Types; also in the Semi Iron
or Pipe Frame styles, so we can of-
fer you a stronjET. practical Sunny
House at the price you can afford
io pjiy.

Write US today — jnst tell ns what
> oil want and v\ e wil] do the re^t.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

28 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N.Y.

-I !■': ■<„7i:ic!it .1!! /'ay Haunts

• 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

('an be shipped at an hour's notice. Prloe
per crate:

2()00 1% in. ® $6.00 500 1 in. @ $4..')0

].i()0 2 •' " 4.88 456 4^4 " " 5.24

l.idO 2Vi " " 5.25 320 .'i " " 4.51

1500 2 V4 •' •' 6 00 210 5% " •" 3.7S

1000 3 •• " 5.00 144 6 " '• 3.16

800 3V4 " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., P^tttry, Fort Edward, N.Y.

Au{ust Rolker & Sins, 31 Barclay St., N. Y. CItr. A(llltl

OKI SP£CUITY-Uat Dlstnci M Hfitt trila

r-STANDARD FLOWER-

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles i
of the Capitol, write us, we can save |
you money.

W. H. ERNEST
•» asth « M St8. Wasbinston, D. C.

Syracuse Red Pots

AVitli new aii<l improved machinery, we
ran supply your wants to better ad-
vantage than ever.
Speehil disrnunts on large orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^'Ji'Sr"^^

June 7, 1913

HORTICULTURE

879

WHAT THE USERS SAY

Kroeschell Boiler, Generator and Heat-
ing System InKure Perfect Results.

Having promised you a letter as soon
as we passed through a good fair te^t,
I consider it now most timely. We had
the thermometer 18° below and we've
just gone through a blizzard bad
enough for most any season, and am
very well pleased to inform you that
our heating system was equal, to the oc-
casion. So far as we have gone, am cer-
tainly well satisfied with the Kroeschell
Boiler. Generator and Heating System.
J. E. MATTHEWSOX. Sheboygab, Wis.

Send for our Catalog. Do It Today.

I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

S«iid 70ur buaincM direct to Wftjlungtom.
Satcb thne and insures better servic*.
P«CBoaaJ attention (piaruiteed.
TTiirtT years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

fATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Buildint
Washington, D. C

DREER'S

Florist Specialtie*,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose "RIVERTON"

Furnished id lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

Tbt' HOSF (or tbe FLOII:t

^-inch, per It., 15 *..
Keel of SCO It. , " I4j4c.
2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c.
K-inch, " 13 c.

Reels, 500 ft., " i«Sc.
CoupIiDgs fumisbnl

HENRY «. DIEEI,

714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Greenhouse Materials anTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up to 33 feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnisb details and cut materials ready for
erection.

Frank Van Assche, "'"iTd ^xt^hf I'^ee."

JERSEY CITY, S. J.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow arms
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine

IVrx'te for free Catalogue to

QUAKER CITV MACHINE CO.

Kirhniond. IntJ.

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Dimensions: Base, 16% In. high; vase, 18 In. high;
outside diameter, 16 In.; inside diameter, 12 in.; in-
side depth of bowl, 8% in. . . ^
Made from the best Crystal Granite combined with
Portland Cement and are guaranteed to last a lire
time.

THE BEST LAWN VASE EVER CONSTRUCTED.
NOTHING BETTER FOR CEMETERY DECORA-
TION.
WILL NOT BUST LIKX! IRON.

Write for prices to

PATRICK GRACE

55 Union Street, Brighton, IMass.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? If you do you know
how good they are and
icnow where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very important.
In tact, you are btiying in-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.
Do It today.

ADVANCE CO.. • Richnioniljnd.

CliSS

SASH BARS

32 feet or lon^r

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUiPPEI COMPLETE IF DESIRED

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED
S.ASHES. Our prices can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New Y'ork and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Kock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

315-217 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

sTjACOBS & SONS

UPON

tscoursr

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1359- X3S5 Flushing Ave.

BROOKLYN, . - • N. Y.

)rMr'8 PeorieMi
eiazlng Polnto

tMTs easy ft^d tree, becsuse
both bcrels ue on tbe aime
side. Can't twlit sad break
tbe ilait is drivioe. GaWan-
ixed and will not nuu No
rlfbts oi lefts.
Tbe PecrleM GUzIde Point
is pateucd. No otben lilce
it Order !rom your deale^^
or direct from us.
1000, 7Sc postpaid. ^
lasaples free.
■SVETA. D&EXK.I
T14 Gheatnut Btr*et>
rbll»4elpbl>

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reenliouscqldaiRi

USE iT HOW.

F.O.PIERCE GO.

12 W. BROADWAY
NEW VORK

A definite policy, even If
worked with indifferent copy, Is
more apt to succeed when fol-
lowed out, than spasmodic, hit-
or-mlss advertising even with
more clever copy. — Koller.

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Puttj becomes hard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking o» other glass as occurs with
hard putty. L.ast8 longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

THE FLORISTS- HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, Insaret of 32,500,000 sq. (t. of filass

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sic'r Saddle River, N.J.

880

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Published Every Saturday at 11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

Subscription. $1 OO

882

HORTICULTURE

June 14, 1913

0\A/IM ROOT

K

Why wait until the other fellow is through planting and them take his culls at a
reduced figure, when we will give you immediate delivery on stock properly
grown and with our endorsement that it will be found entirely satisfactory ?

Mrs, George Shawyer, the peerless pink; Milady, the new red: 4 in. stock, $30.00
per hundred; $250.00 per thousand.

Pink and White Killarney, Richmond, Taft, My Maryland and American Beauty

4 inch stock $12.00 per hundred ; 3 inch stock $10.00 per hundred.

Bon Silene, 3 inch stock; $10.00 per hundred.

P'HPY^ AXITHClVirTlVIQ ^^^ "Cap Family," and other varieties equally
IjniVlkj/lLl inijLTiULTJkJ adapted for pot plants at $.o..o per hundred.

POMPONS. Our selection — $3.00 per hundred; $25.00 per thousand.

STANDARD VARIETIES. Unaka, Gloria, Col. Applelon, Wells' Late Pink, etc.

$25.00 per thousand for 2 '.. inch pot plants.

IVIA.C3ISOr4,

IM. J.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Fine stock from

Patty

Cunioleta

I'naka

Kalb

'bellow Joneii

Pink 1%-ory

2Vi inch pots.

Dolly Dimple
Roman Gold
Cleni. Touset
White Eaton
Oct. Frost
Yellow Ivory

$3.00 per 100.

Pompons. Singles, Anemones.

Baby. Late Yellow.

Nio. Delicate Pink. Midseason.

Julia L-a Graverre. Crimson, Midseason.

Orea, Pink. Midseason.

Minta. Pink. Midseason.

Zenobia, Early Yellow.

Diana, Midseason. White.

Garza. Midseason. White.

(^uinola. Late Yellow.

Worden, Miss, White Single

$3.00 per 100.
Helen Newberry, Late W bite.
Marv Colloday, Lavender Pink.

DAVID J. SCOTT

CORFU, N. Y.

Formerly the Wm. Scott Co. GreenhoDses

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS

New <'luster Peppers. Celestial I'eppers,
UraneliinK Ne«- Cluster Peppers and
Solaniim Melvini. strong plnnts, 2*4 in.
pots, $:\.m per 100: $2.5.00 per 1000; 500
or more :lt 1000 rates.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

AH tliP lifst varieties f..r l.iisli form Pot
j'lants:. strong plants from -i._. in. pots.
S.-.Oll |ier Kill. Casli witli iiriler.

FRtNK OECHSLIN, 8911 Quincy Street, Chicago, III.

GERANIUMS

B«*t Sort*, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding- Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

JOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th St.

T^ a«9a Bedford BROOKL YN , N . Y.

Flowering, Decorative and
Vegetable Plants

In abundance at all times. See our display adv-
in HORTICULTURE, May 17th, page 750.
Correspondence Solicited

ALONZa J. BRYAN, WHOLESALE FLORIST

WASHINGTON, NfcW JERSEY

Draenena Ind.. 5 and C in., $4.00 and $5.00

per dnz.
Vinea >'ariegata, 4 in. strong, $8, $10, $15

per 100.
.Asparagus PI. Nanus, 2H in., $4.00 per 100.
.Asparagus Sprengerii, 2Vi in., $3.50 per 100,
Petunias. 8 varieties, 3 in., $2.00.
Atareueriles, Wiiite, 2, 2V4. 3 and 4 in., $2,

^2.50. $0.00 and $8.00 per 100.
Geranium, Mme. Salleroi, 2 in.. $2.00 per 100.
Vinca, 2>i in., $2.50 per 100.

F. C. RIEBE

WEBSTER. MASS.

ROSES

GRAFTED and OWN ROOTS

l^illarney Queen, Double White
Killarney, Lady Hillingdon, Double
Pink Killarney, Maryland, White
Killarney, Killarney, Richmond,
Kaiserin, Perle, Sunset, Sunrise,
Bride, Bridesmaid, Wootton,
Clothilde Soupert, etc.

Fine Stock from 3 Inch pots. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

fMA«WW«A«VWWV«WVmMnAAMMMA

POINSETTIAS,

TRUE TYPE.

Shipped in Paper Pots, June De-
livery.

2'^ INCH PLANTS, $6.00 PER 100

Write for Prices in Large Quantities

A. Henderson & Co.

3G9 R1\KK ST., CHICAGO.

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

883

■^^"RAINIIUIVIS

The report comes from all sections that Geraniums are
stock will be cleaned up. We have an excellent lot of
your own stock for another season, but why bother
stock for you, to be shipped anytime in the fall or win
another crop has been removed. Our stock houses of
plants as pretty as you ever saw. Then we have Nov
varieties to the extent that we are confident we can
it over. Can you afford to bother with the stock your

SCAKI.ET BEDDER. We have bought of Elmer D.
and offer good strong plants from 3-in. pots for Imme
SMILAX: 2-in., $2.00 per 100, $1T.50 per 1000.
COLEUS, AXTEBNANTHEBAS and other BEDDING
PLANTS.

more in demand this season thau ever and that all good
young stock ready to ship out If you wish to grow
with It, as we make it our business to provide your
ter, you have the room, after Chrysanthemums or
Standard sorts alone as now planted contains SOO.OOO
elty stock. Ivy Leaved sorts, Scented and Variegated
take care of any order you may place with us. Think
self for .$1S50 per 1000, for 2-in. plants?

Smith & Co., stock of this superior Scarlet Geranium
diate shipment at $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100.
CANNAS: 3-In. pot, good sorts, $3.00 per 100, $25.00
per 1000; King Humbert, $5.00 per 100, $40.00 per
1000

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS C white marsh, md.

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H.*RDY .lAPVN LILIES

Liliuni iiuriiluni — Doz.

8- tn It-itich. 225 liuilis in a case

Liliuiu Melpomene in^grniHi'uni —

8- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs in a case

9- to 11-ineh, 123 bulbs in a case

11-inch and over, 100 bulbs In a case.

Lilium speciosuin album —

8- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs In a case

9-to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case....
11-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case.

.$0.75

1.25
1.50

1.25
1.75
■? ir^

100
$5.50

5.50

S.50

12.50

13.00

18.00

100(1
$50.00

50.00

80.00

120.00

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125.00
175.0(1

Lilium Npeciitsuni ruhrllm — r>ii/.. KMI

8- to 'J-incii, 225 bulb8 in ,i case 75 5.50

9 to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.25 S.50

11-Inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case.. 1..50 12.50
RET.*RI)EI) BILB.S FROM COLD .STOR.\GE
Lilium lonsiOorum §riganteuiii — ColiT Storage 100

7- to ii-inch, HOO bulbs in a case $7.50

S- to lO-inch. 200 bulbs in a case 9.00

9- to 11-Inch. 20t) bullis in a case 12.00

Lilly of the Valle.v — Cold Storage

Wedding Bell» lirand. Price January to July. 2.25
Weilding ISells brand. Price August to January 2.50

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120.00

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II Seedsman and Importer 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY m

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 911

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 904

Allen, J. K 904

Anderson, S. A.. 899
Aphine Mfg. Co.
I 893-895

Aschmann, G 894

AUania Florist

Co 902

A y r e s Co., S.

Br.\son 89:

Badgley, Reidel

i<t ileytr 901

Barnara, W. W.

Co 897

Barrows & Son. .884
Bayersdorfer. H.

& Co 901

Bay State Nur-
series 894

Bloomingdale's, 898
Bobblnk & At-
kins 894

Boddington, A.T.883
Bolgiauo & Son,

J 897

Boston Florist

Letter Co 902

Breck, J. & Son. 897
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 894

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 898

Bryan, Alonzo J. 882
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 897

California S e ed
Growers' Asso.S97

Carbone 899

Chicago Carna-
tion Co 902

Page
Chicago Flower

Growers' Asso.902
C h 1 1 d s. John

Lewis 896

Clarke's U..Sons.898
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co .897

Cooke. Geo. H...900

Cowee, W. J 904

Craig, Robt. Co. 884

Dards 898

Dawson, H. S...894
Doruer & Sons

Co .8,82

Dreer, H. A 911

Dunlop, John H.899
Dysart, R. J.... 904
Eastern Nurser-
ies 894

Edwards Folding

Box Co 902

Elliott. W. H....893
Elliott's W..Sons..895
Eppstelu. Julius.899
Ernc^^t, W II... 910

Esler. J. G 910

Eyres 898

Fairfield Land-
scape & Nur-
sery Co 894

Farquhar. U. &

J. & Co 897

Felix & Dykhnis.897

Ford. il. C 904

Ford, W. P 904

Fottler, F I s k e,

Rawson Co .897

Forrest. Frank H.899
Fromenf, H. i:..904
F r a m I n g h a m

Nurseries 894

Galvln. Thos. F..899

I'.-ige
Gasser, J. M. Co. 899
Goodsell, P. H..894
Grace, Patrick. . .911
Grey, T. J. Co... 897
Gude Bros. Co. .'.KXI
Hail Association. 910
Hall & Robinson .899
Hammond Paint
and Slug Shot

Works 895

Hansen, H 884

Hart. Geo. B 902

Heacock, ,Tos . . . . 882
Heinecker, Otto. 890

Henderson, A 882

Hess & Swoboda.S98
Hews. A. H. &

Co 910

Hilflnger Bros. ..910
Holland Nurser-
ies 894

Holm & Olson . . .898

Horan, E. C 904

Jacobs, S. & Sons.879
Johnston Bros... 899
Kasting, W. P.

Co 905

Keller, J. B.Sons.898

Kervan Co 904

King Cons. Co.. 910
Kramer, F. H...899
Kroeschell Bros. 911
Kne'iler. W. H..'t04
Lager & Hurrell.S84

Lange. A 899

Lemon Oil Co... 895
Leonard Seed Co. 890
Leuthy. A. & Co..SS4
Locchner & Co... 884
Mac.Mnlkln. E...89n
May & Co., L. L..899

Page
McConnell, Alex. 898
.McCarthy, N. F.

Co 905

McCray Refrig-
erator Co 901

McCuUi ngh's Sons

Co., J. M 902

.McHutchlson &

Co 884

McKenzIe, .Tohn.882
McJl.inus. Jas...904
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 911

Mever, J. C. &

Co 901

Mlehell's Seed

House 890

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 902

.Millang. Chas....904

Miller. E. S .897

Montreal Floral

Exchange 905

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 904

Murray. Samuel. 898
National Nursery-

m.-m .894

N. Y. Stable Ma-
nure Co 895

Niessen. Leo Co. 902
Oechslln. Frank. 882
Cn-werkerk. P...894
Palmer, W. J. &

Son SDS

Park Floral Co.. 898
Parshelsky Bros.911
Pelicano. Rossi &

Co .899

Penn the Florlst.899
Pierce Co.. F. 0.911

Page
Pennock - Meehan

Co 903

Plerson, A. N...895
Pierson, F. R. Co.884
Pier.son U-B a r

Co 912

Pino-Lyptol

Chemical Co... 895
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 895
I'oehlmann Bros.

Co 902

Pollwortli. C. C.898
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co .895

(Juaker City Ma-
chine Co 911

Reed & Keller... 904
Reinlierg, Peter.. 902

Rice. M. Co 899

Riebe. F. C 882

Rol)inson, H. M.

& Co i.02

Robinson Co.. H.

M. 904

Roehrs, J. Co... 884
Roland. Thomas.884
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons SS4-910

Rosery, The 898

Sander & Son... 884
Scott, David J.. 882

Scott, John ,882

Scott. Robt. &

Sons 894

Schling. Max .899

Sharp. Partridge

& Co 911

Siggtrs & Sig-

gers 911

Page
Sheridan. W. F.904
Slebrecht. Geo. C.904
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 897

Smith, P. J 904

Smith & Co., E.

D 894

Smith, W. & T.

Co 894

Smyth, Wm. J.. 898
Sprague, J. H...S84
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Ci. ..911
Stumpp, Geo. M.898
Syracuse Pottery

Co 910

Tottv, Chas. H..882
Thorburn, J. .M.

& Co 897

T r a e n d 1 y &

Schenck 904

Valentine. J. A.. 898
Van Assche. F...911
Vick's Jas. Sous. 897
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co. 883-897
Wants. For Sale. 910
Ward. R. M.& Co.S84
Weeber & Don.. 897
Welch Bros. Co.. 905
Whittler & Co..

W. B 894

Wilson. Robt. G.89S

Wood Bros 882

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 904

Young & Nugent.898

Zaugen, O. V 897

ZInn, J. A 899

Zvolanek. Ant. C.89V

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NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK

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by Mr. Farrell

Cosmos

The growing of cosmos in our northerly sections is a
very uncertain crop as they are cut down by a slight
frost. AVliere one has plenty of house room in the fall
it would be advisable to grow a batch in pots to flower
inside. Young plants can be potted now into 3-inch
jiots in a rich compost of fibrous loam three parts, well-
rotted cow manure one part and a sprinkling of bone
meal. These pots can be plunged in a cold frame as
they may need it up to 7, 8 or 9-inch pots. They should
be pinched two or three times during the summer
months. These plants can be kept outdoors until frost
tlireatens when they can be placed in a cool house. You
will find these indoor grown blooms superior in size and
(|uality to outdoor ones.

Cypripediums
During spells of wet and damp weather cypripediums
will require to be ventilated freely, regardless of other
conditions, otherwise the fleshy leaves are liable to rot.
They, however, like a good moist atmosphere to grow in
."^o damp down enough to keep the air from Ijecoming too
dry. While they like enough of shade to keep the foli-
age from scorching it should never be made too dense.
Ap])ly water at the roots whenever the compost shows a
sign of dryness and on all bright days do not forget to
give them a good syringing both under and over the foli-
age. Weak manure water once a week will materially
help them along.

Ficus elastica

The propagation of rubber plants on any extensive
scale is carried on during a time when hard firing fur-
nishes the needed even and continuous supply of heat.
For the small grower, however, there is no better season
for, the increase of stock than the present and no better
course of procedure than mossing. By following this
method, wliii-h is nothing but a form of layering, full-
fledged plants are obtained right at the start. Crippled
and lanky plants, the branches of old unsalable speci-
men's anything unsightly in the rubber line is operated
upon, the calling forth of roots at the joints and below
the leafy tops being the object. The place to be mossed
for the formation of roots first undergoes some sort of
mutilation, with a sharp knife, as cutting the wood al-
most through on one side and inserting a bit of wood or
gravel to keep the cut ojjcn, washing away the gum after
the bleeding has stopped and then tying sphagnum moss
ill a good thick layer firmly around this part of the
wood. Of course it is understood that frequent syring-
ing or pouring water on from time to time will soon
•cause them to form roots.

Hydrangeas

The old, unsold plants of hydrangeas, and the young
stock propagated last winter should now all be out in
the field and will there make a rapid growth at this sea-
son. By a Judicious cutting back of fast growing
branches, and nipping the less vigorous growth, we en-
deavor to work up a compactly formed and shapely
specimen. After the first week in July all pruning or
stopping on stock thus planted out should be discon-
tinued for the season, since if allowed up any later it
would mean a sacrifice of bloom. Strong, sturdy shoots,
now starting as an undergrowth from the main stems,
should not be removed, for these will develop into the
finest flowering branches a year hence. All weak and
straggling growth, however, must be cleanly cut away,
and the plants kept free of these at all times. By now
topping the plants for the last time we obtain fine ma-
terial for propagation. These top ends thus cut off and
properly trimmed, will in a cold frame root in a few
weeks. A good distance between the cuttings will after
they are rooted make an immediate potting up unneces-
sary.

Mignonette

Seeds for the principal crops of winter-flowering mig-
nonette are sown in July and on some jdaces as late as
the last week in August. Successive sowings from now
until then will result in a supply of flowering plants in
pots from early in the fall until the beginning of the
new 3'ear. They do not like to be disturbed by shifting
so sow a pinch of seeds at once in the pots in which the
plants are to be flowered and sold, which can be 5 or 6
inch pots, filling them but three-fourths up with soil
and adding the remainder after the seedlings are some-
what strong and have been thinned down to one or more
of the sturdiest. One-half manure, if it is old enough to
be handled, added to the soil, to which a fair proportion
of sand is added, is what we use in the gi-owing of pot
mig-nonette. Press it down firmly and let it become
rather dry at every watering. Place the seeds under
glass, but never shut out the air, nor the light or
sunshine after the plants have begun to make headway.
When mignonette shows bloom buds too soon for your
trade, pinch back and it will flower later. Keep in as
cool a house as you may have and attend to watering,
staking and syringing.

Lemon Verbenas

Young plants of lemon verbena should be planted
out in a rich piece of ground. Lemon verbenas are fast-
selling florists' stock and their culture is not at all bur-
densome or diflicult. Good cultivation and attention
will make them produce plenty of material to cut from,
so give them a cultivation every week, keeping the
ground clear of weeds and open.

Mr, FarreU'f

next notes will be on the following: Care of Cyclamen; Chrysanthemums: Poinsettias ; Palms; Solanums; Clean-
ing, Painting and Repairing.

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FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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by Mr. Penson. Such communications should Invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Thtips on Grapes

Replying to Mr. Coe's letter concerning thrips on
grapes would advi.se him to take up the cudgel against
them without delay. The recurrence of this pest a sec-
ond year seems to indicate that they are taken on to the
vines from some other sources or were allowed to remain
in a partly developed state through the winter months.
At times thrips are troublesome outside and this is
where they may have had their origin in this case.
Thrips do not like water, damping and syringing being
barriers against them. Once established, however, water
pressure seldom dislodges them. Fumigating with Xi
coticide apparently has not checked them and I am
doubtful if a dose sufficiently strong to kill tbem could
be applied without injuring the Musca't of Ale.xandria
growing in the same house. The only safe and sure
method is to sponge the rod, laterals and foliage with
insecticide as strong as they will stand it. The skin of
the berries is so tender that clear water only should be
used on them. This should bo rain or clear river water
that will not mark the berries in any way and be applied
with a hand syringe with all possible force. Have
someone to carefully hold up the shoulders which will
make the interior more accessible.

The Hard and Fast Rule

No other business has such elastic rules as those gov-
erning the gardening profession. This is generally ad-
mitted yet occasionally we find some men who seem
to think things must work mechanically. The very fact
of vastly different methods resulting in equally good
results convinces one there are more ways than one to
'■'produce the goods" (or perhaps it leaves us in a quan-
dary). As you roam the country you find no two places
are alike; something can be learned from each transfer
or visit. At times the newly acquired knowledge does
not "pan out." Why? Because conditions are different
and you probably are lacking in some details your in-
formers have grown so accustomed to that they over-
looked to mention them. Look at the vast stretch of
country covered by the one name — America — with its
many and varied climates, all of which are specially
ada))ted for the growing of some particular product.
When tb.ese, what we might call, natural specialties come
to be grown in another state they are not so prolific or
elegant. In a similar way the products of the green-

house will vary, some sections being better suited for
certain crops tlian others, yet we often find these obsta-
cles have been surmounted by giving a little here and
taking a little there which might have to be reversed by
a neighbor or friend elsewhere. Occasionally drastic
steps have to lie taken which to the casual ol)server would
seem outrageous, but after an explanation things are
viewed in a different liglit. I know there are instances
every season where we have to divert from the beaten
track, yet the writer always tries to take subjects col-
lectively rather than individually. Each man has to
study his own crops individually and even then the same
routine cannot always be carried out. Approximate
dates for doing this or that can be used but not set fast.
A cold spell such as that which has wrought such havoc
amongst the crops in different states during the past
spring may change it all and the crops in the greenhouse
would suffer too if due allow-ance is not made for the
changing climatic conditions. To use an old phrase
"There are a bundred and one things to be taken into
consideration," each day bringing some change or varv'-
ing condition. The fixtures are very few — a fact which
we all have ever to remember.

Tying Young Peach Trees

The tying or l raining nt' young peach trees is not
quite so important as that of a child or young gardener
but yet of such im|)ortance as to merit a little space
being utilized on il, for the old proverb stands good here
as elsewhere, "train Ibctn in the way that they should
go and in later years they will not depart from it."
Young trees making their first year's wood are forming
the main branches of the trees of years to come and if
these are not laid in right, the trees never can look good
in after years, and maybe the trellis will not fill up evenly
as it ought to do. It is an easy matter to say let them
go for a time; perhaps that time will be nearly fall with
the wood half-ripened. That will never pull in as it
ought to do; there will be an ugly bend near the base and
most likely the growth itself will take several extra ties
to make it anything like straight. "Do it now" wliile
they are young and supple, laying the growths out to
cover the whole trellis. Dispense with anything apper-
taining to a leader: I lie center should bo kept o]ien at all
times. I do not wish anyone to think this will grow-
any larger or better fruit than those treated in a rougher
way but it takes very little more trouble or energy to be
neat and tidv than it does to do things "anv old wav."

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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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The Outside Roses

Killarneys and Radiance planted outside for flowering
will have to receive the \-ery best of attention to carry
them safely through the i}lague of rose bugs, fly, and
fhrijas, to say nothing of mildew and the rest of the
bothersome pests that lie in waiting for the roses. A
spray of Pyrox seems to do well in doing away with all
the bugs, and as it sticks well one spraying will answer
for quite a while. A spray of ivory soap and water will
also help wonderfully, as the insects do not like the taste
of soap with their meals, and would much rather move
to where no soap covers the foliage. The plants should
also receive sufficient amount of water with a little feed
once in a while according to the growth they are making.
As a rule little or no tying will be required as the plants
will make short but stocky growth, and will stand up
without any support whatever.

Watering Potted Stock

Care should be taken when watering young potted
stock, so tliat all the plants will receive the same amount
of water. Also it is best to go over the benches carefully
three or four times a day to make sure that no plants are
too dry. Beauties will be very severely checked if they
ai-e allowed to stand dry for any length of time. Once
clieeked, it -will take a long time for the plants to start,
and be themselves once more. In fact they seldom will
turn out just right.

Spreading or Spacing the Plants

Be careful not to let the plants crowd one another, as
Ihey will not be as perfect as when they are given plenty
of room. As soon as they begin to run into one another,
spread them out so as to allow air and sun as well.
Beauties are very particular in this respect and will not
stand crowding at all.- It is better to tear out another
bench of roses, and give the young stock plenty of room.

than trying to crowd them all into one house with the
result that half the plants will be minus about half of
their foliage.

In spacing the plants it is best to plunge the pots
about one-half into the ashes, on the bench. This will
help keep them from drying out too rapidly, and also be
a great aid when syringing, as it will not knock the
plants all over the bench every time they are syringed.
The Sod Heaps

Now is the time tu begin turning over all the sod
lieaps so as to have all the soil practically ready for the
benches and not be obliged to stop every once in a while
To prepare the soil. On most places the planting will be
well under way, and liouses put into shape as fast as the
hel|i can do so.

The Required Number of Men

Manv of us will usually be short of men at the busiest
part of' the season. Many because they cannot get extra
men, and more because they will not get them. It does
not pay to let a lot of work go undone, for the returns
will suffer if the work is not done at the proper time. It
pays to have enough help and do all when it should be
done. A man who is a week ahead with his work is the
one who has many weeks ahead of another. A man a
month behind is always in debt and struggling.
The Manure for the Fall Mulching
Do not wail until it is wanted, before you begin to
think of getting in your supply of manure for the fall
and winter use. Manure piled up and turned over every
now and then will be in excellent shape by the time it is
needed, next fall, and the ))lants will show the difference
in the growth. The older the manure is the better for
tlie plants, as they can then take hold of it at once and
grow on much faster than if it is applied fresh from
the stable.

Hydrangea Sargcntiana

Tlio frontispiece to tliis number of IIouticultuei;
depicts a fine specimen of the new Hydrangea Sar-
gentiana, but the photogra|)h from which the illustration
was made does not do full justice to the subject. The
plant, grown by William Anderson, gardener to Mr.
Bayard Thayer, South Ijancaster, Mass., is a splendid
example of cultural skill, on which ^Ir. Anderson is to
be heartily congTatulated. At the ilassachusetts Horti-
cultural Society's show on Saturday last wliere tlie speci-
men was on exhibition, it attracted the attention of all
visitors. The plant is nearly three feet tall, very Intshy
and densely clothed with ovate, pointed, dark velvety
green leaves, lieart-sha|jed or rounded at the base, 9 to 12
inches or more long and (i io 8 indies wide, borne on
stalks 3 to 4 inclies long. Tlie stems and leaf-stalks are
clothed in a remarkable manuci' with pale gray bristles
and the leaves with their ricli, but subdued, lustre sug-
gest some tro|)ical .\roid. The flower heads, reared
well above the leaves, are flat, (5 to 9 inches across, with
a few nearly wliite sterile ray-flowers surrounding a mass
fif blue-pur]ile fertile flowers.

This new hydrangea is native of the mountains of
Central China where T was privileged to discover it in
the early summer of 1907. It is a rare and local species
and grows in the thickets and margins of woods between
4000"and 6000 feet altitude. The leaves are impatient
of direct sun-rays and the stem is less woody than that
of allied species. In this section of North America it
is be,*t treated as a cool greenhouse plant.

With its noble foliage, bristly stems and leafstalks,
tlis newcomer is rema'-kably distinct from all other
niemliei-s of its family. It lacks the huge heads of
monstrous flowers coiuun'iily associated with the name
'■Hydrangea." and presumably for this reason failed to
interest the judging committee. At least, no other fact
suggests itself to exjilain the award — "Honorable Men-
tion"— with which this cimiuiittee insulted the specimen
submitted to them.

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COVER ILLUSTRATION— Hydrangea Sargentiana.

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK—
Cosmos — Cypripediums — Ficus elastica — Hydrangeas
— Mignonette — Lemon Verbenas — John J. M. Fanell 885

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Thrips
on Grapes — The Hard and Fast Rule — Tying Young
Peach Trees — Georac H. Penson 886

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Outside Roses
— Watering Potted Stock — Spreading or Spacing the
Plants — The Sod Heaps — The Required Number of
Men — The Manure for Fall Mulching — 'Arthur C.
liuzicka 887

HYDRANGEA SARGENTIANA— B. H. Wilson 887

SEEN WITH FOUR EYES 889

CATTLEYA DOWIANA— Illustrated 889

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club-
American Sweet Pea Society — Society of American

Florists — Horticultural Society of New York 890

Minneapolis Florists' Clulj — Spring Flower Show —
Club and Society Notes 891

RHODODENDRON AND PEONY SHOW 891

ARE WE GIVING EACH OTHER THE SQUARE
Deal?— .S'. .s'. tikidclsky 892

SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AT SOUTH LANCAS-
TER, MASS— Illustrated 892

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SPRING SHOW
—W. H. A (isril 893

SEED TRADE 896

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Steamer Departures 898

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 899

Graduations 90fl

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 903

Cincinnati, Detroit, New York, St. Louis, Washing-
ton 905

DURING RECESS— Bowling 910

MISCELLANEOUS:

Personal 889

Retarding Peony Blooms 89G

Detroit Notes 899

Chicago Notes — St. Louis Notes 900

Philadelphia Notes 901

New York Personal Notes 905

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 910

Patents Granted — News Notes 910

It i.^ nnieh to be regretted that the Governor
Sulzer's nf New York has chosen to veto the bill
mistake which had pa.ssed through the legislature
carrying an appropriation for a projier
equipment for instruction in floriculture at Cornell. The
protest which has been expressed by the New York Flor-
ists' Club should also be voiced by every similar organ-
ization in the State of New York and by ever}- individ-
ual who would like to see l\orticulture accorded the posi-
tion of dignity and importance to which its character
and extent now entitles it among the great industries of
New York. Governor Sulzer must have been sadly lack-
ing in knowledge of the facts, otherwise we cannot con-
ceive of his putting the seal of official disapproval on a
proposition so meritorious, thus refusing to tlie plant
and flower growers of his State that recognition which
several other States have gonerouslv accorded.

HoKTK'ULTi'iiE lias from first to last been
Affiliation ., c-on.sistent and persistent advocate of the
principle of federation between organiza-
tions, local and national, working for the interests of
any department of horticulture. There are very many
of these bodies scattered over every section of the country
iiiiw — clubs, societies and associations — all with com-
mendable aims and the majority of them strong in num-
bers and .able financially. Lack of cohesion and facili-
ties for joint consideration of problems common to all or
united action on matters appertaining to the general
\\elfare has, however, and will still continue, until some
practical co-operative system has been adopted, to pre-
vent any commanding demonstration of the aggregate
sliengtli of the great horticultural industries of our
cnuntry. We agree with Mr. Farenwald that the only
practical means through which the needed concentra-
tion of purpose and action may be effected is by an alli-
ance under the broad mantle of the S. A. F., v^hose
natioital charter and wide scope affords room for any
and all departments to get together and help one another.
It can be done.

Tliat the sea.son of bu.sy activity for tlie
Be fidrist, seedsman and nurseryman, is rap-

thankful jiily waning is apparent to all and if there

are any at whose door prosperity has thus
far failed to knock the few weeks that yet renmin offer
little opportunity to recoup. For the city flower dealer
the end comes into sight tliis year with unusual sudden-
ness. The part which the automobile plays in thus
shortening the flower-buying season may not be easily
determined but that it is a factor will hardly t)e ques-
tioned. Looking back over the season as a whole we are
inclined to regard it as a fairly successful one, more so
tlian we, perhajis, liad reason to expect, considering the
many disturbances and upheavals, political, economic
and social, tliat have marked its progress and called a
temporary halt, at least, in many lines of commercial
enterprise. We believe that most florists have done as
well as usual in the season now closing, wliich is a proud
record as coinj)arcd with that of many otlier avocations
and, this being so, there is little reason for growling
now even if the bottom has fallen out of things rather
abruptly. Those who have averaged up well in the
aggregate should be thankful, for it might have been
much worse.

We Inok forward with mucli ])leasurable
The antici]tation to the approaching exhibi-

Sweet Pea tion of the American Sweet Pea Society
which, as stated in Secretary Bnnyard's
prospectus in this issue, will be held in Boston on Satur-
day and Sunday, July ,5th and 6th. It has been objected
by some that these dates will find the public pretty well
scattered out-of-town, many people taking advantage of
the July 4th coming on Friday to extend the holiday
over to Monday, and that the attendance will suffer
from that cause. This is probably true but, on the
other hand, it ought to work to the advantage of florist
trade people who are interested in the sweet pea, afford-
ing them an excellent opportunity to also take a couple
of days' vacation with Boston and the sweet pea show as
tlicir objective ix)inl. Nothing but a repetition of last
year's atrocious weather conditions can ju'cvent this
affair from being the most wonderful display of sweet
peas ever seen on this continent. It will practically
mark the finish in the old grandiflora type so far a.s the
exhibition board is concerned. The Spencers will un-
doubtedly carry everything and witli favoring weather
for tlu^ next four weeks they will make a show wortli
traveling many miles to see.

June 14, 1913

HOKTICULTURE

.SiS'J

SEEN WITH FOUR EYES

CATTLEYA DOWIANA.

An Acquisition in Geraniums.

We advise all our readers who sell
or use bedding geraniums to get in ■
early on the new Paul Grumpel, a
single scarlet so vivid in color and so
large of flower and truss as to put all
the older varieties in the background.

A Rose of Merit.

Referring to our recent plea for a
square deal for the new rose intro-
ductions. C. H. Totty asked us to in-
spect his houses of the novelty, Mrs.
Shawyer, and point out a mildewed
leaf if such could be found. Not a
trace of either old or new mildew was
seen, although every part of the
houses was searched. Mr. Totty as-
serts that this has been the condition
all winter through and he certainly
has demonstrated the validity of his
claim that Shawyer. under intelligent
culture, is not a mildewed rose. As
to its productiveness any one who has
ever seen it growing will be fully pre-
pared to vouch for it.

At South Orange, N. J.

A Rambler rose which has been in
existence for several years and merits
wide distribution, but is scarcely
known outside W. A. Manda's nurser-
ies at South Orange, N. J., is Pink
Pearl, a cross between Wichuraiana
and Meteor. The flower is a lovel3'
shell pink, exceedingly double and
beautifully modelled. The foliage is
very large and glossy.

Mr. Manda is dividing and potting
for the last time the stock of his big
novelty Polypodium Mandaianum,
w-hich is to be sent out in the fall of
1913. Houses and frames are filled up
with it as it is a very rapid propa-
gater and lively grower. A new tree
fern from Australia seen here is Al-
sophila robusta. It seems to be all
that the name implies.

A Carnation Grower.

We had the pleasure of looking over
two houses of carnations recently
which, in our humble opinion, were
about the finest we have ever seen at
this time of the year. They are the
Backer range at Billerica, Mass., and
are in charge of Gustave Thommen.
Never have we seen plants more
healthy and robust and many of the
flowers stand on three foot stems. Al-
though no syringing is done and the
last fumigation was given in January
there is no trace of either thrips.
spider or aphis. "Kill the father and
mother and children are impossible,"
is Mr. Thommen's remedy for these
pests. Early and thorough work in
the fall saves all future trouble and
the condition of these houses with
their 20,000 plants is indisputable
proof of the correctness of this
method.

Orchid Hints.

Joseph A. Manda's two new houses
are, as well as the old ones, filled to
their capacity with orchids, cattleyas
mainly. Gigas is now flowering grand-
ly and Gaskelliana is already expos-
ing its sheaths. Mr. Manda says that,
contrary to the experience of most
growers of cattleyas for commercial
cut flower purposes, he finds Schroe-
derae a profitable investment. This,

One of the must gorgeous of the
cattleyas in size of flower and rich-
ness of coloring. The big frilled lip
is purple and violet rose, beautifully
streaked with gold and the sepals and

petals are bright nankeen. It is a
strong grower and requires more heat
than the cattleyas usually grown com-
mercially. The flowers generally
bring the top price in the market.

he explains, is due to careful planning
to flower it out of the natural bloom-
ing season, thus avoiding the time of
oversupply. Dowiana is a prime fa-
vorite here and Mr. Manda has prob-
ably a larger stock of plants of this
species than can be seen elsewhere in
this country. Imported labiatas are
running small now and it is evident
that the district has been practically
denuded of the large plants which
were collected and so freely distrib-
uted a few years ago.

A Great Nursery.

The extensive nursery establishment
of R. & J. Farquhar & Co., at Ded-
ham. Mass., is rapidly assuming an
appearance of completeness and when
additional greenhouses and driveways
now contemplated are finished they
will have an up-to-date outfit unriv-
alled in many respects by any in this
country. Among the buildings to be
erected at once is a herbaceous plant
propagating house, 40 x 200.

In the large houses of the main
range may be seen a new and very
serviceable style of concrete bench.
The width of the houses accommo-
dates eight benches, each 4% feet
wide. The sides, instead of being of
even thickness, as customary, are ta-
pered up to the top to fit the bevel of
a flower pot, thus saving considerable
bench room.

The big packing shed, 60 x 300, with
cement walls and floor and glass roof,
is a busy place and a model of con-
venience. Another cement apartment,
partially underground, 50 x 125 feet,
has recently been constructed for use
as a winter store-house. It is the aim
at this establishment to be able to
supply all the hardy herbaceous plant
stock in pot-grown form for shipment
in summer — in fact, all the year round.
Roses are supplied in this way in-
stead of being dormant.

PERSONAL,

George Xewshani of .\ew Orleans,
La., left for England last week on the
S. S. Baltic.

Mrs. H. H. Berger and Miss Berger
of New York sailed on the S. S. Lap-
land May 31st for Europe.

P. Ouwerkerk of Weehawken
Heights, N. J., sailed for Europe June
10th on the S. S. New Amsterdam.

J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, and Mrs.
Vaughan, sailed from Montreal for
Europe June 5th, on the S. S. Vic-
torian.

Mr. and .Mrs. John Olinger of Auro-
ra. 111., are visiting their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. P. J.
Olinger at the latter's home in Belle-
vue. Ohio.

Sydney B. Wertheimer and wife
(nee Miss Edna Leimdorfer), who
were married on June 3rd, sailed for
Europe on the steamship France, June
5th, and will return early in the au-
tumn.

Cincinnati visitors: Chas. Dudley
and daughter. Parkersburg. W. Va. ;
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Beckmann. Middle-
town, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Nerval
Kizer, Marietta Ohio; A. W. Brandt,
Indianapolis, Fred Rupp, Lawrence-
ubrg, Ind.; Henry Lodder. Hamilton,
Ohio, and H. A. Staley. Vancebury. Ky.

George Janes, formerly employed
with George H. Penson in the fruit
department at Duke's Park, Somer-
ville, N. J., and now in charge of the
park and greenhouses on Mr. Wheat's
estate at Gaftney, S. C sailed on
the steamship Mauretania on June 11,
and will return with his bride on the
steamship Oceanic, leaving Southamp-
ton. July 9. The happy young lady is
Miss Besie Griggin. of Princes Ris-
boro, Bucks, England.

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June 14, 1913

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB.

There was an attendance of about
eighty interested and enthusiastic
members at tlie meeting of tiie New
York Florists' Club last Monday even-
ing. W. F. Kasting of Buffalo, A.
Farenwald of Roslyn. Pa., and W. R.
Pierson of Cromwell. Conn., were
visitors, the last named bringing with
him a fine vase of Milady rose. A
very dwarf form of Scotti fern was
shown by John Scott, Brooklyn.

A number of committee reports
were presented and favorably acted
upon. H. A. Bunyard on behalf of the
transportation committee recommend-
ed that the club members travel to
the Minneapolis convention via the D.
L. & W. R. R.. the rate being $27.80
where party consists of ten or more.
The committee was given full power.
A resolution expressing disappoint-
ment and regret at the action of Gov.
Sulzer in vetoing the state appropria-
tion for equipment tor teaching flori-
culture at Cornell was presented by
Patrick O'Mara as chairman of the
legislative committee. The resolution
was adopted by a unanimous vote. The
proposed flower show for next spring
at the Grand Central Palace was dis-
cussed by several members and the
list of guarantors up to date was in-
creased by the addition of a number
of additional contributors. The date
selected for the show is March 21 to
28, 1914. A committee was appointed
to meet a committee of the Horticul-
tural Society of New York for joint
action on preliminary preparations.

Adolph Farenwald addressed the
meeting on his favorite subject of
"Affiliation." He instanced the good
results attained in Europe through the
co-operative spirit existing among al-
lied organizations and asserted that
we in this country are suffering from
a lack of the general advantage thus
gained. He advocated the admission
of florists' club members to member-
ship in the S. A. F. on payment of
$1.50 by each in addition to their club
dues. The united force of twelve or
fifteen thousand members thus ob-
tained, together with the funds so se-
cured, he argued, would place the S.
A. F. in a position to push to a suc-
cessful conclusion many needed re-
forms which in the present scattered
condition of the flower industry are
impossible of accomplishment. He
urged that the New York Florists'
Club come out first with a practical
proposition on these lines and set an
example for other bodies to follow.

W. F. Kasting thought that the
amount sug.gested by Mr. Farenwald
as dues was insufficient and recom-
mended that it be not less than $2
The S. A. F., of which he is treasurer.
should and undoubtedly would be will-
ing to grant some reductions to club
membership applyin.g for admission
as a body. The clubs should be work-
ing branches of the mother society
and he favored agitation of this mat-
ter until a generally satisfactory plan
has been worked out. Mr. Kastin.g
spoke with fervor of the need of some
adequate building for the use of the
horticultural industries of the Empire
State and urged that all the state or-

ganizations get together for concerted
action to demonstrate to Gov. Sulzer
that his veto of the recent bill was a
mistake and convince him that when
the proposition comes up again next
year it should have his approval.

At times during the evening a rep-
resentative of the Edison Company
entertained the meeting with some re-
markably fine phonographic music.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

At a meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee Saturday, May 31st, the date
for the annual summer exhibition and
convention decided upon was July 5th
and 6th. The Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society have graciously accord-
ed us the privilege of using their hall
and will also hold their annual exhi-
bition jointly with ours. They have
arranged a specially attractive sched-
ule amounting to nearly $500 and the
outlook for a fine exhibition is as-
sured. Our society is now completing
its schedule. The cash prizes ar-
ranged for will amount to $500 apart
from the special prizes in cash, cups,
medals, etc., given by individuals.

As no admission is charged at any
of our exhibitions and as our only
source of income is from the member-
ship dues, we have to rely upon the
generosity of the trade and a few
members to subscribe to and guaran-
tee the prize list. The society is do-
ing good work. The Cornell Bulle-
tins issued yearly under our auspices
contain valuable information and are
free to members of the American
Sweet Pea Society.

The Sweet Pea is growing in popu-
larity and is now a source of revenue
to the florist, pract'r 'lly all the year
round. With incre.. ed membership,
we hope to do more and better work.
The annual dues are $2 per year; life
membership $25. We also specially
appeal to the trade for subscriptions
toward the exhibition fund, as you all
benefit indirectly by these exhibitions,
whether in the interest of the Sweet
Pea or other specialized flowers.

We trust sincerely, that we may
hear from you at an early date.

For further information write to
the secretary, H^vrry A. Bunt.\bd,

342 West 14th St.. New York City.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
Department of Plant Registration.

.\s no objections have lieen filed,
public notice is hereby given that the
registration of the Aster "Sawyer
Astermum," by Albert A. Sawyer,
Forest Park 111., becomes complete.

Public notice is hereby given that
as no objections have been filed to the
rirgistration of the Geranium "Mary-
land." by R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.,
of White Marsh, Md.. same becomes
complete. John YotiNo.

June 9. 1913. Secretary.

To the S. A. F. Convention program
as already published the following
should be added; A meeting of the
Florists' Telegraph Delivery will be
held on Wednesday. August 20, at 2
o'clock. This organization has in-
creased its membership by twenty-
five firms within the past few weeks.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
NEW YORK.

A very successful exhibition of
plants and flowers was given by the
society, in cooperation with the New
York Botanical Garden, in the Museum
building of that institution, in Bronx
Park, on June 7 and 8. There was a
large attendance, especially on Sunday
afternoon. The schedule was planned
mainly for peonies and roses, result-
ing in a fine display of these flowers.
The competition in the roses was keen,
there being nearly 300 vases exhibited.
Large displays of hardy shrubs and
trees, irises, rhododendrons and aza-
leas, herbaceous plants, and orchids
fllled the two large halls on the ground
floor of the Museum.

The following are the awards made
at this exhibition:

Peonies.

Three varieties, 6 flowers of e,ieh : 1st,
Cottage G.Ttdens Co. ; 2nd, T. A. Have-
meyer, A. Lahodny, gard.

Three pink varieties. 6 flowers of each:
1st, Cottage Gardens Co. ; 2nd. T. A. Have-
meyer.

Three rose varieties. 6 flowers of each :
1st. Cottage Gardens Co.; 2nd. T. A. Have-
meyer.

Three crimson varieties, 6 flowers of
oach : 1st, T. A. Havemeyer; 2n(l, Cottage
Hardens Co.

Collection of singles, 3 flowers of each:
1st, T. A. Havemever; 2nd, F. R. Pierson
Co.

Collection, not less than 6 flowers of
each : 1st, T. A. Havemeyer ; 2na. F. R.
Pierson Co.

Miscellaneous.

Collection of hardy roses: 1st, Mrs.
Benj. Stern. W. D. Robertson, gard.; 2nd,
Gen. E. A. MoAlpin, J. Woodcoclj, gard.

Collection of liardy flowering shrubs
and trees: 1st. T. A. Havemeyer; 2nd,
II. Darlington, P. W. Popp, gard.

Collection of hardy rhododendrons and
azaleas: 1st. T. A. Havemeyer; 2nd, P. K
Pierson Co.

Collection of hardy herbaceous plants:
1st. Miss B. Potter, Geo. Wittlinger, gard.

Collection of irise.s: 1st. H. Darlington;
2ud. .John Lewis Childs.

Six orchid plants. 6 varieties: 1st,
Clement Moore. .T. P. Mossman. gard.;
2nd. Lager it Hurrell.

Three orchid plants. 3 varieties: Ist,
Lager & Hurrell: 2nd, Clement Moore.

Specimen orchid plant: 1st, Lager &
Hurrell : 2nd. Clement Moore.

Special prizes: Bobbink & Atkins, for
a collection of hardy lierbaceous plants,
bronze medal: Clement Moore, for a so-
called pink variety of Vanda coerulea,
certificate, for a seedling of Cattleya
spcciosissima x Dowiana. silver medal, and
for a collection of Laelio-cattleyas and
Cattleya hybrids, silver medal ; Mrs. F. A.
Constable, Jas. Stuart, gard.. for three
woll-grown Fuchsias; W. A. Manda, for
1 lendrobium Sanderae, silver medal.

The ;udges were James Stuart. I. S.
HendricUson and Wm. Tricker.

The schedule for the fall exhibition
of the society, to be held at the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History. Oct.
31 to Nov. 4, is now ready for distri-
bution, and copies may be had by ap-
plication to the secretary. George V.
Nash. New York Botanical Garden.
Bronx Park. N. Y. City.

Since the publication of the schedule
the following special prizes have been
offered:

By M. C. Elicl. for a gronp of at least
eighteen vegctaldcs, to l)e jiidtxcd l>y the
s( ale of points of the Lenox IlorticuUnral
Si:i-icly, a piei-e of silver, value $50.00.

liy Arthur T. Boddington. for a group
of eighteen vegetal)lps, to be judged by
il'c same scale of points, $25.00, cash or
silver.

l!v \V. K. Marshall & Co.. for a group

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891

of vegetables, a piece of silver, value
$25.00.

A second prize will be offered by the
Horticultural Society of New Toik in each
of the above.

The first special fund of the society
has been established by Mrs. William
Barr, of West Orange, N. J., in mem-
ory of her husband. She has given
$500 to be known as the Wm. Barr
Fund, the interest of which is to be
used in defraying flower prizes.

George V. Nash, Sec.

MINNEAPOLIS FLORISTS' CLUB.

At the June meeting held at Rice
Bros.' store the following commit-
tees made reports:

Theo Wlrth, chairman of the Con-
vention Association, reported every-
thing proceeding very favorably. Out-
door garden space was being taken
up rapidly and the trade who were not
taking advantage of this opportunity
were missing a good advertising me-
dium. The program was now com-
pleted and had been forwarded to
Sec. Young. Souvenir album was
making exceedingly good headway
and would be a little out of the old
■plan of a large unhandy album but of
a convenient carrying size. Special
concert had been arranged at Lake
Harriet for Friday evening with spe-
cial privileges for the visitors. The
Executive Committee was holding
regular meetings and he wished to
thank the members for their prompt
and active assistance.

John Rovik, Baseball Committee
chairman, made report of team se-
lected for the convention and the
club authorized him to secure suits.
get busy and practice, showing the All
Star team of the 3. A. F. and O. H.
that they were going up against the
real thing. Mother's Day adv. com-
mittee, Carl Lindskoog, chairman, re-
ported the cost of the adv. $130, con-
tributed by the trade, both wholesale
and retail. A big success, the large
amount of editorial space the papers
gave in connection with the advertis-
ment making it very conspicuous
and discussion showed that the de-
mand far exceeded the supply from
these efforts.

Henry Will presented the club a
box of cigars in honor of a boy born
on June 1st. A unanimous vote of
thanks was extended Mr. Will for his
treat and the junior Will was made
an honorary member of the baseball
and bowling teams.

The July meeting is dropped and
special meetings will be subject to
call of the chair.

Cal F. Rice, Sec'y.

SPRING FLOWER SHOW.

By the request of the joint com-
mittees of the Horticultural Society
of New York and the New York Flor-
ists' Club, the announcement is made
that a Spring Flower Show, inter-
national in character, will be given
by the organizations mentioned, in the
New Grand Central Palace, New York,
March 21-28, 1914. A meeting of the
committees will be held within a few
days, at which organization will be
effected and a preliminary schedule
drafted, copies of which will be dis-
tributed within a week or two. A

guarantee fund has been started local-
ly and already amounts to several
thousand dollars and a number of
special prizes have been offered. A
horticultural trade exhibition will be
held in connection with the show.
The undersigned has been appointed
manager of the trade exhibition, and
will be pleased to make reservations
of space and furnish any information
required. He has also been entrusted
with the preparation and publication
of the official program of the show,
and will be pleased to quote advertis-
ing rates and book contracts for ad-
vertisements at any time.

Meeting the wishes of the exhibi-
tors at the recent show, the display
will be confined to two floors, and all
music entertainment and business will
at the next show be relegated to the
second floor. John Young,

Manager.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The 12th annual convention of the
Ohio Association of Cemetery Super-
intendents will be held on June 25 and
26 at East Liverpool and Steubenville,
Ohio, with headquarters at East Liver-
pool.

To the members of the American
Gladiolus Society:
I take this opportunity, so that
there will be ample time to select my
successor, to announce that I shall
not be a candidate this year for sec-
retary of the A. G. S. Thanking you
for the many courtesies extended me
in the past.

Sincerely yours,

L. Merton Gage.
South Natick, Mass., June 7th, 1913.

At the meeting of the Cincinnati
Florists' Society last Monday the fol-
lowing candidates for office for the en-
suing year w'ere nominated:

For president, A. C. Heckman, Jr.,
James Allen; vice-president, Ed. Schu-
mann, J. Chas. Murphy; secretary,
Alex Ostendarp. O. H. Hoffmeister;
treasurer, Albert Sunderbruch. Chas.
H. Hoffmeister; ; trustee, Gus Adrian,
Henry Schwarz.

An outing committee consisting of
Chas. H. Hoffmeister, A. C. Heckman,
Jr. and R, C. Witterstaetter was ap-
pointed.

At the meeting of the Chicago Flor-
ists' Club. June 5th, it was decided that
this year's picnic be a short boat trip
to Michigan City on Sunday before the
departure of the Convention. All ar-
rangements were left in the hands of
the Good of the Club and Sports Com-
mittee. The time of the departure of
the special train to the convention city,
and whether breakfast be served on
the train, was left in the hands of the
transportation committee. The spe-
cial relief committee gave a complete
report on the good work they have
done in securing stock and distribut-
ing same amongst flood victims who
have appealed for aid. The names of
the donors and the receivers were
read.

This being Peony Night the Good of
the Club Committee secured some fine
specimens of a snow-white peony.
Many comments were passed as to
their beauty. It was quite a treat to
have Mme. Peony with us.

Ed. C. Toepel, Sec.

RHODODENDRON AND PEONY
SHOW.

Visitors to Horticultural Hall, Bos-
ton, last Saturday and Sunday were
treated to a display of floral magnifi-
cence rarely equalled for brilliance.
Peonies, rhododendrons, Irises, herba-
ceous flowers in great variety, orchids
and carnations all contributed to this
outburst of color which was enjoyed by
a large number of visitors, the show
being free to all.

The largest contributor was R. & J.
Farquhar & Co., who put up a tre-
mendous display of German irises,
there being 133 large vases of these in
which the stately Pallida Dalmatica
occupied a large place. In rhododen-
drons Walter Hunnewell, gard. T. D.
Hatfield, was the largest exhibitor,
filling three tables with over 500
trusses. Mrs. J. L. Gardner, gard.
Wm. Thatcher, was represented by a
large collection of peonies. Thos. Mee-
han & Sons presented a splendid lot
of trees and shrubs. There were some
fine orchid groups from E. B. Dane,
gard. D. Mackenzie, J. T. Butterworth
and F. J. Dolansky. A. A. Pembroke
and Patten & Co., were in with some
fine carnations and Wm. Sim with new
Spencer sweet peas. In novelties Bay-
ard Thayer, gard. Wm. Anderson, led
in interest with a fine plant of Hydran-
gea Sargentiana which is described
fully in another part of this paper.
The list of awards which we here ap-
pend tells the rest of the story as to
the exhibitors and what they staged.

List of Awards.

Orchids, arranged fm- effect — 1st, E. B.
Dane; 2nd, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Rhododen-
drons— Largest and best collection : 1st,
Francis Skinner. Hardy azaleas — 1st. Fran-
cis Skinner. German irises — 1st. William
Whitman; 2nd, E. F. Dwyer & Sons: 3rd,
T. C. Thurlow's Sons Company. Hardy
herbaceous flowers — 1st, Max Haendler
lOld Town Nurseries I- 2nd. Blue Hill Nur-
series: 3rd. Frederic J. Rea.

(Iratuities — F. .7. Dolansky. Cattleya
Sigas and Cattleya Mendelii; .7. T. Butter-
worth, specimen plant Jliltoiiia vexillaria;
Miss Cornelia Warren, display of Oncidium
flexuosum: Mrs. .1. L. Gardner: specimen
plant, Anthurium Brownii: William Whit-
man, collection of German iris; T. C. Thur-
low's Sons Company, collection of peonies
and iris; George W. Page, collection of Ger-
man iris: Mrs. J L. Gardner, display of
peonies: Mrs. Frederick Ayer. Viburnum
opulus: Patten & Company, artistically ar-
■-anged vase of carnation Princess Dagmar;
Mrs. Frederick Aver, carnations: William
Sim, sweet peas; Mrs R. Goodnough, Hem-
eroca'lis: Mrs. Frederick Ayer, pair of
Phoenix Eoebelenii; Miss Cornelia Warren,
display of hydrangea in pots: Mrs. E. M.
Gill, display of cut flowers.

Silver medals~F. .T. Dolansky. Cattleya
Mossiac Wagneri ; A. A. Pembroke, eight
vases of carnations: R. & J. Farquhar &
Co.. display of German iri^:.

First class certificate of merit — R. & J.
Farijnhar & Co., Sniraea Henryi,

Honorable mention — Thomas Meehan &
Sons, collection of ornamental foliaged
shrubs in tubs: A. H. Fewkes, hybrid hem-
erocaliis: Charles W. Parker, collection of
iris and other flowers; Charles W. Parker,
Wistaria multijuga; Mt. Desert nurseries,
collection of herbaceous flowers; Walter
Hunnewell. display of hybrid rhododen-
drons; Bayard Thayer, Hydrangea Sargen-
tiana: K. & J. Farquhar & Co., display of
iloulde pyrethrums.

HORTICULTURE PUB. CO.

Gentlemen — Kindly take my ad. for
roses out of the paper. Stock is nearly
all sold.

Yours very truly,

J, HENRY BARTRAM,

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HORTICULTUEE

June 14, 1913

ARE WE GIVING EACH OTHER
THE SQUARE DEAL?

(Extracts from a paper by S. S. Skldelsky,

read before the Florists' Club, of

Pbiladelphia, June 3, 1913.)

After instancing the creditable rec-
ords of the various national and spe-
cial societies, the National Flower
Show and other evidences of steady
progress, Mr. Skidelsky said in part:

"It may prove something of a jolt to
many of us, when we discover that,
much as we have progressed in our
business, much as we have modernized
our business methods with regard to
the flower-buying public, much as we
have improved things about our stores
and our greenhouses, we have made
but little, if any, progress, in so far as
we ourselves with relation to each
other are concerned. It is a fact be-
yond question, that often men, possess-
ing unbounded energy, perseverance
and business acumen — all the qualifica-
tions necessary to insure one's own
success — are at the ame time exceed-
ingly selfish and narrow minded.

"Let us take a casual glance at the
business relations existing today be-
tween the average grower and the
average storekeeper retailing his prod-
uct. Are they working hand in hand
for their mutual benefit? Do we find
them in true brotherly accord, each
considering the interest of the other
and both striving to advance the gen-
eral good of all? Hardly.

"In the majority of cases the grower
Is still looked upon by the retailer as
a source to be exploited, as a means
to a selfish end. And when the grower
finally rebels and his agent, the com-
mission man, is forced to enter into a
business transaction with the street
merchant, or fakir, in order to unload
his surplus — Oh, what a wail is raised!

"It seems to be the unqualified opin-
ion of some retail men, that it is the
duty of the grower to protect the in-
terests of what they call 'the legiti-
mate trade,' regardless of all other
consideration. But then is it not up
to the retailer to devise means and
ways of moving stock when stock is
plentiful? We hear so much of pub-
licity these days. What does public-
ity mean, anyway? Is it an academic
question to be discussed and debated
upon in our club rooms or does it
mean advertising, pure and simple, in
the manner in which any other busi-
ness man advertises merchandise?
What holds true of bonnets and other
merchandise, holds equally true of cut
flowers and plants. There is nothing
gained by disregarding the law of sup-
ply and demand; nor is it possible to
create and maintain inflated values on
merchandise, the supply of which ex-
ceeds the demand, or at a time when
business conditions in general fully
warrant reductions in prices. The suc-
cessful business man, we all know, Is
he who creates the demand and keeps
things moving in and out of season
and not he who simply waits for bet-
ter times without bestirring himself to
hasten them.

"There is, however, another side to
the story. The grower in his turn is
not at all slow to retaliate when his
opportunity presents itself.

"The holiday seasons invariably offer
opportunities to hit back, to hit hard.
Need I mention about pickled stock or
flowers kept too long on the plants In
order to bring them in just in 'nick
of time' and thus make them yield

DISPLAY OF SPRING FLOWERING BULBS

At the Bayard Thayer Estate,

We gave a somewhat extended de-
scription last year of the great spring
bulb display at this noted Massachu-
setts estate. The accompanying views
show the May-flowering tulips and daf-

Gard. Wui. Anderson, South Lancaster, Mass.

tures of the garden while they are
blooming, but are not distinguishable
in a photograph. Mr. Anderson makes
it a point to secure and try out all
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fodils at their best. While large
blocks of one variety are used in the
mass beds, a great variety of rare
novelties and species are planted.
These are the most interesting fea-

either here or abroad and the gardens
fo ably managed by him are a source
of much interest and instruction for
those who have opportunity to visit
them.

better returns? How often do we hear
about ordinary Beacon carnations
bringing as high as $15.00 per 100 at
Christmas time? What sort of a mar-
gin can the retailer make on such
stock, especially when a lot happens
to go to the bad and when his cus-
tomer absolutely refuses to pay at the

time of settlement? Nor need I add
that under such circumstances the re-
tail man in general and the small fel-
lows in particular, have not the ghost
of a chance to make their salt.

"Thus we see that an atmosphere of
antagonism exists between two pro-
gressive bodies of men, to the detrl-

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTURE

893

ment of the interests of both. Instead
of working side by side with the sole
aim and object of giving each other
the square deal at all times and under
all circumstances, we find that the
contrary is the case. I am reminded
of an argument between two boys.
Said one to the other, 'If it were not
for the cow, we would have no milk.'
'If it were not for the milk, we would
have no use for the cow,' replied the
other youngster.

"The retailer who educates the pub-
lic and creates the demand for all that
is best in flowers and plants, helps the
grower as well as himself. On the
other hand, the grower who is enter-
prising enough to invest his capital
and to assume tremendous responsi-
bilities in order to meet that demand,
helps the retailer. It seems to me that
the time is ripe when retailer and
grower should get together and organ-
ize a true protective association that
would concern itself with things per-
taining to the general good of the
trade; one that would aim to promote
the interests of both. There is no
need for a retail men's protective as-
sociation and a growers' protective
association, as separate and distinct
organizations. Various irregularities
and abuses practiced today as a mat-
ter of course, could be then easily cor-
rected and overcome.

"What we need is a well defined
business policy, one that would insure
the square deal to each and every man
in the trade, be he grower or retailer.
Let us ever remember the trite, but
gospel true injunctions — 'A house di-
vided against itself cannot endure,'
and that 'in union there is strength.' "

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY'S SPRING SHOW.

For many years the Temple Show
has been one of the chief events of
the London season. Although these
historic gardens in the heart of the
Metropolis were always found conven-
iently accessible, their limited area
left much to be desired from an ex-
hibitor's point of view. This year all
the fascinating attractions of the Tem-
ple Show were transferred by the
Royal Horticultural Society to the
more spacious grounds of the Royal
Hospital, at Chelsea, where last year
the International Horticultural Exhi-
bition was held. The three days' show
which opened on May 20th, was far in
advance of any previous exhibition
which has been held by the Society.
The bigger space available allowed of
a more liberal apportionment of space
to exhibitors. This year there were
244 exhibitors, as compared with 126
at the last Temple Show. A large
marquee was erected, 300 feet long
and 275 feet wide, covering an area of
over two acres. Under this wide ex-
panse of canvas an array of choice
floral groups furnished a picture of
indescribable beauty.

The Orchids.

Orchids, of course, made a striking
display, a costly collection being con-
tributed by the leading growers. Sir
George Holford, K. C. V. O., exhibited
some exquisite specimens from his fa-
mous Westonbirt conservatories. A
first-class certificate was awarded
Laelio-cattleya Britannia (Westonbirt
variety). The sepals and petals are
rosy-lilac, the labellum rich claret red.

NEW ROSES

The best new Roses of the
year without question are

MILADY MRS. GEORGE SHAWYER

MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

We have an excellent lot of plants
ready to ship. Let us quote you
on the number of plants you require

Plant the best new Roses and keep ahead

IM

C R O IVI \A/ E L- L.,

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rOIMIM.

IMG ROSE

GRAFTED AND OWN ROOT

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White Killarney Pink Killarney Mrs. A. Ward

Hillingdon Killarney Queen Richmond
American Beauty Kaiserin Augusta Victoria

W.H.ELLIOTT, -

Brighton, Mass.

Tire/fe percent /Vicofine

INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, VERMICIDES, ETC.

Our Company is now In position to cater to the demands of floriculturists, horti-
culturists and agriculturists alike with our various products. Our list Inclndea
APHINE, an insecticide Intended for general greenhouse and garden work against all
sap sucking Insects,— SCAilNE adapted principally to nurseries, orchards and the
field, for all scale and sap sucking insects— FUNGINE, a fungicide which has already
taken the place of Bordeaux mixture and lime and sulphur among many leading grow-
ers— VERMINE, a soil sterilizer and vermicide for all soil worms and insects, — to which
we now add NIKOTIANA and which will prove as efllclent as the other nicotine prepa-
rations already established.

For further particulars see our regular advertisement, page SO.".

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager

MADISON, N. J.

Awards of merit were allotted to Lae-
lio-cattleya Ganeymede (Holford's va-
riety) and Odontoglossum illustrissi-
mum (Westonbirt) variety). Some re-
markable blooms of unique form and
tint were seen in the orcliid collec-
tion of Sander & Sons, St. Albans.
Prominent were Brasso-cattleya Vilmo-

riniana (var. Etna), and Odontoma
Laelia Sander, which received awards
of merit. Orchids in a wide variation
of tints and forms were also staged by
Charlesworth & Co., Cypher & Sons,
J. & A. McBean, and others.

W. H. Adsett.

{To be continued)

894

HORTICULTURE

June 14, 1913

BRECK-ROBINSON NURSERIES

IXIIMCSTOIM, IN/I^VSi

BOSTON, IVIA.Si

.A Large and Complete A.ssortinent of
EVERCREEN ai\d DECIDUOUS TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES. VINES, HERBA-
CEOUS PERENNIALS and BEDDING PLANTS

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Twelve Selected Varieties, 2V2-in. pots. All colors,
$5.00 per 100, $40.00 per 1000.

TDouble Red, White, Rose, Pink, Maroon, Yellow and
Single Mixed. $4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000.

Ours is the nearest COMPLETE NURSERY ESTABUSHMENT to BOSTON, and delivery can be made promptly to all parts of the Metro-
politan District.

HOLLYHOCKS

National Nurseryman

Official organ of the American As-
sociation of Nurserymen. Circula-
tion among the trade only. Pub-
lished Monthly. SubBcriptlon price
$1.00 per year. Foreign snbBCrip-
tions $1.60 per year. In advance.
Sample copy free upon application
from those In the trade enclosing
their business card.

National Nurseryman Pub. Co., M

218 Livinsston BuildinK

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

GEO. I. PURSON. Pies 8, Treas. WM I. ZARTMANN. V Prss. i Secy

FAIRFIELD LANDSCAPE & NURSERIES CO.

ENGINEERS AND CONTRACrORS

Parks, Cemeteries, Golf Courses

Planting, Landscape Construction, Road Build-
ing, etc.

41»t Street and Park Ave., NEW YORK

Nursery Stock

FToit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,

Small Fruits, C'leniatis, Evergreens

and Rones.

Write for Trade List.

W. I T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y.

HOLLAND NURSERIES

Best Hardy Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, Conifers, Clematis,
H. P. Roses, Shrubs, and Her-
baceous Plants.

P. OUWERKERK.

21B lane St. Weehawken HelgbU
P. 0. No. ), HMw. N. 1.

The New|Sargent Rose

Stoek Limited, (1.50 each.

Also Lady Duncan, Dawinn, Daybreak.

Farquhar, Wm. Egan and Minnie Dawson

Write for prices.

EASTERN NURSERIES, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

IIRNRV R. r>.\\V80N. MnRSKcr.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA

8 In., 5V4 in. and 6 in. pots. 3, 4, 8, 6
tiers, from 12 to .30 Incnes high, 40c.,
50c.. 60c., 75c., ?1.00, $1.25 each and

up t" $l..''.0.

Gofif rey Aschmann

Wholesale Grower and Importer

1012 W. Ottaita St. PHILADEmiM. PL

When writing to advertiten hinJfy
mention HORTICULTURE.

. & A.

Our World's Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse

Products for Florists

PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS

PI ANTS. EVERGREENS, ROSES, RHODODENDRONS,

VINES AND CUMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS

AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES

Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes from
New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Elrie Railroad.

BOBBIIMK &

Nurserymen and Florists

Kir^3

Rutherford, N. J.

GRAFTED ROSES FOR JUNE PLANTING

KiUarney, Waban White Killarney and Lady Hillingdon

Strong Plants from 3 inch and 3 1-2 inch pots,
$12.00 per 100; $100.00;per 1000

These Roses are grafted on Dickson's Manetti Stock; were shifted from

21/^-inch pots the beginning of May, and will be just right for June planting.

A Bargain in Well Grown Ros4 s

ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon hill, Del. Co., Pa.

EVERGREENS FOR II^MEDIATE [FFECT JAPANESE MAPLES IN POTS

Potted Strawberries our OWN GRLWING Roses frcm 6-INCH pots

Send us a list of your uonts

P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, ^^*?fEw york^I^.""'

HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK

WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROtlNDS
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc.

Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

TRAMWGHAM
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GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NURSERY STOCK

LARGE ASSORTMENT

WRITE FDR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE

SMITH'S
PRODUCTS

Try our new GERANIUM SCARLET BEDDER for your
Garden and Window Ijo.xea. Then procure a copy of
CHRYSANTHEMliM MANUAL Srd edition as a guide for
growing your CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 50c. postpaid.
Asl! for our 1013 CATALOGUE and place your order with
us for your plants, wliich will liave our tiest attention.

Then procure our FERTILENE, the IDEAL PLANT food for producing Lusty blooms.

Price.— ^4 lb , 20c; prepaid by mall, 30c: 1 lb., 35c; prepaid by mail, 50c; 10 lbs., $3.00;

25 lbs., $6.00; 50 lbs., $10.00.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.

ADRIAN, MICH.

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTURE

895

The Recognized Standard Insecticide.

For green, black, white fly, red spider,
thrips, mealy bug and soft scale.
$1.00 per quart — $2.50 per gallon.

P

For mildew, rust and bench fungi.
Does not stain but cleanses the foliage.
75c. per quart^ — $2.00 per gallon.

For sterilizing soil and all soil ver-
min.

$1.00 per qaart — $3.00 per gallon.

For scale and all sap sucking insects
on trees and nursery stock. Can be
used in growing season as safely as in
dormant season.

75c. per quart — $1.50 per gallon — 10 gal-
lons $10.

$1.25 per quart — $4.00 per gallon.

All our products are used diluted
with water at various strengths, as di-
rected on cans.

FOR SALE BY SEEDSMEN.

Let us quote you our prices to com-
mercial growers in quantity.

Aphine Manufacturing Co.,'^ n^'j

Manufacturers "f Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EB£L«, General Manager.

on,

TANGLEFOOT

Keeps the Beggars from Ascending

3 lbs. will make a band 6 feet
long, 85c. per lb. 10 lbs. $2.65

Wm. Elliott & Sons

42 Vesey St., New York

Do You Know What
You Want?

Look in the " Buyers'
Directory" «f this issue
and you will probably
find represented there
somebody who can
supply you. It's a goud
plan to look it over
every week, for the
weekly changes and
additions are many.

Horse Stable Manure

NATURALLY ROTTED

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HIGH GRAOe, IMMEDIATE, NUTRITIOUS
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An odorless natural Manure for use of Florists, Landscape Gardeners, Truck Grow-
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For mixing with soil for Potted Plants; for Field Crops; for Grass and Lawns,
and for Vegetable Carders, promoting rapid, steady growth.

PUT UP IN BAGS, lOO LBS. EACH

Descriptive Folder and Prices upon application.
—SOLD BY—

NEW YORK STABLE MANURE CO.

273 Washington Street, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

plNOYPToi

THE VERY NEWEST AND QUICKEST METHOD OF DESTROYING WEEDS,

GRASS AND OTHER GROWTH IN GARDEN WALKS, GUTTERS,

TENNIS COURTS, DRIVEWAYS, ETC.

This fluid absolutely destroys all weeds and other growth wherever applied,
and its effect on the ground prevents the growth of fresh ones for a year and
thus saves a great deal of time and labor, as no cutting, hoeing or hauling away
of the weeds is required.

We manufacture the strongest line of DISINFECTANTS on the market.

PINO-LYPTOL CHEMICAL CO.

455-457 West 26th Street, NEW YORK CITY

CORRESPONDENCE SOUCITED

USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS.'
Sold by Seed Dealers of America.

Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Ti

and Shrubs from Insects. Put up in popuLir p;ickages at popi
prices. Write fnr free pamphlet on Hues and Blights, etc., to

B. HAMMOND, - Fisbkill-on-IIudson, New York,

mmm

NSECTICIDf^cso.

Gflanoteed onder the Insecticide Act. 19ia. Serial No. 321
Save your plants and trees. Just the thiog for
Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy
Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider,
Black and Green Fly, Mites. Ants, Insects on
Rose-bushes, Carnations, etc. without injury to
plants and without odor. Used according to di-
rections our standard Insecticide will prevent
ravages on your crops by insects.

Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant.
Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with
wonderful results.

Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs
and all Domestic Pests. Ejtcelleni as a wash for
dogs and other animals. Relieves mange.

Effective where others fail.

W Pint - - 25c t Plot - - 40oi Oo.ri - - 75o

K Gallon, &1.25i Gallon. (2.00 t 5 Gallon Can. $9

'10 Gallon Can - - S17.50

Dilute with zuatcr 30 to 50 parts

For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses

If you cannot obtain this from your supply house
write us direct

Lemon Oil Company Dept. K

Ki» W. Lexinicton St.. BalUmor*. Md.

Directions on every package

hflNURES

Unequalled for Greenhouse and
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31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago

J

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees malcbed with this article will

grow Iarg:er frait, better color, and

ripen more uniformly than by any
other meanfl. We have proved It.

20tli CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

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When writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

896

HOETICULTTJEE

June 14, 1913

SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTrON

Officers— President, Clias. N. Page,
Des Moines, la. ; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa,;
2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark,
Milford, Conn. ; secretary and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; as-
sistant secretarv. J. M. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

Keokuk, la.— The Gate City Seed
Co. will in the near future erect a
three-stor.v office building and ware-
house and a five-story mill and ele-
vator at Third and Exchange Sts.

The James Vick's Sons Company
was represented by W. H. Dildine in
a wholesale trade excursion which was
run out of Rochester, N. Y.. under the
auspices of the Chamber of Commerce,
covering a large part of Western and
Central New York, from June 3 to
June 5. About forty-five wholesale
concerns were represented, two banks,
telephone companies and several news-
papers. The result was the organiza-
tion of a wholesale trade boosters' as-
sociation and Mr. Dildine was elected
vice-president.

RETARDING PEONY BLOOMS.

(The following useful instructions are
contained in a folder being distributed by
the Horticultural Society of Chicago.)

' The peony is undoubtedly the most
gorgeously beautiful of all our hardy
flowers, and the ease with which it
may be cultivated, and the fact that it
is under any reasonable condition sure
to produce a fine crop of blooms every
year after it is established, makes it
deservedly a great favorite.

Its only drawback is its habit of
opening all its blooms nearly at the
same time, giving a great surplus of
flowers for a few days and none after-
wards. It is not generally known that
the blooming of peony buds can be
very easily delayed from several days
to several weeks, depending on the va-
riety and the method of treatment.

To delay the opening of the blooms
for a few days, they are cut when the
petals are just loosening, but when
none of them have turned back. All
the leaves are removed, except a few
of the upper ones, sufficient to give
the flower a proper setting of green.
They are then wrapped somewhat
snugly — one dozen or less in a bunch —
in two thicknesses of damp (not wet)
newspapers, leaving the lower four or
five inches of the stems uncovered.
The bundles of blooms so wrapped are
placed in jars of water so that the
lower one-third of the stems are sub-
merged, and placed in a cold, dark lo-
cation. A cool cellar is an ideal place.
In this condition they will keep up to
a week without opening, but will open
very quickly when unwrapped and
brought into the light and warmth.

If it is desired to retard them a
longer time, they are cut earlier, while
showing full color but before any of
the petals have loosened at all, and
treated in the same way. The tighter
the bud is when cut, the longer it will
keep.

Some few varieties can be retarded

MICHEL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

PANSY SEED (New Crop)

Micbell's Giant Elxhibition Mixed. A

truly Giant strain which we have se-
cured from the leading Pansy Special-
ists in Germany, England and France.
Plants are of strong, sturdy habit;
flowers of immense size, heavy texture
and of varied colors and shades. Trade
pkt., 50c.; 75c. per % oz. ; per oz., $5.00.

ANTIRRHINUM

MICHELI/S GIANT STRAIN

Tr. Pkt. Oz.

Giant Salmon Pink 30 $1.50

Giant Pink 20 .60

Giant Scarlet 20 .60

Giant Striped 20 .60

Giant White 20 .60

Giant Tellow 20 .60

Giant Mixed IB .50

.41so all other Seasonable Seeds and
Supplies for the Florist.

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba Magntaca, White 60 $1.00

Chiswick. Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

Rosy Morn. Pink 60 1.00

Dncbess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Bine 60 1.00

Micbell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBOONICA GIGAN-

TEA SEED

Tr. Pkt

Lllaclna, Pale lilac BO

Kermesina, Crimson SO

Rosea, Pink 80

Alba, White BO

Hybrida, Mixed BO

CINERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. TaU Grand PrUe, mixed. .60 1.00

HENRY F. MIGHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS. RADISH )
and all Garden Seeds ]

Growers for the Trade

„,EM. CB.«"°

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Frlees

only a few days in this way without
being injured, while others can be held
back for a very long time. The pro-
fessional peony grower, after prepar-
ing the blooms as described, will place
them in cold storage warehouses,
where the temperature is kept very
low and perfectly even, and will hold
them there for six weeks in the case
01 son:e varieties. There are probably
a million or more peonies stored in
tins manner every season by profes-
sional florists in Chicago.

Where the advantages of artificially
cooled storage with an absolutely even
temperature cannot be had it is prob-
ably not advisable to attempt retard-
ing the blooms over two weeks in this
way, while some varieties can be held
only a very few days.

The annual commencement exer-
cises of the Maryland Agricultural Col-
lege, College Park, Md., will begin
June 15. Twenty graduates will re-
ceive the bachelor's degree, four
former graduates will receive a mas-
ter's degree and nine graduates will
l)e given certificates for a two-year
course in agriculture and horticulture.

President Wallace R. Pierson ad-
vises us that, the famous rose garden
at Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Conn., will
be at its best on Thursday, June 19th.
It has been decided that the American
Rose Society judges will meet on that
day to judge the test garden and an in-
vitation is extended to all who are in-
terested in roses to meet at 11.30 that
morning at the railroad station in
Hartford and visit the rose garden.

This rose garden, established by
Theodore Wirth while superintendent
of Hartford Park System has been
maintained with much skillful care by
his successors and in a favorable year
such as this is especially, is a spec-
tacle of beauty worth going even a
long distance to see. Those who ac-
cept the invitation of the American
Rose Society will be well repaid for
the trip.

OTTO HEINECKEN

Horticultural Agency

Whitehall BIdg., 17 Batterjr Place
NEW YORK

Sole American Representative of:
J. Heins Sons, Ilalstenbek (Germany)

Fruit Tree Stock, Forest Trees,
Hedge Plants.

E, Neubert, Wandsbek (Germany)
Lily of the 'Valley, Lilacs for Forcing.
A, Keilholz, Quedlinburg (Germany)

Seed Grower.

Also Holland and Be1g:ium stock, as

Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Palms, etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

Mention HORTICULTURE when writing

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world over (or

SUPER.IOR MERIT

John Le'w^is Childs

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

June 14, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

897

FLOWER SEEDS

SOW NOW!

AQUILEGIA. Farquhar's Long Spurred
Hybrids, Oz. if!!.50; Vt oz. ¥.75

Coerulea,

Moz.

.15

Chrysantlia,

%oz.

.itO

CAMPANULA MEDIA, Can-

terbury Rells, Single

Blue. Wbite, Pink and

Mauve, Oz. $.60:

% oz.

.30

Cup an<l Saucer Varie-

ties, Blue. White,

Pink and Mauve,

14 oz. S.75;

% oz.

.40

DELPHINIUM. Farquhars

Selected Hybrids,

Oz. $1.15;

%oz.

.50

MVOSOTIS. Alpestris Vic-

toria, Oz.lfl.M;

Vi oz.

.40

HOLLYHOCK, C b a t e r's

Double Crimson, Fink.

Purple. Salmon, White

and Yellow, Oz. $1.50;

14 oz.

.50

Mixed, Oz. 1.25;

%oz.

.40

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

6 & 7 South Market St.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS MY SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

Hk Everett B. Clailt Seed Co.

GROWBftS FOR THE TRADE

B«aiM, PoAS, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip,
Radish. Beet. Etc.

Branches : Midiisran
and ^A^soooan

MILFORD, CONN.

For ^r-^s^i-«t ^1^ i-ffci a-kg;

CABBAGE CELERY BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CAUUFLOWER RUTA BAGA TURNIP

WEEBER & DON, SEED MERCHANTS

114 Chambers St., New York

Os.

Asterg. American Brancblng, Im

colors |1.(M

AHers. Imperial MldseasOD, In colors. 2.G0

Bachelor's Button. Double Bine 1.00

Candytaft. Giant White Perfection.. .60
Gxpsophlla Elegans Grandiflora Alba. .26

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 Sooth Market St., Boston, Mass.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

**RenO'wned Stueet Pea Specialists"
SmiiByslope IndependencOt Ho.

SOW BEGONIAS NOW

My selected strain of BEGONIA GRA-
CILIS LUMJNOSA, extra large flowerea
scarlet, and BEGONIA BEDDING

QUEEN, extra large flowered real pink.
These two varieties when sown from
now on to the latter part of June will
make excellent 4, 5, or 6 inch pot plants
for Xraas flowering. They are fine
sellers and better keepers than Gloire
de Lorraine.
1 Tr. Pkt $0.50 6 Tr. Pkt $2.50

Seedsman,
J.

0. V. ZdngGH, Hoboken,N

GARDEN LITERATURE FREE

C.AT.VLOGUE OF BOSKOOP NUKSEBY

STOCK — A handbook for Nurserymen

and Florists. Illustrated.

THE PAKOM.A.

HOW TO lOKCE LILACS— Illustrated.

HOW TO lOKCE RHODODENDRONS.

F. & D. NURSERY CODE.

They are prepared for your use. Get
a copy. A postcard will bring them.

FELIX & DYKHUIS, BOSKOOP, HOLLAND

High Grade Boskoop Nursery Stock

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W. MxlisoB St., CHICAGO

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

■•Bd BiTonr want!. We wlU take care »f
tham. We rapply itock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1215 Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CELKKV. Golden Self-Blanching. 40 cts.
per 100. $i..>0 per 1000; White Plume. Gold-
en Heart. Giant Pascal, 20 cts. per 100,
$l.«l per 1000.

P.VRSLEY', 25 cts. per 100, $1.25 per 1000.

C.ABB.VGE. All-head, Ball-head, Flat
Dutch. Savoy, 20 cts. per lOO, $1.00 per 1000.

Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE

TUBEROSES

First-clasB bulbs, 4-6 In. 15c. per hnn-
dred; $1.00 per thousand.

BEDDING PLANTS

Extra fine Btock at reasonable prices.

FLOWER AND Vegetable seeds

~'~ for early planting.

Let ua have your order.

James Vick's Sons

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamhurg, which we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

53 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

J. BGLGIANO ft SON

wholesale field and garden seoi

E«tabU>l>ed 1818

Write For Our Lovj Pruei

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLtCOTT STS.
BALTIIMORE, MD,

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLCE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRIOBS

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOB PROFIT.

J. W. Edoiinikai. Mp. M. W. Wlfiuiu, $«>

Califomia Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Orowera For %Vhoieaale D«aler«

SAN J08K CALiromXIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS
Ask for 1911 Catalocaes

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

SeodBmeii

47>54 No. Market St., BOSTOH, UA£S.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Send f 07- price list

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

898

HOETICULTUEB

June 14, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S

=SONS=

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Ave».
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We coTCT all Mlchlian polnU wid lood
•eotloni of Ohio. IndUna and Cwiada.
Manbers Florists' Tele«raph DeUTcry
ABtoclatlon.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and 1. 1582

1415 Farnum St.,
OIVIA.IH/V, NEB.

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

IN WISCONSIN

C. 0. POLLWORTH GO.

Milwaukee

WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Cor. Michigan A»e. and 31st St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(IKmber Florists' Teleitraph Delivery Asso.)
We ship to all polntt In Illinois and Iowa.

PkMK : Udiii SBO. Itldine B81. Mdine 882.

SAMUEL IVIURRAY

Kansas City, IVEo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Ml Ordirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER,

COLORADO

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone 2i8<)

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest cut flower store in America.
OrderH for the TWIN CITIES and for all
N«rthweetcrH point 8 given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, I..corpora»ed
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Memiiers Florists'Teiegrapii Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

Fairmont, W. Va.— Lee Yost has
purchased the florist store of H. Glenn
Fleming, 1409 Ninth St.

Chicago, III. — Ernest Szontagh has
purchased the People's Florist Co.
store at 1736 West 47th St.

Worcester, Mass. — Chester Menard,
formerly with Hoffman of Boston, is
now employed by H. F. Llttlefield.

Chester, Pa. — The latest addition by
Harris & Cook at their store 133 West
Third street, is a McCray ice box of
900 lbs. capacity.

STEAMER DEPARTURES ^,

S Allan. S

S; Virsinian, Montreal-Liverp'l. June 19 S

58 runiBiau, XIonlreal-Llverp'l. . June 27 S)

53 Parisian, Boston-Glasgow June 27 i

^ Arrfetican.

0^ New York. N. Y.-S'lianipton.. June 20

V St. Paul, X. Y.-S'liani|iton.. . . June 27
S >-tl,;ntic I ransport.
iS, Miiinelialia. X. Y.-I."iiclon. .. . June 21
A Miimewaska. X. V. I.-nilon. . June 2S
vM Cunard. (n:
jii (aiupania. X. Y.-I.ivi-rpool... June 1>^ J

(! I.nsitauia, X. Y. - Liverpool. . .June 2.". ft

[ft I.ar.iuia. Boston-Liverpool... June 2t ft

j' Pannonia, X. Y".-.Moilitor'n . , . June 24 ™
Sj Hamburg-American. }S^

■J^ Ponusvlvanii. X. Y.-lIauiiry;. June 17

Ti; Anierl'ka, X. Y'.-Hamliurg June W

K* nhipi-lier. Boston-IIauiburg, .June24

V I'atricia. X. Y.-IIaniliurj; June 28

*t Iiiiperatof, N. Y.-Hanihurs... June 2-")

X H ..Hand America.

W Xoordani. N. Y'. -Rotterdam. .June 17

{5 rtynrtani. X. Y'.-Rotterdaui. . . June 24

•^ Leyland.

S Eievonian. Boston I. iv.ipool.. June 21

S North German Lloyd.

V K. W. der Gn sse, X.Y.-B'm'n.June 17
^ Brandenlnirg, N. Y.-Bremen. June 18 a

i Berlin. N. Y'.-Brenien June IW A

I Pr. F. Willielm, N. Y'.-Br'm'n.Jnne 21 A

5, K. Willielm 11. N. Y.-Br'm'n. June 24 A

\ Sierra Nevada. X. Y.-Br'm'n. June 2G A

-$• Red Star. K

V Finland. N. Y.-.\nt\verp June 21 S

t Lapland. X. Y.-.\ntworp June 28 A

S< White Star. §

VI Cvmric, Boston-Liverpool. .. .June 17 \

']; Adriatic. N. Y'. -Liverpool June l!l '^

J Majestip, N. T.-S'hampton. . . June 21 Ji

I Mesantic, Montreal-Liverp'l.. June 21 Jb

• Celtic, X. Y'.-Liverpool June 20 Jl

tCretic, Boston-Mediter'n June 28 ft

Pittsfield, Mass. — The florists of this
city have agreed to close their estab-
lishments on Wednesdays at 1 o'clock
during July and August.

Noroton Heights, Conn. — Ezra Hart-
wright has sold his florist business and
will go south to improve some prop-
erty which he owns there.

The J. M. Keller Co. announce that
they have purchased the business of
William Pankok, at Whitestone, N. Y..
and will continue it in their own name.
The establishment at Fifth avenue
and G.5th street, Brooklyn, will he con-
tinued as before.

ALEX. McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orderi
transferred or Intrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.
Cost of Cahling Foreign Deliveries
Must be prepaid
Reference or cash must accompany all
orders from unknown correspondents.
Cable Address, AI.BXCONNBI.L.

New York

i- Blootningdale *s -^

Tk« Lvpst Fhinl EstililislinMt it tlu Mibi|tfe

Beit Service — Quiclc Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefullx Filled

DA>iD CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Wrlle or telesraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1532-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

)S1 Finil A>t, Cot. [ SStll SI

NEW YORK GUY

BROOKLYN

ORK

1^^ BROOKL'

^A^ NEWV

'^^ \ \ ir^r 3 & S Green

i X'^^r Tel. 6800 Pr

339-347 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Pn

e Ato.
Prospect

Established 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenue, N. Y. Ckj

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Corresjjoa
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bnlisk
Colonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsllor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.

FLOWER DELIVERIES FOR ALBANY
AKH) VlCINmf

Al^BAHY, N. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DBLTVBKBD IN ALBANY ANI> VICINITT
ON TELKdRAI'HIC OUOER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET. ALBANY, N. Y.

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

899

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER OELIVESiiiES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Strswt. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists* Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tus'-iny Basiiets for
Florists' IJse, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

916 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any address in Washington.

Stock and Work First Class

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

L«»dlBV Florist*. Ord«r« filled for mny
part of tbe State.

36 Dorriuice Street - • PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS E PSTEIN Fl^ANK H FORREST

344 - 346 iieary Strwt. SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAL.

We cover the entire Paclflc Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

KI.OWKRS BY TLEORAPn.

SAN FRANCISCO

< M.IFORMA

Peiicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or teleffraph order ^pr
any occasion, in any part of the Dominion.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

S6 Yonge St., - - TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL;^' ™

Orders Filled

HALL & RQBINSON rrj:

825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^■°"

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this sectioo btim the

LUDING FIORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston — Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
fleld St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y^.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Milwaukee, Wis.- C. 0. Pollworth Co.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. B. 68th St.

New York- David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New Y'ork — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 413 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Mai Schllng, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros,, 38
Dorrance St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco, Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St.. N. W.

Washington, D. C. — George H. Cooke.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Wilkinsburg, Pa. — Colonial Flower
Co.

Hartford, Ct.— Milady Floral Co., 660
.Albany Ave.

Enfield, N. H.— Mrs. V. Hardy and
Mrs Barrett.

Philadelphia,
Wyoming Ave.

Scranton, Pa.
.".26 Spruce St.

Philadelphia, Pa.-
1906 Columbia Ave.

Hackensack, N. J. — Lehnig &
Winnefeld, 196 Main St.

Chicago, III.— Busy Bee Floral Co..
l'28 S. State St.; Thurman, the Florist.
4.36 East 43d St.

Pa. — John Weiland.
-Baldwin, the Florist.
Joseph Josephs.

DETROIT NOTES.

Albert Sylvester is about to move
into his new brick bungalow.

Phil Breitmeyer will join the Board
of Commerce on its annual excursion.

Robert Rahaley has rented a cot-
tage for the summer on the beautiful
Canadian shore of the Detroit River.

The Detroit Cut Flower Exchange
is increasing its working apparatus
more than double by moving into new
quarters on Broadway.

WE CLOSE

at 5 P.M. on Weekdays
f^ and 1 P. M. Saturdays

(During June,

Leading ^^

Florists' Supply p

and Ribbon House

July and
August

1220 Race St., ^^

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 0.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

E^AX SCHLING

22 West 59th Street, adjoining Plaza H ote

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn, Tlie Telegraph riorist"

Member of Flurists' "Telegraph Delivery

37 •43 BROMFIEI.D STREET

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

The Florist

1 Piirk St., Boston

ZINN

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANft

Euclid Aveiui*

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET

Special Deliveries Niagara Falls

and Lockport

'900

HORTICULTURE

June 14, 1913

Of Interest to RetailJ
Florists

GRADUATIONS.

We are now in the midst of the
graduation season and we will soon
wake up to the fact that this portion
of our business has fallen off greatly
the past few years. The day that
Ijrought the rush of baskets and bou-
quets for school delivery has gone, and
■we only receive a few straggling or-
ders for bunches of flowers for college
or high school graduates.

Where are the orders we once re-
ceived yearly tor the public school
graduates? Who is responsible for
this falling off? As near as I can sur-
jnise it must be the heads of the
schools instructing the pupils not to
have a floral display when graduating
exercises are taking place. There
must be some reason why such in-
structions were given.

In one of our prominent cities, some
years ago, a public school turned out a
large graduating class of children,
some from parents in very comfortable
circumstances, others poor. Can you
imagine the humiliation and embar-
Tassment of the poorer children grad-
uating with high honors and receiving
only their diplomas, while those bet-
ter off graduating with smaller per-
centages were receiving large baskets
and beautiful bouquets? Surely the
hearts of the poor little graduates must
have ached, and the hearts of the poor
-parents must have felt a pang, also;
and so noticeable that the school
hoard forbade flowers being passed
from the platform. Now, the ilowers
are sent to an adjoining room and
called for after the exercises. This
to an extent, accounts for the falling
■ off of flower demands at public schools,
as the visitors do not see what the
children receive until after the gradu-
ating exercises are over.

What can be done to bring back the
■school flowers? We must find some
way to restore that which we see fad-
ing from year to year and a beautiful
custom slowly but surely sinking into
oblivion. Try a neatly lettered card
in the window, "Flowers for Gradu-
ates," and make up a few samples of
small baskets and bunches. This
might arouse a little enthusiasm in
some people who have a relative or
friend about to graduate. The pieces
must be reasonable in price and with-
in reach of all. When these small
tributes start to arrive in quantities
.and each child receives something,
we may feel we are once again on the
road we left off years ago. Do not let
the old custom die out; start now to
make a small display and repeat next
year, and so on, and perhaps before
many years the call for school flowers
will be on again. This can only be
done by co-operation among the re-
tailers; one man cannot do it alone.
Mr. Storeman.

FLORIST
WASHINGTON DC.

independence Kan. — A. L. Patridge
is now sole proprietor of the firm of
Kishpaugh & Patridge. His estab-
lishment will hereafter be known as
the Patridge Greenhouses.

CHICAGO NOTES.

T. T. Hey of Maywood, 111., is away
to rest and recuperate.

Mrs. Horton, bookkeeper for Bas-
sett & Washburn, is having a needed
vacation.

The stock of E. H. Hunt is being
sold out to jobbers, no bid for the
vi-hole being accepted.

The rose sale, June 4th. for the ben-
efit of the Frances Willard National
Hospital, brought nearly $4,000. Both
natural and artificial flowers were
used.

Frank Ayers, who spends his leisure
hours touring the surrounding coun-
try, says it looks to him as if the
local peony crop is severely injured
by the frost we had in May.

Miss Nettie Parker, of the Chicago
Carnation Co., whose illness was men-
tioned last week, proved to have diph-
theria. Her friends are pleased to
hear that she is convalescing.

Two new houses are being added
to the equipment at Plant "A," Poehl-
mann Bros., Morton Grove. One is a
125-foot lath house and the other a
cooling house of the same size.

Chicago experienced a drop in tem-
perature of 46 degrees the night of
June 6th. The thermometer had
reached 92 degrees when the drop be-
gan. More business was done by flor-
ists the next day than during the pre-
vious six.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Washburn leave
on June 29th with a party of friends
for a western trip. Their itinerary in-
cludes the Grand Canon of the Colo-
rado, Pasadena, Cat. where they will
visit E. B. AVashburn and family and
return by the Canadian Pacific.

C. L. Washburn had a narrow es-
cape from a serious accident, June
10th, when a taxicab in which he was
riding came to so sudden a stop that
he was thrown entirely over the seat
in front, striking on his head. It is
characteristic of Mr. Washburn to
make light of the injury to himself
and deplore the loss of an expensive
hat, which he says looked as if an
elephant had stepped on it.

Miss Olga Tonner has moved into
the premises formerly occupied by the
Chicago Carnation Co. The Chicago
Carnation Co. now occupies the north
room and all of the east side of the
space including the part they formerly
sub-let to D. Freres and Miss Tonner.

The extra room is necessary for their
large shipping trade. Zech & Mann
have now one of the most commo-
dious and best equipped salesrooms
and offices in the Atlas Block. All is
completed except the extra ice-box.

At a recent church wedding, said
to be the most elaborate seen in Chi-
cago in many years, the decorations
were largely plants. George Wein-
hoeber, manager of the Fleischman
Co., used 750 large plants in the deco-
rative scheme. They consisted of hy-
drangeas, daisies and pink roses,
massed together about the altar and
in the windows where boxes were
used. For these the plants were
placed- closely together without the
pots and the soil covered with moss.
The cut flowers were 4,000 white peo-
nies. The aisles were all bordered
and the same effect carried out at the
altar rail. The bridesmaids carried
hats filled with small roses, daisies
and snapdragons, while the bride's
bouquet was of white orchids.

\'isitor: Paul M. Palez, Little Rock,
Ark.

ST. LOUIS NOTES.

The Connon Floral Co., at Webster
Groves, Mo., lost some glass the past
week, when a lot of hail fell in their
section.

The wholesale houses have agreed
to close their places from June 16 to
Sept. 13 every day at 5 P. M., and at
12 on Saturday. The employees are
much pleased with this arrangement.

Ludwig Zimmer, who is known as
the Biddle Market Florist, will sail for
his old home in Germany the latter
part of this month. He will return
early in September to reopen his store.
This is a yearly event with Mr. Zim-
mer.

The Engleman Botanical Club held
an interesting meeting on June 7, at
the Missouri Botanical Garden. W. 3.
Wells and C. W. Garrett read papers,

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

^=3«^^^ GUDE'S

OUOE QROS.CO
FLORISTS

<ZIA F ST^N.W

Member Florists'
Telegraph Delivery.

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTURE

901

\A/ E D D I IM G OLJ~r

Needed by Every Florist

Kneeling Stools, Bridal Baskets, Wedding Gates, Aisle Posts and Basket Vases. Adjustable Plant Stands, Bridal Scarfs
of ChiCfon and Silk, Real Lace Bouquet Holders, Etc. Most Complete Stock Ever Offered.

WE, CALI. THEM SUNSHINE BASKETS

Bridesmaids' Baskets, Graduation Baskets, Tumbler Baskets for Spring Flowers, Baskets of Every Material, Shape and
Color. You Can Sell Sunshine Baskets.

Write for Splendid IIlDstrated Catalogue "Our Silent Salesman.". 100 Pages of Helpful Pictures.

M. baye:irsdorf-e:r & o o\

THE Florists' Supply House of AMERICA

112Q ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA/ P A

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SUCCESSFUL FLORISTS

all over the country are using McCray Refrigerators.
The circulation of air is so strong and steady that there
can be no stagnation or dampness, so that your steels
will always be fresh and fragrant. Furthermore the
saving in ice will more than pay for the cost.

McCray Refrigerators

will lend attractiveness to your shop. Beautifully made

and finished, they are lined with white enamel, opal
glass, tiie, mirrors or marble, as you desire. Write
today for our catalog No. 73 which will give you ideas
how to add to the attractiveness of your establishment.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.

•.5 wXa.rA;;. 553 Lake St.. Kendallville. Ind. ,JrV..V 4iS?7i

the former on "Growing Roses Under
Glass," and the latter on "Growing
Hardy Roses."

Theo Miller's old stand at Delmar
and Euclid avenues has been taken up
by his brother-in-law. John Borem,
who was in the landscape gardening
business. Mr. Miller will confine his
business to his new store at Delmar
and Hamilton avenues.

The St. Louis County Plant and
Flower Growers' Association held a
meeting on June 4th and Installed of-
ficers, and a lot of new names were
added to the membership. A Publicity
Committee was appointed to act with
the local Florist Club committee.

F. M. Robinson, the new secretary
and manager of the Coliseum, reports
that the management will offer not
less than $8 000 or $10,000 in pre-
miums for a Flower Show for this fall:
the show to be managed by the Coli-
seum Company with the co-operation
of the St. Louis Florist Club. Mr.
Robinson says his plans for a Flower
Show are very elaborate and that the
expense for the week would be around
$25,000. He will be present at the
Florist Club meeting this week and
will lay his plans before the members.
and that it is up to them to say if
St. Louis will have the largest Flower
Show in this country this year or not.
Secretary Beneke, of the Florist Club,
says that he has had a talk with Mr.
Robinson and that everything looks
good to him and that the show will be
held.

Visitors — Fred Lautenschlager, Chi-
cago, and Martin Reukauf, of H. Bay-
ersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

It is announced that the wholesale
and retail florists intend to shut down
for a half day on the 19th inst. In or-
der to give their employees a chance
to attend the annual picnic of the Flor-
ists' Club at Washington Park on the
Delaware.

W. McRae Thompson and Caspar
Penuocli were judges at the Lans-
downe Flower Show heli on the 7th
inst. This show was held in the large
hall of the 20th Century Club and was
well attended. The Natural History
Club of the borough were sponsors for
the affair which proved a splendid
success. These local shows are use-
ful things and fine for the business in
general. All florists ought to support
them — but keeiJ in the background.

By keeping in the background we
mean: help and suggest in every way
possible in time and money but give
the amateurs all the credit. That

spirit properly followed eliminates the
suspicion that a florist does it only for
money. A florist can always show
public spirit by keeping in the back-
ground at a local flower show and yet
be the power behind the throne.

livery community, large or small,
ought to have its horticultural society
and hold flower shows. Every florist
in such community should help — but
keep his own name out of it. The re-
ward of the florist comes indirectly.
Put all your most prominent citizens
into the glory chairs. We are not
"Aristotle on government" at this
minute but of the wisdom of the fore-
going propositions we are thoroughly
convinced.

Visitors: W. O. Smith, Carlisle,.
Pa.; Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell,
Conn.; Mr. Ratclyffe. Richmond, Va.;
H. L. Roberts, Luther Burbank Co.,
Sacramento, Calif.; Chas. Loechner,
Loeschner & Co., N. Y. City.

H

The Meyer Green

SILKALINE

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Apply to

IS THE LONGEST AND STKONOE8T
IN THE WORLD

And for sale by all the leading florist*
and supply houses throughout the land.
If your Jobber does not Iteep It, write
direct to us and we will see that you
are fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

THE JOHN G. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICULTDBE.

902

HORTICULTUBE

June 14, 1913

The Best $3.00 per doz.

Good~size flowers for this time of the season.
You can always depend on us to fill your order.

EARLY CLOSING
On and after June the 16lh we close every day at 6 P. M.

Tho Leo Niessen Co.

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i To Cut Flower Orawors and §
i Reiali FloHaio

IF YOU

want to 6nd a market for your
product

want a regular oi special supply
of the product of the best
growers

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

E The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leadln{ =
E Concerns In the Wholesale Flower Trade s

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THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

lie PEARL ST. BOSTON

N. F. McCarthy, M^r.

Order direct or buy from your local
supply dealer. InsiJ»t on having tlie

BOSTON

Inscription »i. Enibl+'iiis, etc. Always
in iStoeli.

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CUT FLOWER BOXES^

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists* Greens,
Three Floors of Florists* Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

IlieJ.M.McCullough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Spef'IjiI ;i(t<iit:"n to sliippiii^: orders. Job-
bers ot FIi risTs" Siipplie-^. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list uu :ifiplic;iti.,n.
Fhonp V"'" ■^^'4. 31fi Walnut St.. Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST 00.

ConsignmentB Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

AXL,ANTA GEOR.OIA

POEHLMARN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Greenhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^''^'"*"=?S-dS?l'b^» only

ROSB5

Am. ^^uty , Fancy and Special

" " Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey , Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . .

Bride, 'Maid

HillingdoD, Ward, Melody, Extra..
*' " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

CamatioTis, Fancy Grade

*' Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley.

Gladioli

Mignonette. .

Daises

Snapdragon

StocUs

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plnmous, Strings (100} ■
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.}.

CINCINNATI

June 9

DETROIT

May 26

BUFFALO

June 9

IPiTTsBDSBT

June 9

15.00

to

20.00

35.00

10.00

to

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6.00

to

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2.00

6.00 to 8.00

3.00

4.00

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4.00
3.00

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15.00
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PETER REINBERG

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET

- - CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wtialesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants'

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS,

CHICAGO

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Consignments Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BBDflDWAY, DETROIT, MICH

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Onlv.

When Writine; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

903

Flower Market Reports

This market in common
BOSTON with most others, is in

the dumps at the present
time — very decidedly in the dumps.
There is a heavy influx of everything
in staple flowers, and a very light de-
mand. The few weddings and dinners
that occur make no impression on the
enormous quantities of roses, lilies,
carnations, stocks, sweet peas, irises,
etc., that are piling in from all sides
and the peony crop is yet to come, be-
ing held back so far by the very cool
nights. Graduation exercises have
hardly begun, but even when they do
start, a few days hence, there is little
of promise in the outlook. Quality is
all right on most things, any deficiency
in that respect not being blaniable to
either the variety or the weather but
to the grower himself. While the out-
look is not particularly encouraging in
the matter of prices, yet we do not ex-
pect that any appreciable number of
growers in this section will be likely
to throw out their old stock until after
the graduation season is entirely over.
So present conditions are with us to
■stay tor two or three weeks probably.

Receipts have been
BUFFALO heavy throughout the

week. especially on
roses and carnations, and prices are
all broken up. The coolers are again
filled to their capacity. Peonies are
now coming on and other outdoor
stock is had in quantity Lilies were
very plentiful but the heaviest re-
ceipts was roses and Beauties. Lily
of the valley and other wedding flow-
ers are offered in abundance.

The market is at its
CHICAGO lowest ebb just at this

time and very little can
"be said of it that will be interesting,
the cause being simply the reaction
that follows an unusually good holi-
day, accompanied by a great quantity
of stock, most of which is of fine qual-
ity. Where much of the stock is poor
and there is a slump, only the good
flowers sell but as is the case now
the proportion of first-class flowers is
so large that prices have dropped to
almost nothing when the buyer is on
the spot. More is realized, of course,
in the shipping trade, but quotations
are much lower than during last
month. Certainly the month of com-
mencements and of weddings has not
opened auspiciously tor florists for
while stock is cheap the retail price
has been cut below a chance for profit
by the street offerings and the de-
partment store sales. Every kind of
flower is coming in and the counters
and ice boxes are filled. The cooler
weather did some good but not pro-
portionate to the quantity of stock. A
large department store sold Killarneys,
Richmonds and short Beauties for 9c.
per dozen, Saturday the 7th, and the
retailers have to compete with these
special sales. A street vender's sign
Monday displayed over a wagon load of
carnations read "two dozen for ten
cents."

{Continttcd on page QO^)

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One of the few flowers tli.it cnn be sbipped .saf.-ly in warm weatlier. magniflceut,
large, deep rich folored GIG.*S ui- GASKEL,LI.VN.\, S(;.00 per iloz. A ti'W DEN-
DBOBIUM I'ORMOSLM at $7.50 per rtoz.

SWEET PE.\S: Spencer type, and beantifiil tbiwer.s they are. eflertivt'
wherever used — a flower for every oceasim. 75c. to $1.00 per 100.

PEONIES: Splendid quality, all eolors, *4.00 to .fii.OO per 100.

R\JIBLEB SPR.4VS: Dorothy Perkins. Lady i:ay and some of the later blooms
of Crimson Rambler. $5.00 to $30.00 per 100, aeeiprding to length of sprays;
mostly medium sprays, $0.00 to $10.00; very few o£ the extra large ones at $20.00.
VAELEY: Special, $4.00 per lOO; Extra. .^3.00 per 100.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

HKOXZE G.\LAX. .s;l..".0 per 1000; $10.00 per lO.OrO.

<iHKKN SHEET MOSS, .$3.50 per bag.

si'll \GNIM MOSS. 10 bbl. Iiales, nicely burlapped, each $4.00; .5 bale lots,

i-iirh .>i:;7.". : 10 bale lots, eacb $3.50.

ASI'AHAtil S STRINGS, oOc. each.

.VSI'.XH AGIS .VND SI'RENGERI, bunches, oOc. each.

.AUI.VNTIM, $1.00 and $1.50 per 100.

S.MIL.VX, 20r. per string.

CIT HE.MLOt K, $2.50 per bundle.

H.VRDY I>.\GGER FERNS, best quality, large long fronds, $1.-50 per l.lllXl.

$0.50 per 5,000.

RIBBONS AND Sl'PPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Riblious. Write us
for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small sliipineiits can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

9llAi^^<<

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK
117 West 28tliSt.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W.

WHOLESALE FLO WER MARKETS — "^"^^"^ '"^"^^o-d^e'aVe^s om.Y

CHICAGO " — -

BOSTON

June 12

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.... lo.oo to 15.00

" " Extra 8.00 to 10,00

** " No. I \ 5.00 to 6.00

" *' Lower Grades \ 2.00 to 3.00

Killarney, Extra 4.00 to 6.00

" Ordinary i.oo to 2.00

Richmond, Maryland, Extra 3.00 to 6.00

" " Ordinary... i.oo to 2.00

Bride, "Maid i.oo to 4.00

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra.. 3.00 to 6.00

** '* " Ordinary 1.00 to 2.00

Taft, Sunburst 3.00 to 8.00

Carnations, Fancy Grade .75 to 1.50

" Ordlnftry 50 to .75

Cattleyas " 25.00 to 35-00

Lilies, Longifiorum 3.00 to 5.00

Callas 4.00 to 6.00

Lily of the Valley 1.00 to 3.00

Gladioli 2.00 to 4.00

Iris 1 .00 to 3.00

Mignonette 1 .00 to 2 .00

Dakes to i .00

Snapdragon 3.00 to 4.0O

Stocks 75 to I.oo

Sweet Peas 35 to -75

Gardenias 6.00 to. 8.00

t.diantum i .00 to i .25

milax 10.00 to 15.00

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100).- to 50.00

*' " & Spren. (100 Bchs.).. ' 25.00 to 35.00

June Q

it. LOUIS

June 9

PHILA.

May 19

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2.00
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904

HORTICULTUEE

June 14, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2I West 28th Street NEW YORK

riN[ Hosts, fAicr ornaiiois

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWERS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Mailison f'quare.

H. E. FROMENTT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 38th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 3200, 3301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. |46| Madl»on Square NcW YOfk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Commission Florists

SS and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
Madison Square

P^WM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK

Onil sod Inspect tbe Be«t Bstablisbmeiat
In the Wholesale Flower DUtrkt.

GEO. C. 5IEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST
I09 NA^e^-r 2s«i-> ST
CONSIGNMtNS SOLICHtD

PHONB||08; MADISON SO., NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh ( ut K\ers:reens. ,Mo-.scs,

Southern Sniilax. (lulax an<I Ijcucothue,

Preserved and Fresh ( ut

CvcaN and Palinetlo.

u, {»;^) Mad.sq. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
R££D (SL KELLER

133 West 35th St.. New York

Florists' Supplies

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

;ind iirc deiil'TS in

Decorative Glassware, (i rowers an;!

Florists* Requisites

WILLIAM H, KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A Flret Class Market lor all CUT FLOWERS

as Wllionghby St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. GOWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

M,W0....tl.1(. B0.aM....*1.S0. Bamyle ttm
For s«le bj dealers.

I*. J. Slklia'H

Successor to JOHN L RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist IV-^i^iT^tV^WSff

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock lor all purposes The HOMB OP THB ULY
by tbe lOO, 1000 or 10,000

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., Ncw York City

Estsbliihed I m^ yy I I IP |W| Still Goini

1SS7 «^ ■ I^X. ■ .^^ ^Bi ^^ ^M I ^1 Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAL. PBO.MPT RETURNS. W'4 MONEY ALWAYS RBIADY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Opens 6 A. M. dally. Telephone, 1G7 and 4468 Mad. Sq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

■ .gTHE HIGHEST \/ A I I C" V ALWAYS

^ > . - GR.\DE OF V A L L t. T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, mJj"' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES ANO CARNATIONS

American Beauty. Fancy and Special .

" " Extra

No. I

** '* Lower Grades

Klliarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Marvland, Extra

*■ ' Ordinary

Bride, Maid

Hllllngdon, Ward. Melody, Extra

" " " Ordinary .

Talt, Sunburst

Carnal Ions. Fancy Grade

*' Ordinary

Ust Hall of Week

First Half of Wuk

ending lunt

7

beginning lune 9

1913

1913

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS
3-* -Wewt a»trt. Street, IVe-w ^Voi-lc

Telephonee {{^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOUffrBB

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

™Z?rJo»"" ■""• 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIMB AND MONEY BY SENDING YOUB ORDER TO C8

Prices Right. Conaignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WALTER F. SHERIDAN

Wholesale Commission Dealer In

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 West 28th Street. New York
Telrphone — 3332-3533 Madison Square

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

CKKTRAIXT LOCATKD. THK HCB OF
THB FLOWKB 1L4BKKT SBCTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 7068 Madiaon

Telephone 3860 MadUon Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plaittsmen and Florists

41 Nest 2flyi Street NEW YORK

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

AVKolesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephones : 798 and 799 Mndlson Square
Consignments Solicited

HENRY M.huBINSON.Prce. MAURICE L. 0US8,
CHA.>* E. ROBINSON. V-Pre». JOSEPH MARGOI.IB,

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
^A/Kolesale F'lorls'ta

Maurice L. Glii«s, Manager
55-57 WEST 26tli ST. - - - NEW YOKK CTTV

Special Atirfrtion to the Shi^inf Tradf

ROBERT J. DYSART

I"l HLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

>^imple nietlioils of correct accountinif

especially adapted for florists* nse.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

^ler<'liant.s Bank BultilinL'

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Telepbeae, MbIb (I

June 14. 1913

HOETICUL'TUEE

905

BUY

BOSTON

FLOWERS

N. F. McCarthy & co.,

112 Arch St., 31 Otis St.

BOSTON'S BEST
HOUSE

Flower Market Reports

(Continued from page QOj)

The market is very

CINCINNATI overcrowded in near-
ly every line. There
is a fair demand but it is not near suf-
ficient to take up all the offerings. Last
week was a good one because of the
large school commencements. The de-
mand was for the better grades of
stock but because the supply was so
over-large only moderate prices were
realized by the wholesalers. The rose
supply is large and the Beauty cut
larger and better than at a correspond-
ing time, for several years past.

Peonies are a glut and move slowly
at low prices. The carnation cut has
increased much faster than the call
for them. Good sweet peas are short
of the actual demand. There are lilies
and miscellaneous stock in abundance.
A few very warm days

DETROIT at the early part of last
week brought an over-
abundance of supply though the de-
mand was fully up to expectations.
Just now things are changed again and
we are going through a cold spell
near freezing point which is below
anything experienced within many
years. The books show that May,
1913 was a jolly good fellow, much
better financially than any previous
May.

Notwithstanding cool

NEW YORK and retarding weath-
er conditions the re-
ceipts of flowers at the wholesale
marts have for the past week been far
in excess of the means tor their dis-
posal. Never before in the recollec-
tion of the pioneer wholesalers has
the drop in demand and in market
value been so abrupt and so complete.
The prices at which carnations, roses,
lilies, etc., are offered seem absurdly
low but at that they do not sell and
bargain quotations still lower on large
quantities stand without a taker. It
is very evident that a large part of
the material shipped in this week will
go to loss and the grower will get
practically nothing. This state of af-
fairs is not likely to last long, how-
ever. The growers will throw out
their stock rather than ship it under
existing conditions; then the peonies,
irises, kalmia, garden roses and other
things which now contribute to the
general chaos will come to an end,
and some measure of relief will come
to the perplexed wholesaler. So we
hope to be able to rei>ort a better bal-
anced market before long.

WELCH BROS. CO

AMERICAN BEAUTY, KILLARVEY. RICHMOND. MARYLAND AND ALL THE
SUPERIOR ROSES, LILY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS

BE^T PRODUCED

2(24 Devonshire Street,

Boston, Ma—.

William F. Kasting Co.

^A/l-loles^ll•

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

loris-ts

BUFFALO, N. Y.

^MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CIT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Home-grown Stock a Specialty. STRICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference furnished as to standing and financial ability of the company.
123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lilies, Loneiflorum .
Lily of the Valley ...

Gladioli

Iris

Mlgnonetle

Daises

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Gardenias • ■

Adiantum

5mllax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

** " & Sprea (too bunches) .

I. To Dealers Only

Last Half of Week

First Half of Week

ending June 7

beginning June 9

1913

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PHILADELPHIA mendous amount
of stuff came in
and simpl.v swamped the market.
There was a fair amount of busines.s
around, but nothing like enough to ab-
sorb the extra supplies. Roses were
more demoralized probably thafi any-
thing else. The cool cloudy weather
during much of May held them in
check and the warm and brilliant rays
of the past ten days brought them in
with a rush. The rose seems to re-
spond more quickly to such conditions
than other subjects. Outdoor roses
do not cut nearly so much of a figure
in the market now as they did several
years ago. The only outdoor roses oc-
cupying a jirominent position today
are the Ramblers — Lady Gay, Dorothy
Perkins. Tausendschon and Crimson
Rambler especially. Considering the
season the quality of the carnation cut
continues very creditable indeed. Some
days the sweet peas came in good; at
other times badly scorched. All tlie
first-class ones sold well. Cattleya
Gaskelliana is the latest arrival in the
orchid market — taking the place of
gigas, which is about over. Delphin-
ium continues in quantity — a most
charming and attractive subject. The
clean-up on Friday and Saturday was
all right except financially disastrous.
A terrible slaughter.

Market was in good
ST. LOUIS condition all last week,

plenty of stock, and
prices much lower. The supply was
short on extra fancy stock in roses
and carnations, but in the lesser

grades there was considerable over-
stock. Asparagus and smilax had big
calls this week, owing to the scarcity
of ferns.

There has been an
WASHINGTON oversupply of all

varieties of roses
but graduation exercises in schools,
seminaries and colleges, and the many
.June weddings, are using up large
amounts of cut flowers and they are
moving better than last week. Last
week carnations went begging but the
supply is somewhat shorter and the
demand heavier since the weather
turned cooler. Water lilies are now
offered. Orchids have dropped in
price.

NEW YORK PERSONAL NOTES.

Davie Adam is no longer engaged
at Thorburn's.

A. Schmidt of 180 Ave. B, sailed for
Europe last Wednesday.

Wm. Pankok, of Whitestone, N. Y..
sailed for Germanv on Thursday, June
12.

Bert Chadwick has left Vaughan's
Seed Store to take a position with C.
F. Meyer.

Max Schling plans to go to northern
New York state about the middle of
July and stay until September.

News from Italy, where Julius
Roehrs, Sr., is now trying to regain
his health, is not as encouraging as
fcis many friends would wish.

Visitors: W. F. Kasting, Buffalo:
A. Farenwald. Roslyn, Pa.; S. S. Pen-
nock. Phila., Pa.

906

HORTICULTUEl

June 14, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisementsifunder this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want In this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

R. J. Dysart, 40 State St., Boston.
For pagB gee List of Advertlsera.

APHINB

ApUne Mfg. Co., Madison. N. I.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

ABACCABLA8

Godfrey Aaclimann. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

ABTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brighton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers^

ASPABAOCS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenilworth,
N. J. _

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI Is the Aspar-
agus that will get you the most money.
Start right by ordering direct of the In-
troducer. Heavily rooted, 214-inch. $6.00 per
100, $50.00 per 1000. JOHN C. HATCHER,
Amsterdam, N. "ST.

AUCCBA

Aucuba japonlca, bushy plants, 35c. to
$2.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerterk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

A. Leuthy & Co., Rosllndale, Maaa.

For page see List of Advertlgerg.
lioeebner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

BAT TBEBS

McHutcblgon & Co., 17 Murra; St., N.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Bobblnk & Atklng, Rutherford, N. J.

For page gee List of Advertlserg.

AnguRt Rolker 4 Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and
prices. List on application.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
N. E. Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., Wblte Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Mags.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.
James Vicli's Sons. Rochester, N. Y.

t^or page see List of Advertisers.
H. Hansen. 106 Avon St.. Maiden, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIAS

O. V. Zangen. Hoboken, N. J.

Begonia Gracilis Lumiuosa and Bedding

Queen.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Begonia Lorraine and Glory of Cincin-
nati. 2V4 in. pots, leaf cuttings, immediate
delivery.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BOILERS

Kroeechell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chlcnro.
For pjige see List of Advertlgers.

r.,ord St Unrnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

Hltchlngs ft Co.. 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES — OCT FLOWER — FOLDING

Edwards Folding Box Co., Phllndelpbln.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO..
Milwaukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk ft Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

N. E. Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.
Bush and Pyramidal Box.

BCLBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Itoddlngton, N»w York,

N. Y.

lUiiidiugtou's Quality Bulbs.
For page ge« List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page se« List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed Honse. Phll.idelpbla, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward ft Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advestlserg.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of ^Advertisers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flake, Rawson Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. MUler, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John L«wlB Chllds, Flowerfield, L. I., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. ft J. Farquhar Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

C. KEUR & SONS, HILLEGOM, Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

NEW YORK Branch, 8-10 Bridge St.

' CAKNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
ft. JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Contlnned

Chrysanthemum rooted cuttings. Segar's
White, sport of Garza, late: Chrysolora,
1,'naka, $3.00 per 100 : $25.00 per lOOO. Smith's
Advance. Golden Eagle, W. H. Lincoln,
Patty. Garzn, $2.50 per 100: $20.00 per 1000.
A. Byron, White and Yellow BonnafTon,
White Ivory, Estelle. Rosette. Pacific Su-
preme. $2.00 per 100: $15.00 per 1000. Send
for list of other varieties.

WM. SWAYNE. Kennett Square. Pa.

CARNATIONS

P. Dorner ft Sons Co., Lafayette, In*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skidelsky ft Co., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertlgers.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L
PILLSBURY, Galesburg, III.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith ft Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers.

David J. Scott. Corfu, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank OechsUn, 4911 Quincy St., Chicago.
III.

Smith's Advance, 2Vi inch, .$2.50 per 100:
.$22.50 per 1000. K. C. $1.50 per 100; $12.50
per 1000. We can supply 5000 per week
of this varietv, also 8.S other best Mums.
STAFFORD CONSERVATORIES, Stafford
Springs, Conn.

Chrysanthemums in 214-in. pots, Roslere,
Bergmann, White Eaton, $2.50 per 100;
Chrysolora, 214-in. pots, .$3.00 per 100.
Well rooted, stocky plants from sand,
Rosiere, Bergmann, Touset. Oct. Frost,
Robinson, White Eaton, Yellow Eaton,
Unaka. Minnie Bailey, Marv Foster, $2.00
per 100, $15.00 per 1000: Chrysolora, from
sand, 2V-C., $20.00 per 1000. JOY FLORAL
CO., Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THB. By A. H«r-
rlngton. The author has endeavored t»
assist and direct the efforts of thos* wh»
wonld grow and excel In producing perfaet
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that n*t
In secret arts and practices, but In plala
course of procedure are the desired reanlts
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Prlc*
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hsmllton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Uaia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
Far page se« List of Advertisers.

Cyclamen, 3 In. pots, very finest strain,
$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

Cyclamen glganteum, best strain in good
assorted colors: good strong plants In
214 -In. pots, ready to shift. $5.00 per 100;
$40.00 per 1000. J. H. FIESSEB. Hamilton
Ave., Guttenberg, N. J. Cash, please.

DAHLIAS

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
I'OCK DAHLIA FARMS, Wllllamstown
Junction, N. J., Post Office, Berlin, N. J.

Dahlias — 2500 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have you to
exchange?

GEO. H. WALKER,
Expert, North Dighton, Mass.

Dahlia

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A Lenthy ft Co.. Perkins St. NurserleB,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co.. Market and 49th lU.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow ft MarketOB. 41 West 28tb St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

.\Iorzo ,T. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

DRACAENA IND1VIS.\— 4-inch, $10.00;
5-lnch, $15.00 per 100. Heavilv rooted, ready
for Immediate shipment. JOIINC. HATCH-
ER, Amsterdam, N. Y.

Fdr List of Advertisers See Page 883

June 14, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

907

BNGINEERS AND L,ANDSCAPB GAR-
DENERS

Fairfield Landscape & Nurseries Co.,

Terminal Bldg.. 41st St. and Park Ave.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Leathr & Co., Rosllndale, UaH.
For patre fee List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Sod, Wbltman, Mas*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobert Craig Co., Philadelphia, P>.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. B. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hndson,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTILIZERS

Wtii Century Plant Food Co., Bev«rly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

FertUeno.

For page see List of Advertisers.

rvlTcrtsed Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Mannr*.

For page see List of Advertisers

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Bo«ton Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

N. V. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St..

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

B Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

B«ed t Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

a. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page se« List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M St».,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hllfinger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FUNOINE

Aphlue Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

"Michigan Cut Flower Co.. 3S and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit. Mich
For page see List of Ailvorllsers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see Llwt of Advert Ispri.

GARDENIAS

Rose Hill Nurseries, New Rochelle, N. Y.

GER.\NIC.M9

B. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co.. White Manh,

Md.

For p;ige see List of .\<lvertiser8.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrl.nii, Mich.
For pnpe see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS— Continued

Geraniums, in bud and bloom, A-1 plants.
Beaute Poitevine, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite
and Elmira, one of the best rose-pinks go-
ing, 4-in., $8.0<) per 100; 3y2-iu., $6.00 per
100; 3-in., .$4.00 per 100. Cash or reference.
JOHN B. RUDY, Elmira, N, Y.

Four thousand B. Poitevine nice stocky
plants in bud and bloom, 3 In., 7c. Four
thousand S. A. Nutt, 3 in., 6c, from early
fall cuttings. GEO. P. GRIDLEY, Wolfe-
boro, N. H.

Geraniums, .3000 Nutt. SVa and 4 in. pots,
at 6.00 and $7.00 per 100. 2yo in. Nutt,
ready for a shift, at .$22.00 per 1000. Cash
with order. WORCESTER CONSERVA-
TORIES. Wonester, Mass.

Nutt geraniums out of SVa-ln. pots, bud
and bloom, strong plants, $5.00 per 100, to
clean out. Cash.

E. W. PEARSON, Newburyport, Mass.

GI-ADIOLVS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc, 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Lijt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN-
STON GLASS CO.. Hartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING KIATEBIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponsvt,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL—

Continued

Frank Van Assche Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Bnrnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

8. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. I.

Fur page seo List of .Vilvertisers.

Plerson D-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For pasf sop List of .\dvertisers.

Lord & Rumhfm Co.,

1133 Itroadway, New York.

^Hitchlngs &T"o., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N, Tonawanda, N, i.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y
Iron Gutters.

For page soo List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists" Hall Asso. of America.

J G. Esler, Saddle River, N J.

For page see List of Advertisers

H.4RDV FERNS AND GREEN GOODH

Michigan Cut Flower Eichnni:e.
R8 and 40 Rroadway, Detroit. Mich
For page see List of AdvertlserH

The Kervan Co.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY PERENNIALS

N. E. Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.

HAY CAPS.

Hay Caps — Stack, Implement, wagon and
farm covers. Waterproof or plain canvas.
Plant bed cloth, waterproof sheeting. Can-
vas goods. HENRY DERBY, 453H St. Pauls
Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeachell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., CUcask.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nnrserles, No. Ablngtoo, Maa*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Boston, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Lexington, Mais'
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, PhUadelphla. Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Steams Lumber Co., Neponset, Maaa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bumham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

HYDRANGEAS

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,

New York.

Hydrangea Otaksa,

A. N. Pierson. Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hydrangeas: In pots and tubs, $l.S0-$3.60
each ; large specimen, $5.00-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphlne and Funglne.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, FIshklli-on-Hndsoa.

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.

Tanglefoot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LAURUS

Laurus Cerasus: Bush, 35c. -$1.00 each;
Standards, $7.50-$10.00 each ; Pyramlda.
$5.00-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO.. Rutherford, N. J.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. T.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

RAJ. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Maaa.

New Lilies.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N, J,
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

In writing fo Advertisers IcindJy mention Horticulture

■90S

HORTICULTUEE

June 14, 1913

LltT OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Locchner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ADffust Bolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

IfcHutchlaon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbarn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

IrlARGrEBITES

Uarguerltes, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter fluwering yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. PBIECE
BEOS., Waltham, Mass.

MA8TICA

r. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NIKOTIANA.

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.

Nikotiana.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NClkaliBY STOCK

P. Ouwcrkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. 4 T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B«y State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whittler & Co., South Framlngham.
Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodseli, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

UcHntcbison * Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. T
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Eoblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass
Catalogue Nursery Stock.

Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your addre«»
for $6,00 by Horticulture Publishing Co..
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

ONION SETS

Leon.Trd Seed Co., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

.Tas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Eoehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PAX.US, ETC.

A. Lenthy ft Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink ft Atkins, Eutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Eolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Spragne, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

"PEONIES FOE PLEASUEE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered together under the
sun ; describes the old and new. as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose in
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure.*'

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.. .
The Largest Eose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield, Ohio.

Peonies. The world's greatest collection.
121)0 sorts. Send for list. C. BETSCHEE,
Canal Dover, O.

PHOENIX

Phnenix Canarlensls, fine large plants,
$7..')0-$3,5.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHES CO., Eutherford, N. J.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St.. Chlcaf«
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

N. Tnnawanda. N. Y.

Shelf Brackets and Pipe Hangers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

Angust Rolker & Sons, New York. N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutehlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y
For page tee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Scele's Tleles^ Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. TLJ). SEELE & SONS, Elkhart,J>d.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIEE & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa.

"Elverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

POINSETTI.4S

A. Henderson & Co.,

369 River St., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp..
$1.2,T by mall. I. N. KEAMEE & SONS.
Cedar Eaplds, Iowa.

BAFFIA

Mcnutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St., N. T
For page se« List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co.. Kendalvllle, In4
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of AdvertiseTS.

Bobbink ft Atkins, Eutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Elce Co., 1220 Rac» St., Phfls., P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. Ps.
For page se« List of Advertisers.

B08ES

8. S. Skldelsky & Co., Pbiladelphla, P*.
For page see List of Advertisan.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hobokan, H. >.
For page see List of Advertiaera.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page sea List of Advertisers.

W. ft T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nunertes. North Abington, Maa^
For page see List of Advertisers

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink ft Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N, Pierson. Cromwell, Conn.

New Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robt. Scott .<t Son, Sharon Hill. Del, Co., Pa.

Grafted Boses for June Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Kastern Nurseries, Janialia Plain, Mass.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertiseirs.

Wood Bros., Fisbkili. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES— Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothv Perkins. $1.00 per 100,
$30,110 per 1000,

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

S.*LVI.\S

Salvias. 2 inch. 3 inch and 4 inch, 2c.,
3c. and 5c. WM. DOEL, Pascoag, R. I.

SEASONABLE PLANTS

F. C. Riebe. Webster, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, 111,
For page see List of Advertisers,

Everett B, Clark Seed Co., Mtlford, Cona.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Associatlom,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advert^ers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Joae, Cal.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Bona,

fil and 62 N. Market St, Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlec Burpee ft Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawsoo Co.. Boston. Uaas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. ft J. Farqnhar ft Co., Bostsn, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden fit sis.

For page see List of Advertisers.

1. B. Skldslsky ft Co., Phlladslpbia, Pa.
For page aee List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James VIck's Sons. Rochsster, N. T.

Flower and Vegetable Seeds.
For page see List of Advertlssts.

J. BolglsDo ft Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers icindly mention Horticulture

June 14, 1913

HORTICULTUKE

909'

SEEDS — Contlnned

B. Brygon Ayres Co., Independence, M».

Sw«et Peas.

For page aee List of AdvertlsTa.

Loechner & COy New York, N. T.
For page Bee List of AdTertl»er«.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boit«ii.

Aster Seed.

For page see Llat of AdvertlserB.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. 1.
For page see List of AdTertIs«r».

O. V. Zangen. Hohoken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertlgera.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Weeber & Don, 114 Chambers St., New York.

Seeds for Present Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykbnis. Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogne.

For page see List of Advertisers.

I. Oliver Jobnson, 1874-76 Milwankee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, III.

SITKAUNK

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Uaii.
For page see List of AdvertlieTB.

8I.UO SHOT

B. Hammond, FIshklll-on-HudBon, N. T.
For page see List of AdverHBara.

SNAPDRAGON

Snapdragon rooted cuttings, fine strains
of Sliver Pink, white and yellow. $2.00 per
lOO, $15.00 per 1000: pot plants, 1-3 more.
WM. SWAYNE. Kennett Square, Pa.

SPHAGNITM MOSS

J. H. Sprague. Barnegat, N. .T
For page nee Llsl of Advertlserg.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

THK NATIONAL NVBBBBTHAM

National Narseryman Publishing Co., I>e..

Rochester, N. T.

For page see List of Adverttsera

TUBEROSES

J. U. Thorbnrn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

James Tick's Sons, Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

TEOETABLE PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsb,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

20,rKiO new Stone, 4-."i in. tomato seedlings,
at 90o. per 1000: $1.5.00 the lot. Cabbage,
red cabbage, kale cauliflower, 2.5e. per 100;
$1.00 per 1000. Sweet potato plants of all
kinds, $2.00 per 1000. Cash with order.
T. L. COOK, Greenview, Ills.

TENTILATrNO AFPABATCS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Qnaker City Machine Worka.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisera.

VERMICIDES

Aphlne Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vlnca Varlegata, 3% and 4 In. stock,
•xtra heavy, $14.00 per 100; medium, $10.00
112.00 per 100. WILLIAM CAPSTICK,
Anbumdale, Mass.

WEED KILLER

Plno-Lyptol Chemical Co.. 455-457 West

26th St., New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWOBK

Heed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. T.
For p.ige see List of Advertlserg.

WIrework. Write for our catalogne.
HOLTON * HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee,
Wis.

WILLIAM B. HELLSCHBR'S WIRE
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLOBISTS
Albany, N. T.

Albany Cnt Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For paga see List of Advertisera.

AUanto. 0».

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Qa.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St

For page see List of Advertisera.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman PI.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Buffalo, N. T.

William F. KastIng Co., 383-87 BUlcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Chicago

Peter Relnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Xdvertlsers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page gee List of AdvertUera.

Poeblmann Broa. Co., Morton Grove, III

For page see List of Advertisers.

CInciiUMtl, Ohio

The J. M. McCuUongh'g Sons Co..

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertlaera.

Detroit

Michigan Cat Flower Exchange, 88 and M

Broadway.

For page aee List of Advertisers.

Hontreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q
For page see List of Advertisers.

New Tork

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. B. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

B. C. Horan, SB W. 28th St., New York.
For page aee List of Aavcrtlsera.

Jamea McManna, 105 W. 28tb St., New York.
For page aee List of Advertlserg.

W. F. Sheridan. 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertlaers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St.. N. T.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Wllloaghby St..

Brooklyn. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Henti & Nash, 56 and 67 W. 26th

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charleg Mlllang, 55 and 67 Wegt 26th St.,

New York.

For page see Llat of Advertlserg.

W. P. Ford, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New Tork — Coatimaed
WHOLESALE FLORISTS — Continued

Traendly ft Schenck. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Badgley, Rledel ft Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see List of Adrertlsem.

Wood row ft Marketos, 41 West 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisera.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. T.
For page see List of AdvertlseBs.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of AdvertlBan.

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertiser*.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sta.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see Llat of Advertisers.

The 8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., ISW-lt

Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertlsan.

Boeheeter

Oeorge B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of AdTertlswa.

Washington

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Ulf

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertlssirs.

New Offers in This Issue

CATTLEYAS.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS.

Frank Oechslin, 4011 Quincy St.,

Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER SEEDS TO SOW NOW.

R. & J. Faryuhar & Co., 6 & 7 So. Market

St., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HORSE STABLE MANURE.

New York Stable Manure Co., 27.3 Wash-
ington St., Jersey City, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NURSERY STOCK. VALLEY PIPS,
AZALEAS, PALMS.

Otto Heinecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

QUALITY LILY BULBS.

Arthur T. Boddington, 342 West 14th St.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIZARD BRAND SHEEP MANURE.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see Li-st of Advertisers.

YOUNG ROSE STOCK: GRAFTED
AND OWN ROOT.

W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Reading notices are the worst
possible kind of advertising, for
they are on their own face de-
ception. The reader is buncoed.
Naturally he resents It and then
the boomerang swats the fellow
who hoped to gain by it. —
Schultz.

For List of Advertisers See Page 883

910

HORTICULTUEE

June 14, 1913

I^OR

HEWS STANDARD POTS

us...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WOI^DS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

DURING RECESS.

Cook County Florists' Bowling League
Scores, June 4, 1913.

KOSKS. c-.\l; NATIONS.

Goerisch, 123 121 li:j Lnrniaii, 1«4 I'M IC'.i

Koehler, 141 138 147 I/li'rnrn. WS 20y 2li:i

Cyers, 17:1 134 IBIi Anusfg. 130 176147

Price, 1.37 157180 Aver.s. 1.58172 171

Fischer. 146 163 14G A. Zecli. 144 1.50 170

VIOLET. OKCHID8.

A. H'bn r, 143191123 Krauss, is'.i i:a Hi.-,

Jacobs, 143 134 1.57 (Jraff. 214 107 104

Wolf, 196120 187 Briistrin. 182 102 l.s4

Schultz, 155 184 187 Burns. 149 177 1.52

J, H'bn'r. 142 182 153 .7. Zech, 133 141 14.5

This was the last game of the sea-
son, and interest has held steadily
throughout the year, the teams being
so well matched that the scores ran
very close. The summing up is not
complete, but it is stated by Secretary
Lorman that the silver cup was won
by Al. Fischer over Wm. Wolf by only
13 pins.

INCORPORATED.
Elmhurst, III. — Hoskins Floral Co..
capital stock, $25,000. Incorporators.
D. J, Hoskins, ,1. F, Harris and P. Am-
berg.

Rose Hill, N. Y.— F. W. Brow
Nursery Co., to deal in seeds, bulbs
and crops. Capital stock. $25,000. In-
coroporators, Francis \V. Brow, Frank
B. Mills and C. Albert Weeks.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertieements In thU colamn
on« cent a word. Initials coont
tts words. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE'* thoald be sent
to 11 Hamilton Place. Bosod.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— As salesman in
wlnik'sale flower establisliment. Good ex-
perience and references. "R. W.," care
HOHTim/rURE.

SlTr:ATION WANTED— By Dutch Gar-
dener, 30 years old, married, Englisb and
American experiences in private pl.-ice; up-
to-date landscape artist, frrower in and out-
doors, and decor,itor. Best of references.
Address V. H., care of HORTICULTURE.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new;
to X 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
•ky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St..
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE — Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations tor 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T.
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Dayton. O. — W. G. Mathews, rebuild-
ing.

Muncie. Ind. — N. V. Cooper, one
house.

Eugene. Ore. — Charles Kingwell, ad-
dition.

Peace Dale, R. I. — James E. Sykes.
one house.

Oakland, Cal.— Thorsted Floral Co.,
alterations.

Raspeburg, Md. — John G. Klian,
house 32 x 100.

Crescent, St. Louis. Mo. — J. T. Milli-
ken. five houses.

Newton. N. H. — George Bly. Pond
street, rebuilding.

Los Angeles, Cal. — Dieterich & Tur-
ner, one house 60 x 300.

Minneapolis, Minn. — O. H. Carlson,
additions and rebuilding.

Hartford, Conn. — Carl Peterson, 115

Adams street, one house.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Eli Cross, N.
Leonard street, one house.

Chicago. III. — Sam Pearce, Jefferson
Park, four houses each 25 x 125.

Kirkwood, Mo. — W. A. Rowe, two
houses for carnations and violets.

Sterling III. — Swartley Greenhouses.
E. 5th street, rebuilding and additions.

Birmingham. Ala. — P. G. Kelley. two
carnation houses, one 28 x 150, one 10 x
150.

PATENTS GRANTED.

1.063,250. Weed Exterminator. Chris-
tina Felt, Brocket, X. D.

1.063,395. Self Watering Flower Pot.
William A. Scrihner. Min-
neapolis, Minn.

1,063,502. Vine Trellis. John B.
Brvan, Downers Grove,
111.

1,063,660. Quack Grass and Weed
Eradicator. Peter B.
Crane, Long Lake, Minn.

NEWS NOTES.
New Rochelle, N. Y. — M. Chamoice
succeeds W. S. Hitchcock in his
greenhouses.

Waukesha, Wis. — The Weaver
Greenhouses, purchased three years
ago by the Milwaukee Electric Rail-
way & Light Company, have been
sold to A. M. Model.

Pittsburg, Pa.— On May 22. the boil-
er and tool house, barn and stable of
F. H. Westhoff. wholesale florist at
Westhoff Station, were destroyed by
fire. Damage is estimated at $10,000.
partly covered by insurance.

KING
GREENHOUSES

Art' in a class by
tlu'Uisi.^Ivos— Strong-
er. Sniiiiier. More
Convenient tliau any
other houses made.
Dnn't take our word
for it — investigate.
Owners say that we
offer the most for
the money. Write us
now.

=J

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

28 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N.Y.

• 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate:

L'OOO 1% In. @ $6.U0 500 4 in. (g $4..50

1500 2 " '• 4.8S 456 41^ " " 5.2*

1500 2V4 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 2V4 " " 6.00 210 5^4 " " 3.78

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

800 3H " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20

60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., P*tt*r7, Fori Edward, N.T.

Intust Rolker & Sins. 31 Barclay St, N. Y. City, A(iiitl

~ Ml »CIUTY-Ui{Mstuna<tiiitt trill

I— STANDARD FLOWER

If your greenhouses are within 500 milea
of the Tapitol. write us, we can save )
you money.

W. H. ERNEST
~ 38th & M Sts. Washington, D. C.

Syracuse Red Pots

With new and improved machinery. w«
can supply your wants to better ad-
vantage than ever.
Special discounts on iarg:e orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^"n"" y"^^

THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, inaorer of 32,300,000 iq. It. of fiUgt

For particulars address

John G. Esler, sk', Saddle River, N.J.

Little Ads Bring
Big Returns

Little ads. In our Clasalfled Calumns brine
big returns to both advertiser and par-
chaser.

Anything that can be sold to florists, gar-
deners, parli and cemetery superintendents,
etc., can be sold through this medium In
tills department, and at very small cost.

Don't fall to read them each Issue, for yon
will Sud one or more that will prove proflt-
able to you.

I They Cost Only One I
Cent a. Word Undlmplayed I

June 14. 1913

H 0 R T I C U L T U E E

\ni

WHAT THE USERS SAY

Kroescliell Koiler. Generator and Heat-
ing System Insure Perfeet Ke&ults.

Having promised you a letter as soon
as we passed tbrougb a good fair te^t,
I consider it now most timely. We had
the thermometer 18° below and we've
just gone through a blizzard bad
enough for most any season, and am
very well pleased to inform you that
our beating system was equal to the oc-
casion. So far as we have gone, am cer-
tainly well satisfied with the Kroeschell
Boiler. Generator and Heating System.
J. E. MATTHEWSON, Sheboygan, Wis.

Send for our Catalog. Do It Today.

I 466 W. Erie St. - - CHICAGO |

Send your businesa direct to Waslunffton
S«T^ time and insures better senrice.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C

ETROPOLITAN
ATER1AL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and
Construction IMateriai

Please Send for Catalogue

1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

^qreenjiq^cgnl

USE IT HOW.

F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY
NEW YORK

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex
panslon and contraction. Puitj becomes hard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking ol other glass as occurs with
hard putty. L«»U longer than putty. Easy tn
apply.

ARTSTONE FLOWER VASES

Dimensions: Base. 15% In. high; vase, 18 In high;
outside diameter, 16 In.; Inside diameter. 12 In.; In-
side depth of bowl, 8% In.

Made from the best Crystal Granite combined with
Portland Cement and are guaranteed to last a lue
time.

THE BEST LAWN VASE EVER CONSTBOCTED.
NOTHING BETTER FOB CEMETERY DECORA-
TION.
WILL NOT BUST LIKE IBON.

Write for prices to

PATRICK GRACE

55 Union Street, Brighton, IMass.

1

DR£ER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub

No. Dlam. Ea. Doz. 100

10 20 In. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00

20 IS in. 1.30 14.00 115.00

1.00 11.25 92.00

.6.5 7.00 56.00

.45 5.00 40.00

.38 4.00 32.00

..30 3.50 28.00

JIanufaaured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced .Jbe neatest 'ightest
and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have
drop handle^;.

HENRY A. DREER, Seeds. Plants, Bulbs, anil Supplies, 714 Ctiestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? If you do you know
how good they are and
know where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very Important.
In fact, you are baying In-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.
Do It today.

ADVANCE CO., - Richmonil, Ind.

TM

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

GLASS

for GBEENHOrSE and HOT BED

S.\SHES. Our prices can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

SLi-JlT Havemeycr St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET; BOSTON, MASS.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow arms
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine

IVrite for free Catalogue to

QUAKER CITY MACHINE CO.

Richmond, Ind.

reef's Peerless^
Glazing Points P

For Greenboases llJ

Drive e»«y and trae, becaoje
both beveli we on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the flaw in driving- Galvan-
ized and will not nist. No
riehu ot left*.

The Peeriess Glazlns Point
li patented. NootbenHke
it Order from your deale^
or direct from us.
1000, 75c poitpaid.
Sample* free.
EIHBT A. DKEEB, .
T14 Ohevtnnt Streeti
rUlfcd«lphl».

Greenhouse Materials anTSd

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengths up to 32 feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furnish details and cut materials ready for

Frank Van Assche, '"L°d ^;t^hfl'.?.t."

JEESEY CITY, N. J.

"J 12

HORTICULTUKE

June 14, 1913:

^"■1-115 is the time of the year when the upheaval of inside
■'■ painting comes.

What a nuisance it is !

What a needless expense !

That is to say: it is needless if you have a U-Bar house.
Needless because U-Bar houses don't need inside painting.

Its original aluminum finish will last for years and still re-
tain its soft, clean, pleasing finish.

It does not crack, mildew, stain or let the rust come through.

In fact there is no rust from the U-Bars because every one is
heavily galvanized before it is aluminum finished.

This freedom from painting nuisance and expense is one
more of the reasons why U-Bar greenhouses cost more at
the start and less the rest of the time.

This U-Bar house was built eight years ago and the interior finish is still
bright and free from mildew

U-BAR GREENHOUSES

PIER50N U-BAR CO

ONE MADISON AVE. NEW YORK.
Canadian OFFict. lo phillips place Montreal

NEW YOU

Lilac Time

\iew in tlie Ciounds of Mr. li:i.vard Thayer, South Lancaster Mass.. gardener Wni. Anderson.

A

%^ Devorei
flORlSt FlMT^MAN.

Kindred /pterejf'sl

^

PtfbiiWied

Bq/ro//» Mass.
(Ji/dscrfpt/on, ^lOOji

914

HORTICULTURE

June 21, 1913

0\A/IM

K

Why wait until the other fellow is through planting and them take his cuUs at a
reduced figure, when we will give you immediate delivery on stock properly
grown and with our endorsement that it will be found entirely satisfactory ?

Mrs. George Shawyer, the peerless pink ; Milady, the new red : 4 in. stock, $30.00
per hundred; $250.00 per thousand.

Pink and White Killarney, Richmond, Taft, My Maryland and American Beauty

4 inch stock $12.00 per hundred ; 3 inch stock $10.00 per hundred.

Bon Silene, 3 inch stock; $10.00 per hundred.

/^flQY^CJ i IVIT'LIK'lVirTlVI^ ^^^ " ^^P Family," and other varieties equally
lj|llVl^/\Ll inijLTJUiTJO adapted for pot plants at $io.co per hundred.

POMPONS. Our selection — $3.00 per hundred; $25.00 per thousand.

STANDARD VARIETIES. Unaka, Gloria, Col. Applelon, Wells' Late Pink, etc.

$25.00 per thousand for 2'.. inch pot plants.

:s M

rTY

l\/l,A^ISOIM,
IM. ^.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Fine stock from 2V4 inch pots.

Patty Dolly Dimple

Comoleta Roman Golil

Unaka Clem. Touset

Kalb White Eaton

Yellow Jonet Oct. Frost

Pink Ivory Yellow Ivory
¥3.00 per 100.

Pompons. Singles. Anemones.

Baby. Late Yellow.

Nio. Delicate Pink, Midseason.

Julia I-a Graverre. Crimson. Midseason.

Orea, Pink, Midseason.

:Mlnta, Pink, MidNeason.

Zenobia. Early Yellow.

Diana, Midseason, White.

Garza, Midseason, White.

({ninola. Late Yellow.

Worden, Miss, White Single

SS.OO per 100.
Helen Newberry. Late White.
Mary Colloday. Lavender Pink.

DAVID J. SCOTT

CORFU, N. Y.

Formerly the Wm. Scott Co. Greenhouses

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS

New Cluster Peppers, Celestial Peppers,
Branching New ('luster Peppers and
8olanum Melvini, strDiig plnnts, 2V4 in.
pots, $3.<)0 per IfO: .$2.5.00 per 1000; 500
or more at 1000 lates.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

All tl\e lipst Tari'tlr"; for hush fnrm Pot
plants, .strong pl.iiits from 2'', in. pots,
.?.-..00 per lOO. Caih willi order.

mm OECHSUN,

4911 Quincy Street, Chicago. III.

GERANIUMS

Best Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding; Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, .Any Quantity

lOHN Mckenzie, North Cambiidge. Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 4Sth 8t
Tel. J890 Bedford B R OOK L Y N , N . Y.

Flowering, Decorative and
Vegetable Plants

In abundance at all times. See our display adv.
in HO'<TICULTURE May 17th, page 750.
Correspondence Solicited

ALONZO I. BRYAN. WHOLESALE FLORIST

WASHINGTON. NEW JERSEY

Draelena Ind.. 5 and 0 in.. $4.00 and SS.UO

per «loz.
Vinea Variegata. 4 in. strong, .S8, $10, .^15

per 100.
.\>par:igus PI. Nanus, aV- in., .W.OO per 100.
.A>par'.igiis Sprengerii. SM; in.. $3.50 per 100.
Petunias. 8 varieties. 2 in.. $2.00.
Mnreuerites. White. 2. 2y„, 3 and 4 in., $2,

S2.30. $3.00 and $8.00 per 100.
(^ierimium. >Ime. Salleroi. 2 in.. $2.00 per 100.
\ inea. 2' 4 in.. $2..50 per 100.

F. C. RIEBE - WEBSTER. M SS.

ROSES

GRAFTED and OWN ROOTS

Mllarney Queen, Double White
Killarney, Lady Hillingdon, Double
Pink Killarney, Maryland, Wbite
Killarney, Killarney, Richmond,
Kaiserin, Perle, Sunset, Sunrise,
Bride, Bridesmaid, Wootton,
Clothllde Soupert, etc.

Fine Stock from 3 inch pots. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepH Heacock

Wyncote, Pa.

POINSETTIAS,

j TRUE TYPE.

Shipped in Paper Pots, June De-
livery.

I Z'A INCH PLANTS, $6.00 PER 100

Write for Prices in Large Quantities

A. Henderson & Co.

3(1!) RIVER ST., CHICAGO.

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTURE

915

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R A INI I U M 3

The report comes from all sections that Geraniums are
stock will be cleaned up. We have an excellent lot of
your own stock for another season, but why bother
stock for you, to be shipped anytime in the fall or win
another crop has been removed. Our stock houses of
plants as pretty as you ever saw. Then we have Nov
varieties to the extent that we are confident we can
it over. Can you afford to bother with the stock your

SCABLET BEDDER. We have bought of Elmer D.
and offer good strong plants from 3-in. pots for imme
SMIIAX: 2-in., $2.00 per 100, $17.50 per 1000.
COLEUS, ALTERNANTHERAS and other BEDDING
PLANTS.

more in demand this season than ever and that all good
voung stock ready to ship out if you wish to grow
w-ith it, as we make it our business to provide your
ter, you have the room, after Chrysanthemums or
Standard sorts alone as now planted contains 300,000
elty stock. Ivy Leaved sorts. Scented and Variegated
take carp of any order you may place with us. Think
self for .$1S50 per 1000, for 2-in. plants?

Smith & Co., stock of this superior Scarlet Geranium
diate shipment at .$1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100.
CANNAS: 3-in. pot, good sorts, $3.00 per 100, $25.00
per 1000; King Humbert, $5.00 per 100, $40.00 per

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R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO., WHITE MARSH, MD.

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BODDINGTON'S QUALITY LILI

PLANT NOW FOR A LATE CROP

HARDV JAPAN LILIES

Liiliuni auratum — Doz.

8- to 9-inoh, 225 bulbs in a case $0.75

Liiium Melpomene magniflcum—

8- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs in a ease 75

9- to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.25

11-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case. . 1.50

Liliam speciosum aibam —

8- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs in a case 1.25

9-to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.75

11-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case.. 2.25

OF FLOWERS. ALL BULBS REPACKED AND SOUND

Liliuin speoioguni rubruni — Doz. 100

8- to 9-incn, 225 bulbs in a case 75 5.50

9 to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.25 8.50

11-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case.. 1.50 12.50
RETARDED BILBS FROM COLD STORAGE
Lilium lonsifloruni iri^anteum — Cold Storage 100

7- to 9-inch, 300 bulbs in a case $7.50

8- to 10-inch, 200 bulbs in a case 9.00

0- to 11-inch. 20O bulbs iu a case 12.00

Lilly of tile Valley — Cold Storage

Weddinsr Bells brand. Price January to July. 2.25
Wedding B* Us brand. Price August to January 2.50

100 lOOO

$5.50 $50.00

5.50 50.00

8.50 80.00

12.50 120.00

8.75 85.00

13.00 125.00

18.00 175.00

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jl Seedsman and Importer 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY ||

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LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 943

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 936

Allen, J. K 936

Anderson, S. A.. 931
Aphine Mfg. Co. 927
Aschmann, G....926
Atlanta Florist

Co 934

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 929

Badgley, Reidel

& Meyer 936

Barnard, W. W.

Co 929

Barrows & Son. .916
Bayersdorfer, H.

& Co 934

Bay State Nur-

- series 926

Bloomingdale's, 930
Bohbink & At-
kins 926

Boddington. A.T.915
Bolgiano & Son,

J 929

Boston Florist

Letter Co 934

Breck. J. & Son. 929
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 926

Breitmeyer's. J.

Sons 930

Bryan, Alonzo J. 914
Burpee, W. A. &

Co 929

California Flor-
ist 931

California Seed

Growers' Asso.929
Carbone 931

Page
Chicago Carna-
tion Co 934

Chicago Flower

Growers' ,\sso.934
C h i 1 d s, John

Lewis 928

Clarke's D., Sons.930
Clark, Everett B.

Seed Co 929

Cooke, Geo. H...932

Cowee, \V. J 936

Craig, Robt. Co. 916

Dards 930

Dawson, H. S...926
Dorner & Sons

Co ...914

Dreer. H. A.. 942-943
Dunlop. John H.931

Dysart. R. J 936

Eastern Nurser-
ies 926

Edwards Folding

Box Co 934

Elliott, "^N". H 926

Elliott's W.,Sons.927
Eppstein, Julius. 931
Ernest, W. H...942

Esler, J. G 942

Eyres 930

Fairfield Land-
• scape & Nur-
sery Co 926

Farquhar, R. &

J. & Co 929

Felix & Dvkliuis.929

Ford. M. (■ 936

Ford, W. P 936

Fottler. F i s k e.

Eawsou Co 929

Forrest.Frank H.931
Froment. H. E..936

Page
Framingham

Nurseries 926

Galvin, Tbos. F..931
Gasser, J. M. Co. 931
Goodsell. P. H..9'>6
Grey, T. J. Co... 929
Gude Bros. Co.. 932
Hail Association. 942
Hall & Robinson.931
Hauiuiond I'aiiit
and Slug Shot

Works 927

Hart, Geo. B 934

Heacock, .Tos . . . . 914
Heinecken, Otto. 929
Henderson. A. . . .914
Hess & Swoboda.ySO
Hews, A. H. &

Co 942

Hilfinger Bros... 942
Hitchings & Co.. 943
Holland Nurser-
ies 926

Holm & Olson... 930

Horan, E. C 936

Jacobs.S. & Sons.942
.Johnson, J. Oli-
ver 928

Johnston Bros. ..931
Kasting, W. F.

Co 937

Keller, J. B. Sons.930

Kervan Co 930

King Cons. Co..9-f*J
Kramer, F. H. ..931
Kroeschell Bros. 943
Kuebler. W. H..9.36
Lager & Hurrell.91fi

Lange. A 931

Lemon Oil Co... 927
Leonard Seed Co.92S

Page
Leuthv. A. & Co. 910
Loechner & Co.. 916
Lord & Burnham

Co 944

MacMuIkin, E....931
-May & Co., L. L.931
McConnell, Alex. 930
McCarthy, N. F.

Co 936

McCray Refrig-
erator Co...... 932

:vicCullough's Sons

(',.., J. M 934

.McHutchison &

Co 916

McKenzie. John. .914
McManus, Jas...936
Meyer, J. C. &

Co 934

Michell's Seed

House 928

Michigan Cut

I'lower Ex 934

Millaug, Chas 936

Miller, E. S 929

Montreal Floral

Exchange 937

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 936

.Murray, Samuel. 930
National Nursery-
man 926

Niessen. Leo Co. 934
Oechslin. Frank. 914

Ouwerkerk, P 926

Palmer, \V. J. &

Son 9.30

Park Floral Co.. 930
Parshelsky Bros. 943
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 931

Page
Penn the Florist. 931
Pierce Co., F. 0.942
Pennock - Meehan

Co 935

Pierson, A. N...925
Pierson. F. R. Co.916
P i n o - L y p t o 1

Chemical Co... 927
Plant Food Co.,

20tli Century.. 927
PoehUiiann Bros.

Co 934

Pollworth, C. C.930
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 927

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 943

Reed & Keller. . .936
Reinlerp, Peter.. 934

Rice, M. Co 931

Riebe, K. C 914

Robinson, H. M.

& Co 934

Robinson Co., H.

M 936

Roehrs. J. Co 916

Roland. Tbomas.916
Rolker, ,A. &

Sons 916

Rosery. The 930

Sander & Son 916

Scott, David J.. 914

Scott. John 914

Scott. Robt. &

Sons 926

Selling, Max 931

Sharp, Partridge

& Co 943

Shepard's Garden

Carnation Co.. 916
Sheridan, W. F..936

Page
Siggers & Sig-

gers 942

Siebrecht, Geo. C.93fi
Skidelsky, S. S.

& Co 929

Smith, P. J 936

Smith & Co., E.

D 926

Smith, W. & T.

Co 926

Smyth, Wm. J,. 930
Sprague, J. U..916
Stearns. A. T.

Lumler Go 943

Stumpp, Geo. M.930
Syracuse Pottery

"Co 942

Totty, Chas. H..914
Thorburn, J. M.

& Co 929

Traendly &

Schenck 936

Valentine. J. A.. 930
Van Assche, F...942
Vick's Jas. Sons. 925
Vincent, R., Jr.,

& Sons Co. 915-929
Wants, For Sale. 927
Ward, E. M.& Co.916
Weeber & Don.. 929
Welch Bros. Co.. 937
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 9-26

Wilson. Robt. G.930

Wood Bros 914

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 936

Young & Nugent.930

Zangen, O. V 929

Zinn, J. A 931

Zvolanek. Ant. C.929

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 938, 939, 940, 941

916

HORTICULTURE

June 21, 1913

It is not the power you generate, but the power you trcinsmit to your business that counts.

It is not the sales that a merchant makes, but ihe profit he gathers (rom these sales that counts.

It is not the quantities of lilies you grow, but the quality of the flowers that counts— because quality means
profit in the lily business.

Now in order to make the lily business count, you must have the best bulbs. Nearly all large growers use
Horseshoe Brand bulbs. Isn't that pretty good evidence of their value as profit producers? Try them.

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HORTICULTURE

m

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

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Care of Cyclamen
Cyclamen should be placed as soon as possible in cold
frames, where the)' will grow much better than in the
greenhouses. Where you have the houses occupied prac-
tically all the year around but would like to give them
a thorough cleaning and drying out, which, by the way,
is an excellent thing to do, make use of frames for the
cyclamen. Place a coating of fine coal ashes at least
three or four inches thick so the pots can be partially
plunged. Shade during the summer with lath or cloth,
which will keep the plants cooler than when they are
covered with glass that has been whitened. Stock that
is in 3-inch pots should be shifted before they are pot-
bound. A good mixture to use is well-rotted fibrous
loam, three parts, leaf mold and well-decayed cow ma-
nure one part eacli. Add enough of sand and fine char-
.coal to give porosity and sweetness. On hot days syr-
inge the plants overhead two or three times which will
assist in lowering the temperature.

Chrysanthemums

Xeglect in cultivating, tying, syringing or ventilating
at this season is certain to cause such damage to the
young chrysanthemums that, however well we may treat
them afterwards, they will never recover the ground
lost. Too much importance cannot be attached to culti-
vation and this should be persisted in until the feeding
roots begin to approach the surface of the soil, when
further cultivation would be injurious. In soils which
are deficient in calcareous matter — and most soils are —
a sprinkling of air-slaked lime on the soil previous to
stirring will help to strengthen the stem and give tone
to the foliage. Ventilate freely, both night and day, but
guard against sudden fluctuations in the temperature
for any laxity in this respect may nullify all our efliorts
during their growth. By keeping the shoots tied neatly
to the supports, syringing is made easy and effective
and it also allows free access of the sun's rays to the
.soil and gives opportunity for a free circulation of air
which keeps the leaves hard and of good color.

Care of Poinsettias

Poinsettias that were started early sliould now have
some fine material for propagating purposes. . Don't
break tJiem off the wooded stem but use the knife, and
let one or two eyes of the soft wood remain on the plants,
to give more cuttings again in about four weeks. No
bottom heat is required for the propagating bench.
^A"ith proper watering and shielded from the sun the
cuttings will be ready for "Jib inch pots in about 25
days. " Wlien they are rooted you can pot into a com-
post of stiiT loam mixed with about one-third its quan-
tity of well-rotted manure. A mixture of this kind will,
to a large extent, prevent yellow leaves on the young

be on the following

Mr. Farrell's next notes wll

.\cacias ;
Now;

Stock next fall. Keep the plants watered and syringed
all summer and in full sun. Never has the poinsettia
been more popular than now,- and there is hardly a
place where one does not find a batch grown for Christ-
mas, and yet the average retail grower does not pay
enough attention to their culture.

Cleaning', Painting and Repairing

As usual there is plenty to do in setting things right
for winter. Look over the benches and give them any
needed repairing so as to make them sound for another
year. With the full glare of the sun on the glass,
almost blinding, the work is anything but pleasant, but
we can make it more tolerable by shading the house or
liy placing some covering over the roof during torrid
weather. There is nothing worse than leaky and
draughty houses. To make a thorough job and an easy
and rapid one too, the removal of all the glass before
planting is necessary, to be followed up with a good job
nf reglazing into a new bed of putty. There are many
liouses with shaking, rattling, putty-loosened glass
where such a radical measure in doing repairs would do
a world of good. Now is a good time to go at it. The
wood-work will be all the better for a coat of white
paint, which wHl lighten up the houses and help de-
stroy any insects as well as preserve the wood. While
this work is going on give the glass a shading of whit-
ing which will make the houses more comfortable to
work in.

Palms

If there are large palms that need repotting get at
them now. If larger pots are not required remove some
of the old soil from the roots and replace with fresh.
Go over the old stock, remove every defective leaf, clean
the base of the plants and wash both sides of the leaves
thoroughly. For a compost use fibrous loam three parts,
well-rotted cow manure one part, and about a 5-inch pot
of bone meal to a ban-ow load. This is an excellent
time to do this work, as nearly all the palms and other
decorative stock make a heavy growth during the sum-
mer and the more they are encouraged the better.
Place the stock in a shaded house where you can main-
tain a rather close atmosphere. Attend to watering
carefully and spray several times every day.

Solanums

Berried solanums that are planted out should be
kept well pinched to form nice bushy plants. Keep the
soil well stirred by weekly cultivation and where we have
a continued dry spell it will be wise to use the hose
if possible. When watering these plants do it good
and thorough and it will last them at least two weeks.
Never let these plants suffer in any way if you want
nice plants by next fall.

Young Primulas; Decorative Plants; Sow Perennials

Pelargoniums;
October Work

918

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June 21, 1913

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

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Sffinging and Damping Down

E.xcept in very rare eases we would advise all growers
to leave damping down in the rose houses severely alone.
It is absolutely necessary in the culture of the many
other flowers but for roses. Beauties especially, it wants
to be left in its place. With a good syringing quite
often the roses will receive all the moisture they need,
as far as the atmosphere in the houses is concerned. In
houses where the bottom floor is all concrete, an occa-
sional damping down will be necessary during the sum-
mer months, and then we would much rather put in an
inch or two of nice screened ashes, which will hold the
moisture much better than all the damping down you
could do. And not only that but the moisture will be
distiibuted much better and there is not likely to be an
excess of moisture at any time as the case often is wlien
the houses are damped down.

The Young Plants

Do not neglect to keep the young plants well syringed
to keep them free from that dreaded little brute, the
Red Spider. It is too bad we have to mention this
little pest after the raking over this subject had in these
columns, only a short time ago. But he pays no at-
tention to that and we have to keep at him all the time
so that may explain why we refer to this subject so
often. To begin make sure that the plants are wet
enough ; better water them early in the morning to
make sure, and then syringe later. Water will burn
the leaves as much as anything if it is applied when the
plants are a little dry at the root, and once the foliage
is damaged it will take a long time for the plants to
recover.

Spot on the Plants

The young plants should be very carefully watched,
for spot will get in, just as sure as day, and it will be
a hero's job to rid the plants of it. Space the plants
so that they will not be crowded, and pick off and
destroy any little trace of spot that may appear. Do
not neglect this, as the old motto: "a stitch in time
saves nine" can be well applied here. A spray of the
ammoniacal copper carbonate mixture will do wonders
ill helping to keep the spot from spreading.

Lime

Do not neglect to keep a constant supply of good air-
slacked lime on hand so that you can have it any time
you may need it, and never have to let the plants go
without because their is none to be had. After each
syringing or watering always blow a little of it imder-
neath the plants, lioth the old plants and the young
plants as well. The young plants more so than the old
ones as they will need it more. This is a wonderful
help in keeping out blackspot, and about half a dozen
other diseases which our roses are subject to.

Cutting

With the warm weather on hand the stuff should be
cut tight as there is but little sale for opened stock
when roses are as plentiful as they are just now. Never
neglect to have all the boxes well iced before they leave
tlie place, being careful not to let any of the cracked
ice come into contact with the buds, as this would be
apt to discolor them or otherwise ruin the buds.

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Sowing for Succession

Sweet corn, peas, lieans. beets, carrots, spinach, rad-
dish and cauliflower should be sown right up to the end
of June.

The Orchard

Another good, spraying is now due with a combination
of Bordeaux and arsenate of lead and if there are
aphis on the growing tips spray with a tobacco and soap
mixture.

Bugs

The cucu;nbers squashes, melons, eggplants and po-
tatoes will all be attacked now by their various kinds of
enemies and the grower should lose no time in getting
them dusted over with some <>( the numerous poison pow-
ders which are on the markrt or Spray- '^th' arsenat^'of
b-ad or some other good spray.

Strawberries

The strawberry bed will be the scene of considerable
activity during the next week or two and the plants
should be carefully looked over daily. If the heavier
trusses of fruit are propped up from the ground with
forked sticks a more even ripening will result besides
lessening the chances of damage from slugs and other
creeping insects. In picking the fruit be sure that it
Juis reached the proper degree of ripeness and then han-
dle it with such care that it reaches the table unbruised
and in the pink of condition. So many people go to a
great deal of trouble to get good varieties — and to grow-
good fruit and then fall down on this very vital matter
of careful picking and handling which undoes all their
fcinner labors and sets tliem at naught.

Forcing Asparagus

It seems a queer season to talk or write aliout forcing

June 21, 1913

HORl'ICULTUKE

919

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

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Melons for Cold Frames

With the wannest months uf the year now with
us and probably the cold frames which were used
for early veoetal)les now standing empty there will
be an opportunity to grow forcing melons in
greater quantity than at other seasons of the
year. Any plants that are left over after plant-
ing up the houses can be utilized this way. A small
mound should be prepared for them of the usual melon
soil and placed in the center of each light. It will pay
to go to this extra trouble as the garden soil which lias
lieen growing lettuce, etc., may not suit them as well.
Two plants can be planted in each mound, one to grow
north and the other south. They should receive a thor-
ough syringing each fine and clear morning. The sides
of the frame and surface of the soil should be damped
again about noon time, followed by another syringing
about four o'clock when the frame can be closed up to
within two inches. Keep the roots well moist all the
time. This treatment will grow them until they come
into flower, when the syringing will be best omitted in
the mornings. When the fruit is as large as a hen's
egg elevate them on an inverted pot or piece of wood :
this not only shows you where the fruit is located but is
easier to watch grow and also keeps it up from the soil
where snails or sow bugs (wood lice) would easily mark
them. Any of the freer setting varieties will grow in
the frames. His Eminence and Ringleader having a
reputation for good crops there.

Preparatoty Work for Layering Strawberries

There are some fruit houses at this time of year that
are anything but comfortaljle to work in after ten o'clock
in the morning, a fact that should not be lost sight of.
Take the fullest advantage of the early mornings, and
also of any wet days that may come. These are often
welcomed just as much by the man under glass as one
who is employed, or who has his chief interests in the
land outside. When the conditions are too warm in the
houses through the middle of the day preparatory work
for strawberry layering can go on. There are three-inch
pots to be washed and soil to be sifted. The half-ineli
size sieve should be used and any sweet soil will answer
the purpose. The parent plants if not carrying a crop,
should be looked over occasionally, all weeds removed and
the wires (or rhizomes) stopped after the first young
jilant is visible. Layering can be proceeded with when
all the wires ;ire sliowing a plant. Do not wait for them
to root into the soil — rather let them root into the pot;
earlv hivers have the best chance to make good crowns
bv fall. ■

Grapes in the Early House

The early vinery will now have ripe grapes hanging,
some of which will have to be in good condition for
some little time. To keep them, see that rats, mice and
insects are not molesting them. Give them all the air
possible through the day, reducing a little by night es-
pecially after ten o'clock when the dew begins to fall.
A gentle heat in the hot water pipes from this time to
early morning will be of great assistance to them. See
that it is stopped ofi^ as soon as the sun's power is felt,
or, better still, have the night man stop off his fires right
early in the morning; sufficient heat will be left in the
pipes for several hours. In real hot weather the house
can be damped down about three times a day, say about
nine o'clock, noon and four. This will assist the foliage.
With the airy and continually drying atmosphere the
roots will be called upon to furnish more sap and this in
addition to the soil drying out itself from the drying
air will often make a watering necessary. Some are
afraid to water a vine border when there are ripe grapes
hanging but when the foregoing conditions are studied
it must be acknowledged that water is a necessity to the
best welfare of the vine. Take a pot-vine as an instance.
The same requirements are to be met with there, in a
minor degree of course, but how often will they dry out
in a day when they are ripening or ripe'' Water the
borders as soon as they are in need of it, doing it in the
early morning, which will benefit both the fruit and the
vine. Absolutely drying the border out as the fruit
is ripening and then having to water it a little before the
fruit is "finished" (i. e., quite ripe) is often the cause
of berries cracking.

Care of the Early Peach House

As the last fruit is picked from a peach or nectarine
tree prepare to build them up for next year's crop.
About the first thing is to give the trees a thorough
syringing. No use of saying there is no spider ; it is a
lucky man indeed who can finish a peach house off with-
iiut a trace of it. The dryer conditions prevailing dur-
ing ripening and the absence of the syringe will have
brought a few at any rate. There will be quite a dif-
ference, however, in the house that was clean up to this
time and the neighbor that already possessed live stock.
A spraying with insecticide will be an additional help.
The trees can also be syringed again Just before quit-
ting time which will keep them moist for some time into
the night. Water the border if on the dry side and if
a heavy crop has been carried a little feeding will help
them to build up the flower buds for next season. Keep
tlie ventilators wide open at all times.

asparagus, but now is the time to seriously begin, by
ceasing to cut from those roots that are designed for forc-
ing; and if we desire to produce the fine.«t stock when
forced we must give special attention to these forcing
roots now, so as to grow extra fine crowns. Cut out the
weakest growth as fast as thev show up and feed the
]'lants Viy copious waterings with weak liquid manure;

mulch heavily and keep down weeds. To protect the
grass from being knocked down in heavy rains or wind
stick some pea brush along either side of the rows or
run strings to stakes along the sides. Remember the
strength and quality of the growth now is an indica-
tion of what you may expect from the crowns when
forced. In showery weather a light dusting of nitrate
of soda will be very beneficial.

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CONTENTS

Page

COVER ILLUSTRATION— Lilac Time.

NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— Care
of Cyclamen — Chr.vsanthemums — Care ot Polnsettias
— Cleaning, Painting and Repairing — Palms — So-
lanuais — John J. M. Farrell 917

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Syringing and
Damping Down — The Young Plants— Spot on the
Plants— Lime — CutUng— Arthur C. Ruzicka 918

OUTDOOR VEGETABLES AND FRUITS— Sowing for
Succession — The Orchard — Bugs — Strawberries —
Forcing Asparagus — Edwin Jenkins 918

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Melons
for Cold Frames — Preparatory Work tor Layering
Strawberries — Grapes in the Early House— Care of
the Early Peach House — George H. Penson 919

THE VIBURNUMS 921

ROSE PINK PEARL — Illustrated 921

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SPRING SHOW
—W. H. Adsett 922

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— St. Louis Florist Club— Nas-
sau County Horticultural Society — American Rose
Society — Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston —
American Peony Society; Bertrand H. Farr, por-
trait— Horticultural Society ot Chicago — Society of

American Florists 923

Peony Show at Boston — Spring Show, New York,
1914 — A Card from Mr. Totty— Club and Society
Notes 924

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN— Sec-
retary's and Treasurer's Reports — John Hall, por-
trait 925

DURING RECESS— Cook County Bowling Prizes 927

A CAPE COD GARDEN 928

OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS:

Summer Hints — Steamer Departures 930

Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 931

OBITUARY"— William Pine— Patrick T. Qulnn— Henry

Guillaume 933

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS:

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 935

Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, St.
Louis, Washington 937

MISCELLANEOUS:

Two Notable Awards 928

Tariff Amendments 928

News Notes 924-928

Chicago Notes — Cincinnati Notes 932

Rochester News Items 932

Personal 932

Alfred Rehder Honored 932

Philadelphia Notes — In Bankruptcy 933

Florist Fin3d for Violating Labor Law 933

Greenhouses Building or ( ontemplated 942

Patents Granted 942

We are please* to note that the Florists'
Well done and Gardeners" Club of Rliode Island has

succeeded in having the restriction re-
iiii>V(_mJ from the giving of llowers to the school graduates
of Providence. This is a signal service to the floral in-
dustry and, as such, should place the organization high
in tlie regard of the florists of Rhode Island, everyone of
whom should, in all justice, have his name enrolled on
its list of members. That is what clulis are for.

As we write, the nurserymen are
The nurserymen enjoying their flr.st e.xperience, as an

organization, in the liands of their
lirethren in the, to most of them, tar off Pacific Coast
country. W'v can readily imagine they are having a
regal time, one that will not be forgotten by those who
are privileged to participate. The nuiserymen are a
strictly business folk, but at a convention such as this
the slogan for the time being is likely to be — "If busi-
ness interferes with pleasure, cut out the liusiness!"'

Horticulture employs no travelling rep-
A warning rescntatives and no one is authorized to

solicit subscriptions or take money on
heluilE of lliis paper except our regular local representa-
tives, who are all well-known to the trade. This warning
is given because word has repeatedly come to us that
parties are soliciting subscriptions for Horticulture in
various parts of the country without authority, offering
premiums and other considerations to gain their point.
Horticulture gives no premiums- and will not be re-
sponsible for money paid under such inducement.

The Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-
Honors well ^ty has acted most commeudably in
bestowed awarding its gold medal" to two of Bos-
ton's most useful institutions — the
Park Department and the Arnold Arboretum. It is
fitting that this recognitimi be given to a park system
which from its inception has been managed with the
sole purpose of providing the people with not only a
spacious pleasure ground but one that should exemplify
the best principles of landscape art. That this purpose
has been well carried out, the world-wide fame of the
Boston park system well attests and the graceful act of
the Massachuisetts Horticultural Society will be heartily
approved everywhere. As to the Arnold Arboretum, the
Society has also done the right thing in presenting the
highest testimonial in its power to this greatest of all
horticultural educational institutions. The people of
Massachu-setts and, indeed, of the entire country, are
just coming to a realization of the precious possession
they have in this uni(|ue establishment which is destined
to wield a mighty influence in American horticulture
and arboriculture. Most of all, however, we would con-
gratulate the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on
these and other evidences of well directed activity. Old
institutions sometimes get into a rut and "pointing with
pride" to their past is aliout all they seem to do. This
Society, in wliat it is now doing and what it is planning
to do is very mucli alive and making good use of the
ample resources which are at its command.

June 21, 1913

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921

THE VIBURNUMS.

(Exti-act from Arnold Arboretura Bulletins
Nos. 43 and 44.)

At no other time in tiie year is tlie
Arboretum more interesting and at-
tractive tlian in the early days of
.June. The leaves of many trees have
now grown to their full size; those of
others are still in their vernal stages.
The conifers are now covered with the
tender green of their new shoots and
are more beautiful than at any other
time of the year. The Rhododendrons
are fast opening their flowers and
these will soon be followed by those of
the Laurel (Kalmia) ; many Azaleas
are blooming, and the flowers of
Viburnums, Cornels, and other native
shrubs add to the beauty of the plan-
tations.

The Japanese and Chinese Tiburnum
tnnniitosnm is a large shrub with wide-
spreading horizontal branches along
the upper side of which the flat
flower-clusters are thickly placed
and are surrounded by a ring of
])ure white sterile or ray flowers
which make the conspicuous part
of the inflorescence. The flowers
are followed in the late autumn by
brilliant fruits which, scarlet at first,
become black when fully ripe. The
leaves turn orange and scarlet in the
autumn. There is an interesting nar-
row-leaved form of this plant (var.
lanccolatum), discovered in Japan by
Professor Sargent. There are also two
"Snowball" forms of this plant devel-
oped in Japanese gardens and much
cultivated here and in Europe under
the name of Viburnum plicaUim. The
correct name of the more common of
these two plants is V. tomentosum.
var. dilatatum. This is the Japanese
Snowball usually cultivated in this
country. The other form (^'. tuincnto-
sum, var. dihitntum. I. rotundifoliumj,
appears to be a dwarfer plant.

Vibur7ium tomentosum and the Co-
rean V. Carlesii are ornamental plants
of great beauty and value but, with
the exception of these two plants, none
of the eastern Asiatic species compare
in value as decorative plants with the
Viburnums of North America. To
these much of the late spring and
early summer beauty of the Arbore-
tum shrubberies is due, and the suc-
cessful cultivation here of these plants
is at last making their value known
and appreciated. Thirty years ago it
was practically impossible to buy an
American Viburnum in any nursery,
but now several of the species are
largely propagated in many North
American nurseries and have been used
in considerable quantities in many
American parks.

About a dozen of the American Vi-
burnums are thoroughly established
in the Arboretum, the different species
flowering through a period of two
months. The earliest to flower and the
most difficult to establish here satisfac-
torily, V. alnifolium. often called V.
lantanoides, the Hobble Bush or
Moosewood of northern woods, has
been out of flower for several weeks.
The Black Haw, 1'. prunifoliiim is
a small shapely tree of the Middle
States where it is often extremely
common. The flowers are in convex
clusters and are followed by sweet
blue-black fruits. These and the
leaves, which late in the season turn
deep wine color, make this a particu-
larly attractive plant in the autumn

Vlhunnoii Leiitago, sometimes known

ROSE PINK PEARL.

This rose is well named. When
fully opened its color is exquisite
pearly pink. It is one of W. A.
Manda's produclions, the parentage
being Meteor x Wichuraiana. The
flowers are of good size, very double
and solid and the buds before opening

are crimson making a beautiful effect
when flowers and unopened buds are
seen together. The foliage is leathery
and glossy and almost evergreen. We
have mentioned this rose before as
worthy of being more generally
planted. It is a gem.

as the Nannyberry, is now very con-
spicuous in many parts of the Arbore-
tum. Few more beautiful shrubs than
this common inhabitant of the road-
side and the wood-border of New Eng-
land can he found in any part of the
world. It is a shrub or small tree
sometimes twenty feet high with a
broad round head. The leaves are
large, thick and lustrous, and in the
autumn assume delicate shades of red
and orange; the flowers are creamy
white and are borne in large and abun-
dant convex clusters, and the large
blue-black fruits hang on drooping
stems and do not disappear from the
branches until the beginning of win-
ter. In the first week of June the
Arboretum owes much to this plant.
Another arborescent Viburnum, T'.
iiifi(h(Iiiw. from the southern states is
a plant of much beauty; it is the
largest of the American species and
sometimes grows in Louisiana and
Arkansas into a shapely tree thirty or
forty feet high with a tall stem and
spreading branches. The flower-clus-
ters are usually smaller than those of
r. Liiildfitj. but the leaves are larger

and much more lustrous, and no other
Viburnum has such handsome foliage.
It is distinguished by the rusty red
felt which covers the winter-buds and
the edges of the leaf-stalks, and is
found on the lower surface of the
leaves.

One of the handsomest American
Viburnums is T. puliesceiis. This is a
tall shrub with small pointed leaves
and small nearly flat clusters of white
flowers, which are produced in such
abundance that they almost entirely
cover the plant. This Viburnum grows
naturally on limestone soil although
limestone is not essential to it and is
therefore valuable in a large part of
the country where limestone prevents
the cultivation of many plants like
Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and other
members of the Heath Family. Tihur-
iniin acerifijliiim, sometimes called
Arrow-wood, is a common inhabitant
of the eastern part of the continent.
It is a small shrub with leaves which
i-esemble those of some Maples, small
clusters of white flowers raised on long
steam, and black fruits. This plant
is valuable as an undershrub for it

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HOETICULTUEE

June 21, 1913

gi-ows well in comparatively dense
shade.

Viburnum bracteatum is the rarest of
American Viburnums, being known to
grow naturally only on the cliffs of the
Coosa river, near Rome, Georgia,
where it is a tall shrub with numerous
slender stems. A plant of the form of
Yihurnitm pubescens from southern Mis-
souri and Arkansas has sometimes
been called V. afpne. Another exceed-
ingly rare species is T. molle, from
southern Kentucky and southern Mis-
souri, with large, nearly round thick
leaves on long stems.

Tiburiium americaniim is one of the
species with palmately lobed leaves,
flat-flower clusters surrounded by a
ring of showy white ray flowers, and
red fruits; it is a tall broad shrub
common in northern woods and particu-
larly ornamental late in the autumn
when the leaves turn yellow and
orange color and the brilliant trans-
lucent fruits, which sometimes remain
on the plants through the winter, are
very conspicuous. Two other species
of this particular group flower are V.
Opiilns and V. Hargentii. The former
is a native of northern Europe and Si-
beria; the flower-clusters are smaller
than those of the American species but
it is a larger and handsomer shrub
with thicker and darker green leaves
which fall later in the autumn, and
rather larger, darker colored fruit.
There is a variety of this plant with
yellow fruit (var. raiitliocarpum); an-
other variety is a low. dense little
bush (var. iwtinm) which very seldom
flowers. The old-fashioned Snowball
or Guelder Rose is a variety of T.
Opuliis with all flowers sterile. V.
Sargvntii is a common shrub in north-
eastern Asia and when it is in flower
it is the handsomest of these three
species, for the ray flowers are larger
than those of the American or the Eu-
ropean plant. The dark green leaves
with the long, narrow terminal lobes
are interesting, but the fruit of this
plant is comparatively small, dull-col-
ored, and much less attractive than
that of the other species.

Viburnum cassinoides is now in flow-
er. By many persons this tall shrub of
northern swamps and swamp borders
is considered the handsomest of the
American Viburnums. In cultivation
it is a rather low, broad plant. The
leaves, which vary greatly in shape
and size on different individuals, are
thick and dark green; the flowers are
creamj' white and are arranged in
large or small convex clusters and are
followed by drooping fruits which,
when fully grown, at first green, grad-
ually turn flesh color or pink and
finally dark blue, and are covered
with a glaucous bloom, the fruit of the
different colors sometimes appearing
together in the same cluster. This
plant takes kindly to cultivation and
has been largely planted in the road-
side shrubberies. The southern rela-
tive of r. cdssuioides, V. ii'nUim, has
never become established in the Ar-
boretum, although as it grows at high
altitudes on the Appalachian Moun-
tains it should prove hardy in New
England.

Three blue-fruited American Vi-
burnums, V. (lentatum. V. vcnosum and
y. Canbyi, will not be in bloom for
some time, the latest of them, V.
Canbyi, carrying the flowering of these
plants to midsummer, so that the

flowers of American Viburnums can be
seen in the Arboretum from the mid-
dle of May to the middle of July.

An illustrated guide to the Arboretum
containing a map showing the position of
the different groups of plants has recently
been published. It will he found useful to
persons unfamiliar with the position of the
different groups of plants. Copies of this
guide can be obtained at the Administra-
tion Building in the Arboretum, from the
Secretarj- of the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society, 300 Massachusetts Avenue,
Boston, from The Houghton, Mifflin Com-
pany, 4 Park Street, Boston^ at the Old
Corner Bookstore. Bromfield Street, Bos-
ton, and at the office of the Harvard Alum-
ni Bulletin, .50 State Street. Boston. Price,
30 cents.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIE-
TY SPRING SHOW.

iVontitiued from parje S93)
Roses and Carnations.

Much attention was attracted to
Mdme. Edouard Heriot, the best seed-
ling rose at the International Show.
This is one of the introductions of
Mons. Pernet-Ducher, and was exhib-
ited by Beckwith & Son, of Hoddes-
don, who also showed a new hybrid
tea, Willowmere, after the style of the
popular Lyon rose. Alexander Dick-
son & Sons showed Irish Fireflame, and
Mrs. Campbell Hall, a new tea, cream,
suffused with flesh pink. The two last
named received awards of merit. Wm.
Paul & Son had a very effective rose
group, showing amongst others a white
sport from Tausendschon. St. Helena
is a new H. T., which was included in
the group of Benjamin R. Cant &
Sons, of Colchester. This handsome
bloom is creamy with a pink blush in
the centre, and tinged with yellow at
the base of the petals. Carnations
formed an interesting section. Mary
Allwood, by Allwood Bros., is a shape-
ly bloom, cherry salmon, somewhat
similar to Lady Hermione, the well-
known border variety. White Wonder,
Empire Day and May Day were among
the other newer kinds skown in the
group. A. F. Dutton had a distinctive
variety in Mrs. A. F. Dutton, apple
blossom tint.

Some Other Features.

Sweet peas were not a very exten-
sive section. The trade exhibitors will
be making a big display at the show
of the National Sweet Pea Society In
July. E. W. King & Co., of Coggle-
shall, Essex, had a new maroon sweet
pea. Anglian Royalty. Dazzling splashes
of color were furnished by the May-
flowering tulip groups. Particularly
striking was a group arranged by R.
H. Bath, Ltd.. of Wisbech, a very suc-
cessful bulb-growing centre. Notice-
able in the collection was a Darwin
variety, Massenet, which secured a
special award at a recent meeting of
the R. H. S. A splendid collection of
hardy rhododendrons was staged by J.
Waterer & Sons, of Bagshot, Surrey,
who once more demonstrated the high
standard to which they have brought
the cultivation of these showy sub-
jects. A very comprehensive and
meritorious collection of ferns was ar-
ranged by H. B. May & Sons, of Upper
Edmonton. The flrm received a flrst-
class certiflcate for Nephrolepis exal-
tata Willmottae. With the vivid array
of gorgeous coloring in the begonias of
Blackmore & Langdon, Bath; the aza-
leas of Cuthbert & Co., Southgate;
the delphiniums of Kelway & Son, of
Langport, and the hippeastrums of

Ker & Sons, Liverpool, the show
lacked nothing in the way of variety
and completeness. In the fruit depart-
ment, Laxton Bros., of Bedford,
showed some delicious strawberries.
King George V. is a new forcing va-
riety. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridge-
worth, demonstrated the efficiency of
their system of training fruit trees in
pots. Some 80 varieties of apples
were shown by George Bunyard & Co.,
of Maidstone. The outdoor displays
were in keeping with the high stand-
ard which prevailed throughout the
show. The art of constructing a rock
garden, with its countless little plants
nestling in the crevices was effective-
ly shown by some of the leading spe-
cialists in this particular line. There
were also some formal gardens of ex-
cellent design, replete with objects of
Interest. W. H. Adsett.

THE REGAL MOUNTAIN LAUREL.

The delightful visit, last year, to the
laurel hills of northern Massachusetts
by a party of Boston horticulturists
was repeated on Wednesday of this
week and, as before, as guests of H.
Huebner of Groton. Mr. Huebner met
his friends at Aver and the forty-mile
auto ride through a most charming
and picturesque country was a most
enjoyable experience. Words fall to
do justice to those kalmia-clad hills of
Ashby and no picture could adequately
suggest the sensations one feels when
gazing on the resplendent beauty of
those billows upon billows of rosy pink
and white. The present season is an
exceptional one in the profusion of
bloom and the show was simply over-
powering in its sublimity. The party
stopped on the way to look at the
patch of Scotch heather growing wild
in Townsend. On the return Mr.
Huebner's greenhouses and nurseries
were inspected and many interesting
evidences of cultural ability were
noted, not the least among which were
the young stock of winter-flowering
snapdragons originated by Mr. Hueb-
ner and on which he has been working
for years to obtain and fix the most
desirable colors. It goes without say-
ing that hospitality was unlimited and
the event will live long in memory as
one of rare enjoyment for those who
participated.

The Federal Horticultural Board has
issued a circular giving information
regarding foreign inspection and mak-
ing requirements under the Plant
Quarantine Act substantially as pre-
pared by the Department of Agricul-
ture and transmitted through the De-
partment of State under date of Feb-
ruary 7, to the diplomatic officers of
the United States for transmission by
them to the governments to which they
were respectively accredited. It is now
reprinted for tlie information of im-
porters of nursery stock, more partic-
ularly to call attention to the exact
requirements as to foreign inspection
and certification, and to give the proper
forms of the certificates which must
accompany nursery stock and also to
indicate the proper marking or label-
ing of each package or other container
as a condition of entry. The law goes
into effect on and after July 1, 1913.
Copies of this circular may be obtained
on application to C. L. Marlatt, Chair-
man, Federal Horticultural Board,
Washington, D. C.

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTURE

923

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB.

The Florist Club held one of the
largest meetings on record on Thurs-
day afternoon, June 12, at the Mis-
souri Botanical Garden on invitation
of Director Geo. Moore. The meeting
was presided over by Vice-President
C. C. Young and Secretary Beneke
reported 65 members in attendance
besides quite a few students of the
garden. W. S. Wells of the garden
met the members at main entrance of
the garden and escorted them to the
Graduate Section rooms where the
meeting was held. The trustees have
selected Ramona Park for the yearly
picnic arid the date set is Thursday,
July 17th. Fifty dollars was donated
by the club. The report of the Pub-
licity Committee was made by Carl
Beyer which brought out a good dis-
cussion. Edwin Denker, state vice-
president of the S. A. F., made a re-
port as to transportation to Minneapo-
lis Convention. The fare will be
$19.50 round trip by railroad and $28
round trip by steamboat to St. Paul.
This will again be discussed at the
July meeting.

The secretary read a letter from
the Coliseum management regarding
a flower show to be held this fall. H.
C. Irish, chairman; J. F. Ammann, W.
C. Smith, Fred W. Brunig and R. J.
Windier were appointed a committee,
they to report at the July meeting.

After adjournment the members
were escorted to various points of in-
terest in the garden. Jules Bourdet
then invited the Club to visit his
place which they did with much pleas-
ure.

The next meeting will be on July
10, when nomination of officers will
be in order.

NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.

The June meeting of this society
was held at Glen Cove, L. I., on
Wednesday, June 11th. The exhibition
of cut roses and other flowers was
very fine. First prize for best vase of
T. and H. T. roses was won by J.
Adler. For best basket of fruit A.
Fournier was first. H. Boettcher
showed some wonderful sweet peas for
this early date and received a certifi-
cate of culture. H. Gaut was awarded
a certificate of culture for a fine pink
Antirrhinum, "Glen Cove Beauty."

Aaron Ward roses, exhibited by H.
Jones, received honorable mention. At
the next meeting. July 9th, prizes will
be offered for best three vases of sweet
peas, pink, white and red, 25 sprays in
a vase. J. M.\cDonai.d, Cor. Sec.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

The Hartford Hose Gardens will be
judged by the American Rose Society
on Saturday, June 21st. Meet in New
Haven station at 11.30 A. M.

Superintendent of Parks Parker,
Hartford, Conn., invites all members
to be present. If you can go please
notify Mr. Parker.

Judges: Wallace R. Pierson, Eber
Holmes and John Huss.

Adolph Farenwald, Pres.

Benjamin Hammond, Sec.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

The club, at their next meeting,
which has been postponed for various
reasons until Wednesday evening,
June 25, at Horticultural Hall, will
have ladies' night. A splendid enter-
tainment has beeu prepared, some
noted ladies and gentlemen being in-
cluded on the program. In addition
M. Steinert & Son will send one of
their large Victor graphophones and
will at intervals favor the audience
with songs from the most noted vocal-
ists in the world. The usual collation
will be served and dancing enjoyed
later in the evening. It is hoped every
member who can possibly attend will
do so and that a large number of
ladies will be present. Plans are well
advanced for the annual club picnic to
be held in July.

W. N. Cbaig, Secretary.

AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY.

This society held its annual exhibi-
tion last week in Cleveland, Ohio.

Bektband H. Fake
President American Peony Society,
jointly with the Ohio Horticultural
Society. We regret that a promised
report of the exhibition has failed to
reach us, much to the disappointment
and chagrin of President Farr whose
portrait appears herewith and who
has informed us that the show was a
most excellent one.

The following chairmen of commit-
tees were elected at a recent meeting
of the Rochester (N. Y.) Florists' As-
sociation for the annual flower show;
general committee, Charles H. Vick;
reception, Hiram H. Edgerton; adver-
tising, A. E. Crockett; decorations, F.
J. Keller; finance, W. L. Keller;
women's committee, Mrs. John Dun-
bar; executive committee, P. J. Kel-
ler, A. H. Salter, E. P. Wilson, W. H.
Dildine, George T. Boucher. H. P.
Neun, George B. Hart and George F.
Crosman.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
CHICAGO.

The exhibition at the Art Institute,
June 12-13, was worthy to take Its
place in history as a creditable First
Annual Peony Show of the Horticul-
tural Society of Chicago. Other exhi-
bitions in those classic halls have
grown into public recognition little by
little, but this one found a place wait-
ing for It. The exhibitors were not
many, Peterson's Nurseries having
the largest display, with W. W. Bar-
nard, Vaughan's Seed Store, Iowa
State College, Ames, Iowa, and Rose-
hill Cemetery Association all staging
creditable collections of peonies. On
account of the unfavorable weather
conditions in May, when a frost dam-
aged the peony crop, the exhibit was
necessarily limited in size. The at-
tendance was 574 on Thursday and
considerably larger Friday, and neith-
er was a free day. Peony classes were
open to professionals, private garden-
ers and amateurs.

For best display of blooms first
prize went to Iowa State College,
gard. John Reardon, which also won
a silver gilt medal for over 100 blooms
of Festiva Maxima. Second prize, a
silver medal, went to W. W. Barnard,
who also was first for collection of
standard named varieties. In the va-
rious classes for 50 blooms and 12
blooms of specified color Peterson's
Nurseries and Vaughan's Seed Store
were the main winners, while In the
classes for 10 blooms W. W. Barnard
took most of the prizes. The collection
of perennials was good considering the
limited number in bloom at this time.
Vaughan's Seed Store had the largest
display and C. O. Youngstrand, Golf,
111., also staged a collection which
won a silver medal.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS.

The committee charged with the se-
curing of funds wherewith to erect a
suitable memorial to the late Wm. R.
Smith, who was for over sixty years
superintendent of the U. S. Botanic
Garden, and father of the charter of
the Society of American Florists and
Ornamental Horticulturists, has so far
completed all preliminary steps and
are now ready to receive subscriptions
towards erecting a memorial worthy of
the man.

The form which the memorial shall
take cannot be definitely decided until
we have an approximate idea of the
amount of money at the committee's
disposal. When this has been ascer-
tained the committee will then formu-
late plans, and submit them to the So-
ciety of American Florists and Orna-
mental Horticulturists, who will final-
ly pass on them. The committee there-
fore asks that you take immediate
steps with your organization to fur-
ther this cause, and forward subscrip-
tions toWm. F. Gude, chairman of the
committee, Washington, D. C.
Very respectfully yours,

Wm. F. Gude.
Chairman of the Committee.

du

HOBTICULTUEE

June 21. 1913

PEONY SHOW AT BOSTON.

The special peony show of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
on Saturday and Sunday. June 14 and
15. was one of the most brilliant dis-
plays ever seen in Horticultural Hall.
Three distinct and remarkable feat-
ures were the display of peonies by
R. &. J. Farquhar & Co., comprising
several hundred varieties, the sensa-
tional exhibit of Eremurus robustus
and E. Himalayicus by Mr. Thatcher
of the Mt. Desert Nurseries and the
collection of Spencer sweet peas by
Wm. Sim. Each of these three exhibits
was awarded the gold medal of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
and in each case this high recognition
was worthily bestowed. The erenvurus
group contained no less than one hun-
dred and fifty stately spikes and cre-
ated a sensation among the visitors.
E. J. Shaylor and G. H. Peterson were
also extensive exhibitors of peonies.
Eastern Nurseries and Old Town Nur-
series made displays of hardy herbace-
ous flowers, and the fuchsias from
Mrs. Frederick Ayer were very hand-
some. Awards were as follows:

Herb.iceous Peonies — Collection of 20 va-
rieties, double : 1st, Geo. H. Peterson : 2ii.
.lames McKissoek; 3d, T. C. TburloWs
Sons Co. Ten varieties: 1st, Geo. H.
Peterson ; 23, Mrs. J. L. Gardner ; 3d,
James McKissoek. Specimen bloom : 1st,
Geo. H. Peterson; 2d, Wm. Whitman. Col-
lection of 12 varieties, single: 1st, T. C.
Thurlow's Sons Co. Vase of blooms on
long stems, arranged for effect : 1st, Mrs.
J. L. Gardner. Six named double varie-
ties, wbite: 1st, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 2d.
T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. : 3rd. Dr. Charles
S. Minot. Six rose pink: 1st. Mrs. .T. L.
Gardner; 2d, James McKissoek; 3d, T. C.
Thurlow's Sons Co. Six red: 1st, James
McKissoek ; 2d, T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co.
Vase of 25. white: 1st. Mrs. .T. L. Gardner;
2d. Geo. H. Peterson : 3d, John R. Comley.
Twenty-five, pink: 1st. Wm. Whitman; 2d,
Geo. H. Peterson: 3d. Wm. Whitman.
Twenty-five, red: 1st. Geo. H. Peterson;
2d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner: 3d. Wm. Whit-
man. Twentv-five. any other color; 1st,
Wm. Whitman: 2d. T. C. Thurlow's Sons
Co.; 3d. James McKissoek.

Gratuities: E. J. Shaylor, display of
peonies ; Breck, Robinson Co., display of
peonies and herbaceous flowers; G. W.
Page, collection of seedling peonies; Mrs.
E. M. Gill, peonies and roses ; A. W. Pres-
ton, collection of pyrethrums: Thos. T.
Watt, orchids; J. T. Butterworth, orchids
and Spanish iris; Eastern Nurseries, her-
baceous flowers; M. P. Haendler. herba-
ceous flowers; Mt. Desert Nurseries, her-
baceous flowers' Mrs. Frederick Ayer.
fuchsias; Ellen Page, collection of native
plants; Wm. Whitman, peonies: W. Heu i-
tis & Son, collection of vegetables.

Gold Medals: Wm. Sim. collection of
sweet peas ; Mr. Desert Nurseries. Eremu-
rus ; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., display of
peonies.

First Class Certiflcates of Merit: Mt.
Desert Nurseries, seedling peony ; C. S.
Sargent. Geum coccineum var. Bradshawi :
Wm. Sim. sweet peas.

Honorable Mention : Dr. C. S. Minot.
seedling peonies: Thos. T. Watt, speci-
men Dendrobium thyrsiflorum.

SPRING SHOW, NEW YORK, 1914.

The joint committees of the Horti-
cultural Society of New York and the
New York Florists' Club held a meet-
ing on Friday, June 13. Permanent
organization was effected as follows:
Prank R. Pierson, chairman; John
Young, secretary: F. R. Newbold,
treasurer; H. A. Bunyard. C. H. Totty
and Wallace R. Pierson. publicity
committee. It was decided to invite
all local societies to cooperiite. The
secretary announced the guarantee
list to be over $4500 to date.

Another meeting was arranged for
Wednesday, the 18th, when the
schedule would be considered so that
it could be sent out at once. Great in-

terest in this exhibition is being shown
in all quarters and many of the lead-
ing retailers have signified their in-'
tention of taking an active part.

John Young, Sec.

A CARD FROM MR. TOTTY.

Members of the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental Horticul-
turists and National Association of
Gardeners:

I wish to thank each and every one
of you individually for the magnifi-
cent gift which I received last week in
recognition of my work as chairman
of the International Flower Show.

This present is all the more appre-
ciated because it was entirely unex-
pected. I feel the success of the show
was due, not so much to my hard
work, but to your earnest co-operation
with me in every way.

I only regret I am unable to share
this beautiful gift with my fellow com-
mitteemen, who worked hard and
faithfully and without whose assist
ance the show would be an impossible
undertaking.

Trusting I may have the pleasure of
reciprocating in some way in the near
future, I remain.

Very sincerely yours,

Charles H. Tottt.

CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES.

The New London (Conn.) Horticul-
tural Society will hold its rose exhi-
bition on June 24.

The Ladies' Society of American
Florists offer a yearly bowling prize
of $25 to the lady having the highest
score, said lady bowler to be a mem-
ber of the Ladies' S. A. F.

Mrs. Chas. H. May.nard,
Sec. Ladles' S. A. F.

The annual rose and strawberry ex-
hibition of the Huntington Horticul-
tural Agricultural Society, with the
added attractions of ice cream and
cake and a dance at the end, drew a
large crowd at the Bijou Opera House
Thursday, June 12. The display was
one of the finest ever given by the
■ society. Some of the finest estates on
the North Shore of Long Island were
among the exhibitors.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural Society
was held in the Town Hall. Lenox, on
Saturday evening, June 7th. H. Heere-
mans, F. Butler and Wm. Griffin were
appointed as a committee for the Au-
gust exhibition, for which the sched-
ules have been issued. There was a
very fine exhibit of Clarkia Veitch's
Queen Mary from R. W, Paterson's
place, gard. Thomas Proctor, which
was awarded a diploma. The National
Association of Gardeners have offered
a silver vase for the most meritorious
display at the fall exhibition, which is
open to all members of the Lenox So-
ciety. J. M.uR, Asst. Sec.

The New Jersey Floricultural Socie-
ty have decided to continue their agita-
tion to have professional gardeners on
park and shade tree commissions. At
a meeting held in Lindsley's Hall,
Orange, N. J., last week, a communi-
cation was received from Prof. M. A.
Blake of the State Agricultural Col
lege at New Brunswick, endorsing the
movement. Wm. A. Manda deplored

the lack of American appreciation of
fiowers and the men who raise them
and contrasted this with conditions in
England. M. C. Ebel advised the gar-
deners not to take any positions on
commissions where they did not re-
ceive pay.

"Rose Night" brought out one of the
largest and most beautiful exhibitions
of the June flowers seen at a meeting
of this society. George Wraight, gar-
dener to Mrs. M. B. Metcalf of Orange,
won first prize.

The Florists' and Gardeners' Club of
Rhode Island has won a signal victory
in its fight tor the unrestricted use of
flowers at the summer graduations in
schools, especially in the city of Prov-
idence. Following a conference be-
tween a committee representing the
club, and Isaac O. Winslow. superin-
tendent of the schools of Providence,
the latter agreed to see to it that all
flowers delivered at schools at gradu-
ation periods will be accepted, placed
in a separate room and delivered to
the graduates at the close of the exer-
cises. In making this arrangement
the florists feel that they have won a
good fight. For the past two years
there has been a spirit of antagonism
rampant in the I'rovideuce schools,
particularly the faculty, against the
use of flowers. Last year at some of
the schools flowers sent there on or-
der were refused admittance to the
buildings. The committee, composed
of Eugene Appleton, Robert Johnston
and William E. Chappell. made its re-
port at the regular meeting of the
club, held in Swarfs Lodge Hall,
Providence, Monday evening.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Westchester and Fairfield Horticul-
tural Society was held in Doran's Hall,
Greenwich, Conn.. June I'oth. The
second Summer Show of the society
will be held in the Town Hall, Green-
wich, Conn.. June 20-21, when it is
hoped a large entry will be made in
the various classes for the valuable
prizes offered. After a very warm de-
bate it was decided to hold the Third
Annual Outing at Rye Beach early in
August, date to be announced later.

The exhibits were of excellent cul-
ture. The judges' decisions were as
follows:

Mr. McAllister, honorable mention for
rose Conrad F. Meyer and strawberry
Gandy; Thos. Ryan, honorable mention for
sweet peas; Jas. Tierney, honorable men-
tion for sweet peas: Oscar Addor, cultural
certificate for Cattleya Mendelli; W. D.
Matervowski. highly commended for peo-
nies; Paul Daunger, vote of thanks for Ex-
celsior rye. seven feet high; Dan Pastori,
\"nte of thank.s f<ir sweet wilUams.

The third annual fall exhibition will
be held in the Armory. Stamford,
Conn., Oct. iBlst-Nov. 1st. Schedules
are out. Owex A. Hunvvick.

Cor. Sec.

NEWS NOTES.

New York, N. Y.— C. C. Trepel is
iloiibling bis floor space in Blooming-
dale's and is adding two more green-
houses to the conservatories on the
roof.

Sedalia, Mo. — The Archias Floral
Co. has purchased an entire block on
which they will erect a range of rose
houses. Other impiovements are
planned which will more than double
the present plant.

June 21. 1913

HORTICULTUHE

9-25

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
NURSERYMEN.

As we go to press the American
Association of Nurserymen is in ses-
sion at Portland, Oregon, this being
its 3Sth annual convention. Secretary
John Hall has kindly furnished us
with a copy of his report, which we
present herewith and we hope in next
week's issue to have at least a par-
tial report of the association's pro-
ceedings in that far distant city.

Report of Secretary John Hall.

We have approached this convention
with considerable anxiety from the
fact that a peculiar combination of
circumstances has prevented very
many of our members from attending
this anniversary. One of the main ex-
planations for this condition is that
the meetings of the association, it is
claimed, are held at an inopportune
time. The spring packing season has
barely closed by the time for which
this annual gathering is scheduled and
the work which follows the packing
season demands such close attention
that members cannot leave home with-
out incurring loss. Besides, they have

John Hall.

Secretary Amerifan Associatiun of Nursery-
men.

no intelligent idea at that early date
of what stock they have on hand and
what their future wants will be. Quite
a number of members have expressed
themselves as favoring a later date,
suggestions varying from two weeks to
two months later than the constitu-
tional date.

Then, too, the Panama-Pacific In-
ternational Exposition of 191.5 in San
Francisco is claiming the attention of
many members to the extent of their
letting this convention pass. There
are still others who had planned to be
present who are prevented from doing
so by sickness, either of themselves or
members of their families. There is
also a strong feeling that the annual
convention should be held at some
more central point or points which
will be reasonably easy of access to
members from all directions.

Never in the history of the associa-
tion have the receipts of the secretary
been so large as this year. 'We report
a total income of over $3300. and we
hope to receive at this convention a
number of new members.

Another feature which it gives us

NEW ROSES

The best new Roses of the
year without question are

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MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL

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pleasure to mention is the large addi-
tion which has been made to the mem-
bership through the earnest efforts of
Mr. James McHutchison, who was ap-
pointed a committee for this purpose
by President Meehan.

The Grim Reaper has again been
busy among us and in the latter halt
of the year 1912 the losses sustained
were very severe.

June 17th — George S. Josselyn died
at his home in Fredonia, N. Y,, aged
70 years. "Papa Josselyn" will live In
the memory of members not alone as
an enterprising nurseryman, but also
for his excellent personal qualities,

July 2Gth— Michael H, Golden, presi-
dent of the Genesee Valley Nurseries,
died in Rochester, N. Y,

August 10th— Prof. John Craig, who
was at the head of the Department of
Horticulture in Cornell University,
died at Siasconset, Mass,, in his 4Sth
year. We were able to make record of
this event in the 1912 annual report

September 14th— Charles L. Yates
died somewhat suddenly at his home
in Rochester, aged 65 years. Mr. Yates
was for many years the treasurer of
this association. He was also business
manager of the "National Nursery-
man," the official organ of this asso-
ciation, and Prof. Craig was editor of
the same publication. It was a singu-
lar coincidence that the death of these
two men should have come so near to-
gether.

September 27th— John Chase, Derry
'Village, N. H., died, aged 80 years. He
first became a member of this associa-
tion in 1S95.

November 13th— George Allen Sweet,
Dansville, N. Y., was called home at
the age of 68.

November 29th — Charles Dingee,
'West Chester, Pa., passed away in his
SSth year.

February 16th, 1913— 'William D. Ell-
wanger, son of the late George Ell-
wanger, and president of the Ell-
wanger & Barry Nurseries, passed
away at the age pf 59 at his home in
Rochester, N. Y.

May 29th, 1913 — Martha G. Lear, sec-

retary of the Morris Nursery Co., 'West
Chester, Pa. This lady has usually
been present in our annual gatherings
and with your secretary and Prof.
Craig occupied the same automobile in
our visit to the Arnold Arboretum at
Boston, Mass., last year.

T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas, de-
ceased during the year.

Secretary's Financial Report.

KECEIPTS.
1912
Dec. 5. Bal. from memberships,

etc $288.75

1913

June 6. Memberships, Advts., etc. 3,025.40

$3,314,15

1912

DISBrRSEMENTS.

Dec. 5. C. J. Maloy, Treas $288.75

1913

May 1. C. J. Maloy, Treas 1,900.00

June 6. C. .1. Maloy, Treas 1,000.00

Balance in bank and on hand.. 125.40

$3,314.15

Report of Treasurer C, J. Maloy.

Received $0,520.66

Disbursed 3,203.87

$6,310.79

Bedding Plants

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Englisli Ivy 314 in. .40 3.00

EnglLsli Ivj- 3 in. .75 5.00

Salvia Splendens iVs in. .40 3.00

Salvia Clara Bedman 2V, in. .40 3.00

Asparagus Sprengeri 3^ in. .40 3.00

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HOETICULTURE

June 21, 1913

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June 21, 1913

HOKTICULTUEB

927

DURING RECESS.
Cook County Bowling Prizes.

The prizes will be awarded at the
Cook Co. (Chicago) Florists Associa-
tion dinner June 19 and are as fol-
lows:

Teams — 1st 'Roses," $25; 2nd, "Or-
chids." $1.5; 3rd, "Violets," $10; 4th,
"Carnations," $5. High single team
game — Roses. $5; high team average,
$5; high individual single score, A.
Fisher, $5; high individual three-game
average, Frank Ayers, $5; individual
championship. Cook Co. Florists' As-
sociation cup, Al. Fisher; six highest
individuals, umbrellas, donated by
Zech & Mann— A. Fisher, Wm. Wolf,
F. Price, A. Zech Barstrom, F. Ayers;
high single score, A. Fisher, watch
fob; high average man each team,
stick pin; high average three game,
P. Ayers, fountain pen.

There was much good natured ri-
valry all the year, the teams being
closely matched. The two highest in-
dividual averages were but 5-36 of a
point in difference for the year.

Kansas City, Mo. — The boiler house
of E. H. Frandsen & Co. was damaged
by fire June 8, causing a loss of $500.

TANGLEFOOT

Keeps the Beggars from Ascending

3 lbs. will make a band 6 feet
long, 85c. per lb. 10 lbs. $2.65

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WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

Advertigements in this column
one cent a word. Initials count
as worda. Casti witti order. All
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Gentlemen — Please stop Ad. In your
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HORTICULTURE

June 21, 1913

A CAPE COD GARDEN.

The garden committee of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society, on Mon-
day, June 16, visited the peony and
rose garden of Wilton Lockwood at
Orleans, Mass. It is a long train ride
of over three hours to this town at
the further end of Cape Cod but the
visitors were well repaid by the sump-
tuous hospitality of their host and the
impressive demonstration his garden
aitords of what persistence and well-
directed industry can achieve in most
unpromising surroundings and natur-
ally unproductive soil. Mr. Lock-
wood's show garden comprises about
an acre quadrilateral in form, sur-
rounded by a fringe of trees and a
high pergola or arbor, the inner walls
of wnich are covered with various
rambler roses, the outside clothed with
honeysuckle and the top covered with
grape vines, which makes an effectual
protection against the wild winds
which sweep across the sandy barrens
of Cape Cod and without which protec-
tion peony culture would be impossi-
ble. Never have we seen such luxuri-
ant arowth as these climbing roses
have made under the generous feeding
of fertilizer and water which they evi-
dently receive.

The centre of the garden is occupied
by a circular lily pond in which rare
aquatic gems abound. Around this
pond with grass walks between are
the peony beds. Here every promising
novelty gets an affectionate reception
and trial and, in instances not a few,
proving that "promising" is the limit
of their virtues. The ears of some of
the peony introducers ought to tingle
■when Mr. Lockwood lets loose a volley
of his choice invective in the use of
which he is a past master. He has
planted a number of English oaks to
provide needed shade against the tor-
rid sunlight. The peculiar arrange-
ment of this garden hemmed in by the .
high arbor and enjoying the evapora- I
tion from the water in the centre
seems to provide ideal conditions for
roses particularly. Many hybrid teas
are interspersed and they make a mar-
velous growth and inflorescence. The
peonies are not up to last year's qual-
ity, Mr. Lockwood says, but the visi-
tors all agreed that they looked pretty
good to them.

TWO NOTABLE AWARDS.

On Friday. June 13, the committee
on prizes and exhibitions of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
and a number of invited guests made
a tour of the Boston Park System and
then visited and inspected the Arnold
Arboretum, the result of the visit be-
ing that a gold medal was voted for
the Park Department in recognition of
what it had conferred upon the people
of Boston in demonstration of taste-
ful landscape planting and a gold
medal for the Arnold Arboretum as a
testimonial of the society's apprecia-
tion of the great work done by that
institution for the advancement of
horticulture.

Waterloo, la.— The Galloway Bros.-
Bowman Seed Co. have moved their
greenhouses from Prospect Hills to
land south of their seed house, where
they will he enlarged to double their
present capacity.

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PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

Alba Magnlfica, White .60 $1.00

Chiswicli. Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
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Rosy Morn, Pink 60 1.00

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Holbom Bine 60 1.00

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, ,, „ „ I- Growers for the Trade ,^^ ^^^

and all Garden Seeds ) _ ^^ ^i^ B^ 1 a

I EO N a R D ^^^^ ^^,,,.o ONION SETS
■^^^ ".-JO-'JSO W. Kl>'-»*' Write lor Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee AveiiDe,
CHICAGO, ILL.

TARIFF AMENDMENTS.
We are notified that a brief, in part
as follows, has been filed with Con-
gress by the Tariff Committee of the
S. A. F. & 0. H.:

••H. It. 3321, page 54, paragraph 21.5. line
15; Omit the words and all other decora-
tive greenhouse plants and on page .53.
paragraph 216, line 10. insert the words,
or greenhouse immediately after the word
nursery.

••Reasons: This will harmonize the bill
liy bringing nursery and gi'eenhouse stock
into the same paragraph, at the same rare
itf duty which is essential because the line
(tf disiinctiou bet^'een nursery and green-
house .stock is so ill defined, that it is im-
possible to distinguish the two classes of
stock, for instance: Nursery stock grown
out of rloors in southern Tnited States
would lie greenhouse stock in the north:
this would necessitate the different rates
of duty for different parts of the United
States, or the arbitrary application of a
rate not in accordance with the provisions
of the Bill. Again such plants as bay
trees are hardy outdoors eight months of
the year, but during the winter must be
kept in greenhouses. Then there are other
plants grown out of doors as nursery stock,
also used for forcing in greenhouses, such
as lilacs, hydrangeas, rhododendrons, and
many others.

••These conflicting conditions would lead
ii> endless confusion and litigation in the
cl.-issitication of this mercliandise. so the
above changes are absolutely necessary to
insure the smooth working of the Rill, also
to protect the lionest importer, and pre-
vent the unscrupulous from making false
custom entries. In addition to this, much
of the greenhouse stock consists of cheap
pl.'ints wliicli are used by the masses and
might very properly come under the lower
rate of p.'iragraph 21G.

•11. R. 3321. page 125. line 1, paragraph
.5l>i>. insert the words •four years old or
less" after the word 'seedlings.* This
change is important, otherwise nothing
could prevent large valuable evergreen
trees coming in free of duty. It is also
the exact intent of the law and will avoid
the endless litigation which prevailed under
former tariff.

"These changes have the emlorsement.
as before stated, of the United States Ex-
aminer of Plants at the port of New
York, also of the .\merican Association of
Nui^serymen and three other trade organi-
zations who handle these goods."

The above does not come to us offi-
ciali.v from the Tariff Committee of the
S. A. F., but it seems to be in line with
good reasoning and, no doubt, is well
advised.

NEWS NOTES.

New York, N. Y. — Frank .M. Duggan,
formerly with Rickards, has opened a
seed and bulb store at 42 West 28th
street.

New York, N. Y.— Ralph M. Ward
started June 7th on an extended
Western trip via Toronto to Van-
couver.

CHILDS' GLADIOLI

are noted the world over for
SUPERIOR MERIT

John LeMris CKilds

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

June 21. 1913

HORTICULTURE

929

FLOWER SEEDS

SOW NOW!

AQl'ILEGIA, Farquhar's Long Spurred
Hybrids, Oz.¥2.50; VtOz.^.lS

Coerulea. ^ oz. .75

Chr.vsantlia. "4 oz. .30

CAMP.4MLA MEDIA, Can-
terburj- Bells, Single
Blue, White, Pink and
Mauve, Oz. *.60 ; Vt oz. ,20

Cup and .Saucer Varie-
ties. Blue, White,
Fink and Mauve,

% oz. $.75; % oz
DELPHINIUM. Farquhar's
Selected Hybrids.

Oz. $1.75; 14 oz
MYOSOTI.S, Alpestris Vic-
toria, Oz. $1.J5; % oz
HOLLYHOCK, C h a t e r's
Double Crimson, Pink,
Purple. Salmon. White
and Yelloiv, Oz. S1.50; % oz. .50
Mixed, Oz. 1.25; ^4 oz. .40

R.&J.Farquhar&Co.

6 & 7 South Market St.

Boston, Mass.

.40

.60

.40

Sweet Pea Seed

IS Mr SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPJC. CALIFORNIA

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip.
Radish, Beet. Etc.

Branches: Michigan
and Wisconsin

MILFORD, CONN.

CABBAGE CELERY BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CAUUFLOWER RUTA BAGA TURNIP

WEEBER & DON, SEED MERCHANTS

114 Chambers St., New York

Asters. American Branching, in

colors

Asters. Imperial Mldseason, In colors.
Bachelor's Button. Double Blue 1.00

Oz.

$1.00
2.50

Candytnft. Giant White Perfection..
Oypsophila Elegans Grandiflora Alba. .25

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

3Z Sooth Market St., Boiton, Mast.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES* WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

** Renoivyied S-weet Pea Specialists"
Sunns'slope Independence, Ho.

SOW BEGONIAS NOW

M.v selected strain of BEGONIA GRA-
CILIS LUMINOSA, extra large flowered
scarlet, and BEGONIA BEDDING

QUEEN, extra large flowered real pink.
These two varieties when sown from
now on to the latter part of June will
make excellent 4, 5, or 6 inch pot plants
for Xmas flowering. They are fine
sellers and better keepers than Gloire
de Lorraine.
1 Tr. Pkt S0.50 6 Tr. Pkt S3.50

0. V. Zdng6n, HobokenN J

For Early Sowing

Price List ]or the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-23S W. Madison St., GfllGAGO

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send ns your wants. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIOELSKY & CO.

laiSBetzBldg. Philadelphia.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

CELKKV. Golden Self-Blanching. 40 ets.
per 100, ¥2.50 per 1000; White Plume, Gold-
en Heart, Giant Pascal, 20 cts. per 100,
$1.00 per 1000.

PARSLEY, 25 cts, per 100, $1.25 per 1000.

CABBAGE, All-headj Ball-head, Flat
Dutch. Savoy, 20 cts. per 100, $1.00 per 1000.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

OnO HEINECKEN

Horticultural Agency

Whitehall Bldg., 17 Battery Place
NEW YORK

Sole American Representative of:
J. Heins Sons, Halstenbek (Germany)

I'^ruit Tree Stock. Forest Trees,
Hedge Plants.

E. Neubert, Wandsbek (Germany)

Lily of the Valley, Lilacs for Forcing.
A. Keilholz, Quedlinburg (Germany)

Seed Grower.

Also Holland and Belgium stock, as

Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Palms, etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

Mention HORTICULTURE when writing

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamburg, which we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

53 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

J. BOLGIANO & SON

WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

H'rttt' For Our Loiv Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOR PROFIT.

I. W. Edmundson. Mgr. M. W. Willlains, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN .lOSE CALIFORNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS
Ask for 1913 CataloKnes

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedsmen

47-54 No Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

BULBS and-

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

S,nd for price list

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

930

HOBTICULTUEE

June 21, 1913

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Ave*.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and 1. 1582

1415 Farnum St.,

oiviAiHA, ime:b.

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

IN WISCONSIN

C. C. POLLWORTH GO.

Milwaukee

WIJLLIAivrjTTMYTH

Cor. Michigan Ave. and Slst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ab»o.)
We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa.

Phoaes : Aldine 8B0. Aldine 881. Aiding 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists" Telesrraph Delivery.

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

The Park Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pres.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone siSi)

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

The largest out flower store in .VmerUa.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tention.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpowted
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street,

Buffalo, N. Y.

Members Florists'Teiegraph Asso.

J

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

SUIVIMER HINTS.

The hot weather is at hand and va-
cations will soon be in order, but be-
fore your men start off see that the
work of cleaning the store from the
accumulation of the long winter
months is commenced. Fancy baskets,
bric-a-brac, etc., must be given some
consideration and protection from the
flies and dust. Have the individual
pieces taken from their cases or
shelves and thoroughly cleaned, then
wrapped carefully in tissue paper with
a heavy covering of wrapping paper
over all, marking each article properly
in order that the contents are easily
known; these should be stored away
in any part of the cellar where they

STEAMER DEPARTURES |

Allan. I

Parisian, Boston -Glasgow June 27 8<

Tunisian, Montreal-Liverp'l.. June 27 fg^

American.
St. Paui, N. V. -Southampton. June 27

Atlantic Transport.
Minnewaska, N. Y. -Loudon. .June 28

Cunard.
Laconia, Boston-Liverpool. . .June 24
Pannonia. N. V.-Mediter'n'n. . June 24 -,
Carmania. N. Y. -Liverpool. . .June 28 ^
Hamburg-American. K<

Blueeber. Boston-Hamburp:.. . June 24 jjj
Imperator, N. Y.-Hamburg. . . June 25

Patricia, N. Y.-Hamburg June 28

Holland-America.

Eyndam. N. Y. -Rotterdam. . .June 24

North German Lloyd.

K. Wil. II., X. Y. -Bremen June 24

Sierra Nevada, N. Y. -Bremen. June 26

Red Star. 9|

9j Lapland, N. Y. -Antwerp June 28 jS^

'a White Star. ^^

'a Celtic. N. Y.- Liverpool June 26 ^

S Oceanii-, N. Y'.-Southampton.. June 28 ^

S Cretic, Boston-Mediter'n'n June 28 ^

-It Teutonic, Montreal-Liverp'l.. June 28 W

(W Arabic, Boston-Liverpool July 1 g;

will not be easily broken, and next
fall you can bring them into the
store again looking fresh and clean in-
stead of dusty and shopworn, feeling
well repaid for your trouble in the be-
ginning.

Cover all mirrors and chandeliers
with cheese cloth, also all nickel and
brass fixtures, to keep them dustproof,
then pack away all jardinieres and any
articles that you will not use through
the summer months, thus giving your
place a cool, airy appearance and
making the work of cleaning and
painting for the coming season an easy
task.

Summer window displays can now
go into effect, removing the heavy
groups of plants, etc., and replacing
same with garden scenes and fountains,
or anything that represents a rural
scene. Fountains with gold fish, tur-
tles, windmills in action, or mechan-
ical displays will carry you nicelj'
through the next few months. For an
original summer window show for
those not wishing to go to any great
expense just now, and the size of the
window permitting, I would suggest a
(luiet woodland scene which can be

ALEX. McGONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

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

G'5/ of Cabling Foreign DzHz •■> ios

Must he prepaid

Reference or cash mast accompany all

orders from nnknown correspondents.

Cable Address, AlEXCONNELL.

New York

— Bloomingdale 's -^

Tbe Largest Floral Establishment In the Metropolis

Best Service — Quiclc Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

DA>(D CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any p.-in of the country to

New York City
Or 0UT=G0INQ STEAMERS

Write i-r telegraph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

161 FIftll Aie. Cor. E 58tll St

NEW YORK CITY

^^ BRI

I 339-347 Greene Ate. Tel. :

BROOKLYN
EW YORK

S Greene Ave.
:. 6800 Prospect

339-347 Greene A»e. Tel. 3908 Prospect

Established 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenue, N. Y. Citr

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspon
dence in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntish
Qilonies. Telegraph and Cable address, Dardsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
4VI-BA.IMY, IM. V.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICINITY

AI.BANT, N. T.

Flowera or Design Work

DELIVERED IN .ALB.\NY AND VICINITT
ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDER

11 NORTH PEAIL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y.

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTURE

931

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer your
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Boylston Street. BOSTON'.

CARBON E

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases, Garden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tuscany Basliets for
Florists' Use, In Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery oi Designs and Flowers to
any a dress in Washington.

Stock srd Work First Class

f^lHOOl

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

Leading FloriHts. Orders filled for any
part of tbe State.

38 Dorrance Street

PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN -

■ FRANK H FORREST

344 - .SJ6 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO,
and Hotel St. Francis, CAL.

We coTer the entire Paclflc Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FtOWERS BY Tl,EORAPn.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Pellvered on mail or telesrraph order ^r
any occasion, in any part of the Domini^.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Tonge St.,

TORONTO. ONT.

MONTREAL;^' ™

Orders FiUed

HALL & ROBINSON rjs Jl

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^'™

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH."

Leading Retail Florists Listed by
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary, 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston — Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston — Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston — Zinn, The Florist, 1 Part St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. T.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago— A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way,

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit, Mich. — A. Pochelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. Pollworth Co.

Montreal, Can.— Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York— George M. Stnmpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConncIl, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 418 Madi-
son Ave.

New York— Bloomlngdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Schllng, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

Snn Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco. Cal. — Pellcano, Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.— L L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

Washington, D. C. — Gude Bros., 1214 F
St.

Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915
F St., N. W.

Washington. D. C. — George H. Cooke.

carried out as follows: For the center
of the window get an oblong zinc or
sheet iron tank, from five to six feet
long, two or three feet wide, and
about four to six inches deep; have
two attachments made whereby a rub-
ber hose can be fitted to each, one as
an inlet, the other as an outlet; cover
the bottom of the tank with white
sand or gravel, and putting a few gold
fish in, this will be your centre, bank-
ing the edges all around with cork-
bark, green moss and broken rocks,
thereby giving it a rustic finish. A
few stumps of trees scattered careless-
ly around the window and small piles
of rock and green moss banked up ir-
regularly in mounds will complete the
foreground. Palms and foliage plants
placed as a background is all that is
necessary to finish a simple summer
show. Mr. Storemax.

NEW FLOWER STORES.

Louisville, Ky— Mrs. M. D. Reimers.

Chicago— James Bilek, 1210 W. 18th
street.

Los Angeles, Cal.— T. P. M. William-
son, Figueora & Washington streets.
Robert Shenk. manager. Frank Lich-
tenberg, 324 West Sixth street.

WE CLOSE

at 5 P.M. on Weekdays

f^ and 1 P. M. Saturdays

I During June,

CJaly and

Florists' Supply P
and Ribbon House

The

August

1220 Race St., ^^

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 0-

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West sgth Street, adjoining Plaza Hote

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

BOSTON. MASS.

"Penn. The Teleerapli Florist"
Member of Florists' Ti'le^'raph Delivery
37-43 BROMFIELD STREEir

Transfer your orders for flower or
plant deliveries to

7INN The Florist

^iilil 1 Park St., Boston

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEWLANft

Euclid Avenue

BUFFALO

S.A.ANDERSON

440 MAIN STREET

Special Deliveries Niagara Falls

and Lockport

■93-2

HORTICULTURE

June 21, 1913

CHICAGO NOTES.

Edward Eisner, for many years with
C. A. Samuelson and lately in the re-
tail business for himself, is now in
charge of H. Rowe's store on East
Monroe street.

Theo. Arndt, 844 Roscoe street, who
has been a conspicuous figure at the
flower shows, demonstrating how
flower pots are made, will leave short-
ly for North Germany where a legacy
hequeathed by an uncle awaits him.

The little group of retail florists, or-
ganized a few months ago, as the
North Shore Florists' Association, has
already seen the possibilities of a
hroader field for their energies. At
their last meeting they changed their
name to the Retail Florists Associa-
tion of Chicago and have sent an in-
vitation to other florists to join with
them.

The local papers are commenting
on the popularity of the window
hoxes on office buildings, stores and
hotels in the crowded loop district.
The success of these attempts to
heautify and soften the appearance of
the forbidding masses of stone, com-
monly known as skyscrapers, seemed
an idle dream, for the heat reflected
from the walls and sidewalks was like
a blast from an oven during the hot
summer days, but notwithstanding
this, these boxes are more in evidence
each year and the plants are making
fairly good growth away up above the
heads of passers by.

The Kroeschell Boiler shipping sea-
son has opened up at a lively pace. On
June 12th three Kroeschell Boilers
were shipped to heat 85,000 square
feet of glass. One of the boilers went
to the Atlantic Sea Coast, the other
one to the Pacific Coast, and the third
one to Chicago's largest suburb, Mil-
waukee. The first shipment of the
day was a No. 14 Kroeschell Boiler to
Mueller Greenhouse Company, Brown
Deer, Wis. The second, a No. 14, to
Mr. Carl Ruef, Salem, Oregon, and the
third, a No. 6 boiler, to Mr. Ed. Buch-
tenkirch. Sea Cliff, N. Y. R. J. Tussine
■of Canal Wincheston, O., is also in
with an order for a No. 6.

At Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, the carnation houses are an ob-
ject lesson on what expert manage-
in ent coupled with the best possible
equipment will do. After a long win-
ter of continuous bloom and a spring
of unusually heavy crops, the summer
finds the plants apparently as fresh
and prolific as ever. Gloriosa is now
producing stems averaging 40 inches,
with occasional ones reaching 47
inches and more.

Foreman Guy French, who, by the
way, is president of the Chicago Flor-
ists' Club, is a student as well as a
grower and keeps an exact record of
the plants. He now has 20.000
Gloriosa and will gi-ow more next
year. Enchantress does not weaken,
but on the contrary never was better
in every particular. Scarlet Glow
presented a splendid appearance. They
plant their stock in the bench and let
them remain and bloom without stop-
ping for two years at a stretch. The
natural weakness of stem in Scarlet
Glow is overcome by proper feeding.
The carnation range yielded 110,000
blooms Memorial week. The young
chrysanthemum stock is large, strong
and of good color. There are 250,000
plants of standard varieties and r''im-

GEORGE H.COOKE

FLORIST
WASHINGTON D.C.

pons in excess of the requirements of
their own houses.

Personal.

Mrs. C. X. Dickinson leaves this
week with her son for Montana.

Mrs. A. T. Pyfer and son are spend-
ing a couple of weeks in Sheboygan,
■Wis.

Miss Gertrude Lewis of J. Mangel's
will spend her vacation near Winni-
peg, :\Ian.

Peter Reinberg has tendered his
resignation as president of the Chi-
cago School Board.

Fred Hinks and Henry C. Boler,
gardener at Hubbard Woods, 111., will
leave in July for two months in Eng-
land.

Visitors— W. Otto, Tolleston, Ind.;
C. B. Knickman, rei)resenting Mc-
Hutchison & Co., New York; A. J.
Beehler. South Bend. Ind.

ROCHESTER NEWS ITEMS.

About thirty delegates from Roches-
ter and vicinity left last Friday for the
convention of the American Associa-
tion of Nurserymen in Portland, Ore.
John Hall, for four years secretary of
the Association, will return early in
July by way of California and Salt
Lake City.

The plant of the American Fruit
Products Company of Rochester, N.
Y., was totally destroyed by fire on
June 11th and the loss is estimated to
be at least |150,000. Owing to the fact
that Ihe plant is located outside of the
city line only a limited amount of ap-
paratus could be sent to the scene.
The main plant contained several thou-
sand cider barrels but in fifteen min-
utes after the fire was discovered the
plant was a mere shell.

CINCINNATI NOTES.

C. E. Critchell has rented the floor
above his present place. Mr. Critchell
will use the new space for supplies
and offices and the present space for
cut flowers alone.

Visitors: Harry Balsley, Detroit,
Mich.; Al Newman, Zanesville, O.;
Mrs. Lampert and Miss Lampert,
Zanesville, 0., and Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
Klus, Anderson, Ind.

The Outing Committee has selected
Coney Island for the annual outing
pursuant to their instructions. It will
be on Thursday. July 17. Tickets are
being mailed to the various florists.

PERSONAL.
J. H. Dann, Sr., of Westfield, N. Y.,
sails on June 24th on a voyage to Arc-
tic regions.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hollenbach of
Chicago sailed on the S. S. New Am-
sterdam June 10th for a three months'
trip to Europe.

James Benzie, gardener on the Flan-
agan estate at Newton, Mass., sailed for
Europe on the Franconia from Boston,
Tuesday, June 10.

Miss Catherine Montgomery, daugh-
ter of Alexander Montgomery, and Mr.
Hallett E. Jones were married at Na-
tick. Mass., on Tuesday, June 10.

Bert L. Chadwick informs us that
the report that he had left Vaughan's
Seed Store to take a position else-
where, which was current last week, is
not correct and that he is still with
the above-mentioned concern.

Boston visitors — S. G. Harris, Tarry-
town, N. Y.; Bertrand H. Farr, presi-
dent of the American Peony Society.

Washington visitors — James Hea-
cock, of Joseph Heacock & Sons;
Charles W. Fox and Mr. Connors, with
Lord & Burnham, all of Philadelphia,
Pa.

ALFRED REHDER HONORED.

HoHTKULTiKE cxtcuds hearty con-
gratulations to Mr. Alfred Rehder, of
the Arnold Arboretum, who was the
recipient of the honorary degree of
A. M. from Harvard University, on
Wednesday, June 19.

OUDE BROS. CO
FLORISTS

I21A F ST..NW

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WASHINGTON,
D.C.

GUDE'S

Member Florists'
Telecrnph Delivery.

Florists' Refrigerators

Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you
require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish
to use the refrigorator; also sLate whether you
want it for diiplay or only for storage.

McCray Refrigerator Co

553 Lake Strest. KendaHvilli. Ind.

Mentu>n Horticulture when you wfiie.

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTURE

933;

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of Chiffon and Silk, Real Lace Bouquet Holders, Etc. Most Complete Stock Ever Offered.

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Bridesmaids' Baskets, Graduation Baskets, Tumbler Baskets for Spring Flowers, Baskets of Every Material, Shape and
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PHILADELPHIA NOTES.

Fred Michell visited the graduation
exercises last week at State College
where two ot his boys have just fin-
ished their first year of the course in
agriculture.

The Maule forces are having a busy
summer. The moving into the new
Maule Building at 20th and Arch
streets, has already commenced, and
they expect to have the. big job com-
pleted by September 1st.

Jno. F. Sibson, m a personal letter,
writes: "I am working for John D.
Horst, four miles from Reading, Pa.
It is a new place. The landscaping is
by Olmsted and I am working from
their plans. Beautiful country around
here. I like it, but I miss the club
meetings very much. Kindly remem-
ber me to all the boys."

The sweet pea show of the Philadel-
phia Horticultural Society Is scheduled
for the 26th inst. The prize list may
be obtained on application to the sec-
retary. There are premiums also for
Japanese iris and other hardy peren-
nials. Also for zinnias and gloxinias.
No doubt Burpee and other enthusi-
asts will be on hand as usual with
non-competitive exhibits of great in-
terest.

B. Eschner of the M. Rice Co. was
busy on Monday receiving congratula-
tions on his safe return from his Eu-
ropean trip. Mr. and Mrs. Eschner ar-
rived at New York on the 14th on the
S. S. "America." They sailed on the
"George Washington." If there be any-
thing in names — some patriotism that!
When they reached London the flags
were out. It looked like a great wel-
come for our good Americans, but it
turned out that it was only the King's
birthday.

Visitors. — Felix Alberts, manager for
H. P. Muen, Rochester, N. Y.; John
Walker, Youngstown, 0.

NEWS NOTES.

Rushvllle, Ind. — Mrs. Mina E. Fleen-
er has purchased the greenhouses of
the Rushville Floral House. 520 East
11th street, formerly owned by R. L.
Friend.

Maywood, III. — Rober & Radke have
dissolved partnership. Ernest Rober
will start in business for himself July
1st at Wilmette, taking over John
Felke's place.

Portland, Ore.— A. A. Harter has
leased the greenhouse range of W. W.
Sibson and will conduct a wholesale
business, Mr. Sibson continuing his
nursery business as in the past.

FLORISTS FINED FOR VIOLATING
LABOR LAW.

Because the state legislature tailed
to Include cut flowers in the list of
perishable articles, the care of which
would necessitate the employment of
a woman more than 10 hours in any
one day, Henry Smith and Alfred
Hanna, florists, were compelled to pay
fines of $10 and costs in police court
yesterday to evade jail sentences of
20 days each.

Smith and Hanna were arrested a
week ago on warrants sworn out by
Labor Inspector Luella M. Burton,
charging them with employing girl
clerks more than 10 hours on May 31.
When arraigned in police court both
pleaded not guilty, but yesterday ap-
peared, unrepresented by attorneys,
and changed their pleas to guilty and
were each fined $10 and costs by Act-
ing Police Court Judge Loucks.

The law under which the two flor-
ists were arrested has an exception
clause which permits the packers of
fruits and other perishable articles to
employ their female help to exceed 10
hours any one day if it is necessary to
keep the perishable stuff from decay.
Cut flowers, however, were not consid-
ered perishable by the legislators and
the recent arrests were the result. The
two florists explained to the court that
their employees are permitted to leave
their places of employment when busi-
ness is dull, and are often away for an
hour or two at a time. This, however,
tailed to excuse them in the eyes of
the court. — Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Her aid.

OBITUARY.
William Pirie.
We regret to announce the death of
William Pirie which took place sud-
denly, Friday morning, June 13th, at
Rochester, N. Y. The deceased ap-
peared to be in his usual health and
showed no signs of trouble. He had
just given the morning orders to the
men and in two minutes afterward he
was found dead, having fallen where
he stood, heart trouble being the
cause. Mr. Pirie, who was only 34
years of age, came to this country ten
years ago, having worked on some
large estate in Scotland. For two
years he was at Manchester, Mass.,
and has been head gardener for
George Eastman (of kodak fame) tor
the past eight years. His death has.
come as a great loss to the Rochester
florists and to his many friends and
associates. He was a man ever will-
ing to help — trustworthy and con-
genial. Mr. Pirie leaves his wife and
two children to mourn his loss.

Horace J. Heau.

Patrick T. Quinn.
Patrick T. Quinn, 75 years old, an
authority on agriculture and credited
with having introduced the American!
cranberry into England, died at his
home in Newark, N. J. At various
times he held oflices as secretary of
the State Agricultural Society, the
State Board of Agriculture and the'
State Centennial Commission.

lia-

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Holland, Mich.— Alfred Mitting,
bilities, $10,000. no assets.

Edenvale, Gal. — I. J. Eraser, liabili-
ties. $4,7.00, no assets.

Henry Guillaume.
Henry Guillaume. Sr., a prominent
florist of La Crosse, Wis., died at his
home. 119 Sixth street. May 28th. He
was born in Germany 66 years ago.
His wife and three children survive
him.

The Meyer Green

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IN THE WORLD

And for sale by all the leading florlsta
and supply bouses throughout the land.

If your jobber does not keep It, write
direct to us and we will see that yon
are fully supplied.

Samples Sent Free

THE JOHN C. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS.

In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICDLTDRE.

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HOETICULTUEE

June 21, 1913

The Best $3.00 per doz.

Good size flowers for this time of the season.
You can always depend on us to fill your order.

EARLY CLOSING
On and after June the 16th we close every day at 6 P. M.

The Leo Niessen Co,

'WHOL&SALE FLOR-iafT*

N. V^. Comer
12th and Race Sts..

PHILADELPHIA

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IF YOU

want to find a market foi your S

product s

want a regular or special suppl) ^

of the product of the best —

growers 3

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

THE BEST LETTERS

FOR

FLORIST'S

USE

THOSE

MADE

BY THE

Boston Florist Letter Co.

66 PEARL ST. BOSTON

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Order direct or buy from your local
bupply dealer. Insist on having the

BOSTON

Inscriptions. Emblem-^, etc. Always
A in Stock.

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MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.

15 Province St., 9 Chapman PI.,
BOSTON, MASS.

Everything in Flowers

Complete Stock of Florists' (ireens.
Three Floors of Florists' .Supplies.

GEORGE B. HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

MM-McCuilough'sSonTCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Special nttfiition to shipping orders. Job-
bers of Flurists' Suiiplies, Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
Phone Main 584. 31fi Walnut St., rinclnnatl.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST GO.

Consignments Solicited

A READY MARKET FOR ANYTHING

ATLANTA GEORGIA

S The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading =
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POEHLMANN BROS. CO

Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Greenhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ""'^^"^ '"^'^IS-d^'aVe°r°s only

DETROIT 1 BUFFALO ^ITTSBURa

May 26 I June 9 June 16

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special....

Extra

No. I

" '* Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. -

Bride, 'Maid

Hiilingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
*' " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Callas

Lily of the Valley

Gladioli

Iris.

I CINCINNATI

I June 9

Mignonette

Daises

Snapdragon

Stock';

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (100)..
" " & Spren. (100 bchs.J. .

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PETER REINBERC~

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET .... CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

• Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants <

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

between RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS,

CHICAGO

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

ConslKomenta Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty

38-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT. MICH

Prices Quoted in these Columns are for Dealers Qnlv.

When Writins; to Advertisers Please Mention

HORTICULTURE.

June 21. 1913

HOETICULTUEE

935

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What is more attractive, giving an air of coolness to tlie shop than a few
floating WATER LILIES — whether they be in a miniature pond or simply in a
large jardiniere filled with water? Always a welcome novelty if the new and
choice large flowering varieties are used. These we have in quantity, red and
white, and some beautiful delicate shades of pink. 75c. per doz.; $4.00 per 100.
These should be ordered direct from our Washington Branch as our supply
comes from them.

Splendid, 'arge, well colored BEAUTIES;
all lengths:

doz. IWI

Special $3.00 $20.00

Fancy 3.50 17.50

Extra 2.00 15.00

far superior to the local stock;

100
$12.50
7.50
5.00

doz. IWI doz.

Special $3.00 $20.00 First $1.50

Fancy 3.50 17.50 Second . . . 1.00

Extra 2.00 15.00 Shorts . . .

VALLEY: Special, $4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100.
CATTLEYAS: Mossiae; Special, $6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100; Extra
doz.; $35.00 per 100.
Gigas and Gaskelliana, Special, $6.00 per doz. ; Extra
doz.

Gigas ..
doz.

Dendr^lnum Form

tra, $5.00 per
■a, $5.00 per

o.sipn. $7.50 per doz.

HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS

BKONZE GALAX, $1.50 per 1000; $10.00 per 10,000.

GREEN SHEET MOSS, $3.50 per bag.

SPHAGNUM MOSS, 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each $4.00; 5 bale lots,

each $3.75; 10 bale lots, each $3..50.

ASPARAGUS STRINGS, 50c. each.

ASPARAGUS AND SPRENGERI, bunches, 50c. each.

ADIANTUM, $1.00 and $1.50 per 100.

SMIL.\:v, 20c. per string.

CUT HEMLOCK, $2.50 per bundle.

HARDY DAGGER FERNS, best quality, large long fronds, $1.50 per 1,000,

$6.50 per 5,000.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us
for prices on these and on Supplies.

Small shipments can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk.

IMIMOOK-IVI

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PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow Street

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

NEW YORK
117 West 28lh Stree

WASHINGTON
1216 H. Street. N. W.

Flower Market Reports

The state of the flower
BOSTON market here this week is

worse, it' anything, than
it was at the time of our last report.
There is an enormous accumulation
of all. kinds of flower stock and a de-
mand that is far from making any im-
pression on the daily receipts. Beauty
roses are of fairly good quality and
there are excellent offerings of Cardi-
nal, Carnot and Taft, all of which are
recognized as good summer roses but
there are only a few buyers who are
particular enough to be willing to pay
even quoted prices for this grade of
stock. Carnations are very good and
very bad according to the grower but
the best have a hard task to realize a
respectable price. Sweet peas are in
overwhelming quantity. Only the best
are moved and those only at figures
that should apply to the lowest qual-
ity. The best are superlatively good,
however, and ought to have a better
recognition. Gardenias are small and
Inferior and are not wanted. Lily of
the valley superb and with a moder-
ate call. Cattleyas good and not suf-
ficiently abundant to break down the
normal market price.

There was no life in
BUFFALO the market the early
part of the previous
week. In fact, business was on the
quiet side. Plenty of stock and on
some lines too much to command any
price. All roses were in over-supply
except Kaiserin and Richmond. Locaj
peonies have added to the influx and
some good varieties in pink and white
are in. There has been plenty of all
other material and the retail merchant

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'*^''^'"*"^?o-d^e!vVe"^5 only

ROSBS

BOSTON

June iQ

CHICAGO

June 17

Am. Beauty. Fancy and Special. . . .

" *' Extra

No. I

" " Lower Grades

Killamey , Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary .. .

Bride, 'Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. .
" " " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, lx)ngifiorum

Callas

Lily of t he Valley

Gladioli

Mignonette.
Daises .

' Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo).
" & Spren. (loo Bchs.).

10.00

8.00
5.00
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-50
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.50
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June 16

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has had his own way. Weddings are
becoming a little more noticeable,
though no special demand has been
had on any one thing. School com-
mencements are soon in order and a
little extra business is figured on.

Weddings and com-
CHICAGO mencements, local and
otherwise, are responsi-
ble for the moving of most of the flow-
ers not sold for funeral purposes. The
season shows nothing remarkable so
far, either in number of events or
quantity of material used, with few
exceptions. White or light orchids
are increasing in favor with the brides
but lily of the valley still is the main-
stay and very good stock is to be had.
There seems to be no limit to the

number of roses in the market, but
wholesalers say that the really good
roses all find buyers. White Killarney
meets a steady demand and the call
for American Beauty is said to be
fairly good, some of the poorer grade
having to be worked off cheap. The
great majority of the stock of carna-
tions and roses shows that summer Is
here and much of it is sold at a low
price and moved in large quantities.
The peonies that come direct from the
fleld to the counters are all disposed
of and now the cold storage stock is
being used. Many out of door Spencer
sweet peas are now coming in, but
they do not have the dainty poise of
the greenhouse ones. Plenty of mis-

(Coiitinucd on fiagc q^y)

936

HOKTICULTURE

June 21, 1913

M. C. FORD

SucoesKOr to

FORD BROTHERS

121 West 28th Street NEW YORK

Fi KES, fhicy mwim

A Full Line of ALL CUT FLOWEIIS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENT^

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2300, 2301, Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll MadLon Square NeW YOrR

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale ComnijssjoiQIorists

SS and 57 Wast 26th Street

Telephone No. 756 MAtAf Vtf\l*l#

Madison Square ^Vdrw I Ol K

— :WIVI, P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK

Call and inspect the Best Establlshmeui
in the Wholesale i'lower District.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

CONSIGNMENS S0LICI1ED

rB0NB|*«8j MADISON SQ.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh tut Kxerurfens, .Mosses,

Soutbern Smilax, Oalax and Leuoothoe,

Preserved and Freslj Cut

(veas and I'alinetto.

ft, {;f<»} M,d sq. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RCED <SL KELLER

122 West 25tli St.. New YorI{

Florists' Supplies

A\'e niannfai'ture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

ami arc lioalcrs in
' Decorative Glassware. <i rowers and
Florists* Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby St.. Brooklyn, N. Y

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10.000.... »1. 75. 50,000.... $7. 50. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

i>. J. ®:M:ia:'n

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist W^-^^^ir^ll^W^l

A fullline of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes The HOME OP THE LILY
by the lOO, 1000 or 10,000

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Established
1887

J. K. Al-L

IM

Still Going
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAI.. PROMPT RETURNS. IB MONEY ALWAYS READY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YORK

Opens 6 A. M. dally. Telephone, 167 and 4408 Mad. Sq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

ALWAYS
ON HAND

THE HIGHEST \/ A | I C" V ALWAYS

? GR.\DEOF VALLt.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS. DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES Mc MA NUS, Mla'st 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES ANO CARNATIONS

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

" •' Extra

No. I

*' " LowerGrades

Klllarney. Extra

*' Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" ** Ordinary

Bride, Maid

nlllingdon. Ward, Melody. Extra —
" *' " Ordinary .

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

** Ordinary

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ending lune 14

1913

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

3^ 'Woflat S^tlri Street:, Pfe-w ^V^orla:

Telephones {}^j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

III?""™;"''"""- 76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY SENDDiO YOUR ORDER TO US

Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection

WALTER F. SHERIDAN

Wholesale CommiaBion Dealer Id

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 West 28lh Street, New York
T^fplione — 3532-3533 Madisoo Square

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

CENTRAIXT LOCATED. THE HUB OF
THE FLOWER MARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telepbope 7068 MadUon

Telephone 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28th Street NEW YORK

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

Vl^Holesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephones : 798 and 790 Madison Square
Consignments Solicited

HENRY M. KuUINSON, Pres. MAUKICE L. GLASS, Treai
CHAS E. ROBINSON, V-Fre«. .lOSEPH M ARr.Ol.IS, SM'y

HENRY M. ROBINSON GO.

OF NEW YORK
^^/^hol^s^ 1^ ^lor-ls-t^

Maurice L. Glass, Manager
55.57 WEST 26th ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

Special A ttt-nticJ! to the Shipping Trade

ROBERT J. DYSART

I'lBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR

Simple niethofls of correct accountini;

especially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED

Merchants Bank Biiililint;

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

Telephanc 1I*Ib M

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTURE

937

Flower Market Reports

(.Continued from page (??5^

cellaneous flowers are to be had and
all kinds of green.

The local market is
CINCINNATI rather weak. The

supply is very large
and the call for stock is not nearly
taking up all of the offerings. A sub-
stantial part of tlie receipts are hardly
up to the standard in quality. Quite
a few roses are badly mildewed while
many of the carnations are soft when
they arrive and are affected either by
the excessive heat or by red spider.
Still, receipts of flowers of quality are
more than adequate for the demand.
The rose supply includes some very
choice offerings but the sales do not
begin to take up all of them. Some
very fine Giganteum Iilie,s are coming
in but they find a slow market. There
is a strong demand for lily of the val-
ley. Carnations have been pretty
thoroughly shot to pieces by the warm
weather. Good gladioli are coming in.
Sweet peas have been selling very
well.

While there are oc-
NEW YORK casional spurts of

mild activity on one
or another specialty yet it cannot he
said that the flower business in gen-
eral has made much headway from the
stagnant conditions reported last week.
Retailers are at times quite busy with
steamer baskets, bridal work and
graduation bouquets, but the receipts
coming in are so heavy that all these
things together are comparatively in-
significant and they make no impres-
sion either on accumulated stock or its
market value. The price is generally
about what the retailer is disposed to
pay, a condition that will be easier to
imagine than to describe. A couple of
hot days played havoc with the qual-
ity of roses, carnations and sweet peas
especially and the stock is by no means
as good as that ofl'ered a week ago.
Peonies are still seen in large quantity
and the lily situation is not much im-
proved yet.

There was little
PHILADELPHIA change in the
market last
week. Perhaps a little less stock and
also a little less business. After the
middle of June that condition is to be
expected, although according to gen-
eral opinion among the wholesalers,
summer business has gradually in-
creased during the past five years.
Roses were very plentiful, especially
among the lower grades, and the
week's accumulations had to suffer
another great sacrifice on Saturday.
However, the present week will likely
see the end of that. The flush is over,
and besides many growers have begun

WELCH BROS. CO.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. KILLARNEY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE

SUPERIOR ROSES, LILY OFTHEVALL£Y. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS

BEST PRODUCED

226 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.

William F. Kasting Co.

\A/Holesal.

383-387 ELLICOTT ST.

loris^s

BUFFALO, N. Y.

r-MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.—

ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE.
CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Home-grown Stock a Specialty. STRICTLY WHOLESALE; NOTHING SOLD
AT RETAIL.

Ample reference furnished as to standing: and financial ability of the company.
123 MA.NSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q.

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Catlleyas

Lilies, Longlflorum

Lily of the Valley

Uladloll

Iris

Daises • ■

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas (per loo bunches

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

** ** & Spren (loo bunches) .

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ending June 14

1913

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beginning June IS

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to tear out. Carnations are going down
hill fast, both in- quantity and quality.
Xe.xt in importance to the rose and
carnation at present is the sweet pea.
This crop is now very heavy and much
more than the market can handle.
Mostly all out-door grown, and excel-
lent quality. But it is too late for the
church festivals and commencements
which are the features that call for
this class of stock in May and the first
half of June. If possible the growers
ought to try to get the flush of this
crop in a month earlier to get the
money out of It. Gardenias on the
wane; few and poor. Orchids in
smaller supply with demand sluggish.
Fine gladioli a feature. Water lilies
and blue delphinium are also conspicu-
ous items.

This market has had

ST. LOUIS a supply of cut stock
but the dry and hot
weather of late makes the quality poor
and extra fine roses and carnations are
cut of question at the present time.
Prices have fallen off considerable.
Ferns are scarce. Asparagus and
sniilax sell well.

A very satisfactory

ROCHESTER amount of business
has been transacted
during the past week. Graduation and
commencement exercises have been nu-
merous and demanded a great quantity
of flowers — chiefly sweet peas, which
we are glad to say were very plentiful
and of good size and color. American
Beauty and Milady roses were also in
demand. Children's Day exercises,
June weddings, etc., are in profusion
and some large decorations have been
done this week at the churches. Car-
nations are not quite so good as of
late. Roses in all grades are good.

also lily of the valley. Out-door roses
are plentiful, these retailing at 50 cents
per dozen. Peonies are very numerous
and the market is practically full.
Lemon lilies, Spanish iris, etc., are in-
cluded as good stock. Smllax is still
scarce. Other greens are fairly plen-
tiful.

The intense heat
WASHINGTON of the present week
has caused an in-
flux of roses in a full open condition,
with the result that there has been a
drop in prices. There is a fair de-
mand lor Al stock. Carnations are
fast going out of crop. Catleyas have
dropped somewhat in price. The
graduation rush continues. The sev-
eral conventions held here last week
called for extensive dinner decorations
but. aside from this, business as a
whole is quiet.

The Smith & Hemenway Co. of New
V'ork City, inform us that instead of
carrying stock in two places they have
arranged to carry at the factory,
Irvington Mfg. Company, 130 Coit
street, Irvington, N. J., a complete
stock after July 10th and all shipments
will be made from the Irvington Mfg.
Company alter that date. This enter-
prise is a movement in the right direc-
tion as it means facilitating shipment
to customers and making more prompt
delivery^ .\lso, they have largely in-
creased the facilities of the factory
and stock room to take care of addi-
tional stcok and of their increased
business. It might be well to mention
the fact that they are manufacturers
of the largest line of hand tools made
in the United States, and are Owners
of the famous trademark, the Genuine
"Red Devil."

938

HORTICULTUEB

June 21, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

Advertisements«under this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

Display advertisers In this Issue are also listed under this classification without charge. Reference to List ot
Advertisers will Indicate the respective pages.

Buyers failing to find what they want In this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
In communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOUNTANT

B. J. DyBart, 40 State St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

APHINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ahaccabias

Godfrey Aachmann. Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ABTSTONE FLOWER VASES
Patrick Grace, 55 Union St., Brighton, Mass.

ASPARAGCS

Asparagus Sprengeri seedlings, 75c. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenllworth,
N. J. ,

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI is the Aspar-
agus that will get you the most money.
Start right by ordering direct of the In-
troducer. Heavily rooted, 2i4-'nch, $6.00per
100, $50.00 per 1000. JOHN C. HATCHER,
Amsterdam, N. Y.

ACCUBA

Aucuba Japonlea, bushy plants, 36c. to
$2.50 each. ^ _^ ^ », ^

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.

For page see List ^f Advertisers.

RosUndale, Maas.

A. Leuthy & Co

For page see List of Advertisers.
Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y
For page see List of AdvertlserB.
OUoTleinecken. 17 Battery
York City

Place, New
For page see List "^of Advertisers.

BAT TREES

UcHutcblaon & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Hobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and
prices. List on application.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, MaiB.

For page see List of Advertlaers.

John McKenzle, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Hansen. 106 Avon St.. Maiden, Mass.

— ~ —

BEGONIAS

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.
Begonia Graeilis Luminosa and Bedding
Queen.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Begonia Lorraine and Glory of Cincin-
nati, 2Vi in. pots, leaf cuttings, Immediate
delivery. „ .

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BOILERS

Eroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Httchlngs & Co.. 1170 Broadway, N. T.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BOXES— CUT FLOWER— FOLDINO

Edwards Folding Box Co.. Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis.

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobhink & Atklna, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BCLBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, N. Y.

Kuildiiigton Quality Lily Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Mlchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,
New York.
Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.
For page see List of Advegtlsers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Masi.
__ For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUIer, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, L. L, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar Co., Boston. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. T^

C. KEUR & SONS, HILLEGOM, Holland.

Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices.

NEW YORK Branch, 8-10 Bridge St.

CANNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
& JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, lod.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelaky & Co., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, III.

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Continned

Chrysanthemum rooted cuttings. Segar's
White, sport of Garza, late; Chrvsolora,
Unaka, $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1000. Smith's
Advance, Golden Eagle, W. H. Lincoln,
Patty, Garza. $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000.
A. Byron, White and Yellow Bonnaffon,
White Ivory, Estelle. Rosette, Pacific Su-
preme, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Send
for list of other varieties.

WM. SWAYXE. Kennett Square, Pa.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. PlUsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PILLSBURY, Galeabnrg, 111.

CHRISTM.4S PEPPERS

Frank Oechslin, 4911 Qulncy St.,

Chicago, in.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Mass.

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers.

David J. Scott. Corfu. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Rooted cuttings, finest stock of Bonnaffon
and Halliday. $1.50 per 100. Cash with or-
der. A. (i. HANXA. Holbrook. Mass.

Smith's Advance, 2% inch, $2.50 per 100;
$22..50 per 1000. R. C, $1.50 per 100; $12.50
per 1000. We can supply 5000 per week
of this variety, also &8 other best Mums.
STAFFORD CONSERVATORIES, Stafford
Springs, Conn.

Chrysanthemums In 2^-in. pots, Roslere,
Bergmann, White Eaton, $2.50 per 100;
Chrysolora, 2V4-ln. pots, $.3.00 per 100.
Well rooted, stocky plants from sand,
Roslere, Bergmann, Touset, Oct. Frost,
Robinson, White Eaton, Y'ellow Eaton,
Unaka. Minnie Bailey, Marv Foster, $2.00
per 100, $15.00 per 1000; Chrysolora, from
sand, 21/.C., $20.00 per 1000. JOY FLORAL
CO., Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. Her-
rlngton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efForts of those who
would grow and excel in producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that n»t
In secret arts and practices, but In plain
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
SO cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place. Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Maas.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cyclamen, 3 In. pots, very finest strain,
$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

Cyclamen glganteum, best strain In good
assorted colors; good strong plants In
2V4-ln. pots, ready to shift, $5.00 per 100;
$40.00 per lOflO. J. H. FIESSER, Hamilton
Ave., Guttenberg, N. J. Cash, please.

DAHLIAS

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
I'OCK DAHLIA FARMS, Wllllamstown
Junction, N, J., Post Office, Berlin. N. J.

Dahlias — 2600 field clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash; or what have you to
exchange? GEO. H. WALKER, Dahlia
Expert, North Dighton, Mass.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Lenthy & Co., Perkins St. Nnrserlea,

RosUndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th 8ta.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Woodrow & MarketOB. 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

.\lonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

DRACAENA IXDIVISA — linch, $10.00;
5-lnch. $15.00 per 100. Heavily rooted, ready
for Immediate shipment. JOHN C. HATCH-
ER, Amsterdam, N. Y.

For List of Advertisers See Page 915

June 21, 1913

horticultub:

939

ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE GAR-
DENERS

Fairfield Landscape & Nurseries Co.,

Terminal Bldg., 41st St. and Park Ave.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS

A. Leutby & Co., RosUndale, Man.
For pape see List of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-HudBon,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTILIZERS

aoth Century Plant Food Co., Beverly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertllene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Union Stock

Yards, Chicago, 111.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers

New York Stable Manure Co., 273 Wash-
ington St., Jersey City, N. J.
Hor.se Stiible Jlanure.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 86 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SCFPLIEB

N. F. McCarthy & Co.. 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St.. Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

0 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pe'nnock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see I.,lst of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.,

Boston.

For page see List uf Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. B. Ernest, 28th and M Sts.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Maai.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Hllflnger Bros., Ft. Edward. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T,
For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

OALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,
Md.

For page see List of Advert Isers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mlcb.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

John McKenzie. North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS — Con tinned

Geraniums, in bud and bloom, stocky 4-
in., 5c. ; 6-in., 22c. Coleus, 2V2-in., 2i^c.
Verbenas and alyssum, 3-in.. 2V.C. Best
varieties. GEO. E. BIGLER. Camden. N. J.

Four thousand B. Poitevine nice stocky
plants in bud and bloom, 3 In., 7c. Four
thousand S. A. Nutt, 3 In., 6e, from early
fall cuttings. GEO. P. GRIDLEY, Wolfe-
boro, N. H.

Geraniums, 3000 Nutt, 3% and 4 In. pots,
at 6.00 and S7.00 per 100. 21/2 In. Nutt,
ready for a shift, at $22;00 per 1000. Cash
with order. WORCESTER CONSERVA-
TORIES, Worcester. Mass.

GLADIOLUS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havermeyer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see Ll..f of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN-
STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind.

GOLD FISH

Gold flsh, aquarium plants, snails, cas-
tles, globes, aquarium, flsh foods, nets,
etc., wholesale FRANKLIN BARRETT,
breeder, 4815 D. St., Olney, Philadelphia,
Pa. Large breeding pairs for sale. Send
for price list.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers.

GKEENIIOrSE BlILDING MATERIAL—

Continued

Frank Van Assche. Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnrnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
S. Jacobs & Sons. Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co, N. Tonawnnrta, N. \.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Boston, Mass

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & BumhP«n Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

"Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. T

Plerson U-Bar Co.. Madison Ave., New York

Designer and Builder.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. i

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. T
Iron Gutters.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see LLst or Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Cblcag*.
For page see List of Advertlserg.

Lord & Bumham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton, Ml
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N J
For page see List of Advertlse'ra.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Han.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, UaM'
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Man.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn N Y
For page see List of Advertlserg!

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y

For page sec List of .\avertisers.

HYDRANGEAS

A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hydrangeas : In pots and tubs, $1.S0-S3 80
each ; large specimen, $5.00-$7.50 each
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

IRIS
IRIS! IRISI

One of the finest collections in America-
ISO kinds.

..^I^^S^"^ PRINCE. FLORENTINA ALBA,
MAD CHESEEE. SAN SOICI and SIBE^
KIAN BLUE, .$2 per KKt. MONSIGNOR,
the finest of all. $1 each. Send 25c in
.stamps for Iris Manual.
C. S. HARRISON'S SELECT NURSERY,
Y'ork, Ncbr.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphlne and Funglne.

For page see List of Advertlserg.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, FIsbklll-on-BudioD.

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. T.

T.tnKlefont.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LAURUB

Laurus Cerasus : Bush, 35c.-$1.00 each;
Standards, $7.50-$10.00 each; Pyramldg,
$5.nO-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. /.

LEMON OIL

Lemon Oil Co.. Baltimore, Md.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

LILT BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

In writing to Advertisers l(indly mention Horticulture

940

HORTICULTURE

June 21, 1913

MLY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Otto Heinecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGCERITE8

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Niehol-
«on strain of winter flowering yellow.
I3.OO per 100; $25.00 per 1000. PEIRCE
BROS., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F O Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NIKOTIANA.

Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.

Nikotiaua.

NCholiRY STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Masi

Hardy, Northern Grown Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

W. B. Whittler & Co., South Framlngham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, MaM.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Otto Heinecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhuls, Boskoop, Holland.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C S. Sargent, mailed to your address
for $6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FLOWERS

Jas McManus. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, GroweVs, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

Rosllndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Asehmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncotc, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PALiHS, ETC. — Continued

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Otto Heinecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PECKY CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PEONIES

"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered together under the
sun; describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose in
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red. white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Box 10. Springfield, Ohio.

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BETSCHEB,
Canal Dover. O.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants,
$7.50-$35.00 each.
JDLIDS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 466 Erie St.. Chicago
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Company.

N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

Shelf Brackets and Pipe Hangers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page fee List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Scele's Tieless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises. H^. SEELE & SONS. Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIER & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.
"RIvcrton Special."

POINSETTIAS

A. Henderson & Co.,

389 River St., Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. KRAMER & SONS.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrlseratnr Co.. Kendalvllle, Ind
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.

American Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries. North Ablngton, Uasa,
For page, see List of Advertisers

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. rierson. Croniwell, Conn.

New Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robt. Scott & Son. Sharon Hill, Del. Co., Pa.

Grafted Roses for June Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maas.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.

Young Rose Stock— Grafted and Own Root.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES— Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Excelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove. Penna.

SALVIAS

Salvias. 2 inch. 3 inch and 4 inch, 2c.,
3c. and 5c. WM. DOEL, Pascoag, R. I.

SEASONABLE PLANTS

F. r. Rielie. Webster, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co.. San Jose, Cal.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

61 and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Mara.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulchell's Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler. FIske, Rawson Co.. Boston, Han*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar A Co.. Boston, Mala.

Flower Seeds to Sow Now.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seada,

For page see List of Advertisers.

8. S. Skldelsky & Co., Pbtladelpbia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

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SEEDS — Contlnaed
Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons. Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Advertisers.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co.. New York, N. X.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

O. T. Zangen. Hoboken. N. J.
For page see List of Advertlseni.

Ant. C. ZvoI.Tnek, Lompoe, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Weeber & Don, 114 Chambers St., New York.

Seeds for Present Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogue.

SILKAXINE

John C. Meyer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BL,VO SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hndson, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SNAPDRAGON

Snapdragon rooted cuttings, fine strains
of Silver Pink, white and yellow, $2.00 per
100, $15.00 per 1000; pot plants, 1-3 more.
WM. SWAYNE, Kennett Square, Pa.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HTJRRELL, Summit, N. J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock in the country.
Stove plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

THE NATIONAL NUKSEBTHAM

National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Inc..

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

TUBEROSES

J. M. Thorburn Co., 33 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Quaker City Machine Works,

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VERMICIDES

Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vinca Variegata, 3% and 4 In. stock,
extra heavy, $14.00 per 100; medium, $10.00
$12.00 per 100. WILLIAM CAPSTICK,
Auburndale, Mass.

WEED KILLER

Pino-Lyptol Chemical Co., 455-457 West

26th St., New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WIREWOBK

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wirework. Write for our catalogue.
HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee,
Wis.

WILLIAM B. HELLSCHER'S WIRE
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, K. Y.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Qa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Boston

N. F. McCarthy & Co., il2~Arch St. and
31 Otis St

For page see List of Advertisers.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St.

and 9 Chapman Pi.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bnffalo, N. Y.

William F. Kasting Co., 383-87 Eillcott St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Chicaco

Peter Relnberg. 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of idvertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III

For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The J. M. McCullough'a Sons Co..

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Detroit

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 and 40

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James McManus, 105 W. 28th St., New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. F. Sheridan. 133 W. 28th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. J. Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Willonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 26th

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

New York — Contlaned
WHOLESALE FLORISTS — Contlnned

Charles Millang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford,- New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 West

28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Riedel & Meyer, Inc., New York.
For page see I/lst of Advertisers.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

George C. Siebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertisere.

Philadelphia

Leo. NIessen Co., 12tb and Race Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1606-11

Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Rochester

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wa§hinffton

The S. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1216

H St., N. W.

For page see List of Advertiser*.

New Offers in This Issue

BEDDING PLANTS.

James Vicks' Snus, Rochester, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERANIUMS.

Shepard's Garden Carnation Co., 292 Fair-
mount St., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WATER LILIES.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia,

Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

READ THIS

You will need to buy something this
summer — stock, supplies, equipment,
etc., for store or greenhouse. Look
through the Buyers' Directory and
List of Advertisers in this paper and
you'll probably find what you want
listed there. We are proud of the
fact that HORTICULTURE is recog-
nized as the best paper of its class
in this country in quality of reading
matter and also of the fact that It Is
coming to be acknowledged as the
best advertising medium. The best
friends of HORTICULTURE are those
who buy from HORTICULTURE'S
advertisers whenever possible and,
in corresponding with the dealers al-
ways take the trifling trouble to re-
fer to the paper. We have many such
friends, ottierwise our advertising
columns would soon be deserted.
Don't forget to do your part.

For List of Advertisers See Page 915

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HORTICULTUBE

June 21, 1913

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
CONTEMPLATED.

Louisville. Ky. — Xauz & Xeuner, re-
building.

McPherson, Kan. — C. S. Simonson.
addition.

Crescent, Mo. — J. T. Milliken. range
of houses.

Decatur, III. — C. W. Harrold. range
of houses.

Philadelphia, Pa. — George Anderson.
rose house.

Milwaukee. Wis. — Shroeder Floral
Co.. one house.

Waynesboro, Pa. — Henry Eichholz,
rebuilding range.

Belvidere, III. — John W. Lyon, State
street, one house.

Sedalia, Mo.— Sfate Fair Floral Co..
eight houses. .30x200.

Shermerville, III. — F. F. Scheel, two
Moninger carnation houses.

Cedar Falls, la.— Bancroft & Hines
Rose Co., range of houses.

Omaha, Neb. — Hanscom Park Green-
houses, one house and rebuilding two
houses.

Dayton. O. — George Bartholomew,
range of houses; John Boehner, re-
building.

Columbus, 0. — Indianola Florists,
Lord & Burnham sweet pea house,
12%xS5.

Danbury, Ct.— E. E. Mathewson, 63
North street, one Lord & Burnham
house. 40x200.

PATENTS GRANTED.
1,063,961. Display stand for flowers.
Henry G. Dreyer, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
1,064,127. Grafting implement. Lo-
renzo Bruno, Washington.
D. C.

. 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an
per crate:
EOOO 1% in. @ $6.00
1500 2 •• " 4.88
1500 2V4 " " 5.25
1500 2% " •' 6.00
1000 3 " " 5.00
800 3H " " 5.80

hour's notii'.-. I'rire

500 4 in. m $4.50
456 4 V. '• " 5.24
320 5 " •■ 4.51
210 SVa " " 3.78
144 6 •■ " 3.16
120 7 " " 4.20
60 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., Patttry, Fort Edward, N.T.

li{D$t Roiker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, A|enti
Oil SPECIALn-Us; Distinct vA ei»ort trale

I— STANDARD FLOWER— i

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
yoti monev.

W. H. ERNEST

•" 28th & M Sts. Washington, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

With new and improved ntaclunery, we
can supply your wants to better ad-
vantage tlian ever.
Special discounts on large orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., syracjjse

^ , f^ C^ ~ "^ON FRAME - QJ

JVinvi vjiteeiilioiiseO

Improved Flat Raf-tei?

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"All the Sunlight All Day"

That's what makes things grow, and that's what our
improved

GREENHOUSE

gives you, without any sacrifice of strength. Simpli-
fied construction from foundation walls to eaves. 5^ in.
insteid of yi inch rafters, which allow us to reduce
their depth from 3J4 and 4 to 3 inches. Think of the
morning and afternoon sunlight this saves.
It will pay you to write for Bulletin No. 46 right now.
Take advantage of our free information bureau.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

28 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

S. JACOBS & SONS

1359-1385 nuahlng Av«.

- - - N.Y.

DREEPL'S

Florist Specialties,

New Brand. New Style.
Hose 'RIVERTON"

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or

The HOSf for the FLORIST

^-inch, per ft., 15 «,,
Reel of 500 ft , " mJ4c
2 Reels, 1000ft., *' 14 c
J4inch, " 1 1 c

Reels. 500 ft., " laj^c
Couplings furnished

HENRT A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St.,
Phii^delphia, Pa

Greenhouse Materials *nTerecud

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In al! lengths up to 3- feet.

Milled to any detail furuisUed or will
turni.sh details and cut materials ready for

FrankVan Assche, '"l'„°d ^xt.hl'ir.etr

JERSEY CITV, N. J.

ATTICA

U5EJTN0W.

F.O. PIERCE GO.

12 W. BROADWAY
NEW VORK

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putt> becomes bard
and brittle. Broken g'ass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWVSRS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

TBE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, insurer of 32.500,000 sq. ft. of filass

For particular* address

John G. Esler, sec'v Saddle River, N.J.

P^Olg ^4

HEWS

STANDARD

9f

POTS

XJS...

POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS

WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS

Pearson Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS

A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc.

Main Office and Factories
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

June 21, 1913

HORTICULTURE

1)43

Range Recently Completed for Seattle Park

FliOM onr factory at Elizabetli, New Jersey, to Seattle,
Washington, is a long way to ship materials for an
iron frame range the size of this one. Think of what
the freight alone must be on a job of such magnitude.
The American people, and especially the Western ones, are
noted for their willingness to pay the price necessary to
secure a good thing; prjvided that thing is backed up by
the sterling reputation of the firm who manufactures It.

So, in the case of Seattle Park, as our friend, Mr. Post of
Postum says; "There's a reason."

Whether it is a magnificent layout proposition like Bronx
Park Conservatories, New York; or one of our splendid lit-
tle .$250 houses; matters not. The same high grade ma-
terial and thoroughness of workmanship go into any and
all of them. You can depend on depending on Hitchings'
work, whatever or wherever It is. Send for catalog.

HitcKitv

NEW YORK OFFICE
1 170 Broadway

Factory, Elizabeth, N. J.

PHILADELPHIA OFFICE
Penna. BIdg., 15th and Chestnut SU.

WHAT THE USERS SAY

Kroescbell Boiler. Generator and Heat-
ing S.vsteni Injure Terfett Kesults.

Having promised you a letter as soon
as we passed through a good fair te^t,
I consider it now most timely. We had
the thermometer 18° below and we've
just gone through a blizzard bad
enough for most any season, and am
very well pleased to inform you that
our heating system was etiual to the oc-
casion. So far as we have gone, am cer-
tainly well satisfied with the Kroeschell
Boiler, Generator and Heating System
J. E. MATTHEWSOX, Sheboygan. Wis.
Send for our Catalog. Do It Today.

I 466 W. Erie St. ■ ■ CHICAGO |

Evans 20th Century Arm

VVill not twist the shafting pipe. Three
times the power of old style elbow arms.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

IVrite for fret Catalogue to

QUAKER ClXr MACHINE CO.

Richmond, Ind.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS.

CHICAGO, ILL.

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? If you do you know
how good they are and
know where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very Important.
In fact, you are baying In-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.

Do It today

ADVANCE CO.,

Richmond, Ind.

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED
S-\SIIES. Our prices can be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York and
can supply any quantity from a box to
a car load on a one day notice, and at
Rock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

2I5-il7 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PEGKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

MRS

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for fiMular "D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

944:

HORTICULTURE

June 21, 1913:

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HORTICULTURE

June 28, 1913

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Why wait until the other fellow is through planting and them take his culls at a
reduced figure, when we will give you immediate delivery on stock properly
grown and with our endorsement that it will be found entirely satisfactory ?

oo

Mrs. George Shawyer, the peerless pink ; Milady, the new red : 4 in. stock,
per hundred ; $250.00 per thousand.

Pink and White Killarney, Richmond, Taft, My Maryland and American Beauty

4 inch stock $12.00 per hundred ; 3 inch stock $10.00 per hundred.

Bon Silene, 3 inch stock; $10.00 per hundred.

r^HPV^ AlVTHPlVirilVI^ "^^^ "Cap Family," and other varieties equally
\jDlvl^£i.LliriIjLTj|JLyj^ adapted for pot plants at $10.00 per hundred.

POMPONS. Our selection — $3.00 per hundred; $25.00 per thousand.

STANDARD VARIETIES^ Unaka, Gloria, Col. Appleton, Wells' Late Pink, etc.

$25.oo''per thousand for 2 '< inch pot plants.

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Fine stock from

Patty

Comoleta

Cnaka

Kalb

Yellow Jonef-

Pink Ivory

Zy^ inch pots.

Dolly Dimple
Roman Gold
Clem. Touset
White Eaton
Oct. Frost
Yellow Ivory

$3.00 per 100.

Pompons, Singles. Anemones.

Baby, Late Yellow.

Nio. Delicate PLnk, iVIidseason.

Julia La Graverre, Crimson, IVIidseason.

Orea, Pink, Midseason.

Minta, Fink, Midseason.

Zenobia, Early Y'ellow.

Diana, Midseason, White.

Garza. Midseason, White.

Qninola, Late Y'ellow^.

Worden, Miss. White Single

$3.00 per 100.
Helen Newberry, Late White.
Mary Colloday. Lavender Pink.

DAVID J. SCOTT

CORFU, N. Y.

Fonnerly the Wm. Scott Co. Greenhontei

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LA FAYETTE, IND.

GERANIUMS

Best Sorts, in Bud and Bloom $7 per 100

Bedding- Plants, Full Line, First
Quality, Any Quantity

JOHN Mckenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.

PALMS, FERNS AND

DECORATIVE PLANTS

JOHN SCOTT

Rutland Road and E. 45th 8t.
T*L >(9a Bedford BROOKL YN , N . Y.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS

New ('luster Feppers, Celestial Peppers,
Kranrhing: New Cluster Peppers and
Solanam Melvini. strong phints, 214 in.
pots, $3.00 per IfO; .$2.5.00 per 1000; 500
or more at 1000 rates.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

All the best variijties for bush form Pot
plants, strong plants from 2V> in. pots,
$3.00 per 100. Cash witti order."

FRANK OECHSLIH, - 4911 Qaincy Street Chicago, III.

Flowering, Decorative and
Vegetable Plants

In abundance at all times. See our display adv.
in HORTICULTURE. May 17th, page 750.
Correspondence Solicited

ALONZO J. BRYAN, WHOLESALE FLORIST

WASHINGTON. NEW J ERS E Y

ROBERT CRAIG CO.

ROSES, PALMS.

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.
HARKET and 49tt) STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

ROSES

GRAFTED and OWN ROOTS

Killarney Queen, Double White
Killarney, Lady Hillingdon, Double
Pink Killarney, Maryland, White
Killarney, Killarney, [Richmond,
Kaiserin, Perle, Sunset, Sunrise,
Bride, Bridesmaid, Wootton,
Clothilde Soupert, etc.

Fine Stock from 3 inch pots. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.

Wood Brothers

FISHKILL, N. Y.

MMAAAAAMIVtAMI^MMmAMMAAMMA

BEST PALMS

All Varieties. All Sizes.
Send for Price List.

JosepK Heacock

■^Vyncote, Pa.

POINSETTIAS,

TRUE TYPE.

Shipped in Paper Pots, June De-
livery.

Z'A INCH PLANTS, $6.00 PER 100

Write for Prices in Lartie Quantities

A. Henderson & Co.

369 RIVER ST., CHICAGO.

June 2S, 1913

HORTICULTURE

947

R A INI I U IVI 3

The report comes from all sections that Geraniums are more in demand this season than ever and that all good
stock will be cleaned up. We have an excellent lot of young stock ready to ship out If you wish to grow
your own stock for another season, but why bother with it, as we make it our business to provide your
stock for you, to be shipped anytime in the fall or winter, you have the room, after Chrysanthemums or
another crop has been removed. Our stock houses of Standard sorts alone as now planted contains 300,000
plants as pretty as you ever saw. Then we have Novelty stock, Ivy Leaved sorts. Scented and Variegated
varieties to the extent that we are confident we can take care of any order you may place with us. Think
it over. Can you afford to bother with the stock yourself for $18 50 per 1000, for 2-in. plants?

SCAU1.ET BEDDEB. We have bought of Elmer D. Smith & Co., stock of this superior Scarlet Geranium
and offer good strong plants from 3-ln. pots for Immediate shipment at $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100.
SMILAX: 2-ln., $2.00 per 100, $17.50 per 1000. CANNAS: 3-ln. pot, good sorts, $3.00 per 100, $25.00

COLEUS, AL.TERNANTUERAS and other BEDDING per 1000; King Hnmbert, $5.00 per 100, $40.00 per

PLANTS. 1000

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO., white marsh, md.

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PLANT NOW FOR A LATE CROP

H.\RDY JAPAN LILIES

Lilinru auratum — Doz.

8- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs In a case $0.75

Liliiun Melpomene ma^niflcnm —

8- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs in a case 75

9- to 11-i.nch, 123 bulbs in a case 1.25

11-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case. . 1.50

Lilium speciosum album —

S- to 9-inch, 225 bulbs in a case 1.25

9-to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.75

11-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case.. 2.25

OF FLOWERS. ALL BULBS REPACKED AND SOUND

Lilium speciosum rubrum — Doz. 100 1000

8- to 9-incn, 225 bulbs in a case 75 5.50 50.00

9 to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.25 8.50 80.00

n-inch and over, 100 bulbs in a case.. 1.50 12.50 120.00
RETARDED BULBS FROM COLD STORAGE

Lilium longiflorum giganteum — Cola Storage 100 1000

7- to 9-inch, 300 bulbs in a case $7.50 $70.00

S- to 10-inch, 200 bulbs in a case 9.00 85.00

9- to 11-inch. 200 bulbs in a case 12.00 115.00

Lilly of (lie Valley — Cold Storage

Wedding Bells brand. Price January to July. 2.25 18.00

Wedding Bells brand. Price August to January 2.50 20.00

100

$5.50

5.50

8.50

12.50

8.75
13.00

18.00

1000
$50.00

50.00

80.00

120.00

85.00
125.00
175.00

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

Seedsman and Importer 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY

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LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Page

Advance Co 975

Albany Cut Flow-
er Ex 968

Allen, J. K 968

Anderson, S. A.. 96:3
Aphiue Mfg. Co. 9.59

Aschmann, G 958

Atlanta Florist

Co 966

A y r e s Co., S.

Bryson 961

Badgley, Keidel

& Meyer 968

Barnard. W. \V.

Co 961

Barrows & Son.. 948
Baversdorfer, H.

& Co 9.56-965

Bay State Nur-
series 958

Bloomingdale's, 962
Bobbink & At-
kins 947

Bpddington. A.T.947
Bolgiano A: Son.

J 961

Boston Florist

Letter Co 966

Breek, J. & Son. 901
Breck - Robinson

Nurseries 958

Breitmeyer's, J.

Sons 962

Bryan. Alouzo J. 946
Burpee. W. A. &
Co 901

California Flor-
ist 963

California Seed
Growers' Asso.961

Page Page

Carbone 963 Froment, H. E..96S

Chicago Carua- B' r a m i n g h a m

tion Co 966 Nurseries 958

Chicago Flower Galvin. Thos. F. .963

Growers Asso.906 Oasser. J. M. Co. 963

Cliuus, J<""> Goodsell, P. H..958

r-, .1 r\-i--=ocJ Grey, T. J. Co. ..961

Carkes D.. Sons.Db2 gu^- ■ j^ Co.. 904
Clark. Everett B.

Seed Co 961 Hail Association. 9(0

Cooke. Geo."H.'!!964 Hall & Robiuson.;i63

Co wee, W. J 968 Hammond Paint

Craig, Rolit. Co. 946 ■''"! ^^^'"8 Shot

„ , „P„ \\ orks 9o9

Dards ... ...962 „.„. ^ ^ ,,gg

Dawson, H. S...9o8 Heacock. .Tos..,.946

Dorner & ^ons Heinecken. Otto..9Gl

CO . 940 Henderson. A. . . .940

Ljreei. H A..^.j>io jj ^ Swohoda.902

Dun op, John H.96& pr<.„.t: i ti c.

Dysart. K. J 968 '^J^^^^' ^- ^. &^_^

Eastern Nurser- Hilfinger Bros... 974

les 958 Holland Nurser-

Edwarils Folding les 9."iS

Box Co 966 Holm & Olson... 962

Elliott, W. H....9.5S Horan, E. C 908

Elliott's W.,Sous.9.59 Tnliii«nn T nii

Eppstein. Julius. 963 •'o^l^n'^on. J- O'' „„„

isfe'r"- t">- "■ ■ ■ -975 Jol'n^t"" Bros.': ! 963

tsier. J. Is, 9io Kastine W F

Eyres 962 co.'".^'...":..!;9G7

Fairflekl Land- Keller, J. B.Sons.9G2

scape & Nur- Kervan Co 96.S.

sery Co 958 King Cons. Co. .974

Farquhar. R. & Kramer. F. H...9C3

J'. & Co 961 Kroeschcll Kros.97.">

Ford, M. C 968 Kii.-I.Ier. W. H..9(iS

Ford. \V. P 96S Lager A: HurreU.»57

Fottler. F i s k e, Lange, A 963

Rawson Co 961 Lemon Oil Co... 9.59

Forrest, Frank H.963 Leonard .Seed Co 960

Page
Leutbv. A. & C0.94S
Loechiier & Co.. 948
Lord & Burnhani

Co 944

MacMulkin, E....963
May & Co.,
McConnell,
McCarthy.

Co. ..
McCra.v

erator

L. L.963
A lex. 962
N. F.

.967
Retrig-
Co 965

McCuUough's Sons

Cii.. J. M 966

McHutcbison &

Co iHS

McKenzic, John.. 946
McManus, Jas...968
Metropolitan Ma-
terial Co 975

Merer. J. C. &

Co 965

Michell's Seed

House 960

Michigan Cut

Flower Ex 966

Millang. Chas 968

Miller, E. S 961

Montreal Floral

Exchange 067

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 968

.Murray, Samuel. 962
National Nursery-
man 958

Niessen, Leo Co. 966
Oechslin. Frank. 946
Ouwerkerk, P.... 958
Palmer, W. J. &

Son 962

I'ark Floral Co.. 962

Page
Parshelsky Bros. 975
Pelicano, Rossi &

Co 963

Penn the Florist.963
Pennock -Jleehan

Co 969

Pierce Co.. F. 0.975
Pierson. A. N...958
Pierson. F. R. Co.948
Pierson - U - Bar

Co 976

Pino - L y p t o 1

Clieluical Co... 9.59
Plant Food Co.,

20th Century.. 959
Poehlmann Bros.

Co 966

Pollwortb, C. C.962
Pulverized Ma-
nure Co 959

Quaker City Ma-
chine Co 975

Reed & Keller... 968
Reinberg. Peter.. 966

Rice, M. Co mS

Robinson Co.. H.

M 9&8

RoeI;r,s. J. Co 957

Roland. Thomas. 948
R o 1 k e r, A. &

Sons 948-971

Rosery, The 962

Sander & Sou.... 957
Scott. David J... 946

Scott. John 946

Schling, Max 963

Sharp, Partridge

& Co 975

Shepard's Garden

Carnation Co.. 957
Sheridan. W F..96S

Page
Siggers c& Sig-

gers 975

Siebrecht, Geo. C.968
Skidelsky. S. S.

& Co .....961

Smith. P. J 968

Smith & Co., E.

D 958

Smith, W. &. T.

Co 958

Smyth. Win. J.. 962
Sprague, J. H..957
Stearns, A. T.

Lumber Co.... 975
Stumpp, Geo. M.962
Syracuse Pottery

Co 974

Totty. Chas. H..946
Thorliurn. J. M.

& Co 961

Traendly &

Schenck 968

Valentine, J. A.. 962
Van Assehe. F...975
Vick's Jas. Sons. 957
Vincent, B., Jr.,

& Sons Co. 947-961
Wants, Fori Sale. 974
Ward. R. M.& Co.94S
Weebcr & Don.. 961
Welch Bros. Co.. 967
Whittier & Co.,

W. B 958

Wilson. Robt. G.962

Wood Bros 946

Woodrow & Mar-

ketos 968

Young iS: Nugent.962

Zangen, O. V 961

Zinn. J. A 963

Zvolanek. Ant. C.961

For Buyers' Directory and Ready Reference Guide

See Pages 970, 971, 972, 973

918

HORTICULTURE

June 28, 1913

The fact is, the value of Horseshoe Brand Japan bulbs cannot be determined by the price of other
brands, because according to the care given in cultivation, and the methods used, they are not
susceptible of comparison. If you don't get bulbs from Horseshoe Brand fields you won't get the
same grade at all. You may not appreciate the difference, but there is a difference : and often this
very difference is the dividing line between good and bad results. Incidently the cost of Horse-
shoe Brand Lily bulbs is not higher than most other brands which are not as good. You cannot
buy better lily bulbs anywhere nor does any firm appreciate your orders more than we do.

Order now — send for the Book of Bulbology with prices.

OOI-D

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(F. O. B.

NEW YORK)

Cases of lOO Size

7-8 at

$ 6.00 each

100

7-9 at

8.50 *•

" 340 "

7-8 at

21.00 "

300

7-9 at

21.00 "

250

8-10 at

25.00 "

180

9.11 at

22.00 "

for delivery at any

time.

ORDER NOW.

Not How Cheu)
Bat Hov Good

RALPH M. WARD & CO.

THE LILY HOUSE
71 MURRAY STREET, - - NEW YORK CITY

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We offer the following stock In fine simpe for late trade at watering places
and other summer resorts, etc. Stock is in first-class condition.

MYDFRAIMO

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III bud and bloom for immedlnte use.
We have a fliie stock of potgrown plants in 6-in. and 7-in. pots, just begin-
ning to show color, in fine shape. '50c. and 7.5c. each.

We oflfer, also, a huge stock of well-budded plants for July and August flow-
ering. Plants in large tubs, $2.00 and ?3.0O each ; extra large specimens in half-
barrels at So.OO and .|7.50 each.
GEKAJJiljMS in bud and bloom, extra fine stocky plants in 4-in. pots,— S. A. Nutt,

Double Grant, Je-in Vlaud ; also Rose geranium. .$8.00 per 100.
CANXAS. — Beaute de I'oitevine, Pierson's Premier, Mile. Herat, L. Patry, etc.

Extra heavy plants in 4-in. pots, $5.00 per 100.
CA1..4DirM ESCl'LENTUM. Very Strong started plants in 5-in. and 6-in. pots,

.'>1.50 per dozen.
HELiIOTKOPE. 2%-in. pots, $3.00 per 100; extra strong plants in S^n-in. pots,

$6.00 per 100.
SAL,VI.\. 2Vi-in. pots, $.3.00 per 100.
N.ASTURTIliMS. 3-in. pots. .$4.00 per 100.

COLEUS. Firebrand and assorted varieties in 2i4-iu. pots, $3.00 per 100.
MABGUEBITES, or D.VISIES, in bloom. 2V4-in. pots, $4,00 per 100.
LOBEELiS. 2Vi-in. pots. $3.00 per iOO.
ENGLISH IVY. Large stocli of extra strong plants in 3i.i and 4-in. pots, good

value at $10.00 per 100.
EGG FEASTS. New York Improved. iV^An. pots, $4.00 per 100.
I>R.ACEN.A IND1VIS.4. Very large specimens for center of large vases. Plants

3 ft. high. $2..')0 ea<-h. Strong plants in 5-in. pots, $3.00 per dozen.
ASPARAGUS PEIMOSI'S N.VNI'S. E.\tr:i heavy plants in 3ii-in. pots, $8.00 per 100.

FINE FERNS FOR SUMMER DECORATION

For Immediate Tse.
We have a flje stock of the following varieties in the sizes offered.
EEEGANTISSniA, 6-in. pots, 50c. each; S-in., $1.00 each.

HARRISII form of Bostouiensis— the best of all the plain-leaved type,— S-in., $1.<)0
each; very heavy specimens in 10-in. pots, $3.00 and $4.00 each.

WINTER-FLOWERING ROSES

WHITE KIEI/ARNEY, PINK KIEEARNEY, RICHMOND, L.\DY HIEIINGDON,
and KIX.L,ARNEY QUEEN

We have a small surplus over and above our own requirements of the above-
named varieties. Strong grafted plants In Z^s and 4-in. pots, which we can sup-
ply as long as unsold.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytownon-Hudson, NEW

in sup- ^

H YORK I

Natural — Foui Standard Grades.

Colored — Twenty Stnndatd Colors.

We are headquarters — always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (225 lbs.) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

McHUTCHISON & CO. ™? "-"^^^

17 Murray St.,

HOUSE
NEW YORK

LOECHNER & CO.

JAPANESE UUES

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

PALMS, AZALEAS, &c.

11 Warren Street, New York, N. Y.

Write for quolaliom

CYCLAMEN

Best strain In existence.

4 Inch $35.00

8 Inch SO.OO

6 Inch 76.00

THOMAS ROLAND,

Nahant, Mass.

August Rolker & Sons

Import for the Trade only
.\ZAEEAS, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS,
BAYTREES, ROSES, EIEACS, HOLLAND
.\ND JAPAN BULBS, LILY OF THE
VALLEY, ETC.

P. 0. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK
Palms, Ferns, Decorative and Foliage Plants

Orders taken uow ftr IMPORTED AZALEAS
On hand a splendid itock of Ferns in
leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus
for Jardinieres.

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Pertins Street Nurseries, Roslindale. — Boston, Mass

BOSTON FERNS 2>^ in. "j"SJ,''i"or-

ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $5 per 100, $40 per

1000.

WHITMANI COMPACTA 2 i-2 in. $S per 100.

$40 per 1000.

250 at 1000 rates.

H.H.BARROWS&SON,WhJtman,Mass.

June 28, 1913

HOBTICULTUBE

949

NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK

CONDUCTED BY

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Questions by our readers In line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Farrell Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Acacias

Acacias should now be plunged out of doors to get the
benefit of the bracing summer air. Sink the pots to
their rims into any loose and well drained soil, placing
them convenient to the hose as they like to be syringed
during all bright weather. Give them a look over twice
a day for water at the roots so that they may never stand
dry for any length of time. About every two weeks turn
the pots around so they will not root through into the
bed. Those that are rather pot-bound can have some
weak liquid feeding once a week which will greatly help
them to make good wood and foliage. Propagation can
now be done with half-ripened wood in sand in a close
frame where the cuttings can be kept shaded and mod-
erately moist by a spraying once or twice a day. They
will take some little time to root, but should be potted
just as soon as the roots are about half an inch long, in
a mixture of turfy loam three parts, cow manure and
leaf mold one part each, and enough of sand to make it
light.

Care of Pelargoniums

All these plants intended for propagation should have
the water supply gradually reduced so the wood will have
a chance to ripen up. Pelargoniums intended to pro-
duce young stock should have at least seven or eight
weeks' rest, after which they can be repotted using a rich
compost of turfy loam three parts well decayed cow
manure one part, and about the same amount of leaf
mold. Provide each pot with plenty of drainage as they
will not stand for any stagnation at the roots. After
they are repotted they should be given a very light and
airy place on a bench that is well up to the glass. Give
water in moderate quantity until they begin to make
root action and keep well syringed overhead.

Young Primulas

With the rush of other spring work, there is great
danger of overlooking those useful winter plants, the
primulas. Where they are in 2-inch pots and fairly
well rooted they should have a shift into 3-inch pots.
Give them a compost of fibrous loam, four parts, leaf
mold that is not too old, one part, well rotted cow manure
one part,, and a little sand. All primulas like a cool
place and are benefited by a little shade, so move them
into a coldframe, which is the ideal location, for them in
.summer. From the first of June until the first of
September they are better when grown under shade made
of ordinary building laths, which can be put on as the
sun begins to get strong in the morning, and taken off
late in the afternoon when it is on the wane. Go over
the frames two or three times a day, giving every atten-
tion in the way of watering and syringing. Keep shift-

ing into larger pots until you have them in their flower-
ing sizes which will be all the way from a 4-inch up to
a 6-inch pot. For a compost use fibrous loam three parts,
cow manure and leaf mold one part each.

Decorative Plants

We are now at a season when most decorative plants
do their best growing and the cultivator's chief aim from
this out is to prevent their growth from becoming too
soft and fiabby. See that shading is not too densely
done — Just enough to break the direct rays of the sun
and cause a hazy light through the plants. Wliile they
will require a certain amount of moisture in the air do
not give an overplus of stagnant humidity, which is only
too likely to occur. On all favorable occasions abundant
ventilation should therefore be in order. Plants of ad-
vaned age and size, that have become excessively root-
bound should now be repotted. All plants of this class
yet on parade in overcrowded show house or narrow
quarters should be spread apart, while room in other
houses is now unoccupied. Infested plants should be
given a thorough cleaning, and sponging, even if not just
needed, will be of great benefit and should not be con-
sidered a waste of time. A little time to spacing and
sorting into different grades and sizes at frequent in-
tervals will be work well spent.

Sowing Perennials

Now that bedding plants are all planted out there
will be plenty of room in the frames to sow hardy
perennial seed. You can sow up to the middle of July
and have nice strong plants by the fall. Give the soil in
the frames a coating of manure and dig it over well,
breaking all the lumps. Go over it with a rake to make it
fine and level and when it is in a good mellow state draw
shallow rows up and down the frame about six inches
apart and sow the seed. A good rule is to cover each
variety about three times their diameter and press the
surface over moderately firm. After watering keep them
shaded until they .start to germinate when they should
have full sun. Always bear in mind never to let them
dry out as evaporation is great at this time. Wlien the
seedlings have progressed so they can be handled they
should be transplanted to other quarters. Keep them
well cultivated during the summer.

Outdoor Work

The principal care outside now will be to keep the
stock in a good grovsdng condition. Go through the
plants every week, whether in the field, beds or borders,
to keep them free from weeds. Cultivation, to stir the
surface of the soil, should be done frequently as it not
only prevents the weeds from growing but helps the soil
to retain the moisture in dry weather.

Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following: Getting Ready for Carnations; Greenhouse Building; Miltonia vexillaria;
Pansies for Next Winter ; Young Ferns for Dishes ; Sowing Late Annuals.

950

HORTICULTURE

June 28, 1913

Great Object Lesson at Hartford

Agaiu have we visited the most beautiful rose garden
on tliis continent. \Y]\at inspiration and enthusiasm
it brings forth ! As an educational lesson on outdoor
rose growing for the iDublic, it hits the spot. This rose
garden does more good to stimulate rose growing out-
doors then any exhibition of cut roses, writing or talk-
ing can ever do. I wished that all the members of the
American Rose Society had been there to see and to fall
to the spell of this lovely little spot (they were all in-
vited) and then to go back home with the determination
that they would do all they could to start such a rose
garden in their home parks and never let up in agitation
until it was a reality. Any man or men who are able to
bring this about will earn the greatest gratitude of the
people and should have the hearty co-operation of the
men in our profession. Theodore Wirth has built him-
self a monument at Hartford such as very few men ever
attain. Let us all try and do our best to have these rose
gardens established in all cities wherever possible. It
not alone is a great educational work but it means much
to the profession in dollars and cents, something which
after all is said we must always keep in mind. The trial
garden at Hartford is finding a lot of imitators, proving
that Mr. Cumming's idea was a good one. The first lot
of new roses were judged on June 21st.

I was glad to be there again to see and meet those
genial men who are presiding over the welfare of the
Hartford Parks. Mr. Parker, superintendent of all the
parks, had charge and gave us visitors a royal time. The
parks of Hartford are for the peoj)le and in no city have
I seen this idea better carried out then here. The jjresi-
dent of the park board, ilr. Weaver, was with us all day,
taking the greatest interest in us, showing and explain-
ing the whole park system. They are proud of their
parks and the people who know how to use them. To see
the thousands of men, women and children enjoying the
blessings of these parks and no waste paper or other
litter lying around proves the board to be correct in their
ideas about who should own the parks — not the board
but the public. All of us visitors, I am sure, came away
with the feeling of a day well spent.

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Neither ixias nor anthuriums are often found in the
stock in trade of the city fiorist. Tliere is no good
reason why they should not be so found, however, as the
ixias are easily grown, have attractive colors and keep
well as cut flowei's and the anthuriums are among the
most brilliant, striking and long-keeping flowers in ex-
istence. The public are constantly out for something
new, something difi'erent from wliat they see repeatedly
on every side and we present this daintily arranged vase
as a suggestion which may lielp to develop some new
ideas for those of our readers who enjoy doing something
out of the ordinary for their patrons.

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS

Plants to be Ron Again

Plants in the benches that are to remain another sea-
son, should be receiving every possible attention, for
their doing well largely depends on their treatment in
the beginning. Before doing any cutting back, it is ad-
visable to dry the plants oi? for a week or two, gradually
keeping the water away. It is not for the best to allow
them to become too dry as the wood will be likely to get
hard and rather slow to start. Killarneys we prefer to
cut down to about eight inches and then replant them,
as we would young plants. Tlie old plants can be set
quite close together and with us produce far more cut
roses than any young plants would.

Watering the Old Plants

After planting, water will have to be applied very
carefully, for, if the plants arc over-watered at all they
will produce quantities of weak spindly wood that w-ill
never amount to very much, and the plants will just sit

and look sick. Spray the plants over two or three times
every day until they are started, and syringe as often as
is necessary to keep them clean and healthy. By saying
"spray" we do not mean to soak the whole house with
water, but just run along with the hose and spray the
plants thoroughly.

Plants that are not to be Moved

These should have the soil scraped from the surface
of the liench. and then a little bone meal sprinkled over
it. This can be followed by a mulch of manure and soil,
mixed about half and half. Needless to say the manure
should be well decaved, and positively no fresh manure
should be used. Tlie object of this mulch is to let the
roots get into it and if fresh manure is used, it will be
all washed out about the tinu= the plants begin to need
it. Of course all cutting should be done before the
plants are thus midehed. Water carefully, same as with
the other plnnts. fur too niueh water is the worst that

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTURE

951

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS

CONDUCTED BY

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Questions by our readers in line with any of the topics presented on this page will be cordially received and promptly answered
by Mr. Penson. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE.

Grapes Cracking

One of the causes of grapes cracking was mentioned
in my notes of last week — that of allowing the border to
get dry and then soaking it with water, which is going
from one extreme to the other. Extremes of various
kinds are generally to be blamed for cracking. Not only
at the roots will excessive moisture affect them but the
same thing may happen through an over-abundance in
the atmosphere. Suddenly restricting or reducing the
top growth will cause a rush of sap to the berries, being
partly ripened, consequently the skin will not expand so
readily and thus often results in the above disaster.
After the first signs of ripening are noticed keep every-
thing as uniform as possible. !More air must be given
and so on but make a point of doing it all gradually and
keep the moisture evenly distributed, leaving any sub-
laterals that may be growing to go as they please. This
will take all the sap not utilized by the berries. Many
houses may come through year after year without any
signs of this trouble. When it does put in an appearance
cut out any cracked berries right away or they will soon
decay and damage their neighbors. Madresfield Court
and Foster's Seedling are two of the worst in this respect
and a careful watch should be kept when passing through
this period.

Propping Apples

Apples can be treated in a similar manner, which will
often save a considerable number of fruits. One better
than this is to "prop" them. It answers the same pur-
pose as propping peaches or nectarines — gives the sun a
chance to get all around them bringing out the true
color. Grown in the orchards we have to be contented
wifli a rosy cheek on one side only — many good eating at
that. Pot grown apples are not money makers but make
a good decoration and novelty. To "prop" them bend a
piece of wire into a ring large enough for the fruit to
rest on, leaving the ends of the wire attached so that they
make as it were a handle. This handle can be bent into
any shape to suit the fruit it is to support, it being tied
to a nearby strong branch. The cup or ring on which the
fruit is to rest must be covered over with cotton wool to
prevent bruising. The fruit is then laid on it horizon-
tally and can be turned around gradually until the true
color is seen on all sides. All growths made on both

pears and apples should be stopped at four leaves to
assist the flower bud formation.

Pears in Pots

It is well to leave pears to hang on the trees until quite
ripe, if the largest and best fruit is desired, which is
taking a risk if they are not guarded against falling, as
a pear is liable to drop without any warning. The weight
of the fruit will make the slender branches bend con-
siderably if they are not located on a spur which has the
support of a stronger branch. Where the former con-
dition is noticeable loop them up to a stronger growth
or put a stake to the tree and tie them up to this. To
prevent their falling to the gi-ound and being bruised
make a tie on to the stalk of the fruit and then with the
same string make a tie on to the gi'owth bearing it, giv-
ing perhaps an inch play. Should the fruit drop off the
tree it will be suspended in the air until such time as it
is removed. Pears have been known to hang for days
like this without injury.

The Muscat House

Muscats will now be coming in and need similar treat-
ment to any other vines at this stage. Let them have
as much air as is possible after considering the past week
or two, gradually using them to the ventilators' being
wide open during the day. This most sought after of all
grapes gTOwn will finish up a golden color without show-
ing any trouble. ^Muscat of Alexandria will keep for a
considerable time after being ripe.

Cucumbers in Frames

I'ucumljcrs miglit have been coupled with melons
when refering to them in the frames. The English
forcing cucumbers will not grow, to amount to anything,
in the open air, the frame holding the moisture makes
all the difference. An advantage the cucumber has over
the melon for this work is in their developing earlier
and quicker and our being able to use any half developed
fruits at the time the frames are wanted again. It will
be necessary to shade the glass to prevent the foliage
from burning with the very hot sun. Keep lots of
moisture around and close up the frame early to keep
up a good warm night temperature. Attend to stopping
in the usual way and many good fruits will repay you.

could ever befall the plants during the early stage of
growth.

Disbudding

With th.e rush of jjlantiug now on, we are bound to
neglect the houses a bit, but this should never be done
under any circumstances. With plenty of nice stock to
choose from, the buyers will always think twice before
buying a lot of poor roses, and the grower will be the one
vv'ho will suffer for it in more ways than one. First his
returns will not be good; second, his name on the roses
will he hurt and, third, a lot of people will be dissatisfied
and perhaps wait a long long time before spending a
dollar for cut flowers again. Keep the houses disbudded

and add more value to your stock and to the reputation
of the same.

Spraying and Fumigating
Watch for a nice cunl night, and then fumigate the
wliole place thoroughly, then try to syringe the next day
and finish the job. Spraying well-done can be made to
he very effective, but it has to be done carefully, and
well. In any place where the spray does not reach, bugs
will thrive, so beware of all corners, making sure thej' are
all sprayed properly.

^^^ HORTICULTURE June 28, 1913

HOR 1 ICULTURF). ^^,® ^^OP^ ^lieir numbers will continue to increase rapidly.

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VOL. XVII JUNE 28, 1913 NO 26 '^'^^ ^^^^^ *° recommend the paper to those whom thev

' "le'^t- The more widely the paper is read the greater

ppBtisHED WEEKi-Y Bx its value to the advertisers. And upon the advertising

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. support received largely depends the size and quality of

11 Hamilton Place. Boston. Mass. each weekly issue. So recommend the paper and recom-

Teiephone, Oxford 292. mend its advertisers to your friends at every possible

WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager. Opportunity. The ncw volume which starts "with our

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Canada, ?1.60. gOOa WOrK.

Per Inch, 30 Inches to pas?.'^'^.'.'!!'. . ?''*^*^* ,100 The following Communication comes

Discounts on Contracts for consecntlTe ImotHom; m follows: ' '"^ Smith fjQjj^ -^y. f. Gude, chairman of the Wm

One month (4 times), 6 per cent.; three months (IS times), 10 Memorial T? Smith Arpinr^rial PnrY,.v„-++^„

per cent.; six months (26 times), 20 per cent.; one year (6* tlmis), omiin xUemonal Committee.

"p' "°'' . „ , . The Committee appointed by the Society of American

Page and half page space, special rates on appUctlon. Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists ai Chicago last

Zr~~, ~ ' " ' year, to solicit funds for the erection of a siiitahle memn.

"Vt^So^s?or&^rdertrA?rT^rn|terif''C;ch^°3"l^r T^ r '"^^ T J-\ R- S^'t'^ at the° naUoL?cZol h"°e
about completed all the preliminary work, and are now

r*OTWririWr« ready to start an active campaign to see what can be done.

^^*^ ■■•'''' *^ Would, therefore, ask in the name of the Committee.

rnVFR IT T TTcjTRATTriM -(n^ ■ tt. , ^ J Page that from now on, you give this proposition all the nub-

Decorative Plants — Sowing Perennials — Outdoor ^^e willniglv comply with the committee's request and

Farenimld . "AKi* uKU A. ^^^ service. W . B. Smith was a man of sterling nobilitv of

IXIAS AND ANTHURIUMS— illustrated.. 950 c'laracter and represented the highest tvpe of the prac-

ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Plants to be Run tical gardener. In his unique personality he com-

l^'tTh^'^-M""! '?.'? Old Plants-Plants That Are manded universal respect and he enioved, as well the

not to be Moved— Disbudding-Spraying and Fumi- sincere affeptinn nf hi^ fnll^w,^„t. ^^^^.^t^". as well, rne

gating— Ariftur €. Ruzicka 950 951 ^i^'f ^^ artection ot his tellowmen. He was a benefactor

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Grapes *° ^'^^ National Society and well worthy of all the grati-

Cracking— Pears in Pots— Propping Apples— The tude which it is possible to express in a Memorial such

P^nsol "°"^^*^"°"°^''«'-s in Frames-Georf;e H. as is contemplated. We hope the aid and support of

diseased' PRlMULAS-yoftn J ' m'. Farrell 953 ^''? fraternity which he loved so much will be generously

GARDENERS AND POLITICS— ilf. C Ebel 953 extended to the committee and that the means may be

A VISIT TO WM. SIM '.'.'."." S53 readily forthcominsj to provide a tribute worthy of the

^ScIITp^eSnT so^ety". .^■:°°'": ::;:::: 9^^ "'" '°' '''^''''''' '° '^' ^'°^'''^'^-

CLUBS AND societies— Rose and Strawberry Show Judging from the comments

at Bostgn— Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural ''"'^^ imitation flower ,,„,] ^jje discussions occasional-

Society— American Sweet Pea Society 955 and its place ],. Upgrd at tbic; earlv Hatp +Ko

Lancaster County Florists' Club— Rhode Island Hor- i / '^ ^ '! ^^ ^^*^' *^®

ticultural Society— National Association of Gardeners r, • . , determining of the National

—American Rose Society— Gardeners' and Florists' f^ociety s attitude toward the preserved or artificial

Club of Boston 956 flower industry is likely to bring out some prettv lively

cul3 Soci^Tv ^""^ '"■"'' Show-Oyster Bay Horti- talk at the Minneapolis Convention of the S." A. F

SEED TRADE-American' Seed Trade 'Association""' 959 ?"*.*V^° aside for the time being the question of the

Crop News— Seed Laws— Plant Trade in Chicago Ssociety s indebtedness to the dealers in these supplies

r,T??MrrlD^^I;,- ;^A •;,-,; Seo for their very substantial support extended during its

%e^™sTea™er^eal^fe^°^^^^^^ 962 Tnder r'^'^'^f «-, P-'^^i- .-^ich belong to tltem

Flowers by Telegraph 963 ^^'^^^ ^'^^ constitution of the organization, it is our belief

DURING RECESS— Florists' Club' of 'phiiadeiphia 'in- ^^^^ *^^ artificial or dried flower holds a position of

nual Picnic 964 usefulness in the decorative floral industry which can be

FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: made to help rather than hinder and in no respect usums

Bost^on. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati. Detroit, Phila- the rightfu/prerogatives of the fresh mateS' In one^?

New York, Rochester, St. Louis 969 ''^"^ leading flower stores of Boston a number of large

MISCELLANEOUS: paintings of chrysanthemums and other flowers are a

P^^fin^i^l .^''^f:"'^ 953 "luch admired decorative feature. Who will say that

The'wa?e^o\n°Opening 'of. ^^^ 'f.^i^hment of these pictures from the walls of that

Personal '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '964-969 ^ftablishment or, for instance, the removal of the imita-

Chicago Notes V. ....'.".".'.'.'.'.'.'. 965 ^lon flower canopy from the store window mentioned in

Publications Received— Incorporated '. 974 our Chicago notes would increase by one cent the fresh

Greenhouses Building or Contemplated-News Notes. 974 flower sales of either place or add in the least degree to

' — — the repute of the flower trade or the prosperity "of the

Close V ^^'%Pi'^f'i*^ ^ss'ie HoRTicuLTUEE-s flower growers? In what respect is the dignity or the

Of Volume 17 fl-''^"'"'.^^ 'f^Tl ^T^^^*^" ^'"^^ ""''"^^ ^'^^^^^^ °^ ^'^^ ^'^^^^^^^^ o'^traged by the expos-

of volume 17 flies entirely too fast when one is en- ure of these "counterfeit presentments" of floral art'

.f ti ,q -f • P^ . '"i congenial work anci the writer When it comes to taste in arrangement we must say that

of these editorial notes finds it hard to realize that the "the woods are full" of so-calfed floral artists who in

npTr at b^'f ' w ^^"^ 1 ^ yesterday, as it were, is so their occupation of design-making might well take a

near at hand. We may be pardoned, perhaps, if we take lesson in form and color effect f rom somf of the artificia'

this opportunity to say to our many kind readers tliat goods now offered by the supply dealers

June 2S, 1913

HORTICULTUEB

953

DISEASED PRIMULAS.

Horticulture Fublishing Co., Boston, Mass.

Gentlemen : Will you kindly have Mr.
Farrell or some other practical grower of
Chinese primroses give instructions for the
care of same while growing during the
summer in frames, covered during the
hea; of the day with slats? I especially
desiro information regarding watering, —
how, when and how often should the
plants be watered? My pots are plunged
to the rims in sand and I have been
watering them morning, noon and even-
ing (on bright days) with a sprinkling
can. 1 cover them with slatted sash from
\) a. m. to 4 p. m. Lately I noticed that
on u few of tlie leaves a whitish mildew
is forming on edges of leaves. Can this
be caused by wetting the leaves in heat
of the day and what is the remedy? It
would be quite a task to water each plant
separi:tely without wetting the leaves: be-
sides the sand in which pots are plunge*
would dry out and absorb the moisture
from the pots. Please tell me how prac-
tical growers manage these things and
greatly oblige.

Yours truly,

Ohio. F. S.

In reply to the above I would say
that he has done right to cover the
plants with a slat shading as the sun
is bound to stunt and cripple them,
and this is the only way to spare
them this exhausting ordeal. As to
watering there is no hard or fast rules
to go by; when a plant has nearly ex-
hausted its supply of moisture from
the soil that is the time when it will
require one, two or three waterings a
day, and here is where the grower
will have to use his best knowledge.
You say that your plants are plunged,
which is all right, as it helps to Ijeep
the roots cool and moist. As to the
whitish mildew forming on the edge
of the leaves, it may be that you are
keeping a too humid atmosphere sur-
rounding the plants. When plants are
kept too dark and given lots of moist-
ure the tissue of the leaves simply be-
comes overcharged with water, espe-
cially where evaporation is slow.
When plants are kept in vigorous
health there will be no signs of fun-
gus. It is only when they lack vital-
ity that they become a prey for fun-
gus growth. As a remedy I would ad-
vise to keep the foliage dry for a while
and then when you spray to do it in
the morning so they will become dry
at night. The plants may be infested
with green or black fly. Where such
is the case, give them weekly fumi-
gation until you have them in a clean
state, after which every two weeks
should keep them in check. Give
plenty of room between them so the
air and light can give the foliage a
better texture, which will not be so
susceptible to the attacks of mildew
or insects. Johx J. M. Farkell.

GARDENERS AND POLITICS.

In last week's issue of Horticulture
I am reported, in the account of a lo-
cal horticultural society's meeting, as
advising the gardeners to take no po-
sitions on a commission to which there
may be no pay attached. This report
unless corrected may lead to a wrong
inference, and one contrary to my
views, as I believe that the gardener
can do nothing better in behalf of his
profession than to accept positions on
the public boards of his community
which serve for the public welfare,
when asked to do so.

The agitation on which I was asked
to speak, however, is one to compel
the park and shade tree commissions

of a certain city to appoint profes-
sional gardeners on such commis-
sions. In this particular instance the
commission serves without compen-
sation and I stated that the gardener
should not envy those appointed to
that commission, for all that is at-
tached to it is much work; and the
man in public office who conscien-
tiously performs his duties will, every
time he pleases one, displease another,
so the only remuneration that he can
look for in well-doing is a bitter feel-
ing engendered against himself be-
cause he cannot please all. There
are, however, many public spirited
citizens willing to serve their commu-
nities even in the face of adverse
criticism which they know is bound
to result; and these men are to be
praised, but not to be envied.

The particular commission which is
being assailed is one that is appointed
by the political party in power, and I
advised that if the gardeners are in-
sistent that they be recognized they
can only gain their point by becom-
ing active in politics. To this excep-
tion was taken; but I believe that
most gardeners will agree with me
that the gardener is no different than
any other man with political aspira-
tions, and that if he wants political
favors he must be politically active.
There is nothing to be had in this
world today without working for it,
and this is as true in politics as it is
out of it. M. C. Ebel,

Sec'y Nat'l Ass'n of Gardeners.

Madison, N. J.

OBITUARY.

A VISIT TO WILLIAM SIM.

On Friday, June 20, the garden com-
mittee of the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society visited the noted estab-
lishment of William Sim at Cliftondale,
Mass. Naturally the sweet pea houses
were a special attraction and much
admiration was bestowed on the long
rows of beautiful Spencers, the flowers
of which are picked from a tall step-
ladder. Xext in interest were the to-
matoes. House after house were noted
in all stages of growth from those al-
ready producing ripe fruit to those
just commencing to bloom. All the
tomatoes are disbudded to a single
stem and are set very close together.
The stems and foliage are of enor-
mous development. We counted 34
fruits on one plant. The houses occu-
pied by these tomatoes were filled,
some with violets throughout the win-
ter and others until recently with
sweet peas. Five acres outside are
planted to early corn, started under
glass, and other crops which are kept
watered by an irrigating system, the
water being pumped direct to the pipes
from a well, by an electric engine.

A very enjoyable and hospitable
time at Mr. Sim's home followed the
inspection of this interesting and in-
structive demonstration of horticul-
tural skill.

Mr. Sim asserts that not only are
the Spencer peas more beautiful than
the old Grandifloras but they are also
far more floriferous. He will grow
nothing but Spencers next winter if
he can get enough seed.

The gold medal of the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society was
awarded to Mr. Sim by the committee
for skillful cultivation of flowers and
vegetables.

Frederick William Brookes.

With the death of Frederick Wil-
liam Brookes, the first of the little
group of men who laid the foundation
of Chicago's great flower industry,
passed away, after outliving nearly
all of his old associates. Born in
London, Eng., Feb. 5, 1827, Frederick
Brookes was a boy of six when he
came to Chicago with his parents and
their family and servants, numbering
in all sixteen. Landing in New York,
Samuel Brookes first took his family
into Canada but not satisfied with
that country he pressed on with
horses to Buffalo, N. Y., where they
were replaced with oxen and the
family finally reached the little town
of Chicago, just incorporated and
numbering 550 people, Oct. 23, 1833.
Little Frederick grew with the city
and most interesting were his remi-
niscences. His father, Samuel Brookes,
was a great lover of flowers and in
London had been a member of the
Council of the Horticultural Society.
He was especially noted for his in-
terest in the importation of chrysan-
themums into this country and we
are indebted to his collectors whose
expeditions into China and Japan he
financed, for such old varieties as
Tasseled White, Quilled Salmon, etc.
An old memorandum book shows col-
lections made by him as early as 1817
while still in London.

Frederick inherited his father's love
of flowers and when o'nly a lad
helped erect the first range of green-
houses in Chicago in 1844 where the
present post office now stands. When
crowded for room, another site was
chosen at 39th street, between Lake
and Ellis avenues in 1853 and again
at 45th street and Lake avenue in
1860. Though actively engaged in
the growing and selling of cut flowers
for many years, he also learned the
printer's trade and followed it for
some time. Frederick Brookes and
Elizabeth Creek were married in
Long Island in 1865 and Mrs. Brookes
passed away in 1888. For many years
Mr, Brookes has made his home with
his son, Robert, at Morgan Park,
where he passed away, Sunday, June
22. He leaves three sons. Frederick
Arthur of California, Robt. McClure and
Ralph William, several grand children
and six nephews who acted as pall
bearers.

He was noted for the purity of his
life and the gentleness of his disposi-
tion and many floral offerings showed
the respect paid to the memory of a
long life well spent.

CATALOGUE RECEIVED.

Sander & Son, St. Albans. Eng., and
Bruges, Belgium.— Catalogue of Or-
chids. A very handsome publication,
finelv illustrated. A 5-ft. panoramic
view of the Sander orchid group at the
International Exhibition in London 16
an insert of great interest and beauty.
There must be well up to 2000 species
and varieties and hybrid orchids listed
in this book, which, we understand,
was compiled by D. Cameron, Sander's
American representative, and is a very
creditable example of catalogue work.

954

HOETICULTUEE

June 2S, 1913

AMERICANiPEONY [SOCIETY

THE CLEVELAND MEETING.

Extracts from President Farr's Ad-
dress.

Reports from all parts are that this
has been a very unfavorable season
for peony blooms, the mild winter aud
exceedingly warm weather in March
and April having forced the plants
into premature growth, which was
checked by sudden freezing through-
out the country during May. and with
the result that the buds were, in
many- cases, destroyed entirely and
blooms have been less than fifty per
cent, of what they are in normal years.
Again, during the blooming season
the country has been visited by heavy
frosts, which have affected the de-
velopment of the late blooming va-
rieties, so that in many ways it has
been a most unsatisfactory season,
more so than we have had for some
years.

Briefly reviewing the work of the
society during the last year, I would
state that the most important work
was the disposal of the large plant-
ings of peonies at Cornell University.
All of the old collection in the test
plot was sold to Doubleday, Page &
Co.. and the private collections were
sold to various individuals, with the
result that the society shows a net
increase in its treasury balance, after
covering all expenses, of over $700.
This amount added to our previous
balance, gives the society at the pres-
ent time a net worth of ajiproximate-
ly $1,500, a showing which we believe
no other society of so small a mem-
bership has ever been able to make in
so short a time, in spite of the fact
that our disbursements for premiums
and contributions toward the publica-
tion of the bulletins and work at Cor-
nell have been quite heavy each year.
The digging and shipping of the peo-
nies from Cornell was accomplished
under great difficulties, as during the
week that the committee in charge of
this was in Ithaca we had continuous
rains for four days.

The next and most important work
of the society during the year was to
arrange with Doubleday. Page & Co..
subject to the ratification of the so-
ciety, for the publishing of a complete
peony manual, comprising all of the
material in the present bulletins, after
they have been edited, revised and cor-
rected, together with such added ma-
terial as can be gotten together as
will make the book valuable for every-
one interested in peonies, and to the
public in general. It is the expecta-
tion that this work will be ready for
publication during the coming autumn.

While the greater part of this work
has naturally devolved upon the com-
mittee appointed for this purpose by
the society, the committee feels that
every peony grower and every mem-
ber of the society should form a com-
mittee as a whole, to assist in every
way possible toward making this final
work as complete and as free from
errors as it can possibly be made.

Information is especially desired
along the following lines:

(1) A list of all varieties that are

authentic that are not yet included
in the bulletins which it would be de-
sirable to include.

(2) Any information which will be
of permanent value in the bulletins
concerning the diseases of the peony
and remedies for the same.

(3) Methods of propagation and
cultivation.

(4) Information regarding the
methods of handling the cut blooms
for commercial purposes, including
cold-storage, etc.

(5) A list of the best one hun-
dred varieties in the writer's opinion,
for all purposes.

(6) A list of the best fifty vari-
eties for landscape or ornamental
work.

All correspondence on this subject
should be forwarded to Professor A. P.
Saunders. Hamilton College. Clinton,
N. Y., secretary of the society, and
also a member of the committee on
nomenclature. The publication of
this work brings to close the first
epoch in the history of the society. It
is not expected that the first edition
of this work can be made absolutely
free from errors, or that it will be com-
plete in every detail, as there are still
many varieties to be passed upon, but
to delay the publication of the work
until such time as it would be com-
plete would be merely to deprive the
members of the results of our work for
a number of years to come, and would,
in the long run. hinder rather than aid
the progress in the work of nomen-
clature.

While the old planting at Cornell
has been abandoned, it must be borne
in mind that the final permanent
planting of all of the varieties that
have been passed upon by the various
bulletins has been carried out, and
samples, consisting of three plants of
each variety, have been planted in a
permanent position, where they will
remain at all times open to the in-
spection of members and others inter-
ested who shall visit this collection
and study it. At the last meeting of
the society the desirability of estab-
lishing other similar selections in dif-
ferent parts of the country, where the
blooming season, owing to latitude, oc-
curs at a different period, and where
it would be more accessible to the
general public, was discussed. The de-
sirability of establishing such a col-
lections at Arlington farms, under the
protection of the United States Gov-
ernment, was discussed, and it was
voted unanimously by the society that
the establishment of such a collection
would be desirable and that steps
should be taken to bring about such
a planting, which should be known as
representing the work of the Ameri-
can Peony Society, and which should
at the same time be accessible to the
large number of people that constantly
visit Arlington.

I am glad to state to the members
that Professor Beal, who now has
charge of the work at Cornell, is
enthusiastic about the peony, and
is very anxious to maintain the col-
lection at Cornell and continue the
peonies, and to assist the society in

every way. The department is now
carrying on an active study of the
fungus disease which, in various lo-
calities, has attacked the peony. My
own opinion of this disease is that it
is transient and due largely to con-
ditions prevalent during certain sea-
sons, notably during the season just
passed. It is a question whether the
blight of the buds, that is sometimes
noticed, is caused by the fungus, or
whether the blight is caused by
weather conditions, such as freezing,
etc., which weakens the plant to such
an extent that the fungus follows the
injury. At any rate, it is the opinion
among a large number of growers that
while the disease should be stopped,
and a remedy found to combat it,
that it is not of sufficient importance
to warrant any public agitation on the
subject.

Hart Bros, won a merited gold medal
with their group of Nephrolepis vari-
eties.

J. M. Gasser Co. made a very at-
tractive display of roses and some
beautifully arranged floral baskets.

City Forester John Boddy. managed
the exhibition with excellent judgment
and contributed not a little to its suc-

C. Betscher, C. Merkel & Son, A. P.
Saunders. B. H. Farr, Cottage Gardens
Co. and Martin Kohankie were among
the successful prize winners.

E. A. Reves made a mammoth dis-
play of 100 named varieties of Paeonia
albiflora comprising about 3000 blooms.
A gold medal was his reward.

Rose Milady carried well from
Cromwell. Conn., and attracted much
attention. Carnation Princess Dag-
mar from Patten & Co.. Tewksbury,
Mass.. also showed up good.

Officers were elected as follows: —
President. B. H. Parr, Reading, Pa.;
Vice-President, E. B. George, Paines-
ville, O.; Secretary, A. P. Saunders,
Clinton, N. Y.; Treasurer, J. H. Hum-
phrey. Germantown, Pa.: director for
three years. Geo. C. Thurlow. West
Newbury, Mass. The next meeting
will be held in Chicago.

W. P. Edgar, S. A. P. vice-president
for Eastern Massachusetts, has issued
a pamphlet giving full details of the
contemplated trip to the Minneapolis
Convention. It is planned for the
party to leave Boston on Friday, Au-
gust 15th, for Montreal, where they
will be the guests of the Montreal
Florists" Club during Saturday. On
Sunday some time will be spent at
Niagara Falls. Monday will be spent
in Chicago and the party will travel
from Chicago to Minneapolis. Monday
night, via the Chicago. Milwaukee &
St. Paul R. R., arriving Tuesday morn-
ing.

The St. Louis County Plant and
Flower Growers' Association meets
Wednesday. July 2.

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTURE

955

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

ROSE AND STRAWBERRY SHOW
AT BOSTON.

The rose and strawberry show o£
the Massachusetts Horticultural Socie-
ty on June 21 and 22 owed quite as
much of its attractiveness to other
features besides roses and strawber-
ries. As a peony show it was a fine
exhibition. There was a notably good
display of vegetables, and the exhib-
its of perennials and annuals was
large and fine, and despite the rains
which shattered flowers and the dull
weather of the past two days which
retarded growth, there was a larger
exhibit of roses than was expected.

In the main hall nearly half of the
space was taken by R. & J. Parquhar
& Co. for a display of peonies. Ar-
ranged on the steps of the loggia and
on tables on either side of the hall,
they made a beautiful display. In the
centre was a large and beautiful collec-
tion of digitalis, the number of blooms
running into the thousands. At the
head of the steps was a striking ar-
rangement of sweet peas, twenty-five
different varieties being shown by Wil-
liam Sim.

Mt. Desert Nurseries, Eastern Nurs-
eries, Oldtown Nurseries, Breck-Rob-
inson Co. and Blue Hill Nurseries were
all represented by large displays of
garden bloom. The center of the
smaller hall was occupied by two
tanks of aquatic plants and a pyramid
of fuchsias from Harvard Botanic Gar-
den. The other exhibitors and their
exhibits are set forth in the prize list,
W'hich follows:

Silver Medals — Bayard Thayer for col-
lection of Pliiladelpbus hybrids and seed-
lings; to M. P. JIaendler for hardy herba-
ceous flowers; and to Samuel McMulleu for
liest new strawberry not introduced.
Bronze Medal — Eastern Nurseries for
hardy herliaceous flowers. First Class Cer-
tificate of Merit — E. B. Dane, Dendrobium
Sanderoe; Walter Hunuewell. Laelio Catt-
le.va Rex. Honorable ilention — yirs. James
Fiirquhar, display of hybrid tea roses;
Eastern Nurseries, display of seedling hy-
brid, climbing and other roses; Mrs. H.
E. Dolbeare. collection of rambler roses;
E. & J. Farquhar & Co., display of fox-
gloves; R. & J. J^arquhar & Co., display of
seedling roses.

One hundred bottles of hardy roses,
named; 1st. \V. .T. Clemson ; 2nd, Mrs.
Frederick Ayer; 3rd. Colonel Frederick
Mason. I'^or the most artistic decoration
of roses, witii foliage, to fill space not ex-
ceeding .50 square feet: 1st, Duncan Fin-
layson. Best decoration of roses for table
of eight covers ; 1st, Mrs. Gustav Peterson.
The winners in the various other rose
classes were: W. J. Clemson. H. E. Con-
verse, Col. F. Mason, Robert Seaver, Thos.
N. Cook. Duncan Finlayson. Boston Con-
sumptives' Hospital, Jas. Werner. A. W.
Preston and Mrs. J. L, Gardner.

Sweet Williams— 1st. Mrs. J. L. Gardner;
2nd. A. W. Preston.

Hardy Herbaceous Flowers, for private
growers only — 1st. Duncan Finlayson; 2nd,
Walter Hunnewell,

Campanula Medium — 1st. Mrs. Frederick
A.ver ; 2nd. Mrs. r rederick Ayer.

Gratuities — Mrs. Frederick Ayer, roses;
Mrs. E. M. Gill, roses ; Duncan Finlayson,
roses; E. .T. Shaylor. peonies; Mrs. C. G.
Weld, peonies; Breck-Robinson Company,
peonies; A. W. Page, seedling peonies: T.
C. Thurlow's Sons Company, peonies: Har-
vard Botanic Garden, aquatics: Mrs. X. B.
Cutter, Sweet Williams; Harvard Botanic
Gardens, fuchsias ; E. D. Dane, orchids ; F.
J. Dolansky, orchids; J, T. Butterworth.
orchids; E. B. Dane, gladiolus hybrids;
William Sim. sweet peas: Mt. Desert Nur-
series, hard.v herbaceous flowers and flow-
ering shrubs.

The fruit and vegetable prizes were
numerous, covering the entire field of
June products.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

Owing to the lateness of the flower-
ing season, it has been decided to
postpone the date originally set for
the exhibition and convention at Bos-
ton to Saturday and Sunday, July 12th
and 13th.

The following special prizes have
been offered:

W. Atlee Burpee cup, value $25.00, for
the finest twelve vases of Sweet Peas,
twelve varieties.

W. Atlee Burpee prizes, for vase of one
variety of Spencer type, introduced 191.3:
1st, $5.00; 2nd. S.S.OO ; 3rd. $2.00.

W. Atlee Burpee prizes, for vase of
Grandifiora type: 1st, $5.00; 2nd, $3.00;
3rd, $2.00.

Arthur T. Boddington prizes, Challenge
silver cup. value $50.00, tor a collection of
25 varieties, not less than twenty-five stems
to a vase, to be shown with sweet pea
foliage only. To be won twice by the
same exhibitoi-. There will also be
awarded to the winner of this cup (each
time) a cash prize of $25.00; 2nd, $15.00;
3rd, $10.00.

Peter Henderson & Co. prizes. For
private gardeners, $25.00; for amateur
gardeners, $25.00. For particulars, see
schedule.

Henrv A. Dreer, Inc., prizes, tase of
Mrs. Koutzahn Spencer: 1st. $3.00; 2nd,
$2.00. Vase of Mrs. Walter Wright Spen-
cer: 1st, $3.00; 2nd, .$2.00. Vase of George
Herbert: 1st, $3.00; 2nd, .$2.00.

Henry F. Micheil Co. prizes, for vase of
twenty-five blooms, Vermillion Brilliant,
without foliage: 1st, Michell's gold medal;
2nd, Michell's silver medal. Vase of Spen-
cer varieties mixed with foliage (not less
than 100 blooms) : 1st, Michell's gold
medal; 2nd, Michell's silver medal.

The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. prizes, for
vase of White Spencers: 1st, $5.00; 2nd.
s:3.00; 3rd, .$2.U0.

J. Horace McFarland Co. prize for
twelve vases, six Spencer varieties, six
<.;rnndiflora varieties, twenty-five sprays to
a vase, with any foliage: 1st, $15.00; 2nd,
$10.00.

Stumpp & Walter Co. prizes, for six
vases of Spencers in the following, six
colors. Crimson Spencer, White Spencer.
Variegated Spencer, Lavender Spencer,
Primrose Spencer: 1st, $15.00; 2nd, $10.00:
3rd, .$5.00. Not less than twenty-live
be used unattached.

Watkins & Simpson prize, for the best
six vases Spencer or Unwin sweet peas:
$10.00.

C. C. Jlorse & Co. prize, silver cup.
value $25.00. for the finest collection of
sweet peas (open to the seed trade only) ;
second prize. The American Sweet Pea
Society's silver medal : 3rd, The American
Sweet Pea Society's bronze medal.

Sutton & Sons prize, silver cup. for best
table of sweet peas, to be arranged on a
space 3 x 4 ft., not tg exceed 3 ft. in
height.

We are expecting other special
prizes to be offered before the final
schedule is published. As stated in
my previous report, the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society's schedule
amounts to about $500. and we are ex-
pecting to apportion a similar amount "
from our own treasury. With the spe-
cial prizes offered this will make a
very attractive schedule and should be
productive of the best exhibition ever
held under our auspices.

The following firms and gentlemen
have contributed generously toward
the prize and general fund:

W. Atlee Burpee Co.; Peter Henderson
& Co.; Arthur T. Boddington: Thomas
Roland; William Sim; C. C. Morse & Co.;
Aphine Mfg. Co. ; Dncan Finlayson.

We are still open to receive addi-
tional special prizes and contributions
toward the general fund, which should
reach me not later than next week.
Haert a. Bunyard.
Secretary.
342 West 14th St., New York.

WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The second summer show of the
above society was held in the Town
Hall, Greenwich, Conn., June 21-22,
and proved in every way a thorough
success. The excellent quality of the
exhibits left no easy task for the
judges, who carried out their duties
in a very efficient manner. The fol-
lowing were the principal prize win-
ners:

Hybrid Perpetuals. 12 var. — 1st. Mrs. F.
A. Constable, Gard. James Stuart; 2nd, A.
P. Stokes, Gard. A. Whitelaw; 3rd, C. F.
Wills, Gard. Martin Glendon.

Hybrid Perpetuals, 6 var. — 1st. E. C.
Benedict, Gard. Robt. Allen; 2nd, Eugene
Meyer, Jr., Gard, Chas. Ruthven ; 3rd, Mrs.
Henry Schaefer, Gard. Geo. Stumpp.

Va.sc of 25 Hybrid Perpetuals. — 1st. E. C.
Benedict; 2nd. Mrs. F. A. Constable; 3rd,
J. Lang<;loth, Gard. Geo. WoofE.

Hardv Tea Roses, 18 vars. — 1st, A. P.
Stokes: 2nd. H. Darlington, Gard. P. W.
Popp; 3rd. C. T. Wills.

Hardy Tea Roses, 6 blooms. — 1st, G. D.
Barron.

Vase of roses arranged for effect. — 1st.

H. Darlington; 2nd. A. P. Stokes; 3rd,

Mrs. W. G. Nichols, Gard. Wm. McAllister.

Hardy cliaibing roses, 6 var. — 1st, Wm.

Shillaber, Gard, J. P. Sorenson.

Collection of outdoor roses, 75 square
feet. — H. Darlington.

12 blooms of Frau Karl Druscbki. — 1st,
A. P. Stokes; 2nd, Geo. Lowther, Gard.
E. Johnson.

Vase of roses. — 1st, H. Darlington; 2nd,
Mrs. G. W. Nichols; 3rd, Wm, Shillaber.

Sweet Peas, 18 var.— 1st, J. I. Downey,
Gird. Thos. Ryan; 2nd, Mrs. J. B. Trevor,
Gard. Howard Nieholls; 3rd, Mrs. Albert
Crane, Gard. Alex Geddis.

Sweet peas, 12 var. — 1st, Mrs. Albert
Crane; 2nd, Mrs. A. A. Anderson, Gard.
Kobt. Williamson; 3rd, Mrs. J. B. Trevor.
Sweet peas, 6 varieties. — 1st, Mrs. J. B.
Trevor; 2nd, W. E, Reis ; 3rd. Eugene
Meyer, Jr.

Vase of sweet peas. — 1st, Mrs. Albert
Crane; 2nd, Mrs. Henry Schaefer.

Iris. — 1st, Mrs. F. A. Constable; 2nd,
G. D. Barron.

Hardv flowers. 18 species. — 1st, Mrs. F.
A. Constable; 2nd. H. Darlington; 3rd,
.Mrs. Herbert P. Brown..

Hardy flowers. 9 species. — 1st. Mrs. A. A.
Aidersi'in: 2nd, G. D. Barron.

Hardv flowering shrubs.— 1st, Mrs, L. C,
Bruce: '2nd. H. Darlington: 3rd, Striglitz.
Palm.- 1st, E. C. Benedict; 2nd, Mrs. A.
A. .\ndcrson.

Foliage plant. — E. C. Benedict.
Fuchsias.— 1st, Mrs. F. A. Constable; 2ud.
Robt. Grunnert.

Vegetables, outdoor grown. — 1st. Adrian
Iselin. Jr.. Gard. J. Tiernan ; 2nd, H. F.
Shremaker. Gard. J. McLean; .3rd, Mrs. L.
C. Bruce. „ ^ .

Cauliflowers.— 1st, C. A. Moore; 2nd, A.
Forster Higgins, Gard. Paul Dwinger.

Peas.— 1st, H. F. Shoemaker; 2nd, Geo.
Lowther..

String beans.— 1st, Mrs. J. B. Trevor;
2nd. Adrian Iselin, .Jr.

Lettuce.— 1st, E. C. Benedict ; 2nd, H. J.
Parlis, Gard. W. L. Marshall.

Cucumbers.- 1st. E. C. Benedict: 2ud,
Mrs. F. A. Constable.

Strawberries. 3 qts.— Robert Grunnert.
9 qts.— 1st, Mrs. A. A. Anderson; 2na,
Robert Grunnert. 1 qt.— 1st, Mrs. A. A.
Anoerson; 2nd, Nelson Macy.

Cherries.— 1st. Adrian Iselin. Jr. ; 2nd,
Geo. Lowther.

Nectarines.— 1st. iUss M. T. Cockcroft,
Gard. Adam Patterson; 2nd, Mrs. F. A.
Constable.
Tuber, begonias.— Mrs. A. A. Anderson.
Gloxinias.— 1st, Mrs. F. A. Constable;
2nd. Mrs. A. A. Anderson.

Group of flowering and foliage plants,
100 sq. ft. — Mrs. A. A. Anderson.

Tomatoes. — 1st, Robert Grunnert; 2nd,
Mrs. F. A. Constable.

The sil\-er cup for the most meritorious
exhiliit was won by the Geo. E. Baldwin
Co.. .Mamaronjck, with a flue collection of
orciiids.

Table Decorations. — 1st, Mrs. F. A. Con-
stable; 2nd. Mrs. Henry Schaefer; 3rd, J.
Langcloth.

Owen A. Hunwick. Cor. Sec.

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HORTICULTURE

June 28, 1913

LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS'
CLUB.

June 19th was perennial flower day
with the Club and the exhibition table
was filled with flowers. H. D. Rohrer
exhibited hydrangea, delphinium, cam-
panula and Rambler roses; A. M.
Herr, Japanese iris; B. F. Barr, del-
phinium, Gaillardia and Tamarix; Fred
Spinner, perennials J. P. Siebold, Sil-
ver Pink snapdragon; Rudolph Nagle,
Scarlet Bedder, S. A. Nutt, Poitevine
and Ricard geraniums. H. F. Michell
Company of Philadelphia exhibited a
fine lot of their new geranium Helen
Michell, which was well received and
their representative was given the
floor to expound its merits which he
did to perfection.

The Voltax Paint Co., through their
agent, Mr. Thomas Langan, gave a
very interesting and instructive talk
on paints and painting. These talks,
while in the nature of advertising, are,
nevertheless, good things for the club
as there is always something to be
learned from them and knowledge
never comes amiss.

Harry Rohrer then gave a talk on
hardy flowers for Memorial Day, giv-
ing peonies first place, naming the
best for this date as follows: Offici-
nalis Rubra, Festiva Maxima, Edula
Superba, Rubra Triumphant and
Agida. In German iris, which are
good Memorial Day flowers, he named
pallida Dalmatica, Heavenly Blue and
Silver King. Poppies and columbines
were named and if cut and handled
at the proper time they make excel-
lent stock. Pyrethrunis and delphin-
iums, Dianthus barbatus and Gaillardia
all make fine stock for Memorial Day
if properly grown. Campanula potted
in the fall into six-inch pots, kept in
a cold frame and brought along slow-
ly can be had in full crop for Memo-
rial Day and makes a very profitable
flower.

Under the head of "Good of the
Club." the appeal for funds for the
Smith Memorial was brought up and
a unanimous vote in favor of a small
assessment from each member for this
purpose was carried.

The Club picnic will be held at
Hershey, Pa.. Tuesday, July 15th, leav-
ing Lancaster about 7.30 A. M., get-
ting back to Lancaster about 9 P. M.
Any florist who happens this way is
welcome and will have the time of his
life. Florists from surrounding towns
should meet the train when it arrives
at Hershey and get in with the Lan-
caster bunch to have the full benefit
of our special affairs.

Lancaster, Mass. A. M. Herr.

RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

The annual June exhibition of roses
and strawberries of the Rhode Island
Horticultural Society was held on June
18, in the parlors of the Mathewson
Street M. E. Church, Providence, and
it was the best summer exhibit the
society has ever placed before the
public, this being especially true of
the roses. The general arrangement
was attractive and much interest was
manifested by the large gathering that
attended.

The largest display of roses was
that of the Vacant Lot Gardens, of
which H. Howard Pepper is the owner.
Mr. Pepper's exhibit occupied a centre
table and included 40 varieties, all

ON and after July i, 1913, J^r. Sydney ^ayers-
dorfer will be given an interest in our busi-
ness. In making this announcement we take oc-
casion to thank the florists trade for their generous
support during our many years of pleasant associa-
tion with them, and we hope with the addition of
young blood and increased facilites which are con-
templated we may continue to merit the kind pat-
ronage of the trade.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

1129 Arch St., PLiladelplii.i. Pa.

hardy, comprising 500 fiowers. Burke
& Burns made a fine showing in hot-
house roses and sweet peas. E. J.
Bevins of East Greenwich made a fine
showing in roses which captured six
of the 11 awards in the out-door
classes. Mr. Bevins also carried off
the honors for peas. A large basket
of roses, lily of the valley and ferns
was made by T. J. Johnston & Co.

An excellent display of orchids was
made by E. L. Nock of Providence.

At the right of the entrance there
was a fine showing of larkspur by
Fred C. Green, superintendent of
Roger Williams Park. The showing
of strawberries was small, but the
quality of the fruit was very good.
Samuel Razee of Ashton was awarded
the prize for the best collection; Prof.
Barlow of the Rhode Island State Col-
lege received the honors for the best
single quart; 2nd to Wallace L. Pond
of this city.

The prizes in the professional
classes for roses were won principally
by C. Hartstra, H. Howard Pepper, T.
J. Johnston & Co., E. J. Bevins. Burke
& Burns and Mrs. E. Osborne. Wm.
Appleton, Wm. I. Hough and others
were prominent in the promiscuous
classes.

Eugene A. Appleton was the judge
of the flower display, and Joshua Vose
of Pontiac was the judge of fruit.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR-
DENERS.

Owing to the change of date of the
annual show of the American Sweet
Pea Society, which will occur in Bos-
ton on July 12th and 13th, the summer
meeting of the National Association of
Gardenei's has been postponed from
July 5th to July 12th and will be held
in Horticultural Hall, Boston, on that
day at 2 o'clock. A meeting of trus-
tees and directors of the association
will take place at 1.30 o'clock.

Members attending the meeting go-
ing by way of New York, will leave
over the outside line of the Metropoli-
tan Steamship Company, Pier 19,
North River, at 5 o'clock on Friday,
July 11th. This is the all-water route
direct to Boston.

M. C. Ebel, Secretary,

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.
Judges' Report.
Your judges passed on the exhibits
of roses in the test garden at Eliza-
beth Park, Hartford, Conn., June 21,
1913, and present the following report:

Kobln Hood disseminated by E. G. Hill
<'".. Richmond, Ind., 1912. Parentage,
Rhea Reid x Richmond. Scored 89 points.
Certificate of Merit.

Seedling, No. 510. E. G. Hill Co., Rhea
Reid X Chateau des Clos Vougert. Scored-
80 points. Certificate of Merit.

Seedling, No. 523. E. G. Hill Co., Rhea
Reid X Richmond. Scored S7 points. Sil-
ver Jledal.

Milady. Disseminated, 1913. A. N.
Pierson, Inc. Richmond x .T. B. Clark.
Scored SS points. Certificate of Merit.

American Pillar. Desseminated, 1900.
Conard & Jones. West Grove. Pa. Scored
85 points. Certificate of Merit.

American Pillar. Disseminated, 1909.
Peter Henderson & Co. Scored SO points.
Certificate of Merit.

Shatemue. Disseminated, 1911. Shate-
muo Nurseries, Barrytown, N. Y. Hybrid
of Multiflora Nana. Scored 83 points.
Certificate of Merit.

S'eedling, No. 411. John Cool;, Baltimore,
.Md. Etoile de France x Seedling. Scored
.83 points. Certificate of Merit.

Seedling, No. 423. John Cook, Balti-
more, Md.. Fran Karl Druschki x Pink
Seedling. Scored 86 points. Silver medal.

Radiance. John Cook. Cardinal x Pink
Seedling. Scored 86 points. Certificate of
Merit.

Climbing American Beauty. Hoopes
Bro. & Thomas, West Chester. Pa.
Wichuraiana x Marion Dingee x American
Beauty. Scored S4 points. Certificate of
Merit.

Lady Hillingdon. Lowe & Shawyer.
Scored 83 points. Certificate of Merit.

Respectfully submitted,

W. R. Pierson,
Eber Holmes,
John F. Hdss,

Judges by Appointment American
Rose Society.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON.

That popular event known as Ladies'
Night, annually looked forward to by
the youth and beauty of horticultural
Boston as the jolliest of the season's
entertainments, drew to Horticultural
Hall, Wednesday evening, a gather-
ing that filled the lecture room to the
doors. It was a notable success from
start to finish and carried out with a
snap and system that spoke well for
the gentlemen who had it in charge.

The regular business of the Club
was first taken care of. Briefly, it

Juue 28, 1913

HOETICULTUEE

957

included the acceptance of communi-
cations from Secretary John Young
concerning the New Yorli Show for
1914. from W. F. Gude in reference to
the proposed W. R. Smitli memorial,
from John Barr acknowledging the
Club's kindness during his recent ill-
ness, by Geo. Anderson presenting
resolutions on the death of Wm. B.
Robb, and a vote to join with the
Horticultural Club of Boston in the
projected trip to Minneapolis via Mon-
treal next August. Four new mem-
bers were enrolled.

Then came the entertainment, which
was the best ever given in the Club.
It consisted of piano solos by Miss
Singer, songs by Mr. Jas. Singer, songs
and character impersonations by Her-
bert A. Clark, violin solos by Miss
Horton and selections from the Vic-
trola by the courtesy of M. Steinert &
Sons Company. Ice cream, strawber-
ries, cake and coffee were served in
the large exhibition hall while the
lecture room was being cleared for
dancing, which lasted until near mid-
night, a good orchestra being in at-
tendance.

It was announced that the annual
picnic would take place at Milton, on
some day during the week beginnmg
July 23.

President Kennedy made prelimin-
ary announcement of his plans for a
Ladies' Auxiliary and Mrs. E. M. Gill
affixed her signature as the first mem-
ber.

NEWPORT FLOWER AND FRUIT
SHOW.

A most interestmg open-air exhibi-
tion of i)lants. flowers and fruit under
the joint auspices of the Newport Gar-
den Association and the Newport Hor-
ticultural Society was opened Wednes-
day, June 2.5, at Harbor Court, the
residence of Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown.

There were two classes of exhibits,
those of the Garden Association con-
sisting chiefly of groups of plants
planted in the ground, and those of
the Newport Horticultural Society
comprising magnificent displays of cut
roses, sweet peas and hardy peren-
nials.

The spacious grounds of Mrs. J. N.
Brown, overlooking the harbor, af-
forded a fine setting for the exhibition.
Near the entrance was an elaborate
and artistically-planted rock garden,
the work of John Mahan, gardener for
Mrs! H. D. Auchincloss. Following
this came a large group of coniferous
and other evergreen plants, planted
and" exhibited by Otto Schultz. Mr.
Schultz also made a fine exhibit of
foxgloves. Then followed showy
beds of forced petunias, schizanthus,
clarkias, and sweet peas — the last
grown in tubs and plunged. Henry
A. Dreer made a fine showing of
aquatic plants and Bobbink & At-
kins showed a group of their finest
bay trees and topiary box trees. In
the cut flower classes, sweet peas and
roses were of unusual merit.

The judges for the Garden Associa-
tion were Mrs. Arnold Hague, New-
port. Fi-ederick Newbold, New York,
John K. M. L. Farquhar, Boston.
Those for the Newport Horticultural
Society were Messrs. Robertson, Car-
ter and Craig.

In our next issue full particulars of
this notable exhibition will appear.

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OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL
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Prominent members of the summer
colony figured conspicuously in the
second annual summer show of the
Oyster Bay (N. Y.) Horticultural So-
ciety, held June 12. Benjamin Stern
of Roslyn, Edward F. Whitney. E. M.
Townsend. Howard C. Smith, Charles
L. Tiffany and Fay Ingalls of Oyster
Bay and T. A. Havemeyer of Brook-
ville were among the leading exhib-
itors in the regular classes.

One of the most noteworthy exhib-
its was the collection of peonies of all
varieties and colors, of Theodore A.
Havemeyer of Brookville. This won-
derful collection of scores of blooms
was awarded the silver cup offered by
John Miller, superintendent of the L.
C. Tiffany estate.

Another meritorious exhibit not in
competition, however, was the collec-
tion of flowering plants exhibited by
Louis C. Tiffan.v. This exhibit was
given the society's certificate of merit.

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PHILADELPHIA NOTES,

Mrs. Walter F. Fancourt sails for
England on the S. S. "Merlon" from
Philadelphia on July 5th. on a brief
visit to relatives in the old home. We
wish her a happy vacation and a safe
return to our midst.

Robert Greenlaw. New England rep-
resentative of the Pennock-Meehan
Co., paid us his annual visit this week.
He has been with this firm now for
several years and has met with de-
served success: not only on his own
personality, but from the high position
which his firm holds for taste and ex-
clusiveness in ribbons and other flor-
ists' requisites. We can well remem-
ber thirty years ago — in our first ex-
periences of Boston — meeting with
Robert's uncle — ("old man" Greenlaw
he-_was affectionately called); and we
feel rather proud of the good record
the younger scion of the family is
making.

Visitors: C. B. Coe. of D. M. Ferry
& Co., Detroit, Mich.; Philip Kessler,
New York City; W. C. Langbridge.
Cambridge, N. Y.; E. A. Seidewitz,
Baltimore, Md.; Mr. Brunig, foreman
for H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo.; An-
toine Leuthy, Boston, Mass.

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ROTTED PEAT. 70c. sack.

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About 5000 Geraniums of extra
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SEED TRADE

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

, OfBcers — President, Chas. N. Pace,
Des Moines, la.; 1st vice-president,
Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsburg, Pa. ;
2nd vice-president, Artliur B, Clark,
Mllford, Conn. ; secretar.v and treas-
urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; as--
sistant secretary. J. jM. Ford, Ravenna,
O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
June 24-25, 1913.

American Seed Trade Convention.

The 31st annual convention of the
American Seed Trade Association
opened in Cleveland, O., on the morn-
ing of the 24th, a liberal number of
members being present. The Conven-
tion was welcomed to the city by His
Honor Mayor Baker, in a very bright
and interesting address, after which
came the President's address, and this
was clear-cut and forcible. His
recommendations are excellent, and a
committee was appointed to consider
them and recommend such as were
practical, it not all of them, to the
Association, for adoption at the
earliest practicable date. One of Mr.
Page's recommendations is worthy of
especial notice; that was his advocacy
of a World's Seed Convention, to be
held in San Francisco in 1915. It may
or may not be known that there is a
strong sentiment among the seedsmen
to visit California in a body during
the year of the Panama Exposition,
and to hold the convention that year
in San Francisco. A prominent Cali-
fornia seed grower has been men-
tioned as the probable president for
that year, and we have been advised
that he is willing to serve if drafted.
This World's Seed Congress, as we
may term it. is quite an ambitious
proposition: at the same time there is
nothing impracticable about it and we
believe that the more it is considered,
the stronger it will appeal to members
of the American Seed Trade Associa-
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than when the conventions are held in
the towns. It is hoped that the next
convention will be held at some attrac-
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$1.25 per quart — $4.00 per gallon.
All our products are used diluted
with water at various strengths, as di-
rected on cans.

FOR SALE BY SEEDSMEN.
Let us quote you our prices to com-
mercial growers in quantity.

Aptiine Manufacturing Co. "n"j^"-

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals
M. C. EBEL, General Manager.

Cocoanut Fibre Soil

Trees mulclied witb this article will

grow larger fruit, better color, and

ripen more uniformly tban by any
otber means. We bare proved It.

20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO.

27 £23 OCEAN ST.. BEVERLY. MUSS.

960

HORTICULTUEE

June 28, 1913

full play and where there will be no
soot and black smoke to breathe.

A number of important and interest-
ing papers were read, chief among
them being one by Jamts J. Hill, Pres-
ident of the Great Xorthern Railroad.
While Mr. Hill was not present in per-
son, his paper was an extremely inter-
esting and forceful one and his recom-
mendations very practical. It was a
little unfortunate that in certain of his
quotations Mr. Hill was led into error
by quoting from the statements of the
Federal Department of Agriculture.
Like many others Mr. Hill assumes
that anything that comes out from
that department must be correct,
while, as a inatter of fact, those who
are familiar with the workings of this
branch of the Government service
know that often very ill-advised and
incorrect statements are sent out.
However this slight slip on the part of
the great railroad man can easily be
overlooked when considering the ex-
cellence of his paper as a whole.

Among other papers read, which
are worthy of note was one by J. C.
Robinson; one by Chas. D. Boyle. The
report of the Association's counsel
was also most interesting and Mr.
Smith proves himself well qualified for
his position.

Quite a comprehensive program of
the entertainments was carried out,
the principal features being an auto-
mobile ride about the city and parks,
including Forest Hill, the Cleveland
home of Mr. John D. Rockefeller. For
this occasion Mr. Rockefeller threw
open the grounds for the inspection
and pleasure of the members of the
Association, and this courtesy on the
part of the oil king was very greatly
appreciated. Another very interesting
entertainment was a visit to the
grounds and plant of the Storrs &
Harrison Company at Painesville. The
company generously provided special
cars for the visit and all thoroughly
enjoyed it.

Crop News.

Crop news at this time of the year
is not very conclusive and one hardly
knows how to guess the situation. It
really is little more than a guess, with
the possible exception of peas. These
are rapidly nearing a stage where it
-will be possible to form some sort of
estimate of the probable crop, but.
with the exception of California, no
crops are sufficiently advanced to en-
able us to give anything approaching
a reliable estimate of final results;
therefore, we will not indulge in idle
guesses, but will not fail to keep our
readers advised of any important de-
velopments in the crop line.

It might be well to say that the pea
crop for canning purposes in Delaware
and Maryland is extremely short, not
averaging above 25 per cent on the
acreage planted. Tomatoes also are
very backward, the first settings hav-
ing been nearly all destroyed by frost,
necessitating starting from seed a sec-
ond time, which, of course, makes the
crop from four to six weeks later than
it should be. If frost ^olds off until
October, undoubtedly there will be
fairly satisfactory crops of tomatoes in
the two states mentioned, as well as
New Jersey, which may properly be in-
cluded here. We are, of course, refer-
ring to tomatoes for canning purposes.

MICHELL'S SEASONABLE FLOWER SEEDS

PANSY SEED (New Crop)

Michell's Giant Exhibition Mixed. A

truly Giant strain which we have se-
cured from the leading Pansy Special-
ists in Germany, England and France.
Plants are of strong, sturdy, habit;
flowers of immense size, heavy texture
and of varied colors and shades. Trade
pkt, 50c,; 75c. per % oz.; per oz., $5.00.

GIANT PRIZE PANSIES

In Separate Colors.
.\zure Blue, Black Blue, Emperor
William, King: of Blaeks, Lord Beacons-
field, Snow Queen, Striped, White with
Eye, Pure Yellow, Yellow with Eye.
Tr. Pkt. 40c.; ?1."5 per oz.

Also all other Seasonable Seeds and
Supplies for the Florist.

PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED

.4Iba Magnlfiea, White 60 $1.00

Chiswiek, Red 60 1.00

Kermesina Splendens, Crim-
son 60 1.00

Rosy Morn, Ptnli 60 1.00

Duchess, White, carmine cen-
tre 60 1.00

Holborn Blue 60 1.00

Micbell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGAN-

TEA SEED

Tr. Fkt.

Lilaelna, Pale lilac 50

Kermesina, Crimson 60

Rosea, Pink 50

Alba, White 50

Hybrida, Mixed 50

CINERARIA SEED

% Tr. Tr.

Pkt. Pkt.

Dwarf Grand Prize, mixed 60 $1.00

Med. TaU Grand Prize, mixed. .60 1.00

HENRY F. MiGHELL COMPANY

518 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

PEAS, BEANS, RADISH ) „ , ♦., t ■

i ,i « . « J I- Growers for the Trade

and all Garden Seeds {

1 FONARD

s,»E«. cH.cino

CO.

ONION SETS
Write for Prices

LAWN GRASS SEED

WHOLESALE ONLY

J. OLIVER JOHNSON,

1874-76 Milwaukee Aveooe,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Seed Laws.
Reference has been made to tlie
paper or report of Curtis Nye Smitli.
wliicli dealt mainly with new, or at-
tempted seed laws. He called particu-
lar attention to the persistent efforts
of Senator Gronna to pass a most ob-
jectionable and unreasonable bill.
Why this senator should persist, after
having been shown that his measure
is impossible of enforcement, it is diffi-
cult to understand, unless it is ad-
mitted that he belongs in that class of
demagogues who is working to keep
himself in the public eye, and espe-
cially to pose as the friend of the
farmer. This law and many others
are so unreasonable that Mr. Smith
says they are unconstitutional, or
would be if enacted. It does not seem
amiss to apply a famous saying to
these laws or proposed laws, that
"they are conceived in ignorance, if
not brought forth in iniquity." It
seems to be the opinion of Mr. Smith
that the seedsmen will have to devote
considerable and close attention to
state laws to prevent unreasonable
and oppressive legislation.

good year, and some report the sea-
son's sales as ahead of those of last
year. The demand for cannas has
been unusually good, partly attributed
to the growing appreciation of this
flower, and partly to the fact that
stock was rather scarce, but in sharp
contrast to last year when sales
lagged. King Humbert again led with
second call for miscellaneous, always
including Express, Florence Vaughan
and Chas. Henderson. Gladioli, too,
enjoyed a revival of favor, with this
difference, that customers no longer
are satisfied with any kind, but want
named varieties and best of all, are
willing to pay tor them. Dahlias have
also swung around into favor again.
Perennials were so generally killed
two years ago that sales have been
noticeably large on the old-fashioned
sorts this year.

Stumpp & Walter have leased the
hirge store heretofore occupied by
Bawo & Dotter at 30 and 32 Barclay
street. New York. Extensive altera-
tions will be made and they will move
in when these are completed, probably
aliout September 1.

Plant Trade in Chicago Seed Stores.

Counter trade in the seed stores is
getting slower each day and seedsmen
are getting catalogues ready for the
fall bulb trade. It has been a fairly

The Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety has awarded its gold medal to
file Town of Ashby, Mass., for the
preservation of the native Kalraias on
I aurel Hill.

June 2^. 1913

HORTICULTURE

961

FLOWER SEEDS

sow NOW!

AQl'ILEGIA. Farqubar's Long Spurred
Hybrids, Oz. !f2.50; % oz. $.75

Coerulea. ^A oz. .75

Clirysantba, % oz. .30

CAMPANULA MEDIA, Can-
terbury Rellg, Single
Blue, n'bite. Pink and
Mauve, Oz. S.60 ;

Cup and Saucer Varie-
ties. Blue. AVhite.
Pink and Mauve,

^,4 oz. $.75; Vs oz. .40
DELPHINIl'M. Farquhar's
Selected Hybrids,

Oz. $1.75
MYOSOTIS. Alpestris Vic
toria. Oz. $1.25

HOLLYHOCK. C b a t e r's
Double Crimson, Pink.
Purple, Salmon, White
and Yellow, Oz.$1.50; % oz
Mixed, Oz. 1.25; % oz

v-i oz.

%oz.

>A oz.

R.&J.Farquliar&Co.

6 & 7 South Market St.

Boston, Mass.

Sweet Pea Seed

IS Mr SPECIALTY

Watch my new winter orchid-
flowering type. They will be Intro-
duced this season. I have all the
colors — over 60.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

Greenhouses:

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

Seed Ranch:

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans. Peas, Sweet Com, Onion, Turnip,
Radish, Beet. Etc.

MILFORD, CONN.

Branches: Michigan
and Wisconsin

The LARGEST OF ALL GIANTS

W. & D.'s AMERICAN SHOW

IM3I

With Great Diversity of Color.

ounce $1.50

WEEBER & DON, Seed Merchants

114 Chambers St., New York

IMS V

GKEY'S PRIZE EXHIBITION MIXTURE.

This mixture represents tbe highest per-
fection of large floweriug. new. high-col-
ored sorts. $1.00 Trade pkt. $12.00 ounce.
GREY'S SPECI.4L MIXTURE.

A grand mixture of the finest varieties,
very striking: and highly recommended.
50c. Trade pkt. s:>,00 ounce.

THOMAS J. GREY CO.

32 SoDth Market St., Boston, Mass.

Place Your Order Now For

AYRES' WINTER FLOWERING

SWEET PEA SEED

For Fall Delivery

S. BRYSON AYRES CO.

*^Reno"JL<Ked Siveet P(a Specialists*'

Suniu'filope Independence, Mo.

SOW BEGONIAS NOW

Mv selected strain of BEGONIA GRA-
CILIS LUMINOSA, extra large flowered
scarlet, and BEGONIA BEDDING
QUEEIf, extra large flowered real pink.
These two varieties when sown from
now on to the latter part of June will
make excellent 4, 5, or 6 inch pot plants
for Xmas flowering. They are fine
sellers and better keepers than Gloire
de Lorraine.
1 Tr. Pkt $0.50 6 Tr. Pkt $2.50

0. V. Zdng6n, Hoboken,NJ.

V-

CHILDS' GLADIOLI \

are noted the v^orld over for

SUPERIOR MERIT
John Le^vis Childs

FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y.

For Early Sowing

Price List Jor the Asking

The W. W. Barnard Co.

231-235 W.Madison St., CHICAGO

ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM
PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS

Send ns your wants. We will take care of
them. We supply stock at market price.

Catalogue for the asking

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

121S Betz BIdg. Philadelphia.

VEGETABLE PL4NTS

CELERY, Golden Self-Blanching, 40 cts.
per 100, $2.50 per 1000; White Plume, Gold-
en Heart, Giant Pascal, 20 cts. per 100,
$1.00 per 1000.

PARSLEY, 25 cts. per 100, $1.25 per 1000.

CABBAGE, .411-head, Ball-head, Flat
Dutch, Savoy, 20 cts. per 100, $1.00 per 1000.
Cash with Order.

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsii, Md.

IN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS

KINDLY MENTION

HORTICULTURE

OTTO HEINECKEN

Horticultural Agency

Whitehall Bldg., 17 Battery Place
NEW YORK

Sole American Representative of :
J. Heins Sons, Halstenbek (Germany)

Fruit Tree Stock, Forest Trees,
Hedge Plants.

E. Neubert, Wandsbek (Germany)

Lily of the Valley, Lilars for Forcing.
\. Keilliolz, Quedlinburg (Germany)

Seed Grower.

Also Holland and Belgium stock, as

Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Palms, etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

Mention HOETICDLTURE when writing

Lily of the Valley Pips

We have on hand a few cases of Lily
of the Valley Pips (3000 to case), Ber-
lin and Hamburg, which we offer at

$32.00 Per Case (of 3000)

53 Barclay St.

NEW YORK

J. BOLGIANO & SON

IVHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS

Established 1818

IVrite For Our Low Prices

LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Burpee's Seeds

PHILADELPHIA

BLUE LIST OF WHOLES.4LE PRICES

MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT

FOB PROFIT.

I. W. Edinundson. Mgr.

M. W. Wiinams, Sec'y

California Seed Growers
Association, Inc.

Growers For Wholesale Dealers

SAN JOSE CALlrOBNIA

NEW CROP SEEDS

FOR FLORISTS
Ask tor 1913 Catalogues

Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.

Seedi^men
4r-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS.

BULBS and

HARDY PLANTS

Contracts made for Seed Growing

Send for pn\t list

E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

962

HORTICULTURE

June 28, 1913

JOHN BREITMEYER'S
— =SONS=^

Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs . . .
High Grade Cut Blooms

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association.

HESS & SWOBODA

FLORISTS

Telephones 1501 and L 1682

1415 Farnum St.,

OIVIAFHA, IMEO.

We Will Take Good Care Of
All Your Orders

IN WISCONSIN

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.

Wlllwaukea

wTlLIAM J. SMYTH

Gor. Michigan Ave. and Blst St.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

(Monber Florists' Telesroph Delivery Abso.)
We ship to all points In lUlnols and Iowa.

fhones : Aldine 88B. AUine 181. Aldiae 882.

SAMUEL MURRAY

Kansas City, Mo.
913 Grand Ave.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

All Ordirs Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Tk* Park Floral Go.

J. A. VALENTINE

Pre!,.
Uember florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENVER, COLORADO

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506. Long Dist. Bell Phone 3i8q

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery

"THE HOME OF FLOWERS"

Tlif liirgi'*<t out tltuver store in America.
Orders for the TWIN CITIES and for all
Northwestern points given prompt at-
tenti«n.

HOLM & OLSON, Incorpoialed
ST. PAUL, MINN.

W. J. Palmer & Son

304 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Members Florists'Telegraph Asso.

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

DELIVERY.

The shipper's responsibility is by no
means an easy bertln to lie in, especial-
ly around holiday time when deliveries
are unusually heavy and he must sat-
isfy everybody, at the same time
watching trains, boats, etc., and keep-
ing his eye on the delivery wagons
and boys, in addition.

Very often in rush times a few pack-
ages may be sent out in a hurry to
satisfy somebody and no record made
of it, no receipt taken, and it is usual-
ly these rush packages that go wrong.
Sooner or later somebody appears and
wants to know where the flowers are
that were ordered to be sent to 21.5
Main St. How can you convince the

STEAMER DEPARTURES |

M Allan. ffl

^ Victorian, Montreal-Liverp'L.July 3 K
^ Numidian, Boston-Glasgow. . .July 5 ^
^ American.

St. Louis, N. Y.-S'liampton. ..Tulv
Philad'lp'a. X. Y.-S'liampton. July 1

Atlantic Transport.

Jlinnetonka. N. T. -London. . .July
Slinnpapolis, N. T.-London. . .July 1

Cunard.
M.-uiret.mia, N. Y. -Liverpool, .July

Carpatbia. \. Y.-JItd't'n July

Frauconia, I'.oston- Liverpool.. July

Hamburg-American.
K's'n Aug. Vir-t'a. N. Y-H'b'g.July
Kriinp'n Ceoilie, N. Y.-H'b'g,. July

Pretoria, N. Y,-ILimburg .July 1

Cincinnati. Rnstun-Hamburg.. July 1

Holland-America.

Rotterdam. N. Y.-Rnt'ci'm July

Pctsdam. X. Y. -Rotterdam.. . .July

Leyland.

Can idian. Boston-Liverpool.. .July
Bolicmian, Boston-Liverpool. .July 1

North German Lloyd.

Kr'p'z \\'illielni. X. Y.-B'm'n. . Jul.v

I'.ronien. X. Y. -Bremen July

Prinzes3 Irene. N.Y'.-Med't'n..July
K'p'z'n Cecilie. N.Y. -Bremen. .July
F'd'ch d' Grosse. N.Y.-B'm'u.. July 1'

Red Star.

Kro inland, N. Y. -Antwerp July I

Z?eland. N. Y.-.\nt\verp July 1:

White Star.

Arabic. Boston-Liverpool July

Cedric. N. Y. -Liverpool July :

Olympic. N. Y.-S'hampton. . . .July i
Laurentic, Montreal-Liverp'l.. July I

Baltic, N. Y.-Liverpool July II

Majestic, N. Y'.-S'hampton July 1:

'@Sg£;E;^>^!;o>9;999 ^

aisJK

person that you sent them? You have
no receipt to show, and no record in
the shipping-book; only the delivery
boy's word that he left them at the
right address, with the elevator boy,
but this does not satisfy the party, and
here you have a lot of trouble on
your hands because your delivery did
not go through the proper form. If
the express companies rushed through
special packages in this manner, they
would go broke, paying out claims.

The shipping department books
must be just as accurate as the book-
keeper's ofl[ice is in their work. Es-
tablish an iron-bound rule and see that
It is carried out; create a system in
your delivery department and see that
everybody connected with it lives up
to it. so that when you hold a receipt
for flowers delivered as per address,
that is all that is necessary, and see
that you .get one for every delivery

ALEX. McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any

part of the United States, Canada, and

all principal cities of Europe. Orders

transferred or intrusted by the trade to

our selection for delivery on steamships

or elsewhere receive special attention.

Cost of Cabhtig Fcreign Deliz-t-rit-s

Must he prepaid

Reference or cash must accompany all

orders from unknown correspondents.

Cable Address, AXEXCONNELL.

New York

p Bloomingdale *s -\

The Largest Floral Establishment in the Metropolis

Best Service — Quick Delivery — Modest Prices
Telegraph Orders Carefully Filled

DA> tD CLARKE'S SONS

Deliver orders from any part of the country to

New York City
Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS

Write or telomnph

2139-2141 Broadway, New York

Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus

George M. Stumpp

761 FM An, Cor. E S8tli St

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

3 & 5 Greene Ave.
TeL 6800 ProspacI

339^47 Greene Ave. Tel. 3908 Pro.pect

Established 1874

FLORIST

N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenae, N. Y. Ctty

(Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso.)
Flowers shipped on all Steamers. Special Corrcspon
deuce in all the large cities of Europe and the Bntisb
Colonics. Telegraph and Cable address, Daxdsflor.

YOUNG & NUGENT

42 West 28 St., NEW YORK

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH"

THE ROSERY

23 STEUBEN ST.
A.I_BAIMY, IM. Y.

FLOWER DEUVERIES FOR ALBANY
AND VICINITY

AlBANT, Jf. T.

Flowers or Design Work

DEI.ITKRBD IN ALB.4NT .IXD VIOINITT
ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDER

11 NORTH PEARL STREET, ALBANY. M. Y.

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTURE

963

NEW ENGLAND

FLOWER DELIVERIES

Send flower orders for delivery in Boston
and all New England points to

THOS. F. GALVIN

124 Tremont St., Boston

BOSTON'S BEST

In Quality and Design

Can be relied upon when you transfer yonr
retail orders to

EDWARD MACMULKIN

194 Bojlston Street. BOSTON.

CARBONE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

342 Boylston St., Boston

Vases. G.irden Furniture, Art Goods and
New Designs in Tuscan.T Baskets for
Florists' Use, in Wholesale Department.

WASHINGTON-

915 F ST. N. W.

F. H. KRAMER

Auto delivery of Designs and Flowers to
any a-idress in Washington.

Stock and Work First Class

JOHNSTON BROTHERS

LeadinfT riorists- Orders filled for any
part of the State.

38 Dorrance Street ■ - PROVIDENCE

The California Florist

JULIUS EPPSTEIN FRANK H FORREST

344 - 346 Geary Street. SAN FRANCISCO,
und Hotel St. Francis, CAl..

We cover the entire Pacific Coast and West
of the Rockies. Wire us your orders for
all Steamers sailing for Honolulu, Manila
and the Orient. Regular Trade Discount.

FI/OW^ERS BY TLEORAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co.

123 KEARNY ST.

The Far-Famed Flowers of

TORONTO

Delivered on mail or telegraph order tpr
aay occasion, in any part of the Dominida.

JOHN H. DUNLOP

96 Tonge St.,

TORONTO, ONT.

MONTREAL^' 7^:

Orders FiUea

HALL & ROBINSON ^s JJ

I 825 ST. CATHERINE ST., W. ^'°°

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Catalogue Free on Application

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from thu

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Of Interest to Retail
Florists

by

"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.'

Leading Retail Florists Listed
Towns for Ready Reference.

Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Albany, N. Y.— The Rosary. 23 Steuben St.

Boston— Thos. P. Galvin, 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Ed. MacMulkin, 194 Boylston St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 37-43 Brom-
field St.

Boston— Zinn, The Florist, 1 Park St.

Boston— Philip L. Carbone, 342 Boylston
St.

Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful-
ton St. and Greene Ave.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main
St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St.

Chicago — William J. Smyth, Michigan
Ave. and 31st St.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Cleveland, O.— J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid
Ave.

Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way.

Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons,

Broadway and Gratiot Ave.

Detroit. Mich. — A. Poehelon, Secretary
Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association.

Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912
Grand Ave.

Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. Pollworth Co.

Montreal, Can —Hall & Robinson, 825 St.
Catherine St., W.

New York — George M. Stnmpp, 761 Fifth
Ave., cor. E. 58th St.

New York — David Clarke's Sons, 2139-
2141 Broadway.

New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave.

New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th.

New York— Dards. N. E. cor. 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

New York— Alfred T. Bunyard, 418 Madi-
son Ave.

New Y'ork — Bloomingdale's, E. 59th St.

New York— Max Schling, 22 West 59th
St.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, 1415 Far-
num St.

Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 38
Dorrance St.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller Sons, 25
Clinton Ave., N.

San Francisco, Cal. — The California
Florist, 344-346 Geary St.

San Francisco. Cal. — Pellcano. Rossi &
Co., 123 Kearney St.

St. Paul— Holm & Olson. Inc.

St. Paul, Minn.- L L. May & Co.

Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge
St.

D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F

D. C— F. H. Kramer, 915

Washington,
St.

Washington,
P St., N. W.

Washington, D. C. — George H. Cooke.

that leaves your store, even at the
busiest time. If a person wants a
pacliage to go just next door, make
an entry in the shipping book and get
the receipt. This lets you out. should
the party not receive what was in-
tended for them.

.Many small places have no shipper;
they are consequently more liable to
have trouble than the larger stores,
and they have to make good for pur-
chases never received. Flowers are
left at wrong addresses and the dis-
covery made when too late; thus the
order must be duplicated.

It is a very small matter to run
a shipping Ijook on a small scale, it
only for your own protection and sat-
isfaction to know your deliveries are
going right. Here is a simple system
of shipping flowers and keeping rec-
ords: Get an ordinary day book of
three to four hundred pages and put
the day. date and month at the top.
enter the name of your deliveries as
they are to be sent out and by whom
they are taken, then put down the
time the deliveries left the store, and
when the receipt comes back you will
have a full record to show of your
transaction should anything go wrong.
Mr. Storem.vx.

IMPORTED
CORK BARK

JUST RECEIVED
THE BEST LOT EVER

FOR

RUSTIC EFFECTS
and DECORATIONS

10 lb. lots $ .90

Burlapped bales of 100 lbs. 6.00

M. RICE CO.

LEADING FLORISTS SUPPLY
AND RIBBON HOUSE

1220 Race St. Phila., Pa.

ORDERS FOR

NEW YORK

WIRE OR PHONE TO

MAX SCHLING

22 West 59th Street, adjoining Plaza Hote

Best Florists in the States as References
EUROPEAN ORDERS EXECUTED

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HOETICULTUEE

June 28, 1913

DURING RECESS.

Florists' Club of Philadelphia Annual
Picnic.

This event took place at Washing-
ton Park on the 19th inst., and was
a great success. Over 200 members
and their friends took part. The wom-
en and children accompanied, and
gave the finishing touch to the friend-
ly gathering. Occasions like these
are great cementers of old friendship
and great promoters of new, and when
well conducted (as this one was)
prove good mediums— not only tor an
innocent day's frolic— but for the in-
terchange of experiences and precious
new ideas of inestimable value for the
future.

After an hour's sight-seeing sail up
and down the river the boat landed
at Washington Park on the Delaware
about 3 P. M. For three hours sports
and pastimes were indulged in in the
Athletic Field attached to the park,
and at 6.30 P. M. dinner was served in
the main pavilion. At 9 P. M. the
party took the boat for Philadelphia-
tired but happy!

Among the interesting features of
the sports was the Base Ball Game.

This was a beautiful exhibition of
the finest two nines that could be
picked— one from the seed trade; one
from the florists trade. The contest
was the keenest amateur exhibition of
the national game we have ever seen.
The seedsmen put up a splendid fight,
against big odds. They had nothing
like the mass of available material
to pick from that the florists had.
The florists had wholesalers, retail-
ers, growers, commission men, and all
kinds of affiliations to pick from—
and for our own part we consider it
really astonishing that the team from
onlv three houses of the seed trade
(Michell, Burpee, and Dreer) should
have made such a good showing as
thev did. The score was six to three,
favor florists. The other pastimes re-
sulted as follows:

Ladies' SO-vard Itace— 1st. Miss Heaccxk;
'>aa, Mrs. Robertson; 3ra, Miss Connor.

Men's Sack Race— 1st, Francis Stokes;
•'nd Elmer Gaebring ; 3rd, Robert Sboek.

Oirls' 75-vard Race— 1st, Ethel Robert-
sen; 2na, MlTdi-erl AdelUerger.

Ladies' WbeelDarrow Race— 1st, Mrs.
Rust; 2nd, Mrs. Thilow : 3rd, Mrs. Miller.

Ladies' Potato Race— 1st, Miss Heacock ;
•^nd, Mrs. Miller; 3rd, Mrs. E. Ascliman.

Boys' 75-yard Race— 1st, Wm. Robert-
son "jr.; 2nd, Alfred Rust. „ ,

Fat Men's Race— 1st. Robert Shock; 2nd,
H. Asehman; Srd, T. Shober.

Men's Wheelbarrow Race— 1st, James
Ileacock; 2ud, Paul Klingsporn; 3rd, Ed-
ward Reid. J , 1 . »„„„„

Special Race— 100-yard dash between
Edward Towill, Adolph Fareaw.ald, Fred
Michell, Sr. and Victor Groshens. for prize
consistina of a carving set, oEfered_ by
Edward Reid. of Banstead street, was won
by Ed. Towill.

Secretary David Rust says it was
the cheapest afternoon's enjoyment he
has had in a long time. He paid six
for his three tickets; but Mrs. Rust
and the bov brought him back five
in prizes. JPresident Thilow was on
hand and was indefatigable in seeing
that everything went smoothly.

G. C. W.

The Dreer boys who sent three of
their baseball nine to the florists' club
picnic on the 19th inst— to help wm
a game— but were unable to stop the
terrific onslaught of the victors-
are congratulatiBg themselves on win-

GEORGE H.GGOKE

FLORIST
WASHINGTON D.C.

ning a glorious victory two days later
against the strong Y. M. C. A. of Had-
donfleld, eight to seven. This is the
city team and is distinct from the
Riverton Dreers.

THE WARETOWN OPENING.

The time-honored opening and flag-
raising at Commodore John Westcott's
hospitable club house on Barnegat
Bay took place last Friday, June 20,
the festivities lasting three days. The
occasion was in all respects equal to
its predecessors of other years. Be-
sides the regular Philadelphia partici-
pants there were present from a dis-
tance W. F. Gude of Washington, D.
C; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Col. W. W.
Castle and W. J. Stewart of Boston:
and John N. May, Jas. Dean, C. H.
Totty and W. F. Sheridan from New
York and vicinity. Letters of cor-
dial greeting were received from Pat-
rick O'Mara. J. Otto Thilow and
others and a telegram from Edwin
Lonsdale, Lompoc, Cal., was received
with unbounded enthusiasm.

An interesting feature of the first
evening's symposium was the presen-
tation to Mr. Westcott of a Victrola
with a fine selection of records and
the visit was consequently enlivened
with enjoyable music by this wonder-
ful invention, in addition to the cus-
tomary contributions by Robert Craig
and other more or less talented vocal-
ists. The memorial trees given by the
late W. R. Smith and planted under
his direction were found to be thriv-
ing vigorously and promise to soon at-
tain to a very ornamental adjunct to
the outlook from the club house piaz-
za.

Day and night were devoted by the
beloved old Commodore to the com-
fort and enjoyment of his guests, an
occupation which is his happiest pas-
time. Long may he live to dispense
the sweet sunshine of a disposition
which finds its best expression in gen-
erous deeds and kindly admonition.

PERSONAL.

Howard M. Earl, of Burpee's, sails
from New York on July 5th on the
Scandinavian line for Copenhagen.

The Maryland Agricultural College
at its commencement last week con-
ferred an honorary degree on Richard
Vincent, Jr.. for his achievements in

horticulture and floriculture. Horti-
cri.Ti-RE extends sincere felicitations.

J. B. Wiese and daughter of Buffalo.
N. Y., leave on Wednesday for a trip
abroad and are not expected to return
until Oct. 1st.

Phil Breitmeyer was a recent visitor
in Buffalo, having a decoration for the
wedding of his neice. Miss Buehl on
Richmond avenue.

George Butler, gardener for Wells'
estate at Southbridge, Mass., will
leave July 1, to take charge of the
estate of George E. Barnard, Ipswich,
Mass.

David Welch, of Welch Bros., sailed
on the Cunarder Laconia, from Bos-
ton, on Tuesday. June 24, for a short
recreation trip. He will return the
latter part of July.

Edw. T. Dickinson, nurseryman, of
Chatenay, Seine, France, arrived in
New York on the La Touraine on June
16. It is three years since Mr. Dickin-
son last visited this country.

Prof. H. J. Webber of the Dept. of
Plant Breeding at Cornell has ac-
cepted a position in the University
of California as Director of the Citrus
Experiment Station and Dean of the
Graduate School of Tropical Agricul-
ture, at Riverside, Cal.

Boston visitors: A. E. Thatcher.
Bar Harbor, Me.; John Young, New

y(u-k.

Cincinnati visitors — A. Miller, repre-
sentating A. Henderson & Co., Chica-
go, and Ross Adgate, representing the
McCallum Co., Inc., Pittsburg.

New York visitors; J. K. M. L. Far-
quhar and Col. W. W. Castle, Boston,
Mass.; Mr. Burns, New Canaan, Conn.

St. Louis Visitors.— Carl Whitinger
of A. L. Randall Co., Chicago; Jno.
Buback of Schloss Bros., New York;
Sam Frund, Chicago; E. C. Pruner of
Poehlmann Bros., Chicago.

WASHINGTON,
D.C.

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June 28, 1913

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CHICAGO NOTES.

Mrs. A. H. Budlong and children are
at their summer home at Williams
Bay near Lake Geneva, Wis.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. will have a
new catalogue of florists' supplies and
plants ready for mailing. July 15th.
Send for one.

Bassett & Washburn have placed
an order with Kroeschell Bros. Co. for
two 150 horsepower Kroeschell steam
boilers for their new range at Gregg
Station.

Mr. Peterson has closed his store
at 2552 W. Division street and opened
another at 3336 Irving Park Boulevard.
He will build a greenhouse in connec-
tion with the store in the fall.

A. Setterberg, landscape gardener,
has just completed a large piece of
work at Escanaba, Mich., on a 1000-
acre tract of land, converting it into a
suitable place for a summer home.

Phil Schupp has returned from a
sight-seeing trip through what was re-
cently the floral district. He says that
Dayton, Ohio, is getting into shape
again and the whole country is mak-
ing great strides in the work of re-
storing former conditions.

A. Miller, of A. Henderson Co.,
seedsmen, is just back from a south-
ern trip, during which he visited the
peony show at Cleveland, Ohio, and
of which he speaks very highly. Mr.
Miller will leave June 27th for New
York and other eastern cities. Guy
Rayburn will also represent the same

firm in the east, booking bulb orders
for the fall.

The news of the death of Frederick
W. Brookes, of Morgan Park, whose
obituary is given on another page, was
learned with deep regret on Sunday.
.Mr. Brookes was a "gentleman of the
old school," and it is a matter of pride
that the foundations of Chicago's great
floral industry was started by such a
man. A resident of Chicago for 80
years and the builder of the first green-
houses erected in the city, with a
character above reproach, he was an
honor to the trade.

J. Mangel is again living up to his
reputation for having the finest win-
dow display among the retail florists.
In the days of the old building, now
replaced with a modern one, his suc-
cess was attributed largely to the con-

struction of the windows which placed
the flowers below the sidewalk. But
now with a high and rather narrow
window it is equally artistically done.
The upper third of the deep window is
a festoon of artificial foliage and flow-
ers, sometimes roses, and this week
daisies, giving customers the idea of
an overhead wedding decoration.
Flowers are banked on the corners and
a miniature pond is a favorite scheme.
Unusual flowers, old time favorites are
always among the attractions and the
results as an advertisement alone
more than repay the thought and ef-
fort.

Visitors: A. T. Bushong, of Gary
Floral Co., Gary, Ind.; Walter Mott,
representing Benjamin Hammond,
Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y.; Frank Mad-
sen, Elgin, 111.; Mr. Kiting, seedsman,
Sedalia, Mo.

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HORTICULTUBE

June 28, 1913

ROSE PLANTS

BEAUTIES, 2 1-2 inch pols, $8.00 per 100, $70.00 per 1000.

PINK AND WHITE KILLARNEY, 2 1-2 inch pots, $8.00
per 100, $75.00 per 1000.

MARYLAND, 2 1-2 inch pots, $7.30 per 100, $65.00 per
1000.

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WHOLESALE rLOR.I.STS
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product s

want a regular or special supply S

of the product of the best S

growers 5

Consult the Advertisements on
these Wholesale Flower Pages

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GEORGE B.HART

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

IlieJ.M.McCullough'sSonsCo.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Special attention to shipping orders. Job-
bers of Florists' Supplies. Seeds and Bulbs.
Price list on application.
Phone Main 684. 318 Walnut St., Cincinnati.

ATLANTA
COMMISSION FLORIST CO.

Consignments Solicited

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Cut Flowers All the Year Round
33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET,

Greenhouses, Morton Grove, III.

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^«^"^ -«"=IS-d^'aVe"r"s only

Roses
Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Extra

No. I

** " Lower Grades >..

Killamey, Extra

" Ordioary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" *' Ordinary ...

Bride, 'Maid

HilUngdon, Ward, Melody, Extra.-
'* ** " Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst • .

Carnations, Fancy Grade

'* Ordinary

Catlleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Lily of the Valley ■

Gladioli

Daises

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo)-.
" " & Spren. (loo bchs.). .

CINCINNATI

June 23
to ao.oo
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to to. 00

DETROIT

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BUFFALO

June 23

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PETER REINBERG

I WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS

37 RANDOLPH STREET

• CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association

■ Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants-

176 N. MICHIGAN AVE.,

BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AND LAKE STREETS.

CHICAGO

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER
EXCHANGE, Inc.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

CoiulgDmenta Solicited
Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty

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Prices Quoted in these columns are for Dealers Only. When writing
to Advertisers please mention HORTICULTURE

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTUEE

967

Flower Market Reports

As June passes out it is
BOSTON tile same oid story with
the flower trade. The
graduation exercises, weddings and
ctlier flower-consuming events that
help out on the June flower demand
and maintain wliatever semblance of
business there is in this closing month
of the season have gradually dwindled
down and the present week sees about
the last of them. It cannot be said
that the local demand has been no-
ticeably good. From outside points it
has been quite satisfactory so far as
the wholesale trade is concerned, but
even this is now whittled down to very
little and it looks as though the grow-
ers might at once throw out their old
stock without any fear that the action
is premature. As to quality it is gen-
erally on the wane, some things aver-
aging poor as a rule. This is not true
of sweet peas, however, which are
coming in from outside and are su-
perb. Peonies are nearly finished.
American Beauty roses are not plenti-
ful.

The market has changed
BUFFALO very little from last re-
port, though trade con-
ditions have been a trifle better.
Prices are of the summer kind and
then only one-third of the heavy sur-
plus is consumed. Roses are showing
the summer effect. Killarney espe-
cially which are small and mildewed.
Maryland is growing more in demand.
Some good Milady are had and have
preference over American Beauty or
Richmond. Kaiserin is fine, also Car-
not. Carnations are gradually becom-
ing poor in quality. There is an abun-
dance of lilies, which clean up quite
satisfactory, but at low figures. Peo-
nies are nearing their end.

June is not disappointing
CHICAGO those who had antici-
pated the receipts from
the sales during the month of roses
and of commencements and of wed-
dings. All sentiment aside, with the
dull weeks ahead, the footings of June
sales plays an important part in the
summer finances. Each week has seen
extremes of temperature and the mar-
ket has varied accordingly. The past
week has been no exception, but even
so, most houses report a fair amount
of business. Peonies bring 75 cents
and $1.00 per dozen for good stock and
little or nothing for poor ones. White
and light pink are more scarce than
the red just now. American Beauties
suffered from the extreme heat early
in the month and there are many poor
ones offered, but there is also a fair

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Roses
Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . .

" " Extra

" " No.i

'* " Lower Grades

Killarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary . . -

Bride, "Maid

Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-.
" " ** Ordinary

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

*' Ordinary

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longiflorum

Lily of the Valley

Gladioli

Daises

Snapdragon

Stocks

Sweet Peas

Gardenias

Adiantum

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (ico)..
" " & Spren. (too Bchs.)..

BOSTON

June 26

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15 'OO

x.oo
20.00
50.00
50.00

quantity of good stock, in which the
mecium lengths seem to lead the de-
mand. Carnations are good, bad and
indifferent, and the buyer can have
his choice. All kinds of roses are
plentiful and there are few, if any,
wasted. Lily of the valley, as usual,
is a strong feature in the June sales.
Quantities of daisies and calliopsis are
to be had.

The supply of all sea-

CINCINNATI sonable flowers con-
tinues very large.
The call for them is fair but not
strong enough to cause either any sub-
stantial clearance or stiffened prices.
Last week was as a whole a pretty
fair one. In spite of the low prices
the aggregate sales totaled nicely. The
receipts still include quite a large
number of excellent roses. The
American Beauty supply is ample.
The Giganteum lilies are finding a
weak market. Gladioli are good prop-
erty. Water lilies do not sell any too
well. The supply of lily of the valley
is rather limited. A large amount of
good carnations are coming in but
they are rapidly on the decline.

Supply has been away

DETROIT above the demand and
even the effort of some

growers to sell cut carnations on the
market direct did not lessen the glut.
Next in line to flood the market were
a shipment of 10.000 lily of the valley
and one of almost the same amount of
lilies within two*days from one grow-
er. In such extreme cases it seems to
me the commission man ought to re-
ceive extra compensation for hand-
ling the goods.

There is very lit-
PHILADELPHIA tie of interest to
report. The mar-
ket may be summed up in the state-
ment that conditions have been simi-
lar to our report of last week. The
indications all point to a quick reces-
sion soon — both as to receipts of flow-
ers and the business calling for them.
We hear at this writing of one promi-
nent retailer who had four big wed-
dings and receptions on hand, and
whose forces were working night and
day. A large quantity of stock was
used, of course, but it takes more than
one concern to make much of an im-
pression on a metropolitan market.
Last week there was quite a notice-
able drop-off in the amount of stock
received, all of which is what may be
expected at this time of the year.

(Continued on page Qtg)

968

HORTICULTUEE

June 2S, 1913

M. C. FORD

Successor to

FORD BROTHERS

J2J West 28th Street NEW YORK

fi KES, nm ciNiiis

A Full Line of ALL CUT p'LuWEUS.
Telephone, 3870 or 3871 Madison Square.

H. E. FROMENT

Wholesale Commission Florist,
Choice Cut Flowers,

67 West 28th St. NEW YORK

Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Sqnare.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*ll Madison Square J^eW YOfk

Moore, Hentz & Nash

Wholesale Ctmmission Florists

55 and 57 West 26th Street

New York

Telephone No. 756
MadiBon Square

— rWM. P. FORD —

Wholesale Florist

107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK

Call and Inspect tbe Best Establishment
In the Wholesale Flower District.

GEO. C. SIEBRECHT

WHOLESALE FLORIST

CONSIGNMENS SOLICHtD

PBONB(«08jM4DlSONSO.. NEW YORK

THE KERVAN COMPANY

Fresh Cut Evergrreens, Moseses,

Southern Sniilax. (ialax and L.eucothoe,

Preserved and Fresh Cut

Cycas and Palmetto.

I., {;«») mi,. 113 W. 28 St., New York.
RCED (SL KELLER

133 West J-Sth St., »w Yorlj

Florists' Supplies

We niannfactur*' sill our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties

and are deaU-rs iu

Decorative Glassware, Growers and

Florists' Requisites

WILLIAM H. KUEBLER

Brooklyn's Foremost and Best

WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE

A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS

28 Willoughby St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wired Toothpicks

Manufactured by

W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y.

10,000....$] .IS. 60,000.... $7.S0. Sample free
For sale by dealers.

•

p». J. »:xj:iarn

Successor to JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist W'-^i^ir'^ll^^iS^

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes The HOME OP THB LILY
by the 100, 1000 or 10,000

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 West 28th St., New York City

Established
1887

J. K. AL-L

IM

Still Going
Strong

OLDEST IN YEARS BUT UP-TO-DATE IN SERVICE

A SQUARE DEAL. PROMPT RETURNS. KS MONEY ALWAYS READY.

106 WEST 28TH ST., NEW YOKK

Opens 6 A. U. dally. Telephone, 167 and 4468 Mad. Sq.

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST W A 1 I C" V ALWAYS

?; GR.\DEOF VMuLC.T ON HAND

GARDENIAS, DAISIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS

JAMES McMANUS, M.d7s^' 105 W. 28th St., New York

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

ROSES AND CARNATIONS

Last Half of Week

ending June 21

1913

First Half of Week

beginning lone 23

1913

American Beauty, Fancy and Special .

•' Extra

No. I

" " LowerGrades

Klllarney, Extra

" Ordinary

Richmond, Maryland, Extra

" " Ordinary

Bride, Maid ,

nlllingdon. Ward, Melody, Extra ....
" *' " Ordinary .

Taft, Sunburst

Carnations, Fancy Grade

" Ordinary

8.00

6.00

4.00

1. 00

2.00

■25

2.00

■25

■ 25

2.00

■50

l.CO

•75
.50

15.00
8.00
5.00
2.00
4.00
1. 00
4.00

I.OO

2.00
4.00

I.OO

4.00

1.00

•75

S.00
6.00
4.00

I.OO

2.00

•25

2.00

■25
•25

2.00

■50

I.OO

.75
■50

15 00
8.00
5.00

3.00

4.00

I.OO

4.00

I.OO

2.00

4.00

I.OO

4.00

X.OO

•75

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

3* X^T'est SStli Street, :Ne-w "Vorlt

Telephones {}^ j Madison Square CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXGHANGl

"„S""Jo"" ""'■ 16 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y.

■ SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY SENDING YOUB ORDER TO US

Prices Right. Consignments j^olicited. Telephone Connection

WALTER F. SHERIDAN

Wbolesale GommiBsion Dealer in

CHOICE CUT FLOWERS

133 West 28th Street. New York
Telephone — 3532-3533 Madison Square

I Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

CENTRALLY LOCATKD, THK HUB OF
THB FLOWBB UARKET SECTION

CHARLES MILLANG

Wholesale Florist

55 & 57 W. 26 St., N. Y.

Telephone 7062 MgdUon

Telephone 3860 Madison Square

WOODROW & MARKETOS

WHOLESALE

Plantsmen and Florists

41 West 28th Street NEW YORK

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

>VHoIesale Florists

131 West 28th St., New York

Telephones : T9S and 799 Madison Square
Consignments Solicited

HEX'RV .M.h.,l!INSi>X,Prcs. MAURICE 1,. GLASS, Treas
OHAS E. RomXSOX.V-I'res. .lOSKI'lI M ARGOLIS, Scc'y

HENRY M. ROBINSON CO.

OF NEW YORK
■NA/^hol^^^ 1^ R'lor-ls't.s

Maurice L. Glass. Manager
55-57 WEST 26lh ST. - - - NEW YORK CITY

S/'ecia! Attention to the Skipping Trade

ROBERT J. DYSART

riBLIC .VCCOINTANT AND AIDITOR

Simple methods of correct aocountinir

espetially adapted for florists' use.

BOOKS B.VLANCED .\XD ADJUSTED

Merchants Bank Building

40 STATE ST. BOSTON

TelepbcDe, Mala M

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTURE

969

Flower Market Reports

(ContiuugJ from page qby)

"Happy is he who ex-
NEW YORK pects little, for he
will not be disap-
pointed." Perhaps the foregoing quo-
tation is not exactly correct, but it
applies, anyhow, to the cut flower busi-
ness of New York at this season with
much exactness. The present is no
different from previous seasons in re-
spect to supply and demand — the sup-
ply being overwhelming and the de-
mand infinitessimal as compared with
the material offered. We have been
recording regularly for some weeks
past the congested condition of the
wholesale market and the "soft snap"
at the disposal of the retail dealers
at prevailing prices — if they only
needed the goods. The situation is
not materially different now so we
shall not repeat the mournful tale.
Yet, it is entirely logical and in ac-
cordance with precedent. He who
knows past liistory knows enough to
expect little and if anything comes
his way he is consequently grateful.

There has
ROCHESTER N. Y. been a great

glut of stock
of about all kinds naturally bringing
down the prices. Peonies are soft and
carnations are softer still and are be-
ing sold on the street two doz. for 1.5c.
Business for the first part of the week
was particularly slack, but the string
of graduations which came towards
the end kept us busy, baskets of
mignonette and candytuft with a few
roses or sweet peas retailing quickly
at $1 each for these exercises. There
are thousands of outdoor roses and
as indoor roses have been inferior the
former have been much used for de-
sign work. Spanish iris has been
quite plentiful this season but is about
through. June weddings have moved
a quantity of the best stock, leaving
the cheaper grade for other uses.
There is a little shortage of greens,
smilax especially.

The market has been
ST. LOUIS quite busy the past
week, being the last
one for the .florists for this season.
There was plenty of stock for all, but
it was very much off in quality on
everything. Prices changed little and
the market remained as quoted the
week previous.

PERSONAL.

L. Zimmer, a St. Louis florist, left
Monday, June 23rd, for a summer trip
to Germany.

Jules Bourdet of the Bourdet Floral
Co., St. Louis, will make a trip to his
home in Prance this summer.

The announcement is made in our
advertising department this week of
the admission of Sydney H. Bayers-
dorfer to the firm of H. Bayersdorfer
& Co. Syd, as he is familiarly called,
is the son of Harry Bayersdorfer and
seems to have inherited the pleasing
geniality which has helped to make
so many friends in the trade for that
gentleman. We have watched him
since his father put him on the road
to try him out and we are glad to note
his promotion.

1914 NEWS

KILLARNEY
BRILLIANT

Tlie seusational new Killarney sport
which will be introduced next year.
.\bout twice a.s double as Single Killar-
ney, much larger flower and of a
darker brilliant shade of pink. By far
the best introduction of any Rose of
let^ent years. Booking orders now.

<iRAFTEI>, $7.50 per dcz., $35.00 per

100, $1.50.00 per 500, $300.00 per 1000.
OWN ROOT, $6.00 per doz., $30.00 per

100, $1J5.00 per 500, $250.00 per lOOO.
Delivery tluring March.

Also scions for grafting in 1000 to
.'.000 lots at $200.00 per 1000.

Special prices on larger quantities;
delivery in December and J^anuary.

Matchless

The splendid new White
Carnation for 1914. Booking
orders now. Deliveries can
be made December, 1913, on
the early orders. $13.00 per
100, $100.00 per 1000.

We guarantee not only
the quality of our plants,
but their safe delivery by
express.

Ribbons and Supplies

M.iuy new patterns in ex-
clusive Ribbons. Write us
for prices on these and on
Supplies.

Small Shipments can be sent
by Parcel Post at pur-
chaser's Risk.

" Closed all day July 4th '

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go.

The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA
1608-1620 Ludlow St.

NEW YORK
117 West 28th St.

WASHINGTON
1216 H. St., N. W.

9oAi.it-*

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only

MISCELLANEOUS

Cattleyas

Lilies, Longlflorum .
Lily of the Valley ...

aiadloli

Daises

Snapdragon

Last Half of Week

ending June 21

1913

Sweet Peas (per joo bunches

Gardenias

Adlantum

Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo)

*' •* & Spren (loo bunches) .

15.00
1. 00
1. 00
2.00
•50
2.00
1.00
1. 00
5.00

35-00
15.00

20.00

2. 00

3.00

6.00

1. 00

4.00

2.00

2.00

8.00

1. 00

15. 00

40.00

25.00

First Half of Weak

beginning June 23

1913

15.00
1.00
1,00
2.00
.50
3.00
1. 00
3. 00

5-00

.75

13.00

35«>

X5.00

35 -oo
3.00
s.oo
6.00
x.oo

4.00

2.00

5.00

8. CXI

1. 00

15*00

40.00

25.00

970

HOBTICULTUBI

June 28, 1913

Buyer's Directory and Ready Reference Guide

AdvertisementSKunder this head, one cent a word. Initials count as words.

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

Buyers failing to find what they want in this list will confer a favor by writing us and we will try to put them
in communication with reliable dealers.

ACCOBNTANI

B. J. Dysart, 40 Stmte St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertlaerg.

AFKLNB

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertiserg.

ABADCABIAS

Godfrey Aacbmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of AdTertlsers.

ASPABAOU8

Asparagus Sprengerl seedlings, 75e. per
100, prepaid. CHAS. FROST, Kenllworth,
N. J.

ASPARAGUS HATCHERI Is the Aspar-
agus that will get you the most money.
Start right by ordering direct of the In-
troducer. Heavily rooted, 214-inch, $6.00 per
100, $50.00 per 1000. JOHN C. HATCHER,
Amsterdam, N. Y.

ACCUBA

Aucuba Japonica, bushy plants, 35c. to
12.60 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

AZALEAS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List ^f Advertisers.

A. Leuthy & Co., Rosllndale, Mags.

For page see List of Advertiserg.
Loecbner & Co., New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Place

New

Otto HeineelJen. 17 Battery
York City.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAT TREES

UcHutcblson & Co., 17 Murraj St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay Trees and Box Trees, all sizes and
prices. List on application.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

BEDDING PLANTS

B. Vincent, Jr., & Song Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertlgerg.

Breck-RoTjInson Nurseries, Boston, Magg.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzle, North Cambridge, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

'■■ ■

BEGONIAS

O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.

Begonia Graeilis Luminosa and Bedding

Queen.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BOILERS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnrnham Co., 1133 Broadway, N. Y.
Hitctilngg & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

BOXES— CUT FLOWER— FOLDING

BMwards Folding Box Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Folding cut flower boxes, the best made.
Write for list. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,

Milwaukee, Wig.

'~ ' - — '- ^ '■

BOXWOOD TREES

Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Arthur T. Boddlngton. N«w York, N. Y.

BoddinRton Quality Lily Bullis.
For paye see List of Advertiserg.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiserg.

BULBS AND TUBERS— Continued

Mlchell'g Seed House, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Bulbs.

For page sec List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 71 Murray St.,

New York.

Horseshoe Brand Lily Bulbs.

For page see List of Advetlsers.

The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, lU.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler, Flske, Rawson Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. S. MUler, Wading River. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfleld, L. I., N. V.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farqubar Co.. Boston. Masg.
For page see List of Advertisers.

C. KEUR & SONS. HILLEGO.M, Holland.

Bulbs of all desoriptions. Write for prices.

NEW YORK Branch, 8-10 Bridge St.

CANNAS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPROVED CANNAS.
60 varieties, healthy plants, ready for
delivery. Send for list. THE CONARD
& JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

CARNATIONS

F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, IlL

New Carnation The Herald.
For page see List of Advertlgerg.

CARNATION STAPLE

Split carnations quickly, easily and
cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnation
Staple, 2000 for $1.00 post paid. I. L.
PILLSBURY, Galesburg, HI.

CHBISTM.4S PEPPERS

Frank Oechslin, 4911 Qulncy St.,

Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Masg.

Hardy Chrysanthemums.

For page see List of Advertisers.

David J. Scott, Corfu. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chrvs.intberaums, 214 in. stock: 500
Yellow KunnalTon, 200 Halliday. ."lOO G. Pa-
cific, 20*1 J. Xonin, 100 Shaw, S2.00 per 100.
Cash. CHAS. H. GREEX, Spencer. Mass.

Smith's Advance, 2% inch, $2.50 per 100;
$22.50 per 1000. R. C, $1.50 per 100; $12.50
per 1000. We can supply 5000 per week
of this variety, also 88 other best Mums.
STAFFORD CONSERVATORIES, Stafford
Springs, Conn. ____^_

Chrysanthemum rooted cuttings. Segar's
White, sport of Garza, late; Chrysolora,
Unaka, $3.00 per 100 : $25.00 per 1000. Smith's
Advance, Golden Eagle. W. H. Lincoln,
Patty, Garza. $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000.
A. Byron. White and Y'ellow Bonnaffon,
White Ivory. Estelle, Rosette, Pacific Su-
preme, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Send
for list of oilier varieties.

WM. SW,\YNE. Kennett Square, Pa.

CHRTSANTITEMUMS— Continned

Chrysanthemums in 2i4-in. pots, Roslere,
Bergmann, White Eaton, $2.50 per 100;
Chrysolora, 214-in. pots, $3.00 per 100.
Well rooted, stocky plants from sand,
Roslere, Bergmann, Touset, Oct. Frogt,
Robinson, White Eaton, Yellow Eaton,
Unaka, Minnie Bailey, Mary Foster, $2.00
per 100, $15.00 per 1000; Chrysolora, from
sand, 2y..e., $20.00 per 1000. JOY FLORAL
CO., Nashville, Tenn.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, THE. By A. HW-
riogton. The author has endeavored to
assist and direct the efforts of those who
would grow and excel In producing perfect
chrysanthemum flowers, showing that not
In secret arts and practices, but In plalB
course of procedure are the desired results
attained. Illustrated, 100 pages. Price
50 cents.

Orders filled by HORTICULTURE, 11
Hamilton Place, Boston.

COCOANUT FIBRE SOIL

20th Century Plant Food Co., Beverly, Uasa.
For page see List of Advertiserg.

CYCLAMENS

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mags.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

Cyclamen, 3 In. pots, very finest strain,
$10.00 per 100.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

Cyclamen from best strain of seed, the
li best separate colors. 3 in., $8.00 per 100,
S75.00 per 1000. Cash. Short bushy plants.
AUG. il. SCIIAEFER. Yorl;, Pa.

Cyclamen glganteum, best strain in good
assorted colors; good strong plants in
2H-ln. pots, ready to shift, $5.00 per 100;
$40.00 per 1080. J. H. FIESSER. Hamilton
Ave., Guttenberg, N. J. Cash, please.

DAHLIAS

NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1913.
Dorothy Peacock, Mrs. J. Gardner Cassett,
Golden Wedding, New Century Dahlias, etc.
Big stock of best cut flower dahlias. Write
for surplus list and special prices. PEA-
I'OCK DAHLIA FARMS, WllUamstown
Junction. N. J.. Post Office. Berlin. N. J.

Dahlias — 2500 fleld clumps, latest varie-
ties, cheap for cash ; or what have you to
exchange? GEO. H. WALKER, Dahlia
Expert, North Dighton, Mass.

DECORATIVE PLANTS

A. Leuthy & Co., Perkins St. Nurserlea,

Rosllndale, Masg.

For page see List of Advertiserg.

Robert Craig Co., Market and 49th 8ta.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertiserg.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertiserg.

Woodrow & Marketog, 41 West 28th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertiserg.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DRACAENAS

DRACAENA INDIVISA^-Inch, $10.00;
5-Inoh, $15.00 per 100. Heavily rooted, ready
for immediate shipment. JOHN C. HATCH-
ER, Amsterdam, N. Y.

ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE GAR-
DENERS

Fairfleld Landscape & Nurseries Co.,

Terminal BldE., 41st St. and Park Ave.,

New York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

For List of Advertisers See Page 947

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTURE

971

FEBNB

A. Leuthjr & Co., Rosllndale, Mau.
For paire see List of AdvertUers.

H. H. Barrowa & Son, Whitman, Mmsa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brookl7n, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

F. E. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudton,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTILIZERS

10th Century Plant Food Co., Bevarly,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BImer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Fertllene.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pulverized Manure Co., 31 Cnlon Stock

Yards, Chicago, III.

Wizard Brand Cattle Manure.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS

Boston Florist Letter Co., 66 Pearl St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' BTTPPLIEB

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 112 Arch St.,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

M. Rice Co., 1320 Race St., Phlla.. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St. and

0 Chapman Place, Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St.,

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Welch Bros. Co^ 228 Devonshire St. ,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sta.,

Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Maia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HUflnger Bros., Ft. Edward, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FCNGINE

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GALAX

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 88 and 40 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GERAMIVMS

R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marah,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John McKenzie, North Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Sliepard's Garden Carnation Co., 292 Fair-
mount St., Lowell, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

To close out. B. Poitevine, .3 in., 6e.
S. A. Nutt, 3 in., 5c. GEO. P. GRIDLET,
Wolfeboro. N. H.

Geraniums, in bud and bioom, stocky 4-
in., 5c.; 6-in., 22c. Coleus, 2y2-in., 2i^c.
Verbenas and alyssum, 3-in., 2y2C. Best
varieties. GEO. E. BIGLER, C.imden, N. J.

GERANIUMS— Continued

Four thousand B. Poitevine nice stocky
plants in bud and bloom, 3 In., Tc. Four
thousand S. A. Nutt, 3 in., 6c, from early
fall cuttings. GEO. P. GRIDLEY, Wolfe-
boro, N. H.

OLADIOLCS

John Lewis Chllds, Flowerfield, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

GLAZING POINTS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Peerless Glazing Point.

For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Lumber

Sts., Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Inc., 21S-21T Havermayer

St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see LUt of Advertisers.

Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN-

STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset,

Boston.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

GREENHOISE BUILDING MATERIAL—

Continued
Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,

1133 Broadway, New York.

8. Jacobs & Sons. Brooklyn, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. T. Stearns Lumber* Co., Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Frank Van Assche, Jersey City, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Plerson U-Bar Co., Madison Ave., New York.

Designer and Builder.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Bnmhpjn Co.,

1183 Broadway, New York.

Hltchlngs & Co., 1170 Broadway, N. Y.

GUTTERS

King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

King Channel Gutter.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Metropolitan Material Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Iron Gutters.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HAIL INSURANCE

Florists' Hall Asso. of America.

J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY FERNS AND GREEN GOODS

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange.
38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

The Kervan Co., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chlcag*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lord & Burnham Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

Bay State Nurseries, No. Ablngton. Masa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

B. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List cf Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOLLYHOCKS

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Lexington, Maaa*
For page see List of Advertisers.

HOSE

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

HOT-BED SASH

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Uaaai
For page see List of Advertisers.

Parshelsky Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertliera.

Lord & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadwar, N. Y.

HYDRAlfOEAS

A. N. Plerson, Cromwell, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Hydrangeas : In pots and tubs, $1.B0-|3.M
each ; large specimen, $5.00-$7.50 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

IRIS! IRIS!

One of the finest collections in America —
ISO kinds.

BLACK PRINCE, FLORENTINA ALBA.
MAD CHESERE, SAN SOUCI and SIBB-
BIAN BLUE, $2 per 1(K>. MONSIGNOR,
the finest of all, $1 each. Send 25c. In
stamps for Iris Manual.
C. S. HARRISON'S SELECT NURSERY,

York, Nebr.

INSECTICIDES

Aphlne Manufacturing Co., Madison, N. J.

Aphlne and Funglne.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, Md.

Standard Insecticides.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Benjamin Hammond, FlshklU-on-Hudson.

N. Y.

Slug Shot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., N. Y.

Tanglefoot.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LACRCS

Laurus Cerasus: Bush, 35c.-$1.00 each;
Standards, $7.50-$10.00 each; Pyramlde.
S5.00-$7.5O each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.

LEMON OIL

Lemon OH Co., Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILT BULBS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y.

Horse Shoe Brand.

For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J.
First class goods, $10.00 per 100; $60.00 per
1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. I.

Berlin Valley Pips.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Otto Helnecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

MARGUERITES

Marguerites, rooted cuttings from Nichol-
son strain of winter fiowerlng yellow.
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. PEIRCB
BROS., Waltham, Mass.

MASTICA

F. O. Pierce Co., 12 West Broadway, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

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HOETICULTUEE

June 28, 1913

NIKOTIANA.

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.

Nikotiana.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

MCKsKBT STOCK

P. Ouwerkerk, Weehawken Heights, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries, North Ablngton, Masi.

Hardy, Northern Growa Stock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. B. Whlttler & Co., South FramlnKham,

Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HcHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

AngiiBt Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Breck-Roblnson Nurseries, Boston, Maia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

-Otto Helnecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykbuls, Boskoop, Holland.

Manual of the Trees of North America,
by C. S. Sargent, mailed to your addreii
for J6.00 by Horticulture Publishing Co.,
11 Hamilton Place, Boston.

ONION SETS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID FL,OWERS

Jas McManus, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N.

J.

For page see List of Advertisers.

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

Sander, St. Albans, England.

Importer, Exporter, Growers, Hybridists.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PALMS, ETC.

A. Leotby & Co., Perkins St. Nurseries,

RosUndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner & Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

▲ngust Rolker & Son, 31 Barclay St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Otto Helnecken, 17 Battery Place, New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FEAT

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. 3.
For page see Ll^t of Advertisers.

PECKT CYPRESS BENCHES

A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FBONEBS

Peonies. The world's greatest collection,
1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BBTSCHBR,
Canal Dover, O.

PEONIES — Continued
"PEONIES FOR PLEASURE."

This book of "Peonies for Pleasure" gives
Information on peony history, soil and
plants to use, how and when to plant, fer-
tilizers and how to apply, and describes the
most extensive planting of really valuable
peonies ever gathered toj:ether under the
sun; describes the old and new, as well as
the plebeian and aristocrat of the peony
family. If you want information on the
plant that stands next to the rose In
beauty, that is practically known to the
amateur as simply a red, white and pink
peony, then send for "Peonies for Pleasure."

We also issue a special wholesale price
list of peonies for fall sales, 1913. Send for
both of the booklets.

Our catalogue of everything you need
mailed on application. Write for It today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,
The Largest Rose Growers In the World.

Box 10, Springfield, Ohio.

PHOENIX

Phoenix Canarlensls, fine large plants,
J7.50-$35.00 each.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. 3.

PIPE AND FITTINGS

Eroesehell Bros. Co., 466 Erie St., Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

King Construction Coinpany.

N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Shelf Brackets and Pipe Hangers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT AND BULB IMPORTS

August Rolker & Sons, New York, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANT TRELLISES AND STAKES

Seele's TIeless Plant Stakes and Trel-
lises^ H. D. SEELE & SONS, Elkhart, Ind.

Plant Trellises and Stakes. P. A. AN-
GIER & CO., Westboro, Mass.

PLANT TUBS

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

"Rlverton Special."

For page see List of Advertisers.

POINSETTIAS

A. Henderson & Co.,

369 River St., Chicago, III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

POT HANGERS

Pot hangers, Kramer's $1 doz. by exp.,
$1.25 by mall. I. N. KRAMER & SONS.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

RAFFIA

McHutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

REFRIGERATORS FOR FLORISTS

McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendalvllle, In*.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RHODODENDRONS

P. Ouwerkerk, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

RIBBONS AND CHIFFONS

M. Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Phlla., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROBES

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Pblladelpbla, Pa.
For page see List of Advertlssis.

P. Ouwerkerk, P. O. No. 1, Hoboken, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.

American Grown Roses.
For page gee List of Advertisers.

Bay State Nurseries. North Ablngton, Ifasa.
For page see List of Advertisers

ROSES — Continued

8. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phils., Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

A. N. Plerson. Cromwell, Conn.

New Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Maas.

New Sargent Rose.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.

Young Rose Stock— Grafted and Own Root.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Robt. Scott & Son. Sharon Hill. Del. Co., Pa.
Grafted Roses for June Planting.

ROSES— Strong Young Plants, for grow-
ing on. Send for list, including Bxcelsa,
New Red Dorothy Perkins, $4.00 per 100,
$30.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY,
West Grove, Penna.

SALVIAS

Salvias, 2 inch, 3 inch and 4 Inch, 2c.,
3e. and 5c. WM. DOEL, Paseoag, R. I.

SE.4SON.1lBLE PLANTS

F. C. Riehe, Webster, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SEED GROWERS

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, HI.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Everett B. Clark Seed Co., MUford, Conn.
For page see List of Advertisers.

California Seed Growers' Association,

San Jose, Cal.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cat.

SEEDS

Joseph Breck & Sons,

SI and 62 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.

New Crop Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Ulchell's Seed Honse, Philadelphia, Pa.

Seasonable Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Fottler. Fiske, Rawson Co.. Boston, Haas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farqnhar &. Co., Boston, Maaa.

Flower Seeds to Sow Now.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, III.

Peas, Beans, Radish and all Garden Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

S. S. Skldelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

James VIck's Sons. Rochester, N. T.
For page see List of Advertlsets.

J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, III.

Seeds for Early Sowing.
For page see List of Adwrtlsers.

8. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, Mo.

Sweet Peas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Loechner Sc Co.. New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St., Boston.

Aster Seed.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P. Hamilton Goodsell, New York, N. X.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

In writing to Advertisers kindly mention Horticulture

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SEEDS — Contlnaed

O. T. Zancen, Hoboken, N. J.

Tor page set LiBt of AdTertl»eCT.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.

Sweet Pea Seed.

Por page see List of Advertisers.

Weebcr & Don. 114 Chambers St., New York.

Seeds for Present Planting.

For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Oliver Johnson, 1874-76 Milwaukee Ave.,

Lawn Grass Seed.

Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Felix & Dykbuls, Boekoop, Holland.
Send for Catalogne.

SELKAI.INE

John C. Merer & Co., Lowell, Mais.
For page see List of AdTertl»er».

SLCG SHOT

B. Hammond, Flshklll-on-Hndson, N. T.
For page see List of AdvertlSOT.

SNAPDRAGON

Snapdragon rooted cuttings, fine strains
of Silver Pink, white and yellow, $2.00 per
100, $15.00 per 1000; pot plants, 1-3 more.
WM. SWAYNE. Kennett Square, Pa.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and
orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER &
HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

STOVE PLANTS

Orchids — Largest stock In the cotmtry.
StoTc plants and Crotons, finest collection.
JULIUS ROEHRS CO.. Rntherford, N. J.

THE NATIONAL NUBSEBTHAN

National Mnrseryman Publishing Co., Ine»

Rochester, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlsera

VEGE/TABLE PLANTS

R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co.. White Marsh,

Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPABATC8

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Improved Ventilator Arm.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Qnaker City Machine Works.

Richmond, Ind.

20th Century Arm.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VERMICIDES

Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VINCAS

Vlnca Varlegata, 31.4 and 4 In. stock,
extra heavy, $14.00 per 100; medium, $10.00
$12.00 per 100. WILLIAM CAPSTICK,
Anbumdale, Mass.

WEED KILLER

PIno-Lyptol Chemical Co., 455-457 West

26th St., New YorlJ City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WIRED TOOTHPICKS

W. J. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS — Contlnned
Boston

N. F. McCarthy A Co., 112 Arch St. and

31 Otis St.

For page see List of Advertlseri.

Welch Bros. Co., 226 Devonshire St.
For page see List of Advertlseri.

Boffalo, N. T.

William F. Kastlng Co., 383-87 BUicott St.
For page see List of Advertlseri.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Chicago

WIRBWOBK

Beed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wlrework. Write for our catalogue.
HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee,
Wla. ^_^

WILLIAM B. HBLLSCHER'S WIRE
WORKS, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Albany, N. T.

Albany Cut Flower Exchange, Albany, N. T.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Florist Co., Atlanta, Qa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Peter Belnberg, 37 Randolph St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Chicago Flower Growers' Association.

176 N. Michigan Ave.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Cliicaso Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolpli St.

For page see List of AdTertlBers.

Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, IlL

For page see List of Advertisers.

Clnoluiatl, Otilo

The J. M. McCnllongh'B Sons Co,

316 Walnut St.
For page see List of Advertiaen.

Detroit

MichIian~Cut~Flower'Bichanger38"MiH~4«

Broadway.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

Montreal

Montreal Floral Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q.
For page see List of Advcrtiaerg.

New York

M. C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see Liat of Advertlseri.
H. B. Proment, 57 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of_Advertl»eri.

B. C Horan, 55 W. 28tir'st., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Jamee McManns, 105 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertlseri.
W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York.

For page see List of Advertiaen.
pTTT Smith, 49 West 28th St., N. Y.

For page see Liat of Advertisers.

Wm. H. Kuebler, 28 Wlllonghby St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Moore, Hentz & Nash, 55 and 57 W. 2etk

St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Charles Mlllang, 55 and 57 West 26th St.,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. P. Ford, New York.

For page see List of Advertlsera.

Traendly & Schenck, New York, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertlseri.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 117 Weit

28th St.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Badgley, Rledel & Meyer, Inc., New York.

For page see List of Advertiser!.

Woodrow & Marketos, 41 West 28tb St.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Henry M. Robinson Co., New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. K. Allen, New York, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertlseri.

George C. Slebrecht, 109 W. 28th St.
For page see List of Advertiser!.

Philadelphia

Leo. Nlessen Co., 12th and Race Sts.,
Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertiser!^

The S. 3. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-11

Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Por page see List of Advertiiers.

Boclieeter

George B. Hart, 24 Stone St.
For page see List of Advertlsera.

Waabincton

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 121«

H St., N. W.

For page see List of AdTertlsera.

New Offers in This Issm»

GIANT PRIZE PANSY SEEDS.

Henry F. Mlchell Co.,
518 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA; FERNS;
WINTER-FLOWERING ROSES.

F. R. Pierson Co.,

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPORTED CORK BARK.

M Rice Co., 1220 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY SEED.

Thos. J. Grey Co., 32 So. Market St.,

Boston, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY SEED.

Weeber & Don, 114 Chambers St., New

York City.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SUMMER GOODS.

H Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

For page see List of Advertisers.

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in colors, besides smaller figures il-
lustrative of the text. The frontis-
piece Is a portrait of the late Norman
J. Coleman of Missouri, the first Sec-
retary of Agriculture. Only by perus-
ing the pages of this annual volume
can one begin to realize the enormous
amount of research investigation and
useful experimenting which this great
national institution is prosecuting.
And its scope is constantly widening.

WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC.

AdTertieenients in this colnmn
one cent a word. Initials count
as worda. Cash with order. All
correspondence addressed "Care
HORTICULTURE'* shoald b« sent
to 11 Hamilton Place, Boson.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION WANTED— By German, 3S,
life experieuee in aW branclie.s of borti-
■cnlture: wants pci.sitiiin mi private plaee.
Able to take full cliarsre of auv size of
place. AiUIie.-is L. (;. (JUAIE. 322 Goun-
•dry St., X. Tonawanda, N. Y.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE— One Lord & Burnliam, S-
section boiler. Al condition. New set
grates. Used one season. W. W. EDGAK
CO., Wavei-ly, Mass.

FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new;
10 1 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24. double thick. A
and B qualities. Market dropped. Now U
the time to buy and save money. Parshel-
•ky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

FOR SALE— Four acres of desirable
land, good rich soil, on the main thorough-
fare between Boston and Worcester. Also
a good cottage bouse, with sheds, and sta-
ble accommodations for 14 horses. Just
the place to establish a greenhouse as well
as to secure a desirable home. Address T.
W. B., care HORTICULTURE.

MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED— To lease with privilege of
buying, a small range of greenhouses,
with a few acres land and house, near
some good Massachusetts town. Address
J. K, care HORTICULTURE.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON-
PLATED.

Monroe, Mich. — Otto H. Cron, addi-
tion.

Salina, Kan. — A. B. Walter, one
house.

Belvidere, III. — John V. Lyons, one
house.

Brighton, Wash. — Ivan Risdon, one
house.

Leamington, Ont. — R. H. Ellis, house
S.jXoOO ft.

Dayton, Ohio — W. G. Mathews, range
of houses.

Northwood, N. H. — Coe's Academy,
one house.

River Forest, III. — Ernest Oechslin.
three houses.

West Grove, Pa. — Dingee & Conard
Co.. additions.

Milton, Pa. — Kloss Bros., two propa-
gating houses.

Guilford, Ct.— B. A. Latham. Graves
Ave., one liouse.

Providence, R. I.^F. E. Luther.
King house, 21x100.

Waco, Tex. — Cotton Palace Park,
three 100 ft. houses.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Eli Cross, East
Leonard St.. addition.

Portland, Me.— Philip C. Brown. 85
Vaughan St.. one house.

Fremont, Neb. — Chas. H. Green,
carnation house. 30x120.

Lincoln, Neb.— J. K. Hiltner, Fif-
teenth & Marion Sts., one house.

Chicago, III. — M. Peterson. 3336 Irv-
ing Park Boulevard, conservatory.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Gottlieb Bau-
mann. 3.t8 S. Grant St.. three houses,
each 40x2.50.

Kirkwood, Mo. — Anton Bros., three
houses 27x140; W. A. Rowe. two
houses 34x125; O. May, one house
40x125. Building will start next
month.

INCORPORATED.

Syracuse, N. Y. — F. W. Brow Nurs-
ery Co.. capital stock, $25,000.

Washington, D. C. — C. L. Jenkins &
Sons, capital stock. $10,000. Incorpor-
ators, C. L. and R. L. Jenkins.

Caldwell, N. J.— Aubry Floral Co.,
capital stock $25,000. Incorporators,
W. A. Aubry. P. J. Schreder and 3. F.
Aubry.

Salida, Col. — Jacob Chaney has
taken over the Salida Greenhouses
owned by J. H. Freeman and hereafter
his plant will be known as the Aliiha
Greenhouses.

Gloversville, N. Y. — Wm. E. Peck
has purchased the greenhouses of Rob-
ert Main, who was recently sentenceii
to a term in prison.

NEWS NOTES.

Forest Grove, Ore. — Fred C. Fowler
has purchased the Forest Grove Green-
houses.

Evansville, Ind. — Castle & Welch
have purchased the business of the
Evansville Floral Co.

Cincinnati — An ad. in the daily pa-
pers states that the E. G. Hill Floral
Co. is the successor to the Hill-Heller
Co. in this city.

Nevada, Mo. — Percy F. Edris and
son. Howard, have purchased the Vol-
cano Greenhouses and will do business
under the name of the Edris Floral Co.

Punxsitawney, Pa. — V. E. Carr has
bought the houses of the East End
Greenhouse Co. and will move them to
his property at 308 Woodland avenue.

Boston, Mass. — The Boston Flower
Exchange and the Boston Cooperative
Flower Market will close at noon
Saturdays during the summer season
commencing June 21st.

STousis

lire supplied with veutihitiuj? ma-
chinery of our own make, a special
feature of which is tlie brass spring,
self adjusting lifters that ensure
the even closing of all sash. This
saves snow and ice troubles.

This is one of the little things,
but you know it's the little things
that count.

Send for our Bulletins, Tell us
\\liat you havf in niiml.

KING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

28 King's Road, Nortk Tonawanda, N.T.

Au thr Sunlight All Day H,:i,ies

, 1000 READY PACKED CRATES

STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS

can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price
per crate :

EOOO 1?4 in. @ $6.00 500 i in. @ $4.50

1300 2 ■' " 4.8S 456 4% " " 5.24

1500 214 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51

1500 2% " " 6.00 210 5<4 •■ •• 3.78

1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16

800 3% " " 5.S0 120 7 " " 4.20

GO 8 " " 3.00

HILFINGER BROS., P«tt«nr, Fort Edward, N.Y.

lueust Roiker & Sins. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Ageots

Oil SPECIUTT-l«ii Dlstinci agd tmort bale

r— STANDARD FLOWER— 1

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save
you monev.

W. H. ERNEST
k^ 28th & M Sts. Washington, D. C. ^

Syracuse Red Pots

With new and iniprove<i machinery, w«

can supply your wants to l)etter ad-

vantas:e than ever.

Special ditiicountH on large orders.

Syracuse Pottery Co., syrac^use

June 28, 1913

HORTICULTUBE

975

WHAT THE USERS SAY

Kroeschell Boiler, Generator and Heat-
ing System Insure Perfect Results.

H.Tving promised you a letter as soon
as we passed through a good fair t^t,
I consider it now most timely. We had
the thermometer 18° below and we've
just gone through a blizzard bad
enough for most any season, and am
very well pleased to inform you that
our healing system was equal to the oc-
casion. So far as we have gone, am cer-
tainly well satisfied with the Kroeschell
Boiler. Generator and Heating System.
J. E. MATTHEWSON, Sheboygan, Wis.

Send for our Catalog. Do It Today.

I 466 W. Erie St. ■ - CHICAGO |

DO YOU BUY

your ventilating apparatus
and greenhouse fixtures of
us? It you do you know
how good they are and
know where to send your
orders to get satisfactory
goods and service. If you
don't you are neglecting
something very important.
In fact, you are baying In-
ferior goods at perhaps
higher prices. Give us one
chance, that's all we need.
Do It today.

ADVANCE CO., • Richmond, Ind.
SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Circular "D" and Prices

TFie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

TBB FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF

AMBRICA. insurer of 32.500.000 sq. ft. o( class

For particulars address

John G. Esler, stc'i Saddle River, N.I.

DRKCR'S "Riverton Special" Plant Ttib

So. Diam. Ea.

Doz.

100

10 20 In.

$1.45 $16.00 $130.00

20 IS in.

1.30

14.00

115.00

30 16 in.

1.00

11.25

92.00

40 14 in.

.65

7.00

56.00

50 12 in.

.45

5.00

40.00

60 10 in.

.38

4.00

32.00

70 S in.

.30

3.50

2S.00

Manufartured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced. The neatest, lightest
'and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have
drop handles.

HENRY A. DREER, seeJs. Plants, Bulbs, ani Supplies. 714 ciiestnut Street, PhJiailelpliia, Pa.

SHARPp PARTRIDGE & CO.

Are Leaders in

GREENHOUSE GLASS

OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL.

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

PATENTED

Greenhouse Boilers and
Construction Material

Please Send for Catalogue
and Prices.

13921414 METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN. N. Y.

AS^TICA

USE IT NOW.

F.O.PIERCE GO.

12 W.BROADWAY
NEW YORK

Mastica Is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex-
pansion and contraction. Putty becomes bard
and brittle. Broken glass more easily removed
without breaking of other glass as occurs with
hard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to
apply.

Send your business direct to Washington.
Saves time and insures better service.
Personal attention guaranteed.
Thirty years active service.

SIGGERS & SIGGERS

PATENT LAWYERS

Box 9, National Union Building
Washington, D. C.

When writing to advertisers kindly
mention HORTICULTURE.

GLASS

for GREENHOUSE and HOT BED

SASHES. Our prices ran be had by
mail, and it will pay you to get them.
We carry the largest stock of Specially
Selected Glass in Greater New York )iud
van supply any quantity from a box to
a ear load on a one day notice, and at
Kock Bottom Prices.

PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc.

315-317 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. T.

)reer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenlioiues

Drive eaay and true, becaase
both bevels are oa the same
side. Cao't twiat and break
the elass in drivioe. Galvao-
Ized and will not nist. No
rights or left!.

The Peerless Glazice Point
is patented. No others Hke^
it Order from your deale^
or direct horn us.
1000,75c. postpaid, j
Samples Iree.
HENBT A. DBEEB.I
714 Chestnut Street^
FhUadslplLla.

Greenhouse Materials

FURNISHED
AND ERECTED

IRON or WOOD SASH BARS

In all lengrths up to 33 feet.

Milled to any detail furnished or will
furni.sh details and cut materials ready for
erection.

Frank Van Assche, ^"H^s oXt^hf?,?.^."

JERSEY CITY. N. J.

Evans 20th Century Arm

Will not twist the shaiting pipe. Three
limes the power of old style elbow arms.
Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine.

ly^rtte for free Catalogue to

QUAKER CITY MACHINE CO.

Richmond, Ind.

BOOM YOUR BUSINESS

htj advertising yout goods in the

Horticiuiltiuira

Publicity among the kind of readers reached
by this paper is THE SORT OF PUBLI-
CITY THAT PAYS.

976

HORTICULTUEE

June 28, 1913

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