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HORTICULTURE 



May 19, 1906 



Buy your BAY TREES and BOX TREES 

 from HEADQUARTERS. We have the 

 Largest Stock in the country to select from 



Crown 



32-34 

 34-36 

 38-40 

 48 



42-45 



36 



5 ft. tall 



6 ft. 10 in. tall 



6 ft. 10 in. " 



8 ft. 6 in. " 



7 ft. 6 in. " 



9 ft. " 

 Columns 9 ft. 



Stem Tall Tub Price 



45-4S '6 ft. 10 in. 15 $1 2.00 per pair 



45 6 ft. 12 7.50 " " 



48 7 1.2 ft. 15 15.00 " " 



48 7 ft. 10 in. 1 7 18.00 " " 



48 7 ft. 10 in. 17 20.00 " " 



48 8 ft. 18 22.50 " " 



45 8 ft. 21 35.00 " « 



45 8 ft. 22 25.00 " " 



30 5 ft. 14 15.00 " " 



40 6 ft. 17 20.00 " " 



Pyramids 



14 at base 1 1 in. tub $8 per pair 



26-28 " " 13 " " 15 " " 



42 " " 18 " " 20 " " 



34 " "17 " " 25 " " 



48 " " 20 " " 35 " " 



48 " "21 " " 65 " " 



28 " " 17 " " 40 " " 



Pyramid Standards 



10 ft. tall 38-40 in. at base 21 in. tubs $45 per pair 

 10 ft. " 36 " " " 21 " " 35 '" " 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO. 



Rutherford, N. J. 



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and exquisite blues to deep dark purp- 

 lish red. 



"In graceful delicate contrast to 

 great masses of lilac we have the 

 "Snowdrop Tree," Halesia tetraptera 

 and H. diptera with myriads of white 

 bells depending from their far-flung 

 branches. Philadelphus and deutzia 

 are two more important families, and 

 if we want relief from so much of 

 snowy whiteness as seen in these, we 

 turn to the weigelas in variety of hue 

 from pink to crimson. The vibur- 

 nums, too, impress their importance on 

 us, and the wild roses we must have 

 in their season, such species as 

 rugosa, lucida, setigera, multiflora 

 and Wiehuraiana. 



"The mention of rhododendrons, 

 kalmias and azaleas conjure up vi- 

 sions of greatest beauty, providing we 

 have the conditions that suit them. 

 Failing such, it is far bet) it to ignore 

 them for adaptability of material to 

 existing conditions is always the best 

 course to pursue. Enough has been 

 said to prove the amazing variety of 

 flowering trees and shrubs. 



"A few words in conclusion may be 

 said as to care and attention. In all 

 gardening practice there is nothing 

 that gives so large a return at a mini- 

 mum of cost at all comparable with 

 flowering shrubs. They can all be 

 ■ asily and cheaply produced and 

 planted with assurance of future satis- 

 faction. The autumn months are the 

 best for planting with few exceptions, 

 one of the most noteworthy being the 

 magnolias, which owing to peculiar 

 conditions of roots, should always be 

 planted in spring. The only actual 

 important factor in subsequent treat- 



ment is the judicious use of the prun- 

 ing knife, and judging from what one 

 daily sees in many places this matter 

 is not properly understbod. Indis- 

 criminate winter pruning often results 

 in cutting away one-half or more of 

 the flowering wood. Some pruning 

 is necessary for many of the subjects 

 enumerated, but no hard and fast rule 

 can be laid down. Generally speak- 

 ing, however, there should be less 

 winter and more summer pruning. No 

 shrubs that flower in spring upon the 

 wood of the previous season's growth, 

 and these are the majority, should be 

 winter pruned. The opposite is equal- 

 ly true. Any shrubs that flower upon 

 the current season's growth may be 

 winter pruned. As for example, the 

 althaeas or tree mallows and the hy- 

 drangeas. 



"The bulk of the flowering shrubs, 

 however, should be pruned immediate- 

 ly after flowering. Such pruning to 

 be the proper thinning and cutting 

 away of the shoots that have flowered. 

 This practice encourages a strong 

 new growth, ensures good flowering 

 wood for another year, and preserves 

 that all essential individuality of 

 form and varied habit of growth that 

 marks the different species and aids 

 effective disposition of them in any 

 general planting scheme. 



Jolly times coming soon— the big woods 



know — 

 Skies Haunting blue again, the winds sing 



low ; 

 Birds flying back with another year's song; 

 Summer-time, flower-time, coming right 



along. 



—Boston Transcript. 



BOUVARDIAS.. 



A reader asks regarding the culture 

 of bouvardias for winter and spring 

 bloomng. Bouvardias in several 

 kinds, such as the old scarlet leiantha. 

 Vreelandi or Davidsoni white, Alfred 

 Neuner double white and President 

 Garfield double pink were grown quite 

 extensively for the cut flower market 

 a few years ago. but are seen only in- 

 frequently of late, the difficulty in 

 emit rolling the crop and of getting 

 continuous bloom being one of the 

 causes of its abandonment probably. 

 The regular crop came in at Christ- 

 mas and then again in May, and there 

 was no intermediate crop to speak of. 

 One species, Humboldtii', is, however, 

 a free and constant bloomer, and its 

 long-tubed, pure white jasmine-scented 

 flowers may be cut every day in the 

 year. It is an exceedingly pretty and 

 appropriate flower for choice use, 

 such as bridal work, but is easily 

 bruised and is not well calculated to 

 withstand the rough handling of the 

 wholesale markets. It likes a warm, 

 airy place and can be grown nicely in 

 boxes set along the side of the walk 

 in the rose house. It roots readily 

 from cuttings in spring, or can be in- 

 creased by root division. Cuttings 

 will begin to flower when in thumb 

 pots. These flowers should be pinched 

 out and the plants set out in the field, 

 as is done with carnations. They 

 should, however, be potted or boxed 

 and taken in early in the fall, as they 

 are very tender. 



