March 10, 190C 



HORTICULTURE 



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The Fumigating Kind Tobacco Powder is without doubt THE ALL of the things no\ 

 on the market for killing Green Fly; it's good stuff or we would not use it. 



H. HEEPE, Akron, Ohio. 



I 1 t£. CL Why not ask lorafrec five pound tna'sample: it's convincing; 11 only costs you the express charge !,•=„„ 



■-• J5; *«►> fangled thing, hundreds wnte of it like Mr. H. Heeoe. Our booklet tells how to funrigatfa house ,ooL ■ "Z 

 »^T* with it (or fifteen cents. The H. A. Stoothoff company, ng West Street, New York City, N Y 



among our stand-bys. For a good, all- 

 round dark foliaged variety, Egandale 

 is still in the race. One of our most 

 effective pieces of bedding last season 

 was composed of cannas, and Souvenir 

 d'Bonn Abutilon with Coleus Ver- 

 schaffelti. Another was composed of 

 Admiral Avellan canna, scarlet sage 

 and, next the grass, Coleus Verschaf- 

 felti. This had a fine effect— flowers 

 red, foliage red, the whole thing red — 

 wonderfully striking indeed. We use 

 Eulalia quite freely for oriental effects; 

 but the arundo and pennisetum is not 

 hardy enough for us. The dwarf- 

 growing begonias, such as Vernon and 

 other semperfluous varieties, are very 

 useful and keep in bloom all summei 

 long. They look best with an edging 

 of Madame Salleroi geranium. A com- 

 bination of Abutilon Savitzi and acaly- 

 pha makes a beautiful contrast. We 

 still use the Golden Bedder coleus. It 

 is hard to beat as a good all-round 

 yellow. Nero and Verschaffelti are 

 also good. We use peonies freely, 

 mixed in with the shrubbery. Hardy 

 phloxes are now much in vogue, and 

 we are finding them most valuable. 

 For back grounds the hardy sunflow- 

 ers are grand, and there is now a fine 

 variety of these to choose from. Ane- 

 mones, tulips, crocus, and other 

 things that cannot be seen in winter 

 we leave alone, as railroad workers 

 have no respect for anything they 

 can't see. Everything goes right un- 

 der when they get at it with pick and 

 shovel. 



From what I hear, Philadelphians 

 are quite proud of the ornamental 

 character of the Reading Railroad sta- 

 tions in their vicinity. It gives them 

 something to point to with satisfaction 



when strangers are around, besides 

 being pleasant to look at for them- 

 selves. Personally, it would not be in 

 good taste for me to talk about that, 

 but I may be pardoned for saying that 

 in my recent travels through the 

 south, I saw nothing in the same line 

 that I wanted to take my hat off to. 

 I did see a few wonderful things, how- 

 ever. One of them was the croton 



ony in Nassau. But as a rule, the 

 southern country looked to me poor 

 and miserable. A trip to Atlantic City 

 is a treat in comparison. When you 

 come to a hotel it is 0. K., but outside 

 of that you might as well go to sleep. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Flynn greenhouses, so long a 

 landmark at the lower end of Essex 

 St., Lawrence, Mass., have been torn 

 down to make room for a new brick 

 block. 



The formal opening of the establish- 

 ment of the Chicago Rose Company, 

 56 and 58 Wabash avenue, Chicago, 

 took place on Thursday, March 8, and 

 invitations were sent out to the trade 

 to visit them from S a. m. to 7 p. m. 



Paul Hdebner. 



hedges in Florida. Imagine a hedge of 

 this brilliant foliage plant eight or ten 

 feet high and splendidly developed. 

 This was a revelation to me and really 

 a grand sight. The hibiscus, single 

 and double, was in bloom during my 

 visit and was simply covered with 

 thousands of blooms. These latter 

 were especially fine in the English col- 



H. D. Hemenway, director of the 

 School of Horticulture, Hartford, 

 Conn., has sent his resignation to the 

 board of trustees, to take effect April 

 L. It is said that Stanley H. Rood, 

 who is supervisor of manual training 

 in i he high school, will succeed him. 



The death of Robert Cocking, a 

 wealthy florist of Danbury, Conn., 

 brings to light an unlooked for dispo- 

 sition of his estate. Some seven years 

 ago, his nephew, Hedley H. Tomlin- 

 son, arranged with him to take care 

 of him and run the business, in con- 

 sideration for the property. Now 

 there appears a will made three years 

 ago which leaves the property to Mr. 

 Tomlinson's sisters in England. 



HORTICULTURE needs a wide- 

 awake representative in every town 

 in the land. Good commissions paid 

 on advertising and subscriptions. If 

 you are ambitious, write for terms. 



The Cottage Gardens 



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 specimen Evergreen, Deciduous Trees 

 and Shrubs procurable, and its Land- 

 scape Department is at your service In 

 arranging them. Price list ready now. 

 Has tables of the best herbaceous plants, 

 giving common and botanical names, 

 height, color and season of bloom. Sent 

 free. All inquiries cheerfully answered. 



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