March 10, 190G 



HORTI CULTURE 



291 



Sweet Pea Gladys Unwin 



HENRY A. DREER, 



Dreer's Se lect S weet Peas 



Feoie FLORISTS 



The following is a short, list of the very finest sorts for cutting, 

 No use growing poor varieties when the best costs no more. For 

 complete list see our catalogue. 



SWEET PEAS 



Blanche Burpee, large white $fl!l0 $0.25 



Blanche Ferry, extra early ; pink and white 10 .25 



Countess of Radnor, delicate lavender 10 .25 



Countess Spencer, new orchid-flowering, clear 



pink shading darker at the edges 30 1.00 



Dorothy Eckford, the finest white 15 .40 



Earliest of All, re-selected. Same color as Blanche 



Ferry, but a week earlier than the extra early type .10 .3 



Emily Henderson, purest white, early and free 10 25 



Gladys Unwin, new orchid-flowering, of very large 



si/.e. A charming shade of pale rosy pink, extra 



line '. oz. 50c. 1.50 



Hon. F. Bouverie, one of the best pinks 10 .25 



Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon, the finest primrose yellow .10 .25 



Janet Scott, a large and bright pink .' 15 .40 



King Edward VII, rich deep crimson scarlet 15 .50 



Lady Grisel Hamilton, pale lavender 10 .30 



Lovely, shell pink, extra fine 10 .25 



Miss Willmott, rich dee)) orange pink 10 .30 



Mont Blanc, best early flowering white 10 .30 



Mrs. Walter Wright,' deep mauve .15 .50 



Prima Donna, deep pink, fine 10 .25 



Prince of Wales, dee]) rose 10 .25 



Salopian, a grand deep scarlet 10 .25 



NOW IS THE TIME to sow Asters, Centaureas, Cobaea, Dra- 



e.eua, Lobelia, Petunia, Salvia, Stocks, 



Verbenas, etc., etc. ( >ur strains of all florist flowers are unequaled 

 for quality. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Wm. Schray & Sons, St. Louis. Mo., 

 submit for registration Canna Su- 

 perior; height, 3 — 4 feet: foliage, 

 green; flowers, cherry red with light 

 gold band. 



Alternanthera aurea robusta, a 

 sport from aurea nana; much stronger 

 grower than the type, the leaves being 

 1-2 inch wider, more highly colored, 

 and retaining color better than the 

 type. 



A. C. Zvolanek. Bound Brook, N. J., 

 submits for registration winter-flow- 

 ering sweet peas Secretary William .1. 

 Stewart (Christmas Capitain x Corn- 

 less Spenser), color, light blue; Mrs. 

 W. W. Smalley (Enchantress x Mrs. E. 

 Wild), color, satin pink. 



W. J. STEWART, Sec. 



ELBERCN (N.J.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on March 5. at 

 which there was a large attendance. 

 One was admitted to active member- 

 ship. The subject for discussion was 

 "Rose Culture Under Glass," and a 

 very interesting and instructive pa- 

 per was read by Mr. Henry Wood. 



W. H. WAITE, Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the last meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' Club of Baltimore there was a 

 large attendance. A. A. Fielder ex- 

 hibited a bunch of Lady Bountiful car- 



nations. D. T. Connor, representing 

 Lord & Burnham Co.. was present. 



About 125 members of the Bu 

 Market Gardeners' Association visited 

 the farm of W. W. Rawson at Arling- 

 ton, on Saturday afternoon. .March :: 

 After an inspection of the place a col- 

 lation was served and brief speeches 

 were made by Prof. F. W. Rane. H. C. 

 Hall and the genial host, on the vari- 

 ous aspects of market gardening. 



The meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York, on March 11th, 

 will be held in the rooms of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, 19-21 West 44th street. 

 The subject for the evening is Useful 

 and Economic Plants. The general 

 discussion will be opened by Mr. G. V. 

 Nash, and will be illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides and a collection of living 

 plants. 



A joint meeting of the Chicago 

 Wholesale and Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciations was held at Handel hall on 

 the afternoon of March 0. with an at- 

 tendance of iwenty-two. Mr. Benthey, 

 of Benthey-Coatsworth Co., being duly 

 elected temporary chairman, made a 

 few pointed remarks, after which the 

 meeting was thrown open for full de- 

 bate. A lively discussion followed, 

 participated in by the majority pres- 

 ent, the question before them being 

 the so-called "red violet." It was final- 

 ly decided that the wholesalers would 

 call a meeting and make some conces- 

 sions to the retailers. A motion made 

 by W. J. Smyth, seconded by C. A 

 Samuelson, to thank the wholesalers 

 for their kindness was carried. The 

 meeting adjourned at 6 p. m. 



Advertisements for Rose Number 

 should reach us by March 12. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Julius Wolff has purchased the busi- 

 ness of Mrs. Mahlon B. Young on 

 Ridge avenue, and has installed his 

 son there. 



William H. Ferguson, of 12th and 

 Spring Garden streets, is laid up with 

 a broken leg, caused by a fall on the 

 icy pavement of Ridge avenue on the 

 24th tilt. 



William Tricker, of water lily fame, 

 has severed his connection with the 

 Percival Roberts place and is at pres- 

 ent on the waiting list. His long and 

 varied experience in gardening, both 

 commercial and private, insure his re- 



ri:-a-e|,|eul - 1 ihiod men ,,t M| 



Tricker's stamp are scarce. 



The glass men are laying low at 

 present. It's the other fellow that's 

 doing the chasing now. From all ac- 

 counts a waiting game is justified, and 

 the florist has to dangle the long green 

 pretty temptingly to buy at present. 



Jno. Lees, Bridge street, Frankford, 

 is to make an addition to his green- 

 houses, commencing about April 1. 



Joseph P. Schembs, of H29 North 

 17th street, has given up the branch 

 ■-loie at 15th and Chestnut streets. 

 Reason staled being trouble with the 

 landlord. It was a paying stand, being 

 right on the route of traffic to the 

 P. R. R. station at Broad street. 



A viewing party, consisting of W. 

 Kleinheinz, John Kuhn. Fred Ehret, 

 Ralph Schrigley. Rupert Kienle and 

 George Falconer, visited the Strafford 

 Carnation Farms of Edward A. Stroud 

 cm the 6th inst. They were much in- 

 terested in the place and loud in their 

 praises of the fine condition of the 

 siock. 



