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HORTICULTURE 



March 10, 1906 



Grafted on 

 DicKson 



One of the most careful and experi- 

 enced p se grafters in this vicinity 

 has commissioned me to dispose of 

 the following small surplus of young 

 grafted roses: 



per iooo 



3000 Maids 

 3000 Brides 



per ioo 



$12.00 

 12.00 



$120.00 

 120.00 



Every plant guaranteed perfect and 

 grafted on the genuine Dickson Manetti. 

 I was after some of this party's stock last 

 year but could not get a look in. 



DON'T NEGLECT 

 THIS OPPORTUNITY 



If you are after $qo kind this offer will 

 not interest you. This is genuine Dickson 

 and grafted by a master workman. 



Jg^"" Also 4000 fine plants of 



Chatenay 



Own root; grown by John Burton and 

 ready for delivery from now on; $5.00 

 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. These are 

 better than Western stock and worth a 

 great deal more. Chitenay is rapidly 

 growing in favor as a profitable Summer 

 Rose. 



G. C. WATSON 



1614 Ludlow St., PHila. 



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CRAFTED 



I Bride and Maid 



For March and April Delivery 



This stock is grafted on Manetti 

 purchased from Thos. Smith & Sons, 

 Stranraer, Scotland. What is being 

 sold is the same as we are using our- 

 selves. I am not in any $120 Trust, 

 nor have I to hide behind anyone to 

 sell the plants on commission. I pay 

 commission to no one and therefore 

 can sell at 



$ I O per I OO 1 0% irl p.., 



$90 per I ,000 1 2 * '"■ Pots 



500 Own Root Carnots, 



S3. 50 per IOO 



R. T. McGORUM 



NATICK, MASS. 



Very fine grafted Kaiserin rose 

 plants for immediate delivery, 

 out oi 2% inch pots, ready to 

 shift. Write for prices. 



A. N. PIERSON 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



ORNAMENTAL SCHOOL GROUNDS 



Their Influence on the Pupil and Benefit to the Florist Trade. 



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The following is an abstract from 

 a paper read before the Iowa State 

 Horticultural Society by G. A. Heyne 

 last summer. We have held it until 

 the present time, in recognition of the 

 many valuable suggestions it contains 

 — valuable and timely now as spring 

 is approaching, when they may be 

 put in operation. Anything that can 

 be done to interest the young genera- 

 tion in horticultural matters means 

 just so much more business for the 

 florist, nurseryman and seedsman: 



The subject of ornamental school 

 grounds is a very important one to 

 the florist, when looked at from a 

 business standpoint; but to start right 

 it also must be instructive to the pu- 

 pils. Every florist ought to take, at 

 least, enough interest in the planting 

 of school grounds to see that a good 

 start is made; try and get teachers 

 and janitor interested. The school 

 grounds as usually found in most 

 cities and towns will require some in- 

 terest on the part of principal and 

 teachers, and above all, it is very help- 

 ful to have the assistance of a janitor 

 whose heart is in the work, one who 

 takes pleasure in doing the work be- 

 cause he delights in things beautiful, 

 and not because he is required to do 

 it. Get the boys interested; let them 

 help in grading the ground, trimming 

 the trees and in the general cleaning, 

 which is usually the first work re- 

 quired in the spring. Have a plan 

 made for the season's work; go over 

 the ground with the teachers, ex- 

 change ideas with them and give them 

 encouragement, state what plants you 

 can furnish them, plat the beds after 

 a plan has been decided upon, lay out 

 the walks (at this point the trees 

 should be considered and planted as 

 early as possible, if the work is done 

 in spring, as it should be). Then sow 

 grass seed, and plenty of it, as soon 

 as tree planting is finished, and re- 

 member, the earlier you sow the 

 stronger your grass will be by fall. 

 You should also plan to have a few 

 shrubs, and be sure to have a border 

 for flowers. Sow annuals and peren- 

 nials at the earliest time so as to 

 have them well established before hot 

 weather. If you can have some extra 



flower beds place these so as to be 

 visible from the schoolroom if pos- 

 sible, and be sure to use bright and 

 cheerful colors. 'Let the little gar- 

 deners sow and take care of the bor- 

 der. 



If there are trees growing on the 

 ground that produce shade, try a 

 rockery or fernery. I want to briefly 

 describe one that was built by the 

 janitor and myself on the grounds of 

 the Audubon School, the one I at- 

 tended as a boy 35 years ago. It started 

 with the janitor having trouble to 

 make the grass grow in a shady place, 

 so he secured a few loads of weather- 

 beaten stones and was about to build 

 a fernery when I happened to pass and 

 hinted that it would be a pity to hide 

 the beautiful stones in piles of leaf 

 mold, so we planned together to use 

 them to some advantage, and after 

 making a hurried survey of the quan- 

 tity of stones, we decided to build a 

 basin and waterfall, or rockery and 

 fountain. With the approval of the 

 board of education, who were kind 

 enough to allow a small sum needed 

 for sand and cement, we constructed 

 this on the surface, so had no excava- 

 tion to make. We placed a layer of 

 concrete four inches thick in an oval 

 form, then built up with the heaviest 

 stones a wall about the edge, following 

 with smaller stones upward, building 

 at' each end an extension to a height 

 of four feet. On the one at the east 

 end of the basin we constructed a 

 series of ledges for waterfall to a 

 height of eight feet. While doing this 

 we arranged a small water pipe run- 

 ning nearly to the top; also placing a 

 large pipe for overflow a little below 

 top of basin, which was built up in- 

 side with concrete from the bottom 

 about four inches thick, tapering at 

 the top to two inches in thickness. 

 The depth of the basin, inside, was 

 twenty-two inches. The west end ex- 

 tension is of roundish form, about 

 three feet in diameter, and was filled 

 with good soil and planted with dif- 

 ferent plants and vines. 



The basin is filled with rich soil to 

 a depth of five inches and kept full of 

 water. As the water is used for flush- 

 ing there is consequently no waste. 

 There were several water lilies, sagit- 

 tarias, cabtails and other aquatic 



Kaiserin Roses I 



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All our grafted Roses are from flowering wood 5 

 grafted on Dickson's Irish disbudded Manetti 3 

 stocks, and are now in exceptionally fine shape. 2 



: Klllamey. $15 per 100; $150 per 1,000 Bride, Bridesmaid, Kaiserin, $12 per E 



100; $120 per 1,000 To prevent disappointment Order now as stock is limited. = 



I Grafted Roses 



= Own Root Richmond Roses, $12 per 100. Killarney, $10 per 100. 



I ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Co.,Pa. 1 



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P A N S I ES 



Over one million plants ready from our Fam- 

 ous Strain. None better. $1.50 per 500. 

 $2.50 per 1000. 



Daisies (Bellis) tine plants, $2(10 per 1000. 



Forget-me-not, Hardy blue, $3.00 per 1000. 



Geraniums out of 2 1-2 inch pots, best va- 

 rieties, $1 50 per 100. 50.000 ready now. 



J. C. SCHMIDT CO.. - BRISTOL, PA. 



CYCLAMEN SEEDLINGS 



ONCE TRANSPLANTED. 



Giant Strain; none better; Including Sal- 

 monlum. New fringed, Roccoco and Papllio 

 In five separate Colors. 



$2.50 per 100, $22.00 per 1000. 



C. WINTERICH, Defiance, O. 



