April 7, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



459' 



SEED TRADE. 



It looks now very much as if what 

 bid fair to be one of the best seed sea- 

 sons in years, will turn out to be only 

 an average business. The severe win- 

 ter weather from March 10 to this 

 writing, has put a sudden stop to the 

 splendid .run of mail orders all the 

 trade were receiving. Reports from 

 many sections confirm the above — 

 from ten days or so behind orders, 

 comes the contra of already letting 

 extra hands go. 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Arthur T. Goldsborough, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, new berries. 



J. N. Kramer & Son, Cedar Rapids, 



la. General seed and plant catalogue. 



Bay State Nurseries, North Abing- 



ton, Mass. Trade list of fruit trees 



and herbaceous plants. 



'•Hardy Trees and Plants," is a pro- 

 fusely illustrated catalogue issued by 

 the Peterson Nursery. Chicago. 



S. C. Moon, Morrisville, Pa., whole- 

 sale trade list of ornamental trees, 

 shrubs and hardy border plants. 



Julius Heurlin, South Braintree, 

 Mass. Catalogue of herbaceous plants 

 and ooniferae. This catalogue is a 

 gem in every way. The (lustrations 

 are fine throughout. 



Foley Manufacturing Company, 

 Chicago. Materials for greenhouse 

 construction. Illustrated with numer- 

 ous half tone engravings showing that 

 the Foley construction is popular in 

 all sections of the country. Send for 

 the book. 



Manning's Monographs. No. 2, pub- 

 lished by J. Woodward Manning, 

 Reading, Mass., is devoted to hardy 

 rhododendrons, azaleas and mountain 

 laurel. It is full of useful matter com- 

 piled from various sources, and the 

 author's own extensive experience. 

 The lists of rhododendrons will be 

 found especially valuable. 



"How to Grow Asters," by James 

 Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., is con- 

 siderably more than a catalogue. It 

 is a twenty page pamphlet full of prac- 

 tical instruction covering the subject 

 of aster growing in all its phases. The 

 various chapters treat of sowing the 

 seed, planting out, cultivation, prob- 

 lems and diseases, destructive in- 

 sects, etc., and a classification of early, 

 medium and late varieties is applied. 

 This useful booklet may be had for 

 the asking. 



The annual report of the Cleveland 

 (Ohio) Home Gardening Association 

 for 1905, shows a steady growth of in- 

 terest in the five years of its existence. 

 A woman curator of school gardens 

 has now been appointed. Last spring, 

 389,895 one-cent packets of seeds were 

 sold to the school children. A city 

 department of forestry has been es- 

 tablished through its efforts. 



DREER'S HARDY PHLOX 



We offer in strong, field grown plants that were cut back early in the season and 

 potted up into three inch pots, and which will give an abundance of blooms this 

 season, much superior to young, newly propagated plants, such as are generally sent 

 out in spring, the following list of choice varieties. 

 Bridesmaid. Pure white with large crimson eye. 

 Beranger. White, suffused pink, crimson eye. 

 Bouquet Fleuri. White, with deep rose eye, each individual truss a 



complete bouquet. 

 Champs Elysee. Fine rich purplish crimson. 

 Coquelicot. Bright orange scarlet, carmine eye. $1.0u per dozen: 



$8.00 per 100. 

 Colibri. White with deep rose centre. 

 Eclaireur. Purplish crimson with light halo, very large. 

 Esclarmonde. Lilac, mottled white, deep rose eye. 

 Eugene Danzenvillier. Lilac with white edge and centre. 

 F. G. von Lassburg. The finest white. $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. 

 Graf von Lingerer. Light rose, crimson eye. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. A fine late white. 

 La Soleil. Salmon rose with light centre. 

 M. Gladstone. Soft rose, large flower. 

 Marquis de St. Paul. Deep rose, overlaid 

 Moliere. Salmon rose, deep rose eye. 

 Mrs. Jenkins. A fine large pure white. 



100. 

 Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta with pure red eye. 

 Offenbach. Bright rose with large white halo. 

 Otto Thalacker. Magenta crimson. 



P. Bonnetain. Salmon rose. 75 cents per dozen; $6.00 per 100. 

 Pantheon. Beep salmon rose, free and effective. 

 Professor Schlieman. Bright lilac rose with carmine eye. 

 Pecheur d'lslande. Soft salmon red, with white centre. 

 Selma (new). Beautiful light rose pink with large aniline red eye. 



large flowers. $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. 

 Semiramis. Purplish magenta. 



Sunshine. Deep salmon pink, with deep rose eye. 

 Simplon. White suffused with lilac and dark rose centre. 



Price. Any of the above (except where noted), 75 cents per dozen; 

 $5.00 per 10(1; $40.00 per 1000. 



PhlOX SubUlata— MOSS Pinks. Alba, Atropurpurea, Lilacina, Nelsoni, Rosea and 



Bridesmaid, strong field grown plants 75c.perdoz.; $5.00 per 100: $40.00 per 1000. 



Special Surplus Offer of Roses. 



White Jlaman Cochet. Pink Maman Cochet and Hermosa 



Three . if tin- best bedding liosrs grown. Wo have a larger stock than we can 

 to carrv These are strong field grown plants which were potted up during De- 

 cember into five inch pots, were stored in mid houses: they an 

 rooted, making an excellent growth 

 retail trade. We offer as Ion 

 per 100; $125.00 per 1000. 



salmon, crimson eye. 

 $1.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 



.. houses; they are now nicely 

 and in the best ■ possible condition for the 

 the surplus lasts at $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 



We' are headquarters for Hardy Perennials, Pol Roses for out-door planting. 

 Water Lilies Decorative Green-house plants, all of these as well as a full 

 line of seasonable Florists' stock, which is fully described in our new Whole- 

 sale List issued April 1st, a copy of which will be sent to the trade only. 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penna 



