April 14, ]90SJ 



HORT I CULTURE 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS. 



On every side the 

 COLUMBUS greatest preparations 



are being made for 

 Easter; the florists, without exception, 

 have very fine stocks of both flowers 

 and flowering plants. Lilies look 

 especially well; there are plenty of 

 Ramblers in bloom and a brisk de- 

 mand for them; other stock in good 

 shape. There was no particular 

 change in the prices this past week; 

 roses perhaps are in better demand. 

 Indications are that flowering plants 

 will sell even better at Easter than 

 they did last year, when the quantity 

 put out surprised even the oldest mem- 

 bers of the craft. 



B u s i ness conditions 

 LOUISVILLE last week were ex- 

 ceptionally good. Car- 

 nations have had a brisk demand. The 

 supply is fair and the quality very 

 good. Roses of good quality can be 

 had in great quantities. Violets and 

 lilies of the valley find ready sale, and 

 the supply and quality are generally 

 satisfactory. Mignonette, hyacinths, 

 jonquils, tulips and other seasonable 

 stock can be had in good quantities, 

 with the sale generally satisfactory. 

 There will no doubt be a great supply 

 of stock for Easter in nearly all lines. 



Cut flowers for 

 MINNEAPOLIS Easter are good, 



but the supply is 

 short. Plants are in great abundance 

 and prime condition. Azaleas, hy- 

 drangeas and all kinds of rose plants 

 are beautiful and sell readily at the 

 top prices. Bulb stock is good, as are 

 also the carnations and roses, but we 

 are going to have trouble in supplying 

 the demand. Everything points to a 

 rush of business the last of the week, 

 and the greenhouse stock has been 

 sold out for some time. Talk about 

 new roses! With Miss Kate Moulton 

 in Minneapolis, and the charming Min- 

 nehaha in St. Paul, we can hold our 

 heads high, and if any of our eastern 

 friends thing we westerners are slow, 

 just let them see our new roses. We 

 can "show them." Miss Kate Moulton 

 is by this time well known, and she is 

 keeping up her reputation to the letter. 

 Minnehaha is a natural sport from the 

 Princess of Wales. The foliage is 

 heavy and dark and makes a fine ap- 

 pearance. The rose is a shell pink, 

 and has splendid lasting qualities. 



EASTER PROSPECTS AT NEW- 

 PORT. 



Every indication points to a good 

 business all round for Easter. All that 

 portion of the stock which Newport 

 growers will be able to supply the 

 dealers is in good condition. Lilies 

 are in better shape than was thought 

 probable some time ago, other bulbous 

 stuff is plentiful in supply at present, 

 but it is not thought that there will be 

 sufficient for the Easter demand. 

 Prices quoted are in advance of last 

 year — two cents at least on lilies, and 

 other lines higher in proportion. One 

 or two dealers are already showing a 

 little more enterprise than usual in 

 the way of making tasteful displays in 

 their windows in order to give an idea 

 of what can be had when the time for 

 purchasing comes. 



Plants are higher than last year, but 

 to counteract this they are of better 

 quality. Spiraeas are especially good 



with one dealer, while with some 

 others they are of a quality that would 

 give any one the idea that flowering 

 plants are either very scarce or in 

 great demand. Most of the plants in 

 the stores except lilies were purchased 

 from growers in the vicinity of New 

 York and Boston, and some from 

 Providence. 



LARCENY OF COLIC. 



Leominster, April 7. — George M. 

 Kendall reported to the police today 

 that his lower greenhouse on Main 

 street was broken into and some of 

 his greenhouse cucumbers stolen. 



The greenhouse was entered by the 

 breaking of some of the glass through 

 which the thief or thieves crawled, got 

 their pockets filled with the nightmare 

 producers, then skipped. It is thought 

 that the work was done by boys. The 

 police are working on the case today, 

 and are watching the stores where 

 Jamaica ginger is sold, for clues. — 

 Worcester Telegram. 



A CYANIDING DEVICE. 

 A contrivance for use in applying 

 hydrocyanic acid as a fumigant in 

 greenhouses has been perfected in 

 England under the name of Edward's 

 Safety Cyaniding Machine. It is 

 simply a framework over the bowl of 

 sulphuric acid and water, to support 

 a scoop containing the cyanide, with 

 a lever and string, whereby the cyan- 

 ide salt is dumped into the bowl after 

 the operator is outside the. building. 



YOU 

 WE 



ORDERS 

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GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Lexington, Mass. — D. F. Hutchinson, 

 one house. 



Rockland. Mass. — W. H. Wyman, 

 two houses. 



Braintree, Mass. — H. Waldecker & 

 Bro., one house. 



Norwell, Mass. — Charles Berry, two 

 houses, each 165 feet long. 



Saginaw, Mich. — Wm. Roethke 

 Floral Co., range of houses. 



Bryantville, Mass. — Halifax Garden 

 Co., forcing house, 60x1200. 



Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. — F. R. 

 Pierson Co., two houses, 55x300. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 The Good & Reese Company, Spring- 

 field, O., Wholesale Trade List of 

 Plants, hardy and tender. 



Conard & Jones Company, West 

 Grove, Pa. Trade price list for 1906. 

 Devoted largely to roses and cannas. 



Shady Hill Nursery Company, Bed- 

 ford. Mass. Summary of most desir- 

 able novelties and best among older 

 tested varieties of trees, shrubs and 

 herbaceous perennials. 



buy tobacco dust -to burn from 

 a seedsman, thinking it is 

 THE FUMIGATING KIND 

 TOBACCO POWDER, ask 

 him if the bags bear our brand, 

 name and address ; if they do 

 not, you are getting his substi- 

 tute for it — ground stems — and 

 not THE FU Ml GATING 

 KIND TOBACCO POWDER 

 made from the pure leaf tobacco, 

 which seedsmen se!dom keep, 

 as our price to you and to them 

 is the same. You can try ours 

 for a few cents ; let us tell you 

 how. 



THE H. A. STOOTHOFF CO. 



Tobacco Powder Hobbyists, 

 116 West Street, New York. 



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This is the Grower's Friend, handy to 



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WANTS 



Advertisements in this column one 

 cent a word. Initials count as words. 

 Cash wiih order. 



LET US GET TOGETHER 



FOR SALE — Two greenhouses, 23*95, 

 20x68, with hot water heating apparatas 

 and well stocked with Carnations and Vio- 

 lets. Will sell as It is with dwelling house 

 attached and 17.000 feet of land, or to be 

 taken down aud removed. Adress 703 

 Chestnut St., Wabnn, Mass. 



SITUATION WANTED— By first class 

 rose grower competent to take entire 

 i charge of place of any size. Have hail 

 1 full charge of two large places during the 

 past twelve years; have produced first. 

 i class stock and paid well; married. Ad- 

 dress J. I'. M., 84 Hawley Street. Boston, 



Mass. 



WANTED — An assistant capable of 

 handling the vegetable and fruit growing 

 work outside in a large private garden. 

 Wages, $50. James Holloway, "Dorsorls 

 E'ark," Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y. 



