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HORTICULTURE 



January 23, 1909 



VICK QUALITY ASTERS 



THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE 



INTRODUCED BY US 



GROWN EVERYWHERE 



VICK'S LATE BRANCHING 



(S cnlois) 

 VICK'S SNOWDRIFT 

 VICK'S LAVENDER GEM 

 VICK'S DAYBREAK 

 VICK'S PURITY 

 VICK'S VIOLET KING 

 nnd t.iMiiy dtlior mnnoy-inaking varieties. 



SEND FOB OUR lI.LUSTRATliD AS- 

 TER ROOK for Floilsts. It incorporates 

 our experience for more than twenty years 

 of Aster growing, durins wlilch time we 

 have introduced more higli grade varieties 

 than all other American Seedsmen com- 

 hlned. 



ITS FKICE. 



HOW TO GROW ASTERS 

 A little hand-liook for practical uses of 

 Aster growei-s. PRICE 10 CENTS, or free 

 with an order of Aster seed. 



OUR BEST NOVELTY 



\1( K S MIKAI"! I'lNK, PREMIER OF 

 siii;j.i, I'lNK AsrKRS. For years we 



li.M.- ^( in III.- -vity of a good mid-sea- 



~.in I iiiii lypi- , ,11 iiinli Aster. Now we 

 iKiM- ii. and iis a lirauly. Every wholesale 

 ilorist wlio has seen it" praises it extrava- 

 pintly. .lust the thing to gi-ow between the 

 extra early and the late flowering varieties. 

 Habit similar to non-lateral Branchings. 

 Stems straight, long and strong. Plant j 

 vigorous, flowers very large and yet very i 

 dainty. Petals long and narrow and 1 

 gracefully reHexed. Crown completely 

 ( overi'd. Color a charming sea shell pink. 

 Sold this year by packet only. Each 2oc. 



Vick's Mikado White and Rose 

 Even' grower ought to have both of these 

 colors to go with Vick's Slikado Pink. Al- 

 though we have catalogued these two colors 

 before, we nave never heretofore had 

 enough stock to fill orders. We have a 

 splendid stock this year, and prices are 

 lower than ever before: 



Mikado White and Rose: 1-64 oz., 20c.; 

 1-32 cz., 35c.; 1-lG oz., 50c.; 1-8 oz., 85c.; 

 14 oz., .$1..W; 1-2 oz., $2.75; 1 oz., $5.00. 

 TWO MORE NEW ASTERS 

 \li'K S IMI'KIUAI. I/AVENDER. Vick's 

 Inipciials. Itayhreak and Purity, are known 

 wherever good Asters are grown. VICK'S 

 IMPERIAL. LAVENDER possesses all of 

 the splendid qualities of Daybreak. Color a 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, H. Y, 



The Leading Specialists and Largest Growers of 

 Higii Grade Asters in tlie World 



pure lavender. Will sell well in any mar- 

 ket. 1-64 oz., ■40c. ; 1-32 oz., 60.; 1-16 oz., 

 SI. 00; 1-81. oz.. $1.50; 1-4 oz., $2.50; 1-2 oz., 

 $4.50; 1 oz., $8.'X>. 



VICK'S NON-LATKRAL BRANCHING. 

 I'or .several years we have been working to 

 produce a branching plant with fewer, 

 stronger, longer stems, without being 

 sapped by side buds and shoots. We now 

 Innc a strain in which the whole strength 

 of the plant goes into from nine to fifteen 

 stems, all of which proflnce exhibition 

 flowers. Two colors only, white and rose. 

 1-32 oz., 25c.; 1-lG oz.. -lOc; 1-8 oz., 60c.; 

 1-4 oz., $1.00; \--l oz., l!;i.7."i; 1 oz., .f:iOO. 

 OTHER RECENT VICK INTRO- 

 DUCTIONS. 



VICK'S EARLY BRANCHING. Similar 

 to the well-known Standard I^ate Branch- 

 ing. Season about a week or ten days ear- 

 lier. Two colors, white and rose. 1-16 oz., 

 25c.: 1-8 oz., 40e.; 14 oz., 70c.; 1-2 oz., 

 $1.30; 1 oz., $2.50. 



VICK'S ROYAL PURPLE. Flowers sim- 

 ilar to Branching. Stems start close to the 

 ground. Very few lateral stems. Season 

 medium early. Goes well with Early 

 Br.inchinir. 1-16 oz., 25c.; 1-8 oz., 40c. ; 1-4 

 oz., 70c.; 1-2 oz., $1.30; 1 oz., $2.50. 



VICK'S liPRKiHT WHITE. There Is 

 a heavy demand for this variety. Flowers 

 similar to Branching, but stems grow di- 

 rectly upwards, leaving more room for eul- 

 ti\aticn. Splendid shipper. Last year we 

 could not furnish seed enough. 1-16 oz., 

 30c.; 1-8 oz.. 50c.: 1-4 oz., 75c.: 1-2 oz., 

 $1.25: 1 oz.. .■;2.00. 



MCK'S CARDINAL. For brilliancy In 

 color and profusion of bloom this Aster 

 surpasses all others. Especially adapted 

 for bedding, where it makes as gorgeous a 

 showing as Scarlet Salvia Each plant re- 

 sembles a huge bouquet. 1-32 oz., 2.5c.: 

 116 oz., 40c.: 1-8 oz., 60c.; 1-4 oz., $1.00; 

 1-2 oz., $1.75; 1 oz , .$3.00. 



Obituary 



Theodore K. Gibbs. 

 Wte regret to announcfe tbe loss of 

 Theodore K. Gibbs, of Newport, R. I., 

 who died in Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 16th, 

 •vrhere he went in the autumn for tlie 

 benefit of his health. He was a native 

 of New-pert and was in his 69th yefir. 

 During the eivil war he was appointed 

 an officer of the army from Rhod? 

 Island, and by his gallant conduct 

 was quickly promoted to the rank of 

 i.ajor. Latter in life he returned to 

 Newp<:rt and spent much of his time 

 and wealth in improving his estate, 

 which is now from a horticultural 

 point of view, cne of the most inter- 

 esting places in the city, as it probaWy 

 contains a larger variety of plants 

 ■than any place in Newport. Major 

 Gibbs also took an active interest in 

 many public institutions which re- 

 ceived much benefit from his wis!? 

 counsel and generous gifts. He wa.s 

 a member of the Newport Horticul- 

 tural Society, a frequent contributor 

 to its exhibitions and nnn-h of the 

 past success of this rociety was due 

 to bis generous help. His loss is in- 

 deed severely felt by all. 



JAMES ROBRRTSON. 



from the subtropical, and more tem- 

 perate parts of the world, will learn 

 with regret that the EJarl of Annesley 

 died on December 15, at the age of 

 T" years, at his residence, Castlewel- 

 lan, in the County Down, Ireland. 

 The climate of this part of the country 

 is particularly favorable to the growth 

 of trees, shrubs and plants in general, 

 from South Africa, China, Japan and 

 New Zealand, of which Lord Annesley 

 had the finest collection growing in 

 the open air that is found in Greater 

 Britain. A very interesting book il- 

 lustrated by 70 photographs taken by 

 his Lordship, was published by him 

 in 1903. entitled, "Beautiful and Rare 

 Shrubs." 



James McBrlde. 

 James McBride, the veteran florist 

 of Weymouth, Mass., died on January 

 10, at an advance age. Funeral ser- 

 vices were hid on January 13, and the 

 florl offerings included remembrances 

 from Joseph Breck & Sons, Patrons 

 of Husbandry, and others. 



J. W. Crane. 

 John W. Crane, a florist of Bathany, 

 O.. died on January 13, in his seventy- 

 third year. He is survived by a 

 ^\idow. 



Lord Annesley. 

 Those cf our readers who are in- 

 terested in beautiful shrubs and trees 



Arthur Mellor. 

 Arthur Mellor formerly well known 

 in Lowell, Mass., and in flower trade 

 ciicles in Boston, died at Phoenix, 

 Arizona, on Saturday, January 10. 

 Mr. Mellor,' when quite young was em- 

 ployed by Dudley Hartford in a flower 

 store in Lowell after which he worked 

 for Edwin Sheppard and later tor 

 George Patten. He then started in 

 partnership with George Saunders as 

 Mellor &. Saunders but after two years 

 was forced to .give up and go to Ari-, 

 zona on account of ill health. He was 

 a young man of agreeable manners 

 and genial personality and his demise 

 will be regretted by many friends in 

 the trade. He leaves a wife, besides 

 father and mother and four sisters. 



Chicago. — Negotiations are under 

 way pending a settlement with 

 the United States Express Co. 

 for the loss of $500 by J. P. 

 Brooks, at Morton Grove, 111. Mr. 

 Brooks had ordered a new pump 

 tc replace a defective one in his green- 

 house plant and it was brought out by 

 tlie Express Cc. Tliough Mr. Brook-s. 

 with three men and a team, met the 

 train tc take the pump, the express 

 messenger refus'ed to deliver it be- 

 cause the local agent was not at the 

 fctation. It was canned on and ro- 

 nimed the following day, but the stock 

 in the greenhouses received a serious 

 set back. Mr. Brooks has the sympathy 

 of the other florists, and the Express 

 Co. is severely criticized. 



Fairmont, Minn.— The Fairmont 

 -Nurseries have recently acquired forty 

 acres of land adjoining their present 

 nursery. 



