Fobniaiy 13, 1900 



HORTICULTURE 



217 



DREER'S SPECIALS FOR FEBRUARY 



Adiantum Farley ense ]tJr^, 't.ij^ o^J." 



shinu touch to tine work and choice decorations. S9 perdci 

 JS70 per 100. In other sizes wc can supply : 



100: 4 in pots*5 per do/., !Hi40per 100. 

 c specimens, Si3 each. 



; ill. pots *3.r»0 per do/.., *25 p 



8 in. pots, 



Axalea Mollis ''""- ''"' ^"' 



bee. 



ling 



popul: 



can be forced at 

 »i4.60 per do/. 



rofitable stock 

 :ost. We offer splendid bushy plants, 15 inches high, 

 W36 per 100. 



■il#«Bff#lM ■>««■>• ''°^ =="'y forcing, strong bushy plants in 4 in. pots 

 WWaiinOVVBr which will^sell readily at a good profit when in flower, 

 *1,25 per do/,., !»8 per 100. 



Variegated Aucubas A?pi'Rdidi„.ofthesepian. 



Each Doz. 



f ul for decorative v 



irkduringwinter 

 Each Doz. 

 Verybujhy 12 to 13 in. high WO.SO 1^3.00 I Very bushy 24 in. high S0.60 »7.00 

 " " " " ... - -*v I I, ■■ _tj (Q 30 '* '* 





40 4.B0 I 



en plants 3 ft. high, very fin 



, W3 each. 



8 00 



BUSH SHAPED PLANTS for vfindow boxes etc., 10 to I J inches high, W8 per 

 doz., *15 per 100. Larger, heavier plants 13 to 15 inches high, #3 50 per doz., 

 1S25 per 100. 



^•-^____----^-J A splendid lot of globe-shaped specimens about 15 ini 

 aOXWOOU and of same diameter in 11 inch pails, Sl..-iO each. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut St. 

 PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Visitor this week: Ed Koehrs, 

 Rutherford, N. J. 



Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sim of Rosa- 

 nioiit, left last week via New Orleans, 

 on a pleasure triii to California and 

 the Golden West. 



C. H. Breckbill, Lampeter, Pa., is a 

 new grower who has been making 

 some stir in the local carnation world 

 during the past few years. His plant 

 is of the latest Lord & Burnham con- 

 struction. 



William Kleinheinz of the Widenpr 

 C'mservatories, claims to have the 

 laiTgest and best specimen of Phoenix 

 Roebellini in the country. It stands 

 about five feet above the pot and near- 

 ly the same diameter. 



Alfred Burton is the American Beau- 

 ty king this week. He is about the 

 only one v/orth mentioning as a factor 

 in the A. B. market. Two new Hitoh- 

 ings houses, each 40x250 ft. (as already 

 announcexl in HORTICULTURE), will 

 be erected in the near future. 



Deacon Harris reports that from 

 letters received from Havana, Cuba, 

 Feb. 3. our esteemed citizens, Com- 

 modore Westcott. Robert Craig, Daniel 

 ]>)noghue and party have arrived all 

 well and are feeling fine. They send 

 regards to all old friends and will 

 report further from Isle of Pines. 



E. R. Raimbault of Buena. N. .1., has 

 retired from th.-; paitnership with W. 

 F. I.a Croix, and has built a new place 

 of about 5000 feet area for violets and 

 other specialties. W. F. La Croix con- 

 tinues in the old establishment, which 

 is about the same size, and is. sending 

 some fine lilac to .the Philadelphia 

 market. 



Immediately after Easter W. C. 

 Smith, Plst nnd Market streets, will 

 tear down five of his range of green- 

 houses to make room for forty-one 

 dwelling houses on the Chestnut street 



front and running along Gist street to 

 -Market street. This will be an oppor- 

 tunity for bargain hunters for cheap 

 glass, pipe and fittings. 



Victor Ridenonr has started Inisiness 

 at the Wolff place at Ridge avenue and 

 Dauphin street. Note specially that 

 this does not mean that Julius Wolff 

 has gone out of business. He is still 

 located at 1617 North 19th street and 

 ai Sedgely avenue and 2Sth street. 

 Ridge avenue and Dauphin street was 

 only a side venture of his son's. 



.John H. Dodds, superintendent of 

 the AVanamaker estate, uses hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas lor fumigating his 

 houses, but finds that snapdragons 

 will not stand nearly so strong a 

 charge of the gas as will most other 

 greenhouse plants. His houses are in 

 the pink of condition and he is glad to 

 give a large part of the credit to his 

 assistants, John Nesbit and S. J. Ir- 

 vine. A new sport of the .golden pan- 

 danus has originated here which the 

 experts think well of. 



The holy calm of the Kingsessing 

 valley was rudely disturbed by a cy- 

 clone" on the liith inst. The south end 

 of the W. K. Harris establishment was 

 ripped to pieces, causing a loss esti- 

 mated anywhere from three to five 

 thousand dollars. The roof of -Mark 

 Mills' dwelling house nearby was 

 blown off and deposited two blocks 

 away. Ferdinand Le Gierse's green- 

 houses on Lancaster avenue were de- 

 molished and the proprietor blown in- 

 to the street, severely cut by flying 

 glass. Henry Engler's place was also 

 ruined and Grakelow Floral Exchange 

 conservatory damaged. A ehiirch 

 steeple was blown over and two lives 

 lost, in the same blast. The staid and 

 Cod-fearing citizens of the locality 

 thought the end of the world had come 

 for sure! Colflesh, Anderson, and sev- 

 eral other florists were in the track of 

 the demon, but we believe all escaped 

 with but little damage. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Newark, N. J. — John J. Broyat, flor- 

 ist, lost three greenhouses by fire, 

 January 31. Loss $2,000. 



Denison, Texas. — The greenhouse of 

 J. D. Ourand, 105 Sears St., was 

 burned January 23. Loss is about 

 $1,000. 



Albion, N. Y. — The greenhouses of 

 Julius Duquette were damaged to the 

 extent of $150 by fire on the mornin.g 

 of Jan. 27. 



Montclair, N. J. — The greenhouse es- 

 tablishment of A. S. Wallace on North 

 PuUerton Ave. was damaged $150 by 

 a fire in the packing room, on January 

 29. 



South Bend, Ind. — An overheated 

 stove in the new store of the South 

 Bond Floral Co. at 216 Michigan St., 

 started a fire which did $25 damage 

 on January 29. 



Whitestone, Long Island.— On the 

 night of February 6th. a fire at the 

 lange ol houses of Louis Dupuy, de- 

 stroyed the potting shed, but the fire 

 was under control before doing any 

 serious damage. 



ABOUT HOT BEDS. 



A very practical and extremely in- 

 teresting book telling all about hot- 

 beds—their uses, cost and construction 

 —has just been issued by the Gordon- 

 Van Tine Co., 15S0 Case St., Davenpoit;, 

 Iowa. 



This little handbook gives a wealth 

 of information on the subject. It tells 

 how to construct them, where to lo- 

 cate them, and how to manage them 

 for best results. 



Copies are now being distributed 

 free. Send for one. 



The Gordon-Van Tine Co. have gone 

 into the manufacture of hot-bed sasli 

 on a large scale. Their sash is made 

 of Louisiana red cypress, with blind- 

 mortised, double shouldered joints, at 

 about half the price of old style hot- 

 bed sash. Be sure to read their advt. 



