Febniary 27. 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



287 



but chiefly on normal conditions of 

 warmth and moisture, in order that 

 bacterial action may be induced and 

 bv means of which it is rendered avail- 

 able Thus, when we solely rely on 

 stable manure, we are more deixjndent 

 on weather conditions than when we 

 apply predigested fertilizers, or part 

 fertilizer and part manure. 



Stable manure, as a by-product ot 

 the farm, or where it can be bought 

 and hauled at a price that is not in ex- 

 cess of its intrinsic value, will always 

 be a favorite source of fertility, partly 

 because of its plant food, and chiefly 

 because of the humus it supplies, but 

 in market gardening and in general 

 farm practice 'the best results will 

 usually be obtained when it is used in 

 connection with chemical manures. On 

 the other hand, chemical manures, 

 while not supplying humus, supply in 

 a concentrated way. not only needed 

 plant food, but supply it in forms that 

 anticipate, supplement and, in some 

 cases, promote bacterial action, with- 

 out which stable manure, and even the 

 organic portion of the fertilizer, would 

 be" barren in results. The progressive 

 farmer, therefore, supplements and im- 

 proves his stable manure by the use of 

 concentrated fertilizers, in the same 

 way as he supplements and improves 

 his hav with ths use of concentrated 

 giain foods in feeding his stock. 



While it is undoubtedly true that 

 stable manure, all things considered, is 

 the best source of fertility, yet it is 

 bv no means the cheapest if one has 

 to buv it, and neither is it absolutely 

 essential in the growing of many farm 

 crops. This is shown by the enormous 

 and rapidly increasing areas which are 

 planted annually to corn, cotton, to- 

 bacco wheat, potatoes, and vegetables, 

 on commercial fertilizers as the sole 

 dependence in the matter of plant food. 

 Incidentally, it should be noted that 

 twenty years ago, manure sold in Bos- 

 ton stables at about $10 a cord. Today, 

 unless a stable is very advantageously 

 located, the market gardeners are get- 

 tin" it at a nominal price, and in some 

 cases for the hauling. The introduc- 

 tion of commercial manures has been 

 one of the causes of the reduction in 

 the price of stable manure, for which 

 the aardeners should be thankful. The 

 Gern^ians have a phrase which express- 

 es "manure sick land." With cheap 

 stable manure we are likely to have 

 such a condition around Boston. On 

 such land, commercial manures should 

 be applied in part, and occasionally 

 lime or wood ashes, in order to pro- 

 mote the slightly alkaline condition of 

 the soil which is necessary for satis- 

 factory bacterial growth. 



Finally, it seems to me the question 

 as between the purchase of stable ma- 

 nure and commercial fertilisers re- 

 solves itself into two parts: — 



First- Does one's soil and the char- 

 acter of the crops to be grown require 

 the excessive humus of stable manure 

 for the most profitable returns? 



Second; ITow much can one afford 

 to pay for this bumus, knowing that it 

 can often be obtained, or all that is 

 needed, bv a rotation of crops or by 

 ploughing in stubble or green crops? 

 Assuming that the actual plant food 

 in a cord of stable manure is worth on 

 a ferUlizer basis $2 per cord, what is 

 the humus, the remainder of the cord, 

 worth: and how much will it cost to 

 haul or freight it, and apply it to one's 

 own soil and crop requirements? 



FORCING GLADIOLUS 



Gladiolus Gandavensls Hybrids i 

 Manr florlBtB plant these In boxes, or 

 ^molV their carnations. In the Winter. 

 ??e? are excellent tor decorative purposea 

 i?d realize good prices, either wholesale 

 OT retail Gladiolus are a good catch-crop 

 and take np but little room. The following 

 are the best for thU purpose: 



^r/.^B7s.z?\r'e"T''the"'m»t'"Sea1ti^i 



flSh-plnf colo"%4 00'per 100: »35.00 per 



1000. 

 Aueust* The florists' best white Qla^l»- 



ifa First-size bulbs, 1% ^ehes and up. 



»2.00 per 100; $18.00 Pfr 1000. 



Bulbs 1% to 1% In. »1.T5 per 100. Jlb.OO 

 -er 1000. 



Shakespeare. White and rose. $4.78 per 

 100; 145.00 per 1000. 



May. Pure white, flaked rosT «f'™f>°! *i* 

 best forcer. Selected bulbs. 11.75 per 

 100; J15.00 per 1000. 



BreiKhleyensis (true). Fiery scarlet. 8fr 

 lected bulbs, n.50 per IW: »13.00 per 

 ICOO. Flrst-slz> bulbs, $1.25 per 100, 

 $10.00 per 1000. 



Bortdingtoirs White and Light. Extra se- 

 lected bulbs, 1% In. and up. $1.60 psr 



100; $14.00 per 1000. ^ .,„-» 



Bulbl 1% to 1% in. $1.26 per 100: $10.0* 



per 1000. 

 merican Hybrids. A mixture of th« 

 choicest varieties of Gladiolus in cnltl- 

 Tatlon. $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. 



ARTHUR r. BODDINGTON 



SEEDSMAN 



342 West Mth Street, NEW YORK CITY 



R EGIST RATfON'^OF^^ORCH I D. 



Mr W. N. Rudd, Sec'y. S. A. F. 



Dear Sir;— In a recent issue of 

 HORTICULTURE you advertise for 

 record two Laelio-Cattelyas from the 

 Roebling collection. These plants 

 were raised here, from pollen of Mr. 

 Roebling's plants exhibited in Boston 

 in August, 1899; later I sent seedlings 

 to Mr. Roebling's gardener, at that 

 time Mr. Clinkaberry,— as arranged 

 at the time of receiving pollen. 



My principal reason for writing in 

 this connection is, that soine time 

 since in the autumn of 1907, I ex- 

 hibited in Boston the I.aelia crispa x 

 Cattelya x Hardyana alba cross under 

 the name of I.aelio-Oattleya x .Tohann- 

 soni, and presumably it is so regis- 

 tered in the proceedings of Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. Mr. 

 Johannson has recently died, and it 

 is the express wish of the writer that 

 the name of so good a man and able 

 raiser and cultivator of orchids should 

 ■be commemorated by the Laelio-Cat- 

 tleva Johannsoni. 



The Laella crispa x Hardyana 

 Young's variety has never to my 

 knowledge been named, certainly not 

 by me, as the similarity of the two 

 crosses was so marked that we did 

 not deem it advisable, and it is also 

 probable that the authorities that de- 

 cide these matters would not permit 

 the use of separate specific names 

 for these two crosses. The same 

 plant. L. crispa being the one pa- 

 rent, the others being mere varieties 

 of the same thing, hence the L. 

 crispa x C. Hardyana Youngs 

 variety would have to rank as a va- 

 riety of L. C. Johannsoni, provided, of 

 course, that the latter name has not 

 already been anticipated by some 

 raiser in Europe or elsewhere, which 

 we cannot ascertain until the receipt 

 of the recently published and long- 

 needed "Orchid Stud book." 



E. O. ORPET. 

 So. Lancaster, Mass. 



ORCHIDS 



Just Arrived in Fine Condition 



the following East Indian Orchids 

 DENDROBIUM WARDlANUiM, D. 

 CRASSINODE, D. PRIMULINUM, 

 D. THYRSIFLORUM, AND D. 

 CHRYSOTOXA. Others to follow. 

 WRITE FOR PRICES. 



LAGER &HURRELL, Summit, H.J. 



Fine Importation of 



Oncidium ornilliorrliynGlium 



1.50 each. $18.00 doz. 



Fine strong leaty plants 

 Few specimens 



We offer a large 

 Dumber of fine 

 well established 

 plants at very 

 r.a^onable prices 

 also Peat, Bas- 

 id Chicken nanur 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Golden Qlow-plant Middle May to. Tuly-Cul Mid- 

 dle Aiic to Oct.— Pacific Supreme— a longer Stem- 

 med— brigbter-non-fading Glory of the Pacific. White 

 Cloud— an 8 inch )ap. Plant and cut same as Glory 

 of P.cific-Bedded now will increase stock ro to i by 

 planting time-Delivery Plants-Harch $5.00 per 

 100: April $4.50; Bal. Season $4.00; K™'" 

 Cuttings now, post or express paid, $4.00 per lUU, 

 25 at 100 rates. 



J. H. MYERS ALTOONA, PA. 



JOSEPH A. MANDA, West Orange, N.J. 



ORCHIDS 



kets and Sheep and Chicken 1 



ORDONEZ BROS., Madison, N J. 



New York Store, 41 WEST 28 ST. 



ORCHIDS 



We are booking orders now tor .df'i^ery 

 early in the Spri g on all commercial CAT- 

 TtE-^AS and'woVELTlES- Our pr^eB are 

 rigbt and our guarantee perfect. We sell 

 only first-cla s goods 



GARRILLO & BALDWIN, Secaucus, N.J. 



ORCHIDS 



Jjorgett Importer; Bxporters, Qrotcvr* 

 and HybridUU im tlve World 



Sander, St. Albans, Cogland 



artd 235 Broadway, Room I 



NEW YORK CITY 



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Orchids and stove Plants 



Florists' Easter Supplies 



RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



