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HORTICULTURE. 



February 27, 1909 



THE QUALITY 

 YOU CAN MAKE 

 MONEY ON 



CANNAS 



SOUND PIECES 

 TRUE TO NAME 

 BED ROCK PRICES 



Red-Flowering, Green 

 Foliage 



A. Bo 



Alice 



Per ( 

 5 ft. Dark 



Roosevelt. Deep 



"son. 4 ft 



Beaute Poltevine. s^fl. 



Dark crimson 



Black Prince. Velvety 



maroon. 3 to 4 ft.; green 



foliage 



Charles Henderson. 4ft. 



Bright crimson 



~ ■ liedder. 3 ft. 



100 



$2.25 



irlet . 



Duke of IVlarlborough. 



i'A ft. Darkcrimsen.... 

 J. D. Elsele. Brilliant ver- 



iillic 



ift.. 



Explorateur Crampbel, 



Deep rich crimson s^ft. 



Express. Crimson; foliage 

 green. Dwarf habit, a to 

 »'/jft 



Fres. McKinley. Bril- 

 liant crimson ^% to 3 ft. 



Pink-Flowering 



L.. Patry. Delicate rosy 



pink, 4% ft $o.j5 



Iiuray. .Attractive rosy pink. 



uise. A grand pink, tall 

 art ha Washington. 



Rose. Height, a^^ to 3 ft. 



■75 



Mile. Berat. 41/2 ft. Rose- 

 carmine 3c 3.35 20.00 



Tennyson. Rosy pink; 



green foliage: 5}^ ft 5* 3.00 



CATALOGUE FREE. 



Orange-Flowered 



rerdoz. 100 1000 

 President Cleveland. 



Briiiht, ihstinct orange- 

 scarlet; 4 It $0.35 $2.25 $20.00 



Red, Gold-Edged and 

 Spotted 



Gladiator. Bright yellow, 



spotted crimson, green 



foliage; 4 ft $0.50 



Cinnabar. Cinnabar- red, 



edged with distinct golden 



band; 4^ ft 30 



Queen Charlotte. " 



$2.75 $25 



Scar- 



■ 30 



Mme. Crozy. 5)4 ft. Ver- 

 million, gold border 35 



Premier. Deep crimson, 



bordered yellow, a}^ ft. .30 



Souv. d' A. Crozy. 4 ft. 



Crimson, gold band .50 



Yellow Shades 



Buttercup. 3M ft. Clear 



golden yellow $0.40 $2.75 $15.00 



Comte de Bnuehard. 



Yellow, spotted red, 4^ ft. .30 2.00 17.50 

 Florence Vaughan. 5 ft. 



\'ellow, spotted crimson . .50 2.75 25.00 

 L. E.Kaiiey. Rich yellow. 



dotted with red; 4 J4 ft 30 2.00 17. 50 



White and Cream Shades 



Alsace. ;K ft. Creamy white $030 $1.75 $.5.00 



Bronze-Leaved, Red- 

 Flowering 



Brandywine. 4 to 5 ft. 



Dark bronze foliage. 



Crimson flowers $0.50 $4.00 $35.00 



Black Beauty. True. 



5 ft. Grand foliage 60 4.50 40.00 



We go through the block from 14th Street to 13th Si 



David Harum. 3K 



Vcrmillion-scarlet.... 

 Egandale. 4 ft. Curra 



Per doz. 100 



1000 

 $25.00 



King Humbert. Fine 

 Bronze foliage. Orange- 

 scarlet with bright red 

 markings. 4 ft 



Leonard Vaughan. 4^ 

 ft. Bright scarlet 



Musafolia. The finest fol- 

 iaged Canna, with enor- 

 mous musa-like leaves, 3 

 by 5 ft., of a dark green 

 bronze-tinged color 



Philadelphia. A bright 

 glowing red. Height 5 ft. 



Papa Nardy Large, rich 

 carminere'd, 4>4 ft 



Pillar of Fire. 6 to 7 ft. 

 high; flowers bright crim- 



irlet - 



Robusta. Height 6 to 8 ft., 

 with immense foliage 



Shenandoah. Large Sal- 

 mon flowers, 6 ft. 



30.00 



17.50 



Orchid-Flowering 



AUemannia. 4t0 5ft. Sa 



let and yellow. Grei 



foli: 



Austria. Pure canary-yel- 

 low; an orchid-flowering 

 type. 5 ft 



Italia. 4V2 ft. Green foliage 

 Red bordered yellow 



Kronus. Rich golden yel- 

 low, with patches of 

 bright red, 5 ft 



Mrs. Kate Gray. 6 ft. 

 Green foliage. Scarlet 

 and yellow 



Pennfiylvania. 5 ft. Green 

 foliage. Deep iCarlet. .. . 



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{Co,a:nur,i from pagt ,&&) 



The varieties selected for the work 

 were Enchantress, White Perfection, 

 Beacon, Winsor, as representing a va- 

 riety of characters, expecially in 

 growth of flowers and stems. The fer- 

 tilizers selected for the work were 

 forms commonly used and are easily 

 procured. Dried blood, sodium nitrate 

 and ammonium sulphate for nitrogen; 

 acid phosphate, raw rock phosphate 

 and steamed bone for phosphorus, and 

 potassium sulphate, kainit and wood 

 ashes for the potassium. Ground lime- 

 stone and ashes were also used to fur- 

 nish lime. Sheep manure and well rot- 

 ted stable manure were also used. 



lu preparing the sections a definite 

 amount of manure was added to each 

 of the sections excepting those used as 

 checks. The chemical fertilizers were 

 then weighed out and added, and the 

 whole thoroughly incorporated. All 

 chemical fertilizers were applied in 

 quantities to afford an equal amount 

 of the element for which they were 

 used. 



All fertilizers were applied before 

 planting with the exception of those 

 containing nitrogen. Of these one-half 

 of the dried blood was added at this 

 time and the remainder later. Of the 

 sodium nitrate and ammonium sul- 

 phate only one-fifth was added before 

 planting. The remainder was added 

 later in four installments. 



In securing data records are being 

 kept of all the flowers as to size, length 

 of stem, condition of calyx, of the gen- 

 eral character of the plants, tempera- 

 ture, watering, etc. From this data 

 and general observations the work for 

 the following year will be planned. 



HEAVY SNOW WRECKS GREENHOUSE. 



The heavy fall of sleet and 

 snow, Feb. 17, caused the 

 large greenhouse of the 

 George W. Titus Garden 

 Company at Irondequoit, N. 

 Y., to fall in. The house, 

 which was 150 feet in length 

 and S2 in width, was wrecked 

 from one end to the other, 

 nearly every light of glass 

 being broken, and the steel 

 frame badly twisted, and 

 everything planted was de- 

 stroyed. Mr. Titus used it 

 for vegetable forcing. The 

 .greater part of the house 

 was used for lettuce, and it 

 is estimated that fully 10,000 

 lettuce plants suffered dam- 

 age from the accident. Mr. 

 Titus also grew cucumbers, parsley and 

 tomatoes in this house. It is said that 

 there were no standards in the center 

 to support the roof. The loss is about 

 $1500, and no insurance. 



FIRE RECORD. 

 Portland, Me.— The store of E. J. 

 Harmon & Co., Congress street, was 

 damaged by fire on the morning of 

 Feb. 15. The loss, about $300, is fully 

 covered by insurance. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Rochester, N. Y. — Geneva Valley 

 Nurseries; capital, $10,000. 



KIttery, Me. — The Kensington 

 Flower Shop has been incorporated. 

 The organizers have a retail flower 

 store at 689 Boylston street, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Paris, Tex. — The greenhouses on 

 the farm of Charles Cawley were de- 

 stroyed on Feb. 14, with several thou- 

 sand plants, spraying outfit and a 

 quantity of seed potatoes, beans and 

 peas. No insurance. 



THE PRIZE WINNING STRAWBERRY 



The Barrymore 



Send lor Folder at Once. 



/#« I. ORANE, Orlginato,-, 



Westwood, Mass. 



