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HORTICULTURE 



March 6, 1909 



PERSONAL. 



Carl Jurgens of Newport, R. I., start- 

 ed on a European tour February ]9. 



J. B. Klaws of Crawfordsville has 

 taken a position with the Attica Floral 

 Co., Attica, Ind. 



Mr. and Mrs. P. Welch, of Boston, 

 are in Washington, enjoying the In- 

 auguration festivities. 



H. Hornebrook, recently of Phila- 

 delphia, succeeds Edgar Knight as gar- 

 dener for Clement Moore, Hackensaok, 

 N. J. 



Visitors in Boston this week: H. S. 

 DeForest, Winfried Rolker and Charles 

 Loechaer, New York City; Paul Berk- 

 cwitz, Philadelphia. 



C. L; Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, Chicago, has been in poor health 

 for some time and l,s now talring 

 treatment at West Baden, Ind. 



Mrs. Albert Meyer of the Flower 

 Growers' Market, Chicago, lost her 

 father, Ernest Dickinson, on the 23rd. 

 It was the first death in the family for 

 over 50 years. 



John Burroughs and John Muir, the 

 California explorer and forestry au- 

 thority, are starting on a trip together 

 to explore the Grand Canyon of Colo- 

 rado. 



Ernest Oechslin, of Chicago, whose 

 accidental shooting we mentioned in 

 our last issue, is improving nicely and 

 hopes are entertained for his speedy 

 recover.y. 



Chicago visitors: Mr. Newliall, 

 Aurora Greenhouse Co., .Aurora, 111.; 

 Wm. Graff, Columbus, O.; J. A. Swart, 

 Stirling, 111. ; Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Rber- 

 field of Kansas City. 



Visitors in Albany, N. Y.: J. J. 

 Karins, representing Henry A. Dreer, 

 Philadelphia: James Merklejohn, rep- 

 resenting H. F. Darrow, and J. Shattls, 

 representing Lion & Co., New York. 



Recent visitors in Bar Harbor are 

 Robert I/aurie, representing W. W. 

 Rawson & Co.; Thomas Mead, repre- 

 senting Sohlegel & Fottler Co., Boston, 

 and D. D. P. Roy representing 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, New York. 



Mrs. J. F. Kidwell has been ill for 

 three weeks. Though her case is con- 

 sidered serious the attending phy- 

 sician expects her recovery. Mr. Kid- 

 Well has a retail store and greenhouse 

 at 38th St. and Wentworth Ave., 

 Chicago, and is well known to the 

 tiade. 



Sir D. Morris, late Imperial Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture for the West 

 Indies, has been selected for the newly 

 created post of Scientific .\dviser to 

 the Secretary of State for the Colonies 

 on matters of an agricultural nature 

 relating to British possessions in the 

 tropics. 



Messrs. Nutting & Sons, Ltd., have 

 Incoi-porated with a capital of $100,000 

 to take over ths business of seed mer- 

 chants, carried, on at lOfi Southwark 

 street, London. S. R., as Nulling fe I 

 Sons, and to adopt an agreement witli I 

 W. J. Nutting, H. W. W. Nutting and - 

 H. R. Nutting. 



Frank Schaffer, who has been fore- 

 man for Frank Oeohslin, Chicago, for 

 some time, leaves to take an interest 

 with the Aurora Greenhouse Co., Mr. 

 Schaeffer is a competent grower, well 

 known in. Chicago, and he will bo well 

 qualified to further extend the busi- 

 ness of this company. 



The Burpee Quality in Sweet Peas 



Few Florists' or Harket Qardeners located 



near slimmer resorts and large towns sceni to realize 



that by planting Sweet Peas early (as early in April 



as possible) they can add largely to their summer 



and early fall income. We have recently received 



letters from progressive planters stating that in iqc8 



thev were able to add hundreds of dollars to the 



profit side of the ledger by selling Sweet Pea blooms 



grown from "Burpee's .Seeds." 



Florists and riariiet Gardeners like other ^i/ A 



Horticulturists differ as to what is best — we sug- ^M §f\ f 



gest as the most desirable of their color in the gran- ^^ IJl \< ) 



diflora type of Sweet Peas:- _>^^ # ' 



Per oz. li lb. Per lb. r , / 



DOROTHY ECKFORD, / ^ A 



The best white $0.06 $015 ,fo.45 t„ 



WHITE WONDER, Fre ^Vv 



quently produces six to eight \] ^ . _ ^ , 



blooms to a spray 10 .25 .75 V I, t^ f ^^i^^^' 



MRS. COLLIER, Best cream ^ f\ ' / ^» 



JANe't'sCOTT,"' The' Best '"° '^° ^'°° ' \ J^^^^ 



Pink" 06 .15 .40 , —^f .^^^ 



PRIMA DONNA, Blush.pink .06 .10 .35 /■^^»^^^tl^~i ^t ^ 



COUNTESS OF LATHOM ^S'"^"^^ ■-^>'^^ 



."^'•ft cre.iiii pink, very large j^^^ 5t./\ 



fl'"v<:rs 06 .15 ,40 M W 



PRINCE OF WALES, large /^ \ 



self-rose colored 06 .15 .45 



KING tDWARD VII, The 



best crimson scarlet 07 .18 .60 1 P" oz. ^Ib. Perlb. 



QUEEN ALEXANDRA, BRILLIANT BLUE, (Lord 



Bright scarlet 10 .30 1. 00 , Nelson.) [Mnest dark blue. .. .is .35 1.25 



FLORA NORTON, Beautiful | BLACK KNIGHT, Rich ma- 

 rich lavender 06 .15 40 I roon 06 .15 .40 



Mrs. WALTER WRIGHT, I HELEN PIERCE, White 



Deep mauve 06 .15 45 ground mottled with blue 10 .30 l_.oo 



If you wish the Swset Peas forwarded by mail postpaid kindly remit at the rate of 8 cts. 

 per lb additional. 



The fourteen varieties offered above together with all the other best Grandiflora varieties and also tlie 

 superb new Spencers are fully described in 



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You should also ask for a copy of THE BLUE LIST which gives special prices quoted Florists and 

 Market-Gardeners. Time for planting all seeds is close at hand, — you had better write for either or both 

 catalogs To-Day. 



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