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HORTICULTURE 



March 13, 1909 



Personal 



August Millang and Miss Emma 

 Trojan, of New York city, were mar- 

 ried on Thursday evening, March 4. 



Walter Taepke and Albert Pochelon 

 of Detroit, have startea on a trip to 

 eastern cities in search of novelties. 



T. Mellsti-om, representing Sander & 

 Son, Bruges, Belgium, will return to 

 New York on the S. S. Mauretania 

 which sailed from Liverpool March 6. 



Prof. Wendell Padock has been elect- 

 ed to take charge of the horticulture 

 department and Prof. W. R. Lazenby 

 of the forestry at the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, next year. 



We regret to loarn of the serious 

 illness of Mr. L. B. Craw of the Lor'l 

 & Burnham Company, New York. Mr. 

 Craw has gone to Buffalo, acompanied 

 by Mrs. Craw, for special medical ad- 

 vice. 



Ernest Oechslin, of Chicago, who 

 was accidentally shot by his nephew, 

 continues to improve and expects to 

 return from the hospital in another 

 week. No effort has been made to 

 remove the bullet. 



John Ponell, florist, of Meriden, 

 Conn., celebrated his sixty-fifth birth- 

 day on the evening of March 2. Music, 

 recitations and a bountiful lunch 

 served by Mrs. Bonell made the oc- 

 casion a pleasant one. 



J. W. Lawrence, of Toronto, Can., 

 was in Chicago with the Mendlesohn 

 Choir, which gave three concerts in 

 that city. Mr. Lawrence did not lay 

 aside all business for music, but went 

 out to see the O. P. Bassett carnation 

 and was so impressed that he could 

 not resist the temptation to order a 

 thousand. 



J. H. Pepper, Chicago representative 

 for the Florists' Exchange has been 

 called to the N. Y. office. Mr. Pepper 

 has made many friends during his stay 

 in Chicago who will be very sorry to 

 learn of his intended departure which 

 is set for the 16th inst. Uncle John 

 Thorpe w-ill look after the Chicago 

 business hereafter. 



Visitor in liostoii: L. De Smet 

 Duvivier, Gand, Belgium. 



Mrs. J. F. Kidwell of Chicago is 

 very low and all hope for her recovery 

 is gven up. 



11. A. N'euner of Erie, Pa., has 

 taken a position with Van Bochove & 

 Bro., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Visitors in New York: E. Wien- 

 hoeber, H. N. Bruns, J. C. Vaughan 

 and M. Barker, Chicago; W. Atlee 

 Burpee, Philadelphia; P. Welch, Bos- 

 ton; Harry A. Barnard, with Hugh 

 Low & Co., London; A. Leuthy, Bos- 

 ton; Miss Celia Murray, Montreal, 

 P. Q.: Newton H. Carter of Z. J. 

 Carter & Son, and J. F. Bradshaw, 

 Wallace, N. C. 



The Burpee Quality in Sweet Peas 



Few Florists' or llarket Gardeners located 

 near summer resorts and large towns seem to realize 

 that by planting Sweet Peas early (as early in April 

 as possible) i hey can add largely to their summer 

 and early fall income. We have recently received 

 letters from progressive planters statinp that in . q 8 

 they 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 Harket Oardeners like other 

 Horticulturists differ as to what is best -we sug- 

 gest as the most desirable of their color in the gran- 

 diflora type of Sweet I'cas: — 



Per oz. H n.. Per lb. 

 DOROTHY ECKFORD. 



I he best white $0.06 $0 15 $0.45 



^VHITE WONDER, Fre- 

 quently produces six to eight 



blooms to a spray 10 .25 ,75 



MRS COLLIER, Best cream 



or primrose colored 10 .30 1. 00 



JANET SCOTT, " The Best 



Pink" 06 .15 ,40 



PRIMA DONNA, Blush-pink .06 ,10 .35 

 COUNTESS OF LATHOM 



Soft crtain pink, very large 



flowers ,06 .15 .40 



PRINCE OF WALES, large 



self-rose colored .06 .15 .45 



KING i-DWARD VII, The 



QUEEN ALEXANDRA, 



Bright scarlet 



FLORA NORTON, Beautiful 



BRILLIANT BLUE, (lord 



Nelson.) Finest dark blue. 

 BLACK KNIGHT, Rich ma 



If you wts)i the Sweet Pj js f jrwarded by miil 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 the 

 superb new Spencers are fully descrit»ed in 



BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1909 



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\'ou should also ask for a copy of THE BLUE LIST which gives special prices quoted Florlstfl and 

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

 catalogs To-Day. 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Headquarters for Asparagus Plumosus Seed crTp 



GREENHOUSE CROWN I LATH HOUSE CROWN 



$4.00 



HENRY F, MIGHELL GO 



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