HORTICULTURE 



March 20, 1909 



THE QUALITY 

 YOU CAN MAKE 

 MONEY ON 



CANNAS 



SOUND PIECES 

 TRUE TO NAME 

 BED ROCK PRICES 



Red-Flowering, Green 

 Foliage 



Perdoz. 100 1000 

 A. Bouvier. 5 ft. Dark 



crimsoo $o-35 



Alice KooBevelt. Deep 



ft.. 



•50 



Beaut« Poltevlne. sHft. 



Dark crimson .35 



Black Prince. Velvety 



marooD ; 3 to 4 ft ; green 



foliage 50 



Charles HenderBoo. 4it. 



Bright crimson 35 



Crimaon Uedder. 3 ft. 



Intense scarlet 30 



Duke of Marlborotlgh. 



$3.J5 $ 

 3 50 



4>4ft. D 



.3. D. KUele. Brilliant ver- 



million-scarlet 5 ft. 35 



Explorateur Crampbel, 



Deep rich crimson 5!;4lt. .30 

 Express. Crimson; foliage 

 green. Dwarf hab' 



Pres. McKinley. 



il- 



.60 



PInk-Flowering 



I,. Patry. Delicate rosy 



pink, 4J^ ft. ....$0.35 ;$2.2 



Luray. Attractive rosy pink, 



!ft. 



liouiee. A grand pink, tall 

 Martha Washington. 



Rose. Height, a'A to 3 ft. 



IOC each 



Mile. Herat. 4^/2 ft. Rcse- 



Te 



anyson. Rosy pink; 



green foliage; 5}4 ft $» 3.00 



CATALOGUE FREE. 



Orange-Flowered 



Per doz. 100 lOOC 

 President Cleveland. 



Bright, distinct orange- 

 scarlet : 4 ft $0.35 $2.^5 $Jo.c 



Red, Gold-Edged and 

 Spotted 



Gladiator. Bright yellow, 

 spotted crimson, green 

 foliage; 4 ft $0.50 $2.75 $35. < 



Cinnabar. Cinnabar- red, 

 edged with distinct golden 

 band; 4J4 ft 30 



Queen Charlotte. Scar- 

 let gold edge 30 



Mme. Crozy. si* it. Ver- 

 million, gold border 35 



Premier. Deep cr.mson, 



bordered yellow. 254 ft. .30 



Sonv. d' A. Crozy. 4 ft. 



Crimson, gold band 50 



Yellow Shades 



Buttercup. ^16 ft. Clear 



golden yellow- $ J.40 $2-75 $25-°° 



Comte de Bouchard. 



Yellow, spotted red, ^% ft. .30 2.00 17-50 

 Florence VaughHn. 5 ft. 



Yellow, spotted crimFon . .50 2.75 25-00 

 T.. E Kailey. Rich yellow. 



dotted with red; 4 J^ ft 30 2.00 17-50 



White and Cream Shades 



Alsace, 3^ ft. ^'reaniy white $0 30 $1-75 $1500 



Bronze-Leaved, Red- 

 Flowering 



Brandywine. 4 *o 5 **■ 



Dark bronze foliage. 



Crimson flowers $0.50 $4-00 $35.00 



Black Beauty. True. 



Grand foliage 60 



Per doz. 

 David Harum. 3K ft. 



Vcrmillion-scarlet $0.50 



Egandale. 4 ft. Currant- 

 red 35 



King Humbert. Fine 

 Bronze foliage. Orange- 

 scarlet with bright red 

 markings. 4 ft i.oo 



Leonard Vaughan. 4^ 



ft. Bright scarlet 35 



Musafolia. The finest fol- 

 iaged Canna, with enor- 

 mous musa-likc leaves, 3 

 by 5 ft., of a dark green 

 bronze-tinged color 



Philadelphia. A bright 

 glowing red. Height 5 ft. 



Papa Nardy. Large, rich 

 carmine-red. 4H ft 



Pillar of Fire. 6 to 7 ft. 

 high; flowers bright 



Robnsta. Height 6 to 8 ft., 



with immense foliage 

 Shenandoah. Large Sal 



mon flowers. 6 ft 



Orchid-Flowering 



Allemannia. 4 to 5 ft. Scar- 

 let and yello " 

 foliage 



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 ol 

 bright red, 5 ft ■ 



Mrs. Kate Gray. 6 ft 

 Green foliage. Scarlel 

 and yellow 



Pennsylvania. 5 ft. Grct 

 foliage. Deep scarlet. . 



We go through the block from 14th St 



13th Street, but ( 





ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman, ^'''i.^%'iJi}^ 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



M. Barker, Chicago, was a visitor 

 in Pliiladelphia, Marcli lOlh and 11th. 



Visitors this week: Albert Pochelon, 

 of L. Bemis Floral Co., and Walter 

 Taepke, Detroit; J. B. Keller, Roches- 

 ter; and T. Malbrane. Johnstown. 



W, P. Craig left for Cuba and Isle 

 of Pines on the 13th inst. Business in 

 connection with his father's 170 acre 

 plantation. It conditions are favor- 

 able, may remain at Isle of Pines as 

 resident niana.ger of the estate. 



W. C. Smith, 60th and Market Sts., 

 has sold three of his five houses to be 

 torn down. Several buyers are dick- 

 ering for the other two. The northern 

 section of the place only is to be re- 

 tained, and the business will be ex- 

 clusively retail hereafter. The retail 

 business in this section has been rap- 

 idly improving of late years. 



Much interest has been expressed 

 here about the new sweet pea "Green- 

 brook," mentioned in a recent number 

 of HORTICULTURE as being the fore- 

 runner nf a new race of unique form. 

 The raiser has been asked to exhibit 

 same at our spring show opening. 

 Tuesday, the 23rd inst., and continuing 

 three days. The exhibit will no doubt 

 be on hand If the crop is in good form. 



The Robert Craig Co. intend to build 

 this summer on their property at Nor- 

 wood, Del. Co., Pa., and have been in- 

 specting various new structures re- 

 cently put up by the most expert 

 builders. On the 17th inst. the senior 



member of the firm went with D. T. 

 Connor to Brandywine Summit, Ches- 

 ter Co., Pa., to look at one of the lat- 

 est triumphs of the Lord & Burnham 

 Co., of which firm Mr. Connor is the 

 Philadelphia manager. 



Charles Sim, Rosemont, Del. Co., 

 Pa., writes from San Francisco, Cal., 

 March 12th, that he and his party are 

 at the turning point for home in the 

 course of their long trip. He states 

 that San Francisco is very dusty, and 

 that there is an immense amount of 

 building going on, also street improve- 

 ments galore, after the 'quake. He 

 speaks in glowing terms of the courte- 

 sies extended to all visitors by Samuel 

 McLellan, of Golden Gate Park. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



AVe have received from the Home 

 Gardening Association of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, a very interesting report on the 

 aims and work of this excellent organ- 

 ization, with an account of the accom- 

 plishments of the pupils in the train- 

 ing gardens for 1908. The report 



shows conclusively the good influence 

 exercised by these school garden 

 projects and the readiness and enthu- 

 siasm with which the children accept 

 them. They are doing a great and 

 good work. 



The New York Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Directors' Report for 

 1908, by W. H. Jordan.— This report 

 shows how efficiently the verj- moder- 

 ate sums of money appropriated by the 

 state are devoted to the purposes of 

 agricultural education. A new build- 

 ing for administrative and demonstra- 

 tion purposes is asked for. Bulletin 

 No. 305. which accompanies the report, 

 is devoted to a summary of what has 

 been previously published regarding 

 Alfalfa Troubles, and Bulletin No. oOG 

 is on Sulphur Sprays for Blister-Mite. 



The Geo. M. Garland Co., Des Plaines, 

 111., are sending out a very clever fold- 

 er in colors which is stamped with 

 "the seal of approval" and is sure to 

 be opened and read by those who re- 

 ceive it. Send for one. 



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100 seed 

 1,000 " 



:, .50 I .5.000 seeils 

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 $32.50 



100 seeds, 

 1,000 " 



.$12..5U 

 $23.00 



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