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HORTICULTURE. 



March 27. 1909 



PREPARE FOR EASTER 



Headquarters for Easter Plants 

 Have LILIES 



To Burn, To Burn, To Burn 



The best In the land, the best in the 

 land, the best in the land. 



AZALEAS 



To beat the band, To beat the band, 

 To beat the band 



What Is the best Double Pink Azalea? Ii is 



the Mme. Van Der Cniyssen, origiDated by ihc well- 

 known Azalea Specialist, M. Van Der Cruyssen of 

 Belgium. We have a big stock of them: every plant 

 is as round as an apple, just covered with buds: just 

 right for taster. We have them for 6oc, 75c, $1.00, 

 $1.25, $1.50 up to $2.00 each. Bernard Andreas alba, 

 $2.25 to $3.00: some at $i.oo to $1.50 Niobe and 

 Deutsche Perle,75C, $1 00, $1.25, $1.50. Vervaeneana, 

 De Schryveriana (best double variegated), 75c, $t.oo, 

 $1.25, $1.51, $2.oo. Empress of India, 50c, 6oc, 75c, 

 $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Simon Mardner, 50c, 60c, 75c, 

 St.oo, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 Apollo (red), 50c, 6cc, 75c, 

 $1.00. Professor Wolters, 75c, $1.00, $i./5, $r.so. and 

 some more good varieties, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. 

 We have Azaleas by the thousand 



LMium riultlflorum, the best in America, 6 in. pot 

 plants, height, 20-25-33 inch and over, with five buds 

 and upwards to ten buds, loc per bud: under five buds, 

 I2C per bud. 



Cineraria hybrlda grandillora. Henr>' F. 

 Michell's newest improved strain Our plants this 

 year are very large, big Heads of Flowers, perfect 

 foliage, and the plants are almost as big as a bushel 

 basket. 6 in., 25c, 35c, 5CC, 75c, $1.00. 



Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 to 7 in. pots, sec, 75c, $t.oo. 



Spiraea Gladstone, 6 in. pots, ^oc, 75c, $r.oo: 

 Superba, Floribunda, Japonica, 6 in., 250, 35c, 5cc. 



Araucaria Excelsa largest stock in America, 6 in., 

 4-5-6-7 tiers, 2--25-30-35 inches high, 75c, $1.00, 

 $1.25 to I 50. 



AraucaHa Robusta Compacta and Qlauca, 6-7-8 

 in pots, ao to 35 inches high, 4, 5, 6 tiers, $1.50, $1.00 

 $3.00. 



Kentia Belmoreana, s% to SV2 t°- P^'s, 500, 63c, 

 75c: Forsterlana. s^i, 5H, 6 in. pots, sec, 6oc, 75c, 

 $1.00,$ . = 5.$>-50. 



Flcus Elastica, 5^, 5^,6 in., 25c, 35c, 5:1c. 



Begonia, New Improved Erfordii, a constant 

 bloomer, 5^ in., pots, $2 50 per doz. 



Primula Obconica, full of buds and flowers, 5 to 

 5^ in. pots, $2.50 to $3 00 per doz. 



Asparagus Plumose, 3 to 5 cents. 



Ferns, 6, 7, 8 inch, such as Whltmanll, Boston, 

 Scottii, 50c, 75c, $t.co, $1.25, $1.50: Amerpohlii, 5 

 to 6 in., ;cc. 75c. 



Hybrid Rose Bushes, John Laing, Brunner, Her- 

 mosa, and other good sorts, 6 in. pots, 30 inches high, 

 very strong, 50c, 75c. $1.00. 



Crimson Rambler, newest sorts, 5K to 6 in. pots. 



Hyacinths, four best varieties, white, pink, light 

 and dark blue. 4 in. pots, $12.00 per 100. 



Tournesol Tulips, this is the best c'oul)Ie variega- 

 ted tulip in e-\istence, three bulbs planted in a 4 in. 

 pot, $1.80 per dozen pots. 



Von Slon Daffodils. Best double yellow daffodil 

 in existence. Three double-nosed bulbs planted in one 

 pot, 5!^ to 6 in. pots, $2.50 to $3.00 per doz. pots. 



All our bulbs are our own importat?on 



and are not to be compared with 



the cheap stuff flooding the 



market 



Cash with order please. Mention If pots are wanted 



GODFREY ASGHMANN 



Wholesale Grower and Importer of Pot Plants 



1012 W. Ontario St. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Tomlinson Hall market, Indianapo- 

 lis, report an unusually heavy trade 

 on flowering plants of all kinds. 



Warner & Coy who recently opened 

 a new store at 16th and College Ave., 

 Indianapolis, report things going along 

 very satisfactorily. 



George Masson, at present on the 

 Daniel Guggenheim estate, will take a 

 position with W. B. Kinney at Oak- 

 hurst, N. J., on May 1. 



NOTES ON EASTER PLANTS. 

 The Outlok at Craig's. 



To get a line on the latest and best 

 in Easter plants in Philadelphia one 

 naturally looks up first the recognized 

 headquarters — the big establishment 

 of the Robert Craig Co. At this writ- 

 ing, March 17th, the crops are well for- 

 ward and an excellent idea can be 

 formed of the good things in stoi'e lor 

 buyers from now to Easter week. 



.Judging from the three houses de- 

 voted to the lilies at this place there 

 need be no fear as to quality of this 

 Easter requisite. The varieties grown 

 are giganteum, Azores and Formosum, 

 The giganteum is liked best, although 

 it is not quite so early as the others, 

 there being a difference of about ten 

 days. We are informed that there has 

 been very little loss from defective 

 bulbs this year. 



Azaleas are, of course, a strong 

 feature this year as always. There is 

 no striking novelty but all the old 

 stand-bys are on hand in all sizes. 



Mr. Craig had a twinkle in his eye 

 when we came to the hydrangea 

 houses. He knew he had something 

 in store that would make even a cal- 

 loused critic like the present scribe 

 sit up and take notice. . It is not in 

 size alone but form, foliage, and above 

 all, the number of flower heads to 

 each plant that we have to lift our 

 hat to. 



Phododendrons are now In full flow- 

 er for pre-Easter use, but the majority 

 are held back until the buds show 

 color and are then immediately re- 

 moved to a cool house for Easter and 

 later. There is considerable call for 

 these among well-to-do suburbanites 

 for porch decorations before their lawn 

 specimens come in bloom at their 

 natural season. 



Genistas are still popular as an 

 Easter plant. They like a rather cool 

 temperature, and very little forcing is 

 sufficient — so that some of the older 

 houses that do not have up-to-date 

 heating can be profitably utilized. The 

 smaller sizes in five and six inch pots 

 are the best sellers. 



A novelty for this year is a batch 

 of gold and silver leaved maples. 

 These are in tubs and are about five 

 feet high, well-branched and just com- 

 ing into bud. The bark is pale green. 



Of Crimson Rambler roses, the old 

 form, also the improved variety known 

 as Philadelphia Rambler, are seen in 

 various sizes. The most attractive 

 are plants about 4 ft. high, balloon- 

 trained. 2 1-2 to 3 ft. through. These 

 show fine trusses of bloom^about pea 

 size at present. The new rambler 

 Tausendschon (Thousand Beauties) is 

 not quite so forward. Mr. Craig says 

 it is more easily forced and earlier, and 

 will be in good shape as soon as the 

 others. Tausendschon was a great 

 seller the past two seasons and the 

 demand has been away ahead of sup- 

 ply. 



The Baby Rambler is much in evi- 

 dence being grown mostly in 5. 6 and 

 7 inch pots, in natural form, although 

 a limited quantity are to be seen graft- 

 ed in tree form about 2 1-2 ft. above 

 the pot. A few white and pink Baby 

 Ramblers are also in sight and a few 

 plants have both -nhite and crim- 

 son grafted on the same plant as a 

 novefty. The Mrs. Cutbush and Baby 

 Dorothy are both grown but they are 

 almost identical as to the shade of 



BARGAIN SALE IN 



ERICAS, EK. 



For Immsdiate Delivery, to make room. 



BORONI.A elatior. pink, in 4 in. pots, $15.00 



per 100. 

 EPACRIS alba, white, jji-in. pots, $10.00 



per 100. 

 ERICA persoluta rubra, sH-in. pots, $10.00 



per 100. 



CHRISTMAS VARIETIES FOR 

 QROWINQ ON 



ERICA melanthera from 5-in pots, $15.00 



per 100. 

 ERICA regermlnans, 3-in. pots, $8.00 per 1 00. 



BOXWOOD 



FOR HOTEL AND VASE WORK 



12-in. high, 6 in. pots, $25.00 per 100 



iS-in. ■• 7-in. ■• 50.00 " " 



i6-i,i. " 7-in. ■' 75.00 " " 



i3 in. •■ Sin. " 100.00 " " 



Also PYRAMIDS $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, 



$6.00 to $8.00 a Pair. 



ANTON SGHULTHEIS 



Florist 

 COLLEGE POINT. - L. I, 



pink and seem to be about the same 

 thing in every respect. Lady Gay and 

 Dorothy Perkins are also as popular 

 as ever and are given their full share 

 of attention. One of the finest things 

 is a bench of Richmonds in 7s and 8s 

 just coming into hloom. There are 

 also Magna, Druschki, Killarney, La 

 France and Tom Wood. 



In spiraea Mr. Craig thinks Glad- 

 stone boats them all and bus dis- 

 carded the older forms. There are 

 a few only cf the new pink spiraea. 

 Queen Alexandra. There does not 

 seem tc be any great demand for this 

 novelty and few gix)wers have plungod 

 en it. 



Bou.gainvillea Sanderiana is one of 

 the choicest of Easter subjects and in 

 great demand among the high-class 

 stores. The specimens run mostly 

 about 3 ft. high with flat, spreading 

 heads about four feet through and lit- 

 erally covered with pink bloom. 



A batch of well-done Lorraine Bego- 

 nia is in evidence and although this is 

 usually held as a Christmas plant 

 there is some demand for it at Easter 

 also. Mr. Craig has struck it right 

 this year in propagating this plant and 

 showed with pride a bench of thirty 

 five thousand young plants, the per 

 centage of loss being well under the 

 usual 15 per cent. 



Frutescens and Queen Alexandra 

 comprise the bulk of the Easter mar- 

 guerite stock although there are a tew 

 hundred of the new Pink Alexandra. 

 This latter is a charming thing and 

 quite distinct. The center of the flow- 

 er is bright pink, the petals pure white 

 and more refined in form than the 

 older variety. This originated with 



