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HORTICULTURE. 



March 27, 1909 



HEWS STANDARD POTS 



POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street, 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



4S2-460 No. Branch St., 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mr. Keller of Bay Ridge and was 

 bought from him and put on the mar- 

 ket last year by Dreers. 



Among the foliage plants suitable for 

 Easter, first place must be given to the 

 crotons. This place is famous for these, 

 and they can be seen here by the 

 hcufrieful. Next in importance is Dra- 

 caena lerminalis, always a prime favor- 

 ite when well colored, and it is all 

 that can be desired this year. The 

 new Dracaena Mandaiana is in limited 

 supply and appears to be a grand ad- 

 dition to this family. The green va- 

 riety (fragrans) and the variegated 

 (Massangea) are not much in demand 

 for Easter. 



Gardenias as pot plants are conspic- 

 uous by their absence this year. Pre- 

 sumably the high price of the cut 

 blooms makes this too expensive as a 

 pot plant in competition with azaleas, 

 etc. 



We started this little Easter story 

 with the azalea and find we will have 

 to finish with it also, as we omitted 

 to mention a fine lot of the handsome 

 little Japanese azalea with the bright 

 crimson flowers — Hinodegeri. Tnis Is 

 a little eem. O. C. W. 



A Look In At Schulth'eis. 

 Ericas for Easter will be scarce. 

 Last summer was a very severe one 

 for them and many were lost by the 

 New York growers, and the few that 

 were carried through are all sold. 

 Azaleas and rhododendrons will be un- 

 usually well flowered this year, judg- 

 ing from what Mr. Schultbeis has in 

 sight. Finest of all are the Hy- 



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drangeas. Never have we seen more 

 shapely plants or more profusely 

 flowered. 



Roses are the strongest feature in 

 the Eastern stock this year. Baby 

 Ramblers and Adult Ramblers are seen 

 in goodly quantity but the giant 

 specimens of the latter which have 

 been in evidence other years are miss- 

 ing. The experience last year when 

 the large stock which had taken so 

 much room and labor were left un- 

 sold was a practical lesson for the 

 growers and if the buyer wants big 

 Ramblers or big azaleas or big gen- 

 istas this year he will have to splice 

 three or four small ones together. 

 Flower of Fairfield, the "Ever-bloom- 

 ing" Crimson Rambler is the most in- 

 teresting thing Mr. Schultbeis has. 

 Every shoot brings a flower cluster 

 and the blind growths of the ordinary 

 Crimson Rambler are unknown on 

 this splendid acquisition. Foliage and 

 flowers seem absolutely indentical 

 with the old favorite. Nothing pret- 

 tier or sweeter can be imagined in 

 the Polyantha rose line than Apple 

 Blossom. In color and fragrance the 

 flower well bears out the resemblance 

 to an apple blossom and the persisten- 

 cy of its petals is one of its strong 

 points. Among the true Ramblers 

 I^euchstern makes a pretty picture 

 with its rosy pink petals fading to 

 pure white at the base. We almost 

 forgot to mention Catherine Zeimet as 

 one of the most attractive of the dwarf 

 Polyanthas. flowers large, double and 

 satiny white. 



Mr. Schultbeis is a notable exception 

 in one respect — he finds no fault with 

 his lilies. He has tried a novelty in 

 hyacinth named Distinction. Its color 

 is purplish claret and its principal 

 "distinction" is that nobody likes it. 



Easter Plants in Chicago. 



The cloudy weather which has pre- 

 vailed for the cast six weeks makes 

 the situation a little ditficult to fore- 

 cast. There has been very little sun- 

 shine so far in March, and but three 

 days that could be called bright in 

 February. 



To begin with, the favorite flower lor 

 the Easter holiday, the Easter lily, will 

 not be overabundant. While most of 

 the growers have a fair stock, the sup- 

 ply i? scarcely up to usual quantity, 

 and the stems are generally short. 

 Considerable dissatisfaction has been 

 expressed throughout the winter with 

 the lily bulbs which were so mixed 

 that an unusual number of plants had 

 to be thrown out. 



Bulbous stock has sold well all the 

 season and Easter will find no surplus 

 but rather a shortage in this line, es- 

 pecially in pans. 



A fair supply exists of Crimson 

 Rambler, Lady Gay, Baby Rambler 

 and other rose stock. Rose stock is 

 not so good as could be desired. The 



large trained plants will be almost 

 wholly lacking. 



Some plants of "bleeding heart" will 

 be seen and look like a desirable ac- 

 quisition to the variety of Easter 

 plants. 



There appears to be about the usual 

 quantity of azaleas, rhododendrons, 

 spireas and Primula obconica. 



Among green plants Boston ferns of 

 large size and good quality are decid- 

 edly short in supply at present writing. 



AN EFFECTIVE SPRAY. 



The following testimonials have 

 been received by Wm. Cooper & Neph- 

 ews, who are advertising their Insecti- 

 cide Spray in our columns: 



Goldsboro, N. C, July 4, 1908. 

 I am glad to st.ite tbat the use of your 

 VI Wluter Spr.iy Fluid was largely insti'u- 

 mental in saving my grape crop, as also 

 fiu-rants and other small fruits. 



(Sgd.) J. A. WASHINGTON. 

 Chappaqna, N. Y., June l.S, 1!K»S. 

 In answer to your letter I may state that 

 the Fluid which you sent to me does ex 

 (■client work. I sprayed about a do/.eii 

 trees: the.v are now free from San Jose 

 Scale and looking fine. 



(Sgrt.) EKNEST ULMBR. 

 Pulteney, N. T.. Nov. 21. 1908. 

 The VI Fluid is all right. My trees were 

 in a fine condition all through the .year up 

 to the present time; my neighlxirs all were 

 wondering over it. Half of ray apple or- 

 chard I sprayed twice, the other half only 

 once. If you could have seen the differ- 

 ence; the one half sprayed twice had larger 

 and finer apples than the half sprayed only 

 once. 



(Sgd.) JOHN SCHUSTER. 

 320 Park St., Upper Montclair, N. J. 



June 4th, in0.S. 



Since using your V2 Fluid, where I could 



find worms by plenty, I now fail to find 



any, T have also used your V2 on rose 



liii>h.-s fur tli^ green fly with good success. 



M\ [ihiitis. peaches and pears are in very 



gn.icl , liiidii for young trees and are 



]u;iknii; z I u-rowth. Had I used the VI 



1 lliiiil; I ^liMiiM have had no trouble with 

 tlrr (li-i:i^. I am lighting now. 1 shall 

 iiTi.iiDiiriMl yiriir flulds for spraying wher- 

 ever I can. 



(Sgd.) JAMES FETCH. 



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