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H ORTl CU LT U RE, 



July 20, 1907 



ROSE NOTES. 



Marco, a new Wichuraiana rose, be- 

 longs to the Tea-scented section, is 

 of good form and double, orange-red 

 in color. M. Guillot is the originator. 



Rosa rugosa Roserai de L'Hay, 

 semi double, deep brick-red, raised by 

 Graverian in 1902 and disseminated 

 by Cochet is well recommended as a 

 hedge or border plant by the Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle. It is said to bloom 

 abundantly throughout the summer. 



Rose Paul's Carmine Pillar has 

 made a new record for itself this sea- 

 son, coming through the hardest win- 

 ter on record, in the vicinity of Bos- 

 ton with but few scars and producing 

 a remarkable crop of bloom which ex- 

 tended over most of June and early 

 Julv. 



Whatever may or may not be said 

 favorable to the so-called baby ram- 

 bler as an Eastern forcing plant, cer- 

 tain it is that it cuts a sorry figure 

 with its lifeless color even at its best 

 ■when in the garden contiguous to 

 Crimson Rambler, and when the 

 flowei-s have become old their habit 

 of persistence and fading out on the 

 plant gives them a very unattractive 

 appearance. 



Wellesley proves to be one of the 

 hardiest as well as one of the most 

 profuse flowering of garden roses 

 adapted to the climate of Massachu- 

 setts. It withstood the severe winter 

 of 1906-7 in even better shape than 

 did Killarney, which is already recog- 

 nized as a gem among ever-blooming 

 hardy roses. Wellesley is a very rapid 

 grower, and flowers follow one an- 

 other in rapid succession all through 

 the summer. 



SHRUB CHAT. 



•A. writer in The Garden speaks very 

 highly of Rose Hugonis, a species ol 

 which seeds were received from China 

 at Kew. It Is described as a shapely 

 bnsh of at least six feet in height and 

 bearing yellow fiowere two inches in 

 diameter. This species may pi'ove 

 valuable as a pollen bearer. 



Among the flowering shrubs seriously 

 injured by the severe weather of the 

 past winter may be mentioned Clema- 

 tis montana, which last year bore a 

 profusion of flowers, but this year 

 none, not only the buds but much of 

 the wood being killed outright. With 

 this little demonstration of its unreli- 

 ability imder certain conditions. Cle- 

 matis montana is yet handsome 

 enough when it does come to make it 

 well worthy of a place among the de- 

 sirable climbing shrubs. 



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WORK 



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Settees - - $7.00 

 Window "1 

 Boxes J 

 Arm Chairs 3.25 

 Tubs - - 1.25 

 Vases with 1 <, 7= 

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'-^i 201 Fulton St„N,V. 



BOSTON HEAD LETTUCE. 



The illustrations used here are from 

 pictures taken on the market garden 

 farm of Dell Titus, the largest grower 

 and dealer in Boston Head lettuce, in 



the garden district of Irondequoit, N. 

 Y. Mr. Titus has methods of prepar- 

 ing and of applying water to the soil 

 entirely his own, and thereby manages 

 to keep his plants fairly free from dis- 

 ease. In the case of the greenhouse 

 crop, as the lettuce is removed pretty 

 well toward spring, but long before it 

 would be safe to plant cucumbers out- 



doors, the beds are then planted with 

 cucumbers, which also find a ready 

 sale on the Rochester market, being, of 

 course, ready for market weeks before 

 the first outdoor product comes in. As 

 to the outdoor crop, the land here is 

 required to produce three crops a sea- 

 son. H. R. PEACHEY. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



C. Betscher, Canal Dover, O. Spe- 

 cial list of Peonies. All guaranteed 

 to be true to name. 



Michell's "Special Advance" Whole- 

 sale Bulb Catalogtie.— H. F. Michell 

 Co., 1018 Market Street, Philadelphia. 

 With the catalogue goes a special in- 

 vitation to visit the large model seed 

 and bulb establishment of this com- 

 pany. A feature of the Michell Com- 

 pany's business is its special atten- 

 tion to the florist trade. 



Three roses for a penny and half a 

 pineapple for a penny are quoted as 

 street seller prices for the last week 

 of June in London. 



NEW BABY SMILAX 



(Myrsiphyllum Aaparagoldes Myrtlfolla) 



The old well-known Sniilax has a 

 rival in this new variety. 



It is of a delicate and handsome ap- 

 pearance; the individual leaves are 

 only one-half as large as the regular 

 Smilax; and as graceful as the Maiden 

 Hair Fern. 



It is advisable to allow each plant 

 several strands ol twine on which to 

 run. It is a very rapid grower, and 

 produces many more shoots than the 

 old variety of Smilax, 



NEW CROP JUST RECEIVED: 



25 seeds $ ,75 



50 seeds 1.25 



100 seeds 2.25 



250 seeds 5,00 



500 seeds 9.50 



1000 seeds 18.00 



Also new crop Pansy, Myosotis, 

 Daisy, Cineraria, Primula and all 

 other seasonable seeds. 



Send for Michell's new price list 

 of Bulbs for Florists 



HENRY F. MICHELL GO. 



1018 Market Street 

 PHILADELPHIA - - PA. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



The subject of our frontispiece this 

 week is a very complete and compact 

 range of iron frame houses of Lord & 

 Burnham construction. The large 

 house in the rear is the palm con- 

 servatory. The large curvilinear 

 house on the left is devoted to grapes 

 and peaches, and the corresponding 

 one on the right to fruits in pots. The 

 carnation house appears betwe_en 

 these two, while further back are 

 houses with compartments for or- 

 chids, ferns, vegetables, etc. 



The plant is considered a model in all 

 respects. It is on the estate of Miss 

 E. J. Clark, Pomfret, Mass. It is pre- 

 sided over by John Ash, well known 

 to frequenters of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society's exhibitions in 

 Boston as an expert grape grower and 

 winner of first prizes in many of the 

 flower and fancy fruit classes. 



PIANTQ ^^^ used in 

 UIHIl I u mixing our 



PANSY SEED 



*• BODDINGTON'S CHALLENGE " 



mixtuie contains all the finest Qlant 

 strains — of the leading Pansy Specialists 

 in the world-the Giant self colors, the 

 Giant striped and margined, and the 

 Giant blotched — all carefully mixed in 

 proportion — tht ^/I'lesi that money can 

 buy — ihe finest jj'o/rr- money can buy. A. 

 Jfoi'tst who has grown it, said "Why 

 don't you call it Defiance !" 



Trade pkt. 75c, 1-4 oz. $1.50, 1-2 oz. 

 $2.75, oz. $5.00. New crop ready July. 



... Order Now ... 

 A. T. BODOINGTON, 342 W. 14th St., N.Y.City 



CELERY PLANTS 



Golden Self-Klanching, Giant Pascal, White Plume^ 

 Winter Queen, $1.25 per 1000. Borecole, $1 per 1000. 

 Brussels Sprouts, $1 per 1000 Leek, $1 per 1000. 



CABBAGES 



Early and Late Flat Dutch, Succession, Savoy, $1.00 



per lOGo. Cash with order, please. 



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