October 12, 1907 



horticulture: 



481 



NOW READY FOR DELIVERY 



White Roman Hyacinths Buibsi2,5cm indrcum. 



I ilium Harriceii Bulbs of the very finest quairty. 



I.IIIUIII naillSSII 6-7 inch bulbs, 350 to the case, $6.00 



per loo; $55.00 per looo. 7-9 inch bulbs, 200 to the case, 

 $9.00 per too; $85.00 per 1000. Full case at 1000 rates. 



Freesia Refracta Alba S' Ex7r"",t^:rbX 



;'s to J2 in h diameter, 75c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Selected 

 bulbs, yi to }i inch diameter, $1.00 per 100: $7 50 per 1000. 



$1.00 per 100; $7.50 

 per 1000. 



ference, $2.75 per 100; 

 $25.00 per 1000. Bulbs 13-15 cm. in circumference, $3.25 

 per 100; $29.00 per 1000. 



Narcissus Paper White Grandiflora 'Ift.'l 



circumference, $1.25 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Bulbs 14 cm. 

 and up in circun, ference, $1.50 per too; $1 1 00 per 1000. 



Allium Neapolitanum 75cperioo; $5.00 per looo. 



Bermuda Buttercup Oxalis 



If you have not receii/ed same, send for our complete list of bulbs for winter and spring flowering 



F, R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



a scale as the commercial growers do 

 them. How often have exiierimeuts In 

 horticulture, as well as other lines of 

 agriculture, fallen into contempt be- 

 cause they were undertaken on too 

 small a scale. The besetting sin of 

 the station horticulturist ha.s been the 

 yielding to the temptation to under- 

 take too many things ai one time, to 

 try this and that and the other thing 

 in a picayunish way. His more or 

 less valid excuse too often has been 

 that many of these things were forced 

 upon him by the imperative demands 

 of his horticultural constituency. 



Both parties must learn more thor- 

 oughly the proper functions and limi- 

 tations of experiment station work in 

 horticulture. The station man must 

 come to see more clearly that his 

 proper work is to attack the problems 

 which are beyond the practical man, 

 pnd the latter must recognise that it 

 is folly to impose additional burdens 

 on wallers in horticulture at the sta- 

 ions. As an aid to the discussion of 

 the problems connected with the estab- 

 iishment of the science of agriculture 

 room was made for a cotirse in horti- 

 tiilture at the National Graduate 

 School of Agriculture held at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois in 1906. and provi- 

 i:ion for a similar course is being made 

 for Cornell i.Tniversity and the Geneva 

 Experiment Station in l&OS. 



With the enlar.gement of the scien- 

 tific basis of hortictilture, mainly 

 ihrough the broadening work of the 

 experiment stations, it should be pos- 

 sible to organize instruction in horti- '. 

 culture in a sounder pedagogical man- 

 ner and to extend this instruction 

 both inside and outside the colleges i 

 so as to reach many more students 

 and benefit horticultural practice much 

 more widely. The formulation and dis- 

 cussion of horticultural courses for 

 different grades of schools sliould be 

 encouraged. 



Especially, efforts should lie made 

 to secure the more thorough organiza- 

 tion and equipment of horticulture 

 departments in some of the Agricul- 

 tural Colleges, located in States where 

 horticulture is a great agricultural in- 

 dustry. AVe need more of such specia- 

 lization of development by agreement 

 among our agricultural colleges. While 

 all of them would do well *.o maintain 

 respectable departments of agronomy, 

 horticulture and animal husbandry, 

 one or the other of these lines might 

 properly be emphasized in individual 

 institutions in accordance with its rel- 

 ative local importance. This in New 



A LARGE SURPLUS OF JAPAN 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM 



Sizes 7 9 in. and 9, !0 in. on hand. Prices on application. 

 I^YOKOHOMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.. 31 Barclay St.,N.Y. 



ESTABLISHED 1 802 



Send for our Trade Bulb List 

 New crop Giant Cyclamen seed. 



PER lOCO SEEDS 



Asparagus plumo us nanus seeds $2.25 



Asparagus plumosus robustus seeds .... 2.50 



Bermuda Easter Lilies and Roman Hyacinths. 

 Send for special prices for large qua- titles. 



ALL THE OTHER DfTCH BULBS, 



J.M.THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 Park Place 



NEW YORK 



Everything of the Highest Grade 



Boddington's 



BULBS BLOOM 



CATALOGUES FREE 



Write for one to-day 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 



342 W. 14th St., N. Y. City 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS 



Supply the trade witli 



PLANTS AND BULBS 



For greentiouse or outdoor use, imported 

 to order. Send for estimate. Address — 



3 1 Barclay St., or P.O. Box 752, New York. 



York and California and a few other 

 States we may reasonably expect the 

 developiBent of horticultural depart- 

 ments or schools more comprehensive 

 and thorough than anything in this 

 line else'where in the world. Stale 

 boundaries should not prevent students 

 from assembling themselves in large 

 numbers where they can receive the 

 instruction of competent specialists 

 under the most favorable conditions. 



LET US QUOTE 



on your wants in Callas, Paper White 

 Grand. Narcissi, 13 cm. up. All Dutch 

 Bulbs, Wood Moss. 



D. RUSCONI, 32 West Sixth Street 

 CINCINNATI, OHIO 



liO,000 DAHLIAS 



Premium Stock, guaranteed true to name. 

 500,000 large Flowering Gladioli, 



hundreds of colors and variations mixed. 

 Wholesale prices on application. Order now 

 for spring delivery. Catalogue free. 

 J. L. MOORE, Northboro, Mass. 



