September 1-). 1907 



HOKTICULTURE 



357 



DACATA 



The premier of the 1905 novelties, the 

 grandest of all of M. Bruant's many 

 magnifi:ent introiluctions, and represents 

 the highest development of the geranium 

 at the present time. Beautiful shade of 

 mauve rose, with white throat, enormous 

 semi-double flowers, produced in mam 



moth trusses. Strong' plants 50c each. 



R. VINCENT. Jr. & SONS CO. 



WHITE MARSH, MD. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



WHITE— '*pah , Beatrice May $s.oo; Ivory, T. 

 Eaton, White Coombs, Ben Wells. PINK— Mrs. W. 



B. Chamberlain. Wm. Duckham, Maud Dean, Leila 

 Fil ins. YELLOW — M j. Bonnaffon.Gen. Hutton, 

 Yellow Eaton, Merstham Yellow, Col. Appleton, Mrs. 

 Wm. Duckham, Golden Wedding, Golden Beauty. 

 RED — Inteasity, $3.00: Geo. ^V. Childs, $3.00; 

 Lord Hopetoun, $5.00. Our selection, including the 

 above, and other good varielies, $ :o.oo per 1000. 



The H. WEBER & SONS CO. 



OAKLAND, MD 



POINSETTIAS 



Delivery End of September 



2 1=4 inch $5 per 100 $45 per 1000 



250 at 1000 rate. 

 3 and 4 inch, 7c. and 12c. each 



BMB FLORtL CO., Erie, Pa . 



CYCLAMEN 



Splendens Glgaateum Hybrlda 



In five colors; the tines' strain known 3-in 

 pots, ready, $7.00 per 100; 4-in., $15.00 per 100- 

 5-in., $2000 per 100. .Satisfaction guaranteed. 



S. S. SKIDEISKY, If4l NOlU 811 SI , PHllgilelOlllO, PO. 



DoubleViolets 



Lady Campbell, Extra Strong, Healthy 

 Plants. Pield grown fron March-struck 

 Cuttings. $6.00 per 100. Cash with order. 



MALCOLM ORR, ^'"^'"lltl^"^' 



Now is the time t« 

 place your order for 

 bulbs which w ill insure 

 you getting; named t«- 

 fictiei 1q any quantity; prompt delivery. 



BAVID HERBERT & SON, 



Sucecaon to L. IC Peacock, Inc. 

 A.TOO, Vi.J, 



PEONIES 



A fine stock of choice varieties. New list 

 of thirty extra fine seedlings. Send for list, 



GEORGE MOLLIS 



128 Mollis St., S. Weymouth, Mass. 



Look through the Buyers' Directory 

 and Ready Reference Guide. You 

 will find some good offers there also. 



PANSY PLANTS 



Fancy Large Plants, Transplanted 

 $3.00 per lOO. 



PERRY GREEN 



63 Howari Ave., Quincy, M^ss. 



CASH WITH ORDER 



DAHLIAS. 



in the rigidity o£ their stalks, tho 

 length of ear, number ot grains, etc. 



The process amounted, then, to the 

 sifting out of the elementary races 

 composing the supposedly pure, but 

 really heterogeneous, races of preced- 

 ing bleeders. This has been accom- 

 plished on the principle of individual 

 selection. The number and variety of 

 these elementary races is unexpectedly 

 rich, and adeciuate to supply almost 

 any demand which can be pointed out. 

 Of course the testing ot their varioos 

 iiroductiveness and their adaptability 

 to diverse condition of the Swedisii 

 teriitory has been and continues to be 

 the further work of the station. 



But the range of elementary races 

 is not limited by the numbers already 

 demonstrated in the segregating pro- 

 cess. From time to time in the pure 

 strains single aberrant individuals ap- 

 pear, sports as tbey would be called 

 liy most growers, "mutants" as de 

 Vries calls them. These are carefully 

 saved and made the starting points of 

 new cultures. From such an origin, 

 for example, have come the best among 

 all the jiovelties of winter wheat. The 

 carefully kept records of these in- 

 stances in which the exact origin of 

 new races is known, are of course of 

 very great interest to the student of 

 evolution; and, it may be added, they 

 seem strongly to support de Vries's 

 Mutation Theory. 



The proliticness of the new pro- 

 cedure is seen when we learn that as 

 soon as the preliminary work in 

 method and testing had been done, in 

 I'.tOl, l.S excellent new varieties were 

 offered to the trade. Among them 

 were 5 kinds of wheat, 6 of barley, 3 

 ot oats, and 4 of vetches — for the ex- 

 periments have not been entirely con- 

 fined to cereals. Each year some new 

 varieties are added to the stock. This 

 is in contrast to the old method in 

 which the successes were in compari- 

 son few and far between. 



De Vries reviews also the methods 

 of I,e Cotiteur, the pioneer in improv- 

 ing by s-election, Shiireff, Hallett, 

 Hays of Minnesota, von Lochow, and 

 as already said, the German seedsmen. 

 Eurbank's work is described fr<pm the 

 author's personal observation, and its 

 principles analyzed. A long chapter 

 on Association of Characters contains 

 much that is interesting to plantsmen. 

 The whole, moderate-sized book, is 

 written in a clear, non-technical, and 

 interesting style. I shall feel that I 

 have rendered some service to the 

 cause of applied science if my review 

 of the book leads readers ot HORTI- 

 CULTURE to study its pages. 



The Ames Botanical Laboratory, 

 North Kaston, Mass. 



Arroyo Grande, Calif., July 30, 1907. 

 Hoiticulture Publishing Co., 



11 Hamilton Place, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Gentlemen: — Enclosed please find 

 remittance on my subscription account 

 for your excellent paper, which I like 

 fully as well as some of the larger 

 horticulture papers on my table. 1 

 also appreciate the beautiful pictures 

 you enclose in your paper from time 

 to time. Yours very truly, 



(Signed) VICTOR .lOHANSEN. 



liSfli OF lis 



In sheath, bud and flower. 

 Write for particulars and catalogue. 



JULIUS ROEHRS COMPANY, 

 Rutherford, New Jersey. 



Just arrived in superb condition: 



Cattleya Perclvalllana, Cattleya lablata, 

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 Rogersii, O. Crispum, O. Marshalllanum, 

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 M. Clowesii, Laelia Crlspa, L. Dayana, L. 

 Praestaus, etc. Write for prices. 



LAGER & HURRELL, Symmit, N. J. 



ORCHIDS 



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 NEW Y ORK CITY 



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ORDONEZ BROS. 



p. O. Box IPS. MADISON, N.J. 



NEP. WHITMANI 



2'4 in., $5.00 pe, 100 



NEP. WHITMANI 



3'i in., $2S no per 100 



BOSTON FERNS 



2'^ in . HAW per 100 



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Grower of PALflS, FERNS and Other Deco- 

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Importers and Exporters 

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DECORATIVE PUNTS 



PERKINS ST. NURSERIES, ROSLINDALE MASS. 

 GODFREY ASCHMANN 



Importer and Wholesale Grower 

 and Shipper 



of Araucaria Excelsa, Compacta, RobustaandGlauca; 

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 Cultivator of Boston, Scottii, Barrowsii, Elegantis- 

 sima and Whitmaii Ferns. Ferns for dishes, Cocos, 

 etc. Write for prices. 



10I2 OntarloSt., Philadelphia 



