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HORTICULTURE 



December 14, 1907 



GREENS, BERRIED PLANTS otTr HOLIDAY STOCK 



BOXWOOD (Cut Sprays) Indispensable for wreath making and decorative work. Clean, dark green 

 sprays, put up in 50 lb. cases, 15c per lb. CASE HOLLY, extra choice, glossy, dark green and well berried, 

 per case $4.50, in 10 case lots at $4.00 per case. MOLLY WREATHS, made full with plenty of berries and 

 of selected foliage, (packed in cases of about 100) $15.00 per 100. LYCOPODIUM, from the deep woods, 

 extra color and quality this season, per lb. 10c, Prices of Greens subject to market fluctuations. 



Also nistletoe, California Pepper Sprays, Galax, riagnolia. Clump rioss, etc., etc. 



CHRISTMAS PLANTS 



HOLLY TREES: Extra well berried, beautiful stock in pots 

 and tubs, from 4 ft. to 8 ft. high. $3, $5, $7, $10, $12 and 

 $15 eaeh. 



BERRIED AUCUBAS: Unusually well fruited and nicely 

 shaped — a very satisfactory house plant. 7, S, and 10 inch 

 pots. $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4 and $5 each. 

 AZALEAS: Very choice and nicely set with flowers. Colors : 

 Dark pink, red, variegated and white. $1, $1.50, $2, $3, 

 $3.50 and $5 each. 



SEND FOR 



COMBINATION PLANTS: Made up of Crotons, Dracaena 

 Terniinalis, Ferns, etc. These are well established, having 

 been made up in September. 12 inch pans. $3 and $3.50 

 each. 



BOUVARDIA: New scarlet variety, most appropriate color 

 for Christmas, large bushy specimens, well covered with 

 blooms. 10 and 12 inch pans. $2.50 and $3.50 each. 

 FARLEYENSE FERNS: Exceptionally fine, very bushy. 

 5 and 6 inch. $1, J1.50 and $2 each. 



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PHILADELPHIA 



MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



On Wednesday. December 10, opened 

 the great event for wihich earnest 

 workers have been making prepara- 

 tions for many months — the tenth an- 

 nual exhibition of the Maryland State 

 Horticultural Society, at the Fifth 

 Regiment Armory in Baltimore. With 

 60,000 square feet of floor space at 

 their disposal the exhibitors had a 

 grand opportunity and they made full 

 use of it. putting up a show extremely 

 creditable in every respect, fruit 

 growers and florists pulling together 

 in a manner that promises much for 

 the future of this organization. The 

 horticultural section of the Maryland 

 Agricultural Society, under the enthu- 

 siastic management of Prof. T. B. Sy- 

 monds, secretary of the society, con- 

 tributed largely to the interest and 

 success of the undertaking. 



President Orlando Harrison, who hasj 

 worked energetically for the society's 

 welfare, made an interesting address 

 at the opening. Mr. Harrison spoke 

 approvingly of the prominence of 

 Maryland's products at the Jamestown 

 Exposition and advised a more general 

 interest in fruit growing as a commer- 

 cial enterprise. He recommended the 

 teaching of horticulture in the public 

 schools and advocated welt-built State 

 roads and parcels post. He said: 



"We should study the laws of horti- 

 culture. It will be done more by 

 specialists in the future, so you must 

 not be an ignorant man for success; 

 with the exercise of good judgment 

 in the selection of soil and proper 

 cultivation, it is a safe business. See 

 what Maryland offers to the horticul- 

 turists — thousands of acres of land 

 that will grow fruits, flowers or vege- 

 tables at a nominal cost and in a well- 

 governed State. Brains and attention 

 are as great dollar producers in an 

 orchard as in a financial Institution, 

 Maryland ranks first tor her enter- 

 prising men, and with the larger farms 



lUvirted into small ones our State ha^ 

 a great future," 



Among the winners of first awards 

 in the floral department of the exhibi- 

 tion were the following: .1. P, King, 

 Mt, Airy, tor geraniums and Lawson 

 carnations: Ed. Bishop. Roslyn, 

 chrysanthemums: P, C, Bauer, Govans- 

 town, carnation Beacon; .lohn Cook. 

 Baltimore, four firsts for roses and 

 begonias, and silver medal for best 

 American seedling rose, also Baltimore 

 News prize for group of decorative 

 plants; Pimlico Greenhouses, Park 

 Heights, chrysanthemums; R, Vincent, 

 Jr.. & Sons. White Marsh, chrysan- 

 themums and special mention for 

 canna. dahlia and caladium bulbs; A, 

 J. Tourney. Baltimore, luignonette; 

 Andrew Anderson, Govanstown, Amer- 

 ican Beauty; Stephenson Bros., Gov- 

 anstown, roses and certificate of merit 

 for carnation Splendor; George Morri- 

 son, ten firsts for seedling foliage 

 plant, begonias, orchids, chrysanthe- 

 mums, palms, crotons. ferns, etc.: W. 

 J. Hannigan, Catonsville. chrysan- 

 themums and violets: Henry Fischer. 

 Baltimore, American seedling chrysan- 

 themum, special on group of terns and 

 flowering plants; F. H, Kramer. Wash- 

 ington, silver medal and diploma for 

 rose Queen Beatrice; H, Weber & Son. 

 Oakland, American seedling carnation; 

 I. H. Moss, Govanstown, five firsts for 

 roses, carnations, coniferous trees and 

 shrubs, etc, and the Gardeners' Club 

 prize for general display of flowers; 

 Cottage Gardens Co,, Queens, N. Y,, 

 special certificate of merit for carna- 

 tions Mrs, Harvey. Mrs. Ward. Snow- 

 flake and Alma Ward; Park Depart- 

 ment, special mention for exquisite 

 group of ornamental foliage plants and 

 pot chrysanthemums. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The Committee ou Prizes and Ex- 

 hibitions for the year 1908 has been ap- 

 pointed as follows; J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, chairman; Prof. C. S. Sargent. 

 W, N. Craig, Edw. MacMulkin. Wm, J. 

 Stewart, 



MINNESOTA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The society opened its 41st annual 

 meeting at tlie First Unitarian Church 

 on December 3d. with about 200 mem- 

 bers in attendance. Despite the an- 

 nouncement of an "off year" there was 

 an almost uneqnaled fruit exhibit in 

 the basement. 



Among prominent horticulturists 

 present were G. B. Brackett. pomolo- 

 gist of the U, S. Dept. of Agricul- 

 ture; C, G, Patton, Cnarles City. Iowa, 

 one of the most noted growers of seed- 

 lings in this country: Prof, N, E. Han- 

 son of North Dakota, who has been 

 sent to Europe by the U, S. Govern- 

 ment several times to study horticul- 

 tural conditions there; W. H, Guilford, 

 Dubuque, Iowa; Rev. C. S. Harrison, 

 York. Neb.; G. A. Tracy, president of 

 tne South Dakota State Horticultural 

 Society; Prof. C. E, Waldron. Fargo; 

 Elmer Reeves of Iowa; A, .1, Phillips, 

 an apple expert from West Salem, 

 Wis.; George S. Kellog, Lake Mills. 

 Wis., the oldest strawberry grower 

 in that State. 



In his annual address, the iiresident 

 of the society. Pr if Samuel B. Green 

 of the State Agricultural College, laid 

 especial emphasis in reforesta- 

 tion. Many interesting papers 

 concerning fruit raising and other 

 branches of horticulture were read 

 Among them were those of A. 

 P. Pierce, mayor of Red Wing, 

 on "Civic Ini]irovement"; "Rose Cul- 

 ture for the Minnesotan," Chas. Nor- 

 dine. Lake City: "Border Planting," 

 Theodore Wlrth, Minneapolis; "Win- 

 ter Protection of Flowering Plants," 

 John Hawkins, Minneapolis: "Propa- 

 gation and Early Cultivation of Peren- 

 nials," C, S, Harrison. York, Neb,; 

 "Breeding New Roses,' " John Mon- 

 son, Minneapolis Floral Co.; "Breed- 

 ing of Apples," C. G. Patton. "Treat- 

 ment of Ground in Adult Orchard," 

 "Harvesting and Marketing Apples." 

 and "Spraying the Orchard and Gar- 

 den" were short papers which brought 

 on a lively discussion. One of the 

 most interesting addresses was on 

 ■.\ut Culture." given by H. S, Fair- 



