Januarj- 25, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



113 



OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. 



Dr. Tom Daly leaves Philadelphia 

 on the 21st for a brief lecture tour 

 through Ohio, Illinois and New York. 

 Any of our friends in the trade, who 

 may have an opportunity of hearing 

 the genial and witty Tom, in their 

 neighborhood, will miss a treat if they 

 fail to hear him. 



I take my hat off to Richard Rothe 

 not only for the splendid articles he 

 writes for HORTICULTURE but for 

 his good spelling. 1 also admire Ed- 

 win Jenkins but I do wish he would 

 quote his Burns more respectfully. 



To get the volume of business re- 

 ferred to in our flower trade report a 

 good deal of hustling had to be done 

 by the producers' salesmen (the whole- 

 salers). When flowers are scarce they 

 don't have to hustle; the hustle then 

 comes from the retailers' end. But 

 what a difference in the spirit in which 

 these retailers view it. They get very 

 peeved to think that they should have 

 to pay the price when the market is 

 short. And the names they call! "rob- 

 bers! pirates! Let's have a meeting of 

 the Florists' Club about it." On the 

 other hand, the producers (and their 

 salesmen, the wholesalers) take things 

 philosophically and let it go at that! 

 They never think of doing the kinder- 

 garten act! 



Salaams to your seed trade editor. G. 

 C. W. wishes to say that he never 

 rushes into a controversy regardless 

 of consequences. On the contrary 

 G. C. W. always weighs most careful- 

 ly the consequences of what he has to 

 say — not only to himself but as to how 

 same might affect others. G. C. W. 

 has been writing for the press for 

 thirty-five years and stands on his 

 record of always standing up for what 

 he thinks is right and true. He 

 issues a defy right here and now for 

 proof to the contrary! 



As for his championing the weak at 

 times: Granted. But there are al- 

 ways two sides to the simplest story, 

 and it the story is complicated there 

 may be four or forty sides to it. All 

 G. C. W. wants to do is thrash it out 

 from all sides and get at the truth. G. 

 C. W. likes pats on the back and bou- 

 quets as well as the next one Init has 

 no use for such if they are prefaced 

 with unwarranted assertions and in- 

 uendos. 



In regard to the material G. C. W. 

 has sent in to fill the gap left by the 

 regular editor on the loaf list G. C. W. 

 would like to be informed as to what 

 part of same was not both instructive 

 and entertaining and provocative of 

 food for thought. Didn't they all sit 

 up and take notice r G. C. W. 



The Gardeners' & Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore held their regular semi- 

 monthly meeting at Florists' Exchange 

 Hall on Monday, January 13, 1913. A 

 seedling carnation was exhibited by 

 Wm. Akehurst of Cowenton, Md., 

 peach-pink in color; received 85 points 

 and was awarded a certificate of merit. 

 The stem and calyx were said to be 

 perfect. The next club meeting will 

 be on Monday, January 27th, at the 

 same place. 



NO merchant carries last year styles, and you would 

 not care for old styles ; therefore, your customers 

 demand new varieties of Carnations of the "Better 

 Kind," and it is up to you to furnish them with up-to- 

 date novelties such as our New Scarlet Carnation 



THE HERALD 



Besides, this is a money proposition : The Herald will 

 produce at least one-third more blooms than any other 

 scarlet ; early, free and continuous bloomer ; stem long 

 and always stiff ; flowers large, full and of a clear even 

 shade of scarlet ; calyx absolutely non-bursting, making 

 it the highest type of a commercial carnation and one of 

 greatest value to you. All cuttings strong and well rooted. 



Order now. 



$12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar. 

 Yours for the asking. 



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A. T. PYFER,lManager 

 30 East Randolph Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



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- American, pink $3.50 $30.00 



Augusta, white 2.25 18.00 



Mrs. Francis King, scarlet 2.i5 22.o0 



Taconlc, pink 4-50 40.00 



Blushing Bride, white. Dink blotch 75 b.OU 



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■Vly 1913 



3F>RIIMG F^RIOE: L-I 



will be ready to mail March 1st. Also list of Handsome 

 Specimen Trees and Shrubs in sizes suitable for Immediate Effect. 



P. HAMILTON GOODSELL, 200 Broadway, New York 



CARNATIONS 



ROOTED CUTTINOS. 



100 lono 



Wotlenethe, $1.00 per tloz...$6.00 $50.00 



White Wonder; Lady Bount- 

 iful; White Winsor 3.50 30.00 



Princess Cliarniins 3.00 25.00 



Winsor 2.50 20.00 



Plants from 2-inch pots, Sl.OO per 100 



advance over al>ove prices. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



KOOTED CUTTINGS. 



Fifty Fine Commercial Varieties: 

 $1.50 to $4.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00 

 per 1000. 



CANNAS 



Thirty Fine Varieties, Dormant 



Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; our 



selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00 

 per 1000. 



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Wood Brothers 



FISHKILL, N. Y. 



CARNATIONS 



F. DORNER & SONS CO. 



LA FAYETTE, I NO. 



BULBS and- 



HARDY PLANTS 



Contracts made for Seed Growing 



Sfnd for Priee list 



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FLOWERFIELD, L. 1., N. Y. 



