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HORTICULTURE 



January 4, 1913 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The latest publication of the Cornell 

 Reading Courses, under the supervision 

 of Dr. L. E. Bailey, is a 16-page Illus- 

 trated pamphlet by A. E. Wilkinson on 

 "Hotbed Construction and Manage- 

 ment." A very serviceable document. 



Recent publications by the horticul- 

 tural department of the I'niversity of 

 Illinois are the following: Papers pre- 

 sented at the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association, re- 

 vised to date, on the "Work at the Ex- 

 periment Station," by H. B. Dorner, 

 and "Carnation Stem Rot," by H. N. 

 Anderson; an illustrated pamphlet giv- 

 ing a list of the courses of instruction 

 and other useful information relative 

 to the work of the college. 



Chrysanthemums; by Thomas 

 Stevenson, with chapters by C. Har- 

 man Payne and Charles E. Shea. 

 Edited by R. Hooper Pearson, Manag- 

 ing Editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 — It §eems almost needless to say 

 more regarding this book than is con- 

 veyed in the mere announcement of 

 the names of the gentlemen who have 

 made it. Accuracy in data, thorough- 

 ness and reliability on cultural topics 

 and, above all, enthusiasm and love 

 for their subject that permeates every 

 line, is what the authors have given 

 us in this attractive and useful little 

 volume. The ten chapters include 

 Chrysanthemum History. Raising 

 Seedlings. Hints on Decorations, Exhi- 

 bitions. Packing, Pests, and a chapter 

 each on Border Japanese, Incurved, 

 Decorative and Anemone and Pompon 

 Classes, together with some very use- 

 ful lists. There are eight full-page 

 portraits of chrysanthemums in natur- 

 al colors by T. Ernest Waltham. This 

 book is one of the series of "Garden 

 Flowers in Color." 



Irises— This is another beautiful 

 book in the same series as the fore- 

 going and illustrated in colors, by the 

 same artist. The illustrations include 

 I. bucharica, I. longipetala, I. Susiana. 

 I. Jacquiniana, New Giant Xiphium. I. 

 xiphioides, 1. ochroleuca and I. Kaemp- 

 feri. There are 110 pages filled with 

 concise facts and accurate Informa- 

 tion that will fascinate and instruct 

 the lovers of this noble race of gard- 

 en plants. The author is W. Rickat- 

 son Dykes and preface by Prof. Isaac 

 Bayley Balfour of Royal Botanic Gar- 

 den, Edinburgh. Both of the above 

 books are published in New York by 

 Frederick A. Stokes Co. We can sup- 

 ply them by mail for 85 cents each, 

 prepaid. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



C. E. Critchell was the first on Third 

 street to offer jonquils and freesia this 

 season. 



The Hill-Heller store put a number 

 of taxis into service to help deliver 

 their Christmas orders. 



Louis H. Kyrk and Miss Edith Kyrk 

 have the sympathy of the trade in 

 their bereavement over the death of 

 their sister, Stella. 



The Christmas rush came on Julius 

 Baer so fast that on Christmas Eve 

 his entire stock was cleaned up and 

 he was compelled to put up a sign 

 to that effect. 



Typewrites your circular letters, fills in a different 

 name and address, and addresses the envelope, 

 as well as your facsimile signature in a different 

 color, at the one operation. 

 The Writerpress prints from type and your stock 

 electros in ink, for your catalogue and office forms 

 Send for catalogue and information to 



EDWARD A. HART 



294 Washington Street 



SALES AGENT 

 Suite 349 



BOSTON, MASS. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott sailed 

 December 28 on the Oruba for a visit 

 to Bermuda. 



The three Dailledouze Bros, have re- 

 cently returned from a cruise to the 

 Panama Canal. 



President W. H. Siebrecht of the 

 New York Florists' Club comes to 

 town frequently now on club business 

 and is busy forming his committees 

 foi- the coming year. 



At Carl A. Woerner's, on Clark- 

 son street, Brooklyn, there is always 

 a display of well-grown plants. Early 

 astilbes are already coming into bloom 

 and a continuous cut of lilies from 

 now until Easter is in sight. 



Eugene Dailledouze claims for his 

 Enchantress Supreme, which is a sport 

 from Enchantress that it holds its 

 color better through January and Feb- 

 ruary and does not carry so heavy a 

 bud as the original variety which pre- 

 vents calyx bursting. 



Among the strikingly handsome 

 things noted in the wholesale market 

 are superbly grown freesias, the gen- 

 uine old-fashioned pure white. They 

 were at P. F. Kessler's, who was sell- 

 ing them at $6.00 per 100, and were 

 grown by P. J. Schroeder of Pine 

 Brook, N. J. Mr. Schroeder produces 

 his own bulbs holding the stock care- 

 fully up to type. 



Louis Schmutz has an excellent lot 

 of decorative plants at the old Zeller 

 place on Clarkson street. Also at his 

 original establishment, which is well 

 deiileted by the Christmas demand are 

 promising Easter stocks of cinerarias, 

 lilies, etc. Young cyclamen for next 

 Christmas are progressing finely al- 

 ready. Louis' stock of philosophy and 

 wit is still exhaustless. 



Another fact worth making note of 

 is that Killarney Queen is by far the 

 finest of the Killarney roses thus far, 

 especially if they can be grown by 

 others as well as those we saw at W. 

 S. Allen's. One other fine thing which 

 caught our eye in passing was Sau- 

 ter's mignonette, which was finding 

 ready sale at $1.25 per dozen sprays. 

 The price is as good an index to the 

 quality as anything we might say. 



PERSONAL. 



Luther Armstrong and Fred Oster- 

 tag, both of St. Louis, recently report- 

 ed sick, are reported much improved. 



H. B. Dahlberg, formerly of Min- 

 neapolis, is now manager of the 

 Jamestown Floral Co., Jamestown, N. 

 D. 



G. A. Sellenthin, formerly of La 

 Crosse, Wis., has accepted a position 

 as gardener for Mrs. Marcus Daly, 

 Hamilton, Montana. 



Jas. F. M. Farquhar of Boston, starts 

 on January 4 on a cruise to Italy and 

 Fiance. Mr. Farquhar expects to be 

 away for two months. 



Julius Schnapp, formerly with the 

 Hollywood Gardens. Seattle, Wash., is 

 now with the Tonseth Floral Co., 133 

 Sixth street, Portland, O. 



Ray C. Brown, of Ashland, Mass., a 

 graduate of Cornell school of horti- 

 culture, has accepted a position on a 

 large estate in Pomfret, Conn. 



Mrs. Ruble Leslie, formerly with the 

 Miami Floral Co., has taken a posi- 

 tion with W. G. Mathews as manager 

 of his Main street store in Dayton, O. 



Donald McNaughton, formerly em- 

 ployed at the Oakley Country Club, 

 Watertown, Mass.. has accepted the 

 position of superintendent of the es- 

 tate of E. S. Moore, Lake Forest, 111. 



Many friends will be pleased to 

 know that N. F. McCarthy, Boston, left 

 the hospital on January 1 after recov- 

 ering from his second operation and 

 is now at home recuperating rapidly. 



George Ham'er, the popular assistant 

 manager at the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, was presented with $50 in 

 gold by the stall holders and salesmen 

 on Christmas morning. President 

 Stickel made the presentation. 



Boston visitors— G. X. Amrhyn, 

 New Haven, Conn.: A. E. Thatcher, 

 Bar Harbor, Me. 



Visitor: 

 R. I. 



Wm. Jurgens, Newport, 



St. Louis visitors— Robt. Newcomb, 

 Guy Reyburn. of Henderson's and F. 

 Lei'npke of Barnard's, all of Chicago. 



