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HORTICULTURE 



February 22, 1913 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo, Wis.— 

 Guide to Pansy Culture and Catalogue 

 of Seeds and Plants, tor 1913. 



M. Rice Co., Phila., Pa. — Large 

 Illustrated Sheet and Price List ol 

 Easter Baskets and Novelties. 



Daniel A. Clarke, Red Oak Nurseries, 

 Fiskeville, R. I. — A select list of hardy 

 ornamental plants, in neat, pocket size. 

 Illustrated. 



F. H. DeWitt & Co., Wooster, Ohio. 



— Geraniums and Pelargoniums, for 

 1913. An illustrated list of these stand- 

 ard specialties. 



Rumsey & Co., Ltd., Boston. — Illus- 

 trated Catalog of Spray Pumps and fit- 

 tings. Apples in natural colors used 

 as a cover illustration. 



Albert A. Sawyer, Poi'est Park, 111. 

 —Folder Sheet of the Sawyer "Aster- 

 mum." Illustrated and convincing. A 

 view of a field of these flowers makes 

 a gorgeous picture. 



E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.— 

 Trade Price List of Bulbs and Hardy 

 Plants, Spring of 1913. A well selected 

 list in which lilies and gladioli are 

 especially prominent. 



\V. W. Wilmore, Denver. Colo. — 

 Dahlias, 1913. A very interesting and 

 complete illustrated catalogue of dah- 

 lias. Many beautiful novelties are 

 listed. Special Trade List also. 



William Tricker, Arlington, N. J. — 

 Water Lilies and Hardy Ol 1-Fashioned 

 Garden Flowers. A list that every one 

 interested in aquatic gardening will 

 want. Handsome illustrations. 



B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass. 



— Cedar Acres Gladioli. A very at- 

 tractive and fetchy publication, nicely 

 illustrated and with a very artistic 

 cover, in colors. Size just right to 

 slip into the coat pocket. 



Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass. Wholesale Trade List. As usual 

 this catalogue presents in its selec- 

 tions the best things in hardy shrub- 

 bery, trees and herbaceous material. 

 Many desirable sorts of recent intro- 

 duction are listed. 



Chamberlain & Gage. South Natick, 

 Mass. — Price List of Gladiolus Bulbs, 

 1913. An enticing list for the glad- 

 iolus fancier, particularly in the nov- 

 elty list which is an exceptionally ad- 

 vanced one. This is a catalogue that 

 will sell the goods, all right. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 

 — Vick's Garden and Floral Guide. As 

 usual one of the "winner" catalogues. 

 Cover illustrations in color, inserts are 

 White Perfection and Peach Blossom 

 asters and Southport Globe onions. 

 Good material in a vast quantity has 

 been condensed into this book. 



Bertrand H. Farr, Wyoraissing, Pa. 

 — Farr's Hardy Plants. This is al- 

 ways one of the most beautiful and 

 high-class American trade publica- 

 tions for the year. The principal 

 changes over the edition of last year 

 are two handsome new color plates, 

 an index to the 590 varieties of 

 peonies described and a set of new iris 

 seedlings of Mr. Farr's own raising. 

 A conventionalized treatment of Ger- 

 man iris in natural colors makes an 

 appropriate cover illustration. 



M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, Mass.— 

 Handbook of Roses. A thoroughly ar- 

 tistic production embellished with 

 numerous beautiful pictures and list- 





WIZARD BRAND MANURE 



is especially useful to the florist in winter when the 

 crude rough manure supply is wet, frozen and hard 



to get. 



Sheep or Cattle Manure Pulverized or Shredded 



A kind for every use and in most convenient, 

 effective form. Saves labor, is ready for instant use 

 when most needed and can be depended upon. 



One hundred pounds in a bag equals a whole 

 wagon load of stable manure. 



Don't fail to specify Wizard Brand when you or- 

 der and you'll get the best. Your supply house can 

 furnish it if you insist, or we ship direct promptly. 



THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY 



31 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHIGACO 



ing all the most desirable roses of the 

 various classes. Naturally the climb- 

 ing and rambler sorts are given espe- | 

 cial attention and several novelties i 

 of .sterling merit are included. There 

 are fail pagi half-tone plates of speci- 

 men pianis of Mrs. M. H. Walsh. 

 Lucille. Lady Blanche, Arcadia and 

 others, and on the cover page appears 

 Winona in colors. 



C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery Co., 

 Yoi-k, Neb. — This catalogue bears the 

 inscripiion "Finest Loiiection of Or- 

 namentals West of Chicago." The 

 contents give strength to the cla^m. 

 That this firm, with the climate con- 

 ditions confronting it in a large sec- 

 tion of its field has succeeded to the 

 e.xtent of putting out a catalogue such 

 as the one before us is a great credit 

 to them and their enterprise. "Beauty 

 is wealth" has been the slogan of this 

 veneiable inoneer for many years and 

 this publication by his firm is a most 

 capaljle missionary. 



HELP WANTED 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 

 Modern Strawberry Growing, by Al- 

 bert E. Wilkinson. — One more addition 

 to the useful Garden Library series. 

 The author is instructor of horticul- 

 ture and in charge of extension work 

 at Cornell University. In this book he 

 has provided a very practical manual 

 on the strawberry industry, the only 

 one that has been published in 25 

 years and hence indispensable to any- 

 one interested in the culture for home 

 use or for marketing of this, the most 

 popular of small fruits. Modern Meth- 

 ods of Growing, Modern Methods of 

 Packing and Modern Methods of Sell- 

 ing, are fully treated in its 16 chapters, 

 filling over 200 pages. The text is 

 illumined by 32 illustrations showing 

 the various operations. The book is 

 published by Doubleday. Page & Co., 

 Garden City, New York, at $1.10 net. 

 HORTICULTURE can supply copies 

 at publisher's price. It meets in most 

 complete and satisfactory manner the 

 need for information on this important 

 industry and we do not hesitate to 

 commend it strongly to our readers. 



FOR SALE 



GLASS FOR S.\1.10— Clieap for casli ; 250 

 boxe.s of 10 X 24, double thick. B qu.Tlity. 

 hand-mnde gl.nss. $2.50 per hos. F. O. 15. 

 NewtonvlUe or Bemis. H. A. Harris, 77 

 Wnlnut St., Newtonville Mass. 



WANTED r:s 



ENERGETIC AND COMPETENT 

 PARTV OF PLEASING ADDRESS, 

 FAMILIAR WITH PRINCIPLES 

 OF GOOD L.-\NDSCAPE PLANT- 

 ING. ONE WITH NURSERY 

 TRAINING PREFERRED. PER- 

 .M.\NENT POSITION WITH OP- 

 PORTllNITY FOB .ADVANCE- 

 MENTS TO RIGHT I".4RTY. 



The Elm City Nursery Co. 



NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 



Address Landscape Department 



WANTI'^D — Xurseryuian. A young man 

 wbu understands tbe Nursery business, 

 particularly Ornamental and Herbai cous 

 plants and Landscape plantlnjj from plans, 

 t'liniarried man preferred. Apply to Chafl. 

 T! Fish & C".. Worcester. M.iss. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED— By experienced 

 liardener. well up in all branches. Situa- 

 tion as head gardener on private place, or* 

 i;eueral work. Twelve months in America. 

 (;ood references from the Old Country. 

 Aire 36. Address, stating wages, "G. G.," 

 care of Mr. Mcl.ellan, 9 Marshall St., Som- 

 crviUe, Mass. 



WANTED — By gardener, or general 

 .superintendent on private estate; experi- 

 enced in all branches of gardening, good 

 references. Eigiit years in last position. 

 W. D. Nickerson, ICi Putnam St., Quincy, 

 ]Srass. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE 



Medford : ideal Im-.itidn for florist; 30,000 

 feet Innd. large lO-ronm house with Im- 

 provements, barn, carria^ie house, ben- 

 li"use. l;irce slfiini he^tert jxreenhnuse, 

 fruit and garden: I'»rated In renter of rity ; 

 an exoeptiunal offer. Price $r>.'>00. Boule- 

 vard Storage Co.. 317 SaJem St., Medford. 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE — Freah from factory, new ; 

 10:il2. lBx]M. Hi X 24. dnuMe thlrk. A 

 find B cuialltles. Market dropped. Now Is 

 the time to buy and save money. Pnrshel- 

 8ky Bros, Inc.. 215-217 nnvpmevt^r St., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



