August 15, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



809 



A FINE MELON CROP. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society on Au- 

 gust 7 visited the H. H. Rogers estate 

 at Fairhaven. After inspecting the 

 new park which Mr. Rogers has at 

 enormous expense transformed from 

 mud and marsh into a beauty spot 

 of about ten acres in extent and is 

 presenting to the town, under the guid- 

 ance of James Garthly, they visited the 

 melon patch, 66x78, upon which were 

 growing (roughly counted) 1000 musk- 

 melons, Honeydiop, Montreal and an- 

 other kind sent for trial. One melon 

 of the unnamed variety tipped the 

 scales at 13 3-4 pounds. The crop 

 was well worth a journey to see. 

 Plants the picture of luxuriance, mel- 

 ons about as thick as they could find 

 room to grow and, as experience after- 

 wards proved, of flavor equal to ap- 

 pearance. 



Mr. Garthly has grown melons upon 

 the same patch of ground for six years 

 and considers that the main secret 

 of success and freedom from blight 

 lies in early planting and good cultiva- 

 tion. The seeds were sown on May 12 

 in the place where they were to grow. 

 A hand light was kept over them 

 closed, until the formation of the sec- 

 ond or third leaf when air was ad- 

 mitted judiciously and the light re- 

 moved as weather conditions permit- 

 ted. 



The committee then adjourned to 

 Fort Phoenix where they enjoyed a 

 Fairhaven clam bake and verified Mr. 

 Garthly's statements concerning the 

 quality of his melons. 



THOMAS WHITE. 



TWO GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. 



A New Firm. 



Our advertising columns tell of the 

 advent ot a new firm which is undoubt- 

 edly destined to take a prominent part 

 in the trade activities of the future. 

 Messrs. Skidelsky and Irwin, who com- 

 pose the firm, are both well known. 

 Probably no one has a larger acquain- 

 tance with the trade from one end 

 of the country to the other than Mr. 

 Skidelsky. We wish the new house 

 the abundant prosperity which they 

 merit and will undoubtedly get. 



THE LIBRARIES OF LONDON. 



A very neatly clothbound, well 

 printed handbook bus just been pub- 

 lished at the trifling charge of six- 

 pence by the University of London, 

 Eng., bearing the above title. It 

 contains a list and details of all the 

 libraries in London from the great 

 national collection in the British 

 Museum down to some of the small 

 libraries of the special societies de- 

 voted to the various arts and sciences. 

 The name of the library, address, 

 number of volumes, and notes con- 

 cerning the subjects and sometimes 

 the origin of the libraries are given. 

 A remarkably interesting and useful 

 guide for foreign students in our 

 great Metropolis. The Lindley Library 

 of Horticulture and the Kew Gardens 

 Library of course are included. 



HORTICULTURE PUB. CO., 



Please discontinue carnation ad. All 

 sold out. 



II ARLOWARDEN GREENHOUSES. 



Greenport. N. Y., Aug. 10, 1908. 



CHAS. E. MEEHAN, Vlce-Pres. 



Last year we presented the portraits 

 of two members of the Pennock-Mee- 

 han establishment in Philadelphia and 

 it is now our pleasure to introduce 

 two more who, however, hardly require 

 an introduction, Mr. Fancourt particu- 



E. J. FANCOURT, Secretary. 



larly, being known wherever an in- 

 trepid traveling representative has ever 

 succeeded in penetrating. Mr. Fan- 

 court is manager of the ribbon depart- 

 ment of the Pennock-Meehan Co. and 

 will have something lovely to show 

 at Niagara Falls. 



When Passing through Philadelphia 



Come to West Grove, Pa. — the home of the Rose. Our 

 place will prove interesting with its seventy green- 

 houses of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Geraniums and a 

 varied assortment of miscellaneous plants including 

 a grand collection of Rex Begonias and Ferns. We 

 have twenty acres of outside stuff — flowering and 

 ornamental shrub, of many kinds, Cannas, Dahlias, 

 Roses, Carnations, etc. All are cordially invited to 

 pay us a visit. Trains leave Broad St. Station Penn- 

 sylvania R. R. Baltimore Cent. Div. of P. B. & W.R.R. 



The Dingee & Gonard Co., West Grove, Pa 



RESULT OF ADVERTISING A GOOD 



THING IN A GOOD PAPER. 



Beechwood Cemetery Company. 



Ottawa, Can., Aug. 22, 1907. 

 Bostrom-Brady Mfg. Co., Atlanta, Ga.: 

 Gentlemen: — The Level arrived all 

 O. K. Tuesday. We are all well pi. 

 with the instrument. Enclosed you will 

 please find express money order Cor 

 amount of bill. Kindly send receipt 

 for same, and oblige, 



Yours very truly, 



W. CRAIG, Asm 



ment is received and in every way is 

 satisfactory. 



Yours very truly. 

 THE JEWELL NURSERY CO 

 Diet. J. M. UNDERWOOD, Pres. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 



The Jewell Nursery Co. 



Lake City, Minn.. May 7. 1908. 

 Bostrcm-Brady Mfg. Co., Atlanta, Ga.: 

 Gentlemen: — Your leveling instru- 



S94.S62. 



894,887. 

 894,914. 





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Flower Pot. Moses W. (J ban, 

 Sterling, Pa. 



Lawn Mower, James H. Hol- 

 land. Shasta, Cal. 



Surface Plow, Weeder and 

 Grubber. George L. Stoo- 

 key, Lehi, and Joseph J. 

 Turner. Clover, Utah. 



Seed Testing Apparatus. 

 David W. Miner, Fairfield, 

 Iowa. 



Seeder Attachment. John W. 

 Hunze, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



