August 21', 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



255 



DURING RECESS. 



On Wednesday there was a ball 

 game at Niagara Falls between the 

 Buffalo and All America Florists, 

 which was won by Buffalo with a 

 score of 8 to 3. 



The Ladies' Society of American 

 Florists held their annual meeting 

 Thursday and elected Mrs. J. C. 

 Vaughan, president; Miss Meinhardt, 

 1st vice-president; Mrs. C. H. May- 

 nard, secretary; Mrs. A. M. Herr, 

 treasurer. The old board of directors 

 was elected. The meeting was fol- 

 lowed by a reception to members and 

 friends. 



REGISTRATION OF PLANTS. 



Public notice is hereby given of the 

 application of the Conard • & Jones 

 Company, West Grove, Penn., for the 

 registration of the plants specified be- 

 low. These applications for registry 

 were filed in this office on August 14th, 

 1908, and any person knowing of any 

 reason why the registry of these 

 names should not be made is requested 

 to communicate with the undersigned. 



No. 3!IS. Rose— American Pillar- 

 Flowers measure 3 to 5 inches across 

 and very durable. They are borne in 

 immense clusters. Color is a chaste 

 shade of pink, while in the center of 

 each flower is a cluster of bright yel- 

 low stamens, these are followed in the 

 Autumn by pretty clusters of brilliant 

 red seed hips. Parentage: Rose Seti- 

 gera, X Seedling of Multiflora, 



No. 399. Canna— Gladio-flora— (No. 

 2675. C. & J. Co., 1908). Petals are 

 short and rounded and over-lap each 

 other. Color is crimson, changing to 

 carmine rose with an uneven edge of 

 gold to each petal. Height, 3 1-2 feet. 

 Parentage: Sam Trelease x Venus. 



No. 400. Canna — Minnehaha— (No. 



wanda, N. Y., iron greenhouse building 

 material. 



Detroit Steam Trap Co.. Detroit, 

 Mich., steam traps. 



W. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, soil pul- 

 verizer. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, 

 greenhouse Jittings and implements. 



John A. Payne, Jersey City, N. J., 

 semi-iron frame and iron frame green- 

 house. 



Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y., 

 Furman boilers. 



Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago, ventilating 

 apparatus. 



Wilson-Hoyt Co., Short Hills, N. J., 

 concrete steel bench. 



Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich., 

 Morehead steam trap and boiler feed. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 Advance Ventilating Apparatus and 

 new pipe coupling. 



Camp Conduit Co., Cleveland, O., 

 bench tiles 



F. O. Pierce Co., New York, Mastica 

 Standard Pump and Engine Co., Cleve- 

 land, O., pumping engine. 



Niagara Sprayer Co., Middleport, 

 N. Y., sprayers. 



A. Dietsch Co., Chicago, greenhouse 

 building material. 



Geo. M. Garland Co., Des Plaines, 

 111., Garland iron gutter and cement 

 bench mould. 



Weathered Company. Jersey City, 

 N. J., greenhouse boilers. 



Benj. Hammond, Fishkill. N. Y., 

 slug shot, putty and paint. 



RHODODENDRONS, ANDROMEDAS, KALMIAS 

 AND SPE CIMEN EVE RGREENS 



JOHN WATERER & SONS, LD. 



AMERICAN NURSERY 



BAQSHOT, - ENGLAND 



HARDY NEW ENGLAND GROWN NURSERY STOCK 



Specimen Evergreens for August Planting 



Large collection of choice varieties several times transplanted. Herbaceous 



Perennials, Strong field-grown plants in great variety for September 



planting. Catalogues containing everything for the Home Grounds Free. 



THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass. 



2744. C. & J. Co., 1908). Form much 

 like Mont Blanc. Blossoms are extra 

 large, petals are long, gracefully 

 curved and have wavy edges. Colors 

 deepen through shades of gold and 

 cream to a center of peach blow pink. 

 Height, 3 to 4 feet. Parentage: Evo- 

 lution x Seedling numbered. 



No. 401. Canna — Rosea Gigantea — 

 (No. 2G9S. C. & J. Co., 1908). Single 

 petals are 2 1-2 inches across, color a 

 deep rich rose, almost a coral carmine. 

 Plants make a vigorous growth, pro- 

 ducing unusually fine clumps of green 

 foilage. Height, 4 to 5 feet. Paren- 

 tage: West Grove x Numbered Seed- 

 ling. 



W. N. RUDD, Secretary. 



August 15th, 190S. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, Exhibition, August 

 22, 23. 



Mechanicsburg, Pa., Grangers' Ex- 

 hibition, Aug. 24-29. 



Minneapolis, Minn , Inter-Lachen 

 Flower Society, Aug. 25. 



Sheboygan Falls, Wis., State Horti- 

 cultural Society, Aug. 26 and 27. 



Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society 

 Chrysanthemum Show, October 28, 29. 



Spokane, Wash., National Apple 

 Show. December 7-12. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 The Yearbook of the Department of 

 Agriculture for 1907, which has just 

 been sent out, contains as heretofore 

 the report of the secretary of agri- 

 culture and in the main body of the 

 volume are presented high-class pa- 

 pers dealing with the various phases 

 of agriculture or containing practical 

 information not heretofore published. 

 There are also papers covering a wide 

 variety of subjects prepared by of- 

 cers of the department in which new 

 lines of investigation are presented 

 in interesting form. The volume is il- 

 lustrated by 66 plates, of which 16 

 are in colors, and numerous text 

 figures. An excellent portrait of the 

 late James W. Pinchot forms the 

 frontispiece, a man who in a long and 

 honorable career as a public official 

 and private citizen rendered inestim- 

 able service towards the study and 

 practice of forestry in America. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Bassett & Washburn took orders for 

 85,000 O. P. Bassett, the new red car- 

 nation, during the first two days of 

 the convention. Poehlmann Bros, led 

 out with an order for 5,000. 



The Chicago delegation left on the 

 three o'clock train Monday for Niagara 

 Falls, as there were not enough for 

 the special which was scheduled for 

 six o'clock. 



DAHLIAS. 



rtetles in any quantity; 



Now is the time to 

 place your order lor 

 bulbs which willinsure 

 you getting named va- 

 prompt delivery. 



DAVID HERBERT & SON, 



Successors to L. K. Peacock, Inc. 

 atoo. ivr.j. 



New Forcing and Garden 

 Hydrangea. 



HYDRANGEA 



(Arborescent) 



CRAND. ALBA 



A taking novelty for 



FORCING 



Strong field-grown 15 inch 

 and up $15 per 100, $140 

 per 1000. to to 15 inch 

 $10 per too, $90 per 1000. 

 The Him City Nun. Co. 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Hardy Rhododendrons Azaleas Con- 

 ifers, Clematis, H. P. Roses, Shrubs 

 and Herbaceous Plants from our 



HOLLAND NURSERIES 



Prices rtodcrete 



PflllU/CDIfTDIf 216 JineSt.,WiihMtaOlikii 

 . UUMLimCrm) p o »o. i h«w™ »7. 



LARGE EVERGREENS 



A fine lot of Colorado Blue Spruce, Hemlock 

 Norway and Oriental Spruce, Nordmans Fir 

 and other choice Conifers, 4 to 16 feet high, recently 

 transplanted. Ask for list. 



SAMUEL C. MOON 



Monisville Nursery MORRISVILLE, PA. 



CLEARY'S HORTICULTURAL CO. 



Management AMBROSE T. CLEABY 



Wholesale Contracting, Jobbing, Auction 

 HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS 



of every description. 



Consignments Received. Surplus Stock Converted. 



62 Vesey St., NEW YORK 



