September 5, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



328 



j'XTRA! 'XTRA!! 'XTRA!!! 



• All about the terrible shortage in the larger sizes of Lilium Harrisii which amounts to over 50 per cent. 

 There are absolutely no more in the market. Wise growers are planting 



i COLD STORAGE LILIES 



Lilium Longiflorum Oiganteum potted September 1st to I5th will flower for Thanksgiving and up to 



■ new year, Lilium Speciosum Album for Easter. Ths is not a seedsman's theory but practiced by 



■ leading plant growers in the United States and Canada, also Europe. 



j COLD STORAGE LILIUM GIGANTEUMS AND SPECIOSUMS, ETC. 



2 Our stock of cold storage lilies are not surplus or left over bulbs, but bulbs put into cold storage on 



• arrival, packed ts >ecially for this purpose. We offer them till sold as follows : — 



■ LILIUM LONQIFLORUM QIQANTEUM. 



7 — 8 inch, 250 bulbs in a case $15.00 per case; $6.50 per 100; $60.00 per 1000 



7 — 9 inch, 300 bulbs in a case 21.00 per case; 8.00 per 100; 70.00 per 1000 



8 — 10 inch, 200 bulbs in a case 19.00 per case; 10.50 per 100; 100.00 per 1000 



LILIUM SPECIOSUM ALBUM. 



8 — 9 inch, 160 bulbs in a case $10.00 per case; $6.50 per 100; $60.00 per 1000 



■ 9 — 11 inch, 100 bulbs in a case 10.00 per case; 10.50 per 100; 100.00 per 1000 



11 — 13 inch, 100 bulbs in a case 18.00 per case: 18.00 per 100; 175.00 per 1000 



All Cases Repacked and Bulbs guaranteed sound. 



| ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman, ■TOftF 



BULB GROWING IN AMERICA. 

 At (he regular meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Philadelphia on Tuesday 

 evening. September 1, James Guille 

 read a paper on the above topic. He 

 called attention to the proportions 

 to which certain branches of the bulb- 

 growing industry had already attained 

 in this country and predicted that the 

 time is now not far distant when a 

 large proportion of the money now 

 spent in Europe for bulbs would re- 

 main here. 



He spoke of the great trouble, delay 

 and expense incurred in the importa- 

 tion of these goods and the vexations 

 incident to valuation, also the difficul- 

 ties of doing business with sources 

 of supply 4000 miles distant. These 

 drawbacks together with the cost of 

 transportation, and the frequent loss 

 from heating in transit are a powerful 

 incentive to the production of bulbs 

 in home territory and Mr. Guille be- 

 lieved that the proper soil, climate, 

 etc.. would not be lacking, there being 

 an abundance of territory where con- 

 ditions similar to those in Holland are 

 found. 



In his work hitherto he had met 

 with varying success, some sorts 

 responding to American culture much 

 better than others. The labor ques- 

 tion had been settled in part by the 

 substitution of mules for hand labor, 

 the land being so much cheaper here 

 that abundant room for cultivation is 

 available. He had found more or less 

 prejudice against American bulbs 

 which would in time be dissipated as 

 their good qualities became apparent. 

 He claimed superiority for American 



Surplus offer of 



FORMOSA LILIUM LONGIFLORUM 



On account of unfavorable weather the bulbs of the Formosa Lilium Longiflorum did 

 not grow up to the sizes expected but the plants formed good solid bulbs. We are con- 

 vinced our b/S in. size will give the same results which under favorable conditions a bulb 

 of 7/0 in. would produce, and if two bulbs are planted in one pot the plants make a nicer 

 showing than those with a single stem. 



6/8 in. bulbs, 00 in a case at $16.00 per case, 5% cash discount. 



CALLAS, WHITE, JAPAN CROWN 



Our stock is grown for one season in dry loamy soil to make these roots fit for the 

 long journey, consequently they are not as large as California grown stock. They pro- 

 duce however more flowers and are perfectly healthy. 



Size 1 — 2 in. in diameter $45.00 per 1000, 5% cash discount. 



THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY GO, Ltd., 31 Barclay St., N,Y. 



Harrisii and Longiflorum, Freesias 



grown narcissi in their eatiiness of 

 flowering, the difference in their favor 

 amounting to from five to ten days, 

 due to early ripening in the spring. 

 He advised a more general forcing of 

 Spanish iris for cut flower purposes, 

 also the small early-flowering gladioli. 



BULBS FOR FORCING 



Roman Hyacinths, Lilium Harrisii, Freesias, 



Tulips and Dutch Hyacinths. 



PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS. 



New crop for present sowing. 



Special prices on application. 



Sure Crop Mushroom Spawn, $8.00 per 100 lbs. 



lA/nnhnr P Finn ^ eed Merchants & Growera 



ffcBUBr Ot UOn, 114 Chambers St., New York 



French and California Grown. 

 ALSO PURITY FREESIAS AND OXAL1S. 



Now in and Ready for Delivery. 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO. 



12 Faneuil Hall Sq., BOSTON, HASS. 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NARCISSI 



AND OTHER BULBS 



ROMAN HYACINTHS and the true 

 PAPER WHITE GRANDIFLORA 



Aik for oar Wholoule Trtde Llat at HlUegom 



K. VELTHUYS, Hlllegom, Holland 



Rep. by FELIX BOSCH, 260 Clarendon St., Boston. 



