December 12, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



817 



NEW OFFERS-Continued 



KOSTER'S BLUE SPRUCE 

 WANTED. 



J. H. Troy, 24 E. ."Mill St., New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



LAUTEN FUMIGATOR. 



Wilson Plaut Oil & Fertilizer Co., Chat- 

 ham, N, J. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



POINSETTIAS, GENUINE. 



J. K. Allen, 106 W. 2Sth St., New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



PLANT POTS AND PEDESTALS. 



Jones, McDuffee fc Stratton Co., 33 Frank- 

 lin St., Boston. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



RHODODENDRONS. 



Anthony Waterer, Knap Hill Nursery, 



Surrey. Eng. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



RETAIL FLORIST. 



Palmer's, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS SEED. 



O. V. Zangon, Hoboken, N. J. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SMITH'S PEERLESS ASTER SEED. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co.. A. Irian. Mich. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SMILAX, HEAVY STRINGS. 



Vera L. Schluraff, 1041 W. 8th St., 

 Erie, Pa. 



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WHOLESALE PLANT MARKET. 



S. A. Woodrow. 53 W. 30th St.. New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



WINDOW BOXES. 



Illinois Htr. & Mfg. Co., 3S4C Wentworth 



Ave., Chicago, 111. 



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NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL. 

 The season's work of this institution 

 at Poylestown, Pa., is now in full pro- 

 gress anrl the results of the intelligent 

 work of the students in the horticul- 

 tural departments, under the able 

 guidance of Professor Walter F. Fan- 

 court, are already beginning to show. 

 The first shipment of greenhouse-grown 

 tomatoes was sent last week to Felix 

 & Spatola, Philadelphia, and, being of 

 better color and more suitable size 

 than could be obtained elsewhere, 

 brought 5c. per lb. over the market 

 price. It pays to take pains and put 

 brains into the work whether it be 

 growing tomatoes or anything else. 

 Mr. Fancourt has been highly compli- 

 mented by the faculty on the success 

 •of his work so far, and has the 

 brightest prospects for the future in 

 his efforts to turn out a lot of able and 

 efficient young men to tackle the hor- 

 ticultural work of the future. 



G. C. WATSON. 



A western grower who has made a 

 big success in growing high grade 

 asters — the kind that wholesale for six 

 to eight dollars a hundred — sets his 

 plants two feet apart in the rows, and 

 the rows are 4 feet apart. An enor- 

 mous quantity of water must be sup- 

 plied from the time buds are formed. 

 If extraordinary results are sought, 

 plenty of room and plenty of water 

 Is the key. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICUL- 

 TURAL COLLEGE. 

 A Short Course in Floriculture. 



During the past few years there 

 has been an increasing demand for 

 educational advantages along all lines 

 of agriculture and horticulture. This 

 demand has been felt keenly at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College and 

 this year a short course will be of- 

 fered for the first time by the depart- 

 ment of floriculture. That no holiday 

 season may break Into the course, lec- 

 ' turcs will begin Jan. 5, ending March 

 10, before the Easter rush begins. 



This course is outlined with the 

 idea of furnishing young men who 

 have not the time to devote to a longer 

 course, with the theoretical and prac- 

 tical considerations which are ess'en- 

 ial fcr success in floriculture. The 

 course will cover as thoroughly as 

 time will permit those aspects of the 

 work of special interest to the growers. 

 Greenhouse construction, greenhouse 

 details, such as ventilators, gutters, 

 benches, etc., greenhouse furnishings 

 and equipment, heating, florists' crops, 

 and florists' trade are some of the 

 topics to be considered. 



In addition to the regular lecture 

 work of the course which is given by 

 Professor E. A. White, it is expected 

 that talks will be given by experts in 

 greenhouse design and construction, 

 greenhouse heating; in growing 

 special crops such as roses, carna- 

 tions, violets, orchids, wholesale mar- 

 keting, retail marketing, etc. The co- 

 operation of several of the most up- 

 to-date practical florists has been se- 

 cured for these talks. This course 

 will consist of five exercises each 

 week. 



The work given in soils and fertili- 

 izers, greenhouse insects and diseases 

 of greenhouse crops will also be re- 

 quired of men electing this course. 

 Because of lack of accommodations 

 this year the course in floriculture 

 will be limited to fifteen. 



The cost of the course will be as 

 reasonable as possible. Tuition will be 

 free and the cost of board and rooms 

 in private families varies from $4 to 

 ?6 per week. Board at the college 

 dining room may be obtained for $3.75. 

 A circular describing fully these 

 courses may be obtained of Prof. J. 

 A. Foord, A,mherst, Mass. 



NEW ART VOLUME ON GARDEN- 

 ING. 



An edition de luxe of a new garden- 

 ing bock is no rarity in these days 

 and indeed we oftentimes wonder who 

 it is that buys the many handsome 

 books that are continually coming out. 

 What promises to be one of special 

 interest is entitled An Artist's Garden, 

 Tended, Painted and Described by 

 Anna Lea Merritt. With 16 full-page 

 illustrations in colors by the author, 

 the garden here described and illus- 

 trated lies in one of the most beauti- 

 ful and quiet valleys of Hampshire. 

 The book will be found serviceable, as 

 it abounds in bints useful boih fur the 

 beginner and expert in gardening. 

 The author is an artist well known for 

 her work, but it is an unusual thing 

 for an artist to be also the gardener 

 and the author of the book she illus- 

 trates. The price is $">.:!■" plus postage. 

 C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



JACK ROSE DAHLIA AND A MILE- 

 STONE. 



"Jack Kose was also among the number 

 but. owing to the cold nights which pre- 

 vailed a short time ago, the color was not 

 iis gciod as I have seen, although it was 

 still the color of Jacqueminot rose, when 

 that great rose was past Its best. Yet It 

 was not "Magenta," as my good friend 

 George C. Watson states In this week's 

 issue of Horticultural he sees in it. He 

 must have seen the Jack Hose Dahlia at a 

 great disadvantage, but George is very 

 much given to disputation. Ou one occa- 

 sion one of his best friends accused him 

 of disputing the figures on a mile post." — 

 Ed. Lonsdale, in Florists' Exchange, Oct. 31. 



What I said about the color of this 

 new dahlia of Mr. Peacock's was sim- 

 ply that it looked to me more like 

 magenta than a good Jacqueminot col- 

 or, and that I thought Katherine Duer 

 would beat it as to color. But I am 

 quite willing to revise this opinion if, 

 as I am now informed, the blooms 

 from which my impression was formed 

 were not at their best. It is but justice 

 to Mr. Peacock to make this state- 

 ment. As to Mr. Lonsdale's charge 

 that I am by nature "disputatious" — 1 

 deny it. I always accept everything 

 I am told without discussion. Thresh- 

 ing a subject out to get at the facts 

 I consider an absolute waste of time. 

 As for the milestone yarn — I deny that 

 also. It was merely one of Robert. 

 Craig's inventions. But if one be on 

 a journey and very tired it is some- 

 times hard to believe even a milestone. 

 That I ever had the temerity to dis- 

 pute any statement made by my grave 

 and reverend seniors, Messrs. Craig 

 and Lonsdale, may appear wonderful 

 to them, but at least, it shows my 

 courage and it is far better fun talk- 

 ing to them than with a milestone. 

 You might as well talk to a milestone 

 as with some people, but Messrs. Craig 

 and Lonsdale are hot in that class. 

 G. C. WATSON. 



DURING RECESS. 



Chicago Florists' Club. 



This club instituted a new feature 

 last Thursday evening in the shape of 

 a Ladies' Night. It proved highly 

 successful. About one hundred sat 

 down at a luncheon in the banquet 

 hall above the Union restaurant, 

 where the club usually meets. 



At the close of the repast President 

 Kill heartily welcomed the members 

 and guests, and introduced P. J. Foley, 

 who after a few happy remarks an- 

 nounced the programme. This con- 

 sisted of speeches expressing pleasure 

 at having the ladies present, music of 

 a high order and specially-arranged- 

 l'or speeches by two men supposed to 

 be newcomers among the florists' em- 

 ployes. These captured the house, 

 being professionals in a humorous line. 

 One was introduced as Mr. Roy Weed 

 and in recounting his varied experi- 

 ences as a "Weed" among the flowers 

 so carried his audience with him that 

 few suspected the joke being played 

 upon them. 



The meeting broke up just before 

 twelve, and all wished that Ladies' 

 Night should become a regular part 

 of the club's entertainments. 



