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Allen J. K 46 



American Nursery. . . 3,1 

 Aschmann Godfrey. • • 30 

 Atlanta Floral Co. ■••43 



Barrows H.H.& Son- 31 



Baur Floral Co 32 



BayersdorlerH.&Co. 44 

 Bay State Nurseries. • 30 



Beaven E. A 4a 



BemiD^ H. G 47 



BoddingtonAT 41 



Boston Florist Letter 



Co 42 



Boston Plate and Win- 

 dow Glass Co 55 



Bosch, Felix 40 



Braslan Seed Growers 



Co 4^ 



Brcck Joseph & Sons 41 

 Breitmeyer s J. Sons. 43 

 Bridgeman' s Seed 



Warehouse 41 



Burpee W. A. & Co. 41 



Carrillo & Baldwin . • • 39 



Cassidy 1 55 



-C.F. 32 



Chicago Carnation 



Co 32 



Clarice's David, Sons 43 

 •Clcary's Horticultural 



Co 47 



Conard & Jones Co. • . 31 



CookeG. H 43 



Cowee A 4° 



Donohoe W. H 43 



Doraer F. Sons & Co. 32 



Dreer H. A 3i-55 



Dysart R.J. 44 



.Edgar. W.W. Co ... 45 

 Edwards Folding Box 



Co 44 



Ellloll Wm. & Sons. 41 

 ■Ellvvanger& Barry.. 31 



Erringer.J.W 55 



Esler 1. G 55 



Ernest W.H 55 



Eyres 43 



Farquhar R. & J. & 



Co. 41 



Fenrichl. S 46 



Flskc.H.E. Seed Co. 41 



Foley Mfg. Co 55 



Ford Bros. 46 



Froment H. E 46 



Galvin Thos. F. 43 



Garnsey M. V 42 



■Getmore Box Factory 42 



Grey T. J. Co 41 



Gude Bros. Co 43 



Guttman Alex. J 46 



UailAsso..^ 55 



<Haines, J. E 3a 



Hartmann Hjalmar & 



Co 41 



Hauswirth P.J. 43 



Herbert David & Son . 1 1 

 Hews A. H.&Co.... ss 

 Hicks Frank S. & Co. 47 



'Hilfinger Bros 55 



Hitchings&Co 56 



Hoffman 43 



Horan E. C 46 



"Houghton & Claxk ... 43 



Jahn, H. A _^- 



Jacobs S. & Sons .... 55 



Kasting W. F........ 47 



Kervan Co., The 45 



Kessler, P. F 46 



'King Cons. Co 55 



KoralMfe. Co 42 



Kuebler Wm. H 47 



Lager & Hurrell 39 



'Langjahr, Alfred H... 46 



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LeuthyA. &Co 30 



Lord & Bumham Co. 56 



MandaJos. A 39 



Mann, Alex Jr. Co... 47 



■McCarthy N. F.& Co. 47 

 McConnell Alex. . 43 



McKeUar Charles W. 44 



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McManusJas. 46 



Michell H. F.Co.. .. 40 

 Michigan Cut Flower 



Exchange 47 



Millang Charles 47 



MilUng Frank 47 



Mineralized Rubber 



Co 55 



Moltz, A 47 



Moninger J.C 55 



Moore, Hentz& Nash 47 



Moore, J L 31 



Morse C.C. &Co.... 41 

 Murdoch J. B.& Co.. 47 

 Murray Samuel 43 



New England Nur- 

 series 31 



Niessen Leo, Co 3^ 



Ordonez Bros. ig 



Ouwerkerk P 31 



PaJethorpeP. R.Co.. S4 



Park Floral Co 43 



PayneJohnA 54 



Pennock-Meehan Co. 44 

 Perfection Chemical 



Co £4 



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Picrson A. N. 31 



Pierson F. R. Co 32 



Pierson U Bar Co. ... 56 



Pratt B. G. Co 53 



Pulverized Manure 

 Co 54 



RawsonW.W.&Co.. 54 



Raynor John 1 46 



Keed& Keller 47 



Reid Edw 44 



Reinberg Peter 44 



Rickards Bros 41 



Robinson H.M.& Co. 



Rock Wm. L, Flo.Co. 43 

 Roehrs Julius Co. . ■ 31-30 

 Rolker August & Sons 



30-55 



Rose Hill Nurseries.. 31 

 Rusconi D. 30 



Sander & Son 3c>39 



Scheepers John & Co. 30 

 Schuttheis Anton ... - 30 



Schulz Jacob 32-43 



Scott, John 31 



Sheridan W. F 46 



Siggers& Siggers 55 



Sim,Wm 30 



Situations & Wants.. 52 



Skidelskv S. S 32 



Slinn B.'S. Jr 46 



Smyth Wm. J 43 



Standard Plate Glass 



Co 55 



Stearns A. T. Lumber 



Co 55 



Stumpp & Walter Co. 



40-41 



Thorburn J.M. &Co. 41 



Totty Chas. H 3.- 



Traendly & Schenck. 46 



Valentine, J. A 43 



Vclthuys.K 40 



Vick's Jas. Sons 41 



VincentR. Jr. &Sons. so 



Warendorff A 43 



Waterer John & Sons. 31 



Weber F. C 43 



Weber H. &Sons.... 32 



Welch Bros 44 



Wiboltt.R 41 



Wilson 43 



Wilson, Andrew 54 



Wintcrson.E. F. Co.. 44 

 Woodrow. Sam'i A-. . 47 

 Woodruff, W. M. & 

 Son 42 



Yokohama Nursery 



Co 39 



Young A. L .••-• 47 



Young John 46 



Young, Thos. Jr.... . 43 



Young & Nugent .... 43 



Zangen O.V. 41 



Zinn, J. A 43 



HORTICULTURE 



A PROFITABLE ASTER. 



A new industry for the fruit grower 

 and poultryman and small farmer as 

 well, is the aster culture, especially 

 that of the new improved variety re- 

 cently developed and introduced by The 

 Scientific Special Crops Intense Cul- 

 ture Ranch of Elmhurst, 111., Mr. E. 

 A. Kibbe, the originator, gives the fol- 

 lowing interesting information regard- 

 ing this aster which appears in the ac- 

 companying illustration. 



"This improved aster is of the L-hrysan- 

 themuin type, being uulike all other varie- 

 ties of asters heretofore produced. It is 

 of the Biirbank strain; its name is The 

 Lady Roosevelt. The flowers are of un- 

 usual size. 4 1-2 and 4 3-4 in. In diameter, 

 home on stems o( a very stiff, wiry nature 

 36 iu. iu length. They were solil this past 

 season at wholesale at .$1.00 per doz. net, 

 bringing more than double the priee an 

 aster was ever before marketed at, thus 

 enahling the grower to realize at the rate 

 of $SOtlO per acre and over. As aster 

 blooms can be shippoil 2()00 miles without 

 deterioration, and c-aii be grown as suc- 

 cessfully liy an amateur as an experienced 

 gardener, no greenhouse or hotbed re- 

 quired, it is a ver.v commendable crop to 

 cultivate." 



The company issues an illustrated 

 folder for free distribution. 



is Your Name In The Above 

 list? If Not, Why Not? 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



Advertisements in this column one 

 cent a word. Initiab count as words. 

 Cash with order. AH correspondence 

 addressed "care HORTICUL- 

 TURE" should be sent to II Ham- 

 ilton Place, Boston. 

 MAMAMAAmMMMMAAAMmiAIHMMIW 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



WANTED — I'ositii.n with reliable whole- 

 sale or retail seed house as seedsmau; six 

 .years' reference with -trustworthy seed 

 firms: nationality, Scotch. Address Seeds, 

 care Horticulture. 



SITUATION^WANTED in general green- 

 housc work: single, age 35, five years' ex- 

 perience, commercial. Address W. W., care 

 HOUTl CULTURE. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SAL-E— A large consignment of 16x24 

 double thick .American glass. A and B 

 i]ualitv. For further information write 

 Parshelsky Brothers. .59 Montrose Avenue, 

 Brookl yn, N. Y. 



FOE SALE — Greenhouses 5,000 feet, 

 heavily stocked, nearly new, flourishing 

 trade. A bargain. $1,600. Reason for sell- 

 ing, other business. Knull Floral Co., 

 Pl erceton, Ind. 



FOR SALE— 2000 feet second-hand 4-incli 

 cast iron pipe with fittings. In perfect 

 condition. Apply to T., care Horticulture 

 Pub. Co. 



January 11, 1908 



GOOD RESULTS OF INSPECTION 

 LAWS. 

 Statistics compiled by A. F. Crow- 

 ell, deputy state horticultural commis- 

 sioner, show the value of fruit pre- 

 duced in Spokane county, Washington, 

 to be .$2,894,165. of which the apple 

 crop netted $1,827,065. This latter es- 

 timate is based on acreage of trees 

 and the selling price of the Ben Davis 

 variety, the cheapest grade in the 

 Northwest. The apple crop of the 

 State of Washington is valued at $10,- 

 000,000. The prune crop was the sec- 

 ond in value in Spokane county, bring- 

 $47,600, strawberries netted $42,300, 

 pears $37,300, and peaches, cherries 

 and vine fruits, $938,800. Careful 

 spraying and the better care of trees 

 are two causes assigned for the crop, 

 which is 25 per cent larger than in 

 1906. Mr. Crowell says in his report: 

 "Spokane county fell far short of 

 supplying its home market during 

 1906, and it was necessary to ship in 

 66 cars of apples from the Yakima and 

 Wenatchee. This fruit was shipped 

 from a district where spraying was 

 carefully attended. Had spraying 

 l)een more thorough this year the in- 

 crease would have brought to the 

 grower fully $500,000. However, the 

 spraying has brought the production 

 up to a supply equal to the home de- 

 mand, while many cars of apples have 

 been shipped to the markets of the 

 world. 



"I have not been able to get the 

 exact number of acres of fruit for cul- 

 tivation in Spokane county. The as- 

 sessors' figures show 5.186 acres of 

 apple orchard, 96 acres in pears, 119 

 acres in prunes, and 70 1-2 acres ia 

 strawberries. From the same source 

 it is shown that there are 1,398 acres 

 given over to the cultivation of mis- 

 cellaneous fruits, including peaches 

 and cherries. I am confident the 

 figures given by the assessor are too 

 low. Prof. C. L. Smith of Spokane 

 says there are 250 acres given over 

 to the cultivation of prunes alone 

 along the lines of the Spokane & In- 

 land Empire railway, and I believe the 

 total number of acres of fruit is much 

 larger than that given." 



"The rigid inspection of nursery 

 stock shipped into the county has 

 caused the nurserymen to be more 

 careful of the stock they send out, 

 and, as a result, a better grade of 

 trees are purchased by the fruit- 

 grower." said Mr. Crowell. "More 

 care is also being exercised in market- 

 ing fruit. During October and Novem- 

 ber the commission condemned and 

 destroyed 911 boxes of apples and in 

 September 595 boxes of pears infected 

 with codlin moth and San Jose scale 

 were destroyed. A large percentage 

 of the pears destroyed was from the 

 Snake river district. 



"Although in force only two years, 

 the inspection laws have been a great 

 help to the fruit-grower and dealer, 

 who are beginning to realize the bene- 

 fits to be obtained from spraying. 

 They realize that the inspected fruit 

 brings a better price and establishes 

 a record for clean fruit. When the 

 inspection was taken up two years 

 ago. fully one-half of the nursery stock 

 sold to the grower had to be con- 

 demned because of the diseased con- 

 dition of the trees. This year, aside 

 from three shipments of trees, the 



