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HORTICULTURE. 



March 21. l<>ns 



VANDA C^RULEA, The Popular Blue Orchid 



ARRIVED in superb condition, a large shipment of this fine Orchid ; iisetul and profitable for 

 cutting as well as for exhibition. Be sure and secure sonne of these plants now ; you will be well 

 pleased with the results. Wri/e for prices. 



TO ARRIVEm We have large quantities of Orchids of the best kinds on the way, due here 

 about M ly ist. If you are in the market for any let us know and we will quote you price?. 



EstBbllshBtl OrchidSm These we have in large quantities to suit all purposes and at low prices. 



Supplies — Such as selected Orchid-peat, Live Sphagnum Moss, Orchid-baskets, Books on 

 Orchid Culture, etc., etc. 



LACER & HURRELL, SUIVIIVIIT, N. J 



ORCHIDS 



Largest ImporterSf Exporter/!, Orouwra 

 and Hybridists ii% the World 



Sander, St. Albans, England 



and 235 Broadway, Room I 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Imported Orchids 



JUST TO HAND 



Laella Purpurata 



Gattleya InterniBdia 



Gat tie ya Mosslae 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO., 



The Orchid Nurseries RUTHERPORD, N.J. 



ORCHIDS 



We shall receive in about t%vo ^veeks' time fine 

 importation of Dendrobium Wardianum, D. 

 PhalaenopBis, D. Formosum giganteum. 



April: Most all the Cattleyas. Vandas, Onci- 

 diums, e'c. Write for » rice List. 



CARRILLO & BALDWIN, Secaucus, N.J. 

 O I« O H I 13 S 



The largest importation of Orchids 

 everrpceived in this country WILL 

 ARRIVE next .spring from Krazil. 

 Co!oml)ia and Venezuela. If you 

 intend putting in stock wait for 

 these to arrive and we will quote 

 the Lowest Prices In America. 



A NEW SOCIETY LAUNCHED. 



On Saturday afternoon and evenin.s:;. 

 between forty and fifty gentlemea 

 lovers of orchids or interested in or- 

 chid culture met. pursuant to call, at 

 the hall of ihe .A.mericaii Institute. 

 New York, to consider the feasibility 

 of and take preliminary steps for the 

 organization of an orchid society of 

 America. Among those present and 

 those from whom approving Utters 

 were received, amateur enthusiast.-, 

 gardeners and commercial firms were 

 well represented, and the spirit dis- 

 played left no room for doubt as to t!ie 

 excellent prospects for the proposed 

 organization. The meeting organized 

 at 7.30 P. M. by the selection of Wm. 

 J. Stewart of Boston ac temporary 

 chairman, and Ed Roehrs of Ruther- 

 ford as temporary secretary. The re- 

 sult of the deliberations was the ap- 

 pointment of a committee of nine on 

 organi/.ation to formulate plans and 

 nominate officers and to repo'-t at an 

 adjourned meeting, the date of which 

 will be later announced. The commit- 

 tee was constituted as follows: Clem- 

 ent C Moore, George Schlegel, Dr. 

 Kitchen, ,1. E. Rothwell, Mrs. Geo. B. 

 Wilson, G. V. Nash. H. A. SiebrBCht. 

 Jos. A. Manda and John E. Lager 

 The exhibition in connection with the 

 meeting continued from 4 till 10 P. M. 

 A few of the mere interesting and rare 

 things included in tho varioi's groups 

 were as follows: 



From Lager & Hurrell. about three 

 dozen species in pots and pans, includ- 

 ing Camerotis purpurea, a little gem 

 very rare: Dendrobiums nobile AUani- 

 aniim, Araesianum, Cambridgeanuni. 

 and ehrysodiscus. the latter a beauti- 

 ful little hybrid; Laelio-Cattleya C. B. 

 Roebling-. Cypripedium Mrs. \V. A. 

 Roebling. and th'e odd looking Onci- 

 dium fuscatum. 



From Julius Roehrs Co., Cattleya 

 Trianae alba, C. Sehroderae dark 

 lipped varieties. Cymbidium insigue a 

 pale pink flower with carmine pencil- 

 ling on the lip (its first appearance in 

 this conrti->-). Cypripedium Leeannra 

 Clinkiibervyanum, Phalaenopsis Rimes- 

 tadiana. 



From Clement C. Moore, gardener E. 

 Knight. Cattleya Sehroderae var. The 

 Gem, C. Sch. Oritani and several other 

 lovely forms of this glorious orchid 

 and a hybrid between Cattleya Men- 

 delli and Brassavola Digbyana, a beau- 

 tiful flower with very large fring?d 

 lip. C. 0. Roebling, gardener James 

 Goodier, sent, among other thin,gs, a 

 collection of cyprii>ediuni crosses, in- 



cluding C. X James K. Polk, C. X 

 Prewettii, C. X W. H. Harrison, C. X 

 Germinviinum, C. X Andrew Jackson, 

 C. X Medera superba, C. X Sal- 

 lierii, C. X John Tyler, C. X 

 Adrastus. C. X Patrick O'Mara, and C. 

 villosum Roeblin.gianum. the blue- 

 lipped Cattleya Trianae Roeblingiana, 

 Dendrobiums Ashburtonianuni and De- 

 vonianum. 



.1. A. -Manda, Cypripediums glau- 

 cophyllum, Williaiusii, Winneaum, me- 

 dia superba and Lathamianum aureum 

 and Phaio-Calanthe Arnoldiae. 



CarriUo & Baldwin, Laelio-Cattleya 

 Myra (C. Sehroderae X Laelia flava) 

 and Coelogj'ne cristata alba. 



Scth Borden, gardener F. Varden, 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum and otlier 

 cut bloom. 



At the meeting of the Dayton (O. ) 

 Florists' Club held on March 2. offi- 

 cers were elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent, H. H. Ritter; vice-president, 

 Mrs. Elizabeth Young; treasurer, 

 George Bartholomew; secretary, H. 

 Frank. 



ROBERT CRAIG CO. 



ROSES. PALMS, 



and novelties in Decorative Plant 9 

 MARKET and 49lh STREETS., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1 



NEPHROLEPIS SCOTTII 



in the following sizes, extra good value 



2Sc., SOc, 7Sc., and $1 



Grand Specimen Plants at $3, $4, $5, $6." 



JOHN SCOTT 



Rutland Road and E. 45th St. 



Tel. 2800 Bedford BROOKLYN, N.Y. 



NEP. WHITMAN! 



2'4 In.. $5.00 per 100 



NEP. WHITMANI 



3^ In,, $25.00 per tOO 



BOSTON FERNS 



2>4 In., $3.00 per 100 



H. H. BARROWS & SON Whltma. Mass. 



Boston, 4 inch I2C, 5 inch 25c. 



Plersonii, 3 inch 8c. 



Eleg;anti-siina, 2'4 inch 6c, 3 inch loc, 



BAUR FLORAL cbr, Erie, Pa. 



ORDONEZ BROS., 



Madison, N. J. 



ORCHIDS for Spring Delivery 



NEW inPORTATIONS 



Cattlenas, Laelias Oncidiuns, e(c. 



Write f»r I'kices 



Now Is the time to Pot Orchids. Rest Quality 



of Peat, floss and Baskets on hand. 



JOSEPH A. MANDA, "VeM^^^. 



In ordering goods please add "I saw 

 it in HORTICULTURE." 



COLD STORAGE 



MULTIFLORUM LILY BULBS 



7 to 9s 

 Dell\'ery Immediate or as Ordered. $45 per 1000 



WOOD MOSS. 65c per b'die. 



D. RUSCONI, 128 W. 6th Street, Cincinnati, 0. 



