March 7, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



301 



Wholesale 

 Only 



Recent Genuine Noveliies in 



SWEET PEAS 



The following are our recent introductions in the Q'ant Flowered Wavy Standard 

 Varieties. These have all been sent out well fixed in character, and can easily be 

 kept so: — 



GLADYS UNWIN — Lovely pale pink. A great market favorite. 



NORA UNWIN — The purest and finest giant flowered white. 



PHYLLIS UNWIN — A deep rosy carmine self, and sunproof. 



A. J. COOK — Best described as a giant flowered Hrs. Walter Wright. 



FRANK DOLBY — Lovely pale blue, a giant flowered Lady Qrisel Hamilton. 



riRS. ALFRED WATKINS — A lovely delicate pale pink with pale salmon shading. 



E.J. CASTLE — Rich carmine with salmon shading. The finest of all for artificial light. 



These are all the Qlant Flowered Offsprings of "Qladys Unwln." 



EVELYN BY ATT— Rich flame color. The first of this rich color. 



ALSO 



To be had from all Seedsmen and Nurserymen througfbout tbe United Kinsfdom, America and tbe Colonies. 



■whoi:,ej«sa.i^e; oivt,^v Fieoiwi 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, 



12, Tavistock St., Covent Garden, LONDON, W. C, England 



Wholesale Seed Merchants 

 and Growers, 



will deliver the lecture before the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society on 

 March 14: subject, Development of dis- 

 ease resistant varieties of plants. 

 March 21 is the date of the spring 

 flower show. 



The Massachusetts Fruit Growers' 

 Association will held their fourteenth 

 annual meeting at Worcester March 

 11-12. Prof. H. T. Fernald will speak 

 on insect pests; Jno. Eames and Mon- 

 roe Morse will discuss fungous pests 

 of the past season; J. H. Hale will 

 compare peach growing in New Eng- 

 land with other sections; J. H. Put- 

 nam will show the possibilities of fruit 

 growing on the hills of the State; Wil- 

 frid Wheeler will speak on small fruits 

 as a money crop, and Prof. F. C. Sears 

 will tell how commercial orcharding 

 can be developed in Massachusetts. 

 Exhibits of fruit will be made. 



The committee in charge announces 

 that the annual outing of the New 

 York Florists' Club will take place ou 

 Wednesday, July 1, at Witzel's Grove, 

 per steamer Isabell. All arrangements 

 are completed and Stone's Orchestra 

 are already polishing up their instru- 

 ments and practicing tunes — Scotch 

 and some German. "Sister Societies" 

 are to be invited to participate. Pretty 

 good work, this. The committee capa- 

 ble of such "previousness"' should have 

 their names in type, so here they are: 

 W. E. Marshall, chairman; J. Austin 

 Shaw, secretary; Chas. Schenck, treas- 

 urer; Robert Schultz and Jos. A. Man- 

 da, sergeants-at-arms; Messrs. Bun- 

 yard, Hickards, Fenrich, Hoftmeier, 

 Kessler, Guttman, Wheeler, Berry, 

 Totty, Donaldson. 



SUCCESS REWARDED BY SUCCESS -THE UNPRECEDENTED 



sale of High CIsss Aster seed more fully demonstrates the fact that cut flower growers of the better 

 classes, ns well as the retail florists from all parts of the imited States and Canada, also Europe, are 

 open to conviction that the trade demands a higher and better grade and quality of Asters than has 

 heretofore been produced, consequently our Improved chrysanthemum type of Aster I ady Roosevelt 

 seed is in wonderful demand, and not only tne seed, but also the cut flower product from this un*>ur- 

 passed improved variety of Ast« r as same are being contracted for already for next September de- 

 livery by retail florist« from several large cities of various parts of the United States, viz: New York, 

 i^ltteburg. New Orleans, Denver, &c., a $1.00 per dozen, net. As we are able to produce this 

 superior Aster Lady koosevelt by our special improved Scientific Intense c ulture n»thods with 

 bloom stems 36 in. or more in length enables us to ship the cut flower product to any city in the United States 

 east of Denver without deterioration, as with the large, long, stiff, wiry >tems they absob a large 

 quantity of water before shipping, which preserves them in transit, and also two or three weeks after 

 their arrival at their destination. 



Mflt*\/plrk1l6 ^^ " ^^y seem, we are expecting this season to improve upon our last seasons 

 **■ VCIUIIO accomplishments by growing our Aster plants 6 feet ta'l, wherein last sesson they 

 were only 4J^ and 5 feet in height, thereby producing bloom stems 36 to 48 inches in length with flowers 414 

 to BVz inches in diameter, thus enabling us to realize net $4 000 or more, from the I '4 acre that we 

 intend to grow for the cut flower trade. These will be marketed in at least 40 and possible 60 different 

 cities in the United States, from Boston, f^ass.. to Denver inclusive. This is our proposed plan for 

 creating a demand and sale for our unparelled chrysanthemum type of Aster, Lady Roosevelt for 

 those who may in the near future become producers of this speci 1 Aster from the seed they are now purchas- 

 ing from us. FOR still further desired Informal Ion send for^our illustrated folder— which also contains 

 other very interesting information relative to other April crops we a e engaged in the culture of. 



THE SCIENTIFIC INTENSE CULTURE RANCH, ELnHUPST. ILL., Box 344. 



The Annual Rose Number 



}/l/ill Be Issued March 21. 



This Number will contain many features 

 in connection with the fleeting and Exhi= 

 bition of the American Rose Society and 

 will be of Special Interest to Rose Growers. 



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