May IG, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



663 



A BOON FOR CABBAGE GROWERS. 



The growth of cabbage plants for 

 late setting has been a very uncertain 

 venture in parts of New Yorlv Slate 

 for several years. Maggot-flies and 

 flea-beetles have become so plentiful 

 in cabbage sections that only small 

 fractions of the seed sown give plants 

 worth setting; so that many growera 

 have had to import large numbers of 

 plants from other States, with greatly 

 increased expense and liability of in- 

 troducing disease. A simple and, so 

 far as tested, a feasible and cheap 

 method for controlling insects on seed 

 beds was tested, not originated, by the 

 Geneva Station last year, and the de- 

 tails of the experiment are given in 

 Bulletin No. 301. A small bed was 

 covered with cheesecloth screening and 

 the plants completely protected from 

 maggots. From ISOO square feet of 

 bed 50,000 sets were taken, while from 

 a check- plat intended to set 40 acres 

 only plants enough for a little over 4 

 acres were secured. By taking off the 

 cover for a week before setting, the 

 plants were "hardened" so that there 

 was no moTe wilting than with plants 

 grown in the open air. The screening 

 method is very inexpensive, and is ap- 

 parently more promising than any 

 spraying or soaking of the soil with 

 insecticides. Cabbage growers should 

 secure the bulletin by sending to the 

 Station for it. 



RECENT BUSINESS REVERSES. 



J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., Jo- 

 liet. 111., was petitioned into bank- 

 ruptcy May 5 by Grldley, Culver & 

 King, New York. 



J. W. Shadow, proprietor of the Ce- 

 dar Hill Nursery and Orchard Co., 

 Winchester, Tenu., has made an as- 

 signment to Hugh Morton, trustee. 



E. L. Beard, doing a landscape gar- 

 dening and nursery exchange business 

 at 1.55 Milk street, Boston, made an 

 assignment on April 28 to F. M. Smith. 



P. .T. Campbell, Oswego, N. Y., has 

 added a seed department to his florist 

 business. 



Henry Richardson is in charge of 

 tue work of setting out 2000 3-year- 

 oid pine seedlings on the land recent- 

 ly purchased for water works at W. 

 Concord, N. H. 



Winter-flowering 



SWEET PEA SEED 



All Colors 



New crop ready in August next. Ask for list. 



A. C. ZVOLANEK 



ORIGINATOR. BOUND BROOK, N.J 



XXX SBEEKS 



CHI^ESE PRnROSE. Finest grown, varieties 

 mixed; 500 seeds, $i; lialf pkt., 50c. 



CINERARIA, Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed; 

 1000 seeds, 50c. 



GIANT PANSY. Best large-flowering, mixed, criti- 

 cally selected; 5000 seeds, $1; half pkt , 50c Cash. 



JOHN F. R*^iPP. SHIRHHANSTOWN, PA. 



The Home of Primroses. 



BRECK'S SEEDS 



For Farmer, Market Gardener and Florist 



New Crop HIsh Grade 



Catalogues mailed free on application 



Joseph Breck & Sons Corp 



4r-54 NO. MARKET ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



Special Offer FLOWERING ROOTS AND RULBS 



TUBEROSES CYCAS REVOLUTA 



Maininoth Pearl Pure White, First Size 25 pounds, $2.25 



Bulbs, $S.oo per 1000. 100 pounds, 8.50 



HARDY JAPANESE LILIES 



Lil. Album 8-9, per 100 .§6; 1000 .$60 j Lil. Kubrum S-9, per ico .SS-OO, 1000 $47.50 



' " 9-II, " 7.5o> " 70.00 



9-1 1. 



100 



Headquarters for LIL. FORMOSUM 



Henry F. Michell Co., 



1018 MARKET 

 STREET 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



ASTER GROWERS ATTENTION:— 



Our Seed is All Sold. If you failed to get some it is your loss. However: — Get a 

 Competition Card Now, Enter your name as an Aster Grower of America and win part of 

 our $250.00 offered in prizes. Entry free. All inform,ition gladly given. No cost to 

 you except to prepay the express charges on flowers sent in competition. 



Altimo Culture Co., Canfield, Ohiom 



Seeds of ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 

 NANUS, $2.00 per 1000. 



Seeds of ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 

 ROBUSTUS, $2.00 per 1000. 



COLD STORAGE LILY OF THE VAL- 

 LEY PIPS 



JAPAN LILIES, JAPAN IRIS 



For prices, state quautities required. 



J. M.THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., tiirough to 38 Park Place 



N.EW YORK 



Best Quality Fall Bulbs 



It is to your advantage to place your order 

 early. Send us a list of your wants and we 

 will quote you rock-bottom prices. Copy of 

 our Florists' Bulb Catalogue will be sent up- 

 on request. Catalogues now ready. 



VICK'S SUPERB PANSY SEED 



All the best varieties In separate colors 

 VICK'S SUPERB MIXTURE 



the best strain from all the leading named sorts 

 1-8 oz. 75c. 1-4 oz. $1.50 Ounce $5.00 



JAMES VICK'S SON S. Roc iiester, N. Y. 

 PRIMULA, FRINGED SINENSIS 



This seed has been grown for us by a specialist in the 

 culture of Primula, and he has produced plants of sturdy 

 growth, large, thick flowers beautifully fringed and 

 carried on erect stems well above the foliage; unex- 

 celled in size, substance and beautiful colors. 

 Giant Pe faction Strain, Finest Mixed, 1-64 oz., $1.00 

 Pure White, Brilliant Pink, Blue, Chiswick Red, and 

 Crimson, 1-64 oz., $1.00. 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO. 



13 Faoeuil Hall Sq., BOSTON, MASS. 



C. G. MORSE & CO. 



Address all comiBunications to our permanent address 



48 to 56 Jackson St., San Francisco, Cal. 



The Largest Seed Growers 

 in the United States 



RELIABLE SEEDS 



sow NOW 



Ageratuui Mexicanuiu Blue Star ^ 



Tr. Pkt. 25c: 6 Tr. Pkl.. $1.25. 

 Lol>elia Krinu^ Pendiculata Hainburgia 



Tr. Pkt. 30c: 6 Tr. Pkt., $1.50. 

 Primula Obconica Grandiflora — 



New Hybrids : Blood-red. Blue, Carmine, Pink, 

 Purple, Violet, Pure-white, Compacta, Gigan- 

 tea. Fringed Mixed Hybrids, each separate, 

 Tr. Pkt. 50c: 6 Tr. Pkts., $2.50. 



My Catalogue will guide you through Reliable Seeds. 

 Ask for Same. 



O. V. ZANCEN 



SEEDSMAN, HOBOKEN, N.J. 



JUST ARRIVED 



LARGE SHIPMENT OF 



High-Grad e SCOT CH SOOT. 



We have the Stott Double Nozzle 



THOMAS J. GREY GO. 



32 & 33 So. Market St., BOSTON 



BRIDGEMAN'S SEED WAREHOUSE 



RICKARO SBROS. 



Props. 



37 East I9tli St., - MEW YORK CITY 



BRASLAN SEED GROWERS GO. 



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WHOLESALE TRADE ONLY 



SAN JOSE, - - CALIFORNIA 



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AULIFLOWER S 

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HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO., 



12 Stormeade, 

 COPENMACEW. DENMARK. 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



Blue List of Wholesale Prices mailed 

 only to those who plant for profit. 



