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HORTICULTURE 



June 13, 190S 



Do Not Miss It 



IT WILL NOT BE REPEATED 



An excellent opportunity afforded you. Take advantage of It. 



TUESDAY, JUNE 23, NOON 



We offer a fine collection of stock suitable to grow on, consisting of 



Ferns, Ficus, Asparagus, Palms, Cocos, Crotons, ChrysanthBinums and Assorted Table Ferns 



W. ELLIOTT & SONS, Auctioneers, 42 Yesey Street, New York 



A NOTABLE SOCIETY FETE. 



The Charity Bazaar at Holm Lea, 

 Professor C. S. Sargent's beautiful 

 estate at Bi-ooliline, Mass., on Satur- 

 day, June 6. attracted an attendance 

 of not less than 20,000 people repre- 

 senting the elite of Boston, New York 

 and Newport society. It is asserted 

 that in the social history of America 

 probably nothing has ever been 

 achieved which equalled this affair. 

 Amidst all the dress and show, peer- 

 less beyond all else that nature and 

 art could produce to adorn this great 

 spring f?sti\al were the rhododen- 

 drons, always glorious at Holm Lea, 

 better this season than for many years 

 Defore. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The grounds of Mrs. Nathaniel 

 Thayer, So. Lancaster, Mass., were 

 opened to the public last week while 

 the rhododendrons were in bloom. 



June 7th was Confederate Decora- 

 tion Day at Arlington and fully 5000 

 people gathered there to do honors to 

 those who wore the grey. After im- 

 pressive exercises hundreds of bundles 

 of flowers were scattered on the 

 graves. 



A Rhododendron Carnival was held 

 at Florence. Oregon, on May 20, in 

 which a naval parade was the chief 

 feature and the crowning of the Queen 

 Rhododendra by Joaquin Jtiller. 'the 

 Poet of the Sierras," was the impor- 

 tant event. The affair was so success- 

 ful that U bids fair to be repeated an- 

 other year on a larger scale. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



ni-DWinv Wakefield. Early Flat Dutch, 

 l/AWMAliI/ Early Allhead, Early Drumhead, 

 and other early varieties Surehead. Late Flat 

 Dutch, Danish Round and Ballhead and other 

 late varieties at qoc per loo, $i oo per 1,000, $8.50 

 per 10,000. 



TAWtTn Stone, Favorite, Paragon, etc, at 

 iUiuAl V 20c per 100, $1.00 per 1,000, $8.50 per 

 10,000 Dwarf Stone and Champion, June Pink 

 and Early Jewell at 40c per 100, $2 00 per 1,000. 



nfTl-KV White Plume, Giant Pascal, Gol. 

 1/r.LiCKI Heart and other varieties, soc per 

 100, $1 00 per 1. 000. $8.50 per 10.000. 

 UTfT Eclipse, Crosby and Egyptian, 25c per 

 Ifi:,J^l ,00 i,.jj per 1,000. Cash with order. 



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SPRING PLANT TRADE IN CHI- 

 CAGO. 



Chicago bedding out trade is grow- 

 ing to a close for the season of 190S 

 and the usual shortage of good 

 bedding geraniums is developing-. 

 Though the prices in general 

 were not as high as last season 

 and the quantity grown consid- 

 erably larger, the shortage is just as 

 apparent. The greatest call is for S. 

 A. Nutt with Reaute Poitevine for sal- 

 mon pink and Jean Vlaud for clear 

 pink supplemented by a heavy call for 

 JIadanie Salleroi, coleuses and alyssum 

 for borders and edgings. There has 

 also been an unusually heavy demand 

 for salvias and the new dwarf flower- 

 ing variety Zurich is selling rapidly and 

 bids fair to become very popular her.' 

 in Chicago. As a rule, the growers of 

 bedding plants have found a market 

 for all their stock and as they could 

 have sold more had they had it they 

 will make arrangements to grow more 

 extensively next year. 



La 

 R. 



X. 



INCORPORATED. 



The La Crosse Floral Co., 

 Crosse, Wis., C. E. Shaefer, \V. 

 Eilers; capital, $10,000. 



The Hickory Seed Co., Hickory, 

 C, R. O. Abernathy, W. J. Shuford, 

 A. L. Shuford, A. Jl. Sticker; capital 

 $20,000. 



The Wilson Plant Oil and Fertilizer 

 Company has been incorporated at 

 Summit, N. J., for the purpose of 

 manufacturing and selling fertilizers 

 and other florists' supplies. Andrew 

 V.'ilson is president and W. G. Badgley, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



The Brant-Hentz Flower Company 

 has been incorporated under the laws 

 of New .Jersey to deal in cut flowers, 

 plants and nursery trees and do deco- 

 rating and landscape gardening. The 

 company will pay special attention to 

 the wholesale flower trade. Henry 

 Hentz, Jr., will be president of the new 

 company and Elwood Brant, treasurer. 

 The principal office and greenhouses 

 will be at Madison, New Jersey. Mr. 

 Hentz is well known for his success as 

 a grower of roses. Mr. Brant is also 

 a successful florist and is the present 

 owner of the property and green- 

 houses on Shunpike road to be ac- 

 quired and extensivelj' improved by 

 the company. 



100 of the best Hardy sorts. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS 



Finest English Grown Plants 



Dozen, S3. 50 : 100 S35.00 



EVERBLOOMINC 

 HYBRID TEAS 



Bloom from Midsummer until frost. 



Dozen 96.00: lOO, 835.00 



HardyClimbing Roses 



All the leading sorts. 



Catalog^ue Free on Applicati n. 



R. & J. FAROUHAR & GO. 



6 and 7 So. Market Street, 



Boston, Mass. 



■% f% 0^ ■■ ^% Strong, Clean Stock. 

 M I I ^ I W Grafted, KilUrney, 

 ^» I I J^ I J^ Richmond, Brides 

 IIUWIbW and Maids $12.00 

 per 100, $110.00 per 

 1000. Own Roots, Brides, Maids, Gates, 

 Ivory, Peile, Killarney and Richmond. $6.00 

 per 100, $55 per 1000. All from 3^2 in. pots. 

 P. R. QUINLAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 



In all standard varieties and colors 

 now ready for plantlnisr from 2i^ 

 pots, $3.00 per 1 00, $20.00 per 1000. 



CHARLES H. TOTTY, Madison, N. J. 



Now is the time to 

 place your order lor 

 bulbs which willinsure 

 you getting named va- 

 rieties in any quantity; prompt delivery. 



DAHLIAS. 



D»VID HERBERT & SON, 



Successors to L. K. Peacock, Inc. 

 A.'rco, i«.j. 



