February 9, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



181 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS — Continued 

 . . . . Boston. 



H. M. Robinson & Co., 15 Province St., 

 Boston. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



George A. Sntherland Co., 84 Hawley St., 

 Boston. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Welch Bros., 226 Devonshire St., Boston. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Buffalo. 



Wm. F. Kastlng, 383-87 Elllcott St., Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Chicago. 



Chas. W. McKellar, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago. 

 For ptge see List of Advertisers. 



Peter Relnberg, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



A. L. Randall Co., 19-21 Randolph St., 



Chicago. 



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B. F. Wlnterson Co., 45-49 Wabash Ave., 



Chicago. 



For pa ge see List of Advertisers. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., 35 Randolph St., 



Chicago. 



Par D^ee see List of Advertisers. 



Detroit. 



Ulchlgan Cnt Flower Exchange, 38 & 40 

 Broadway. Wm. Dllger, Mgr. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



New York. 



J. K. Allen. 106 W. 28th St., New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Wm. Stuart Allen Co., 53 W. 28th St. 

 New York. 

 For page se e List of Advertisers. 



C. W. Eberman, 53 W. 30th St., New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 J. S. Fenrtch, 110 W. 28th St., New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Ford Bros., 48 West 28th St., New York 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 H. E. Froment, 57 W. 28th St., New Xork. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 Alex. J. Gnttman, 43 West 28th St. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 B. C. Horan. .55 West 28th St., New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 A. H. Langjahr, 55 W. 28th St., New York. 



For page see List o f Advertisers . 



James McManns, 42 W.^^th St., New York. 

 For p.Tge see List of Advertisers. 



Chas. Mlllang, 50 West 29th 

 For pagfc see List of 



St., New York. 

 Advertisers. 



John L Raynor, 49 W. 28th 

 For page see List of 



W. F. Sheridan, 39 W. 28th 

 For page see List of 



Traendly & Schenck, 44 W 

 York. 



For page see List of 



St., New York. 

 Adver tisers. 



Sf.,"New York. 

 Advertisers. 



. 28th St., New 

 Advertisers. 



A. L. Yonng 4 Co., 84 W. 28th St., N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



John Yonng, 51 W 28th St., New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Philadelphia. 



W. B. McKlsslck, 1221 Fllh»rl St, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Leo Niessen Co., 1209 Arch St., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 

 The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-18 

 Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertis ers. 

 Edward Reld, 1526^anstead St., Phlladel- 

 phla. Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Pittsburg. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co., 545 Liberty St., 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



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Pittsburg Florists' Exchange, 228 Diamond 

 St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



New Offers in This Issue. 



AMARYLLIS, TUBEROUS . BEGO- 

 NIAS, GLOXINIAS. 



H. H. Berger & Co.. 47 Barclay St., N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



ASTER SEED. 



Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



BEGONIA VERNON. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons. 201 Fulton St., N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CARNATIONS, ROSE PLANTS, AS- 



PARAGUS SEED. 



S. S. I'eiuiocli lleeliaii Co., Piiiladelphla. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



GLASS. 



Standard Plate Glass Co., Boston. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



JAPAN BULBS, BAMBOO CANES. 



R. M. Ward & Co., 12 W. Broadway, N. Y. 



Seitaro Aral, Yokohama, Japan. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



NEW ORCHID-FLOWERING SWEET 



PEAS. 



Heury A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St., Phila. 

 For page see List of Advertijers. 



ORCHIDS, PALMS, FERNS. 



Sit'lii-eclit & Sou, Rose Hill Nurseries, 



New Rochelle, N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE. 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 6 and 7 So. Mar- 

 ket St., Boston. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SHASTA DAISIES. 



Leedham Bull) Co., Santa Cruz, Cal. 

 Ifor pas 



see List of Advertisers. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



F. W. Kelsey, 150 Broadway, New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



UNlTaCHED HARWOOD ASHES. 



John Juyiit. Lui-know, Out., Can. 

 For page see Li st of A dvertisers . 



" WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 



Frauk W. Ball, 31 East 3d St.. Ciuciunati. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



Adveriisetnents in this column one 

 cent a word. Initiak count as words. 

 Cash with order. 



POSITIONS WANTED for head garden 

 ers and assistants; for further information 

 apply to W. W. Rawson & Co., 5 Union 

 St., Boston. Mass. 



SITUATION WANTED— By Florist and 

 Gardener where services of a flrst-class 

 Grower are required. Married, 2 children. 

 Address S. I., care HORTICULTURE, 9th 

 and Market St s., Phil a delphia, Pa. 



SITUATION WANTED by young man, 

 English, as second gardener: eleven years' 

 experience; references; age 25, disengaged. 

 Address E, care HORTICULTURE, 11 

 Hamilton Place, Boston. 



WANTED — Two second men on private 

 estate. Wages $50 to $55. Address R. D., 

 care of HORTICULTURE, 11 Hamilton 

 Place, Boston. 



WANTED — Intelligent young gardener 

 with some botanical and fern knowledge. 

 Good salary. Address with qualifications 

 H. J., care HORTICULTURE, 11 Hamilton 

 Place, Boston, Mass. 



WANTED AT ONCE — A sober and ener- 

 getic young man with knowledge of prun- 

 ing, planting, etc., to assist in general 

 landscape work. Apply in person or by 

 mail with reference to A. Van Leeuwen, 

 Jr., 3 Wexford Rd., Worcester, Mass. 



WILL PURCHASE a private collection 

 of Orchids from parties desiring to dispose 

 of same. Address A. K. Balevre, 24 Clin- 

 ton Street, Newark, N. J. 



SODA IN ITS RELATION TO PLANT 



GROWTH. 



Address Before the Newport Horticultural 

 Society. 



On Tuesday, January 22, a large and 

 representative gathering of horticul- 

 turists listened appreciatingly to an 

 address by Professor Wheeler, director 

 of the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Kingston, on "Soda in Its Rela- 

 tion to Plant Growth," at a meeting 

 of the Newport Horticultural Society. 

 Professor Wheeler spoke without any 

 notes, bul evidently from a clear un- 

 derstanding gained from personal ex- 

 perience. The speaker said that the 

 effect of soda on plant growth is a sub- 

 ject which has been considered by hor- 

 ticulturists for many years, and upon 

 which there have been many and di- 

 versified opinions. The Rhode Island 

 Station began its experiments in 1894. 

 and at that time a certain writer in 

 Boston filled the agricultural papers 

 with statements that soda and soda 

 salts were as valuable as potash in 

 plant growth, and could be substituted 

 for the latter, and the experiments at 

 the station were made to learn if soda 

 was beneficial solely because it liber- 

 ated more potash from the soil, and 

 thus gave the plant more potassium 

 which is needed for its growth, or if 

 it was valuable of itself. 



Earlier than this agriculturists in. 

 Sweden and Germany had claimed that 

 under certain conditions soda was ca- 

 pable of increasing certain crops very 

 decidedly, in some cases even one- 

 half, by virtue of a direct manurial 

 action, and other authorities, on the 

 contrary, denied that soda was capable 

 of performing any such beneficial 

 functions. With the leading scientists 

 at war on the subject, the experiments 

 at Kingston were begun to find out 

 just what soda would do. These ex- 

 periments have shown very material 

 differences in the benefits of soda upon 

 different plants. 



For instance it was found that when 

 as much as 300 pounds of muriate of 

 potash were used, applications of soda 

 ash or common salt in addition to 

 potash have greatly increased yields 

 in case of fodder beets. When the sup- 

 ply of potash was reduced, crops like 

 turnips and radishes were greatly in- 

 creased by applying the sodium com- 

 pound in manure. In other crops it 

 was found that sodium salts were of 

 little value. It having been found 

 that soda was beneficial in certain 

 cases, the next experiments were 

 directed towards finding out how the 

 benefit was obtained, whether it made 

 the soil as a whole moist or better, 

 liberated more potash and other ele- 



FLORISTS'WAGONS FOR SALE 



Three ilorists' open wagons, 



three florists' top wagons and 



three sets of harnesses. Can be 



seen at 1 West 28 St., New York. 



EDWARD HICCINS. 



Seedsmen 



We have an opening for order and 



counter hands who are experienced. 



William Elliott & Sons 



20I Fulton St., New York 



