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HORTICULTURE. 



March 16, 1907 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



Only two weeks until Easter but 

 there is a good deal of hard work to 

 be done in two weeks, all the harder 

 perhaps because of a certain amount of 

 uncertainty up to the last day. 



In many places lilies will not be In 

 for Easter in anything like the num- 

 bers needed. Forcing must be resorted 

 to with some intensity to bring plants 

 with promising probabilities Into 

 bloom. A night temperature of 70 

 degrees will not be any too high from 

 now on. More than ordinary care in 

 watering will, when high temperatures 

 are maintained, be absolutely neces- 

 sary; neglect in watering will without 

 fail work irreparable injury. 



Tulips and hyacinths in good shape 

 in pans will find ready purchasers. 

 Azaleas are always Easter favorites. 

 Plants showing any sign of being too 

 far advanced should be placed In as 

 cool a house as circumstances and 

 other conditions permit. Azaleas In 

 bloom are very easily put out of com- 

 mission if they in the slightest degree 

 suffer for want of water. 



Spireas should cause no trouble to 

 get and keep them in the desired con- 

 dition for Easter, but it must be re- 

 membered that customers always pre- 

 fer things at their best, oblivious of the 

 fact that such a condition in many 

 things marks the turning point lead- 

 ing to a rapid process of deterioration. 



Do not put off too long the search 

 for material needed for the Easter 

 trade. Last year, although in point 

 of uncertainty in no way like this 

 year, there were many serious disap- 

 pointments caused by over confidence 

 and too long delay in placing orders. 



STATEMENT OF PLANT IMPORTS. 



There were entered at the port of 

 New York from February 19 to March 

 11, 1907, the following plants, etc.: 



From Holland — H. F. Darrow, 32 cs. 

 plants, 12 bales garden seed; W. Elliott 

 & Sons, 19 cs. plants; McHutchison & 

 Co., 53 cs. plants; P. Ouwerkerk, 91 cs. 

 trees; C. B. Richard & Co., 1 cs. plants, 



5 cs. trees; Stumpp & Walter, 2 cs. 

 bulbous roots; J. M. Thorburn & Co., 



6 bales garden seed; Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, 7 cs. bulbs, 43 cases roots; sun- 

 dry forwarders, 148 cs. plants, 56 cs. 

 trees, 2 cs. bulbs, 31 cs. bulbous roots, 

 10 bales garden seed. 



From Belgium — McHutchison & Co., 

 2 cs. plants; Vaughan's Seed Store, 2 

 cs. bulbs; sundry forwarders, 20 cs. 

 plants, 142 tubs laurel trees. 



Via Liverpool — H. P. Darrow, 1 

 trees; McHutchison & Co., 10 

 plants. 



Via Southampton — McHutchison 

 Co., 16 cs. plants. 



From Glasgow— Aug. Rolker & Sons, 

 1 crate trees. 



From France— C. C. Abel & Co.. 36 

 cs. plants; C. B. Richard & Co., 13 cs. 

 do.; Aug. Rolker & Sons, 21 cs. do.; 

 general order, 332 cs. do.; sundry for- 

 warders, 108 cs. do., 28 cs. trees. 



From Germany — T. E. Anderson & 

 Co., 6 cs. roots; Julius Roehrs & Co., 

 8 cs. plants; Stumpp & Walter, 8 cs. 

 seed; J. M. Thorburn & Co., 7 pkgs. 

 seed, 14 cs. lily of the valley pips; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 1 cs. seed. 



cs. 

 cs. 



& 



Spiraea Gladstone, Urge bushy 

 plants, 6 and 7 inch pots, 50c., 

 75c., 1.00 each. 

 Spiraea superba, 6 inch, 35c. 



to 35c, each. 



Cineraria hybrida, 6 inch pots, 



all shades, 3 00, 4 00, 5,00 per 



dozen. 



Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 and 7 



inch pots, 50c., 75c., 1,00 

 fach. 



Crimson Rambler, Roses, 6 



inch pots, 3 ft. high and over, i.oo 

 1.25, 1.50, 2.00 each. 

 Hyacinths, all shades, 4 inch 



pots, I2C. 



Tournesol Tulips, 3 plants in a 

 4 inch pot, 12. 00 per too pots: 1.80 

 per dozen. 

 Double Von Sion Daffodils, 3 



plants in a 5%-6 inch pot, 2.50 per 

 dozen pots. 



EASTER PLANTS 



An immense stock now ready at 

 the well-known establishment of 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, PhUadelphia. 



Azalea indica our specialty, three houses 

 full, selected personally by myself on my annual 

 business trip in Belgium last fall. 



Mme. Van der Cruyssen, the best double pink 

 azalea in existence. Have 3000 of them, all as 

 round as an apple, just covered with buds. Other 

 varieties as, Niobe, Bernard Andrea alba and 

 Deutsche perle (double white). Empress of India, 

 Prof. Wolters, Verveaneana (double variegated), 

 Simon Mardner, and about eight more best varie- 

 ties, price 75c., 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00 each. 

 Have a limited amount of 50c. and 60c. size, such 

 as Apollo (dark red), Simon Mardner, etc., (no 

 Van der Cruyssen). 



Lillum multiflorum, 6 inch pois, were never so 

 nice as this year. Price, 12c. per bud for plants 

 with 4 buds or less; plants with 5 buds and above, 

 IOC. per bud. 



Araucaria excelsa, 6 inch pots, 



6, 7 and 8 tiers, i.oo, 1.25, i 50 



each. 



A. excelsa glauca, 6 inch pots, 



5 and 6 tiers, i.oo, 1.25, i,«;o 



each. 



A. compacta robusta, 7 irch 



pots, 30-35 inches high, very fine, 



2.Q0 to 3.00 each. 



Specimen glauca, 7 inch pots, 



3.00 each. 



Please mention if pots are wanted. Cash with order please. All goods must travel at 



purchaser's risk. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, 1012 Ontario Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Wholesale Grower and Importer of Pot Plants. 



You'll find something worth reading 

 on every page of this paper. 



Read This Testimonial 



AND BUY YOUR ROSES 

 DIRECT FROM MR. TROY 



The silver cup of the Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society was won by Mr. Forbes. j,,,^„^^ p^ y. 



Mr. J. H. Troy, 

 Mount Hissarlik Nurseries, 

 New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Dear Sir: The consign- 

 ment of roses received from 

 you last Spring was the most 

 satisfactory I have ever 

 handled. Out of 2,600 

 plants only ten were lost. 

 That I succeeded in win- 

 ning the Silver Cup of the 

 Nassau County Horticul- 

 tural Society for the best 

 collection of hardy out-door 

 roses, November ist, 1906, 

 speaks volumes for the ex- 

 cellent quality of plants you 

 furnish. 



Yours truly, 



L. G. Forbes 



Gardener to R. J. Preston. Es<i. 

 January 30th, 1907. 



J.H.TROY 



Mt. Hissarlik Nurseries 

 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. 



NEW YORK OFFICE: 24 E. 34tll ST. 



