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HORTICULTURE 



March 30, 1907 



EASTER IN PHILADELPHIA. 



Easter week here has been a garden 

 of Eden for the average citizen. On 

 the highways and by-ways of this 

 chastened and contented community 

 of a million and a half the flowers 

 have bloomied in the spring equally 

 for the just and the unjust, and all 

 things have looked jocund and joyous. 

 The bougain villea has shed its purple 

 lustre on every one who had the price, 

 and the gay azalea has made itself at 

 home in palaces and poorhouses. The 

 fragrant hyacinth and the stately lily 

 have each had their day and their 

 worshippers. The plumy spirea and 

 the plebian tulip have had their vo- 

 taries, and the hydrangea has wed 

 with the heather in catering to the 

 aesthetic taste of patrician wealth and. 

 pride. Only the favored in purse 

 got the heather. Only ambassadors 

 of high degree had standing in the 

 court of Erica and much diplomacy 

 Lad to be added to pearls of price. 

 Crimson Rambler took a w,all seat with 

 genista. Potted lilacs and deutzies 

 jnade a brave show and foundl many 

 admirers. But of all the galaxy of 

 lovely things commend me to the 

 madie-up baskets and boxeg^ The 

 fair one who could resist these was 

 •either hopelessly insolvent or worried 

 about her divorce. With the dainty 

 Farleyense, the filmy gracillimum and 

 the Parisian ribbon as accessories they 

 were simply irresistible. 



The purveyors of cut blooms had 

 their innings also. The violet, the 

 •daffodil, the sweet pea, — all fresh and 

 fragrant, — gladdened many a careworn 

 heart and smoothed the tracks for 

 countless messengers of Cupid. The 

 gorgeous American Beauty led its 

 lovely sisters through the enchanted 

 gardens and rubbed shoulders loving- 

 ly with the clove-scented carnation. 



To mention the high priests of the 

 charming festival would be a vain 

 thing. The Pennocks, the Battles, 

 the Crawfords. the; Kifts, the Craigs, 

 the Habernehls, the Faulkners, the 

 Foxes and scores of others from center 

 to circumference were all equally busy 

 and important according to their kind 

 and degree. And the men behind 

 the scenes? The Harrises, the West- 

 ■cotts, the Grahams, the Craigs, the 

 Bells, the Beckers, the ColPeshes and 

 .the Andersons, and others of that ilk? 

 What of them? Busy counting up 

 the cash! Prosaic details are t<x) 

 puerile and uninteresting for our fer- 

 vid and enthusiastic pen this week. 

 Spring is here! G. C. W. 



The printed proceedings of the 

 ■fourth and fifth annual meetings of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Ameri- 

 •ca, held in Philadelphia and Chicago 

 respectively has been received. It in- 

 cludes a very valuable review of the 

 work of the Society in the examina- 

 rtion and scaling of novelties presented 

 Jor thei judges' inspection in the va- 

 rious cities, also a list of Amei'ican 

 and foreign introductions for the year 

 1906. The secretary's address is 

 David Eraser, Penn and Homewood 

 .avenues, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Henry A. Siebrecht delivered a lec- 

 lure on Flowers for Easter and for 

 Spring Gardens, at the American- In- 

 stitute, New York, on March 27. This 

 is the eighth in the series of free lec- 

 tures on Agriculture and Horticulture! 



Wholesale Trade List. 



Plants from 2% in. pots, 50c. per doz. $3.00 per 100 



Asparagus plnmosus. Heliotrope, Fuchsias, Salvia Bonflr^ 

 Coleus Verschaffeltii and Golden Bedder and fancy varieties, 

 Variegated Periwinkle, Ageratum Blue Perfection, Koon Vine 

 (white, the true variety) Ipomea Heavenly Blue, Acalypba, 

 Clematis panlculata. Parlor Ivy, Lobelias. 



Seedlings from flats at $1.00 per 100 



Asparagus Sprengeril, Smilax, Ageratum Blue PerfectlOB 

 Petunia Howard's Star and Rosy Mdrn, Vargderlte Cam* 

 tions, Stokesla, Verbenas, Alyssum new dwarf. 



Plants from 3 in. pots at $4.00 per lOO 



Geraniums best varieties, rose, apple and nutmeg scented, 

 Fuchsias, Heliotrope. 



nth & Roy Streets, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Now booking orders for this valuable new 

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 delivery. Send lor my lists. 



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MADISON, N. J. 



ASPARAGUS SEEDS 



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Qrecnbouse grown. $4.50 per 1000 

 seeds. 5peclal quotation on lots of 

 ■ 0,000 or more. 



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Some of the varieties we shall import this spring: 

 Cattleyas, Trianse, Labiata. Mossiae, Mendeliii, Spec- 

 iosissima, Gigas, Schroderae; Dendrobiums Nobilc, 

 Wardianum, Phalaeoopsis; Vandas Coerulca, Kim- 

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CARRIILO A BALDWIH. SEC*UCUS. N. J. 



Importations, 1907 



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 quotations on Cattleys 



lablata, Trianas. Percivaliana, Mosslie, Men* 



delll, Schroederee. 



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Largest Orchid growers and Importers in U. S. 

 RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



Orchids for Spring Delivery 



Caitle/as, Lae/ias, Oncidiums, etc. 



Write for price list. Finest quality of Peat and 



IVloss and Orchid Baskets on the market. 



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ORCHIDS 



Plumosns, Robustus and Sprengrerll 



Three inch stock ready for fours. Send ten 

 cents for stimples and prices. 



ALBERT N. HEKR, Lancaster, Pa. 



WHITMAivn 



2 1-4 inch, $IO per I OO 



BOSTONS 



2 1-4 Inch, $3.00 per lOO 



H. H. BARROWS & SON Whitman, Mats. 



Arrived in exceptionally fine condition the following 

 ORCHIDS: LAELIAPURPURATA.CATTLEYA 

 HARRISOMAB, C. INTERMEDIA, C.TRIANAB. 

 C. LEOPOLDII and many more. 



Write for Prices 



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 For Spring and Summer Delivery 



We are giving quotations upon our entire list of 

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 Choicest varieties of Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, Pi- 

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