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HORTICULTURE 



April 13, 1907 



HARDY ROSES FOR DECORATION DAY 



HARDY H. P. ROSES 



We oEfer exceptionally strong two-year- 

 old dormant, low-budded stock (on Mau- 

 etti). In the following varieties: 

 Alfred Colomb, carmine. 

 Anna de Diesbacl), bright carmine. 

 Ball of Snow, pure white. 

 Baron de Bonstettin, dark crimson shaded. 

 Baroness Rothschild, satiny piiils; extra. 

 Captain Christy, delicate flesh color. 

 Duke of Edinburgh, bright vermilion; very 



flne. 

 Fisher Holmes, dark rich scarlet. 

 Frau Karl Druschkl, the finest white in 



existence, $12.00 per 100. 

 General Jacqueminot, rich veh ety crimson. 

 General Washington, beautiful red, shaded 



carmine. 

 John Hopper, beautiful rose pink. 

 La France, the finest light pink. 

 Margaret Dickson, white, pale flesh center. 

 Magna Charta, clear rosy pink. 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet, light, satiny pink. 

 Mme. Plantier, white. 

 Mrs. John Laing, soft pink; most desirable 



variety. 

 Paul Neyrcn. beautiful d.irk pink. 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, velvety crimson. 

 Ulrich Brunner, cherry red. 



Prices on H. P. Roses, $1.25 per 10; 

 $11.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



HYBRID TEA ROSES 



Maman Cochet, pliik. Strong 2-year-old 

 plants, 10 for $1.50; $12.00 per 100. 



Ame»lcan Beauty, Clothilde Soupert, Kai- 

 serln Augusta Victoria. Caroline Tes- 

 tout, Hermosa. Strong 2-year-old, $1.50 

 per 10; $12.00 per 100. 



THE KILLARNEY ROSE 



Irish Grown From the Raiser. 



Good strong two-year-old plants, $3.00 per 

 10; $27.50 per 100. 



HARDY ROSE SOLEIL D'OR 



(Qolden Sun.) 



Like Persian Yellow, this variety is per- 

 fectly hardy, with large, full, globular flow- 

 ers, varying In color from gold and oriinge 

 to reddish gold, shaded with nasturtium- 

 red. Two-year-old budded plants, per 10, 

 $2.00; per 100, $15.00. 



The Grand N^w Rose 

 ETOILE DE FRANCE 



Superb crimson red velvet, the center of 

 the bloom vivid cerise red. The flowers 

 are very fragrant and last long. This new 

 variety is the result of a cross between 

 Madame Abel Chatenay and Fisher Holmes. 

 Field-grown, strong two-year-old plants, 

 $2.75 per 10; $23 00 per 100. 



HYPRID TEA AND OTHER ROSES 

 OF RECENT INTRODUCTION 



(Strong 2-Vear.Old Plants.) 



BESSIE BROWN. Creamy white, $1.50 per 

 10: $12.00 per 100. 



GRUSS AN TEPLITZ. The great new red 

 Rose, closely respml.)ling Liberty in color. 

 No Rose in commerce can compare with 

 Gruss an Teplitz as a bedder, $1.50 per 

 10; $12.00 per 100. 



KONIGIN KAROLA (Improved Testout). 

 Magnificent, $1.50 per 10; $12.00 per 100. 



MRS. SHARMAN CRAWFORD. Deep rosy 

 pink, the outer petals shaded with pale 

 tiesh-color, white at base of petals, and 

 distinct from all other Hybrid Perpetual 

 Roses, $1.50 per 10; $12.00 per 100. 



PERLB DE ROUGES. A polyantha variety 

 of unusual merit. Color velvety crimson, 

 with reflex of petals bright cerise, $1.50 

 per 10; $12.00 per 100. 



ENGLISH MOSS ROSES 



ASSORTED WHITE, PINK, RED, large 

 dormant plants, from open ground, $1.50 

 per 10; $12.00 per 100. 



THE TREE 6ABY RAHBLER 

 (Mad. Norbert Levavasseur.) 



CROWN AS A STANDARD 



The popularity of the Baby Rambler has 

 suggested the growing of it as a TREE or 

 STANDARD. The variety Is too well-known 

 for description; enough to sry. It retains 

 all Its characteristics of free-blooniing 

 qualities, etc., 50e. each; $5.00 per doz. 



THE BABY RAMBLER 



MME. NORBERT LEVAVASSEUR. Strong 

 field-grown plants, $1.75 per 10; $1.5.00 

 per 100. 



CRinSON RAHBLER 



Large heavy plants, two years old, 3 to 

 5 feet, $1.75 per 10; $15.00 per 100. 4 to 6 

 feet, $2.00 per 10; $18.00 per 100. 



The Sensational New Rambler Rose 



LADY GAY 



"A seedling from the popular Crimson 

 Rambler, which It resembles in habit and 

 general effect. The flowers are of a deli- 

 cate cherry-pink color, which fades to soft 

 white." Strong plants, fleld-grown, $3.50 

 per 10; $30.00 per 100. 



OTHER CLiriBlNG ROSES OF /lERIT 



PAUL'S CARMINE PILLAR. One of the 

 most attractive Climbing Roses. Two- 

 year-old, field-grown, $1.75 pvr 10; $15.00 

 per 100. 



MARECHAL NIEL. Color bright rich 

 golden yellow, fleld-grown, $1.75 per 10; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



GLOIRE DE DIJON. Color buff, orange 

 center, very sweet-scented, ttcld-giown, 

 $1.75 per 10; $15.00 per 100. 



AMPELOPSIS, CLIIYIBERS, Etc. 



AHPELOPSIS 



AMPBLOPSIS VEITCHII (Boston Ivy), ex- 

 tra strong imported vines, three-year-old, 

 $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



AMPELOPSIS MURALIS, more rapid 

 grower than the foregoing, larger foliage, 

 .$3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



QUINQUEFOLIA (AmeHcan Ivy or Vir- 

 ginia Creeper). Good for covering walls, 

 verandas, or trunks of trees; affcjrds shade 

 quickly, 2oc. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. 



CLEMATIS 



HENYRI, pure white; extra large. 



JACKMANI, purple. 



ALBA, white. 



SIEBOLDII, lavender. 



VILLE DE LYON. The finest of all reds; 

 flowers brilliant carmine red. It is equsil- 

 ly as good as Mme. Edouard Andre, but 

 contrary to this one, is a very free- 

 growing variety. 

 Ail the above Clematis In extra strong 



plants, $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA, strong 2-year- 

 old plants, $1.25 per doz.; $12.00 per 100 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, ^l 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO 



DUTCHMAN'S PIPE, strong field-grown, 

 $3.50 per doz. 



WISTERIA SINENSIS 



Extra strong field-grown plants. 

 BLUB, $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 

 WHITE, $5.00 per doz.; .$40.00 per 100.' 



HONEYSUCKLE 



Extra strong field-grown plants, 5 feet 

 long, many branches. 

 COCCINEUM. Scarlet. 

 HALLIANA. Yellow. 

 PEItlCLYMENUM. White. 

 SEROTINUM BELGICA (Monthly Dutch). 



Red. 



$3.00 per doz.; $22.50 per 100. 



AZALEA MOLLIS 



Most attractive In the shrubbery; also 

 extensively forced on account of the bril- 

 liancy of colors. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 

 100. Half specimens, .$7. .50 per doz.; $55.00 

 per 100. 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA 

 GRANDIFLORA 



Two-year-old, 3 to 4 branches, bushy, 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



West 14th Street, 

 EW YORK CITY 



pollen bearer, the variety having best 

 color. 



It takes four or five months for the 

 seed to ripen; when perfectly ripe, 

 bruise the heps or seed balls and put 

 them in sand, where they will soon 

 rot. .A.S soon as you can, wash the 

 seed out, and sow it at once. It will 

 take from three to ten months for 

 some to come up. You will find that 

 not nearly as many will come up as 

 you have sown. The reason of this 

 is that a great many of the pistils are 

 croolied and twisted, consequently the 

 pollen can't be carried down to the 

 ovula. I always talte a little pollen of 

 the seed bearer in order to get as 

 much of its habit as possible, as 

 the pollen sometimes dominates over 

 the seed bearer and you lose exactly 

 what you have been trying to pre- 

 serve — a strong growing habit. Under 

 glass I fertilize any time, summer or 

 winter. Out-doors in summer you 

 have to do this early, as the pollen 

 on a hot day towards noon gets hard 

 and is worthless. If the pistils have 

 a watery appearance on the surface 

 then it is the time to apply the pollen. 

 If the flower which you wish to fer- 

 tilize is not quite ready to receive the 

 pollen, you can cut the flower with 

 which you wish to pollenize it, put it 

 in a tumbler of water in a cool shady 

 place and it will keep for two or three 

 days. 



Mardner of Germany was the first 

 to give the florists some real good 

 things in the way of azaleas. The 

 first crossing of tuberous rooted be- 

 gonias was made by Zeith & Sons of 

 London in 1869. Much has been writ- 

 ten lately about the pollenation of the 

 pear. My first attempt in this line 

 was about fifteen years ago. I crossed 

 the Dutchess with the Seckel, and the 

 Keifer with the Seckel, carefully pol- 

 lenized them for two days in suc- 

 cession. As the flowers appear in 

 clusters, I pollenized every one on one 

 cluster. A few days afterward I ex- 

 amined them, and found that half of 

 them were dropping off. I had noticed 

 at the beginning that some of the 

 stems that carry the flowers were of 

 a much paler green than others. By 

 close examination I found it was the 

 fault of the stem that supplies the 

 flower with nourishment, and that no 

 amount of pollen would set any fruit. 

 I have experimented for a number of 

 years with the same result. It is only 

 shown by this that the fault of not 

 setting fruit is often put on the wrong 

 Ride. Plants are capable of forming 

 the fleshy part, shell, case or whatever 

 you may call it, that surrounds the 

 germ or the seed, without any pollen. 

 We get seedless apples and pears, pro- 

 vided the organs that come through 

 the stem are perfect and feed them. My 

 advice to young men is to begin early 

 and study plant anatomy, and physi- 

 ology. Dissect the flowers and fruit, 

 follow up the organs, see wnere they 

 start from, and where they go to. 

 Without intimate knowledge of these 

 things we are working in a fog, and 

 by studying them, we are able to 

 gather a few pebbles on the shore of 

 horticultural knowledge. 



Prof. T. B. Symons, State entomolo- 

 gist, who has charge of the Maryland 

 State exhibit to the Jamestown Ex- 

 position, will be located in the States 

 Exhibit Building, section 5, on the 

 exposition grounds from April 15 to 

 December 1. 



