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HORTICULTURE- 



May 25, 1907 



SHRUB AND GARDEN CHAT. 



The improvements to be made at the 

 estate of W. H. Moore, Pride's Cross- 

 ing, Mass., this spring include a rose 

 garden. 



Spiraea Thunbergii has never been 

 more beautiful than it is this season; 

 it has bloomed with a profusion rarely 

 equalled. 



A formal garden is to be constructed 

 in connection with the magnificent 

 new country residence of C. P. Searle 

 at Ipswich, Mass. 



A good many prunuses are blooming 

 sparsely this year, among them P. pen- 

 dula. Pyruses as a rule are, jheavily 

 loaded with flowers. ■ 



Wistarias throughout New England 

 are flowerless this year. From all ap- 

 pearances the flower buds were de- 

 stroyed in the early severe freezes last 

 fall. 



Ernest W. Bowditch has prepared 

 plans for a large formal garden at the 

 new summer home of Col. W. R. Nel- 

 son of Kansas City, which has been 

 built this season at Magnolia, Mass. 



Cornus florida is badly damaged and 

 in many cases all the flower buds are 

 dead. The pink flowered variety seems 

 to be more tender than the white; in 

 the vicinity of Boston one year in three 

 is about the average of its blooming. 



A dwarf amelanchier collected in 

 CJonnecticut, and disseminated by the 

 Arnold Arboretum, has proven to be 

 one of the most useful of early bloom- 

 ing low border shrubs. It grows but 

 eighteen inches to two feet in height 

 and is covered with flowers clear down 

 to the soil. 



Rhododendron Vaseyi is making a 

 beautiful show in the shrub planta- 

 tions in the Boston parks this spring. 

 The plants vary greatly in color some 

 being almost white, others a deep 

 glowing pink. This hardy azalea can- 

 not be too freely used for early spring 

 effect. 



One of the finest things in the Arnold 

 Arboretum during the past week .is a 

 specimen of Prunus pseudo-cerasus 

 with beautiful purple-bronze foliage 

 contrasting with the white bloom. The 

 tree was grown from seed gathered by 

 Professor Sargent in Japan, fourteen 

 years ago. 



Rhododendrons have suffered greatly 

 from the effects of the severe winter in 

 their foliage and their flower buds. In 

 the varieties which are not in the 

 "iron-clad" class the buds are in many 

 cases entirely dead. Only those plants 

 that occupy peculiarly sheltered loca- 

 tions or were given heavy winter pro- 

 tection will give a full crop this spring. 



As anticipated, the demand for fancy 

 ornamental hardy stock of every de- 

 scription has been tremendous through- 

 out the entire country this spring. 

 Many orders have been refused owing 

 to the inability of dealers to supply 

 the goods wanted. The country life 

 journals and civic improvement socie- 

 ties have done much to develop this 

 popular demand. 



Notwithstanding the oft-repeated ad- 

 vice given in all magazines and papers 

 treating on gardening topics that 

 spring flowering shrubs should not be 

 pruned until after they have bloomed, 

 we still see butchered forsythias and 

 spiraeas oh all sides— the greater part 

 of their blooming wood trimmed off 

 and their beauty gone — victims usually 



Spring Bedding Plants 



Crimson Ramblers 



strong, shapely plants with an 



abundance of flowers, 7-in., 50c, 



75c, SI 00 each. 

 Baby Ramblers, 5-in., 20c, 25c each; 



6-in., 35c, .50c each. 

 Cannas, strong plants, $10, $12.50, $15. 



$20 per 100. 

 Crotong, assorted varieties, $25, $35, 



$60 per 100. 



Also a General Assortment of Miscellaneous 

 Bedding and Basket Plants 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA. 1 608- 1618 Ludlow St. 



Hydrangeas, $20, $25, $50, $76 per 100. 



Periwinkle, extra long, 4-in., $15, $18 



per 100. 

 Qeranlumi, 4-in.,- all colors, $8, $9 per 



100. 

 Celeua, 3-in., $4, $4.50 per 100. 

 Alternanthera, 2>^-iD., red and yellow, 



$4 00 per 100. 

 Hardy Ivy, 3 and 4-iD., $10, $12.60, $15 



per 100. 



200,000 Calla Lily Bulbs --/Ethiopica 



Calla ^thiopica, 10 inches circumference $10.00 



The above Bulbs are all warranted to be free from disease, and 

 safe arrival is guaranteed. My first car leaves for the East 

 promptly on June 15. If cash is sent with the order I will prepay 

 the freight, which is 15 per cent value of the bulbs. 



fl. WITTING, 17-23 Kennan Street, SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



WHOLESALE TRADE LIST 



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



Ageratum Inimitable, Princess Pauline and Blue Perfection, Heliotropes, Ipomaea Heavenly Blue, varie- 

 gated Periwinkle, Cobaea scandens, Cuphea, Lobelia, Parlor Ivy, Snapdragon Giant White. Shasta Daisies, 

 3 varieties, Bouvardia Humboldtii for summer flowering. Night-Blooming Jasmine. 



Asparagus plumosus and Sprengerii, strong plants, 5-inch pots, $2.00 per doz. Dracaena indivisa, fine 

 stock, $2.00 per doz. Passifiora coerulea, Pfordii x Mammoth Beauty, a hardy variety from 4-inch pots, 

 $1.00 per doz ; 3inch pot plants, 75c. per doz. Clematis paniculata, 3-inch pots, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 

 Clematis, large-flowering varieties, home grown, two year old plants, $3.00 per doz. Swainsona alba, 3-inch 

 pots, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 



Hardy Scotch Pinks, 5 varieties, large clumps from open ground, $i.oc per doz; nice young pUnts, $3.00 

 per 100. Coleus Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Queen Victoria, Achyranthes Lindenii, AUernantheras best 

 red, yellow and pink, 2 J^ -inch pots, $2.00 per 100. 



Viburnum plicatum,WistariasineDsis,VariegatedPcriwinkle,plants from 4-in. pots, $1.50 per doz. ,$ioper 100. 



Seedlings from flats at $1.00 per 100 



Asparagus Sprengeri, Ageratum, Dracaena indivisa, Marguerite Carnations. 



C. EfSELE, 



Ith and Roy Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



of garden owners who want things 

 "trim and tidy" on their grounds. 



SPRING PLANT PRICES IN DE- 

 TROIT. 



At last we have been favored with a 

 few warmer days and the tears of the 

 plantsman have been relieved through 

 that. Most bedding plants are here 

 disposed of to grocers and hucksters, 

 and they are put up in boxes contain- 

 ing thirty 4-inch pots each. So far a 

 good start has been made with a fair 

 price, i. e.. $2.40 per box. Pansies bring 

 $3.00 per 100. Reputable flower stores 

 sell geraniums at $1.50 per doz., but it 

 is doubtful whether the majority of 

 florists are willing to keep the price 

 at this figure. I say willing because 

 the buying public is ready to pay that 

 much as long as there is no chance to 

 get them any cheaper. The total visi- 

 ble supply of this class of plants is 

 limited and the opportunity to break 



away from the old timeworn custom 

 of selling geraniums for $1.00 per doz. 

 and establish a living price of $1.50 per 

 doz. has never been better. This mat- 

 ter of getting a price above the bare 

 cost of production in these articles of 

 course resolves itself into the question 

 of whether all of the dealers are will- 

 ing tn ask the advanced price. 



FR. DANZER. 



CERANIUIVIS 



3000 to 4000 Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, 

 Beaute Poitevine, in 3 and 3', in. 

 pots, $6.00 per 100. 

 200 Beaute Poitevine, very large 

 plants, 13-15 inches in diameter, 

 $6.00 per dozen. 



Call and inspect the stock before 

 buyins;; elsewhere. 



A. C. LAKE 



Wellesley HIlis 



Mass. 



