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HORTICULTURE 



June I, lyOT 



NEPHROLEPIS 



Piersoni f^legantissima 



Ttie Tarrytown Fern 



A good stock in all sizes on hand at all times. A splendid seller and 

 money-maker. Large specimen plants, ready for immediate sale : 6-inch at 

 75c and $1.00 each; 8-inch at $1.50 and $2.00 each; 1 0-inch at $3.00 each; 

 12-inch at $5.00 each; J4-inch at $7.50 each; 16-inch at $10.00 each. Also 

 fine young stock for growing on, 2 ^^ -inch at $8.00 per hundred. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarry town-on-Hudson, " N. Y. 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS.- 



Now it is planting time, but even if 

 it Is do not plant anything outdoors 

 nor advise a customer to plant any- 

 thing that is not well hardened in 

 preparation for changes of tempera- 

 ture and cool winds which may come 

 yet before summer. 



Of the main stock of bedding plants, 

 geraniums are perhaps the easiest to 

 harden and get ready for planting, and 

 they should in consequence be plant- 

 ed about the first. I am not referring 

 to such plants as pansies, which 

 should have been planted a week or 

 two ago, nor to many kinds of annuals 

 or biennials, such as dianthus. 



Plant every bed with one kind or 

 variety, and one only. If you have 

 another highly prized variety it can 

 find a place somewhere else without 

 sacrificing the effect of both. 



The nearest to approach geraniums 

 in utility are begonias. The Vernon 

 type is exceedingly desirable and 

 showy when planted in separate col- 

 ors. The true red Vernon, which is 

 the best dwarf bedder for all practical 

 purposes, stands sunlight better than 

 any of the others; in fact, the foliage 

 only assumes the beautiful bronze col- 

 or for which it is noted when the sun 

 gets at it easily. Tuberous begonias 

 succeed best when planted in partial- 

 ly-shaded situations and in good soil. 

 It will be well also to contrive some 

 light temporary shade to protect them 

 for a few days after planting. 



Heliotrope is oftener seen in spaces 

 reserved for cut flower plants than in 

 beds for decoration, but why, I don't 

 know. Its beautiful color and delicate 

 fragrance make it desirable for vases 

 while it lasts, but it does not last 

 long after being cut. In a bed it not 

 only looks as well as most things, but 

 it also perfumes the air as few other 

 things do. 



The compact blue lobelias are excel- 

 lent little plants worth trying in beds 

 by themselves Fuchsias are grown 

 in larger numbers this year than last, 

 and still the supply is not equal to 

 the demand. Don't forget that this 



fall or next spring. The old-fashioned 

 common cannas were all right, and 

 are all right still, but are not in it 

 with those newer sorts with foliage 

 just as good as the others and flowers 

 rivalling the choicest orchids in color 

 and form; they are just right for 

 beautifying any place big or little. 



It is too early to plant coleus, achy- 

 ranthes or alternanthera outdoors, but 

 they should be got in shape as soon 

 as possible. C. Verschafteltii is the 

 best red coleus for bedding, and Gold- 

 en Bedder the best yellow. There is 

 a golden Verschafteltii, but it is not 

 such a desirable variety either in col- 

 or or form as Golden Bedder. 



Bedding stock intended for sale, es- 

 pecially geraniums, should not be left 

 uncovered, particularly at night, as 

 this has a decided tendency to keep 

 them from flowering at this time of 

 the year. . Give these plants all the air 

 necessary by lifting the sashes top 

 and bottom, or even removing them 

 during the day, but cover the plants at 

 night. 



A great many growers grow English 

 ivy in partially shaded houses; it then 

 stands to reason that it is necessary 

 to protect it for sometime from the 

 full sunlight after it is taken out of 

 such a house. English ivy can be 

 made useful in countless ways. If 

 fine specimonts of nephrolepis are 

 wanted, pick out a few of the most 

 promising and put pots or stands un- 

 der them so that the fronds can steer 

 clear of everything; water carefully 

 and in a few weeks you may have 

 plants to your heart's desire. 



Gloxinias do not thrive well when 

 they are fully exposed to sunlight, nor 

 when the glass is densely shaded or 

 when the plants are at a considerable 

 distance from the glass: these plants 

 succeed best when placed near the 

 glass with the glass very thinly shad- 

 ed Gloxinias need very careful water- 

 ing, but will not stand hard syringing. 



Don't let the primulas and cinera- 

 rias out of your mind; poinsettias are 

 worth all the labor bestowed on them 

 from now; Lorraine begonias are no 

 doubt hard to grow and but few grow 

 them well, but never mind that; go 

 ahead. 



PITTSBURG GARDENING NEWS. 



The unseasonable weather in April 

 has had disastrous effects upon hardy 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants in and 

 around Pittsburg. In the more ex- 

 posed, dried positions privet has sur- 

 vived, but in low lying situations pri- 

 vet ana many hardy shrubs are killed 

 to the ground. Herbaceous plants have 

 suffered severely. Out door bulbs have 

 been unsatisfactory; Narcissi were 

 frozen as soon as they opened; tulips 

 have been short and fugacious. The 

 low temperature still continues, re- 

 tarding summer bedding operations. 



One of the finest sights in Pittsburg 

 is a long border of Phlox divaricata at 

 the Pitcairn place. Mr. R. Smith, the 

 chief gardener, thinks this one of the 

 best subjects for spring flowering. It 

 requires very little care. After flower- 

 ing, the plants are lifted and laid aside 

 until the busy bedding season has 

 passed, then they are divided and 

 planted in rows in the vegetable gar- 

 den in well prepared rich soil and 

 planted in their flowering positions 

 late in the fall. Phlox subulata is used 

 as all edging and treated in the same 

 way. T'he effect is really fine. 



Mr. W. Thompson, gardener at the 

 Craig place, Sewickley, has at pres- 

 ent some fine plants of Cattleya gigas 

 in flower. He has also some very large 

 plants of Cattleya Skinneri which are 

 almost finished, but which have car- 

 ried some magnificent heads of flowers. 



J. H. 



FUCHSIA LITTLE BEAUTY 



5 in. 12c., 2,'4' in., 6c. 

 Mixed, standard varieties, early bloom- 

 ers, 3 in., 6c. 



FERNS — Boston, 2U. 3, 5 and 6 in., 

 4, 8, 12, 25 and 35c. Piersonii, 4 and 

 5 in., 12 and 25c. Scottii, 5 in., 25c. 



Barrowsii, ."i, 4 and 5 in., 18 and 35c. 



Adiantum Croweanum, 6 and 7 in., 50 

 and 75e. 



Vinca riajor, 3 in., 6c. 



Poinsettias, .Tune delivery, 2% in., $5.00 

 per 100, $45.00 per 1000; 3 in., $7.00 

 per ion, $65.00 per 1000. 

 Prices quoted are by the Dozen or Hundred 



BAUR FLORAL CO., Erie, Pa. 



