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HORTICULTURE 



October 19, 1918 



Cambridgre 



New York 



WORLD'S OLDEST and LARGEST 



Manufacturers of ALL STYLES and 



SIZES of 



FLOWER POTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., INC. 



Cambridge, Maaa. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED 



Tlie Greenhouse Beautiful by Philip 

 .1. Foley of the Foley Greenhouse Mfg. 

 Co., of Chicago is a handsome book 

 of thirty-two pages and cover contain- 

 ing many illustrations, some of them 

 in color of various greenhouses con- 

 structed by the company and also the 

 standard s]iecifications for their green- 

 houses. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,278,399. Propelling attachment 

 for .garden implements or the like. 

 Grover Cleveland Tucker, Tuscaloosa. 

 Ala. 



1,278,573. Seed-planter. Alfred B. 

 Bennett & Festus N. Stokes, Stokes- 

 vill, Ga. 



1,278.680. Weel cutter. Katie 

 Klaffert, El Paso, Texas. 



1,276,900. Planter. William V. Gist, 

 Sparta, Tenn. 



1,277,542. Plow. William Wallace 

 Cameron, La Crosse, Wis. 



1,277,998. Weeding Device. Theo- 

 dore Niemoth, Egtherville, Iowa. 



Horticultural Books 



For Sale by 

 HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



Cbrysanthemnm ManaaL Elmer 



D Smith fO.BO 



The Chrysanthemam. Herrlnff- 



ton ,»0 



Commercial Carnation Cnltnre. 



Dick LM 



Commercial Bese Cnltnre. 



Holmes LM 



Violet C<iltnre. Galloway 1.10 



Greenhouse Conetruotton. Taft.. 1.(10 

 Sweet Peas up to Date. Kerr... IJO 

 Plant Propasatlon, GreenhooA* 



and Nursery Practice. Katna. . 1.M 



Plant Prnninc. Kalna LSO 



Book of Garden Plans. Hamblln. t.OO 



Landscape Design. Hubbard •.00 



The Art of Outdoor Rose Grew- 



ing. Thomas 8.00 



The Home Vegetable Garden. 



Kruhm 1.00 



Vecetable Gardenlnc. R. L. 



WatU 1.1S 



Parsons on The Rose LOO 



Principles of FlorlODltnre. B. A. 



White 1.7» 



Foundations of American Grape 



Culture. MnnaoD t.00 



Plant Materials of DecorstlT* 



Gardening:. Treleaae I.OO 



Aristocrats of the Garden. WII- 



„».<>° (.00 



Bailey's Oycloiiedla of Hortlenl- 



tnre, 8 rolnmea 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



BUL.BS 



C. KEUR & SONS, HILLEGOM, Holland. 



Bulbs of all descriptioDB. Write for prices. 



NEW YORK BRANCH, 8-10 Bridge St. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Split carnations quickly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Pillsbury's Carnation 

 Staple. 1000 for 35c.; 3000 for $1.00 post- 

 paid. I. L. P ILLSBURY. Galesburg, 111. 



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DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlia Mrs. Frederick Grinnell. 



$10.00 per clumps. Cash with order. 



JOHN P. ROONEY, New Bedford, Mass . 



New Paeony Dahlia — John Wanamaker, 

 Newest, Handsomest, Best. New color, new 

 form and new habit of growth. Big stock 

 of best cut-flower varieties. Send list of 

 wants to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 

 Berlin. N. J. 



Orders booked at any time for Fall or 

 Spring delivery. Wholesale and Retail. 

 Send for Catalog. NORTHBORO DAHLIA 

 & GLADIOLUS GARDENS, J. L. Moore, 

 Prop., Northboro. Mass. 



DAISIES 



Daisies : Bellis Monstrosa, Pink or 

 White, also Longfellow and Snowball. 

 Fine strong plants, $3.00 per 1000; $8.25 

 per 3000. Cash. BRILL CELERY GAR- 

 DENS, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



ERICAS 



Young stock for growing on. Strong, 



healthy plants out of 2Vi-in. pels. Biggest 



percentage will set buds and bloom for 



September and October delivery. 



Fall varieties: Per 100 



Gracilis Autumnalls $12.00 



Ovata 12.00 



Xraas varieties: 



Fragrans Melanthera 15.00 



Regermlnans 15.00 



President Carnot 20.00 



President Felix Faure 20.00 



King Edward 20.00 



Easter varieties : 



Cupresslna 20.00 



Persoluta Rosea 15.00 



Persoluta Alba 15.00 



Translueence 25.00 



Packing charges, 50 cts. for each $10 



value. Terms: Cash with order, please. 

 ANTON SCHDLTHEIS 



316 19th Street College Point, N. Y. 



GLASS 



Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind. 



HARDY PERENNIALS 



STRONG TWO-YEAR-OLD FIELD 

 GROWN PLANTS. 

 Aquilegias, AchlUeaa, Alyssum, Anthemls, 

 Arabis, Astilbes, Baptisla, Boltonias, Be- 

 tunicas, Centaurea Macrocephala, Chrysan- 

 themum Shasta Daisy, Coreopsis, Delphi- 

 nium Chinensis, Dianthus Barbatus and 

 I'rumarius, Funklas Med. Variegata, Hibis- 

 cus Moscheutos, and Milltaris, Iris Ger- 

 uianioa Iris Orientalls, Iris Siberica, Lavan- 

 dula, Liiiuni Perenne, Lychnis Chalceodon- 

 ica, I'eiitstemons, Rudbeckias, Purpurea, 

 etc. Sedums, etc. $5.50 per 100, $50.00 per 

 1000. Cash. Send for complete list. PALI- 

 SADES NURSERIES, INC., Sparkill, N. Y. 



HEMEROCALLIS 



Strong Divisions, Plava, Kawanso fl. pl., 

 Orangeman. Thunbergii, Florbam, Apricot, 

 etc., $4.00 per lOO. $35.00 per 1000. Cash. 

 PALISADES NURSERIES, INC., Sparkill, 

 N. Y. 



ORCHIDS 



HASSALL & CO., Orchid Growers and 

 Raisers, Southgate, London, England. Catt- 

 leyas and Laelio-Cattleyas our specialty. 

 One trial order solicited. 



PANSY PLANTS 



PANSY PLANTS, strong and stocky, 

 superb strain, $3.00 per 1000; $8.25 per 3000. 

 cash. Prompt shipment. These plants and 

 strain will please you. 



BRILL CELERY GARDENS, Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. 



PEONIES 



Peonies. The world's greatest collection, 

 1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BETSCHER, 

 Canal Dover, O. 



PRIMULAS 



Primula Obconica: Five different colors, 

 good strong plants, out of 3-lnch pots, at 

 $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. Cash with 

 order. J. H. FIESSER, Hamilton Ave., 

 North Bergen, N. J. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and 

 orchid baskets always on hand. LAOER 

 & HUBRELL, Summit, N. J. 



SWEET PEAS 



Just Arrived, crop 1918 winter flowering 

 SWEET PEAS, New Zealand grown, the 

 large flowering waved or Spencer type. We 

 have been very fortunate to secure the en- 

 tire crop of one of the best growers in New 

 Zealand. New Zealand grown seed has al- 

 ways produced the earliest and best blooms, 

 and seed started in August will produce 

 flowers from Thanksgiving until March; 

 requiring a low temperature, these make an 

 ideal crop for the Florist this year. Scar- 

 let, always a good seller. Finest Mixture, 

 all the best colors. Pink and White. 

 Blanche Ferry type. Yarrawa (true), bright 

 rose pink with light wings. Write for 

 further particulars. 

 JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford, N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tub 

 grown for Immediate effect; also Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROY, Mount Hlssarlik Nur- 

 sery, New Rochelle, N. Y. 



WIRE WORK 



WILLIAM E. HEILSCHER'S WIRE 

 WORKS, 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED : Man to drive delivery car 

 and assist in Florist store. Nice permanent 

 position for the right man. F. E. PALMER, 

 INC., 220 Washington St., Brookline, Mass. 



WANTKl* — Man for greenhouse work. 

 Wages .$60.00 per month with room and 

 board. Address "M.," care HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



WANTED : Man to take charge of my 

 Greenhouses of about 85.000 square feet of 

 glass where general stock is grown for my 

 store. Man must be of unquestionable 

 character and able to produce good quality 

 stock, handle men to advantage and get 

 results. I have a good steady position lor 

 the right man. Write me in detail in the 

 first letter, giviog references from last or 

 present place of employment and wages 

 exj)ected with house. Communications will 

 be confidential. Do not answer unless you 

 have above qualifications and mean busi- 

 ness. MARK AITKEN, 372 Main Street, 

 Springfield, Mass. 



WANTED 



NIGHT FIREMAN 



Must be steady and sober. Wages, 

 $27.30 per week (7 days). Greenhouses 

 at Wakefield, Mass. Apply to 



N. F. McCarthy & co. 



112 Arch St., BOSTON 



From 11 A. M. to 1 P. M., or Telephone 

 Main 5973. 



