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HORTICULTURE. 



September 18, 1909 



The Fruit Auotion 

 Company will sell 



AT AUCTION 



On TUESDAY, 

 SEPT. 21st, 1909. 



Beginning promptly at 10.30 a.m. The following high=class PALHS AND DECORATION 



PLANTS, in lots to suit the trade. 



64 KENTIA FORSTERIANA, Combination Plants, 



in Tubs, 7-8 feet. 

 64 KENTIA FORSTERIANA, Combination Plants, in 



tubs, 6 feet. 

 25 ASPIDISTRA LUR. VAR., Bushy, in Tubs. 



6 LATANIA BORBONICA, 7 feet, fine spread. 

 12 PHOENIX CANARIENSIS, in tubs, 4'^-S feet. 

 18 " " " 6>^-7 " 



12 " " " 8-9 " 



77 ARAUCARIAS (Excelsa and Glauca), 3 feet. 



From leading and reliable growers. Plants ready for inspection on day preceding sale. Sale within their salesrooms. 



Horticulture Dept. J. P. CLEARY, Mgr. 



THE FRUIT AUCTION COMPANY, 



200-204 Franklin Street, 

 NEW YORK 



P. O. Box 640. 



NOTE THE DAY AND DATE. 



Tel. 1512 Franklin St. 



a pencilling of emerald green becom- 

 ing somewhat deeper and stronger dur- 

 ing the latter part of August and Sep- 

 tember, then turning to a decided pur- 

 plish green of the color of the Berberis 

 purpurea. Its berries are of a coral 

 red when ripe and often nearly round. 



Name — Berberis Thunbergii, var. 

 Silver Beauty. 



W. N. RUDD, Secretary. 



September 10, 1&09. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Improvement Society of No. 

 Andover, Mass., held a flower show on 

 Sept. 10, 11, with choice exhibits. 



The Autumn Exhibition of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society will 

 be held on September 17, IS, 19, in 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



There was a meeting of the Society 

 of Indiana Florists September 9, and 

 arrangements were made to hold a 

 spring show on a large scale at Indi- 

 anapolis. 



8 and 9 with well arranged and ex- 

 tensive exhibits from the various es- 

 tates. Among the commercial prize 

 winners the name of W. J. Wilshire 

 is prominent in many classes. 



September S was dahlia night at the 

 rooms of the New Haven County Hor- 

 ticultural Society. George L. Stillman 

 of Westerly, R. i.; Nathan A. Miller, 

 of Branford; W. W. Rawson & Co., of 

 Boston and John H. Sloeombe, of New 

 Haven, received awards of merit. 



The Agricultural and Horticultural 

 fair at JIarshfield, Mass., on August 

 25, 26 and 27, was a success as usual, 

 t'red Cole of Scituate took the first 

 prize on vegetables also the Lawson 

 prize; Patrick Kane was a close sec- 

 ond. The MacMulkin display of vege- 

 tables was very artistically arranged 

 and was a center of interest. 



The State Horticultural Society of 

 Oregon has compromised with the 

 heirs of Cyrus Hoskins, and will re- 

 ceive $2500. in lieu of getting half of 

 the estate. 



The Toledo (O.) Florists' Club elect- 

 ed officers as follows at their last 

 meeting: President, E. Kuhnke; vice- 

 president, N. Nusbaum: secretary and 

 treasurer, J. L. Schiller. 



There will be a Dahlia show in con- 

 nection with the next monthly meet- 

 ing of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, Horticultural Hall. Broad and 

 Locust streets, Philadelphia, Tuesday, 

 Sept. 21st 



There was quite a creditable display 

 in the floral department of the Indiana 

 State Fair, held September 6th to 11th 

 at Indianapolis. The premiums were 

 pretty well divided among the dozen 

 florists competing for same. 



The annual exhibition of the Mel- 

 rose (Mass.) Horticultural and Im- 

 provement Society was held in the 

 City Auditorium September 9, and in 

 point of quality and quantity the ex- 

 hibit was the finest ever given by the 

 societv. 



The floral exhibit at the State Fair 

 at Hartford, Conn, was in charge of 

 J. A. Weber, gardener for W. L. Good- 

 win, and the extent of the display and 

 the artistic arrangement were su- 

 perior to anything before attempted. 

 Jas. Chambers and H. L. Metcalf were 

 the judges and prizes were awarded 

 as follows: — For stove and greenhouse 

 plants: J. F. Huss, 1st; Edward 

 Welch, 2d. Group of evergreens: Jas. 

 W. Scott, 1st; W. W. Hunt & Co., 2d; 

 C. R. Burr & Co. 3rd. John Coombs 

 was first on palms, funeral pieces and 

 bridal bouquets; Nelson Nelson, gar- 

 dener at the Hartford Retreat, was 

 first on cyclamens, tuberous begonias, 

 geraniums; Whiting Greenhouses, first 

 on carnations and fuchsias; and Mills 

 & Co. had several first and second 

 prizes. 



The show of the Montreal Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on September 



DENDROBIUM NOBILE VIRGINALE. 



The sight of the house full of pure 

 white orchids which ia| illustrated on 

 our cover page this week ought to 

 make a florists' mouth water. What a 

 gold mine it would be to have at one's 

 disposal in wedding-bell time! The 

 view is in the establishment of 

 Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, orchid 

 growers of Tunbrldge Wells, Kent, 

 England. The plants were raised from 

 seed and grown in the house in which 

 they are shown. The photograph was 

 taken after they had been returned 

 from the exhibition of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. This is un- 

 questionably the finest lot of white 

 Dendrobium nobile in Europe. 



HONOR TO A CHICAGO NURSERY- 

 MAN. 

 W. A. Peterson, of the Peterson's 

 Nurseries, has been created a Knight 

 of the Order of Vasa by the King of 

 Sweden in recognition of his high 

 standing among the Swedish people 

 nf .America. The presentation was 

 made by Vice-Consul Henry S. Hen- 

 scheu. M". Peterson is a trustee of 

 Peloit College, McCormick Theological 

 Seminary and other institutions of 

 education andl philanthropy. His 

 father settled in Chicago in 1855 and 

 the original home at Peterson and 

 Lincoln avenues is now the home of 

 Av. A. Peterson, who greatly appre- 

 ciates the honor conferred upon iiim. 



Manetti rose stock is reported as 

 short and several large dealers are re- 

 fasinc- orders. 



APHINE 



HAS NO EQUAL 



FOR THE 



Greenhouse and Conservatory 



But it is no less effective in 

 its work on out-door plants. 



(Such is the claim of experts.) 



It Kills Black Fly, Green Fly, 

 White Fly, Thrips, Red Spider, 

 Mealy Bug, Slugs and Scale 

 almost instantaneously without 

 the slightest injury to the ten- 

 derest foliage. 



A SPRAY 



1 PART APHINE to 40 PARTS WATER 



$2. so per gallon ; 

 $1.00 per quart. 



George E.Talmadge, Inc. 



MADISON, N. J. — 



