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HORTICULTURi: 



September 18, iSuSi 



A GROWING WESTERN NURSERY FIRM. 



Hew O ffers^jn^ThisJ ssue. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, TENUIS- 

 SIMUS, PLUMOSUS. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., AJrian, Mich. 

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CYCLAMEN SEED. 



H. E. Fislie Seed Co.. liuston. 

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CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDEN 



GLOW. 



I. M. Rayiiei. Greeuport, N. Y. 



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DECORATIVE PLANTS AT AUC- 

 TION. 



Tiie Fruil AiRliou Co.. L'liii. l;ii2. 204 



Franklin St., New York. 



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CYCLAMEN. 



Thomas Koland, Nahaiit. Mass. 

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FIELD GROWN CARNATION 

 PLANTS. 



II. P. Littletii'Id. \Vorcestcr. ^lass. 

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FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. 



Geo. Peters & Sons, Hempstead. N. Y. 



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FLORISTS' GREENS. 



The Kenan ('(■., IK: \V. listU St.. New 



York. 



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GREEN PROLIFIC POLE LIMA 



BEAN: DELICIOUS EARLY 



SWEET CORN. 



Holmes Seed Co., Harrishurg, Pa. 

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GREENHOUSE PLANS. 



The Foley Mfg. Co.. ^^'estern A\. and 2(!th 



St., Chicago. 



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LILIUM LONGIFLORUM AND 

 OTHER FORCING BULBS. 



F It Piirsiui Cii.. Tiirrvtown-onlludson. 



N. Y. 



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ULY BULBS. 



Wni. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey St., New 



York. 



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PEONIES. 



Cottage Gardi'ns Co.. Queens. N. Y. 

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PLANT AUCTION SALES. 



Wra. Elliott I.V.- Sons. 42 Vesey St.. New 



York. 



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SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX. 



LOTiisville Floral Co.. Lt.uisvillr. .\la. 

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'1 lie iiurlh side nurseries of Lcesluy 

 I^ros. at Chicago, up to six years ago, 

 were fields of onion sets owned by the 

 senior Leesley who died about that 

 time, and the present business lias 

 been built up by his sons. The two 

 cuts show what well directed effort 

 will do in a very tew years in chang- 

 ing the looks of a place and in build- 

 ing up a business. Clyde, the elder, is 

 in charge of the 110 acres comprising 

 the nurseries on 40th and Peterson 

 avenues. Robert, superintends the 200 

 acres on the west side where various 

 products are grown, the most extensive 

 being onion sets, which Mr. Leesley 

 reports as being in short crop this 

 year. 



Leesley Bros, make a specialty of 

 ornamental shrubs, with the exception 

 of cherry trees of which they grow 



about fifty thousand. Vil)urnums, 

 spiraeas, honeysuckles and other lead- 

 ing popular iawn and garden favorites 

 are grown in immense quantities and 

 especial attention is given to ornamen- 

 tal fruit bearing shrubs and those with 

 bright colored bark for planting for 

 winter effect. 



Regarding peonies, which they grow 

 extensively, .Mr. Leesley names as his 

 favorites, Marie Lemoine and Mdse. De 

 Verneville in white, Delachei in red 

 and Edulis Superba in pink. 



Worthy of especial note isi Tamarix 

 hispida aestivalis imported last year 

 from France. The effect in groups is 

 unusually fine. The foliage is light 

 sage green and the flower is silvery 

 pink. It is more hardy than other 

 tamarix and last winter, its first here, 

 stood a temperature of IS degrees be- 

 low zero. 



BRITISH NEWS JOTTINGS. 



Owing to the prevalence of black 

 scab in this country, the Jersey Gov- 

 ernment have prohibited the importa- 

 tion of potatoes in that island from 

 Britain. 



A new dahlia named Coronata has 

 attracted some notice in a Kentish 

 nursery. The single bloom is of a 

 salmon red, and in the evening the 

 broad petals close up, forming a floral 

 ball. 



At the fortnightly meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, on Aug. 

 31st, Prof. Sargent, and the President 

 and Fellows of Harvard University, 

 Ma.ss., U. S. A., exhibited a collection 

 of 1.50 photographs illu.strating the 

 flora, fauna, of Central and Western 

 China, obtained by Mr. E. H. Wilson, 

 the well-known plant collector, during 

 his travels. A gold medal was award- 

 ed. 



The National Rose Society has ar- 

 ranged to hold an autumn show on 

 Sept. 16. 



There was an interesting display at 

 the annual show on Sept. 1st, 2iid and 

 3rd, of the National Dahlia Society, 

 which is now amalgamated with the 

 London Dahlia Union. There was not 

 room for two organizations, and the 

 unity should prove advantageous. 



W. H. ADSETT. 



STREATOR (ILL.) WINTER VEGE- 

 TABLE GROWERS. 



Leslie Mason, who is in charge of 

 the Rudolph Kline greenhouses on the" 

 West Side, raising lettuce and mush- 

 rooms, is now enlarging his place, and 

 will have about 25,000 square feet of 

 glass in all. 



Xext to W'hitcomb and Hills' houses 

 with the proposed addition taken into 

 account, Edward Kline probably has 

 the largest area under glass. His 

 houses are on the West Side and some 

 of them are portable so that they may 

 be moved from one part of his place 

 to another. His specialty is asparagus. 



Omar Fanning is one of the new- 

 comers. His houses are located in the 

 Coal Run creek bottoms and just west 

 of Bloomington street. He raises 

 cucumbers. 



Fred Muson has his house on East 

 Broadway. There he grows tomatoes. 



Vincent Kangley is in the noinh- 

 western section, just south of the Vul- 

 can Works, cultivating lettuce and to- 

 matoes. 



Thomas Johns is probably the latest 

 to join the ranks of the winter vege- 

 table men. He gives his whole atten- 

 tion to cucun:bers. His houses are out 

 on East Main street. 



VIOLETS, WHOLESALE. 



B S. Sllnn. .Jr., .5."i-57 W. 26th St.. New 



York. 



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Invigorated by sea breezes, clam 

 bakes and congenial surroundings, the 

 clear, sonorous voice of Auctioneer 

 W. J. Elliott will again ring out on 

 the air of Vesey street. New York, at 

 high noon, Tuesday, September 21, and 

 the gi-eat fall movement of foliage 

 plants, bulbs, etc., will be inaugurated 

 according to established precedent. 

 Have a look in. 



BASE BALL AT CHICAGO. 



Rmployes of Bassett & Washburn 

 playe;! Poehlmann Bros, ball team 

 last Sunday and lost the game, 11 to 3. 

 Excitement is at white heat now that 

 each side has one game. Tlie '■rub- 

 be'." will be played in two weeks. 

 Many ladies accompanied the Hins- 

 dale team and after the game Poehl- 

 mann Bros, royally entertained the 

 players and visitors. 



