October Ifi, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



OSS' 



List of Advertisers 



Page 



Advance, The Co • . ■ • 563 



AUcn J. K 553 



American Nursery 



(Eng.) 536 



American Woodenware 



M't'g Co. s6a 



Ascbmann Godfrey. • • 534 



Banner J. L. 553 



Marrow^ ti.ti. & Son. 534 



Baur 8: Smith 535 



tfayersdorter H..& C0.550 



Beaven E. A 553 



Bobbink & Atkins 536 



Boddington A. i'..-->547 

 bosion r lorlst LfCttci 



Co 549 



Boston Plate and Win- 

 dow Glass Co 563 



Bowe M- 548 



ttre-K Josepn & Sons 546 

 Breitmeyei s J. ^011^.548 

 Bndgeman' s £> e e o 



Warebouse 547 



Brown A. C 53s 



Burpee W. A. a L.o 



547 

 BurrC. R. & Co 536 



CttrrUlo& baidwin . 534 

 Chicago Carnation 



^!^- ■■• 535 



City of San Antonio. .559 

 ^ukrtce's uaviu, ■"•uaA,54t) 

 Conine Nursery Co. . 5j6 

 Cowce W J 553 



Craig, Robt., Co 5^4 



Orawbuck Geo.W 552 



Duiker F. A £48 



Dlngee & Conard Co. 530 



Doane, Geo. B ^6, 



Dorner f . ^jns & *-'«j.535 



Dorrancc Benj 561 



D«w Geo. E 547 



Oreer H. A 545-363 



Uuolop jonn H .^4tt 

 Dtirand & Marohn. --551 

 D)sart, R J 546 



Bdwards Folding Box 



Co 5t;o 



11 ntWm &Sons -46 

 Ellwanger & Barry... 543 



iCfticr J. o. 3(>a 



£niest W. H 5C3 



Kyres 548 



ufiar R.&J.&CU.547 

 Fisher David, Est. of. 5 6 

 Fiske H. E. Seed Co. 547 



Folcv Mig. Co 563 



Ford Bros 552 



rroaent H.E 552 



Calvin Tnos. F 549 



German Kali Works. .561 

 Greater N.Y. Floruu' 



Auociaiion 553 



Green Chas H 535 



Grey 1. J. Co 547 



^uueBros.Co- ■ 548 

 Juttman Alex. J 55a 



Hail \sso 562 



Harrison Nurseries --543 

 H irunaun njauum 6t 



Co 5*6 



Hauswirth the Florist 548 

 Heacockjos. Co •.•■534 



Herbert 535 



£icws A. H. & Co. ■ • . 562 



Hil&ager Bros 5(2 



am.TheE.G.Co 535 



Hltchings&Co 564 



Hoerber Bros 550 



Hoffman 5.8 



Holmes Seed Co 546 



Home Correspondence 



Schools 560 



Horan E. C 552 



Hunt A. E & Co.. ...535 



Hunt Bros 535 



Hunt E. H 561 



Jager. Chas. J. Co. . .£61 



KastingW. F. Co. ...553 



Kervan Co 55a 



Kessler P. F 552 



King Cons. Co 56 * 



Krlck W. C 5F3 



Kroeschell Bros. Co.. 563 

 Kuebler Wm H---- 55a 



Lager & Hurreil 534 



Langjahr. Alfred H.. .552 



Leesley Bros 536 



Leonard Seed Co..... 547 



Leuchy A. & Co 534 



Littlefield H. F 5jn 



Lord & Burnham C0.564 

 Low Stuart & Co ... .534 



McCarthy N. F.& Co. 



550-555 



MacMulktn E 548 



Page 



Mapes Rustic Works.549 



.«ib^x)aneil Alex 348 



McKeUar Charles W. 550 

 McKenna P. & Sons..548 

 McMssick, W. K. & 



Bros 550 



McManmon J. J... .- -536 



McManusJas 55* 



Metropolitan Material 



Co 563 



Meyer J. C & Co.. ..553 



MichellH. F.Co 540 



Michigan Cut Flower 



Exchange 553 



Mitlang Bros 551 



Millang Charles 5:9 



Mlllang Frank 552 



Miller E. S 544 



Moninger J. C 562 



Moore, Hentz & Nash 552 

 Morse C.C. & Co.... 547 

 M urray Samuel 548 



New Eng. Nurseries 536 

 Niessen Leo. Co 350 



Oechslin Frank 534 



Old Town Nurseries.. 530 



Ordonez Bros. 534 



Ouwerkerk P 536 



PalethorpeP. R. Co., 561 

 Palmer W. J. & Son.. 548 



Park Floral Co 548 



Parshelsky Bros 563 



Patten .."t Co 535 



PeacocK DahliaFarms 535 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. 551 

 Perkins St. Nurseries. 534 

 Pierce, F. O. Co. .563 

 Pierson, A. N., Inc. -534 



PlersonF. R. Co 594 



Pierson U Bar Co- . ■ . 564 



Pieters A. J 5^0 



-''^hlmann Bros, Co, 550 

 Pratt B G. Co 561 



Quaker City Mach.Co563 



Raynor John 1 553 



Reed& Keller 553 



Relnberg Peter. 550 



ReuterS.J &Son, 1110.535 



Rice Bros 5 o 



K.LKards Bros 547 



Kobinson H M.&C0.S5 

 Rock Wm.L FI0.C0.548 

 Roehrs Julius Co. 



53|-54«-54^ 5^3 

 Roland, Thomas .. -sm 

 "^^Iker August &Sons562 



Rosens 552 



uti'icr /fe Son... .. --534 

 Schlegel & Fotller C0.547 



Schmidt J. C 534 



Schulz Jacob 548 



'^cott. John 534 



Sharp, Partridge & Co 563 



Sheridan W. F 55a 



Sigeers & Siggcrs....5*a 



Skidelsky & Irwin ^35 



Slinn B S.. Jr ^53 



Smith Elmer D. & Co. 535 

 Smith W.&T. Co ...536 

 Smyth Wm. J.. ..548 

 Standard Plate Glass 



Co 563 



Standard Thermometer 



Co s'i 



St:ams A.T. Lumber 



Co 563 



Stoothoff H. A. 561 



■ifimoD ^ Walter Co. 561 

 RunnyfieldNurscryCo5^f 

 Syracuse Pottery Co .56a 



Tailby 549 



Talmadgc Geo. E....543 

 I'Dorburn J.M. & Co-546 



Tottv Chac. H 535 



Tricker Wm 534 



Valentine, J . A. 548 



Vincent R. Jr. &Sons, 



535-546 

 Vick Jas 8: Sons 544 



Walsh M.H. 536 



Wants, For Sale. etc. .559 

 Ward R.M.&Co... .546 

 Waterer John & Sons • 536 



Welch Bros 550 



Wild Gilbert H S36 



Wilson 548 



Wlnterson.E. F, Co.-<5o 

 Wood Bros 535 



Yokohama Nurseries. 546 



Young A. L. 553 



Young lohn 552 



Young & Nugent .... 548 



Zangen O. V 547 



Zinn Julius A 549 



Zungiebel A 5?4 



Zvolanek AC 547 



SOME WORK OF THE U. S. DE- 

 PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 I AS AFFECTING FLORI- 



CULTURE. 



t By B. T. Galloway, Chief of the Bureau 



I of Plant Industry, U. S. Department 



j of Agriculture, before the Society 



: of American Florists, at 



I Cincinnati. 



The United States Department of 

 Agriculture is doing considerable work 

 bearing both directly and indirectly 

 upon floriculture. I shall not attempt 

 to discuss all of this work, but will 

 endeavor to point out and emphasize 

 certain lines of investigation and ex- 

 periment that are now being carried 

 on by the Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Introducing New Plants. 



'As is pretty well known, the Depart- 

 ment has for a number of years been 

 making a special endeavor in the mat- 

 ter of introducing new plants and seeds 

 from foreign countries. While the 

 greater portion of the introductions 

 have been more strictly of an agricul- 

 tural nature, there are some things 

 which have been brought in of interest 

 to the horticulturist. During the past 

 three years the Department has had 

 Mr. Frank N. Meyer, an agricultural 

 explorer, visiting little-known regions 

 of Asia, with the result that quite a 

 number of promising crops have been 

 sent in by him. It is too early yet to 

 predict what these things will do. 

 They are being tested at a number of 

 our stations and also in co-operation 

 with reliable horticulturists in differ- 

 ent parts of the country with a \iew 

 to determining their possibilities and 

 adaptation to varying conditions of soil 

 and climate. Among some of the 

 things which Mr. Meyer has secured is 

 a new and striking white bark pine 

 which grows to great size and seems 

 specially fitted for cemeteries and cer- 

 tain tyi)es of ptiblic parks and grounds. 

 Mr. Meyer has secured also a number 

 of iuleresting quick-growing and more 

 or less ornamental, drought and alkali 

 resistant willows. One of the prob- 

 lems met with by horticulturists in 

 certain parts of the West has to do 

 with plants that may be suitable for 

 ornamental purposes under arid or 

 semi-arid conditions. It is believed 

 that some of the willows found by Mr. 

 Meyer will be useful in this connec- 



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 I WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. I 



FOR SALE 



BOILER FOR SALE 



Weatliered eight section boiler, in use 

 two seasons, good as new, $100. Casli. 

 Chas. E. Evans, Watertown, Mass. 



FOR SAI.B— Special 16 x 18 and 16 x 2* 

 double thick glass In "A" and "B" Qnail- 

 ties. But now and save money. Writ* 

 PARSHELSKY BROTHERS, INC., H 

 Montrose Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



FOE SALE — At Southampton, L. 1., % 

 acre, 8-room house, hot house, 100 ft. long, 

 and barn. All newly painted and in good 

 condition. Easy terms. Inquire Pacific 

 Pai nt Co., 27 Sixtli Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 T'OR SALE— 1200 ft. of good 4 Inch pipe; 

 also large sectional Sunray boiler. Apply 

 to Mrs. H. Baeppler, Teaneck. P. O. 

 Bogota, N. .T. 



S ilton Place, Boston. s 



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HELP WANTED 



Wanted— Violet Grower 



Must be steady, experienced and strictly 

 up-to-date. Address, DALE ESTATE, 

 Brampton, Canada. 



WANTED— Buyers and agents to sell 

 our cement block and fence post machin- 

 ery. Send for circulars and prices. Ad- 

 dress W. L. Keller Cement Block Machine 

 Co., Kearney, Neb. 



WANTED — An expert grower of all 

 kinds of fruits under glass; also au ex- 

 pert florist and plantsman, lueluding 

 Chrysantliemums and Carnations. Apply 

 to J. Featherstoue, Greenlawn Conserva- 

 tories, Penn and Murtland Aves., Pitts- 

 burgh, E. E., l>a. 



WANTED experienced vegetable and' 

 flower seed i«\cker to take charge of pack- 

 ing room. Must know the seed business. 

 Give reference and salary wanted. Gur- 

 ney Seed Company. Yankton, South Dakota. 



WANTED — Young man, single, with ex- 

 perience in growing ferns, orchids, sweet 

 peas, etc. Commercial. $55 a month. Ad- 

 dress J. 28, care HORTICULTURE. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED— By a gardener 

 and orchid grower; thoroughly experienced, 

 able and willing to work up a collection 

 with any lady or gentleman requiring his 

 sen'ices; good experience in greenhouse 

 plants, vegetables and lawn; married; mid- 

 dle age; best of references. Address Gar- 

 dener. Box 114, Sec aucus, N. J. 



SITUATION WANTED— Gardener and 

 Superintendent: Thorough in all branches 

 of his profession; over IS years last place; 

 best of references; employer would be 

 pleased to see any one personally; married, 

 no family: English. R. H., care J. Terry, 

 Berkeley Ave., Newport, R. I. 



MISCELLANEOUS WANTS 



NOTICE TO ENGINEERS AND LAND- 

 SCAPE GARDENERS. 

 San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 6, 1909. 



The City of San Antonio invites com- 

 petitive, suggestive plans for platting, de- 

 signing and beautifying a new City Ceme- 

 tery to be known as "Jlission Cemetery." 



Topographical maps of the tract of land 

 upon which said cemetery is to be estab- 

 li.shed can be seen in the office of the 

 City Engineer. 



A cash prize or premium of Five Hun- 

 dred (?.500.00) Dollars is offered for the best 

 and most acceptable plan, a cash prize 

 or premium of Three Hundred ($300.00) 

 I'ollars for the second best plan, a cash 

 prize or premium of Two Hundred 

 (.$200.00) Dollars for the third best plan 

 for so platting, designing and beautifying 

 said cemetery, which prizes aliove men- 

 tioned will be awarded upon the recom- 

 mendation of the Mayor and the Cemetery 

 Committee of 'the City Council, who re- 

 sen-e the right to reject any or all plans 

 submitted, and whose decision as to the 

 award of said prizes or premiums shall 

 be final. 



All plans for which prizes have been 

 awarded become the property of the City 

 of San Antonio. 



All plans must be securely sealed, ad- 

 dressed to the "Cemetery Committee of 

 the City Council, San Antonio. Texas," 

 and be submitted on or before 11 A. M., 

 January 6th, 1010. 



BRYAN CALLAGHAN, Mavor. 



Attest: FRED FRIED, City Clerk. 



WANTED — Rose plants of any kind and 

 seedling perennials, cheap. Melrose Gar- 

 den Co., 90 Melrose St., Providence, R. I. 



