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HORTICULTURE, 



November 13, 1909 



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Horseshoe Brand Products 



The Emperor of China pays his doctor to keep him well. When 

 the Emperor is sick the doctors pay is cut off. In other words a pre- 

 mium is paid to keep the ruler well. The successful merchant is he 

 who satisfies his clients by supplying merchandise that will yield a 

 profit, even though it costs him a premium. 



Horseshoe Brand Products are' procured from the very best 

 sources of supply, from those who have a reputation at stake, and in 

 purchasing this brand you have the assurance that the goods come from 

 a house that is trying to better conditions instead of merely making a sale. 



When you are in the market for bulbs — write us. 



RALPH M. WARD ®» CO. 



12 West Broadway, New York. 



REPRESENTING 



Seitaro Aral, Yokohama. 

 Martial Bremond, Ollioules. 



Horseshoe Brand Japan Bulbs ready for immediate shipment. 



Not bow cheap 

 But how good 



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quhar & Co., display of begonias, dahlias 

 aud ferns; Julius Roehrs Co., display of 

 orchids; Lager & Hurrell, display of or- 

 chids; W. W. Kawson & Co., display of 

 neriiies; S. J. Goddard. new carnation 

 Pinli Delight; M. A. Patten, white carna- 

 tion Shasta.. „ 



VOTE OF THANKS: Langwater Gar- 

 dens, vase of chrysanthemum Old Gold. 



The Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 received honorable mention for a collection 

 of cabbages showing the false economy of 

 buying poor seed. 



iVIASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



The exhibit of table decorations by 

 the student.s attracted a throng of visi- 

 tors at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, Friday and Saturday, Novem- 

 ber 5tli and "jth. The exhiliit consisted 

 of ten tables prepared and deco'-ated 

 by members of the class in floricul- 

 ture, the decoration of each table be- 

 ing the work of two men working as 

 a team. Each team was restiicted to 

 the use of chrysanthenuuns as flowers, 

 but the choice of foliage was left to 

 the students. The combinations of the 

 various varieties of chrysanthemums 

 with smilax, ferns, barberries and au- 

 tumn leaves made up a varied and 

 striking display and called forth much 

 praise from the many visitors. The 

 first prize, consisting of $12 contributed 

 by men interested in floricultural edu- 

 cation, was awarded to H. F. Willard 

 of Leominster, Mass., and C. .1. Green 

 of Bridaewater, Mass. The decorations 

 on this table were very simple. In the 

 center was a vase containing four 

 .splendid Nellie Pockett chrysanthe- 

 mitms and several fronds of maiden- 

 hair fern of the Adiantum formosum 

 type. The vase was slightly banked 

 with ferns, and at the base were two 

 more fine Nellie Pockett blooms. Un- 



der each plate was a single frond of 

 rhe fern, while at each of the four cor- 

 ners of the table was a group of three 

 chrysanthemums of the anemone type 

 on a mat of ferns. The dark green 

 ferns and the pure white flowers har- 

 monized especially well with the china, 



which had a delicate fern in the pat- 

 tern, and the .judges were unanimous 

 in their choice of the table for first 

 place. 



The second prize, consisting of 

 Scott's "Manual of Floriculture" con- 

 tributed by the Florists' Review, and 



Partial View of Pompon Dahlia Fiei.i> 

 J. L. Moore, Northboro, Mass. 



