December 4, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



785 



XMAS XXXX HOLLY XMAS 



$5.00 PER CASE 



Laurel Wreaths, $2.50 per dozen and up. Laurel Festooning, 6 cents a yard. Boxwood Wreaths' 

 $6.00 to 618 00 per dozen. Bush Laurel, 50c. Prince--s Pine Festooning, $6. 00 per 100 yards' 

 made all round. Leucothoe Sprays, $750 per i,ooo; $1.00 per 100. Dagger and Fancy 

 Ferns, $1 25 per 1000. New Crop Qalax, Bronze, $1.50 per loco. Green, li.oo per 1000. 



CUT BOXWOOD SPRAYS 



$16.00 PER 100 POUNDS 



A Full Line of Florists' Supplies. All Kinds of Insecticides. 



Chrysanthemums and Carna- 

 tions, in all Standard Varieties. 

 Roses — Beauties, Rich mends, 

 riarylands. The Two Killarneys, 

 Brides and Bridesmaids. 



Seasonable 

 Cut Flowers 



Lilies, Orchids, Gardenias, Lily 

 of the Valley, Violets, Adiantum, 

 Asparagus, etc. 



Henry M. Robinson Co., Boston, Mass. 



15 Province Street and 9 Chapman Place. 



Telephones— Main 2617-2618. Fort Hill 25290. 

 ALL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY, PROPERLY AND TO YOUR SATISFACTION. 



ROSE DR. W. VAN FLEET. 



pink, deepening to the centre. It is 

 now in its ninth year and has stood 

 the winters at Little Silver, N. J., 

 without injurj'. The variety was 

 awarded a silver medal by the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York, last 

 year. 



New Ever Blooming Rambler Kose, Dr. W. Van Fleet 



This new rose, to be introduced by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., in 1910, was 

 the subject of an illustration in our 

 issue of July 24, last, showing it grow- 

 ing and blooming profusely in the gar- 

 den in the month of roses. Here we 

 have it again as a tall bloomer. The 

 photograph fiom which this picture 

 was reproduced was the work of an 

 amateur and the flowers were not 



fresh when "posed," so the illustra- 

 tion does not do justice to the variety, 

 but is interesting from the fact thai 

 it shows the perpetual blooming char- 

 acter of the rose — a characteristic 

 rare among really hardy climbers. 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet is a cross between 

 Souv. de Pres. Carnot and Wichurai- 

 ana. The flowers are four inches .and 

 over in diameter, color delicate flesh 



PACKING PLANTS AND FLOWERS 

 FOR SHIPMENT. 



Abstract of a paper read before the Cana- 

 dian Horticultural Society 

 by H. E. Phllpott. 



Packing Plants. 



All will admit that this is a very im- 

 portant subject, for no matter how fine 

 and nice the plants are before ship- 

 ment, if improperly packed, or if they 

 are handled carelessly by the express 

 companies so that they arrive at their 

 destination in poor condition, dissatis- 

 faction is sure to follow. 



First see that the plants are in per- 

 fect condition for shipping; that Is, 

 thoroughly hardened, or finished to 

 stand the trip, and if to be shipped 

 without pots, the plants should be well 

 rooted through, that the roots may 

 hold the ball of earth intact, and 

 above all see that they are thoroughly 

 watered before packing. 



Palms and other plants not having 

 fibrous roots to hold the soil, should 

 be shipped in pots, some support being 

 necessary to keep the soil from crum- 

 bling. The "Neponset," or paper pots, 

 are excellent for this purpose, being 

 light, not subject to breakage, also 

 packing closer in the crate. Packing 

 wrapper or sacking, firmly tied around 

 is often used instead of pots, and an- 

 swers the purpose. 



In this connection, I might say that 

 plants are usually packed without pots 



