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HORTICULTUli: 



December 11, 1909 



HARDY ROSES 



For Forcing 



Ready for Immediate Delivery 



The rlglit time to buy Koses Is wlieii tliey are tresli and well ripened. Roses potted up In tbe fall or late winter liecome 

 better estnblislied and fone lietter, and are far more satisfactory in e\ery way, and you can retard or force at your leisure. 

 We recommend the American-grown "Eamblers." Don't attempt to force Imported Ramblers; the general experience Is that 

 they are failures. 



somethij.g^New in Rose. ^^^^ Standard Baby Ramblers 



Tliese are Bal)y Ramblers, grown on stems or standards about one and a half feet high, and will be a novelty for your trade 

 you cannot profitably overlook. They are offered for the first time in this country In the following varieties: 



B.4BY CATHERINE SEIMETH (Halt standard). White. 45 

 cents each, .i;4.FiO per dozen, .f.35.no per 1011. 



BABY "STARS and STRIPES" (Half Standard). White and 

 red grafted on the same plant; most attractive, 00 cents 

 each, S5.(10 jier dozen, $40.00 per 100. 



DABY DOROTHY (Half Standard), Deep pink. 60 cents each 



$0.00 per dozen, .$45.00 per 100. 

 BABY B.VMBLER (Half standard). Crimson. 45 cents each 



?4.50 per dozen, $.35.00 per 100. 



Hardy Perpetual Roses 



We offer extra strong foicins two-year-old dormant, low- 

 budded stock, in tlie following varieties, true to name. 

 Price, "6c. for 5 (of one variety), $13.00 per 100, 

 $110.00 per 1000. 

 Alfred Colonib. Carmine. 

 Anne <le Diesbaeh. Bright carmine. 

 Ball of Snow. Pure white. 

 Buron de Bonntetten. Dark crimson shaded. 

 BaroneRs Rothschild. Satiny pink; extra. 

 Captain Chrisly. Delicate flesh color. 

 Duke of Edinbureh. Bright vermiliou ; very fine. 

 Fisher Holmes. Dark ricll scarlet. 



FBAII KARL DRUSCHKI. The finest white In existence. 

 General Jacqueminot. Rich velvety crimson. 

 General \Vasblngton. Beautiful red, shaded carmine. 

 John Hopper. Beautiful rose-pink. 

 La France. Tlie finest light pink. 

 Margaret Dickson. White, p;ile flesh center. 

 Magna Charta. Clear rosy pink. 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet. Light satiny pink. 

 Mme. Plantler. White. 



Mrs. John Lalng. Soft pink. Most desirable variety. 

 Paul Neyron. Beautiful dark pink. 

 Prince Camille de Rohan. Velvety crimson. 

 Ulrlcli Brunner. Clierry-red. 



Forcing Rambler Roses 



American Crown. The Only Stock for Forcing 

 CRIMSON RAMBLER 



Large heavy plants, two years old, mossed and packed In 

 bundles of 10. 10 100 



.3 to 4 feet $1.25 $12.00 



3 to 5 feet 1.15 15.00 



4 to C. feet, extra strong and heavy 2.25 20.00 



DOROTHY PERKINS 



Shell Pink. $1.25 tor 10, $12.00 per 100. Extra strong, $1.78 

 for 10, $16.00 per 100. 



Tausendschon 



The new Rambler Rose. Tlie name translated means a 



"thousand beauties." Color beautiful rose, shading to pink. 



$2.26 for in, $20.00 per 100. 



Tausendschon (standard grown). Each 60c., doz. $6.00, 100 $10.00. 



IIIAWATHA. The flowers are single and are of a deep. In- 

 tense crimson shade with the petals shading to a pure 

 white base. Flowers very freely and is undoubtedly one 

 of the l>est of the single Roses tor forcing. Extra strong, 

 two-year, field-grown, $3.25 for 10, $30.00 per 100. 



WEDDING BELLS. A seedling of the Crimson Rambler. 

 The most floriferous Rose yet produced. The color Is 

 white with the upper part of the petals soft-pink. Fine 

 for forcing. Perfectly hardy. Extra strong two-year-old 

 field-grown flowering plants, 3 to 4 feet. $2.28 tor 10, 

 $16.00 per 100. 



LADY CW. A seedling from the popular Crimson Rambler, 

 which It resembles in habit and general effect. The flowers 

 are of a delicate cherry-pink <olor, which fades to soft 

 white. Strong plants, field-grown, $2.26 tor 10, $16.00 per 100. 



Baby Rambler Roses 



BABY DOROTHY. The Pink Baby Rambler, and bound to 

 find favor where the Baby Ramblers are popular. $1.75 

 for 10, $16.00 per 100. 



BABY RAMBLER 



(Mme Norbert Levavasseur) 



Strong field-grown plants, $1.76 for 10, $15.00 per 100. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINCTON, 



SEEDSMAN, 

 342 West 14th Street, NEW YORK 



AMERICAN BREEDERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The sixth annual meeting of the 

 American Breeders' Association, in 

 session this week at Omaha, Neb., 

 has included in the papers to be read 

 and discussed in the plant improve- 

 ment department, the following: 

 "Report of Committee on Breeding 

 Roses" (Dr. W. Van Fleet, chairman) ; 

 "Report of Committee on Plant and 

 Animal Introduction," by Davis C. 

 Fairchild, Washington, D, C; "Some 

 Problems in Plant Improvement," by 

 Dean H. J. Webber, Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 "Report of Committee on Breeding 

 Cereal Crops," (Prof. C. A. Zavitz, 

 chairman) ; "The Breeding of Barley," 

 by Prof. J. H. Shepperd. Agricultural 

 College, N. D., and Prof. Alvin Key- 

 6er, Fort Collins, Colo.; "Wheat 

 Breeding," by Prof. H. F. Roberts, 

 Manhattan, Kas. ; "A Large and 

 Small Grain Experiment," by Supt. 

 Lk R. Waldron, Dicltinson, N. D.; 



'•The Breeding of Cotton," by Dr. D. 

 N. Shoemalier; "Report of Committee 

 on Breeding Tea, Coffee and Tropical 

 Fruits," (Dr. O. F. Cook, chairman) ; 

 "Report of Committee on Breeding 

 Vegetables," (W. W. Tracy, chair- 

 man) ; "Report of Committee on 

 Breeding Corn," (J. Dwight Funk, 

 chairman) ; "Hybridization Methods 

 in Corn Breeding," by Dr. Geo. H. 

 Shull, Santa Rosa, Calif.; "Variability 

 in the Maize Plant," by J. R. Stewart, 

 Chicago; "The Breeding of Corn," by 

 Prof. L. S. Klink, MacDonald College, 

 Que.; "Report of Committee on Breed- 

 ing Forage Crops," (Dean Thos. F. 

 Hunt, chairman) ; "Report of Commit- 

 tee on Breeding Tree and Vine 

 Fruits," (Prof. S. A. Beach, chair- 

 man); "Single Character Breeding in 

 Grapes versus General Character or 

 Tout '"Ensemble Breeding," by Prof. 

 T. V. Munson, Denison, Tex.; "Pro- 

 gress in Breeding Hardy Fruits," 

 by Prof. N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. 

 D. ; "Report of Committee on Pedi- 

 greed Seed and Plant Business," 

 (Eugene G. Funk, chairman); "Report 

 of Committee on Breeding Fiber 

 Crops," (Dean J. H. Shepperd, chair- 



man); "Report of Committee on 

 Breeding Sugar Crops," (Dr. C. O. 

 Townsend, chairman); "Breeding 

 Sugar Cane," by Prof. W. R. Dodson, 

 Baton Rouge, La.; "Breeding the 

 Sugar Maple," by W. A. Orton, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; "Some Phases of Sorg- 

 hum Breeding," by Dr. C. O. Town- 

 send, Washington. D. C; "Report ot 

 Committee on Breeding Tobacco," 

 (A. D. Shamel chairman); "Report of 

 Committee on Breeding Nut and For- 

 est Trees," (Prof. Geo. B. Sudworth, 

 chairman); "Proposals for a System 

 of Tree Breeding," by Prof. Fre(ierick 

 E. Clements, Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 "Walnut-Oak Hybrids." by Prof. 

 Ernest Babcoclv; "Principles and 

 Methods of Tree Seed Selection," by 

 Raphael Zon, Washington, D. C; "A 

 Plan for Breeding and Use of Tree 

 Crops." by Prof. J. Russell Smith, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; "Breeding to Im- 

 prove Physical Qualities of Timber," 

 by Prof. Geo. L. Clothier, Agricultural 

 College, Miss.; "Report of Committee 

 on Breeding Citrus Fruits," (Dr. W. 

 T. Swingle, chairman) ; "Graft Hy- 

 brids," by Prof. C. C. Guthrie, Uni- 

 versity of Pittsburg. 



