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HORTICULTURE 



January 15, 1910 



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HEWS STANDARD POTS 



99 





POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street, 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



4S2-460 No. Brancll St,, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Ford Seejl Co., Ravenna, O. — "Sound 

 Seeds" for 1910. 



Berrydale Experiment Gardens, Hol- 

 land, Mich. — A number of novelties in 

 small fruits are listed in this publi- 

 cation. 



Frederick Roemer, Quedlinburg, Ger- 

 many. — Wholesale catalogue of Choice 

 German Flower Seeds. A very full list 

 of the productions of this well known 

 gi'ower. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. — "The 

 Flower Superb." This is another of 

 those attractive publications from the 

 gladiolus man of America. There are 

 seven portraits of gladioli In natural 

 colors. 



The Newburys, Mitchell Nurseries 

 and Greenhouses, Mitchell, S. D. — 

 Glad to see by the unique and tasteful 

 catalogue just received that the 

 "Largest Horticultural Establishment 

 in the Dakotas" continues to flourish. 



Weeber & Don, New York. — Garden 

 Farm and Flower Seeds for 1910. 

 Handsome covers in green tints. 

 There are 16 pages listing novelties in 

 flower and vegetable seeds, distin- 

 guished from the body of the book by 

 being printed in blue ink. 



J. J. H. Gregory & Son, Marblehead, 

 Mass. — "Gregory's Honest Seeds" for 

 1910. Vegetable and flower seeds, 

 small fruits, shrubs and plants are 

 included in this volume issued by a 

 house with a record of over half a 

 century. Covers in vermilion, green 

 and white. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. — 

 A catalogue of nursery stock, small 

 fruits, etc., very artistically gotten up. 

 The clusters of cherries on first cover 

 page in natural colors fairly make 

 one's mouth water. Crawford's Late 

 peach. Millionaire and Klondike straw- 

 berries are the subjects of other color 

 plates. 



Burnett Bros., New York City. — 

 Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Spring, 1910. An 

 80-page catalogue, freely illustrated 

 and very creditable to this young and 

 growing seed firm. Front cover in 

 dark moss green and gold, back cover 

 a country estate with Burnett's Spe- 

 cial Lawn Grass Seed occupying the 

 foreground. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York City. 

 — Florists' Catalogue of Seeds and 

 Bulbs for Forcing and Planting, 1910. 

 Covers in orange and black type, with 

 "The Seal of Quality" as a central or- 

 nament. A catalogue of florists' spec- 

 ialties, at trade prices. An exhaustive 

 list — comprising old and new varieties 

 — and generously illustrated. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York 

 City — Thorburn's High-Class Seeds, 

 1910. The years roll on and this time- 

 honored firm has now reached its 

 108th year. In accordance with long- 

 established custom, the title page of 

 this catalogue is plain and dignified, 

 but the back cover bears a splendid 

 illustration embossed in brilliant col- 

 ors, of Eschscholtzia Thorhurni. As 

 usual, the list of vegetable, flower, 

 tree and shrub seeds is very complete 

 and the volume has a distinct value 

 as a book of reference. 



.Tames Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 

 — Vick's Garden and Floral Guide for 

 1910 is just a beauty. The color work 

 on the covers is exceedingly fine, the 

 front showing a group of four varie- 

 ties of onions and the back four su- 

 perb asters, viz: Vick's Violet King, 

 Vick's Early Upright Pink, Vick's 

 Rose King and The Rochester. The 

 latter is the flower which has been 

 honored by being selected as the of- 

 ficial flower of the City of Rochester. 

 There are many fine illustrations 

 thi'oughout the book, in which asters 

 hold a prominent place. 



R. & J. Parquhar & Co., Boston, 

 Mass. — Parquhar's 1910 Garden An- 

 nual. This energetic seed and nur- 

 sery house, always aiming to lead 

 the country in the beauty of their cat- 

 alogues has actually outdone itself in 

 the volume now before us. The sub- 

 ject for cover page adornment is 

 Hydrangea Hortensis Nikko Blue. It 

 is a reproduction of an original paint- 

 ing and with a bronze background is 

 very striking. On the back is a group 

 of peony-flowered dahlias natural size 

 and colors. Many new half-tone en- 

 gi-avings embellished the body of the 

 work which is very comprehensive and 

 interesting, particularly the depart- 

 ment devoted to hardy perennial seeds 

 and plants and decorative garden 

 shrubbery. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — W. C. Russell, 

 one house. 



French, N. M. — Frank Geeting. veg- 

 etable forcing house. 



Lunenburg, Mass.— J. S. Gilchrist, 

 vegetable starting house. 



Easton, Pa. — S. M. Merwarth & 

 Bros., carnation house 85x200. 



Port Huron, Mich.— Frank Field- 

 man, Turnpike road, vegetable forcing 

 house. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



945,191. Lawn Mower. Carl E. Pet- 

 erson, St. James, Minn. 



945,298. Pipe Coupling. John B. 

 Ward, New York, N. Y. 



945,399. Weeding and Chopping Hoe. 

 Thomas J. King, Rich- 

 mond, Va. 



945,734. Quack Grass Plow. Charles 

 E. Glasspoole, St. Paul, 

 Minn. 



Dn ^ v; n J A Diam. Each. Doi. 100. 

 '^ ^ ^ " ^ A II in. .6s 7-15 55.00 



Florist Specialties b 12M " .75 8.25 65 co 



KEYSTONE CFDAR C 13H '* 85 9.35 7500 



PLA^T TUBS Di45<" i. 00 11.00 90.00 



E 15 W " 1.25 13.75 iio-oo 



F i6J^ " 1.50 16.50 130.00 



Three largest sizes have 



handles. 



Special PAIL TUBS. 

 8 inches, .30 3 50 28.00 

 II *• .30 3.50 28,00 



Painted Green 



HENKT A. DRBEB 



714 Chestnut Street 



Philadelphia. Pa. 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Packed in small crates, easy to handle. 



Price per crat« 

 144 6 in. pots in crate$3.i6 

 1207 " *' 4.20 



608 " " 3.00 



HAND MADE 

 48 9 in. pots in crate$3.6o 

 48 10 " " 4.80 



24 II ** " 3 60 



24 13 " " 4.80 



12 14 " " 4.80 



6 16 " ** 4,50 

 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list oi 

 Cylinders for Cut flowers. Hanging Baskets, Lawa 

 Vases, etc. Ten per cent . oft for cash with order. Addresi 



Hilfinger Bros.. Pottery ,FortEdward,N.Y, 

 August Rolker & Sons, Agts. 31 Barclay St. N. Y. City, 



American Flower and Tree Tub. , 

 No. Top, Deep Price 

 $1.00 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 3,00 

 4.00 

 5.50 

 The AmericanWoodenware Mf^.Ct 

 Toledo, ohio 

 Sold by Schlegel & Fottler Co., Boston, Mass. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



We have a large stock of well made and well burned 

 pots on hand for the trade of lyio. Prompt shipments 

 guarantted. Our terms are as good as the best. 

 Catalogue for loio on application. 



Syracuse Pottery Co.,^''^'.''^^^- 



I— STANDARD FLOWER — 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of 

 the Capitol, write us, wc can save you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



— 28th « M Sts., - Washington, D. C. — • 



All The Clay 



for our 



Florists' Red Pots 



Is prepared by passing through a screen 

 1600 meshes to the square Inch. If Id 

 a hurry for pots, order from us. 



THE PETERS & <)EED POTTERY CO., Zanesville, Oblo. 



