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HORTICULTURE 



February 5, 1910 



New Offers in This Issue. 



ASTER LADY ROOSEVELT. 



Scientiac Intense Culture Kaiich, Salem, 



Ore. 



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ASTER SEED. 



Henry F. Micbell Co., rUiladelphia. Pa. 

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ASTER SEED. 



Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich. 

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AUTOMATIC SPRAYING MACHINE. 



J. G. Mastin & Co., Chicago, 111. 

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CANNAS. 



Arthur T. Boddingtoii, New York, N. i'. 



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CARNATION, BON AMI. 



George E. Buxtou, Nashua, N. H. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



ENGLISH MANETTI STOCKS. 



A. T. Boddiugton, New York. 

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FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Weeber & Don, New York, N. Y. 

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GREEN CANE STAKES. 



Wm. Elliott «!t Sons, New York. N. Y. 

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NURSERY AND FLORISTS' 



PRODUCTS. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. 



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OSMUNDA FIBRE. 



C. W. Browneil & Co., Walden, N. Y 

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PLANT CUPS AND BOXES. 



Bacon & Co., Appleton, N. Y. 

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SHAMROCKS. 



George J. Hughes. Berlin, N, J. 

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SHAMROCKS. 



John F. Kupp, Shiremanstowu, Pa 

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THE NEWEST LILACS. 



EUwanger & Barry, Hochester, N. Y 

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VIOLETS. 



B. S. Slinn, New York, N. Y. 

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APPLE GROWING IN NEW ENG- 

 LAND. 



The great revival ot interest in apple 

 growing which is in progress all over 

 the New England states was amply evi- 

 dent in the large audience and the 

 enthusiasm manifested at Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 Saturday, January 29, when E. Cyrus 

 Miller, a successful apple grower of 

 Haydenville, Mass., delivered an ad- 

 dress on this topic. Mr. Miller used 

 stereopticon views as practical object 

 lessons in the practice of apple grow- 

 ing, showing every stage of the busi- 

 ness from the clearing of the forest, 

 preparation of land and setting out of 

 young trees, to the picking, packing 

 and marketing of the luscious product. 

 He showed conclusively that the in- 

 dustry is a profitable one, that it has 

 an assured successful future and that 

 the hillsi'des ot New England are un- 

 excelled in their adaptability for'^apple 

 raising by any other district on the 

 continent. After the close of the lec- 

 ture the speaker was beseiged for near- 

 ly an hour by a large crowd of in- 

 tensely interested auditors who pro- 

 pounded questions innumerable which 

 Mr. Miller was all ready to answer 

 convincingly. 



PHIALDELPHIA NOTES. 



Chas. Zimmer of West Colllngswood, 

 who underwent a serious operation at 

 the hospital recently, is reported to 

 be all right again and able to attend 

 to business as usual. 



Chas. E. Meehan of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., is now running a 40tli 

 range at his Churchville place in Bucks 

 county in addition to the 11th range 

 in Germantown. He thinks he now has 

 enough for a year or two to keep him 

 busy. 



There appears to be a scarcity of 

 tree roses this year both here and 

 abroad. .4.ny one with a surplus to 

 offer will find a generous response 

 from a card in HORTICULTURE. 

 We know of several parties who wish 

 to buy them by the "thousand. 



That new rambler rose of Farqu- 

 har's must be a wonder. Does it real- 

 ly bloom all summer from June until 

 frost and is it as good in other ways 

 as — say the Philadelphia Rambler? We 

 would like to hear some more about 

 this "Flower of Fairfield." 



An excellent four pp. pamphlet by 

 Edwin Lonsdale, on "The Growing of 

 House Plants" is being sent out by 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. free. It did not 

 take Burpee long to set his new Cali- 

 fornia manager to work on congenial 

 and telling literature — in addition to 

 strenuous seed-growing preparations at 

 Lompoc. 



Where can we get some of those 

 wonderful new things that your splen- 

 did oriental correspondent, E. H. Wil- 

 son, has been telling us about in re- 

 cent numbers of HORTICULTURE?, 

 is the question heard here frequently. 

 They do not seem to be advertised 

 anywhere. (R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 Boston, have control of the American 

 introduction of these novelties. Ed.) 



Our ingenious and original friend, 

 Thos. J. Oberlin up in the "Hog Back ' 

 district at Sinking Spi-ing, Pa., grows 

 and recommends for cut flower pur- 

 poses "the best five" in gladioli: 

 America, Florida, 1900, Augusta, and 

 Madam Monneret. Brother Oberlin is 

 doing a fine work in making these 

 bare spots in the Pennsylvania moun- 

 tains blossom — and is making it pay 

 at the same time. 



The Heller Bros. Co. says that the 

 twentieth century idea in rose plants 

 is quality not cuttings. Cuttings have 

 the merit of cheapness and easy mail- 

 ing. But good plants of age and well 

 developed are the thing. In other 

 words America is outgrowing her first 

 crude notions in the rose matter and 

 is now educated up to paying the 

 price. Good. Nevertheless don't for- 

 get that the rooted cutting was the 

 pioneer and blazed the way for better 

 things. 



Acacia pubescens is the much sought 

 for item at present in the spring 

 flower list. Niessen's claim to have 

 the largest daily supply coming to 

 town — also the most superior as to 

 quality and cut from the largest trees 

 in the country grown under glass. 

 This crop we understand is from the 

 Evans' greenhouses at Rowlandville. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. also claim 

 to have the largest and best daily 

 supply of acacia pubescens— "not for 

 piibliration but as a guarantee of good 



faith!" Kind regards to both claim- 

 ants. 



If our esteemed editor wants to get 

 some more ammunition for his just 

 and holy protests over Uncle Sam's 

 post office methods, let him look into 

 the Canadian postmasters' report. 

 They carry printed stuff there for half 

 a cent instead of one cent a pound — 

 and show a profit at that. If a cent a 

 ton, say, were charged against the 

 Congressional Record, maybe that 

 would go a good way towards wiping 

 out the twenty-eight million deficit. 

 The American people are certainly the 

 most easy going and tolerant nation 

 on the face of the earth. 



The president's address at the Pitts- 

 burgh convention is interesting read- 

 ing. Is it possible at this stage that 

 carnation growers do not know how 

 much each square foot of their space 

 produces in dollars and cents? 1 fear 

 the A. C. S. tag idea would meet its 

 Waterloo the minute it reached the 

 retailer. These astute gentlemen want 

 it all for themselves when it comes 

 to advertising. They will not adver- 

 tise any grower if they can help it. 

 If the growers want that they'll have 

 ti) open a shop of their own. 



Visitors this week: Carl C. Cropp, 

 Chicago; Louis J. Renter, Westerly, R. 

 I.; J. A. Brown, Coatesville, Pa. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



"One Year's Business" is the title 

 of a very impressive business propo- 

 sition being sent out by the McFar- 

 land Publicity Company. The name 

 of the publisher is a guarantee as to 

 the typography and general layout of 

 this document. It is a very creditable 

 demonstration of the best standard of 

 horticultural printing and publicity 

 art. 



Sweet Peas Up-to-Date. Published, 

 1910, by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.— This book is a com- 

 mendable endeavor to give both ama^ 

 teur and professional the benefit of 

 more than twenty years' experience In 

 growing this favorite flower at Ford- 

 hook Farm. It contains lists and de- 

 scriptions of varieties and synonyms, 

 full cultural notes and other interest- 

 ing matter compiled by G. W. Kerr. 



Annual Proceedings and Bulletin of 

 the American Rose Society for 1909. 

 Secretary Hammond has given the 

 members of the Rose Society a very 

 neat, tasteful and also useful book — 

 the best yet published under the 

 auspices of the Society. It has some 

 very instructive articles on rose grow- 

 ing and is copiously illustrated. A full 

 list of members is included. 



The Horticultural Directory and 

 Year Book for 1910 has been received 

 from 'the publishers, the "Journal of 

 Horticulture" and "Poultry," oflice 

 Fleet street, London, England. This 

 annual, now in its 51st year, com- 

 prises 624 pages of closely printed in- 

 formation, lists of gardens and trade 

 firms, etc.; indispensable to anyone 

 who seeks to do business in any hor- 

 ticultural requisites or products, in 

 the British Isles or on the Continent. 



Richmond, Ky.— John Christman, 

 Jr., has purchased the Richmond 

 Greenhouse from the widow of the 

 former owner, Albert Richfar. 



