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HORTICULTURE 



February 19, 1910 



WI IM M IT tt ^ READ THEIR RECORD 



1 1^ 1^ H^ JV> O Pittsburg, January 26tK, 1910. 



S. A. F. Silver Medal for best vase of 50 not yet disseminated — MRS. C. W. WARD. 



S. A. F. Bronze Medal for second best vase of 50 not yet disseminated — ALMA WARD. 



Best 100 light pink — MRS. C. w. WARD. 



Best 100 white — ALMA WARD. 



Special Sweepstake Prize for b st vase of any color — ALMA WARD. 



FORMER 



MRS. C. Vr. -WARD 



Society of American Florists, Silver Medal, Boston, 1906 ; 

 The Craig Cup for Best Seedling, Philadelphia, 1906; The 

 Lawson Bronze Medal, Washington, 190S; The Horticultural 

 i^ociety of N. Y. Silver Medal. Sweepstake prize tor best 100 

 l.l.ioms, New York, 19(» ; The Horticultural Society of N. Y. 

 Jpiplonia. for best new variety. New York. 19(Xt. 



A1VAR.DS 



A.LMA. MTARD 



The I.awson Silver Medal. Toronto, 1907, (No Gold Medal 

 having been awarded) ; The Lawson Gold Medal, Washing- 

 ton, 1908; The Society of American Florists Silver Medal, 

 Washington, 1908. 



MP.5. C. \<r. -WAR-D 



MRS. C. W. W.Mtl) is a perfectly formed flower with 

 full centre; color deep pink several shades lighter than 

 Lawson. deeper than Winsor; having strong, erect stems 

 24 to .36 inches in length. A vigorous, healthy grower and 

 has never shown disease of an.v kind. 



A very early and free Iiloomer, producing fine flowers 

 as early as September 1st. which bring from twenty-five to 

 tift.v per i-eot mure tli;in ;iny other variety on the market. 



Prices Rooted Cuttings 



$2.00 per 12. $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000; 25 at the 

 100 rate, 250 at the 1000 rate. 



Delivery February 20tK 



ALMA M^AR.D 



This beautiful Carnation is pure white except during 

 the dark weather when it shows delicate splashings of pink 

 similar to the Cattleya Orchid, increasing its popularity. 



ALMA WARD is the largest and most fragrant Carna- 

 tion ever grown, producing perfect flowers .'i'.A to 4^^ inches 

 in diameter on strong. ere<-t stems ;HJ to 42 inches in length. 



Prices Rooted Cuttings 



$.3.00 per 12. $5.00 per 25, .$9.00 per 50, $15.00 per 100, 

 $35.00 per 250, $05.00 per 500, $120.00 per 1000. 



Delivery March 1st 



INVITATION 



M'e exteud a cordial invitation to nil tlmse interested to visit our estab- 

 lishment, where they TviU have an opportunity to see them growing and 

 compare their good points with other standard varieties grown under the 

 same conditions. 



Cottag'e Gardens Co., Inc. ^ 



ueens. Long Island. 



NE^ YORK 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Park Jottings. 



At this writing Lincoln Park Con- 

 servatories are particularly attractive 

 because of ttie magnificent display of 

 orchids. Rudolph Schiele is in charge 

 of the exhibit. The white varieties 

 of which there are 200, are a special 

 feature. There are also about 700 va- 

 rieties of the more common. — An im- 

 portant step was taken last week by 

 the Lincoln Park Commissioners when 

 they voted to begin suit to obtain pos- 

 session of the four bathing beaches on 

 the shores of Lake Michigan. These 

 beaches are now owned by private in- 

 dividuals and estates and the cases will 

 be complicated. The ground in ques- 

 tion is 1,531 feet long and will average 

 200 feet wide.— The island at the north 

 end of Lincoln Park will soon be com- 

 pleted and will be one of the beauty 

 spots of the city. — Edward Tilden was 

 unanimously elected a member of the 

 South Park Commission to succeed 

 State Senator Edward J. Rainey. 



Ladies' Night at the Club. 



Ladies' Night is always a happy 

 event and the Chicago Florists' Club 

 are anticipating this one to surpass 

 all others. An enthusiastic commit- 

 tee, headed by Duncan Robertson, are 

 at work on the program, and the 

 event will come off Thursday, March 

 3rd, at Union Hotel Banquet Room. 

 A light banquet will be served first 

 and will be followed by a select 

 musical entertainment. Appropriate 

 decorations of flowers and palms will 

 be used as befits a florists' entertain- 

 ment. Schiller, Pasternick and Deg- 

 nan will have the opportunity to show 



their skill here, while John Kohlbrand 

 will handle the tickets. 



General Notes. 



John Kruchten, who is known as a 

 very successful grower of sweet peas, 

 is showing fine large blooms now of 

 the finest early varieties. When 

 questioned as to his methods, Mr. 

 Kruchten said he kept his sweet pea 

 houses at a temperature of from 35 

 to 40 degrees, and thinks the only 

 way to successfully grow sweet peas 

 is to maintain a low temperature. 



A happy and enthusiastic party, 

 though not extremely large, left on 

 the 9.40 train for Champaign — Ur- 

 bana. The various clubs and socie- 

 ties were well represented, and at 

 this writing it looks as if the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association will have 

 a good meeting. 



Personal. 



Duncan Robertson will leave next 

 week for a week's visit to Toronto 

 relatives and friends. When Mr. Rob- 

 ertson left Scotland, many years ago, 

 other members of his family left also 

 and settled in Toronto. 



D. D. Johnson will take a trip this 

 week through Wisconsin and north to 

 Minneapolis in the interest of the 

 Evergreen Fertilizer. 



Frank Coswick is now in the em- 

 ploy of Wietor Bros., taking the place 

 of John Orsesky, whose death was re- 

 ported last week. Frank has frequent- 

 ly served here as extra help in busy 

 seasons and has a large acquaintance 

 with the trade. 



Visitors: — Geo. Kuhl, Perkins, 111.; 

 Ed. Roehrs and J. Muller, Rutherford, 

 N. J.; R. R. Davis, Morrison, 111.; F. 

 H. Henry, of Henry & Lee, N. Y. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held on the 15th inst., 

 Henry F. Michell, vice-president, in 

 the chair. The cyclamen prize was 

 won by Samuel Batchelor with four 

 splendidly grown plants, among which 

 was an excellent specimen of the crest- 

 ed type; showing fine symmetrj' in 

 form; pink shaded; very free flowering, 

 and large-sized flowers of the grandi- 

 florum section. A discussion on cycla- 

 men culture took place and some ex- 

 cellent pointers were given by S. 

 Batchelor, Frank O. Canning, Jno. 

 Hobson. and Xavier Schmitt. Mr. 

 Batchelor stated that he used one-half 

 leaf mould in his compost — not well 

 rotted, but only half-rotted being best 

 — and was very careful to water three 

 times a day. Matters pertaining to the 

 spring, show, March 15, 16, and 17, were 

 discussed and the secretarj- reported 

 that all arrangements are about com- 

 pleted. The regular monthly meeting 

 for March, coming on the first day of 

 the spring show will be omitted, and 

 instead a lecture by a prominent hor- 

 ticulturist will be given on the even- 

 ing of the second day. The National 

 Gardeners, who are to have their con- 

 vention and exhibition at same time, 

 will have their banquet at Dooner's on 

 the evening of the 15th. An associa- 

 tion of society ladies calling them- 

 selves the "Gardening Club" have an- 

 nounced their intention of offering 

 some prizes for the No'^iember show, to 

 be competed for by amateurs only. 



