March 12, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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Deutzia Lemoineii 





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Is one of the choicest small shrubs, Vj 



covered in the blossoming season with a profu 

 sion of pure white flowers. The tall varieties of 

 Deutzia are also among the most beautiful flowering \ 

 shrubs and should receive more attention from 

 planters who aim to produce effective results. 



A beautiful catalogue with many new illustrations will be mailed on 

 request. It contains descriptions of these charming shrubs, also of the 

 largest and most complete collections to be found in this country of 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Sbrubs, 

 Roses and Hardy Plants 



ELLWANCER & BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y 



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SEASON 1910 



SEASON 1910 



OPENING SALE AT AUCTION 



Tuesday, March 15th, I9i0, at 10.30 A.M. 



A superb collection of Roses, Rhododendrons, 

 Hardy Azaleas, Pot Grown Lilacs, Berberis, 

 Viburnum, etc.. Evergreens, including Picea 

 Pungens (The Blue Spruce), Picea Excelsa Aurea, 

 Picea Orientalis, Aucuba Japonica, Larix 

 Leptolepis, etc., etc. 

 Direct from a leading Grower in Boskoop, Holland. 



A Special Shipment of an Excep= 



tional Assortment of English 



Grown Roses 



In all the finest, newest and best varieties. Direct from 

 a Celebrated Nursery in England, long famed for the 

 excellence of its introductions. 



Detailed catalogue of every sale mailed on request. 



THE FRUIT AUCTION COMPANY 



200-204 Franklin St., New York, cor. Washington St. 



Tel. 1512 Franklli Horiicultural Department, J. P. Cleary, Mfr. 



NOTE. — We will offer a complete list of Flowering Plants of every variety 

 from prominent growers every day during the week preceding Easter, 

 Correspondence invited. 



ARTIFICIAL WARMING OF FRUIT 

 PLANTATIONS AGAINST FROST. 



The protection of fiuit trees against 

 frost during the flowering period, ac- 

 cording to American methods, has been 

 put to the test with successful results 

 in England and on the continent of 

 Europe. We read in American jour- 

 nals of vineyards of enormous areas, 

 and crops having an estimated value 

 of $3,000,000 in the Grand Valley, Colo- 

 rado, being saved by smother fires: the 

 number of the braziers being on a 

 average, SO per acre. 



This method will very probably be 

 adopted in European vineyards and 

 orchards before long, in those parts 

 where damage from frost occasionally 

 occurs. Something of the kind is com- 

 monly practiced during the danger pe- 

 riod; that is, in central Europe, the 

 12th, 13th and 14th of May, when 

 smother fires are ignited on the wind- 



ward side of vineyards and orchards, 

 and in the wide spaces between the 

 line of vines or trees, by which rough 

 and ready means the air among the 

 trees, etc., is warmed by several 

 degrees and the threatened danger 

 averted. FREDERICK MOORE. 



London England. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Ovid, Mich. — The business formerly 

 operated as Hoag Bros. Greenhouse is 

 now owned by James M. Hoag. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — It is stated 

 that the Grand Rapids Greenhouse 

 Company is to abandon the forcing of 

 lettuce, etc., and devote their houses 

 to flower growing exclusively. 



Lake City, Minn. — One hundred 

 acres of land adjoining the present 

 grounds has just been purchased by 

 the Jewel Nursery Co. and will be 

 used for growing nursery stock. 



"NOT HOW CHEAP— 

 BUT HOW GOOD" 



Horseshoe Brand Products 



In Giganteum indi- 

 cates the acme of 

 quality. Large grow- 

 ers know they produce 

 the largest percentage 

 of cut flowers per 

 thousand bulbs of any 

 brand. The reason 

 why is because they 

 are produced by the 

 choicest seed-bulbs in 

 the world ; are proper- 

 ly planted and culti- 

 vated. The actual 

 profits indicated by 

 your cash register 

 when the final show- 

 down time comes are 

 greater from Horse- 

 shoe Brand Gigan- 

 teum than from any 

 other brand receiving 

 the same treatment in 

 forcing. Don't take 

 our word for it, try 

 them, count the cut. 



Write U>. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



12 West Broadway, - - ■ - New York 



