March 26, 1910 



HORTICULTURE. 



481 



YONKERS 



HORTICULTURAL 

 CIETY. 



SO- 



A very interesting meeting of the 

 Society was held March 16th, with H. 

 Scott in the chair as President Bennet 

 was sick. 



The prizes offered at our last meet- 

 ing by Messrs. Waite and Woodrow 

 for the most meritorious exhibit wern 

 won by the following; First. R. Coch- 

 rane, string beans; second, H. Nichols, 

 single violets; third. H. Scott, roses. 



Vice-President Cochrane read a very 

 instructive paper on "Mushrooms," af- 

 ter which a very lively discussion took 

 place. Mr. Nichols exhibited some 

 very fine mushrooms. Mr. Cochrane 

 and L. Melliot offered prizes for the 

 most meritorious exhibits at our next 

 meeting. 



An invitation was received from Mr. 



Privet GROWN 

 for Hedges 



Satisfactory hedges are only 

 obtaiaed by proper nursery 

 t eatment Plants not prop- 

 erly treated in the nursery 

 must be cut back close to the 

 ground and practically started 

 all over again. Our California 

 - Privet is grown specially for 

 / hedges and makes a dense growth 

 y of dark green, very shiny, orna 

 mental foliage. 



Price per too Per looc 



/I- ID S inches $2.50 $20.00 

 (S 1024 " 3-00 -5 00 



24 to 30 " 3 50 30-00 



30 to 36 " 5-00 45-00 



Small plants by uiail. postpaid ^ 00 20 00 



W. JERSEY NURSERY CO., ■ Bridgeton, N. J. 



29 Magnolia Avenue. 



Dreer's Hardy Delphiniums 



Belladonna. Tlie freest flowering of all 

 the Uelpliiuiums and the most valuable 

 for oiitting, its beautiful turquoise-blue 

 (lowers appeal to all who see it. Plant 

 these early and you will have a con- 

 tinuous display of bloom from June 

 until freezing weather. We offer an 

 e.ML'ptiouaUv fine lot of extra heavy 

 ..iie-vear-old plants, $2.00 per dozen, 

 .sio.ub per 100; $125.00 per 1000. 



Dreer's Gold Medal Hybrids. Unquestion- 

 ably the finest strain of mixed hybrids 

 ever brought t;ogether, being seedlings 

 of one of the best named collections 

 and containing some wonderful varie- 

 ties. Strong one-year-old plants, .$1.25 

 per dozen; $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. 



Formosuni. A splendid strain of this 

 popular favorite dark blue variety, 85 

 cents per dozen; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 

 per 1000. 



C'liinense Blue and White. 75 cents per 

 dozen, $5.00 per 100. 



CHOICE NAMED HYBRID VARIETIES. 



Alfred Henderson. Bold, massive spikes 

 of semi-double rosy-lavender flowers, 

 2 inches across, white eye. 20 cents 

 each ; $2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100. 



Beatrice Kelway. Deep, rich blue with a 

 conspicuous yellow eye. flowers 2 inches 

 across and perfectlv arranged. 20 cents 

 each ; $2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100. 



Cerberus. Sapphire with black-brown 

 centre, a handsome spike. 35 cents each ; 

 $3.50 per dozen. 



Cliinense Cineraria (Spurless Hardy Lark- 

 spur. The large flowers without a spur, 

 strikingly resembles a fine, rich sky- 

 blue Cineraria. 20 cents each; $2.00 per 

 dozen; $15.00 per 100. 



Duke of Connaught. Rich oxford-blue, 

 with distinct bold white eye; fine large 

 flowers. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



J. 0. Jenkins. Very large, semi-double 

 bright mauve edged with royal blue and 

 white eve. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 

 dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



King of Delphiniums. Most vigorous grow- 

 ing, immense size, semi-double, rich deep 

 blue with large white eye. 25 cents each ; 

 $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



Lizzie. Lovely azure-blue, flowers 2 Inches 

 across, bold, creamy-yellow eye, ar- 

 ranged in bold massive stems. 25 cents 

 each; $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



Lemartin. Similar in growth and habit to 

 Belladonna, but with rich Gentian-blue 

 flowers with white centre. 25 cents each; 

 $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



Mrs. Creighton. Semi-double, outer petals 

 deep sky-blue, centre rich plum with 

 black eye. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen ; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



Persimmon. Comparatively new ; beautiful 

 delicate turquoise-blue. 50 cents each; 

 $5.00 per dozen. 



White Seedlings. These have been care- 

 fully selected and will be found desir- 

 able in any collection. 30 cents each; 

 $3.00 per dozen. 



For the most complete list of Hardy Perennial Plants offeredin America see our 



current Wholesale List 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc. 



714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The aboTe prices are intended for the trade only. 



Melliot to visit his greenhouses on 

 March ISth. and a large number of the 

 members took advantage of the invita- 

 tion and enjoyed a very pleasant after- 

 noon. Mr. Melliot's hospitality was 

 dispensed lavishly and a hearty vote 

 of thanks was given him. 



The next meeting will be held in 

 Wiggins' Hall, April 1. G. Stanton 

 will read a paper on "Water Lilies." 

 LEE WHITMAN, Cor. Sec. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



A regular meeting of this society 

 was held on the evening of March 22, 

 when the unfinished schedule for the 

 June show was probably given its final 

 addition, the latest being a class for 

 sweet peas which was considered de- 

 sirable on account of the interest which 

 is being taken in the newer and im- 

 proved varieties of that flower. Sev- 

 eral of the gardeners around here have 

 taken advantage of the recent fine 

 weather to sow their sweet peas in 

 the gardens; others have started the 

 more choice varieties in small pots un- 

 der glass, and others still sowed them 

 in the garden last fall, then covered 

 them over with loose manure and those 

 are already well through the ground. 



At the above stated meeting John B. 

 Urquhart. gardener for Mr. R. L. 

 Beechman, had on exhibition a vase 

 of unusually well grown antirrhinums 

 of several colors, each spike being 

 nearly five feet in length and having 

 about forty open flowers. They were 

 examined by a committee and awarded 

 the Society's first-class certificate of 



cultural merit. The same grower had 

 also on exhibition a beautiful plant 

 of Lilium longiflorum Formosuni in a 

 six-inch pot. There were seventeen 

 flowers and buds on the two spikes 

 which came from the one bulb of the 

 seven to nine-inch size, and the foliage 

 was spotless. This was also awarded 

 a first-class certificate of merit. It 

 was arranged for the secretary to com- 

 municate with a well-known orchid 

 grower of Massachusetts, with a view 

 to get him to give a talk on orchids 

 or some other horticultural subject at 

 the next meeting, April 12th. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN 



Whnlesile Grower of IMPORTED 

 and DOMESTIC POT PLAN IS. 



1012 We»t Ontario St., Phila., Pa. 

 Bell Phone. Tioga 7413 



CYC LAM EN 



Best Strain in Cultivation. 



4in. pots.. $25.00 per loo I 6 in. pots. .$75.00 per^ioo 

 sin. pots.. 50.00 " I 7 in. pots..ico.oo 



THOMAS ROLAND. NAHANT, MASS. 



JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa. 



GROWER OF FINE 



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