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HORTICULTURE 



April 2, 1910 



Headquarters for Hardy JAPANESE LILIES 



FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



The Hardy Lilies are planted by many florists now. They 

 bloom outdoors in July and August and are extremely useful 

 tor decorative purposes. The Auratum, Album and Rubrum 

 are excellent for forcing. 



Per 

 Iiilinm Anratum (Golden Banded Lily). doz. 



8 to 9 inches $0 90 



9 to 11 inches 125 



11 to 13 inches 2 25 



liiliuin Auratum Platyphyllajn. A great 



improvement on the old Auratum, 

 otherwise similar except that the 

 flowers are very much larger. 



8 to 9 inches 150 



liiliuin Album (Praecox). Pure white. 



8 to 9 inches 110 



9 to 11 inches 160 



Lilium Album Kraetzeri. Pure white; 



an improvement on Liiium Album. 

 9 to 11 inches 2 25 



Per 

 100 



$6 00 

 9 GO 



15 00 



10 GO 



7 50 

 12 50 



Per 

 1000 



$50 00 

 80 00 



140 00 



90 00 



72 60 

 115 00 



15 00 135 00 



Liiium Magnlflcum (Rich pink). 



8 to 9 Inches 



9 to 11 inches 



11 to 13 inches 



Lilium Melpomene (Pink). 

 S to 9 inches 



Per 

 doz. 

 1 00 



1 25 



2 25 



1 00 



Per 

 100 

 6 00 

 8 50 

 16 00 



6 50 



Per 

 1000 

 55 00 

 82 50 

 150 00 



60 00 



Lilium Rubrum or RoBeum. 



pink, spotted crimson. 



8 to 9 inches 



9 to 11 inches 



Beautiful 



Lilium Tigrinum Splendens. Single 

 Tiger Lily. Orange, spotted brown. 

 We offer large imported bulbs 



Lilium Tigrinum Flore Plena. Double 

 Tiger Lily. Large imported bulbs.. 



85 

 1 25 



80 

 1 00 



5 00 47 60 



7 50 72 50 



6 00 52 60 



6 50 SO 00 



Write for our wholesale catalogue 



Henry F. Michell Company, 



518-1018 Market St., 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICUL- 

 TURAL COLLEGE. 



The short course in floriculture 

 closed March 11th. It is to be re- 

 gretted that so few took advantage of 

 the excellent opportunities to avail 

 themselves of practical and theoretical 

 information along floricultural lines, 

 and it is hoped the course may be more 

 largely attended next year. The regis- 

 tration for this course included: 



Albert C. Bradstreet, Topsfleld, 

 Mass.; Lydia A. Bowser, Ctohasset, 

 Mass.; George A. Gray, Beverly, Mass.; 

 Edward L. McCarroU, Waban, Mass.; 

 Albert Lewis, Rockaway, Long Island, 



The talks by the various practical 

 men who have generously assisted in 

 the course have again proved most val- 

 uable. Aside from the general lectures 

 of the course the following spoke on 

 some feature of glasshouse work. F. J. 

 Elder, heating expert; Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., 

 on heating; Eber Holmes, Montrose, 

 on rose culture; W. H. Elliott of 

 Brighton, on the same subject; Peter 

 Fisher, Ellis, Mass., on the develop- 

 ment of the carnation; M. A. Patten, 

 Tewksbury, on cultural methods with 

 the carnation. E. O. Orpet of South 

 Lancaster gave a very fine talk on or- 

 chid growing, and exhibited a large 



All the young men had positions 

 when the course was completed and 

 several more might have been placed. 

 The demand for men was greater than 

 the supply. 



Some important changes are planned 

 for the course next year. The morn- 

 ing will be occupied in class-room 

 work and lectures will be given on 

 such subjects as the management of 

 greenhouses, greenhouse crops, fertil- 

 izers, insects, diseases, and like sub- 

 jects. In the afternoon the class will 

 be divided in two sections, one section 

 to consist of those students who have 

 little knowledge of horticultural work 

 and the time will be spent in practical 



Short Course Students in Agricultural and Horticultural Subjects at the Massachusetts 



N. Y.; John L. Killam. Boxtord, Mass.; 

 Willard M. Pease, Monson, Mass.; Wil- 

 liam Scace, Pittsfield, Mass.; Edwin G. 

 Scott, Garfield, AVash.; Edwin R. Selk- 

 regg. North East, Pa. ; L. E. Torrey, 

 Southbridge. Mass. 



While it is difficult to arrange a 

 course which will meet the needs of 

 all classes of students, the aim is to 

 give the beginner as much elementary 

 iTifoimation as possible without neg- 

 lecting those who are more advanced, 

 and at the .same time to make the work 

 sufficiently scientific to satisfy the 

 needs of these who have been longer 

 in the business. 



number of varieties in bloom. E. J. 

 Canning of Northampton spoke on the 

 work of the private gardener. Aside 

 from these speakers, C. H. Totty of 

 Madison, N. J,, gave a very excellent 

 talk on chi ysanthemunis, J. K. Shaw 

 of the Horticultural Division of the 

 Experiment Station spoke on the prin- 

 ciples of plant breeding, and H. D. 

 Has'.;ins of the Chemical Division of 

 (lie Experiment Station gave an in- 

 structive talk on fertilizers for tlie 

 gieenhouse crops. Edward MacMulkin 

 of Boston was scheduled to speak on 

 the retail trade, but was prevented 

 from doing so because of sickness 



Agricultural College. Winter Se-ssion. 1910. 



woi'k in the gieenhouses; the other 

 section will consist of men of consider- 

 able piactical training and the after- 

 noon will be spent on assigned read- 

 ing or some special branch of research. 

 It is hoped in this way to meet the 

 needs of all taking the course. 



The Saturday observation trips proved 

 especially profitable. The following 

 are among the ranges visited: H. W. 

 Field's. Northampton; A. N. Pierson's, 

 Ciomwell. Conn,; The Montgomery 

 Co.'s, Hadley; Smith College Conserva- 

 tories, Nortliainpton; Mt. Holyoke Col- 

 lege Conservatories, South Hadley; 

 Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick; 



