April 30, 1910 



HORTICULTURE. 



665 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Arthur Zirkman and Robert Shoch, 

 of M. Rice & Co., have just returned 

 from a very successful New England 

 trip. The Rice specialties seem to he 

 popular among the critical down- 

 easters. 



John Burten entertained a party of 

 friends, including J. B. Deamud, of 

 Chicago, and some local people with 

 an auto trip to Atlantic City and back 

 on the 20th and 21st. Mr. Burton is 

 the ideal host and it is needless to 

 say that all hands enjoyed themselves 

 immensely. 



Antoine Wintzer will be the speaker 

 at the next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club— his subject, "Roses Past and 

 Present." This will be worth hear- 

 ing. Come in, ye lazy, home-loving 

 laggards, and hear a past master! 

 Antoine has been too rushed to write 

 a paper, so the story will be extem- 

 pore. Remember the date, Tuesday, 

 May 3. 



John Westcott has been at Ware- 

 town a good deal of late superintend- 

 ing farm operations and renovating 

 and repairing the club house of the 

 Waretown Rod and Gun Club of which 

 he is commodore. The annual opening 

 of the club will take place as usual 

 in June. On the 23rd Mr. Westcott 

 went on a brief visit to his venerable 

 friend, Richard Lynex, at Atlantic City. 



Alexander Cumming, late City For- 

 ester and Superintendent of Streets of 



Alexander Gumming. 



Hartford, Conn., has purchased the 

 Adolf Muller property between Morris- 

 town and North Wales, Montgomery 

 Co., Pa., and will establish a nursery 

 business there. He intends to make a 

 specialty of hardy roses and ever- 

 greens—the soil at that point being 

 especially fine for these subjects. Mr. 

 Cumming is an expert nurseryman, 

 having learned his business and held 

 responsible positions in Scotland he- 

 fore coming to America. Canadian 

 and New England experience preceded 

 his appointment as Superintendent of 

 the Stoke-Pogis estate in Pennsylvania. 

 We wish all success to the new enter- 

 prise and expect to see the upper 

 reaches of the picturesque Wissahickon 

 blossom like the rose in the near fu- 



Pink Climbing Rose- 

 Dorothy Perkins 



Without doubt the most valuable of aU the new 

 Climbing Roses of comparatively recent introduc- 

 tion. The beauty of 'the double pink flowers is 

 admirably set off by the rich green foliage, which 

 is free from the attacks of insects. 



In addition to this charming kind, we have all 

 the popular varieties in climbing and bush Roses. 

 Our General Catalogue, which will be mailed on 

 request, contains descriptions of all the best Roses 

 — also 



Froif and OrnamenUI Trees, Sfcrubs jnd Hardy Fhnts. 



EIXWANGER & BARRY. 



Moant Hope Nnrserles. Rochester, N. Y. 



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June Delivery 



Our stock will be of the very highest quality, and we wish to Impress 

 UDon our customers that all our Begonias will be twice shifted. Orders 

 filled In rotation, 2H-ln. pots. ?15.00 per 100; $140.00 per 1000. 

 Special price on lots of BOOO or 10,000 plants. 



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Big Chief, $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per loo. 

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ture. We understand the business will 

 be conducted under the title of "The 

 Red Rose Nurseries." 



W. Atlee Burpee entertained a party 

 of visitors at his country home and 

 seed farms at Fordhook on the 24th. 

 M. C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J., W. J. 

 Stewart of Boston, and John Burton 

 and George C. Watson of Philadelphia, 

 were among the guests. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Burpee are genial hosts and every visi- 

 tor is made to feel as if he were a 

 prince imperial. It is considered a 

 high honor and compliment to break 

 the bread and eat the salt of this "gen- 

 tleman of the old school," and the 

 present occasion was no exception. 

 The blooded stock— horses, cows, collies, 

 chickens and pet lambs — which are a 

 great feature of Fordhook farms — came 

 in for a good share of pleasant inspec- 

 tion and admiration under the personal 

 conduct of Mr. Burpee and Mr. Earl. 

 The high state of cultivation and the 

 splendid order and system in the 

 grounds and buildings were duly ap- 

 preciated, as were the views from the 

 top of the hill giving vistas for twenty 

 miles around. Dr. Washburn, of the 

 National Farm School, adjoining Ford- 

 hook, appeared on the scene later, and 

 another treat was in store for the visi- 

 tors when he took them through the 

 grounds of this remarkable institution. 

 The trip from Wyndmoor to Fordhop 

 was made with John Burton in 

 new Stevens-Duryea auto, this br ~ 

 the fourth and latest in his fami of 

 buzz wagons. 



Visitors: H. L. Holmes, Harrisburg, 

 Pa.; J. Martins, Hamburg, Germany; 

 Alex. Gumming, Hartford, Conn.; J. B. 

 Deamud, Chicago, 111.; M. C. Ebel, 

 Madison, N. J.; W. J. Stewart, Boston, 

 Mass.; L. J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.; 

 M. Henry Lynch, West Grove, Pa. 



Select Hardy Perennials 



3-1x1. pots. Doe. 



Aconltmn Wilsonil, choice "$1.50 



.\iiemone Japonica, Autumn 



Queen " -JJ 



Anemone Whirlwind .86 



" Eosa Superba " .SS 



" Queen Charlotte " .86 



" Prince Henry " 1.86 



Nierembergia Rlvularis, strong. " 1.00 

 Arnbis Alpina compacta, strong 



field grown " .86 



Arabis Alpina superba grandi- 



flora " -86 



ArabiB Alpina flore plena 1.00 



.Anchusa Dropmore variety ' 1.60 



Clematis Davidiana " l.*0 



" paniculata, strong 2 



year plants " 1.00 



Di^talis gloxlnoeoldes, mixed 



colors " .86 



Gypsophila paniculata fl. pi. ex- 

 tra ' ?••« 



Hollyhocks, double rose ^^ i.ou 



Incarvillea grandiflora " 1-26 



" Delavayl l-«6 



Phlox divaricata ' l-O" 



" Lapbami Perry's Tar. ..." l.SO 



" Miss Lingard, strong " 1.00 



" discussata, splendid ^_ 



mixed ; ■ •"" 



Pyrethrnm rosenm, mixed col- ^_ 



Badbecia Golden Glow " .'6 



Hydrangea Otaksa $6.00 and $7.60 



WIW. TRICKER, Arlington, N. . 



