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HORTICULTURE 



July 16, 19ie 



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^^^T Heacock^s Large Palms 

 ^M I in Cedar Tubs — Dur- 

 ^^^l^able, Serviceable, 

 ^ and Good for Lots 

 of Rough Handling. 



The " Heacock Way * of growing Pa'ms means a lot more than de- 

 veloping peilect plants, ihcugh we're proud enough of that. It mean'^ 

 growing them— the large sizes especially— in substantially-bu It tubs of Virginia 

 cedar, well-hooped end neatly painted. We have found, by careful trial, that 

 the larger sizes do better in tubs than in pots, and hereafter will supply our 

 Kentias, in 7 inches and above, in these cedar tubs. 



Ycu will appreciate this fact because you can handle the outfit as you 

 please, without danger of breaking it; you can carry it around by he top with 

 the assurance that the tub won't fall— and you kmw that a plant never fits 

 rightly, once the pot has come off Therefore the "tubbed" palm grows, arid 

 ships, and handles, better than the potted one, and gives better satisfaction ii 

 eveiy way. Your customers, too, will find them just as ornamental as jardi- 

 nieres, and easier to handle. 



Putting our palms in tubs because it makes them grow better, is only a 

 single instance ot t>e pains we lake to grow Palms that will really succeed —make money 

 for you and please your trade The fact that we have been serving the '^ ime customers 

 season after seascn loi years, and ihat we are continually adding to our list of new ones, 

 rather indicates to us that our palms are what the trade wants. Are you with us ? If not, 

 we'll welcome an opportunity 10 demonstrate! 



KENTIA BELMORKAXA. ARECA LITESCENS. 



Pot L-eaves Hieh Per rtoz. Per 100 High Each 



5-in. fito7 18-in SO 00 $50 00 (J-in.. S plants in pot, 36 to 38-in., $1 00 



5-in. 6 to ' 20-in 9 00 70 00 7-iii.. Ii plants in pot, 30 to 33-in., '2 00 



Each Dozen 8-in., 3 plants in pot. 3G-in 2 50 



6-in, T.to7 22 to 24-in . . .$1 00 $12 00 8-in.. 3 plants in pot. 42-in 3 00 



Tub Each 



9-in. «to7 42to48-in $5 00 COCOS WEDDELIANA Per 100 



!»-in, 6 to 7 5-ft $7 50 and 8 00 2Mi-ip. pot, 8 to 10-in. high $10 00 



>I.\DE-l P KEXTIA FORSTERIAXA. Each PHOENIX ROEBELEN'Il. Ea^-h 



JJ-in. tub, 4 plants in tul>. 42 to 48-in. high.$ 4 00 5-in. pots, nicely characterized, $1 00 



12-in. tub. 4 plants in tnl». 6-ft. high 16 00 (i-in. pots, nicely characterized, 1 50 



J ** When in Philadelphia he sure to look us up '* 



IjOSEPH heacock CO., Wyncote, Pa 



having difficulty with their water sup- 

 ply. Their driven wells at a depth of 

 1125 feet were yielding a fine flow of 

 water and were to be complete at 

 1200 feet. Just at this time occurred 

 the well diggers' strike and the ma- 

 chinery stands abandoned for the time 

 and greatly to the inconvenience of 

 Hoerber Bros, during the continued 

 drouth. 



Frank Benthey, Jr., has resigned his 

 position as manager of Hoerber Bros.' 

 greenhouses at Desplaines and rumor 

 has it that he contemplates going into 

 business for himself next fall. Joe 

 Dunn who has been foreman for the 

 J. A. Budlong Co. for several years 

 and who this spring started into busi- 

 ness at Sturgis, Mich., has given this 

 up and taken the management of the 

 Hoerber Bros.' plant. 



Among the choice stock coming into 

 the market during these hot days are 

 asters from A. Myers' place at Dalton. 

 Mr. Myers had also fine asters last 

 year and attributes his success to the 

 close attention he gives them. Frank 

 Beu has been very successful with 

 double hollyhocks which find ready 

 sale. Some fine (for the season) 

 golden glow chrysanthemums are in 

 the market, but find slow sale. 



C. S. Tarbox of Mt. Clare. 111., sends 

 into the market some fine perennials, 

 particularly larkspur and poppies of 

 immense size. Mr. Tarbox started his 

 place several years ago, having com- 

 pleted thirty years of teaching in the 

 Chicago schools and retired with a 

 pension. He will devote most of nis 

 time to the growing of flowers for 

 the market. Jlr. Tarbox believes 

 more should be done to foster the nat- 



ural love of flowers and plants in the 

 school children and while teaching 

 gave away hundreds of plants to chil- 

 dren who had no way to get them 

 otherwise. 



Personal. 



Henry Kruchten and Gus Alles are 

 each enjoying a well-earned vacation. 



The mother and other relatives of 

 the Leesley Bros, are on their way 

 home from a trip abroad. 



Robt Kroeschell. sen of J. Kroe- 

 schell of Kroeschell Bros., was mar- 

 ried July 6 to Miss Hawley. 



Mrs. Edw. Roos and children of 

 Peducah, Ky., are visiting Frank 

 Oechslin. Mrs. Roos' brother. 



Wm. Wienhoeber is home from 

 Pittsburg and is as yet undecided 

 where he will spend the coming year. 



Martha Gunterberg of the Flower 

 Growers' Market, and Josepha Then 

 are spending two weeks in Fairmount, 

 Minn. 



A party of ten young men, including 



F. Pasternick of Wienhoeber's and 

 Kolbrand of Amling's will spend two 

 weeks fishing, at Torch Lake, Mich. 



Harry Philpott of Winnipeg, B. C, 

 came Thursday to attend the meeting 

 of the Florists' Club and will make 

 Chicago his headquarters till the 25th, 

 when he will leave for St. Catherine's 

 to attend the annual meeting of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association, 

 of which he is president. 



The many friends of Chas. W. Scott 

 in Chicago are interested in learning 

 of his retirement from Yaughan's 

 Seed Store in New York and his 

 taking the management of the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co. Congratulations 

 are offered for the life partner Mr. 

 Scott has recently .secured, though 

 none of the particulars of his marriage 

 to Miss Mills are known here as yet. 



Visitors:— A. L. Tonquist, Benton, 

 Harbor, Mich.; H. Philpott, "Winnipeg, 

 B. C; H. O. Fisher, Kalamazoo, Mich.; 

 Robt. Buist, Philadelphia. 



DIRECT PURCHASE FROM FRENCH GROWER WITH- 

 OUT PASSING BY DEALER 



Hyacinths White Roman, Etc. 



Narcissus Grandiflora P. W,, Trumpet Major, Etc. 



Freesia Refracta Alba. 



Etc., Etc., Etc. 



SOLEILLET, Horticulfeur, Toulon, France 



