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HORTICULTURE 



October 15, 191() 



HOW TO PRODUCE NEW PHLOXES. 



When yon understand it, it is a 

 simple matter. 



First, secure the very best: plant 

 them near together, and the bees will 

 mix the pollen and help you out. You 

 can try hand pollenization if you wish, 

 then you know the parentage of your 

 creations, but that is not really essen- 

 tial so you get what you want. Tliere 

 are mysteries in plant life no one can 

 solve. Some plants reproduce them- 

 selves, others will not. Pollenize as 

 you will, they pay no attention to you. 

 Some phloxes have a marvelous pre- 

 potency, impressing themselves in a 

 remarkable manner on their progeny. 

 Crepuscule seems to be the best of all. 

 The seed of this variety crossed with 

 others gives most gratifying results, 

 the peculiar shape and color of the 

 floret, and symmetrical crown show in 

 a decided manner the parentage. It 

 seeds fairly well, so that it is a prime 

 factor in producing new and choice 

 kinds. I have known it to cross with 

 the tender Coquelicot, giving as a re- 

 sult a much hardier plant of flowers 

 twice the former size. It is a dwarf, 

 and it takes about three years to come 

 to its best. It will often stagger un- 

 der its great load ot beauty. It is a 

 poor multiplier. You must wait till 

 the plant gets age, and then try propa- 

 gating from the roots. I have often 

 secured 20 plants from one clump in 

 this way. Some phloxes seem very 

 contrary. For instance, you might 

 sow a bushel of seed from Cross of 

 Honor and you would not have one 

 like the parent. Every plant will be 

 of a uniform lilac color. We got so 

 many of this stamp we have named 

 them Zantippe. A certain white phlox 

 will not give a single plant with a 

 white flower. They are almost all of 

 a' uniform slate shaded pink. Mad. 

 Muret, dazzling scarlet, almost always 

 reproduces itself. 



It does not take long to know what 

 you are doing with phloxes. Sow the 

 seed in the fall, cover lightly, see that 

 they do not dry while germinating, 

 afid they are sure to grow. They love 

 the freezing and thawing, the slush 

 and snow, and slop of spring. The 

 little plants will endure almost any- 

 thing. Never sow seeds in the spring. 

 I never knew them to grow. They 

 refuse to come up in the hot house. 

 If you grow peonies they come up the 

 second or third year and then you 

 must wait from 3 to 5 years, perhaps 

 longer, for them to bloom. With 

 phloxes it is different. You sow in the 

 faJl and they come up and bloom beau- 

 tifully in the summer. If not crowded 

 and well watered and cultivated, the 

 flowers will be just as fine the first 

 year as ever, and they will have a 

 mass of fine, fibrous roots, making an 

 ideal plant for transplanting. — C- S- 

 Harrison, in Bulletin j/, Neb- State Hort- 

 Soc- 



CARE OF MEMORIAL TREES, ETC. 

 A brochure concerning the care of 

 memorial trees, etc., has been written 

 by Professor W. Bock and published 

 by Stoecker & Schoder, Stuttgart. It 

 contains a good deal that is useful 

 and admirable, but one thing la 

 omitted — there is no allusion to the 

 art of the gardener. People of all 

 classes are called upon to help in this 

 useful endeavor — teachers, professors, 

 foresters, apothecaries, in short, all 



classes are named excepting those the 

 most eligible, namely, the gardeners. 

 Has no one thought that it is the 

 gardener who is best calculated to pre- 

 serve the trees and plants from 

 destruction, to propagate such plants, 

 and assist them in their natural 

 growth and development? 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Bloodgood Nurseries, Flushing, N. 

 Y. — Autumn Catalogue for 1910. " 



George Wittbold Co., Chicago, 111.— 

 Wholesale Price List ot Trees, Shrubs, 

 Perennials. 



Framingham Nurseries, South Fram- 

 ingham, Mass.— Trade Catalogue for 

 Fall 1910. 



Peninsula Nurseries and Bulb Gar- 

 dens. D. W. Babcock, Berlin, Md.— 

 Trade Bargain List. 



F. & P. Nur.series, Springfield, N. J. 

 —Trade List for Fall 1910, with nur- 

 serymen's telegraphic code. 



Conard &, .lones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. — New Floral Guide, Autumn 1910. 

 A peony in colors on title page. 



F. W. Kelsey Nursery Co., New York 

 City — Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants. 

 Suggestions and special prices on 

 "Everything Worth Planting." 



Good & Reese Company, Springfield, 

 O.— Pall Trade List of Roses and other 

 hardy and tender material, for Nur- 

 serymen and Dealers only. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 

 — List of Select Peonies, Phloxes and 

 Irises for Fall Planting. A very 

 choice selection of the most desirable 

 varieties. 



Daniel A. Clarke, Fiskeville, R. I. — 

 ■■Clarke's Handy Flowers," Fall 1910. 

 A very neat little pocket catalogue, 

 containing a very comprehensive list. 

 Illustrated. 



E. H. Hunt, Chicago, 111. — Discrip- 

 tive Illustrated Price List ot the Witt- 

 bold Watering System and Cement 

 Bench Construction. Interesting and 

 convincing. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., 

 Pa. — Timely Offerings in Plants and 

 Florists' Supplies. This is published 

 weekly and sent regularly to appli- 

 cants in the trade. 



Raedlein Basket Co., Chicago. III. — 

 New Illustrated Catalogue of Flower 

 Baskets. Send for a copy of this pub- 

 lication. It shows some nice and de- 

 sirable goods at very low figures. 



Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass., H. S. Dawson, Manager. — 

 Wholesale Trade List. As usual, this 

 is a very select list of hardy material 

 In great variety. It is carefully edited 

 and is valuable as a book for reference. 

 McHutchison & Co., New York — 

 Wholesale Trade List of Nursery Stock 

 from Vincent Lebreton's Nurseries, 

 France, Autumn 1910 and Spring 1911. 

 This is a very valuable catalogue of 

 hardy and tender material. A tele- 

 graphic cypher is given for each Item 

 listed. 



PALMS, FERNS AND 



DECORATIVE PLANTS 



JOHN SCOTT 



Rutland Road and E. 4Bth 8t. 



Td. 3890 Bedford BROOKLYN, N.Y. 



Decorative Plants 



Laurels. Price per pair, from $4.00 to 

 .*10.00. From ?6.00 a pair up we furnish 

 fine shaped pyramids, 6 to 8 ft. high. 

 Extra Value for the Money. 



.\ucuba Japonica, Tarieg:ated, in pots. For 



hotels, etc. ; fine, busy plants, well fur- 

 nished, from 35e to $3.00 each ; also 



plants for $4.00, $5.00, $0.00 per dozen. 



Large plants in wooden tul>s. 

 Abies Kosteri. In pots, $1.50 and $2.00 each. 

 Boxwood, perfect, globular, fine, 35c, 50c, 



Tfip ami .$1.0(1. 

 Rubbers, single and combinations, 8 to 



9-in., from .fl.50 to $4.00 each; 6-In., 



$6.no per doz. 

 Arauraria E.vcelsa, 2 to 2% feet high, $1.00 



lo $1.50 each. 

 Araucaria glauca and robusta, $1.25 to 



$2.00 each. 

 Cibotium Schiedei, large plants, $3.00 each; 



smaller. $1..50 each. $15.00 per doz. 

 Phoenix Roebelenii, young plants, 3-inch, 



.$2.00 and $3.00 per doz. ; larger plants, 



$12.00, $18.00 and $24.00 per doz. 

 Paodanus Veitchil, 5%-in., $1.00 each; 



6-in.. $1.25; 7-1d., $1.50 and $2.00; 8-ln., 



$3.00 each. 

 Kentia Combinations, 5-in. and 4i^-in., 2 



to 3 in a pot, doz., $12.00; from 



15 to 24 inches high; larger, $1.50; 



$18.00 per duz. 

 Large Kentias, 11-in. tulis, 6 ft., high 



$11.00 each : larger plants up to $20.00. 

 Rhapis flabelliformis, 7 and 8-in. pots, 



$3.00 to $15.00 each. 

 Small Kentia Belraoreana. 3V)-in. pots, 



$20.00 per 100; 5 to bVi-la. pots, com- 

 binations, doz., $9.00, $12.00 and $15.00; 



fine. 

 CocoH AVeddelliana, SV-'in. pots, $15.00 per 



100; 2i/.,-in. pots, $10.00 per 100. 

 Pandanus Itilis, 10-inch pots, $3.00 each, 



fonr feet high, extra large, .$4.00 and 



$5.00 each. 

 Crotons, 3 x 4-in. pots, $3.00 and $4.00 per 



dozen. 

 Dracaena fragrans. D. Lindeni, D. Massan- 



Seana, D. Gracilis, from $1.00 to $3.00 



each. 

 Golden Leaf Privet, fine plants. i%-ia 



pots, doz., $2.00; 100, $15.00; very fine. 

 Sebolzeli and Piersoni Ferns, well shaped, 



8-in. to 0-iu. azalea pots. $1.50, $2.00 



and $2.50 each. Plants very fine. 

 Boston. Wliitmani and Scotti. from 7-ln. 



pans, diiz., .$4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. 

 Euon.vmus, variegated and greeUj 7 and 



R-in pots, nicely shaped, per pair, $1.50, 



$2.00. 

 Tradescantia hanging baskets, $1.00 each. 

 Maranfa Zebrina, 4 .and 4^-in., fine 



plants, doz., $3.00 and $4.00. 

 Gardenia Veitchii, fine, l)ushy plants, from 



514 -in. pots, well branched, the kind for 



planting out, $25.00 per 100. 

 Pandanus Sanderi, plants from 50c to $2.00 



each. 

 Chrysanths., for pot culture, from 6 and 



7-in. pots, doz., $6.00; 100 at $45.00. 

 Variegated Aspidistra, .$1.50 and $2.00 each. 



Plenty of leaves. 

 Dracaena indivisa, from 6-in. pots, 24-in. 



and over, doz., .$3.00; 100, .$25.00. 

 Erica melanthera, ready in pots for 



Cliristnias blooming. Now is the time 



to liny tliem. 50c to 75c each. 

 Lorraine Begonias. Buy now. Price will 



advance. 7-in. pans or pots. $9.00 per 



doz.; 8-in pans, $1.00 each. All splendid 



specimens. 

 Everblooniing Crimson Rambler, Flower 



of Fairfield. Year-old plants, $15.00 pel 

 loo. Best novelty in market. 

 Poinsettias, all sizes, in 6-in., 7-in., 8-in., 

 10-in. and 12-in. pans. Handsome, healthy 



Rtnclj. 



75c for eacii case and packing. 



Cash with order. ■ 



COLLEGE POINT 

 I. I., N, Y. 



ANTON SCHULTHEIS, 



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 it in HORTICULTURE." 



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