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HORTICULTURE 



December 10, 1910 



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ACTIVITY AT COLLEGE POINT. 



Azaleas aud poinsettias, camellias 

 and Lorraine begonias, ardisias and 

 oranges, are blazing in radiant splen- 

 dor at the Schultheis greenhouses and 

 the hustling owner with his efficient 

 helpers are on active duty from early 

 till late at this critical period in the 

 Christmas plantsman's work. Mr. 

 Schultheis has a most excellent system 

 in the selection and filling of orders. 

 A numbered label with price of each 

 plant is inserted in each pot as it is 

 piclced out and bill is made out and 

 checked from these marliings. The 

 work is done very expeditiously and 

 always under the scrutinizing eve of 

 Mr. S. 



Perhaps the greatest attraction for 

 the average visitor just at present will 

 be the camellias. They are exception- 

 ally neat and well-flowered little spec- 

 imens. Azaleas are very fine, the pro- 

 jiortion of white being comparatively 

 small. Mme. Petrick has had a big 

 sale already and is practically sold 

 out. Simon Mardner Is in bloom two 

 weeks ahead of the average date. 

 Oranges, ardisias and .Jerusalem cher- 

 ries are just right and so are poinset- 

 tias, which are seen in various sized 

 pans and pots. No finer Erica melan- 

 thera is grown anywhei'e than is seen 

 here. Under the improved method of 

 culture the soft young growths which 

 formerly disfigured the tips of the 



flowering sprays are no longer pro- 

 duced. 



Two houses of carnations in 7 and 8- 

 inch pots are a sight as beautiful as 

 rare. Several varieties have been thus 

 treated with varying results. The 

 tendency to run up tall flower stems 

 and produce sprawling habit is the 

 fault with most sorts. One bright 

 cerise which originated here and was 

 introduced twelve years ago as Mrs. 

 Schultheis seems to have the requisite 

 qualities for a perfect pot plant. The 

 plants, set two or three in a pot form 

 a solid rounded cushion of foliage 

 above which the buds bristle in re- 

 markable abundance, on short stocky 

 stems. Naturally the demand for 



