■868 



HORTICULTURE 



December 17, 1910 



M 0i0yy¥yyyt0vt0iiti u t0*twtivuvuyyvyvyvittm0yyvu%0yyyyyvyy*iy»iyyy>^^, 



I N 



N 



^ady F"* 



I t-m nn ^ d i SI -t^ 



(^-t^il S^l^ 



We have au exceptionally fine and large stock of fcrus iu the following varieties,— first-class plants o£ exceedingly 

 good value — plants that will please the most critical buyers, both in regard to quality and value. 



NEPHBOLEPIS SCHOL,ZELI. Fine plants, 3%-in. pots, 

 $3.60 per dozen; 6-in. pans, $6.00 per dozen; 8-iii. pans, 

 $12.00 per dozen. 



NBPHROLEPIS BOSTONIENSIS. Extra Strong plants, 

 8-in. pans, $12.00 per dozen. 



.VEPHROLEPIS EI.EOANTISSIMA (Improved). The finest 

 of this type — never showing a Boston frond : has not 

 reverted in the last four years. Fine plants, 6-in., $6.00 

 per dozen; Sin., $12.00 per dozen; large specimens in 12- 

 in. pans, $3.00 to $5.00 each. 



NEPHROLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA COMPACTA. This 

 bears the same relation to elegantissima compacta that 

 Scottii does to Bostoniensis. It is a dwarf, compact 

 plant, especially line In the small sizes. Fine plants, 

 C-in., $6.00 per dozen. 



NEPHBOLiEPlS SCOTTII. 8-in. pans, $13.00 per dozen. 



SMALL FERNS FOR FERN PANS. Best and hardiest 

 varieties assorted : Pteris Mayii, Wimsetti, Adiantoides, 

 Aspidlum Tsussimense, Crytomium falcatum, etc. 

 Strong plants, 2>4-ln. pots, $3.60 per 100. 



CROTONS. Nice assortment, well colored, 5-inch, $9.00 per dozen. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York 



mn/ttvytn/yvvt/vt/vyyv*/*0U¥*i»M<t n it0*M»y%nn0v%ni%ivuyyyyy%n/%iy%/¥*nM w t 



CARNATIONS AT TEWKSBURY, 



MASS. 



II. 



Last week we had something to say 

 about the home of Fair Maid and some 

 ■other famous trotters in the carnation 

 arena. Now a few lines about one of 

 the slickest, best-kept carnation ranges 

 in the country — that of Patten & Co. 



Mr. Patten is very proud of Shasta. 

 Early and good it is and he proposes to 

 plant lots of it again next year. Other 

 whites (hat are grown to some extent 

 are Buxton's Granite State, which is a 

 very tall grower and promising gener- 

 ally and Craig's Norwood, but both of 

 these must wait until the full season's 

 record is counted up before the verdict 

 is reached. Mrs. Barron, raised by 

 Dailledouze and named by Mr. Patten 

 is a lovely flower, white with soft pink 

 mottling, rather late in coming in. 

 Apple Blossom is a fine sturdy variety, 

 moderate-sized flower, stocliv habit, 

 showing a little pink mottling at this 

 season, but pure white in summer. It 

 is credited with having held out longer 

 than either White Enchantress or 

 White Perfection last summer. But, 

 after all, Mr. Patten turns back to 

 Shasta with the conviction that if it 

 should retain its present vigorous 

 health there is nothing better on the 

 market. 



As to pinks — May Day is doing all 

 right. A nice shapely flower and soft 

 pleasing color. Pink Delight looms up 

 as one of the best sellers in the marki't 

 and is in the ring to stay. Its re- 

 markably tall stems places this variety 

 head and shoulders above all others 

 as one looks down the long benches 

 Where a little weakness of the long 

 stem shows, Mr. Patten says that dis- 

 appears as the flower opens and this 

 feature is all that can be desired 

 Winona is doing well. A nice bright 

 salmon sport from Lawson, with a lif- 

 tle more color than Pink Delight is 

 an interesting proposition for those 

 growers with whom Lawson is still a 

 standard. Dorothy Gordon is doing 

 fairly well and will improve as the 

 season advances. Geo. Buxton is rep- 

 resented by two varieties — Bon Ami 

 and Pink Beauty. The former is not 

 so good at present as it was late in 

 the season last year. It is a good 

 flower, however, and sells all right 

 Pink Beauty is on trial and its posi- 

 tion is not yet established. 



There is a yellow seedling from Mrs. 

 Patten crossed with Dorothy Whitney 

 which looks good. The marking is 

 something similar to Buttercup. Oc- 

 casionally the flower comes clear white 



and pink striped — practically a rever- 

 sion to the pure Patten. There is a 

 pure yellow sport also from this seed- 

 ling. In scarlets Beacon stands here as 

 elsewhere as the standard. 



Outside of carnations Mr. Patten 

 has some other things that are 

 worthy of special mention. The God- 

 frey calla, catalogued last year by E. 

 G. Hill, is a beauty; snow white, 

 dwarf habit, and blooming profusely 

 in 4 in. pots. The Miller form of Ne- 

 phrolepis is daintiest of all the sports 

 of Boston fern, airy foliage elegant for 

 design work. The Crawshaw aspara- 

 gus is prized as far superior to the 

 typical plumosus, making a neater 

 and more even string and making it 

 in much less time. 



Other Tewksbury neighbors are 

 Lewis Small and Lewis Smith. Mr. 

 Small has his hopes centered in a 

 big, handsome white seedling from 

 Fair Maid, now in second year. Here 

 again Pink Delight monopolizes a 

 large space as does also Fair Maid 

 which no Tewksbury grower would 

 think of discarding. Side crops are 

 yellow marguerites, bachelor's but- 

 tons, sweet peas and summer chrys- 

 anthemums. Mr. Smith has an En- 

 chantress-colored sport from Beacon. 

 Ought to be a good one if it retains 

 all the excellent qualities of its parent. 

 Odd things here are mammoth candy- 

 tuft, marguerites and single violets 

 with Spanish iris planted in alternate 

 rows. 



At North Tewksbui-y is a new place 

 in which much interest has centred 

 since it was started last April. It is 

 the enterprise of Frank P. Putnam, a 

 business man of Lowell and is in 

 charge of Charles Anderson, a well- 

 accredited and most industrious gar- 

 dener, with a long record in the vi- 

 cinity of Boston. The house is of 

 King construction, 42x200, heated by 

 a 100-H. P. boiler, with capacious well, 

 boulder chimney and other features 

 on which no expense has been spared 

 to make it a model commercial place. 

 It has taken an immense amount of la- 

 bor on this stony eminence to bring 

 this property to Its present condition 

 in so brief a period. Carnations occu- 

 py only a portion of the big house. 

 May Day, Enchantress, White Perfec- 

 tion and Pink Enchantress are in fine 

 shape and evidently much at home. 

 A long bench of white stocks reminds 

 one of a bench of healthy lettuce in Its 

 regularity and luxuriance. Mignon- 

 ette and antirrhinums are equally 

 jiromising. An unusual crop is Dimor- 

 photheca aurantiaca in pots. Speaking 

 of the common fault of this flower in 



closing up, Mr. Anderson says that if 

 put in water after being cut they will 

 then remain open continuously. To 

 make them flower freely keep the 

 plants in pots and half stai-ve them. 

 The flowers are eagerly sought in the 

 stores of Boston. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The B. G. Pratt Company, manufac- 

 turers of "Scalecide," have issued a 

 neat little folder with colored cover 

 illustrations, entitled, "Orchard Divi- 

 dends." Anyone interested in orchards 

 and the care of fruit will find some- 

 thing interesting in it and any firm 

 selling insecticides should secure a 

 quantity of these folders for distribu- 

 tion among their customers. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons report a rather 

 weak demand for foliage plants at the 

 fall auctions which have just come to 

 a close. On the other hand, rhododen- 

 drons, roses and some other hardy ma- 

 terial sold satisfactorily. Quantities of 

 surplus bulbs have been sent to the 

 auctions from foreign sources and 

 these have been practically unsalable, 

 hyacinths being the hardest to get rid 

 of at any price. 



Does all that is claimed for it. It has 

 proved itself to be one of the cheap- 

 est and most effective insecticides 

 known today. 



Aphine does not alone destroy the 

 insects, but also contains excellent 

 cleansing qualities, — in fact, some ex- 

 perts claim it invigorates plant life. 



Have you tried it? 



$2.50 per gallon — $1.00 per quart 



Get It From Your Seedsman 



Manufactured by 



APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MADISON, N.J. 



