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horticulture: 



December 31, 1910 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J. 

 —Special Bargains in Plants for the 

 Holidays. Wholesale. 



W. F. Schmeiske, Blnghamton, N. Y. 

 — The Hardy Phlox Garden. An ex- 

 cellent list of modern varieties. 



J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., Jo- 

 llet, III.— Folder with Wholesale Price 

 List of Carnations, Chrysanthemums 

 and Violets. 



J. L. Moore, Northboro, Mass.— 

 Wholesale Clump Price List of Dahlias 

 for Fall, 1910 and Spring, 1911. A 

 big selection. 



Sluis & Groot, Enkhuyzen, Holland. 

 ^General Wholesale Price List of Veg- 

 etable, Flower and Agricultural Seeds. 

 Issued December 9, 1910. 



W. W. Johnson & Son, Boston, Bng- 

 land.— Wholesale List of Novelties and 

 Specialities in Flower and Vegetable 

 Seeds. A valuable list of novelties. Il- 

 lustrated. 



W. W. Barnard Company, Chicago- 

 Special Preliminary List of Fresh 

 Flower Seeds for Early Sowing This is 

 a condensed wholesale list, very com- 

 prehensive and of timely value. 



Scott Brothers, Elmsford, N. Y.— 

 List of Chrysanthemums, Roses, Car- 

 nations, Etc., 1911.— A descriptive list 

 of choice varieties and novelties; 

 pages 4x9, just a nice pocket size. 



Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la. — An- 

 nual Catalogue for 1911. A 150-page 

 list of flower and vegetable seeds, bor- 

 der plants, etc. Cover in colors show- 

 ing roses, sweet peas and vegetables. 



M. Herb, Naples, Italy.— General 

 Catalogue of Seeds— Florists' and Ag- 

 ricultural—Flower Bulbs for Spring 

 Planting, Etc. Contents in three 

 languages. Some interesting novelties 

 are listed. 



California Rose Co., Pomola, Cal. — 

 Illustrated and Descriptive Book of 

 Field-Grown Roses. A very nice and 

 convincing catalogue. Cover illustra- 

 tion in colors, of yellow rose Joanne 

 Wessenhoff. 



E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y.— 

 Trade Price List, Spring of 1911, Bulbs 

 and Hardy Plants. Especially strong 

 on gladioli and lilies, of which a very 

 carefully selected list is given, at rea- 

 sonable prices. 



F. C. Heinemann, Erfurt, Germany.— 

 Special Trade Offer of Novelties for 

 1911. A very interesting catalogue 

 finely illustrated with portraits of new 

 and improved varieties of florists' 

 flowers grown from seed. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 

 —Chrysanthemums anc} Asters, 1911. 

 An elegant publication in every way. 

 As to the contents, everybody knows 

 what to expect from this expert. The 

 illustrations are very fine. 



Watkins & Simpson, Covent Garden, 

 London. — Special Offer of Flower Seeds 

 for 1911. A very complete wholesale 

 list, well-illustrated. From same 

 house, Novelty List in Vegetable and 

 Flower Seeds, especially interesting. 



C. H. Richards, London. England. — 

 Wholesale Trade Price List of Horti- 

 cultural Sundries for Nurserymen, 

 Seedsmen and Florists, including XL. 

 All specialties of which this house is 

 the manufacturer and proprietor. The 

 book is fully Illustrated and substan- 

 tially bound and includes the third 



supplement to the original list, with 

 revised prices. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa., Michell's Distinctive Seeds, 22d 

 Year. A brilliant catalogue, pages 8^ 

 xlO%; annuals, perennials, climbing 

 plants, etc., classified separately. Cov- 

 ers in gi'een, scarlet and gold on white 

 background. Contents admirably ar- 

 ranged. One colored Insert— nastur- 

 tiums. 



Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.— 

 Chrysanthemums, Carnations and 

 Roses for 1911. This eminent special- 

 ist has given the trade, in this publi- 

 cation, a well-selected and reliable list. 

 It is well printed on heavy paper. The 

 cover illustrations are Chrysanthe- 

 mum Mrs. David Syme and a view of 

 "The Home of Totty's 'Mums." 



James Backhouse & Son., Ltd., "The 

 Nurseries," York, England.— Catalogue 

 of Trees, Shrubs, Conterae, Etc., for 

 1910-11. This richly illustrated list of 

 choice ornamental trees and shrubs 

 very well represent the long-standing 

 and widely-known firm (established two 

 centuries) whose name it bears. Many 

 beautiful full-page half-tones adorn its 

 pages. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa.— Burpee's Annual for 1911. There 

 are some sterling novelties listed in 

 this interesting catalogue including 

 Burpee's particular specialties— sweet 

 peas — of which two colored plates are 

 given. There are also colored plates 

 of Bush Limas, Tom Watson Water- 

 melon, Stringless Beans and a lovely 

 variagated leaved Nasturtium, 



Henry Mette, Quedlinburg, Ger- 

 many— 1910-1911 Trade Catalogue of 

 Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds. 

 Established in 1787 this well-known 

 house holds its position among the 

 leading horticultural establishments 

 of Europe and this profusely illus- 

 trated trade list covers the product of 

 a vast territory devoted to seed-grow- 

 ing. The novelty list is especially in- 

 teresting. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, 

 Mass. — Garden Annual for 1911. Again 

 we have in Messrs. Farquhar's annual 

 seed and plant catalogue one of the 

 finest productions of the catalogue 

 maker. The covers show beautiful il- 

 lustrations in natural colors and artis- 

 tic poise of several of the gems among 

 the recent novelties from Western 

 China including Clematis moutana ru- 

 bens, Ampelopsis Henryana, Ampelop- 

 sis Thompson! and Lilium leucanthe- 

 mum. The half-tone illustrations all 

 through are very fine and the arrange- 

 ment excellent. The novelty list is un- 

 usually extensive and most interesting. 

 James Backhouse & Son., Ltd., York, 

 England.— Alpine and Herbaceous 

 Plants tor 1911. This latest list of this 

 increasingly popular class of plants is 

 a perfect mine of information and in- 

 cludes many things which we have 

 never seen listed in any other cata- 

 logue. For upwards of half a century 

 this firm has been importing Alpine and 

 herbaceous plants from wherever they 

 are procurable, making a careful study 

 of their growth and development, and 

 fostering among their friends and 

 clients an increasing love for rock 

 work, bog and aquatic gardens, which 

 have now become so popular not only 

 in Europe but also in America. 



The rock garden at York Nurseries, 

 which we understand Is by far the fin- 



est of its kind in Europe and covering 

 several acres, is a veritable "Switzer- 

 land in miniature,'' where lake and 

 mountain, crag and boggy dell ai'e 

 covered with vegetation of the richest 

 and most varied kind. Lovely Alpine 

 plants from Switzerland and the Tyrol, 

 the Pyrenees and other European lo- 

 calities, are grouped in a natural and 

 effective manner with many of the fin- 

 est known species from the Himalayas, 

 the New Zealand Alps, Rocky Moun- 

 tains and other parts of the world. The 

 catalogue is not illustrated but is nev- 

 ertheless full of interest for lovers of 

 Alpine plants and flowers. 



LIME-SULFUR INJURY. 

 You have no doubt heard much dur- 

 ing the past season about injury to 

 foliage of apples by lime-sulfur solu- 

 tions. You will hear more about it 

 this winter, at all the fruit growers' 

 meetings. It is a subject in which 

 every live fruit-grower is especially in- 

 terested this season, as the great ques- 

 tion now is: Is bordeaux to be 

 replaced by the lime-sulfur as a 

 summer spray? Mr. Everett Wal- 

 lace, our lime-sulfur expert, who 

 conducted those interesting experi- 

 ments at Sodus, N. Y., has prepared 

 Bulletin No. 288 on Lime-Sulfur In- 

 jury. Mr. Wallace's experiments and 

 observations on this question indicate: 

 First, that heavy drenching is a 

 common cause of foliage injury. Sec- 

 ond, that much of the burning of ap- 

 ple foliage this year following the ap- 

 plication just after the blossoms fell 

 was due to previous scab infection of 

 the leaves. Third, that arsenate of 

 lead is the only insecticide that we yet 

 know which may be used in the lime- 

 sulfur with safety. It not only de- 

 creases the burning but actually in- 

 creases the fungicidal value of the mix- 

 ture by 50 per cent. Fourth, that in- 

 jurs' to the fruit and foliage by lime- 

 sulfur is much less serious than that 

 caused by bordeaux under the same 

 conditions. Fifth, that the addition of 

 lime or the presence of sediment does 

 not materially affect the burning quali- 

 ties of the lime-sulfur one way or the 

 other. Sixth, that cultivated, vigorous 

 trees will withstand foliage injury bet- 

 ter than trees in neglected orchards. 



Many other questions of direct and 

 practical interest to the grower are 

 fully discussed in this bulletin. If you 

 expect to spray next year you will cer- 

 tainly want to see this bulletin. It 

 will be sent only to those in New York 

 State who are sufficiently interested 

 to ask for a copy. This bulletin 

 should be ready for distribution not 

 later than January 1st. Drop us a 

 postal card saying you want the bulle- 

 tin when it is ready and we will see 

 that it is sent to you. There is another 

 good bulletin on this subject coming 

 out soon. Watch these columns for an 

 announcement of it. 



H. H. WHETZEL, 

 Plant Pathologist, 

 New York State College of Agriculture. 



HORTICULTURE Is improving all 

 the time; tlie special articles on the 

 care of "Florists' Stock," and "Fruit 

 and Vegetable Growing Under Glass" 

 are Just fine, and make the paper of 

 great value to the progressive gar- 

 dener and florist.. I wish you a happy 

 New Year and continued prosperity. 



New York. W. C. 



