May 25, 191S 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE PFALTZGRAFF POTTERY CO., York, Pa. 



Manufacturers of Florists' Pots, Bulb Pans, Fern Dishes, etc. 



WE LEAD IN QUALITY, FINISH AND SERVICE 



For Cataloeues and Discounts address 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 51 Barclay Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Our Selling Agents in N. Y., N. J. and Eastern States Territory 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



The Fourteenth Anual Report, 1917, 

 of the Massachusetts State Forester, 

 Frank W. Rane. has been received. 

 It deals largely with the new planta- 

 tions and reforestations of public 

 reservations, the work ot combatting 

 the invasion of destructive insects, 

 diseases and blights, fire fighting, care 

 of roadsides, etc., and will be found a 

 very instructive document in expound- 

 ing the fundamental principles of for- 

 estry, both in utilizing present fores- 

 try products in the industries, and 

 also in providing if possible for future 

 needs. 



College of Agriculture, AgTicultural 

 Experiment Station at Berkeley, Cal., 

 has just issued a bulletin on Bean Cul- 

 ture in California by G. W. Hendry, 

 with appendix on the Composition of 

 California Varieties of Beans by M. 

 E. Jaffa and F. W. Albro and on Insect 

 and Other Enemies ot Beans by E. R. 

 DeOng. There is much useful in- 

 formation for those in the seed trade 

 having an interest in beans, as the 

 whole process from planting to har- 

 vesting and preparing tor market of 

 some sixteen varieties of commercial 

 Importance is given with much minute 

 detail on every point. The bulletin 

 comprises 02 pages and has many il- 

 lustrations, including a sheet showing 

 the different beans in their natural 

 colors and sizes. 



Our Trees — How to know them. 

 New Revised Octavo Edition. By 

 Arthur I. Emerson and Clarence M. 

 Weed. 149 Illustrations. $.3.50 net. 

 This is the fifth edition, enlarged and 

 embellished, of a standard work that 

 has already reached an enviable posi- 

 tion of popularity. About twenty 

 pages of new material have been 

 added to the new edition of this 



WANTS, FOR SALE, Etc. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED — Young man as assistant In 

 park garden work. Address "J. J.," care 

 HO KTICU LTURE. 



WANTI'ID— Assistant in greenhouses; 

 general run of flowers, beflding plants, etc. 

 Good pay for an industrious man. H. L. 

 CAMERON, Xortli Cambridge, Mass. 



F OR SALE 



FOR SALE — A splendid opportunity. A 

 well established nursery .nnd florist busi- 

 ness in prospenuis city in eastern Massa- 

 ehusetts. 40.000 ft. glass. 25 acres nursery 

 well stocl;ed with standard evergreen and 

 deciduous material. No near competitor. 

 "Mack," care of HORTICULTURE. 



standard work on the trees of America. 

 There are 11 extra illustrations, mak- 

 ing 149 in all, of which 138 are beauti- 

 ful full page reproductions ot high- 

 class photographs from nature. 



The new introductory material be- 

 gins by telling of the general char- 

 acteristics of the different trees, how 

 they change in summer, autumn, 

 winter and spring, why they drop 

 their leaves, how they prepare their 

 tlower and leaf buds for new growth. 

 It explains how to distinguish each 

 species at a glance at any season of 

 the year and it gives a description of 

 the rarer trees imported for forest use 

 or on account of beauty of flower or 

 form, including conifers and those 

 with colored foliage. The relative 

 usefulness ot important species for 

 street, garden, small park and wood- 

 land planting is also treated and direc 



Cambridge 



New York 



WORLD'8 OLDEST and LARGEST 



Manufacturers of ALL STYLES and 



SIZES of 



FLOWER POTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., INC. 



Cambridge, Mass. 



tions given as to any special manner 

 of pruning and otherwise aiding trees 

 to thrive and always look their best. 



The pictures upon the plates have 

 in all cases been photographed direct 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



A.STERS. 



ASTERS — HENDERSON'S INVINCIBLE. 



One of the finest for cut flowers. White, 

 Shell Pink. Rose. Lavender and Purple. 

 Strong plants. .$5.00 per 1000, cash. BRILL 

 CELERY GARDENS, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



BCLBS 



C. KEUR & SONS. niLLEGOM. Holland. 



Buihe of all descrlptt'^nB. Write for prices, 



NEW YORK BRANCH, 8-10 Bridge St. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Spilt carnations qnlckly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Plilshury's Carnation 

 Staple, 1000 for Mc. ; ^000 for $1.00 post- 

 paid. I. L. PILLSBURY, Oalesbarg, IlL 



CHRYSANTHEMCMS 



FINE CLEAN STOCK OF BEST KINDS 

 for Florists use. Send us list of wants. 

 Catalogue free. ELMER D. SMITH & CO., 

 Adrian, Mich. 



DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlia Mrs. Frederick Orlnnell. 



Stock For Sale. 



JOHN P. ROONEY. New Bedford. Masa 



(Orders hooked at any time for Fall or 

 Spring delivery. Wholesale and Retail. 

 Send for Catalog. NORTHHORO DAHLIA 

 & GLADIOLUS GARDENS, J. L. Moore, 

 Prop., Northboro, Mass. 



New Paeony Dahlia — John Wanamaker, 

 Newest, Handsomest, Best. New color, new 

 form and new hahit of growth. Big stock 

 of beet cut-flower rarletles. Send list of 

 wants to PEACOCK DAHLIA FAKMB, 

 Berlin. N. J. 



GOLD FISH 



Gold flsh, aquarium plants, sn.iils, cas- 

 tles, globes, aquarium, flsh goods, nets, 

 etc., wholesale. FRANKLIN BARRETT, 

 Breeder, 4815 D St., OIney. Phlliidelphla. 

 Pa. Large breeding pairs for sale. Sen<l 

 for price Hat. 



OLASi 



Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO.. HartTord City, Ind. 



ORCHIDS 



HASSALL & CO., Orchid Growers and 

 Raisers, Southgate, London, England. Catt- 

 leyas and Laelio-Cattieyas our specialty. 



One trial order solcited. 



PEONIES 



Peonies. The world's greatest collection, 

 1200 sorts Send for Hat. C. BBT8CHBE, 

 Canal Dover, O. 



ROSES 



ROSES, CANNAS AND SHRUBS. 



THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, 



WEST GROVE, PA. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 

 Live Sphagnum moss, orchid psat and 

 orchid baskets always on hand. LAGBK 

 .». tn'RREl.L. Summit, N. J. 



VEGETABLE PL.^NTS 



FOR S.\LE— Tomato Plants, all leading 

 varieties, 75c. per 100; $:i.00 per .500; $5.00 

 per 1000. Danish Ball Head and Flat 

 Dutch Cabbage Plants, per 100, UOc. ; for 

 .500, .1:1.50; per 1000, $2.00. Tlie Tomato 

 Plants are all transplanted stock. The 

 Calii)age Plants are Heid-grown. Cash 

 with order. WEST SIDE CELERY CO., 

 Portage, Mich. 



Golden Self-Hlanching (French Strain). 

 Also the grand new Easy Blanching, which 

 is easy to grow, line plants, ready for the 

 fleld. .$2 00 per 1000. cash. BRILL CELERY 

 GARDENS, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



4.000.000 Cabbage. Cauliflower, Tomato 

 and Celerv jilants. Field grown and potted. 

 List free! F. W. ROCUELLE & SONS, 

 Chester, New Jersey. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and TBb 

 grown for immediate eflfect : also Climbing 

 Roses. J. II TROY. Monnt Hlisarllk Nur- 

 sery, New Rocbelle, N. Y. 



WIBB WORK 



WILLIAM K. HBII>8CBKR'8 WIRB 

 WORKS. 304 Randolpb SC, Datratt. 



