HORTICULTURE 



September 16, 1905 



New O ffers in This Issu e. 



ASPARAGUS PL. NANUS AND 

 SMI LAX. 



AUCTION SALES. 



W. Elliott & Suns, 201 Fultou St., .N.'W 

 Yurk. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



CARNATIONS. 



J. D. Tliompsuu Carnatiou Co., Joliet, III. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CATALOGUE OF HOLLAND BULBS 



AND ROOTS. 



K. & J. Farquliar & Co., Boston. 

 For pasje sue List of Advertisers. 



FERNS AND POINSETTIAS. 



G. C. Watsou, i^hiladelpLia. 



LILIUM HARRISI 



CYPRIPEDIUMS FOR EXCHANGE. 



PA EON I ES. 



WHOLESALE FLORIST. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Gorham, Me. — N. W. Hannaford, 

 carnation house erected and violet 

 liotise projected for next spring. 



Byone Bros., Williamsville, N. Y.— 

 One house. 



Broolvlyn, N. Y. — Parliville Nurser- 

 ies, one house. 



Auburn, Me. — C. E. Shacliley, one 

 house. 



Franklin, Mass. — Walter Slade, one 

 house, 20x75. 



The King Construction Company of 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., and Toronto, Ont., 

 have recently contracted to supply 

 their iron frame greenhouse construc- 

 tion to the following: 



Amsterdam, N. Y. — John C. Hatcher, 

 three houses, each 16x200. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— A. J. Reichert, two 

 houses, each 19x96. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— D. Newlands & Co., 

 one house 21x58, and one 10x95. 



Belleville, Ont. — J. Givens, one 

 house, 11x37. 



Bloomsburg, Pa. — Davis Bros. Co., 

 one house, 10x225, one 18x225. 



Chanute, Kans.— James Truitt & 

 Sons, two houses, each 19x70. 



Darien, N. Y.— C. D. Cartwright, one 

 house, 14x50. 



Lockport, N. Y.— Thomas Mansfield, 

 two houses, each 16x70. 



Penetan.i^uishere, Ont. — Ontario Gov- 

 ernment Asylum, one house, 21 .3-4x100. 



Toronto, Ont. — J. H. Dunlop, cross 

 house, 17x144, for new range. 



Toronto, Ont. — W. Beardmore, one 

 house, 20x80. 



Williamsville, N. Y.— Byrne Bros., 

 one house, 18x30. 



Woodstock, Ont.— L. Dickerson, two 

 houses, each 24x100. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual autumn exhibition of 

 this society opened at noon on SepL 14. 

 There is a large showing of dahlias, 

 which for lateness of the season, is 

 remarkably good, especially in the 

 i^'rench or show type, while the newer 

 cactus varieties are also well repre- 

 sented. A. E. Johnson of Brockton 

 shows a collection of over 50 of his 

 own seedlings which display a great 

 variety of form and color and in many 

 ways an improvement over existing 

 types. The Botanic Garden of Cam- 

 bridge, R. Cameron, gardener, and the 

 Blue Hill Nurseries enter conspicuous 

 vases of herbaceous plants, among 

 which are Heleniums, Silphiums, Heli- 

 anthus and Rudbeckias. In the Blue 

 Hill collection was a magnificent vase 

 of Kniphofla Pfitzerii,. 



A most interesting exhibit of fruit- 

 bearing shrubs from the City of Bos- 

 ton Park Department filled two large 

 tables at the end of this room and at- 

 tracted much attention. Viburnum 

 Wrightii, Viburnum opulus, Hippophae 

 rhamnoides, Celastrus paniculata, and 

 Panax sessiliflora were also conspicu- 

 ous. Mr. Jackson Dawson, of the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum, had a most interesting 

 exhibit of economic fruit-bearing 

 plants including the original grapevine 

 Vitis Vinifera, the native European 

 grape, and a half dozen varieties of 

 American grapes; 26 species of wild 

 pears with fruit, and over 60 species 

 of wild apples from all parts of the 

 world. This made a most interesting 

 addition to the ordinary line of ex- 

 hibits in such fruits. 



S. H. Warren of Weston exhibited 

 his ever-bearing strawberry Pan-Amer- 

 ican. 



T. W. Head exhibited magnificent 

 bunches of Black Hamburg, Muscat of 

 Alexandria and Gross Colmar grapes. 



On the right of the large hall is 

 a magnificent group of foliage 

 plants from the Botanic Garden of 

 Harvard College. For variety and 

 fine decorative effect it is perhaps 

 the finest group of such plants ever 

 brought before this society and the 

 arrangement is pleasing and effective. 

 On the opposite side Mr. Edward Mc- 

 Mulkin, the well-known florist, had a 

 group of palms, bays, ferns and or- 

 anges, artistically arranged. 



Julius Roehrs Co. of Rutherford, 

 N. J., sent a group of foliage plants 

 including the new Ficus pandurata, 

 ficus Parceili, Alpinia Sanderse, numer- 

 ous crotons, palms and ferns. 



A. F. Estabrook sent a magnificent 

 group of Adiantums, which received 

 first prize. 



W. W. Rawson & Co. exhibited Im- 

 patiens Holstii. H. H. Barrows & Son 

 their new fern Nephrolepis Whit- 

 mani, which shows a more finely pen- 

 nate frond than its parent, N. Bar- 

 rowsii. Fine displays of filmy ferns 

 were made by Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Bo- 

 tanic Garden of Cambridge, and Mes- 

 dames Converse and Leland. H. A. 

 Dreer had a magnificent collection of 

 aquatics, including Nymphaea Denta- 

 ta Ma,i;nifica, a cross between O'Marana 

 and Dentata, Nymphaea Bisseti and 

 Victoria Trickeri, an improvement on 

 the ordinary Amazon lily, and one that 

 endures more cold. Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 exhibited a handsome specimen of 

 Gloriosa superba. The end of the hall 

 was filled by R. and J. Parquhar & Co., 

 with a group of their new lily. Philip- 



pense, occupying the centre. The 

 strong gardenia Iragrance of this lily 

 is noticeable as one approaches the 

 group. 



The display of vegetables and fruit 

 was unusually large, and taxed to its 

 utmost the room allotted to it. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Joues & Hicks is the name of a new 

 fiorisl firm at Cortland, N. Y. 



Figone & Cohen is the title of a new 

 firm at 248 Sutler Street, San Fran- 

 cisco. 



Hicks & Crawbuck will move early 

 in October to 76 Court street, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. 



Mrs. Gertrude A. Ely has purchased 

 the greenhouse business of H. E. Lin- 

 coln at Putnam, Conn. 



Starkey & Kline is the name of a 

 new wholesale florist firm at 52 West 

 2yth street. New York city. 



H. J. Stone of Worcester, Mass., has 

 sold his greenhouses to Charles 

 Brooks of Bloomingdale. 



The greenhouses of the Winona 

 Ploial Co. of Winona, Minn., have 

 been purchased by Fuhlbruegge Bros. 



The greenhouse and nursery prop- 

 erty of A. B. Davis & Son, near Pur- 

 cellville, Va., together with an adjoin- 

 ing farm, have been purchased by 

 l<-rank Robey & Sons for |34,000. 



A. M. Shaw of Shaw & Steward, Ban- 

 gor, Me., has sold his interest in the 

 business to his partner, S. J. Steward. 



M. Hornecker has leased the houses 

 formerly occupied by P. Hauck on Cen- 

 tral Ave., Orange, N. J. 



Vose & Fellows, Hyde Park, Mass., 

 have dissolved partnership. Mr. Vose 

 will retain the greenhouses and con- 

 duct the business on his own account. 

 Mrs. L. H. Fellows will open a retail 

 store on Fairmount avenue, Hyde 

 Park. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, West 

 Chester, Pa. Autumn Trade List of 

 fruit and ornamental trees and border 

 plants. 



Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. New Guide to Rose Culture. 

 Title page bears a striking colored 

 picture of geranium "Telegraph." 



Bay State Nurseries, North Arling- 

 ton, Mass. — Ornamental trees and 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants. A very 

 complete list of desirable garden ma- 

 terial. 



We hope our readers will, as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



I WANTS. I 



FUK SALE OK TO LET— 2 greenhouses, 

 about 80O0 sq. ft., in good running order; 

 about 1 acre of land. In Dorchester, Boston, 

 Mass. For particulars, address Thomas 

 Stocky 2d1 Mlnot street. Dorchester, Mas s. 



SITUATION IN RETAIL STORE— Lady 

 wishes situation, preferably in eastern city. 

 Good experience and competent to take 

 charge of floral department. Character and 

 ability fully vouched for by past employ- 



HORTI- 



SITUATION WANTED— Long experience 

 in out-door gardening and thorough knowl- 

 edge of laying out large estates and general 

 landscape work. Address, K. R., care HOR- 

 TICULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place, Bostou. 



