S.eptember 2, 1905 



H O RTl CU LTURE 



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THE FALL CAIVIPAICN 



Are you getting ready? Fresh stocks of Wheat Sheaves, 

 Baskets, Chiffons, Vases, Hampers, Doves, etc., etc., are now 

 in order if you are to get your proper share of the trade. 

 Come and see us or write. 



We are grown up's ! You don't want a boy to do a 

 man's errand. 



We carry the iarj^est and most varied stocks of Florists' 

 supplies in the world. Send for our new catalogue at once. 



Have you seen our new tone ware? A beautiful and 

 incNpensive substitute for green bronze. For a dollar this will 

 give you as artistic an effect as you could get for fifty dollars 

 with metal. Be in the swim. 



Largest Florists' Supply House in the World 



S<i IVortl 



Sti-et't, 



r'MILA.IiEI^F'MIA. 



SEED TRADE. 



Now that the heavy shortage in the 

 seed pea crop of 19U5 is being fully 

 realized, it may be well to sound a 

 note of warning against the buying 

 of cheap seed peas, particularly 

 Alaskas. For the past seven or eight 

 years many farmers in Wisconsin have 

 been growing Alaska peas, not for any 

 seedmen or seed growers, nor from 

 stock seed furnished by them, but 

 from seed of doubtful quality to begin 

 with, and which through neglect has 

 now become so degenerate as to '>e 

 unclassified and unknown to the seed 

 trade. Not only has the strain degen- 

 erated, but the seed is united with 

 "Wisconsin Blues" because of having 

 been grown in close proximity to the 

 latter variety, and because of the neg- 

 ligence and carelessness of the farm- 

 ers to keep the two varieties separate. 

 Starting with what we may assume 

 was not above a fair strain of Alaska 

 seed eight years ago, the farmers have 

 never spent an hour in fogueing or 

 otherwise seeking to improve the 

 strain, the result being a degenerate 

 stock absolutely unfit for any canner 

 or seedsmen's use, but fit only for feed 

 or to be sold to grocers for consump- 

 tion the same as the "Wisconsin 

 Blues." It is a regrettable fact that 

 certain grass-seed dealers and seeds- 

 men have sold this trash under their 

 label, knowing full well what it was, 

 but willing to discredit the entire seert 

 trade of the country for a profit of 25 

 to 5(ic. per bushel. It is beyond ques- 

 tion that parties selling this rubbish 

 are liable for heavy damages. There 

 is absolutely no excuse for buying such 

 seed, as enough good seed is obtain- 

 able at a fair price, and only those 

 foolish persons who never look at any- 

 thing but price, will buy it. There 

 are certain canners and dealers who 

 will buy any junk if it is cheap enough, 

 and will grow, and when such persons 

 "get stuck" they neither have, nor are 

 they deserving of any sympathy, yet 

 they will ignore all the representative 

 seedsmen, and travel all over the 

 country buying only of the rag-tag of 

 the trade, then fly into ludicrous rage 

 when they are swindled. 



Daisies, Daises and Daisies 



Wf nre heartqu.Trt.rs for MARGl-ER- 

 ITES. We have 7 varieties and make it our 

 speolaltv. Stock of 4 varieties Is offered 

 for sale and with a guarantee that It Is en- 

 tlri-ly free from leaf miner or other Insect 

 pcsfs. I'ricps on applieation. Flowers in 

 nnv qnRnlltV f>i-tober ist to July Isl. 



PLETCHEU of AUBinVnALE. 

 Stall 1. Boston Flower Market, I'ark St. 



PURE CULTURE "XT 



Being the Eastern DistriljutinK Agents for the American Manufacturers of PURE 

 CULTURE SPAWN, we can ship Fresh Spawn on short notice at the following prices: 

 15 cts. per lb.; $1.25 per 10 lbs.; $10.00 per 100 lbs. Information as to Special Culture 

 on application. 



We have also the best make of English Virgin Mnshroom Spawn, fresh Impor- 

 tation. Sc. per lb.; 75c. per 10 lbs.; .$0.00 per 100 lbs.: .•s.55.00 per 1000 Ihs. 



CLUCAS & BODDINCTON CO, 



131 WEST 23o STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



Palisade N' 

 iiporters. Exporters an 



Grow 



of SEEDS, BULBS and PLANTS 



FREESIAS 



To American Buyers 



Why not buy of American grow- 

 ers and save disappointment in not 

 getting your orders filled by foreign 



growers. We are the old California 



growers, and can furnish bulbs in all 

 sizes, So inch up and down to '^ inch, 

 in quantities desired, and at the Old 

 prices. We do not take advantage be- 

 cause stocks are short. Order quickly 

 as we will soon start to replant our 

 surplus. 



REES & COMPERE 



Signal Hill Bulb Farm 



p. O. Address, 



Long Beach, Cal., R. F, D. No. 1 



The HARDY ANNUAL of the CENTURY 



NiCOTIANA SANDERAE 



Seeds in original p-icket^. at i^c. ner p.itket, from 



Wholesale Agents for the United States 



HY. A DRtcR, Philadelphia, Pa. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO , Cortland St.. N. Y. 



VAUGHANS SEED STORE, Chicago and N Y 



Asparagus Plumosns Nana Seedlings 



Seedlings from flats .*6.oo per looo 



Transplanted, large 12.00 per loco 



Sprengeri Seedlings 6.00 per 1000 



Transplanted, large 10.00 per 1000 



Yalaha Conservatories, L.ke^ci:^"*'Fia. 



We hope our readers, will as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



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BULBS I 



DE NIJS BROTHERS • 



WHOLESALE 

 BULB GROWERS 



HILLEQOM. HOLLAND. 



Headquarters for High Class 



Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Crocuses, Daffodils, Fancy 



Narcissi and Peonies 



rice List Free on Applica 

 STRICTLY WHOLESA 





CYCLAMEN PLANTS 



Qiganteum Strain 



Seed t.iVxn of only selected flowers and well-built 

 stock. Nunc better. 



3-{n., $7.00 per 100, $65.00 per 1000. 



Seed of above strain, new crop, $6.00 per 1000. 



C. WINTERICH, Defiance. Ohio 



"The Cyclnmen Seedl ngs arriv-d to-day in goc 

 .iihape. We ae well please ■ and le glad to know th; 

 by packing properly piants will .-land the trip." 



Yours truly. PARR FLORAL CO. 



San Francisio, Cal., July i2ih, IQT5. 



Lilies, Japanese Plants 



BAMBOO STAKES 



SUZUKI & IIDA 



31 Barclay Street, New York 



