April 22, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



605 



PLANT for IMIVIEDIATE EFFECT 

 BROAD LEAVED EVERGREENS 



Rhododendron Maximum, 2-5 feet high Kalmia latifolia, 1-3 ft. high 



in carload lots and small quantities. We also have a fine 



stock of hardy hybrid Rhododendrons 



Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, IVIass. 



HENRY S. DAWSON, Manager 



Write for Prices 



JOHN T. WITHERS, Inc. 



Landscape Architect and Foreiter 



1 Moutgomery SU, JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



Tre« R«novatioD by Expprt Operator*. 

 Stereoptlfun lectures on Horticaltnre and 

 Arborl cultore. 



A GREAT HAIL STORM IN ST. 

 LOUIS. 



A great hail, wind and rain storm 

 visited this city on Thursday, April 

 13th, at 5 P. M., and all the florists 

 of the city suffered a heavy loss of 

 glass and plants. The store men in 

 the western part of the city with show 

 houses had a great loss, as all were 

 stocked up with their Easter plants. 

 Out in Kirkwood where all of the 

 violets, sweet peas and the bulk of the 

 carnations come from there was an 

 almost complete loss of glass and the 

 heavy rains that followed soaked the 

 blooms to such an extent that many 

 were ruined. The majority of the 

 losers carry hail insurance and those 

 that did not undoubtedly will do so 

 after this. 



The heaviest losers in the city were 

 the C. Young & Sons Co. President 

 Young says he can't estimate the loss 

 but thought it would run near to 

 125,000. Other sufferers are Bentzen 

 & Co., Koenig Floral Co., F. H. Mein- 

 hardt, Chas, Bleekert, Alex Waldbart, 

 C. C. Sanders, Grimm & Gorly, Huetter- 

 mann, A. G. Greiner, R. Frow, A. 

 Sanger, Robt. Scott, Alex Johnson, 

 J. Nyfiot, Schilds, Steers and a host of 

 smaller places. Those in the city with 

 plant houses who lost heavily were 

 Kalisch Bros., F. C. Weber, F. H. 

 Weber, Ellison Floral Co., Theo. Mil- 

 ler, J. P. Windt, Volkman & Town- 

 send Floral Co. Mrs. M. M. Ayers and 

 George Waldbart just escaped the hail. 

 The city park departments sustained a 

 heavy loss at their Forest Park Green- 

 houses. Connon Floral Co. and Jos. 

 Hauser at Webster also had a big loss. 

 At Kirkwood there are so many that 

 it would take up too much space to 

 mention all the names. The Oakland 

 Floral Co., Wm. Winter, F. W. Ude, 

 Jr., and Hugo Gross, who have the 

 large plants had a complete loss. The 

 estimate of glass destruction in Kirk- 

 wood is upwards of 215,000 feet. 



The aggregate loss to florists by this 

 hail storm will perhaps run close to 

 $75,000, if not more. 



CORRECTION. 

 The report of the sale of stock of 

 the Davenport Nursery Co., Daven- 

 port, Iowa, given in the April 8th 

 issue of HORTICULTURE was se- 

 cured from an apparently reliable 

 source. It appears not to have been 

 authentic, however, as Mr. Bryant in- 

 forms us that the stock has not been 

 sold. 



Own Root Roses 



400 White Killarney... $4.00 per 100 

 900 Pink " ... 4.00 " 



700 Mrs. Aaron Ward.. 10.00 " 

 Own Root, Good Clean Stock. 



Ca^/i from unknozun parlies 



Montrose Greenhouses 



Montrose, IVIass. 



200,000 CANNA ROOTS 



As good as can be growu. Our stock is 

 very large, and to move a large quantity 

 at once we will offer a big reduction on 

 the regular price. ^Ve grow 120 varieties, 

 don't fail to get our started plant propo- 

 sition. Send for price list of Caunas, Cala- 

 diums, and Xanthosouias the new Flower- 

 ing Caladiums. They will be money malsers. 



CLEAR VIEW GARDENS 



THE CUMMINGS CO., INC 



SiircesNors to 



THE FRANK 6UMMIN6S BULB AND PLANT CO. 



MERIDIAN. MISSISSIPPI. 



A. N. PIE:RS0N. Inc. 



Crom'well, Conn. 



"Nothingbut Roses" 



Spring: List ready, 200 old and new 

 8ort8, %yz and 4-ln. on own poota. 



<?Hfl rrni rf-ORAlCOMPANY^^ 



-t^ ^l-L. LULL ^SPRINGriELD-OHIoJ 



The Shatemuc Rose 



Our new Seedling from Rosa multiflora 

 nana. Double flowers in full clusters on 

 long sprays. 



Delicate Peach blot^som color. 



Strong pl.ints for flowering this sum- 

 mer. 76 cts. each. 



SHATEMUC NURSERIES, BariYtown, Dutcliess Co., N. Y. 



DIRECT IMPORTATIONS 



Bay Trees, Kentlas, Azaleas, Val- 

 ley Pips, RoBes. Rbodi>dendrons, 

 Boxwood, Manettl, BTergreena, Jap. 

 Lilies, Raffla, etc., etc. 



NuTRery stock from France, Hol- 

 land, England and Japan. 



17 Murray St. 

 New York, N. Y. 



In ordering goods pleate add *' I saw 

 it in HORTICULTURE. " 



McHutchison & Co. 



One wise man can fool 

 ten fools easier than ten 

 fools can fool one wise 

 man. 



The wise lily bulb buyer 

 never buys just because 

 the price is low, even from 

 his best friend for the sim- 

 ple reason that since he is 

 in business to make money, 

 he can't afford to buy any- 

 thing but that which will 

 net him the most profit on 

 his investment. 



There is no brand known 

 which will net a larger real 

 profit on the average than 

 Horseshoe Brand Gigan- 

 teum. 



They cost only a little 

 more per bulb but not a 

 cent more than they are 

 worth. 



Now, are you willing to 

 pay just a little more for a 

 real first class article in 

 lily bulbs? Write us for 

 catalog. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



Not Bow Cheap 

 But How Good 



12 West Broadway 

 NEW YORK CriY 



Cold Storage Bulbs on hand. 

 Giganteum, Multiflorum, Formo- 

 sum, Magnificum, Rubrum, Aura- 

 tum. Bamboo Canes, eta 



