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HORTICULTURE 



May 6, 1911 



OBITUARY. 



Theodore S. Strickler. 



Theodore S. Strickler, florist, of N. 

 Y., died at his home on April 16th. 

 He was one of the oldest florists In 

 that section, being 72 years old. 



Herbert S. Price. 



Herbert S. Price, gardener for many 

 years for James B. Laughlin died at 

 his home, 623 Richland street, East 

 End, Pittsburgh, Pa., on April 23. 



George Engel. 

 Word has reached us of the death 

 of Geo. Engel, pioneer florist of 

 Xenia, Ohio. Details are lacking, 

 however. The bereaved family has 

 the sympathy of the craft. 



Mrs. Wm. Winter. 

 Mrs. Wm. Winter, wife of William 

 Winter, a prominent grower at Kirk- 

 •wood. Mo., died on Saturday, April 29, 

 after a short illness. Mrs. Winter was 

 well known in the local trade and 

 many attended the funeral which took 

 place on Monday. Mr. Winter select- 

 ed the pallbearers from his friends 

 in the trade at Kirkwood. Mr. Winter 

 Is a member of the St. Louis Florist 

 Club and the members extended to 

 him their sympathy. 



BRITISH CARNATION SCALE OF 

 POINTS. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE, 



Dear Sir:— On page 568B, April 

 15th, I note Philadelphia correspond- 

 ent's enquiry are the points glv.gn by 

 the British Carnation Society. Our 

 scale of points for judging is as fol- 

 lows: 



Points. 



Color 20 



Size 20 



Fragrance 10 



Substance 10 



Calyx 5 



Habit of Plant 20 



Form IS 



100 

 Yours sincerely, 



J. S. BRUNTON. 



PROTEST ON HYACINTH BULB 

 DUTIES SUSTAINED. 



The U. S. Court of Customs Appeals 

 has, we are just informed by Curtis 

 Nye Smith, of Boston, the"; attorney 

 conducting the trial of the case, re- 

 versed the Board of U. S. '-i General 

 Appraisers' decision and sustained the 

 protest of Joseph Breck & Son's Cor- 

 poration against the paymeilc' of an 

 importation duty of $2.50 per thou- 

 sand on hyacinth bulbs, the proper 

 duty being fifty cents per thousand. 

 The Breck protest was the test case. 



Fort Hancock, N. J. — Joseph Carter 

 has succeeded his brother James in 

 the florist business here. 



GERANIUMS 



Best Standard Varieties 



Well-grown strong 4-in. pot plants in bud 



and bloom. 



$7.00 per 100; $65.00 per 1000 



Salvias, Petunias, Heliotropes and other 

 Bedding Plants in variety and quantity 



Write for prices. 



JOHN McKENZIE, Nortli CambrHlEe. Mass. 



A. N. PIERSON 



I rfec;c3r|3or*£k-t^d 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



COI.EUS 



Verscbaffeltii, Firebraad, tiolden Qneen, 



Lord PalmerstoD, Queen Victoria, 



Beckwitb's Gem. 



Rooted Cuttings by express: 75 cents per 

 100; $7.00 per 1000. Out of 214-inch pots In 

 May: $2.50 per 100; $20.1X1 per 1000. 

 Less than 250 o£ a variety will be charged 

 at the 100 rate. 

 Golden Bedder, Hero, Meesey, Brillancy. 

 Rooted Cuttings by express: $1.00 per 

 100; $8.00 per 1000. Out of 214-Inch pots: 

 $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 

 Less than 250 of a variety will be charged 

 at the 100 rate. 

 FANCY VARIETIES 

 Fancy Varieties. A very tine assortment 

 of twelve liinds not listed above. Rooted 

 Cuttings; $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. 

 Out of 2H-lncb pots: $2.50 per 100; $20.00 

 per 1000. 



Fancy Varieties. Either rooted cuttings 

 or plants from SVi-inch pots, our selection, 

 250 at the 1000 rate. 



AOEKATUM 



Stella Gurney and Princess Pauline. 75 



cents per 100; $7.00 per 1000. 



AETERNANTHERA 



Red and Yellow. Rooted Cuttings; 75 



cents per 100; $6.00 per 1000. From 2>4-inch 



pots: $2.00 per 100. 



BriUiantissinia. A valuable new Alter- 

 nanthera, red and yellow in color, with 

 broad leaf. Rooted Cuttings: $1.25 per 

 100: $10.00 per 1000. From 2%-inch pots: 

 $2.50 per 100. 



SALVIA 

 S. Splendens, S. Bonfire, S. Zurich, 

 S. Schenley. 

 Rooted Cuttings, 75 cents per 100; $7.00 

 per 1000. 



Salvia of these varieties from 214-inch 

 pots,- April and later delivery, $2.50 per 100; 

 $20.00 per 1000. 250 of a variety, or In as- 

 sortment as ordered, at the 1000 rate. 

 HELIOTROPE 

 Dark blue variety. Rooted Cuttings, $1.00 

 per 100; $9.(10 per 1000. From 2>4-lnch pots, 

 $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 250, either 

 plants or cuttings at the 1000 rate. 



oonvines 



Godfrey Aschmann 



Wholesale Grower and Importer 

 of Potted Plants, 



1012 W. Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



HOLLYHOCKS 



Dbl. pinii, salmon, maroon and red; large 

 fleld-grown plants, $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 

 1000; also Aquilegia Canadensis. Alyssum 

 Soxatile, Campanula Carpathica Alba, Per- 

 sicifolia Alba, Pyretbrum Roseum. Veronica 

 Spicata and Allia, $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 

 1000. and Papaver Orieutale. 4 in. pots, 

 $6.00 per 100. $.'50.00 per 1000. Cash with 

 order please. Write for samples to 



GEO. F. KiMBEL - Flourtown, Pa. 



F'ERIMS 



Boston and Scottii Ferns 

 50c and 75c each 



Well eatablithed pot Crown plant* 



THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. 



Gladiolus, Cinnamon Vines 



Madeira Vines, Lilies, Iris, Daphne 



Cneorum, Syringa Japonica 



and Wistarias. 



Write for Price Lilt. 



E.S. Ml LLER, Wadine River, N.Y. 



VALLEY CLUMPS 



STRONG HEAVY CLCMP8 



$12.00 PER 100 

 LILY OF THE VALLEY 



COED STORAGE 



$20.00 CASE OF 2,000 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Vesey St., New York 



BEOOIMIA3 



Olorle de Lorraine and I.OD»dalt, $15.00 

 per 1(10, $i40 00 per lOOO. Glory of Clurlnnati, 



$25.00 per 100, $200,00 per loco. 2511 at UOO rale. 

 Strong, 2)4 m., twice transplantr d. 

 Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Katalog for the asKing. 



SKIDELSKY & IRWIN CO. 



1215 8ETZ BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, P«, 



DIRECT IMPORTATIONS 



Bay Trees, Kentias, Azaleas, Tal- 

 le7 Pips, Roses, Rbododendroos. 

 Boxwood, ManettI, BTcrgreeos, Jap. 

 Lilies, Raffla, etc., etc. 



Nnrserj stock from France, Hol- 

 land, England and Japan. 



McHutchison & Co. u'lJVoV:,^^. 



BOSTON FERNS, "* '"'ir" *" 



WHITMANI >% inch $soa per loo: $40.«» 

 wwnsimjni-vi, per looa; jjoat looorues. 



MAGNIFICA, i; cents each. 



H. H. BARROWS & SON 



Whitman, Mass. 



PALMS, FERNS AND 



DECORATIVE PLANTS 



JOHN SCOTT 



Rutland Road and E. 4Bth St. 



T«l. 1890 Badford BROOKLYN, N.Y. 



BEST PALMS 



All Varieties, All Sizes. 

 Send for Price List 



JosepH HeacocK 



Wyncotc. Pa. 



FERNS FOR DISHES 



Assorted varieties, 2-in. pots, $3.60 100; 

 $30.00 1000: 600 at lOOO rate. 



Cash witb order 



FRANK OECHSLIN 



1911 Qnincy St., - CHICAGO, FLL. 



PALMS, FERNS, DECORATIVE AND 

 FOUAGE PLANTS 



Also Azaleas, Begonias, Bay and Box Trees 



A. LEUTHY & CO. 



rtrklB stmt (kneiiK. RtsMale,— BosiM. Hut. 



Prict list on mi>i>h'rntip*' 



ROBERT CRAIG CO. 



COSES, PALMS, 



•Bd Seyeltlef Is DecoratlTe Ptants 

 MAAKH isd 49th STBEET8.. PH1LA0£LI>HIA, PA. 



