July 18, 1914 



HOKTICULTUKE 



HYDR^VIMOI 



KSA 



We liavo suiue ul' llie Uhs'-m. lijiest, and most perfect speci- 

 mens of hydrangeas in lialf iKirrels tiiat we liave ever seen. 

 Plants !'re Just coming into hic.om, and are beautiful sym- 

 metrical specimens covered with liloom, each plant having from 

 one hundred to two hundred ilnwers. We have over three 

 hundred of these fine plants in ^hape for Immediate shipment, 

 and every plant is a perfect spL<imen. There is nothing so 

 magnificent for summer decoration as these large hydrangeas. 

 Tliey are very showy. 



?7.50, .$10.00 and .«;15.00 eadi— according to size and number 

 of blooms. 



WINTER-FLOWERING ROSES 



If you have not secured all the stock that you can use for 

 planting for winter-tiowerin^'. wc still have a very fine stock 

 of the following varieties, whirli we can offer in perfect con- 

 dition, ready for immediate shipment. Stock is gilt-edged in 

 every way — extra strong, heavy plants from 4-inch pots. If 

 you can use an.y, we will be u'lad to quote low rates. Write 

 us the numl>er vou can use, ami we will quote by return mail. 

 KILLARNEY Brilliant. Kill.irnev Queen, Pink Killar- 



iOlM 



EXTRA LARGE SPECIMENS FOR JULY 

 AND AUGUST FLOWERING 



nvy. .Vmericau Beauty, Lady IlilUngdun, Richmond, 



Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mme, Cecile Brunner, or Mignon, 



or Sweetheart. 



FERNS 

 There is nothing better fur summer use than tile fine varie- 

 ties of NEPHROLEPIS. We offer a nice stock of the follow- 

 ing varieties, well estal)lished plants ready for immediate 

 shipment. 

 Neplirolepis elesantissima (The Tarrytown Fern), SViinch, 2.")C. 



each : i;-inch, TiOc. each ; 8-inch, $1.00 each. 

 Nephrolepis magniBea, 3i.^-inch, 25c. each. 

 Neplirolepis inuscosa. SVi-inch, 25c. each ; 5-inch, 50c. each 

 Nepbrolepis Harrisii, 6-lnch, 50c. each; 12-inch— very large 



plants, $5.00 each. 

 Nepbrolepis Bostoniensis, 6-inch, 50c. each; 12-inch — very large 



plants, .fa.OO each. 

 Pteris Winisetti multiceps — a fine hardy fern— 3%-inch, 15c. 



each. 

 Small Ferns for Fern Pans. A fine assortment. 2H-inch, ?4.00 



per 100. 



VorU 



;^5_ -^slrryto^A^^-»-o^-«-•-l t-idsoi-i, IM^^A^ 



CHEAP GARDENERS AND WHY. 

 Dear Editor: 



In reading tlie essay on The Reason 

 for Cheap Gardeners, written by an 

 assistant, one can't help but realize 

 that the author seems to think that 

 even after fifteen years' experience an 

 assistant isn't necessarily competent. 

 Would that man ever be competent? 

 We realize that in all branches of 

 work there are men who never prove 

 themselves a credit to their avocation. 

 Where is the man who has spent 

 a life time at gardening that can sit 

 back and say — I know it all? There 

 is the monotony that dulls and deadens 

 and to start something is the only re- 

 lief. 



Surely after serving a fifteen years' 

 apprenticeship an assistant must be 

 worthy enough to strike out for him- 

 self. The only way to test the matter 

 is to make a beginning; to start. An 

 extract from Stevenson that may fire 

 our worthy friend with a little more 

 ambition is this: "For God's sake give 

 me the young man with brains enough 

 to make a fool of himself." He wanted 

 to see in the world young men with 

 brains enough to start something, to 

 make an essay of their powers. Most 

 of our great men have made false 

 starts and have been derided for their 

 pains but in every case they have had 

 sense enough to see their mistakes 

 and profit by them. Rather than blame 

 the assistants for the existing con- 

 ditions why not look the matter 

 straight in the face and lay the blame 

 in its proper quarters — namely, your 

 competent gardeners and your so-called 

 Horticultural Societies. 



We hear men shout, "have the inter- 

 est of your profession at heart." They 

 seem to lose sight of the fact that for 

 an employer to have the interest of any 

 thing at heart, he must also have the 

 interest of his employees somewhere in 

 that neighborhood. Who but your dis- 

 credited assistant is to carry on the 

 work of your competent gardeners of 

 the present day after they have added 

 their little page to history? For some 

 of our so-called horticultural societies 

 a more fitting name would be a month- 

 ly smoker. On visiting a few- of them 

 the fact is forced upon one that they 

 are little more than a mere meeting- 

 place for the exchange of the latest 

 stories and the same are not always 

 pertaining to gardening. On most 

 occasions there are a few exhibits. 

 Mr. so-and-so is awarded a culture cer- 

 tificate tor such a plant. On being 

 asked to tell the members what he has 

 done to raise the plant to that stage of 



perfection, he w-ill give you a heart 

 breaker like this: "Oh I don't know- 

 that I have given it any special treat- 

 ment, watered when it needed it, gave 

 it a bit of fertilizer now and again, 

 etc." A lot of encouragement to the 

 assistant who has been looking after 

 that plant wath all the care and atten- 

 tion he possessed, very often in his 

 own time, with the hope of getting 

 something w-orth looking at. If your 

 present day gardeners have gained 

 success in this slip-shod manner what 

 is to hinder the assistant from accom- 

 plishing the same ends? Arnold Ben- 

 nett spoke wisely when he said "You 

 cannot gain anything by merely think- 

 ing about it. for after the necessary 

 period of consideration, of incubation, 

 as it were, a start must be made." 



Another Assist.-vxt. 



THE GARDENER AND COMPETI- 

 TION. 



Friend Millar, as it seems to me, 

 You — fearing competition — 



Will And yourself on Union scheme, 

 Ip-building class partitions. 



Ill gardening, that would never pay, 

 .Tust proving an obstruction ; 



Nature points out a better way 

 Which needs no introduction. 



The facts are fairly brought to view 

 By our new friend "Assistant." 



That merit wins: forever true 

 If only we're persistent. 



Let's not compete with men below. 



In either rank or station ; 

 To those aliove us, let's bestow — 



Aid to up-build the nation. 



Each man a place, each in his place — 



Respecting one another; 

 For poverty is no disgrace. 

 And each man is our brother. 



ALEXANDER MACLELLAN. 

 .lulv 11, 1914. 



C, S, HARRISON'S PEONY MANUAL. 



C. S. Harrison of York, Nebraska, 

 has a new finely illustrated and up-to- 

 date edition of his Peony Manual 

 ready for the press. We have seen 

 some samples of the illustrations and 

 they are excellent. The two previous 

 editions of the Manual— 5,000 copies- 

 are now exhausted. Mr. Harrison in- 

 forms us that the old price— 25 cents 

 in stamps w-ith 50 per cent off by the 

 100 to the trade will be adhered to. 



Established Plants and 

 Freshly Imported 



Julius Roehrs Co- 



Rutherford, N. J. 



VINCA VAR. 



4 In. Heavy and Long $14.00 per 100 



4 In. Medium Long 12.00 per 100 



4 In. Stocky 10.00 per 100 



CASH, PLEASE. 



WILLIAM CAPSTICK, Auburndale, Mass. 



Mention HORTICDLTURB when writing. 



FOB FALL DELIVEBY. 



GERMAN IRIS In Endless Varieties. 



LILIVMS HENRTI AND TENUIFOLIITM 



In Endless Quantities. 



Write Cs for Prices. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



FLOWERFIELP, L. I., N. Y. 



ORCHIDS FRESHLY IMPORTED 



We have uni^icked tbe following in flne 

 condition. CATTLE Y AS: FercivaUiana, 

 Gaskelliana, speciosissima. DENDRO- 



Bll'MS: Forniosum, Wardianum, nobUe, 

 densifloruiii, Sehuitzii. VANDAS: Coer- 

 ulea. Batemannii, Luzonica, Imschootiana. 

 PHALAENOPSIS: amabilis, Schilleriana. 

 SpathoKlottis plieata. 



M'rite for Special Ust No. 56. 

 LAC.EK & HLURELL, Summit, N. I. 



ORCRlDS 



Largt$t Importan, Exportert. Crowu 



and HybriJistM in the World 

 SANDER. 5t. Alban 5, England 



and 268 Broadway, Room Til 

 NEW YOBK CITY 



