July 18. 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



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Boddington's Gigantic Pansies 



Pansy — Boddington's "Challenge" — All Giantd 



This mixture contain-- ;ill tho finest Giant strains 

 — of tlie leadinj; Pansy Spi-cirtlists in the world— the 

 (Jiant self-eolors. the <Iiant striped and marjiined. 

 and the Giant blutrlied. rtc, all carefully mixed in 

 proportion— the tinest that muney ran buy — the 

 finest your money ean Imy. A florist who has grown 

 it said: '"Why don't ynu call it DefianoeV" 



Vj: trade pkt. '35 cts.. trade pkt. 50 ots., '4 oz. 75 ets., 

 Vi oz. $1.50. 'A «/.. K;2.15. oz. $5.00, 



1914 NOVELTY I^ PANSY 



SIM'S GOLD MEDAL MIXTURE 



Was awarded flip First Prize and rjold Medal at 

 tile Iiiteruatioiial Ilortiriiltural Exliiliilicm. Leld at 

 the Graud Central I'alate. New York City. April, 

 I'.llo. This splendid niixlirre is the result of years 

 of paiustakinff seleetiuy: on the part of Mr. William 

 Sim (renowned for Sweet Peasi, Cliftondale, JIass.. 

 and we are offering seed from tlie originator for 

 the first time. Trade pkt. 'a cts., 3 pkts. for $2.00, 

 Vn oz. .fS.oO. 



Boddington's Quality " English " Pansy 



A superb strain of highly-colored flowers in great variety 

 and immense size. 



Uur Mr. Bunyard. while visiting the Royal International 

 Exhibition in Ijindou, was much Impressed with these blooms, 

 and strongly reeommends this mixture to florists. 



Trade pkt. (300 seeds), $1.00; Vi trade pkt. I25() seeds), 50c. 

 14 oz., $2.2.5; li oz., $4.25; oz., $8.00. 



Other Choice Varieties of Giant 

 Pansies 



Tr. pkt. i oz. 



Biiildinelon's "Challenee" .Mivture $0.50 $1.50 



Triumph of the (iiaiits. I'xtremely large 



llowiT of beautiful eoloriuKs. Should be 



t'niwn by every florist .50 2.75 



Giant Trimardeau. Mammoth flowering, and 



in a good ranixe of eolor 15 .50 



Giant .Masterpiece ( 1' rilled Pansy). Petals 



beautifully waved; exquisite colors 25 1.25 



Cassier's (iiant. A fine strain of large, highly 



colored llowers 15 .85 



Giant UuKnot's staine(i. X-^xtra choice fiowers. 



large anil plenty of light colors 50 



Giant .Madame Terret. X recent introduction 



liy a celelirated French specialist; of 



strons. free growth 15 



Giant Fire King. Brilliant reddish yellow, 



with large Iirown eyes 15 



Giant Lord Beaconsfleld. r)cH'p purple violet, 



top petals light blue 15. 



Giant Canar.v Bird. Ground color is a bright 



golden yellow and each petal is marked 



with a darker blotch 15 .85 



Giant Orchidaeflora, or Orcliid-flowered Pansy. 



Splcndiil v.-iriety; beautiful shades of pink, 



lilac, orange, rose, terra cotta. chamois, etc. .25 1.75 



.85 



.50 



Oz. 

 $5.00 



10.00 



1.50 

 4.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 



3.00 



4.00 



Tr. pkt. } oz. Oz. 

 Giant Emperor William. Ultramarine blue. 



purple eye .$0.10 



Giant (iolden Queen. Bright yellow; no eye. .15 



Giant (iolden Yellow. Yellow; brown eye 15 



Giant Kinu of the Blatks (Faust). Black 15 



Giant Trewident .MeKinley. Golden yellow', 



large, dark b|c>ti-h 15 



Giant Prince Bismarck. Yellowish lironze. 



dark eye 15 



Giant Pretiosa. Crimsim rose, white margin. 



violet blotch 



Giant Rosy Lilac 15 



Giant White. Violet sjiot 10 



NOVELTY PANSIES 



Tr. pkt. 



.VUONIS. Light blue, with white center $0 25 



.YNI)K<).MEI).\. Rosy, with lavender tints " '95 



BKIDKS.M.VIIl. Giant flowers of rosy white '" '95 



E.MPEKOR FRANCIS JOSEPH. Pure white, large violet 



spots 25 



MACVE (jrEEN. A delicate mauve Pansy, the lower 



three petals marked with a large blotch of carmine.... 25 

 PSY'CHE. Violet, liordered white; lieautifully waved petals !25 

 FE.YCOCK. All the name implies; a most beautiful vari- 

 colored variety; peacock blue, edged white '. . . .25 



Rl'BY KING. Superb crimson and red shades 25 



SNOWFI..YKE. Pure white; immense flower ^25 



Vl'LC.VN. Giant brilliant dark red. with five black 



blotches ; unique 05 



Collection of the above 10 varieties, one packet each, for $2.00, 



"THESE PRICES -YRE FOR THE TRADE ONLY" 



Arthur T, Boddington, Seedsman 



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342 West 14th St. 

 NEW YORK 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 

 Commercial Sweet Pea Culture, by 

 A, C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.— -This 50- 

 page pamphlet is likely to be in large 

 request and it is the last word on 

 modern sweet pea culture "by the 

 originator of every winter-flowering 



sweet pea in commerce." How to grow 

 sweet peas successfully in greenhouse 

 and outdoors, how- to pick, keei) and 

 ship the flowers, are topics fully cov- 

 ered. A complete history of the origi- 

 nation and development of the new- 

 race is given and a number of portraits 

 of new sorts are included. 



Conshohocken, Pa. — Willis J. Bald- 

 win has purchased the business of 

 Winfield S. Harry, and rented the 

 :itore and greenhouses, which he will 

 continue to operate. W. S. Harry has 

 been in the business for 50 years — not 

 only as a florist, but has also done a 

 large seed business. 



