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HOETICULTUEE 



December 12, 1914 



Don''t \A/orry 



ABOUT LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Our pips have arrived from German}^ as usual. Thc}^ are in prime 



condition. Prices not advanced. 



R. J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



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CHRISTMAS PLANTS 



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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose 

 Growing. By George C. Thomas, Jr. 

 The publishers of this beautif\il vol- 

 ume, .1. B. Lippincott Co., of I'hilacUl- 

 phia. have every reason to feel proud 

 of it, and we believe it is destined to 

 meet with a most cordial, popular re- 

 ception and a large sale. It certainly 

 is well worthy of this, not for its 

 beauty alone, but for the intrinsic 

 value of its contents. We do not be- 

 lieve there has been anything ever 

 published in this country on the sub- 

 ject of roses to compare with this book. 



We are told that it has been a life- 

 long hobby with the author to try out 

 all known varieties of his favorite 

 flower, and that he has achieved re- 

 markable success in rose growing, the 

 garnered information with which his 

 pages are teeming is conclusive evi- 

 dence of the truth of the statement. 



In "The Practical Book of Outdoor 

 Rose Growing," Mr. Thomas has put hi.s 

 vast stores of practical knowledge at 

 the service of the rose lover. The di- 

 rfctinns ciupring every detail of rose- 



culture — what varieties will grow out- 

 of-doors in this climate; when to plant, 

 how to plant, how to prepare the soil, 

 and exactly what treatment should be 

 given each variety — are the result of 

 careful and exhaustive tests and ex- 

 periments and years of successful prac- 

 tice. In truth the volume is one of 

 exact, complete and authoritative in- 

 formation, adapted to ready reference. 



The general scope of the chapters in- 

 clude the Propagation of Roses, by tin- 

 various methods of cutting, budding, 

 grafting, layering, suckering and by 

 seeds; The Best Varieties with Their 

 Characteristics and a full tabulated rose 

 list of seventeen closely printed pages, 

 giving names, habit, hardiness, color, 

 etc.; Location and Preparation of Soil: 

 Ordering and Planting; Pruning; Ciil 

 tivation and General Information and 

 Hints on Hybridization. From tip' 

 standpoint of the experienced rosarian 

 these chapters are practical and strict- 

 ly up-to-date in every detail. 



There are 96 exquisite plates illus- 

 trating in natural colors the finest of 

 the modern varieties. These, we arf 



informed, are the result of three years' 

 work on the part of the author in 

 making and perfecting auto-chrome 

 color photographs from perfect blooms. 

 The greater part of the varieties thus 

 pictured arc Hybrid Teas. 



These exquisite illustrations in con- 

 junction with fine tyi)ographical make- 

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 a text-book for the gardener, profes- 

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 lover of flowers, and an art-book for 

 the lover of the beautiful, we can con- 

 fidently and enthu.siastically commend 

 it. The price is $4.00 net. Postage 

 extra. 



I Want Room 



A surplus of S. A. Nutt, John Doyle and 

 Perkins GERANirMS, tn 214-ln. pots, $15.00 

 per 1000. Other varieties, 2Vi-in. pots, $18.00 

 per 1000. 

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