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HOETICULTUKE 



September 19, 1914 



Who Reads 

 Horticulture ? 



The man with a serious object in 

 life, of progressive purpose and 

 broad business aims; who is inter- 

 ested to know what the other suc- 

 cessful men of the trade are doing 

 and how they are doing it; who 

 reads to learn and improve 



Find a regular reader of Horti- 

 culture and you will find he fits the 

 foregoing qualifications. 



VIEW IN CARNATION RANGE. 



A. N. Pierson Co., Inc., Cromwell. Conn. 



If you have stock to sell, he is the 

 man who wants to know about it; 

 who is in a position to become a 

 customer if you can suit him; who 

 has the ability to pay for the goods. 



Do you want to get in touch with 

 him and do business with him? 



If you do. 



You Know 

 the Answer 



Your advertisement in Horticulture 

 will get the attention of a larger pro 

 rata percentage of such readers 

 than in any other publication in 

 this country. 



Get Busy 



I'/wto. iy T. H. Holland, Dorchestir, Mass. 



TROUBLE WITH HOLLYHOCKS. 



The great trouble with these plants 

 is to have them come true to name. 

 You plant the seeds of large double 

 ones and they often come single; no 

 matter how careful you are in saving 

 tlie seeds you can not depend on them. 

 What is the trouble? Watch them 

 while blooming and see how the bees 

 work on them; that accounts for il, 

 the bees ruin the pollen. 



To avoid the difficulty the different 

 sorts should be put as far apart as 

 possible. We had one patch isolated 

 and they came true and this is the so- 

 lution of the problem. Raising and 

 selling them is fraught with difficulty. 

 As they are mostly biennials, you can 

 not prove their color by blooming and 

 so there is no end of vexation. Cus- 

 tomers order double ones and they 

 come single, while the grower may be 

 honest, knowing he sowed the right 

 seed. Seeds of the largest double 

 ones are small and of poor vitality, 

 they are high-priced and you do not 

 get a good stand. E.\pensive seed 

 from abroad is about as disappointing 

 as any. The surest way is to raise 

 your own seed in isolated patches. 

 C. S. Harblsox. 



would go through the rest of the year 

 with good cultivation. If you want a 

 beautiful descriptive manual send to 

 Mrs. Dean, Iris Gardens, Moneta, Cal- 

 ifornia. C. S. H.\RRISON. 

 York, Neb. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



New York — Frank Cuthbertson, of C. 

 C. Morse Co., San Francisco. 



Washington, D. C. — J. Rosnosky, 

 H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 .lohn G. Heinl, Terra Haute, Ind. 



Boston — S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, 

 Cal.; William Plumb, New York City; 

 Sam Woodrow. New Fork City; J. M. 

 Perreard, Washington, D. C. 



Philadelphia— Charles W. Edgar, B. 

 F. Barr & Co., Lancaster, Pa.; James 

 Brown, Coatesville, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. 

 .lohn Walker, Youngstown. Pa.; Sam 

 McClements, Pittsburgh. Pa.; Mrs. 

 Thos. McOintock, Scranton, Pa.; Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bogart, Greensboro Floral 

 Co., Greensboro, N. C. 



AN IRIS MANUAL. 



We have just received a beautiful 

 booklet on the iris from Mrs. Dean of 

 the Iris Gardens of Moneta. California. 

 It is as beautiful as art can make it. 

 We have visited Mrs. Dean. She is a 

 charming lady. Besides understanding 

 her business, she has ransacked Eu- 

 rope and America and has one of the 

 world's choice collections. The iris I 

 noticed was well adapted to the soil 

 and climate of California. I am sure 

 from our experience in hot and dry 

 Nebraska that they would do well any- 

 where in California without irrigation. 

 The winter rains would carry them 

 through the blooming season and they 



Chicago: L. J. Larsen, Menominee, 

 Mich.; Otto A. Schroeder, with Carl 

 Meier & Co., Green Bay, Wis.; James 

 Currie, Milwaukee, Wis.; Ernest 

 Strehle, St. Louis. Mo.; A. M. Augs- 

 purger, Peoria, 111.; Wm. E. Tucker, 

 Madison, N. J.; John Moritz, St. Louis, 

 Mo.; James P. Keller. Lexington, Ky. ; 

 E. W. Siebrecht, of The Terre Haute 

 Rose & Carnation Co., Terre Haute, 

 Ind.; J. J. Karins, of Dreer's, Phila. 



Among the things which at present 

 time are making a glorious show in 

 the Boston Convention Garden is the 

 bed of Gladiolus Rochester White. As 

 one gentleman connected with the park 

 department truly says "Vick ought to 

 be proud of it." 



