December 8, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



599 



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ROSES, CARNATIONS, 



Valley, Sweet Peas, Lilies, Narcissi, Violets, Calendulas, Snapdragons, Callas, 

 Mignonette, Daisies, Feverfew, and all other seasonable stock ; also Greens, 

 such as Ferns, Asparagus Sprengeri, Green and Bronze Galax, Leucothoe 

 Sprays, Adiantum, Mexican Ivy and Boxwood. We have Home Grown 

 Asparagus, hence never a shortage here. 



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We arc in daily touch with market conditions and when a decline talies place jou can rely upon orders sent us receiving such benetits 



in flower gardening in America than 

 in any European country. 



Because of the abnormal conditions 

 existing today flower gardening has 

 received a severe shock. But the de- 

 sire for flowers persists perhaps even 

 more strongly than ever before. It is 

 actual necessity that prevents many 

 people today from surrounding their 

 homes with the uplifting and refining 

 influence of flowers. Never was, there 

 such need in the world for the influ- 

 ence of the delicate beauty which is 

 produced only in the flower garden. 

 We who have made gardening our life 

 work should now do all we can to 

 gladden the hearts of the sick. Yes, 

 because of the waste of war actual 

 flower gardening has suffered — but 

 when peace comes and the pendulum 

 again swings the other way, flower 

 gardening will find that it has even a 

 greater place in the sun — Flower 

 Gardening in America has indeed a 

 glorious future. 



VEGETABLE FORCING 



By Prof. K. L. Watts 



Which lias just come from the press. 

 This book was produced in respouse to 

 numhprloss Innulries tor a practical up- 

 to-date volume on the forcing of vege- 

 tables. In our judtrment it is the most 

 complete, final and authoratativ<' work on 

 fonniij ever issued. The author of this 

 intensely practical book has hail a large 

 e.\perience in growing crops under glass, 

 lie gives clearly and concisely, complete 

 instructions covering Greenhouse Con- 

 struction, Soil, Preparation, Insects, 

 Diseases. Marketing, Cropping System, 

 and the growing of all of the most Im- 

 portant Vegetable Forcing Crops. The 

 book will be found equally valuable to 

 amateurs and experienced gardeners. 

 Price Net S3.00. For Sale by 

 HOKTICri.TliKK PIlBLISlliNfi <0. 

 Boston, >lass. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



The Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege Ten Weeks' Course will open De- 

 cember 31, 1917. Courses will be 

 given in Horticulture, Agriculture, 

 Science, Economics and Sociology. 

 The instruction in Floriculture is ac- 

 companied by courses in Plant Patho- 

 logy, Entomology, Landscape Garden- 

 ing, and Soil Fertility. The course in 

 Floriculture will cover Greenhouse 

 Construction and Management, lectures 

 on Commercial Crops, Propagation, 

 etc. Work on Garden Flowers in- 

 cludes lectures on annuals, biennials, 

 perennials, bedding plants, gardens 

 and garden management. The ex- 

 penses for the course are not great and 

 $12.5 should cover everything, includ- 

 room, board, books, supplies, and 

 student affairs. A bulletin has just 

 been issued and may be obtained by 

 addressing the Supervisor of Short 

 Courses, M. A. C, Amherst, Mass. 



Experiments on the control of Cycla- 

 men Mito are under way. James Whit- 

 ing, foreman of the greenhouses, and 

 S. C. Vinal, entomologist of the exper- 

 iment Station, are cooperating in the 

 work, and it is expected that some 

 valuable data will be ready in a short 

 time. 



Work on the problem of the Possi- 

 bilities in Seed Production in this 

 country has begun. All suggestions 

 which seedsmen, florists, and market 

 gardeners offer will be most cordially 



accepted by the department. The 

 work is for your benefit and we want 

 your cooperation. Address your letters 

 to the Department of Floriculture, 

 M. A. C, Amherst, Mass. 



Last Tuesday Aubrey Butler of 

 Butler & Ullman's of Northampton 

 addressed the club on Retail Store 

 Management. The talk was interest- 

 ing and instructive and gave the 

 students an idea of the great number 

 of details that come up in the retail 

 store. 



St. Louis.— The florists' party mas- 

 querade dance will take place Dec. 

 12th at Westminster Hall. 



Xmas Supplies 



RED RUSCUS 70c. per lb. 



RED FRIZ 55c. per 60 vards 



IMMORTELLES 25c. per buncn 



RED POINSETTIAS, for basket, etc., 

 $l.r>ii. $:j.(iO, $4.00 and $5.00 per gross 



Large size $10.00 per gross 



RED TEAZELS, with Thistle Blooms, 

 $6.00 per 100. 



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