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HORTICULTURE 



Marph 25, 1916 



REMEMBER 



IF IT'S A HARDY PERENNIAL 



or so called Old-fashioned Flower worth 

 growing, we have it in one shape and anoilier 

 the year round in {[uantity. We have the iar^n-st stock in this country, all Made in 

 America, and our prices will average 75c per Dozen, $5.50 per 100 



Why say more here ? Send for our Wholesale Price List of varieties and benefit from the 

 opportunities this affords you. We have a surplus of the followinfr desirable Hardy plants and 

 offer them until sold as follows : 



BARGAINS IN DESIRABLE HARDY PERENNIALS 



AKTKIts II VKIIY. o\rT :m \nrU-HvH. Auk f<ir ili'<.rrl|>ll><- 

 rudiloKiir, wlitcll InrluilcH till* Intent Kurujiritn Inlrtf- 

 ilurtlotiH. 



Ill Mill. Kl.\ \ KIT! IIIAN'A « MAliNIFICA. Tiil nr lli'lil 

 plitn(M. A..k for np«tIii1 olTcr. 



ri N'KIA SI l(( OUIIATA t.lt AMtli'I.OKA. IIk- liirKi- oui-ct 

 Nin*-llint: ulit(«- (lii>' lll>. Strtinjc fltiwtTlMK rtiiitN. :M1,.'>U 



Il<l> <,|:KM\M('A In rollnninic niknii-il niirln: I'ulliilil, 

 M.i'tiiinc CliiTrnn. Mrt*. Durwln, (iurrlck. FiinttiKy, Fniry 

 tlnrrn, \\ illliini III pink, Siherlen Itlui*, NiliiTira Albil, 

 SIhrrira Sniiw 4)ii,'«'n. 93.(H) per 100, :t>'*'>.<H> prr Until. 



rorril.s <»I{IK\rAI.. choice namecl sortN from cullinKn 

 rviKly ill April, 3 inch pots. Price $6.50 per 100. 



WKMONK .l.\l'<)NU'.\. Choice named sorts, S Inch pots, 

 *<j.."iO p,'r 100. 'i inch pots pluntint: out htocli reu<Iv 

 April. S.S.IHI PIT KMl. 



( IIUV.S.WTIIKMI >I> 



cit- \:iriflifN now 



lltinly rniiipons, Doiilili- iinil .Sin- 

 ■iiil.v. ';i^. inch pots, »:(.oo per 100. 



lIKMIItlM \l.l.l-<. \|>ri<<il. Iliiiii. l.olil llo>t. K»iinso 

 ilonlili- iinil siiii;!,.. MldilcnilorO, f IriinKfiioin itiiil Thnn- 

 ImtkI, HirooK ('liiinp<. SIf.iHl prr KHl, K.'.-i.iHt pi-r IIMH). 



IIKI.I.l.NTIII s. Iliir<l% I'lri'iiniiil .stiiillovtrr. .Mollis (,riintl- 

 illoriis, MI-> M.lll.li. Mii\lnilihiollio> nnil others. Fielil 

 roots X'MHJ per ion, M.*,.4io per KMH). 



II ICI Cll )2K \. SiiiiKiiknen Kiisea, Ilrixtiides, f*niellllnin unil 

 Citprice, .Stronic lt«>lil plants. lt.-,.,-,o per ]0(l. |(.',0.IHI per 

 1 01 HI. 



\ KK'lMC.l. I.onicifollu isiilisesslll. p|jiol> from I lo- llelil. 

 yQ.aO per lUO, »oO.(HI per IIMNI. 



VIOI..V (i. WEK.MKi. The Miininer flouerlnic Manly Violet. 

 'i\<j Inch fiots 7.>c. |ier tint... *.*>.(MI per 100. 



OKN.V.MKNTAI, t.KANSKS. Vrtinilo Donax VarieKalii 



.StrollK roots Hitli several i'>es. S7..'»0 per 100, yi.tHI p,.r 

 cluz. \'arieRnted ICil>l>ofi t.rass, strone clumpN 93. .'lO per 

 100, -,0c. per doz. 



■ I'IKKA \ .VN 11(11 TKI. \er.\ stroOK linshy (raiispianleil. 

 JSlirplits Stock : 

 a, 3' Sfl.Ofl per IIMI, S.'>.'>.IHI per lolMI. 

 3/1' SJ.,™ per 100, )i;o.OO p.r KHXl. 



TKE PALISADES NURSERIES, Inc., noJ^l'^'^l'^u.y. 



R. W. CLUCAS, Manager 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY, 

 On Tuesday evening. March 14, 

 Bruce Butterton read an instructive pa- 

 per on "Boxwood and Us Enemies" be- 

 fore an interested audience, wliich 

 brought out a good discussion on the 

 means for combatting the leaf-miner 

 which has become a very serious pest 

 of the boxwood. It was voted to set 

 the date for the joint exhibition of the 

 Society and tlie Garden Club one weelc 

 later than first announced so as not to 

 conflict with the Gladiolus Show in 

 Boston. The dates as now arranged 

 are August 17, 18 and 19, On Tuesday 

 evening, .March 28, Prof. B. L. Hart- 

 well of Kingston will lecture on "How 

 Plants Feed," and on .^pril 25, E. H. 

 Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Boston, will deliver a stereopticon lec- 

 ture on the "Flowers and Gardens of 

 Japan." \V. F. Smith, \Vm. Alackay, 

 A. S. Meikle, \Vm. Gray and Bruce But- 

 terton were appointed a committee to 

 arrange for a Ladies' Night in the 

 week following Easter. James Bond 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for 

 fine blooms of tulip Glory of Haarlem. 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday, March 27. 



FlorlBts' and Garrtcncre' Club of 

 Rhode Island, Swartz IJall, Provi- 

 dence, K. I. 



(iarcicuers' and Floristg' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florist Kxcbange Hall, 

 lialtlniore, Md. 



Tuesday, March 28. 



Newport lliiitlculturul Society, 

 Newport, K. 1. ;i[ 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. I" 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



-March 2.'>-.Vprll 2, l'lilla<lelphla. — 

 Fourth National Flower Show of the " 

 Society of American FlorlstB, Con- I 

 ventlon Hall, Hroad Street and Al- |! 

 legheny Avenue. J 



April 6-12, New York. — Interna- ! 

 tlonal Flower Show of the Hortl- ' 

 cultural Society of New York and 

 the .New York Florists' Cluh, Grand 

 Central Palace, Forty-sixth Street 

 and Lexington Avenue, New i'ork. 



.Mi»y 10, 14, Boston.— May Show 

 -MassachuBetts Horticultural Society. 

 Horticultural Hall. 





HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 



"Seasonable Flowers" was the sub- 

 ject of a general discussion on last 

 Tuesday evening, at the meeting of 

 the Horticultural Society of Western 

 Penn. in Pittsburgh. 



Cultural certificates were awarded 

 as follows: William Allen, Homewood 

 Cemetery, for carnations Matchless. 

 Enchantress Supreme and pink and 

 white Winsor; Henry B. Keillor of 

 the Highland Floral Company, carna- 

 tions; A. A. Leach of "Greenlawn," 



Primula obconica. At this session the 

 following new members were admit- 

 ted: Active, Theodore P. Langhans 

 and Oliver Langhans, of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., and James 

 Stewart, foreman for Edward A. 

 Woods, and nine associate members. 

 On the previous Tuesday evening the 

 Horticultural Society held a session in 

 the lecture hall of Carnegie Institute, 

 when :\Ir. McCallum of the Pierson U- 

 Bar Co.. contributed an interesting ad- 

 dress on "Small Greenhouses and 

 What Flowers to Grow in Them." 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



There was an unusually large at- 

 tendance of the members in the Dutch 

 Room of the Fort Pitt Hotel on the 

 night of March 7th, to greet the new- 

 President, Carl Becherer. 



Pastjuale Fabbozzi, an Italian mem- 

 ber of the Club, had on exhibition a 

 representation of the seal of the City 

 of Pittsburgh done in immortelles of 

 various colors. The design was nearly 

 five feet in diameter, and its novelty 

 and beauty attracted very favorable 

 consideration as shown by certificate 

 of merit awarded by Judges Jno. W. 

 Jones, .M. Curran and E. J. McCallum. 

 As judges of the cut flowers and 

 blooming plants the President appoint- 

 ed Messrs. P. S. Randolph, Neil McCal- 

 lum and Wm. Thomson. 



List of Awards. 



Bassett & Washhiirn. Chicago: For car- 

 nation Hellc WaBbburn, a lirst class cer- 

 tificate. 



K. G. mil Co., Richmond, Ind.: A first 

 class certificate for carnation Alice Coombs. 



Rose Prima Donna from Florex Gardens, 

 n cultur.'il certificate. 



Edw. Winkler, Wakefield. MaaB. : Cultu- 

 ral cert'Hcate for carnation Morning Glow. 



Alois Frey, Crown Point, Ind.: Certifi- 

 cate of merit for Rainbow freeslas. 



A. A. Leach, gardener for H. J. Heinz: 

 Cultural certificate for migonette and for 

 carnations. 



T. Tyler, gardener for C. D. Armstrong: 

 Cultural certificate for Cactus Cineraria. 



Carl Becherer, gardener DIxraont Hospi- 

 tal : Award of merit for hyacinths, tulips 

 and seedling carnations. 



M. Curran. gardener for Mrs. E. M. 

 Home. Sewlckley, Pa. : Award of merit 

 for carnations. 



Bureau of Parks. Schenlpy Park: Cul- 

 tural certificate for bulbous plants and 

 Primula obconica. 



P. S. Randolph & Sons, Verona, Pa.: 

 Cultural commendation for Coronilla glanca. 

 H. P. J08LIN, Sec'y. 



