December 15, 1906 



horticulture: 



685 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS— Continued 

 New York. 



Frank Mlllang, 65-57 W. 26th St., New 

 York. 



For page see Llst^ j)f Advertisers. 



John 1. Raynor7l9 wT^th St., New York. 



For page see L ist of A dvertisers. 



W. F. Sheridan;"^~W. 28th St., NewTfork. 



For page s ee List of Advertisers. 

 Traeudly &^S'chenck, 44 W. 'iSth St., New 

 York. 



For page see List of .Vdvertlsers. 

 Hicks & Crawbuck, Inc., 76 and 78 Conrt' 

 St. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 A. L. Young & Co., 54 W. 28th St., N. Y. 



Fcir page see List of AdviTtiscrs. 



John Young, 51 W. 28th St., New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Philadelphia. 



W. E. McKlsslck, 1221 Filbert St., Phlla 

 delpbla. Pa. 



For page see List of .\dvertlsera. 

 Leo Nlessen Co., 1217 Arch St., Phlla 

 delpbla. Pa. 



For page see List of .Advertisers. 

 The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 1608-18 

 Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 Edward Reld, 1526 Ranstead St., Phlladel- 

 phla. Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Pittsburg. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co., 545 Liberty St, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 

 For page see List of Ad ver tisers. 



Pittsburg Florists' Exchange, 228 Diamond 

 St.. Pittsburg. Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



New Offers in This issue. 



HOLLY FERNS. 



R. G. Ilanford. .Norfolk. Ct. 

 For page si'e List of .\dvcrtiscr!;. 



KORAL LETTERS AND EMBLEIVIS: 

 ARTIFICIAL POINSETTIAS. 



Koral -MfL'. t'o.. 2i; Haw l«jy St., Boston. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



MONSTER SPIRAEAS: BERLIN 



VALLEY. 



H. F. Mlchell Co., Philadelphia. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



NEW CROP VERBENA SEED. 



Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia. Pa. 

 For pag e see List of Advertisers. 



ORCHIDS, PEAT, SPHAGNUM AND 



ORCHID BASKETS. 



Lager & Hnrnll. Suiiiijiit, N. J. 

 Forpage see List of .Advertisers, 



SPIRAEAS, EARLY FLOWERING 



LILIES AND GLADIOLI FOR 



EASTER FORCING. 



A. T. P.oildiiii-'tou. .Vcw Yorli. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



XMAS PRIMROSES. 



Harlowarden Greenhouses, fireeriport, N. T. 



For page see List of .Advertisers. 



XMAS OFFERINGS. 



James F. Barclay. R. I. Greenhouses, 

 Pawtui-ket. R. I. 

 For page see List of Artverti.scrs^^ 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. K. Nelson, AugusU, Ga.; price- 

 list of field-grown roses. 



H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia; 

 wholesale list of florists' flower seeds 

 and supplies. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 preliminary list of chrysanthemum 

 novel ties for 1907. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co.. New York, 

 preliminary trade price-list of high 

 class vegetable seeds. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



■Thp Village. .A .Journal for Village 

 Life" is the title of a new monthly 

 magazine the first number of which 

 has been just received. The objects 

 of the publication are, a.s announced 

 in the introductory paragraphs, to re- 

 flect and interpret actual life in 

 American villages, to help on the re- 

 newed movement towards the ideal 

 life in small communities, to malvu 

 village life happier, to advocate the 

 formation of village improvement 

 associations, to interest, inform, 

 amuse, and inspire the village dweller. 

 We find ourselves in heartiest sympa- 

 thy with the purposes of our new con- 

 temporary and are glad to extend to 

 its promoters our cordial good wishes 

 for success in their venture. The 

 editorial offices are in Hyde Park, 

 Mass., and the office of publication is 

 at o5 Nassau street, New York. The 

 subscription price is $1.50 a year. 



"Dwarf Fruit Trees" by Prof. F. A. 

 Waugh of Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College comes at a time when it will 

 doubtless meet a warm welcome from 

 the small householder and village 

 dweller— the multitude of people who 

 are now turning their attention to 

 gardening as a pastime, for the pleas- 

 ure and health afforded by indulgence 

 in rural avocations. It is stated in the 

 introductory paragraphs that this is 

 the first American fruit book in a quar- 

 ter centuiT which can boldly declare 

 its independence of the professional 

 element in fruit growing. The book 

 is a neatly bound volume of 125 pages, 

 with 15 illustrations, and treats of 

 propagating, pruning, training and 

 other practical details of general 

 management in the production of good 

 fruit in restricted garden areas. 

 Although written especially for the 

 amateur reader, anything that tends 

 to make gardening more generally 

 popular as this interesting little 

 book surely will, is a distinct benefit 

 to the commercial florist and nursery- 

 man, each of whom, doing a retail 

 trade, should have it on their shelves 

 for sale to their customers. It is pub- 

 lished by the Orange Judd Company, 

 New York. 



PROUD OF WIRTH. 



If the initiatory work of Theodore 

 Wirth, the new superintendent of the 

 city parks, is a fair specimen of what 

 is to follow in his administration, the 

 city of Minneapolis is to be congrat- 

 ulated most heartily. 



I refer more especially to the drive- 

 way just completed on the west side 

 of the river, from the Franklin street 

 bridge to the l^ake street bridge, where 

 it connects with the driveway along 

 the same side of the river, extending 

 to the falls of Minnehaha. 



Having passed over this territory 

 several times during the progress of 

 the work an<I since its completion, I 

 give it as my judgment that it is the 

 best piece of road-building I have yet 

 seen in our entire park system, and 

 furthermore, I thifik the location of 

 this driveway shows excellent judg- 

 ment and a fine artistic taste. 



The money spent for this splendid 

 improvement has been wisely used, 

 anil it is to be sincerely hoped that 

 the park board will be able in the im- 

 mediate future, to extend this drive- 

 way over the .short distance between 

 the Franklin avenue bridge and River- 

 side park, and also to make an equally 

 good driveway on the east side of the 

 river from this bridge to the United 

 States government dam and lock No. 

 2. Both of these improvements are 

 very desirable, the first to complete 

 the park system on the west side of 

 the river, and the second to properly 

 connect with the St. Paul drivev/ay, 

 now being rapidly constructed on the 

 east side of the river to extend to Fort 

 Snelling.— Arthur E. Haynes. State 

 I'niversity. in Mtuiieapolis Journnh 



AN ENGLISH SCALE OF POINTS. 



In the Winter Flowering Carnation 

 Society of England, an association 

 formed for the encouragement of the 

 culture of the American type of carna- 

 tions, the scale of points for judging 

 new varieties is as follows: 



Color 5 points 



Size f ]] 



Fragrance 5 |^ 



Substance ...5 



Calyx 5 " 



General appearance 5 



Length of substance of stem.. .5 



Habit of plant 5 



A variety must gain at least SO 

 1 points to entitle it to a first-class cer- 

 tificate, and 25 points to entitle it to an 

 award of merit. At the first show of 

 this society, held in the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. London, on Dec. 4, prizes 

 were offered for the best collection of 

 cut carnations on table 10 ft. by 1 ft., 

 and many other prizes for blooms 

 shown in vases, also for bouquets, 

 baskets, etc. 



A PAWTbCKET ENTERPRISE. 



.1. F. Barclay of Herkimer. N. Y., 

 who took the Rhode Island green- 

 houses, Pawtucket, R. I., in the spring 

 of 190.^, finning the plant not adapted 

 to growing cut flowers of satisfacory 

 quality, has replaced his flowering 

 stock with ferns, smilax and aspara- 

 gus. Owing to the uncertainty of ob- 

 taining loam for bench and potting 

 soil when needed, a sterilizer was a 

 necessity, and old bench soil after 

 being pa,ssed through it was used again 

 with satisfactory results. A seven- 

 horse-power blower engine has been 

 set up. and a .good fire from No. 3 

 buckwheat coal on a fine grate is ob- 

 tained at a cost of $3.25 a ton for coal. 

 \n auto delivery car. the only one in 

 Rhode Island, is a feature. "nvelve 

 thousand five hundred plants of as- 

 paragus Crawshawii. part of which are 

 nearly large enough to be cut from, 

 constitute a prominent department. 

 As is well known, plants of Whitmanii 

 when dug from the bench and placed 

 ih pots or pans have a decided ten- 

 dency to droop. Mr. Barclay will 

 grow- this in pans, as the o.nly way in 

 which the erect . habit can be main- 

 tained, when desired for the orna- 

 n.-^ntal plant trade. He will also grow 

 it in benches to be cut from. 



Bostoniensis. Barrowsi and Ele- 

 gantissima will receive attention, also 

 cyclamens and primroses, and one 

 house will be devoted to smilax. 



