December 29, 1906 



horticulture: 



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JTeading carnations 



I Earlj delivery of well rooled ilist class healthy cuttings. Send in your order early 



ICHICACO CARNATION CO., 



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ARISTOCRAT Beautiful Ceri 



RED RIDING HOOD (Sc.rletj 



ANo many oihcr ^•"■•^ niic>. 



Catalogue ready Jan. 1st 1907 

 JOLIET, ILL. 



A. T. PYFER. Manager. 





STERILIZING HOT HOUSE SOILS. 



One of the expenses of the hot- 

 house plant or vegetable grower has 

 been the replenishing of soils — worn 

 out by use. When the soil of a green 

 house has been used a certain length 

 of time it becomes practically "dead" 

 or "sterile" and no amount of fertiliz- 

 ing will make it productive. It in 

 reality becomes a breeding place for 

 the various fungus diseases which in- 

 fest the crops and growers have here- 

 tofore been obliged to remove a 

 greater portion of the dirt and re- 

 place it with fresh soil. Even this, 

 while it remedied the soil some was not 

 complete and proved expensive. The 

 problem has at last been solved and soil 

 sterilization is no longer an experi- 

 ment, but a reality. The method is to 

 run steam pipes perforated with small 

 holes, through the entire length of the 

 bed. These are buried about a foot in 

 the soil and attached to the steam 

 boiler. When all is ready the steam 

 is turned on and left for 5 to 8 hours 

 or until the soil seems thoroughly 

 cooked. The theory advanced is that 

 the extreme heat does the work. It 

 has long been known that farm land 

 once burned over by dead grass, or in 

 spots by brush heaps are thereafter 

 much more productive; this is no 

 doubt partiallv due to ashes, but not 

 all. 



The Michigan Agricultural College 

 has taken up the subject and is now 

 making some expensive experiments. 

 They have laid pipes made of porous 

 substance, and also tested an appara- 

 tus made like an old-fashioned spike- 

 toothed drag, the teeth being made of 

 perforated iron pipes attached to a 



Sow Now 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII 



The larj^e tiowermg types, .-ire a 

 specialty with us; the imperfect 

 tiowei'ing and small variel'es are 

 carefully avoided. 



Dwarf Choicest Mixed, %-tradc 

 pkt., ■ir.f. trade pkt..40c; oz.,$1.2.'i. 



urandifiora. Choicest Mixed, trade 

 pkt , 2iic; oz., 5IIC. (.\lso all other 

 sorts.) 



SALVIA, (Scarlet Sage) 



Bonfire, (Clara Redman), H trade 

 pkt..iOc; trade pkt., 40c; oz.. ■52-50. 



Ball oi Fire, (Xeiv dwarf). )4-trade 

 pkt.. 3iir; trade pkt.,oOc; oz., 83.00. 



Splendens, trade pkt.,25c:oz.,81,26, 

 (.\lsu all other sorts.) 



VERBENA 

 (.Michell's Mammoth Fancy) 



Mammoth Fancy nixed, trade pkt , 

 3nc; per oz., Sl-^O. 



VINCA, (Mammoth Strain) 



Pure White, Pink. White with 

 Pink Eye, any of the above. 20c per 

 trade pkt.; per oz., GOc. 



mixed. All lolors. LW per trade 

 pkt.; per oz.. 50c. 



Write todaq for our sprcial combina- 

 tif'n flower seed list -And order sheet, 

 for fJortsts. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market St.. PHILA., Pfl 



John Waterer & Sons, Ld. 



AMERICAN NURSERY 



BAGSHOT, ENGLAND 



have the finest s<ock of recognized Hardy Rhododendrons, Azaleas, An- 

 dromedas, high class Evergreens and specimen Conifers. Ask for special list 

 of plants grown for the American trade. 



John Waterer & Sons are the great exhibitors of Rhododendrons Ir 

 London. 



frame work and all connected with 

 each other. The whole arrangement is 

 placed with the teeth downward on 

 the soil to be sterilized and the teeth 

 forced into the soil. This of course 

 will do away with the expense of 

 burying pipes. The success of the first 

 experiment is assured and ere another 

 year many of the green-house men 

 here will be equipped and ready. 



W. S. STEVENS. 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Henry Nungesser & Co.. New York; 

 wholesale price-list of grass and 

 clover seeds. 



Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J. 

 Catalogue of novelties in chrysanthe- 

 mums, carnations, roses, etc. 



The Mitchell Greenhouses and 

 Nurseries, Mitchell, S. D., "The New- 

 burys," proprietors. Wholesale and 

 retail list of trees, shrubs, plants and 

 flowers. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Son, White Marsh. 

 Md. Descriptive geranium catalogue 

 for 1907. Unquestionably the most 

 comprehensive catalogue of geraniums 

 ever published in this country. It is 

 adorned w^ith many half-tone illustra- 

 tions of great beauty and the cover 

 bears colored portraits of two striking 

 varieties: 



The Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, 

 Mich., send a neat folder giving de- 

 scription and testimonials in favor of 

 the Morehead Tilting Return Steam 

 Trap, which has been advertised be- 

 times in HORTICULTURE. The More- 

 head is the standard and no steam 

 heated greenhouse can afford to be 

 without this money-saving device. 

 This folder tells why. 



Burpee's Farm Annual for 1907 is 

 out. This will be good news for the 

 universal man who is looking for 

 "Seeds That Grow." Especially inter- 

 esting are the pages devoted to thr 

 Bush Lima Beans, two new "crea- 

 tions" in this class, being recorded as 

 1907 novelties — the "Fordhook" and 

 the "Burpee-Improved." $1,000 in 

 cash prizes are offered for superior 

 culture and reports on these special- 

 ties, and we advise the reader of this 

 note to send for the schedule giving 

 rules on awards thereof. 



Kelway's Manual of Horticulture, 



S5th edition, issued by Kelway & Son, 

 Langport, Somerset, England, has just 

 come to hand. A book of 400 pages, 

 illustrated with many hundreds of 

 superb halftones and two colored 

 plates, this publication outclasses the 

 ordiuitry catalogue and is, indeed, 

 what its name implies, a manual which 

 one may sit and pore over and find 

 much to learn. It contains so much 

 that to particularize would demand 

 space far beyond our limits. We can 

 only say that there is not one page of 

 the JOO that the plant lover will not 

 read with deep interest. 



GERANIUM 



NN'holesale catalogue and price 

 list contains descriptions of 

 seventy-five of the best 

 standard sorts and lUU im- 

 ported novelties, sent free to 

 trade only. 



R. VINCENT, Jr. & SON 



WHITE MARSH, MD. 



LADY CAY 



AND 



HARDY GARDEN ROSES 



in choice varieties. FieM grown plants, 

 first quality stock including F"rau Karl 

 Druschki. New Hardy Hybrid Tea 

 Dean Hole. Killarney and Souvenir 

 de Pierre Notting. Herbaceous 

 Paeonies. Hollyhocks and Phlox. 



CataloEue mailed on request. 



M. H. WALSH 



nost SPECIALIST WOODS HOLE. MASS. 



SPECIMEN NURSERY STOCK 



Drciduoui Tree* and Shrubs. Evergreen*. 

 Rhododendrons, Azalens. over one hundred 

 1 100 acres of the choicest varieties. 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO. 



Queens, Lons Island, - New York 



