July 17, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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Boddington's Gigantic Pansies 



Pan»y — Boddington's " Challenge " — All Giants 



This mixture i;r.nt;iiiis Mil tlie Bnest Giiint strains— of 

 the leading Pansy Specialists in the world — the Giant 

 self-colors, the Giant striped and margined, and the 

 Giant blotched, etc., all carefully mixed in proportion. 

 '/. trade pkt. 33o.. tra<le pkt. 50 cts.. % oz. "5 cts., V4 oz, 

 SI.50, >/. oz,. Si.iS, oz. S5.00. 



1914 NOVELTY i^ PANSY 



Sim's Gold Medal Mixture 



Was awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 

 International Horticultural Exhibition, held at the Grand 

 Central Palace, New York City, April, 1913. This splen- 

 did mixture is the result of years of painstaking select- 

 ing on the part of Mr. William Sim, Cliftondale, Mass. 

 We are offering seed from the originator. 



Trade pkt. 73 cts.. 3 pkts. for S.'.OO. % oz. S3. .5ft 



Other Choice Varieties of Giant 



Tr. 



Triunii)li of the Giants. ExtreiU' ly large 

 flowers of beautiful colorings $ 



Giant Triniardeau. Large flowers and in 

 a good range of color 



Giant .Masterpiece. (Frilled). Exquisite 

 colors 



Cassier's Giant. Large, highly colored 

 flowers 



Giant Bngnot's Stained. Extra choice flow- 

 ers, large and plenty of light colors... 



Giant Madame Perret,. A recent Introduction 

 by a celebrated French specialist; of 

 strong, free growth 



Giant Fire King. Brilliant reddish yellow, 

 with large brown eyes 



Giant Lord Beaoonsfleld. Deep purple violet, 

 top pitals light blue 



Giant Oanar.v Bird,. Ground color is a 

 brii-'lit golden yellow and each petal is 

 marked with a darker blotch 



Giant Orchidaeflora, or Orchid-flowered 

 Paus.v. Splendid variety; beautiful shades 

 of pink, lilac, orange, rose, terra cotta, 

 chamois, etc 



Giant Emperor William. Ultramarine blue, 

 purple eye 



Giant Golden Queen. Bright yellow : no eye 



fiianl i.olilen bellow. Yellow: br'iwn eye.. 



Giant KiiiK of the Blacks (Faust i Black.. 



Giant I'resiilent McKinley. Golden yellOW, 

 large dark blotch 



Giant Prince Bismark. Yellowish bronze, 

 dark eye 



Giant Pretiosa. Crimson rose, white margin, 

 violet blotch 25 



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NOVELTY PANSIES Tr pkt 



.\DOXIS. Light blue, with white center $.25 



ANDRO.MED.V Rosy, with lavender tints 25 



BRIDESM.AID,. Giant flowers of rosy white 25 



E.MPEBOB rB.\NCIS JOSEPH. Pure white, large 



violet spots 25 



M.41 VE QUEEN. A delicate mauve Pansy, the lower 



three petals marked with a large blotch of carmine... .25 

 PSYCHE. Violet, bordered white; beautifully waved 



petals 25 



PE.4COCK. All the name implies; a most beautiful 



varicolored variety; peacock blue, edged white 25 



RUBY KING. Superb crimson and red shades 25 



SNOWFL,AKE. Pure white; immense flower 25 



vri.C.4N. Giant brilliant dark red, with five black 



Idotches ; unique 25 



Colli'ction of the above 10 varieties, one packet each, for $2.00. 



WINTER FLOWERING SWEET PEAS. Send for New Price List Now Ready. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, seedsman 



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moved, as these leaves require feed- 

 ing, and take their share of the sap 

 before it gets to the flower, and more- 

 over these lower leaves soon decay in 

 the water and turn it sour. They 

 should then be put in a cool placf for 

 an hour if possible." 



W. H. .\i)Si;ii. 



FIELD CULTURE OF CARNATIONS. 

 A paper by Ira Landis. before the Lan- 

 caster County Florist Club. 



As soon as the soil can be gotten 

 into shape early in April we like to 

 commence planting into the field. .As- 

 suming that tlio soil has been well 

 manured and properly prepared with 

 three men and a few boys, the plant- 

 ing proceeds nicely. We always use 

 two lines and draw a rake along each 

 row to make the soil mellow and the 

 planting easy. 



Where a great many thousand are 

 grown I believe it advisable to plant 

 In beds of about five rows each, fifteen 

 inches apart and ten inches between 

 the plants and cultivate by hand. We 



plant in rows thirty inches apart and 

 ten inches in the row and cultivate 

 with a horse. This method of cultiva- 

 tion I prefer to the liand cultivator 

 where space is not limited as the deep 

 cultivation helps the soil to retain 

 moisture for a greater period. Care 

 must 1)6 taken not to cultivate too 

 close • to the plants so as to injure 

 the roots. Cultivate about every two 

 weeks and as soon as possible after a 

 rain with a fine toothed harrow in 

 order to leave the soil nice and mel- 

 low. 



• As soon as the plants have become 

 thoroughly cstalilished and their flow- 

 ering shoots begin to push up, the 

 pinching back or topping must be at- 

 tended to and the stock gone over 

 about every two weeks. About .Au- 

 gust 1 this topping must be discon- 

 tinued if you want early blooms and 

 if you have good healthy stock to 

 start with in the spring the greater 

 part of it shotild bo ready to plant 

 into the house early in August. 

 In the discussion that followed Mr. 



Landis' paper, it was generally con- 

 ceded by the fifteen or more carna- 

 tion growers present that the cultiva- 

 tion liy horse was an advantage on ac- 

 count of the greater depth the horse 

 harrow liad over the hand cultivation. 

 It was also brought very strongly that 

 early planting was an advantage and 

 that some of the best results were ob- 

 tained where the planting had been 

 done pii early that the plants had a 

 pretty liard freeze after being planteo 

 out, II. V. Barr citing an instance 

 where the thermometer went below 

 28 for several nights after planting 

 out. and Frank Kohr, an instance 

 where the plants were snowed under 

 a I'lw days after they had been plant- 

 ed, with beneficial results to the 

 plants in both cases. W. B. Girvin 

 said he planted about 22,000 to the 

 acre, cultivating by horse power and 

 was looking for a motor power culti- 

 vator to take the place of the horse. 

 He believed in planting as early as 

 the soil could be gotten Into shape, 

 which differs In some localities. 



