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HORTICULTURE 



September 11, 1915 



MAGIC 



Manures for all Greenhoase Soils 



Manufactured ExclusirelT for the Trade by the 



CHICAGO FEED S FERTILIZER CO. 



Union Stock Yards, CHICAGO, ILL. 



NIKOTEEN For Spraying 

 APHIS PUNK For Fumigating 



ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT. 



NICOTINE MFG. CO ST. LOUIS, MO. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Pa.- 



-Snyder & Hass, ad- 



— F. Kuechenmeister, 



-Sunnyslope Green- 



Penbrook, 

 ditions. 



Wichita, Kan- 

 rebiiilding. 



Columbia, Mo. 

 houses, addition. 



Dolgevllle, N. Y.— R. B. Poole, State 

 street, one house. 



Bound Brook, N. J. — Chas. Zvolanek, 

 additions and alterations. 



Providence, R. I. — Johnston Bros., 

 Hope street., house 32x152. 



New Haven, Ct. — Prank Lawrence, 

 East Main street, one house. 



Wilmington, Del.— C. W. Griffith, 9th 

 and Tatnall streets, one house. 



Needham, Mass.— Paul E. Richwa- 

 gen, Rosemary street, one house. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — G. Van Bochove 

 & Bro.. Rose Hill, range of houses. 



New Ulln, Minn. — Booek Green- 

 houses, Third North street, one house'. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Jerry Brookins, Or- 

 chard Park, Lord & Burnham house 

 70x150. 



San Francisco, Cal. — C. W. Ward of 

 Eureka, Cal., two houses, one 24x80 

 and one 29xS0. 



Terre Haute, Ind.— Heinl & Weber, 

 one house. Davis Gardens, three 

 houses each 72x600. 



•FREE SASH." 



At this season of the year this 

 sounds good. We have just discovered 

 it on the outside back covor of this 

 paper. You'd better look for it, and 

 while we hate to advise anybody to 

 tear even a corner oft from any page 

 of HoKTUTLTfRE, yet the interests of 

 our readers are our first consideration 

 and "for just this once" we will say — 

 Tear oft that corner and get the cov- 

 eted yellow slip. 



Florist's Pliers 



"Red Devil" No.622-5s in. 



cuts wires as easily as 

 shears cut a stem. 

 Ilnnd honed edgr^— 

 keeps its edge; handlee 

 fit the hand and make 

 the tool work more 

 easily. 



Fits the vest pocket. 

 70c at your dealer's or 

 postpaid from us. 

 Write for "RED 

 DEVn." Booklet. 



SMITH & HEMENWAY CO., Inc. 

 181 Chambers St.. NewVoit City 



FREAKISH FACTS AND FACTLESS 

 FREAKS. 



Compiled from Our Exchanges. 



A white carnation for Mothers' Day 

 cost 15 cents, and in some cases Mother 

 wouUl much rather have had the 15 cents. 

 — Boston Record. 



With fields of corn that appears to be 1« 

 feet high. Oklahoma is short of enough 

 tall men to harvest the crop and may have 

 to supplv its lads with ladders. 



— Boston Traveler. 



Perhaps the best example of a truly 

 reckless person is the householder who 

 buys "mushrooms" from an unknown ped- 

 ler who says he gathered them in the 

 fields. — Boston Traveler. 



Prof H G. "^'alters, of tianghorne. Pa., 

 has a peach tree which bears grafts as 

 follows: Two of apple, three of rose, two 

 of cedar and one each of hemlock, black- 

 berry, lilac, plum and cherry. 



— Boston Traveler. 



Luting. Tex., Aug. 20.— W. H. Happle 

 had on exhibition here a mammoth peapod 

 measuring 2 feet 9 Inches in length, of 

 till' new asparagus variety. It contained 

 a large number of peas of uniform size. 

 It is said the pod is a very delicious table 

 dish when used as a snap bean. This is 

 the first season this variety of pea has 

 been planted in this section, and it is 

 proving to be very prolific. 



— Boston Post. 



Last rridav morning W. D. Howard 

 found that the money drawer of his green- 

 houses on South Main street, had been 

 broken open during the night and 10 cents 

 taken, the onlv money left in the drawer. 

 Suspicion rested on two young boys seen 

 about the premises, and after being ques- 

 tioned bv Chief Murphy, they confessed the 

 act. The boys' parents were notified and 

 the punishment received should be a warn- 

 ing against similar misdeeds in the future. 

 — Mllford (Mass.) Gazette. 



Frank Dcbora and Vincent Pannello, 

 who sav they live in Fall Kiver, will 

 .spend tiie next 30 days in the House of 

 Correction because they helped them- 

 selves to some fruit in the yard in the 

 rear of 46 Walnut street, Neponset, Sun- 

 dav night. The men were arraigned in 

 the Dorchester court yesterday on the 

 charge of larceny. According to their 

 story, they were walking from Fall River 

 to Boston" to see the Italian consul and 

 could not resist the pangs of hunger when 

 they passed the orchard in Neponset. 



— Boston Post. 



An alligator pear tree has been insured 

 b.v Lloyd's for .$30,000. This makes an 

 American tree, situated in Los Angeles 

 County, Cal.. the most valuable tree in the 

 world.' even outstripping the centuries old 

 date palms of Arabia. Tlirough the enter- 

 prise of Lloyd's of London this tree is in- 

 sured against damage by wind or rain. 



This Avacado tree grows on a fruit 

 ranch in Whittier. Cal. Last year it pro- 

 duced .•i.OOO pears, which brought the 

 owner an average, of .50 cents apiece. Be- 

 sides the pears, which are u.sed extensive- 

 ly for salads, the owner received $1,500 for 

 the bud wood. — E.r. 



The Kecocniied Standard Insectletde. 



A spraj remedy for rreen, black, whlta flj, 



red spider, ttuipa, mealy bng and loft MaMi 



Quart, fl.OO; OaUon, fltMt. 



FUNCINE 



An Infallible spray remedy for roaa mildew, 

 carnation and cbrysantbemam mst. 

 Qnart, 76e; GaUon, fa.OO. 



VERMINE 



A soil sterlUier for cat, eel, wire and ancls 

 worms. 



quart, tl.OO; OaUon, fS.OO. 



SCALINE 



A soallclde and fnnrielde combined for Bf» 

 Jose and rarlons scale on trees and tiaid; 

 stock, and variona bUgbU which affect 

 them. 



Qoart, 7So; OaUon. flJM. 



NIKOTIANA 



A 12% njcotlne solatlon properly dllmted 

 for fumigating or vaporlilng. 



Qaart, $1.50; Gallon, $4.50. 



If yon cannot obtain oar products frooi 

 yoor local dealer, §end na yoor order asd 

 we will ship Immediately throngh ow 

 nearest agent. 



Aphine Manufacturing Co. 



MADISON, N. J. 



GEO. A. BCBNIBTON 

 Preaidcnt 



U. C. 

 Trea 



SCOTCH SOOT 



Where there la a honse that is Jait 

 full of bads almost ready to show eolor, 

 nothing win turn better color Into the 

 flowers than a little soot, that can ba 

 scattered over the benches before water- 

 ing. The amonnt applied shoald not be 

 excessive, as the soot Is very gtrong 

 and may damage some of the foliage 

 somewhat. Apply Just enough to blacken 

 the surface of the soil In the benches, 

 and let It go at that. Better a little 

 oftener than too much all at once. 



We offer the genuine in original ewt. 

 Sacks, at: 



M.OO per 112 lbs.; $17.50 per 5«0 lbs. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. 



30-32 BarcUy Street, NEW YORK 



Plantlife Insecticide 



A tobacco preparation used by the best 

 growers for dusting and spraying. 

 Write for book of testimonials and prices. 



THE PLANTLIFE CO. 



417 East 19th St., New York, N. Y. 



Cocoanut Fibre Soil 



Does not stop the use of Humus. 

 All seedsmen keep It In stock. It is the 

 last word In FertllUtng Hnmos 

 Send for Prices. 



2eth CENTURY PLANT FOSD CO. 



27 t 29 ttUH ST.. BCTHLY, MASS. 



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