December 4, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



733 



Lily of the Valley — Cold Storage 



Planted in the bench this week will flower for New Year's Day 

 $2 per 1 OO $4.50 per 2SO $9 per 500 $ 1 8 per 1 OOO 



SHAMROCK SEED 



"From the Ould Sod" 



sow NOW to make good plant! for St. Patrick's Day. 

 Tr. pkt., 26c.; oz., »1.00; hi lb., ^.00; lb.. flO-OO. 



The Godfrey Calla 



A lie vautjircy \_<iii£i. 



As a free bloomer, far superior to the old Aetlieopl 

 produces a flower soiiiewLat smaller but inflnltely m 

 useful. Plant 3 bulbs in a 7 Inch pot. Bulbs ly, to 2 Incl 

 diameter. $l..'iO per doz. ; $10.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000. 



Gladiolus, Colvillei and Nanus 



I'lant some of tlu'st' umong your Carniltioiif.. 



100 1000 

 Ackermanii. Salmon orange, with white blotches, 



edged scarlet; very pretty $0.50 $4.50 



Uelicatissima superba. Pure white, bright, large 



carmine blotch 1.50 13.00 



Fairy Queen. Carmine red, white blotch 60 5.00 



Fire King. Orange scarlet, purple blotch, purple 



border 1.85 17.00 



Pink Perfwtion. A fine rose variety 75 6.50 



Queen Willielmlna. I31ush white, with con- 

 spicuous blotches of cream, with scarlet 



margin 1.00 9.00 



Sappho. Large white, shaded pale lilac, with 



faint, creamy blotches, edged violet 75 6.00 



The Bride (Colvillei alba). True. This lovely, 

 white, miniature Gladiolus makes a useful 

 cutflower for early Spring use; will stand 

 forcing 60 5.00 



Spiraea, or Astilbe 



PE.4CH BLOSSOM. The i Dior is a drliKhtful soft pink; 



free flowering; growing as freely as the white types. 



.$1.00 per doz., $5.50 per 100, $48.00 per 1000. 



Doz. 100 1000 



.Vstilboides iloriliiinda $1.00 $4.75 $42.00 



( ompacta multillura l.OO 5.25 46.00 



.laponica i.oo 4.75 41.00 



Four Grand New Spiraeas 



Doz. 



100 



A-M ERICA. Elegant flowers of Cattleya color; 



lilac rose with silvery reflex $2 00 $12 00 



.WAL.ANCHE. Award of Merit Rovai Horticul- 

 tural Society, London. A magnificent pure 

 white variety 150 



PIIIL.AOELPHIA. Lavender pink; when "in 

 Hower a plant of irresistible charm 1 25 



RIBENS. The darkest of all the pinks; large 

 flowers; strong grower 2.50 



S.OO 

 7.00 



10.00 



Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc., 



• IVIEIM 



342 West 14th St., 



NEW YORK CITY 





IM 



OWN ROOT OR GRAFTED 



My .Muryhind. Hiullr.t 

 Dark I'iiik Killar»e.\ . 



AmilMTi:, Christie 

 '', i iiiid l-inch i>ot». 



-Miller, JJIa<k Beauty, AVIiite Killarney, 

 I'rire $6.00 to ifJS.OO per hundred. 



MONTROSE GREENHOUSES, Montrose, Mass. 



which will be held in the Deico build- 

 ing, January 14-22. 1916. The commit- 

 tee of arrangements consists of J. W. 

 Rodgers, W. G. Matthews, C. O. Sieben- 

 thaler and Horace M. Frank. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 held in Fireman's Hall, Oyster Bay, N. 

 Y., on Nov. 24th, the exhibition tables 

 were well filled and prominent among 

 the exhibits was .Mr. Robinson's collec- 

 tion of vegetables of which there were 

 twenty-nine varieties. The judges, 

 Messrs. Milburn, Gale and Hothersall 

 reported as follows: Lettuce, Jos. Rob- 

 inson, Society's prize; violets, Prince 

 of Wales, Geo. Wilson, Society's prize; 

 seedling chrysanthemum, J. Bell, cer- 

 tificate of merit; collection of vegeta- 

 bles, J. Robinson, cultural certificate. 



Jas. Bell gave an interesting talk on 

 his new type of chrysanthemum to be 

 known as the cactus type. A lecture 

 on Hickory Bark Beetles, etc., was 

 given by Mr. J. J. De Vyver. Prizes 

 for next meeting are for 1 primula, 1 

 schizanlhus, 12 mushrooms. 



A. R. Kennedy. Sec'y. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety received $179 in response to its 

 appeal for funds according to reports 

 submitted at the regular meeting held 



Wednesday evening at Providence. Of 

 this amount, $100 was from the Ladies' 

 Auxiliary and the balance from well- 

 wishing friends and the Society was 

 gratified with the results. At the busi- 

 ness session a committee, composed of 

 President H. H. York, Eugene A. Ap- 

 pleton and Thomas Hope, was appoint- 

 ed to confer with a committee of three 

 from the Ladies' .\uxiliary on a plan 

 of co-operation and work in the inter- 

 est of the Society lor the coming year. 

 Secretary Thomas read an editorial in 

 a recent issue of HoRTicui-Tt-HE con- 

 cerning the career and work of the 

 Rhode Island Society and it was re- 

 ceived with much satisfaction by the 

 members. 



Professor J. Franklin Collins read a 

 number of articles from Government 

 bulletins and State agricultural sta- 

 tions, making special reference to bul- 

 letin 277 issued by the .V. J. agricultu- 

 ral station which deals with the grow- 

 ing of roses in greenhouses. S. A. G. 



A.N. Pierson, Inc. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



BeddingPlants and Roses 



ORCHIDS 



Established Plants and Freshly 

 Imported. Finest Collection of 

 CONStRVATOKY PLANTS in 

 America. 



BEGONIAS 



LORRAINE and CINCINNATI 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO. 



Rutherford, N. J. 



POINSETTIAS 



True type, fine plants, packed 



in paper pots. 

 Per 100, $5.50; per 1000, $50.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



Box 125 CHICAGO 



ORCHIDS 



We icrow and hcII nolhInK hiit ORCHIDS. 

 If yon ore In tlir mHrkrl for tliln rltbMn of 

 plttntH v\e rehpwt fully noMcU yimr lnniilrl«« 

 lintl urdpm. hprrlal Itiita od Appllrmtlon. 



LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N.J. 



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 mention HORTICULTURE. 



