August 9, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



131 



"For repair work 

 our line of Green- 

 house Fittings are 

 unequalletd. They 

 are labor savers and 

 money makers. If 

 you haven't a copj 

 of our catalog drop 

 us a line toilay and 

 get one for it will 

 be of interest to 

 you." 



ADVANCE CO. 



Richmond, Ind. 



WE ABB SPECIALISTS IN 



GREENHOUSE GLASS 



Free from Bobbles 

 Uniform In Thickness 



PAINTS and PUTTY 



Braenhoase White fflS^SS^S 



^^— — ^— ^^— Fioriats Prefer 

 It will pay you to get our estimate*. 



the DWELLE-KAISER <» 



151 Elm Street 



BUFFALO. N. T. 



Difficult and rejected cases spe- 

 cially aoltclted. No misleading In- 

 ducements made to secure business. 

 Over 80 years' active practice. Ex- 

 perienced personal, consclentlons 

 service. Write for terms. 

 Address 



SIMMS & SOGERS 



FAVKNT uwyfljtt 



Boi •, N.tJonal Cnlon BulMlns 



Washington, D. O. 



When writing to advertisers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



for Gwrntasi 



Glazing 



USE IT WOW 



F. 0. PURGE CO. 



12 W. HUUDWIUr 

 HEW YORK 



Mastlca Is elastic and tenacious, admits of 

 expansion and contraction. Putty becomes 

 hard and brittle. Broken glass more easily 

 removed without breaking of other glass 

 as occurs with hard putty. Lasts longer 

 than putty Easy to apply. 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



OBOHTDS 



HASSALL & i'n,. Orchid Growers and 

 Raisers, Southgate, London, England. Catt- 

 leyas and Laello-Cattleyas our specialty. 

 i mi.' trial order solicited. 



PKONIB8 



Peonies. The world's greatest collection, 

 1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BBTBCHER, 

 Canal Dover, O. 



ROSES 



Three New, Beautiful, Hardy, Climbing 



Roses: Victory (Light Pink); Freed 



(The ('limbing White American Beauty i : 

 Fred'k it. M. Dndritz (Dark Pink). Read 

 the description in the 1919 American Rose 

 Annual. 2-year plants cut back to 2 to 3 

 ft, out of 8 and 7 In. pots, $3.50 each. The 

 above three for $10.00. Cannot sell more 

 than two of a kind to any one buyer. 

 Cash with order, please. REINHOLD 

 DNDRITZ, 188 Greenleaf Ave., West New 

 Brighton, N. Y. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 

 Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and 

 orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER 

 & HTJRRELL, Summit N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tab 

 grown for Immediate effect; also Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROT Mount Hlssarllk Nar 



sery, New Rochelle, N. T. 



WIRE WORK 



WILLIAM E. HEILSCHER'S WIRE 

 WORKS, 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



BULBS 



C, KBUR A SONS, HILLEQOM, Holland. 



Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices. 



NEW YORK BRANCH, 8-10 Bridge St 



C ANNAS 



For the best Up-to-Date Cannas, get new 

 price list. THE CONARD & JONES CO., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Split carnations quickly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation 

 Staple, 1000 for 36c.: 3000 for 11.00 post- 

 paid. I. L. PILLSBURY, Galesburg, I1L 



CELERY PLANTS 



Celery plants, Easy Blanching; now 

 grown exclusively by 90% of Kalamazoo 

 growers in place of Golden self Blanching. 

 Strong plants, ready for the Held ; $2.25 



per 1, $11.00 for 3,900. Cash. BRILL 



CELERY GARDENS, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlia Mrs. Frederick OrinneU. 



$10.00 per clnmp. Cash with order. 



JOHN P. ROONEY, New Bedford. Mass. 



New Paeony Dahlia — John Wanamaker, 

 Newest, Handsomest, Best. New color, new 

 form nnj new habit of growth. Big stock 

 of best cut-flower varieties. Send Hit of 

 wants to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 

 Berlin. N J 



KENTIAS 



Kentla Belmorenan — Averaging 3 and 4 

 leaves, good strong plants out of 2%-lnck 

 pots at $15 per 100 — larger quantities on 

 application. J. H. FIBSSBR, 711-741 

 Hamilton Ave., North Bergen, N. J. 



LILIES OF THE VALLEY. 



Please publish something about the 

 forcing of lilies of the valley for mar- 

 ket purposes. — Subscriber. 



We con do no better than to quote 

 Professor Edward A. White, of Cornell 

 University, who writes in his book on 

 "Principles of Floriculture" as fol- 

 lows: 



"Lilies-of-the-valley, being a short 

 crop, lend themselves readily for forc- 

 ing, and at any season of the year. 

 The pips are mostly French, German 

 and Holland grown. German pips are 

 considered best for early forcing. The 

 wholesale price varies, but is approxi- 

 mately thirteen dollars a thousand. 

 The pips are received in bundles of 

 twenty-five, and to have them force 

 evenly it is considered essential to 

 freeze them for a week or two. This 

 may be done by leaving them packed, 

 in some open shed, taking them out 

 for forcing as required. They are 

 often kept in cold storage for summer 

 use. Few new roots are made in forc- 

 ing. 



"When lilies-of-the-valley are to be 

 forced in large quantities, special 

 houses and beds are constructed for 

 them. In a smaller range an ordinary 

 propagating lied with bottom heat may 



be used. They take no nourishment 

 from the soil, so sand is the best me- 

 dium in which to force them. The 

 bundles of pips are thawed slowly, the 

 pips separated and set as evenly as 

 possible in the beds. The sand in the 

 bench should be about two inches 

 deep, and the pips are placed in rows 

 about two inches apart. The pips are 

 placed about three-quarters of an inch 

 apart in the row. A bottom heat of 85 

 degrees may be given at once, but it is 

 better to start them at 50 degrees and 

 gradually increase the temperature. 

 This gives the flowers better sub- 

 stance than when forced rapidly. A 

 light frame should be built over the 

 sand in which the pips are placed, and 

 this should be covered with heavy 

 paper or cheesecloth to give sufficient 

 shade to draw up the stems." 



LADIES' S. A. F. 

 A theatre club is being formed for 

 the pleasure of ladies attending the 

 Convention at Detroit. Any lady is 

 eligible and invited to join upon pay- 

 ment of fine. dues. See Mrs Chas. H. 

 Maynard who has it in charge at Con- 

 vention Hall. Tuesday, Aim. 19th. 

 Date of entertainment to be an- 

 nounced later. 



