August 16, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE FINEST AND HARDIEST LILY GROWN 



l_IL.IU.VI REGAL 



Acknowledged to be the finest horticultural introduction in several generations. 



Trade Prices on Application 



R. & J. F~ARQUHAR & 



BOSTON, MASS. 



sufficient moisture to maintain ;i slow 

 but steady growth. The ordinary car- 

 nation temperature of fifty degrees at 

 night with a reasonable rise on bright 

 days suits them to perfection if ven- 

 tilation is well attended to. By the 

 middle of December the plants will 

 need support, which is best given by 

 four bamboo or wire stakes sixteen 

 inches long with encircling cords to 

 each pot, or a similar arrangement if 

 grown in boxes or the open bench, as 

 florists sometimes attempt. Blooms 

 appear from February to March or 

 earlier if the temperature is run 

 higher, but forced freesias are usually 

 deficient in texture and keeping qual- 

 ity. After blooming the bulbs should 

 be allowed five or six weeks to mature 

 their growth, then gradually dried off 

 and stored in the earth in pots or 

 boxes or even in the open bench, keep- 

 ing a wary eye for the depredation of 

 mice or rats which occasion frequent 

 losses. In midsummer they should be 

 shaken free of soil and assorted, the 

 small cormels or bulblets being sepa- 

 rately grown much closer together, if 

 it is desired to increase the variety. 

 Seedlings for the production of new 

 varieties may be grown in much the 

 same manner, but they cannot be re- 

 lied on for the perpetuation of the 

 parent types. From twelve to fifteen 

 seeds are about right for a six-inch pot 

 of compost similar to that in which the 

 flowering bulbs are grown, or seeds 

 can be spaced an inch apart in rows 

 six or more inches apart in boxes of 

 the same depth. They should be well 

 firmed in and covered with half an 

 inch of clean sand. August appears a 

 good month in which to sow freesia 

 seeds, as the plants grow slowly 

 throughout the fall months and early 

 winter and are usually strong enough 

 to bloom by the following April. Seed- 

 lings should have exactly the same 

 treatment as the larger bulbs as re- 

 gards temperature, light and moisture. 

 If space is limited seeds may be sown 

 as thickly as one hundred to a six-inch 



Mignonette &Kgi 



The Best Winter-Blooming Mignonette 



That has ever been offered the trade. It has unusually fragrant 

 long flower spikes which are produced in the greatest profusion. 

 All greenhouse-grown seed and reselected. 



Vi oz. $1.00 



J. GREY OO. 



16 So. Market St., BOSTON, MASS. 



Setds, Bulbs, Plants 



pot, but there is risk of "damping off" 

 and the resulting corms are so small 

 that they cannot bloom until given 

 ample space in succeeding years. — 

 Journal of the International Garden 

 Club. 



A FINE SHOW AT MANCHESTER. 



The exhibition of the North Shore 

 Horticultural Society, held in Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Manchester-by-the-Sea, 

 Mass., August 6th and 7th, was the 

 largest in years, the entire upper hall 

 being filled with flowers, while the 

 lower hall had to be used for flowers, 

 there not being room in the upper 

 hall for the number to be exhibited. 

 The exhibit of fruits and vegetables 

 in the basement was large, and com- 

 petition keen. 



The largest exhibit in the hall was 

 that of J. K. Alexander, East Bridge- 

 water, who displayed dahlias, gladi- 

 olus and phlox very effectively in 

 vases and baskets. He had two large 

 tables decorated with dahlias; notably 

 among them was a large basket of 

 Mr. Alexander's new seedling deco- 

 rative dahlia "Frank A. Walker" 

 which received the award of merit. 

 This was a beautiful lavender-pink 

 decorative dahlia with long stiff 

 stems, and promises to he one of the 

 very finest cut-flower dahlias. Other 

 new dahlias of special merit in the 

 exhibit were "Bianca" lavender and 

 white blending of hybrid cactus type; 



If interested in 



Christmas Heather 



communicate with 

 yours truly 



A. L. MILLER 



Jamaica - New York 



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