September 20, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



351 



George Watson's 

 Corner 



Araucaria exeelsa is one of the 

 scarcest items on the market today. 

 Belgium was its headquarters, and the 

 war put Belgium out of business. It 

 will take a good many years before 

 we see this charming house plant oc- 

 cupying its old place in the homes of 

 the people. The only lot we have 

 heard of in existance this year is at 

 Dreer's, and these arrived in such 

 poor condition last Spring that it was 

 decided to give them another season's 



Samuel s. Pennoek 



growth before putting them on the 

 market. They are in pretty fair shape 

 now and will be offered to the trade in 

 October. They run in the usual com- 

 mercial sizes 1, 2 and 3 feet. Many 

 inquiries are already on file for these 

 so that it is not likely they will last 

 long. 



In appreciation of faithful service 

 the H. F. Michell Co. have issued an 

 insurance policy to all their employees, 

 This action is voluntary on the part 

 of the Company and is entirely at their 

 expense, no reduction from wages nor 

 contributions of any kind by the em- 

 ployee being required. This kindly and 

 generous act is deeply appreciated and 

 is a high tribute to the fine instincts 

 which have always been the strong 

 points guiding the founder and presi- 

 dent Henry F. Michell as well as of all 

 other members of this well known and 

 successful seed company. And it will 

 undoubtedly bear good fruit in accent- 

 uating the loyalty and enthusiasm of 

 every worker. 



Paper White Grandiflora 



French bulbs. Splendid quality. First shipments now here. Send your 

 order at once. They are going fast. XX, $21.00; XXX. $24.00 per 1000. 



Purity Freesia — Vaughan's Improved 



Tie up with 

 ists' Flower. 



43 Barclay St. 

 New York City 



house that has a Record on this Money Making Flor- 

 Sound, well-ripened bulbs. $6.00, $8.C0, $10:00 per 1000. 



VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE 



33 W. Randolph St. 

 Chicago, III. 



In this connection I have great 

 pleasure in recording that another 

 Philadelphia house in a different line, 

 the S. S. Pennock Co., wholesale flor- 

 ists, have performed a similar act for 

 their employees and the same encom- 

 iums are deserved and recorded in 

 equal measure. I am proud to have 

 known and associated for the past 

 thirty years with such men as Samuel 

 S. Pennock and Henry F. Michell. 

 They are a credit to the good old 

 Quaker City and we all take our hats 

 off to them. 



The dahlia season may now be said 

 to have opened, and the September 

 gardens and flower markets are gay_ 

 with the early flowering sorts. The 

 Dreer Nurseries at Riverton are well 

 worth a visit just now for this one 

 great fall flower alone. Mr. Mickel, 

 who is the firm's dahlia enthusiastic, 

 has some very fine new ones, and he 

 is busy showing to admiring visitors 

 these up-to-date wonders. Among the 

 most notable in flowers at present 

 are: — Mme. Coissard, a peony flower- 

 ed variety, large and perfect in form, 

 crimson, and beautifully marked and 

 suffused with white; Oregon Beauty, 

 of the decorative type, and of a shin- 

 ing oriental red with golden and gar- 

 net shadings, a large flower and a very 

 free bloomer; Fackel, another of the 

 peony flowered class, a rich coral red, 

 shaded yellow at the edges, and a very 

 sprightly attactive flower. In the 

 decorative class there are three very 

 fine ones now in bloom — Jack Rose, 

 the color of that old time favorite rose 

 less generally known by its proper 

 cognomen General Jacquement, Eas- 

 ton, a medium size flower of a brilliant 

 Turkish red, fine form and very free- 

 flowering; Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt, a 

 fine high flower of an especially pleas- 

 ing shade of rich manoe pink. In the 

 show and fancy section two very fine 

 ones are to be seen — Dorothy Peacock, 

 a shell pink, very large flower and of 

 fine form; and Emily, a solferino with 

 white markings. We have notes of a 



number of other new and fine early 

 ones, which we hope to speak of in our 

 next issue. 



H. F. Michell 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS AND 

 VEGETABLES AT BOSTON. 



The autumn exhibition of fruits and 

 vegetables by the Massachusetts Horti- 

 tural Society will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, Thursday to Sun- 

 day, September 25 to 28. 



Apples, pears, peaches, plums, and 

 grapes of nearly every variety suitable 

 for cultivation in this section of the 

 country will be on exhibition. Four 

 hundred prizes amounting to two 

 thousand dollars are offered for ex- 

 hibits of fruits and vegetables, includ- 

 ing fifty prizes for exhibits of the 

 products of amateur home vegetable 

 gardens. 



The Massachusetts State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture will award six 

 hundred dollars in prizes for the best 

 exhibits of fruits and vegetables grown 

 in the state. Schedules of the prizes 

 offered can be had on application to 

 the Secretary at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston. 



\V\i. P. Run, Secy. 



