October is. 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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wood. They will rest well in a tem- 

 perature of 50 to 55 degrees, but 

 should be kept at (i5 when starting into 

 bloom. Give plenty of water as soon 

 as they get into active growth. Alia- 

 mandas may be so managed that they 

 will bloom at any time of the year by 

 first resting the plants and then prun- 

 ing them back and encouraging root 

 action. Where yellow flowers are 

 wanted these plants are excellent, and 

 they are well adapted to various forms 

 of decorations. Plants will have made 

 fine stock by this time if they were 

 pruned last spring to within a joint 

 or two and these when they had made 

 two or three whorls of leaves pinched 

 again, and so on during the summer. 



A well assorted mixture of tulips is 

 often used for outdoor planting and 

 looks well, but heds of one solid color 

 make a more pleasing as well as a 

 more imposing show. Take care to 

 select varieties of uniform height 

 which bloom together. The finest of 

 all white bedding tulips is White Joost 

 van Vondel. Flamingo and Rose 

 Grisdelin, pink; Yellow Prince and 

 Ophir d'Or. yellow; Belle Alliance, 

 scarlet; and striped Joost von Vondel, 

 rose flaked white, are of uniform 

 height and bloom together. Gesneri- 

 ana lutea. Golden Crown, T. retroflexa, 

 Bouton d'Or and Leghorn Bonnet are 

 among the inexpensive late tulips. 

 Among whites La Candeur is good; In 

 scarlets, Gesneriana spathulata and 

 Inglescombe Scarlet; in pink, Ingles- 

 combe. 



Bouvardia should now be making 

 lots of roots in the new soil if they 

 were lifted and planted out in a bench 

 during the latter part of August. The 

 temperature should not be too low, 60 

 degrees at night. 70 to 75 on bright 

 days and 65 on cloudy days will do. 

 Water carefully. A good syringing 

 should be given on bright mornings to 

 keep them free from mealy bug and 

 red spider. Fumigate lightly and 

 often for green fly. 



Cinerarias sown in flats during July 

 should be potted off as soon as they 

 have made enough growth for a three- 

 inch pot. A light sandy mixture should 

 be used, say three parts fibrous loam, 

 two of not too old leaf mold and a 

 little sand. Keep them rather close 

 and shade them for a few days, after 

 which they may be placed well up to 

 the glass in a cool house. Do not 

 allow them to become dry, but on the 

 other hand, they should not be kept 

 soaked all the time. Never let them 

 approach a pot-bound condition until 

 they have reached flowering size. As 

 soon as the pots are filled with roots, 

 shift them along. They become most 

 vigorous in a temperature of about 

 45 degrees at night. 



MACAWI FERNS 



A fresh lot of this fine new fern. They are in 2'/2'' nc h pots, are extra 

 heavy and ready to be shifted into larger pots for Christmas sales and later. 



Per 1000, $200 



Let us send you a sample 100 of this at the thousand rate and be 

 convinced. 



We can also do some not quite so heavy 2'/2 inch at $18 per 100, $150 

 per 1000. 



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Now sent out for the first time. Inquire for further information. One year field grown 



plants, $5.00 each; Hummer rooted, frame grown, $3.00 each; Nov. 25th Delivery. 



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