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HORTICULTURE 



December 27, 1H1? 



JUST OUT 



BOLGIANO'S 191B SUMMER AND FALL 

 CATALOG OF "BIO CROP" SEEDS 



Special Prices for 



FlorlatB and Market Gardeners. 



Write for a copy at once — It will save you 



money. 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS 



JOSEPH BRECK & SONS, CORP. 



47-M North Market Street 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



SEEDS AND BULBS 

 JBobbington's 



128 Chamber. St., N. Y. City 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS, PLANTERS 



RUrHERFORD. NEW JERSEY 



We are subscribers to the Nurserymen'* 

 Fund for Market Development, also "Say 

 It With Flowers" Publicity Campaign. 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 GARDEN PEA SEED in variety; also other 

 Items of the short crop of this past season 

 as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will 

 be quoted you upon application to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



82 Dey St . NEW YORK and ORANGE CONN. 



BURNETT BROS . 



Seeds, Bulbs, Plants 



Etc. 



92 Chambers St., New York 

 Write for oar Illustrated Catalog; 



PLENTY OF COAL AT PIERSON'S. 



The Experiment With Peat as Fuel 

 Given Up. 



The fuel order of Mr. Garfield did 

 not affect Cromwell's big flower garden 

 under glass, the greenhouses of A. N. 

 Pierson, the well known florist. Mr. 

 Pierson said that the Cromwell plant 

 has all the coal it will need. It takes 

 anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 tons 

 to heat the greenhouses each winter, 

 according to how cold the weather 

 happens to be. Early last summer 

 Mr. Pierson contracted for his winter's 

 supply of coal on this basis, and now 

 finds himself with a plentiful supply 

 on hand. 



The attempt to burn peat at the 

 greenhouses has finally been aban- 

 doned. The plan was given a thorough 

 trial, however. Mr. Pierson recalled 

 his early days in Sweden when his 

 father, who was a school teacher, used 

 to go out and gather a variety of peat 

 that gave a bright blazing fire that 

 put forth much warmth. When the coal 

 shortage became acute two winters ago 

 Mr. Pierson made up his mind he 

 could probably use peat to advantage 

 in heating his greenhouses. He tried 

 the experiment but it was not satis- 

 factory. It was found upon analysis 

 that the peat contained too great a 

 percentage of slate to make it valuable 

 as a fuel. Some experiments were 

 tried with peat burners at the green- 

 houses, but it was decided not to in- 

 stall them finally and now the attempt 

 to use peat as a fuel has been aban- 

 doned by Mr. Pierson. 



It is said that if the peat bogs, 

 which abound near the greenhouses, 

 had contained a greater percentage of 

 combustible material the experiment 

 would probably have solved the fuel 

 question at Cromwell for all time. — 

 Hartford. Conn.. Times. 



MICHELL'S 



FLOWER SEEDS 



ASPARAGUS Plnmosus Nanus (North- 

 ern Greenhouse Grown.) 



1000 seeds $3.50 I 10,000 seeds. $30.00 



5000 seeds 16.25 | 25,000 seeds. 68.75 



ASPARAGUS Sprengeri 



WOO seeds $0.75 I 10,000 seeds. .$5.50 



5000 seeds 3.00 ] 25,000 seeds. .12.50 



CENTAUREA Oz. 



Candidissima, per 1000 seeds, 40c. $2.00 

 Gymnocarpa, per 1000 seeds, 15c. .50 

 Tr. 



LOBELIA Pkt. Oz. 

 Crystal Palace Comparta. . $0.30 $2.00 

 Barnard's Perpetual (Trail- 

 ing) 25 1.75 



Crystal Palace Speciosa 20 .75 



Sapphire (Trailing) 40 



% Tr. Tr. 



PETUNIA Pkt. Pkt. 



Grandiflora fringed $0.30 $0.50 



Ruffled Giants 30 .50 



California Giants 30 .50 



Monstrosus (Michell's) 60 1.00 



Tr. 



SALVIA Pkt. Oz. 



America or Globe of Fire... $0.50 $4.00 



I ■.. . ,, i , , . 40 2.50 



Zurich 50 4.00 



VERBENAS 

 Mammoth Fancy Blue $0.30 $1.25 



Pink 

 Scarlet . . 

 Striped .. 

 White . . . 

 Mixed ... 



.30 

 30 



.30 

 .30 

 .30 



1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 L2B 

 1.00 



VINCA 



Alba 15 Jo 



Alba Pura 15 -75 



Rosea 15 .75 



Mixed 15 -60 



llso All Other Seasonable Seeds. Bulbs 

 and Supplies. Send for Our Handy 

 Flower Seed Order Sheet if you haven't 

 a copy. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., Philadelphia 



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INSTRUCTION IN GARDENS 



Practical instruction is offered In 

 I vegetable, flower and fruit gardening. 

 I greenhouse and nursery practice, to- 

 1 gether with lectures, laboratory, field 

 3 and shop work in garden botany, zoo- 

 i logy, pathology, landscape design, soils, 

 i plant chemistry and related subjects. 

 | The curriculum is planned for the 

 s education of any persons who would 

 I become trained gardeners or fitted to 

 = he superintendents of estates or parks. 

 I Students mav be admitted at any time. 



Circulars and other information will 

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NEW YORK CITY 



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