December 27, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



561 



THE 

 BOILER OF 



Unequalled Fuel Economy 



Krorachell Boiler*, the best by test 

 1879. Forty years' exr«rienee. 



THE Ul A II TV PLACE OF BOSTON 



Regarding the Kroeschell, It li the 

 best we have ever bad and satisfac- 

 tory beyond our expectations. It beats 

 op especially quick and bas saved us 

 considerably already In tbe price of 

 fuel. When we are In need of another 

 boiler we will give tbe Kroeacbell tbe 

 first consideration. 



(Slg-ned) WM. W. EDO A It CO., 



WAVHRLEY, MASS. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 



4M W. Erie St. 

 CHICAGO 



When You Buy -Get a Kroeschell 



1,016.286 sq. ft. of (bus was equipped with 

 Kroesrhell Boilers doling- the year of 1916. 



OHIO'S CELEBRATED CYCLAMEN 

 SPECIALIST 



After using- your No. 12 Kroeschell 

 Boiler I came to tbe conclusion that 

 bad I to Install more boilers it would 

 be tbe Kroeacbell and no other. It 

 really la a pleasure to beat, no trouble 

 to get tbe desired heat In a very short 

 time. 



(Signed) CHRI8T. WINTERICH, 

 DEFIANCE, OHIO. 



PHILADELPHIA CHRISTMAS 

 MARKET. 



The Christmas tale has been told, 

 and the story is that everything 

 turned out just about as expected. 

 Prices were so high that there was 

 enough to go around. Roses in the 

 better grades were plentiful enough to 

 fill orders, but a scarcity felt in the 

 shorts at lower prices. There is not 

 the usual falling back on the lower 

 priced flowers, such as carnations, for 

 carnations were in shorter supply than 

 last year and good flowers were bring- 

 ing from ten to twenty with some 

 fancies like Benora and Laddie as high 

 as twenty-five. There was quite a 

 scramble for good cattleyas and many 

 lots of extras brought $2.50 and $3.00. 

 In the plant world the stage was oc- 

 cupied mostly by the Cyclamen and 

 Poinsettia for color, and palms and 

 ferns for background. Our dear old 

 friend the azalea was missed very 

 much indeed and there did not seem 

 to be many begonias around. Ericas 

 were also less in evidence than usual. 

 Taking it all in all — in the words of 

 the music hall ditty — "The old gray 

 mare, she aint what she used to be," 

 and it will take a few years for us to 

 get over what the Mad Kaizer handed 

 us. 



Mr. and Mrs. Prank M. Ross will 

 start for Florida, January 3rd. They 

 expect to be gone three weeks on a 

 well-earned vacation. Their head- 

 quarters will be at the Hotel Flagler, 

 Palm Beach. 



Emil Hertz. Copenhagen, Denmark, 

 a noted seed grower, gave this office 

 a pleasant call on the 18th inst. He 

 has been in this country about six 

 weeks and has covered it as far as 

 the Pacific Coast in the interest of his 

 business. He leaves for home on an 

 early steamer — much impressed from 

 his first visit to Uncle Sam's domains. 

 His specialty is vegetable seeds, but 

 he is also near the top on such items 

 as Danish grown Cocksfoot and 

 Vetches. 



Price, 



$10.00 



Plant Insurance at $10 



WHAT would happen if your night 

 man fell asleep some night In 

 zero weather? What If you 

 should oversleep, or a cold wave hit 

 your greenhouse when your heat is at 

 ihr minimum? It would mean ruin to 

 your plants — possibly ruin to you. 

 There have been many such cases. 



But not if you are equipped with 

 the STANDARD THERMOSTAT. The 

 Standard Thermostat protects you 

 from just such dangers. It will ring a 

 bell at your bedside when danger Is 

 near. 



"I have one of your greenhouse ther- 

 mostats I have used 3 years. It has 

 proved so satisfactory I want another 

 for my new houses." — John Sharper, 

 Oxon Hill, M.I . Jan. 6, 1919. 



Get one today, $10.00 



(G. H. 4, same as G. H. 3, only 

 under lock and key, $15.00.) 



STANDARD THERMOMETER CO. 



LESTER STREET BOSTON, MASS. 



G. H. 3 



THE BOSTON MARKET. 

 It has been a week of high prices 

 and short offerings in most lines. At 

 times there has been a frank standoff 

 between the wholesalers and the retail- 

 ers, but the great demand and the lack 

 of first class material has forced the 

 flowers to move. White carnations 

 and white roses have been in abun- 

 dance. They are never particularly 

 popular at Christmas, but in some 

 cases buyers have had to take them 

 to get colored flowers. White "mums" 

 sell readily at this season and what 

 were offered were taken up quickly. 

 Carnations have sold all the way from 

 six to twenty cents. Hadley seems to 

 have been the best selling rose. When 



the Christmas selling was over nothing 

 was left in the flower line except some 

 inferior stock. Greens at the flower 

 market were cleaned out well, but a 

 great many were left in the public 

 markets. One man said on Wednes- 

 day morning that he had two cars of 

 trees which had not been unloaded. 



IN NEW YORK. 

 New York has seen a very lively 

 market, with a scarcity of high class 

 stock, especially in the line of carna- 

 tions and roses. The former have sold 

 up to twenty-five cents and there have 

 not been enough to go around. From 

 present indications the demand will 

 continue good until after New Year. 



LILY BULBS storage 



GIGANTEUM, RUBRUM, ALBUM, AURATUM 

 MELPOMENE, LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Careful storage, prompt express shipment 

 on dates as arranged 



Gladiolu 



ulb 



For Early Forcing 

 Of Finest Size and Blooming Quality 



4:i Barclay St. 

 NEW VOKK CITY 



Vaughan's Seed Store 



S3 \\. Kamlulpli St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



