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HORTICULTURE 



March 8, 1919 



CAMBRIDGE 



NEW YORK 



M 



World's Oiliest and Largest 

 Manufacturers of 



FLOWER POTS 



WHY? 



A. H. HEWS & CO., INC. 



Cambridge, Mass. 



A PATRIOTIC APPEAL 



The Federal Board for Vocational 

 Education has brought to my attention 

 the fact that there are a great many 

 disabled soldiers who are finding 

 trouble to get employment. 



The business men of the country 

 are not responding in the patriotic 

 way that they should. If each firm 

 would endeavor to make a position, if 

 only for one man, it would solve the 

 question beyond a doubt. 



Greenhouse work would offer oppor- 

 tunities in many cases. Particularly 

 in some cases where the men have 

 been doing heavy work in the past, 

 and are disabled and only able to do 

 light work. Many of these men have 

 been hard workers, and any work 

 that they could do would probably be 

 well done. 



Mr. Jerome B. Scott, Supervisor of 

 Placement of District No. 3, located in 

 Philadelphia, has handed me some 

 memorandums, and among them are 

 the following points: 



"In reference to the kind of work 

 wanted for the men, and the class of 

 men that are disabled, I desire to state 

 that many of the men we are coming 

 in contact with are fellows that have 

 done strenuous work before enlist- 

 ment and who, because of healing 

 wounds and other minor disabilities, 

 are unable to take up this kind of 

 work but require jobs of a lighter na- 

 ture. In some cases they require sit- 

 ting-down jobs, and in other cases the 

 men have been gassed and require 

 outside jobs. As I stated the other 

 day, work in your line is particularly 

 well suited for this class of men. 

 They will not be men of any great 

 industrial experience; they will not be 

 men of any particular skill. 



"It is here that we are appealing to 

 the employer to follow up his splendid 

 work and backing that he gave to 

 these fellows during the war and to 

 now do his "after-war bit" and con- 

 tinue to back him up until he is estab- 

 lished again in civil life and is self 

 reliant. 



"The hero that returns to a homo 

 and loved ones is truly fortunate. 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



BULBS 



C. KEUR & SONS, HILLEGOM, Holland. 



Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices. 



NEW YORK BRANCH,. 8-10 Bridge St. 



CANNA8 



For the best Up-to-Date Cannas, get new 

 price list. THE CONARD & JONES CO., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



CARNATIONS 



Albert Roper, unrooted cuttings, $2.00 per 



10O. Cash with order. 



HARVEY B. GREENE, Lowell, Mass. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Split carnations quickly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation 

 Staple, 1000 for 36c; 3000 for $1.00 post- 

 paid. I. L. PILLSBURY. Galeaburg. 111. 



DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlia Mrs. Frederick Grlnnell. 



$10.00 per clump. Cash with order. 



JOHN P. ROONEY, New Bedford, Mass. 



New Paeony Dahlia — John Wanamaker, 

 Newest, Handsomest, Best. New color, new 

 form and new habit of growth. Big stock 

 of best cut-flower varieties. Send list of 

 wants to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 

 Berlin, N. J. 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



Fine, all colors mixture, $1.25 per 100, 

 $10 per 1000. Send for catalog. 

 H. M. GILLET, Box H, Lebanon Spring, 

 N. Y. 



GLASS. 



Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind. 



HOT BED SASH 



Standard Hot Bed Sash, 3x6, $1.50 each. 

 Order for 10 to 24, $1.45 each ; 25 to 50, 

 $1 40 each. Glass, 50 square feet, 6x8, 

 8x10 at $4.50. 10x12, 10x14 at $4.25. 



C. N. ROBINSON & BRO., 

 Dept. 29 Baltimore, Md. 



ORCHIDS 



UASSALL & CO., Orchid Growers and 

 Raisers, Southgate, London, England. Catt- 

 leyas and Laello-Cattleyaa our specialty. 

 One trial order solicited. 



PEONIES 



Peonies. The world's greatest collection, 

 1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BBT8CHER, 

 Canal Dover, O. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and 

 orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER 

 & HURRBLL, Summit N. J. 



SWEET PEAS 



Just Arrived, crop 1018 winter flowering 

 SWEET PEAS, New Zealand grown, the 

 large flowering waved or Spencer type. We 

 have been very fortunate to secure the en- 

 tire crop of one of the best growers in New 

 Zealand. New Zealand grown seed has al- 

 ways produced the earliest and best blooms, 

 and seed started in August will produce 

 flowers from Thanksgiving until March; 

 requiring a low temperature, these make an 

 Ideal crop for the Florist this year. Scar- 

 let, always a good seller. Finest Mixture, 

 all the best colors. Pink and White, 

 Blanche Ferry type. Yarrawa (true), bright 

 rose pink with light wings. Write for 

 further particulars. 

 JULIUS ROEHR8 CO.. Rutherford, N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tub 

 grown for Immediate effect; also Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROY, Mount Hlssarllk Nur 

 sery. New Rocbelle, N. Y. 



HIKE WORK 

 WILLIAM E. HBILSCHER'8 WIBJ 

 WORKS, 264 Randolph St, Detroit, Ml<* 



FOR SALE 

 "GREENHOUSES FOR SALE 



Must settle estate ; many years success- 

 ful operation. Good location, convenient 

 to two railroads, within twenty -five 

 minutes of Boston. Also dwelling, stable 

 and outbuildings. Apply at once. MRS. 

 E. M. RUMERY, Newtonville, Mass. 



How about the fellow that bared his 

 breast to the Hun and returned to 

 these shores wounded and cheered for 

 a day, but realizes upon the following 

 day that the cheers have subsided? 



"A great problem confronts the 

 nation at this time, that is the prob- 

 lem of unemployment, and the great- 

 est element in this unemployment is 

 the wounded man. 



"These fine fellows do not want 

 charity — they simply want a chance 

 to make an honest and fair living, to 

 make good." 



It seems to me that this should ap- 

 peal to those among our profession 

 who have any patriotism about them, 

 and I feel that it is the duty of every- 

 one to do their "after-war bit." 



S. S. Pennock. 



Proceedings of the 13th annual con- 

 vention of the Tennessee State Flor- 

 ists' Association, Tennessee State Hor- 

 ticultural Society. Tennessee State 

 Nurserymen's Association and the 

 Tennessee Beekeepers' Association, 

 held January 29, 30 and 31, 1918. 



Journal of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists. — Volume 1. No. 1, of this new 

 journal, has just reached us. Its 24 

 pages cover a review of conditions in 

 1918 and the first installment of the 

 proceedings of the 1918 convention. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Canadian Seed Growers' Association. 

 The fourteenth annual report for year 

 ending March 31, 1918. 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. — Bulletin, No. 

 328, Some Important Orchard Plant 

 Lice; Circular No. 98, Common Dis- 

 eases of Shade and Ornamental Trees; 

 Circular No. 99, Asparagus Growing in 

 New Jersey; Circular No. 97. Common 

 Diseases of Ornamental Plants; Circu- 

 lar No. 103, Early Tomato Growing in 

 New Jersey. 



Farmers' Bulletin 1007, XJ. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, deals with 

 the control of the onion thrips. It de- 

 scribed the life, history and habits of 

 the thrip and methods of control. 



Maiden, Mass. — Frank J. Walsh, of 

 J. Walsh & Son, florists, has been ap- 

 pointed and confirmed a park commis- 

 sioner to succeed Sylvester Baxter. 



