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HORTICULTURE 



May 24, 1919 



CAMBRIDGE 



NEW YORK 



World's Oldest and Largest 

 Manufacturers of 



FLOWER POTS 



WHY* 



A. H. HEWS & CO., INC. 



Cambridge, Mass. 



)reer's Peerless! 

 Glazing Points 



For Greenhouses 



Drive easy and true, because 

 both bevels are on the same 

 lide. Can't twist and break 

 the glass in 'hiving. Galvan- 

 ized and will cot rust. No 

 rigbts or lefts 



The Peerless Glazloe Point 

 Is patented. No others like __ 

 it. Order from your dealer^ ' 

 or afreet horn us. 

 W66. «>c. postpaid. 



HENRY A. DREER.I 



714 Chestnut Street/* 

 Philadelphia. 



for Bmitafti 



Blazing 



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F. 0. PlfflCE CO 

 12 w. mmmi 



WWYOM 



Mastlca Is elastic and tenacious, admits of 

 expansion and contraction. Putty becomes 

 hard and brittle. Broken glass more easily 

 removed without breaking of other glass 

 as occurs with hard putty. Lasts longer 

 than putty. Easy to apply. 



of the small trees which flower here 

 during the early days of May. 



Mains theifera from central and 

 western China is closely related to 

 Hall's Crab. It is one of Wilson's in- 

 troductions through seeds sent to 

 Veitch in 1900 and in 1907 to the 

 Arboretum where it is now twelve feet 

 high. It has upright, spreading, rather 

 zigzag branches which are densely 

 studded with short spurs which bear 

 numerous clusters of flowers rose-red 

 in the bud, becoming pale and almost 

 white when fully expanded. In cen- 

 tral China the peasants collect the 

 leaves and from them prepare the 

 palatable beverage which they call red 

 tea. Prom this fact the specific name 

 is derived. 



Malus floribunda, by many persons 

 considered the most beautiful of Crab- 

 apples, was introduced into Holland by 

 Von Siebold in 1853 from Nagasaki. 

 Japan. The place where it grows wild 

 still remains unknown, although prob- 

 ably it is one of the high mountains of 

 Kyushu. Japanese botanists and nur- 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



BULBS 



C. KEUR A SONS, HILLEGOM, Holland. 



Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices. 



NEW YORK BRANCH, 8-10 Bridge St 



C ANNAS 



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

 price list. THE CONARD & JONES CO., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Split carnations quickly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Plllsbury's Carnation 

 Staple, 1000 for 35c; 3000 for $1.00 post- 

 paid. I. L. PILLSBURY. Qalesburg, 111. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Strong rooted cuttings of Oconto, Har- 

 vard, Glow, Razer, Polly Rose, Yondota, 

 Helen Lee, Chieftain, Chrysolora, and all 

 standard sorts. $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per 

 1000. Ready now. Order today. 



I. M. RAYNBR, Greenport, N. Y. 



DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlia Mrs. Frederick Grlnnell. 



$10.00 per clump. Cash with order. 



JOHN P. ROONBY, 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. 



Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind. 



GOLD FISH 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas- 

 tles, globes, aquarlnm, fish goods, nets, 

 etc., wholesale. FRANKLIN BARRETT, 

 Breeder, 4815 D St., Olney, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Large breeding pairs for sale. Send 

 for price list. 



OROUIDB 



HASSALL * CO., Orchid Growers and 

 Raisers, Southgste, London, England. Catt- 

 leyaa and Laello-Cattleyas our specialty. 

 One trial order solicited. 



PEONIES 



Peonies. The world's greatest collection, 

 1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BBTSCHER. 

 Canal Dover, O. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Live Sphagnum moss, orchid peat and 

 orchid baskets always on hand. LAGER 

 & HTJRRELL, Summit. N. t. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tub 

 grown for Immediate effect; also Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROY, Mount Hlsssrllk Nur 

 sery, New Rocbells, N. Y. 



WIRE WORK 



WILLIAM B. HBILBCHBR'8 WIBP 

 WORKS, 264 Randolph St. Detroit, Ml<* 



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GREENHOUSES 



Our prices can be bad by mail, and 

 it will pay you to get them. We carry 

 the largest stock of Specially Selected 

 Glass in Greater New York and can 

 supply any quantity from a box to a 

 car load on a one day notice, and at 

 Rock Bottom Prices. 



PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc. 



Johnson, Stewart and Variek Avsa., 

 Brooklyn, N. T. 



serymen confuse it with the Parkman 

 Crab, and Wilson has not seen it in 

 Japanese gardens. It is a broad, round- 

 topped, treelike shrub sometimes 

 twenty-five feet tall with stout 

 branches and slender arching and pen- 

 dent branchlets. The clustered flowers 

 are white when fully expanded, rose- 

 red in the bud, and as they open in suc- 

 cession the two colors make a beautiful 

 contrast. The fruit is about the size 

 of a pea, yellowish or yellowish brown; 

 from some plants it falls in the early 

 autumn, on others it remains on the 

 branches during the winter or until 

 devoured by birds who are particularly 

 fond of it. Several plants with per- 

 sistent fruit are growing close to the 

 Administration Building in the Arbo- 

 retum, and during the winter are filled 

 with numerous species of birds, includ- 

 ing pheasants who are fond of these 

 Crabapples. A hybrid between M. 

 floribunda and perhaps .1/. cerasifera 

 appeared in the Arboretum among a 

 lot of seedlings of M. floribunda in 

 1883 and has been named M. Arnold- 

 iana. It has the habit and abundant 

 Bowers of If. floribunda, but the flow- 



ers and fruit are nearly twice as large. 

 It is a handsomer plant than AI. flori- 

 h unda and one of the most beautiful 

 of the Crabapples in the Arboretum. 



Malus Sieboldii is another of the 

 species introduced from the gardens 

 of Japan into Europe by Von Siebold 

 in 1S53. It is a low, dense shrub of 

 spreading habit with the leaves on 

 vigorous branchlets three-lobed, small 

 flowers white tinged with rose in color, 

 and small yellow fruits. A good speci- 

 men may be seen on the left hand side 

 of the Forest Hills Road. Von Siebold's 

 Crab is really a dwarf form of a 

 species common on the Korean Island 

 of Quelpaert, and on the mountains 

 of central Japan and Hokkaido, to 

 which the name var. arborescens has 

 been given. This is a tree often thirty 

 feet or more tall, with ascending, 

 wide-spreading branches, twiggy 

 branchlets and minute fruit yellow on 

 some and red on other individuals. 

 Although the flowers are small, they 

 are produced in immense quantities, 

 and this species has the advantage of 

 flowering later than the other Asiatic 

 Crabapples. 



