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HORTICULTURE 



May 31, 1919 



CAMBRIDGE 



NEW YORK 



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World's Oldest and Largest 

 Manufacturers of 



FLOWER POTS 



WHY? 



A. H. HEWS & CO., INC. 



Cambridge, Mass. 



Jroer's Peerless^ 

 Glazing Points 



For Greenhouses 



Drive easy and true, because 

 both bevels are on the same 

 aide. Can't twist and break 

 tbe glass in Iriving. Galvan* 

 Ized and will Dot rust. No 

 rights or lefts 

 The Peerless Glazing Point 

 Is patented. No others like ^ 

 it. Oder from your dealers 

 •I direst from us. 

 kino, «0c. postpaid. 

 Sanirflee free. 

 HEKHT A. DKEEBj 

 D4 Chestnut Btreet/V 

 Philadelphia.. 



For GiBHiiiaose 

 Gluing 



USE IT NOW 



F. 0. Ptffltf CO 



12 W. NSAWWUr 

 HWYMK 



Mastics 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. 



Can use 2.000 feet of I'.j-inch 

 pipe, coupled. Please state price de- 

 livered at Wakefield Center, Mass. 



n. f. McCarthy b co. 



1 1 2 Arch Street Boston. Mass. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



Copies of any of these patents can 

 be obtained by sending fifteen cents 

 in stamps to Siggers & Siggers. patent 

 lawyers, Box No. 9, N. U. Bldg., 918 P. 

 St., Washington, D. ('.. by mentioning 

 KOETICXJLTUBE. 

 1,302,543. Method of Soil Cultivation. 



Miller H. Hart. Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 1,302,555. Plowshare-Frame. Augusi 



Hollenhorst, Greenwald, Minn. 

 1,302,636. Agricultural Machine. 



Claud C. Craven, Kansas City, Mo. 

 1,302,657. Motor-Plow. Christian F. 



Heinss, Point Pleasant, W. Va. 

 1,302,714. Furrow-Marker. Fred R. 



Rumpel, Richfield, Idaho. 

 1,302,883. Ground-Working Implement, 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in thi» Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



BULBS 



C. KEUR & SON8, HILLEOOM, 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. 



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, Qalesburg, I1L 



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 (Irlnnell. 



$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. 



GLASS. 



Greenhouse glass, lowest prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, Ind. 



ORCHIDS 



HASSALL A CO., Orchid Growera and 

 Raisers, Southgate, London, England. Catt- 

 leyas and Laello-Cattleyaa our specialty. 

 One trial order solicited. 



pkhiih 



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. LAOBB 

 & HURRELL, Summit N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tub 

 grown for Immediate effect; alao Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROY, Mount HlsaarUk Nur 

 sery, New Rochelle, N. T. 



WIRB WORK 



WILLIAM E. HBILSCHBR'S WIBF 

 WORKS, 204 Randolph St, Datrolt, Ml<* 



r. LASS 



FOB 



GREENHOUSES 



Our prices can be had by mall, 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. 



PARSrlELSKY BROS. Inc. 



Johnson, Stewart and Varlek Ave*., 

 Brooklyn, N. T. 



Charles M. Tilbury, Zion City. 111. 



1,303,051. Agricultural Implement. 

 Owen C. Flower, San Francisco, Cal. 



1,303.057. Sharpener for Disk Har- 

 rows. LeRoy Haines, Colchester, 

 111. 



1,303,129. Plowshare. William R. 

 Thomas, Great Falls, Mont. 



1.303,136. Seeder and Fertilizer Dis- 

 tributor, William A. Ward, Los An- 

 geles, Calif., assignor to Jean S. 

 Ward, Los Angeles, Calif. 



1,303,232. Gang-plow. John B. Bar- 

 tholomew, Peoria, 111., assignor to 

 Avery Company, Peoria. 111., a cor- 

 poration of Illinois. 



GROWING WITLOOF CHICORY. 



Wit loot' chicory is now being grown 

 pretty commonly by private gardeners. 

 Estate owners have found that it is 

 possible to obtain just as good a qual- 

 ity of French Endive from their own 

 gardens as that which formerly was 

 imported from Belgium. It is an easy 

 crop to grow and just as easy to force. 

 The seed should be sown within the 

 next two weeks in order to get good 

 forcing roots for next winter. It is 

 best to have a deep, light soil so that 



the roots can grow straight down with- 

 out meeting obstructions. There is al- 

 ways more or less branching when the 

 soil is heavy unless it is trenched or 

 in some other way made deep to ac- 

 commodate this crop. It doesn't need 

 to be especially rich. Soil that is good 

 enough for parsnips or salsify will 

 grow excellent Witloof. The aim 

 should be to obtain roots which are not 

 under an inch in diameter. Roots that 

 are over two inches are not to be de- 

 sired. At least it is the opinion of ex- 

 perts that the bigger roots do not 

 make as good heads. 



Care should be taken to get genuine 

 Witloof Chicory seeds. The common 

 chicory is very much inferior. There 

 should be no difficulty in getting first 

 quality seed at reliable seed stores. 

 Make your rows about eighteen inches 

 apart and have the plants not closer 

 than five inches in the rows. Three- 

 quarters of an inch is deep enough to 

 sow the seeds and it may be well to 

 mix in a few radish seeds as the Wit- 

 loof is often a little slow in germinat- 

 ing and the weeds may get a start be- 

 fore it comes up unless there is some 

 guide to make it possible for you to 

 begin culitivating. 



