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HORTICULTURE 



June 7, 1919 



A FEW SEASONABLE SUGGES- 

 TIONS. 



If time only permitted, one could 

 write about many things, but at this 

 time of the year every commercial and 

 private grower's time is fully taken up. 

 However, here are a few seasonable 

 suggestions from the Canadian florist 

 which may be of interest. 



Canterbury Bells 



A common mistake is made by many 

 growers in sowing the seed of these 

 beautiful biennials too late. Many 

 sow them towards the last of July, or 

 even later, and expect the plants to 

 bloom strongly next season. A small 

 proportion will probably do so but 

 they will never equal those sown earl- 

 ier. Canterbury bells are handsome 

 border plants, but are even finer in 

 pots when grown cool and given the 

 necessary space for their proper de- 

 velopment. Some are seen at Easter, 

 but never of the quality obtainable 

 later in the season. Nice plants may 

 be had in seven-inch or eight-inch pots 

 or tubs nicely staked up. These are 

 very much admired by all observers, 

 and are not difficult to grow as com- 

 pared with many other plants. 



To secure good plants for flowering 

 next year, sow the seed at once; then 

 transplant into flats and later plant 

 outdoors in well-manured ground, al- 

 lowing twelve inches between the rows. 

 For pot culture, dig up and pot about 

 the middle of October. The singles 

 are better for pot culture and also for 

 cutting than either the double or vari- 

 ous other varieties. 



Snapdragon 

 The grower who wants a fall crop 

 of snapdragon must lose no time in 

 rooting some cuttings, or if he has no 

 stock of such varieties as the public 

 wants he should secure some from a 

 grower who specializes in these charm- 

 ing and increasingly popular plants. 

 Cuttings rooted now should be set out 

 in strawberry boxes or four-inch paper 

 pots. These sunk in the rows can be 

 lifted with a good ball of earth in 

 August, when the time for planting 

 indoors arrives. Of course they can 

 be successfully lifted without much 

 earth, but greater care is necessary. 

 The use of four-inch paper pots is good, 

 as they are pretty well decayed at 

 lifting time, and will permit the plants 

 being lifted with plenty of soil. 



""Lorraine and Cincinnati Begonias 



There is still time in which to take 

 cuttings of Lorraine and Cincinnati 

 begonias and secure nice, salable 

 stock in four-inch and five-inch pots 

 or pans next fall. The old stock plants 

 are now growing freely and so good 

 succulent cuttings are obtainable. 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



BULBS 



C KBUR * 80NS, HILLBGOM, Holland. 



Bulbs of all descriptions. Write for prices. 



NEW YORK BRANCH. 8-10 Bridge 8t 



C ANNAS 



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

 price list. THE CONAKD & JONES CO., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Split carnations quickly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Plllsbury'e Carnation 

 Staple, 1000 for 36c; 8000 for SL00 post- 

 paid. I. L. PILL8BURY. Qalesburg, TIL 



DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlia Mrs. Frederick Grlnneu. 



$10.00 per clamp. 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 beat cut-flower varieties. Send list of 

 wants to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 

 Berlin, N. J. 



GLASS. 



Greenhouse class, lowest prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO., Hartford City, lnd. 



There is usually a surplus of the 

 larger sizes of begonias at Thanksgiv- 

 ing and Christmas and a deficiency in 

 the supply of the smaller plants. The 

 cuttings will root quite easily now, 

 where they can have some bottom heat. 

 The earlier propagated plants and leaf 

 cuttings should not be neglected, but 

 should be given a shift before the roots 

 are matted around the side of the pot. 

 Do not give too heavy a soil. They 

 thrive best in a compost containing 

 considerable leaf mould. As much of 

 this as of loam should be used, with a 

 dash of sand added to keep it porous. 

 It is evident that Lorraine begonias 

 are being grown on a smaller scale. 

 The large specialists are devoting their 

 attention to Cincinnati. For the pri- 

 vate man, however, it cannot be 

 equalled for hanging-pans and baskets. 

 Poinsettias 

 If poinsettias have not been started 

 yet, it is time to do so. Cut back the 

 canes somewhat as the plants will then 

 break more vigorously. Do not water 

 too freely or some of the plants are 

 likely to rot. It is better not to place 

 them in too warm a house, as this 

 makes the shoots soft. In a moderate- 

 ly cool house a nice stock of cuttings 

 are produced and these taken off, 

 while quite short, with a heel will root 

 without much trouble. Shoots, how- 

 ever, which have been allowed to get 

 too long and have to be cut below a 

 leaf are more liable to damp off un- 

 less great care is exercised in water- 

 ing and shading. 



GOLD FIBS 



Gold fish, aquarium planta, analls, cas- 

 tles, globes, aquarlnm, flab goods, nets, 

 etc., wholesale. FRANKLIN BARRETT, 

 Breeder, 4816 D St., Olney, Philadelphia. 

 Pa. Large breeding pairs for sale. Send 

 for price list. 



raomaa 



Peonies. The world's greateat collection, 

 1200 sorts. Send for list. C. BHT8CHBR. 

 Canal Dover, O. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 

 Live Sphagnum moaa, orchid peat and 

 orchid basketa alwaya on hand. LAGER 

 & HURRBLL, Summit N. J. 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tub 

 grown for Immediate effect; else Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROY, Mount HlssarUk Nar 

 sery, New Rochella, N. Y. 



W1RH WOU 



WILLIAM B. HBILSCHBB'B WIR»" 

 WORKS, 2S4 Randolph St., Detroit. Ml<* 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED — Landscape Gardeners, as 

 salesmen. Write for our Proposition. 



BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., 



Dept. A., Yalesville, Conn. 



For private use half a dozen hard- 

 wood cuttings put into a four-inch or 

 five-inch pot will root and make ideal 

 pot plants, while they can be pricked 

 back on several occasions as to have 

 them break double, but careful atten 

 tion and feeding one can get some 

 good bracts on them. 



CHESTNUT TREES DOOMED. 



The chestnut tree bark disease 

 seems likely to rob New England of 

 these fine trees. According to Frank 

 W. Rane, state forester, authorities 

 long ago gave up any hope of finding 

 a practical method of stopping the 

 spread of infection. 



The disease not only kills the trees, 

 but makes the timber from dead trees 

 inferior. All that representatives of 

 the forester's department can do is to 

 learn the situation of the area where 

 the infection has made its most recent 

 appearance and see that the chestnut 

 is cut down and converted into timber 

 before the disease has made headway 

 enough to kill the tree. 



"Much chestnut, for instance, is used 

 for railroad ties," said Mr. Rane." A 

 good chestnut tie will furnish service 

 for about eight years. 



"Railroad men say, however, that 

 the wood of chestnut trees attacked 



