September 9, 1916 



HOBTICULTUEE 



349 



WINTER SPENCER SWEET PEAS 



4 oz. 



NEW CROP SKED READY FOR DELIVERY NOW. 1 oz. 



AI'KICOT ORCHID. Mostly apricot solt 1150 



UKI.lil.AN HERO. A btautllul lose g'oo 



liOIIKMI.VN GIRL. Light pink ',[', i'0q 



■IKIDAL VEIL. I'uie wllitc ,'nn 



CHRISTJI.AS PINK ORCHID. I'lnli, white wiugs '.'. sou 



MRS. A. A. .SK.ACH. ISrigllt pink ; . . 05 



MRS. JOHN M. B.VRKER. Lilac j'sq 



MRS. JOS. M.\ND.\. Light shell-piuk «5 



-MRS. M. SP.VNOLIN. Doulllo; white I'oo 



-MORNING ST.4R. Self pink color \\'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. sioo 



OK-\NGE ORCHID. StandarO orauge, wings dark salmon-pink! ISM 



ORCHID BEAUTY. Rose-pink, with orange 75 



I'INK-.VND-WHITE ORCHID (jg 



RED ORCHID. Bright cherry-red 75 



SIONSATIO.N. Newman & Leggs Christmas Pink Orchid '.'.'.'.'." s!oo 



SKNS.VTION S('.\KLET. Bright scarlet 3.00 



rilK <Z.\K. \li>n:\ wiugs white, mottled pink .,', sioo 



\ KMS. Ulll-^h pmk 150 



« HITE ORCHID. Pure white .es 



V-VRR.\WA. Bright rose pink. Australian grown seed aioo 



Californian grown seed 65 



MIXED SPENCERS, WINTER FLOWERING: oz., 65e.j Vi lb.,' $2.00; 



CYCLAMEN— Boddington's Gigantic 



Sow Now For Best Retulfs 



II). 



Itoddiitg ton's Ke-seleeted W inter- 

 flowering Spencers as grown by 

 Wni. Sim, Cliftoiidale , Mass. 



Our Wholesale CataloKUe of Bulbs and Seasonable Flower Seeds is now Reatly. Free to 

 Florists on Request. fcs- 5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR C.\SH WITH ORDER.-iai 



ARTHUR L BODDINGTON CO., Inc., 128 Chambers St., New York City 



er which is to bear the seed, is care- 

 fully emasculated in tlie bud stage. 

 This should be done the da,v before 

 opening, when the stamens are easily 

 broken off and no sign of pollen has 

 appeared. The bud is then allowed to 

 close. The next essential factor is the 

 total exclusion of all insects by en- 

 closing the bud in fine cheese-cloth 

 and tying below the ovary. The stami- 

 nate parent, or flower which is to sup- 

 ply the pollen, is then selected, also 

 in the bud stage, and is protected in 

 the same manner as the emasculated 

 flower. Pollen should never be re- 

 moved from anthers which have been 

 exposed to the insect's trail, because 

 of the possibility of foreign iiollen be- 

 ing left behind. The second day the 

 act of pollination is accomplished by 

 the aid of a camel's-hair brush, the 

 pollen readily adhering to the brush, 

 especially if it is passed over the an- 

 thers with an upward movement. The 

 pollen thus obtained is then deposited 

 on the stigma which is filled with nec- 

 tar, the nectar immediately changing 

 to a light yellow color. The flower is 

 then rewrapped, securely fastened to 

 a stake, and a label attached indicat- 

 ing the cross. Within three weeks the 

 seed will be ready for collection. — 

 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin. 



ONE WEEK'S IMPORTS. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending August 18, were recorded as 

 follows : 



Bulbs— France, $1,698; Netherlands, 

 $15,220; England, $92; China, $1,144; 

 Japan, $18,114. 



Plants— Netherlands, $210; Brazil, 

 $46; Columbia, $64, 



Red Clover Seed— Canada, $258. 



Clover Seed— France, $934; Eng- 



land, $6,587; Canada, $406; Japan, 

 $871. 



Grass Seed — Denmark, 

 France, $741; Spain, $4,155. 



Other Seeds — Denmark, 

 France, $38; Netherlands, 

 Hongkong, $65; Japan, $3,633; Italy, 

 $2,104; England, $1,966; Trinidad, $47. 



Nitrate of Soda— Chile, $85,077. 



$2,439; 



54; 

 $2,000; 



Kansas City, Mo. — The Rudy-Patrick 

 Seed Co, has increased its capital 

 stock from $100,000 to $150,000, 



Wm. H. Mihm, business manager of 

 J. Bolgiano & Son, and a party of 

 friends motored from Baltimore 

 through the Alleghany Mountains 

 where they have been the guest for 

 the past few days of Charles J, Bol- 

 giano at his mountain home near 

 Mountain Lake Park, Md. 



View in Gladiolus Show Room of B. Hammond Tracy, Wenliain, Mass. 



