September 23, 1916 



HORTICULTUE E 



413 



WINTER SPENCER SWEET PEAS 



Bod<ling:toQ*s Re-eelevted Winter- 

 flowering: Spencers as g:rown by 

 AVm. Sim, Cllftondale, Mass. 



AI'KICOT ORCHID. Mostly apricot self 



liOUEMIAN GIRL. Light pink 



BRIDAL VKIL. Pure white [ / 



CHRISTJUS PINK ORCHID. Pink, white wings 



MRS. A. A. SKACH. Blight pink... 



MRS. JOHN M. BARKER. Lilac... 



MRS. M. SP.iNOLIN. Uouhle ; white 



ORCHID BEAUTY. Rose-pink, with orange 



PINK-AND-WHITE ORCHID 



RED ORCHID. Bright cherry-red 



SENS.4TION. Newman & Legg's Christmas Pink Orcliid 



SENSATION SCARLET. Bright scarlet ..,., 



THE CZAR. Rose, wings white, mottled pink 



VARK.VWA. Bright rose pink. AUSTRALIA.V grown seed 



CALIFOKNIAX grown seed 



MIXED SPENCERS, WINTER FLOWERING: oz., 05c. ; % lb., 



CYCLAMEN— Boddington's Gigantic 



Choicest English Strain* 



Tr. 



pkt. 



CHERRY RED $0.50 



CRIMSON 26 



CRIMSON AND WHITE.. .50 



LILAC 25 



riNK. Soft pink 25 



ROSE. Light rose 25 



SNOWFLAKE. White 25 



ISYRING.4-BLUE 25 



WHITE BIJTTERFLY 50 



PHOENIX. Crimson 50 



PI RPLE KING 25 



MIGNONETTE, Boddiugion's Majest.v. The licsl variety for greenhouse tr:idi' 

 Pkt. 60e., H oz. $1.00, o/.. $7.50. 



£&■ a PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR C.VSH WITH ORDER.liS 



I ARTHUR T. BOPPINGTON CO., Inc. 



128 CHAMBERS ST. 

 NEW YORK CITY 



J 



FORCING SPRING FLOWERING 

 SHRUBS. 



Can you give me any information as to 

 tthe proper method of treatment of forcing 

 stock in winter storage. 



I am handling a large quantity of 

 Lilacs, Spirea, Azaleas, Skimmias, Rhodo- 

 dendrons, and so forth, for the winter and 

 spring trade. Any information as to the 

 light, air. water, and heat requirements for 

 the successful handling of such stock 'would 

 be very much appreciated. 



In ortJer to have good success in 

 forcing shrubs all plants should have 

 careful culture with that in view for 

 one or two years previous. Lilacs 

 should be potted and stored in a cool 

 place until wanted. For early forcing 

 they should be exposed to a week or 

 more of freezing weather. After being 

 housed they should have a tempera- 

 ture of 70 to 75 degrees. Syringe the 

 wood several times daily and keep up 

 a moist atmosphere. When the buds 

 have grown one inch water freely and 

 raise the temperature five to ten de- 

 grees. As soon as flowers begin to 

 show gradually reduce the tempera- 

 ture to harden the blooms. Most other 

 deciduous spring flowering shrubs may 

 be given similar treatment.' Azaleas 

 should have the balls dipped in water 

 until the roots are soaked through, as 

 soon as received. Pot with good drain- 

 age and keep them close and shaded 

 tor a few days, spraying them daily 

 after which place them in a cool, airy 

 house at about 55 to 65 degrees. Do 

 not push them into heat too rapidly 

 and should any leaf growths appear 

 they must be pinched out. After the 

 buds show color, gradually accusl'im 

 the plants to a cooler atmosphere. 

 Rhododendrons require a tjirf ral 



treatment similar to the azaleas. Keep 

 them well syringed but as soon as the 

 buds show color a dryer atmosphere 

 will be essential as excessive damp- 

 ness is dangerous. Fifty to 55 degrees 

 is sufficient heat. Never allow them 

 to get dry at the roots. 



Spiraea (astilbe) clumps should Ije 

 "heeled in" in frames and covered with 

 litter until recjuired. They require 

 about three months from the time of 

 starting until they are in bloom. 

 After potting, soak them thoroughly 

 and give heat very slowly at the start, 

 gradually increasing, and keep them in 

 full sun. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Weeber & Don, New York. — Bulb 

 Catalogue for 1916. An attractive 

 issue. 



Martin Kohankie, Painesville, Ohio, 

 Wholesale Catalogue and Price List of 

 field grown Nursery Stock, for 1916. 



Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass.. 

 Autumn Catalogue of High Grade 

 Bulbs. A boldly illustrated and im- 

 pressive 60-page book, containing also 

 a list of the Breck, Robinson Nursery 

 Co., specialties. 



Lopd & Burnham Company, New 

 York — "A Passing Glimpse at Some of 

 the Vegetable Houses We Have Built" 

 — an eight-page pamphlet, illustrated 

 with handsome exterior and interior 

 views of greenhouses devoted to vege- 

 table forcing. Very timely on accoont 

 of the Vegetable Growers' Convention 

 in Chicago. 



ADVANCING PRICES— WHY NOT? 



1 was certainly pleased to read in 

 the paper of others taking up the ad- 

 vance of price. Gentlemen, you will 

 have to raise or quit and now that the 

 time is here when everyone else is 

 making all degrees of advancement, 

 why not get what is coming to you? 



The grower who does not raise will 

 be working for the other fellow soon 

 unless he does, and right now. Look 

 about you. pick out the man who got 

 the better prices and either follow his 

 lead, or as a "Safety First" movement 

 go to him and engage a place with 

 liini because you will need the job 

 soon and you may as well be prepared 

 as the only thing now is "Prepared- 

 ness." 



Some growers I have met keep two 

 books — a check book and a bank book. 

 If the bank book shows a balance on 

 the right side they think they have 

 made some money but that may be 

 l)ecause some one has left them some 

 money and not because of superior 

 ability in srowing or salesmanship. 



Men— It'.'< up to you and it only re- 

 quires a little nerve, some common 

 sense and some brains. The team 

 work will come just as soon as the 

 other fellow sees that you are raising. 

 He is only waiting and wishing you 

 would .start, so why not show him that 

 you have the confidence in your prod- 

 ucts to demand the right price and 

 get it. Don't be afraid of the "other 

 fellow." He Is human like yourself 

 and you know that you could use a 

 few more dollars, the same as all the 

 rest of us.— SO WAKE VP. 



Sharon Hill, Pa. P. M. Read. 



