October 7, 1916 



HOBTICULTUBE 



475 



NARCISSUS 



Paper White Grandiflora 



13 



cm. and up 



We have a few more oases 

 on hand and offer these 

 extra quality bulbs at 



$12 per 1000; $15 per 

 case of 1300. 



HOGEWONING S SONS 



RYNSBURG, HOLLAND 



32 Broadway New York 



WinterSpencer Sweet Peas 



THREE EXCELLENT SORTS 



BRIDAL VEIL 



I'lire white. A cross bctwwn White orchid ami Watchiiiic: 

 cine of the earliest. Its siz.- iiiiil purlt.v of cnliir iiiak>' it 

 (iiic of the liest. Whlte-seeilcl. Oz. *1. 'i 11'. »-!.'i«. ll>. *!-■ 



PINK-AND-WHITE ORCHID 



Similar in color to Cliri.sliiiM.s I'illk, hut proclun-s a hui;i;i- 

 ilower on longer stems. Oz. (15 cts., Vi lb. $1!, lb. $T.uU. 



YARRAWA 



Kright rose-piuk, with licht wings. Yarruwn has the 

 lieav.v foliiiBe and stronsr ;rrowth of the sumnnr-flowerlui; 

 tvpc." and is a true winter IdoomlnK Spencer. Seed sown 

 early in October will flower about .fanuar.v 1. ami bloom 

 profusely and continuously until June. Varrawa is abso- 

 lutely ll.xed and true to color and type. The flowers are 

 exquisitely wayed. and when full-trrown will ayeratre ^V.. 

 inches in diameter. They are borne usually In fours on 

 extra-long, strong stems. 



Australian grown seed: Oz. $2.00. V4 lb. $7.00. lb. $24.00. 

 Califoruiau grown seed : Oz. 05 cts.. V4 lb. $2.25, lb. $S.OO. 



Pull descriptive list of all Winter Spencer Sweet Pens and 

 Seasonable Flower Seeds will be found In our new Itulb 

 Catalogue, mailed free on reciuest. 

 i:-.-i PER fKNT. I>IS»orNT FOR CASH WITH OHI)ERT>J 



ARTHUR T.BODDINGTON CO., Inc. 



128 Chambers St., NEW YORK CITY 



"TEAR DOWN" WEEK. 



The Massachusetts Forestry Associa- 

 tion is heading a movement to free the 

 public shade trees and other objects 

 within the public highways of the 

 State, of all illegally posted advertis- 

 ing matter. 



These signs have been declared a 

 public nuisance by law, and should be 

 removed. The parties responsible for 

 posting such signs may not know that 

 they are breaking the law, and are 

 subject to fines, but such ignorance 

 will not excuse them. Automobile 

 Clubs, Women's Clubs, Boards of 

 Trade, and other organizations are be- 

 ing asked to co-operate in this work 

 to rid the highways of their respective 

 towns of this obnoxious nuisance. 

 Many of them have already made plans 

 to participate in this clean-up work 

 during the "Tear-Down" week, Octo- 

 ber 9 to 14 inclusive. 



Here is a chance for the public to 

 register its sentiment concerning this 

 illegal advertising. Tbe beauty of our 

 highways in many sections is spoiled 

 by these signs. Our shade trees 

 which represent a value of hundreds 

 of thousands of dollars, are in rnany 

 instances being injured by such sign?. 

 Thousands of tourists visit our state 

 annually because of our good roads. 

 Why should we not keep our road- 

 sides beautiful? Everybody can help 

 to clean up our highways. If every- 

 one will take it upon himself to remove 

 these signs along one mile of road near 

 his home, the whole state can be cov- 

 ered in this one week. 



We hope that this appeal will enlist 

 all persons who have felt that some- 



thing should be done in this matter to 



the end that our highways shall again 



be restored to their natural beauty. 



— Press BulleUn. No. ~. 



PERSONAL. 



Thomas Flynn has resigned as flo- 

 rist for Higaho Company at Osterville, 

 Mass.,. to take charge of an estate on 

 Long Island, N. Y. 



John Oliver, gardener on the Shedd 

 estate. Tilton, N. H.,. met with an ac- 

 cident which will confine him to his 

 home for several weeks. 



H. W. Ross has accepted again the 

 position of superintendent of Newton 

 Cemetery, Newton, Mass., filling the 

 vacancy caused by the death of his 

 father who succeeded him as superin- 

 tendent two years ago when he re- 

 signed to go into business in Wor- 

 cester. 



The complete schedule for the An- 

 nual Exhibition of the Tuxedo (N. Y.) 

 Horticultural Society has been issued. 

 It is a finely printed and attractive 

 publication. The show will be held 

 at the Tuxedo Club on Friday, Satur- 

 day and Sunday, Nov. 3, 4 and 5. 

 Thos. Wilson is secretary of the so- 

 ciety and Fred'k Bentley is exhibition 

 manager. There are ninety-eight 

 classes in the prize list.' 



Shipments received this week by 

 McHutchison & Co. include 300 bales 

 of raffia, also 22,000 pieces of raffia 

 cloth, which was introduced by them 

 for the manufacture of men's hats. 



BELGIAN AZALEAS COMING. 



From McHutchison & Co. we have 

 received the following encouraging 

 communication: 



Since we wrote you Sept. 19th with 

 regard to shipments of Azaleas, etc. 

 coming this tall from Belgium, the 

 prospects have become more favor- 

 able. We know now definitely that at 

 least some shipments will come— per- 

 haps all of them. Several hundred 

 cases are already in transit from Rot- 

 terdam per S. S. Ryndam. Of course 

 we cannot tell which orders the ship- 

 ments contain until the shipping docu- 

 ments arrive. 



August Rolker & Sons also write as 

 follows: 



We had cable last Thursday stating 

 that the first shipment of azaleas are 

 coming by S. S. Ryndam, leaving Rot- 

 terdam. Saturday. September 30th.— 

 This notice refers, of course, only to 

 shipments in our care: what others 

 are getting we do not know, but we 

 think this means the starting of 

 azalea shipments from Belgium for 

 this season. We believe this success 

 is mainly due to the efforts of the 

 Belgian Chambre Syndicate Horticole. 

 assisted by the efforts of our Rotter- 

 dam forwardei-s to influence England 

 to allow a liberal advance payment to 

 the Belgian growers from last year's 

 funds remitted by British request to a 

 London Bank, and held fhere in trust 

 for the Beli-'ian growers. 



