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HORTICULTUEE 



August 17, 1912 



AT MICHELL'S 



A five-story building, 

 over 50,000 square 

 feet of floor space, 

 over 125 employees. 



A clientele extending 

 all over the U. S. and 

 in many foreigii coun- 

 tries is a record of 

 22 years accomplisli- 

 ment of which we 

 are proud. 



A florist or anyone 

 else inclined horticul- 

 turally can get most 

 anything in 



SEEDS 

 BULBS 

 SUNDRIES 

 Etc. 



and in the best o( 

 its kind. 



Our flower seeds are fast making a better reputation for us than we thought it 

 possible for a business house to attain. Let us fill that next order of yours. 



Meet Mr. FRED'K J. MICHELL and his corps of Assistants 

 AT THE CONVENTION 



Wholesale Price List and Catalog of Bulbs ready now 



ICHELUS SEED HOUSE 



518 Market Street, Philadelphia 



or three years it will completely super- 

 sede the one time favorite. 



Other varieties which pleased me 

 were Irish Belle, rosy lilac; Mrs. Cuth- 

 bertson, pink and white bi-color; Mar- 

 garet Madison, pale blue; and Mrs. 

 Warren, which might be described as 

 a Helen Pierce Spencer. 



There were quite a number of white 

 self-novelties, but the only one which 

 appears to be an advance on White 

 Spencer is the new King White, which 

 by the way was certificated this year 

 by the English National Society. It 

 is a pure white of great size and sub- 

 stance and quite eclipses anything I 

 have seen in this way. It will not, 

 however, I believe, be introduced until 

 I914, 



Orchid, a novelty for next season, is 

 of exceptional merit. It is a lovely 

 shade of lilac mauve, an early and 



continuous bloomer, and practically 

 everj' flower stem contains four flow- 

 ers of immense size. This variety was 

 certificated at the Sweet Pea Show 

 held under the auspices of the Elberon 

 Horticultural Society at Asbury Park 

 in July. 



Decorator has been certificate! both 

 in England and America this season, 

 and is another novelty for 1912. The 

 color is a distinct shade of rose, but 

 under artificial light is a brilliant 

 scarlet. It might be termed Rose du 

 Barri in Spencer form. 



We tried several bush varieties, 

 English introductions of this season, 

 but they were anything but promising, 

 and no improvement on the bush var- 

 ieties grown in America a few years 

 ago but now discarded for sometime. 



The above notes are written from 

 niemoiy, without having the oppor- 



tunity to look over my notes; there- 

 fore, doubtless, many deserving varie- 

 ties may be omitted. 



East Orange, N. J. — Joseph A. 

 Manda is adding three new houses to 

 his equipment — one IS x 78, one 14 x 

 125 and one 8 x 30. These are for 

 orchid growing, as are all his original 

 range, the only other plant under 

 culture here being the aspidistra, 

 which thrives under the bench where 

 nothing else would prosper and helps 

 to fill out the aim that not a single 

 foot of available space be allowed to 

 stand idle and unproductive. 



On a recent visit to Mr. Manda we 

 saw nearly 7.000 Cattleya Dowiana, 

 the amount received in two importa- 

 tions. In a recent importation of Cat- 

 tleya Gaskelliana, nine white flowered 

 lilants were found and they are beauties. 



