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HORTICULTURE 



January 10, 1914 



AMHERST SECURES A. H. NEHRL- 

 ING AS HEAD OF FLORI- 

 CULTURE. 



Arno H. Nehrling has recently re- 

 signed his position as Associate in 

 Floriculture in the College of Agri- 

 culture and in the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station at the University of 

 Illinois to become head of the depart- 

 ment of Floriculture in the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, at Amherst, 

 Massachusetts. 



Mr. Nehrling was born July 25, 1886 

 at Freistadt, Missouri. His prelimin- 

 ary education was received in Milwau- 

 kee, in the public schools and in Con- 

 cordia College. His father at that 

 time was curator of the Milwaukee 

 Public Museum, and while there made 

 frequent publications, both in this 

 country and abroad, along lines con- 

 nected with Natural History. In 1902 

 the family moved to Gotha, Florida, to 

 take up the commercial culture of 

 amaryllis, caladiums and crinums, his 



Abno H. Nehrling 

 father meanwhile continuing his re- 

 search. At the present time his father 

 has the largest collection of caladiums 

 in the world and his hybrid amaryllis 

 are known the world over. 



In the spring of 1905. Mr. Nehrling 

 entered the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 dens and Shaw School of Botany at 

 St. Louis, at that time the only school 

 in the United States specializing along 

 floricultural lines, where he had ob- 

 tained a scholarship. He was gradu- 

 ated in 1909, his thesis, "The Fancy 

 Leaved Caladiums," appearing in the 

 American Florist the following year. 



From March, 1909, until July, Mr. 

 Nehrling taught nature study and 

 school gardening in the public schools 

 of South Chicago, after which he en- 

 tered into his duties in the floricul- 

 tural division of the Department of 

 Horticulture, University of Illinois. 

 He is a member of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists, the Illinois State Flor- 

 ists' Association, the Illinois Horti- 

 cultural Society and a fellow in the 

 Royal Horticultural Society. 



His many friends among the faculty 

 of the University, and his acquaint- 

 ances in the towns of Urbana and 

 Champaign wish him as great success 



in his new undertaking as he has had 

 at Illinois. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



E. E. Stewart, Brooklyn, Mich. — 

 Wholesale Price-List of Gladioli. 



W. E. Marshall & Co., New York — 

 Seed Catalogue for 1914. A very 

 creditable publication. 



Nungesser-Dickinson Seed Co., Hobo- 

 ken, N. J.— Wholesale Price List of 

 Grass and Clover Seeds. 



Alfred Mitting, Holland, Mich.— Cir- 

 cular of Macatawa Everbearing Black- 

 berry. With colored plate. 



L. Daehnfeldt, Odense, Denmark. — 

 Illustrated catalogue of Flower and 

 Vegetable seeds for the Trade. 



Wm. Henry Maule, Philadelphia. — 

 Seed Book for 1914. Cover in colors 

 and quite strong on vegetables. 



Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland. 

 — General Price-List of Vegetable, 

 Flower and Agricultural Seeds. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. — Wholesale Catalog for Seedsmen 

 and Dealers only who buy to sell again. 

 Vegatables and flower and grass seeds 

 fully listed. 



Anton Schultheis, College Point, N. 

 Y.— Wholesale Fall Price-List of Flow- 

 ering and Foliage Plants. A very at- 

 tractive list from a wide-awake grower 

 of good things for the florists' trade. 



Watkins & Simpson, London, Eng- 

 land. — Foreign and Colonial Whole- 

 sale Catalogue of Garden and Flower 

 seeds, season 1914. Well printed and 

 beautifully illustrated. Insert of "1914" 

 novelties in colors. 



Williams Seed Co., Norfolk, Va. — 

 1914 Annual Catalogue of Vegetable, 

 Farm and Flower Seeds. Farm and 

 Garden Implements, Incubators and 

 Poultry Supplies. "Ask the man who 

 plants them," is a good slogan. 



Burnett Bros., New York City. — 

 1914 List of Reliable Seeds, Bulbs, 

 Plants. Having graduated into a new 

 and capacious establishment on 

 Chambers street, Messrs. Burnett have 

 duly signalized that event with a cata- 

 logue adequate to the occasion. Bound 

 in dark forest green and gold embos- 

 sed, it presents an attractive exterior. 

 The pages are replete with interesting 

 offers in seeds, poultry supplies, im- 

 plements, etc., and abundantly illus 

 trated. 



A. T. Boddington, New York. — Gar- 

 den Guide for Spring, 1914.— The first 

 glance at this very inspiring catalogue 

 discloses a cover illustration by Harry 

 A. Bunyard in blue, green and gold 

 which once more confirms us of that 

 gentleman's talent as a decorative ar- 

 tist of no mean ability. Looking 

 through the 175 pages of text we find 

 a bountiful list of the good things a 

 first-class seed house can offer for the 

 year 1914, prefaced with a very at- 

 tractive novelty list. 



Michell's Seasonable 



FLOWER SEEDS SI^p 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Northern Greenhouse Grown Seed. 

 500 Seed.... $1.75 5,000 Seeds.. $15.00 



1,000 " 3.25 10,000, " .. 29.00 



Special prices on larger quantities. 



Asparagus Hatcheri Seed 



100 Seeds $1.00 



500 " 3.25 



1,000 " 6.00 



Special prices on larger quantities. 



Verbena Seed 



MicheH'B Mammoth Fapcy Strain. 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Mammoth Fancy, Blue $0.30 $1.25 



Pink 30 1.25 



" " Scarlet 30 1.25 



Striped 30 1.25 



" " White 30 1.25 



Mixed 30 1.00 



VInca Seed 



A1.BA. White with rose 



centre $0.15 $0.50 



AI/BA PURA. Pure white. . . .15 .50 



ROSEA. Pink 15 .50 



MIXED 15 .40 



Salvia Seed 



MICHEL, fS SCARLET 



GLOW $0.50 $3.50 



BONFIRE 40 2.00 



SPLENDENS 25 1.00 



ZURICH 50 4.00 



Also all other Seasonable Seeds, 

 Bulbs and Florists* Supplies. Send 

 for Wholesale Catalogue. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Flower Seed Specialiais 

 518 Market Street, PHIUDELTHIA, PA 



edition of this always-welcome annual 

 visitor is again an advance upon its 

 predecessors. The illustrations which 

 are numerous and of high quality, are 

 well placed and each page is a well- 

 balanced story by itself. The cover is 

 exceedingly rich and attractive. A pic- 

 ture in natural colors of "Monticello," 

 the home of Thomas Jefferson, set in 

 an embossed panel of cream and gold, 

 adorns the front and a similar design 

 on the back encloses a brilliant rose 

 garden scene. There are several full 

 page inserts in colors, that of Hender- 

 son's New Red Sunflower being partic- 

 ularly pleasing. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, 

 Mass. — Garden Annual for 1914. 

 Messrs, Farquhar have certainly out- 

 done themselves in this handsome pro- 

 duction which is unquestionably the 

 best they have ever put out. The 

 cover illustration of Hypericum pa- 

 tulum var. Henryi and Viola cornuta 

 atropurpurea in colors is lovely and 

 Oriental Poppy Mrs. Perry is equally 

 glorious on the back cover. The book 

 comprises 168 pages with cover and 

 the illustrations are profuse and ex- 

 cellent. In the novelty section are 

 listed thirty-six new and rare plants 

 from the Wilson Chinese collections, 

 with plates of Clematis Armandi, Bud- 

 dleia variabilis Veitchiana. Exochorda 

 grandiflora Wilsonii and Syringa Wil- 

 sonii. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York — 

 "Everything for the Garden." The 1914 



"THE BEST." 



"Horticulture is without doubt the 



best American trade paper devoted to 



ornamental horticulture. I cut out 



the papers — and — several years ago." 



B. 



Penna. 



