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HORTICULTURE 



April 4, 1914 



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HEWS STANDARD POTS 





POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street 

 tONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



IMain Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE. MASS. 



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lECTICID! 



Giinateed inder tbt Insactlcldt Act. 1910. Sirlil Hs. 321 



Save your plants and trees. Just the thing for 

 Greenhouse and outdoor use. Destroys Mealy 

 Bug, Brown and White Scale, Thrip, Red Spider. 

 Black and Green Fly, Mites, Ants, Insects on 

 Rose-bushes, Carnations, etc. without injury to 

 plants and without odor. Used according to di- 

 rections our standard Insecticide will prevent 

 ravages on your crops by insects. 



Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant. 

 Leading Seedsmen and Florists have used it with 

 wonderful results. 



Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleason Dogs 

 and all Domestic Pests. Excellent as a wash for 

 dogs and other animals. Relieves mange. 



Effective where others fail. 



% Pint - - 25o; Pint - - 40o ; Qaart - - 75c 



^ Gallon, &I.2S; Gallon. S2.00; 5 Gallon Can, S9 



10 GalloQ Can - - S17.00 



Dilute ■with water 30 to $0 parts 



For Sale by Seedsmen and Florists' Supply Houses 



If you cannot obtain this from your supply house 

 write us direct 



Lemon Oil Company Dept. K 



420 W. I.exingtan St., Baltimore, Md. 



Directions on every package 



Pl^ANTLIFE 



PliNTllFE ''''^ several advantages over 

 iiZillhlU' liquid insecticides on tbe mar- 

 ket. Cuntaining refined tobacco dust it can 

 be used to mix with the soil, acting as an 

 excellent fertilizer, at tbe same time de- 

 stroying worms and Insects in the ground 

 before they have a chance to reach the 

 plant. 



PLANTLIFE ''■''^ been found very effective in 

 liillllilii ridding greenhouses of insects 

 by dusting on plants. When dry, use for 

 dusting about once a week. 



Put up in bulk for greenhouse men; 



in packages for retail trade. 



Bag of 100 lbs. $3.50. 



Let us quote you prices in quantity. 



The Plantlife Conpany, ^Iew torI: ^T' 



IN the:greenhouse 



The best fertilizer for greenhouse or 

 outdoor >isp for carnations, roses, chrys- 

 anthemums and 

 violets, or potted 

 plants, is Sheep 

 Manure, and to be 

 certain of the best 

 — full strength — 

 get 



SHEEP'S HEAD 

 SHEEP MANURE 



Guaranteed high 

 percentage of nitrogen, phosphoric acid 

 and potash. Weed seeds killed. Will 

 not cause black spot. Hasten maturity, 

 quicken the budding and stiffen the 

 stems. Write for booklet and prices. 



Natural C^aaoo Co., 815 River Street, Aurora, III. 



FOR SALE 



FOB SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 10x12, 16x18, 16x24, double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is 

 the time to buy and save money. PAE- 

 SHBLSKT BEOS.. INC., 213-217 H«Te- 

 meyer St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 



DREER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



30 16 in. 

 I 40 14 in. 

 ( 50 12 in. 

 ffiO 10 in. 

 70 8 in. 

 aufai-tured for us e.vclusively. The best tub ever introduced. The neatest, lightest 

 ■heapfst. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have 

 handles. 



No. Diam. Ea: Doz. 100 

 10 20 in. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00 

 20 IS in. 1.30 14.00 115.00 

 1.00 



.65 



.45 



.38 



.30 



11.25 

 7.0O 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.50 



92.00 

 56.00 

 40.00 

 32.00 

 28.00 



Man 

 and cti 

 firop 



HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and Supplies , 714 chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pi 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Allentown, Pa. — John Sykes, house 

 30x150 



Merriam. Kan. — C. T. Reinhardt. ad- 

 ditions. 



Middletown, N. Y.— F. X. Dienst, 

 rose house. 



Corpus Christ!, Tex. — D. E. Curtis, 

 three houses. 



Maywood, III. — W. H. Amling, range 

 or ro.se houses. 



Putnam, Conn. — C. S. Andem, addi- 

 tion. 200 ft. long. 



Westerly, R. I. — Geo. L. Stillman, 

 propagating house. 



Nashville, Tenn. — M. H. Slfalowski, 

 Church St., range of houses. 



HELP WANTED 



SUPERINTENDENT WANTED 



At once to take charge of a private 

 estate, 90 acres, with conservator- 

 ies, dairy and chicken departments 

 Address D. V., Care HORTICULTURE 



WANTED— In Worcester County. Mass., 

 a good working foreman, well recommend- 

 ed. American or English preferred: must 

 be a good grower and floral designer and 

 able to handle men to advantage. Apply, 

 stating age. experience and reference, to 

 C. I. A., care HORTICULTURE. 



WANTED — Single man for country place 

 from April 15th to November 15th and 

 possibly permanent position. Wages $40 

 per month, with room and board. Lo- 

 cation on car line. 30 minutes from Port- 

 land. CARL RUST PARKER. 910 Fidel- 

 ity Bldg., Portland. Maine. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED— As working 

 foreman on commercial place where 

 general line of plants and tiowers are 

 grown for retail purposes. Central Mas- 

 sachusetts or Southern New Hampshire 

 preferred. Address "H," care HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



POSITION WANTED — By experienced 

 rose grower. Massachusetts preferred. Un- 

 derstands general greenhouse crops. Ad- 

 dress .\. care HORTICULTURE. . 



SITUATION WANTED — Having had 

 more than twenty years' experience in 

 setting Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 

 Grading Lawns, care of Shrubs and 

 Flowers. I now wish to communicate with 

 some party needing permanent help in 

 this line. B, care HORTICULTURE. 



PEIRCE PAPER 

 FLOWER POT 



Superior to ANY OTHER pot for 

 6hii>ping purposes. 



Saves weight and space for the 

 shipper. 



Best of protection against damage 



by frost. 



Received a Certificate of Merit from 

 the Society of American Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 Minneapolis, August, 1913. 



Only paper pot ever so recognized. 



Ask your seedsman or supply house. 

 If they do not keep them, send 



flirect. 



Ma^e in Standard 

 sizes, 2 inch to 6 

 inch inclnsive. 



Samples furnished 

 free. 



E. Allan Peirce 



401 Oaks Road 

 Waltdam, Mass. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 



HILFINGER BROS. Pottery. Fort Edward, N.T. 



tupst Rolker & Sons, SI Barclay St., N. Y. City, Atents 



QUI) SPECULTT — Long Distance and TradeEmort 



—STANDARD FLOWER— b 



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If your greenhoasM are within 500 miles 

 of the Capitol, write us, we caa save 

 von money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



^xth * "xi st« 



"hinirton. n C 



When writing to advertiten kmdfy 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



