May 23, 1914 



HORTICULTUEE 



767 



The Sensational New Yellow 



CACTUS DAHLIA 



GOLDEN GATE 



No feTower or florist can afford to 

 ignore tbe wonderful DaUlia 

 Golden Gate and be up-to-date. 

 The public today craves for Dahlias 

 for either garden or floral use and 

 they simply go wild when tliey see 

 the Golden Gate Dahlia in bloom. 



Examine an old catalog of any of 

 the large seed houses of say ten or 

 more years ago, note the few va- 

 rieties of Dahlias listed ; not much 

 doing in Dahlias at that time. By 

 examining any of today's seed house 

 catalogs, you will find several page3 

 devoted to Dahlias; some bouses is- 

 sue special Dahlia catalogs, which 

 all goes to show the great demand 

 for this popular flower. 



Look up any trade paper of Fall, 

 IfllS, see marlcet quotations, compare 

 Chrysanthemum price's of 1913 with 

 prices of 11)12, note low prices for 

 1913. Mr. Tutty of Chrysanthemum 

 fame, iu his Presidential address be- 

 fore the members of the Chrysan- 

 tliemum Society of America at 

 Chicago, last November, stated that 

 tbe public's demand for Dahlias 

 caused the slump on 'Mums; result, 

 'Alum growers began to sit up and 

 take notice of Dahlias. Watch them 

 and growers of other kindred stock 

 for the coming season. Whv not 

 follow suit? Start right! Plant 

 Golden Gate Dahlia, the queen of 

 them all. After having grown 

 Dahlias twenty years for cut flowers 

 and for the last five years have 



John Lewis Childs 

 Flower-field, L. I., N. Y. 



Mr. Wm. A. Finger, Jr. 

 Hicksville, L. I. 



Dear Sir: 



From all appearances, up to the 

 present time, you have in Dahlia 

 Golden Gate one of the best varieties 

 that have come under my attention. 

 The character and habit are ideal, and 

 the color is one of the richest I have 

 seen. 



Without a doubt you have one of 

 the best Seedlings that have been 

 raised in this or any other country, 

 and I believe that there will be a great 

 future for it. 



Yours very truly, 



I. S. Hendrickson 



uruwn hundreds of novelties, we 

 have yet to see a Dahlia that has 

 the good qualities of the Golden 

 <;ate. Most of the visitors to our 

 grounds last year were of the mil- 

 lionaire class, w^io, as a rule, grow 

 all the Dahlia novelties; one aud all 

 declared the Golden Gate the most 

 wonderful of them all. 



We wish to call your attention to 

 the testimonial of Mr. I. S. Hendrick- 

 son, formerly President of the Glad- 

 iolus Society, whose world-wide ex- 

 perience and reputation as a bulb 

 grower make his judgment very con- 

 vincing. Mr. Hendrickson has Iteen 

 watching this Dalilia for years and 

 was one of the first to book an 

 order with us. 



The Golden Gate Dahlia is insect 

 aud blight proof. They will bloom 

 in spite of the tarnish bug, white 

 fl.v. drought or mildew. 



Testimonials sent on request, tell- 

 ing of the Golden Gate Idooming 

 alone among dozens and hundreds 

 of other varieties that failed to 

 l)loom on account of the above 

 causes. This Dahlia is to Dahlias 

 what King Humbert is to Canuas, 

 or the American Beauty is to Roses. 

 Don't fail to try the CJolden Gate 

 this season, you will never regret it. 



Price to the trade for field-grown 

 tubers (not pot-grown), $1.00 ea^h 

 postpaid; $2.75 for three postpaid; 

 SSIO.OO per dozen. No tubers sent 

 iiuf that do not show sprouts. 



DISSEMINATED BY 



LONG ISLAND DAHLIA GARDENS 



Wm. A, Finger, Jr, 

 Prop, 



Hicksville, LL,N.Y. 



with a gorgeous display of about 8000 

 tulips, hyacinths and narcissi. 



When we visit a greenhouse we 

 naturally expect to see something ex- 

 ceptional and in this we were not dis- 

 appointed. The real display house was 

 that containing a full set of specimen 

 plants of the new Hydrangea Horten- 

 sis. These plants in full bloom, aug- 

 mented by magnificent specimens of 

 pink and white spireas, made a sight 

 not soon to be forgotten. The rose 

 garden has been doubled in size and 

 judging from the number of new vari- 

 eties to be seen there will be an un- 

 usually fine display in June. An in- 

 teresting feature of the rose garden is 

 the summer house entirely covered 

 with Dorothy Perkins roses. This 

 house was built last fall, the roses 

 moved in January with a ball of frozen 

 earth and the long growths not short- 

 ened. At this time it looks as though 

 the experiment would be very success- 

 ful. Wm. F. Turner. 



Cambridge, Mass.— John McKenzie, 

 has leased his greenhouses on Whit- 

 temore avenue and will hereafter 

 give his attention solely to his 

 retail flower store at 1927 Massachu- 

 setts avenue. The lessees of the green- 

 houses are two Japanese who now 

 have a business in Stoneham. One of 

 them formerly worked at the Harvard 

 Botanic garden. They will take pos- 

 session June 15. 



CATTLEYAS 



Frosh importations 



MENDELII -Original Type, Special 

 Lot. 



SCHROEDERAE— Extras. 



POPAYAN TYPE TRIANAT, Old 



Coast Variety, by case or dozen. 

 Write. 



FREEMAN ORCHID CO. 



FALL RIVER, MASS. 



ORCHIDS FRESHLY IMPORTED 



We have uni^acked the following in flue 

 condition. CATTLEYAS: Percivalliana, 

 Gaskelliana, specioslsslnia. DENDBO- 



BILMS: Formosuin, VVardlaniuu, nobilr, 

 densifloruni, Schuitzil. VANDAS: Coer- 

 ulea, Bateniannii, Liizouica, Imschootianu. 

 PHALAENOPSIS: amabiiis, SchUleriana. 

 Spathofflotti,^ plicata. 



Write for Special List No. S6. 

 LAGER & HUKBELL, gunuult, N. J. 



ORCHIDS 



Larft Importan, Exporter; Crowen 

 and HybridiaU in the WoAd 



SANDER. 5t. Alban s, England 



and 258 Broadway, Roam 13X 

 NEW YORK CITr 



H B AC OCJfC'S 



K E N T I A>S 



JOSEPH H^AflpXtl C<)^feKY- 



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OIROMIDS 



Established Plants and 

 Freshly Imported 



Julius Roehrs Co. 



. Rutherford, N. J. 



