42 HORTICULTURE July 8, 1911 



S '^f^>*v PANSY SEED TIME S 



* A Choice Varieties of Giant Pansies " 



M' l ) Trade pkt. % oz. Oz. *g 



\ \ ' Giant Trimardeau. Improved mammoth- ^^ 



n\ I- '\i flowering in good range of color $0.15 $0.50 $1.50 M 



\ \ , .. . w g /y Giant Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). Petals *-» 



Mj^ a" I I t \ldiu/lto/£/s ^ beautifully waved, exquisite colors. .15 .85 ■"'.•" l M 



n/ O^MMM*** v i JkW w£^ highly colored flowers 15 .85 3.00 1 



_^5bM B^Li/lB w£^ Gianl Bugaot's Stained. Exhibition. Ex- r"^ 

 *- "~^JB dBf'^I Bs^- choice flowers, large and plenty of 



TJ & — ^M ^f .^H \^^^ " light colors 50 £J 



{4T ^S Bf A W BBta^£_ Gianl Madame Perret. A recent iutroduc- J_l 



2 M^H E 9bi4m | T tiou, by a celebrated French specialist; — 

 ti ^ __ *^^MBH B>-- . «J »^55T*^' »f strong, free growth. Especially rich 



ZZ f ^-^^^^^B^B/SL X^E3*^3!55r in rt "' shades 15 85 3.00 j-, 



□ V --^'^-J^wS >W "*^»~~" Giant lire Kingr. Brilliant reddish yel- J_l 



_ - ^, J^| fc-- / low > witn large brown eyes $0.25 $1.00 $3.00 w 



' ^^Ck flfcw. lor') Beaconsfleld, Deep purple Wk 



n. Om |k ' S| *~ violet, top petals light blue 15 .50 1.50 v-r 



^-^ I 5« Jt- , Giant Canary Bird. A five-spotted yellow J-4 



M^^-' JS tiff variety. Ground color, is a deep golden pa 



>H fi? i yellow and each petal is marked with a ^ 



n/JH BF J dark blotch 15 .85 3.00 f-J 



^H WnK B^. - Orchideaeflora, Orchid-flowered *— * 



MT^WB JOT /v8H dr\\ y' Pansy. Splendid pariety Beautiful shades 



-v / 7W7>7|| r" w^r^Vv / of pink, lilac, orange, rose, terra cotta, r_* 



^^^^ •V^. vv > chamoise, etc 25 1.25 4.00 FT 



r: ^*"~v^_^^ j£a*h. /' Giant Emperor William. Ultramarine blue, Z^ 



' — "" ^» ' purple eye 10 .50 1.50 ] 



C2 ......... » i» . ...in, ■ riinrn in n i Giant Golden Qneen. Bright yellow, no eye. .15 .60 2.00 >_, 



PANSY— Boddingtons "CHALLENGE —All Colors ciant cmden raiow. Yeiiow, brown eye. .25 .75 2.50 n 



MThis mixture contains all the finest Giant strains-of Giant King of the Blacks (Faust) Black. .15 .60 2.00 w 



the leading Pansy Specialists in the world-the Giant self- <>Mnt P resident McKinley. Golden yel- ■ 



r-f colors, the Giant striped and margined, and the Giant low. laige d.uk blotch .15 .85 3.00 >-j 



blotched, etc., all carefully mixed in proportion— the finest Giant Prince Bismarck, lellonish bronze, ^_ 9 - n w 



Mthat money can buy— the finest your money can buy. A „. dark „ c y e ±:: f2 'S TTj. 



n florist who has grown it said, "Why don't you call it Giant Rosy LilaC; •. ••• 1= 60 2.00 £* 



Defiance?" Giant Pret.osa Cnmson-rose, white mar- Q 



. ,, ,. -, r . , .. ,c >c «• gin, violet blotch 15 .60 2.00 »-* 



M Trade pkt., 50C ; 's-OZ., 75c; %-VL, $1.50 ; ' 2 0Z., >2.75 ; OZ., 15.00 Giant White. Violet spot, the largest white. .10 .50 1.50 ] 



| ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman, 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK S 



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dense undergrowth, armies of black go into the forests to gather the plants PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



ants, swamp fevers, and pitched bat- except the natives; that the armies of pi an t Physiology B M Duggar 



ties of one hero against a lot of In- dangerous black ants are the products ' 



dians the stories would not be harm- of feverish imagination, and that the ^ dlted W ^ H - Baile y. This is one of 



ful, and, except for their inaccuracy search for the "Snow-white Orchid," the "Rural Text Book Series," pub- 



the'y would seem interesting. But is nothing but one of the pretty little lished by the MacMillan Company, 



when the collectors wilfully and ma- fibs given to ignorant readers. This book js j ntende d primarily for 

 liciously slander the natives as I will take later -ot t the | descnpUon 



"thieves and assassins, it is time to of orchid-collectmg as it is done, ana 



put a stop to such talk. meanwhile I hope that the collectors by everyone engaged in any depart- 

 In no country on the face of the will endeavor to give true accounts of nient of horticulture, affording the 

 earth is property more respected and their experiences, and especially to be gar( jener the means of answering the 

 life more secure, than in the countries careful about slandering the natives " w hvs" for much nf the cultural 

 where these collectors go. There is from whom they receive so many fav- man y wh y s tm mucn of the cultuial 

 as much danger of snakes and other ors and who work so faithfully for phenomena which are constantly recur- 

 animals there as there is in any place them. A COLLECTOR. ring and which he up to the present 



in Jersey and New York, and the cli- . time has dealt with by imitation, rule 



mate where the commercial orchids GLADIOLUS PINK BEAUTY. of thumb or chance experiment. The 

 grow and are collected is far better „ lo< ,,„, nH „, av hp sai a to ho time has now come when the educated 

 than any climate in the north and s.m- This glad iotas may be s aid to be lturist „, be the mogt succegs . 

 plv delicious. the first of an entirely new type, it horticulturist when scientific 

 It is peculiar that all the "green is a large-flowered variety booming ju ™»»^ rTractical exD^ri- 

 collectors," or the new starters are the at the same time as The Bride and ^ow ledg e added to practical^ expert- 

 manufacturers of thes, wonderful other, of that section, f |nd 't ^ be - - -U ^the. gau^e of the ^ «el 

 stories. We have not seen men like expected ^to .find 1 peat favor * h ere ^ pp Thg ^ ^ 

 Lager, Bungeroth, Forget and other early display is wanted, ine intro rollers is eettine this broad 

 collectors of their calibre tell stories ducer is Mr. P. Vos, of Haarlem, Hoi- tunJ .colleges is getUng this broad 

 nf the kind we have read as told land, at whose request I grew a num- foundation so necessary to prepare 

 »Lvp ber of bulbs in the garden here, he him for the demands of the future. 

 It % well for all to know that or- being desirous of testing its early- Dr Duggar has given in the book 

 chd-c^lle^nfisnot^ich" dangerous flowering qualities in Scotland. It under notic jja J^*™*^ 

 imrlertakine- that heroes are not has also been successfully tried In pulse to tne stuay oipiaiu pnysioiogy. 

 meed touke arms and fi B ht the reb- various parts of England, so that The subject is treated m minutest de- 

 l?s in a.V country and that they onlv there is no doubt about its earliness. tail and in the most lucid manner. 

 doiUn'o^iT 'SaMt tave^ldom Planted with Childsii Lemoine's by- There ^ o^ 500 «- and numer- 

 that n nmn can see i snake- that or- brids and named varieties of the Gan- ous Hlustiations. ine puce ot tne 

 cWds do^not grow in the lung e or in davensis type during the last week of book is $1.60 net, and we would most 

 de leterious clfmaTes at the nat ves March, Pink Beauty bloomed seven confidently recommend it to any gar- 

 do not rob th ^collectors in any way, weeks in advance of any of the oth- dener who aspires to advance in the 

 and^trtheV area's 6 honest n as an tL W c a oI: ers.-THomas Hay in "TKe Garten," Jnowledp of he fundamental prin- 

 'ectors themselves. That no collectors London. eiples ot his caning. 



