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HORTICULTURE 



July 15, 1911 



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PANSY SEED TIME 



Choice Varieties of Giant Pansies 





Oz. 



$0.50 $1.50 

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PANSY— Boddington's "CHALLENGE"— All Colors 



This mixture contains all the finest Giant strains- 

 the leading Pansy Specialists in the world — the Giant self- 

 colors, the Giant striped and margined, and the Giant 

 blotched, etc., all carefully mixed in proportion — the finest 

 that money can buy — the finest your money can buy. A 

 florist who has grown it said, "Why don't you call it 

 Defiance?*' 



Trade pkt., 59c ; ' s -oz., 75c ; v'-iz., $1.51; j£-tz., $2.75 ; oz., (5.0 



Trade pkt. % oz. 



Giant Trimarcieau. Improved mammoth- 

 flowering in good range of color $0.15 



Giant Masterpiece I Frilled Pansy). Petals 

 beautifully waved, exquisite colors 15 



Oassier's Giant. A fine strain of large 

 highly colored flowers 



Giant Bugnot's Stained. Exhibition. Ex- 

 tra choice flowers, large and plenty of 

 light colors 



Giant Madame Perret. A recent introduc- 

 tion, by a celebrated French specialist; 

 of strong, free growth. Especially rich 

 in red shades 



Giant Fire King. Brilliant reddish yel- 

 low, with large brown eyes $0.25 $1.00 $3.00 



Giant Lord Beaconsfleld. Deep purple 

 violet, top petals light blue 15 



Giant Canary Bird. A five-spotted yellow 

 variety. Ground color, is a deep golden 

 yellow and each petal is marked with a 

 dark blotch 15 



Giant Orchideieflora, or Orchid-flowered 

 Pansy. Splendid variety. Beautiful shades 

 of pink, lilac, orange, rose, terra cotta, 

 chamoise, etc 25 



Giant Emperor William. Dltramarine blue, 

 purple eye 



Giant Golden Queen. Bright yellow, no eye. 



Giant Golden Yellow. Yellow, brown eye. 



Giant King of the Blacks (Faust). Black. 



Giant President McKinley. Golden yel- 

 low, large dark blotch 15 



Giant Prince Bismarck. Yellowish bronze, 

 dark eye 25 



Giant Rosy Lilac 15 



Giant Pretiosa. Crimson-rose, white mar- 

 gin, violet blotch 15 



Giant White. Violet spot, the largest white. .10 



.85 3.00 



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



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ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



Charles Schoenle spent a few days 

 in Kansas City this week with the 

 Million Club. 



C. C. Sanders has returned from a 

 trip to Chicago where he purchased 

 material for a new green house. 



Fred C. Weber of St. Louis and S. 

 S. Skidelsky of Philadelphia spent ten 

 davs recently at French Lick Springs, 

 Ind. 



.Miss Matilda Meinhardt. who is trav- 

 eling in Europe this summer expects 

 to return home the first part of Sep- 

 tember. 



Edwin Westeman, F. H. Weber's 

 right hand man was married last wee 

 and is away on a bridal trip East for 

 two weeks. 



The Ladies' Home Circle spent a 

 pleasant day's outing on July 10 at the 

 Chain of Rocks Park in North St. 

 Louis. Mrs. John Steidle is president 

 of the Circle. 



Fred Foster has wagered with W. C. 

 Smith that he could beat him in a 

 300-yard race at the St. Louis florists' 

 picnic. Mr. Smith has accepted the 

 wager. It will be a $5 hat. 



State Vice-President Fred H. Weber 

 says that he has made arrangements 

 with the Pennsylvania R. R. at $32 

 for round trip St. Louis to Baltimore 

 convention with stop over privilege. 



The Retail Florists' Association has 

 changed its meeting night to every 

 second Monday in the month. This 



body is doing good work and should be 

 encouraged by a larger membership. 



Otto Bourning, brother-in-law of H. 

 G. Berning, has had a sad loss in the 

 death of his little son. Harold. The 

 funeral took place on July 4th. The 

 trade extended their sympathy to the 

 bereaved parents. 



Si c retary Beneke of the Florist Club 

 says everything is in shape for the 

 Florists' picnic which takes place 

 Thursday, July 20. There will be two 

 ball games this year. Sanders' team, 

 who are the champions will again 

 play the Bentzen team and there will 

 be a short game between teams of 

 wholesalers and retailers. A special 

 foot race has been arranged between 

 "Billy" Smith and Fred Foster. The 

 winner gets a new hat. The young 

 folks will be well taken care of in 

 the way of games and there will be a 

 prize waltz for ladies. During the 

 day the wholesale quartette will sing. 

 Everything is free to florists and their 

 families. All expenses will be paid 

 cut of the Club's treasury. 



FIRST SIZE: 

 75c, 100; $6.50, 1000 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Vesey St., New York 



Harrisburg. Pa. — V. Grant Fower 

 has been appointed head of the Har- 

 risburg park system under the Park 

 Commission and Parker Thayer Barnes 

 becomes assistant superintendent. Mr. 

 Barnes is a well-known horticulturist 

 and writer, connected of late with the 

 staff of "Suburban Life." He is a 

 capable young man and will fill the 

 position with credit. 



■ GROWN 



STRAWBERRY 



PLANTS 



All the best standard varieties 

 and novelties. 



Send for circular to 



WILFRID WHEELER 



CONCORD - MASS. 



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