August 5, 1911 



horticulture: 



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WE WILL EXHIBIT AT THE BALTIMOR CONVENTION 



Dreers' Variegated Pineapples 



ANANAS SATIVA VARIEGATA 



w,' are the flrst 1 ila most bi of all 



variegated Collage [■hints in quantity and at prices 



oearly as low as g i Pandanua Veltchl ran be pur- 



chased for. 



Vim will make n Istake In giving these a trial; 



it will make a change and variation iu your foliage 

 plants which will i>. appreciated by your custom- 

 is and which u.ill prove a profitable Investment to 

 you. 



l-incli pota, Ada plant! 10.80 rn,li 



m u i»,>i». tin.- plBol i i .00 Musb 



(Uillih put-, 'till' lillliltH I .">" i';n h 



We "ill also show a full line of Seasonable Dreer 

 Specialties and Our stall of salesmen will be in at- 



adance ami will give lull Information regarding 



sain.' 



If you aro passing through Philadelphia, stop off 

 and \ tsii our Rlverton and Rivervlew Nurseries; an 

 Inspection of both ol these plans is certain to 

 prove both pleasant ami profitable. 



HENRY A. DREER, m™ 7 ! 4 ,™ Philadelphia, Pa. 



Pink, the prettj earlj English variety; 

 Blise P&pworth, a Bne all roun white 

 for every purpose; Heston White and 

 Wint. 'i- Cheer, clean cut and close 

 clipped, perfect in color tone; to these 

 will be add.' I Cold, n Gem, round as 

 a ball and compact, and tic- lo 

 new singles. What interest would lie 

 lost lo the yearlj procession should 

 the 'mum famll] drop out? 



Among miscellaneous plants. Mr. 



Julius A Peterson is to be warmly 



atulated on his Lorraine i legonia 



Cincinnati. While surpassing tin 



parent in beaut] of habit and i I color, 



plendld keeping qualities make a 



ouse plain ot wonderful 



effectiveness and durability, where the 



it varietj always gave i oncern 



for fear it might s; dilj "go down" 



on removal from the greenhouse; 

 Cincinnati probably ranks as premier 



ol the .'ii' In lis! of pot plants. 



Wilhelm I'fitzer of Stuttgart has 

 given us a new white gladiolus, Eu- 

 vhi.h in all probability will rank 

 with America in necessary' qualifica- 

 tions for ih.' \m.iican trad.', this is 

 hound to meet a hearty reception. 



Then there is the comparatively 

 new Heliotrope Centefleur; it is worth 

 all the other varieties put together 

 wh.i. a mass ol glorious color and 

 waves of fragrance are desired; com- 

 pact and clean, this variety will give 

 ih. heliotrope a new place as a gar- 

 den plant. 



Some cutflower grower will soon 

 take up and grow successfully the 

 lovely double Gypsophylla, oi of the 



prettiest things that I saw abroad. 



I am sure that its dainty beaut;, would 



a place for it; it a. and 



n.e to any bunch ol I. 



where it is used. 



To Am. me Wintzer belo ;s the 



credit of producing the tin.'.-! .annas 

 in existence, excepting onl; King 

 Humbert; his Venus was a p .'elation 

 to .very one who planted it. id now 

 lias made a further rec d with 

 Mrs Allied Conard, a loveb peach 

 pink wiih petals as long as hey are 

 broad. The canna is no 1 uger a 

 foliage plant only, but is now bloom- 

 ing bedder, producing the m -t stun- 

 ning color effects procurable. 

 Nothing can excite more en tusiasm 



among planlsiueii than the wry ex- 

 cellent new hydrangeas raised by 

 Mouillere and Lemoine; these vari- 

 eties of the Hortensla type are cer- 

 tainly of Interest to all who use this 

 useful plant for pot culture. Thej an 

 crosses between llortensia, Otaksa 

 Rosea and others of the class. There 

 l:i< been a long lapse of time between 

 ih. old Hortensla and the present im- 

 ements. Bouquet Rose, Henri 

 David, Mine. Mouillere, Radiant, Mom 

 Re e -these are a few of the ten or 

 a dozen distinct improvements in this 

 noted family of plants. 



A striking and beautiful novelty 

 seen at Bruges, I'.elgium. was the new 

 Marguerite, Mrs. F. Sander; it looked 

 much like a chaste and beautiful ane- 

 iiii! . -Ilow.red chrysanthemum; it is a 

 glistening, pure white Bower pro- 

 duced on long stems. I can Imaj 

 no more useful plant either for the 

 production of white flowers or as a 

 poi plant. If it does as well in 

 America as it was growing and flower- 

 ing at Bruges it will certainly prove a 

 most valuable commercial plant. 



This is far from a complete list 

 of novelty offerings for the year, but 

 enough to engage the time ami at- 

 tention of the progressive florist for 

 the present. 



CONSERVATION. 



The Situation. 



President I S Harrlnon B tore ':.• Se 

 braskn Hon Icultnrnl s... I. 



When the Creator turned this great 

 land over to us it was a region of sur- 

 passing beauty. The whole country 

 was landscaped on a most magnificent 

 scale and with a far reaching fore- 

 thought for the future. It was tin 

 patient work of ages to spread a thin 

 layer of soil over the rocks and on the 

 hills and mountain sides, and then 

 fasten it there with trees, shrubs and 

 grasses, Mighty rivers flowed to the 

 Si B fed by thousands of streams. These 

 streams were carefully protected, for- 

 ests, bushes and rank vegetation pre- 

 vented the washing of the soil, while 

 at the sources of all these rivulets 

 there was the most careful planning to 

 retain the waters. Dead leaves, de- 

 caying trees, mosses and the accumu- 



lated deposits of the ages, all were like 

 vast sponges to retain the waters so 

 the streams would have an even flow. 

 Mighty forests grew and decayed, and 

 so as the centuries passed the land 

 grew tit her and richer. 



How artistically all was arranged. 

 There were often delightful parks in 

 the forests, and when the woods edged 

 upon the prairies there were tall trees 

 in the background, shrubs to the front, 

 then the flower sprinkled carpet of 

 green. Go into the forests, the great 

 temples of God. What massive col- 

 umns upheld the dark green canopy. 

 Look where you would in woodland, 

 plain and mountain, the ages of the 

 past had made preparations for the 

 ages to come. 



Graft and Greed. 

 Then came the two brothers, graft 

 and greed. With no thought of care 

 for the future. With no appreciation 

 whatever of the plans of the Creator. 

 Thej were ready to kill the finest 

 horse if they could only get his hide. 

 They would burn down a mansion if 

 ih. could only get the nails. A care- 

 less government which today from its 

 own natural resources could have had 

 income enough for current expenses, 

 allowed billions to be taken and de- 

 stroyed. One of the most beautiful 

 sijjlns on earth is a splendid forest. 

 One of the saddest spectacles is to see 

 that same forest the prey of the ax 

 and fire— those blackened stumps like 

 thi -rave-stones of departed grandeur. 

 If the lumbermen had planned for the 

 most speedy and utter ruin he could 

 not have prepared a more complete 

 system. He took only half of the tree 

 and left the rest to dry for the great 

 box. The fires came. All that 

 dead rubbish was ready for them. Not 

 onl; was the dead brush burned, but 

 .ge-long deposit of dead leaves, 

 rott.n logs and rich mold planned to 

 feed the soil for the coming eons; all 

 royed and a garden of Eden 

 became a blackened wilderness. How 

 the ruin has spread! Within the mem- 

 ory of man the mighty forests of In- 

 diana and Ohio were chopped down 

 and burned. If left till today they 

 would be worth more than all the 

 crops grown there since their destruc- 



