August 5, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



171 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



WORLDS CHOICEST FLORIST AND NURSERY PRODUCTS 

 We are growing In our greenhouses and In our 250 acre nursery a 

 large variety of material constantly In demand by florists. Our Illustrated 

 General Catalogue describes all the stock we grow. We shall gladly mall 

 It to any florist upon application. 



B- & A. 



:ciai_-tii 



PALMS, BAY TREES, BOXWOOD AND HARDY HERBACEOUS 



PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, RHODODENDRONS, 



VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS 



AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES. 



Florists are always welcome visitors to our nurseries. We are only a 

 few minutes from New York City; Carlton Hill station Is the second stop 

 on Main Line of Erie Railroad. 



Nurserymen and Florists 



Rutherford, N. J. 



American Grown Roses 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits, Clematis. 



Evergreens. 



Write to* Trade U«. W. & T. SMITH CO. Geneva. N. Y 



HARDY NORTHERN GROWN NURSERY STOCK 



WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS 

 A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF 



Trees, Shrubs, Yines,Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc. 



Our Illustrated and descriptive Catalogue for the n.-kinp 



THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North AbinRton. Mass. 



LILY BULB NOTES. 



Market Wharf certainly presented a 

 scene of activity f <r a short 

 wards its "Daisy end" on Thin 

 morning hist shortly after 7 o'clock. 

 Daisy from St. 

 Davids loaded up or down, just as 

 you choose to call it. with an extra- 

 ordinary choice assortment of [.ilium 

 Harrisii bulbs frcm 5s. to beyond ex- 

 tras in size and In appears 

 never to have been surpassed. These 

 bulbs were from St. Davids Island, 

 where we understand some very good 

 as well as very bad lilies have been 

 ralBed tbis season, for parties at the 

 West End, Some few weeks ago we 

 asked one of the grow rning 



the lily crop on St. Da this 



season and ilied that it was aw- 



fully bad. but the bulbs seen tbis 

 morin i certain! Royal 



Gazette. July J\.\ Hamilton, Bet 



u', the London exporter, 

 is shipping from his J ranch 



lily bulbs to the States for Von Zonne- 

 Philippo packed In larger 

 cases of four cubic feet and of heavier 

 weight. This is a new method of 

 packing and it will be interesting to 

 know how the bulbs will s' d the 

 long journey. Small < ■;:. .■■ Ii have 



e ow- 

 ing to the danger o£ rr>t if too many 

 bulbs were packed in oi 



Op to and including bhlpi nts to 

 July 10, 1911, there were ex;, tly 600 

 cases of lily bulbs shippi from 

 Japan, principally to Europe, via Pa- 

 cific ports. 



The crop of Formcsas is ported 



to be short in small sizes and long 

 on large sizes of 10 inches upward. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Florence, S. C. The Palmetto Nur- 

 . T. He Willi House, proprietor, 

 :ut' ill inkling a seed department to 

 their business. 



Northfield, Minn.— The Xorthfleld 

 Seed Co. has purchased the nursery 

 business of ('. I'. Nichols. Mr. Nich- 

 i ill retain the Bower and green- 

 house departments. 



Kansas City, Kan. The Rudy-Pat- 

 rick lias been incorporated 



with a capital Stoi 10,000. In- 



corporators. Frank Rudy. Howard S. 

 Patrick and John \V. Miller. 



Yonkers, N. Y.— There is being 

 ted for W. H. Tiimiiii -mi a range 

 of houses which will embrace fruit, 

 cut Bowers and commercial pi 

 The genial superintendent. R. L, ' 



piloted the writer over the 

 grounds and pointed out several 

 houses if miction. The 



plan includes an approach from a 

 height by a BUCi eps lead- 



ing from the mansion now in course 

 i and which will command a 

 grand view of the Hudsi The 



domi ited In the 



c< ntre ol th-' group will 



Headquarters for 



FALL BULBS 



StnJ Jor Tratu / in 



John Lewis Childs 



Flowcrfield - LONG ISLAND, N.Y. 



^ Here have been over one 

 lui Ired varities and grades of 

 rice grown in Japan. '1 he dif- 

 ference in quality is very ^reat, 

 but how much does your 

 Grocer know about rice? Now 

 it a salesman came to you to 

 sell Mining Stock you would 

 likely, want to know something 

 it the mine; where it was; 

 mui h per ton the raw ma- 

 terial was worth; the cost of 

 producing it at the market 

 price, etc. But if a bulb sales- 

 man offered you Japan bulbs 

 you would never think to ask 

 him from what part of Japan 

 they came from, how the fields 

 look, or anything about them. 

 Funny, isn't it? Well the fact 

 is, not one out of ten know 

 anything about it. With them 

 "pigs is pigs" and "bulbs is 

 bulbs" and the lower the sell- 

 ing price the better for them. 

 However, there is a difference 

 in lily bulbs and that difference 

 has cost many a' grower more 

 than he realizes or cares to ad- 

 mit — and all is due to his 

 anxiety to save a penny the 

 wrong way. The best Gigan- 

 teum produced today are la- 

 belled Horseshoe Brand. They 

 are incidentally about the best 

 in lily bulbs any man could 

 buy. Don't believe what we 

 say about them' because we 

 know about them and you 

 don't — so try them — that's the 

 way to tell — and compare your 

 profits. Write for prices. 



Nol H^« cfc««j> 



. Uao« 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



12 West Broadway 

 NEW YORK CITY 



J>amboo Canes, Cold Storage 

 inteum, Formosas. Mag- 

 ni urn and Auratum ready 

 for delivery now or lata-. 



