August 19, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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Dreer's Variegated Pineapples 



(ANANAS SATIV A VAR1EGATA) 



We art- the first t.« offer this ^t beautiful of nil variegated 



Foliage plants in quantity and a\ prices nearly as low as g t 



pandanus Vettcnl can be pun I i for. 



STou will make no mistake in ring these o trial; It will 

 make a change and variation In your foliage plants which will 

 he appreciated by yur customers and which will prove a 

 profitable Investment i<» yon. 



4-inch pots, due plants 

 5- inch puts, line plants 

 6-lneh puts, tine plants 



jo.ivo each 

 l.oo each 



1.50 eiuh 



PMCENIX ROEBELENII 



w .' otter tin' most extensive 

 ful. graceful hardy Palm in <o 

 j 1 , inch pots, is months' old 

 per LOO; $100.00 per 1,000. 



I Inch pots, nicely characterized 



stock In America <<t this beauti- 

 cellent plants of good value. 



lliiiKs, $1.50 per dozen; $12.00 



Bach 



$0.60 



1.25 



Specimens, 8-inch pots, l 1 • feel high, 2 feet spread 2.00 



S tubs, 20 to 22 inches high, 2 feet spread.. 3.00 



s " '.' feel hi _•' . it. spread, heavy.. 5.00 



12 " 2% " " ■'■ " " ". .. 12,50 



14 •• 3 " " ti.'. " '• ■• .. 35.00 



15 " 3 " • G " " •' .. 50.00 



For tile most complete line of Decorative Plants and other 

 SeuMiimble Stock see our Current Wholesale List 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penna. 



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is extended to all local and visiting florists and their friends to COME and SEE 



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Also our Ferns for Dishes or Ferneries, Poinsettias, Primulas, and other stock for growing on. 



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cussion <m all subjects. 1.30 P. M. 

 to 5.00 I'. M.. Inspection Burlington Kail- 

 road Station Grounds and Vaughan's Nur- 

 series ami Greenhouses, Western Springs, 

 Illinois. 8.00 l'. M., Selection ol Next 

 Meeting Place, Election of OtBcers. Misoel- 

 laneous. 



Thursday and Friday. August IT an, I is. 

 Sightseeing at the discretion of visitors. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the regular mooting held Friday 

 evening, Aug. 11, at Stamford, Conn., 

 there was the usual large attendance. 

 The society has received many prizes 

 for competition at the first annual ex- 

 hibition to be held in Stamford Nov. 

 3-4, and an exhibition committee are 

 busy with final schedule, which will 

 soon be ready. Outing committee 

 made final report and all who attend- 

 ed expressed themselves as well 

 pleased with the good work done by 

 the committee to make the affair a 

 success. The judges awarded cultural 

 certificates to James Stuart for Ama- 

 ryllis Belladonna and Ewen Macken- 

 zie for Muscat of Alexandria grapes. 

 A vote of thanks was given to M. J. 

 Quirk for sweet peas, A. Whitlaw for 

 asters. Carrillo & Baldwin for Cattleya 

 Dowiana, E. Blondin for cucumber 

 North Pole, A. Peterson for tomato 



Liberty, J. B. Andrew for ornamental 

 pomegranate and P. \V. Popp for bas- 

 ket of flowers. 



J. B. McARDLE, Sec'y. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held in Pembroke Hall, Wednes- 

 day evening, Aug. 9th. President Tre- 

 pess occupied the chair and there was 

 a good attendance. Messrs. Ashworth. 

 McNenery and Walker were appointed 

 judges of the monthly exhibits and 

 their decisions were as follows: So- 

 ciety Prize, 12 asters, any color, 1st. 

 Geo. Barton; lilies, 1st, Geo. Barton; 

 12 gladiolus, 1st, Paul Reul. J. Ingram. 

 Special, lor 1 vases of asters, 1st, Geo. 

 Barton. A Certificate of Culture wa 

 awarded to James Emslie for a dish of 

 peaches. 



The outing committee reported that 

 all arrangements were satisfactory tor 

 the annual outing which will be held 

 at Karatsonyi's Hotel, Glenwood, Aug. 

 17. Mr. lliilloway of the executive 

 read the schedule prepared for the 

 Dahlia Show, to be held Sept. 27, 

 which was adopted. The society has 

 received a presentation of 500 vases 



donated by Mrs. C. L. Bucknall, Mrs. 

 Win. Board. Mrs. Arthur Gibbs, Mrs. 

 H. Lr. Pratt and Mrs. P. S. Smithers. 

 A letter was read from Stumpp ic Wal- 

 ter, offering a silver cup tor the fall 

 show, also a letter from Hitchings & 

 Co., offering a prize. A list of the 

 other special prizes and their donors 

 was also read. A loiter was read slat- 

 ing that Mr. James H. Vale wishes to 

 l. , i in . ;n ;he noxi also Mr. 



.1. Hoffl on the value and utility of 

 Alphano Humus. The Rev. .1. W. Gam- 

 rnick was elected a life member ex- 

 empt ol dins. The society's prize in 

 Si ptembi r will be for the best melon, 

 1l' potatoes and 6 ears of corn. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston will hold its uexl field day 

 uiih B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham. 

 Mass.. on Saturday, Aug. 26, to inspect 

 the Cedar Acres gladioli fields. Mem- 

 ind friends are asked to take 

 electric ear leaving Scollay Square, 

 on, at 12.30 o'clock. A cordial in- 

 vitation is given to all interested 

 friends who are not club members, in- 

 cluding ladies, to attend. 



WM. X. CRAIG, See. 



