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H O RTICULTURE 



October 14, 1911 



THE NEW MINERAL FERTILIZER 



Will produce 



MORE 



and 



LARGER 

 FLOWERS 



and of better 

 color than any 

 plant food ever 

 put on the mar- 

 ket. 



Contains all of the 

 original elements 

 of virgin soil 



Will 



DESTROY 



INSECT 

 LIFE 



that preys on 

 plants under 

 glass. 



It is a plant food 

 and not a stimulant 



The above out shows hollyhocks, nine feet six inches high, with more blossoms and 

 of better color than ever produced by any other fertilizer. 



Write for catalogue and testimonials. 



THE NEW MINERAL FERTILIZER CO. "3KK" 



To-Bak-lne Products Kill Bugs 



Yon can buy it in Liquid Form, Fumigating Paper, Fumigating Powder and Dusting 

 Powder (Booklet — Words of Wisdom— free). 



Use any form you choose but buy it of 



E. H. HUNT, 131 N.Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



NEWS NOTES. 



Knoxville, Term. — The Peters Nur- 

 sery Co. was adjudged bankrupt on 

 Sept. 28. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — The Lake Geneva 

 Horticultural Society have increased 

 their capital stock from $10,000 to 

 $20,000. 



Alameda, Calif. — The Japanese Nur- 

 sery, H. Hayashi & Co., proprietors, 

 have moved from 1703 Park avenue 

 to 73rd avenue and Thomas street, 

 Elmhurst. 



Molson, Wash. — A branch of the 

 Wenatchee Valley Nursery Co. will be 

 established here for the growing of 

 young stock. The main nursery is 

 at Wenatchee. 



Boston, Mass. — The Beacon Flower 

 Store, 2 Beacon street, has secured an 

 opening into Houghton & Dutton's 

 department store, thus giving patrons 

 easy passage from one store to the 

 other. 



Elmira, N. Y. — The greenhouses of 

 H. X. Hoffman. Clinton and Hoffman 

 streets, have been leased by Robert 

 Klebert, who will carry on a florist's 

 business there. Mr. Hoffman will de- 

 vote his time to the nursery business 

 and landscape gardening. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — C. M. Norton 

 -iv. i] an option for tin- sale of his 

 greenhouses and twelve acres of land 

 on Plainfield avenue opposite the Kent 

 Country Club grounds to J. Bakker, a 

 market gardener, at $8000 and it is 

 likely the deal will go through. 



Richmond, Va. — The four-story 

 building occupied by the Richmond 

 branch of the International Harvester 

 Company was gutted by fir.- on Satur- 



DEAD i 



ThebestofaU^I 



the tobacco # 



is^fjfc 





Dusting or | 

 fibni£atin£ \ 



50 Barclaj St 

 New York. C 



The Best 

 Bug Killerand 



Bloom Saver 



For PROOF 

 Write to 



P.R.PalethorpeCo. 



0WENSB0R0, KY. 



day last, causing a damage estimated 

 at between $250,000 and $300,000. The 

 fire was one of the most disastrous in 

 the city's history. The fire spread rap- 

 idly through the brick structure at 

 1000 Gary street, the harvester plant, 

 following a deafening explosion. The 

 origin is unknown. 



Just the remedy for the black nphls od 

 chrysanthemums — red spider and thrlps on 

 carnations — green fly on roses — mealy bug 

 on gardenias and protons — scale on ferns, 

 palms and other decorative stock. 



$2.50 per gallon, $1.00 per quart. 



FUNGINE 



Fungine has no equal for carnation rust, 

 rust on chrysanthemums and mildew on 

 roses. 



$2.00 per gallon, 75c. per quart. 



There is but one convincing way for you to 

 become familiar with the merits of Aphlne 

 and Fungine, and that is — test them out 

 yourself — it will prove worth your while. 



MANUFACTURED BY 



APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MADISON, N.J. 



Cattle Manure in Bag& 



Shredded or Pulverized 



Pure — dry — uniform and reliable, 

 The best of all manures for thf 

 erreenhouse. Florists all over the 

 country are using it instead «f 

 rough manure. * 



BR/ng§ 



flflNMRES 



c. 



Pulverized 

 Sheep Manure 



gjgt\ Absolutely the best Sheep Manure dft' 

 "~*^ the market. Pure manure and noth- 

 ing else. The best fertilizer for carnations and fo* 

 liquid top-dressing'. Unequalled for all field us* 

 Write for circulars and prices. g* 



The Pulverizer] Manure Company 



Union Stock Yards Chion#X> 



Imp Soap Spray 



, Clean and odorless Forms invisible films. 



Non-corrosive. Usual effective 



strength, one to thirty-two. 



Single gallons, $1.50 

 In barrels, $1.00 



Eastern Chemical Company 



l=»i*.-ta» fc><_i r& S-fcree-t 

 BOSTON 



Wilson Plant Oil & 

 Fertilizer Company 



150 Nawau Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Horticultural Supplies 



O* Writ u for our special Catalogue -®* 



Cocoanut Fiber Soil 



Is being sought after by all growers. 

 Cover your lawns this fall and next 

 summer you can have a green one. 



20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO, 

 27 Ocean St. -Beverly, Mats. 



