December 2, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



765 



DREER'S SPECIAL VALUES IN 

 PHOENIX ROEBELENI 



Our stock of this beautiful, graceful, hardy Palm Is 

 in prime condition and of good value. 



PHOENIX ROEBELENI. Specimens 



6 in. pots, 1 ]i ft. high, 2 (t. spread $2.00 each 



8 in. tubs, 20 to 22 in. high, 24 in. spread • 3.00 each 



8 in. tubs, 2 ft. high, 2 l /z ft. spread heavy . 5.00 each 



12 in. tubs, 2] 2 ft. high, 3 ft. spread heavy . 12.50 each 



14 in. tubs, 3 ft. high, 4)4 ft. spread heavy • 35.00 each 



I 5 in. tubs, 3 ft. high, 6 ft. spread heavy . . . 50.00 each 



A nice lot of young plants in 1% inch pots for growing on. 

 $1.50 per dozen; $12 per 100; $1 10 per 1000. 



For a complete line of Seasonable Decorative Stock Bee 

 our Special Circular of October 12th. If you did not re- 

 ceive a copy write us and we will send you *a«. 



Are you interested in Dahlias, either as a cut-flower proposition 

 or for cataloging ? If so send for our Special Wholesale Cata- 

 logue of Dahlias quoting special prices on field roots for early 

 orders. 



NEWS NOTES. 



1 1 ion, N. Y.— Fire destroyed the 

 greenhouses of Gordon Bros., florists, 

 Gordon place, on Nov. 21. Loss about 

 $2,000. 



Bloomsburg, Pa. — A water tank with 

 a capacity of 20,000 gallons has been 

 installed at the Fifth street green- 

 houses of J. L. Dillon. 



Lyons, N. Y.— Herbert M. Whiting 

 of Geneva has filed a certificate to do 

 a nursery business in Wayne county 

 as the Whiting Nursery Company. 



Rome, N. Y. — The plant recently oc- 

 cupied by Kipp & Edwards is again 

 occupied by E. J. Byam, the owner. 

 He has engaged Joseph Watkins as 

 grower. 



Brookline, Mass.— F. E. Palmer has 

 purchased twenty-five acres of land 

 near town and will eventually move 

 his greenhouses there. He is starting 

 a nursery to supply his landscape de- 

 partment. 



Painesville, 0. — The Painesville 

 Garden & Greenhouse Co., recently in- 

 corporated, is a new firm that will 

 take up mainly the forcing of vege- 

 tables. They expect to be ready for 

 business by the fall of 1912. At pres- 

 ent they have four greenhouses that 

 cover about three-fifths of an acre of 

 land and they cultivate five acres. 

 A. E. McKee is president; S. T. Potts, 

 vice-president; E. H. Hawley, secre- 

 tary, and Ed. Wirtzman, treasurer. 



scription is francs for readers out- 

 side France. The text and illustra- 

 tions are really done in very nice 

 style, the articles are by well known 

 French writers, viz: Messrs. Geo. 

 Truffaut, E. de Gas, Jules Vacherot, 

 Ph: de Vilmorin, Geo. Bellair, etc. 



The office of the new journal is 90 

 bis Avenue de Paris, Versailles. The 

 editorial department is under the care 

 of our old friend George Truffaut, to 

 whom we wish all success in his new 

 undertaking. 



"JARDINAGE." 

 Here is another new candidate for 

 public favor and those of our readers 

 who are interested in French horticul- 

 ture will find in it a most artistic and 

 well gotten up publication. The new 

 journal is a monthly one and the sub- 



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Galax, Laurel Roping, Southern 



Smilax, Boxwood, Etc. 



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/ must be in the swim, 

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Christmas Trees, Spruce or Balsam, from 

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 Sphagnum Moss, Hardy Cut Fancy and 

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Your Copy 



Should be in this office 

 Monday night or not later 

 than Tuesday. 



Write, telephone or 

 telegraph, 



But Be On Time 



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HENRY A. DREER, Inc., m $st* Philadelphia, Pa. 



The above is intended for the trade only. 



Don't Be Delinquent 



In sending: your advertis- 

 ing copy for the Special 

 Holiday Number of Hor- 

 ticulture next week. 



ROEHRS 



Azaleas, Palms, Lorraines, 

 Crotons 



RUTHERFORD, N.J. 



