January 10, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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If you have Poiiisettias left over 

 from the holiday trade cut down a few 

 to give stock for next year. Let them 

 almost dry out under a bench and start 

 them into growth in late April or May. 

 Florists who have the facilities for 

 handling them are certain to find Poin- 

 settlas a paying crop next Christmas. 



Probably sweet pea growers will 

 have better success from now on than 

 they had during the early winter 

 months. The cloudy weather has made 

 it very difficult to get good peas and 

 the buds have dropped badly. Beds 

 can be started now, the seed being pre- 

 ferably sown in double rows. Remem- 

 ber that a sweet pea house requires a 

 great amount of light, a fair amount of 

 head room, and a cool temperature. 



Don't try to force the carnations 

 too hard even though prices are most 

 attractive. In the long run you will 

 gain by keeping a night temperature 

 of not over fifty degrees, for then the 

 plants themselves will remain in a 

 strong, healthy condition. 



There is no abatement in the popu- 

 larity of chrysanthemums and there 

 should be a tremendous sale of both 

 plants and flowers next season. Some 

 growers do not start propagating quite 

 so soon, and yet it is not too early to 

 make initial preparations. Indeed, 

 when show plants are to be grown 

 making an early start is of the great- 

 est importance, although this fact is 

 not realized perhaps to the extent it 

 should be. By all means keep your 

 stock plants in the light where they 

 will have a chance to keep in good 

 condition for throwing cuttings. An- 

 other mistake is leaving the cuttings 

 too long in the sand, as this causes 

 them to lose stamina. Watch them 

 carefully, and by the time they have 

 developed roots about half an inch 

 long pot them up. with a night tem- 

 perature running not more than fifty 

 degrees. Don't hesitate to try some of 

 the new varieties. All the new varie- 

 ties will not prove better than the old, 

 perhaps, but every now and then a big 

 strike is made and it does not do for 

 any enterprising florist to let the pro- 

 cession get ahead of him. 



If you are growing hydrangeas and 

 planning them for Easter get them 

 into gentle heat immediately now. 

 Slow, even growing is much better 

 than quick forcing. This is a good 

 time to pot pelargoniums. Be sure 

 that they are well firmed in the pots 

 and put them close to the light, with 

 a night temperature of 56. 



LILY BULBS storage 



GIGANTEUM, RUBRUM, ALBUM, AURATUM 

 MELPOMENE, LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Careful storage, prompt express shipment 

 on dates as arranged 



Olo^ioBus Bulk:>3 



For Early Forcing. 

 Of Finest Size and Blooming Quality 



43 Barclay .St. 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Vaughan's Seed Store 



33 \V. Randolph St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



THIS SEASON'S NEW ROSES 



PILGRIM CRUSADER PREMIER RUSSELL HADLEY 



We are receiving: daily shipments of tiiese new Roses, in large quantities, and 

 can furnish same on short notice. 



We have a large stock at all times of choice CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUMS, ORCHIDS, VALLEY and AMERICAN BEAUTIES. 



Te... MaU, 6267 WELCH BROS. CO. '"* "^B^O^rXN "MAir'^^ 



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214 inch pots, $7,00 per 100, $65.00 per 1000. Mrs. 



CHATELAINE BEGONIAS: 



Patten Begonia, $10.00 per 100. 

 COLEITS. rooted cuttings Golden Bedder, Velischaffeltii, Firebrand and best bed- 

 ding Itinds: SL-W per 100, $12.00 per 1000. 



Magoun Street 

 NORTH CAMBRIDGE, MASS 



EDWARD F. NORBERG, 



Carnation Morning Glow Has Been Sold in 



the Boston Market for 4 Years 



It is there considered a bread and butter Carnation. The 

 Grower likes it, because it is free and has no tricks. The 

 Seller likes it, because it ships and keeps splendid — and 

 what is best of all — 



THE LADIES ADMIRE, AND ALWAYS BUY IT 

 for its fresh, rosy color, just like morning glow. Morning 

 Glow is early, free, has a good habit, fine stem and for 

 blooming during the Summer, cannot be beat. While not 

 one of the largest Carnations, it is considered 



THE MOST PROFITABLE OF ALL 



Cuttings sold by the originator, $7 per 100, $65 per 1000 



EDWARD WINKLER, Wakefield, Mass. 



DESTROYED BY HAIL 



Last Summer a flori§t who had imagined 

 he was outside of the hail section lost 

 upwards of 50.000 square feet of glass 

 by hail with no insurance to recom- 

 pense him. 



He is now a member of the Florists' 

 Hail Association of America. 

 Profit by experience and join the Asso- 

 ciatioa now. Address 



JOHN G. ESL.ER, Secretary 

 Saddle River New Jersey 



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