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HORTICULTURE 



January 17, 1920 



BEGONIAS IN BLOOM 



IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 



FINE STOCK FOR NOW OR GROWING ON 



CHATELAINE, 3-inch, |15.00 per 100; 4-mcU, $20.00 per 100; 4%-inch, $35.00 per 100; 5-mch, $50.00 per 100. 

 MRS. PATTEN (the dark pink sport of Chatelaine), a fine Christmas or Easter variety— 3-inch, 20c.; 4-inch, 



27%c.; 4%-inch, 50c.; 5-inch, 65c. each. 

 HARDY LILIES — Ours are here safe, not frozen or started. Auratum, Album, Magnificum, 8/9, 200 per case, 



9/11, 125 per case, $30.00 per case. Now or when you are ready. 

 GIGANTEUM LILIES — 6/8 and 7/9 not frozen, started or injured in any way, these hulbs are of very best 



grade. Now or when you are ready for them at $55.00 per case, plus 20c. per month storage charges. 

 NOTICE— 6% to 7-inch Giganteum, guaranteed single crown, 350 to the case, and to my mind the very best 



value offered, $50.00 per case. 



BOSTON AND WBITMANX FEBNS. 2Vi in., pot grown, 



$7.00 per 100, $65.00 per 1000. 

 CYCLAMEiN SEEDUNGS, twice transplanted, assorted 



stock, of a select .strain. $8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000. 



Salmon alone, $10.00 per 100. 



TAB1.E FERNS of Terv best quality and assortment. 2Vi 

 in., $6.00 per 100, $55.00 per 1000. 



OINER.ABIA HVBRID.-V, half dwarf, 3 in., $12.00 per 100. 



CALENDULA, Orange King. An improved winter-flower- 

 ing strain. $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1000. 



Double or Single PETUNIAS. Rooted cuttings at $2.50 per 

 100 $20.00 per 1000. Our stock of Double Petunias 

 comprises ten colors, all distinct, also an A-1 variety 

 of Single Mixed, as well as Rosy Morn, separate. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPRENGERI. Seedlings. 



$1.25 per 100, $10.00 per 1000. Fine 2% in. pots, $5.00 



per 100, $45.00 per 1000. Fine 3 In. pots, $10.00 per 

 100, $95.00 per 1000. 



BONNAFFON SOIL CUTTINGS. Immediate shipment. If 



you want to change or improve your strain, get some 

 of these now. You can work up a fine lot of stock aud 

 this is from a particularly liealthv strain, no midge 

 and no l)Iind plants. WELL ROOTED STOCKY CUT- 

 TINGS. $16.00 per 1000. 



We have 500 PELj\RGONIUMS, mixed, including four best 

 sorts. Can ship at once. Strong, 214 in. pots. Good 

 value at $14.00 per 100. 



AGERATUM Stella Gnrney. Rooted cuttings at $1.50 per 

 100, $12.00 per 1000. 



PREtfULA OBCONICA. 3 in. at $10.00 per 100. 



YELLOW MARGUERITES. 2 in. at $5.00 per 100. BOS- 

 TON YELLOW MARGUERITES. R. C, $3.50 per 100, 

 $30.00 per 1000. MRS. SANDER MARGUERITES, R. C 

 $3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000. 



NEW ROSES, FRANK W. DUNLOP and MADAME BUT- 

 TERFLY. Own root, $40.00 per 100, $350 per 1000 ; 

 Gr.ifted, $45.00 per 100, $400 per 1000, from 2% in. pots. 



SNAPDRAGON, free from disease, Silver Pink Nelrose. 

 White, YeUow, Garnet. 2% in., $6.00 per 100, $50.00 

 per 1000. 



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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 

 Edward A. and William J. Manda 

 have become partners with their 

 father, Joseph A. Manda, of West 

 Orange, N. J., and the business has 

 been incorporated under the name of 

 the Joseph Manda Co. Both sons saw 

 service over seas during the war. The 

 capital stock is $100,000. 



Mr. A. A. Macdonald, who has been 

 superintendent of the extensive J. B. 

 Duke estate, at Somerville, N. J., is 

 planning to enter the retail florists' 

 business in Somerville. It is under- 

 stood that he expects to grow many of 

 his own plants and will erect a range 

 of greenhouses for that purpose. 



The Atlas Seed Co., of Dunkirk, X. 

 Y., has been incorporated with a capi- 

 tal of $20,000. 



F. M. Pennock, of Porto Rico, is 

 spending several weeks on a buying 

 trip in this country. Mr. Pennock says 

 that he has a nice line of aspidistras, 

 dracaenas and other foliage plants. 



The W. E. Trimble Greenhouse Co. 

 has a distinct advantage over most 

 florists, having a coal mine of Its own. 

 This mine is near Tiskilwa, 111., and 

 supplies all the coal that the company 

 needs. 



It is understood that P. L. McKee of 

 Chicago, has become practically sole 

 owner of the American Greenhouse 

 Mfg. Co. 



Charles Fisk has sold out his retail 

 business to Emil and Herman Maerz, 

 who have been associated with him for 

 many years. Mr. Fisk is one of the 

 old timers of Chicago, and now with 

 Mrs. Fisk will enjoy a well-earned 

 vacation in Hawaii, Japan and other 

 distant countries. 



Alexander Lurie, long connected 

 with the Missouri Botanical Garden in 

 St. Louis, is now connected with the 

 BluMaize Blossom Shop, Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. 



Robert Craig, of Philadelphia, plans 

 .to spend a well-earned vacation at the 

 Isle of Pines. 



Gustave Koethe, of Roxboro, near 

 Philadelphia, has suffered a heavy loss 

 as the result of a fire which destroyed 

 two greenhouses, a garage and a boiler 

 shed. 



The sixth annual convention of the 

 Tennessee State Florists' Association, 

 will be held at Knoxville, Feb. 5 and -6. 



Hershon Oliver, formerly with the 

 navy, has entered the employ of P. M. 

 01m, at Bath, Me. 



George A. Tyrell, who formerly had 

 a florists' shop on Central Street, 

 Lowell, Mass., is now with J. J. Mc- 

 Manmon. 



The Euglewood Nursery Co., of 

 Leonia, N. J., has been incorporated, 

 with a capital stock of $60,000. The 

 incorporators are Thos. H. Heminsley, 



of EJnglewood; C. W. Schroter, of 

 Leonia, and W. H. K. Davey, of Belle- 

 ville. 



During the latter part of the year 

 western firms were badly handicapped 

 by a railroad embargo which stopped 

 the shipment of sphagnum moss from 

 the Wisconsin swamps. This embargo 

 has now been lifted and large quEinti- 

 ties of moss are being put in by the 

 trade. 



J. G. Higgins, of Toronto, Ont., has 

 taken a much larger store on Tonga 

 street, close to Macey Hall. This 

 move was made necessary by a large 

 increase in his business. 



It is understood that Fred Leissler 

 will open a new store under the Jordan 

 Hotel in Washington, which is in a 

 very fashionable part of the city. Mr. 

 Leissler has had much experience with 

 his father, George A. Leissler. 



Mr. A. M. Henshaw, president of the 

 New York Florists' Club, entertained 

 the past presidents and chairmen of 

 the committees at dinner, Saturday 

 evening, Jan. 10th, at the Hotel Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The oflicers of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club were installed Monday even- 

 ing, Jan. 12th, in their new quarters In 

 the Engineering Building. It was also 

 Ladies' Night, and there was consider- 

 able offered in the way of entertain- 

 ment, including dancing. 



