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HOETICULTURE 



January 31, 1920 



FUTTERMAN BROS. 



Wholesale Florists, 102W. 28th St. New York 



TheRight People to Deal with Phone Watkins 9761-159 Consignments solicited. 



B. A. SNYDER CO. SI""'* 

 Hardy Cut Evergreens, Cut Flowers and Florists Supplies 



21-25 Otis Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone Fort Hill 1083-1084-1085 



Wellia^ F. Hasting Co. 



5a8-S70 WASHIK<rrON STREET < BUFFALO, N. Y. 



New England Florist Supply Co. 



276 Devonshire Street, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephones. Fort Bill, 3469 and 3135 



Would like to handle consignments from growers of good 

 Snapdragon and novelties. 



HERMAN WEISS, Wholesale Florist 



55 West 26th Street, New York City 



Boston Floral Supply Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



DEALERS IN Q^^ Flowcrs and Evcrgrcens 



We manufacture our own Wax Flowers, Baskets, Wire Frames, and 



preserve our own Cycas and Foliage right in our own factory. 

 OFFICE, SALESROOMS, SHIPPING DEPT. 



96 Arch Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



15 OTIS STREET 



Dnknown customers kindly give 

 reference or cash with order 



Telephones 

 MAIN 2574-3525 



MMCHIGAN CUT FLOWEf! 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Conslcmmanto BaUaltml 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



2«4 MWOIPH ST, DETMn. MKII. 



HENTZ & NASH, inc. 



Wholesale Commisioii Florists 



85 and 87 Wa«t 26th Str*et 



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NEW YORK 



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 Anythioe wanted by florists, rardeners. 

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WINTER SOWING OF SWEET PEA 

 SEED 



Writing in the American Sweet Pea 

 Bulletin, William Gray says: 



"It is a well-known fact that if con- 

 ditions are favorable sweet peas sown 

 in the fall give much earlier and finer 

 bloom than those sown in the open in 

 the Spring, but few localities are fav- 

 ored with climatic conditions suitable 

 for fall sowings in the open to winter 

 successfully and the practice is a hit 

 or miss even with the most expert 

 growers. Spring sowing to the open 

 has been the general practice followed 

 and this has its faults inasmuch as it 

 does not allow sufficient time for the 

 young plants to become thoroughly 

 established before warm weather sets 

 in and in consequence inferior blooms 

 are the result. 



The pot method, however, overcomes 

 all these uncertainties, the seed being 

 sown either in the fall or during Jan- 

 uary or February and wintered in cold 

 frames or cool greenhouse. 



If sown in the fall it is best to sow 

 not later than October so that the 

 young plants may become established 

 in the pots before the short days of 

 year arrive, later sowings will be in- 

 clined to weakness owing to the ab- 

 sence of the sunny conditions neces- 

 sary to build up vigor in plant life, and 

 much better results will be had by 

 waiting until the middle of January 

 when under the influence of longer 

 days with increasing sun-light, strong, 

 vigorous plants can be grown. 



The seed may be sown directly in 

 the pots one seed to each pot or several 

 according to the size of the pots, or 

 the seed may be sown in pans or flats 

 and afterwards transplanted to the 

 pots. It the highest culture is aimed 

 at it is preferable to grow a single 

 plant in each pot. plants grown from 

 fall sowings being carried up to the 

 end of January in 3 or 3V2 inch pots, 

 and then given a shift into 5 or 6 inch 

 pots which will carry them through 

 nicely until planting time in the open 

 ground. On shifting stick short brush 

 in the pots to keep the plants upright. 



January and February sowings can 

 be carried through in 3 or ZVz inch 

 pots until planting time in the open 

 ground. 



Plants from fall sowings will bloom 

 earlier and be at their best over a 

 much longer period than January sow- 

 ings for the advantage gained lies in 

 the earlier start which brings them in- 

 to bloom the end of May being at their 

 best throughout June a period more 

 suitable to the sweet pea. January 

 and February sowings come into bloom 



