January 31, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



97 



THE 

 BOILER OF 



Unequalled Fuel Economy 



KroMofaell Boiler*, the beet by t««t •!>«• 

 187S. Forty years' exj/erleaee. 



THK qCAI^ITT PLtACE OF BOSTON 



Regarding tbe Kroeschell, It la tbe 

 beat we have ever had aQd aatlsfac- 

 tory beyond our expectatlona. It beata 

 op eapeclally qalck and baa saved aa 

 considerably already In tbe price of 

 fnel. When we are in need of another 

 boiler we will give the Kroeachell the 

 flrat consideration. 



(Signed) WM, W. BDQAR CO , 



WAVBRLEY, MASS. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 



466 W. Erie St. 

 CHICAGO 



When You Buy -Get a Kroeschell 



•,016,286 *q. ft. of (iMa wms equipped witk 

 Kroeschell Boilers daring the ye&r of 1916. 



OHIO'S CKLXBBATKD CYCLA1LK>' 

 SriCCIAUST 



After using yoor No. 12 Kroeschell 

 Boiler I came to tbe conclusion that 

 had I to inatall more boilers It would 

 be the Kroeschell and no other. II 

 really Is a pleasure to heat, no trouble 

 to get the desired beat In a very short 

 time. 



(Signed) CHRIST. WINTERICH. 

 DHFIANCE. OHIO. 



about the middle of June being at their 

 best at the end of the same month and 

 early July after which owing to hot 

 weather conditions stems shorten up 

 and flowers get smaller quickly. 



No one not even the amateur grower 

 need feel that the growing of the 

 plants is a difficult operation. FMne 

 plants can be grown in a well-protected 

 cold-frame in a sheltered position on 

 the south side of a house or other 

 structure that will breali the cold 

 winds. A 3 X 6 ft. sash will cover 

 suflScient plants to plant a considerable 

 length of row, and will give a wealth 

 of bloom for exhibiting or house dec- 

 oration. 



Local florists could find ready sale 

 for plants grown from January sown 

 seed, once their customers tried them 

 out and were delighted with the re- 

 sults from planting plants instead of 

 seed in their gardens. 



PROF. WILSON LECTURES IN 

 PHILADELPHIA 



On Tuesday afternoon. Jan. 20th, Mr. 

 E. H. Wilson, assistant director of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain. 

 Mass.. gave an illustrated lecture on 

 the Flora and Vegetation of Formosa 

 and Korea. Mr. Wilson in speaking of 

 Korea, the hermit kingdom, described 

 its trees and told of what it has given 

 to American gardens. He said that 

 the similarity of climate was impor- 

 tant, for Korean plants are particular- 

 ly hardy in the colder parts of New 

 England. He said Korea was giving 

 us new lilacs, pears, crabapplef, ns well 

 as new firs, spruces and red cedars. 



Formosa, the beautiful. Mr. Wilson 

 described as the home of the camphor 

 trees of Eastern Asia. He described 

 its wonderful forests and forest wealth, 

 its headhunting savages and its stu- 

 pendous sea cliffs. 



Mr. Wilson spoke for nearly two 

 hours, and in closing, he reminded the 

 audience that no more of the plants 

 he had shown would be imported as 

 long as the drastic Quaratine No. 37 

 was in effect. 



D.VVTD RrsT, Secy. 



Ways to Help Carnation Growers 



Pres. Theodore A. Dorner brought 

 out several important points in his 

 address at the Convention of the 

 American Carnation Society in Chicago 

 last week. Among other things he 

 said: 



"The American Carnation Society 

 should devise some plan so our revenue 

 will be increased. We are running on 

 the same plane today as we have been 

 in the past, regardless of the high 

 prices. I would suggest that the dues 

 of our Society be raised to three dol- 

 lars, instead of two, which would give 

 us a little more revenue. This may 

 cause some criticism, but we should 

 take time and prices under considera- 

 tion. As we all know it costs a great 

 deal more now to exhibit carnations 

 than it did four or five years ago. 



"The shipping facilities in the past 

 year have been much improved, but 

 we are still a long way from getting 

 what is right. The express companies 

 have taken better care of our packages 



than last year and are a little more 

 prompt in settling claims. I think the 

 Parcel Post department should insure 

 parcels against freezing when marked 

 perishable. At present they insure 

 only against non-delivery, the respon- 

 sibility for breakage being the same 

 as non-insured parcels. I think this 

 matter should be taken up with the 

 S. A. F. O. H. and it might help if we 

 would co-operate with them. For they 

 are in a condition to handle this mat- 

 ter to a better advanta.ge. I would sug- 

 gest that a committee be appointed by 

 our Society to co-operate with the S. A. 

 F. and 0. H. in this matter. A great 

 many parcel post packages have been 

 frozen in transit this season, for which 

 the shippers are at a loss. 



"The registration of new varieties in 

 the past year has been much less than 

 former years, due to the war, fuel, 

 labor and high prices. All carnation 

 growers know that a new variety will 

 in time lose its vigor and vitality, 

 either by propagation or through 

 disease. And those must be replaced 



DREER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tubs 



The Riverfon Tub Is sold excluolvely by us, and Is the best ever Introduced. 

 The neatest, lightest, and cheapest. Painted green and bound with electric-welded 

 hoops. The four largest sizes are equipped with drop handles. 



HENRY A. DREER, i«eiis. Plants, Biifts anil Supplies, 714.716 chestnot St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



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