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HORTICULTURE 



February 14, 1920 



DAHLIA ROOTS 



CACTUS. 



Doz. 



$8.50 

 2.75 



8.50 

 2.00 

 1.75 



100 



$60.00 

 18.00 



60.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



2.00 15.00 

 1.75 12.00 



ATTRACTION. Now hybrid, large clear lilac rose 



AVAX.ANCHB. New hybrid, pure white 



•BIANC.A. New hybrid, delicate pinkish lavender, 

 long stiff stem 



BORNKM.VXN'S I.IEBLING. Rose pink 



•E1.L,.\ KRAMKK. Especially good rose pink 



•HELENE. Lavender pink with white center, fine 

 free flowering sort 



•J. H. JACK80N. Largest and best very dark 

 crimson cactus, fine stem 



•KRIEWHILDE. I'ink with white center, very tine 

 cut flower variety 



MME. HENRI CAYEUX. Pink with white center. 



•PERLE DE LYON. Hybrid, pure white with at- 

 tractively fringed petals 



RUTH FORBES. Hybrid, mauve pink 



•STERN. Bright yellow 



T. G. BAKER. Yellow 



VOLKER. Yellow 



PEONY. 

 •B.\RON G. DE GR.VNCY. or M.\DONNA. Large 

 white with pale pink shadings, long stems. 



excellent for cutting $2.00 $15.0(1 



»GLORY OF B.\.\RN. Clear soft pink very fine 



flowering, long stem 2.00 15.00 



P. W. JANSEN. Eosey salmon and yellow 4.00 25.00 



♦QUEEN WIUIELMINA. Best pure white peony- 

 flowered 1.75 12.00 



SOUTH POLE. Large pure white 4.00 25.00 



SUNRISE. Bright pink 1.75 12.00 



DECOR.\TIVE. 

 •CLIFFORD W. BURTON. Bright yellow, one of 



the best for coiuniercial use, an old standby.. $1.7."i .'SlJ.Oii 



•DELICE. Bright pink suffused with lavender 

 pink, popular commercial variety 



ELSIE DAVIDSON. Large golden yellow 



•FRANK A. WALKER. New. lavender pink, very 

 free with good stem 



HORTULANUS WITTE. New, pure white 



•JACK ROSE. Deep crimson, good commercial 

 sort 



•JEANNE CH.4RMET. Pinkish lilac. very pretty 

 and a good producer 



JOHN R. B.4LDWIN. Salmon red 



•MINA BURGLE. Scarlet, long stem, free flow- 

 ing, called bv manv finest scarlet onthe market 2..50 16.00 



100 



15.00 



15.00 



10.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 



Doz. 



•MME. VAN DEN DAELE. Large flowers, white 



edged pink, line form, long stem 2.00 



•PRINCESS JULIANA. White, excellent for cut 



flower purposes 2 00 



•SOUV. de GUSTAVE DOAZON. Giant red, larg- 

 est and finest decorative in commerce 1.50 



SYLVIA. Pink and white 1.75 



WILHELM MILLER. Brilliant purple 1.50 



COLOSSAL. 



FIREBURST. Intense scarlet and very large $4.00 $25.00 



M.ME. SL^KZE. Mammoth pure white 4 OO 25 00 



•.MRS. ROOSEVELT. Delicate pink shading to soft 



pink, very handsome 4.00 25.00 



•REGGIE. Cherry red, very free, long wiry stems. 1.75 12.00 



•W. W. B.'VWSON. White tinted lavender 4.00 25.00 



•YELLOW COLOSSE. New, immense flowers of 

 pure primrose, the flnest yellow commercial 



Dahlia 4.50 



SNOW. 

 •A. D. LIVONI. Soft pink, always a standby, very 



free $1.75 



•.\CQUISITION. Deep lilac, large 1.75 



DI.VM.'VNT. Pure white 2.75 



•GOLDEN AGE. Sulphur yellow, free flowering. . 1.75 

 •PRIMROSE DAME. Primrose yellow, free flower- 

 ing 



•ROBERT BROOMFIELD. Fine large white, tall 



grower 



•STORM KING. Pure white, free bloomer, long 



stems, very satisfactory 1.75 



•STR.ADE1.L.4. Purple, free flowering, long stems 1.75 



VIVL4N. White heavily tipped violet 2.00 



WHITE SWAN. Pure white 1.75 



30.00 



$12.00 

 12.00 

 18.00 

 12.00 



2.75 18.00 

 1.50 10.00 



12.00 

 12.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



POMPON. 

 •DARKEST OF ALL. Deep crimson, nearly black, 



free flowering $1.50 



•ELFIN. Yellow, good everyday variety 1.75 



LA PETITE BARBARA. Small white 1.75 



•LITTLE BELLE. Lilac pink, free flowering 2.00 



•SNOW CLAD. Small pure white, very free 2.00 



The above list includes only those sorts suitable for com- 

 mercial purposes, but those marked (*) we recommend espe- 

 cially for florists' cut flower trade. 



Not less than six of a kind at dozen rates, or twenty-flve of 

 a kind at hundred rates. 



$10.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



ASTER SEED 



High grade tested stock for the commercial florist, raised by 

 leading Aster seed specialists. 



EARLY. 

 QUEEN OF THE MARKET. White, Royal white, shell pink, 

 rose, lavender, purple and mixed, % oz. 30c.; % oz. 50c.; 

 V, oz. $1.00 ; 1 oz. $1.85. 



MEDIUM BL*BLY. 

 ROY'AL ASTERS. Long stem branching habit, free from lat- 

 erals, a valuable type; white, shell pink, rose, lavender, 

 purple, mixed, H oz. 4flc. ; Vi oz. 75c.; Vi oz. $1.3.'i; 1 oz. 

 $2 50. 



jnDSBASON. 



MIDSUIUMER INVINSIBLE. An all around valuable florists' 

 market sort. White, shell pink, rose, lavender, purple and 

 mixed, % oz. 60c.; 14 oz. $1.00; % oz. $1.75: 1 oz. $3.00. 



The Three Best Rochester Types — MIKADO PINK, L.WEN- 

 DER PINK, WHITE ROCHESTER, % OZ. 75c. ; % bz. 

 •Sl.io: Xi, oz. $2.2o; 1 oz. .$4.(K1. 



PINK ENCH.4NTRESS. An excellent midseason branching; 



i/s oz. 75c. ; Vi oz. $1.25 ; Vj oz. $2.25 ; 1 oz. $4.00. 

 KING ASTERS. Slightly quilled petals with Incurved centers : 



white, shell pink, rose, lavender, purple, crimson and 

 mixed, % oz. 40C; ; Vt oz. 75c.; '/a oz. $1.35; 1 oz. $2.50. 



LATE MIDSE.VSON. 

 CREGO GL4NT COMET. A Strain selected for very large 



flowers with tinished centers; white, shell pink, rose pink, 



l.-ivender, purple and mixed, % oz. 35c. ; % oz. 65c. ; % oz. 



$1.25; 1 oz. $2.00. 



L.\TE. 

 LATE AMERICAN BRANCHING. White, shell pink, rose, 



lavender, purple and mixed, % oz. 35c. ; ^4 oz. 65c. ; V> oz. 



$1.25 1 oz. $2.«1. 

 IMPERIAL D.AYBRE.*K (very fine). Clear shell pink. 

 IMPERIAL LAVENDER DAY'BRE,\K (beautiful lavender 



shade, verv popular), branching habit; both of the above 



at Vs oz. 75c.; % oz. $1.25; Va oz. $2.25; 1 oz. $4.00. 

 For very late blooms of Imperial Daybreak and Lavender 

 Daybreak sow late. Excellent cut flowers can be had well 

 into the Fall. 



^'ERY LATE 

 AUTUMN GLORY. The very best shell pink late variety. 



Follows late branching type. 1.^ oz. .$1.00; % oz. $1.50; % 



oz. $2.75; 1 oz. $5.00. 



I I PFITTFR C(\ ^'''"' 15 Cedar St., WATERTOWN STA. 



l.^* «!• IvCjv/ 1 I-*r\. V^\-/» Brokers boston, mass. 



Short P. O. Address: L. J. Reuter Co., Boston 72, Mass. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 The Locust street greenhouses at 

 Oxford are now being operated by the 

 estate of J. H. A. Hutchison (the late 

 owner) who died January 10th. It Is 

 reported that the greenhouses are 

 likely to change hands about April 1st, 

 1920. 



John Elliott, who operates a green- 

 house at Willow Grove was seriously 



hurt by a boiler explosion on the 19th 

 inst. and had to be talcen to the Ab- 

 ington hospital. The Willow Grove 

 enterprise Is a side line. Mr. Elliott 

 is connected with the Heacock es- 

 tablishment at Jenkintown most of 

 his time. 



The Wilson place at Oxford has been 

 bought by R. M. Patterson, who is 

 running it along similar lines. 



Harris & Holden has opened a green- 

 house in Wilson, N. Y. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 J. J. Higgins has opened a handsome 

 new store at 273 Yonge St., Toronto. 

 The new quarters are noticeable for 

 space and a feature is a large work 

 room. 



The new officers of the New Haven 

 County, Ct., Horticultural Society are: 

 President, Alfred E. Doty, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, C. Lewis Ailing, Treasurer, Da- 

 vid Kydd, Secretary, William J. Rath- 

 geber. 



