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HORTICULTURE 



February 14, 1920 



FUTTERMAN BROS. 



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



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



B. A. SNYDER CO. ^,^J,',-r" 



Hardy Cut Evergreens, Cut Flowers and Florists Supplies 



21-25 Otis Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone Fort Hill 1083-1084-1085 



William F. Hasting Co. 



^A/hol•sallo F-lorlsts 



SeaSTO WASHINGTON STREET ■ BUFFALO, N. Y. 



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 



Cut Flowers and Evergreens 



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

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

 OFFICE, SALESROOMS, SHIPPING DEPT. 



15 OTIS STREET m/i^'-^T^,^ 96 Arch Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Unknown cnstomers kindly give 

 reference or cash with order 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



5 S. MOLE STREET 



PHILADELPHIA,! PA. 



Plnmosa 



Strings and 



Bunches 



Adiantum 



and a full line 



of all other 



Greens 



HENTZ & NASH, Inc. 



KBioiesale Cotrenision Florists 



85 and 57 WMt 26th Street 



^•'•"i^r^r '" NEW YORK 



A Card This Size 



Cost only $1.00 per Week 

 on Yearly Order 



It would keep your name and your 

 ■peclalty before the whole trade. 



A half-Inch card costs only 45c. Der 

 week on yearly order. 



P. A. Smith, superintendent of the 

 Essex County Agricultural • School, 

 talked on "Training Boys in Agricul- 

 ture and Horticulture" at the monthly 

 meeting of the Horticultural Club of 

 Boston in the Parker House Wednes- 

 day night. President Ernest H. Wil- 

 ston presided and about 20 members at- 

 tended. W. A. Manda of South Orange, 

 N. J., talked on the coming orchid 

 show in Horticultural Hall, March 24 

 to 27, at which he is to be an exhibi- 

 tor; and also spoke of the orchid con- 

 ference whicli is to open March 25. 



CARNATIONS. 



Dover, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1920. 



Dear Sir: — I was very glad to read 

 Mr. Goddard's "Talk on Carnations." 



When we peruse the past and antici- 

 pate the future very often we find our 

 opinions and the facts somewhat in a 

 bottle of ideas. 



Superior culture is much of the ad- 

 vancement from a technical stand- 

 point. When we look back at the vari- 

 ous sorts from LaPurity up to many of 

 the present sorts, have we made really 

 any great epoc? 



The older sorts were croppers 

 largely because we grew them more 

 naturally, now by going over our 

 plants we top often that causes the 

 growths to come in over a long time, 

 in fact quite through the whole season 

 as against larger cuts at specific 

 periods else we grow them to largely 

 come in at specific periods or "crops" 

 hence some growers are off crop, 

 others always are more or less in 

 "crop." 



When we look at the cycle develop- 

 ment of Hintzies White-Portia, we can 

 claim no great advance in freedom. 



If we look at "Albertini" as it was at 

 the shows we have not gone far in 

 size. As they have been bred when we 

 have size we do not have freedom and 

 vice versa. 



When we have certain types of 

 foliage we have relative freedom, etc., 

 other corelatlve units pro and 



etc. 

 con 



All in all Mr. Goddard's talk is very 

 good. 



When Mr. Goddard turns prophet 

 we must greatly disagree. 



In my very expansive breeding of 

 Gladioli I have observed certain feat- 

 ures in breeding that when rightly em- 

 ployed give no decided advances. 



In the net results we have gladioli 

 that are away superior to such glori- 

 ous sorts as Sulfur King, Peace, Amer- 

 ica, etCv in all points. 



For a long time we made the prog- 

 ress Mr. Goddard observes, but in ob- 

 serving these new results we have ap- 

 plied them to carnations, with a result 

 that we have a hardy race that aver- 

 ages 5 of 100 blooms as fine as 

 Pocahontas. Matchless, Yellow Prince, 

 etc. at the same dates. 



These have far better colors and 

 dew, etc. does not fade them as it does 

 the indoor type. Again we have a 

 much broader range of colors and 

 shades. Many are very fragrant. In 

 growth stem on these are very good, 

 In time we expect to increase freedom, 

 etc. These are far healthier than most 

 commercial sorts we have, In fact Mrs. 



