March 6, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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i BEST IN.THE;, WORLD 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



HHOLESAI.F, I'l.OKIST, 

 .~> S. Mole St., IMilladelphia, Fa. 

 Roses, CarmUions, Callas, Sweet Peas, 

 Plumosa, Strings and Bunchos, .\(liantuni. 



and a full line of all other Greens. 



For All Flowwt m Season Call od 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race SL Phfladelphia, Fa. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manafactared by 



W. J. GOWEE, Berlin N. Y. 



10,000 $2.S0 60,000 $11.00 Sample free. 



For Sale by Dealers 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



CUTf LOWER BOXES 



EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO 



MANUFACTURERS 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Henry M. Robinson Go. 



55-57 West 26th Street 

 and 430 Sixth Avenue 



Telephone: 

 Farragut 13 and 3180 



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 mention HORTICULTURE 



The worst sinner, however, was a 

 specially good pink selection I made 

 from Money-maker. Not anticipating 

 trouble, I sowed three hundred and 

 nine seeds on October 18th without 

 treatment. Twenty days later, finding 

 only six above the soil, I made an ex- 

 amination, and in the end had to earth 

 out the entire batch. Two hundred 

 and sixty-six were absolutely flint, 

 the remainder either just chitting or 

 swelled. The cuticle of the dormant 

 ones so strongly resisted the knife, 

 that I decided to give them 30 minutes 

 in acid. Four days after resowing 

 every seed I examined had emitted its 

 rootlet. 



The treatment is simplicity itself. 

 Turn the seed into a pan or dish, and 

 pour over it sufficient sulphuric acid, 

 full strength, to wet the whole when 

 well stirred. If desired, cover entirely 

 with acid. The safety line for the hard- 

 est seed is 30 minutes. Some will stand 

 more, but one hour will kill practically 

 every seed. My own experience is that 

 the greyish stony looking seeds are 

 the toughest, and thirty minutes is 

 their portion. Between 15 and 30 min- 

 utes is effective for brown to black, 

 whilst 10 minutes is a safe period for 

 white and mottled seed such as the 

 lavender varieties give. This season, 

 having all home saved seed, I gave the 

 R. F. Felton seed only five minutes, 

 and the same for white seed. The hard 

 unswollen examples in the untreated 

 King White, however, suggest that 10 

 to 15 minutes can be administered, but 

 all splits should be removed. After 

 soaking, which, by the way, shows no 

 visible effect, wash the seed thoroughly 

 in several changes of water and lay out 

 until sufficiently dry to make sowing 

 easy. The acid can, of course, he used 

 time after time. It is easy to pour it 

 off into another pan, so that several 

 lots may be under way. Only earthen- 

 ware pans must be used, the ordinary 

 clay seed pan being quite suitable. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK 



A lecture on "Rose Gardens" will be 

 delivered on Wednesday, March 17th, 

 8.1.5 p. m.. at the American Museum 

 of Natural History, 77th street and 

 Central Park West, at a meeting of 

 the society to be held on that date. The 

 lecture is by Mr. Edmund M. Mills, 

 president of the Syracuse Rose Society, 

 an enthusiastic amateur grov/er of 

 roses for over forty years. He will 

 have much to tell us about the rose 

 and its culture, and those who do not 

 attend will be missing a great oppor- 

 tunity. An invitation is extended to 

 all to attend. There is no admission 

 charge to the lecture. 



George B. Nash, Secy. 



H. E. FROMENT 



WboleMOe Goinimaaion Florist 

 Choice Cut Flowers 



New Address, 143 West 28th St., MEW TOKK 

 Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison SQnara. 



— WWL P. FORD— 



Wholesale Florist 



107 W. 28th Street, NfW YORK 



Telephone S335, Farrasnt 



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In the Wholesale Flower District. 



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Wholesal^i Commission Dealer in 



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13S Wes* ?8th Street New Sork 



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Wholesale Florists 



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We mannfacture all our 



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and are dealers in 



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 Highest Standard of Qaallty. I>arKeBt 

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 Catalog of Greens and Florists' Supplies 



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We have a numerous clientage of New 

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 our supply. This is especially true of 

 Roses. We have every facility and abund- 

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 for stocis consigned to us. 



Address Your Shipments to 



UNITED CUT FLOWEB CO., INC. 



Ill W. 28th St.. New York 



D. J. Fappas, Pres. 



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