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HORTICULTURE 



March 20, 1920 



PLANTS FOR EASTER. 



Lilies should now be standing well 

 above the foliage. Keep the night 

 temperature at 60 degrees. Water 

 freely and spray the foliage three or 

 four times a day. Lilies will be worth 

 just 100 per cent more than in former 

 years, so do not fail to give them the 

 attention necessary to have them in 

 flower. If you cannot discern the 

 buds among the foliage, now is the 

 time to resort to hard forcing. Run 

 the temperature up as high as pos- 

 sible, water with warm water and 

 syringe with warmer water, almost 

 hot, says the Canadian Florist. Keep 

 the plants free of aphis by fumigating 

 or spraying. Do your hard forcing 

 now, so that you may have a few days 

 to harden off your plants before sell- 

 ing. 



Hyacinths for Easter should be kept 

 In the coolest house possible. Very 

 nice pans ot these can be made up 

 from boxed bulbs. Prepare all you 

 can in assorted sizes. If you have a 

 cash and carry trade, it may be well 

 to have a good lot of four and five- 

 inch plants, but if you have to deliver, 

 it will not pay to sell low-priced 

 plants. 



Hydrangeas should be kept well 

 supplied with moisture. If your stock 

 is backward, keep them at 60 de- 

 grees at night. Give gentle feeding 

 at least twice a week. These plants 

 need plenty of room, if you want the 

 best stock for the holiday. I think 

 hydrangeas should be sold with a 

 cultural direction card attached. In 

 fact, all plants should be sold that 

 way. 



Baby rambler roses will for the most 

 part come into bloom in a carnation 

 temperature, but perhaps the variety 

 Orleans will need some forcing — say 

 60 degrees at night. If your ramblers 

 are pot grown, — that is to say, if they, 

 have been in pots since last spring 

 they will come along nicely for Easter. 

 Keep moving them at least once a 

 week, giving a little more space at 

 each move. Cuttings can be taken 

 now, rooted, and planted out next 

 spring. When grown on for two 

 summers, pot up and force them. 



Pelargoniums will make good Easter 

 sellers this year. These are best 

 finished on shelves in a cool house. 

 Fumigate regularly for aphis and give 

 light feedings once a week. Ventilate 

 freely. 



Pansies — Large plants lifted last 

 fall and wintered very cool make nice 

 subjects to put up in baskets. 



A few of the hard-wooded shrubs 

 are very decorative in a store at 

 Easter, but do not as a rule sell read- 

 ily. This year, being the peace year 



Get Ahead 



Sow Now For Next Christmas 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



Per 

 ZaoSeedB 



nkrqohar'* Gteat Pink f2.00 



Farquhar'a Giant Salmaa 2.00 



Farquhar'a Ruby Que«B 1.75 



Farqahar'a Olant Ked 1.78 



Per 

 290 Seeds 

 Farnhqar'a Olant Duehcna (White 



witb pink zoDe, prliuroM eye) ... .(1.75 

 Farqahu'a Giant Whlta 2.00 



Sow Now For Strong Spring Plants 



ANTIRRHINUM 



(iiant Rose Plnh Vt os.. 



Giant White V4 o*-. 



.SO 

 .60 



Giant Tellow M o%., M 



Giant Scarlet % 01., .40 



CARNATION BIARGUERITE. Farquhar'a New Giant Mixed, 



1/ie oz., $1.25; M, oz.. $2.00 



LOBELIA. Farquhar'a Dark Blue, Dwarf ^ oz., $0.85; M oz.. $1.50 



PETUNIA. Farquliar's Raffled Giants Mixed 1/16 oz., (4 00 



BAL.VIA SPLENDENS BONFIRE Vt oz., $1.00; OZ., $3.75 



SALVIA SPLENDEN8 COMPACTA 1,4 oz., $1.00; OZ . $.'?.50 



SALVIA SPLENDEN8 M oz., $0.75; oz., $2.2.'i 



SALVIA ZURICH Vi oz., $1..')0 



VERBENA. Farquhar'a Giant Bine, Pink, Scarlet, White, 



% oz., $0.35; hi oz.. $0.60; oz., $2.0(1 

 VERBENA. Farquhar'a Mammoth Hybrids Mixed, 



H oz., $0.35; Vi oz., $0.60; oz., $2.00 



VUtCA. Brl(ht Bom, White with roM •jre, Fora WUte H ox., $0.00; oa., $1.75 



R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY 



BOSTON, MASS. 



STUMPP& WALTER CO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



DREER'S 



FLORIST SFEGULTIES 



New fi^and New Strle 



'RIVERTON" HOSE 



Furniahcd lengihs up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 

 joint. 



Iki HQ8E lar tbe FLORIST 



^-inch, per ft,, 23 

 Reel of soon. '* 2t 

 aR^els, 1000 ft." 20 

 )4-iiich, " 19 



Heels, 500 ft., '• 18 

 Couplings furnished with' 

 out charge 



KNRT A. DREER 



714-716 Clie stDut St. 



of the world, this class o£ stock will 

 probably be in great demand tor 

 church decorating. 



Frederick W. Bruggerhof, head of 

 the seed firm of J. M. Thorhurn & Co., 

 New York, died recently at the ripe 

 age of ninety. Mr. Bruggerhof has 

 often been referred to as the dean of 

 the American seed industry. 



A nursery has been started at Hol- 

 land, Mich., by Ebert H. Gold. 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET. CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 OAKDEN PEA SEED la Tarlet; ; alBu other 

 Items of the uburt crop of tbU punt season 

 aa well as a full line of Garden Seeds, wUl 

 be qnoCed you upon application to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



S2DeTSt.N£W YORKandCF/rCl lC^N- 



SEEDS, BULBS. PLANTS 



JOSEPH BAECK & SONS, CORP. 



47-t4 North Market 8tre«* 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 



SEEDS, PLANTS AKD BULBS 

 Horticultural Sundries 



166 W. 23rd St.. NEW YOfW 



Bolgiano's "Big Crop" Seeds 



"TESTED AND TRUSTED" OVER A 

 CENTURY 



Special Price LUt to Florists and Market 

 Gardeners. Write for a copy at once— It 

 will save you money. 



J. BOLCIANO & RON 



BALTIMORE, MABTIxAXD 



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