April 10. 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



299 



George Watson's 

 Corner 



*<T*« 1b 7*iir aaiAlI oorner and me 

 !■ Kilno." 



The Michell seed store had a flower 

 show all its own for three days before 

 Easter — Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday. A fine display it was, in- 

 deed, and pleased immense crowds of 

 delighted patrons. Hyacinths, tulips, 

 daffodils, Easter and calla lilies, 

 treesias, azaleas, hydrangeas, genistas 

 and other seasonable flowers were 

 there in all their glory — some for 

 prizes, and others for their decorative 

 and educational value. Much of the 

 stock was sent in from prominent pri- 

 vate estates in the neighborhood. Jo- 

 seph Hurley contributed a splendid lot 

 well grown stock from the Jeffords 

 place at Glen Riddle; and there were 

 also fine lots by David Aiken of the 

 McFadden estate at Rosemont, and 

 Axel Lindroth of the Ellis establish- 

 ment at Bryn Mawr. William Klein- 

 heinz and Andrew McNaughton acted 

 as judges in the classes where prizes 

 were awarded. 



some means of preventing this silly 

 practice. 



When the growers are charging the 

 retail stores 25c for Easter lilies 

 wholesale and the department stores 

 are advertising the same in the daily 

 papers at 23 and 25c retail is it any 

 wonder the public gets the impression 

 that the flower stores are profiteers 

 when they ask 30 or 35c retail. And 

 at the same time the retailers are be- 

 ing asked to put up their good money 

 to help create a demand — a demand 

 which is taken away from them as 

 soon as it is created. What the grow- 

 ers do is sell all they can, first to the 

 retailers at high prices, and then if 

 they have any left, dump them on the 

 department stores at any old price, 

 who in turn advertise them at a price 

 which the retailer is unable to meet. 

 There may be no law against such a 

 thing, but it looks like a criminal 

 offense just the same, and something 

 ought to be done about It. The club 

 as the representative oflJclal body, 

 representing all branches of the trade, 

 might do a useful work by devising 



Maybe all the growers are not guilty. 

 We asked one of our largest (Mr. A. 

 M. Campbell) and he said "not guilty" 

 that he had not sold one to a depart- 

 ment store and wouldn't. But some- 

 body must be guilty and a committee 

 of inquiry should be formed to take 

 the matter up and find out who the 

 guilty ones are. Public opinion is a 

 powerful factor and few would care 

 to come under its odium if they were 

 convinced they would surely be ex- 

 posed for a breach of ethics. It is all 

 very well to say "they are my lilies 

 and I can do what I dam please with 

 them." Quite true, but a man might 

 use the same argument about burn- 

 ing down his own. house. And in a 

 settled community he would be quite 

 likely to burn down his neighbor's at 

 the same time. So a little prevention 

 Is In order — to ensure public safety. 



Recent visitors include Mr. and Mrs. 

 E. C. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. 

 and Mrs. C. M. Wagner, Cleveland, O.; 

 George M. Geraghty, of Dunlop's, Tor- 

 onto. Ont; Charles Russell, Jones- 

 Russell Co., Cleveland, O.; Edward 

 Swayne, West Chester, Pa.; Edward 

 Nedomansky, of Cookes', Washington, 

 D. C; Harry Heck and Fred FVank. 

 Reading, Pa.: Fred Lautenschlager, 

 Chicago. 



PROPHETS HONORED IN THEIR 

 OWN COUNTRY. 



The South Norwalk, Ct.. Sentinel 

 makes interesting mention of the 

 prizes won by Traendly & Schenk at 

 the New York Show. It says: 



Horticulturists in Norwalk are in- 

 terested in the fact that roses grown 

 in the Howayton Green Houses, owned 



MICHELL'S 



PRIMULA SEED 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 

 (Cblnese PrlmroBe) 



% tr. pkt. tr. pkt. 



MicbeU'R Priie Mixture. An 

 even blending of all colors. $0.60 Jl.OO 



Alba MagniBca. White 80 1.00 



Cbiswick Red. Bright red.. .60 1.00 



Dachess. White, with zone 

 of rosy carmine, yellow eye. .60 1.00 



Holborn Blue 80 1.00 



Kermestna gplendens. Crim- 

 son 60 1.00 



R»8y Morn. Pink 80 1.00 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GICANTEA 



A great improvement over the old type, 

 flowers much larger tr. pkt. 



Lilacina. Pale jilac $0.50 



Kermisina. Deep crimson 50 



Roses. Pink 50 



Alba. White 50 



Hybrida Mixed 50 



ASPARAGUS PiCMOSUS NANUS 



We Are Headquarters for 

 Nortnern Greenhouse-Grown Seed 



1000 seeds.. $3.50 10.000 seeds. .$;i0.00 

 5000 seeds.. 16.25 25,000 seeds.. 08.75 



Also All Other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Supplies. Send for Wholesale Price 

 List. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market Street 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



by Traendly & Schenk, and under the 

 management of Charles R. Yaeger, 

 won the capital prize of $50 in the 

 growers' section of the Flower Show, 

 held in the Grand Central Palace, New 

 York city. 



Aside from the capital prize, roses 

 from the local greenhouses won four 

 other prizes. The prize-winning roses 

 are known as Francis Scott Key, Ophe- 

 lia Number One, Ophelia Supreme, 

 Mock Rose, Hoosier Beauty, Russell, 

 Columbia and Aaron Ward. 



Considerable credit is reflected 

 upon Manager Yaeger and his asso- 

 ciates in the green houses, as they 

 won out over compvetitors from the 

 four states. 



THE ST. MARTIN 



The Finest All-around Strawberry That Grows 



Color — Rich, deep red 



Size — Sixteen berries to a quart jar 



Flavor — Unsurpassed 



Long season, good canner perfect blossoms and strong 

 runners. Awarded the silver medal of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society 



For Free Descriptive Circular Write 



LOUIS GRATON 



Originator and Sole Owner 

 309 Bedford Street WHITMAN, MASS. 



