April 1'4. 1920 



HOETICULTURE 



335 



KANSAS CITY 



Tranafer Your Order* to 



SAMUEL MURRAY 



1017 Grand Avenue 



Maa>b«r norlsta- T*l«(nph I>*IHwy 



m. 



DARDS FLOWER SERVICE 



te« apctt GCABANTRBD BATIHFAOTION 

 for nearly FIFTY YKARS. 



■lar Bnropean aalllngg now eatabllabed. 

 na fUI 7oar ordera tor Btcamar Flower 

 keU, Coraacea and ArtiMIe Boxes •< 

 OM Flowers. 



DARDS, Inc., Florist, 



Ml Madison Ave., New York 



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S. A. ANDERSON 



440 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



AMDBB80N aervlee meana freeli, mtnrij 

 Meek and prompt deliveries in BIIFFA1.0, 

 liOOKPOBT, NIAOABA FALX.S and 

 WBBTBBN MEW YOBK. 



Member Floriata' Telegraph Dellrery 



HESS & SWOBODA 



FLORISTS 



Talevkesae UM mm* L UM 



1415 Farnum St. 

 OIVIA.IH.A. IMEB. 



THE KNOBLE BROTHERS CO. 



Flowers and Nurtery Product* 

 Mmmbmr Flerlato' Televraph DeUretr 



We are well equipped to handle 

 your orders. 



MM W. Mth Mrert OLMTMLJtMn. •. 



THE SMITH & FETTERS CO 



735 Euclid Avenue 



CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Flowers of Every Kind in Season 



PHILADELPHIA 



GHAS. H. GRAKELOW E^I^K 



Everything in Flower* 

 Broad Street at Cumberland 



^' Pai1( Floral Go. 



B. E. GILLI 8, PrMldant. 



E. P. NE1MATI, SoereUry. 



Member Flerletia' Telieaiib »t»tm i 



OENVBR. COLORAOO 



IN THE 



National Capitol 



M Tear aieila« to daVrer FWwem 

 or Dee^cw ea Ontar br tUa- 

 >«aph or otherwlaa. Prempt 

 Sellable Serrtee. 



GEORGE Ha COOKE 



At*, aad I, St. 

 WA«HIM«TOir, B .O. 



shade to the Mlltonias. As one florist 

 has well described it: "A light 

 clouded streak over the glass is a 

 plenty at this season." Cattleyas in 

 flower should go into a cool, well 

 shaded house. For them rolling lath 

 blinds are much better than white- 

 wash. 



TREATMENT OF LILIES. 



There are plenty of garden makers, 

 and not all amateurs either, who be- 

 lieve that the stems of lilies should 

 never be removed after the blooming 

 season until the foliage has dried off. 

 They take the grounds that the grad- 

 ual ripening of the foliage is neces- 

 sary to the formation of the flowers 

 for the following season. This theory 

 is true enough as it applies to hard 

 bulbs, like tulips, hyacinths or nar- 

 cissi, but lily bulbs are soft and en- 

 tirely different in their character. The 

 facts in the matter are set forth con- 

 cisely by Mr. A. Grove in the Gar- 

 dener's Chronicle, where he takes 

 issue with another writer who has 

 been advising his readers never to re- 

 move the top growth of Lillum aura- 

 tum before it had dried. Writes Mr. 

 Grove; "Often by accident but more 

 often of set purpose have I broken off 

 the stems of lilies in every stage of 

 their development and have yet to no- 

 tice any diminution in stature or 

 wealth of bloom in the succeeding 

 season." 



He then goes on to tell of a partic- 

 ular plant of Lilium Hansonli which 

 for four successive years had to sub- 

 mit to decapitation when less than 

 half its normal growth had been com- 

 pleted. In the fifth year it was al- 

 lowed to grow unchecked, and signal- 

 ized the occasion by flowering more 

 profusely than ever before. Then in 

 finishing his argument he writes: 



"There are probably few growers of 

 lilies who at one time or another have 

 not had to regret the loss of a fine 

 lily stem, felled by a marauding slug, 

 chopped up to make a succulent salad 

 for hare or coney, or broken off short 

 by some canine friend in pursuit of an 

 alien cat, but the only result will have 

 been to add to the vigor of the bulb." 



CLEVELAND 



A. GRAHAM & SON 



5523 Euclid Ave. 

 Will take good care of your ord«rs 



Memiert oj F. T. D. Attociatitn. 



DAVID CLARKE'S SONS 



Deliver orders trom any part ol the countrr t« 



New York City 



Write or Telegraph 



2139-2141 Broadway, • New York 



Telephene IMS-IMS Colnmbiu 



KOTTMILLER, Florist 



426 Macfison Ave. and 49th St., New 



York. Alao Vanderbilt Hotel 



Telephone, Mnrrar HU] T8S 



Ovt-ef-towD Orders SoUelted. Loeattaa 



Central. Personal Attentlaa. 



Member F. T. D. Aaao. 



G. E. M. STUMPP 



761 Fifth Ave. 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Member Florists' Telegrapli Delivery Assi. 



NEW YOEK, N. Y. 



1063 Madison Avenne 



Member 

 F. T. D. 



ADOLPH MEYER 



'Phone I.«nox 2363 

 Flowera delivered promptly la Greater 

 New York City and Neighboring State* 



THE I. M. QA8SER COMPANY, 



CLCTELMD 



Euclid Avaaao 



Toe Far- Famed Flowers of 



TORONTO 



Delivered on idaU mr tele^rmph order f«r 

 any oocasIob, In mnj part of the Dentlalem. 



JOHN H. DUNLOP 



S-l* Weat Adelaide Bt. - TOBOMTO, ONT. 



When writing to ad v t t ti mn Undly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



