May 8, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY & SNYDER CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephones 



Main 2574 

 Furt mil 1083 

 Fort Hill 1084 

 Fart Bill 108R 



15 Otis- 96 Arch St. 



Largest distributors of flowers in the east. We manufacture artificial flowers, baskets, wire frame, etc., right in our 

 own factory. We preserve our own cycas leaves. Try us out in one way or another. 



FUTTERMAN BROTHERS 



After May 1st, we are moving into larger headquarters on the op- 

 posite side of the street, 101 WEST 28th STREET. 

 Consignments solicited Returns Daily. Payments Weekly 



Telephone Watkins 9761 



William F. Kasting Co. 



568-570 WASHINGTON STREET 



>rls-ts 



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 



GET OUR LIST 



Climax Manufacturing Company 



Makers Highest Grade 



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CASTORLAND 



NEW YORK 



delphia suffered very severely, many 

 of the finest rhododendrons lieing lost. 

 Much damage was also done, it seems, 

 around New York city and Long 

 Island, evergreens of different kinds 

 being the worst sufferers. 



This, of course, is apart from the 

 loss occasioned by mic«. Considerable 

 damage was done in New England by 

 these pests, both on private estates 

 and in nurseries. On the whole, how- 

 ever, New England seems to have 

 fared better than many other pai^s of 

 the country. 



The 1920 edition of Robert Pyle's 

 little book published by the Conard & 

 Jones Co., of West Grove-, Pa., on 

 "How to Grow Roses," has just come 

 into my hands and I feel is worthy of 

 an appreciative paragraph. While not 

 undertaking to do what the Rose An- 

 nual accomplishes, it yet contains a 



vast amount of valuable information 

 from all parts of the country which 

 will be prized by amateurs and piu- 

 tessionals alike. One feature which I 

 like is a page given to synonymous 

 names of roses. It is not surprising 

 that there is an embarrassing dupli- 

 cation when the same rose has distinct 

 names in different catalogues. The 

 selections of roses for special sections 

 of the United States is also a valuable 

 feature, although one which no doubt 

 can be elaborated to a greater extent. 

 I think, in fact, that the editor of the 

 Rose Annual has some such plan in 

 view. The discussion of roses for dif- 

 ferent purposes is helpful and the ar- 

 ticle on pruning and winter protection 

 should solve many problems for the 

 novice. Among the excellent illustra- 

 tions in color are Baby Dorothy. Rosa 

 Hugonis, Bridesmaid, Rosa Rugosa and 

 Tausendschon. 



I have been impressed this season 

 with the value of magnolias for city 

 planting. In Back Bay, Boston, many 

 of the small front yards are adorned 

 with these handsome trees and when 

 they first appear in a backward season 

 like this, they add a splendid note of 

 color to the otherwise drab and dreary 

 streets. They seem to flourish well 

 under city conditions, and beginning 

 with magnolia stellata and going 

 through the other early species, give 

 a display lasting several weeks. Prob- 

 ably nowhere in the country has a 

 better street display been made of mag- 

 nolias than in Rochester, N. Y., the 

 subject of the illustration on the pre- 

 vious page. There they are a joy to 

 all beholders every spring. 



EMBARRASSING EMBARGOES 



Boston florists and shippers of plants 

 have been greatly handicapped by the 

 railroad difficulties, especially by tem- 

 porary embargoes. Each railroad seems 

 to have its own system and the embar- 

 goes go on and oft so rapidly that it 

 is hard to follow them. For the last 

 week there has been a flat embargo 

 from the South Station to Cleveland 

 for example, while from the North 

 Station to Cleveland there has been an 

 • embargo on everything excepting per- 

 ishable goods. By using the North 

 Station, therefore, it is possible to get 

 througli plants and flowers, while they 

 could not go at all from the South 

 Station. All the members of the trade 

 are hoping that this situation will 

 soon ease up. 



SOWING ANNUAL SEEDS. 



It is now safe to sow practically all 

 annuals out of doors, and, provided the 

 ground was well prepared during the 

 winter or spring, it will now be fit for 

 sowing. To obtain the best results, 

 the soil must be well broken down, 

 the seeds sown thinly, and lightly 

 covered with fine soil. Annuals are 

 frequently sown and grown too thick- 

 ly. The seedings should be thinned 

 as soon as large enough to handle, and 

 again when the young plants have 

 covered the ground, eventually leaving 

 them from 4 inches to 1 foot apartv 

 according to the kind or variety. 



