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HORTICULTUKE 



May 29, 1920 



the houses and work of that character 

 can get every hit as much as the man 

 who has worked into the misiness and 

 can rightly be classed as skilled labor 

 Of course the job of the man with the 

 pick and shovel is more or less un- 

 steady, but it comes right down to the 

 same case in our business as in other 

 lines and that is, the man with brains 

 and experience is not paid proportion- 

 ately with the man who has nothing 

 to give except his muscle. 



With the question of wages and the 

 coal situation as it is, together with 

 all other proportionate increases and 

 expenses, there is no way for the flor- 

 ist to break even excepting by con- 

 tinued high prices, and even that will 

 not let him break even without the 

 very' highest possible production per 

 square foot. 



■WANTED To Buy 



ORCHIDS 



Choice Specimen 



Plants 

 or Rare Varieties 



OF ANY DESCRIPTION 



A. C. BURRAGE 



Douglas EccUston, Supt. 

 Beverly Farms Ma»». 



ORCHIDS 



We »row and »ell nothlni bat OBCHIDi. 

 If y«l arc In th» mark*! Jor thl* « ! ■■■ •* 

 pUDU w« refpectfuUT toUelt T»a» l«Qml»l^ 

 %m* order*. BpeoUl lUt» om appUwtl**- 



LAGER & HURRELL, Summit. N. J. 



Pachysandra terminalis 



2 year old plants, 

 $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



Euonymus radicans 



3 year old plants 

 $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



JAMES WHEELER 



NATICK, MASS. 



A Hybrid Shad Bush. 

 In 1892 the Arnold Arboretum re- 

 ceived from Heinrich Zabel, Superin- 

 tendent of the Botanic Garden at Zur- 

 ich, seeds of an Amelanchier which he 

 had obtained from the Simon Louis 

 Nursery near Metz, and called Amel- 

 anchier canadensis grandlflora. He 

 considered, perhaps correctly, that his 

 plant was a hybrid between A. cana- 

 densis and A. laevis. The leaves are 

 certainly intermediate between those 

 of these species; the flowers, hov.-ever, 

 are only just now open, nearly three 

 weeks later than those of A. canadensis 

 and ten days after the petals of A. 

 leavis have fallen. The flowers, too, of 

 this plant are larger than those of 

 either of its supposed parents, and 

 larger and more beautiful than those 

 of any Amelanchier which has ever 

 grown in the Aboretum. The Abor- 

 etum plants are large shrubs rather 

 than trees, but they look as if they 

 would have formed a single trunk if 

 they had been pruned. Whatever may 

 have been the origin of this plant, or 

 whatever habit it may assume, it is, 

 when in flower, the most beautiful of 

 all the Amelanchiers, and this week 

 one of the conspicuous plants in the 

 Arboretum. Several other handsome 

 and interesting Amelanchiers are also 

 in bloom in the collection on the left- 

 hand side of the Meadow Road. 

 Among them is the species of China 

 and Japan, A. asiatica, and A. vulgaris 

 of Europe, the only Amelanchiers 

 which grow naturally outside of North 

 America. The curious northern A. 

 Bartramiana with small flowers in one 

 or few-flowered clusters, and four or 

 five other species from the northeast- 

 ern part of the country, are still in 

 flower or are beginning to shed their 

 petals. The Amelanchier collection, 

 however, is by no means complete for 

 several of the western species have not 

 yet proved amenable to cultivation in 

 the east. 



. 



Worth While Primulas 



Malaooldffi Bohrerl. The best strain of 

 Malnooides on the market, leara of 

 iiatlence have developed It to perfec- 

 tion. The beautiful shades of Rose 

 rink IJght Lavender and Snow White 

 make it one of the most desirable and 

 profitable plants to grow, not only as 



single plants, but for <=<"?,''' "^J^iS," 

 work It cannot t>e excelled. 1(H) ivm 



^^Ih"*". '""°'".'"^'':*T.OO $«0.00 

 Pure White. 2Vi-in 7.00 60.00 



.MaLwoides Townsendi. 2i::-in. 8.00 70.00 



Obconica. Bosea, Gieant«», 

 GrandUora, Apple BlosBom 



C. U. LIGGIT 



Wholesale Flantsman 

 Bulletin Building PHII.ADBI-PH1A 



When writing to advettisers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



BIG ROSE SHOW PLANNED. 



To Be Held in Boston Next Spring— 

 $6,000 Worth of Prizes. 



The Trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society have voted to 

 hold a spring exhibition in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, April 5 to 9, 1921, 

 with an appropriation of $6,000 for 

 prizes. Boses will be the special fea- 

 ture of this exhibition and a first prize 

 of ?1,000 is offered for a rose garden. 

 Other exhibits of spring-flowering 

 plants will be included in the schedule 

 which will be issued shortly. 



PANSIES 



BEADY NOW 

 200,000 Fall Transplanted Pan»»e» in 



Bud and Bloom 

 Superb strain. »3.26 per 100, tt(U» per 

 1,000. A few thousand extra larKe at 

 $3.00 per 100, $28.00 per 1.000. 



A trial order will convince y»« these 

 are the best jon ever had. Ton need 

 theni for your particular trade. 



fiernniums. Nutt, Buchner, Poitevine 

 and Kicard, out of 4 inch pots, $1S.OO 

 per lOO. 



Forget-me-not*, $5.00 per 100. 

 Cash, Please 



LEONARD COUSINS, JR. 



Concord Junction MasM«l«M»ett» 



MIGHELL'S 



FLOWER SEED 



CINER.*RI.* 



\t, Tr. Tr. 

 Plit. Pkt. 



C.randifiora Priie. Dwarf $0.60 $1.00 



tiranditiora Med. Tall 60 1.00 



D.AISy, DOVBLE ENGLISH 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 

 Monstrosa Pink, % oz. .$2.00 $0.50 .... 

 .Monstrosa White, Vi oz.. 2.0O .50 .... 

 Monstrosa Mixe<l. 'i OZ.. 1.75 .50 ..^ 



Longfellow Pink 40 $2.00 



Snowball White 40 ^.00 



Mixed •>" 1"" 



MYOSOTIS 



Alpestris Victoria 25 1.25 



Eliza Fanrobert -^ ^"^ 



P.VNSY SEED 

 MlcheU's Giant Exhibition, Mixed. A 

 giant strain, which for size of bloom, 

 heavy texture and varied colors and 

 shades cannot be surpassed. Half tr. 

 pkt. 30c; 50c per tr. pkt.; % oz., $1.25; 

 $7.00 per oz. 



Giant Trimardeau. 5Uxed. Large flow- 

 ering and choice colors. Tr. pkt., JOc ; 

 .$2.50 per oz. 



Giant Sorts in Separate Colors 

 PRIMl I..\ CHINENSIS 



Alba Magnifica $0.60 $1.00 



(hiswicli Bed W) 100 



Ducliess «» \-'^ 



Holbron Bine 60 l-^ 



Kermesina Splendens M) l.uu 



Bosy Morn 60 l.OU 



Prize Mixture 60 100 



PBIMILA OBCONICA GIG.*^'TEA 



Lilacina. l.ilao *0.50 



Kermesina. Crimson 2" 



Rosea. Pink 9" 



Alba. White »" 



H> brida Mixed ^ 



Also AU Other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Supplies. Send for Whole«U« PHoe 



List. 



MIGHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



518 Marliet Street PhlUMl«lpW»^FaJ 



