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HOKTl CULTURE 



June 5, 1920 



c-hrysanthemums for this season, go 

 easy on plants of the midseason varie- 

 ties. I prophesy heavy planting of 

 stock, and I believe that market con- 

 ditions will prove that 1 am right when 

 we get into October this coming sea- 

 son. Plant heavy on the very early 

 and the late varieties. Pompons as 

 usual will be in good supply, but again 

 you will find it true that the early and 

 the late are the good paying ones, par- 

 ticularly the very early. 



Well-grown Golden Glow is always 

 good property if not brought in too 

 early. Last of August and the early 

 ]iart ot September are a little too early 

 generally for blooms of Golden Glow, 

 but around October 1st they bring a 

 good price. Stock of this variety, 

 however, seems to be unusually scarce, 

 due to the fact that it does not winter 

 over well and a large quantity of stock 

 plants were lost through having been 

 winter killed in the frames on ac- 

 count of the severe winter and long 

 space of time that they were covered 

 by the snow and in complete darkness. 



Seidewitz is a variety that will do 

 very well for one of the early yellows. 

 This sort planted early and kept grow- 

 ing gives good results. This variety 

 turns out a good presentation of mar- 

 ketable blooms, and is one that can 

 usually he depended upon for a good 

 paying crop. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM ROOTED 

 CUTTINGS 



3,000 EARLT FB08T 

 1.500 YELI-OW BONNAFFON 

 600 SEIDEWIT2 

 500 WHITE BONNAFFON 

 260 CHIEFTAIN 

 3.S0 per 100 S30.00 per 1,000 



W. D. HOWARD MILFORD, MASS. 



A year ago Henry Penn, of Boston, 

 won many compliments by using his 

 advertising space to call the attention 

 of the public to the tulips in the pub- 

 lic parks of Boston. This year he 

 used a large advertisement in the Bos- 

 ton Post to speak of the lilacs and 

 other flowers in bloom at the ArnoUl 

 Arboretum, with the result that hun- 

 dreds of people were attracted to that 

 beauty spot on Memorial Day. In this 

 advertisement Mr. Penn made no men- 

 tion of his own business, but it is safe 

 to say that the money spent was not 

 wasted. People appreciate this kind of 

 public spirit, and have a kind thought 

 for the man who exercises it. 



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. 



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When writing to advertisers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



SHAKESPEARE GARDENS. 



It seems that Shakespeare gardens 

 are still being considered here and 

 there, in spite of the fact that they 

 have not always worked out as suc- 

 cessfully as might have been hoped. 

 The fact is that it is very difficult to 

 get together such plants as were act- 

 ually grown at the time of Elizabeth, 

 and if the collection Is not accurate 

 the visitor is of course really misled. 

 A writer of the Gardener's Chronicle 

 considers, for example the matter of 

 pansies. and aslvs what kind of pansies 

 it is proposed to plant in the Shake- 

 speare garden. Of course, the truth is 

 that the pansies of today are very 

 different from those of the poet's day. 

 Twentieth century specimens will not 

 accurately illustrate those grown in 

 the 16th-17th centuries. This writer 

 then goes on to say: 



'I stood side by side with a young 

 infantry soldier and his lady friend in 

 the Rotunda at Woolwich; they were 

 examining with some amount of curi- 

 osity the section of a shrapnel shell, 

 the bullets of which were packed as 

 closely as berries in a bunch of grapes. 

 •That," said the young soldier, 'is what 

 they call grapeshot.' As an old Artil- 

 lery Volunteer I walked away and 

 smiled. So it will be with some of the 

 occupants of this new Shakespeare 

 garden, unless considerable supervi- 

 sion is exercised. Fancy the budding 

 amateur florist, the uninitiated tourist 

 or the man in the street gazing upon 

 some very fine specimens of modern 

 garden Pansies— say, for instance, 

 some of the Odier, Trimardeau, or 

 Sutton's Mammoth strain, rjid think- 

 ing they were replicas of the flowers 

 contemporary with the great poet of 

 Stratford-on-Avon! 



Well mi!?;ht Ophelia say— 

 And there is Pansies, that's for 

 thoughts."' 



Worth While Primulas 



Mularuidtw Kolireri. The liest strain of 

 Mal.icoides ou the market. Years of 

 patience liave developed It to perfec- 

 tion. Tlie beautiful sbades of Uose 

 Pinlt, Ligtit Lavender and Snow White 

 make it one of the most desirable and 

 profitable plants to grow, not only as 

 single plants, but for combination 

 work it cannot lie excelled. 100 1000 

 Pink and Lavender Mixed, 



oi.',.in $7.00 JCO.OO 



Pure White, 2^A-lv 7.00 60.00 



Malncoides Townsendi, 2'C-in. S.OO 70.00 



O!>coni<'a, Rosea, Oiffantea, 

 Crandiflora, Apple Blossam 



and Kerme&lna, 2-in 7.00 60.00 



2V,-ln 8.00 70.00 



C. U. LIGGIT 



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 Bulletin Ballding PHILADBL.rHlA 



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Douglaa Eccleston, Supt. 

 Beverly Farms Man. 



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FLOWER SEED 



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% Tr. Tr. 

 Pkt. Pkt. 



Crandiflora Prize. Dwarf $0.(;0 .$1.00 



Crandiflora Med. Tail «0 1.00 



D.MSY. DOUBLE ENOLISH 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 

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



Monstrosa White, % oz. . 2.00 .50 



Monstrosa Mixed, Hoz.. 1.75 .50 



Lonnfellow Pink 40 $2.00 



Snowball White 40 2.00 



Mixed 30 1.50 



MYOSOTI.S 



Alpestris Victoria 25 1.25 



Eliza Fanrobert 25 1.35 



PANSY SEED 

 Michelrs 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, Mixed. Large flow- 

 ering and choice colors. Tr. pkt., 30c; 

 .^'^..^O per nz. 



Oiant Sorts in Separate Colors 

 PRIMVL.-V CHINENSIS 



Alba MaRniflca $0.fi0 $1 00 



Chiswick Red 00 100 



Duchess 60 1.00 



Holbron Blue 60 l.nO 



Kermesina Splendens 60 1.00 



Rosy Morn 60 1.00 



Prize Mixture 60 1.00 



PRI.MUL.\ OBCOXICA GIGANTE.4 



Lilarina. Lilac $0..t0 



Kermesina. Crimson 50 



Rosea. Pink 50 



Alba. White SO 



Hybrida Mixed 50 



Also All Other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Supplies. Send fur Wholesale Price 



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