June 



1920 



HORTICULTTRE 



453 



BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY & SNYDER CO. 



15 Oti8-96 Arch St. 



Wholesale Florists 



BOSTON, MASS. 



T«lephon«fi 



Miiln 2&14 

 r«rt II III lOKS 

 Fort Hill lUM 

 Fort Hill lOXS 



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 arc 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. 



\A/Holosailo Florists 



Sy&8-S70 WASHINGTON STREET • UfFFALO, 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 



DREXIR'S •'Riverton Special** Plant Tubs 



No. Dlam. Ea. Doi. 100 

 10 20 1n. $4..'W)»40 5fl J37,"iO<i 

 20 18 In. 3.30 3B.0rt 2y« OC 

 30 16 In. 2. 3.5 2C(«1 200 00 

 i40 14 In. 1.90 21.50 170.00 

 'Vl 12 In. 1.30 IS.OO 115.00 

 [DO 10 In. .flO 9.90 77.50 

 70 8 In. .75 8.00 dl.OO 

 TDe RiTerton Tab Is sold nclualvely by us, and la the beat ever Introdured 

 The neatest, llijhteat. nnd chenpppt. Painted green and bound with electric-welded 

 ho,,ps The four I.irpoat iiz»^8 nrp equipped with drop bandies. 



HENHT A. BRER. Wjtej f ts, iwb ..d i^t, ^^.■|]^ Chestnut St.. Philadelpbia, Pa. 



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CYPRESS GREENHOUSE STOCK 



PECKY CYPRG6S STOCK 

 HOT BED SASH 



Aak for Circular D and Prioee 



THE A. T. STEARNS LUMBER COMPANY 



NEPONSET, BOSTON 



\% JJ 



;ts long as the corolla, curved. There 

 iiie many rhododendrons of the same 

 .-itamii among the evergreen Chinese 

 si)ecies. but the .Japanese R. rhonibi- 

 cum is most like it in the shape and 

 color of its flowers and in its deciduous 

 habit; the leaves are, however, quite 

 different. I can imagine R. Fraseri be- 

 coming a favorite garden shrub on ac- 

 count of its hardiness and earllness of 

 flowering. 



A suggestion which I find in one of 

 the foreign papers may be of value 

 right now. when the irises are coming 

 into bloom. As everybody knows, 

 .June is often the month of heavy 

 rain.s. which not infrequently cause 

 the flowers, especially those of the 

 oarly flowering kinds, like Iris pumila. 

 lo be badly bespattered with mud. It 

 is pointed out that a very light dress- 

 ing of cocoanut fibre or similar mate- 

 rial placed on the ground between the 

 varieties of irises would prevent this 

 soiling of the delicate blooms. It 

 seems to me that a material now com- 

 monly sold as an absorbent for use in 

 poultrj- houses could be used advan- 

 tageously in this way. and it would not 

 be injurious if left on the ground, be- 

 ing considered in fact to have a certain 

 amount of fertilizing value. It should 

 be remembered that the proper time 

 to transplant irises is immediately at 

 the close of the flowering season, and 

 at that time it wili be helpful to mix 

 a little sulphate of fime with the soil 

 when setting out irises of the type 

 which we used to call German, and 

 which, as I understand, we are sup- 

 posed to call Fleur-de-lis. that name 

 being preferred to Liberty Iris, which 

 some of the growers have hoped to in- 

 troduce. No lime should be used for 

 iris (if the moisture loving type. 



Tlie many friends and acquaintances 

 of Joseph Koppleman, the prominent 

 Providence. R. I., florist are compli- 

 menting him upon his handsome new 

 quarters on Custom House street. The 

 new store is in Mr. Koppleman's own 

 building, and is a credit to him and to 

 the trade. 



