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HORTICULTURE 



June 26, 1920 



pes in general ihruiiKhout the South," 

 continued Mr. Tuthill, "it would seem 

 that flower interests should like all 

 other lines have a very fertile field 

 there. 01 course the South has been 

 bankrupt for so many years that it's 

 going to take them a little time to re- 

 adjust themselves to logical competi- 

 tion. By logical I mean that in the 

 last couple of years there has been an 

 element of hysteria in buying that will 

 have a certain reactionary result for 

 a year or so. Frankly, if I were a 

 young man starting in business, I cer- 

 tainly would look southward rather 

 than westward. When you consider 

 that practically half of the agricultural 

 products of the country were grown last 

 year in the South, you begin to see that 

 it is not only a cotton growing country 

 but one of suprisingly diversified crops. 

 This is further borne out by the fact 

 that North Carolina stands fourth in 

 agricultural products. Considering 

 this fact in relation to the other three 

 states, and you see its significance. 

 Texas comes first, Iowa second, Illinois 

 third, and North Carolina fourth. 



"Last year, when I made a trip 

 through the South, on a similar trade 

 investigating purpose, I gave special 

 consideration to Atlanta as an advis- 

 able location for greenhouses. Seems 

 to me that everything tended towards 

 its logicalness. As a distributing cen- 

 ter, it is strategically located. Coal is 

 reasonably cheap. Soil is good. It is 

 far enough north to be free from the 

 overwhelming insect pests that make 

 greenhouses impractical from a com- 

 mercial standpoint farther South." 



Friends of Mr. Jelle Roos are con- 

 gratulating him on his new location at 

 Concord. On the farm which he has 

 secured there he will have much more 

 room to expand than in the limited 

 quarters which he had in Milton. Mr. 

 Roos has already become well known 

 through his skill in growing gladioli, 

 and bids fair to become one of the lead- 

 ing men in this branch of the trade in 

 the East. Doubtless his Concord loca- 

 tion will become the mecea of many 

 gladiolus enthusiasts. He will have as 

 a comparatively near neighbor Mr. 

 Charles Fairbanks, of Lexington, an 

 amatuer gladiolus grower of more than 

 local fame. 



I understand that the Florists" Tele- 

 graph Delivery Association is about 

 to establish a monthly organ to be de- 

 voted particularly to retail dealers. It 

 is to come out once a month and is to be 

 edited, I suppose, in Detroit. Dotibtless 

 the sponsors of the new publication 

 have taken into consideration all of the 

 factors involved and feel that they are 

 making a move which will be to the in- 



terest of the F. T. D. members. I seri- 

 ously question, however, whether this 

 is a suitable time for launching such a 

 venture. With old established publica- 

 tions finding it almost imposible to olv 

 tain paper, with printing costs con- 

 stantly mounting, and with countless 

 other difficulties besetting publishers, 

 it seems as though the officials of the 

 D. T. D. w«re inviting an amount of 

 labor and an expenditure which is not 

 altogether necessary. However, we 

 shall give the new paper a hearty wel- 

 come, and very likely the trade will 

 contribute enough advertising to make 

 it self supporting. 



Continued cloudy and rainy weather 

 has already shown its effect on car- 

 nations in the field with the result 

 that there will probably be quite a 

 little stem rot this season. At best 

 there is not a large supply of field- 

 grown carnations, and this loss is go- 

 ing to bring the crop down to a lower 

 poinl. A grower who is fortunate 

 enough to have his plants on high, 

 light ground will of course suffer less, 

 but up to this time we have gone 

 through a spring with more than av- 

 erage rain, lower temperatures and of 

 course cloudy weather. 



I believe that the sooner the grower 

 gets his stock into the houses the bet- 

 ter off he will be as there is sure to 

 be a soft growth, and later on when 

 we do get the strong sun and very hot 

 days, the plants are going to suffer. 



BOOK ON ROSE GROWING 

 Practical Book of Outdoor Rose 

 Growing, by George C. Thomas, Jr., 

 published by J. B. Lippincott Co., 

 Philadelphia. Price, $3.00. 



Since 1914 this book has been run- 

 ning through one edition after an- 

 other. This is the second garden edi- 

 tion and contains an additional chap- 

 ter entitled "Rose Development from 

 1917 to 1920." It is just what its 

 name implies, a book of practical in- 

 formation for everybody who wants to 

 grow garden roses out of doors. It 

 contains, however, much of interest to 

 even the most advanced rose growers. 

 Moreover, whatever statements are 

 made can be accepted without reser- 

 vations, for Mr. Thomas has long been 

 established as one of the most reliable 

 authorities in the country, and his 

 own work in hybridizing stamps him 

 as a man well qualified to discuss the 

 best varieties and to pass on the value 

 of the newest offerings. Altogether 

 this is a book which no rose grower, 



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ThiR is a gre.it improveuiont ou Prin- 

 cess of Wales — Deeper Sbade and more 

 uniform, also a much better and surer 

 producer and better keeper and ship- 

 per, also more fragrant. General ap- 

 pearance when bunched away ahead of 

 other varieties Exceptionally easy to 

 propagate. Should be planted In the 

 beds earlier than Princess. 



It will pay you to go in for 

 DUCHK8S. And DO IT NOW— before 

 this fine lot is all grabbed up. We offer 

 Large field Krown elamps of DTICHE8S, 

 and the other two as follows: 



100 1000 



DrCHESS nSOO $120.00 



LADY CAMPBELL 12.00 100.00 



PRINCESS OF WALES.. 10.00 95 00 



C. U. LIGGIT 



WliolMal* PUnUaum 

 Bnlletin Bnlldlns PHILADBLFHIA 



AVANTBD To Buy 



ORCHIDS 



Choice Specimen 



Plants 

 or Rare Varieties 



OF ANY DESCRIPTION 



A. C. BURRAGE 



Dougla* EccleMton, Supt. 

 Beverly Farmi Maw. 



MICHELL'S 



PANSY SEED 



Michell's Giant ExhibitionlMixed 



A giant strain which for size of bloom, 

 heavy texture and varied colors and 

 shades cannot be surpassed. Half tr. 

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

 $2.00 per V^ oz. ; per oz., $7.00. 

 Giant Trimardeau Mixed, large flower- 

 ing, choice colors, Tr. pkt., 30c. ; $2.50 

 per oz. 



GIANT SORTS IN SEPARATE COLORS 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Azure Blue $0.40 $3.50 



Bhick Blue 40 3.50 



Emperor William, blue 40 3.,50 



HortenHia Red 40 3.50 



King of tlie Blacks 40 3.50 



Lord Beaconsfleld, purple 



violet 40 3.50 



Peacock, blue, claret and 



white 40 4.00 



Snow Queen, pure white 40 3.50 



Striped and Mottled 40 3.50 



White with Eye 40 3.50 



Pure Yellow 40 3.50 



Yellow with Eye 40 3.50 



.^Iso all other seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 



and Supplies. 



Send for Wholesale Price List. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



618 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa. 



amateur or professional, can afford to 

 be without. As with most of Mr. 

 Thomas' books, the illustrations are 

 suberb. They include several in 

 colors, one of the most remarkable 

 being a full page illustration of llio 

 new rose. Dr. Huey. 



