HORTICULTURE 



Vol. XXXII 



JULY 10, 1920 



No. 2 



THE TALK OF THE TRADE 



It is time now to he tliinkiiiK of 

 sweet peas for early flowering under 

 glass, and while there is a long list of 

 varieties, many of them good, when it 

 comes down to the fact of the matter 

 It is advisa;ble to handle but a few of 

 them. For instance, in the pink shades 

 there is a very complete list ranging 

 all the way from very light to deep 

 rose, but the grower who plants heav- 

 ily of such varieties as Rose Queen, 

 Yarrawa and Mrs. Skach will get pret- 

 ty good results from the market. Of 

 course there are other very excellent 

 varieties such as Miss Louise Gude. 

 Cherry Ripe, Burpee's Daybreak and 

 Primrose, but these are valuable prin- 

 cipally as sorts to make up a variety. 

 In lavender, Spanolin ranks very 

 high. Early Lavender King and Mrs. 

 Charles A. Zvolanek are also excellent 

 in their shade, and I believe that 

 Watchung Orchid stands near the top . 

 in white, also White Orchid has been 

 a standby. Mr. M. Spanolin is also 

 good. Daintiness is a very pretty 

 white with a light pink tint. 



In the old Blanche Ferry type there 

 are two other very good varieties, 

 Christmas Pink Orchid and White 

 Orchid. 



It is not a bit too early to get the 

 sweet pea crop started now tor the 

 coming season. There has been a good 

 market for a number of years past, 

 and there is no reason why the same 

 should not follow true this vear 



As was expected. Purity Freesia 

 bulbs are in rather short supply. While 

 the smaller sizes have not tightened 

 up a great deal up to this time, half- 

 inch and on through the larger sizes 

 to the mammoth are already being 

 sold subject to crop; consequently 

 anyone contemplating growing freesias 

 in any quantity should look out that 

 his order is placed without any delay. 

 The quality of the bulbs will in all 

 probability be up to normal, hut the 

 supply is not going to be enoush to 

 take care of everyone with a full 

 quantity. 



seldom that such a large amount of 

 new planting is done as happens this 

 year. For the past two weeks there 

 has been as heavy a call in young rose 

 stock for planting as at any time this 

 season, with Columbia and Premier 

 the leaders. U is mighty fortunate 

 that these varieties do so well on their 

 own roots, as there is practically no 

 grafted stock available. Mr. James A. 

 Budlong of .-Vuburn, R. I., told me the 

 other day that if he did not know just 

 where the grafted stooli of these two 

 sorts was planted he would not be 

 able to distinguish between these and 

 the own root stock 



Word from the Pacilic Coast would 

 indicate that Mr. William H. Elliott is 

 having a most enjoyable vacation, and 

 it is expected now that he will remain 

 there until about the middle of Octo- 

 ber. He has joined the Sierra Club 

 and is having great sport mountain 

 climbing. The Elliott ranges are be- 

 ing very ably taken care of by his son 

 .lohn. in Madbury, N. H., and George 

 in Brighton, Mass. All their stock is 

 in very good condition and they are 

 among the fortunate few who seem to 

 have no worry as to coal for the com- 

 ing season. The coal situation has 

 not eased up in any way during the 

 past few weeks, and I believe the flor- 



Every day brings in reports of in- 

 creased rose planting and it is very 



Yarrawa .S\ve*t Pea 



