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ists are acting wisely by taking every 

 bit that they can get just as soon as 

 they can. It has now come to the point 

 where it doesn't seem to be a question 

 of price but of delivery. The motto of 

 all now seems to be. get it any time 

 you can. the sooner the better. 



Snapdragon for cut flower purposes 

 will again be a staple article through 

 all of the Eastern markets. Such va- 

 rieties as Nelrose or Silver Pink, 

 Phelps' White and Yellow and Key- 

 stone are the standard sorts, with Nel- 

 rose and Silver Pink the leaders. The 

 grower who has light, airy houses 

 which are not too wet from leaky 

 roofs and other such causes can have 

 a paying crop without an unusually 

 heavy expense for labor or heating. 



Several new varieties are being 

 offered. I'hiladelphia Giant Pink is 

 mighty pretty, and a deep yellow to 

 bronze shade called Orlando is attrac- 

 tive. There is not much difference in 

 the growth of snapdragons, it is more 

 a question of getting color shades 

 that will appeal to the public, but 

 year after yiear we always find Silver 

 Pink to be the most popular. 



CHARLES WILLIS WARD 



Chiis. W. Ward, one of the most 

 lanioiis carnation experts in the coun- 

 try, has passed away in California. Mr. 

 Ward was born in Michigan in 18.56. 

 and did not enter the florist business 

 until after he had reached maturity, 

 when he spent some time in Switzer- 

 land, where he engaged in the watch 

 business. Then he returned to the 

 I'nited States and built two small 

 greenhouses on Long Island. It was 

 he who conceived the idea of forming 

 tlie American Carnation Society, and 

 soon after he went into carnation 

 growing on a larger scale. Upon buy- 

 ing the Halleck form at Queens, N. Y., 

 lie decided to give his life to carnation 

 growing. After a time he took up 

 hybridizing and made a number of im- 

 portant crosses. Some of his intro 

 ductions include Sensation. Lieut Per- 

 ry. New York. John Young, Alnm 

 Ward, Harry Fenn, Gen. Gomez and 

 .Mrs. C. W. Ward, the latter having be- 

 come by far the most prominent. 



Cottage Garden, as his place became 

 known, soon acquired wide fame foi 

 its carnation introductions. Later .Mr. 

 Ward specialized in geraniums, and 

 took up cthor plants, until he gradu- 



N 



ew Violet "Duchess" 



This is a great improvement on Prin- 

 cess of Wales — Deeper Shade 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 Tvill pay you to go in for 

 nuCHlCSS. And DO IT NOW— before 

 this line lot is all grabbed up. We offer 

 Large field grown clamps of DVCHESB, 

 and the other two as follows: 



100 1000 



DUCHESS $15.00 $120,00 



LADY CAMPBELL 12.00 100.00 



PRINCESS OF WALES.. 10.00 95.00 



C. U. LIGGIT 



WholMal* PlantsmBB 

 Bulletin BnildlDE PHIL,ADBI.PBIA 



MICHELL'S 



PANSY SEED 



Michell's Giant Exhibition Mixed 



A giant str.iin 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 % oz. ; per oz., $7.00. 

 Giant TrUnardeaa Mixed, large flower- 

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

 per oz. 



GIANT SORTS IN SEPARATE! COLORS 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Aiure Blue $0.40 $.3.50 



Black Blue 40 3.50 



Eraperor William, blue 40 3.50 



Rort4-n8ia Red 40 3.50 



King of the Blacks 40 3.50 



Lord Beaoonsfleld, purple 



violet 40 3.50 



Peacock, blue, claret and 



white 40 4.00 



Snow Qneen, pure white 40 3.60 



Striped and Mottled 40 3.50 



White with Eye 40 3.50 



Pure Yellow 40 3.50 



Yellow with Eye 40 3.30 



tYCL.\.MEN PL.VNTS 



Extra Fine Stock, Separate Colors. 

 i in. pots, »2;.50 per ino. 



AIno all otiier seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 



and Supplies. 



Send for Wholesale Price List. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



51S Market Street PhllMlalpUa, Pa. 



The Xate < liarle^i W. Ward 



ally went into the nursery business at 

 Queens. In 1903 he published "The 

 .American Carnation and How to Grow 

 it." In 1012 he went South and located 

 at AveiT Island. La., where he started 

 the monthly magazine, "Outdoor 

 World. ' Still later he went to Cali- 

 fornia and embarked in the nursery 

 business on a large scale at Eureka. 



Mr. Ward is survived by a widow 

 and three children, one of whom. David 

 Ward, is president of the Cottage 

 Garden Xurseries at Queens, X. Y. 

 Mr. Ward was one of the most remark- 

 able characters developed by the nur- 

 sery business in the United States, 

 and was known in every corner of the 

 ( ountry. 



