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PI ORT I CULTURE 



August 21. 1920 



George Watson^s 

 Corner 



"You In jour am&ll corner and me 

 In mine." 



Even in these mid-summer days a 

 visit to CraJgs at Norwood is inter- 

 esting to the flower lover. One of the 

 leading features that attract attention 

 is the four big houses full of cyclamen 

 and splendid looking plants; they are 

 in the pink of condition. In the sola- 

 num department they have eight or 

 ten of the most up-to-date varieties, 

 many of them already showing fruit in 

 green, blue, mauve, or red. Mr. .Mur- 

 dock and Mr. Cox are to be compli- 

 mented on the fine condition of the 

 crops in general all over this exten- 

 sive department. Michael liogan also 

 deserves a good word. He has charge 

 of the begonia department. Areta 

 lutescens is about the only palm 

 grown here in quantity. They make 

 a specialty of it and find a big demand 

 for good sized plants, especially among 

 southern florists. 



Probably the largest block of fancy 

 dracenas in the counti"y are to be 

 found at Craig's, including all the 

 brightest and best varieties for flor- 

 ists' use, among them being the new 

 and beautiful dracena Longi, the 

 favorite Massangeana and Killeriana, 

 and about a dozen other fine varieties. 



P. B. Mingle & Co. are the oldest in 

 the grass and clover seed line in Phil- 

 adelphia and they still hold their repu- 

 tation for reliability and integrity. 

 What Landreth and Buist and Dreer 

 stood for in the vegetable and flower 

 seed line. Mingle stood for in grass 

 and clover seeds. And they are still 

 there at their old corner. Front and 

 Market, live as ever after three quar- 

 ters of a century. There are no 

 Mingles there now but the old Mingle 

 spirit of truth, honor and courage to 

 walk the path of right, hovers over the 

 younger blood which now rules the 

 destinies of the old firm. They still 

 do a big business, both export and 

 import and their home trade extends 

 far beyond local lines. John \V. Koch 

 is now the ruling spirit in the company 

 and few know the inside of that line of 

 trade better than he does. 



Edward Reid. who sailed on the Im- 

 perator July 15, reported from South- 

 ampton, July 24, "All well and a fine 

 voyage." He will spend the next 

 three months visiting the horticultural 

 centers in Ireland. England and Scot- 

 land, and expects to return early in 

 October. 



Paper Whites -Ready 



Freesias d 



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Prompt Deliveries 

 -Express or Parcel Post; 



NEW COLORED FREESIAS. "General 

 Pershing" ( lavender pink ) . "Viola" (violet 

 blue) — each per i.ooo. $40.00; choice 

 mixed colors, i.ooo, $35.00. 



VAUGHANS PURITY (three-eighths to 

 one-half inch, i.ooo $8.00. 



Ask for Midsummer Wholesale List 

 Seasonable Seeds 



CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE newyork 



FARQIJHAR'S GIANT CYCLAMEN 



Awarded the Gold Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



F.\R<JIH.\R'S GIANT BLOOD RED 

 F.\n<}l II.VRVS GI.4XT CRIMSON 

 F.\RqrH.\R'.S GIANT PINK 



F.*.RQIHAB'S GIANT SALMON 

 F.4.RQrHAR'S GI.\NT WHITE 

 FARQFHAR'.S GIANT ECELSIOR 



( \^'hit4» with claret base) 



Each of the above, 100 Seeds, $2.50; 1000 Seeds, $20.00. 



R. & J. Farquhar Company, Boston, Mass. 



STUMPP &WALTtRCO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Bolgiano's "Big Crop" Seeds 



■•TESTED AND TRUSTED" OVKB A 



CENTURY 



Special FrlM IJat to Florlat* and Markpt 



Gardeners. Write tor a aopy a4 aBea— It 



will eove 70a moeiejr. 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



BAL.TIHOBB, MABTLiAXD 



EVERYTHING IN CUTTINGS AND 



SHALL. POT PLANTS 



MAGIC HOSE SEEDS AND BULBS 



NICO FUME 



ROMAN J. IRWIN 



IMPORTER 

 4S West 18th Street NEW YORK 



GARDEN SEED 



BBBT, CARROT. PAKSNir, RADISH a.m4 

 OABDBN P£A 8BED In Tarlct; ; alia etkai 

 Itarai of tht abort crop of tbli pait leaaoa 

 ai well 11 a fall Udo of Garden Sevdi, wUl 

 b« qnoted jou npon applieatloa t* 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



S2 Dev Si . NEW YORK and ORANGE CONN. 



SEEDS, BULBS. PLANTS 



JOSEPH ma & sofis, coup. 



V/-H North Market 8tre«« 

 BOSTON, MAJB8. 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 



SGEDS, PLANTS AND BULBS 

 KorticuStural Sundriee 



166 W. aSrd St.. »KW YO«H( 



Of Philadelphians who went to the 

 convention I have no complete list but 

 among others I may mention: A. M. 

 Campbell, C. H. Grakelow, J. Wolf 

 Moore, Jas. Heacock, Mrs. J. Carroll, 

 -Arthur Niessen, Eugene Shellem, John 

 C. Gracey, D. B. Edwards, Jacob Beck- 

 er. D. Keahane. John S. Ha.v, C. U. 

 Liggit, H. Bayersdorfer, E. J. Fan- 



court, S. S. Pennock. H. L. Price, Robt 

 Greenlaw, Cornelius Van Breggen 

 ("Van"), and Robert Craig, Jr. Among 

 local exhibitors were the H. A. Dreer 

 Co., S. S. Pennock Co., H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., M. Rice & Co., H. F. Michell 

 Co., Robert Craig Co., Jos. G. Xeidinger, 

 C. S. Ford Co., C. U. Liggit— and 

 others — with of course the necessary 



