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HORT I CULTURE 



September 4. 192n 



ter use, why don't more florists handle 

 Coleus Brilliancy and Salvador? A 

 single stemmed plant in a four to flve- 

 indi pot of either of those varieties is 

 mighty attractive, and branched plants 

 also make good specimens. They are 

 not expensive, and of course, outside of 

 a little trouble from mealy bug are 

 about as easy to handle in the green- 

 houses and about as satisfactory after 

 the customer gets them in the dweling 

 houses as any plant that is offered. 



I doubt if Pres. Thomas Roland felt 

 very much flattered when he saw the 

 picture of himself published in the 

 Chicago trade papers. Certainly no- 

 body will recognize him from these 

 cuts, which must have been made long 

 ago. Pres. Roland is too good looking 

 a man to have himself misrepresented 

 to the trade in this way. That is not 

 saying that the pictures used do not 

 show^ a good looking man. They were 

 all right for the time they were taken, 

 but if anything Mr. Roland, like good 

 wine, has improved with age. The 

 use of old cuts, by the way. showed 

 how^ much of a dark horse Mr. Roland 

 was. Of course if his election had 

 been anticipated in Chicago, new pic- 

 tures would have been secured. How- 

 ever, the Chicago members of the 

 association are thoroughly well pleased 

 with the choice of Mr. Roland, and 

 will support him to the limit. 



REGISTRATION OF ROSES 



The following roses have been ap- 

 proved by the registration committee 

 of the American Rose Society, and un- 

 less objections are received within 

 three weeks of this publication the 

 registration will become permanent: 

 Name — Red Columbia. 

 Class— Hybrid Tea. 

 Parentage — Sport of Columbia. 

 Description — The general habit of 

 the plant, character of the foliage, 

 and freedom of growth and hardi- 

 ness is the same as Columbia. The 

 flower is a long-pointed bud of 

 good texture, and of a brilliant 

 scarlet color which is similar to 

 Hoosier Beauty. The petalage. 

 however, is not as full as Colum- 

 bia. Freedom of bloom and last- 

 ing qualities all that can be de- 

 sired. 

 Offered for registration by the Joe. 

 H. Hill Company. 

 Name — Betty Alden. 

 Class — Polyantha. 

 Parentage — Tausendschon x Dwarf 



Polyantha. 

 Description — Vigorous growth with 

 glossy, dark green foliage; medium 

 in size; very vigorous and hardy 

 bud; flowers single, in clusters; 

 color, apple-blossom pink changing 

 to pure white. 



Offered for registration by R. & J. 

 Farquhar. 



Name — Beacon Belle. 



Class — Polyantha. 



Parentage — Tausendschon x Dwarf 

 Polyantha. 



Description — Habit of plant, char- 

 acter of foliage, freedom of growth 

 and hardiness similar to Betty Al- 

 den. Flowers in clusters, very 

 double and many petaled and 

 close; flesh color becoming pure 

 white when in full bloom; fra- 

 grance slight. 



Offered for registration by R. & .T 

 Farquhar. 



Name — Boston Beauty. 



Class — Polyantha. 



Parentage — Tausendschon x Dwarf 

 Polyantha. 



Description — Habit of plant, vigor- 

 ous with leathery dark green 

 foliage; hardy in growth; flowers 

 in clusters full and double. It is 

 clear pink in color with strong fra- 

 grance. 



Offered for registration by R. & .1 

 Farquhar. 



(Signed) E. A. White, Secy. 



MISS MAEDER PROSPERING 

 Miss Ruth Maeder's flower shop 

 at 706 North Third street is to be 

 enlarged and beautified within the 

 next couple of weeks, she has an- 

 nounced. A couple months ago Miss 

 Maeder took over the entire first floor 

 of the Montgomery building, which 

 she occupies and provided a store 

 room, work and storage rooms. 



The growth of the flower business 

 has made it necessary to enlarge the 

 store. During the last couple weeks 

 Miss Maeder said there has been an 

 exceptionally heavy demand for flow- 

 ers. — Harrisburg, Pa. Patriot. 



THE BULB OUTLOOK 



Some Differences of Opinion, but Cer- 

 tain Kinds Are Known to 

 Be Short 



According to Bernard Rynveld of F. 

 Rynveld & Son of New York, as 

 quoted in the seed world, the bulb 

 crop in Holland is not as good as last 

 year's, and yet is fair and ought to 

 provide plenty to go around. The de- 

 mand from Scandinavia has fallen off, 

 which developement would normally 

 send more bulbs in this direction. 

 However, the demand from England 

 gives promise of being heavier than 

 usual, which may use up any antic- 

 ipated surplus. The bulk of the Eng- 

 lish orders will probably be placed 

 during August enabling a clearer view 

 of the situation to be obtained by Sep- 

 tember. 



French bulbs are decidedly scarce. 



New Violet "Duchess" 



This Is a Kreat 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 tke 

 beds earlier than Princess. 



It will pay you to go In for 

 DUCHESS. And DO IT NOW— before 

 this fine lot Is all grabbed up. We offer 

 Large field srown clamps of DUCHESS, 

 and the other two as follows: 



lOO 1000 



DUCHESS J15.00 $120.00 



LADY CAalPBELL 12 00 100.00 



PRINCESS OF WAL.es.. 10.00 35 00 



.MARIE LOUISE 10."0 9.5.00 



C. U. LIGGIT 



Wholesale PlantRman 

 Bulletin BoildinK VHII^ADELrHIA 



MIGHELL'S 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Cyclamen Seed 



JIICHKLL'S <iI.\NT SHOW 



100 1000 



Seeds Seeds 



Bright Red $2.00 $17.50 



Dark Uloort Red 2.00 17.50 



(ilorv of Wandhbek. Sal- 

 mon red 2.00 17.50 



I'erle of Zelilendorf, Sal- 

 mon pink 2.00 17.50 



Pure White 2.00 17.50 



Rose of Marienthal, bright 



pink 2.00 17..50 



Wliite with Carmine Eye. . . 2.00 17..iO 



.Mixe<l Colors 1.30 12.50 



JIICHELL'S L.4RGE FLOWERING 



100 1000 



Seeds Seeds 



Dulie of Connaught. crim- 

 son $1.50 $12.50 



ELxeelsior, white with red 



basel 1.50 12.50 



Orandifloru .41ba, white... 1.50 12.50 



Princess of Wales, pink.. 1.50 12.50 



Salmon .Queen,. salmon 



pink 1.50 12.50 



St. George, delicate sal- 

 mon 1.50 12.50 



Mi.xed, all colors 125 10.00 



Pansy Seed 



Mieliell's tiiant Exliil>ition Mi.xed 



A giant strain which for size of 

 l>loom, heavy te.xture and varied col- 

 ors and shades cannot be surpassed. 

 H.ilf tr. pkt.. 30c.: tr. pkt., 50c.; i,4 

 oz., $1.25: ,$2.00 per Vi oz. ; per oz., 

 $7.00. 



Giant Trimardeao Mixed, large flow- 

 ering, choice colors. Tr. pkt . :jnc. : 

 $3.00 per oz. 



Also Giant Prize and Regular 

 Strains Pansies, Daisy, Myosotis, 

 Cineraria, Primula, Winter Flowering 

 Spencer Sweet Peas, and all other 

 Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs and Supplies. 



WHOLF.S.VLE PRICE LIST FRKE 



IMIGHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



.")l«-jl8 Market Street, PbLladelphia. Pa. 



especially Soliel D'Or narcissi, and 

 candidum lilies. Even of paper- 

 whites, says, Mr. Rynveld, the supply 

 is such that there will probably be 

 fewer on hand than was anticipated. 

 This condition in France appears also 

 to be true, in part, to labor troubles, 

 and partly to the fact that increasing 



