September 11, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



215 



Steve Mortensen reports his plant- 

 ing of the rose Pilgrim as liuving 

 turned out very satisfactory. He put 

 in two thousand plants last Spring 

 and it has paid so well he wishes now 

 hs had put in ten thousand. 



Bacl< to work again, boys. Summer 

 loafing is over. Most of the whole- 

 sale flower stores announce the usual 

 Fall and Winter 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. on 

 and after September thirteenth. 



The latest slogan of the S. A. F. 

 secretary in regard to publicity work 

 is fine, up to the last paragraph where 

 he tries to sell some more of those 

 billboards. The florists best way is to 

 Say it with Flowers, not with a bill- 

 board. There may be some excuse for 

 a seedsman saying it with a billboard 

 but for a florist or nnrserj-man none 

 whatever. The latter can say it with 

 the things themselves m all their 

 glory. A seed is a hidden proposition 

 but even in the seedsmen's case there 

 are better ways than billboards. 



In regards to the slackers on the 

 subscription list they are very human. 

 About ninety-five per cent of the 

 human beings born into tills world 

 alive are looking for "something for 

 nothing." So long as they can get 

 something for nothing they are tickled 

 to death. If the other fellow is willing 

 to put up for the advertising he's a 

 brave laddie. Of course that is not 

 safd out loud. Oh nol The only 

 tiling to do with the slacker is to go 

 after him personally and make him 

 cough up. If he won't then you have 

 the publicity weapon on the contra 

 side and he is very much afraid of 

 that. Nine times out of ten he will 

 come across to the courteous and 

 affable argument, but to a screed in 

 the paper about the other villians (he 

 is never one of them) nothing doing. 

 You may talk there, until the cows 

 come home. Systematize the thing 

 and go after them personally. That is 

 the only w-ay. 



Dahlias are now beginning to show 

 up in the market and some really good 

 flowers are to be seen. When good 

 specimens of such varieties as Ma- 

 dame Lumiere, tbe beautiful crimson 

 and white of the decorative type, are 

 to be seen, we may conclude that the 



Paper Whites— Ready 



1"^ • / Prompt Deliveries '\ 



r FeeSlSiS V Express or Parcel Post/ 



NEW COLORED FREESIAS. "General 

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

 blue) — each per 1,000, $40.00; choice 

 mixed colors, 1,000, $35.00. 



VAUGHANS PURITY (three-eighths to 

 one-half inch, 1,000 $8.00. 



Ask for Midsummer Wholesale List 

 Seasonable Seeds 



CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE new york 



FARQUHAR'S UNIVERSAL MIGNONETTE 



This Mignonette is considered to be one of the finest for the greenhouse, 

 and has received many Awards where exhibited. 



It produces enormous sweetly scented spikes of reddish-green flowers, 

 which are greatly in demand for cutting. 



1-4 oz., $4.00; 1-8 oz., $2.00; 1-16 oz., $1.00 



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



STUMPP& WALTER CO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Bolglano's "Big Crop" Seeds 



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CENTrKY 



Special Price List to Florists and >Iarket 



Gardeners. Write for a cop.v at once — it 



will siive .vou niiine> . 



J. BOLGiANO & SON 



B.VLTIMOKE, SIARTIyAXD 



EVEKVTIIINti IN CI TTINtiS .\NI) 



SM.AbL rOT PL.VNT^ 



MAGIC HOSE SEEDS .\ND Bl'LBS 



MCO FIME 



ROMAN J. IRWIN 



IMPORTER 

 43 West 18lh Street NEW YORK 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 GARDEN PEA SEED in variety ; also other 

 items of the short crop of this past season 

 as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will 

 be quoted you upon application to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



82 Dey Si . NEW YOR K and ORANGE CONN. 



SEEDS, BULBS. PLANTS 



JOSEPH BRECK & SONS. CORP. 



47-54 North Market Street 

 BOSTON. M.\SS. 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 



SEEDS, PLANTS AND BULBS 

 Horticultural Sundries 



166 W. 23rd St., NEW YORK 



boason is on for fair, and that the 

 dahlia will hold a conspicuous place 

 I'lT-m now until frost. 



It is a far cry to the City of Mexico 

 from the Quaker city. And yet the 

 conversation of Ralph Faust of the 

 Pennock Co. takes you right there and 

 holds you by the hour while he tells 



you interesting stories of his sojourn 

 among the Mexicans. He sold them 

 tanned kid leather (made in Philadel- 

 phia) at first; then he started a tan- 

 nery down there and showed the 

 Mexicans how to get their own "goats." 

 Which is a bad pun; but you can 

 imagine it turned out to be a good 

 'kilt" for the Dons! 



