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HORTICULTURE 



September 23, 1920 



New Violet "Duchess" 



This is a ffreat Improvement on Prln- 

 ceaa of Wales — Deeper Shade and more 

 DDlform, also a much better anJ surer 

 producer and better keeper and ship- 

 per, also more fragrant. General ap- 

 pearance when bunched away ahead of 

 other Tarletles Exceptionally easy to. 

 propagate. Should be planted In tke 

 beds earlier than Princess. 



It win pay you to go In for 

 DCCHK8S. And DO IT NOW— before 

 this fine lot is all grabbed up. We offer 

 I-arge field grown olnmps of DCCHESS, 

 and the other two as follows : 



100 1000 



DrniEss $15.00 $120.00 



I-.*r)Y C.VMPBELL 12.00 100.00 



PRINCESS OF WALES.. 10.00 95.00 



UARIE LOrlSE 10.00 95.00 



(iOV. MKKKU'K 1--MI0 IIKI.OO 



C. U. LIGGIT 



Wholesale Plantsnuin 

 Bulletin BuildlBg PHILADBLPUIA 



MICHELL'S 

 BULBS 



White Callas (Aethiopica) 



CUEAX, HE.VIyTHY BULBS 



Doz. 100 1000 

 IM to IV. In. diam.. $1.25 $8.00 $75.00 

 1% to 2 in. diam.. 2.25 16.50 150.00 

 2 to 21/4 in. diam.. 2.75 20.00 180.00 



Godfrey Everblooming 

 Calla 



A popular variety for either cut-flower 

 or pot plant sales. Excellent for de- 

 sign work. 



Doz. 100 1000 

 First size. 1 inch 



diam. up $1.75 $12.00 $110.00 



Mammoth, 1>,4 inch 



diam. up 2.00 13.50 125.00 



Narcissus 



PjVper white gra^diflora 



We handle only the improved true 

 type which produces the large flowers. 

 100 1000 

 First size, 13 ctm. up (1250 



bulbs in case) $2.75 .$21.00 



Monster Bulbs. 14 ctm. up 



(1000 bulbs in case) 3.00 25.00 



HYACINTHS. TILIPS. NARCISSI 

 \NI» OTHER SE.\SON.\BLE BCLBS; 

 .ALSO SEEDS .\NI> SUPPLIES. 



SEND FOR OCR NEW WHOLESALE 

 PRICE LIST, if you do not receive a 



copy. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



,516-518 >L\RKET STREET 

 PHIL.\DELPHI.4, TA. 



FIELD GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



100 1000 



2000 Delight $15.00 $125.00 



5.-)00 Ward 15.00 125.00 



100 Benora 15.00 



1000 Bernice 18.00 



W. D. HOWARD 



150 Sonth Main St, Milford, Mass. 



feeling that membership is unneces- 

 sary, and am somewhat reminded of 

 the old-time story where a small store- 

 keeper put up in his window an ela- 

 borate new blind— Quoth his neighbor 

 "Nice blind of yours Isaac." "Yes," 

 was the reply. "Who paid for it, 

 Isaac?" "The customers paid.' "What! 

 You say the customers paid for it 

 Isaac?" "Yes, I put a leedle box on 

 my counter and labeled it "For the 

 Blind," and they paid for it." 



So with many who are not F. T. D. 

 members, they get a few orders now 

 and then but overlook the many that 

 would come their way were they prop- 

 erly enrolled. 



Henry Penn 



MR. FARQUHAR'S VIEWS OF CON- 

 DITIONS ABROAD 



Jlr. John Farquhar of Boston has 

 just returned from a lengthy trip to 

 Europe. He says that he found horti- 

 cultural conditions in England and 

 France very much better than any- 

 body could ever have expected. The 

 outlook in England is particularly 

 bright, there being a large demand 

 for horticultural material of all kinds. 

 Mr. Farquhar said that the seedsmea 

 of France were very rapidly recover- 

 ing their oldtime business position 

 and that in fact the extent to which 

 they have regained their trade is 

 astonishing. 



The greatest blow to horticultural 

 shippers according to Mr. Farquhar 

 has come in the action of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board of Washington 

 barring out a great many plants and 

 bulbs. Growers in some cases have 

 been almost ruined. The Dutch bulb 

 growers Mr. Farquhar said had rather 

 over-reached themselves. They sold 

 about half their crop at jobbers' 

 prices; the other half will have to be 

 dumped on the market and probably 

 will result in disposing of them at 

 auction sales in New York. 



THE MARKET 

 Y'om Kippur had a marked effect on 

 the market last week, all the Jewish 

 salesmen being out on Wednesday, 

 and many of the flower stores 

 being closed. The disaster which 

 overtook Budlong, the rose grower, of 

 Rhode Island, has also been reflected 

 in the Eastern markets. Budlong ship- 

 ments were so great that he could 

 practically control the price. With 

 these shipments out and likely to re- 

 main out until the first of the year, 

 there is a shortage of roses which has 

 resulted in an increase In price by 

 other shippers all along the line. The 

 market in general has been fair. Car- 

 nations, although poor, are selling at 



SPECIAL OFFER 



CHOICE JAPAN IRIS 



True to Name 

 LARGE rXDIVIDED CLUSIPS 



Caa be divided into four to six. strong 



divisions, S5e. each. 

 Amt. No. 



1000 120 Sano-watawliii, double, tall, 

 jiiire white, early. 

 GOU 122 Bandai-no-nami, double, tall, 

 very free, white, showy yel- 

 low bend. 

 T."i 123 Shiga-no-namami, double. 



large, purple splashed. 

 40 129 Sofu-no-Kat, double, mid- 

 season, large, light blue 

 veined purple. 

 100 137 Kasugano, double, light blue, 

 faintly veined royal purple. 

 ijO 157 Wase-Banri, single. large, 

 pale blue splashed royal 

 purple. 

 50 1G<J Iso-no-nami, double, blue, 

 splashed auil bUttched purple. 

 7.") 1-40 Mnnadzuna, single. royal 



blue, blotched white. 

 11'*' Ho-o-jo, double, white, over- 

 laid delicate pale blue. 

 50 23 Shirltaki. single, tall, pure 



white. 

 40 IS Namuri-slii-bon, double, late, 

 purple, blotch and overlaid 

 blue. 

 lOO 26 Sivibijin, single, rosy purple. 

 75 40 Single, royal purple. 

 70 103 Single, rosy piuk. suffused 

 with carmine. 

 500 200 Pyramid, double, large, deep 

 blue, suffused with royal 

 purple. 

 20 201 tJrcin, double, tflll, royal 



blue, veined -white. 

 SOO 200 Kunio-no-nye, double. late, 

 rich royal purple, suffused 

 with royal blue. 

 We are now dividing aud transplant- 

 iiiu our Japan Iris. This list is the 

 crtam of many varieties imported from 

 Japan and Europe. 



The Elm City Nursery Company 



Wondiiiont Nurseries, Ine. 



New Haven. Conn. 



Introducers of BOX-B.\RBERRY and 



IBOLllSI PRIVET 



Let US quote you special prices on 

 choice quality DAGGERS and FANCY 

 FERNS during September. 



HAMILTON BROTHERS 

 Millington Mass, 



.\SP.VRAGrS FLl'MOSrS, 8 inch, S80.00 



per 1,000. 

 VERONA FERNS, 214 inch, pot bound, 



fine rlants, $55.00 per 1.000. $6.00 per 



100. 



NARROWS NURSERIES 



9-2nd and 1st .\ve. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



3 and 4c. Asters are 2 and 3c., Rub- 

 rum lilies are 8c. Gladioli bring from 

 50c. to $1 according to quality. A few 

 mums are in selling at from $2 to 

 $i. The demand is steady but not 

 active. 



August Poehlmann of Chicago who 

 was recently badly injured in an au- 

 tomobile accident, has recovered suf- 

 ficiently to leave the hospital and to 

 visit his greenhouses. 



