HORTICULTURE 



October 16, 1920 



MICHELL'S 

 BULBS 



White Callas (Aethiopica) 



CLEAJJ, HEALTHY BULBS 



Doz. 100 1000 

 IVi to IMi in. diam.. *1.25 *8.00 $75.00 



Godfrey Everblooming 

 Caila 



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 



Narcissus 



PAl'ER WHITE GRANDIFLORA 



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, TULIPS. NARCISSI 

 AND OTHER SEASONABLE BULBS; 

 ALSO SEEDS AND SUPPLIES. 



SEND FOR OUR NEW WHOLESALE 

 PRICE LIST, it you did not receive a 

 copy. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



518-616 M.\RKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



FIELD GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



ino 1000 



2000 Delight $15.00 $125.00 



5500 Ward 15.00 125.00 



100 Benora 15.00 



1000 Bernlce 18.00 



W. D. HOWARD 



130 South Main St, Milford, Mass. 



INSTRUCTIONS ON GROWING 

 MUMS 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion are distributing quite a number 

 o£ Chrysanthemum plants among the 

 children of that state and they have 

 published the following instructions 

 for the benefit of those who are taking 

 advantage of the opportunity to secure 

 the plants: 



"When the plant is received, pot It 

 in a 4-inch pot in good, rich soil, and 

 place it where it will receive full sun- 

 shine, and when large enough shift 

 into a 6-inch pot, being careful to put 

 in good drainage and to keep it well 

 watered at all times. 



"When the plant is about 4 inches 



high, pinch out the top, which will 

 make it produce side branches, and 

 when these are about 3 inches long, 

 pinch out the end, and so continue to 

 until August 10, making a bushy, well 

 shaped plant. 



"When the flower buds form, pinch 

 off all but the one terminal bud on 

 each branch; this will make better 

 flowers of the ones that are left. 

 When there is danger of frost see that 

 the plants are covered, or in the 

 houses, as a frost would spoil the flow- 

 ers. After the buds are set a little 

 extra fertilizer will help make better 

 flowers. 



"Another plan of growing would be 

 to plant it out in a sunny place in the 

 garden and keep well cultivated, keep- 

 ing it pinched back and well shaped, 

 same as described, and then about the 

 first of September dig carefully and 

 pot in a 6 or 7-inch pot, being careful 

 to take it up in good shape and keep 

 shaded and sprayed for a few days, 

 when it should again have the full 

 sunshine. If the pots are plunged in 

 soil it will help keep them from dry- 

 ing out. Each plant should be tied to 

 a neat stake with a thread leading to 

 each branch." 



In addition to giving away the 

 plants the florists have gone to con- 

 siderable expense to advertise the fact. 



SNAPDRAGONS IN POTS 



These, when well grown in pots, are 

 valuable for furnishing, especially dur- 

 ing the spring. Last year, having a 

 goodly number of plants from seed 

 sown in January, these were grown in 

 8-inch pots through the summer, says 

 a writer In Garden Illustrated. When 

 the seed had ripened in the autumn 

 the plants were wintered in a cold 

 house and, when they began to grow 

 in spring, the old stems were removed 

 and the plants given a top dressing of 

 rich soil. When in full growth they 

 were fed with liquid manure. They 

 began to bloom in early May and kept 

 on through the summer. Many of 

 them were from 2 feet to 3 feet high 

 and almost as much across. From 

 these I have had a fine crop of seed. 

 Those needing plants for house or con- 

 servatory decoration should grow 

 these from seed, sown in late summer, 

 putting five plants into a 5-inch pot, 

 giving them a place in a light frame 

 or house from which the frost is just 

 excluded through the winter, pinching 

 them at the beginning of the year. 

 When the pots are full of roots put 

 them Into 7-inch or 8-inch pots, giv- 

 ing them liberal treatment. I grow 

 nothing but self-colored sorts and med- 

 ium height kinds. 



Box-Barberry Bordered Formal 

 Evergreen Garden 



BOX-BARBERRY 



TlIK NEW IIAKDV BORDER 

 AND LOW HEDGE PLANT 



Trade prices on request. Send for 

 What others have to say aboat 



BOX-BARBERRY 



SURPLUS 



American Hemlock 

 Japan Iris (208orts) 



The Elm City Nurseiy Co. 



WOODMONT NURSERIES, INO. 



NEW HAVIN, CO^N. 



NEW INTRODUCTION 



IBOLIUM PRIVET 



THE NEW ILVRDY HEDGE PLANT 



.\SPARA(;US PLUMOSUS, 3 inch, $50.00 



per 1,000. 

 VERONA FERNS, ZV4 inch, pot bound, 



flne plants, $55.00 per 1,000. $6.00 per 



100. 



NARROWS NURSERIES 



92nd and l»t Ave. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Primula Malacoides Rohreri 



The best strain of Mala- 

 coides on the market. 100 1000 

 Pink and Lavender, mixed, 

 2Vi-in $7.00 $60.00 



PRIMUL.V Obconica Rosea, 

 Gicantea, Grandiflora, Apple 

 Blossom and Kermesina, 



mixed, 2-in 7.00 60.00 



iU-in 8.00 70.00 



PRIMULA Chinensis, 2-in... 7.00 60.00 



C. U. LIGGIT 



wholesale Plantsman 

 Buiretin Building PHILADELPHIA 



Paul Brookner and Page F. Potter, 

 formerly with Johnston Bros, and 

 Archie C. Aiken, for many years with 

 Peter Murray, florist of New Bedford, 

 Mass., recently opened the Colonial 

 Flower Shop, 31 Westminster street, 

 Providence, R. I. 



