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H (» KT I CU LTURE 



November 11, 1920 



how it turns out for this year. Speak- 

 ing in a general way it would appear 

 that this variety is not so easy o£ 

 culture as was at first thought, but 

 difficulties will probably lie overcome 

 and the experts working on this be- 

 gonia will without doubt learn the 

 troublesome points and find a way of 

 finishing the stock up as it deserves 

 when we remember the fine specimen 

 plants that have been shown in the 



past. 



Besides Optima, there is another 

 variety which is deserving of atten- 

 tion, in fact, I am not sure that Mrs. 

 Heal is not every bit as good as Op- 

 tima, and one grower in particular 

 seems to think that the latter is 

 easier to handle. Optima produces 

 flowers of wonderful size and a true 

 salmon color that makes the Lorraine 

 type look dull by its side. Mrs. Heal 

 is practically the same so far as bloom 

 and growth is concerned, but the color 

 is what I would describe as a true 

 American Beauty shade or wine color, 

 and if it is of such easy culture as we 

 are lead to hope for now, it is going 

 to be a valuable plant. A. M. Daven- 

 port of Watertown has a nice stock of 

 Mrs. Heal in 6 inch pots and they are 

 coming into flower in fine shape and 

 should he in prime condition for the 

 holidays. He also has a limited sup- 

 ply of Optima, and the W. W. Edgar 

 Co. has a nice block of Optima as well 

 as a small quantity of Mrs. Heal. 

 Plantsmen are watching these varie- 

 ties and I hope that they turn out to 

 fulfil all expectations. 



Now that the first blocks »f chrys- 

 anthemums are out of the way I see 

 evidence in all directions of heavy 

 plantings of such crops as wall flower, 

 schizanthus, myosotis, calendula and 

 anything that can be handled in cool 

 temperatures. There are several fine 

 strains of myosotis for winter flower- 

 ing and generally speaking they turn 

 out well for the growers. This is also 

 true of wall flower, and while schizan- 

 thus has not been so freely planted, it 

 seems to be coming into favor. Wise- 

 tonensis Is the one which is generally 

 planted. 



Henry Penn's unique customer's ap- 

 preciation cards have evidently met 

 with favor in other parts of the coun- 

 try. They have been adopted prac- 

 tically without change. I understand, 

 by one of the concerns which puts out 

 the literary material for florists. Cer- 

 tainly they are being widely dis- 

 tributed, and florists in all parts of 

 the country are using them without 

 any knowledge of the fact that they 

 originated in the Henry Penn estab- 

 lishment. This is highly complimen- 

 tary, of course, but doesn't seem alto- 

 gether fair. The cards In question are 

 those which are sent out to customers 

 with orders, and which vary in phras- 

 ing, but which tend to inspire confi- 

 dence and link the customer more 

 closely with the Penn establishment. 

 This Is one of the cases, apparently, 

 where originality pays its own pen- 

 alty. 



PRIMCL.A TOWNSENDII, our Selected 

 str.iin, out of .3 inch, ready for 4^4-5 

 inch pots, $15 per 100. 



DRACAENA INDIVISA, field grown 

 plants, ready for 5-6 inch pots, $25 

 per 100. No orders accepted for less 

 than 100. 



BOUGAINVII.I.EA S.4NDERIANA, fine 

 specimen plants, $2-$4 each. 



OTAHEITE ORANGES, field grown 

 plants, ready tor 5-6 inch pots, $1 

 each. 



A. L. MILLER 



JAMAICA NEW YORK 



It is a far cry from Lompoc, Cali- 

 fornia, U. S. A., to the heart of Lon- 

 don but Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, 

 Cal., originator of Winter Sweet Peas 

 has been over there talking to a mem- 

 ber of the Trade-Journal's Staff. 



Whoever likes may come along with 

 the protest that the Winter flowering 

 Sweet Pea is not so fine in quality as 

 our best modern varieties, or that 

 there are ten times more varieties of 

 the .new Winter flowering race than 

 are necessary from point of view of 

 distinctive character or commercial 

 worth, but, nevertheless, the newcom- 

 ers possess merits all their own, and 

 when it becomes known that Spring 

 sown seed of the new race can be had 

 in bloom in sixty days, and Autumn 

 sown within ninety days, and that 

 by making successional sowings out- 

 doors from Spring to Midsummer, and 

 under glass during Autumn and Win- 

 ter, Sweet Peas may be cut the year 

 round, there will be a good and in- 

 creasing demand for the stock. 



BULBS 



LIMl'M r.IG.VNTEUM, also II.\RDIES, 

 new crop, eliipped from New York, Den- 

 ver, Cliicago, and Toronto, Ont. 



FOR F.\LL SHIPMENT 



V.VI.L,EY PIPS, for forcinff. Holland 

 and German type. Shipment from 

 New York. 



BAMBOO STAKES 



Natural and Green in all sizes— both 

 domestic and Japanese. 



Writ* for prices stating: your require- 

 ments. 



McHUTCHKBN & CO. •'k^JT^om*- 



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NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS, PIAMTERS 



RUTHERFORD. m!W Jt«S)IiY 



We are subscribers to the Nurserymen's 

 Fund for Market Development, also "Say 

 It With Flowers" Publicity Campaign. 



Nephrolepis Norwood 



Best Crested Fern 



4 Inch pots, extra heavy. $35.00 per hun- 

 dred; 6 inch, $75.00 per hundred. 



mm CRWG COMPMIY. "■•^f^-^ 



Mr. Zvolanek had many interesting 

 bits of news to relate regarding the 

 seed growing industry in his district, 

 which he says is 150 miles or more 

 north of Los Angeles, and has a cold 

 climate. The area under Sweet Peas 

 in the Lompoc neighborhood is vast, 

 Burpee and other well-known firms 

 having large tracts under cultivation. 

 When one hears of soil so good and 

 so deep that crops require no manure 

 or fertilizer whatever, and, despite the 

 fact that for six months or so not a 

 wet day hinders work, the root run 

 remains beautifully moist, he begins 

 to understand how it is that the Cali- 

 fornia seed growers can own and work 

 such large farms and produce seeds 

 on such a huge scale. 



E. W. FENGAR 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



147-187 Linien Ato. 

 lUVINGTON, N. J. 



Burpee's Seecis Qrovr 



Wholesale Price List for Florists 

 and Market Gardeners 



W. Atlee Burpee Co. 



Seed Growers Philadelphia 



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