December 9, 1920 



HORTICULTUBE 



369- 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. OOWEE, Berlin, N. Y. 



10,000 $3.50 Mt.OOO... $11.00 Sample Free. 



Also Mannfacturer of 4 and 6 Inch Green 



Match Sticks, Wired and Unwlred. 



For Sale by Dealers 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



Henry 



M. Robinson Co. 



55-57 West 26th Street 



and 430 Sixth Avenue 



Telephone: 

 Farragut 13 and 3180 



BOXWOOD SPRAYS 



$25 per 100 lbs. 



For immediate sliipment or in Decem- 

 ber. We can fnrnisli tlie small or large 

 leaf variety. Short sprays, no waste 

 and in every respect fine stoclj. 



Special price In lar^e qnantit.v 



LYCOPODIUM 



S18.00 per 100 lbs. 



ORDER YOUR GREENS FOR 

 IIOLID.AYS TODAY 



THE LEO NiESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 

 1201-5 Race Street, PHILADELPHIA 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



9 South Mole Street 



Orders and Consignments Solicited 



PHILADELPHIA 

 EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



SALVIA SCLAREA 



By Mrs. Francis King 



Some years ago -Mrs. Philip Marti- 

 neau, then in this country from Eng- 

 land, gave me a packet of seed of her 

 special strain from the gardens of the 

 Vatican of Salvia sclarea, the Clary 

 of old English cottage gardens. The 

 seed proved to have great vitality, 

 every one germinated, and the result- 

 ing plants and flowers the following 

 season — for this is a biennial with me 

 — gave a peculiar pleasure to one 

 whose eye and mind are singularly 

 interested in the unfamiliar in flowers 

 as well as in the old. 



Some three feet tall, this Salvia has 

 large crepe-like leaves of pale green; 

 its color, from the bracts, is of a 

 charming tone of pinkish mauve; and 

 its upright branching flower-stems are 

 entirely covered with bloom in July. 

 Mine flowered first near Lilium can- 

 didum, with very nice effect; but the 

 next season our plants were set be- 

 low groups of Delphinium belladonna, 

 and a prettier combination of color in 

 the garden there could not be than 

 this. It has such originality, such 

 delicacy. 



I notice in a recent number of Hor- 

 ticulture a fine illustration of Salvia 

 virgata nemorosa; this flowers before 

 S. sclarea here. It is remarkably fine 

 in color and habit but a great con- 

 trast in both to the latter. Could one 

 create a garden of Salvias? What an 

 interesting experiment — if one could 

 stand so much of the sage odor 

 throughout the summer! Certainly 

 the succession of purple, mauve and 

 absolutely blue flowers of this family 

 would be a garden interest distinct 

 and distinguished. I wish the sugges- 

 tion might be taken up by that rare 

 person, a gardening man or woman, 

 who has plenty of space and plenty 

 of time. It is one of the fascinations 

 of this art of gardening that life is 

 never long enough for its pursuit, that 

 the gardener's day is undoubtedly the 

 shortest that can be experienced. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consicnmentt Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



2i4 RANDOLPH ST., DETROIT. MICH. 



HEirrZ & NASH, Inc. 



Widesale Commision Florists 



55 and 57 VITest 2 6th Street 



T.l.ph.n. No 755 mp^ YORK 



F»rTAcnt 



1 BEST IN THE WORLD 



John C.Meyer iTHffEADjCo! 





The Meyer FlorUts' ttu-eadss are yrtu-^ 

 ranted fuU length, strength and qaolitx 

 combined. Order direct of the manafao^ 

 turer and you will always get the bee* 

 thread in the world. 



Charles Futterman 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



110 West 28th Street, New York 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 

 Retoms Dally. Checks Weekly. 



E.G.HILLCO. 



Wholesale Florists 



PKIOIHIWIOIMD. IND. 



Flease mention Hortlonltnre when writing.. 



REED (Sl KCLLER 



122 West 25th St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufa^'ture all our 



iitil DislEis, Baskets, Win Work &Noviltiu 



and are do.'iK'rs in 



Decorative Glassware, Growers and 



Florists' Beanlsites 



THE KERVAN CO 



Fresh Cut Decorative Evergreens 



Highest Standard of Qaality. Largest 

 Stock In America. Write for lUastrated 

 Catalog of Greens and Florists' Sapplie*. 



119 W. 28th St., 



NEW YORK 



FUTTERMAN BROS. '^/^'r/' 



GONSIGNStENTS SOLICITED 



101 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY 



Telephone, Watkins 9761 



WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We have a numerous clientage of New 

 York City buyers and the demand exceeds 

 our supply. This is especially true of 

 Roses. We have every facility and abund- 

 ant means and best returns are assured. 

 for stock consigned to us. 



Address Yoar SMpments to 

 UNITED CUT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Ill W. 28th St., New York 

 D. J. Pappas, Fres. 



