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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



55 



CARNATION DOROTHY GORDON 



This wonderful new Carnation, a seedling of Lawson on Enchantreas, is a money-maker for the commercial 

 grower. It possesses all the strong points, without the wealEnesses, of the parent varieties. Its unusual size, averaging 

 3 inches in diameter, clear, rose-pink color, strong constitution and excellent keeping qualities, commend it to all 

 enterprising growers, together with the fact that it has regularlj produced double the profits of Enchantress. 

 The Success , . , Visitors at our establishment, and propagators who have given it a j, ^ Profitable of 

 « r*.!^^-- trial, speak of Carnation Dorothy Gordon m terms of the highest praise. Tn *».^r•----♦«^-- 



**' tne *«»«•• ^e offer strong rooted cuttings of this splendid Carnation at the ^i «»»« *'»'n»"o«»«« 



popular price of $10.00 per lOO; 176.00 per 1000. Orders are being booked daily and will be filled in strict 

 rotation. Don't delay, but get in your specifications NOW. Come to Wyncote and see it growing, it's a great sight. 

 If you cannot do that, write us for full particulars. 



JOSEPH HEACOCK CO., Disseminators, Wyncote, Pa. 



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of a fibrous nature, if to the same is 

 added some partially decayed leaf-mold, 

 coarse t-and and well-decomposed cow 

 dung. 



Some five or six years ago I bad occa- 

 sion to plant two beds of that well-known 

 variety, delicatissima. In one bed loam, 

 leaf-mold, sand and a liberal admixture 

 of decayed cow manure was used. In 

 the other no manure was used. These 

 beds show in a conclusive manner the 

 value of manure, for the one in which it 

 was used Ls so incomparably superior 

 that a child would note the difference. 

 A liberal surfacing of manure last spring 

 toned up the weaker bed somewhat, but 

 it is still far behind the other one. 



More rhododendrons are doing unsatis- 

 factorily from root starvation than any 

 other cause. Many people cling to the 

 idea that they should not have manure, 

 and think that a few leaves bedded 

 around them each fall should provide all 

 the necessary food. A generous top- 

 dressing of good manure is the crying 

 need of half the rhododendrons planted. 

 A thick mulch of leaves in summer should 

 always be provided. During long, dry 

 spells it may be necessary to pull these 

 aside and apply some water. Before 

 giving the heavy winter mulch, if the 

 roots are at all dry, they should have a 

 thorough soaking. If we get freezing-up 

 weather following such an unusually dry 

 fall as we experienced in New England 

 last season, there will probably be little 

 percolation to the roots for months. 

 Biting, frosty winds in late winter and 

 hot suns raise liavoc with quantities of 

 plants wlien the roots are too dry. Dry- 

 ness at the root is a more common cause 

 of deaths than winter's cold. 



All this bugaboo about a "parasitic 

 plant" may be dismissed as so much 

 moonshine, and he or she who would 

 achieve success in rhododendron culture 

 does not need peat, but the judicious use 

 of manure, liberal mulching and plenty 

 of water are necessities. Our principal 

 cause of Avorry of late years has been 

 the Japanese lace-wing bug, which has 

 caused widespread havoc in many collec- 

 tions. Even today many people do not 

 know it and attribute the discoloration 

 and falling of leaves to red spider. A 

 trifling examination shows them their 

 error. Persistent spraying may keep it 

 in check, but does not exterminate it. 

 We are willing to risk killing the para- 

 sites with manure if we can only discover 

 a sure cure for the lace bug pest. 



W. N. Craig. 



GRASSHOPPERS. 



Kindly let me know what is the best 

 ^ay to get rid of grasshoppers or crick- 

 ets, such as I .send under separate cover. 

 Are they poisonous, or do they do any 

 harm to plants? The way I have been 



Apple Seedlings 



We have some surplus, both AMERICAN and FRENCH grown. 

 All grades for grafting and budding. 



Imported Fruit Tree Stocks 



Now arriving— Cherry, Pear and Plum stocks. 

 ALL GRADE8. 



^ppi P GRAFTS ^^^^^ ^^^ WHOLE ROOT 



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Also a complete line of General Nursery Stock; mostly in storageT 



Send List for Prices. 



WANTED — APPLE SCIONS 



Shenandoah Nurseries 



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EVERGREENS 



Large stock, both seedlings and transplants, of Spruce, Pines, Firs, 

 Cedars, Arbor- Vitses, Hemlocks, Junipers, Yews. Millions of seed- 

 lings, also fine stock of specimens in larger sizes. 



FOREST TREE SEEDLINGS 



Immense stock of Catalpa Speciosa, Black Locust, Maples, Oaks, 

 Lindens, fieech. Chestnut, Ash, Walnut, Elm, Box Elder, Birch, 

 European Larch. 



Advance Price List now ready. 



D« HILL9 Evergreen Specialist, 



Dundee, III. 



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getting rid of them so far was to use 

 stale beer, or often they get into pots and 

 I put them out in the cold, where they are 

 soon frozen. A. W. 



The specimens forwarded were so 

 badly crushed that it was impossible to 

 determine what they were. Grasshoppers 

 and crickets are not harmful under glass, 

 especially at this season. They will eat 

 a good deal of foliage during hot 

 weather, but are generally more destruc- 

 tive outdoors than under glass. Fumi- 



Lilacs Charles X and Marie Le^raye. 

 Deutzia Lemolnei, pot-grown, in fine 



condition. 

 Boxwood and Bay Trees, for immediate 



or spring delivery. 

 Orderi booked now at lavitlnK prices. Write to 



r. W. O. SCHMITZ 



Importer, FRINCK BAT. N. T. 



gation and hand-picking should clear 

 them out. We have not heard^that either 

 of the insects named is poisonous in anr 

 way, C. W, ' 



