VOL. XXIII.

Supplement to The Florists' Exchange

January 5, 1907

INDEX TO

The Florists' Exchange, Vol. XXII, 1906

ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES MARKED WITH AN (*) ASTERISK

A Deluded Publisher

A Fine Point

Abele. Otto (Portrait)

Abies (Tsuga) Williamsoni

Acetylene Light, Influence of on Plant Growth..

Achillea ptarmica — The Pearl

Acorns, Preservation of ...

Action Against an Express Company

Adiantum cuneatum

hybrldum vs. A. cunea- tum

Adiantums

Advertisers, Don'ts for . . .

Agaricus subrufescens ....

Agave amerlcan in flower. .

Ailanthus. Hardiness of, at Chicago 409,

Alfllaria

Altick. H. M. (Portrait)

American Association of Nurserymen — Commit- tees of

American Carnation Society

— Dayton meeting

Premium List

American Peony Society . .

American Rose Society. 150, More Prizes

American Seed T-nde Asso- ciation, Pro, 'lings of Toledo Convention ....

Ampelopsis Veitchii and A. Virginica

Vnchusas

Antliurium Warocqueanum Growth of

PAGE PAGE

gg Budlong, J. A., Rose House

628 of 294*

103 Buffalo Florists' Club Out-

369* in& 319*

Bulb Experiments, Government,

321 684; forcing as a Specialty, 494;

Growing in the South. 501;

125* Notes from Channel Islands

369 _ _ 764

663

627

735

and Berried Plants for, 701- D^D^?' '^f,?i^ <P°etry), Florists' Hail Association,

Decorations 745; Flowerin- 265, Souvenir Buok Proceeds Dayton Meeting 228, 235

Plants. 741;' Pines in pStsfoV rftv ' : The Convention Flower Combinations, 635; Day. 685- Plant Trade 71 o- SneJes r, y 186 ln Cemeteries, 685; Show, Na- tion's for ? M™ Trade ^ of fffty ^rfc1'0"5' Some New tional- a * * n W "' "*

Th?rSsit?°Trp6p9:A Tr!??' ¥"*■ Decorative"' Plant's',' "The

The, 811, Tree, An Attractive Outlook Among

Bulbs. 494; Dutch, The Future ot Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- DWha?iUo?%h^'>I'kSpUr)~

563; For Outdoor Effects, 495; ica— 628: And its Work. 597; Designs Flower^ for

French, 155; Guernsey vs. Annual Meeting of. 597; Judges Dickfon HuVh rPortr'a'iri '

Dutch, 796; Roots of, Rotting, ™ Seedlings, 376; President D S Table Derarat on

Duckham's Address, 670; Spe- An Unique

603 377

tional, S. A. F. O. H.. 264! 6*28; Show, New Bedford (Mass.)

404

406 Burbank, Luther, 475, 536, 708, „ cial Prizes "10 DfacEenasT'" iqq F-ee%iai

118 741; Controversy, Protests Chrysanthemum. The 663 Drier H "i " "Fsr'a'hl'iih"

735 Against, 773, 802; English Critic Chrysanthemums— 203; At Shaw's merit of ^stablis

Horticultural Society

Store. A Liliputian

Ford. J. H. (Portrait).. 14,

414 Frank, H. M. (Portrait) ..

607 Fraxinus Ornus, Flowering

47 Ash "

Freesia Purity— a" 'warn- ing

411

603*

195

61»

Arouses, 218; On Liquor and Tobacco. 807; Scientific Aspects

501 of Work of (Portrait) . . 596 555 Burbank's Success. The Se-

186 cret of 468

Burbankitis 709

Burge, C. S. (Portrait) 43

368 Business. Wants to Start in 6 Butterworth. J. T., Estab- lishment of

Gardens. 631; Christmas, (Jean- nie Nonin). S07*; Culture, In- fluence of Climate on, 601. 629; _ , TT , Dyed. 635: Gossip for 1906, Easter Hydrangeas for,

439, 535: In Decorative Work, „,531; Plants for 687,

537; In England. 804, 805; New, Eljeagnus longipes. Sowing

633; Notes on. 663; Rust on Seeds of

Remedy for, 438; Spots on, 444-' „.Hmbella_ta _•_•••-• -213*,

779

534

Water

268 42

304 22S

229 774 98 603 740

89 219

741

Calceolarias 66,

California, A New Industry

for

Fruit Growers in Conven- tion

Plant Notes, 152. 26S 411,

Callas '.....

Campanulas. Some Dwarf..' Some Tall

743

800

321

797 796 155 153

Taking the Bud of.

Elliott, W. H., Establish-

253 700*

Frost Proofing

Tanks,

Fruits. Cold-Resisting .

Fuchsias 5g5

Fumigation and Treatment

of Nursery Stock 662

Funeral Designs 571

Furman Girl, The

538*

787

Gall Fly on Violets . . .

695 Gammage & Son, Display

... „ °f; at Western Fair ...

Hi G7pdoeentryIhe' He and She

496 475*

The, Reasons Why . . .' .' .' 1

116 84a

inthuriums 375 Canadian Horticultural As- sociation 70,

Seed Growers' Association

Tariff. The

Canna Growers' Association. National, Do We Need

Cannas

Registration of

Varieties of Magnificent, 772: Meteor, 468; New York, 468, 761; Sun- burst, 347; Topeka.... ,7n Cantaloupe. A Rust-Resist-

gi ing

.:, Caragana arborescens .... 1SD Carbonate of Lime Fertili- zation

Carnations — 707; American. Australian criticism, 241 Joliet. 111., 775

awson

779 163* 440 735 533 261 SOI 658

IBS

5S9

ess

in Retail Work

Vntirrhinum

Vntlrrhinums, A Novelty In

\nts. Remedy for

tpple. The Sweet and Sour Appreciation from Australia

iraucaria. Insects on

irauoarias

irbor vita?. Pruning ......

Vrbor vitae's. Globe

vrdisias

^schmann's. Godfrey. Trip

Abroad (Portrait)

aspidistras

ismus. George (Portrait).. *-=p1enium flux — fcemina,

T.adv Fern 472*

var. Victoria 471*

^ster. Conwav's, new 377*

Inolsus (Caltmeris incisa) 410*

asters 42

istllbe iaponica .' ' 767

.zalea. A Summer Blooming 89 'zaleas 594

Varieties of— Peters 725

Jeanne Pharilda Ma- thilda 725

B a s k e t s. "Bayersdorfer's

Novelties in ....70S*:, 709* Combination, for Christ- mas ..701*. 702*. 709*, 710* ay Trees. Treatment of.. 203 ays and Box. Temperature

for 624

eginners. Notes for 295

egonia Agatha 671

Gloire de Lorraine. 538.

626, 779: Basket of.... 699*

egontas 445, 533

R'1'-- 738

erberls repens 772

Thnnhergii, 285*, 700*;

Hedges of 285

ergamot. Searlet .... 61

errles and Berried Plants

for Christmas

ackberries. Propagation of 3iler Trade. Outlook for. .

"onia asteroides

and Ashes

290

743

408 463 263

Varieties of— Chabanne, Mme. ^.P16"' of E., 597, 633; Claremont. 597; Ellwanger, George, The

Cochet, Mme. L. H„ 532: Como- _ Late: Tributes to

leta, 504*: Dakoma. 630*: Du- EnS'Jsn Garden Exported, buisson Foubert. 633: Duckham, „

Wm.. White Sport of. 632. 597; £Pacns

Frick. Miss Clay, 633: Fusee. Sr?murus •

504: Gerard, Director. 504: God- 5fiea- vagans yar. capitata 685* Gardener. The (Poetry) 7in

frey, Mary, 504: Golden Dome, Etherized Plants 40 Gardenias . . . . ' Y 406' 77X

633: Ialene. 632*. 660: Incan- Euonymus radicans varie- Genista monosperma " 771

descent. 633: Jossier. Mile. Se- „ sated 9 ««,.<,„,•, —

mon. 633; Ladd. Mrs. Westrav, „ bcale

532, 567*. 570: Lotze. Mrs G. A. Evergreen Boughs for Cov- 532, 632*. 633: Loubet, Presi- ?™ng, 7fi5; Seedlings, 117;

View, an

Evergreens for Winter

537; Potting, for Christmas!

525: Transplanting in August.

173: Wrapping Roots of.. Exhibitions— Baltimore. 632; x

Shore, N. T., 568- n™M" «i cut. £Z"' f •11_v<"-ra_, bdl, 6

dent. 504: Miller, Mrs. A. T. 504: Mizpah. 568*; October Frost. 70*: Ongowa. 567*. 570; Pecquart, Gereral, 633: Ragee, Charles. 597: Roosevelt. Miss Alice. 602*. 633; Rosette, Mile. Jeanne, 694. 740; Rosseau. Mme. Loisseau 570: Stemler. Sadie May. 633, 660, 694; Weber's

Chadwick 628

Cinerarias 374, 800

■547 Clematis .Tackmannit. Propagation

of. 801: Propagating, 444: 'rectal

,. ' 1*3*: Stans var.. ..414*, 440*

11 1 Clematises for Pots 124

-„, Climate of California. The 693 b!ll> Clinton Falls Nursery Co., an Owatnnna, Minn., Es- tablishment of 502*

253 Geranium Catalogue,' 444 Handsome .... 740 To A. (Poetry) .....'."[ {34 Geraniums, 155. 800; for General Business. 6; More about. 10. 39, 67, 95, 123, 151. 184b. 261: New at Evanston. 111., 293*; Propa- gating S?K

313 Gladiolus A Hardy. 670;"Amer- ?a„y "=a, 18'fb; Harvard. 631. Boston, 567, 661: The.

733*

use.

59S.; 599*; Chicago. 5697 600;' The Newer aS.an A"nUa1' 6?f0

Columbus, O.. 632: Dobbs Fer- Glass Exports from" Rel<w,?™

"-■ N.T.. 632: Glen Cove. N. 694: Greenhouse '"import DuW

Y.. 570; Houston Tex., 632; on, 346, 661, 772 Industry Bel

Lenox, Mass.. 535- T,o= An- h.. - •''' PP.'

Los An-

gian

F.. Establish-

268

on Mrs. Thos. W. ^.awson^ol:. CI& ffr S£ci%% TO^ij2' ■»! Bone Meal for. 671: Compost 439 469 504 60" 666 744' 77« for. 6: Cultivating. An Original ' ' 504' 602' 66S' 744' 7.7nr

Drying up. Ront

Method of. 379*:

600: Waco. Tex..

ington. D. C

Exhibitors at Shows

244. 291, 346; English Firms' rv,ons Wed'del'tan'a coi Exposition," Pacific'

Renaming- Amerienn co" 00. «; . vveooenana 591 ,„,„

Corruption,

The Prevention of

Travelers. Canadian Tax

Renaming American. 602. 629: rviw«i WOT^r-liSUWi.™

&5&tJ°%&'i ?,,;al%of oSSsSrSr Greenhouse

Joints for. 662: Fertilizers for,

90; For Pot Culture, 8, 539;

Growing, in New Jersey 531-

Growing Mignonette and "Snap- Competition TTnfVir" '

dragon with, 90: In England, S Unfair

StemRotln fs "STsS III'- Cnnorete Slabs " forWreen: 531:

Boston

Ocean, 1913. Express Rates 376.

Supports. Wire for. Topping. 203;

Kconomic speeiosa as a Street Tree 4i<? „ "n"'esaie

den. How Sohinx V,e,e ill Cut Flowers. Handling

it Trees Cattleya Charles" G."Roe'b-' Cynniding a Greenhou:

Roeb- 313,' 369.

700*

313

219

348*

203

I -s— American Breeders' Asso- Catalogues South African

1. t.on. Report of. 597; Ento- Duty on 651

Kn',nf5yT,.w1,tn. Specla' Rrferenoe Catalpa. Beauty of "the. .

to Its Biological and Economic

Aspects. 66: Fruit Gard

to Make a. 532: Frui

Dwarf. 260: Nature, Real ling

K'nrF,Jn' 740: Nature. The Cedrela sinesis.'.

SfJ* of,,r; c»-y 74n Celastrus scandens .

¥om»^-M,Xti,rA- 62:Jor Cement Benches for Greenl

Tomatoes and Cucumbers 444 houses

|>rers in Pines 34 Built Greenhouses

J26* Century Plant. The. and

707" some ntber Plants of

707* the Dry Country . .

745 Cherry Seed. Mazzard

... Chestnuts. Sweet. American

473 Chicago Florists' Club Out-

765 ing (group Pictures).. Flower Show Poster . .

491 Chlmonanthus

Chinese Cork Tree "

441 ChrUtmns Baskets. 701*

ter ' T?T,~ fn Cnrr,,ption "»'■ The

Benches of S 344 C°£n?P ,nf Horticulture.

Varieties of— Aristocrat. House n„^2JKS omiiV ' ct^Ui ' ' V ' of. 775*: Bonnie Maid. wT'ter 410: Debutante. 569: Faust. 694; craft The '™W thi' fCVVV Georgia, 694: Hartshorne. Mrs The' and ,he Crafts-

Rohert, 532: Harvard. 694; Im- perial, 804*; Lucille. 629; Ma- helle, 755: Marchioness, The 589: Pink Imperial. 805*: Pink Snort of Mrs. M. A. Patten. 624. 695: Pocahontas. 318: Red Chief. 410: Red Riding Hood, 629: Toreador. 628. 629- Wel- come. 376. 744: White Perfec- tion. House of. 775*; Winona. 410

geles, Cal., 599: Madison, N. J., Gloede. R

567: New Haven. Conn., 599; ment of

New York. 569: Orange. N. J.. Gloxinias

601*: 602: Philadelphia. 568: Goddarri. S." "j " ' EstoMfih"

Pittsburg. Pa.. 604: Poughkeen- ment of ' "t-stablish-

sie, N. Y., 599: Providence. R. Goeppinger ' "i'0iii'« ' "rU^

I., 600; Red Bank. N. J.. 570; of s' Death

Tarrytown. N. Y.. 536: Toronto, Government "Work'fo'r" thn

566: Wa?hr n Fl°rist and Gardener the

605 Grafting the Rose Acacia.

Cr,A r^p?3' B,aek Hamburg,

500 Outdoors. 213: Old Time

173; Snlitting

111 GTtk ^TFInwtr Merchant',

438 The New York . ig4

Greenhouse Construction!! 474

Gutters and Posts 566

630 greens. Decorative . . . 747

Grevillea robusta . . ' 658

6S7 Growers and Flower

471: Shows 34g

539; Hardy. Storing over Win- and Retailers 537

ter. 203: In Variety. .. 42 Ouayule ' 49i

Dogwood 145* Finns elastica 65 Gunnera manicata ' 292*

556 F,^s' Outdoors 401 scabra "" 292»

Fmger Bowl Flowers .... 635 Gyposphila paniculata flora

Fir. Douglas. Pacific Coast 313 Plena

Fisher, Peter. Establish- ment of ,-743

Floral .Arrangement of Callas M

and Adiantum. 806*; Banner, Haerlin. H., Jr (Portrait) A beautiful. 537: Decorations. Hardiness of Cedrela and 42: Decorations in Parks. 67: Ailanthus

Funeral Designs, Suggested Hardy Ferns . 4711

Reform in. 408: Horse Shoe. Perennials . '4V kio

■ ™ A unique 506* Harp. Brian Boru's.' .'.'.'.' ' 343*

661 Floriculture in Mexico. ... 154 Hart— petroleum 3g Florists. A Dayton View of Hartshorne. James. Re'soiu-

t,, ■ . ,' „V ; 266 tions on Death of.... 294

571 P12^"5t?, Clubs_and Horticultural Hauswirth, P. J 224

man

Crassulas

Crataegus Cordata. Wash- ington Thorn

"Creations." Dictionary De- finition of.. 533. 564, 597, John Birnie on

Credit. Bureau of 13.

Crene Paper for Florists' T'se

Crocking Pots ....!!!!!!!

Crotons

Propagation of

Flower Industry.

410* 150

779 Faxon. M. B. (Portrait) . . . S07 Fern Baskets. 42: Leaves. 562 Gathering and Preparing Ferns. Boston. 464: Hardv. 474

660 685

804 125

557 628

293* 375

743 3

67 807

F,2

162

195 461

285

684 Cut •J Wholesale

iston Club's Outing, 103,-

'unnpt. Bride's

Bridesmaid's !

unuets. Debutante

mvardia Humboldtil Oh- rvrnhiflora

x Bush for Florists' Use

•wn Tail Moth. The. and

How to Control It

• ggerhof, F. W. (Por- trait)

ins, H. N. (Portrait) .7.7

771

709.

710*:

501 653*

666 320

235

15*

538*

525

43S

ro2*.

Violets

Cyclamen

295 539 739

408 68 607 607 464

of — Bav (Portrait 1

'-j. I.) Horticultural Hawthorn. Ctckspur. ' Hedge 313 776: Boston. 638: Hawthorns. Propagating 707

Beauty. 671: Berrte* Daphne Mezereu

Dahlia Roots. Plants produced from one hundred. 370: Society. New Fnsrland 459

Dahlias 463: Not Blooming 345 Varieties of — Abbott. Mrs. Gor- don. Km. 633*: Fireburst. 631*- Fish. Mrs. Stuyvesant. 631*- Governor Guild. 631*: La Fa- vour. Fdward. 631: Rawson. W W.. 631*: The North Shore 631

Dailledouze Brothers. Es- tablishment of 470

Dale. E. cportraitl 695

Societies. Officers

Shore (L.

Society.

Canadian Horticultural Asso- Heaths

elation. 290: Chicago. 776: Heating 27 l'oV 137'

Chrysanthemum Society of 306, 353. 454, 55o' 576'

America. 597: Columhus. O.. Hedges. Privet When fri

504: Elheron (N. X) Hortlcul- Prune ............

tural Society. 504: Lenox Tamarix

(Mass.1 Horticultural Society. Heiss. J. B. (Portrait)"'

725: Maryland State Hortlcul- Helianthemum vulgare

232

594

687

154 621 195 124*

tural Society. 790: Massachns- Heliotrope. A New 79s

685

etts Hortieultiiral Societv. 638; Heliotropes

>1eehan Horticultural Society. Hemlock' Hedges

817: Montreal. 749: Morris Co. Herbaceous Flowers.

(N. J.l Gardeners and Florists' use of '

776: New England Dahlia So- Herbicide ■.'.7.7.

cietv. 580: JsTew .Tersev Florl- Heucheras ....

cultural Society. 741: Newport Hickory Trees'"

Horticultural Societv. 805; Roots to ....

Pennsylvania Horticultural So- Holiday Delivering 767

oiety. 778: St. T.onis Horticu'- Holland Peony Society's

tural Societv. 778: s A. F. List

o. H.. 232: Southern Nursery- Hollies After Christmas "Use

men's Association. 225: To. 733: for Christmas. 493;

ronto 665 From Seed

The

'.'.'.".iVo",

Getting

595 S

412 151 152

589

65}

VOL. Will.

Supplement to The Florists' Exchange

January 5, 1903

H I' AGE

Holly, Christmas, Gather- ing", 693*; Red-Berried, 61; Wreath 779*

Hollyhocks 295

Holm & Olsen, St. Paul,

Establishment of 503

Horticultural Benefit and

Provident Society. A. . 12

Nomenclature i 472

Not&S 5, 33. 61. S9, 369

Horticulture and its Chest- nuts 94

Teaching- in the Public

Schools 225, 267

House Plants, Caring for.. 670

Hyacinths vs. Mushroom . . 62

Hybridization Conference,

184a, 222, 223

Hydrangea arborescens, 401*; ar- borescens alba grandiflora, 66, 70*; Hortensia japonica, 61; Otaksa 244. 496

Hydrangeas. 404, 445. 463, 76 f; and Spiraeas. Field- grown, 531; for Easter.. 531

Ice Box. Building An ... . 90 And Frost on Show "Win- dows. Preventing 506

Ilex cornuta. Fruit of 700*

Immortelle Culture in France 413

Insecticides. Mixed 291

Insects Stinging Fruits . . . 261

Irish. H. C. (Portrait) 1S4

Ivy, English 145

Uses for 126

Jacobina magnifica 320*

Japanese Pigmv Trees .... 11 Job's Choice of S. A. F.

President 122

Johnson. Misses M. and L.

(Portraits) 19.".

Judges and Exhibitors 11

Juniper. Douglas's Golden 557

Junipers, Variations in. . . . 5

Kasting. W. F. (Portrait) . . 1S5 Keimble Mansion and Grounds

173*

Kendel, C. E. (Portrait) ... 14

K-entias 559

Kniphofia or Tritoma —

Which 12

Kudzu Vines, A Field of 589*

Ltelio-Cattleya Lady Ber-

nice 150

Washington A. Roebling. . 46S

Lagerstrcemia indica

145. 469, 501 Landscape Gardeners and

Pictures 39

Laurel. The, Where to

Plant S07

Lawn Making 562

nee, W. J. (Portrait) 291 Legal Relations, The, of the Nurseryman, his tit and The Cus- tomer 702

Lettuce, Diseased. $01; Head, Forcing. 90; Ni- trate of Soda fur 735

Lilies. Easter, in So lid Beds 370

Lilium Harrisii 92

longiflorum 767

. Philippinense 374

Liliums in England ... .125. 154 Lily ..f Hi.- Valley, 767; A Point.!- on Forcing, 514; in Europe, 340;

Trade. German 732

Limed Nitrate of Soda.... 771 London Letter. Our. 411. 504 : , ; a*, li. fruit cf : 1

Loveless, A. J. (Portrait) 597

r, C. (Portrait) 195

Lycium chinense 461

MeVay, C. B. I Portrait I 15, 61

369, 557

Il-Flanted 253

Two Choice 493

A. .T ' Pol . 744

Manures 562

Wier's Wi 'i 493

i ■ ■ t) 539 Marguerite, Giant. '!

mem of 40(

Market. The New York in

1906 oa

! :

630

I. B., Tie

tabllshment of

' Horticult-

ural Prize list,

1907 2CS

411 Mentspermum lensi

Moon Si ••,! ... .. 193*

Nev Orleai . 37s*

Mignonette 15.*.

era

Morehead Steam Trap, The 550

Moss, Fadeless Sheet

Mulberries for Stocks

MURhl o,,in 1 "i I ! -i . i

N PAGE

Names. .Specific 532

Narcissus Princeps Max-

imus 432

Trumpet Major, French

Grown 32

Nassau County (N. T.) Hor- ticultural Society out-

ing • 382

National Cash Register

Company, Dayton, and

its Welfare Work. 190-194*

Council of Horticulture 43S

Nephrolepis, -12; exaltata

var. camculata, 376; Scot-

tii, Exhibit of 268*

New York Florists' Club

Outing 19

WholesaJS HouSics Ainnnaf I 575 Nicholson's Wm., Trip

Abroad 751

Nicotiana Sander.se 695

Nitrate of Soda for Lettuce 735 Nomenclature. American

Horticultural 468

Horticultural 472

Novelties. Some Continental 460 Nursery Stock, Exports of,

369; Imports of 401

Nurserymen, Oregon, A

Trip Among 341

Nut Growers' Association,

National 379

Oaks, Propagation of 433

Transplanting in Autumn 313 Obituary — Baehler, Joseph, 62S; Blake, Frederick A. (Portrait) 39; Clark, C. W., 565; Clark, Edward D. (Portrait), 151; Conard, Alfred F. (Portrait) 773; Dillon. J. L. (Portrait) 533, 565; Donahue, P. J., 409; Doogue, William (Portrait), 564-5; Elliott. Wm. C, 740; Ellwanger. George (Portrait) 661; Emslie, Alexander. 123; Faulk. Philip. 31S; Goebel, Paul, 469: Harrison. Richard, 596; Hartshorne, James (Portrait) 151: Hefting , Thomas. 740; Hodgman. Frank E., 661; Hub- bard, Theodore S., 39; Huck- reide. Ernest, 740; Johnson, Henry Charles, 225; Johnson, Joseph F.. 67; Johnston, R. S.. 31S; McMillan, Wm. (Portrait). 261; Mendenhall, R. J„ 533, 565; Moore, George R., 740; Neiglick. F. J.. 261; Oberghaus, Wm.. 39; O'Mara. Roger, 225; Patten, George W., 318; Pier- son, Nels, 438; Pierson, Paul R. B. 376: (Portrait), 409; Shepherd, Mrs. T. B. (Por- trait), 34 7; Stewart, Joseph H, 94: Turner. Harrv. 409; Turn- lev. C. W., 409; (Portrait) 439; Ullrich, Lewis (Portrait), 565; Ulrich, Rudolph, 469; Warbur- ton, James. (Portrait) 318; Ward, H. Marshall. 318; Webb, A. D.. 501; Weir. James, Jr., 123, (Portrait) 151; White. Mrs. John. 294; WTilson. William S.. 596; Woltemate. A. 773; Wood, Joseph J. (Portrait) .... 67

Olsem, Peter (Portrait) . . 775 Onions and Onion Seed... 652 Oranges. Hardy Edible .... 154 Orchid Flowers, Packing

for Shipment 533

Growing, Profits in .... 535 Orchids. Cultivation of .. 777

The Culture of 153

Oregon Nurserymen, A Trip

Among 341

0 - Orange, A Seaside Tree 557

Osmunda Cinnamomea, Cin- namon Fern 472*

en la. nn.t capensis 321*

Packing, Better Methods of,

Needed 629

' H'!od Flowers for Ship- ment 533

Plants 746

Palms 64

Seal.- on 120

Pamphli i Ri ceil ed -Annual Re- porl of American Association of Nurserymen, 461: Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society, Tran act ioni or. 502; Mush- room Growing. Secrets of, Sim- ply Explained, 740;' Report of Cincinnati (O.) Park Depart- 502 S. A. F. Report.

1 772

Pandanus Sanderl 559

Vi Itchii 499

Pai 42

: | Pn Ibilit les from 294

Parcels Post for Denmark

America 812

1 '■ R 1 1

Al tacking 120

Pear Bllehl 61

The Pricklj a* a Fa rm

and Rai 1 'la nl .... .".56

i' Tht Riiarhtlng of

Field and Garden .... 492 1 ' m Lady

Washingtons 26]

Pi ano, I \|, , !,.,„ Alnalira-

mJn 1 Ion 201, 411

ck, S. S 1 Portrait 1 . . 111

Pen] ■■■ -a; \t Cottatre Gar-

X V . 10-1 ": Dying. 61 :

For 1 , , 1 .. . , 670, 6S7: In "■ 154; hi Holland.

PAGE

Pennies.

98; Our Ignorance of... 94

Varieties of — Arc, Jeanne d',

96*; Willock, Mrs 96*

Peony Farm, A Nebraska, 125; Nematode, 533; Soci- ety (Holland), List of . . 67

Phcenix Roebelenii 539

Phyllanthus var. rosea picta 499 Picea pungens and Vari- eties 285

Pierson, A. N., Plant of. 386 Pines in Pots for Christ- mas 685

Pinus Mughus 89*

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co.,

Ltd 534

Florists' Club Outing . . 71 Plant Breeders' Associa- tion, A State 603

Breeding, 633; Practical,

218, 293

Plant Diseases, 268; For Property

Dividing Line, 671; Hardiness

and Acclimation, Conference on,

602; Notes, 259, 317; Trade,

Christmas 710

Plants for Spring and Summer Sales, 244; To Follow Late Chrysanthe- mums 244

Piatt's Platitude 38

Plowing and Digging 563

Poinsettias 538

Artificial 741

Poppies, Oriental 34S

Portland. Ore., Stores and

Greenhouses of 388

Postal Rates 597

Poudrette, 496, 533

Pratia angulata 503*

Primulas 374, 463

Private Gardener, The

Ideal,, and His Work 234 Privet, California, as a

Shrub 313*

Hedges, When to Prune

154, 155 Protesting a Judge's De- cision 671

Pruning Arbor vitae, 155; Lemon Trees, 801; Peach Trees, 733; Rhododen- drons 401

Pterostyrax hispidum. In- creasing 33

Pyfer, A. T. (Portrait) . . 775 Pvrus americana. Fruit of 700*

Question Box, Our 501

Rawson & Co., W. W., Es- tablishment of 620*

W. W. (Portrait) 620

Red Spider, Remedy for . .' 62

Reflections on Current Topics

11, 94. 629, 694, 773, 803 Registering Carnations . . . 772 Registration of Plants

318. 319, 694, 740, 741. 802 Reinberg. Peter, Range of 294*

Repairing 65

Reservoir, To Make a 345

Retail Price of Large Ken-

tia 801

Retailer, For The

380, 412, 442*, 473*; 506 Retailers' Methods of Of- fering Flowers. Recent Improvements in . .234, 266 Retinispora obtusa com-

pacta aurea 33*

Reuter, S. X, Establish- ment of 630

Rhododendrons, Pruning . . 401

Rhubarb. Forcing 591, 734

Rhus cotinus 253*

Ribbons. New 537

Rice, Wild 459

Ritter. F. W. (Portrait) . . 195

H. H. (Portrait) 195

Robinson. Charles (Por- trait) 539

Henry M. (Portrait) .... 539 Henry M.. & Co.. The

Firm of (3 Portraits) 539

Rosa rugosa magnifica .... 468

Rose Acacia, Grafting the 807

Rose — Caroline Testout and Her

Descendants. 527: Crimson

Rambler, Propagation of, 6;

Crowing. The Study of. 6;

Leaves falling, off. 62: Trade,

Last Season's in Germanv

213

Roses— 36. 1 16, 259. 527. 737; and Their Requirements, 320; Black Spot on. 372: For Cut- ting. 8: For Pot Culture. 8; Crowin" American Beauty in Cuba, 66 184b: IT. p.. Root- ing, Cuttings of. SOI; in Eng- land. Sal; in pots. 1 IS; M.-i- man Cnohet off color. 671: Mildew on. S; Monthly, in Winter, W; outdoor, s. 203: Rambler 11S; refusing to grow, 196: Time to Bud. 90:

Wild increasing 173

Varieties of — Aurora, 3S; Gay. T.a.b, 2r,9. 291 : Hill Mrs. F. G„ 21S*; Mever. Conrad. 220; Miiller, Annv (Pink Babv Rambli ' 1 3 I8»; Rubin or Ruby (Rosa Mnltlflora). 655

Rubu nl s, Flowering

Raspberrv 557*

St. Louis Florists' Club

Picnic (Croup Picture) 131

PAGE

Salad. The Artistic 219

Salisburia. The, As a Street

Tree 621

Sambucus aurea 433*

San Jose or Chinese Scale. The, 772; Comparative Experi- ments with Various Insecti- cides for 152

Sanders, Edgar (Portrait) . 699

Scale, San Jose 620

Scheepers, John, & Com- pany, New York (Por- trait) 556

School Gardens, 787; in Califor- nia 42*

Schultheis. A., Establish- ment of 502

Scirpus cernuus 738

Scolopendrium crispum . . . 472* Scott. John. Establishment

of 470

Season. What is a? 661

Seasonable Topics, 117, 145. 173, 213, 253, 285, 313, 341, 401, 433, 461, 493, 525, 557, 589, 621, 653, 685, 733, 765, 797. Secretary of Agriculture,

Report of 660

Seed, asparagus. 431 : Business, The, as a Mail Order Propo- sition. S06; Corn. Shipping. 651: Crops in Morocco, 116: Crops, India's. 763; Free Dis- tribution of. 764: Free. Fight on Again. 741; Free. Hearing. 769; Grass. 340: Growing. 223: Incubator. Propagator and Plant Stand. A. 603: Pumpkin. 431: Red Clover and its Impurities. 505: Spurrv. Free of Duty, 269, 312: Trade Conditions. 684; Trade, The, on Long Island. 795 Seeds — Adulterated, 312; Ameri- can, Market for, 144; Appara- tus for Testing, for Germina- tion, 505*; Congressional Distribution of, 32; Exports of, 367; Foreign Tariffs on, 5SS; Free, Kentucky Farmers Against, 556; Grass and Clover, European and Trans- atlantic, 36S; Imports of, 399; Italian vs. German, 400, 524; Preservation of, 341; Tariff on, 620; The Adultera- tion of, and its Exploitation, 376; Time to Sow, 90: Trade in with non-contigous pos- sessions. 367; Tree, Time to Sow, 797. Shading Plants with Col- ored cloth 743

Shasta Daisies 244

Shavings as a Mulch 444

Shepherd, Mrs. Theodosia

B 346

Shrubs. Forming Standard 4 Sim. William. Establish- ment of 13*

Smilax 626

Smoke Nuisance. Florists

and The 660

Snowberrv, Red A. Tangle

of 5S9

.Society. A Horticultural

Benefit and Provident. 12

For Horticultural Science 69 S. A. F. O. H. — Bowling Match, 229; Convention. 10. 38, 122. 150. 184a. 185, 260, 262*; Con- vention from a Seedsman's Standpoint. 291: Convention Hall, 293*; Delegates at Day- ton. List of. 233: Entertain- ment in Welfare Hall (group picture), 231: Funeral Design, 408. 412*: 438; Group picture, 267*: Ladies' 'Auxiliary pro- posed. 290. 564; Officers of, 122: Presidency. 122: Presi- dent's Address. 226: Proceed- ings of Dayton Convention, 226: Program of Dayton Con- vention. 124: Secretary's Re- port. 227: Snap Shots, 269: State vice-presidents' Re- ports. 231: Trade Exhibit awards. 224: Trade Exhibi- tion. 230: Treasurer's Renort, 22S : Two Incidents at Day- tnn. 319. An English View of The 504 ^oils. Pottiner and Soccial 562 Solanum Cnmersonii Violet 59

Soldiers' Home. Pavtnn

1SS. 1S9. 219*

Sow Bugs 496

Special Societies 346

Spirsea Anthony Waterer. . ♦61*

Regeliana 525*

Snorts 74 2. 807

Spraving for Scale Insects

in The Fall 321

Spravs. Test of, for San

Jose Scale 3 11

^nrnoe. Norwav. Weeping. . 765* Gtenanthium robustum .... 410* sterility of Some Composite

Plants 653

Stevia serrntn 767

Varieerated 77*1

Stewart. Wm. J 224

(Portrait) 229

c' t i rrma |iln-l loii eili^itiirn ... S9

Stocks. 624: and 'Wall flow- ers, 53S ; Hastening Blooming of 404

Stokes. Walter p.. Estab- lishment of 743*

Storing Roots and Tubers. 463

PAGl

Stove and Stove Plants

261, 263, 56( Plant, To Stamp Out

The, 438, 469, 470, 501, 625

Strawberries in Pots .... 8i

Strawberry Tree, Beauty of

The 65!

Sulphur Vaporizer, Camp- bell's 346, 376, 409

Swainsona 73S

Sweet Pea Farm in California, A (John Bodger), 31; Mount Blanc. 38; Society, National of England 97, 79(

Sweet Peas. 627: at Hilton, N. J.l 12*; Color Class Competition! 97; Fields of, in California, 68*. 69*; Novelties in, 98J Outdoors, 203; Winter Flowj ering 97

Syringa pekinensis pendula 341' vulgaris 5*

Table Deejoratton at Chi- cago Show 692

Dunlop's 666

Tamarix Hedges 621

Testing Seeds for Germina- tion, Apparatus for.... 505

Texas Exhibit. A 780

ThOrburn. The House of. . . 441'

Thorn, Silver, Fruit of 213

Thorne, A. L.. Establish- ment of 53<

Thuja occidentalis aurea.. 797' Tobacco Dust as a Fertil- izer and Insecticide. . . 37i

Too Much 304

Tomato and Cucumber

Troubles 344

Toronto Industrial Exposi- tion 290

Totty, Chas. H. (Portrait) 744

Transplanting Trees 285

Trap, A Return, for Green- houses 184

Tree, A, for City Streets.. 21" A. for the Sea Coast,

(Osage Orange) 371

Trees and Shrubs. Green Wood

Cuttings of, 213; at Skibc

Castle. Scotland. 96: Root

Pruning. 33: Transplanting

281

Trefoil. Yellow. Free of

Duty 341

Trumpet Vines. Beauty of 11

Tulip Prices 36t

Tulins. Mav Flowering ... 37!

Turf and Manure 34

Hnionized Flowers 12

TTtica (N. Y.) Florists' Club

Outing (group picture) " 9

Vau^han's Greenhouses

533*. 534

Viburnum Lantana, Beauty oi

145; nonius. Fruit of, 699*

Red-berried 89, 25!

Vincas 37

Vincent. Jr., Richard (Por- trait) - 35

vines. Hardy, useful 40

Violets — California. 62:

Tphvpr of affected 60

Violets. 538: Cvaniding. 607 Fornicating. 671: Gall Flv or

496: Shading 9

Variety — Baronne de Roths child 60

Waitiner for the Leaves to

Fall 213, 52

Wallflowers for Winter ... 30 Walnuts. English, for Profit 3 Water Tanks. Frost proof- ing 30

Weeder, Lang's 30

Welch Brothers. Boston. Mass

(3 Portraits), 413: New Stor

of 25

"Welch. David (Portrait) . . 41

Edward CPortrait) 41

Patrick 'Portrait) 41

Weld. Stephen M 63

writ-merited Recognition . . 74 Westcott. John, 224: on

Factions. "90; (Portrait).. 23 Western Ttnnressions of

Eastern Men 34

Woslwriod. Thomas H.

(Portrait) 66

Wheeler. L. W. (Portrait).. 74

whore Doctors Disaeree.. 3

White Flv. The Greenhouse 59

Marsh, A Visit to 35

Wietor BrosT, Establish- ment of 7

Window Boxes. Tile ...34 6

Winter Protection 66

wislov \ Visit to 292

Wood Henry (/Portrait) 14, 1

Wreath. \. for MeKlnlev Mnnn ument. 349*: a Holly. 779* An Trlenl Laurel. 442*: Box wood. 745*- Made of Outrloo Flowers, 4 73*; of Roses. (\ 635

Year 1906, The SO

Yokohama Nnrserv Compa- ny's London Office 377

Ycnnrr. Tnbn (Portrait) ... 74

Mrs. ,T F (Portrnifl . . . 191

Yucea gloriosa.' Flowering of

SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE

We are a straight shoot and aim to grotv into a vigorous plant

A WEEKLY MEDIUM OF INTERCHANGE FOR FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN AND THE TRADE IN GENERAL

Vol. XXII. No. J

NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, JULY 7, 1906

One Dollar Pet Year

HYDRANGEAS

For Summer Blooming.

We have a magnificent lot of Hydrangea Otaksa grown especially for JULY AND AUGUST FLOWERING.

The plants are just coming into bloom, just beginning to show color, and will be in perfection during July and August, when they are in great demand at watering places and other summer resorts. There is nothing showier or more satisfac- tory for lawn decoration. We make a specialty of them, and find an increasing demand for them from year to year. They can be shipped anywhere safely by freight.

Large plants in tubs, $2.00 to $3.00 each, according to size ; Very large specimens, in half barrels, $5.00 and $7.50 each.

F. R. PIERSON C0.5 Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

ON LY

tj>5*00 HUNDRED

from 2'+ inch pots in thousand lots; $6.00 in smaller lots.

Richmond, Killarney ill Beauty

[Grafted Stock

Bride, Bridesmaid, Killarney ™* Richmond

Exceptionally Fine, Large Plants

SEND FOR SAMPLES.

W. H. ELLIOTT, B™g™.

MASS.

Mutton The Florist*' ■xchug* when writing.

CONTENTS AND INDEX TO

SOW NOW Vaughan's Primrose Seed "J&i

*J " " 1 Ivf ft Primula and Perennial Seeds, please write for same.

have not our list of

CHINESE PRIMULAS

With Fringed Foliage

250 1000

Chiswick Red, bright seedB seeds red $0.60 $1.75

Kermesina Splen- dene, crimson 50 1.75

Alba Magnifica, snow white, of excellent form and habit 50 1.70

Glowing Coal, the darkest red 50 1.75

Peach Blossom, beau- tiful white with pink hue

Blue, a clear sky-blue..

Upright Oeep Vel- vety Ked

Rosea, a bright pink. . . .

Bridesmaid, brightest pink 60 1.75

Mont Blanc, large, pu re milk-w h ite flowers,. 60

Striata, white and lilac- Btriped ... .35 1.20

Mixed, a Bplendid variety. H oz., $3.0u .

.50 .60

.50 .35

1.70

1.90 1.50

.35 1.26

DOUBLE CHINESE PRIMROSES

White, pink, flesh, red, and striped ; each, per 150 seeds, 35c. ; Double mixed, 200 seeds, 35c; 1000 seeds, $1.50.

NEW GIANT PRIMULAS

This new strain is a vast improvement on

the older varieties, the flowers being considerably

larger. Giant Pink, Pure White and Copper Color ;

each. pkt. of 260 seeds 50c.

Giant Mixed, includes this year a number

of new shades ; pkt. of 250 seeds 50c.

VAUGHAN'S INTER- NATIONAL PRIMU- LA MIXTURE : : :

'THIS mixture is composed x of the most salable colors of single

Flowering Chinese Primulas it::

the best whites, pinks and redB, with a sprinkling of other colors enough to give a large variety of colors, the most important shades pre- dominating. We have taken special pains to make this mixture as complete as possible and unreservedly recommend it to everyone. Pkt of 260 seeds... $0 50 5Pkts.,1250Beeds.. 2 no Per 1-16 oz 2 50

Obconlca Granditlora, mixed, 1-16 oz., 60c; Trade pkt., 35c

Obcontca Orandifiora, large flowering, pink, 1-16 oz., 85c; Trade pkt., 25c.

Obconica Orandifiora, large flowering, pure white, 1-16 oz., 85c; Trade pkt., 25c.

CALCEOLARIA HYBRIDA

Our mixture is composed of the choicest selections ot the tigered, marbled, spotted and variegated varieties and we know will give entire satisfaction.

Trade pkt., 1000 seeds, 50c ; 3 trade pkts., $1.25.

CINERARIA

Vaughan's Columbian Mixture It consists of a mixture made up by ourselves of the choicest English, French and German strains and cannot be excelled in variety of colors, size, shape and substance of flowers and perfect habit of plant. Trade pkt. ,1000 seeds, 50c; 3pkts.,

$1.25. '* Old Rose," A splendid strain, producing large flowers, which range in color from pink to rich coppery red. Trade pkt, 50c. Large Flowering White, Crimson Blue, Blood-Bed;

each, per trade pkt, 600 seeds, 35c. Hybrida, fine large flowering mixed, 600

seeds, trade pkt 25c.

Hybrida Granditlora Nana, best mixed

dwarf, trade pkt 25c

Hybrida Plenlssima, extra choice double

mixed trade pkt... 50c

Hybrida Pleniaslma, double white, trade Pkt 50c

10 Per Cent Special Cash Discount ftX^^t^&^gSJ^™*™*-

14 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK

CHICAGO, 84-86 Randolph Street Greenhouses, Western Springs, 111

Majesty Mignonette

{Greenhouse Matured Seed)

HE grandest of all cMignonettes for indoor forcing — Easy

to grow, strong constitution — and throwing up a quantity

of floiver spikes which grow to an immense size; the

lateral shoots — too — are as large as many cMignonettes

now grown under glass.

The seed I offer has been saved for me by a leading grower

of cMignonette — who makes a specialty of this useful cut flower

for the Netv York market, from selected spikes only — under glass.

Trial pkt., 30c; half trade pkt., 60c; trade pkt. containing

about 1,000 seeds, $1.00.

Sweet Peas for Christinas and Thanksgiving Flowering

Boddingion's Christmas Early Pink. — This is the earliest and most profitable and useful Sweet Pea in cultivation. 60c. per lb.; 15c. per 02.

Boddingion's Christmas Early White. — A companion to Christmas Early Pink. Just as free and profuse a bloomer, and is, without doubt, Ihe finest early white for indoor planting. 75c. per lb. ; 20c. per oz.

PANSY SEED Boddingion's Challenge Mixture

This mixture contains all the finest Giant strains — of the leading Pansy Specialists in the world— the Giant self colors, the Giant striped and margined, and the Giant blotched— all carefully mixed in proportion— the finest that money can buy— the finest your money can buy. A Florist, who has grown it, said "Why don't you call it Defiance .'"

Price J trade pkt. 40c, trade pkt.; 75c, i oz. $1.50, 4 oz. $2.50, oz. $5.00. (For named varieties and to color see catalogue.)

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th Street New York Gity

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ADVERTISERS. PACE 825

The Florists' Exchange

CANES FOR YOUR MUMS

6 to 8 feet, can be cut to any length, iooc

Mastica for glazing purposes, i gal., gi.25. Case of 6 gals., $6. 75.

Glazing Points. Perfection, 1000 55c-

Fine Ground Rose Bone. 200 lbs. $4.00.

201 Fulton St. EW YORK

Wm. Elliott ® Sons S?

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FOR IMMEDIATE, SOWING

We offer PRIMULA OBCONICA RAWSON'S NEW GIANT

Pure While, Pink, Crimson, Superb Mixture per 100 seeds, 50c; per 1000 seeds. $4.00

CINERARIA GRANDIFLORA

Rawson's Superfine Liberal Trade Pkt. 1.00

CINERARIA GRANDIFLORA DWARF

Rawson's Superfine Liberal Trade Pkt. 1.00

MIGNONETTE RAWSON'S MAMMOTH FRAGRANT

One of the finest Greenhouse Mignonettes in existence i oz. 50.; per oz., 1.50

CANDYTUFT, RAWiON'S GIANT -WHITE

Per oz. 30c; per lb., 4.00

And the most complete collection of choice and desirable perennial flower seeds. Our catalogue free upon application. RAWSON'S INTER- ESTING BULB CATALOGUE out JULY 15. Write for it.

W. W. RAWSON <& COMPANY

5 Union St.,

Boston, Mass.

Mention The Florist*' rcxrbnn?. when writing

TURNIP SEED.

SEVEN TOP

VERY SCARCE THIS SEASON

We offer hardy Northern-grown, all the produce of Bloomsdale Seed Farms : WHOLESALE PRICES

100 pounds at 20 cts. per lb. 500 " " 19 " 1000 " " 18 "

Fifteen Dollars for one hundred pounds of other leading sorts.

Write for New Wholesale Priced Card of Seeds for Mid Summer Sowing.

Bristol, Penna.

D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY.

PACIFIC SEED GROWERS* CO.

411-415 SANSOME STREET

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL-

Specialties :

Onion, Carrot, Lettuce, Sweet Peas

Mention The Florists' Exchange when writing.

L1L1UM HARRIS.) L1LIUM LONGIFLORUM

and all other BULBS for Florists. Send os your requirements for special prices.

CYCAS REVOLUTA STEMS lust arrived from Japan. Sizes and prices on application.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, $3.00 per 1000 seeds. Special prices on iart,'*- quantities.

J. M. THORBURN &C0.

36 Cortlandt Street, New York.

Mention The Florists* Exchange when writing.

New Crop of my

Christmas Flowering

SWEET PEA SEED

Christmas PinH and Florence Denzer, pare white, will be ready August 1st.

Those two well known varieties are raised by over 2000 florists all over the world. Here is one out of many letters received:

Dear Sir: My sweet peas, which 1 raised from your seed, received the highest award at the Car- nation Exhibit in Boston, being over 18 inches long. JOHN T. GALK,

Tewkesbury, Mass.

Price 1-4 lb. 75c; per lb. $7.00

MAILED FREE

New Christmas Flowering Hybrids, 20 to 80 colors, mostly blue, salmon, purple lavender, in mixtures; also Mrs. Edte Wild, carmine, sepa- rate color, 1 Trade pkt., SI. 00, 5 Trade pkts, $4.00; not more than 5 pkts. taken Id order to each cus- tomer Just now. Those new hybrids are just as free bloomers as Cristmas Pink and Florence Denzer, some much larger, and received flrst-claes Certificate of Merit by the Mass. Horticultural .Society, Boston, March 24. Seed ready in Sept.

Allseed" nri« mated with me is sold in my original Bealed pkts., with cultural directions, to the grow- ers, but none for seedsmen for propagating.

I -rderfl tilled strictly In rotation.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK

BOUND BROOK. N. J.

MUSHROOM SPAWN

Tissue Pure Culture, 10 lbs- $1.00 ; 100 lbs. $8.00 ; 1000 lbs. $75.00. Best English. 10 lbs. 75c. ; 100 lbs. $6.00 ; 1000 lbs. $56.00.

STUMPP <& WALTER CO.

50 Barclay Street, New York.

A BED OF MUSHROOMS

Raised from our Spawn, will bear longer and yield better than from any other variety of Spawn. This is p roven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in mushroom raising free. We warrant you if using our method of growing mushrooms that all will go well.

KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO* JSSEZSSm

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PANSY SEED

Brown's Extra Select Superb Giant Prize PANSIES, awarded Silver Medal, St. Louis Exposition 1904. My own grown new 1906 crop ready. Price mixed seed 3000 seeds, $1.00; 14 oz> $'-5o; V° oz., $2.50., 1 oz., $5.00; 14 lb., $14.00; y, lb., $25.00; 1 lb., $50.00. Cash with order.

PETER BROWN

Lancaster, Pa*

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Pansy Seed

THE JENNINGS STRAIN

New crop now ready, saved from finest se- lected stock, large flowering and great variety of fancy colors. By mail one pkt., 4000 seed, $1.00 ; £oz., $2.50; 1 oz.. $5.00, 2 oz., $9.00; 3oz,, $12.00. Cash with order.

E. B. JENNINGS,

Southport, Conn.

Grower of the Finest Pansies.

Lock Box 254

Mention The Florists' Exchange when writing.

XXX SEEDS

CHINESE PRIMROSE

Finest grown, mixed, 500 seeds. $1.00; % pkt., 50c Primula Obconica Grand. Finest large flow- ering mixed, 1000 seeds, 50c.

CINERARIA- Finest large-flowering, dwf. mxd., 1000 seeds, 50c.

DAISY, double Giant mixed. 1000 Seeds 25c.

GIANT PANQY The Dest larEe Inll I r~M 1^ 9 T . flowering vari- eties, critically selected, 5000 seeds $1.00; half pkt., 50c; per oz. #3.50. 500 seeds of Giant Mme. Perret, pansy seed added to every $1.00 pkt. of Giant Pansy. Cash. Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets.

JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa.

The Home of Primroses Mention The Florists' Exchange when writing.

SEED BAGS

All packet sizes carried in stock in MANILLA, AMBER LAID, and UNBLEACHED PAPERS.

Printing done with cuts and cultural directions. Large lots at very low rates. Send for samples and discount sheet. Our intimate acquaintance with the packet trade and our large facilities enable us to meet all re- quirements satisfactorily.

Address

The Brown Bag filling Machine Co.,

Fitchburg, Mass.

H. H. HICKS,

Importer of and dealer in

MUSHROOM SPAWN

KENNETT SQUARE, PA.

Invoices of Harter's English Mushroom Spawn

received monthly. Am. l'nre Culture Spawn al- ways on hand. When writing for prices state quantity wanted.

Mention The FlorlBta' Exchange when writing.

MUSHROOM SPAWN

Originators and growers of superior strains of Tissue-Culture Pure Spawn.

Send for our booklet. PURE CULTURE SPAWN CO.

PACIFIC, MO.

Mention the Florist." Exchanre whwi wrltlne

BURPEE'S SEEDS

PHILADELPHIA

Blue List of Wholesale Prices

mailed only to those who

plant for profit.

MeDttnn The Klorlsts' Exchange when writing.

NOW READY

Zirngiebel's Prize Pansy Seeds,

In trade packages ; S 1 -00 each. GIANT MARKET, 2000 SEEDS. GIANT FANCY, 600 SEEDS. Full directions with each package.

Augustus Zirngiebel,

Needham, Mass.

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ROEMER'S s^,ezreb PANSIES

The finest strain of PanBles in the World. Introducer and Grower of all the leading Novelties

Highest Award. International Exhibition Dus- aeldorf, 1906. Catalogue free on application.

FRED. ROEMER, Seed Grower.

Quedlinburg, Germany.

Each separate Tr. Pkt. $0.50 6 Tr. Pkts. $2.50 , j

Uentlon the Florlflts ' Exchange when writing.

■Giant Cinerarias;

1 Mixture of perfect colors.

I Dwarf Hybrids • ) | Semi-Dwarf Hybrids )

JO.V.ZANGIN, Seedsman, HOBOKEN.N.l.j

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Catalog Engravings

and ILLUSTRATIONS

that print EASILY. That's the kind we make — have been since '73

JAd. M. DnYANTt Engraving and'prliitlng 706 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Write far our Catalogue of Stock Engravings.

Mentloo The Florists' Exchange when writing.

e^£

ADVERTISING IN THE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE - - - IS SURE TO BRING RESULTS - - -

«^w

July 7, 1906.

The Florists' Exchange

new crop JOHNSON'S

K1NQLY Collection of GIANT PANSIES

Trade Pkt. Per ~m (2000 Seeds) Oz.

Giant Adonia, beautiful li^ht blue $0 25 $1 60

" Prince Bismarcft, beautiful brown

shades 25 1 50

" Striped, very effective 25 150

" Peacock, ultramarine blue, claret

and white, extra 40 3 00

" Emperor William, the beat blue. . . 25 1 50 " Parisian, stained great diversity of gay colore; mostly five blotched

flowers;flne 26

" Fire King: golden yellow, upper

petals purple 26

" Mine. Ferret, a magnificent giant strain of rare excellency, very early, vigorous and a rich com- bination of colors 40

" Lord Beaconsfleld, purple, white

petals 25

" White, with purple eye, beautiful 25 " Yellow, with dark eye, very fine.. 26

" Klngof the Blacks 26

*' Golden Queen— pure yellow.no eye 25

" Dark blue 25

" Snowflake— pure white, extra 30

" Hortensia(New). Red shades 30

" Odier.large blotched, Bhow pansleB

extra 35 3 00

Bugnot's Superb Blotched, saved from

a fine collection 40

Giant Trimardeao, choice mixed flowers of an immense size, and beauti- ful colors 25

Cassier's Giant Blotched, unsurpassed

quality, rich colors 40

1 60 1 50

2 60

1 50 1 60 1 60 1 25 1 26

1 60

2 00 2 00

4 00

26 20

Trade Pkt. r (2000 SeedB) < Masterpiece, a magnificent ytant variety with curled petals and wide range

of rich colors $

Orchid-flowered (new), rare shades

President Oarnot, large w bite, with violet

blotches 25

Imperial German choice — mixed, a beau- tiful strain of giant blotihed show

pansies, very popular 40

AzureBlue 20

Belgian Striped 20

Black (Faust) 20

Bronze 20

Fmperor Frederick (new), dark red 20

Emperor William, ultramarine blue 20

EDgliBh Large Flowering, fine mixed. . .

Fire Dragon, fiery orange and bronze. . .

" King, golden yellow, upper petals

purple 20

French, large flowering, finest mixed... 20

Gold Margined 20

Lord Beaconsfleld, deep purple violet.. 20 Prince BiBmarck.beautifulgoIden bronze 20 Quadrtcolor, or Pheasant's Eye (Rain- bow) beautiful 20

Snow Qaeen, satiny white 20

Striped and Mottled, large flowered 20

Meteor (new), bright brown 20

Peacock ultramarine blue, deep claret

and white 20

Red Victoria (new), very flue 20

" Riding-Hood, red, free bloomer 20

White, pure 20

Yellow, pure 20

Fine, mixed 10

Fine English, mixed 20

40 $3 50 60 6 00

:t 00 76 80 75 76 75 75

1 25 75

75 80 75 76

Headquarters for High Grade French and Dutch Bulbs

JOHIVSOIN SEED CO.

217 Market Street

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PHILADELPHIA

Want FRESH reli- able NEVER FAIL Seeds 1

Look up our ad. June 23d.

To Clear Surplus

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI SEEDI/TNGS

We offer as long as stock lasts.

Strong, thrifty seedlings from flats, per

100, 75c, per lnOO, $<i.00

.IAPAN BAMBOO CANES

Strong, durable for staking

LILIES, Chrysanthemums, Roses,

Dahlias

6 ft. per 100, 75c. ; per 500, S3.00 ; per 1000,

$5.00 ; bundle of 2000, $9.00.

LILIUM HARRISII

will be scarce. Secure your stock.

Send for our new iall list.

ADDRESS

H. 11. BBRQER <Sfc CO.

-47 Barclay St. New York

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FLORISTS' BULBS

Best Grade Only Import Orders Now Booked

Write for prices

W. O. BECKERT,

Allegheny, Pa.

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Fischer's Grand Jreesia PURITY

READY FOR DELIVERY NOW.

For teBtlmonials see page 892, 1bbu<» May 20.

Price per first grade bulbs, $3.00 p.r 100 ; $25.1)0 per

1000 : second grade, $2.60 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000.

Cash must accompany orderB from

unknown parties.

fISCHER, GREAT NECK, 1. 1., N. Y.

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GLADIOLI

nited States Representative and Grower of Qroff's Hybrids, also other strains of merit. Write for catalogue.

ARTHUR COWEE, Gladiolus Specialist, Meadowvaie Farm, Berlin, N. Y.

BULBS

for CHRISTMAS and EASTER

Write us for figures. We are in a

position to quote you the most

attractive prices.

JAMES VICK'S SONS

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

DAHLIA ROOTS

....AND PLANTS....

David Herbert & Son

Successors to L. K. PEACOCK, Inc. ATCO, N. J.

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C. C. MORSE & GO.

Seed Growers

815-817 Sansome Street,

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Careful growers of California specialties

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BEDDING PLANTS.

Per 100 Per M

Colousin variety S-2.00 $18.00

Geraniums, 2 iuoh pots 2.00

3 " " 5.00

Per 100 Per M

Caladiums, 4 inch pots $8.00

5 " " 10.00

Phlox, 30 varieties. 2 in. pots 3.00 $25.00

Baby Ramblers, .' inch pots 5.00

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO., ELIZABETH, N. J.

NEW CROP

PANSY SEED

Michell's Giant Exhibition Mixture

For size of bloom, length of stem, rich coloring and distinct markings, this strain cannot be excelled. Has been awarded First Prize wherever exhibited. Price, trade pkt.. 50c; 75c per k oz.; per oz., $5.00.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus

New Crop. Greenhouse Grown.

100 Seeds $0.60 I 1000 Seeds $ 4.00

500 " 2.25 | 5000 " 19.00

10.000 Seeds. $36.00. Seud tor our Summer editiou. Whole- sale Catalogue of SEEDS, BULBS, and every requisite for the green- house and garden.

HENRY F. MICHELL CO.

Flower Seed Specialists

1018 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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HOHIE 6HOC BRAND

WARD'S

HIGH GRADE

Bulbs & Plants

RALPH N.WARD &C0.

I2W. Broadway, NEW YORK

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GLADIOLI

AND OTHER

Summer Flowering Bulbs JOHN LEWIS CHILDS,

FLORAL PARK N. Y.

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DEALERS AND IMPORTERS OF BULBS AND PLANTS.

2, 4 and 6 OLD SLIP, NEW YORK CITY.

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BULBS FOR FLORISTS

Lilium Harrlsii, Roman Hyacinths Paper White Narcissus, Freesias

Send for special prices. New Crop Mushroom Spawn— Eng- lish and Pure Culture.

WEEBER & DON, tt.V\"o"Sr"

114 Chambers Street, NEW YORK

BULBS

Vireinian Grown Bulbs, guaranteed finest quality.

Per 1000'

Xar. Emperor S12.00

" Empress 1(1. 50

" Virginian Beauty 6-25

(liarrii Conspicuous)

" Princess Maxima 4.25

•' Sir Watkin 11.00

" Mrs. Langtry O.oO

" Poeticus Pheasant-Eye 3.25

" " Ornatus 4.25

Our bulbs flower several days earlier than im- ported ones. We want every florist to give them a trial this season. P. O. Address :

HUBERT BULB CO.,

R. F. D. NO. 2, PORTSMOUTH, VA.

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Seed Trade Report.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Henry W. Wood, Richmond, Va., president; C. S. Burge, Toledo, O., first vice-president; G. B. McVay. Birmingham. Ala., second vice-presi- dent; C. E. Kendel. Cleveland, O., secretary and treasurer; J. H. Ford, Ravenna, O., assistant secretary.

In the list of those killed in the railroad accident, which occurred at Salisbury. England, on July 1, ap- pears the name of Louis Goeppinger. Mr. Goeppinger, who was the travel- ing representative of the seed house of Peignaux & H. I.orin. Angers, France, was returning from his an- nual trip to the United States, having sailed from New York on the steamer New York on June 23. He had vis- ited this country annually for a num- ber of years, and was well known among the American wholesale seed houses.

DENVER, COL. — The Post, in its June 28 issue, illustrates the new seed warehouse of F. Barteldes Com- pany. The building is located on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Wynkoop streets; cost, $50,000. The building will be 50x125 feet in extent, with five stories and basement. The structure will be the heaviest in Den- ver, each floor being calculated to carry a pressure of 600 pounjds to the square foot. Mill construction will be used throughout. The offices will be on the second floor, connected by , bridge with the Sixteenth street via- duct. The exterior will be of dark led pressed brick, with red stone trimmings. The building will be com- pleted September 1.

See page 14 for conclusion of re- port of convention of the American Seed Trade Association at Toledo, < >., last week.

CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. — The third annual convention of this organizatfon opened in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 27. The attendance was large. In the af- ternoon a paper was read by the district representative of the seed branch of the Department of Agri- culture. At night Professor J. W. Robertson delivered the presidential address, and addresses were also de- I livered by Hon. Sydney Fisher and Hon. W. R. Motherwell of Regina. The following officers were elected: President, Professor James W. Robertson. Board of directors, Prof. C. A. Zavitz, Guelph; Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Regina, and Messrs. Thomas A. Peters, Fredericton, N. B. ; C. A. Bigault, Quebec; Thomas H. Woolford, Cardston, Alberta; Hugh W. Gibson, Wolseley, Sask; W. G. Davidson, Bethel, Que.; Thomas C. Waugh, North Bedegue, Prince Ed- ward Island; J. O. Duke, Olinda, On- tario, and John Money, Valley River. Manitoba. Secretary-treasurer, E. H. Newman.

""TOLEDO, O. — Two meetings for the election of officers have recentfy been held by The Henry Philipps Seed & Implement Company. The same officers were elected in both meetings for different positions.- One was held on the 21st of June and at the latter meeting of June 28th the following, officers are reported as elected: Presi- dent Paul A. Philipps; vice-president, Henrv West; secretary and treasurer. Mrs. "E. West Philipps. Previous to these meetings the officers were as follows: President, Mrs. E. West Philipps; vice-president, Paul A. Phil- ipps; secretary and treasurer, Henry Philipps, Jr.

The Florists' Exchange

The Churchill Grain & Seed Com- pany was incorporated on July 2 with a capital of $50,000, by Joseph Baker. Charles E. Cameron, Lloyd T. Will- iams, F. L. Geddes and Walter E. Stone. The concern will remain prac- tically unchanged from the old firm of Churchill & Company, the com- pany merely reorganizing into a stock corporation. SCH.

A RUST-RESISTING CANTA- LOUPE.— In a recent bulletin of the Colorado Experimental Station, P. K. Blinn reports the discovery by a local grower of a rust-resisting cantaloupe which promises to be of immense val- ue to the Rockyford cantaloupe in- dustry. In this case seed of the Rockyford variety was purchased from five different seedsmen. They were planted and cultivated under similar conditions. When rust at- tacked the field just before the melons began to ripen, it developed rapidly and soon destroyed all the vines ex- cept those grown from the seed of one seedsman. Many of the hills from this strain of Rockyford seed remained green throughout the sea- son and produced a good crop of melons. Further observations in the muskmelon fields of that neighbor- hood also showed that wherever this strain of Rockyford seed had been used many hills were unaffected with rust, while with other strains of seed of the same variety the vines were all dead.

Mr. Blinn selected a quantity of seed from the rust-resistant hills and planted them in comparison with or- dinary seed. "On the rust-resisting hills 'the melons were hidden under a healthy growth of vines, and were large, solidly netted, with thick, firm flesh, small seed cavity completely filled with seed. On the rusted hills the plants were almost devoid of leaves and the small melons were prematurely ripe, with thin, watery tlesh. large, open seed cavity, and practicallv of no market value."

In tracing back the history of this strain of seed it was found that some years before a seedsman had saved the first lot from a single healthy melon taken from a field of rust 3d vines. It had therefore been devel- oped by the simple process of saving seed from the best melons produced by plants which withstood attacks of rust when surrounding plants were destroyed by this disease.

European Notes.

Summer commences to-day, so the calendars inform us, and they at any rate are infallible; but those who, like the writer, have been enjoying (?)the bleak northeast wind known as the "mistral," which has been trav- eling over southern France at the rate of from 40 to 60 kilometres per hour for many days past, begin to wonder where Summer comes in. There is no lack of bright sunshine, and in the shelter of the cypress hedges it is undoubtedly hot, but the living force of the sun's rays appears to be absent.

The vegetation is almost station- ary, for while the canal water reaches the roots, the leaves, stems and flow- ers are smothered in dust. For nearly five weeks not one drop of rain has fallen, neither has there been one dewy night. As a result of all this the wheat harvest is upon US, anil ..| .,nr many cultures in this

n h onion ami carrol a ppea I'

10 benefit.

In other parts of Europe mori i vorable conditions appear to prevail, Jn Italy, England and western France copious rains have fallen, and we may hope with tin- advent or Sumrn a change for the bet-

ter ere long.

EUROPEAN SEEDS.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

PETERSON NURSERY rWm. A. in, Proprietor), Chicago. Cata- logue of Peonies nun German Iris. Il- lustrated. 'I'ln peonies are listed under colors. The Peterson Arm has been es- tablished since 1856 and has given spe- cial attention to Peonii i !0

eai He- nomenclature being carefully died.

A. DESSERT, ;i 'in nom i aux, France, era I Catalogue ol i 'eonles. Illus-

has made a specla 1 1 y

ol Ponies for more than sixty and ins collections are very compre- hensive and Interesting.

YOUR

Fall Catalogue

We have been printing Trade Catalogues for the past fifteen years ; have been accumulating stock cuts and photographs for the past fifteen years, and, equally important, perhaps most important of all, have been steadily improving in our know- ledge as to what is required in the way of style, workmanship and finish in order to produce a

catalogue that

Will Be Effective

Send in full specifications and we will promptly give you an estimate. We supply our stock cuts free to customers.

A. T. DE LA MARE PTG. & PUB. CO. Ltd. 2 lo 8 Duane Street, New York City.

CULTURAL DIRECTIONS

Specially written for the use of your amateur customers. Send Twenty- five cents for complete sample set, which amount will be deducted from order for first thousand.

The universal favor in which these Directions are held, as shown by the many orders received therefor, encourages us in the belief that these Leaflets are just the neat little factor to help promote business and establish better re- lations between the dealer and his customer.

TRY SOME!

BIG BUSINESS ASSISTANT

TO SAVE TIME, QUICKEN SALES, AND AID YOU PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMER, WE HAVE PREPARED

Cultural Directions

COVERING A NUMBER OF THOSE PLANTS AND BULBS MOST LARGELY IN DEMAND

THE "CULTURALS" have been written by experts; they are fuller, and con- tain more detailed directions than it is possible to embrace in a catalogue. Equipped with these, just hand one out with each sale, and save yourself considerable present and future trouble, as the customer will then be able to con- sult the directions, grow his plants, seeds or bulbs intelligently, and so receive satisfactory results, without having to continually resort to you for advice.

The following " Culturals " arc now ready :

AMARYLI.ISiHippeastrum) ANNUALS FROM SEED ASPARAGUS ASTERS

BEGONIA, TUBEROUS BULBS

CABBAGE and CAULI- FLOWER CANNA

CARNATIONS, MONTHLY CELERY

CHINESE SACRED LILY CHRYSANTHEMUM CLIMBING PLANTS Hardy COLEUS, and uther bedders

CROCUS, Snowdrop and

SciUa Sibirica DAHLIA FERNS FREESIA GERANIUM GLADIOLUS GLOXINIA

HOT BEDS and FRAMES HOUSE PLANTS. Care of HYACINTHS, Dutch and

Roman IRIS AND TRITOMA LAWNS LILY CULTURE for House

and Garden

MUSHROOM CULTURE ONIONS

PALMS. House Culture of PANSY PEONIES

PERENNIALS, Hardy PRIMULA ROSE CULTURE SWEET PEA, The TOMATOES TUBEROSE TULIP

VEGETABLES VIOLETS

WATER GARDEN. How to make and Manage a

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tAn i ulliw-il llir*-i-li<ifiv for* $1 SO I Printed on white paper, clear type, size 6 xn^

3U" I Willi. II UireCUOnS IOr 91.au „„.,„.„_ ,„ .,„ assortment, your selection of not 1,000 ----- 2.50 \ lchatlianlooor eacli, delivered carriage paid.

Sufficient space will be left at the bottom of each leaflet for your name, addresB, etc. If you desire this imprint (3 lines) we will put RRine on for yon at 60 cents for &00, 75 cents forltOD. Special quotations will be made on quantities of 5,000 " CULTURtLS" or over.

A. T. Dc La Mare Ptg. and Pub. Co. lm.

Pubs. The Florisls' Exchange. P. O. Box, 1697, NEW YORK

P. OUWERKERK

216 Jane Street WEEHAWKEN HEIGHTS, N.J.

P. O. No. I . Moboken, N. J.

JUST RECEIVED FROM OUR HOLLAND NURSERIES

Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Spiraea Jap- onica, Lilium Speciosum, Peonies, Bleeding Heart, Pot-Grown Lilacs, Hydrangea in sorts, Clematis and H. P. Roses in the best sorts.

PRICES MODERATE

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SEND TO

xuiMOON

COMPANY for I TREES, SHRUBS, VINES Your) and SMALL ERUTS

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free THE Witt. H. MOON CO.

Morrievllle. la.

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LARGE TREES

OAKS AND MAPLES PINES AND HEMLOCKS

ANDORRA NURSERIES

WM. wabner habpeb, Pbopbietob Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Pa.

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Holland HQiseio Stock

Ask for Our Catalogue. It will interest you.

B0SK00P,

ENDTZJANNES&CO.SuolS

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STORRS & HARRISON CO.

NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS and SEEDSMEN

SEND EOR CATALOGUE

PAINESVILLE, OHIO

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KOSTER & CO.

Sur^ies B0SK00P. HOLLAND

Hardy Azaleas, Box Trees, Clematis, Conifers, Hydrangeas, Peonies.

Pot-Grown Plants for Forcing, RHODODENDRONS, H. P. ROSES, Etc.

Catalogue free on demand. Mention the Florists' Exchange when writing.

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H.DEN0UDEN&S0N,

B0SK00P, HOLLAND.

Wholesale growers of nursery stock for the American trade. Catalogue free on demand. Also views In our nurseries. nation The Florists' Exchange when writing.

Trees and Shrubs

We make specially low prices ou nursery stock to Parks, Cemeteries, etc.

Wholesale price list on application. We carry immense quantities of the finest named varieties of peonies.

PETERSON NURSERY 505 W. PETERSON AVE., CHICAGO, ILL

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Sphagnum Moss and Cedar Poles

Moss, 5 barrel bale, $1.26; 2 bales. $2.26: 6 bales,

$3 00- 10 bales, S9.50. Poles, 2 in. butt. 8 ft. Iodk. S1S.00 per 10.0; 2« In. butt, 10 to 12 feet long, $22.60 per 1000.1 —- — Mil

H. R. \ li »•.«**, Cliatswortn, M.J

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July 7, I906

The Florists' Exchange

NURSERY DEPARTMENT.

Conducted by Joseph Meehan.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN, Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md., president ; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la., vice-president; George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y„ secretary ; C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y., treasurer.

LAWRENCE. KANS. — The National Nurseries, which have been doing a good business in Lawrence for some years, have found the need of increased shipping facilities and to that end have purchased two acres of ground on the Haskell road for the purpose of erecting a large packing shed. E. H. Balco, proprietor and manager, is greatly pleased with the growth of the business, and intends to add to the equipment of the nurseries as fast as neces- sary.

Horticultural Notes.

The reason Rhododendron maximum, our native sort, does not make the appearance the hybrid varieties do is not altogether because of its lack of varied color, but not flowering before July the trusses of blossoms are hidden by the young shoots made since Spring opened.

A little pruning by finger and thumb when trees and shrubs are growing effects the object a good deal better than pruning at any other time. The side shoots push out at once, accomplishing bush- mess the same season.

Objections are often made to the manetti rose as a stock for budding. Try the Prairie rose, R. seti- gera. It does not sucker, and in the South, where it has been tried, it is much esteemed.

Quercus Robur fastigiata, salisburia, Lombardy poplar, Van Geerti poplar, deciduous cypress white cedar, native Arbor vita? are all slender, tall' grow- ing trees, well suited to many situations, while nut of place in others. Just where to place a tree of the proper kind demands the skill of the planter.

Zero weather does not hurt the hardy orange Citrus tnfoliata. It stands quite uninjured in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, where it meets zero weather almost every Winter. Its pretty blossoms in Spring, and its oranges in Autumn, make it sought for for ornamental purposes; and those who want a formidable hedge plant could get nothing as good.

Laurus nobilis, the sweet bay, is becoming a great, favorite. The standard forms are much used near buildings. Florists find a good sale for them they can be housed in barns or stables in Winter- in fact, they have been known to live out all Win- ter in Philadelphia when in sheltered positions.

Rhododendron cuttings made of half ripened wood and placed in a bed of sand and peat in a greenhouse will root. It is hardly worth doing this in the case of ordinary kinds, but it would be- lt the variety be a valuable one.

In the japonica section of Hydrangea Hortensia which contains those with flat heads of flowers two of them, the Imperatrice Eugenie and acuminata are very good ones. The former is rose colored the latter blue. All the japonica type are rather hardier than Hortensia proper.

Red Jacket gooseberry is the result of efforts to improve our native sorts. Given a partially shaded position and a moist soil, it thrives and bears pro- digious crops of fruit, which ripen with us in the last days of July.

The correspondent who inquired if he could gather ripe currants before July 1. as his family left for the seashore at that date, can surely do so anywhere in Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia this fruit is ripe toward the close of June, while the latest varieties of strawberries are still to be had.

A writer in "Park and Cemeterv states that the superintendent of Audubon Park, New Orleans, has adopted a plan to cure and preserve trees with' hol- low trunks that is "original," by filling the hollows with cement. The plan is a good one, but it is by no means "original"; it has been in practice in these parts many a year.

Our native beech makes a grand tree when set out where it can grow at will untrammeled. When of some age it takes on the drooping character of its lower branches which so distinguishes the pin oak. This, with its w.hite bark, gives it a character that calls for its planting.

Forming Standard Shrubs.

Standard shrubs are not to the liking of every- one. Their artificial appearance sometimes jars those who believe nature should be allowed full sway with such growths. For all this, there is a great call for these standards, and the demand will con- tinue, for there are positions where the use of | standards is much in place, just as much so as are flowering pot plants in our conservatories and dwellings.

In the case of shrubs, it is the best plan to cut to the ground some strong plants in early Spring, and then select for the standard the strongest shoot of each cut down plant. With many shrubs no stake will be required to insure a straight growth. Very often it is the best way to let the shoot grow at will without pruning for the first season, top- ping it at the required height the Spring following. At the same time, the shoots should be cut off from the stem from the ground to near the top where the head is looked for.

Wistarias are beautiful objects when in standard form. Although a vine, the wistaria shoots become as tough as desired in time, quite able to sustain a head of branches and flowers. Any young one-year- old flexible shoot may be tied to a stake and in a few years will be stiff enough to sustain a head. And as in the case of shrubs, a strong plant can be cut down, and its young shoot tied to a stake as it

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There is yet ample time this season to take in hand many of the shrubs and vines desirable for the formation of standards.

Variations in Junipers.

Our common red cedar, Juniperus virginiana. grows practically over all of our country. But its character changes according to the climate it meets with, and this is why there are some dozen or more Juniperus under different names, all of which are but variations of virginiana. It is right that they should bear different names, for those who know the red cedar of Pennsylvania, say, and then see its representative in New Mexico, would hardly credit that 'climate had caused them to appear so widely dissimilar. These remarks are suggested by having seen lately the seeds of Juniperus virgin- iana from Utah. These berries are almost of the size of small marbles, and there is no wonder it passes under the name of Juniper utahense. In Wisconsin there is a juniper which nurserymen sell as sabina, but it is not sabina but a dwarf form of the common juniper, Juniperus communis, and goes under the name of Juniperus prostrata. Sabina has foliage more like that of the red cedar, and one would fancy it a variety of the latter were it not that it is counted as a distinct species and from Europe.

Mazzard Cherry Seed.

What has come to be called Mazzard cherry is really but the degenerate sweet cherry of our gar- dens. Birds carry off the fruit from cultivated trees, drop the stones along fence rows and the borders of woods, and the seedlings that spring up from them produce fruit which we call Mazzard cherry. In a botanical way it is known as Cerasus avium. These wild trees give the stones which are so much valued for producing seedlings for budding and grafting — Mazzard stocks. The cherries are ripe now, and in the vicinity of the older cities there are many trees from which the fruit may be gath-

ered and the stones saved. The proper way to treat the stones is to mix them with damp sand as soon as they are freed of pulp. In this way they may be kept until Fall when they can be sown in beds prepared for them; or they may be allowed to re- main in the sand until Spring and be sown then. But in the latter ease, they must be in a cold place, either outdoors or in a cold shed. If in a warm building the stones would sprout before Spring opened.

Whatever is done do not let the stones become dry. To grow, they must be kept moist from the time they are gathered until sown. This applies as well to all stone fruits.

Syringa Vulgaris, Common Lilac.

Lilacs are so common in every garden that it would seem an easy task to discover a nice one to photograph, but we were some time in finding one, because they are usually crowd- ed with other shrubs. The one pictured is a fair representative of a comparatively young bush, and it has been caught when very full of flowers. It repre- sents the old common lilac from which all of tne great number of valuable sorts of to-day have sprung. Old sort as it is, it is still the one customers all ask the nurseryman for. There mey be better ones — there are better — but there are none that represent home as this one does. Every one remembers the lilac bush in his mother's garden, and it was the old style purple one, and so it is that this sort appeals to those planting a garden far more than any other variety.

The number or varieties in cultivation to-day is very great, and with all due regard to the oldest one of all many of them are much superior. None excel it in grateful rragrance, but they do in size of panicle, and many of them in excellence of color. There are paler colored ones and darker colored sorts some of the latter almost criml son; and some of them, while of just the old color, have larg- er flowers and larger panicles.

The white lilac, almost as old as the common one, has also been greatly improved not only in size of panicle and of flow- er, but in the way of double forms. The improved lilacs, both double ana single, are so numerous that many who have large grounds now have beds made wholly of lilacs. By mix- ing with them the new Chinese one, Ligustrum oblata, they get the earliest of all to flower, and then by not forgetting those grown as Hungarian lilacs, viz., S. Josikse and S. Rosa, very late flower- ing species, there is a continuance of flowers for many weeks.

Hemlock Hedges.

| One visiting the older estates in the midst of us will hardly fail to find thereon a hemlock spruce hedge or the remains of one. It and the Norway spruce and Arbor vita; were the three evergreens a hedge was chosen from. There is today no better evergreen for a hedge than the hemlock. Always beautiful, it is especially so in early Summer when its lovely pendant shoots of green foliage are dis- playing their lengthening growths. As a hedge or as a single tree, there is absolutely no evergreen that equals it in beauty.

Many gardeners prune it twice a year, but unless desired of an exceedingly level outline, once a season is sufficient. This should be cone when the new growth is nearly completed for the season. The little made later will really thicken the hedge. Many plant with the idea that the heage can always be kept at the same height, say four feet; but this is not possible. Both height and width must ad- vance a little, or the hedge would die. So prune as one will, a hedge will become very large in time. There are some hemlock hedges in this vicinity over 50 years old. There is life in them yet, but pruning has been so severe of late years, trying to keep back extension, that the vitality of the plants is low. Such old hedges should be taken out, fresh soil put in and young plants set.

When hemlocks can be had with balls of soil at- tached to the roots, not one should rail. And even without the ball, there need be cut little loss in transplanting, if care be exercised that not a root be allowed to dry. It is the drying of the root that causes the loss of so many evergreens. Spring, or very early Fall, is the best time to plant.

JOSEPH MEEHAN.

The Florists* Exchange

EVERGREENS

DWARF BOX.

PRICES UPON APPLICATION. HIRAM T. JONES.

Union County Nurseries, Elizabeth, N. J.

Mention the Florists' Eli change when writing.

Sea Cliff Nurseries.

Dwarf and trained fruit trees a specialty. Write for quotations,

FD. BOULON a SON,

SEA CLIFF, L. I., N. Y.

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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

for Summer and Autumn Plant- ing. We after NINE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN VARIETIES

of STRONG FIELD-GROWN PLANTS. Send for Catalog and Trade List.

BAY STATE NVRSKRIE8, NORTH ABINGTON, MASS. Mention the FlorlsoV Exchange when writing.

F. & F. NURSERIES J"™

Wholesale Growers

TREES AND PLANTS in full assortment.

Trade Catalogue

Free

AMERICAN

TREE SEEDS

AND PLANTS

Our Descriptive Catalogue of American Seeds and Plants Is ready for mailing. Ask for It.

OTTO KATZENSTEIN & CO.

Tree Seeds and Plants Specialists, ATLANTA, GA

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Roses for Immediate Effect

Haven't you in your trade a call for large, strong Rose plants, such as will give im- mediate results? We have prepared for June planting a stock of strong two year old plants, all on own roots, and while they last will close them out at the extremely low price of SI 5.00 per 100; 25 or more al the 100 rate. No charge for packing. These Roses can he placed in the open ground during this month and will give a profusion of flowers throughout the entire growing season. They are worth just twice as much as we are asking for them, and they can be depended upon to produce the goods. They arc well foliaged, have strong working roots, and are now in 4 and 5 inch pots.

The Collection Includes a Wide Range of Varieties and Colors, Teas and Hybrid Teas,

such as Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Marie Guillot, R. B. Cant, Clothilde Soupert, Golden Gate. Pink, Striped and Yellow La France, Bridesmaid, Bride, Mme. Welch. Mme. Abel Chatenay, Marie Lambert, Beau Carmine, Queen's Scarlet, Agrippina, Appoline, Ulrich Brunner, Prince Camille; Glory of the Exposition.

Also a fine assortment of the very best varieties in •!% inch pots, clean, thrifty stock, strong and well rooted, including the following varieties in Hybrid Teas, Chatenay. Meteor, Triomphe de Pernet Pere, Mme. Jules Grolez.Climbing Kaiserin, etc., $4.00 per 1 00.

REX BEGONIAS.

A fine assortment of the best varieties of this magnificent decorative plant, in 2i inch pnts. jd the following varieties: Helen Upden, Old Rex, Silver Queen, President Carnot, i <■■,,,:, i'. iisiii. oinirc de Vt'sriici and VI othci assorted choice varieties, al 75c. per doz., S5.00 per 100.

MISCELLANEOUS

Each

Asparagus Sprenjjeri 4c

Baby Primrose 4c

Swainaona Rosea 4c

Maneitl Vine 4c

.J asticia V elutina 4c

Bine Moonflower ... 4c

Geraniums, 16 best varieties, including

Telegraph 4c

Achyranthes, red 4c

Alternantheras.. Be

Clematis Paniculate, from 2 In. pots 4c Ampelopsis Veitcbii, from 2 in. potB 3c

Grevlllea Robnsta 3c

Carnations, McQowan, Haettel, and

Dorothy 3^c

»l a MTC In 2^-incb pots,

"\m Hll I w* except where noted,

Bach iaiTjttuvn or Rlegantlssima Fern.. 10c Tarrytown or Elegantisisima Fern,

from 4 inch pots 20c

Sword Fern 4c

" " from 4 inch pots 12c

Jack b on i Fern 4c

•* " from 4 inch pots 12c

Palm Kenlia Belinoreana, 4 in. pot

plants 16c

Palm Kentla Foreteriana, 3 in. pot

plants **c

Palm ArecaLutescens,4in. potplants 15c Cyperus Alternlfolia (Umbrella plant). 3c Cy perns Gracilis 4c

BEND US TOUR ORDER TO-DAY. ABk for catalogue, free. Address

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., West Grove, Pa.

Established 1850.

Seventy Greenhouses.

Mention The Florists' Exchange when writing.

R05E5F,ELD

GROWN

Two years old On their own roots Northern-grown Bench -rooted Full assortment

We are Headquarters for them

JACKSON <& PERKINS CO,

(Wholesale only)

NEWARK, WAYNE CO.. NEW YORK

Mention The Florists' Exchange when writing.

20,000 ROSES

8,000 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, JOHN C. HATCHER, AMSTERDAM, N. Y.

exceptionally clean, strong stock, from 3-inch. Bride, Bridesmaid, Perle, Ivory and Golden Gate,$5.00 per 100 ; $15.00 per 1000.

2i inch, ready for shift; $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per looo

HARDY ORNAMENTALS !LEa

SHADE TREES, SHRUBS ROSES, CLEMATIS, PEONIES. Evergreens for Hedges.

Pull assortment of Apples. Pears, Plums, Peaches. Cherries. Quinces, Currants, Raspberries, Goose- berries, etc. Write for our new illustrated catalogue and prices.

W. &. T. SMITH CO. GENEVA, N. Y.

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Mention Th<? Florists' Exchange when writing.

Propagation of Crimson Rambler.

(141) When is the proper time to propagate Crimson Rambler rose?

Long Island N. P.

— We propagate these roses both Winter and Summer, but consider May and June the best time to propagate them in order to have the best results.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO.

The Study of Rose Growing.

(142) Is there any advantage in learning rose growing in Europe, and where? F. C. D.

New Jersey.

— Tor the cultivation of roses in- doors it would be of little use to any one to go to Europe in order to study the same. The best indoor roses are grown right here in America.

Compost for Carnations.

(143) Would it be advisable to put either wood ashes or leaf mold in the carnation benches when making up new beds? M. & D.

Massachusetts.

— We would not advise mixing any leaf mold with carnation soil. Wood ashes will be beneficial to a certain extent, and they should be spread on the ground before the plowing is done in order that the soil may have the full benefit from them. Where the soil is particularly heavy, and the carnations are already planted in the benches, it might be advisable to scatter very thinly over the surface a little of the wood ashes, though they should be used quite sparingly at such a time.

Geraniums for General Business.

(144) Kindly name six geraniums most desirable for a general business, and stale what percentage of each should be grown. K. & K.

Indiana.

— If we were limited to six vari- eties of geraniums for general pur- poses, we would grow General Grant and Alphonse Ricard for scarlet, and would let these two varieties con- stitute half of the total number we grew. The other four varieties we would grow in equal proportions; and they would be: For salmon pink, Beaute Poitevine; white. La Favor- ite; pink, Mrs. Frances Perkins; and crimson, S. A. Nutt.

Wants to Start in Business.

(145) Do you think a greenhouse 24x150 feet, well looked after, would raise enough stock to be profitable? With a very little encouragement I will embark in the business, as I have the name of being a good gar- dener, and above all I like the work; but do not know whether I could make it pay where artificial heat has to be supplied. C. A. D.

— A greenhouse 24x150 feet would be large enough (o maintain a small business, and should be quite profit- able if run to the best advantage.

ROSES

Richmond, '21 in., S7.no per 100; $05.00 per 1000. Chatenay, La Detroit, Perle, Golden Gate, 21

in.. $3.50 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus, 'Jin.. $2.00 per iOO; ' in.. $:t.00 per 100. Cash or C. O. P.

W. I. « M. S. VESEY, fORT WAYNE,

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GRAFTED ROSES

It is getting late in the season, and we are reaching the end of our supply. We have left, in grafted stock, 3 in. pots at $18 00 per 100 ; $150.00 per 1000 :

KILLARNEY, BRIDE, BRIDESMAID, LIBERTY,

ROSALIND 0RR ENGLISH, MORGAN,

WOOTTON, LA DETROIT

On own roots, 3 inch pots, at $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000:

KILLARNEY, BRIDE, LIBERTY, TEST0LT

A. few fine BEAUTIES, 4 inch pots, at $15.00 per 100; $130.00 per 1000.

A. N. PIERSON,

CROMWELL, CONN.

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SURPLUS ROSE STOCK

Fine and Cheap

Richmond, 4 inch, excellent stock, $15.00 a hundred.

Richmond, 3 inch, $9.00 a 100; $75.00 a 1000.

Bridesmaid, 3 inch, $5.00 a hundred.

Primula Obconica, while and pink, line stuff, ready for 4 inch pots, $4.00 a hun- dred.

All stock iu the very best of condition and sure to please.

Invite you to inspect my line slock of Ken- lias, at my place, during convention.

J. B. HEISS,

112 S. Main St., DAYTON, OHIO.

Mention The Floruits' Exchange when writing.

TO CLOSE OUT

Sed Rose Stock

Tor 100 1000

RICHMOND, 3 in $6.00 $50.00

WELLESIjEY, 4 in 6.00 50.00

GRAFTED

KIIdjARNEY $10.00 $90.00

liOhDEN GATE 6.00

S. J. REUTER, Westerly, R. I.

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ROSES

3-in. Brides, Maids, Chatenay and Richmonds, own roots, grafted also same in 4 in.

Good stock at $6.oo and $10.00 per ioo.

Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co.,

CRYSTAL FARM,

Gibsonia, F*a.

Menliou The Florists' Exchange when writing.

July

The Florists' Exchange

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

Allen J K 2lKessler p F 21

Allen W S Co 2lIiiloourn R 16

Andersen & Chi-istensen King Con Co 2S

16Kuster ifc Co 4

Andorra Nurs 4 Kroeschell Bros 27

Aschrnaun G 17 Kuebler Wm E 21

Bader J 16 Lager & Hurrell 16

Barclay Jas F .... 16 Landreth Seed Co D . . .2 Barrows H H & Sun Lang J - 21

16Langjahr A H 21

Bartram J H 9 Lawritzen C 9

Bay State Nurs ...6Leedle Co 8

Bayersdorfer H & Co Locbland Lum Co 27

28 Lord & Burnham Co. 28

Beach James E 8 Mader P 20

Beaven E A 24 May & Co L L 23

Beckert W C 3 McFadden E C 16

Berger H H & Co . 3 MeHutchinson & Co. .16

Bernlng H G 22 McKellar C W 23

Bloom J S IfiMcKissiek Wm E 22

Boddington A T 1 McMamrs J 21

Holies F A -"Metropolitan Mat Co.19

Bonnet & Blake. -I Michell H F Co 3

Breitmeyer's Sons J 23 Mfch Cut F1 EXcn...24

Brown Peter ...... .2 MmanB F 21

Brown Bay F Macli Co uoltz A 21

=,.„.,„. ^ «f ?Moninger J C Co 27

Bryant J M -^ Moon Wm H Co 4

Budlong J A 23Moore Hentz & Nasn.2i

Ivers^s C° ' "20 Morse ° C & Co 3

cSdwelfw E-Co"-.1Mo/|™:b E^rl*n 9 gg£S HKos? 6o::::293NSrlsis.-Board-o^ Chicago Carn Co . . 17 m£S\n £eo "co! \ \ \ \ ".22

, n nnlck W J 17 National Plant Co ... 17

Clark William 23 °°werkerk P , .4

Sdist™ LB ".".■.■:>■* Seed Growers ^ Coldwell-Wilcox Co 2S „„,^?h „: ' ' '" 7,1 ' -o' '■£' 'oi Conard & Jones Co .gPaleftorpe Co P E..25 Condon J 20P»?°e J A; 26

Connell B 16

Pennock S S.

.22

Q0wee a *3 Peterson J A 20

Cowee W J '!":!:. "24 Person Nurs •••••■4-9 Cowen's Sons N ...26™!* £"*•*? Co---%

Craie & Co Robt ..16phlla 5'aIJet 22

Crowl Fern Co . . . .24 P'^ce F 0 Co. 26

Cunningham J H . .20plerson F R Co 1

Curwen John 9 Pierson U-Bar Co 27

Cut Fl Exch 21 P'erson A N 6

Dann J H & Son . .20 Pittsburg Cut Fl Co. 22 Davis A B & Son . . 17 Pittsburg Rose & Carn

Deamud Co J B 23 Co .6

De Buck John 16 Pollworth 0 C Co 22

Denouden H & Son .4 Pure Culture Spawn

Dietsch & Co 27 Co 2

Diller Caskey & Co 26 Quintan P R 8

Dillon J 1/ 9 Rawlings E 1 16

Dillon G'house Mfg Co Rawson & Co W W. ..2

26 Raynor J 1 21

Dingee & Conard Co 6 Reed & Keller 24

Dorner F & Sons ..17 Reich V E 19

Doyle J A 8Reid Edw 22

Dreer Henry A 26Reinberg G S-23

Dumont & Co 22Reinberg P 8

Du Rie W R 17 Renter S J 6

Eaton H N 20Rlmierger G 25

Edwards Folding Bos Robinson H M Co 24

Co 24 Rwhrs Co Julius 36

Eiehholz Henry 17rrnebmer Fred 2

Edsele C 28T!~«slg Bros 24

Elizabeth Nurs Co 3 nimn .T F 2

Elliott W H 1 =->ltford Geo 21

Elliott W & Sons 2 Singer * Rons. ]fi

Bmmans Geo M le^nnds W B 9

Entz Van Nes & Co. .4 s^ripeners & Co 3

Eskesen F W lGSrtinMn'f Co J C 2"

Evenden Bros 20«!chnlrhe1s A 17

Felthousen J E 17 <^biinprr">nns Geo T. 0

Fenrlch Jos S 2lRmllnv .T A 20

F & F Nurseries 6p>ntt John 16

Fischer Rudolph 3 Rp» riiff Nurs fi

Flower Gr Mkt 23 Sellrmnn * Co 2t

Foley Mfg Co 26 w.i.iiw.i.a rrh* 17

Ford Bros 21d»rH»n w v ?i

Froment H E 21 =i<.r„.i h"i Fl Co !«

Garland G M 26 Sin-mson R 25

Glblln & Co 26cHnVlslrv R s 50

Goddard S J 17 Slinn * Thompson. . .21

Greenhouse Co 26 Smith v A Son 17

Gnndestrnp & Co Knud.2 Smith W r 1«

Gunther Wm H 21 Smith W ft T Co «

Guttman A J 21 Smith X- Gsnuett 17

nnmmonds P & S Shot Stpnrns A T T.um Co. 28

Works 25 storrs & Hflrrlsop Co. 4

Hflnfnrd R G H itiimnn ■?- Walter 2

Harris E 17Swayne Wm 17

Harrison C S 9Svrnpusp Potterv Co. 25

Hatcher John C «T«rl»r E T 9

Helss J B fifWhtir.. t jf H Co..?

Henshaw A M 21 Tr,ttv r H 8

Herbert & Son David . 3 Tnwell A N 17

Herendeen Mfg Co. . .27 Trnpnrt1v X- S<*hem>k. .01

Herr A M 17van As=eho Frnpk...2fi

Herrmann A 2R Von^-ha"'*! Soe«l Store 1

Herzog Wm Hv»sw w .T &■ M S s

Hews A H & Co. . . .25 vtcVs S^ns .Tames. ...3

Hicks & Crawbuck. . .21 vick & Hill Co 26

Hicks H K 2w„I.n- R jf g, co 3

Hllflncer Bros 25 Vincent R & Sons 20

Hill E G Co 23^pntriprprt p0 27

Hlllhorn W P 9 Weber C S & Co 26

Hionnrd E 27 TTeher H & Sons 17

Hltohlnps & Co 2fiWppher & Don S

Holton & Hunkel 22Wel(,h Br08 22

Horan E C. ..^ 21 Wpstnn H 1R

Hubert Bulb Co.

Whilldin Pottery Co. 25

" -" -' _— ft H'llllUlll lUtlCl) \,\J.*--

Hughes G H... ,^White John 9

Hugh Graham Co. . . .16 wletor Brn8 g.j.,

Icoe Bros . .......*vm G H 9

Jackson & Perkins. 6 wlht(,rBon & Co ^

tM0V8 « % B "jWooJ Bros 20

Tenulngs E B^^.....2 A L & C....21

Jensen & Dckema «T ! T 21

Johnson Seed Co 3 Young J Zl

Jones H T 6joung Thos ..21

Kastlng Wm F. .. .22-25 Zangen O V 2-16

Katzenstein & Co eZirngtebel A 2

Kay W H Co ,25ZT0lanek A 0 2

PONTIAC, MICH. — During the re- cent wind storm which passed over this section 26 of the ventilators in the Pontiac Floral Company's green- houses were blown off and shattered; damage about $200.

INDEX TO STOCK ADVERTISED

Abutllon 9

Achj'ttinthes 6-20

Ageratum 10-17-20

Alternantheras 6-20

Ampelopsis 6-20

Araucaria 16-17

Ajsparagus 3-9-17

Asters 20

Azaleas 4

Begonias 6-20

Bulbs 2-3

Caladiums 3-16

Cannas 16-17-20

Carnatiohs 6-17

Olery Plants 17

Chrysanthemums 3-9-20

Cineraria 2

Clematis 4

Coleus 3-17-20

Conifers 4

Cuptaea 16-17-20

Cut Flowers ..21-22-23

Cvclamen 20

Dahlias 3

Daisies 2

Dracaenas 16-17

Evergreens 6-16

Ferns 6-16-24

Fuchsias 17-20

Galax 24

Geraniums . .3-16-17-20

Gladioli 3

Gloxinias 17

Hardy Perennials . . .6

Heliotropes 17-20

Hydrangeas 14-20

Ivies 16-17

Lilies 2-4

Lobelias 17

Mignonette 1

Mushroom Spawn 2

Myrtle .20

Narcissus 3-20

Nephrolepls 16

Nursery Stock 4

Orchids • 16

Pansies 2-3

Palms 6-16

Peonies 4-9

Petunias 17

Phlox 3

Primula 2-20

Rhododendrons 4

Roses 1-3-6-S-9-20

Seeds 2

Smilax 24

Stocks 4

Verbenas 20

Vinca 9-16-17

Vines 4-6

Violets 9

MISCELLANEOUS.

Artificial Leaves 24

Boilers 26-27-2S

Cut Flower Boxes . .24

Engravings 2-28

Fertilizers 25

Fittings 27-28

Tlorists' Supplies 24-2-S Flower Pots & Tubs 25

Glass 26

Glazing Points 26

G'house Bldg . . . 26-27-28

Gutters 27-28

Heatin" 26-27-28

Insecticides 25

Lumber 2T-2S

Paint & Paint Supplies

25-26 Pipes, Joints. Valves

27-28

Sash 27-28

Seed Bags 2

Tanks 28

Tools & Implements 28 Toothpicks. "Wired ..24 Vegetable Plants . .17

Ventilators 27

Wants 18

Contents.

American Seed Trade Association. . 14

(4 Portraits of Officers) 14

Bureau of Credit 13

Catalogues Received 4

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

10 Chicago Florists' Club Outing,

(2 Group Portraits) 15

Dayton Convention Matters 10

English Horticultural Notes 12

Firms who are Building 7

Heating 27

Japanese Pigmy Trees 11

Kniphofia or Tritoma — Which?... 12

Market, Review of the 7

New York Botanical Garden Notes. 10

Nursery Department 5

Question Box 6

Readers' Views, Our 10

Reflections on Current Topics 11

Seed Trade Report 3

Sim, Wm., Establishment of, (Illus. )

S. A. F. O. H. Registration 10

Sweet Peas at Hilton, N. J. (Illus.) 12

Syringa vulgaris (Illus.) 5

TRADE NOTES: —

Boston, Buffalo, Lenox, Minnea- polis 24

Chicago 15

Cincinnati, Columbus 22

Detroit, San Francisco, St. Louis,

Ventura, Cal ' 23

Indianapolis, Newport, R. I., New

York, Washington 19

Kansas City 20

Philadelphia, Pittsburg 25

Week's Work, The 8

FIRMS WHO ARE BUILDING

KNIGHTSTOWN, LND.— B. F. Hens- ley West View, is building three new greenhouses, each 200 by 26 feet. Also a boiler room 50 by 60 feet. One house will be devoted exclusively to the Rich- mond rose.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— H. W. Rieman has been granted a permit to erect green- houses at 1207 South East street, to cost $2,000.

NEW LONDON, WIS.— E. H. Olson has begun work on two new green- houses, each 75 by 20 feet. It Is his intention to build two more structures of the same size next Spring.

REVIEW OF THE MARKET

NEW YORK. — The cut flower market is just about as near rock bottom as possible. It does not seem that there is any fixed price on any line of flowers. There is yet a steady supply of roses; much greater than can be cleared out satisfactorily. The same can also be said of carnations. Lilies still keep plentiful, and the call for them is so poor that they have been selling at prices ranging from $1 to $3 per 100. Sweet peas are a glut : some of them do not average $1 per hundred bunches.

Of course Jhere is never much busi- ness around the fourth of July, and this year is no exception to the rule. The weather is extremely hot, and however good the flowers may be or of whatever kind, does not seem to matter; there is practically no call for anything.

CHICAGO. — The few days' spurt in the closing June week, attributable to the school graduations, as well as, to a certain extent, to the dilatory bridal arrangements, offered quite a relief to the wholesale market last week and a very generous aid to many retailers. Otherwise there is little to be said be- yond the fact that the Summer con- ditions of trade have arrived, and al- though good stock is generally sold at a fair price much has to he sacrificed. It appears to be a dribbling business without much certainty of results to be forecasted a Ja> in advance At pre- sent those who are getting in a fair proportion of good stock in the entire cut are readily able to clear themselves by sacrificing the lower grades.

There are few specialties to attract the attention of the observer, conditions varying slightly from different points of view. As a general rule, colored stock both in roses and carnations is eft;, though there are a Pew good American Beauty and Liberty and some Mrs. Lawson carnations which are up to what might be called a fancy grade.

Lilium candidum were much more freely offered last week than ever be.- fore, and other outside stock, including sweet peas (of various grades), Shasta daisies, delphiniums, eoat's beard spir- aea and numerous kindred selections, which if not immediately available have had to take the inevitable chance in the "survival of the fittest." with the p-^centinn of L. candidum which being ^f more substancp have to a consider- able extent been placed in cold storage. W. K. W.

"ROSTON. — There is practically no call whatever for flowers. Last week pnded school exercises which took uti p lot of the surplus stock: hut now that these are over there is little doin^. ^rowers have not vet thrown out their old plants of carnations, consequently are sending to market all they can of whatsoever flowers there are. The re- sult is obvious — no demand and carna- tions everywhere at almost any price. Then there is the same story about roses; the supply is far above the de- mand. Peonies are now past, haying held on longer in this market than in many others. Sweet oeas are plentiful and of good qualitv. Lilv of the vallev still comes in. with a moderate demand. In green goods and other lines there is nracticallv no change, nor is any looked for for some time to come. J. W. D.

PITTSBURG. — Cutflower trade the past few weeks was fair, principally for wedding orders and school commence- ments. Stock is plentiful but not of the best; the hot weather has had a bad effect on stock under glass. Prices are satisfactory for both roses and car- nations; other stock is rather cheap. Candidum lilies were much used being abundant and of good quality. Sweet peas are also very plentiful and in good demand. L. S. Neff is cutting quanti- ties of white hardy phlox, of which he sold thousands of plants the past sea- son. Peonies are still In evidence; the Pittsburg Cut Flower Company received some nice shipments of these the past week which arrived in fine shape. The plant season is about ended: only a few o fth gardeners are yet to be seen about the markets . E. C. R-

CINCINNATI— The retail trade is quieting down. Sweet peas are coming, in lively and prices have dropped some- what in consequence. Asters will soon begin to cut a figure and they will be welcomed. Roses are about of the same qualitv as last week, with the exception of American Beauty which are good for this time of year. Carnations are be- coming small in size, and the cuts are also diminishing. E. G. G.

DETROIT. — The commission houses are kept fairly well cleaned out. Good roses are very scarce and carnations bring a good, price. June weddings are numerous, calling for many decorations. HARRY.

INDIANAPOLIS.— Trade last week was satisfactory with the retailers; wedding decorations were numerous and funeral work, in generous amounts, ar- rived daily. Counter business, too, was better than for some time. Stock has been plentiful enough, but the variety has been lacking; roses, carnations, sweet peas and lilies are about all the florist has to offer, with the exception of field flowers which have a limited use. Carnations are no longer a burden as poor grades are readily taken at $1 a 100. Sweet peas, the quality of which has greatly improved, sell at 20c. to 35c. a 100; white ones are at times scarce, so are shipped in at 25c. a 100.

Smilax and asparagus have been scarce for some time, but relief is in sight. Shasta daisies this season are fine, at 50c. a 100; the smaller field daisies find a market at 15c.

Large quantities of roses, especially Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and Bride, were called for for decorations on Wed- nesday. Madame Abel Chatenay is al- most always in brisk demand at $5 to $8. American Beauty have been selling better at $5 to $25 a 100; those cut from new stock are most promising.

L. auratum and L. longiflorum bridge a wide gap for funeral work, at $12.50 to $15 a 100. China asters made their debut this week, but will not be cut in quantity for some time. I. B.

NEW BEDFORD. MASS.— The usual Summer dullness has at last struck us. Outside of funeral work there is not much doing. Carnations are now bringing 35c. per dozen; the quality is very good considering the time of year and the hot weather. Outdoor sweet peas are now coming into bloom. Other outdoor flowers give plenty to cut from for cheap bouquets. The bedding out season is about through with; from all reports, it has been very satisfactory, and fairly good prices have been realiz- ed for stock sold. The growers are now giving attention to their greenhouses and will soon be housing carnations. H. A. Jahn is working up a big stock of his new white seedling carnation; it is a beauty, and a winner. He will disseminate it in two years' time. This variety will then have had 6 years' trial before being introduced to the trade — surely a good enough test for any variety.

Great interest is being shown in the dahlia show to be held in the Fall. So far the weather has been very nice for- the growing of young carnation stock in the field; the young plants are look- ing fine and healthy, Wm. S. Brown will be very strong on asters this year. HORTICO.

MINNEAPOLIS — The market the past week has been somewhat unsettled, on account of the shortage of roses of different varieties. It appears that a great many of the growers have not kept a sufficient number of old roses in the benches to supply the demand; the larger dealers therefore have ex- perienced some trouble in getting sup- plies of some varieties with which to fill orders. Trade has been very fair and, if anything, has kept up much better this season than in past sea- sons. From all appearances the June weddings did not strike the most of the trade until the latter part of the month and then they came thick and fast. All dealers have been favored with their share: some of the larger ones have had as many as six and eight wedding outfits to make in a single day.

Moline, 111.

Florists of the three cities held their annual picnic on the north bank of Rock river about a half-mile east of the Watch Tower, June 28. There was a great feast and a great crowd of members of the Tri-city association and their families and invited friends, and the excitement over the sports was at high temperature which put the torrid weather into the shade.

The annual quoits contest developed keen rivalry between the three cities. Messrs. Temple and Pauly for Daven- port, won.

In the running race Mr. Pauly of Davenport finished first In competi- tion with Mr. Knees' of Moline and Gaetjer of Rock Island.

The boys' and girls' races were won by Davenport, and the fat men's race narrowed down to Messrs. Arp and Boehm of Davenport who are the only ones capable of meeting the con- ditions, and they divided the prize between them without undergoing the exhaustion of the race.

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mm:****^** Kaiserin, 2^ in. |jots, $4.00 [>er RICHMOND" ready, fine plants, $6,00 per 100 ; $50.00 per 1000 J

100; $30.00 iter 1000. _.___ „.„_ jm jm \ __ ioo^ jooo )

ROSES.

100 1000 I 100 1000

Kaiserin, ready now $4.00 $30.00 Brides $3.00 $25.00

Bench grown American Beauty bashes $6.00 ber 100; Bndesmaids. 300 25 .00 I Golden Gate 3.00 2500 $50.00 ber 1000. Old Liberty Rose Bushes, $5.00 ber 100; $40.00 ber 1000.

$ WIETOR BROS. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

ROSE PLANTS, Fine.Strong Plants,from 2% in. Pots

Per 100 Per 1000

,t. ^ «« *nru\ I Sunrise $5.00 $40.00

AMERICAN BEAUTY, 2*A in. pots $6.00 per 100 ; $50.00 per 1000. Kaiserin..... .. 3.00 25.00

r Kaiserin, 3 in. pots, 4.00 35.00

Liberty 3.00 25.00

3 in pots $7.00 per 100 ; $60.00 per 1000. chatenay 2.50 22.50

r r I Ivory 2.50 22.50

RICHMOND

2 in. pots, $. 5.00 per IOO

40.00 per IOOO

3 in. pots, $ 6.00 per IOO

50.00 per IOOO

PETER REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., Chicago

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ROSE PLANTS

FROM POTS AND BENCHES

STRONG, CLEAN, MEALTI1Y PLANTS

Per IOO

AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. pots $5.00

RICHMOND, 3-inch pots 6.00

LIBERTY, 3-incn pots 3.50

MAIDS, 3-inch pots 3.50

BRIBES, 3-inch pots 3.50

CHATENAY, 3-inch pots 3.50

$45.00 50.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00

Per 100 Per IOOO

MAIDS, 3-inch pots $8.50 $20.00

BRIDES, 2-inch pots 2.60 20.00

AMERICAN BEAUTIES, bench plants 5.00 40.00

MAIDS, bench plants 4.00 35.00

BRIDES, bench plants 4.00 35.00

LIBERTY, bench plants 4.00 35.00

UNCLE JOHN. 3-inch pots 3.50

RANDOLPH ST

AFTER JUNE 1 ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO 35 RANDOLPH STREET

GEORGE REINBERG,

CHICAGO

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- SURPLUS RICHMONDS

Special Offer.

For sale at these prices for a short time only. Strong 1% inch plants.

Climbing Wootton

BmpreBB of China

Mra. P«*ary

Bon Silene

Mm**. Jules Gralez

Winter Gem

Mme. C. Bruner

Clothilde Soupert

Papa Gontier

liride

La Princesse Vera

Sombrieul

Harlan Dingee

Sunrise Uncle John

Mary Washington

Ivory

Marie van Hontte

Perle cleg Jardins

Pink Cochet

White Cochet

I. ( oi I < de Lyon

Marie Gnillot

Stiii \ . de Pierre Nottlng

Climbing Meteor

Mme. Margottin

Reine Marie Henriette

Yellow Soupert Marechal Niel Trlomphe de Pernet Bridesmaid Mme. A. Chatenay Red Soupert Br. Grill Corallina Yellow Cochet Duchesse de Brabant Mrs. B. R. Cant Souvenir d'un Ami

The above list, $3.00 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1000.

Lady Roberts

Mme. Eugene Marlitt

Admiral Schley

$3.50 per 100 ; $30.00 per 1000.

La Tosca Princess Bonnie Gruss an Tepllt/.

Etoile De France, $10.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000. Wellealey, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

THE CONARD & JONES CO., WEST GROVE, PA.

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1 year-old,

2 1-2 in. pota, Baby 6c; ' 1 1". bier Wood, Die bach and La France 2c i Hotting, i.. Gate, Krnegi In, B. Brown, Meteor, re, M;i*Bon, Cap- rice, Laing, etc., 2 Wc; lin,4c

D ^\ iO r ^2 2-year-old, r» KJ O C -O 4-inch potB I'-.Ll.y 20e ; Cr. Rambler 6c.; rel. Rambler, Charta Wood, ]> l <■ Bbach and MasBon 7c; Lalne, Ding, more, Neyron, and Plan- tier 8c. Extra Btrong, own moin, well branched, healthy.

sW.VIv Splendens, 2 in.,2e. ea., $ir>.oo 1000. VINCA

maj, trar.,2 in., 2c. eaM $20 00 1000. LEEDLE CO., Expert Rose Growers, Springfield, 0. Mention The Florists' Exchange when writing.

ROSES

Clean and thrifty, from 3i in. pots, own roots, $6.00 per 100. Brides, Bridesmaids, Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay.

F». R. QUIINUA.INJ,

Syracuse, N. Y.

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TO CLOSE OUT

2i in., $5.00 per 100.

3 in., $7.50 per 100.

Pine stock from strong selected cuttings.

L. B. CODDINGTON,

HURRAY MM I , N. J.

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450 BRIDESMAIDS

Grafted in 3 and 4 in. pots, $10.00 per 1000 : 200 Kalseiln, grafted, 4 in. pots, S10.00 per 100. ;J00 Liberty, grafted, » In pots, $10.00 per 100: 80K11- larney, grafted, 3 in. pots,, $12.00 per 100. Own Roots-200 Maids, 500 Brides, 800 Golden Gate, 90 Liberty, 3 in. pots, $4.00 per 100.

JAMES E. BEACH. 2019 ParK Ave., Bridgeport, Conn.

Roses for June Planting

Richmond, Killarney, Beauty, Brides, Bridcsmiids, Golden Gates, etc., etc.

CHARLES H. TOTTY

MADISON. N. J.

R O 5 E S

2Va In., Elegant Slock. RICHMOND, 5c. The following at 2c.

LA FRANCE KAISERIN

LA DETROIT CRIMSON RAMBLER

MALMAISON METEOR

JOHN A. DOYLE

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THE WEEIfS WORK.

Timme's Timely Teachings.

Outdoor Roses.

Rose growing in the open entails un- ceasing attention and watchful care. It is at this time that insects of vary- ing species attack foliage, buds and new shoots, when disorders peculiar to roses most readily gain a start, if not detected in time and waylaid in their course of depredation. The first few and often widely separated signs of danger, betraying the onset of trouble, are usuallv of so trifling and unsuspici- ous an appearance as to yield no im- mediate conception as to their porten- tous meaning, and the novice in open air rose culture is very apt to heed- lessly pass them by, while the eyes of the more experienced grower, trained by the vigils of a never-ending warfare, soon descry the presence of the enemy under cover.

The June bug is one of the early cal- lers and a marauder that defies the common tactics of the rose grower. Although due in June it is often away into July before it makes its appear- ance, staying a considerable time, and doing much damage. The fresh shoots are its favorite diet. In some seasons and in some localities it becomes a com- mon plague, hard to combat. Dustings and sprayings of deadly decoctions are of little avail in its case. Gathering in the bugs by hand during the night with the aid of a lantern and drowning them in a handy vessel of turpentine or kerosene is the best way to rout them and to bring about a noticeable scarcity of June bugs, alive and kicking.

Roses out of doors are hardly ever troubled by red spider, If well attended to, but when once infested it will be found that the evil is much harder to fight in the open than under glass. Syringing, forceful and often, in any event a great help to roses in hot and dry weather, is the remedy here as well as indoors. The rose slug must be dealt with promptly, as soon as its presence is noticed. Slug shot, tobacco dust or hellebore, blown on and through the bushes with a powder gun from time to time, when the plants are wet, will keep this pest in check, as also canker worms, greenfly and caterpillars. Fir tree oil is also good, but remedies that spot and injure the roliage should not be used' Bordeaux mixture, the sure going remedy for most fungoid 'diseases, has this fault. It leaves de- facing streaks and blotches all over the foliage and should therefore not be em- ployed in fighting rust on roses that are to yield blooms for cutting, or on roses massed for effect. Varieties espe- cially susceptible to rust, black spot or blight, and never-do-wells in certain localities, should not be grown there. There are plenty of others.

Mildew.

Some of our best roses always suffer more or less from mildew at about this time of the year, notably moss roses, some varieties of the hybrid perpetual class and nearly all of the multiflora section, of which Crimson Rambler is the most striking example. In some seasons mildew on roses takes the form of a deep-seated, wide-spreading dis- ease, if not checked in time. In the disfigurement of roses and rose gar- dens through careless culture or causes beyond our control in field culture, mil- dew is a factor much to be feared. It must be understood that mildew not merely disfigures, but that, in doing so, it is most active in blocking the free circulation of sap, in hindering proper development, in destroying inherent vigor and health. And mildew not only attacks the foliage, but very often also the wood. In severe cases the malady is by no means eliminated with the shedding of the leaves in Autumn; col- onies of vital spores being carried over into the following season. In a season especially marked by the prevalence of mildew on outdoor roses, a deal of future trouble to the grower is in con- stant preparation. Roses intended for forcing and pot culture, usually suffer most. Their wood, after such a Sum- mer, should receive a washing with copper soap, after the wood is pruned down and any time before the new growth is started. The spread of mil-

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dew on roses under field culture can, however, be "kept in check to a con- siderable extent by a timely use of such remedies as copperine, fostite, grape- dust and powdered sulphur, employed in mild but frequent applications rather than in over-doses.

Roses for Pot Culture.

If the ground in which roses, in- tended for forcing and to be potted up next Pall, are now making their best growth, underwent proper manipula- tion, before the roses were planted, very little in the way of top cultiva- tion, beyond keeping the surface clear of weeds, will be found needful at this time of the season. Deep and fre- quent hoeing is not advisable. Most varieties coming under this head thrive best in heavy, well firmed soil, no more disturbed by fork or hoe than what is necessary to keep down weeds and to maintain a loose, broken up thin sur- face layer. Watering and sprinkling at the close of hot and windy days does much good while the roses are making a fast growth, but when this is nearing final development, unless the season is an extremely dry one, watering should be discontinued, to allow the wood to gain complete maturity. There is little sense in keeping up the regular water- ing until the very end of the season, as is so of terv seen and probably deemed necessary.

Roses for Cutting.

The blooms, of any rose when cut at the proper moment are desirable mater- ial for the decorative floral artist. But the number of varieties is small that with a fair profit could be cultivated in the open for that especial purpose. Hybrid perpetual roses in well chosen varieties, favorably placed and properly cared for, produce from the second and third year after planting a rich array of choice flowers that indeed would be of high value ror cutting, did they in appreciable numbers come at any other time than just in the month of roses, when there is anyway an over-abundance of everything in the line of cut flowers. Roses to be profitable or at least of some value to the com- mercial florist as yielders of cut blooms must bring flowers or buds of good form, size and color throughout the Summer, but especially at the season of dearth and brisk demand. Stems must be of fair length and the foliage bright and perfect. Roses with these attributes are to be found in the tea and hybrid tea classes. But the varieties combin- ing all these qualities under open air culture are by no means plentiful, and the few that do exist do not thrive equally well in all localities; and where they do, it is owing to good culture and often to the nicest of special care.

In most climates and sections within the zone of successful rose culture, especially those favored by equable sea- sons and fanned by lake or ocean breezes, tea and hybrid tea roses can be grown to perfection out of doors and be safely carried through the Winters under a good covering of dry leaves. An open, porous, gritty soil suits these better than a heavy loam, and it should be liberally fertilized before and after planting, as is proper with all roses. Essential to entire success -are water- ing and spraying during the hot Sum- mer and the immediate removal of suckers from the stocks of grafted roses, which, especially in the first sea- son after planting, will be a great source of annoyance. Roses on their own roots give less trouble, and some varieties should not be grown otherwise in permanent open borders.

It is not advisable to start with more than two or three good sorts, if the cut product is to be disposed of at the wholesale market. In fact, one fine kind, as for instance Maman Cochet, or at the most, both of its forms, the pink and the white, is all sufficient. This is a rose of vigorous constitution, a free and continuous producer of large, well- formed buds and flowers, and the foli- age is fine. At first the stems are rather short, but they increase in length from week to week, until, at the height of the season no fault can be found on this score.

Carnations for Pot Culture.

While it is true that the shapeliest and most easily managed specimens of potted roses are those raised under con- tinuous all time pot treatment, it is otherwise with carnations. A healthier, stouter, more compact' and freer flower- ing carnation, ready for the pot in the Fall and quickly taking to it, is obtain- ed by open field culture. Those retail plant growers who of late have gone in largely for potted carnations, and there are now many of them, should follow my advice, based on years of experi- mental experience, and plant their car- nations out in the free ground of a well prepared border, instead of shifting them from pot to pot, a process dele- terious to the plants and troublesome to the grower. Even now, late as it is, plants, probably now in four inch pots, may still be planted out and would soon snow the unmistakable marks of bet-

AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSES

For sale at Rose Lawn Greenhouses. From 2-inch pots, $>.0U per 100: (to clean up), $40.00 per 1000. These are fine plants. From 3-inch pota, $7.50 per loO.

Cash must accompany order.

J HENRY BARTRAM

LANSDOWNE, PA.

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1!8 Bridesmaid Roses

From 3l{ in. pots at S1.00 per 100 ; S35.00 per 1000. 1000 V1NCA, fine, from 2% in. pots at S2 50 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000 ; 500 at 1000 rates. 500,000 Celery Plnnts. Cash with order.

W. T. HILIBORN, NEWTOWN, BUCKS CO., PA.

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terment by field culture. "Watering is only necessary in long continuing spells of very dry weather; but pinching back right along should be done until they are potted up in the Fall. If they are intended for the plant trade in Winter, coming handy as the house-varieties do even for Christmas, the potting up should take place not later than Sep- tember, after which all cutting back must be discontinued; but the transfer to the house may be delayed until quite late in October. Potted carnations rais- ed for the trade in early Spring — a time when many more could be sold than are raised — need nnt be potted up be- fore November. For this trade none answer the purpose better, none are more profitable or easier to grow, than the hardy garden carnations Dwarf Vienna and Grenadin, raised from seeds the previous Spring, planted out early, potted up in November, stored away under a bench in the coolest house and cleaned and started afresh in early March. A small percentage of these two varieties comes single-flowered, but even these, when covered with flowers and buds, are attractive and far too q-ood to throw away. Carnations taken from the rank and file of our standard forcing varieties to be worked into good potted plants for the Spring trade, are treated similar to the hardy garden sorts. There is no need of selecting the finest and newest of our forcing vari- pties for this kind of work. Any free flowering kind of a sturdy, compact bush form fully answers the purpose. FRED. W. TIMME.

.a.M U MS.'.

2\ in. as follows: 250 Golden Wedding. 3c; 200 Helen Frick ; 110 Cheltonii: 100 Mrs. Perrin ; 150. T. W. Pockett ; 150 White Ivory ; 150 Pink Ivory ; 250 Ben Wells; 125 Mrs. H. Robinson ; 1.50 Alice Byron ; 75 Appleton : 50 Chamberlin, all 2£c. Surplus Kobpb, Brides and maids. 2h in.. 2ic- Asparagus Plumosup, 2* in., fine plants, 3c Asparagus Sprengerii, 3 in., fine plants. 3c

WM. B. SANDS, b£k(? Rolan*

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

300 Col Aopleton, 150 W. H. Re*m an. 500 Ivory 350 Dr Eo^nehatd. 500 Major Bonnaffon. Good stock from flats. .$1.00 per 100 ; $18. CO per 1000. Cash with ordf-r.

JOHN WHITE

ELIZABETH, N. J.

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MARIE LOUSE VIOLETS

Strong Plants, February or March struck, healthy and free from disease. Cash with order. Your money cheerfully refunded if not satis, factory. $2.00 per 100,515.00 per 1000

C. LAWRITZEN,

BOX 261 RtllNEBECK, N. Y.

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60,000 Grafted Roses

► Liberty f Kaiserin

Extra fine healthy plants, free from mildew.

Bride Bridesmaid .

Golden Gate La France f

3% inch pots, S15.00 per 100 ; $140.00 per 1000. #

Our Grafted Roses often give a crop of good flowers in ten weeks.

30,000 OWN ROOT ROSES

Choice stock grown from flowering shoots of grafted plants.

BRIDES WOOTON

BRIDESMAIDS LIBERTY

KAISERIN LA FRANCE

Price, 3 inch pots, $7.00 per 1 00.

* J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. I

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CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK V^

October Sunshine Per 100 $2.60

A. J. Balfour

Dr. Enguehard

Glory of Pacific

Leila FUkins

Maud Dean

Mrs. Coombes

Pink Ivory

Valerie Greenham ■ Wm. Duekham-.

Appleton

C. J. Salter

Mrs. E. Thirkell..

YELLOW

Per 100 $2.50 3.00 2.00 5.00 2.50 2.50 2.00 10.00 2.50

2.50 3.00 4.00

Smilax from 214 inch pots.. WHITE

Ivory

Mme. Bergman

Alice Byron

Mrs. Henry Robinson

Polly Rose

Timothy Eaton

White Coombes

CRIMSON

Black Hawk

John Shrimpton

2.00

2.00 2.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 2.50 3.00

2.00 2.00

Extra Selected

•VUGINOINETTE SEED

ALLEN'S DEP1AINCE *1

OO per trade pkt.

EDWARD J. TAYLOR, Southport, Conn.

ASPARAGUS

Per 100

Sprengerii. flinches $3 00

Plumosas Nanus, 3 inches 3.00

Abntllon Savitzil,2 inches 2.50

" New French Dwarf, 2 inches.. 3.00

Jerusalem Cherries. 4 inches, full of

bloom, strong 8.00

Oash with order, please.

GEO. J. HUGHES BERLIN, N. J.

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ASPARAGUS [SPRENGERII

Stock that will give you perfect satisfaction. From seed sown last July ; large and bushy plants now in 3 in. Dots, 5c.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, extra fine stock, 3 in. pots, 6c. each.

Mountain of Snow Geranium, bushy plants, 3i in. pots, 5c. each.

R. G. HANFORD, Norwalk, Conn.

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Governor Derrick Violet

The finest single violet ever offered. Write me

about it today.

Price : One dozen, $2.00 ; 100, $10.00 ; 1000 at $75.00

or 5000 or more at $60.00 per 1000. No. 1 Stock.

H. R. CARLTON, W,L^0HVS.HBY'

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Still the best early 'mum, Larpe white and round as a ball. Plants in splendid condition. Price 52.50 per 100 or 520.00 per 1000.

Morton's Evergreen lodge, Clarksville, Tenn.

PLANT VIOLETS NOW

Princess of Wales $12.00 per 1000

Luxonne 10.00 per 1000

Strong, well rooted divisions. Ready to ship at once. Cash with order.

JOHN CURWEN, Berwyn, Chester Co., Pa.

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MARIE LOllSElflOlEtS

Schuneman's famous Violets are well-known as the most fragrant of all Violets. Fine plants for benching at once, guaranteed the best stock in the market, none better. Only $2.00 per 100: $15.00 per 1000. Come and take a look at them. Only 17 miles from New York City. Money re*- turned if not suited.

010. T. HniMM\N, Violet Range. BALDWINS, L. I., N. Y.

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PEONIES

A splendid' collection of peonies, some of the choicest. Send for price list. Send 25c. each for Peony and Phlox manuals.

G. S. HARRISON, YORK, NEB.

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PEO MIES'.

Queen Victoria (the cold storage flower) $9.00 per 100. Festiva Maxima, $30.00 per 100. Frag- rans (the bloom producer), $6.00 per 100. For 1000 rates or other varieties, write.

G IL BERT H. WILD,

SARGOXIE, MO.

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I ORDER PEONY PLANTS NOW. I

j5 Complete list ready for distribution. Ship September first. Stock Guaranteed true. fc

5 It means something to carry away a silver cup and nine first prizes out of twelve SE

5 awarded at the Exhibition of the American Peony Society. That is what we did. 5£

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Department ol Plant Registration.

Charles G. Roebling, Trenton, N. J., submits for registration Cattleya Charles G. Roebling; a stray seedling Flower pure white, six inches across with slight trace of yellow in throat. Probably raised from Cattleva Harrison* alba Cattleya Mendelli Bluntil, which parents it resembles very much. Bulbs are eighteen inches long and two-leaved; quite strone growing. Flowers are of good substance.

Z Cattleva Kinkora, C. Mendelli Morgam.X Cattleya intermedia alba. Flowers pure white, with richly colored lip. Bulbs are two-leaved, slender, S£ ten inches long. WM. J. STEWART^

DaytOIl Convention Matters. ' „ ?" .the afternoon of May 23, 1906, the : Torrey

" . , Botanical Club held a special meeting at the mu-

All plans for the coming convention are nearly seum building in honor of the tenth anniversary completed. It remains for the executive committee of the commencement of work in the development to finish the official program and all the arrange- of the New York Botanical Garden planting having .,, , , * »,_ t been commenced in the Spring of 1896. Dr. Henry

ments will have been made for the banner conven- H Rusby> president of the club, delivered an illus- ion in the history of the Society of American Flor- trated lecture on "The History of Botany in New ists and Ornamental Horticulturists to be pulled off York City."

i The advantages of the Garden are being utilized successfully in correlation with the nature study

at the shortest notice.

The surprises will be many. To see the wonder

work of the public schools of New York city. Lec-

ful illumination of Far Hills will be worth a trip tures on plant life, etc., under the auspices of the

across the continent alone. The great exhibit prom- ises to be the largest we have ever had. The nous-

Board of Education, have been delivered by various members of the Garden staff, at which the attend- ances numbered from 450 to 850, being composed

ing of guests is well looked after. The amusements 0f classes from the various schools of the Bronx will be many and out of the ordinary. ' Borough in charge of their teachers. After the

Prices for all accommodations will be very rea- ^t each S Th? c™ o?a gumTand sonable and the service the best to be had. All aem0nstrator, and the topics treated of in the lec- points of interest in the Middle West are easily tures were further illustrated and enrorced by study reached from fair Dayton at reasonable figures. of the museum collections, and of the living plants

It is quite a compliment to be entertained by the in the greenhouses, and out of doors, in the forest great National Military Home, a thing which be- and plantations.

falls but very few societies in a decennium. The ,

great entertainment offered by The National Cash , Register Company will surpass anything ever seen by any visitor. Of this we are confident. The work i on the exhibition and meeting grounds is progress- ! ing finely, and visitors will find everything necessary ■ to modern civilization, as far as money can make it. All we have to say is, "Come, and you will never regret it learn much."

OUR READERS' VIEWS

Hotels.

The headquarters during the convention will be the Hotel Algonquin. All hotels are within one square of all street cars, taking you to the exhibi- tion grounds within ten minutes. We give here a list and prices of the leading hotels: AMERICAN PLAN. Rate per Day. $2.50 to $5.00 3.00 to 4.00 2.00 to 2.50 1.00 to 1.50 1.00 to 1.50 1.50 EUROPEAN PLAN. Rate per Day. $1.00 to $2.00 .50 to .75 .50

.50 to 1.00 We have also on our list a number of smaller hotels and a whole lot of private houses, prices from 50c to 75c. for single rooms. If a sufficient number of applications are made, a camp will be established, with well-furnished, double-roof tents, four cots to a tent, at a nominal cost of from 50c. to 75c. each. Anyone wanting accommodations, if no individual arrangements are preferred, should make application as soon as possible to J. B. Heiss, President of the Florists' Club, wno will see that all are accommodated to the best satisfaction of all concerned. DAYTON FLORISTS' CLUB.

Hotel. The Algonquin The Beckel The Phillips Hotel Daytonia The Aldine The Vendome

Hotel. The Atlas The Wehner The Stag Hotel The Urban

More About Geraniums.

You will see much and you will Editor Florists' Exchange:

I see that geranium expert (?) has chosen a nom de plume for himself which is certainly a misnomer. Seeing he did not have the pluck to sign his own name, he might have had the modesty to choose something less suggestive of know-it-allness than "Expertus." "Viridis" would be far nearer the mark!

He still insists that Young Beginner should plant 500 plants as stock from which to raise 4,000 ger-

100 25 25

Guests. 75 50 25 60

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

Special Prizes.

W. Wells of Merstham, Surrey, England, offers gold, silver gilt and silver medals for six varieties of chrysanthemums two of each on 12-lnch stems. The following varieties are eligible in this compe- tition; Mrs. H. Partridge, Mrs. D. Willis James, Merstham Crimson, Mary Ann Pockett, Beatrice May, T. Richardson, Mrs. Heaume, E. J. Brooks, Mrs. F. F. Thompson, Mrs. Wm. Knox, Mrs. J. E. Dunn and Miss May Siddon.

Prizes of $50, $25 and $10 are offered for twelve blooms on 24 inch stems, for the best seedling or sport not vi in commerce. The color to be white, pink or yellow, the name to be given by the donor of the prize.

Charles H. Totty offers prizes of $12, $8 and $5 for twelve blooms In twelve varieties, stems not over 12 inches long, Introductions ol 1906. Open to all.

F. R. Plerson offers a silver cup tor 36 chrysan- themums, six varieties, six blooms of each, intro- duced in America In 1905 and 1906.

Nathan Smith & Son offer $25 for best 24 blooms of American "t-igin, Introductions of i:mi4, 1905 and 1906; three varieties — white, pink, and yel- luw eight bloom ol each, shown in separate vases.

Vaughan's Seed Store offers a silver cup, value $15, for the best specimen bush chrysanthemum plant, which has not received any other award. Open to private gardeners only.

Pittsburg, Pa. DAVID FRASER, secretary.

New York Botanical Garden Notes.

From the June, 1906, number or the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden we take the follow- ing items: I Professor Murrill illustrates and describes a seri- ous fungus disease of the chestnut the ravages of ' which have done considerable damage to these trees I in the Zoological Park and elsewhere, threatening I the extinction of this valuable tree in and about New York city. The spraying of young trees with copper sulfate solution, or strong Bordeaux mixture in the Spring before the buds open might be of advantage in killing the spores that have found lodgment among the branches during the Winter, but the real efficacy of this treatment is so doubt- ful that It could not be recommended for large trees, where the practical difficulties and expense of applying it are much increased. Nursery trees should be pruned of all affected branches as soon as they are discovered, and the wounds carefully dressed with tar or paint or other suitable sub- stance. Vigilance and care should largely control the disease among young trees. With older trees all dead and Infected wood should be cut out and burned and all wounds covered without delay. Particular attention should be paid to water, soil and other conditions of culture affecting the vitali- ty of the tree; since anything that impairs its health renders it less able to resist fungus attack. It is possible that the conspicuous ravages of the disease about New York city are largely Hue to the severe and prolonged Winter of 1903-'04, during which many trees of various kinds were killed or injured. The chestnut is peculiar, moreover, in Its power to sprout from the stump almost indefinitely, and most of Ihe trees now existing in this region are descendants of trees cut for lumber many de- cades ago. This repeated coppicing cannot fail at length to impair the vigor of each new generation r,f sprouts and render them peculiarly liable to speedy Infection and vigorous attack.

Guests. I 300 ! 200 j 150 aniums. Why he should advise him to start with

thirty-year-old methods is more than I can see. If he was giving Young Beginner advice regarding chrysanthemum growing, would he advise him to plant them out in the field and lift them in the Fall, as was the custom 25 or 30 years ago? Would he advise growing carnations, roses or, in fact, any of our commercial plants or flowers by those thirty- year-old methods? If not, why should he advocate antiquated methods for geranium growing? The methods of growing geraniums have changed and improved just the same as everything else in the plant line, although "Expertus" does not seem to be aware of the fact.

Of course there are "geraniums and geraniums," just as there are roses and roses, carnations and car- nations, also experts and experts. Those Fall rooted cuttings which "Expertus" recommends will occupy valuable bench room for eight or nine months, will require lots of attention and some labor, and will cost the grower about as much as he gets for them. The "other geraniums," taken from greenhouse grown plants make the ideal plants. The stock must be in a warm house, not "too warm," judiciously fed, not "over-stimulated." The cuttings from those plants need no stimulating if the soil is all right, a matter which every up-to-date grower will see to. Those plants will be ready for market from March on, and will "mislead and disappoint" no one, judg- ing from the fact that the same customers come after the same stock year after year.

I beg to inform "Expertus" that there is nothing at all wonderful about making a plant multiply it- self eighty-fold; it is like everything else, easily done when you know how. Expertus does not know how; therefore he is not an expert.

"Expertus" has been doing some figuring, prob- ably on the side of a six-inch pot with a four-penny nail, and has evidently come to the conclusion that my figures are too big; 2,000,000 does look big; nevertheless, it is about right. ' I have on a list be- fore me the names of 32 growers who will average 50,000 plants each; the other half million, more or less, will be easily found among the 115 or 120 other growers who sell mixed stock in the market. I can think of only one or two growers, who do not carry geraniums. Prices for some years have been quite satisfactory. Along about the end of June and in July quite a few geraniums are sold as law as $3 or $4 per hundred; and I guess there is just as much profit, or I might say as little loss, in selling them at that price as there is in selling Fall struck stock in May at the regular price.

I shall certainly keep my eye on the question box as advised, and pick out all the "good information" I can; also amusement, seeing "Expertus" is an "occasional contributor."

Concerning that other Doubting Thomas, who modestly signs himself, "Another Green One," I must say that I think he is a hopeless case. If he has been at it for 22 years and has not found out the "trick" for himself, it would take on operation with a hammer and chisel to get it into his head. It is said that an operation of that nature is neces- sary to put a joke into a Scotchman's head. Any- way, "where Ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise."

JOHN BIRNIE.

July 7, 1906

The Florists' Exchange

Judges and Exhibitors. .

Editor Florists' Exchange:

The importance of a wise selection in the choice of judges for flower shows can hardly be over-estimated. Past observations compel us to say candidly that on occasions judges' decisions indicate that but little importance seemed to have been connected with their selection. This remark does not at all imply that those men were not capable, each in his own par- ticular line of work; but that admission avails noth- ing to an exhibitor who may have failed to get his just dues.

An example of what I refer to came under my ob- servation last Summer at an exhibition held in a small but rather horticulturally important New Eng- land city. The judges were, as I have already inti- mated, capable gardeners; but that fact did not deter them from making what I and many others con- sidered some ludicrous awards. On exhibition there happened to be three tubs of Canterbury bells. It did not take the judges long to decide to award the exhibitor $10 for this exhibit; and I heard afterward that it was even thought to award a silver medal for it. Now, in contrast to that award, I may state that at the same' exhibition Messrs. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., had a table of valuable and rare orchids and Julius Roehrs Company, a table of beau- tiful and rare stove and greenhouse plants. Both of these exhibits were passed by almost unnoticed by the judges; and it was a question if either exhibit would have been awarded anything, if the judges' attention had not been frequently called to the ob- jects of their neglect.

Still another illustration of the decisions of those judges (all good men, I repeat). On one side of the exhibition hall (not far from, but covering twenty times as much floor space as the Canterbury bells referred to) was a group of specimen draca;nas, I should say over a hundred in number. This group was awarded $10 by the judges — just as much as was awarded for the tubs of Canterbury bells grown from seed a few months before without any extra effort.

In the cases here instanced I do not believe the judges for a moment thought of favoring one exhibi- tor more than another, yet their awards in all these cases would lead anyone to think that all their de- cisions were arrived at without a moment's thought: whereas thoughtfulness should enter into decisions nearly as much as knowledge and rapidity of dis- cernment.

In its effect, the decision of judges may mean a great deal one way or the other to an exhibitor; and for that reason alone it is the duty of organizations to safeguard the interests of exhibitors by selecting men for judges, who are known to be familiar with the objects on exhibition; or. if as in the case of rare plants, not expected to be familiar, the judges ought I to be able to discern that the plants were rare, and recognize their merit, if they had any.

Next, in my opinion, to unfair decisions, comes what I term the foolish and exacting requirements of some schedules, and the action of judges in pay- ing attention to them. I refer to exhibits of cut flowers and fruit where stated numbers are stipulated. On more than one occasion I have seen the best ex- hibit disqualified because there happened to be one too many (accidentally no doubt). It is usually the custom, if not the rule, for judges to count the articles. Why then disqualify if there are too many? Instead, would it not be more equitable to extract the best individual article in exhibits having too many?

Even though judges' decisions are sometimes, as I stated, not to our way of thinking, still I believe that in all cases their decisions should be final, other- wise endless contention invariably results. And to avoid this, as well as the other evil, it should be the

Reflections on Current Topics.

MR. EDITOR. — Some time ago I was honored by the receipt of a postal card from Buffalo, bear- ing an undecipherable signature, but which from its tenor I glean was sent by my friend Scott. He informs me that he feels flattered by the ref- erence to himself in this column — quite natural, having been mentioned in the same breath with Job — but he assures me that his acquaintance with Constantine was never a personal one. I am will- ing to believe this; for Scott is not the only per- son who talks and writes about men and things with which he has no personal acquaintance. Tet I admire his profound knowledge of history, both sacred and profane, especially the latter.

I observe that he has been casting aspersions on my old friend Noah and his better half, assuming that they were responsible for the perpetuation of certain undesirable insects, reptiles and quadru- peds, among them the musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis, introduced into the ark by Noah as a "cheap disinfectant" when the patriarch had "the snakes." William, I'm astonished at this sac- rilege. Besides, don't you know that the genus is purely an American one, materializing long after the flood, in the Oolite period? As well blame Mrs. Noah, who was no gardener, for introducing as a culinary vegetable the Symplocarpus foetidus, (hav- ing been deceived by its common name of skunk's cabbage) with an eye to a feast at the end of the forty days' voyage; for didn't she already have Ham?

It is always a joy to read of that perennial plea- surable event — the outing to Waretown, the littoral retreat of Commodore John Westcott. This year the. event has not stimulated any original poetry, I observe, although one chronicler accompanies his description of the affair with a choice quotation from Thomson. Now The Seasons, and other pro- ductions of that Scottish poet-philosopher, make good reading: but in celebration of a Waretown out- ing, they fall far short of the original sonnet of J. C. Vaughan, which the surroundings of the retreat inspired. I hope some day John Westcott will invite the S. A. P. down there, so that we all may partake of his hospitality, and among other things view those wonderful mosquitoes, which, so far as I have read, have been the only creations capable of punc- turing George Watson's hide successfully.

I observe that the practice of intruding the faces and figures of persons, male and female, into photo- graphs ostensibly supposed to portray plants and flowers, is again receiving attention. One objector to the practice says: "There may be cases where a grower's portrait might appear with his productions and still seem in good taste; it is, however, quite exceptional." This assertion does not altogether harmonize with the general objection taken; for if portraits of this kind are misfits at all it would seem they would be out of place in every case. It cannot be that the writer means us to infer that presentable portraits of plantsmen or growers are the exception and not the rule, and that the "phy- siogs" of most of those having plants photographed would mar the beauty of any picture in which they appeared? The practice seems to me to be a harm- less one. The picture business in our trade papers is overdone, anyway, in my opinion; too many of those appearing being neither remarkable for their beauty nor their instructiveness. The object of some publishers, nowadays, seems to be to pander largely to the frailty of human nature along the lines of vanity, and evidently nothing so readily ac- complishes this as the appearance of portraits in the papers, even to those showing the dogs of greenhouse owners, and the latest welcome cherubs kindly brought by the stork.

I have been reading, with a good deal of enjoy- ment, the criticisms, illnatured and otherwise, ap- pearing in your New England contemporary on what seemed to be a bit of wellmeant advice prof- fered by a Rochester (N. T.) paper regarding the school of instruction in horticulture and landscape gardening proposed to be established by the Boston Gardeners .and Florists' Club. On reflection one wonders how, without such a school, our American aim of every society, and of every officer and mem- gardens and parks have been developed to and ber individually, to make all awards according to maintained at their present state of perfection, merit only; and this can only be attained by a wise But a remark by R. T. McGorum, in your contem- selection of judges and thoughful deliberation on the porary, is enough to dampen the ardor of the pro- part of the judges themselves. j moters of the proposed educational institution. He From the way medals are distributed by some so- says "Landscape gardening is an art which very cieties, as we see by reading the lists of awards in ' few can master thoroughly." It is to be hoped that the horticultural press, we might suppose some of ; those who take the course of instruction to be those societies had a medal factory going day and ' provided will form part of the "very few," or the night; or else we come to the conclusion that those effort will surely be in vain; for "a little learning" societies have mysterious ways of their own to at- ' in landscape work is worse than none; and of this tract so many worthy novelties, unknown to people ' we surely have sufficient evidence now

authority of the poet whom Mr. McGorum delights to quote — that there are many who go into college "stirks and come out asses." (P. S. I never went to college. J.) This statement. I hope, will not bring down the wrath of the editor of your New England contemporary on the head of JOB.

Japanese Pigmy Trees.

Messrs. Barr & Sons have been exhibiting these dwarf trees for some time past, and they favor us with the following advice: "Throughout Spring and Summer keep the Thuja obtusa in an airy sunny place, such as a balcony, terrace, or on sheltered banks or staging out of doors, selecting always a. situation which, though dry, is not wind- swept. Give water once a day ir required, or it may be necessary in very dry hot weather to water the plant twice a day, just to keep the soil damp without being sodden. Rain water should be used. The plant benefits by being put out in a soft warm rain. If the thuja is kept indoors for decoration it should be placed in a sunny window, and during the night be kept out of doors. Should the atmos- phere be dry and hot, a light spraying overhead with rain water should be given in the evening. The dry heat from a gas stove or open fireplace must be avoided. During Winter keep the plant in a cool greenhouse, and give a watering once a week — just sufficient to prevent the soil becoming too dry. The dwarfed pines, larches, and junipers should be treated in a similar manner to the thujas. "Dwarfed maples should be placed out of doors in early Spring in a warm sheltered spot protected from winds, and left exposed to all weathers until in full leaf. In favored localities the plants may remain plunged out of doors all the Winter; other- wise, when their leaves are shed and the wood is ripe remove them to a cool cellar where growth will not be excited until the following Spring.

"When these Japanese dwarfed trees commence making their new growth in March. April, May and June, give a little manure in the form of bone- meal once a month; to a vase 12 inches in diame- ter give three or four teaspoonfuls, spreading the bonemeal evenly round the edge or the vase or pan after first disturbing the surface soil; to smaller vases give in proportion. Repotting should take place every two or three years (in February or March), and this should be done by an experienced gardener accustomed to growing ana potting heaths and New Holland plants. In the process of repot- ting a portion of the old soil should be removed from round the edges and bottom, and the thin old roots pruned. See to the crocking, so as to insure good drainage, and spread at the bottom of the pan or vase some good turfy loam; then drop the plant carefully in, filling up with good turfy loam round the sides. The plants should be firmly potted and well rammed round the edges to pre- vent the escape of water, which should soak through the whole of the ball of soil. Where the pans are very shallow it is advisable to replace a portion of the old soil each Spring with some good turfy loam and leaf soil. After a few years It may be found advisable to shift the trees Into larger vases or pans, but as the great object is to keep them dwarf, the smaller the vase or pan used the bet- ter. These forest trees are capable of growing to a great size, and they can only be kept in their 'Tom Thumb' condition by discouraging growth. To maintain this dwarf stature pinch back the young growth from April to June with the thumb and finger. In the case of the thujas and other coni- fer^ (except pines) pinch out the points of the young growth all over the plants so as to keep the desired shape. In the case of the ptnes pinch out only the irregular growths. Maples should be pinched back to two or four leaves on each shoot." — Journal of Horticulture.

The French Chrysanthemum Society holds its an- nual congress at Caen on November 7 and 8 next. Among the subjects to be discussed are: The ster- ilization of composts! apparatus to employ; alpha- betical nomenclature: rules to adopt; variations or sports, means to produce and fix them; insects and maladies of the chrysanthemum; means to employ to develop the taste for chrysanthemum culture; better methods of packing chrysanthemums (cut flowers and plants in pots).

elsewhere. Indiscriminate medal-giving, be they sil ver, bronze or even leather medals, will in time work injury, because there is no use in closing our eyes to the fact that many medals are awarded to common- place objects, thereby making awards to things of real merit practically valueless, except intrinsically.

Another ray of hope that the wellmeant inten- tions of our Boston friends may not be altogether futile is afforded in a quotation made by Mr. Mc- Gorum. He says: "Catch a Scotchman when he is young, and there can be something made out of him." May it so happen that the scholars for the

In the matter of certificates, ocassionally we see ' most part next Fall are Scotch who have not ex> awards made that would lead to suppose that when j ceeded the plastic age, or whose vision has not judges ran up against anything that caused them to ' become affected by the "Gruns of the Greybaird." doubt what award to make, if any, they ended their I There can be no question of the praiseworthiness deliberations by ordering a first-class certificate to be of the Boston club's effort to assist young gardeners given. Now, in my opinion, certificates should at to a better knowledge of their profession in all Its least rank next to silver medals, and should only be requirements; and provided the teachers are them- awarded to objects showing unusual cultural skill selves competent, good only can result from the in development, or to things that are rare and of | endeavor. Tet landscape gardeners, like poets, merit besides. H. T. seem to be born not made; and we have it on the

WINDOW GLASS. — Window glass factories which were in operation the first of the week have remained in blast owing to favorable weather con- ditions, although the June output is usually not large enough to affect the market to any consid- erable extent. The demand generally is light in the East, while in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast the activity is reported as being greater. — The Metal Worker.

The Brooklyn Eagle in a recent issue reproduced a number of the "wholesome chestnuts" of our es- teemed contemporary, Horticulture, under the title of "Floral Tips for the Amateur Gardener." We compliment the Editor of the Eagle on his keen discernment, and correct estimate of current horti- cultural information.

The Florists' Exchange

Kniphof ia or Tritoma— Which ?

Two hundred years have elapsed since the intro- duction of the species Aloides or Uvaria. Besides Kniphofla and Tritoma, the genus has been known as Rudolphoameria, Triclissa, Tritomanthe and Tri- tomium — Kniphofla having priority and Tritoma be- ing better known and more generally used. They are all natives of South Africa and Abyssinia, ex- cept one from Madagascar.

It seems strange that a genus so remarkably dis- tinct, so characteristically effective, and so easily cultivated has been so long in obtaining the recog- nition it so worthily deserves. Fifty years ago, in England, uvaria was a telling object during Octo- ber and November, in mixed borders, where it had for companions such pompon chrysanthemums as Bob, La Neige, Drin Drin, Mustapha, Riquiqui, and taller kinds like Aregina, Vesta and Pio No; besides Michaelmas daisies, hypericums, erigerons. Bella- donna amaryllis, sternbergia and others. Burchelli and Rooperi were little known at that time — soon to be followed by Uvaria grandiflora and caules- cens. The total number of species is nearly a score and there are now catalogued upwards of three score kinds, including hybrids. Originally tritomas were looked upon as late flowering plants only; now they may be had in flower from June to De- cember.

Where they are to be grown depends entirely upon the convenience and desire of the planter; but they must have full sunshine, rich soil, and frequent soakings of water; or, what is better, manure water. Don't try to grow tritomas in poverty hollow.

As individual clumps on rock work or on eleva-

ciously staking, make telling specimens for decora tions of all kinds, especially so under artificial light. Such kinds as grandis, nobilis and speciosa may be had in fine shape for Christmas. Who is going to do the tritoma justice?

The following selection contains only those that are known to be distinct and of the greatest merit. Several new varieties are now being offered which promise to be acquisitions.

Uvaria (Aloides) angustifolia, very free grower, flower stems 4 feet; flowers rosy peach, distinct. October.

Grandiflora glaucescens, foliage glaucous, flowers orange red changing to deep yellow; 6 feet. Octo- ber and November.

Gigantea, magnificent plant 6 to 8 feet; large, bright red, and yellow flowers, October.

Meteor, 4 feet high, long scapes of uniform apri- cot color; distinct and effective. September.

Nobilis, a magnificent variety, 6 to 8 feet or more in height, immense heads of bright red shaded yel- low. October and November.

Rubens, most brilliant deep coral red flowers, on nearly round heads; distinct and fine. October and November.

Sanguinea robusta, scapes 4 to 5 feet high; of a rich deep crimson, extra fine and showy. October and November.

Burchelli, (species), a handsome early flowering kind, dark red, fading to orange. August and Sep- tember.

Caulescens, (species), a handsome plant with with blue green foliage, scape tall, flowers greenish yellow turning red. A beautiful plant. August to October.

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tions where the foliage can have equal develop- ment, they are most beautiful. Let me recommend a plan of cultivation which is not much known, or not nearly as much appreciated as it should be, and that is, to plant all the late flowering kinds in the open ground in galvanized wire baskets of not less than 14 to 18 inches in diameter. I refer especially to such varieties as grandiflora, grandis, nobilis, Saundersii and speciosa. These flower in late Octo- ber and all through November. Nobilis and grandis have scapes from 6 to 8 feet high. Of course, they will be lifted before frost and become companions of chrysanthemums, as they require about the same treatment. (Makers of November schedules will i i take notice, and find a place in their exhibi-

tions for them).

All tritomas in the Western States need protec- tion. The surest way is to dig before sharp frost, reduce the foliage, pack in boxes of soil, make firm and keep in a light cellar or storeroom, where they will be safe from frost. South or Philadelphia they are hardy.

Propagation is by division, done at any time when there is some root action.

As cut flowers tritomas are very effective in lar<»e vases combined with their own foliage, bearing in mind to keep the scapes upright or nearly so.

Growing plants in wire baskets in the open, and then transferring them into tubs, or large pots, early in October, being careful not to damage the leaves either by twisting or bruising, feeding with liquid manure, keeping the plants uniform by judl-

Comosa, (species), foliage broad and aloe-like, with flowers apricot red; distinct. August.

Grandis, (species), a very distinct pale green leaved plant, the latest to bloom. The flowers are brilliant red and bright yellow in dense heads. No- vember.

Leichtlinii, (species), a distinct plant of medium size; scapes 2 feet high; flowers deep brownish red. This sort is peculiar, owing to the flowers opening from the top of the scape instead of the bottom, as in other species. August.

Leichtlinii distachya, distinct and beautiful; scapes 2 to 3 feet high; flowers borne in dense heads, yel- low at first changing to orange red, anthers ex- tremely long, crimson, with black tips. A remark- able variety. August.

Leichtlinii sanguinea, of medium growth; flowers deep blood red perhaps the brightest of all; fine. August.

La Perle (variety), a beautiful and most charm- ing variety, flowers bright red with white mar- gins changing to carmine; anthers are orange col- ored and the stamens black; height 3 feet. Flowers in September and October.

Sceptre d'Or (variety), a very free grower; flower stems 3 feet high of a bright purple brown color. The flowers open ochre red, with yellow margins, changing to rich orange; distinct and handsome. September and October.

Pfitzeri (variety), one of the most beautiful and the one that has done much to make the tritoma more appreciated. It is of free growth, with fine

foliage; the flowers are most freely produced on scapes from 18 inches to 3 feet high. July to Oc- tober or later.

Macowanii (species), a lovely plant of fine habit and exceedingly free flowering; scapes 1% to 2 feet; flowers bright apricot and bull. July to Sep- tember.

Maxima (species), foliage light green, scapes 2Vz feet high, quite stout, flowers very bright scarlet. October and November.

M. grandis, a dwarf plant with flower heads nearly a foot long; orange turning to yellow; scapes 2 V£ feet high. August.

M. globosa, a very striking late flowering kind with pale green foliage, heads of spherical form; color richest scarlet. August.

Mutabilis (species), begins to flower in June, of dwarf habit; flower heads nearly round; color orange, yellow and white, distinct.

Natalensis (species), a tall growing, very distinct kind, with long spikes of deep red flowers. Oc- tober.

Prtecox (species), a very handsome plant with deep green leaves and stout spikes of bright yellow and red; flowers in May.

Rooperii (species), one of the most beautiful; vigorous growing plants with handsome recurved leaves; flower spikes very stout 2% to 3 feet high; flowers brilliant red and yellow, intensely bright. August.

Sarmentosa (species), a very interesting dwarf growing kind; foliage glaucous and drooping; flower scapes short and stout; color red with pale yellow tips. Nearly always in flower. May to November.

Saundersii, leaves very broad, deep sea green, finely recurved; flower stems 4 to 5 feet high, deep brown; head of flowers cone-shaped, 12 inches long; color pale orange red shading to rich crimson. One of the finest. August, September and October.

Serotina (species), foliage narrow deeply ser- rated, upright in growth, scape 3 feet high; flower heads conical; color yellow, tipped with red, dis- tinct. August and September.

Speciosa (Baker), a remarkable plant; flower scapes 6 to 8 feet high; heads nearly one foot long, of the most brilliant scarlet. Truly beautiful and one of the latest to flower; should be in every col- lection. November to December.

JOHN THORPE.

Sweet Peas at Hilton, N. J.

Editor Florists' Exchange:

The accompanying illustration shows a patch of sweet peas growing on the place of W. T. Brown at Hilton, N. J. It was a splendid sight to see these long rows of sweet peas in full bloom. They were higher than one's head on June 9. He was picking and selling them in the local Newark market to his special customers. The rows were over 200 feet long.

We are indebted to Professor W. G. Johnson for the photograph.

English Horticultural Notes.

A HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT AND PROVI- DENT SOCIETY.— Though this society (which is en- tirely controlled by and confined to horticulturists) is not so strong as it deserves to be, yet it is now advancing very favorably. Last year there were 105 new members. Its invested funds amount to £27,057, and if it wound up to-morrow it could pay £27 to every one of its 1,200 members. The society dates from 1S64, but for many years it made practically no progress. Its aims are to provide sick pay to members, and those that pay 3s. per month, which is the higher scale, receive ISs. per week for 26 weeks, and half this sum for other 26 weeks, should they require it. There is also a convalescent fund, which eenables a person who is recovering from an illness to go to the seaside to enjoy the bracing, recuperative nir. I believe I gave a copy of the rules to Professor F. A. Waugh, of Amherst, once, when he was in London, and half anticipated that he would have been instrumental in establishing a similar society in the United States. I now enclose a copy of the annual report, together with the rules, for the editor's con- sideration. There is no better institution of the kind in the United Kingdom, a fact that is vouched for by the Registrar of Friendly Societies. There is no death money — no payment for funeral expenses — but then the yearly installments paid in are credited to the account of each member. Should he become a lapsed member, his account remains to his credit all the same, though he ceases to get interest upon it, and he cannot withdraw it (nor can any member) until he has reached the age of 60 years. As an instance, I have been a member five years, and have paid in £2 yearly. This covers every expense (2s. 6d. for the management fund, and usually 3s. deduction for the sick pay expenses), leaving me with a comfortable balance to my credit, and should I die, the money is paid out on production of certificate to the party to whom it is willed. These, then, briefly, are the facts in connection with the United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society. It will be seen that to a so- ciety like this, distance makes no object; nor would it in America. J. HARRISON DICK.

July 7, 190«

The Florists' Exchange

Bureau of Credit.

(Paper read before the Convention of the American Seed Trade Association, Toledo, O., June 27,1 906, by W S. Po well of the Burea u of Credit.)

Mr. Breck, Chairman of the Bu- reau of Credit, Wholesale Seedsmen's League, has asked me to come here and make you a report on what the bureau has done for its members during the past year, and to explain at some length the operation of the bureau, so that those using it may be better informed concerning its meth- ods, and also that their number may be still further augmented from the ranks of the association.

It will be remembered that for three years the members of the American Seed Trade Association en- joyed the privileges and benefits of the Bureau of Credit without expense to them; a service which increased the expenses of the league to such an extent that the directors of the league, with the approval of your ex- ecutive committee, voted to ask the members of this association to each pay $10 per year in addition to the regular collection fees, to assist in maintaining the bureau; the under- standing between the officers of both the league and the association being that members not subscribing the $10 would not receive the further noti- fication sheets of the Bureau of Credit, or be entitled to its services as a collection or mercantile agency. It will be of interest to you to learn that in response to communications on this subject, some 3T members of the association subscribed, and are now among our most valued co- workers; while on the other hand the names of some 97 members of the association who have not subscribed, have, in accordance with the above mentioned understanding been re- moved from the list or those to whom we mail our notification sheets and furnish special information, and from whom we can receive business.

As the membership of the associa- tion comprises some 140 members who are not members or the Whole- sale Seedsmen's league. It seems that the members of thu American Seed Trade Association do not fully under- stand the workings and advantages of our system, or the number of sub- scribers would be very much larger. This being the case, it has been deemed advisable to bring the matter more personally and directly before you, which task it is my very pleasant duty to preform.

Work Accomplished in 1905.

Last year 53 members of the lea- gue and association sent the bureau 821 claims, aggregating $26,065.32, and we collected ana remitted to the members about $12,000, of which $5,312.75 was collected through the medium of the "Demand Letter" at an expense to creditors of only $275.09, while through the "Attor- ney's Department" was collected $6,600 from which the income from the bureau was $232.29. As the total receipts from fees and collections and subscriptions amounted to but $877.38, while the expenses of the bureau for the year were $1,258.02, a deficit of $3S0.64 had to be borne by the Wholesale Seedsmen League. General Working Plan.

Now, to turn from matters past to things present and future; if you will bear with me a very few min- utes I will try to explain as briefly as possible the general working of the Bureau of Credit, and a few of the many advantages which attend its use. In the first place, considered solely as a medium for the collection of overdue accounts that are beyond the usual methods of office collection, the Bureau of Credit is unquestion- ably far in advance of any ordinary commercial collection agency. For one thing, for instance, In the matter of fees. As the bureau is conducted for the good of the Seed Trade, and not as a mere private money making enterprise, it is entirely consistent for it to make a charge, as it does, small- er than that of ordinary agencies. As you all know, the fee on accounts

collected through the medium of the "Demand Letter" and resulting cor- respondence is only 5 per cent or one half the charge of any other reput- able collection agency. Further than this advantage in the matter of charges there is a very marked one of special effectiveness. Through its unique relation to and peculiar posi- tion in the Seed Trade, the Bureau of Credit can handle accounts in the trade to much better advantage than any outside collection agency possibly could, through the special action it takes with debtors, which affects their "whole standing in the trade. The first step taken by the bureau makes clear to a debtor that his credit with practically the whole Seed Trade is cut off until he has paid the account then under discussion. He is told that unless payment is made within a specified time he will be reported to the entire membership as a delinquent, and that firms whose names appear on the back of that notification letter will refuse to sell him further goods, except for cash, until the debt is settled; and further than this, he is notified that if the debt remains unpaid at the expiration of the time specified, the matter will be immediately turned over to attor- neys at his place with Instructions to take most vigorous action to enforce payment. This comoination is cal- culated to bring even the hardest debtor to a realization of the tender-

dollars worth of business every year, gives us a decidedly greater influence with these attorneys than would be that of a commercial house which was sending out to attorneys the com- paratively small amount of business neys vary from 10 per cent, to 5 per cent, of the amount collected, ac- cording to the size of the claim, with the usual minimum attorney's fee of $2. All these fees are contingent, no charges being made where a collec- tion is not effected.

It has been asked by members, "If a claim needs the attention of an attorney at debtor's place, what is the advantage of sending it through the Bureau of Credit, rather than to an attorney direct?" In the first place, to keep in touch with the best and most reliable attorneys requires a system and care that is a depart- ment in itself, and which no business house would feel like maintaining as a part of its regular office force. A complete system of this sort of Bureau of Credit must needs main- tain all the time, keeping a list of correspondent attorneys revised and corrected so as to be in touch with the best attorney at a place at any time; replacing, whenever necessary, the names of attorneys to whom it is deemed inadvisable, for various reasons, to send further business. Further than this, it will be readily understood that the fact that we pass to local attorneys many thousands of

Co-operation of Members Needed.

Just one thing more: While the collection of bad accounts is indeed a very important item, there is an- other element of the bureau's scope which should not be overlooked. It is indeed good for us to be able to collect the bad accounts which you are unfortunate enough to have al- ready contracted, but is it not equal- ly good to be able to help you avoid taking on accounts which are known to be bad, and over the adjustment of which some of your fellow members have had trouble in the past? One of the most important duties of the Bureau of Credit, and one which from this time forth is to receive double care and energy, is the advice to members through our frequently issued notification sheets of delin- quent debtors; bad pay, wrangling- over-condition, chronic-kicker, habi- tual-allowance-claimer, etc.; but in this matter, as in all others, we need every member's individual co-opera- tion. If each firm represented here will send in to the Bureau of Credit for dissemination among the other members of this association, the names of the unsatisfactory buyers, bad pay customers, etc., it comes in contact with, we can cover the trade most thoroughly; and it is the ques- tion of a very short time when each

Establishment of William Sim, CHftondale, Mass.

ness of his position, if he buys from firms in the trade, or if he has any- thing that is reachable by legal pro- cess. Beyond the fear of material consequences, there is in every man a moral objection to being made known to a whole trade as a man who refuses to pay ins Tionest debts; who is to be avoided as a customer, and not to be trusted ; and this psy- chological effect of the bureau's first "Demand Letter" has in many cases been sufficient in itself to secure set- tlement from a debtor who was ab- solutely uncollectible by any legal process.

Aid of Attorneys.

Please bear in mind, however, that our efforts are not confined to de- mands by any manner of means. When a debtor fails to pay or reply satisfactorily to the first demand, his account, after our special communi- cation with member on the subject, is placed with our corresponding at- torney at debtor's place, or at the nearest point to it, the attorney being instructed to act vigorously and se- verely, not however, incurring ex- penses or entering actual suit with- out specific authority from us; on which point, we, in each case, get special instructions from member be- fore authorizing such action. Through the local attorneys, debtor is coaxed and worked after the most approved fashion, and if these methods prove ineffective, the advisability of suit is reported upon to member, and legal proceedings entered if he authorizes. Any account which is any way col- lectible, is collected by the Attorney's Department, and at the least possible expense. The fees for collection through the services of local attor-

which any one house would have. An account coming from us unques- tionably receives more prompt and careful attention than the same ac- count would coming to the attorney from the house direct.

The local attorney understands that unless the business coming from us is given careful and proper atten- tion, our future business will be plac- ed with some other attorney covering his point, with whom we are in touch, who will handle it to our satisfaction.

Attorneys' Fees.

One more, and not to be over- looked advantage, will be found in the matter of attorneys' fees. We have a set schedule of fees which are agreed upon between us and attor- neys, on which special basis an at- torney will not handle claim from a house direct. This is also true in many cases regarding the amount of money required to be advanced by a client for costs of suit; and then there are the advantages we are fre- quently able to get in special cases for members which are decidedly worthy of consideration. With ordi- nary collection agencies these ad- vantages, when in the form of re- bates, go into the treasury of the agency as profit. With the Bureau of Credit these savings and benefits acrue directly to the member owning the claim. Are not these considera- tions in themselves sufficient to in- fluence every member on purely busi- ness principles to send his collection through the Bureau of Credit in preference to any outside agency, to say nothing of the other many ad- vantages which the bureau offers him?

member will find himself personally saved actual money by the warning of some other member's experience with which we acquaint him, that will certainly more than repay him for the small trouble he has gone to to do his share in this good work; leaving out of consideration the im- mense service he is rendering to the trade in general and to the members of this association in particular. Un- der the terms of its charter the Bu- reau of Credit is legally authorized to conduct a general mercantile agency business, in addition to the foregoing, which enables us to furnish members upon application with special reports on persons desiring credit at their hands.

To conclude we want the members to feel that every resource of the Bureau of Credit — the whole system, the working force, the position of in- fluence which the bureau occupies in the collection world — are all at the disposition of each and every member, whether his accounts are large or whether they are small, whether they are many or whether they are few. We want every one in- dividually to lend tis the weight of his co-operation to the extent of passing through the Bureau of Credit whatever accounts he is obliged to go outside of his office force to col- lect. We do not ask for something that is to be unprofitable. We simply want the chance to benefit every member of this association. We want to save him actual money and nive him better results than he can get through any other medium. We are doing it right now for others, and we can do it just as surely for you; and we will if you but furnish us with the opportunity.

The Plorists' Exchange

THE AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

TOLEDO (0.) CONVENTION REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED

The first business on Thursday morning was the adoption of the recommendation of the Executive Committee that a certain amount be placed at the disposal of the trans- portation committee for the further- ance of their work during the ensuing year.

H. W. Wood presented the report of the committee on President's ad- dress recommending that Mr. Page be reimbursed for his expense in at- tending the conference with the flor- ists' and nurserymen's associations, and that G. B. McVay be repaid ini- tiation fee and annual dues advanced by him in pursuance of the member- ship of the American Seed Trade As- sociation and the American Mer- chants' and Manufacturers' Associa- tion.

In regard to the registration bu- reau, the committee recommended the following:

"WHEREAS the Department of Agriculture has about decided to al- low Professor W. W. Tracy to devote most of his time to preparing lists and descriptions of standard varieties of vegetables.

"BE IT RESOLVED that a com- mittee of five be appointed by the

vested in the executive committee. A straw vote was taken as expressing the preference of the association, re- sulting however in no decisive ex- pression, the votes being scattered, the largest number for any one point being recorded in favor of New York.

An invitation was received from the National Cash Register Company ex- tending the courtesy of the manage- ment to the convention, and asking that a visit be made to their plant. Owing to lack of time the invitation was not accepted, but suitably ac- knowledged.

The following report by the Com- mittee on Government Free Seed Dis- tribution, Henry W. Wood, chairman, was received and unanimously adopted:

"RESOLVED that we endorse heartily the action taken by the Agri- cultural Committee of the House and also the Agricultural Committee of the Senate in opposition to the con- tinuance of the distribution by the U. S. Department of Agriculture of the common varieties of garden and flower seeds.

"We consider it beneath the dignity of the representatives of the U. S. Government to distribute packets of

ulation is unjust, inasmuch as seeds are not put up hermetically as are canned foods, and there is much dif- ficulty in locating the responsibility for adulteration, if any. The short time during which many seed com- modities must be handled precludes the use of such elaborate machinery as was recommended by Mr. Trimble. Mr. Wood believed that if any at- tempt was made by dealers generally to send samples in for inspection as suggested by Mr. Trimble's Bill, that the facilities of the Department of Agriculture would be utterly inade- quate to the task of examining and reporting on same.

Mr. Green, of Chicago, thought that the penalty for selling adulterated seeds should fall only on the people who are proven to be guilty, and that the innocent should not suffer with the guilty.

L. L. May made a strong speech in favor of sustaining all movements from whatever source they came that would tend to repress adulteration and maintain the integrity of the seed business. He believed that the entire seed trade had been benefited by the honest efforts made by the Govern- ment along the line of pure product.

Mr. Wood, of Kentucky, affirmed that he was in entire sympathy with every movement of the kind, but thought an injustice had been done in particular cases, no doubt, unwit- tingly.

Mr. May hoped that the Depart- ment would pursue its work still further and include the whole cate-

sold, say at as low as 5c, so that the means will be provided for accurate descriptions of colors of plants, flow- ers, fruit, etc., which in time might become nationally and perhaps inter- nationally adopted. Mr. Page sug- gested as a practical difficulty that might arise the liability of the colors to fade, but Captain Landreth thought this could be easily provided for, in- asmuch as the chart will be furnished so cheaply that a new supply could be obtained at any time.

Following the formal adjourn- ment of the convention, when all present were invited into the par- lors of the Boody House and Messrs. Burpee and Willard having escorted past President Grenell into the pres- ence of the company assembled to do him honor, Albert McCullough, on behalf of the entire company, pre- sented Mr. Grenell with an elegant cut glass punch bowl and glasses, the bowl resting on a mirrored base bor- dered with silver, accompanying the gift with appropriate remarks, to which Mr. Grenell gracefully re- sponded.

In giving list of speakers at ban- quet, obtained in advance, the name of the toastmaster, W. H. Moorehouse, of Toledo, was inadvertently omitted. Among the seedsmen present at the Toledo, (O.) convention the fol- lowing were not included in the list published in our columns last week: Adams, T. Lee, Kansas City, Mo. Brown, Alfred J., Alfred J. Brown Seed

Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Boiler. Chas. A., Stecher Lith. Co., Ro- chester, N. T.

C. E. Kendel, Secy.-Treas.

Henry W. Wood, President. C. B. McVay, Second Vice-President.

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

J. H. Ford, Asst. Secy.

chair at this session to have discre- tionary powers in co-operating with Professor Tracy and to decide wheth- er these descriptions, as amended and approved by the committee, shall be presented at the next annual meet- ing for the approval of this associa- tlon; the committee also to have discretionary powers to make recom- itions as to further work along this and the kindred lines named in President Grenell's address in regard to the registration bureau."

With respect to the recommenda- tion .i thi president in regard to ex- periment stations many recommended that the same be referred to the com- mittee on experiment stations.

In regard to the literary committee proposed the committee stated that Mr. Willard would make a statement wiih respect t" that, and they believed it could be worked with the National Council of Horticulture.

The various recommendations of the commit adopted.

Messrs. Wood, Willard, Woodruff, Cropp and Burpee were appointed a committee on registration bureau.

Invitations were extended to hold the next annual meeting in the cities of Chicago, Denver, Louisville, Ni- :!_■ I i Falls, Milwaukee and Norfolk. Final action on these invitations is

seeds that can be bought at any vil- lage store.

"We are thoroughly in sympathy with the action of the National Grange and the other organizations representing the agricultural and horticutural interest of the country in condemning the Congressional free seed distribution as now conducted."

The special committee on seed adulteration, Messrs. Albert McCul- lough and Henry Nungesser, reported that in the short time allowed them they had been unable to formulate a satisfactory report, and asked that a standing committee be continued on this subject and a vigorous cam- paign waged against seed adultera- tion.

Mr. Wood believed that probably injustice had been done to many in- nocent seed dealers who have been published by the Department of Agri- culture as selling adulterated seed. Mr. Wood discussed the bill intro- duced by Hon. South Trimble on the subject of seed adulteration. Mr. Wood believed that at present there are few people in this country who will knowingly mix products; al- though such a practice has prevailed in the past to some extent, it is to-day looked down upon by all in the trade. On the other hand, too stringent reg-

gory of peas, beans, corn and every- thing else.

On motion of Mr. Willard, a vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Horace J. McFarland and Professor W. W. Tracy for their interest in the work of the association and the papers which they presented.

On motion of Mr. Burpee, the thanks of the convention were voted to the Toledo daily papers for courte- sies extended; also to the local seeds- men of Toledo for their magnificent entertainment of the convention.

Captain Burnet Landreth during the convention related an interesting case of extraordinary vitality in rad- ish seed, 50 per cent, of which grew after twenty years, storage in the Po- lar regions.

Another matter which Captain Landreth brought forward was a sug- gestion that a color scale be formula- ted and adopted by the Association, embracing, say a range of from 100 to 150 shades of the primary colors, each shade to be numbered. The sug- gestion was favorably received and on motion of Albert McCullough a committee of three was appointed to consider the matter and to report at the next annual meeting. Captain Landreth's idea is that the chart could be gotten up very cheaply and

Cropp, Carl, Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi- cago and New York.

Clark, C. S., Wakeman, O.

Collins, P. V., Northwestern Agricul- turist, Minneapolis, Minn.

Crumbaugh, E. N., Crumbaugh & Kuehn, Toledo, O.'

Clark, Arthur, E. B. Clark Co., Milford, Conn.

Dennison, Edward A., W. A. Dennison Seed Co., Ellisburg, N. T.

Dennison, A. P., W. A. Dennison Seed Co., Ellisburg, N. Y.

Dungan, Edward C, Wm. Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dickinson, O. H. Springfield, Mass.

Davis, G. N., The Albert Dickinson Co.. Chicago, 111.

Edgerton, Geo. B., Harvey Seed Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Fonda, W. T., Mandeville & King Co., Rochester, N. Y.

Goodwin, A. H., W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.

Gillespie, J. L., American Seed Co., De- troit, Mich.

Gitteau, Abner, W. H. Moorhouse & Co., Toledo, O.

Keller, Jno. C, C. A. King & Co., Toledo, Ohio.

Kreagler, Geo. A., The Toledo Seed Co., Toledo, O.

Kipping, L. A., Archias Seeds, Se- dalia. Mo.

Ludwig, T. J., The Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, O.

Leonard, S. F., Leonard Seed Co., Chi- cago, 111.