VOL. XX.

Supplement to The Flc^rists' Exchange

July I, 19^

Index to The Florists' Exchange, Vol. XIX, 1905

ILLIJSTRATID ARTICLES NARKED WITtl AN (*) ASTERISK

A Disgrace to Indiana

Abies arizonica (Cork Fir) 665. (Picea) Nordmannlana, Supplement to No. 21... (Picea) Nobilis, Supple- ment to No. 2

Acacias :

Acer campestre austnaca,

Supplement to No. 17

Polymorplium, Supplement

to No. 4 •

Acetylene 'Gas. Lime Refuse

from, as a Fertilizer

Light in Plant Forcing

Adiantum Croweanum

Farleyense :••:;■*•

Advertisers, The Horticultur- ist as an .■,•••,"■;■

Advertising by Retail Florists

Design, an Effective

I Steady

I ! uths ^"."I'a'

i./ulture, Latest Scientific

Process in

portunities in

> rtson, E. (Portrait)

ilfa in Wisconsin

i.ind, Flowering

n^a Hedges

lieas. Tree ■ ■•••,;•

Umaryllis at Haarlem Bulb

I Exhibition. Holland

1 Burbank's ■ i"i;'''

rican Association of Nur-

rvmen. Annual, Conven-

,,[,1 ' '^

Program of Annual Meet-

"^ Carnation Society 38, 66.

Ivmerican

Banquet to x;'.'*'**

Delegates to Chicago Convention, Lisi or

Exhibition at Chicago....

Premiums Awarded at Chicago

President's Address . . • ■ •

Proceedings of Chicago Convention and ^''"'"

Report" of "Nomenclature Committee

Secretary's Report ••■••;

Varieties Certificated at Chicago ; •■-•

Views of Exhibition of... .merican Flag in Bedding

Design i.' ",'1',

merican Peony Society....-

Annual Meeting and Ex- hibition at Chlcago.818,

Prize List ,*■.;''*

Report of Nomenclature Committee .....•• ••••••

merican Rose Society. .17:!,

Annual Meeting and Ex- hibition 39b- (,

Officers at Hartford. Conn.

Premium List for Boston

Show

merican Seed Trade Asso- ciation, Annual Meeting

Program

mygdalus nana

n Active Association

ndromeda speciosa

nnuals for Florists

nthurium Scherzerianum ...

ntirrhinums ; • •

nts. Lawn Infested with

pple. Spitzenberg

pples from Seed Under Glass.

pprenticeship • • ■ •

rbor Vitas, Meehan's Golden

sh, A New Flowering, (Praxinus Bungei)

Aucuba-leaved

Japanese Prickly

5mus. George (Portrait)

5paragus. Decoi-ative

Sprengeri

ter Beetle. The

Disease, The

ters

Fertilizers for

In Old Ground

In the Field, Insects At- tacking

:alea amrena. Hedge of....

;aleas 368,

Treatment of •

cteria. Beneficial

.er, Julius. New Store of. . .

nks. A Shrub for

.skets. Chip, Decision on...

rianging ,

yersdorfer & Co., Phila-

lelphla

Novelties 513»,

ans, Lima, for Market....

'ole. Lima 261, 334,

aumontia grandiflora

gonia Gloire de Lorraine, 42*. 69«,

runford Hall

gonlas

^uberous 177, 233,

Vinter Flowering 39,

nch Repairing

nchea, Greenhouse

ch, Red '. ...

FAOE

38* 460

100

13 750 233

204 472 646* 493 666

706 786 807 491 706* B74 264

468* 386*

807 576

140 110

110 lOB

106 102

110

104 103

106 143»

72 7B4

82]« 644

644 430

432

808*

144

805 696

706* 817

B12'» 349 646 680 752 684 650 268 135 247

665 749 165 103 646 278 403 147 310 708 72

650

326*

752

Blake's Patent Lever Clip...

Blackberry. The Rathbun

Boiler Room Topics »

Bolgiano & Son .■

Bone Meal

Bonora 761,

Boston Market, Contrastive

Conditions of 11, 39,

Parks Display at Horticul- tural Hall

Spring Show

Views of

Bougainvillea Sanderiana ....

BougainviUeas

Bouvardias

Boxes for Shipping Violets... Bowling Alley Greenhouse... Braidwood, J. B., Easter

Show of

Bulb Exhibition, Haarlem

Quinquennial

Forcing Establishment, A Modern (W. H. Sie-

brecht's)

Growing, American Infor- mation Wanted on

In California (Rees &

Compere)

In Virginia

Mite, The

Warehouse, New, Arthur

Cowee's

Bulbs, Curing and Forcing...

French

Holland

In Washington State

Starting

Burbank, Luther. An Impres- sion (Portrait)

Burbank's Experimental

Grounds

Fadeless Flower

Business Outlook. The

Cabbage, Stem Kot in

ieSLs ill jNoriii Carolina

Cactus, topineiess

Caiaaiuius, i: ancy

Caiceoiaua lUgosd, Little Gem

Calccoiai las

Caiiioriua Carnation Cuttings,

as. 117, 1(3,

Calla, Buibank's Dwarf and

c»iant

PAGE 542' 13 600 261 332 787

111

787

397

433*

572"

313

233

615'

644*

571» 640 467

35* 498 261 148 663 403

384

388«

207*

ITS

386* ;i47

766' 686

237

386*

394

70S 457 293 165

673

605*

634

661«

653

472

B55«

431 205»

620 101 •

74 307

69 793 792 777

CaiJas, Potting 482

Camellias 46U

Campanula Media bSU

canauian l-ioniculture, Im-

piessions ol 660, 611, 641

Cauna, 'i'ne no, 174

Cauiias 14, 307

And Dahlias 278

'1 ime to i-ot 233

With Wliite Flowers 270

Caiinas, Vaiieties 01 — Hanna, Sen- ator, lu; I'leaist, ±iou. w. K., 10;

Loiian, Aira. John A 10

CarnaLiun ijay,' an, 66, 103; Dec- oiaimg lor, 142; Degeneration of the, ibH; inost Vaiuaoie Charac- teiisucs ill a, 34U; I He, in Cali-

loinia ass

Cainauons, 116, 5J9, 730; Breeding, 45u; cut of a, 13; At Flatbush, N. i., 120; Blooms of. Not iveeping, 403; Color ot Thomas Caitiedge and Estelie, 442; compost lor. 442; Cutting, Packing and Ship- ping lor Long and Short Dis- tances, 107; Diseases ol, 104; Dry Manure tor, 296; Dying Off. 41; Enchantress. House 01, 464'*; Ex- hibition 01, 108; Fertilizers lor, 600; Fiance^ Cuttings, Statement Kegaiduig, 143; Flamingo, House ol, at L. E. Marquiaees, 107*; Flowers of. Not Opening, 647; For Outdoor Culture, 278; Growing Seedlings ol, 437; In Violet Houses, 147; Indoor Culture of, 636; Keeping yualities of En- chantress, 472*; Mendel's Law, as Applied to, 39; Mulching and Feeding, 48; Night Tempera- ture tor, 442; Notes on Growing, 214; Rooted Cuttings of, 94, 171; Seedling of, 171; Shows at Cin- cinnati, 341; St. Louis, 341; Tor- onto, 260; Utica, N. Y., 243; Sleep- ing on Plants, 118; Soil for, 390; Soil, Old Violet, for, 684; Sports, 390; Sports of Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, 111; Stem Rot, 209, 237; Temperature lor, 296; The Mar- gins at Easter, 704''; Topping Young Stock of, 299; Treatment of Red Sport, 396; Trouble with Cuttings of Mrs.. Thomas Law- son, 177; Variegated Lawson, 106«, 107*; Varieties — Afterglow, 146'; Allspice, 173; Aristocrat, The, 146*; Beach's Red Seedling, 424*; Beatrice, 38; Candace, 173; Cardinal, 116'; Coral, 173; Craig, Robert, 104*; Crane, Senator, 143, 146*: Crisis, 302«; Daheim, 107*, 108; Elbon, 551*; Fair Maid, 147; Gladys. 340; Haines, John E., 108»; Harlowarden, 116'; Impe- rial, 106»; Kramer, F. H., 242; Lady Bountiful, 145*; Lewis, Mrs. W. L., 10. 38. 104*. 108*; McKey, Lizzie, 173; McKlnley, Mrs. Ida, 268; Melody, 402*; Mikado, 66, 144*, 146; Patten, Pink, 66; Peary,

Oarnations— paqi

Lieut., 106*; PhyUis, 106*; Valen- tine, J. A., 146*; Red Sport, 176*; White Lawson, 104*, 107*; Va- rieties to Grow in One House, 41; Water Tempeiature for, 708; White, for Summer Flowers, 41; Wreath Sent by A. C. S. to Mc- Kinley's Tomb 142*

Carolina Garden Notes 269

Caryopteris mastacanthus. Propagating 62

Caryota majestica 513*

Catalogue Covers, Represen- tative American Horticul- tural Op. 392*,

Caterpillars on Asparagus and Ferns

Cedar of Lebanon, The

Red, Sowing Seed of

Transplanting

Cen. tery Florists Near New York

Cercis japonlca

Cherries, Tart

Chicago Holiday Retail Busi- ness

Chicago's Decoration Day Cut Flower Business 757*

Chilopsis linearis 293

China, Notes from 789*

Christmas Designs 36

Trade Reports, Further 16

Chi-ysanthemum coronarium. . 809

Chrysanthemum" Society of America — Special Prizes for Philadelphia Show 304

Chrysanthemums — 727; A New Seedling (Bellamy's), 117*; As Grown in New Orleans, La., 244; For Exhibition and Decoration, 642, 674; For Thanksgiving, 708; Late Sorts of, 204; Manures for, 142; New, for 1906, 210; Rust on, 826; Show of. in England, 112; Single. 435; Smoking, 674; Taking Buds of, 763; With Foliage to the Ground, 12; Variety — Faust, Dor- othy 67, 467, 642*

Cineraria Feltham Beauty... 304 stellata 433*

Cinerarias 307, 651

Citrus trifoliata. Seeds of

Classification of Bulbs, etc... Sweet Peas

Clematis coccinea

paniculata

Climbers. Half Hardy

Clip. Blake's Patent Lever...

Clover. Red

Club and Society Doings.. 7.

39, 69, 113. 114. 175, 210. 243.

272, 304, 339, 400, 434, 476,

523, 654, 581, 613. 643, 673,

706, 734, 761, 782,

Coal 233,

Ashes with Carnation Soil.

Cold Frames

Use of, The

Commission Man, The, and His Defects 609. 549,

Competition. Extraneous ....

Conard & Jones (Ilompany, West Grove. Pa

Coombs. John. Easter* Dis- play of 646*

Cork Tree. Chinese 749

Corn Improvement in Indiana 540 Sweet 133

Cornus Kousa (Japanese

Dogwood) 777*

Mas 457

Cosmos 653

Country Calendar, The 548

Covent Garden Market, Lon- don

Crabs, Flowering, Notes on the

Craig & Son Matters 17,

Cranberry. Fungous Diseases

of 574

Crinums, Burbank's 386*

Crowea angustifolia 55.'!

Currant Worms. Destroying, 777.

Custom House Decisions

Cut Flowers. The Lasting

Qualities of

Foliage

Cyanidlng a Violet House

Cyclamen

Branching

persicum at Boston Spring Show

207 42 42

173

336*

PAGE

Dlotamnus fraxlnella 337

Dimorphanthus, Propagating. 574 Directory, Ti-ade, A German. 117 Dogwood, Japanese (Cornus

Kousa) 777*

Doubling in Flowers, The

Causes of

Dracaena indivlsa

termlnalis

canes

Dreer, Henry A., Establish- ment of

Drug Plants and Herbs, to

Grow 633

Dunlop. John H. (Portrait).. 110 Dwarf Fruit Trees 205

Easter — Bulbous Flowers in Frames for, 296; Crimson Rambler Roses for, 13; Decoration in Porto Rico, 637, 643*; Displays, Boston, 684*; New York, 685*; Lilies for, 41; Narcissus for, 296; Novelties and Suggestions, 510*; Plants and Flowers for, 13, 279; Thoughts, A Few, Bll; Trade in London, 646; Trade Reports, 1906, 583. 584, 616,

Echeverlas

Eckford, Henry

Testimonial to

(Portrait) 610,

Edelweiss

Electric Light in Plant Grow- ing

Epacris

Erica Cavendishil

M'ilmoreana grandiflora . . .

Ericas

Etherization of Hardy Shrubs

Euonymus Sieboldianus. Is It Evergreen?

Evergreen Cuttings, Rooted..

Evergreens and Shrubs In

Pots 605

from Seeds 421

Shade for 35

616 177 430 431 672 177

135 459 511 498

458 690

457 697

147 173 469 35 12 612 542-' 632

808 296 443 348 348

581 640

612

Fadeless Flowers

Farf ugium grande

Fern Bank, with Begonia

Gloire de Lorraine

Fronds, Cut, Storing

Most Valuable Character- istic In a

Ferns, Boston

679 233

150* 780

340 680

Cut, Not Keeping 344

Maidenhair 680

Worms Bating 547

Fertilizer for City Yard 233

Fertilizers for Asters. 708; Carna-

Pan- 685 820 633 613 118 109 390

380

734* 41

817

473 344 332 559

lis

583

646 679 337

270* 498 444

376* Single 444

Daffodils

Americans and

Dahlia. A New Species of . . . .

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.. Dahlias

Cactus

New

738 229

388* 633

Daisies. Paris

Shasta

Daisy. Shasta, on Burbank's

Grounds

Daphne cneorum. Propagating

Decoration Day. Candytuft

and Pansies for

Dinner Table 341

Decorations, June Wedding.

728, 7fi0 Delphiniums (Larkspur) .... 785*

Deutzla crenata 293*

Dianthus Fettes Mount - 707*

Dicentras 239

tions, 600; Heliotrope, 780 sles 684

Fewkes. A. H. (Portrait)

Figs In Gardens

under Glass

Filler for Idle Bench

Fisher, Peter (Portrait)

An Appreciation

President, Explains 509

Floral Offerings Barred from

Altars in Ohio 822

Story of the Year. The 302

Floriculture. Is It More Ad- vanced In This Country Than in Europe? 526

Florists' Clubs. Activity of. . . 236

Florists' Clubs and Societies Should Own Their Homes..

Florists' Yacht Club, Ware- town, N. J

Flower. Fadeless, Burbank's.. Markets in San Francisco.

Regulating the B97

Pots. The Making of 612

Flower Show. Boston. 206.

237. 267. 301, 334, 395.

Kansas City

Flower Shows. Japanese Re- alism in

F'lowers bv Mail

For School Commencement. The Causes of Doubling in.

Foliage Plants. Decorative...

Forsylhias. Weeping

Freesia Field. A California...

From Seed

Growing 549.

Purity 395.

The. and Its Improvement. .

Fruit Trees, Dwarf

Pot

under Glass. Making the Border

Fruits, Colonial

Pot

Fuchsias

Fuel, Saving

Fuel-saving Test. A

Funeral Work. Summer Flow- erg for

Funkia. or Dnv Lily

Funny. Isn't It?

172

825 207*

467 682

142 785 784 207 279 574

498* 278 581 430 335 206

231*

378 498

554

lis

71 173

fiR4 672

Burns' Cottage.

Garden

World's Fair

"Garden Magazine. The"

Gardener. Once a Royal

The. and Landscape G.ar-

dener 141

Gardeners' Aspist.Tot. The....

Association. British

National Associallon of . . . . Gardenia florlda

795

ISO 12 42 72

403

PAGE

Gardenias 680

Gathered and Gleaned, 335, 431, 609

Genista racemosa 512*

Geraniums 72, 74, 620

Disease on 233

Fancy ns

Gladioli at Washington, D. C. 733 Glass-making Machinery In- vented in Belgium 787

Smoky, To Clean 682

Gloxinias 14

Golden Gate Park, San Fran- cisco 726*

Government Starts Nurseries. 779

Grading of Nursery Stock 326

Grafting Baby Rambler Rose. 167

Grape Vines 118, 166

Grand Prizes at St. Louis

Exposition 32

Grape. Grafting the 166

Vines, Grafting 118

Grapery, The 166, 293

Grapes, Foreign, Outdoors, 137, 606

under Glass 98, 707, 777

Grass, Silver Ribbon 68*

Green Fly on Shrubs 697

Greenhouse Building 546,

598, 792, 826

Roof, Slant of 826

Groundsel Shrub, The 6

Growers' Association, A 395

Hail Storm at Grand Rap- ids, Mich 646

at Hutchinson, Kan., Ef- fects of 676*

Hamilton, Frank (Portrait).. 91

Trees, Tne, in New York

City 35

Hardiness of Trees and

Shrubs 166

Viburnum opulus ....'. . 231

Hardy Border, A Plea for the L??

Flowers, Use 399

Orchids and Their Cultiva- tion 380*

Perennial Seedlings 270

Plants, New and Rare 398*

Vagaries of Some 346

Shrubs, Forcing 690

Harrison, Orlando (Portrait). 807

Hartshorne. Jas. (Portrait).. 102

Heather, The 273

Heaths, Good Soil for 806

Hardy 697*

Heating, 13, 147, 177, 278, 333,

403, 443, 482, 547, 606. 681,

708, 780, 826 Hedge, Privet. Time to Cut

Down 278

Hedges, Althea B74

Heliotrope, Fertilizer for 780

Hen Manure, Preservation

and Value of 162

Herbaceous Border, Prospect

Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. . . 366*

The Mixed 366

Department, Work in 36

Garden, Bronx Park, New

York 366*

Perennial Seeds. Sowing... 208

Plant, What Constitutes a,

303, 424, 464

Plants for the Open Border 496

Packing 399

Heroes vs. Horticulturists... 672

Herr. Daniel Irwin (Portrait) 145* Hews, A. H., & Co. (Inc.)

Entertain Employees 74

Hollies, Transplanting 642

Holly, English 36. 173, 231

Hollyhock Fungus. A Remedy

for the 612

Hollyhocks 69, 237

Honeysuckle, Japanese 675*

Horticultural Literature,

"Lighter Vein" 702

Horticulture in Jersey Chan- nel Islands 374

Scientific 777

Horticulturist, The, as an Ad- vertiser 204

Hotbed. The Making of a 349

Hotbeds 348

Taking Care o( 349

Huckleberries and Cran- berries 725

Huckleberry Branches 633

Hyacinths at Haarlem Bulb

Exhibition 468*

at Philadelphia Spring Show 434*

Hydrangea Hortensia 872*

monstrosa 476*

The Climbing 264

Hydrangeas 247, 651

Grouping 421

Ilex crenata 62

Illinois Florists, State Aid

Sought by 334

State Coat of Arms In

Flowers 822*

State Florists' Association.. 340

Inarching, Potting Stock for. 293 Inaugural Ball. Decorations

for 306

Impressions of 345

Insect Pests. Prohibiting the

Importation of 421

Insurance on Plants 72

Iw, English 247, 547

Poison. To Kill 708

Ixora macrothyrsa 115*

The Plorists' Exchange

A FEW ITEMS WHICH

ARE SEASONABLE

NOW

BEAR IN MIND

Sphagnum Moss bale, §6 ibs., $2.00. Spiraea Compacta Muitiflora

150 in case. f6.00. Lily of tllC Valley Hamburg pipe, case

2,500, $24.00. extra size, 100, $20.00.

Lily of the Valley Clumpsio'o^^s^t.^: Bleeding Hearts for forcing, loo, $.0.00.

■^^fRReSI-l SERD

SmilaX 35c. per oz. ; $3.50 per lb.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus

100 seeds, 75c. ; 1000 seeds, $6.50. Vl>rhpna Mammoth, separate colors, or VCIUClia mixture, oz., $1.00. Ct(l(*kc Cut-and-Come-Again, pure white, JlUtlVS trade pkt., 25c.

WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK

UaathMi <k« n<»1»<C Bxakua* wbaa wrltliw.

NEW CROP FLOWER SEEPS

AsparagnB Pluinosus Nanus, 100 geeds, SOcts.;

1000 eeeds. 96.00. Be grouia, Vulcan and Bonfire, trade pkt., 2g ctB. Cyclttmen Oiganteum, 100 seede, 60 cts.; 1000 "seeds, f 6.00.

Petunia Flmbriata Grandlflora, trade pkt.. 60 cts. " double " $1.00

Salvia, Bon Are, trade pkt., 26 cts.; oz.,$2.26.

" Splendens, trade pkt., 20 cts.; oz., 90 cts. Stocks, Dwarf Ten Weeks, trade pkt., 25 cte.;

oz., $2.75. Verbena, Mammoth, trade pkt., 20 cts.; oz., $1.00a FRESH TOBACCO STEMS, baleofSDO lbs., $1.50.

W. C. BECKERT, Allaghany, Pa.

Mention th» Flortiti' Exchange when writing.

BULBS

Llliuni Canadense $4. 00 per 100

•' Superbum 4.00 "

** ITmbeliatum 6.00

*' Rubruni. 6.0D "

Isniene Orandiflora 6.00 "

FOR FORCIPfG "EASTER" GLADIOLI, $20.00 per 1000.

Teade List fbee.

JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. Floral Park. L.I.

Mention the Florists' Exchange when writing.

SRSp flower »SEED5

,^T>-?7

For Present Sowing

10 PER CENT. SPECIAL CASH DISCOUNT on orders over $2.00 for Flower Seeds If the cash ia enclosefl. This discount does not apply to Asparagus Seed. Casli discount on this is 2 per cent.

We are HEADQUARTERS for Green- house Grown Seed of

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

;PANSIES.

Vauffhan's Up-to-Date "International.**

Received the onlj' reward for Mixed PansieH at the World's Fair. It is to-day better and more complete than ever. It contains the cream of the stock of 10 Pansy Specialists. There is no better mixture in existence, as all the florists who saw or used It can tell you. Price, per oz,, $lu.00 ; H oz., $5.00 ; ij, oz.. %IM> ; trade pkt., 50c.

Vaagrhan's **Glant Mixture." This mixture In specially made by us from all the separate colors of Giant Trimardeau, the Giant Butrnot and Cassiir and several special strains which cannot be had any other way. If your trade demands lartje flowers tliere is no better mixture. Price, M lb., $14.00; oz.. $4.00 ; ^aOZ.,G0c.: trade pkt., 25c. Vaughan's Premium Mixed, per pkt., 2&c.;

Lsoz.,Sl)c.: H oz.. $3.00: oz., •5.50. Chicago Parks BeddiniL;, "Choice Mixed," pkt.,

10c. : iioz., 30c.; oz., tl.OO; 4oz.. $3.00. Petuuia, "Vau^Lan's Bsst" Mixture of Large Flowering Petunias, trade pkt. (1000 seeds), 60c.; 3pktB.for$1.25. Petunia, Howard's Star. Distinct from Inimita- ble, or Blotched and Striped. The color Is a rich velvety crimson-maroon; a splendid sort for borders, hansing baskets, vases, etc. Pkt. (500 seeds), 25c. Petunia.Vaughan'a Double Petunias, mixed, trade

pkt. (U II seeds), $1 00. Petanla, Doublf i>ure white, 250 seeds. 60c. Petunia, Extra Larue Flowering, double fringed. This extra choice strain produces about 30 per cent, of splendid doublefrlnced flowers. Trade pkt. (SOO seeds), 69c.; 1000 seeds, tl.OO. Salvia— Trade pkt. Oz.

Splendens, Clara Bedman (Bonfire) . . $0.25 $2.26

"Drooping Spikes," ^oz.,60c.; .25 2.00

Silverapot. 26 3.60

Fireball, now, bostofall 25

Smilax. new crop, 41b., 70c.; lb.. $2.60: " Vaughan*8 Best " Mixture of

Verbenas H oz.,50c.;

Verbena—

I CauilidiHsIma. white H oz.,20c.;

( Defiance, brightest scarlet. -H oz.,25c.;

' Mammoth, mixed H oz. 25c.;

Mammoth, white H oz., 36c.;

Firefly, new brilliant scarlet

Pink and Carmine shade ,

C01IIIPI.KXE I,ISX

VAUGHAN'5 SEED STORE

NEW YORK. 14 Barclay St. 84-86 Randolph St.. CHICAeO

Qreentiouses, Nursery and Trial Qrounds, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS "-

NANUS <•/

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS.

New Crop. Greenhouse Grown Seed, per 100 seeds, 75c; 360 seeds, $1.60; 1000 seeds. $5.00. Plumosus liohustuH, new, per 100 seeds,

$1.00; 1000 seeds, $10.00. Sprengerl, 103 seeds, 15c ; 1.000 seeds. 75c ; 6.000 seeds, $3.25. Write for prices on larger lots on above three. Decambeug. 100 seeds. 50c ; l.OOJ seeds. $4.00. Scandens Deflexus, suitable for hanging bas- kets and to cut, lOD seeds, $1.26. Comoreusis, per 100 seeds. $1.26 ; 1,000 seeds, $10.00

ASTERS,

Branching or Semple,

White

Hose pink

Lavender

Ked

Purple

Light blue..

Daybreak pink

Mixed

Tanghan'B Upright

Branrhiue

Vaughan'8 Upright Pink

Branching 10

Begonia. Single. Tuberous-rooted,

Giant-Flowered, mixed 60

Begonia. Double Tuberous-rooted,

Giant Flowered 50

Begonia Vernon M oz., 30c. .10

BelllH, or Double Daisy,

Vaughan's Mammotii Mixture.

1-16 oz.. 450. .25

Yftughan's Mammoth White,

1-18 oz., 40c. .26

Vaughan's Mammoth Pink

1-16 oz.. 65c. 25

Longfellow, dark pink, '■< oz., 36c .20 Snowball, dbl. white, H oz., 35c .20 Centaiirea Candldissiiua (Dusty

MlUe'') 1,000 seeds 25

Burbank's New Shasta Daisies

1-16 oz. . $1.00 .25

LemonVerbena •^ oz., 40c .15

Nicotiana Sanderse, with large bright carmine flowers 17

t^WRIXE '

.lb

White

Trade Pkt., 10c.

Jioz..20c.

Oz., 60c.

Lb.. $6.60

Tr. Pkt. >4 0z. Oz. i9 00 .10 .20 .60

10 .20 .65

2.50 2.50

FRESH CROP

COCOS Wedddiana Seed $1.00 per lOO; $7.00 per lOOO; $30.00 per SOOO

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed ''-'''TATrTor ''''■'

New Crop Just. Received.

STUMPP & WALTER CO., 50 Barclay St., NewYork

Branch Store 404 East 34th St., N. Y.

To your own

INTEREST

<k up our advertisement in issue of December 31. It will pay you.

H. H. BERGER & CO., 47 Barclay Street, New York

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QUALITY IMIS

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

342 West 14tli .St., New York,

UentloQ Uie Florlat,' Bzcbaoge wbeo writing.

We cata- logue this^ season the earliest mar- ket potato ever produced in the United States.

GREGORY'S SEEDS

We catalogue a new drumhead CAbbape

which in the covernment test eurpassed all

Tarletlea found in this Country and Europe.

Catalogue fVee.

J. J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Mass.

llCllf I^DAD scene For present sowing*

nClf bnUr OCCUO Oryptomerla Japonic*. Eucalyptus elobnlus resinlfera. CupressuB L»w soniana. I'iilox Prummondi nana compact*. Petunia KiRantea, Verbena mammoth. Stocks, dwarf Ten Weekw, trade pkt. 26c.; trade list free.

Shellroad Greenhouses, Grange P. C, Balto., Md.

Mention the Florists' BxcbaoKe when writing.

F.W.O.SCHMITZ

PRINCB BAY, N.Y.

Wholesale Importer and Exporter of

llDlllS,PlaDl!i,ilOOl!i,ElG.

Ml Inquiries Cheerfully Answered

Mention the Florists' Dxchange when wrlttnc.

THE

01. D.ACllnUK.'

76 eta. per 100 ; $5.00 per 1000.

Expected Soon

nsparagus Plumosus BoHQStiis

$1.25 per 100; Sa.OO jht 1000.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Noroton Beauty Potato

All who Issue catalogues should not fall to include it. Descriptive circular on application.

J. M. THORBURN & GO.

36 Cortlandt 8t. NewYork

UentloD the FlortBU* Brchange when writing.

We offer hare been grown and collected with a special view to giving eatlsfqctlon tor Florists'

us 3. Our Specialty —

Best Modern Single Dahlias Choice Single Petunias True Early Cosmos

Trade Pkts. 26c. each ; B tor $1.00

BENJ. SILL & SONS

116 Main St., Long Island City, N. Y.

FABM, yCEENS, L. I.

Uentlon the Florists* Exchange vben wrlttng.

It Uikes f2O,000 trorth of postaof stamps to mail

the Maule

SEED! I

) cntalocue for l'.>i5. It contains 1^1 Inrge pages. J ) lull ul ilUisitrfttiiins and descriptions of the J \ bent and newest tliiu|E« known in horti> J t I'liUuH'. iS'ti mirdener can afford to be without J [ tliia iKKik, which will be sent free to all sending ^ ' uie tlifir addrt^ on a postal card. J Wui. lionry Jlaale. Phlladelplila, Pa.

Uentlon the Florlita* Exchange when writing.

LANDRETHS' SEEDS

VnilP Ap/Iop elsewhere ask us our Before placing I UUF Ul Ucl prices for choice Seeds

Bloomsdale, Bristol, Penna.

MmOom Ck* rkorUta' Kxebans* wben wrinng.

•> ii^^V

January 7» 19*5

The Plorists' Exchange

JOHNSON & STOKES'

TESTED FLOWER SEEDS

FOR EARLY SOWING

strictly NEW CROP SEED from the Most Reliable Sources

AsparHg:aK Plumosufl Nanus (Qreen bouse growD). per 100 Beeda, 75c.;

per luuO 8f ods, $tt.OO; 5000 seede, $2&.0U. Mammoth A'erbena Seed, Mixed. Tbe most brilliantcolors and distinct marktntrs found in any mixture extant. Per lUOO seeds. 20c.; oz , $l.tO. Mammolh Verbtuna Seed, white, blue, purple, scarlet and pink; each per 1000 sfods, 26c.; oz., $1.26. Trade pit. oz.

Petuuia, Niw Star, reniarbable bloomers $0.25

'• Dwarf, inimitable iNana Compacta) fine ferpots, 25 $1.25

Giants of California, mixed 50

J. .^: 8. OiantSiUKle Fringed 60

J. & S Giant Double Fringed 500 seeds. 76c.

Smilax.new crop Per H lb. 60c. Per lb. $2.00 .20

Salvia Splendens, Clara Bedman or Bonfire 30 2,00

Stocks, Princess Alice, (Cut-and-Conie Again) — 30 2.60

PaDKy, Johnson & Stokes' Kingley Collection, tbe

flntiat strain obtainable 30 5.0O

Write for our new Florists' I-ist— Just issued.

JOHNSON & STOKES, ytlHA'Ir. Phila., Pa.

Mention tbe Florists* Excbanee when wrltins.

FOR FORCING

Lily ot the Valley, Spiraea, Astilboidps

Floribunda, Stirliner Castle Tomato,

First and Best Cauliflower,

NETV CROP MUSHROOM SPAWN.

>ve:e:ber a don

114 Chambers Street, NEW TORK

Mention tbe Florists' Exchange when writing.

HELLERS MICE

PROOF SEED

CASES.

Send for Cireu lara

HELLER & GO.

Montclair, N.J.

lie n t Ion tbe Flortsta' Kxchange when writing-

OW is the time to plant TUBEROUS BEGONIAS forEASTER BLOOMING

They make excelbrnt POT PLANTS and

will find a ready sale then.

See prices in laat week's issue, 3d page.

HUBERT & CO., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

N. Lepage, RepresontatKe. MPTiHnn .the Flnrlut*' RTchfltiep whpn wrltlne.

Perennials

Many acres, including all the best com- mercial and florists' varieties. Send for list with prices.

PALISADES NURSERIES, Sparkill. N. Y.

Mention the Florists' Exchange when writing.

Arlington Tested Seeds for

Florists. Catalogue

mailed free.

I W. W. RAWSON & CO.

Seedsmen,

12 Faneuil Hail Square,

BOSTON, . - . MASS.

Mention tbe FlorlstH* Bxcbanjte wben writing.

ch".c1 Flower Seeds

List free on application.

FRED.ROEMER, Seed Grower

QUEDLINI5URG, GERMANY.

Mention the Flnrlsta' Exchange wben writing.

THE n4RDY ANNLAL or THE CENTURY

Nicotiana Sanderae.

Silver Medal Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1804. Gold Medalp and First-ClasR Certificates awarded at principal European exhibitions. Thousands of glowing carmine blossoms produced on a single bush. Seeds in original packets from seedsmen through- out the United States.

Full particulars from

SANDER & SONS. St. Albans, England.

Wholesale AeentB for the United States ■ Ht. a. Drier. Philadelphia. Pa. ; J. M. Thorburn li Co.. Cortlandt St., New York ■ I ViuuHAN'B Seed Store, Chicago and New York. Uentloo ttag FlorlsU' Excbange when wrltlDK.

Seeii Trade Reporim

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Charles N. Page, Des Moines, Iowa, president; L. L. May, St. Paul, Minn., first vice-president; W. H. Grenell. Pierrepont Manor, N. Y., second vice- president; C. E. Kendall, Cleveland, O.. secretary and treasurer.

NEW YORK.— Harry A. Bunyard, the veteran traveling salesman, has taken a position with Arthur T. Bod- dington and will continue to meet his triends on the road.

J. M. Thorburn & Co. have been of- ficially notified that they have been awarded the Grand Prize for the dis- play of vegetables grown from their seeds exhibited at the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition; also a Grand Prize for their collection of seeds.

ST. PAUL. — Recent visitors included C. P. Braslan, L. M. Kimberlin, J. B. Agnew and W. H. Grenell.

May & Co. will begin mailing their annual catalogue the coming week.

NEWPORT, R. I.— There has been an unusual good inquiry for lily of the valley pips; some of the seedsmen have been obliged to order several times to supply the demand.

H. L. De Blois, seedsman, says his Christmas trade in greens was not nearly as good as last year's, one rea- son being the deep snow, which stopped the usual cemetery orders for wreaths.

Since Christmas the seed stores here close the first four nights of the week at 6.30 p. m.; Friday at 9 p. m., and Saturday at 10 p. m.; they all open at 6.30 a. m. P. W.

ADULTERATION OF GRASS

SEED. — Secretary Wilson has promul- gated a circular giving the results ot tests made in accordance with an act ot the last Congress directing him to obtain in the open market samples of seeds of grass, clover or alfalfa, test the same, and if any such seeds of Canada blue grass are found under any other name than Canada blue grass or "Poa compressa," to publish the re- sults of these tests with the names of the dealers selling the adulterated al- falfa seed. Samples were obtained by department agents from 742 seedsmen throughout the country and out of these there were 23 lots sold by eight seed dealers in all found to be adul- terated.

AMERICAN VARIETIES OF LET- TUCE.—The Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture. Washington. D. C, has just issued a bulletin (No. 69) of great importance to seedsmen and market gardeners, on the subject of American Varieties of Let- tuce prepared for the Department by W. W. ■ Tracy, Jr., Assistant, Variety Trials. In the preface, written by Botanist Frederick V. Coville, It is stated:

Tentative trials were made in the years 1S97. 1898 and :S99 and extensive trials were conducted in each of ttie four years from 1900 to 1903. Altogether 2.934 sam- ples of lettuce seeds were secured, chiefly by purchase from seedsmen, and grown in the trials. These sample.'? represented 444 variety names recognized by American seedsmen. The trials were conducted un- der Mr. Tracy's Immediate direction from 1897 to 1899, at Kensington. Md., and in the succeeding years on the Potomac Flats at Washington. In addition, Mr. Tracy

NA/ARD'S

HIGH GRADE

Bulbs & Plants

HORSESHOE F A LPH M . W A R D & CO . BR.ND 17BalleryPI.,NEWY0RK

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Manetti Stocks

For grafting purposes no'w ready.

Send in your order early.

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO.,

Hllzabeth, M.J.

Mention tbe Florltte' Bicbangc wben writing.

=Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed=

STRICTLY FRESH CROP This season's picking, all greenhouse-grown seed. No last season's left over seed mixed with the stock we offer.

Per 100 seeds, 75c ; $6.50 per 1000 seeds. Write for special quotations on ijirge ciuantities.

MICHELL'S CARNATION BANDS

"Tbe NoiseleBs BftD.l." You cannot do witbout tbeee banda If you want to save your biirsted Carnation blooms. Try them. We sell 10,000 of these bands for $1.00; 7tOy fiir 75 ct8.; 45U0 for 50 eta.; 2000 for 25 cte.; 1000 for 15 ctB.

If you have not received our Advance List of Flower Seeds, Bulbs, Supplies, Etc., write us for it.

HEIIRV F. MIQHELLGO .JoVa MaT^rsC Philadelphia,

UentloQ tbe Florists* Exchange wbeo wrltlor.

HAVING BEEN A>VARDED THE

GRAND PRIZE

For BIy Exhibition oi

GUADIOUI

AT THE WORLD'S FAIR

it is with increased confidence In my ability to supply superior stock that I solicit a continuance of patronage, and new customers. GroflTs Hybrids and otber sorts, the best obtainable.

^.ufogue. ARTHUR COWEE, Gladioios Specialist, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, NewYork

visited the extensive trial grounds main- tained by five large seed houses, as well as seven seed farms in California, where lettuce seed is grown. Mr. Tracy con- cludes that of the 404 varieties named in seedsmen's catalogues 107 represent really distinct varieties, while the others are merely these same varieties under differ- ent names.

The bulletin treats on varieties and their description, cultural peculiarities, varieties suited to different conditions and requirements, and gives a classifi- cation of varieties, describing those classed as distinct, besides furnishing a catalogue of variety names.

European Notes.

A sharp spell of cold weather has vis- ited us again and filled our minds with thoughts of a good old-fashioned Christmas, but at the moment of writ- ing there are indications that the skates will not be needed, and our hopes of a well-earned recreation are dashed to the bottom of the lake.

In England, and especially in Lon- don, the frost has been accompanied with fogs of tlie worst type. Railway and steamboat traffic has been almost suspended and in all cases seriously delayed, the result being that large quantities of goods intended to be shipped before Christmas have not, up to the present, reached the ship's side, and, as the steamers are despatched from points a long way from the Lon- don district, the goods have, in many cases, been left behind. This applies not only to British goods, but also to large consignments from the Conti- nent, which have been sent to London for "combination" purposes. Up to the present the vessels containing them have not yet arrived at their respective wharves, consequently the proposed combine has fallen through. As the e.xtremely low rates quoted by the principal transportation companies are based upon tlie success of the com- bine, somebody will have to lose money.

In cleaning up some of our later crops. we find that squashes, especially the vegetable marrow type, pumpkins and gourds generally have yielded well, and seed of most varieties will be abundant. On the other hand, the hot- house melons, so highly esteemed in Britain, have produced very little seed, and some varieties are an absolute failure. If w-e were certain of a re- currence of the hot weather of last Summer in 1905, it might be possible to induce some of our enterprising grow- ers to try the culture of the canteloupe melons so highly esteemed in your country. Up to the present time the specimens that have come under the notice of the writer have possessed the

flavor of a field turnip grown on heavy clay land in a cold, wet season. At the same time it must be admitted that the mammoth peaches which occasionally reach this country from California might be described in the same terms, were it not for the bitter flavor they possess in addition.

The culture of the open-air or ridge cucumber Is a dead letter in Britain, mainly owing to the low price at which the frame varieties are grown at the mammoth market nurseries in the vi- cinity of London.

As the notes will probably appear In the first issue of The Florists' Ex- change for the new year, the writer desires once again to wish to all who peruse its pages a pleasant and pros- perous New Year.

EUROPEAN SEEDS.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED

BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL.— One of the first of the large catalogues to reach our desk this year of 1905 was Burpee's Farm Annual — an ever-welcome visitor, as from its pages we can at all times get a pretty good line on the progress making in the seed and plant industries, the best of the novelties always being offered, together with the tried and true standard varieties. The Annual for 1905 contains some 180 pages; and among many other new things, the public's at- tention Is being especially directed to the following five: Burpee's New Blend of the Best Giant-flowered Pansies; Bur- pee's Brilliant Blend for 1905 of Superb New Nameless Tom Thumb Nasturtiums; the new "Countess Spencer" strain of superb Ruffled Gigantic Orchid-flowered

SHAMROCK

...IRISH...

Strong and fine plants. Better order early, W.OO per 100; or 60 cts. per doz.. by mall.

XXX SEEDS

Verbena. Improved mammoth, the very finest

grown, mixed, looo seeds. 26c. Cineraria. Finest large flowering dwarf. 1000

seeds, 60c. Phlox Pnmila Compacta. Very dwarf and

compact: grand for pots; In finest colors,

mixed. Trade pkt. 25c. Alyssum Compactum. The most dwarf and

compact variety grown: perfect little balls

when grown In pots. Trade pkt. 25c. Chinese Primrose. Finest large- flowering

fringed varieties, mixed : single and double.

500 seeds, $1.00: half pkt. 50c. Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large-flower- ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 50C0

seeds, $1.00: half pkt. 50c. Petnnla. New Star; from the flnest marked

flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt. 25c.

CASH. Extra count of seeds In all packets.

JOHN F. RUPP, Shirenianstown,Pa.

The Home of Primroses. IfentloD tbe FlorlBts' BxcbAosa wbeD wrC^tn^.

The Florists' Bxchange

16950 - No. 1. own roots »U0O per 100 j

2(826— No.2, •■ " 8.00 "

Nurthern-grown, for delivery December 20.

HIRAM T. JONES, Union County Nurseries ELIZABETH, N.J.

UeotloD the FlortBtB* Bxcbanre when wrtttiiff.

CRIMSON RAMBLER

Sweet Peas; Burpee's White Wax Bush Bean; and new 'Howling Mob" Sweet Corn.

Some very interesting views of the great seed emporium in Philadelphia, and of the firm's trial grounds at Ford- hoolt. Pa., add interest to the present year's annual. Then there are also beau- tiful colored illustrations of Burpee's Trucker's Favorite Tomato, new dwarf Perfection Parsley, thirteen varieties of the finest garden peas; four favorite an- nuals in celosia. salvia, marigold and verbena, and representations of several novelties in sweet peas.

Burpee & Co. were among the exhibi- tors at the World's Fair Exposition at St. T^ouis. and among the honors won by the firm individually they are able to announce the only gold medal on lawn grass, for a growing exhibit, besides other medals. In addition to this, the products of Burpee's seeds had the dis- tinction of securing the only grand prize for vegetables won over all other States. and a gold medal for best display of vegetables raised in New York State, the growers being the Glendale Stock Farm of Glen's Falls, N. T. This is an excel- lent record, and Burpee's house will but celebrate its thirtieth anniversary in 1906. Its motto, however, is vitality, purity, se- lection, novelty, pedigree, quality (the keystone), reliability originality, liberal- ity, accuracy, and promptness, a combi- nation of qualities that cannot fail to bring success.

KVERTTHING FOR THE GARDEN. 1DC5. — This attractive and comprehensive catalogue of Peter Henderson & Co.. New York, well maintains the high standard

of its predecessors. The numerous pre- sentations require some 200 pages, all of which are profusely Illustrated. A most unique cover design is this year presented. The removal of part of the front cover affords a partial view of a beautiful gar- den and lawn scene on another page (il- lustrative of what can be obtained from the Henderson lawn grass seed). In which appears a pretty miss holding a tennis racket and ball in her hands, the cover making a charming setting for the pict- ure. Colored plates of the following sub- jects are also given; New Dwarf Early Pea Melting Marrow; new meaty tomato Tenderloin, improved ever-blooming Hol- lyhocks; a collection of thirty Giant- flowering Sweet Peas; Irresistible collec- tion of Hardy Everblooming roses, in- cluding, among others. General MacAr- thur. Cardinal, and the dwarf Crimson Rambler; also of Henderson's Artistic Collection of Cactus Dahlias. Large lists of novelties in roses, cannas. dahlias, etc.. as well as in vegetables, are enu- merated, the whole forming a most in- teresting and valuable catalogue.

WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, New York.— Catalogue of Vegetable, Farm and Flow- er Seeds. Plants, Bulbs, Trees. Sundries. The list of novelties, contains among others: Nicotiana Sanderse, new miniature asters Waldersee, chrysanthemum Golden Wheel, Princess Alice stock. Princess Maud gloxinia, Benthey's aster, mignon- ette New York Market, etc. An old mill scene, in apple blossom time, makes an attractive cover illustration. The cata- logue is well printed and profusely illus- trated.

NV.& T.SMITH COMPAIVV

0©n©-va,, IB". "ST.

Home-Qrotirn Hardy Roses, Clematis, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines

Fruit Trees and Small Fruits.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST SEM ON REQUEST

^ UeDtloQ the FlorlatB' EzcbaDge when wrltlDg.

ASK FOR OUR SPECfAl PRICES ON EARLY SPRIN6 SHIPMENTS OF THE QEINUIINE

Picea Pungent tilauca Ko^ter Com|)acta

The purest, bluest strain, of perfect shape and unsurpassed quality, in large quantities. Plants from one foot to 4J.^ feet; transplanted stock with good balls and fibrous roots,

Also in quantity, Bardy Fancy Byergreens, in the best varieties. Extra large AZALEA mOLLIS SBGDLINC8 and AZALEA PONTICA, named yarieties, suitable for lawns, etc.

Catalogues Free on Request.

J. BLAAllW CO., Boskoop, Holland

NURSERYMEN

Mention the Florists' Exchange when writing.

MARK T. THOMPSON. Rio Vista. Va. —Wholesale Price List of Strawberries. Roses, and Other Plants. Mr. Thompson says: "The best way to know a man is to find out what they say of him at home," and then quotes what is said by local papers of his own products.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY. Joliet, III. — Descriptive Illustrated Price List of Carnations, Chrysanthemums and Roses. All the best novelties, along with Fiancee carnation, are included, as well as the cream of the standard sorts.

HOLMES SEED COMPANY, Harrls- burg. Pa. Handbook of Seeds for 1905, etc.. with An interesting list of novelties. Well illustrated.

D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY, BRISTOL, PA.— Catalogue of Landreth's Seeds, etc., with a list of novelties and specialties.

THE BEALL IMPROVEMENTS COM- PANY. Decatur. 111. Price List of the Graham Seed Corn Sorter. Illustrated.

HUNTINGDON & PAGE. Indianapolis, Ind. — Illustrated Catalogue of Seeds. Bulbs. Plants. Supplies, etc.

J. M. THORBURN & CO.. New York. —Trade Price List of Vegetable and Gar- den Seeds, Bulbs, etc.

J. F. ROSENFIELD. West Point, Neb. — Price List of Peonies, etc.

BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS

An illustrated manual containing suggestionB on Liwn MaiilnE, Plantit^' and care of Shrubs and Trt'es With names and descrtptlons of varieties hariy and of merit. Also information regardiLg' LandfCApe Plans, Topographical Suiveje etc.

A. bo ''6 you will often refer to. Send for it to- day. Fref» on application.

PETERSON NURSERY 505W Peterson Ave. CHICAGO. ILL

M<ntUin the FliTlsts' Exchange when Tvrttlng.

VAN DER WEIJDEN & CO.

THE NURSERIES. BOSKOOP (Holland)

Have a fine lot of hl;;;h grade Nursery St^cfe at hand to nu your Spring urders: such as hardy Rhod'ideridrrin. Boxwood, Blue Spruce iKoster's) 3_6 feet, extra fine. H P. Standard roses and Hydrangea paniculata grandl flora (Clieap), etc. No agents. Ask for sitectal prices.

For the Trade only. Mpnttnn thp Flnr1stn' RTtohnncp when wrlHne.

Very Prosperons New Year

to the American Nursery and Florist trade

Van dcr Weijdcn & Co.,The Nurseries

BOSKOOP -HOLLAND

Mention the Florists' Excbunee when writing.

DREER'S OFFER of Seasonable Forcing Plants

AZALEA

Madame Van der Cruysen

To close out quickly we offer a fine lot of this m< St salable of all, at Import prices. Speak quickly If you want them.

12 to 14 inch crowns. $6.00 per doz, ; $15.00 per 100 14 to 16 " '■ 7.50 " 56. '0 "

18 to 20 " •• 2 00 each; SU.OOperdoz.

AZALEA MOLLIS

An unusually fine lot of well-budded plants 16 to Ife fnch?B high. A plant that is rapidly gaining favor for early and late forcing; It Is profitable stock for the retailer to handle, as It can be ^rown at a minimum cost (or heat and labor. $1.50 per dozen ; $35.00 per 100.

DEUTZIAS, for Forcing

Strong. Hhapely. two-year-tdd fleM-grown plant.s, suitable lor G in. pots.

OrariliK Rosea, $1.C0 per duz. ; " Lemoiiiel, 1.00 "

$8.00 I er 100 8.00

FORCING LILACS

Charles X and Marie Le Gray

A fine lot of pot-grown plants, well set with buds and In prime condition for forcing, $6.00 per dozen ; $45.00 per 100.

FORCING RHODODENDRONS

For a late Easter will fill a vacancy where Azaleas can not be retarded; they are bee mlng more popular every season; you will find tt profitable to try these. We are carrylr g an extra large stuck of bushy, well-sliaped plants, covered with buds, 10 to 18 Inches high. $'." UO per dozen: $.70. 10 per 100. 20 to 24 inches high, fine specimens. $11.00 per dozen ; f'O.i.OO per 100.

THE BABY RAMBLER ROSE

Mmc. Norbcrt Levavasseur

Tho most valuable bedding rose y t Ittro- diiced. A plant which will bo In strong demand for a long time. We offer good plants suitable to uwe for stock plants, nue-year fleld-grown, suitable U>r fovir-lnch pots, $5.00 per dozen; $3.^ 00 per 100; $300.00 per 1000.

Grafted Roses

Wv are booking^ advant^e orders fur BRIDE and BRIDESMAID stock from 2>i inc-h pots at $100.00 per 1000.

EDW. J. TAYLOR

Soutliport, Conn.

Upntinn thP FlnrlBln' Kxf'hiing*' whpn writing.

EVERGREEN

An Immense Stock of both large and small sized EVERGREEN TREES in great variety; also EVERQREEN SHRUBS. Correspondence Soi kited.

THE WM. n. MOON CO.. Morrisville, Pa.

Mention the Florlgta' Etcbapge when writing.

Piafielpma Raiiitilei

Don't fall to get some PBII,ADEI.PHIA RAMBI.ERS tor forcing. It's the brightest and best.

THE GONARD & JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

Mention the Florlgtt' Bicbange when wrttlng.

RAFFIA FIBER

Rolker's O. K. Quality, for Nureerymen. Al- wavH on hand and for sale in 50 lb. and 100 lb, bales, at $12.00 the 100 lbs. Terms net cash : also in orijjlnal bale lota of about 225 lbs., at a reduction. Writ** for prtceB. Florist aud Mursery Stocks imported to order.

AUGUST ROLKER & SONS

31 BARCLAY ST. P. O. Box 758

ilt-ntlnp the Florists' ETchange when writing.

DAHLIAS

Over 200 Distinct Varieties

New and up-to-date In all ila.-^*ifi^.ation8. List and prices on application.

PALISADES NURSERIES, Sparkill.N.Y.

Mention the Plorista' Exchange when writing.

HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Uentlon the FlorUti' S^cbanf* wb'P wrtttaf.

P. OUWERKERK

216 Jane Street WEEHAWKEN HEIGHTS, N. J.

p. O. No. I, Noboken, N.J.

JUST RECEIVED FROM OUR HOLLAND NURSERIES

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

PRICES MODERATE

UpntloD thP FInrlBts' Exohnnpe whpn wrltlnif.

Fnilt IVofR. f^mall FrulI«,Ornnmrninl Tree*.

V.\ tTei-«'cin» nnd ■ihrulit. ^hmU' Tr*'Ov Ilartly

lti.«(H. llurilf rinnl-. I llmln-r«. ete. T In-

nutftt rumpleie ft>!tcctIonii In this countrj .

<*olil >Ieilnl — Paris— Pan-American —

St. L'lUls. KC prizes New York State

Fair. r."M.

Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue

FREE on Request.

ELLWANGER & BARRY

Mt. Hope Nurstrltfi. li-K-hiMer. N. V.

MeottoD Vtt Florlitt* Bxebanre when writing.

January 7, 190B

The Plorists' Hxchange

NURSERY DEPARTMENT.

' Conducted by Joseph Meehan.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex., president; C. L. "Watrous, Des Moines. la., vice-president; George C. Seager, Rochester, N. T., secretary; C. L. Yates, Roch- ester, N. Y., treasurer.

Neponset Pots for Packing.

Florists and nurserymen who have tlie shipping of plants in pots find the Nepon.set pots very useful for the' purpose. There are lots of plants grown in pots which have to be shipped, and the balls of which it is necessary to preserve. The ordinary pots in which they are grown are not fit for shipping. It takes too much time, care and box space to pack in such a way that both pots and plants are safe. The use of Ne- ponset paper pots obviates all this. The plant is knocked out of the pot in which it has been growing, and is set into a Neponset pot of the same size. To tie this pot may sometimes be necessary, to keep the soil from falling out when the pot is on its side, but often tying will not be required. Packing of pot plants in this way is a great pleasure to those who have had to do with the shipping of them in the old way. The work is much quicker done than before. and the plants arrive in much better condition. This encourages further trade, and sales increase. The cost of the Neponset pots is fully set off in the saving of the old pots, which formerly were shipped away, and in the end. through so inany being broken en route, because of no use to any one. The Neponset pot is a good thing for shippers of pot plants to possess.

Early Planting of Japanese Snowball.

One of the mistakes of Spring W'hich nearly all nurserymen are liable to make is to delay planting the Japanese snowball early in the season. It is one of several Japanese shrubs that are impatient to start .growth as soon as Winter is over, and, as with the lilac, the buds seem waiting the first warm days of Spring to expand. It is well to keep this in mind, and to so arrange that this snowball be transplanted among the fir.=t of shrubs set out. It is such an ad- mirable subject for the lawn, that in neai-ly all orders for a half dozen or so of shrubs it is one of the number, and as some orders must, necessarily, be filled late in the season, nurserymen usually dig up. early in the Spring, as many as they expect to want. and heel them in. so as to retard them. One difficulty with the successful transplanting of this shrub is that after its buds begin to push into full expansion it becomes difficult to succeed with it, even when closely pruned. This is not the case with the majority of shrubs, and it is further reason for the planting of it at an early date. Last season, a florist called on a nurseryman for a large number of this snow- ball. It was in Spring, and his desire was to have the plants in fiower for use for Memorial Day. This, it was explained to him, was impracticable. Though the plants all lived, it was explained that the check fi-om transplanting would cause the flowers to be very small, and so be unfit for cutting for 'the purpose desired. It is not with the snowball as it is with the deutzia and some other shrubs; the deutzia may be dug up in the Fall and forced for Easter and give fair satisfaction in the way of flowers; not so the snowball. It must have a year to establish itself before it can give the grand flowers it is famed for. To conclude, let me say it you have not a good supply of this shrub, get it; one rarely has too much of it.

A Shrub for Banks.

'When something is ^'anted for the purpose of orna- menting a bank and the binding of it, to prevent washing, a good plant to recommend is the red fruited snowberry, Symphoricarpos vulgaris. It grows free- ly, spreads by underground runners, soon forming a thicket, and at this, the Fall or early Winter season, its slender branches, weighted down with red berries, are a beautiful sight.

Another shrub, valuable in the same way. but hardly as good for rooting underground and forming a dense bush thereby, is the white berried one, S. racemosus. The berries of this are large, snow white, and do not come in such thick clusters as those of the red one. This one may be called snowberry, from its snow white berry, but as the red-fruited one, S. vulgaris, is often made more beautiful by the snow ■which covers the ground below its branches of berries, the name snowberry is applicable to either.

When growing in masses, a condition a few shrubs will soon create by spreading, the snowberries are particularly handsome in late Autumn and early Winter; and. as mentioned, for the binding of banks or any ground liable to wash away, they are of great service.

Pruning Flowering Shrubs.

A correspondent in Massachusetts suggests that there are many readers that would be glad of a tew hints on the proper pruning of shrubs. Hints on pruning have appeared in these columns several times, but there are additions to the ranks of The Florists' Exchange readers all the time, so that a few more hints on pruning will doubtless interest many. To make plain the business of pruning shrubs, it needs saying that there are two classes of them, in one of •which are those that flower before Sum- mer; in the other, those that flower In Summer

and Autumn. Each requires different treatment from the other. Those that flower in Spring are such as lilacs, weigelas, mock orange, golden bell, deutzias, snowball and flowering almonds and peaches. These, and any others that bloom early, must be pruned as soon as their flowers fade, and at no other time, unless it be a little touch with a knife here and there to shapen the bushes. The pruning when the flowers fade will be in the Spring, of course, or very early Summer. There should be a pruning away of the older shoots, which will cause strong young ones to take their places, and it is these latter which will give the flowers the season following.

In addition to the cutting-out of old shoots many of the others can be shortened somewhat which will cause young shoots to spring from these shortened ones, and this fresh growth will add to the flower- producing wood.

The second class, that in which are the late bloom- ers, consists of many varieties. In it are the popular hardy Japanese hydrangea, the althaea, many spiraeas, some roses, pepper bush and several others. These flower on wood made the same season, therefore should not be pruned in Spring, but in late Winter, or before growth starts in Spring. It will be seen from these remarks that there need be no misunderstanding in what to prune and what not to prune. Just consider whether the shrub before you is a Spring bloomer or a later one, and at once it will be known what prun- ing it requires.

There are among spirseas those that flower In Spring, and some that bloom later. S. Bumalda, Anthony Waterer, Billardi, tomentosa, and some others seem to flower very well under either system of prun- ing, but Thunbergia, 'Van Houttei arguta, Reevesii, and like sorts, are distinctly Spring blooming and must be treated accordingly.

Those who desire to increase their shrubs find the shoots obtained from the Winter's pruning of great advantage to them. These are cut into lengths of 7 to 8 inches, kept in moist soil, in a cool cellar until Spring, and then set out, in rows, in the open ground, deep enough that but 2 to 3 inches only are above ground. Should it be that the late blooming ones are desired to be increased, also, the shoots must be cut in the Winter in the same way, but nev.er for- get that what you take from these is so much taken from the flowering wood of the season to come. Nurserymen do not care for flowers so much as they do the having of a large stock, and so cut these for cuttings as they do the others.

There are many shrubs, such as Cornus florida, Cornus Mas, magnolias and others that proclaim that they must be pruned at no other time than after flowering, for their flower buds are formed and are promment in Autumn, and must be respected or no flowers will result. JOSEPH MEEHAN.

Perennials for Low Ground.

Editor Florists' Exchange:

On page 7S2 of your issue of December 24, 1904, A. E. Wohlert advocates the planting of Iris germanica on low ground, that is liable to be under water for a time in the Spring. While this iris will grow almost anywhere, and adapt itself to almost any condition, such a position as the one referred to is about the most unsuitable that could be selected for it. My experience has been that all the broad- leaved irises, such as germanica and its varieties pal- lida, Dalmatica, tectorum, fiorentina, pumila, etc., should be planted where the ground is well drained. They all like abundance of water while making their growth and during their flowering season, but when in a dormant condition the thick, fleshy rhizomes .are liable to decay when there is too much mois- ture.

The narrow-leaved irises are far more suitable for swampy ground, and can safely be recommended for planting in wet places. Among these may be men- tioned as being especially suitable: Iris Kaempferi, pseudo-acorus, sibirica, spectabilis and virginica.

Mr. Wohlert also mentions the sunflowers as being suitable for the location in question. While some of the strong growing kinds may be suited in such a position, they naturally prefer a rather dry, sandy, well-drained place. The choice ones, such as Helian- thus multiflorus and varieties mollis and doronocoides, would almost be sure to be winter-killed.

In addition to Rudbeckia Golden Glow and 'the eulalias may be mentioned Eupatorium purpureum. Hibiscus moscheutos. Lobelia cardinalis. Lysimachia vulgaris. Monarda didyma. Rudbeckia maxima. Spiraea aruncus. S. kamtschatica, S. palmata, S. ul- maria and Aster tataricus. These are all more or loss rather coarse-growing kinds, and the advice given on page 746, to properly drain the ground, should be followed, if a choice assortment is desired.

ERNEST HEMMING.

ORIGINATOR OF PEONY FESTIVA MAXIMA.— In a most interesting and exhaustive article on John Richardson, His House and Garden, appearing in the Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society (Part I) 1904, Robert Tracy Jackson, of Cam- bridge, Mass., in a footnote, remarks as follows re- garding this peony: "Members of the American Peony Society, who have looked into the matter, say that Festiva maxima originated with Miellez. Authorities differ, however, as George Paul says: 'In Belgium an amateur, M. Buyek. about 1S35, produced, amongst others, Festiva maxima.' " The year of introd"uction is generally given as 1851.

liquidambar Styraciflua.

Edittr Florists' Exchange:

In reference to the articles on this native tree, in your issues of December 24 and 31, a few remarks from this section and the writer's experience may be of interest to your readers. I have for a long time considered this one of the least used, and yet one of the most useful trees in existence for ornamental purposes. It is seldom, it ever, troubled with any insect pests, has a beautiful color of foliage from the earliest opening of its leaves until the Autumn when it turn.s to one of the most handsome shades of bronze-black coloring. It is a handsome and Inter- esting tree in Winter, as mentioned in the excellent description by Mr. Meehan. It seems to be perfectly hardy in this locality, although very little of It Is to be seen. A fine young specimen or two may be no- ticed in the Arnold Arboretum, and I have occasional- ly come across a nice specimen or two on some private estate, but I have not seen any larger than a height of twenty feet or so, proving that the trees were plant- ed only a few years ago. Some five or six years ago quite a few trees were planted in Franklin Park, and while a few of them failed to survive more than a couple of years, the majority of them are in a fair way to the making of nice specimens. The cause of death among these I speak of was more from the trees coming originally from a much further south location than this. I have found the same trouble with many of our native trees, and I would always impress upon nurserymen the necessity of their se- curing tree seeds from as northerly a latitude as possible.

I am at present experimenting with the hardiness of this tree, having had a lot of young plants collected in Western Connecticut last Spring, and these at present have every indication of proving perfectly hardy. Western Connecticut is as far north as the writer has ever found this tree in its native state, but there it may be found in large flourishing groves and makes one of the largest-growing native trees. It is known in that section of the country as Bil- stead. It is a tree which, like several other native trees, is rather hard to transplant, and planting may most successfully be done in Spring. It makes a splen- didly shaped subject, and I have often come across a tree growing in its native state, making a perfect specimen comparing favorably with the excellent specimen shown in your recent issue.

JOHN W. DUNCAN.

Boston, Mass.

The Peony.

(Reaa by B. A. Terry, Crescent, la., before the lona .'it ate Horticultural Society.)

The peony is really the queen of flowers. There are about one thousand varieties in cultivation, but one may buy. say fifty varieties of a judicious selec- tion and get the cream of the whole lot. Of this thousand varieties no two are just alike, though there are a good many that are so similar that it is not necessary to buy the whole lot to get a good collection.

The writer of this paper has had a good deal of ex- perience in growing peonies, having bought his first lot over forty years ago. and has been adding foreign varieties to his collection from that day to this. In addition to this he has been growing seedlings from these foreign varieties, and has grown and tested tens of thousands of these seedlings, of -n-hich, perhaps, not more than one or two out of a hundred were worthy of cultivation. This would seem to be very poor encouragement; still the excitement and anxiety in watching a lot of these seedlings just com- ing into bloom pays the lovers of flowers very well.

As to color in the peony family, it ranges from the darkest crimson to the purest white, and every shade betwixt these two that one can imagine; and many varieties have several of these shades in the same flower. One of the finest, and one that is most called for, is a pure white, with a dark crimson blotch in the center, as large as a half dollar, while some of the flowers' will have two or three smaller blotches. This is a foreign variety called Festiva Maxima.

Another very popular variety is named Grover Cleve- land; the flowers are very large, of a dark crimson color, very double and solid, center beautifully fringed, and keeps fresh a long time after being cut from the plant. These two varieties are often called for to be planted together.

The cultivation of the peony is very simple. It should have mellow, rich ground to grow in, and not allowed to be overrun with weeds. 'The plants, after growing flve or six years, should be taken up and divided. "When left too long in one place too many stalks will be produced, and the flowers 'Will be smaller than when the roots are divided. If not taken up and divided the plants will still continue to bloom, the "U'riter having a plant that has stood in one place twenty-two years without moving and the last year this plant produced one hundred and fifty flowers.

The hardiness of the peony is Immense. They grow and bloom beautifully in Manitoba, and in an experi- ence of nearly fifty years, I have never known one to be winter-killed.

Autumn is the proper time to divide and plant the peony, and if done early in October, good strong plants will bloom the next season. The older roots may be divided into about as many plants as there are eyes on the plant, but it is better not to divide so close, as they will bloom sooner and stronger if the roots are left larger. The plants should be so set as to have about five inches of soil over them after the ground Is leveled off.

The Florists' Bxchange

The ruture of Peonies.

Editor Florists^ Exchange:

It Is thought by some that the pres- ent Interest In this flower Is only a fad that will soon pass away. It will pass when the love of flowers shall be en- tirely destroyed, when cannas, dahlias, roses and carnations shall lose their grip and the whole procession of beau- ty shall pass from the earth. The modern peony need not hide its head for any flower that blooms. In Eng- land and France there is a great re- vival of Interest; new and beautiful kinds are being developed there all the time.

Again, Interest in the peony Is mov- ing westward. Two-thirds of all raised in Iowa and Nebraska go East, but the Interest awakened in the West and Northwest is simply without precedent. A number of leading farm papers hav- ing large circulations have, at the sug- gestion of the writer, published special peony issues with fine illustrations, calling the people's attention to the fragrance, beauty, hardiness and adap- tability of this plant.

The Peony Manual, published by the writer, is having a fine run. In a few months 700 out of 2,000 have been sold.

To meet the growing demand there have been importations from Europe such as were not known before, and the writer, having faith in the opening of the great Northwest, which will require millions, has this Fall planted 35 pounds of the choicest seeds that could be gathered, in the hope that among them all some of superior merit will be found.

Already some of the choicest kinds are soaring; some of superior merit will soon be out of reach. Ten dollars a root has been refused for genuine Lady Alexander Duff. The true Bar- oness Schroder have gone to $5 a root and are hard to get at that; people will have them; and in 1,000 from one in ten years you lose sight of the origi- nal cost.

Peonies are at best increased by slow processes as compared with shrubs and fruit trees. Tou can soon get a million from one choice apple tree. A new sy- ringa comes out and every good cut- ting becomes a healthy bush. We in- crease peonies from seed and it takes six or eight years to know what we are doing. Dividing the roots every two years checks the growth and they re- quire the best of care; even grafting superfluous buds into the roots of other peonies does not give rapid returns. So the price of the best will be high, and new candidates for public favor will be high also.

We can look forward to lively times

■with this flower. The newer sorts are

simply superb, and with their beauty

and fragrance they will win their way.

York, Neb. C. S. HARRISON.

PACKING SHED, BUILT OF ADOBE, OF CHASE ROSE COMPANY, RIVEBSIDE, GAL.

A Unique Nursery Packing She d

In our issue of December 17, 1904, we referred to the new rose cellar and packing shed, built of adobe, of the Chase Rose Company, at Riverside, Cal. Through the courtesy of the con- cern named we now present our readers with an illustration of this unique structure. The Chase Company says:

"Adobe brick are generally made from material at hand, clay and sand, and dried by an arid sun. They are probably one of the oldest forms of construction material used. From the days of Nineveh their use has been constant, but we presume they have never before been employed in the con- struction of a nurseryman's packing house. The buildings are not practical where rainfall is large, but being cool they are desirable in dry climate, and with the aid of this one we wish to demonstrate to you that Arid-Climate rose bushes have come to stay, 'allee samee adobes.' "

Nursery Salesman Found Dead.

ROME, N. Y.— Harry Richardson, a salesman of nursery stock for N. B. Chase, of Newark, N. Y.. was found dead in the City Hotel on December 26. He was 23 years of age. As he was subject to epileptic fits, the theory is that he died while suffering from one.

MT. HOLLY, N. J.— Samuel E. Rog ers, who recently retired after con ducting a nursery business here many years, is seriously stroke of paralysis.

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H. A. TERRY'S NEW PE0HIB8

Root Pruning Large Trees.

Nurserymen find their customers con- stantly calling for large trees; "no mat- ter how large, provided they will grow," is what they say. All who are at all familiar with trees know that a good, thrifty young tree will overtake a larger one, both planted at the same time; that is, when the larger one has lost many of its roots in transplanting. Even the purchaser knows this; but the large tree is not thought of in such a connection. It is wanted large for its present appearance, probably. There is a position it will fill, to make a picture of a place, perhaps, and where a small tree would not answer at all. Time and again customers are importunate to get such trees, and with an assurance from the nurseryman that the chances are in favor of growing, almost any reason- able price can be obtained. Consider the demand all the time for good-sized oaks, beech, tulip trees and other de- ciduous trees and tor evergreens! The proper way is to root and branch prune these trees two years in advance of digging them up. What a sale there would be for large scarlet oak, say, of three inches diameter of stem, if known they had been root-pruned two years ahead and, therefore, were pretty sure to transplant well! Such specimen trees should be looked up now. If need be, the tops could be pruned during the Winter, the roots, as soon as Spring opened, or before, if the nature of the ground permitted.

An oak, or similar tree, with trunk, say, of three inches caliber at near the ground, would require to be dug around in a circle of seven feet diameter, sev- ering all roots met with. The tree should also be dug under, to cut off what roots have pushed perpendicular- ly. Make a clean cut of roots, not a ragged or torn one. Fill up the trench afterwards, and if the soil thrown out is not over good, add a little manure, to entice a nice growth of roots. The branches of such trees should be head- ed back one half at the same time, looking out for the shapening of the tree while doing this. In two years' time such a tree would be fairly sure to live; at any rate, it could be sold, and at a good figure and with a clear conscience.

Evergreens could be treated in the same way, and then the difficulty of getting some pines of large size to live would not be such a frequent one as it is now. More judgment would need be exercised, in the pruning of the branches of evergreens. They will not break freely when cut below the green foliage, and it is better, therefore, to let the pruning be done by one of good judgment. Evergreens should not be top-pruned until Winter is over.

Twiggy Growth of English Linden.

In some cases our native linden, Tilia americana, is thought to be too tall a grower for a position under considera- tion, and when this is the case the merits of the European one, T. platy- phylla, should be remembered. There is a deal of beauty in this linden. Com- pared with the native one spoken of its leaves are small, and they are of a darker green color. They are retained on the tree later In the season; the tree

Is not so tall in growth and it makes a twiggy, compact growth. For street planting I would much prefer it to the native tree, because of the points men- tioned, which make it more desirable. It is in use in many cases already as a sidewalk tree, and its appearance is favorably commented on.

Many years ago it was said that bor- ers troubled this linden, but while this may be true to-day, of which I have no knowledge, it cannot be serious, as no appearance or complaint of Injuries from this cause comes to notice. The well-known partiality of bees for the fiowers of the linden would be thought an additional inducement to plant it by many.

The Groundsel Shrub.

Baccharis halimifolia, one of our sea- side shrubs, has been well named groundsel shrub, its snow-white pap- pus reminding one very much of the common groundsel. Senecio vulgaris. So few shrubs thrive in the barren, waste places where this one will, that this alone calls for its planting, but. in addition to this, there are the feath- ery heads it displays. In late Sum- mer, and along until Winter comes, it keeps up Its display.

This is one of a few other shrubs which often partly die back in Winter, even though natives. It does not hurt them to do this: in fact. It suggests the cutting down of the bushes every Spring, Injured or not, as being the best way to treat it.

Common Names of Plants.

Showing the confusion the common names of plants causes at times, a nurseryman related to me his experi- ence with the "Wahoo." The only "Wahoo" he knew of was the Ulmus alata, and on having a lot of it of- fered him — "Wahoo" — he engaged a quantity of it. On Its arrival he was surprised and disappointed to find he had a lot of Euonymus atropurpureus. for which he had no use at all. Going to his library, he found no tewer than three "Wahoos," the Ulmus alata, Euonymus atropurpureus and Tilia alba. These names were found In two botanical works: dear knows how many more "Wahoos" other works may give.

Nurserymen endeavor to use botani- cal names as far as they can; and the instance related, as well as others known of. shows how mistakes are apt to occur when common names are sub- stituted for them.

JOSEPH MEEHAN.

The Amateur Fanner's Success.

"There goes a 'book farmer' that re- futes the stock Joke about what fail- ures they are."

"How is that?"

"His favorite textbook is "Success with Small Fruits,' and he has suc- ceeded In growing the smallest fruit I ever saw." — From Brooklyn Life.

F.RIE. PA.— L. A. Spoden has removed his stock to the new greenhouse built at 23d and Parade streets.

January 7, 1905

THe Plorist:3' t^xchang^

IVIES

strong field-grown English plants, with

many runners, 3 to 4 ft. 75c. doz. ; $6.00 per 100 ; $60.00 per 1000.

PALISADES NURSERIES, Sparkill. N.Y.

klentloQ tbe Florists' BxcbnnRe when wrlttDfc>

CINERARIAS

4000, 3 in, pots, very strong, medium large flower- ing. $3.60 per 100. Asparagus PluiuosaB,3 In., $5.00 per 100.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Stock Plant.

Polly Rose, Willowbrook, Alontiuort. Pacific, Morel, Appleton, Maud Dean, Ivory, white and yellow, Bonnaflon. Golden Wedding, Jerome Jones, $5.00 per 100.

J. D. BRENNEMAN,

Box 24. HARRISBURQ, PA.

TO CLEAN BENCHES

Ghrysanttieinum Stock Plants

FOR EXHIBITION BLOOMS

Wm. Duckham. Dr. Enguehard, John Burton, $1.60 per doz.: $10.00 per 100. Bonnaffon. white and yellow; Mrs. Jones, Yanoma, Glorioea. Loveliness, 60 eta. per doz.; $5.00 per 100.

HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

Mention the Florlits' Kichange when writing.

KENTIA BELMOREANA

Fine clean atocb, in 4 in. pots, large enough for 6 in., 25c. each ; 2'4 in., nice for centerof f^ rn dishes, etc., 10c. each, $9 00 per 100. Lafania Bor- bonica, 4 in., 16c. each. AspaTagiis Pluinosiis, 2H in., $3.00 per 100. GeraniumB, Mme. Sallerol, silver leaf, iH in., $:2.00per 100.

H. WESTON, Hempstead, N. Y.

Mention the Florists* BxchaDge when writing.

ASPARAGUS

CDRCMftCDI '^''*'^'> strong,

2^ In...v...$3.00perlOO 3 in $5.00 per 100

TENUISSIMUS

2V4In $3.00 perlOO 3 In $5.00 perlOO

NATHAN SMITH & SON, rdr

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PALMSandFERNS

Piersoni and Boston Ferns, strong runners from bench, fit for 2 1-2 In. and 3 in. pots, $20.00 per 1000; 6 in., $25.00; 6 in., $40.00 per 100; 7 in.. $1.00 each. Larger plants from $1.50 upwards. Ferns In variety, from 21-4 in. pots, $3.U0 per 100; $26.00 per 1000, Latania Bor- bonica. 3 in., pots, $5.00; 4 In , $15.00; 5 in $25.00; 6 in., $50.00 per 100: 7 in. and 8 in., $1.00 and $1.60 each; large plants from $2.60 up. Kentia ForBt«riana and Belmoreana, from 21-2 in. pots, $7.00 per 100; 3 in. pots, $12.00; 4 In. pots $25.00; 6 in. pots, $50.00. 6 In. pots, $15.00 per doz. ; from 7in. pots and upward. at $1.75 to $35.00 eafh. Areca Lutescens, 4 in., $20.00; 5 in., $50,00 per 100; 6 in., $1.00 each. Larger plants from $1.50 up. Arancaria Excelsa, 4in.. 46c.; $5.00 per doz.; 6 in., *1.00. Largerpiants from $1.50 up. Arau- caria Compa^ta, from $1.00to $5.00 each. Pan- danug Utili9,6 in. pots.SOc. Dracaena Indi- visa.5ln.pots.$15.00perlOO. Phoeuix Keclinata, 5 in. pots, $36.00 per 100; $4.50 per doz ; 6 in. pots, $9.00 oerdoz. Larger plants from $1.00 up. Phoe- nix Canariensis, fine specimens, from $3.00 to $35.00 each. Azaleas, 10 in. -12 iu.. $36.00 per 100. Larger sizes at lowest rates. Plants In fine condi- tion.

JOHN BADER,

Troy Hill, Allegheny City Pa.

Mention the Florlsta' Bxchanire wben writing.

Club and Society Doings.

KANSAS STATE HORTICULTUR- AL SOCIETY.— This society, at its re- cent meeting, elected the following of- ficers: President, Major F. Holsinger, Rosedale; W. P. Schell, Wichita, vice- president; Walter Wellham, Topeka, treasurer; and Wm. J. Barnes, secre- tary—for his sixth term of two years.

NEWPORT (R. I.) HORTICUL- TURAL SOCIETY.- This society held last Wednesday evening its final meet- ing for 1904, Vice-President Alexander McLellan in the chair. James Bloom- fleld was elected an active member. Only a few members being present, much important business was left for the next meeting. The committee in charge of the annual ball reported all bills paid and a surplus of over $50.

F. W.

KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF FLOR- ISTS held its monthly meeting on Jan- uary .3 at the store of Mrs. C. B. Thompson, Louisville, Ky. As it was a vei'y cold ni.ght, and many of our mem- bers do their own firing, the attend- ance was light. A preliminary pre- mium list for a chrysanthemum show, to be held in November, was accepted and ordered printed and distributed. Any florist desiring a copy, can obtain the same by addressing our secretary, F. L. Schulz, 1325 Cherokee road. The installation of the newly elected offi- cers then took place. Owing to illness our treasurer, C. H. Kunzman, and financial secretary, Joseph Coenen, were absent. A. R. B.

DOBBS FERRY HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.— The regular meeting of this association was held in Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday evening, December 31, 1904, President Dunbar in the chair. The business of the evening was the election of officers. Joseph Dunbar was elected to fill the chair for another year; Henry Kast- berg was elected secretary; Claud Wilson, treasurer; Joseph Bradley, press secretary. It w'as purposed to have a vice-president, and Thomas A. Lee w'as elected. Everyone present was highly pleased with the result of the voting. The treasurer read the re- port for 1904 and after all bills are iCoDtiaued on page 9)

Gyrtomium Falcatum

The Holly Fern. Fine, bushy plants In 2'i

inch pot3. 3H c.\jB. Boston Ferns. Strong 6 Inch plaDtB. 20 and 2Ec. Nephrolepls Fogteriana. Large plants 4

inch. 12 cts Primula Obconica. gr. 4 In., In full bloom,

10 cts. Cash please.

R. 6. HANFORO, Norwalk, Conn.

GERANIUMS

Well rooted cuttings ready for shipment, S. A Nutt. Grant. Bruanti. Bnchner, Favorite, Moutmort, Perkins, $10.00 per 1,000. Viaud, 8oleil, Gervais, $12.00 per 1,000. Cash with Order.

PETER BROWN, Lancaster, Pa

500,000 VERBENAS

60 Finest Named Varieties Perfectly Healtliy Free From Bust

Rooted cuttings, 60c. per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Plants, $2.S0 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Our list Is the rtioice from mlUiona of seedllDga. Send for circulars.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.

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'>-]^^<s±SLl.-ty

We have Juat completed a new 20.000 sq. tt. greenhouse range, especially built for the growing of Ferns, and in the future all orders, regardless of quantity, will be filled with the best stock in the market, at the lowest prices.

CIBOTIUM SCHIEDEI

The Most Magnificent Tree Fern in Cuitivatlon. Extra. Large Specimens.

12 In. pots $15.00 each ; $25.00 per pair

10 In. pots 5.00 each; 9.50 per pair

8 In. pots 2.75 each; 32.00 per doz.

7 in. pots 1.75 each; 20.00 per doz.

Adiantum Caneatum, 4 In $15.00 per 100

Adiantum Rhodophylluni, 4 in. 20.00 per 100 Adiantum Rhodophylluin, 3 In. 12.00 per 100

' ASSORTED FERNS

4 inch, suitable for large Jardinieres and basket work, in 10 good varieties. $15.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 4 in $20.00 perlOO Asparagus Sprengerl, 4 In 12.00 per 100

ASSORTED FERNS FOR JARDiNIERES

In ail the beat varieties, fine bushy stock, from 2^ in. pnts, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 500 at 1000 rate.

The Only

GRAND PRIZE

For IVegetables

AT THElGREAT 1904

ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION

WAS WON BY THE PRODUCTS OF

BURPEE'S SEEDS

C. W. HOLLEV, Olendale Stock Farm, Glens Falls, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1904, writes: — Now our win- nings lor 1904 are as follows: Washington County Fair, $110.60: Albany County. $89.75; Cambridge Pair, $101.25; Saratoga County, $16.00; Clinton County, S35.00: Warren County. $75.00; New Yoke state f.4ib, $287. SO; and WEST Chesteu County. $325.50— making a total of $1,069.50 cash.

ANDERSON t. CHRISTENSEN, ^ei^p-io-e cau ^j,ort I1ill&, N.J.

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FKONT COYER OF BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL

We also got the GOLD MEDAL at St. Louis World's Fair on best display of vege- tables raised in New York State. Also we got the GRAND PRIZE on vegetables over all theotherStates and THE ONLY GRANI> PRIZE won by any one on vegetables. Some other seedsmen got "a Gold M-:dal." but ;- •ither Slat'' fu- pnson got a GRAND PRIZE (*)*/ lh<- oUl ami frit'd Ohnidahi Stock Farm n/ Olmx Fafh. N. V . with the reli'iblr xa'ds to hack than, with their fine show, of which they always win with BURPEE'S SEEDS. I think in the last five years that no other seed film can show the winnings at any fairs like BuiiPEE .t CO. and now the l)iggest lionor liaH f -(lien again on Burpee t.V' Co by having their needs take the GOLD MEDAL and THE GRAND PRIZE of the United States.

We took the most a'tractive display to thr World's Fair. The jury on vegetables told me that they never aaw siirh a ftho7v anywhere as we had there. I sent you a letter descrihii f: our show therp. Now I cmisider that we have won for you one nf the greatest honors for your S'^ed that can be won by any one— the (;ii,\nd Prize and Gold MEDAL. Of course, there were other Gold Medals won on vegetables, but nnrt/Aer "GRAND Prize' but ours! It cost us enough. To you the honor- but we fmeiv we had the vegetables and were going to try for the big prize !

The winnings (as stated above) en- titled The glendale Stock farm to Burpee Premiusis as follows: Seven County Fairs at $5 00 each: one State Fair, with photo- graph, $21.01: and the National ExtraPrizeof $100.00. In addition we sent '>ur check also for an ''honorarium" of $100,00 in appreciation of the magntflcent results that Mr. Holley. at hix 0W71 expense, attained at 8t. Louis. j8S~ Thus Glendale won, the past fall, a total of thirteen hundred and twenty-tive dollarn and fifty <'ents in cash pri/.es for the products of BURPEE'S Best "Seeds that Grow."

In ifwxra ^^ usual, 'he first prize at State III IUVVCI9 fair was won by Mr. L. G.

Oldte— f'xclusiveiy with the products of Bur- pee's Seeds. Mr. Clute was made Superinten- dent of Iowa's Agricultural Exhibit at the World's Fair. He wrote us from St. Louis, November 21, 1904, that in this great Iowa Ex-

hibit, which was awarded a GOLD MEDAL and alsc the GRAND PKJXE, all the vegdables wt-re grown from BURPEE'S SEEDS; also the Sweet Corn. Pop Corn and Potatoes, all grmon from Burpee's Seeds!

Xllf* L>^ciilfc '^t tbe State Fairs of I 11^ rVCOUILd New York, Minne- sota,Wisconsin and Kansas aro annnuncf d on l)ay:e 174, and of Indiana on page 19 of BUR- tt:e's Farm annual, other states did equally 18 well and we shall publish several more photographs of State Fair Exhibits In our New Prize Supplement for iy05. We a.ro justly prmtd of all the prizes won by our cust^mprs. as also of the Two Oold Medals and Two Silver Medals (in- tluding the only GOLD MEDAL on Lawn Grass) awarded directly to us for nur own Growing Exhibits at the St. Louis Exposition. Although not yet "thirty years old," no other S'^eds have ever had auch universal endorse- ment at Slate and County Fairs I

If you are interested to know more 'j-'-..i±:^ about the Unequaled Record made thr ughoutAmeriea— at Stateand County Fairs— by the popular prize-winning products of Bur- pee's Seeds, you have only XOB.Q^.withyour order. for a copy of our Prize Supplement for 1905, but first write a postal Card for

Burpee's New Farm Annual

For 1905

< )ur complete Itetall Catalogue of 178 pages, with boautitul colored plates, hundreds of illustra- tions and accurate descriptions. It offers some GBANI> NOVELTIES, of unusual value, which cannot be had elsewhere.

Florists and Market Gardeners should ask also for

Burpee's Blue List

This is mailed only to those who "plant for profit," and is the most complete of Wholesale Catalogues. Elegantly printed with photo- gravure illustrations. It Is A BOOK OF 104 PAGES and gives practical information about all the BEST SEEDS THAT GROW!

Tnllke most "seedsmen." we are actual GROWERS of Seeds, havingourown farmein

last cover page of the " leading american seed catalogue"

Pennsylvania and New Jersey, supplemented by private contracts throughout America and Europe, subject also to our careful personal in- spection. We have no branch establishments, and all orders must be addressed to

W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.. Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Piorists' Exchange

CRIMSON RAMBLERS

2 years; SI2.00per lOO

Dur own growing. On their own roots. CouBldcrftblc Btork of other roson: ticld-urowu, dormant plants; on own r jotn and Imddcd.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO. , Newaik, New York

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flollaDd iDiserg Sloclt

Ask for Our Catalogue. It will interest you.

ENDTZ.VANNES&CO.aT

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Bay State Nurseries

lli^h u'radeNurwery Stock of every description; free

from disease; carefully packed; prices reasonable.

Personal attention given to every order.

Rhododendron Haxliuuui and Kalmla

Latifolla in carloads or smaller quantity.

Wholesale Trade List on application.

Windsor H.Wyman, North Abingdon, Mass.

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THE

NEW ROSE

strong dormant plants for December

delivery, $4.50 per dozen;

135.00 per 100.

JAMES VICE'S SONS

ROCHESTER. N. Y.

Iff^ntlnn th» Vlnrimtm' Rxrhsnffp whpn wrlHnr.

V I O UBTS

Marie Louise, clean and healtliy In every particu- lar, tS.OO per 100 : $46.00 per 1000. Cash with order. W. J. CHINNICK, - Trenton, N.J.

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Kxtra stronk', two year old field-grown, own root

plants. White and pink. Bdl. of 10. fl.4(f;perlO0, fl2.50; per 1000, f IIO.OO.

PALISADES NURSERIES, Sparkill.N.Y.

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HARDY NATIVE PENNSYLVANIA

RHODODENDRONS

Large clumps. 3 to 6 feet high; finest stock of Hardy Forest Colh'cted Rhododendrons in the T'nlted States, especially suited for planting on fancy lawns and large e.-^tates; lar;:6 orders especially soli'-lted; can furnish 100 car loads. Prires right. Also

200,000 EXTRA FINE APPLE TREES

very cheap; fine stock of Plum, Pear. Peach, Cherry and Quince Trees at reasooahle prices. 1 all line of small fruits. We solicit your inquiry and <^'rder. Address

The Riverside Nnrseries

CONFLUENCE, PA.

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Laige SDnilis

Viburnum Tomentosam, fine bushes, $25.00

per 100. Deotzia and Halesta, 6 to 8 ft., $20.00 per 100. Crimson Bark Dog-wood, 4 to 6 ft., $16.00

per 100. Tree Altlieas, 7 to 8 ft., $6.00 per dozen. Large Assortment ol Trees and Shrubs.

SAMUEL C. MOON,

nORRISVILLE. PA.

IfsnMna tkm fflsHsta* >X(<haBr« wh«a wrItlBC

F. * F. NURSERIES ""™

Wholesale Growers

NEW JERSEY

TREES AND PLANTS "> f"II assortment Traderataiogrue Meptloil the FlorUU* Eicbange when wrltlDC.

AMERICAN

TREE SEEDS

AND PLANTS

OurDescriptiveCatalo^ue of American Heeds and Plants Is ready for malllu^. Ask for it.

OTTO KATZENSTEIN & CO.

Tree Seeds and Plants Specialists, ATLANTA, GA

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Tegetal Plants teDiioiise Plaots

DAHLIA ROOTS

Good eeleotloQ of standard varletieB. $5.00 per 100: »40.00 per 1000. M lied, $1.00 per 100; $36 00 per 1000. -

CABBAGE SnooMllon, L. I. Second „ r^" . „ . Early, Drumhead, Jereor wakeaeld,eto., J6 oti. per 100 ; »1.00 per 1000; $8.60 per 10,000.

PARSL,EV M088 Onrled. 2S ot.. per - .™.-«.w.«<»<« 100;»1.2iperlOOO.

L.EXXUCE BiK Boston. Boston Mar-

Z^y ,Z, T^y ^<" »"* <*"""» B»Pid8,

26 cts. per 100; tl.OO per 1000.

TOMATO I'OrllUra seed bed plants, *'*■'*'■'-' 60o. per 100. by mail; »2.00 per 1000, express. 2M In. pot plants, 40o. per doz., C2.00 par lOO.

S^^-lnoh stock In Al condition. Not less than five of any one variety sold

GERAiviuMs rivirr^^

from 2>4 Inch pots. Doubles. Bruanti, Oonjtess de Harcourt. La

Favorite, Miss F. Perkins. Miss Kendell, Mme.

Oharrot. Mme. Barney, Mme. Bucbner. Mme.

Canover9,S. A. Nutt, 40 cts. per doz., f2.00 per

100, *20.00perlO(K). Centaure, Dcnible General Grant, Glolre de

France, Jean Viand, Le Cid. Mme. Landry, 40

cts. per doz., ?i2.00per 100, $17.50 per lOOO. Sins:l«H' Granville. L'Auhe. Queen of the West,

Single General Grant. 40 cts. doz.. 92 00 per 100

tl7.60 per 1000.

Send for our descriptive Geranium Catalogrue.

CASH WITH ORDER, PLEASE,

Write for special price on large lots of anything in this Hat.

Per 100 Agreratum, Dwarf White and Stella

Ourney 40c. per doz. ; $2.00

Allyssum, Dwarf White and Giant

Double 40c. per doz. ; 2.00

Alternanthera, red and yellow In

var 2.00 $15.00

Aquilegla(Oolumhlne), single mlx'd 3.00

CuleuH, in good variety 2.00

Ciipbea (OlKftr riantl, 40c. per doz,. ; 2.00

Gaillardla Urandlflora 3.00

Hardy Bngllsh Ivj 3.00

Heliotrope, good varieties 2.00

Hibiscus, 8 varieties 3.00

Hollyhock, double white and mixed,

3 In pots 8.00

Lemon Verbena 2.60

Lan tanas, 10 varieties 3.00

MarantaMassang^eana 4,00

Moonvines, white and blue, 60c. per

dozen; $3.00 per lOO.

Sapre, Holt's Mammoth 3.00

Salvias, In variety 2.00

Smllax, strong 3.00

Swalnsona Alba and Rosea 3.00

Sweet William, double mixed, 3 In. 3.00

SEND FOR TRADE PRICE LIST

lOCO

16.00

17.60

17.60 17.60

16.00 17.50 16.00 17.60

R. VINCENT, JR. & SON, White Marsh, Md.

MMttoD tb« norlate* Bstbanc* wbM writlac.

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QE RANIUMS

Nntt. Vlaud, Bnrhoer, Ricard, Perkins. Doyle and Poitevine, 2-in pots, $2.00 per lOO, $20,011 per 1000.

Vinra Variejcated, 3 in pots, ?4,00 per 100.

Rooted cuttinKS, a.'* follows: Salvias, Vinra Var., Sweet Alyssum and Heliotropes, $I.0(» per loo.

Fuchsias, Double Petunias and Feverfew, ?1 25 per loo.

Coleus and Ageratuni.SOc. per 100.

Cash with order.

Ernest Harris, - delanson, n. y.

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UNRIVALED COLLECTION

OP 30,000

DOUBLE PETUNIAS

Beautiful Whites, lovely shades of pink, splendid reds, crimson and purple and variegated.

Rooted cuttings, by mail, $1.25 per 100; $J0.O0per 1000; by express, 2-ln. pots, $2.60 per 100.

Per 100

Abutilon, 8 var8..R. 0 91 50

IVInie. Salleroi, R. 0 2 00

Ivy <>eranium,R. 0 1 50

Lantauas, new dwarf. 7 varieties 1 25

Trailing^ Lantana, R. C 1 2S

Genista Prajrran8,41n., large 8 00

Genista Fragrans, 4 in., second size 6 00

Strobilantlies Oyerianus, strong, Septem- ber cut I 50

Gazania Splendeus, R. 0 1 60

Ageratum, 3 varieties, R. C 75

Cuphea, cigar plant, R. C 75

Salvias, dwarf and tall 1 OO

OASH with order, pleftse.

GEORGE J. HUGHES, Berlin, N. J.

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CYCLAMEN

SPLENDENS GIGANTEUM HYBRIDS.

My well-known strain In bud and bloom in four colors, from 5 In. pots, $2.50 per duz.,$20.00 per 100.

PRIMULA OBCONICA

The celebrated "Ronsdorfer k Lattman's" hybrids, all colors, well-grown plants from 3% In. pots, $8.00 per 100; from Sin. pots. $1.80 per doz., $15.00 per 100, all In bud and bloom.

PRIMULA CHINENSIS

Chinese Primroses (fringed), no better strain, in bud and bloom, from 4 in. pots, $10.00 per 100; from 6 In. pots, $15.00 per 100.

ASPARAGUS

Plumosns Nanus, fine, bushy stock, from 2% in. pots, $3.00; from 3 In. pots, $6.00; from 3J^ in. pots. $8.00 per 100.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

GERANIUMS

Transplanted, sev- eral in a pot, BoU

readily shaken off to ship. Good yuung plants that grow well. Doyle, Ricard, limautl true Grant, 1 Nutt, Caatellane. Labrie, Vlaud. pi.ltevinn, Buctiuer, etc All doubles, $1 .''jO i-er 100, $16.00 per 1000. Ready now. pni Clie R- C. Rfd, Yellow and Red gold- UULKUa Hdged,60c. Fancy all select bright, 50c. Giant, large velvety leaves, over 20var8., grand colors, $1.00 per 100. Cash, please. DANIEL K. HERR, LANCASTER. PA. Mention the Florists' Exchange when writing.

KOSTER & CO.

Hollandia Nurseries

BOSKOOP, HOLUND

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

Pot-Grown Plants for Forcing,

RHODODENDRONS. H. P. ROSES, Etc.

Cataln>4ne fret,- on demand. Mention the FlorUts* Exchange wbeo wrltJng.

DO YOU WANT ANY?

2000 Hydranttea Paniculata Grandifiora, 2 years old, 2 ft.. 8c. 20G0 Hydrangea Otaksa, for 4 In., Be; 2\4 in.. 3c. 2000 Spiraea Anthony Waterer. 2 years strong, 20c.; 500 medium, ]2c. 1000 Clematis Pan- old, 1c. 500 Clematis Jacbmanni, 2 years, very iculata. 3 years old, very heavy, loc. lOOO Ampel- opeis Veitcbil. 2 years, field grown, 80.; 4000 pot- prown tops, 3 to 4 ft., 4c. 5000 BtokeeU Cyanea, flpldgrown, 3c. 6000 assorted shrubs, vines, dahlias, etc. Send for list.

BENJ. CONNELL, West Grove, Pa.

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PANSIES

XHB JENNINGS STRAIN.

Fine stock, choice colors. Large plants, in bud and bloom, $1.00 per 100. Smaller sizes, from cold frames, $3.60 per 1.000, by express. Small plants, by mail. 75 cts. per 100. Seed, $1.00 per pkt.;$6.00 peroz. Cash with order.

E B. JENNINGS, '"'^^5/?" Sflufhport, Conn.

Grower of the Finest Panslee. Mention the Florists' Exchange when writing.

BEnniiioigii

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Fifteen varieties at $10.00 and $12.60 per 1000. Send for complete price list of Geraniums and Carnations.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster. Pa.

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TO MAKE ROOM

We have ready now I OO.OOO Geraniums,

composed of the following varieties In 2M in. pots, at $18.00 per 1000. $2.00 per 100. S. A. Nutt, Beaute Poitevine, M. Canavass. Double Gen. Grant, Bruanti, R. Brett, E, G. Hill, La Favorite, Perkins, all in hue rondltiou.

Fuclisias, in variety, 2M In. pot«, $2.00 per 100; rooted cuttings, $1.60 per 100.

Coleus. 2M in. pots, $2.00 per 100; rooted cut- tings, 60c. per 100.

Heliotrope, all dark, 2H in. pots, $3.00 per 100; rooted cuttings. $1.00 per 100.

Vincas. strouK 4 in. pots, $6.00 per 100; rooted cuttings. $1.25 per 100.

English Ivy, 2mn. pots, $2.60 per 100; rooted cuttings, $1.25 per 100.

German Ivy, 24 in. pots, $2.60 per 100.

Abutilon, Souvenir De Bonn. 2H in., $300 per 100

Feverfew, 24 In.. $2.60 per 100.

I>rac«:'na, 4 in. . $H.0O per 100.

Asparagus Pluinosus, 3 in.. In fine shape;

4.00 per 100, Cash must accompany the order.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

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BUY NOW FOR STOCK

OR GROWING ON FOR 8PRING 8/iLE»

All from 2 '4' or 2'^ Inch pots

Dracaena Indivlsa f3^op«rioo,»j6.oopor Boston Fern 7m. '^^'»''"^"«"' "»•»« p"

Abutilon Eclipse, »3.00 por 100.

German Ivy f'soponoo. Manettia Bicolor '^ «o p" >oo- Cuphea Platyccntra »isoporioo Asparagus Plumosus fs.ooponoo. Asparagus Sprengeri »2^5» p« w- Kentia Belmoreana l\T'J^e^^i'\llT:.

250 at 1000 rates. Cpr;inilimC including Nutt, Ricard, B. Pol- UCIalllUlIld teTlne,Mmo Barney, etc., strong stock, $"i5.00 per 1000. Our choice or varieties In assorted colors at $20.00 per ICOD.

TnloilC ^^ ^^^^ market varieties, $2.50 iter 100; VUICU3 $-20.00 per 1000.

Ad^ratlim ^t<^lla Gurney and Princess Pau- ngCiaiUIII line. $2.60 per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

named $25.00

Hplintrnno Dark purple and blue, NCIIUIIupc varieties, $S.00 per 100;

per 1000.

Hihicriic Peni'liWcw, grandest variety out, ■ IIUISLUS $3,00 per 100.

Primula Forbesii tSb'o"""""' *"'°" ''" Flowering Begonias Z'.%Vof.-^,^l

THE 8T0RR8 e* nARRI^ON CO., Paine»ville, O.

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?s.00 per 100: $15,00 per lOOo. i>le--:il« List

January 7, 1905

The Plorists' Exchansre

CLUB AND SOCIETY DOINGS

(Continued from Page T) paid we find a nice little sum in the treasury. Fred Bradley was nominat- ed for active membership. A prize is offered for the best flowering plant, in not more than a six-inch pot. for our next meeting. Mr. Thomas Cook is to read a paper on "Hardy Shrub.s." The treasurer was requested to hand over to the Dobbs Ferry Hospital As- sociation $250. the proceeds of the flow- er show. After business, we partook of refreshments, and a very pleasant time was spent. J. B.

PITTSBURG FLORISTS' CLUB.— The first meeting of the Florists' Club in the new year was held last week and was poorly attended, likely due to the weather, as it was too nice at home for many to venture out on such a cold night. Two new members were elected and four proposed, making over I.'IO members in all. Nomination of officers for the year resulted in Phil. Lang- bans, of the Pittsburg Cut Flower Company, being nominated for presi- dent and the balance of officers the .same as last year. Mr. Falconer re- fused to accept the presidency again, although every one present tried all he could to induce him to stay in office; but he thought it best to have a change and promised to do all in his power, as heretofore, for the interest of the club. An auditing committee, con- sisting of Mr. Langhans and the writer. was appointed to audit the secretary's books and report at next meeting. The subject for discussion was "Plants, Flowers and Greens Used in Christmas Trade." A small display of greens was shown by the Pittsburg Cut Flower Company. Mr. Langhans. who is much interested in the line of Christmas greenery, said that it was surprising how much was used in our vicinity: about 2.000 cases of Southern smilax were shipped to our city last year, and boxwood, another favorite green, by the tons. The latter material is fine, and being much used for work instead of ferns. Leucothce sprays and galax leaves are also coming more into use and are valuable. Holly is another green which sells if it is well berried, but there is too much of this stock of poor quality shipped to commission men and sold at very low prices, some- tim.es down to .50 cents a case. Ground pine is less wanted from year to year: it does- not keep fresh long enough. California peppers and dyed beech branches are novelties not much used yet. John Bader told of plants being in best demand, but stated that few-er w'ere sold than last season. Ferns took the lead and are the most profitable plants to grow', the Boston being his favorite. Azaleas, due to the weather, were shy in coming into bloom. Small imported spruces in pots found a ready sale. Begonia sold fairly well. Poin- settias in pots were in good demand. but only a few are grown, principally by A. 'W. Smith, of Mt. 'Washington. At the next meeting, in February, car- nations will be exhibited and those who attend the Carnation Society's meet- ing in Chicago are expected to tell what was seen and done there.

BOTANICAL OF 'WESTERN PENN- SYLVANIA.—Thursday, January 12. the Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania will hold an interesting meeting in tbe Carnegie Library Build- ing. The subject, "A Symposium on Cacti." will be presented by Mr. Fal- coner, who has a thorough practical knowledge of these plants and who will have a good exhibit of specimens to show. E. 0. R,

ORCH IDS

Cattleya Mendelii

Juet arrived in fine condition a shipment of this scarce and beautiful Cattleya. Also L»lia Anceps, OncidlumtijETinum, O. Papllio, etc.

Write for special list No. 14.

LAGER & HURRELL. - SUMMIT, N. J.

ORCHID GROWERS AND IMPORTERS.

Asparagus perioo

Plumosus Nanus, 3 in, strong, $4.50 Cigar Plants, 2 in. " 2.00

Ampelopsis Veltchli, 2 in. 2.00

Vinca Varlegata, 2 in. 2.00

Smilax, 2 In. .75

E.I.Rawlings,Quakertown Pa.

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Dreer's

New Crop Reliable

Flower Seeds

The following is a short li&t of Flower Seeds which should be sown early to make good stock for Spring eales. For complete list see our Wholesale Price List for January, copies of w^hich have been sent to all florists.

NICOTIANA SANDER/E

Trade pkt.

Ageratuiu ISlue Perfertion, dark blue $0.16

Aflparagus Pltimoisns Nanas. tnie, $1.00 per 100 seeds ; 17.00 per

1000 seeds

" Sprentferl 90.75 per 1000 seeds ; $3.00 per 50CO seeds

B(?gonia Vernon 2fi

Oranditlora 2S

" Grarilis, rose 25

JBrowallia Speciosa Major go

Centanrea Candidlssima 26c. per 1000 seeds

" Gymnocarpa ijc. " "

Cineraria Maritiina CandidlSKima 10

" Arantlii folia 20

Cyclamen Perslcum. miied 40

Gl^antenm, white, roset blood-red, or white with

red eye 75c. per 100 seeds ; f 6.00 per lOOO seeds

" Oigranteum. mixed ..60c.. " " 5.00 " "

Heliotrope, Lenooine's Giant, mixed 40

Ipomii-a Grandi flora (Moontlower) 15

Lobelia, Crystal Palace Coiiipacta,tme 30

*' bpeciosa, dark blue trailing 15

" Ora<^ilT!«, light blae trailing i&

Nicotiana Sanderse, thenew red-flowe»Jng..l7c. per pkt; 7pk(s.,$1.00

Pansy, Royal Exhibition Mixture, the finest money can I'uy 50

" Premium, next to our Royal Kihibili'.n the finest mixture 60

" Giant Trimardeau, a fine mixture, )arge flowers 25

Petaoia, Dreer'8 Saperb Double Frin;;ed^ 75c. per 600 seeds: $1.50

per lOUO seeds

" " *' Single Fringed,, &o

Phlox Drunamondi Grandi llora, mixed 15

«* •* Laree-FIowering Dwarf, mixed 20

" *♦ Nana Conipacta, mixed 30

Pyrethrum Aurenm Golden Feather) 10

Sal V la Splendens (Scarlet Sage ' 25

" Bonfire, fine, compact 40

" " Burning Bush, very large flowers 30

Smilax !vlb.,$1.00 .10

Solanum Capsicastrum (Jerusalem Cherry) 10

Stocks, Large-Flowering, 10- Weeks, in sepajate colors 40

•• " •■ " mixed 30

Cut-and-Come- Again, in separate colors 50

'* •• *' mixed 60

Sweet Peas, 50 of the finest kinds in cultivation. See Wholesale Price List.

Thunbergia, mixed 10

Verbena, Dreer's Mammoth, white, pink, scarlet, purple or striped. .30 " ■■ " finest mixed 25

$0.60

I.SO .35 .20

2.00 .50

1.25 .50 .40

8.00 4 00 1.00

.40

.75

1.50

.25

1.00

2.25

1.50

.30

.25

2.60

2.00

2.50

J. 50 1.00

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Montinn tho FlorlstB' Kii-hnnee wtipn wrlMne.

JOSEPH HEACOCK "^f^

Gro^ver of

KENTIA BELMOREANA AND KENTiA FORSTERIANA

Nephrolepis Scottii

See advertisements in previous issues for particulars and prices, or ^rrite.

JOHN SCOTT, g^/etSh^oTel BROOKLYN, N.Y.

ORCHIDS, PALMS FOLIAGE PLANTS BAY TREES

JULIUS ROEHRS' EXOTIC NURSERIES

ALL SIZES AND PRICES

RUTHERFORD, N.J.

Mention the FlnrlafB' Exchange when writing.

Boston Ferns

Extra fine stock, cut from bench, now ready tor 5, 6, 7, 8-lnch pota at $25. $50, $76, $100 per 100. Kentias, Rubbers, Asparagus, Plumosus Nan- us. Gash or references, please.

L H. FOSTER, 45 King St.

DORCMESXER, MASS.

UeDtlon the Florieta" Gzcbaoee when writing

N/^irvj

Variegated, i)Oc. per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, Extra heav\ , 2 In. 2c., $18. 00 per 100; 3 In., very fine. 4c. ; Spren- geri, 2 in. 2c Abutilon, 4 vars.. 2>i In., 3c. Paris D^isy, giant while, 2 in. $2.50 per 100.

List below, ROOTED CUTTINGS, prepaid. Ag:<'ratnni, Gurney, Pauline, 50c. per 100; Sal- via Spl'-ndens, Bonflre. Silverspot. 93c. per 100. Fui-Iisi»g, 6 best vara, $1.25 per 100; Helio- trope,$1.00 per 100: Double Petunias, 10 finest, 11.00 per 100: Hardy Pinks, 1 sorts, some ever- bloomers. 75c. per luO. $7!00 per 1000; Rex Be- gonias, R. C, 15 sorts, mixed, $1.10 per 100. Flowering Begonias R C. 63orts,$1.10perl00, Altemantbera, red, yellow, R. C. .'>0c. per 100. $(.50 per 1000; Feverfew, Gem, R.C. $1.25 per 100

^^sH BYER BROS.. Chambersburg. Pa.

klentloD the Florists' EichaDge when writing.

BOSTON FERNS

Fine plants. 5 In. pots, 20c.; 4 in. pots, 15c. Nephrolei>i8 Fosterianna, fine, 4 in. pots, 15c. I>racjeiia ludlvir^a. Sin, pots, 20c.; Sin. pots, 2ac. \'inca Varlgata. i in. pots, $800 per 100.

T. W. A. SMITH, Biddeford, Me.

Upntinn thp Ftnpt<itP" Kxrh«nBP wh^n wrltlnst.

Wholesale Florist and Grower

Specialties ASPARACUS-SMILAX ROSES

Tei.28A SHORT HILLS. N.J.

SCARCE PLANTS

Per 100

Begonia. Loulso Erdody. 3 Inch ?7.00

Crown of Thorns. 1% inch 7.00

Farfuglum Grande, (bushy), 3 inch 10.03

Grevlllea Robusta, 2 Inch 3^00

Gt^ranium, Apple Scented, 2 Inch 3 OO

Geranium. Wm. Langguth, 2 Inch 5.00

Hibiscus, Peach blow. 2 inch 8.00

L-mon. American Wonder. '1 inch 3.00

Plumosus and Sjirengeri, 2 inch 2.50

IOWA SEED CO., Pes Moines, Iowa A Few Good Things You Want

Kentias. As fine a lot of sinele and made up plants as ever grown, iu 4-in., 5-in., 6-in., 7-in. and 8-ln. pots, at 2UC, 35c, 75c, $1.50 to $3.00 each.

Boston Fern, 6 in., $30.00 per 100.

Dracffina Indlvlsa, 3, 4 and 6 In., $5.00, $10.00 and $25.00 per 100.

Asparagus Plumoaus, 2 and S In. , $4.00 and $8.00 per 100.

Asparairns Sprengeri, 2 and 3 in., $3.00 and $5.00 per 100.

Geraniums, Mrs. E. G. Hill. Jean TIaud. 8. A. Nntt, Castellane, Poitevine, Ricard, John Doyle, Perkins.

Single and Doable Gen. Grant, La Favorite, 2 in. pots, $2.00 per 100.

Unrooted Cuttings of Carnations. The best and cheapest way to buy them. Queen Louise, Por- tia, Crocker. Goodencu^h, 50c. per 100. Lawson, Boston Market, Fair Maid. $1.00 per 100.

Vinca Var,-> in.. $2.00 per 100. Gladiolus Bulbs, fine mixture, 75c. per 100;

$8.00 per 1000. Germau Ivy.2 in., $2 '.Oper 100. Oaab or O. O- D.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

Mention the FlorlstB' Eiehaoge when writing.

Large flowerlog, per lOOO, $2.60; per 100, 60c. CASH.

DELAWARE, OHIO

ASPARAGUS

PLUMOSUS NANUS

2V4 In. pots, per 1000. »16.00; per 100. $2.00

PANSY PLANTS

Large flowering, per 1000, %1 CASH.

JOS. B. CllimNEHIIIII.

BOSTON FERNS

Taten from bench, $6.00 and $10.00 per 100.

Araucaria Excelsa, from $1.25 to $2-00 each.

Keutia Helnioreana, from 50c. to $5.00 each.

Rubber Plants, from $6.00 per doz. up.

Chinese Primroses, in bud and bloom, strong plants, floe strain, 5^ In. pots, $2.00 per doz. If lett to our selection, or iOcts. each if customers* selection.

Cyclamen, $3.00 per doz. up.

Azaleas for Christmas, from (1.00 to $3.00 each.

Bes:onia Gloire de Lorraine, from $6.00 per doz, U3. Extra flne plants.

WM- A. BOCK,

NO. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Ueotlrin the Flnrlsrp' ExchanEP whpn writing.

ARAUCARIA EXGELSA

We are headquarters f r these flne beautiful I llanos, cheaper and bPtter than can be bought elsewhere Plants In 6 in, pots. 20-25-30 in. high; 5-6-7 tiers, at f l.OO, $1,25. $1.50 each.

Firus Elastic* (Rubbers) 6 in. pots, 20-26-30 In. hlgb, all perfect leaves, good from top to bottom, $5.00 to $6 00 per doz. ; specimens, 7 In. pots, extra good, 7Ec. each.

Dracaena Bruanti, 6 In. pots, 20 to 25 Jn. high. 50c. each: $5 00 per doz.

Kentia Forgteriana (made-up plants) 31n A pot, 5. t'l, 6Vi in. pots, 30 In. hleh, 75c. eah; 35-40 In. high, very flne. $1.00. $1.25, $1.60 eacc

Latania Bnrbonica, healthy plants, 5-6 leaves, 50c. each.

Cocas Weddeliana, 3 in. pots, strong, 16c. each.

Pots removed unless otherwise notified. Cash with order, please. All goods travel at pur- chaser's risk.

GODFREY ASCHMANN

Wholesale Grower and Importer of Pot Plants

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Telephone, Tioga oG<iy.A «

Uentlon the Florists' fiixcbaDge when writing.

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To Our Readers.

The contents and indices to advertisers will be found on page 22.

An Index to Volume XVIII. of The Florists' Exchange accompanies this issue.

Through the pressure on our columns last week and this, caused by the reports of the Christmas trade received from many places throughout the country, some interesting articles, as well as illustrations, are unavoidably held over for another issue.

Some New Yearns Resolutions.

I will subscribe (or renew my subscription) for The Florists* Exchange now.

I will advertise in The Florists' Exchange whenever I have anything to sell, because I feel sure it will pay me well to do so.

I will let the trade know that I am enlarging my greenhouse capacity, changing my location, or the personnel of my firm, by a little note in The Florists' Exchange.

I will tell my friends and neighbors in the business what a first-class paper The Florists' Exchange is for those engaged in the florist, nursery, seed and allied trades.

I am a retailer, and will show my fellow craftsmen the high-class character of the floral designs I turn out, as well as the neat store I have, by a picture and brief description in The Florists' Exchange.

I will do my little share for the general good, by writing occasional articles for The Florists' Exchange en subjects with which I am perfectly familiar, and where my treatment of them would help my fellow florists.

I will comment, in a friendly spirit, in the columns of my favorite trade paper, on articles appearing therein when the writers' statements are not in accord with my own experience, so that the subjects dis- cussed may be presented from every point of view.

I promise to treat everyone w-ith whom T have deal- ings fairly and squarely: and will do my best 'to help eliminate from the business all objectionable features and objectionable practices, by exposing them. I have an honest pride in my profession, and wish to see it elevated to and maintained at its highest stand- ard.

I will send to The Florists' Exchange a picture of these new, or well-grown plants and flowers I have raised, as well as of that flne house of carnations, roses, or other stock: also a photograph of my tasteful home grounds, truly representative of mv business; not that I am vain of the results obtained, but just to show that I know what I am doing.

I will affiliate myself with my nearest florists' club; and will also become a member of the S. A. F. O. H., and the other special societies in which I am interest- ed, because I desire to encourage them In the grand work they are doing for myself and others in the business. I will attend as many of the meetings of my local club as possible, contribute when I can X<\ its monthly and other shows when held, and otherwise take an active part In its operations.

In short, I will try to prove myself an exemplary tradesman, in every particular, a worthy, though hum- ble representative of the great and noble vocation in whiih I am engaged.

Some Trade Paper Truths.

It may be that in the hurry and bustle of everyday life, the average tradesman gives little, if any, con- sideration tn the papers which represent his industry, so far as their serviceableness to himself is concerned; and on that account he is apt to be the loser, especially if he is an advertiser. There are certain fundamental requisites connected with the operating of a trade paper that must be present before its greatest useful- ness to its subscribers and advertisers results. These were ably discussed recently in "Profitable Advertis- ing." by men having many years of experience In the making of trade journals of various classes; and we take the liberty of presenting some of the views held, at this opportune time, confident that those engaged in horticultural and allied pursuits will profit by a perusal of same, if due consideration be given the truths so well set forth.

Henry J. Bohn, editor of the Hotel World, says:

"What place in commercialism is filled by a trade or class journal? Some trade journal publishers will answer that it is as advertising media between the wholesaler and the retailer, manufacturer and consumer. This, in the mind of the true trade journal publisher and editor, is a fundamental error. A publication pretending to repre- sent an industry which is nothing more than a price-list or bulletin of display advertisements, with a few columns of wishy-washy trade news or items about advertisers, is not a trade journal, it is not an advertising medium; it is a "fake' pure and simple.

"The value of a trade journal is measured by the strength of Its editorial page, by the completeness and correctness of its trade news and by the number and excellence of its technical essays and discussions. These are the only things which can win the business man's admiration, respect and support; the character and value of these alone bring and hold subscribers and advertising patrons.

"Many trade journals are conducted on the principle that there must never be anything in the reading columns that runs counter to the opinion or sentiment of the per- sons engaged in the industry represented by the journal. I have known- the editors and publishers of such publica- tions to throw up their hands at the suggestion that an editorial page was useful or admissable in a trade jour- nal—declaring that the editorial would kill the patronage of a trade journal! A publication conducted by such men is a milk-and-water affair that is without value to its readers or advertisers. No trade journal that has not a strong individuality, independent ideas and opinions, with the nerve to discuss the good and the bad things in the field represented with a free and independent spirit, is worth more than the paper upon which it is printed.

"It is a fundamental fact in human nature that any- thing is valued largely at what it costs, and a man who gets a thing for nothing places that value on it. The only man who is worth anything to the trade journal advertiser is the man who pays full rate subscription year after year and reads his trade paper as religiously every week or month as he reads bis favorite literary magazine or morn- ing paper.

"There are two different kinds of patrons of trade jour- nals. One class unreasonably expects absolute and definite results from every dollar spent in advertising; they figure no contingent value in the general publicity in any line that an advertisement gives; they figure only the specific returns at that particular time; they do not reason that the heads of departments and other employees in any line who are to-day not purchasers, but largely readers of trade journals catering to the line in which they are employees, will in a few years be managers and proprietors in these industries, and the fact that their advertisement has been kept before these men will lead to future busi- ness. It is bread upon the waters. The other class of advertisers in trade journals is entirely without discrim- ination; anything and any publication that bears a name indicative of their particular line of industry, receives their consideration and likewise their patronage. These trade journal patrons are known to the veterans in the field as 'easy marks,' and are legitimate prey for every new publi- cation that starts in any field, whether It has real value or not."

Frederick D. Hale, of the Shoe Retailer, remarks as follows:

"There are advertisers who decide at the beginning of each year how much money shall be expended in trade advertising, competent to so decide after years of costly experiment with mediums. Others there are who 'go ft blindly' — the first advertising solicitor who visits them ties up their appropriation, and even if the results of their first few months' advertising do not equal their expectations, they have so committed themselves that they hesitate to change mediums and the end of the year's campaign finds them firmly convinced that 'advertising Is purely an expense.'

"There Is a method of estimating the value of anv trade journal that is so simple that I have hesitated to use valu- able space in pointing it out. Studv the wants of the readers of trade journals In any field, then study the con- tents of the various publications which are offered them, and judge for yourself which of the prospective mediums best supplies the demands of the reader to whom you wish to Introduce your product. To do this, vou must, so far as may be. step out of your position, that of a manu- facturer or wholesaler, and try to look at each paper through the spectacles of the subscriber for trade journals: — the man into whose store the postman brings the various publications— the man whose check is drawn to pay the cost of subscription— the business man who neither" pavs for nor spends time In reading a paper without having a definite object in view — the man who makes the best customer.

"Of all these publications which reach the reader per- haps two come at his order — he receives the rest because their publishers are using the 'sample copv' method of increasing their circulation. These unbidden guests may well be set aside— experienced analyzers of advertising value win state, without reserve, that not one per cent, of the advertisements appearing in journals which are habitually sent to merchants free of cost bring appre- ciable results.

A Disgrace to Indiana.

In the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station (Purdue University) for the year ending June 30, 1904, and just issued, we read with regret the following statement in the Re- port of the Botanist, Professor J. C. Arthur:

"The numerous experiments on the cultivation of various garden and field crops, as well as Winter crops under glass, which have been carried on for many years, have been wholly abandoned for want of funds to keep the greenhouse in repair and to provide the requisite labor in handling and watering the plants."

It seems to us, in view of the most excellent work done by Professor Arthur, especially with respect to the combating of carnation rust and other diseases affecting that plant, as well as In the development and perff^ction of sub-watering on greenhouse benches and otherwise, that the condition mentioned in the r'-pnrt should not. If possible, be allowed to persist. The matter should be taken up strongly by the State Florists' Association of Indiana, backed by the trade throughout the country, and the State I^egislature > petitioned, so that sufficient appropriation be granted I for the proper conduct of this important and necessary as well as generally serviceable portion of the sta- tion's operations. The fioricultural interests of the country can ill afford to permit the abandonment of the work in their behalf of any experiment station that has proven itself worthy of support, in view of the fact that so few of these institutions render flori- culture any real service.

PAMPHLETS RECEIVED.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE MASSACHI'SETTS HOR- TICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR THE TEAR 1904. Part I. This report is one of the most interesting of the many interesting reports issued by this society, and is particularly valuable to the florist. Considerable space is given up to a discussion of the now popular peony, a most exhaustive paper on this subject being contributed by Robert Tracy Jackson, of Cambridge, Mass. The same gentleman furnishes an exceedingly interesting account of John Richardson: His House and Garden, with accompanying illustrations. Mr. Richardson was well known as a skilful horticulturist, and especially known for the choice seedling peonies that he raised. He was born in Boston, February 19, 1T9S, and died in Dorchester. Mass., 1887. Mr. Jackson reviews the work, horticulturally, -which Mr. Richard- son accomplished, and has succeeded in providing a very instructive story.

Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists.

Department of Plant ReSistration.

H. D. Seele, Elkhart, Ind., submits for registration the following new cannas:

HON. W. R. HEARST, scarlet, mottled and edged with golden yellow; outside of petals almost pure yellow.

SENATOR HANNA, pure orange, tinged with gold- en yellow.

MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN, scarlet, with broad yellow- golden border; re.sembles Queen Charlotte.

CARNATION MRS. W. L. LEWIS.— W. L. Lewis. Marlboro, Mass.. submits for registration seedling car- nation Mrs. W. L. Lewis (Flora Hill X Mary Wood); color snow white; flower three inches across, well- built, with long and stiff stem. A burst calyx has never yet been seen on it. The bloom is a good keeper. WM. J. STEW.\RT. Secretarv.

OUR READERS' VIEWS.

(Contributions to this Column are Always Welcome.)

Handling Cut Poinsettias.

Editor Florists' Exchange:

To keep these fresh after being cut have a wax candle and let the wax drop on the stem to keep the sap in the stem. The wax will get hard and close the pores of the stems and keep them from wilting. I have always found this the best way to handle them, as they will always wilt after being grown in a very warm house; the wood is very milky

JOHN BTTRPEIND.

Peony Golden Treasure (7)

Editor Florists' Exchange:

The name of the peony referred to in The Florists' Exchange, page 785. by Ernest Hemming, should, without doubt, have been "Floral Treasure," instead of "Golden Treasure." I am not aware that there Is a peony by the name of "Golden Treasure." The tW' varieties mentioned originated here about eightee. years ago. and were first sent out in the year 1900. They are scarce varieties; the propagation of a peon is very slow at first.

West Point, Neb. J. F. ROSENFIELD,

ELIZABETH, N. J.— E. E. Runyan. of the Elizabeth Nursery Company, sails for Cuba this Saturday, per steamer Morro Castle, to look after the interests of the Cuba and United States Fruit. Nursery and Mer- cantile Company, of which concern he is president. The company's property is located at Guanaja, where it already has 30,000 orange trees planted out in the nursery row.

January 7, ISOB

The Florists' Exchange

William Falconer Replies to Job.

EASY NOW, JOB, EASY (Page 593).— You're awfully down upon the Scotchman, Job. Easy, man, easy! And you poke fun at the Highland dress and the "abominable" bagpipes! Job, Job, what blood is in your veins, anyway? Had you in your childhood days watched the Highland soldiers drill on the parade ground at Fort George or on the links at Inverness as 1 did, and noted that their every movement was in obedience to the soul-stirring, martial bagpipes, your revulsion would be veneration. And to dissociate the pipes from the kilt would be like porridge without salt. Still, I have neither pipe nor kilt myself. And I must candidly admit that I prefer to see men in America, no matter if they be Scotchmen, wearing breeks.

Now, Job, unwittingly you have done me a great injury; you lit a candle and hid it under a bushel. For twelve and one-half years I lived on Long Island a prey to countless myriads of mosquitoes, and all of that time assiduosly cultivated the mosquito-catcher plant (Vincetoxicum acuminatum), but I caught only one sucker in a billion, and we rested behind closed netting, and still they "ate us alive." Why didn't you tell us then of the bagpipe antidote so that we could have John Birnie come out and give us a tune, and reap our everlasting gratitude? But better late than never. In Pittsburg we have no mosquitoes; but we have here a bagpipe band, and, maybe, that accounts for our immunity.

I don't like the way some folks poke fun at Jemima. Jemima's all right. I like her kind of picnics. And when she gets one up, you'll be there; won't you, dad? And I hope she'll invite me. Then won't we have a juUy time? You know there are no fools like old fools.

SPEAKING OF OLD FOLKS, reminds me of my very esteemed friend, Denys Zirngiebel, the pansy man, of Needham, Mass. I saw his name in The Florist's Exchange the other day. What a blessing it is to have these veterans here, more especially when we reflect on their broad experience and useful and exemplary lives! Long may our dear octogenarian friend be with us!

THE CANUCKS, TOO, JOB!— Well, I never saw the Canadian Florist so far as I can remember, so only know one side of the question. But Canada is mighty uppish toward us. When the Society of Amer- ican Florists was founded it covered Canada and the United States, and our northern neighbors took to it heartily. And after a few years the annual con- vention was held in Toronto. But the Canadians wouldn't stay with us. According to this year's (.1904) report of this society, only seven men in all Canada, including Manitoba, belong to the S. A. F., and the name you mention is not one of them. But they grow magnificent flowers and apples there, and some of the finest roses in the Pittsburg market come from Canada.

THE NEW "HORTICULTURE" (Page 755).- Job, Job, you're a merciless cuss. I would not wish my greatest enemy severer punishment than to have him ttart a new gardening paper and live on the profits. Have some Christian spirit, man, and give the boy a boost, rather than a kick. Our weekly florist trade papers, gossip or no gossip, are the best of their kind extant. But when it comes to private or amateur gardening papers there is surely room at the top. There is now a positive need and an immense field for such a weekly; but to make it a success it must have a living editor, a live publisher, and a little more money. In years gone by I was an editor (were you one, too?), and I worked hard; but where, oh where is my baby pet to-day? You see those of us who have made the biggest failures are apt to be the ones who can dictate to others the loudest, and be the most critical as regards their honest endeavors.

DON'T GET MAD WITH ME, JOB (p. 783).— Be- cause the chairman asked me a simple question, and I endeavored to answer in my humble way, you Jump on me with both feet and tell everybody that there isn't a new idea in my whole carcass, except the 'desecration of the Sabbath." Job, Job, how could you? You know it is patent to everyone that when men reach my time of life, and yours, we get worn out in mind and body, and it is pretty hard to evolve a new idea, and the youngsters are aware of this and laugh. And when we rant and rave, and find fault with everybody and everything, the young men simply look sideways at one another and smile, which being Interpreted means, I suppose; "Oh, poor fellow, take no notice of him; he's past his usefulness; he is getting old and daffy."

"EVEN HELL ITSELF" you say! Don't go there, Job. I've heard that it's a bad place, "prepared for the devil and his angels." And you aren't one of them, are you?

YOU SPEAK of the dominie discoursing horticul- tvire. Pulpit orations on horciculture may be out of place. Job, but the church is wider than the personal dominie .and the Sunday pulpit. At the same time, some miiiisters in themselves move the world >n

ardening. Job. both of us have basked in the sun- shine writings of S. Reynolds Hole, Ewebank, Ella- ciimb, Hemsley, Berekley and other world-renowned divines, whose horticultural scope and force were international. And didn't they move you to greatei' enthusiasm in your calling, and a greater love for your fellowmen? Who could draw near unto them wilhout being enthused? Yes, Job, and not one of them was a Scotchman? I refrain from mentioning a Caledonian, lest it might rile you. And let me te!I /ou of ..

A B1G-HE.A.RTED DUTCH PARSON. A few years ago the florists of Pittsburg determined to hold a public flower show at the rose and pseony season, and we hunted high and low for a suitable place that would be central and easily accessible. We were about worsted when some of the boys thought of the Rev. Frederick Rouff, the pastor of the big German church, corner of Smithfleld street and Sixth avenue, a most central place. At once and with all his heart I he broad-minded minister let us have the school- room of his church for our flower show, with light, janitor's services and other conveniences, and all free of any charge. We gave no premiums and charged no admission fee. Ourselves and friends furnished the flowers, and everybody was invited to visit the show, and it seemed that everybody came. We were to slay one day, but so urgently did the public plead with us to keep open another day, and so pleased was the leverend gentleman to have us, that we kept L]»en a second day. And he declared he was more Ijleased to have us than we were to be with him, and he warmly invited us to come back whenever iigain we needed a place for a flower show. Divine grace glowed on the face of every visitor to that show, and the minister saw it, noted it, and gloried in it; even the boys and girls running loose on the streets came in, and the quiet of their demeanor and sweetness of their expressions as they walked up and down alongside of the flower tables admiring the posies, were a joy to experience. And the children went out and brought in other children. Who will ilare say the seeds of horticulture were not planted there? And every florist's and gardener's heart — Scotch, Irish, Switzer and American, as well as German, went out in love to that noble German minis- ter, and neither he, nor his church officers, nor one of us thought the flower show was a desecration of the house of worship, nor that its results were other than "holiness." WILLIAM FALCONER.

Contrastive Conditions of tiie Boston Market.

Editor The Florists' Exchange:

In consideration of amount invested, my subscrip- tion to your valuable and progressive trade paper has proved the most pleasant and profitable investment ever made. Through the medium of your advertising columns I have been introduced to many growers and manufacturers incidental to the trade. I believe this acquaintance has been mutually agreeable to all concerned, as I have invested a goodly sum among your advertisers throughout the year.

There is, however, I believe, another trade section to which I and others would appreciate the favor of an Introduction. I refer to the section of the City of Boston from which your correspondent secures infor- mation as to the existing conditions and prices of cut flowers in their respective seasons.

Reviewing the Christmas trade, your Boston corre- spondent states: "In carnations there seemed to be about enough of all kinds to supply demands; in fact, in some sorts such as the white varieties, the market was druggy." "As already mentioned, white carna- tions did not sell and were a glut on the market." Mr. Duncan's remarks evidently explained the condi- tions in some section where printers' ink is not ap- preciated. During the entire month of December, and especially during the week preceding and the week following Christmas, I had an enormous demand for white carnations. I corresponded with every adver- tised wholesale florist in the City of Boston, whose name I was able to secure through the trade papers. I also wrote several targe growers asking for prices and offering cash with order if they would part with a few, or a quantity, of white carnations. The whole- salers' response to my inquiries for quotations brought a reply stating the common grades of standard varie- ties of white carnations were worth $4 to $6 per hun- dred. Certainly, a most contrastive condition to the situation explained by your correspondent.

The growers refused to sell; stating their supply was placed. I concluded white carnations could not be obtained at a reasonable price and consequently did not buy. Had I been fortunate enough to locate the section and prices explained in your review of the market, I could have disposed of thou.sands and thousands of flowers. A most interesting part of the story is that I was willing to put the cash right in the wholesalers' or growers' flst before he shipped the goods; more than that. I would gladly have paid all cost of packing and delivery to express office. If white carnations are a glut on the market, it seems to me that these conditions are brought about by fabulous prices asked by dealers and not by overproduction.

It seems an injustice to the industry and its pro- moters that such conditions exist; no demand for the goods in a great city and only an hour away is a town filled with people with ready money to buy something that is termed a "glut," and which they cannot secure.

I sincerely trust your valued correspondent will not look upon this suggestion in an unkind light, for I certainly would be deeply grateful to find a locality where goods can be purchased at his quotations of the Boston market. I would buy 3,000 white carna- tions to-day (January 3) could I secure them at the ruling market price; but when the cash buyer comes "down the line" the price becomes mysteriously in- flated. A. CARNATIONIST.

The Worcester County (Mass.) Horticultural Society issues a verj- interesting program of subjects for dis- cussion during January, February and March, 1905.

Our London Letter.

liY A. Heiisley.

One of the most instructive chrysanthemum shows we have had was that for market growers, which was promoted by the National Chrysanthemum So- ciety, and held in London on December 14, last. Here we had all the best varieties suitable for late work. In some shades of color varieties were numerous, and it would be difficult to say which were really the best, yet from a careful scrutiny, I should say that in whites. Mile. Therese Panckoncki took first honors; Snowdrift, Purity, Heston White, Winter Queen, Prin- cess "Victoria and Western King. The last named has been one of the best seen in the market for some time. Yellows were numerous, Nagoya being one of the best. W. R. Reiman, AUman's yellow, Francois Pilan and Mabel Morgan (pale yellow). In hT'onze, Tuxedo and Lord Brooke were the best seen. There were several good pink varieties shown. Ethel Perry, one of the newest, was very good; Framfield Pink, Lady Nina Balfour, and the new French va- riety Mile. Louis Charnet was particularly good. Of crimsons. Lady Beaumont and Mathew Hodgson were the best. In novelties, Golden Standard, a bright yellow sport from Tuxedo, took first honors, securing a first-class certificate, and also the society's medal for the best novelty. Boxes packed for market were shown, and some remarkably well-grown pot plants; the old favorite W. H. Lincoln dwarf plants in five- inch pots with about 18 well-developed fiowers, and Framfield Pink, Lady Nina Balfour, Guy Hamilton and others were equally good.

Pot chrysanthemums have been unusually good in market this season, and the best plants have made up to 3s. 6d. each, and a good many have sold at 30s. per dozen.

Poinsettias are very good this season; they were in earlier than usual. The earliest is a distinct variety, not quite so intense in color, but forms fine heads of bracts and stands exposure well. Although close on Christmas, they do not make quite such good prices as usual; some very good stock has been selling at 9s. per dozen.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine is now grown exten- sively and they must be something extra good to inake over 9s. per dozen in 5-inch pots. Some extra fine specimens in 6-inch pots were realizing 2s. 6d. each. The white variety, Turnford Hall, is also very good, and is now down to the same price as Lorraine.

Lily of the valley has been very abundant both in pots and cut, and prices have been low; but it seems likely that, later on, there may be a shortage, as best forcing crowns are getting a little scarce, and prices for these are certainly advancing.

Lilium longiflorum blooms have been very plentiful all through the season, and even now at Christmas time there is but little advance in prices. Lilium auratum has been very plentiful for some weeks past.

In carnations the American varieties make top prices; Enchantress go up to 6s. per dozen blooms.

We now get quite a large supply of orchid bloom. Odontoglossum crispum, Cattleya labiata, and cypri- pediums of various sorts being the leading kinds. The cattleyas make from 6s. to 10s. per dozen blooms, and the others about an average of 2s. 6d. per dozen blooms.

THE WEEK'S DEATH LIST.

C. B. Derthlck.

Chas. B. Derthick, of Ionia, Mich., died suddenly on December 23. 1904. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Derthick was born in Akron, O., No- vember 28, 1S55. At the time of his death he was engaged in the insurance business, and was also associated with Messrs. Amphlett and Sanderson in the sale of Akron stoneware. In 1897 he bought a controlling interest in the Ionia Pottery Company, and was elected successively director, secretary, and treasurer and general manager of that concern. He was a most zealous and efficient manager of all in- terests intrusted to him. The deceased gentleman was a member of the S. A. F. O. H., and was well ac- quainted with many florists, from his being a regular attendant at the society's conventions. A widow and one daughter survive him.

Patrick G. Qulnn.

Patrick G. Quinn, a well-known fiorist on Arlington avenue. St. Louis, was killed the past week while out driving near his home through a teamster neglecting to conform to the right of way of the road. He was for twenty-five years foreman for J. M. Jordan in the days of William Newett and Prank Brill. The funeral took place Monday and was attended by the trades- men, who knew Pat well. A widow, three children and two brothers are left to mourn his loss. The family has the sympathy of all in the trade.

ST. PATRICK.

John Fallon.

John Fallon, of Richmond, Va., died at his resi- dence (here, on December 27, 1904. aged about seventy- two, after a few days' illness with pneumonia. Mr. Fallon had been the leading fiorist in this section for over forty years, and was one of Staunton's most sub- stantial business men. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. He had been a member of the Hibernians for many years.

The Rlorists' Exchange

Notes on Current Comment.

I!v \MlJ,lAM I'',\l,r()Ni;i;,

MODESTY JN NKW JKRSKY.— In The Critic, page IIG, August last, we read "The School Board of New Krunswiek, New Jersey, is said to have excluded the teaching of botany in schools 'On account of the I'fplygamous habits of flowers.' " Isn't the modesty of that Boai'd angelic?

THE GAUDEN AT BUSNS' COTTAGE, WORLD'S F'AIR, ST. LOUIS.— In a recent Florists' Exchange I wrote something about it that evidently didn't please the lolks out there. And now in a New York Scot- tish i.eriodical the "Press Agent for the Burns' Cottage Association" takes me to task about it. The "Press Agent" says I "omit to mention the homely Scotch (lowers that are gi'owing in the 'bed.' " Neither does tlie "Press Agent," and no doubt for the same reasons that I didn't. Further, the "Press Agent" writes: "The Burns' Cottage Association considered it a mat- ter of regret that it was not possible to secure the services of Mr. Falconer hiinself in arranging the outside environment of the Burns' Cottage. He was asked a number of times to take some interest in what every Scotchman in the United States ought to consider a matter of personal pride, but did not ac- cede." Great heavens, what a whopper? Aside from a contribution, which I gave immediately and cheer- fully, I never was asked to do anything, hence never refused.

PAT TOUR LUES.— In the Pittsburg and Alle- gheny Florists' Club we have 147 members, prompt and right good fellows, and we have fine, big monthly meetings, but nothing like such big ones as when we have a smoker. That takes most everybody out, even the delinquents. At our last smoker the committee ruled that no delinquent members would be admit- ted. Well, you'd a^pitied the poor secretary; he couldn't have any fun at all. His whole evening was occupied receiving and receipting for dues.

YOUR PRIVET HEDGE.— Last Winter was very hard on our hedges; many pieces were killed outright, other parts to the ground, and in more .sheltered parts, while not all dead, a good deal of the twiggy wood was dead. With a heavy mulching of tree leaves or rotten manure over the roots, close up to the plants, along both sides of the row, no matter what becomes of the tops, we can save the bottoms to the snow line anyway. To the plants in nursery rows tlirow up a furrow of earth on both sides.

NEWLT PLANTED TREES OR SHRUBS.— In the case of newly planted trees, where the roots are moist and the ground well-tirmed. it is a good plan to heap up the dirt over the roots in Winter to above the ground level, to hold the tree well in place, to prevent the frOst from raising it, and to shed off an excess of moisture. In Spring, though, this heap of dirt should be leveled off, and towards Summer an inden- tion rather than a mound made to catch the water.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA.— The vines are perfectly hardy and live over to their tips year after year, but don't treat them that way; cut them right down to the ground every Winter as you would a phlox or a delphinium. They will grow up again next Spring as vigorously as or more so than ever; attain as thick a body and as great a height as those left uncut, and blossom as full, and thev will have the advantage of being clean throughout and branchy to the ground.

THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT.— It is with great pleasure I note you advertise this book. It was first gotten up by the late Robert Thompson, superinten- dent of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Chiswick, London. Mr. Thompson was then one of the best and most experienced all-around garden- ei'S in Europe, if not the very best, and his field of observation, practice and experiment was greater than that of any other man then living. It was the first book on gardening I ever owned. About 38 years ago I subscribed for it in monthly parts, 2s. 6d. a part. My w'ages was only 6s. a week. It was com- plete in 12 parts and then I had it bound, and that old and well-thumbed and blackened volume has a place of honor in my library to-day. It was my text- book for many a year. But the same Gardener's As- sistant to-day is a new book, increased Immensely in size, modernized in evei-y particular, and that, too, by the Curator of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London, a man who has the best opportunities of any man on earth for knowing what is newest among plants and most modern in gardening.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS WITH FOLIAGE TO THE GROUND.— It has always been the rule with plants grown at the Phipps Conservatories that if a plant has not got perfect foliage from the ground up, no matter how promising its top may be, its proper place is the rot pile. All of their plants are grown in pots. And it would do your heart good to see how John Jones will smile when his neighbor rivals come around and tell it is flowers they are after and not foliage. But John excels with both. Somewhat late propagation, indoor cultivation throughout, never al- lowing a plant to become pot-bound until it gets into its flowering pot. rich select soil, hard potting, careful watering, cool treatment, free ventilation, sheep ma- nure and an avoidance of chemicals, frequent fumi- gating, and tiinely staking, are his chief points. But John is very generous in allowing to others every credit that's due thein. He went up to Philadelphia and New York at the time of their chrysanthemum shows, and on his return he told nie: "Oh. Lord. man. you ought to have seen their flowers; some of them were the grandest blooms I ever saw. There was nothing anywhere in Pitt.sburg to touili them. T tell

you. it takes the conceit out of a fellow when he goes .'iroinid and sees what other folks are doing. But Iheii- pot-plants couldn't touch ours for bottom foli- age." And still one of John's blooms this year, by actual measurement at the last Florists* Club meeting, was 14 inches in diameter!

PETER BISSET. WASHINGTON.— Don't get mad aV)0u't your climate, Peter; you can't help that. Un- less something unforseen happens, hot or no hot. you'll have one of the biggest delegations of florists and gardeners from Pittsburg to see you next August that have ever visited Twin Oaks. I have been tell- ing them about your magnificent woods and your beautiful and extravagant pond lilies, and the fine varieties of aquatics that you have raised, and how you grow the Victorias out-of-doors.

The Tales of a Traveler.

iiv Wallace 1). Piebsox.

Once upon a time there lived a certain Yankee, back in New England, and it came to pass that he had a chance to make a trip of a few days' duration. To him this meant a great deal. He had no idea of the extent of his native land and the trip was a revela- tion to him. On his return he was asked, "Where did you go. Bill?" and he replied; "All over creation, and some parts of New York State."

We of the East are very apt to think that all there is to know can be learned within the limits of our Eastern States, but the florist has also gone west- ward, and there is much to be learned from our brethren in the West. It has been the good fortune of the writer to take a trip through some of the Western States this Winter, and floriculture as it

NEW SEEDLIHG ROSE

(Ume. Abel Chaternay x Libsity)

Originator Peter Bisaet, Washington, D. C.

appears to him in the various places is very interest- ing and also very instructive. New conditions are met with, and the various changes in climate and soils vary the conditions of growth, and these often prove perplexing problems to the grower from the East, who knows and understands only those conditions which are to be found at lower altitudes.

Joliet, m.

On December 17 last the writer had the pleasure of an afternoon with the growers in Joliet. These two prominent carnation firms hav'e been so well writ- ten up for the horticultural press that the writer can add very little to what has already been said. Fiancee, at the t'hicago Carnation Company's es- tablishment, is without a doubt the center of interest, as the variety has been so widely shown and so thor- oughly advertised. To all appearances it is an im- proved Cressbrook — larger bloom and better plants than Cressbrook ever has produced, but still it resem- bles the variety very strongly. On the afternoon of my visit a box had been opened which had been packed for nine days, to test the keeping and shipping qual- ity of the blooms, and these flowers, which had been so long in the box, were a notable example of power to withstand the hardship of close confinement, as they were taken from the box in excellent condition. The striking feature of the Chicago Carnation Com- pany's place is the number of cuttings which this concern is handling. Orders for FMancee have been so large that only a few plants are left to show what the variety can do as a bloomer.

At the J. D, Thompson Carnation Company's estab- lishment Robert Craig is seen, and it gives promise of being a leader among the scarlet carnations. Gib-

son Beauty is a disappointment; and while there cer- tainly could not be a more healthy batch of plants, the ability to throw bloom was lacking, and the with- drawal of this variety is a wise move for those who are most deeply concerned.

Taking these two concerns as a whole, we find good progressive carnation culture, and the neat man- ner in which the houses are kept is but a testimonial to the axiom, "cleanliness is the basis of good grow- ing."

Denver, Colo.

It is just before Christmas and a busy time for tht florists everywhere, and Denver is no e.xception. Th* store windows - are a mass of color — poinsettias, cyclamens, begonias, and other pot plants. To one who knows the climate of New England it seemed strange to talk Christmas trade to a florist brother with the boys on the street playing marbles on the sidewalk, and the weather as mild as a day in May in the vicinity of New York. No matter how cold the night, it always becomes warm when the sun makes its appearance; and this climate is noted for its abundance of bright, sunny days. The poinsettis especially seems to thrive under these conditions, anc it is to be found here as we seldom see it in the East

THE PARK FLORAL COMPANY.— This concer may. perhaps, be given the first place among the Denver florists. Their establishment has in all nearlj thirty-five houses, comprising about 75,000 square feel of glass. About 10.000 roses are planted, embracing the following varieties: Bride. Bridesmaid, American Beauty, Liberty and Mme. Abel Chatenay. The cli- mate of Colorado allow^s the growing with good suc- cess of hybrids. These are planted out in good, rid soil and with no protection in Winter except a sligh' covering of litter. This is removed in the Spring, anc the sash are put into place and the plants protectee while in bloom. This firm makes a specialty of Be gonja Gloire de Lorraine. Tens of thousands are sole from small pots annually. A bench of Adiantun Croweanum is very interesting. In this climate ferni do not thrive, and this new adiantum has show'n itsel: superior to all others. It has been grown here som( three years and is by far the most satisfactory of th< adiantunis. Nephrolepis Piersonii. bostoniensis. am Scottii are also to be found; the last-named is favorite here.

About 15.000 carnations are benched. White LaW' son. Governor Wolcott, Lorna. Mrs. T. W. Lawson Enchantress and Flamingo being grown. There also a number of the firm's own seedlings. Th( amount of pink which the blooms of WTiite Lawsoi .'how is very noticeable, and if it shows this amouni '•{ pink in the sunshine of Colorado it certainly canno .ill be blamed on dark weather in the East.

J. E. Valentine is the owner of this concern an* he has an able assistant in Mr. Sked, who is hil foreman.

THE COLFAX AVENUE FLORAL COMPANY.- This firm is situated very near the Park Floral Com pany and has about the same amount of glass. Rosei and carnations are here the principal crops; and somi 8,000 of the former are benched, while 16.000 will covei the carnations planted. The roses are confined ti Bride. Bridesmaid and American Beauty; and th carnations are made up principally of Mrs. T. Lawson. Queen Louise, G. H. Crane. Enchantress, Fat Maid and Harlowarden. A very fine stock of beddini plants is carried by this firm, and here, as elsewhere the flaming poinsettia is in its glory. Mr. Beers, thi owner of the concern, reports an exceptionally flni Christmas trade.

N. A. BENSON.— About 35.000 feet of glass in th southern part of the city makes up the place 0 which N. A. Benson is proprietor; and his friend in the city give him the honor of being the bea carnation grower in the vicinity. A well-kept, clea place and good stock are to be seen here — not up 1 our Eastern standard perhaps in some respects, bu very fine, when the adverse conditions are taken int consideration. Three houses of roses, with Brid< Bridesmaid. Liberty. Mme. Abel Chatenay, and Amerl can Beauty occupying the space, are seen. Fou houses are devoted to carnations; Mrs. T. W. Lawsot Enchantress, Harlowarden. Flamingo. Loi-na, Th Marquis. Mrs. Potter Palmer. Adonis. Prosperity an Norway making up the list of varieties. The two las named are at present looking the best, but a whit Enchantress, which is being worked for stock, an White Lawson. will be counted on for "white the con ing season.

Continents.

The roses in Denver are hardly up to the roses the East and prove the hardest to grow here of the greenhouse stock. The soil of Colorado does n<i suit the rose, but here potted plants are done ex ceedingly well. The American Beauty is nearer tl the standard than the tea roses; and where the sol can be secured which Beauty demands, it is we| grown.

It was not possible for me to see all the florists this city, but there may be something in these note of interest to those whose good fortune it has no| been to pay this section a visit.

A New Seedling Rose.

The illustration herewith represents a new ro4 raised by Peter Bisset. Twin Oaks. Washington. D. who describes the vai-iety as being the result of cross between Mme. Abel Chatenay and Liberty. Th color is a pink deeper than that of Bridesmaid, wiij the reverse of the petals several shades deeper tha the face. The .growth is very free, and healthy; flo* ering freely, and on good stems. The blooms, wh^ fully open, resemble those of La France somewhat.

January 7, 1905

The Florists' Exchange

FERN FOR NAME— O. J. R.— The fern sent for name is Nephrolepis da- vallkiides.

Paris Green for Thrips Outdoors.

(160) We note in Tlie Florists' Ex- change in W. R. Pierson's notes on car- nations that he advises the use of Paris green outside for thrips. Will you kind- ly advise us as to the manner of using it. also the quantity required and num- ber of times or intervals between time necessary to apply it? R, & B.

—In answer to the foregoing inquiry I would say that there is very little use in using Paris green during wet weather. Thrips thrive when the weather is warm and dry, and are to be found in quantity when the grass be- gins to head up and set seed. At this time of the year and during July and August especially, we give the spaces between the houses a light dusting of Paris green, using the same machine employed by farmers to dust the poison on potato vines to kill the potato bug. A very light dusting is all that is need- ed, but the exact amount of the ma- terial used will vary with the width of the space between the different houses. As a rule, one pound of Paris green will go the both sides of a 300- toot house. In applying this poison, make sure that it leaves the machine as a very fine dust, and that it settles evenly over the grass. We try to apply this in the early morning when there is sufficient dew on the grass to hold the Paris green. This applied after a rain will be effective until the next rain as a general rule, and it is unnecessary to apply the insecticide during a spell of rainy weather. Thrips do not thrive .when there is an abundance of mois- ture. These insects get their food from the outer portion of the leaves, or pet- als of the blooms, as the case may be, and this makes a dusting of the grass on w-hich they are living very ef- fective. Keeping down the grasa and preventing it from going to seed is also beneficial, and it this is done and the spaces dusted with 'Paris green the dan- ger of thrips from this source is greatly lessened. W. R. PIERSON.

Plants and Flowers for Easter.

(161) I have just completed a green- house and wish to grow some stock for Easter. Kindly tell me through the columns of your paper some good flow- ers to grow, both for pot plants and cut flowers. Please classify those which may yet be started from seed, and state when is the proper time to sow seed of same. SUBSCRIBER.

— There would not be much demand at Easter time for such stock as could be grown from seed started at this date, and we would suggest the purchasing of young plants of such kinds as helio- trope, fuchsias, geraniums and pelar- goniums of the fancy kinds. These could be had quite reasonable in price at this time, and, if grown on carefully, would make you a fair profit. For bed- ding plants, to be sold after Easter, it would be time enough to sow in Jan- uary, or even later, for a good many kinds. By watching the reading and advertising columns of The Florists' Exchange, full information regarding the sowing and the raising of the differ- ent flowering plants will be ascertained.

Soft Coal Soot for Carnations.

(162) Can I use soft coal soot in the cultivation of carnations to advantage: if so. what is the best method of ap- plication and to what extent, etc.?

J. W. P. —Soft coal soot is a good fertilizer and can be used to advantage on carna- tions, adding color to both foliage and flowers, besides helping to keep the soil sweet and free from slugs. To apply the soot, give just a thin dusting over the surface, repeating as often as it is seen the soot has been washed into the soil.

The Rathbun Blackberry.

(1) Can you inform us who intro- duced the Rathbun blackberry?

A SUBSCRIBER.

— Fruit authorities say this black- berry was sent out by A. F. Rathbun, Smith's Mills, N. T. J. J. M.

SeduRi for Bedding Purposes, Etc.

(-) Please let me know \Ahich vari- ety of seduni is best to use for carpet bedding? When can I sow the seed to have nice plants by June 1? Also when can I sow Stellaria gi-aminea aurea and Stevia variegata?

— The sedums most suitable for car- pet bedding are S. acre, S. acre au- reum, S. corsicanum, and S. glaucum. If seeds can be obtained they should be sown as early as possible. The general mode of propagation is by di- vision, either in early Spring or in the Autumn.

The Stellaria graminea aurea should be sown the first week in March; and the stevia at the same time.

Moving Trees In Winter.

(3) We want to move about ten miles. Would you advise to take some apple, magnolia and chestnut trees, with frost ball, moving them during frosty weather, and plant them again? Also, which is the proper time to spray trees for scale? C. H.

— It will be perfectly safe to move the trees while the ball of roots is frozen; but the roots must be well protected from frost while out of the ground. The best time to spray the trees is in the early Spring before the leaves burst out; at that time every part of the trunk and branches can be covered much better than after the trees are in full leaf.

To Keep Pipes from Freezing.

(4) Kindly advise me the best way to keep a 2-inch pipe, 30 feet long, from freezing. The pipe runs from the ground to a tank, with no building around it. SUBSCRIBER.

—The pipe should first be wrapped with several thicknesses of felt build- ing paper and then inclosed in a box 1 foot square inside. This should have double wooden walls, with two or three thicknesses of building paper between, and the box should then be packed with sawdust or some other non-conductor of heat. In extremely cold weather a slight movement of the water in the pipe should be provided for. Of course, this is with the understanding that the tank is so located that steam or hot water heat cannot be provided.

L. R. TAFT.

Regarding Pressure.

(5) I desire information regarding pressure on a hot-water coil boiler. I have a city pressure of 65 lbs.; if I turn the city pressure of 65 lbs. on my boil- er, run the gauge to 65 lbs., then turn the city pressure off, will I still have the 65 lbs. pressure, or will I have to keep the city pressure on my boiler to maintain the 65 lbs. pressure? Also, if my boiler makes one pound pressure above the city pressure, will it back the city pressure into the city main? Also, is that a high pressure for a coil boiler made from 2-inch pipe? Is 65 lbs. water pressure as great as 65 lbs. steam pressure? F. H. S.

— While the pressure would be the same after as before the city water was shut oft, it would vary with the temperature of the water in the pipes, increasing as the temperature rises and the water expands, and becoming less as it cools. However, if the system is to be worked tinder pressure from the city mains, they should be left with the valve open. The connection however, should be such that the water could not run out from the system in case of a break in the pipes, and there should be a safety valve to prevent an ex- plosion in case the main is shut oft. It the pressure in the system becomes higher than that of the water pressure, a small amount of water would be forced out of the heating pipes. A good boiler would be safe with 65 pounds pressure. L. R. TAFT.

A Carnation Cut.

(6) I have a carnation house, 60 feet deep, 5 feet wide; side bench, 60x2 feet. The varieties are: Prosperity, En- chantress Governor Roosevelt, Mrs. Lawson and others. I have cut from October 1 to December 31 5,726 blooms. I would like to know it any one has produced as many flowers from such a small space. I had some with disease, but have found a remedy that will destroy all germs on carnations. It all lies in the soil. I am now trying an experiment on violets which I think

will also be a success and will write if It should prove so.

J, R. BURFEIND. —The cut of carnations is certainly a heavy one from such a limited amount of bench space. We would like to hear more about the cure for disease in carnations.

Sweet Peas Not Blooming.

(7) What is tiie matter that Blanche Ferry sweet peas do not bloom? They were planted in about fiist of Septem- ber; the vines are now 3x4 feet high, but give no flowers. Mount Blanc, planted at the same time, has been flowering for two or three weeks.

K. BROS.

— The sweet peas have made a good growth and, perhaps, if they are kept a little on the dry side for a tim«, they will commence to flower. It often hap- pens, through too heavy feeding, that the peas will make excessive growth in vines and produce but few flowers until the feeding has been stopped.

Cold Storage Lily of the VaUey Pips.

(S) Kindl.v inform me as to the best treatment to give to cold storage lily of the valley pips that have just fin- ished blossoming? How soon will they bear fiowers again? F. K, J.

— Lily of the valley pips that have been kept in cold storage for some time, and then forced into fiower are not worth much for future blooming. The best thing to do with them is to throw them away and purchase new ones tor next season.

Hollyhocks.

(9) Can I grow hollyhocks in pots and bloom them for Spring trade? It so, when shall I sow the seed?

F. H. S. — We do not believe that hollyhocks could be successfully had in bloom for Spring trade. Their time of flowering is in late Summer, and they do not do their best until the second year from sowing the seed.

Candytuft, Pansies, for Decoration Day.

(10) I would like to know what time candytuft should be sown so as to have plants in bloom by Decoration Day? Also, if pansy seed were sown now, would the plants bloom by Deco- ration Day? S. J, C.

—Pansies and candytuft, if sown at this time, will be in flower nicely tor Memorial Day.

Rose Crimson Rambler for Easter.

(11) When should Crimson Rambler roses for Easter blooming be started?

VIRIDIS. —Easter comes quite late this year- April 23; and the roses need not be started until the flrst of February.

Violet Scald.

(12) I am sending under separate cover some leaves from my violet house to see it you can kindly tell me the cause of the edges being affected in the way the sample shows. It spreads quite rapidly through the house, although I try to keep the af- fected leaves picked off. The plants have made a luxuriant growth and seem to be very healthy. A. J. D.

— Professor Galloway, in his book on Violet Culture, calls this disease scald, or edge burn, and says: "The trouble may be brought on by a number of causes. It is often the result of us- ing strong liquid manure, either or- ganic or in the form of chemical fer- tilizers. Such liquids, when applied to the soil and roots, seem to temporarily check the latter to such an extent that they cannot take up the water or food, and when the sun is warm the young leaves have not sufflcient moist- ure to serve for growth. The disease may also be brought about by allowing the soil to get too cold. By attending to the conditions mentioned, looking carefully after the watering, and see- ing that the soil is not too heavy, little trouble need be feared from this dis- ease."

Lime Refuse from Acetylene Gas Plant as Fertilizer.

(13) Please tell me if the lime ref- use from an acetylene gas plant is of any value to land? E. H.

— It is claimed to be an excellent fer- tilizer. W^rite to the Acetylene Jour- nal of Chicago for full information on this subject, or to your State Experi- ment Station.

Heating Problems.

(14) I have two greenhouses which I piped as follows for steam: I have a 12 horse-power boiler; from it the 2-inch flow rises 10 feet above the bot- tom of the boiler and falls 1 inch in 15 feet to the other end of the house, where it falls 3 feet 4 inches into the coils which are on each wall plate, with flve 114-inch pipe in each, and back falling 1 inch in 15 feet, where four coils are run into one l>2-inch pipe and into the boiler at the bottom. Now. I wish to use hot water but the water does not circulate more than half-way back in the coils. What can I do to help it? I have an expansion tank above the highest point and an inch pipe out through. Would a l>4-inch gale valve on the return, close to the boiler, help it? The houses are 60 feet long. 16 feet wide (two), open in center. C. B. S.

— From the description given it would appear that there is one 2-inch flow pipe and one H4-inch returns in each of the 60xl6-foot houses. If to be used for hot water there should certainly be an expansion tank connected with the highest point of the system, with air valves, whenever necessary, for letting out the air. While it is not clear, it is possible that the trouble referred to is that there is no way tor the escape of the air from the system except through the air cocks in the system used tor steam. This would account for the trouble as described. With this diffi- culty corrected, it would not be pos- sible to obtain satisfactory results with the system as now arranged. In the first place, there should be about 420 square feet of radiation in a 60xl6-toot house to heat it to 60 degrees in zero weather, and such a system should be connected with the boiler through two 2-inch flows or one 2»,4-inch, with the returns of the same size. From the de- scription given it would appear that there is but one 2-inch flow in each house and that a l^^-inch return serves for both hou.ses. In mild weather it might be possible to get fairly satisfactory results with the one flow in each house, but there should also be a return of the same size; or a 2V2-inch return would answer as a com- mon return for the two houses. With two 2-inch flows in each house, the ten l^^-inch returns on the coils should be sufficient to maintain a temperature of 60 degrees in zero weather.

D. R. TAFT.

Reply to Chas. H. Zundel, who sub- mits a plan of houses. — From the plan, it is evident that the old house was heated by two 2-inch flows running 115 feet to the farther end of the house, where they entered a header, from which three returns led back to the boiler. From the flow end of the header connection is made with the coil in the new house, from which the return con- nects with the return end of the header. It is not at all strange that no circulation in the new house can be secured with this arrangement unless, as is hardly probable, the coil is sev- eral teet above the header. The best way out of the difficulty would be to place in the new house a coil similar in construction to that in the old house. One of the flow pipes now in the old house could be disconnected from the coil and used to supply the coil in the new house. In the same way one of the present return pipes could be used to serve as a return from the new house. L. R. TAFT.

Please let me know what size radi- ator tor hot water or steam I will re- quire in a room 15 by 15 feet; there are three windows, 2 feet 6 inches by 5 feet, exposed to the north and west.

F. C. S.

— If hot water is to be used tor heat- ing from 60 to 65 teet of radiation, ac- cording to the height of the room, will be required. For steam radiation, the amount should be from 35 to 40 square feet. L. R. TAFT.

Please advise as to the amount of radiation, in steam, will be supplied to put on the following sizes of flow pipe: 150 teet long, 4 inches, 3 inches, 2% inches and 2 inches, to work under low pressure, gravity system.

S. BROS.

—A good deal will depend upon the size of the pipes used in the coils, as a flow pipe of a given size will supply a larger number of feet of radiation

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when 1-inch pipe is used for the colls than ot 11/4-inch pipe. In a general way it can be said that a 4-inch main, using low pressure, will supply 4.000 to 6,000 feet; a 3-inch will suffice tor 2,000 to 3,000; a 2»,i-inch, from 1,000 to 1,500, and a 2-inch main, from 600 to 800 square feet of radiation. By increasing the pressure a considerable increase in the amount of radiation can be secured, especially in the case of the larger sizes

I built three new greenhouses last season and put in a pipe boiler which had twenty-four rows ot 1-inch one way by IS-inch the other; 4-inoh pipe is connected to the boiler, both flow and return, and sixteen rows of I'^-inch pipe in two outside houses with twelve pipes in the middle one. Will this be enough to give me 60 degrees in very hard weather? Also, I have a fourth house coming right across the ends of the third. Cannot the return be brought out of each outside house, around the north and east ends, and into the boiler again to give me 40 de- grees? The three houses are 50 feet; the end one 63 feet. W. G. W.

— The con'espondent does not men- tion the length of the coils in the boiler and no idea ot its capacity can be ob- tained from the description given. However, in a general way, it can be said that coil boilers are not especially desirable, except from the standpoint of a low first cost, and that it they are to be used, it will be better to have the coils constructed of pipe larger than 1 inch. It will also be impossible to give a definite answer to the remaining portion of the letter, as the width of the houses is not stated. It can be said, however, that at most, with a boiler of ample size and properly constructed, the number of pipes given would not maintain a temperature of 60 degrees in zero weather if the outside houses are more than 15 and the middle one more than 12 or 13 feet in width. If the pipes in the coils were 2-inch, it would be feasible to carry them around through the end house and secure a considerable heat from them, but any- thing of the kind would have a ten- dency to check the circulation in the small pipes, which at best cannot be any too good. While small pipes may be used in closed systems, or when the houses are .=hort and the boiler is well below the level ot the returns, it will generally be better not to use pipe smaller than l^A-inch for the returns, and 2-inch will be better in houses more than 50 feet in length.

L. R. TAFT.

CANADIAN NEWS

MONTREAL.— Business ha^ been very good since Christmas. The weather moderated considerably on New Tear's eve, so there were no frozen plants to replace on January 3. New Tear's trade was very good, a number of orders for funeral designs helping to swell the day's receipts. Cut flowers are plentiful, but are wholesaled at high prices, thus check- ing the demand somewhat. Violets were slow sale. Daffodils have made their appearance, but are short- stemmed.

The Florists' Club will hold a car- nation show during the latter part of February. W. C. H.

TORONTO.— Business since Christ- mas has been rather slow; the whole- sale prices of stock kept up. but the first part of the week being somewhat cold and dull and everything cut so close for Christmas, was the cause of this, not the demand; in fact, on Satur- day there was more than enough In hand to supply the call there was at the holiday prices, and, in many cases, values had to come down. Violets are coming in more plentifully now and they are generally of good quality. Carnations, also, are very good and are also arriving freely. There appears to be a fair supply of good American Beauty offered.

Edward Hoskins and James Rossitter have both given up their stands on St. Lawrence Flower Market, Mr. Hoskins through ill-health. Mr. Rossitter can make as good prices for his .stock at wholesale as on the market without so much loss of time.

Frank Duffort has his wife and four of his family down with diphtheria, some of them in a serious condition. Both of his sons are down, which leaves him very short-handed. We hope they may soon recover.

THOS. MANTON.

OTTAWA. — Christmas weather showed 18 below zero; New Tear's, 40 to 50 above. The thaw came in very handy, as, owing to the snow, sleet and hard freezing, the cooler houses were covered with a sheet of ice which was hard to remove; but the past forty-eight hours has removed it.

C. Scrim had a fine bed of Mrs. T. W. Lawson carnation — 1,200 planted in all Summer, and they have been most prolific since Fall. On December 1 they looked so full of bud and flower, I decided to see how many were cut during the month. A faithful tally showed 4,087— a nice lot, but quite de- ceiving, only 3'^ to a plant, which seems a small score by the plant. But 1,400 were cut Christmas Eve and morn, which filled quite a gap. E.

Timme's Timely Teachings.

Propagating.

From now on the propagation of near- ly all the leading kinds of gieenhouse plants from seeds and by cuttings, will demand the principal portion of our time, forethought and attention. To obviate a too frequent repetition, when dealing sep- arately with the various kinds ot plants, a brief description of ways and methods, as here given, will serve the purpose.

In buying seeds, get the fresh article, and select the best strain obtainable. The difterence in price is made up tenfold by the better product. This is true, in the present status of trade, more than ever before. In taking cuttings, select the healthiest and strongest, and in jiotting them up after they are rooted, reject ev- ery cripple or diseased one. If done at that Juncture, instead of later, much la- bor, time and room are saved. Bottom heat accelerates propagation, and this is the tmie of the year when it can be pro- vided in a measure regular -and reliable, ihis IS also the time when atmospheric conditions under glass are easiest con- trolled. Good cuttings will root in sand of any color or texture, it it is clean; while cuttings, too hard, too sappy or other- wise unfit to be taken, will not properly do so in the finest silver sand, washed, ster- ilized or doctored. A layer ot three inches on a tile bottom is sufficient in the bench for cuttings, unless too great a bottom heat prevails, when a heavier layer will

,^l 1°,'^'^ employed. Firm the sand solid before the cuttings are inserted: these also should stand firm and so, that some effort is required to pull them.

One inch of sand on the tiles, evenly spread, forms a bed on which the seed boxes are placed. These should be of one size and so made as to width or length that fhey just fit into the bench, ana when filled are not too heavy to han- dle for one person. A clear inside depth of two inches, or a little more, is about right; while "plants to be transferred or pricked off from these flats into others require a depth of three or four inches.

Old, stale soil out of benches, in which stock has been growing, should not be used for filling seed pans or boxes; let it be a mixture jof good, fresh, sandv loam or porous compost, sifted and reas- onably moist. In sowing see to it that the seeds are not over-thickly scattered on the box, but evenly distributed over the surface. Press them into the soil with a Heavy but smooth piece of plank or hoard and now carefurty, before cover- ing the seeds, water. Large seeds may now he covered with a thin layer of loose soil, leaf-mold or finely broken up moss: however, the seeds of most kinds of greenhouse and bedding plants require no covering— none but boards or paper, laid over the boxes— until growth shows, when full light IS admitted. Some practice and the exercise of care are required in pro- viding the necessary degree of moisture for cuttings In the sand and seedlings In the boxes.

Not enough or too much is equallv fatal to feeble, new-born plant life. Here experience and good Judgment are of value. Thousands of seedlings may damp off in one night for the want of pure air. or on account of being over-watered or because the soil is too highlv fertilized or soured. In such a case, a speedy trnnsplanting into other boxes or Into small pots will save them, if done In lime, though, in most instances, the trouble Is discovered too l.ntc: and the little plants, so treated, will continue to perish right along, although they mav brighten up nnd grow on for a time. In the ca.se of some kinds of the more common bedding rinnts this timely shift is a sure cure, while with others It Is a total loss of labor and plants. Marguerite carnations Be- gonia Vernon. Ten-week stocks, and a few

other things will start to grow at once and become fine plants, if a shift Is given in time. On the other hand, if cinoiarias, snapdragons, salvias and especially asters once begin to show signs of damping off in the seed boxes. It is not worth while making any effort to save them, or to cut down the death-rate by a transfer into other boxes or pots. Such plants in nearly all cases are doomed, and the work of sowing the seeds may as well be done over again. The main cause of all this trouble is traceable to fungoid impurities in the soil used, and, therefore, a thor- ough-going propagator does not think of sowing seeds into a soil that has been lying in the greenhouse or shed for any length of time, but draws his supply di- rectly from soil in the open air. If this is brought in a day or two before it is to be used, it will be in good condition.

Seedlings, when first potted off, should be planted rather deep; up to their first leaves is none too deep for most of them. All newly potted young stock needs a protection against bright sunshine for a day or two. Nothing, so far. In the line of shading material, has proved handier or more convenient than the light, mov- able lath-frames, on which muslin Is nailed. They are quickly placed and re- moved, and from early in the afternoon until the sun gets high next morning, the plants receive the full light, as also on dark days. All this great benefit to young filants would be cut off by employing lime-wash or a permanent paint shading, which here is a detriment to the welfare ot the stock, while, as a shading for large areas of flowering crops during Summer, it is the proper thing.

Gloxinias.

As soon as the fresh seeds of gloxinia can be obtained, they sliould be sown. I prefer to do this in the first weeks of llie new year rather than much later. In- stead of wooden fiats, earthenware seed pans should be used for gloxinias. Fill these nearly half fuU with the turf-like pieces of semi-decayed, well-fibered sod soil, and on this spread the final layer of finely broken up leaf-mold, about a year old, thoroughly intermixed with sand. On this the seeds are sown. A temperature of 65 degrees with bottom heat somewhat higher will result in a stand of fine little plantlets in two or three weeks. Now more fight and air is given to wean them to conditions more apt to promote health and vigor. Still, the temperature should not be lowered much, nor should the young plants be deprived of bottom heat, if available, untfl the plants are of good size and benefited by the warm days of approaching Summer. In repotting, al- ways use a light, porous and sandy soil, and shade on sunny days. Heat and a moist atmosphere are essentials In glox- inia culture.

The one-year-old bulbs ot gloxinias may be wintered over, if kept in their pots, in a warm and dry place till February, then taken out and potted into new" earth. Give them a warm stand, but no water until the new growth begins to push, and then sparingly, for this is the critical point In the starting of old gloxinia bulbs, when lurking decay Is ever ready to take advantage of proper conditions for speedy attack, brought about by ill treatment. If a good portion of drainage has been provided in the pots, and when finally the plants attain size and vigor, the danger from over-watering is not great, and these plants will now grow into good- sized specimens and bloom a trifle earlier than the seedling gloxinias, but are In no other respect superior to these. I prefer to grow them from seeds every year. A plant, exceptionally fine, discovered In a batch of flowering gloxinias, may easily be multiplied by leaf propagation. Little bulblets soon appear on a layer of warm sand, which, under proper treatment, grow rapidly Into plants of good size, of- ten blooming the same season.

Floriculture In bygone vears made good use of this beautiful genus, of which glox- inia seems the only one nowadays worth considering, while the once so highly prized sinningias, gesnerlas and achimenes have had their day. Their culture Is, In the main, the same as that given for glox- inias, and should be encouraged, for. like gloxinias, they help to make a green- house most attractive and are by no means wholly unprofitable to grow. '

Primula Obconica.

I am aware that many growers do not think ot sowing Primula obconica before March or April, but I have found that, by sowing the seeds of this most useful plant in Januaiy, I obtain a set of plants easier to manage during Summer and early Fall, and I believe in every way superior to the later started and less for- ward portion of the annual output. The seeds should be sown on a sandy, well- decomposed sod soil, or meadow-mold, and started in a hothouse temperature where they will quickly germinate. Af- ter the young plants have been once pricked off and again have attained good size, they are potted up and, later on, planted at reasonable distances into a moderately warm frame outdoors. As Summer ad\'ances. plenty of air Is given, and. although they require a shading on bright days all through the Summer. "this should not be too dense, and should he so arranged that It can he removed on cloudy days and at night. Watering must

not be neglected, but should be given in moderation. Any straggling buds, prem- aturely formed, are cut out. In August the plants are potted up, but remain out- doors until real cold weather sets in, when they are removed to the house. Frost must not touch them, but a pretty cool stand suits them. A few weeks lat- er, a course of gentle forcing will bring them out.

This primula possesses all the requi- sites which go to make an ideal market plant — not over-difficult to grow, demand- ing, owing to its fine habit of growth, but a moderate space on our benches, strikingly beautiful in form and bloom, within reach as to price of the great ma- jority of buyers, and satisfactory after it is bought.

Last year some cases, none serious, of poisoning by contact with Primula ob- conica were reported. It cannot be de- nied that the plant is possessed of prop- erties which make a careful handling of the branches and foliage, especially when moist, advisable. The upper surface of tender-skinned hands Is most easily af- fected, but the irritation is soon subdued by an application of ordinary soap, or linseed oil. It Is not nearly as bad or painful as a poison oak or sumach poison- ing, as has been stated, and it is un- likely that this somewhat magnified at- tribute of Primula obconica will ever be aide to appreciably diminish the great popularity the plant so rapidly gained and justly merits.

As the presence of harmful poisonous matter in many plants, largely cultivated, becomes better known, a less frequent in- dulgence In the pernicious and vulgar habit of wearing flowers in the mouth and chewing their stems will be the result; and that is something to be thankful for.

Sweet Peas.

A small bench of sweet peas, or a few vines on post, back wall or pillar, lend a cheerful look to any place where home trade means everything, and the growing of nearly everything makes home trade. Here a few hundred vines of sweet peas add considerably to a much-needed va- riety of material for cutting, as also to the attractiveness of the place, if neatly trained up and kept clean of Insects and dying foliage. On such a place sowings should be made repeatedly so as to keep up a succession of fresh vines and long- stemmed blooms.

Quite another thing, and to be consid- ered from a different viewpoint, is the raising of sweet peas for the wholesale market. If well handled, this phase of cutflower growing swells the receipts of an establishment considerably. It pays, if sufficient room suitable for this culture can be spared: otherwise. It does not. "Go In deep or not at all" Is good advice in this case, and is not likely to fall into discredit if due consideration Is given quality as well as quantity. I have found that a continuous crop of good flowers, picked and marketed from early Spring until the outside grown article comes In. pays best. To this end the seeds should be put in now, and not later than the middle of February.

There was a time when carnations, brought in from the field In September, furnished an immense crop of blooms for the holidays, and were then thrown out. to invariably make room for sweet peas, and these in turn for potted stock or early flowering chrysanthemums later on. This plan worked admirably, at least at that time, and not the least profitable crop in the chain of succession was the sweet peas. Now different methods pre- vail, and sweet peas are made to succeed chrysnnthemums directly after these are gone. In so doing the same soil mav be utilized just as it is for the peas, which therein will do very well If liquid stimu- lants are not withheld later on, after the buds appear.

Cannas.

.^fter having placed the large clumps of canna roots under a bench last Fall, we turn our hacks, satisfied that with cannas at least we are plentifully supplied for the coming Spring. But sometimes it turns out auite differentlv. Instead of plnmp, bright roots we find a mass of worthless, struggling plant life. or. per- haps, heaps of mouldy decay. Since canna roofs are always good propertv In the Spring and easily turned Into cash. It pays to examine them occasionallv dur- ing times of hard firing, or spells of zero weather. Sometimes a timely remo\*aI to more congenial quarters, "or merely from the hare ground on to hoards, or a covering with paper as a protection against drip, too great a heat from near- by pii>es or the possible inroads of frost, will save them.

However, cannas are easily grown from seeds. If sown now. a flne stand of good four-inch plants may be secured for Spring trade, and many of them In bloom at that. If the seed boxes are kept moist, and in a nretfv warm place, the hard- .shelled seeds will break willingly and send up the little plants In a short time. Some of them may bang Are. but the majority come. A soaking in warm water for a day or two and then a careful peellne helps to hasten them. A frequent shirt into pots a size larger, plentv of heat and moisture, will speed them along nicely. FRED. W. TIMME.