. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 30 The American Florist. Jan. 2S, Onion Sets Carlotsor Less. We can save you some money on Onion' aets write or wire us lor prices and samples statin? quantity and colors you want, ALBERT CROLL £c CO. Shippers of Fruits, Vee«tables and Produce. 193 South Water street, CHICAGO. -CHOICE GERMAN- FLOWER SEEDS FREDERICK ROEMER, Seed Grower, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY. Asparagus Plnmosus Nanus GRIENHOUSE GROWN SEED DILIVESY NOW Per 1000 $; 6000 for $ A. HENDERSON & CO., 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. John Bod^erS Sons
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 30 The American Florist. Jan. 2S, Onion Sets Carlotsor Less. We can save you some money on Onion' aets write or wire us lor prices and samples statin? quantity and colors you want, ALBERT CROLL £c CO. Shippers of Fruits, Vee«tables and Produce. 193 South Water street, CHICAGO. -CHOICE GERMAN- FLOWER SEEDS FREDERICK ROEMER, Seed Grower, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY. Asparagus Plnmosus Nanus GRIENHOUSE GROWN SEED DILIVESY NOW Per 1000 $; 6000 for $ A. HENDERSON & CO., 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. John Bod^erS Sons Co. Los Angeles, California Wholesale growers of Sweet Peas, Tomatoes, Lima Beans, Lettuce, Asters, Cosmos and other Flower Seeds. Connecticut Horticultural Society. The first business meeting of the year was heltt January 13 at the County Building-, Hartford. On the center table President Huss had a handsome display of Chinese prim- roses, all in bloom, as well as two orchids in flower, Laelia anceps and Lycaste Skinnerii. The judges, J. A. Weber, T. B. Brown and William A. Kinne, awarded a certificate of merit for the primroses, and a diploma for the orchids. George B. Baker, of New Britain, then briefly outlined his method of primrose culture. President Huss rec- ommended that the seed be sown in succession, in pans or boxes, in light soil, well firmed, up to a quarter-inch of the top of the receptacle; then put on glass, and prick off into other boxes when they show a few leaves. He said that a greenhouse is not neces- sary for the purpose; for they can be grown in frames. Keep them cool in the frames, and shade during the sum- mer. They are generally grown from seed, but may be propagated by cut- tings. Those plants exhibited by him were from seed sown in March. John Gerard, of New Britain, informed the meeting that one ounce of seed of one of President Huss's primrose plants with violet blooms is worth nearly $100. At the chairman's request, the sec- retary read a pamph
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