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HORTICULTURE 



March fi, 1909 



Seed Trade 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



Watson S. WoodnilT, Orange, Conn.. 

 Pres • J C. Uobinson. Waterloo, Neb., 

 First 'vice-rres.; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 

 O Secy and Tieas. Twenty-seventh an- 

 nual oonventl.u .lune 22-24, 1909, nt Clifton 

 House. NiatMi-a Kails. Out. 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 

 LEAGUE. 



F. W. Bruggerhof, Pres.; Burnet Land- 

 reth, Sec'y. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



\V. K. Harris has the sympathy of 

 the trade on the death of his daugli- 

 ter. Flora, on Feb. 25. 



Chicago, III.— W. W. Barnard Co. 

 has equipped the store at 117 Fifth 

 avenue for the retail trade. 



Harrisburg, Pa.— The Holmes Seed 

 Co at a meeting on Feb. 29, voted an 

 increase of $25,000 in the capital. 

 This increases the capitalization to 



175,000. 



Chicago, III.— Fire destroyed the 

 main building of the Albert Dickin- 

 son Company, dealer in seeds, on Feb. 

 26, and at times the entire plant, 

 which occupies a quarter of a block 

 on West Taylor street, and comprises 

 fifteen buildings, was menaced by the 

 flames. It is said that the fire start- 

 ed from an explosion of gas. Two 

 firemen were slightly injured, but no 

 lives were lost. The loss to the com- 

 pany is not so gi-eat as at first esti- 

 mated and is fully covered by insur- 

 ance. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



gslc 



Dper : 



CABBAGE -Wakefield and Su 



EGG PLANT-Ji.Y. Improved and ISIack 

 Beautv 4°<:ts. per lor , $3.00 per 1000 



PEPPER— Bull Nose, Rnby King and 

 Sweet Mountain. 40cts. per joo, $3 00 per 1000 

 Chinese Giant and Cayenne, socts. per ico 



TOMATO— Earliana. Chalk's Jewell and 

 Karly June Pink, socts. per 100, $;.ooper 1000 

 Ca?h with Order 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO. 



White Marsh, Md. 



200,000 GLADIOLI BULBS 



M to i'/{ inches, $2 per icoo. iH to t'/j, $4 per loco. 

 I'/j and up, $5 per loco. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



I yr. well branched, $jo per icoo. Cash with order. 

 Nice lot of AMERICAN CHESTNUT TREES at a 

 bargain, about SO LARGE SUGAR TREES, most 

 of them sample trees. 



Surplus of STONE TOMATO SEED: Ruby King, 

 Neapolitan, Bull Nose and Sweet Mountain 

 Pepper Seed at a bargain. 



I. & J. L. LEONARD, - lona,N.J. 



Vegetable Plant Nurserymen and Seed Growers 



BRIDGEMANS SEED WAREHOUSE 



RICKARDSBROS. 



Props. 



37 East I9tli St., - NEW YORK CITY 



W. Atlee Burpee and companions 

 arrived home in Philadelphia Feb. 2.5. 

 All well and a pleasant trip. 



Fred Ehret, of Broad and Fair- 

 mount avenue, is about again, after 

 a severe siege of inflammaiion which 

 threatened serious consequences for 

 many days. 



John Thatcher, late of Wynnewood, 

 Pa., now located in Virginia, was a 

 visitor in Philadelphia this week. He 

 greeted many of his old-time friends 

 and admirers at the club meeting 

 March 2. 



Writing Feb. 26, from Castle Springs, 

 Ariz., Charles Sim, the well-known 

 landscape gardener of Rosemont, Pa., 

 expresses regret to read in HORTI- 

 CULTURE of the death of his life- 

 long friend, David Beam, at Kirrie- 

 muir, Scotland. Mr. Sim is accom- 

 panied by his wife and is making a 

 tour of the Golden West. Their next 

 stop will be Los Angeles, Gal., then 

 San Francisco. Home about the first 

 of April. 



CONTRACT QROVVER OF 



Vegetable and Flower Seeds 



I'or the Wholesale Tra.le. 

 Write, stating what Seed you want growa. 



JOHN S. WEAVER 



Glen Mawr Seed Farms, Klr^zers. Lancaster Co., Pa. 



John Westcott appeared in his 

 usual haunts on Thursday, the 25th, 

 looking fine after his trip to Southern 

 seas. He is giving them all the ear- 

 ache on the beauties of Cuba and the 

 Isle of Pines. A bungalow a la Ware- 

 town in the latter island is in pros- 

 pect: many are saving up for the trip 

 already. Robert Craig and Julius 

 Roehrs were left behind, looking up 

 desirable sites for winter cottages 

 and other interesting propositions. 



An informal meeting of the com- 

 mittee of the credit bureau of the 

 Wholesale Seedmen's League was 

 held in Philadelphia on the 26th ult. 

 After business W. Atlee Burpee in- 

 vited the committee to dinner at the 

 Union League. To make the occasion 

 pleasant for the visitors, Mr. Burpee 

 invited a few of the representative 

 seedsmen of Philadelphia to join the 

 festive board. Among those present 

 were: T. W. Wood. Richmond, Va.; 

 Charles H. Breck, Soston; S. F. AVil- 

 lard, Weathcrsfi'eUI, Conn.; Walter 

 P Stokes, Robert Buist, H. W. 

 Tull, Heiiiert W. Johnson, Bur- 

 net Landreth, Howard M. Earl, 

 H. W. Burt and Mr. Smith, at- 

 torney for the credit bureau. The 

 scope and usefulness of the bureau 

 to the trade was the serious subject 

 discussed, but wit and wisdom on 

 divers topics had free vent, as might 

 be expected from such a gathering of 

 shining lights. 



INCORPORATED. 



San Francisco, Cal. — The Luther 

 Burbank's Products: Hartland Law, 

 O. E. Law, O. E. Dinner. Capital, 

 "several millions." 



Paul Kaese who has been engaged 

 with his father-in-law, William Hage- 

 nuin, in the bulb-importing and apple 

 exporting trade in New York is about 

 to start in business for himself in 

 Hamburg, Germany. 



Everything "For the Land's Sake. 



The one firm in 

 Boston where all 

 good forms of plant 

 food may be ob- 

 tained, is the Bowker 

 Fertilizer Company, 

 opposite Faneuil 

 Hall at 43 Chatham 

 St. All greenhouse 

 chemicals. Nitrate of 

 Soda, Ground Bone, 

 Potash Salts, Sheep 

 Manure and Wood 

 Ashes can there be 

 had at first hands. 



BOWKER ^^M^SIS?" 



Ever/thing "For the Land's Sake. " 



NEWS NOTES. 



Toledo, O. — S. W. Peck is rapidly 

 getting settled in his new location on 

 South street. 



Calla, O.— The Templin Co. is re- 

 ported to be paying an eight per cent, 

 dividend through its trustee. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — F. H. Stafford and 

 J. Benson have started in the florist 

 business on upper Main street. 



Baltimore, IVld.— L. H. A. Klein has 

 started in carnation growing at Tow- 

 son, with H. Bauer as manager. 



Geneva, N. Y.— Smith & Gannett 

 are equipping their new florist store 

 at 53 Seneca street with all the mod- 

 ern appliances and will soon take pos- 

 session. 



Gycas Revoluta 



(Sago Palm) 



STRONG HEALTHY TRUNKS 



Average from 1 to S lbs. each 



Ready Mow 



25 pounds for $2.25 



100 " " 8.50 



300 " " 24.00 



Headquarters for 



Dahlia and Ganna Roots 



All the Leading Sorts 



Write /or a copy of our Whole- 

 sale Cataloff 



HENRY F. MIGHELL GO. 



1018 and 518 Market St.. FHILA. 



