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rtORTICULTURE: 



June 5, 190» 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



Secretary C. B. Kendel announces 

 that the Clifton Hotel, Niagara Falls, 

 Ontario, has been selected as head- 

 quarters for the 27th annual conven- 

 tion, June 22-24. _ 



A special rate has been obtained 

 for the members as follows, all on the 

 American plan, which includes the 

 banquet on Wednesday evening as 

 well as all other meals. 



Room without bath, per person, 

 $4.00 per day. 



Room with bath, one person, 16.00 

 per day. 



Room with bath, two in a room, 

 $5.00 each person per day. 



Arrangements may be made with 

 the customs authorities to allow auto- 

 mobiles to enter Canada for the three 

 days' stay without paying the cus- 

 tomary license. 



Word has been received that at 

 least one large grass seed dealer in 

 Darmstadt will send a representative 

 to the convention to meet the dealers 

 on this side, ostensibly, the secretary 

 has been led to believe, to confer on 

 matters connected with this branch 

 of the trade. 



Several notable men connected in 

 various capacities with horticulture 

 have promised to address the associa- 

 tion, chief among them. Prof. Liberty 

 H. Bailey, of Cornell. 



The subjects to be considered are 

 vital and a large attendance is anti- 

 cipated, especially with the meeting 

 place so attractive and accessible. It 

 is therefore advisable, while the hotel 

 accommodations are ample, to secure 

 rooms in advance. 



The program is as follows: 

 Order of Business. 

 Renorts of the Secretary and Trea- 

 surer—Election of Members— Reports 

 of Committees-Reading of Communi- 

 cations — Unfinished Business — New 

 Business— General Discussions— Annu- 

 al Election and Installation of Officers. 

 Opening Session, Tuesday, June 22, 

 10 A. M. 

 The National Organization of Seed 

 Analysts. Its Purpose and Scope. By 

 the President. Dr. E. H. Jenkins (di- 

 rector Connecticut Experiment Sta- 

 tion). .^ , 



Root Crops. Prof. C. A. Zavitz (rep- 

 resenting Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Guelph, Ont.). 



Seed Legislation. Its Uses and 

 Abuses. Prof. L. H. Pammel (Iowa 

 State College of Agriculture). 



A Campaign for Rural Progress. 

 Prof. Liberty H. Bailey (Director New 

 York State College of Agriculture, at 

 Cornell Vniversity). 



The Deterioration of Types of Cab- 

 bage. J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I., 

 N. Y. 



Color Photography. Illustrated with 

 Views from Nature. J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Tuesday Evening, 8.45. 

 Concert by Clifton Hotel Orchestra, 

 followed by informal dancing. 



Wednesday Evening, 8 O'clock. 

 Banquet. A few five-minute Talks, 

 followed by Mr. McParland's Lecture 

 on Color Photography. 



Officers 1908-1909. 

 President, Watson S. Woodruff, 

 Orange, Conn. 



Reliable Flower Seeds 



PRIMULl KEWENSIS 



New Verbena Scented 

 YELLOW PRIMROSE 



A cross between 1'. Floribunda and P. Vortlrillatn, of strong, vigorous growth, 

 prortnciug numerous spiUes, bearing tour to six wUorls of bloom, of large size, 

 and of a clear, canary yellow color. Trade pkt. 50c. 



■WRITE I'OR CiUll WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



HEN RY F.WICHELL CO.. 



1018 Market St., Phlla. 



First Vice-President, J. C. Robinson, 

 Waterloo, Neb. 



Second Vice-President, M. H. Dur- 

 yea, New York. 



Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. Kendel, 

 Cleveland, O. 



Assistant Secretary, Leonard H. 

 Vaughan, Chicago. 



Executive Committee. — George S. 

 Green, Chicago; Howard M. Earl, 

 Philadelphia; Chas. Dickinson, Chi- 

 cago; Chas. N. Page, Des Moines, la.; 

 S. F. Willard, Wethersfield, Conn. 



Membership Committee. — Albert Mc- 

 Cullough, Cincinnati, O.; F. W. Bol- 

 giano. Washington, D. C; Leonard H. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Norfolk, Va.— George Tait & Sons, 

 to grow, buy and sell seeds; president, 

 J. C. Tait; secretary and treasurer, 

 Robert Tait; capital, $100,000. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Howard M. Earl left on his annual 

 crop inspection tour west by way of 

 New Orleans on the 3rd inst. Mj-. 

 Burpee starts a week later by a differ- 

 ent route. 



It is surprising how little is known 

 of actual conditions by tuose connect- 

 ed more or less closely with the trade, 

 and if one may judge by what he 

 reads, some persons do not know that 

 most contracts for future peas, beans, 

 corn, and, in fact, most other seeds 

 have long since been closed. 



The Routzahn Seed Co. of Arroyo 

 Grande, Calif., report that, "crops in 

 general with us are looking above the 

 average. Especially is this true of 

 sweet peas, nasturtiums and flower 

 seeds in general. Lettuce, salsify, to- 

 mato and cucumber are good. Onion 

 prospects about two-thirds of a crop. 

 Pole beans in course of planting." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. F. Rosenfield.West Point, Neb.— 

 Wholesale Price List of Peonies for 

 Fall, 1909. 



King Construction Co., North Tona- 

 wanda, N. Y.— Bulletin No. 25, describ- 

 ing their new iron-frame greenhouses. 

 In it Is given a description of the 

 house in course of erection for the 

 Florex Gardens. North Wales, Pa., 700 

 ft in length and with the unprecedent- 

 ed width of 172 ft. This house covers 

 about 3 acres of ground and is intend- 

 ed to hold 70,0t>0 American Beauty 

 plants. 135 tons of glass, over 10 

 miles of pipe for frftme work, 10 miles 

 of piping for heat, are other factors ln« 

 the- construction, and the beds, if put- 

 end to end, would be over six miles in 

 length. 



Giant Pansy Seeds 



Representing seven of tlie best growers of Europe. 

 Each color or stain packed separately. The pro- 

 portion of light and dark is well blended. 

 Florist Collection — i6 pkt. Hybrid Giants, 



8 pkt. Giant Five Blotched, Is oz. in each pkt.; 



in all, 24 pkts., weight 302. $7 36 



Halt FloriBt Collection — 24 pkts., weight 



iH 01. $V93 



Amateur Collect ion — 24 pkt., 5C0 seeds in 



each pkt., 12,000 sce.ls, Jj.so 



Cottage Collect ion— 12 pkt. ,500 seeds in each 



pkt., 6,000 seeds, $1-25 



Milture — extra fi::e, 1000 seeds, 25c. 



Exhibition Collection — 4 pkt. 5°= seeds m 



each pkt., 2000 seeds. $1.00 



Send for descriptire list 0/ prize 1, inHers 



JOHN GERARD, New Britaip. Conn. 



NEW CROP SEED 



For Early Planting 

 THOMAS J. GREY GO. 



2 so. MARKLT IT., EOiKK, MASS. 



n~ ^AU LI FLOWER S^ 

 A B B A C E E_ 



^^ LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



Longansssiraede 20, 

 COPENMACEN, DEWIWARK. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Annual Report of the Commissioners 

 of Lincoln Park, Chicago, tor the 

 Year 1908— A volume of 90 pages, giv- 

 ing full details and statistics of park 

 and boulevard extension and mainten- 

 ance, illustrated with half-tone views, 

 maps, diagi-ams, etc., and list of speci- 

 mens in the zoological department. 



The schedule of prizes for the an- 

 nual June exhibition of Roses, Straw- 

 berries and Hardy Flowers by the Tar- 

 rytown Horticultural Society has been 

 issued. The show will be held at the 

 Young Men's Lyceum on the afternoon 

 and evening of June 15. Copies of 

 prize list may be obtained from secre- 

 tarv E. W. Neubrand, Tarrytown, N. T. 

 Y. ' 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



BEKTS.-' Crcsby, Egyptii 



Eclipse, $1.25 pcf 



CABBA«IF.. Field Grown, all leading varieties, 

 $i.co per loo- . 10,000 and over, 85c per .000. 



CEtERT. White Plume, Golden Self Blanching 

 and Giant Pascal, $1.25 per 1000. 



EG<i PLANT. N. Y. Improved and Black Beauty, 

 •■ $,.00 per 1000. 



■LETTUCE. Big Boston. Boston Market, Tennis 

 Ball and Grand Rapids. $1.00 per looi. 



PEPPERS.'' Ruby King, Bull Nose, Sweet Moun- 

 tain and Neapolitan. $?.oo per 1030. Chinese 

 Giant and Cayenne, 5CC per 100. 

 Cash with Order 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO. 



White Marsh, Md. 



