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HORTICULTURE 



September 14, 1907 



Seed Trade 



We acknowledge receipt ot the re- 

 port of proceedings o£ the 25th annual 

 convention of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, held at Xew Yoiiv 

 Jun(i 2:>-27, IStv'T. An excellent like- 

 ness of the retiring president, Henry 

 W. Wood, forms the frontispiece. All 

 the addresses, papers and reports, with 

 discussions thereon, are given in full, 

 and the publication is altogether an 

 interesting narrative of a most inter- 

 esting event. 



One or two pea and bean growers 

 have been sending out preliminary es- 

 timates of deliveries on this season s 

 pea crops, and while they are much 

 below 100 per cent., they are in most 

 instances higher than will be eventu- 

 ally delivered. At least, this is the 

 opinion expressed by one of the lead- 

 ing growers. This grower furnishes 

 the following percentages as his prob- 

 able deliveries: Pride of the Market, 

 1 to 20 per cent; Improved Stratagem, 

 15 to 20 per cent.; Abundance, Hors- 

 ford's Market Garden and Advancer, 

 .'■.0 to 60 per cent; Alaska, SO to 70 per 

 cent; DuKe of Albany, Telephone 

 and Admiral, 60 to !<> per cent.; Extra 

 Early, 70 to <S0 per cent.; Gem and 

 Excelsior, 60 to 70 per cent. ; American 

 Wonder, fiO to 70 per cent. ; Gradus, 10 

 to 60 per cent; Thomas Laxton, 50 to 

 70 per cent.; Yorkshire Hero, Ever- 

 bearing and Champion of England, 70 

 to SO per cent.; On such varieties as 

 Sultana Excelsior, Alderman, Senator 

 no estimates have been named, nor on 

 Canada Field. 



No estimates on beans have yet ap- 

 pealed, and those who have been 

 asked decline to make any, claiming 

 it is yet too early to give any reliable 

 figuies. 



Cool weather, particularly the 

 nights, has been the rule for the past 

 ten days, and light frosts have been 

 reported from various places, though 

 so far as ascertained not heavy enough 

 to materially damage corn, which will 

 probably be a poor crop from, and in- 

 cluding northern Ohio east. Over most 

 of this area a severe drought has pre- 

 vailed which has only been broken 

 within the past few days, too late to 

 be of any great benefit excepting to 

 fall-sown crops and grass. Within the 

 next week or two something more 

 definite on coin, potatoes and other 

 crops will be given. 



The vacation season is about over, 

 and soon again seedsmen will be at 

 work preparing for another season's 

 business, and it is a satisfaction to 

 note that the horizon is clear, and 

 every indication pointing to another 

 prosperous year. While staple crops 

 are more or less below average, the 

 shortage in most cases will not ap- 

 proach a famine, and prices, while 

 above the normal, shoubi not be un- 

 usually high. Altogether, the situation 

 appears to be nearly ideal for the 

 seedsman, and with general pros- 

 perity unabated, the future certainly 

 looks rosy. It is well not to be over- 

 exalted, as clouds may appear on the 

 sky, but just now there are none in 

 sight, and we may as well enjoy the 

 sunshine and not borrow trouble. 



MICHELL'S LILIUM HARISSI 



The old favorite Easter Lily, too well known to need description, except to say, 

 that in our Special Brand Strain we offer something decidedly Superior, being Larger, 

 Healthier, and Belter than those usually sold. Each year sees our importations increase 

 in great proportions. All Lily Bulbs are Fully Matured and up to size. Our aim is 

 to give the largest possible value for the money. 



MICHELL'S SPECIAL BRAND. 



Hiiibs per case. Per tco Per looo 



S-7 Cir $4.li" $4.75 $45 00 



6=7 " 3. SO 6.50 60.00 



7-' " 2.00 9.2S 90.00 



9-11 " 1.00 2000 190.00 



11-13" SO 4S.00 



REGULAR BRAND. 



tiulbs per case. Per ico Per looo 



S-7 Cir $4.10 $4.50 $42.50 



7-9 " 2.00 9.00 8S.0O 



9-11" l.dO 19.00 I80.O0 



11-13 •■ SO 35.00 



Our Fall Pricm List of Bulbm Mow Roady 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 1018 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



F. G. .lohnson, of Columbus, Ohio, 

 who for over twenty years has been 

 with the Livingstone Seed Company of 

 that city, has associated himself with 

 S. M. Isbell & Co., of Jackson, Michi- 

 gan. Mr. .lohnson was the treasurer 

 of the former firm, and will be a most 

 valuable addition to the isbell forces. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co., at oO 

 Barclay street. New York, will have 

 a most attractive and commodious 

 store, when the improvements and al- 

 terations now being made are com- 

 pleted. They will then occupy the en- 

 tire building of five stories and base- 

 ment, which space their growing busi- 

 ness most certainly needs. 



D. I. Bushnell, Burnet l^andreth, J. W. 

 May. 



Committee on Governmental Seed 

 JOistribution — Alex. Forbes, chairman; 

 C. P. Wood, W. Atlee Burpee, W. H. 

 Maule, F. \\. Polgiano. 



Committee on Transportation — Geo. 

 B. McVay, chairman; S. G. Courteen, 

 .1. G. Peppard, J. J. Buffington, C. 0. 

 Cropp. 



Committee on Seed Adulteration — 

 Alliert McCullough, chairman; A. D. 

 Heffron, <;. S. Burge, Henry Nunges- 

 ser, Henry W. Wood. 



Committee on Revision of Code — 

 Walter P. Stokes, chairman; Horace 



E. Conklin, Marshall H. Duryea. 



It is reported that A. M. Rennie of 

 Providence, R. I., succeeds to the posi- 

 tion of manager of Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, New York. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Eastern Nur.series, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass. — Advance evergreen list. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



President Geo. S. Green has made 

 the following appointments: 



Delegates to National Board of 

 Trade — W. Atlee Burpee, Albert Mc- 

 Cullough. 



Delegates to National Council of 

 Horticultuie — J. C. Vaughan, C. E. 

 Kendel. 



Delegate to National Flower Com- 

 mission — W. F. Jones. 



Delegate to National Irrigation Con- 

 gress — I^ester 1 . Morse. 



Committee on Seed Legislation — 

 Chas. A. Heath, chairman; Chas. N. 

 Page, F. W. Bolgiauo, Albert McCul- 

 lough, S. F. AVillard. 



Committee on Weights and Meas- 

 ures — C. S. Burge, chairman; John T. 

 Buckbee, Wm. G. Scarlett. 



Committee on Customs and Tariff— 

 W. H. Grenell. chairman; Chas. H. 

 Breck, Alexander Forbes. 



Committee on Postal Laws, etc. — 

 Charles N, Page, chairman; J. T. 

 Buckbee, J. C. Vaughan, E. L. Dungan, 

 L. L. May. 



Committee on Experiment Stations — 

 W. D. Ross, chaiiman; S. E. Briggs, 



Nathan Smith & Sou, Adrian, Mich. 

 — Wholesale Fall List of Phloxes, etc. 



Schlegel & Fottler Co., Boston, Mass. 

 -Fall Catalogue of Bulbs and Plants. 

 This is a neat, concise publication, ty- 

 Ijogiaphically creditable and half-tones 

 w-ell brought out. A view in the sunk- 

 en garden at Fairmount Park forms 

 the cover illustration. 



A. T. Boddington, New York. — Au- 

 tumn Catalogue of Bulbs and Seeds. 

 Has a Bunyai d cover design of artistic 

 meiit ana appi opriateness. The con- 

 tents give Boddington's Quality Bulbs 

 an appropriate presentation. Ap- 

 pended is a very complete list of hardy 

 jierennial seeds. 



Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. New Guide to Rose Culture, au- 

 tumn 1:107. A nice entertaining list ot 

 promiscuous plants, witii colored illus- 

 trations of guava and carnations on 

 front and back cover. Contains 14 

 pages, of which five are devoted to a 

 list of roses. 



R. & J. Farrjuhar & Co., Boston.— 

 Autumn Catalogue. This is the finest 

 of the fall catalogues which have come 

 to our notice. The cover is superb,. 



BAMBOO CANES 



TOUGH AND STRONG 



6 ft. long — $1 per 100; $6 

 per 1000; $11 per 2000 



They cost about 10 per cent, more than 

 other kinds, and they are 10 times better. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO., - 50 Barclay St., New York 



