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H ORTI CULTURE 



Decsember 



1907 



Seed Trade 



Having placed his oider for a fresh 

 supply of garden seeds, your Uncle 

 Samuel is awaiting their arrival, and 

 the completion of the new building he 

 is having built In the grounds of the 

 Department of Agi-iculture. It looks as 

 if the distribution is bound to be late 

 this year, but the later it is the less 

 mischief it will do. 



Onion sets have made a remarkable 

 spurt during the past two weeks, and 

 holders seem reluctant to name prices. 

 It Is stated that yellow sets which could 

 have been bought at fl.75 four weeks 

 ago, are quoted timidly at $3.00 by 

 holders who seem to be afraid lest 

 their quotations be accepted. Now, if 

 the advance in the price of sets is fol- 

 lowed by the expected rise in the price 

 of large onions, there will be created 

 a demand for seed that will carry 

 prices considerably above present lev- 

 els, which is a consummation devoutly 

 to be wished for. 



The recent heavy, wet snow will go 

 hard with any corn still in the field; 

 in fact it will destroy the last faint 

 hope of making seed of it. 



While tomato seed is not a 

 factor to be compared with peas, 

 beans or corn in importance, it 

 has scored a marked advance over 

 last year's prices, and has proved, as 

 has been several times predicted in 

 these columns, a decidedly short crop. 

 Such varieties as Stowe, Favorite and 

 Paragon, which have been sold in con- 

 siderable quantities to seedsmen and 

 canners at from 80 to 90c. per lb., are 

 now in active demand at $1.50 and 

 11.75. 



Not for many years have catalogue 

 houses been so at sea over the ques- 

 tion of prices. Conditions have 

 changed with kaleidoscopic speed and 

 frequency, and while there has been 

 some easing up on one or two leaders 

 such as onion seed, the general ten- 

 dency has been towards ' decidedly 

 higher prices. A greater number of 

 items have been noted as failures than 

 in many years before, and while these 

 failures have in the main been of 

 specialties and varieties not used in 

 large quantities, they have caused no 

 inconsiderable worry to retailers, and 

 particularly to catalogue houses who 

 have their items listed, and, as their 

 catalogues are in most cases made up, 

 the inability to secure such items is 

 likely to result in more or less embar- 

 rasment. 



The financial stringency is affecting 

 all lines of business, but seedsmen are 

 feeling it less severely than many 

 other lines, excepting the large whole- 

 salers and growers who are having 

 some trouble in getting ready cash 

 with which to pay their farmers and 

 the large force of employes which they 

 carry on their payrolls at this season 

 of the year. Indications are that the 

 tightness is loosening a little, and it 

 is hoped that matters will soon be- 

 come normal again. 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



There were entered at the port of 

 New York during the week November 

 20 to November 26th. inclusive, the 

 following plants, etc.: 



Via Antwerp: H. F. Darrow, 3 cs. 

 plants; Hussa & Co., 4 tubs laurel 

 trees. 



From Germany: E. L. Boas, 1 cs. 

 !)lants; H. F. Darrow. 253 cs. lily of 

 the valley pips; Wm. Elliott & Son, 54 

 cs. do.; McHutchison & Co., 150 cs. 

 do.; Maltus & Ware, 320 cs. do., 6 cs. 

 plants, 40 cs. bulbs: Metropolitan S. S. 

 Co.. 23 cs plants: C. F. Meyer, 152 

 cs. lily of the valley pips; F. R. Pier- 

 son Co., 10 IS. bulbs: Aug. Rolker 

 a Sons ]4() cs. iily of the valley pips. 

 85 cs. plants; Anton Schultheis, 42 cs. 

 lily of the valley pips; Ter Kuile, 21 

 cs. do.; Vaughan's Seed Store, 20 cs. 

 roots; Weeber & Don 34 cs. lily of the 

 valley pips; To Order, 280 cs. do., 20 

 cs. bulbs; Sundry forwarders, 831 cs. 

 lily of the valley pips, 5 cs. plants, 2 

 cs. lilacs. 



Via Southampton: Dearbergh Bros., 

 .S bis. plants; Dupuy, 5 cs. seedlings; 

 Maltus & Ware, 12 cs. plants; Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., 31 cs. do.: A. Murphy 



6 Co., 1 cs. trees; Aug. Rolker & Sons, 

 13 cs. plants; C. B. Richard & Co., 3 

 cs. do.; F. B. Vandergrift & Co., 2 

 cs. do. 



Via Glasgow: J. H. Dunlop, 2 cs. 

 trees; Forwarders, 9 pgs. plants. 

 From I^ondon: American Exp. Co., 



2 cs. rose trees; Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 30 pgs. seed. 



From Bermuda; Forwarders; 6 cs. 

 palm leaves. 



There were entered at the port of 

 New York duiing the week of Novem- 

 ber 27 to. December 3. inclusive, the 

 following plants, etc.: 



From Germany: A. T. Boddington, 

 100 cs. lily of the valley; W. W. Bar- 

 nard & Co., 4 cs. do.; H. F. Darrow, iji 

 cs. do.; McHutchison & Co., 509 cs. 

 do.; 10 cs. plants; C. F. Meyer, 458 cs. 

 lily of the valley; .John Scheepers at 

 Co., 139 cs, do.; August Rolker & Sons, 

 98 cs. do.; W. W. Palmer & Son, 4 cs. 

 do.; Anton Schultheis, 170 cs. do.; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 2 cs. seed; 

 Ralph M. Ward Co., 40 cs. lily of the 

 valley; To order, 2 cs. do.; 100 pgs. 

 seed; Sundry Forwarders, 626 cs. lily 

 of the valley, 14 cs. roots; Total, 2,202 

 cs. lily of the valley. 



Via Havie: H. Frank Darrow, 2 cs. 

 plants, 255 pgs. seeds; Peter Hender- 

 son & Co., 128 pgs. seed; McHutchi- 

 son & Co., 4 pgs. plants. 



Via Antwerp: Hussa & Co., 20 cs. 

 shrubs; Kraemer & Foster, 1 cs. plants, 

 12 tubs laurel ti'ees; Ter Kuile, 1 cs. 

 plants; Sundry Forwarders, 5 cs. bulbs, 

 ] cs. plants. 



Via Rotterdam: H. P. Darrow, 2.S 

 cs. plants; Cleary's Horticultural Hall, 



3 cs. do.; Wm. Elliott & Sons, 20 cs. 

 do.; McHutchison & Co., 37 cs. do., 1 

 cs. trees; C. B. Richard & Co., 85 cs. 

 plants; P. Ouwerkerk, 30 cs. trees; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 11 cs. plants; 

 Sundry Forwarders, 162 cs. do., 20 cs. 

 trees, 41 cs. trees and plants, 3 cs. 

 bulbs, 19 cs. flower roots. 



Via Southampton: N. Bogue, 6 cs. 

 plants; A. T. Boddington, 2 cs. trees; 

 McHutchison & Co., IS cs. plants, 8 cs. 

 trees, 13 pgs. seed; C. B. Richard & 

 Co., 4 cs. trees; August Rolker & Sons, 



7 cs. plants; Vaughan's Seed Store, 4 

 cs. do.; Sundry Forwarders, 2J cs. do., 



6 cs. trees. 



MICH ELLS 



SEEDS 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



E. S. Miller. Wading River, N. Y.— 

 Trade Price-list of Bulbs and Hardy 

 Plants for Spring of 1908. 



.T. M. Thorburn & Co., New York.— 

 Preliminary Trade Price List of High 

 Class Vegetable Seeds. 



John H. Sievers & Co.. San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. — Catalogue of florists' green- 

 house plants, including fancy pelar- 

 goniums, carnations and begonias as 

 specialties. An illustration of carna- 

 tion Hannah Hobart adorns the title 

 page. 



porium, Washington, D. C. An in- 

 teresting illustrated catalogue of pet 

 animals, birds, cages, goldfish, etc., 

 many of whic'.i are useful accessories 

 to the stock of an attractive florist 

 store, particularly at holiday time. 



The Edward H. Rust Palm Nurse- 

 ries, South Pasadena, Cal. — A most 

 interesting catalogue of the tropical 

 garden and porch plants available in 

 that sunny land. A front cover illus- 

 tration showing Cocos plumosa used 

 as an avenue tree and a number of the 

 garden pictures interspersed through 

 the pages are calculated to make one 

 envious these cold December days. 



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I GLADIOLI I 



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S wants for Gladioli for forcing ■ r 5 



S ouldoor planting. Mixtures, color S 



S sections or named varieties of S 



5 exceptional beauty. B 



S IVrUe for Pnces 5 



I ARTHUR CO"WEE s 



S Gladiolus Specialist S 



E Meadowvole Farm, BERLIN, N.Y S 



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GLADIOLI 



Spotted Calla, Madeiia Vine, 

 Cinnamon Vine, Oxalis Four v.ir(eiies^ 



Hyacinthus Candicans, 



Lilies in Variety, German Iris, 



Var. Day Lily, 



Delpliin um Formosum 



Send for price list of Rulbs and Hardy Plants. 



E.S. MILLER, - Waiting River, N.Y. 



