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HORTICULTURE 



February 15, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President. Cbas. N. Page, 

 Des Moiues. hi.; 1st vice-president, 

 Harry L. Holmes, H;irrisljurg, Pa.; 

 2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark, 

 Miltord, Conn.; secretar.v and treas- 

 urer, C E. Kendel. Cleveland. O. ; as- 

 sistant secretar.v, J. M. Ford. Ravenna, 

 O Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 June 24-25. 1013. 



An Inconvenient Postal Ruling. 



It is an open question wliether the 

 mail order trade has heeu helped or 

 hindered by the new parcel post act 

 but it is not at all to the liking of the 

 mail order houses that they are unable 

 to utilize the stamps which are sent 

 to them for small amounts where the 

 sender does not want to go to the 

 trouble of securing a post office or ex- 

 press money order. Heretofore these 

 stamps could be utilized to a consider- 

 able extent on the mail packages sent 

 out, but. under the ruling of the Post 

 Office Department that seed packages 

 must be stamped with the parcel post 

 stamps the use of ordinary postage 

 stamps is prevented. No doubt the 

 principal mail order firms will be able 

 to figure out the advantages or disad- 

 vantages of the new plan by the end 

 of the present season. It looks to us 

 as if it was another argument in favor 

 of the fractional currency plan advo- 

 cated by mail order houses irrespec- 

 tive of the line of business. 



Surpluses and Tardy Contracts. 

 Reference has been made in these 

 columns to the rather tardy way in 

 which dealers are contracting for their 

 requirements in peas and beans for 

 another year. Last year there was 

 feverish haste to get in lest they be 

 left out altogether. There is a ten- 

 dency this year to go to the other ex- 

 treme. No doubt many have more or 

 less of a surplus of these goods to 

 carry over and they doubtless want to 

 know just about what this surplus 

 will be before placing any orders for 

 the 1913 crop, and quite possibly their 

 stand is the right one. We simply 

 mention it because attention has been 

 called to it by some of the growers 

 of peas and beans. — many expressing 

 the tear that they will not be able to 

 contract all of their seed stocks. This 

 will not be surprising as most of them 

 have reserved very liberal seed stocks 

 and it would seem to us that they 



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Star or Wonder Blackberry 



A winder indeed! in growth, In ex- 

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 large and luscious, bears in clusters 

 like a grape for two months. A single 

 plant has yielded over two bushels in 

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 Oarden Roots, Hardy Per- 

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 ■te. Illustrated descriptive 

 catalog replete with cul- 

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 ereryhndy. Established 1S7S; 

 200 acres: quality niisnr- 

 passed : prices low. 



I. T.IOVETT, Box 153. little Silver. N I. 



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No merchant carries last year styles, and you 

 would not care for old styles; therefore, your 

 customers demand new varieties of Carnations 

 of the ''Better Kind," and it is up to you to fur- 

 nish them with up-to-date novelties such as our 

 New Scarlet Carnation 



THE HERALD 



Besides, this is a money proposition: The Herald will produce 

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$12.00 per 100, $100.00 perllOOO 



MARCH tst DELIVERY 



Send for list of other favorites and beautiful calendar. Yours 

 for the asking. 



CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY 



. 



A. T. PYFER, Manager 



30 East Raoulolph Street, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



SMITH'S CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL 



(3rd EDITION) 



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 Price 50c postpaid 



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CARNATIONS 



ROOTED CITTINGS. 



100 1000 

 Wodenfthe. $1.00 per <loz...$6.00 $50.00 

 White Wonder; Lady Bount- 

 iful; White Winsor 3.60 30.00 



Princess Charmins 3.00 25.00 



Winsor g.50 20.00 



Plants from 3-inch pots. $1.00 per 100 

 advance over al»ove prices. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



ROOTED CI TTINGS. 

 Fift.T Fine Commercial Varieties: 

 $1.50 to $4.00 per 100; $15.00 to $25.00 

 per lOOO. 



CANNAS 



Thirty Fine Varieties. Dormant 

 Tubers: $2.00 to $5.00 per 100; onr 

 selection variety, $2.00 per 100, $18.00 

 per 1000 



Send for Catalogue 



Wood Brothers 



FISHKILL, N. Y. 



A definite policy, even if 

 worked with indifferent copy, is 

 more apt to succeed when fol- 

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 or-miss advertising even with 

 more clever copy. — Koller. 



CARNATIONS 



F. DORNER & SONS CO. 



LA FAYETTE, IND. 



BIG CHSYSANTKEMUM BARGAIN 



anno 2Vi: incli. extra stroni: pot plants. 

 CHRYSOLORA. tJNAKA. MRS. DAVID 

 SYME. GOLDEN GLOW: $2.00 per 100- 

 SIR.OO per 10(M) ; to make room. CASH. 



I. M. RAYNER, Creerpor- , N. Y. 



