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HORTICULTUEE 



February 1, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President, Chas. N. Page, 

 Des Moines. la. ; 1st vice-president, 

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 2nd vice-president, Artliur B. Clarli. 

 Miltord, Conn.; secretary and treas- 

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

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna, 

 O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 June 24-25, 1913. 



Cheap Seed Packets; the Other Side. 



Before Mr. Watson is so sure that 

 Burpee's 2c. packages of seeds for 

 :school children will ruin the seed busi- 

 ness, he ought to find out whether 

 they contain 2c. worth or 5c. worth of 

 seed. And he ought to know also, 

 that the Home Gardening Association 

 here In Cleveland has annually sold 

 ■over a half-million packets of seeds at 

 Ic. each for the last three or four 

 years, about half of which went to the 

 school children of this city, and our 

 business Is by no means ruined but 

 rather quite to the contrary. It is in- 

 finitely better for all concerned that 

 seeds be sold even at Ic. per packet 

 than that they be given away by the 

 Government. I take it that children 

 grow up and when they are old enough 

 to have a sizeable garden, they will 

 not be satisfied with penny packets 

 and will then patronize the seedsmen. 

 Give them a taste of the possibilities 

 of a back-yard and their hands will 

 itch for the hoe and rake with the 

 first warm days of spring. I say en- 

 courage and educate the child even 

 if it is necessary to sell him seeds at 

 a penny. It isn't necessary to give 

 him 5c. worth. A small quantity at 

 first makes him hungry for more later 

 on. I might add that the department 

 stores, at least in this city, have for 

 years sold seeds at a penny a packet. 



Cleveland. O. C. E. KENDEL. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



A meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee was held at Detroit, Jan. 2l8t, at- 

 tended by President Chas. N. Page, 

 Secretary C. E. Kendel and Messrs. 

 Kirby B. White, Charles D. Boyles, 

 C. N. Keeney, and W. D. Ross of the 

 committee. A tentative program was 

 arranged and Cleveland, Ohio, was 

 chosen for the next convention city 

 with headquarters at the new Statler 

 Hotel. The date is set for June 24-26, 

 1913. 



Notes. 



Articles of incorporation of the 

 Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company have 

 been filed by A. J. and H. M. Pieters 

 of Hollister and L. W. Wheeler of San 

 Jose, Cal. The capital stock is placed 

 at $25,000. 



H. Beaulieu of Woodhaven, N. Y., 

 has moved his seed business to a 

 larger and more desirable store with 

 all improvements, close to the railroad 

 station, post office, etc.. to accomino- 

 date his business which is steadily 

 growing. 



We understand that William P. Mac- 

 Kenzie of Westwood, N. J., has been 

 elected to fill the position of customs 

 examiner in the horticultural depart- 

 ment at the port of New York, made 

 vacant by the death of James B. Kidd. 

 The trade look forward to most amic- 



HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES 



For Staking Plants For Easter 



UNPAINTED STAKES OR DOWELS 



Length. Diam. 100 1000 Length. Diam. 100 1000 



24 in 3-8 in $0.50 $4.00 42 in, 3-16 in. $0.75 $6.00 



36 In. 3-16 in. .63 5.25 42 in. J"* jn -Ig g.OO 



.36 in. 5-16 in. .65 5.25 42 m. 5-16 m. .75 6.00 



36 in. 5-8 in. .85 8.00 42 in. 3-8 in. .75 6.00 



36 in. 1-4 in. .85 5.25 42 in. 3-8 in. 1.00 9.00 



36 in. 3-8 in. .65 5.23 



The above dyed green. 10c. per 100 or 50c. per 1000 additional. 



HYACINTH STAKES (Wood) DYED GREEN 



100 1000 5000 100 1000 5000 



12 in $0.15 $1.00 $4.25 18 in $0.20 $1.35 $6.23 



CANE STAKES 



100 500 1000 5000 



Southern. Very long, selected quality $0.75 $2.73 $5.00 $23.75 



Japanese. Very thin, about 6 ft. long 75 2.75 5.00 22.30 



Japanese. Dyed green, 3% ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5.30 



HEADQUARTERS FOR BlIEBS OF ALL, KINDS. WRITE FOR PRICES. 

 Our Xew Wholesale Price List for 1913, Free Upon Application. 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY^^ 



518 Market Street,"^ E- W- Zf^.-'^ Philadelphia, Pa. 



able relations with the new examiner, 

 who is already well known. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Peacock Dahlia Farms, Berlin, N. J. 

 —Wholesale Price List of "The 

 World's Best Dahlias." 



F. W. Eberle, Albany, N. Y.— Seed 

 Annual 1913. A good practical cata- 

 logue well illustrated. Asters in colors 

 are used as cover attraction. 



Thomas J. Grey Co., Boston, Mass. — 

 Annual Seed, Plant and Implement 

 Catalogue for 1913. An up-to-date and 

 practical publication. Hollyhocks 

 make an attractive garden picture on 

 front cover. 



W. E. Dalwig, Milwaukee, Wis. — • 

 Catalogue of Seeds. A very creditable 

 publication, profusely illustrated and 

 covering thoroughly the field of seeds 

 and garden plants. A wholesale price- 

 list for market gardeners, of seeds in 

 bulk is also received. 



Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.— 

 Chrysanthemums, Carnations and 

 Roses. A trade catalogue, including 

 besides the above specialties, Gladioli, 

 Hardy Asters, etc. The cover shows a 

 fine portrait in colors of Totty's ster- 

 ling rose novelty Mrs. George Shaw- 

 yer. The Wells-Pockett-Totty novel- 

 ties for 1913 are represented by some 

 beautiful half-tone pictures. Seeing 

 them means the determination to have 

 them at once. 



The Maule Book, W. H. Maule, 

 Philadelphia.— A cheerful visitor al- 

 ways and one of the most entertaining 

 — there is so much Wm. Henry in it. 

 We have never yet seen a dull edition 

 during the thirty years it has come to 

 us. Wm. Henry has the rare gift of 

 being able to write just as he talks — 

 sincerity, pith and point in every page 

 — and there are 176 of them. We fear 

 however, that he has inherited from 

 his Scottish ancestors a vein of grim 

 humor, and that he is liable once In a 

 while to "put one over" on some of his 

 distinguished competitors, when he 

 talks to them down around the Union 

 League about the season's prospects 

 and so forth. You never know just 

 how to take these solemn Jokers. 



LILY CANES 



7 Jo 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc. 



$7.00 PER 1000 II 



Wm. Elliott & Sons 



42 Vesey St.^ New York 



BEGONIAS 



single separate colors and choice mixture, 

 40c per dozen; $2.50 per 100. 



Double separate colors and choice mixture, 

 60c per dozen; $4.00 per 100. 



GLOXINIAS 



Separate colors and choice mixture, 50c 

 per dozen; $3.50 per 100. 



A. Henderson & Co. 



352 N.Michigan Ave. • CHICAGO 



Phone Randolph 2511^ 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS 



Eltabluhed 1818 

 EB EHBt IVritf For Our Low Pri.es 



LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS. 

 BALTIMORE, MP. 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



BLUE LIST OF WnOLES.Ai:.E PRICES 



MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT 



FOR PROFIT. 



GET IT FROM 



Okl^oma Seed Growers Co. 



1912 SURPLUS UST OF 



Watermelon and MusJunelon Seeds 



Enid - Oklahoma 



