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HORTICULTURE 



February 8, L9in 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



OBicers — I'ltsident, Cbas. N. Page, 

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

 Uaiiw L. Holmes, Harrisburj;, I'a. ; 

 liud vice-president, Arthur B. Clark, 

 Alilford, Conu. ; secretary and treas- 

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

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna, 

 <J. Next convention at Cleveland, Oliio, 

 June Ji-io, 19ia. 



Inspection of Seeds. 



The following is the text of an act 

 introduced into the Massachusetts 

 Legislature and referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Agriculture. It embodies 

 the ideas of Prof. Geo. E. Stone, of 

 Amherst Agricultural Exepriment 

 Station. 



AN ACT TO PKOVIDE FOR THE IN- 

 SPECTION OF .SEEDS. 



Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House 

 of Representatives in General Court as- 

 sembled, and by tlie authority of the same, 

 as follows: 



Section 1. In this act, unless the ci n- 

 text otherwise requires: — the term seed.s 

 shall include those parts of a plant whit h 

 are the outcome of flowering and whicli 

 are used for propagating the species and 

 for such purpose are exposed tor sale. 



Section 2. The Director of the Massa-^ 

 chusetts Agricultural Experiment Station 

 is hereby authorized and directed, either 

 in person or by deputy, to take sample* 

 of seeds, which may be in the possession 

 of any importer, agent or dealer, cause 

 the same to be examined and tested for 

 purity, germination capacity and such 

 other properties as may be desirable, and 

 cause to be published from time to tim« 

 in bulletins or reports of said station, the 

 results of such examinations and tests, to- 

 gether with the sources of the samples, 

 and such additional information as cir- 

 cumstances may advise. 



Section 3. Whoever offers or exposes for 

 sale or delivers to a purchaser any seeds 

 coming within the provisions of this act. 

 shall upon application of the director or 

 his deputy, and upon the tender to him 

 of the value thereof, furnish a sample suf- 

 ficient for the examination and test of any 

 such seeds in his possession. 



Section 4. To defray the -cost of collect- 

 ing samples, making examinations and 

 tests, and of otherwise carrying out the 

 provisions of this act, a sum not exceeding 

 twentv-four hundred dollars shall be al- 

 lowed aniuially from the treasury of the 

 commonwealth, payable in quarterly pay- 

 ments into the treasury of said station. 

 All moneys received and disbursed under 

 this act shall be .audited and reported as 

 are other monevs placed in charge of th« 

 trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. 



Section 5. This act shall take effect on 

 the first dnv of .January In the year ni»e- 

 teen hundred fourteen. 



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. 1-4 in. .75 6.00 



36 in. 5-16 in. .63 5.25 42 in. 5-16 in. .75 6.00 



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



36 in. 1-4 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-8 in. 1.00 9.00 



PS 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 lOOO 5000 100 1000 5000 



12 in $0.15 $1.00 $4.25 18 in $0.20 $1.35 $6.25 



CANE STAKES 



100 500 1000 5000 



Southern. Very long, selected quality $0.75 $2.75 $3.00 $23.75 



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



Japanese. Dyed green, Sli ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5..30 



HEAUQUARTKRS FOB BLLBS OF ALL KINDS. WRITE FOR PRICES. 

 Our New Wholesale Price List for liH3, Free Upon Application. 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



518 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



b PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The annual report of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists has heen received 

 from Secretary Young. It is a 284-page 

 volume containing much useful infor- 

 mation in addition to the proceedings 

 at the Chicago convention. The list of 

 members, lite and annual, now runs 

 close up to 1500. 



Missouri Botanical Garden, Twenty- 

 third Annual Report. This comprises' 

 the reports of the oIBcers of the board 

 and seven scientific papers, the result, 

 for the most part, of work done in the 

 Graduate Library at the Garcen. Iiik 

 total amount expended for garden 

 maintenance and improvement during 

 the year was $66,072.16. Total dis- 

 bursements including garden expendi- 

 tures, $283,544.40. Total receipts from 

 rentals, interest, sale of real estate, 

 etc., $254,931.38. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem. Mass.— 

 Price Sheet of Surplus Hardy Plants. 



Southwestern Nursery Co., Okemah. 

 Okla.— Folder of Surplus Nursery 

 Stock. 



Wagner Park Nursery Co., Sidney, 

 Ohio. — Illustrated catalogue of Hardy 

 Planting Material. The book is finelv 

 illustrated, including views of estates, 

 planting plans, etc., for landscape 

 work. 



McGregor Bros., Springfield, Ohio.— 

 General Catalogue of Plants, Hardy 

 and Tender, Spring 1913. Covers filled 

 with rose portraits in colors. There 

 are six very attractive and useful pages 

 of flowers of different classes in nat- 

 ural colors, twenty to a page. 



The Annual Report of the Nebraska 

 State Horticultural Society for 1912 

 has been received from Secretary C. 

 G. Marshall, Lincoln, Neb. This is the 

 43d annual report of this useful socie- 

 ty and contains all the proceedings of 

 the annual meeting held at Lincoln, 

 January 16-18, 1912. As in previous 

 years the Nebraska Horticultural So- 

 ciety has given a fair share of atten- 

 tion to ornamental horticulture, forest 

 and shade tree planting and care, 

 greenhouse topics and other branches 

 of horticultural science and art too 

 often wholly neglected by so-called 

 state horticultural societies. The re- 

 ports of officers show the Nebraska or- 

 ganization to be prospering. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 

 Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Seed & Prod- 

 uce Co.; liabilities, $2,483.96; assets, 

 $697.00. 



Representative Dudley M. Hughes, 

 of Georgia, is called a farmer states- 

 man and devotes much of his time to 

 the agricultural interests of his dis- 

 trict. He has requests for many new 

 kinds of seeds, and a time ago re- 

 ceived this letter: 



Dear Dud: Sam Yopp's been tellin' 

 me of a new seedless tomatter the 

 Guvment is growin'. I'm writing to 

 you in hopes you will send me some 

 ot the seeds. — Saturday Evening Post. 



The Associated Chambers of Com- 

 merce of San Bernardino County, Cal- 

 ifornia, will petition the legislature to 

 appropriate $1,500,000 for the purpose 

 of establishing a horticultural experi- 

 ment station. 



LILY CANES 



7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc. 



$7.00 PER lOOO 



Wm. Elliolt & 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 colory and choice mixture, 50c 

 per dozen; $3.50 per 100. 



A, Henderson & Co. 



352 N.Michigan Ave. ■ CHICAGO 



Plion f Randorph 2571. 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



WHOLESALE FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS 



Established 1818 



E I^BMti-:'. tVn'tf For Our Low Prr. rt 



LIGHT, PRATT and ELLICOTT STS. 

 BALTIMORE, IMP. 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



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