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HOKTICULTUEE 



March 1, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Chas. N. Page, 

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

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa. ; 

 2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark, 

 Milford, Conn. ; secretary and treas- 

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

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna, 

 O. Next convention at Cleveland, OMo, 

 June 24-25, 1913. 



Seed Legislation. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir; — In one of your recent is- 

 sues, Mr. Watson refers to the New 

 York State seed law which he states 

 requires that every packet of seeds 

 must state the percentage of purity 

 and germination. 



I think there must be some mistake 

 about this, for the Act of 1912 affects 

 only agricultural seeds like the 

 grasses, clovers, vetches, and rape, 

 which are hardly put up in small 

 packet form as suggested by the 

 writer. The law only requires a label 

 to he attached to the package con- 

 taining said seeds when there is an 

 excess of three per centum by count 

 of foul or foreign seeds. 



Your readers may be interested to 

 hear of the Gronna seed bill intro- 

 duced in the U. S. Senate recently 

 (No. 8382), which is to regulate the 

 interstate commerce in all seeds. Thfe 

 absurdity of the bill is marked by such 

 -equirements as that no seed under 90 

 per cent germination shall be sold or 

 transported, and some of the finer 

 grasses, as is well known, have a very 

 low germination, 60 per cent being 

 high for Kentucky Blue Grass. It is 

 hardly to be expected that this bill 

 will be enacted in the few days re- 

 maining of this Congress. 

 Yours truly, 



CURTIS NYE SMITH. 



Notes. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — G. H. Eyans is 

 manager of the Florida Seed & Floral 

 Co., a new establishment. 



Fargo, N. D.— Prof. G. W. Randlett 

 has been elected president of the 

 North Dakota Improved Seed Associa- 

 tion. 



Des Moines, la. — Frank Howell, for- 

 merlj-- with Iowa Seed Co., is prepar- 

 ing to start in the seed business on 

 Gray street. 



It is reported that, owing to recent 

 crop failures in Michigan, Rogers 

 Brothers, pea and bean growers of Al- 

 pena, Mich., have purchased 800 acres 

 of land in Idaho and will remove 

 there. 



Chicago reports that spring bulbs, 

 cannas, gladioli, caladlums, tuberoses, 

 etc., are all in earlier than usual this 

 year, with a tendency to short supply 

 of tuberoses. As usual, Augusta glad- 

 iolus is in great demand. The fact 

 that European seeds came late is mak- 

 ing the season different this year. 

 Standard seeds as salvia, etc., are 

 short in supply owing to unfavorable 

 weather. American sweet peas are 

 also comparatively short. Prices on 

 onion sets advanced sharply the past 

 week, especially on white, the warm 

 winter having caused a larger percen- 

 tage of loss than usual. Grass seed 

 is so low that dealers can put up an 

 extra fine mixture for a moderate 

 price. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR PLANT STAKES 



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. .65 5.25 42 in. 1-4 in. .75 6.00 



.■?6 in. 5-16 in. .65 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 



.•?6 in 1-4 in. .65 5.25 42 in. 5-8 in. 1.00 9.00 



.36 in. 3-8 in. .65 5.2o 



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 $4.23 18 in $0.20 $1.35 $6.25 



CANE STAKES 



100 500 1000 5000 



Southern. Very long, selected quality $0.75 $2.75 $5.00 $23.75 



Japanese. Very thin, about 6 ft. long 75 2.75 5.00 22.50 



Japanese. Dyed green, 3V2 ft. lengths only 70 3.00 5.50 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



NEW CROP GREENHOUSE GROWN SEED. 1000 Seeds, $3.75; 5,000, $18.00; 

 10,000. $34.00; 25,000, $80.00. 



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



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



518 Market Street, - - Philadelphia, Pa. 



Drake's Satisfactory Tomato Seed 



In Which Quality, Superiority of Our Strains, and Very Moderate Prices Are 



Leading Features. 



A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU 



Oz. Vi lb. 



Spark's Earliana .f0.12 $0.45 



Chalk's Early Jewel 12 .46 



Early Acme 12 .45 



Matchless 10 .35 



Dwarf Champion 15 .55 



New Stone 10 .35 



Livingston's Beanty 12 .45 



Livingston's Favorite 12 .45 



Livingston's Paragon 10 .36 



Oz. Vi lb. 



Livingston's Perfection $0.10 $0.36 



Livingston's Globe 15 



Success 10 



Ponderosa 16 



Bonnie Best 16 



Dwarf Stone 16 



Golden Qneen 16 



Fordhook First 12 



Early Detroit 15 



Trophy 10 



.60 

 .35 

 .60 

 .65 

 .55 

 .60 

 .45 

 .60 

 .35 



ALL BY MAIL POSTPAID 



Other Specialties are: Cauliflower, Cabbage Seed, Onion Seed, Onion 

 Sets, Sweet Corn, Pepper, Lettuce and Celery. 



i^'rif^ for Ctitalo^ue and Trade List. 



J. AUG. DRAKE, 



SEEDSMAN 



CHESTER, NEW JERSEY 



Growing ONION, LEHUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, CaUfomia 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Watts Bros., Kerrmoor, Pa. — Folder 

 of "Plant Comfort" Mats. 



Pape & Bergman, Quedlinburg, Ger- 

 many — Colored plate and price-list of 

 new cactus and decorative dahlias. 



Clark W. Brown, Ashland, Mass. — 

 Catalogue and price-list of "Gladiolus 

 and Dahlia Bulbs." A pocket-size se- 

 lected list. 



Good & Reese Company. Springfie'.d 

 O.— 1913 Spring Trade List, for Flor- 

 ists, Nurserymen and Dealers only 

 Illustrated. 



American Forestry Company, Little 

 Tree Farms, South Pramingham, 

 Mass. — Catalogue and Price List, 

 1913. A unique publication which fills 

 a rapidly growing want. Anyone in- 

 terested in forestry or other pursuits 

 in which well-grown young deciduous 

 and evergreen trees figure should send 

 Cor a copy of this list. 



LILY CANES 



7 to 8 feet long, for Lilies, etc. 



$7.00 PER lOOO 



Wm. Elliott & Sons 



42 Vesey St., New York 



TOMATO SEED 



BKST .STOCKS. 



ALL VARIETIES. 



The Haven Seed Co. 



GrowerN for Wholesale Trade Only. 



SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. 



