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HOKTICULTUKE 



March 15, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION 



Officers — President, Chas. N. Page, 

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

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 2nd vice-president, Artliur B. Claris. 

 Milford, 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. 



Some Sensible Advice. 



C. L., Orme, Maryland. — It will be im- 

 possible for you to get sufBeient free seed 

 from the Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington to plant your one acre of 

 garden and nine acres of farm land. How- 

 ever, write the Congressman from your 

 section of Maryland, addressing him at 

 Washington, D. C, and he may be able 

 to assist you in obtaining considerable 

 free seed. You should remember that the 

 seed sent out through the government is 

 as near worthless for commercial purposes 

 as seed can be. As you own your farm 

 and expect a remittance from home late 

 in the summer the local seedsman will, 

 perhaps, open an account with you for 

 both seeds and fertilizers if you present 

 the circumstances to him. Seed from a 

 reputable firm will give far better results 

 than government free seed. As to what 

 varieties of vegetables to plant and the 

 best farm crops, I would advise you to 

 write the director of the Maryland Ex- 

 periment Station, College Park, Md., for 

 he is familiar with the exact conditions 

 in your section. He can also tell you 

 what kind of fertilizer will give the best 

 results. In writing him state your con- 

 ditions fully that reliable information can 

 be given you. 



Amateur Gardener, Bloomfleld. — Free 

 government seed can be secured by writ- 

 ing the Congressman from your district, 

 addressing him at Washington, D. C. For 

 less than $1 seed far more reliable and of 

 better varieties can be purchased from a 

 seed Arm and the seed thus purchased will 

 be more certain of successful results. It 

 is never advisable to sow government seed, 

 notwithstanding that they are given away. 

 One should never look a gift horse in tl^e 

 face, but government seeds are as thank- 

 less a gift as any gift well can be. 

 — Newark (N. J.) Evening News. 



Notes. 

 L. C. Brown of La Grange, 111. plans 

 to open a branch, at Kankakee, 111. 



Frank D. Hunter, recently book- 

 keeper for J. H. Small & Sons of New 

 York, and formerly well-known as a 

 member of the firm of Hammond & 

 Hunter, wholesale florists, has taken 

 the position of manager for the seed 

 house of J. F. Noll & Co. in the Hud- 

 son Terminal, New York City. 



M. J. Tilden, who has been conduct- 

 ing a seed store at Albion, N. Y. has 

 closed out the business which he pur- 

 chased some time ago from J. T. Du- 

 quette. Mr. Duquette, thus released 

 from his agreement not to enter the 

 seed trade so long as his successor 

 continued the business, has started 

 again under his own name as nursery- 

 man, seedsman and florist at 66-78 

 Clinton Ave. The business thus re- 

 sumed was established by Mr. Du- 

 quette's father sixty years ago. 



Thomas J. Grey, founder of the T. J. 

 Grey Co. of Boston, twenty-three years 

 ago, having sold his interest in 

 that company, has again asso- 

 ciated himself with Joseph Breck & 

 Sons Corporation in whose employ he 

 was for many years previous to estab- 

 lishing in business under his own 

 name. Mr. Grey is one of the best 

 known men in the New England dls- 



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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Planting and Care of Trees for 

 Colorado, by D. M. Andrews, Boulder. 

 Colo. An instructive "vest-pocket" 

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"The Garden Book," by John Kirke- 

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Transactions and Proceedings of the 

 California Association of Nurserymen; 

 Second annual Meeting, Oakland. Nov. 

 7-9, 1912. This interesting volume ed- 

 ited and compiled by Henry W. Krucke- 

 berg of Los Angeles, secretary of the 

 Association, affords convincing evi- 

 dence of the splendid makeup of this 

 young society. Few society reports 

 can show a more comprehensive list of 

 subjects considered at one meeting or 

 more pointed and intelligent discus- 

 sions. The book itself is an excellent 

 production of the printing art. A por- 

 trait of the late John Rock, pioneer 

 pomologist and nurseryman, makes an 

 appropriate frontispiece. 



