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H O RT 1 CU LT URE 



September 19. 1908 



NOTABLE AUCTION SALE 



BILTMORE NURSERY WILL CONSIGN 



A Car Load of Decorative Plants to be sold at Public Auc- 

 tion, Tuesday, September 22, at Noon, consisting of 

 Seaforthias, Cycas, Phoenix, Arecas, Pandanus, 

 Latanias, Kentia Forsteriana and Belmoreana 

 from 6 inch pots to 24 inch tubs, also Ferns, Ficus, 

 Primroses, Bulbs and Carnations from other growers. 



Wl. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



HORTICULTURAL 

 AUCTIONEERS 



42 Yesey Street, New York City 



Seed Trade 



The worst fears concerning the 

 shortage in the pea crop are going to 

 be more than realized, but by request 

 •of our informant we are giving no 

 figures just yet. A few weeks ago we 

 gave some figures, stating that the 

 actual deliveries would be between the 

 high and the low, and much nearer the 

 low. These figures were scoffed at by 

 a few "wise ones" but the worst was 

 not told, and when it becomes known, 

 will create a sensation in the trade. 

 "Nuff" said at. this time. 



It really looks serious in the vine 

 seed line, when close buyers, and job- 

 bers at that, will pay 50c. per pound 

 for standard varieties of cucumber 

 seed at this date and buy with an 

 alacrity which says plainly that they 

 would have paid more had it been ne- 

 cessary, yet that is what was done 

 during the past week, and if indica- 

 tions are not greatly misleading, 50 

 cents will look low within the next 

 three months. 



As indicated in previous issues of 

 HORTICULTURE, muskmelons are 

 going to be in much worse shape than 

 cucumbers, as not only is this year's 

 crop mainly a failure, but unlike 

 cucumbers, there are practically no re- 

 serves carried over, and no doubt a 

 new high record for prices will be 

 reached the coming season. It Is 

 useless to attempt to guess what the 

 high figures will be, or what percent- 

 age will be delivered on contracts, but 

 it may be said without fear of con- 

 tradiction, that a most serious condi- 

 tion confronts the great body of 

 seedsmen, and many will be unable to 

 procure certain varieties at any price. 



Word from Cincinnati says that the 

 onion seed crop is much shorter than 

 was expected, even as late as the latter 

 part of July. Blight got in its destruc- 

 tive work late, when danger from that 

 source seemed to have passed, and 

 what gave every promise of being a 

 bumper crop seems finally to have 

 turned barely average. 



No word about the Lima bean crop 

 has come from California for some 

 time, but something bearing on that 

 subject is expected very shortly. Last 



reports indicated a considerable short- 

 age, particularly of the Burpee's Bash. 

 The great shortage in peas this year 

 will be relieved somewhat by purchases 

 from Europe, but the European sui plus 

 will not be large and will not greatlj 

 affect prices here. 



The succession of had pea crops calls 

 attention anew to a series of articles 

 on this subject which appeared in 

 HORTICULTURE about a year ago. 

 It was pointed out at that time that 

 standards would have to change, and 

 that five fold was now only a cherished 

 memory on the part of the pea 

 growers. Such a yield is of course not 

 impossible in the future, but it is so 

 long since such a thing occurred, that 

 the memory of the oldest inhabitant 

 is taxed to recall it, and it would be re- 

 garded in fact as a genuine phenom- 

 enon. This is a matter of supreme 

 importance, and will be dealt with in 

 a future issue of HORTICULTURE. 



Mr. Eugene Schaettel, representing 

 Messrs. Vilmoiin, Andrieux & Co., 

 Paris. France, will arrive in New York 

 September 26th to make his usual visit 

 to the seed trade throughout the 

 United States and Canada. His New 

 York address will be. care of H. Frank 

 Darrow, 26 Barclay St. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Report of the Proceedings of the 

 Indiana Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1&07. This interesting volume of 

 "56 pages includes the report of the 

 97th annual meeting held in Indiana- 

 polis, the summer meeting in Lafay- 

 ette, proceedings of the State Board of 

 Horticulture, local societies, selected 

 papers, etc. The Indiana Horticultural 

 Society appears to concern itself almost 

 exclusively with orchards. There are 

 large interests in the State of Indiana 

 devoted to other branches of horticul- 

 ture whose co-operation ought to be 

 worth much to the state organization. 



"Arboriculture" for September is as 

 usual interesting and exceedingly 

 spicy reading. Neither Editor Brown 

 nor his correspondents are in the least 

 timid about expressing their views on 

 forestry and lumber topics. Arboricul- 

 ture demands "the immediate repeal 

 of the tariff on wood pulp, print paper, 

 lumber, timber and logs, and that 



these articles be placed upon the free 

 list.' HORTICULTURE "seconds the 

 motion." 



In a set of bulletins recently issued 

 from the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Kingston. R. I., No. 128 is A 

 Further Study of Soil Treatment in 

 Greenhouse Culture by H. J. Wheeler 

 and G. E. Adams. Radishes, lettuce 

 and carnations were the crops ex- 

 perimented on and the results as re- 

 corded will be found interesting. 



Mignonette 



FARQUHAR'S 

 GIANT 



Oz., 75c; 1-4- oz., 25c 



R. & J. Farquhar & Go. 



6 & 7 South Market Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 

 Cabbage 



Wakefie'd and Suc- 

 cession, 25c. per 100, 



$1.00 per loco. 



I AllllAO Boston Market, 

 ■.ClllllfC Tennis Ball and Orand 



Rapids, 25c. per 100, $1.00 per 1000. 



R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co. 



WHITE MARSH, MD. 

 CHRISTMAS FLOWERINQ 



SWEET PEAS 



in original packages from Zvolanek, 

 carried in stock in Boston. 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO., 



13 Faneuil Hall Sq., BOSTON, MASS 



