November 21. 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



685 



RELIABILITY OF AMERICAN 

 GROWN SWEET PEA SEED. 



A firm of English sweet pea seed 

 growers has been making effoits to 

 market its own wares by vilifying the 

 American article. Their claim is that 

 American grown seed has proved in 

 England the past \> « yea] "very un- 

 certain and unreliable." 



Commenting on this Mr. Howard M. 

 Earl, manager for W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co.. Philadelphia, who are probably 

 the largest growers and exporters ot 

 this seed, says: — 



■•I dare saj that America supplies a 

 great deal more than halt of <i" L sweel 

 pea seed plauted in England. My twi 

 British assistants were istouis-hed when I 

 told them of our shipping thousands of 

 tons of sweet peas to England in the 

 course of a season and in fact now- we are 

 very busily engaged in filling sweet pea 

 orders. If' you had gone t<> California with 

 me last year you would have sen some 

 very, verj poor stock which we obtained 

 from the other sole. There are stocks and 

 stocks of sweet peas, as yon are probably 

 aware, and if 10. W. K. & Co. have been 

 purchasing from unreliable dealers in this 

 country they should not make a statement 

 which infers that sweet peas grown in 

 America are entirely unreliable."' 



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Money in Grasses, by Joseph T. Bar- 

 enbrug, $1.00, postpaid. Horticulture 

 Publishing Co., 11 Hamilton Place, 

 Boston. 



Mignonette 



FARQUHAR'S 

 GIANT 



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



R. & J. Farquhar & Go. 



6 & 7 South Market street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 

 Cabbage 



$1.00 per loco. 



Lfittucfi Bos 



Wakefield and Suc- 

 cession, 25c. per 100, 



Bo-ton, Tennis Ball 

 and Grand Rapids, 25c. per 100, $1.00 

 per 1000. 



strong plants, at $1.25 

 per 1000. 



Parsley 



R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co. 



WHITE MARSH, MD. 



CC MADCE P C(\ 48-56 JACKSON ST., 

 . L. JVIUKM: & LU. San Francisco, Cal. 



The Largest Seed Growers on the Pacific Coast 



ONION, LETTUCE, SWEET PEAS, 



ALSO 



Carrot, Celery Leek.lWustard, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Salsify 



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LEONARD SEED 02= 



Crowers and Wholesales of Superior Carden feeds 



FLOWER SEEDS -ONION SETS .... GET OUR PRICES 



79 East Kinzie Street PHirAAA 



143 West Randolph Street V-IIIC/1UU 



SU RPLUS 



Narcissus Paper White grandlf ora 

 White coman hyacinths, 12/15 c. 

 Dutch Hyacinths, double 

 Lilium Harrisii 5/7 

 Lilium Longif orum. 6/8 and 7/9 

 Lilium Lonjriflorum Multiflorum, 

 6/8 and 7/9 



FLORISTS AND'DFALFRS f END FOR PRICES 



Send For Our Trade List of feulbs etc. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 BARCLAY ST through to 38 PARK PLACE 

 N*W YOWK 



MY OWN NEW CROP OF 



Salvia Splendens 



VARIETIES is now ready: 



Nana Compacta ZURICH, finest early flowering 

 pot salvia in existence, selected seeds. 



Compacts Orandlflora FIREBALL, beit of all 

 for pots and groups, selected =eeds. 



Grandiflora Ameliorate KINO OF THE 

 SCARL ETS. unexcelled for late groups, with 

 extra large deep scarlet spikes, selected seeds. 



Each of above per Tr. Pkt., 60c ; 6 Tr Pkt.. 

 $'2.50. Latger quantities on special quotation. 



O.V. ZM6EN, Khm.i. 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



Blue List of Wholesale Prices mallei 

 only to those who plant for profit 



A. MITTING Onion Seed 



Galla Lily Bulb Go. 



Santa Cruz, Calif., U.S.A. SCHIUER BROS., ChillJCOthe, 0. 



We are extensive growers and dealers. 

 Write for prices on 908 crop. 



Are also contracting now for 1909. 



BRIDGEMANS SEED WAREHOUSE 



RICKARDSBROS. 



Props. 



37 East 19th St., - NEW YORK CITY 



STOCK SEED 



FOR WINTER BLOOMING 



Our strain of Double Branching; Stocks is ex- 

 ceptionally true. About oi£ Double Flowers. 



In colors; ..^i oz. .60 oz. $4.00 



Pure White y 9 " .75 " 5.00 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO. 



Faneuil Hall Squar e, BOSTON , MASS. 



W inter-flowering 



SWEET PEA SEED 



All Colors Ask for List 

 A. C. ZVOLANEK 



ORIGINATOR BOUND BROOK, N. J 



READY r l§lp m r e n T p .! " 



FRENCH and DUTCH BULBS 



Catalogues mailed free on application 



Joseph Breck & Sons Corp. 



47-54 NO. MARKET ST., BOSTON. MASS. 



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AULIFLOWER S 

 A B B A C E 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



12 Stormeade, 



COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. 



WE STILL HAVE. N HAND A FEW CASES OF 



Lilium Longiflorum 



JAPAN CROWN 



7 — 9 size 70 per cent. Single Crown. 

 Prices on Application. 



THOMAS J. GREY CO. 



32 So. Market St., BOSTON, MASS. 



QUALITY IUIS 



SEND fOR CATALOGUE. 



ARTHUR T. B0DDINGT0N 



S4» W«t 14th St., New York. 



