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horticulture: 



December 12, 1908 



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GEO. W. WHEELWRIGHT PAPER CO. 



95 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 



Seed Trade 



Cincinnati, 0.— J. Charles McCul- 

 lough has moved his office and clean- 

 ing department to 5th and Lock 

 streets. 



fered are not up to the standard, the va- 

 riety is very limited, and the price asked 

 is prohibitive, so far as the Chinese gar- 

 deners are concerned. Xo effort is being 

 made to sell foreign seeds of any kind to 

 the Ciinese, who must ultimately become 

 very large buyers. A nursery agency 

 should be established in two or three Chi- 

 nese ports from which salesmen could be 

 sent out and goods delivered to any point. 



Santa Clara, Cal— C. R. and L. M. 

 Kimberlin succeed to the business of 

 J. M. Kimberlin, retaining the title of 

 the Kimberlin Seed Co. 



New York, N. Y— W. E. Marshall & 

 Co., have annexed the adjoining store 

 and are now well prepared to meet 

 the demands of their increasing busi- 

 ness. 



Springfield, Mo.— The Planters' Seed 

 Co. has again increased the floor 

 space and now occupies the entire 

 building at 220 and 222 W. Walnut 

 street. 



John Chas. Badger of John Badger 

 & Sons, Gordena, Cal., started Dec. 

 1st for a two months' business trip 

 throughout the Eastern States and 

 Canada. 



Mr. Eugene Schaettel, representing 

 Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., of 

 Paris, France, who has been in this 

 country several weeks, will sail for 

 home on December 12th, on steamer 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 



The sweet pea farm of John Badger 

 & Sons, Gordena, California, is in full 

 operation, sweet pea sowing having 

 begun. In addition to their own 330 

 acres they have rented another 220 

 acres which is devoted entirely to the 

 growing of lettuce and sweet peas. 



The Aggeler & Musse Seed Co. 

 Los Angeles, Ca., have taken in the 

 adjoining store which is 40 ft. by 125 

 with a warehouse in the rear. They 

 have added a new department of tree 

 and palm seeds, nursery stock and 

 flowering plants. Their nursery yard 

 is at 1635 Millard avenue under the 

 management of P. B. Eastrada. 



Special Agent Roland R. Dennis re- 

 ports that an official of a European 

 Government purposes establishing an 

 experimental station supplied with 

 all modern machinery with a view 

 to developing the agricultural re- 

 sources of the country. To insure suc- 

 cess he desires to secure the services 

 of a thoroughly practical agriculturist 

 from the United States to take entire 

 charge of the station. The salary will 

 be $4,000 a year, with a contract for a 

 term of years and free rent, together 

 with all additional labor needed. Spe- 

 cial knowledge of the raising and utili- 

 zation of corn is desired. 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



Entered at New York, Nov. 18th to 

 24th, 1908: 



Prom Antwerp: H. F. Darrow, 4 

 tubs laurel trees; Maltus & Ware, 2 cs. 

 bulbs; C. B. Richards & Co., 258 pgs. 

 trees and plants; Ter Kuile, 2 cs. 

 plants. 



From Havre' H. F. Darrow, 4 pgs. 

 plants, 159 pgs. seed; Fountain Grove 

 Vineyard Co., 9 pgs. plants; Vaughan's 

 Seed Store. 129 pgs. seed; Sundry For- 

 warders, 1138 pgs. seed. 



From Southampton: C. G Hemp- 

 stead & Co., 23 cs. roses, 6 cs. plants; 

 August Rolker & Sons, 7 cs. plants; J. 

 M. Thorburn Co., 68 bgs. garden seed 

 (from London); Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 4 cs. plants. 



From Germany: Maltus & Ware, 39 

 cs. lily of the valley pips; Chas. F. 

 Meyer, 60 cs. do.: McHutchison & Co., 

 4 cs. do., 5 cs. plants; J. M. Thorburn 

 & Co., 30 cs. lily of the valley pips, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 12 cs. do., R. 

 M. Ward & Co., 125 cs. do.; Sundry 

 Forwarders, 50 cs. do., 7 cs. plants. 



A. Schultheis, 52 cs. do.; S. Stern, 210 

 cs. do.; Yokohama Nursery Co., 45 cs. 

 do.; August Rolker & Sons, 69 cs. 

 plants; Sundry Forwarders, 294 cs. lily 

 of the valley pips; To Order, 69 cs. do. 



Via Southampton: Maltus & Ware, 

 13 cs. plants, 2 cs. roses; August Rol- 

 ker & Sons, 16 cs. plants; Hussa & 

 Co., 1 cs. plants; Jas. Grille, 3 cs. bulbs. 



From Copenhagen: E. J. Grohs, 1 pg. 

 plants. 



From Rotterdam: C. C. Abel & Co.. 

 31 cs. bulbs; H. F. Darrow, 40 cs. 

 flower roots, 4 cs. plants and bulbs, 54 

 bags seed: Wm. Elliott & Sons, 21 cs. 

 trees, 25 cs. plants; O. G. Hempstead 

 & Son, 25 cs. plants; Peter Henderson 

 & Co., 16 cs. plants, 2 cs. bulbs; W. A. 

 Manda, 4 cs. bulbs, and plants, 22 cs. 

 shrubs and trees; McHutchison & Co., 

 207 cs. plants, 4 cs. bulbs; Maltus & 

 Ware, 19 cs. bulbs, 65 cs. plants, 117 

 cs. trees, 1 cs roots; P. Ouwerkerk, 72 

 cs. trees; C. B. Richards & Co., 37 cs. 

 trees and shrubs, 145 cs. evergreen 

 shrubs; Julius Roehrs & Co., 12 cs. 

 trees, 20 cs. shrubs and trees; Stumpp 

 & Walter Co., 1 cs. flower roots; J. M. 

 Thorburn & Co., 30 bgs. grass seed; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 42 cs. trees and 

 shrubs, 15 bis. garden seed, 15 cs. 

 plants; Yokohama Nursery Co., 3 cs. 

 trees and shrubs; Chas. Zeller & Sons, 

 2 cs. do.; Sundry Forwarders, 11 pgs. 

 plants, 31 cs. trees, 4 cs. roots, 71 cs. 

 trees and shrubs, 10 cs. bulbs, 98 bags 

 seed; To Order, 1555 bags sunflower 

 seed. 



Vice-Consul C. L. L. Williams of 

 Chefoo reports, concerning American 

 horticultural interests in China, as 

 follows: 



All kinds of flower and garden seeds 

 ihould be on sale here. The seeds now of- 



Week Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, 1908: 

 From Antwerp: J. Dunn, Jr., 5 cs. 



plants: Maltus & Ware, 2 cs. bulbs; J. 



P. Steiner. 4 cs. Christmas trees. 

 From Germany: H. F. Darrow, 3 cs. 



plants; Wm. Elliott & Sons, 40 cs. 



lily of the valley pips: Maltus & Ware, 



330 cs. do.; Chas. F. Meyer, 657 cs. 



do.; F. R. Pierson & Co., 22 cs. do.; 



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