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horticulture; 



December 19, 1908 



Seed Trade 



At the meeting of the \\ hnlesale 

 Seedsmen's League in New York, Dec. 

 3, Messrs. Wood. Willard and dtokes 

 were apjiointed a committee to observe 

 and report on any proposed further 

 legislation in Congress upon the sub- 

 oi Pure Seeds." A telegram was 

 sent as follows to F. \V. Bolgiano, who 

 was at the time in Washington repre- 

 senting Hi. American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation. 

 "Mr F. W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C. 



"Dear Sir:— Kindly file with the Secre- 

 tary ui ih«- Ways and Means ' iiiumittee 

 the" following: 



■• •Hun Sereno E. Payne Chairman 

 Wins iiinl Means Committee House of 

 Representatives, Washington, D. C. 



'■ 'The Wholesale Seedsmen's League by 

 Its Directors have to-day unanimously 

 adopted the following: 



■• 'Kesolvi .1. That we lie irtilj approve 

 ami endors* the American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation's resolutions and schedule for 



spclfli duties "ii S Is and Bulbs, dated 



December second, and filed this third day 

 of December "itb your honorable Com- 

 mltti e. 



Roben Buist, Philadelphia; W. Atlee Bur- 

 in-. Philadelphia; S. L-\ Willard. of 

 Coiostoi-k, t-'.-rre & Co., Wethcrsfield, 

 Conn.; Ji'hn L. Hunt, of Jerome B. Rice 

 Seed Co., Cambridge, New York: Henry 

 W. Wood, of X. YV. Wood & Sous, Rich- 

 mond, Va.; 1". W. Bruggerhof. and E. 

 E. Bruggerhof, of J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., New Sforli City; Charles H. Breck, 

 of Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation, 

 Boston, Mass.; Burnet Landreth and S. 

 Phillips Landreth, of I>. Landreth Seed 

 Co., Bristol, Pa. 



F. W. BRUGGERHOF, 



President . 

 BURNET LANDRETH, 

 Secretary.' " 



The telegram was accepted and filed 

 by the Congressional Committee before 

 three o'clock, on the 3d, and will be 

 printed in conection with the repre- 

 sentations of the Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion. 



Mr. Breck prepared a very full and 

 satisfactory report from the Manager 

 of the Credit Bureau of the Seeds- 

 men's League. This report and its 

 recommendations so impressed the 

 Board that a Committee was appointed 

 to confer with the Manager of the 

 Credit Bureau as to the practicability 

 of greatly extending its usefulness to 

 the Seed Trade in general. This Com- 

 mittee consisted of Messrs. Breck, Bur- 

 pee and Wood. 



The subject of a rectification of the 

 suggested wholesale values of seeds 

 adopted the 24th of September was 

 then taken up, and changes were made 

 as follows: 



On peas, 8 advances and 4 reduc- 

 tions; bush beans, 2 advances; pole 

 beans, 4 advances and 1 reduction; 

 beet. 1 advance; cucumber, 7 advances 

 and 1 reduction; egg plant, 2 advances, 

 tomatoes, 1 advance. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. have leased 

 the entire four-story building, No. S 

 and 9 South Market street, Boston, ad- 

 joining the one they are now occu- 

 pying at No. 6 and 7. When the two 

 stores on the street floor are thrown 

 into one and other contemplated im- 

 provements completed, the establish- 

 ment will be the finest of its kind in 

 New England. 



NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EX- 

 PERIMENT STATION. 

 Bulletin No. 299. 



A factor of predominating impor- 

 tance in fruit culture is the weather at 

 blossoming time. As records given in 

 Bulletin 299 of the Station at Geneva 

 show, in 13 years out of the 25 be- 

 tween 18S1 to 1905, unfavorable weath- 

 er during mid-May seriously affected 

 fruit yields. Little can be done to con- 

 trol such injury after fruit plantations 

 have been established, but in deciding 

 upon locations and varieties to be set 

 careful consideration should be given 

 to weather conditions, since many fac- 

 tors, both general and local, influence 

 frosts, rain storms and winds. The 

 bulletin mentioned above discusses the 

 various climatic features which make 

 up "weather," the manner and extent 

 of injury to fruits due to each, meth- 

 ods of preventing such injury and the 

 resistance of the different species and 

 varieties of fruit to climatic stresses. 

 Topographic and weather records are 

 given for 100 localities in the State; 

 so that the prospective orchardist can 

 study intelligently the problem of lo- 

 cating his plantation. 



The bulletin, like others of the Sta- 

 tion, will be sent free to those who 

 write to the Director, at Geneva, for it. 

 Bulletin No. 302. 



Dipping nursery stock in lime-sul- 

 phur wash or other insecticides has re- 

 cently been much advocated as a sub- 

 stitute for fumigation with hydrocyan- 

 ic acid gas. The Station at Geneva 

 finds, however, that this treatment, if 

 used at all, must be handled with care 

 to secure scale destruction without in- 

 juring the trees. With the sulphur 

 wash, exposure of the trees for too 

 long a time or at too high temperature 

 resulted in injury; while with any of 

 the materials used, exposure of the 

 roots to the mixture resulted in serious 

 injury to the stock. For nurserymen, 

 the Station still recommends fumiga- 

 tion as most effective and least liable 

 to injury; and would advise orchard- 

 ists .to use the lime-sulphur as a spray 

 after the trees are set, rather than as 

 a dip when they are received. 



Those interested may secure the 

 Bulletin discussing the subject, No. 

 302, by writing to the Station for it. 

 Bulletin No. 304. 



In good time for use in careful win- 

 ter consideration of fertilizer needs, 

 the annual Inspection Bulletin of this 

 State is now being distributed by the 

 Station at Geneva. Every fertilizer 

 dealer and user should possess and 

 profit by this Bulletin; so if you be- 

 long in these classes and are not on 

 the Station mailing list, drop the Di- 

 rector a card asking for Bulletin 304. 



Chicago, III. — John, X. and James 

 Sluis have started in the seed busi- 

 ness at 644 West 63rd street under 

 the firm name of Sluis Seed Store. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Departments of Parks of the City of 

 Boston. Thirty-third Annual Report 

 of the Board of Commissioners for 

 year ending January 31, 190S. Con- 

 tains the report of the various officials, 

 that of Superintendent J. A. Pettigrew 

 being especially interesting in the por- 

 tion devoted to an account of the suc- 

 cess attending -the oil treatment of 

 roads for dust suppression. The total 

 cost of the reservations within the city 

 limits C2.3S1.15 acres) for land and con- 

 struction amounts to ?1S,79S,0S0.90. 



The West Chicago Park Commission- 



ers' thirty-ninth annual report shows 

 that a vast amount of work has been 

 done during the year covered by the 

 report, (up to January 1, 1908J in the 

 rehabilitation and improvement of the 

 great West Chicago park system and 

 that the financial condition is excellent 

 with funds available for all require- 

 ments. The volume comprises 132 

 pages of which 30 are full page half- 

 tone pictures showing scenes of great 

 beauty in Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas, 

 and minor parks, all under the charge 

 of Jens Jensen as superintendent. 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



Entered at New York, December 2d 

 to December 15th, 1908: 



From Rotterdam: H. F. Darrow, 

 75 cs. plants, 4 cs. bulbs, 22 bgs. seed; 

 Peter Uendeison & Co., 2 cs. bulbs; Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., 25 cs. plants; Maltus 



6 Ware, 292 cs. trees and shrubs, 50 

 cs. bulbs, 12 bgs. seed; P. Ouwerkerk, 

 40 cs. trees; Julius Roehrs Co., 60 cs. 

 shrubs: Stumpp & Walter Co., 2 cs. 

 plants; J. M. Thorburn & Co., 2 cs. 

 bulbs, 36 bgs. seed; Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, 11 cs. trees; Sundry Forwarders, 



7 cs. plants, 7 cs. trees, 7 cs. bulbs, 13 

 cs. flower roots, 107 bgs. garden seed. 



From Antwerp: H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co , 7 cs. dried plants; Maltus & Ware, 

 4 cs. plants. 



Prom Germany: H. F. Darrow, 274 

 cs. lily of the valley pips; McHutchison 

 & Co., 169 cs. do.; Maltus & Ware, 109 

 cs. do., 1 cs. flower seed; Chas. P. 

 Mi Mr, 430 cs. lily of the valley pips; 

 P. R. Pierscn & Co., 125 cs. do.; Au- 

 gust Rolker. & Sons, 65 cs. do.; S. 

 Stern, 32 cs. do.; Ralph M. Ward & 

 Co., 10 cs. do.: Peter Henderson & 

 Co., 45 bgs. wed; T. C. Pollock, 122 

 cs. do.; Anton Schultheis, 1 cs. plants; 

 Sundry Forwarders, 462 cs. lily of the 

 valley pips. 



Via Havre: H. F. Darrow, 339 pgs. 

 seed; August Rolker & Sons, 34 cs. 

 plants; Sundry Forwarders, 1003 pgs. 

 seed. 



Via London: H. F. Darrow, 24 bgs. 

 seed. 



\ in Southampton: M. C. Hall, 59 crts. 

 mistletoe; R. F. Lang, 4 cs. plants; 

 McHutchison & Co., 8 cs. do.; Siegel, 

 Cooper Co., 2 cs. do.; J. A. Simmons, 

 !5 bbls. mistletoe; Sundry Forwarders, 

 3 cs. plants, 2 cs. trees. 



From Glasgow: H. F. Darrow, 9 cs. 

 trees; Perry, Ryer & Co., 12 pgs. 

 plants. 



TOBACCO 



STEMS -STRONG KIND 



IOO ib bale SI 25 



W. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK. 



SHEEP MANURE 



Pulverized. Free from all Adulteration 



In Bag, $ 1 8.00 per Ton. Cash with Order 



ROBERT SIMPSON 



CLIFTON. N.J. 



