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February 22, 1905 



Seed Trade 



The export of seeds from the t,mted 

 States amounted in 190« to $14,2o9,421 

 and in 1907 to $8,85C,352. 



The lu'ports of seeds and plants 

 from the consular district of London to 

 the United States in 1907 amounted to 

 $1,123,502. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



F H. Ebeling, Syracuse, N. Y.— 

 Seeds, Bulbs, Implements, etc. Cover 

 in colors. 



Wood Bros., FishkiU. N. Y.-Trade 

 list of Florists' Stock for January to 

 May. 1908. 



J Murray Bassett, Hammontou, N. 

 J.— Special Catalogue of Bassett's Dah- 

 lia Roots for 190S. 



Illinois Heater Manufacturing Co 

 Chicago, 111.— Descriptive Price List ot 

 Illinois Self-Watering Flower Boxes. 



R & J Farquahar & Co., Boston, 

 Mass.-Wholesale Catalogue of Flor- 

 ists' Flower Seeds and New Dahlia 

 Charles Lanier. 



\beuuroth Brothers, Port Chester 

 j4 Y— Gem Heaters for Steam and 

 Hot Water Warming. Illustrated de- 

 scriptive price l ist. ^ 



B Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass. 

 —Cedar Acres Gladioli. A neat little 

 pamphlet with the crimson variety 

 Harvard in colors as a cover illustra- 

 tion. 



W Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. 

 —Burpee's "Blue List," giving whole- 

 sale prices for 1908 for market gar- 

 deners and florists. A splendid list, 

 illustrated and making a book of over 

 100 pages. Colored illustrations ot 

 Burpee's Matchless, Chalk's Early Jew- 

 el and Sunnybrook strain ot Sparks 

 Earliana tomatoes are included. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



La Bibliographie du Chrysautheme. 

 This is the title of a pamphlet com- 

 piled by C. Harman Payne, F.R H. b., 

 being a reprint of a contribution to 

 the Journal ot the National Horticul- 

 lural Society ot France. The list ot 

 publications included in this index in- 

 cludes all known pamphlets and trea- 

 tises on the chrysanthemum published 

 hitherto in Europe and America and 

 will prove a very useful reference in- 

 dex for those who are interested in the 

 history and cultivation of the golden 

 flower. 



Forest Trees ot Massachusetts: How 

 You May Know Them. A pocket man- 

 ual by David A. Clarke, under the 

 direction of F. W. Rane, State For- 

 ester, Boston, Mass. This handy vol- 

 ume presents a practical working de- 

 scription of the commercial trees at 

 the command of the Massachusetts 

 citizen in a plain and untechnical man- 

 ner Drawings in illustration ot the 

 text are freely introduced. The 

 author, Mr. Clarke, is a Harvard in- 

 structor, of recognized experience and 

 ability in forest botany. He is well- 

 known to our readers as a frequent 

 contributor to our columns. This 

 handbook, which it is hoped will be 

 a source of inspiration towards assist- 



ing people in identifying the native 

 trees, is offered by the State, free of 

 charge, and may be obtained on appli- 

 cation to F. W. Rane, State House, 

 Boston, Mass. 



The Report ot the Secretary of Ag- 

 riculture on the Southern Appalachian 

 and White Mountain Watershed has 

 just been issued. It is a comprehen- 

 sive and convincing statement of the 

 commercial importance, area and con- 

 dition of these wild forest tracts, the 

 advisability of their purchase for na- 

 tional forests and the probable cost. 

 Two maps are included. The recom- 

 mendations of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture in this document are exceed- 

 ingly moderate and conservative and 

 tl!^ national government can do no 

 less than to adopt and put them into 

 effect. It might wisely do more but 

 on the principle that half a loaf is 

 better than no bread the Secretary 

 undoubtedly is taking the best course. 

 No more important or patriotic duty 

 confronts our national legislators than 

 to save from threatened destruction 

 these remnants of our great protective 

 forests. 



Quality the First 

 Requisite 



FOR OVBR SIXTY YPARS WE HAVE 



SUPPLIFD THE PRIVATE AND 



COnnERClAL GROWERS 



Qlant Cyclamen, best strain and colors, loo 



seeds $1.00, looo seeds $9.00 

 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 100 seeds 75c, 



lutKi seeds St.co. 



Asparagus Spreneeri, 1000 seeds 75c. 

 Cosmos, early Wl.ite and Pink, 20C trade pkt., 



$1.00 oz. 

 Tuberoses Excelsior Pearl. $1.00 per 100, 



$8.50 per 1000. 

 Begonia, single tuberous rooted, in colors, S3.00 



per 100 J rt. 



Uloxlnia. Red, While. Blue and Spotted, $4.50 



Scotch -oot. Bamboo Canes, etc., etc. Send 



(or .■•italomie. Wholesale list to trade only. 



SCHUGEL&FOTTLERCO. 



26-27 So. Market St., Bostop, Mass. 



Landscape Gardening for Amateurs, 

 accompanied by a selection ot one 

 hundred detailed plans of lawns and 

 gardens with key to planting. Wag- 

 ner Park Conservatories, Sidney, Ohio. 

 This handsome album is a credit to 

 the author, Mr. B. P. Wagner. It is 

 illustrated with numerous fine halt 

 tones on heavy coated paper and is 

 appropriately dedicated "to those who 

 love beautiful surroundings." The 

 various chapters are devoted to the 

 following subjects: Landscape Gar- 

 dening for Home Grounds; How to 

 Make the Back Yard Attractive; For- 

 mal and Old-Fashioned Gardens; Im- 

 pl-oving School Grounds; Improving 

 University and Sanitarium Grounds; 

 Improving Factory Surroundings; Im- 

 proving Hotel and Pleasure Resorts; 

 A Plea for the Improved Public 

 Square Play Ground, Park and "Town 

 Beautiful"; Vines; Attractive Veran- 

 das and Window Boxes; Decorative 

 Plants; Desirable Bedding Plants; 

 Hardy Plants; Hardy Shrubs and 

 Pruning; How to Plan and Plant 

 Hardv Flower Beds; Roses: Shade 

 and Ornamental Trees; Hedges;- 

 Plans. We are glad to devote a little 

 extra space in calling the attention of 

 our readers to this publication because 

 it is in exact line with sentiments 

 often expressed by HORTICULTURE 

 and because it is worthy of emulation 

 by florists and gardeners generally. 

 We hope that the book will fulfil its 

 mission of stimulation and instruction 

 in beautifying out-door surroundings. 

 The price is $1.00. 



The annual banquet ot the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society, Lenox, Mass.. 

 February 15, was attended by ninety 

 guests, including ladies, an innova- 

 tion which will undoubtedly be- 

 come a regular feature ot these 

 festive occasions hereafter. Alex. 

 MacConnachie was toastmaster; in- 

 strumental and vocal music and reci- 

 tations made the evening pass pleas- 

 antly. 



You will find something worth reading 

 on every page of HORTICULTURE. 



MICH ELLS 



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HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NARCISSI 



AND OTHER BULBS 



ROMAN HYACINTHS and the true 

 PAPER WHITE GRANDIFLORA 



ABk for oar Wholesale Trade Llit at HUlegom 



K. VELTHUYS, Hlllegom, Holland 



Rep. by FELX EOSCH, 260 Clarendon St., Boston. 



APPRAISERS' DECISION. 



The protest of Wm. R. Manierre of 

 Chicago against the assessement of 

 duty on cycas stems has been over- 

 ruled on the ground that cycas stems 

 are properly classified as nursery 

 stock under paragraph 252 and not as 

 palm leaves in natural state which are 

 free of duty under paragraph 552, 

 tariff act of 1897. 



