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I Does it Pay to Sow the Other Fellow^s Aster Seed?! 



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I Send t]-day for Aster Book and Compe'ition Card for the $250 Prize Aster Growing Con'ast, Bctli Free. I 



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Seed Trade 



The milrt weatlier of the i.>asi two 

 weeks lias brought an almost- insur- 

 mountable volume of business to New- 

 York ajitl Philadelphia SBed houses. 

 The interruption of a couple of cold 

 days at the end of last week was a 

 happy event, staying the rush of or- 

 ders for the time being and affording 

 opportunity for overworked clorks to 

 catch up and get on their feet again. 

 Business is reported from all sides as 

 equal to the best of other yeara and 

 no complaint has been forthcoming 

 thus far. 



THE MANN BILL. 

 A meeting of representative seeds- 

 men will be held in Washington April 

 21st to consider the Mann bill, which 

 in the opinion of many will drive 

 seedsmen out of business altoguther. 

 Other.? take the view that the bill as 

 at present drafted would prove so im- 

 possibl.i of enforcement, if enacted, 

 that it would be de facto a dead letter. 

 A prominent member of the Wholesale 

 Seedsmen's League when seen recently 

 said that after reading the full text 

 of the bill he was inclined to think 

 Mr. Mann was really making an hon- 

 est attempt to be fair, but that the 

 subject was so difficult much more 

 harm than good would probably result 

 with even the best bill that could be 

 devised. To his thinking the seeds- 

 men should make no effort to fight it. 

 Nature does not produce perfect prod- 

 ucts and the farmer whom the Con- 

 gTossnien imagine they would please 

 would in the long run suffer 

 worse than the seedsman. It 

 be a case of the bull in the 

 shop — meddling and muddlinc 

 no real necessity exists. 



much 

 would 



china 

 where 



GOVERNMENT SEED LABORA- 

 TORY. 



The number of samples of seed re- 

 ceived for testing has increased rapidly 

 during the year. In many cases more 

 than five samples a month have come 

 from the same source. Up to the pres- 

 ent time the number of tests made for 

 one firm or individual in any one 

 month for either mechanical purity oi- 

 germi nation has been limited to five. 



In order to meet the growing de- 

 mand for this work, arrangements 

 have been made to increase the num- 

 ber of tests for germination not to ex- 

 ceed ten in any one month. The num- 

 ber tested for mechanical purity will 

 remain the same as formerly, not to 

 exceed five a month. 



EDGAR BROWN. 

 Botanist in Charge of Seed Laboratory. 



Washington, D. C. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Conrad Appei, Darmstadt, Germany. 

 — Catalogue of Forest and Agricultural 

 Seeds, ]&(I8. Illustrated. 



I. N. Ivramer Sr Son, Cedar Rapids, 

 la. — 1908 Catalogue. Covers a general 

 line of seeds and plants. 



Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal. 

 —General Catalogue for 1908. A 

 uniquely gotten up publication, adorned 

 with half-tone pictures of high quality. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. — Folder and price list of Formosa 

 Lilium Longiflorum, "a decided im- 

 provement over any previous type of 

 Japanese Easter lily." 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove. Pa. 

 —Trade Price List of 1908. Title page 

 devoted to a fine portrait of rose Kil- 

 larney. A very creditable publication 

 in make-up and contents. 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. — 

 American Hardy Rhododendrons: The 

 Righc Way to Grow Them. A good 

 many other desirable things besides 

 rhododendrons are described and illus- 

 trated in this pretty little catalogue. 



E. G. Hill Company, Richmond, In;1. 

 —General Tiade Catalogue for 1908. 

 Here aj^ain Killarney, ever fair, beams 

 from to 3 title page. Many things of 

 sterling value, including novelties in 

 roses, chrysanthemums. carnations 

 and geraniums, all of interest to tlie 

 wide-awal;e fiorist, are illustrated. 



Yokohama Nursery Company, Ltd., 

 Yokohama, Japan. — This is a unique 

 and very interesting catalogue. Rosa 

 Yesoensis, Nandina domestica and 

 Prunus pseudo-cerasus are the sub,1ects 

 of the colored cover illustrations, and 

 there are six handsome colored plates 

 in the volume. It may be had for the 

 asking by addressing the office of the 

 company at CI Barclay street. New 



ASTER SEEDS 



.All Full Weight Packets heinle 1907 Crop EXPRESS 

 —White. Violet, Rose. Traile Pkt , 1-16 02 , ajc; 

 1-4 oz , 75c: ounce, $2.50. QUEEN OF nAKKET— 

 W hite. Light Pink, Rose, Lavender, Purple. Tratie 

 1 kt , 1-8 oz., loc; 1-4 oz , 15c; ounce, 50c. LATE 

 B^(ANCHI^O— White, Pink. Rose, Lavender, ■ urple. 

 trade Pkt.. 1-8 oz., 20c; j-4 oz., 30c; ounce. 80c. 

 CA RLS»>^•.' BRaNCHINU— Pink, Lavender, Early 

 and Late \^'hite. Trade Pkt., 1-8 oz., 25c; 1-4 oz. ,40c: 

 ounce, $1.25. kAlE LOCK — White, Daybreak, 

 Same price as Branching. ROY L PURPLE— Trade 

 Pkt.. 1-16 oz., 35c: 1-4 oz.. f 1.00; ounce, $3.00. VIO- 

 l ET KINO — Trade Pkt., 1-8 oz., jcc; 1-4.0Z , 50c; 

 ounce, $1.50. 



riany oiher standard Forts in limited 

 quantity. Write if interested. 



ELMERD.SMITH&CO., Adrian. Mich. 



York, and will be found vei-y interest- 

 ing as an example of commercial hor- 

 ticultui-al progress in the Flowery 

 Kingdom, and also from the fact that 

 many things unfamiliar to American 

 cultivatX)rs are listed in it. 



882,099. 



SS2,75]. 



882,957. 



882,973. 



883,000. 



883,000. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 



Electrical Receptacle for 

 Plants. Harry S. Latshaw, 

 Jersey Shore, Pa. 



Runner Attachment For 

 Plows. Earnest E. Edwards. 

 Ithaca, Mich. 



Cultivator. William L. Paul. 

 South Bend, Ind., assignor 

 to Oliver Chilled Plow 

 Works, South Bend, Ind. 



Weed-Cutter and Cultivator. 

 Otto E. Slayton, Dillon, 

 Okla. 



Combined Furrow-Maker and 

 Fertilizer Distributer. Will- 

 iam O. Gumming, Macon. 

 Ga., assignor to R. C. Hicks 

 "and J. W. Hicks, Macon. 

 Ga. 



Combined Cultivator and 

 Planter. Henry H. Enns. 

 Dietrich H. E. Enns and 

 .Tohn J. Wiebe, Hooker. 

 Okla. 



S:RARE chance-late SHIPIVIENT! 



Reliable seeds for planting no\\ . \\'e have just rereived a late shirment, plump new crr[> seeds of our 

 well known specially selected Asparagus pli'inrfti^ narof and Sprerjreri", which we wish to move 

 at once, and in order to induce qui>."k sales offer at prices never before touched for this class of seeds: — 



REDUCED PRICES 



PLUnOSU ^ NANUS, per loo, 40c: per 500, $1.75; per looo, $3.00; per 5000, $13.75; 



per lo.ooo. $25.00. 

 SPRE^GERI^ per loo. 15c; per 500, 45c: per i .coo, 75c; per 5,000, $3.00. 



We are headquarters for t e great new Easter Lil>— FORMOSUM. Order quick. 

 The supply is limited. Free from disease. 



WfITK y<->K Oi-K LvTEST W'Htil.ESALE CaT.-\L( 



Henry F. Michell Co., 



1018 MARKET 



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Philadelohia, Pa. 



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