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HORTICULTURE 



lai.uary 26, 1»07 



Seed Trade 



{■reparations for the Canners' con- 

 vention are going on apace and it is 

 quite safe to predict tliat tlie quality 

 and extent of tlie displays both by in- 

 dividual firms and by the local com- 

 mittees will eclipse any previous con- 

 vention held by the canners. As might 

 he expected of Buffalo, electricity is 

 to be a prominent feature of all deco- 

 rations and some beautiful effects will 

 he produced. 



In the matter of entertainment this 

 convention will excel anything pre- 

 viously attempted. Special arrange- 

 ments are being made to give the 

 ladies a good time, a unique feature be- 

 ing a trip to East Aurora and a visit 

 to Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft- 

 ers. It is planned to serve lunch to 

 them there and no doubt the visit will 

 be heartily enjoyed. 



An "At Home" will be tendered to 

 the packers and their friends by the 

 Machinery and Supplies Association, 

 which will be a very elaborate affair. 

 The various oflacers' rooms at the 

 Armory are to be fitted up to repre- 

 sent the different nations. For in- 

 stance, there will be an American, a 

 British and a German room, and prob- 

 ably others, and in each will be served 

 refreshments both solid and liquid 

 characteristic of that nation. This en- 

 tertainment is scheduled for Wednes- 

 day evening. A theatre party is to 

 be given on Thursday evening by the 

 American Can Co., and there will be 

 other minor attractions. A record at- 

 tendance is looked for. 



The Bell and Howe Telephone Com- 

 panies have agreed to give free local 

 and long distance service to those at- 

 tending the convention between the 

 hours of six p. m. and nine a. m., from 

 Monday until Friday night. 



Last winter at Atlantic City some 

 twenty odd seed firms were represent- 

 ed, while not over ten are members of 

 the association. It would seem more 

 dignified on the part of those who 

 wish to attend the convention to join 

 the association instead of simply be- 

 ing camp followers. This is a reproach 

 which seems to apply to seedsmen 

 more than to any other business, and 

 it is often commented on by their col- 

 leagues in other lines. 



The great decline in the demand for 

 seed peas from market gardeners and 

 farmers it is pretty well understood by 

 the seedsmen is mainly due to the 

 large and increasing consumption of 

 canned peas, and this applies es- 

 pecially to the leading restaurants and 

 hotels. This is due to various causes, 

 but chief among them is the labor or 

 servant question. The farmer cannot 

 get the peas picked after raising them, 

 particularly in the vicinity of any 

 large city, while the hotel or restaur- 

 ant cannot get them shelled. The can- 

 ners are making an effort to cater to 

 this trade by packing peas in gallon 

 cans, thus saving to the proprietor of 

 these establishments fully 10 per cent 

 over the standard can. 



In 1890 something less than 200,000 

 cases of peas were packed in the United 

 States, and these mainly in Baltimore, 

 while in 1906 the country's pack was 

 in round figures 4,600,000 cases, of 

 which New York State and Wisconsin 

 supplied something over one- half. It 

 can safely he said that with an average 

 crop, 1907 will produce over 5,000,000 

 cases; yet the consumption has kept 



BEGONIAS GLOXINIAS 



Fine large plump bulbs just received 

 from Belgium. 



These should be planted novf 

 to have fine large plants for 

 Easter Sales. 



Doz. 



100 



Red and Scarlet 



Blue 



Bordered 



Bordered 



Spotted 



White 



Choicest Mixed 



Scarlet 

 Blue 



35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 



35 00 

 35.00 

 35.C0 



DIELYTRA (Bleeding Heart) for forcing. 



1 his makes a mo-t saleable plant for church decoration and there is nothing that forces more 

 quiLk y and wiih greaiei ease. Strong heavy clumps a mass of floweiicg eyes. 



75c per doz,, $5.50 per 100, $52.50 per 1000 



TIMELY FLOWER SEEDS, tliat is, to sow now. 



ALYSSUn, Little Gem, W'c have the real dwarf type for pot culture and beHdinp. 



irade pkt. lOc, oz. 30c 



LOBELIA, Crystal Palace Compacta, the best type for bedding 30c, $1.50 



PETUNIA, Grandiflora Fringed Single, in mi.viure containing the brightest colors, 



H trade pki, 30c, 50c 

 PETUNIA, Double Fringed and Hybridized mi.xture will yield a large per cent of double 



flowers, 500 seeds 7SC, pkt. tooo seeds $1.50 

 SALVIA, Bonfire, A dwarf compact variety seed selected from specimen plants, per trade 



pkt, 40c, peroz. $2.50 



NOTE — The above varieties of flower seeds are only a few specials from our very large list. Our new 

 Wholesalb Catalogue is now ready. It will pay everj' florist to have a copy. Write for it today. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



pace with the output, and with the 

 largest crop on record prices of both 

 "spots" and "futures" are higher than 

 ever before. 



While peas, corn and tomatoes are 

 the large items of the packers of vege- 

 tables, there are others such as string 

 beans, beets, spinach, pumpkin and 

 squash, the output and consumption of 

 which are constantly increasing. These 

 facts are of interest to the seed trade 

 because the canners look to them to 

 supply the seed from which all of 

 these goods are grown, but a word of 

 warning may not be out of place here. 



Don't imagine any kind of junk will 

 do for the canner. He is getting to 

 be a critical buyer of seeds and while 

 he may be inveigled into buying junk 

 once, the same dealer will not fool 

 him twice. 



It is a matter of regret that a few 

 seedsmen will sell anything to the can- 

 ner on which they can make a few dol- 

 lars discrediting not only themselves 

 but the entire seed trade. Should a 

 suit be brought against any of these 

 firms by the canner, it is doubtful if 

 they could make a successful defence, 

 and it will readily occur to the reader 

 why such a suit might not be an un- 

 mixed evil. 



The House Committee on Agriculture 

 decided Jan. 22 to recommend the dis- 

 continuance of free seed distribution 

 by Congress. Instead of appropriating 

 the customary $250,000 for this purpose 

 the committee will advise that this 

 sum be used to purchase rare seeds to 

 be distributed by the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



"""cVde begonias and GLOXINIAS 



FROn BELQlUnS LEADING SPECIALISTS 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIA BULBS, Splendid Bulbs 



Pcrdoi^. Per 'oo Per looo 

 Single, separate colors. Scarlet, Crimson, Rose, White and Orange $0.40 $2.S0 $23.00 



Single, choice mixed 



Double, separate colors same as above = . . . 



Double, choice mixed - ° ~ . . .. . 



CIANT-FLOWERINC GLOXINIAS, Exceptional Quality 



Separate colors. Spotted Red. White, Blue, Red with White 



Border and Blue with White Border > . = „ 



Choice mixed -°».. = _„. 



.35 2.2S 

 .60 4.2S 

 .SO 4.00 



Psr do7. 

 $0.50 

 .45 



22.00 

 34.00 

 34.00 



Per loo 



$3.50 



3.25 



See Our Flower Seed Offer in last week's HORTICULTURE. Send for our Florists' Catalogue 



Johnson Seed Co., 217 Market St., PMIadelitMa, Pa. 



Herbert W. Johnson, of the late Firm of Johnson & Stokes, President 



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HORICUIVI 



I" KILLS SAN JOSE SCALE 



Sold by the seed dealers 

 For fine pamphlet, write to 

 HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y. 



