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HORTICULTURE 



March 2, 1907 



SEED TRADE 



The Canners' Convention of 1907 

 has passed into history, and in point 

 of attendance— fully 2500 persons in- 

 cluding ladies being present — the ma- 

 chinery and other exhibits, also the 

 social and entertainment features, it 

 easily surpasses any previous con- 

 vention. 



Each succeeding convention seems 

 to excel the preceding one and it is 

 not safe to say -when the limit will be 

 reached, though several times during 

 the past week prominent members of 

 the canners and machinery men's as- 

 sociation were heard to say it was 

 becoming so large as to be unwieldly. 

 It has not got out of hand yet, how- 

 ever, as the excellent management of 

 the one just closed amply demon- 

 strates. But for one unfortunate in- 

 cident just at the close which may be 

 passed over without further comment, 

 everything was worked out smoothly 

 according to program, and the local 

 committee which had immediate 

 charge deserve generous praise. 



Dr. Wiley, chief of the bureau of 

 chemistry of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and designated by Sec'y Wil- 

 son as head of the commission ap- 

 pointed by him to supervise enforce- 

 ment of the national pure food law, 

 was present as a guest of the conven- 

 tion, and discussed in a clear and en- 

 tertaining manner, the regulations 

 worked out by his committee. The 

 Dr. had an attentive and interested 

 audience, and was deeply gratified to 

 find the packers as a body so ready 

 and willing to co-operate with him. It 

 certainly is pleasing to note the readi- 

 ness and in fact the eagerness of the 

 leading packers to comply with the re- 

 quirements of this law. All express 

 warm approval of its principles, even 

 though they may criticize some of Its 

 details because they consider them 

 unworkable. However, when all par- 

 ties approach a question in a spirit of 

 honesty and fairness, there is seldom a 

 failure to reach an agreement mutually 

 satisfactory. 



An informal vote as to the place for 

 the next convention was taken, and 

 Denver received the largest number of 

 votes. This Is simply a straw how- 

 ever, and does not necessarily mean 

 that Denver will be chosen. 



ASTER SEED 



This should be sown now to insure good 

 stocky plants. The seed we offer has been 

 gathered from specimen very double blooms. 

 We offer two good ones for the florist. 



TRUFFAUT'S PEONY FLOWERED ASTER 



Tr^de Pkt. Oz. 



Crimson $0.30 $1.50 



Light Blue 30 1.50 



Pink 30 150 



Purple Violet 30 1.50 



White .30 1.50 



nixed .30 1.25 



SEMPLE'S BRANCHING ASTER 



Trade Pkt. O2. 



Lavender $030 



Rose Pink 30 



<ihell Pink .30 



Purple 30 



Red 30 



White . 



30 



Mixed 30 



$1.00 

 1. 00 

 1.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1.00 

 1. 00 



Oxir Wholesale Catalogue for florlBts contalna a 

 complete list of astera Send for a copy. 



HENRY F. MIGHELL CO. 



1018 MARKET ST., PHILA. 



The inquiry for spot seed peas was 

 less active than many expected, and as 

 it was mainly for the sweet or wrinkled 

 sorts, which are scarcely procurable at 

 any price, but little business was done. 



Two important causes have com- 

 bined to save the situation for the can- 

 ners in the matter of canned peas an- 

 other year. One is the difficulty of se- 

 curing seed of the right varieties and 

 the other of getting viners. If viners 

 were easily procurable and seed abun- 

 dant, the market would beyond doubt 

 be glutted much as it is at the present 

 time with canned corn. There has been 

 quite an active demand for tomato 

 seed, but only a moderate demand for 

 corn. 



The seed trade furnished the usual 

 number of curb brokers at the conven- 

 tion and there was the usual criticism 

 from the members of the machinery 

 and supply men's association, who 

 practically demand that those seeds- 

 men who are members of the associa- 

 tion should move against their com- 

 petitors who are not, but who persist 

 in hanging around like camp followers, 

 attending banquets, theatres, and in 

 fact any function furnished by the as- 

 sociation which costs them nothing, 

 and dead-heading everywhere. This is 

 all the more annoying to seedsmen 

 who are members of the association, 

 as only those in their line of business 

 are guilty of dead-heading. 



It would seem that if these persons 

 had any pride or sense of propriety 

 they would join the association or re- 

 main away. 



The board of general appraisers at 

 New York have reaffirmed previous 

 rulings based upon the decision of the 

 Circuit Court of Appeals, that duty 

 must be paid upon onions on the basis 

 of a standard weight of 57 pounds per 

 bushel. 



It is reported that a Rochester seed 

 firm has leased about ninety acres of 

 the Auchter farm in South Greece, N. 

 Y., and a third of the land will be 

 planted to asters. The erection of 

 greenhouses will follow. James E. 

 Gott has been appointed foreman. 



James B. Kidd has been appointed 

 examiner of plants, seeds, bulbs, etc., 

 at the port of New York. Every im- 

 porter of such goods — in fact every- 

 body engaged in commercial horticul- 

 ture throughout the United States will 

 be more than pleased over this wise 

 appointment. Mr. Kidd assumes his 

 new duties on March 1 with the sin- 

 cere congratulations of a host of 

 friends who appreciate his eminent 

 fitness for the work. 



SEED CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. B. Lx)ngstreth, Gratiot, O.— Seed 

 annual and garden catalogue. 



N. L. Willett Seed Company, Au- 

 gusta, Ga. — 1907 seed catalogue and al- 

 manac. 



Griswold Seed Co., Lincoln, Neb.— 

 Agricultural and garden seeds, imple- 

 ments, poultry, supplies, etc. 



Pine Tree State Seed Company, W. 

 R. Kimball, Prop., Bath, Me.— Some 

 Seed Truths and Bargain Catalog for 

 1907. 



H. E. Piske Seed Co., Boston.— 

 Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants 



350.000 

 CANNAS 



TRUE TO NAME 



All with two to three good eyes 



Packed 250 in a box, 250 at lOOO 



rate, 25 at ICO rate. 



RED CANNAS io» low 



A. Bouvier. 5 ft $2 00 $17 SO 



Beaute Poitevine. 3ii tt 2 25 20 00 



Cha». Henderson. 4 ft 2 00 17 60 



Crimson Bedder. 3 ft 3 00 27 60 



J. D. Eisele. fj ft 2 35 20 00 



Explorateur Crampbell. 5% ft. . 2 00 17 50 



Flamingo. 454 fl 2 00 17 50 



PINK CANNAS 



L. Patry. 4 54ft 2 00 17 60 



Martha Washington. 354 ft. ... 2 00 17 50 



Mile. Berat. 454 ft 2 2.5 20 00 



Paul Marquant. 454 ft 1 76 15 00 



ORANGE CANNAS 



Admiral Avellan. 4^ ft. . . . 1 7.') 15 00 



J. D. Cabos. 4 54 ft 2 00 17 50 



President Cleveland. 4 It. .. 3 00 27 50 



Queen of Holland 2 75 25 00 



Secretary Chabanne. 4 ft. ... 2 00 17 50 



COLD EDGED CANMAS 



Mad. Crozy. 3V4 ft 2 75 25 00 



Queen Charlotte. 4 ft 2 75 26 00 



Souv. de A. Crozy. 4 ft 2 76 25 00 



YELLOW CANNAS 



Buttercup. 354 ft 5 .50 60 OC 



Comte de Bouchard. 454 ft. .2 75 25 00 



Florence Vaughan. 5 ft 2 00 17 60 



L. E. Bailey. 4 54 ft 2 00 17 60 



WHITE CANNAS 



Alsace. 354 ft 2 00 17 80 



Peachblow. 3 ft 1 75 15 00 



BRONZE CANNAS 



Black Beauty. 5 ft 6 00 60 DO 



David Harum. 354 ft 3 25 30 00 



Egandale. 4 ft 3 •.;5 30 00 



Grand Rouge. 8 ft 1 75 15 00 



Musafolia. 8 ft 2 75 25 00 



Robusta, 6 to 8 ft 175 15 00 



Shenandoah. 6 ft 2 25 18 00 



ORCHID CANNAS 



Allemannia. 4 to .S ft 2 25 18 00 



Auslria. 5 ft 1 75 15 00 



Italia. 454 ft 3 25 18 00 



Kronus. 5 ft 2 75 25 00 



Mrs. Kate Gray. G ft 2 75 25 00 



Pennsylvania. .''> f t 2 .!5 20 OO 



King Humbert. 4 ft. . . .12 $2, 15 00 



Full descriptions of above and fifty 

 other varieties of Caniias mailed free. 



ELEPHANT EARS 



( Caladium Esculentum ) 



All sound and with eyes. 



6 — 8 Inches in Circumference . 1 50 10 00 



8 — 10 ■' " " . , 3 50 30 CO 



10 — 12 " " " . . 5 .10 .50 00 



12 •' and up ■■ .. 10 00 90 00 



ARTHUR T.BODDINGTON 



342 W. Mth St., New York 



In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture 



C. G, MORSE & GO. 



171-173 Way St.. SAN FRANCISCO, GAL. 



The I argcst S^'ed Grower* 

 on the Pacific Coa^t 



for 1907. Quite a striking publication, 

 opening lengthways, album style, 

 covers well done in halt tone and de- 

 scriptive matter interesting. 



Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, O. — 

 Annual Book of Seeds, Plants and 

 Bulbs. A very comprehensive cata- 

 logue, with colored cover illustrations 

 and plenty ot pictures. Also Wholesale 

 Price List of "True Blue" Seeds. 



