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HORTICULTURE 



March 9, 1907 



SEED TRADE 



The retirement from active business 

 of Mr. E. L. Coy marks the end of a 

 very honorable business career. Mr. 

 Coy has been identified with seed 

 growing in Washington County, N. Y., 

 for over 40 years. He began when 

 this county was an important factor 

 in the seed growing industry of the 

 country. For the past twenty-five 

 years the chief items of seed grow- 

 ing in Washington County have been 

 cucumbers, early varieties of sugar 

 corn and seed potatoes. More or less 

 onion seed was grown there until the 

 growing of this important seed crop 

 became concentrated in California, 

 and until the growing of vine seed 

 crops was largely monopolized by 

 Nebraska, Washington County was 

 the largest producer of cucumber seed 

 of any county in the Union. When 

 the prices paid the farmers faded un- 

 til they reached the starvation figure 

 of 10 cents per pound, Washington 

 County lost much of its importance, 

 though more or less has been grown 

 every year by Mr. Coy tor those seed- 

 men who have always had a discrim- 

 inating line of customers, wanting and 

 willing to pay for a really superior 

 article. When cucumber seed could 

 be bought in Nebraska at 12 cents, Mr. 

 Coy was receiving 20 and 22 cents, 

 and these higher prices were not paid 

 because of sentimental considerations, 

 for the great majority of seedsmen 

 are intensely practical, but because of 

 superior quality, as Mr. Coy has 

 for the past quarter of a century pos- 

 sessed the finest general line of cucum- 

 ber seed stocks of any grower or 

 dealer in this country. 



A letter sent out by Mr. Coy an- 

 nounces that he has sold his seed 

 stocks and good will to the Jerome 

 B. Rice Seed Co., of Cambridge, N. Y., 

 and it is only just to state that his 

 mantle could not have fallen on more 

 competent or worthy shoulders. This 

 firm is even older in the seed growing 

 business than Mr. Coy, having made 

 a beginning upwards of 75 years 

 ago, and has divided the honors with 

 him since his advent into the field. 



Possessing Mr. Coy's high grade 

 stocks, there seems to be no reason 

 why his successors should not inherit 

 most of his business 



A report from Special Agent Harry 

 R. Burrill, written from Sydney, fur- 

 nishes information about catalogues 

 and other printer! matter sent through 

 the foreign mails which will be serv- 

 iceable to business men. He writes: 



"Tons of American catalogues are de- 

 stroyed every year by the customs au- 

 thorities of Australia for the reason 

 that business men here to whom they 

 are addressed by manufacturers and 

 exporters of the United States decline 

 to pay the duty of 3d., or 6 cents in 

 American money, per pound, assessed 

 on them as advertising matter im- 

 ported for distribution. This is a loss 

 which can not be estimated in dollars 

 and cents. Because of negligence or 

 unfamiliarity with the tariff provisions 

 of Australia these descriptive circu- 

 lars, catalogues, and price lists gener- 

 ally fail to reach their destination, 

 and consequently all opportunity for 

 trade which might be obtained 

 through their perusal is lost. This use- 

 less waste of money, time, and oppor- 



tunity can easily be avoided if Ameri- 

 can exporters who desire to circularize 

 the trade will discontinue their pres- 

 ent methods and adopt a system that 

 will insure prompt delivery and ac- 

 ceptance of their printed matter." 



Most of the California seed growers 

 have shaken the snow from their 

 "goloshes," and hied them to the land 

 of sunshine and flowers. Albeit, there 

 is much moisture mixed with the sun- 

 shine and flowers at this season of 

 the year, but as for ice and snow — 

 well, one has to get above the line 

 where the odorous leeks and onions 

 grow to find them. One pilgrim from 

 the Golden West, our genial friend, 

 Chas. P. Braslan, still lingers, and 

 braves the arctic temperatures, and 

 as he claims to be fully booked up on 

 the prospective crop of 1907, he must 

 be searching for the North Pole, or 

 some other equally alluring prize. 



Hogg & Lytle of Port Hope, Ont., 

 have established themselves in Port 

 Huron, Michigan, where they intend 

 to grow peas and beans on a large 

 scale to supply their rapidly increas- 

 ing trade on this side of the line. 



The Greensboro Floral & Seed Co. is 

 a new name in Greensboro, Iff. C, but 

 the members of the concern are expe- 

 rienced seedsmen. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Wm. H. Moon Company, Morrisville, 

 Pa. — Wholesale list of ornamental 

 nursery stock. 



E. E. Stewart, Rives Junction, Mich. 

 1907 Trade Price List of Gladioli, 

 Bulbs and Hardy Plants. 



Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord, Mass. — 

 Catalogue of northern grown Straw- 

 berry Plants and other small fruits. 

 Asparagus roots, etc. 



Eastern Nurseries, M. M. Dawson, 

 Mgr., Jamaica Plain, Mass. — Whole- 

 sale Trade List, Spring 1907. A list of 

 desirable ornamental shrubs and bor- 

 der plants. 



Rennie & Thompson, Providence, R. 

 I. — A handsome catalogue and, being 

 the first publication of this young 

 firm, a good starter for the career of 

 "None-Superior Seeds." 



John H. Sievers & Co., San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. — Wholesale price list of new 

 carnations, tuberous begonias, pelar- 

 goniums, etc. A portrait of the firm's 

 prize introduction. Carnation Hannah 

 Hobart, adorns the cover. 



East Bridgewater Gardens, J. K. 

 Alexander, Prop., East Bridgewater, 

 Mass. — Catalogues of dahlias offered 

 by the "Eastern Dahlia King." Twen- 

 ty-seven acres of dahlias are to be 

 grown the coming season by Mr. Alex- 

 ander. 



Arthur Cowee, Meadowvale Farm, 

 Berlin, N. Y.: "The Gladiolus." An 

 enticing little book with a handsome 

 colored plate and numerous half-tone 

 pictures. Mr. Cowee has a planting 

 of one hundred acres of his beloved 

 specialty each season, and his devo- 

 tion for many years to the study and 

 culture of the gladiolus has given him 

 the prestige to which his industry and 

 experience entitle him. The pamphlet 

 we are noticing will find a host of ap- 

 preciative readers. 



BEGONIA BULBS 



We have a very tine large stock of plump 

 buibs, of the most improved type. 



Single 



ICO lOOO 



Double 



ICO OCO 



Crimson ... .$2.7S $23.50 $5.00 $40.00 



Orange — .. 2.75 



White 2.75 



Pink 2.75 



Yellow 2.75 



Scarlet 2 75 



Mixed 2.50 



23.50 

 23.50 

 23.50 

 23.50 

 23 50 

 22.00 



5.00 

 5.00 

 5 00 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 



40.00 

 40.00 

 40.00 

 40.00 

 40.00 

 35.00 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSASEED 



Fine, plump, well germinating seed, all 

 grown in-doors, carefully harvested. 



roo seeds looo seeds 5000 seeds 

 Extra quality. 50c. $4.00 $19.00 

 Good *' ..40c. 3.00 13.75 



Send for our FLORISTS' WHOLESALE 

 Catalogae. also general Seed Book. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1018 MARKET ST., PHILA. 



W.&D. SPECIALTIES for FORGING 



Mignonette, "New York Market." Sweet 



Peas, "True," Christmas Flowering, (pink 

 and white). TomatO, "The Don," "Stir- 

 ling Casile." Mashroom Spawn. "Eng- 

 lish" and "Pure Culture.' Send for 1907 

 Catalogue. 

 WoAhar 9m Finn Seed Merchants & Growers 

 TTCpUpI <X UUD) n4ChambersSt..NewVork 



Grey's Highest Grade 

 of Tested Seeds^^ 



Send for Catalogue 



THOMAS J. GREY & CO. 



32 & 33 S o. Market St.. B OSTON 



CHILDREN'S GARDENS AND THE 

 TRADE. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



I was very much interested in the 

 article from the pen of Henry Saxton 

 Adams in the last issue of HORTI- 

 CULTURE concerning the relations of 

 children's gardens to the horticultural 

 trade. 



For several years we have taken the 

 matter up in our annual seed catalogs 

 in a small way, trying to get the 

 scholars and teachers of our public 

 schools interested in the delightful and 

 instructive work of horticulture. We 

 have always been glad to make a 

 special low rate on all kinds of seeds 

 that were to be used for the purpose. 



There are several charitable institu- 

 tions in this State where for years we- 

 have furnished the children free of 

 charge a liberal lot of seeds for their 

 gardens, and we have been more than 

 repaid after witnessing the pleasure 

 they derived from these gardens. 



We hope in a few years that an 

 hour's garden work several times a 

 week will be given to every child In 

 our public schools. In these days to 

 allow a child to grow up without plant- 

 ing a seed or rearing a plant is a crime 

 against civilized society. 

 Truly yours, 

 WM. R. KIMBALL, Mgr., 

 Pine Tree State Seed Co. 



Cincinnati, Feb. 18, 1907. 

 Gentlemen: — Kindly discontinue my 

 adverUsements of Hanging Baskets as 

 I am way behind on orders. 

 Respectfully, 



F. W. BALL. 



