July 27, 1918 



HORTICULTUBE 



85 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, F. W, Bolgiano, 

 Washington, D. C. ; First Vice-President, 

 Wni. G. Scarlett, Baltimore, Md. ; Second 

 A'ice-President, David Burpee, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. ; Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Beans and Cabbage Seed. 



California beans promise well. 

 This is the first good news we have 

 had from that state for several years. 

 Of course this applies only to the Lima 

 beans and a few pole varieties. 



In the state of Washington a good 

 stand of cabbages is reported. This 

 is particularly important as Long 

 Island seed is practically a failure. 

 Peas in the eastern portion of Wash- 

 ington are reported as looking well, 

 while in Idaho and Montana it is per- 

 haps too early to make any guess as 

 to the outcome. It is also too early 

 for an accurate report from Michigan 

 and Wisconsin whether on peas or 

 beans. 



Philadelphia Seed Trade Notes. 

 Howard M. Earl, of W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., left on his crop inspection tour 

 in the far west on the 19th inst. Among 

 the hign points in his itinerary are the 

 following: Aug. 5, Portland, Oregon; 

 Aug. 14, San Francisco; Aug. 21, San 

 Jose; Aug. 27, Lompoc; Aug. 30, Los 

 Angeles, Cal.; Sept. 4, Rocky Ford, Col. 

 He expects to be back in Philadelphia 

 Sept. 10. 



Geo. Edmondson, of Dreer's, reports 

 that it has been a trying season in the 

 retail seed trade but that his firm has 

 held its own as well as could be ex- 

 pected. The counter trade has been 

 unusually good at the latter end of the 

 season, and the summer business is 

 really a surprise — about as much as 

 the spring rush was a disappointment 

 as compared with the spring of 1917. 



Michell's seed store has sent its 

 quota to the front like all other true 

 American concerns. The loss of Har- 

 ry's nephew in France has already 

 been chronicled in Horticultuke. 

 Now comes a cheering word from the 

 Marne where Paul D. Hurley has dis- 

 tinguished himself so conspicuously 

 as to be mentioned in a newspaper 

 dispatch. In a fearless dash into the 

 open he with others of the Marine 

 Corps surprised an enemy machine 

 gun battery and held off German re- 

 inforcements until their own patrol 

 had reached safety. Paul Hurley had 



S. & W. Co.'s American-Grown 



CYCLAMEN SEED 



This seed is grown for us 

 by the grower of the best 

 Cyclamen plants coming to 

 the New York market. 



They are unsurpassed in 

 size of bloom, color, and sub- 

 stance. 



The plants, from which this 

 seed is produced, are selected 

 only from those of superior 

 bloom and foliage. 



The germination of the 

 seed we are offering grows 

 99%. 



We only have a limited quantity to offer, and when sold will be obliged 

 to refuse further orders. 



100 sds 1000 sd.-i 



Giant Fringed Rose. .$3.00 $25.00 



Giant Fringed White 



with red eye 3.00 25.00 



Giant Fringed White 



(Rococo) 3.00 25.00 



Giant Fringed Mixed. 2.50 20.00 



30-32 BARCLAY STREET 

 NEW YORK 



ino siis lonn siis 

 Giant Salmon Rose. .$2.00 $15.00 



STUMPP & WALTER CO., 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Rasoies 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 



166 Chimbcr of 

 Csmmerce BIdg.,BoitoD, Mist. 



been in the Michell seed store two 

 years before joining the Marines. His 

 father, Joseph Hurley, is a well known 

 gardener, having been in charge of the 

 Hunter estate at Ardmore, Pa., for 

 many years. 



POTASH SUPPLY. 



Experts believe that there is no 

 chance for the United States to get 

 the amount of potash needed to meet 

 demands next year. Estimates for 

 1918 show that there should be 150,000 

 tons K20, or from 400,000 to 500,000 

 tons of potash salts. This is only about 

 half of the normal imports before the 

 war. Commercial fertilizer concerns 

 must bear the brunt of the shortage. 

 In 1916 there was a domestic produc- 

 tion of 9,720 tons, and this increased in 

 1917 to 126,577 tons. This output for 

 1917 was about 12 per cent of the 

 normal supply. 



Freesta Purity 



MAMMOTH SIZE 



Also 5-8 and np 



FREESIA — refracta alba 5-8 Inch. 



.SWEET WILtlAM — single mixed 



fine strain. 



CTCI,AMEN Seed. Finest American 



grown from the very finest strains. 



Pricea on Application 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



53 Barclay Street 



Through to 54 Park Place 



NEW XOKK CITY 



LILY-BULB PROSPECTS IN BER- 

 MUDA. 

 Consul General Ethelbert Watts re- 

 ports that the Bermudian Director of 



Agriculture estimates that this sea- 

 son's production of lily bulbs will total 

 1,200 crates, as against a little over 

 1.000 crates produced last year. 



