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Ttie House of MICHELL 



ExteuiU a lurciial invit:iti<u to evi-rv flurist. Sffilsiiiaii. iiur- 

 seiyman ami ..tliers to visit their Philadelphia (•stal)lish- 

 iiient, 51S Market Street— nithin one bloclc of Inrlependenee 

 Hall - and their nurseries at Andalusia, Pa. (16 miles from 

 Philadelphia). 



You will find there iiji-todate establishments, where a 

 reputation for thoronsliness. progressiveness and reliahilit.v 

 has made them faimois in the horticultural and agricultural 

 world. 



Our warehouses at .j18 Market Street. 509. 511 and 51;? 

 I.iiillow Street, and III. i'l. 23 Bank Street, are well stocked. 

 Our nurseries at Andalusia will no doubt interest you. 

 There are over fifty acres devoted to the growing of Hiirdv 

 Perennials. Cannas. Dahlias. Roses, etc. There you will 

 have au opportunity to see the famous ■'Oaks of Andalusia." 

 one of which is reputed to be from 800 to 900 years old. and 

 the finest, most perfect white oak in Pennsylvania, if not in 

 the I'Dited States. 



We anticipate the pleasure of your visit and personal 

 acquaintance. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE, Philadelphia 



.-lis M AKKKT STREET 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOC^ATIO^ 



Officers — President. F. \V. Bolgiano, 

 Washington, n. C; First Vice-rresidenl. 

 Wni. O. Scarlett, Baltimore. .Mil.; Second 

 A'ice-PresidenI, David Burpee. Philadeb 

 pliia. Pa. : Secretar.v-Treasurer, C. E 

 Kendel, Cleveland. O. 



A Poor Crop if Peas 

 Howard M. Earl, who has been on a 

 tour of inspection of growing seed 

 crops for the past six weeks v>'as re- 

 ported as having arrived at San Fran- 

 cisco, August 7th. Among other inter- 

 esting items he says: "Don't let any- 

 one put it over on you' that culinary 

 peas are a good crop. They are not. 

 It's a wonder we have any peas in 

 sight, as we have had lack of water, 

 extreme heat and last, but not least, 

 an occasional hailstorm. The condi- 

 tions generally are not at all rosy tor 

 a good crop on this item — taking the 

 country over and the growing sections 

 by and large." 



Vegetable Seed Production Survey. 



Total iroduction of vegetable seed 

 with the exception of cabbage, let- 

 tuce, salsify, and turnip, will be ample 

 for the needs of the coming year, ac- 

 cording to preliminary returns from 

 the seed-production survey of July 1, 

 1918, and crop reports from important 

 commercial seed growers. In some 

 cases where the condition of crops is 

 not satisfactory increased acreages 

 are expected to bring the total pro- 

 duction up to normal, while more than 

 normal production of seed is indi- 

 cated for some kinds of vegetables. 

 This condition, it is pointed out, does 

 not necessarily mean a large surplus, 

 tor it is known that large orders have 

 been placed for certain vegetable 

 seeds by foreign concerns for export 

 to countries in Europe which formerly 

 have been exporters of these seeds to 

 the United States. 



.411 Klfective War 'lime Window Display by Henry A. Dreer. Inc. 



Timothy and Clover Seed. 

 Receipts by dealers of timothy seed 

 were indicated to be 85.000,000 pounds 

 less for the year ending July 1, 1918, 

 than for the year ending July 1, 1917, 

 according to the Seed Reporting Serv- 

 ice of the Bureau of Markets. How- 

 ever, the carry-over on July 1, 1918, 

 amounted to about 12.000,000 pounds 

 more than that of the year before and 

 59,000,000 pounds more than that of 

 two years ago. This large carry-over, 

 it is thought, will offset the greatly 



reduced acreage cut for seed this 

 year. Incomplete returns from the 

 War Emergency Seed Survey of July 

 1, 1918, show exports for the 12 

 months ending on that date have de- 

 creased from 12,767,580 pounds to 8,- 

 568,241 pounds. The United States 

 has always been the largest exporter 

 of timothy seed and the falling off in 

 exports, it is stated, may be due to 

 difficulties in securing ocean transpor- 

 tation and to a decreased demand in 

 Europe for seed to produce hay crops. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Rasmes 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS I EST ED S^DS^ Inc., ctmatnt BidgTsottoD, miu. 



