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HORTICULTURE 



December. .11. 1909 



High Grade Half-tone 

 and Line Engraving 



CUTS 



IN THIS ISSUE MADE BY US. 



HUB ENGRAVING CO. 



173 Summer St., - Boston, Mass. 



Burpee's 



The Leading American 

 Seed Catalog for 1910! 



An Elegant Book of 178 Pages, — it is "Thk Silent 

 Salesman" of tha World's Largest Miil Order Seed 

 Trade. It tells the plain trulh about the Best Seeds that 

 can he grown,— as pr ived at our famius Fordhook 

 Farms, — the largest, most complete Trial Gnmnris in 

 Ameiica. Handsomely bound with covers lithot;raphed 

 in nine colors it sh )ws, with the six colored platf-s. Nine 

 No/el i'-s and Specialti-*s in unequaled Vegeia les, and 

 five of the finest Bautiful New Klowers, including t*o 

 superb "Gold Medal" Spercer Sweet Peas. 



Wiih hund eds of illustrations from photographs and 

 cuefully written descriptions it is a Safe Guike to success 

 in the gar 'en ani sh >uld be consulted by every one «ho 

 plints seedi. whether for pleasure or profit. While too 

 costly a book to send unsolicited (--xcppt to our regular 

 cu-tom»rs), we ae pleased to mail it FREE to every one 

 who has a g'irJen an 1 can appreciate Quality in S EPS. 

 Shall we mail You a rooy? If so, kindly name tJns paper 

 and write TO-DAY! 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 

 Burpee Building Philadelphia 



^^** Oar Blue List containing wholesale prices for 

 florists and Market Gardeners mailed free. 

 Send for a copy. 



as follows: Grass, $147; caraway, 

 $63,052; linseed, $168; nasturtium, 

 $767; rape, $207,657; canary, $406; 

 flax, $1,163; mustard, $7,254; poppy, 

 $11,9S4; spinach, $406. Taking into 

 consideration large shipments through 

 the Amsterdam consulate, the total 

 seed exports to the United States in 

 a good average year may be estimated 

 at from $450,000 to $500,000. 



The year 1908 showed a general de- 

 cline in the volume of trade of many 

 leading articles, and seeds, being to 

 a certain extent luxuries showed a 

 decreased exportation by some $100,- 

 000, the exports via Rotterdam having 

 dropped to $192,406. With the general 

 business revival during 1909, how- 

 ever, more seeds are again finding 

 their way to America, the exports 

 during the tirst two quarters of the 

 year being as large as previously, 

 with increased heavy shipments re- 

 cently, since .the harvesting of this 

 season's crop. 



There seems to be a slight upward 

 trend in the prices of the seeds, which 

 mainly interest the American buyers 

 at present. In caraway seed there 

 has been some heavy buying, owing, 

 it is said, to the fact that orders 

 booked for October delivery have proved 

 hard to fill, as supplies are some- 

 what low. Stocks in brown and white 

 mustard are also a little below nor- 

 mal, poppy seed seems very fine, rape 

 eeed is quiet. Prices quoted on Octo- 

 ber 20 in not less than ton lots, f. o. b. 

 Rotterdam or Amsterdam per 112 

 pounds gross were: Caraway seed, 

 1909 crop, $7; brown mustard, 1909 

 crop, $8; white mustard, 1909, choice, 

 $4.75; 1909, 1st, $4.62, 1909, 2d, $3.88; 



poppy seed, 1908, 1st, $7; canary seed, 

 $2.6S; rape seed, 1908, choice, $4.18, 

 1909 broadleaf, $3.75. At these prices 

 seeds are guaranteed to be unmixed 

 Dutch grown. 



William A. Duncan, formerly a 

 seedsman in St. Joseph, Mo., is in 

 bankruptcy. Assets, $5,700; liabilities, 

 $10,000. 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTUR- 

 AL EXHIBITION AT BRUSSELS, 

 1910. 



In order to correct many erroneous 

 views it is authoritatively stated that 

 German horticulture will be repre- 

 sented, as well as German art, indus- 

 tries and manufacture. There will be 

 no special gardens as is commonly in- 

 ferred, but gardens will be laid out 

 facing the halls and other buildings of 

 the German section in which, accord- 

 ing to the scheme of the Imperial 

 Commissioners, as far as possible all 

 branches of horticulture will be unit- 

 ed in one harmonious whole. By this 



ONION SEED 



We are extensive growers of 

 and dealers in choice varieties. 

 Write for prices. 



We are also submitting contract 

 figures for the 1910 crop. 



Schilder Bros., 



Chinicothe, 

 Ohio 



arrangement the various objects and 

 their uses and employment will be 

 shown in a practical manner and 

 their value brought fully into notice. 

 Custom charges and rent for sites in 

 the open air are not to be taken into 

 consideration; and rail charges in the 

 German Empire will be reduced one- 

 half, and no charge is made for trans- 

 port on Belgian lines. 



LILY OF VALLEY 



PERFECTION PIPS 



loco, $14.00; case of 2000, $26.00 

 Can be forced into flower January ist. 



SELECTED 3 YEA.R OLD 



1000, $11.00; case of 2500, $26.00 



W. BLLIOTT ca SONS. 



42 Vesey Street . . . NEAV YORK 



