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HORTICULTURE. 



April 2, 1910 



Seed Trade 



Oakland, Cal.— The Piedmont Floral 

 & Seed Co. has moved to 64 San 

 Pablo avenue. 



Onion sets are piactically cleaned 

 up and prices are stiff on what little 

 is left in dealeis' hands. 



SEED PACKAGE RULING. 



Mailing Liivisiou. 



UNITED STATIiS I^OST OFFICE, 



riilladeliphia, reuuaylvauia. 



Marcli 14, I'JIU- 

 De'ii- Sii;— The I'ost Uuice Departmeut 

 lias callea the attention ui tli.s omue tu 

 tUe lact mat piKkage..* ui aeeds mailed by 

 seedmen in i uiiaueitiliia are not piupeilj 

 Backed tor m.uliug under iHe tliira-cass 

 Tate »t postage, tnat is, one cent lor each 

 two C» ouuees or traction tlieieot. 



The regulation in regard lo tuis matlei 

 reads as lollows; 



-Seeds XXX which are Uable trom 

 their lorni or nature to loss or dam- 

 age, unless especially protected, must 

 Lie put up in sealed envelopes made ot 

 material sufficiently transparent to 

 show the contents clearly without 



l'he"'pacUages mailed by your firm do 

 not comply with this requirement, as the 

 sealed envelopes are not sutliciently trans- 

 narent to show the contents. 



In view of the tact that your hrm has 

 been permitted to mail seeds in this m.au- 

 uer heretofore without question, 1 am in- 

 structed to immediately l)ring the pro- 

 visions ot the Postal Laws and Kegnla- 

 tlons cited to the attention of all seed cou- 

 cerns in this city, advising them that 

 mailings of such seeds on and after .July 

 1st next cannot be accepted at the third 

 class rate of postage unless the require- 

 ments ot the aforesaid regulations are met. 



Before you prepare any further envel- 

 opes for the mailing of seeds under these 

 regulations permitting the mailing of such 

 matter at the third-class rate of postage, 

 I have to suggest that you submit samples 

 of the envelopes to the Superintendent of 

 Mails. lioom 204, this office, for decision 

 as to whether they are sufHciently trans- 

 parent to be transmitted in the mails un- 

 der this rate of postage. 



Very respectfully, 

 RICHARD L. ASHURST. Postmaster. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Mankato. Minn.— The greenhouse of 

 E. C. Wlllard. Baker and Moreland 

 Aves.. with its stoclc of vegetables, 

 has been destroyed by fire. A fire oc- 

 curred- at the same time last year with 

 a total loss. 



Washington, D. C— On March 14 

 the heating plant and ends of three 

 greenhouses belonging to Michael J. 

 McCabe, Walker road, were destroyed, 

 with an estimated loss of bet.veen 

 $2,000 and $3,000, not covered by in- 

 surance. 



E. W. Guy, of Belleville, 111., had a 

 bad loss on Thursday, March 24, from 

 fire which brolte out early in the 

 morning and burned him out almost 

 completely. His loss will be great as 

 all of his Easter plauLiS ai'd spring 

 stock was lost. Mr. Guy's many St. 

 Louis friends express their sincere 

 sympathy. 



The residence of Campbell Erdman, 

 a Baltimore florist, was destroyed by 

 fire early last Saturday morning, caus- 

 ing a loss of $3,000. Mr. Erdman was 

 at work in his greenhouses at 6 a. m., 

 when he discovered fire. In order to 

 save his family he had to brave the 

 flames, but he succeeded in getting 

 wife and children out in safety. 



SAVING THE PEACH CROP. 



For years the peach brown rot has 

 been recognized as a most destructive 

 disease of stone fruits. This is a fun- 

 gous disease, and it is widespread, and 

 very destructive to the peach crop. The 

 loss wliich it inflicts on peach grow- 

 ers will easily average $.5,000,000 

 yearly. The loss to the peach crop of 

 Georgia alone is estimated at $1,000,- 

 000 a year. 



Much work has been done with a 

 view to discovering a satisfactory 

 remedy for this trouble. Spraying 

 with diluted Bordeaux mixture has 

 been most commonly recommended, 

 but its injury to the foliage has made 

 it unsatisfactory, since the remedy 

 must be applied during the growing 

 season. 



The peach scab (often called "black 

 spot") is another disease which seri- 

 ously affects the peach crop in all sec- 

 tions east of the Rocky Mountains, al- 

 though not causing such serious losses 

 as brown rot. 



As the result of experimental work 

 by the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, a cheap and simple remedy for 

 this disease has been found in the 

 self-boiled lime-sulphur wash. This 

 can be applied during the growing sea- 

 son with very little danger of injuring 

 the fruit or foliage, and it is very ef- 

 fective. Furthermore, by mixing arse- 

 nate of lead with the fungicide, the 

 curculio can be destroyed at the same 

 time. 



The Department has just issued a 

 bulletin describing the preparation 

 and use of the remedy. This publica- 

 tion will be of great interest to peach 

 growers in all sections. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



"Velvetlawn" Seeder Co., Springfield, 

 O. — Folder of Velvetlawn Seeders. 



Berrydale Experiment Gardens, Hol- 

 land, Mich.— Folder of specialties in 

 new flowers and small fruits of merit. 



Ross Bros. Co., Worcester, Mass.— 

 General Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, 

 Farm and Garden Supplies. Cover in 

 colors, handsomely illustrated and in 

 all respects creditably representing a 

 wide-awake seed house. 



William Tricker. Arlington, N. J.— 

 Water Lilies and Hardy Old-Fashioned 

 Garden Flowers. Mr. Tricker is at 

 home with these subjects, as everybody 

 knows, and his catalogue is just what 

 we should expect — a well-selected list 

 of the best. 



Felix & Dykhuis. Boskoop, Holland. 

 —Wholesale Trade List, 1910-1911. 

 This is an elaborate production, very 

 systematically arranged and covering 

 the entire field of garden plants and 

 trees, forcing plants, fruit trees and 

 other Belgium specialties. A plate in 

 colors, of Spiraea Peach Blossom is in- 

 serted as a frontispiece. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. 

 —General Catalogue for 1910. In this 

 publication this well-known nursery 

 firm have placed in the hands of the 

 public one of the most complete de- 

 scriptive price lists issued in this coun- 

 try, and one that is elegant in every 

 respect. The covers in grey tint are 

 artistically adorned with cluster of 

 roses on front and view of rhododen- 

 dron garden on back page. The illus- 

 trations throughout are profuse and 

 beautiful. It is the kind of book that 

 will help sell the goods. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Boston. — Henry M. Robinson & Co. 

 have secured a long lease of the en- 

 tire three upper floors in the Perry 

 Building, 15 Chapman place. This, 

 added to the two floors they have 

 been occupying at 9 Chapman place, 

 will give them abundant room for 

 contemplated extensions in their flor- 

 ists' supply department. 



Brookings, S. D. — Correspondence 

 courses for home study in agriculture, 

 horticulture, poultry culture, domestic 

 science and nature study are now pro- 

 vided by the South Dakota State Col- 

 lege. These courses are for all mem- 

 bers of the farm family, for school 

 teachers and everyone everywhere 

 who wishes to learn. The courses of 

 study are planned not for financial 

 profit but to bring scientific and prac- 

 tical instruction within the reach of 

 those who cannot attend college yet 

 are ambitions to gain instruction help- 

 ful in their work and life. Four system- 

 atic courses are offered in horticulture 

 covering the subjects: 1. Vegetable 

 Gardening. 2. Fruit Culture. 3. 

 Floriculture. 4. Forestry. Full infor- 

 mation will be furnished free to any 

 of the readers of HORTICULTURE 

 on request to A. A. Brigham, director 

 College Extension. 



THE MYSTERY. 



" 'Tain't me," says the farmer, 



"Who's gettin the stuff." 

 "'Tain't me,' says the packer. 



"I get just enough 

 To pay a small profit. 



As fair as eau be." 

 And all of them chorus 



Together: " Taint me." 



" 'Tain't me," says the tanner, 



"Who gets the high price. 

 For high shoes and low ones, 



For slippers and ties." 

 " 'Tain't me," says the rancher; 



"I live and that's all." 

 " 'Tain't me," says the dealer; 



"My prolits are small." 



" 'Tain't me," says the canner; 



"My margin's the same." 

 " 'Taint me." says the huckster, 



"Who's bracin' the game." 

 " 'Tain't me," says the gardener; 



"I'm poor all th' time." 

 " 'Taint me," says the grocer; 



"I ain't seen a dime." 



It's surely a puzzle 



To know where It goes; 

 No maker or seller 



Or any ot tliose 

 Partake of high prices. 



So they all agree; 

 And I'm a consumer, 



I'm certain " 'tain't me." 



— J. W. Foley, in Boston Herald. 



Per loo Per looo 

 BEtT PLANTS 2 c. $1.25 



EGG PLAHTS 40c. 2.00 



PFPPER PLANTS, Bui! Nose, 

 bweet Mountain and RuJ y King 40c. 2.00 



TOMATOE)^, Small Plants, Earli- 

 ana, Early Jewel, Dwarf Sioneand 

 Champion, Ponderosa and Match- 

 less 3CC. 2.00 



TOMATOES. Small Plants, Stone, 

 Paragon, Favorite and Success 20c. i.oo 



Ta^h with Okdkrs 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO. 



Whitq Marsh, Md. 



CATALOGUE 



Designing and Illustrating 



