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HORTICULTURi: 



April 16, 19ia 



Headquarters for SPRING BULBS 



Begonias, Caladiums, Cinnamon and Madeira Vines, Cycas Stems, Iris Roots, Cannas. 



250 VARIETIES DAHLIAS 



We are headquarters for Dahlias and can supply every worthy sort ; highest quality 

 at lowest price. 



Our selection best commercial sorts. $1.00 per Dozen. $8.00 per 100 



Gladioli by the 100 thousand, Japanese Lilies, Tuberoses. Fern Balls. 

 Everything in bulbs, seeds, plants and horticultural supplies. Our catalogue will 

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Henry F. Michell Company, 



518-1018 Market St., 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Seed Trade 



A Breathing Spell. 

 The cool weather of the past week 

 has slowed down the rush of trade to 

 a sufficient extent to allow retail 

 houses to catch up with arrears. 

 These little outbursts of winter are 

 really a blessing to the retail seeds- 

 man, enabling him to catch up with 

 delayed orders and get a breath or 

 two before the next rush. They re- 

 lieve the high pressure under which 

 most retailers work at this season of 

 the year, and allow them to get 

 through the larger part of the year's 

 work in three or four months. 



The Help Problem. 



The matter of experienced com- 

 petent help has become more acute 

 than ever before, and most houses are 

 working under more or less of a hand- 

 icap in this respect. Reference has 

 been made to it so often in trade jour- 

 nals that it seems needless to mention 

 it again, but the fact is it will not 

 down, and continues to vex the souls 

 of those who are directing affairs 

 wherever there is a large retail and 

 counter trade. We have no solution 

 of this problem to offer at present. 

 Wish we had. 



Onion Sets and Seed Corn. 



There are reports that onion sets 

 are cleaning up well, and in fact, that 

 high grade sets are really becoming 

 short, particularly whites. Onion sets 

 and potatoes seem to have reversed 

 form. Sugar corn has become very 

 scarce and early varieties in particu- 

 lar. Present prices show a sharp ad- 

 vance over those ruling In January. 

 The Corys. White and Red are quoted 



at $3.50 to $4.00, and are very scarce 

 even at these figures. Golden Ban- 

 tam is procurable at around $4.00 to 

 $4.25 and Crosley's Early and Early 

 Minnesota at $3.00 to $3.50. Late and 

 medium early varieties are easier, but 

 even these are up 50c. per bu. above 

 January quotations. Good sound field 

 corn of strong germination is very 

 scarce, and all varieties of seed corn 

 are very strong. If any considerable 

 replanting should be necessary, where 

 could the seed be found? 



The Pea Situation. 

 Peas are going into the ground rap- 

 idly and we are likely to hear many 

 complaints of poor stands, as a con- 

 siderable percentage of the seed is al- 

 most certain to fail of germination and 

 especially the sweet wrinkled varie- 

 ties. Still early planting is a Justifi- 

 able risk, but those who take it should 

 not complain of failure. All large 

 podded peas such as Gradus, Thomas 

 Laxton, Sutton's Excelsior, Duke of Al- 

 bany, Alderman, Telephone, etc., are 

 now out of the market, and are not 

 procurable in quantity at any price. If 

 early plantings of these are lost, it 

 will be irreparable, as there are no 

 resrves for replanting. The same 

 may be said of the leading varieties of 

 green pod beans, and truck farmers 

 should bear this continually in mind. 



Notes. 



There is likely to be a change soon 

 in the firm of Howard & Morrow of 

 Pittsfield. Mass.. one of the partners 

 retiring. This business was started 

 nearly a quarter of a century ago, and 

 under able management has grown to 

 large proportions. Few firms rank 

 higher in their immediate community 

 or wherever known. 



O. H. Dickinson, the popular seeds- 

 man of Springfield. Mass., reports a 

 booming trade. The genial "Dick" is 

 supremely happy. More power to him. 



The old and reliable house of Cad- 

 well & Jones of Hartford, Conn., were 

 never so busy as now. They are sigh- 

 ing for a few of those midnight suns 

 such as our Alaska friends enjoy to 

 enable them to keep up with their or- 

 ders. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Horace B. Keizer, Reading, Mass. — 

 Illustrated Pocket List of Hardy 

 Evergreens, Lawn Trees, etc. 



E. Gill Nursery Company, West 

 Berkeley, Cal. — Descriptive Catalogue 

 of Roses, Palms, Shade and Orna- 

 mental Trees. 



Blue Hills Nurseries, W. W. Hunt & 

 Co., Hartford, Conn. — Catalogue of 

 Trees, Roses, Evergreens, etc. A neat 

 well compiled and well-printed cata- 

 logue. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.— 

 Pocket Garden Dictionary and Cata- 

 logue of Everything Pertaining to 

 Horticulture, 1910. Well-named. A 

 very complete list of choice material 

 and new introductions. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York. — 

 Leaves from the Handy Hand Book. 

 A glance at these sample pages will 

 convince the reader that he should 

 send post haste for a complete copy of 

 the Handy Hand Book, 1910 Edition. 



Wood Bros., Fishkill, N. Y.— Trade 

 List, January to May, 1910, of Plants 

 and Rooted Cuttings. Here is an ex- 

 cellent selection of cannas, carnations, 

 chrysanthemums, grafted roses, ver- 

 benas and miscellaneous spring plants. 



Julius Roehrs Company, Ruther- 

 ford, N. J. — Catalogue of Orchids. 

 Catalogue of Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants. These two publications are 

 beautifully gotten up, on heavy coated 

 paper, and filled 'with superb half-tone 

 illustrations. They well represent 

 the leading position in the American 

 trade which this widely-known house 

 has attained to. 



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