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HOETICULTURB 



November 22, 1913 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President, Chas. C. MasBle, 

 Hlnneapolls, Minn.; Ist vice-president, 

 J. M. Lupton, Mattitnck, N. Y.; 2nd 

 Tlce-presldent, W. F. Therklldgon, 

 PalnesTlUe, O. : secretary, C. E. Ken- 

 del; assistant secretary, S. F. WUlard, 

 Jr., both of Cleveland, O. 



WALTER MOTT'S NOTES BY THE 



WAY. 



Troy, N. Y. 



Gordonier Sons & Co. report an ex- 

 ceptionally good bulb season. They 

 are busy with the new seed catalogue. 



Sambrook Bros, gave a special 

 chrysanthemum exhibition with an 

 exceptionally fine stock. Chadwick 

 Supreme is considered the best mid- 

 season white here. 



Albany, N. Y. 



Fred A. Danker is working on a 

 new catalogue that tor style and com- 

 pleteness will surpass anything yet at- 

 tempted. The landscape department 

 is an assured success. 



H. G. Eyres has fully recovered 

 from a long spell of sickness and real- 

 izes he has some excellent friends 

 among his customers who are glad to 

 see him on deck again. 



One of the surprises in the seed 

 trade was the transit of Louis Schaef- 

 er from Eberle's to the Shearman 

 house where he will fill a similar post 

 as western representative. 



Geo. H. Price, the prominent seeds- 

 man, says he has customers on his 

 books still who purchased their first 

 bill of seeds the first year of business 

 and relies almost entirely upon the 

 reputation he has built \ip for a con- 

 tinuance. 



Auburn, N. Y. 



Alfred Patrick, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Patrick paid quite a visit to New York 

 City, making a round of the chrysan- 

 themum shows. It is refreshing to 

 hear him describe the many advances 

 made in the quality of stock of which 

 he is a capable judge with experience 

 of almost half a century. During their 

 absence, the business was well taken 

 care of by the two sons in charge of 

 the houses and store. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



Henry Youell, as representative of 

 the craft both in the seed and flower 

 branches has received many compli- 

 ments from prominent visitors re- 

 garding the exhibits at the State Fair 

 and predicts a still larger showing 

 next season, introducing several new 

 ideas. : 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Rogers, Ark. — Jones Bros. & Co.. 

 nurserymen, capital stock. $400,000. 



Grafton, III.— Rippley Manufacturing 

 & Steamboat Co., capital stock, $15,- 



000. 



Creston, Ohio — Red Oak Seed Co., 

 capital stock $10,000. Incorporators, 

 A. C. Gustafson and others. 



New Hyde Park, N. Y.— Long Island 

 Seed Company, capital stock. $100,000. 

 Incorporators. Francis B.. Sarah M., 

 and Alice L. Garvey. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — A. J. Brown 

 Seed Company, capital stock, $200,000. 

 Incorporators, President and treasurer. 

 A. J. Brown; vice-president. T. Hershel 

 Brown; secretary, E. B. Seymour. 



Notes. 



The J. C. Peppard Seed Co., of Kan- 

 sas Citv, Mo., has increased its capi- 

 tal stock from $100,000 to $115,000. 



The Braslan Seed Growers Company 

 representative is leaving San Jose, 

 Cal., for Eastern trade centers this 

 week on his annual visit to the cus- 

 tomers of the firm. 



Chicago, III. — The seed stores are 

 the leaders in getting ready the 

 Christmas offerings. Already attrac- 

 tive displays of all the best sellers are 

 being temptingly arranged, and the 

 fact that the holidays are but a few 

 weeks away is impressed upon the 

 callers, catching the early orders. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



"Tree Talk," for November, pub- 

 lished by Frost & Bartlett Company, 

 Stamford, Conn., is an interesting and 

 Instructive 28-page issue. This Is the 

 second quarterly number. We under- 

 stand that the publishers contemplate 

 making it a monthly. 



Bulletin No. 113 of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station of the University 

 of Missouri is devoted to the culture 

 and care of strawberries and especial- 

 ly valuable information on commercial 

 fertilizers for strawberries by W. H. 

 Chandler. Copies may be obtained by 

 addressing the Station, Columbia, Mo. 



Ohio State Horticultural Society; 

 Annual Report for 1913. An interesting 

 and instructive publication of 144 

 pages, being the record of the 46th 

 Annual Meeting held at ZanesvlUe, 

 January 22-24, 1913. The topics treat- 

 ed are mainly appertaining to fruit 

 and vegetables and farming problems, 

 many of them from the pen of able 

 and experienced writers. 



The 53rd Annual Report of the 

 Board of Park Commissioners of Hart- 

 ford, Conn., has been received. The 

 park department of Hartford is recog- 

 nized far and near as a model to 

 work up to. The report before us is 

 especially interesting from the atten- 

 tion given to the activities associated 

 with the playgrounds, and the many 

 fine illustrations of this all-important 

 feature. A splendid portrait of 

 Charles E. Gross, who retires from 

 the Commission after 18 years' serv- 

 ice, is inserted as a frontispiece. Su- 

 perintendent George A. Parker is to 

 be congratulated, as always, on the 

 completeness and thoroughness of his 

 report. 



FIRES. 



St. Louis, Mo. — The greenhouse of 

 St. Joseph's Academy was destroyed 

 by fire on the morning of November 

 12th. 



Sandusky, Ohio — Fire destroyed six 

 buildings, boiler room and office of 

 George F. Hartung, South Campbell 

 street, on October 21st, causing a dam- 

 age of $7,000, partly covered by in- 

 surance. 



At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club all the present officers 

 were renominated for next year: 

 President, Guy French; vice-president. 

 Alex. Henderson; treasurer, E. F. 

 Winterson; secretary, James Foley; 

 trustee, Geo. Asmus. 



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