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HOKTICULTURE 



November 29, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION 



Officer*— Prealdent, Cbu. C. Maiile, 

 HlnneapoUi, Minn.; lat Tlce-preildeat, 

 J. M. LDpton, Mattltnck, N. Y.; 2nd 

 Tlce-presldeot, W. F. Therklldion, 

 PalnesTllle, O. ; (ecretary, C. E. Ken- 

 del; aaslitant aecretary, S. F. WlUard, 

 Jr., both of Clereland, O. 



German Notes. 



A letter from a correspondent in 

 Germany tells us that there they are 

 iavlng lots of rain in Hamburg — al- 

 most too much for the proper cleaning 

 •of lily of the valley which is still go- 

 ing on, and by far too much for the 

 replanting of one and two-year pips 

 for crop two and three years hence. 

 Like the Holland bulb-growers the lily 

 of the valley men in Germany have 

 made enormous profits in recent years, 

 in consequence of the constantly in- 

 creasing demand. At Leipzig there 

 has been no frost as yet (Nov. 7) and 

 it is remarkable to see geraniums, 

 dahlias, tea roses and other tender 

 plants still in bloom. The harvest has 

 been most satisfactory, and nursery 

 stock, such as lilacs, roses, etc., has 

 rarely matured its wood so well. 



Germany is industrious and phenom- 

 enally prosperous, due to the saving 

 habits of her people. Today in the 

 country districts the houses are nearly 

 all new; hardly any of the old-fash- 

 ioned two or three-room thatched huts 

 of twenty years ago now remain — 

 then they were the rule. 



Notes. 



Des Moines, la. — After December 

 15th. The Iowa Seed Company, now 

 located at 613-615 Locust street, will 

 remove to 209-211 Walnut street, 

 where they will have more room to 

 handle their increasing business. 



Announcement has been made by 

 the Civil Service Commission, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, of an examination to be 

 held in this city on January 7, 1914, 

 to fill vacancies in the position of seed 

 warehousemen to which is attached a 

 salary of from $1,200 to $1,600 a year. 

 Application blanks and other informa- 

 tion can be secured from the Commis- 

 sion. 



Members of the Maryland State 

 Horticultural Society were given a 

 noonday luncheon Nov. 19, as a fea- 

 ture of Maryland Week, by the seed 

 firm of J. Bolgiano & son, under the 

 auspices of the Baltimore Board of 

 Trade, at the City Club. About 300 

 of the members attended, including a 

 number of women horticulturists. City 

 Collector Jacob W. Hook, chairman of 

 the entertainment committee, was mas- 

 ter of ceremonies. Roszell J. Brown, 

 manager of the retail department of 

 the Bolgiano firm gave a very interest- 

 ing talk on the Relation of Good Seed 

 to Good Horticulture, and to an ex- 

 tent his firm was going to accomplish 

 this end, by maintaining a seed test- 

 ing laboratory second to only the de- 

 partment at Washington. J. Henry 

 Joyeuz, field seed manager also made 

 a most interesting talk as to the small 

 quantity of cheap seed that is now be- 



ing sold in Maryland in comparison to 

 the quantities that were sold some 

 years ago. E. P. Cohill made a short 

 address and in conclusion offered three 

 cheers for the Bolgiano dinner, which 

 were given heartily. 



THE GARDENER'S PLACE. 



Apropos to the remarks of David 

 Miller, (or shall we with pleasing fa- 

 miliarity call him Dave?) it must be 

 admitted that many employers are 

 ignorant in regard to gardening and 

 why should not this be the case? "A 

 little knowledge is dangerous" and we 

 must forgive such for they know not 

 what they do. Mr. McVeagh, when 

 Secretary of the Treasury, said: "In 

 every profession which uses a man's 

 highest powers and lays rigid demand 

 on his idealism and courage it is al- 

 ways "safe to assume that up to a cer- 

 tain point these men can be over- 

 worked and underpaid because they 

 are much more concerned with doing 

 their work well than with being well 

 paid for it. But when this imposition 

 begins to reduce them and their fami- 

 lies to poverty they do not, as work- 

 men lower in the scale, go on strike. 

 They quietly resign and seek some 

 other occupation. It is a commonplace 

 among professions in which idealism 

 plays a part: this idealism is deliber- 

 ately exploited to the disadvantage of 

 whom it is exacted." This, I think, 

 meets the gardener's case exactly and 

 so long as conditions are as they are 

 gardening must necessarily be a labor 

 of love. Occasionally we hear that a 

 gardener must be everything else be- 

 sides being a gardener but let a gar- 

 dener be true to himself and to his 

 profession and he will have little oc- 

 casion to fear any kind of employer — 

 ignorant or otherwise. I heartily 

 agree with David Miller that garden- 

 ers are studious, not with the thought 

 of gaining distinction or passing ex- 

 aminations, but simply for the love of 

 their profession and for their own sat- 

 isfaction; surely the best kind of 

 study. 



Mr. Ebel's advice is well taken; 

 watch your opportunity and move on 

 if an employer is not satisfactory. 

 Truly one is liable to be called a 

 "floater" if one moves too often but 

 then the floaters don't have such a bad 

 time as some who would rather suffer 

 any indignity than leave their situa- 

 tions. Certain it is that in moving 

 frequently the gardener gains a varied 

 knowledge which is extremely useful; 

 indeed in factory life the floaters are 

 considered the most skillful workmen 

 and in my experience the same applies 

 to the gardening profession. 

 Yours very truly, 



Veknon T. Shbbwood. 



Charlestown, N. H. 



FIRES. 

 Charles City, la. — The Sherman 

 Nursery Company lost thirty horses 

 on Nov. 16th, when fire destroyed 

 their barn. 



Scranton, Pa. — Fire in the garage 

 of T. B. McClintock. last week, 

 caused considerable damage, besides 

 completely destroying three autos. 



MICHELL'S SPIREA CLUMPS 



Doz. 100 1000 



.4stilbe FluribuDda...$U.85 t 5.50 $ 62.60 



Compacta Mnltiflnra. .90 6.00 55.00 

 Philadelphia (new) 



30c each 3.00 20.00 



Qneen Alexandra 1.25 7.75 72.50 



Gladstone 1.00 6.75 62.00 



Monster... 1.75 11.00 100.00 



Japonira 65 4.75 42.50 



DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS 



Maiiuiioth Roots. l>Oc per dozen; $6.00 

 per 100; $52.00 per 1000. 



FORCING GLADIOLUS 



Fine Plump Bnlbs, Ready Now 



Hride. puie white 100. 00c; 1000, $5.25 



Asparagus Hatcheri Seed 



NEW CROP JUST RECEIVED 



100 Seeds $1.00 



500 Seeds 3.25 



1000 Seeds 6.00 



Special prices on larger quantities. 



Send for our Wbolesal« Catalogue of 

 Bulbs and Seeds, if 70a taaTcn't re- 

 ceived a copy. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Flower Seed Specialists 

 518 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA 

 Mention HORTICULTURE when writing 



LOECHNER&CO. 



JAPANESE L,ILIES 



IAl,\ OF THE VALLEV PIPS 



PAI.MS. AZAL.EAS. &c. 



11 Warren St., New York, N. Y. 



Wnle for quotations 



Do You Know What 

 You Want ? 



Look in tlie ** Buyers' 

 Directory" rf this issue 

 and you will probably 

 find represented tliere 

 somebody who can 

 supply you. It's a ^0(»d 

 plan to look it over 

 every week, for t he 

 weekly changes and 

 additions are many. 



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