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HORTICULTUEE 



December 20, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION 



Officers — President, Chas. C. Massie, 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; Ist vice-president, 

 J. M. I,upton, Mattituck, N. Y.; 2nd 

 vice - president, W. F. Therkildson, 

 PalnesTille, O. ; secretary, C. E. Ken- 

 del; assistant secretary, s. F. Willard, 

 Jr., both of Cleveland, O. 



W. J. Sherry has resigned his posi- 

 tion with the Johnson Seed Company 

 of Philadelphia, Pa. 



Alfred Emerich. representing Messrs. 

 Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Paris, 

 France, after a very successful trip 

 through the United States and Can- 

 ada, visiting the seed trade, returned 

 home on S. S. Olympic on the 13th 

 inst. 



Springfield, Mass.— William H. Wil- 

 son has retired from the firm of Mont- 

 gomery & Wilson and Mr. Montgom- 

 ery will continue a part of the busi- 

 ness, devoting himself entirely to the 

 sale of seeds and fertilizers. The 

 part of the business pertaining to 

 hardware and agricultural implements 

 has been sold to Frank A. Holden & 

 Son. who have conducted a general 

 store in Plalnfield. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York 

 City, "Thorburn's Seeds," 1914. 



J. L. Moore, Northboro, Mass.— 

 Wholesale Price List of Dahlias and 

 OrladioH. A well selected list 



H. E. Meader. Dover, N. H.-Special 

 Wholesale Price List of Gladioli, Flor- 

 ists Mixture, for the trade only. 



North Eastern Forestry Company, 



HfJh r^'T- S°°°-"'* Catalogue of 

 High Grade Tree Seeds and Nursery 



M;f ,°oV? j^"''sery Co. Inc.. Berlin, 

 Md.-1914 Spring Trade Price List of 

 Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Herba- 

 ceous Perennials. 



M. Herb, Naples, Italy.— Price List 

 of Novelties for 1914. Printed in three 

 wiTtfr^ .,A«/^«"^^'y "'"strated 

 merito'rious"'' °' '°"^^^ presumably 



F. C. Hememann, Erfurt. Germany. 

 —Special Trade Offer. Novelties, 1914 

 and some other first-class seeds of 

 last years and former introduction." 

 of all^^^^^ Illustrated with portraits 

 or alleged new strains. 



T^hlT" ^"^%, ^"""P^^ ^ Co.. Philadel- 

 phia. Pa.— Burpee's Annual. 19X4 "The 



yr^'." i'"!'"' ''^°"' ^«e<^s that grow." 

 Up-to-date and business-like as al- 

 TmnL*!",!^ catalogue takes its place 

 among the "early birds." There are 

 two colored plate Inserts— one of Gib- 

 raltar onion. Golden Bantam sweet 

 corn etc.. and the other Spencer 

 sweet peas, pansles. etc. The covers 

 are richly adorned with beautifhl 

 Spencer sweet peas and Matchless to- 

 mato. 



The first of the 1914 seed catalogues 

 to be received at this office— good evi- 

 dence that this oldest of seed houses 

 in America is still "up and doing." 

 This is their 113th successive annual 

 catalogue and. like its predecessors, it 

 is complete, comprehensive and well 

 arranged. The cover of soft grey tone 

 bears the inscription in gold embossed 

 letters without pictorial adornment 

 and is refined and pleasing in effect 

 There is a good list of vegetables and 

 flower seed novelties for the coming 

 season. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



George S. Faulkner is back again to 

 Philadelphia and is now located at the 

 Habermehl establishment at 22nd and 

 Diamond street. 



Dennis T. Connor, who has been 

 laid up with typhoid for the past four 

 or five weeks, was reported on the 

 15th to be resting comfortably and 

 doing as well as could be expected. 



E. J. Fancourt of the Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., has returned from a flying 

 visit west as far as Chicago and re- 

 ports business very good all along the 

 line. The feeling in trade circles is 

 very optimistic. 



Robert Craig Co. report that trade 

 has been better than ever with them 

 this Chnstmas. We can well believe 

 it. Never saw finer display of holi- 

 day plants in bloom. Not only all 

 the staples and standbys but the 

 novelties-new things that you don't 

 find elsewhere. 



Cut poinsettias are in less supply 

 this year. This crop has not proved 

 entirely satisfactory in the past from 

 a financial standpoint, and that ex- 

 plains the decrease. But as a pot 

 plant especially in the dwarfer sizes 

 and for baskets, the demand seems 

 to be as good as ever. 



Skimmias— mentioned in our notes 

 last week— seem to have woke up 

 some of the old-timers. We have 

 been asked, "What do you know about 

 skimmias?" Not much, as a matter 

 of fact; but young R. Craig says all 

 their importations heretofore have 

 been unsatisfactory because they lost 

 their leaves, but this year they have 

 managed to get them. 

 ,,y'sitors: T. W. Pierce, Baltimore, 

 Md.; Charles Sim, Rosemont, Pa. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Stamford, Conn.— Stamford Seed & 

 Nursery Company, capital stock $15,- 

 000. Incorporators: George W. Woun- 

 dy, George B. Cannon and Benjamin 

 H. Mead. 



Jack Frost 

 Mats 



For Cold Frames 

 $1.40 each. Burlapped 



Wm. Elliott & Sons 



42 Vesey St., New York 



Mention HOnXICULTURE when wrltln(t 



MICHELL'S SPIREA CLUMPS 



, ...^ ^ Doz. 100 1000 



.4stilbe Floribnnda...?0.85 $ 5.50 $ 52 50 



Compacta Multiflora. .SO 6.W) 55 00 

 Fliiladelphia (new) 



3()c each 3.00 2O.n0 



Queen Alexandra 1.25 7.75 72 50 



Gladstone 1.00 6.75 62.00 



Monster... 1.75 11.(10 100.00 



Japoniea 66 4.75 42.50 



DIELYTRA SPEGTABIUS 



Mammoth Roots, OOc per dozen: $6 00 

 per 1(10; $52.00 per ICW. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



CHRISTMAS GREENS 



Holi.v (Loose) 



Holly Wreaths 



Laurel Wreathing 

 Lycopodium (Loose) 



Lycopodium Wreathing 

 Native Mistletoe 



>le.\icau Mistletoe 



Send for our Handy Flower Seed 

 Order Sheet, if you haven't received 

 a copy. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Flower Seed Specialiit* 

 518 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA 



Mention HORTICfLTrRE when writing 



Kelway & Son 



Wholesale Growera to the Trade of 



Choice Stocks of 



GARDEN, FARM 



AND 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Please Write Now for Our 



CONTRACT PRICES 

 Langport, Eng. 



QUALITY :4U 



8ESD «>B 04TAL0Ori. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON 



>*• Waat 14th SU, ITaw Tork. 



Season for Forcing Asparagus 



I am the onl.v parly handling );enulne 

 fi-.vear-old Asparagus root,s In this country 

 —the proper age tor forcing. Knch root 

 will force from 5 to 8 shoots and each 

 shoot Is worth at least ten cents. Can ship 

 roots promptly. 



WARREN SHINN 'Cf.'"' Woodbury. NJ. 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



nUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES 



.MAILED ONLY TO TIIOSK WHO PLANT 



FOK PROFIT. 



