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HORTICULTURE 



August 27, 1910 



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Good Spawn 



U/)e Foundation 



That there is good money for florists, farmers, 

 village people, amateurs, in growing mushrooms 

 is admitted. ^ 



IF 



Of course there are a lot of " IFS " in this as 

 in everything else ; but the first and biggest 

 "if" in the path of success is 



IF 

 You Start ^vitH Good 



Mushroom Spawn 



Our special circular [free] tells ihe story. New 

 ® importations of Michell's Finest English Spawn 

 just in. 



10 lbs. $1.00 50 lbs. $3.50 

 100 lbs. $6.50 



CAN ALSO FURNISH 



Lambert's Pure Culture 



AND 



An^lo-American Pure Culture 



at regular rates. 



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Sample Brick by mail, postpaid, 25c. 



Send for our Midnimmer Whohiale List. 



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Seed Trade 



Onion Sets Around Chicago. 



A thorough canvass of the "Set" 

 fields in the vicinity of Chicago shows 

 that the acreage devoted to this indus- 

 try is somewhat laf^er than last year, 

 the larger growers curtailing their 

 acreage while the smaller ones were 

 increasing theirs. The yield per acre 

 is lower and the total product will be 

 slightly below the average. Leesley 

 Bros, last week commenced the har- 

 vesting of 65 acres of sets. Their place 

 at Harlem avenue and 22nd street is 

 an interesting sight, with 300 women 

 and children pulling the sets at the 

 rate of from two to three thousand 

 bushels per day. The laborers are 

 mostly Bohemians and Polish women 

 and the swiftest ones earn three dol- 

 lars and over per day. Leesley Bros, 

 have been fortunate in their location, 

 the West Side having had more rain 

 than the others, and their yield is esti- 

 mated as two-thirds heavier than that 

 of last year. 



The Three B's of the Seed Trade. 



We who are in the know how and 

 know what we are talking about, call 

 them Buist, Bruggerhot and Burpee. 

 If anyone has any amendment to this 

 let him speak up. The rest of us are 

 kids in comparison. All three are from 

 the ground up and know every nail 

 and plank from cellar to garret and 

 can afford to be tolerant with scien- 

 tific schools, government departments, 

 et al. On second thought we might 

 add another B — Breck, and make it 

 four big B's. We take our hats o£E 



to the order — the ancient and honor- 

 able order of B's of the seed trade. 

 Gentlemen, you have done great stunts 

 in .vour time and HORTICULTURE 

 takes pleasure in saying, "here's how" 

 to you.— G. C. W. 



Seed Warehouse Burned. 



The Griswold Seed Company ware- 

 houses at Lincoln, Nebraska, were 

 destroyed by fire Tuesday night, Aug. 

 16, supposedly originating in a stroke 

 of lightning. The loss is covered by 

 insurance. 



The alarm at 10 o'clock brought the 

 department to the burning warehouses, 

 which were then a sheet of flame, the 

 heaps of dry seeds burning like tinder. 



The three-story building was de- 

 stroyed, but the firemen succeeded in 

 controlling the flames and saved the 

 large two-story structure containing 

 other departments of the company's 

 plant. 



The stock is estimated by officials 

 of the company as having been worth 

 $26,000 and the building at $6,000. It 

 is stated that rebuilding will begin im- 

 mediately. 



wink. If you only stop to think — it's 

 really the old ones who are running 

 the world. Kids under forty are all 

 right if they have some one to tell 

 I hem what to do. G'wan Dr. Osier. — 

 G. C. W. 



Notes. 



T. H. Hill has taken charge of the 

 department for' the Gurney Seed Com- 

 pany, Yankton, S. D. He was former- 

 ly with the Landreth Seed Co., Bristol, 

 Pa. 



Winterport, Me. — Louis Atwood has 

 bought the large building on Washing- 

 ton street, formerly owned by his 

 brother, and will occupy it tor his seed 

 business. 



Lake County, 111., claims the distinc- 

 tion of having the largest corn field in 

 the state — one continuous field of corn. 

 It lies near Grays Lake and contains 

 600 acres of sweet corn, being grown 

 by J. Hogenberger for the canning fac- 

 tory at Grays Lake village There is 

 probably no larger field of sweet corn 

 in the world. 



Another One for Dr. Osier. 



Alfred Kochersperger entered the 

 employ of the Robert Buist Co. in 1S6S 

 as a boy and he is there yet after 42 

 years — and one of the best men in the 

 bunch today. That says great things 

 both for the company and for the man. 

 The writer being in doubt about the 

 color of the seed of Morse Lettuce ap- 

 plied to Alfred — never e.xpecting he 

 knew anything about it (the variety 

 not being handled by them); but he 

 gave the correct data quicker than a 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



.1. .M. Thorburn & Co., New York, 

 N. Y.— "Thorburn's Bulbs, 1910." This 

 model bulb catalogue is now being sent 

 out and will do no small part in inter- 

 esting and educating the public in this 

 absorbing department of garden work. 



New England Nurseries, Inc., Bed- 

 ford, Mass. — "New England Bulbs and 

 Flowers," Fourth Edition, Autumn, 

 1910. A very fine catalogue, handsome- 

 ly illustrated and offering a large list 

 of choice varieties in bulbs, herbaceous 

 plants, trees and shrubs for ornamental 

 gardening. 



