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HORTICULTURE 



September 10, 1910 



Seed Trade 



The Burpee Establishment. 



Thp new additions to the Burpee es- 

 tablishment at Fifth and York streets, 

 Philadelphia, are not yet completed, 

 but are far enough advanced to give a 

 good idea of what it is to be. The new 

 buildings are a flatiron, fronting on a 

 little citv park, with light and plenty 

 of air from all sides. There will be 

 dining rooms for the help— one for 

 the men and another for the women 

 (there are about 500 in all in the busy 

 season)— and everything supplied will 

 be of the best and at cost or less; 

 with every accessory and convenience, 

 all the latest periodicals and maga- 

 zines on horticultural and kindred sub- 

 jects, even down to a little "cubby" 

 on tlie main floor where the men may 

 indulge in a game of cards, if so dis- 

 posed, during the noon hour. Later we 

 shall have more to say about this new 

 departure, the details of which have 

 all been lovingly originated by Mr. 

 Burpee, assisted by Howard Earl and 

 others of his able lieutenants. 



G. C. W. 



Crop Report from Hartmann & Co., 

 Copenhagen. 



Cauliflower— Outlook very encourag- 

 ing as well for quality and quantity. 



Cabbage — Crop short on account of 

 early frosts last fall before planting 

 time, through which many heads were 

 injured and through attack of insects 

 during the summer. However, the 

 very favorable weather during the 

 spring and summer — contrary to re- 

 ports from other seed sections— has 

 somewhat modified the bad condition, 

 but, nevertheless, a shortage of 25 per 

 cent, is expected -in Danish Ballhead 

 tall-stemmed, and even more in the 

 Danish Roundhead short-stemmed and 

 Danish Summer Ballhead. 



Turnips and Swedes — Crop excellent. 



Mangold — Crop about medium. 



Notes. 



Greenville, Va. — The Carolina Seed 

 and Fuel Co. has been Incorporated 

 here with a capital stock of $50,000. 



Reeseville, Wis. — A twostory pea 

 warehouse, 40x150 feet, is being built 

 by the W. W. Barnard Co. of Chicago, 

 111. 



Petersburg, Va. — The warehouse of 

 the Grossman Seed & Supply Co. was 

 damaged by fire recently to the extent 

 of about $1,000, fully covered by in- 

 surance. The stock of seeds, imple- 

 ments, fencing, etc., was more dam- 

 aged by smoke and water than by 

 fire. 



Santa Clara, Cal.— The C. 0. Morse 

 Seed Co. has contracted for the erec- 

 tion of a number of buildings on their 

 recently purchased tract of land, 

 among which is a seed house 60x150 

 feet and a warehouse 40x100 feet. The 

 cost of all these buildings and im- 

 provements will be in the neighbor- 

 hood of $40,000. 



Maurice Fulfl, late of the W. W. 

 Rawson Co.. Boston, has taken a posi- 

 tion with the Henry F. Michel] Co., 

 Philadelphia, and, we understand, will 

 have a prominent part in their cata- 

 logue work. The Michell Company, it 

 is said, have it in mind to extend their 

 mail order trade as a branch in their 

 big business to which they have not 



heretofore paid special attention. Mr. 

 P'uld has had considerable experience 

 in that line. 



H. L. Holmes, Mrs. Holmes and Miss 

 Holmes, from Harrisburg to West 

 Chester by auto., passed through this 

 city on the 6th inst. Miss Holmes will 

 graduate from the Normal school at 

 West Chester next year. Inr^identally 

 they paid a visit to their old friend 

 in West Philadelphia, Mrs. Henzey 

 (net Clara Harris) renewing and 

 cementing schoolfellow bonds. Mr. 

 Holmes Is hopeful of next season's 

 business and states that he has nearly 

 fifty per cent more futures already 

 booked than his firm had at this time 

 last year. 



A. J. Pieters, senior member of the 

 Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company of 

 Hollister, left yesterday for Ann Arbor, 

 Michigan, where he will fill the chair 

 of botany in the University of Mich- 

 igan. Mr. Pieters has been connected 

 with the seed growing industry in 

 this country for the past several years 

 and is thoroughly versed in all its 

 branches. Mr. Pieters has given up 

 the greater part of his interest in the 

 business, but still retains an interest 

 in the industry here.— Su» .'osc Mer- 

 citry, Aug. sS, 1910. 



I^n ASTER PRIZE CONTEST. 



The annual i)rize contest conducted 

 by Thornton Brothers, which is al- 

 ways an event of considerable local 

 prominence in Lawrence, Mass., came 

 off at the Thornton store on Saturday, 

 August 27. This year the competition 

 was on asters, the seed for which had 

 been purchased of Messrs. Thornton 

 last spring. The display of vases of 

 25 blooms was very fine, the number 

 of entries being large, and the flowers 

 in many of them the equal of the best 

 productions of professional growers. 

 No better recommendation for the 

 quality of the seed furnished could 

 possibly be given to any seed house 

 than was here set forth, and Messrs. 

 Thornton are to be congratulated on 

 the high standard of excellence they 

 are fostering in the big mill town. 

 The judges were William .1. Stewart, 

 of HORTICULTURE, and P. .L Dono- 

 hue, of Waban Rose Conservatories. 

 The prizes were handsome silver lov- 

 ing cups and the winners were Stewart 

 Frazer. first; .John Peel, second (both 

 of North Andover) : third, J. Lynch 

 (Andover). The judges were royally 

 entertained at the Thornton farm in 

 JJethuen. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Muskogee, Okla. — The Muskogee 

 Wholesale Nursery Co., capital stock 

 $200,000. Incorporators, C. H. Hol- 

 land, H. P. Showalter, H. H. Flem- 

 ming and Leo Bennett. 



The Brockton Enterprise tells about 

 a man in its home town, an attorney, 

 who makes a hobby of aster growing 

 and proudly boasts of having 60 vari- 

 eties. He allows that the aster is 

 "badly in need of a good press agent. ' 

 So far the gentleman is on safe 

 ■ground, but when he goes on to tell 

 of what he has learned in advance of 

 most other people, for instance, that 

 he plants the seeds in the fall instead 

 of in spring as is customary with his 

 benighted neighbors, we begin to 

 prick up our ears and wonder what 

 he'd do with a press agent. 



CYCLAMEN SEED 



MICHELL GIANT STRAIN 

 Grown for us in England by a 

 eading specialist and cannot 

 be excelled for size and bril- 

 liancy of coloring. 



100 1000 

 n.,u. t r~ Seeds Seeds 



Duke of Connaught. 



Crimson $1.25 $10.00 



Excelsior. White with 



^'■ed eye 1.25 10.00 



Grandiflora alba. 



Pure white 1.25 10.00 



Princess of Wales. 



Deep pink 1.25 10.00 



Salmon Queen. Sal- 

 mon ro.se 1.25 10.00 



Mixed. All colors.. 1.00 9.00 



REGULAR GIGANTEUM 

 STRAIN 

 Giganteum Album. 



^.Wliite 10.75 $6.00 



Giganteum Roseum. 



^.P'"!^ 75 6.00 



Giganteum Rubrum. 



^.'^"' 75 6.00 



Giganteum White 



With Red Eye 75 6.00 



Giganteum Mixed... .60 5.00 



Henry F. Micliell & Co, 



1118 « 518 Market St, Pluladeipliia, Pa. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Weeber & Don, New Yck N Y — 

 (Catalogue of Bulbs, Roots, Seeds 

 Autumn, 1910. Well illustrated. 



Jacs. Smits & Co., Naarden, Hol- 

 land.— Wholesale Catalogue of Hardv 

 Nursery Stock (American Edition) A 

 very complete list of trees, shrubs 

 roots, herbaceous plants, evergreens' 

 etc. 



W. W. Barnard Company, Chicago, 

 111.— List of Forcing Bulbs, Lilies, etc. 

 This list quotes special import prices 

 "Lower than before, but just as good 

 as ever," and we advise our readers 

 to send for a copy at once. 



H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 —Wholesale Price List of Bulbs. Seeds. 

 Sundries for Fall Trade. Handsomelv 

 illustrated. The title page shows a 

 house of Lilium formosum grown from 

 bulbs supplied by Michell. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York, 

 N. Y.— List of Bulbs for Autumnal 

 Planting. 1910. Tulips on front cover 

 and narcissi naturalized on back cover 

 attractively introduces the reader to 

 this well arranged catalogue. 



Cherry Hill Nurseries, T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons, Inc.. Proprietors. West 

 Newbury, Mass. — Descriptive Price 

 List of Peonies, Iris and Phlox. Messrs. 

 Thurlow carry an ideal stock and this 

 catalogue will be found very useful. 



A correspondent of the Horticultural 

 Trade Advertiser of London, in an ac- 

 count of the great Shrewsbury Show, 

 .says that the numerous hybrids from 

 Gladiolus Primulinus were very strik- 

 ing and "it is evident that this species 

 is going to cause much commotion in 

 the Gladiolus breeding world." 



