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HORTICULTURE 



October 15, 1910 



Seed Trade 



Agrostis stolonifera and canina. 



Advices from Europe under date of 

 Sept. 27, Indicate that the high price of 

 the common red top (Agrostis vulgar- 

 is) in America is affecting the prices 

 of the above two more valuable vari- 

 eties in Europe. Other things being 

 equal, American seedsmen would, of 

 course, prefer to use the stolonifera 

 and canina, but the low price of vul- 

 garis (American grown) has always 

 been a great temptation to use the lat- 

 ter, even if it is not so good. But now 

 they find they might as well use the 

 aristocrats of the agrostis family and 

 their orders and inquiries have been 

 very pronounced during the past 

 month or so. The inevitable conse- 

 quence has been a hardening of prices 

 in these on the other side. In fact 

 there is not enough stock in sight to 

 nearly satisfy the demand and firms 

 who get their orders booked early will 

 be the lucky ones. There will be no 

 European seed of these agrostis at any 

 price later, according to good authori- 

 ties. They are blaming the red top 

 trust in America! 



Grass Seed Crops. 



The annual report of Barenbrug, 

 Burgers & Co., on this year's crop of 

 natural grass seeds, foreign and Amer- 

 ican, expresses the opinion that on ac- 

 count of unfavorable summer weather 

 the prevalent high prices on grass 

 seeds will be maintained and that 

 there is a possibility of still further 

 advancement. High prices are quoted 

 on Achillea millifolium, Agrostis stol- 

 onifera, A. canina, Dactylis glomerata, 

 Festuca duriuscula, D. ovina, Pestuca 

 elatior, P. pratensis, P. rubra, Poa pra- 

 tensis, P. trivialis, Lolium perenne, L. 

 Italicum. Moderate figures are given 

 for Aira caespitosa, Alopecurus praten- 

 sis, Anthoxanthum odoratum. Aira 

 flexuosa, Anthoxanthum odoratum Pu- 

 elli, Avena elatior, A. flavescens, Cyno- 

 surus cristatus, Festuca ovina angusti- 

 folia and Poa nemoralis will sell 

 slightly lower than last year. 



A New Seed and Flower House. 



Adam Carrie, who for thirty-one 

 years has been secretary and man- 

 ager of the seed business of Currie Bros. 

 Co., Milwaukee, has severed his con- 

 nection with the old firm to establish 

 a new one at 130 Wisconsin street, un- 

 der the name of A. Currie & Co. The 

 new company consists of Adam Currie 

 and his sons, Allister and Herbert. 

 They will conduct a general seed and 

 flower business, together with all lines 

 in connection with this business. Al- 

 lister Currie was in the employ of 

 Currie Bros, for six years as their 

 traveling representative. Adam Currie 

 was originally from Scotland, and 

 when a young man entered the seed 

 business at London, England, where 

 he remained for two years prior to 

 coming to Milwaukee. 



Currie Bros. Reorganize. 



There has been a recent change In 

 the officers of Currie Bros. Co., Mil- 

 waukee, Wisconsin, James Currie and 

 William Currie, the founders of the 

 firm of Currie Bros., having purchased 



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 secretary of the company. The pres- 

 ent officers are as follows: James 

 Currie, president; William Currie, vice- 

 president; William B. Currie, secretary 

 and Roy J. Currie, treasurer. Allister 

 J. Currie, son of Adam Currie and 

 formerly the traveling salesman of 

 Currie Bros. Co., retires with his fath- 

 er from participation in the business. 



Notes. 



A. C. Zvolanek reports an unprece- 

 dented demand for his winter flowering 

 sweet peas this season and there will 

 be no smphis after orders now in are 

 filled. These tails are from all parts 

 of the world, even as far away as 

 Suuth Africa. 



The Crumbaugh, Kuehn Co., of To- 

 ledo, O., says: Clover seed market 

 has ruled quite unsettled this week. 

 Continued liberal receipts and the ap- 

 proach of October deliveries caused 

 considerable outside liquidation and a 

 consequent slump. At the decline 

 there appears plenty of evidence that 

 the trade is more friendly to the buy- 

 ing than to the selling side, and as 

 the situation remains unchanged we 

 look for steadier and firm markets. 

 There is less seed offering from the 

 country and receipts should assume 

 more moderate proportions. Deliveries 

 on October contract were light. The 

 iato or medium seed is miserable qual- 

 ity, and this usually betokens poor 

 yield. Hulling returns corroborate this. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Watkins & Simpson, London, Eng. 

 — List of Photo Electros of Vegetables 

 and Flowers. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York. — 

 Bulbs for Autumn Planting. A cluster 

 of Darwin tulips in sepia adorns the 

 cover page of this interesting catalogue. 

 The book is well illustrated and should 

 sell the goods. 



W. W. Barnard Company, Chicago, 

 111. — Wholesale Price List of Seeds, 

 Bulbs and Supplies for Florists. This 

 is a very useful list and should be in 

 the hands of every up-to-date florist, 

 for daily reference. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York- 

 Autumn Catalogue of Flowering Bulbs. 

 Dark green cover illumined by a bril- 

 liant Holland bulb-fleld view on front 



and a group of tulips in colors on back. 

 This is the 65th autumn edition sent 

 out by this long-established house. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York. — 

 Autunm Catalogue. A beauty, with 

 covers resplendent with floral views 

 framed in gold. The boak is profuse- 

 ly illustrated and the lists are very 

 extensive, comi'rising literally "every- 

 thing for the garden" that is sold in 

 the fall. 



R. & J Farquhar & Co., Boston,. 

 Mass. — Autumn Catalogue, 1910. The 

 covers of this splendid publication are 

 in dark green ink, showing Darwin 

 Tulip Beds, and Daffodils in Wood- 

 land. The halt-tone illustrations are 

 numerous and beautiful and the typo- 

 graphical work is excellent through- 

 out. 



INCORPORATED. 



Columbus, Ohio. — Cleveland Florists' 

 Exchange, captial stock $15,000. In- 

 corporators, George W. Smith and 

 others. 



Lagrange, La. — E. L. Johnson Seed 

 and Plant Co., capital stock $3,000. 

 Incorporators, E. L. Johnson, W. J. 

 Cleveland and L. A. Cleveland. 



Louisville, Ky. — C. B. Thompson & 

 Co., florists, capital stock $5,000. In- 

 corporators, Cora B. Thompson, Louis 

 P. Remraers and Joseph L. Able. 



Yonkers, N. Y. — Japanese Nursery 

 & Construction Co., to import and sell 

 Japanese plants, shrubs, trees, etc.. 

 lay out Japanese gardens and build 

 Japanese tea houses, etc., capital 

 stock $25,000. Incorporators, Kengo 

 Moriya, Yonkers, N. Y.; H. Brevoort 

 Odell, Yonkers, N. Y.; George W. 

 Dobbs, Yonkers, N. Y. 



San Francisco, Calif. — The Mac- 

 Rorie-McLaren Company have incor- 

 porated under the laws of the State 

 of California, with a total capitaliza- 

 tion of $75,000.00. The officers of the 

 Company are: Daniel MacRorie, presi- 

 dent; Henry Maier, vice-president; 

 Donald McLaren, secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



This firm has also taken over all 

 the nursery and greenhouse stock of ' 

 the Stockdale Nurseries, and has 

 opened an office In Burlingame. 



