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HORTICULTURE 



December 24, 191'J 



Seed Trade 



The Buist Estate. 



The will of the late Robert Buist was 

 probated on the 19th inst. The bulk of 

 the estate is left in trust to his grand- 

 daughter. The executors are Harry C. 

 Stabler and the Fidelity Trust Co. The 

 reversion is to the Robert Buist Co. 

 The company is a corporation of which 

 the present heads are: Harry C. Stab- 

 ler, E. J. Flood and Alfred Kocher- 

 sperger. Bequests of various kinds are 

 made; among them being fSOO to Chas. 

 Ramage and $1000 to Miss Lilian Inns- 

 ley, employes at the seed store. Mr. 

 Buist is reputed to have been a million- 

 aire; but the will for probate purposes 

 is stated as $100,000 and upwards. 



Notes. 



Santa Ana, Calif. — The Haven Seed 

 Co. has changed from Lodi to Santa 

 Ana. 



Cassvllle, Mo. — The building occu- 

 pied by the Cassvllle Produce & Seed 

 Co. was destroyed by fire Dec. 6th; 

 no insurance. 



Shenandoah, la. — The Shenandoah 

 Seed Co., incorporated, capital stock 

 $10,000. Incorporators, Henry Field 

 and H. E. Eaton. 



Moulton, la.— A. C. Croft Seed Co., 

 Incorporated, capital stock $10,000. A. 

 C. Croft, president; Sam Richardson, 

 vice-president, and E. L. Stickney, 

 secretary and treasurer.. 



Montlcello, Fla. — The Jefferson 

 County Seed Co., R. L. McCall presi- 

 dent, and G. C. McCall Secretary and 

 treasurer, has been organized here. 

 They will grow watermellon seed for 

 the trade only. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



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

 Wholesale Price List for Florists and 

 Market Gardeners. Mailed to the trade 

 only and every one in the trade should 

 have a copy. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.— 

 Christmas Decorations, Yuletide 1910. 

 Printed in green and red, a most en- 

 ticing little publication that surely will 

 sell the goods. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. 

 — Choice New Sweet Peas for 1911, and 

 Burpee Quality Wholesale Seed List 

 for 1911. Nothing better in the coun- 

 try or out of It. 



John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, L. I., 

 N. Y.— Trade Price List of Gladioli for 

 1911. Also includes other summer- 

 flowering bulbs for which this estab- 

 lishment is headquarters. Illustrated. 



F. E. Conine Nursery Co., Stratford, 

 Conn. — Catalogue of Nursery Stock for 

 Fall 1910 and Spring 1911. A very 

 complete list, freely illustrated. Full 

 of good material for the landscape 

 gardener. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White 

 Marsh, Md. — "Vincent's Geraniums," 

 1911. This is practically an album of 

 handsome full-page portraits of new 

 and desirable zonal pelargoniums, of 

 which this house makes a specialty. 

 A wholesale pricelist of all the 1909 

 and 1910 novelties is Included. 



A. T. Boddington, New York City.— 

 Boddington's Garden Guide. Good as 

 ever and better if that is possible. The 

 full-page plates of sweet-peas, petu- 

 nias, etc., are particularly fine. The 

 cover design is by Harry A. Bunyard, 

 a delicate treatment in pale green and 



Henry F. Michell Co., 



518 Market St., 

 PHILA., . - PA. 



lavender grey outlined in silver. An 

 up-to-date production all through. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The funeral of the late Robert Buist, 

 Jr., was largely attended on the 16th 

 inst., by prominent social and business 

 representatives in this city. Among 

 the honorary pall bearers were W. 

 Atlee Burpee, Alexander Forbes, How- 

 ard M. Earl and Henry F. Michell. 



Walter F. Fancourt of the National 

 Farm School never loses an opportu- 

 nity in his lectures to dilate on the 

 dignity of labor. He always impresses 

 on his pupils that they are "horny- 

 handed sons of toil," and makes them 

 fulfill that dictum to the letter. He is 

 producing fine crops with those green 

 boys. 



The Flora Gardens at North Wales 

 had the following distinguished visit- 

 ors on the 15th inst., under guidance 

 of Samuel S. Pennock: Charles H. 

 Totty, Robert Simpson and Chas. 

 Weben, representing the awards com- 

 mittee of the New York Florists' 

 Club. On their return to Philadelphia 

 they met Wm. Duckham, Harry Turner 

 ajid other congenial friends at a 

 luncheon at Dooner's Hotel. 



M. Rice & Co. report that they have 

 had the largest season's business in 

 their history and that everyone from 

 the heads of the house down to the er- 

 rand boys are rejoicing in this great 

 success. All orders have been filled 

 promptly, although it has taken night 

 and day work of all hands to do It. 

 But the enthusiasm of the force is 80 

 great that all this extra exertion came 

 willingly and proudly. It takes execu- 

 tive ability of a high order to inspire 

 this spirit in the personnel of any es- 

 tablishment. 



William Colflesh, who passed away 

 on the 15th inst,, was buried at King- 

 sessing on the 19th. The last rites 

 were taken part in by a large delega- 

 tion from the Florists' Club and other 

 bodies, from his late residence. Beauti- 

 ful floral emblems — including that of 

 the Florists' Club — of which he was a 

 charter member, and for many years 

 treasurer, graced the obsequies. The 

 large attendance was a splendid tribute 

 to the love and esteem in which the 

 deceased was held by his brother 

 tr ade smen and neighbors, 

 "tf you can show me a better piece of 



one color half-tone than Dreer's Pa- 

 cific Rose List frontispiece I'll take my 

 hat off. There is depth, form, sugges- 

 tiveness of the finest kind in this. 

 Even the various gradations of color 

 are suggested if that were possible, 

 and it is. The best flower in the pic- 

 ture is Lady Ashton so far as the pic- 

 ture goes but when one begins to ana- 

 lyze — the Konigin Carola finally looms 

 up as the greatest in the five great 

 roses represented, a wonderful flower. 

 But of course they are all wonderful 

 and no mistake can be made in order- 

 ing them all. 



Professor G. W. Gregge of State Col- 

 lege, Pa., will be the lecturer at the 

 Michell seed store Dec. 27th at 11 a. 

 m. The subject will be "March Gar- 

 dening" and will be illustrated with 

 exhibits of the more important ad- 

 juncts in the mechanical develop- 

 ment of this industry — such as cold 

 frames, hot beds, etc. This series has 

 created much attention among horti- 

 culturists in this section and we feel 

 sure Professor Gregge will receive a 

 cordial welcome. The Michell firm, 

 under the skillful piloting of Henry F. 

 Michell. the head of the house, aided 

 by an able staff, deserves credit for 

 broadening out the functions of the 

 modern seed store, and for making it 

 more useful than ever to the general 

 public. 



Visitors: D. McKenzie of John 

 Scott's. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Louis 

 Schmutz, Flatbush, N. Y.; Walter Fan- 

 court, National Farm School, Doyles- 

 town, Pa.; Charles L. Seybold, Balti- 

 more, Md.; Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa.; Mayberg & Hoover, Washington, 

 D. C. Gh.0. C. WATSON. 



BURLAP MATS 



For Cold Frames 

 $1.25, $14.50 DOZ. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS. 



42 Vesey St., New York. 



