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April -il. 1918 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAS SEED TKADE ASSOCIATION 



UIBerr*— rrralilriit. K. W. ll..l»l««o. 

 Wa>hlD(l<>n. I>. f.; Klr-I \ Irr- |-rr.l.l»»t. 

 Win «> M..rlflt. IUUIiii..rr. U-> . »t««o»d 

 Vlop-|-rr>l<lriit. Kn.l^l lliirp^, rhllBd.l- 

 phlm I'm.; Mrrrrl«rr-Tre»»ur«r, C ». 

 Kcndcl. ClixrUntI, U. 



All Embargoes Lifted on Seed. 

 Field and garden seed will be un- 

 conditionally exempted from all em- 

 bargoes, accordinp to an announce- 

 ment from the Inlted States Depart- 

 ment of ARrlculture. followinK a con- 

 ference between Kdward Chambers, 

 director of traffic for the United 

 States Railroad Administration: Clar- 

 ence Ousley, Assistant Secretary of 

 Agriculture; and other members of 

 the Department of Agriculture. In- 

 structions will be issued to all rail- 

 roads in the United States by the di- 

 rector of traffic to do everything pos- 

 sible to expedite the movement of 

 field and garden seed. 



Notes. 

 Exports of seed from Denmark to 

 the United States decreased from 

 $.'?43.754 in 191C to $92,532 in 1917. 



Philadelphia. — The seed stores are 

 all busy this weel< but there does -not 

 seem to be last spring's excitement 

 about onion sets and potatoes. The 

 farmers seem to have been holding 

 back for hif;h prices, and now they 

 are unloading too late, and the seed- 

 men who laid in big stocks at high 

 prices early last season are sufferine 

 from this illtimed avarice on the part 

 of the farmers. The seedmon are in- 

 nocent enough; but they have to suf- 

 fer from the greedy policy of the 

 farmers just the same. Many severe 

 losses are reported. 



Rochester, N. Y.— Flower seeds are 

 scarce and high. There are plenty of 

 seeds of corn, beans, peas and other 

 standbys of the home garden but 

 there may not be a sufficient quantity 

 of certain varieties of these seeds so 

 the patriotic gardener must make up 

 his mind to try some other variety. 

 Vegetable plants, such as cabbage, 

 rhubarb, tomatoes and onion sets 

 will be little, if any, higher in price 

 than last year. Spinach seed is now 

 $2.50 a lb. C. H. Vick makes the 

 cheerful prediction that in another 

 year or two seeds will be at nearly 

 the old level, since American growers 

 are making every effort to stimulate 

 home production in this country and 

 become independent of the European 

 seed trade which even after the war 

 will be unable to supply the jobbers 

 here. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Backyard Garden, By Edward 

 I. Farrington.— A timely book by a 

 studious and observant writer who 

 has made a very favorable impression 

 wherever he has appeared as a lectur- 

 er and who possesses a most captivat- 

 ing style and manner in his writings 

 or oral efforts to advance the art of 

 gardening as a popular, useful recrea- 

 tion. The incentive for the present 

 volume is the indispensability of the 

 "War Garden" as a factor in winning 

 victory in the great world conflict. 

 The volume is a handbook of distinct 

 value for the amateur garden-maker. 



Begonias 



Farquhar's Tuberous-Rooted 



As lit-diiinj,; rianis liicse are unsurpasst-tl for bril- 

 liancy and richness of color. 



Single Variety in six colors, $i oo per dozen; 

 $7.50 per 100. 



Double and New Frilled Varieties Prices on 

 application. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 



6 South Market Street, Boston, Mass. 



Brnd for oar Wholesale 

 Florist CataloKue Now 

 Krady. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



FOR EARLY FLOWERING 



I^vcry floriat sliould hove a few of tlicse dnlnty flowers 

 for tliL-ir truster trade: 100, S^I.OO: looo, $i».oo. 



Kouble-FloH-erlnit— Salmon, Deep Hose, Scarlet, Crlm- 



Biin, Whlif. Vcllow. Orange, Copper-llrouze. Mixed: 



lUII, $G..'>0; 1000, »60.00. 

 Slnglr-FloHerlnK Delliate Pink, Deep Rose, Searlet, 



Ci'iiiisiiii. White, Vellow, Urauge, SuluiuD. Mixed: 



100, $4.7S; 1000, (4S.00. 



FOTTLER, FISKE. RAWSON CO. 



The Se^d Store 12 and 13 Funeull Hall Sij.. lioiton 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Tlioroughly tested at our trial grounds, Rasoies 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., cmerc. Biai..B..t.V Ma... 



its chapters are instructive on strictly 

 practical lines, and its topics are well 

 selected and comprehensive. It is 

 compact and completely indexed and 

 the binding is waterproof. Published 

 by Laird & Lee, Chicago, at $1.00. 

 Copies can be supplied by Hortkul- 



TlltK. 



The prospecters and schedule of 

 premiums for the seventy-eighth an- 

 nual New York State Fair to be held 

 at Syracuse on September 9-14, 1918, 

 has been received. Department I, un- 

 der charge of David Lumsden of 

 Ithaca, as superintendent, is devoted 

 to flowers and pot plants and the 

 prizes are very liberal for both com- 

 mercial and amateur exhibitors, 

 amounting altogether to $2,749.50. 

 Copies of the schedule may be obtained 

 on request from David Lumsden, 

 Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. 



THE TOLL OF WAR. 

 Of five sons of Mr. Leonard Sutton, 

 of Sutton & Sons. Reading, England, 

 who joined H. M. forces, four have 

 laid down their lives for their coun- 

 try, the la.st to meet death in Franco 

 being Lieut. E. M. Sutton, R. E., who 

 was killed in action in the recent 

 battles. 



A meeting of the members of the 

 executive committee of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association, with whom 

 were some invited guests, was held in 

 Ottawa, April 15th, when preliminary 

 arrangements for the 1918 convention 

 were completed. It was decide;! to 

 hold a four-day convention, August 13- 

 16 inclusive. This date will be abont 

 a week later than usual. After the 

 meeting of the Executive Monday af- 

 ternoon the electric cars were taken 

 to the greenhouses of C. Craig, on 

 Rideau Terrace, where an interesting 

 visit was made, and later a trip was 

 made to the Central Experimental 

 Farm. 



PATENT GRANTED. 



1,261,025 Fertilizer. John N. 

 New York, N. Y. 



Hott. 



Choice Flower Seeds 



FOR FLORISTS 



OINKKABIA — Prlsa strains, mlxad 



Tall and 8f>ml-<l warf. 



ALVSXL'M — l.ltllF <iiin. 



OAL,KNt>l'LwA — Oranxs Klo(, Lnnan 



Uue^n. 



■MATDRAOON— HlUer Pink. 



BEGUMA— Vrrnon. 



DELPHIM'M NEWI'ORT ROSE — 



Finest rink Larkspur at SOc per 



Ol., $2.2B por Vt lb. 



J. M.THORBURN&CO. 



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