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May II, 1»IK 



SEED TRADE 



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OIBc»r»— Prr^Mfnl. K. W. ItolsUa*, 

 I M»blotlon. II I'.; Klr«t \ lr«^ l'r«^ld»«l, 

 Hm It Itrmi-l.ll. Itolllniore. Ud. . H«a«a4 

 \lo»-l'iT.liifnt. l>«>ld l«urp«^ rhll»4»U 

 yhl^ l'» ; hf-crrtmr7-Tr > »<nr»r, C. K. 

 IL«od«l. l'lr<rlaj>d, O. 



Forage-Plant Seeds Imported During 

 April. 

 The following table prt-pariMl in thf 

 Seed Laboratory of the Itureau ol 

 Plant industry. United States Depart- 

 ment of AgrUulture, shows the amount 

 of the various kinds of foliage-plant 

 seeds subject to the seed importation 

 act permitted entry into the UnltiMi 

 Slates during the month of April. 

 1918, as compared with April. 1917: 



April April 



Kind of SMd 1«1'7 „ l"!*; 



Pounde roumlB 



Alfalfa 335.700 



Hliii'Crass: «n rjm 



CaiiuUM ou.ouu 



KfiKucky 



I *lovi»r ; 



•,;^^r"" ::::::: mils 



White :::;::.■.■ iiM«Hi 



I'liiviT Mixtures: 



.\lsike and Timothy l.:tOO 



Timothy. Alsike and 

 White l."""! 



Millet : , , ^^ 



Hungarian tli.oOO 



Itroniii Corn 00,100 



Mixtures, grass 4.000 



Uape 



ItveijraBs: 



EriElish .'5I.400 



Italian ^... 12,900 



Timothy ;v;.;A 



Veleh. hairy 52,500 



111,50" 

 324,01 "I 



2.'i7.7i"i 

 1:15,366 



5,6tM( 

 :i.'>1.7l)<' 



211,1011 



11,100 



3,400 



Seed Trade Notes. 



Lancaster, Pa.— The seed store of 

 Sprecher & Sons was destroyed by 

 fire recently. 



Richmond, Va. — Fire destroyed 

 much of the farm and garden seed of 

 T. W. Wood & Sons' stock on April 

 2?.. 



The importation of grass and other 

 seeds from Glasgow to this country in- 

 creased from $3,224 in the first quar- 

 ter of 191" to $12,580 in 1918. 



Co., 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Danbury, Ct. — Cornell Flower 

 capital stock, $10,000. 



Springfield, O. — Lagonda Floral Co., 

 capital stock, $25,00fi. Incorporator, 

 n. W. Hogue. 



Enid, Okla. — Lopeman Nursery Com- 

 pany, capital stock $,50,000. Incorpora- 

 tors, J. O. & J- A. Lopeman and Chas. 

 N. Harmon. 



Fort Worth, Tex. — Southern Florist 

 Company, capital stock, $10,000. In- 

 corporators, L. J. Tackett. \V. .1. Baker 

 and C. A. Byars. 



Rowayton, Conn. — The directors of 

 the Rowayton Greenhouses give pub- 

 lic notice of an agreement by the stock- 

 liolders that the corporate existence ol 

 the corporation is to be terminated. 

 They warn every creditor of said cor- 

 poration to present his claims on or 

 before the 3rd day of September. 1918. 

 All claims against said corporation 

 should be sent to the Traendly & 

 Schenck Rowayton Greenhouses. Inc.. 

 Rowayton. Norwalk, Connecticut. 



Begonias 



Farquhar's Tuberous-Rooted 



As Heddinj; Plants these are unsurpassed for bril- 

 liancy anti richness of color. 



Single Variety in si.\ colors, $1.00 per dozen ; 

 ?7.50 per 100. 



Double and New Frilled Varieties Prices on 

 application. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 



6 South Market Street, Boston, Mass. 





BeDd for our Wholesale 

 Florl>t CBtologDe Now 

 RMMly. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



FQR EARLY FLOWERING 



ICvcry florist should have a few <if these ilalnty flower* 

 for their Kaster trade: 100. $:i.OO; lUOO. f2S.0O. 



^ E o orj I xk s 



Diiuble-FlowrrInK — .Siiluion, Deep Ituse, Scarlet, Crlm- 



Bon. White, Vellow, Orange, Copper-Bronze. Mixed: 



luo, $«.5U; 1000, S6O.OO. 

 Slnile-Flowcrlnit Delicate Pink, Deep Rote. Scarlet. 



Crimson. White, Vellow. Orange, Salmon. Mixed: 



lou. 1^1. '5: luoo, $45.00. 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO. 



The .Sef'd .>*tore 



12 Bnd 18 Faneull Hall Hq.. Boston 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Variebe* 



Thoroughly tested at our trial {pounds, Raynmrn 



Park, London, Ej\gland. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TLSTED SEEDS, Inc., c.,^'«t:^.i u^ 



SEED GROWING CONTRACT PRICES. 



r.eans Iiwarf Snap . 

 Heans— Garden Pole. 



Beet-Garden 



Beet— Mangel 



Beet— Sugar 



I'nhhage 



Carrot 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Cucumber 



Kale 



Lettuce 



.Nhiskuiclon 



WaliTincloD 



Onion Seed 



Onion Sets 



parsley 



Parsnip 



Peas — Garden 



Pepper 



Pumpkin 



HncUsh 



Salsify 



Spinach 



Squash— Summer . . . 



Squash — Winter 



Swi-et Corn 



Tomato 



Turnip— EnglUh 



Turnip— Swede 



Hull. Mass. — Fire last Saturday 

 afternoon destroyed the greenhouse 

 together with its contents on Fi-ont 

 street owned by George Hopkins, 

 causing a loss of $2,000. on which 

 there was no insurance. A spark 

 from a brush fire was the cause. 



