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HORTICULTURE 



February 4, 1911 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Another pure seed liill. Known as 

 No. ]0, has been introduced in the 

 Ohio legislature by Representative 

 Huber. The measure is praetically the 

 same as a number of other proposed 

 measures that have come up in the 

 last few years. Ohio seed interests are 

 opposed to any bill that involves a 

 penalty for marketing a small percent- 

 age of impure stock, on the ground 

 that it is impossible to consistently 

 grow absolutely pure seed. 



For many years the headquarters of 

 Messrs. Carter & Co. have been located 

 in High Holborn, London, but increas- 

 ing business has necessitated a move 

 into the country. The whole of the 

 staff is now comfortably ensconced in 

 the new buildings at Raynes Park. In 

 the midst of a twenty-five-acre plot a 

 handsome and commodious building 

 has been erected. The new workshop 

 is undoubtedly a model of its kind; it 

 will be a standing advertisement for 

 the firm for years to come. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



E. E. Stewart, Rives Junction, Mich. 

 — Wholesale Trade List of Gladioli for 

 1911. 



Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago— Blotter 

 and 4-page list of florists' plants, 

 roots, bulbs, etc. 



George Stevens, Peterboro, Ont. — 

 Folder Canadian Unleached Hardwood 

 Ashes. Good stuff. 



George R. Pedrick & Son., Pedrick- 

 town, N. J. — Surplus Price List of Veg- 

 etable Seeds, for the trade only. 



Good «fe Reese Co.. Springfield, 0.— 

 Spring Trade List. Roses and general 

 collection of plants, bulbs, etc., hardy 

 and tender. 



Vick & Hill Company, Rochester, N. 

 Y. — High Grade Aster Seeds. This is 

 a special offer for spring of 1911 and 

 worthy of perusal by the trade. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co.. Philadelphia, 

 Pa. — "Wholesale Catalog for Seeds- 

 man" and Dealers only who buy to 

 sell again." You can't beat it. Send 

 for a copy. 



L. E. Williams, Exeter, N. H.— 

 Price List of Collected Native Trees, 

 Shrubs and Plants. 1911. Native ma- 

 terial is coming to its own and this 

 is a good list. 



J. K. Alexander, East Bridgewater, 

 Mass.— Catalogue of Dahlias. Mr. Al- 

 exander claims to be the "Eastern 

 Dahlia King." It is a pretty fine cat- 

 alogue and we see no reason to "in- 

 surge." 



Daniel A. Clarke, Fiskeville, R. I.— 

 Clarke's Hardy. Flowers for Spring, 

 1911. As usual, a neat and compie^ 

 hensive pocket guide to the really 

 good things in hardy shrubs and jier- 

 ennial border jilants. 



Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 — Wholesale Price List of Vegetables 

 and Flower Seeds — principally the 

 former. Cover shows a liilarious old 

 gentleman — stage farmer — balancing 

 on his hand a tomato nearly as big as 

 his head. It must be a crackcrjack. 

 Contents normal. 



C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, 

 Cal. — Garden Guide for 1911. A splen- 

 did list of plants, trees and vegetable 

 and flower seeds; 132 pages, profusely 

 illustrated. Covers in colors — Golden 

 Cream corn and Tom Watson melon 

 on front, and sweet peas Marie Corelll, 

 Ethel Roosevelt and W. T. Hutchins 

 on back. 



Weeber & Don, New York City — Cat- 

 alogue of Garden, Farm and Flower 



The Man-whoknows-al'way-s So-ws 

 MICHELLS"DISTINCTIVE" SEEDS 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA 



Tlie most improved furiii of thi.s 

 V!ilu;ilfle tluwer. rich in rnltn's, size 

 of bloom jind luxuriant in growth. 

 Seeds should be sown in February 

 to produce the best plants. 



Freeh Crop Seeds .lust Arrived. 



In colors separate: Pale Lilac, 

 Pink, Deep Crimson, Pure White, 

 and all colors mixed. Trade Pkt. 

 50c. 



Write Today for Our 2911 Wholetale Catalog 



F. Michell Co., 



518 Market St., 

 PHILA., - - PA. 



Seeds for 1911. A complete and attrac- 

 tive publication, worthily represent- 

 ing this well-known house. Cover in 

 pale pea green with lettering in red 

 and white, quite distinctive in appear- 

 ance. Portrait of the Don tomato on 

 back cover page. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York, 

 N. Y.— Florists' Winter and Spring 

 Catalogue of Seeds and Bulbs for Forc- 

 ing and Planting. A business publica- 

 tion from a popular business house. 

 The "Seal of Quality" adorns the title 

 page and crowns the product sent out 

 to those who properly read and assim- 

 ilate the facts communicated between 

 its covers. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. 

 —New Floral Guide, 1911. Rose My 

 Maryland in natural colors occupies the 

 place of honor on the title page of this 

 interesting catalogue. The reproduc- 

 tion is very true to nature as is that 

 of American Pillar lose which is the 

 subject of an insert plate. The con- 

 tents are of a character to interest and 

 enthuse the amateur rose lover. 



McHutchison & Co., New York — 

 "Just Bays." This is an album of 37 

 fine half-tone illustrations of bay trees 

 singly and by the acre — standaids, py- 

 ramids and columns — bound in purple 

 covers and should be in the hands 

 of every wholesale house, with wh;jm 

 this firm deals exclusively, selling 

 nothing to retail dealers. This book 

 should be an incentive to the whole- 

 .<ale houses to push the sale ot Bays 

 more than they have done, through 

 iheir salesmen, travelers and cata- 

 logues. The demand is increasing 

 enoi mcusly. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 Dreer's Garden Book, 73rd Annual 

 Edition, 1911. This Is a work of nearly 

 300 pages and is an excellent exponent 

 of the methods and business of this 

 noted establishment. The cover is sim- 

 ple and dignified, gold letters and 

 green placque on pale gray back- 

 ground with no attempt at display, but 

 there are a number of inserts showing 

 flowers and vegetables in natural col- 

 ors. The arrangement of illustrations 

 and text is beyond criticism and an 

 immense amount of valuable informa- 

 tion for the garden lover is given in 

 concise and readable style. Many new 

 things of sterling promise are listed. 

 The plant department will be found 

 especially interesting. 



The Blue Book. 

 Howard M. Earl and W. Atlee 

 Burpee are to be congratulated. We 

 place Mr. Earl first in this instance, 

 as we have reason to believe the whole 

 book is a child of his brain — with the 

 exception of the introductory page, 

 which is in Mr. Burpee's own inimit- 

 able style. This is certainly one of the 

 achievements of the year, in seed trade 

 circles. Over forty pages are devoted 

 to florists' specialties — and no florist 

 can afford to overlook this splendid 

 compendium of all the latest and best. 

 We hasten to accord our small trib- 

 ute of merited esteem and admiration 

 for this admirable publication. 



^EW CROP FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS 



\'iiir;i >e|i;ir;il(' riiliirs ;iiiil inixcti, 

 jHM' (Unite ."ilic. ; Wrheiul ^iariiuiotll 

 ill cniois or inixtMl. per nuu< e i'ttK-; 

 t<:^\via Spremleiis, per ouih e .$1.25; 

 llniitire, per ounce .iN2.(l(t; ("olineii 



Srjindeiis, Stocks. T.oheIi;i. etc Write 



I'lir wlioles.-ilo o:it;iloyue. 



WEEBER & DON 



Seed Merchants and Growers. 114 Chambers St , N. V Cill 



Jack Frost Mats 



For Cold Frames 

 $1.25, $14.50 DOZ. 



WM, ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Vesey St., New York 



ONION SEED-ONION SETS 



We are extensne growers and dealers. 



Write fur prices od the 1910 crop. We iire- 



also submitting coutrnct figures for the 

 1911 crop of Onion Seed. 



SCHILDER BROS., 



CHILLICOTHE 

 OHIO 



QUALITimiS 



BEND rOR OATALOCtUE: 



ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON 



3** WMt 1 4th St., Maw York. 



