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HORTICULTURE 



February 11, 1911 



Seed Trade 



A Danger Signal. 



Referring to the remarks in last 

 week's Issue of HORTICULTURE, in 

 regard to Dreer's 1911 Catalogue, a 

 book that might appropriately be 

 termed "An encyclopedia of what's 

 what in American horticulture," we 

 deem it well to add emphasis to one 

 important point, namely, the cultural 

 notes therein, by the best American 

 authorities. No other American cata- 

 logue has this important feature so 

 well carried out, and as for the Eu- 

 ropean catalogues which give direc- 

 tions for European conditions, these, 

 as was pointed out to us recently by 

 a leading horticulturist, are not only 

 inapplicable to American conditions, 

 but often positively dangerous and 

 likely to end in disaster for any one 

 following them. This point should be 

 given prominence by all horticultural 

 journals, whose very reason for exist- 

 ence is to educate and improve along 

 such correct lines as have been found 

 by experience to be best for the vary- 

 ing climatic conditions of this great 

 continent. Each of these journals 

 should have a danger signal flying 

 high and constantly warning against 

 the implicit following of instructions 

 emanating from sources where differ- 

 ent climatic conditions prevail. One 

 of our most valued correspondents 

 urges the great importance of the fore- 

 going facts. He states that he served 

 an apprenticeship of nine years in the 

 old country and thought he knew 

 something of the business, but found 

 when he came to America 27 years ago 

 that he had to start in and learn all 

 over again. "What's what" in Europe 

 isn't "what's what" in America, and 

 vice versa is equally true. 



Ohio's "Pure Seed" Bill. 



"If the Huber seed bill passes the 

 Ohio legislature, it will put the field 

 seed merchant out of business, kill 

 the Toledo clover seed market, which 

 is now the largest in the world," said 

 John Smith, of the S. W. Flower Co. 

 "The main objection is in what the 

 bill terms noxious seeds. This in- 

 cludes quack grass, Canadian thistle, 

 clover and alfalfa dodder, field dodder, 

 oxeye daisy, buckhorn and plantain. 

 The bill specifies that only one nox- 

 ious seed berry can be allowed out 

 of every 2,000. The peculiar thing 

 about the bill is that it permits 

 growers to sell seed without restric- 

 tion as to quality."— To/r(yo Blade. 



Notes. 



Delaware, Ohio. — Miss Jennie C. Cox 

 expects to move her seed store from 

 North Sandusky street to West Win- 

 ter street. 



Ossining, N. Y. — A store in the Wolf 

 Building has been taken by E. T. 

 Haines & Co., florists and seedsmen of 

 Bedford Mills. 



Chickasha, Okla. — A seed store has 

 been opened by Edward Ritchie at 

 111 North 4th street. Mr. Bitchie was 

 formerly with the Farrington Seed Co. 



Withee, Wis. — Sixteen hundred 

 acres of land near here have been 

 purchased by the Ferguson Seed Co. 

 of Minneapolis upon which they in- 

 tend to establish a seed farm. 



Garden Grove, Cal. — J. J. Swartz- 

 baugh has just finished the shipment 

 of three tons of cucumber seed, of 

 several different varieties. They were 

 bought by the Musser Seed Company 



EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY 



The First Ruffled Gladioli 



GLADIOLUS KUNDERDI "GLORY" 



Wavy, ruffled petals give the flower the appearence 

 of an Orchid. Color, creamy pink. 

 Each 20c ; Doz . $2.00 ; 100 $15.00 



Wiite for Special Circular. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St. 



Phila., Pa. 



of Los Angeles for eighteen cents 

 per pound. — Los Angeles Times. 



The seventh annual convention of 

 the Canadian Seed Growers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at the Canadian 

 Building, Ottawa. Ont.. on Thursday 

 and Friday, February 16th and 17th. 



All the St. Louis seed houses have is- 

 sued handsome spring catalogues. St. 

 Louis Seed Co., Schuler Cornell Seed 

 Co., C. Young & Sons, and Schester 

 Grain Co. all say they expect a big 

 spring business this year. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



We had a brief visit on January 30 

 from Ex-Mayor Philip Breitmeyer of 

 Deti'oit, who passed through our city 

 en route for the West Indies. 



Owen Parry, the popular salesman at 

 the Phila. Cut Flower Co.'s had to go 

 to the Hahneman Hospital on the 1st 

 inst. with a broken wrist — compound 

 fracture. The accident happened from 

 a slip on a calla stem on the store 

 floor. Progressing favorably — the 

 other wing and the good head — for a 

 deal as efficient as ever. 



Dr. L. H. Bailey will give a lecture on 

 "The Country Life Situation," at the 

 University of Pennsylvania, on Friday, 

 March 3rd. All members of the P. H. 

 3. and Florists' Club are given a cor- 

 dial invitation by the Pennsylvania 

 Chapter of the Society of Sigma XL 

 Further particulars can be had by 

 addressing T. J. Schwatt, president 

 of the Chapter. 



Charles B. Herr of Strasburg leads the 

 procession with exhibition quality car- 

 nations. On being asked what peculiar 

 methods he used, what soil, what man- 

 agement, or what other means in get- 

 ting such results. Mr. Herr modestly 

 replied that he had done nothing out 

 of the ordinary but had treated his soil 

 as always recommended by HORTI- 

 CULTURE and other reliable authori- 

 ties — giving the plants the best possi- 

 ble care, and being exceedingly vigi- 

 lant in regard to temperature, etc. 

 Anyone wishing to see for himself is 

 welcome to pay Mr. Herr a visit, and 

 see and hear all about it. "Seeing is 

 believing." 



Visitors: this week Mr. Radcliffe 

 of Radcliffe & Tanner, Richmond. Va.; 

 Mrs. John Barrows, Toledo, O.; W. G. 

 Foster. Palm Beach, Fla.; Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit, Mich.: M. C. Ebel, 



Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.; 0. 

 V. Zanger, Hoboken, N. J.; J. A. 

 Peterson, Cincinnati, O.; 0. A. 0. 

 Oehmler, secretary Washington Flor- 

 ists' Club, Washington, D. C; Henry 

 Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



982,500. Lifter for Sashes of Green- 

 houses and the Like. Dab- 

 iel Iliffe, Somerville, Mass, 



982,575. Transplanter, John B, Car- 

 penter, Colquitt, Ga., as- 

 signor of one-half to Wil- 

 liam J. Bush, Colquitt, Ga. 



Jack Frost Mats 



For Cold Frames 

 $1.25, $14.50 DOZ. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Vesey St., New York 



NEW CROP FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS 



Vinoa separate colors ami mixed, 

 per ounce 50c.; Verliena Mammoth 

 in colors or mixed, per oimce GOc; 

 Salvia Splenden-s. per ounce $1.25; 

 Bonfire, per ounce .$2.00; Cobaea 

 Scandens, Stocks. Lobelia, etc. Write 

 for wholesale catalogue. 



WEEBER A. DON 

 Seed Merchants anil Growers, 114 Chambers St . N. V City 



ONION SEED-ONION SETS 



We are extensive growers and dealers. 



Write for prices on the 1910 crop, Vfe are 



also submitting contract flgures tor the 

 1011 crop of Onion Seed. 



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