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HORTICULTURE 



April 8, 1911 



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MICHELL'S SPECIALS FOR FLORISTS 



HYACINTH STAKES (Wood) Dyed Qreen 



Per lOO 



12 iBch $0.15 



IS •• 20 



Per ICOO Per 5000 

 $1.00 $4.25 



1.35 G.23 



UNPAiNTED STAKES OR DOWELS 



Per 100 Per lOOO 



36 in. long, Vi in. diameter $0.65 $5.25 



36 " % •' 65 5.25 



42 •' H " 75 6.00 



42 " % " 75 6.00 



The above dyed green, 10c. per 100 or 50c. per 1000 additional. 



PAPER FLOWER POTS 



Especially 



They are tlie ciieapest flower pots on tlie niiirliet. 

 aluable for sliippiug plants by express. 



Weight per 

 1000 1000 pots 



Size 

 ■■iV2. 



3 .. 



■■iV2-. 



Weight per 

 100 1000 1000 pots 

 .$0.30 $2.42 20 pounds 

 . .35 2.78 23 " 

 . .45 3.82 33 " 

 . .65 5.24 44 " 



Size 100 



4 $0.80 $6.60 38 pounds 



5 1.20 10.96 56 



6 1.65 14.68 74 



500 of any of the above in one size at 1000 rate. 



CARNATION BANDS 



Oz., 25c. ; Vi lb., Soc. ; lb., $3.00. Add postage at rate of 16c. lb. 

 to the above prices. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



50c. per 1000; $2.35 per 5000. 



SEND FOR WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE, sis Market St., Philadelphia 



Seed Trade 



The Next Convention. 



It has been practically decided that 

 the next convention of the American 

 Seed Trade Association will be held 

 either at Marblehead, Mass., or Swamp- 

 scott, with the odds at present in fa- 

 vor of the Rockmere at Marblehead. 



In view of the fact that the conven- 

 tion was held east last year and was 

 due to go west this year, it is not al- 

 together clear why it should be brought 

 so tar east again this year. It is gen- 

 erally understood that Milwaukee had 

 been selected, but owing to the fact 

 that another and very large conven- 

 tion was booked there the same week, 

 the hotels could not take care of the 

 Seed Trade Association. The chances 

 are that the attendance will be large 

 from the east but not very large from 

 the west. However, it is doubtless the 

 best arrangement that could be made 

 under the circumstances. 



Unseasonable. 

 Trade conditions have not improved 

 in the last two or three weeks owing 

 to the cold and inhospitable weather 

 of March, and April opens with the 

 same quality, and in New England 

 and in eastern and western New York 

 the weather is more like mid-winter 

 than typical April. The mercury has 

 been nearly half way to zero nearly 

 every night since the first of the 

 month, and within the last day or 

 two there has been quite a snow fall, 

 which, by the way, was regarded as 

 more of a blessing than an evil, as 

 the soil has been very dry and greatly 

 in need of moisture. 



if we were going to experience the 

 conditions of a few years ago when 

 onion seed was peddled around the 

 country below the cost of production. 

 All clouds have their silver lining, 

 however, and just at this time there 

 has been a sharp and sudden advance 

 in the prices of onions with a corre- 

 sponding increase in the demand for 

 seed. We have been informed by a 

 number of the leading retailers that 

 there has been a very satisfactory 

 movement in the onion seed line dur- 

 ing the last few weeks, and if this is 

 general it will mean that a consider- 

 able portion of the surplus will be 

 consumed. The very low price of 

 onion sets has been in marked con- 

 trast to the high and advancing price 

 of large onions, and while the latter 

 continue to advance the former do not; 

 but as a matter of fact there will be 

 very little opportunity for a further 

 decline in sets, unless they are abso- 

 lutely given away. 



Potato Outlook. 

 Some weeks ago onion sets and po- 

 tatoes were coupled In the general de- 

 cline, but within the last two or three 

 weeks there has been a marked change 

 in the market price of potatoes, and 

 today they are higher than at any 

 time during the winter and with a 

 tendency to advance to a still higher 

 level. We have been informed that 

 the Maine crop has been largely mar- 

 keted, and very small stocks are now 

 held in first hands. From present In- 

 dications we would not be surprised 

 to see an advance of from 50c. to $1.00 

 a barrel over the ruling prices of the 

 present week. 



prices are so badly demoralized as in 

 Baltimore, is an important factor to 

 be reckoned with not only by the new 

 concern, but by those already estab- 

 lished. 



Onion Seed. 



It is now so late in the season that 

 real spring weather cannot be long de- 

 layed, and if it is only continuously 

 warm when the spring does open, veg- 

 etation may be just as far advanced 

 at the first of June as last year. 



There have been reports of serious 

 damage to seed crops in California, 

 but these annual complaints are large- 

 ly discounted by the trade, and many 

 would regard a considerable shrinkage 

 of the onion seed crop as anything but 

 an unmixed evil. It begins to look as 



Baltimore Changes. 

 In our issue two weeks ago we re- 

 ferred to the impending changes in 

 the trade in Baltimore. Since that 

 time one of the proposed new concerns 

 has actually taken on corporative ex- 

 istence under the name of the C. P. 

 Wiseman Seed and Implement Co. It 

 is barely possible that the name of 

 the new concern may be changed, and 

 if so we will give information about 

 the same at an early date. There is 

 at least one other new concern seri- 

 ously discussed which may or may not 

 materialize, but the addition of even 

 one new seed house in a town where 



Hobbling the Canners. 



Our so-called scientists of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture find it often 

 difficult to prove the necessity for 

 their existence, consequently, they are 

 discovering new sources of danger to 

 the public health, and one of the latest 

 is "Salts of Tin." No doubt, there is 

 such a thing as "salts of tin," but it 

 is very doubtful if in sufficient quan- 

 tity to be a serious factor affecting 

 purity of canned foods. The fact, 

 however, that it has been discovered 

 and discussed by the Department has 

 caused the canners of the country a 

 good deal of concern and also the 

 manufacturers of cans. It is gener- 

 ally believed that this new discovery 

 will be developed and ere long pack- 

 ers of food in tin will have conditions 

 imposed on them that It will be well 

 nigh impossible for them to comply 

 with. 



The relation of the seed trade to the 

 canning industry is sufficiently close 

 to make any matter of this character 

 interesting, and as the seedsmen are 

 having their own troubles with more 

 or less ridiculous state laws, they will 

 no doubt be interested to learn that 

 the National Government is seriously 

 contemplating hobbling an allied in- 

 dustry. Important developments along 

 this line will be given from time to 

 time in HORTICULTURE. 



MEW CROP FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS 



Vinca separate colors and mixed, 

 per ounce 50c.: Verbena Mammotb 

 in colors or mixed, per ounce 60c; 

 Salvia Splendens, per ounce $1.25; 

 Bonfire, per ounce $2.00; Cobaea 



Scandens, StocliS. Lobelia, etc. Write 



tor wholesale catalogue. 



WEEBER A. DON 



Seed Merchants and Growers. 114 Chambers St, . CIti 



ONION SETS 



HEADQU.'VRTERS FOR THE EAST. 

 We carry large stocks of choice quality 

 at both our Orange, Conn., and New York 

 City houses. Full line all varieties of Gar- 

 den and Flower Seeds. Trade List on «p- 

 pilcation. 



8. D. WOODRUFF A. SONS, 



K Der Street, 

 Orange, ronn. New York City. 



