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HORTICULTURE 



April 15, 1911 



Seed Trade 



Weather a Drawback. 



Cold unseasonable weather continues 

 and retail seedsmen who are largly de- 

 pendent on counter trade are becoming 

 very anxious over the outlook. Many 

 feel that ground once lost in this busi- 

 ness is never w-holly recovered and 

 there is ample reason for more or less 

 discouragement. However, warm 

 weather must soon malie its appear- 

 ance and then there will be busy times 

 ahead for all those in the retail trade. 



Canning Machinery and Supplies As- 

 sociation. 



Some weeks ago the directors of the 

 Canning Machinery and Supplies As- 

 sociation met in Chicago and decided 

 to hold a machinery exhibit at the an- 

 nual convention in 1912, provided the 

 place selected for the convention is not 

 so remote as to make the transporta- 

 tion charges on the machinery back 

 and forth too expensive to make an ex- 

 hibit desirable. Some time ago it was 

 announced that Rochester, N. Y., 

 would probably be the place chosen 

 and it still looks that way, although 

 the matter has not been tinally dis- 

 posed of, and other cities have been 

 bidding for the convention. Some time 

 this month the matter will be finally 

 settled. 



Canners' By-products. 



These seedsmen who are subscribers 

 to "The National Canner and Dried 

 Fruit Packer," the leading organ of 

 the canning industry, may have no- 

 ticed the advertisements of seed for 

 sale mainly by canners. Odd lots of 

 peas, beans, corn, and tomato seed are 

 offered, and one may often wonder 

 where all this stuff comes from. Well, 

 some of this seed offered is no doubt 

 high-grade stock, but much of it is 

 junk, being largely by-products of the 

 canneries. While these concerns are 

 very severe in their criticisms of the 

 seedsmen, if everything does not pan 

 out to their entire satisfaction, they 

 ■do not hesitate to unload any old thing 

 on one another. 



Conflicting Legislation. 

 Reference was made in a recent is- 

 sue to legislation affecting canned 

 goods, and it was remarked that our 

 canner friends are having their 

 troubles much as the seedsmen, from 

 ignorant and more or less rediculous 

 and impractical legislation. It would 

 seem as if these two industries might 

 very properly work together to secure 

 a national law that would be reason- 

 able and practical, and so far as possi- 

 ble bring about the repeal of state 

 laws, many of which are conflicting, 

 and in trying to carry out the provis- 

 ions of one state act they not infre- 

 quently find themselves in conflict 

 with those of other states. The only 

 sensible course to follow in the adop- 

 tion of laws regulating inter-state 

 commerce, is for the National Govern- 

 ment to legislate in the matter and we 

 believe the necessity tor this will ul- 

 timately be seen by all interested par- 

 ties and put into effect. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



It has been decided to hold the next 

 annual convention of the American 

 Seed Trade Association at Marble- 



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EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY 



The First Ruffled Gladioli 



GLADIOLUS KUNDERDI "GLORY" 



Wavy, ruffled petals .give the flower the appearance 

 of an Orchid. Color, creamy pink. 

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



Write for Special Circular. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St. Phila., Pa. 



head, Mass. The convention will meet 

 on June 20th, 21st and 22nd, 1911. 



The hotel selected is the "Rock- 

 mere," one of the very best hotels on 

 the famous North Shore of Massachu- 

 setts. The hotel occupies a beauti- 

 ful and commanding view of one of 

 the finest harbors, as well as the most 

 interesting on the Atlantic Coast. On 

 one side the deep waters and bold 

 rocks of the coast lined with beautiful 

 summer homes, and on the other the 

 old colonial fort, form a vivid and con- 

 trasting picture of the old and the 

 new. 



Nearly every room at the "Rock- 

 mere" commands this beautiful view. 

 The old town of Marblehead with its 

 ancient churches, hip roofed mansions, 

 with brass-door knockers, little old- 

 fashioned flower gardens and the wind- 

 ing, twisting streets, with its ancient 

 and historical landmarks, makes it one 

 of the most interesting places on the 

 New England coast. Marblehead is 

 only 17 miles from Boston. Trains 

 on the Boston & Maine Railway leave 

 every hour from the North Union sta- 

 tion and tickets. can be purchased di- 

 rect to Marblehead and baggage 

 checked through. 



It is thought by some of the officers 

 of the Association, that this, the 29th 

 Annual Meeting of the Association 

 will be the largest ever held. Extra 

 efforts are being made tor an unusual- 

 ly good program and there will be 

 plenty of amusement, with special en- 

 tertainment provided for the ladies. 



Free Seeds in Bayonne. 



Bayonne has a "growing" population. 

 Several sacks filled with fiower and vege- 

 table seeds were received at the Bayonue 

 City Democratic Clubhouse, Broadway and 

 Twenty-seventh street, recently, and before 

 nightfall two or three thousand packages 

 had been distributed. The callers from the 

 Ccntreville section started a run on tomato, 

 lettuce and other vegetable seeds, while the 

 flower seed packages were much in demand 

 b.v residents in the Bergen Point section 

 and the territory north of Tweuty-seventh 

 street. The seeds were sent under the 

 frank of Congressman Eugene F. Kinkead. 

 The Bayonne City Republican Club was not 

 forgotten either. There are numerous Re- 

 publicans in Bayonne who like vegetables 

 and flowers grown b.v themselves in their 

 own garden plots. — ^'Jersey City journal." 



Where's O'Mara? 



Notes. 



The Jensen Floral Farms of Cocker- 

 ham, Lancashire, England, has opened 

 an office at 546 Fifth Avenue, New 



York City, for the sale of EDglish 

 flower seeds, so-called. 



We have heard nothing recently 

 about damage to California seed crops 

 and conclude that the reports which 

 recently came from the coast had not 

 a serious foundation, or at least that 

 the alarm expressed by some of the 

 California seed growers was hardly 

 justified by the facts. 



Potatoes from Maine are being 

 placed on the market in St. John, N. 

 B., at 40 cents a barrel less than the 

 prevailing wholesale price for the 

 home product. Several local grocers 

 have placed orders for potatoes with 

 Maine dealers for $1.60 per barrel, de- 

 livered in St. John, freight and duty 

 paid. The same dealers found that 

 they could not get the home-grown 

 product delivered there for less than 

 $2 a barrel. And yet the Maine 

 Grangers are afraid of reciprocity! 



CHOICE SEEDS 



FOR PRESENT PLANTINQ 



Stocks, Asters, Chinese Primulars, 



etc. 



THOMAS J. GREY CO. 



32 Sontb market Street, Boston. 



SEEDS 



BULBS 



For Immediate Planting 

 Finest Florist Strains 



'*BUDS" 



C. R. CLOECKNER, Pres. 



76 Barclay Street, New York 



MEW CROP FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS 



Vinea separate colors and mixed, 

 per ounce 50c.; Verbena Mammoth 

 in colore or mixed, per ounce 60c; 

 Salvia Splendens, per ounce $1.25; 

 Bonfire, per ounce $2.00; Cobaea 

 Scandens, Stocks, Lobelia, etc. Write 

 for wholesale catalogue. 



WEEBER &. DON 

 Seed Merchants and Growers, 1 U Chambers St , . CIt) 



ONION SETS 



HEADQUARTERS TOR 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 ap- 

 plication. 



8. D. WOODRUFF &. SONS, 



S: DeT Street, 

 Orangre, Conn. New York C\tj, 



