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December 5, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRAilE ASSOOATKIM 



Oflftcerg — President, lister L. Morse, 

 San Francisco. Calif.; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J. M. I.ui>ton, Mattituck, 1,. I.; 

 Second Vice-President, E. C. Dungan, 

 Pliiladelptiia. Pa.; Secretary and Treas- 

 arer, C. £. Kendel, ClereJand, O.; As- 

 sistant Secretary, S. F. Willard, Jr., 

 Cleveland, O. 



Chicago Seed Notes. 



The Leonard Seed Co. is quoted as 

 saying that all seed crops are coming 

 In short, with the exception of onion 

 seeds, of which there are plenty. In 

 the case of beans, there was an abun- 

 dance of pods but they did not fill, 

 which explains the way early predic- 

 tion came to be so favorable to a large 

 crop. Weather conditions which, of 

 course, could not be foreseen, prevent- 

 ed the filling of the pods and changed 

 a big crop to a small one. Onion set 

 conditions are normal. Quality has 

 never been better. High nrices are 

 looked for after Jan. 1st. 



As this country is not growing one- 

 half the beet, carrot, radish and spin- 

 ach seeds that it uses, a shortage in 

 European seed crops will mean a short- 

 age here, though the usual quantity 

 grown here is as large as usual this 

 year. Mr. (Mark says that no seeds 

 are being imported for the garden, that 

 could not easily be grown in this coun- 

 try, and the shortage bound to come 

 next year and in following years, on 

 acount of the war, could be taken care 

 of here, if planned for in time. 



The advance guard of the salesmen 

 for the California seed houses have 

 reached Chicago, and many of them 

 finished their work and started east- 

 ward. Among tlie houses represented 

 were Kimberlin Seed Co.. Santa Clara. 

 Calif.; California Seed Growers' Ass'n, 

 Santa Clara, Calif.; Pieters, Wheeler & 

 Co., Hollister, Calif.; C. C. Morse Co., 

 San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. V. John- 

 son. Los Angeles, Calif.; W. J. Fosgate, 

 Santa Clara, Calif. 



Mrs. Victor Johanson. Los Angeles, 

 Calif., whose husband died two years 

 ago, is making her first trip in the in- 

 terests of the business. She is meet- 

 ing with success and had some good 

 orders on her books while in Chicago. 



Notes. 



For the week ending November 

 21, the receipts of grass seeds into the 

 port of New York were valued at $11,- 

 856; sugar beet seed, $19.5.6.38: trees 

 and plants, $49,837. 



Chicago. — A. Henderson, who has 

 had years of experience with the sell- 

 ing of bulbs and was in Holland 

 among the bulb fields when the war 

 broke out, says that he feels sure that 

 should we never import another bulb, 

 the United States could produce 

 enough to supply the trade. He says 

 it is not a condition of soil or climate 

 that is keeping us from bulb growing 

 but lack of capital and the high prices 

 of labor here. Mr. Henderson says 

 that their business is about equal to 

 that of last year and that his sales- 

 men are working the field now for 

 next year, determined to be optimis- 

 tic. 



THE POTASH SUPPLY. 



To the Editor of Hdiiru ultiirk: 



Judging by the numerous inqui'-ies 

 received, we believe that a statement 

 of the potash situation mav be of in- 

 terest to your readers. 



At the outbreak of the Avar the ship- 

 pmg season for potash from Germany 

 was at Its height, but since then the 

 shipments have been made only in 

 limited quantities. The prospect, how- 

 ever, IS that they will increase as time 

 goes on. Potash is not contraband of 

 war and none of the nations at war 

 objects to its movement in neutral 

 ships. There is. however, great difli- 

 culty in securing railway and river 

 equipment to move it from the mines 

 and storehouses to the coast. The 

 mines are in good condition and 

 enough workmen not subject to mili- 

 tary service are available to keep them 

 in operation. 



The interruption of traffic has not 

 made American soils or crops any less 

 liungry for potash. Most of the" lead- 

 ing fertilizer manufacturers have 

 agreed to utilize their present supplies 

 of potash in the effort to supply fer- 

 tilizers with at least 2 or .3 per cent of 

 potash next spring and the supplie.s on 

 hand at the outbreak of the war were 

 said to be sufficient for this purpose. 

 There is, therefore, no reason why 

 farmers should not secure some potash 

 in their goods, although the usual 5 to 

 HI per cent, might not be obtained. 

 H. A. Hir.sro.N. 

 Sec'y German Kali Works. 

 New York. 



COLOR DISCORDS IN GARDEN 

 FLOWERS. 



The following communication comes 

 from one of our readers who has been 

 for many years, as he states, "a fairly 

 successful decorator." 

 Editor HoKTRtLTrTK: 



In the article by Mr. Rothe on 

 Lychnis. I understand his idea to be 

 that many plants are neglected on ac- 

 count of shades of color not harmon- 

 izing. For many years I have had the 

 idea that different shades of the same 

 flower hormonize. We see all shades 

 of geraniums together without any se- 

 rious shock to our nerves. At the ex- 

 hibitions of chrysantliemums, dahlias, 

 gladioli, are we shocked at the prox- 

 imity of any of the colors of the same 

 flower? Do not many of the new va- 

 rieties of chrysanthemums, dahlias, 

 gladioli have, within a single flower! 

 combinations we would not arrange to- 

 gether? Let the gardeners beware how 

 they try to combine the same shades 

 we see in above flowers, in different 

 species of plants. Also they should 

 remember that white harmonizes with 

 all shades, and can be used to tone any 

 objectionable color, that for other rea- 

 sons should be used. We would not 

 dare to question the good taste of the 

 Creator, in assembling the colors and 

 shades in the autumn foliage of our 

 forests, swamps and thickets. 



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