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HORTICULTURE 



August 1, 1914 



The KENILWORTH Giant Pansy 



seeds are all grown by myself and are offered in tbe following mixtures and sepa- 

 rate colors : 



23 — KENILWORTH STRAIN — The flowers are of perfect form and substance; many 

 of the immense liowers are from 3V2 to 4 inches: it is a striking collection of 

 beautiful colors and marliings, rich with shades of red, brown, bronze, ma- 

 hogany and many others too numerous to mention. Light, Medium or Dark 

 Mixtures. 



24 — KENILWORTH SHOW — An extra fine strain of large flowers; the immense 

 flowers are of circular form and great substance; a beautiful collection of colors 

 and markings. 



26— KENILWORTH CUT FLOWER MIXTIRE— Is a distinct class by itself, sur- 

 passing all other strains as a cut flower or for exhibition purposes, for inside 

 or outside growing; the large flowers are carried erect above the foliage on 

 heavy stems, 7 or 8 inches long, in the most graceful manner, and stand the 

 hot, dry weather well. 



28 — MASTERPIECE — A remarkable type; the curled, wavy petals giving the flower a 

 double appearance, large flowers of great substance, on long, strong stem. 



30 — GIANT THREE AND FIVE BLOTCHED PANSIES— A superb mixture. Flowers 

 large and of circular form and of great substance. The display of coloring Is 

 unsurpassed. A combination of ahuo.'^t every shade of rich velvety colors, reds 

 are particularly conspicuous; the petals being distinctly marked with three of 

 five large dark blotches. 



NEW SEED NOW READY. 

 All sorts andi mixtures, except the new Pansy Princess, are $3.00 per ot., $1.25 

 per M-oz. ; 5000 seeds, $1.00; trade packet of 1000 seeds, 25 cents; any 5 pkts., $1.00. 

 Please order by number. 



PRINCESS. 20— The New Upright Pansj 



This Strain is entirely distinct from all others. It is 

 absolutely compact, upright growing, and extremely 

 weather-proof, enduring many storms wilhoui damage to 

 its flower. The flowers are mostly blotched and frilled 

 like the Masterpiece, of good form and heavy velvety 

 texture, on heavy stems cetrned well above the foliage. 

 Attractive by the brilliancy of us colors. 

 500seeds.25c; 1000. 50c; Koz., $2,50 ; 1 oz., $10.00. 



34 — Bronze — Brown and copper shades 'mixed. 



36 — Fancy — Rich colors, mostly margined. 



38 — Mme Perrct — Red and wine shades. 



40 — Zebra — Fine striped mixture. 



42 — Adonis — Light blue, >A'hite center. 



44 — Black — Almost coal black. 



46— Black with bronze center 



48 — Lord Beaconsfield — Purple shaded white. 



50 — Bronze — Beautiful Bronze 



52 — Bronze with yellow center. 



54 — Velvet Brown with yellow center. 



56 — Havana Brown, 



58 — Havana Brown with yellow center. 



60 — Cardinal — Curled, bright red, dark blotch. 



62 — Cecily — Steel blue, margined white. 



64 — Goliath — Large curled yellow blotched. 



66 — Hero — Curled, deep blue shaded white. 



68 — Emp V^illiam — Ultramarine blue, violet eye 



70 — Eros — Velvety brown, yellow margin, 



72 — Emp. Franz Joseph — VVhite blotched blue. 



74 — Emp Frederick — Maroon with gold edge. 



76 — Fairy Queen — Azure blue, white edge. 



78 — Freya — Purplish violet, white edge 



80 — Gold-Edge — Velvety brown, gold edge 



84 — Superba — Orchid tints of red and wine. 



86 — Sunlight — Yellow with brown blotches 



I 88 — Andromeda — Curled apple blossom. 

 90 — Colossea Venosa — Light veined shades. 



1 92 — Almond Blossom — Delicate rose. 

 94 — Aurora — Terra cotta shades. 



96 — Mammoth — Greenish yellow shades. 



97 — The above 7 named Orchid mixed. 



98 — Indigo Blue — Deep velvety blue. 

 100— Light Blue shades, 



102 — Minerva — Red ground, violet blotched 



104 — Meteor — Bright red brown, 



106 — Pres McKinley — Yellow, dark blotched. 



108 — Mahogany with white margin 



110 — Mahogany with yellow margin, 



112 — Mourning Clock — Black with white edge. 



1 14 — Purple — Large rich deep color. 

 I 116 — Peacock — Blue, rosy face, white edge. 

 ' 118 — Psyche Curled white, five blotches. 



120 — Pres Carnot — White, five blue blotches. 



1 26 — Red — A collection of rich red shades. 

 1 28 — Red Riding Hood — Curled and blotched. 

 130 — Rosy Morn — Purple crimson, white edge 

 I 32 — Striped on lilac ground 

 1 34 — Striped on bronze ground 

 1 36 — Victoria — Blood red, violet blotches 

 1 38 — White, Large satiny white. 

 140 — White with violet blotch. 

 I 42 — Yellow. Large golden yellow. 

 144 — Yellow with dark blotch. 

 146 — 34 to 1 44 mixed in equal proportiorw 

 For fuller description send for catalogue 

 RAINBOW is a mixture of 

 the most beautiful, por- 

 geous colors ; blotched, 

 striped, veined, mar- 

 gined, etc. With 

 every $1.00 worth 

 of pansy seed I 

 win send, free, 

 1000 seeds of 

 Ruinbow, and 

 with other 

 amounts in 

 like pro- 

 portion. 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TKADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Lester L,. Morse, 

 San rrancisio, Calif.; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J, M. Xoipton, Mattituck, L,, I,; 

 Second Vice-President, E. C. Dungan, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretarj- and Treas- 

 nrer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; As- 

 sistant Secretary, 8. F. Willard, Jr., 

 CIcTeland, O. 



About Seed Trade Criticisms. 

 Mr. George C. Watson, 



Care ot "Horticulture", 

 Boston, Mass. 

 Dear Sir: 



We have received a copuv of "Horticul- 

 ture" of July 25, 1914, in which, on page 

 114, is a marked article In which you have 

 done me, as author of the paragraph in 

 question, an injustice. The paragraph in 

 the bulletin reads: "It the seed appears 

 to contain considerable of such rubbish, 

 the buyer should Insist that it be cleaned 

 before he takes it, (or) secure a reduction 

 In price proportionate to the amount of 

 impurity or look elsewhere for his supply." 

 This presents accurately the three options 

 ■which it seems to me are before the pur- 

 chaser of seed which is presented to him in 

 an impure condition, and the wording does 

 not at all Justify your assumption that 

 we would infer "the cleaner the seed the 

 smaller the price." 



Ot course, as "Horticulture" is a trade 

 journal you are obliged to look at the 

 matter from the tradesmen's standpoint. 

 We as a Station devoted to the interests 

 of the farmers of the State look at it from 

 a slightly different standpoint. But it 

 would seem to me that you as a former 

 Station worker need not gn unnecessarily 

 out of your way to ridicule our efforts to 

 impress upon the farmers ot the State the 



fact that the legislators failed to secure 

 tor them, in the Seed Inspection Law, the 

 object they desired and believed they were 

 about to secure. 



Very truly yours, 



F. H. Haix, 

 Editor and Librarian. 

 N. y. Agri. Exper. Sta., Geneva. 



After reading Mr. Hall's letter, 1 

 think perhaps I was a little severe, and 

 I hereby hand him a full and free apol- 

 ogy. At the same time I am glad to 

 find one man in a government position 

 who is sensitive to criticism. The 

 seedsmen are extremely sensitive to 

 the aspersions that have been and are 

 being unjustly cast on us by legisla- 

 tors hunting for the farmers' vote. 

 These men do not seem to realize that 

 the seed business is a brand of farm- 

 ing, and if you malign the seedsmen 

 you're maligning the farmer also. Be- 

 cause a sample of seed has some sand 

 and seeds in it, which the Almighty 

 put there, the seller, according to the 

 politicians has committed a heinous 

 crime. And this has been going on 

 for years and years. If they would 

 say — "Mr. Farmer, be sure you get 



clean seed and be willing to pay a 

 good price for purity," then all would 

 be well. 



Geo. C. Watson. 



Pea Crop Conditions. 

 No radical changes in crop condi- 

 tions have developed since we pub- 

 lished our last general review of crops. 

 Peas are nearing a point where a pret- 

 ty accurate estimate of the yield is 

 possible, not only of the total crop, but 

 of the separate varieties; but pros- 

 pects do not become any more rosy. 

 In fact such information as we have 

 indicates that more or less damage has 

 occurred and it is quite within the pos- 

 .sibilities that peas may be worth a 

 smart premium over growing prices of 

 last spring, at least many varieties. 

 We believe this is unquestionably true 

 of Alaska, and that many other va- 

 rieties will be included. As an indica- 

 tion of how the crop will turn out, it 

 may be stated that the pack of canned 

 peas the country over will be at least 

 30 per cent, short of estimates, and a 

 number place the shortage as high as 



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