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HOETICUL-TUEE 



August 15. 1914 



HIGH GRADE 





_ B0ST0(iMAS-s. V^4-flv r7 





TSA9|^ M*t*n . 



Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Insecticides 



and 



Agricultural Hardware 



SELECTED STOCKS FOR THE FLORIST 

 AND MARKET GARDENER A SPECIALTY 



Lilium Harrisii and Formosum, Freesias and Buttercup Oxalis 



Ready for Immediate Shipment 



JOSEPH BRECK & SONS, Corporation 



51 and 53 North Market Street, Boston, Mass. 



Our Nursery and Seed Trial Grounds are conducted by Breck-Robinson Nurseries, Inc., Munroe Statioji, Lex- 

 ington, Mass. Especial attention paid to Landscape Designinj;, Planting, Forestry, Horticulture, Etc. All Cata- 

 logs mailed free, on request. 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOClATIOfI 



Officers — President, Lester L. Morse, 

 San Francisco, Calif.; First Vice-Presi- 

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

 Second Vice-President. E. C. Dnngan, 

 Plilladelphia, Pa.; Secretarj' and Treas- 

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

 sistant Secretary, 8. F. WUIard, Jr., 

 Cleveland, O. 



with the Leonard Seed Co. and the 

 heads of departments have so far 

 found vacations out of the question. 



Effect of the European War. 

 Fifteen of the Leonard Seed Co.'s 

 traveling salesmen were called togeth- 



' er at the Chicago office the last week 

 in July and the first of what will be 

 semi-annual conferences was held. 

 That they might fully understa,nd the 

 situation, the company's seed farms in 



' Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois were 

 visited, and the condition of crops 



.noted. The 550 acres just outside of 

 La Grange, where small seeds are 



-tested received especial attention. As 

 a result of the tour it was decided 

 that wax beans were short, the present 



-price being from $6.00 to $8.00 per 



' bushel,, and also a slight shortage of 

 some varieties of peas, including those 

 used by canners. The cutting off of 

 European seeds is adding to the de- 

 mand for home-grown ones and this 

 firm predicts a decided change in the 

 seed market in consequence. Euro- 

 pean seed houses have recalled a large 

 proportion of their salesmen in this 

 country. Trade is unusually brisk 



Owing to unsettled conditions in 

 Europe all grass and clover seeds or- 

 iginating there are sharply higher and 

 in many cases unobtainable. In fact, 

 it is a hard matter to place an order 

 on any terms in most places. We 

 think, however, that after the first 

 flush of the scare is over, the situation 

 will develop reasonable supplies in a 

 good many lines, especially along the 

 line of the earlier grasses already har- 

 vested and cleaned. This does not ap- 

 ply, of course, to German sources of 

 supply. The Holland houses with neu- 

 tral ports and a clear passage at sea, 

 will no doubt be available up to the 

 limit of their supplies, and will do 

 their best. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America. 

 Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual 

 Meeting, held at Art Institute, Chicago, 

 111., November 5, 6 arid 7-, 1913. Con- 

 tains a report of the meetings, list of 

 members. list of varieties domestic and 

 foreign disseminated in 1913, etc. A 

 portrait of Wm. Kleinheinz. president, 

 forms the frontispiece. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Union Nurseries, Oudenbosch, Hol- 

 land.— Wholesale Catalogue 1914-'15. 

 McHutchison & Co.. New York, are ex- 

 clusive American agents. 



Framingham Nurseries, Framing- 

 ham. Mass. (W. B. Whittier & Com- 

 pany) — Trade Price List of Evergreens 

 for August and Summer Planting, 1914. 



WARNING TO THE TRADE. 



The trade is warned against a young 

 man who has made his appearance in 

 the New England States, who is repre- 

 senting himself as "Young Mr. Dreer." 

 In one instance, on a plausible story, 

 he secured the loan of some money 

 from a brother florist. There is no 

 such person as a young Mr. Dreer and 

 William F. Dreer is not in the country 

 at this time. 



Hexbv a. Dbeeb, Isc. 



Annual Report of the Park Commis- 

 sioners of the City of Haverhill. Mass , 

 for year 1913. This is the 23rd annual 

 report of the small but well-kept park 

 department under the efficient super- 

 intendenry of-Henry Frost. - 



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Formosmn, GIGANTEUMS MDltiflotum 



CORP. OF CHAS. F. MEYER 



99 Warren SL, New York 



"SEEDS WITH A LINEAGE" 



Seed* with a generation of flnett 

 flowers and vegetables back of tbem— 

 carefHlly selected— really tested. 

 Write today for Catalog. 



CAJtTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 



196 Chamber of Commerce BIdf. 

 Boston, Ma«s. 



