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HORTICULTUEE 



September 19, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATIOM 



Officers — President, Lester I,. Morse, 

 San Francisco, Calif.; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J, M. Impton. Mattituck, L.. 1. ; 

 Second Vice-President, E. C. Dungan, 

 Pliiladelpbia, Pa.; Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland. O.; As- 

 sistant Secretary, S. F. WUIard, Jr., 

 Cleveland, O. 



Notes. 



Louisville, Ky. — Logan & Haggin 

 have purchased the seed business of 

 C. L. Sebree. 



Louisville, Ky. — The Central Ken- 

 tucky Bluegrass Seed Co., Ill Cheap- 

 side avenue, has sold its field and 

 garden seed department to C. Clay 

 Goodloe. who will conduct the business 

 under the name of the Goodloe Seed 

 Co. 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., Copen- 

 hagen have sent us a report stating 

 that the harvest of their crop.s is pro- 

 ceeding very well, although there is a 

 lack of help, as 60,000 men are called 

 away for military service and will pro- 

 bably be kept under arms until the 

 war is ended. As the Scandinavian 

 Line has a regular bi-weekly service 

 between Copenhagen and New York, 

 it is hoped that shipments can be 

 made promptly, if nothing unusual 

 happens in the meantime. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Morris County Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society, Schedule and Prize List 

 of the 19th Annual Flower Show, to be 

 held at Assembly Hall, Madison, N. J., 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, October 

 28 and 29. A very neat and explicit 

 program. Copies may be had from Ed- 

 ward Reagan. Secretary, Morristown, 

 N. J. 



School of Landscape Architecture, 

 114-15. This is No. III. Part 7 of 

 the Official Register of Harvard Col- 

 lege. It supplies complete detrils of 

 the requirements, courses, etc.. in this 

 study as pursued at Harvard and gen- 

 eral information of much value to any- 

 one proposing to take up landscape 

 work as a vocation. 



The New York State College of For- 



estry at Syracuse University has just 

 issued three interesting bulletins. No. 

 1 (aj describes the reforestation of 

 cut-over and idle lands in New York; 

 No. 2 (b) is a very timely bulletin on 

 rural and city shade tree improve- 

 ment; No. 2 (c) tells about the state 

 forest camp in the Adirondacks. 



California Seeds and Bulbs. 

 The California seed harvest is about 

 over and shipments are being made on 

 contracts, but it is evident that the de- 

 liveries in many lines will be very 

 short. Many types of sweet peas are 

 scarce, the crop in some lines being a 

 complete failure; and onion seed, ow- 

 ing to the unusual prevalence of mil- 

 dew in the principal districts, shows 

 an extremely light yield. The cut- 

 worm pest has seriously affected the 

 lettuce output, and notwithstanding 

 the curtailment of export shipments, 

 there will not be enough to meet do- 

 mestic demands. There is a stronger 

 inquiry than usual for most varieties of 

 California seeds ordinarily shipped 

 east, but practically all new supplies 

 are held under contract. For Cali- 

 fornia bulbs there has been a good lo- 

 cal demand in addition to a very 

 heavy shipping movement of freesias 

 to the east. 



American Seed Trade Association — 

 Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Con- 

 vention at Hotel Raleigh, Wasliington, 

 D. C, June 23. 24 and 25. 1914. Secre- 

 tary Kendel is to be congratulated on 

 the excfellent and complete report he 

 has issued. It will prove exceedingly 

 valuable to the seed trade of America. 

 A fine portrait of Ex-President C. C. 

 Massie is used as frontispiece. 



The Massachusetts State Forestry 

 Department has just published a val- 

 uable 35 page volume, giving instruc- 

 tions for making improvement thin- 

 nings and the management of moth- 

 infested woodlands. There are ten 

 full page inserts of half-tone plates il- 

 lustrating the text matter, which is 

 by H. O. Cook and P. D. Kneeland 

 under the direction of State Forester 

 F. W. Rane. 



Extension Circular, No. 8, of the De- 

 partment of Floriculture N. Y. State 

 College of Agriculture, furnishes some 

 interesting information concerning the 

 opportunities offered for young men in 

 commercial floriculture in New York 

 state and the equipment of the depart- 

 ment of the college devoted to instruc- 

 tion in the art. Courses are outlined 

 on the principles and methods of 

 greenhouse practice, practical garden 

 work, floral arrangement, store man- 

 agement, etc. 



American Association of Nursery- 

 men. The Proceeding at the 39th An- 

 nual Convention of this Association 

 at Cleveland, Ohio, June 24, 25 and 26, 

 1914. has just been received from Sec- 

 retary John Hall. It is characterized 

 by completeness of detail and typo- 

 graphical excellence. A very large 

 r mount of valuable records, a useful 

 nomenclature code and a complete list 

 of the members give this publication 

 a value of no small degree for any- 

 one interested in the nursery busi- 

 ness. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



P. J. Berckmans Company, Augusta, 

 Ga. — Wholesale Trade Catalogue, for 

 Nurserymen and Florists only. A fine 

 select list of stock for both northern 

 and southern planting. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove. Pa. 

 —New Floral Guide for Autumn, 1914. 

 Golden daffodils, crocuses, forsythia 

 and Persian yellow roses make a very 

 bright pictorial cover effect. 



Wm. Henry Maule, Inc., Philadelphia, 

 Pa.— Price List of Fall Bulbs. Plants 

 and Seeds. 1914. Brilliant reproduc- 

 tions of standard varieties of tulips, 

 hyacinths and daffodils adorn the 

 covers. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York 

 City.— Bulbs for Autumn Planting. 

 This 1914 illustrated catalogue is an 

 exceptionally beautiful production. 

 The illustrations are very fine and the 



MICHELL'S 



"Distinctive" Giant 

 Cyclamen Seed 



Au Euglisli slriiiii, growu for us 

 p.\i_>luslvely by :i grower uf world re- 

 nown ; cannot he snrpassed. 



100 



Seed 



( riiiison $1.00 



White with Red Base... l.UO 



Pure White 1.00 



J^oft Pink 1. 00 



Salmon Pink 1. 00 



-Mixed , if|( 



1000 

 Seed 

 $8.50 

 8.50 

 8.50 

 8.50 

 8.50 

 8.00 



MichelFs Mignonette 



"COLOSSAL" 



.V sir;iiu wliii-li .anncit he sur- 

 passed for foriin^; a robust grower. 

 Mild produces ininu'nse Hower spikes. 

 Our secHls are saved from green- 

 Imuse growu .specimens and give 

 splendid results. 



Trade pbt., 40c. ; $4.00 per oz. 



Also all other Seasonable Seeds 

 and Supplies for the Florist 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Seed Growers and Merchants 



- 518 Market St., 



MT MEW UBT OF 



Winter Spencer Sweet Pea Seed 



Has been mailed. If not In your hantli 

 now. send a postal for It. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 

 Lompoc. CaL 



THE XENILWORTH GIANT PANSY SEED 



For fuller description see 

 "ly ad in .Julv and .Au- 

 gust Hnrtlfultnre or 

 send fur list. lOOO 

 seeds. ■_>.-„■: .rjOfO, 



.fl.(KJ; 1,.,,., 

 $1.2.'.: oz.. ^r,.(n>. Prineess 

 New I'pright l*anN>-. 

 .500 seeds, 25c'; 10i«) 

 seeds, 50c: oz., $10.00. 



cover designs ornate and artistic. 

 There are four color plates of tulips 

 and narcissi, which add greatly to the 

 effectiveness of the book. 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., Copenha- 

 gen, Denmark— 1914— 15th Trade Cat- 

 alogue of their specialties— viz. Dan- 

 ish Lilacs, Lily of the Valley, Roses 

 and Giant Flowering Pansies. Messrs. 

 Hartmann claim for their lily of the 

 valley pips, qualities superior to even 

 the best German strain. Loechner & 

 Co., 11 Warren Street, New York, are 

 their sole American agents. 



p:thelburt L. Davis, a florist em- 

 ployed by J. M. Collins. Mechanicville, 

 .\'. Y., is confined to his home with a 

 broken nose and severe lacerations 

 and bruises to his face and other in- 

 juries about the body as the result of 

 being brutally assaulted by an un- 

 kno\^n Italian last Friday. 



