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HORTICULTUEE 



October 3, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMHUCAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, I-ester I>. Morse, 

 San Francisco, CaliJ. : First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J. M. loiptoD, Mattituck, 1.. I.j 

 Second Vice-President, E. C. Dungan, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary and Xreas- 

 Brer, C. ■. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; As- 

 sUtant Secretary, S. F. WiUard, Jr., 

 Cleveland, O. 



New Onion Industry in Bahamas. 



(Consul \V 



F. Doty. Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence.) 



Efforts to market onions grown in 

 the Baiiamas liave hitlierto proved 

 futile, but the Florida representative 

 of a New York commission house has 

 an-anged to dispose of all the onions 

 which the planters will grow. He will 

 leave an agent, and will arrange that 

 the growers be supplied with seed, 

 crate materials, nails, and paper, and 

 will arrange transportation from the 

 various islands to Nassau and thence 

 to New York. This offer, together 

 with local government encouragement, 

 will probably result in the shipment 

 of about $100,000 worth of onions this 

 coming season and much more in suc- 

 ceeding seasons. These onions will be 

 marketed earlier than those from 

 Texas. 



THE TRUE SITUATION IN HOL- 

 LAND. 



HoKTicti.ri UK. Boston: 



Gentlemen — There have been reports 

 in some horticultural and other papers 

 in your country about the bad condi- 

 tion in Holland stating that a 50 per 

 cent, higher freight-rate on the ocean 

 was expected; banks were closed and 

 many people out of work. There is 

 some truth in it but conditions are not 

 so bad as described. The Holland- 

 America Line contracted with all cus- 

 tomers in the horticultural line on the 

 same basis as before and for the same 

 prices, with the exception of cheap 

 trees which paid a freight of 12/6 per 

 40 cubic feet which price is raised to 

 15/-. 



Money is hard to get, as customers 

 living in those countries which are 

 in war do not pay their bills, while 

 checks occasionally received from those 

 countries were not accepted by the 

 banks. There are lots of people out 

 of work, but as far as I can control 

 the nurserymen employ their full staff 

 with the exception of some men who 

 are in the army now. 



Holland is still neutral and the ex- 

 porters will be able to fill all orders 

 placed until now and many more which 

 they expect from their American 

 friends. Jacs Smits, 



Naarden, Holland, 

 Sept. 16, 1914. 



BOSTON FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 

 EXHIBITION. 



The October exhibition of the Mass- 

 achusetts Horticultural Society will 

 be held at Horticultural Hall, Satur- 

 day and Sunday, October 3 and 4. 

 This exhibition will be devoted ex- 

 clusively to a display of season- 

 able fruits and vegetables and will 

 furnish a good opportunity to see 

 the best products of New England or- 

 chards and gardens. Apples especially 

 will be in large supply and the lead- 



LILIUM FORMOSUM 



We are in a position to supply specially selected stock of this favoi 

 of Easter Lilies. Our bulbs have been grown from the original true t 

 none better can be obtained at any price. We advise iminediate orde 

 the stock is limited. 



GKEEN STEM STRAIN— (FOR EARLY BLOOMING) 



Bulbs in each 



case Per doz. 



li to S inches 400 ,$0.G0 



7 to 9 inches .'iOO l.OO 



S to 10 inches 225 1.30 



to 10 inches 200 l.GO 



10 to 12 inches 

 12 to 11 inches 



.150. 



2.25 

 2.50 



Per 100 

 $4.50 

 6.75 

 8.75 

 10.25 

 15.00 

 18.50 



DARK STEM TVPE— (FOR EASTER BLOOMING) 



Bulbs in each 



case Per doz. 

 6 to 8 inches 400 $0.80 



8 to 10 inches 225 1.60 



9 to 10 inches 200 1.80 



10 to 12 inches 150 2.25 



PerlOO 

 .$5.25 

 10.00 

 12.50 

 15.00 



ite type 

 ype and 

 ring, as 



Per 1000 



.$40.00 



62.50 



80.00 



95.00 



140.00 



175.00 



Per 1000 



$48.00 



92.50 



105.00 



140.08 



Cold Storage Lilium Giganteum 



Just the kind to grow for Xmas and New Year's. Only a few thousand 

 left, which we offer at special low price. 



7 lo It inch siie. per case of 300, $21.00; $70.00 per 1000. 



Paper Whites, Romans, Freesias, Dallas, Lil. Harrisli ready now 



I For full line of Balbs and seasonable seed* write for our new Wholesale Catalog 



HENRY F. MICHELL GO. 



518 Market Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



ing varieties of pears, grapes, peaches, 

 plums, quinces and cranberries will 

 be shown. A long list of garden vege- 

 tables will be also exhibited, showing 

 the perfection of quality attainable in 

 this section of the country. 



The exhibition is free and will be 

 open Saturday from 12 to 6 and Sun- 

 day from 2 to 6 o'clock. 



Wm. p. Rich, Sec'y. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo, Wis.— 

 Fall Catalogue of Bulbs and Hardv 

 Plants for 1914. 



Currie Bros. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. — 

 Currie's Bulbs and Plants; Autumn. 

 1914. Illustrated. 



F. W. Kelsey Nursery Co., New 

 York City. — Trees, Shrubs and Hardy 

 Plants for Fall and Spring Planting. 

 Wholesale Special List. 



New England Nurseries Co., Bed- 

 ford, Mass. — Wholesale Price List for 

 Nurs3rymen, Florists and Dealers. A 

 splendid list of hardy ornamental gar 

 den stock. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, 42 Vesey street. 

 New York City. — "Guaranteed Bulbs." 

 69th -Autumn Edition. Darwin Tulip 

 Bartigon makes a brilliant showing on 

 the cover page. 



Sturapp & Walter Co., New York, 

 N. Y. — Bulbs for Autumn Planting, 

 1914, Fall Edition. An exceptionally 

 elaborate fall catalogue, superbly il- 

 lustrated and in every detail a high 

 class publication. 



A. T. Boddington, New York. — Sum- 

 mer and Autumn Florists' Bulbs and 

 Seeds for Forcing and Planting. At- 

 tractively compiled, with many half- 

 tone engravings and "The Seal of 

 Quality" occupying the center of the 

 stage on the cover. 



Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston — 

 Bulbs for Autumn Planting, 1914. 

 Grey covers bearing embossed illustra- 

 tions in natural colors of trumpet nar- 

 cissi and Darwin tulips give an un- 



usual distinctiveness to this compre- 

 hensive and seasonable catalogue, 



C. C. Morse, San Francisco, Cal. — 

 Illustrated Price List of Sweet Pea 

 Novelties for 1914. This is an album, 

 rather than a catalogue. The pages 

 10 X 14 in., are filled with beautiful en- 

 gravings on heavy coated paper, show- 

 ing Margaret Atlee, Miriam Beaver, 

 Jessie Cuthbertson, Royal Purple, 

 Margaret Madison, Helen Pierce, 

 Veiled Bride, King White and other 

 lovely debutantes in irresistible poses. 





Freesia Purity Bulbs 



V.-in. {liam.. IJ.'.-in. Inn^. 



Per 100, $2.00 Per 1000, $10.00 



Extra Mammoth Bulbs, 



$3.00 per 100 



Refracta Alba 



% to % inch $:t.oo per 1000 



Vi to ?4 Inch 5.00 " 



% Inch and upward ... 8.60 " 



LOium Harrisii 



(Bermuda Easter Lily) 

 5 to 7 inches in circumference 

 *i>.50 a hundred $45.00 a thousand 

 7 to 9 inches in circumference 

 $10.00 a hundred $85.00 a thousand 



And all other varieties at 

 reasonable prices. 



Also a tew canes Cold Storage 

 Lily of tile A'alley Pips 



Cases of 250 each for $4.50 



Cases of 500 each for 8.00 



Cases of 1000 each for 15.00 



Ask for a copy of our Bulb Cata- 

 log and Spi'cial Prices to Florists 



J. M. THORBURN & CO- 



Established 1803 

 53 Barclay Street - New York 



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