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HORTTCUTjTURE 



October 17, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



OflHcers — President, Lester L. Morse, 

 San FranciBco, Calif.; First Vice-Presi- 

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

 Second Vice-President, E. C. Dungan, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary and Treas- 

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

 sistant Secretary, 8. F. WiUard, Jr„ 

 Cleveland, U 



anything but American grown seed, 

 and when I am told by market grow- 

 ers and journalistic friends, that they 

 never saw such Asters as I cultivate, 

 I assume that I have something bet- 

 ter than the average. * * * I 

 might add that a well-known market 

 firm has for several seasons been 

 growing seed tor a big American 

 house, of the giant-flowered pink An- 

 tirrhinum that is so popular in U. S. 

 \V. A. T. in Hort. Trade Journal. 

 London, Eng. 



California Notes. 



The California seed growers have by 

 this time made practically all their 

 shipments on contracts, with the ex- 

 ception of those for France and Ger- 

 many, which had placed very large 

 contracts. No difficulty was experi- 

 enced in shipping to England, and it 

 is expected that the French stock will 

 soon go forward. There is practically 

 nothing left that would be available 

 for the eastern trade, though local re- 

 quirements are pretty well covered. 

 Planting of the root crops for seed is 

 now under way, and is on a very con- 

 servative scale, growers being dis- 

 posed only to cover their contracts. 

 The leading local dealers are pretty 

 well stocked with imported seeds, 

 though the outlook for the future is 

 doubtful. 



The principal matter of interest is 

 the arrival this week of the first ship- 

 ments of Holland bulbs, about a week 

 late. These are being distributed as 

 fast as possible, and have found a 

 lively demand wherever shown ; 

 though on the whole the retail trade 

 in bulbs, as well as seeds, is still 

 awaiting the first good rain. Owing 

 to the Exposition, and the number of 

 visitors expected next year, private 

 gardens are receiving more than usual 

 attention, and a heavy business is an- 

 ticipated when the planting season 

 once gets under way. 



Good Advertising. 

 As every seedsman knows, Burpee 

 is a resourceful advertiser. The ac- 



A Fair Exchange. 



A good many people labor under 

 the delusion that we are dependent 

 upon Germany for Asters, but for ten 

 years at least, I have never touched 



companying picture shows the trade- 

 mark siin described in our issue of 

 last week whiih was a feature of the 

 Burpee display at the Truckers' Con- 

 vention in Philadelphia. It was com- 

 posed of seeds of beans and corn. 6 

 feet by 9 feet— the work of W. F. Ther- 

 kildson and his assistants. The other 

 picture shows a portion of the general 

 seed and flower exhibit of the same 

 house. 

 The Philadelphia Convention of the 



BULB 

 HEADQUARTERS 



Hyacinths 

 Tulips 



Narcissus 

 Freesias 



Lil. Formosum 

 LiL Giganteum 



Also all^ other Bulbs, Seeds and 

 Supplies for the Florist. 



Send for our New Wholesale 

 Catalogue and Price List if you 

 haven*t received a copy. It's 

 free for the asking. 



Henry F. Micliell, ph 



8 [Market Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



BULBS SEEDS ROOTS 



I'or r.ill I'hiiititiii.' nr Forciriy: 



EXHIBITION QUALITY 



Best Valuos in Itoston. 



THOS. J. GREY CO. 



33 So. .Market .St., Bouton. 



truckers was the biggest they have 

 had. On October 7 a trip of inspec- 

 tion was conducted to Bridgeton, New 

 Jersey, to the Seabrook Farms and 

 the Minch Brothers' farms, and it was 

 a very enjoyable affair, the entire 

 party taking a ride through the South 

 Jersey trucking sections, and being en- 

 tertained by the Bridgeton Chamber of 

 Commerce in their splendid little park. 

 This excursion was given under the 

 auspices of the Skinner Irrigation Co., 

 of Troy, Ohio, who furnished a special 

 train, and all were their guests. 



Arthur T. Boddington is now in 

 North Carolina, inspecting the canna 

 and tuberose crops. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Chicago, III. — George A. Pieser, 3756 

 Cottage Grove avenue, liabilities, $3,- 

 252.00. 



Winthrop, Mass. — Eunice B. Belcher, 

 florist, liabilities. $3,453.28; assets, 

 $328.16. Voluntary bankruptcy. 



Bl RPEE ExiIItilT AT TRUCKtCRS" Co.WENTION 



The town of Scituato. Mass., is the 

 winner in the tree contest conducted 

 by the Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. Fifty-eight cities and towns 

 entered the planting contest that be- 

 gan last spring and closed in July. In 

 all. 12,498 trees were planted, which 

 has added at least 60 miles of trees to 

 the Commonwealth. West Tisbury 

 had planted the greatest number of 

 trees in proportion to population, but 

 lost first place because the Scituate 

 trees were of better quality and more 

 carefully arranged. Marshfield won 

 third place. 



