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HOETICULTURE 



February 10, 1917 



IVIioHoll's Sea 



CANNA ROOTS 



Per lUO 1000 



AfSTKIA ; Vellow ¥3.00 $35.00 



ItK.ANDVMIXE: Scarlet 3.00 27.50 



CHAS. HENDEKSON: ('riiii8on 3.00 27.50 



CRIMSON I5EDDEK: Crimson 3.00 27.50 



I)K. ACKERKNECHT: Red 5.00 40:00 



Eti.\M)AI,E: Red < 3.00 27.50 



EXl'KES.S: Crimson 3.50 30.00 



FLORENCE V.AIGHAN: Yellow and Ked... 3.00 25.00 



(iLAUIATOR: Yellow and Red 3.00 25.00 



(il'ST.AVE C;i;MI'rER: Yellow 5.00 40.00 



IT.ALI.A: Red and Yellow 3.00 25.00 



K.VTF; F. DEKMEK: YellonundRed 4.00 :r>,(l(l 



KIN(; HIMBERT: Orange Red 3.50 SlI.OO 



MAROS: Cream 4.00 35.00 



METEOR: Red 8.25 75.00 



MUSAFOLI.V: (Foliage variet.v) 2.50 20.00 



PINK BEAUTY OF HltNG.VKIA: Pink 7.0O 60.00 



I'RKSIDENT McKINEEY: Red 3.25 30.00 



<(l l^EN CHARLOTTE : Red and Gold 3.00 25.00 



KICH.YRl) WALLACE: Yellow 3.00 27.50 



ROSEA GIGANTEA: Rose 10.00 85.00 



VENUS: Pink 3.50 30.00 



WYOMING : Red 2.50 20.00 



HENRY F. lyilCHELL CO., 



nak>le Bulbs 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



Per 100 1000 



AMKKIC.V: Delicate Pink *1.75 .lilS.OO 



.Vl<.lST.V: Pure White 1.85 16.00 



I5RENCHLKYENSIS: Scarlet 1.40 12.00 



til^OKY OF HOLL.AND: White, lavender an- 

 thers 2.50 20.00 



M.VY: White, pencilled crimson 2.25 20.00 



MRS. FR.iNCIS KING: Scarlet 1.50 13.50 



PINK AUGUST.A 2.25 20.00 



PINK PERFECTION 4.00 35.00 



SPEC1.\L WHITE and LIGHT MIXTURE... 1.75 6.00 

 (.Vlsu all other varieties) 



.\lso — UEGONIAS, CALADIUM, ESCULENTUM, and 

 F.YNCY LE.YVED CALADIUMS. TUBEROSES, 

 ETC. 



Send for WHOLES.YLE catalogue 



518 Market Street, Phila. 



SEED TRADE 



AMERIGAIS SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Kirb.v B. White, 

 Detroit, Mich.; First Aiee-Presiden t, Y. 

 W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C: Sec- 

 ond A'ice-President, L. L. Olds, Madi- 

 son, Wis.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. 

 Kendel, Cle\'elan(i, O. — Convention at 

 I>etroit, June If), 1017. 



American Seed Trade Association. 

 The Executive Coinniittee of the 

 American Seed Trade Association met 

 in New York, January 30th, and decid- 

 ed; to ho3d the next convention at De- 

 troit, June 19th. 1917. The date was 

 changed after a practically unanimous 

 vote that had been polled by mail. 

 Those in attendance were: Pres. Kirby 

 B. -White. Sec'y C. E. Kendel. John M. 

 Lupton. . John L. Hunt, Howard .Al. 

 Earl, Leonard H. Yaughan, and Wm, 

 G. Scarlett, of the committee; and on 

 invitation. M. H. Duryea. Watson S. 

 Woodruff and Chas. D. Boyles. A ten- 

 tative program was also under consid- 

 eration. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, 

 of horticultural material, for the week 

 ending January 26th, were recorded as 

 follows : 



Bulbs — France, $l25; Netherlands, 

 $3,633; England. $402; China, $44. 



Plants— France, $7,252; Netherlands, 

 f 2,888; England, $1,994; Ireland, $217; 

 Japan, $57. 



PIN MONEY 



MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN 



8 lb. for $1.00 



Directions Included 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Vesey St., New York 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 



Park, London, England. Send for Ccttalogue 



GARTERS TES i EL) oEEUISy Inc., commerce BUgTBoiton, Mui. 



Red clover seed — France, $54,160. 



Clover seed— France, $10,899. 



Grass seed — England. $237; Aus- 

 tralia, $343. 



Other seeds — France, $11,135; Den- 

 mark, $792; Netherlands, $1,115; Italy, 

 $221; England, $28,275; Scotland, $2,- 

 482; Spain, $1,874; Hongkong, $185; 

 Japan, $634; Mexico. $680. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $115,320. 



Other fertilizers— Scotland. $109. 



.Hartwell Wagoner, Rocky Ford, Colo. — 

 Contract: Cucumber. S. D. Woodruff & 

 Sons, Orange, Conn. — Surplus : Onion, To- 

 mato; Contract: Onion, Parsnip, Radish; 

 Tomato. 



Approved : 



. Chief, 



Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 January 24, 1917. 



Congressional Seed Distribution. 



List of successful bidders and kinds 

 of seed awarded to each: 



Aggeler & Musser Seed Co., Los Angeles, 

 Calif. — Contract : Peas. Barteldes Seed Co., 

 Lawrence, Kas. — Surplus: Turnips. John 

 Hodger & Sons Co., Los Angeles, Calif. — 

 Surplus; Calendula, Delphinium; Contract: 

 Beet, Carrot, Radish, Candytuft, Coreopsis, 

 .Mignonette. California Seed Growers Ass'n, 

 San Jose, Calif. — Surplus: Beet, Lettuce; 

 Contract : Onion, Parsley. C. Herbert Coy 

 •Seed Co., Valley, Neb. — Surplus: Cucumber; 

 Contract : Squash. C. P. Coy & Son, Water- 

 loo, Neb. — Surplus: Cucumber; Contract: 

 Squash. Ebbert Seed Co., Rocky Ford, 

 Colo. — Contract : Cucumber. Walter Hlndes, 

 R. 3, Rocky Ford, Colo. — Surplus: Cucum- 

 ber. Irvln Brothers, Rocky Ford, Colo. — 

 Surplus: Cucumber. Kimberlin Seed Co., 

 Santa Clara, Calif. — Surplus: Onion; Con- 

 tract : Onion. James L. Mauldin, Cairo, 

 Ga. — Surplus: Collards. Norton H. Morri- 

 son. Fairfield. Wash.— Contract : Candytuft, 

 Poppy (double). E. O. Morrison, Fairfield, 

 Wash. — Contract : Parsnip, Radish, Turnip, 

 Poppy (single). Geo. R. Pedrick & Son. 

 Pedi-icktown, N. J. — Contract: Squash, To- 

 mato. L. C. Pharr, Catherine, Ala. — Con- 

 tract : Okra. King Pharr. Catherine. Ala. — 

 Contract: Okra. Pleters Wheeler Seed Co.. 

 GUroy, Calif.— Surplus : Lettuce, Radish ; 

 Contract: Beet, Carrot, Parslev, Parsnip. 

 P. J. Reifel, Rocky Ford. Colo.— Contract : 

 Cucumber. Rogers Brothers, Alpena, Mich. 

 —Surplus: Peas. Waldo Rohnert, Gilroy, 

 Calif. — Surplus: Lettuce; Contract: Carrot, 

 Onion, Parsley, Parsnip., Radish. Rout- 

 zahn's Company, Arroyo Grande. Calif. — 

 Surplus: Calendula. Delphinium; Contract: 

 Radish, Candytuft. Mignonette, Poppy 

 (double), Poppy (single). Sioux Cltv Seed 

 &• Nur.sery Co.. Sioux City, la. — Surplus : 

 Carrot, Lettuce, Tomato. Turnip; Contract: 

 Corn (sweet). Standard Seed Growers 

 Ass'n, 304 Rlalto Bldg.. San Francisco, 

 Cal. — Contract: Carrot. Radish. H. Van 

 Buskirk Seed Co.. Rocky Ford. Colo.— 

 Surplus: Cucumber; Contract: CucunibiT. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



R. W. Swett, Saxonville, Mass. — 

 Catalogue of Riverbank Gardens Se- 

 lect Dahlias, 1916-1917. 



Weeber & Don, New York — General 

 Catalogue for 1917. New Hybrid 

 Poppies in color make a very pretty 

 cover decoration. Illustrations excel- 

 lent throughout. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York— 

 "Seeds Famous Over Seventy-one 

 Years." A well printed catalogue ex- 

 ceptional as to illustrations and In 

 one of the most attractive covers we 

 have seen this season. 



Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc., 

 New York City — Spring Garden Guide 

 for 1917. A very attractive catalogue 

 externally and between covers. "Cov- 

 er" collection of sweet peas in natural 

 colors includes Jean Ireland, Hercules, 

 R. F. Felton, Constance Hinton and 

 Maude Holmes. 132 pages. 



Stoughton, Mich. — A seed store has 

 been opened here by E. K. Collins. 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS 



Florists* Necessities 



AMERICAN BULB CO. 



172 N. Wabasb Ave., Chicago, III. 



