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HORTICULTURE 



February 24, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



AMEIQGAM SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Kirby B. White, 

 Detroit, Mlcli. ; First Vice-PresideDt, F, 

 W. Bolgiano, Wasiiington, D. C; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, L. L. Olds, Madi- 

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

 Kendel, Cleveland. O. — Convention at 

 Detroit, June 19, 1917. 



One Week's Imports. 



The value of imports at the port of 

 New York, or horticultural material, 

 for the week enuing Feb. 9th, is given 

 as follows: 



Bulbs — Prance, ?77G; Netherlands, 

 111,567. 



Plants— France, $5,732; Nether- 

 lands, $20,211; England, $256; France, 

 $3,101. 



Red NClover see^'^France, $45,373. 



Clover seed— France, $2,200. 



Other seeds — Denmark, $10,779; 

 France, $9,676; Netherlands, $284; 

 England, $1,151; British East Indies, 

 $1,772; Canada, $236. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $218,005. 



Blood— Uruguay, $2,572. 



Other fertilizers' — England, $4,592; 

 Uruguay, $1,889. 



Where Reform is Needed. 



When the Irish Department of Agri- 

 culture has to make the statement that 

 "some seed retailers are still found 

 selling grossly inferior and even 

 worthless seeds," it becomes unpleas- 

 antly apparent that even now, long 

 after the strenuous efforts that were 

 years ago made to put an end to the 

 one-time common practice of adulter- 

 ating seed and of foisting upon the un- 

 wary old and useless stuff, there are 

 still some who stoop to such despic- 

 able frauds. A point which has im- 

 portant bearing is that in Ireland, and 

 in some parts of England, dealers who 

 have no more right to be called seeds- 

 men than a small shopkeeper who sells 

 Rhubarb pills has to be called a chem- 

 ist, dabble in farm and garden seeds, 

 and probably, as much through igno- 

 rance as evil intent, handle such seeds 

 as a legitimate seedsman would not 

 tolerate in his warehouse. 



It would be a good thing for the 

 Trade and for the farmer — and I sub- 

 mit it would be but just and reason- 

 able — if the law made it an illegal of- 

 fence for any firm or person who does 

 not employ a qualified seedsman, or 

 is not himself a qualified man, to sell 

 seeds to farmers or gardeners. Even if it 

 involved the licensing of the legitimate 



PIN MONEY 



MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN 



8 lb. for $1.00 



Directions Included 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Vesey St., New York 



MICHELL'S NLW CROP 



ASPiRAGus piumosus mm 



NORTHERN GREENHODSE GROWN SEED 



1,000 Seed S-3.50 10,000 Seed $;10.00 



5,000 Seed 15.50 26,000 Seed 72.50 



Special Prices on Larger Quantities 



ASPA AGUS HATCHERI SEED 



100 Seed $ .75 500 Seed $3.00 



1,000 Seed $5.00 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI SEED 



1,000 Seed $.75 10,000 Seed $5.50 



5,000 Seed 3.00 25,000 Seed 12.50 



ALSO ALL OTHER SEASONABLE SEEDS, 

 ISILBS AND SUPPLIES. SEND lOR 



WHOLESAXE CATALOG. 



HENRY F. 



518 Market Street 



MICHELL CO. 



PHILADELPHIA 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS^ Inc., commerce BidgTBoiiM, mms. 



seedsmen, such a measure would be a 

 boon and a safeguard so long as no 

 incompetent dealer could obtain a li- 

 cense. It is a common practice in ru- 

 ral districts for a man to engage in a 

 miscellaneous dealer's business, ac- 

 cepting orders for seeds as readily as 

 for coal, lime, or paraffin oil, and to 

 such a man the price of the seed is of 

 more importance than quality, purity 

 of stock, or even germinating power, 

 but it is a serious matter if the mis- 

 deeds of such are to be allowed to re- 

 flect discredit upon the Seed Trade. 

 — Onlooker, in Horticultural Trade 

 Journal (Eng.). 



New York — Nungesser - Dickinson 

 Seed Co., under date of Feb. 17, 1917, 

 report clover active and higher; tim- 

 othy steady, alsyke higher, alfalfa, 

 American-grown, firm. They are book- 

 ing orders now for February-March 

 shipment, but owing to heavy conges- 

 tion of freight on all railroads, advise 

 early forwarding of shipments. 



brightly adorned with flower and vege- 

 table specialties in colors. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York — 

 General Seeds, Plant and Implement 

 Catalogue for Spring, 1917. A 150- 

 page catalogue, excellent in all its 

 details, with zinnias and salpiglossis 

 in full color as cover illustrations. 



Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston — 

 "Everything for Farm, Garden and 

 Lawn." From 1822 to 1917 Breck's 

 Higli Grade Seeds have been offered 

 to the gardening public by means of 

 an annual catalogue and the one now 

 issued is fully up to the quality and 

 attractiveness of any of its predeces- 

 sors. Neatly bound in covers of cream 

 and gold. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Frank D. Pelicano, San Francisco, 

 Cal.— List of Dahlias. 



D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, 111.— 

 Wholesale Catalogue for Spring, 1917. 

 Illustrated. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 

 — Fruit and Ornamental Tree Book. 

 Strong on berries. 



John Connon Co., Hamilton. Ont. — 

 Wholesale Price List Nursery Stock, 

 Bulbs, Border Perennials, etc. 



J. L. Moore, Northboro, Mass. — 

 Catalogue and Price List of Dahlias 

 and Gladioli for 1917. A select retail 

 list. 



Metzner Floral Company, Mountain 

 View, Cal. — Catalogue of Gladioli and 

 New and Select Geraniums, Pelargo- 

 miums, etc. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 

 — Vick's Garden and Floral Guide for 

 1917. Lavishly illustrated and covers 



Our Little Back Lot. 



Let them tell us, who will, of their broad, 

 rolling farms, 

 And their eloquent, annual gains; 

 Let them dwell, if they choose, on the many 

 rare charms 

 Of their far-reaching acres of grains. 

 But unless they have tried it they never 

 can guess 

 Of the Jolly good fun to be got 

 From the radishes, lettuce, beets, onions 



and cress. 

 Peas, beans and tomatoes, full many a 

 mess. 

 Which we grow in our little back lot. 



Which "we" grow, — for my wife and the 

 children and I. 

 We all join, each one doing his best 

 In our pleasant endeavor, and eager to try 

 To bring forth good things tor the rest. 

 And I'm sure we are truly as happy as 

 liings, 

 Though we dwell In a plain little cot. 

 We're so fond of the glad vernal season 



that brings 

 All the savory, toothsome, delectable things 

 That grow in our little liack lot. 



— Boston Traveler. 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS 



Florists' Necessities 



AMERICAN BULB CO. 



172 N. Wabasb Ave., Chicago, 111. 



