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HOETICULTURE 



March 10, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TKADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers-President, Kirby »• Wliite. 

 Detroit, Mich.; First V'ce-Pres.dent F. 

 W Bolsiano, Washington, M- C., sec 

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

 8on Wis.; Secretar.v-Treasurer, C. B. 

 Kendel. Cleveland. O.-Convent.on at 

 Detroit, June 19, 19n. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



The annual convention ot the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association goes to 

 Detroit this year. The dates are June 

 26 to 28 We present herewith a cut 

 of the Hotel Poutchartrain. which will 

 be convention headquarters. President 

 White urges those who expect to at- 

 tend the convention to make reseiva 

 tion at once as Detroit hotels are 

 usually well filled up in June. Rooms 

 reserved now will be held by number, 

 thus minimizing the possiljility ot er- 

 ror and disappointment. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending Feb. 23d. were recorded as 



follows: 

 Bulbs— Netherlands, $2,50 1; Japan. 



$382. ^, , , 



Plants— France, $7,987: England, 

 $459; Ireland. $170; Japan, $189. 



Red clover seed— France, $6,965. 



Other clover seed — Canada, $300. 



Grass seed— Scotland. $1,179: Ire- 

 land, $1,301. 



Other seeds- Denmark, $178; France, 

 $4,114: Italy, $1,866; Netherlands, 

 $509; England, $10,698; British India. 

 $2,067: Japan, $36. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $187,475. 



Other fertilizers- England. $310. 



Wisconsin Truck Growers to Treat 

 Cabbage Seed. 

 Many Wisconsin gardeners and 

 truck growers intend to treat their 

 cabbage seed with formalin solution 

 this, season, as a means of checking 

 serious damage to their crops from 

 black rot and black leg diseases. 



The disinfection of cabbage seed is 

 equally as important as seed treat- 

 ment for grain smut and potato scab, 

 a common practice on many Wiscon- 

 sin farms, and known to give big re- 

 turns on the time and money so in- 

 vested. 



Directions for the use of formalin or 

 formaldehyde in the treatment of cab- 

 bage seed have been prepared by R. 

 E.- Vaughan, plant disease specialist. 

 College of Agriculture. University of 

 Wisconsin: 



"Take 1 ounce of the strong (40 per 

 cent.) solution and mix 2 gallons of 

 water in any ordinary tub or pail. 

 Then take the seed to be treated and 

 put it loosely in a cloth sack which 

 should be tied up and placed in the 

 diluted solution of formalin for 20 

 minutes. The seed should be stirred 

 around in the solution so as to make 

 sure that all the seeds are entirely 

 wet. 



"When the 20 minutes are over, rinse 

 the seed in clear water to remove the 

 formaldehyde and dry at once by 

 spreading on clean papers, canvass, or 

 floor. After drying, the seed is ready 

 to be put in the seeder or when thor- 



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Seed Trade Convention I-Ieadquarters 



oughly dry can be stored for future 

 use." 



Mr. Vaughan gives these few- cau- 

 tions: 



"Don't freeze the wet seed. 



"Don't return the treated seed to 

 the original packages, because of dan- 

 ger of re-infection. 



"Don't leave the seed in the solution 

 more than 20 minutes. 



"Don't make the solution too strong, 

 as over treatment injures the vitality 

 of the seed. 



"Don't forget that seed treatment 

 cannot eliminate the diseases which 

 may come from infected soil, neighbor- 

 ing fields, or from farm machinery, 

 tramping feet, or Insects." 



Notes. 



Rush City, Minn. — R. E. Killmer. 

 proprietor of the North Star State 

 Nurseries, will open a seed store for 

 spring trade in a few weeks. 



We regret to learn of the illness of 

 W. C. Langbridge, representative of 

 the Jerome B. Rice Co., Cambridge, N. 

 Y., and hope he will be able to get out 

 again soon. 



We have received from Alois Frey 

 some flowers of his hybrid freesias, 

 which are exceedingly pretty, the col- 

 ors running all the way from deep 

 bright yellow to deep pink and in a 

 mixed bunch producing a bright spark- 

 ling effect. The flowers are borne on 

 tall, vigorous stems. 



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"The STUi)f;xT Wkitkh," A Little 

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IVIICHELUS 



Fansy-leave 



CALADIUMS 



They are Money-makers. Try a Few. 

 They will promote sales. 



Wherever liij,'h class decuratidiis are 

 required. Fancy-Leaved Cniadiuius are 

 indispensable. For table decnratiuns. 

 for jardinieres, and for enlivening 

 i; roups of palms or ferns, they are serv- 

 iceable; also desirable for beiMing pur- 

 poses. Our list is composed of V2 of the 

 liest named sorts. 



PRICE 

 20c each; $1.75 doz.; 



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Also IJegonia!'*, Culudiiiiii Ksculen- 

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 .Seasonable Bulbs, Seeds and Supplies 

 Send lor ^> hole sale Catalogue. 



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