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HORTICULTUKE 



January 20, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officer*— President, Klrby B. White, 

 Detroit Ulch.; First Vice-President, F. 

 W. Bolclano, Washington, D. C; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, L,. I.. Olds, Madison, 

 Wll.i Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. Kendel, 

 Cleveland, O. 



ANOTHER SEED BILL. 



On January 12 Congressman Byrnes 

 of South Carolina introduced in the 

 House a bill No. 20044 to regulate in- 

 terstate commerce in adulterated and 

 misbranded seeds, etc., which bill was 

 referred to the Committee on Api- 

 culture. 



The bill applies to seeds and bulbs of 

 all kinds, defining adulteration to be 

 when seeds or bulbs contain dead 

 seeds or weed seeds, or dead bulbs or 

 any other substance materially reduc- 

 ing the value for seeding or planting 

 purposes. Misbranding is defined, 

 when one kind or distinguishable var- 

 iety of seed or bulb shall be offered for 

 sale under the name of another kind 

 or distinguishable named variety of 

 seed or bulb. Second, if in package 

 form and the contents are stated in 

 terms of weight or measure, they are 

 not plainly and correctly stated. 

 Third, if the article be falsely labeled 

 or branded as to the State, Territory, 

 locality or country in which it is 

 raised or produced. 



Heavy penalties are provided for the 

 first offence, not exceeding $200 fine; 

 for any subsequent oilence not exceed- 

 ing $300 or imprisonment not exceed- 

 ing one year, or both. 



The Locked Door on European Ship- 

 ments. 



Latest advices from Europe, received 

 on January 15, report no change on 

 the "locked door'.' situation for all 

 grass and clover seeds. Exporters are 

 applying about once a week to the 

 powers that be but no permits have 

 been secured so far. It was thought 

 a month ago that spinach would get 

 through on a seventy-five per cent, 

 basis but subsequent results are show- 

 ing only twenty-five or less. On the 

 whole the situation is very gloomy and 

 famine prices for what little is left are 

 the order of the day. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending January 5, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs— Azores, $85; France. $93; 

 Netherlands, $5,813; England, $32; 

 Mexico, $72. 



Plants — Azores, $55; Denmark, $526; 

 France, $421; Netherlands, $1,126; 

 England, $4,03S; Ireland, $209. 



Red clover seed — France, $8,580. 



Grass seed — Denmark, $3,118; Rus- 

 sia, $21,699. 



Other seeds — France, $3,156; Italy, 

 $5; Xetherbnds, $3,309; Denmark, 

 $217; England, $953; Hongkong, $119; 

 Japan, $1,630. 



Nitrate of soda — Chile, $195,554. 



Other fertilizers — England, $7,380; 

 Scotland, $391. 



MICHELL'S BULBS 



CANNA ROOTS 



100 1000 



AUSTRIA $?,.00 $2.''i.00 



BRANDYWINE 3.00 27. .W 



EG.ANDALE 3.00 21. rM 



FLORENCE VAl'GHAN.... S.OO 25.00 



GVST.AVE GUMPPER 5.00 40.00 



KING HUMBERT 4.00 35.00 



MME. CROZY 3.00 25.00 



PINK BEAUTY' OF HUN- 



G.\RI.\ 7.00 fiO.OO 



PRESIDENT McKINLEY'.. 3.25 30.00 



<ll KEN CHARLOTTE 3.00 25.0U 



ROSE.\ GIGANTEA 10.00 85.00 



WYOMING 3.00 27..50 



.\lso all Other Desirable A'arieties. 



BEGONIA BULBS 



SI.NGLE. Separate colors.. $2.75 $25.00 



SINGLE. Mixed colors 2.50 22.50 



DOUBLE. Separate colors. 4.25 37..50 



DOUBLE. Jlixpfl colors... 4 00 33 00 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



luo 1000 



.AMERICA ,tl.75 .f l.J.OO 



.•VUGUSTA l.Sr, 10.00 



BRENCHLEYENSIS 1.40 12.00 



GLORY OF HOLL.VND 2..50 20.00 



H.ALLEY 1.50 12.50 



HOLL.YNDIA 2.00 17.50 



M.VY 2.25 20.00 



MRS. FR.ANCIS KING L.'JO 13.50 



PINK .VU<iUSTA 2.25 20.00 



PINK I'ERFECTION 4.00 .35.00 



SH.YKESPE.YRE 4.50 40.00 



MICHELL'S SPECI.AL. 



White and lii^ht mixture. 1.75 16.00 

 .VIko Jill Other I>eKirat>le Varieties. 



TUBEROSE BULBS 



.M.AM.MOTH PE.4RL. Hand selected, 



extra tine. .$1.25 per 100: per 1000. 



.$10.(10. 



HENRY F. MIGHELL CO., 518 Market St.. Phil?. 



SKND FOR NEW WHOLESALE CATALOGUE IF YOC H.VVEN'T A COPT. 



SEEDS for the FLORIST 



ASXFR^ QUEEN of the 

 ^^^ * E-IX.^ MARKET. 



The best extra early variety, large, double flowers, on long 

 stems, In colors: Crimson, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Rose 

 Peach Blossom, White. 



Trade Packet, 20c., Oi., ISc. 



Sweet Peas, Cyclamen, Primulas, Lily of the Valley, from 



Our Own Cold Storage Plant. 



Our Trade LUt Mailed •■ .Application. 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO., f;:i!Ji^L^i,Y°rr! BOSTON 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynee 

 Park, London, Elngland. Send for CcitaJogue 



166 Chamber of 

 Cotninerct BIdg., Boston, Mu>. 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



S. M. Is'bell & Co., Jackson, Mich.— 

 ISbells Tested Seeds, 38th year, Field, 

 Garden and Flower Seeds. Plants, 

 Small Fruits, etc. Cover pages In 

 appetizing colors. 



Kniglit & Struck Company, Xew 

 York — Heatherhome Seed and Plant 

 Book for 1917. In ■ artistic embossed 

 blue and white cover, as before, 336 

 pages of which 22 are devoted to plant 

 and seed novelties, domestic and im 

 ported. 



Peth & Duggan. New York City.— 

 1917 Descriptive Catalogue of Veget- 

 able and Flower Seed. A very attrac- 

 tive and creditable publication in con- 

 tents and workmanship. Index on in- 

 side of front cover is a pleasing in- 

 novation. 



H. G. Hastings Co., Atlanta, Ga.— 

 Seed Catalogue No. 50, Spring, 1917. 

 Specially intended for circulation in 

 the South. Profusely illustrated and 

 from appearances a business getter. 

 "Bank Account" cotton on front cover 

 and "Dixie" vegetable collection in 

 color on back. 



.1. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. — 

 General Catalogue for 1917. "Glory" 

 Tomato in color glory on front cover 

 page and a variety of attractive vege- 

 table and flower novelties on back 

 cover challenge attention. The book is 

 devoted mainly to vegetable seeds and 

 is profusely illustrated. 



H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.. 

 Dreer's Garden Book— This is the 

 seventy-ninth annual edition of this 

 popular publication. Like its prede- 

 cessors it is an ideal seed and plant 

 catalogue and strictly up-to-ihe-minute 

 in its specialties. The cover is plain 

 and tasteful — fawn color with no 

 adornment other than gold embossed 

 lettering. It comprises 288 pages of 

 descriptive text and splendid half 

 tone engravings. There are four full 

 pages of <'olor portraits of Cardinal 

 Climber, H. T. Rose, Los Angeles, Long 

 spurred Hybrid Aquilegias and Im- 

 proved Vegetables. In quality of paper 

 and typrographical work this book Is 

 one of the very best of the season. 



PIN MONEY 



MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN 



8 lb. for $I.OO 



Directions Included 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Vesey St., New York 



