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HORTICULTURE 



April 21, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



AMEmCAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Kirby B. White, 

 Detroit, Mich.; First Vice-President, *". 

 W. Bolgiano, Washington, 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. 



New Bills Before Congress. 



The following bills have been intro- 

 duced in the Si.xty-Fifth Congress and 

 are of interest to the seedsmen: 



House Bill 2352 (Mr. Byrne of South 

 Carolina). To regulate the movement 

 of seeds in interstate commerce — an 

 impossible bill. 



H. R. 2780, appropriating $5,000,000 

 for the immediate distribution of 

 valuable seeds to farmers, through the 

 agency of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



S. 1727, appropriating $250,000 for 

 the distribution before June 1st, 1917, 

 of seeds, shrubs, five-sixths of such 

 distribution to be at the direction of 

 senators, representatives, and dele- 

 gates. 



There have been several bills filed 

 also of interest to nurserymen, as fol- 

 lows: 



House Bill 1254, by Mr. Baker for 

 the inspection of nursery stock sent 

 through the United States mails. A 

 very objectionable bill. 



Senate Bill 1727, by McKellar, ap- 

 propriating $250,000 for the purchase 

 and distribution, before June 1st, 1917, 

 of seeds, trees, shrubs, etc., five- 

 sixths of such trees and shrubs to be 

 distributed in accordance with tlie 

 requests of senators, representatives, 

 and delegates, in Congress. 



CONTROL OF MUSHROOM PESTS. 



Methods of controlling mushroom 

 pests, such as maggots, mites, spring- 

 tails, sowbugs, slugs and crickets, are 

 described in U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture Farmers' Bulletin 789. Pre- 

 vention of damage to cultivated mush- 

 rooms by insects and other creatures, 

 according to the author of the bulletin, 

 C. H. Popenoe, Bureau of Entomology, 

 begins with the construction of a 

 mushroom house, which should be as 

 tight as possible, with outlets capable 

 of being tightly closed. The windows 

 and ventilators should be screened 

 with fine wire gauze, as this forms an 

 excellent prevention against the en- 

 trance of the small fungus gnats or 

 flies and the mites which they carry. 



Mushroom' spawn should be pur- 



PIN MONEY 



MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN 



8 lb. for $I.OO 



Directions Included 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Vesey St., New York 



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SPRING BULBS 



CANNAS, Dormant Roots 



Packed 250 in a Case 

 Full cases at 1000 rate 



Red-Flowering Cannas, Green Foliage 



100 1000 



BEAUTE POITEVINE. 3% ft. 2.00 17JS0 



BLACK PRINCE. 4 ft 2.76 25.00 



CHARLES HENDERSON. 



4 ft 2.00 17.60 



CHEROKEE. 4 ft 1.50 14.00 



CRIMSON BEDDER. 3 ft... 2.76 25.00 

 DUKE OF MARLBORO. 414 



ft 1.75 IB.OO 



FURST BISMARCK. 4 ft 1.65 15.00 



CHANCELOR BULOW. 3 ft.. 1.65 IS.OO 



J. D. EISELE. 6 ft 1.65 15.00 



LOUISIANA. 6ft 1.66 16.00 



MEPHISTO. SV2 ft 1.66 16.00 



MUSAFOLIA. 7 ft 1.66 16.00 



PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. 



3 ft 2.00 17.50 



PRE8. MEYER. 4 ft 2.00 17.60 



PILLAR OF FIRE. 6ft 2.00 17.60 



TARRYTOWN. SV4 ft 2.00 17.50 



Yellow and Yellow Spotted 



JOHANNA KANZLEITEB. 4 



ft 



RICHARD WAXXACE. 4% 



ft l.M 



GLADIATOR. 5 ft 1.6C 



AUSTRIA. 6 ft 1.86 



1.65 16.00 



16.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



Orange Shades 



MRS. KATE GRAY. 

 INDIANA. 6 ft 



ft l.es 16.00 



1.66 16.00 



Yellow-Edged and Gold-Edged Cannas 



AMERICA. 5 ft 



ALLEMANNIA. 4 to 6 ft. 

 DUKK OF YORK. 5 ft... 

 GLADIO-FLORA. 3M! ft. 



ITALIA. iM: ft 



JEAN TISSOT. 6 ft 



1.S5 

 1.S5 

 2.75 

 1.66 

 IJiO 

 1.66 



Pink-Flowering Cannas 



VENUS. SVi ft. 

 SHENANDOAH. 



2.00 

 1.66 



12.00 

 U.OO 

 26.00 

 16.00 

 14.00 

 U.OO 



I7JS0 

 16.00 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 



(Elephant's Ear) 

 Full cases at 1000 Kate 



Doz. ino 1000 



7/9 100 In a case .50 3.50 30.00 



9/11 76 In a case .75 5.50 50.00 



11/12 50 In a case 1.10 8.00 75.00 



13/ap 25 In a case 1.60 12.00 



FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS 



»1.60 I 



Brazilian Collection of 12 varieties. 



per doz., $12.00 per 100. 

 Mixed Brazilian Varieties. (1.26 



doz., $10.00 per 100. 



per 



TUBEROSES 



100 1000 



Double Pearl. Bulbs, 4 to 6 

 Id. in circumference $1.00 $7US0 



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Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 



Park, London, Engleuid. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., ann««fBSrBrrtl »!«.. 



chased only from reliable dealers, as 

 otherwise insects may be introduced 

 with the spawn. As gnats may also be 

 brought into the house through the 

 agency of manure, special attention 

 should be cut off given to fermenting 

 the compost uniformly to insure a heat 

 which is sufficient to destroy maggots 

 and other pests that may be present 

 In the manure. Where soil is infested 

 the author advises sterilizing the soil 

 of the benches by heating to a tem- 

 perature of ISO'P., while fumigation 

 with carbon disulphid just previous to 

 spawning Is productive of good results 

 in destroying maggots in the compost. 

 Carbon disulphid vapor, however, is 

 very inflammal)le and even explosive 

 when mixed with air and brought into 

 contact with fire or sparks, or when 

 heated to a sufficiently high tempera- 

 ture, and great care should be used in 

 handling it. Destruction of the adults 

 or flies in mushroom houses can be ef- 

 fected by fumigation with nicotine 

 preparations or pyrethrum. 



Sowbugs may be detected at night 

 by the aid of a lantern and killed, or 

 hot water may be poured along the 

 cracks in the boards and in other 

 places where the bugs may be con- 

 cealed by day. 



The bulletin also contains sugges- 

 tions for poisoned baits which are ef- 

 fective against sowbugs and crickets, 

 and remedies for slugs. 



MICHELL'S 



PRIMULA SEED 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



(Ciiinese Prinirowe) 



'/i tr. pkt. tr. pkt. 

 Miohell's Prize Mixture. All 



even lileiuling of .ill colors.$0.60 $1.00 



.\lba Magnifica. White 60 1.00 



Chisivicit Red. Bright red.. .60 1.00 

 Duchess. White, with zone 



nf rosy earmine. yellow eye. .60 1.00 



Holborn Blue 60 1.00 



Kerniesina .Splendens. Crim- 



SOD 00 1.00 



Rosy Morn. I'ink 60 1.00 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA 



A great improvement over the old type, 

 flowers much larger. tr. pkt. 



Lilacina. Pale lilac $0.50 



Kerniesina. Deep criiiisou 50 



Rosea. Pink 50 



.Alba. White 50 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES 



Lilac. Trade packet $0.50 



Alba. White .50 



Rosea. Light rose to earmine rose. .50 



Also all other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs, 



Plants and Supplies. 



.Send for WHOLES.\LE CAT.4- 

 LOOl'E if you haven't a copy. 



HENfi\r F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Marker St. Philadelphia, Pa. 



