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HOETICULTURE 



June 16, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



AMBMCAM SBED TKADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— Preildent, Kirby B. Whl^ 



Detroit. Mich.; FlMt ^»''«-Pl?*'^«"*i2: 



ood Vice-President, L. ly Olds, MwU- 

 soD, Wis. ; Secrctary-TreMnxer, a K. 

 Kendel. Cleveland, O,— OonrenHoa •* 



Detroit, June 19, 1817. 



How Seedsmen Will Help the Farmer. 



Washington, D. C— No agricultural 

 production can be successful unless a 

 good stand of the crop is secured in 

 the field. A full stand cannot economi- 

 cally be obtained if seed of unknown 

 quality is used. With a view to devis- 

 ing some practical means for furnish- 

 ing the farmer essential information 

 concerning the commercial seeds he is 

 buying, the oecretary of Agriculture 

 recently invited representatives of the 

 seed trade to confer with the Depart- 

 ment on the subject. Officers of the 

 American Seed Trade Association and 

 of the Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers 

 Association, as well as representatives 

 of twenty-one leading seed firms, were 

 present. 



Because of the vital importance of 

 the matter in relation to the effort to 

 enlarge the production of staple food 

 and feed crops, the Department sug- 

 gested that the seed trade voluntarily 

 furnish the following information with 

 the field crop seeds they sell. 



1. Name of seedsmen. 



2. Kind of seed. 



:i. Proportion of pure live seed present, 

 with month and year of germination test. 



4. Country or locality of origin in the 

 case of the following imported seeds: beans, 

 soy beans. Turkestan alfalfa, and red clover 

 from Southern Europe and Chile. 



The representatives of the seed trade 

 present agreed to adopt these sugges- 

 tions with reference to their own busi- 

 ness, and the officers of the associations 

 represented agreed to recommend that 

 these suggestions be adopted by all 

 firms included in their membership. 

 The question of such adoption is now 

 being submitted to individual seeds- 

 men members not present at the con- 

 ference for their approval. 



It is contemplated that the informa- 

 tion outlined above will be furnished 

 by seedsmen, with all field crop seeds, 

 when sold in lots of ten pounds or over 

 and that this plan will be put in full 

 operation not later than July 1, 1917. 

 The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, through the Seed Testing 

 Laboratories of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, will render such assistance 

 in carrying out this plan as the facili- 

 ties permit through the making of 

 actual analyses of samples of seed. 



Your ad. on Hydrangeas was 

 very effective and has helped me 

 to dispose of two houses of Hy- 

 drangeas for Memorial Day. We 

 have had a great many letters tell- 

 ing us how fine the stock is. 

 Thanking you, I am 



Yours very truly, 



A. L. MILLER. 



MICHELL'S 



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CROP* 



PANSY SEED 



Michcll's Giant Exhibition 

 Mixed. A giant strain, which 

 for size of bloom, heavy tex- 

 ture and varied colors and 

 shades cannot be surpassed. 

 Half trade pkt. SOc. ; 50c. per 

 trade pkt.; i/s oz. Sl.OO; J6.00 

 per oz. 



. Giant Trlmardeau Mixed. 



Large flowering and choice 

 colors. Trade pkt. 30c.; $1.25 

 per oz. 



Also Giant Prize and Regu- 

 lar sorts in separate colors. 



CYCAS STEMS 



$2.50 per 25 lbs.; per 

 100 lbs. $9.00; case lots 

 (about 300 lbs.) at SViC. 

 per lb. 



Also all other Seasonable 

 Seeds, Bulbs and Supplies. 

 Send for Wholesale Catalog. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



'518' 



market; ST. 



PHILA. 



"Seeds with a Lineeige" All Varieties 



Thorou£(lily tested at our trial grounds, Rasnnee 



Park, London, Elngland. Setid for Catalogue 



Carters tested skds, Ioc, an.»Re BM^Boton, m^,. 



DUTCH CARGO SHIPS LEAVE FOR 

 AMERICA. 



Rotterdam. — The steamships Am- 

 steldyk and Beukeldyk of the Holland- 

 America Line sailed for America on 

 .lune 8. These vessels were the first 

 ships to leave with cargoes in the last 

 four months, or since the commence- 

 ment of the ruthless submarine cam- 

 paign. They are also the first cargoes 

 to sail under the new arrangements 

 made with the British Government and 

 the concessions granted to the Dutch 

 Government. England has now ar- 

 ranged that outward-bound Dutch 

 ships leaving under the Overseas Trust 

 conditions, can call at Halifax or al- 

 ternatively that ships will not be in- 

 terfered with if provided with mani- 

 fests approved by the Allies. 



The cargo of the Amsteldyk consists 

 mainly of sugar beet seed which was 

 unloaded from the Noordam just be- 

 fore she sailed May 15. Otherwise the 

 cargoes are miscellaneous. The Ameri- 

 can Legation at The Hague has been 

 especially active in making arrange- 

 ments and obtaining concessions for 

 the shipment of these goods. It is 

 stated, however, that great anxiety 

 and uncertainty reigns in Rotterdam 

 shipping circles and even at the Hol- 

 land-America Line as to whether Ger- 

 many will consider all cargoes bound 

 for America contraband. 



Floral Company has increased its cap- 

 ital stock to $150,000. 



Wilmington, Del. — Local florists 

 have complained to Chief of Police 

 Black about the practice of Philadel- 

 phia flower venders invading the local 

 street markets on Wednesday and Sat- 

 urdays and also of standing on the 

 curbs on Saturday nights selling flow- 

 ers. It is claimed that these dealers 

 pay no state license, rent or wages to 

 employees and compete with local flor- 

 ists who maintain large plants all the 

 year around at a considerable expense. 

 The habit will he stopped. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Boonton. N. J. — The Onaway Green- 

 houses have been purchased by Arthur 

 Taylor. 



Forest Glen. III.— The Brant & Noe 



CUT 



Worm Food gefs them 

 Pounds 25c, 5lbs $1.00 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Ve«ey St., New York 



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