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Aupist 11. 1917 



THE PEONY 



If You Want to 



Know the Peony 



If You Want to 



Grow the Peony 



If You Want to 



Show the Peony 



Buy the Book of the PEONY by 

 Mrs. Edward Harding. The price 

 Is $6.00 and you will get full 

 money's worth when it is on your 

 book-shelf. History, Description, 

 Culture, fully covered and right up 

 to date. 20 full page illustrations 

 in colors. 22 in doubletone and a 

 map. 



Order from HORTICULTURE 



Visitors' Register 



Uu... . - r. X. Y.— Felix Alhprts. Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



Boston — Sam Woodrow, Narragan- 

 sett Pier. R. I. 



Pittsburgh— S. M. Rosenfeld. ^^'e^t- 

 heimer Bros., New York. 



Seattle, Wash. — A. Kakuda, Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co., New York. 



St. Louis, Mo. — George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago; S. S. Pennock. Philadelphia. 



Washington — Annie Starr and Mrs. 

 R. B. Fleming. Wilson. N. C; Charles 

 L. Tricker. Arlington, N. J. 



Atlantic City, N. J.— W. A. Manda 

 and Mrs. Manda, South Orange. N. J.; 

 Hardy W. Pritchard and family. Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



New York — T. R. Pearman, Hamil- 

 ton, Bermuda; Miss Ann Crowe, Utica, 

 N. Y.; E. Worrall Outerbridge and Joe 

 Outerbridge, Bermuda. 



Chicago — R. R. Davis, Morrison, 111.; 

 John Furrow, Guthrie, Okla.; S. S. 

 Pennock, Phila., Pa.: John Stupp and 

 Wm. Ilanselman. Independence. Kas.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Snyder, Hutchison. 

 Kas.; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Klein. Ed- 

 wardville. 111.: A. Kakuda and M. 

 Shimaura. New York: Frank X. Gorley, 

 St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. -John Richter, Du- 1 

 luth, Minn. | 



SEED TRADE 



AMERI(:\> SBBDTKADB ASSOCIAMON 



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Seeds, Surpluses and Shortages. 

 The committee on seed stocks of the 

 Department of Agriculture Is en- 

 deavoring to assist in supplying infor- 

 mation as to where seeds may he ob- 

 tained. To this end It will appreciate 

 information from any one who has 

 seed to offer. The Information should 

 (ontain tlie name, kind and variety, 

 and appro.ximately the quantity of seed 

 offered as well as the price asked. 

 It proposes to file all such Information 

 and to use it in answering inquiries 

 that may be received from various 

 parts of the country. All such com- 

 munications should be addressed to 

 R. A. Oakley, Chairman, Committee 

 on Seed Stocks, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, 1>. ('. 



A Menace Removed. 



A telegram from \V. F. Therklldson 

 informs us that he has been advised 

 by Hon. Boies Penrose under date of 

 August 4, that the Finance Committee 

 of the Senate has amended the pro- 

 posed tax so as to exempt all catalogs 

 and also parcel post packages under 

 four ounces. This will lie good news 

 for the catalogue men. 



This shows the great advantage of 

 quick concentrated cooperative ac- 

 tion. Protests were filed by all mail 

 order houses of the country, the Na- 

 tional Typothetae and various unions 

 and organizations that were effected, 

 the printing trade, the ink and paper 

 people and many others so that pro- 

 tests were sent in literally by the 

 thousands. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Willis E. Freyer. Mantorville. Minn., 

 — Special list of new "Glory Strain" 

 Bearded Iris. 



D. W. C. Ruff, Bald Eagle Lake, 

 Minn. — Illustrated Catalogue of Peo- 

 nies, classified as to rarity and includ- 

 ing the latest introductions. 



Lewis Valentine & Co., of New York, 

 who have the contract for the land- 

 scape gardening on the Tilney estate, 

 near New Germantown. N. J., have 

 discontinued work for the balance of 

 the summer. This company have had 

 a number of men employed and a host 

 of boxwood plants have been planted 

 on the Tilney estate. 



MICHELL'S 



NEW CROP 



PANSY SEED 



MICIIKI.I.'S (.I.VNT KXIIIIIITION 

 MIXKI) 



-V fflnnt Htriiln which fur bIz.o of lilooin, 

 heavy li'xluri' nnd varh'i! oolnra nml 

 Hhailt's cniiiiot ho BiirpiiflHed. Ilnlf tr. 

 |ikt., 30c.; tr, pkt.. .'.lie, ; % ox., $1.00; 

 ■ ■/... »«.00. 



(.1 ANT NOKTH IN SEPARATK COLORS 



Tr. pkt. Oi. 



A/urr lllu<- 10.40 $2.25 



l!hi..u Hill.. 40 2.25 



I rrur William, blue 40 2.25 



lliirl.tlalll Hcl 40 2.B0 



KliiK of lh<. Illnrltii 40 2.25 



l.iirij liriKunKlli'ld, purple 



vlnlci 40 2.25 



I'rucock, blue, claret and 



whlto 40 3.00 



Snn« Qun-n, pure wbltc 40 2.25 



•-Irliird un<l Mottird 40 2.25 



\\ hilr ullh Kyc 40 2.25 



inn- Yi-llo« 40 2.2.1 



\.ll.iH »iih Kye 40 2.25 



.\1hu all other •rnnonablr Se«d«, Bulbs 



and .SiippllcR. 



Send for W holrNiilc Cutaloi^ue. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



S18 Market St , Philadelphia 



GARDEN CONSERVATION. 



A garden conservation committee, 

 Mrs. Vibe K. Splcer, of Kenllworth, 

 chairman, was organized at the meet- 

 ing of the Mid-West Branch of the 

 Woman's National Farm and Garden 

 -Association Executive Board, in Chi- 

 cago. June l.")th. All garden clubs and 

 horticultural societies are invited to 

 send delegates to this committee. Its 

 object is to spread propaganda holding 

 it a duty to preserve gardens and or- 

 chards, to cherish plants, to encourage 

 buying named varieties, and to sup- 

 port old firms of seedsmen whose pub- 

 lic spirit has been of value to Ameri- 

 ca. 



History proves that it takes a cen- 

 tury for horticulture and agriculture to 

 recover from the shock of a war. Stress 

 is laid on common food plants, and 

 choice trulls, vegetables and flowers 

 are neglected. In the demand for 

 cereals, potatoes, beans and the like, 

 quantity Is asked rather than quality. 

 Accordingly, business foresight de- 

 clares that, as there are plans to 

 strengthen the army for victory, so 

 there must be organizations to con- 

 serve what it has taken years of sci- 

 entific effort to produce for the period 

 of peace after war. Then, more than 

 ever, civilization will need not only 

 food and forage, but the inspiration of 

 nature in gardens of flowers, shrubs 

 and orchards, to banish the horror of 

 man's Inhumainlty to man. — Lena M. 

 McCauley in Woman's Farm and Gar- 

 den AsB'n Bulletin. 



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