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HORTICULTURE 



St'pleuiber 1. 191^ 



mont of AKrlculturo, WaRhlnRton. 

 I>. C. 



Amcnc.in Seed Tr.ide Association An- 

 nual Report. 

 Tho aiiiuuU roport of the A. S. T. 

 A., which has just been Issued Is a 

 very complete and Intcrestliiii vol- 

 ume of 112 pages, on heavy paper and 

 typoRraphically excellent. It contains 

 a full report of the proceedings, 

 papor.t. addresses, discussions, reports 

 of committees, etc., at the thirty- 

 fifth animal convention held at De- 

 troit. Mich.. June 19-21, 1917. Also 

 Constitution and By-laws, roll of 

 mcnilicrh and details of local enter- 

 Uilnmenla etc. A portrait of the re- 

 Urine president, Kirby B. White, ap- 

 pears as frontispiece. 



Select Healthy Bean Seed Now. 

 ICvery bean grower without delay 

 should take steps to secure good seed 

 for next year's planting, either from 

 his own crop or from fields which he 

 knows to be free from anthracnose 

 and blight, the bean specialists of the 

 United Stales Department of Agricul- 

 ture advise. Seed from plants killed 

 by frost before the pods are dry and 

 mature should not be used. The use 

 of good seed — properly ripened, 

 plump, intact, and free rrom; disease 

 —is essential for securing large 

 yields. It is crop insurance for grow- 

 ers to lay in their seed while there 

 is still opportunity to inspect the 

 fields or they can pick from the cream 

 of commercial stocks instead of hav- 

 ing to take whatever may be avail- 

 able later. 



Wants Information as to Seed Stocks. 

 Wa-shington. D. C. The fact that 

 in some sections there is a shortage 

 of good seed while in others there is 

 a surplus makes it possible for the 

 Committee on Seed Stocks of the 

 United States Department of Agri- 

 culture to help in the distribution of 

 these surpluses. The Committee 

 wishes, therefore, to locate all avail- 

 able stocks of good seed of agricul- 

 tural crops, especially wheat, oats, 

 rye, crimson clover (in the hull or 

 hulled), and hairy vetch. The Com- 

 mittee will be glad if anyone, farmer 

 or dealer, will send information in 

 regard to the nuantities and prices 

 of seed of the above sorts which he 

 can oUer for sale f. o. b. his shipping 

 point, bags extra or included as the 

 case may be. The information should 

 give in each case the name of the 

 variety (especially in the case of 

 grain crops), condition of the seed a.s 

 to purity, year grown, and tlie price. 

 The Committee will then undertake 

 to get such information into the 

 hands of those who want the seed. 

 The Committee hopes that this re- 

 quest will receive wide circulation 

 and an immediate response, as it is 

 now time to get seed in the hands of 

 planters for fall use. Address Com- 

 mittee on Seed Stocks, U. S. Depart- 



Douglai P. Laird Goei to the Front. 



IiuumUi.m 1'. Laird a native of Kdin- 

 liurgh. Scotland, where he wu:- 

 brought up to tho seed buslnesH, hac 

 Joined the aviator corps of the Brit- 

 ish army and starts for Canada, Sept. 

 Ist. Mr. Laird has been in the Am 

 erl«in seed trade for a number of 

 years including Dreer, Thorburn and 

 lluist anil is well Known and highly 

 popular with all with whom ho has 

 cnnif in contact. He leaves us to do 

 his bit of patriotic duty with the sin 

 cere good wishes of everybody. 



Dutch Bulb Shipments Prohibited. 



I»is(iuiotlng news lanie to the seed 

 trade and the florists" bulb forcing 

 people In the press cablegrams from 

 The Hague dated August 29 announc- 

 ing that the Netherlands Government 

 h;id forbidden the shipment of flower 

 bulbs. No doubt iirompt action will 

 he taken by the Amerifan importin.; 

 trade to have this prohibition rescind 

 ed. J. K. M. L. Farquliar of Boston 

 started at once for Washington on 

 learning the facts and will present the 

 case of the Boston seed trade before 

 the proper officials. 



Calvin N. Keeney, of Leroy, X. Y.. 

 who has large interests in beans and 

 peas, was summoned to Wasliingtoii 

 last week by Food Administrator Her- 

 bert C. Hoover for a conference on 

 the shortage which exists in some 

 lines of seed, particularly peas, for 

 next season's planting. Mr. Keeney 

 is one of me best known seedsmen in 

 the country, and his crops are grown 

 in many states. He returned a few 

 days ago from an extended stay in 

 the states of Montana and Washing- 

 ton, where he has a large acreage of 

 seed farms. 



MICHELL'S 



NEW CROP 



PANSY SEED 



Mil Ml I I. >. l,l\sr KMIIIIITION 

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■V kIuiiI slnihi wliic'li fur iilr.i' nf liloniii, 

 Iniivy li'itiiri' mill viirlvd I'oliirn iiiiil 

 Hlmilcii i-aiiiiot l.f Hiirimiiii'd. Ilulf tr. 

 I'k., .•inc.; tr. pkt.. COc. ; % oi.. Jl.OO; 



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 VKU I IIDI- PVPI NUCII 



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lOO I.IKKI 



8.-.-d .S.-.M 

 Diikp of ConnnuKht. rrlin- 



siiii 11.25 $10.00 



K\rrli.lor. Wliltr with red 



l.iiM.- 1.25 in.Ofi 



i;riinillll<irn .\ll>ii. Wlllto... l.'J.') 10.00 

 l-rlnrr«K of \\ uir>. I'Ink... l.tl 10.00 

 Milnion (iiii-rn. Siilmnn pink 1.2S 10. OO 



Mlvnl foliirn 1.00 0.00 



N«-nil fur niir Iiit4".t M'hoI«*fcali* CatAloKN 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market Si. 



Philadelphia. Pa. 



LILY BULBS 



FALL SHIPMENT 



lilKiintriltn. I'ormovum, Kubrnm, 



.M iiltllloruin, Miiunlllcum, ADrutum, 



Album, .Mi'lponif-ni*, Ktc. 



.'^lilpmcnts dlBtrlliiitpil from New York, 

 ciiicnBO. Plilladelplila, Denver. LoDdon 

 (Ont). 



Write for IMPORT prlres. stating qnnn- 

 tlty . vjirli-t.v and size. 



McHUTCHISON & CO., '^''fil.^.r* 



95 ClIAMBEKS ST.. NEW TOKK 



SEEDS 

 BULBS 



fertilizers 

 sundrie:s 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO., 



FOR THE FLORI8T8 



A most complete stock of Sea- 

 Bonat>le Soeds. 

 FOR THE FLORISTS 



For Immediate use or future 

 delivery. Ai<k for quotntlons. 

 FOR THE FI.ORI.ST.S 



Pulverized Sheep or Cattle Ma- 

 nure. Clay's. Thompson's. Dried 

 Kluod. 

 FOR THE FLORISTS 



Insecticides, Spraying Imple- 

 ments, Small Tools, etc. 



XOU ought to hare our retail and Florists' Special List 

 If you hare not. write for one. 



THE SEED STORE 



Faneuil Hall Sqoarf 



BOSTON 



l-EIOIMAFRD'S SEIEDS 



and SEED SEIRVIOIs: 



FOR SALE BY 



LEONARD SEED COMPANY, Chicago, III. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Rarynes 



Park, London, Elngland. Send for Czitalogue 



CARTERS 1 tJS 1 LD S£cX)S, inc., G»B>«ce BiatTBo.ton, m.u. 



