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September 29, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



americ.\k:sbko tkadb association 



»tf!lo«-r» — Prradlrnt. V. W. Bolcinno, 

 \\ ••hltiKlun. DC: Klr»l \ Ic^rroaUlrot, 

 tt III <• hiarlrlt. IkUtliiKiri', Mil.: Hooond 

 \ Irf -rrrNlilrllt, !>»% Ill Itiirprr, I'IiIImIqI- 

 pliln. r». ; hrrrcliir^ -Tmuiurer, C. K. 



To Expedite Bulb Deliveries. 

 GcntU'liifli: 



Wo enclose you copy uf a tfli-Knun 

 which we sent to the Honorable Rob- 

 ert LunsinR, Secretary of Slate, Wash- 

 ing, n. C. last evenlnK. This might be 

 of interest to you. 



Sfptoiulii-r 2.1. 11117. 

 Iluniimhic Roliort I.nnsliiu-, Secretary of 

 Siiiii-. \Vniiliiiii:tMii, I), c. 

 Miiy wv iiKk of you ilu' kiinluess to com- 

 niiiiil<-nte nlih Dip BrItlHli iiuthorltloH at 

 n»Mf:iit. with II view of I'xpt'illtllii; Hlilp- 

 l>i>rs' ilocuiiieiits or roiiHlKii**i'>*' iiiiiil pcr- 

 taiiilni; to ••iillri' nirKu i:nr<li'ii liullis wlik-li 

 nrriv-'ij toilny pi*r sti'iiiiirr "Wnaldyk" from 

 Uotti-nlain. TIiIh i-uiiunniiity is periHliiiMe 

 ami further ilolay «lll iiiiliirally illspom- 

 niodp piThaps Ihrei' Ihousaml IniporliTs 

 who :ir<' .Vuierioan citizens, ami nniiii'muH 

 liolanli'al uarili-iis. tlurl^ts :iml secilsiiiun. 

 Khiptni-iil now one mouth late. Your telc- 

 i;nipli expense!* to Halifax will be clieer- 

 fally paid by us. Hur total conslBiiineut. 

 thiV vessel, belli); over ten thousand cases. 

 MALTIS & WAKE. 



14 Stone St., New York. 



It might be of further interest to all 

 various florists and receivers of bulbs 

 to know that although the bulbs are 

 perhaps one or two weeks late this 

 year, still it has given the article a 

 better chance to dry out in Holland, 

 and we have been advised by several 

 of the shippers of bulbs that the same 

 were not packed until just a tew days 

 before the exact date was known at 

 which the steamer was to depart. 



The vessel made reasonable or very 

 good time from Holland to New York, 

 and although it will take perhaps a 

 week or more to dispose of the cargo 

 of such magnitude lover 20.000 cases i 

 from the dock, still, the various i 

 florists and receivers should receive | 

 their bulbs in better condition than : 

 ever before, caused by their being 

 longer and more thoroughly dried by | 

 a longer period of drying before • 

 packed and shipped. 



Maltvs & Ware. 



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Reduced Yields 



Reports from nearly ever}' seed pro- 

 ducing part of the country seem to in- 

 dicate that yields will be considerably 

 lighter than wa^ estimated a month or 

 six weeks ano. In some places the 

 precocious frost in early September 

 .caused much irreparable damage. 



The European outlook is still very 

 uncertain and we believe there is not 

 a dealer or grower abroad who is ac- 

 cepting orders now with prices at- 

 tached. Orders when accepted are 

 without prices, the latter to be mu- 

 tually agreed upon at the time of the 

 delivery of the seeds. These are un- 

 usual conditions and prolific of more 

 or less embarrassment, but the times 

 are unusual and hence we must make 

 the best of it. 



Notes. 



Seed crops in England of beets, 



parsnips and chicory are reported a 



complete failure. A recent embargo 



placed on seed exports covers nearly 



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Pap^r NA/Hi-t^ Ora r-icJ if lor^ 



WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Sizes, 12 c m and up, 13 c m and up, 14 c m and up. 

 Write for quotations, stating quantity required 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



The Import House 95 Chambers Street, NEW YORK 



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SEEDS 



^ffflX BULBS 



^S 1/7 FERTILIZERS 



SUNDRIES 



Myiso^ 



TOt' ought to hare our 

 If you haTe 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO., 



KOK THE FI.OKIKTH 



A moHt complete stock of S«a- 

 Honahle .See'ls 

 I'OR THE FLORISTS 



For Iniuiedlate use or futurv 

 delivery. Ask for quotatloDB. 

 FOIt THE KI.OUIHTH 



I'ulverlzed She»>p or Cattle Ma- 

 nure. Clay'H. ThompaaD'a. Dried 

 lllood. 

 FOR THE FLORISTS 



Insecticides, Spraying Imple- 

 ments. Small Tools, etc. 



retail and Florlsta' Special LUt. 

 not, write for one. 



THE SEED STORE DAQTAM 

 F.Dtoil Hall .Squ.rc DLKj I Vjll 



l-£OBMAFRD'S SEIBDS 



and SEED SEIRVICE 



FOR SALE BY 



LEONARD SEED COMPANY, Chicago, III. 



''Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial gnyuntis, Rco'iitts 

 Park, Lorkdon, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTmS TESTED SKDS, InC, Conme«:« BU«TBo.toa. M.M. 



the entire list of vegetable seeds as 

 well as field seeds such as mangels, 

 rutabaga.s and grasses. License for 

 shipment to this country on orders 

 previously placed is possible in a 

 limited degree. 



The pleasing news of the safe ar- 

 rival at Halifax last Saturday of the 

 Haml)urg-America S. S. Waaldyke was 

 followed by the information of her 

 reaching New York on Tuesday and 

 those 26,000 cases of bulbs, which she 

 brought will take a big load off tlie 

 mind of many a dealer and many a 

 florist. Simultaneously comes the 

 statement that the Schiedyk had also 

 sailed from Rotterdam at a later date 

 with a cargo of bulbs. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED 

 J. M. Thurbiirn & Co., New York 

 City. — "Thorburn's Bulbs." Catalogue 

 of Bulbs and Flowering Roots, also 

 Flower and Vegetable Seeds for Fall 

 Planting. Illustrated and typographi- 

 cally superior. 



Henry F. .Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa.^"Mioheirs Bulbs." Wholesale 

 i^rices for Fall, 1917. A 40-page illus- 

 trated list, with colored page insert 

 of "Gorgeous" hardy phloxes. Cover 

 illustration of "Superb" Darwin tulips 

 in colors. 



Herman P. Sweetser, for the past 

 year associate professor of horticul- 

 ture in the College of Agriculture, 

 University of Maine, has been ap- 

 pointed secretary to Dr. Leon S. Mer- 

 rill, food administrator of Maine. Mr. 

 Sweetser is a graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of Maine and was for a time 

 horticultuii.st of the State Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Bourne, Mass. — Everett W. Smith, 

 florist, and family are soon to leave 

 town, and return to their former home 

 on Long Island. 



I^idwUjDislmdioeJeeds 



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