January 1, 39^ 3 



H R T I C U L T U B E 



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REiiviovAl- noitioe: 



We have moved to our new and more convenient quarters 

 I2Q OhiEimbers St., IMe'\*w Vorlc 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON COMPANY, Inc. 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — Presulent, J. M. Lupton, 

 Mattituck, L. 1., N. v.: Firbt VUe-rreBi- 

 denl, Kirby B. Wliite. Detroit, Mich.; 

 Second Vice-PreslileDt, F. W. Bolgiano, 

 WaHhinKton, U. C: Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; Assistant 

 Secretary, S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Cincinnati, O., next meeting place. 



A Bargain. 



On pier 27, North Wharves, Philadel- 

 phia, there were sold at 1 P. M. on 

 Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1915, 294 cases of 

 imported nursery stock for the munifi- 

 cent sum of 113.40. The stock was 

 mostly astilbe and di centra clumps; it 

 also contained gladiolus. Iris german- 

 ica and montbretia bulhs. Of the 294 

 cases only 13 cases were of boxwood, 

 rhododendrons and azaleas. The ap- 

 praised value of these two shipments 

 was about $600. Nobody in the trade 

 seems to have gotten wise to the sale — 

 at least they did not attend, and be- 

 sides there was only 24 hours' notice 

 of the sale. The stock was supposed 

 to be damaged, due to its delay in 

 reaching this country. Some of it was 

 as much as 50 days overdue. 



week ending December 18, 1915, in- 

 cluded the following. Clover seed: 

 Netherlands, $7,638. Grass seed; Scot- 

 land, $389; Ireland, $4,532; Canada, 

 $2,202; Argentina, $662. Red clover 

 seed: France, $79,839; Italy, $18,240; 

 England, $6,335. Bulbs and roots: 

 Denmark, $1,090; France, $271; Neth- 

 erlands, $13,548; Hongkong, $89; Japan, 

 $5,721. Trees and plants: Belgium, 

 $1,117; France, $1,299; Netherlands, 

 .$29,094; England, $1,594; Ireland, $19; 

 Bermuda, $74. 



Notes. 

 W. H. De Graaf of Leyden, Holland, 

 is expected to arrive in this country in 

 March on his annual business tour. 



The strawberry growers of Abington, 

 Mass., are planning to organize in or- 

 der that they may better handle the 

 output of the big strawberry fields. Ab- 

 ington is second in the strawberry 

 growing towns of the state and the 

 fame of "the Abington berry " is 

 spreading. The growers have been 

 handling the output independently, but 

 it is believed better results may be oli- 

 tained through unity. 



Imports at the Port of New York for 



Are You Using This 



"Red Devil "Glass Cutter? 



If not, you are not using the best. 

 Used by all alert florists to cut 

 greenhouse glass. The standard 

 too! the glaziers use. 

 Sample Ko. O.i'i and descriptive 

 booklet of .'lO styles sent for Sc. 



SMITH & HEW EN WAY CO., Inc. 



181 Chambers St., New York Cily 



David Burpee has been elected to fill 

 the vacancy caused by the death of his 

 father, as a member of the board of 

 directors of the Market Street Nation- 

 al Bank of Philadelphia. Mr. Burpee, 

 while comparatively young in years 

 has a sound business training and in- 

 herits his father's traits and character 

 in a high degree. As head of the house 

 of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., he will un- 

 doubtedly uphold and upbuild the 

 prestige of the establishment and 

 acquit himself well in whatever 

 further honors may be in store for him. 



1 he first shiinnent of potash to be 

 made from the Utah mines, which are 

 now being developed to manufacture 

 potash from alunite, will, according to 

 a telegram to the "Manufacturers' Rec- 

 ord" from Chas. H. MacDowell, presi- 

 dent of the Armour Fertilizer Works, 

 which controls the plant, be sent in 

 cotton bags to one of the fertilizer 

 plants of the Armour Company at 

 .lacksonville, Fla. Wiring from Salt 

 Lake City. Mr. MacDowell adds: 



"The mine is developing splendidly, 

 and the process is working entirely 

 satisfactorily, and the product is su- 

 lerior to the imported potash. The 

 first car analyzed 93 per cent, sulphate 

 of potash." 



ERLANGEA TOMENTOSA. 



Flowering plants of Erlangea to- 

 mentosa were much admired at the 

 Farquhar nurseries at Dedham, Mass., 

 on the occasion of the visit of the gar- 

 deners. The plant is quite similar to 

 a Eupatorium in character and form 

 of flowers with sage-like foliage and 

 heliotrope colored flowers in ample 

 panicles. It continues in bloom for 

 two or three months and makes a very 

 pretty winter subject for the green- 

 house. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Beginning a little over a year ago 

 the Curtis Companies of Clinton, la., 

 started in their house organ, "Curtis 

 Service," a series of articles under the 

 heading "Building a Credit Policy." 

 After this series had ended, and in re- 

 sponse to numerous suggestions, they 

 combined all of these articles in one 

 booklet, and up to date have distrib- 

 uted, on request, about 4000 of these 

 booklets. A gi'eat deal of favorable 

 comment has been received from re- 

 tailers in lines other than lumber and 

 millwork, and while this series of arti- 

 cles was written expressly for the re^ 

 tail lumberman, "his credit problems 

 are very much the same as those con- 

 fronting other retailers. 



The various chapters treat respec- 

 tively on Credit — Its Uses and Abuses; 

 The Credit»Policy; Laying the Founda- 

 tion; Getting Results Without Giving 

 Offense; The Question of Interest: The 

 Question of Discount; Preventing Bad 

 Accounts; Keeping Good Accounts 

 Good; Collecting Bad Accounts: Set- 

 tlement by Note, etc., etc. 



Houston, Tex. — Fresh pears, the sec- 

 ond crop of the season, were a unique 

 dish appearing on a number of Christ- 

 mas tables in this section. After the 

 August 16 storm, when the trees were 

 stripped of leaves, trees put out new 

 leaves and blossomed again. The fruit 

 is claimed to be of better qiiality than 

 the first crop 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,163,660. Combined Weeder and Cul- 

 tivator. Peter Hansen, Chicago. 111. 



1,163,882. Lawn Edger. John H. Boge, 

 Denver, Colo. 



KEYSTONE SNAPDRAGON 



Best Winter flowering I'lnk Snapilragon on 

 the market. Per pkt., $1.00; 6 pkts. for $5.00. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 GARDEN I'lCA SEED in varlty; also other 

 Items of the short crop of this p.Tst season, 

 as well ns .n full line of Oiirden Seeds, will 

 be (H'oteii vol! ui»on application to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St.. NEW YORK 



and ORANGE. CONN. 



LILIUIVI GIGANTEUM 



COLD STORAGE 



Extra Selerte<I Stork. Glatliolus for forc- 

 ing. Nanus, Colvillel or larpe flou-er- 

 Ins t.vpe. GreenhoiiNe Fertilizers. Ask 

 for lilKi Sieil CntuloBUe. 



Joseph Breck o oons Corp,, Seed>men 



47-54 No. Market %t , BOSTOS. MASS. 



ROBERT DYSART 



CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT 



.Simple mrthodw of correct arroiintlng 



pNpeelally adapted for tlorUts' UKe. 



BOOKS BALANCED AND AD.IU8TED. 



40 STATE ST. - - - - BOSTON 

 Telephone Main S8. 



