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Sutton's Big Winning At San Francisco 



Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals 



Medal of Honor 



DRSPITE the uduiirable display of our fel- 

 low British competitors, Sutton & Sons 

 was the only English concern to receive 

 Medals of Awards at the Paiiania-Pacillc Fair 

 at San Francisco. The Medal of Honor was 

 awarded to us for the superior merit of our 

 entire display. 



This of itself would have been a notable tri- 

 umph. 



To add to it: Gold. Silver and Bronze Med- 

 m1< is indeed a siRiial victory. 



Vou will, we know, iiardon this ratlier pleas- 

 urable rubbing our hands in having received 

 such recof-Miition from your keen American Jury 

 of l-Iorticultural Experts. 



Our Antirrhinums won the Gold .Medal. 



Of course, you will want some of them. You 

 will And them listed on pages 86 and 87 of our 

 l!iii-page catalog. If you haven't one, send with 

 your request 35 cents in stamps, which amount 

 will be promptly refunded with your first order 

 for $.T.nn. 



WINTER, SON & COMPANY 

 66-B Wall St.. New York 



,1. \ ...1,,^ I' 1^1 ,,f l;,.,-ky Mountains 



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THE SHERMAN T. BLAKE CO. 



1.31-B Sacramento Street 



San Francisco, California 



S"li .\;:i'iits Wi'sl of Kiick.v Mountiiins 



Royal Seed EMtablishment, Reading, England 



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SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



(irflrrro— rrraldent. J. M. Lupton, 

 MKttlturk, L. I., N. Y.; Flrnt Vlre-ITMl- 

 dFDt. KIrby II. White. Detroit, MIrh.; 

 Brronil Vli»-rr«.liltnt. F. \V. Itolslaoo. 

 M'a»tilDKtun, l>. ('.: ht^retary-Treanurer, 

 C. E. Krntlet, Clr\«>laoii, O. ; AnnUtaot 

 Secrrtary, M. F. Wlllard, Jr.. CUveluld, 

 O. ClnclnDati, O.. next me«Uns place. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York 

 of horticultural material for the week 

 ending .Tan. 28, were recorded as fol- 

 lows: 



Bulbs, etc.— France, $1.33; Nether- 

 lands, $3; England. $TG: Japan, $37. 



Trees and plants— France, $11,983; 

 England, $1,239; Ireland, $339; Ja- 

 maica. $28; Japan, $47. 



Red clover seed— France, $143,307; 

 Italy. $41,885. 



Grass seed — France. $4,246; Spain, 

 $3,741; England, $138; Ireland, $308. 



All other seeds— Denmark, $236; 

 France, $4,231; Italy. $8,361; Nether- 

 lands, $6,453; England. $22,983; Chile, 

 $1,188; British East Indies, $5,548; 

 Hongkong, $200; Japan, $16. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile. $66,482. 



Guano— Canada, $9,850; Haiti, $1,107. 



Substitute fertilisers — England, $34; 

 Argentine. $3,907; Venezuela. $13,271. 



it was lost. More recently it was sold 

 by an unusual Fremhmau, who came 

 around with a saik of seed on his 

 back selling this wonderful Lettuce 

 to the Philadelphia market gardeners. 

 Several years ago this Frenchman 

 went away and never returned. Fortu- 

 nately, through Mr. Oliver H. Ott, of 

 Philadelphia, we are told that Messrs. 

 Bolgiano secured a very few seed of 

 this wonderful Lettuce and, Ijy infinite 

 pains, care and attention, have this 

 year grown enough seed of the "Long 

 Lost" Lettuce to supply wide-awake 

 market gardeners, friends and custom- 

 ers, provided they order quickly be- 

 fore tI?o limited supply of seed is ex- 

 hausted. 



house, just returned from a business 

 tri)), tells us that orders have in- 

 creased almost 50 per cent over last 

 .vear in the same territory and that 

 other representatives of the concern 

 tell the same encouragring story. He 

 predicts that the coming year will be 

 one of the best in the business. 



NOTES. 

 A representative of a Boston seed 



The British Foreign Office ha.- 

 granted a permit in favor of H. N. 

 Bruns, of Chicago, III., guaranteeing 

 the unmolested shipment from Rotter- 

 dam of a quantity of German lily of 

 tlie valley pips valued at 102,300 

 marks. This information has just 

 been conveyed from the British Em- 

 bassy to the Office of the Foreign 

 Trade Adviser of the State Depart- 

 ment. 



Bolgiano's "Long Lost" Lettuce. 

 This wonderful Lettuce was greatly 

 prized by the leading market garden- 

 ers around New York, Philadelphia 

 and Baltimore twenty-five or thirty 

 years ago. For some reason unknown 



--OIMIOIM 



Appreciation of a high order of Merit in Seeds and Seed Service 

 leads naturally to purchasing from 



LEONARD SEED COMPANY 



226-230 W. KINZIE ST., - CHICAGO 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



BI/UE I,I8T OF WHOLESALE PBICKg 



MAILED ONLY TO THO.SE WHO PLANTl 



FOB PROFIT 



KEYSTONE SNAPDRAGON 



Best Winter flowerio^ Plak Bnapdrftron oa 

 the market. Per pkt., fl.OO; • pkt*. fer fS.OO. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



