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II () liTICULTURE 



February 26, 1916 



AMKRK1,\> SEBO TRAnB ASSOCIATION 



OOrrr* — I'rMlilrnt, J. U. L.apt«B, 

 MXIIIurk. L. I.. N. Y.; KInt Vlr*-i'rMl- 

 dost. KIrbr II. Whilo. Detroit, MUh.| 

 •vrsDil \ lr<^rrMldKnl. F. W. Bolstea*, 

 WuhloKlun, I>. ('.; ttfrretmrr-Traaamrar, 

 C. K. K«nclrl. Clr>rlaDd, O. ; Aaalstaal 

 BM-rrlu;, H. F. WUIkrd, Jr., Cl««alaa4, 

 O. C'lnclansU, O., aaxt maatl>( »!■»«■ 



One Week's Import*. 



liiipurls at the port of New York of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 ending Feb. H were recorded as fol- 

 lows : 



Bulbs France. $15; .\etherlands, 

 $409: England, $86; Canada, $55. 



Other plants, etc. — Denmark, $62; 

 France, $11,323; Italy. $4; Nether- 

 lands, $825; England, $42; Hong- 

 kong, $3. 



Red clover seed — France, $51,695; 

 Italy. $3,488. 



Grass seed — France, $3,795; Spain, 

 $2,702; Scotland. $211. 



All other .seed— France, $5,658; 

 Netherlands, $6,745; England, $3,402; 

 Hongkong, $336; Denmark, $17; Spain, 

 $555. 



Guano— Jamaica, $600. 



Kainit— Peru, $297. 



Other fertilizers — Argentine, $4,055. 



Notes. 



St. Louis, Mo.— All the seed houses 

 have secured extra help as a busy sea- 

 son is upon them. 



Los Angeles. Cal. The West Coast 

 Seed Company is moving to larger 

 quartfrs at 620 S. Spring street. 



Atlantic, la. — A new seed store was 

 opened here Feb. 5 by the C. E. Malone 

 Seed Co. in the Fulton building, 5th 

 and Chestnut streets. 



Faribault, Minn. — The Farmer Seed 

 & Nursery Company has purchased 

 the business of the Faribault Seed 

 Co., and will continue the business un- 

 der the old name. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED 



James Smalley & Co., .McPherson. 

 Kans. — Garden and Field Seeds for 

 1916. Illustrated. 



Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo. Wis.— 

 Catalogue for 1916 of The Hardy Plant 

 and Pansy Farm. 



James Smalley & Co.. McPherson. 

 Kans. Wholesale Price List of Vege- 

 table and Grass Seeds in Bulk. 



N. A. Hallauer. Ontario. .\. Y. — A 

 Select List of Gladioli. Dahlias. Roses 

 and Hardy Plants for Spring 1916. • 



J. Chas. McCuUough Seed Co., Cin- 

 cinnati. O.— 1916 General Seed Cata- 

 logue. 104 pages, fully illustrated. 



George H. Walker. North Dighton, 

 Mass. — Dahlias for 1916. A quite com- 

 plete list of choice sorts, pocket size. 



Young's Seed Store. St. Louis, Mo. — 

 Garden Book for 1916. An illustrated 

 seed and plant catalogue, in attractive 

 covers. 



3e:eds--oimioim 3£~rs 



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 



.N. J. — Sfi'd Annual for lylO. 'Neat 

 but not gaudy," a very fetchy publica- 

 tion in its line. 



Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gar- 

 dens, Northboro, .Mass. — Catalogue and 

 Price List for 1916.— A selection of the 

 best varieties; well illustrated. 



D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, 111. - 

 Wholesale catalogue for 1916 of ever- 

 greens, etc., of which this Arm are 

 the largest growers in America, 



.Metzner Floral Company, Mountain 

 View, Cal.— Price List for 1916 of 

 Plants. Seeds and Bulbs. Novelties 

 are listed in petunias, gladioli, pelar- 

 goniums, etc. 



Rosedale Nurseries, S. G. Harris, 

 prop., Tarrytown, N. Y. — A close prim- 

 ed, comprehensive and attractively il- 

 lustrated list of ornamental and fruit 

 nursery stock. 



Canadian Seed Growers' Associa- 

 tion. — Catalogue of Registered and Im- 

 proved Seeds of 1915. Always inter- 

 esting as showing advancement in 

 seed selection and purity. 



A. E. Kunderd, Goshen. Ind.— 191t; 

 Catalogue of Gladioli, originated by 

 this well-known specialist. Ruffled 

 and other choice strains are herein 

 described and elegantly Illustrated. 



J. F. Noll & Co., Newark, N. J.— 

 1916 Catalogue of Seeds. Plants, Bulbs. 

 Fertilizers and Poultry Supplies. 

 Covers very tastefully designed. Illus- 

 trations and text excellent in every 

 wav. 



Blue Hill Nurseries, So. Hraintree, 

 Mass., Julius Heurlin. prop. — Pocket 

 Edition of Catalogue of Specimen 

 Evergreen Trees, Shrubs and Herba- 

 ceous Perennials. A valuable and re- 

 liable list. 



Peter Henderson & Co.. New York. 

 — "Farmers' Manual." Comes in one 

 of the "cutest" covers we have seen. 

 A catalogue of high-grade agricultural 

 seeds which cannot fail to interest the 

 soil tiller. 



J. J. Wilson Seed Company, Newark, 



Bcbbink & Atkins, Rutlierford. .\. .1. 

 — Illustrated General Catalogue. Re- 

 vised edition for 1916. One of the 

 most elegant publications in its clas> 

 in this country; 162 pages, beautifully 

 illustrated. 



Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng. — 

 Sutton's Farmers' Year Book and 

 Graziers' Manual. An interesting and 

 very convincing illustrated catalogue 

 of improved field crops. Some useful 

 tables are given. 



A. T. Boddington Company, Inc., 

 New York. N. Y'. — Wholesale Price 

 List of Seeds, Bulbs. Plants and Sun- 



dries, Januarx lo June, 1916. "The 

 Seal of tiualilv " appropriately adorns 

 this piibli<alion, a copy of which 

 should be in the hands of everyone In 

 the trade. Contents well selet^ted and 

 fully illustrated. 



Peacock Dahlia Farms, Berlin, N. J. 

 --•■The World's Best Dahlias, New 

 Creations and Old Friends." The cover 

 of this really beautiful catalogue is 

 ies|jlendent with a life-size portrait of 

 the sensational red decorative dahlia 

 .Minnie Burgle. The illustrations 

 throughout are of exceptional quality 

 and the selections are those of an 

 expert. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



.\mong the recent apjiointments are 

 the following: Chestnut Hill, Mass. — 

 Henry Eaton, head gardener for Mr. 

 R. M. Saltonstall. Buffalo, N. Y.— 

 .\lexander Reid, superintendent for Mr. 

 J. J. Albright. Detroit, Mich.— Wm. 

 H. Griffiths, superintendent for Mr. E. 

 D. Speck, Grosse Pointe Shores. Lake 

 Geneva, Wis. — Wm. McKinnon, fore- 

 man at Alta Vista Farm. Everett, 

 Washington — Richard Iverson, super- 

 intendent of public parks. 



Alex. Laurie, formerly head of the 

 department of floriculture at the Uni- 

 versity of Maine, has been appointed 

 liorticulturist of the Missouri Botani- 

 cal Gardens, and will assume work 

 .March 10. 



fleaduiMB nqmlrlac tha T«r7 kaat 



■•l««tl*BS of 



Garden Seeds 



CrXGETABLK AMD FLOWEB), eapMlmlly 



Kelway's Celebrated English Strains 



can get them at lowest Independent whole- 

 ■ale rates by sending their orders direct to 



KELWAY & SON 



Wholesale Seed Orow«rs 



LAN6P0RT, SOMERSET, ENGLAND 



Special qnotatloDi on application 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 



SEEDS, PLANTS AND BULBS 

 Horticul tural Sundries 



166 W. 23rd St., NEW YORK 



JAMES YICK'S SONS 



Seedsmen, Nurserymen, 

 Florists 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



