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HORTICULTURE 



March 4. 1916 



In Sulton*s Seeds 



Are England's 

 Choicest Novelties 



H.\l> it oiciirrcd to yuu that this year as iiuvor 

 liofore, people wlio have seen England's 

 lovely old gardens, are thinking of them and 

 longing for them as never before. 

 Other years the annual trip ahroad has satlsfled 

 tlieni. This year, the war Keeps Iheni here. 

 It's plain to he seen, then, that the firm who has 

 lOimland's ihoite novelties to sell, is going to scoop 

 in a goodly hundle of new profitable business. Busi- 

 ness that will give you an entering wedge with a 

 number of people you have found it hard to reach 

 before. 



In Sutton's 190-Page Garden Guide you will find a 

 wonderful collection of England's choicest novel- 

 ties. 



Send 35o. for Garden Guide. It tells you how to 

 duplicate our Old English Gardens. With $5 pur- 

 chase of seeds the 35c. will be promptly refunded. 



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Sole Agents Enst of Rocky Snle A^'ents West of Rocky 

 Mountains Mountains 



SEED TRADE 



One Week's Imports 



Imports at the port of New York of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 ending Feb. 19th. were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs — Belgium, $107: Denmark, 

 $6,250; France. $56; Netherlands, 

 $7,364; England. $141; Hongkong, 

 $535. 



Plants, Etc.— France, $12,668; Neth- 

 erlands. $14,847; England, $1,182; New 

 Zealand, $11. 



Red Clover Seed— France, $162,135; 

 Italy. $26,592. 



Other Clover Seed— Japan, $21; 

 Russia, $64,375. 



Grass Seed — Denmark, $2,495; 

 Spain, $3,747; Scotland, $180. 



All other seeds— Denmark, $5,239; 

 France. $4,643; Italy, $1,805; Nether- 

 lands. $12,634; England, $10,689; 

 China. $11,348; Hongkong, $3,513; 

 Spain, $799. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $325,212. 



Other fertilizers— Scotland, $275. 



An Equitable Postage Bill. 



In the House of Representatives, on 

 Feb. 16. 1916, Congressman Tagne in- 

 troduced the following bill, H. R. 11621, 

 which was referred to the Committee 

 on the Post Office and Post Roads and 

 ordered to be printed. 



A bill to provide for mailing cata- 

 logues, circulars, etc., now mailable 

 under eight ounces in weight at the 

 third class rate of one cent for two 

 ounces or fraction thereof, at a pound 

 rate of eight cents. 



Be It eoacted by the Senate and Boase 

 ef RepreseQtativee of the United Statei 

 et America In Congresa assembled, that 



on matter embraced in the third class, in- 

 cluding clrciil;ir.s, catalogs, pamphlets, 

 price lists, and other similar matter 

 wholly In print of some form, upon which 

 the postage is iidw paid at the rate of 

 one cent for each two ounces or fractional 

 part thereof, fully prepaid either l)y 

 postage stamps aiHxod or without stamps 

 under a permit nnmber, the same rate Is 

 hereby extcndid to apply to the mailing 

 of such printed matter in bulk, to vary- 

 ing addresses, irrespective of the Indi- 

 vidual weight thereof within a limit of 

 four pounds, without stamps affixed, at 

 eight cents per pound or fractional part 

 thereon, to be fully prepaid in similar 

 manner as now by law provided for the 

 mailing of matter of the second class; 

 hut such pound rate shall apply only 

 when such printed matter is offered In 

 quantities of one pound or more. 



Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect 

 up--T' it-^- pnssage. 



Danish Embargo on Root Seeds. 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., Copen- 

 hagen, report to us that the Danish 

 Government has put an embargo on all 

 root seed for cattle feeding, such as 

 mangels, rutabaga and turnips. These 

 seeds, fortunately, are not used In 

 such large quantities in the U. S. aa 

 in Europe. The demand, however, Is 

 increasing every year. Germany 

 formerly was the largest supplier but 

 quite a little of that trade went to 

 Denmark since the outbreak of the 

 war. While not a very serious mat- 

 ter this embargo will embarrass con- 

 siderably those seed houses that sell 

 largely in the farming districts. 



SEEDS for the FLORIST 



STOCKS Boston Flower Market 



VnHDrpaflHed for the larKewt perron taee of double fiowern. 



We have crimson, canary yellow, dark blue, deep blood 

 red, apple bloHHom, bright roNC, llfcht blue, scarlet. 



Tr&de pkt. $1.00; Pare White, traile pkt., S1.60. 



Sweet PenH, AftterH, Cyclamen, Petunia, Primula. 



Lily of the Valley from our own Cold Storage Plant. 

 Our Trade List Mailed on Application. 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO., ?:i^J^SSiY<,'^^^ BOSTON 



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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 



