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Murch 18, 1916 



MICHELUS 



PHILADELPHIA'S 

 LEADING 



SEED HOUSE 



linu.- >nu 1.1 iMsin-d linir uiim|ui' <li!-iihi.v al THK NATldNAl. I'l.l )\VKK SHOW, in riiiliid'lliliiii. 

 Marrh -'■tli to April 2n(l. 1916: iiiid wlillc ilicri' allow ub to aciiuairit you with our iiiamiiioth i-Ktabllsliiiifiil 

 at .'iISi Markt't Street. Plilladel|ililn, and our NursiTleH, at Aiitlahisla, I'u. Neither will entail any obll^a- 

 tton on your |nirl. and we aHsure you It will be worth the lime. 



Our corps of representatlvcH at the Flower Show will be glad to lend any asBUtance In tho usual 

 .Mkhell manner: Courlesy — Service — SatlBructlon. 



Make our eBtnblishment your mall adUreau while in Philadelphia. Free telephone service al our 

 office and at our Kxhlblt. 



SEND FOR OifR WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE, 



518 MARKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA 



SEED TRADE 



Seedsmen's Disclaimer. 



Al a meeting of seed growers and 

 seed merchants, held in Chicago, 

 Thursday, March 2, Ihirly-lwo dele- 

 gates were present, representative of 

 twenty-six establishments, and after a 

 full discussion of the Seedsmen's Dis- 

 claimer the subject was referred to a 

 committee of five, consisting of two 

 growers elected by the seed merchants 

 present and three merchants elected 

 by the seed growers present, the com- 

 mittee consisting of J. C. Robinson of 

 the J. C. Robinson Seed Co., C. N. 

 Keeney of N. B. Keeney & Son. Kirby 

 B. White of D. M. Ferry & Co., F. W. 

 Bolglano of F. W. Bolgiano & Co., of 

 Washington, and J. C. Vaughan's Seed 

 Store. 



The committee's report was as fol- 

 lows : 



"The seedsmen present at a confer- 

 ence at the Sherman Hotel. Chicago, 

 on March 2, 1916. re-affirm and endorse 

 the non-warranty clause known as the 

 American Seed "Trade Association Non- 

 Warranty clause and believe that all 

 sales or agreements of sale, wherever 

 made, should contain said clause. 



"In those contracts of sale, or sale 

 of seeds, wherein for any reason, and 

 contrary to the recommendation of the 

 American Seed Trade, said non-war- 

 ranty clause is waived, it is the opinion 

 of said seedsmen that for such waiver, 

 or non-use of said non-warranty clause, 

 the seller should receive an additional 

 purchase price for the seed by way of 

 insurance and so stated as a term of 

 the sale or agreement of sale and that 

 the seller should be liable in any event 

 for not more than the purchase price 

 of said seed." 



The report was adopted by accla- 

 mation and by a standing vote. 



BtRNKT L.\M)itKTH, Sec'y. 



The Catalogue Postage Bill. 

 Chairman Therkildson of the Postal 

 Laws Committee of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, sends the follow- 

 ing letter: 



Ton will notp that Senntor Bankhead has 

 Introdncefl In tho Senate Post Office and 

 Post Ronrts Committee, as a rider to the 

 Post Office Appropriation Bill, Senate Bill 

 4997. which Is an adjusted form of H. R. 

 11621. 



I, together with Mr. DunRan of Maule's 

 had a conference with several of the Sen- 

 ators and Representatives, also Mr. Koons. 

 Mr. Woods and Mr. Dockery of the Post 

 Office Department, and Senate 4997 has 

 their endorsement so far as introducing Is 



ron<-iTHiil. It will, of iHturHi*. li:iV4' tu be 

 UKaii) referred to them for tlielr approval 

 before It ran get by. It may never liecomo 

 a law but we ran at least try, and I nm 

 assured by .Mr. Koons of the Post Office 

 Division, that they are not only wllllni; 

 but anxious to ilo all that they can for the 

 various catalog makers. 



.Sincerely yours, 



W. F. TiiEBKiLDsoN, Chairman, 

 Postal Laws Committee, A. S. T. A. 



One Week's Imports 



Imports at the port of .New York of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 ending March 3d, were recorded as fol- 

 lows; 



Bulbs— Denmark, $20; France, $28; 

 Italy $8; Netherlands, $9,673; Eng- 

 land, $861; Hongkong, $1,673; Japan 

 $198. 



Plants, etc — France, $7,557; Nether- 

 lands, $39,478; England, $633; Scot- 

 land, $3; Ireland. $62. 



Red Clover Seed — France, $180,439; 

 Italy, $122,903. 



Grass Seed — Denmark, $311; Scot- 

 land, $250; Ireland. $91. 



All other seeds— Denmark, $387; 

 France, $1,473; Germany. $276; Italy. 

 $611; Netherlands, $16,023; P:ngland, 

 $17,184; Chile, $4,742; British Indies, 

 $3,160; British East Indies, $2,450; 

 .lapan, $34; Argentine, $4,618. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $11,399. 



Kainit-— Peru, $555. 



Sulphate of potash— Peru, $6,048. 



Flood Damage in Holland. 



A letter from Sluis & Groot, of Enk- 

 huizen. Holland, concerning the dam- 

 age to fields and premises from the 

 horrible floods which recently devas- 

 tated a great part of that country, tells 

 us the island of Marken as well as the 

 towns and villages of Edam, Monni- 

 kendam. Brock in Waterland. etc.. 

 were involved in the catastrophe and 

 although only sixteen i)ersons were 

 drowned the population has suffered 

 enormously and many refugees have 

 been sheltered under the roofs of the 

 surrounding towns and villages. 



They add that the polder in which 

 they live, the ground of which is very 

 fertile had a narrow escape, for the 

 dikes were partly destroyed in many 

 places and even houses were badly 

 damaged by the big waves, wiiich 

 came over the dams, so that people 

 living near the dikes passed an awful 

 night. 



Only one of their gardens of about 

 thirty acres, outside of the main dikes 

 and surrounded by a lower dam, was 

 entirely flooded, so that they will not 

 be able to grow any flower and vege- 



table slock Ket'ds in it during the next 

 few years but llu-y hove taken 

 measures elsewhere, so that their 

 business will not in any way be im- 

 paired by this calamity. 



Note*. 



Lincoln, Neb. — It is expected that a 

 dividend of 5 per cent will be paid to 

 the creditors of the Griswold Seed 

 Company, recently declared bankrupt. 



W. \. I'hilippo. representative of 

 .M. van Waveren & Sons, of Hillegom, 

 Holland, is now in this country on his 

 annual business visit to the large 

 American seed houses. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Quincy, III. The Wni. Vollbrachl 

 Company, seeds and implements, capi- 

 tal stock, $10,000, 



Little Rock, Ark. -Tipton Nurseries, 

 capital slock, $10,000. Incorporators, 

 W. A. Hiiks. W. K. and C. L. Tipton. 



Silver Hill, Ala.— Winberg-Branden 

 Orchard & Nursery Co.. capital stock. 

 $20,000. Incorporators, O. F. E. and 

 M. V. Winberg and E. S. Branden. 



ONION SEED • • ONION SETS 



We h.ivc yellow .«fts (.1 nlTer and a limited 

 fiuantlty of line Red (Jlobe .seed, together 

 with a few other varieties. Are al.so sub- 

 mitting contract tigure.s for the 191t> onion 

 seed crop. If Intrrexted write for price*. 



SCHILDER BROS., Chillicoihe, 0. 

 SWEET PEA SEED 



Winter or Summer Snencrr. only the best 

 commercial vartetles. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



SWEET PEA RA>'CH 



LOMPOC, 



CALIF. 



KEYSTONE SNAPDRAGON 



Best Winter flewerlBS Ptmk Saapdrscvn «■ 

 tbemu-kM. P«r »k«., »1.W: • pkta. far |>3*. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



BEGONIA, Mariemont Bedder 



Urilllant scarl.-t with reddl.sh brown foli- 

 age. Beat heddlnp variety grown. Packet, 

 25 cents. Catalogue upon application. 



THOMAS J. GREY COMPANY 



SeedHmen 

 29 Sooth Market St. BostoD, Maa». 



