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April 1. 1916 



MICHELL'S 



PHILADELPHIA'S 

 LEADING 



SEED HOUSE 



Winning First Prize and the Gold Medal with their unique Dutch Bulb 

 Garden Exhibit at THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, in Philadelphia, 

 March 25th to April 2nd, 1916. 



Send for our Wholesale Price List. We have the Goods. 

 Right Quality, Right Price. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE, 



SIS MARKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA 



Nurseries at Andalusia, Pa. 



SEED TRADE 



AMKRIt \^ SKI.1) IKM)E ASSOCIATION 

 on,r,.rN— ITphi.liiit. .1. » I.uplon 

 Mlittituck. L. I.. N. Yo.: Fir»t \ U.-lTe»l 

 M»ttil...k. L. I.. -N. v.; *lr»l M..-I'ri.»l- 

 .l.nt. Kirbj U. Willi.-. I>.troit, Mich.; 

 !„-..,iiil Mr.-rr.»ld.iil. V. «. ItolBiano, 

 ^Vu^tllnKt..n. 1>. f.: !S.<r.liirj Tr.-.i»urer, 

 C K Ki-iul.'l. C'l■•^^•l■lml. O.; .Vi.Bii.tant 

 Seiriliirj. S. *. WiUiinl. Jr.. C kveland, 

 O. ChlcBjo, lU., June iO-ii, next meet- 

 ing place. ^^^^^^^ 



New Seed Laws. 



Hobticiltube: 



Gentlemen— New seed laws have 

 been passed in Kentucky and New Jer- 

 sey within the last few days. The 

 New Jersey seed law is quite un- 

 satisfactory to the seed trade. It 

 requires labeling of agricultural seeds, 

 mixtures of such seeds, and vegeta- 

 ble seeds. The label on the first two 

 classes of seeds mentioned,— briefly 

 stated— calls for the name of the seed 

 and if a special variety or strain of 

 such seed is used, it must be the true 

 name,— percentage by weight of 

 purity or freedom of such seeds from 

 foreign matter, or from other seeds 

 distinguishable by their appearance, — 

 a percentage of germination— the num- 

 ber per pound of the seeds of noxious 

 weeds, if present, in excess of one,seed 

 in each five grams of the agricultural 

 seed,— the name of the seller. The 

 vegetable seed must have a label stat- 

 ing the name thereof, and the percent- 

 age of germination — the percentage of 

 inert matter if in excess of 5 per cent, 

 of the total weight of such seeds — the 

 name of the seller. 



The administration of this law is 

 turned over to the Board of Managers 

 of the New Jersey Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station and its appointee, the 

 seed analyst, who are not public offi- 

 cials, and are not responsible to state 

 control. The seedsmen have also felt 

 aggrieved by the unhappy methods of 

 the proponents of the bill in driving it 

 through the legislature. 



The Kentucky bill is rather a close 

 copy of the views of the Association 

 of Official Seed Analysts in respect to 

 uniform state seed bills. The bill af- 

 fects agricultural seeds, and requires 

 a label stating the name of the seeds, 

 name and address of the seller. — the 

 approximate percentage by weight of 

 purity, meaning freedom from foreign 

 matter or from other seeds, — the ap- 

 proximate percentage by weight of the 

 different species of foreign seeds when 



sold as mixtures, and so lalnlid. Tlif 

 bill affects agricultural sixls. The ap- 

 proximate percentage ol germination 

 as shown by laboratory tests. .No agri- 

 cultural seeds containing more than 

 one of certain named noxious weed 

 seeds to 2,000 agricultural seeds shall 

 be sold. 



Garden and flower seeds in sealed 

 packets must be labeled with the ap- 

 proximate percentage of germination 

 and with the year in which the packet 

 was filled. 



Yours truly, 



CuKTis Nye Smith. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the Fort of New York, of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 ending March 17th, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs— Krauce, $586; Netherlands, 

 $1.3,459; England, $48; Hongkong, 

 $(i77. 



Plants— Netherlands, $48,155; Eng- 

 land, $1,532; Scotland, $562; Ireland. 

 $41; Bermuda, $31; French W. 1., $79; 

 Colon, $33; Japan, $100; France, 

 $2,761. 



Red Clover Seed— France, $152,432; 

 Netherlands, $15,057. 



Grass Seed Spain, $4,467; England, 

 $3,579; Scotland, $535; Ireland, $2,807. 



All Other Seeds -Denmark. $1,757; 

 France, $9,898; Netherlands. $587; 

 England, $14,757; Ireland, $148; Bra- 

 zil, $96; Colon, $32; British East In- 

 dies, $13,999; Hongkong, $136; Italy, 

 $278; Spain, $4,333; Japan, $52. 



Carbonate of Potash — Hongkong, 

 $67. 



Nitrate of Soda— Chile, $9,528. 



Other fertilizers — Netherlands, $28,- 

 000; England, $5.9G0. 



One of our readers calls our atten- 

 tion to the fact that the statement on 

 page 412 of our March 25 issue that 

 the next convention of the American 

 Seed Trade Association will be held 

 in Cincinnati is incorrect, as the place 

 of meeting has been changed by the 

 executive committee and the session 

 will be held in Chicago, 111., on June 

 20, 21, 22. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Joel Shomaker, Nellita, Washing- 

 ton — Circular of Nursery Stock, Wild 

 Flowers, etc. 



W. W. Hunt & Co., Blue Hills .Nur- 

 series, Hartford, Conn. — Annual Cata- 

 logue and Price List; 60 pages of re- 

 liable matter, finely illustrated, relat- 



iiiK to haril.v II] iiauieulal nursery 

 stock. 



I". W. Eberle, Albany, N. Y.— Seed 

 .\nnual for 1916. A wholesome ap- 

 pearing publication, well arranged 

 and illustrated. 



C. E. Varnum, Atco, N. J. — Illustra- 

 ted Catalogue of Dahlias, Cannas, 

 Gladioli, Geraniums, etc. A neat 

 pocket-size pamphlet. 



J. H. Troy's Nurseries, New Ro- 

 chelle, N. Y. — Price List of Ornamen- 

 tal Trees, Shrubs, Rosea, etc. An 

 artistic production, attractively Illus- 

 trated. 



J. S. Griffing, Cutchogue, Long 

 Island, N. Y. — Catalogue of Dahlias. 

 This list contains some special sur- 

 plus offers and members of the Am. 

 Dahlia Society get a 10 per cent cut 

 discount. 



.Moore Seed Company, Philadelphia. 

 —Seed Buyers' Guide for 1916. Also 

 Wholesale Price List of Bulbs, Seeds 

 and Sundries, and Wholesale Price 

 List of Seeds for .Market Gardeners. 

 Three books well adapted to their 

 purpose. 



"SEEDS WITH A LINEAGE" 



B««<1| wltb a generation of flnest 

 flowers aod vegetablea back of them — 

 carefully aelected— really tested. 

 Write today for Cataloc 



CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS. Uc. 



160 Chamber of Commerce BIdf. 

 Boston, ilasB. 



BEGONIA, Mariemont Bedder 



lirllllant sciiriet wltii reildish brown foli- 

 age. Best bedillDR variety grown. I'acket, 

 25 cents. CataloBue upon npiillcatlon. 



THOMAS J. GREY COMPANY 



Seedttnien 

 29 South Market St. Boston, Mas*. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



Seedsmen, Nurserymen, 

 Florists 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



ROBERT DYSART 



CERTIFIED PUBUC ACCOUNTANT 



Simple mptbodff of correct acroaDtlnc 

 especlaily adapted for florists* ass. 



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