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January 23. 1916 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Churlfs K KiiKiir ll;l^ m vi-nd lib 

 (oniKTtluii wall ilic It. K. Harr Co.. 

 Lancaster. I'a., and Is teiuporarllj lo- 

 ruUHl In this cliy. lie Iui8 srviTiil 

 now proposUlous unilor coiisltU'ratlon 

 but not si'tlled as .vt-l. Letters ad- 

 dressed to him In care ol any of the 

 conimitislon houses here will reach 

 hini. 



Professor Stewardson Urown, of 

 East I'enn street. Gernianlowu Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences, will leave 

 the latter part of January on a bo- 

 tanical expedition to Turlo Hico, with 

 Professor .Nathanial L. Itritton. dlrec- 

 tor-lnchlef of the New York Uotani- 

 cal Gardens. They will be none two 

 months. 



To stimulate the interest of their 

 ix)ultry customers and to attract peo- 

 ple to tlieir store at a time of the year 

 when the average person does not think 

 of entering a seed store, the progres- 

 sive house of Micbell's, on January 

 12th. held their Sixth Annual Poultry 

 Show at 518 .Market street. There 

 were over IdUO entries and nearly 

 every specimen of fowl in this part of 

 the country and across the water were 

 shown. From the time the e-xhibition 

 opened. January 12th, until the doors 

 were closed on the 14th, the lower 

 floor of the building, which is given 

 over to the exhibit, was thronged with 

 interested onlookers, nearly 10,000 

 people visiting the show in the three 

 days. Twenty silver cups, blue, red, 

 yellow and special whitje ribbons were 

 awarded to the winners. 



Mr. Burpee with his world wide ac- 

 quaintance gets so many letters from 

 every part of the universe — strictly 

 personal — that they are bound to pile 

 up on him. In our small way we go up 

 against the same thing. By hook or 

 by crook we get through our business 

 correspondence — the rest can wait a 

 little! Mr. Burpee's card is a clever 

 idea. He calls in old Guttenberg, the 

 printer; and bis story is so well put 

 it's worth repeating here: 



l*)iiladL'l|ilii;i, .luiiuiiry IG, I'.UO. 

 To Personal rorrcspomJenls : 



liefore .^iiilliif; l»tmorrow for Costii Rica 

 I am Irving to "clean up my desk," — and 

 Bnd there ur« a number of eorre.spoudents 

 to whom an ai>olo];;y is due. The fact i». 

 ] have seldom been so crowded with per- 

 sonal work as this fall and winter because 

 of the change and changing conditions In 

 Europe. 



Under the circumstances quite a number 

 of letters were laid aside for more careful 

 consideration than could be given to theui 

 at the time received. Now, it is Impossible 

 to answer all in detail as fully as intended, 

 — hence this e.\planation and apiilogy which 

 I trust you will kindly accept. 



Any letters addressed to the llrm during 

 my absence will have the usual prompt at- 

 tention. 



With all good wishes for the New Year, 

 Sincerely yours. 



W. AT1.KK Burpee. 



<jh^aU v» f^ wAuZ 



RED DEVIL GLASS CUTTER No. 3 in 1 



Has 3 wheels In the head, cutting 3 

 grades of glass — thin, medium and 

 thick, with equal facility. Comes with 

 a kid case. Sent on receipt of 12 cents 

 stamps. Booklet on request. 



SMITH & HEMENWAY CO. 



181 Chambers St., New York City. 



ALL VARIKTIES 

 THOROUGHLY TESTED 



It Is the policy of Jas. farter & Co to thor- 

 oughly test o\ery strain of flower and ve^e- 

 table. Not until satisfactory resultH are shown 

 by actual growing are they listed in the Carter 

 Catalog. 



That is why Carters Tested Seeds are so re- 

 liable and true to description. 



If you have not examined the 1915 Carter Cata- 

 log — American KXIition — write at once for your 

 copy. 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS INC. 



16(>IChamber of Commerce Building. 



HoHton, MuNH. 



Branch at Seattle, WaHh. 



In Canada. 133 Kini^ St. E., Toronto 



Kranch of .las. Carter & Co., Kayuea Park, E^g. 



^l» MAJtSTY KINC CCORCC V. 



Y^LlduUy Sj^^C.cI<L 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Henry .Metle. tiuedlinburg, Germany 

 - Trade Catalogue of Vegetable, Flow- 

 er and Farm Seeds. 1914-15. The usual 

 comprehensive and interesting whole- 

 sale list sent out by this well-known 

 seed house. 



C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, Holland; 

 New York Branch. 8-10 Bridge St., 

 New York City— We have received 

 from this firm a handsome calendar, 

 accompanied by a price list of glad- 

 iolus bulbs, over 100 of the main var- 

 ieties. 



and the patronage of the seed trade. 

 This catalogue contains 114 pages, de- 

 voted to field, garden, vegetable and 

 llower seeds and an exceptionally at- 

 tractive, illustrated trade publication. 



The value of foreign shipm.-nts of 

 liorticultural goods received at the 

 port of New York during the week 

 ending January 9, 1915 was as fol- 

 lows: Clover seed, $73,395; Grass 

 seed, $6,629; Sugar beet seed, $83,927; 

 Trees and plants, $.'i2,798. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.— 

 Garden and Floral Guide; also Fruit 

 and Ornamental Tree Book of the Land- 

 scape and Nursery Department. These 

 annual visitors serve to remind us 

 that "The Flower City" is still on the 

 map and the old and trustworthy 

 Vick's seeds are again ready to do 

 their duty in making the gardens 

 blossom. A trio of fine asters in 

 colors adorns the first cover page of 

 the Garden Guide. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.— Last week we made note of 

 no less than three different Burpee 

 catalogues. Now comes another — The 

 Blue List, which differs from those of 

 other colors in that it is devoted to 

 "Wholesale Prices for Market Gard- 

 eners. Florists and Farmers' Clubs." 

 It contains l.'iO pages of good stuff with 

 nothing at all in it to make one "feel 

 blue." The best proof of this state- 

 ment is to send to Burpee for a copy 

 and then look it through. 



Leonard Seed Company, Chicago. 111. 

 — Leonard's Seeds, 1915. This is a 

 wholesale list, as this house does not 

 solicit retail business. Leonard Seed 

 Co. are also growers as well as deal- 

 ers. They sell seed in bulk only and 

 do not send out commission packages 

 or box seeds. All of which should be 

 a good passport to the consideration 



Micheirs New Crop 



FLOWER SEEDS 



AM- AH \(,l S. 



riumohUM NanuN. Northern Green- 

 house Grown Seed. I'er 1,000 seeds, 

 $S.."j(); $).),50 per 5,000 seeds: 10,0()0 

 seeds. $:i0.00. 

 Ilatclirrl. Per 500 seeds, $3.25; $6.00 

 per l.fXK) seeds. 

 rilLOX DRL'MMONDII (Dwarf). 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 

 Cecily. Large flowering; 



niLfed colors $0.50 $2.25 



Crimson with Eje 40 2.25 



l>eep !<carlet 40 2.25 



Fair Maid. Soft pink 40 2.23 



I'lrrl>all. Scarlet 40 2.25 



I'ink 40 2.25 



Snowball 40 2.00 



Violet Hllh Eye 40 2.00 



( hoire .lllxcrl 40 1.25 



SALVIA. Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Ilonflro $0.40 *2.00 



IJall of Klre 50 2.50 



Scarlet Glow (MiObelH 50 4.00 



Zurich 50 4.00 



King of Carpets 50 2.50 



Splendens 25 1.00 



IKTl NIA. Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Miihell's .MiinntroBUs $1.00 



( alif'irniii t.iants 50 



t.rundilloru F'rineed 50 



Dwarf Inimitable 50 1.25 



.Vlso all other .SraNonable SeedH and 

 Supplier for the Florist, 



SEND FOR A COI'V OF OCR NEW 

 1915 WHOLESALE ( ATALOfiCE IF 

 YOC HAVEN'T KEf EI VEI) A COT V. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., Phiia. 



