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HORTICULTURK 



March 27, 1915 



SEED TRADE 



VMKRICAN SBEO TRXDK ASSOCIATION 



«l(niTr« — rrcplilrnl. I «^lrr I.. MoriB, 

 riui ln%nil»ro. l«llf ; rir«l Vlrr-I'rr«l- 

 dml. J. M. I.uplon. Mnltlltirk. I.. I.j 

 Srroiiil \ lr<^rrt-«lilrnt. K. I'. I>un(aa, 

 |-|iII><IfIi>IiU. I'll.; Sccrclury Bntl Trc«»- 

 urrr. C. K. KriiilH. t'IrvrllUKi, O.; A»- 

 • l»lant frrrrHury, S. f. WllUwd. Jr., 

 Clrvrland, O. 



Trenton, Mo. -A seed store has been 

 opened in tlie Masonic Building by 

 Haro' WiUen. 



Westburfl. N. Y.— WiHiam Breen will 

 open a new seed and fertilizer store 

 on I'ost avenue in a week or two. The 

 store will be located In Chas. Krupp's 

 store building. 



The Boston seed stores continue to 

 report Kood business, especially In 

 perennials, the "old-fashioned garden" 

 flowers which seem to be coming into 

 favor more than ever before. 



The value of horticultural Imports 

 Into New York for the week ending 

 March 3, is given as follows: 



Nitrate of soda, $50,647; fertilizer, 

 54,234; guano, $4,959; clover seed, $10,- 

 777; grass seed, $24; trees and plants, 

 $34,060. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Racine Nursery Company, Racine. 



Wis.— Wholesale Catalogue, 

 1915. 



Spring, 



Tavlor Instrument Companies, Roch- 

 ester, N. y.— Catalogues or Thermom- 

 eters and other Scientific Instruments 

 for Orchards, Nurseries, Greenhouses, 

 Etc. 



David Herbert & Son, Atco, N. J.— 

 Seeds, Bulbs and Plants for 1915. De- 

 voted mainly to dahlias which are fine- 

 ly illustrated. A beautiful color plate 

 of Dahlia Delice is an attractive fea- 

 ture. 



Harrv A. Bunyard Co., Inc.. New 

 York— Spring, 1915 Catalogue of "The 

 Uptown Seed Store. Seeds, Bulbs and 

 Garden Supplies. This is the first cat- 

 alogue of this new establishment. It 

 Is creditably gotten up. well arranged 

 and Mr. Bunyard is to be congratulat- 

 ed that he has accomplished so much 

 in so brief a time. 



"PERNICIOUS ADVICE." 

 Can't something be done to check 

 the idiotic twaddle that appears In the 

 lay press scribbled by people who are 

 Ignorant of horticultural matters? 

 What with novelists urging the British 

 public to send all their orders for be- 

 gonias to HoUfind in order to benefit 

 the Belgians, and city gents urging 

 folks to grow potatoes in villa and cot- 

 tage gardens instead of flowers, and 

 equally pernicious advice from other 

 equally incompetent meddlers, the 

 nursery and seed trade of this country 

 would appear to be the doormat of any 

 individual who would walk into the 

 limelight as directors of other people's 

 philanthropy. One wonders how the 

 papers that publish these haverings 

 can have the cheek to tout for the ad- 

 vertisements of the trade that stands 

 to lose through such unfair and unwise 

 recommendations.- Hort. Trade Jour- 

 nal, London. 



Obituary 



Alexander Proctor. 



.VIcxaniliT I'roclor, supiTlnliMulenl 

 on the estate of .Mrs. II. S. Hurrill ul 

 HickBvllle. L. I.. N. Y.. died of par- 

 alysis on .March 20. He was a brotlnT 

 of Thomas I'rootor of Lenox. Mass. 



Mrs. Edward McMulkln. 



.Mrs. Kd. .Mac .\IulUin ilii-d on Kridiix. 

 March 19. at St. Kll/.abeth Ho8|)llal, 

 llrookline, .Mass. At the funi'ral on 

 Monday many beautiful lloral tribulc-i 

 were seen. She was a most eatiniable 

 laily. 



V^illiam B. Paterson. 



William li. I'aterson, one of tlie Ix'st 

 known Sonttirrn florists, died at his 

 home. Montgomery. Ala., suddenly on 

 March 16. He was born in Scotland in 

 ]84;t and came to lliis (ountry in 

 1866. He entered the florists' business 

 in 1894. He is survived by five chil- 

 dren. The business will be continued 

 under the name of the Roseuiont Gar- 

 dens. 



Mrs. Hosea Waterer. 



Mary Meredith Waterer, wife of one 

 of Philadelphia's well known seeds- 

 men and nurserymen, passed away on 

 the 20th inst. very suddenly from an 

 attack of i)neumonia. Mrs. Waterer 

 was a Philadelphia lady and was great- 

 ly esteemed in her circle as wife, 

 mother and all that goes to make the 

 halo of true womanhood. She is sur- 

 vived by her mother, husband and two 

 sons. 'The sympathy of the trade goes 

 out sincerely to them in their irrepara- 

 ble loss. 



William Hatcher. 



William Hatcher, gardener and flor- 

 ist, and one of the oldest residents of 

 the District of Columbia, passed away 

 last week at his home on Harewood 

 road, Washington, where he had re- 

 sided for more than forty years, fol- 

 lowing an attack of pneumonia. Mr. 

 Hatcher was born in England about 

 eighty-six years ago and came to this 

 country when fifteen years of age. 

 He retired from active work about 

 three years ago, but during the preced- 

 ing thirty years he wa.s employed as 

 gardener and florist at the Soldiers' 

 Home in this city, where two sons are 

 at present employed. He is also sur- 

 vived by his widow. Burial took place 

 in Rock Creek Cemetery. 



Elizabeth, N. J.— Fire of unknown 

 origin destroyed the packing-sheds and 

 two storage warehouses of the Eliza- 

 beth Nursery Company in King street 

 on Saturday night, March 2. The loss, 

 estimated at about "$30,000, is partial- 

 ly covered by insurance. In addition to 

 a great number of valuable plants and 

 shrubs stored in the warehouses, a 

 large quantity of material used in 

 packing was destroyed in the packing 

 sheds A Maxwell car and a wagon 

 were burned. Many trees planted 

 near the buildings were killed by the 

 heat. 



ONION SEED, ONION SETS 



We arr eitenslTe (roweri ind dMilera of 

 Seed iDd SeU. All oar elock If flnt-cUu 

 qaalltj. Writ* for prices. 



SCHILDER BROS., ^•^iiVTo"^- 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



BULBS, PLANTS and SEEDS 



1218 Betz Bldg., Phlladelphta 

 Catalogue on apptiealion 



MY NKW UtT or 



Winter Spencer Sweet Pea Seed 



Has t>Ma mailed. If not 1b Tear kaB4a 

 BOW, aeod a poatal for It. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 

 Lonni>oc CaL 



, Dormant Stock 



.Ttist nrrlred, in fine coodltloD, Including 

 IIYHRID PERPETUALS. HYBRID TEAS 

 and C'LIMBER.S. Ask US for names and 

 priof's. 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO., ■'^eedainen 

 166 WEST 23rd ST., NEW YORK 



"SEEDS WITH A LINEAGE" 



Seeds wltli a Reneratlon of flneat 

 flowers and regetalilea bark of tbem — 

 carefully selected — really tee'ed. 

 Write today for Cataloc. 



CARTER'S TESTED SF EDS. Inc. 



166 Cbaniber of Commerce Bide. 

 BoatoD, .Mbm.. 



Burpee's Seeds 



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