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HORTICULTURE 



April 17. 1915 



V\IKRICA> SEED TRADK ASSOCIATION 



(iRlrrr* — l*rr«ltlrnt, I.^nlrr K. Mor»«. 

 Hmn KranrUro. Calif, i I Imt Vlr<^l'r««l- 

 drnt. J. II. I.ulilon. ilnttltiirk. I.. I.; 

 sivriiiKl \ lrr-l'rr«lilrnl. K. C Donian, 

 I'lillmlrlphia, I'K.^ Norrliirr itllij Trmu- 

 urrr. <.'. R. Kratlrl, C'lrTrlKnil, O.; Aa- 

 • Uunl brrrtorjr, 8. F. Wtllkrd, iw„ 

 rirvrluiil, O. 



Don't Miss San Francisco. 

 The warm weather of the past week 

 has hud a iiiaRloal elTcct on the retail 

 seed I<ii!iiiies8 and counter trade has 

 been In full swinp for almost the en- 

 tire week. It seems to be the judg- 

 ment that trade will continue until 

 late In the season because of its late 

 start. No doubt it will continue some- 

 what later than some scasous, but It 

 will be a more or less scattering busi- 

 ness that will come to the seedsmen 

 after June 1st, and it should not be an 

 effective excuse to prevent anyone 

 from going to the Convention at San 

 Francisco. We all know that if we 

 want an excuse for not doing a thing, 

 how readily one comes to hand and al- 

 ready certain seedsmen are offering 

 this matter of late June business as 

 the reason why they will not be able 

 to go to the coast. It might be well to 

 say just a word with reference to the 

 special train which S. F. Leonard is 

 endeavoring to secure over the Santa 

 Fe Railroad. We understand that if 

 Mr. Leonard can sell 125 tickets that 

 the Santa Fe will grant the seedsmen 

 a special, in all essential respects a 

 duplicate of their famous Santa Fe 

 Limited. It would certainly be very 

 desirable if this could be done. 



The Itinerary. 

 We are a little late in pul)lishing 

 the train schedule and itinerary of the 

 trip, but will endeavor to give this in- 

 formation as fully as possible in this 

 issue and in succeeding issues should 

 changes be made. We quote from let- 

 ter of March 4th to the Chairman of 

 the Transportation Committee, Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association: 



THF; ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA 

 FK RAILWAY SYSTEM. 



Denr Sir: Referrln(r to ccunvcrsatlon to- 

 day with our Mr. Moriarty regarding pro- 

 posed trip of members of above Asaoola- 

 lii'U from Chir:iK'» to San Francisco. 



I am pDcloslnK lierewlth an itinerary 

 covering the trip wltb stops as snggested. 

 For this special train we will provide fol- 

 lowing equipment which Is a duplicate of 

 the Santa Fe California Limited : Obser- 

 vation PuUninn. Cnuipartmcnt and Draw- 

 ing Rooms as well as opcm sleepers. Diner 

 on Santa Fe lines for the trip: Library 

 Clul) car. 



The railway fares are as follows going 

 via one direct line, or as per Itinerary 

 and returning any other direct line, the 

 return via Portland will be SIT.SO ad- 

 ditional. The side trip, Williams to the 

 Grand Canyon and return, is $7.50 ad- 

 ditional. 

 Chicago to San Francisco and return. S62.00 



New York (Standard Lines) 98.80 



New York (Differential Lines) 04.30 



Boston (Standard Lines) JO.'i.VO 



Boston (Differential Lines) 97.70 



Philadelphia (Standard Lines) 95.20 



Philadelphia (Differential Lines) 92.95 



Trusting that you will give this your 

 every consideration, I remain. 

 Yours truly. 

 GEO. T. GUNNING. General Agent. 



SPECIAL TRAIN— ONE HUNDRED AND 



TWENTY-FIVE TICKETS. 

 June 12 Leave Chicago S.Ofi P. M. 



June W Arrive Kansas City 8.45 A.M. 

 June 13 Leave Kansas City 9.00 A. M. 



The proposed trip to l»mpoc mii.\ 

 be ellminalod as possibly the stop over 

 at Oceano, but the matter has not yet 

 been definitely decided upon. 



Cautious Contracting, 



Contracting of future requirements 

 by the trade, according to the reports 

 of growers is somewhat below other 

 years. Whether the seed trade Is be- 

 coming affected by the general fear of 

 business depression or for other rea- 

 sons It is difficult to say but the facts 

 speak for themselves. Many of the 

 items which dealers have been expect- 

 ing from Europe have been very late 

 in arriving, many too late to be of use 

 in this year's business. They are liable 

 to prove very useful another season, 

 however, and while the trade was 

 somewhat embarrassed this year by 

 the non-arrival of goods which they 

 urgently needed, they are generally 

 quite reconciled to carry them over 

 into another year as the sentiment 

 generally is that these items will be 

 much scarcer and higher in price than 

 at present. 



Seed Potatoes and Onion Sets. 

 Seed potatoes and onion sets are 

 two items that are worrying the trade 

 who deal largely in them considerably 

 at the present time. Both have ex- 

 perienced a severe sinking spell in the 

 matter of prices, and it looks very 

 much as if the bottom had dropped 

 out, especially of onion sets. On the 

 other hand there has been quite a stif- 

 fening in the price of large onions and 

 select stock is bringing from 75c. to 

 $1.00 per barrel more than a few 

 weeks ago. The effect of this has been 

 promptly shown by an increase in the 

 demand for onion seed, and the trade 

 has been active in this item for the 

 past two weeks. This change has been 

 somewhat of an agreeable surprise to 

 the trade, and as there have been very 

 few pleasant surprises this year, it is 

 all the more appreciated. 



Chicago Seed Notes. 



The Leonard Seed Co., looking :ii 

 the season just closing from the stand 

 point of a big wholesale establishment, 

 regards the past season as one of very 

 fair returns. Prices have been nor- 

 mal and sales along all lines have 

 moved the stock steadily. Onion sets 

 were practically closed out the first 

 week in April. The few left in this 

 market are selling now at |1.50 per 

 bushel for white, and $1.25 for red and 

 yellow. Some of the growers have 

 small lots left, enough to supply a 

 limited quantity for any shortage that 

 may develop in the local retail trade. 



Counter trade is a little slow in 

 starting in Chicago owing to the lack 

 of the warm days usually interspersed 

 with the cold ones. While trees and 

 shrubs are about up to date in leaf 



Hardy Phlox Plants 



I lie-r arc Krtiwii lit tiiir .Niirnrrli-i. ul 

 .\imIiiIiimIu. iuiiI ure uniinuully tinr. 



Tlil« Spnlul OITer U (.ulijnt lu olork 

 bi-Int: iiiiHold itlirii iiriirr In rrct^lvml. 



Ml III Inn llllii Ullrrliil olTrr wlirn iir- 

 ilrrlnK. 



Doi!. lOil 



■ luroii Von Drdrni. Deep pink. JO.OO ?4 0(1 



Kllriilielh ( luiiplirll. Pink... 1.00 0.00 



liiiliriueiiicnl. Orntige pluk.. .00 3.00 

 l.iiKciie l>itii7iin\ltltorM. Lnv- 



ciiilcr 1.00 0.(X) 



Kuriipu. Bluab white, pink 



centre 00 4.00 



I'i'rnunil Cortrt. Pink 80 3M 



<ien. tbunciy. Orange 75 5.00 



(inlluih. I'lTlHe 75 5.(K) 



.Iciiniie il'Arr. White 00 3..'i0 



I.e Muliill. Hlue flO .•l.'H) 



Miilii.|i>r. I 'berry red 1.00 00 



MoniiiKnunl. Purple 60 4.<KI 



Mr«. .I.iikin«. Pure while... .00 li.riO 



llicb.ir.l \«iillare. KlUHb white. .00 3.,''iO 



It. I'. siriitber«. Salmon 1.00 0.00 



lt>n..troMi. Ilrlglit pink 00 4.00 



.Mr«. H«liin«on. rMniilne pink. .00 3 ."lO 



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 Of III I, Its. I'l-ANTS, .4KKI>S AMI 

 II.OUIST.s' M ITMKS, FKKK I OK 

 Till: \>KIMi. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



S18 Market St.,'Phlla. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



BULBS, PLANTS and SEEDS 



1218 Betz Bldg., Phllad*lpM« 

 Catalogtie on application 



Mr NEW LIST or 



Winter Spencer Sweet Pea Sied 



Has tMaa mailed. If net la rear kaa4a 

 new, lend « poetel for It. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEJC 

 Ijotni>oc. CaL 



Dormant Stock 

 JuHt arrived. In One condition, Inclndlng 

 HVnRID PERPETUAL8, HYBRID TEAS 

 anil CLIIvrBERS. Ask us for names and 



prices. 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO., Seedamen 

 166 WEST 23rd ST., NEW YORK 



It U our BUSINESS to stqjply 

 you with 



SUPEAIORGLADIOLI 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



FIjOWERFIELO, L. I., N. Y. 



and bud development; the ground Is 

 cold for planting. March had scarcely 

 a warm liay and April so far has been 

 cold. Crocusus are in bloom and tulips 

 are showing above the ground. 



Values of horticultural Imports Into 

 New York for week ending April 3, are 

 given as follows: Fertilizer, $1,648; 

 clover seed, $46,732; grass seed, $18,- 

 379; sugar beet seed, $13,790; trees 

 and plants, $68,351. 



