HOHTICULT r H K 



Ma) 29. 1915 



SEED TRADE 



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San Francisco Convention — American 

 Seed Trade Association. 

 Spcrial train vln Siiiitr Ko Uoad to 

 Urand Canyon. Los Angclos. San Ule- 

 go. leaves Cblcaiio 8.06 P. .M., June 12. 

 It is necessary tlint all those intend 

 Ing to take this train write at once to 

 S. F. Leonard. 2:.'t> West Kinzle St.. 

 Chicago. Friends of niemliers are In- 

 vited to take this train. 



This will be a fine trip ami members 

 are urged to make every effort to make 

 the special train a possibility. The 

 side trip to San Diego may be omitted. 

 If desired, and those requiring hotel 

 acromuiodations In Los Angeles should 

 write at once to .M. L.. Germain, care 

 of the Germain Seed & Plant Co.. Los 

 Angeles. It may be necessary to alter 

 the trip from Los Angeles up the Coast 

 to San Francisco. Should there be 125 

 tickets assured we can have a special 

 train up the Coast, which will make 

 side trips a possibility, otherwise, it 

 will be impossible to make more than 

 one or two stops. 



Our arrangements with the Inside 

 Inn necessitates visitors arriving 

 either Saturday night. June 19, or Sun- 

 day morning. June 20. Reservations at 

 the Inside Inn can be made by writ- 

 ing direct to the Inside Inn. Exposi- 

 tion Grounds. San Francisco. Rates 

 are: — Outside rooms, without bath, 

 single, $2.50 $3.00; double. $:i.OO, $3.50 

 (4.00; outside rooms with bath, single, 

 $3.00 $4.00 $5.00; double. $4.00, $5.00, 

 $7.00. Friday and Saturday the mem- 

 bers and their families will be the 

 guests of the local seed growers, who 

 will bear all of the expense connected 

 with railway fares, entertainment over 

 night at Hotel Vendome, lunches, auto 

 trips and barbecue at San Juan. 



This will be the first time the Seed 

 Trade Association has met west of 

 Chicago and it will probably be many 

 years before they will ronie out to Cal- 

 ifornia again. We are planning to give 

 our friends a good time and hope we 

 will have a good attendance. 



Burpee's New Pet. 



The new sweet pea. Fiery Cross, 

 opened its first bloom at Fordhook 

 Farms, Doylestown, Pa., last week. 

 The story of W. Atlee Burpee's ac- 

 quirement of this novelty is told in 

 the Philadelphia North American thus: 



Last July, at the sweet poa show in 

 London, Mr. Burpee paid the record 

 price of $417 an ounce for the first 

 three ounces of "Fiery Cross" seed 

 ever raised. 



One good look at the display of this 

 new variety, which evidenced its rare 

 worth by winning the highest award — 

 the silver medal offered by the Nation- 

 al Sweet Pea Society of England — con- 

 vinced Mr. Burpee there was no use 

 haggling over a price. So he hunted 

 up A. Malcolm, the noted Scotch grow- 



er of these lovely flowers, who after 

 many yoars of trying finally produced 

 the naming scarlet hue which churac- 

 tcri/.t's this latest wonder In the llowi-r 

 world. 



"Mow much seed have you?" asked 

 Burpee. 

 "Three ounces," answered Malcolm. 

 "Will you take 250 pounds sterling 

 for the three ounces and the right to 

 Introduce?" said the American. 

 "I will," said the Scotchman. 

 Now, three ounces of sweet pea seed 

 contain about 900 seeds. So for each 

 of the shriveled peas which were 

 packed for shipment with as much 

 care as a pearl necklace, the tidy sum 

 of $1.39 was paid. And If the ship 

 which carried these seed-treasures 

 across the Atlantic had gone down, the 

 world's supply of this particular vari- 

 ety would have been lost. 



Chicago Notes. 

 The seed laws now pending in our 

 neighboring states are meeting with a 

 protest from the large seedsmen. Last 

 week the Leonard Seed Co., was rep- 

 resented by J. N. Clark, at Madison, 

 .Wis., wiiere he went to fight the Wis- 

 consin Seed Bill. Thinking It settled 

 he returned to Chicago when It was 

 given another hearing and .Mr. Clark 

 left again. May 25. for the Wisconsin 

 capitol. Leonard Vaughan has been 

 looking after the interests of the seeds- 

 men on a similar mission at Spring- 

 field, 111. the past week. He is oppo.s' li 

 to the passage of the bill. 



Notes. 

 The value of imports of horticultu- 

 ral goods Into New York for the week 

 ending May 25, is given as follows: — 

 Fertilizer $13,083. grass seed $1,725, 

 sugar beet seed $15,000, trees and 

 plants $13,160. 



.Many of the cabbage growers of Wis- 

 consin have found that it pays to dis- 

 infect their seed a>;ainst some of the 

 diseases — particularly black rot and 

 black leg^whicb prey upon this crop. 

 This is done by soaking the seed for 

 20 minutes in a solution of one ounce 

 of formaldehyde (or formalin) in two 

 gallons of water. The seed is then 

 rinsed well with water to remove the 

 formalin, dried, and stored in a clean 

 sack until planted. For club root, the 

 soil should be given a heavy applica- 

 tion of lime 111" ("i^iieis per acre. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Skinner Irrieation Co.. Troy. Ohio — 

 Descriptive illustrated catalogue of 

 the specialties of this company. 



Knight & Struck Co., New York- 

 Catalogue and Price List of Hardy 

 and Tender Plants, Seeds, Bulbs, etc. 



R. C. Kerr, Houston, Texas — Cut 

 Flower Catalogue and Price List. In 

 this publication the usual order has 

 been reversed giving first place to the 

 cut flower department and making the 

 plant section subsidiary. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Westfield, Mass. — Mrs. J. A. Crane 

 has presented the Westfield state san- 



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518 Market St., Phila. &. 



atorium the attractive greenhouse that 

 has been located for some years on 

 the grounds near her residence. This 

 is about 60 feet long and has a hand- 

 some dome in the center. The green- 

 house will be transferred to its new- 

 location about June 1. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y.— The Niagara 

 greenhouse on Portage Road has been 

 purchased by C. E. Harris and A. M. 

 Lever of this city, who will hereafter 

 conduct the business. Mr. Harris is 

 an experienced florist and Is well 

 known in the city, having been con- 

 nected with the flower business of E. 

 A. Butler & Son for upwards of 28 

 years. 



Oswego, N. Y. A bill of sale of the 

 tree surgery business of G. A. Thomp-, 

 son. to Frank J. Jacks and A. G. 

 Thompson, has been filed in the Coun- 

 ty Clerk's oflice. The consideration Is 

 $175 and the party of the first part 

 agrees not to engage in the tree sur- 

 gery business in Oswego for a period 

 of ten years. If he does so. he author- 

 izes the parties of the second part to 

 recover $500 from him. 



No..'024, Demonstration, Tool 

 Sent for 6c Postpaid 



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181 Chamber* St., New York City 



