818 



SEED TRADE 



AMBRICAN SEED TRADh ASS(»( UTION 



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Values of oBrloultiirnl Imports Into 

 Now York for week I'lidtnK June 5. 

 1915 |8 Riven us follows; Manure salt, 

 »4.2y6; clover seed. »4.318; grass seed, 

 nio: trees and plants, $970. 



From the Consular and Trade Re- 

 ports of the Department of Commerce 

 at Waslilngton we learn that the ship- 

 ments of bulbs from Amsterdam in- 

 creased from »6a.o8u in IHi:? to $73.81U 

 in IS'H. Plants amounted to $61,865 

 In U'n and »6ti.664 in 1914. The in- 

 crease in value of seed shipments is 

 particularly suggestive, amounting to 

 $452,148 for 1914 against $283,979 for 

 1913. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Burnett Brothers. New York.— Spe- 

 cial Price List of Pot Grown Straw- 

 berry Plants. 



Henry Mette. Quedlinburg. Germany. 

 —Price list and Special Offer of Un- 

 rivalled Pansy Seeds. Two brilliant 

 plates of pansy flowers in colors. 



Peter Henderson & Co.. New York 

 City.— Midsummer Catalogue. 1915. A 

 teinpting strawberry festival exhibit 

 in natural colors on the cover per- 

 suades to further perusal of the con- 

 tents of this seasonable catalogue, 

 which certainly looks like a business 

 getter. 



Henry F. Michell Co.. Philadelphia. 

 Pa. — Wholesale Catalogue for July 

 and August. Seeds, bulbs, plants and 

 greenhouse supplies are featured in 

 comprehensive detail in this e.xcellent 

 publication. The covers are adorned 

 with pansies and a peony plate in col- 

 ors is inserted. 



NEW CORPORATION. 

 New Haven. Ind. — New Haven Floral 

 Co., increasing capital stock $20,000. 



Florist's Pliers 



'i)edCevil"No.622-5-.m 



<ut« wIrfH Hs easily as 

 •4lmir!i cut a r,Ieiu. 

 Hand lioned edgre — 

 keeps Its edge; handles 

 (It tlie hand an<l make 

 the tool n-ork more 

 eAslly. 



Fits t!ie vest po<'ket. 

 70c at your deftler'n or 

 postpaid from us. 

 Write for "RED 

 DEVIL" Booklet. 



SMITH i HEMENWAY CO.. Ibc. 

 181 ChanbersSt.. NewYoitCltv 



11 U i; i 1 U L L 1 L lik. 



TULIP CLASSIFICATION. 



There Is nuicli riuifiihloM not only as 

 to varietal names but us to authorlla- 

 tlve classillcution. No two eatulogues 

 are alike in this respect so far as we 

 hove been able to compare. In 'I'ln 

 diinltii for June 5, this subject Is given 

 attention, as they have the same 

 trouble abroad that confronts the gar- 

 dener here. Our readers may be In- 

 terested In the following notes which 

 we have clipped from Tlii liniihii, ex- 

 plaining the plans and purposes of a 

 joint committee of the Hoyal Horticul- 

 tural Society and the IJutch Bulb 

 Growers' Association whidi. when per- 

 fected. It is hoped will be accepted as 

 a basis of classihcution by all traders. 



Till- fiii'l thill HO little Ik knnnii iilioiil 

 Ihf iMireiiliiKo nf ;;iirilcii TiillpH iiiid (lull 

 (he work of lireiikliiK iip wliiil iire olivl- 

 ■ iiisly hylirUl forms liilo (li«*lr orlKlntil nih*- 

 '■loN h:is never us ve( liwii ufeoiiiiillHlieil- 

 .Mr. W. It. Dykes of Iris fiiiiie Is Jiisl se(. 

 till).' iilioiil II. liiK II will III' i\ loiii:. loiih- 

 way to the I'liil — It Is tiii|Missllili' (o fraint- 

 any strh'dy si-len(llh- system of irroupliif:- 

 Thi- one alunK to lie put forward Is Itaseil 

 on Kiit'ilen iMinvenli-iire. and historical ami 

 sclentlth- i-oiislderatli>iis are almost entirely 

 loft out of count. "It alms at brliiKln^ 

 (o;:ctlier those Tulips which have a similar 

 liatiii anil nhlcli can he harmoniously .isso- 

 liiiled In the i:ar»len." The oldi»st division 

 thai Wf ttnil ill ICnirllsh Mower hooks was 

 that which classcil Tulips as early, nilil- 

 seasoii anil late hlooniers. As wi' have liui 

 few inldsenson varlelies. (lie proposeil clas- 

 slllcadon leaves ou( (hat sectfon and holdly 

 divides all varieties into early ana lute 

 flowerers as Its main croups. 



Those which in ordinary seasons are in 

 full llower before the end of April arc 

 classed as early (lowers or earlles. They 

 are generally of u dwurf habit, and for (lie 

 most par( are helf-colored. The snbseelions 

 liere are two — siiif^le and double. 



The proposed name for the se<-ond main 

 division Is .May-flowerers. anil liny mic iIc- 

 scribed as Kardeii varieties, mostly of a tall 

 and robust habit, which usually (lower 

 after May 1. Here the ditllculty begins, 

 bwause, take any princlpli» of useful divi- 

 sion that one i-an think of. the diviilln^ line 

 is exceedingly dilllcult to draw. There 

 are such numerous Kradalloiis both of 

 shape and markings that a wide border- 

 land has to be somewhat arliltniiily di- 

 vided. The main stibsectlons are lai Cot- 

 tage, (b) Breeder, (c) Broken, nil I'arrot. 

 aiid (e) Species. The last one incluib-s all 

 the true species, which, as .Mr. Hall says. 

 have not been "messed about." not neces- 

 sarily those with Latin names like retio- 

 flexa. elegans and gesneriana spathulata. 

 which are now known to be but garden 

 hybfids. 



Taking the above subsections In order, 

 the Cottage is a large amorphous group of 

 self-colored, generally long-shaped flowers 

 of various tones and shades of yellow, red. 

 mauve, or purple. We may have true cups, 

 like Bouton d'Or: long blooms, like Mrs. 

 Moon: some with graceful recurving petals, 

 like elegans or relrollexa; others egg- 

 shaped, like I'airy Queen ; and so on ad 

 inflnlliim. 



The Breeders are subdivided Info (a) 

 Dutch, (b) English and (c) Darwins. As a 

 group they nia.v be described as self-col- 

 ored (lowers, opening after the manner of 

 a cup with roiindeil petals. .*ind as a rule 

 strong and vigorous growers. This *-harac- 

 teristic Is particularly nollceable In the 

 t)arwiiis. and this, together with their be- 

 ing all white ground varlelies. constitutes 

 the salient feature of the section. i.Ml Tu- 

 lips have either white or yellow grounds, 

 which can be seen b.v an examination of 

 the liase or bottom of a (lower, or by peel- 

 ing off (he Inner or outer skin of a total, 

 which then discloses a middle l;iyer which 

 is either yellow or white :md of the sa!re 

 color as is to be seen In the base.) Itiitch 

 Breeders are longer and ni.ire ogg-shapeil 

 than the Darwins. English Breeilers are 

 more i-up-shaped and not so long, and are 

 furdier dlstinguishc.1 by the pure color of 

 their bases. 



Broken Tulips are similarly divided Into 

 Dutch. English and Rembrandts, which is 

 the name now given to broken Darwins. 

 To a considerable extent they follow the 

 lines of the Breeder divisions. 



I'arrots are Tulips with lacinlnted petals. 

 Cp to the present they have all had .vcUow 

 grounds. There Is, however, no reason why 

 there should not be white grounds In tlie 

 group, as I think it is now generally recog- 



Juni- 19. 1916 



Pansy Seed 



NEW CROP 



<il.\NT KMIIItiriU.N .MI.XKU. A llliot 

 ^iriilii will, li for hire of tiloom. heiivy 

 icMiire and varied i <i|ora and shaden, 

 iinnot be surpassed. Half trade pt 

 ■ly-; .VH- per trade pkt, ; Vi ui. ifH-; $5.i 



00 



iinnot be surpassed. Half trade pkL 

 ;ii.-; .10. ■ ■ -- 



per OE. 



Till I'M I'll OK THE til A NTH, MIXED. 

 Produces on long Hteiiis. (lowers of ex- 

 tra large Bile; peials lirond mid over- 

 lapping; many beautiful rich nud rare 

 shades. 



(ilAN'T TKlMAKDEAl', MIXED. Very 

 large (loworlnK; choice colorH. Trade 

 pkt. 30t'; $1.00 per or. 

 (ilANT rillZK, SEPARATE COLORS 

 Tr. pkt. Oi. 



(■bint .\>ur< lllue $0.40 $1.7S 



i.liint Itliick llliiK 40 1.75 



l.liuit Kioiicror l\lllliun Blue. .40 1.75 



l.liinl iliirlcn-lii Krd 40 2.50 



l.liinl KluK uf the lilnrks 40 1.75 



(.hint l.oril lli'iicnniillelil. I'ur- 



|>le- Violet 40 1.75 



liiiinl l'ciM-o4-k. Illur, Claret 



iilKl \» bite 40 2.50 



iiliint Snow (lueen, l*ure 



Wlllte 40 1.75 



(Jiint Striped and .Mottled... .40 1.75 



i.iiint White, with Eye 40 1.75 



I ; hint I'llre Vrllou 40 1.75 



l.lant Vellow. with Eye 40 1.75 



AUo ( Incrarlu, DalH) . Myosotls. Pri- 

 mula unit all other Seasonable Se«<lB. 

 iiiilbn and Supplies. 



I,.4TEST WHOLESALE CATALOG. 

 I KEE FOR THE .ASKINtJ. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



818 MarkAt St., Phlla. 



nized that any variety may sport Into a 

 i'arrot form. Within the last three or four 

 years Messrs. Barr A: Sons have listed such 

 a one In their bybloemen with lacinlated 

 petals — Sensation. 



The ,Species I have already referriil to. 

 .siome of those usually placed under this 

 heading in catHlogues may in time be 

 found to bo hybrids. I.Ike Haworth's spe- 

 cies DalTodils, when tested by the process 

 of seedling raising they may be found 

 wanting. 



The Conferenre Show. — A cut-and-dried 

 scheme like the above would lose more 

 than half its value unless every Tulip was 

 phi. I'd in its proper subdivision, and 

 grfiuped In those subdivisions a<-cording to 

 its color. This was. as I said last week, 

 one of (he reasons for gathering (ogedier 

 such a large colleellon at Vincent Sipiure. 

 In the case of (he Collages and the Dar- 

 wins. the long and dilllciiK process of sclec- 

 (ion and combinadon has bei^n carried out 

 very fully. It will be a guide as to the 

 ditTerent varieties that may be grown to- 

 gether widioiil any clashing of color, and 

 in this way it will be of great utility to 

 gardeners. To make things still plainer, a 

 typical llower has been selected in each 

 i;olor group, so that there may lie no doubt 

 as lo what is the color meant. About four 

 of the tiest varieties In each have been 

 singled out for detailed description. In 

 this way I hope a start has been made to 

 rcduie the huge mass of Tulips, many so 

 much alike that n.me but an expert could 

 separate them, and I hen only after a very 

 careful comparison, to s<iiiiethliig like man- 

 tigeable numbers, to the relief both of the 

 overburdened trader and the iloubtfiil pur- 

 chaser. Each suffers from the plethora of 

 names (varieties?). 



I hope the ganlenlng public will make 

 use of the Iloyal Horticultural Society's 

 booklet as soon as it is published. I am 

 sure it will prove an immense boon to all 

 if It only conies into general use. 



LILY BULBS 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



71 MURRAY ST., ■ NEW YORK 



