850 



llltlc fltecl. especliiUy sn ii.s Hit? greul- 

 I'si reward lo llie man «li<i liuB a re- 

 piitalion (or liundlliiK siuli seeds la 

 in till- advuiicod prln's which luree 

 plai.ierg art' wlllliiK to pay hliii ior 

 liis i:o(id8. 



Membership. 

 I recomiiu-nd lliat v." make Kom'j 

 ilcfliiitt effort to fiilarKi' oiir mcnil p-- 

 ship ThoiiKh not in i!i>- spirit of 

 criiu-lsm, 1 want to 8U(;Ki--<t ilml 1 

 tliink »»■ are too i-xcluslvc. So far as 



1 1 V we not only do not hi-ok new 



IS but rather discourage the 

 ion of new nrms. One oi the 

 InttrfsiinK modern developnici-ts of 

 the seed business has been the 

 growth of the number of new seed 

 houses. One finds one or more send 

 houses in practically every city which 

 has a population of ten ttionsanU or 

 more. It would seem that a larger 

 membership would be more effective. 

 and durluK convention week there 

 tou.d I e an hour set aside for group 

 meeting of the growers, commission 

 men, catalogue men. grass seed men. 

 etc. 



Nomenclature. 



Our association lias been invited by 

 the American Vegetable Growers' As- 

 sociation to join with them in an at- 

 tempt to regulate nomenclature. 

 While our association has had a com- 

 mittee on nomenclature at variou.s 

 times, it has never been able to ac- 

 complish any definite results. It is 

 well, however, that we ap|)oint a com- 

 mittee and a good strong one to work 

 with the vegetable growers. Their 

 suggested rules for registration of 

 garden vegetables are excellent, and 

 while I doubt that any rule can be 

 rigidly enforced, it will certainly be 

 well to make some attempt to control 

 the naming of varieties. 



Secretary's Report. 



.Mpiiibersliiii lust rcportid : 178 Ac- 

 tive. 2 liDnorary 180 



Addilions made at tbe last Conveu- 

 t|..n 9 



I (luring the year: 



I 2 



'■ l-il * 



li|->"lve(l 1 



Total — 7 



.Ncl <;iiln — 2 



Total Membership iit present, includ- 

 ing - Honorary 182 



C. E. KEKI»EI.. Secretary. 

 June 13, 1915. 



Treasurer's Report. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on band as reported $1,216.52 



Initiation Fees 2.')0.00 



Dues 2,rj55.00 



Interest at Bank 48.41 



Sale of Disclaimers, etc 2.84 



Total $.3,872.77 



DISBfRSBSIENT.S. 



Counsel's Retainer ?1,500.(X) 



Secretary's Salary, as voted 400.0(1 



Slenofe'raplicr's Services 139.05 



I.pL'islative Conimlltee Expenses... 288.14 



rr.sidcnl's Inclilenlals 65.00 



ITiiitlnK Annual Report 2ftS.20 



Other ITintinR 61.,'i5 



Wholesale Seedsmen's League dues. 25.00 



Badges 40.75 



Postage and Statlimery 12.00 



Office Incidentals 5.153 



Total Expenditures .S2,776.fl2 



Cash in Bank 1.096.15 



$3,872.77 

 C. E. KENDEL. Treasurer. 

 .Tune 15. 1915. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Report of the awards at the Sweet 

 Pea Show in San Francisco has not 

 yet reached us, but we learn that A. 

 C. Zvolanek is the happy winner of the 



!1 OKTICULTU K I 



June 26, 1915 



YARRAWA 



The Sweet Pea par excellence for Winter Flowering under glass. 



\\ f \\»Ti- iiwiirttril i ti ( ill* ill* * .il Mtril for tliN fciiprrlt int»rli.\ iit tin- lnt«Tnji- 

 (liMiiil Mou<r -how ill Ni'U ^ttrk. Miirrli. lUM, iititl ut Ilir >iiriiiK ^liou of Ihr 

 l*<iin-> Iwiiiiii ll<>rii« iilliirul !«<Mlrt>. I*lillii4li'l|ilil», Mnrrli. IUI.%. 



YARRAWA is absolutely fixed — and true to colir and type. 



VADDA|A/A 1^ Mil .„-<, I K I "iloci. ' iiiwirl.a.l.v ijUlnt; an ciicllci.l 



■ /%■%■»#% WW #% nccount of itself whether grown In pittH, lioxeH, rnlMed 



I. .■II- I }•■'. !■■ ■!- 



V A PD A \At A hax the hi'tivy T'lllage and rank strong growth of the 

 • ^* ■» ■* '^ W w r< siiiiiiiicr-llowcrliik' type and Is a true winter liloumlng 



.-,.,,, ...I sown carlv in (iciolicr at Kordhook KaniiH. the plants came 



Into lilooin Decenilicr 20th ami llowcnil profusely until May. The llowers are 

 cMlulslti-ly wavcil jinil when well gr<i«n will average two anil one half Im-heii In 

 illanietcr, iininv of iheni helng dniilev. or double llowcrcd. thus adding greatly to 

 the general elfeet of the liiinih. They are home usually In fours on extra long, 

 strong stems. The color Is most pleasing shade of Wright rose pink, with light 

 wings. 



.\s the snpiily of seed will he limited we advise ordering early. 



l'"l'>r:idale-t;iown seed exclusivi-lv 



1-4 oz. $1.00; par oz. $3.50; per 1-4 lb. $12. SO 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



Seed Growers 



Burpee Buildings, PHILADELPHIA 



JOHN H, ALLAN SEED CO 



Growersfof choice varieties nf 



PEAS AND BEANS 



SHEB0YGAN4WIS. 



gold medal for the best exhiliit i:!' 

 sw'eet peas. 



The value of horticultural imports 

 into New York for the week ending 

 Jun^ 12, is given as follows: Nitrate 

 of soda, $3.36,405; grass seed, $1,582; 

 fertilizer, $1,618; trees and plants. 

 $l,80n. 



Loechner & Co., New York City, are 

 in receipt of an interesting communi- 

 cation from Einar Knuttsson, repre- 

 sentative of Hjalmar Hartmann & Co.. 

 of Copenhagen. Denmark, dated at 

 Petrosrrad, Russia. .Mr. Knuttsson 

 says that the war does not seem to he 

 felt much in Petrograd, He had been 

 there for several weeks and did an 

 excellent business in the seed sr>e<'ial- 

 ties for which his house is well known. 



CORNELL STUDENTS VISIT 

 BOSTON. 



A parly consisting of Professors 

 Bryant Fleming. Ralph W. Curtis. 

 E. G. Montillon, E. G. Lawson. an in- 

 structor and eight senior students, all 

 from the Department of the College 

 of Agriculture at Cornell University, 

 have been visiting Boston and vicinity 

 during the past wepk. 



Their itinerary while in Boston in- 

 cluded the city parks and play- 

 grounds, the Metropolitan Park Re- 

 servations of the Charles River Basin. 

 Blue Hills. Middlesex Fells and Re- 



vere Beach, the .Xriiold .\rboretum. 

 Faulkner Farm and Weld Gardens, 

 the Harvard School of Landscape 

 -Architecture and the Harvard Botanic 

 Garden, many quaint old places at 

 Salem and the following estates at 

 Prides Crossing, along the North 

 Shore. Frick's. Swift's. Moore's, Spald- 

 ing's and p;vans'. 



A brief visit was also made to the 

 offices of the Oliusted Brothers, land- 

 scape architects, and another visit to 

 the Annual Rose and Peony Show at 

 Horticultural Hall. The members of 

 the party enjoyed every minute of 

 their stay and are unanimous in their 

 praise of Boston's many and varied 

 examples of landscape development. 



The party arrived on Friday, June 

 18. and left on Wednesday, June 23. 

 They visited several places at New- 

 port and then went to New York City. 

 Professor Curtis remained behind for 

 a longer stay at the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum and returns to Cornell University 

 today. 



LILY BULBS 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



71 MURRAY ST., - NEW YORK 



