September 15, 1906 



aOKTICULTURi: 



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PLANT "BAY STATE 

 FIELD GROMN" STOCK 



PLANT HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS NOW 



Wcgrow about looo species an . iii-ties and make a sj.cci illy "I iurnistim- omplete li»ts in Formal Cardon and Border Planting 



SHADE TREES, EVERGREENS, SHRUBS, ROSES 



Over One Hundred Acres of Thrifty. Well Giown Stock. Visit Our Nurseries, We will gladly show you through. Comf-letr General Cataiof^ti,- and Price Liitt 



on Apf'licatiort. 



THE BAY STATE HURSERIES 



Windsor H. Wyman, Prop 

 600 Adams Street 



cent., while squashes and musk melons 

 will not be much better. In Washing- 

 ton County, N. Y., where mau.v thous- 

 ands of pounds of cucumber seed is 

 grown, the crop will not be above 50 

 per cent, and may be much less. This 

 seed is used by the very particular 

 trade, and is generally concr'li"l to be 

 greatly superior to the western frrown 

 seed, the difference being aljout the 

 same as between eastern and western- 

 grown su.gar corn. Of course it costs 

 slightly more, but "there's a reason." 

 Beans are nearing maturity, and there 

 will be no famine in them this year. 

 Boston can heave a sigh of relief and 

 now turn its attention to less impor- 

 tant matters. 



Peas are all harvested, and while 

 definite information is not obtainable 

 just now, crops have quite generally 

 been disappointing, and unless present 

 appearances are misleading, will not 

 be any more abundant than last year, 

 possibly less, with prospects of an 

 equally good demand. No doubt prices 

 will reach fully as high a level as last 

 year particularly on canners' varieties. 



Further information concerning 

 crops will be given in next issue. 



Hjalmar Hartmann of Copenhagen, 

 Denmark, wholesale grower of Danish 

 cauliflower and cabbage seed arrived 

 last week in New York to look after 

 his customers on this side of the At- 

 lantic and for new trade. Mr. Hart- 

 mann's extensive seed farms are sit- 

 uated near Copenhagen where visitors 



volume of lO.S pages. A portrait of W. 

 H. Grenell forms the frontispiece. It 

 gives in full the papers, reports, dis- 

 cussions, etc., at the Toledo conven- 

 tion on .lune 26, 27, and 28. The 

 American Seed Trade Association is 

 doing good work, especially through 

 its very efficient system of special com- 

 mittees. 



H.TALMAR 1I.\KTM.\NN 



are alwavs welcome and gladly shown 

 around. He travels extensively over 

 Europe, where he supplies the prin- 

 cipal seed houses and has also built 

 up quite a trade on this side. He has 

 also found it profitable to buy some 

 of our specialties in the bulli line, 

 such as gladioli, cannas, tuberoses. 

 etc.. for which he finds a good demand 

 in Europe. 



AN EXPERIMENTAL RURAL PAR- 

 CELS POST. 



"To test the practicability of elim- 

 inating the postal deficiency by means 

 of an efficient rural service, the Postal 

 Progress League represented by its 

 secretary, Jas. L. Cowles, proposes 

 that an appropriation of $25,1)00 be 

 made for the establishment and sup- 

 port during the coming fiscal year of 

 an experimental local rural post on 

 the following conditions: All mail 

 collected and delivered within the 

 limits of the rural routes on which 

 this experimental service is estab- 

 lished shall be in one class, and shall 

 be carried from door to door at the 

 following rates: 



"Parcels up to one pound, one cent. 



"Parcels over one pound up to eleven 

 pounds, five cents. 



"Parcels over eleven pounds up to 

 thirty pounds, ten cents. 



"Parcels over thirty pounds up to 

 sixty pounds, fifteen cents. 



"Parcels over sixty pounds up to one 

 hundred pounds, twenty cents. 



"Parcels over one hundred pounds, 

 up to two hundred pounds, twenty-five 

 cents. 



"Passengers, ten cents per trip." 



A VALUABLE REPORT ON SOIL 

 FERTILITY. 

 George C. Butz, horticulturist of 

 the Pennsylvania State College Ex- 

 periment Station, reports that the 

 Moore method of distributing the 

 legume bacteria in a dry state on ab- 

 sorbent cotton has not proved a suc- 

 cess, after a careful test. This finding 

 is in line with that of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Geneva, which made a strong adverse 

 report last year on Dr. Moore's 

 method as handled by the Nitro 

 Culture Co. The bulletin, which is of 

 interest to every florist and student of 

 soil flexibility, can be had by ad- 

 dressing "Director of Experiment Sta- 

 tion, State College, Center County, 

 Pa." 



OUDE BROSCO 



f LOKISTS 



WASHINGTON, 

 D. C. 



GUDE'5 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The 24th annual report of tlii^ asso- 

 ciation has been received. It is a 



SAMUEL MURRAY 



Florist 



Coates House Conservatory 



ItU BROADWAY, KANSAS CITY, MQ 

 Both 'Ptaonai 2670 Mafn 



North Abington, Mass. 



Florists 



Out of 

 Town 



Taking orders for delivery In 

 New York City or Vicinity car> 

 have them filled in best manner 

 and specially delivered by 



Thomas Young, Jr. 



41 W. 28th Street, New York 



ALEX. McCONNELL 



57r Fifth Ave.. New York City 



Telegraphic orders forwarded to any 

 part of the United States, Canada, and 

 an principal cities of Enrope. Orden 

 transferred or entrusted by the trade to 

 our selection for delivery on steam- 

 ships or elsewhere recelTe special 

 attention. 



Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St. 

 Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



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 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs . . . 

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We cover all Michigan point* and sood 

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