September 22, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



815 



Seed Trade 



Crop news confirm reports o( last 

 week, but the shortage in vine seeds 

 is not believed to be as severe as 

 claimed by some growers. Prices have 

 advanced ten to fifteen per cent., but 

 as a generous quantity of most varie- 

 ties was carried over, those who look 

 for famine prices will be disappointed. 

 There is a disposition on the part of 

 many dealers to go up in the air every 

 time a report comes of short crops, 

 and some growers habitually cry. 

 shortage, which is unwise unless true, 

 and if not true, dishonest. The in- 

 clination to advance prices on every 

 rumor of shortage is very character- 

 istic of a few firms, and reminds one 

 of the story showing the character- 

 istics of Niagara Falls cabmen before 

 their charges were regulated by law. 

 A scientific gentleman estimated that 

 the Falls would dry up in two thou- 

 sand years. As soon as this reached 

 the ears of the cabmen they advanced 

 their prices. We should aim to avoid 

 extremes. 



There has been a sudden drop in the 

 temperatures throughout the middle 

 and eastern states, and fear of frosts 

 is quite general, but unless the drop 

 should be down to freezing point no 

 serious damage is likely to result, as 

 most crops are now beyond the reach 

 of white frosts. A hard freeze, of 

 course, might damage late corn and 

 some late crops of vine seeds and 

 tomatoes, and though not expected 

 "you never can tell." 



The campaign against free seeds 

 goes merrily on, and the managers ex- 

 press confidence in the success of 

 their efforts. It is believed that many 

 Congressional advocates of this graft 

 will see a light before the next agri- 

 cultural appropriation bill is passed, 

 and the item for the tree distribution 

 of common garden seeds will be 

 omitted. There are some interesting 

 facts in this connection which may be 

 given out at the proper time, but just 

 at present it might be Injudicious. 



On September 18 the new seed 

 establishment of the H. E. Fiske Seed 

 Co.. at 12 and 13 Faneuil Hall Square, 

 Boston, was openetJ to the public \yith 

 appropriate observances. Well wish- 

 ers had sent flowers galore and, all 

 day, crowds of visitors poured in and 

 out of the handsomely furnished and 

 decorated store. Heller & Co., have 

 done a notable job here in the in- 

 stallment of mice-proof drawers. The 

 bins are of the Walker Swivel type 

 and all the other furnishings are of 

 the most up-to-date type. Many mem- 

 bers of the seed and nursery trade 

 called to extend good wishes for the 

 new establishment which is certainly a 

 credit to the Boston seed business. 



On account of continued ill health, 

 F. G. Johnson, for several years sec- 

 retary and treasurer of the Livingston 

 Seed Company of Columbus, Ohio, has 

 resigned his position. Mr. .losiai 

 Livingston has been elected to fill 

 the vacancy. Mr. Johnson retains his 

 stock interest. 



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HYDRANGEA PETIOUARIS. 

 A Correction. 

 In calling the climber pictured in 

 your frontispiece for September 1, 

 Sthizophragma hydrangeoides we 

 made an almost inexcusable blunder. 

 We had know it for a long time under 

 that name, and to avoid the very thing 

 we did, we had written the proper 

 name — Hydrangea petiolaris, — on the 

 back of the photo, — and still we 

 blundered. 



T. D. HATFIELD. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Thos. J. Grey & Co., Boston. Bulb 

 catalogue and list of horticultural 

 sundries for fall of 190G. 



W. W. Rawson &; Co., Union street, 

 Boston, Mass. List of bulbs for fall 

 planting. Handsomely illustrated. 



George H. Peterson, Fair Lawn, N. 

 J. The Peony Blue Book, for 1906. 

 Evidently the work of a man who is 

 in love with his subject. Well worth 

 the having. 



Bay State Nurseries, North Abing- 

 ton, Mass., 1906, price list of trees, 

 shrubs, vines and herbaceous peren- 

 nials. For gardeners and owners of 

 large estates only. 



From the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 comes a package of timely literature 

 comprising "Paint that stays put and 

 something about putty"; "Hot bed 

 sashes and frames"; "The two P's told 

 in the Pleasure and Profit of cold 

 frames"; "Truss construction for sash 

 bar houses"; "The iron frame green- 

 house." These are all elegant produc- 

 tions of the printer's and engraver's 

 art and are full of good business ad- 

 vice given in a fascinating manner. 



PERSONAL. 



Alfred Wagland of I^awrence, Mass., 

 has returned from a three months' 

 sojourn in England. 



Among the distinguished visitors in 

 Boston this week were Charles I»ech- 

 ner of New York and H. Hartmann of 

 Copenhagen, Denmark. 



Henry A Bertoll has taken a posi- 

 tion with the Bromfield-Colviii-Ries 

 Co.. of Bay City. Mich. Mr. Berroli's 

 name is familiar to seedsmen. He re- 

 cently resigned his position with the 

 W. W. Barnard Co. 



PACIFIC COAST NOTES. 



The long time partnership ties of 

 Sievers & Boland, San Francisco, were 

 severed, and a handsome new store 

 by the former, christened Sievers 

 Floral Company, has opened at 1660 

 California street, a few doors from 

 Van Ness avenue, the very center of 

 the city's most popular retail trade, 

 and fully a mile up the avenue from 

 the Sievers Floral Stand established 

 two months ago at the entrance way 

 to John H. Sievers' nursery. The re- 

 tiring partner, Mr. Boland, is busy 

 with a force of men in transforming 

 two stores into one at 45-47 Geary 

 street, the center of the burnt district, 

 and here he expects to open by the 

 first of the next month the prettiest 

 flower store the city ever had. Another 

 veteran couple of flower merchants, 

 Messrs. Pelicans & Rossi, who were 

 among the first to re-establish them- 

 selves after the disaster, have opened 

 this week their second flower store, 

 two stores in one, at 1345-1347 Sutter 

 street a few doors from Van Ness 

 avenue. And last, but not least, Messrs. 

 Stein & Levin, for years before the 

 earthquake the highest priced men in 

 Stappenbeck's floral depot on Polk 

 street have opened a handsome new 

 store at Sutter and Fillmore streets. 



A typographical error in the article 

 "A Good Fertilizer" in issue of Septem- 

 ber 15 requires correction. Instead ot 

 "30 lbs to 50 square feet of bench soil, 

 please read "30 lbs. to 500 square feet, 

 etc." 



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