October 27, 1906 



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445 



300,000 NARCISSUS 300,000 



c'^^ «??u-''^^ ^^'"' ^T°° '"'"i: "'=''■ ^■"'=''^"' ^'"g'-^ ^•"ielies mixed, .nduding surh varieties =, Goldeo Spur, Emperor, Empress. 



S.r Watk.n, Henry Irving, Trumpet Major, Pr.nceps, Horsfieldii, etc. Just the kind for planting outside for Spring Blooming 



f&f 1000-»^.00; r»e'i- 0«se «000 - m: to.oo 



STUMPP (SL W A LTER C O.. - 50 Barclay Street, NEW YORK 



Seed Trade Topics 



The pure food law enacted at the 

 last session of Congress appears to be 

 a pretty drastic measure as interpreted 

 by Secretary Wilson. If the Govern- 

 ment inspectors do their duty, the 

 public can feel reasonably a.-^sured of 

 fairly pure food products. The de- 

 velopment of the coming industry has 

 reached such proportions that nearly 

 all food products are now put up in 

 glass or tins, and seedsmen are direct- 

 ly interested by the fact that they fur- 

 nish the seed for practically all of the 

 vegetables packed. It will interest 

 them to know that the products of the 

 seeds they furnish will be pure and 

 wholesome. It should be the aim of 

 the seedsmen to improve and perfect 

 those varieties used by canners. to the 

 end that the best possible results may 

 be obtained. Co-operation between 

 the seedsmen and the canners should 

 be sought, for the better the product 

 the larger will be the consumption, 

 and the larger the demand for seeds. 

 While goods of inferior quality may 

 often be packed from the best and 

 purest strains of seeds, yet the fact 

 cannot be questioned that the quality 

 of the seed is a most important factor. 

 Most of the leading canners — those 

 who feel a justifiable and hone.st pride 

 in their goods — are willing to pay for 

 high grade seeds, and any seedsman 

 who can demonstrate that he has 

 strains of superior quality can get a 

 higher price than he can for ordinary 

 stocks. This should be an incentive 

 to bring their stocks to the highest 

 possible degree of perfection, and it 

 will indeed he strange if the more en- 

 terprising seedsmen do not appreciate 

 this fact and act accordingly. They 

 should, and indeed they do. take as 

 much pride in the purity and excel- 

 lence of their seeds as the canners do 

 in their product. 



The many friends of Mr. J. E. 

 Northrup. will be happy to learn that 

 he is in a fair way to recover his long 

 lost health. For several years Mr. 

 Northup's health has been very un- 

 satisfactory and for the past two 

 years at least has caused his friends 

 grave anxiety. His physician now 

 assures him that in a few months he 

 will be as well and strong as ever. 



It is reported that the recent heavy 

 snows in the west have damaged sugar 

 corn more or less, but the damage will 

 have to be pretty serious to cause any 

 alarm. 



Rape seed is said to be in very short 

 supply this year, but this will not 

 cause many seedsmen to lie awake 

 o'nights. 



We learn from Columbus. Ohio, that 

 tomato seed will be a short crop. The 

 Livingston Seed Company estimate 

 that they have secured about half an 

 average crop of seed. The shortage is 

 due to so much wet weather during 

 ,Iuly and August, which by interfering 

 with fertilization caused very little 

 fruit to oCt early in the season. After 



DOUBLE 

 SWEET 

 SCENTED 



PEONIES 



PLANT 

 NOW 



SelcctcJ Koots with .? to 5 Eyes trom a .spleniHd collection 

 sotd at do/en rate; 25 ut 1 0<) rate 



CHINENSIS VARIETIES 



l\ 



Per Per 



Each Doz. loo 



White . . . iTi 2.00 in.OO 



Mixed— all colors 20 12/'. 7.00 



Per 

 Each Doz loo 

 Pink Shades ir. 5;i.r>iiS8 w 

 Red .... 2.". l.fO ji.Qi 



P^eONY OPFi;;iNALIS— The 'old-fashioned Pa:ony,*' flow. 



enns about two wcelcs earlier than the ChineDsis vaiicty, with 



large, fragrant double flowers, the " Rubra" or crian>on being of the 



most popular of th s spec es for cutting. 



Rubra— Brilliant glowing crimson, 20c. each, Sl.oo per d 7.,$7,0'tp'r 100. Rosea — 



Bright losv pink 2'ic. e^ch, $t..'>i) p:r doz . $li 00 per LOO, Alba— Blush-whitc, 'J'k:. 



each, SL'.OU per doz., $15.00 P-t 1 ii. 



Send far our c .miieie P.-i-.ONV' I.fST Of Named Sorts — Begonias, Olo-xioias and 

 Japan Lil> Bulbs, due to arrive c uly fii November. Write for [)ri,:cs. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., 217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Herbert W. Johnson, of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes. President 



CYCLAMEN SEED 



MICHELL'S CIANT STRAIN 



loo lOOO 



Seeds Seeds 



GIANT WHITE T5c ««.00 



GIANT PINK 76c 6 00 



GIANT KED 75f 6 00 



GIONT WHITE with RED E>E. • TSc 6.00 



GI.ANT MIXKD all colors dOe 5.00 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., '"'* 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



NEW CROP GREENHOUSE GROWN 



ion Seeds (iO<: 



500 " SJ.25 



1000 " 4. CO 



Our latest Fall Catalogue of Bulbs, Seeds and 

 Seasonable Supplies now ready. 

 HARKET STRRET, PHILAnELPHIA, PA. 

 FLOWER SEED SPECIALIST? . . . 



H. E. FiSKE Seed Co. 



Is now open for business. 



BULBS 



In quantity selected in Holland from grow- 

 ers of long experience In the growing of 

 Bulbs for our markets. 



Excellent Bulbs Excellent Show Room 



Call and See Us 



12 and 18 Faneiiil Hall S(|iiare, Boston 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO. 



PANSIES 



International, tine strain: English Prize, 



' Parisian, finely variegated and shaded: 

 also Giant Trimardeau, al' colors and 

 striped; also Odier. beautifully spotted. 

 $3.00 per lOoo; 50c per too, by mail. 



F.^A. BftLLER, Blooinington. III. 



.Tu!y the Iruits set better, and the 

 frost holding off so late helped very 

 much. Tomato seed of good quality 

 will certainly be good property in 1907. 



David A. Dean, well known in the 

 seed trade, has taken a position with 

 W. W. Rawson & Co. of Boston. 



Mr. ,T. K. M. L. Farquhar returned 

 from his European trip Wednesday, 

 Oct. 24. on the steamer Ivernia. 



The firm of Rennie & Pino of Provi- 

 dence, R. I., has been dissolved by 

 mutual consent. 



Lilium Longiflorum 



ICO lo-i loo lOOO 



7Ic)9in $5 IX) $«I10 8 to 111 ill. $7.(KI $68.(10 



Also many of tho leading sorts of 



Hyacinths Julips and Narcissus 

 Pandanus utilis 



Fresh seeds just received $G. no per lono .seeds. 

 Send for Tr.ide List 



J.M.THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 Park Place 



N EW YORK 



SMILAX~PLANTS 



Strong bushy plants many times cut back, and ready 

 for a sh«t. 



2-ln pots $1 00 ptr 100; $9 00 per 1000 

 3in. pots 2 00 " " 18 OO " " 

 Seedlings from flats ■ . 4.00 " " 

 Ha\e giown sinilax pi tnts for the trade i8 years aod 

 never had finer stock. Samp es to cents. 



R, KILBOURN, cilnton, N.Y. 



CeranJums 



Rooted Cuttings in any quantity after Nov 

 15, at moderate prices Send for price list 



ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 



Mention Horticulture when you write 



