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HORTICULTURE 



July 31, 1915 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, J. M. Lnpton, 

 Mattituck, L. I., N. Y. ; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Kirby B. White, Detroit, Mich.; 

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Bolgiano, 

 Washington, D. C: Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. E. Kendel, Clevelajid, O.; Assistant 

 Secretary, S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Cincinnati, O., ne.xt meeting place. 



Prospects for Belgian Shipments. 



William F. Gude. as the representa- 

 tive of the S. A. F. and O. H., last 

 week had a conference with Robert F. 

 Rose, of the Office of the Foreign 

 Trade Advisers of the State Depart- 

 ment, with a view to obtaining inform- 

 ation as to what might be expected in 

 the matter of securing permits from 

 Great Britain for the exportation from 

 Belgium of seeds and ornamental 

 plants and was informed that the 

 State Department is now doing every- 

 thing possible to facilitate matters 

 and there is nothing further that can 

 be done. Since June 15, following 

 which the British Embassy has been 

 unable to issue permits under which 

 Belgian goods could go forward, the 

 State Department has been following 

 a different method of procedure. As 

 each case is brought to attention the 

 matter Is transmitted to the American 

 Consul General at London with in- 

 structions to co-operate with the Bel- 

 gian Minister there. A telegram is 

 also sent to the American consul sta- 

 tioned nearest to the location of the 

 seed producer with instructions to as- 

 certain whether or not tlie producer is 

 Belgian and if the Germans would 

 benefit through the transaction. This 

 information is furnished to the Ameri- 

 can consul general and the entire mat- 

 ter is then placed before the British 

 foreign office. This procedure has 

 been followed in a number of cases 

 lately and the State Department offl- 

 cials have high hopes that they will 

 meet with favorable consideration at 

 the foreign office. 



Notes. 



The value of imports of horticul- 

 tural material at the port of New 

 York for the week ending July 17, is 

 given as follows: Nitrate of soda, 

 $212,024; fertilizer, $164; clover seed, 

 $3,283; grass seed, $15,018; trees and 

 plants, $330. 



We have noticed some reports to the 

 effect that radish crops in Michigan 

 would be almost total failures. Messrs. 

 Isbell & Co. inform us they are glad 

 to say that although forced to plow 

 up one or two small fields, the pros- 

 pects are that they will harvest a fair 

 radish crop at least. 



We have received from S. M. Isbell 

 & Co., seed growers of Jackson, Mich., 

 sets of post cards and blotters with 

 cuts of some of the fields of crops be- 

 ing grown for seed for tliem and show- 

 ing various processes of perfecting and 

 curing cucumber, watermelon and 

 other seeds of which Michigan is a 

 prominent source of supply. 



EXPRESS RATES INCREASED. 



Washington, D. C— The florist trade 

 of the country is facing an increase of 

 from one to five cents on each ship- 

 ment over the lines of the Adams. 

 American, Wells Fargo and Southern 

 express companies. The Interstate 

 Commerce Commission has granted 

 the petition of these companies to re- 

 arrange the express rate basis. The 

 following shows the proposed in- 

 creases on first-class shipments. It is 

 stated that certain weight will, how- 

 ever, differ slightly from the figures 

 given due to the disposition of frac- 

 tions, and not all shipments over So 

 pounds will be increased: 



1 to 5 pounds each 5 cents 



6 to 29 pounds each 4 cents 



30 to 49 pounds each 3 cents 



50 to 70 pounds each 2 cents 



71 to 99 pounds each 1 cent 



The increase on second-class rates 

 w'ill be one-fourth less than the 

 amounts stated. The increase in the 

 rates covering shipments of plants 

 will be from fifty to one hundred per 

 cent higher than the figures given 

 above. 



The change in the rate structure 

 will net the companies involved more 

 than five million dollars per annum. 

 It is claimed that for the year 1915, 

 the companies will suffer a deficit of 

 over two million dollars. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Market Gardening by F. L. Yeaw, 

 an Elementary Text Book and a Prac- 

 tical, Reliable and Handy Guide for 

 all Grow-ers of Vegetables. 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Rec- 

 ord for this quarter, contains among 

 other things an illustrated article on 

 Rare Cycads from Australia by Dr. C. 

 Stuart Gager. 



Transactions of the Iowa Horticul- 

 tural Society, 1914. Vol. 49. This So- 

 ciety sets a shining example which 

 some other so-called State "Horticul- 

 tural" Societies might copy with great 

 advantage to the people of their re- 

 spective states. This volume of near- 

 ly 500 pages is a real treasury of horti- 

 cultural and botanical information, 

 covering in a wide range of topics con- 

 nected with orcharding, home garden- 

 ing ornamental and vegetable, tree 

 planting and care, study of native 

 plants, etc., showing that the Iowa 

 State Society exists and works for 

 every phase of horticulture without 

 bias for any. We know some florists 

 in Iowa whose names do not appear 

 on the list of members. We would re- 

 spectfully suggest that this is one or- 

 ganization well entitled to their sup- 

 port. Wesley Greene, Des Moines, is 

 secretary. 



Bernardsville, N. J. — The fifth an- 

 nual show of the Bernardsville Horti- 

 cultural and Agricultural Society has 

 been announced for September 1 and 

 2 in Bernard's Inn auditorium. The 

 pick of the fruit, flowers and vegeta- 

 bles grown on the estates of million- 

 aires in this vicinity will be on ex- 

 hibit. 



The number of visitors recorded at 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden during 

 June, 1915, was 20,989. The Bulletin 

 for July contains useful contributions 

 on Cannas and Water Gardens. 



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FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y. 



Saratoga, N. Y. — Extensive improve- 

 ments have recently been under way 

 at the John Ralph greenhouses on 

 Woodlawn avenue. A new system of 

 overhead irrigation has been installed 

 through the garden, and work is in 

 progress on the office and work room 

 which are to have a new metal ceil- 

 ing, and will be repainted and refin- 

 ished. 



H. P. Michell Company have re- 

 ceived a very flattering letter from 

 Zieger & Sons of Gennantown, Pa., 

 complimenting them on the artistic 

 planting and great beauty of their 

 plantation of evergreens, crotons. etc.. 

 adjoining Convention Hall on Broad 

 street, Philadelphia. 



