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HORTICULTUEE 



September 11, 1915 



CHRISTMAS FORCING— READY FOR DELIVERY 



NARCISSUS Per 100 



Golden Spur. Large Yellow Trumpet $3.00 



Silver Spur, White Perianth, Yellow 



Trumpet 2.75 



Grand Soleil D'Or (The Yellow Paper 



White) 2.00 



Paper White Grandifiora, 13/up 1.00 



Paper White Grandifiora, 14/up 1.35 



FREESIAS 



French, Ya — % in 



French, % in. up 



Purity, % — Yz in 



CALLAS 



1»4 — IVi in. Diameter 5.60 



IVa — 3 in. Diameter 9.00 



2 — 2V2 in. Diameter 12.00 



Per 1000 

 ¥17.60 



17. 60 



9.00 



12.00 



8.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



50.00 

 80.00 



WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



18/15 Ctms 3.50 32.00 



THESE PRICES .4RE FOR THE TR.\DE ONLY. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. COLD STORAGE 



"Wecliling Bells". per ease '."50. $3.00: per ease 5(10, ¥9.00 



LILIUM HARRISII Penoo Per case 



Best Bermuda Stoek. From rogued fields. 



ti — 7 in., 335 bulbs to a ease $4.50 $16.60 



7 — 9 in., 200 bulbs to a case 8.00 15.00 



LILIUM FORMOSUM. NEW CROP 



ease 0.50 18.00 



case 8.50 16.00 



7 — 9 in., 300 bulbs to 

 9 — 10 in.. 200 bulbs to 



COLD STORAGE LILIES 



Gigrantfum. 8 — 9 in., 250 bulbs to a case. 



LILIUM MAGNIFICUM 



6.00 



I ARTHUR T. BODDINGTOW COMPANY, Inc., 



Fine Scarlet Lily (improved Rubruiu). Very 

 tlie Winter liolidays and very protltaljle. 

 I>e<>ember and January if planted now. 

 9 — 11 in.. 125 bulbs in a ease $8.00 



11 — 13 in., 100 bulbs in a case 10.00 



12.60 



fine for 

 Flowers 



$9.60 

 10.00 



342 West 14th St., NEW YORK 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



OflQcers — President, J. M. Lupton, 

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

 dent, Kirby B. White, Detroit, Micb ; 

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Bolgiano, 

 Wasbington, D. C: Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, C; Assistant 

 Secretary, 8. F, Wtllard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Cincinnati, O., next meeting place. 



f"*- I The Bean Crop. 



Since issuing our last crop news, 

 later information fully confirms the 

 rather pessimistic information we 

 gave out at tliat time regarding the 

 bean crop, as frost has aided in the de- 

 struction of what remained of the 

 crop. So serious is the situation as re- 

 ported by several growers, that al- 

 ready a number of wax -pod varieties 

 are classed as crop failures, and some 

 of the green-pods as nearly so. Fortu- 

 nately there is some mitigation of this 

 situation, in the fact that tlie demand 

 for seed beans from truck farmers and 

 market gardeners, particularly in the 

 south, promises to be much lighter 

 than usual. This is du(i in great meas- 

 ure to the light demand for green 

 beans the past summer, and the very 

 low prices secured. As a conse- 

 quence hundreds of acres were allowed 

 to ripen, and of course the seed will be 

 saved. This condition lias seemed so 

 serious to many southern seed mer- 

 chants that they have made applica- 

 tion to their growers for permission to 

 cancel a large part of their contracts 

 for beans. Such reciuests have been 

 granted with alacrity, as the growers 

 realize that under the most favorable 

 conditions that can possibly be expect- 

 ed their deliveries will be very unsatis- 

 factory. It is hardly necessary to say 

 that tiie dealers who are thus seeking 

 to escape from tlieir contracts are not 

 well informed on crop conditions, as 

 every busliel of seed beans will be 

 worth double the normal price. As a 

 further evidence of the bad conditions 

 of tlie iiean crop, we are informed that 

 hundreds of acres are being plowed up 



in Michigan, and winter wheat planted 

 instead. A considerable acreage of 

 beans were planted in Wisconsin the 

 past season, but we are advised that 

 while better than the average in Michi- 

 gan, the crop is very poor both in yield 

 and samples. It may be well to say 

 here that average samples of this 

 year's crops are likely to be much in- 

 ferior to last, owing to last year's 

 shortage being due to drought, while 

 this year's is due to excessive rain, de- 

 veloping anthracnose to an alarming 

 extent. To this disease, coupled with 

 a lack of humus in the soil, is due the 

 failure of the bean crop quite as much 

 as to weather conditions. The grow- 

 ers are said to be making every possi- 

 ble effort to overcome these condi- 

 tions. 



us how they are going to put humus 

 in the soil. May be they know; we 

 hope so. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — Hoermann Seed 

 Store, capital stock, $5,000. Incorpor- 

 ators, Frank Hoermann, L. J. Quinlan 

 and M. E. Hoermann. 



Council Bluffs, la.— Shugart-Ouren 

 Seed Co.. capital stock increased from 

 $50,000 to $100,000. C. G. Ouren, presi- 

 dent. J. P. Davis, secretary. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Kenmore Floral Co., 

 capital stock. $10,000. Incorporators, 

 Win. G. Tyler, C. W. Donoghue and W. 

 Smith. 



Notes. 



The value of horticultural imports 

 at the port of New York for the week 

 ending August 28 is given as follows: 

 Fertilizer. $171; clover seed, $4388; 

 grass seed. $3820; trees, bulbs and 

 plants. $65,886. 



Corn has made good progress during 

 the past two weeks, and it seems that 

 the light frosts which have visited 

 many sections of the middle west, did 

 little if any damage and the outlook is 

 much more encouraging. Vine seeds 

 are also promising much better. 



\^\ B. Van Eyk, tor nine years U. S. 

 representative for G. W. Van Gelderen, 

 Boskoop, Holland, has gone in as a 

 partner and the house will now be 

 known as Van Gelderen & Co. The 

 new firm will take charge of all the 

 assets and liabilities of the old house. 



The Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College of Texas has provided a corres- 

 pondence course in Agricultural Jour- 

 nalism, 10 lessons, by S. G. Rubinow. 

 The aim of this course will be to pre- 

 pare students for writing articles for 

 agricultural journals and magazines. 

 Emphasis will be placed upon style 

 and make up of articles, "leads," ap- 

 propriate subjects, seasonal material, 

 etc. The character of the leading agri- 

 cultural papers and journals will be 

 discussed with particular reference to 

 the kind of material they desire. Stu- 

 dents will be expected to prepare arti- 

 cles of various kinds and will be con- 

 stantly referred to concrete examples 

 in various publications. 



The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. inform 

 us that they are developing seed stock 

 free of anthracnose but it is a slow 

 process, and requires much painstak- 

 ing care to accomplish the desired re- 

 sults. However, they are much en- 

 couraged by conditions already at- 

 tained and intend to continue until 

 completely successful. We assume 

 other growers are working along the 

 same lines, but none of them have told 



I want to congratulate you on the 

 continued improvement of Horticul- 

 ture. It is first class in its high-class 

 contributions and other "number one" 

 qualities. Very truly yours, 



A. E. KUNDERD. 



Goshen, Indiana. 



THE KENILWORTH 



GIANT PANSY SEED 



1(X)0 seeds, 25c. ; 5000, 



$1.00; V4 oz., $1.25; 



oz., $5.00. See my 



tree o£fer In 



Horticulture, Aug. 21, 



Princess, new upright : 



1000 seeds, .'i5c. ; % oz., 



$1; Vi 02., $2; oz., $7.50., 



