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HOETICULTURE 



September 18, 1915 



SEED TRADE 



AMERtCAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



OfBcers — President, J. M. Lopton, 

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

 dent, Kirby B. Wllite, Detroit, Mlcll. ; 

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Bolglano, 

 Wssliington, D. C; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. E. Kendeli Cleveland, O. ; Assistant 

 Secretary, 8. F. WUIard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Cincinnati, O., next meeting: place. 



Clover Seed Acreage and Condition. 



The acreage for clover seed in the 

 United States this year is estimated 

 to be about 114.5 per cent of last year's 

 acreage, based upon reports to the 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates of the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture. The condition of the crop on 

 September 1, is estimated at 80.3 per 

 cent of normal which compares with 

 77.3 per cent a year ago and 79.7 the 

 average of the past ten years on Sep- 

 tember 1. These figures forcast a mod- 

 erately larger crop this year than last 

 year. 



The acreage this year as compared 

 with last year, and the condition on 

 September 1 of this year and of last 

 year, in percentage of normal in im- 

 portant States, are estimated respec- 

 tively as follows: New York, 125, 88, 

 73; Pennsylvania, 95, 83, 84; Ohio, 108, 

 74, 78; Indiana, 130, 67, 74; Illinois, 

 125, 78, 70; Michigan, 106, 79, 84; Wis- 

 consin, 95, 83, 88; Minnesota, 97, 84, 

 91; Iowa, 102, 87. 86; Missouri, 148, 79, 

 63; Kentucky, 140, 89, 55; Tennessee, 

 120, 88, 75; Idaho, 120, 94, 88; Oregon, 

 86, 84, 63. 



American Seed and Nursery Stock for 

 China. 



(Commercial -■Vttachf Julean H. .\riiolil, 

 Peking. Aug. 9i. 

 It is suggested that American deal- 

 ers in seeds and nursery stock furnish 

 this office with a number of catalogues 

 as we often receive inquires from resi- 

 dents in this country for American 

 seed and nursery catalogues. The cli- 

 mate of Peking is dry and cold in the 

 winter and damp and hot in the sum- 

 mer, with a temperature ranging be- 

 tween zero and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 



Notes. 

 D. D. P. Roy has opened a new seed 

 store at 168 North Michigan avenue, 

 Chicago. 



Rochelle, III. — Augustus Gaspers is 

 going into the wholesale and mail or- 

 der seed business. 



Saginaw, Mich. — The branch store of 

 the Grenell house will be managed by 

 F. W. Mahan, of Watertown, N. Y. 



Washington. — After years of vain ef- 

 forts to make blue grass grow on the 

 little plot in front of its building, the 

 agriculture department is plowing the 

 weeds up, to start again. 



The value of imports of horticul- 

 tural material at the Port of New 

 York for the week ending September 

 4, is given as follows: 



Sulphate of potash, $18,670; nitrate 

 of soda, $231,857; clover seed, $31,510; 

 grass seed, $10,999; trees, plants and 

 bulbs, $180,404. 



been secured by Hardin, Hamilton & 

 Lewnian for a seed store, in place of 

 the temporary place they have been 

 occupying since they were burned out. 



Tbe news that a certain well-knuwn 

 house in the trade are offering £300 a 

 year for the services of an assistant man- 

 ager caused a little excitement among 

 some of the actual or would-be experts 

 of the seed trade. Berths with such a 

 salary are not going every day, neither 

 are really good men for such positions as 

 plentiful as grass-hoppers. It will be iu- 

 teresting to see who is the chosen candi- 

 date. 



The above, clipped from the Horti- 

 cultural Trade Advertiser of London, 

 may interest our readers. In this 

 country "berths" such as mentioned 

 are more plentiful than men who are 

 competent to fill them. And $1500 a 

 year would hardly be sufficient in- 

 ducement for the right man. 



Editor HoRTictJLTFRE: 



I notice in the last issue of Horti- 

 culture you credit us with informing 

 you that we are developing a seed 

 stock of beans free of anthracnose, by 

 which we suppose you mean anthrac- 

 nose resistant stock. Any stock of 

 beans may be free of anthracnose un- 

 der certain conditions of growth. 

 Think you must have misunderstood 

 your informant or had this bit of gos- 

 sip second hand, for if we are any- 

 where within forty miles of accom- 

 plishing so worthy an object, I am 

 unaware of it, much as I regret to say 

 so. I hasten to enter this disclaimer 

 for the reason that I do not want 

 those of our friends who realize the 

 responsibility assumed in making such 

 a statement to be misadvised on the 

 one hand, or, on the other, credit us 

 with dealing with so serious a matter 

 flippantly. 



Very truly yours, 



Wilbur Brothertox. 

 Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



N. A. Hallauer, Ontario, N. Y. — Peo- 

 nies, Gladioli, Dahlias, Roses, Hardy 

 Plants and Shrubs. 



Sutton & Sons, Reading, England — 

 "Sutton's Bulbs." An attractive well 

 illustrated publication. 



Thos. J. Grey & Co., Boston— Au- 

 tumn Catalogue of Bulbs, Hardy Her- 

 baceous Plants. Implements, Etc. 



Heller Bros Co., New Castle, Ind. — 

 "The Roses of New Castle," Autumn 

 Edition. Hardy plants and bulbs for 

 fall planting. 



Good & Reese Co., Springfield, Ohio 

 — Fall Trade List for Florists, Nursery- 

 men and Dealers only. Close printed 

 and "full of meat." 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. — "New Floral Guide," Autumn, 

 1915. Bulbs, peonies, greenhouses and 

 outdoor plants and shrubs. 



F. W Kelsey Nursery Co., New York 

 City — Wholesale Price List of Trees, 

 Shrubs, Etc., for Fall, 1915, Planting 

 and Reservation for Spring, 1916. 



Louisville, Ky. — A fine store former- 

 ly occupied by a grocery concern has 



Przedpelski & Antoniewicz, Kieft, 



Russia — Price List No. 11 of Seeds of 



Russian Conifers, Trees and Shrubs. 



Special Catalogue for U. S. and Great 



Britain. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 

 Ohio — Autumn Catalogue, No. 3, for 

 1915. Bulbs, Seeds, Plants and Trees 

 are well represented in this very com- 

 prehensive illustrated list. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City — Autumn Catalogue. An up-to- 

 date and interesting issue. Covers 

 adorned with Giant Darwin and Cot- 

 tage Tulips beautifully done in natural 

 colors. 



Kirke Chemical Co., Inc., Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.— Folder of the Specialties of the 

 Kirke System. Fertilizers, Insecticides 

 and Spraying Specialties. Contains 

 valuable tabulated planting lists for 

 vegetables and flowers. 



The Union Nurseries, Oudenbosch, 

 Holland — Wholesale Catalogue of For- 

 est and Ornamental Trees, Spring 

 Flowering, Forcing and American 

 Plants, Coniferae and Evergreens. Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., sole agents for Amer- 

 ica. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City — Wholesale Catalogue for Florists 

 and Market Gardeners for Autumn, 

 1915. This is a valuable wholesale 

 list for the trade, covering seeds, 

 bulbs, plants, tools, requisites, fertil- 

 izers, insecticides and books. 



W. B. Whittier & Co., Framingham 

 Nurseries, Framingham, Mass. — Fall 

 Trade Price List for 1915, for Nursery- 

 men, Dealers, Florists and Landscape 

 Architects only. A splendid list of 

 trees, shrubs, evergreens, vines and 

 roses which we advise our readers to 

 peruse. 



Melrose, Mass. — Mayor Charles H. 

 .\dams urges that all citizens take par- 

 ticular care of grass plots at the edge 

 of sidewalks. In many suburban cities 

 are seen beautiful lawns, well cared 

 for, but ending at the sidewalk's inner 

 edge. The mayor believes the 100 

 miles of sidewalks in Melrose will be a 

 thing of beauty if citizens will take 

 pains to cut the grass on the outer 

 edges. 



Place your order now for Ayret' Winter 

 Flowering 



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^^^^ GIANT PANSY SEED 



ffiff^SKV 1000 seeds, 25c. : .'iOOO, 

 '\w^f' $1.00; Vi oz.. $1.2.'i: 

 "^^^^ oz., $5.00. See my 

 free offer In 

 Horticulture, Aug. 21. 

 Princess, new upright : 

 inoo seeds, a5c. : % oz., 

 $1 ; % oz., $2 ; oz., $7.50 



