December 11, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



775 



GLADIOLUS — FOR FORCING 



Plant Now in the Vacant Spaces among Roses or Carnations. 



Colvillei or Nanus Types 



100 1000 

 The Bride (Colvillei allm). True. 



Tills lovely, white, niiii;itiire Ghuii- 



(•Uis makes a useful cutllower fur 



early Spring use ?0.G0 $5.00 



.\ekeriiianii. Salmon orange, with 



\\hite blotches, edged scarlet; 



very pretty .50 4.50 



Del■eati^sillla superba. Pure white, 



bright, large carmine blotch 1..50 13.00 



Fairy Queen. Carmine red, white 



blotch GO 5.00 



Fire King. Orange scarlet, purple 



blotch, purple border 1.S5 17.(10 



rink I'fifrctioii. .\ line rus^e variety. .»..» (j.i»(i 

 <2uerll Wilhplniina. Ulush white, 

 with couspiiuous blotches of 

 cream, s.-.irlct iii:!rgln 1.00 9.00 



Large Flowering Types 



.Xiiirricaii Grown. Best for Forclngr. iBt Size. 



100 KHKI 



h pink S1.25 .$12.00 



.America. FU'S., ,,.1^.. 



AuKusta. White, lavender throat. 



Brenchleyensis. Firy scarlet 



Mrs. Irancis King. Light scarlet... 

 IluUcy. Salniou red, early forcer... 

 AVbilc ami Liubl Sliuiles. Mixed... 



1.50 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 L.'-.O 

 1.50 



14.00 

 12.00 

 14.00 

 14.(10 

 14.00 



Spiraea, or Astilbe 



PK.\( 11 BI.OIS.SOM. The color is a ileligbtfiil 

 soft pinli; free flowering; growing as freely as 

 the white tvpes. .$1.00 per doz. ; $3.50 per 100; 

 .$4.S.OO per lUOO. 



Doz. 100 1000 



.Astilboides flnrilinnila $1.00 $4.75 $42.00 



Conipacla multillora 1.00 5.25 46.(K) 



•laponica 1.00 4.75 41.00 



Doz. 100 



.\\alancbe. .\ward of Merit Royal 



Iloriirultiiral Society, London. A 



magniliccnt pure white variety.... $1.50 $8.00 



I'hiladelpbia. Lavender pink; when 



in flower, a plant of irresistible 



charm 1.25 7.00 



I'niniata rosea. The beautiful deep 

 liiiik hardy Spiraea 1.50 7.50 



LILY OF THE VALLEY— Cold Storage 



(Blooms 21 Days After Planting! 

 $2.00 per 100 $4.SO per 250 Jp9.00 per 500 $18.00 per lOOO 



Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc., 



tSIN/IEIX 



342 West 14th St., 



NEW YORK CITY 



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On and after January 1st, 1916 we shall move to our new and more convenient qu arters 

 128 CHambers S-t., IMe\A/^ Yorl^,^^^ 'i'^m 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON COMPANY, IncT 



SEED TRADE 



AMERrCAN SEED TRADE .ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, J. M. Lupton, 

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

 dent, KIrby B. WUte, Detroit, Mich.; 

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Boliviano, 

 WashlDRrton, D. C; Secretary-Treasurer, 

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

 Secretary, 8. F. WUlard, Jr., ClevelaBd, 

 O. Cincinnati, C next meetlns place. 



valley?); Maltus & Ware, 73 do., 

 15 packages of seed. 



and 



A Simple Device for Counting Seeds. 

 In preparing tests of seed germina- 

 tion a great deal of rather monoto- 



PreBsure Tubing to Suction Pump. " 



Imports This Week. 

 The manifest of the S. S. Frederick 

 VIII from Copenhagen, Denmark, 

 show G95 cases of lily of the valley 

 for Loechner & Co., N. Y., 50 do. for 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J., 

 280 cases for Canada, through Amer- 

 ican Express, and 8 cases of lilacs for 

 Loechner & Co. From Rotterdam via 

 S. S. Osterdyck, there came for J. T. 

 Noll &'. Co., Newark, N. J., 25 cases of 

 seed; for Stumpp & Walter Co., one 

 do.; for The Darrow Co., 3 packages 

 do.; for A. T. Boddington Co., 1 case 

 bulbs; MacNiff Horticultural Co., 28 

 do.; McHutcliison & Co., GG cases 

 trees; John Scheepers & Co., one case 

 bulbs; R. F. Lang, 77 cases roots (Illy 

 of the valley?); H. Langelier, 90 cases 

 bulbs; B. C. Kuyper & Co., 56 cases 

 trees and 52 cases roots (lily of the 



nous work is required in counting the 

 seeds. The device to be descrilied was 

 worked out to obviate part of this 

 labor, and has proved very effii'ient 

 in our seed laboratory. In the hope 

 that it will save valuable time for 

 other workers in this field the follow- 

 ing description is presented: 



The seed counter is made from a 

 piece of l)rass or copper tubing 20 cm. 

 in length and about .5 cm. in diameter. 

 This is bent in tlie middle at an angle 

 of 45° and then on one side filed al- 

 most paper thin for a distance of 8 

 cm. At Intervals of .7 cm. on this 

 flattened side 10 holes of suitable di- 

 ameter are punched with a needle and 



hammer. One end of the tube on the 

 side nearest the holes is sealed with 

 solder or sealing wax, and tlie other 

 end is connected by .5 cm. rubber 

 pressure tubing to a small Richards 

 air pump. 



The seeds to be counted are placed 

 in a fiat tray and the pump started. 

 The suction through the tine openings 

 holds the seeds in lots of 10 to the 

 tube, which are removed by a flick of 

 the finger. In case more than one 

 seed adheres to a hole the extra ones 

 can be quickly removed by tapping the 

 tube, or with the finger. It will be 

 found advisable to have tubes made 

 up with various sizes of holes, one for 

 small seeds such as tobacco, with 

 openings as small as can be made with 

 a No. 7 needle; one with medium-sized 

 holes of .5 mm., which are best adapt- 

 ed to seeds of the size of radish, 

 clover, etc., and one with holes of 1 

 mm. in diameter. Seeds with a very 

 rough exterior such as beet seed do 

 not lend themselves w-ell to this meth- 

 od of counting as the surface Is too 

 uneven to be held by the suction. 

 Large seeds — beans, peas and corn for 

 instance — are too heavy to be held by 

 the suction produced by the small 

 Richards pump, but there is no doubt 

 that with a stronger suction such as 

 that produced by a vacuum cleaner 



