December 25, 1915' 



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On January 1st, 1916 we shall move to our new and more convenient quarters 

 128 OHambers S-t., New Yorlc 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON COMPANY, Inc. 



spread on the records of the society. 



The treasurer's report showed the 

 society to be in a very flourishing 

 condition financially, the membership 

 constantly increasing. Our society 

 was well represented at the conven- 

 tion of the N. A. G. at Boston, Decem- 

 ber 9 and 10. The Boston horticultur- 

 al interests entertained the members 

 in a royal manner and the 1915 con- 

 Tention will long remain a pleasant 

 memory. The fall show committee 

 rendered their final report and was 

 discharged with thanks. 



The next meeting will be held Janu- 

 ary 14, 1916. Best wishes to all for 

 a Merry Christmas' and a Bright and 

 Prosperous New Year. 



P. W. Popp, Cor. Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Second preliminary schedule, Na- 

 tional Flower Show, Philadelphia, 

 March 25 to April 2, 1916— Errata, 

 Page 8. Cornflower "Dreer's Blue An- 

 nual" should read: "Dreer's Double 

 Blue Annual." Group of flowering 

 and foliage plants, Hugh B. Barclay 

 prize, "Exhibitor to be a member of 

 the Florists' Club of Philadelphia," 

 should read: "Exhibitor to be a mem- 

 ber of The Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society." 



Department of Plant Registration 

 Public notice is hereby given that, 

 as no objection has been filed, the fol- 

 lowing registrations become com- 

 plete: Cannas Lafayette and Wyom- 

 ing, by Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



The Minnesota Florists' Association 

 united with the Minnesota Horticultu- 

 ral Society in its annual meeting and 

 exhibition last week. Exhibits in the 

 floral department were quite profuse. 

 Among the contributors from Chicago 

 were Bassett & Washburn, who sen4 

 their carnation Belle Washburn, and 

 J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., who 

 showed carnations Aviator and Superb. 



TfDOtvIL 



"RED DEVIL" 



FLORIST'S PlIER No.E22-Sii 



Cut§ tlie flnest bouquet 



wire. Fur superior to 



shears. Cuttlnj; edges 



bind honed and tested. 



Hnndles scleDtlOcally 



shiipod to produce Kreater 



1 e V e r a i: e. Siimple 70c. 



BOOKLET 1"REI'» 



SMITH & HEMENWAY CO., Inc. 



181 Chambrrs St., New York City 



If you are nut using "UKD DKVIL" 



Glass Cutters, you are not using 



the best. 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SBBD TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President. J. M. Lnpton, 

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

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

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Bolzano, 

 Washln^on, D. C. ; Secretary-Treasurer, 

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

 Secretary, S. F. Willard, Jr., CleTeland, 

 O. Cinclniiati, C, next meeting place. 



"Honest Dealers." 



There is one seed seller in the United 

 States who deals honestly and openly with 

 bis customers on tile question of guar- 

 anteed seed. That is Henry Field, of Iowa. 

 Field sells seed corn, for example, subject 

 to the buyer's own test and approval and, 

 if it isn't satisfactory, it can be returned 

 at bis expense and with money refunded. 

 He doesn't promise a full stand in the 

 Held. Nobody could honestly do that. But 

 he does promise that be will send seed 

 corn which has shown a germination test 

 of 04 per cent, or better and that if It 

 doesn't show a high test for the buyer 

 the latter can Are it back. And Field 

 makes good on bis promise, too. 



I don't mean to suggest that our south- 

 western folks should buy their seed corn 

 from Henry Field. Most of bis corn is 

 grown too far north of us to be a good 

 yielder under our climatic conditions. 



I do wish, though, that some of our 

 southwestern seed dealers would take a 

 leaf out of Henry Field's book and sell 

 us seed that Is recommended In the same 

 sort of way. If they did we might get a 

 lot better stands from some of the seed 

 which we buy. Nowadays the only guar- 

 antee we get is something like this: 



"We give no warrantee, expressed or Im- 

 plied, as to description, purity, productive- 

 ness or any other matter of any seeds, 

 plants or bulbs we. send out, and we will 

 not be in any way responsible for the 

 crops grown thereon." 



How many folks have bought seeds under 

 one name and succeeded in raising .some- 

 thing entirely different? How niaoy have 

 bouglit some line new variety of oats and 

 found the seed mixed with wild oats, wild 

 rye, quack grass, slender wheat rrrass and 

 .loliiison grass? How many have paid high 

 prices for seed that wouldn't grow no 

 matter wliflt you did to it? Then when 

 you kicked about It the seed house flashed 

 a "guaranty" about like the one I have 

 quoted above and showed you where ycu 

 should have been glad of the chance to buy 

 seed from tbem at all. 



— Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman. 



Brother Carl Williams, editor of the 

 Oklahoma P^armer-Stockman, Oklaho- | 

 ma City, Okla., seems to have an laea ' 

 that a farmer would make a better j 

 seedsman than a seedsman. He seems i 

 to fail to realize that the seedsman ' 

 ovolutes from the farmer, the gardener, ! 

 the forester, the florist; and becomes | 

 in time the expert result of all of them. 

 If Carl refuses to take a look at Dar- 

 win, then he should stop sending his 

 wooly western paper so far east as 

 Philadelphia. G. C. Watson. 



White Clover Seed. 

 White clover seed is still going up. 

 The latest table advices (received 

 from Europe on the 16th inst.) indicat- 

 ed an advance of two inside of a week. 

 Those who have been prophesying 

 seventy-five by spring may not be so 

 far off after all. It looks pretty seri- 

 ous. 



Notes. 



Atlanta, Ga.— H. G. Hastings Com- 

 pany are distributing this season 600,- 

 000 of their attractive annual catalog, 

 which lias just been issued to their 

 customers thronghout the southern 

 states. 



Chicago — Onion set shipping is now 

 beginning in earnest. J. C. Leonard of 

 the Leonard Seed Co., says tliat it ap- 

 pears now that shrinkage will be con- 

 siderable and the cost of hand picking 

 will be high. This is quite an item 

 and has a direct influence on the market 

 price of onions later. The bean situa- 

 tion does not improve and a very seri- 

 ous shortage on all sorts has devel- 

 oped. Though some portions of the 

 country seem to have escaped, in gen- 

 eral the crop has been very small. 

 Sales have been reported at $12.00 per 

 bu. on Giant Stringless in quantity and 

 $14.00 and $1,5.00 on Wardwell's wax 

 bean. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Sluis & Groot, lOiikhuizen, Holland — 

 Advance Price List of Vegetable, 

 Flower and Agricultural Seeds. Date, 

 November, 191.5. 



Mathews Garden Craft Manufactur- 

 ing Company, Cleveland, O. — A 48 page 

 pictorial album with decorated cover, 

 size 10 X 13, has been sent out by this 

 company as catalogue and price list 

 of their garden furniture specialties. 

 The pages devoted to Japanese garden 

 work are daintily' illustrated in colors. 

 There are 200 handsome illustrations. 



KEYSTONE SNAPDRAGON 



Best Winter flowerlnir Pink Snapdragon on 

 the market. Per pkt., *1.00; C pktB. for $S.OO. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



MICHELL'S 



NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS 



SK.M) I Oit <■ ATAI.IXilK 



l-l. F-. ■VII^I-IEL.I- <30. 



518 Market St., Philadelphia 



LILYBULBS 



RALPH M. WARD & CO* 



71 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK 



ROBERT DYSART 



CERTIFIED PUBUC ACCOUNTANT 



Simple mrthodn o1 correct arrountlns 



ertprt-iully iiilu[ited for (lorlHtA' une. 



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