January 25, 1919 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



C. W. BrOWD & Sim. Ashland, Mass 

 —1919 Catalogue and Price List of 

 Gladiolus bulbs. An excellent list. 



Howard M. Gillett, Lebanon Springs, 

 N. Y— The Gladiolus Beautiful. A 

 price list of gladiolus bulbs of choice 

 grade. 



Chas. G. Curtis Co., Callicoon, N. Y. 

 — Spring and fall wholesale price list 

 of hardy native trees and flowering 

 shrubs. 



Holmes Seed Co., Harrisburg, Pa. — 

 Handbook of seeds and everything for 

 the garden for 1919. Extensively illus- 

 trated. 



J. J. H. Gregory & Son, ilarblehead, 

 Mass. — "Gregory's Honest Seeds for 

 1919. An attractive and creditable 

 seed catalogue. 



F. J. Grootendorst & Sons, Boskoop, 

 Holland. — Wholesale price list of coni- 

 fers and ornamental deciduous trees 

 and shrubs for hardy planting. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark. N. 

 J. — January, 1919, Circular of whole- 

 sale prices to the trade only. Quite 

 an extensive list, of shrubs, ornamen- 

 tal and fruit trees. 



W. E. Marshall & Co., New York 

 City.— Marshall's Seeds, 1919. A well 

 printed and nicely displayed catalogue 

 of flower and vegetable seeds, garden 

 sundries, tools and requisites. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. — 

 Annual seed catalogue for 1919. A 

 well arranged and handsomely illus- 

 trated catalogue, fully up-to-date in 

 style and variety, and with colored 

 plates in good effect. 



\Vm. Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 — Maule's Seed Book for 1919. Hand- 

 some engravings throughout and a 

 colored plate of Giant Branching 

 Asters. "Success" Tomato occupies 

 the back cover page. 



Weeber & Don, New York City. — 

 Annual Seed Catalogue for 1919. 

 Weeber & Don have a new slogan, 

 "Plant Sturdy Seeds." This catalogue 

 tells about them in a very practical 

 and impressive way. Vegetables on 

 front page and nasturtiums on the 

 back page are shown in natural colors. 



Peter Henderson & Co., 35 Cort- 

 landt St., New York City — "Every- 

 thing for the Garden." Very well 

 named, for no more comprehensive 

 catalogue of seeds, bulbs, implements, 

 etc., is issued on the continent. The 

 arrangement of the pages is very con- 

 cise and the amount of information in- 

 cluded in specified pages in this cata- 

 logue shows well-applied ingenuity. 

 Besides innumerable illustrations. 



Farquhar's Giant Cyclamen 



Awarded the Gold Medal of the Mass- 

 achusetts Horticultural Society 



Farquhar's Giant Crimson- 

 scarlet 1 00 seeds $2.25 



Farquhar's Giant Salmon 1 00 seeds 2.00 



Farquhar's Giant Crimson 

 Farquhar's Giant Pink 



Farquhar's Giant White 



Farquhar's Giant Blood Red 



Farquhar's Giant Excelsior 



Each of the above 100 seeds $1.75 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



6 South Market Street, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 

 Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Rayru 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 



166 Chamber of 

 McaBIdf.. Bottra, ftW 



there are several full page plates of 

 flowers and vegetables in colors. The 



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book contains 184 pages and the 

 covers are especially attractive in gold 

 embossed pictures of attractive and 

 suggestive character. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



W. W. Johnson & Sons, Ltd., 

 Boston, Eng., have placed at the dis- 

 posal of the Belgian Government five 

 thousand dollars' worth of seeds for 

 distribution among the Belgian farm- 

 ers" and gardeners. 



The price of clover seed, received by 

 producers, has more than doubled in 

 two years. In Ohio, an important pro- 

 ducing State, farmers were receiving 

 $9.25 a bushel November 15, 1916, 

 $13.30 a year later, and $20.50 in the 

 same month in 1918. 



A. C. Kenilel's New Seed Store, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. 



John Samtman, of George Samtman 

 & Son, flower growers, Hatfield, Pa., 

 was injured in the train wreck in 

 which a dozen people were killed near 

 Port Washington on the 13th inst. He 

 suffered a compound fracture of the 

 left ankle, back burned and face 

 lacerations. He was taken to the 

 Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia. 



