February 22, L919 



II O l!TI CULTU1! K 



181 



THE SEEDSMEN. 



To many persons the finest indoor 

 sport now is the study of seed cata- 

 logues in connection with the mental 

 construction of gardens which finally 

 fail to comply with the specifications. 

 One of the first discoveries likely to 

 be made in connection with the cata- 

 logues, is that the price of the seeds- 

 man's stock is a trifle above that of 

 last year. While this might have been 

 expected the discovery has pained 

 more than one ambitious gardener 

 and yet, the seedsmen are justified and 

 their advance might easily have been 

 greater. 



If, for instance, the government had 

 taken over the seed business the in- 

 dustry would have been studied by 

 experts who would have advanced 

 prices anywhere from 10 to 50 per 

 cent. The next step would have been 

 to raise the pay of the employees who 

 were engaged in the business, an act 

 which would require the greater part 

 of the funds brought in by the advance 

 in price. This would have made nec- 

 essary another advance and, possibly, 

 a ration system in the distribution of 

 seed whereby the gardener would re- 

 ceive two-thirds of his order, with the 

 understanding that the other third 

 would be shipped when all the other 

 gardeners had been supplied, by which 

 time there would have been a further 

 advance in prices. 



As it is, the seedsmen have been 

 permitted to manage their own affairs 

 to a certain extent, though they have 

 been affected by the war like all the 

 rest of us, especially as regards a 

 part of their stock. Like the rest of 

 employers they have paid more for 

 labor, and found it scarce through the 

 growing season, and like many other 

 importers, they found it difficult to 

 get certain stock from overseas. Be- 

 fore the war England, Scotland, Ger- 

 many, Holland, Denmark and Belgium 

 were depended upon to supply seeds 

 of the crops belonging to the Cruci- 

 ferae family, to say nothing of celery, 

 but these countries have been engaged 

 in other activities than seed growing 

 since 1914 and the seedsmen have 

 been sorely tried through the difficulty 

 of obtaining stock and the various 

 hindrances incident to its shipment. 



The fact that fighting is at an end 

 does not affect the supply of seed avail- 

 able for this year's planting, no mat- 

 ter what conditions may prevail in 

 1920, and the seedsmen are apparently 

 doing as well as any one could expect. 

 When we consider the prices have es- 

 tablished and compare them with 

 those fixed in the matter of coal and 

 foodstuffs we have a kindly feeling to- 

 ward the seedsmen.— Hartford (.Conn.) 

 Courant. 



Young 



Xittle Zvcc JFarms, 



FRAMINGHAM, 

 MASS. 



We have millions of growing EVERGREEN AND DECIDUOUS TREES 

 complete in grades and sizes. 



Write for Price List 

 Seedlings and Transplants, Firs, Junipers, Arborvitae, Pines, Spruces, 

 Maples, Ash, Oaks, Lindens, Elms, etc. 



15 Beacon St. 



Dept. C. ^ 



Boston, Mass. VX^ 



<$ American Forestry Co. 



NURSERY STOCK 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 8hrub», 



Small Fruits, Clematis, Brerrreeas 



and Roses. 



Write for Trade List 



W. I T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y. 



We are subscribers to the Nurserymen's 

 Fund for Market Development 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



ELMER D. SMITH & CO. 



ADRIAN, MICU. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Loechner & Co., New York City. — 

 Seed offer for the wholesale trade 

 only. Includes importations from Italy 

 and elsewhere. 



J. J. Wilson Seed Co., Newark, N. 

 J.— Garden book for 1919. A well made 

 up and illustrated seed catalogue by 

 a well equipped firm. 



Eastern Nurseries, Holliston, Mass. 

 — General price list of hardy trees, 

 shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants. 

 This list is an interesting one, as it in- 

 cludes quite a few things that are not 

 generally offered in such catalogues. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Batimore, Md. — 

 General seed catalogue for year 1919. 

 Colored covers in which tomatoes of 

 high' degree figure prominently. The 

 catalogue is devoted mainly to vegeta- 

 ble and field seeds and is abundantly 

 illustrated. 



Stuart Low Co., Bush Hill Park, En- 

 field, Eng. — Abridged list of orchids. A 

 very interesting and appetizing list 

 for the orchid fancier. Many new va- 

 rieties and hybrids described briefly, 

 and we have no doubt these descrip- 

 tions will be enlarged upon to proper 

 degree by Stuart Low Company's es- 

 teemed American traveler, Harry A. 

 Barnard, who we understand, is soon 

 to visit this country in the interests 

 of the firm. 



The Wholesale Seedsmen's League 

 met at the Hotel Astor, New York, on 

 Feb. 14th, at which prices on the pea 

 and bean harvest for 1919 were dis- 

 cussed. The general impression seems 

 to be that prices for all seeds will be 

 lower next year. 



HILL'S EVERGREENS 



BEST FOB OVER HALF A OKXTTTBT 



Small, medium and large sizes supplied 

 Price list now ready 



THE D. HILL NURSERY CO. 



Evergreen Specialists. Largest Growers 



In America 



BOX 416. 1HNIIEE. CLL. 



Snow Queen Gartna 

 Awarded Certificate of Merit at 8. A. 

 P. & O. H. New York Convention. And 

 100 otber notable kinds. Always ask (or 

 SWASTIKA BRAND CANNAB. 



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Kot«t PrU. trm. AmoIm Wlaaat, Yln-Pim. 



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f4r M&rhit DevtUfmtnt 



When writing to advertisers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



NAMED VARIETIES AND MIXTURES 



IN ALL SIZES. 



Surplus Quantities at Bargain Prices. 



MAINE BULB AND FLOWER GROWERS 



I.EWISTON, MAINE 



SpvctaTnte in Specimen Stock for 

 Landscape Work 



Hardy Rhododendrons, Aialeas, Boxwoods, 

 Hollies and a Complete Line of Coniferous 

 Evergreens. 



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Cottage Gardens Norteriet, lie. 



EUREKA 



CALIFORNIA 



CHARLES H. T0TTY 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 MADISON, INI. J. 



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