May 3, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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SEED TRADE 



AMBRIGAN SBBD TKADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, F. W. H.. Igi.no 

 Wanhlneton, D. 0. ; First Vice-President, 

 Wm. G. Searlett, Baltimore, Md. ; Second 

 Vice-President, David Burpee, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; Becretary-Treasnrer, C. B. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Sealed proposals will be received by 

 the General Supply Committee at its 

 office in Washington, D. C. until 2 

 O'clock p. m., Wednesday, .May 21, and 

 then publicly opened, for furnishing 

 seed as may be ordered from time to 

 time during the period beginning July 

 1 and ending October 31, for use by 

 the executive departments and other 

 establishments of the governments in 

 Washington, and by various field serv- 

 ices. Delivery is to be made from con- 

 tractor's shipping point on government 

 bill of lading. 



The seed to be purchased is as fol- 

 lows, the quantities named being the 

 amounts purchased during the fiscal 

 year, 1918: 



(1) Alfalfa, purity 98, germination 

 90, 100 lbs. (2) Clover, alsike, purity 

 98, germination 90, 60 lbs. (3) Clover, 

 red, purity 98, germination 90, 160 lbs. 

 (4) Clover, white, purity 98, germina- 

 tion 90, 1,171 lbs. (5) Kentucky blue 

 grass, purity 80, germination 70, C.7T7 

 lbs. (6) Red top, purity 85, germina- 

 tion 85, 12 lbs. (7) Rye, purity 99, 

 germination 95, no purchases in 1918. 

 (8) Timothy, purity 98, germination 

 90, no purchases in 1918. (9) Orchard 

 grass, purity 90, germination 90, 20 

 lbs. (10) Perennial rye grass, purity 

 95, germination 90, 250 lbs. (11) 

 Italian rye grass, purity 95, germina- 

 tion 90, 1,087 lbs. 



For feed, sample s required. Dis- 

 count on 100 lb. purchases to be 

 stated. (1) Canary, last year's pur- 

 chases 450 lbs. (2) Hemp, last year's 

 purchases 650 lbs. (3) Maw. No pur- 

 chases made last year. (4) Millet, last 

 year's purchases 325 lbs. (5) Rape, 

 last year's purchases 50 lbs. (6) 

 Thistle. No purchases made last year. 

 (7) Sunflower last year's purchases 

 4,600 lbs. Discount on 500 pound pur- 

 chases to be stated. 



AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO REGULA- 

 TIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO 

 NOTICE OF QUARAN- 

 TINE NO. 37. 

 Under authority conferred by the 

 plant quarantine act of August 20, 

 1912 (37 Stat., 315), it is ordered that 

 Regulation 14 of the Rules and Regu- 

 lations Supplemental to Notice of 

 Quarantine No. 37 Governing the Im- 

 portation of Nursery Stock and Other 



Unleached Sheep Manure 



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FROM COVERED PENS 



The best top-dressing for Roses and Carnations. For 

 potting bedding plants add a four inch pot full to a 

 bushel of soil and mix thoroughly. 



Analysis: Amm. V/ 2 %, Phos. Acid 1%, Potash 2J/2%- 



100 lbs $ 3.00 



500 lbs 13.00 



2,000 lbs 50.00 



2tvtl)ur (LSo&irington Co. ,jnt. 



128 Chambers Street Seedsmen NEW YORK CITY 



Plants and Seeds into the United 

 States effective June 1, 1919, be, and 

 the same is hereby, amended to read as 

 follows: 



Regulation 14. Special permits for 

 importation in limited quantities of 

 prohibited stock. 



Application may be made to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture for special 

 permits for the importation, in limited 

 quantities and under safeguards to be 

 prescribed in such permits, of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds not 

 covered by the preceding regulations, 

 for the purpose of keeping the country 

 supplied with new varieties and neces- 

 sary propagating stock: Provided, 

 That this shall not apply to nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds cov- 

 ered by special quarantines and other 

 real rictive orders now in force, nor to 

 such as may hereafter be made the sub 

 ject of special quarantines. A list of 

 nursery stock and other plants and 

 seeds covered by special quarantines 

 and other restrictive orders now in 

 force is given in Appendix A of these 

 regulations. 



Done in the District of Columbia 

 this 27th day of March, 1919. 



Witness my hand and the seal of 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



D. F. Houston, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



tilizers and made some points which 

 are worth considering. He laid spe- 

 cial emphasis on the false economy of 

 continued high manuring if the ma- 

 nure must be purchased, while he 

 dwelt on the importance of using com- 

 mercial fertilizers in a rational way. 

 He said that acid phosphate was of 

 great value when used in connection 

 with manure, declaring that there 

 would be a saving in dollars and cents 

 while there would be an increase both 

 in the quality and the early maturity 

 of the crops. 



ECONOMY IN MANURING. 

 John M. Abbott, of the Middlesex 

 County Bureau at Waltham, recently 

 talked to Boston gardeners about fer- 



MICHELL'S 



PRIMULA SEED 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



(Chinese Primrose) 



Vi tr. pkt. tr. pkt. 

 MicheU's Prize Mixture. An 



even blending of all colors. $0.00 $1.00 



Alba Magnifies. White 00 1.00 



Chiswiok Bed. Bright red. . .60 1.00 

 Dnchess. White, with zone 



of rosy carmine, yellow eye. .60 1.00 



II, ,11. urn lSlue 60 1.00 



Kermesina splendens. Criin- 



Bon CO 1.00 



Rosj Morn. Pink 60 1.00 



PRINULA OSCONICA GIGANTEA 



A great improvement over the old type, 

 flowers much larger tr. pkt. 



Ulacina, Pale lilac $0.50 



Kirmesina. Deep crimson 50 



Rosen. Pink 50 



Alba. White 50 



Also all other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 

 and supplies. SEND FOR WHOLE- 

 SALE CATALOG. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA 



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