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HOETICULTUEE 



July 15, 1916 



SEED TRAT^ 



AMERICAN SBED TRADE ASSOGUTION 

 Officers — President, Kirby B. White, 

 Detroit Mich.; First Vice-President, F. 

 W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, I.. L. Olds, Madison, 

 Wis.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. B. Kendel, 

 Cleveland, O. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. P. Campbell, Jacksonville, Fla. — 

 "Campbell Irrigation." Illustrated cata- 

 logue of automatic sprinkler system 

 and outfit. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 liorticultural material, for the week 

 ending June 30, 1916, were recorded 

 as follows: 



Bulbs — Netherlands, $61; England, 



$10. 



Plants— Italy, $18; England, $15; 

 Costa Rica, $16; Guatemala, $112; 

 Mexico, $100; Netherlands, $110. 



Red Clover Seed— France, $5,940; 

 Italy, $6. 



Clover Seed— England, $7,862. 



Grass seed — Ireland, $146. 



Other seeds — France, $3,744; Italy, 

 $39; Netherlands, $106; England, $10,- 

 430; British India, $4,575; British East 

 Indies, $3,012; Hongkong, $234; Dutch 

 Guiana, $3. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $72,479, 



Other fertilizers — Mexico, $639. 



Chicago. 

 D. D. P. Roy, of Chicago, will open 

 a branch seed store at Lake Forest, 

 111., August 1st. 



W. A. Sutherland of Philadelphia, 

 no longer represents the Leonard Seed 

 Co., in any way. Customers in the 

 east, will be looked after by his suc- 

 cessor, whose name will be announced 

 in this paper soon, and who will call 

 upon the trade. 



C. C. Morse & Co. Illustrated Price 

 List of Morse's Early-Flowering Long- 

 Season Spencer Sweet Peas, 1916 crop. 

 Fine portraits of Early Morning Star, 

 Early Song Bird, Early Melody, Early 

 Spring Maid. Early Snow Flake and 

 Early Heather Bell. 



The Leonard Seed Co. has reached 

 the inventory stage of the year's work, 

 as what is considered the dullest 

 month of the year is here. President 

 Leonard of the Leonard Seed Co., calls 

 it "fishing season," and will start for 

 the lakes of Wisconsin in a few days. 

 Those who know him best know that 

 the three large places owned by the 

 company in that state will have more 

 attention than the fish at first, but af- 

 ter inspecting the growing crops Mr. 

 Leonard expects to relax and take a 

 needed rest. The company has in all 

 twelve places. The new Leonard's 

 sweet corn, which he introduced three 

 years ago in a limited way, is proving 

 most satisfactory. It is a cross be- 

 tween Country Gentleman and Stow- 

 ell's Evergreen, of narrow grain and 

 earlier, and packers get a higher price 

 for it in the cans. It is too early now 

 to tell the exact condition of the pea 

 crop. Onion sets are not far enough 

 along to enable one to speak positive- 

 ly, but indications are that the crop 

 will be short. 



John Waterer Sons & Crisp. Bag- 

 shot, Surrey, England.— Hardy Plants 

 for 1916. This is a very complete 

 catalogue of the plants offered from 

 the hardy plant nurseries at Tury- 

 ford. Berks. There are many hand- 

 some full-page illustrations. Cata- 

 logue of Roses from the same com- 

 pany. This is also a very complete 

 and interesting list, including two 

 pages of new and rare varieties. Other 

 catalogues also received from Messrs. 

 Waterer & Crisp are Autumn and 

 Spring Planting Bulbs, Fruit Trees, 

 etc.; Seeds for Vegetable and Flowe,- 

 Garden; Rhododendrons. Hardy Orna- 

 mental Trees and Shrubs. The seed 

 catalogue gives an immense amount 

 of cultural information in tabulated 

 form and is well illustrated Th° 

 catalogue of hardy rhododendrons, 

 conifers, etc., as everyone knows 

 covers one of the best-known special- 

 ties of the Waterers. 



DURING RECESS. 

 Florists' Club of Washington . 



EXLIST.' EXLI.ST.' 



Men, women and children, for the 

 big Florists' Family Frolic at Great 

 Falls, Va., Wednesday, July 19. Spe- 

 cial trains from 36th and M streets afc 

 2, 2.15 and 2.30 P. M. Bring the folks 

 for a "blooming" good time. Tickets 

 50 cents. This ticket and the identi- 

 fication tag includes everything and 

 a dip in the Palls. Get yours early 

 as the number is limited to 300. $100 

 in prizes. Special prizes for the ladies 

 and the kiddies. 



This will be some outing and then 

 some. Fireworks at 8 o'clock P. M. 

 It will not be necessarv to walk 

 pigeon-toed when the band plays a 

 pigeon walk. 



General Comiuittee: Wm. Ernest, Chair- 

 man : Geo. Shaffer, Harry Lewis. O. A. C 

 Oehmler. A. Sehnell, Fm. Marehe. Edw. 

 holiniul. Geo. Cooke. 



Committee: Wm. Ernest, Chairman 

 Humepatopcbarox; Geo. Shaffer, Chairman 

 Anansrements; Geo. Cooke. Chairman Afri- 

 can Coif: \\ m. Marehe. Chairman Cnrrencv 

 Harry Lewis. Chairman Medical an.l Hospl- 

 i? • ":. ^ •^'l"'''- <'l'-"rman Preparedness: 

 t.iUx .Schmid. Cliairman Prizes and 

 UiK-kens: G. .Milton Thomas. Chairman 

 Sports; J T liarry. Chairman Lost Chtl 

 ',7i°i, Richards. Chairman Kefreshments 

 .ind Ham Inspector: A. Sehnell. Chairman 

 ArKument.s and Disputes; A. <iude. Cha r 

 man Mepliisto and Fireworks : Have Hissett 

 Chairman Lecturer and Guide over Falls ' 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston- 

 Catalogue of New and Rare Plants. 

 This is a publication of very unusual 

 character. So far as we know nothing 

 like it has ever been published in 

 this country. It is devoted entirely to 

 hardy ornamental trees and shrubs 

 and includes many of the most desir- 

 able of the Arnold Arboretum novel- 

 ties which have been described in the 

 Arboretum bulletins and elsewhere 

 from time to time but have not been 

 obtainable commercially. This is es- 

 pecially true of the numerous new 

 trees and shrubs collected in China 

 by E. H. Wilson for the Arboretum 

 Requests for these plants are con- 

 stantly made to the Arboretum by 

 persons who see or hear of them and 

 have been unable to find them in 

 any American commercial nursery 

 At the suggestion of Professor Sar- 

 gent, Messrs. Farquhar have been en- 

 gaged for several years in the pro- 

 pagation of these new comers. It 

 was a big undertaking and costly and 

 Messrs. Farquhar have merited the 

 gratitude of all friends of advanced 

 American horticulture. 



Alexander Dickson & Sons, Ltd 

 Newtonards. Ireland, at the recent an- 

 nual trials of new roses at Bagatelle 

 near Paris, were awarded the gold 

 medal for the best new rose, the varie- 

 ty being Mrs. Wemyss Quinn. 



Pittsburgh Florists' & Gardeners' Club. 



The Pittsburgh Florists' & Garden- 

 ers' Club have arranged for a field day 

 at Sewickley, Wednesday. July 19. 

 Trains leave Union Station at 9.20 

 A. M„ and Federal street at 9.25 A. M., 

 city time. George Wessenauer and his 

 committee will meet this train at 

 Sewickley and arrange for the trans- 

 portation to the Sewickley Heights 

 territory and provide for a noonday 

 luncheon to all members of the club 

 tliat notify him by Monday, July 17 

 The Sewickley members of the "club 

 are anxious to show the bovs all the 

 places in that district that can be 

 visited in the short time allotted 



Send your card at once to George 

 Wessenauer, Sewickley, Pa., so that 

 he may provide well for all. 

 Yours truly, 

 T. P. Laxgha.vs. Sec. Pro Tem. 



On Thursday, JuT^eth, the Knox- 

 ville Florists' Society held its Third 

 Annual Picnic at Elkmont, a moun- 

 tain summer resort about seven- 

 ty miles from Knoxville. A special 

 train carried the party. There was a 

 ball game and other sports and a very 

 enjoyable day was passed bv the mem- 

 bers and their families. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 



166 Chamber of 

 Commtrce BIdg., Boston, M««s. 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflet 

 (12 pages) dated June 28, 1916, is de- 

 voted to a most interesting illustrated 

 paper on "Variation. Environment and 

 the Laws of Heredity," by Orland E. 

 White. The Leaflets are published 

 weekly or bi-weekly, from April to 

 June, and September to October inclu- 

 sive, by the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Institute 

 ot Arts and Sciences. Current numbers 

 are free to all who wish them: back 

 numbers 5c each. 



