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HORTIC ULTURE 



August 3, 1912 



OFFICE 



109 BROAD STREET 



NEW YORK 



Phone 242 Broad 



THEO. FICKE 



TRUCKMAN 



BRANCH 



844 WASHINGTON ST. 



NEW YORK 



Phone 1508 Chekea 



Established 1890 



Special Attention Given to Import Freiglit 

 Accounts in or out of Town Solicited 



Seed Trade 



Binghamton, N. Y.— A building at 

 18 and 20 Jarvls street has been leased 

 by the Stamford Seed Co., of Buffalo. 

 They intend to open a branch agency in 

 .this city. 



Bismarck, N. D.— A large building 

 -with railroad siding has been secured 

 ty Oscar H. Will & Co., seedsmen and 

 nurserymen. It will be remodeled for 

 a seed warehouse. 



Milwaukee, Wis.— S. G. Courteen in- 

 tends to erect a seed warehouse, at 

 Lake and Hanover streets, eight stor- 

 ies, 150x300 feet, to cost $182,500. It 

 will be built of reinforced concrete. 



Baker City, Ore.— Ira B. Sturges, 

 owner of the Center street green- 

 bouses, has resumed charge of the bus- 

 iness, the lease of Mr. Sisson having 

 expired. The business will now be 

 known as the Baker Floral & Seed Co., 



S. D. Woodruff & Sons are doing a 

 very brisk trade along now, shipments 

 going directly south. Of the crops on 

 the Connecticut farm they report beet 

 and onion good, with turnip fair and 

 kale about the same. Carrot is poor. 

 The recent rains have been very ben- 

 eficial to the corn and it promises well 



INCORPORATED. 



Clinton, Iowa — J. R. Bather Co., flor- 

 ists, nursery and seedsmen, capital 

 stock, $15,000. 



Cleveland, Ohio — Ohio Horticultural 

 Society, W. S. Mather, president; A. F. 

 Holden, vice-president; John N. Stock- 

 well, secretary and treasurer. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1;033,290. Plant Growing Apparatus. 



Frederick W. Taylor, 



Philadelphia. Pa. 

 1,033,696. Folding Harrow. Kirk 



Hilliard, Vinton, Iowa. 

 1,033,698. Weeder. Herbert W. Clavk- 



ston, Wash. 



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WONDERFUL ROSE 



A remarkable minialure rose, bearing 

 mullitudes of white and pink roses; plants 

 are easily raised from seed and these com- 

 mence blooming when only two months 

 old. Th y are admirab'e for pot work, 

 baskets and table decoration'. 



I'er packet ot 50 seeils, $1.00 

 Per i>a«'I;et of 10 speds. ."^5 



THE INTERNATIONAL SEED CO. 



42 Himilton Place 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y, 



All seeds from Orchids to Cabbage sold hi /or. 

 packets. 



^ "THE KENILVkORTH STRAIN" of 



""" GIANT PANSY SEED 



K'^^^SKJ Must DOt be compared with the flimsy Trimardeau 



It is mucli larger and of good sul>stance; the Immense 

 flowers, of 'iy-i to 4 iuclies, are of perfect form, and every 

 tint and shade is produced in striking combinations and 

 endless variations of beautiful colors and markings. The 

 Stock Plants are most critically selected. It is rich with 

 ■shades of brown, bronze, red. mahogau.v. and mau.v others too numerous to men- 

 tion. Light, Medium or Dark Mixtures. Read what Growers say about my strains 

 of Pansy Seed in HORTICULTURE of July 20. 



lAiQ CCCnC linUf DCAHV ~000 seeds, 50c.; 5000 seeds, $1.00; 

 Va\L OCCUO nUlf nCAUI Va ounce, $1.2S: ounce, «S.OO. 



P.AN.SIES IN .SEPARATE COL,OKS. 



Per 1000 Seeds Preceding 16 Sorts Mixed, in equal 

 Giant Adonis, beautiful light blue. ..25c proportions, per 1000 seeds, 25c; 



Giant Emperor William, ultramarine - ,, .. ,>„ >> , .. 



Iilyg 25c any 6 pkts., $1.00; any 11 pkts.. 



Giant Kins of the Blacks, eoai black. 25c $2.00. 



Giant Lord Beaconsfleld, violet, shad- 

 ing to white 25c The Rainbow blend is grown 



Giant Golden Queen, yellow 25c from the latest introductions 



Giant Golden Yellow with dark center. 25c of giant pansies of the 



Giant Masterpiece, beautifully ruffled, most beautiful, gorgeous 



with a wide range of color 25c colors; blotched, strip- ^Kyii 



Giant White, very fine 25c ed, veined, margined, -^"^ -" 



Giant White with large violet center. 25c etc. With every .$1.00 



Giant Red, a flue mixture of red worth of pansy seed 



shades 25c I will send 1000 of 



Giant Royal Purple, fine large flower.25c Rainbow free. 



Giant Orchid-flowerinB, rare shades. 25c and with other 



Giant Bronze and Copper Shades 25c amounts in 



Giant Light Blue, delicate shades of 1 ' k e pro- 

 blue 25c portion. 



Giant Dark Blue, deep blue shades .25c 



Giant Zebra Mixed Shades, striped 25c 





PEAS, BEANS, RADISH | ^.^^^^^^^ ,„^ ^„^ ^^^^ 



and all Garden Seeds 



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ONION SETS 



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Growing ONION, LETTUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, California 



