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HORTICULTURE 



August 31, 1912 



HEADQUARTERS FOR '^'>."^S5S" ..^ 



^ LIL. FORMOSUM 



Send -for ^ur NA^Kiolesale 



NARCISSUS 



(Paper White Grand.) 



ROMAN HYACINTHS FREESIAS 



And all other Seasonable Bulbs for Florists 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 518 Market St., PHILADELPHIA 



Seed Trade 



Bartow, Fla. — R. M. Oglesby has pur- 

 chased the seed business of E. B. 

 Conant. 



William F. Nichol is no longer con- 

 nected with the St. Louis Seed Co., 

 having sold his interest. He was 

 president of the company. 



Quincy, III. — The Eber Seed Co. has 

 been incorporated here with a capital 

 stock of $15,000. Incorporators, Suzan- 

 na, Wm. H., and Eugene Weber. 



Waterloo, Iowa — Ground has been 

 broken for a $10,000 to $15,000 seed 

 house for Galloway Bros. The prop- 

 erty on which it will be constructed 

 has been recently purchased. 



Champaign, III. — The Champaign 

 Seed Co. has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $10,000. The incor- 

 porators are George B. Ransom, May 

 B. Ransom and Bart C. Henness. 



Beatrice, Neb. — The German Nur- 

 sery & Seed House has been incorpo- 

 rated with a capital stock of $100,000. 

 Incorporators, Carl Sondregger and 

 his sons, Charles, Ernest and Arthur. 



Seedsmen are pleased with one 

 clause, at least, of the modified Bourne 

 bill passed by Congress, it expressly 

 stating that "this act shall not affect 

 the postage rate on seeds, cuttings, 

 bulbs, roots, scions, and plants as fixed 

 by section 482 of the Postal Laws and 

 jRegulations." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. S. Pino, Providence. R. I.— Fall 

 Catalogue, 1912. 



E. Y. Teas & Son, Centerville, Ind.— 

 Wholesale Pi'ice List of Nursery stock. 



Basil Perry, Cool Spring, Del.— Price 

 List of Strawberry Plants, Fruit Trees, 

 etc. 



M. Herb, Naples, Italy— General Cat- 

 alogue of Bulbs and of Seeds for Au- 

 tumn Sowing. 



I. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg, 111. — 

 Folder with Testimonials for Pills- 

 bury's Carnation Staple, for mending 

 split carnations. 



Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.— Trade 

 List for 1912. A fine assortment of 

 standard plants for florists' use. 



S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y. — 

 Catalogue of Materials for erecting, 

 heating and ventilating greenhouses. 

 Profusely illustrated. 



C. Kerkwoode. Wetteren, Belgium — 

 Special Trade List of Nursery Stock. 

 Aug. Roelker & Sons, New York City, 

 are sole American agents. 



Eastern Nurseries. Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass. — Early Autumn List, 1912. This 

 is a wholesale price list of evergreens 

 for August and September planting 

 and embraces a very desirable selec- 

 tion. 



Jacs. Smits & Co., Naarden, Holland 

 — Wholesale Catalogue of Nursery 

 Stock, American Edition, season 1912- 

 1913. Accompanying this handsome 

 publication is an elaborate private nur- 

 sery code. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York — ■ 



Autumn Catalogue for 1912. Tulips 

 and peonies in natural colors on gold 

 form a glowing cover scheme for this 

 up-to-date and profusely illustrated 

 publication. 



R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White 

 Marsh, Md. — Descriptive and Illustra- 

 ted Geranium Catalogue. This is a 

 beautiful publication, containing many 

 full page plates, two of which are in 

 colors, showing grouping of gerani- 

 ums, etc., in formal planting. The list 

 is strictly up to date as to desirable 

 novelties. 



Nur- 



INCORPORATED. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — Prudential 

 sery Co., capital stock $20,000. 



Birmingham, Ala. — Birmingham Nur- 

 series Co., capital stock $2,000. W. H. 

 Kessler, president; H. C. Wood, sec- 

 retary; S. L. Yerkes, treasurer. 



.N"ot friiiii Winste.nd bnt from Atfliison 

 < omes tUi^ story. A Kansas man planted 

 lettui e, but as fast as it cime up through 

 tl e gruund the Knglish sijarrows ate it off. 

 He fii'ally got a few small flags and stuck 

 them in tlie lettm e bed and not an English 

 sparrow or other frreign t)ird toncl ed that 

 lettui e so long as Old Glory tloated over 

 it- — LJttston Trausoript. 



CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION AT BOS- 

 TON. 



It will be children's day at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, Saturday, Aug. 

 31, when the annual exhibition of the 

 products of children's gardens will be 

 held. Liberal prizes are offered for 

 plants, flowers and vegetables grown 

 in school gardens and in home gar- 

 dens, and also for native flowers, ber- 

 lies, leaves and grasses. The compe- 

 tition is open to all school gardens 

 and to all children in Massachusetts, 

 under the age of 18 years. In compli- 

 ance with a recent act of the Legisla- 

 ture the sum of $20(1 is offered at this 

 exhibition to be distributed in pre- 

 miums for the encouragement of agri- 

 culture among the children of the 

 state. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety is a pioneer in the work of in- 

 teresting the children in gardening 

 and for 34 years has carried on in some 

 form an annual exhibition for the pur- 

 pose of stimulating and encouraging 

 this interest. 



The exhibition is free and will he 

 open Saturday from 12 M. to 6 P. M. 

 and Sunday from 2 to 6 P. M. 



"THE KENILVWORTH STRAIN" of 



^ GIANT PANSY SEED 



l^' WS^t^\ Must not be compared with the flimsy Triroardeau 



It ia much larger and of good substance; the immense 

 tlowers, of 3^4 to 4 inches, are of perfect form, and every 

 tlut and shade Is produced In strllilng combinations and 

 endless variations of beautiful colors and markings. The 

 Stoclt Plants are most critically selected. It is rich with 

 shades of brown, bronze, red, mahogany, and many others too numerous to men- 

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

 of Pansy Seed in HORTICULTURE of July 20. 



1912 SEEDS NOW READY ""^Tnte.t.-.klTunrik^;'"'^ 



P.4NSIES IN SEPARATE COLORS. 



Per 1000 Seeds Preceding 16 Sorts Mixed, In equal 



Giant Adonis, beautiful light blue... Z5c proportions, per 1000 seeds, 26c; 



Giant Emperor William, ultramarine . , ., I, „» .. .. 



blue 25c ^"y ^ pkts., $1.00; any 11 pkts.. 



Giant Kiner of the Blacks, coai 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 da rli center.25c of giant pansles of the 



Giant Masterpiece, beautifully ruffled, most beautiful, gorgeous ^L 



with a wide range of color 25c colors; blotched, strip- .^K^i 



Giant White, very line 25c ed, veined, margined, 



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



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



shades 25c I will send 1000 of 



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



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



Giant Bronze and Copper Shades. .. .25c amounts in 



Giant Light Blue, delicate shades of 1 i 1; e pro- 

 blue 25c portion. 



Giant Dark Blue, deep blue shades. 25c 



Giant Zebra Mixed Shades, striped. 25c 



Oats 

 Bariey 

 Wheat 



Swedish Specialties 



Grown Under Government Control by the 



The General Swedish Seed Co. 



SVALOEF, SWEDEN 



Descriptive pamphlet, prices and samples on application 



SOLE AGENTS: 



Warren St. 

 New York 



Loechner & Co., "> 



Oats 

 Barley 

 Wheat 



