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II ]?T I CULTURE 



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Seed Trade 



Idaho Seed Pea Crops. 



The Coulter-Adams Seed Company, 

 wholesale seed growers, with head- 

 quarters at Ogdeu, Utah, write that 

 the month just closed has been a most 

 unusual one in the history of the 

 Idaho district. More wind, hail and 

 rain storms than ever before in the 

 memory of "the oldest inhabitant," 

 some of them extremely severe. Con- 

 siderable damage has been done to 

 crops in some sections, several in- 

 stances of entire fields being swept 

 clean of the harvested pea vines by 

 the hurricane force of the wind. Early 

 in the month several large fields in 

 the Teton district were completely 

 mowed down with hail. In the dis- 

 tricts where soil is heavy, dwarfs have 

 suffered greatly, and estimates will be 

 reduced generally one-third. Late 

 peas and Telephone types will suffer 

 the least, on account of not being cut, 

 when the heavy rains come during 

 the latter part of the month. 



Notes. 



San Jose, Cal.— Thomas W. Chis- 

 holm has been appointed sales man- 

 ager for the Braslan Seed Growers' 

 Co., Inc. 



Chicago's well known seedsman, 

 Chas. Diclilnson of the Albert Dickin- 

 son Co., figured prominently until the 

 last day in the Gordon Bennett aero- 

 plane race in Chicago, Sept. 9th. Mr. 

 Dickinson is an enthusiast who spares 

 neither time nor money. 



In line with the up-to-date methods 

 of the H. F. Michell Co. are lectures 

 and exhibits at their store at Fifth and 

 Market streets, Philadelphia. One of 

 the most interesting of the season was 

 the vegetable exhibit which opened on 

 the 10th inst. The general excellence 

 of the specimens shown was very con- 

 spicuous. Among the prize winners 

 were: Wm H. Hart, Jr., M. E. Atkin- 

 son, R. J. Thorrow, Thos. Rowe, Wm. 

 Farrell, Jno. Little, Robt. Schneider, 

 "Wm. Robertson, James Bell, Mrs. Ed- 

 ward Cole, W. H. Tomlinson, and 

 Philip J. Hoh. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, Holland. 

 — Special wholesale price list of, plants 

 and bulbs. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa, — New Floral Guide, Autumn, 1912. 

 A bright and interesting ilustrated list 

 for retail buyers. 



Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O.— 

 Fall Trade List for 1912. For florists, 

 nurserymen and dealers only. Con- 

 tains a ready reference list of roses 

 that will be found very useful. 



Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, 

 Conn. — • Evergreens, Herbaceous 

 Plants, Trees and Shrubs, Strawberry 

 Plants, for Autumn Planting. A very 

 classy catalogue. 



Sioux City, Iowa — The Bishop Green- 

 houses, Davis and 28th streets, was 

 damaged by fire to the extent of about 

 $500 on August 26. No insurance. 



V. E. Reich of Brooklyn. N. Y., re- 

 ports a very busy time with his spe- 

 cialty, the new improved double-glass 

 sash. Being absolutely waterproof 

 and a great protection from frost, it 

 should have a flourishing future. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Department of Horticulture, 

 University of Illinois, has issued two 

 pamphlets, one on floriculture as 

 taught at the college and the other 

 giving the results of research and ex- 

 periments in floriculture during the 

 past year by H. B. Dorner. and a pa- 

 per on Carnation Stem Rot, by H. W. 

 Anderson. 



Bulletin No. 8, July, 1912, of the 

 American Association of Park Super 

 intendents, contains many very prac- 

 tical contributions by the leading park 

 superintendents and others on mat- 

 ters of park development, equipment 

 and general management. It is a use- 

 ful document of 32 pages. 



The Special Park Commission's 

 pamphlet No. 5, of the Chicago parks 

 system has sent out a very valuable 

 illustrated pamphlet by City Forester 

 J. H. Prost on "Trees and Lawns for 

 Streets." Planting methods, care, pre- 

 vention of diseases and control of in- 

 sects are all fully explained and should 

 be an influential factor in developing 

 a popular movement for the more gen- 

 eral planting of trees in the city thor- 

 oughfares. 



INCORPORATED. 



Sacramento, Cal. — Superior Seed 

 Co., capital stock $10,000. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — Prudential Nur- 

 sery Co., capital stock $20,000. 



Marshalltown, la. — Marshalltown 

 Seed Co., capital stock $10,000. 



Martinsburg, W. Va. — Union Corner 

 Orchard Co., capital stock $50,000. In- 

 corporators, H. A. Hammann, M. L. 

 Dorn, S. S. Felker, W. S. Snyder, and 

 A. C. Nadebousch. 



New York, N. Y. — The Flower Auc- 

 tion Co. held their first sale at the 

 28th street store on the 10th inst., the 

 catalogue containing palms, ferns and 

 decorative plants. Although the num- 

 ber of buyers was somewhat limited 

 the sale was so far successful that the 

 promoters said they were quite satis- 

 fied with the result. 



Our Introduction for 1913 



The New Clear Scarlet Bed- 

 ing Geranium 



"HELEN MICHELL" 



ITS MERITS: 



1. The Finest Scarlet Geranium ever intro- 



duced. 



2. The only scarlet variety, which blooms all 



summer. 



3. The largest truss and single bloom of any. 



4. Is semi-double, compact and medium dwarf. 



5. Has most blooms to a single plant. 



6. The best Propagator of all. 



7. Stands all kinds of weather. 



8. Blooms early and continuous. 



ALL IN ALL 



THE BEST MONEY-MAKER FOR THE FLORIST. 



Orders botthfd ttotr ar, Julrd in rotation as 

 i-t'L.r.'td from January IQ'J fii-i-ariL 



2H inch pots, $2 50 doz ; }15.00 per 100: )I25.00 per 1000 



$5D OG ^^' GOLD WE OFFER as a prize for 

 4l«JU.UU ^Yit best 4-in. pot of '*Helen Michell" 



to be competed for at the National Flower Show, 

 at New York. April, igij. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



yB\B Market Street. Ph 



Pa. 



POULTRY and 

 FRUIT REVIEW 



A piiI)liPcqtion on the farm jonrn.il tltiit 

 reviews all poultry and fruit paper.s in 

 United States, will be .sent on trial one 

 year to all who send 16 cents, to pay 

 wrapping and postage, and names "f 

 three friiit or poultry raisers. 



THE REX COMPANY 



II.\KKISI5IR(i, P,\. 



When writing to advertisera kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



CALLAS 



High-Grade — Sand-Grown Bulbs — Free from Disease 

 California's Best. 



.$66.00 per 1000 

 . 86.00 per 1000 



1%-iiicli $30.00 per 1000 1%-inch 



IMj-inch 50.00 per 1000 2-inoh 



Monster Bulbs $12.00 per 100 



MacRORIE-McLAREN COMPANY 



711-714 Westbank Blilg.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Nurseries. SAN MATEO, C«L 



Oats 

 Barley 

 Wheat 



Swedish Specialties | Oats 



Barley 



Grown Under Government Control by the 



The General Swedish Seed Co. 



SVALOEF, SWEDEN 



Descriptive pamphlet, prices and samples on application 



SOLE AGENTS: I l||L__l 



Warren St \ m^ 



Loeohner & Co., '' 



New York 



