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HORTICULTUKE 



October 6, 1912 



Seed Trade 



Sam Sibley. 



The gentleman whose portrait ap- 

 pears herewith needs no introduction 

 to the seed trade of America. Mr. 

 Sibley is one of the best known and 

 most successful seed salesmen in ac- 

 tive life today; he is deservedly popu- 

 lar and wherever he shows up he finds 

 the glad hand. He has been connected 



Sam M. Sibley 



with the seed trade for many years 

 and, as everybody knows, has been 

 representing the Leonard Seed Co. of 

 Chicago for a large part of the time. 

 Mr. Sibley hails from Baltimore but, 

 as with all traveling salesmen his 

 domicile is "where he hangs his hat." 

 Long may he wave! 



Notes. 



Fremont, Mich. — J. J. Punk, seeds- 

 man, is building a new store 20 x 120. 



Metcalf, III. — H. G. Epps is erecting 

 a seed house 40 x 50 feet on land just 

 south of town. 



James Brand, late manager for Ar- 

 thur S. Ritchie & Co., Belfast, Ireland, 

 is opening a seed house on his own ac- 

 count at Kerrisdale, Vancouver, B. C. 



Sioux City, la. — J. S. Michael, seeds- 

 man, is putting up a new building 25 x 

 150, two stories and basement at 319 

 Pearl street. The cost will be approx- 

 imately $15,000. 



Realizing the necessity of producing 

 seeds of the highest types and the im- 

 portance of planting seeds on grounds 

 in localities where crops are a cer- 

 tainty, The California Seed Growers' 

 Association. Inc., have associated with 

 them responsible growers of long ex- 

 perience, including such well-known 

 men as D. G. Fisher, of Coyote; Ra- 

 melli Bros., of HollistPr; J. R. Freitas, 

 of Edenvale. whose experience dates 

 back to Hugh Agnew; Ah Lock, a 

 Chinese of over twenly years' experi- 

 ence, who learned his lesson under 

 Major Braslan. These growers own 

 their seed lands. Their association 

 with the company will be permanent. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



American Seed Trade Association. 

 Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual 

 Convention held at Chicago, June 25-27, 

 1912. An excellent portrait of Presi- 

 dent Leonard H. Vaughan forms the 

 frontispiece. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Transactions for the year 1912: Part 

 1. This issue contains the full text of 

 the various papers and discussions for 

 the lecture season, January to March 

 inclusive, 1912. 



American Association of Nursery- 

 men. Proceedings of the Thirty- 

 Seventh Annual Convention, held at 

 Boston, Mass., June 12, 13 and 14, 1912. 

 An interesting report of a very enjoy- 

 able and instructive meeting. 



Oregon State Horticultural Society. 

 Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth An- 

 nual Meeting held Nov. 15-17, 1911, at 

 Portland, Oregon; 142 pages of inter- 

 esting reading on leading topics of Pa- 

 cific coast horticultural development. 



The Artificial Use of the Brown-Tail 

 Fungus in Massachusetts. A valu- 

 able state document by A. T. Speare 

 and R. H. Colley under the direction 

 of F. W. Rane, State Forester for 

 Massachusetts. Practical suggestions 

 for private experiment with this 

 means of controling the moth pest are 

 added, also a brief note on a fungous 

 disease of the gypsy caterpillar. 



The Canadian Seed Growers' Asso- 

 ciation and its work. This is a very 

 valuable publication edited by the 

 Secretary of the Association, L. H. 

 Newman of Ottawa. The process of 

 producing "Elite Stock Seed," stand- 

 aids of quality and purity for "Regis- 

 tered Seed," lists of reference on the 

 work of seed growing, plant improve- 

 ment, etc., are among the topics treat- 

 ed and every seedsman can find in it 

 much that is helpful and enlightening. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Overbrook Gardens, Overbrook, Pa., 

 and Strafford Flower Farms, Straf- 

 ford, Pa.— Bulbs for Fall Planting, 

 1912. Not very big, as catalogues go, 

 but very clever; compact and well- 

 written. 



W. W. Barnard Company, Chicago, 

 111. — Wholesale Price-List of Bulbs 

 and Seeds for Fall Planting, 1912. A 

 valuable list for florists' perusal. In- 

 cludes sundries, supplies and holiday 

 material. 



Bloodgood Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y. 

 — Price List for Autumn, 1912. and 

 Spring, 1913. Bloodgood Nurseries is 

 a department of the American Nursery 

 Co. This list gives quotations for 

 nurserymen and dealers only. 



Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd., 

 Dedernsvaart, Holland. — Wholesale 

 Trade-List of Hardy Perennials. Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., New York, are Amer- 

 ican representatives of this firm. 



Colorado Seed & Nursery Co., Den- 

 ver, Colo. — Bulbs for Fall Planting. 

 Bulb flowers in natural colors are ef- 

 fectively shown on the outside cover 

 pages. 



Churchville, Pa. — The report we re- 

 ceived regarding the purchase of the 

 Charles E. Meehan place was some- 

 what inaccurate. This plant was pur- 

 chased by Fred Chesky and has 68,000 

 feet of glass. The property comprises 

 about 50 acres. 



Our Introductiofl for 1913 



The New Clear Scarlet Bed- 

 Ing Geranium 



"HELEN MIOHELL" 



ITS MERITS: 



1 . The Finest Scarlet Geranium ever intro- 



duced. 



2. The only scarlet variety, which blooms all 



summer. <^^rv> SX'c 



3. The largest truss and single bloom of any. 



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

 3. 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. 



Oi'flei'ft botih-tfi tuitr arr fillid in rotation as 



received from Jaituary igt i omvarti. 



2 % inch pots. $2.50 doz.; SI5.00 per 100 : (125.00 per 1000 



ccn nn IX GOLD we OFFER as a'prize for 

 f JU.UU t^^ best 4-m. pot of "Helen M ichell" 

 to be competed for at the National F!ower Show, 

 at New Nork, April, igi.;. 



MiCHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



^518 Market Street, Phlla., Pa^ 



QUALITY 



SEED 

 BULB 

 PLANT 



SXND FOR OATALOQVE. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON 



.! 4 2 Went Mth St., New ¥ork. 



BULBS 



Fr^r»oh 



Ready Now 



O.V.ZANGEN, Hoboken,'N.J. 



BU L-B3 



For Fall Planting 



Prict List Jor the Asking 



The W. W. Barnard Co. 



231-235 W. Madison St., 



CHICAGO 



POULTRY and 

 FRUIT REVIEW 



A publication on the farm journal, tbat 

 reviews all poultry and fiuit papers in 

 United States, will be sent on trial one 

 year to all who send 16 cents, to pay 

 wrapping and postage, and names of 

 three fruit or poultry raiders. 



THE R.EX COMPANY 



H.\RRISHrR<i. P.\. 



Birmingham, Ala. — The capital stock 

 of the Birmingham Nurseries Co. has 

 been increased to $30,000. This com- 

 pany absorbed the Birmingham Land- 

 scape & Nursery Co. and will, in addi- 

 tion to a nursery business, engage in 

 landscape work. They have 13 acres 

 of land and four houses in the city 

 and 294 acres at Argo. Alabama. 



