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nOKTICULTUEE 



December 28, 1912 



Seed Trade 



Seed House Gives Insurance. 



The employes at the Burpee Seed 

 House, Fifth and Buttonwood streets, 

 when each of them was given a Christ- 

 mas card found it was accompanied 

 by a life insurance policy for an 

 amount equal to a year's salary of the 

 recipient, the sums ranging from $500 

 to $5,000. The presentation took place 

 at the noon hour in the rest room, Mr. 

 Burpee and Howard M. Earl, another 

 member of the firm, handing out the 

 certificates. 



The insurance was issued through 

 the Equitable Life Assurance Society 

 through its special agent, Frederick 

 G. Jones, and is on the "group plan." 

 Mr. Jones said to the employes as 

 they gathered to receive their poli- 

 cies: 



Mr. Burpee believes that man and 

 women cannot do their best work if 

 their mind is distracted by fears for 

 the future of those dependent upon 

 them for support, and his Christmas 

 gift to you helps you to solve this 

 problem by creating an estate for each 

 equal to one year's wages, and avail- 

 able when most needed, that is, when 

 wages cease at death. 



W. Atlee Burpee, the founder, and 

 Howard M. Earl have been planning 

 along this line for some time, and pro- 

 pose to supplement today's generous 

 gift with further permanent benefits, 

 such as endowment policies, old age 

 pensions, etc. 



After the policies had been distribu- 

 ted, Mr. Burpee, with his two sons, 

 David and W. Atlee, Jr., passed out 

 2000 bright new silver 25-cent pieces 

 to as many eager lads who were 

 formed in line by several policemen. 

 The boys were prevented from "re- 

 peating" by being required to present 

 tickets for their quarters. — Phila- 

 delphia Record, December 25, 1912. 



Notes. 

 Clarinda, la. — The A. A. Berry Seed 

 Co. is building a 40x50 foot, three- 

 story warehouse. 



Waterloo, la. — The Galloway Bros.- 

 Bowman Co. have completed a new 

 warehouse. It is a two-story, cement 

 block building 48x60 feet, with base- 

 ment. 



Milwaukee, Wis.— G. H. Hunkle & 

 Co. have purchased the business of 

 the Wernich Seed Co., 27-29 Juneau 

 avenue, and will use the building as a 

 warehouse. 



W. Atlee Burpee's holiday souvenir 

 to his friends In the trade this year is 

 a dainty nickeled buttonhole bouquet 

 holder. It is not only useful but sug- 

 gestive, for everybody who gets one 

 will be constantly reminded that he 

 Bhoulded have a boutonniere. Which 

 is good for the business. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



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

 Marsh, Md. — Circular of new bright 

 scarlet geranium (zonal pelargonium) 

 Helen Michell. To be disseminated 

 January-March, 1913. 



A. T. Boddington, New York City. — 

 Garden Guide, Spring 1913. A most 

 Inspiring catalogue. CompreheDsire ; 

 in all departments of flower and vege- 



New Crop Florist's Flower Seeds 



VERBENA 'ri: Pkt. Oz. 



Mammotli Faniy Blue 30 $1.25 



Pink 30 1.25 



Scarlet 30 1.25 



Striped 30 1.25 



White 30 1.25 



Mixed 30 1.00 



SALVIA 



Micliell'8 Scarlet Glow 50 4.00 



Bonfire 40 2.00 



Zuricli 50 4.00 



Splendens 25 1.25 



Kini; of Carpets 50 3.00 



BEGONIA 



Vernon 25 2.50 



Gracilis Luminosa 40 



Prima Donna 50 



Kosea 30 



.41ba ,_. 30 



CENTAUREA 



Gvmnocarpa 1000 seeds, 15e. .40 



CandidisBinia 1000 seeds, 30c. .75 



LOBELIA 



Crystal Palace Conipacta 30 1.25 



Barnard's Perpetual $.25 $1.00 



Crystal Palace Speciosa 15 .50 



Send for our Flower Seed Order Sheet. 

 Seeds from tuis 



HENRY F. MICHELL 



518 Market Street 



PETUNIA PkhPkt. 



Michell's Monstrosus $.(iO $1.00 



California Giants 30 .50 



Grandiflora Fringed 30 .50 



Dwarf Inimitable.^ 30 .50 



.Snowball .30 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII 



Tr. put. Oz. 



Dwarf Crimson with Eye $.40 $1.75 



Fireball 40 1.75 



Pink J 40 1.75 



Snowball 40 1.75 



Mi.xed 40 1.25 



PYRETHRUM 



Aureum 10 .25 



THUNBERGIA 



White with Dark Eye 15 .60 



Buff with Dark Eye 15 .60 



Orange with Dark Eye 15 .60 



Mixed 15 .50 



ASPARAGUS 



Plumosus Nanus (Greenhouse Grown) 



100 seeds, ,50c.: $3.75 per 1000 seeds: 

 5000 seeds, $18.00: $34.00 per 10,000 

 seeds. 



It's very handy to order your Flower 

 order sheet. 



COMPANY 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



table seeds, hardy roots and plants, 

 garden implements, etc., and superbly 

 illustrated in a style seldom attained 

 in American seed catalogues. The 

 cover is white with a sweet pea de- 

 sign in green, red and gold. A wire 

 attachment for hanging up the book 

 is an innovation that many will ap- 

 preciate. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 

 Everything for the Garden, 1913— This, 

 one of our most prized annual visitors 

 for many years, has come promptly to 

 hand among the earliest of the "early 

 birds." It is resplendent in dress of 

 white and gold within which are 

 framed two beautiful formal garden 

 scenes in bright colors. Among the il- 

 lustrations which adorn the two hun- 

 dred pages of garden instruction are 

 six in colors. The half tone cuts are 

 fine and the typographical work excel- 

 lent. The "novelty" pages are full of 

 Interest as usual. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa.— Burpee's Annual for 1913. "The 

 Plain Truth About the Best Seeds That 

 Grow," 37th year. A portrait in na- 

 tural colors of the brilliant new Spen- 

 cer sweet pea, "Stirling Stent," adorns 

 the front cover and on the rear page is 

 a tempting Illustration of Burpee's new 

 "Spicy" cantaloupe. There are full- 

 page color pictures of new Dwarf Giant 

 tomato, superb new hybrids of Dimor- 

 photheca aurantiaca, five of the finest 

 new Spencer sweet peas and a page of 

 eight elegant wrinkled peas. Many 

 tested novelties are listed in both veg- 

 etable and flower seed sections. 



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

 Mass. — Farquhar's Garden Annual, 

 1913. The most attractive catalogue 

 this enterprising house has issued. 

 The covers bear beautiful drawings in 

 colors of two of the handsomest of the 

 recent shrub introductions — Azalea 

 Kaempferi and Buddleias variabilis 

 Veitchiana and variabilis magnifica. A 

 feature of the contents is the remark- 

 able list of new and rare plants from 

 the wilds of China, of which this firm 

 t;lias,with far-sighted enterprise and at 

 very""great exti^ns^'sfecured a control. 



FINE 

 STOCK PLANTS 



.*SPAB.\GLS PI.UMOSi:S and ASPAR- 

 AGUS SPRENGERI. 



From 214 inch pots, $3.00 per t'. 

 $35.00 per M. 



Sniilax, from 214 inch pots, $3.00 per C. 

 Single Bedding Hyacinths. 

 White. Ked and Blue. $1.G0 per C. ; 

 $15.00 per M. 



To secure thete prices mentinn this 

 Paper. 



James Vick's Sons 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



THE FLOM'ER CITY. 



They are the discoveries of the re- 

 nowned collector, E. H. Wilson, and 

 include some 30 species and varieties 

 of ampelopsis, berberis, clematis, 

 cotoneaster, deutzia, philadelphus, 

 spiraea, syringa, etc. The catalogue Is, 

 as usual, replete with good things and 

 profusely illustrated. ' 



