January 3, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



13 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION 



OeScers — President, Cbas. C. Massie. 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; 1st vice-president, 

 J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, N. V.; 2nd 

 vice-president, W. F. Therklldson, 

 Palnedville, O.; secretary, C. E. Ken- 

 del; assistant secretary, S. F. Willard, 

 Jr,, botb of Cleveland, O. 



Provision to Admit Foreign Potatoes 

 From Disease-Free Districts. 



The Secretary of Agriculture lias 

 issued two orders relating to tlie ad- 

 mission of foreign potatoes into the 

 United States. One of these orders 

 provides for the admission of disease- 

 free potatoes from uninfected foreign 

 districts under proi)er regulation and 

 inspection. The other order, to protect 

 American potatoes from the powdery 

 scab and other diseases, temporarily 

 extends the quarantine effective since 

 September 20, 1912, against the impor- 

 tation of potatoes from Newfound- 

 land: the islands of St. Pien-e and 

 Miquelon: Great Britain, including 

 England, Scotland. Wales and Ireland; 

 Germany and Austria-Hungary, to in- 

 clude also the rest of continental 

 Europe and the Dominion of Canada. 

 This tiuarantine became effective 

 on December 24, 191.3, except that 

 shipments covered by consular in- 

 voices issued on or prior to December 

 24, 1913, will be admitted up to Janu- 

 ary 15, 1914. 



As soon as any country or District 

 can be shown to be free from potato 

 diseases, the quarantine will ))e lifted. 

 and potatoes will be admitted under 

 proper regulation and inspection, as 

 provided in the other order. It is 

 possible that, in the case of certain 

 provinces in Canada, and certain 

 countries and districts in Europe, the 

 absolute quarantine can be lifted in 

 time to allow the later movement of 

 the present year's crop undei' regu- 

 lation and inspection. 



Another "Simple Simon." 

 Our seed trade readers will be in- 

 terested to learn that on December 

 22nd Congressman Wm. S. Howard 

 of Georgia filed in the U. S. House 

 of Representatives a bill (H. R. 11170) 

 "to divest agricultural and garden 

 seeds from their interstate character 

 and that all persons shipping seeds 

 directly to the consumer which are 

 misbranded, adulterated, or in any 

 way misrepresented shall be fined not 

 more than .$.'i00.00 or imprisoned for 

 not more than two years, or both." 



Of course if intentional adulteration 

 or misrepresentation was ijenalized. 

 the bill would not meet such severe 

 criticism, but as the bill now stands, 

 it would, if enacted, stop all sales of 

 seeds. This aspiring congressman 

 evidently has not had the benefit of a 

 study of the natural conditions affect- 

 ing the growth, harvesting, and distri- 

 bution of agricultural and garden 

 seeds, or of the experience of other 

 Congressmen in trying to legislate on 

 this subject. 



Notes. 



The American Seed Trade Executive 

 Committee will meet on January 9 at 

 the La Salle Hotel, Chicago. 



The Dreer Strain of Double Petunias 



r'cir luMii.v half ii ■Tiiliuy I ln> luMJorily of (he hi-uwits in llii> I'uiled States 

 have liwii ilcpciMliui; on tlie Drpcr strain i>f Double Petuniiis. wlik-U tliis season 

 (.'ompares favorably with stock we liave heretofore supplied. 



We offer for iiiiiiiediat<> <lelivery. good Uiree inch pots, which will quiclcly 

 fiii-uish a t'ood supply of eiittings, in fifteen varieties, 75 cents per dozen; .$6.00 

 per 100. or the set of fifteen varieties, one of eai-li. .fl.OO. 



DOUBLE WHITE PETUNIA SNOW BALL 



is so useful for summer cut- 



\Ve have a lar^;c stork of this varii'ty \s hi.-Ii is 

 ring, :i inch pots. ~r, cents per dozen; .filod per ]0(i. 



Seed of our sl'PEKB STK.MN OF FKlXtiKI) PETFM.V.S. Double, 75 cents 

 per 500 seeds; .$1.50 per 1000 seeds. Single, .10 cents per trtide pkt.; ,$1.00 per 

 1-16 oz. : ,$1..">0 per 1-S ox. 



Our (Juarterly Wholesale Price List, issued January 1st, offers a full line 

 of scasonalde Plants, Seeds and Bulbs. The above prices are for the Trade only. 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Kansas City, IVlo. — T. Lee Adams 

 has established a branch store at 1320 

 Grand avenue. His main establish- 

 ment is at 417 Walnut street. 



On Christmas, Charles J. Bolgiano, 

 of J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore was 

 presented by his employees with a 

 handsome automobile robe and also 

 resolutions of esteem thanking him 

 for the many acts of kindness be- 

 stowed upon them during the year. 

 In acceiUing Mr. Bolgiano made a 

 short talk, in which he thanked them 

 for their past hearty co-operation and 

 also wishing them all a Merry Christ- 

 mas and a Happy New Year. 



Egyptian onion growing for export 

 has developed to considerable propor- 

 tions. The exports for 1912 totaled 

 $1,920,257, as against $992,820 for 1908. 

 The declared exports to the United 

 States amounted to $317,990 in 1912, 

 the other large buyers being En.gland. 

 Austria, Germany, Italy and France. 

 Owing to unfavorable market condi- 

 tions in the United States and Eng- 

 land, the exports for the first nine 

 months of 1913 show a falling pfC of 

 $548,87.5, as compared with t)ie cor- 

 responding period of the ' previous 

 year. 



CYCLAMEN 



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THOMAS ROUMD, Nahant, Mass. 



Fine Plants Right Along 

 After Christmas 



A Succession of Azaleas, all colors^ and 

 Superb Cyclamen. Lilacs soon. 



A. SCHULTHEIS ^"r/°"^ 



August Rolker & Sons 



Import for tb* Trad* calj 

 AZALRAS, PALMS, BHODODBNDBOlia, 

 BAVTREBS, ROSES, UI.AC8, UOLLAN* 

 AND JAPAN BCLBB, I.U.X Of TUM 

 VALliEY, ETC. 



P .O. Box 752 or 51 Barclay St. ,KEWYO RK 



100,000 Geraniums lkTnV.°d 



S. A. Nutt, I'oit. ■. ine. Grant, Klcard, 

 Bucliner, I'avorite, iMontniort, Doyle, Vlaud, 

 etc., $2.10 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



21/j-lnch Heliotropes, 3 varieties; Lan- 

 tanas, 6 varieties; Marguerite-s, 3 varieties, 

 $2.75 per 100 ; $25.00 per lOOQ. Corre- 

 spondence soJicited. 

 ALONZO J. BRYAN, Wa«hinglon, New 



