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HORTICULTURE 



January 24, 1914 



James Farquhar, of Boston who has 

 been ill, sails this week for Porto Rico 

 on the Coama from New York. He ex- 

 pects to return in April. 



Chicago, III. — -A new seed house is 

 shortly to he opened at 331 West Ran- 

 dolph street, by A. S. Ringler, of the 

 Ringler Rose Company. 



Salina, Kan. — Edward Tatro has 

 purchased the remaining stock of the 

 Beebe Seed Company and will carry 

 on the business. 



The Bureau of Chemistry of the 

 Penna. State Department of Agricul- 

 ture has completed arrangements for 

 the enforcement of the new pure seed 

 law which went into effect January 1. 

 H. E. Gensler. the chemist who will 

 be in charge of the work, under super- 

 vision of Chief Chemist Kellogg, has 

 returned from Washington, D. C., 

 where he studied similar work carried 

 on by the national Department of Ag- 

 riculture. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Leamon G. Tingle, Pittsville, Md. — 

 Catalogue of Strawberry Plants, Small 

 Fruits and Nursery Stock. 



S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich. — 

 Seed Annual.- 1914. Strong on vege- 

 table seeds of high quality. 



Geo. H. Mellen Co., Springfield, O. 

 — General Illustrated catalogue of 

 plants, hardy and tender, seeds, bulbs, 

 etc. 



Clark W. Brown, Ashland, Mass. — 

 Catalogue and Price List of Gladiolus 

 and Dahlia Bulbs. A well-selected, 

 choice list. 



Frederick Roemer, Quedlinburg, 

 Germany — Wholesale Catalogue of 

 Choice German Flower Seeds. An ex- 

 tensive list. 



Otto Katzenstein & Co., Atlanta, 

 Ga. — Trade Price List of Seeds of 

 American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, 

 Herbs for season of 1913-'14. 



United Refrigerator and Ice Ma- 

 chine Co., Kenosha, Wis. — Illustrated 

 Descriptive List of Ice Machines, Re- 

 frigerators and Store Fixtures. 



Samuel Fraser, Genesee, N. Y. — 

 High Grade Fruit Trees. An interest- 

 ing catalogue containing some valua- 

 ble instruction and advice for plant- 

 ers. 



Good & Reese Company, Springfield, 

 O.— 1914 Spring Trade List for Flor- 

 ists, Nurserymen and Dealers Only. 

 Wholesale prices on miscellaneous 

 stock. 



E. Neubert, Wandsbeck. near Ham- 

 burg, Germany — Illustrated Wholesale 

 Price List of Ferns, Hydrangeas, Be- 

 gonias and Miscellaneous Greenhouse 

 Plants. 



Roman J. Irwin, New York — Flor- 

 ists' Wholesale Catalogue of Plants, 

 Cuttings. Bulbs and Choice Flower 

 Seeds. A very neat illustrated price 

 list, pocket width. 



L. E. Williams, Exeter. N. H.— 1914 

 Price List of Collected Native Trees, 

 Shrubs and Plants. The most desir- 

 able ornamental material is listed and 

 quoted in quantity. 



Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy. — 

 General Price List of Vegetable, 

 Flower and Tree Seeds, Plants, Roots, 

 etc., for 1914. An interesting offering 

 of seed novelties included. 



Head's Bergenfield Nurseries, Ber- 

 genfield, N. J. — Descriptive Price List 

 of Dahlias, Carnations, Chrysanthe- 

 mums, Phloxes, etc. Varieties quoted 

 represent the cream of their respec- 

 tive varieties. 



Thomas J. Grey Co., Boston, Mass. 

 — General Seed, PUmt and Implement 

 Catalogue for 1914. Neat and dis- 

 tinctive as ever. Attractive covers in 

 sepia. Contents, 100 pages, the usual 

 well chosen list. 



St. Przedpelski, Plock, Polonia, Rus- 

 sia — Price List of Tree and Shrub 

 Seeds. Printed in Russian, French 

 and English. An interesting and use- 

 ful catalogue for importers of tree 

 and shrub seeds. 



Coldwell Lawn Mower Company, 

 Xewburgh, N. Y. — "The Long Green." 

 An Idyl, just right for a good laugh 

 between bites. After reading it you 

 will buy a Coldwell Lawn Mower or 

 else die of regret that you didn't. 



Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la. — 

 Annual Catalogue for 1914. Estab- 

 lished 49 years, this firm puts out a 

 catalogue worthy of the approach of 

 their golden wedding. It is a business 

 book and will, no doubt, fill the bill. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. 

 — General Price List of Garden, Field, 

 Flowers and Lawn Seeds, Poultry 

 Foods and Supplies. Fully illus- 

 trated and quite unique in arrange- 

 ment. Also Poultry Catalogue for 

 ISlH. 



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

 Marsh, Md.— Wholesale Trade List of 

 Vegetable, Greenhouse and Bedding 

 Plants. The firm issuing this tempt- 

 ing price list have been growers of 

 plants for the trade for a generation 

 and they know how to select the good 

 things as this, publication shows. 

 Send for a copy. 



W. Atlee Burpee, Phila., Pa.— 

 Wholesale Price Catalogue for Market 

 Gardeners, Florists and Farmers' 

 Clubs; 150 pages. Burpee Annual for 

 1914; 38th year. Also, "The plain 

 truth about seeds that grow." Both 

 ideal catalogues, fully illustrated and 

 introducing a lot of promising novel- 

 ties for the coming season. 



J. J. Wilson Seed Annual, Newark. 

 N. J.— Seed Annual for 1914. Mr. 

 Wilson, in establishing the new seed 

 house which this catalogue represents, 

 chose as his slogan, "The Best of 

 Everything and Everything of the 

 Best." This and other equally attrac- 

 tive maxims forms the top line on 

 each page. It makes a very nice and 

 well-balanced catalogue. 



Knight & Struck Co., New York. — 

 Catalogue of "Heatherhome" Seeds 

 and Plants. An unique production in 

 the line of floral catalogues. Bound 

 in light blue, covers fastened with a 

 silken cord. Much space is devoted 

 to descriptions and the two hundred 

 and ten pages are closely filled with 

 descriptive notes on color, culture, 

 etc., in fine type, without pictorial il- 

 lustration. There is a brief introduc- 



MIGHELL'S NEW CROP 

 FLOWER SEEDS 



VERBENA SEED 



Michell's Mammoth Fancy Strain. 



Tr. F'kt. Oz. 



Mammoth Fancy, Blue $0.:!0 $1.25 



Pink ;iO 1.25 



Sciirlet :)0 1.25 



Striped 30 1.25 



" " Wbite :!0 1,25 



Mixed 30 1.00 



SALVIA SEED 



Aricbell's Scarlet Glow ?0,50 $3.50 



Bonfire 40 2.00 



Splendens 25 1.00 



Zurich 50 4.00 



ASTER SEED 

 Queen of the Market 



Dnrk Bine $0.20 $0.75 



Light Blue 20 .75 



Crimson 20 .75 



Blush Piuk 20 .75 



Ro.se Piuk 20 .75 



White 20 .75 



Choice Mixed 20 .65 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSCS NANUS 

 Northern tireenhoUNe <irnvvn Seetl. 



500 Seed $1.75 5.000 Seeds.. Jl.'iOfl 



1,000 •• 3.25 10.1100 •• .. 2».00 



Special prices on Inrt^er quntitlMes. 



^e^d tor Our Latent Wliole„ale Cat- 

 alogue of Seeds, Bulbs, Plants anti 

 Florists* Supplies if you haven't re- 

 ceived a rop.v. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Growers and Importers 

 518 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



J, W. Edmundson, Mgr. 



M. W. Williams. Su'; 



California Seed Growers 

 Association, Inc. 



Growers For Wholesale Dealers 



SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA 



tion by Mrs. Francis King. EaCh copy 

 is sent out in a neat box and the ef- 

 fect is distinctly elegant. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. — The 

 Modern Gladiolus— The Glory of the 

 Garden. This catalogue, devoted ex- 

 clusively to the Gladiolus, is a very 

 "classy" production. The introduc- 

 tion of pictures of spikes of choice 

 varieties in natural colors on the 

 reading pages is quite an innovation 

 in flower catalogue mailing and to- 

 gether with the interesting text will 

 do well its part in increasing the ap- 

 preciation of and demand for this 

 most brilliant of summer-flowering 

 bulbs. The illustrations are exceed- 

 ingly good and true to life. 



