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HORTICULTUEE 



February 21, 1914 



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SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEQ) TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Chas. C. Massie, 

 Minneapolis, Mum.; 1st vice-president, 

 J. H. Lnpton, Mattltuck, N. Y. ; 2nd 

 Tlce - president, W. F. TberkUdson, 

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

 del; assistant secretary, S. F. WUlard, 

 Jr., both of Cleveland, O. 



Weeding Out the Offenders. 



New Brunswick, N. J.— J. P. Helyar, 

 seed analyst of the New Jersey State 

 Department Station, has started a 

 campaign to rid the State of seed 

 salesmen who are defrauding farmers 

 by selling inferior seed under false 

 pretenses. He has caused the arrest of 

 O. P. Rice, a seed salesman, who has 

 operated in various parts of the State. 



The man was arrested at Lambert- 

 ville on a warrant Issued by Justice 

 of the Peace Charles A. Sedan, of this 

 city, on complaint of Harvey Dey, a 

 farmer of Plainsboro. The charge is 

 that Rice sold two bushels of seed, 

 guaranteed to be red clover, to Mr. 

 Dey, and that analysis of the seed at 

 the experiment station showed it to be 

 composed of .56.03 per cent. German 

 millet, and 42 per cent, clover, the 

 rest being weed. The mixture cost 

 Rice $4.29 a bushel, Mr. Helyar says. 

 and he sold it for $9. 



The seed analysis says that Rice 

 represented that he was connected 

 with the Rice Seed Company, of Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y.. a reputable concern 

 •with which he has no connection. He 

 also offered the farmer seed he called 

 Australian clover at 30 cents a pound 

 ■which Mr. Helyar says is really crim- 

 son clover, worth ten cents a pound. 

 — Trenton Eveimig Times. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Akron, O. — J.. J. Waaland has pur- 

 chased the Imperial Greenhouses. 557 

 South Bowery street. 



Providence, R. I.— Eric A. Bonevier 

 has purchased the greenhouse range 

 of Mrs. Fanny Butcher. 



Claremont, Cal. — The Claremont 

 Nurseries have increased their capital 

 stock from $40,000 to $75,000. 



Berlin, Wis. — J. Howard Smith has 

 .•^jiirchased the nursery of George 

 /.iJorgenson & Son. known as the Lake 

 "j\'iew Nurseries. 



V' Cleveland, O.— Mrs. Mary Connors 

 has bought out Miss Julia Ehrhar's in- 

 terest in the Ohio Floral Company. 

 1698 West 25th street. 



Baltimore, Md. — John Harman has 

 bought the greenhouses on the Alex- 

 ander Brown estate, and will shortly 

 erect some Hitchings houses, 20x100. 



WALTER MOTT'S NOTES BY THE 



WAY. 



Beverly. 

 Noting the excellent stock grown 

 by A. A. Pembroke, one of the bright- 

 est things seen was a bed of Calen- 

 dula Orange King, which I under- 

 stand has sold in the market for $1.50 

 per dozen blooms. As soon as 'tis 

 past, its place will be filled with to- 

 matoes. Here one sees Carnation 

 Gloriosa with stems actually meas- 

 uring 5 feet; not many 'tis true, but it 

 conveys an idea of the splendid vigor 

 and freedom of this variety which vies 

 with Pink Delight as the most profit- 

 able in its class. The Godfrey calla 

 is superior to the parent but is not 

 considered very profitable unless 

 grown in an old house unfit for much 

 else and there are but few of this kind 

 now. Growers realize the importance 

 of being up to the minute in these 

 days of competition when the best is 

 none too good. 



Memphis, Tenn. — The Aberdeen 

 Floral Company, of Aberdeen, Miss., 

 has leased the plant of the Hernando 

 Floral Co. and will supply the Mem- 

 phis market with potted plants and 

 cut flowers. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Gerald Reed 

 Martin and Jessaline Northrup, daugh- 

 ter of Jesse E. Northrup, were mar- 

 ried on February 7th. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Dover, Pa. — Oliver Floral Company, 

 Inc., capital, $125,000; W. I. N. Lof- 

 land, Dover. 



Omaha, Neb. — Morgan-Shawler Com- 

 pany, florists, capital stock $10,000. In- 

 corporators, James W. Shawler and 

 Howard R. Morgan. 



Hugo, Okla.— Elberta Fruit & Nurs- 

 ery Company, capital stock, $10,000. 

 Directors, J. M. McConnell, W. P 

 Stewart and H. A. McDonald. 



Providence, R. I. — Everett Forestry 

 Company, capital stock, $50,000. In- 

 corporators, Charles J. Everett, Hugh 

 F. Cameron and Arthur A. Thomas. 



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As fine vSweet Peas as grow, 

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SPEXCER Pkt. Oe. 



Florence Nislitinsalc $ .10 $ .30 



Flora Norton 15 .30 



.4sta Olin 10 .30 



Pearl Grey 10 .40 



.■\pple Blossom 10 .30 



America 10 .20 



Countess 10 .20 



Blanche Ferr.v 10 .25 



Duplex Pink 10 .30 



Duplex Crimson 15 .35 



Dainl.v '. 10 .20 



While 15 .35 



Otlirllo 10 .20 



Rainbow 10 .35 



Gaiety 10 .25 



Kins Edward VII 10 .20 



l*riiiirose 10 .30 



Martha Washinston 10 .20 



Queen .Alexandra 10 .20 



Sterling Stent 10 .35 



Fanc.v Slixed 10 .20 



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ASPARAGUS 

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 at .$4.00, or over per huudred during 

 June, July and August. Northern 

 greenhouse-grown strain Asparagus 

 Plumosus Nanus, $.3.25 per 1000; $15.00 

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 seeds. $1.00; 1000 seeds, $8.00. 



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are grown by over 3000 growers this 

 winter. If you have not seen tbera in 

 flower, ask your nearest grower and 

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