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HORTICULTURE 



April 11. 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE- ASSOCIATION 



Offlcers — President, Cbas. C. Massie, 

 Minneapolis, ^Llnn. ; let Tice-president, 

 i. M. Lopton, Mattitock. N. Y.; 2nd 

 rice - president, W. F. Therl£lldson, 

 PmlBeoville. O.: secretary, C. E. Ken- 

 del; assibtant Neoretary, S. F. Willard, 

 Jr., both of CIcTclAnd, O. 



Parcel Post Popular. 



The mail order houses, and in fact 

 the seed trade as a. whole, appear to 

 be much gratified by the ruling of the 

 Post Office Department allowing the 

 sending of seeds, bulbs, etc., by parcel 

 post. Why this was not permitted at 

 the introduction of the system, not 

 even the post office officials themselves 

 are able to explain. It simply illus- 

 trates the truth of the theory of evo- 

 lution — they have simply grown to it. 



Dull Business. 

 Local trade from Chicago eastward 

 is and has been very bad, which is 

 largely chargeable to the weather. 

 What share is due to the general busi- 

 ness depression can only be surmised. 

 A numljer of seed houses having a 

 very large trade with private estates 

 report a considerable falling off in 

 business from old customers, and say 

 that the new ones are just about keep- 

 ing the volume of business on a level 

 with last year. It is quite possible 

 that after the spring really opens con- 

 ditions may very materially improve. 

 Let us hope so! 



Panama-Pacific Opening, 



An item from Geo. Hough Perry, 

 taking exception to statements made 

 in this paper expressing doubts about 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition open- 

 ing on time, is worthy of attention. 

 There is no disposition on the part of 

 this paper to damage in any way the 

 prospects of the Exposition or to find 

 fault with the management. They sim- 

 ply were influenced by experience, and 

 that experience is that not a single 

 international exposition has been 

 ready on time. To be sure, the open- 

 ing has taken place on schedule, but 

 in many instances the buildings and 

 grounds were not complete, and the 

 exhibits were not in place for many 

 weeks after the formal opening. If 

 our San Francisco friends can estab- 

 lish a new record, we shall be among 

 the first to congratulate them, and in 

 the meantime will accept their word 

 for it and wish them every success. 



Mild Winter in 'Northwest. 



We have learned that the past win- 

 ter has been an exceedingly mild one 

 In the far Northwest, particularly in 

 Montana and Idaho. It is reported 

 that the snowfall has been the lightest 

 in twenty years, and as their water 

 supply for irrigation purposes is 

 largely derived from the melting 

 snows in the mountains, many old- 

 timers are fearful of a water famine 

 this coming summer, and consequent- 

 ly a very serious shortage in crops. 

 We are advised that they are having 

 an unusually early spring, and that 

 grain and other seeds are being 

 planted at this early date. The ranch- 

 ers are evidently eager to get full 

 benefit of the spring moisture which 

 it is hoped will carry the crops along 



A Coldweli ifotnr Hftnmtrr an tho grounds of yohn D, Rockeffller^ s fstatr, 

 Pocantia Hiih, .Vcw York 



TO keep turf in good condition you must 

 have a good lawn mower. 

 Those who want and know the best, always 

 use Coldweli Mowers. 



"Coldweli" means to lawn mowers what 

 "Kodak" means to cameras. Each is a leader 

 in its line. 



Coldweli Lawn Mowers are used on all the 

 principal golf links in America, by the U. S. 

 Goverment, and scores of parks and private 

 estates. 



Coldweli Lawn Mowers are made in 150 

 different" styles and sizes. Send us your 

 name and address and we will mail you an 

 illustrated catalogue, with an interesting 

 booklet on the care of turf. 

 "Always use the best. The best 

 is I the cheapest. Coldweli Lawn 

 Mowers are the best." 



Coldweli Lawn Mower Co. 



Newburgh, New York 



Philadelphia Chicago 



MrK.S. OF H.*XD, HORSE AND MOTOR I'OWFK L.VWN MOWEKS 



so far that they may be able to tide 

 over the much-feared drought which 

 is liable to come durin.g June and 

 July. Should the present fears mate- 

 rialize those who are carrying stocks 

 of garden seeds may find that they 

 have money at interest, as, despite the 

 pretty general impression that peas 

 are in great surplus, we do not believe 

 there . is anywhere near enough to 

 meet another year's requirements, and 

 that a fair crop the coming summer 

 would be readily absorbed both by the 

 seed trade and the canners. 



Next Canners' Convention. 

 We are advised that a meeting of 

 the Committee on Location to decide 

 the place for holding the next Can- 



ners' Convention is to be held in the 

 very near future, and we may be able 

 to announce the decision of this Com- 

 mittee in our next issue. We under- 

 stand California and San Francisco 

 have a strong lead, though this does 

 not necessarily imply that the conven- 

 tion must go there. 



Forging to the Front. 



Among the mail order houses which 

 are forging to the front we may men- 

 tion the Joseph Harris Co. of Cold- 

 water, N. Y. This concern in a quiet 

 way and without any fireworks has 

 continued to grow until it can now be 

 readily figured among the large mail 

 order seed houses of the country. This 

 success is mainly due to the able man- 



