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HORTICULTURE 



June 27, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCI- 

 ATION. 



.More than two hundred delegates 

 were present at the opening of the 

 convention of the American Seed 

 Trade Association at the Raleigh 

 Hotel on Tuesday and despite the 

 summer heat great interest was taken 

 in the discussions of the day. The 

 address of welcome was delivered by 

 William F. Gude, as president of the 

 Washington Chamber of Commerce. 

 Mr. Gude told the delegates that it is 

 the sincere hope of the business men 

 that the meetings of the association 

 will be profitable from a business 

 standpoint, and that their impressions 

 of the city will be such that they will 

 come back often. He called special 

 attention to the proposed erection of 

 a monument in memory of the late 

 William R. Smith and told the dele- 

 gates of the many delightful places 

 around Washington to which visits 

 should be paid before they leave the 

 the city. 



The convention was opened by C. C. 

 Massey, of Milwaukee, Wis., president 

 of the association. The morning's 

 business consisted of the appointment 

 of various committees including the 

 obituary committee of which S. F. 

 Leonard, Chicago, 111.; E. L. Page, 

 Greene, N. Y„ and W. H. Greenell, 

 Saginaw, :Mich., are the members; the 

 auditing committee composed of A. L. 

 Don, New York City; B. W. Dulaney, 

 Cincinnati. Ohio, and S. A. Wilson, 

 Madison, Wis., and the banquet com- 

 mittee on which S. F. Willard, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio; Arthur B. Clark, Milford. 

 Conn., and James P. Coon, and G. 

 Edward Schultz will serve. 



At the conclusion of Mr. Gude's ad- 

 dress of welcome, Watson S. WoodrufI', 

 of Orange, X. .!.. spoke on the selling 

 of seeds at wholesale. He told of the 

 different methods used to dispose of 

 seeds as by catalogues, traveling 

 salesmen, surplus lists, etc. A dis- 

 cussion as to the advisability of send- 

 ing out surplus lists followed his re- 

 marks and it developed that it was 

 not an unmixed evil. There was no 

 action taken in the matter it being 

 found best to leave it entirely to the 

 Individual house for that which would 

 be good business tor one in this re- 

 spect might fall short in prospect for 

 others. 



F. W. Bruggerhof. of New York, 

 addressed the delegates on the subject 

 of "The Central System ' of Selling 

 Seeds and Its > Advantages." which 

 subject also brought forth consider- 

 able comment. He favored the sell- 

 ing seeds by weight instead of by 

 measure as is the present method on 

 account of the great variation in the 

 different kinds of seeds and because 

 of the fact that many new methods 

 have been adopted for cleaning seeds. 

 There appears to be many phases to 

 this question and under present con- 

 ditions the advocated change would 

 prove .i-evolutionary. The Govern,- 

 ment measures its seeds on the basis 

 of the bushel unit, farmers consider 

 the value of seeds on the basis of how- 

 far a bushel or a quart can be sown, 

 and more important yet is the fact 



that all of the present seed catalogues 

 are based on the bushel unit. 



In the afternoon a reception was 

 tendered to the ladies who accom- 

 panied the delegates, in the parlors 

 of the hotel, by the ladies of the 

 Washington contingent, and later 

 they, together with the male members 

 of the large party as guests of the 

 Washington Chamber of Commerce, 



Lester L. Morse 



were taken in automobiles for a sight- 

 seeing trip around the city. 



The entertainment features of the 

 convention are in the hands of F. W. 

 Bolgiano, G. Edward Schultz, Robert 

 E. Mann, .lames P. Coon, Frank Camp- 

 bell, all of Washington, D. C, and 

 .John W. May. of Alexandria, Va. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT— 1913-1914. 



Total memliorsliip reported. 1913 176 



New members added total 7 



Re.signations 1 



Dropped from the rolls 2 



Total losses 3 



Leaving a net gain ol 4 



Total membership at present, includ- 

 ing 2 honorary ISO 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



RECEIPTS. 

 Balance on hand as re- 

 ported June, 1913 $1,282.77 



Dues received 2,465.00 



Initiation fees . .' r. 150.00 



Interest 54.60 



Sale of codes and dis- 

 claimer cards 4.36 $3,956.73 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Counsel's retainer $1,500.00 



Secretary's salary 400.00 



Committee expenses 327.11 



Stenographer's services . . . 116.45 



Printing 242.57 



Stamps and stationery.... 30.95 

 Dues to Wholesale Seeds- 

 men's League 25.00 



Refunds 55.00 



Office incidentals 4.3S 



Badges 38.75 



Total expenditures 2,740.21 



Cash in banks 1,216.52 $3,950.73 



C. E. KENDEL, Sec.-Treas. 

 June IS, 1914. 



MICHELL'S 



FLOWER SEEDS 



sow NOW 



CALCEOLARIA 



% Trade Trade 

 Pkt. Pkt. 

 Grandiflora, Tall Mixed.. $.60 $1.00 

 Dwarf 60 1.00 



CINERARIA 



Grandiflora, Prize Dwarf. .60 1.00 



•' " Med. Tall .60 1.00 



James' Giant Strain 60 1.00 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



Alba MagniBea 60 1.00 



ChisHick Red 60 1.00 



Duchess 60 1.00 



Holborn Bine 60 1.00 



Kerniesina Splendens 60 1.00 



Rosy Morn 60 1.00 



Prize Mixture 60 1.00 



Primula Obconica Gigantea 



I>ila<-ina, Lilac .50 



Kemiesina, Crimson .50 



Rosea, Pink .50 



Alba, White .50 



H.vbrida. Mixed ,50 



.Also all other Seasonable Seeds and 

 Supplies. 



Send for Wholesale Catalogue 

 and Price List 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Flower* Seedl Specialists ' 



518 Market St.," Philadelphia, Pa. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



The Pittman & Harrison Company, 

 Sherman. Tex., have purchased prop- 

 erty on Cherry street on which they 

 will make additions to their milling 

 and warehouse facilities, and remodel 

 their entire building. 



The president of the New York 

 Produce Exchange has appointed Wm. 

 Jacot, chairman, Marshall H. Duryea, 

 Ernst Wehncke, O. W. F. Randolph 

 and Charles Wimmer as a committee 

 on seeds tor the ensuing year. 



OBITUARY. 



George C. Wiggin. 

 George C. Wiggin of Sharon, proprie- 

 tor of extensive vegetable forcing 

 houses, died on June 18 at the Massa- 

 chusetts General Hospital from injur- 

 ies receiv'Kl in hfing run over by an 

 auto truuk on the Easton road on the 

 dny before The automobile was oper- 

 ated by W. O. Dixon of Waltham. 

 Both Wiggin's legs were crushed. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Naples, Italy. — M. Herb. General 

 catalog of bulbs and seeds for fall 

 sowing. 



Charles H. Sieck. 



Charles H. Sieck, proprietor of the 

 florist business of Charles E. Smith 

 & Co., Baltimore, Md., died at his 

 residence, 216 Warren avenue, June 

 10th, after a long illness, aged 49 

 years. He was formerly employed by 

 Charles E. Smith until he took over 

 the business, continuing it under the 

 old name. He is survived by his 

 wife. 



