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HORTICULTURE 



July 29, 1911 



Seed Trade 



Cable reports from England would 

 indicate that sweet pea seed crops there 

 will only be about one-third of an 

 average. 



Michigan has been favored with 

 rain, which happy occurence ought to 

 make the pea and bean growers dance 

 and clap their hands with joy. 



San Jose, Cal.— Chas. Schlessinger 

 of San Francisco has purchased the 

 650-acre seed farm of the Braslan Seed 

 Growers' Co. on Downer avenue. 



W. Atlee Burpee, who has been at- 

 tending the sweet pea show in Eng- 

 land will visit the cultures of Hjal- 

 mar Hartmann & Co., Copenhagen, 

 with his son, by the end of July. 



Salina, Kan.— The shortage of crops 

 in the West has caused such a drain 

 on the cane, kafflr corn and millet seed 

 markets in Salina as to empty them 

 completely. As a result, it is said, it 

 is simply impossible to buy the seed 

 here now. Cane, millet and kaffir corn 

 are the late crops and the farmers of 

 western Kansas, spurred to hope by 

 the rains that came too late to save 

 their wheat, are planting large acre- 

 ages of the feed crops. Shipment af- 

 ter shipment of the seed has gone 

 West on the Union Pacific and Mis* 

 souri Pacific main lines, and up the 

 Plainville branch. Whether this short- 

 age will work a hardship or not is not 

 known. A number of people in this 

 vicinity have contemplated plowing up 

 patches of potatoes because of the 

 failure of the crop and putting it in 

 cane or millet, and it may be that 

 they can not obtain the seed. — Topeka 

 Journal. 



Phoenix, Ariz.— A new firm, the Ari- 

 zona Seed Co., has located at 137 No. 

 Central avenue. Wm. S. Humbert, pro- 

 prietor of the John Orme ranch, is 

 president and Marshall Humphrey is 

 manager. 



W. Atlee Burpee reports from Lon- 

 don, England, that the exhibition of 

 the National Sweet Pea Society was a 

 great success. A remarkable feature 

 of same was the evident passing of the 

 grandiflora type into oblivion— as not 

 more than twelve or fifteen of these 

 were shown. Everything Spencer. 



Hugh Dickson comes out strongly 

 against the practice which seems to 

 have crept into the British trade of 

 having several names for the same 

 thing in sweet peas. This no doubt is 

 accidental in some cases; and may be 

 genuine duplicate sports in others; but 

 at any event the result is confusion— 

 and the list ought to be reduced. 



There is lots of talk about the Co- 

 penhagen market cabbage of late. One 

 authority claims it is the earliest flat 

 head in existence. It also has supe- 

 rior quality; trims up well, and gives 

 %ery little waste. R. L. Watts of 

 State College. Pa., is an enthusiast, 

 and we shall have a report from him 

 on the subject later. 



Green Bay, Wis. — An addition, 60 x 

 100 feet, three stories and basement, 

 is to be built by the Everett B. Clark 

 Seed Co. The building is to be of 

 brick and will have another seed 

 cleaner as well as an Otis elevator in- 

 stalled in it. It will provide addi- 

 tional storage room as well as addi- 

 tional equipment to accommodate 95 

 more hand pickers. At Milford, Conn., 

 they are putting up a brick warehouse, 

 38 x 62 feet, three stories and base- 

 ment. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Robert Nicholson, Dallas, Tex.- 

 Wholesale Quotations on Field Seeds. 



Bertrand H. Farr, Reading, Pa. — 

 Quality Bulbs and Plant Specialties. 

 This is a vest pocket list, artistic 

 cover design and excellant makeup 

 throughout. 



Advance Company, Richmond, Ind. — 

 Illustrated descriptive list of the Ad- 

 vance Ventilating Apparatus and 

 Greenhouse Fittings. A useful "Di- 

 mension Card" for top ventilation es- 

 timates is enclosed. 



Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 1911 Bulb Catalogue. Printed on 

 heavy coated paper and bound in 

 dark grey covers, gold lettered, this 

 catalogue will make a most excellent 

 impression. It is quite comprehensive 

 and illustrations show up well. 



M. Herb, Naples, Italy.— General 

 Catalogue of Bulbs and of Seeds for 

 Autumn Sowing. This catalogue of 

 sterling goods is printed, as hereto- 

 fore, in English. French and German. 

 A number of interesting seed novelties 

 are illustrated. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 N. Y. — 1911 Midsummer Catalogue. 

 Fresh and inspiring as ever. "New 

 Fall Fruiting Strawberry Americus" in 

 natural colors, makes a pretty and ap- 

 propriate illustration for the front 

 cover page. The back cover page 

 shows half a dozen of the best straw- 

 berries for succession fruiting. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York 

 City. — Wholesale Trade Price List of 

 High-class Bulbs for Forcing and Out- 

 door Planting. Everybody knows 

 "Jhorburn's and this reminder that 

 thev have issued a wholesale bulb list 



is almost superfluous. All the good 

 sorts are listed, of course, and the 

 prices are "bedrock." A list of pansies 

 and other seasonable seeds is ap- 

 pended. 



R. M. Ward & Co., New York.— 

 "Bulb Talks." This little art pam- 

 phlet is not exactly a catalogue, al- 

 though it quotes price on the militant 

 "Horseshoe Brand" bulbs and roots 

 and other products. It is a compen- 

 dium of philosophy and unanswerable 

 logic which we think Benjamin Frank- 

 lin would have been proud to father. 

 A streak of humor runs through it all 

 and when you start to read it you'll 

 stay till the finish if you're a thor- 

 oughbred. Send to 12 West Broadway, 

 New York for a copy. 



Stark Bros'. Nurseries and Orchards 

 Company, Louisiana, Mo. — "The Stark 

 Year Book." This is without doubt 

 the most elaborate publication in its 

 class in this country. There are 

 thirty-one superb full-page fruit and 

 flower pictures in natural colors on 

 heavy coated paper, and the typo- 

 graphical work, throughout, is very 

 fine. While this is a complete de- 

 scriptive catalogue, yet it is unique in 

 that prices are not quoted on any- 

 thing. It presents in condensed form 

 much that is valuable for the guidance 

 of the grower of fruit or ornamental 

 stock. 



Headquarters for 



SPRING BULBS 



Send jor Traae List 



John Lewis Childs 



FlowerfieU - LONG ISLAND, N.Y. 



METAL ROSE MARKERS 



IMPERISHABLE 



Paper and wooden markers soon become 

 illegible. Send for samples and prices. 



THE RIKER COMPANY, Newark, N.J. 



COLDWELL LAWN MOWERS 



Hand — Horse — Motor 

 Known All Over the World 



Catalogue on Request. 



NEWBURGH, N.Y. 



