

HORTICULTURE 



October 14, 1911 



r linn all reports, though there 

 will be ii" aurplua to depress legiti- 

 mate market values. 



Root Crops. 



Garden beets and carrots arc the 



staorti hi 50 years, coi racl 



deliveries ranging from to 10 and 



IE per cent Mangels are only a shade 



and scarcely purchasable at | 

 any price. To give some Idea of values ■ 

 we are reliably Informed that a private , 

 of Crosbys Egyptian Beet was 

 'so, Blood 

 Turnip, Long Blood and other ordi- ! 

 nary varieties have sold . at 60c. 

 Mangels have sold as high as 25c, 

 while carrots are quoted from $1.00 

 to $1.75, and we have heard of some 

 -..hi at the latter 

 figures. 



Spinach, Parsley and Parsnips. 

 Spinach is short, particularly the 

 Savoy Leaved, and it is hard to 



ire it in quantities. It is now 

 offered gingerly at 12 to 15c. 



Parsley is very scarce and not pro- 

 curable in quantities. Parsnip is also 

 short, but what's the use— is there 

 anything in seeds this year that is 

 a good crop? Of what avail is the 

 rain and mild weather after the heat 

 and drouth have ruined vegetation? 

 Of what avail the sunshine and calm 

 atmosphere after the tornado has 

 wrecked and destroyed everything? 

 It looks as if this old earth had to 

 take pot luck with no particular care 

 or attention from any source. Many 

 good people act as if they thought 

 this speck in the great universe was 

 all thai interested celestial attention. 

 •What fools these mortals be." 



Latest Market News. 

 Wholesale prices continue to soar. 



Beet seed is changing hands in 1 



pound has at 85 cents a pound and 

 will go to $1. Carrot seed is being sold 

 at $2 a pound and there is nothing 

 to indicate that this establishes the 

 limit. It is liable to go much higher 

 as the demand seems to far exceed the 

 available supply. 



Notes. 



Mr. Jerome B. Rice has been ill 

 enough to take to his bed for the 

 past two weeks, but is now convales- 



Peter Henderson, son of the late Al- 

 fred Henderson of New York, who is 

 in his senior year at Yale, has been 

 ted chairman for Class Day. 



Tucson, Ala. — The Tucson Seed Co. 

 has been incorporated, capital stock 

 $10,000. Incorporators Henry B. Lan- 

 gers, Thomas V. McCauley and Iva 

 Langers. 



Frank C. Woodruff, whose term as a 

 member of the state senate of Connec- 

 ticut is soon to expire, is to be given 

 the honor of having his portrait as 

 president of the senate and acting 

 lieutenant-governor, hung in the state 

 capitol at Hartford. 



A wail is going up from the pea 

 growers that they can't get farmers 

 to grow pea seed for next year and 

 one or two of the pea growers are 

 threatening to sell their seed stock 

 and quit. This will receive attention 

 in our next "notes." 



JAPANESE CALLAS 



All Sound and Free from Disease 



FIRST SIZE 

 $6.00 per 100; per lOOO $55.00 



Wholesale Bulb Catalogue Mailed Free 



518 MARKET ST. 

 PHILADELPHIA 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



American Muvmt Company. Detroit. 

 Mich.— Circular of "Detroit" Return 

 Traji. 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass.— 

 Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Other 

 Hardy Native American Plants. 



Rich Land Nurseries, Rochester, N. 

 Y. — Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 

 Bulbs and Peonies. A finely illustrat- 

 ed list. 



E. Y. Teas & Son, Centreville, Ind.— 

 Wholesale Price List Fall of 1911— 

 Hardy shrubs and border plants at 

 lowest trade figures. 



Wagner Park Conservatories, Sid- 

 ney, O. — Choice Plants for Fall Plant- 

 ing. A creditable companion for the 

 many previous artistic productions in 

 the catalogue line sent out by this 

 firm. 



Framingham Nurseries, South Fra- 

 mingham. Mass.— Autumn Trade Cata- 

 logue. This is a wholesale list of 

 choice hardy planting material of es- 

 pecial value to the landscape worker 

 and suburban gardener. 



Vincent Lebreton, La Pyramide — 

 Trelaze, France. — Wholesale Trade 

 List for Autumn 1911 and Spring, 

 1912. This is a very complete list of 

 nursery stock, for which McHutchison 

 & Co., New York are sole American 

 selling agents.. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, Ill- 

 Wholesale Price List of Bulbs for Fall 

 Planting. Also Seeds, Christmas Dec- 

 orations and Florists' Supplies. Here 

 is a very useful publication and the 

 florist who does not send for it makes 

 a costly mistake in his business. 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., Copenha- 

 gen, Denmark — Wholesale Price List 

 for September, 1911. For cauliflowers, 

 cabbages, tnrnips, mangolds and other 

 root-crop seeds this firm is head- 

 quarters in the esteem of the trade. 

 This catalogue is now in eighteenth 

 year. 



Bar Harbor, Me. — E. B. Dane has 



added to his property here by the pur- 

 chase of more than 100 acres of land, 

 known as Wildwood Farm. Upon this 

 land Mr. Dane is having a set of farm 

 buildings erected, together with green- 

 houses. 



ONION SETS 



M I \ I m • i ARTERS FOR THE EAST. 

 We carry large stocks of choice quality 

 ; 1 1 both our Orange, Conn., and New York 



I'iiv booses. Full II 11 varieties of Gar- 



il.-n and Flower Seeds. Trade List on ap- 

 plication. 



b. D. WOODRUFF A 80NS, 



82 Dey Street. 

 Orange, Conn. New York City. 



BIRD 

 MILLET 



RED YELLOW 



2c. per lb. 



This special price 

 for a short time 

 only. Samples 

 sent on request. 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



Wholesale Seedsmen 



Baltimore, Md. 



FOR COLD FRAMES 



ST-RANA/ MATS 

 6x6, $1.50, $17.00 doz. 



BURLAP MATS 

 6' 4 x6' 4 , $1.20, $14. OO doz. 



WIHI. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Ve»ey St., New York 



IOO.OOO 



FORCING TOMATO PLANTS 



in 2% inch pots at $20.00 per M in the fol- 

 lowing varieties: Comet, Sutton's, Winter 

 Beauty, Sutton's Best Of All, Sutton'a 

 Abundance, Sutton's A 1. 



Cabbage and Lettuce Plants In unlimited 

 quantities and best market varieties. 



FOX HALL FARM, 



NORFOLK, \A. 



COLDWELL LAWN MOWERS 



Hand — Horse — Motor 

 Known All Over the World 



Catalogue on Requett. 



NEWBURGH, N. Y. 



