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HOETICULTURE 



October 9, 1920 



MICHELUS 

 BULBS 



White Callas lAethiopica) 



CLEAN, IlEAI/ni\' Bl'LBS 



noz. 100 1000 



IVi to IV. In. diam.. $1.2.1 .$8.00 ^T.'i.OO 



Godfrey Everblooming 

 Calla 



A popular varlot.v for either cut-flower 

 or pot plnut sales. Excellent for de- 

 sign work. 



Doz. 100 1000 

 First size, 1 inch 

 diam. up $1.75 $12.00 $110.00 



Narcissus 



PAPER WHITE (JBANDIFLORA 



\Ve handle only the improved true 

 type which produces the large flowers. 

 100 1000 

 First size, 13 ctm. up (1250 



bulbs in case) $2.75 $21.00 



Monster Bulbs, 14 ctm. up 



(1000 bulbs in case) 3.00 25.00 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS. N.ARCISSI 

 AND OTHER SE.ASONABLE BULBS; 

 .\LSO SEEDS AND SUPPLIES. 



SEND FOR OUR NEW WHOLESAXE 

 PRICE LIST, if you do not receive a 

 copy. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



616-518 }L\RKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



FIELD GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



100 1000 



2000 Deligrht $15.00 $125.00 



6500 Ward 15.00 125.00 



100 Benora 15.00 



1000 Bernlce IS.OO 



W. D. HOWARD 



150 South Main St., Milford, Mass. 



Al. L. Bock, well known to the re- 

 tall florist trade in Boston, is now 

 with Houghton Gorney Co. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Penn, Mr. and 

 Mrs. W. N. Craig and Mr. and Jlrs. 

 George Stewart made a visit to the 

 Crane estate at Ipswich, Mass., last 

 Sunday and were shown over the 

 grounds hy Supt. Robert Cameron, for 

 many years at the Harvard Botanical 

 Garden. Later they enjoyed a picnic 

 on the beach. The visitors have much 

 to say about the hugeness of the 

 Crane place and the excellent way 

 it is being kept up under Mr. Cam- 

 eron's management. 



SEED PRICES 



They are Likely to Advance Accord- 

 ing to Seedsmen League Officials 



The following statement will appear 

 in the forthcoming confidential report 

 of the meeting of the directors of the 

 Wholesale Seedsiuens League, held at 

 Chicago, September 29th, 1920. 



"While the directors recognize the 

 right and duty of each member of the 

 Wholesale Seedsmens League and 

 every other seedsman to fix the prices 

 charged for his own wares to suit him- 

 self, we call attention to the present 

 unusual conditions which ought not be 

 overlooked with regard to values of 

 garden seeds. 



The Seed Trade recognizes that the 

 decline in prices of commodities so 

 noticeable at present throughout the 

 country found a parallel in garden 

 seed declines of more than a year ago. 

 It should also be kept in mind that the 

 over-production culminating in certain 

 large crops in 1919 has not been con- 

 tinued in 1920 but that on the contrary 

 present harvest of seeds are compara- 

 tively small. Moreover, surplus stock 

 have been largely reduced. Therefore, 

 since the supply has decreased and will 

 continue to decrease relative to de- 

 mand the tendency from now on must 

 be toward higher rather than lower 

 prices. Seedsmen will be constrained 

 to consider replacement costs rather 

 than the bargain prices that were 

 fixed in 1919 and 1920 by the need to 

 dispose at once of articles more or 

 less perishable. 



In view also of increased fixed 

 charges, such as freight rates, print- 

 ing, coal, etc., we look forward to ad- 

 vances rather than to declines in the 

 values of which this circular is an 

 appraisal. We urge members to be 

 sure of their ability to replace stocks 

 before sacrificing present holdings. 



Furthermore, in making purchases 

 we suggest unusual caution in order 

 to avoid certain surpluses of inferior 

 quality or low germination." 



NEWS NOTES. 



Ben Carrick is now employed by 

 Marche & Co., having resigned his 

 position with Gude Bros., Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Mr. M. J. Brinton, one of the largest 

 growers of lilies and other bulbs in 

 Christiana,- Pa., and Miss C. Teresa 

 Philippy, were recently married. 



N. Goldie, formerly w'ith Liggett, 

 florist, is now manager of the recently 

 opened Princess Florist, 321 Yonge 

 street, Toronto. 



Professor D. Lumsden, who for the 

 past six years has been Assistant Pro- 



ISox-Barberry Bordered Formal 

 Evergreen Garden 



BOX-BARBERRY 



THE NEW HARDY BORDER 

 AND LOW HEDGE PLANT 



Trade prices on request. Send for 

 Wliat others liave to say about 



BOX-BARBERRY 



SURPLUS 



American Hemlock 

 Japan Iris (20sotts) 



The Flm City Nurseiy C€. 



WOODMONT NCB8EBIE8, INC. 



NEW HAVIN, CO^N. 



NEW INTRODUCTION 



IBOLIUM PIRVET 



TIIK .NKW H.\KI)Y HEDGE PL.\NT 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 3 Inch, $60.00 



per 1,000. 

 VEBON.V FERNS, 3'/i inch, pot bound, 



line plants, $55.00 per 1,000, $6.00 per 



100. 



NARROWS NURSERIES 



92nd and 1st Ave. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Primula Malacoides Rolireri 



The best strniii of M.ila- 



coides on the market. lOO 1000 



Pink and Lavender, mixed. 



21/2-in .$7.00 $()0.00 



PRIMULA Obconica Rosea, 



Gigantea, Grandiflora, Apple 



Blossom and Kerniesina, 



mixed, 2-in 7.00 fiO.OO 



214-in 8.00 70.00 



PRIMULA Chinensis, Jin... 7 00 00.00 



C. U. LIGGIT 



wholesale Plantsman 

 BulCetln Building PHILADELPHIA 



fessor of Floriculture at Cornell Uni- 

 versity, has resigned to accept a po- 

 sition as Professor of Horticulture and 

 Landscape Art, at the Walter Reed U. 

 S. Army General Hospital, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Mr. Lumsden will also have 

 charge of the Agricultural Reconstruc- 

 tion work at the hospital. 



