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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jdnk 22. 1911. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMEBIGAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., K. L. Pas*. Greene, N. T.; Flrat Vlce- 

 Prei., L. H. Vaaghan, Chicago; Bec'y an4 

 Treas., O. B. Kendel, Cleyelana, O. Twenty- 

 nlnth annual meeting, Marblehead, MaM., June 

 W to 22. 1011. 



The crop reports practically all show 

 the season from a fortnight to a month 

 late. 



James Wiebens, formerly with the 

 W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, now is man- 

 ager of the retail store of the Amzi God- 

 den .Seed Co., Birmingham, Ala. 



William Taat, traveler of M. Van 

 Waveren & Sons, Hillegom, Holland, and 

 well known in the seed trade in the 

 United States, died June 13 in Boston, as 

 the result of a street car accident. 



A recent fire in the Barber Drug & 

 Seed Store, in Birmingham, Ala., is said 

 to have caused a loss of about $10,000. 

 The flames were confined to the third 

 floor, but the stock on the first and second 

 floors was badly damaged by water. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., has purchased three acres of ground 

 at Palm avenue and Magnolia street, 

 South Pasadena, C'al., and will grow 

 flower seeds. He has just finished the 

 erection of some long rows of lath houses 

 for the purpose. 



The Iowa Seed Co., of Des Moines, la., 

 has let the contract for the erection of 

 an elevator with a capacity of 100,000 

 bushels at Altoona, la. It was the origi- 

 nal intention to build the elevator in Des 

 Moines, but the necessary space could not 

 be obtained there. There are excellent 

 facilities, however, for transportation be- 

 tween the company's headquarters and 

 the chosen site. 



MARBLEHEAD MEETINQ. 



Twenty-ninth A. S. T. A. Convention. 



Members of the American Seed Trade 

 Association are this week holding their 

 twenty-ninth annual convention at 

 Marblehead, Mass., one of the most de- 

 lightful spots that has been visited on 

 its travels — and it is twenty-seven years 

 since the association last met in Massa- 

 chusetts. Because of the summer resort 

 character of the place of meeting, a 

 large proportion of the seedsmen are 

 accompanied by their ladies, and the 

 social side is well to the fore. The 

 last year or two the seed trade has been 

 harassed by many difSculties, particu- 

 larly those arising from the wave of 

 ill-advised legislation, which had only 

 begun to recede at the date of the last 

 meeting. Since then the legislative 

 thunder showers have largely blown 

 over and this year's meeting is with 

 much clearer skies. Watson S. Wood- 

 ruff reported for the committee that at- 

 tended the hearing on pure seed bills 

 at Washington February 2 and reports 

 were received from the state corre- 

 spondents, a staff of workers created 

 last year. These on the whole tended 

 to show the tide of restrictive legisla- 

 tion on the ebb, though the troubles in 

 this direction are by no means at an 

 end. 



President E. L. Page presented his 

 annual address, reviewing the work of 

 the year and outlining the needs of the 

 future. 



The report of Secretary C. E. Kendel 

 showed 162 annual and two life mem- 



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Erford L. Page. 



(President American Seed Trade Aesoeiation.) 



bers, and as treasurer his report was as 

 follows : 



receipts. 



Membership dues $2,125.00 



Initiation fees 300.00 



Interest at bank 43.24 



Sale of codes nnd ret)orts 12.15 



ReserTe fund 45.77 



$2,526.16 

 EXPENDITURES. 



Counsel's fees and retainer. .$1,015.11 



Secretary's salary 350.00 



Executlye committee's ex- 

 penses 208.26 



Stenographer's services 125.00 



National Council of Horticul- 

 ture 126.00 



Delegate to Nat'l Board of 



Trade 23.00 



President's expenses 80.49 



Contingent fund 88.50 



Membership in Wholesale 



Seedsmen's League 25.00 



Membership in National Board 



of Trade 25.00 



Printing annual report 184.00 



Other printing 87.00 



Electrotypes, etc 11.99 



Stamps and stationery 30.31 



Badges 42.50 



Initiation fee refunded 25.00 



Incidentals 7.04 



Total expenditures 2,453.20 



Cash on deposit to balance 72.96 $2,526.16 



Committee Beports. 



After the report of the standing com- 

 mittee on memberships, the special com- 

 mittees reported the year's work. The 

 committees, with the chairmen, are as 

 follows: 



Delegates to National Board of Trade — Albert 

 McCullough, Cincinnati, chairman. 



Seed Legislation and Legal Affairs — Watson S. 

 WoodrufT, Orange, Conn., chairman. 



Delegates to National Council of Horticulture 

 — C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, cbairman. 



Postal Laws — L. H. Vaughan, Chicago, chair- 

 man. 



Customs and Tariff— W. H. Grenell, Saginaw, 

 Mich., chairman. 



Experiment Station— G. B. McVay, Birming- 

 ham. Ala., chairman. 



Transportation — C. F. Wood, Louisville, Ky., 

 chairman. 



Conference with National Seed Analysts — 

 Charles N. Page, Des Moines, chairman. 



Joint Committee with Nurserymen and Florists 

 — C. F. Wood, Louisville, Chairman. 



Tlie Essays. 



The set papers are rather more on 

 the scientific order than usual, there 



being five by department of agriculture 

 or experiment station experts. The full 

 program is as follows: 



"Points of Interest at Marblehead," by Edgar 

 Gregory, of Marblehead. 



•'The Relation of Soils and Fertilizers to Seed 

 and Crop Failure," by H. J. Wheeler, Ph. D., 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station 

 of Rhode Island State College. 



"Departments of the Seed Business," by W. D. 

 Ross, Worcester, Mass. 



"Distribution of Fungous Diseases by Seeds," 

 by Dr. h. Mead Wilcox, Professor Agricultural 

 Botany and State Botanist, Lincoln, Neb. 



"Improvements in Grains," by Prof. R. A. 

 Sloore, of the Wisconsin Agricultural Station, 

 Madison, Wis. 



"Peas and Beans: Future Probabilities and 

 Cost, Supply and Demand," by C. N. Keeney, 

 Le Roy, N. Y. 



■'Proper Growing and Handling of Seed Pota- 

 toes," by Charles D. Woods, Director of the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, 

 Maine. 



•The Importance of Line Breeding In the 

 Establishment of Varietal Forms Suited for 

 Special Conditions," by Dr. W. W. Tracy, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



At last year's meeting President 

 Eobinson made a hit by calling on mem- 

 bers present for crop reports, and these 

 were made a feature of this year's pro- 

 gram, not only those present being 

 called on but arrangements having been 

 made in advance for night letter re- 

 ports during the convention from all 

 the important growing centers. 



Entertainment Features. 



The program contains more provision 

 for the social side than usual. A sail 

 on the bay is to occupy one afternoon, 

 and a sight-seeing trip by special trol- 

 ley cars another. The annual banquet 

 took place Wednesday evening at the 

 Rock-Mere hotel, and Friday, after the 

 adjournment, all who remain are in- 

 vited to make a tour of Arnold Arbor- 

 etum, Boston, with special guides. 



SEEDSMEN'S SIDE LINES. 



[Synopsis of a paper by W. D. Ross, president 

 of Robs Bros.. Worcester, Mass., read before the 

 American Seed Trade Association June 20, 1911.] 



Some seed dealers claim that seeds 



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