Wholesale Only 
EEDs 
FOR NURSERYMEN 
October, 1941 

DEAR CUSTOMER: 
No Oriental Seeds!!! The war which. last 
year cut off seed items from Europe has;now 
stretched out to the Orient. At this Writing, 
seeds from Japan seem to_be.gut of the ques- 
tion. Some may:come thru fron@China. But 
that remains doubtful in our opinion. We 
shall have some seed of Taxus cuspidata but | 
never having collected it under domestic con- 
ditions, we have no notion of what the cost 
will be. Present indications point to about 
$8.00 per pound. It may run even higher. 
As yet we have found no source for Acer 
palmatum or Kudzu Vine. Rosa multiflora 
and R. rugosa are situated better as we have 
some very good local seed and the price quot- 
ed in this list is very fair. 
It may pay you to consider seed collection. 
If you know of pure stands of Trees or Shrubs 
in isolated positions where good seed can be 
vathered, write us. We will let you know what 
the seed will be worth to us. 
Spruce Seeds of all varieties, excepting 
Picea pungens and engelmanni, are almost un- 
obtainable this year. We may have some little 
rubra and canadensis. We understand pun- 
eens makes good understock for grafting 
many varieties. 
Yours very truly, 
FRED P. HERBST 
HERBST BROTHERS 
92 WARREN ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. 
