. Currie Bros.' horticultural guide : spring 1888. Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. MATTERS OF INTEREST =TO THE Gardener and Farmer. eONSIDERING the fact that the agricultural—and why not include the horticultural—interests of our common- weallh are recognized as the great stay, the very backbone and sinew of our grand institutions, what wonder is it that the TRADE IN SEEDS has assumed such enormous proportions, and is looked upon as one of

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. Currie Bros.' horticultural guide : spring 1888. Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. MATTERS OF INTEREST =TO THE Gardener and Farmer. eONSIDERING the fact that the agricultural—and why not include the horticultural—interests of our common- weallh are recognized as the great stay, the very backbone and sinew of our grand institutions, what wonder is it that the TRADE IN SEEDS has assumed such enormous proportions, and is looked upon as one of the most im])ortant branches of business in which we, as a people, are engaged? The trade is necessarily enormous, because the cultivation or production of vegetable products would be impossible or impracticable, without seeds ; and it is important, because, since seeds are so essential, and furthermore, because, as the future and ultiniate success of vegetables (we use the word in its broadest sense) depends so very largely on the degree of vitality the seed possesses at the time it is placed in the ground, it is evident that the agriculturist and horticulturist, particularly those engaged in the business as a means of support, must regard the seed trade as one of the greatest importance. The cultivator annually requires more or less seed, according to the extent of his busi- ness. He is fully alive to the fact that, if he secures a good quality of seed, he may reasonably expect a production of plants and ultimate harvest of roots, leaves, flowers and fruits of all kinds, including grain, according to the kind of seed, and in fair proportion to the quantity of it sown. But if he should chance to get a poor quality of seed, he is quite as certain that nothing but absolute failure can follow, which means bitter disappointment and almost irreparable loss of time and money, and so, to him, the seed trade is an important one. The grower or the dealer in seeds, if he is a consci