May U, UKil. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



755 



success of the expeiiment thul I lie bene- 

 fits ini<;lit he made known generally. 

 Tlie f. >i li.r;niii: a heliM'r in exploit- 



sent out in packets, 



■ctcil variciv," with- 

 inlin,, ^^ll,.',^l,v the 



ll(i 



liMs M. far depaitr.l i...n, 1 1,.- „ri,y- 

 design that it is no i.uue than a 

 enteiprise on the part of tlie gen- 

 gi'vernment, which sonielinies gets 

 iglit seed into the hands of the man 

 wMiils it, and just as often sends 

 sc|iiash seed to the man who has 

 V nnd who would rather have free 

 ihIh'V mv.I (liaii -.. main l.lllssHs 



TOLEDO, O. 



The announcement in the 

 the Kkview that the llci 

 Seed Co., of this eitv, liail 1 

 a share of tlie government s 

 amounting to over $90,000, 

 but si live that award wa 

 above named company has 

 rest of the order, so they r 



eontr 



enti 

 $200,000. 



CLOVER SEED. 



C. A. King & Co., Toledo, 

 under date of April 27: 



Views in the Conservatory attached to the store of F. C. Mendonza, Chicago, at Easter. 



"Very quiet and trade of a retail char- 

 acter. It is thought there vi'ill be some 

 demand until the middle of May, owing 

 to the backward season, especially in 

 New York state. There is still some left 

 here, but very little elsewhere. October 

 in fair demand, trade light. Receipts to- 

 day were only 10 bags, making 366 for 

 the week, against 1,916 a year ago. Total 

 this season to date, 69,783, against 144,- 

 000 year ago; 80,800 two years ago and 

 200,000 three years ago. Shipments to- 

 day, 175 bags, making 2,528 for the 

 week, against 2,859 a year ago. Total 



Trade Conditions. 



A perambulating floral salesman of 

 Boston who is as busy as I have to keep 

 myself in order to earn a half-decent liv- 

 ing, does not get half the opportunity 

 to see and hear things that might be 

 expected outside of his own narrow per- 

 sonal experiences. And all of tliese 

 might not look well in print as buyer 

 and buyee do not always observe usages 

 of best society in their negotiations. 



Ill dities. But as time dragged on I 



in to see that the sound of the room 

 ittei the people had gathered was a sure 

 llmmometer (or barometer, since pres- 



iiu Is measured rather than heat) of 

 t hi imount of real trade being carried 



11 It cannot be described nor learned 

 111 I short time. This acquired seventh 

 s use of mine told me during the first 

 1 w diys of the week beginning ilarch 

 il that the floral condition was getting 

 I idh demoralized. And why not? A 

 111 inth of rain and cloud, and conditions 

 fitting worse and worse every day. No 

 _oods coming in to be sold and nobody 

 lommg in to buy them. But really 

 thtie was just enough going on to han- 

 dle the extremely light cut of every- 

 Ihing It was lucky for the buyers that 

 I cheap line of _ material was largely 

 whit they lookedfjor, because there was 

 1 ut little else. Things were generally 

 I'l generating into a series of rummage 

 siles of floral hash, when old Sol glad- 



kned all hands on Friday by a short 

 I xll and Saturday morning found him 



n hxnd and acting as if he had come to 

 st )v More goods came in on that day 

 thin could be expected as the result of 



I fiw minutes of sun the day before and 

 hi liday times were illustrated by the 

 way in which buyers climbed after 

 lliem. Everything was emptied but the 

 pockets of tiie salesmen. 



Prices had been looking up a bit for a 

 day or two, but now jumped up and 

 fought the buyer, tooth and nail. Well, 

 we fear "it's der last chance" until Me- 

 morial day. In this case it is "Make 

 hay because the sun did not shine." 



J. S. Maxter. 



Le.idville. Colo, — The Leadville Flo- 

 ral Society has taken steps to awaken 

 enthusias'ni in the celebration of Arbor 



