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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 24, 1903. 



FLOWER SEED for PRESENT PLHNTING. 



VERBENA, Msmmoth MUed Pkt.. 36c. .M ox., 60c. ...oz. 



SALVIA Nana Couip., Bonfire '• 26c.. . .« o7. . 76c....oz. 



PYRETHKUM Golden Feather 15o....H o/.., 30c . .oz. 



PETUNIA, large llowerlng, fringed, mixed pkt 



PETUNIA, douhle, large Bowerlng, fringed, mixed 



STOCK Imp. Ulant Perfection, white pkt., 25c.. ..!i oz., 81.50 



STOCK Snowflake, white " SSc....'! oz., 2.60 



Our Wholesale Catalogue mailed tree January let. 



Mention the Review when yog write. 



.oz., 

 .oz.. 



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3.50 

 1.00 

 .50 

 1.00 

 5.00 

 9.00 



so Satc/aif StTo^^l: 



Seed Trade News. 



AMLRICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres.. S. P. WiUard. Wethersfleld. Conn.; Plrsi 

 Vlce-Pres.. J. Chas. McCuUough. Cincinnati, O.; 

 Sec'y and Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 

 The 22d annual meeting will be held at St. Louis 

 Mo.. June. IDM. 



There is also .a shortage of asparagus 

 seed. 



Wm. Henky M.\ule, Philadelphia, has 

 been mailing 1904 catalogues .since the 

 middle of December. 



The rear giiard of the California trav- 

 elers finds a belated journey more advan- 

 tageous this year than for some time. 



The only thing that seekers of cucum- 

 ber seed ask is a reasonable assurance 

 that the seed offered them has not more 

 than six kinds in it. 



Visited Philadelphi.\. — James B. 

 Kidd, representing the Cox Seed Co., 

 San Francisco. S. F. WiUard, Wethers- 

 field, Conn., president of the American 

 Seed Trade Association. 



Egg plant seed will be one of the 

 items that will give bother to the seeds- 

 men who sell to market gardeners. The 

 supply of dependable stock of egg plant 

 seed is exceedingly short. 



The retail catalogues that are long 

 in coming out ^^■ill have the best chance 

 of having right prices in them. The 

 early ones, however, will liiely have the 

 first chance to refuse to fill orders. 



EocKY Ford, Col. — D. V. Burrell says 

 he was able to fill all contract orders on 

 summer squash, with a small sui-plus. Ho 

 grew this seed himself. • ili-. Burrell 

 grew between 600 and 700 acres of cu- 

 cumbers. 



Contract, or advance orders, on a pro 

 rata crop basis, were never, in a general 

 way, filled shorter than they are being 

 filled this year. There are, of course, 

 exceptions, which apply mostly to Cali- 

 fornia crops. 



Canneks are paying $8.50 to $10 for 

 sweet com, and cucumber seed goes for 

 $2. Betail prices for sweet com are 

 sure to be higher than was ever known 

 in the trade, and the same vpill apply 

 to cucumber seed. 



Word comes from St. Louis that the 

 American Seed Trade Association will 

 hold its twenty-second annual convention 

 in the World 's Fair city June 21 and 22, 

 and that headquarters have been secured 

 at the Forest Park University Hotel. 



Evansville, Inb. — W. H. Small & Co. 

 report: "The seed trade at Evansville 

 just now is dull. The clover seed situa- 

 tion is in rather a peculiar shape, as the 

 country that usually buys a great deal 

 of this seed this year has raised quite 

 a quantity of it,' although the quality is 



very irregular. Also a great deal of ter- 

 ritory in Illinois, which previously has 

 not had any seed, apparently this year 

 has a great deal, hence we are not very 

 .sure that the present high prices are safe. 

 The trade in alfalfa in this territory has 

 increased wonderfully in the last two or 

 three years, a great many people having 

 had good success in raising it, and the 

 demand this year appears to be even 

 more urgent than it has been before." 



The only 1904 catalogue thus far re- 

 ceived quotes most of the varieties of 

 sweet corn at $8 per bushel. It con- 

 tains, however, a slip stating that the 

 prices were printed before the actual 

 shortages were known and that values 

 are now higher. 



Bayard Henry, receiver for D. Lan- 

 dreth & Sons, states that the purchasers 

 of a part of assets arc Burnet Landreth. 

 Jr., and S. Phillips Landreth, sons of 

 Burnet Landreth. senior member of the 

 insolvent firm. The purchasers had no 

 interest in the old firm except as em- 

 ployes. The receiver states that the. pur- 

 chase money w-as advanced by friends 

 and was no part of the bankrupts' estate. 



Rocky Ford, Col. — There are over 

 1,000 truckers here who grow more or 

 less seed and the vine seed crops of the 

 valley this year were over 2,000 acres, 

 not considering the Boeky Ford canta- 

 loupes, ilanv truckers grew cucumbers 

 for market and after shipping saved the 

 seed from the balance of the crop. Some 

 of this seed coming on the market has 

 caused more or less recrimination because 

 of suspicions of the non-observance of 

 contracts. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Hoffman Bros., Portland, Ore., roses; 

 O. H. Green. Fremont, Neb., retail list; 

 Kivoire & Fils, Lyon, France, novelties; 

 Pliiladelphia Lawn Mower Company, 

 Philadelphia, mowers; Charter Gas En- 

 gine Company, Sterling, 111., gas en- 

 gines; C. H." Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 chrysanthemums; M. Herb, Naples, 

 Italy, seeds; Ludwig Holler, Eirfurt, 

 Germany, horticultural books. 



WINNIPEG, MAN. 



All the establishments stocked up for 

 a big Christmas business. H. E. Phill- 

 pot has a nice lot of cyclamen and Chi- 

 nese primroses, also bulbous stock in 

 pans, which is also a good seller. He 

 had a lot of chrysanthemums in pots fo"- 

 the holiday trade. His cut flowers were 

 largely shipped in from the south. Mr. 

 Phillpot is a progressive florist and al- 

 ways makes a trip east each year to see 

 what is going on in the trade and to buy 

 stock. 



At Alston's begonias, cinerarias and 

 primroses are leaders. There is a good 

 sale on palms and ferns. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are a specialty here. 



At the Fort Eouge place cyclamens are 

 greatly in evidence, also marguerites. Car- 

 nations and mums are in good shape for 

 holiday trade. 



James Birch, on Noti'e Dame avenue, 

 has a very fine stock, including peppers, 

 azaleas and begonias, also well-grown 

 decorative plants. He is doing a big 

 liusiness in holly, etc., and carries a large 

 stock of song birds. 



Am well pleased with the Review and 

 consider it one of the most progressive 

 of trade papers. — George Smith, Man- 

 chester, Vt. 



EUROPEAN 



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 mention the Review. 



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THE TALK OF THE GARDENING WORLD. 



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WM. DEAL, Jr., F. R. H. S. 



FEERING HILL, KELVEDON, ESSEX, ENGUNO. 



. EXTBA CHOICE . 



flower ^eeds. 



LIST IIU.K (l.\ Arri.UATION. 



FRED. ROEMER, Seed Grower 



yCEDLINBUKG, GERMANY. 



Ne^Chrysanthemums 



The best of the Novelties shown at New 

 York this year are from my last year's set. 



Another great set described lu my special 

 list just out. Sent post free. Write for It. 



W. WELLS & CO., 



EAKLSWOOD, - - SIKREY, ENGLAND. 



HJALMARHARTMANN&CO. 



SEED GKOWEKS, 



COFENHAGEIT E., DEKUABE. 



PaiiliflnuiDr Caoil Coptnhagen Erturt Dwarf 

 UOUIIIIUnCI OeCU. Snowball and Copenhagen 



Erfnrt Dwarf Danish Giant. 

 r^ui^r^^^ Caa.« Improved Amager and Danish 

 taDDage Seea. Ballht-ad. Low-Crown. High-Giowr. 



I'UHFS ox .\['I'LICATIO.\. 



Write for prices 

 on quantities 

 wanted of 



Peas, Cabbage, Beet, etc. 



SURREY SEED CO., Ltd. 



BEDHII.Ii, EHQI.AIl'D. 



KOSTER & CO. 



NuiseSil*" BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. 



HARDY AZALEAS. BOX TREES. CLEMATIS. 

 CONIFERS, HYDRANGEAS. PEONIES. 



Pot-Grown Plants for Forcing. 

 Rhododendrons, H. P. Roses, etc. 



lATALOCrE FHEE OX DEMAND. 



