The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 3, 1904. 



lellm BIOS. 



SOUTH PARK 



FLOmiL GO. 



Newcastle, Ind. 



CUT ROSES FROM 

 THE BEST ROSE > 

 SOIL IN AMERICA. 



Bridesmaids 

 Brides, Ivory, 

 Golden Gate 



In four grades: "Specials," 

 which are everything the 

 name signifies. Magnificent 

 long steins, perfect fol- j /\(; 

 iage and bud. Price, | \j 



Selects, also very fine but 

 not quite as long stem, ^r 



Price . 



8' 



1st. Good standard length 

 stems for general use, P»r 

 fine foliage and bud. Pr. .J3 



2d. Good buds, ivith stems 

 6 to 10 inch. <^Q 



Price /» 



Very fine American Beau- 

 ties, the longest stems, $4.00 

 and $6.00 per dozen. Medium 

 and shorter ones in proportion 



Very Careful Pack- 

 ing and Safe Ship- 

 ping to All Points. 



HELLER BROS. 



NEWCASTLE, IND. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



Pres.. S. P. Wlllard. Wethersfleld, Conn.; First 

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

 Sec'y and Treaa., C. E. Kenclel, Cleveland, O. 

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

 Mo., June. 1904. 



J. J. BiTZEE has engaged in the seed 

 business at Portland, Ore. 



Nearly 6,000 bags of clover seed were 

 destroyed in the Baltimore fire. 



Field corn that irill grow is the nest 

 item that will be hard to secure. 



Visited Chicago : Chas. P. Braslan, of 

 Braslan Seed Growers' Co., San Jose, 

 Cal. 



-A SHARP advance in onion set prices 

 at Louisville, Ky., is a development of 

 the week. 



The properly grown Chicago onion set 

 continues to bring the top figure in a 

 rising market. 



The demand for bush beans of all va- 

 rieties continues. There seems to be no 

 surplus anywhere. 



The Baltimore seed houses which were 

 burned out have all found adequate tem- 

 porary locations, and are doing business 

 again. 



The increase of orders as a result of 

 the milder weather of the past few days 

 shows what may be expected when spring 

 opens up properly. 



It is a long time since seed orders gen- 

 erally have been so hard to fill in full 

 as this year. This applies to mail orders 

 as well as to "fill in" orders from the 

 trade. 



The scarcity of home-grown standards, 

 and the most needed parts of foreign 

 shipments in the hands of the appraiser, 

 keeps the seedsman from worrying about 

 other things at present. 



The new seed committee of the Phila- 

 delphia Commercial Exchange is com- 

 posed of Chas. B. Koch, Chas. G. Alex- 

 ander, Herbert W. Johnson, Geo. E. 

 Taylor and Casper T. Sharpless. 



As long as it is advertised that a dol- 

 lar 's worth of seeds may be had for 

 twenty-five cents it will be hard to con- 

 vince the consumer that a free distribu- 

 tion of the goods is very far wrong. 



The western and southwestern growers 

 of onion sets, who have planted no in- 

 considerable acreage in recent years, are 

 reported to be satisfied to turn their con- 

 tracts over to the Chicago district this 

 season. 



The firm of W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 

 has done very little magazine advertising 

 in the past two or three years, but is 

 making up for it in a measure this sea- 

 son, having fuU pages in most of the 

 March issues. 



"The seeds you sent me were no 

 good," wrote a constituent to Eepresent- 

 ative Lacey, of Iowa. "Nothing but 

 weeds grew where I planted them." By 

 the next mail Mr. Lacey sent a reply. ' 'I 

 take pleasure in forwarding you, "under 

 another cover," wrote the lowan, "a 



copy of a bulletin from the Department 

 of Agriculture. It is entitled 'Weeds and 

 How to Kill Them.' " — Minneapolis 

 Journal. 



The Buckbee Seed Co. loss at Eock- 

 ford, which has attracted wide attention, 

 has been settled by compromise. The 

 fire occurred in June, 1903, and a con- 

 test was precipitated at once by the re- 

 fusal of the companies to settle on the 

 basis of seed values that day, they eon- 

 tending for cost value. The insured 

 claimed a value of $121,875 in stock and 

 fixtures, with insurance of $80,500. This 

 would make the loss total to insurance. 

 The claim was compromised February 25, 

 the companies paying $72,450, a reduc- 

 tion of $49,425 from the original claim. 

 This is on the basis of 90 per cent on the 

 insurance. 



Rees & Compere 



Growers and Wholesale Dealers in 



High-Class Howering Bulbs. 



P.O. Address: Long Beach, Cal., R. F. D. No t 



Hancli at Burnett, 3 miles north of 

 Long Beach. Cal. 



THE LARGEST PRODICERS OF FREESIA 

 BULBS IN THE IMTED STATES. 



SPECIALTIES— Freesias. Grand Duchess Oxalis. 

 all colors; Bermuda Buttercup Oxalis : Chinese 

 Narcissus. Hybrid Tigridias. Cbildanthus, Zephy- 

 ranthes. Omithogalums, Steraberpias. Amaryllis 

 Johnsonii and Belladonna Major and Minor. 



Prices to the Wholesale Trade only on application. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Chater's Hollyhock Seeds. 



In six superb double colors. 70c peroz.; 40c per 

 1^ oz. Alleg-beny Hollyhocks. $1 peroz.: tiOc per 

 H oz. PlclfoUa. Double Hollyhocks, NEW. SI per 

 oz. Sing^le Hollyhocks. 10 diatioct colors. W>^ ner 

 }4Qz. New HydraDg-ea Jeannle d'Arc. wlilif flos'- 

 ered and Red Branched, 4-ln. pots. Wc eacl $5 per 

 doz. Fine for florists, cash plkase. 



JOHN CHARLTON & SONS. Rochester, N. Y. 



Mention the RpvIpw when yoo wrltp 



SFECIAI.TIES IN 



VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS. 



Mignonette— New York Market pkt., 50e 



Cauliflower— First and Best " 50c 



Tomato— Sterling Castle " 25c 



Radish— Carmine Forcing '* 05c 



WEEBER & DON, Seed Merchants, 



114 Chambers St., IT£W TOBK CITY 



Mention the Review when yon writs. 



eiiirrT nnnu Stowell's Evergreen 

 once I UUnll Uiekox Improved Early 

 Crosby. Early Minn., from reliable growers; 85 

 per cent, germinatioi] guaranteed: reasonable 

 prices. Other seed bargains. If you have surplus 

 seeds to offer state age, origin. quantity and price. 



SEED CLEARING HOUSE, 



BINGHAMTON SEED CO. Binghamton, N. Y. 



MpDtInn Revlpw when yon write. 



Gladiolus Bulbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 

 TRY THEM. 



Cushman Gladiolus Co. 



SYI.VAHIA, OHIO. 



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LIGHTNING FLOWER POT WASHER 



washes all sizes of pots, clean as new, about as fast as 

 you can handle them. Strong: plants are only grown 

 In clean pots. Send for description. Sold direct 

 $15 net. f. o. b. Joliet. C. E. FINLEY. Joliet, III. 

 Mention the Review when yon write. 



