The Weekly Florists' Review, 



2* 



S. B. I'.iai. who has traveled 22 

 year- for I.. I.. May & Co., is in Texas. 

 Fifteen other travelers for tins concern 

 have also started out for 1904 business, 

 while 2o more will - i get under 



Kim.ai i. & Whitney, Portland, Me., 

 rep. in a splendid seed and plain busi- 

 m-- llii- -priiiu. Mail order- haw .nine 

 in thick and fa-t and thi j have been 

 obliged to work overtime. Plant trade 

 was never better. 



W. B. Lojtgstreth, fJiati.it. 0., re- 



pot i- verj satisfa j seed I rade, stocks 



.it many varieties exhausted early and 

 business aboul 25 per cent ahead of last 

 year. The call for \ egetable plant- was 

 unprecedented. 



Augusta, Ga— Mr. X. L. Willel i 

 ports: "The season i- backward ■ n ac 

 count of continued rains. The trade is 

 having meat trouble with emu-, all of 

 which are damp and soon heat and spi il. 

 Large losses have occurred. It may not 

 be generally known wha1 an important 

 part Georaia plays in the seed arrowing 



illet. 

 alone. 



chufa crop for t be Unite I Stal - - 1 



tva le. Okra comes almosl exclusively 

 from Georgia. Georgia largely controls 

 Bur clover and Mexican June corn mar- 

 ket. Let me say that the Bur clover as 

 gtown in this state is the genuine article, 

 arid not that which California sends out 

 as Bur clover. Just about Augusta, too, 

 I believe is grown the best watermelon 

 '■ced in the United States. We have 

 originated some of the best melons in the 

 country — Rattlesnake. Eden, Blue Gem. 

 Sugar Loaf and .Tones. I would rather 

 pay double price for Augusta melon seed, 

 as compared with Florida seed. The 

 Whole state of Florida gets from the 

 ocean and gulf daily, and almost contin- 

 ually, salt breezes. Salt is absolutely 

 ruinous to the taste of watermelon. No 

 sweet melons can he grown near a salt 

 coast anywhere. Let me say, too, that 

 Oklahoma and far northwest melon seed 

 are apt to have in the south white hearts 

 and do' not ripen. I have seen melon 

 shippers lose thousands of dollars by us- 

 ing western watermelon seed. Georgia, 

 I believe, leads, too. in her cotton seed. 

 This state has furnished almost exclu- 

 sively for ten years and more the United 

 States government with its cotton seed 

 for free distribution. Texas comes to 

 this state for large amounts of cotton 

 seed, especially since her cottons seem to 



tai 



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in- 



here at Augusta, Georgia, by my firn 

 Georgia is headquarters, too, for turnips 

 — Seven Top, Southern Prize and the 

 tine winter variety known as Frost King. 

 Georgia un.w- largely white multiplying 

 onions for the United States trade. *Au- 

 gusta i- probably the largest cow pea 

 shipping point in the south. Georgia 

 seedsmen largely control also Teo-int.-. 

 Velvet beans. Beggar weed, Bokhara 

 clover, Japan clover and Carpet Grass 

 seed business for the country." 



impp0a//er% fflyCaS StefflS. 



impp 



2 to 3 lbs. 4 to S lbs. 



$7.50 



NEWGROPSEEDS 



\- 



1 Primula Sinenis Fimbriata. 



J (Ensrlish Grown.) 



2 "The (Jrand" Mixture. Ir.i.le pa. :k.-i :."<■ 

 j] PrimuluFurbesi.tra.il- packet 25c 



i| Cineraria Hybrida Grandifl. 



4 (Ensrlish Grown.) 



«jj Hunts "Special" Mixture, tr. pkt....5Uc 



•i\ Calceolaria Hybrida Grandfl. 



E. H. HUNT, 



7678 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. 



Gladioli 



the Gap 



between 



Asters and 'Mums 

 That is what you want 



Cushman s Hybrids 



planted the first of July 

 supply that want. Noth- 

 ing better. Now per 1000, 

 55.00. 



Cushman Gladiolus Co., 



SYLVANIA. OHIO. 



PRIMROSE -Chinese Fringed, 



Kermesina Splendent! Trade Pkt., 50c 



1 low Eve " 50c 



iriehtP ... . 50c 



la .,.,,,! it, . ' 5Uc 



K,.-y M,, r . " 50c 



Blue " 50c 



I ,. !■.,',. 50c 



M ; above 50c 



F.Tii L.-aveil Mixed 5Cc 



Ohci.nii -:i Gran. llllnra. White. " 50c 



Rosy Chamolse. " 50c 



Brlg-hl BoBe 50c 



Fringed Mixed. " 50c 



W. C. BECKERT, - ALLEGHENY, PA. 



RAWSON'S 



Arlington Tested 



^QaaHc for the 



»eeus florist 



Catalogues Mailed Free. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmen, 



12 and II laneuil Hall Snuare. BOSTON. 



Palm Seeds 



JUST ARRIVED per Steamer Sonoma 

 FROM AUSTRALIA. 



Areea Baueri 25c per 100 ; $■■!.« i 1 



Kentin I'.i'l ana . « 2.50 



K.aitia Forsteriana 15c 2.50 



ARaiucsRii 



.....EXCELSA 



from 2-ineh pots, one to two tiers, S16 per 100. 



Araucaria Imbricata 



$10 00 per 100. 



Livistona Chinensis 



F. LUDEMANnI SAW FRANCISCO, CAt. 



Calla Bulbs! 



I 1 , to 2 inches in diem. 

 Choice grown for Florists' use, 85. OO 

 per ICO. Por delivery August 1. Ex- 

 press prepaid. 



California Carnation Co,, Loomis, Gal 



Mention The Hevi.-w when yon write. 



iL ™i 8T CARNATIONS 



LEADING NOVELTIES OF 1903. 

 The Best Varieties of 1902. 

 All the Standard Varieties. 

 Send in your orders for Rooted Cuttings now. 



8E0. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich. 



Carnations,Geraniums, 



Carinas, etc. 



Prices quoted upon application. 



THE COTTAGE GARDENS, Queens, L. I. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



The Florists' Hail Association 



has paid over $54,000 for glass broken by 



hail during the past 15 years. For particulars 



Address JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y. SADDLE RIVER, N. j. 



Mention The Review when yon write- 



You will find ALL the 



BEST offers ALL the time 

 the Review's Classified Advs. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



