The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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1 Some of the tenderei varieties are thin, 

 while from lack of rain the growth has 

 been short, and in some sections the 

 straw will not !«• more than two-thirds 

 usual length. Recen! rains have re- 

 lieved the drought, particularly in Can- 

 ada, where there is non no lack of ist- 



,,,,.. In northern Wisconsin heavy 

 frosts destroyed portions of many fields 

 of early peas while in blossom, in some 

 sections damaging the crop 20 per cent. 

 Notwithstanding the early drought and 

 subsequent frost, present renditions are 

 favorable, and should such conditions 

 continue, it is possible to produce a 

 fair, but not lull crop of peas. 



present to give an intelligent forecast. 

 Tl„. drought throughout cntral New 

 Sfork was long continued and severe. 

 gome fields planted before the recent 

 tains lay in the ground without moist- 

 ure so long they failed to germinate, 

 so the fields were plowed and other 

 crops put in. Other fields were too 

 haul and drj to work until very recent- 

 ly and are now being planted weeks later 

 than usual. 



SEEDSMEN'S CONVENTION. 

 The twenty-first annual meeting of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 was held at Atlantic City, N. J., June 

 23 to 25. There was a large attendance, 

 but the west was lightlj represented, 

 many regular attendants being absent. 

 There were main present for the first 

 time, small dealers remotely connoted 

 with the trade, the first day was large- 

 ly taken up with the reports of standing 

 committees and the passage of the ster- 

 eotyped resolutions condemning the gov- 



USual number 

 elected, among 



W. \V. Raws 

 .Seed and Flora 

 Stubbs & t o., I. 



gle & Co.. ^ 



jfowe, Philadel 



Co.. Seattle. \\ 



francisco; Fra 

 l. ; Alexander 

 \Y. G. Scarlet i 

 Baltimore; Ha 

 Say, Ala.: s. D. 

 Churchill Seed 

 Seeil Co.. Eric 

 Albany. X. Y. 

 Paris, Ky. 



The meeting 

 features but t! 

 Bona! merit, t 

 <'. Robinson an 

 1encd to w ith ] 

 speakers were 

 Morse. H. F. M 



V,. White. ('. I 

 Kee. Little di 



but 



E. !■". Spears & Sons, 



devoid of unusual 



-da\ . 



$aiw0MJkr% Hycas Stems. 



SO San/at/ S/TeV^f. 



2 to 3 lbs. 4 to 5 lbs. 6 to 7 lbs. 



$7.50 



$65.00 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



SEEDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



Timothy, Clovers, Flax, Hungarian, Millets. Red Top, Blue Grass, 



Ensilage Corn, Pop Corn, Buckwhcat, Beans, Peas, Etc. 

 COTTON GRAIN BAGS. CHICAGO ILL. 



lien general assembly. C. EX 

 , who succeeds Mr. Willard as 

 ry, i- a son of A. C. Kendel, of 

 ml. and since his fathers' demise 

 en at the head of the business 

 ed under that name. 

 Saturday morning W. Atlee Bur- 

 ivided a special train to convey 





on the lawn, and a buffet afforded 

 freshment in the afternoon. Carria 

 were iii hand to take all who wished 

 a tour of the estate. At Fordhook 



were present with charts to giv 

 y to the varieties, but data as ti 

 inin of the seed are not provided 



GOVERNMENT SEED SHOP. 

 n a recent issue the Chicago R ee 



suited as follow-: President, S. 1". Wil- 

 lard. Wethersfield, < onn.; first vice-pres- 

 ident, .1. Charles McCullough, Cincin- 

 nati: second vice-president, ('. N. Page, 

 Des Moines, lowa: secretary and treas 

 urer. ( '. E. Kendel, Cleveland; assistant 

 secretary, \Y. \\ . Templin, ('alia. O.: 

 executive committee, Walter P. Stokes, 

 Philadelphia; Jesse K. Northrup, Minne- 

 apolis; 11. M. Schisler, St. Louis; Mel. 

 L. Webster, Independence, la.; W. H. 

 Duryea, New York. Opinion favored SI 

 Louis for the meeting of 1904. 



President-elect S. F. Willard has 

 served the association faithfully and ca- 

 pably for the past six years. He is pres- 

 ident of Comstock, Ferre & Co., with 



•BUYYourBULBS- 



IN ST. LOUIS. 



WHITE CiLLAB 



2 to 2H-in- diameter, doz., $1.26; 100, $9.00 



l&to2-in. ■ 1.P0 ■• 7.00 



BjtolM-ln. '• - .75 •' 5.00 



FSEESIA KEF. ALBA 



=»-io. up 100. $1.00: 1000,17.75 



'~-in. up ■' .75 " 5.10 



For immediate order and cash. 



All Western Growers should recel 



our IMPORT PRICE LIST 



OF FORCING BULBS 



p lant Seed Co., Saint Louis. 



CINERARIA SEED 



Dwarf— Splendid 



,:»Uc ami 



Primula Chinese Fringed- Sep- 

 Pansy Superb Mixed-Unexcelled 



W. C. BECKERT, - ALLEGHENY. PA. 



i Rpvlew when : 



RAWSON'S 



Arlington Tested 



t p ^Ht F0R THE 



5>eeas florist 



Catalogues Mailed. Free. 



W. W. RAWSON &.CO., 



12 and 13 Faneuil Hall Square, BOSTON. 



Calla Bulbs! 



California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Elsparagus Plumosus 

 U Nanus Seed 



5000 left at $6 50 per 1O0O. Cash. 



JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, 



Delaware, Ohio. 



