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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



es..N. W. Hale. Knoxvllle Tenn.: Vlce-PreB. 

 .. Weber, St. Louis; Sec'y. Geo. C. Sender, 



C. M. Maksh, the nurseryman of Lake- 

 wood, Fla., is in Honduras looking after 

 some investments there. 



One of the best trees for unique 

 effects on the lawn is Catalpa Bungei, 

 forming a dense round head. 



The city of Kankakee, 111., has pur- 

 chased a site for a park and given the 

 order to the Peterson Nursery for the 

 plan and planting for its improve- 

 ment. 



Springfield, III. — At the recent 

 meeting hen- at which the Illinois As- 

 sociation nt' I 1'iiii'trries was organized, 

 the following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, W. X. Rudd, lit. Greenwood; vice- 

 president, Dr. Henry Wohlgemuth, 

 Moline; secretary and treasurer, J. A. 

 Groves, Bloomington. 



One of Luther Burbank 's latest pro- 

 ductions in the way of fruits is a stone- 

 less plum, which has been named Miracle. 

 It has a kernel, but the stone is reduced 

 to the merest chips of a shell, and in 

 no way prevents a fruit from being cut 

 right through the center. It is said to be 

 a heavy cropper and good grower. The 

 skin is purple, and the tlesh firm. 



BUFFALO PREMIUMS. 



The H. A. Meldrum Co., a leading de- 

 partment, store in Buffalo, is giving a 

 Chrysanthemum Show, November 11 to 

 14, under the auspices of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club, with Charles H. Keitseh 

 as manager of exhibits. The Meldrum 

 Co. has put up a list of premiums which 

 would be a credit to any show. Copies 

 of the list may be had on request. The 

 classes and premiums are as follows: 

 Chrysanthemum plants. 1st. . 2d 



Ji x "';)'" *-"■"" -* 1 "-" 11 



s,x .vell.iw i.„.0(i in.,,,. 



Si* I"'{ k - 



S" r.-il 20.01 



Single specimens 10.00 5.U0 



Chrysanthemum blooms. 1st. 2(1. 3d. 



Fifty white $25.00 $15.00 ifliMm 



Fifty yellow 25.00 15.00 1 1 



Fifty Piuli 25.1)0 15.00 10.00 



Fifty any other color... 2... 5 n i 1 



Twenty-live white 10.00 S.OO 8.00 



Twenty-five yellow 10.00 B.OO BOO 



Twenty-five pink 1 s ; on 



Twenty-five any other 



color 10.0 i s on 6 ' 



One hundred blooms, 25 



varieties 50.00 30.00 20.00 



Fifty blooms, introduced 



1903 25.00 15.00 10.00 



One hundred blooms for 



effect 50.00 30.00 20.00 



Arrangements 1st. L'.l 3d 



Handle liuskit S15 o s 5 n i SI 



Table decoration 25.00 15.00 10.00 



Roses. 1st. 2d. 3d. 



10 I \ ii . i ii an l. . ■ -:■ i ' " 



100 white lR.ro 10 00 5 ™ 



10(1 pink 15 on in in 5 I 



I d 15.00 M no 5 no 



I DO not want to miss seeing my old 

 friend, the I.'i 1 1 k. — S. S. 



Ptle, Toughkenamon, Pa. 



Two years ago we wrote yon to dis- 

 continue the Review until such time as 

 McKinley's prosperity should strike the 

 south, and as it has reached our corner 

 now, we hasten to renew our subscrip- 

 tion to vour valued paper. — A. A. 

 Pantet & Co., Fort Smith, Ark. 



80,000 



PRIVET 



TWO- 

 YEAR- 

 OLD 



Well branched, will sell 

 block. PlantB are very fine. 



WANTED. 



C.Ribsam&Son 



TRENTON, N. J. 



McGOLGAN BROS. 



Red Bank, N.J. 



Successors to JAMES McCOLGAN & CO. 



Offer to the trade a large stock of 



California Privet 



IN SEVERAL GRADES. 



100,000 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 



1. 2 AND 3 YEARS. 

 PRICES ON APPLICATION. 



Mention Review when you writ* 



Peterson Nursery, 



HI64 La Salle St , CHICAGO. 

 EONIES 



HARDY ORNAMINTAL STOCK. 



i the Review when you write. 



VREDENBURG & CO. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Lithographing, Printing, Engraving, 



Binding exclusively for FLORISTS, 



SEEDSMEN and NURSERYMEN 



Sample Colored Plates free— Send for Catalogue 

 W UNE"CALLED FACILITIES 



Mention the Review when you write. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, 



GENEVA, IN. Y. 



Wholesale 

 Growers of 



WBM Small Fr 



|RNAMENTAI, TREES, 

 "loses, Clema- 

 ; Trees and 

 tits in great variety 



THE MOON 



Company 



For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines, 

 Your | and Small Fruits. 



JifH.Tiptive rilUBtnite.l Catalogue Free. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO., 

 Morrisville, Pa. 



CHAS. D. BALL. 



[g alms, Etc. 



H0LMESBURG. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED IRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pros., S. F. Wlllard. Wit hirst, .]il Conn.; First 

 Vice- Pros.. J.Chan. MeCullullgli. Cincinnati, II; 

 C. K. Kendel, Cleveland, O, 

 I'tlng will lie lii-lil at St. Louis. 



s*y and Treas., 



During the week 43,000 Dutch bulbs 

 have been received for planting at the 

 St. Louis exposition. 



Currie Bros., Milwaukee, have been 

 appointed by Gov. Hoard to prepare 

 Wisconsin's exhibit of seeds, etc., for 

 the St. Louis World's Fair. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been 

 filed against the Cape Vincent Seed Co., 

 wholesale dealers in peas and beans 

 with office at 260 West Broadway, New 

 York City. 



The Gallia, from Marseilles, due at 

 New York September 21, reached port 

 October 6, having been delayed by a 

 broken shaft. The Gallia carried a total 

 of 2,167 cases of French bulbs, includ- 

 ing the principal shipmsnt for many of 

 the leading seed houses, delivery being 

 thus delayed fifteen days. 



The onion seed crop report of the J. 

 B. Bice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y., 

 shows acreage of 12,663 as against 11,- 

 350 for 1902. The output is considera- 

 bly less than for 1902 in the states of 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massa- 

 chusetts, Connecticut and in New York, 

 but there is a large increase in Ohio, 

 Indiana and Illinois. Quality averages 

 seventy-three per cent of perfect. The 

 varieties average about forty per cent 

 red, fifty-seven per cent yellow and three 

 per cent white. 



TIME TO "GET TOGETHER." 



Ed. Florists' Review: — I desire to 

 offer a few suggestions and make a 

 little explanation as to the real situa- 

 tion of the melon and seed grower of 

 the south. I believe that through the 

 columns of the Review it would reach 

 the class that is looking for such in- 

 formation, and I respectfully ask for the 

 publication of these few lines in your 

 valuable journal for florists and seeds- 

 men. 



I am aware that the conduct and care- 

 less methods of growing practiced by 

 some growers have caused some of the 

 largo eastern and northern dealers to go 

 west for their supplies; usually the care- 

 ful grower has to bear the burden equal- 

 ly with the careless one. 



There is no question as to the superi- 

 ority of the southern grown melon seed, 

 and if the careful grower would sup- 

 plv only seed of his own growth and 

 plant sufficient area to produce, under 

 usual circumstances, the amount desired, 

 have contracts subject to inspection and 

 insist that the crop be inspected, he 

 would in time control the trade of most 

 of the reputable dealers. 



I know there are some unscrupulous 

 dealers, and there are also unscrupulous 

 growers, but the careless method prac- 

 ticed by the latter class should not be 

 shifted to the responsibility of the hon- 

 est, careful grower. Some of the large 

 wholesalers are continually grinding 

 down the growers' prices and are willing 

 to pay only about the cost of producing 

 good seeds. Then the grower must either 

 reje.t the order or send out inferior 



