-Ma\ H. 111113. 



Tne Weekly Florists' Review. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMLRICAN SEED TRADE A$SOCUTIO\. 



Pres.. WaUer P. Stokes, Plitladelplilii: Plrsl 

 Vlce-Pres . Chae. N. Page. DesMoim-H, la.; Spc'y 

 and Treas., S. F. WUlard Wpihcrslickl. Conn. 

 Tbe twent.v-first annual c;onv»-ntlon will be held 

 at Phiiadeipbia and Atlantic City. June 2."i, 3* and 

 •jj. laoa. 



\'i.siTKi> ( IIICACO: R. H. Sluiiiiwav. 

 (It i;in-Ufui(l. ill. 



The HiiisK .Ir-inaiiil «f last week tur 

 early seed corn lias priulic-ally exiiatistcd 

 all first class seed stock. 



K. il. Hi .\T. Chicago, .says the call for 

 llciii^t-' llower seeds was never better 

 than tlii- season, orders innnin^ lari.'cr 

 trian u-\ial. 



:\lii. ItiiRi.Nso.N. rcprcscnlinj; the Je- 

 ronie li. Rice Seed Co.. passed throuiili 

 ('liica>;o Saturday on his way to Milwau- 

 kee and other Wisconsin )>oints. 



OxiON SEED sown for sets in the vi- 

 cinity of Chicauo has made a very favor- 

 able start. The acreajfe for red and 

 white sets i-^ fully one-third les> than 

 last ^eason. 



The nnii>nally ^low sale for cal)lia;;cs 

 at the |.rinci]jal sliippinj; pcrints diirin;.; 

 the wintiM has had a (lepr<'s>in;i ctlVct 

 on M-ed sales of tlic ~hippiii;; varieties 

 this ^])rinif. 



Mk. E. .J. De.\i,. manager. W. W. .John- 

 son & Son. Ltd.. Boston. England, while 

 visiting Chicago this week, ^onfirin^ re- 

 port of shortage in tnriiips and caily 

 round beets. 



KocKFORB. III. — The Buckbee Seed Co. 

 has broken ground for a new mail order 

 building. It will be of stone and Ijrick 

 and four stories high. It will cover 

 180x00 feet and liave 40,00(1 sqiiare feet 

 of floor space. 



l.\ THE Chicago papers the Western 

 \\'re<'king Coin])any is advertisiiii; for 

 Ma,\' i] an auction sale of the,, seed 

 salvage taken by it from the file ruins 

 of tiie I^eonard Seed Company's ^lonroe 

 stre(>t waif house. 



Harrisrcrg. Pa. — The Holme-. ScmI 

 Co. has moved into the new i|uaitei> at 

 .Vortli Market Square. The building 

 is :ir} l:.y l(i.5 feet and is splendidly 

 adapted to the business. The company 

 reports mail trade as double that of last 

 year ami -.tore trade as 00 ])er cent 

 larger. 



Now THAT the season is near its end. 

 reijorts generall.v show that mail trade 

 receipts for this season will fall shtn-t 

 of last year in volume. Orders liave 

 l™en as plentiful, but quantities have 

 been cut. The higher prices for many 

 -ced items and the liackwaril weather are 

 gi\eii a^ the causes. 



■folin C. Leonard, of the Leonard Seed 

 ('.... Chic;igo. son cf Mr. S. K. Leonard. 

 i~ to in- iiiaiiied .lune 10 to .Miss Helen 

 M. Calc. .Miss Cale is a daughter of 

 F. -M. (iaie. of the Bristol & (Jale Co.. 

 iiupleiiient dealers, (^hicago. This an- 

 nouncement is the mere interesting from 

 the fact that the firm of Bristol i: (!ale 

 were (dd-time Chicago seedsmen, haviie,' 

 had in the early eighties a considerable 

 hold upon the market gardeners of ('hi- 

 cago and supplying both seeds and ini- 

 l)lenients to them. The firm was one of 

 the pioneer seeil concerns of Chicairo. 

 and continued this branch to about ISSl. 



C1IARLE.S C. MA.SS1E. of Nortluup. 

 King & Co.. Minneapolis. passt.<| through 

 I hicago this week on liis way to Eu- 

 rope. He .sails from Boston May Hi. 



At Chicago the high prices for seed 

 of the pickling eueunibers is no draw- 

 back to sales. The growers rei-eiveil 

 high ]iriees for "pickles'' last year and 

 that fact is suHicient to make spe<l sell- 

 ing easy, regardless of ]iiice. 



I'hiladelpiiia. Pa. — Johnson & Stokes 

 re|iort that counter trade during April 

 and thus far in Jlay has Ix-en very 

 good. Ccmtiniiod eool weather prolongs 

 the planting season. The demand for 

 all kinds of field corn has been very 

 heavy, but the supply of choice saniph's 

 hard to maintain. The pres<>nt diy 

 wtather is letariling the vegetable plant 

 trade, but it lia^ been '_'c.i,| up ii. thi- 

 time. 



( I.EVKI.A.M). U. — -\n ileiii of interest to 

 the seed trade, which is of vital interest 

 to us. is the unusually backward sea- 

 son. Some of our gardeners report less 

 seed in the ground to date than was 

 c\ei' known before. This ina,v be parll.\' 

 line to the high price of seeds, few gar- 

 deners caring to take chances, but it 

 is largely due to the peculiar weather, 

 one day warm, followed bv a week of 

 cold. May 8 this region was visited bv 

 a heavy frost. The frosts have ])la.ved 

 havoc uith the tulips, ot which many 

 tliousands were planted last fall. The 

 ;!0.000 planted in the Public Square have 

 been nothing like the display of last 

 year, the llower stalks lieing not much 

 more than four or five inches high. The 

 late tulips, what few were planted, are 

 just coming into their glory, the (ioldeii 

 Crowns being particularly beautiful. (Jes- 

 ncrianas are just beginning lo show 

 color. 



I'lili.ADKi.iMIIA. — Couiilcr trade has re- 

 sponded nicely to the past few days of 

 warm weather. Mail orders have slack- 

 ened up and this class of trade is now 

 well over for the season. This class of 

 trade was not up to former years with 

 some of those who make a specialty of 

 this line. There has been a "terrible 

 drop" in sugar corn. S])eculators who 

 Indd Evergreen at .$1.5 per Inishel early in 

 the season are now willing to sell at 

 .$.'!. .'lO. Parties who bought early on open 

 account now claim reduction or threaten 

 to ship back. Prices on cucumbers, peas, 

 and wax beans remain firm. The de- 

 mand for field corn is notably heavy and 

 orders come from very distant points. 

 The low price that prevailed for onion 

 sets has resulted in a decrease of M) per 

 cent of seed sown for sets over thai of 

 li)02. The veijclalilc plant trade prom- 

 ises to he unus'ually heavy. .Many toma- 

 to plants were los,": to the growers by 

 the recent cold weather. Mr. Moore, 

 of Moore & Simon, has joined the ranks 

 of automobilists. Mr. l.angbridge. repre- 

 senting .leroine B. Hice Seed Co.. and 

 Ml. Hradstreet, repiesenling the Cleve- 

 land Seed Co.. were recent callers, as w'as 

 .\lr. Durvea. of Henry Xungesser. New 



^•..lU rill. 



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NEWGROPSEEDSf 



7 Primula Sinenis Fimbnata. 



J (KnirllBh (iruw 



J "The Grand" Mlxiur**. tr 

 3 PrIoiulJi Porlx'Bl. iriidc i 



4{ Cineraria Hybrida GrandifL 



T^ ( Eni.'ltnli i;ro\\ 11 



* Hill. IK Si..-1-lar Mixtiir.-, '.: iik'. M'- 



H\ Calceolaria Bybrida GrandH. 



^ Hunt's liii[K>rt Mixiur.' Ir. |iki , .%1.:m 



4l AH the t.viH-s. Incluillnc t In- self-colurftl. 

 41 tlk'en-U. iiioti t'd. varli-,(ated, spottiNJ 



41 Gloxinia Grandiflora. 



M llunfa ExtraSi-tect Mix 



M A mixture of cxclunlvc i k 



3 Inclu'llnt- Fir.- Kill?.]). • 



I E. H. HUNT, t 



I 76-78 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, t 



4 4. 



Mention tho Rpvlfw when .vnii ■.vrl- 



FRESH SMIIAX SEED IN JUNE. 



.SMI1..\\ UOOLS A'l ALL .sl..VsO>.s. 



luu 10(10 



Btrong- Boots, ''j-in. <liam tLM) $ *.00 



1 to 1°. ill. .liaia S.ai MOO 



Extra Size j to ."J-in. diam 3.50 



Delivered at prices given. 



Theodosia B. Shepherd Co. 



Ventura-by-the-Sea, Cal. 



Send tor Tiad.- Llsl 



Mention Thp Rpvlpw whfn vou w-.-1t« 



IMPORT BllLB ORDERS 



Oril.i'B now bonked f.ir tlie lilKlie-t t'rad.- of 

 LILIKS. HYACINTHS. TCMt'S. 



N.M51ISSI. KKKKSl.VS. Kl. .. 



AT SPECIAL, IMPORT RATES. 



Prices oil application. 

 W. C. HECKKRT. ALLEGHKNT. PA. 



M pti flAn The Review when Tee ^ri.> 



Calla Bulbs! 



r.. to 2 inches in diem. 

 Choice grown for Florists' use. IS-OO 

 perl O. For delivery Augttst 1 Ex- 

 press 1 repaid. 



California Carnation Co,, loomis, Cal. 



Mpntlnn Tbe' RptIpw wht-n t..u wri'- 



RAWSON'S 



.Xrlingt.iii T.-l.'l 



FLORIST 



( atnlociK'H .Mall.', I Frei-. 



W. W. RAWSON i CO., Seedsmen. 



12 and 13 Faneuil M«ll Squaff. BOSTON. 



n^REER'S 



l^r RELIABLE -£: 

 FLOWER SEEDS. 



Fully descrltx-d In our Wholes.il.- Prlee LI8t 



HENRY A. DREER, 



-14 Chestnol 8t.. 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



11,.' Itivlin when y.Ml nrlte 



