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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



May 21, 1903. 



DUNNITB, a formula for preventing and rem- 

 edying BLACK SPOT on rose plants. Write us. 

 Dunne & Co.. 54 West SOth St.. New York. 



Tobacco stems In bales of about lOO lbs., Ic 

 per lb. Tobacco dust, fresh, 100 lbs.. $1.75. 

 W. W. Barnard & Co.. 161 Klnzle St.. Chicago. 



rresh tobacco stems, bales 200 to 500 lbs.. 

 75c par 100 lbs. Freight paid. 

 U. C utler R.ver3on. 108 3d Ave.. Newarl;. N. J. 



Tobacco stems, fresh and strong, bale of 3U0 

 lbs.. .$1.50. W. C. Beckert. Allegheny. Pa. 



NICOTICIDE itills all greenhouse pests. 

 Sold by all seedsmen. 



PAINT AND PUTTY. 



TWEMLOW'S OLD ENGLISH GLAZING 

 PUTTY. An old article when goods were 

 made for quality, not cheapness. It lasts a 

 lifetime and is the best article today for all 

 greenhouse glazing. Malies a firm, lasting bed 

 for glass, unaffected by heat or cold. No 

 leaky sash-bars when this is used. 



1-gallon can (18 lbs.) $1.25 



5-gaUon can 5.90 



lO-gallom can 12.00 



ao-gallon can 23.00 



E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



GOOD THINGS! 



HAMMOND'S GREENHOUSE WHITE PAINT 

 and TWEMLOW'S OLD ENGLISH LIQUID 

 GL.AZING PUTTY. In use by some of tlie 

 largest florists in the United States. Write us 

 for prices. 



HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLCGSHOT 

 WORKS. Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y. 



The CHEAPEST way. the EASIEST way. 

 and the BEST wav to get rid of tiiat surplus 

 stock is to use the REVIEW'S classified advs. 



POTS. 



Standard Pots. We are now ready to supply 

 a superior quality of pots in unlimited quanti- 

 ties. Catalogues and price lists furnished on 

 application. 



A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge, Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are withiQ 500 miles of the Capital, write us; 

 we can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28tb 

 and M Sts.. N. E.. Washington. P. C. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Son. 361-363 Herndon SI. 

 (near Wrightwood Ave.). Chicago. 



Those RED pots. The right kind. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Red Standard, Flower pots; Fern, Azalea and 

 Palm pots. 



HARRISON POTTERY. Harrison. Ohio. 



Red pots. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg, Iowa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss of first quality. Can ship at a 

 moment's notice — '2 bales. $1.^0; 10-bale lots, 

 $6.00. Z. K. JEWETT & CO.. Sparta, Wis. 



Spha^um moss. Write for prices. H. M. 

 Robinson & Co., 36 Court Sq., Boston. Mass. 



Fresh 5-bbl. bale, I}!]. 25; 3 bales. .$3.25: 5 

 bales .$5.Ch:i. H. U. Akers. Chatsworth. N. J. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co., Milliugton, Mass. 



TIN FOIL. 



American brand FLORIST FOIL.— The stand- 

 ard foil of America. 

 John J. Crooke Co.. 186 Grand St.. New York. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Model Extension carnation supports and gal- 

 vanized rose stakes. Parker- Bruen Mfg. Co.. 

 208 Jersey St.. Harrison, N. J. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also gal- 

 vanized rose stakes and tying wires. 

 Igoe Bros., 226 North 0th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



WIRE WORK, 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 

 45, 47. 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Wired toothpicks. 10.000. $1.50; 50,000, $6.25. 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 

 W. J. COWEE. Berlin, N. Y'. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 



C. 0. POLLWORTH CO.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



Emll StefCens. Manufacturer of Florists' Wii'e 

 Designs. 335 East 21st St.. New York. 



Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York. 

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



B. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



The programme for the twenty-seventh 

 annual meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen, to be held at De- 

 troit June 10, 11 and 12, has been issued. 

 Copies may be had on application to 

 George C. Seager, secretary, Rochester, 



N. y. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., W.-ilter P. Stokes, Philadelpliia; First 

 Vlce-Pres.. Chas. N. Pat;e. Dea Moines, la. ; Sec'v 

 and Treas.. S. P. Wlllard, Wethersfleki. Conn. 

 The twenty-first annual convention will be held 

 at Philadelphia and Atlantic City, June 23, 21 and 

 2o, W03. 



C. Cbopp starts June 20 on a ten 

 weeks' European trip. 



TiiF, western trade reports heavy call 

 for German and Siberian millet and 

 corn. 



Jno. C. Leonard, of tjie Leonard Seed 

 Co., will visit California growers next 

 month. 



S. C. CouRTEEN was recently elected 

 president of the Milwaukee Chamber of 

 Commerce. 



A. W. McT. Martin, of L. L. May & 

 Co., St. Paul, sails for Scotland May 

 .30, accompanied by Mrs. Martin. 



Information is alread.y reaching us 

 of expected shortage in European root 

 crops, such as beet, turnip and radishes. 



It is reported that tomato seed crops 

 were badly injured by recent cold 

 weather and some sorts will be reduced 

 fully 50 per cent. 



The dry weather has put a stop to 

 business with houses dealing with mar- 

 ket gardeners. It is remarkable the 

 effect the drought has had in tliis de- 

 partment. 



There seems to be a skirmish for 

 stock seed of many of the odd varieties 

 of squash, pumpkin and melons. Some 

 of the growers find it difficult to pro- 

 cure good stock. 



Counter sales at all the northern 

 cities are reported first class, better so 

 far than in any May for some years, 

 and of sufficient volume to make the 

 present season the equal of any in recent 

 history. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — Frank Hoerman, 

 the seedsman, is interested in an onion 

 growing venture here. Ten acres are be- 

 ing planted with onion sets. An adv. 

 for 100 boys to do the planting brought 

 out some interesting comment in the lo- 

 cal papers. 



American importers do not take 

 kindly to the very innocent proposition 

 of French bulb growers to "advise us 

 how many Romans you want us to send 

 you and we will invoice them at the 

 very lowest prices we possibly can when 

 filling order." It pays to wait and push 

 Dutch Romans and valley in the mean- 

 time. 



Philadelphia. — In the Court of Com- 

 mon Pleas, on May 13, judgment was 

 rendered against the plaintiff in the 

 suit of Seldon Twitchell against P. B. 

 Mingle & Co., Twitchell alleging that 

 six bushels of seed purchased in 1901 

 was winter instead of spring rye. The 

 defense was on the "disclaimer" printed 

 on the bill. 



Visited Chicago: J. J. Van Waveren, 

 of L. Van Waveren & Co., Hillegom, 

 Holland; A. Steelier, of the Stecher 

 Lithograph Co., Rochester, N. Y.; E. S. 

 Thompson, Michigan Seed Co., South 

 Haven, Mich.; Wm. Markurth, of the 



Harnden Seed Co., Kansas City, Mo.; 

 Robert Fulton, of Henry & Lee, New 

 York, the latter en route to Japan. 



Sheboygan, Wis. — The Allen Seed Co., 

 of Three Mile Bay, N. Y., has arranged 

 for the leasing of a warehouse here for 

 the storage of seed peas and beans. The 

 company has contracted for about 1,000 

 acres of land from farmers in this 

 vicinity for the planting of beans, and a 

 similar area will be secured for peas. The 

 project of building a large warehouse and 

 elevator here is being considered. 



The American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion will meet at the St. Charles Hotel, 

 Atlantic City, X. J., June 23 to 2C^. 

 The annual meeting of the Wholesale 

 Seedsmen's League will be held during 

 the week, the day to be hereafter named 

 by President Bruggerhof. It is an- 

 nounced that W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 

 will entertain the association and other 

 trade visitors at Fordbook on Mondav, 

 June 29. 



Prices on Roman hyacinths at Olli- 

 oules, France, are still unsettled and 

 practically no American orders have been 

 placed. A cable May 18 says this is be- 

 ginning to have its influence and the mar- 

 ket, now at about 90 francs, is weaken- 

 ing and liable to break at any time. 

 Paper whites will undoulitedly be from 2 

 to 5 francs higher than last .season, and 

 importers do not think that even a big 

 break in Romans will affect very much 

 the price of these. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — The Henry A. 

 Dreer Co. states that its seed biusiness 

 has exceeded all previous years. They 

 notice that man^; of the large orders 

 came in earlier than usual, many having 

 come in February when preparations 

 were being made to start the cold frames. 

 March is, however, their heavy month, 

 with April a good second. Some idea of 

 the isize of their plant business can be 

 obtained from the fact that there are 

 now considerably over 100 men on lae 

 Riverton. pay roll. 



Philadelphi.\. — So far this month 

 counter trade has been very good, and 

 the indications are that it will even 

 up the losses of April, which were due 

 to the cold, wet weather during that 

 month. The demand for all kinds of 

 seed corn continues to be good. Field 

 corn is selling especialh' well and most 

 stocks are well cleaned up. Prices for 

 all kinds of vegetables continue to be 

 high, which augurs well for the next 

 season's trade. Peas and sugar corn 

 have germinated poorly, which means 

 short crops and high prices for the 

 farmer. Vegetable crops of all kinds 

 are from two to three weeks late, all 

 of which will assist to maintain prices 

 for the agriculturist. Dry weather is 

 also retarding both planting and grow- 

 ing crops. 



Des Moines, Ia. — The Iowa Seed Co. 

 says under date of May 4: "Our trade 

 during the entire season has been a 

 trifle better than last year, but we in- 

 vested a little more money for advertis- 

 ing and do not think that it was as 

 much better as it should have been when 

 additional expense is considered, so that 

 we were somewhat disappointed during 

 February and the first half of March. 

 The latter half of Jlarch and all of April 

 have, however, been considerably ahead 

 of last year, and our orders are keep- 

 ing up remarkably well for this season 

 of the year. The mail order plant trade 



