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The Florists^ Review 



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Seed Trade News 



▲MBBIOAN BBBD TKAOB ASBOOIATION. 



PrMldent. B. 0. Dnnfan, PhlUddphU, Pa.; 

 McivUrr-treasDKr, O. B. Kendel, Olereland, O. 



In a general way it is the newer mid- 

 dle-western seed houses that have had the 

 big increases in mail orders this season. 



It is turning out as some seedsmen 

 predicted, that a large percentage of the 

 public are too prosperous to garden this 

 season. 



The official roster of the Harnden 

 Seed Co., Kansas City, Mo., is: Presi- 

 dent and treasurer, W. W. Hamden ; vice- 

 president, C. E. Harnden ; secretary, G. C. 

 Hamden; manager, C. C. Andrews. 



The French, as well as the Germans, 

 prefer the American medium of exchange, 

 quoting seeds and bulbs in dollars instead 

 of francs, something unheard-of . before 

 1918. Wonder how long it will be before 

 the British quote in dollars instead of 

 shillings f 



Heavy snow at Boulder, Colo., April 18, 

 tied up transportation and mails so that 

 business in the seed houses there was al- 

 most paralyzed for a time. Since then 

 the rush of delayed mail has swamped 

 them with orders, which they are working 

 at top speed to fill. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, has 

 leased two new locations, one for the 

 main loop store, almost across the street, 

 and one for the west side store, not far 

 distant from the old location. The dates 

 of removal are uncertain, being depend- 

 ent on the time of starting new buildings 

 at the old sites. 



PROPAGANDA FOB SEEDSMEN. 



Under the caption, "Home Gardens 

 or Hunger f" a double-column editorial 

 almost the depth of the page in the 

 Philadelphia North American for April 

 17 pointed out the factors that are cur- 

 tailing this year's food production and 

 virtually compel home gardening. 



The government's crop report of 

 winter wheat at twenty-five per cent 

 below normal, 81,000 Pennsylvania 

 farmers without help to produce their 

 normal crops, a reduction of one-third 

 of a million acres in cultivated land in 

 New York state this year, dependency on 

 foreign countries for a large part of 

 our vegetable supply, Maine potato 

 fields with only women and old men at 

 work, fertilizer supply only seventy-five 

 per cent of normal — these are the danger 

 signals used to flag the neglectful home 

 gardener. 



"The situation, when boiled down, 

 is this — at no time in recent years has 

 every indication pointed to such an 

 acute food shortage as must come next 

 fall and winter, unless every effort is 

 made to avert such a catastrophe. The 

 home garden must oe viewed in the 

 light of a defense against famine. Its 

 contribution to health and education is, 

 for the time being, a secondary con- 

 sideration. Under existing conditions it 

 assumes the important role of insurance 

 against hunger," states the editorial. 



The editorial further points out that 

 seeds have advanced little or none in 

 price and some are even cheaper than 

 two years ago. 



Attracting the attention of seedsmen, 

 this editorial has aroused comment, for 



Tested 



Proven 



Early View 'of Our Trial Grounds 



Did you ever sow Peacock's Flower 

 Seeds? If not — why not? Other 

 florists do. 



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Please see full list of Florists' and Market 

 Gardeners' Seeds in the 16-page Green Sec- 

 tion, pages 117 to 132 of The Review for 

 January 29. 



Everette R. Peacock Co 



SEEP GROWERS AND IMPORTERS! 



4011'1S MUwaakee Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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