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The Rorists^ Review juxk22. mi. 



TO EXCHANQE-Continued. 



To Exchange — 2-ln. stock of Nntt geraniums; 

 plumosus, double petunias, heliotrope, lor mums 

 and Champion carnations. 

 D. W. Leatherman, Anderson. Ind. 



To Exchange — 300, 8 In. La Favorite geraniums 

 in bloom; also 2 in. artillery plants for rooted 

 cariitlon stock. 



White Hall Greenhouses, White Hall, 111. 



To Exchange — 4-ln. Nutt In bloom, Co; 8-ln. 

 varlegrated, 4c; 2%-ln. salvias, 2c, for cannas, 

 asters, plumosus and ferns. 

 Koehnleln & Hoffman, La Grange, Ky. 



To Exchange — Double petunias, fuchsias and 

 delphiniums, for mums, R. 0. or 2-ln. stock. 

 See classified advs. for prices. 



Warren Huckleberry, North Verno n, Ind. 



To Exchange — Geraniums, 2%-in., asparagus 

 Sprengerl, 3-ln., for asparagus plumosus nanus. 

 A. B. Cronbaugh, Ada, O. 



To Exchange— Salvia, 2%-ln., in bud and 

 bloom, fine plants, for anything we can use. 

 L. M. Smith & Co., Laurel, Del. 



BASKETS. 



200 14-ln. wire Sprengerl baskets, 90c, long 



■prays. 12-in. crockery flower banging baskets, 



fl.OO. 10-in. flower hanging baskets, 65c. 8-in. 



flower hanging baskets, 40c. Cash or 0. O. D. 



A. Erlckson, 6825 Rogers Ave., Chicago. 



CANK STAKES. 



Japanese cane stakes, green, 2 ft., $3.50; 2V^ 

 ft., $4.50; 3 ft.. $5.60; 4 ft., $7.60 per 1000; 

 natural, 6 ft., $6.00 per 1000. 



A. Henderson A Co.. Box 125, Chicago. 



CARNATION STAPLES. 



Superior carnation staples, best staple on th« 

 market, 36c per 1000; 3000 for $1.00, postage 

 paid. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER ESCCHANGB. 

 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



Pillsbary's carnation staples, 86c per 1000; 8000 

 for $1.00. I. L. Pillsbnry. Gafesbnnr. 111. 



DECORATIVE MATERIAL. 



Write for special prices on a special lot of 

 dagger ferns. 



Try our laurel festooning for your decorations, 

 only 6c per yard. 10 yds. free with flrst order. 

 Crowl Fern Co.. Mllllngton, Mass. 



FLOWER COLORINOS. 



THE NATURAL OTACEINB tvwtt colorlni; 

 yellow, blue, orange, pink «? n— -jran Beauty, 

 20c per qt. Sent to you by mall. 

 C. R. Cranston. 146 Orchard St.. Anbnm. R. I. 



QOLP FISH. 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, castles. 



globes, aquariums, flsh food, nets, etc.. wholesale, 

 end for price lists. Large breeding pairs for 

 sale. Franklin Barrett, Breeder, 4816 D St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



. QREENS. 



Asparagus plumosus aprajrs. Write for prices. 

 Wm. B. Cnrrey, De Land.Jria. 



JUMPING BEANS. 



I Mexican jumping beans, greatest attraction 

 for show window, keep Jumping during summer, 

 eOc per 100, $5.00 per 1000, postpaid. 

 J. A. McDowell, Apartado 167, Mexico City, Mex. 



LEAF MOLD. 



Leaf mold, very finest kind, $1.00 per 100 lbs., 



or $18.00 per ton net. 2c stamp for sample. 



L. W. Spangler, Huntingdon, Pa. 



. MOSS. 



Fancy natural green moss, large sheets, 3 bu. 

 size bags, $1.50 per bag. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Sheet moss, large pieces, large bags, $2.00 per 

 bag. A. Henderson A Co., Box 126, Chicago . 



POTS. 



10.000 2%-in. pots for sale at a bargain; nwd 

 only once. Smith A Gannett. Geneva. N. Y. 



PRINTINO. 



Typewritten form letter*, office stationery and 

 florists' labels a specialty. Samples on request. 

 Snow the Circular Letter Man. Camden, N. Y. 



SPMAQNUM MOSS. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



10 bbl. bales, bnrlaped $4.00 each 



6 bale lots 8.76 each 



10 bale lots 8.60 each 



Write for our monthly plant bulletin. 



8. S. PENNOCK-MKEHAN CO.. 



1808-20 Ludlow St.. Philadelphia. Pa . 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, 10 bbl. bale. $2.00: 6 bales, 

 19.60; 5 bbl. bale. $1.00; 6 bales, $4.60. Bur- 

 lapped, 25c extra. 8 bbl. bale, $1.85. Cash, please. 



Jos. H. Paul, Box 156, Manahawkln, N. J. 



Sphagnum Mobs, 12 bbl. bale, $2.40, 10 bbl. 

 bale, $1.05. Cash. Orders rushed. Manahawkln 

 Moss and Peat Co., Box V, Mana hawkln, N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, guaranteed, excellent quality, 

 10 bales, $7.00. 5% cash with order. 

 L. Amundson A Son, City Point. Wis. 



Sphagnum moss, burlap bales. $1.00 each; 10 

 bales, $9.00. 



A. Henderson A Co., Box 125, Chicago, 111. 



Sphagnum moss, very best quality. $1.00 per 

 bale; 10 bales for $9.00. 



H. W. Bnckbee. Rockford. 111. 



TOBACCO. 



FRESH TOBACCO STEMS, in bales of 200 lbs.. 

 $2.00; 600 lbs.. $4.00; 1000 lbs.. $7.00; ton. $13.00. 

 Scharg Bros.. Van Wert. O. 



Strong tobacco dust, $1.75 per 100 lbs.; 200 

 lbs.. $3.00. Q. H. Hunkel Co.. Milwaukee, Wis. 



^A/IRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the west. E. F. Winterson Co., 166 North 

 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



Falls City Wire Works, 

 451 Srd St.. Louisville. Ky. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works. 



264-266 Randolph St.. Detroit. Mich. 



WOOD LABELS. 



WOOD LABELS AND PLANT STAKES. 

 Benjamin Chase Co.. Perry Village. N. H. 



THE SEED TRADE CONVENTION. 



(Continued from page 56.) 



planted in the south, will in one 

 year revert to the slow maturings char- 

 acteriatics of southern corn. Strictly 

 dependable, northern grown seed corn 

 from acclimated varieties is of the 

 greatest importance to north'v^estern 

 planters. To secure such stock seed, it 

 must be gathered before freezing 

 weather and thoroughly cured in frost- 

 proof storage during winter. The vital- 

 ity of the corn is best maintained when 

 cured in well ventilated rooms with only 

 sufficient artificial heat to keep it from 

 freezing. 



* ' Yields and quality of corn have been 

 greatly improved during recent years by 

 the state experiment stations and seed 

 corn breeders, but it has been demon- 

 strated that the increase in yield does 

 not follow in the Second, third or any 

 subsequent generation, that this work 

 of hybridizing must be pursued each 

 year. 



"The problem which confronts the 

 seedsman today, applied not only to corn 

 but to many other crops, is to educate 

 the farmer to the realization of the fact 

 that it is economy for him to purchase 

 frequently, if not annually, a new sup- 

 ply of seed, which has been carefully 

 bred for seed purposes. By so doing he 

 can increase his yield to an extent that 

 the entire cost of seed will be returned 

 to him many fold by the increased yield 

 and quality of his crop." 



State Competition. 



W. D. Weedy, manager of the John 

 A, Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., was 

 on the program for a review of state 

 competition in the form of sales assist- 

 ance rendered farmers' associations. 



"That the American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation is anxious to promote or co- 

 operate in any movement that will de- 

 velop and improve agriculture through 

 the use of batter seed is beyond ques- 

 tion," said Mr. Weedy, "but to render 

 state assistance, as many states are do- 

 ing, to farmers' associations in market- 

 ing the resultant crop seeds, seems dis- 

 criminating. §ome of our states appro- 

 priate large sums for the printing and 

 mailing of a "List of Seeds" (cata- 

 logue is the term the seedsmen would 

 use), giving the names, addresses, kind 

 of seeds and quantity for sale, thus 

 bringing into the market without cost, 

 or at trifling expense to the farmer, 

 seeds in direct competition with the 

 institutions that have large overhead 

 expense, heavy expenditure in cata- 

 logues and huge amounts in taxes. 



"With the federal government dis- 

 tributing seeds free and many states 

 organizing selling departments in farm- 

 ers' associations, it would almost seem 



that principle and right were being sac- 

 rificed for political gain." 



Fair Play AdvertislngJlPk 



Frank B. White, an old friend, now 

 director of the Agricultural Publishers' 

 Association, talked for fair play in 

 business. "There are four sides to a 

 square deal — your side, my side, the 

 public and the law — and when any one 

 of these sides is not observed, you 

 have a triangular proposition and it is 

 not square. It is fair play to give full 

 measure, good quality, a clean, honest 

 service. You expect it from others. 

 Others expect it from you. You are 

 entitled to a just reward for your labor 

 — a fair, legitimate profit sufficient to 

 warrant you in giving quality, quantity 

 and service. When you measure up to 

 that standard in the conduct of your 

 business, you have a right to talk about 

 advertising and emphasize it in the 

 strongest possible terms, keeping in 

 mind the fact that performance is bet- 

 ter than promise and that the best' ad- 

 vertisement is the thing itself. A satis- 

 fied customer in any community is a 

 living witness and exponent of your 

 fair play dealing. A dissatisfied cus- 

 tomer scatters poisoA and some of it is 

 liable to touch where it will do you 

 greatest damage. 



"May I presume upon your interest 

 and tell you just a few things that seem 

 to me essential in seed advertising suc- 

 cess? I believe that this is a strategic 

 time for seedsmen to face this question 

 squarely, and if you will come together 

 and formulate your own standards of 

 practice and publish to the world what 

 your association stands for as regards 

 quality and square dealing, you will be 

 doing yourselves and your customers a 

 great service. I mean, gentlemen, legis- 

 late for yourselves. Don't let the poli- 

 ticians in states and the national gov- 

 ernment run your business. Stand 

 squarely for something as an associa- 

 tion and insist that your members shall 

 live up to -your platform, and you will 

 be taking a long stride forward. 



"You have allowed politicians to tell 

 you what you must do altogether too 

 long. A body of business men such as 

 compose this association, united upon a 

 principle and a plan, would wield an in- 

 fluence in legislative halls that would 

 make your rights respected because you 

 would be right yourselves, if you live 

 up to the proper standards of practice. 

 And then, gentlemen, you would have 

 something to advertise that people 

 would believe in, and the seedsman who 

 could not subscribe to your standards 

 would find himself doing business un- 

 der a handicap." 



Trade Exhibits. 



The A. B. Morse Co., of St. Joseph, 

 Mich., designers, illustrators and print- 

 ers of nursery and seed catalogues, had 

 a wonderfully complete exhibit of its 

 work, both in colors and in black and 

 white. A. B. Morse, the head of the 

 company, had charge of the exhibit. 



An interesting exhibit was that of 

 the Torsion Balance Co., .Jersey City. 

 N. J. The article being demonstrated 

 was the grain test scale. Daniel Tay- 

 lor, Chicago representative, was in 

 charge. 



A large and varied display that at- 

 tracted much attention was that of the 

 Brown Bag Filling Machine Co., of 

 Fitchburg, Mass. 



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