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The Florists' Review 



Adoust 16, 1917. 



Seed Trade News 



AMEBIOAN SEED TBASE ABSOOZATIOH. 

 President, F. W. Bolgiano, Waghlngton, D. 0.; 

 Secretary-Treasur er, C. B. Kendel. CleTeland, O. 



There are indications that canna roots 

 will be scarce next winter. 



The Harrisii bulbs are in, fine looking 

 stock, but the advance orders are ex- 

 tremely light. 



This spring's shortage of gladiolus 

 bulbs surely will be repeated unless the 

 Holland growers can get their stock over. 



Reports from California bulb growers 

 indicate that the crop of Freesia Purity 

 is turning out considerably below expecta- 

 tions. 



The seed exporters in Denmark have 

 their troubles, but they seem to have a 

 greater degree of freedom than is given 

 the trade in any other European country. 



Robert Livingston and Mrs. Living- 

 ston, of Columbus, O., passed through 

 Chicago August 14, on the way to 

 Seattle and other Pacific coast growing 

 stations. 



To REPLACE the quantities of pansy 

 heretofore imported from Germany will 

 call for more seeds than are likely to re- 

 sult from the increased plantings and ex- 

 cellent crops of American growers. 



The British government has exempted 

 from war service seedsmen's employees of 

 the classes who must be specially trained 

 or experienced, but not the ordinary run 

 of office, farm or warehouse employees. 



French bulbs reached New York last 

 week and weekly arrivals are expected for 

 a month or more, as word has come of 

 many shipments now afloat. It seems 

 probable that all orders will be filled. 



■ Late reports from Japan indicate some 

 shortage and the belated arrival of For- 

 mosa lily bulbs. The giganteums also will 

 be late, but the delay will be due to 

 the difficulty of securing steamer space. 



The eleventh annual convention of the 

 National Canners' Association and its 

 allied associations will be held in Boston, 

 February 11 to 16, 1918. Headquarters 

 will be at the Copley Plaza hotel, with 

 the exhibition in Mechanics' building, 

 nearby. 



Reports of irregularity in the germina 

 tion of seeds, while partly due to the un- 

 favorable weather, lead to the belief that 

 the seeds were from more than one 

 stock, quite possibly some old seed 

 mixed with tlie new to eke out the 

 supply. 



There are 1,870 names of sweet peas 

 in the "Field Notes" of Lester L. 

 Morse, the 1916 edition of which re- 

 cently appeared. These names do not 

 represent so many distinct varieties by 

 any means, but are names that have been 

 given to a sweet pea by some dealer and 

 have appeared in some printed list, either 

 in America, Great Britain or Australia. 



A LARGE part of the orders for Dutch 

 bulbs have been booked with the prices 

 open. Quotations now coming from Hol- 

 land indicate ideas of values there that 

 may prove something of a shock to grow- 

 ers here when they get their advices of 

 them. In jobbing quantities it is thought 

 florists may refuse quite a good many 

 bulbs when they see what they will have 

 to pay for them. 



Braslan 



Grower for the Wholesale Trade Only. OmoN, Ljcttuob, Oabbov, 

 PABsmp, Pabslkt, OxiiKBT, Enbitk, Sai^ht, Named akd MnaSD 



OBAin>IIX.OBA AMD SfKNOKB SWXKT PXAS, AND BWKrU>WmBk^ 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Company 



ONION SETS ^ ^ 



an fiEED CO- 

 LE O N A JJD »„ ,„,„«„ 



-^^S. PEAS AHD CORN "^"^^"JiLT* 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



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Burpee's Seeds that Grow 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for oew Complete Catalocne. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Com. 



•rewlas StattoM at laat lerdaa. Mlafe..«raea Bay. WlaM St. Aatheaif . Make 



Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Etc. Etc. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Bgg Plant, Squash, Pampkin, 

 Onotunber, Cantaloupe and Watermelon 

 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Gorremondeiice Solicited. Bwadasboro, ■ J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VAllEY, &".V".' NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of High-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn. 



- THE — 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 

 ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Canteloupe, 

 Watermelon, Sauash and Pumpkin Seed. Sugar. 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



■AKTA AHA. 



CALIFORHIA 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO. 



ONION ^<^ss£^ SETS 



ONION 



40iS Mllwadfc** a 



SEED 



CHICAGO 



J.BOLGIANO&SON 



Careful Seed Growers for 99 year*. 



Send for our 1917 wholesale prices 

 to Florists and Market Oardeners 



BALTIMORE. MARYLAND 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, GAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peaa, Aster, 



Cosmos, MlRnonette, Verbena, In variety. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



sJ^G^ers SAN JOSEi CALi 



Growers of 



ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, Etc. 



Correspondence Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co* 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA 



GARDEN SEEDS 



We have many of the short Items together with all 

 the plentiful items in seed to oflei^beans. sweet 

 corn, carrot, onion sets, dwarf nasturtium. Send 

 for our wholesale price list. Shipments from here 

 or New York city go quickly everywhere. Contract 

 growing price list 1917 seeds on request. 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



Home Office: ORANGB, CONN. 

 New York City Store. 82 Dey Street 



Contract Seed Growers 



Sfecidtiei::g;r?e^;S%?S£ 



Correspondence Solicited. 



George R. Pedrick & Son 



PEDRICKTOWN. N. I. 



