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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 18. 1917. 



and is "making good." To quote 

 George Wedge: "We are hammering 

 away, and with our extensive nursery 

 expect to extend our business consider- 

 ably. ' ' 



"Business was never better; the local 

 trade has greatly increased since the 

 opening of our retail store," said Man- 

 ager William Kucker, of the Faribault 

 Seed & Nursery Co., Faribault, Minn. 



The Currie Bros. Seed Co., of Mil- 

 waukee, Wis., is awaiting the course of 

 events before sending out its bulb cata- 

 logues. It keeps all hands explaining 

 why those long-expected bulbs have not 

 arrived. Never will they be more ac- 

 ceptable and valuable for counter sales. 

 The seed business is good. 



George Hunkel & Co., of Milwaukee, 

 do an extensive garden seed business 

 and are getting their patrons in line 

 for another mutually good season. 



J. J. Sluis, of the Sluis Seed Store, 

 Chicago, reading from a telegram just 

 received, remarked: "Some contracts 

 are so many 'scraps of paper.' Fortu- 

 nate, indeed, are we to have some good 

 growers to hitch to. We look for an- 

 other big seed season. ' ' 



The L. L. Olds Seed Co., of Madison, 

 Wis., is putting the finishing touches to 

 next season's catalogue, which has been 

 prepared with the greatest care and 

 conservatism. 



Meltzer's Seed Store, at Watertown, 

 Wis., reports a steady counter trade. 

 Some fine samples of home-grown stocks 

 were noticed. 



E. T, Peirce, manager of the Iowa 

 Seed Co., Des Moines, la., predicts a 

 merry time for the mail-order trade 

 when the stamp tax goes into effect. 

 "Aside from the labor, the additional 

 stamps will cost several thousands of 

 dollars, and we cannot pass the burden 

 along," said Mr. Peirce. "So we must 

 wait with patience the outcome. Busi- 

 ness has been good and a continuation is 

 looked for. Though some war garden- 

 ers were discouraged, others were en- 

 couraged, and with a stimulating press 

 an increase may be anticipated." 



There hangs in the oflSce of the presi- 

 dent of the A. J. Brown Seed Co., at 

 Grand Eapids, Mich., a picture of the 

 proposed group of seed warehouses. 

 Owing to the intervention of the war, 

 the plan has gone no farther, but the 

 land is secured for what is intended to 

 be a complete modern structure. A new 

 building of four floors has been tempo- 

 rarily secured to help accommodate the 

 storage of from thirty to forty cars of 

 peas and beans alone, the crop turning 

 out fairly well. Manager Remington 

 remarked that, owing to the dry 

 weather, the clover crop will be light, 

 but will be fully compensated for in the 

 return of cereals and corn. 



The Page-Philipps Seed Co., of To- 

 ledo, is making a strong bid for country 

 trade, following the method so success- 

 fully carried out from Greene, N. Y. 



J. F. Stamm & Co., of Toledo, are 

 putting a concrete foundation in their 

 building to carry the additional weight 

 consequent upon an increasing business. 



Tucker's Seed House, Carthage, Mo., 

 is making preparations to handle a 

 banner business from now on. 



The Redding & Clark Seed Store, 

 Joplin, Mo., is the oldest in the state. 

 "And yet," said Joseph Redding, "we 

 have to keep continually at it to hold 

 our trade, or the other fellow gets our 

 goat. ' ' 



The Hubbard Seed House, Topeka, 



British Grown Bulbs 



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 DAFFODILS and NARCISSI 



Emperor, D. Nose $13.25 $10.75 



S. •• 10.75 8.50 



Forcing 7.25 6.50 



Empress 15.60 12.00 



Victoria 15.50 13.25 



Horsfleldii 10.75 8.60 



Grandis 8.50 7.25 



Princeps 9.00 7 25 



Golden Spur 15.50 12.00 



SirWatkin 14.50 10 75 



Barrii Conspicuus 7.25 5.00 



Ornatus $ 8.50 $ 7 



Pheasant's Eye 6 



Praecox grandiflorus 9 



Double Yellow 16.50 13 



White 7.1^5 6 



Mrs. Langtry 9 



Grand Monaraue 16 



Prime 10 



Scilly White 10 



DafFs.&Narciss. mixed... 



$3.00 per lOOO, J24.00 per 10,0(0 



.25 



3.00 



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 ).5Q 



.75 

 ).75 



.76 



6.0O 

 3.60 



l6!76 

 3.60 



14! 50 

 9.50 

 9.60 



TULIPS 



Clara Butt $15 60 $13.25 



GoldenCrown 9.50 8.50 



Boutond'Or 13 25 



Picotee 14 50 



Mr. Famcombe Sanders $22.75 $20.50 



Macrospila 8.50 7 26 



Gesneriana major 14.60 13 25 



Parisian White 14 60 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Freesias $11.50 $9.00 Valley Crowns, retarded $17.25 



Anemone fulgens 11.50 Anemone St. Brigid 11.50 



Bulb Fibre, ready mixed, 3 bushel bag, $1.25 



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