82 



The Florists^ Review 



Mat 1, 1919. 



branches of the growing industry in the 

 effort to ascertain if their methods, in 

 the opinion of the commission, as illus- 

 trated by the order, are in violation of 

 the Federal Trade Commission act and 

 the Clayton act. 



This is the order which reflects the 

 views of the commission on resale price 

 fixing: 



NOW, THBEBFOEE, IT IS ORDERED THAT 

 respondent (naming the defendant) and Its offi- 

 cers, directors, agents, seirants, and employeef, 

 cease and desist from directly or Indirectly rec- 

 ommending, requiring, or by any means whatso- 

 ever bringing about the resale by dealers of 

 (naming tie article) according to any system of 

 prices fixed or established by respondent, and 

 more particularly by any or all of the following 

 means : 



1. Entering into contracts, agreements, or 

 understandings with such dealers to the effect 

 that such dealers, in reselling the article, will 

 adhere to any system of prices fixed or estab- 

 lished by respondent; 



2. Securing from such dealers contracts, agree- 

 ments, or understandings that they will adhere 

 to any such system of prices; 



3. Refusing to sell to any such dealers because 

 they fail to adhere to any such system of prices; 



4. DiscrimlnatiBg In prices against such deal- 

 ers because they fall to adhere to any such sys- 

 tem of prices; , . ^ m ^ 



6. Discriminating in prices in favor of such 

 dealers because they adhere to any such system 

 of prices. 



PROVTDBD, that nothing herein contained, 

 shall prohibit respondent from Issuing price lists, 

 or printing prices in its advertising or np<Mi 

 containers of the article, so long as respondent 

 shall refrain from directly or indirectly recom- 

 mending, requiring, or by any means whatso- 

 ever bringing about, the resale of the article 

 at such prices; and 



PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained 

 shall prohibit respondent from selling to 

 or soliciting orders from dealers directly at such 

 prices, or at any other prices fixed by the party 

 through whom such orders are filled. 



Substitute packet seeds for the above 



and you see how the commission is likely 



to stand. 



PBOFIT OB LOSS? 



Divergent opinions on what the ac- 

 tion of the onion set market did to 

 seedsmen during the season just ended 

 were expressed recently by prominent 

 members of the trade. One opinion was 

 that many burned their fingers badly 

 by having on band stock which cost a 

 relatively high price last fall when the 

 market broke in March. Another seeds- 

 man denied that the trade had been 

 ' ' stung, ' ' saying that mos^; of the onion 

 set stocks were sold before the market 

 break came. 



The pessimistic member of the trade 

 declared that the market had slumped 

 so rapidly that the seedsmen could not 

 dispose of stock quickly enough to pre- 

 vent loss. In some cases, this source of 

 information declared, as much as $1.50 

 was lost on each bushel of sets. The 

 present price, he stated, is sometimes as 

 low as 40 cents a bushel. 



"We disposed of ninety per cent of 

 our stock of onion sets before March, 

 when the break in the market came," 

 said one seedsman. "At that time the 

 price had not dropped enough to make 

 any material difference in our profit. 

 We cleaned up well and feel satisfied 

 with our results for the season. At the 

 present time we have only a small stock 

 of sets on hand. These we are holding 

 for the trade of the northern part of 

 the "United States and Canada. Of 

 course, we do not expect to make much 

 profit on these." 



The man who voiced the optimistic 

 opinion denied that the price had gone 

 as low as 40 cents. He said that his 

 firm was obtaining as high as $1.50 a 

 bushel, though the average price was 

 said to be slightly over $1. Either of 

 these prices is a considerable drop from 

 last fall's market. 



It is the opinion of seedsmen that 

 conditions next year, so far as onion sets 



Could You Have Sold More? 



Did you get enough Dutch Bulbs last fall to supply the Easter demand for flowers 

 this year? Whether you did or not, it will pay you to increase the order this year, 

 as many of the plants usually sold for Easter cannot be obtained next season. 



Make your plans now for 

 Next Easter ~ April 4, 1920 



Dutch Bulbs will be very scarce next fall, yet Hyacinths, Tulips and Daffodils 

 must be substituted for many other plants next spring. There is only one way 

 out— order now and get what you will need. Get our special wholesale list. 



F. J. GROOTENDORST & SONS, 2 Stone St, New Yerk City 



Japanese Lily Bulbs 



OUR SPECIALTY 



CHAS. NIEMANN 



Horticultural Imports 



299 Broadway, NEW YORK 



FRENCH AND HOLLAND BULBS 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



All seedsmen requiring first-class strains of 



Choice Florists' Flowers 



SHOULD APPLY FOR SEED LIST TO 



Watkins & Simpson, Ltd. 



27-29 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, LONDON, England 



Contract Seed Growers 



Oarrespondenoe Solicited. 



George R. Pedrick A Son 



PKDRICKTOWN. N. J. 



^Heation Th» HeTlew wben yon writ*. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY. CAL. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Beet, Carrot, Endive, Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



Correspondence solicited. 



MentloB The BoTlir wb«i yoo write. 



HE UNBERLn SEED CO 



Groweri of 



ONION, LBTTUCB. RADISH.Btc. 



CorrespondaDOe Solicited 

 MentittB TtM Heriew when yon write. 



Chas. Schwake & Co., inc. 



LItY OF THE VALLEY 



S»t»ntu Lilies, Freath tad Dntcli BuIIm 



90-92 West Bnadwiy NEW YORK 



Or SEEDS 



Flower, Vegetable and Farm 



Send Your Inqolrl** to 



HURST & SON 



152 HoaadsdHch 



LONDON, - - ENGLAND 



The Premier Britieb WholaMle 

 and Exporting Seed Hoom. 



78 Y«ars' UnrivalMl Roputation 



Mention The Rerlew wben you write. 



Dutch and French Bulbs 



C. J. Speelman & Sons I Ltgarde & Speelmii 



SASSENHEIM. HOUAND | OUIOULES. VilR, FRANCE 



NEW YORK OFFICE 

 38 MURRAY ST. 



Mftntlon Thr R«Tlew wbra yon writ*. 



WESTERBEEK & KLYN 



(OKNKRAL BULB CO.) 



We are ready to quote on GLADIOLI 



28 B«av«r Str«*t, NEW YORK 

 SASSENHElRi, HOLLAND 



Mention The BoTlew when yon write. 



\ 



