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The Florists^ Review 



May 20, 1019. 



Seed Trade News 



AMERXOAH SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Preaident, F. W. BolKlano, Washington, D. 0.; 

 McraUry-trcararer, 0. B. Kendel, Clereland, C; 

 thirty-aeventh annual convention, Hotel Stierman, 

 Chicago, June 24. 25. 26. 1919. 



Peter Hollbnbach, Chicago, was 69 

 years of age May 26. 



Chakles Dickinson, president of the 

 Albert Dickinson Seed Co., was 61 years 

 of age May 28. 



W. W. Barnard, Chicago, is visiting 

 his company's pea growing branch at 

 Reeseville, Wis., this week. 



The seedsmen who are stuck this season 

 are principally those who bought last year 

 for much more than their previous require- 

 ments. 



The steamer from Bermuda which ar- 

 rived at New York May 23 landed forty- 

 six cases listed on the manifest as con- 

 taining lily bulbs. 



Reports are being circulated that 

 drought in the vicinity of OUioulea has 

 resulted in cutting the crop of Paper 

 Whites and Romans below previous esti- 

 mates. 



Several St. Louis seedsmen made a 

 special trip to Jefferson City last week 

 to confer with Governor Gardner about 

 the new state seed law which has been 

 passed by both houses of the Missouri 

 legislature, but which the governor has 

 not yet signed. 



As two employees of the Illinois Seed 

 Co. were walking across Rush street 

 bridge, Chicago, on their way home from 

 work. May 23, two automobiles collided, 

 and William Schoen, bookkeeper, 25, was 

 struck and hurled through the smashed 

 railing and drowned. 



Theodore Outekbkidge, lily bulb grow- 

 er at Suiinylands, Bermuda, was in Chi- 

 cago several days last week. He says the 

 1919 crop of Harrisii bulbs for export 

 will be a little larger than in 1918, but 

 will not exceed 100,000, while the demand 

 is for many times that quantity. 



There was a meeting of the Wholesale 

 Seedsmen 's League in New York last 

 week. The circumstances and attendance 

 were as usual. The value of seeds at this 

 time is more a matter of doubt than it 

 ordinarily is and there are suggestions 

 that the league can extend the scope of 

 its operations to the profit of its present 

 members and other wholesalers. 



THE CHICAGK) CONVENTION. 



The thirty-seventh annual convention 

 of the American Seed Trade Association 

 will be held in Chicago, June 24 to 26, 

 at the Hotel Shermaji, the first session 

 opening at 10 a. m. Reservations should 

 be made as soon as possible, on account 

 of the number of other conventions. 



Notice is given of a proposed change 

 in the by-laws, adding the following 

 section: 



No appropriation of money shall be made from 

 the treasury of the association until the s\ira to 

 be expended has first been referred to the exec- 

 utive committee for their consideration and rec- 

 ommendation. 



Secretary Kendel says proper provi- 



si a and distribution of badges requires 



as many names of those who expect to 



attend as possible, in advance of the 



convention, and sends out cards to be 



When in a Hmry fo r Stuff 



WRITE OR WIRE 



PEACOCK 



Orders Shipped the Day Received 



WE ARE 



CONTRACT GROWERS 

 IMPORTERS EXPORTERS 



Profit in Cabbage Plants 



Sow in open field NOW 



1 oz. produces 5000 plants. 1 oz. seed costs 30-60c 



400 dozen at 15c briogrs $60.00. Sow in the open VOW 



All cabbage seed as listed Is of 1917 

 crop of reliable growth and high germ- 

 ination and has been proven In our 

 trials this past season, — suitable for the 

 most critical trade. 



Per Per 

 CABBAGE oz. lb. 



Jersey Walcefield 30c $ S.OO 



Glory of Enkhuizen 60c 8.00 



Fottler's Brunswick 30c 4.00 



Premium Flat Dutch 30c 3.00 



All Seasons 30c 3.00 



All Head Early 30c 3.00 



Charleston Wakeiield 30c S.OO 



Copenhagen Market 60c 10.00 



Lupton 30c 3.2S 



Vanderga w 30c 4.00 



Autumn King 30c 3.00 



Early Winningstadt 30c 3.00 



Early Dwarf Flat Dutch 30c 3.00 



Drumhead 30c 3.00 



Surehead 30c 3.2S 



Rhubarb Roots 



$2.25 per bbl. 



LAWN SEED 



Per ICO lb. 



Quality $18 00 



Chicago Parks 15.00 



Ooed Mixed 12.00 



Paris Green 



42c PER LB. 



In 100 lb. Containers, $42.00 



PARIS GREEN 



42c per lb. 



In 100 lb. Containers, $42.00 



28 1 bs $12.04 



14 lbs 6 12 



5lba 2.20 



2lb3 88 



1 lb 46 



>fl lb 24 



i4lb 15 



PYROX 



1— 300-lb. bbl $46.00 



lOOlbs 17.60 



50 lbs 10.no 



lOlbJ 2.75 



51b3 1.40 



lib 35 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO., Seedsmen, 



4013 Milwaukee Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL, 



