The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 16. 1919. 



We are 

 in the market for 



Alfalfa, Blue Grass, Clever, Nelilotus, etc. 



Send samples and prices 



We offer 



Cantaloupe and Casaba Seed 

 50 lbs. or more at $1.00 per lb. 



TURLOCK SEED CO. 



Turlock, California 



Mention The Beview when you write. 



Seed Trade News 



AMEBXOAV BEES T&ADE ASSOOIATIOM. 



PtMldent, B. C. Dangan, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Meretary-treaaurer. C. E. Kendel. CleTeland. O. 



The sudden death of Herman J. Sim- 

 mers, of Toronto, is reported in this 

 week's obituary column. 



During 1917 a total of 186,008,000 

 bulbs and roots were shipped to the Unit- 

 ed States from Rotterdam, valued at $1,- 

 690,466. In 1918 the figures shrank to 

 81,063,000 and $1,072,680. 



Those who can pay for French bulbs 

 or other imports in money of the country 

 of origin profit by the unprecedentedly 

 low rates of exchange, but all recent deal- 

 ings have been on the basis of American 

 dollars. 



Jobbers of lily bulbs report that can 

 cellation of orders are numerous, both for 

 giganteum and Formosa bulbs. Prices 

 unquestionably are high, but the supply 

 of bulbs is so small that there seems to 

 be no special risk in buying them. 



The new Milwaukee-Irving State Bank, 

 Chicago, opened October 15. Everette R. 

 Peacock is president, making two onion 

 set growers at the head of Chicago finan- 

 cial institutions. Joseph J. Budlong is 

 president of the Lakeview Trust & Sav- 

 ings Bank. 



How important is the export of bulbs 

 to the United States from Rotterdam is 

 indicated by consular figures that their 

 value was nearly half of the total exports 

 from that place to this country in 1917 

 and in 1918 amounted to approximately 

 three-fourths of total shipments. 



How much the war reduced France 's ex- 

 ports of seeds is shown by comparative 

 figures in metric quintals (quintal = 

 220.46 pounds) covering the first half of 

 the year, 126,649 in 191 ;{; 274,803 in 

 1914; 129,618 in 1915; 173,738 in 1916; 

 90,130 in 1917; 57,325 in 1918 and 4fi 

 309 in 1919. 



On the Glcnsanda, from Rotterdam 

 which reached New York October 4, were 

 forty bags of seed for the Dunkirk Seed 

 Co., t\yenty for the Templin-Crockett- 

 Bradley Co., forty for the Meyer-Stisser 

 Co., thirty-two for F. W. Wood and eight 

 for D. W. Kaiser, as well as 112 bags on 

 order, a total of 252 bags. 



Here it is the middle of October and 

 seed catalogues for the southern trade are 

 due to be ready for the marts within sixty 

 days. Seedsmen who get their books made 

 in New York are on the anxious seat over 

 the printers' strike. There will be a big 



Larger Yields of 

 Better Quality 



Are the Results of Planting 



PEACOCK 



Tested Proven Seeds 



Early View of Our Trial Grounds 



When WelGrow Them, We Know Them 



Each season we grow thousands of acres of 

 High Quality Seeds on our own seed farms 

 to supply 75,000 critical planters in America 

 and Europe. 



$15,000 Worth of Seed Starting on lU Way to Europe 



Everette R. Peacock Co. 



I SEED GROWERS AND IMPORTEPS" 

 4011-15 MUwaukee Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. 



