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The Florists^ Review 



Fdbbuabz 5, 1920 



whole it was a light harvest all around. 

 "It naturally followed that early in 

 the buying season supplies of Calif ornian 

 and colonial, as well as continental, 

 seeds were eagerly sought, and for 

 a while, in anticipation of big demands, 

 the growers were tempted to ask ex- 

 tremely high prices. It transpired, how- 

 ever, that with enormously increased 

 production in America, coupled with in- 

 creasing caution on this side, prompted 

 partly by the anticipated reduction in 

 the number of allotments and the cur- 

 tailment of vegetable production By 

 many nurserymen who had been obliged 

 to grow food crops during the war, the 

 American growers found themselves 

 overladen and prices fell heavily. Still 

 further complications arose through the 

 difficulty experienced in securing de- 

 liveries 9f seeds ordered from America. 

 Shipping has by no means become freed 

 from difficulty. Lack of tonnage is still 

 acutely felt, and the big wholesale 

 houses have had a period of anxiety in 

 regard to the delivery of stocks on order. 



Holland and Denmark. 



"A vast amount of seeds were put 

 on offer from Holland and Denmark, 

 and indeed the impression gained ground 

 that a great deal of German seed was 

 being placed by circuitous methods 

 .within reach of British buyers. It was 

 really on this account that the Agricul- 

 tural Seed Trade Association deemed it 

 advisable at its annual meeting to 

 rescind the resolution of a year before 

 to refrain from trading with German 

 seed firms for a period of five years. 



"In Holland, where an immense quan- 

 tity of runner beans is grown and gen- 

 erally gathered in a green state, the 

 demand last summer fell away alarm- 

 ingly, with the result that the crops 

 were allowed to go to seed, and that 

 seed has been offered here at low prices. 

 For the most part, however, these beans 

 are of the white-seeded type, which is 

 not so popular here as the scarlet run- 

 ner. All the better varieties of scarlet 

 runners have been scarce and prices 

 high. Peas also, especially of such 

 popular market varieties as The Pilot 

 and a few others, have held firm, but 

 the peculiar conditions already described 

 played strange tricks with the general 

 run of things, so much so that retail 

 seedsmen, anxious to get forward with 

 the preparation of catalogues, have been 

 in a quandary as to what will be the real 

 selling prices. 



Flower Seeds. 



"It is extremely gratifying to be able 

 to relate that there is great activity in 

 the flower seed department. Garden 

 owners feel they may without qualms 

 revert to the cultivation of their favor- 

 ite flowers, and the demand for sweet 

 peas is great. The probability is that 

 the available seeds will run out long 

 before orders are filled. Antirrhinums, 

 too, are eagerly sought, and bid fair to 

 be more largely grown than ever before, 

 while many quick-growing greenhouse 

 subjects are being taken up to compen- 

 sate for the loss of slower-growing sub- 

 jects which were sacrificed in conse- 

 quence of loss of labor and lack of fuel. 

 The high prices made for all cut flowers 

 have induced market growers to devote 

 more space to useful annuals and bien- 

 nials, and there is a big call for good 

 strains of stocks, asters^ mignonette and 

 other popular lines. 



* * It has been too long unfavorable for 

 the introduction of novelties to make 



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NEW FLOWER! 



Celosia Chrysanthefolia or 

 "CELOSIAMUM" 



A cross developed to its present perfection after five years of continuedjex- 

 periments. The color is a most beautiful cardinal red. In size it resembles 

 Chrysanthemum. It was the sensation at the Detroit convention of the S. A. F. 

 Can be cut and shipped from one end of the continent to the other and come 

 up smiling. Wonderful for baskets, for vases and funeral sprays. One worn 

 individually makes a handsome corsage. Can be dried, if so desired, and will 

 readily sell at Christmas time and throughout the winter. The larger ones 

 should retail at $12.00 per dozen, as we received $6.00 per dozen for them 

 wholesale, and could not supply the demand of Chicago alone. 



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They are very easily grown— seed sown in greenhouse in February and trans- 

 planted outdoors the end of April will bloom in June— or they may be sown 

 out of doors about May Ist and will bloom from July until frost. 



We offer a limited 

 amount of seed at 



$2.00 



per trade 

 packet 



It was our intention to withhold the sale of this seed until 1921, when we would have a 

 larger supply. But owing to the repeated demands and urgings of the trade, we have 

 decided to let the Florists have this remarkable creation now. 



= Kindly write for catalogue and our blue list for Florists. 



Visitors always welcome to our 

 Sunny Slope Seed Farm :: 



I S. Bryson Ayres Co. 



g Seed Growers to Particular Florists 



I 503 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo. 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



WAIT FOR 



KELWAY'S 



WHOLESALE 



SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1920 



BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER. 



The most favorable prices of the year^ 

 If not received, wire or write. 



KELWAY & SON, sJ?^±. Langport, England 



Mention Tb« B«Tlew when yon write. 



Watkihs & Simpson, Ltd. 



Have mailed their new illustrated catalogue of Gar- 

 den and Flower Seeds to all their customers in the 

 United States. Should any of them not receive a 

 copy, they are requested to kindly notify the fact to 



27-29 Drury Lane LONDON, W. C. 2, England 



IfentloB Tke Bertow wImb joa writ*. 



DrevonyTegelaar& Co. 



WholeseJe 



French Bulb Growers 



1133 BrNdway, Cor. 26di St. NEW YORK 



Seed Packets 



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 ENVELOPES-RETURN ENVELOPES 



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