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The Florists^ Review 



Adodst 12. 1020 



Seed Trade News 



AMXBIOAS B£ZD T&ASE A88O0ZATZ0V. 

 PTMldent, H. O. Hutlno, Atlanta, Oa.; 

 Mcretary-tnaaurer, 0. B. Kend«I, OlereUnd, 0. 



The fall catalogues are now on their 

 way. 



Bumper crops of millets, sorghums and 

 Sudan grass are expected in the south- 

 west. 



Albert Hopkins Smith, treasurer of 

 the Leonard Seed Co., was born August 

 16, 1874. 



The drop in foreign exchange occa- 

 sioned by complications over Poland has 

 benefited those who pay for importations 

 of bulbs and seeds in foreign coin. 



"Make Food or Go Hungry," is the 

 warning that heads a half -page survey of 

 the threatened food shortage in the fall 

 catalogue of the H. G. Hastings Co., 

 Atlanta, Ga., just off the press. 



The Budlong Gardens, Chicago, report 

 that their onion sets are better than for 

 several years past. Peter Hollenbach, 

 Chicago, also expects to have a good crop. 

 But not all the growers are agreed as to 

 how large this season 's production will be. 



So great were the losses on lily of the 

 valley pips in ocean transit last year that 

 agents are unwilling to write insurance on 

 them this season. It is hoped that better 

 vessels will be available for shipments the 

 coming fall, so that the risk of spoiling 

 will not be so great. 



Just how much of the increase in 

 freight rates will be passed on to seed 

 buyers depends on how the dealers judge 

 the market ; if any merchants shove cheap 

 stock on the market at low prices, their 

 competition will tend to make it diflScult 

 for the better class of firms to shift the 

 increased burden. 



In discussing the probable ups and 

 downs of seed prices for the coming 

 season, N. Sluis, Chicago, expressed the 

 opinion that the comparative failure in 

 the cabbage seed crop would push up 

 prices there, while in some other lines 

 large importations of European stocks 

 would tend to pull down prices. 



The production of Bermuda onion seed 

 in the Coachella valley, California, this 

 year is quite small. No bulbs were 

 planted last fall for seed production, but 

 about 400 pounds of seed was obtained 

 from bulbs that were not harvested in 

 1919. A small second crop was obtained 

 from a field of bulbs planted in 1918, but 

 this does not seem to meet with a ready 

 sale. Because onion seed crops in this sec- 

 tion have been practically a failure for 

 three successive years, contract growers 

 and dealers are endeavoring to develop a 

 new territory. About 500 pounds will be 

 obtained this year from the new area, and 

 contracts have been let for 10,000 pounds 

 in 1921. 



"Present conditions indicate that only 

 a small amount of the second cutting of 

 alfalfa will be allowed to stand for seed, ' ' 

 reports the Mangelsdorf Seed Co., Atchi- 

 son, Kan. ' ' Owing to splendid weather 

 conditions and an abundance of moisture, 

 alfalfa made a tall, heavy growth and in 

 practically every instance has been cut for 

 hay instead of being used for seeding 

 purposes. In the middle west the seed 

 crop of alfalfa is dependent upon a long 



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Our Special Price List 



offering 



for Autumn Planting is now ready 



We will gladly mail you a copy on request 



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SEED GROWERS AND IMPORTERS 

 4011-15 Milwaukee Avenue CHICAGO, ILL, 



r lO W Cr St. L. S. Co. Nonpareil Mixture . . . «2.00 $7.50 



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^ ^ Gassier 's Giant (blotched) 1.00 3.60 



^^ ^^ ^x 0m tf% Trimardeau Giant Mixed .7o 2.50 



l36vUS Fine Mixed 35 1.25 



Daisy, double 



f (Bellis Perennis) 



wfXlC Longfellow, Rose 1.75 



£\/l Snowball. White 1.75 



Double Mixed 1.60 



171 . . Cineraria 



mi l/^in C I C Giant Prize Strain, Semi-dwarf. . ..$0..50 

 M, Ivl lOLO Grandiflora SteUa 50 



Myosotis 



(Forget-Me-Not) 



Alpestris, Indigo Blue 25 1 .60 



Victoria, Dwarf 25 2.00 



Robusta Grandiflora .25 1.50 



Primula 



Chinensis. Single Fringed Mixed ... .50 



Obconica Grandiflora 60 



Malacoides 25 



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The Home of "Pure and Sure Seeds" 

 411-413 Washington Ave. ST. LOUIS, MO. 



