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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBS 7, 1020 



Seed Trade News 



AMXaiOAB 8XED TmAOB A8800ZATI0H. 

 PrMld«Bt, H. O. HaatlBgs, AtUnU. Oa.; 

 McratUT-tTMaimr. 0. B. K«nd«l, OUrcUad, 0. 



Quite a few seedsmen are trimming 

 the corners so close it seems it must hurt. 



Morris S. Smith, of the Madson Seed 

 Co., Manitowoc, Wis., was in Chicago 

 October 1. 



The legislative committee of the Amer. 

 ican Seed Trade Association met in Chi- 

 cago Friday, October 1. 



The W. W. Barnard Co. has a ship- 

 ment of Chinese narcissi and also one of 

 formosum lilies overdue in Chicago this 

 week. 



Members of the Wholesale Grass Seed 

 Dealers' Association held informal meet- 

 ings in Chicago September 30 and Octo- 

 ber 1. 



Not all members of the trade realize 

 that the new freight classification re- 

 quires prepayment of freight on bulbs 

 and nursery stock. 



The shipping season is about over with 

 the Illinois Seed Co., Chicago, according 

 to Thomas J. E. Kemp, and business will 

 be rather quiet until the beginning of 

 next year. 



A TEAR ago this column predicted that, 

 contrary to general belief, the 1920 seed 

 season would not be so good as its prede- 

 cessor. Risking the reputation gained by 

 that prognostication, better business may 

 be looked for in 1921. 



The commission box people, urged to 

 make cheap packets because of the lower 

 prices of seeds, find themselves in a hole. 

 Nickel packets are impossible so long as 

 expenses are so high, but it does not 

 sound well to tell the public that the 

 value of the packet ia elsewhere than in 

 ^its contents. 



WHOLESALE DIBECTOBS MEET. 



Discuss Prices and Prospects. 



The directors of the Wholesale Seeds- 

 men 's League and a few invited guests 

 held a meeting Thursday, September 30, 

 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, for the 

 consideration of general trade condi- 

 tions. Prices occupied a large share of 

 the discussion, but comparatively few 

 changes were made in the tentative 

 price schedule issued last May. The 

 meeting, which began about 10:30, ad- 

 journed at 1 o'clock for lunch and after- 

 ward occupied part of the afternoon. 

 The election of oflScers will take place 

 at the annual meeting of the league in 

 November. 



The views of the directors are ex- 

 pressed in statements which are to ap- 

 pear in the forthcoming confidential re- 

 port of this meeting, as follows: 



"While the directors recognize the 

 right and duty of each member of the 

 Wholesale Seedsmen 's League and every 

 other seedsman to fix the prices charged 

 for his own wares to suit himself, we 

 call attention to the present unusual 

 conditions which ought not to be over- 

 looked with regard to the values of gar- 

 den seeds. 



"The seed trade recognizes that the 

 decline in prices of commodities so no- 

 ticeable at present throughout the coun- 

 try found a parallel in garden seed de- 



Our Special Price List 



offering 



for Autumn Planting is now ready 



We will gladly mail you a copy on request 



Everette R. Peacock Co. 



SEED GROWERS AND IMPORTERS 

 4011-lS Milwaukee Avenue CHICAGO, ILL. 



SEED SPECIALS 



AS PROMISED, WE OFFER SOME 

 SPECIALS AT VERY INTERESTING PRICES 



RADISH SEED 



Early Scarlet White Top. 36c per lb. 

 LongScarlet 86c " " 



PEAS 



Alaska 10c per lb. 



Champion of England.... 12c " " 

 Little Uem 14c " " 



BEANS 



Giant Stringless 12c per lb. 



Black Valentine 12c " " 



Red Valentine 12c " " 



FULL LIST OF BULBS 

 Write for It 



CYCLAMEN SEED 



(New Crop— German Grown.) 



Glowing Light Red. . . .114.00 per 1000 

 Dark Red..., 14.00 " " 

 Light Rose... 14.00 " " 

 Dark Rose... 14.00 " " 



Oiganteum Roseum Su- 



perbum (white with Red 



Eve) $14.00 per 1000 



Giiranteum Cimhriata 



(Lilac flowers fringed 



with Light Rose) $12.00 per 1000 



SALMON VARIETIES 



Light Salmon |I7.00 per 1000 



DarkSalmon 17.00 " " 



Rococo Erecta 



Cattleya 17.00 '• " 



ONION SETS 



BERMUDA -White Pearl $2 50 Bu., .S6 lbs. 



Yellow- Straw-colored . . 2.25 Bu. . 3(5 lbs. 

 F. O. B. Chicaffo Subject Unsold Bags EXTRA 

 WRITE FOR PRICES on Red-Yellow- White Onion Set* 



Many other oflferings of High Germination Tested 

 Seeds in our Fall Price List. Writ* tor it. 



American Seed Agency 



12 & 14 W. Washington St., CHICAGO 



