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The Florists' Review 



March 24, 1921. 



Seed Trade News 



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AXEBICAN 8E£D TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



President, H. O. HaBtings, Atlanta, Oa.; lec- 

 retary-treasurer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



A PRECOCIOUS spring is causing counter 

 trade to open earlier than in any recent 

 year. 



Wholesale seedsmen at Cliicago report 

 a heavy run of fill-in orders, indicating 

 tliat their customers have been doing a 

 good business. 



There is reported to be a great demand 

 for lawn grass seed, which is explained as 

 the result of the light winter, since lawns 

 seem generally in poor condition. 



In his long experience in the seed 

 business John P. Degnan cannot remem- 

 ber a season so early as this one. It is, 

 he says, two weeks ahead of any other he 

 can recall. 



The birds in the city street and the 

 chickens on the farm are having their 

 annual treat. Voters have received the 

 jiackets of seed sent as thoughtful remem- 

 brances by their congressmen. 



The expectations of a heavy insecticide 

 demand as the result of the open winter 

 have not so far been fulfilled. Though 

 the bugs have appeared earlier than usual, 

 measures against them do not seem to 

 have been correspondingly instituted. 



Establishing a selling service, G. 

 Willett Warren, St. Louis, Mo., is under- 

 taking, on a commission basis, the assist- 

 ance of seed growers in that field and 

 acting as a clearing house for jobbers in 

 seeds, bulbs, nursery stock and allied 

 lines. 



Since there are between 200 and 250 

 Holland bull) salesmen in this country, 

 whose exi)ense9 here will, it is said, aver- 

 age between $2,000 and $3,000 for the 

 season, it may be calculated that half a 

 million dollars will be spent to sell bulbs 

 whose total value is about five times that 

 sum. 



A. Henderson, Chicago, has lx?come a 

 l>eliever in the psychology of the open 

 door. He has demonstrated to his com- 

 l)letc satisfaction that to do counter trade 

 a seed store should have its door open to 

 the public. Jf the store becomes too 

 crowded, close the door for a few 

 minutes and the customers will melt 

 away; open uji and business will revive. 



The general belief is that, while farm- 

 ors have not bought more seeds than usual 

 this season, the city dwellers will do so. 

 For the last several years workers in 

 factories, stores and offices have had too 

 much money and too many lighter 

 pleasures for them to care for gardening. 

 Unemployment is exjiected to increase the 

 number of kitchen gardens. As a rule 

 this demand goes to the local seed store 

 or the commission box on the grocer's 

 counter. 



POPPIES FROM FLANDERS. 



Since the poppies of Flanders fields 

 have become symbolical of the sacrifices 

 of the soldiers of the allied armies, to 

 the extent that the American Legion 

 has adopted the flower as an Armistice 

 day token, it is quite appropriate that 

 to deliver free to customers seeds har- 

 vested from the poppies growing on 

 French battlefields should become the 

 idea of Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, 

 Cal. An advertisement appeared in a 

 Los Angeles newspaper recently which 



TERMS: 

 Thirty (SO) dayt 

 Net. 



Peacock 's Quality 



Flower Seeds 



For Florists 



We offer the following seed* 

 for prompt delivery postpaid. 



All orders filled day received. 



Oz. 



AlvMum, Little Gem $0.46 



!« oz. 

 Aster, Queen of Market, 



Lavender tO.16 



Aster, Queen of Market, White 16 



Aster, Queen of Market, Rose 15 



Aster, Queen of Market. Shell Pink 16 



Aster, Queen of Market. Purple 16 



Aster, Queen of Market, Crimson 16 



Oz. 



Aster, Queen of Market, Mixed t0.70 



Calendula, Orange King 20 



Calendula, Sulphurea Plena, Yellow 20 



^Ib. 



Gypsophlla Elegans Grandiflora Alba fO.46 



Hoz. 

 Lobelia, Crystal Palace Compacta JO.60 



LobellatSpeciosa •••.••••, ,*S 



Pansy, Peacock's Giant Mixed i-jw 



Phlox, Dmmtnondii, Choice Mixed $0.76 



Salvia, Splendens 1'60 



Salvia, Bonfire f^yA^ 



Trade Pkt. 



Stocks. Beauty of Nice, Crimson King $0.20 



Empress Antfusta Victoria, Blue 20 



Stocks, Beauty of Nice. Mont Blanc, While 20 



Stocks, Beauty of Nice. Lovely Light Pink '.... 20 



Dwarf, Large Flowering Ten-weeks M oz. 



Separate Colors $0.60 



Mixed 60 



Write today for our special Flower Seed Catalogue. Also our special offer 

 list on Garden Seeds and Onion Sets If Interested. 



Everette R. Peacock ComiwnY. ^"'.'^!!l.*L^^S^.'^ 



14 lb. 



$1.26 



Oz. 



$0.76 

 .76 

 .76 

 .76 

 .76 

 .76 



>4lb. 



$2.00 

 .60 

 .80 



lib. 



$1.60 

 Oz. 



$2.00 

 1.00 

 4.60 



mb. 



$2.60 



6.60 



7.60 



Horn. 



$0.80 



.80 



.60 



.60 



Oz. 



$2.00 



1.76 



price 



G;;;d^ LEONARD SEED CO. '^^ 



P 1 WHOLESALE GROWERS Qpfc 



^^^"^ 226-230 WEST KINZIE STREET, CHICAGO ^^^^ 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mijford, Conn. 



Branch Houses In Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Washington. 



Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Spinach. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Eggplant Tomato, Okra, Asparagus, 



Rhubarb, Celery, Spinach, Beet Onk>n. Beans, 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, Sweet Com, Vine Seeds. 



Correspondence Solicited 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 

 PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



MeatlOB Tils Berlew when yon writs. 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 



llwitlea Tfcs B«Tttw whea yo« wi1t<. 



PagePhilipps Seed Company 



QUALITY FIRST 



GARDEN SEEDS 

 115-117 St. Clair St., Toledo, Okio 



I. N. Simon & Son 



Garden Seeds 



AT WHOLESALE 



438 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



M«ntlOB Th« H«t1«w when job wt<U. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Eggplant, Squash, Pumwdn, 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and WaiermeioD 

 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited. S%vedesboro,N.J. 

 Mentlwi Ths Berlew whaa tm writs. 



Tomato Seed and 



Seed Sweet Potatoes 



Pleased to quote yon prices on qnantltiea and 

 varieties wanted for present or future deUvery. 



H.AUSTIN Felton, Del. 



