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The Horists^ Review 



Fbbruauv 10, 1921 



J'ittsbuigli, I'a., when the founder, 

 familiarly known as Charles the First, 

 handed the business over to his son, 

 fully as well known as Charles the Sec- 

 ond, who will conduct it along the honor- 

 able lines which has made the concern 

 so justly popular in its long period of 

 service. 



Matthews Bros., New Castle, Pa., long 

 and favorably known in the poultry 

 supply business, seriously think of put- 

 ting in a full line of seeds. 



C. P. Harris, of Meadvillc, Pa., a pio- 

 neer in the seed trade, predicts a good 

 year for the business. "Never known 

 it to fail during my long experience," 

 observed our veteran confrere, himself 

 approaching the fourscore milestone of 

 life's journey. "We furnished reliable 

 seeds before the advent of the jjure seed 

 law, and, ' ' smilingly added, ' ' the income 

 tax." \V. M. 



BIG INSECTICIDE DEMAND. 



Arsenic has begun to come into this 

 country in larger volume than has been 

 the case for some time back. Last 

 week's arrivals at New York totaled 

 nearly 250 tons of the material and fur- 

 ther shijiments are known to be on the 

 way. Most of these supplies are from 

 Europe, although shii)m('nts were .'ilso 

 received from Japan and Mexico. The 

 approach of the insecticide season is be- 

 lie%-ed to be the reason for these heavier 

 shipments, althougli i'ew of them have 

 been received directly by the manufac- 

 turers of insecticides. The insecticide 

 and fungicide trade are the largest sin- 

 gle users of arsenic in the country and 

 in making pre])ara(ions for the spring 

 trade they require large quantities of 

 the material. 



It is generally believed that the com- 

 ing season will see the largest demand 

 for these products which they have ever 

 expericnceil. This is due not only to the 

 fact that the consumption of insecti- 

 cides and fungicides is steadily increas- 

 ing from year to year, l)ut also to the 

 fact that the present open winter has 

 brought about a condition naturally fa- 

 vorable to the use of the materials in 

 the sjiring. A cold season with heavy 

 storms is usually an unfavorable one 

 for this trade, for many of the fungi 

 and insects winch infest trees ami 

 plants are killed by this extreme 

 weather. Conversely, the open winter 

 causes them to multiply and hence in- 

 creases the demand for insecticides in 

 the spring. 



The price of white arsenic was rough- 

 ly 3 cents per pound prior to the war. 

 The present price of 10 to 10^4 cents 



TRONP BROS. 



SUCCESSORS TO GERRIT SEGERS 



Wholesale Bulb Growers 



Lisse, Holland 

 "NONE BUT THE BEST»' 



FRENCH BULBS 

 CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION 



REPRESENTATIVE, G. OVERDUIN 

 116 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



GULDENOND & SON, LISSE, HOLLAND 



NEW YORK, 116 Broad St., Room 40. 



RELIABLE BULBS 



Over 300 Acres in Cultivation. 

 NONE BETTER GROWN. 



SPECIAL PRICES AND TERMS ON DEMAND. 



VAN ZANTEN & CO. 



Wholesale Bulb Growers 



HILLEGOM, HOLLAND 

 HIGHEST GRADE OF BULBS ONLY 



FOR C.VT.VLOGUE AND ALL LN'FORMATION 

 WHITE TO OUR AMERIC.W ADDRESS 



116 BROAD ST., NEW YORK CITY 



DUTCH AND FRENCH BULBS 



C.J.Speelman&Sons Lagarde & Speelman 



SaSSENHEIM. HOLLAND OLLIOUIES. V«R. FRANCE 

 New York Office: 470 GREENWICH ST. 



Pacific Coast Kep., AV. 11. Clarke. 



Box S43, San Jose, Calif. 



per pound lia55 caused some rather caus- 

 tic comment among the insecticide mak- 



Van Neeuwen & Tegelaar, Inc. 



Wholesale 



Dutch Bulb Grow^ers 



1133 Broadway, New York. 



Nurseries at LISSE. HOLLAND. 



ers and consumers, who state that with 

 imports totaling at least 8,000,000 



