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The Florists^ Review 



May 24, 1917. 



beans are selling at from $6 to $7 per 

 bushel, and cow peas, of the better table 

 varieties, as high as $8 and $9, the de- 

 mand exceeding the supply at these fig- 

 ures. 



CONVENTION PROGRAM. 



Secretary C. E. Kendel, of the Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association, is dis- 

 tributing the programs for the thirty- 

 fifth annual convention, which will be 

 held at Detroit, Mich., June 19 to 21. 

 The opening session will be held at 10 

 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, June 

 19. The Hotel Ponchartrain has been 

 selected as the headquarters for the 

 convention. Included in the business 

 to come before the convention, the sec- 

 retary's announcement says, is con- 

 sideration of an amendment to the by- 

 laws wliich would permit, when neces- 

 sary, a change in the dates of holding 

 the convention. 



The program for the three days' ses- 

 sion follows: 



Tuesday, Juno 19, 10 a. m., open session. 

 Call to order. 



Address of welcome, Wilber Brotherton. 

 Kesponse by member present who shows least 



approval of Mr. Brotherton's remarks. 

 President's address. 

 Reports of committees. 

 Tuesday, 2 p. m., open session. 



Address, "Voluntary Seed Control," Hon. 

 Georce H. Clark, seed commissioner. Domin- 

 ion of Canada. 

 Address, "Disease Resistance in Plants," Dr. 

 L. R. Jones, plant pathologist. University of 

 Wisconsin. 

 Tuesday, 8 p. m., reception by the president and 



others. 

 Wednesday, Jime 20, 9 a. m., executive session. 

 Reports of committees. 



Round table discussion, led by H. A. Johns, 

 topic, "Crop Stealing." 

 Wednesda.v, 2 p. m., automobile drive. Ouests 

 will choose between a party going to the Ford 

 motor works and the Packard plant, Tom- 

 iiig home via Belle Isle, and a party going 

 to Belle Isle and Grosse Pointe, stopping on 

 the return trip at the residence of D. M. 

 Ferry, Jr. 

 Wednesday, C:30 p. m. 



Boat ride and informal dinner, steamer 



"Tashmoo." 

 Address by Dr. John Merle Coulter, professor 

 of botany. University of Chicago. 

 Thursda.v, Juno 21, 9 n. m.. trip t)y trolley to 



Oakview Farm and trial grounds. 

 Thursday, 5 p. m., executive session. 



THE EXODUS. 



Word has been received of the safe 

 arrival in Holland of the S. S. Eyndam, 

 which, when it sailed from New York, 

 carried lialf a hundred Dutch bulb sales- 

 men returning home from their canvas^ 

 of America. Sailing a few days later 

 than the Kyndam, a Swedish boat car- 



BIGANTEUM- 



LILY BULBS 



SHIPMENT FROM STORAGE 



7- 9 inch $15.00 per case of 300 



9-10 inch 16.50 per case of 200 



Write for Price List on Cannas and Caladiums. 



ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY 



THE HOME OF "PURE AND SURE SEEDS" 

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



M>*nr1nn Th^ Review when .Ton wrlt«. 



Orders taken now for 1917 crop 



Valley 



CHAS. SCHWAKE & CO., Inc. 



90-92 W. BwadwiT. NEW YORK 



ried fifty-two other Hollanders, the 

 exodus thus numbering 102 within the 

 week. It is said the Eyndam would 

 have had the entire party except that 

 reservations had been booked on the 

 Swedish boat prior to the announcement 

 of the sailing of the direct steamer — and 

 the Swedes refused to let the Holland- 

 ers cancel unless they forfeited their 

 money. 



SUPPLYING THE SEED DEMAND. 



Americans, young, old and of all the 

 ages between, are calling for seeds. 

 The seed producers and distributors 

 are answering that call, thus "doing 

 their bit" toward a maximum produc- 

 tion of foodstuffs. The accompanying 

 illustration shows the small army of 

 workers who are helping H. W. Buck- 

 bee, of Rockford, 111., supply a portion 

 of the country's extraordinary demand 

 for seeds this spring. 



The photograph was taken Saturday 

 afternoon. May 12, at Mr. Buckbee's 

 warehouse at Rockford. The men and 

 women, and boys and girls, were ranged 



Dutch and French Bulbs 



Pearson's Money-Worth Quality 



Write now for prices, or send your 

 want list. 



PETER PEARSON 



Seedsman and Florist 



5732-5752 Gunnison St., 

 CHICAGO 



Mentton Ths Rsrlgir when yon write. 



on the lawn ready for the photographer. 

 Mr. Buckbec was so busy seeing that 

 none of his employees escaped the 

 camera that he barely got into the 

 picture. So that tlie observer may not 

 fail to find him, his photograph has been 

 brought out by a circle. 



Besides being a large distributor of 

 seeds, Mr. Buckbee combines all 

 branches of the trade in his business. 

 His greenhouse range comprises more 

 than 200,000 feet, and he maintains 

 a retail store in Rockford. He has 

 been a member of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, is a charter mem- 

 ber of the S. A. F., and is a member of 

 the F. T. D. 



Mr. Buckbee and His Small Army of Assistants, at Rockford, III. 



TEACHING SEED TESTING. 



For several years the United States 

 Department of Agriculture has per- 

 mitted persons interested to spend the 

 months of July and August at the seed 

 laboratory in Washington, D. C, to be- 

 come familiar with the technique and 

 practice of seed testing. 



It is expected that more persons than 

 usual may wish to avail themselves of 

 this privilege this year through seeds- 

 men voluntarily furnishing, with the 

 field crop seeds they sell, information 

 concerning quality, including the name 

 of tlie seeds, the per cent of pure live 

 seed and, in the case of certain imported 

 seeds, tlie country of origin. It is, there- 

 fore, desired to know definitely not later 

 than June 15 how many and who may 

 be expected. 



There will be no charge in connec- 

 tion with this work, but each person 

 wlio comes will be required to supply 

 liimself on arrival with certain equip- 

 ment, including hand lenses, forceps, 

 etc., at a total cost not exceeding $15. 



Anyone wishing to avail himself of 



