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The Florists^ Review 



JONB 28, 1021 



was small compared with the inflation 

 in values of most commodities and man- 

 ufactured goods; further, that deflat- 

 tion in seed values began a year or more 

 before the deflation in merchandise gen- 

 erally. 



We have not now and never have had 

 any sympathy with some of the ex- 

 tremely high prices that have been 

 asked by some in the past. We have no 

 sympathy with any tendency now to- 

 ward the other extreme. We believe 

 there is a happy medium between the 

 two extremes desirable for all of us. 

 We have never been able to see where 

 price reduction below a fair level re- 

 sulted in any materially increased use 

 of seeds. 



Freight Bates. 



We may well consider the question of 

 present freight and express rates. They 

 are burdensome to us and our customers 

 directly in the movement of our stocks 

 and orders. The greatest damage, how- 

 ever, to the seed trade is the large cur- 

 tailment of vegetable acreage in all the 

 districts where vegetables are grown 

 for shipment. The present rates, com- 

 bined with the lower purchasing power, 

 generally leave little or nothing for the 

 producer. 



This has been quite marked in the 

 southern and south Atlantic districts 

 this last season, and we are informed 

 that similar conditions exist in the Pa- 

 cific coast districts. Such, if continued, 

 means the abandonment of thousands of 

 acres of vegetable growing land and 

 consequent decreased use of seeds. We 

 recommend proper representations to 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission, 

 asking for relief both for the vegetable 

 and fruit growers as well as ourselves. 



Looking forward to 1922, we believe 

 the situation can be faced with confi- 

 dence. We are rapidly passing through 

 the uncomfortable but necessary read- 

 justments. Before another active seed 

 selling season opens, we ought to be 

 down on a firm foundation and our ex- 

 penses down to a normal or near normal 

 basis. We must do this, whether we like 

 it or not. 



GRASS SEED DEAIiEBS ELECT. 



All last year's officers of the Whole- 

 sale Grass Seed Dealers' Association 

 were reelected at the meeting at St. 

 Louis June 20 and 21: President, Wil- 

 liam G. Scarlett, Baltimore; vice-presi- 

 dent, J. Charles McCullough, Cincin- 

 nati; secretary and treasurer, Clarence 

 K. Jones, Baltimore. 



About seventy-five members and vis- 

 itors attended the convention. At the 

 executive session a resolution was 

 passed protesting against the tariff 

 bill before Congress, as this bill af- 

 fected the imports and exports of seeds. 



Mr. Scarlett stated that the whole- 

 sale prices of field, forage and cereal 

 seeds are lower now than they have 

 been for many years. 



ABOUT THOSE PAPEB WHITES. 



It is not yet apparent what the out- 

 come will be in the matter of the deter- 

 mination of the bulb growers of 

 Ollioules to exact much higher prices 

 than last year for their Paper Whites 

 of the current crop. The shipping sea- 

 son is close at hand, but there seems to 

 be no sigil of a break on the part of 

 the growers' syndicate, possibly encour- 

 aged in their stand by the reiteration 

 of the statement by one American buyer 



SPECIAL ADVANCE PRICES 



FALL BULBS 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, Daffodils, Crocus, Ulium 

 Giganteum, Formosum, Harrisii, &c. 



Bulb growers' prices are at last broken. We now offer all kinds of 

 Fall Bulbs at special import prices that represent considerable saving 

 over prices offered by Holland dealers only a few weeks ago. We are 

 on the ground floor in the bulb business, and have exceptional facilities 

 for handling your bulb orders. 



SPECIAL ADVANCE PRICE LIST NOW READY 



Send for your copy today before you forget 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



The Flower City'* 



Rochester, N. Y. 



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Do You Grow Pansies? 



The Hampton Exhibition Giants 



Order your seeds now. Fresh stock. The seeds that grow from coast 

 to coast and as they grow— more friends we know. 



BY THE OUNCE, $8.00 



Higher quality means a reduction in price. That's all, boys. 



Do it now 



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Rocky Mountain 

 Columbine Seed 



True Aquilegia Caerulea 



1 ounce for $1.25 

 postpaid 



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Denver, Colo. 



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Larve Growers of Hyacinth*. Talips, Narcissi, etc. 



REPRESENTATIVES: 

 JOHN H. BADEB\CareR. F. LANG, 

 P. B. BADER /82 Broad St., N.Y. CITY 



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Pacific Coaat Rep., W. B. Clarke, 

 Box 548, San Jeee, Calif. 



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 Again— 



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OLLIOULES, FRANCE 



MaU Address: Care MALTUS A WARE. 

 116 Broad Street, NEW YORK CITY. 



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