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The Florists^ Review 



June 30, 1921 



was one of the wonders of the trip to 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden. He 

 knew the botanical name of practically 

 every specimen in the place. 



STOKES WILL CONTINUE. 



By a sudden reversal of conditions, 

 the Stokes Seed Farms Co., at Moores- 

 town, N. J., which was rei)orted last 

 week as going into voluntary bank- 

 ruptcy, has found it possible to continue 

 without a receivership. Francis P. 

 Stokes, president ana manager of the 

 company, explains the sudden change 

 thus: 



"As a result of magnanimous offers 

 on. the part of certain of our competi- 

 tors and creditors and of our local 

 banks, we are given the opportunity to 

 work our way out of our situation with- 

 out going tiirough the channel of re- 

 ceivership. The complete reversal of 

 the situation did not take place until 

 Friday morning, June 24, and in the 

 meantime I have got in touch with 

 enough of our creditors to know defi- 

 nitely that we will be granted sufficient 

 time to work out of our difficulties. 

 The immediate situation has already 

 been improved materially. The happen- 

 ings of the past week have shown me 

 conclusively that the seed tra<de is 

 made up of a lot of fine spirited men, 

 for otherwise the seemingly impossible 

 could not have happened." 



JOSEPH STECKLER, SR. 



Joseph Steckler, Sr., the new jtresi- 

 dent of the Southern Seedsmen's Asso- 

 ciation, is the president of the J. Steck- 

 ler Seed Co., Ltd., Xew Orleans, La. He 

 was born at New Iberia, La., in 1870. 

 He entered the employ of Eichard 

 Frotscher wlien lie was 15 years of age. 

 When Mr. Frotsclier died, Joseph and 

 Richard Steckler purchased a branch of 

 the business. In 1898 they established 

 the business under the name of J. Steck- 

 ler Seed Co., Ltd. He is connected with 

 many civic organizations and has a host 

 of warm friends. He was married to 

 Miss Pauline Muller, of New Iberia, 

 when he was al)out.27 years of age, and 

 has six sons and two daughters. 



EVERYBODY STANDS PAT. 



Tliere is an absolute deadlock in the 

 French l>ulb situation. With the usual 

 date of shipment at hand, there is no 

 sign of the crop's movement and it is 

 certain growers, even if willing to pay 

 tlie price, will be weeks late in starting 

 their Paper Whites this season. 



A meeting of the French growers' 

 syndicate was held at Ollioules on Sun- 

 day, June 26, ostensibly to consider the 

 <lemands for the reduction of the prices 

 fixed some weeks ago, but the real pur- 

 ])()se seems to have been to stiffen the 

 l);ickbone of any who were weakening. 

 June 27 the cable brought word that the 

 syndicate had reaffirmed its prices. At 

 tlie same time export dealers at Ollioules 

 who recently liad quoted prices below 

 those of the syndicate withdrew these 

 (piotations. 



A second meeting of American im- 

 porters was held at New York June 28 

 to again discuss the situation. It was 

 the consensus that the French growers' 

 demands were not and are not now justi- 

 fied by conditions and that the Amer- 

 ican florists will not buy Paper Whites 

 in quantity at such prices. It there- 

 fore was decided not to buy until the 

 exorbitant prices are reduced. ■ 



Sweet 



Winter-Flowering Orchid* and Speqccre -We don't believe it possible to get Be°d 



of better Quality than we offer tn is season. Below is a partial list. Send for a complete 



list, including all the best ones. 



Oz. V* I'b. lib. 



Snow Storm (improved), finest fearly white fl.25 |4.00 $14.00 



Watchnng Orchid, best pure white 2.00 6.00 18.00 



Early Helen L«wl8, orange-salmon 1.00 4.00 12.00 



Flamingo (Burpee Novelty), orange-salmon 10.00 .... • • -Aii 



PrimroBe Beauty, deep primrose 1.00 3.00 10.00 



Mrs. A. A. Skacb, clear light pink 75 2.50 8.60 



Rose Qneen (Genuine), best light rose-pink 1.60 6.00 18.00 



Yarrawa (Australian), bright rose-pinit 76 2.60. ,5*5" 



Rosebud, bright shining rose of largest size 1.0« 3.00 10.00 



Splendor (Burpee), rich rose-crimson 75 2.60 ,a-»S 



Dazzler, standard rich orange 1.26 4.00 J***" 



Illumination, vivid salmon-cerise 2.00 6.50 22.00 



Early Lavender King, true deep lavender 1.00 3.00 lO.OO 



Lavender King, rich, true, deep lavender 1.00 3.00 J2'2X 



Princess, soft lavender, suffused mauve 1.00 3.00 10.00 



L. J. REUTER CO., Plant Brokers. ^^£?tf^„%!*' Boston, 72, Mass. 



The United Bulb Growers, Inc. 



Sassenheim, Holland 

 New York Office, 15 WiUiams Street 



Wholesale Growers of 



HYACINTHS. 



TULIPS, 



DARWIN TULIPS 



GOLDEN SPUR 



BIC. VICTORIA 



VON SION 

 and other Bulbs 



Cable address: United Bulb, Sassealieui. 



The General Bulb Co. 



Established 1883 



Vogelenzanflr, Holland 



BRANCH OFFICE: 

 2S Beaver St., New York City 



Send us your inquiries for quotations. 



Tomato Seed and 



Seed Sweet Potatoes 



Pleased to quote you prices on qoantltlea and 

 varieties wanted for present or fntnre delivery. 



a AUSTIN Felton, Del. 



LANCA8TEB, FA. 



Club Meeting. 



The Lancaster County Florists ' Club 

 •June 23 held a sociability automobile 

 run to Chester county. Thirty automo- 

 biles participated, with more than 175 

 guests. The first call was made at Mr. 

 and Mrs. Edward Marshall 's, near Ken- 

 nett Square, where, after inspecting the 

 carnation and rose houses which have 

 made this place famous, the entire party 

 sat down to lunch on the lawn. Mr. 

 Marshall 's lawn has a wonderful collec- 

 tion of trees, planted many years ago, 

 which were admired by all. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Marshall 's hospitality will always 

 be a cherished memory to the Lancaster 

 County Florists ' Club. 



The next call was made at the home 

 of Pierre Dupont, where Superintendent 

 Mollis showed the party over the place. 

 The perennial plants were in fine shape, 

 considering that Chester county had no 

 rain for six weeks. The Italian gar- 

 dens, the rockeries, the rose gardens 

 and the open air theater, with its un- 

 usual natural surroundings, were ex- 



LIVE WIRE 



J. A. Vandervoort & Co. 



Wholesale Bulb Growers 

 NOORDWYK • HOLLAND 



Also Nurseries at Sassenheim 

 AbsolQtely the largest srowers in Holland of 



Bk. Victoria, Golden Spur and Von Sion 



Also large growers of 

 HYACINTHS, TULIPS, ETC. 



Mall Address— Care of 



MALTUS & WARE 



116 Broad St. New York City 



Otf reprcscBtatiTcs wUI be calliag on jroa. 



XXX SEEDS 



Chinese Primrose, mixed. 4M sds., tl.M; ^, SOc. 

 Calceolaria, finest giant, spetted, mixed, pkt.,SOc. 

 Cineraria, large flowering Bwf., pkt., Mc; >a, Z8c. 

 Orelamen, Olants, mixed, pkt., tl.M; >a-pkt., SOc. 

 PrlmnlaObeonlca, Finest Olants, pkt., SOc. 

 Prlmnla Malacoides, Olant Baby, pkt., 2Sc. 

 Prlmala Kewensis, New Dwarf, yellow, 2Sc. 

 Otnnt Pannr, mixed. WOO seeds, tl.OO; >apkt. Mc. 

 Bellls MonstrosR (Daisy), mixed monsters, 20c. 

 JOHN P. RUPP. Shhremanstown. Pa 

 Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



ST. LOUIS SEED CO. 



Tke Hme it "fue ud Sue" SeHs 



411 - 413 WASHINGTON A VENUE 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



DANISH SEED IMPORT 



Import of all kinds of Seeds direct from ssed 

 growers In Denmark. Please send for pries Ust. 



CHR. MOSBJERG. 2U 7th St W.. MmB^nelis. Mim. 



ceedingly fine. Superintendent Mollis 

 conducted the party through the newly 

 built Dupont conservatories, where 

 $3,000,000 have been expended, making 

 one of the show places of America. The 

 orangeries and graperies, the nectarine 

 houses, houses of muskmelons and many 

 other plants attracted much attention. 

 In one of the principal conservatories is 

 planted a palm garden. An indoor 

 stage occupies one end. A $50,000 pipe 

 organ, on which a concert was given for 

 the visitors, was much appreciated. 



On leaving the Dupont estate, Percy 

 Barnard and James Brown set the pace 

 to West Chester, where the party was 

 shown over the Sharpless gardens. 

 There are miles and miles of the finest 

 roads and extraordinary plantings of 

 shrubbery and trees on this place, and 

 in ona visit the party could hardly do 

 justice to it. 



The delightful outing was arranged 



