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The Florists' Review 



JANDABY 5. 1922 



Seed Trade News 



AHBRIGAN SEED TBADB ASSOCIATION. 

 Prealdent, L. Li. Olds, Madison, Wla. : aecre- 

 tary-treasurer, O. B. Kendel, Cleveland, 0. 



The Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers' 

 Association will hold its midwinter meet- 

 ing at the Hotel Secor, Toledo, O., Janu- 

 ary 26. 



F. Rynvpxd & Sons received twenty 

 cases of lily of the valley pips, which ar- 

 rived December 29 on the Nieuw Amster- 

 dam, from Rotterdam. 



The death of Harrie B. McCullough, 

 president of J. M. McCullough 's Sons 

 Co., Cincinnati, O., is noted in the 

 obituary column this week. 



On a forward page of this issue appear 

 figures showing the importations of bulbs 

 and tree seeds under Quarantine 37, from 

 the report of C. L. Marlatt, chairman of 

 the F. H. B., for the year ended June 

 .{0, 1921. 



Two bags of flower seed, consigned to 

 (x. W. Slieldon & Co., arrived at New 

 York on the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, 

 from Rotterdam, December 29. On the 

 same ship were seventy bags of grass seed 

 for Carters Tested Seeds. 



A NEW seed firm has been formed at 

 I'ittsburgli, Pa., with offices at 225 Mar- 

 tin building. The name is Gas and 

 Grabert. A. B. Gas was with liis father in 

 landscape work, while D. H. Grabert was 

 an employee of Beckert's Seed Store for 

 a number of years. 



On account of the illness of Henry 

 Schuett, ])roprietor of the Seattle Seed 

 Co., Seattle, Wash., which necessitated 

 his going to California for the winter, 

 this firm has given up its retail store at 

 845 Western avenue, wliere it has been 

 since 1911, and will continue as a job- 

 bing house at 1019 Post street. 



Creditors of Weeber &. Don, New York, 

 have been ask(>d by the firm to accejit 

 notes and stock for their claims. Fifty 

 per cent is to be j)ai(l on ncites to niM- 

 ture in five installments, two, four, six, 

 eiglit and ten iiu)iitlis alter dntc r'iity 

 per cent is to l)e jinid in second ]ir(>f«>rr('(l 

 stock of Weelter & Don, Inc., a luildiiig 

 cor]ior;ition, with <'uiiiulative diviileiuls of 

 six ])cr cent. Creditors !ire asked to .-igrce 

 that Weeber & Don may purdinsc tlic 

 stock witliin two years, at par and ,ic- 

 crued dividends. 



CALIFORNIA SEED LABORATORY. 



Plans for the opening at S;icraiU(>nto, 

 Cal., ;it the beginning of tliis month of 

 the new state seed lahorntory, for wiiicli 

 provision w;is m;ide at the last session 

 of the legisljiture, were announced last 

 week by G. II. Ilecke, director of the 

 state deji.'irtment of agriculture. Tlie 

 chief feature of the law' requires the 

 lal)eliiig of all seed sold in California, 

 with the object of iiiijiroving st.'ind.'irds. 



W. S. Wilkinson, .Jr., formerly of the 

 university farm staff, and more recently 

 em])]oyed as technical assistant of the 

 department of agriculture, will have su- 

 pervision of tlie office, which is to func- 

 tion as a part of the bureau of stand- 

 ardization of the department. 



Mr. Hecke also announced the trans- 

 fer of the United States branch seed 

 laboratory from Berkeley to Sacra- 

 mento. Henceforth all seed tests and 

 analyses will be made in the latter city, 

 and all requests for information and 



PEACOCK'S QDAUTY SEED 



Start the New Year Right! 



Right Seed Makes Money! 



AI.YSSUM Oz. V* lb. 



MarUimum (Sweet Aly8sum).$0.:iO $0.C0 

 I^lttle Gem. select 40 1.25 



ASPARAGUS Per 1,000 



Sprengreri $1.50 



Pluinosus Nanus 3.50 



WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL PRICES IN 

 LARGE QUANTITIES 



ASTKR »4 oz. Oz. 



Giant Ostrich Featlier, Dark 



Blue $0.40 $1.50 



Giant Oetrlcii Feather, Crim- 

 son 40 1.50 



Giant Ostrich Feather, Lav- 

 ender 40 1.50 



Giant Ostrich Feather, White .40 1.50 

 Giant Ostrich Featlier, Rose 



Pink 40 1.50 



Giant Ostrich Feather, Shell 



Pink 40 l..'>0 



Giant Ostrich Feather, Mixed .,15 1.25 



Mikado, Pink 40 1.50 



Peerless, Pink 40 1.50 



Lavender Gem .40 1.50 



C.ALKNDULA 



Granite KinK 35 i.'2') 



CKNTAURE.V 



Gymnocarpa liO .50 



Candidissinia 50 1.75 



DK.ACAENA 



Imlivisa 20 .50 



GYPSOPHIl,A 



Elegans, White AnKel's Breath, 



% lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50. % oz. Oz. 



Rosea $0.25 $0.80 



LOBELIA i/g Oz. % Oz. Oz. 



Crystal Palace $0.35 $0.60 $2.00 



GraciUs. Blue 15 .25 .80 



MIGNONETTE ^ Qz. Oz. 



Machet $0.20 $0.00 



MATRICAB1.\ 



Capensis .Alba Plena 20 .50 



P.VNSY 1/3 Oz. hi. Oz. Oz. 



Masterpiece $0.05 $1.25 $4.50 



Giant Trlmnrdeau, 



Mixed 35 



Peacock's Giant Choice 



.Mi.\ed 1.00 



PETUNIA 



Blotched and Striped 



Inimitable 35 



Nana Compacta Rosy 



Morn 50 



Balcony Queen Rose... .75 



PETUNI.V 



(ilants of California, 



Mixed $0.50 $0.80 



SALVl.V 1^ Oz. Vi Oz. Oz. 



Fire Bali $0.50 $0.85 $;i.00 



Zurich, Early Flowprlng .60 1.10 4.00 



.6b 

 1.85 



2.35 

 6.00 



.60 1.00 



.85 

 1.35 



3.00 

 5.00 



1/32 Oz. 1/16 Oz. 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



'4 Lb. 1 Lb. 5 LbH. 

 .$0.30 $0.75 $3..VI 



.45 I..-1O 



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RADISH 



Imp. ICariy Scarlet 

 Globe, Select stock. 



LETTUCE 

 Grand Rapids ForcinK. 



C.VULIFLOWER ' . Oz. Oz. 



Dwarf Erfurt .fO.HO $1.5ii 



Early Snowball '■>', I.711 



CABBAGE 



CopenhaKen ',-j Oz. Oz. Vi Lb. 1 Lb. 



Market $0.15 $0.25 .50.75 $:!.."iO 



Wisconsin No. 8 



Dis. ResiHtant ,"..00 lH..'iO 



TOMATO Oz. Vi 



.lolin Haer $0.35 $ 



l':arly Detroit 40 



Eariiuna, Peaoocli's 



Solf'cl .S5 



.\cme 30 



Stone 30 



PEPPER 



Ruiiy Kinif 50 



Sweet .Mftuntain 55 



E<;(iPLANr 



New York l*urple 

 Spineless 



Lb. 1 Lb. 

 1.15 $4.00 

 L25 4.50 



1.15 4.00 

 1.00 3.50 

 1.00 3.50 



1..50 

 LOO 



5.25 

 5. .50 



.50 



1.75 6. 50 



being 



Your orders will have our very prompt care and attenticn, shipment 

 made on same day as receipt of word from you.. 



Write for Special Prices on Onion Sets! 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO. 



4011-13 Milwaukee Avenue 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Phone Kildare 37 ID 



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C 1 WHOLESALE GROWERS n . 



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



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



W. At lee Burpee Co* 



Seed Growers Philadelphia 



Braslan 



Growen for the Wholesale Trade Only. Onion, Lettuce, Carrot, 

 Paranlp, Parsley, Celery, Endlye, Salsify and Mixed Sweet Peaa. 



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