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The Florists^ Review 



Jan CAST 26. 1922 



Boston by rail and reshipped mostly by 

 boat to Florida, Georgia and Virginia, 

 although some seed stock is sent south 

 in refrigerator cars. Some of the stock 

 comes in bags and is sent through with.- 

 out resorting, the cars being moved to 

 the piers and unloaded directly into the 

 holds of the waiting vessels. Much, 

 perhaps most, of the stock, however, is 

 received at the potato houses in bulk, 

 then sorted, sacked and hauled by team 

 or truck to the piers. 



FARMERS WILL BUY SEED. 



"Seed business seems to be looking 

 up a bit," reports the Crabbs, Eeynolds, 

 Taylor Co., Crawfordsville, Ind. Clover 

 is particularly active. This firm has 

 found that lately it is much easier to 

 sell clover seed than to buy it and there- 

 fore concludes that the markets are 

 strong. "In our experience in the seed 

 business," states President A. E. Rey- 

 nolds, "we have learned that when we 

 can buy seed more easily than we can 

 sell it the market has a weak tendency, 

 and when we can sell it more easily than 

 we can buy it that the market has a 

 strong tendency. We have always felt 

 this was a good indication of market 

 tendencies. 



"There has been a great deal of talk 

 this season regarding the farmer's 

 ability to buy seed. We think that his 

 inability has been much exaggerated. 

 It is our judgment that we will go along 

 with about the usual demand for seed; 

 in fact, the indications from our cus- 

 tomers are that they are going to want 

 more seed than ever before. Their argu- 

 ment is based on the theory that since 

 producing coarse grains on the farm is a 

 losing proposition at present market 

 values of grain, it is an opportune time 

 to rest the farm and build it up by plant- 

 ing grasses that will not require any 

 tillage and that will help to fertilize 

 the soil. We think their argument is 

 good. They pushed the soil pretty hard 

 during the high prices of war times and 

 if they can now rest it during the low 

 prices, it will certainly be a wise course 

 to pursue." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Howard M. Gillet, New Ix-bonon. N. Y. — "Thp 

 Gliiilioliis ISeaiitifiil," an lUiistmtpd. well printed 

 oataloKiii'; sixteen piiKes, in pocket form, bound 

 in a neat liclit creen eciver, the back of which 

 bears the sloKan, "Grow fiillet's Oorgeous Gla- 

 dioli." 



a. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md. 

 — Current issue of monlhly wliolesale list, with 

 prices that lire qiioted on a "strictly cash bnBiei." 

 The stock comprises ferns, p.-ilms and other dec- 

 oratives. and a penenil line of foliaKe and flower- 

 tnp plants for beddinR and other purposes. 



F. B. Mills, Rose Hill, N. Y,— "The Mills 

 Seed Itook," thirty-two large paces, about 8x11 

 Inches, llioupli the text is plentifully inter- 

 spersed with illustrations, the spiice ia so eco 

 nomically used that only the narrowest possible 

 marein remains unoccupied. The type, though 

 small, is clear. All four cover-pages are richly 

 colored. 



Iowa Seed Co., lies Moines, I.i. — Fifty-soventli 

 annual c.itnlogue of seeds, roots, plants, bullis. 

 nursery slock .'ind miscellaneous supplies; illus- 

 trated; eighty closely packed pages, in a colored 

 cover on which two outdoor scenes are so used 

 as to form an artistic design. An enclosed cir- 

 cular, printed in red and headed "Kod ink 

 Trices," (juntf* special current prices of llrU\ 

 seeds. 



J. M. MoCullough's Sons Co., Cincinnati, 0. — 

 "McCulIough's Seed Catalogue and Amateur's 

 Guide," an accur.ite. tasteful, well illustrated 

 book of 104 pages, printed on enameled paper and 

 boimd in a cream-c<dored cover which t)ears a 

 notably artistic design in brown. liesides seeds 

 and bulbs, the book offers hardy plants, nursery 

 stock. Implements and miscellaneous mipplies. 



J. Bolzano Seed Co., Haltimore, Md. — "Holgi- 

 ano's Hig Krop Seeds," a comprehensive cata- 

 logue, containing ninety six good-sized pages, 

 closely but clearly printed; illustrated; bound in 

 a colored fnver 'if uni(pi(' and striking style. 

 Besides complclc slocks of seeds, the Ixnik offers 



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