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The Florists' Review 



AceuBT 14i 



Seed Trade News 



AHERICAM SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 

 Presideat, L.. L. Olds, Madison, WU.; aecre- 

 tarr-treasarer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, 0. 



JOHH BODOBK, Jr., returned to Los 

 AngeleB from hia eastern trip July 28. 



Onb of laat week 's visitors to Chicago 's 

 Pageant of Progress was Eay C. Bick- 

 nell, gladiohm ei)ecialist of Fort Atkin- 

 son, Wia 



On the steamer Fort Hamilton, which 

 arrived at New York from Bermuda Au- 

 gust 5, were twenty-eight cases of lily 

 bulba eonsigned to F. B. Vandegrift & 

 Co. 



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Albc M. Bbnnie, with A. Henderson 

 & Co., Chicago, and formerly in the seed, 

 bulb and supply business in Providence, 

 R. I., viaitod Providence last week for the 

 first time in fourteen years. 



Damagb to the extent of several thou- 

 sand dollars was done the Woodruff-Boyce 

 Seed Co., of Seattle, Wash., recently 

 when fire of unknown origin broke out in 

 the sales and propagating rooms. 



Miss McGradt, who has been secretary 

 for C. D. Coventry, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, for over three years, was 

 married Thursday, August 4, to R. E. 

 Willis, of the Chase & Martin Pie Co. 



Thb announcement has been made that 

 the Standard Bulb Co., formerly at Ben- 

 ton Harbor, Mich., has removed to Hol- 

 land, Mich., and consolidated with the 

 Weller Nuraerie.s Co., long established 

 there. 



NoTiCB of the death of John M. Lupton, 

 of J. M. Lupton & Son, Mattituck, Long 

 Island, a former president of the Ameri- 

 can 8cc-d Trade Association, which oc- 

 <urrcd August 1, is contained in the obitu- 

 ary coliimn. 



MoNTHLT calendars are sent out to 

 customers by the J. C. Robinson Seed Co., 

 Rocky Ford, Colo. These attractive 

 colored cards and some neat blotters 

 serve to keep the company's name con- 

 stantly before a great number. 



Thb first lot of French bulbs for the 

 W. W. Barnard Co., of Chicago, has been 

 received and sent out to retail seedsmen 

 and florists. The first shipment of Dutch 

 bulbs is in. These arc a small lot that 

 were ordered sent early so that they would 

 be in time for the retailers to show at 

 the numerous county fairs, which are in 

 progress about this time of the year. 



In (Jreat liritain this summer a good 

 many failures will be recorded as a re- 

 sult of the lack of rain, and the general 

 outlook is that mosl home-grown seed will 

 lie light crops. Those subjects that have 

 managed to survive will, from all appcar- 

 ;inces, throw fine quality, wliich to a large 

 extent will make up for short ()unntity, 

 but a close wat^-h has to be kept or many 

 seeds will ripen and fall Ix^t'ore they are 

 gathered. 



Tna incons'istencies of tlic Federal 

 Horticultural Board m;ike its rulings not 

 easily compr(!hcnsil)lc to those in this 

 country and atiil h!ss so to foreign linns. 

 .\s a ro«ailt, 1'. Ilopman ic Sons, of Hillc- 

 gom, Holland, have had revokeil by the 

 board on technical grounds' the permits 

 under which they were able to sliiji 

 gladiolus bulbs of rare varieties to this 

 country. If the board, u])on the firm 's 

 pioof of its innocence of intent to de- 

 ceive, does not reinstate the permits, P. 



Sun-Drying Onion Sets 



PEACOCK'S FARMS 



You can make money by buying onion sets now 



Write us for full particulars 



Everette R. Peacock Co., 



SEEDSMEN 



4013 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Gi^ LEONARD SEED CO. 



O 1 WHOLESALE GROWERS 



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



Onion 

 Sets 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn. 



Branch Houses in Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Waahln^on. 



Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Spinach. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Eggplant, Tomato, Okra, Asparagus, 



Rhubarb, Celery, Spinach, Beet, Onion, Beans, 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, Sweet Com, Vine Seeds. 



Correspondence Solicited 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 



PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



Mention Th» BeTl«w when yon writs. 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



I GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Beet, Carrot, Endive. Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



I. N. Simon & Son 



Garden Seeds 



AT WHOLESALE 



438 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Eggplant, Squash, Pumpnin. 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and WaiermexoQ 

 Seed and Field Corn, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited. S%vedesboro,N. J. 

 Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, gSSI^ NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of Hi(b-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin; Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn 



