112 



The Florists' Rcvkw 



Septbmbkr 22, 1921 



PAPER WHITES 



14 ctm. per case of 1000— $24.00 



Soleil d'Or 



Extra large bulbs, 800 to a case, at $6.50 per 100. 



FORMOSUM LILIES 



6/8—400 to a case) 



7/9-300 to a case> 



8/10—225 to a case) 



$50. 



00 



per case 



WRITE US FOR PRICES ON DUTCH BULBS 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



menced In a soap and candle factory adjoining 

 I lie store. In 1818 the business was totally 

 prostrated by the proprietor's expending liis 

 whole capital, and more, in fruitless prepara- 

 lions and attempts to raise seeds, etc., which 

 could not be Imported during the war. 



The foregoing is only a bit of a most 

 remarkable history of a great business 

 that weathered many depressions, such 

 as the business world is today encoun- 

 tering. But the force of the fact, as 

 stated, that the company suffered so 

 extremely after the War of 1812, is 

 brought vividly to the fore when it is 

 learned that today, just following a war, 

 the J. M. Thorburn Co., at 53 Barclay 

 street. New York, has filed a petition in 

 b:inkiu]it('y, listing liabilities of $54,729 

 :ind assets'of $44,814, the main items of 

 which are accounts, $20,525; cash, 

 $13,729; stock, $10,000. Abraham Glaser 

 has been api)ointed receiver under 

 $5,000 by Judge Hough. The principal 

 creditors listed are the National Park 

 bank, $30,000, secured; the Redfield Ad- 

 vertising Agency, $2,474, and the Amer- 

 ican Agricultural Chemical Co., $1,949. 



The company has been, one might say, 

 institutional in the history of New York 

 business, due, doubtless, to its pro- 

 gressiveness. In 1814 (irant Thorburn 

 recovered from the prostration men- 

 tioned above and with .$500 advanced by 

 a friend he started business anew. To 

 show the ailvanced ideas of the firm, 

 away back in ]822 the company an- 

 nounced in its catalogue that it had con- 

 nected with the seed trade a botanical 

 and agricultural book store, including 

 the latest almanacs "of the states of 

 New York, Pennsylvania and Connecti- 

 cut, which can be had every year as 

 soon as published." 



A few facts concerning the firm are 

 here stated in a nutshell: In 1820 the 

 company purchased the Friends' meet- 

 ing house, which had been used for 

 many years for election purposes; in 

 1844 the firm moved to 15 .folin street, 

 with greenhouses at Astoria, N. Y.; in 

 18(i7 specialization began, especially 

 ••ilong the lines of grass seeds; in 1870 

 novelty stock, such as "p:gyptian blood 

 turnip beet," was listed in the cata- 



Lily of the Valley 



Pips from cold storage 



Order a shipment made 

 weekly or fortnightly 



Florists' Money Maker Brand 

 $30.00 per 1000; $16.00 per 500; $8.00 per 250; $4.00 per 100 



Order Brunt' Cut Valley of Your Chicago Wholesale Cut Flower Honte 

 H« N. BRUNSy W«.t Madu'on street CoicagOy HI. 



r. 



For Pedigree Strains of 



VEGETABLE, FARM 

 AND FLOWER . . . 



SEEDS 



Writ9 to 



Watkins & Simpson, Ltd. 



27-29 Drury Lane LONDON, ENGLAND 



Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Japanese Lilies, French and Dutch Bulbs 

 90-92 West Broadway NEW YORK 



Mpntlon The Review when you write. 



Id^Mic; in 1H71 lawn mowers wcro first 

 listed; in 1878 flower sihmIs .'irc first con- 

 sidcrt'il in the catiilofjuc; in 1878 the 

 potato, Hcauty of Hel)ron, was intro- 

 duced. If space allowed, the firm's in- 

 troductions, during its long existence, 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS 



and NARCISSI 

 FOR FORCING 



WRITK FUR PKICE LIST 



HART & VICK 



55 Stone St., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



DANISH SEED IMPORT 



Import of all kinds of Seeds direct from Reed 

 Biowois In Penmark. Please send for r>rlce list. 



CHR. MOSBJERG,2I67tliSt N.. Minneapolis, Minn. 



could ho listed almost ad infinitum. 

 In 1894 the company incorporated 



