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The Florists^ Review 



Septembkr 29, 1921 



one-half i'aro c-iiii be sec-urecl if 3oO at- 

 tend the convention by rail. A special 

 trip will be made from Albany to New 

 York city to visit the princii)al whole- 

 sale and retail markets. 



Anyone wishing to secnre a copy of 

 tlie program or to learn more in detail 

 the plans for the convention should 

 write to (". W. Waid, organization secre- 

 tary, care of the Ohio Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration, Franklin building, Columbus, O. 

 The program will be mailed about the 

 middle of October. 



MOTT-LY GLEANINGS. 



' ' At no time, ' ' observed E. N. 

 Kaercher, of the Kaercher Seed Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., ' ' were members of the 

 trade better able to help one another 

 in the matter of stock of leading kinds 

 of seeds, Judging from our large experi- 

 ence as both jobbers and retailers. 

 Holders of large stocks are fearful of 

 a further drop in prices, while buyers 

 are cautious in the expectation of pur- 

 chasing at almost their own figures — 

 that shortage along general leading 

 lines is a mirage that will be dispelled 

 when total crops are harvested. A com- 

 bination of climatic and economic con- 

 ditions has given the seedsman the 

 time of his life," commented our ob- 

 servant confrere. 



Standing in the store of the St. Louis 

 Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., is a large 

 aquarium containing goldfish. Manager 

 August n. Hummert called attention 

 to the fact that each fish apparently 

 had its own course laid out, and, should 

 its route be crossed by another, it usual- 

 ly continued, seldom looking or turn- 

 ing backward. It also suggested a 

 swimmer who, diving with eyes open, 

 sees bottom. Coming up for air, care 

 is taken to avoid obstacles that would 

 hinder and, possibly, hurt. "The condi- 

 tion of the seedsman and the seed busi- 

 ness today is quite similar," continued 

 Mr. Hummert, who at that moment an- 

 swered a phone call informing Mr. Van- 

 der Blumen that the Holland bulbs are 

 expected daily and expressing gratifica- 

 tion at hearing that the Paper Whitens 

 are so satisfactory. 



"Heartbreaking," said Dave Peck, 

 of the Dave Peck Seed Co., Evansville, 

 Ind., in commenting upon the seed situ- 

 ation, qualifying the remark by the 

 statement that there are various kinds 

 of hearts, as of seeds, and that, while 

 the \^eak heart might succumb to the 

 strain, the possessor of a strong heart 

 will pull through. 



The Ohio Valley Seed Co., Evansville, 

 Ind., never experienced such a season 

 for flies and an absence of bugs, pre- 

 sumably owing to the heat and drought. 

 It affected sales of insecticides consid- 

 erably. The trade here looks for good 

 times' with the fall rain and cooler 

 weather. 



The Heldt Co., Evansville, Ind., looks 

 for a good run on grass seeds for fall 

 sowing. The sale of implements is 

 good. 



The Younkerman Seed Co., Council 

 Bluffs, la., looks for a good season of 

 fall planting, judging from advance or- 

 ders placed and the many inquiries re- 

 ceived. 



George L. Kuntzwait, of the Iowa 

 Seed Co., Des Moines, la., is busily en- 

 gaged in the collection of the farmers' 

 donation of corn for Kussia. The state 

 quota is 600,000 bushels and, as the crop 

 is abundant, it will be easy on the 

 donors and will at the same time relieve 

 an overburdened market and be a real 



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