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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBIK 10, 1921 



Seed Trade News 



AXEBIOAK SEED TKASB A8800IATI0H. 



Preildent, L. Ii, Oldi, Msdlaon, Wla.; Mcr*- 

 ttry-treatarer, 0. ^. Kendel, OlareUnd, 0. 



Shipments of kentia and areca seeds 

 are en route. 



T. A. BOYCE, of the Woodruff -Boyce 

 Seed Co., Seattle, Wash., has been away 

 from Seattle on a ten days' business trip. 



K. Klyn, vice-president of the United 

 Bulb Growers, Inc., 15 William street, 

 New York, returned from Holland No- 

 vember 4, on the Rotterdam. 



Herbert & Fleishauer, McMinnville, 

 Ore., report that the aster seed crop is 

 coming along nicely and a large portion 

 has been harvested. Threshing of the 

 early varieties will begin next week. 



Assets of Ross Bros. Seed Co., Wichita, 

 Kan., have been purchased by W. J. Tor- 

 rington, special collector for the Fourth 

 National bank of that city. Ross Bros. 

 Seed Co. was adjudged bankrupt Septem- 

 ber 15, when liabilities were listed at 

 $67,142 and assets at $51,887. 



Nothing has 

 ness depression' 

 New York, who 

 orders were 480 

 was the firm's 

 Collections are 

 noted fewer are 



been seen of the "busi- 

 ' by McIIutchison & Co., 



report that November 1 

 ahead of last year, which 



largest in two decades, 

 satisfactory, though it is 

 discounted than in former 



years. 



Edward Bitsche, of the Bitsche Seed 

 House, Chickasha, Okla., visited Chicago 

 and St. Louis this week, intent on getting 

 a large quantity of hotbed sashes. They 

 will be used to protect a great number of 

 cabbage plants which the firm grows, 

 among other stock. Gladiolus bulbs, up- 

 on experiment, have been found to do 

 finely here. Cannas make luxuriant 

 growth. 



DICKINSON FLOATS LOAN. 



What is said to be the year's largest 

 real estate loan has been underwritten 

 by the Greenebaum Sons Investment 

 Co., Chicago, for the Albert Dickinson 

 Co., of that city, described as the big- 

 gest seed merchants in the world, in the 

 form of a first mortgage bond issue for 

 $2,500,000, maturing in five years from 

 November 1, at seven per cent. The 

 loan is secured by a first mortgage on 

 the company's land, buildings and 

 equipment at Thirty-fifth street and 

 California avenue. 



The description of the property con- 

 tained in the investment company's ad- 

 vertisement of the bond issue reads as 

 follows: 



Ij.Tti(l — In Eroat contrnl mannfacturing rlistriot. 

 Security inclmle^ 60.18 iicrca. owned in tec; 

 property is considered one of tlie most rem.irk- 

 able iridlvidnnl holdincs of indnstrial real es- 

 tate In Chicago. Complete rail and water trans- 

 portation facilities, combined with nn elalxjrutely 

 equipped plant, enable the company to do the 

 larpest business of Its kind in tlie world. Ap- 

 praised value of land alone considerably more 

 than total b(jnd issue. 



Improvements — Croup of new reinforced con- 

 crete and steel structures, fonninfr a siiiinre of 

 420 feet, connected by subways and overhead 

 passageways. Plant includes seven imits of 

 three, four and "five stories; larpe office build- 

 ing on Thirtv-fifth street, alouR which plant 

 fronts 1.80O feet, several large steel tanks with 

 a capacity of 750,000 bushels of grain: also rail- 

 road vard with over four miles of trackage, hav- 

 ing capacity of 3'>0 cars. Expert appraisal places 

 value of Improvements at $3,856,788.51. In- 

 cluded as security is a complete smaller working 

 unit at the southwest corner of Clark and Six- 

 teenth streets, with switch track. 



Valuation — Bond.'* are secured by property, 

 which, according to expert appraisal, is valued 

 at |7,046,;i88.20, nearly three times total bond 



BULBS-Special-BULBS 



We still have left limited quantities of High Class Dutch 

 Bulbs. Weather conditions now, JUST RIGHT. 



Orders shipped same day as received. Followingf offered 

 subject to unsold: 



DUTCH HYACINTHS— FIRST SIZE 



Per 1000 



lift Vlctoire, Crimson $6S.0O 



L'Innocence, Pure White 65.00 



Yellow Hammer 65.00 



DUTCH HYACINTHS — SECOND SIZE 



Per 1000 



Lady Derby, Pink $46.00 



la Victolre, Crimson 45.00 



li'Innocence, Pure White 45.00 



Grand Maitra. Blue 45.00 



Kin? of the Blues, Dark Blue 45.00 



Yellow Hammer 45.00 



Gertrude, Pink 45.00 



COTTAGE TULIPS OR LATE 



BLOOMING Per 1000 

 I>a Merveille, Scarlet with Orange. $20. 00 

 Extra Fine Mixed 14.50 



DARWIN TULIPS Per 1000 



Remembrance, Rich Crimson $23 00 



The Sultan, Rich Maroon Black . . . 20.D0 



White Queen , ., 25.00 



Splendid Mixed 17.00 



ASPARAGUS Per 1000 



Plumosus Nanus $3.50 



Sprengeri 1.50 



CALENDULA Per Oz. 

 Orange King Select $1.25 



CYCLAMEN ROCOCO 



Orchid-Flowering: Types Per 1000 



Light Rose $15.00 



Dark Rose 15.00 



Lilac 15.00 



White, with Crimson Bye 15.00 



Rose Violet, Crimson Marked 15.00 



Rococo Mixed 14.00 



PARROT TULIPS Per 1000 

 Extra Fine Mixed $16.00 



EARLY SINGLE TULIPS 



Per 1000 

 Cottage Maid, Dark Rose with 



White $22.00 



Goldfinch, Yellow 18.00 



White Swan 22.00 



Yellow Prince 19.00 



Single Fine Mixed 16.00 



EARLY DOUBLE TULIPS 



Per 1000 



Conronne d'Or, Yellow $22.00 



Gloria Soils, Red and Gold 24.00 



Luoretia. Pink 1 6.(10 



Rubra Maxima, Red 23.00 



Extra Fine Ml^lxed 15.00 



DAFFODILS OR NARCISSI 



Per 1000 

 Emperor, Mother Bulbs, Golden 



Yellow $38.00 



Poeticus Omatns, Double Nose.... 22,50 



Golden Spur, Double Nose 32.00 



Von Sion, Double Nose 32.00 



Per Oz. 

 ...$5.00 



PANSY 



Peacock's Choice Mixed. 



SWEET PEAS 



Spencer Winter-Flowering Varieties. 



Per Oz. % Lb. 



Asta Ohn, Lavender $0.70 $2.6« 



Hercules. Rose Pink 80 2.75 



Red Wing, Crimson 65 2.25 



Snow Flake, White 70 2,50 



Wedgwood, Blue 70 2.50 



Per T. Pkt. Oz. 

 Sclilzanthus WIsetonensls. .$0.25 $1.40 



We ship same day order received, and have built our success 

 in bulbs and seeds on 



QUALITY AND SERVICE 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO. " 



4013 Milwaukee Ave. - Phone Kildare 3710 - CHICAGO 



g;^ LEONARD SEED CO. oiii^ 



C_«J, WHOLESALE GROWERS 5»|-e 



''^^^ 226-230 WEST KINZIE STREET, CfflCAGO "^^^^ 



Braslan 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSB» CALIFORNIA 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN* SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Be«t, Carrot, Endive, Lettuce. 



Onion and Radish. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



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

 Parsnip, Parsley, Celery, Endive, Salsify and Mixed Sweet Peas. 



Company 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Eggplant, Squash, Pumpkin^ 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and WatermeioQ 

 Seed and Field Corn, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited. Swedesboro,N.J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, gsa^ NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of High-ffade Seeds 



Caoumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin: Sweet: Flint and Dent Seed Cora 



