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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUQUST 11, 1904. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATION. 



Prea., C. N. Page, Des Moines, la ; First Vlce- 

 Pres., L. Ij. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 win be held on the St. Lawrence, June, 1906. 



W, J. Shbret, of Johnson & Stokes, 

 Philadelphia, is spending his vacation at 

 Ocean Grove, N. J. 



POAT Bros., Ettrick, Va., report a good 

 demand for narcissus bulbs and are sold 

 up to the limit of theii* supply. 



The dry weather in North Carolina 

 has operated to reduce the tuberose crop, 

 some shippers estimating as much as one- 

 third. 



The W. S. Gilbreath Seed Co., Indian- 

 apolis, report that they are very well 

 pleased with the situation and outlook 

 so far as they have gone. 



Visited Chicago: — Geo, C. Thomson, 

 representing E. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 Boston, Mass., on his way to St. Louis; 

 John Bodger, of Santa Paula, Cal. 



Veey hot, dry weather in the Quedlin- 

 burg district, in France, and in England, 

 in July did considerable damage to crops 

 for seed, but good rains came in season 

 to avert disaster. 



A VEEY serious hurt has been done the 

 past week to the cucumber seed crops in 

 southern Michigan. Dry weather and 

 the blight together promise to make the 

 crop exceedingly light. 



Bean cropa in central Michigan prom- 

 ise well, good reports as to Wardwells 

 are coming in. From the present out- 

 look it is hoped that this year a fair 

 harvest of this important variety will be 

 realized. 



Pickle packers at a meeting in Chi- 

 cago recently decided not to make prices 

 until the outlook for the new crop is 

 better defined. The crop in the middle 

 west is late, and blight baa injured the 

 vines in some localities. 



• BooHESTER, N. Yj — Frank II. Battles, 

 seedsman, at 49 North street, has made 

 an assignment to William L. Manning. 

 Liabilities are placed at $40,000, with 

 nominal assets at about half that sum 

 and actual assets slightly smaller. 



The sweet corn crop at the present 

 time is looking well but the late varieties 

 are far behind what they ought to be at 

 this season of the year and the best 

 authorities on crop estimates fear the 

 crop will be cut by cold weather before 

 it matures suflSciently. 



Philipp|[ de Yilmoein, head of the 

 house of Vilmotin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, 

 will reach New York about August 23 

 for a visit to the principal seed buyers 

 and with a party bound for the St. Louis 

 lYiir, where he has a commission from 

 the French government. 



The main shipments of Harrisii bulbs 

 from Bermuda reached New York July 

 25 this year, on the Trinidad. She had 

 for H. H. Berger & Co., 105 cases ; Peter 

 Henderson & Co., 103; Wm. Hagemann, 

 504; F. B. Pierson Co., 138; Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, 747 ; Jas. Kempe, 35 ; Maltus 

 & Ware, 5; Wakem & Mc^Aughlin, 86; 

 to order, 1,330; total, 3,053 cases. 



H. NuNOESSSK & C*. received 200 

 bags of seeds on La Qhampagne from 

 Havre July 30. , 



The MiiHOuri S^pd Co., Kansas City, 

 Mo., b^ been incorporated with $30,000 

 paid up capital by John Tobin, Thomas 

 Tobin, E. M. Sauer and A. C. Turgeon. 



The first French bulbs ■ reached New 

 York on the Germania from Marseilles, 

 July 28. The consignees and number of 

 cases were as follows : Stumpp & Walter 

 Co., 182; Ralph M. Ward & Co., 120: 

 Weeber & Don, 64; Peter Henderson » 

 Co., 102; F. B. Pierson Co., 85; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 86; Schlegel & 

 J\)ttler Co., 63; C. D. Stone & Co., 159; 

 Wakem & McLaughlin, 129; Maltus & 

 Ware, 46; Sthulz & Euckgaber, 130; T. 

 C. Pollock, 101; O. G. Hempstead & 

 Son, 209; H. Naterer, 67; American Ex- 

 press Co., 20; Remier Pinno, 17; to 

 order, 165; total, 1,745. 



SEEDS FOR TEST. 



The Secretary of the Treasury on .July 



27 addressed the following order to all 



officers of the customs: 



At the Instance of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, It Is hereby directed that, commenc- 

 ing: July 1, 1904, and continuing for one year, 

 two-ounce samples of all importations of 100 

 pounds or more of grass, clover, and forage- 

 plant seeds be prepared at the earliest prac- 

 ticable date after entry, and forwarded to the 

 Seed Laboratory, Department of Agriculture 

 Washington, D. C, la^ieled with names and 

 addresses of consignor^ and consignees, name 

 ot seed as given in the invoice,,, and quantity 

 of the consignment. 



MHiWAUKEE, Wis. — It looks as though 

 there would be ten or a dozen go to the 

 convention from here. 



Belvideue, III. — B. E. Lucas is going 

 into the greenhouse business quite ex- 

 tensively and has just received a large 

 consignment of carnation plants for 

 bencliing. , 



Nev Yobk, N. Y. — American window 

 glass has been low this summer, but Bel- 

 gian glass is still coming in. Semon 

 Bache & Co. had 1,025 boxes on the 

 British King July 30. 



XiOOK Ton 



Lion&Wertheimep 



Ribbon Exhibit 



AT THE CONVENTION. 



For SALE 



I wish to dispose of my interest in the 

 St. Louis Seed Company. They are doing 

 the largest retail trade in St. Louis and 

 there Is no other mall-order bouse here. 

 This Is a fine opportunity for some one. 



For further particulars address 



FRED. S. PLANT, 



814 V. 4th Street. ST. ];OirZ8,KO. 



Ot»f Mr. FRED J. MICHELL 



will be at the St. Louis Convention 



NOTICE 



* ^ ^^ ■ MX>ai^« ^ ^„^ He will be happy 



to meet you there and £ive you any information in his power regarding 



SEEDS AND BULBS- 



We hope that you will give Mr. Michell the pleasure of me.gting and 

 having a chat with you. 



Henry F., Michell Co., M^kit^t.. Philadelphia 



Mention The Review whea you writ*, 



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From the most refiable FRENCH, ENGLISH and GERMAN GROWERS. 



Per 3C00 seeds. Per oz. 



Azure Blue 2&c • .76 



Bugnot's €iant Blotched fiOc 4 00 



Belgian Strtped a6c .80 



Bronze varieties, very rich 26c .80 



Oassler's Olant Blotched fOc 4 0O 



Emperor William, ultramarine blue. .25c .76 



Fire Drafon. orange and bronze 26c .80 



Havana Brown 26c .76 



Lord Beaconsfield. deep purple violet 26c .80 



Mfthogany Colored 25e .80 



Meteor, bright yellow and brown 2&c .80 



Peacock, ultramarine blue, claret 



and white 30c 100 



Prince Bismarck, golden bronze 26c .75 



Rainbow or Pheasant's Eye (quadrl- 



c6K)r 26c .86 



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Per 3000 seeds. Peroz. 

 Snow Queen (Candldlssima) satiny 



white 26c I .76 



White with Dark Eye 26c .76 



Tellow with Dark Eye 26c .80 



Pure Yellow 26c .76 



Improved OiantTrimardeau. mixed.. 26c 1.00 



" " " separate colors 30c 1.26 



Splendid Mixed German 26c .76 



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Perret, the Introducer) , 60c 4.00 



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