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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 18, 1904. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



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

 Pres., L. li. May, St. Paul; Secy and Treas., C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

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



Leonard Seed Co. has remodeled and 

 improved its onion set warehouse at Jef- 

 ferson Park, 111. 



The onion set harvest at Chicago is 

 backward, more than half the acreage be- 

 ing yet untouched. 



A TRUCK-GROWEES ' association has 

 been organized at Mineral Wells, Tex., 

 with S. A. Baxter secretary. 



The onion set grower finds that this 

 is one of the years when thinner seeding 

 might have been an advantage. 



The perennial top onion is at present 

 bringing $2 per bushel; a higher price 

 than has been realized for several years. 



Complaint is being made that much 

 of the pickling cucumber seed planted the 

 past spring fails to make a uniform 

 pickle. 



When a reliable assistant is needed 

 by a seedsman the cost of securing one 

 should be of secondary importance. This 

 will apply to either a book or a man. 



Des Moines, Iowa. — The Hawkeye 

 Seed Co., on Aug. 17, made an assign- 

 ment of its business to A. A. Berry, 

 of Clarinda, who represents a large Iowa 

 seed company. The' assignment papers 

 were signed by the president, C. B. Burk- 

 hart, who stated that it was impossible 

 to attach a list of the assets and liabil- 

 ities of the company. The Hawkeye 

 Seed Co. was located at 210 Seventh 

 street, and is the company which, two 

 or Ihree years ago, purchased the busi- 

 ness of Josiah Livingston, who had con- 

 ducted the business for about ten years 

 previous. 



VILMORIN MEMORIAL. 



The American members of the commit 

 tee appointed to raise funds for the Vil- 

 morin Memorial to be erected at Paris 

 are D. M. Ferry, Detroit; C. S. Sargent, 

 Boston, and Wm. McMurtrie, New York. 

 Mr. Ferry sends the seed trade a circular 

 letter explaining that the aim is to muko 

 the subscription a popular one, the sub- 

 scriptions so far received in France aver- 

 aging a little less than $7 each. Mr. 

 Ferry encloses a translation of a circular 

 of the French committee, from which we 

 take the following extract: 



The eminent services rendered to agriculture 

 and horticulture by Henry de Vllmorln are 

 well known. In fact, during four generations 

 the heads of tbe Vllmorln family: Philippe 

 Vlctolre, his son Phllllpe Andre, then his 

 grandson Louis and lastly his great-grandson 

 Henry, have successively associated the name 

 Vllmorln with the progress achieved In agri- 

 culture and horticulture since 150 years. With- 

 out the Vllmorlns there would perhaps be a 

 little less grain In our fields, but without 

 doubt less sugar In our beets, and certainly 

 less flowers In our gardens. It Is this long 

 and Immense work, accomplished by the Vll- 

 morlns, which we propose to honor. 



Mr. Ferry adds that he is in full sym- 

 pathy with this movement and will ac- 

 knowledge receipt of subscriptions and 

 see that they are forwarded to the treas- 

 urer of the general fund at Paris. 



We are much pleased with the Florists ' 

 Manual, and could not get along without 

 the Florists ' Beview. Enclosed find an- 

 other dollar. — Wm. Rhodes & Son, 

 Leechburg, Pa. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



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DUTCH SEED CROP REPORT. 



Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland, 

 send the following seed crop report for 

 the end of July: 



On account of the very wet weather which 

 prevailed last autumn, some biennials were 

 sown very late and In some parts they could 

 not be sown at all. Consequently the area of 

 beets, mangels, turnips, parsley, corn salad, 

 etc., Is not so large as was first proposed. 

 Our mild winter did not kill any plants. In 

 spring we had excellent weather, so that field 

 work, sowing and planting could take place 

 under most favorable circumstances. This fine 

 weather has lasted up to the present time, so 

 that as a whole the prospects of the crop are 

 good. 



Cauliflower looks good and promises a good 

 crop. White cabbage, red cabbage, savoy, 

 Brussels sprouts and Borecole have developed 

 very well, look healthy and promise a good crop. 

 Turnip and swedes, owing to the unfavorable 

 weather In autumn, part of these Were sown 

 too late or were not sown at all; a good deal, 

 however, has developed very well and prom- 

 ises a good average crop, with the exception 

 of some few varieties, such as Milan. Kohl- 

 rabi, a good deal got lost; small crop. Man- 

 gel-wurzel and vsugar beet look good. Beet 

 stands pretty well. Carrots partly poor stand; 

 as a whole they promise a fairly good crop. 

 Parsnip and scorzonera are good crop. Corn 

 salad Is middling; some sowings have gone 

 lost. Radish looks good. Spanish radish was 

 little planted, as some sowings got lost last 

 autumn; looks good. Onion Is medloere; the 

 bulbs were not healthy. Garlic is good. Cele- 

 rlac Is sick; small crop. Plain parsley good; 

 rooted parsley middling. Borage Is a very 

 good crop. Chervil and spinach promise an 

 average crop. Peas nre very good, cucumbers 

 mediocre. Dwarf and runner beans are good 

 lis a whole; some plains are a poor stand ou 



account of weak germination; bard winds 

 have also done some damage. 



After two years which were most unfavorable 

 for flower seed growing, we are now glad to 

 say that, owing to tbe fine weather in spring, 

 the actual situation of crops as a whole Is 

 promising. Antirrhinum, caUlopsls, campanula 

 and centaurea are very good. Candytuft is 

 good. Convolvulus was little sown; looks 

 good. Dlanthus, some plains a little thin; the 

 plants which are left look promising. Gypso- 

 phlla is a good crop and eschscholtzia very 

 good. Hellchrysum and lobelia make good 

 standing. MImulus is very good. Mignonette 

 was little sown; looks promising. Myosotis is 

 excellent and nasturtium very gw>d. Nemophlla, 

 papaver, petunia and phlox are all good, rhod- 

 unthe very good, stocks, Virginian, excellent. 

 Sweet peas, little sown; stand well. Ten- 

 week stocks look splendid. Verbena is good, 

 viola fairly good and wallflower very good. 



PRICES OF MATERIAL. 



The price of glass has been advanced 

 but quotations are not stiffly held. There 

 is a scarcity of 16x20, which is a popular 

 greenhouse size, but certain jobbers have 

 large stocks of 16x24, several large antic- 

 ipated orders having failed to develop, 

 and on this size there is a tendency to 

 ' ' let no guilty man escape ' ' when he 

 comes into the market. 



Lumber is weaker, particularly cypress. 

 Much good cypress has gone into rail- 

 road cars, and this summer car builders 

 arc not busy, with the result that the 

 cypress mills are looking for orders. 



Steam coal is off, particularly at Chi- 

 cago, where the stock yards strike has 

 had an appreciable effect. 



