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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembeb 22, 1004. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., C. N. Patre, Dea Moines. la : First Vlce- 

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

 Rendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 trill be held on the Su Lawrence, June, 1906. 



Who said onion seed was scarce? 



These are strenuous days for the be- 

 lated catalogue builders. 



Two new peas are to be introduced 

 by Leonard Seed Co. the coming spring. 



Both red clover and crimson clover are 

 very firm in price, owing to stocks under 

 the normal. 



Frank W. Maas has become secretary 

 and manager of the Planters' Seed Co., 

 Springfield, Mo. 



H. Nungesser & Co. are recommend- 

 ing Festuca pratensis. the meadow fescue, 

 for more general use. 



Crocus were in good demand in Hol- 

 land at the close of the shipping season, 

 many sorts being scarce; 



Martin J. Sutton, senior of the well 

 known firm of seedsmen, Sutton & Sons, 

 is now mayor of Beading, E'ngland. 



Rogers Bros., of Chaumont, N; Y.. 

 have distributed to the trade a hand- 

 some framed picture of their new pole 

 bean. Golden Carmine. 



W. W. Johnson & Son, Boston. Eng- 

 land, oflfer the new Emerald Isle kale, 

 spoken highly of by those who have seen 

 it growing at their trial grounds. 



Already Wardwell's kidney wax 

 beans bring $10 per bushel, Longfellow's 

 are taken at $8, Stringless Green Pod 

 and Valentine easily bring $6. These 

 are startling prices so early in the 

 season. 



It looks as though the trade must 

 switch back to old-fashioned varieties of 

 beans this season. Mohawks, Six Weeks. 

 Best of All, Currie's Wax, Violet and 

 Scarlet Flageolet are not yet among the 

 scarce varieties. 



The loss occasioned by fire at Oceana. 

 Cal., which destroyed the warehouse of 

 the Routzahn Seed Co., will hit some of 

 the seed houses hard as the bean stocks 

 burned up are among the most impor- 

 tant kinds. The government will also 

 be loser of some rare varieties of pole 

 beans, as it is understood that it had 

 a contract for these' with the Routzahn 

 Co. 



ROUTZAHN SEED LOSS. 



A telegram from the Routzahn Seed 

 Co., dated Oceana, Cal., December 16, 

 said: 



Onr good house burned last nljrht; all tomato 

 oxcept Crimson Cushion and Ponderosa, with all 

 other surplus seeds, a total loss. 



-Tbitt ha« sinee -beea ««ppl«meiited_HdtlL 

 information that the loss on beans in- 

 cludes twenty tons Kentucky Wonder, 

 twenty-five tons Lazy Wife, three tons 

 Cut Short, six tons Horticultural, five 

 tons Southern Prolific, four tons White 

 Creaseback, two tons Scarlet Runner 

 and four tons Black Wax. 



DIAMOND JOE SEEDS 



We are the Largest Wholesale and Retail Seed Corn RrowerB In 

 the world. Ship in ear or shelled. We also do a general mall order 

 seed trade in all the best varieties of Karm, (harden and Flower Seeds 

 worth plantiDir. In addition we handle the best grade of nursery stock 

 to Fuit critical buyers. Our large illustrated seed and nursery catalog 

 and farm guide free if you mention this paper. A postal card will 

 bring it, write to-day. Address. 

 WESTERN SEED COMPANY Shenandoah, Iowa. 



Mention The R<»vlew when yoo wrlt». 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



ONION SETS 

 79 and 81 East Kinzie Street, CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



SEA WEED AS MANURE. 



In the ("hannel Islands seaweed is regu- 

 larly gathered in large quantities and 

 spread over the potato fields, and the 

 farmers there find it a most valuable 

 manure. It is either scattered on the 

 ground fresh from the sea or burnt in 

 kilns, and the ash used instead of the 

 raw material. At the seaside in this 

 country seaweed is often brought up 

 from the beach in carts and spread over 

 the land, with very good result as re- 

 gards the corn, but no effort has hith- 

 erto been made to burn it in a kiln. 

 Surely this could be done without much 

 difficulty and with great advantage to 

 the public, for in this form iodine ma- 

 nure could be put upon the market for 

 the use of gardeners. Of course, the 

 object of burning the seaweed is to get 

 rid of the smell, and to enable it to be 

 kept in a portable form so it could be 

 put up in barrels for wholesale use and 

 in tins for selling in small quantities. 

 There are many places along the coast 

 where the industry could be started — any- 

 where, in fact, where seaweed is plentiful 

 and the expense of tinning would not be 

 great. We should thus gain an excel- 

 lent fertilizer, which is, moreover, said 

 to br particularly good for roses. — Gar- 

 deners ' Chronicle. 



We esteem the Bsview very highly for 

 its Seed Trade News. — Binqhamton 

 Seed Co., BinghamtoD, N. Y. 



TABLE DECORATIONS. 



No hard and fast rules can be laid 

 down for table decorations, so much de- 

 pends upon the size of table, and what 

 it contains; sometimes it may be so 

 crowded that little room is left for other 

 decoration. It sometimes happens that 

 ornaments, lamps, etc., are so arranged 

 that it is difficult to make a satisfactory 

 decoration. Whatever may be used, let 

 it be in as light and graceful manner as 

 _gos8ible^ Tracings are better, as a rule, 

 in curve8~ari^ sCrOllB, aTfBouglr~gtfaigh't 

 lines are sometimes admissible by way 

 of a change. It is difficult to say how 

 a table should be decorated; in any case, 

 very much depends upon the taste of the 

 decorator. It is surprising what differ- 

 ent designs and ideas present themselves 

 to one who has had a little experience of 

 this kind of work. 



A table may frequently be made to 

 look very nice in a very short time, and 



LONG ISLAND CABBAGE SEED 

 AMERICAN CAULIFLOWER SEED 



And other Special Seed Stocks. 



Francis Brill - Grower, 



Hempstead, L I., Kew York. 



Mention Thf B^Tlew when yow write. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



Exporters and Importers 

 17 Battery Place, NEW YORK 



Mu^ .r... Bulbs, Plants. 



Villei our Smclillii '^'JiS^tl'Si^. 



Mention The EcTlew when yon write. 



Giadiolns Bolbs 



Our bnlbi are not better ctaui 

 tbe best, bat better then tbe teet. 

 TBT THBM. 



Cushman Gladiolus Co. 



Un,VAMlA, OKZO. 



M»Tit1nii Th» R«»t1»w whwi y<wi writ*. 



with little material. It is scarcely neces- 

 sary to say that leaves and fruits can- 

 not be so lightly arranged, or made to 

 look as graceful, as more choice flowers 

 and foliage. Short sprays of common 

 bramble, used in the green state, are very 

 suitable for tracings, especially on a 

 large table. Small sprays of the com- 

 mon box also look well. Ivy is a general 

 favorite, and may be used for this pur- 

 pose. It is best procured from old trees, 

 where it can be generally found with 

 small, wavy sprays and small leaves. 

 It can also be used when in fruit. The 

 branchlets of that graceful conifer, Re- 

 tinosporg"fittfefay-I-l»v»- Bometimea iifled__ 

 for tracing, and it looks very well. In 

 using this green material for decorating, 

 flowers of some kind, such as chrysanthe- 

 mums, should be set up in vases of suit- 

 able sizes. — Gardeners ' Magazine. 



A UNIQUE DISPLAY. 



It isn 't too much to say that J. Walter 

 Howard, Summerville, Mass., has ovolved 



