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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 2, 1905. 



buds long, full and of large size, and 

 the habit excellent. The advent in this 

 country of this new rose will be looked 

 forward to with much interest. 



James Wobden, the well-known nur- 

 seryman of Wellington, Kan., died Feb- 

 ruary 22, of paralysis. He was 70 

 years of age and removed to Wellington 

 from Bloomington, 111., many years ago, 

 building up a large business. 



The contract for furnishing trees and 

 shrubs to the Department of Parks, New 

 York, was last week awarded to Fred'k 

 W. Kelsey. The contract is for a gen- 

 eral assortment of trees, conifers, and 

 hardy shrubs, to be delivered during the 

 planting season of 1905. 



CHARLES QTY, lA. 



The Sherman Nursery here becomes of 

 age this season, for, started in 1884, 

 it is twenty-one y:gars of age in 1905. 

 In 1884 there were but a few acres of 

 land in use and less than half a dozen 

 employes, but by 1888 the growth of 

 the business demanded outside capital 

 and incorporation. E. M. Sherman, the 

 founder of the business, has been con- 

 tinuously the president of the company. 

 There are now 300 acres in nursery stock 

 and 800,000 apple grafts and a million 

 grape cuttings were part of the 1904 

 plant. A specialty is made of ever- 

 green seedlings, five acres under shade 

 being devoted to them last season and 

 t""» acres more will be needed in 1905. 

 During the growing season as high as 

 125 hands are employed, not to speak 

 of one of the largest forces of agents 

 in the country. 



The Sherman Nursery Co. also has a 

 good sized greenhouse department, two 

 houses 34x250 being devoted to cut flow- 

 ers, mostly roses, which are sold at 

 wholesale. They also have a stock of 

 palms and ferns. 



SEED PACXING. 



The following note is sent to The 

 Gardeners' Chronicle by W. Watson, of 

 the Eoyal Botanic Garden, Kew, Eng- 

 land : 



The experience of Kew In the distribution 

 of seeds to all parts of the world may be termed 

 exceptionally successful, and It Is often achieved 

 without much trouble. Indeed. It is too often 

 the case that seeds received at Kew are 

 rendered worthless by the special methods of 

 preparation and packing adopted by the send- 

 ers. There are, however, certain kinds of seeds 

 which soon lose their vitality If kept dry, and 

 among these are all kinds of oak-acorns. For 

 the last twenty-flve years, at least, consign- 

 ments of acorns have been sent annually from 

 Kew to South Africa. They used to be packed 

 In beer casks, the acorns being put In through 

 the bung-hole, and the casks filled up with 

 water; but an experiment made about fifteen 

 years ago proved that this method was less suc- 

 cessful than that of packing the acorns In a 

 wooden case in layers with moist cocoa-nut 

 fibre between each layer. The report was — 

 "Acorns sent In water a failure, those sent In 

 cocoa-nut fibre have germinated on the way, 

 and we have now 1,200 strong seedlings from 

 them." Last October we had an application 

 for a quantity of acorns of Quercus pedunculata, 

 Q. sesslltflora, and Q. Cerrls, for St. Vincent. 

 They were packed In damp cocoa-nut fibre' In 

 wooden boxes, beginning with a layer of fibre 

 at the bottom, then a layer of acorns, and so 

 on till the boxes were filled. They were labeled 

 "To be placed In a cool place In the hold." 

 The report Just received states that "The 

 acorns of Quercus pedunculata have germinated 

 well; Q. sesslllfiora are not quite so forward; 

 and Q. Cerrls still less so." I can strongly 

 recommend damp cocoa-nut fibre and wooden 

 boxes for all seeds that perish easily, and that 

 can be conveniently packed in them; for In- 

 stance, seeds of Para rubber. Ceara rubber, 

 and Brazil nuts. For seeds generally I know of 

 nothing better thaii paper packets and calico 

 bags, and the more moisture there Is in the 

 seeds themselves when thus packed the bet- 

 ter. Hermetically sealed tins or bottles should 

 never be used. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATMN. 



Pres., C. N. Pave, Des Molnea, la ; first Vloe- 

 Prea., L. Ii. Hay, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., 0. E. 

 Eendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

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



Sears, Roebuck & Co. report a good 

 trade in their seed department. 



Visited Chicago. — Chas. P. Braslan, 

 of Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, 

 Cal. 



Ip the weather of the past week is 

 not bringing in seed orders, something 

 is wrong with the price list. 



It seems that Champion, Chicago Mar- 

 ket and Perry Hybrid are among the 

 scarce varieties of sweet corn. 



Louisville reports its stock of onion 

 sets well cleaned up, the remnant go- 

 ing briskly on a rising market. 



Seed potatoes are selling slow, ac- 

 cording to reports, with little prospect 

 of any great demand for them later on. 



A NOTE on another action for dam- 

 ages under a seed warranty appears on 

 the Pacific Coast page of this issue of 

 the Review. 



The seed clerk, who offered a 14-inch 

 lawn mower to the lady who asked for a 

 premium with her pound of lawn grass, 

 is still holding a job. 



It is true enough, as the hustler be- 

 low stairs casually remarked, that the 

 taking of a seed order requires less 

 brains than the filling of it. 



Returning from a contracting trip 

 for the Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, John 

 F. Geary reports good business. S. F. 

 Leonard has recovered from his some- 

 what protracted illness. 



It is reported that onion seed is in 

 good demand. The growers are satis- 

 fied with the prices onions are now 

 bringing and this has the effect of in- 

 ducing them to buy seed freely. 



The postoflSce has withdrawn its of- 

 fer to supply special applications for 

 money orders to go out with catalogues 

 but permits the advertiser to print his 

 own special application blanks under 

 certain restrictions, first of which is 

 that a permit be obtained from the de- 

 partment. 



Some of the growers are inclined to 

 shorten plantings of peas the coming 

 year, and increase the acreage of beans. 

 This brings to mind a Chicago gardener 

 named Callahan, who for many years 

 failed in his endeavor to have an abun- 

 dance of the vegetable that scarcity 

 made high. It is hard to strike it right. 



Every seedsman sends his catalogue 

 to last year's customers, no matter the 

 size of the order. Practically all houses 

 mail the new book to customers not 

 heard from for two years and most of 

 them send it to names not heard from 

 for three years, while some keep every 

 name on their list indefinitely. Five 

 years ago a woman in a city where there 

 are good seed stores, for the sake of 

 convenience sent an order for a ten-cent 

 packet of lantana to an eastern seed 

 house whose advertisement chanced to 

 fall under her eye. Then and each year 



TheTimoHasGome 



When the shrewd buyer of AMpuzgva 

 plumoiiis nanus seed will lump in 

 and secure the best freth seed grown 

 under glass especially for us, at the 

 following ridiculously low prices: 



100 aeed^ fO 60 



860 seeds 160 



1000 seeds 4 00 



6000 seeds 19 00 



That is our offer — Wt doubt wheth- 

 er such a fine lot of this profitable 

 seed can be found anywhere else. 



Brad for our 

 Wholesale Cataloffne. 



Henry F.MIchell Co. 



1018 Market Btreet 



PHILADELPHIA. RS. 



Mention The Bevlew when yoo write. 



LilyoftheValley 



PIPS! 



Largest and finest stock 

 in splendid condition 



Per case of 3000 for $24.00 

 8 or more cases at $7.60 per 1000 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



36 Cortlaadt St. NBW TOBK. 



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Summer Flowering 



BULBS 



100 loro 



Ismene Orandlflora t6 00 160.00 



Hadetra Vines 100 8.0O 



Spotted CalUM 3.00 26.00 



Tritoma Ffizerl 7.00 69,00 



Gladioli, mixed, IM in. diameter 60 5.00 



HEADQUARTERS FOB LILIES, 

 APIOS. 0AI.ADICH8, ETC. 

 Eiirht per cent dlBCOunt for cash. 

 Special price on large quantities. 



John Lewis Chiids, Floral Park, N.X 



Mention Tlie Review when yon write. 



Tuberous Begonias. "M^d^arstram. 



26 at 100 rate, 260 at 1000 rate. ' lod lOoSo 



Sinsrle. 6 separate colors 13.00 127.50 



Finest mUed 2.76 2600 



Double, 4 separate colors 4.00 3760 



Plnestmlxed 3.76^36.00 



HUBERT & CO., 



V. !,• FAOB, B«p. XT. VBXVOV, V. T. 



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