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The Weekly Florists* Review* 



March 16, 1905. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATION. 



Pros., C. N. Page, Des Moines, la ; First Vice- 

 Pres., li. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., C. B. 

 Rendel, Cleyeland. The 23rd annual meeting 

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



There is a big call for nasturtiums. 



G. C. Watson, Philadelphia, has made 

 an assignment to W. H. Graham. 



The gardener who wants a pickle con- 

 tract this year has to go to the pickle 

 man's oflSce to get it. 



From some sections the mail order 

 trade is reported slow. The weather is 

 held responsible for this. 



The Pacific coast growers are pleased 

 with the way surplus California seed 

 products are being depleted. 



The year 1905 is likely to be referred 

 t6 by the future old-timers as the best 

 onion seed year that ever happened. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co. are doing a big 

 business on their first catalogue. They 

 make, print and fill their own packets. 



It is pleasant to be informed that a 

 variety of seed you supposed was plenti- 

 ful is all sold when you want to buy it. 



Announcement comes from Pasadena, 

 Cal., that John Lewis Childs will acquire 

 property there for a branch of his busi- 

 ness. 



The fellow who held off because no- 

 body wanted the seeds he had to sell 

 may be looked up before the season is 

 over. 



The jobbing houses all report a very 

 satisfactory year. In their judgment this 

 should be a good season in all lines of the 

 seed trade. 



The general snow storm March 14 put 

 a quietus on the fast developing retail 

 seed trade but the jobbing end is strong- 

 er every day. 



The growers of peas and beans are 

 said to be hustling now in quest of 

 reliable farmers who have available acres 

 of the right sort. 



Onion sets at Chicago, March 15, 

 about the only source of supply just 

 now, are: Whites, $3.25 to $3.75; red 

 and yellow, $2.75 to $3. 



A shortage has developed in many 

 lines of sweet peas, particularly the 

 cheaper sorts. One jobber sold ten tons 

 to a single customer, who would take 

 more. 



Speaking about high onion prices, it 

 __niay be said^^hat the onion s et, although - 

 smaller than the market onion, is never- 

 theless holding its end of the plank well 

 up in the air. 



Reports from the local seed dealers of 

 the smaller towns show that there is an 

 increasing tendency of seed buyers to 

 patronize the home store in preference 

 to sending off for supplies. 



The board of general appraisers has 

 determined that pumpkin seed is duti- 

 able at thirty per cent ad valorem. This 

 was,on a contention that it was free as 

 "seeds which are drugs and are in a 

 crude state. " . , 



Lily of the Valley for Easter 



We have in cold storage In Forfeot Condition for immediate forcing a limited quantity of 

 selected Mgta-gradea Lily of the Valley. There is sure to be a demand and ready sale for thi" at 

 Easter, both in a cut state and in pots. We offer as follows: 



DBBBS'0 "PBBWLBSM" PZP8, the very bigbest quality, in cases of 1000 each. $12 per case. 



DBBBB'M "VBMUIM" FXPB. a strictly high-grade in cases of 1000 each, tll.OO per case. 



DBBBB'B "HAMBUBO" FXP8, a fine quality in cases of 1000 each. tlO.OO per case. Ajso in 

 cases of 2,600 pips. $24.00 per case. 



Bote— On account of the pips being frozen we cannot divide cases. It takes from 21 to 26 days 

 to force pips into flower. 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention Hie Bevlew when you write. 



A panny laycd !■ a penny Mwnad; 

 A dollar lost !■ a Itason l«am«d. 



All thrifty carnation growers use our tiny 



RUBBER 

 BANDS 



to help weak nature. We know of no invest- 

 ment that pays better. Prices— lOOO for 16c; 

 2000 for 26c; 4600 for 60c; 7000 for 76c; 10,000 

 for $1.00. Band for onr wholasala aaad 

 list. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 

 1018 Mark*t St., PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Reports from Wm. Henry Maul, Phil- 

 adelphia, indicate a good catalogue 

 trade. Prizetaker onion continues a lead- 

 ing specialty with this house. 



As an evidence of the increasing in- 

 terest in gardening it is cited that near- 

 ly all the Chicago daily papers and those 

 in many other cities now have garden- 

 ing departments, with directions for seed 

 sowing, etc. 



The seeds exported by the United 

 States in 1904 are classed as fo llows : 

 - C utl un Hee d, ^141,174 ; flalT^Beed, $8207- 

 668; clover seed, $600,626; timothy, 

 $480,946; other grass seeds, $299,649; 

 all other seeds, $240,262; total seeds, 

 $2,583,325. 



Farquhar & Co., Boston, report busi- 

 ness ahead of all previous years to date, 

 with prospects for a splendid season 's 

 trade. The only scarcity seems to be in 

 beans, particularly the wax varieties. 

 The newer varieties of sweet peas are in 

 good demand. 



SCOPE OF THE SEED TRADE. 



"In the preface to the account of 

 the London wholesale seed houses," 



Summer Flowering 



BULBS 



100 10C» 



Ismene Orandlflora 1600 tfiO.OO 



Madeira Tlmoa 1.00 8.00 



Spotted Gallaa 8.00 26.00 



Trltoma Pazeri 7.00 60.00 



Oladloli, mixed, 1^ In. diameter 60 6.0O 



HKADQUABTERS FOB LILIES, 

 API08. CALADIUHS. BTC. 

 Eight per cent discount for cash. 

 Special price on large quantities. 



John Lewis Ciiilds, Floral Park, N. Y. 



MentloB The Review when yon write. 



RUSSIAN ULY t'ITe VALLEY 



Per 1000, 91B ; per 2500, 932 ; per 10,000. 9186 

 THE BEST FOB EABLT 

 OB LATE FOBCIMO. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. 



60 Barclay Street, 

 Branoh, 404 B. 34tli Bt. BBW TOBX 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



TubBrotts^ B6goni8S. i^JSitrain. 



25 at 100 rate. 250 at 1000 rate. ' 100 1009 



Slngrle, 6 separate colora 18.00 127.50 



Finest mixed 2.75 25.0O 



Doable, 4 separate colore 4.00 37 50 



Flnestmixed 3.75 . 35.00 



HUBERT & CO., 



«. X.«FAOB,B«p. MT. VBBBOV, V. T. 



Mention Hie ReTlew when yon write. 



says Eichard Dean in the Horticultural 

 Trade Journal, ' ' I stated that they rep- 

 resent a great industry. It would be 

 practically impossible to give full de- 

 tails of the various forms of employ- 

 ment which center about a leading 

 wholesale seed house. At this season 



